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A Touch of Class
Not You-Me/Streetdub
PS, US Oliver Stumm & Dominique Clausen show their
ability to write & produce their own material that
demonstrates the ATOC signature sound. They use their successful
combination of musical formulas w/ unconventional studio
techniques while transcending genres of rock, club, electro & disco.
The end result is reminiscent of new wave punk w/ a modern
twist using avant-garde technology fully loaded w/ basslines,
synth distortion & straight up rock.
ATouchofClass-020
12
$7.75
Absentee
Hawaiian Disco
PS, US The latest from rising British pop group ABSENTEE
(Memphis Industries). On Hawaiian Disco, the band draw
influences from Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Lou Reed, joining
infectious melodies and atmospheres with a disarmingly
natural delivery. UK import.
Radiotone-004
CD
$15.50
Acid Mothers Gong
Live in Nagoya
PS, POLAND A live collaboration between legendary psychedelic-space-rock
band GONG & not less respectable japanese ACID MOTHERS
TEMPLE. Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Josh Pollock, Kawabata
Makoto, Higashi Hiroshi, Tsuyama Atsushi, Yoshida Tatsuya.
Together they form Acid Mothers Gong. Recorded at Nagoya
TOKUZO on 9th april 2003. Essential.
VivoPoland-2006020
CD
$16.00
Across Five Aprils
Tragedy in Progress
PS, US
Indianola
CD
$14.50
Adolescents
Self-titled (BlueAlbum) (PICTURE DISC)
PS, US The first installment in Loud Fast Rules magazine's
new series of punk and hardcore classics reissued as limited
edition picture disc albums. This time in you get the powerhouse
first album from Orange County legends THE ADOLESCENTS.
Limited edition pressing of 1,000 copies.
LoudFastRules-01
LP
$13.00
Ambulance LTD
New English [EP]
PS, US This EP collects rare & unreleased material
including demos, a cover of the Pink Floyd classic "Fearless" & 2
brand new songs. Sophmore album to hit later this year
TVT-2781
CD5
$8.25
Angels Of Light
Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home 2XLP
PS, US
Important-079
DLP
$26.50
Anorak
For A Limited Time Only
PS, ES Anorak, the bright hope of the Spanish "cooltronica" scene,
coming from Rubí, a village in the province of Barcelona,
have tried with success to translate the teen spirit of
today into the echoes of 80ies synth-pop. In "A Limited
Time Only" the roots and influences include such names
as New Order (specially in "Running Out Of Memories" and "Wet
Fields") and Pet Shop Boys.
Rhonda/HoustonParty-07
CD
$14.75
Apb
Radio One Peel Sessions
PS, UKThey influenced the likes of Franz Ferdinand, The
Killers, The Bravery, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, etc...
Feat. 19 tracks recorded for the BBC including 8 tracks
with the legendary JOHN PEEL. Undoubtedly the most important & influential
post punk band to ever come out of Scotland.
BBCRecordings-104
CD
$17.75
Arcuragi, Adam
Self-Titled
PS, US Arcuragi's debut full length is an introduction
to a bright new lyricist who combines the icy melancholy
of Red House Painters w/the classic Americanism of Tom
Petty, the sincerity of Elliott Smith, & literature
referencing typical of the Mountain Goats. His unique form
of free flowing, introspective lyrics & compelling
harmonies are certain to win fans from appreciators of
bands like My Morning Jacket, the Shins, & the New
Pornographers. Painstakingly recorded over the past 3 years
features contributions from members of Audible, Mazarin,
Bitter Bitter Weeks, National Eye, Matt Pond PA, The Rachel's,
The Trouble With Sweeney, & Ink & Dagger.
HighTwo-006
CD
$13.75
Art Brut
Emily Kane (2ND)
PS, US TRACKLISTING: 1. EMILY KANE 2. MOVING TO LA
FiercePanda-167
45
$6.75
Art Brut
Good Weekend
PS, US TRACKLISTING: 1. GOOD WEEKEND 2. EVERY OTHER WEEKEND
FiercePanda-173
45
$6.75
Art Brut
Emily Kane (1ST)
PS, US TRACKLISTING: 1. EMILY KANE 2. THESE ANIMAL MENSWEAR
FiercePanda-167
45
$6.75
Art Brut
Bang Bang Rock & Roll
PS, UK On black vinyl, includes bonus track "These
Animal Menswe@r"
Cargo-070
LP
$19.50
Atavist
Self-Titled
PS, US The debut album-66 minutes and 6 seconds of pure
punishing doom-from Manchester quartet ATAVIST-featuring
drum lord JAMIE "BOGGY" SYKES who's played with
BURNING WITCH and THORRS HAMMER. "Like the grinding
of tectonic plates, their riffs aren't just heavy, they're
so batteringly, destroyingly crushing that they remain
exhilarating even when single notes hang out for an eternity
before the next one rams into your ears with the force
of an A-bomb.
Invada-025
CD
$15.50
Backlash
Heliotrope
PS, US Their sound can be described as pure electronic
pop with smooth vocals gliding over layers of synths, samples
and other electronic intricacies. Highlighted by the singles,
the album is a beautifully crafted and sonically solid
release that ventures into areas frequented by Coldplay,
The Postal Service and Massive Attack. Incl. a bonus CD
with 6 exclusive remixes plus the 3 remixes found on the
EU release. Hear why Backlash is one of Europe's best kept
secrets.
WTII-036
CD
$14.50
Bats
At The National Grid
PS, US This is THE BATS the jangly rock band from New Zealand.
Part of the New Zealand bands that were tagged w/the Kiwi-rock
sound amongst other contemporaries The Clean & The
Chills. From a mantric like pick & strum of a chord
from Robert, add bouncing bass w/twist from Paul, a melodic
hook from Kaye on guitar & Malcolm on a beat that just
makes you want to move & dance. The combination of
musical ingredients works perfectly, effortlessly. It's
been like that for 23 years now & the magic doesn't
seem to be fading.
MagicMarker-034
CD
$13.75
Battleship
Presents Princess
PS, US The debut release from these Bay Area underground
rock exploders comprised of former members of ROCK'N'ROLL
ADVENTURE KIDS, GRIS GRIS, HATE MAIL EXPRESS, and SHORT
EYES. Seven tracks of crazed and pounding garage mastery
Recorded by GREG ASHLEY (Gris Gris) and mastered loud and
raw by WEASEL WALTER. Enhanced CD with a video of the band
performing at San Francisco's Balazo Gallery.
On/OnSwitch-010
CD
$9.50
Beautumn
White Coffee
PS, US Polished atmospheric ambience w/ occassional rythmic
undercurrent. This release was originally recorded in early
2000 by 1/2 of the Russian duo SLEEPY TOWN MANUFACTURE.
14 tracks on this 500 copies issue w/ full color digipak & 16
pg. booklet. Be sure not to miss this one!
Infraction-011
CD
$12.75
Beck
Guerolito
PS, US
Interscope-05650
LP
$15.25
Benet
Flora Y Fauna
PS, US Benet consists of two French producers, Frederic
Auteil and Bernard-Benet Paul, who, inspired by the European
downtempo and nujazz scene and their favorite director
Claude Sautet, have crafted a beautiful and subtle downtempo
album that will appeal to fans of Kruder & Dorfmeister,
Boozoo Bajou, and Zero 7.
Rasa
CD
$18.00
Bibio
Hand Cranked
PS, US Follow up to 2005 debut is a 14 cut collection of
idyllic, found-sound & lazy Sunday musical ramblings,
focusing on his passion for saturated guitars, warbling
effects & natural beauty though with a slightly more
whimsical feel this time.
Mush-244
CD
$16.25
Bird Show
Lightning Ghost
PS, US This centers around BEN VIDA's (TOWN & COUNTRY,
CENTRAL FALLS, EVERYONEd) home-fi experiments. Tracks are
carved out of opate'd chanting, disjunctive drums circles,
synth meditation & prepared piano trance songs. These
sonic explorations are embedded into tighter song structures,
with a greater role given to vocals. The ceremonial air
has been expanded with a strong percussive presence, mesmerizing
musical figures.
Kranky-093
CD
$13.75
Black Sabbath
Best of Black Sabbath (Remastered)
PS, US
Rhino
CD
$17.25
Blackavar
Self-Titled
PS, US Her voice is in a comfortable crowd with Kim Gordon,
Nico & Hope Sandoval. These songs are beautiful, somber,
almost-but-not-quite morose; a gorgeous melancholy permeates
the proceedings - an album perfectly set for the grey skies & chill
of fall turning to winter. Feat. NIC KRGOVICH (P:ANO),
STEFAN UDELL (BEANS), IDA NILSON (BEANS, THE GAY, GREAT
AUNT IDA).
Transsiberian-026
CD
$13.75
Blake, Ran
All That Is Tied
PS, US 35th album since his 1965 ESP debut. Collaborator
w/Braxton, Jordan, Lacy & others & teacher to John
MEDESKI. "So hip it hurts. A pianist who can make
you laugh at his wry humor one second & wring a tear
the next."-Downbeat.
TompkinsSquare-1965
CD
$15.00
Blau, Karl
Lake King's Daughter
PS, US Feat. a song from "Beneath Waves" and "A.M." to
be released later in the year on side B.
OnPurpose-006
45
$4.75
Boxcutter
Tauhid
PS, US Guitarist and producer BARRY LYNN (aka BOXCUTTER)
became the talk of the dubstep scene in 2005 with the release
of his astounding Brood/Sunshine single on London's taste-making
dance label, Hot Flush. On his second release, Tauhid,
Lynn continues to revolutionize the garage and breaks sound
with a fresh mix of fractured breaks, Eastern inflections
and a deep dub sensibility. The title track is a micro-symphony
of writhing bass, FX-laden guitars and blurry half-step
rhythms that quickly devolve into pure breakbeat abstraction.
Other tracks, like "Silver Birch Solstice," harken
back to the two-step garage craze of a few years ago. With
heavy rotation from influential DJs like Ras Kwame, One
World and Breezeblock, Boxcutter comes into 2006 as one
of the hottest dance artists around.
Planet Mu-146
12
$8.75
Boy Dirt Car
Heatrig
PS, US A CD reissue of the long-lost 1987 Heatrig album
from Milwaukee noise masters BOY DIRT CAR. Led by group
founders ERIC LUNDE and DARREN BROWN, along with DIE KREUZEN's
DAN KUBINSKI and KEITH BRAMMER, and T.S. WHALEN and DAVE
SWOLWINSKI, the group offers a desolate world vision through
layers of noise, ghostly rhythms, metal clangs, drones,
scrapes, and uncategorizable rock spew. Limited to 500
copies.
LexiconDevil-003
CD
$10.25
Boy Omega
Black Tango
PS, US New album from gush-worthy Swedish singersongwriter
Martin Gustafsson, compared to Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst
and The Cure's Robert Smith, Damien Rice and Devendra Banhart.
Sandinavian melancholy at it's most heartbreaking and tangible,
with a nifty new injection of electronics, striking a nice
balance with Martin's heartbreaking acoustic epicery. The
Black Tango is the second full length release from Gothenburg,
Sweden's Martin Gustafsson - better known to those exposed
as Boy Omega. Like a scavenger trek through a barren mansion
at midnight, The Black Tango has brief passages and hidden
nooks in addition to full living spaces that - as a whole
- create an atmospheric journey combining acoustic guitar
(found on his debut LP I Name You Isolation) and minimal
electronic experimentation. Ably backed by a cast of Sweden's
finest musicians and vocalists (think the Boy Omega corps),
Gustafsson weaves his craftsmanship with these critical
elements - creating a sonic tapestry, and making The Black
Tango an emotionally sound masterpiece. Next album will
be released by thee mighty City Slang.
SlightRecord
CD
$9.00
Bragg, Billy
Volume 1 (9XCD)
PS, US Nine-disc box set includes 2 bonus DVDs w/ previously
unavailable live footage. The releases include his debut,
along with "Brewing Up With Billy Bragg", "Talking
to the Taxman About Poetry" & a disc that combines
the "The Internationale" & "Live & Dubious" EPs.
Each release will feature the re-mastered original & a
second disc of bonus material, much of it previously unavailable & handpicked
by Billy & longtime Bragg cohorts Grant Showbiz & Wiggy
-- a labor of love indeed. Box Set.
YepRoc-2600
9XCD
$70.50
Brief Candles
They Live We Sleep
PS, US Their debut full-length offers a stunning landscape;
guitars lift then grind, & lilt again, above an insistent
rhythm section driven as if built by the gods. Add to this
ethereal vocals delivered by Jenifer & Kevin Dixon & you
won't need a map... Just put on this album & keep driving.
LatestFlame-13
CD
$12.75
Brigman, George
Jungle Rot
PS, US Raw fuzz guitar, acid-blues- it will have your jaw
on the floor, followed by an even more crazed guitar freakout;
upon hearing this, you'll wonder why it hasn't been shouted
from the roof tops in every Blue Cheer, Groundhogs & Stooges
loving ghetto the last 3 decades. Such a perfect slide
guitar blues-punk album, you'd be hard pressed to cite
the Gun Club as inventor's of the genre anymore. Includes
3 bonus tracks.
BonaFide-001
CD
$16.25
Brigman, George & Split
I Can Hear the Ants Dancin'
PS, US Finally 23 years later fans of heavy psychedelic
guitar have a blistering CD. A growing worldwide fan base
eagerly awaits this deluxe edition with all new liner notes,
never released tracks & vintage color photos.
BonaFide-002
CD
$16.25
Buff Medways Vs. Buffets
Split
PS, US THE BUFFETS are the female counterparts to BILLY
CHILDISH's BUFF MEDWAYS, much the same as what the Headcoatees
were to his Headcoats. The Buffets sing "Just 15" (with
special guest LUDELLA BLACK) and "Ivor." The
Buffs sing "I'm Glad I'm Not Like David Wise" and "What
You Got" (XFM session). Limited edition of 1000 copies.
DamagedGoods-258
45
$6.00
Buzzcocks
Flat Pack Philosophy
PS, US 30 years and still going strong, the godfathers
of punk -pop are back . This is their 8th studio lp. In
true punk rock fashion and with superlative production
by bassist Tony Barber, the lps packs 14 songs into 36
minutes.
DamagedGoods-262
LP
$15.50
Buzzcocks
Flat-Pack Philsophy
PS, US Fifth LP packs 14 songs into 36 minutes & continues
in their tradition of romantic metaphor & literary
reference.
CookingVinyl-4772
CD
$17.00
Cacti Widders
One Way Ticket
PS, US Perfection is hard to build on especially when you
constantly break barriers. It's a little country & little
rock n' roll & surely the stand up bass will rock your
socks off. Fear not fans, there are still plenty of blistering
rock ballads about their sinful lives & questionable
living standards. Definitely enjoyable for anyone who loves
booze, women & guitars.
FallenAngel-004
CD
$12.75
Cadillac
Magnetic City
PS, NORWAY JIM'S PICK: New album from Norwegian noiserockers
Cadillac. Riding a wave of dirty fuzzed up guitar riffs
lead track Locomotive sets up what essentially Cadillac
do best - and that's rough edged and scruffy rock with
more bite than Dracula and more balls than Wimbledon. Sounding
at times like a violent exchange between Queens Of The
Stone Age and Interpol, Cadillac write dark pop songs welded
to noisy guitar assaults... At times rough edged and angry
and at others darkly cool and focused, Cadillac are a band
that are never without total conviction and attitude. Think
At The Drive In and QOTSA, Monster Magnet and Black Rebel
Motorcycle Club, and fellow Scandinavians The Hellacopters
and Gluecifer. Of course there's some shadwoy atmospheric
pop and epic prog weirdness explored here as well...they're
Norwegian! Includes a cover of Siouxsie's "Arabian
Knights". Kerrang REVIEW: "Blunt riffs and windswept
melancholy from Norway. For the first couple of tunes -
bludgeoning grooves based around coal-black riffs - Cadillac
are well-named; a gleaming, diesel-scented monster of riff,
barking with malevolence and sleaze. A mid-album slip into
softer but no less angst-driven scenes reveals a indie
flesh behind the caustic armour, but - singer Per Borten's
lapses into a Bono-esque warble aside - these more thoughtful
passages are no less affecting, offering a further depth
to their pointed powerchords. Producer Rich Robinson resists
the urge to instil some rootsy Black Crowes-esque vibe
to proceedings, instead polishing Cadillac's anguished
screamo up to a fierce, melodic sheen."
KongTiki
CD
$12.00
Cage, John
Piano Works 7
PS, US Margaret Leng Tan performs "Chess Pieces," "Sonatas & "Interludes
for Prepared Piano" & Vittorio Rieti performs "Chess
Serenade."
Mode-158
DVD
$26.50
Campbell, Isobell/Mark Lanegan
Ballad Of The Broken Seas
PS, US Campbell (formerly of Belle And Sebastian) and Lanegan
(formerly of Screaming Trees; currently occasional frontman
of Queens Of The Stone Age) come together on this release.
There's a sense of contrast, between Isobel's aching, pristine
chill of a vocal, and Lanegan's wounded, regret-stewed
burr. Praise for the "Ramblin' Man" EP (released
in December) was excellent: "...a balm to the bitter
soul, their voices interlocking magically" - Three
Imaginary Girls Blog. "The lyrics...suggest the fatalistic,
obsessional nature of attraction" - Uncut. Support
for this full-length should be just as outstanding.
V2
CD
$14.50
Campbell, Neil/Campbell, Kneale
Self-Titled
PS, US Two guys who lived on the same street, in the same
suburb, on different sides of the globe fiddle about with
each other's unfinished tapes for about three years and
pop out an ambitious collection of multiple-fidelity drone,
shimmer & tinkle, and stereo carnage that easily ranks
with the best that either of the participants have created
on their own. It's pretty clear that the universe has preordained
this pairing of souls since the dawn of time, and smiled
kindly upon their meager efforts to entertain and amuse
the record buying public. Come, partake of their impressive
Feng Shui. Edition of 500.
CelebratePsi-Phenomenon-1001
CD
$14.00
Caroline
Murmurs
PS, US A thing of blessed beauty that defies easy description.
It is nearly impossible to attach worRdess tiod tehnec
seupernatural brilliance of these songs. From the weeping
trumpet & innocent lyrical sentiments of the opener
to the cinematic tide of "Winter" - it's a truly
masterful album. No samples were used: dozens of live acoustic
instruments - pianos, harps, bells, guitars, strings & hand
drums - are shaped around her crystalline voice & threaded
together by warm bass & dense beats.
Temporary-097
CD
$9.75
Carrots
The Best Of...
PS, SPAIN 79 minutes with the best tracks of the band from
Barcelona, selected by fans and friends.
GrabacionesEnElMar-199
CD
$14.75
Case, Neko
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
PS, US Neko is a major poet by any standard, a songwriter
less interested perhaps in traditional narrative form than
in distilling a pure moment of time. She claims no genre,
nor utilizes any classic formula for her songs and singing.
More than anything she thrives in the spaces in between
her music. After two years in the making, "Fox Confessor
Brings The Flood" is in many ways the sum total of
her journey.
Anti
CD
$13.75
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Etiquette
PS, US Fourth LP expands Ashworth's color palette to include
a small orchestra of pianos, organs, strings, flutes, pedal
steel guitars, drums, drum machines & synths. His strongest & most
cohesive work to date. Incl. guest musical & production
help from members of DEAD SCIENCE, DEAR NORA, PAPERCUTS, & DEGENERATE
ART ENSEMBLE.
Tomlab-065
CD
$14.25
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Etiquette
PS, US Fourth LP expands Ashworth's color palette to include
a small orchestra of pianos, organs, strings, flutes, pedal
steel guitars, drums, drum machines & synths. His strongest & most
cohesive work to date. Incl. guest musical & production
help from members of DEAD SCIENCE, DEAR NORA, PAPERCUTS, & DEGENERATE
ART ENSEMBLE.
Tomlab-065
LP
$13.50
Centipede E'Est
Cheeks Of Neptune
PS, US The debut album from Pittsburgh free rockers CENTIPEDE
E'EST. Nine tracks of lurching and driving rock damage
recorded by experimental filmmaker SCOTT CARNEY in rural
Alabama. An "...explosion of speaker-shredding fuzz-guitar-skronk,
sinister funk grooves, sprawling post-punk jams, a haunting
'Revolution 9'-esque tape loop of Karl Hendrick's daughter
and several cuts that had to have resulted in severely
damaged vocal chords."-Ed Masley, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
100LegsUnderTheSea-001
CD
$12.00
Centro-matic
Fort Recovery
PS, US The music comes on like a sound from a distant dream,
something new, yet unmistakably familiar. Clear images
adding up to something a little vague, but in such a comforting
way. All four of them together for ten years now. Their
brand new album is their best yet. My un-mastered CD copy
is my favorite album of 2006 & honestly my favorite
new album of the past five years. I have listened to it
several times a day for three weeks straight and like those
great masterpieces of old I still find new things to love
at every listen."- Patterson Hood (Drive By Truckers).
Misra-039
CD
$12.33
Centro-matic
Fort Recovery
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Misra-039
LP
$13.50
Cervenka, Exene & Original Sinners
Sev7en
PS, US Second LP from X vocalist & backing band now
consisting of the St. Louis' 7 SHOT SCREAMERS.
Nitro-15868
CD
$14.50
Cesca
Cesca
PS, US The debut release from up-and-coming electronic
producer CESCA. A two-track melding of melody with heavy
drums and pulsating subharmonics featuring scratch production
by noted break maestro RICCI RUCKER. Released on Rucker's
own Epitome Of Fresh imprint.
EpitomeofFresh-00145
45
$7.50
Charlottes
Liar: The Best of the Charlottes
PS, US
CherryRed
CD
$16.25
Chas. Mtn.
Hugs
PS, US With influences rooted in gangster rap, dub, films
featuring Keith David, & punk, NED EGG & GARY WAR
wanted to start from scratch. The result was an album of
simple but honest hardcore-kraut-folk songs with lyrical
material ranging from the depression & hopelessness
of pan-capitalism to the contempt derived from the manipulation
of women.
WesternVinyl-37
CD
$14.50
Cheap Trick
All Shook Up
PS, US 1980 LP solidified their status as one of the great
acts in rock. From the Who-ish opening orchestral blasts
of "Stop This Game" to the elegiac Lennonesque
ballad "World's Greatest Lover," they were clearly
on the creative roll of a lifetime. Incl. the 5 song "Found
All the Parts EP" unreleased on CD until now.
Legacy-94484
CD
$12.75
Cheap Trick
Dream Police
PS, US 1979 LP is a tour de force of ambitious songwriting,
skin tight ensemble playing, adventurous orchestration & Zander's
versatile vocal prowess & reached #6 on Billboard.
Altogether that equals a classic album. Expanded w/3 live
tracks from 1979 & the single version of "Dream
Police".
Legacy-94485
CD
$12.75
Cherry Five (AKA Goblin)
Self-Titled
Ps, US Founded in 74 by Carlo Bordini (who came from the
broken group Rustichelli & Bordini), Tony Tartarini,
Walter Martino, Claudio Simonetti & Adriano Monteduro.
They played in the instrumentation guitar, drums, keyboards & vocals.
They played progressive-rock, sung in English & includes
various fine keyboard passages, which reminds of Nice.
Shortly after this album, Tartini & Bordini left the
band & they broke up. Today this album belongs to the
most soughtafter records of the Italian prog-rock-scene.
This official reissue comes with nice fold-out-cover & as
160 gram vinyl.
AmberSoundroom-052
LP
$33.25
Chomsky, Noam
Imperial Grandstrategy
PS, US Noam Chomsky is one of the worlds leading intellectuals,
the father of modern linguistics, an outspoken media and
foreign policy critic, and tireless activist. This DVD
features Chomsky contesting official versions of history
and today's news in two powerful lectures and a 45-minute
interview. While each piece stands alone, they also complement
one another to provide both a far-ranging view of world
politics and a glimpse into Chomsky's personal political
beliefs that is both entertaining and informative.
MVD-005
DVD
$19.75
Ciccone Youth
The Whitey Album [Bonus Track]
PS, US Legendary 1988 Blast First! prank LP from SONIC
YOUTH alteregos who reimagined MADONNA also included MIKE
WATT's (MINUTEMEN) take of "Burnin' Up", but
the real standout is the single "Into the Groovey".
RECOMMENDED.
Geffen-6132-02
CD
$10.75
Ciccone Youth
Whitey Album
PS, US SONIC YOUTH doing all Madonna covers on this reissue
of the Blast First classic. Features the "Burnin'
Up" demo feat. MIKE WATT (MINUTEMEN) & GREGG GINN
(BLACK FLAG).
Goofin-09
LP
$13.50
Cline, Patsy
Heartaches
PS, UK Import exclusive compilation featuring 18 tracks.
Tracks: 1. Heartaches 2. Have You Ever Been Lonely 3. Faded
Love 4. Anytime 5. So Wrong 6. Shes Got You 7. Imagine
That 8. Always 9. He Called Me Baby 10. I Cant Help It
(If Im Still In Love With You) 11. When I Get Thru With
You (You'll Love Me Too) 12. Someday (You'll Want Me To
Want You) 13. Leavin On Your Mind 14. When You Need A Laugh
15. Your Cheatin Heart, 16. I Fall To Pieces 17. A Poor
Mans Roses (Or A Rich Mans Gold) 18. Crazy.
MusicClubUK-901972
CD
$13.50
Clipd Beaks
Preyers
PS, US CLIPD BEAKS is the P.M. Dawn of noise-rock. So concludes
singer NIC BARBELIN, who adds, "We'll never really
fit in... we've always done our own thing." The band
brings innate pop sensibilities and intense personal charisma
to a genre typically known for alienating listeners. Where
others abuse, Clipd Beaks soothe. Their static is far from
monochromatic with a thick sound defined by analog synth
drones, propulsive beats, and layered vocals delivered
in the ecstatic tones of street preachers. The addition
of ambient and orchestral loops and experiments with lo-fi
sampling carry their creations to even higher transcendent
planes. A sonic galaxy of claustrophobic psychedelia encompassing
krautrock, Factory Records, This Heat, and acid-damaged
raps about Abu Ghraib. A split release between Tigerbeat6
and Deleted Art Records.
Tigerbeat6-124
CD
$10.25
Controller.Controller
X-Amounts
PS, US Follows their debut EP with more rhythmic, energetic
post punk disco.
PaperBag-015
CD
$15.00
CoStar
Keep It Light
PS, NORWAY Brristling rock and solvent pop from Norway's
CoStar, compared to Keane, Ian Brown, and occasionally,
somehow, Foo Fighters.
KongTiki/OnlyEver
CD
$12.00
Coup
Best Coup DVD Ever
PS, US Bear witness to one of the most notoriously political
groups in the history of rap music. Features the videos
pushing the political activism and fervent dedication to
social change. In addition, interviews with the infamous
emcee and producer Boots Riley and DJ Pam the Funkstress
provide further insight into what's up with The Coup. 60
mins.
MVD-1385
DVD
$14.75
Covenant
Skyshaper
PS, US The most anticipated electro pop album for 2006
has arrived. A towering inferno set to put dance floors
on fire. Covenant has once again created an album of monumental
proportions free of any filter, with songs ranging from
infectious beats to electro-clash to quiet beauty. Creating "Skyshaper" was
a labor of love for the band. Locked inside a studio for
months without distractions, Covenant gave the creative
process their full attention, and fans will not be disappointed.
Metropolis
CD
$15.25
Cowsills, The
Painting The Day: The Delicious Psychedelia of the Cowsills
PS, UK The Cowsills are right up there with the Monkees
as classiest of all the American teen groups, the Cowsills
were an institution in the late sixties. This 23 track
compilation comprises their significant hits,the best of
their superb vocal psychedelia and the entire "11
x 11" acid concept album released digitally for the
first time anywhere in the world. Hailing from Rhode Island,
The Cowsills were the original "Family of Pop" on
whom the Partridge Family were based. Their father William "Bud" Cowsill,
began assembling the group at the height of Beatlemania.
Eventually it comprised his sons Bill, Bob, Barry, John
and Paul, seven year old daughter Susan and their mother
Barbara. The Cowsills created highly polished vocal pop
and In 1967, after some false starts,their breakthrough
single, the very memorable "The Rain the Park & Other
Things' reached number 1 on the American chart. The Cowsills
enjoyed two million selling number one hits (both included
on this compilation) "The Rain The Park & Other
Things" (sometimes known as "I Love The Flower
Girl") and their cover of the themesong from the popular
musical "Hair" which became a hippy anthem and
was banned in Vietnam. The band's other two immense USA
top ten hits "We Can Fly" and "Indian Lake" are
also both included on this compilation.
El-069
CD
$14.75
Craft
Fuck The Universe
PS, US ON VINYL!!! This is the final unholy razor sharp
nail in the coffin for Swedens ultra-grim Black Metal disciples.
After 3 absolutely incredible albums they are letting their
creation die a slow painful death. It's crammed with unrelenting
violence, hatred, & contempt for the outside world.
For everything. A absolutely lethal fusion of unsuspectingly
catchy, well played rifs & instinctual bleak songwriting
provide the foundation for sinister enigmatic vokills to
infest the final diseased resulting song.
SouthernLord-54
DLP
$20.00
Crank Sturgeon/Gastric Female Reflex
Split
PS, US On one side, Torontosaurs GASTRIC FEMALE REFLEX
expose their vulnerable underbellies by offering the gift
of song, as transmitted through the cackle of thirty-meter
bronze age jump ropes, and then swatted with limitless
spools of tape culled from businessmen's faculty tape recorders.
The flipside is deepwoods Maine-based CRANK STURGEON, taking
a similar story and running it into the side of a convent
full of shark-eating nuns. Setting loose the angry hornets,
these ladies of the lord respond with high-powered leaf
blowers, stopping now and again to play a little violin
and pee in their dixie-cups. Not your typical avant 'electro-acoustic'
record, both projects assure this baby can dance like a
school of fish, drunk on mercury and Tab cola perhaps,
but to an effect that is glorious and spacious; snakey
and experimental as all hairy heck, yet an electro-doot
we can all blorp and weeze and get primitive with."-Crank
Sturgeon
BenniferEditions-007
45
$7.75
Crawling With Tarts
Ochre Land Blue Blue Skies
PS, US Composed by Michael Gendreau (1996-7), incorporating
conceptual information from Suzanne Dycus-Gendreau. Grand
Surface Noise Opera Nr. 7: The Decadent Opera (Rococo).
(35:02). Long overdue, long promised release. This may
be the last Tarts track (and opera) and one of the first
solo composed Gendreau recordings. Wonderful music and
sounds.
Pogus-039
CD
$13.75
Creatures of the Golden
Dawn-An Incident at Owl Creek Bridge
Ps, US In the last year garage rock has revved into high
gear, thanks to the White Stripes, Strokes, Hives & the
Vines and the Creatures couldn't be happier. for the last
13 yearss they have been inhaling the fumes of such mid-60's
garage-rock pioneers as the Seeds, 13th Floor Elevator,
Chocolate Watchband and ? and the Mysterians and exhaling
3 excellent cds worth of material. These guys are the real
thing.
GetHip-1122
CD
$14.25
Czars
Goodbye
PS, UK Goodbye is filled w/incredible songs notable for
their rich production, incredible musicianship &, of
course, John Grant's beautiful baritone vocals, painting
broad textures over dense sonic space. Lyrically, the album
deals w/themes of loss, regret & change.
BellaUnion-401
CD
$16.00
Danielson
Dry Goods Dry Powder
PS, US ...b/w Left Handed Smooke Shifter." In anticipation
of the May 9th release of the mammoth new DANIELSON full-length
entitled "Ships," SOUNDS FAMILYRE is proud to
present one of three unique, limited edition 7" singles.
This feat. EDITH FROST &
DARIN GRAY.
SoundsFamilyre-015
45
$4.50
Darkthrone
Cult is Alive
PS, US If Led Zeppelin are the gods of rock, then surely
these guys are the devils! With an impressive track record & an
almost frightening fan base, these Norwegian black metal
greats are issuing their new album &chances are you
know if this is for you or not & if it is, you're going
to be very, very excited.
Peaceville-132
CD
$17.00
David & The Citizens
S/T
PS, US Long-awaited U.S. debut for David Fridlund's band
David & The Citizens, one of Sweden's very best pop
bands. The 6-song EP will feature some of the best songs
from the band's history, including several that are difficult
to find even in Sweden. The EP is a warm-up for the domestic
release for D&TC's "Until The Sadness Is Gone" full-length.
Friendly Fire says it's multilayered, intelligent, dynamic
indie-pop, and that if you like Belle & Sebastian,
the Decemberists, Neutral Milk Hotel or Patrick Wolf, you'll
like this band. Music For Robots said "Their sound
is a sunny, spastic, orchestrated, multi-layered flavor
of indie pop music, not too far removed from Neutral Milk
Hotel, with a similar hint of darkness and melancholy in
amongst the sweet melodies and harmonic vocals... I personally
think it's pretty fantastic" TRACKLIST: 1. Graycoated
Morning / 2. Now She Sleeps In A Box In The Good Soil Of
Denmark / 3. Big Chills / 4. Let Me Put It This Way / 5.
Summer Is No-Man's-Land / 6. Let's Not Fall Apart
FriendlyFire
CD5
$10.00
Davies, Ray
Other People's Lives
PS, US Ray Davies, one of rock and roll's most successful
and influential songwriters, releases his eagerly anticipated
solo album Other People's Lives on V2 Records, Written,
produced and arranged by Ray, the LP features 13 stunning
new songs recorded in Konk Studios, London.
V2-27285
CD
$17.75
Dawson, Kimya & Matty Pop Chart
Self-Titled
PS, US On her debut effort for the INTERNATIONAL POP UNDERGROUND
series KIMYA DAWSON releases a split ep with friend & touring
companion MATTY POP CHART, aka MATT TOBEY.
Krecords-107
CD5
$5.75
Dawson, Kimya & Matty Pop Chart
Self-Titled
PS, US
Krecords-107
45
$4.50
dB's
Like This
PS, US
Collector'sChoice
CD
$13.50
Dead Kennedys
Nazi Punks Fuck Off
PS, US Still with the same lovely packaging.
AlternativeTentacle-006
CD
$3.75
Deadly Snakes
Porcella
PS, US The fourth full-length release from Toronto garage-soul
sextet the DEADLY SNAKES. Twenty tracks that ooze confidence
and talent, as the band crafts some good, new-fashioned
rock'n'roll performed with toy pianos, mellotrons, organs,
horns, strings, and percussion. At times soft, thoughtful
and heart-wrenchingly passionate, and at others fast, furious
and unquestionably fearless.
InTheRed-128
DLP
$15.50
Department of Eagles
Why? And Pedro Remixes
PS, US This 12" contains never before heard remixes
by Why? and Pedro.
Isota-025
12
$8.50
Department of Eagles
Johnny Glaze Christmas Classical Snatches and Samples a
Go-Go 2003-2005
PS, US This EP collects assorted Department of Eagles tracks
from the past 2 years incl. remixes by Why? (Clouddead),
Octavius, and Pedro, 2 previously unreleased DOE originals,
and 2 live tracks from a KDVS radio session that remain
the only live
performances ever by the band.
Isota-024
CD
$10.25
dEUS
Pocket Revolution
PS, US Acclaimed Belgian singer/multi-instrumentalist Tom
Barman returns with his first new dEUS album after a six
year hiatus. dEUS is a collective of individuals pursuing
fresh vistas and ideas. No one can doubt that this fourth
album will further the musical canon of a band in perpetual
motion. Enchanting, confounding, heartbreaking, and dazzling. "...sinewy
melodies and mutant swamp blues that'll make you wonder
how a collection so defiantly Beefheartful could also sound
so, well, pleasant...A-" - Spin.
V2
CD
$14.50
Diskaholics
Live In Japan, v. 1
PS, US A document of a 2002 sojourn to Japan featuring
some slathering noise improv from JIM O'ROURKE (snthi,
noise), MATS GUSTAFSSON (sax, noise), and THURSTON MOORE
(guitar, noise). An inspired performance of hot-wired jazz
rocked free blowing and joyous.
Load-086
LP
$12.00
Diskaholics Anonymous
Live in Japan V. 1
PS, US VINYL LIMITED 750 COPIES.
Load-086
LP
$13.50
DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist
Freeze
PS, US Newly revised version of the "Brainfreeze" mix
in its entirety, highlights from supporting DJs DANTE (with
the deep crates), NU-MARK (rocking the house 50 ways),
Z-TRIP(straight servin' em) & MARVSKI, includes special
footage from FUTURE PRIMITIVE 45 sessions in San Francisco,
home footage of rehearsals,
over 1.5 hours total viewing time.
Freeze-406
DVD
$27.00
Dogme95
Reagle Beagle
PS, US Based out of Chicago, striving to push the limits
of sound by combining intricate song structure with honest & moving
melodies. To imagine the Dogme project think SMOG/BECK
meets KRAFTWERK in the garden of Motown. Nick really enjoys
old blues & prison chants from the recordings of Alan
Lomax, as well as synth-oriented artists such as Brian
Eno & David Byrne. Then again, he strives to someway
combine these contrasting ideas & the results thus
far are extraordinary.
Empyrean-016
CD
$14.50
Double D & Steinski
The Lesson 1, 2 & 3
PS, US They teamed up for a DJ mixtape contest, arranged
by Tommy Boy in the early 80's. Lesson 1 (The Payoff Mix)
is mainly based on G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid's "Play
that Beat Mr. DJ" with samples as diverse as Herbie
Hancock, voice snippets of Humphrey Bogart & the Supremes.
Lesson 2 focuses on "Soul Brother no 1" by James
Brown, & Lesson 3 on Herman Kelly & Life's "Dance
To The Drummer's Beat". Tommy Boy released it as a
promo & it soon became one of the
most sought after 12" of all time.
Traffic-101
CD
$8.25
Duke Spirit
Cuts Across The Land
PS, US 17. It's true. Lead singer/lyricist Liela Moss is
an enigmatic Banshee. The band's fuzz-happy, teeth-clenching
guitars, powerful drum cascades and brilliant basslines
build relentless tracks that are drenched in subtleties.
For this band, it's all about more sustain, less staccato.
More grit, less sheen. If we're in the midst of a British
Invasion, The Duke Spirit could care less. They're a world
away from those dudes in designer suitS. Anthem magazine
were spurred to claim that "The Duke Spirit bring
the soul back to Rock n Roll", V magazine waxed lyrical
about their "smart, soulful, bullshit-free rock and
roll music" going on to say that front woman and future
superstar Liela Moss is "a pixieish blonde with a
powerful howl, think a young Patti Smith or a less operatic
PJ Harvey."
StarTime-431
CD
$15.00
Dumptruck
Haul of Fame: A Collection
PS, US
Rykodisc
CD
$13.50
Dunger, Nicolai
Here's My Song You Can Have It
PS, US MERCURY REV backs Dunger on his new album! Recalls
the joyful, pastoral soul of vintage Van Morrison & the
melancholy croonings of both Buckleys. Dunger's aching
melodies & soulful vocals mesh seamlessly w/Mercury
Rev's dreamy, yet driving sound.
Rounder-11431090-2
CD
$16.25
Duritti Column, The
Keep Breathing
PS, US Written and played almost entirely by Vini Rielly,
the album is built out of ideas generated over the last
year and was inspired by African hip hop, traditional Jewish
music (Kletzer) and 1930's piano music by Art Tatum. The
new album is more polished and less haphazard than his
previous efforts.
Artful-052
CD
$17.00
Duritti Column, The
Someone Else's Party
PS, US Recorded on an 8-track Porta-studio this lovely
record coaxes opulent atmospherics out of wierd, homemade
sounds. Bass drums made from thumping a book, vocal samples
from south America set to Dancehall beats, this inventiveness
adds to the richness of Vini Reilly's fantastic guitar
sounds & the most personal lyrics of his career.
Artful-049
CD
$17.00
Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker
Come On In
PS, US A new 7-inch from this 10-piece, straight-up funk
and soul group from Nashville. Led by veteran soulman CHARLES "WIGG" WALKER,
the band unleashes two roof-blowing tracks of bold, blazing
and righteous get down music, rocked with guitars, drums,
bass, horns, and B3 organ.
OuttaSight-0069
45
$7.50
Eater
Live @ Barbarellas
PS, US Recorded live the famous Birmingham punk venue in
August 1977, an essential live set from one of the summer
of punk's best kept secrets. So young (their drummer was
13) they once defined the Sex Pistols as being "too
old," their furious sound coupled with singer Andy
Blade's sneering vocals created punk anthems like "Thinkin
Of The USA" and "No Brains." This is the
real deal. Real vintage punk.
GetBack-150
LP
$12.75
Edan
Beauty & the Beat
PS, US
Lewis-007
LP
$16.00
Edan
Primitive Plus
PS, US
Lewis-001
DLP
$17.50
Eels
With Strings - Live At Town Hall
PS, US THE EELS return with a live performance recorded
on June 25, 2005 at Town Hall in New York City. Includes
four songs not featured on a DVD version of the concert.
Vagrant-423
CD
$14.50
Egos
FastSwimming
PS, US A blast of pile-driving punk action from this Melbourne
band comprised of members of THE ONYAS, MEANIES, ASTEROID
B-12, and BLUE HEELERS. They're old, they're fat and they
are ugly-the embodiment of the garage rock revolution!
Ten new songs about girls, guitars and anti-psychotics.
All rock, no art-everything you've ever wanted out of an
Australian rock'n'roll band.
Dropkick-032
LP
$13.00
Elevator
August
PS, US 10 years after their debut, they celebrate a decade
of music by producing an album full of simple songs that
weave majestically from full-on guitar noise to gentle & mesmerizing
psychedelia. The songs clock in at under 4 min., a fact
which allows the album to move along at a cracking pace
without ever losing it's way & puts the emphasis firmly
on the excellent song writing. And all of us are still
tripping from just standing next to it. So very recommended.
BlueFog-004
CD
$15.50
Eno, Roger
Swimming
PS, US Hannibal Here he took a more traditional, mature & very
British path wih charming songs creating a deep & romantic
mood, almost devoid of his typical hypnotic classical ensemble
instrumentation. Feat. hypnotic guitas, accordian, harmonica & keyboards.
Hannibal-1513
CD
$17.75
F/I
Why Not Now?... Alan!
PS, US A reissue of the Why Not Now?...Alan album from
Milwaukee psych/space rockers F/i- BRIAN WENSING, RICHARD
FRANECKI, STEVE ZIMMERMAN, GREG KURCZEWSKI, JAN SCHOBER
and TOM SCHNIER. Originally released in 1987 by RRR, the
record is a masterpiece of "lumbering sloth."
LexiconDevil-004
CD
$14.00
F/I
Space Mantra/BDC
PS, US The first in a series of reissues documenting the
wild and free sounds of Milwaukee's long-running electronic/rock
pioneers F/I (RICHARD FRANECKI, BRIAN WENSING and a floating
cast of friends). Thirteen spaced, grooved and harshed
tracks of primo acid-psych burnout and experimental electronic
soundscrapes lifted from their side of the split LP with
BOY DIRT CAR (originally released by RRR in 1986) and their
killer Space Mantra LP from 1988. Imported from Australia
where they understand good tunes.
LexiconDevil-001
CD
$16.50
Fahey, John
Red Cross
PS, US Last album from one of the great guitarists of our
time. Finished a few months before his death & brought
him full circle, reinvigorated & at peace w/ himself.
Incl. spine tingling interpretations of Berlin (of the
Irving variety) & Gershwin (of the George variety)
plus stellar new Fahey originals. Acoustic fingerpicking
of yore w/shimmering electric guitar vamps. Limited ed.
letterpress chipboard jacket w/pamphlet at an attractive.
Revenant-104
CD
$19.50
Faithfull, Marianne
Come My Way
PS,US VINYL VERSION. 180GM.
Lilith-104
LP
$18.00
Fall
Infotainment Scan
PS, US Released by Matador in '93, it's their most playful
yet sharper edged releases. The choice of cover songs shows
where MES's head was at taking on Lee Perry's " Why
Are People So Grudgeful", Sister Sledge's " Lost
In Music" & the amusing quasi-ballad, "I'm
Going to Spain". Remasterd here with 19 bonus tracks
incl. more JOHN PEEL radio sessions.
Castle-36238
DCD
$20.75
Fall, The
A World Bewitched: The best of 1990-2000
PS, UK The Fall release A World Bewitched, a double CD
compilation featuring rare and previously unreleased material.
CD1 is taken from The Falls 1990s albums, Extricate (90),
Shiftwork (91), Code: Selfish (92), The Infotainment Scan
(93), Middle Class Revolt (94), Cerebral Caustic (95),
The Light User Syndrome (96), Levitate (97), The Marshall
Suite (98) and the spoken word album, The Post-Nearly Man.
CD2 consists of unreleased or impossible-to-find tracks
from the same period, including collaborations with Elastica,
The Clint Boon Experience, Badly Drawn Boy, Tackhead, The
Inspiral Carpets and Edwyn Collins. Mark E Smiths dour
lyrical surrealism and half-chewed delivery front The Falls
corrosive, acid-like take on techno, rockabilly, raggae,
glam and punk. There are also some bizarre cover versions
as The Fall twist out of all recognition Black Monk Theme
(originally performed by The Monks as I Hate You) and Bob
McFaddens Im A Mummy. It adds up to an album which is random
but oddly consistent; chaotic and abstract, yet stitched
into sense by the only man who can - Mark E Smith. Track
list: CD1: Sing! Harpy, I'm A Mummy, Idiot Joy Showland,
Powder Keg, M5*1, Inevitable, Immortality, Arid Al's Dream,
The Mixer, 4 1/2 Inch, The Caterer, One Day, Middle Class
Revolt, Glam Racket, Black Monk Theme, Strychnine, Noel's
Chemical Effluence, Light/Fireworks. CD2: Theme From ERROR-ORROR!,
Blood Outta Stone, Why Are People Grudgeful, Ed's Babe,
The REAL Life Of The Crying Marshall, Kimble, The Legend
Of Xanadu, Seventies Night (Edwyn Collins feat. Mark E
Smith), Calendar (The Fall feat. Damon Gough, AKA Badly
Drawn Boy), Now I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Clint Boon Experience),
I Want You (The Inspiral Carpets feat. Mark E Smith), Repetition
(Tackhead feat. Mark E Smith), The Heads Of Dead Surfers
(Long Fin Killie feat. Mark E Smith), Plug Myself In (D.O.S.E
feat. Mark E Smith), KB (Elastica feat. Mark E Smith),
Happy Holiday, Fistful Of Credit (w. Mild Man Jan),
Life Just Bounces.
Artful-035
DCD
$17.00
Fat Worm Of Error
Pregnant Babies Pregnant With Pregnant Babies
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Load-074
LP
$12.00
Fat Worm Of Error
Pregnant Babies Pregnant With Pregnant Babies
PS, US A band full of instrumental diversity featuring
horns, synths, bass, guitar & all manner of percussion
propelling them into the land of RnR Hall of Famers like
Half Japanese, Thinking Fellers, Arab on Radar
Load-074
CD
$16.00
Figurines
Skeleton
PS, US On March 7, 2006, The Control Group will welcome
Figurines through US customs. Female security guards double-take
passport photos of the band, but x-ray monitors scan bits
of Pavement, drops of early Built To Spill, an open Modest
Mouse container, a couple Strokes, and a vial of Neil Young's
frantic youth. "Skeleton" turns momentum on high.
As Danish press raves, three music videos from the record
are uploading new listeners faster than the single "The
Wonder" can reinstate the group back to #1 on Danish
National Radio. Which it did. It might be a secret to some,
but Figurines are one of the most hard working Danish indie
bands at the moment.
TheControlGroup
CD
$13.75
First Nation
First Nation
PS, US Debut single from NY femme trio. "Antelope
Attack" is all hoof stomping, melodic tones rustling
in the wind & then feverish rhythmic chase while the
flip is the sound of a Glenn Branca orchestra gone atonal
before giving up & going tee pop.
PawTracks-10
45
$5.50
Flaherty, Paul & Chris Corsano
Beloved Music
PS, US The most thoroughly realized blueprint for a post-hardcore
take on improvised jazz to date from the duo of legendarily
long-serving New England saxophonist PAUL FLAHERTY & young
firebrand drummer CHRIS CORSANO. Forsaking the call & response
modes of countless improvising ensembles, the duo deal
more in a simultaneity of sound, an elemental non-stop
gush of ideas, rhythms & epiglottal forms. They have
coalesced & elated serious jazzbos alongside noise
fans & freak-folk followers. Liner notes by THE WIRE's
DAVID KEENAN.
FamilyVineyard-039
CD
$14.50
Flaming Lips
Late Night Tales
PS, US The Flaming Lips' contribution to the Late Night
Tales series -- which also includes volumes curated by
Four Tet, Jamiroquai, and Nightmares on Wax -- shows off
the band's wide-ranging but almost always impeccable taste
in music. Admirably, the collection doesn't include much
that sounds like the Flaming Lips themselves. Even the
band's own contribution to the mix, a siren-filled cover
of the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" that
the Lips debuted at 2003's T in the Park Festival when
they filled in for the Stripes after Jack White's car accident
that summer, doesn't exactly resemble the Flaming Lips'
usually sunny, whimsical modus operandi. Instead, Late
Night Tales is a thoughtful selection of aptly laid-back
music that flows smoothly despite its eclecticism; the
segues from Björk's "Unravel" to Miles Davis' "My
Ship" and from Nick Drake's "River Man" to
Sebadoh's "On Fire" are particularly fine. With
tracks by cult favorites such as Faust, the Chameleons,
Chris Bell, and 10cc, this is a collection by and for music
junkies. Despite the album's glossy packaging, it keeps
the personality of a handmade mixtape; Wayne Coyne's comments
in the liner notes ("I don't think anyone ever really
appreciated their inventive chord structures and otherworldly
vocal harmonies," he says of Lush's "Monochrome," "but
then, I am a muso!") underscore the collection's friendly
feel. It's possible that Late Night Tales would've worked
just as well as an iTunes play list, but the album has
quite a bit to offer to Lips fans who are familiar with
all, some, or none of the artists featured here. ~ Heather
Phares, All Music Guide
AnotherLateNight
CD
$16.25
Flaming Lips
In a Priest Driven Ambulance
PS, US Final pre-major label album from The Flaming Lips
brought a huge shift in sound that would define their work
over the next decade. First LP to feature MERCURY REV's
Jonathan Donahue on guitar, & features more structured
songwriting and tighter production. The lyrical wit & insight
of Wayne Coyne had never been better as his obsession with
religous imagery moved to the forefront. Features "Unconsciously
Screamin'," "Rainin' Babies," & "God
Walks Among Us Now." Deluxe reissue on red vinyl.
Bonus 12
Plain-114
DLP
$16.00
Flaming Lips
Telepathic Surgery
PS, US Experimental, even by The Flaming Lips standards,
the band's third album is a glorious and mind-expanding
mix of heavily effected guitar solos, backwards recordings
and surrealistic imagery. Again, the classic song titles
keep coming with "Chrome Plated Suicide," "Hari-Krishna
Stomp Wagon (Fuck Led Zeppelin)," and "Drug Machine
in Heaven." Telepathic Surgery became a big influence
on many bands such as Mercury Rev and Beck to Grandaddy
and The Olivia Tremor Control. Deluxe reissue on blue vinyl.
23 min. bonus track on Side 3, w/etched image on Side 4
Plain-113
DLP
$16.00
Flynt, Henry
Raga Electric
PS, US A collection of key, early material recorded between
1963 and 1971 by legendary underground experimentalist
HENRY FLYNT. A seven-piece distillation of some of Flynt's
most adventurous, audacious, outsider musical endeavors,
including the title track-a twisted, howling fake Hindustani
rag with staccato untuned guitar and bleating screams-and
an off-the-wall treatment of the "Marine's Hymn"-sung
in a thick-tongued, fully untutored Hindustani vocalese
to brilliantly sun-drenched, lightly strummed acoustic
guitar accompaniment.
Locust-006
CD
$14.75
Flynt, Henry
Back Porch Hillbilly Blues 2
PS, US On Back Porch Hillbilly Blues Volume 1 & 2,
avant-hillbilly master fiddler HENRY FLYNT scuffles through
a most peculiar set of electrified and acoustic bumpkin
fiddle howls and screeches circa early to mid 1960s. Like
a hidden relic from the far side of the Harry Smith catalog,
these early 1960s recordings are a splendid collection
of High lonesome hillbilly fiddle and ukulele instrumentals
that are surely Henry Flynt's most articulated statements
to date of his honest to god, true to life affinity and
love for that dry earth choogaloo upper mountain lower
boogaloo foot stomping folk music.
Locust-14
CD
$14.75
Flynt, Henry
Back Porch Hillbilly Blues 1
PS, US On Back Porch Hillbilly Blues Volume 1 & 2,
avant-hillbilly master fiddler HENRY FLYNT scuffles through
a most peculiar set of electrified and acoustic bumpkin
fiddle howls and screeches circa early to mid 1960s. Like
a hidden relic from the far side of the Harry Smith catalog,
these early 1960s recordings are a splendid collection
of High lonesome hillbilly fiddle and ukulele instrumentals
that are surely Henry Flynt's most articulated statements
to date of his honest to god, true to life affinity and
love for that dry earth choogaloo upper mountain lower
boogaloo foot stomping folk music.
Locust-016
CD
$14.75
Foot Foot/My Little Red Toe
Split
PS, US A high-noon showdown split between two of the Los
Angeles underground's gentler gangs. The duo MY LITTLE
RED TOE play pensive, humble, out-indie songs about subtle
urban subjects, trading between guitar and drums, sad and
happy, and lullaby and squall. FOOT FOOT are folkier folks
with fine storytelling and a nice lonesome quality, delivered
with stirring slide guitar and warped percussion.
NotNotFun-033
45
$5.75
Four Tet
Late Night Tales
PS, US WOW!! A BRAND NEW LATENIGHTTALES SELECTION FROM
FOUR TET. A CD OF LOVINGLY MIXED BY THE MAN HIMSELF. YOU
CAN CHECK OUT THIS WEIRD AND WONDWRFULL SELECTION BELOW.
1. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Haunted Feelings
2. Koushik - Battle Rhymes For Battle Times
3. Hal Blaine - Wiggy (November)
4. Manfred Mann Chapter Three - One way glass
5. Terry Riley - Music For The Gift (Part 2)
6. Max Roach - January V
7. Tortoise - Why We Fight
8. Gravediggaz - 2 Cups of Blood
9. Joe Henderson - Earth -
10. Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
11. Four Tet - Castles In The Sand
12. Jef Gilson and Malagasy - Valiha Del
13. Madvillain - Strange Ways (Koushik's remix)
14. Smoke - Griffo
15. Fairport Convention - Tale In Hard Time
16. John Saunders - Tinkle
17. Icarus - Benevolent Incubator
18. Manitoba - 218 Beverley
19. 'Dont's' -(taken from) Bits and Bobs by David Shrigley.
( Exclusive to LateNightTales)
AnotherLateNight
CD
$16.25
Friedman, Ruthann
Constant Companion
PS, US A reissue of the sole early '70s album RUTHANN FRIEDMAN
(author of the Association's hit "Windy") recorded
for Reprise. A superb example of loner folk psych with
fragile singing and delicate acoustic guitar playing. Stark
and deep meditations on lost love, topsy-turvy moons, ringing
bells, etc. First time on CD. Packaged with detailed liner
notes, and rare photos.
Water-167
CD
$15.50
Frisell/ Driscoll/ Baron
Live In Spain, 1991
PS, US Their familiarity shows in the sheer spontaneity
of the performances & in their intuitive grasp of every
shifting musical gesture. There's hardly a musical border
that doesn't get blurred here, but it's the feeling of
a band enjoying what they're doing that comes through the
strongest. 70 minute performance that shows FRISELL's unparalleled
range.
Hannibal-1517
CD
$14.75
ft(Shadow Goverment)
Guns of August
PS, US Formerly known as FLACCID TIP, enlists surviving
members of TEN GRAND/VIDABLUE alongside some members from
HEAD OF FEMUR, FORSTELLA FORD, GREY GHOST, TORNAVALANCHE.
Refusing to be confined by a single genre, they utilize
multiple drums, oscillators, effects, vocals & 1 guitar.
This album pushes forward a subtle yet moving message of
dissent, resistance & hope.
ScenesterCredentials-008
CD
$12.75
Fu Manchu
Return to Earth 91-93
PS, US Compiles early singles & rare recordings from
FU MANCHU! Heavy guitar riffs mixed w/loud drums. 9 tracks
including all the songs on "Senioritis," "Pick-Up
Summer," & "Don't Bother Knockin'" singles.
Also included are previously unreleased versions of Ojo
Rojo & Simco! BUY OR CRY, COOKIE!
Elastic-014
LP
$11.50
Gasman
This One's For You
PS, US This One's For You, the fourth full-length release
from Portsmouth, UK's CHRISTOPHER REEVES (aka THE GASMAN),
is perhaps his most rewarding work to date. On this follow-up
to 2005's Multiplex (released by Canada's Sublight label),
Reeves embellishes other-worldly electronica with clusters
of organ-like chords and slabs of murky reverb. In the
cross-fire of wavering grooves and humming tape loops one
can imagine giant insects being poked and prodded by alien
machines designed to extract their unusual sounds. Reeves
works meticulously to create this eerie ambience, patching
samples together on tinkered PC's and feeding reel-to-reel
tapes through his laptop. This One's For You is genuinely
refreshing audio for the ears.
Planet Mu-138
CD
$14.75
Gastric Female Reflex
Lovers In The Midst Of Eating Flies
PS, US A new full-length outing from Torontosaurs GASTRIC
FEMALE REFLEX. Exposing "their vulnerable underbellies
by offering the gift of song, as transmitted through the
cackle of thirty meter bronze age jump ropes, and then
swatted with limitless spools of tape culled from businessmen's
faculty tape recorders." Limited edition pressing
packaged with handmade sleeves and inserts.
BenniferEditions-25
LP
$19.50
Gayle, Charles
Time Zones
PS, US First solo piano album of all original compositions
from the master of musical improv. "Like his saxophone
playing, Gayle uses the entire range of the piano."-All
About Jazz.
TompkinsSquare-2839
CD
$15.00
George + Caplin
Things Past
PS, US GEORGE & CAPLIN return with another progressive
masterpiece that strays beyond the borders of new wave
revivalism and glitch-craft yet unselfconsciously draws
upon the most intriguing elements of both, arriving at
its own, unique musical conclusion. Ancient Casios pulse
over sinewy guitars, reedy vocals, and electro-pop minimalism.
Beta-LactamRing-109
CD
$14.75
Ghostigital
In Cod We Trust
PS, US Collaboration between Einar Örn (SUGARCUBES,
KUKL) & Icelandic multi-instrumentalist CURVER (SIGUR
ROS remix). An aural forest of industrial, bel canto, jazz,
rap, 80's new wave & electronic music.
Ipecac-070
CD
$18.00
GHQ
Cosmology of Eye
PS, US The first proper release from this head-spinning
acid/drone/raga crew that's been quietly haunting the Northeast
for a couple years now. For this album the band was MARCIA
BASSETT (DOUBLE LEOPARDS, HOTOGISU, ZAIMPH, UN, etc.),
STEVE GUNN, and PETE NOLAN (MAGIK MARKERS, VANISHING VOICE,
etc.). Heavily dosed trips into East Coast trance primitivism,
gushing with mantric meshes of strings and voice. Centered
around Bassett & Gunn's acoustic guitar freeflow, and
wrapped up in layers of hovering vocal mist, buzzing drones,
percussive clatter, and Nolan's subtle but massively psychedelic
electric guitar moves. Over five extended tracks things
slide along from bone rattling minimal vibrations, dip
into opiated folk beauty, and then blow things wide open
with a full side of fevered, acid soaked raga lift-off.
TimeLag-031
LP
$25.25
Ginsberg, Allen
First Blues
PS, US Beat generation poet was also a singer/songwiter
who was encouraged to write & record by none other
than Bob Dylan, who took Allen into the studio his first
ever "music" recordings. Those 1971 recordings
with Dylan, as well as sessions from 1976 with members
of Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review band produced by maverick
John Hammond (Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Springsteen), & additional
recordings from 1981 were gathered together and released
as the double LP First Blues in 1983. Many of the recordings
feature cello player Arthur Russell (known for his 1970's
Flying Hearts band and his ground-breaking 1980's solo
recordings). First time on CD. Cover photo by legendary
Robert Frank. Original detailed liners by Ginsberg.
Water-166
DCD
$19.00
Go-Go Gophers
Best Of
PS, US 15 funniest episodes for renegades from the UNDERDOG
show, gophers living in a US Cavalry fort in a weird cowboys
and indians battle.
SonyWonder-01
DVD
$13.00
Golightly, Holly
Live In America
PS, US UNEARTHED!!! HOLLY GOLIGHTLY's 2000 Live In America
mini album hot, ready, and available. You get seven tracks-"Directly
From Your Heart," "Length of Pipe," "Your
Love Is Mine," "Wherever You Were," "Comedy
Time," "Won't Go Out," "Stain," and "Run
Cold"-performed by Holly with backing from drummer
BRUCE BRAND and guitarist JOHN GIBBS.
MajesticTwelve-005
CD
$8.25
Goodnight Monsters
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
PS, FINLAND One of two new releases on 22-Pistepirkko's
new label. New and debut album from Turku, Finland's Goodnight
Monsters. In the spring of 2004 Matti Jasu and Valtteri
Virtanen decided to make an albumful of songs and record
them with no particular reason why. Guess they didn't have
anything better to do. They had met each other just a couple
of times and had never played together before. With no
real musical direction they started to make songs. Probably
because they are fans of bands such as Flaming Lips, Beach
Boys, and Teenage Fanclub the result was melodic and quirky
pop music. They started to record the songs in Matti's
apartment. When the summer of 2004 ended the album, titled
as "The Brain That Wouldn't Die", was finished.
After coming up with a groovy name, they started to look
like a real band. Great! With the addition of drummers
Kece and later Jussi Rantanen and bass player Markus Jalonen,
Goodnight Monsters came alive.
BoneVoyage-032
CD
$12.00
Gorillas
Message To The World
PS, US A remastered and expanded reissue of the legendary
debut album from wild and woolly pre-punk rock'n'rollers
THE GORILLAS. Originally released in 1978, the album screams
with great Small Faces, Creation-like vocal harmonies and
a ton of bravado. Includes three bonus tracks, full liner
notes, and group photos for the fans.
DamagedGoods-049
CD
$15.50
Gregor Samsa
55:12
PS, US Anticipated debut full length after their split
12" w/ Red Sparowes. Eight song journey submerged
in dreamy, multi-layered atmospherics. Blurs the lines
of ambient & indie, from heavy & dark one moment
to hushed & serene the next, all while lullaby guy/girl
vocals drift overhead. "Allusions to contemporary
architects Mogwai & Godspeed You Black Emperor! would
be fair, but Gregor Samsa leave just as much to the imagination
by what they leave out rather than what they put
in." -Alternative Press
Kora-004
CD
$12.00
Guillemots
From the Cliffs
PS, UK Next big thing outta UK following the Arctic Monkeys
hysteria w/a sound best descripbed as inviting, eclectic,
swaggering psychedelic indie pop w/warm & distinctive
vocals, which the Brits call "odd pop." "The
most remarkable band in Britain."-MOJO.
VervePop-6313
CD
$10.00
Hail Social
Warning Sign
PS, US They've been making waves with a flair for sleight
of hand bass grooves tht pepper dance-damaged songs. How
good is this band? Good enough to land tours with interpol,
Secret Machines, RAiner Maria & Stellastarr*. So there...
Polyvinyl-106
45
$5.00
Half-Handed Cloud
Halos & Lassos
PS, US Armed with the psalms of David, an acoustic guitar, & the
electronic Omnichord, they assail 19 new pop songs outside
Eden's gates. With hints of fitness music & video game
soundtracks, this tromps through like a mostly-sunny afternoon
in Berkeley, CA. With the modal purity of Moondog, symphonic
elements of Gershwin & the ancient art of punning,
the album boasts pop melodies arranged around the ambidextrous
Omnichord-a vintage 80's kidney-shaped electronic auto-harp/drum
machine/synthesizer.
AsthmaticKitty-20
CD
$14.50
Hanalei
Parts & Accessories
PS, US There's depth here through layered instrumentation
including banjo, fiddle & pedal steel guitars & the
cool roots rock progression is a remarkable leap forward.
Guests include cellist JENNY CHOI, JOSH STAPLES (THE VELVET
TEEN), JOE CANNON ( EARLY RISERS, CHECK ENGINES) & EDWARD
LO (SLEEPOUT). Fans of the "laptop folk" fear
not as a remix record is in the works.
Thick-115
CD
$13.75
Hans Grusel's Krankenkabinet
Happy as Pitch
PS, US Best described as sounds of a Bavarian music box
designed by an ar
