New Releases
Abruptum
Evil Genius
PS, US NOW ON LP!! Formed in 1989 by IT and All. IT had planned to
create the band already in 1987 but it wasn't until 1990 that he found
the right member to do it. The same year, they recorded their first
two demos. There are a multitude of myths surrounding this cult act.
The band further became legendary due to the fact that IT was one
of the leaders w/in what was called the Satanic Black Circle. IT left
the scene completely after several events w/in the circle & threats
to him & his family.
SouthernLord-075
LP
$15.00
Acrnym
Flowers
PS, CANADA Genre: Electronic/Breakcore. Discovered by Bong-Ra for
his Kriss record label, 20 year old Glasgow, Scotland artist Calum
Gunn makes music under the moniker Acrnym, his debut album "Flowers"
is 13 killer tracks tethering spastic rhythms and malfunctioning breaks
with spellbinding melodic instrumentation. "Flowers" shows
off some awesome technical exercises in speedy BPMs with a buzz-storm
of frenetic break episodes and blazing synth lines. Think Venetian
Snares meets Wisp i.e., Amazing breakcore with actual melodies.
Sublight-3401
CD
$12.25
Afghan Whigs
Unbreakable: A Retrospective
PS, US A Best Of with 2 new songs ("I'm A Soldier" and "Magazine")
recorded last year. Tracklist: 1."Retarded" / 2."Crazy"
/ 3."Turn on the Water" / 4."Debonair" / 5."I'm
a Soldier" / 6."66" / 7."Be Sweet" / 8."Come
See About Me" / 9."Uptown Again" / 10."What Jail
Is Like" / 11."Magazine" / 12."I'm Her Slave"
/ 13."Going to Town" / 14."Gentlemen" / 15."Let
Me Lie to You" / 16."John the Baptist" / 17."Crime
Scene, Pt. 1" / 18."Faded"
Rhino/WEA
CD
$17.00
Akron/Family
S-T
PS, US NOW ON 2LP!!! Brooklyn shut-ins music veers from gentle American
country folk to unabashed electronic noise, to gathering & erupting
crescendos, to extended skronk improvisations that suddenly cut to
an LSD version of backwoods barbershop quartet.
YoungGod-028
DLP
$18.75
Architecture In Helsinki
Heart it Races Remixes
PS, US This vinyl only remix EP, takes AIH's psyched out island jam,
"Heart it Races", straight to the club. Featuring remixes
by Trizzy (Atrak), Pink Skull, YACHT & Franc Tetaz. BOOM! Track
Listing: Side A: Heart it Races - Trizzy's Rusty Tin Can Mix, Heart
it Races - YACHT's I Should Coco Mix. Side B: Heart it Races - Pink
Skull Remix, Heart it Races - Franc Tetaz Mix.
Polyvinyl-136
12
$4.00
Architecture In Helsinki
Heart it Races
PS, US Heart it Races, AIH's first release since 2005's much loved
In Case We Die, paves the way for a much bigger and brighter picture
on their new album Places Like This--forthcoming from Polyvinyl in
August. This new EP features the single, "Heart it Races",
plus cover versions by Hey Willpower! and Dr Dog, mixes by YACHT and
DJ/Rupture and a collaboration with Trinidadian vocalist Mr Lee G.
Track Listing: 1. Heart it Races - Single Version, 2. Heart it Races
- DJ Rupture's Ital Hymn mix Featuring Mr Lee G, 3. Heart it Races
- As played by Hey Willpower!, 4. Heart it Races - YACHT's I Should
Coco Mix, 5. Heart it Races - As played by Dr Dog.
Polyvinyl-135
CD5
$4.00
Barzin
Just More Drugs
PS, US The Toronto band has been busy w/ 2 European tours, plus regular
dates & festivals in Canada. In October, their sophmore album
was released in the US & has become a favorite, making the elbo.ws
list of most blogged. The track "Let's Go Driving" was selected
as the daily download track at Salon.com & also featured on villagevoice.com
along w/ "Just More Drugs" (also appeared on the covermount
CD Magnet Magazine).
Mono-026
CD
$6.50
Bazan, David
Fewer Moving Parts
PS, US PEDRO THE LION frontman's 1st solo CD. Known mostly for his
tenure as the primary songwriter, vocalist & guitarist in PEDRO
THE LION, David Bazan recently retired the band moniker to continue
making music under his own name. His solo debut EP finds the beloved
Seattle songwriter roaring back to his creative roots, performing
& recording everything himself in his home studio. His signature
songwriting, voice, & melodies have never been better, & are
framed in layered harmonies, multi tracked guitars, analog keyboards,
& intricate production. This beautifully packaged 10 song EP plays
like a full length, & includes 2 different versions of 5 new Bazan
songs, each recorded in a stripped down acoustic version & another
version w/full instrumentation.
Barsuk-065
CD
$8.00
Bees, The
Octopus
PS, US New album, Tthink Kinks, Beta Band, and XTC. Groovy! ALL MUSIC
GUIDE: "The most intriguing collective of multi-instrumentalists
since the Beta Band first began mixing an unholy array of accompaniment,
the Bees (or A Band of Bees in America) channel some of the same '60s
influences on Octopus as on their two previous records, and a few
new ones as well... Octopus presents ten nuggets of effortless throwback
pop, laid-back and breezy but tightly melodic..." (John Bush)
Astralwerks
CD
$16.25
Believer
June/July 2007
PS, US THE 2007 MUSIC ISSUE! Feat. a CD of 20 songs incl. SUFJAN STEVENS,
AESOP ROCK, GRIZZLY BEAR, LIGHTNING BOLT & many others! Plus articles
by/of Miranda July, Of Montreal, David Gates, Trent Reznor & Hegel.
Tons of reviews, interviews, reading material. Published by McSweeney's.
ZINE
$9.25
Big Takeover, The
#60 (The Shins Cover)
PS, US Interviews: Shins * Decemberists (Pt. 2) * Bright Eyes * Dinosaur
Jr./Sebadoh * Voxtrot * Don McGlashan (Mutton Birds) * Jello Biafra
(Pt. 2) * The Sound * Modernettes * Hilton Valentine (Animals Pt.
2) * Libertines U.S. * Quarrymen (Pre-Beatles) * Ted Leo * Can * Jesse
Sykes * Secret Shine * Dion & The Belmonts * Frames * English
Beat * Stellastarr* * Chelsea * Copeland * Sammies (Morisen Records)
Editorials: Rabid: Death Of The LP? (& The History Of Music Formats!)
* Ackerman: Farewell, James Brown * Sommer: Don Imus & The Virginia
Tech Tragedy. Live Reviews: Agent Orange * Avengers * Bad Brains &
Stimulators * Rob Dickinson * Mark Eitzel * Hazey Janes * B.B. King
* Lemonheads * Mojave 3 * New Model Army * Pernice Brothers * Pipettes
* Emma Pollock * Paul Weller * Brian Wilson * Hundreds of CD Reviews:
Long Blondes * Idlewild * Fields * '60s Bee Gees * Pointed Sticks
* Maximo Park * Comsat Angels * Stooges * Loney, Dear * Amy Winehouse
* John Doe * The La's * Colin Blunstone * (Vancouver) Subhumans *
Louis Armstrong * Sloan * Young Galaxy * Beatles * Smithereens * Desmond
Dekker * Rhino 39 * Gene Clark * New Pornographers * Del Shannon *
The Sharp Things * Spoon * Saints * BRMC * Tim Buckley * Sly Stone
* Of Montreal * Damned * Beck * Joanna Newsome * Neil Young * Low
* X-Ray Spex * ELO * Stanley Bros., and more
BigTakeover-060
ZINE
$4.25
Bitch
#36
PS, US It's the RISK ISSUE!! Hot sheiks, Girls + Gambling, Reclaiming
Rap, Getting Sassy and Spam Attacks! All w/ the usual Bitch list,
movies, music & book reviews.
ZINE
$5.50
Bjork, Brant & The Bros.
Somera Sol
PS, US Brant Bjork (x-KYUSS/QOTSA), desert boogieman, found a band
to back his trip: Dylan Roche on bass, Cortez on guitar & AlfredoHernandez
(Kyuss/QOTSA) on drums. Organic Rock. It grooves & flows. Its
psychedelic, tough, beautiful & classic. They've toured for the
past 3 years all over Europe, US, Canada & Australia. Their shows
are becoming recognized as the best live rock & roll going. As
Aussie rag put it, "The closest thing well get to seeing the
Hendrix Experience"
Duna-017
CD
$14.50
Blackshaw, James
Cloud of Unknowing
PS, US Like a refreshing bolt ouf of the acoustic blue, young guitar
phenom arrives from the UK magical & fully formed but largely
unheralded on our fair, but(t) ignorant shores. His mastery of the
acoustic 12-string is apparant within seconds & after that you
only need sit back and enjoy the ride. From the Fahey/Kottke/Takoma
school, he deftly integrates both Eastern & Western styles. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.
TompkinsSquare
CD
$13.75
Blues Control
S-T
PS, US Up & coming NYC guitar duo that just might be the missing
link between Van Halen & legendary experimentalist Henry Flynt.
Hazy. Spaced out pulsing electronics laid to waste by fuzzed psychedelic
distortion.
HolyMountain
CD
$13.25
Bob & Gene
I Can Be Cool b/w You Don't Need Me
PS, US The A-side is the bittersweet lament of a young man who doesn't
have all the hip clothes of the callous attitude of the "cool"
but knows in his heart his love for his girl is right. The B-side
is a MoDo side that has never been previously issued. It is an artfully
constructed Jackson-esque, midtempo track. The recording is rough
but as always, the message cuts straight to the heart.
Daptone-1032
45
$6.00
Bonde Do Role
With Lasers
PS, US Riotous Brazilian MC and DJ three-piece Bonde Do Role play
baile funk - a flippant, punked-up take on Miami bass developed in
Rio's favelas - and yet aren't from Rio. A characteristic of baile
funk is its playfulness and mash-up guerrilla-style sampling. Grunge,
heavy metal, and cheese were added to the melting pot here. Their
SXSW appearances were the talk of post-festival blogs, described in
many instances as a "Brazilian Beastie Boys" with their
explosive performances and filthy lyrics.
Domino
CD
$12.50
Bonde Do Role
With Lasers
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$12.50
Boratto, Gui
Chromophobia Remixes Pt 1.
PS, US On the A-side we find an enormously exquisite "Mr.Decay"
version by Robert Babicz, that has everything that a good remix needs,
which keeps the original recognizable, yet is full of interpretations
& surprises. On the B-side, darling of the hr THE FIELD mixes
"Hera," holding all the unmistakable, fantastic, futuristic
qualities everyone loves about this track.
Kompakt-158
12
$10.50
Boy In Static
Violet
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mush-254
LP
$10.50
Boy In Static
Violet
PS, US Boston's Alexander Chen is a self taught musician, singer songwriter
& graphic artist. This new cd is work of hushed dream pop with
lush vocals & mature songwriting. Fuzzy dream pop with nods to
The Notwist, Helio Sequence, Guitar, etc. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Sentimental
pop music for the post-everything world of today."
Mush-254
CD
$13.25
Brown, Steven
Brown Plays Tenco + Live 1988
PS, UK Steven Brown is a core member of cult avant garde band Tuxedomoon.
As a solo artist he has recorded some ten solo albums, including Music
For Solo Piano (1983), Searching For Contact (1987), Half Out (1991),
Nine Rain (1996) and Decade (2003). Brown Plays Tenco was recorded
in Italy in 1987 and features Steven's own interpretations of five
songs written by cult artist Luigi Tenco. Born in Cassine in 1938,
Tenco scored many hits as a singer in Italy during the 1960s, but
shot himself through the head at the San Remo Festival in 1967 after
Ciao amore ciao (Hello, Love, Hello), failed to reach the final. The
suicide note explained that his suicide was a gesture of protest against
the jury's taste in music. Never available on CD before, Brown Plays
Tenco has now been digitally remastered with twelve bonus tracks recorded
live in Italy in 1988. These include in-concert renditions of songs
by Luigi Tenco as well as solo material by both Brown (Besides All
That, rwf) and Tuxedomoon (What Use?, Egypt , Lowlands Tone Poem).
Artist Resume: Steven Brown was born in Chicago in 1952, and currently
resides in Mexico City. Tuxedomoon formed in San Francisco in 1977
around the nucleus of Steven Brown, Blaine Reininger and Peter Principle.
Following a string of releases on the Residents' Ralph label, the
band relocated to Europe in 1981. Their dozen-odd group albums include
the classics Half Mute, Desire, Suite En Sous-Sol, Ghost Sonata and
Holy Wars. The latest TM album Bardo Hotel was released in 2006.
LTM-2428
CD
$16.25
Carlberg, Pelle
In A Nutshell [U.S. edition]
PS, US A domestic release for former Edson vocalist Pelle Carlberg's
brilliant sophomore album. This seems to be a new Pelle Carlberg that
may have found some light that he was seeking in his first album.
Pelle Carlberg balances his new album by not leaving it overly cheery
and sweet. But in the end you'll have an uplifting feeling in your
heart after you've listened through the album.
TwentySeven
CD
$10.25
Causa Sui
Free Ride (LP+7")
PS, GERMANY Limited edition. This is Jonas Munk's (aka Manual) other
musical entity. Causa Sui ranges from Stooges style heavy duty ROCK
to psychedelic stoner rock at its best-imagine Jimmi Hendrix meeting
MC 5 mixed by Can.
ElektrohaschSchallplatten-122
LP
$23.00
Causa Sui
Free Ride
PS, GERMANY Limited edition. This is Jonas Munk's (aka Manual) other
musical entity. Causa Sui ranges from Stooges style heavy duty ROCK
to psychedelic stoner rock at its best-imagine Jimmi Hendrix meeting
MC 5 mixed by Can.
ElektrohaschSchallplatten-122
CD
$18.25
Cdatakill
Bleeding Hearts vol. 1
PS, GERMANY The first volume of "Bleeding Hearts", the vinyl
companion to the "Valentine" album, features one new Cdatakill
track, as well as remixes by Enduser, übergang (Christoph de
Babalon's new project), Detritus, Lapsed and Mad EP. From the heaviest
of breakcore to more melodic, syncopated hip hop-influenced track,
this hand-picked selection of remixes shows the scope of Cdatakill's
music and the influence of this long-running, extremely talented artist.
AdNoiseam-082
12
$9.50
Clash
Singles
PS, US 20 track single comp.
Epic/Legacy
CD
$19.00
Claudia Quintet
For
PS, US Since their founding in the late 1990s, TCQ has walked a unique
path in contemporary jazz. Unlike most jazz ensembles where the particular
musicians may come & go, drummer, composer & leader John Hollenbeck
always wanted Claudia to be a 'band' with a sound not only determined
by the compositions & the instrumentation, but with the actual
players who perform the music. This conception is why Claudia has
had an immediately identifiable sound since its inception. Drew Gress-acoustic
bass, Matt Moran-vibes, Ted Reichman-accordion & Chris Speed-clarinet
& tenor sax all make TCQ the fantastic band that it is. An astonishing
band with a huge range of emotional depth & range & with appeal
far beyond strictly 'jazz' listeners. For this, their fourth album,
they've released an album of dedications. This album & band has
wide appeal beyond just 'jazz' fans. ""This is a true ensemble
from top to bottom, a sonic equivalent to a hand-woven tapestry....
Impressive." - Downbeat
Cuneiform-247
CD
$14.25
Cluster
Zuckerzeit
PS, US Originally released in '74, thismarked a turning point for
these seminal German space rockers. Recorded shortly after their move
away from the metropolis of Berlin, it sees some of the abrasiveness
of their earlier material slightly diffusing. W/ the addition of proto
drum machines & the producing talents of Michael Rother, their
sound here has more pop sensibility.
Lilith-132
LP
$19.00
Connelly, Chris
Episodes
PS, US Former member of MINISTRY & THE REVOLTING COCKS, among
other bands. His music draws on orch-pop, glam, & classic singer-songwriter
influences. This, his 8th solo album, was produced by TIM KINSELLA
& BEN VIDA. It's timeless & unique w/ radical arrangements
& a crack band culled from CALIFONE, JOAN OF ARC, TOWN & COUNTRY,
US MAPLE & others.
DurtroJnana-1984
CD
$15.00
Corpus Delicti
New Standard of Syphes
PS, FRANCE Remastered version which gives a new dimension + a massive
bonus version containing 2 unreleased studio tracks, 2 live tracks
recorded in Paris & 2 songs from long deleted maxi Cd "Noxious
The Demons Game." This release is a must have & comes out
in a beautiful digipak containing a bklet. LIMITED!
D-monic-002
CD
$17.50
Cure, The
Three Imaginary Boys
PS, US They recorded their debut album @ Londons Morgan Studios &
released it on May 8, 1979. After touring for almost all of '77, the
band changed their name to The Cure & rearranged their line-up
w/ the sacking of Porl Thompson, giving birth to an unusual power
trio. This line-up lasted only for their 1st album, making it unique
in its essentially minimal sound. The album was released in the US
w/ a different title (Boys Dont Cry - from one of the bands best selling
singles) & a slightly different track listing.
Lilith-130
LP
$19.00
Dactyl
Teething
PS, US This Baltimore quartet's debut storms like an Amrep time capsule
being cracked open after 10 years in a deep void. Rhythmically dense
w/ a wall of sound, it's an approach favored by most late model noise
outfits that most bands have been too chickenshit to attempt for a
long time. Lyrically bizarre, vocally cuckoo.
Reptilian-098
CD
$8.50
Dalek/Haze XXL
Purge of Dissidents (CD/DVD)
PS, US 10 short animated films feat. Dalek's appearlingly disturbed
Space Monkey character plus a 48pp booklet. The CD incl. a massive
soundtrack from TOM HAZELMYER (AMPHETAMINE REPTILE, HALO OF FLIES)
with musical help from MELVINS, GRANT HART (HUSKER DU) & Kenny
Greenbaum (PRINCESS DRAGON MOM) plus vocal assistance from Craig Finn
(HOLD STEADY), David Yow (JESUS LIZARD, SCRATCH ACID, QUI), JON SPENCER
& GRANT HART.
Ipecac-072
CD
$26.50
Dead C
Future Artists
PS, US They return w/ another uncompromising realization of the finest
rock improvisation you'll ever hear. This contains 5 tracks of genius
drone & barbarous clashing sounds. From the 1st track through
to the last their intensity is unyielding, their inventiveness jaw
dropping.
BaDaBing!-053
CD
$10.00
Delay, Vladislav
Whistleblower
PS, US His far-flung soundscapes & futuristic sound-processing
are merely a way to analyze & handle the contemporary. Motifs
that may appear trashy or messy to the uninitiated - sound exploration,
distortions, dub technologies - can in fact be for him surprisingly
sophisticated tools for dissecting and examining the world as it is,
piece by piece, layer after layer.
Huume-013
CD
$16.25
Detroit Cobras
Tied & True
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Cobraside
LP
$12.50
Deva
Past Present Future
PS, POLAND Deva's story began about 2 years ago, in 2005. A few friends
decided to record their musical ideas and mix them up with their ideological
and philosophical inspirations. Deva as a band promotes vegetarian,
cruelty-free and drug-free lifestyle. All members are associated with
vedic culture which has a great influence on the band. Their outlook
on life is a strong basis of the band and sensibility resulting from
it has a significant impact on their music.
Spirea-300
CD
$15.00
DJ Spinna
Ill Kudana b/w Abizmal
PS, US Spinna drops 2 more minimalistic instrumentals that are definitely
not what you're expecting. Side A has a smoky electro vibe, Side B
lays a Middle-Eastern sample on top of a jumpin beat.
Cult45-4501
45
$4.50
Domm
Yoloxochitl
PS, US Dommm, aka Dominic Tiberio, hails from Los Angeles, and pushing
through cracks of those sun bleached and dusty sidewalks comes his
debut record on the Los Angeles based upstart record label, Young
Cubs. By deftly mixing the electronic chaos of the Tigerbeat6 roster,
with the ambient buzzes of Fennesz and spinning it together with pop
synth stabs, he creates a warm humanity that takes you from heartbreak
one minute to the dance floor the next. Tracks like "Sloth"
and "Dad" set angular, jagged guitars side by side with
abstract beats and mixing them in a perfect, organic haze. The thumping
bass on "With a Statue" and synth outro flash like disco
lights in an empty club calling out for anyone in the dark to dance.
Taken from a Sandra Cisneros novel, yoloxochitl is an ingredient in
tea that helps sooth heartache. Underneath the electronic chaos of
this record lies a sense of loss but that same chaos envelops it and
twists it into a livable, but imperfect compromise. Listening to "Yoloxochitl"
is like watching a hazy sunset over the City of Angels, flawed and
beautiful but altogether feeling that you are happy to be alive.
YoungCubs-003
CD
$9.00
Domm
Yoloxochitl
PS, US By deftly mixing the electronic chaos of the Tigerbeat6 roster,
w/ the ambient buzzes of Fennesz & spinning it together w/ pop
synth stabs, he creates a warm humanity that takes you from heartbreak
one min. to the dance floor the next. These tracks set angular, jagged
guitars side by side w/ abstract beats & mixes them in a perfect,
organic haze.
YoungCubs-003
CD
$9.25
Drumcorps
Grist
PS, US The vinyl version of Drumcorps's remarkable (and remarked)
first full length album contains a selection of six tracks of this
project's furious, passionate and meticulous inbreeding of grindcore
and breakcore. Aaron Spectre is at the top of his game, and keep on
proving it, this time on vinyl.
AdNoiseam-079
12
$9.50
Fear Falls Burning & Nadja
S-T
PS, US On their first full-length collaboration CD, Fear Falls Burning
and Nadja display their willful approach to drones with four epic
songs full of sustain, pulses & dynamics. Grand in theme, sound
& atmosphere, this album draws inspiration from the critically
acclaimed Conspiracy Records LP while pushing the boundaries of the
bands sound as separate entities.
Conspiracy-049
CD
$16.50
Fennesz & Sakamoto
Cendre
PS, US This release feat. a massive duet between worldwide laptop
guru Fennesz (guitar/laptop) & Japanese electronic music legend
Sakamoto (piano/laptop). Every once in a great while, a collaboration
comes along which hints at a brighter future, a collision of giants
that indicates a convergence of method & music. This is one such
event.
Touch-032
CD
$15.50
Get Him Eat Him
Arms Down
PS, US Rhode Island kids who have the taught, mathy 90's thing down.
"They deliver a rich, multi-layered LP comprised of the perfect
mix of synthetic & organic sounds."" Their audible influences
incl. a wide swath from Ted Leo to Al Green, Bruce & Mouse on
Mars.
AbsolutelyKosher-069
CD
$14.50
Grave Temple
Holy Down
PS, US Feat. OREN AMBARCHI, STEPHEN O'MALLEY, & ATTILA CSIHAR.
This is a documentation of the absolute sheer force these 3 radicals
threw down during these rare performances in Israel. An epic 60 min.
journey, ritualistic, mesmerizing & completely raw. Packaged in
a 5'' mini-gatefold jacket w/ photos & liner notes.
SouthernLord-072
CD
$17.00
Halleluljah the Hills
Collective Psychosis Begone
PS, US Ex-members of Boston cult band THE STAIRS who utilize a lineup
of bass, drums, cello, Moog, trumpet, melodica, sampler & plenty
of guitars. This arrangement expands & contracts as needed to
much needed & often ignored attention to the space between notes.
Dynamic range, kids! From amped-up campfire sing-alongs to somber
ballads. You'll hear notable traces of Spoon-style boogie, Thermals
lo-fi fight songs & Dylan's think imagery dressed in dustbowl
rags.RIYL "Revolver," Neutral Milk Hotel, Clash. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.
Misra-043
CD
$14.50
Heilrath, Michael
Shoppen Soundtrack
PS, US He is the musical head of Couch (Matador, Kitty-Yo), has conducted
the Alles Wie Gross orchestra, & has performed electronic music
under his Blond moniker. He has also been a contributor for The Notwist,
Tied & Tickled Trio, & many others. This is the soundtrack
for the movie from Ralf Westhoff. This is pure electronic music that
has the coolness of '80s new wave releases but is incredibly groovy.
Hausmusik-075
LP
$15.50
Higgs, Daniel (A.I.U.)
Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey
LP
$11.50
Higgs, Daniel (A.I.U.)
Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot
PS, US LIMITED full color 6x8'' hardcover book + CD & contains
48 pgsof Daniel's paintings & writings. The audio is of guitar
& piano drones, jew's harp & banjo recorded in his home. In
his relentless pursuit of the indivisible, he travels up & down
this spine & hatches a new transubstantiation of sound & image
into lifeform.
ThrillJockey
CD
$14.00
Horton, Robert
Sleep, Wake, Hope
PS, US Striving to create an album full of recordings that shimmer
& change the light. He has performed and recorded for almost 30
yrs in a variety of outlets. He founded the Appliances, part of SF's
first wave of punk bands in 1979, & formed the tribal noise drone
group Plateau Ensemble in 1983. Currently a member of Kyrgyz, Beautiful
Friend, Infinite Article, Broken Mask, & a duo w/ Tom Carter.
MusicFellowship-031
CD
$14.25
It's Casual
New Los Angeles
PS, US Feat. drummer W.C.E, & vocalist/guitarist Edward Solis,
(of SOUTHERN LORD fame) has been performing since the late '90s throughout
Southern California. This finds the band more focused than ever, w/
its hard-hitting, riff-packed hardcore punk/metal delivery that rubs
shoulders w/ the best of Black Flag, Fu Manchu, Motorhead & Bl'ast
FriendlyHillsRecordingCo-005
CD
$8.50
Jandek
Manhattan Tuesday
PS, US 50th Jandek release. Recorded live at the Anthology Film Archives,
Manhattan, NY, September 6, 2005. The representative from Corwood
plays Korg synthesizers (set to organ-like sounds) & sings; he
is accompanied by LOREN CONNORS, MATT HEYNER (bass), & CHRIS CORSANO
(drums). Disc 2 is entitled: Afternoon Of Insensitivity. Very sympathetic
playing from the backing musicians & in general, one of the heaviest
Jandek albums in years.
Corwood-788
DCD
$12.50
Je Suis France
Afrikan Majik
PS, US New album from majorly-hyped genre-splicers.
AntennaFarm-523
CD
$11.75
Jesus Lizard
Live
PS, US While the studio recordings of Chicago's Jesus Lizard are part
of the canon of 90s indie rock, anyone who saw them knows their reputation
as thee live band of that era is completely accurate. This DVD captures
the original quartet in 1994 playing to a packed and frenzied crowd
at the Rat in Boston. The band's workman like approach to their taunt,
pummeling sound is contrasted by frontman David Yow's Dionysian revelry
as he whips himself & the crowd into an ecstatic mess. This 2
camera shoot catches all the blood, spit & sweat of a truly killer
live band at their peak.
MVS
DVD
$15.50
Kamikaze Ground Crew
Postcards From the Highwire
PS, US A 7-piece horn ensemble (3 brass, 3 reeds & a drummer),
a super-group of New York "downtown" musicians, each a band-leader
in their own right, has been performing & recording together for
over 20 years, on both coasts of the US & in Europe. They've released
5 albums & members of the band have worked w/ Bill Frisell, Henry
Threadgill, Duke Ellington, Stevie Wonder, Norah Jones, Don Cherry,
Carla Bley, Lester Bowie, John Zorn, Craig Handy, John Lurie's Lounge
Lizards, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Antony and the Johnstons, Trey Anastasio
& many others!
Busmeat-003
DCD
$12.75
Kammerflimmer Kollektief
Jinx
PS, US LP version. This is the 6th full-length release from Karlsruhe,
Germany, recorded by Tobias Levin at Electric Avenue Studio. This
band is still a "collective," although w/in the last yrs
& extensive touring through Europe, a group of 3 core members
emerged from the original line-up. Whispering, a laid-back pop rhythm
& something that sounds like an overwound gramophone, these 8
songs leave the wide-screen cinemascope soundscapes of the previous
albums behind. With their serenity, these songs sound almost like
a sediment of the band's earlier approach.
Staubgold-077
LP
$15.50
Kids on TV
Mixing Business With Pleasure
PS, CANADA Basically a 3 piece from Toronto, Canada w/ a bunch of
frequent guest musicians. They explore the worlds of punk, no-rave,
electro, booty house & experimental rock. They reference many
elements of queer history & the artists who inspire them. Recorded
& produced between 2003-06 on a busted laptop & 2 microphones.
ChicksonSpeed-037
CD
$15.50
Kids on TV
Mixing Business With Pleasure
PS, CANADA VINYL VERSION!!!
ChicksonSpeed-037
LP
$15.50
KTL
2
PS, US Collaboration between STEPHEN O'MALLEY (SUNNO))), KHANATE)
& PETER REHBERG (PITA). Devastatingly beautiful 4 pt follow up,
recorded in a former abattoir in Angers, as well as a 16th century
manor in the extreme west of France.
EditionsMego-085
CD
$16.25
Kurihara, Michio
Sunset Notes
PS, US Domestic release of debut solo album by accomplished Japanese
guitarist . He embraces a variety of styles & techniques, but
focuses on beautiful arrangements and precise execution. Previus collaborations
with Ghost, Damon & Naomi, The Stars & Yura Yura Teikoku.
20/20/20-004
CD
$10.00
Ladybug Transistor
Can t Wait Another Day
PS, US On their sixth full-length, this Brooklyn-based collective
crafts a delicate mix of hazy, airbrushed melancholia infused with
a brighter undercurrent - a promise of good things to come in a country
tinged manner that'll have the hardest of hearts melting. Channeling
Fred Neil and Bobby Goldsboro, Gary Olson fulfills his promise as
one of the more inspired songwriters of the past decade and anchors
his current batch of songs with his restrained baritone. The Ladybug
Transistor sound more self-assured here, perhaps due to the addition
of keyboard and guitar.
Merge
CD
$13.25
LCD Soundsystem
Sound of Silver
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DFA
DLP
$23.25
Legiac
Mings Feaner
PS, NETHERLANDS Announcing a new child to the Sending Orbs family
has always been a great pleasure of a special kind, but rarely has
the unity of great music and artwork brought us to such mountainous
spheres of admiration and pride. Legiac is the well-known and genre-present
Funckarma brothers, teaming up with vintage analog synth-guru and
professional behind-the-scenes soundtracker, Cor Bolten. This is an
album following fully along Sending Orbs' catalog: 70 minutes of unearthly
ambient, heartbreaking pads, punching beats and the insane sound-production
Funckarma is so known for.
SendingOrbs-008
CD
$15.00
Lindstrom & Prins Thomas
Reinterpretations
PS, US This album collates their own alternative versions & vinyl-only
B-sides & gives a more uptempo, dancefloor vibe to their highly
praised debut. Also incl. 2 unreleased tracks. This brings together
elements of funk, house, disco, psychedelia, Italo, boogie & beyond,
taking them into a new Nordic dimension that further defines those
lost halcyon releases of the post disco/punk era circa '78-'84!
Eskimo
CD
$16.00
Long Blondes
Someone to Drive You Home
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Following in the shabbily glamorous
footsteps of fellow Sheffield residents Pulp, the Long Blondes' debut
album, Someone to Drive You Home, is a snappy pop album of quintessentially
English vignettes about how growing up is hard to do. The quintet,
which is fronted by femme fatale vocalist Kate Jackson, will make
you fall in love with their girlish innocence, then steal your boyfriend
and break your heart... One of those albums that's honest to goodness
fun, and pulling it off with as much pastiche as the Long Blondes
makes it one of the year's nicest arrivals. Jarvis Cocker and co.
would be proud." (MacKenzie Wilson)
Beggars
CD
$15.00
Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love
Ends of June
PS, US Initially intended as musical outlet for Kelly Dyson, Low Low
Low La La La Love Love Love's full inception came in the form of a
sudden, unplanned collaboration between Kelly and vocalist Natalia
Brightmore. Instant musical chemistry coupled with a brief period
of writing & recording yielded a complete body of bittersweet,
forthright folk songs, self-released on the band's own Birds and Rodents
label (UK) in 2004. Two years later, after randomly stumbling upon
some breathtaking Low Low clips online, Portland, OR label Other Electricities
realized there was something unique brewing overseas. The band with
the impossibly long name occupied space in their ears and repeated
listens only further reinforced the fascination. The two parties eventually
got to talking and came to the conclusion that this music needed to
reach a wider audience; these sounds just couldn't be slept on much
longer. Ends of June is Low Low's second outing and first U.S. release,
boasting twelve new, intimate tracks saturated in the same undeniable
warmth and familiarity offered on their debut. Here, the music's immediacy
and accessibility fails to wane even slightly, building upon the solid
groundwork laid in the first album. Natalia's amicable departure and
a change in line-up, currently featuring Kelly Dyson (guitar, lead
vocals), Ellis Dyson (drums, clarinet, percussion), Chris Robinson
(guitar, vocals), Hugo Edwardes (bass), Nick Guy (vocals, percussion),
and Brian Lutchmiah (vocals, percussion), has filled out Low Low now
more of a band then an "acoustic folk duo". Despite these
alterations, no element of overall sound is compromised as new paths
are traversed with regards to instrumentation and arrangement. Self
recorded and produced in Ellis' bedroom studio, Ends of June showcases
Low Low's progressive and deft grasp on songwriting. From the pensive
yet infectious "The Way You Play," to the fluid lullaby
"Happiness at the New Day," it's near-impossible to deny
the resultant intrigue of each composition, and of the record as a
whole. These songs beckon to be taken in again and again... Collectively,
the band members live and work in and around Manchester, England.
To date, they have shared stages with the likes of Regina Spektor
and Six Organs of Admittance. Plans are currently being made for a
re-master/reissue of Low Low's s/t debut, which should be available
in wider release mid-2007. "As acoustic documents of the breakdown
of a long-term relationships go, this is up there. Recorded lo-fi
style - in a bedroom apparently - this affecting release combines
breathless harmonies and fragile tunes to achieve a strange warmth.
Also makes Belle & Sebastian sound like Motorhead." - The
Crack "Rooted firmly in the world of low/no-fi folk, this is
a charming record that recalls the same juxtaposition of fragility
and strength of character that suffused the early Elliott Smith albums."
- Tangents. For Fans Of: Devendra Banhart, Iron & Wine, Six Organs
of Admittance, Nick Drake Songs of Green Pheasant.
OtherElectricites-006
CD
$12.25
Lowman, W.W.
Plain Songs
PS, US W.W. LOWMAN of BOSCO & JORGE. The wildflowers on its cover
contrast w/ the sophisticated songs w/in serve as a perfect metaphor
for the album's unique approach. While it's firmly rooted in the traditional,
it also reaches forward artistically. Simultaneously occupying both
these worlds produces somethingthat is simply sublime. Also feat.
FRED LONBERG HOLM (BROTZMANN, VANDERMARK), DAVE MAX CRAWFORD (POI
DOG PONDERING), LINDSAY ANDERSON (L'ALTRA), MARK GREENBERG (COCTAILS),
FRANK NAVIN (ALUMINUM GROUP), among others. Literally a who's who
list of the best players the city of Chicago has to offer.
Arbouse-007
CD
$12.50
Lowman, W.W.
Plain Songs
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Arbouse-007
LP
$12.50
Magic Bullets
A Child but in Life Yet a Doctor in Love
PS, US The astonishing debut album by the San Francisco sextet Magic
Bullets. A tour-de-force with 10 songs that make friends with the
rich traditions of post-punk (Gang of Four), new wave (early Talking
Heads) and C86 (The Wedding Present), whilst introducing themselves
to contemporaries influenced by these scenes (The Walkmen, French
Kicks) with their own secret handshake. Singer Philip Benson's poised,
dynamic croon towers over his contemporaries, yet does not overshadow
his own band's intricate musicianship - a crafty layering of Felt-esque
melodies onto Bizarro-era chords. "Yesterday's Seen Better Days"
launches the record with a C86 meets "Ticket To Ride" guitar
riff, coyly anticipating Benson's dramatic album entrance. Benson's
voice - energetic, yet inconsolable - coaxes the listener into a world
in which deceptively bright colors are used to draw bleak pictures.
"Heatstroke" is an unforgettable renewal of the classic
new wave territory paved by The Stranglers and Power, Corruption and
Liesera New Order.
WordsOnMusic-021
CD
$12.25
Man or Astroman?
Time Bomb
PS, US 60 minute live show. The highly prolific throughout the 1990s
releasing nine albums between 1993-1999 & gaining a strong &
devoted fanbase throughout the world. They are currently having a
break from all things Astro-man, but recently came together for a
one-off concert to help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Touch &
Go Records in the USA. The bands live shows were always highly entertaining
& the one featured here is no exception. Filmed during a UK tour
in September 1994 at Edinburghs Castle Rock venue, the band treat
Scotlands capital city to one of the craziest nights of Surf Punk
Rock ever witnessed.
CherryRed
DVD
$18.00
Manning, Barbara
Super Scissors (3XCD)
PS, US Remastered versions of the classic "Scissors" album
and its' follow up LP "One Perfect Green Blanket," both
currently out of print in any format. Plus 24 previously unreleased
songs & recordings from the same time period (mid 1980's-early
1990's). Packaged in a hardshell box set with 3 mini LP innersleeves,
plus a thick booklet of photos and liner notes by Nigel Cross, Steve
Wynn (Dream Syndicate) and others.
Rainfall-038
3XCD
$19.00
Mans Best Friend
Poly.Sci. 187
PS, US This plays ethereal & heavy like a series of ghost dreams
drifting through thick Arizona air. All big synth styles, pulsing
beat & crunchy organ tones. Hip Hop's collagist tendecies are
present, but the songs are free form- ambient, heavily textured soundscapes.
Anticon-073
CD
$15.00
Matt Pond PA
If You Want Blood EP
PS, US New EP teaser. Their next album, Last Light, won't be released
until September on Polyvinyl.
Altitude
CD5
$7.50
Mercer, Glenn
Wheels in Motion
PS, US 1st ever solo record from former lead singer, guitarist, &
founder of the highly influential band THE FEELIES chooses another
path by delivering a hypnotic, highly melodic, & often reflective
album. After a 5 year hiatus from his last recording project, Wake
Ooloo, Glenn is re-energized, re- focused & not afraid to lead
us through his personal journey while showing us his influence by
artists he knows, respects, & admires such as Velvet Underground,
Bob Dylan & Luna. Performers on the record includes ex-Feelies
Stan Demeski, Vinny DeNunzio, Dave Weckerman, Anton Fier & Brenda
Sauter.
Pravda
CD
$12.50
Merzbow
Coma Berenices
PS, POLAND Psychedelic-noise by Masami Akita. 5 tracks. Recorded and
mixed at Bedroom in Tokyo, January 2007. Classic.
Vivo-2007029
CD
$15.00
MGR vs. SirDSS
Impromptu
PS, US ISIS guitarist Mike Gallagher's solo vehicle for ambient instrumental
experimentation. David Scott Stone, who adopted the moniker SirDSS
after doing time in the '90s w/ SLUG & GET HUSTLE. Previously
only available on a limited edition CD-R, this is a beautiful, compelling
collage of instrumental improvisation & flowing soundscapes.
Neurot-049
CD
$15.00
Midnite Snake
Shaving the Angel
PS, US Like a bat out of hell, these heavy psych-metal stalwarts are
back. This fresh slab of digital drudgery presents songs that are
longer & deeper than anthing they've done before. A dark &
deathly metal, w/ layers of wandering prowess.
Birdman-096
CD
$15.00
Modeselektor
Boogy Bytes Vol. 3
PS, US This is a crazy ride through decades of electronic music, pimped
by the finest hip-hop. Almost 30 tracks mixed so smoothly into 1 hr
& full of push & drive. From murky dubstep to spastic electro
& serious IDM, this showcases their universal & eclectic love
of music, no matter what style or popularity of the artist. Feat:
Radiohead, Spank Rock, TTC, Clatterbox, Mr. Oizo, Marcel Dettmann,
u-Ziq, Phon.O & more!!
BPitchControl-151
CD
$15.50
Montag
Going Places
PS, US Montreal's Montag (a.k.a. Antoine Bédard) charts a new
direction on his third album "Going Places". Overhauling
his delicate touch with vintage instruments, and transforming his
sound into explosions of incandescent electronic pop, Montag fleshes
out his lush sophisticated songs with guest appearances from musical
friends Anthony Gonzales (M83), Owen Pallet (Final Fantasy), Amy Millan
(Stars), Au Revoir Simone, Victoria Legrand (Beach House) and Ghislain
Poirier.
Carpark-038
CD
$14.50
Mushroom
Really Don't Mind If You Sit This One Out
PS, US Previously unreleased '97 - '98 live recordings of Mushroom's
1st few gigs featuring keyboardist Graham Connah (MR. BUNGLE, EUGENE
CHADBOURNE) , bassist Alec Palao, long time sideman for Cyril Jordan
of the FLAMIN' GROOVIES.
4Zero-001
CD
$10.00
Mushroom w/ Alison Faith Levy
Yesterday I Saw You Kissing Tiny Flowers
PS, US Space rock/psychedelic groovers Mushroom join forcers with
singer/songwriter Alison Faith Levy, known for her own albums (w/
members of Camper Van Beethoven) & as a member of LOUD FAMILY.
The Mushroom lineup includes guitarist & vocalist Josh Pollak
(ACID MOTHERS GONG), guitarist Tim Plowman (SST band SLOVENLY), saxophonist
Ralph Carney (TOM WAITS band, session dude w/ MARC RIBOT, HAL WILNER,
THE B52'S & JONATHAN RICHMAN)
4Zero-003
CD
$10.00
Narrows
Benjamin
PS, US This trio issues thick, powerful sounds at about the speed
of the Sperry Glacier heading toward the lakes it feeds. A band steeped
in wild combination of pain, loss, hope, family & friendship &
the music offers listeners a glimpse into life in the Pacific Northwest
rarely seen since the days of the Deep Six & Estrus Half Rack
compilations. The crispest, most representative recording the band
has undertaken to date. RIYL: Sleep, Melvins, Low, Unwound.
WantageUSA-046
CD
$11.00
Neurosis
Given to the Rising
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Neurot-050
LP
$16.00
Neurosis
Given to the Rising
PS, US Long awaited new album by legendary Bay area innovators. Elements
of prog rock and eviscerating symphonic heft add to their signature
aggressive pummelling. Recorded by Steve Albini.
Neurot-050
CD
$15.00
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet
Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo
PS, US One of four albums written and recorded by The Mars Volta's
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez whilst living in Amsterdam in 2005, Se Dice Bisonte,
No Bufalo was conceived simultaneously to TMV's Amputechture and Omar's
soundtrack to the forthcoming Jorge Hernandez film, El Bufalo de la
Noche. Consisting of 3 vocal tracks and 6 instrumentals, the album
includes the original studio version of the song "Please Heat
This Eventually" (without the vocals of Damo Suzuki). The song
"Rapid Fire Tollbooth" has been a feature of The Mars Volta's
live set for the past few months and is proving to be a favorite among
the rabid fans populating the band's message board.
GSL
CD
$14.50
Park Hotell
Girls + Hearts
PS, SWEDEN RESTOCKED Park Hotell's debut CDSingle. Lulea Sweden band's
digital debut I think, two killer tunes (I think I sort of love the
2-song CDSingle idea, a nice nod the late, great vinyl 45) that show
the band at their naïve/energetic best, with elements of shimmery
shoegaze, C-86, the Madchester scene, and echoing pop. A little New
Order, a little more Wedding Present, some Close Lobsters& sigh.
Park Hotell features members of Mattias Alkberg BD.
mRa-001
CD5
$3.50
Park Hotell
The Guest Who Stayed Forever [enhanced 2CDEP mini-album]
PS, SWEDEN New double-CD mini-album from Lulea, Sweden band take the
spastic pop reverberations of their previous work, ramping up the
elements of shimmery shoegaze, C-86, Madchester, and outright echoing
pop. A little New Order/Joy Division, some Cure, a little more Wedding
Present, some Close Lobsters, and sigh... Six new songs and 2 vidoes.
Mixed by Bjorn Yttling from Peter Bjorn and John and Mattias Glava.
Bear Quartet frontman Mattias Alkberg, who know great pop when he
hears it says: "Such marvelous and sad pop that I get goosebumps
just thinking about it."
GloryCrew
DCD
$11.00
Pelican
City Of Echoes
PS, US Their third record is a series of (r)evolutionary instrumental
ruminations on touring and the homogenous effects of globalization.
With shorter songs and expanded catchiness, "City Of Echoes"
is Pelican's "pop album". After exploring Earth's melodicism,
Goatsnake riffery, and Hum post-rock textures, they've now decided
to drastically reduce their song length and deliver a driving rock
record. "One minute you're being sucked down by an undertow of
surging, cascading guitar riffs and
crashing drums, and the next you're being lulled to sleep at the bottom
of an ocean of soothing ambience. A positively elemental album for
scope, ambition, and vision" - Kerrang. "Pelican sculpt
triumphant epics as awe-inspiring and unstoppable as shifting glaciers"
- Revolver.
HydraHead
CD
$12.50
Pig Destroyer
Phantom Limb
PS. US Almost 3 yrs in the making, this furthers the enigmatic band's
nihilistic, shock & awe attack. They boil metal down to it's muscle,
sinew & bone- razor sharp guitar, percussive pummeling & a
lone, stark howl & use them to commit a vicious assult. A musical
manifestation of the violent experience of the human animal.
Relapse
CD
$13.00
Pig Destroyer
Phantom Limb
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Relapse
LP
$17.00
Pikelet
Self-Titled
PS, AUSTRALIA Pikelet is Evelyn Morris, a 24 year old musical wunderkind
from the outer suburbs of Melbourne who began life as a hardcoreobsessed
drummer, and still currently serves on sticks in such heavy-hitting
Melbourne institutions as Baseball and True Radical Miracle. But a
couple of years ago, something tickled Evelyn's brain in a funny way
and she felt compelled to grab an old accordion, a guitar and a delay
pedal, and launch a decidedly un-hardcore solo career. The name comes
from Evelyn's mother, who used to spoil her kids with pikelets when
she was a little strapped for cash. "She always had eggs, she
always had flour and powdered milk in the cupboard, so she would just
throw together pikelets," Evelyn told Mess + Noise Magazine recently.
"It was a really big deal for me, but I found out later that
it was just what she did when she had nothing else." Engineered
and produced by US uber-producer Casey Rice (Tortoise, Sea & Cake,
Ben Lee and countless others), Pikelet's debut self-titled album is
a gorgeous, multitiered work of swirling and shifting melody, layered
harmonies and charming story-telling, almost entirely performed by
Evelyn herself. All in all, Pikelet is a uniquely assured and distinctive
debut.
ChapterMusic-059
CD
$15.00
Pipettes, The
Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me EP
PS, US New domestic EP from UK combo channeling 60s girl-group singalongs
with loads of sass. Tracks: 1."Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me"
/ 2."I Love You" / 3."Really That Bad" / 4."Guess
Who Ran Off With The Milkman?"
Interscope
CD5
$4.75
Pissed Jeans
Hope For Men
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SubPop
LP
$12.50
Pissed Jeans
Hope For Men
PS, US Following on the heels of their monumental Don't Need Smoke
to Make Myself Disappear 7", Pissed Jeans drop album number 2
and their Sub Pop debut: Hope for Men (we like to think of it in the
"mankind" sense). For those who found a glimmer of the stuff
on the aforementioned single (two pressings of which have sold out),
the album delivers more, and in abundance. That is to say, if classic,
thick-as-glue punk bombast and Aussie sludge stoke the coals of your
existence, you have found, not only your new favorite band, but a
reason to get up in the morning.
SubPop
CD
$12.00
Pope
Sports
PS, US They sound something like an kamikaze Fokker Jachtkruiser on
a midnight strafing run over London. Humongous flak guns fill the
sky with steel in a vain attempt to bring them down, but nothing can
keep this chugging, lethal bird from being aloft. This comprises two
men & their wall of overdriven solid state power. A theme record,
interspersed w/ wild soundbites from real-deal sporting events.. ranging
between triumphal & milataristic metal to wild spasmodic blasts.
WantageUSA-044
CD
$11.00
Puzzleweasel
Exo-Grid
PS, CANADA Genre: Electronic/Breakcore. puzzleweasel's compositions
are dense storms of, complex brain wave manipulating wonderment. Fusing
breakcore and all things experimental and leaving your synapses tingling.
puzzleweasel's music falls somewhere between Richard Devine and Otto
Von Schirach, with an unabashed love of throbbing jungle basslines
and futuresque electronic wizardry. Even though Exo-Grid is Puzzleweasel's
debut full length album he has enjoyed the success of smaller releases
on awesome labels like Tigerbeat6 and Violent Turd.
Sublight-3501
CD
$12.25
Rockey, Lee
Lee Rockey Music
PS, US Portland Oregon, art museum, early 1976. In the auditorium,
drums electric violin & cello played thru an echoplex, a 4 channel
tape deck was playing pre-recorded electronic skronks, flutes, &
off speed voices, dancers were holding video cameras, connected to
a Paik video synth that was creating a live video projection. The
music was crazed, scary & funny & beautiful. This was the
2nd (and last) of his full blown personal music / art world performances.
Destijl-060
LP
$16.00
Rothko
Eleven Stages of Intervention
PS, US The music of Rothko at equal turns challenges & comforts
the listener. At first perhaps confrontational, yet ultimately nurturing.
Familiar passages evolve from the improvisational ether. Healing follows
conflict. This 11th album adds to Rothko's already innovative &
impressive catalogue.
BipHop-036
CD
$13.50
Rubinoos, The
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About The Rubinoos [3-CD boxset]
PS, US Tommy Dunbar and Jon Rubin formed the Rubinoos while still
in junior high. After playing a few school dances, they graduated
to the club circuit. In 1975 the band was signed as one of the original
acts on the newly formed Beserkley label. The Rubinoos made their
recording debut that year with the song "Gorilla", on the
Beserkley Chartbusters LP. Continuing the trend of bands such as the
Raspberries with their engaging blend of innocent bubblegum and power
pop, their cover of Tommy James' 'I Think We're Alone Now' made an
appearance in the US charts... With a career now into its 32nd year,
the Rubinoos show no sign of losing their inspiration and continue
to deliver perfect power-pop songs. This 3-CD set details the bands
entire career from '75 and includes a complete previously unreleased
concert recorded at Hammersmith Odean in April 1978 along with rare
demos.
Castle
CD-BOX
$30.00
Scratch Massive
Time
PS, US Their 2nd studio album, 11 titles, along w/ the stellar cover
of "Three Imaginary Boys," as approved by The Cure. This
powerful, dark & moving new album from the Parisian duet succeeds
in combining the sharp & energetic electro feel of their DJ sets
w/ a robotic melancholy & a typical new wave romanticism. Played
either on a dancefloor or in a lounge, this record has a vigorous
& modern feel, easily outclassing the attempts of electroclash
fusion of the beginning of the 2000s.
Chateaurouge-734
CD
$16.25
Sean Na Na
Family Trees
PS, US Many people might suspect that this is a side project to Har
Mar Superstar, but it's actually quite the opposite. Late last year
the band completed recording on what many tastemakers are already
saying is the record that will define the new world of American indie
rock. Akin to the golden days of Guided By Voices, The Replacements.
DimMak-108
CD
$13.25
Shady Bard
From The Ground Up
PS, UK From The Ground Up is the debut album from Birmingham's Shady
Bard, a mini indieorchestra of pianos, guitars, casiotones, violin,
cello, French horn and samples. Their music is at once passionate,
eloquent, tender, bombastic and fragile, evocative of Coldplay, Mercury
Rev, Sigur Ros and Sparklehorse. Singer Lawrence Becko, whose cracked
tones contribute to the album's bruised tone, writes using a special
gift known as synaesthesia, which is the pairing of two or more senses.
When Lawrence sees words, they appear as colours. "Synaesthesia
shapes what we do in every way and makes me very obsessive,"
he explains. "To me, every word and every chord have a colour
and they all have to match up. So Penguins contains a lot of light
blue, white and green colours to match with the imagery of ice and
nature. Torch Song and Fires are rich yellows and oranges respectively
to reflect their titles." The album joins a loose group of ecologically
themed albums that includes Grandaddy's The Sophtware Slump, Pulp's
We Love Life and British Sea Power's Open Season. Penguins, Bobby
and Treeology all look at the consequences of environmental irresponsibility,
Treeology telling the story of a tree surgeon who attempts to preserve
an entire forest with creosote and varnish but kills the trees in
the process. The nature-loving theme runs not just through the lyrics
but through the band's actions as well - they handed out birdseed
to the public at one gig, band member Jasmine Hollingum makes craft
from natural objects and they once performed in the Victorian bandstand
at Birmingham's botanical gardens. "But as much as nature, I
think we're influenced by a bigger theme of how people deal with the
world†around them - with climate, with living things, with the
land, with each other," they say. "We use environmental
problems to say something about the wider picture - sometimes personally,
sometimes politically."
StaticCaravan-134
CD
$17.00
Shellac
Excellent Italian Greyhound
PS, US Shellac consists of Steve Albini on guitar, Todd Trainer on
drums, and Bob Weston on bass. This is their fourth and longest release
and all the songs are about Italy or greyhounds. Both the CD and LP
come packaged in a beautiful full-color gatefold sleeve. The LP also
includes an OBI or slipcover that was drawn and hand-silk screened
by Jay Ryan. The CD has a non-hand-screened OBI.
Touch&Go
CD
$13.50
Shellac
Excellent Italian Greyhound
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Touch&Go
LP
$13.50
Shout Out Louds
Tonight I Have To Leave It EP
PS, US Now signed to Merge, which is good news for everyone involved,
especially us fans! New single from Swedish acoustic/electric neo-new-wavers'
long-awaited new album, 'Our Ill Wills' (due September 11th), produced
by Peter Bjorn And John's Bjorn Yttling. EP features the title track,
plus a Pogues cover with guest stars The Essex Green, along with remixes
of the title by both Kleerup and The Russian Futurists. Plus the video!
Band will do some US shows in July: 7/16 @ Spiegeltent in NYC, 7/17
@ Luna Lounge in Brooklyn, 7/18 @ Popscene/Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco,
and 7/19 @ El Rey Theater in Los Angeles.
Merge
CD5
$4.00
Sickboy
Musical Therapy
PS, UK Very Friendly, Lowlands and Wood Records are proud to present
the long-awaited third album by Belgium's biggest breakcore artist
SICKBOY Milkplus. With a unique and fresh sound, this 8 track album
doesn't fail to surprise you with its efforts to combine fun and raw
breaks. Some say this isn't the usual SICKBOY we can expect - others
say you can expect anything from SICKBOY - but what he did on this
album is taken all his musical influences and simply made a difference
that leaves you feeling of warmth and bass. It sounds like a very
personal album. Remarkably are the many synthesized landscape feel
atmospheres that overrule the overall sample-based work of SICKBOY.
If one thing stands out on the album is it's wicked programming, variation
and innovation. It almost doesn't sound like laptop music anymore
and yet this album truly sounds like a breakcore record that you've
never heard before.
VeryFriendly-033
CD
$17.00
Spider Bags
Celebration of Hunger
PS, US Hailing from out of nowhere w/ the sound of a vintage anti-establishment
America, fueled by whiskey & the treads of a long, harshly departed
woman. Recorded this 6 piece band huddled around the microphone &
preaching counrty/punk/garage.
Birdman-100
CD
$15.00
Stealpot
Indian Salon
PS, POLAND The second album by Stealpot on Spirea/VIVO contains quality
nu-jazz & alternative-electronic-pop moods. Songs are in English,
Croatian, Polish and Japanese (Junko Nashimura / Mondialito). String
quartet, flutes, scratches, trumpets, basses, drums, guitar and electronics
built this exceptional sound production. Fans of DJ Krush, Cinematic
Orchestra, Skalpel will love this new Stealpot release.
Spirea-200
CD
$15.00
Still Flyin'
Za Cloud EJ
PS, US This is the 2nd EP, or EJ (extended jam) as the band prefers
to call them, in a thematic series that started w/ Time Wrinkle &
like the first its filled w/ indie-pop & twee jams gone rocksteady.
The energetic & joyfully chaotic live shows have gotten even the
most skeptical indie rock asses shaking. The party atmosphere is infectious
& undeniable.
AntennaFarm-522
CD
$7.75
Sun Ra Arkestra
Strange Strings
PS, US Deluxe reissue of the last of Sun Ra's string studies &
one of his master works. Paraphrasing HAL RAMMEL 's 2006 take: Recorded
in 1966, it stands squarely next to his other mid-60s giants "Atlantis"
& "Magic City." Shines in its painterly expositions,
its surface richness & its play with deep space & coloration.
He offered no world more strange than this. Masterful cosmic clattering.
Released in conjunction w/ EL SATURN & Alton Abraham. Cool!
Atavistic-263
CD
$14.75
Superchunk
Misfits & Mistakes
PS, US Your eyes are not deceiving you. That's right. Superchunk is
back. A brand new 7''. Why? Well, why not? A fantastic new song unavailable
elsewhere, recorded specifically for the epic Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Colon Movie Film for Theaters. As if that weren't enough, the B-side
is a version sung by Meatwad! You'd be surprised how much he sounds
like Mac!
Merge
45
$5.50
These Are Powers
Silver Lung
PS, US These ex-members of LIARS, KNIFE SKILLS & NO THINGS express
their abrasive avant noise rock w/vigour over this 3 track 7".
This is their 1st vinyl adventure after several well received tapes
& cdr's. Anna's primal screams & ghostly whispers, Pat's nursery
rhyme chanting w/surging bass & Ted's near motorik beats run riot
like a crazed Plastic Ono Band filtered through that Brooklyn/NYC
haze. This is E & J's 1st foray into the lair of lacquer, pressed
on heavyweight white vinyl presented in a beautifully printed &
laser etched black card sleeve w/additional colour transluscent vellum
inserts.
Elsie&Jack-710
45
$5.25
These Are Powers
Silver Lung
PS, US These ex-members of LIARS, KNIFE SKILLS & NO THINGS express
their abrasive avant noise rock w/vigour over this 3 track 7".
This is their 1st vinyl after several well received tapes & cdr's.
Anna's primal screams & ghostly whispers, Pat's nursery rhyme
chanting w/surging bass & Ted's near motorik beats run riot like
a crazed Plastic Ono Band filtered through that Brooklyn/NYC haze.
This is E & J's 1st foray into the lair of lacquer, pressed on
heavyweight white vinyl presented in a beautifully printed & laser
etched black card sleeve w/additional colour transluscent vellum inserts.
Elsie&Jack-710
45
$5.25
They Shoot Horses Don't They
Pick Up Sticks
PS, US While boasting the Horses signature cacophony of jittery guitars,
swirling keyboards & clattering horns, the new album also finds
them exploring ever-shifting rhythms & expansive atmospherics.
These are transfixing transmissions that could have been either beamed
from outerspace or unearthed in a time capsule from a lost age.
KillRockStars-460
CD
$13.25
Thompson, Richard
Sweet Warrior
PS, US Literate rocker Richard Thompson's new album, Sweet Warrior,
is a return to his classic electric sound, his first plugged-in album
since 2003's The Old Kit Bag. Filled with 14 songs of stories of loss
and betrayal, the album also contains one of Thompson's most overtly
political songs to date, "Dad's Gonna Kill Me," told from
the perspective of a nervous young soldier stationed in Baghdad (abbreviated
as "Dad" in the song). Richard Thompson is a consummate
singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career stretches back to the
late '60s, when he was a founding member of the British folk-rock
Fairport Convention. In the late '70s, with his then-wife, Linda,
he recorded Shoot Out the Lights, which regularly makes critics' lists
of the best records of all time. In the '90s, he experienced another
career renaissance with the album Rumor & Sigh and he remains
an elder-statesman of alternative rock.
ShoutFactory
CD
$17.00
Trembling Blue Stars
The Last Holy Writer (2X10")
PS, SPAIN "The last holy writer" is the sixth album by TREMBLING
BLUE STARS, thesecond one released worldwide through Elefant Records.
This album is dark,intimate, melancholic and cloudy, but every now
and then there are rays ofsunshine coming through the clouds, riding
sunny melodic breezes. SLOWDIVE and THE CURE are still good references
for this music, but they are toolimited to describe the unique sound
of TREMBLING BLUE STARS, a sound that'sready to mingle melodic, sensitive
pop with many electronic sounds,distortions, noises, static and even
field recordings that envelope thesongs with a nostalgic halo. On
one song, percussion is provided byfootsteps on dry branches and shingles,
and on another song a recording of dawn on the Romney Marsh provides
the backdrop. THE RAIN PARADE, MAZZY STAR and GALAXIE 500 come up
here and there: on this album there's folk, andthere's electronica
and 80's influences and avant country and, of course,there's the best
pop music you can hear. There's no doubt you will fall inlove again
with Bobby Wratten's music. They have hit the target again. "The
last holy writer" is the proof that one of the most influential
bands in indie-pop is at its most creative, daring and inspired, now
more concentrated than ever in writing the most beautiful popsongs
you've heard for ages.
Elefant-1126-1/2
10
$17.00
Trembling Blue Stars
The Last Holy Writer
PS, SPAIN "The last holy writer" is the sixth album by TREMBLING
BLUE STARS, thesecond one released worldwide through Elefant Records.
This album is dark,intimate, melancholic and cloudy, but every now
and then there are rays ofsunshine coming through the clouds, riding
sunny melodic breezes. SLOWDIVE and THE CURE are still good references
for this music, but they are toolimited to describe the unique sound
of TREMBLING BLUE STARS, a sound that'sready to mingle melodic, sensitive
pop with many electronic sounds,distortions, noises, static and even
field recordings that envelope thesongs with a nostalgic halo. On
one song, percussion is provided byfootsteps on dry branches and shingles,
and on another song a recording of dawn on the Romney Marsh provides
the backdrop. THE RAIN PARADE, MAZZY STAR and GALAXIE 500 come up
here and there: on this album there's folk, andthere's electronica
and 80's influences and avant country and, of course,there's the best
pop music you can hear. There's no doubt you will fall inlove again
with Bobby Wratten's music. They have hit the target again. "The
last holy writer" is the proof that one of the most influential
bands in indie-pop is at its most creative, daring and inspired, now
more concentrated than ever in writing the most beautiful popsongs
you've heard for ages. Highly recommended!
Elefant-1126
CD
$13.00
True West
Hollywood Holiday Revis Revisited
PS, US Encompassing their early, signature desert psych & incl.
their landmark "Hollywood Holiday" mini-LP & their classic
"Drifters" LP with the addition of demos produced by TELEVISION's
TOM VERLAIN accompanied by a 20pp photo-filled booklet. "In their
prime, they rocked every bit as hard as benchmark Paisley combos Dream
Syndicate or Rain Parade."
Atavistic-179
CD
$14.00
Uncle Monk
S-T
PS, US Tommy Ramone (drummer for THE RAMONES) & Claudia Tienan
have come together to create music rooted in old-time & bluegrass
influences. A unique mix of musical textures, there is a Yin &
Yang sensibility at work, a touch of light and dark, of bitter and
sweet
Burnside-1002
CD
$14.00
Vapnet
Nagot Daligt Nytt Har Hänt
PS, SWEDEN Vapnet doesn't stray too far from the band's effervescent
pop compositions, although it does sound like they've tidied up the
arrangement for their guest Jens Lekman, that features on one of the
tracks. Bells, flute, melodica, guitar, and that show-stealing sax
blow kisses to one another over a percolating beat, goosing the stop/start
melody to that exuberant filigree that leads so joyously into the
chorus. Despite the exuberance of the music, an undercurrent of melancholy
runs through it.
Hybris-048
CD
$9.50
Various
Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label
PS, US This tiny imprint releases less than a dozen singles between
199-73, but one look at their archives says the tape never stopped
rolling. Incl. are 4 previously unreleased masters & a slew of
demos. 19 tracks feat. MARION BLACK, EDDIE RAY, ROYAL ESQUIRES, OFS
UNLIMITED, THE SOUL ENSEMBLE, MITCH MITCHELL, SHIP WILLIS, PENNY &
THE QUARTERS & BIG JOE KING.
Numero-015
CD
$15.50
Various
Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Numero-015
DLP
$19.00
Various
Beat Chic: Dream Babes
PS, UK We return to the successful 60's Brit Girl series Dream Babes
for the seventh time, with a theme that is a focus on the 'Beatier'
end of the spectrum. Taking Merseybeat as a bench mark we include
a few tunes that illustrate the sounds around at the time Merseybeat
struck, such as American pop covers 'Pop Pop Pop Pie' and 'That Boy
John', 'the Showband' recording of 'Baby Roo', and Joe Meek's production
of 'Hobbies'. Then progress through prime time Beat records, such
as The Beat Chics rousing 'Now I Know' complete with swirling farfisa
like organ in the middle section, very reminiscent of early Animals.
A motif that returns on the Alan Price produced 'Can't You Hear My
Heartbeat'. Finally emerging mid decade with a hint of what came next,
Motown influenced backbeats and Horn parts perfectly exampled on 'Lets
Start The Party Going'. Which is where we will pick up next volume.
On Beat Chic we also include a healthy dose of recordings being reissued
for the first time, such as those by Polly Perkins with whom we have
just connected (preface to a Polly Perkins solo collection). Also
three previously unreleased recordings, those by Christine Holmes,
discovered in the archives of songwriter Pete Dello where Miss Holmes
assisted the pre-Honeybus artist/writer with early demos. You Too
Can Be A Beatle - Polly Perkins / Doesn't He Know - Christine Holmes
/ That Boy John - Billie Davis / Pop Pop Pop-Pie - Simone Jackson
/ Baby Roo - Eileen Reed & The Cadets / Hobbies - Jenny Moss /
Now I Know - The Beat Chics / Falling In Love Again - Polly Perkins
/ Can't You Hear My Heartbeat - Goldie & The Gingerbreads / Young
Lover - Polly Perkins / Tomorrows Fool - Marian Angel / The Folk I
Love - The Carrolls / Every Little Kiss - Christine Holmes / Why Can't
I Love Him - Jacki Bond / Guess I'm Dumb - Dani Sheridan / Here Comes
My Baby- Christine Holmes / Everybody I Know - Carol Friday / You
Don't Care - Val Lenton / Gone Tomorrow - Carol Friday / Whatever
Happened To The 7 Day Week - Bella And Me / Lets Start The Party Again
- Karen Young / Headlines - Goldie
RPM-327
CD
$16.25
Von Sudenfed
Tromatic Reflexxions
PS, US New album of cantankerous electro from The Fall ringleader/curmudgeon
Mark E. Smith and Mouse On Mars' Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma. Pitchfork
says comparisons to early LCD SS singles are spot on.
Domino
CD
$15.25
Wagoner, Porter
Wagonmaster
PS, US Wagoner is a true legend. He kicked out hard-hitting honky-tonk
anthems in the 50s, pioneered music television with the long-running
"Porter Wagoner Show" (1960- 1980), influenced everyone
from Johnny Cash and Dwight Yoakam to The Byrds and Gram Parsons,
recorded seminal concept albums in the 70s, populated with the lonely,
addicted, and mentally ill, and captured the imagination of nascent
punks like Alex Chilton. Last year, Marty Stuart - longtime Johnny
Cash sideman and torchbearer of traditional country music - approached
Wagoner with an unrecorded Cash song written for Porter called "Committed
To Parkview". Porter and Marty built an album around the song,
revisiting the classic feel of his chilling concept albums, interwoven
with barroom honky-tonk. The result is a record of raw beauty.
Anti
CD
$15.50
Forthcoming
Releases
( r )
In Pink (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 26TH)
PS, US Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo took almost 2 years to churn out
"In Pink" due to the triple duty he pulls with bands Larsen
and XXL. In Pink is a pretty extreme one, swinging between joy and
fear, introspective moody songs and explosions of - desperately optimistic
- energy. Still it is more a diary than an exorcism, filled with songs
about death and transfiguration, including a version of an Irish traditional
theme (which also Johnny Cash interpreted on one of his American albums)
and Joy Division's classic Atmosphere (which Fabrizio lists among
the best songs ever written).
Important-157
CD
$12.25
Acid Mothers Temple
Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 19TH)
PS, US Another AMT release! We can't keep up!
AceFu
CD
$14.75
Adams, Ryan
Easy Tiger (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 19TH)
PS, US
LostHighway
CD
$15.75
Aliens
Astronomy for Dogs (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 19TH)
PS, US Highly anticipated debut from founding/former Beta Band members...
ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Great title...conjuring up some pretty evocative
images, but The Sixties 101 would be a more accurate moniker for this
album, the first from a trio of ex-Beta Band members' new outfit,
the Aliens. Across the disc, the group offers up a primer in virtually
everything that made that decade so musically memorable, all wrapped
around 11 glittering pop songs... Sheer brilliance this, and without
even a hint of the self-indulgence that so defined the late '60s/early
'70s. And that's the real beauty of this set, for all its proggy,
psych-out elements, every note and each effect within are there for
good reason, even at its most seemingly jammy, free-form improvisational...
Beyond all the inspired arrangements, exceedingly clever echoes of
the past, flawless musicianship, and expert self-production, what
lingers are the band's magnificent melodies, be they lavish ballads
or revved-up rockers, classic pop from the past for today. Alien they
may be, but you'll be begging them to transport you away." (Jo-Ann
Greene)
Astralwerks
CD
$14.00
An Angle
The Truth Is That You Are Alive (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 12TH)
PS, US A rock album w/pop influence,from the deep creative well of
Kris Anaya.RIYL The Killers,Pavement,John Vanderslice.
Drive-Thru
CD
$13.25
Aroah
El Dia Después (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 12TH)
PS, SPAIN Aroah's much anticipated third studio long player, El día
después, brings ten songs sung in Spanish where sincerity lays
next to hope: smart, moving, stylistic and melancholic folk pop music
that's often orchestral yet intimate. El día después
is a record of an intense, harsh reflection. Produced by Raül
Fernandez (Refree), who also helped Irene crafting the acoustic and
inspired atmosphere of "En el patio interior", an EP released
about two years ago. In this new album, Irene's voice sounds new and
clean. She now sings every line in Spanish (except for some words
in English and French), surmounting all the shyness she has suffered
from since she started writing lyrics. Not far from Ida, Mary Timony
or Lisa Germano (she has even been called "a Catpower you can
relate to"), Irene now turns what used to be folk raised in an
American hotbed into a sincere and moving and (often) orchestral pop.
We either have to point out El día después is nearly
a rupture with Aroah's first two records, or just mention she has
chosen to take a new and adventurous path. Irene reveals all of her
poetry, talent, humor and shy optimism throughout its 29 minutes.
Aroah has grown older, wiser. All of her thoughts evolve in this touching
album of beautiful simplicity.
Acuarela-1066
CD
$13.50
Art Brut
It's a Bit Complicated (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 19TH)
PS, US Much like the art movement of the same name, Art Brut are outsiderish,
rebellious, punk before punk, and deliciously libertine. Their second
full-length is poppier than the first (2004's "Brutlegs"),
and with tracks titled "Pump Up The Volume" and "I
Will Survive", expect it to be tongue-in-cheek and rancorously
funny.
Downtown
CD
$15.00
Artanker Convoy
Cozy Endings (CD/DVD) (PRE-ORDER:SALEABLE JUNE 19TH)
PS, US "Cozy Endings" captures the finest moments so far
of a two year experiment between the psychedelic rock group ARTANKER
CONVOY and the art collective MUX. This CD/DVD set offers the seeker
the rare opportunity to catch a glimpse of the aural and visual experience
that have only been available to live audiences in limited locations.
Artanker Convoy generates the sound: alien waves punctuated by sly
rhythms that accommodate a crowd whether it is dancing, watching the
visuals or relaxing. MUX brings to bear the combined visual acumen
of choreographers, lighting specialists and video artists to create
an ethereal landscape through which the band dissolves and dancers
flow through.
TheSocialRegistry-029
CD/DVD
$11.50
Arthur & Yu
In Camera (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 19TH)
PS, US This Seattle duo made an album with soft, layered vocals that
float over textural acoustics, "In Camera" is an audible
effigy of a time past, and an album made for forgetting and remembering.
Drawing sonic inspiration from the Velvet Underground as well as the
studio experimentation of Lee Hazlewood, each track is a study in
expansion, centered loosely around chiming guitars and swirling melodies.
Grant Olsen's hazy croon is lifted by the smooth harmonies of Sonya
Westcott (formerly of Rogue Wave), and both reel in the influence
of Nancy Sinatra between the familiar crash of a tambourine and layers
of guitar. This debut is built upon nostalgia and exudes an undeniably
earnest warmth.
HardlyArt
CD
$10.50
Astral Social Club
Super Grease (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 26th)
PS, US Super Grease is a limited edition of 500 vinyl only release
from Vibracathedral Orchestra/Sunrrof!/A Band member Neil Campbell.
This is a companion release to Astral Social Club's Neon Pibroch cd
also on Important. Astral Social Club is the current project of Neil
Campbell, formerly of Vibracathedral Orchestra, Sunroof!, A Band and
many more. Campbell has been active since the early 80s, and The Wire
magazine has said that, along with his friends Richard Youngs and
Matthew Bower, he "provided the map co-ordinates for much of
what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s
and 90s". Campbell's approach as Astral Social Club could be
seen as both a continuation and a refutal of his work with Vibracathedral
Orchestra - a continuation in that it continues the quest into the
unknown stellar regions of improvised drone-based music, and a refutal
in its espousal of most of the elemental organic rock modes that made
that band so special. The focus here is more on alien electronics
and overloaded loop disorientation, sometimes even working with sounds
more readily associated with the far end of dance music to produce
a truly vast 21st century psychedelic sound.
Important-156
LP
$14.75
Astral Social Club
Neon Pibroch (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 26th)
PS, US Neon Pibroch is a brand new full length cd from the Astral
Social Club. Also available at the same time is a limited edition
Astral Social Club LP on Important titled Super Grease. Neon Pibroch
is dedicated to the memory of Textile Records founder Benoit Sonnette.
Astral Social Club is the current project of Neil Campbell, formerly
of Vibracathedral Orchestra, Sunroof!, A Band and many more. Campbell
has been active since the early 80s, and The Wire magazine has said
that, along with his friends Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower, he
"provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a
post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s". Campbell's
approach as Astral Social Club could be seen as both a continuation
and a refutal of his work with Vibracathedral Orchestra - a continuation
in that it continues the quest into the unknown stellar regions of
improvised drone-based music, and a refutal in its espousal of most
of the elemental organic rock modes that made that band so special.
The focus here is more on alien electronics and overloaded loop disorientation,
sometimes even working with sounds more readily associated with the
far end of dance music to produce a truly vast 21st century psychedelic
sound. Late last year, VHF Records released a compilation/mix CD drawn
from the earlier string of self-released CDRs which showcased the
diverse methods employed in Astral Social Club recordings.
Important-155
CD
$12.25
Begushkin
Nightly Things (PRE-ORDER:SALEABLE JUNE 19TH)
PS, US BEGUSHKIN is the masterwork of Brooklyn swinging sultan, multi-instrumentalist
and masterful songwriter DAN SMITH & friends. Begushkin's debut
full length "Nightly Things" is an 8 track journey into
a creepy & disturbing surreal nightlife full of enemies, coarse
love, and violence delivered with both a manic desperation and deadpanned
absurdity that's augmented by Smith's intricate guitar picking &
a woman's mournful harmonies.
LocustMusic-089
CD
$11.50
Begushkin
Nightly Things (PRE-ORDER:SALEABLE JUNE 19TH)
PS, US BEGUSHKIN is the masterwork of Brooklyn swinging sultan, multi-instrumentalist
and masterful songwriter DAN SMITH & friends. Begushkin's debut
full length "Nightly Things" is an 8 track journey into
a creepy & disturbing surreal nightlife full of enemies, coarse
love, and violence delivered with both a manic desperation and deadpanned
absurdity that's augmented by Smith's intricate guitar picking &
a woman's mournful harmonies.
LocustMusic-089
LP
$16.25
Black Bonzo
Sound of the Apocalypse (PRE-ORDER:SALEABLE JUNE 26TH)
PS, US Domestic release for Swedish retro-psych-prog act's second
album. Their first album was a very popular title for Parasol Mail
Order. Think classic Queen, Uriah Heap, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Beatles
and Bowie, even a hint of Kansas, encapsulated in tried-and-true Swedish
classic 60s and 70s rocksense. The band says "It's more adventurous,
original and mysterious then you ever can imagine!" and knowing
what we know about their flamboyant and freaky debut we've got two
words for you "Whoa!"... Black Bonzo members include vocalist
Magnus Lindgren, new bassist Anthon Johansson, drummer Mikael Israelsson,
guitarist Joakim Karlsson and Nicklas Åhlund on keyboards. 'Sound
of the Apocalypse' was mixed at Tonteknik by Magnus Lindberg, at the
same mixing console used for Pink Floyd's 'Animals'. More on this
later...
Laser'sEdge
CD
$16.25
Black Magic Disco
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 26TH)
PS, US BLACK MAGIC DISCO is the new all-star band featuring Tom Greenwood
(Jackie-O Motherfucker), Maurizio & Roberto Opalio (My Cat Is
An Alien) and Ramona Ponzini (Painting Petals On Planet Ghost, Praxinoscope).
The project was born out of an idea from Tom Greenwood, former leader
of the avant-folk-blues ensemble Jackie-O Motherfucker (JOMF), who
invited Maurizio and Roberto Opalio, aka the Italian improv duo My
Cat Is An Alien (MCIAA), and their close collaborator Ramona Ponzini
(also involved with the two brothers in the projects named Painting
Petals On Planet Ghost and Praxinoscope, as well as in the new collaboration
with Z'ev) to perform with him for two months of touring throughout
all Europe in May/ June 2005. As one can imagine, the result was killer.
The music which came out of he live performances was totally explosive,
combining Ramona's Japanese vocals & hypnotic chimes with Greenwood's
psych-blues guitar attitude & wild turntablism, over MCIAA's alien
cosmic flux of electric guitars, space toys & percussions, creating
a still unheard mixture of sounds unifying archaic & post-modern,
western & eastern, sky & earth.
Important-148
CD
$12.25
Bongos, The
Drums Along the Hudson [special edition, bonus tracks] (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE JUNE 12TH)
PS, US A parasol fave from the waqyback machine... Spectacular 1982
album (actually a collection of an EP and singles, who knew?) from
Richard Barone-led pop outfit The Bongos. The original album's 15
tracks are augmented with 12 bonus songs for a total of...27! ALL
MUSIC GUIDE: "Irresistible guitar pop." TIME OUT NY: "The
Bongos' 1982 debut is one of the best albums to come out of the NYC
area during the fertile, shadowy period between punk and new wave.
A pitch-perfect mediation of the nervy energy of fellow Hobokenites
the Feelies and the jangly guitars that R.E.M. would soon make famous,
Drums Along the Hudson's concise songs and terse, cryptic lyrics sound
just as fresh today. At least eight of the record's 15 insanely catchy
songs (including the one that's 29 seconds long) would totally weaponize
a mix-tape."
CookingVinyl
CD
$14.25
Buffalo Tom
Three Easy Pieces (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US New album! Their first in 9 years!
Ammal/NewWest
CD
$16.00
Cale, John
Paris 1919 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 26TH)
PS, US 180 GRAM.Originally released in '73,this is Cale's 4th solo
release following his departure from the Velvet Underground.The songs
are hyper-literate numbers filled w/ political intrigue & shady
characters loosely based around the Versailles Conference alluded
