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13th Floor Elevators
Going Up: The Very Best Of The 13th Floor Elevators
PS, UK 2004 release, single CD best-of collection. "The 20 greatest mind-blowing highlights recorded for the International Artists label between 1966 and 1969 by the pioneering psychedelic rock group. Featuring the groundbreaking single, 'You're Gonna Miss Me,' other classics such as 'Fire Engine,' 'Slip Inside This House' and 'May The Circle Remain Unbroken,' plus the recently discovered nugget 'I Don't Ever Want To Come Down' and a manic version of Van Morrison's garage classic, 'Gloria.' Fronted by the truly eccentric and iconic Roky Erickson, The 13th Floor Elevators produced some of the most inventive and memorable music of the era. Their often-menacing drug-fuelled songs with a potent combination of R&B, folk-rock and Kinks/Stones punk and stoned lyrics based on a nihilistic hippy philosophy have brought them cult status ever since."
Charly
CD
$13.00

13th Floor Elevators
Easter Everywhere
PS, UK 2003 reissue. This enhanced re-issue includes 10 highly desirable bonus tracks in the form of live versions of 8 songs from the group's debut album, recorded in Texas & San Francisco, an instrumental version of "Levitation," as well as a previously unreleased studio gem, "I Don't Ever Want To Come Down."
Charly
CD
$15.75

A Smile and a Ribbon
Boy I Wish I Never Met
PS, US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a 9-song CD & 4-song 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. The Boy I Wish I Never Met is a pure P!O!P! album that draws influences from 1950's girl groups, 90's twee, and a whole lot of quirky personality. 13 bittersweet songs on CD and Vinyl. A limited edition pressing of 300 copies.
Shelflife
CD/45
$17.75

Airborne Toxic Event
S-T
PS, US These fixtures of the Silver Lake music scene, garnering comparisons to everyone from Modest Mouse & The Arcade Fire to the Clash & U2. The group's debut album was co-produced by Pete Min (Longwave, Ivy).
ShoutFactory
CD
$12.75

All That The Name Implies
S-T
PS, US This mellow collection of communal U.S. hippie folk was recorded in 1968 and went undiscovered for decades. Featuring male and female vocals, strummed 6 and 12-string acoustic guitars, congas, flute and tambourine, it's a lost gem that's bound to appeal to fans of stoned rural psychedelia. The songs range from touching ballads to whimsical ditties and a highly unusual medley in tribute to folk giant Fred Neil. It makes its CD debut here, and comes complete with all four sides of their equally-rare and obscure 45s.
Fallout
CD
$16.25

Ambarchi, Oren
A Final Kiss on Poisoned Cheeks
PS, US There is a vivid breadth to the guitar deconstructions of Australian OREN AMBARCHI. Sometimes his work takes a delicate lilt; it can also dive into dark and deep pools of sound when he joins cowl-core ensembles Sunn O))) (with Stephen O'Malley) and Burial Chamber Trio (with Greg Anderson). Whether with those bands, solo, or in collaboration with luminaries ranging from Mike Patton and John Zorn to Christian Fennesz, he consistently reroutes his instrument into zones of arch, alien abstraction. "A Final Kiss on Poisoned Cheeks" offers a dizzying gaze straight into a chasm of extreme frequencies - paint-peelingly high and bowel-churningly low - all set atop a sub-strata of menace, angst, and contemplative beauty.
TableOfTheElements-95
LP
$14.25

Ant Trip Ceremony, The
24 Hours [re-issue]
PS, US In 1968, a group of talented college students at Oberlin College formed a band and recorded their only album, 24 Hours. Pressed in scant quantity, this album would become a collector's item, selling for hundreds of dollars. Cicadelic Records is excited to release the complete album on CD with detailed liner notes and photos on the history of the band. The psychedelic sounds that emanate from this album will have listeners 'turn on, tune in, and drop out.' Originally Issued In 1968. 40th year anniversary release!
Cicadelic
CD
$11.25

Apache
Boomtown Gems
PS, US Described as Kiss meets The Ramones meets The New York Dolls, the albums sways & moves to the groove of that '70s glam/punk thing. Feat members of THE CUTS, PARCHMAN FARM, GHENGHIS TRON & others, this is simply a band of 4 dudes. The guitar player is some sorta reincarnation of Jimi Hendrix meeting Kurt Cobain in a dark club in NYC & the frontman, leading the charge...he is simply known as Apache.
Birdman
CD
$16.00

Apollo Sunshine
Shall Noise Upon
PS, US Double vinyl version! A celebration of darkness & light, love & death, friends & lovers. Feat. members of Drug Rug, Tulsa, Viva Viva.
HeadlessHeroes
DLP
$20.75

Arabian Blade
S-T (Cassette)
PS, US The stay-blazed team up of conneticut's chris donofrio and donovan fazzino get up in them guts with some comatose low blows spread out over twenty minutes. tones get deep in the earth, take a nap in the crust, and are discovered years later when they forget to wake up. bring a blanket and maybe a few coffin nails.(905)
905
CASS
$5.00

Arms
Kids Aflame (CD/DVD)
PS, US Inspired by a love of "sad/weird/insular genius types" like Neil Young, Stephin Merritt, & David Byrne, the music cloaks catchy tunes in fuzzy, echo-laden production & TODD GOLDSTEIN's melodramatic, crooned vocals. A true one-man band, he recorded this over a period of 3 years, playing all the instruments himself. A hazy, late-night mood runs deep in the record's 13 tracks w/ a surprise around every corner.
Melodic
CD/DVD
$16.25

Atlas Sound
Let the Blind Lead Those
PS, US VINYL VERSION. To make the 4 sides of the album complete, there are 6 NEW SONGS added!! One of the latest "true queer art punks" to emerge from the cracked pavement of southern suburban sprawl, this is the solo moniker of DEERHUNTER frontman/provocateur BRADFORD COX. This is, essentially, a bedroom album, a collage, mixing the garage rock & ambient electronic influences previously explored w/ Deerhunter in a new context, w/ newly explored recording techniques, mainly laptop based, learned w/ guidance from kranky artist Nudge's Brian Foote.
Kranky-114
DLP
$14.75

Atlas Sound
Atlas Shrugged
PS, US In March 2008, while ATLAS SOUND toured the U.S.A., chief Atlas Provocateur BRADFORD COX stopped off in Olympia, Wash. to lay down some tracks at the Dub Narcotic studio for this stellar Disco Plate release. Entirely off the cuff, Bradford made up the song on the spot, played all the instruments and improvised vocals. The session was engineered by CALVIN JOHNSON, who in his guise as Selector Dub Narcotic added his own flourishes, vocal and melodica, mixed the arresting B side "version". Another instant classic in our Dub Narcotic Disco Plate series of 7" 45 RPM records.
Krecords-113
45
$3.75

Avery, Eric
Help Wanted
PS, US Solo album from Jane's Addiction bassist, who's done some really awesome solo/collaboration stuff previously.
Dangerbird
CD
$15.00

Band Of Annuals
Let Me Live
PS, US An amazing combo of devastating heartbreaking alt-country earnestness and perfect pop-hook craftsmanship. This 6-piece Salt Lake City band will remind you of the likes of Ryan Adams, Magnolia Electric Co., Neko Case, Damian Jurado and many others. A+
KilbyRecords-007
CD
$13.75

Band Of Annuals
Repondez
PS, US First CD by SLC's premier alt country/pop band. Pop-tinged alt-folk with boy-girl harmonies topped off with pedal steel guitars, harmonicas and mandolins. Recommended if you like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Red House Painters, Ryan Adams.
KilbyRecords-005
CD
$13.75

Band, The
A Musical History [CD/DVD Box Set]
PS, US
Capitol
CD-BOX
$75.00

Barzelay, Eef
Lose Big
PS, US New solo album from founder and creative force of the much-loved alt-country combo Clem Snide and noted film score composer.
429Records
CD
$14.25

Belong
Same Places (Slow Version)
PS, US With "Same Places (Slow Version)," BELONG evinces a slow-motion transformation - plate tectonics, wired for sound. Aural mountains melt into seas; yet icy barrens yield to breathing jungles of detail. The single, sprawling track may evoke decay, dissolution and destruction, but underfoot are tendrils of inexplicable joy. Belong sings a lullaby of obliteration, and the paradox it embodies would make both Kevin Shields and Tony Conrad proud: crushing melancholia and shuddering euphoria, inexorably intertwined.
TableOfTheElements-96
LP
$14.25

Bitcrush
Shimmer and Fade
PS, US Originally released in 2005, 'Shimmer and Fade' was a limited time download EP from n5MD's sub-label En:peg Digital. Within its forty-eight minutes, bass and guitar arose from the background to a place of prominence and carried the EP's melodic content. This change in form represented an important period in the natural evolution of the Bitcrush sound, a time that found Mike Cadoo transitioning from his post-industrial and IDM beginnings found on Enarc to the more ambient/post-shoegaze direction of 'In Distance.' After years of requests to bring Shimmer and Fade back, n5MD has chosen to re-release it as a re-mastered CD which contains four extra tracks not found on the original EP. Limited to 1000, this release will serve as a time capsule of what was yet to come.
n5MD-160
CD
$12.00

Black To Comm
Fractal Hair Geometry
PS, GERMANY Black To Comm is the solo venture of Dekorder label boss Marc Richter. With two and a half albums released on his own label he has established himself as one of the most prolific drone artists out there with a forthcoming album on the American Digitalis label, a collaborative CD with Datashock on Ikuisuus, a 7" on the Irish Trensmat label and a collaboration with Xela in the works "Fractal Hair Geometry" is Richter's most refined and original work to date, picking up where the electrifying drone works of his monumental Double-LP left off. Like the last records this album is centered around recordings of a variety of vintage organs. While "Wir können leider..." often featured pure harmonium sounds and spacious recordings of chuch organ and mellotron, the new album opts for a more electronic, effects-laden sound, sending an old Farfisa Compact Deluxe and Casio SK-5 through an armada of analogue & digital effects pedals. The results are massive one-chord drones layered into dense & ecstatic, flickering & pulsating clusters of psychedelic electronic sound. Additional wordless vocal effects, hyperventilating & sizzling drum machines and hypnotic violin and guitar noises make for a hyperactive sound that never stands still even though most of the music is pure drones (sometimes consisting of more than 50 recording layers). Decidedly simple but gorgeous melodies shine through the mist from time to time, making a Black To Comm record always much more accessible than your average drone album. There's even a heavy 4/4 bass drum smuggled into a track dedicated to the late Leigh Bowery, one of the most enigmatic creative figures of the mid-80's UK club scene (and singer of Minty). Guests include Jonna Karanka (aka Kuupuu) on piano, Guido Möbius on trumpet and current Black To Comm (live) band members Renate Nikolaus on violin and Ulf Schütte (of Datashock, Aosuke, etc.) adding electronic sounds. Along the lines of the music, seminal German artist Oliver Ross has created a massive multi-layered neon-coloured collage artwork that is printed on special ultra-heavy cardboard stock.
Dekorder-027
LP
$16.25

Boredoms
Super Ae
PS, US
Birdman
CD
$15.00

Bossk
2
PS, US Following their 2006 debut release ".1," the group toured extensively w/an impressive list of bands, including Cult of Luna, The Ocean, Yndi Halda, & Baroness. Largely instrumental, this kicks in w/an almost stoner rock like groove, seamlessly moving into their characteristic rich ambient post-metal before climaxing w/ an upbeat vocal led closure.
EyeofSound
CD
$14.50

Bruni, Carla
Comme Si de Rien N'Etait
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The title of Carla Bruni's 2008 album, Comme Si de Rien N'Etait (As If Nothing Had Happened), is a good joke. After all, since her last album Bruni fell into a whirlwind romance with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and ended up marrying him and becoming the "First Lady" of France. That's a pretty big "something," and indeed it isn't often that the romance of a singer and a president is chronicled on record as it is here -- though you need to be fluent in French to catch the details, since only her cover of '50s pop classic "You Belong to Me" (which is a witty nod to a semi-scandalous trip the couple took to Egypt and other exotic locales before they were wed) is in English. You don't need to know exactly what's going on lyrically, because the intimate-sounding arrangements on the ballads and the light and breezy sound of the more uptempo tunes clue you in that there is romance in the air. Along with the nice arrangements, the best thing about the album is Bruni's intimate and sultry singing. She can purr like a Gainsbourg girl, strut sassily, or croon quite tenderly -- sometimes all within the same song. Most of the time she sounds like you always hoped a '60s French bombshell would sound but never quite did (think Bardot or Birkin). Not surprisingly, Bruni appears totally in control throughout the album, which could be down to her having written almost all of the songs herself, or could be down to her new position in the world. Whatever the reason, it makes for quite an improvement over her previous album, No Promises, and fulfills the promise of her charming debut, Quelqu'un M'a Dit. It is probably the best album released by a "First Lady," but beyond that, it's a pleasant, sometimes compelling album by a singer/songwriter with some stories to tell and a lovely way of telling them."
Downtown
CD
$17.00

Bug
London Zoo
PS, US In Gibson's Neuromancer, when Case & Molly meet the 2 surviving founders of Zion, there is talk of hearing a "mighty dub" in the Babel of tongues signaling the "final days." If indeed we're living in these "end times," as many predict, then there can be no more of an appropriate soundtrack for the coming apocalypse than this. Best start building the Marcus Garvey tug now.
NinjaTune
CD
$16.00

Byrds
Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde
PS, US A key transitional touchstone in The Byrds' fabled canon, 1969's Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde was the next stop in the band's pioneering country-rock trajectory and the first album by the post-Gram Parsons lineup. With leader Roger McGuinn at the helm of a stellar new edition of the band featuring guitar god Clarence White, drummer Gene Parsons, and bassist John York, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde sees The Byrds bridging the gap between the psychedelic flights of the group's mid-'60s albums and the down-home, country-based style developed only months earlier with Sweetheart of the Rodeo. In addition to containing strong McGuinn originals ("King Apathy III," "Old Blue"), more of the band's beloved interpretations of Bob Dylan classics ("This Wheel's on Fire" and a medley blending The Bard's "My Back Pages" with Jimmy Reed's "Baby, What You Want Me to Do"), and even a Gram Parsons collaboration (the bemusing "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man," which cleverly celebrates The Byrds' love of country music while simultaneously taking a dig at small-minded rednecks), Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde also boasts two tracks composed by McGuinn for the obscure, racy '60s cult movie Candy. Mastered from the original Columbia Records analog master reels, Sundazed's exact reproduction of the original LP will have Byrdmaniacs everywhere soaring to high heaven!
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Byrds
Sanctuary II
PS, US A new vinyl collection of rare Byrds recordings! With an emphasis on the group's instrumental prowess and exclusive interviews with Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and John York Sanctuary II collects outtakes and unissued material from the legendary Younger Than Yesterday, Notorious Byrd Bros. and Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde sessions. A High-Definition Vinyl pressing of forgotten gems!
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Byrds
Sanctuary IV
PS, US The Sanctuary spotlight shifts with volume IV to the Nashville sessions for the Byrds' landmark 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo. Spurred on by new member Gram Parsons, formerly of the International Submarine Band, the Byrds traveled to Nashville to fashion the innovative country/rock blend that's been part of American culture ever since. Sanctuary IV collects all of Parsons' vocal takes for the first time, as well as other outtakes and rehearsals which document the creation of an album unlike any other. First time on vinyl for all tracks; annotation by Byrds' Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and Kevin Kelley!!
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Byrds
Sanctuary III
PS, US Laden with outtakes, alternate versions and rarites from the Ballad of Easy Rider and Untitled sessions, the third volume of our Sanctuary series spotlights Clarence White's fretboard genius. Vinyl debut for all tracks; annotation by Roger McGuinn and John York!
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Byrds
Sanctuary
PS, US The ringing sound of the Byrds - a band that created at least three rock 'n' roll genres (folk-rock, raga-rock and country-rock) would make any red-blooded music fan reach for the nearest tambourine to beat the jingle-jangle daylights out of it. Sanctuary collects all of the best rarities, alternate takes and 45-only sides into one goose pimple-inducing package, guaranteed to make anyone with a pulse "Feel A Whole Lot Better." Most tracks have never before appeared on vinyl!
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Caldera Lakes
S-T (Cassette)
PS, US New born duo of eva aguila (kevin shields / gang wizard) and brittany gould (married in berdichev) lay down some of the most beautiful / hideous / beautiful again experimental music around. the two create juxtopositions of gently sung vocals with scrapyard convulsions layered overtop of each other with results that are next level hypnotic. covers printed on vellum paper. (905)
905
CASS
$5.00

Chrome
Chrome Box [deluxe 3CD boxset]
PS, US Retrospective, 55 tracks from Mr. Helios Creed and cohorts.
Cleopatra
CD-BOX
$23.00

Clear Light
S-T
PS, US
CollectorsChoice
CD
$14.50

Clear Light
S-T
PS, US Their psychedelia run amuck with twin drummers, creamy fuzz guitar and carnival-clatter keyboards, LA's Clear Light were a fixture on underground radio - most memorably with their heavy-on-the-paranoia "Mr. Blue." Our reissue of their rare self-titled 1967 Elektra debut, produced by Paul Rothchild, features a non-LP bonus track ("She's Ready To Be Free") and liner notes that tell Clear Light's story in full, vivid detail.
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Clinic
Funf
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$14.00

Clinic
Funf
PS, US Ten years of Clinic flipsides are joyously addled but have consistently given a reason to listen beyond the A-sides, covering acid punk to damaged hoedowns and any stops in between.
Domino
CD
$12.00

Cluster
Cluster '71
PS, US REPRESS! NOW ON LP!
4MenWithBeards
LP
$16.75

Cluster & Eno
S-T
PS, US REPRESS! NOW ON LP!
4MenWithBeards
LP
$16.75

Cock Esp/Suffering Bastard
Split
PS, US Brutal grind featuring a dual-bass assault of the highest gain & lowest frequency, complete w/ brain-rattling vocal violence & remorseless drum kit abuse vs. an ugly & unlistenable shrieking noise overload inspired by 1980's top 40 hits & the pure unadulterated hatred of mankind.
ApopRecords
10
$10.25

Coffins
Buried Death
PS, US On their 3rd, they are firmly established as the underground's leading purveyors of Neanderthal-paced doomed death metal. Named as one of the 25 most anticipated LPs by Decibel Magazine, this comes packaged in sturdy Stoughton printed mini-gatefold.
SouthernLord
CD
$14.00

Coldplay
Viva La Vida
PS, US When Coldplay sampled Kraftwerk on their third album, X&Y, it was a signifier for the British band, telegraphing their classicist good taste while signaling how they prefer the eternally hip to the truly adventurous; it was stylish window dressing for soft arena rock. Hiring Brian Eno to produce the bulk of their fourth album, Viva la Vida, is another matter entirely. Eno pushes them, not necessarily to experiment but rather to focus and refine, to not leave their comfort zone but to find some tremulous discomfort within it. In his hands, this most staid of bands looks to shake things up, albeit politely, but such good manners are so inherent to Coldplay's DNA that they remain courteous even when they experiment. With his big-budget production, Eno has a knack for amplifying an artist's personality, as he allows bands to be just as risky as they want to be -- which is quite a lot in the case of U2 and James and even Paul Simon, but not quite so much with Coldplay. And yet this gentle encouragement -- he's almost a kindly uncle giving his nephews permission to rummage through his study -- pays great dividends for Coldplay, as it winds up changing the specifics without altering the core. They wind up with the same self-styled grandiosity; they've just found a more interesting way to get to the same point. Gone are Chris Martin's piano recitals and gone are the washes of meticulously majestic guitar, replaced by orchestrations of sound, sometimes literally consisting of strings but usually a tapestry of synthesizers, percussion, organs, electronics, and guitars that avoid playing riffs. Gone too are simpering schoolboy ballads like "Fix You," and along with them the soaring melodies designed to fill arenas. In fact, there are no insistent hooks to be found anywhere on Viva la Vida, and there are no clear singles in this collection of insinuatingly ingratiating songs. This reliance on elliptical melodies isn't off-putting -- alienation is alien to Coldplay -- and this is where Eno's guidance pays off, as he helps sculpt Viva la Vida to work as a musical whole, where there are long stretches of instrumentals and where only "Strawberry Swing," with its light, gently infectious melody and insistent rhythmic pulse, breaks from the album's appealingly meditative murk. Whatever iciness there is to the sound of Viva la Vida is warmed by Martin's voice, but the music is by design an heir to the earnest British art rock of '80s Peter Gabriel and U2 -- arty enough to convey sober intelligence without seeming snobby, the kind of album that deserves to take its title from Frida Kahlo and album art from Eugene Delacroix. That Delacroix painting depicts the French Revolution, so it does fit that Martin tones down his relentless self-obsession -- the songs aren't heavy on lyrics and some are shockingly written in character -- which is a development as welcome as the expanded sonic palette. Martin's refined writing topics may be outpaced by the band's guided adventure, but they're both indicative that Coldplay are desperate to not just strive for the title of great band -- a title they seem to believe that they're to the manor born -- but to actually burrow into the explorative work of creating music. And so the greatest thing Coldplay may have learned from Eno is his work ethic, as they demonstrate a focused concentration throughout this tight album -- it's only 47 minutes yet covers more ground than X&Y and arguably A Rush of Blood to the Head -- that turns Viva la Vida into something quietly satisfying. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Capitol-16965
LP
$22.94

Correcto
S-T
PS, US Correcto is a Glaswegian super art-group collaboration that includes a member of Franz Ferdinand. They pen bittersweet songs about chocolate and girls that's equal parts Vaselines, The Kinks, and Pete Shelley after Howard Devoto split town. Inspired by the mundane, the fantastical, mawkish behavior, and hangovers, the result is an exemplary album of direct and unhampered songs.
Domino
CD
$13.00

Correcto
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$14.00

Curless, Dick
Tombstone Every Mile
PS, US Maine native Dick Curless had long recorded for regional labels when songwriter Dan Fulkerson approached him with "A Tombstone Every Mile," the tale of a reallife stretch of Maine highway often lethal to truckers. Released nationally in 1965, the song became a #5 single for Curless and this, his first album for Tower Records, soon reached the Top Twenty on Billboard's country album charts.
Sundazed
CD
$12.25

Curse of Company
Leo Magnets Joins A Gang
PS, US Singer/songwriter, designer and actor David Wiley Rennick, best known for producing two internationally celebrated albums as part of Dappled Cities, has turned his hand to a blend of myth, music and storytelling with his least democratic work to date, The Curse of Company. THE MUSIC draws on Rennick's multi-platform artistic practices to convey story on a massive scale, mixing the psychedelic influence of The Velvet Underground with Neil Young's scalding alt-rock and folk, and drawing on classic, coming-of-age storytelling that recalls a dizzying mix of The Odyssey, Blade Runner, 2001 and Apocalypse Now.
Dangerbird
CD
$15.00

Darker My Love
2
PS, US You turn it on. Turn it up. And the feedback-filled guitars of "Northern Soul" instantly wash over you like an old friend. The pounding rhythms get down into your bones, making it impossible to sit still. And those melodies...they stick with you for days. "Baby, you've got me talking words..." There's a new sheen at play here, courtesy of studio guru, Dave Cooley (Silversun Pickups, J Dilla), allowing the sunburnt harmonies to part through the sonic squall like an indie rock Moses. A sophomore record in every sense of the word.
Dangerbird
CD
$15.00

Days
Downhill
PS, US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a 5-song CD & 2-song 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. One of the most anticipated debuts of 2008, Downhill shows a band untroubled by anything common or earthbound; standing the test of time and standing for themselves.
Shelflife
CD/45
$17.75

DeVotchKa
A Mad and Faithful Telling
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anti
LP
$15.50

Doormouse
Stanley Yerkowski presents: Xylophone Jism as The Ridiculator
PS, UK So way, way, way back in 1994 Dan Doormouse first starting making hardcore techno in Milwaukee Wisconsin, then one day he stumbled upon a Sun Ra record and thus, "Breakcore" in the United States of America was born. He began the legendary Addict and Distort record labels soon after, and began releasing the most fucked up high intensity music the world has ever seen. The nephew of Lemme from motorhead (really, no shit!), Dan soon started performing solo and with his band Meat around Milwaukee in the Midwest of the US, gaining a massive following of renegades, speed freaks and social workers. Somehow, Mike Paradinas (Mu-ziq) took notice, and "Broken" was Dan's first major CD release in 2002 on the Planet Mu record label. But it comes as no surprise that the sorted and complex realities of Breakcore stardom (in this case of bottle of Jack Daniels, and some misplaced punches) made it difficult to continue with Planet Mu . Naturally, Dan finds a home here at Cock Rock Disco with "Stanley Yershonowski presents Xylophone Jism as The Ridiculator."
CockRockDisco-003
CD
$11.75

Droughter & Gnarly Sheen
Split (Cassette)
PS, US Two heads of the same beast, breathing fire and shitting smoke. droughter devours minds with a vocal shredding, feedback fucked wall of power that is hope enveloping and overloaded with eruptive hysteria. gnarly sheen changes things up with a dilated dronescape utilizing layers of lethargic currents. two reasons to put the entire ward on suicide watch.
905
CASS
$5.00

Duchesses
Estupet
PS, US This precocious all-girl quartet with an average age of 19 create a Medusa's head of sound; their influences range from Death In June to Kate Bush. The musical result is a motley collision of razorchainsaw guitars, sinister high school marching band drums, seasick rolling basslines, all heading into battle lead by a screaming banshee-girl-thing spitting acid & venomous bile. Don't be deceived by their youth & knee-highs.
ApopRecords
CD
$13.50

El Vez
Gospel Show In Madrid
PS, US El Vez isn't a conventional Elvis impersonator at all. He takes 50 years of popular music and knits it together to arrive at a revue style of ginormous proportions. T. Rex, The Jam, Iggy, U2 & Aerosmith all go under the thunder & into the blender. This DVD captures the magic and entertainment of Elvez live show, this time his "Gospel" show in Madrid in 2007.
Munster
DVD
$25.00

Elsinore
The General EP
PS, US New three-song EP from local acoustic folk/rock/alt-country heroes, just back from a 4-week US tour!
WordsAsWeapons
CD5
$4.25

Enduser
Bollywood Breaks
PS, GERMANY Repress Packaging: color 12" sleeve. Three tracks by Enduser, and remixes by LARVAE, MAD EP and LINE47. Originally released in October 2004, this 12" sold out very quickly. It was then re-released on CD, which also sold out. Here comes the long awaited repress of the 12", guaranteed to go very fast as well.
AdNoiseam-41
12
$11.50

Engine Down
From Beginning to End
PS, US After nearly a decade of making music, the group chose to play 1 final tour in the US, which is chronicled on this DVD. Contains over 3 hours of content, including a documentary, their entire last show, rare & unreleased tracks, music videos & photo galleries.
Lovitt
DVD
$15.75

Es
Sateenkaarisuudelma
PS, FINLAND Originally released as a 2LP by the (K-RAA-K)³ label in 2005, Sateenkaarisuudelma is Fonal label-head Sami Sänpäkkilä's fourth solo album under the name Es. The 2CD release is a trilogy containing three independent parts: "Sateenkaarisuudelma," "Maailmankaari" and "Pianokaari." Sateenkaarisuudelma was conceived from live songs performed on tour with Black Forest/Black Sea's Miriam Goldberg on cello, Jeffrey Alexander on guitar and effects, and Fursaxa's Tara Burke on vocals and keyboard. "Maailmankaari" I and II were recorded at Boston's WMBR radio station. Featuring rushing piano cadences and stabs, the sounds of burbling streams and static, softly chanting vocals, spectral, psychedelic ambience, dark koan/drones and endlessly looped guitar and electronics, this double album is a contemplative journey into a sound quite beyond freak-folk or Finnish quaintness. Other musicians include members of Kemialliset Ystävät, Kiila and Lau Nau.
Fonal-052
DCD
$20.50

Faint, The
Fasciinatiion
PS, US Their 1st album in 4 years through their own, newly-formed label. In certain ways, the album is the most mechanical & precise of the band's work: the vocals sound less human than ever before; the bass lines are more mangled, keyboards spiral & squeal out of control; electronic pings & stabs invade the melodies; the lyrical anxiety & disdain of previous albums pervades almost every song.
Blank.wav
CD
$12.00

Faint, The
Fasciinatiion
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Blank.wav
DLP
$17.25

Faraquet
Anthology 1997-1998
PS, US Began as a side project featuring SMART WENT CRAZY members DEVIN OCAMPO & JEFF BOSWELL. This is the re-issue of songs they had recorded for various singles & split releases. All songs have been re-mixed by DEVIN OCAMPO & re-mastered by CHAD CLARK.
Dischord
CD
$10.75

Faraquet
Anthology 1997-1998
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Includes MP3's.
Dischord
LP
$11.00

Flynn, Johnny
A Larum
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
LostHighway
DLP
$14.00

Flynn, Johnny
A Larum
PS, US A British lo-fi rock troubadour." What else about him? That's all we got. Debut album on Lost Highway.
LostHighway
CD
$10.00

Foster, Josephine
This Coming Gladness
PS, UK This is Colorado-based Josephine Foster's (Born Heller, The Supposed) debut release for Bo Weavil Recordings, and her third full-length album. This Coming Gladness is the highly-awaited follow-up to 2006's A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing on Locust. This Coming Gladness is transcendental fin de siècle songs from one of the great unsung voices and songwriters of our modern times. Josephine Foster unites rarely united royal realms: self-penned operatic art songs cast in freely-rendered blues with electric guitars and drums beating the path along with harp and piano flourishes. She has a voice that was trained for opera, but creaks like ancient mountain folk floating out from a dusty Victrola. She surpasses any "weird-folk" labelling through the sheer timelessness of her songcraft -- making baroque balladry sound new yet remembered from some not-too distant shared American past. Joining her on this recording is electric guitarist Victor Herrero and drummer Alex Nielson.
BoWeavil
CD
$16.25

Garnett, Gale and the Gentle Reign
S/T
PS, UK Like a lot of folk-pop performers who began their careers in the early- to-mid-'60s, by the end of the decade Gale Garnett seemed to have drifted into the rock and psychedelic scene, hooking up with the band The Gentle Reign to cut these two bizarre albums for CBS. Singer, journalist, actress (from cult 60s movie Mad Monster Party to My Big Fat Greek Wedding), star of Scopitones (check Youtube for some delights!), Gale Zoe Garnett is a marvel and a one-off. Listening to this album one has to wonder who is she taking on here? Bobby Gentry with her smoky voice and good looks, Grace Slick with her swooping rock stylings, or even Frank Zappa with the satirical tone and radio acting? Gale Garnett is a law unto herself. Rev-Ola is proud to bring you her two ndeservedly obscure late 60s albums with The Gentle Reign, a mere smidgen of the woman s immense and unique talent. ** Re-mastered in top Rev-Ola style by Norman Studio 3 Blake and with beautiful repackaging for a beautiful lady! ** Includes both amazing albums in their entirety! ** A must for all fans of out-there psych, sexy femme pop, avant-garde stylings and cult 60s artefacts!
Rev-Ola-257
CD
$15.50

Great Northwest
Widespread Reign of...
PS, US The 13 track album brims over with lush soundscapes; ambient modulations, pop melodies & slowcore pacing coalesce
seamlessly throughout the record. Lavish & haunting vocals woven with Brian's savvy wordplay complete the sonically induced mind altering experience. After the mixing session, Coates said warmly, "there's guitar, there's bass, there's drums, there's trombone, there's Leslie speakers, practice amps, Jew's Harps, drum loops, tambourines, ebows, harmonicas, pie tins, there's thought, there's love"
Kora
CD
$11.25

Guggenheim Grotto, The
...Waltzing Alone
PS, US The curiously named Guggenheim Grotto are a folk-pop trio from Dublin, Ireland, consisting of Kevin May (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Mick Lynch (vocals, guitar, bass, viola), and Shane Power (drums, keyboard). In 2003 May and Lynch began playing together in Dublin and soon recruited Power after he had done production work on their first EP, A Lifetime in Heat. The group's first full-length album, ...Waltzing Alone, followed and was self-released only in Ireland in September 2005. It was released in North America a year later through UFO Music. ~ Kenyon Hopkin, All Music Guide Deluxe hard bound book style packaging!
SHLC003
CD
$14.29

Halstead, Neil
Oh! Mighty Engine (ON SALE)
PS, US New solo album from Slowdive/Mojave 3 mainman... In the late '90s Neil fronted a band called Slowdive, and after a couple of really good records they split. From there Neil formed his current band Mojave 3, who have released 4 records to date with a few more to come, we hope. Hard to find 2 bands with more critical accolades, and at the core of those bands was Neil and his songwriting. Oh! Mighty Engine is the name of Neil's newest solo record. It is a record that can handle excessive listens and seems to absorb every mood. It is really hard to find a record that can make you happy, sad, and can make you laugh all at once. He writes songs that are very personal to him, and then allows space for everyone to take their own meaning away from his lyrics ("Go skies and thrones and wings. And poetry and things" from the song "Elevenses"). Neil is an old soul and his newest solo record is exactly who he is. Welcoming, warm, clever and kind.
Brushfire
CD
$13.50

Halstead, Neil
Oh! Mighty Engine
PS,US VINYL VERSION.
Brushfire
LP
$13.75

Hammer No More The Fingers
S-T
PS, US "Their sound is just straight up indie rock that's laced w/ energy and dipped in a vat of pure catchiness. Better yet, the trio also do enough to not actually sound like it's just three dudes pounding away on their instruments; there's a real sense of flexibility and confidence" -Side One/Track One. Stereogum's Band To Watch
PowerTeam
CD5
$7.00

Handsome Family
Songbook
PS, US Musical notation including chords, tabs, melody & lyrics for 21 HF songs! Compiled by Brett & Rennie for your delight. Songs include: Arlene, Drunk by Noon, Down in the Ground, Weightless Again, The Sad Milkman, I Know You Are There, No One Fell Asleep Alone, 24 Hour Store, The Bottomless Hole, After We Shot the Grizzly, All the Time in Airports, Tesla's Hotel Room & more!!
HandsomeFamily
BOOK
$11.00

Harvey Milk
Courtesy & Goodwill Toward Men (2006)
PS, US At times fragile, minimal, & achingly beautiful; other times it suffocates w/tar-black, crushingly heavy dirges that bend time. The tension that permeates the arrangements is exhausting. This is unprecedented, uneasy listening that walks the finest of lines between difficulty & beauty. Comes w/bonus disc w/entire live set.
Relapse
DCD
$15.00

Hatewave
Free Ringetones
PS, US Disgusting 4 track no-grind from poor white guys on meth and hoarse.
ApopRecords
CD
$13.50

Helm
Chrysalis (Cassette)
PS, US Three solo offerings from half of the birds of delay unit, luke younger. everything comes together in a sort of calming yet virulent way, like rivers of red and black filled with dead birds falling from the sky. chrysalis is sort of like a anodynic end to all things. one quick bite of the apocolypse that makes everything feel good. black on black covers.
905
CASS
$5.00

Hewhocorrupts
Microeconomics
PS, US Chicago's CEOs of corporate grind have returned w/ a high-yielding 7" that will knock your receptionists socks off. Released in 2007 as the infamous credit card shaped CD packaged in a wallet! On colored vinyl, full color folding jacket, w/ all of your credits & debits clearly detailed... pay your fucking bills!
GileadMedia
45
$6.50

Ida
My Fair, My Dark
PS, US The 12" includes a bonus track, is on 180 gram vinyl, and includes a free digital download
card.
Polyvinyl
12
$9.75

Ida
My Fair, My Dark
PS, US This seven song, 30 minute mini-album was recorded in a barn in Woodstock, while Ida was making their latest album, Lovers Prayers. The My Fair, My Dark EP features guest appearances by Levon Helm, Michael Hurley and Tara Jane ONeil. Includes covers of songs by John Martyn, Dolly Parton and Annie Briggs.
Polyvinyl
CD5
$8.75

Jack of Heart
San Francisco
PS, US LIMITED TO 500! Departing completely from the static-soaked, overdriven throb prerogative ofR theecior rpdrsevious bands, this is a new conglomeration of Piero from the FATALS & DEMON'S CLAWS, & Benji from the CRETEENS. Their sound takes off down the tender side of the switchblade, & erupts w/ such an unassuming immediacy that it's tough to pinpoint the first time it slithers through your head
Rob'sHouse
45
$5.25

Jandreus, Peter
The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk 1977-1987
PS, US Beautifully produced hardcover edition, 320 pages, full color. Kinda unbelievable in that same way that all "unbelievable" things are, I mean how does this book exist?! "Do you get nostalgic shivers down your spine when someone mentions the word punk? Are you a real geek when it comes to record collecting? Have you ever wondered what was out there -- deep in the underground of the Swedish punk scene? Then this book is for you! Find out everything you want to know about leading acts such as Ebba Grön, KSMB, Attentat, Anti Cimex, Mob 47, Asta Kask and Strebers. But also about every other band that ever released a record during the first ten years of punk music! In this book you will find all the facts: line-ups, home towns, biographies and complete, fully illustrated discographies with all sleeves depicted in full color. The discographies detail variations in vinyl pressings and covers, colored vinyl existence -- and just about everything else of interest for any serious collector of Swedish punk records. Finally, you get to see the full output from legendary bands such as Vicious Visions, Shas, Absurd, Kriminella Gitarrer, 57 KEZ, Kessler Jugend, Bad Boo Band and other similar acts. Over the years, early Swedish punk has obtained a cult reputation among music fans all over the world and some records will fetch ridiculously high prices at auctions. Those records were often pressed in a very small series by private labels. This book includes Premium Publishing's established price guide indication ratings, showing the current status among collectors for each and every entry! It has taken the author some ten years to collect the massive amount of information contained in this book. Premium Publishing is now very proud to present the definitive reference guide to all the recording acts during the first ten innovative years of the Swedish punk era!"
PremiumPublishing
BOOK
$52.00

Jason Crest
Collected Works of Jason Crest
PS, UK Now available again after being deleted since 2002, Collected Works Of Jason Crest collects the A and B sides of all five late 1960s singles by British psychedelic pop cults Jason Crest and adds six extraordinary demos that failed to see the light of day at the time. With a lavish 16-page booklet and tracks of the caliber of 'Turquoise Tandem Cycle' and the legendary 'Black Mass,' Collected Works Of Jason Crest is the definitive anthology of one of the most highly regarded British psych-pop bands of the era.
WoodenHill-006
CD
$20.50

Keith
The Adventures Of Keith
PS, UK Keith scored a massive worldwide hit in 1967 with the record 98.6, which featured on our release Keith Ain't Gonna Lie (RPM 273), and is the subject of an entire column in this months Mojo Magazine. We are pleased to present Keith s 1969 self penned LP, The Adventures of Keith, which is reissued for the first time, and is also on CD for the first time. A striking set which tells the story of a boy, Charley Cinders, who is born [Waiting to Be]; he's blind [Alone On The Shore]; the trials and tribulations he has to deal with [Marstrand, China Clipper, The Problem, Elea-Elea, Trixon's Election] and ultimately his own demise [Charley Cinders]. In production the music speaks loudly of Keith's British pop influences and the arrangements twist and turn in such a way that they could only be from a songwriter enthralled with Sgt Pepper. All of which explains why The Adventures Of Keith fell through the cracks in mainstream 1969 America, only to become a highly sought-after soft rock collectable in recent years. Full story inside from a new interview with Keith (aka Barry Keefer).
RPM-833
CD
$16.75

Kelley, Greg
Religious Electronics
PS, US Face melting electronics from Greg Kelley. This is not a Jazz record. Limited to 350 copies.
NoFunProductions-33
LP
$17.75

Krallice
S-T
PS, US hymns, it's a vitriolic & hypnotizing assault on the senses that brings to mind early Burzum, Nattens Madrigal-era Ulver, Gorgoroth & US legends Weakling. This is their unique vision- singular in the realm of US black metal today.
ProfoundLore
CD
$14.25

Kuryakin
Still Here
PS,US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a 5-song CD & 2-song 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. There's something to be said for pure and simple pop songs. Kuryakin pull influences from all the right places making "Still Here" a melodic masterpiece.
Shelflife
CD/45
$17.75

Lackthereof
Your Anchor
PS, US Lackthereof is the bedroom side-project of Danny Seim, best known as the incredibly talented and very tall drummer for the acclaimed band MENOMENA. This is the 9th record Seim's put out in the last 10 years & easily his most cohesive to date.
Barsuk
CD
$10.00

Landed
How Little Will It Take
PS, US Double disc compilation featuring a blown out bonus 3 inch bonus disc. On this release you get some compilation tracks, some new chapters in the band's history (the band has mutated into a breakcore booty crew with a mush mouthed grape ape singing!), a rerelease of the recently released "Time I Despise" 12", a 7 inch track & some sundry live material. Altogether a recommended affair for those looking at doing a little post graduate work on late 20th/early 21st century free range roving garbage rock of the highest order. Yes, they were contemporaries of many bands in Providence like Lighting Bolt, Arab on Radar & Six Finger Satellite. LIMITED TO 750
Load
DCD
$12.50

Late, The
Songs From The Family Tree
PS, UK Although harmony-based British soft rock act Unicorn didn't release their superb debut album, Uphill All The Way, until mid-1971, the core of the band had been playing together, principally as The Late, for several years. Taken from previously unreleased acetates and studio tapes, Songs From The Family Tree charts the group's hitherto undocumented progress from 1967 to 1969 as they slowly evolved from their original, Hollies-inspired psychedelic pop direction to create a more individual identity. With comprehensive liner notes, quotes and numerous photographs, Songs From The Family Tree is an essential item for Unicorn fans and admirers of late '60ss British pop alike." Includes a previously unreleased alternative mix.
WoodenHill-021
CD
$20.50

Lauten, Elodie
The Death of Don Juan
PS, US CD debut of this 1985 post-minimal landmark by Elodie Lauten. Lauten has been active in the downtown New York classical and punk scenes since moving from France in the 1970s. The Death of Don Juan is a breakthrough for its lyrical minimalism in combination with drama that actively engages a contemporary emotional experience. Originally self-produced and released as a small LP edition on her own label, it has been touted ever since by Kyle Gann, who adds notes to this edition, and was recently included on one of Alan Licht's Minimal Top Ten lists. Features performances by Arthur Russell and Peter Zummo.
UnseenWorlds-04
CD
$13.00

Leinonen, Ville
Suudelmitar
PS, FINLAND Originally released on CD by Poko Records in 2004, this is the debut full-length release by Ville Leinonen. This is a musical journey to the shores of imagined inner lands and to the Scandinavian forests of hopes and dreams. These songs are moments of beauty from nature, cities and villages. It's autumn in Finland. Freezing wind blows from Itämeri -- the sea. Rain washes the streets of Helsinki. Suudelmitar expresses knowing and understanding foreign cultures as they appear in common everyday life and music. Sweet and nostalgic flamenco-styled guitar and strident, trilling flute evoke a troubadour, street musician vibe. Bossa nova grooves are carefully orchestrated with horns and male and female jazz duets, and there's even a surprising sitar jam. Laid-back indie lounge for world travellers riding on a joyful breeze.
Fonal-053
CD
$16.25

Lights Out Asia
Eyes Like Brontide
PS, US Once a band has developed a sound that is undeniably theirs it can be difficult to push beyond those confines and expand the sound into new territory. Lights Out Asia set out to do just that and have succeeded in writing a record that was as much a sign of the times as it was an expansion of their aural bubble that has been their watermark. They have been called ethereal, post-shoegaze and sleep-rock, but on their third full length "Eyes Like Brontide" the band slides into a darker more ominous and less lucid dream than on previous efforts. The release is a stylistic shift from the sweet lullabies of their debut "Garmonia" (Sun Sea Sky) and the electronic drum driven post-shoegaze of 2007's "Tanks and Recognizers" (n5MD). The song dynamics on the album deserve special attention. For the first time in Lights Out Asia's history they have gone for broke with some of the most epic drum machine driven post-rock this side of the Pacific along with solemn disconnected passages of dream nourished sonic. The occasional floating vocal and dusty winding guitar they are known for are still present, but "Eyes Like Brontide" brings a whole new dimension to the Lights Out Asia ethos. Most importantly, the band has expanded upon its sound without throwing away the original blueprint or alienating its fan base. "Eyes Like Brontide" is recommended for fans of Hammock, Bitcrush, Robin Guthrie and Manual.
N5MD-161
CD
$12.00

Lollipop Shoppe, The
Just Colour
PS, UK One of the MUST HAVE Garage Rock classics! Originally known as The Weeds and featuring Fred "Deep Soul" Cole, The Lollipop Shoppe sound amazingly modern! After The Weeds signed to UNI Records, their new manager, the infamous "Lord" Tim Hudson, insisted they change their name to The Lollipop Shoppe to fit in with the current trend of bizarrely named bubblegum groups. The band's actual recordings are hardly bubblegum, but instead a mix of crunching garage rock and wild psychedelia. The album and its single, You Must Be a Witch, are period classics and still prized by collectors, though neither made the charts. The band opened for stars such as Janis Joplin and The Doors, and appeared in the biker movie Angels from Hell. They were to regroup as The Weeds once out of "Lord" Tim's clutches, and Fred Cole was to lead cult band Dead Moon. But it is for this, the classic Just Colour, that The Lollipop Shoppe are justly acclaimed.
Rev-Ola-256
CD
$15.50

Lord Dog Bird, The
The Lord Dog Bird
PS, US THE LORD DOG BIRD is the solo recording project of Colin McCann, guitarist for JAGJAGUWAR artists, WILDERNESS. While the band was on extended hiatus, McCann kept at it, documenting his feelings about life and music at home on his four track. The result is a gritty, tactile document of a time spent in self-exploration and flux.
Jagjaguwar-118
LP
$11.50

Los Peyotes
Introducing Los Peyotes
PS, US Equal parts of Garage Punk, Tex-Mex and Surf, "Introducing Los Peyotes" is their UK album release and stands up to anything released by Los Saicos, Los Shakers or any other of the legendary sixties South American Garage Punks that inspired them. Surf-guitar, Tex-Mex, psychedelic garage-punk and rhythm'n'blues, that seems to have crossed time and space from the Buenos Aires of 1965. Track listing: El Corredor Quemado, Action, El Humo te Hace Mal, Vampiro, Scream, La Malvada Creacion del Dr Illusion, El Entierro de los Gatos, Psicosis, Back Come to Me, I Don't Mind, Serial Killer, Connection, No Puedo Hacerte Mia.
DirtyWater-1021
LP
$17.75

Love
Love Story
PS, US
StartProductions
DVD
$30.00

Lovely Little Girls
Glamorous Piles & Puffy Saddlebags
PS, US An epic six song journey of grotesque proportions. The CD also contains a ten minute video of an opulent live show featuring a gaggle of girls gagging on spagetti. Crotch sandwich cover painting by Gregory Jacobsen
ApopRecords
CD
$13.50

Lover!
Man in the Woods b/w Foxtail Madness
PS, US LIMITED TO 500! Rich Crook has already blazed a frightfully righteous pop pathway, sRhoewcocardssing the hidden songwriting talents he kept to himself w/ such notable bands as the Reatards, Lost Sounds, & Viva L'American Death Ray. Once his songs reached the surface in The Knaughty Knights, it was apparent that Crook needed his own vehicle to spread his pop sense to the outer limits of the rock'n roll underworld.
Rob'sHouse
45
$5.25

Lovin' Spoonful, The
Do You Believe In Magic
PS, US Magic was in the air in 1965 when the Lovin' Spoonful recorded their debut album, a delightful grab-bag of styles that lets you taste all of the ingredients of their patented "good time music" even as that timeless elixir was being brewed. Featuring the enduring hits "Do You Believe In Magic" and "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind," Do You Believe In Magic makes its long-awaited reappearance on LP, bolstered by four previously unissued bonus tracks.
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Machine Girl (a.k.a. Enduser and Line 47)
S/T
PS, GERMANY Re-mastered, re-cut and given a whole record on their own, the four tracks written by Enduser and Line 47 back in 2007 get a second life on Ad Noiseam. Ranging from the most aggressive and noisy breakcore to melodic, syncopated material, the material on this record shows both producers at the top of their form and still is, 5 years after their original release on Sonicterror, a pearl of the breakcore scene.
Adnoiseam-097
12
$11.50

Machinefabriek
Dauw
PS, GERMANY Machinefabriek is the alias for Rutger Zuydervelt currently residing in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Since 2004 Zuydervelt has unleashed an uncountable number of self-released 3"CD's (his format of choice) in lovingly designed sleeves (all made by himself). In the past years some of these releases have been compiled into amazing albums such as "Slaapzucht" on the Root Strata label, "Weleer" on Lampse, the "Cello Recycling" 10"/CD on Type Records and "Bijeen" on Kning Disk. Recent collaborations with Stephen Vietiello (on the 12K label), Freiband, Steinbrüchel and other likeminded artists have expanded the horizon veritably. Machinefabriek's music has been remixed by the likes of Xela, Lesser, Svarte Greiner, Alva Noto, Pita, Kim Cascone, Ben Frost, Black To Comm and others. Only few Machinefabriek material has been recorded specifically for an album release but these have always been stand-outs in the vast catalogue. Both "Marijn" on Lampse and "Ranonkel" on Burning World Records were classic recordings, squeezing a large amount of what people love about Zuydervelt's music into one album, at the same time giving him the space to expand on new ideas. Likewise "Dauw" is one of Zuydervelt's most subtle & quiet yet refined works. Mainly built around small but gorgeous melodies of piano and guitar playing and the crackling sound of dusty vinyl samples, these songs slowly build into intensive hymn-like angel choirs of sheer heavenly beauty. Zuydervelt's output often has drawn comparisons to the likes of Fennesz, Godspeed, Arvo Pärt, Basinski, Tim Hecker, Phillip Jeck, Mogwai and Earth, which is certainly not all wrong and some of these have been influences in the early stages of his career but he has since developed a strong and individual language all of his own. Mastered by Guiseppe Ielasi with elegant artwork by Zuydervelt himself; metallic print on grey cardboard stock.
Dekorder-029
CD
$16.25

Makoto, Kawabata
We Don't Know Where We Came From
PS, US LIMITED to 500 copies. Features ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE leader on both electric & acoustic guitars. First 100 jackets are printed in a shimmering silver ink. Remaining 400 are printed white on black.
Important
LP
$20.00

Mars Black
Stay Black
PS, US Brooklyn's Mars releases his follow-up to 2005's "Folks Music". "The album is what it says - it's black stayin' black, from start to finish. Fifteen tracks, no skits, just me talkin' about how s**t is and how I wish s**t was. I laugh, I cry, I struggle, and I overcome. Friends, family, business, love, and life. What more is there?"
TeamLove
CD
$12.50

McArdle, Shannon
Summer of the Whore
PS, US Soul-baring debut solo album from former Mendoza Line singer and songwriter.
BarNone
CD
$15.00

Memes
I Will Catch You (Cassette)
PS, US 905's first journey into non-noise band land, "i will catch you" is nine tracks of avant-pop music from leigh valley's memes. a reverb rich, aerial flooding of experimental jams that draw influences from sonic youth, animal collective, the turtles, and amps for christ. a blend of breezes and hurricanes spread out over thirty minutes. post 911 psychedelic. (905)
905
CASS
$5.00

Menstration Sisters
MA
PS, US Reissue of first LP (previously limited to 100 copies and released only in Australia) from this influential Australian rock/noise/insane/weirdness band. Like listening to Harry Pussy on some really bad acid. Limited to 500 copies.
NoFunProductions-29
LP
$17.75

Merzbow
Eucalypse
PS, US An ancient & intricate web of life has been disrupted, & native plants, insects & animals are being driven to extinction. Humans, who have long been a part of the local ecosystem, are adaptable & will survive, but the biodiversity of an entire region is under threat from a single exotic species. It is truly a eucalyptus apocalypse. Presented in a hand-crafted round wooden box w/ screenprinted swiveling lid. The box contains one CD & 4 round, full-color cards. Only 1000 copies of this handsome CD have been made.
Soleilmoon
CD
$27.00

Meters
Kickback
PS, US No city marches to a funkier beat than New Orleans, and no Crescent City band ever upheld the joyous second-line tradition with prouder panache than the Meters. Their eight classic 1969-1977 albums for Josie, Reprise, and Warner Bros.--all of them available on Sundazed--signaled a new and exciting era of Big Easy funk. Now it's time to dig a little deeper: Kickback--in essence, the Meters album that never was--gathers precious rarities from the Meters' mid-'70s Fire On The Bayou/Trick Bag period, including previously unissued gems, newly unearthed alternate versions, and a treasure trove of blistering funk sure to delight fans of the legendary group.
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Methadrone
Final Skull (Cassette)
PS, US Methadrone was an early moniker of joe brietenbach, who now grows organic drones under the name of gallows. before he unplugged the laptop, a small amount of output made it's way into the public realm in the form a few splits (w/ yes collapse, dance wounds, and wether) a c20 ("the sun cocaine" on lovers tapes) and a collab 12" w/ wether (forthcoming in snakefork/blue sky writing). these are the remaining tracks that have been collecting virtual dust in some moldy folder. four sides, five shots. oscillating, slightly processed, chloroformed doses that blend mechanical rhythms and natural elements with each other. packaged in clamshell cases. (905)
905
2XCASS
$9.50

Michael Night
I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This
PS, UK "I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This" is the debut UK release for Dublin/Berlin beat combo Michael Knight and represents the logical progression in their ongoing musical argument that influences as diverse Beethoven, Bach and Bacharach can make compelling bedfellows. The result is 11 slices of the most irresistibly sophisticated pop music and, as further evidence of their genius, the album has been released with instrumental and vocal versions of each song. Imagine Modesst Mussorgsky backing Jens Lekman and you're halfway there. The presence of Brian O'Shaughnessy (The Clientele, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine) on mixing duties should give an indication of the sonic palette on offer: sweeping strings, haunting harmonies and dramatic mood swings. The Cd comes in a double Cd gatefold digipak, complete with liner notes & lyrics. REVIEWS: "Why Michael Knight aren't already huge is both baffling and beguiling; but sooner or later these songs will be discovered. I may as well say it in advance, then; I told you so". SoundsXP. "Supremely beautiful songs, which have a heart, a soul, a wry sense of humor and none of that upsetting necessity to make every lyrical couplet rhyme" In Dublin.
Yesboyicecream-11
CD
$17.75

Mirah
Old Days Feeling
PS, US This collection comes from a variety of sources, home recordings, hard to find foreign comps, out-of-print releases, & previously unreleased tracks. Features guests PHIL ELVERUM (MICROPHONES/MT. EERIE), KARL BLAU, & CALVIN JOHNSON. With her unmistakable voice, these lo-fi, experimental recordings are indicative of what has become her distinct sound. "Features all the objective elements of a useful rarities disc, but it's doubly valuable for reminding us of a Mirah that might've grown up too fast" - Pitchfork (7.5)
ModernRadio
CD
$10.50

Mojo
#178 (September 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Mudhoney
Live At El Sol
PS, US A "take-no-prisoners" performance of one of the best rock bands of the last 2 decades! Shot live in Madrid in 07' with 6 cameras & the band playin' the best and toughest hits of his career and a few of their most recent songs.
Munster
DVD
$25.00

Music Go Music
Reach Out
PS, US Like a bolt from Zeus, MUSIC GO MUSIC have struck again with their new 12" single, 'Reach Out.' This outing finds them exploring a darker side of pop music; the place where Deep Purple's brute force meets the Carpenter's tragic wistfulness, where Blondie's power-hooks cross melodic swords with Meat Loaf's drama-rock theatrics. They've expanded their palette considerably, yet the sound is unmistakably theirs, and the magic of it points the way to the light at the end of the tunnel. 'Reach Out' is the monologue of a would-be savior, offering to lift us from the pit of despair. It treks from Logan's Run ambience to proto-metal riffing to disco-gallop to TV detective funk and back again.
SecretlyCanadian-172
12
$9.00

Near The Parenthesis
L'Eixample
PS, US Near the Parenthesis follows up 2007's "Of Soft Construction" with "L'Eixample," Tim Arndt's most focused work to date. L'Eixample draws on inspiration gained during travels through Barcelona, Spain. Of particular interest was the innovative and sometimes peculiar modernist architecture of the L'Eixample district. In Catalunyan, L'Eixample literally means an extension, a strong symbolic parallel to the music found on Arndt's latest work which itself reflects an extension of the Near the Parenthesis' sound. While this collection begins where "Of Soft Construction" left off, it quickly migrates to an even calmer and more atmospheric experience. Through L'Eixample, Arndt has moved closer to an emotional apex and provides even greater melodic rewards.
n5MD-159
CD
$12.00

New York Dolls
A Hard Night's Day
PS, US Originally issued by Norton Records in 2000. "First time release of 21 live in the studio 1973 demo recordings from this influential NYC combo -- all from master tapes! Dig these primal studio demos of NY Dolls original classics like 'Looking For A Kiss' and 'Personality Crisis' and wild covers like Gary US Bonds' 'Seven Day Weekend' and Chuck Berry's 'Back In The USA,' all served up as only the Dolls ever could -- with enough raunchy romp and stomp to start a riot! These spring '73 sessions showcase the young band for the first time with drummer Jerry Nolan and feature the mauling antics of late, great guitar legend Johnny Thunders. Never issued until now and packaged with never seen photographs, boss notes, tons of class!"
Norton
CD
$13.00

Normanoak
Estra
PS, US NORMANOAK has another piece of vinyl to share with the world, a true follow up to last year's "A Double Gift of Tongues". This new album is called "Estra", named after a powerful horned goddess whom Normanoak has been busy invoking recently in small performance spaces around the country. Everything was recorded in his bedroom in Bloomington, Indiana, on three different tape machines. The music on "Estra" shows more variety than any of his previous efforts. Chugging rock songs burn up into soft, dark dirges that feature a uniquely made-up language code. Screaming minute-long hardcore songs fade into freaky, fucked instrumentals. There is even a song which curses the current state government, and their excessive logging of Normanoak's home forests of Southern Indiana. Throughout these 14 pieces, Normanoak takes on many personalities, such as his alter-ego Poisonoak. Over time the listener can begin to notice the shifts in perspective that the singer makes. Normanoak is more than just another musician. His work is pure sorcery at its most successful.
St.Ives-026
LP
$11.50

NRBQ
Interstellar Kustom Shop
PS, US Kustom Shop, it's a mindblowing ten-inch 33 1/3 RPM slab of wax by NRBQ that finds the revered fivesome latching onto the out-there New Thing jazz pioneered by intergalactic heroes Sun Ra & His Arkestra-and riding the music to universes beyond the beyond. Cut live in 1970 at Cincinnati's Ludlow Garage and Clinton Hollow in upstate New York, these revolutionary sounds, says NRBQ mainman Terry Adams "opened up new possibilities in rock 'n' roll. We had a thousand teenagers chanting along with us to 'Rocket #9." That stunning Sun Ra classic and his equally wonderful "Next Stop Mars"-extended experimental workouts that incorporate Adams' stellar originals "Venusian Sunset" and "Approach The Planet"-are guaranteed to send you clear out of this world!
Sundazed
10
$13.50

Oberst, Conor
Conor Oberst
PS, US themselves and to friends as The Mystic Valley Band. Members include Nate Walcott, Jason Boesel, Macey Taylor, Nik Freitas, and Taylor Hollingsworth. The result is his first solo album in thirteen years, following "Water" (1993), "Here's To Special Treatment" (1994), and "Soundtrack To My Movie" (1995). In that time, he's recorded and performed in Commander Venus, Park Ave., Desaparecidos, and most notably Bright Eyes, his main musical vehicle for the past decade.
Merge
CD
$14.00

Oberst, Conor
Conor Oberst
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
LP
$15.50

Oneida
Preteen Weaponry
PS, US "Preteen Weaponry" is part one of the "Thank Your Parents" triptych of ONEIDA releases. Oneida members past, present and future all contributed to this project. It reminds Oneida of what a live performance might sound like. It contains captured improvisational moments married with craft. You can consider it an introduction to their forthcoming triple album "Rated O", which is part two of the fore-mentioned triptych (to be released by Jagjaguwar in early 2009).
Jagjaguwar-125
LP
$14.25

Oxford Collapse
Bits
PS, US They have a charming lack of guile, combined with a focus on the better of the 80s college rock cognoscenti and Trouser Press favorites. This record is the sound of fun turning into purpose, of a great band writing and playing their best songs, and knowing how great that feels. It's all heart and ingenuity, the joyous racket that connects C86 pop to the present.
Subpop
CD
$12.50

P.W. Long
God Bless The Drunkard's Dog
PS, US With this CD you get a handful of great stories, some secrets, a little insight & some damn fine guitar playing from former WIG frontman and Quarterstick Records recording artist P.W. Long.
Southern
CD
$15.25

Paavoharju
Laulu Laakson Kukista
PS, FINLAND VINYL VERSION. PITCHFORK: "Fursaxa/Cocteau Twins, B-movie soundtrack, Sigur Rós locked in an underground cavern with Slowdive, or perhaps Syd Barrett jamming with Incredible String Band beneath a waterfall."
Fonal-055
LP
$16.25

Paavoharju
Laulu Laakson Kukista
PS, FINLAND This is the highly-anticipated second full-length release on Fonal Records from Finland's Paavoharju, a collective formed around two brothers -- Lauri and Olli Ainala and their troupe of associates. The group is a collective project of ascetic born-again Christians. Laulu Laakson Kukista (A Song About Flowers of the Valley) evokes the sounds of raindrops falling on a sheet metal roof melting together with an old television's random dot-pattern noise. Backwards pianos, backwards vocals, tilted organ and baroque beats lean against sweeping operatic soundscapes and gossamer back-porch folk singalongs. Leena Uotila's soft voice echoes in empty, dusty rooms. Cat-owls gather to the skies, apple trees are blooming and waves rock a barrel against the pier. Suddenly all this started to form esoteric mildew to cassette's magnetic tape. Mind-bending devotional rock-opera from the deepest Finnish forests. THE ONION: "Paavoharju is part of an intriguing scene that subsists in Finland but seems to hail from a spirit world where the natural and the ethereal blur. The latest of several notable offerings from the Finnish label Fonal, Laulu Laakson Kukista finds the group studiously adrift, with impressionistic glimmers of sound (bird chirps, static, warbly chimes) situated within delicate songs that draw on everything from acoustic folk to the kind of smeary polyglot pop favored by Animal Collective and especially Gang Gang Dance. The group functions as a collective led by two born-again Christians, but the sounds they make suggest Christians of an extraordinarily mystical sort."
Fonal-055
CD
$16.25

Pacchu, Fricara
Stories of the Old
PS, FINLAND Includes a 7" vinyl and a 40-page full-color book. Fricara Pacchu started out as a rapper in The Backdoor Funkers, as a member of Slow Convulsion, Rorererot, Avarus, etc., but not until techno-rock-trio Maniacs Dream was Pacchu able to find his shattered inner plectrum. Hence, the music on this 7" is the consequence of using a plectrum. On his earlier cassette releases: "Where do you go after you've single-handedly destroyed the entire canon of recorded psychedelic musics? Into techno, apparently.
Fonal-051
45/BOOK
$16.25

Padden, Daniel
Pause for the Jet
PS, GERMANY Since 1995 Daniel Padden has been a member of Volcano The Bear, with several highly regarded album releases on Nurse With Wound's United Diaries label, Textile and Beta-Lactam Ring Records. After his move to Glasgow he started The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden as an outlet for his solo recordings with releases on Catsup Plate, Secret Eye and Textile. When The One Ensemble slowly metamorphosed into a band of its own, Padden started to record his solo output under his birth name, with last year's "The Isaac Storm" on the Ultra Exzema label being the first seminal result. Over the years Padden has developed a strong fascination for obscure musics from all over the world (re his recent "Epiphanies" article for The Wire magazine): mouth organ love-songs from Thailand, The Ramayana Monkey Chant from Bali, Khene pieces from Laos; so-called world music from Burundi to Bulgaria. Combining these interests with his love for British Folk and Art Rock (This Heat, Robert Wyatt), Kraut Rock (Faust), Free Jazz, the surreal collage techniques of Nurse With Wound and the odd humour of The Residents, he has developed a totally unique and highly personal musical vision without ever sounding overambitious or directionless. Gorgeous song-writing is seamlessly transformed into pure fuzz or string drones, suddenly interrupted by some improvised reeds or collapsing percussion, all within the blink of an eye, and never losing its natural flow, "Pause for the Jet" is already an auspicious aspirant for our "Record of the Year".
Dekorder-026
LP
$13.50

Pantaleimon
Heart Of The Sun
PS, US "The whole thing started when Clodagh Simonds (Fovea Hex) asked if she could remix "Under The Water." Of course, I said yes. When she came back w/ such remarkable music & casually mentioned, 'Oh, why don't you ask a couple of other pals to do remixes?', it gave me the idea for this album." Feat. remixes by ANDREW W.K., STEPHEN O'MALLEY, LILIUM & more. Incl. previously unreleased tracks.
DurtroJnana
CD
$16.00

Parson Red Heads, The
Field Mouse Carnival (Extended Play)
PS, US
Yukon
CD5
$6.25

Parson Red Heads, The
Spaceland Presents: The Parson Red Heads at the Echo
PS, US
Kufala
CD
$16.00

Passenger
Wicked Man's Rest
PS, UK
CookingVinyl
CD
$13.75

Pia Fraus
Ten Remixes Of Yenissey
PS, ESTONIA TRACKLISTING: 01.FUTURE PILOT AKA - Yenissey vs Future Pilot AKA! 02.GALAKTLAN - Galayeni 03.INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - One Transition: Tundra Into Taiga 04.MIRABILIA - Yllar Lyndi Uued Püksikud 05.SEELAND - Yennesay/Seeland Reemix 06.PIA FRAUS - Niva Meets Yenissey 07.TEENAGE FANCLUB - Yenissey 08.3PEAD - Las Voolab 09.BILL WELLS - Yenissey 10.HIS NAME IS ALIVE - Forever 93. Pia Fraus had many international projects going on while releasing "After Summer", their last album which is produced by Glaswegian Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub). Now they are ready with remix compilation Ten Remixes of Yenissey, released by Seksound. Yenissey was first result from cooperation between Pia Fraus and Norman Blake. The band is very proud of this remix album, with remixes of all their favorites from all around the world.
Seksound-018
CD
$13.50

Pia Fraus/Ulrich Schnauss
Mute The Birds / Ships Will Sail SPLIT 7"
PS, ESTONIA LTD to 500 COPIES ONLY! 7" black vinyl. After well-received new album Pia Fraus comes with some new releases from indie label Seksound. They are happy of new split-single on 7" vinyl record by Pia Fraus and Ulrich Schnauss. After longtime friendship they have come to this split single, on one side is track by Pia Fraus which is produced by Ulrich Schnauss and other side has track by Ulrich Schnauss produced by Pia Fraus. Single is mastered at legendary Abbey Road Studio in London by Steve Rook (who's portfolio is full of our favorite indie albums).
Seksound-017
45
$11.00

Pilgrim Fathers
Short Circular Walks In The Hope Valley
PS, US Debut album from UK cosmic space rockers.
Undergroove
CD
$15.75

Pillars Of Heaven
Breeding Moths (Cassette)
PS, US Light bending, guitar gush from philadelphia peasant magician salvatore giorgi. side a, "the old ways", plays like newton's law of reciprocal actions laid onto magnetic tape. like levitating above overgrown fields until the skies fill with ash and everything is laid baron. side b, "gallows weed", is a (impressively recorded) live track from a house show in 2007. this should prove for once and all that even socially awkward, home-schooled hermits can emit feeling. (905)
905
CASS
$5.00

Primal Scream
Beautiful Future
PS, UK New 2008 import-only album from The Primals! PITCHFORK: "Beautiful Future is an especially rich title coming from a band with such a sloppy past, but its concise, laser-focussed 10-song tracklist-- bearing the pop-golden touch of producers Paul Epworth (Bloc Party, the Rapture) and Bjorn Yttling (Peter Bjorn and John, Lykke Li)-- suggests Primal Scream's latest high is sobriety. The opening title track features the most joyous, clear-headed melody they've sung since Screamadelica's "Movin' on Up", but in a much different dressing. Here, their Exile-era Stones influence yields to the cheeky glam of Sparks, from the jaunty piano riff, hand claps and ascending chorus, to Bobby Gillespie's wry commentary on middle-class privilege: "Congratulations/ You're living the dream/ In the dead heart of the control machine."
Warners
CD
$20.50

Prints
Just Thoughts
PS, US Quickly following their debut full-length, PRINTS return to stir the pot with a little more pop, their usual dose of psychedlia and an intoxicating amount of dance. Once again produced at home by multi-instrumentalists Zac Nelson and KENSETH THIBIDEAU, the songs here were originally conceived as b-sides for a proposed single for "Too Much Water" from the group's eponymous debut. By the time three new songs were completed, they stood too strong on their own to be pushed out as b-sides, so the decision was made to forfeit the single and instead offer the songs as a stand-alone EP. Meanwhile, DFA cofounder and Hercules and Love Affair producer Tim Goldsworthy fired up his new alter-ego Thee Loving Hand for an epic super-funk remix of a pair of Prints tracks, "Pretty Tick" and "Meditation" (featuring, among other things, the funk bass skills of !!!'s Tyler Pope). To top it off, acclaimed visual artist Toben Seymour directed an eye-popping video for "Too Much Water," which is included here on the Enhanced CD portion of the disc.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-137
CD
$9.00

Prurient
Arrowhead
PS, US Brooklyn noise herald & Hospital Productions label-head, DOMINICK FERNOW, an active instigator in the power electronics & noise genre for over a decade, w/ 100+ releases issued so far, usually LTD. & covering various formats. Known for his harrowing live performances where he uses his voice, amps, microphones, coins, tools, suitcases etc., to create a brain-bashing journey through mangled, negative sound.
EditionsMego
CD
$18.00

Pygmy Lush
Mount Hope
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Lovitt
LP
$15.00

Pygmy Lush
Mount Hope
PS, US 2nd full-length from group featuring members from PG.99, MAJORITY RULE, MALADY, CITY OF CATERPILLAR. Though the group started out by carrying on much of the same ferocity of their previous endeavors, this is a quieter album w/acoustic guitars & minimal pecussion. The songs feel haunted. Filled to the brim w/a sense of abandon, only here they have put down their angst for intropsection, trading their aggression for a slow grit.
Lovitt
CD
$15.00

Q65
Nothing But Trouble: The Best Of...
PS, UK From Den Haag (The Hague) in Holland, Q65 were among the country's wildest beat groups of the 1960s. Their firebrand approach to the beat and rhythm n blues boom was the opposite of what most of the country's successful pop group fraternity were putting over at the time; best represented with the unpolished, raw intensity of "You're The Victor", their 1966 debut for Decca which shook up the charts and caused shockwaves throughout the nation's living rooms. They continued to crack the top end of the Dutch pop charts with killer singles such as "The Life I Live", and "I Despise You"; took part in a crazy record company promotional stunt crossing the sea from England in a rubber dinghy, and in Revolution, created one of the best debut LPs of the era. The group split up early and although they would make several comebacks as Q65, and also as Circus, and continue to make several records well into the 1970s, the initial magic had gone. To this day the power and impenetrable charm of the original Q65 remains unsurpassed. ** Visually re-mastered in the usual huge Rev-Ola style! ** Beautifully packaged with oodles of rare photos and memorabilia! ** In-depth liner notes by Sir Lenny Helsing with input from the band themselves! ** An absolute 100% necessity for all fans of 60s garage, R & B, beat, psych.
Rev-Ola-258
CD
$15.50

Record Collector
#353 (September 2008)
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Reiner, Kai
Kai Reiner
PS, GERMANY If you like Big Star, If you like Teenage Fanclub, if you like anything with heart and great melody, this album is for you. Kai is a great songwriter and proves it on this release. The hooks and heart are here.
Lakeview-002
CD
$10.00

Roden, Steve
Airforms
PS, US Limited to 600. Sold out quickly in 2005. Line just found 100 in storage. Airforms was first presented at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art [ Scottsdale, Arizona ] in April of 2004. The work was inspired by a group of experimental houses designed by Wallace Neff in the 1940's using a process he called airform construction. The houses were built by spraying concrete over an inflated balloon structure. Inspired by the nautilus sea shell, the houses were an investigation into the aesthetic possibilities of structures formed by air, and the psychological effects of living inside a kind of organic space. The installation attempted to reflect Neff's ideas in the use of air as an inspirational skeleton and physical presence in the construction of the forms as well as the audio. Five objects were built by laying plaster over small balloons. The sound work was created using the transformed sound of a breath blown through an old wooden organ pipe. Both essentially built from Roden's own breath. The original multi-channel audio work consisted of five small speakers, each placed within a single plaster form. The version for this cd has been re-organized for stereo listening. The lack of narrative structure attempts to create an audio space in line with Neff's architectural interests in the airform projects. Steve Roden is a visual and sound artist from Los Angeles. His work includes painting, drawing, sculpture, film/video, and sound installation.
Line-022
CD
$12.25

Rosenholm, Eleanoora
Vainajan Muotokuva
PS, FINLAND This is the debut full-length by Eleanoora Rosenholm. Eleanoora Rosenholm comes from Pori, Finland and is a project began by Noora Tommila, Pasi Salmi and Mika Rättö. They crafted a genius pop album with murderous lyrics inside the dark stone walls that surround SS-Palace studio. The time came to take the show on the road and the band evolved into a full 8-piece. Weird, almost avant synth-pop harmonies with creepily-sweet Finnish vocals, sometimes vocoded. Combining the best of karaoke-backed dance tracks with propulsive '80s sheen and tastes of Bow Wow Wow/Lizzy Mercier Descloux-esque tribe-pop irreverence. Totally addictive and hook-ridden, like you can't stop eating candy -- this is weird-disco any housewife serial killer would be proud to dance to. PITCHFORK: "Think you might've had Fonal's M.O. figured by now, didja? Eleanoora Rosenholm shatters all of those preconceptions as a trio of veterans and a handful of friends convene to craft an art-disco rollercoaster that defies much of the rest of the label's catalog."
Fonal-054
CD
$16.25

Rosenholm, Eleanoora
Vainajan Muotokuva
PS, FINLAND VINYL VERSION.
Fonal-054
LP
$20.50

Ruling Class
Tour De Force
PS, US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a 4-song CD & 2-song 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. Six modern psychedelic pop songs influenced by the heyday of '90s "Madchester." "Tour de Force" - a rebirth, and a new way forward, for a sound whose time has come again.
Shelflife
CD/45
$17.75

Sanguine Piss
No Horse Shit (Cassette)
PS, US Saw these dudes for the first time as a cohesive unit at a recent wiese / wether gig in philadelphia. i've been seeing mat perform as newton for a minute, and known jared for what seems like a decade. in recent years i've been floored by some one-off collabs he has done with matt franco and skeleton warrior, so i was way interested in finding out what those two dudes plus cohort marc zajack (deep fried tapes) had in store. their setup was fairly minimum... some mixers, pedals, and a couple of guitars tuned to untuned. from second one though the most enormous sounds ruptured through the room. i mean, shit was gigantic. every once in a blue moon you could think to yourself "oh, i think that sound is coming from that", but usually it was just a vulgar mess. asked to do a tape while smoking weed out of an apple in the back of the store, even though i remember there being a pipe earlier. i guess that just fit. (905)
905
CASS
$5.00

Schirach, Otto Von
Oozing Bass Spasms
PS, UK New full length album by Otto Von Schirach: "Oozing Bass Spasms". With enough porn and horror samples to satiate the most demented programmer, and enough juicy bass to placate the most voracious bass-head, Oozing Bass Spasms is a masterwork by one of the world's most original artists. By far his most approachable and even refined album, it's still pretty crazy in a way that only Otto von Schirach can provide. This time the overall feeling of the album is more dance sounding; elements of Booty, Electro, Breakcore, and Rave music all find a place in his bizarre universe.
CockRockDisco-019
CD
$17.75

Shiflet, Mike
Opening Act (Cassette)
PS, US Two more doses of shiflet drone, blazing here in the live variety, recorded earlier this year in st louis and cleveland. for those not in attendance, you can acquire mike's sleeperhold synth styleings here and get a second chance to wipe your brain off of your shoulders. (905)
905
CASS
$5.00

Sky Juice
Hard To Kill
PS, US Vinyl debut from the legendary/mythical Sky Juice twins. The brothers Sky Juice Jones and Sky Juice Jackson are musical telepaths and simply have no fear, riding the groove as long as it takes to navigate the back alleys of Cleveland's most dangerous neighborhoods. Severely mangled guitar gunk astral-projected from deep inside the twisted lobes of Lambsbread's Zac Davis. Unavoidable private press vibe, with mumbled cliff's edge moan and groan vocals, drums courtesy of the Corwood session-player circa Electric End, and guitar rave-ups that share a tattered couch with The Index, Raven, Low End Lars, and Vulcan. Limited & numbered edition of 300. Paste-on covers. Photocopy collage inserts. Ohio bummer.
OldeEnglishSpellingBee
LP
$17.00

Slepcy
We Are The Newest Battle Models
PS, UK Slepcy are Piotr Kurek and Marcin Stefanski from Poland. They started making music with just a Casio Rapman and a Gemini mixer with 30 sec sample memory. Their music blends opera with breakcore, synth-pop, jazz, hardcore-noise and who knows what. They did some brilliant records for Koop.POP, Ambush Records and Suburban Trash Industries which you should spend your last days trying to find. We guarantee you that their debut CRD release, "We are the newest battle models" will leave you all speechless. It's a truly unique record that matches brutality with melodies that stick in your head, but in a really cool way.
CockRockDisco-010
CD
$11.75

Smile & A Ribbon
Boy I Wish I Never Met (7"/CD)
PS, US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a CD & 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. The Boy I Wish I Never Met is a pure P!O!P! album that draws influences from 1950's girl groups, 90's twee, and a whole lot of quirky personality. 13 bittersweet songs on CD and Vinyl. A limited edition pressing of 300 copies.
Shelflife
CD
$15.00

Soda Fountain Rag
It's Rag Time!
PS, UK Soda Fountain Rag is the musical universe of Ragnhild Hogstad Jordahl, a one-woman indiepop phenomenon from Bergen, Norway. Having released a number of sold-out limited edition cdr EPs for DIY labels such as Cloudberry and Anorak in 2007, "It's Rag Time!" is her debut CD release, containing 14 more subversive pop classics about bitterness (Go!), reorientation (I was Reborn) and the importance of not killing clowns (Don't Kill The Clowns), all delivered with unfathomable sincerity. Imagine, if you can, an anti-folk Nico playing all the instruments in a Nintendo pop garage band. The Cd comes in an attractive high-gloss cardboard gatefold wallet, with lyrics booklet and beautiful illustrations by Peter Danielsson.
Yesboyicecream-09
CD
$15.50

Sonic Youth/Mats Gustafsson/Merzbow
Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth
PS, US CD-only edition. Improvised live performance from the 2005 Roskilde Festival in Denmark, feat. Sonic Youth (w/ Jim O'Rourke) & guests Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson & Japanese sound artist Masami Akita (a.k.a. Merzbow). The single piece performed was a structured improvisation which for 60 mins added & subtracted musicians one by one until only Akita was left onstage. Black Sabbath followed.
SYR
CD
$10.00

Sparks
Introducing
PS, US Originally released in '77, this their 7th album & the only one of their 20 long-players not available on CD. Finally, you can hear the much-discussed but rarely heard transitional album from Ron & Russell Mael's near 40 yr career. Today this sounds less like made-for-heavy-rotation AOR & more like a comment on, or rather series of pastiches of daytime US radio-fodder.
LilBeethoven
CD
$15.00

Sparks
Exotic Creatures Of The Deep
PS, US The result of a yr spent in near-isolation, this could, perhaps, be seen as a natural evolution from their last 2 records, on which popopera, rock, & high drama combined to redefine their sound. However, the remarkably exceptional & notably catchy creations are the key that enables many more, as Sparks have said, to "come and meet them."
LilBeethoven
CD
$15.00

Starry Crowns
S-T
PS, US Dense art-pop referencing everything from Blonde Redhead to Crazy Horse to Califone & beyond. Moments play like a warped soundtrack where spacious kraut grooves battle with dusty twang. The trio recorded this LP with David Barbe in Athens, GA, where their songs were augmented by contributions from members of Macha, Japancakes & Drive-By-Truckers. Limited to 325
Concertina
LP
$14.50

Supersister
To The Highest Bidder
PS, UK First ever UK CD release for this classic album from the masters of Dutch prog rock -- remastered from the original tapes, with four bonus tracks. Recently featured in the soundtrack of the film Control about Joy Division, Supersister were one of the most original groups to emerge in Holland in the late 1960s. Inspired by the work of Soft Machine and Caravan, the group recorded a quartet of master works. In 1971 they signed to John Peel's Dandelion label and remained a favorite of his. Eccentric, accomplished and unique, Supersister's albums are a joy to any fan of original music. Esoteric Recordings are pleased to reissue their classic second album with additional bonus tracks comprising single cuts from 1971 and fully restored artwork. Open your ears to Supersister." Originally released in the Netherlands on Polydor in 1971. Including a lavish booklet with full restored artwork, new essay and many photographs.
Esoteric
CD
$19.00

Taiga Remains
Crushed Radiant Deities
PS, US Luminescent, wrecked shards of overtone drones merged w/zoned & disembodied choral whispers & ribbons of pure white electricity. Bundles remastered versions of the 2 tracks from the long out-of-print "Paper Lanterns" EP w/ 2 new longform works to form a dense, polyphonic fugue of dynamic collisions & endless collapses. LIMITED to 500
StudentsofDecay
CD
$10.50

Takka Takka
Migration
PS, US Sophomore release was lovingly produced by Sean Greenhalgh (CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH) & features performances by Bryan Devendorf (THE NATIONAL), Lee Sargent (CYHSY), Olga Bell (BELL) & Charles Burst. "Sometimes this record is about existing in a place you don't belong. Conversely, it is about where you came from & how you got there... Sometimes this record is about a band experimenting with sound & form, trying to honestly say things in song it has never said before. Sometimes this record is about not going back & staying in the place you don't belong." -Gabe Levine (Takka Takka).
ErnestJenning
CD
$11.75

Telepathique
Last Time on Earth
PS, US
ControlGroup
CD
$15.00

Terminal 11
Illegal Nervous Habits
PS, UK Remember when IDM music was interesting? Yes, it's been a long time, and computers have "given us" many cheap, lifeless albums since then. But wait! Here's Mike Castaneda, AKA Terminal 11, fresh from Phoenix Arizona, to prove to the world that it is possible to tame your computer and force it to work for the powers of goodness. Illegal Nervous Habits is easily the greatest album ever made! It's an emotional rollercoaster of a record, with thrills and chills, heartbreaking sacrifice and enough guts and grit to make even your grandmother pay attention. But what does it sound like? Well Johnny, imagine a million bits of information flying through the air, and watch these bits weave and dive like a ballet on PCP. Then, as you're just getting bored, these bits make pictures of your friends laughing and having the best fun they ever had. Yeah, that's trippy isn't it? Well this album is just like that, and MORE.
CockRockDisco-002
CD
$11.75

Thee Oh Sees
Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion
PS, US "Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion" is a brilliant live performance collaboration between THEE OH SEES and video director Brian Lee Hughes. The project resulted in a double-disc DVD/CD set featuring live performances filmed and recorded, not on stages, but at a variety of hauntingly scenic sites in and around San Francisco. The film is also studded with dozens of stories, jokes and whatnots filmed during their four-day filming adventure. The resulting recordings are included on the audio CD. The results are a rare and necessary masterpiece. Step into the lush dark charm of Thee Oh Sees.
Tomlab-119
DVD + CD
$15.75

Thornton, Clifford
Freedom & Unity
PS, US Repress of album recorded one day after JOHN COLTRANE's funeral. A Testament to Clifford Thornton's dedication to the preservation of free jazz and the legacy of 'Trane, and running in the same circles as ORNETTE COLEMAN and ALBET AYLER this recording is considered a classic by those who have been able to hear it. Also of note, this is JOE McPHEE's 1st ever recording appearance.
Atavistic
CD
$13.00

Time Capsule
Bummer After Bummer (Cassette)
PS, US Mysterious sounds from holes in the ground. the faceless, nomadic zoners known as time capsule drip enigmatic drops of lo-fi, opium laced floaters up and down "bummer after bummer". the exact lineup and instruments used are unknown, but something tells me that the electric bass, clearance rack synths, and possibly a didjeredoo or two don't go unused. some serious space out tunes in a limited run with individually hand painted covers. (905)
905
CASS
$5.00

Times, The
Enjoy / Up Against It
PS, UK This reissue compiles the complete 1986 Times albums Enjoy and Up Against It for the first time on CD, featuring Times T.V, Britannia Sleeps Tonight and of course Up Against It. Written in reaction to the U.S. Paisley Underground wave of bands then currently feted - Dream On Red, Green Syndicate, Drain Parade and REM Speedwagon, Enjoy connects Edward Ball and his Times to Ray Davies and The Kinks as natural storytellers of everyday British
life - but with the added twist of an English nightmare in America.
Artpop!-1516
CD
$15.50

Times, The
Pop Goes Art
PS, UK Perhaps the singularly most important album of that fledgling, garage, power - pop - punk independent scene of 1982. Featuring Edward Ball and Daniel Treacy, and issued on their own Whaam! Records, Pop goes Art! is a landmark release - one of the vital seeds of the whole Creation, Whaam!
Artpop!-20
CD
$15.50

Torturing Nurse & Wasteland Jazz Unit
Split (Cassette)
PS, US A merciless, bi-continental team up of two horribly unyielding units. representing china is torturing nurse in the three piece form of jiadie, youki, and junky. anyone familiar with tn's mangled gerogerigegege meets a meat grinder style knows what they are in for. a non-stop, pounding, fucked up back alley ballad complete with violent as hell screams and amplified vomit. it's gonna get everywhere, i promise. wasteland jazz unit hail from the good old usa (cincinnati, oh if you want to get technical) and somehow manage to pull off the same ferocious carnage while using a saxophone and clarinet? what!? yes! overly abused wind instruments intentionally doing what was never intended. a piercing and harsh masterpiece. (905)
905
CASS
$5.00

Toth, James Jackson
Waiting In Vain
PS, US Wooden Wand dude's solo sojourn! Layered, almost-dreamlike harmonies, touches of blues, country & soul & the occasional flash of punk swagger. Special guests include John Dieterich (DEERHOOF), Nels Cline (WILCO), Andy Cabic (VEVITER), CARLA BOZULICH & Otto Hauser (VEVITER). For several years Toth experimented w/a folk-psychedelic rock hybrid, putting out numerous discs under variations of the name WOODEN WAND.
Ryko
CD
$14.50

Toth, James Jackson
Waiting In Vain
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Ryko
DLP
$17.50

Tusco Terror & Wether
Split (Cassette)
PS, US On new years day i made a 400+ mile trek to cleveland, oh in which moods were low, weather was shitty, and i only had one pair of socks and some canvas shoes, which don't do shit to protect your feet in mounds of snow. in a couple of hours snot was pouring out of my face and I felt like dying right where i stood. by midnight or so tusco terror was ripping it and i thought "yeah, this is exactly what should be happening right now". dudes were spilling themselves over a mess of cables and semi-functional equipment. just pure blown out destruction. not sure how long it was before i asked them to do this split, but here it is. kind of like a documentation of falling down, getting up, and stumbling through the haze. disgruntled material from both parties. (905)
905
CASS
$5.00

Ugly Things
#26
PS, US KICK OUT THE JAMS with our big MC5 cover story, featuring a lengthy, previously unpublished interview with Rob Tyner and some incredible rare photos. Our other features include the story of '66 Sunset Strip rockers THE SONS OF ADAM, English folk-rock outfit TREES, the NORWEGIAN BEAT SCENE in the ?60s (featuring 1 2 6 and scenemaker Thor G. Noras), and British punk rock & rollers THE POP RIVETS (Billy Childish's first band, 1977-79). There's also an extensive Pre-Punk feature by Johan Kugelberg, with a foreword by Jon Savage. We also have articles on California garage band THE FLOGGS (who featured a pre-Kaleidoscope Chris Darrow), legendary Ohio psychsters THE TIFFANY SHADE, and the amazing tale of THE CEDARS from Lebanon. There?s also exclusive interviews with THE PRETTY THINGS, Arthur Brown, the Malchicks, Dave Lambert (of UK freakbeat icons FIRE: "Father's Name Was Dad"), Art Wood, Zappa associate Jeff Simmons, and much more, including of course our massive review section covering all the latest reissues and music-related books and DVDs.
ZINE
$10.00

Uncut
#136 (September 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Vandervelde, David
Waiting For The Sunrise
PS, US Just as there are albums that artists were born to make, there are albums that labels were born to release. "Waiting For The Sunrise" is one of those albums for both DAVID VANDERVELDE and SECRETLY CANADIAN. Upon first laying the needle down, the listener is greeted by a warm wash of sounds that seems to breeze in from decades back. Vandervelde's singular voice emerges from the drums and keys with "When the morning comes, I will be fine, I will be fine, I will be fine" and you're pretty damn sure he will be. The tones may be familiar, but his voice as an artist is his own, new and wholly contemporary, and you feel lucky to be here to watch the emergence. Critics marveled at Vandervelde's songwriting on his debut "Moonstation House Band", the mini-album which had the aesthetic wherewithal to hold its own side-for-side with the classics as a late night jam record. Spin magazine remarked that "at a pipsqueakish 22 years old, David Vandervelde is already generating the kind of indie-net whispering that musicians twice his age pine for." And on songs such as "California Breezes", "Someone Like You" and "Lyin' In Bed", it's clear that the material on this first long-player from Vandervelde is of a higher order - lyrically more personal and stripped down. "Waiting For The Sunrise" is the beautiful result of having extended himself both musically and emotionally.
SecretlyCanadian-170
LP
$11.50

Various
Psychedelic Days Volume 2 (6X7")
PS, UK Subtitled: A Collection of Ultra Rare 45s from the UK psych scene 1965-68. "From the original master tapes, 6 mega-rare 7" singles from the UK '60s psychedelic scene culled from the Universal/Decca archives. Each 45 features exact original labels, and pressed on very high quality DMM virgin vinyl. Strictly limited edition of 500 copies only. The first sets sold out instantly! Each 45 has been selected for rarity and killer music quality, many b-sides have never appeared before till now! Comes housed in deluxe hand-made full color box complete with booklet insert." Artists include: Marc Bolan, Timebox, Barry Mason, Keith Shields, Focal Point, & Andy Forray.
Acme
45
$50.00

Various
Yee-Haw!: The Other Side of Country
PS, US
QDK
CD
$15.00

Various
Yee-Haw!: The Other Side of Country
PS, US
QDK
LP
$17.00

Various
Molten Strings, Train Wrecks & Birdsong
PS, US From the scathing, feedback blasts yielded by FRED LONBERG-HOLM's cello & mini-amplifiers, to the dexterous blur of C. SPENCER YEH's violin fretwork, from the pastoral vistas of PETER WRIGHT's Danelectro 12 string, to the billowy dirges of BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL, ZAIMPH, FAMILY UNDERGROUND, & TAIGA REMAINS. Lending the record even further diversity are joyous bouzouki renderings from THE NORTH SEA, & damaged, eerie & beautiful contributions from ROBERT HORTON & BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD. LIMITED to 1000
StudentsofDecay
CD
$10.50

Various
Circular Grooves Volume 2 (6X7")
PS, UK Subtitled: A Collection of Ultra Rare 45s from the UK Mod Scene 1965-67. "From the original master tapes, 6 mega-rare 7" singles from the 60s UK mod scene culled from the Universal/Decca archives. Each 45 features exact original labels, and pressed on very high quality DMM virgin vinyl. Strictly limited edition of 500 copies only. The first sets sold out instantly! Each 45 has been selected for rarity and killer music quality, many b-sides have never appeared before till now! Comes housed in deluxe hand-made full color box complete with booklet insert." Artists include: The Beatstalkers, The Hi Numbers, The Hipster Image, Rob & Dean Douglas, The Habits, & Loose Ends.
Acme
45
$50.00

Various
Forwards In Backwards Time
PS, US The Ohm Resistance singles and EPs 1-9 with bonuses, marking the beginning of our musical output - hard drum n bass from Mick Harris (as Quoit), Submerged, Temulent, and other irresponsible partiers. The origins of the label when it was one of the few US outposts for drum n bass music - always challenging the limitations of the musical format. The early vinyls took what was to be considered "dance" music and turned it out, giving it a rawer, punker, grittier feel. CD1 1. Temulent - Drugged [Remix] 2. Quoit Vs. Submerged - Everything You Do Is Wrong 3. Knuckledown - Gangbang 4. Knuckledown - Mephisto 5. Submerged - 110 6. Temulent - Monoplegia 7. Quoit - Clasp 8. Quoit - Clasp [Version] 9. Knuckledown - Watersnake 10. Scorn - Out Of [Submerged Remix] 11. Quoit Vs. Submerged - Page Fault CD2 1. Temulent - Alchaloid 2. Temulent - Kill For Me 3. Temulent - Cease + Desist 4. Temulent - Dopesick 5. Temulent - Distant Suns 6. Submerged - Alchaloid Reshape 7. Temulent - Pins + Needles 8. Temulent - Dimwit 9. Temulent - Sarcoma 10. Submerged - For The
Ohm-1
DCD
$13.25

Various
After Dark
PS, US Feat. all unreleased songs by GLASS CANDY, CHROMATICS, FARRAH, PROFESSOR GENIUS & MIRAGE. The future of dance music is here. Over 70 minutes of music.
ItaliansDoItBetter
3XLP
$24.00

Various
Wild N Ravin' Volume 2 (6X7")
PS, UK Subtitled: A Collection of Ultra Rare 45s from the UK R&B Freakbeat Scene 1964-66. "From the original master tapes, 6 megarare 7" singles from the '60s UK R&B/freakbeat scene culled from the Universal/Decca archives. Each 45 features exact original labels, and pressed on very high quality DMM virgin vinyl. Strictly limited edition of 500 copies only. The first sets sold out instantly! Each 45 has been selected for rarity and killer music quality, many B-sides have never appeared before till now! Comes housed in deluxe hand-made full color box complete with booklet insert." Artists include: The Birds, The Blue Stars, The Chasers, The Truth, David John & The Mood, & The Frays.
Acme
45
$50.00

Various
Breaking Point: 20 Hard-Edged Beat Diamonds
PS, UK This is the Psychic Circle label's second volume of prime beat mostly from the '60s UK, with a couple of excursions into Europe. So here we all are once again, gathered around the notional Dansette. A tottering stack of vinyl awaits our investigation. Is it gear or is it grotty? Fear not, for we do not have the burden of uncertain critique thrust upon us. All the sounds presented within have passed aural muster, and are straining to enthrall the listener. Unearthed, dusted down, and shoved frugging into the spotlight, we have a top Liverpool band recording under a pseudonym, a British soap star, a Dutch outfit who briefly featured a future UK prog-rock superstar, and a band of hard-rockin' sailors, plus a whole lot more. Specially compiled by legendary psych musician and Psychic Circle label-head, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond). Artists include: Liverpool Five, Shorty & Them, James Tamlin, The Muldoons, The MI5, The Dennisons, Lee Grant & The Capitols, Hamilton King, Tages, The Dee Tees, The Circles, The Shakers, The Mike Cotton Sound, Lee Curtis & The All Stars, Chris Kerry, Tiffany & The Thoughts, The Moonlighters, George Bean, Kenny & The Wranglers, and Les Cruches.
PsychicCircle-7023
CD
$16.25

Verbena
Souls for Sale [re-issue]
PS, US
FatPossum
CD
$12.25

Warm Morning
Silver Rain
PS, US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a 5-song CD & 2-song 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. Drawing on influences that span the past four decades, Warm Morning's polished vocal arrangements have all the charm of Liverpool's Lotus Eaters. Only pressed 300 copies, you don't want to miss it!
Shelflife
CD/45
$17.75

Weezer
S-T (The Red Album)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DGC
LP
$20.00

Wether & A Snake In The Garden
Split (Cassette)
PS, US Head to head harshness from two solo east coasters. this split is kind of like a replay of a show in hartford, ct many moons ago. snake killed the dining room, then wether immediatly brawled the living quarters. if i could remember anything from that night, i would share it here, but it's all pretty much a brain musher. one burner a piece, both 10 minutes of steady pedal pummeling. three different covers.
905
CASS
$5.00

Wilco
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [vinyl re-issue]
PS, US Not a triple-LP but double-LP that comes with the CD of the album as well as download codes. Still exciting, yes?
Nonesuch
3LP
$25.75

Williams, Andre
Can You Deal With It?
PS, US Bona fide R&B legend (penned "Shake a Tail Feather") wants us all to know that he can still get around and get down w/ the hellhound sound. This is some heavy punk-soul along with the Hellhounds w/ their fat horns & Crecent City oddball genius QUINTRON on organ.
Bloodshot
CD
$11.75

Wilson, Dennis
Pacific Ocean Blue
PS, US Pure genius.
Sundazed
3XLP
$35.00

Wilson, J. Frank & The Cavaliers
Last Kiss [retrospective]
PS, US In 1999, Pearl Jam scored a #1 hit with 'Last Kiss.' The original version was recorded in Texas by J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers and hit #1 in November of 1964. Hear all the recordings from J.Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers, including two different versions of 'Last Kiss.' A 25 track collection of previously-unreleased recordings and stunning sound from the original master tapes make this a must-have for fans of the '60s! A richly designed CD booklet details the complete rise and fall of the group and the effect stardom had on their decline.
Cicadelic
CD
$13.00

Wire Magazine
#294
PS, US
ZINE
$10.25

Wooden Shjips
Vol. 1
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
HolyMountain
LP
$14.00

Wright, Peter
At Last a New Dawn
PS, US All of the familiar & wonderous WRIGHT touchstones are present here in pristine form: a wealth of gorgeous, ghostly guitar drones & swells, & impeccably employed field recordings from manifold fascinating sources. Also worth noting is the emergence of some slightly harsher sounds found here, a divergence from the traditionally pastoral nature of much of WRIGHT's catalog. This is the sound of misery and death, & ultimately, of hope & redemption. LIMITED to 500
StudentsofDecay
DCD
$20.50

Forthcoming Releases

31Knots
Worried Well (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Plainly stated, 31Knots hasn't moved in a new direction so much as they've ripened tofull maturity, evolved into the creature they're meant to be. Previous efforts are just as tightly wrapped, just as fierce and incendiary. But something is different. Something here is new. It deserves to be called out as thought provoking and well written music in a time when substance is quickly giving way to music of commerce and palatability. There is no band like 31Knots and Worried Well finds them at the full height of their
powers.
Polyvinyl
CD
$12.50

31Knots
Worried Well (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl
LP
$12.50

Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno
Hotter Than Inferno / Live in Sapporo 2008 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, POLAND Recorded live at Counter Action, Sapporo, Japan, 29 June 2008 2 tracks: 1. Master Of The Cosmic Inferno ~ Heart Of Earth 2. Pink Lady Lemonade ~including Doobie Wonder Land. Time 72:26 AMT are: Tabata Mitsuru (bass, voice, malatab), Higashi Hiroshi ( synthesizer, guitar, dancin'king), Shimura Koji (drums, latino cool), Pikachu (drums, voice, cosmic shaman), Kawabata Makoto (guitar, speed guru).
Vivo-038
CD
$15.50

Action Biker
Hesperian Puisto (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, SWEDEN It really is time for Action Biker's first solo album! It has now been six years since she emerged as an artist doing fun and popular live shows and releasing CD-R's in the indie pop scene of Gothenburg, Sweden, which included people like Jens Lekman and The Honeydrips. Since then, Sarah Nyberg Pergament has been involved in other projects, such as Flow Flux Clan, Kissing Mirrors and The Dreamers, whose record "Day For Night" has received great acclaim from different places around the world. Over the years, Sarah has also performed lots of Action Biker shows (some, as an opening act for Le Tigre and The Embassy), contributed to recordings with Lars Blek (The Field), Differnet and The Honeydrips, and all this time, new recordings with Action Biker have popped up on compilations and singles. In brief, when "Hesperian Puisto" finally is released, it means the début of someone with a lot of experienceŠ The record is named after the Hesperian park in Helsinki, Finland, where Sarah lived for a while. She describes her music as baroque on synthesizers. It is pop music built on complex naivety - altogether very accessible music with distinct vocals and a crispy, sweet, analogue sound. Two great-looking videos are also included on the CD. References and Influences: Young Marble Giants, Broadcast, Dislocation Dance, Moondog, Virna Lindt, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Antena, Francoise Hardy, Saint Etienne, Brian Eno, Ghost Box, Stereolab, Fred Astaire, Maurice Ravel, ESG, Komeda, Cluster, Flying Lizards, Syd Barrett, The Passions, St Christopher, John Barry, Can, Human League, Colleen, Marine Girls, Eric Dolphy, Telex, George Delerue, The Wake, Kraftwerk, Lori & The Chameleons, Differnet.
FriendlyNoise-69
CD
$13.50

AIDS Wolf
Cities of Glass (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
LovePumpUnited
DLP
$18.75

AIDS Wolf
Cities of Glass (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH)
PS, US "Easily one of the best bands in the city right now. Discordance still rules their roost, but more prog is rearing its head--that both teases & startles" - Montreal Mirror
SkinGraft
CD
$14.25

Asva
What You Don't Know Is Frontier (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US Created by Stuart Dahlquist, formerly of BURNING WITCH, SUNN0))), & GOATSNAKE, this is a lyricless album of epic doom metal. Beautiful artwork and packaging.
Southern
CD
$14.25

Asva
What You Don't Know Is Frontier (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Southern
LP
$17.00

Aughra
Proof of Dark Matter | Light the Lights (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
MagicBullet
LP
$14.50

Aughra
Proof of Dark Matter | Light the Lights (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US Instrumental in nature, the album succinctly captures the duality Eyestone's solo work has steadily become known for:
equal parts of both eerie, creeping horror-movie-inspired isolationist chillers & soaring, feel-good, dynamic melody. The end result is an engrossing foray into a world of instant nostalgia, haunting introspection, & intangible inspiration from shadowy sources.
MagicBullet
CD
$11.75

Bauhaus
Sky's Gone Out (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US 3rd full length, originally released is 1982, & their 1st for A&M in States (in the UK it was released on Beggars Banquet). Opening w/ a shredding run through the Brian Eno track "Third Uncle", feat. some of Daniel Ash's most thrilling guitar work & Peter Murphy's strongest lyrical content yet.
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Bauhaus
Burning From The Inside (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US 4th release, originally released in 1983, this managed to succeed despite massive setbacks & feat. some of the strongest performances of the band's career, w/ inspired work from Murphy when he was able to return to recording, & the 1st lead vocal performances from bandmates Daniel Ash & David J.
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Belle And Sebastian
Dear Catastrophe Waitress (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US Repress! Double-LP in gatefold sleeve.
RoughTrade
DLP
$26.00

Black Nielson
Current Sunlight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH)
PS, AUSTRALIA Beautiful 2005 album from now defunct British troubadours. Mike now plays in LTI band Co-pilgrim. At just under 5 years since the inception of the band, Black Nielson has established an impressive reputation, both on record and as a live act. The modest level of success achieved by the band can be traced in a steady trajectory from noble beginnings on the south coast of England, formed by principle songwriter Michael Gale... And that trajectory shows no sign of abating.
LowTransitIndustries-022
CD
$13.50

Brain Police
Electric Fungus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US First time available outside of Iceland. Driven by magnificent force & great personal charisma. Some seriously heavy tunes.
SmallStone
CD
$13.25

Brain Police
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US Icelandic citizens w/the souls of American rock gods. Fueled by a desire to play dirty, kick-ass rock 'n' roll, they rose like a comet from relative obscurity to become one of Iceland's biggest rock acts. Hailed by fellow Icelandic musician Jnnsi Birgisson (Sigur Rns) as "one of Iceland's greatest bandsone
of my favorites"
SmallStone
CD
$13.25

Briggs, Anne
Time Has Come (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Originally released in 1971. This album feat. many self-penned numbers as well as a few contemporary covers w/ Briggs playing guitar & bouzouki. Briggs only released two albums & a handful of singles/EPs before retiring from the music business making this reissue an important document of the British folk revival.
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Briggs, Anne
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Originally released in 1971. She was a huge influence on the entire British folk-rock movement, especially other female singers such as Sandy Denny, Jacqui McShee, & Maddy Prior. This album is a strong collection of traditional folk songs & original material & one of the most important releases of the British folk revival.
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Briggs, Anne
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Thankfully this, her first & strongest record, reissued for the first time w/ the original cover. On CD
Water
CD
$14.25

Brothers & Sisters
Fortunately (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US MOJO MAGAZINE: "Austin-based 8-piece who sound like Big Star jamming w/Neil Young (New Life) & The Jayhawks (Without You), The Mamas & the Papas, Byrds, even Ray Davies in a swamp. Country rock ballads & pop perfection, w/imperfections in the home-made, one take sound to make it all the more engaging"
CallaLilyCompany
CD
$12.00

Caesars
Strawberry Weed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US New album from Swedish Garage-Pop Kingpins.
Astralwerks
CD
$12.50

Callers
Fortune (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH)
PS, US The 11 songs here channel a temporal sense of place & hope over despair. W/the wounded perseverance of Karen Carpenter & the vulnerable, tough-as-nails courage of Heart's Ann Wilson, SARA LUCAS' voice is rich & unforgettable. RYAN SEATON's guitar work is equally engaging, as he masterfully delivers beautiful & unusual chords, gritty distortion, & even intricate flourishes that call to mind the ever-impressive Tinariwen.
WesternVinyl
CD
$13.25

Carr, Derek
The Digital Space Race (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, IRELAND Derek Carr is one of Ireland's unsung heroes of soulful techno. Derek has been making music for almost 2 decades now (if you include his early experiments as a 14 year old with a Casio sampler). Following many releases over the past 7 years on a wide variety of electronic labels now comes his anticipated debut album for Psychonavigation Records.. 'The Digital Space Race' compiles ten tracks of sublime electronic music that can be enjoyed equally in the stoned privacy of your home or on the dance floor. For fans of John Beltran,B12,The Black Dog, Carl Craig... this is an essential record.
Psychonavigation-025
CD
$15.50

Clientele, The
That Night, A Forest Grew (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH)
PS, SPAIN This is the third, and last, of a trilogy of E.P.s the Clientele have recorded for Acuarela. They have always used the Acuarela E.P.s as a way to stretch out between albums, to create a through-the-looking-glass version of the band that shadows the better-known history of their albums. 'Ariadne' experimented with drones and minimalism; 'The Lost Weekend' stretched the foggy sound of their debut to epic proportions. In contrast "That Night, a Forest Grew' is the most commercial and -shockingly- danceable thing they've ever recorded. Part Bacharach, part Television, part Orange Juice, the E.P. shares the pristine clarity, light and shade of 'God Save the Clientele', but adds a new element of summer pop perfection. This is The Clientele as a hazily remembered 1970s cartoon series, all distanced off-key colors; imaginary summer hits, radio waves beamed in from a dream-discotheque.
Acuarela-067
CD5
$8.25

Crystal Antlers
S-T EP (PRE-ORDER: DUE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US Ballsout psych-rock-garage-soul from Long Beach long-hairs: rips, shreds, thrashes... Fans of Wooden Shjips' mind-numbingness and A Place To Bury Strangers' visceral intensity will find this majorly mandatory. PITCHFORK: "Merging psych, garage, lo-fi, prog, and countless other influences, the group easily maintains consistency despite a complete inability to be pinned to any specific movement or trend... It's tempting to be patient and call this disc a stopgap on the way to a triumphant debut full-length. But EP is plenty substantial as is; at 25 minutes, it's only a few shy of Nouns or, more to the point, any number of psych-rock classics from decades past."
Self-Released
CD5
$5.50

Cubenx
The Cold Swells (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, MEXICO Deep tecnho with dub and IDM melodic flourishes with beautifully processed sounds. México's Cubenx is the new face of Techno who recently signed into Paris' Infiné recordings. Buy if you like intelligent techno a la Kompakt.
StaticDiscos-027
CD
$12.25

D+
What is Doubt For? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH)
PS, US KARL BLAU, Phil Elverum (MT. EERIE/MICROPHONES) & Bret Lunsford (BEAT HAPPENING) return w/their 6th proper release that continues further down their path of minimalism.
Knw-Yr-Own
CD
$14.75

Dandy Warhols
Earth to the Dandy Warhols (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US New album!
Beat/EMD
CD
$15.25

Davila 666
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
IntheRed
LP
$10.50

Davila 666
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH)
PS, US Over the past 2 yrs, they have amassed a large local following & their shows have a reputation as must-see spectaculars. A set functions almost like a theatrical event, as the band presents a thematic environment in which viewers are called to interact w/ props & exotic dancers. Their sound is the combination of obvious rock 'n' roll classics like the Stones, Stooges, Velvets, & Dolls, along w/ less likely influences such as Mazzy Star, Li'l Wayne, & Plan B.
IntheRed
CD
$14.25

Death Vessel
Nothing is Precious Enough (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$12.50

Death Vessel
Nothing is Precious Enough (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Death Vessel has toured with Iron And Wine, Low, Jose Gonzalez, and The Books, among others. Recorded with longtime producer/collaborator Pete Donnelly (The Figgs), this is Death Vessel's (Joel Thibodeau's) Sub Pop debut. The music is haunting and spiritual, mysterious and kind, ageless and contemporary, soulful and psychedelic. In short, it's where the requiem meets the rock 'n' roll.
Subpop
CD
$12.50

Dianogah
QHNNNL (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Southern
LP
$15.00

Dianogah
QHNNNL (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US New album from CHGO trio, features guest appearance from pal Andrew Bird. Jason, Kip & Jay have played together since January of 1995. Their core instrumentation is a trio of two bass guitars and one drummer. ANDREW BIRD plays violin on several songs, Jay steps up to the mic, and Stephanie Morris (SCOTLAND YARD GOSPEL CHOIR) also sings. A Midwestern musical goldmine.
Southern
CD
$15.00

Disciplines, The
Smoking Kills (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, NORWAY PRE-ORDER @ $15.00, regular price $17.00. New band featuring KEN STRINGFELLOW. The Disciplines--a razor sharp, fuel efficient jet machine blending a full-on, rock blast worthy of AC/DC with anthemic melodies as sweet and singable as ABBA; a place where indie-level humility and charm meets a stadium-sized musical reach. Formed by American indie icon Ken Stringfellow (the Posies, R.E.M., Big Star, Lagwagon etc.) and the three instrument-wielding members of Norwegian chart successes Briskeby, the Disciplines have just released their first album, SMOKiNG KiLLS (Voices Music & Ent., Norway/Denmark). The album has already drawn rave reviews in the Norwegian national media; the singles "Best Mistake" and "Oslo" are bona fide chart hits; the band has been the subject of its own TV special and is on most of the major festivals in Norway this summer. The band was asked by Snow Patrol to support their London show last year; R.E.M. included the track "Yours for the Taking" on their Q magazine mix CD and has tagged the band to support their Scandinavian stadium shows in September. Coming up: a feature on Ken in Elle Scandinavia; festival and club dates in Netherlands, Spain and France; and a partnership with Chess Mobile that will put the band on screens large and small this summer (Chess will release a limited edition Disciplines phone that will come pre-loaded with the album and other features specific to the band). The band has played in Helsinki & Berlin and is looking at hitting both North and South America in the next year.
VME
CD
$15.00

Don Cabellero
Punkgasm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Relapse
DLP
$23.00

Don Cabellero
Punkgasm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Explodes w/all of the bands legendary trademarks: wildly inventive poly-rhythms; layers of looping guitar acrobatics; rich melodies & textures; & expansive compositions that evolve & unfold from start to finish. The albums more relaxed feel sees the band pushing their sound in a host of surprising new directions.
Relapse
CD
$15.00

Eden Express
Que Amors Que (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US ON VINYL! Feat. CLOUDLAND CANYON DUDE. The witchy beauty recalls Pan y Regalis, Charlie & Esdor, & early tropicalia albums. Pour yourself & a friend some cocktails, sit by the pool, & try to become lucid as your bare, tanned forearms grow beyond 17 ft long.
HolyMountain
LP
$16.00

Experimental Audio Research
Beyond The Pale (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH)
PS, UK Originally recorded way back in 1992 - Beyond The Pale was E.A.R.'s first album, although it remained unreleased until 1996. Pete Kember, working with Eddie Prevost (AMM), Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine) and Kevin Martin (God) recorded six tracks at Far Heath Studios, Northampton and mixed the resulting audio at MBV Studios, London. This release for 2008 features artwork from the highly collectible artist Kozick, with design overseen by Pete Kember.
SpaceAge-031
CD
$17.75

Fiery Furnaces
Remember (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US This double CD live album features 51 tracks spanning the band's entire catalog and was recorded over the past three years of constant touring. CD comes in a deluxe 6-panel digipack with coupon to download an exclusive bonus track.
ThrillJockey
CD
$15.00

Fiery Furnaces
Remember (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Vinyl is housed in a custom-made old style tip-on gatefold jacket with a pasted-in flap that holds the third LP. Also includes download coupon.
ThrillJockey
3XLP
$21.75

Giant Sand
Provisions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 2ND)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
YepRoc
DLP
$18.25

Giant Sand
Provisions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 2ND)
PS, US The musical family tree of the group is long & illustrious, spawning bands like Calexico & The Friends of Dean Martinez. Howe Gelb has steadily amassed a prolific catalog of material that spans the wealth of southwestern roots & lo-fi. This is cinematic Americana at its most aching, an album of tremolo soaked guitars, moody piano & secrets whispered over desert winds. Features talented friends/collaborators such as Neko Case, M. Ward & Isobell
Campbell.
YepRoc
CD
$14.50

Girl Talk
Feed The Animals (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23TH)
PS, US Pittsburgh artist Gregg Gillis (a.k.a. Girl Talk) has scrupulously created music from samples for over eight years. His fourth album on the Illegal Art label, Feed the Animals, continues his sonic evolution towards his party-infested live show and steps even closer towards a creation that is centered on pop musicality rather than attention-deficit sample splicing. Girl Talk has been known to underground audiences for several years, but it wasn't until 2006 that Gillis crossed over and caught the attention of a larger audience. With Rolling Stone, SPIN, Blender, Pitchfork, and even Beck including Night Ripper in their "best albums of 2006" lists, Girl Talk has gone on to be booked by major festivals (Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Virgin, All Points West, Pitchfork, DEMF, etc.), and solicited for remixes (Beck, Thrill Jockey, Tokyo Police Club, Grizzly Bear, Simian Mobile Disco, Peter Bjorn & John, TeddyBears, and Of Montreal). And with roughly 200 live shows over the last couple of years, Gillis has consistently played larger venues to capacity crowds (every date on his 2007 North American tour with Dan Deacon sold out). PRESS QUOTES: "One endlessly entertaining mega mash-up" - Rolling Stone "Gillis' craft is stunning and his tastes are exquisitely diverse" - Blender "A masterpiece that employs an estimated 300 samples" - SPIN "Massively recommended ... the voracious music fan's dream" --- Pitchfork "Media assassins Illegal Art come forth with yet another brilliant Girl Talk record." - XLR8R "Sounds like your favorite mash-up DJ after about 11 espressos" - Entertainment Weekly "Mashes together booty-shaking rap, iconic indie rock, and, uh, ABBA" - MTV.com.
IllegalArt-117
CD
$14.25

Hanson, Jeff
Madam Owl (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US This album does not mark a radical departure from his previous two records, as the essential elements are still here. The bare acoustic prettiness of his debut "Son" and the handcrafted pop cleverness of "Jeff Hanson" have been developed further. And, like its predecessors, this release contains a set of pop-music symphonies, each one of which feels like it could be the record's single.
KillRockStars
CD
$13.25

Heaviness
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US This Swedish band's own brand of mayhem pop has been very well received in the neo-shoegaze camp. Electric violin, driving drums, flowing guitar, & bittersweet vocals forge a path through a forest of anxiety, longing & oppression. The songs strike you down w/their brute force only to lift you up w/the beauty of their melodies. Special Japanese issue featuring a bonus track/new artwork.
Quince
CD
$13.75

Hill, Zach
Astrological Straits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US 1st solo release from founding member of HELLA & frequent collaborator w/ Mike Patton, Mick Barr, etc. Considered one of the most innovative drummers in modern music, he spent the last year creating this album. 2CD feat. an all-star cast incl. LES CLAYPOOL, CHINO MORENO, NO AGE, MARNIE STERN, & members of !!!, LCD SOUNDSYSEM, HELLA, & more.
Ipecac
DCD
$16.25

Hill, Zach
Astrological Straits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Licensed on vinyl from IPECAC, comes packaged in a high quality, heavy-stock jacket w/ insert. Limited to 1000 for first pressing.
Anticon
DLP
$21.50

Human Highway
Moody Motorcycle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SuicideSqueeze
LP
$14.00

Human Highway
Moody Motorcycle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US This duo presents a sound reminiscent of 50s/60s soul and doo-wop (i.e., The Everly Brothers). Human Highway came about while Jim Guthrie and Nick Thorburn (Islands, ex-Unicorns) were on tour with Islands. Vinyl comes with a coupon for a free digital download.
SuicideSqueeze
CD
$12.50

Jaguar Love
Take Me To The Sea (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Formed from members of the Blood Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves, Portland, OR's Jaguar Love add heavy-duty glam moves and crunchy, addictive hooks to the mix on this debut. "The beauty of Jaguar Love is how they manage to compose songs so intentionally vicious, strange, and manic, and yet totally hook-driven" - Seattle Times.
Matador
CD
$10.00

Jaguar Love
Take Me To The Sea (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$14.00

Jason & The Scorchers
The EMI Years (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US New digitally remastered two-CD set from this American Cow Punk vanguard who mixed their Country roots with a rockin' edge. Led by Jason Ringenberg, this Alt-Roots band signed to EMI in the mid'80s and released two critically successful albums and received plenty of airplay on college radio. This double disc set features their two albums for EMI (1985's Lost and Found and Still Standing, released the following year) plus live material and B-sides. Also includes the Fervor EP, geez.
Acadia
DCD
$27.25

Jem
Down to Earth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 2ND)
PS, US The album reflects the singer/songwriters far-ranging influences including Brazilian percussion on the title track, a hip shacking track complete w/funky banjos on "Crazy", the tempestuous Latin-flavored track "I Want You To...", a dance-pop tune "Aciid!" in which she sings in Japanese, & a moving collaboration w/South African singer-songwriter & poet-activist VUSI MAHLASELA on the track "You Will Make it"
ATO
CD
$12.50

Jesu
Why Are We Not Perfect? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH)
PS, US On this five track EP, Justin Broadrick has set aside the heavy foundation of pounding guitars prevalent in past recordings and brought to the fore elements of texture and melody. "...Broadrick has layered so many blurps, wooshes, and digital gnarls throughout each song, they take on a life of their own" - Decibel. "Dripping heavy, cascading walls of sound" - Spin.
HydraHead
CD
$10.00

Jesu/Battle of Mice
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US Several years in the making, each band offers 2 exclusive, lengthy tracks on this limited-edition release. JESU, comprised of the cult-followed JUSTIN K. BROADRICK (Godflesh, Napalm Death, Techno Animal), showcases heavy music on the darker end of the spectrum. BATTLE OF MICE (members of Red Sparrowes, Storm of Light) contribute the most sinister songs they've ever recorded. Heavier than their debut album, yet more dynamic overall, & possibly their last recordings ever. Both formats come in deluxe packaging w/ metallic silver ink & spot matte finish. Limited one-time pressings of 2000 copies each format.
RoboticEmpire
CD
$15.25

Jesu/Battle of Mice
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Limited vinyl LP version available in 4 different colors, 500 each, in deluxe packaging w/ metallic silver ink & spot matte finish..
RoboticEmpire
LP
$19.00

Judys, The
Land Of Plenty [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2008)
PS, US First ever official release for The Judys last album, recorded but never released! In 1990, The Judy's set out to record a new album with a new Judy's sound. Featuring the lineup that had been established over a number of years the band, including Barbara Donaho (keyboards/guitars), Lee Malone (bass), and Darwin Keys (drums), set out to explore new horizons musically and thematically. Land of Plenty injected multi-layered keyboards and guitars, stacked vocals, a gospel choir, and even a bit of banjo into the band's palatte and sought to realize Bean's vision of a new Americana musical landscape. Broad in its scope and daring in its expansion of the band's definition of itself, Land of Plenty was shelved when the group disbanded before the CD's release. While a handful of copies have been given out, this is first time this long sought-after project has been available to the general public.
WastedTalent
CD
$15.00

Judys, The
Moo [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE 2008)
PS, US The original 'Moo' album finally re-issued on CD for the first time! CD sports seven bonus tracks, mainman David Bean's "Modomusic" EP. Released almost four years to the day after Washarama and following an eighteen month hiatus, The Judy's Moo album has a slightly more progressive sound: richer production values, fuller arrangements and thicker harmonies. As the band returned to the stage in 1985, this was the album that showed the band's maturity and development as songwriters and musicians. The twelve songs on Moo, laced with solid-state irony, well-placed cynicism and standard issue Judys' wit, show the band at the peak of their creativity and acted as a springboard for their live extravaganzas. The album was released with The Moo Tour - a month of live performances across the state which included giant cereal boxes, moving conveyer belts of milk cartons, and a dancing cow while the band donned milkman uniforms. Critically acclaimed and fan-revered, The Moo Album continues to be a milestone in Texas pop music.
WastedTalent
CD
$15.00

Kid Montana
Temperamental + Singles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, UK LTM is pleased to announce a double CD set from Kid Montana, the Belgian electronic pop duo who recorded a string of acclaimed releases for chic label Les Disques du Crépuscule between 1984 and 1987. Temperamental + Singles gathers together the Temperamental album from 1986 with six track mini-album The Las Vegas Gold Rush and singles such as Revisiting Yalta, Spooky, Love May Be Blind and Still Colour Waiting. Featured producers include Marc Moulin and dan Lacksman (of Telex) and Gilbert Lederman (Berntholer). Digitally remastered, the 31 track, 2 hour 2xCD compilation also includes all tracks from the rare debut ep Today from 1982, and three tracks from a final unreleased demo recorded in 1987. The CD also includes MPEG versions of the video clips for Still Color Waiting and Spooky, directed by Serge Bergli. Artist biography: Kid Montana was initially the nom de guerre of Jean-Marc Lederman, formerly keyboard player with Digital Dance and Fad Gadget. After an experimental debut EP on Sandwich Records in 1982, Lederman spent time in London playing with The The and Gene Loves Jezebel, before recruiting American-born singer Dudley Kludt for the second Kid Montana single, Revisiting Yalta, in 1984. The following year the duo signed with Les Disques du Crépuscule, releasing a run of sophisticated electro-pop records, although mainstream success eluded them. The duo split in 1987, Lederman afterwards recording several hard electronic albums with The Weathermen, and with Julianne Regan as Jules et Jim.
LTM-2516
CD
$17.00

Latinsizer
110 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, MEXICO Electronic disco pop digitalized with analog machines. Latinsizer is Pepe Mogt, one of the main engines of the Nortec Collective (Fussible). 110 is Latinsizer's second album and debut for Static Discos, a banging collection of electro songs and neu-disco anthems.
StaticDiscos-028
CD
$12.25

Lindstrom
Where You Go I Go Too (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Well known for his epic & ultra melodic disco, it might come as a surprise that this album only contains three long tracks,
with the opening track being almost 29 minutes long! But when you listen to this album, you hear that it is still very much Lindstrom... just more Lindstrom--bigger, longer, more epic & more melodic. Lindstrom says, "I realized that working within 30 minutes instead of five minutes frames forced me to think very differently to what I was used to... when working on longer tracks, there's so much more time to develop different themes & to let them evolve"
SmalltownSupersound
CD
$14.50

Machine Fabriek & Stephen Vitiello
Box Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Rutger and Stephen sort of accidentally met through e-mail. A simple note regarding an ordering question for a CD led to an enthusiastic e-mail conversation and climaxed in a musical collaboration. This all happened in a very short period, both musicians being very inspired by the concept of "exchange," as a means to cross space and time -- Rutger living in the Netherlands and Stephen in Virginia. Most of the time, when (electronic) musicians work together it's a matter of swapping digital files. In this case they decided to do something different and sent each other a box full of (mostly non-musical, or musically non-functional) objects and recordings, with the "assignment" to make music with those objects and all as source materials. As the titles tell, we're talking about an egg cutter, thumb piano, a broken kraakle box, rice, chocolate sprinkles, old cassette tapes, a broken 7" record, etcetera, etcetera. Both musicians made two of their own solo tracks with the box they received, and the last track was done together by Rutger adding sounds and processing to a piece started by Stephen. For Rutger/ Machinefabriek this is part of his most delicate work. For Stephen, it was a new and extremely enjoyable form of long-distance collaboration. Machinefabriek: Rutger Zuydervelt, better known as Machinefabriek, lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Started as Machinefabriek in 2004, he released 40+ small run home-made cdr's as well as work for Type Records, Lampse, Digitalis, Staalplaat (Mort Aux Vaches) and now 12K. A double remix cd was released in 2007, with interpetations by Alva Noto, Pita, Mitchell Akiyama, Xela, Gert-Jan Prins and many more. Collaborations (live or recording) include Steinbrüchel, Jasper TX, Wouter van Veldhoven, Simon Nabatov, Frans de Waard, Aaron Martin and Peter Broderick. Stephen Vitiello: Stephen Vitiello is a sound and media artist based in Richmond, VA. CD releases include Bright and Dusty Things (New Albion), Listening to Donald Judd (Sub Rosa) and Untitled/Exchange, a collaborative CD with Michael J. Schumacher (A Question of Re-Entry). Solo exhibitions of Vitiello's sound installations, photographs and drawings have been presented at The Project, NY, Museum 52, London, the Texas Gallery, Houston, TX and Diapason, NYC. Group exhibitions include the 2002 Whitney Biennial and the 2006 Biennial of Sydney. Over the last 18 years, Stephen has collaborated with numerous musicians and artists including Scanner, Pauline Oliveros, Andrew Deutsch, Julie Mehretu and Tony Oursler.
12K-1048
CD
$12.25

Manhattan Love Suicides
Burnt Out Landscapes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US "This Leeds foursome's fuzzed-out dream-pop recalls not only JAMC, but also the willowy female vocals of C86 alumni the Shop Assistants. However, rather than revive the sexualized gore of the 80s movie underground-- or the black-leather tropes of recent retro noise-poppers like the Raveonettes-- the Manhattan Love Suicides' elf-titled debut throbs with the giddy vulnerability of the scene that the NME's C86 compilation helped spawn." Pitchfork. The Manhattan Love Suicides have a mission. They want to write, record and release songs on their own accord. The DIY ethic is in their blood. The idea of getting their name out there by writing, recording, and releasing as many songs as you can as a way of promotion is old fashioned at best. This collection of songs is taken from the 4 singles they released over last year with additional unreleased songs as well as some live recordings. The Manhattan Love Suicides wear their influences on their sleeves and never has Phil Spector's Wall of Sound met so cohesively with Jesus and Mary Chain's. The hypnotic noise and feedback are highlighted with a pounding beat and heart breaking female vocals. Just when you are thinking the shoegaze drone will go on the hooks come in and you hear the girl group sounds to keep you from zoning out. For influences think Jesus and Mary Chain, Galaxie 500, The Velvet Underground, The Rosehips, The Golden Dawn, Meat Whiplash... that kind of stuff. Basically these are the bands that every hipster /record store clerk covets in their own collection. The Manhattan Love Suicides feature former members of the much buzzed about Leeds's band Pop Threat. A much talked and written about band that sparked Sonic Youth and Velvet Underground comparisons that released several singles, eps, and tracks that ended up on compilations. Who's songs played by John Peel landed them releases on Fierce Panda and Mook Records.
MagicMarker-048
CD
$12.25

Maquiladora
St. Cecilia's Drowning: Ritual Of Hearts & White Sands Revisited (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9th)
PS, SPAIN Maquiladora's create songs from a sense of place. Eric Nielsen, Bruce McKenzie and Phil Beaumont (with occasional guests of Black Heart Procession, Modest Mouse and The God Machine) approach music from all sides, a sound which conjures up moods of the deserts and oceans providing a landscape that is both familiar and remotely distant. Acuarela is pleased to release a new take on Maquiladora's early works on St. Cecilia's Drowning - White Sands And Ritual Of Hearts Revisited. A re-mastered collection of songs recorded between 1995 and 2002, including nine previously unreleased songs, which present a graceful invitation into the musical journey of this reclusive band. ERASING CLOUDS WHITE SANDS: 1. Prostitute Song // 2. Julian // 3.Happy Day // 4. Little Miss R. C. // 5. Ankle // 6. So Far Away // 7. Itchy Song // 8. Termez 1936 // 9. Mr. Grey // 10. Bueno Mis Amigos // 11. Cousin // Bonus Tracks: 12. Light of the Rain // 13. Itchy Song (Live at VPRO) // 14. 12 Steps // 15. A/part // 16. After All RITUAL OF HEARTS: 1. The Secret // 2. Ritual of Hearts // 3. Heaven // 4. Sweet Afton // 5. I'm In Love // 6. A Vow // 7. Sound Of Rain // 8. Dream Of Snakes // 9. Chinese Girl // 10. Avow // 11. She's More Beautiful To Me Than Water And Pure // 12. Static Hum // Bonus Tracks: 13. So Young // 14. Buddy // 15. Boatman's Mantra // 16. Mexico D.F.
Acuarela-1083
DCD
$16.00

Mena, Javiera
Esquemas Juveniles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, CHILE Originally released October 2006. "Esquemas Juveniles" is the debut album of the talented Chilean songwriter Javiera Mena, who shows through this record as a composer and multi instrumentalist of excellence. Refined musical arrangements, dance pop and the energy that project this work, turns her in one of the bigger bets of her generation.
Quemasucabeza-015
CD
$13.50

Mercury Rev
Yerself Is Steam/Lego My Ego [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, UK We can't be the only Rev-heads who need a fresh copy of this stunning early 90s masterpiece, can we? 2007 Special Edition three disc (two CDs and a NTSC/Region 0 DVD) pressing of the classic 1991 debut album from the Alternative weirdoes. The second CD, Lego My Ego (a much sought-after collection of rarities and radio sessions), has been unavailable for 12 years while the DVD, which features rare video clips, has never been released before! Bonus disc, Lego My Ego, tracklist: 1. If You Want Me to Stay / 2. Shh/Peaceful/Very Sleepy Rivers / 3. Frittering / 4. Coney Island Cyclone / 5. Car Wash Hair / 6. Syringe Mouth / 7. Blood on the Moon / 8. Chasing a Bee (Inside a Car)
Mint
DCD/DVD
$21.00

Minisnap
Bounce Around (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US Minisnap's "Bounce Around" is the first release by members of The Bats without lead singer/songwriter Robert Scott. Kay Woodward takes the lead with her strong but delicate vocals and her own turn at song writing. The same rhythm section of The Bats is there so the comparisons are hard not to make. The folksy Velvet Underground sound keeps chugging along with Kaye's vocals leading the way. Minisnap features the songwriting skills of Kaye Woodward (vocals, guitar) along with fellow Bats, Paul Kean (bass, guitar) and Malcolm Grant (drums) plus Marcus Winstanley from The Undercurrents on guitar. It isn't often that a member of one of your favorite bands steps from supporting to lead role and completely bowls you over. Kaye does so with her angelic voice and heart filled songs.
MagicMarker-048
CD
$12.25

Moonbabies, The
Take Me to the Ballroom EP (DELAYED PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2008)
PS, SWEDEN The second single from their latest album 'Moonbabies at the Ballroom' released last Summer on our Hidden Agenda imprint. Features the exquisite title track plus two previously unreleased gems: "Flip-Top Boxer" and "Crispin Glover".
Startracks/Hidden Agenda
CD5
$2.00

Moondoggies
Don t Be A Stranger (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Seattle's Moondoggies play timeless American music. Warm three-part harmonies, gothic Rhodes organ, and wanderlust guitar mark a sound rooted in boogie blues and cosmic country. Whipsmart songwriting leads to hook-heavy tunes that bristle with originality. Shades of gospel, blues, rock, and country commingle, and wall-of-sound harmonies radiate joy and passion. The influences of The Band, The Byrds, and especially early Grateful Dead are evident, though The Moondoggies' lyrical economy and compositional sensibility render these tracks fresh and unique.
HardlyArt
CD
$10.75

Music Tapes
Music Tapes for Clouds & Tornadoes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US This album spotlights Julian Koster's songcraft and distinctive vocals, his almost religious devotion to the singing saw, and numerous contributions from other musicians in the Elephant 6 orbit. As on previous efforts, recording was done using an array of antique hardware, giving the record a timeless, texturally rich sonic palette.
Merge
CD
$13.25

Music Tapes
Music Tapes for Clouds & Tornadoes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
LP
$15.50

New Estate
Out of the Ground (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, AUSTRALIA New album from Melbourne indie elite featuring members of Sleepy Township & Jaguar is Jaguar. 'Out of the Ground' is organic, gritty, raw, loud, sometimes mean, sometimes raucous and occasionally placatory. It's the culmination of a five-year search by four adventurers for the perfect synthesis of their different whiles and ways.
LowTransitIndustries-051
CD
$13.50

New Estate
Is It Real? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH)
PS, AUSTRALIA 2005 album from Melbourne indie elite featuring members of Sleepy Township & Jaguar is Jaguar.
LowTransitIndustries-056
CD
$13.50

O'Connor, Jennifer
Here With Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Recorded with John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth), "Here With Me" is a breezier, more upbeat work than 2006's "Over The Mountain", but is packed with no less of an emotional wallop. Jennifer's songs have never before sounded this crafted or hit the listener with such immediacy. LP contains MP3 coupon. Look for tour dates supporting Wilco, Jamie Lidell, and Son, Ambulance. Headlining tour in the fall. "A rush of everything you ever liked about indie songwriters: substantial songwriting, crystalline vocals, sumptuously simple pop...you have to love an artist who reminds you of everyone but defies comparison" - Time Out NY.
Matador
CD
$10.00

O'Connor, Jennifer
Here With Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$14.00

Original Silence
Second Original Silence (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SmalltownSuperjazz
LP
$18.00

Original Silence
Second Original Silence (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US The return of THURSTON MOORE (SONIC YOUTH), TERRIE EX (THE EX), JIM O'ROURKE, MATS GUSTAFSSON (THING), PALL NILSSEN-LOVE (THING), & MASSIMO PUPILLO (ZU). Recorded at a September 28, 2006 performance at Rome, Italy's Brancaleone. Artwork by Kim Hiorthoy
SmalltownSuperjazz
CD
$14.50

Owl Service, The And Alison O'Donnell
The Fabric of Folk EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 2ND)
PS, UK If you thought social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook were just devices which sucked you into an unstoppable vortex of wasted time, then think again. A chance discussion between Steven Collins and Alison O'Donnell, formerly of legendary Irish prog-folk troupe Mellow Candle, took place on such a website and out of that conversation came the first fruits of this collaboration. The Fabric of Folk is a 5-track EP featuring Collins' in his guise as main man of the Owl Service, one generation of folk-rock crashing head-long into an earlier, glorious era represented here by the considerable vocal talents of Alison O'Donnell. Capturing the many different faces of folk-rock, the five songs here - two are original compositions by the pair, one of which was written with the Straw Bear Band's Dominic Cooper - are perfectly formed, heartfelt and touching but with more than a hint of darkness. This follows on from the Owl Service's previous release for Static Caravan, the Cine 3" CD (VAN 140), and arrives alongside their debut album A Garland of Song, which is being released on Southern Records. Meanwhile, Alison's former band Mellow Candle have returned to prominence on the back of the newly repackaged Swaddling Songs - their solitary album release - which has been remastered and reissued by Esoteric/Cherry Red. Inspired by a mutual recognition and respect, the pairing of Collins' band with O'Donnell is a dreamy combination. Imbued with a sense of revivalism, The Fabric of Folk is far from backward-looking and instead concocts something incredibly new which, while referencing the production techniques and masterful storytelling of Brit-folk's heyday, is bubbling with new ideas and an inherent knack for crafting sublime arrangements.
StaticCaravan-142
CD
$16.00

Paramount Styles
Failure American Style (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US This is the 1st solo outing from Scott McCloud (GIRLS AGAINST BOYS). Feat. Richard Fortus (PSYCHEDELIC FURS/GUNS N' ROSES), Alexis Fleisig (Girls Against Boys), & Angela McClusky. The sound of dark forces gathering in a radiant club, at times intimate & at others soaring, slow burns bend & swerve into panoramic lush walls of sound.
Konkurrent
CD
$13.25

Pram
The Moving Frontier (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Pram are a quintet from Birmingham's Moseley district and have been subverting what we know as pop music for thirteen years, always managing to stay fresh and ahead of their contemporaries. On this record, they've created a mysterious and wonderful landscape that's sky-wide open. These songs not only soundtrack, but gently prompt and orchestrate a reflective daydream moment.
DominoRecordingCo
CD
$13.00

Pram
The Moving Frontier (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DominoRecordingCo
LP
$14.00

Prisonshake
Dirty Moons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Scat
DLP
$19.25

Prisonshake
Dirty Moons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH)
PS, US These recordings, all but one done entirely in the analog domain between 1995 to 2007, encompass both realism & psychedelia, sometimes via tape manipulation & found sound. Performances range from the completely live (even vocals) to near Bob Ezrin-levels of production, but all have an everybodyin-the-room recording at their core.
Scat
DCD
$14.25

Ra Ra Riot
Rhumb Line (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Their self-titled EP (sold mostly at venues) & the dark-edged joyfulness of their live shows (which feature a kickass co-ed bass-guitardrums-vocal-cello-violin lineup) has garnered acclaim from high-profile media. This is their full-length debut, which features 9 originals & the best Kate Bush cover you've ever heard ("Suspended in Gaffa")
Barsuk
CD
$11.00

Rodriguez
Cold Fact (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US It's one of the lost classics of the '60s, a psychedelic masterpiece drenched in colour & inspired by life, love, poverty, rebellion, and, of course, "jumpers, coke, sweet mary jane". The album is Cold Fact & what's more intriguing is that its maker - a shadowy figure known as Rodriguez - was, for many years, lost too. A decade ago, he was rediscovered working on a Detroit building site, unaware that his defining album had become not only a cult classic, but for the people of South Africa, a beacon of revolution. Co-produced by Beastie Boys/Mos Def sample heavy guitarist Dennis Cofffey. Featuring legendary Motown players The Funk Bros. This album is mastered from the original tapes with new deluxe packaging, including a 36 page booklet with unseen photos, archival material & new notes including interviews with Rodriguez.
LightInTheAttic
CD
$16.00

Rosebud
Discoballs: A Disco Tribute To Pink Floyd [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US Back in 1979, way before the flood of tribute albums swamped your local record store's bins, this curiosity featuring disco versions of Pink Floyd songs came out on Warner Bros. Now, usually when you put the words 'disco' and 'tribute' together in the same phrase, the result is not going to be pretty. What does, however, make this album reissue-worthy is that two of the folks behind this, Claude Engel and Jannick Top, were members of the legendary French prog group Magma, and they were no doubt instrumental in the adventurous choice of tunes on this record. Sure, 'Money' and 'Have a Cigar', which was a minor hit, are not such a stretch, but disco versions of 'Interstellar Overdrive', 'Arnold Layne' and 'One of These Days'?! Not even Syd Barrett in his wildest dreams could have imagined such a thing! It's easily the most danceable Pink Floyd album ever!
Collector'sChoice
CD
$13.75

Royal We, The
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DominoRecordingCo
LP
$14.00

Royal We, The
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US The Royal We were a Scottish/American fever dream who broke up before this record was released. A mini-LP of eight near perfect imperfections that hit all those great obscurest touchstones in the tweest of pop music...Orange Juice, The Raincoats, The Pastels, Field Mice.
DominoRecordingCo
CD
$11.00

Sailboats Are White
Turbo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH)
PS, AUSTRALIA As completely incidental as it may seem, the acronym for Sailboats Are White is in fact SAW. Coincidence? Perhaps, but it's also a pretty accurate musical description. You see, saws are used to cut through things like bone, metal and possibly wood, likewise though, Sailboats' music is just as fierce, cutting and destructive to the senses as say, a lumberjack's saw would be to a maple tree.
LowTransitIndustries-040
CD
$13.50

sBACH
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US sBACH is Spencer Seim, (Hella, The Advantage). This record is a frenetic mélange akin to the sights, sounds, and sugar rushes of an entire elementary school locked in a Chuck E. Cheese and having to subside on an all-you-can-eat buffet of Fun Dip and Pixie Stix. The animatronic, caffeinated band dishes out phosphorescent doom riffs while running amok with blips and bleeps. Kitschy, stoner rock with jazz rhythms and chicken scratch electronica.
SuicideSqueeze
CD
$12.00

Schaeffer, Janek
Extended Play [Triptych for the child survivors of war and conflict] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US LIMITED EDITION 600. LINE is proud to release the latest audio work from British composer and installation artist Janek Schaefer based on his installation of the same title. Installation Reviews: "a piece to return to again and again... haunting and lulling" [The Wire, UK] "so inspirational, and in many ways very spiritual" [Gerry Turvey] "I was so deeply touched by your piece" [Mandeep Kaur Samra] Red is the colour of Life, of Death, and of Love. Scarlett, my first child, was born in 2005, and since then I have been very aware of how lucky we all are. have been constantly comparing this to the fact that my mother was born in Warsaw in 1942 - the epicenter of World War II. How opposite can two beginnings be? This inspired me to produce the Extended Play installation, which continuously and positively celebrates hope and new beginnings, for child survivors in all situations around the world. The original idea for the composition came from learning about the 'Jodoform' system of secret musical messages that were broadcast by the BBC Service, during music they played was given a particular meaning, which was interpreted by Polish Underground. Discovered from the original Jodoform logbook, that the lovely Polish folk song 'Tango Lyczakowskie', was broadcast on the day my mother was born. Song describes how children in 1918, had been forced to take up arms, in defense of their town. From this tune, chose a short rising musical phrase, and with my arranger Michael Jennings, developed a ten-minute score. Each of the three solo parts was then recorded separately, edited, and cut onto vinyl. In the gallery, 3 x Cello EP's, 3 x Piano EP's, and 3 x Violin EP's are played at either 33, 45, or 78rpm using nine retro record players. These play continuously, and each was modified to stop playing briefly in response to the audience moving around the exhibition. This has the effect of changing and extending the composition, so that it is never the same again.
Line-036
CD
$12.25

Schnauss, Ulrich
Stars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Schnauss returns after last year's acclaimed third album, "Goodbye", with this "Stars" EP, highlighting the standout track with a new edit, remixes, and a new version of "Look At The Sky". The MAPS remix takes "Stars" to a new level of hyperactive electronic dream pop, while the Mahogany remix is a dense and spacey turn on the track with layers of added textures.
DominoRecordingCo
CD5
$6.25

Souls On Board
Blood Face (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, AUSTRALIA Like some unholy breeding ground, SOULS ON BOARD are loyal to an ever-evolving matrimony - beauty and dirt, ugliness and invention, dumb and smart, mind-blowing power and grace. BLOOD FACE is the new EP, the Melbourne group's second release after their "hurtling and assured" self-titled EP debut of 2005. Released by wunderkinds Low Transit Industries, the EP saw the band draw comparisons to The Pixies & Sonic Youth. BLOOD FACE picks up the hazardous extremes of that first rugged EP and beats them into a new shape. A shape with pointed edges, electricity in the veins and a wall of psychedelic sound bubbling under a whip-smart guitar bleed section. While the tunes bulge with shining phrases & stirring twists, lyrically BLOOD FACE grapples with dark visions and uncomfortable realities - these ills given some respite by the pop playfulness of the 6 tracker.
LowTransitIndustries-049
CD
$13.50

Stereolab
Chemical Chords (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Their eleventh album is a collection of purposefully short, dense, fast pop songs brimming with Motown-like drums, baroque-pop brass and string arrangements, and mellifluous vocal performances. It is, nonetheless, classic Stereolab; like all their best work, a perfect equipoise between an implausibly cool past and a shamelessly exotic future. "England's lounge-pop heroes" - Blender. "Stereolab's unmistakable cosmonaut pop...a trademarked stamp of the 90s. No one else managed to duplicate their retro-futurist harmony" - Fader.
4AD
CD
$13.25

Stereolab
Chemical Chords (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
4AD
LP
$19.25

Sweet, Matthew
Sweet Sunshine Lies (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH)
PS, US SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE! New album from Matthew Sweet joined by Susanna Hoffs, Ric Menck and Richard Lloyd. Pretty Parasolly, dontcha think? Without warning, this consummate artist just may have made the album of his life, not by consciously trying to recapture the brilliance of his three milestones, Girlfriend, Altered Beast and 100% Fun, but simply by following his big heart, while hot-wiring the process between inspiration and execution so that there's no longer any distance between them. With tongue only partly in cheek, Matthew describes the new record's sound as "power-pop-folk-rock-psychedelic-melodic-singer-songwriter-type stuff." That turns out to be an accurate general description, but the real intrigue is in the details. By turns achingly melodic and drivingly visceral, Sunshine Lies swirls with relatable emotion and bad-ass attitude, seamlessly incorporating the artist's expansive aesthetic from one end (poetry) to the other (noise). On Sunshine Lies, Sweet intermixes his distinctive brand of shimmering folk rock ("Byrdgirl," "Daisychain," "Around You Now") and signature goosebump ballads ("Feel Fear," "Pleasure Is Mine," "Back of My Mind"), with the album's primary impulse, what he refers to as "the crazy songs." These are heady, arrangement-based pieces where anything goes in terms of tone, texture and performance-the mindblowing "Time Machine," the balls-to-the-wall "Room to Rock," the brawny "Flying" and the Who-like "Let's Love."
ShoutFactory
CD
$11.50

Tallest Man On Earth, The
Shallow Grave (PRE-ORDER: DELAYED, SALEABLE TBA)
PS, SWEDEN Incredible new album, Pitchfork approved. If you thought the EP was great, just wait until this arrives. Folk album of the year? Price to be confirmed, it might be better, it won't be worse. PITCHFORK: "While it's understandable to be skeptical of another skinny dude with a mustache, a guitar, and a worn-out copy of The Anthology of American Folk Music, the more time you invest in Shallow Graves, the more you'll realize how unusually memorable it is. Ultimately, Shallow Graves transcends comparison-- which is saying an awful lot, given the popularity of its prototype-- and Matsson is a natural-born folksinger, earnest, clever, and comforting."
Gravitation
CD
$13.00

Technical Itch
You Need Therapy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPT. 9TH)
PS, US Technical Itch is the legendary drum n bass artist behind the worldwide phenomenon "THERAPY SESSIONS" club night. From London to Moscow to Philadelphia to Mexico City, Therapy Sessions is unrivaled for the sounds of the heaviest drum n bass music. Technical Itch is the godfather of the movement, with albums on Moving Shadow, and collaborations with Dieselboy, Dylan, Gein, and more. This mix is a stunning representation of the Technical Itch live set - 28 tracks packed into 80 minutes, masterful set programming with peaks, valleys, and change ups into rock and metal, highlighting the flexibility and integration of drum n bass into the musical landscape. Brutal, passionate, and perfect, this is at the level of the best mix output of Dieselboy.
OhmResistance-9M
CD
$13.00

Tex La Homa
Little Flashes Of Sunlight On A Cold Dark Sea (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH)
PS, SPAIN Departing from the more electronic oriented sounds on previous albums by Tex la Homa, Little Flashes Of Sunlight On A Cold Dark Sea is a collection of eleven acoustic songs featuring Matt Shaw on every instrument, mainly guitar and piano. After releasing six exclusive tracks (which were a prelude to the sound of this last record) entitled Into Timeless Shadows a couple of years ago, Acuarela is proud to present the fourth album by Tex la Homa, an approach towards a more intimate and personal side of his music.
Acuarela-1087
CD
$13.50

Tractor Kings
Homesick (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY?)
PS, US Long-awaited new album from reverb-drenched country rockers, led by local icon Jacob Fleischli, who evokes both Lou Reed and Bob Dylan in myriad ways. His new band backs him with a rootsy but grand atmopheric sound, thanks to an evangelical pedal steel, equal parts terrestrial and extra...terrestrial. Think "rural cathedral". Recorded by Matt Talbott (Hum, Centaur) at Great Western Record Recorders.
Spur-CD-006
CD
$9.00

U.S. Girls
Introducing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US If the alluring moniker used by Megan Uremovich conjures images of volleyball teams or cheerleading squads, forget it. Not that there's any doubt that Uremovich couldn't rise & conquer either challenge.RIYL Sally Strobelight, Inca Ore, Diamanda Galas. Hand-screened cover, one time edition of 500
Siltbreeze
LP
$16.00

Uglysuit
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Quarterstick
LP
$14.00

Uglysuit
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Oklahoma City's Uglysuit is remarkably fresh-faced and honest; they believe in letting loose, fostering a heartfelt atmosphere of hope and love. Their music is an extended love song to the notion that everything is possible, yet nothing is guaranteed. Look for them on tour supporting Iron And Wine this summer, and on a full US tour upon release.
Quarterstick
CD
$13.00

Various
Half Dreaming (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US Shoegaze transcends its British influences & resurfaces in Asia w/this compilation, featuring 16 bands & 16 new, unreleased, or re-recorded tracks. Some of these artists are well known in the Asian scene & others about to debut.
Quince-62
CD
$13.75

Various
Splendid Isolation (Pre-Order)
PS, SWEDEN A collection of exclusive tracks from the Radio Dept., Testbild!, Most Valuable Players, Differnet, Action Biker, Viktor Sjöberg, VED, Peter Jackson, Peter Nilsson, Redmalm, Enheten för musik och melodi, Malkovic, Erik de Vahl, Band in a Box, Flow Flux Clan, Robotboy, and Jian. Between January and December 2007 Friendly Noise released 18 mp3 singles offered as free downloads from www.friendlynoise.se. From the start it was intended to be a one-year-long project. The idea was simple: contributions chosen by us from our extended family of old friends and new discoveries, usually two songs, together with an introduction by the artists themselves and a picture to illustrate and enhance, once or twice a month. This was meant as a complement to our CD releases, and a chance to easily distribute great songs, in cases where the album context isn't necessary. These two ways of distribution aren't contradictory, they're related, as we stated on our website. Soon we realized the series had become a success, both when it came to the quality of the output and the amount of interest generated. So "Splendid Isolation" - our third compilation after "Friendly People Making Noise" (2003) and "Are You Scared To Get Happy?" (2006) - is our way of documenting the series through a selection of the songs and thus giving them a more official kind of release. The record is also a celebration of five years of Friendly Noise as a label. The order of the songs on the record isn't chronological, it's instead our attempt to make the record sound as good as possible as a whole. TRACKLIST: 1. Bognor Regis (Peter Jackson) 2. (Jack) Lullaby (Viktor Sjöberg) 3. Rondo (Most Valuable Players) 4. Stratoscope (VED) 5. Get Nowhere (Peter Nilsson) 6. Hultviksvägen 7 (Peter Jackson) 7. The Bravest Person I Know (Redmalm) 8. Shut Out (Flow Flux Clan) 9. September (Robotboy) 10. Hashish in Nizza (Peter Jackson) 11. Sol genom lövverket (Enheten för musik och melodi) 12. En gång i Stockholm (Testbild!) 13. Dedicated to Therese Holm (Testbild!) 14. 1959y (Malkovic) 15. Almost Close (Peter Jackson) 16. Open Night (Most Valuable Players) 17. Bachelor Kisses (The Radio Dept.) 18. Vinden susar i advent (Action Biker) 19. Postojna (Peter Jackson) 20. Whatever We Want (Erik de Vahl) 21. Leaving Smears (Band in Box) 22. Just A Little Lovin' (Jian) 23. Curriculum Circular (Differnet)
FriendlyNoise-68
CD
$13.50

Verse En Coma
Rialto (10"/CD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH)
PS, US Five dynamic tracks that collided w/ both artistic & industry red tape comprise this incredible debut. These delays hinder absolutely nothing though, as the power & sheer intensity behind these songs is borderline overwhelming. Unique, passionate, & soaring vocals compliment the screaming, effectsladen guitarwork & air-tight rhythm section. Feat. members of PG 99, MALADY, DARKEST HOUR, HARAM & more.
RoboticEmpire
10
$17.75

Whisper in the Noise
Dry Land (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH)
PS, US Self described "orchestral garage rock'" band from Hanska, Minnesota give an extremely humble & personal touch to gorgeous, string-laden rock music. Pretty, melancholic, sad & charming. for fans of Low, Arcade Fire, Guided by Voices.
ExileOnMainstream-030
CD
$13.50

Woodhands
Heart Attack (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PaperBag
DLP
$22.00

Woodhands
Heart Attack (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH)
PS, US An electro-pop duo w/ a retlentlessly energetic live show & a total disdain for anything but balls to the wall, dirty,
sexy dance parties. The buzz has been built almost entirely on their live show, and have been dubbed "as close to a two-headed indie Timberlake as it gets.
PaperBag
CD
$13.75

Zomes
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
HolyMountain
LP
$15.00

Zomes
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH)
PS, US Debut solo from former LUNGFISH/ PUPILS guitarist. This album is full of beautiful Seesselbergsized chunks of loop-like melodies that effervesce while Osborne brings them to life. There is a cinematic quality to the material here that recalls "library music," East German Indianerfilmen soundtracks, & even Blues Control at their most humid.
HolyMountain
CD
$15.00

Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders

(VxPxC) “Porchmass” CD $10.00
Aethenor “Betimes Black Cloudmasses” CD $14.25
Apparat “Things To Be Frickled” DCD $22.50
Arcuragi, Adam “Soldiers for Feet” LP $11.00
Baghiri, Amir “Ghazal” CD $15.00
Birthmark “The Layer” CD $12.25
Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood “Goodbye” CD $8.50
Carrots, The “Beverly” 45 $8.25
Carrots, The “Doing Our Part” 45 $8.25
Chartier, Richard “Further Materials” CD $12.25
Cheap Time “S-T” CD $14.25
Danger Mouse/Black Keys “Strange Times b/w Something on Your Mind” 45 $6.75
Desolation Wilderness “Horizon Star” CD $7.50
Deupree, Taylor “Northern (Re-issue)” CD $15.50
Dillard & Clark “Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark” CD $14.25
El Guincho “Alegranza” CD $24.00
Fear Falls Burning “Frenzy of the Absolute” CD $16.75
Givens, Daniel “Egress” CD $12.50
Legions of Parasites “Another Disaster” CD $11.50
Marxy “Forty Years From Now” CD $11.50
Meho Plaza “S-T” CD $9.00
Moscow Olympics “Cut The World” CD $13.50
Reynolds, Ben “Two Wings” CD $13.25
Runaways, The “Japanese Singles Collection” CD $15.50
Runaways, The “And Now…The Runaways” CD $15.50
Russian Circles “Station” CD $13.25
Satanicpornocultshop “Takusan No Ohanasan” CD $15.00
Shitmat/Ladyscraper “Grungecore Vol. 1” 45 $7.50
Short, Shelley “Water for the Day” CD $13.25
Soundpool “Dichotomies + Dreamland” CD $12.25
Spanish Prisoners “Songs to Forget” CD $10.00
Speedmarket Avenue “Way Better Now” CD $16.25
Tape “Milieu Plus” CD $18.00
Tickley Feather “S-T” CD $15.00
Various “A Mind Expansion Compilation 2” DCD $16.25
Various “Soul Messages From Dimona” CD $15.75
Von Till, Steve “Grave is a Grim Horse” CD $16.00
Walker Brothers “Take It Easy With” CD $14.25

Parasol New Arrivals • August 05, 2008
Greetings, Today you’re going to find a fine selection of new and not so new noise and not so noisy cassettes from the uber-knobtwister label 905. Right along side those jams you’ll notice an assortment of newish analog/digital cuts to keep your needle/disc changer fed. Be sure to wrap your head around: Helm, Bitcrush, 13th Floor Elevators, Starry Crowns, Harvey Milk and the long winding road of ones and zeros that awaits you below. Sayonara, Roy & Paul
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	Crystal Stilts "Self-Titled" CD $10.25 (Woodsist) Recent singles collection from awesome NYC lofi garage-pop freaks that sunk its hook and won't let go, plus it's on the weird and wooly Woodsist label, so it's automatic. Yes, there's a C86/Subway/K Records/Flying Nun battle of naive/gothic/weird wills going on here; all in the very best ways. Echoing and gothy, like Joy Division with a twist of Pin Group fuzz-fusion, naïve and sweet like Beat Happening shaded with The Razorcuts. Garage odes! Moody dirges! Woozy ballads!
Thrillsville: Parasol staff's weekly picks
Jim & Geoff pick: U2 - Boy [expanded deluxe re-issue] CD \| October [expanded deluxe re-issue] CD \| War [expanded deluxe re-issue]CD (ALL ON SALE) Paul picks: Dr. Dog - Fate CD Angie picks: Black Kids - Partie Traumatic CD Saw them live at Lollapalooza...amazing set. Like Prince with Wendy and Lisa for the 2008 crowd! Totally fun! ROY picks: Various - Yee-Haw!: The Other Side of Country CD/LP
New Releases 13th Floor Elevators Going Up: The Very Best Of The 13th Floor Elevators PS, UK 2004 release, single CD best-of collection. "The 20 greatest mind-blowing highlights recorded for the International Artists label between 1966 and 1969 by the pioneering psychedelic rock group. Featuring the groundbreaking single, 'You're Gonna Miss Me,' other classics such as 'Fire Engine,' 'Slip Inside This House' and 'May The Circle Remain Unbroken,' plus the recently discovered nugget 'I Don't Ever Want To Come Down' and a manic version of Van Morrison's garage classic, 'Gloria.' Fronted by the truly eccentric and iconic Roky Erickson, The 13th Floor Elevators produced some of the most inventive and memorable music of the era. Their often-menacing drug-fuelled songs with a potent combination of R&B, folk-rock and Kinks/Stones punk and stoned lyrics based on a nihilistic hippy philosophy have brought them cult status ever since." Charly CD $13.00 13th Floor Elevators Easter Everywhere PS, UK 2003 reissue. This enhanced re-issue includes 10 highly desirable bonus tracks in the form of live versions of 8 songs from the group's debut album, recorded in Texas & San Francisco, an instrumental version of "Levitation," as well as a previously unreleased studio gem, "I Don't Ever Want To Come Down." Charly CD $15.75 A Smile and a Ribbon Boy I Wish I Never Met PS, US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a 9-song CD & 4-song 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. The Boy I Wish I Never Met is a pure P!O!P! album that draws influences from 1950's girl groups, 90's twee, and a whole lot of quirky personality. 13 bittersweet songs on CD and Vinyl. A limited edition pressing of 300 copies. Shelflife CD/45 $17.75 Airborne Toxic Event S-T PS, US These fixtures of the Silver Lake music scene, garnering comparisons to everyone from Modest Mouse & The Arcade Fire to the Clash & U2. The group's debut album was co-produced by Pete Min (Longwave, Ivy). ShoutFactory CD $12.75 All That The Name Implies S-T PS, US This mellow collection of communal U.S. hippie folk was recorded in 1968 and went undiscovered for decades. Featuring male and female vocals, strummed 6 and 12-string acoustic guitars, congas, flute and tambourine, it's a lost gem that's bound to appeal to fans of stoned rural psychedelia. The songs range from touching ballads to whimsical ditties and a highly unusual medley in tribute to folk giant Fred Neil. It makes its CD debut here, and comes complete with all four sides of their equally-rare and obscure 45s. Fallout CD $16.25 Ambarchi, Oren A Final Kiss on Poisoned Cheeks PS, US There is a vivid breadth to the guitar deconstructions of Australian OREN AMBARCHI. Sometimes his work takes a delicate lilt; it can also dive into dark and deep pools of sound when he joins cowl-core ensembles Sunn O))) (with Stephen O'Malley) and Burial Chamber Trio (with Greg Anderson). Whether with those bands, solo, or in collaboration with luminaries ranging from Mike Patton and John Zorn to Christian Fennesz, he consistently reroutes his instrument into zones of arch, alien abstraction. "A Final Kiss on Poisoned Cheeks" offers a dizzying gaze straight into a chasm of extreme frequencies - paint-peelingly high and bowel-churningly low - all set atop a sub-strata of menace, angst, and contemplative beauty. TableOfTheElements-95 LP $14.25 Ant Trip Ceremony, The 24 Hours [re-issue] PS, US In 1968, a group of talented college students at Oberlin College formed a band and recorded their only album, 24 Hours. Pressed in scant quantity, this album would become a collector's item, selling for hundreds of dollars. Cicadelic Records is excited to release the complete album on CD with detailed liner notes and photos on the history of the band. The psychedelic sounds that emanate from this album will have listeners 'turn on, tune in, and drop out.' Originally Issued In 1968. 40th year anniversary release! Cicadelic CD $11.25 Apache Boomtown Gems PS, US Described as Kiss meets The Ramones meets The New York Dolls, the albums sways & moves to the groove of that '70s glam/punk thing. Feat members of THE CUTS, PARCHMAN FARM, GHENGHIS TRON & others, this is simply a band of 4 dudes. The guitar player is some sorta reincarnation of Jimi Hendrix meeting Kurt Cobain in a dark club in NYC & the frontman, leading the charge...he is simply known as Apache. Birdman CD $16.00 Apollo Sunshine Shall Noise Upon PS, US Double vinyl version! A celebration of darkness & light, love & death, friends & lovers. Feat. members of Drug Rug, Tulsa, Viva Viva. HeadlessHeroes DLP $20.75 Arabian Blade S-T (Cassette) PS, US The stay-blazed team up of conneticut's chris donofrio and donovan fazzino get up in them guts with some comatose low blows spread out over twenty minutes. tones get deep in the earth, take a nap in the crust, and are discovered years later when they forget to wake up. bring a blanket and maybe a few coffin nails.(905) 905 CASS $5.00 Arms Kids Aflame (CD/DVD) PS, US Inspired by a love of "sad/weird/insular genius types" like Neil Young, Stephin Merritt, & David Byrne, the music cloaks catchy tunes in fuzzy, echo-laden production & TODD GOLDSTEIN's melodramatic, crooned vocals. A true one-man band, he recorded this over a period of 3 years, playing all the instruments himself. A hazy, late-night mood runs deep in the record's 13 tracks w/ a surprise around every corner. Melodic CD/DVD $16.25 Atlas Sound Let the Blind Lead Those PS, US VINYL VERSION. To make the 4 sides of the album complete, there are 6 NEW SONGS added!! One of the latest "true queer art punks" to emerge from the cracked pavement of southern suburban sprawl, this is the solo moniker of DEERHUNTER frontman/provocateur BRADFORD COX. This is, essentially, a bedroom album, a collage, mixing the garage rock & ambient electronic influences previously explored w/ Deerhunter in a new context, w/ newly explored recording techniques, mainly laptop based, learned w/ guidance from kranky artist Nudge's Brian Foote. Kranky-114 DLP $14.75 Atlas Sound Atlas Shrugged PS, US In March 2008, while ATLAS SOUND toured the U.S.A., chief Atlas Provocateur BRADFORD COX stopped off in Olympia, Wash. to lay down some tracks at the Dub Narcotic studio for this stellar Disco Plate release. Entirely off the cuff, Bradford made up the song on the spot, played all the instruments and improvised vocals. The session was engineered by CALVIN JOHNSON, who in his guise as Selector Dub Narcotic added his own flourishes, vocal and melodica, mixed the arresting B side "version". Another instant classic in our Dub Narcotic Disco Plate series of 7" 45 RPM records. Krecords-113 45 $3.75 Avery, Eric Help Wanted PS, US Solo album from Jane's Addiction bassist, who's done some really awesome solo/collaboration stuff previously. Dangerbird CD $15.00 Band Of Annuals Let Me Live PS, US An amazing combo of devastating heartbreaking alt-country earnestness and perfect pop-hook craftsmanship. This 6-piece Salt Lake City band will remind you of the likes of Ryan Adams, Magnolia Electric Co., Neko Case, Damian Jurado and many others. A+ KilbyRecords-007 CD $13.75 Band Of Annuals Repondez PS, US First CD by SLC's premier alt country/pop band. Pop-tinged alt-folk with boy-girl harmonies topped off with pedal steel guitars, harmonicas and mandolins. Recommended if you like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Red House Painters, Ryan Adams. KilbyRecords-005 CD $13.75 Band, The A Musical History [CD/DVD Box Set] PS, US Capitol CD-BOX $75.00 Barzelay, Eef Lose Big PS, US New solo album from founder and creative force of the much-loved alt-country combo Clem Snide and noted film score composer. 429Records CD $14.25 Belong Same Places (Slow Version) PS, US With "Same Places (Slow Version)," BELONG evinces a slow-motion transformation - plate tectonics, wired for sound. Aural mountains melt into seas; yet icy barrens yield to breathing jungles of detail. The single, sprawling track may evoke decay, dissolution and destruction, but underfoot are tendrils of inexplicable joy. Belong sings a lullaby of obliteration, and the paradox it embodies would make both Kevin Shields and Tony Conrad proud: crushing melancholia and shuddering euphoria, inexorably intertwined. TableOfTheElements-96 LP $14.25 Bitcrush Shimmer and Fade PS, US Originally released in 2005, 'Shimmer and Fade' was a limited time download EP from n5MD's sub-label En:peg Digital. Within its forty-eight minutes, bass and guitar arose from the background to a place of prominence and carried the EP's melodic content. This change in form represented an important period in the natural evolution of the Bitcrush sound, a time that found Mike Cadoo transitioning from his post-industrial and IDM beginnings found on Enarc to the more ambient/post-shoegaze direction of 'In Distance.' After years of requests to bring Shimmer and Fade back, n5MD has chosen to re-release it as a re-mastered CD which contains four extra tracks not found on the original EP. Limited to 1000, this release will serve as a time capsule of what was yet to come. n5MD-160 CD $12.00 Black To Comm Fractal Hair Geometry PS, GERMANY Black To Comm is the solo venture of Dekorder label boss Marc Richter. With two and a half albums released on his own label he has established himself as one of the most prolific drone artists out there with a forthcoming album on the American Digitalis label, a collaborative CD with Datashock on Ikuisuus, a 7" on the Irish Trensmat label and a collaboration with Xela in the works "Fractal Hair Geometry" is Richter's most refined and original work to date, picking up where the electrifying drone works of his monumental Double-LP left off. Like the last records this album is centered around recordings of a variety of vintage organs. While "Wir können leider..." often featured pure harmonium sounds and spacious recordings of chuch organ and mellotron, the new album opts for a more electronic, effects-laden sound, sending an old Farfisa Compact Deluxe and Casio SK-5 through an armada of analogue & digital effects pedals. The results are massive one-chord drones layered into dense & ecstatic, flickering & pulsating clusters of psychedelic electronic sound. Additional wordless vocal effects, hyperventilating & sizzling drum machines and hypnotic violin and guitar noises make for a hyperactive sound that never stands still even though most of the music is pure drones (sometimes consisting of more than 50 recording layers). Decidedly simple but gorgeous melodies shine through the mist from time to time, making a Black To Comm record always much more accessible than your average drone album. There's even a heavy 4/4 bass drum smuggled into a track dedicated to the late Leigh Bowery, one of the most enigmatic creative figures of the mid-80's UK club scene (and singer of Minty). Guests include Jonna Karanka (aka Kuupuu) on piano, Guido Möbius on trumpet and current Black To Comm (live) band members Renate Nikolaus on violin and Ulf Schütte (of Datashock, Aosuke, etc.) adding electronic sounds. Along the lines of the music, seminal German artist Oliver Ross has created a massive multi-layered neon-coloured collage artwork that is printed on special ultra-heavy cardboard stock. Dekorder-027 LP $16.25 Black To Comm Fractal Hair Geometry PS, GERMANY Black To Comm is the solo venture of Dekorder label boss Marc Richter. With two and a half albums released on his own label he has established himself as one of the most prolific drone artists out there with a forthcoming album on the American Digitalis label, a collaborative CD with Datashock on Ikuisuus, a 7" on the Irish Trensmat label and a collaboration with Xela in the works "Fractal Hair Geometry" is Richter's most refined and original work to date, picking up where the electrifying drone works of his monumental Double-LP left off. Like the last records this album is centered around recordings of a variety of vintage organs. While "Wir können leider..." often featured pure harmonium sounds and spacious recordings of chuch organ and mellotron, the new album opts for a more electronic, effects-laden sound, sending an old Farfisa Compact Deluxe and Casio SK-5 through an armada of analogue & digital effects pedals. The results are massive one-chord drones layered into dense & ecstatic, flickering & pulsating clusters of psychedelic electronic sound. Additional wordless vocal effects, hyperventilating & sizzling drum machines and hypnotic violin and guitar noises make for a hyperactive sound that never stands still even though most of the music is pure drones (sometimes consisting of more than 50 recording layers). Decidedly simple but gorgeous melodies shine through the mist from time to time, making a Black To Comm record always much more accessible than your average drone album. There's even a heavy 4/4 bass drum smuggled into a track dedicated to the late Leigh Bowery, one of the most enigmatic creative figures of the mid-80's UK club scene (and singer of Minty). Guests include Jonna Karanka (aka Kuupuu) on piano, Guido Möbius on trumpet and current Black To Comm (live) band members Renate Nikolaus on violin and Ulf Schütte (of Datashock, Aosuke, etc.) adding electronic sounds. Along the lines of the music, seminal German artist Oliver Ross has created a massive multi-layered neon-coloured collage artwork that is printed on special ultra-heavy cardboard stock. Dekorder-027 CD $17.75 Boredoms Super Ae PS, US Birdman CD $15.00 Bossk 2 PS, US Following their 2006 debut release ".1," the group toured extensively w/an impressive list of bands, including Cult of Luna, The Ocean, Yndi Halda, & Baroness. Largely instrumental, this kicks in w/an almost stoner rock like groove, seamlessly moving into their characteristic rich ambient post-metal before climaxing w/ an upbeat vocal led closure. EyeofSound CD $14.50 Bruni, Carla Comme Si de Rien N'Etait PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The title of Carla Bruni's 2008 album, Comme Si de Rien N'Etait (As If Nothing Had Happened), is a good joke. After all, since her last album Bruni fell into a whirlwind romance with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and ended up marrying him and becoming the "First Lady" of France. That's a pretty big "something," and indeed it isn't often that the romance of a singer and a president is chronicled on record as it is here -- though you need to be fluent in French to catch the details, since only her cover of '50s pop classic "You Belong to Me" (which is a witty nod to a semi-scandalous trip the couple took to Egypt and other exotic locales before they were wed) is in English. You don't need to know exactly what's going on lyrically, because the intimate-sounding arrangements on the ballads and the light and breezy sound of the more uptempo tunes clue you in that there is romance in the air. Along with the nice arrangements, the best thing about the album is Bruni's intimate and sultry singing. She can purr like a Gainsbourg girl, strut sassily, or croon quite tenderly -- sometimes all within the same song. Most of the time she sounds like you always hoped a '60s French bombshell would sound but never quite did (think Bardot or Birkin). Not surprisingly, Bruni appears totally in control throughout the album, which could be down to her having written almost all of the songs herself, or could be down to her new position in the world. Whatever the reason, it makes for quite an improvement over her previous album, No Promises, and fulfills the promise of her charming debut, Quelqu'un M'a Dit. It is probably the best album released by a "First Lady," but beyond that, it's a pleasant, sometimes compelling album by a singer/songwriter with some stories to tell and a lovely way of telling them." Downtown CD $17.00 Bug London Zoo PS, US In Gibson's Neuromancer, when Case & Molly meet the 2 surviving founders of Zion, there is talk of hearing a "mighty dub" in the Babel of tongues signaling the "final days." If indeed we're living in these "end times," as many predict, then there can be no more of an appropriate soundtrack for the coming apocalypse than this. Best start building the Marcus Garvey tug now. NinjaTune CD $16.00 Byrds Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde PS, US A key transitional touchstone in The Byrds' fabled canon, 1969's Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde was the next stop in the band's pioneering country-rock trajectory and the first album by the post-Gram Parsons lineup. With leader Roger McGuinn at the helm of a stellar new edition of the band featuring guitar god Clarence White, drummer Gene Parsons, and bassist John York, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde sees The Byrds bridging the gap between the psychedelic flights of the group's mid-'60s albums and the down-home, country-based style developed only months earlier with Sweetheart of the Rodeo. In addition to containing strong McGuinn originals ("King Apathy III," "Old Blue"), more of the band's beloved interpretations of Bob Dylan classics ("This Wheel's on Fire" and a medley blending The Bard's "My Back Pages" with Jimmy Reed's "Baby, What You Want Me to Do"), and even a Gram Parsons collaboration (the bemusing "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man," which cleverly celebrates The Byrds' love of country music while simultaneously taking a dig at small-minded rednecks), Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde also boasts two tracks composed by McGuinn for the obscure, racy '60s cult movie Candy. Mastered from the original Columbia Records analog master reels, Sundazed's exact reproduction of the original LP will have Byrdmaniacs everywhere soaring to high heaven! Sundazed LP $17.00 Byrds Sanctuary II PS, US A new vinyl collection of rare Byrds recordings! With an emphasis on the group's instrumental prowess and exclusive interviews with Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and John York Sanctuary II collects outtakes and unissued material from the legendary Younger Than Yesterday, Notorious Byrd Bros. and Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde sessions. A High-Definition Vinyl pressing of forgotten gems! Sundazed LP $17.00 Byrds Sanctuary IV PS, US The Sanctuary spotlight shifts with volume IV to the Nashville sessions for the Byrds' landmark 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo. Spurred on by new member Gram Parsons, formerly of the International Submarine Band, the Byrds traveled to Nashville to fashion the innovative country/rock blend that's been part of American culture ever since. Sanctuary IV collects all of Parsons' vocal takes for the first time, as well as other outtakes and rehearsals which document the creation of an album unlike any other. First time on vinyl for all tracks; annotation by Byrds' Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and Kevin Kelley!! Sundazed LP $17.00 Byrds Sanctuary III PS, US Laden with outtakes, alternate versions and rarites from the Ballad of Easy Rider and Untitled sessions, the third volume of our Sanctuary series spotlights Clarence White's fretboard genius. Vinyl debut for all tracks; annotation by Roger McGuinn and John York! Sundazed LP $17.00 Byrds Sanctuary PS, US The ringing sound of the Byrds - a band that created at least three rock 'n' roll genres (folk-rock, raga-rock and country-rock) would make any red-blooded music fan reach for the nearest tambourine to beat the jingle-jangle daylights out of it. Sanctuary collects all of the best rarities, alternate takes and 45-only sides into one goose pimple-inducing package, guaranteed to make anyone with a pulse "Feel A Whole Lot Better." Most tracks have never before appeared on vinyl! Sundazed LP $17.00 Caldera Lakes S-T (Cassette) PS, US New born duo of eva aguila (kevin shields / gang wizard) and brittany gould (married in berdichev) lay down some of the most beautiful / hideous / beautiful again experimental music around. the two create juxtopositions of gently sung vocals with scrapyard convulsions layered overtop of each other with results that are next level hypnotic. covers printed on vellum paper. (905) 905 CASS $5.00 Chrome Chrome Box [deluxe 3CD boxset] PS, US Retrospective, 55 tracks from Mr. Helios Creed and cohorts. Cleopatra CD-BOX $23.00 Clear Light S-T PS, US CollectorsChoice CD $14.50 Clear Light S-T PS, US Their psychedelia run amuck with twin drummers, creamy fuzz guitar and carnival-clatter keyboards, LA's Clear Light were a fixture on underground radio - most memorably with their heavy-on-the-paranoia "Mr. Blue." Our reissue of their rare self-titled 1967 Elektra debut, produced by Paul Rothchild, features a non-LP bonus track ("She's Ready To Be Free") and liner notes that tell Clear Light's story in full, vivid detail. Sundazed LP $17.00 Clinic Funf PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Domino LP $14.00 Clinic Funf PS, US Ten years of Clinic flipsides are joyously addled but have consistently given a reason to listen beyond the A-sides, covering acid punk to damaged hoedowns and any stops in between. Domino CD $12.00 Cluster Cluster '71 PS, US REPRESS! NOW ON LP! 4MenWithBeards LP $16.75 Cluster & Eno S-T PS, US REPRESS! NOW ON LP! 4MenWithBeards LP $16.75 Cock Esp/Suffering Bastard Split PS, US Brutal grind featuring a dual-bass assault of the highest gain & lowest frequency, complete w/ brain-rattling vocal violence & remorseless drum kit abuse vs. an ugly & unlistenable shrieking noise overload inspired by 1980's top 40 hits & the pure unadulterated hatred of mankind. ApopRecords 10 $10.25 Coffins Buried Death PS, US On their 3rd, they are firmly established as the underground's leading purveyors of Neanderthal-paced doomed death metal. Named as one of the 25 most anticipated LPs by Decibel Magazine, this comes packaged in sturdy Stoughton printed mini-gatefold. SouthernLord CD $14.00 Coldplay Viva La Vida PS, US When Coldplay sampled Kraftwerk on their third album, X&Y, it was a signifier for the British band, telegraphing their classicist good taste while signaling how they prefer the eternally hip to the truly adventurous; it was stylish window dressing for soft arena rock. Hiring Brian Eno to produce the bulk of their fourth album, Viva la Vida, is another matter entirely. Eno pushes them, not necessarily to experiment but rather to focus and refine, to not leave their comfort zone but to find some tremulous discomfort within it. In his hands, this most staid of bands looks to shake things up, albeit politely, but such good manners are so inherent to Coldplay's DNA that they remain courteous even when they experiment. With his big-budget production, Eno has a knack for amplifying an artist's personality, as he allows bands to be just as risky as they want to be -- which is quite a lot in the case of U2 and James and even Paul Simon, but not quite so much with Coldplay. And yet this gentle encouragement -- he's almost a kindly uncle giving his nephews permission to rummage through his study -- pays great dividends for Coldplay, as it winds up changing the specifics without altering the core. They wind up with the same self-styled grandiosity; they've just found a more interesting way to get to the same point. Gone are Chris Martin's piano recitals and gone are the washes of meticulously majestic guitar, replaced by orchestrations of sound, sometimes literally consisting of strings but usually a tapestry of synthesizers, percussion, organs, electronics, and guitars that avoid playing riffs. Gone too are simpering schoolboy ballads like "Fix You," and along with them the soaring melodies designed to fill arenas. In fact, there are no insistent hooks to be found anywhere on Viva la Vida, and there are no clear singles in this collection of insinuatingly ingratiating songs. This reliance on elliptical melodies isn't off-putting -- alienation is alien to Coldplay -- and this is where Eno's guidance pays off, as he helps sculpt Viva la Vida to work as a musical whole, where there are long stretches of instrumentals and where only "Strawberry Swing," with its light, gently infectious melody and insistent rhythmic pulse, breaks from the album's appealingly meditative murk. Whatever iciness there is to the sound of Viva la Vida is warmed by Martin's voice, but the music is by design an heir to the earnest British art rock of '80s Peter Gabriel and U2 -- arty enough to convey sober intelligence without seeming snobby, the kind of album that deserves to take its title from Frida Kahlo and album art from Eugene Delacroix. That Delacroix painting depicts the French Revolution, so it does fit that Martin tones down his relentless self-obsession -- the songs aren't heavy on lyrics and some are shockingly written in character -- which is a development as welcome as the expanded sonic palette. Martin's refined writing topics may be outpaced by the band's guided adventure, but they're both indicative that Coldplay are desperate to not just strive for the title of great band -- a title they seem to believe that they're to the manor born -- but to actually burrow into the explorative work of creating music. And so the greatest thing Coldplay may have learned from Eno is his work ethic, as they demonstrate a focused concentration throughout this tight album -- it's only 47 minutes yet covers more ground than X&Y and arguably A Rush of Blood to the Head -- that turns Viva la Vida into something quietly satisfying. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Capitol-16965 LP $22.94 Correcto S-T PS, US Correcto is a Glaswegian super art-group collaboration that includes a member of Franz Ferdinand. They pen bittersweet songs about chocolate and girls that's equal parts Vaselines, The Kinks, and Pete Shelley after Howard Devoto split town. Inspired by the mundane, the fantastical, mawkish behavior, and hangovers, the result is an exemplary album of direct and unhampered songs. Domino CD $13.00 Correcto S-T PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Domino LP $14.00 Curless, Dick Tombstone Every Mile PS, US Maine native Dick Curless had long recorded for regional labels when songwriter Dan Fulkerson approached him with "A Tombstone Every Mile," the tale of a reallife stretch of Maine highway often lethal to truckers. Released nationally in 1965, the song became a #5 single for Curless and this, his first album for Tower Records, soon reached the Top Twenty on Billboard's country album charts. Sundazed CD $12.25 Curse of Company Leo Magnets Joins A Gang PS, US Singer/songwriter, designer and actor David Wiley Rennick, best known for producing two internationally celebrated albums as part of Dappled Cities, has turned his hand to a blend of myth, music and storytelling with his least democratic work to date, The Curse of Company. THE MUSIC draws on Rennick's multi-platform artistic practices to convey story on a massive scale, mixing the psychedelic influence of The Velvet Underground with Neil Young's scalding alt-rock and folk, and drawing on classic, coming-of-age storytelling that recalls a dizzying mix of The Odyssey, Blade Runner, 2001 and Apocalypse Now. Dangerbird CD $15.00 Darker My Love 2 PS, US You turn it on. Turn it up. And the feedback-filled guitars of "Northern Soul" instantly wash over you like an old friend. The pounding rhythms get down into your bones, making it impossible to sit still. And those melodies...they stick with you for days. "Baby, you've got me talking words..." There's a new sheen at play here, courtesy of studio guru, Dave Cooley (Silversun Pickups, J Dilla), allowing the sunburnt harmonies to part through the sonic squall like an indie rock Moses. A sophomore record in every sense of the word. Dangerbird CD $15.00 Days Downhill PS, US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a 5-song CD & 2-song 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. One of the most anticipated debuts of 2008, Downhill shows a band untroubled by anything common or earthbound; standing the test of time and standing for themselves. Shelflife CD/45 $17.75 DeVotchKa A Mad and Faithful Telling PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Anti LP $15.50 Doormouse Stanley Yerkowski presents: Xylophone Jism as The Ridiculator PS, UK So way, way, way back in 1994 Dan Doormouse first starting making hardcore techno in Milwaukee Wisconsin, then one day he stumbled upon a Sun Ra record and thus, "Breakcore" in the United States of America was born. He began the legendary Addict and Distort record labels soon after, and began releasing the most fucked up high intensity music the world has ever seen. The nephew of Lemme from motorhead (really, no shit!), Dan soon started performing solo and with his band Meat around Milwaukee in the Midwest of the US, gaining a massive following of renegades, speed freaks and social workers. Somehow, Mike Paradinas (Mu-ziq) took notice, and "Broken" was Dan's first major CD release in 2002 on the Planet Mu record label. But it comes as no surprise that the sorted and complex realities of Breakcore stardom (in this case of bottle of Jack Daniels, and some misplaced punches) made it difficult to continue with Planet Mu . Naturally, Dan finds a home here at Cock Rock Disco with "Stanley Yershonowski presents Xylophone Jism as The Ridiculator." CockRockDisco-003 CD $11.75 Droughter & Gnarly Sheen Split (Cassette) PS, US Two heads of the same beast, breathing fire and shitting smoke. droughter devours minds with a vocal shredding, feedback fucked wall of power that is hope enveloping and overloaded with eruptive hysteria. gnarly sheen changes things up with a dilated dronescape utilizing layers of lethargic currents. two reasons to put the entire ward on suicide watch. 905 CASS $5.00 Duchesses Estupet PS, US This precocious all-girl quartet with an average age of 19 create a Medusa's head of sound; their influences range from Death In June to Kate Bush. The musical result is a motley collision of razorchainsaw guitars, sinister high school marching band drums, seasick rolling basslines, all heading into battle lead by a screaming banshee-girl-thing spitting acid & venomous bile. Don't be deceived by their youth & knee-highs. ApopRecords CD $13.50 El Vez Gospel Show In Madrid PS, US El Vez isn't a conventional Elvis impersonator at all. He takes 50 years of popular music and knits it together to arrive at a revue style of ginormous proportions. T. Rex, The Jam, Iggy, U2 & Aerosmith all go under the thunder & into the blender. This DVD captures the magic and entertainment of Elvez live show, this time his "Gospel" show in Madrid in 2007. Munster DVD $25.00 Elsinore The General EP PS, US New three-song EP from local acoustic folk/rock/alt-country heroes, just back from a 4-week US tour! WordsAsWeapons CD5 $4.25 Enduser Bollywood Breaks PS, GERMANY Repress Packaging: color 12" sleeve. Three tracks by Enduser, and remixes by LARVAE, MAD EP and LINE47. Originally released in October 2004, this 12" sold out very quickly. It was then re-released on CD, which also sold out. Here comes the long awaited repress of the 12", guaranteed to go very fast as well. AdNoiseam-41 12 $11.50 Engine Down From Beginning to End PS, US After nearly a decade of making music, the group chose to play 1 final tour in the US, which is chronicled on this DVD. Contains over 3 hours of content, including a documentary, their entire last show, rare & unreleased tracks, music videos & photo galleries. Lovitt DVD $15.75 Es Sateenkaarisuudelma PS, FINLAND Originally released as a 2LP by the (K-RAA-K)³ label in 2005, Sateenkaarisuudelma is Fonal label-head Sami Sänpäkkilä's fourth solo album under the name Es. The 2CD release is a trilogy containing three independent parts: "Sateenkaarisuudelma," "Maailmankaari" and "Pianokaari." Sateenkaarisuudelma was conceived from live songs performed on tour with Black Forest/Black Sea's Miriam Goldberg on cello, Jeffrey Alexander on guitar and effects, and Fursaxa's Tara Burke on vocals and keyboard. "Maailmankaari" I and II were recorded at Boston's WMBR radio station. Featuring rushing piano cadences and stabs, the sounds of burbling streams and static, softly chanting vocals, spectral, psychedelic ambience, dark koan/drones and endlessly looped guitar and electronics, this double album is a contemplative journey into a sound quite beyond freak-folk or Finnish quaintness. Other musicians include members of Kemialliset Ystävät, Kiila and Lau Nau. Fonal-052 DCD $20.50 Faint, The Fasciinatiion PS, US Their 1st album in 4 years through their own, newly-formed label. In certain ways, the album is the most mechanical & precise of the band's work: the vocals sound less human than ever before; the bass lines are more mangled, keyboards spiral & squeal out of control; electronic pings & stabs invade the melodies; the lyrical anxiety & disdain of previous albums pervades almost every song. Blank.wav CD $12.00 Faint, The Fasciinatiion PS, US VINYL VERSION. Blank.wav DLP $17.25 Faraquet Anthology 1997-1998 PS, US Began as a side project featuring SMART WENT CRAZY members DEVIN OCAMPO & JEFF BOSWELL. This is the re-issue of songs they had recorded for various singles & split releases. All songs have been re-mixed by DEVIN OCAMPO & re-mastered by CHAD CLARK. Dischord CD $10.75 Faraquet Anthology 1997-1998 PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Includes MP3's. Dischord LP $11.00 Flynn, Johnny A Larum PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! LostHighway DLP $14.00 Flynn, Johnny A Larum PS, US A British lo-fi rock troubadour." What else about him? That's all we got. Debut album on Lost Highway. LostHighway CD $10.00 Foster, Josephine This Coming Gladness PS, UK This is Colorado-based Josephine Foster's (Born Heller, The Supposed) debut release for Bo Weavil Recordings, and her third full-length album. This Coming Gladness is the highly-awaited follow-up to 2006's A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing on Locust. This Coming Gladness is transcendental fin de siècle songs from one of the great unsung voices and songwriters of our modern times. Josephine Foster unites rarely united royal realms: self-penned operatic art songs cast in freely-rendered blues with electric guitars and drums beating the path along with harp and piano flourishes. She has a voice that was trained for opera, but creaks like ancient mountain folk floating out from a dusty Victrola. She surpasses any "weird-folk" labelling through the sheer timelessness of her songcraft -- making baroque balladry sound new yet remembered from some not-too distant shared American past. Joining her on this recording is electric guitarist Victor Herrero and drummer Alex Nielson. BoWeavil CD $16.25 Garnett, Gale and the Gentle Reign S/T PS, UK Like a lot of folk-pop performers who began their careers in the early- to-mid-'60s, by the end of the decade Gale Garnett seemed to have drifted into the rock and psychedelic scene, hooking up with the band The Gentle Reign to cut these two bizarre albums for CBS. Singer, journalist, actress (from cult 60s movie Mad Monster Party to My Big Fat Greek Wedding), star of Scopitones (check Youtube for some delights!), Gale Zoe Garnett is a marvel and a one-off. Listening to this album one has to wonder who is she taking on here? Bobby Gentry with her smoky voice and good looks, Grace Slick with her swooping rock stylings, or even Frank Zappa with the satirical tone and radio acting? Gale Garnett is a law unto herself. Rev-Ola is proud to bring you her two ndeservedly obscure late 60s albums with The Gentle Reign, a mere smidgen of the woman s immense and unique talent. Re-mastered in top Rev-Ola style by Norman Studio 3 Blake and with beautiful repackaging for a beautiful lady! Includes both amazing albums in their entirety! A must for all fans of out-there psych, sexy femme pop, avant-garde stylings and cult 60s artefacts! Rev-Ola-257 CD $15.50 Great Northwest Widespread Reign of... PS, US The 13 track album brims over with lush soundscapes; ambient modulations, pop melodies & slowcore pacing coalesce seamlessly throughout the record. Lavish & haunting vocals woven with Brian's savvy wordplay complete the sonically induced mind altering experience. After the mixing session, Coates said warmly, "there's guitar, there's bass, there's drums, there's trombone, there's Leslie speakers, practice amps, Jew's Harps, drum loops, tambourines, ebows, harmonicas, pie tins, there's thought, there's love" Kora CD $11.25 Guggenheim Grotto, The ...Waltzing Alone PS, US The curiously named Guggenheim Grotto are a folk-pop trio from Dublin, Ireland, consisting of Kevin May (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Mick Lynch (vocals, guitar, bass, viola), and Shane Power (drums, keyboard). In 2003 May and Lynch began playing together in Dublin and soon recruited Power after he had done production work on their first EP, A Lifetime in Heat. The group's first full-length album, ...Waltzing Alone, followed and was self-released only in Ireland in September 2005. It was released in North America a year later through UFO Music. ~ Kenyon Hopkin, All Music Guide Deluxe hard bound book style packaging! SHLC003 CD $14.29 Halstead, Neil Oh! Mighty Engine (ON SALE) PS, US New solo album from Slowdive/Mojave 3 mainman... In the late '90s Neil fronted a band called Slowdive, and after a couple of really good records they split. From there Neil formed his current band Mojave 3, who have released 4 records to date with a few more to come, we hope. Hard to find 2 bands with more critical accolades, and at the core of those bands was Neil and his songwriting. Oh! Mighty Engine is the name of Neil's newest solo record. It is a record that can handle excessive listens and seems to absorb every mood. It is really hard to find a record that can make you happy, sad, and can make you laugh all at once. He writes songs that are very personal to him, and then allows space for everyone to take their own meaning away from his lyrics ("Go skies and thrones and wings. And poetry and things" from the song "Elevenses"). Neil is an old soul and his newest solo record is exactly who he is. Welcoming, warm, clever and kind. Brushfire CD $13.50 Halstead, Neil Oh! Mighty Engine PS,US VINYL VERSION. Brushfire LP $13.75 Hammer No More The Fingers S-T PS, US "Their sound is just straight up indie rock that's laced w/ energy and dipped in a vat of pure catchiness. Better yet, the trio also do enough to not actually sound like it's just three dudes pounding away on their instruments; there's a real sense of flexibility and confidence" -Side One/Track One. Stereogum's Band To Watch PowerTeam CD5 $7.00 Handsome Family Songbook PS, US Musical notation including chords, tabs, melody & lyrics for 21 HF songs! Compiled by Brett & Rennie for your delight. Songs include: Arlene, Drunk by Noon, Down in the Ground, Weightless Again, The Sad Milkman, I Know You Are There, No One Fell Asleep Alone, 24 Hour Store, The Bottomless Hole, After We Shot the Grizzly, All the Time in Airports, Tesla's Hotel Room & more!! HandsomeFamily BOOK $11.00 Harvey Milk Courtesy & Goodwill Toward Men (2006) PS, US At times fragile, minimal, & achingly beautiful; other times it suffocates w/tar-black, crushingly heavy dirges that bend time. The tension that permeates the arrangements is exhausting. This is unprecedented, uneasy listening that walks the finest of lines between difficulty & beauty. Comes w/bonus disc w/entire live set. Relapse DCD $15.00 Hatewave Free Ringetones PS, US Disgusting 4 track no-grind from poor white guys on meth and hoarse. ApopRecords CD $13.50 Helm Chrysalis (Cassette) PS, US Three solo offerings from half of the birds of delay unit, luke younger. everything comes together in a sort of calming yet virulent way, like rivers of red and black filled with dead birds falling from the sky. chrysalis is sort of like a anodynic end to all things. one quick bite of the apocolypse that makes everything feel good. black on black covers. 905 CASS $5.00 Hewhocorrupts Microeconomics PS, US Chicago's CEOs of corporate grind have returned w/ a high-yielding 7" that will knock your receptionists socks off. Released in 2007 as the infamous credit card shaped CD packaged in a wallet! On colored vinyl, full color folding jacket, w/ all of your credits & debits clearly detailed... pay your fucking bills! GileadMedia 45 $6.50 Ida My Fair, My Dark PS, US The 12" includes a bonus track, is on 180 gram vinyl, and includes a free digital download card. Polyvinyl 12 $9.75 Ida My Fair, My Dark PS, US This seven song, 30 minute mini-album was recorded in a barn in Woodstock, while Ida was making their latest album, Lovers Prayers. The My Fair, My Dark EP features guest appearances by Levon Helm, Michael Hurley and Tara Jane ONeil. Includes covers of songs by John Martyn, Dolly Parton and Annie Briggs. Polyvinyl CD5 $8.75 Jack of Heart San Francisco PS, US LIMITED TO 500! Departing completely from the static-soaked, overdriven throb prerogative ofR theecior rpdrsevious bands, this is a new conglomeration of Piero from the FATALS & DEMON'S CLAWS, & Benji from the CRETEENS. Their sound takes off down the tender side of the switchblade, & erupts w/ such an unassuming immediacy that it's tough to pinpoint the first time it slithers through your head Rob'sHouse 45 $5.25 Jandreus, Peter The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk 1977-1987 PS, US Beautifully produced hardcover edition, 320 pages, full color. Kinda unbelievable in that same way that all "unbelievable" things are, I mean how does this book exist?! "Do you get nostalgic shivers down your spine when someone mentions the word punk? Are you a real geek when it comes to record collecting? Have you ever wondered what was out there -- deep in the underground of the Swedish punk scene? Then this book is for you! Find out everything you want to know about leading acts such as Ebba Grön, KSMB, Attentat, Anti Cimex, Mob 47, Asta Kask and Strebers. But also about every other band that ever released a record during the first ten years of punk music! In this book you will find all the facts: line-ups, home towns, biographies and complete, fully illustrated discographies with all sleeves depicted in full color. The discographies detail variations in vinyl pressings and covers, colored vinyl existence -- and just about everything else of interest for any serious collector of Swedish punk records. Finally, you get to see the full output from legendary bands such as Vicious Visions, Shas, Absurd, Kriminella Gitarrer, 57 KEZ, Kessler Jugend, Bad Boo Band and other similar acts. Over the years, early Swedish punk has obtained a cult reputation among music fans all over the world and some records will fetch ridiculously high prices at auctions. Those records were often pressed in a very small series by private labels. This book includes Premium Publishing's established price guide indication ratings, showing the current status among collectors for each and every entry! It has taken the author some ten years to collect the massive amount of information contained in this book. Premium Publishing is now very proud to present the definitive reference guide to all the recording acts during the first ten innovative years of the Swedish punk era!" PremiumPublishing BOOK $52.00 Jason Crest Collected Works of Jason Crest PS, UK Now available again after being deleted since 2002, Collected Works Of Jason Crest collects the A and B sides of all five late 1960s singles by British psychedelic pop cults Jason Crest and adds six extraordinary demos that failed to see the light of day at the time. With a lavish 16-page booklet and tracks of the caliber of 'Turquoise Tandem Cycle' and the legendary 'Black Mass,' Collected Works Of Jason Crest is the definitive anthology of one of the most highly regarded British psych-pop bands of the era. WoodenHill-006 CD $20.50 Keith The Adventures Of Keith PS, UK Keith scored a massive worldwide hit in 1967 with the record 98.6, which featured on our release Keith Ain't Gonna Lie (RPM 273), and is the subject of an entire column in this months Mojo Magazine. We are pleased to present Keith s 1969 self penned LP, The Adventures of Keith, which is reissued for the first time, and is also on CD for the first time. A striking set which tells the story of a boy, Charley Cinders, who is born [Waiting to Be]; he's blind [Alone On The Shore]; the trials and tribulations he has to deal with [Marstrand, China Clipper, The Problem, Elea-Elea, Trixon's Election] and ultimately his own demise [Charley Cinders]. In production the music speaks loudly of Keith's British pop influences and the arrangements twist and turn in such a way that they could only be from a songwriter enthralled with Sgt Pepper. All of which explains why The Adventures Of Keith fell through the cracks in mainstream 1969 America, only to become a highly sought-after soft rock collectable in recent years. Full story inside from a new interview with Keith (aka Barry Keefer). RPM-833 CD $16.75 Kelley, Greg Religious Electronics PS, US Face melting electronics from Greg Kelley. This is not a Jazz record. Limited to 350 copies. NoFunProductions-33 LP $17.75 Krallice S-T PS, US hymns, it's a vitriolic & hypnotizing assault on the senses that brings to mind early Burzum, Nattens Madrigal-era Ulver, Gorgoroth & US legends Weakling. This is their unique vision- singular in the realm of US black metal today. ProfoundLore CD $14.25 Kuryakin Still Here PS,US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a 5-song CD & 2-song 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. There's something to be said for pure and simple pop songs. Kuryakin pull influences from all the right places making "Still Here" a melodic masterpiece. Shelflife CD/45 $17.75 Lackthereof Your Anchor PS, US Lackthereof is the bedroom side-project of Danny Seim, best known as the incredibly talented and very tall drummer for the acclaimed band MENOMENA. This is the 9th record Seim's put out in the last 10 years & easily his most cohesive to date. Barsuk CD $10.00 Landed How Little Will It Take PS, US Double disc compilation featuring a blown out bonus 3 inch bonus disc. On this release you get some compilation tracks, some new chapters in the band's history (the band has mutated into a breakcore booty crew with a mush mouthed grape ape singing!), a rerelease of the recently released "Time I Despise" 12", a 7 inch track & some sundry live material. Altogether a recommended affair for those looking at doing a little post graduate work on late 20th/early 21st century free range roving garbage rock of the highest order. Yes, they were contemporaries of many bands in Providence like Lighting Bolt, Arab on Radar & Six Finger Satellite. LIMITED TO 750 Load DCD $12.50 Late, The Songs From The Family Tree PS, UK Although harmony-based British soft rock act Unicorn didn't release their superb debut album, Uphill All The Way, until mid-1971, the core of the band had been playing together, principally as The Late, for several years. Taken from previously unreleased acetates and studio tapes, Songs From The Family Tree charts the group's hitherto undocumented progress from 1967 to 1969 as they slowly evolved from their original, Hollies-inspired psychedelic pop direction to create a more individual identity. With comprehensive liner notes, quotes and numerous photographs, Songs From The Family Tree is an essential item for Unicorn fans and admirers of late '60ss British pop alike." Includes a previously unreleased alternative mix. WoodenHill-021 CD $20.50 Lauten, Elodie The Death of Don Juan PS, US CD debut of this 1985 post-minimal landmark by Elodie Lauten. Lauten has been active in the downtown New York classical and punk scenes since moving from France in the 1970s. The Death of Don Juan is a breakthrough for its lyrical minimalism in combination with drama that actively engages a contemporary emotional experience. Originally self-produced and released as a small LP edition on her own label, it has been touted ever since by Kyle Gann, who adds notes to this edition, and was recently included on one of Alan Licht's Minimal Top Ten lists. Features performances by Arthur Russell and Peter Zummo. UnseenWorlds-04 CD $13.00 Leinonen, Ville Suudelmitar PS, FINLAND Originally released on CD by Poko Records in 2004, this is the debut full-length release by Ville Leinonen. This is a musical journey to the shores of imagined inner lands and to the Scandinavian forests of hopes and dreams. These songs are moments of beauty from nature, cities and villages. It's autumn in Finland. Freezing wind blows from Itämeri -- the sea. Rain washes the streets of Helsinki. Suudelmitar expresses knowing and understanding foreign cultures as they appear in common everyday life and music. Sweet and nostalgic flamenco-styled guitar and strident, trilling flute evoke a troubadour, street musician vibe. Bossa nova grooves are carefully orchestrated with horns and male and female jazz duets, and there's even a surprising sitar jam. Laid-back indie lounge for world travellers riding on a joyful breeze. Fonal-053 CD $16.25 Lights Out Asia Eyes Like Brontide PS, US Once a band has developed a sound that is undeniably theirs it can be difficult to push beyond those confines and expand the sound into new territory. Lights Out Asia set out to do just that and have succeeded in writing a record that was as much a sign of the times as it was an expansion of their aural bubble that has been their watermark. They have been called ethereal, post-shoegaze and sleep-rock, but on their third full length "Eyes Like Brontide" the band slides into a darker more ominous and less lucid dream than on previous efforts. The release is a stylistic shift from the sweet lullabies of their debut "Garmonia" (Sun Sea Sky) and the electronic drum driven post-shoegaze of 2007's "Tanks and Recognizers" (n5MD). The song dynamics on the album deserve special attention. For the first time in Lights Out Asia's history they have gone for broke with some of the most epic drum machine driven post-rock this side of the Pacific along with solemn disconnected passages of dream nourished sonic. The occasional floating vocal and dusty winding guitar they are known for are still present, but "Eyes Like Brontide" brings a whole new dimension to the Lights Out Asia ethos. Most importantly, the band has expanded upon its sound without throwing away the original blueprint or alienating its fan base. "Eyes Like Brontide" is recommended for fans of Hammock, Bitcrush, Robin Guthrie and Manual. N5MD-161 CD $12.00 Lollipop Shoppe, The Just Colour PS, UK One of the MUST HAVE Garage Rock classics! Originally known as The Weeds and featuring Fred "Deep Soul" Cole, The Lollipop Shoppe sound amazingly modern! After The Weeds signed to UNI Records, their new manager, the infamous "Lord" Tim Hudson, insisted they change their name to The Lollipop Shoppe to fit in with the current trend of bizarrely named bubblegum groups. The band's actual recordings are hardly bubblegum, but instead a mix of crunching garage rock and wild psychedelia. The album and its single, You Must Be a Witch, are period classics and still prized by collectors, though neither made the charts. The band opened for stars such as Janis Joplin and The Doors, and appeared in the biker movie Angels from Hell. They were to regroup as The Weeds once out of "Lord" Tim's clutches, and Fred Cole was to lead cult band Dead Moon. But it is for this, the classic Just Colour, that The Lollipop Shoppe are justly acclaimed. Rev-Ola-256 CD $15.50 Lord Dog Bird, The The Lord Dog Bird PS, US THE LORD DOG BIRD is the solo recording project of Colin McCann, guitarist for JAGJAGUWAR artists, WILDERNESS. While the band was on extended hiatus, McCann kept at it, documenting his feelings about life and music at home on his four track. The result is a gritty, tactile document of a time spent in self-exploration and flux. Jagjaguwar-118 LP $11.50 Lord Dog Bird, The The Lord Dog Bird PS, US THE LORD DOG BIRD is the solo recording project of Colin McCann, guitarist for JAGJAGUWAR artists, WILDERNESS. While the band was on extended hiatus, McCann kept at it, documenting his feelings about life and music at home on his four track. The result is a gritty, tactile document of a time spent in self-exploration and flux. Jagjaguwar-118 CD $11.50 Los Peyotes Introducing Los Peyotes PS, US Equal parts of Garage Punk, Tex-Mex and Surf, "Introducing Los Peyotes" is their UK album release and stands up to anything released by Los Saicos, Los Shakers or any other of the legendary sixties South American Garage Punks that inspired them. Surf-guitar, Tex-Mex, psychedelic garage-punk and rhythm'n'blues, that seems to have crossed time and space from the Buenos Aires of 1965. Track listing: El Corredor Quemado, Action, El Humo te Hace Mal, Vampiro, Scream, La Malvada Creacion del Dr Illusion, El Entierro de los Gatos, Psicosis, Back Come to Me, I Don't Mind, Serial Killer, Connection, No Puedo Hacerte Mia. DirtyWater-1021 LP $17.75 Love Love Story PS, US StartProductions DVD $30.00 Lovely Little Girls Glamorous Piles & Puffy Saddlebags PS, US An epic six song journey of grotesque proportions. The CD also contains a ten minute video of an opulent live show featuring a gaggle of girls gagging on spagetti. Crotch sandwich cover painting by Gregory Jacobsen ApopRecords CD $13.50 Lover! Man in the Woods b/w Foxtail Madness PS, US LIMITED TO 500! Rich Crook has already blazed a frightfully righteous pop pathway, sRhoewcocardssing the hidden songwriting talents he kept to himself w/ such notable bands as the Reatards, Lost Sounds, & Viva L'American Death Ray. Once his songs reached the surface in The Knaughty Knights, it was apparent that Crook needed his own vehicle to spread his pop sense to the outer limits of the rock'n roll underworld. Rob'sHouse 45 $5.25 Lovin' Spoonful, The Do You Believe In Magic PS, US Magic was in the air in 1965 when the Lovin' Spoonful recorded their debut album, a delightful grab-bag of styles that lets you taste all of the ingredients of their patented "good time music" even as that timeless elixir was being brewed. Featuring the enduring hits "Do You Believe In Magic" and "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind," Do You Believe In Magic makes its long-awaited reappearance on LP, bolstered by four previously unissued bonus tracks. Sundazed LP $17.00 Machine Girl (a.k.a. Enduser and Line 47) S/T PS, GERMANY Re-mastered, re-cut and given a whole record on their own, the four tracks written by Enduser and Line 47 back in 2007 get a second life on Ad Noiseam. Ranging from the most aggressive and noisy breakcore to melodic, syncopated material, the material on this record shows both producers at the top of their form and still is, 5 years after their original release on Sonicterror, a pearl of the breakcore scene. Adnoiseam-097 12 $11.50 Machinefabriek Dauw PS, GERMANY Machinefabriek is the alias for Rutger Zuydervelt currently residing in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Since 2004 Zuydervelt has unleashed an uncountable number of self-released 3"CD's (his format of choice) in lovingly designed sleeves (all made by himself). In the past years some of these releases have been compiled into amazing albums such as "Slaapzucht" on the Root Strata label, "Weleer" on Lampse, the "Cello Recycling" 10"/CD on Type Records and "Bijeen" on Kning Disk. Recent collaborations with Stephen Vietiello (on the 12K label), Freiband, Steinbrüchel and other likeminded artists have expanded the horizon veritably. Machinefabriek's music has been remixed by the likes of Xela, Lesser, Svarte Greiner, Alva Noto, Pita, Kim Cascone, Ben Frost, Black To Comm and others. Only few Machinefabriek material has been recorded specifically for an album release but these have always been stand-outs in the vast catalogue. Both "Marijn" on Lampse and "Ranonkel" on Burning World Records were classic recordings, squeezing a large amount of what people love about Zuydervelt's music into one album, at the same time giving him the space to expand on new ideas. Likewise "Dauw" is one of Zuydervelt's most subtle & quiet yet refined works. Mainly built around small but gorgeous melodies of piano and guitar playing and the crackling sound of dusty vinyl samples, these songs slowly build into intensive hymn-like angel choirs of sheer heavenly beauty. Zuydervelt's output often has drawn comparisons to the likes of Fennesz, Godspeed, Arvo Pärt, Basinski, Tim Hecker, Phillip Jeck, Mogwai and Earth, which is certainly not all wrong and some of these have been influences in the early stages of his career but he has since developed a strong and individual language all of his own. Mastered by Guiseppe Ielasi with elegant artwork by Zuydervelt himself; metallic print on grey cardboard stock. Dekorder-029 CD $16.25 Makoto, Kawabata We Don't Know Where We Came From PS, US LIMITED to 500 copies. Features ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE leader on both electric & acoustic guitars. First 100 jackets are printed in a shimmering silver ink. Remaining 400 are printed white on black. Important LP $20.00 Mars Black Stay Black PS, US Brooklyn's Mars releases his follow-up to 2005's "Folks Music". "The album is what it says - it's black stayin' black, from start to finish. Fifteen tracks, no skits, just me talkin' about how st is and how I wish st was. I laugh, I cry, I struggle, and I overcome. Friends, family, business, love, and life. What more is there?" TeamLove CD $12.50 McArdle, Shannon Summer of the Whore PS, US Soul-baring debut solo album from former Mendoza Line singer and songwriter. BarNone CD $15.00 Memes I Will Catch You (Cassette) PS, US 905's first journey into non-noise band land, "i will catch you" is nine tracks of avant-pop music from leigh valley's memes. a reverb rich, aerial flooding of experimental jams that draw influences from sonic youth, animal collective, the turtles, and amps for christ. a blend of breezes and hurricanes spread out over thirty minutes. post 911 psychedelic. (905) 905 CASS $5.00 Menstration Sisters MA PS, US Reissue of first LP (previously limited to 100 copies and released only in Australia) from this influential Australian rock/noise/insane/weirdness band. Like listening to Harry Pussy on some really bad acid. Limited to 500 copies. NoFunProductions-29 LP $17.75 Merzbow Eucalypse PS, US An ancient & intricate web of life has been disrupted, & native plants, insects & animals are being driven to extinction. Humans, who have long been a part of the local ecosystem, are adaptable & will survive, but the biodiversity of an entire region is under threat from a single exotic species. It is truly a eucalyptus apocalypse. Presented in a hand-crafted round wooden box w/ screenprinted swiveling lid. The box contains one CD & 4 round, full-color cards. Only 1000 copies of this handsome CD have been made. Soleilmoon CD $27.00 Meters Kickback PS, US No city marches to a funkier beat than New Orleans, and no Crescent City band ever upheld the joyous second-line tradition with prouder panache than the Meters. Their eight classic 1969-1977 albums for Josie, Reprise, and Warner Bros.--all of them available on Sundazed--signaled a new and exciting era of Big Easy funk. Now it's time to dig a little deeper: Kickback--in essence, the Meters album that never was--gathers precious rarities from the Meters' mid-'70s Fire On The Bayou/Trick Bag period, including previously unissued gems, newly unearthed alternate versions, and a treasure trove of blistering funk sure to delight fans of the legendary group. Sundazed LP $17.00 Methadrone Final Skull (Cassette) PS, US Methadrone was an early moniker of joe brietenbach, who now grows organic drones under the name of gallows. before he unplugged the laptop, a small amount of output made it's way into the public realm in the form a few splits (w/ yes collapse, dance wounds, and wether) a c20 ("the sun cocaine" on lovers tapes) and a collab 12" w/ wether (forthcoming in snakefork/blue sky writing). these are the remaining tracks that have been collecting virtual dust in some moldy folder. four sides, five shots. oscillating, slightly processed, chloroformed doses that blend mechanical rhythms and natural elements with each other. packaged in clamshell cases. (905) 905 2XCASS $9.50 Michael Night I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This PS, UK "I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This" is the debut UK release for Dublin/Berlin beat combo Michael Knight and represents the logical progression in their ongoing musical argument that influences as diverse Beethoven, Bach and Bacharach can make compelling bedfellows. The result is 11 slices of the most irresistibly sophisticated pop music and, as further evidence of their genius, the album has been released with instrumental and vocal versions of each song. Imagine Modesst Mussorgsky backing Jens Lekman and you're halfway there. The presence of Brian O'Shaughnessy (The Clientele, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine) on mixing duties should give an indication of the sonic palette on offer: sweeping strings, haunting harmonies and dramatic mood swings. The Cd comes in a double Cd gatefold digipak, complete with liner notes & lyrics. REVIEWS: "Why Michael Knight aren't already huge is both baffling and beguiling; but sooner or later these songs will be discovered. I may as well say it in advance, then; I told you so". SoundsXP. "Supremely beautiful songs, which have a heart, a soul, a wry sense of humor and none of that upsetting necessity to make every lyrical couplet rhyme" In Dublin. Yesboyicecream-11 CD $17.75 Mirah Old Days Feeling PS, US This collection comes from a variety of sources, home recordings, hard to find foreign comps, out-of-print releases, & previously unreleased tracks. Features guests PHIL ELVERUM (MICROPHONES/MT. EERIE), KARL BLAU, & CALVIN JOHNSON. With her unmistakable voice, these lo-fi, experimental recordings are indicative of what has become her distinct sound. "Features all the objective elements of a useful rarities disc, but it's doubly valuable for reminding us of a Mirah that might've grown up too fast" - Pitchfork (7.5) ModernRadio CD $10.50 Mojo #178 (September 2008) [Magazine + CD] PS, UK ZINE $10.25 Mudhoney Live At El Sol PS, US A "take-no-prisoners" performance of one of the best rock bands of the last 2 decades! Shot live in Madrid in 07' with 6 cameras & the band playin' the best and toughest hits of his career and a few of their most recent songs. Munster DVD $25.00 Music Go Music Reach Out PS, US Like a bolt from Zeus, MUSIC GO MUSIC have struck again with their new 12" single, 'Reach Out.' This outing finds them exploring a darker side of pop music; the place where Deep Purple's brute force meets the Carpenter's tragic wistfulness, where Blondie's power-hooks cross melodic swords with Meat Loaf's drama-rock theatrics. They've expanded their palette considerably, yet the sound is unmistakably theirs, and the magic of it points the way to the light at the end of the tunnel. 'Reach Out' is the monologue of a would-be savior, offering to lift us from the pit of despair. It treks from Logan's Run ambience to proto-metal riffing to disco-gallop to TV detective funk and back again. SecretlyCanadian-172 12 $9.00 Near The Parenthesis L'Eixample PS, US Near the Parenthesis follows up 2007's "Of Soft Construction" with "L'Eixample," Tim Arndt's most focused work to date. L'Eixample draws on inspiration gained during travels through Barcelona, Spain. Of particular interest was the innovative and sometimes peculiar modernist architecture of the L'Eixample district. In Catalunyan, L'Eixample literally means an extension, a strong symbolic parallel to the music found on Arndt's latest work which itself reflects an extension of the Near the Parenthesis' sound. While this collection begins where "Of Soft Construction" left off, it quickly migrates to an even calmer and more atmospheric experience. Through L'Eixample, Arndt has moved closer to an emotional apex and provides even greater melodic rewards. n5MD-159 CD $12.00 New York Dolls A Hard Night's Day PS, US Originally issued by Norton Records in 2000. "First time release of 21 live in the studio 1973 demo recordings from this influential NYC combo -- all from master tapes! Dig these primal studio demos of NY Dolls original classics like 'Looking For A Kiss' and 'Personality Crisis' and wild covers like Gary US Bonds' 'Seven Day Weekend' and Chuck Berry's 'Back In The USA,' all served up as only the Dolls ever could -- with enough raunchy romp and stomp to start a riot! These spring '73 sessions showcase the young band for the first time with drummer Jerry Nolan and feature the mauling antics of late, great guitar legend Johnny Thunders. Never issued until now and packaged with never seen photographs, boss notes, tons of class!" Norton CD $13.00 Normanoak Estra PS, US NORMANOAK has another piece of vinyl to share with the world, a true follow up to last year's "A Double Gift of Tongues". This new album is called "Estra", named after a powerful horned goddess whom Normanoak has been busy invoking recently in small performance spaces around the country. Everything was recorded in his bedroom in Bloomington, Indiana, on three different tape machines. The music on "Estra" shows more variety than any of his previous efforts. Chugging rock songs burn up into soft, dark dirges that feature a uniquely made-up language code. Screaming minute-long hardcore songs fade into freaky, fucked instrumentals. There is even a song which curses the current state government, and their excessive logging of Normanoak's home forests of Southern Indiana. Throughout these 14 pieces, Normanoak takes on many personalities, such as his alter-ego Poisonoak. Over time the listener can begin to notice the shifts in perspective that the singer makes. Normanoak is more than just another musician. His work is pure sorcery at its most successful. St.Ives-026 LP $11.50 NRBQ Interstellar Kustom Shop PS, US Kustom Shop, it's a mindblowing ten-inch 33 1/3 RPM slab of wax by NRBQ that finds the revered fivesome latching onto the out-there New Thing jazz pioneered by intergalactic heroes Sun Ra & His Arkestra-and riding the music to universes beyond the beyond. Cut live in 1970 at Cincinnati's Ludlow Garage and Clinton Hollow in upstate New York, these revolutionary sounds, says NRBQ mainman Terry Adams "opened up new possibilities in rock 'n' roll. We had a thousand teenagers chanting along with us to 'Rocket #9." That stunning Sun Ra classic and his equally wonderful "Next Stop Mars"-extended experimental workouts that incorporate Adams' stellar originals "Venusian Sunset" and "Approach The Planet"-are guaranteed to send you clear out of this world! Sundazed 10 $13.50 Oberst, Conor Conor Oberst PS, US themselves and to friends as The Mystic Valley Band. Members include Nate Walcott, Jason Boesel, Macey Taylor, Nik Freitas, and Taylor Hollingsworth. The result is his first solo album in thirteen years, following "Water" (1993), "Here's To Special Treatment" (1994), and "Soundtrack To My Movie" (1995). In that time, he's recorded and performed in Commander Venus, Park Ave., Desaparecidos, and most notably Bright Eyes, his main musical vehicle for the past decade. Merge CD $14.00 Oberst, Conor Conor Oberst PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Merge LP $15.50 Oneida Preteen Weaponry PS, US "Preteen Weaponry" is part one of the "Thank Your Parents" triptych of ONEIDA releases. Oneida members past, present and future all contributed to this project. It reminds Oneida of what a live performance might sound like. It contains captured improvisational moments married with craft. You can consider it an introduction to their forthcoming triple album "Rated O", which is part two of the fore-mentioned triptych (to be released by Jagjaguwar in early 2009). Jagjaguwar-125 LP $14.25 Oneida Preteen Weaponry PS, US "Preteen Weaponry" is part one of the "Thank Your Parents" triptych of ONEIDA releases. Oneida members past, present and future all contributed to this project. It reminds Oneida of what a live performance might sound like. It contains captured improvisational moments married with craft. You can consider it an introduction to their forthcoming triple album "Rated O", which is part two of the fore-mentioned triptych (to be released by Jagjaguwar in early 2009). Jagjaguwar-125 CD $11.50 Oxford Collapse Bits PS, US They have a charming lack of guile, combined with a focus on the better of the 80s college rock cognoscenti and Trouser Press favorites. This record is the sound of fun turning into purpose, of a great band writing and playing their best songs, and knowing how great that feels. It's all heart and ingenuity, the joyous racket that connects C86 pop to the present. Subpop CD $12.50 P.W. Long God Bless The Drunkard's Dog PS, US With this CD you get a handful of great stories, some secrets, a little insight & some damn fine guitar playing from former WIG frontman and Quarterstick Records recording artist P.W. Long. Southern CD $15.25 Paavoharju Laulu Laakson Kukista PS, FINLAND VINYL VERSION. PITCHFORK: "Fursaxa/Cocteau Twins, B-movie soundtrack, Sigur Rós locked in an underground cavern with Slowdive, or perhaps Syd Barrett jamming with Incredible String Band beneath a waterfall." Fonal-055 LP $16.25 Paavoharju Laulu Laakson Kukista PS, FINLAND This is the highly-anticipated second full-length release on Fonal Records from Finland's Paavoharju, a collective formed around two brothers -- Lauri and Olli Ainala and their troupe of associates. The group is a collective project of ascetic born-again Christians. Laulu Laakson Kukista (A Song About Flowers of the Valley) evokes the sounds of raindrops falling on a sheet metal roof melting together with an old television's random dot-pattern noise. Backwards pianos, backwards vocals, tilted organ and baroque beats lean against sweeping operatic soundscapes and gossamer back-porch folk singalongs. Leena Uotila's soft voice echoes in empty, dusty rooms. Cat-owls gather to the skies, apple trees are blooming and waves rock a barrel against the pier. Suddenly all this started to form esoteric mildew to cassette's magnetic tape. Mind-bending devotional rock-opera from the deepest Finnish forests. THE ONION: "Paavoharju is part of an intriguing scene that subsists in Finland but seems to hail from a spirit world where the natural and the ethereal blur. The latest of several notable offerings from the Finnish label Fonal, Laulu Laakson Kukista finds the group studiously adrift, with impressionistic glimmers of sound (bird chirps, static, warbly chimes) situated within delicate songs that draw on everything from acoustic folk to the kind of smeary polyglot pop favored by Animal Collective and especially Gang Gang Dance. The group functions as a collective led by two born-again Christians, but the sounds they make suggest Christians of an extraordinarily mystical sort." Fonal-055 CD $16.25 Pacchu, Fricara Stories of the Old PS, FINLAND Includes a 7" vinyl and a 40-page full-color book. Fricara Pacchu started out as a rapper in The Backdoor Funkers, as a member of Slow Convulsion, Rorererot, Avarus, etc., but not until techno-rock-trio Maniacs Dream was Pacchu able to find his shattered inner plectrum. Hence, the music on this 7" is the consequence of using a plectrum. On his earlier cassette releases: "Where do you go after you've single-handedly destroyed the entire canon of recorded psychedelic musics? Into techno, apparently. Fonal-051 45/BOOK $16.25 Padden, Daniel Pause for the Jet PS, GERMANY Since 1995 Daniel Padden has been a member of Volcano The Bear, with several highly regarded album releases on Nurse With Wound's United Diaries label, Textile and Beta-Lactam Ring Records. After his move to Glasgow he started The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden as an outlet for his solo recordings with releases on Catsup Plate, Secret Eye and Textile. When The One Ensemble slowly metamorphosed into a band of its own, Padden started to record his solo output under his birth name, with last year's "The Isaac Storm" on the Ultra Exzema label being the first seminal result. Over the years Padden has developed a strong fascination for obscure musics from all over the world (re his recent "Epiphanies" article for The Wire magazine): mouth organ love-songs from Thailand, The Ramayana Monkey Chant from Bali, Khene pieces from Laos; so-called world music from Burundi to Bulgaria. Combining these interests with his love for British Folk and Art Rock (This Heat, Robert Wyatt), Kraut Rock (Faust), Free Jazz, the surreal collage techniques of Nurse With Wound and the odd humour of The Residents, he has developed a totally unique and highly personal musical vision without ever sounding overambitious or directionless. Gorgeous song-writing is seamlessly transformed into pure fuzz or string drones, suddenly interrupted by some improvised reeds or collapsing percussion, all within the blink of an eye, and never losing its natural flow, "Pause for the Jet" is already an auspicious aspirant for our "Record of the Year". Dekorder-026 LP $13.50 Padden, Daniel Pause for the Jet PS, GERMANY Since 1995 Daniel Padden has been a member of Volcano The Bear, with several highly regarded album releases on Nurse With Wound's United Diaries label, Textile and Beta-Lactam Ring Records. After his move to Glasgow he started The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden as an outlet for his solo recordings with releases on Catsup Plate, Secret Eye and Textile. When The One Ensemble slowly metamorphosed into a band of its own, Padden started to record his solo output under his birth name, with last year's "The Isaac Storm" on the Ultra Exzema label being the first seminal result. Over the years Padden has developed a strong fascination for obscure musics from all over the world (re his recent "Epiphanies" article for The Wire magazine): mouth organ love-songs from Thailand, The Ramayana Monkey Chant from Bali, Khene pieces from Laos; so-called world music from Burundi to Bulgaria. Combining these interests with his love for British Folk and Art Rock (This Heat, Robert Wyatt), Kraut Rock (Faust), Free Jazz, the surreal collage techniques of Nurse With Wound and the odd humour of The Residents, he has developed a totally unique and highly personal musical vision without ever sounding overambitious or directionless. Gorgeous song-writing is seamlessly transformed into pure fuzz or string drones, suddenly interrupted by some improvised reeds or collapsing percussion, all within the blink of an eye, and never losing its natural flow, "Pause for the Jet" is already an auspicious aspirant for our "Record of the Year". Dekorder-026 CD $16.25 Pantaleimon Heart Of The Sun PS, US "The whole thing started when Clodagh Simonds (Fovea Hex) asked if she could remix "Under The Water." Of course, I said yes. When she came back w/ such remarkable music & casually mentioned, 'Oh, why don't you ask a couple of other pals to do remixes?', it gave me the idea for this album." Feat. remixes by ANDREW W.K., STEPHEN O'MALLEY, LILIUM & more. Incl. previously unreleased tracks. DurtroJnana CD $16.00 Parson Red Heads, The Field Mouse Carnival (Extended Play) PS, US Yukon CD5 $6.25 Parson Red Heads, The Spaceland Presents: The Parson Red Heads at the Echo PS, US Kufala CD $16.00 Passenger Wicked Man's Rest PS, UK CookingVinyl CD $13.75 Pia Fraus Ten Remixes Of Yenissey PS, ESTONIA TRACKLISTING: 01.FUTURE PILOT AKA - Yenissey vs Future Pilot AKA! 02.GALAKTLAN - Galayeni 03.INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - One Transition: Tundra Into Taiga 04.MIRABILIA - Yllar Lyndi Uued Püksikud 05.SEELAND - Yennesay/Seeland Reemix 06.PIA FRAUS - Niva Meets Yenissey 07.TEENAGE FANCLUB - Yenissey 08.3PEAD - Las Voolab 09.BILL WELLS - Yenissey 10.HIS NAME IS ALIVE - Forever 93. Pia Fraus had many international projects going on while releasing "After Summer", their last album which is produced by Glaswegian Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub). Now they are ready with remix compilation Ten Remixes of Yenissey, released by Seksound. Yenissey was first result from cooperation between Pia Fraus and Norman Blake. The band is very proud of this remix album, with remixes of all their favorites from all around the world. Seksound-018 CD $13.50 Pia Fraus/Ulrich Schnauss Mute The Birds / Ships Will Sail SPLIT 7" PS, ESTONIA LTD to 500 COPIES ONLY! 7" black vinyl. After well-received new album Pia Fraus comes with some new releases from indie label Seksound. They are happy of new split-single on 7" vinyl record by Pia Fraus and Ulrich Schnauss. After longtime friendship they have come to this split single, on one side is track by Pia Fraus which is produced by Ulrich Schnauss and other side has track by Ulrich Schnauss produced by Pia Fraus. Single is mastered at legendary Abbey Road Studio in London by Steve Rook (who's portfolio is full of our favorite indie albums). Seksound-017 45 $11.00 Pilgrim Fathers Short Circular Walks In The Hope Valley PS, US Debut album from UK cosmic space rockers. Undergroove CD $15.75 Pillars Of Heaven Breeding Moths (Cassette) PS, US Light bending, guitar gush from philadelphia peasant magician salvatore giorgi. side a, "the old ways", plays like newton's law of reciprocal actions laid onto magnetic tape. like levitating above overgrown fields until the skies fill with ash and everything is laid baron. side b, "gallows weed", is a (impressively recorded) live track from a house show in 2007. this should prove for once and all that even socially awkward, home-schooled hermits can emit feeling. (905) 905 CASS $5.00 Primal Scream Beautiful Future PS, UK New 2008 import-only album from The Primals! PITCHFORK: "Beautiful Future is an especially rich title coming from a band with such a sloppy past, but its concise, laser-focussed 10-song tracklist-- bearing the pop-golden touch of producers Paul Epworth (Bloc Party, the Rapture) and Bjorn Yttling (Peter Bjorn and John, Lykke Li)-- suggests Primal Scream's latest high is sobriety. The opening title track features the most joyous, clear-headed melody they've sung since Screamadelica's "Movin' on Up", but in a much different dressing. Here, their Exile-era Stones influence yields to the cheeky glam of Sparks, from the jaunty piano riff, hand claps and ascending chorus, to Bobby Gillespie's wry commentary on middle-class privilege: "Congratulations/ You're living the dream/ In the dead heart of the control machine." Warners CD $20.50 Prints Just Thoughts PS, US Quickly following their debut full-length, PRINTS return to stir the pot with a little more pop, their usual dose of psychedlia and an intoxicating amount of dance. Once again produced at home by multi-instrumentalists Zac Nelson and KENSETH THIBIDEAU, the songs here were originally conceived as b-sides for a proposed single for "Too Much Water" from the group's eponymous debut. By the time three new songs were completed, they stood too strong on their own to be pushed out as b-sides, so the decision was made to forfeit the single and instead offer the songs as a stand-alone EP. Meanwhile, DFA cofounder and Hercules and Love Affair producer Tim Goldsworthy fired up his new alter-ego Thee Loving Hand for an epic super-funk remix of a pair of Prints tracks, "Pretty Tick" and "Meditation" (featuring, among other things, the funk bass skills of !!!'s Tyler Pope). To top it off, acclaimed visual artist Toben Seymour directed an eye-popping video for "Too Much Water," which is included here on the Enhanced CD portion of the disc. TemporaryResidenceLtd.-137 CD $9.00 Prurient Arrowhead PS, US Brooklyn noise herald & Hospital Productions label-head, DOMINICK FERNOW, an active instigator in the power electronics & noise genre for over a decade, w/ 100+ releases issued so far, usually LTD. & covering various formats. Known for his harrowing live performances where he uses his voice, amps, microphones, coins, tools, suitcases etc., to create a brain-bashing journey through mangled, negative sound. EditionsMego CD $18.00 Pygmy Lush Mount Hope PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Lovitt LP $15.00 Pygmy Lush Mount Hope PS, US 2nd full-length from group featuring members from PG.99, MAJORITY RULE, MALADY, CITY OF CATERPILLAR. Though the group started out by carrying on much of the same ferocity of their previous endeavors, this is a quieter album w/acoustic guitars & minimal pecussion. The songs feel haunted. Filled to the brim w/a sense of abandon, only here they have put down their angst for intropsection, trading their aggression for a slow grit. Lovitt CD $15.00 Q65 Nothing But Trouble: The Best Of... PS, UK From Den Haag (The Hague) in Holland, Q65 were among the country's wildest beat groups of the 1960s. Their firebrand approach to the beat and rhythm n blues boom was the opposite of what most of the country's successful pop group fraternity were putting over at the time; best represented with the unpolished, raw intensity of "You're The Victor", their 1966 debut for Decca which shook up the charts and caused shockwaves throughout the nation's living rooms. They continued to crack the top end of the Dutch pop charts with killer singles such as "The Life I Live", and "I Despise You"; took part in a crazy record company promotional stunt crossing the sea from England in a rubber dinghy, and in Revolution, created one of the best debut LPs of the era. The group split up early and although they would make several comebacks as Q65, and also as Circus, and continue to make several records well into the 1970s, the initial magic had gone. To this day the power and impenetrable charm of the original Q65 remains unsurpassed. Visually re-mastered in the usual huge Rev-Ola style! Beautifully packaged with oodles of rare photos and memorabilia! In-depth liner notes by Sir Lenny Helsing with input from the band themselves! An absolute 100% necessity for all fans of 60s garage, R & B, beat, psych. Rev-Ola-258 CD $15.50 Record Collector #353 (September 2008) PS, UK ZINE $10.25 Reiner, Kai Kai Reiner PS, GERMANY If you like Big Star, If you like Teenage Fanclub, if you like anything with heart and great melody, this album is for you. Kai is a great songwriter and proves it on this release. The hooks and heart are here. Lakeview-002 CD $10.00 Roden, Steve Airforms PS, US Limited to 600. Sold out quickly in 2005. Line just found 100 in storage. Airforms was first presented at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art [ Scottsdale, Arizona ] in April of 2004. The work was inspired by a group of experimental houses designed by Wallace Neff in the 1940's using a process he called airform construction. The houses were built by spraying concrete over an inflated balloon structure. Inspired by the nautilus sea shell, the houses were an investigation into the aesthetic possibilities of structures formed by air, and the psychological effects of living inside a kind of organic space. The installation attempted to reflect Neff's ideas in the use of air as an inspirational skeleton and physical presence in the construction of the forms as well as the audio. Five objects were built by laying plaster over small balloons. The sound work was created using the transformed sound of a breath blown through an old wooden organ pipe. Both essentially built from Roden's own breath. The original multi-channel audio work consisted of five small speakers, each placed within a single plaster form. The version for this cd has been re-organized for stereo listening. The lack of narrative structure attempts to create an audio space in line with Neff's architectural interests in the airform projects. Steve Roden is a visual and sound artist from Los Angeles. His work includes painting, drawing, sculpture, film/video, and sound installation. Line-022 CD $12.25 Rosenholm, Eleanoora Vainajan Muotokuva PS, FINLAND This is the debut full-length by Eleanoora Rosenholm. Eleanoora Rosenholm comes from Pori, Finland and is a project began by Noora Tommila, Pasi Salmi and Mika Rättö. They crafted a genius pop album with murderous lyrics inside the dark stone walls that surround SS-Palace studio. The time came to take the show on the road and the band evolved into a full 8-piece. Weird, almost avant synth-pop harmonies with creepily-sweet Finnish vocals, sometimes vocoded. Combining the best of karaoke-backed dance tracks with propulsive '80s sheen and tastes of Bow Wow Wow/Lizzy Mercier Descloux-esque tribe-pop irreverence. Totally addictive and hook-ridden, like you can't stop eating candy -- this is weird-disco any housewife serial killer would be proud to dance to. PITCHFORK: "Think you might've had Fonal's M.O. figured by now, didja? Eleanoora Rosenholm shatters all of those preconceptions as a trio of veterans and a handful of friends convene to craft an art-disco rollercoaster that defies much of the rest of the label's catalog." Fonal-054 CD $16.25 Rosenholm, Eleanoora Vainajan Muotokuva PS, FINLAND VINYL VERSION. Fonal-054 LP $20.50 Ruling Class Tour De Force PS, US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a 4-song CD & 2-song 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. Six modern psychedelic pop songs influenced by the heyday of '90s "Madchester." "Tour de Force" - a rebirth, and a new way forward, for a sound whose time has come again. Shelflife CD/45 $17.75 Sanguine Piss No Horse Shit (Cassette) PS, US Saw these dudes for the first time as a cohesive unit at a recent wiese / wether gig in philadelphia. i've been seeing mat perform as newton for a minute, and known jared for what seems like a decade. in recent years i've been floored by some one-off collabs he has done with matt franco and skeleton warrior, so i was way interested in finding out what those two dudes plus cohort marc zajack (deep fried tapes) had in store. their setup was fairly minimum... some mixers, pedals, and a couple of guitars tuned to untuned. from second one though the most enormous sounds ruptured through the room. i mean, shit was gigantic. every once in a blue moon you could think to yourself "oh, i think that sound is coming from that", but usually it was just a vulgar mess. asked to do a tape while smoking weed out of an apple in the back of the store, even though i remember there being a pipe earlier. i guess that just fit. (905) 905 CASS $5.00 Schirach, Otto Von Oozing Bass Spasms PS, UK New full length album by Otto Von Schirach: "Oozing Bass Spasms". With enough porn and horror samples to satiate the most demented programmer, and enough juicy bass to placate the most voracious bass-head, Oozing Bass Spasms is a masterwork by one of the world's most original artists. By far his most approachable and even refined album, it's still pretty crazy in a way that only Otto von Schirach can provide. This time the overall feeling of the album is more dance sounding; elements of Booty, Electro, Breakcore, and Rave music all find a place in his bizarre universe. CockRockDisco-019 CD $17.75 Shiflet, Mike Opening Act (Cassette) PS, US Two more doses of shiflet drone, blazing here in the live variety, recorded earlier this year in st louis and cleveland. for those not in attendance, you can acquire mike's sleeperhold synth styleings here and get a second chance to wipe your brain off of your shoulders. (905) 905 CASS $5.00 Sky Juice Hard To Kill PS, US Vinyl debut from the legendary/mythical Sky Juice twins. The brothers Sky Juice Jones and Sky Juice Jackson are musical telepaths and simply have no fear, riding the groove as long as it takes to navigate the back alleys of Cleveland's most dangerous neighborhoods. Severely mangled guitar gunk astral-projected from deep inside the twisted lobes of Lambsbread's Zac Davis. Unavoidable private press vibe, with mumbled cliff's edge moan and groan vocals, drums courtesy of the Corwood session-player circa Electric End, and guitar rave-ups that share a tattered couch with The Index, Raven, Low End Lars, and Vulcan. Limited & numbered edition of 300. Paste-on covers. Photocopy collage inserts. Ohio bummer. OldeEnglishSpellingBee LP $17.00 Slepcy We Are The Newest Battle Models PS, UK Slepcy are Piotr Kurek and Marcin Stefanski from Poland. They started making music with just a Casio Rapman and a Gemini mixer with 30 sec sample memory. Their music blends opera with breakcore, synth-pop, jazz, hardcore-noise and who knows what. They did some brilliant records for Koop.POP, Ambush Records and Suburban Trash Industries which you should spend your last days trying to find. We guarantee you that their debut CRD release, "We are the newest battle models" will leave you all speechless. It's a truly unique record that matches brutality with melodies that stick in your head, but in a really cool way. CockRockDisco-010 CD $11.75 Smile & A Ribbon Boy I Wish I Never Met (7"/CD) PS, US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a CD & 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. The Boy I Wish I Never Met is a pure P!O!P! album that draws influences from 1950's girl groups, 90's twee, and a whole lot of quirky personality. 13 bittersweet songs on CD and Vinyl. A limited edition pressing of 300 copies. Shelflife CD $15.00 Soda Fountain Rag It's Rag Time! PS, UK Soda Fountain Rag is the musical universe of Ragnhild Hogstad Jordahl, a one-woman indiepop phenomenon from Bergen, Norway. Having released a number of sold-out limited edition cdr EPs for DIY labels such as Cloudberry and Anorak in 2007, "It's Rag Time!" is her debut CD release, containing 14 more subversive pop classics about bitterness (Go!), reorientation (I was Reborn) and the importance of not killing clowns (Don't Kill The Clowns), all delivered with unfathomable sincerity. Imagine, if you can, an anti-folk Nico playing all the instruments in a Nintendo pop garage band. The Cd comes in an attractive high-gloss cardboard gatefold wallet, with lyrics booklet and beautiful illustrations by Peter Danielsson. Yesboyicecream-09 CD $15.50 Sonic Youth/Mats Gustafsson/Merzbow Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth PS, US CD-only edition. Improvised live performance from the 2005 Roskilde Festival in Denmark, feat. Sonic Youth (w/ Jim O'Rourke) & guests Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson & Japanese sound artist Masami Akita (a.k.a. Merzbow). The single piece performed was a structured improvisation which for 60 mins added & subtracted musicians one by one until only Akita was left onstage. Black Sabbath followed. SYR CD $10.00 Sparks Introducing PS, US Originally released in '77, this their 7th album & the only one of their 20 long-players not available on CD. Finally, you can hear the much-discussed but rarely heard transitional album from Ron & Russell Mael's near 40 yr career. Today this sounds less like made-for-heavy-rotation AOR & more like a comment on, or rather series of pastiches of daytime US radio-fodder. LilBeethoven CD $15.00 Sparks Exotic Creatures Of The Deep PS, US The result of a yr spent in near-isolation, this could, perhaps, be seen as a natural evolution from their last 2 records, on which popopera, rock, & high drama combined to redefine their sound. However, the remarkably exceptional & notably catchy creations are the key that enables many more, as Sparks have said, to "come and meet them." LilBeethoven CD $15.00 Starry Crowns S-T PS, US Dense art-pop referencing everything from Blonde Redhead to Crazy Horse to Califone & beyond. Moments play like a warped soundtrack where spacious kraut grooves battle with dusty twang. The trio recorded this LP with David Barbe in Athens, GA, where their songs were augmented by contributions from members of Macha, Japancakes & Drive-By-Truckers. Limited to 325 Concertina LP $14.50 Supersister To The Highest Bidder PS, UK First ever UK CD release for this classic album from the masters of Dutch prog rock -- remastered from the original tapes, with four bonus tracks. Recently featured in the soundtrack of the film Control about Joy Division, Supersister were one of the most original groups to emerge in Holland in the late 1960s. Inspired by the work of Soft Machine and Caravan, the group recorded a quartet of master works. In 1971 they signed to John Peel's Dandelion label and remained a favorite of his. Eccentric, accomplished and unique, Supersister's albums are a joy to any fan of original music. Esoteric Recordings are pleased to reissue their classic second album with additional bonus tracks comprising single cuts from 1971 and fully restored artwork. Open your ears to Supersister." Originally released in the Netherlands on Polydor in 1971. Including a lavish booklet with full restored artwork, new essay and many photographs. Esoteric CD $19.00 Taiga Remains Crushed Radiant Deities PS, US Luminescent, wrecked shards of overtone drones merged w/zoned & disembodied choral whispers & ribbons of pure white electricity. Bundles remastered versions of the 2 tracks from the long out-of-print "Paper Lanterns" EP w/ 2 new longform works to form a dense, polyphonic fugue of dynamic collisions & endless collapses. LIMITED to 500 StudentsofDecay CD $10.50 Takka Takka Migration PS, US Sophomore release was lovingly produced by Sean Greenhalgh (CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH) & features performances by Bryan Devendorf (THE NATIONAL), Lee Sargent (CYHSY), Olga Bell (BELL) & Charles Burst. "Sometimes this record is about existing in a place you don't belong. Conversely, it is about where you came from & how you got there... Sometimes this record is about a band experimenting with sound & form, trying to honestly say things in song it has never said before. Sometimes this record is about not going back & staying in the place you don't belong." -Gabe Levine (Takka Takka). ErnestJenning CD $11.75 Telepathique Last Time on Earth PS, US ControlGroup CD $15.00 Terminal 11 Illegal Nervous Habits PS, UK Remember when IDM music was interesting? Yes, it's been a long time, and computers have "given us" many cheap, lifeless albums since then. But wait! Here's Mike Castaneda, AKA Terminal 11, fresh from Phoenix Arizona, to prove to the world that it is possible to tame your computer and force it to work for the powers of goodness. Illegal Nervous Habits is easily the greatest album ever made! It's an emotional rollercoaster of a record, with thrills and chills, heartbreaking sacrifice and enough guts and grit to make even your grandmother pay attention. But what does it sound like? Well Johnny, imagine a million bits of information flying through the air, and watch these bits weave and dive like a ballet on PCP. Then, as you're just getting bored, these bits make pictures of your friends laughing and having the best fun they ever had. Yeah, that's trippy isn't it? Well this album is just like that, and MORE. CockRockDisco-002 CD $11.75 Thee Oh Sees Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion PS, US "Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion" is a brilliant live performance collaboration between THEE OH SEES and video director Brian Lee Hughes. The project resulted in a double-disc DVD/CD set featuring live performances filmed and recorded, not on stages, but at a variety of hauntingly scenic sites in and around San Francisco. The film is also studded with dozens of stories, jokes and whatnots filmed during their four-day filming adventure. The resulting recordings are included on the audio CD. The results are a rare and necessary masterpiece. Step into the lush dark charm of Thee Oh Sees. Tomlab-119 DVD + CD $15.75 Thornton, Clifford Freedom & Unity PS, US Repress of album recorded one day after JOHN COLTRANE's funeral. A Testament to Clifford Thornton's dedication to the preservation of free jazz and the legacy of 'Trane, and running in the same circles as ORNETTE COLEMAN and ALBET AYLER this recording is considered a classic by those who have been able to hear it. Also of note, this is JOE McPHEE's 1st ever recording appearance. Atavistic CD $13.00 Time Capsule Bummer After Bummer (Cassette) PS, US Mysterious sounds from holes in the ground. the faceless, nomadic zoners known as time capsule drip enigmatic drops of lo-fi, opium laced floaters up and down "bummer after bummer". the exact lineup and instruments used are unknown, but something tells me that the electric bass, clearance rack synths, and possibly a didjeredoo or two don't go unused. some serious space out tunes in a limited run with individually hand painted covers. (905) 905 CASS $5.00 Times, The Enjoy / Up Against It PS, UK This reissue compiles the complete 1986 Times albums Enjoy and Up Against It for the first time on CD, featuring Times T.V, Britannia Sleeps Tonight and of course Up Against It. Written in reaction to the U.S. Paisley Underground wave of bands then currently feted - Dream On Red, Green Syndicate, Drain Parade and REM Speedwagon, Enjoy connects Edward Ball and his Times to Ray Davies and The Kinks as natural storytellers of everyday British life - but with the added twist of an English nightmare in America. Artpop!-1516 CD $15.50 Times, The Pop Goes Art PS, UK Perhaps the singularly most important album of that fledgling, garage, power - pop - punk independent scene of 1982. Featuring Edward Ball and Daniel Treacy, and issued on their own Whaam! Records, Pop goes Art! is a landmark release - one of the vital seeds of the whole Creation, Whaam! Artpop!-20 CD $15.50 Torturing Nurse & Wasteland Jazz Unit Split (Cassette) PS, US A merciless, bi-continental team up of two horribly unyielding units. representing china is torturing nurse in the three piece form of jiadie, youki, and junky. anyone familiar with tn's mangled gerogerigegege meets a meat grinder style knows what they are in for. a non-stop, pounding, fucked up back alley ballad complete with violent as hell screams and amplified vomit. it's gonna get everywhere, i promise. wasteland jazz unit hail from the good old usa (cincinnati, oh if you want to get technical) and somehow manage to pull off the same ferocious carnage while using a saxophone and clarinet? what!? yes! overly abused wind instruments intentionally doing what was never intended. a piercing and harsh masterpiece. (905) 905 CASS $5.00 Toth, James Jackson Waiting In Vain PS, US Wooden Wand dude's solo sojourn! Layered, almost-dreamlike harmonies, touches of blues, country & soul & the occasional flash of punk swagger. Special guests include John Dieterich (DEERHOOF), Nels Cline (WILCO), Andy Cabic (VEVITER), CARLA BOZULICH & Otto Hauser (VEVITER). For several years Toth experimented w/a folk-psychedelic rock hybrid, putting out numerous discs under variations of the name WOODEN WAND. Ryko CD $14.50 Toth, James Jackson Waiting In Vain PS, US VINYL VERSION. Ryko DLP $17.50 Tusco Terror & Wether Split (Cassette) PS, US On new years day i made a 400+ mile trek to cleveland, oh in which moods were low, weather was shitty, and i only had one pair of socks and some canvas shoes, which don't do shit to protect your feet in mounds of snow. in a couple of hours snot was pouring out of my face and I felt like dying right where i stood. by midnight or so tusco terror was ripping it and i thought "yeah, this is exactly what should be happening right now". dudes were spilling themselves over a mess of cables and semi-functional equipment. just pure blown out destruction. not sure how long it was before i asked them to do this split, but here it is. kind of like a documentation of falling down, getting up, and stumbling through the haze. disgruntled material from both parties. (905) 905 CASS $5.00 Ugly Things #26 PS, US KICK OUT THE JAMS with our big MC5 cover story, featuring a lengthy, previously unpublished interview with Rob Tyner and some incredible rare photos. Our other features include the story of '66 Sunset Strip rockers THE SONS OF ADAM, English folk-rock outfit TREES, the NORWEGIAN BEAT SCENE in the ?60s (featuring 1 2 6 and scenemaker Thor G. Noras), and British punk rock & rollers THE POP RIVETS (Billy Childish's first band, 1977-79). There's also an extensive Pre-Punk feature by Johan Kugelberg, with a foreword by Jon Savage. We also have articles on California garage band THE FLOGGS (who featured a pre-Kaleidoscope Chris Darrow), legendary Ohio psychsters THE TIFFANY SHADE, and the amazing tale of THE CEDARS from Lebanon. There?s also exclusive interviews with THE PRETTY THINGS, Arthur Brown, the Malchicks, Dave Lambert (of UK freakbeat icons FIRE: "Father's Name Was Dad"), Art Wood, Zappa associate Jeff Simmons, and much more, including of course our massive review section covering all the latest reissues and music-related books and DVDs. ZINE $10.00 Uncut #136 (September 2008) [Magazine + CD] PS, UK ZINE $10.25 Vandervelde, David Waiting For The Sunrise PS, US Just as there are albums that artists were born to make, there are albums that labels were born to release. "Waiting For The Sunrise" is one of those albums for both DAVID VANDERVELDE and SECRETLY CANADIAN. Upon first laying the needle down, the listener is greeted by a warm wash of sounds that seems to breeze in from decades back. Vandervelde's singular voice emerges from the drums and keys with "When the morning comes, I will be fine, I will be fine, I will be fine" and you're pretty damn sure he will be. The tones may be familiar, but his voice as an artist is his own, new and wholly contemporary, and you feel lucky to be here to watch the emergence. Critics marveled at Vandervelde's songwriting on his debut "Moonstation House Band", the mini-album which had the aesthetic wherewithal to hold its own side-for-side with the classics as a late night jam record. Spin magazine remarked that "at a pipsqueakish 22 years old, David Vandervelde is already generating the kind of indie-net whispering that musicians twice his age pine for." And on songs such as "California Breezes", "Someone Like You" and "Lyin' In Bed", it's clear that the material on this first long-player from Vandervelde is of a higher order - lyrically more personal and stripped down. "Waiting For The Sunrise" is the beautiful result of having extended himself both musically and emotionally. SecretlyCanadian-170 LP $11.50 Vandervelde, David Waiting For The Sunrise PS, US Just as there are albums that artists were born to make, there are albums that labels were born to release. "Waiting For The Sunrise" is one of those albums for both DAVID VANDERVELDE and SECRETLY CANADIAN. Upon first laying the needle down, the listener is greeted by a warm wash of sounds that seems to breeze in from decades back. Vandervelde's singular voice emerges from the drums and keys with "When the morning comes, I will be fine, I will be fine, I will be fine" and you're pretty damn sure he will be. The tones may be familiar, but his voice as an artist is his own, new and wholly contemporary, and you feel lucky to be here to watch the emergence. Critics marveled at Vandervelde's songwriting on his debut "Moonstation House Band", the mini-album which had the aesthetic wherewithal to hold its own side-for-side with the classics as a late night jam record. Spin magazine remarked that "at a pipsqueakish 22 years old, David Vandervelde is already generating the kind of indie-net whispering that musicians twice his age pine for." And on songs such as "California Breezes", "Someone Like You" and "Lyin' In Bed", it's clear that the material on this first long-player from Vandervelde is of a higher order - lyrically more personal and stripped down. "Waiting For The Sunrise" is the beautiful result of having extended himself both musically and emotionally. SecretlyCanadian-170 CD $11.50 Various Psychedelic Days Volume 2 (6X7") PS, UK Subtitled: A Collection of Ultra Rare 45s from the UK psych scene 1965-68. "From the original master tapes, 6 mega-rare 7" singles from the UK '60s psychedelic scene culled from the Universal/Decca archives. Each 45 features exact original labels, and pressed on very high quality DMM virgin vinyl. Strictly limited edition of 500 copies only. The first sets sold out instantly! Each 45 has been selected for rarity and killer music quality, many b-sides have never appeared before till now! Comes housed in deluxe hand-made full color box complete with booklet insert." Artists include: Marc Bolan, Timebox, Barry Mason, Keith Shields, Focal Point, & Andy Forray. Acme 45 $50.00 Various Yee-Haw!: The Other Side of Country PS, US QDK CD $15.00 Various Yee-Haw!: The Other Side of Country PS, US QDK LP $17.00 Various Molten Strings, Train Wrecks & Birdsong PS, US From the scathing, feedback blasts yielded by FRED LONBERG-HOLM's cello & mini-amplifiers, to the dexterous blur of C. SPENCER YEH's violin fretwork, from the pastoral vistas of PETER WRIGHT's Danelectro 12 string, to the billowy dirges of BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL, ZAIMPH, FAMILY UNDERGROUND, & TAIGA REMAINS. Lending the record even further diversity are joyous bouzouki renderings from THE NORTH SEA, & damaged, eerie & beautiful contributions from ROBERT HORTON & BROTHERS OF THE OCCULT SISTERHOOD. LIMITED to 1000 StudentsofDecay CD $10.50 Various Circular Grooves Volume 2 (6X7") PS, UK Subtitled: A Collection of Ultra Rare 45s from the UK Mod Scene 1965-67. "From the original master tapes, 6 mega-rare 7" singles from the 60s UK mod scene culled from the Universal/Decca archives. Each 45 features exact original labels, and pressed on very high quality DMM virgin vinyl. Strictly limited edition of 500 copies only. The first sets sold out instantly! Each 45 has been selected for rarity and killer music quality, many b-sides have never appeared before till now! Comes housed in deluxe hand-made full color box complete with booklet insert." Artists include: The Beatstalkers, The Hi Numbers, The Hipster Image, Rob & Dean Douglas, The Habits, & Loose Ends. Acme 45 $50.00 Various Forwards In Backwards Time PS, US The Ohm Resistance singles and EPs 1-9 with bonuses, marking the beginning of our musical output - hard drum n bass from Mick Harris (as Quoit), Submerged, Temulent, and other irresponsible partiers. The origins of the label when it was one of the few US outposts for drum n bass music - always challenging the limitations of the musical format. The early vinyls took what was to be considered "dance" music and turned it out, giving it a rawer, punker, grittier feel. CD1 1. Temulent - Drugged [Remix] 2. Quoit Vs. Submerged - Everything You Do Is Wrong 3. Knuckledown - Gangbang 4. Knuckledown - Mephisto 5. Submerged - 110 6. Temulent - Monoplegia 7. Quoit - Clasp 8. Quoit - Clasp [Version] 9. Knuckledown - Watersnake 10. Scorn - Out Of [Submerged Remix] 11. Quoit Vs. Submerged - Page Fault CD2 1. Temulent - Alchaloid 2. Temulent - Kill For Me 3. Temulent - Cease + Desist 4. Temulent - Dopesick 5. Temulent - Distant Suns 6. Submerged - Alchaloid Reshape 7. Temulent - Pins + Needles 8. Temulent - Dimwit 9. Temulent - Sarcoma 10. Submerged - For The Ohm-1 DCD $13.25 Various After Dark PS, US Feat. all unreleased songs by GLASS CANDY, CHROMATICS, FARRAH, PROFESSOR GENIUS & MIRAGE. The future of dance music is here. Over 70 minutes of music. ItaliansDoItBetter 3XLP $24.00 Various Wild N Ravin' Volume 2 (6X7") PS, UK Subtitled: A Collection of Ultra Rare 45s from the UK R&B Freakbeat Scene 1964-66. "From the original master tapes, 6 megarare 7" singles from the '60s UK R&B/freakbeat scene culled from the Universal/Decca archives. Each 45 features exact original labels, and pressed on very high quality DMM virgin vinyl. Strictly limited edition of 500 copies only. The first sets sold out instantly! Each 45 has been selected for rarity and killer music quality, many B-sides have never appeared before till now! Comes housed in deluxe hand-made full color box complete with booklet insert." Artists include: The Birds, The Blue Stars, The Chasers, The Truth, David John & The Mood, & The Frays. Acme 45 $50.00 Various Breaking Point: 20 Hard-Edged Beat Diamonds PS, UK This is the Psychic Circle label's second volume of prime beat mostly from the '60s UK, with a couple of excursions into Europe. So here we all are once again, gathered around the notional Dansette. A tottering stack of vinyl awaits our investigation. Is it gear or is it grotty? Fear not, for we do not have the burden of uncertain critique thrust upon us. All the sounds presented within have passed aural muster, and are straining to enthrall the listener. Unearthed, dusted down, and shoved frugging into the spotlight, we have a top Liverpool band recording under a pseudonym, a British soap star, a Dutch outfit who briefly featured a future UK prog-rock superstar, and a band of hard-rockin' sailors, plus a whole lot more. Specially compiled by legendary psych musician and Psychic Circle label-head, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond). Artists include: Liverpool Five, Shorty & Them, James Tamlin, The Muldoons, The MI5, The Dennisons, Lee Grant & The Capitols, Hamilton King, Tages, The Dee Tees, The Circles, The Shakers, The Mike Cotton Sound, Lee Curtis & The All Stars, Chris Kerry, Tiffany & The Thoughts, The Moonlighters, George Bean, Kenny & The Wranglers, and Les Cruches. PsychicCircle-7023 CD $16.25 Verbena Souls for Sale [re-issue] PS, US FatPossum CD $12.25 Warm Morning Silver Rain PS, US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a 5-song CD & 2-song 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. Drawing on influences that span the past four decades, Warm Morning's polished vocal arrangements have all the charm of Liverpool's Lotus Eaters. Only pressed 300 copies, you don't want to miss it! Shelflife CD/45 $17.75 Weezer S-T (The Red Album) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DGC LP $20.00 Wether & A Snake In The Garden Split (Cassette) PS, US Head to head harshness from two solo east coasters. this split is kind of like a replay of a show in hartford, ct many moons ago. snake killed the dining room, then wether immediatly brawled the living quarters. if i could remember anything from that night, i would share it here, but it's all pretty much a brain musher. one burner a piece, both 10 minutes of steady pedal pummeling. three different covers. 905 CASS $5.00 Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [vinyl re-issue] PS, US Not a triple-LP but double-LP that comes with the CD of the album as well as download codes. Still exciting, yes? Nonesuch 3LP $25.75 Williams, Andre Can You Deal With It? PS, US Bona fide R&B legend (penned "Shake a Tail Feather") wants us all to know that he can still get around and get down w/ the hellhound sound. This is some heavy punk-soul along with the Hellhounds w/ their fat horns & Crecent City oddball genius QUINTRON on organ. Bloodshot CD $11.75 Wilson, Dennis Pacific Ocean Blue PS, US Pure genius. Sundazed 3XLP $35.00 Wilson, J. Frank & The Cavaliers Last Kiss [retrospective] PS, US In 1999, Pearl Jam scored a #1 hit with 'Last Kiss.' The original version was recorded in Texas by J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers and hit #1 in November of 1964. Hear all the recordings from J.Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers, including two different versions of 'Last Kiss.' A 25 track collection of previously-unreleased recordings and stunning sound from the original master tapes make this a must-have for fans of the '60s! A richly designed CD booklet details the complete rise and fall of the group and the effect stardom had on their decline. Cicadelic CD $13.00 Wire Magazine #294 PS, US ZINE $10.25 Wooden Shjips Vol. 1 PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! HolyMountain LP $14.00 Wright, Peter At Last a New Dawn PS, US All of the familiar & wonderous WRIGHT touchstones are present here in pristine form: a wealth of gorgeous, ghostly guitar drones & swells, & impeccably employed field recordings from manifold fascinating sources. Also worth noting is the emergence of some slightly harsher sounds found here, a divergence from the traditionally pastoral nature of much of WRIGHT's catalog. This is the sound of misery and death, & ultimately, of hope & redemption. LIMITED to 500 StudentsofDecay DCD $20.50 Forthcoming Releases 31Knots Worried Well (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Plainly stated, 31Knots hasn't moved in a new direction so much as they've ripened tofull maturity, evolved into the creature they're meant to be. Previous efforts are just as tightly wrapped, just as fierce and incendiary. But something is different. Something here is new. It deserves to be called out as thought provoking and well written music in a time when substance is quickly giving way to music of commerce and palatability. There is no band like 31Knots and Worried Well finds them at the full height of their powers. Polyvinyl CD $12.50 31Knots Worried Well (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Polyvinyl LP $12.50 Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno Hotter Than Inferno / Live in Sapporo 2008 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, POLAND Recorded live at Counter Action, Sapporo, Japan, 29 June 2008 2 tracks: 1. Master Of The Cosmic Inferno ~ Heart Of Earth 2. Pink Lady Lemonade ~including Doobie Wonder Land. Time 72:26 AMT are: Tabata Mitsuru (bass, voice, malatab), Higashi Hiroshi ( synthesizer, guitar, dancin'king), Shimura Koji (drums, latino cool), Pikachu (drums, voice, cosmic shaman), Kawabata Makoto (guitar, speed guru). Vivo-038 CD $15.50 Action Biker Hesperian Puisto (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, SWEDEN It really is time for Action Biker's first solo album! It has now been six years since she emerged as an artist doing fun and popular live shows and releasing CD-R's in the indie pop scene of Gothenburg, Sweden, which included people like Jens Lekman and The Honeydrips. Since then, Sarah Nyberg Pergament has been involved in other projects, such as Flow Flux Clan, Kissing Mirrors and The Dreamers, whose record "Day For Night" has received great acclaim from different places around the world. Over the years, Sarah has also performed lots of Action Biker shows (some, as an opening act for Le Tigre and The Embassy), contributed to recordings with Lars Blek (The Field), Differnet and The Honeydrips, and all this time, new recordings with Action Biker have popped up on compilations and singles. In brief, when "Hesperian Puisto" finally is released, it means the début of someone with a lot of experienceŠ The record is named after the Hesperian park in Helsinki, Finland, where Sarah lived for a while. She describes her music as baroque on synthesizers. It is pop music built on complex naivety - altogether very accessible music with distinct vocals and a crispy, sweet, analogue sound. Two great-looking videos are also included on the CD. References and Influences: Young Marble Giants, Broadcast, Dislocation Dance, Moondog, Virna Lindt, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Antena, Francoise Hardy, Saint Etienne, Brian Eno, Ghost Box, Stereolab, Fred Astaire, Maurice Ravel, ESG, Komeda, Cluster, Flying Lizards, Syd Barrett, The Passions, St Christopher, John Barry, Can, Human League, Colleen, Marine Girls, Eric Dolphy, Telex, George Delerue, The Wake, Kraftwerk, Lori & The Chameleons, Differnet. FriendlyNoise-69 CD $13.50 AIDS Wolf Cities of Glass (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! LovePumpUnited DLP $18.75 AIDS Wolf Cities of Glass (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH) PS, US "Easily one of the best bands in the city right now. Discordance still rules their roost, but more prog is rearing its head--that both teases & startles" - Montreal Mirror SkinGraft CD $14.25 Asva What You Don't Know Is Frontier (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US Created by Stuart Dahlquist, formerly of BURNING WITCH, SUNN0))), & GOATSNAKE, this is a lyricless album of epic doom metal. Beautiful artwork and packaging. Southern CD $14.25 Asva What You Don't Know Is Frontier (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Southern LP $17.00 Aughra Proof of Dark Matter \| Light the Lights (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! MagicBullet LP $14.50 Aughra Proof of Dark Matter \| Light the Lights (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US Instrumental in nature, the album succinctly captures the duality Eyestone's solo work has steadily become known for: equal parts of both eerie, creeping horror-movie-inspired isolationist chillers & soaring, feel-good, dynamic melody. The end result is an engrossing foray into a world of instant nostalgia, haunting introspection, & intangible inspiration from shadowy sources. MagicBullet CD $11.75 Bauhaus Sky's Gone Out (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US 3rd full length, originally released is 1982, & their 1st for A&M in States (in the UK it was released on Beggars Banquet). Opening w/ a shredding run through the Brian Eno track "Third Uncle", feat. some of Daniel Ash's most thrilling guitar work & Peter Murphy's strongest lyrical content yet. 4MenwithBeards LP $16.75 Bauhaus Burning From The Inside (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US 4th release, originally released in 1983, this managed to succeed despite massive setbacks & feat. some of the strongest performances of the band's career, w/ inspired work from Murphy when he was able to return to recording, & the 1st lead vocal performances from bandmates Daniel Ash & David J. 4MenwithBeards LP $16.75 Belle And Sebastian Dear Catastrophe Waitress (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US Repress! Double-LP in gatefold sleeve. RoughTrade DLP $26.00 Black Nielson Current Sunlight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH) PS, AUSTRALIA Beautiful 2005 album from now defunct British troubadours. Mike now plays in LTI band Co-pilgrim. At just under 5 years since the inception of the band, Black Nielson has established an impressive reputation, both on record and as a live act. The modest level of success achieved by the band can be traced in a steady trajectory from noble beginnings on the south coast of England, formed by principle songwriter Michael Gale... And that trajectory shows no sign of abating. LowTransitIndustries-022 CD $13.50 Brain Police Electric Fungus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US First time available outside of Iceland. Driven by magnificent force & great personal charisma. Some seriously heavy tunes. SmallStone CD $13.25 Brain Police S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US Icelandic citizens w/the souls of American rock gods. Fueled by a desire to play dirty, kick-ass rock 'n' roll, they rose like a comet from relative obscurity to become one of Iceland's biggest rock acts. Hailed by fellow Icelandic musician Jnnsi Birgisson (Sigur Rns) as "one of Iceland's greatest bandsone of my favorites" SmallStone CD $13.25 Briggs, Anne Time Has Come (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Originally released in 1971. This album feat. many self-penned numbers as well as a few contemporary covers w/ Briggs playing guitar & bouzouki. Briggs only released two albums & a handful of singles/EPs before retiring from the music business making this reissue an important document of the British folk revival. 4MenwithBeards LP $16.75 Briggs, Anne S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Originally released in 1971. She was a huge influence on the entire British folk-rock movement, especially other female singers such as Sandy Denny, Jacqui McShee, & Maddy Prior. This album is a strong collection of traditional folk songs & original material & one of the most important releases of the British folk revival. 4MenwithBeards LP $16.75 Briggs, Anne S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Thankfully this, her first & strongest record, reissued for the first time w/ the original cover. On CD Water CD $14.25 Brothers & Sisters Fortunately (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US MOJO MAGAZINE: "Austin-based 8-piece who sound like Big Star jamming w/Neil Young (New Life) & The Jayhawks (Without You), The Mamas & the Papas, Byrds, even Ray Davies in a swamp. Country rock ballads & pop perfection, w/imperfections in the home-made, one take sound to make it all the more engaging" CallaLilyCompany CD $12.00 Caesars Strawberry Weed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US New album from Swedish Garage-Pop Kingpins. Astralwerks CD $12.50 Callers Fortune (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH) PS, US The 11 songs here channel a temporal sense of place & hope over despair. W/the wounded perseverance of Karen Carpenter & the vulnerable, tough-as-nails courage of Heart's Ann Wilson, SARA LUCAS' voice is rich & unforgettable. RYAN SEATON's guitar work is equally engaging, as he masterfully delivers beautiful & unusual chords, gritty distortion, & even intricate flourishes that call to mind the ever-impressive Tinariwen. WesternVinyl CD $13.25 Carr, Derek The Digital Space Race (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, IRELAND Derek Carr is one of Ireland's unsung heroes of soulful techno. Derek has been making music for almost 2 decades now (if you include his early experiments as a 14 year old with a Casio sampler). Following many releases over the past 7 years on a wide variety of electronic labels now comes his anticipated debut album for Psychonavigation Records.. 'The Digital Space Race' compiles ten tracks of sublime electronic music that can be enjoyed equally in the stoned privacy of your home or on the dance floor. For fans of John Beltran,B12,The Black Dog, Carl Craig... this is an essential record. Psychonavigation-025 CD $15.50 Clientele, The That Night, A Forest Grew (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH) PS, SPAIN This is the third, and last, of a trilogy of E.P.s the Clientele have recorded for Acuarela. They have always used the Acuarela E.P.s as a way to stretch out between albums, to create a through-the-looking-glass version of the band that shadows the better-known history of their albums. 'Ariadne' experimented with drones and minimalism; 'The Lost Weekend' stretched the foggy sound of their debut to epic proportions. In contrast "That Night, a Forest Grew' is the most commercial and -shockingly- danceable thing they've ever recorded. Part Bacharach, part Television, part Orange Juice, the E.P. shares the pristine clarity, light and shade of 'God Save the Clientele', but adds a new element of summer pop perfection. This is The Clientele as a hazily remembered 1970s cartoon series, all distanced off-key colors; imaginary summer hits, radio waves beamed in from a dream-discotheque. Acuarela-067 CD5 $8.25 Crystal Antlers S-T EP (PRE-ORDER: DUE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US Ballsout psych-rock-garage-soul from Long Beach long-hairs: rips, shreds, thrashes... Fans of Wooden Shjips' mind-numbingness and A Place To Bury Strangers' visceral intensity will find this majorly mandatory. PITCHFORK: "Merging psych, garage, lo-fi, prog, and countless other influences, the group easily maintains consistency despite a complete inability to be pinned to any specific movement or trend... It's tempting to be patient and call this disc a stopgap on the way to a triumphant debut full-length. But EP is plenty substantial as is; at 25 minutes, it's only a few shy of Nouns or, more to the point, any number of psych-rock classics from decades past." Self-Released CD5 $5.50 Cubenx The Cold Swells (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, MEXICO Deep tecnho with dub and IDM melodic flourishes with beautifully processed sounds. México's Cubenx is the new face of Techno who recently signed into Paris' Infiné recordings. Buy if you like intelligent techno a la Kompakt. StaticDiscos-027 CD $12.25 D+ What is Doubt For? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH) PS, US KARL BLAU, Phil Elverum (MT. EERIE/MICROPHONES) & Bret Lunsford (BEAT HAPPENING) return w/their 6th proper release that continues further down their path of minimalism. Knw-Yr-Own CD $14.75 Dandy Warhols Earth to the Dandy Warhols (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US New album! Beat/EMD CD $15.25 Davila 666 S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! IntheRed LP $10.50 Davila 666 S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH) PS, US Over the past 2 yrs, they have amassed a large local following & their shows have a reputation as must-see spectaculars. A set functions almost like a theatrical event, as the band presents a thematic environment in which viewers are called to interact w/ props & exotic dancers. Their sound is the combination of obvious rock 'n' roll classics like the Stones, Stooges, Velvets, & Dolls, along w/ less likely influences such as Mazzy Star, Li'l Wayne, & Plan B. IntheRed CD $14.25 Death Vessel Nothing is Precious Enough (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Subpop LP $12.50 Death Vessel Nothing is Precious Enough (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Death Vessel has toured with Iron And Wine, Low, Jose Gonzalez, and The Books, among others. Recorded with longtime producer/collaborator Pete Donnelly (The Figgs), this is Death Vessel's (Joel Thibodeau's) Sub Pop debut. The music is haunting and spiritual, mysterious and kind, ageless and contemporary, soulful and psychedelic. In short, it's where the requiem meets the rock 'n' roll. Subpop CD $12.50 Dianogah QHNNNL (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Southern LP $15.00 Dianogah QHNNNL (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US New album from CHGO trio, features guest appearance from pal Andrew Bird. Jason, Kip & Jay have played together since January of 1995. Their core instrumentation is a trio of two bass guitars and one drummer. ANDREW BIRD plays violin on several songs, Jay steps up to the mic, and Stephanie Morris (SCOTLAND YARD GOSPEL CHOIR) also sings. A Midwestern musical goldmine. Southern CD $15.00 Disciplines, The Smoking Kills (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, NORWAY PRE-ORDER @ $15.00, regular price $17.00. New band featuring KEN STRINGFELLOW. The Disciplines--a razor sharp, fuel efficient jet machine blending a full-on, rock blast worthy of AC/DC with anthemic melodies as sweet and singable as ABBA; a place where indie-level humility and charm meets a stadium-sized musical reach. Formed by American indie icon Ken Stringfellow (the Posies, R.E.M., Big Star, Lagwagon etc.) and the three instrument-wielding members of Norwegian chart successes Briskeby, the Disciplines have just released their first album, SMOKiNG KiLLS (Voices Music & Ent., Norway/Denmark). The album has already drawn rave reviews in the Norwegian national media; the singles "Best Mistake" and "Oslo" are bona fide chart hits; the band has been the subject of its own TV special and is on most of the major festivals in Norway this summer. The band was asked by Snow Patrol to support their London show last year; R.E.M. included the track "Yours for the Taking" on their Q magazine mix CD and has tagged the band to support their Scandinavian stadium shows in September. Coming up: a feature on Ken in Elle Scandinavia; festival and club dates in Netherlands, Spain and France; and a partnership with Chess Mobile that will put the band on screens large and small this summer (Chess will release a limited edition Disciplines phone that will come pre-loaded with the album and other features specific to the band). The band has played in Helsinki & Berlin and is looking at hitting both North and South America in the next year. VME CD $15.00 Don Cabellero Punkgasm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Relapse DLP $23.00 Don Cabellero Punkgasm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Explodes w/all of the bands legendary trademarks: wildly inventive poly-rhythms; layers of looping guitar acrobatics; rich melodies & textures; & expansive compositions that evolve & unfold from start to finish. The albums more relaxed feel sees the band pushing their sound in a host of surprising new directions. Relapse CD $15.00 Eden Express Que Amors Que (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US ON VINYL! Feat. CLOUDLAND CANYON DUDE. The witchy beauty recalls Pan y Regalis, Charlie & Esdor, & early tropicalia albums. Pour yourself & a friend some cocktails, sit by the pool, & try to become lucid as your bare, tanned forearms grow beyond 17 ft long. HolyMountain LP $16.00 Experimental Audio Research Beyond The Pale (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH) PS, UK Originally recorded way back in 1992 - Beyond The Pale was E.A.R.'s first album, although it remained unreleased until 1996. Pete Kember, working with Eddie Prevost (AMM), Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine) and Kevin Martin (God) recorded six tracks at Far Heath Studios, Northampton and mixed the resulting audio at MBV Studios, London. This release for 2008 features artwork from the highly collectible artist Kozick, with design overseen by Pete Kember. SpaceAge-031 CD $17.75 Fiery Furnaces Remember (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US This double CD live album features 51 tracks spanning the band's entire catalog and was recorded over the past three years of constant touring. CD comes in a deluxe 6-panel digipack with coupon to download an exclusive bonus track. ThrillJockey CD $15.00 Fiery Furnaces Remember (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Vinyl is housed in a custom-made old style tip-on gatefold jacket with a pasted-in flap that holds the third LP. Also includes download coupon. ThrillJockey 3XLP $21.75 Giant Sand Provisions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 2ND) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! YepRoc DLP $18.25 Giant Sand Provisions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 2ND) PS, US The musical family tree of the group is long & illustrious, spawning bands like Calexico & The Friends of Dean Martinez. Howe Gelb has steadily amassed a prolific catalog of material that spans the wealth of southwestern roots & lo-fi. This is cinematic Americana at its most aching, an album of tremolo soaked guitars, moody piano & secrets whispered over desert winds. Features talented friends/collaborators such as Neko Case, M. Ward & Isobell Campbell. YepRoc CD $14.50 Girl Talk Feed The Animals (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23TH) PS, US Pittsburgh artist Gregg Gillis (a.k.a. Girl Talk) has scrupulously created music from samples for over eight years. His fourth album on the Illegal Art label, Feed the Animals, continues his sonic evolution towards his party-infested live show and steps even closer towards a creation that is centered on pop musicality rather than attention-deficit sample splicing. Girl Talk has been known to underground audiences for several years, but it wasn't until 2006 that Gillis crossed over and caught the attention of a larger audience. With Rolling Stone, SPIN, Blender, Pitchfork, and even Beck including Night Ripper in their "best albums of 2006" lists, Girl Talk has gone on to be booked by major festivals (Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Virgin, All Points West, Pitchfork, DEMF, etc.), and solicited for remixes (Beck, Thrill Jockey, Tokyo Police Club, Grizzly Bear, Simian Mobile Disco, Peter Bjorn & John, TeddyBears, and Of Montreal). And with roughly 200 live shows over the last couple of years, Gillis has consistently played larger venues to capacity crowds (every date on his 2007 North American tour with Dan Deacon sold out). PRESS QUOTES: "One endlessly entertaining mega mash-up" - Rolling Stone "Gillis' craft is stunning and his tastes are exquisitely diverse" - Blender "A masterpiece that employs an estimated 300 samples" - SPIN "Massively recommended ... the voracious music fan's dream" --- Pitchfork "Media assassins Illegal Art come forth with yet another brilliant Girl Talk record." - XLR8R "Sounds like your favorite mash-up DJ after about 11 espressos" - Entertainment Weekly "Mashes together booty-shaking rap, iconic indie rock, and, uh, ABBA" - MTV.com. IllegalArt-117 CD $14.25 Hanson, Jeff Madam Owl (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US This album does not mark a radical departure from his previous two records, as the essential elements are still here. The bare acoustic prettiness of his debut "Son" and the handcrafted pop cleverness of "Jeff Hanson" have been developed further. And, like its predecessors, this release contains a set of pop-music symphonies, each one of which feels like it could be the record's single. KillRockStars CD $13.25 Heaviness S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US This Swedish band's own brand of mayhem pop has been very well received in the neo-shoegaze camp. Electric violin, driving drums, flowing guitar, & bittersweet vocals forge a path through a forest of anxiety, longing & oppression. The songs strike you down w/their brute force only to lift you up w/the beauty of their melodies. Special Japanese issue featuring a bonus track/new artwork. Quince CD $13.75 Hill, Zach Astrological Straits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US 1st solo release from founding member of HELLA & frequent collaborator w/ Mike Patton, Mick Barr, etc. Considered one of the most innovative drummers in modern music, he spent the last year creating this album. 2CD feat. an all-star cast incl. LES CLAYPOOL, CHINO MORENO, NO AGE, MARNIE STERN, & members of !!!, LCD SOUNDSYSEM, HELLA, & more. Ipecac DCD $16.25 Hill, Zach Astrological Straits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Licensed on vinyl from IPECAC, comes packaged in a high quality, heavy-stock jacket w/ insert. Limited to 1000 for first pressing. Anticon DLP $21.50 Human Highway Moody Motorcycle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! SuicideSqueeze LP $14.00 Human Highway Moody Motorcycle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US This duo presents a sound reminiscent of 50s/60s soul and doo-wop (i.e., The Everly Brothers). Human Highway came about while Jim Guthrie and Nick Thorburn (Islands, ex-Unicorns) were on tour with Islands. Vinyl comes with a coupon for a free digital download. SuicideSqueeze CD $12.50 Jaguar Love Take Me To The Sea (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Formed from members of the Blood Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves, Portland, OR's Jaguar Love add heavy-duty glam moves and crunchy, addictive hooks to the mix on this debut. "The beauty of Jaguar Love is how they manage to compose songs so intentionally vicious, strange, and manic, and yet totally hook-driven" - Seattle Times. Matador CD $10.00 Jaguar Love Take Me To The Sea (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Matador LP $14.00 Jason & The Scorchers The EMI Years (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US New digitally remastered two-CD set from this American Cow Punk vanguard who mixed their Country roots with a rockin' edge. Led by Jason Ringenberg, this Alt-Roots band signed to EMI in the mid'80s and released two critically successful albums and received plenty of airplay on college radio. This double disc set features their two albums for EMI (1985's Lost and Found and Still Standing, released the following year) plus live material and B-sides. Also includes the Fervor EP, geez. Acadia DCD $27.25 Jem Down to Earth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 2ND) PS, US The album reflects the singer/songwriters far-ranging influences including Brazilian percussion on the title track, a hip shacking track complete w/funky banjos on "Crazy", the tempestuous Latin-flavored track "I Want You To...", a dance-pop tune "Aciid!" in which she sings in Japanese, & a moving collaboration w/South African singer-songwriter & poet-activist VUSI MAHLASELA on the track "You Will Make it" ATO CD $12.50 Jesu Why Are We Not Perfect? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH) PS, US On this five track EP, Justin Broadrick has set aside the heavy foundation of pounding guitars prevalent in past recordings and brought to the fore elements of texture and melody. "...Broadrick has layered so many blurps, wooshes, and digital gnarls throughout each song, they take on a life of their own" - Decibel. "Dripping heavy, cascading walls of sound" - Spin. HydraHead CD $10.00 Jesu/Battle of Mice Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US Several years in the making, each band offers 2 exclusive, lengthy tracks on this limited-edition release. JESU, comprised of the cult-followed JUSTIN K. BROADRICK (Godflesh, Napalm Death, Techno Animal), showcases heavy music on the darker end of the spectrum. BATTLE OF MICE (members of Red Sparrowes, Storm of Light) contribute the most sinister songs they've ever recorded. Heavier than their debut album, yet more dynamic overall, & possibly their last recordings ever. Both formats come in deluxe packaging w/ metallic silver ink & spot matte finish. Limited one-time pressings of 2000 copies each format. RoboticEmpire CD $15.25 Jesu/Battle of Mice Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Limited vinyl LP version available in 4 different colors, 500 each, in deluxe packaging w/ metallic silver ink & spot matte finish.. RoboticEmpire LP $19.00 Judys, The Land Of Plenty [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2008) PS, US First ever official release for The Judys last album, recorded but never released! In 1990, The Judy's set out to record a new album with a new Judy's sound. Featuring the lineup that had been established over a number of years the band, including Barbara Donaho (keyboards/guitars), Lee Malone (bass), and Darwin Keys (drums), set out to explore new horizons musically and thematically. Land of Plenty injected multi-layered keyboards and guitars, stacked vocals, a gospel choir, and even a bit of banjo into the band's palatte and sought to realize Bean's vision of a new Americana musical landscape. Broad in its scope and daring in its expansion of the band's definition of itself, Land of Plenty was shelved when the group disbanded before the CD's release. While a handful of copies have been given out, this is first time this long sought-after project has been available to the general public. WastedTalent CD $15.00 Judys, The Moo [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE 2008) PS, US The original 'Moo' album finally re-issued on CD for the first time! CD sports seven bonus tracks, mainman David Bean's "Modomusic" EP. Released almost four years to the day after Washarama and following an eighteen month hiatus, The Judy's Moo album has a slightly more progressive sound: richer production values, fuller arrangements and thicker harmonies. As the band returned to the stage in 1985, this was the album that showed the band's maturity and development as songwriters and musicians. The twelve songs on Moo, laced with solid-state irony, well-placed cynicism and standard issue Judys' wit, show the band at the peak of their creativity and acted as a springboard for their live extravaganzas. The album was released with The Moo Tour - a month of live performances across the state which included giant cereal boxes, moving conveyer belts of milk cartons, and a dancing cow while the band donned milkman uniforms. Critically acclaimed and fan-revered, The Moo Album continues to be a milestone in Texas pop music. WastedTalent CD $15.00 Kid Montana Temperamental + Singles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, UK LTM is pleased to announce a double CD set from Kid Montana, the Belgian electronic pop duo who recorded a string of acclaimed releases for chic label Les Disques du Crépuscule between 1984 and 1987. Temperamental + Singles gathers together the Temperamental album from 1986 with six track mini-album The Las Vegas Gold Rush and singles such as Revisiting Yalta, Spooky, Love May Be Blind and Still Colour Waiting. Featured producers include Marc Moulin and dan Lacksman (of Telex) and Gilbert Lederman (Berntholer). Digitally remastered, the 31 track, 2 hour 2xCD compilation also includes all tracks from the rare debut ep Today from 1982, and three tracks from a final unreleased demo recorded in 1987. The CD also includes MPEG versions of the video clips for Still Color Waiting and Spooky, directed by Serge Bergli. Artist biography: Kid Montana was initially the nom de guerre of Jean-Marc Lederman, formerly keyboard player with Digital Dance and Fad Gadget. After an experimental debut EP on Sandwich Records in 1982, Lederman spent time in London playing with The The and Gene Loves Jezebel, before recruiting American-born singer Dudley Kludt for the second Kid Montana single, Revisiting Yalta, in 1984. The following year the duo signed with Les Disques du Crépuscule, releasing a run of sophisticated electro-pop records, although mainstream success eluded them. The duo split in 1987, Lederman afterwards recording several hard electronic albums with The Weathermen, and with Julianne Regan as Jules et Jim. LTM-2516 CD $17.00 Latinsizer 110 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, MEXICO Electronic disco pop digitalized with analog machines. Latinsizer is Pepe Mogt, one of the main engines of the Nortec Collective (Fussible). 110 is Latinsizer's second album and debut for Static Discos, a banging collection of electro songs and neu-disco anthems. StaticDiscos-028 CD $12.25 Lindstrom Where You Go I Go Too (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Well known for his epic & ultra melodic disco, it might come as a surprise that this album only contains three long tracks, with the opening track being almost 29 minutes long! But when you listen to this album, you hear that it is still very much Lindstrom... just more Lindstrom--bigger, longer, more epic & more melodic. Lindstrom says, "I realized that working within 30 minutes instead of five minutes frames forced me to think very differently to what I was used to... when working on longer tracks, there's so much more time to develop different themes & to let them evolve" SmalltownSupersound CD $14.50 Machine Fabriek & Stephen Vitiello Box Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US Rutger and Stephen sort of accidentally met through e-mail. A simple note regarding an ordering question for a CD led to an enthusiastic e-mail conversation and climaxed in a musical collaboration. This all happened in a very short period, both musicians being very inspired by the concept of "exchange," as a means to cross space and time -- Rutger living in the Netherlands and Stephen in Virginia. Most of the time, when (electronic) musicians work together it's a matter of swapping digital files. In this case they decided to do something different and sent each other a box full of (mostly non-musical, or musically non-functional) objects and recordings, with the "assignment" to make music with those objects and all as source materials. As the titles tell, we're talking about an egg cutter, thumb piano, a broken kraakle box, rice, chocolate sprinkles, old cassette tapes, a broken 7" record, etcetera, etcetera. Both musicians made two of their own solo tracks with the box they received, and the last track was done together by Rutger adding sounds and processing to a piece started by Stephen. For Rutger/ Machinefabriek this is part of his most delicate work. For Stephen, it was a new and extremely enjoyable form of long-distance collaboration. Machinefabriek: Rutger Zuydervelt, better known as Machinefabriek, lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Started as Machinefabriek in 2004, he released 40+ small run home-made cdr's as well as work for Type Records, Lampse, Digitalis, Staalplaat (Mort Aux Vaches) and now 12K. A double remix cd was released in 2007, with interpetations by Alva Noto, Pita, Mitchell Akiyama, Xela, Gert-Jan Prins and many more. Collaborations (live or recording) include Steinbrüchel, Jasper TX, Wouter van Veldhoven, Simon Nabatov, Frans de Waard, Aaron Martin and Peter Broderick. Stephen Vitiello: Stephen Vitiello is a sound and media artist based in Richmond, VA. CD releases include Bright and Dusty Things (New Albion), Listening to Donald Judd (Sub Rosa) and Untitled/Exchange, a collaborative CD with Michael J. Schumacher (A Question of Re-Entry). Solo exhibitions of Vitiello's sound installations, photographs and drawings have been presented at The Project, NY, Museum 52, London, the Texas Gallery, Houston, TX and Diapason, NYC. Group exhibitions include the 2002 Whitney Biennial and the 2006 Biennial of Sydney. Over the last 18 years, Stephen has collaborated with numerous musicians and artists including Scanner, Pauline Oliveros, Andrew Deutsch, Julie Mehretu and Tony Oursler. 12K-1048 CD $12.25 Manhattan Love Suicides Burnt Out Landscapes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US "This Leeds foursome's fuzzed-out dream-pop recalls not only JAMC, but also the willowy female vocals of C86 alumni the Shop Assistants. However, rather than revive the sexualized gore of the 80s movie underground-- or the black-leather tropes of recent retro noise-poppers like the Raveonettes-- the Manhattan Love Suicides' elf-titled debut throbs with the giddy vulnerability of the scene that the NME's C86 compilation helped spawn." Pitchfork. The Manhattan Love Suicides have a mission. They want to write, record and release songs on their own accord. The DIY ethic is in their blood. The idea of getting their name out there by writing, recording, and releasing as many songs as you can as a way of promotion is old fashioned at best. This collection of songs is taken from the 4 singles they released over last year with additional unreleased songs as well as some live recordings. The Manhattan Love Suicides wear their influences on their sleeves and never has Phil Spector's Wall of Sound met so cohesively with Jesus and Mary Chain's. The hypnotic noise and feedback are highlighted with a pounding beat and heart breaking female vocals. Just when you are thinking the shoegaze drone will go on the hooks come in and you hear the girl group sounds to keep you from zoning out. For influences think Jesus and Mary Chain, Galaxie 500, The Velvet Underground, The Rosehips, The Golden Dawn, Meat Whiplash... that kind of stuff. Basically these are the bands that every hipster /record store clerk covets in their own collection. The Manhattan Love Suicides feature former members of the much buzzed about Leeds's band Pop Threat. A much talked and written about band that sparked Sonic Youth and Velvet Underground comparisons that released several singles, eps, and tracks that ended up on compilations. Who's songs played by John Peel landed them releases on Fierce Panda and Mook Records. MagicMarker-048 CD $12.25 Maquiladora St. Cecilia's Drowning: Ritual Of Hearts & White Sands Revisited (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9th) PS, SPAIN Maquiladora's create songs from a sense of place. Eric Nielsen, Bruce McKenzie and Phil Beaumont (with occasional guests of Black Heart Procession, Modest Mouse and The God Machine) approach music from all sides, a sound which conjures up moods of the deserts and oceans providing a landscape that is both familiar and remotely distant. Acuarela is pleased to release a new take on Maquiladora's early works on St. Cecilia's Drowning - White Sands And Ritual Of Hearts Revisited. A re-mastered collection of songs recorded between 1995 and 2002, including nine previously unreleased songs, which present a graceful invitation into the musical journey of this reclusive band. ERASING CLOUDS WHITE SANDS: 1. Prostitute Song // 2. Julian // 3.Happy Day // 4. Little Miss R. C. // 5. Ankle // 6. So Far Away // 7. Itchy Song // 8. Termez 1936 // 9. Mr. Grey // 10. Bueno Mis Amigos // 11. Cousin // Bonus Tracks: 12. Light of the Rain // 13. Itchy Song (Live at VPRO) // 14. 12 Steps // 15. A/part // 16. After All RITUAL OF HEARTS: 1. The Secret // 2. Ritual of Hearts // 3. Heaven // 4. Sweet Afton // 5. I'm In Love // 6. A Vow // 7. Sound Of Rain // 8. Dream Of Snakes // 9. Chinese Girl // 10. Avow // 11. She's More Beautiful To Me Than Water And Pure // 12. Static Hum // Bonus Tracks: 13. So Young // 14. Buddy // 15. Boatman's Mantra // 16. Mexico D.F. Acuarela-1083 DCD $16.00 Mena, Javiera Esquemas Juveniles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, CHILE Originally released October 2006. "Esquemas Juveniles" is the debut album of the talented Chilean songwriter Javiera Mena, who shows through this record as a composer and multi instrumentalist of excellence. Refined musical arrangements, dance pop and the energy that project this work, turns her in one of the bigger bets of her generation. Quemasucabeza-015 CD $13.50 Mercury Rev Yerself Is Steam/Lego My Ego [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, UK We can't be the only Rev-heads who need a fresh copy of this stunning early 90s masterpiece, can we? 2007 Special Edition three disc (two CDs and a NTSC/Region 0 DVD) pressing of the classic 1991 debut album from the Alternative weirdoes. The second CD, Lego My Ego (a much sought-after collection of rarities and radio sessions), has been unavailable for 12 years while the DVD, which features rare video clips, has never been released before! Bonus disc, Lego My Ego, tracklist: 1. If You Want Me to Stay / 2. Shh/Peaceful/Very Sleepy Rivers / 3. Frittering / 4. Coney Island Cyclone / 5. Car Wash Hair / 6. Syringe Mouth / 7. Blood on the Moon / 8. Chasing a Bee (Inside a Car) Mint DCD/DVD $21.00 Minisnap Bounce Around (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US Minisnap's "Bounce Around" is the first release by members of The Bats without lead singer/songwriter Robert Scott. Kay Woodward takes the lead with her strong but delicate vocals and her own turn at song writing. The same rhythm section of The Bats is there so the comparisons are hard not to make. The folksy Velvet Underground sound keeps chugging along with Kaye's vocals leading the way. Minisnap features the songwriting skills of Kaye Woodward (vocals, guitar) along with fellow Bats, Paul Kean (bass, guitar) and Malcolm Grant (drums) plus Marcus Winstanley from The Undercurrents on guitar. It isn't often that a member of one of your favorite bands steps from supporting to lead role and completely bowls you over. Kaye does so with her angelic voice and heart filled songs. MagicMarker-048 CD $12.25 Moonbabies, The Take Me to the Ballroom EP (DELAYED PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2008) PS, SWEDEN The second single from their latest album 'Moonbabies at the Ballroom' released last Summer on our Hidden Agenda imprint. Features the exquisite title track plus two previously unreleased gems: "Flip-Top Boxer" and "Crispin Glover". Startracks/Hidden Agenda CD5 $2.00 Moondoggies Don t Be A Stranger (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Seattle's Moondoggies play timeless American music. Warm three-part harmonies, gothic Rhodes organ, and wanderlust guitar mark a sound rooted in boogie blues and cosmic country. Whipsmart songwriting leads to hook-heavy tunes that bristle with originality. Shades of gospel, blues, rock, and country commingle, and wall-of-sound harmonies radiate joy and passion. The influences of The Band, The Byrds, and especially early Grateful Dead are evident, though The Moondoggies' lyrical economy and compositional sensibility render these tracks fresh and unique. HardlyArt CD $10.75 Music Tapes Music Tapes for Clouds & Tornadoes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US This album spotlights Julian Koster's songcraft and distinctive vocals, his almost religious devotion to the singing saw, and numerous contributions from other musicians in the Elephant 6 orbit. As on previous efforts, recording was done using an array of antique hardware, giving the record a timeless, texturally rich sonic palette. Merge CD $13.25 Music Tapes Music Tapes for Clouds & Tornadoes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Merge LP $15.50 New Estate Out of the Ground (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, AUSTRALIA New album from Melbourne indie elite featuring members of Sleepy Township & Jaguar is Jaguar. 'Out of the Ground' is organic, gritty, raw, loud, sometimes mean, sometimes raucous and occasionally placatory. It's the culmination of a five-year search by four adventurers for the perfect synthesis of their different whiles and ways. LowTransitIndustries-051 CD $13.50 New Estate Is It Real? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH) PS, AUSTRALIA 2005 album from Melbourne indie elite featuring members of Sleepy Township & Jaguar is Jaguar. LowTransitIndustries-056 CD $13.50 O'Connor, Jennifer Here With Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Recorded with John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth), "Here With Me" is a breezier, more upbeat work than 2006's "Over The Mountain", but is packed with no less of an emotional wallop. Jennifer's songs have never before sounded this crafted or hit the listener with such immediacy. LP contains MP3 coupon. Look for tour dates supporting Wilco, Jamie Lidell, and Son, Ambulance. Headlining tour in the fall. "A rush of everything you ever liked about indie songwriters: substantial songwriting, crystalline vocals, sumptuously simple pop...you have to love an artist who reminds you of everyone but defies comparison" - Time Out NY. Matador CD $10.00 O'Connor, Jennifer Here With Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Matador LP $14.00 Original Silence Second Original Silence (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! SmalltownSuperjazz LP $18.00 Original Silence Second Original Silence (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US The return of THURSTON MOORE (SONIC YOUTH), TERRIE EX (THE EX), JIM O'ROURKE, MATS GUSTAFSSON (THING), PALL NILSSEN-LOVE (THING), & MASSIMO PUPILLO (ZU). Recorded at a September 28, 2006 performance at Rome, Italy's Brancaleone. Artwork by Kim Hiorthoy SmalltownSuperjazz CD $14.50 Owl Service, The And Alison O'Donnell The Fabric of Folk EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 2ND) PS, UK If you thought social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook were just devices which sucked you into an unstoppable vortex of wasted time, then think again. A chance discussion between Steven Collins and Alison O'Donnell, formerly of legendary Irish prog-folk troupe Mellow Candle, took place on such a website and out of that conversation came the first fruits of this collaboration. The Fabric of Folk is a 5-track EP featuring Collins' in his guise as main man of the Owl Service, one generation of folk-rock crashing head-long into an earlier, glorious era represented here by the considerable vocal talents of Alison O'Donnell. Capturing the many different faces of folk-rock, the five songs here - two are original compositions by the pair, one of which was written with the Straw Bear Band's Dominic Cooper - are perfectly formed, heartfelt and touching but with more than a hint of darkness. This follows on from the Owl Service's previous release for Static Caravan, the Cine 3" CD (VAN 140), and arrives alongside their debut album A Garland of Song, which is being released on Southern Records. Meanwhile, Alison's former band Mellow Candle have returned to prominence on the back of the newly repackaged Swaddling Songs - their solitary album release - which has been remastered and reissued by Esoteric/Cherry Red. Inspired by a mutual recognition and respect, the pairing of Collins' band with O'Donnell is a dreamy combination. Imbued with a sense of revivalism, The Fabric of Folk is far from backward-looking and instead concocts something incredibly new which, while referencing the production techniques and masterful storytelling of Brit-folk's heyday, is bubbling with new ideas and an inherent knack for crafting sublime arrangements. StaticCaravan-142 CD $16.00 Paramount Styles Failure American Style (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH) PS, US This is the 1st solo outing from Scott McCloud (GIRLS AGAINST BOYS). Feat. Richard Fortus (PSYCHEDELIC FURS/GUNS N' ROSES), Alexis Fleisig (Girls Against Boys), & Angela McClusky. The sound of dark forces gathering in a radiant club, at times intimate & at others soaring, slow burns bend & swerve into panoramic lush walls of sound. Konkurrent CD $13.25 Pram The Moving Frontier (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Pram are a quintet from Birmingham's Moseley district and have been subverting what we know as pop music for thirteen years, always managing to stay fresh and ahead of their contemporaries. On this record, they've created a mysterious and wonderful landscape that's sky-wide open. These songs not only soundtrack, but gently prompt and orchestrate a reflective daydream moment. DominoRecordingCo CD $13.00 Pram The Moving Frontier (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DominoRecordingCo LP $14.00 Prisonshake Dirty Moons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Scat DLP $19.25 Prisonshake Dirty Moons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH) PS, US These recordings, all but one done entirely in the analog domain between 1995 to 2007, encompass both realism & psychedelia, sometimes via tape manipulation & found sound. Performances range from the completely live (even vocals) to near Bob Ezrin-levels of production, but all have an everybodyin-the-room recording at their core. Scat DCD $14.25 Ra Ra Riot Rhumb Line (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Their self-titled EP (sold mostly at venues) & the dark-edged joyfulness of their live shows (which feature a kickass co-ed bass-guitardrums-vocal-cello-violin lineup) has garnered acclaim from high-profile media. This is their full-length debut, which features 9 originals & the best Kate Bush cover you've ever heard ("Suspended in Gaffa") Barsuk CD $11.00 Rodriguez Cold Fact (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US It's one of the lost classics of the '60s, a psychedelic masterpiece drenched in colour & inspired by life, love, poverty, rebellion, and, of course, "jumpers, coke, sweet mary jane". The album is Cold Fact & what's more intriguing is that its maker - a shadowy figure known as Rodriguez - was, for many years, lost too. A decade ago, he was rediscovered working on a Detroit building site, unaware that his defining album had become not only a cult classic, but for the people of South Africa, a beacon of revolution. Co-produced by Beastie Boys/Mos Def sample heavy guitarist Dennis Cofffey. Featuring legendary Motown players The Funk Bros. This album is mastered from the original tapes with new deluxe packaging, including a 36 page booklet with unseen photos, archival material & new notes including interviews with Rodriguez. LightInTheAttic CD $16.00 Rosebud Discoballs: A Disco Tribute To Pink Floyd [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US Back in 1979, way before the flood of tribute albums swamped your local record store's bins, this curiosity featuring disco versions of Pink Floyd songs came out on Warner Bros. Now, usually when you put the words 'disco' and 'tribute' together in the same phrase, the result is not going to be pretty. What does, however, make this album reissue-worthy is that two of the folks behind this, Claude Engel and Jannick Top, were members of the legendary French prog group Magma, and they were no doubt instrumental in the adventurous choice of tunes on this record. Sure, 'Money' and 'Have a Cigar', which was a minor hit, are not such a stretch, but disco versions of 'Interstellar Overdrive', 'Arnold Layne' and 'One of These Days'?! Not even Syd Barrett in his wildest dreams could have imagined such a thing! It's easily the most danceable Pink Floyd album ever! Collector'sChoice CD $13.75 Royal We, The S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DominoRecordingCo LP $14.00 Royal We, The S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US The Royal We were a Scottish/American fever dream who broke up before this record was released. A mini-LP of eight near perfect imperfections that hit all those great obscurest touchstones in the tweest of pop music...Orange Juice, The Raincoats, The Pastels, Field Mice. DominoRecordingCo CD $11.00 Sailboats Are White Turbo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH) PS, AUSTRALIA As completely incidental as it may seem, the acronym for Sailboats Are White is in fact SAW. Coincidence? Perhaps, but it's also a pretty accurate musical description. You see, saws are used to cut through things like bone, metal and possibly wood, likewise though, Sailboats' music is just as fierce, cutting and destructive to the senses as say, a lumberjack's saw would be to a maple tree. LowTransitIndustries-040 CD $13.50 sBACH S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US sBACH is Spencer Seim, (Hella, The Advantage). This record is a frenetic mélange akin to the sights, sounds, and sugar rushes of an entire elementary school locked in a Chuck E. Cheese and having to subside on an all-you-can-eat buffet of Fun Dip and Pixie Stix. The animatronic, caffeinated band dishes out phosphorescent doom riffs while running amok with blips and bleeps. Kitschy, stoner rock with jazz rhythms and chicken scratch electronica. SuicideSqueeze CD $12.00 Schaeffer, Janek Extended Play [Triptych for the child survivors of war and conflict] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US LIMITED EDITION 600. LINE is proud to release the latest audio work from British composer and installation artist Janek Schaefer based on his installation of the same title. Installation Reviews: "a piece to return to again and again... haunting and lulling" [The Wire, UK] "so inspirational, and in many ways very spiritual" [Gerry Turvey] "I was so deeply touched by your piece" [Mandeep Kaur Samra] Red is the colour of Life, of Death, and of Love. Scarlett, my first child, was born in 2005, and since then I have been very aware of how lucky we all are. have been constantly comparing this to the fact that my mother was born in Warsaw in 1942 - the epicenter of World War II. How opposite can two beginnings be? This inspired me to produce the Extended Play installation, which continuously and positively celebrates hope and new beginnings, for child survivors in all situations around the world. The original idea for the composition came from learning about the 'Jodoform' system of secret musical messages that were broadcast by the BBC Service, during music they played was given a particular meaning, which was interpreted by Polish Underground. Discovered from the original Jodoform logbook, that the lovely Polish folk song 'Tango Lyczakowskie', was broadcast on the day my mother was born. Song describes how children in 1918, had been forced to take up arms, in defense of their town. From this tune, chose a short rising musical phrase, and with my arranger Michael Jennings, developed a ten-minute score. Each of the three solo parts was then recorded separately, edited, and cut onto vinyl. In the gallery, 3 x Cello EP's, 3 x Piano EP's, and 3 x Violin EP's are played at either 33, 45, or 78rpm using nine retro record players. These play continuously, and each was modified to stop playing briefly in response to the audience moving around the exhibition. This has the effect of changing and extending the composition, so that it is never the same again. Line-036 CD $12.25 Schnauss, Ulrich Stars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Schnauss returns after last year's acclaimed third album, "Goodbye", with this "Stars" EP, highlighting the standout track with a new edit, remixes, and a new version of "Look At The Sky". The MAPS remix takes "Stars" to a new level of hyperactive electronic dream pop, while the Mahogany remix is a dense and spacey turn on the track with layers of added textures. DominoRecordingCo CD5 $6.25 Souls On Board Blood Face (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, AUSTRALIA Like some unholy breeding ground, SOULS ON BOARD are loyal to an ever-evolving matrimony - beauty and dirt, ugliness and invention, dumb and smart, mind-blowing power and grace. BLOOD FACE is the new EP, the Melbourne group's second release after their "hurtling and assured" self-titled EP debut of 2005. Released by wunderkinds Low Transit Industries, the EP saw the band draw comparisons to The Pixies & Sonic Youth. BLOOD FACE picks up the hazardous extremes of that first rugged EP and beats them into a new shape. A shape with pointed edges, electricity in the veins and a wall of psychedelic sound bubbling under a whip-smart guitar bleed section. While the tunes bulge with shining phrases & stirring twists, lyrically BLOOD FACE grapples with dark visions and uncomfortable realities - these ills given some respite by the pop playfulness of the 6 tracker. LowTransitIndustries-049 CD $13.50 Stereolab Chemical Chords (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Their eleventh album is a collection of purposefully short, dense, fast pop songs brimming with Motown-like drums, baroque-pop brass and string arrangements, and mellifluous vocal performances. It is, nonetheless, classic Stereolab; like all their best work, a perfect equipoise between an implausibly cool past and a shamelessly exotic future. "England's lounge-pop heroes" - Blender. "Stereolab's unmistakable cosmonaut pop...a trademarked stamp of the 90s. No one else managed to duplicate their retro-futurist harmony" - Fader. 4AD CD $13.25 Stereolab Chemical Chords (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! 4AD LP $19.25 Sweet, Matthew Sweet Sunshine Lies (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH) PS, US SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE! New album from Matthew Sweet joined by Susanna Hoffs, Ric Menck and Richard Lloyd. Pretty Parasolly, dontcha think? Without warning, this consummate artist just may have made the album of his life, not by consciously trying to recapture the brilliance of his three milestones, Girlfriend, Altered Beast and 100% Fun, but simply by following his big heart, while hot-wiring the process between inspiration and execution so that there's no longer any distance between them. With tongue only partly in cheek, Matthew describes the new record's sound as "power-pop-folk-rock-psychedelic-melodic-singer-songwriter-type stuff." That turns out to be an accurate general description, but the real intrigue is in the details. By turns achingly melodic and drivingly visceral, Sunshine Lies swirls with relatable emotion and bad-ass attitude, seamlessly incorporating the artist's expansive aesthetic from one end (poetry) to the other (noise). On Sunshine Lies, Sweet intermixes his distinctive brand of shimmering folk rock ("Byrdgirl," "Daisychain," "Around You Now") and signature goosebump ballads ("Feel Fear," "Pleasure Is Mine," "Back of My Mind"), with the album's primary impulse, what he refers to as "the crazy songs." These are heady, arrangement-based pieces where anything goes in terms of tone, texture and performance-the mindblowing "Time Machine," the balls-to-the-wall "Room to Rock," the brawny "Flying" and the Who-like "Let's Love." ShoutFactory CD $11.50 Tallest Man On Earth, The Shallow Grave (PRE-ORDER: DELAYED, SALEABLE TBA) PS, SWEDEN Incredible new album, Pitchfork approved. If you thought the EP was great, just wait until this arrives. Folk album of the year? Price to be confirmed, it might be better, it won't be worse. PITCHFORK: "While it's understandable to be skeptical of another skinny dude with a mustache, a guitar, and a worn-out copy of The Anthology of American Folk Music, the more time you invest in Shallow Graves, the more you'll realize how unusually memorable it is. Ultimately, Shallow Graves transcends comparison-- which is saying an awful lot, given the popularity of its prototype-- and Matsson is a natural-born folksinger, earnest, clever, and comforting." Gravitation CD $13.00 Technical Itch You Need Therapy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPT. 9TH) PS, US Technical Itch is the legendary drum n bass artist behind the worldwide phenomenon "THERAPY SESSIONS" club night. From London to Moscow to Philadelphia to Mexico City, Therapy Sessions is unrivaled for the sounds of the heaviest drum n bass music. Technical Itch is the godfather of the movement, with albums on Moving Shadow, and collaborations with Dieselboy, Dylan, Gein, and more. This mix is a stunning representation of the Technical Itch live set - 28 tracks packed into 80 minutes, masterful set programming with peaks, valleys, and change ups into rock and metal, highlighting the flexibility and integration of drum n bass into the musical landscape. Brutal, passionate, and perfect, this is at the level of the best mix output of Dieselboy. OhmResistance-9M CD $13.00 Tex La Homa Little Flashes Of Sunlight On A Cold Dark Sea (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH) PS, SPAIN Departing from the more electronic oriented sounds on previous albums by Tex la Homa, Little Flashes Of Sunlight On A Cold Dark Sea is a collection of eleven acoustic songs featuring Matt Shaw on every instrument, mainly guitar and piano. After releasing six exclusive tracks (which were a prelude to the sound of this last record) entitled Into Timeless Shadows a couple of years ago, Acuarela is proud to present the fourth album by Tex la Homa, an approach towards a more intimate and personal side of his music. Acuarela-1087 CD $13.50 Tractor Kings Homesick (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY?) PS, US Long-awaited new album from reverb-drenched country rockers, led by local icon Jacob Fleischli, who evokes both Lou Reed and Bob Dylan in myriad ways. His new band backs him with a rootsy but grand atmopheric sound, thanks to an evangelical pedal steel, equal parts terrestrial and extra...terrestrial. Think "rural cathedral". Recorded by Matt Talbott (Hum, Centaur) at Great Western Record Recorders. Spur-CD-006 CD $9.00 U.S. Girls Introducing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US If the alluring moniker used by Megan Uremovich conjures images of volleyball teams or cheerleading squads, forget it. Not that there's any doubt that Uremovich couldn't rise & conquer either challenge.RIYL Sally Strobelight, Inca Ore, Diamanda Galas. Hand-screened cover, one time edition of 500 Siltbreeze LP $16.00 Uglysuit S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Quarterstick LP $14.00 Uglysuit S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH) PS, US Oklahoma City's Uglysuit is remarkably fresh-faced and honest; they believe in letting loose, fostering a heartfelt atmosphere of hope and love. Their music is an extended love song to the notion that everything is possible, yet nothing is guaranteed. Look for them on tour supporting Iron And Wine this summer, and on a full US tour upon release. Quarterstick CD $13.00 Various Half Dreaming (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US Shoegaze transcends its British influences & resurfaces in Asia w/this compilation, featuring 16 bands & 16 new, unreleased, or re-recorded tracks. Some of these artists are well known in the Asian scene & others about to debut. Quince-62 CD $13.75 Various Splendid Isolation (Pre-Order) PS, SWEDEN A collection of exclusive tracks from the Radio Dept., Testbild!, Most Valuable Players, Differnet, Action Biker, Viktor Sjöberg, VED, Peter Jackson, Peter Nilsson, Redmalm, Enheten för musik och melodi, Malkovic, Erik de Vahl, Band in a Box, Flow Flux Clan, Robotboy, and Jian. Between January and December 2007 Friendly Noise released 18 mp3 singles offered as free downloads from www.friendlynoise.se. From the start it was intended to be a one-year-long project. The idea was simple: contributions chosen by us from our extended family of old friends and new discoveries, usually two songs, together with an introduction by the artists themselves and a picture to illustrate and enhance, once or twice a month. This was meant as a complement to our CD releases, and a chance to easily distribute great songs, in cases where the album context isn't necessary. These two ways of distribution aren't contradictory, they're related, as we stated on our website. Soon we realized the series had become a success, both when it came to the quality of the output and the amount of interest generated. So "Splendid Isolation" - our third compilation after "Friendly People Making Noise" (2003) and "Are You Scared To Get Happy?" (2006) - is our way of documenting the series through a selection of the songs and thus giving them a more official kind of release. The record is also a celebration of five years of Friendly Noise as a label. The order of the songs on the record isn't chronological, it's instead our attempt to make the record sound as good as possible as a whole. TRACKLIST: 1. Bognor Regis (Peter Jackson) 2. (Jack) Lullaby (Viktor Sjöberg) 3. Rondo (Most Valuable Players) 4. Stratoscope (VED) 5. Get Nowhere (Peter Nilsson) 6. Hultviksvägen 7 (Peter Jackson) 7. The Bravest Person I Know (Redmalm) 8. Shut Out (Flow Flux Clan) 9. September (Robotboy) 10. Hashish in Nizza (Peter Jackson) 11. Sol genom lövverket (Enheten för musik och melodi) 12. En gång i Stockholm (Testbild!) 13. Dedicated to Therese Holm (Testbild!) 14. 1959y (Malkovic) 15. Almost Close (Peter Jackson) 16. Open Night (Most Valuable Players) 17. Bachelor Kisses (The Radio Dept.) 18. Vinden susar i advent (Action Biker) 19. Postojna (Peter Jackson) 20. Whatever We Want (Erik de Vahl) 21. Leaving Smears (Band in Box) 22. Just A Little Lovin' (Jian) 23. Curriculum Circular (Differnet) FriendlyNoise-68 CD $13.50 Verse En Coma Rialto (10"/CD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 12TH) PS, US Five dynamic tracks that collided w/ both artistic & industry red tape comprise this incredible debut. These delays hinder absolutely nothing though, as the power & sheer intensity behind these songs is borderline overwhelming. Unique, passionate, & soaring vocals compliment the screaming, effectsladen guitarwork & air-tight rhythm section. Feat. members of PG 99, MALADY, DARKEST HOUR, HARAM & more. RoboticEmpire 10 $17.75 Whisper in the Noise Dry Land (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH) PS, US Self described "orchestral garage rock'" band from Hanska, Minnesota give an extremely humble & personal touch to gorgeous, string-laden rock music. Pretty, melancholic, sad & charming. for fans of Low, Arcade Fire, Guided by Voices. ExileOnMainstream-030 CD $13.50 Woodhands Heart Attack (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! PaperBag DLP $22.00 Woodhands Heart Attack (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH) PS, US An electro-pop duo w/ a retlentlessly energetic live show & a total disdain for anything but balls to the wall, dirty, sexy dance parties. The buzz has been built almost entirely on their live show, and have been dubbed "as close to a two-headed indie Timberlake as it gets. PaperBag CD $13.75 Zomes S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! HolyMountain LP $15.00 Zomes S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH) PS, US Debut solo from former LUNGFISH/ PUPILS guitarist. This album is full of beautiful Seesselbergsized chunks of loop-like melodies that effervesce while Osborne brings them to life. There is a cinematic quality to the material here that recalls "library music," East German Indianerfilmen soundtracks, & even Blues Control at their most humid. HolyMountain CD $15.00 Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders** (VxPxC) “Porchmass” CD $10.00 Aethenor “Betimes Black Cloudmasses” CD $14.25 Apparat “Things To Be Frickled” DCD $22.50 Arcuragi, Adam “Soldiers for Feet” LP $11.00 Baghiri, Amir “Ghazal” CD $15.00 Birthmark “The Layer” CD $12.25 Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood “Goodbye” CD $8.50 Carrots, The “Beverly” 45 $8.25 Carrots, The “Doing Our Part” 45 $8.25 Chartier, Richard “Further Materials” CD $12.25 Cheap Time “S-T” CD $14.25 Danger Mouse/Black Keys “Strange Times b/w Something on Your Mind” 45 $6.75 Desolation Wilderness “Horizon Star” CD $7.50 Deupree, Taylor “Northern (Re-issue)” CD $15.50 Dillard & Clark “Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark” CD $14.25 El Guincho “Alegranza” CD $24.00 Fear Falls Burning “Frenzy of the Absolute” CD $16.75 Givens, Daniel “Egress” CD $12.50 Legions of Parasites “Another Disaster” CD $11.50 Marxy “Forty Years From Now” CD $11.50 Meho Plaza “S-T” CD $9.00 Moscow Olympics “Cut The World” CD $13.50 Reynolds, Ben “Two Wings” CD $13.25 Runaways, The “Japanese Singles Collection” CD $15.50 Runaways, The “And Now…The Runaways” CD $15.50 Russian Circles “Station” CD $13.25 Satanicpornocultshop “Takusan No Ohanasan” CD $15.00 Shitmat/Ladyscraper “Grungecore Vol. 1” 45 $7.50 Short, Shelley “Water for the Day” CD $13.25 Soundpool “Dichotomies + Dreamland” CD $12.25 Spanish Prisoners “Songs to Forget” CD $10.00 Speedmarket Avenue “Way Better Now” CD $16.25 Tape “Milieu Plus” CD $18.00 Tickley Feather “S-T” CD $15.00 Various “A Mind Expansion Compilation 2” DCD $16.25 Various “Soul Messages From Dimona” CD $15.75 Von Till, Steve “Grave is a Grim Horse” CD $16.00 Walker Brothers “Take It Easy With” CD $14.25