New
Releases
16 Horsepower
Live: March 2001
PS, US While live albums are often fodder for completists, 16 Horsepower's
intoxicating material becomes even more potent on stage, making 16
Horsepower Live a must-have release. Their instrumentation transforms
the usually lighthearted banjo and squeezebox into the loneliest choir
that accompanies the smoldering voice of David Eugene Edwards. Often
likened to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 16 Horsepower definitely has
that laudanum-soaked aura, but is firmly rooted in Americana. Unlike
their contemporaries, however, they aim beyond popular music in the
key of sad and delve right into the human condition for something
weighty and substantial. The way 16 Horsepower pours themselves into
writing and performing, Live March 2001, the third installation of
their live material, will surely be welcomed with open arms, not with
snipes about bludgeoning dead equines.
AlternativeTentacles
DCD
$17.00
18th Dye
Amorine Queen (ON SALE)
PS, DENMARK New album, their first in 13 years, from awesome Danish/German
outfit who had several amazing albums released by Matador in the 90s.
Half the album's up on their myspace page, check it out. With their
groundbreaking, catchy and consistently explosive rock 18TH DYE earned
great recognition in the international music press during the 90s.
They toured all over the US and Europe and left a name, which has
inspired a vast number of bands. With Amorine Queen 18TH DYE continue
their intensive work during the 90s. 18TH DYE doesn't just thrill
the fans from ten years ago, but also carry away a new audience -
a fact that's hard to miss at their recent concerts.
CrunchyFrog
CD
$16.25
Almond, Marc & Michael Cashmore
Gabriel and the Lunatic Lover
PS, UK 1st in a series of collaborative releases. The duo sets to
music two poems by Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock, the extraordinary
19th-century gay writer whose bizarre life of decadence, drug-addiction,
alcoholism, & poetry; coupled w/ Satanic, vampiric, & Catholic
obsessions; led to his early death at the age of 36 in 1895. Beautiful
full-color digipak that contains previously unpublished paintings
of Almond by Russian artist Vania Soutavliov, a rare photograph of
the enigmatic Count, & the complete texts to both poems.
Durtro/Jnana
CD5
$9.25
Amebix
No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings [re-issue]
PS, US These songs are collected officially for the first time. It
gathers the soughtafter cult releases No Sanctuary, Who's The Enemy,
& Winter. Some of these tunes are undisputed classics in the punk
world. Carefully remastered by Jello Biafra & George Horn. Tons
of original artwork was resurrected into a beautifully designed package
by long-time Alternative Tentacles collaborator and UK native John
Yates.
AlternativeTentacles
CD
$15.25
Amebix
No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings [re-issue]
PS, US VINYL VERSION, BONUS 7".
AlternativeTentacles
LP/45
$14.25
Animal Collective
Water Curses EP
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Domino
12"
$9.50
Animal Collective
Water Curses EP
PS, US Water Curses sees the band's capacity for re-imaging their
constituent parts into ever more interesting and saturated shapes
go up by a giddy notch. All four tracks have a more stripped down
feel than their recent work, opener "Water Curses" takes
an unexpected rhythm and throws it up, down and sideways to produce
the sound of a smile. A technique that Animal Collective are now in
a position to call their own.
Domino
CD5
$7.00
Antietam
Opus Mixtum
PS, US Gatefold TRIPLE VINYL includes FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD and stunningly
beautiful art !!!
CarrotTop
3XLP
$20.00
Baby Woodrose
Money For Soul (2003)
PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2003 album from Danish retro-stoner-rock
giants featuring members of On Trial. Garage-rock with 60s psychedelia
and an attitude.
BadAfro
CD
$21.75
Baby Woodrose
Chasing Rainbows (2007)
PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2007 album from Danish retro-stoner-rock
giants featuring members of On Trial. STONERROCK.COM: "Baby Woodrose
look into that strange, dark heart that fueled the psychedelic rock
of the 1960s - borrowing from (and paying tribute to) bands like The
Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane - and crafting an interesting,
layered rock album in Chasing Rainbows. If you love the Stones and
the soundtracks to films investigating the liminal period that the
60s and early 70s represented, Chasing Rainbows should find its way
into your collection."
BadAfro
CD
$20.50
Baby Woodrose
Blows Your Mind! (2001)
PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2001 debut from Danish retro-stoner-rock
giants featuring members of On Trial. STONERROCK.COM: "The music
is very different from Lorenzo's main band On Trial, this is 60´s
sounding psychedelic rock with a strong pop vibe. If you have (and
love) the Nuggets box you'll love this as well, if you also like The
Wellwater Conspiracy and bands like Farflung and ST 37 you gotta buy
this disc as well. ...Lorenzo has a great voice that at times reminds
me of Dave Wyndorf's, on top of that he handles all the instruments
himself on this CD. ...You simply can't go wrong with a record filled
to the brim with acid guitars, trippy lyrics, great vocals and extremely
catchy melodies with a strong pop vibe (which is an art that seems
to have been more or less forgotten since the heydays in the 60´s)."
Pan
CD
$24.50
Baby Woodrose
Love Comes Down (2006)
PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2007 album from Danish retro-stoner-rock
giants featuring members of On Trial. 60s acid rock with sneery Monster
Magnet-styled vocals.
Playground
CD
$27.25
Baby Woodrose
Dropout! (2004)
PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2007 album from Danish retro-stoner-rock
giants featuring members of On Trial. This is their covers album,
which finds them blasting through classics by Love, The 13th Floor
Elevators, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, The Sonics, The Saints,
The Stooges, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, and more!
BadAfro
CD
$21.75
Baghiri, Amir
Ghazal
PS, POLAND A sterling piece of work from Germany based Iranian Amir
Baghiri, a proliftic Ambient composer. For this release on Polish
label Vivo, Baghiri plays a shopful of Middle Eastern instruments:
oud and saz lutes, flutes and the Turkish sipsi reed pipe. But it's
in the drums that his heart lies, and a panoply of percussion from
Egypt to Azerbaijan is pressed into service to create dense, danceworthy
workouds. Like a warmer version of the late Muslimgauze, Baghiri layers
and manipulates textures, drones and fragments of voice in his dark-hued,
mesmerising tracks. Often it's like listening to the crackle of a
beach bonfire laid over drumming. Baghiri's trump card is his deployment
of field recordings to thicken the mix, especially a heady desert
wind that seems to blow straight out of a Paul Bowles novel set in
Morocco. The whole of "Emamzadeh Hashem" is a soup of wind,
street noise and distant music, while on "Eshragh" a pondful
of frogs get involved with the beats. Baghiri's musical vision is
impressive, and by dedicating the album to Ali Asghar Bahari, an early
20th century master of the bowed kemancheh, he unexpectedly underlines
his music's place in the Iranian tradition. Clive Bell / The Wire
[252].
Vivo-2004013
CD
$15.00
Birthmark
The Layer
PS, US Under the appellation Birthmark, Nate Kinsella has embraced
restraint in spite of the compositional boundlessness typically borne
by musical virtuosity. On his debut album The Layer, the inventive
and often byzantine drum set/Wurlitzer style he developed over the
past four years in the band Make Believe is all but absent, revealing
a quiet and uncanny tension of minimalist focus. And while Kinsella
performed all of the music on The Layer, recalling his multi-instrumental
duties in the band Joan of Arc, the listener is more awestruck by
the attention to integration and score than by a whirlwind of prowess.
The Layer represents an effort that began over eight years ago with
the song "Flightless Bird," which was originally written
for a friend's unfinished film project. Over time, the songs transitioned
through amorphous forms until their ideal structures were achieved,
further revealing The Layer to be a product of discreet process. In
fact, two sharply contrasting songs on The Layer "A Solitary
Angle on the Confinement of Doom" and "The Layer" started
as the same tune, and the piano throughout was recorded in Minnesota
over two consecutive Christmas vacations. While the recording of the
album spans four years and numerous locations, it is bound by an elegant
and earthy lyrical form that is telling of Kinsella's ardent atheism
and wonder at the natural world. The Layer further bears witness to
his growth as a recording engineer, which ostensibly began with his
former band decembers architects' only LP and progressed to collaborating
on multiple recordings by Joan of Arc, Sharks and Seals, Owen, and
most recently the soundtrack to Tim Kinsella's debut film, Orchard
Vale. As Birthmark, Nate Kinsella's The Layer is a remarkable album
that rewards both the casual and attentive listener alike.
Coraille
CD
$12.25
Birthmark
The Layer
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Coraille
LP
$12.25
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Zodiac Girls b/w Fields Are Breathing
PS, US Incl. a coupon for a free download MP3. They intricately infuse
a psychedelic pastiche that seamlessly weaves between the worlds of
folk, electronic & pop. This limited 7'' feat. 2 brand spanking
new tracks
SuicideSqueeze
45
$4.25
Blank Blue
Western Water Music, Vol. II
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Experimental DJ and producer Nobody
has long established his ability to work with a variety of different
artists. He's collaborated with rappers and remixed songs for all
sorts of bands, and so his transition to working with singers in 2003
with Pacific Drift: Western Water Music, Vol. 1, proved to be seamless
enough. In 2008, for the second volume, Nobody decided to have only
one vocalist, Niki Randa, a colleague of his from the same Long Beach
record store. The result, Western Water Music, Vol. II, is a conceptual
album based around the idea of a giant flood that sinks California,
and the instrumental arrangements do a good job of reflecting this,
bending and swelling and retreating like the water they're inspired
by. This is not a destructive, terrifying flood; instead, it's one
that envelopes and calms and changes, and this kind of mystical quality
is heard in the intricately layered guitars and keys, the swirling
percussion and samples, the whole thing very ethereal, very lush and
lovely with only the occasional hints of unrest."
Ubiquity
CD
$17.00
Boris
Smile [Japanese]
PS, JAPAN ***Special order only*** Different songs, different versions,
entirely different mix (more intense, noisy and freaky; less riffy,
stonery and heavy, or so they say) and different artwork (die-cut
foam booklet insert). Crazy?
Daymare
CD
$34.00
Brakes
Tale of Two Cities
PS, US New album. Members of BRITISH SEA POWER, ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE
& TENDERFOOT. Formed when drinking after a gig with The Lonesome
Organist.
Hyena
CD
$12.25
Carrots, The
Doing Our Part
PS, SPAIN Limited edition.
Elefant-261
45
$8.25
Carrots, The
Beverly
PS, SPAIN Limited edition.
Elefant-263
45
$8.25
Chartier, Richard
Further Materials
PS, US Limited to 500. LINE is proud to release this collection of
recordings from numerous international compilations from 2002-2005.
This collection is a wide range of sound works from the ultra-minimal
whispers of "composition09.01" to the subtle harmonics and
musicality of "how things change" to the loud violent distortion
of "tempt" (a piece only performed a handful of times for
noisy spaces, for example this was one was in attempt to drown out
Akufen's set filtering from an adjoining area). Many of these original
compilations are out of print or hard to find editions and "untitled"
making its debut on CD from its original vinyl appearance. "specification.eleven"
and "specification.fourteen" are both part of the continuing
collaborative works with Taylor Deupree.
Line-035
CD
$12.25
Cheap Time
S-T
PS, US Founded by Jeffrey Novak w/ Jemina Pearl & Nathan Vasquez
of BE YOUR OWN PET, they set out to recapture the essence of teenage
schlock rock scuzz of such heroes as Redd Kross & The Runaways.
This debut is 28 min. of snotty punk pop perfection.
InTheRed
CD
$14.25
Cosmic Psychos
Palomino Pizza
PS, US
AmphetamineReptile019
LP
$7.00
Costello, Elvis & The Imposters
Monofuku
PS, US
LostHighway
CD
$15.75
Cult, The
Rain
PS, US
BeggarsBanquet-147
12
$5.00
Danger Mouse/Black Keys
Strange Times b/w Something on Your Mind
PS, US Dangermouse produced tracks, picture sleeve.
None
45
$6.75
Desolation Wilderness
Horizon Star
PS, US "Desolation Wilderness is the musical result of an American
middle class spilling out of the suburbs and turning into light."
-Aphonia Recordings Desolation Wilderness is Nicolas Zwart. Originally
hailing from Marin County and the plastic outskirts of Sacramento,
CA, he is now living in Olympia, WA working on a variety of musical
projects and interning at world-renowned indie label, K Records. A
musician of many disciplines, his solo electronic work took precedence
in his late teens after playing with a variety of bands. With a few
releases under his belt on various net labels such as Audiotoning,
Test Tube, and Aphonia Recordings, we now present Desolation Wilderness's
first official CD release on FKDP Records: "Horizon Star".
The album "Horizon Star" by Desolation Wilderness offers
a melancholy and personal soundscape for the listener. Poetic melodies
and electronic tones comfort your soul, while Desolation Wilderness
weaves a cozy gray blanket of warm synths and fallen beats for the
winter inside.
Fukdup-002
CD
$7.50
Deupree, Taylor
Northern (Re-issue)
PS, US Expanded reissue CD package w/ 24 page booklet. Due to continued
demand for this title and the fact that the initial pressing of 1,500
copies sold out in less than 6 months, 12k is re-issuing "Northern"
in an expanded package with re-mixed and re-mastered audio. The audio:
Not content to merely order a re-pressing of the same masters on hand
at the Cd manufacturer, Taylor Deupree set out to create what he calls
the "director's cut" of one of the most important Cds in
his catalog. The idea was to open the now-2-year-old computer files
to re-mix and re-master the tracks. Of course over the course of years
computers change, formats change, and Deupree found himself faced
with missing plug-ins, errored sound files and other oddities that
made working with the files difficult. What first seemed like roadblocks
turned into a mission to work with what was there and re-do what was
not. The result is a "Northern" that will, on the surface,
seem quite similar to the original, however listeners will hear new
sounds, extended endings, shortened endings and most of all, an overall
mix that presents these works with a new clarity and spaciousness.
Mastering in the analog domain has given the work a new found sense
of delicacy and detail. the package: A heavyweight cardboard wallet
with debossed typography on the front cover. Inside are two pockets,
one for the CD and one for a 24-page booklet of photography, credits,
and lots of white space. All printing, as with the original, is in
black and white.
12K-2009
CD
$15.50
Dime Box
Five and Dime Waltz
PS, US Sparkling harmonies and lightning fast picking add to a sound
that is as freash as it is familiar, resulting in a batch of inspiring
Americana for the down-trodden, the wear, or the just plain jaded.
Avebury
CD
$8.25
Dinosaur Jr.
Hand It Over [re-issue]
PS, US 1997 album now re-issued.
RhinoEncore
CD
$13.75
Duren, Van
Are You Serious?
PS, US He is pure power pop. He spent time in the Memphis trenches
w/ the big boys (Big Star, Chris Bell, The Scruffs), & knows his
way around a hook & a melody. If you think Big Star never got
the props they deserved, well they're the Beatles compared to Mr.
Duren. This is his debut album, originally released in '77 on the
Big Sound label, & he is no also ran, he is the real deal, power
pop at its finest.
Water
CD
$14.25
Earle, Steve
Copperhead Road [Deluxe Edition] (Deluxe Edition, 2PC, Restored)
PS, US
Geffen
DCD
$31.75
Esquivel, Juan Garcia
Mexico Days
PS, UK MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!! The King of Space-Age Pop, the
genius of Mexican composer-arranger Juan Garcia Esquivel lay in his
audacious instrumentation; his blending together of exotic sounds
from other cultures and experimentation with the new tonal palettes
that were becoming available in the mid-fifties period from which
these, his earliest commercial recordings, derived. Esquivel has been
proclaimed by Brian Wilson and by Simpsons creator Matt Groening,
"Who'd have thought that out of a genre as debased as easy listening
would come something so mind-curdling bizarre and beautiful."
This set comprises the first digital release of Esquivel s impossibly
rare first album Las Tandas de Juan Garcia Esquivel from 1957 coupled
with To Love Again; a collection of singles and 78s recorded in Mexico
between 1954-57. Tracklist: Tracklist: Collar De Perlas, Poupurri
Curiel, Medley, Goya Universidad, Una Y Otra Vez Sketch Glenn Miller,
Tren Nocturno, Nereidas, No Seas Asi, Capullito De Alheli, Bailando
Sabras, Politecnico Rock And Roll, To Love Again, Port-Au-Prince,
Amor, Moonlight Enchantment, Nightingale, Nocturnal, Jungle Drums,
Vereda Tropical, Hornblower's Serenade, Besame Mucho, Siboney, Nothing
Ever Changes My Love For You.
El-139
CD
$15.50
Everest
Ghost Notes
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Ghost Notes is the perfect moniker for
this album, Everest's first. The group may be new, but the members
have been kicking around the L.A. indie scene forever, finally coming
together in this amalgamation to resurrect the sounds of the past.
Recorded mostly live in the studio entirely on analog tape, the entire
set has an early-'70s feel, as well as a glow to the sound that reflects
Mike Terry's expert engineering and production. The album divides
rather nicely into two halves, just like a vinyl set, with the first
half a bit brighter with pop undertones, the second more shadowed
and pushing into jam and prog rock territory... If you distilled Dark
Side of the Moon, Pet Sounds, and Revolver into a glass and poured
it over the California surf, it would probably sound like this...
The music throughout is sublime, the sound extraordinary, the arrangements
inspired, and Russell Pollard's lyrics capture the style of the past
while feeling as fresh as today. Classic sounds make for a classic
album, which is precisely what Ghost Notes is."
Vapor
CD
$12.50
Farflung
A Wound In Eternity
PS, US New from Meteor City. Like an apocalyptic beacon from the dark
cosmos, Farflung awake from the cryogenic tubes with warped sensibilities
and cosmic wrath... This is the heaviest and most tripped-out offering
from these musicnauts to date. Dive bombing moogs, crushing riffs,
and mind numbing cataclysmic overtures. This is A Wound In Eternity.
Spacewarped by the various crew members voyages with Chrome, Nik Turner's
Hawkwind,Damo Suzuki Network, and Pressurehed. They set off in this
new year to bring spacerock to your mental galaxy bathed in infared,
shuddering under the strobes, and warping the eyes. Look to the skies
for a touchdown near you.
MeteorCity
CD
$11.00
Fear Falls Burning
Frenzy of the Absolute
PS, US Blends drone with slow-burning, repetitive drums & additional
guitar layers, manifesting a work that is equally as groundbreaking
as it is familiar to those in touch with the Fear Falls Burning world.
Conspiracy
CD
$16.75
Firewater
Golden Hour
PS, US
Bloodshot
CD
$15.00
Fite, Tim
Fair Ain't Fair
PS, US PREFIX MAG: "Yes, it's an unfair world we live in. And
Tim Fite sings about injustice and insecurity on songs like "Trouble,"
"Big Mistake," "Rats and Rags," and "Heaven
is War." The greedier side of the soul is familiar territory
for Fite; past albums of his include Over the Counter Culture and
Gone Ain't Gone. Like Jens Lekman or the Avalanches, Fite crafts his
music by incorporating samples of rare recordings by other obscure
artists. My Brightest Diamond and folks from Sufjan Stevens' backing
band guest on Fair Ain't Fair."
Anti
CD
$15.25
Four Tet
Ringer
PS, US A 32-minute, four-track excursion into the kind of wide-open
spaces you might find if you set out to make techno with an Afro-beat
/ krautrock sensibility. These are tracks that make you think of Berlin
- Dakar - Detroit - but they could only have been made in London.
All four are headphone epics, but are mixed in such a way you have
to hear them at Plastic People or The End. "Ringer" carries
that minimal pulse over into Four Tet, and while Kieran Hebden's trademark
recuttings of jazz breaks may be less in evidence, his feel for harmony
and melody is, as always, unmistakable.
DominoRecordingCo.
CD5
$9.00
Freitas, Nik
Sun Down
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "For his fourth album, Sun Down, Nik
Freitas creates an incredibly intimate atmosphere, a gentle setting
for his musing, mostly introspective songs. The consummate singer/songwriter,
Freitas can deftly conjure up a wealth of nuanced and carefully shaded
moods, agilely incorporating a diverse range of influences and styles
into his soft sound. "Sophie," the most upbeat number on
the set, romps with R&B tossing bright brass into the mix. The
downbeat "Oh My God" gently rocks on R&B of a very different
flavor, edging simultaneously towards the blues and space rock, while
"All the Way Down" swings towards jazz. If Ray Davies and
Randy Newman co-wrote a song, it would probably sound a lot like this...
Freitas' lyrics are just as complex, the set's themes variously optimistic
or fatalistic by turn. Ending with the lullaby strains of "Shhhh,"
Sun Down is deliberately understated, but gloriously so. A gorgeous
album."
TeamLove
CD
$12.50
Freitas, Nik
Sun Down
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeamLove
LP
$14.25
Givens, Daniel
Egress
PS, US Surprising new album for NYC musician/producer interweaves
new moon rhythms, trip-hop, dub, and vocal collages thanks to the
mixing of Fred Ones (Beans, Mike Ladd), and Rusty Santos (Animal Collective,
Ariel Pink), who contributed additional mixing & mastering. Named
one of URB magazine's "Next 100", international touring
has taken Givens to Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, and the
Netherlands. His diverse performances may include AACM jazz players
or a trio of dancers engulfed by his video. "Friendly improvisation
and self-conscious spoken word."-XLR8R
Aesthetics
CD
$12.50
Husker Du
The Living End [re-issue]
PS, US Live from their final tour! 24 songs. Available again.
RhinoEncore
CD
$13.75
Jarre, Jean Michel
Oxygene
PS, US
Polydor-1-6112
LP
$5.00
Joyner, Simon
Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeamLove
LP
$14.00
Joyner, Simon
Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll
PS, US Omaha, Nebraska's Joyner has been writing about the dizzy and
dark aspects of the human condition since 1992. This is the re-issue
of the long out-of-print 1994 seminal LP. John Peel famously played
it in its entirety on his BBC radio program and Joyner's underground
cult status was solidified. This event became known as "The Peel
Incident" in Europe, because in all of Peel's years in radio,
he had only played a record in its entirety once.
TeamLove
CD
$13.00
Kayo Dot
Blue Lambency Downward
PS, US Multi-instrumentalists Toby Driver and Mia Matsumiya lull you
into a dream state with a small cavalcade of instrumentation, plying
an almost noir sensibility at once moody and contemplative, bristling
and demure. An unclassifiable masterpiece. "The band's combination
of chamber instruments, psychedelia, and metal gives it an almost
delusional appeal...the slow sections are suspenseful, and the climaxes
will make your hair jump off your head" - Pitchfork Media.
HydraHead
CD
$13.00
Kelly, Scott
Wake
PS, US Its reality supersedes the place, the space, & the particulars
that gave birth to it. Mixing imagery that borders on a bold &
stark
contemplation of the limits of our earthly existence via our failed
loves, efforts, conceits, & even our less-than-noble other failures
w/ its lion-in-the-winter woe, wrenches the almost inexpressibly sad
into 7 songs that sound like what you hear when you're just about
to not hear anything anymore.
Neurot
CD
$16.00
Kelly, Scott
Wake
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Neurot
LP
$14.25
Knifedance
Wolf Hour
PS, US Factory sealed!
HItandRun-3
LP
$5.00
Kozelek, Mark
Nights of Passed Over [book+CD] (DELAYED, SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Available for the first time in this comprehensive edition,
Nights of Passed Over is now available on Caldoverderecords. Originally
released in Portugal (2002), this updated, hardback, all-English edition
includes Kozelek's lyrics from the Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon/Mark
Kozelek albums and special edition compilations, as well as several
concert set lists and handwritten lyrics, plus a new preface by Kozelek
himself. This Edition is limited to 2500.
Included with the book is a 12-song bonus CD
entitled "Nights LP". The disc includes live and rare versions
of Mark Kozelek songs dating from 1996 through 2007, including a previously
unreleased version of "Cruiser" produced by Peter Scensson,
a KCRW radio performance of "River", the 10" version
of "Duk Koo Kim", and a guitar jam version of "Carry
Me Ohio" unearthed from the Ghost of the Great Highway sessions.
Bonus CD includes:
*Michigan (Live at Union Chapel) 2007
*Drop (Live at Union Chapel) 2007
*Heron Blue (Drum Version) 2007
Leo and Luna (Only Version) 2006
*Carry Me Ohio (Jam Version) 2002
*Gentle Moon (Live at Fnac) 2002
**Duk Koo Kim (10" Version) 2001
*Wop A Din Din (Live in Lisbon) 2001
* Metropol 47 (Demo Version) 1999
*Cruiser (Malmo Version) 1999
Smokey (Demo Version) 1997
*River (KCRW Version) 1996
*Previously unreleased
**Previously unreleased on CD
CaldoVerdeRecords
BOOK/CD
$48.00
Last Shadow Puppets, The
The Age Of The Understatement
PS, US The Last Shadow Puppets are Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and
Miles Kane (The Rascals). The pair were so inspired by listening to
the likes of Scott Walker, early Bowie, and David Axelrod, that they
recorded this album of twelve full-blooded songs, bold and brassy,
full of drama, wit, and melody. The orchestration of the tracks was
recorded by the 22-piece London Metropolitan Orchestra. Look for this
duo on select US dates in September with full band and a large string
section.
Domino
CD
$13.00
Last Shadow Puppets, The
The Age Of The Understatement
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$17.50
Legions of Parasites
Another Disaster
PS, US Early demos of 80's British punk rock band chronicled in this
compilation for the first time ever on CD. Includes their sought after
"Prision of Life" LP, their first cassette release originally
limited to under 100 copies, and seven previously unreleased songs!
Vol. 2 of the LOP's later material will be released later this year.
Overground
CD
$11.50
Long Blondes
Couples
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The Long Blondes' second album, Couples,
avoids the clichéd sophomore slump by taking some chances and
leaving behind the joyous clatter and clutter of their debut for a
more emotionally powerful, sonically adventurous approach. With producer
Erol Alkan behind the boards, the group removes the punk from its
post-punk sound and adds more post. That is, more icy detachment,
more space, and careful arrangement of instruments and more of an
eye to the disco-punk dancefloor. Where the songs on Someone to Drive
You Home were almost giddily peppy and bursting with energy, the songs
here feel like they were taken right from the studio, stored in a
freezer for a month, and then mastered onto disc. (Think the Blondie
of "X Offender" versus the Blondie of "Heart of Glass"
for a quick and relevant comparison.)"
RoughTrade
CD
$14.00
Long Blondes
Couples
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
RoughTrade
LP
$14.50
Lykke Li
Little Bit EP
PS, US Swede-pop songstress sensation produced by Peter Bjorn And
John's Bjorn Yttling, on tour with El Perro del Mar. Similar to EPdM
yet a bit more surreal, angelic whisper meets sensual sonic striptease.
ControlGroup
CD5
$4.00
Manfred Mann
Up The Junction OST
PS, UK Based on Nell Dunn's controversial novel, the 1968 film Up
The Junction pulled few punches in dealing with contemporary London
working class life. With a cast featuring Suzy Kendall and Dennis
Waterman, the certificate X movie was also notable for a strong score
performed and written by Mike Hugg and Manfred Mann. Not their first
foray in film music, it nevertheless remains one of their strongest
works of the period and is hugely enjoyable in its own right. Director
Peter Collinson was more than pleased with the outcome: The result
was incredible; they captured the heart of the picture. Their music
belonged to the picture, it was not super imposed. The tunes will
exist long after the picture has been forgotten! Up The Junction (Vocal)
/ Sing Songs Of Love / Walking Round / Up The Junction (Instrumental)
/ Love Theme (Instrumental) / Up The Junction (Vocal And Instrumental)
/ Just For Me / Love Theme (Instrumental) / Sheila's Dance / Belgravia
/ Wailing Horn / I Need Your Love / Up The Junction (Vocal) / Bonus
Track / Sleepy Hollow.
RPM-189
CD
$16.75
Marxy
Forty Years From Now
PS, US Marxy (W. David Marx) is an American living in Tokyo, Japan.
His second album Forty Years From Now was recorded over the span of
three years in Japanese apartments, Tokyo rehearsal spaces, a Manhattan
living room, an Astoria, Queens's bedroom, and the legendary Brooklyn
recording studio Studio G. As in his critically lauded debut album
Kyoshu Nostalgia, Marxy surrounds his catchy pop melodies with musical
references to classic sounds refracted through modern musical technology.
The songs built around baroque harpsichord riffs ("Broke Into
Our Hearts", "Slouching Towards Bethlehem") and transistor
organ solos ("To Save Ourselves") make Forty Years From
Now often reminiscent of The Zombies and other psych pop of the late
1960s, but the digital edits, prominent analog synth lines, pulse
bass, and chopped up beats drive the tracks into new territory, where
past and future intersect. Forty Years From Now quickly jumps between
glitch influenced pop ("See Saw"), lo-tech garage pop ("Cotillion"),
campfire sing-a-long ("Dippy Dave"), gritty synth rock ("Tachikogi"),
and powerhouse rock anthem ("To Save Ourselves"). The synth-squelch-breakbeat
jams of "Cat vs. Mouse" features a guest lead vocal from
U.T. - singer of Japanese art-pop girl band Kiiiiiii - and intricate
production work by Pandatone.
MusicRelated-20
CD
$11.50
Matmos
Supreme Balloon
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
DLP
$19.25
Matmos
Supreme Balloon
PS, US This record finds the band skipping sampling antics in favor
of a lighthearted "cosmic pop" record made entirely out
of synthesizers. The exotic and antiquated synths used here heavily
spotlight the classic 60s/70s/80s consumer electronic rigs of Arp,
Korg, Roland, Waldorf, and Moog. But there are also one of a kind
curios present. Double LP in heavy duty Stoughton gatefold, pressed
in HQ 180-gram vinyl. MP3 coupon. Vinyl includes four extra tracks.
CD in digipak with 8-page booklet. PREFIX MAG: "The concept is
straightforward: record an album using only synthesizers and no microphones.
But for Matmos, a group that built its reputation on found sound and
sampling loopholes, the decree is a considerable challenge. However,
for a group that can bridge whoopee cushions with Björk, you
can expect a certain amount of quality control."
Matador
CD
$13.25
Meho Plaza
S-T
PS, US The experimental pop group has earned its share of love for
its buzzing, energetic, yet oddly dreamy approach to synthesized minimalism.
This will have you reliving your days of Daydream Nation w/all its
angular psyche-pop bliss. Includes a song that was featured on the
Pitchfork Infinite Mixtape Series #005. RIYL: No Age, Health, Deerhoof,
Crystal Castles. PREFIX MAG: "Go ahead and add noisy, frenetic,
underground-rock bands to the list of things that define Los Angeles,
alongside palm trees, traffic jams, and the occasional race riot.
With its self-titled full-length, Meho Plaza seems set to take its
place next to No Age and HEALTH in a lineage that stretches back to
older touchstones like the Minutemen and Fear. Meho Plaza has built
up a good buzz through a series of limited-edition EPs and copious
praise from the L.A. music press. A tight trio, Meho Plaza whip up
a lot of racket for a mere three musicians."
BetterLooking
CD
$9.00
Midnight Oil
Diesel and Dust [expended re-issue]
PS, US The original album remastered with a bonus track, plus a DVD
featuring a documentary: Midnight Oil's tour through Aboriginal settlements
of Australia, which inspired the album, plus two videos.
SonyLegacy
CD/DVD
$23.75
Millencolin
Machine 15
PS, US Fifteen years and six albums later, Millencolin are Europe's
biggest punk band, with gold albums in Australia and Sweden. This
is the Swedish quartet's first disc in three years. Embracing new
stylistic touches while upholding the classic Millencolin sound, this
well-oiled musical engine salutes its fans with fifteen knock 'em
dead tracks.
Epitaph
CD
$12.50
Mojo
#175 (May 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25
Morning Benders
Talking Through Tin Cans
PS, US Indie pop group from San Francisco, CA with early 60's brit
pop sensibilities. Full scale tour with the Kooks this summer. "The
Morning Benders manage to convey an early Beatles sense of optimism
with sweet undertones." - Filter Magazine
HighWire
CD
$12.25
Moscow Olympics
Cut The World
PS, SWEDEN The term "dreampop" got a new and wider meaning
when the Philippine quintet Moscow Olympics released their debut single
on Fraction Discs. Pop as a dream come true, two tracks that raise
their gaze off their shoes, stare into the skies and fill the unexpected
yet somehow eagerly awaited gap in your record collection - the one
between Blueboy's "Unisex" and The Wake's "Here Comes
Everybody". This now is their debut CD.
LavenderRecordings-003
CD
$13.50
Mudhoney/Gas Huffer
Split
PS, US Track Listing: Mudhoney - You Stupid Asshole/March To Fuzz
| Gas Huffer - Knife Maual/Firebug
Musical Tragedies-166
12
$5.00
No Age
Nouns
PS, US This is succinctly all-encompassing, from the faux-simplicity
of the title to the beautiful distortion of its sound, to the packaging
that incl. a 68-pg full-color bk packed w/ photos & art pieces.
The record opens w/ a symphony of noise & sometimes creeps, sometimes
smashes through a sonic headlock befitting Daydream Nation-era Sonic
Youth, Kiwi pop, My Bloody Valentine, & experimental noise. PITCHFORK:
"No Age follow their 2007 EP compilation, Weirdo Rippers, with
an ambitious Sub Pop debut: Nouns is gorgeously thick-- a hazy, delirious
expanse that's friendly and warm and, best of all, unpredictable...
Nouns is so cacophonous, so fertile, and so ripe with sound that parsing
out the samples and effects and various layers of guitar is nearly
impossible; besides, it's way more satisfying to just close your eyes
and just enjoy it. Ultimately, it's part of No Age's allure that Nouns
is so difficult to figure out, that it manages to be so big while
coming from a place so small: All you'll know for sure is that you
want to listen longer. Maybe forever."
SubPop
CD
$12.50
No Age
Nouns
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SubPop
LP
$12.50
Pattern Is Movement
All Together
PS, US Andrew Thiboldeaux and Chris Ward are a two-man wall of sound.
"The combination of Thiboldeaux's swooning, near-operatic singing
style and Ward's fierce yet deconstructive drumming, surrounded by
flurries of shimmering keys and sometimes strings, makes Pattern Is
Movement more unusual than ever. The only band one could rightly compare
them to is Radiohead, what with the jaunty song structures and opaque,
repetitive lyrics" - Philadelphia Weekly.
Hometapes
CD
$13.50
Privacy
Without Mercy
PS, US LIMITED TO 300 HAND NUMBERED LP, WHICH INCLUDES A CD. Singer/songwriter
- Guitar and Voice alone. Really beautiful song writing, and an incredible
voice. Laurel started playing guitar, songwriting, and singing less
than a year ago. The key to Privacy's music working - she's not busy
trying to sound like anyone else or her influences. Just straight
contemporary folk songs that are beautifully written and delivered.
Truly these are beautiful songs.
Anthem
12
$10.00
Record Collector
#349 (May 2008)
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25
Runaways
Japanese Singles Collection
PS, UK This collection brings all the band's Japanese singles for
the first time together on CD. The Runaways enjoyed huge success across
Europe and Japan. With the band's various line ups, Joan Jett, Lita
Ford and crew enjoyed a high profile through their singles releases
and their exceptional live shows. This CD features all the band's
highly collectable Japanese picture cover single sleeves, lyrics,
discography and sleeve notes. The CD features 2 bonus tracks, the
UK single "Right Now" and it's b-side "Black Leather".
This was to be the band's last single release. The Runaways were formed
in L.A. and guided by Kim Fowley. At the time of formation, the band
members aged 16-17 years old and soon went on to sign a record deal
with Mercury Records. Cherry Bomb / Blackmail / Neon Angels On The
Road To Ruin / Queens Of Noise / Secrets / Rock 'n' Roll / All Right
You Guys / Blackmail / Little Sister / School Days / Mama Weer All
Crazee Now / Eight Days A Week / Bonus UK only single; / Right Now
/ Black Leather. YES!
CherryRed-358
CD
$15.50
Runaways, The
And Now...The Runaways
PS, UK One of the most ground breaking all girl bands of their day,
The Runaways have this collection, "And Now...The Runaways"
re-released. Originally released in 1979, the album has been a continuous
seller, this is partly due to two of the band members being Joan Jett
and Lita Ford, who both went on
to be hugh stars in their own right. Saturday Nite Special / Eight
Days A Week / Mama Weer All Crazee Now / I'm A Million / Right Now
/ Takeover / My Buddy And Me / Little Lost Girls / Black Leather
Anagram-063
CD
$15.50
Russian Circles
Station
PS, US Metal trimmings, minimal jazz primers, and cryptic riffs that
hit out of nowhere with the pummeling impact of a comet. Their music
weaves up an intense and cinematic albeit soothing clobbering that
cannot be pigeonholed. Their lumbering layers of chiseled post rock
and feathery psychedelic infusions have both revved and enticed listeners
into mental orgasms the world over. They've shared stages with Tool,
Dalek, Daughters, and Pelican.
SuicideSqueeze
CD
$13.25
Satanicpornocultshop
Takusan No Ohanasan
PS, POLAND Japanese Satanicpornocultshop comes back with the new,
this time less experimental, but more melodic material. Takusan No
Ohanasan includes 26 perfectly composed tracks which present futuristic
eclectic mix of modern electronic hip hop, reggae, turntable-ism,
easy listening and plunder phonics. Intelligent 21st century quasi-pop
for demanding listeners.
Vivo-200836
CD
$15.00
Saville, Robin
Peasgood Nonsuch
PS, UK Lugubrious and minimal. Melodic and otherworldly. Hot on the
blistering heels of his debut solo single (VAN 145) comes this full-length
outing from the social worker turned gardener. Double digging over
unlikely boundaries is something of a habit for Robin, and this record
characteristically lurches between moods; from elegiac to wistful,
and from meditative to bouncy, this record runs the full gamut. Creaking
synths, loping bass and a succession of chimes seep from the nimble
textures pressed tightly together. Lush and filmic, the nine tracks
here cultivate and harvest a twinkling yet intense arc, with strange
and alien sounds nestling snugly next to crumpled rhythms and gurgles,
all peppered with tinges of acoustic guitar and eerie tones. 'Peasgood
Nonsuch' works over nutrient-rich electronica soil, germinating an
earthy hybrid of intricately woven melodies and pulses, stewed and
heated to perfection. An organic journey from the pesticide-free plot
to the kitchen table, it's a recipe full of beat-tastic ingredients
ripe for picking from the orchard. As one of half of the duo which
comprises Isan, Robin Saville has long been part of that seminal act
- masters of slow flow electronica, bridging the gap between different
boundaries and atmospheres, not to mention untangling messy knots
of wires and cables all around the world. With its roots closer in
feel to Isan's earlier, more sprightly offerings, 'Peasgood Nonsuch'
is light and warm but with an underlying dark center, so the audible
tranquility is imbued with an altogether tougher edge. Next to using
a digital pipette to suck up the leaked new Portishead album this
gunk of electronic DNA is ripe for unspooling and analyzing in the
Petri dish of your own home laboratories. A must for fans of Isan,
Inch-Time, Harold Budd, and all things Type Records ; Morr Music and
Eno's Obscure label. Edition of 1000 copies in card gatefold.
StaticCaravan-160
CD
$17.75
Sawako
Bitter Sweet
PS, US New York/Tokyo based Sawako is a musician, software designer,
and multimedia artist whose multi-disciplinary works intermix and
pollenate her music with inspiration ranging from nature, science,
academia and poetic motion. Following releases on Anticipate and And/Oar,
Bitter Sweet is Sawako's 2nd release on 12k after the critically acclaimed
Hum (12k1035) in 2005. Her music is fragile and intimate, delicate,
ephemeral and resonant. Bitter Sweet is unmistakably Sawako but finds
it moving into much, much deeper territory than her previous works.
Building on her past forays into experimental pop, she uses low and
mid-frequency drones and soft, melodic highlights to shape beds of
stripped-down, shifting into hypnotic and very linear tracks that
fill the space they exist. Bitter Sweet is more drone and tonal based
than Sawako's previous works. However, these gentle movements are
punctuated by field recordings and acoustic instrumentation with cello
provided by Jacob Kirkegaard and guitar by Radiosonde and Ryan Francesconi
who also co-write two of the pieces on the album. In what has become
a bit of a signature, Sawako lends her own voice to the ending lullaby
"A Last Next." These combinations produce rich results.
Bitter Sweet's diffuse and hazy soundscaping is Sawako's most mature
work to date, relying less on her previous child-like melodies while
remaining feminine and tender. She has come into her own after having
established herself for a number of years as a New Yorker where she
has tirelessly performed, studied and created as an important member
of the city's electronic music community. Bitter Sweet is packaged
in a 6-panel digipack with photography throughout by Brooklyn-based
artist and photographer Maki Kaoru.
12K-1047
CD
$12.25
Shankar, Ravi
More Flowers of India
PS, UK With recordings made at least a decade before Psychedelia,
More Flowers of India showcases the beautiful, dreamlike art of Ravi
Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan and attests to the extraordinary influence
of Indian classical music on western culture. By the early Seventies,
both men had been signed to the Beatles' Apple label and thanks to
the revolution they spear-headed, the global musical landscape had
altered irrevocably. The Beatles, The Doors, The Byrds and John Coltrane
were amongst the many that came under the spell of these great masters
El-141
CD
$15.50
Shitmat/Ladyscraper
Grungecore Vol. 1
PS, US Uniting NW grunge and UK breakcore at last, Fukdup records
presents it's first release: Grungecore Vol. 1!! On the A Side, we
have a sick 4-4 hardcore roller from Shitmat, with subtle cries of
the anthem "I'm a negative creep and I'm stoned!" On the
flip side is more of a breakcore cover tune by Ladyscraper, featuring
his friend Tim Powers on vocals, and the stompinest Nirvana drum break
of all - This track appropriately titled "Senseless Apprentice".
Sure to start a moshpit on any dance floor! Limited edition of 500.
Each record has an individually sewn flannel sleeve (to properly represent
the Grunge!!), is hand stamped and numbered, as well as silk-screened.
Fukdup-001
45
$7.50
Short, Shelley
Water for the Day
PS, US Her third album is a collection of intimate songs, "a
diary of barmy time that was 2006 and 2007." Accompanied by Rachel
Blumberg (M. Ward, Bright Eyes) on drums, Tiffany Kowalski (Bright
Eyes) on violin, Gary James on bass & Alexis Gideon with some
clever guitar work.
Hush
CD
$13.25
Speedmarket Avenue
Way Better Now
PS, SPAIN
Elefant-1132
CD
$16.25
Speedmarket Avenue
Way Better Now
PS, SPAIN Limited edition 600 copies.
Elefant-1132-1
LP
$16.25
Uncut
#133 (June 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.00
Various
And Back to Earth Again: 10 Years of Meteor City [retrospective]
PS, US Awesome retrospective from essential stoner rock label. This
is a gorgeous 3CD Box Set featuring deluxe packaging and a 40 page
booklet! All 45 tracks are fully remastered for optimal sound quality
and heaviness! A lot of these tracks are very rare nowadays or were
never actually released before now!
MeteorCity
CD-BOX
$18.25
Various
Soul Messages From Dimona
PS, US Between 1975-81, a group of American ex-pats took the native
sounds of their Detroit & Chicago homes, combined them w/ the
message of the Israeli Black Hebrew culture & declared Dimons
the center of the spiritual universe. The results are a joyful mix
of spiritual soul, jazz & Old Testament gospel psychedelia. Feat.
the SOUL MESSENGERS, the SPIRIT OF ISREAL, SONS OF THE KINGDOM, &
the TONISTICS. Incl. rare pictures, sleeves & liner notes
Numero
CD
$15.75
Various
An Taobh Tuathail
PS, IRELAND Psychonavigation Records latest project is a unique collaboration
with the world famous music program 'An Taobh Tuathail'. The plan
is to release a CD compilation of electronic music that perfectly
reflects the diverse music style of the radio show. So here it is
- A twelve-track CD compilation that has been painstakingly selected
by 'An Taobh Tuathail's' founder Cian Ó Cíobháin.
A beautiful blend of Ambient/Electronic sounds from some of the world's
finest producers. 'An Taobh Tuathail' has been broadcasting the cream
of underground music from around the globe on RTÉ Raidió
na Gaeltachta /ANOCHT FM since May 1999. These tunes include the spaced-out
psychedelic pop of Ariel Pink, sumptuous electronica from Felix Laband,
OST and Fug as well as demos from Galway-based artists Heftord &
Beatpoet, that have not been available anywhere else to now. "An
Taobh Tuathail Vol 1 is a continuation of Anocht FM's commitment to
showcasing new music from around the world", says Seán
Ó hEanaigh, head of programming at the station. "We are
confident that this CD will satisfy the show's current listeners and
will also attract new ears to the program". Tracklisting: 01.
Felix Laband - Down The Stairs 02. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti -
Every Night I Die At Miyagi's 03. Cane 141 - Sticky Lips 04. OST-
Socrates Dream 05. Fug - By Gadd 06. Phelan Sheppard - Weaving Song
07. United Bible Studies - Columba's Song 08. Anne Garner - Home (Dean
Honer Mix) 09. Beatpoet - Tao 10. Chequerboard - Konichiwa 11. Heftord
- Separation 12. Jimmy Behan - Gate 28
Psychonavigation-021
CD
$15.50
Von Till, Steve
Grave is a Grim Horse
PS, US The NEUROSIS singer/guitarist comes into his own as a composer
& arranger, perfectly adorning infectious songs w/ flourishes
of swooping strings, pedal steel, organ, et al. Where his previous
releases showed reverence for the past, this peers directly forward,
envisioning a path where others see fields.
Neurot
CD
$16.00
Walker Brothers
Take It Easy With
PS, US The British debut for this LA trio, originally released in
'65. Not actually brothers, the group of SCOTT WALKER, JOHN MAUS &
GARY LEEDS made it big in the UK w/ beautifully orchestrated pop ballads
in the same vein as those other non-siblings, The Righteous Brothers.
Covering tracks from Burt Bacharach, Randy Newman, David Gates, &
Bob Dylan, this is a classic debut & the world's 1st introduction
to one of pop music's most celebrated eccentrics.
Water
CD
$14.25
Walker, Peter
Echo Of My Soul
PS, US Maverick guitar master, Peter Walker's first album in 40 years!
" Peter Walker was actually a bigger influence on my acoustic
playing than John Fahey or Robbie Basho." - Ben Chasny, Six Organs
of Admittance
TompkinsSquare
CD
$15.00
Welles, Orson
Your Obedient Servant
PS, UK Orson Welles is a titantic figure in popular culture. Before
Kane, before Ambersons, The Lady From Shanghai and The Third Man;
Before Touch of Evil, his astounding Othello, Chimes At Midnight and
F for Fake, Welles created the sensational War of the Worlds broadcast
that terrified a nation of American radio listeners. While Hollywood
beckoned, Welles and his company, The Mercury Theatre continued to
produce compelling radio drama that still sounds extraordinary. Make
no mistake, if radio held sway over us like it did during its Golden
Age, much of Welles' work in the medium would be as venerated as Kane
or any of the other creative triumphs that were to follow. The Hitch-hiker
and the chilling Search for Henri Le Fevre were written by Lucille
Fletcher. Sredni Vashtar is the work of the inscrutable late nineteenth
century English writer, Saki The Music for all three performances
was composed by long-time Welles (and Hitchcock) collaborator Bernard
Herrmann
El-140
CD
$15.50
Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Heartcore
PS, US Together, the Swedish duo of charismatic singer Mariam Wallentin
& drummer Andreas Werliin have forged an extraordinary hybrid
of spiritual pop, primal blues, & ecstatic soul music. Seesawing
between pagan rhythms & sparse, bewitching ballads, this self-produced
debut is a declaration of intent: immediate, exhilarating, & just
plain new.
Leaf
CD
$16.00
Wire Magazine
#291
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25
Forthcoming
Releases
1900s, The
Everybody's Got A Collection (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 2008)
NO PS, US New 7" vinyl phonograph single from Chicago psych-pop
troupe, featuring two non-album tracks. White wax, black jacket, real
posh.
Parasol-039
45
$3.50
A Flock of Seagulls
Story of a Young Heart [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY
13TH)
PS, US Remastered re-issue with 7 bonus tracks.
CherryPop
CD
$18.25
A.H. Kraken
S-T (LP/CD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Out of Metz, France comes this ugly & brutal noise-punk.
Their name is an amalgam of a facist dictator & a sea monster,
& their sound is a wild, intense blur of bludgeoning rhythms,
industrial clatter, scrapingguitars, & caterwauling vocals. Citing
influences as disparate PiL, Motorhead, US Maple,
Suicide, Flipper, The Shaggs, & Chrome.
InTheRed
LP
$14.25
Akiyama, Tetuzi
The Ancient Battle to Control Death (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US TETUZI AKIYAMA'S contribution to the WESTERN VINYL portrait
series is a departure in a career of departures. In addition to Akiyama's
trademark improvised, blues-infused, guitar work, The Ancient Balance
to Control Death also features intense multi-layered vocals. Much
like his guitar work, the vocals flow with a sharp primal urgency.
The end result is a collection of unique and tense Japanese blues
that could only have come from one of Japan's most distinct and creative
improvisers.
WesternVinyl-49
CD
$9.00
Armour, Douglas
The Light Of The Golden Day, The Arms Of The Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MAY 20TH)
PS, US And now for something different... Fulfilling the promise of
his impeccable entry in our 7-inch series, "The Social Club",
THE SOCIAL REGISTRY is proud to announce "The Light Of A Golden
Day, The Arms Of The Night" -- the debut LP from Los Angeles
located DOUGLAS ARMOUR. This album finds the artist expertly blending
tons of our favorite poptones from days past to create a hyper-literate
pastiche that's equal parts nostalgia and forward thinking. Echoing
its title, the LP has a structure that plays off binary oppositions
to create one of the most varied pop albums we've heard in a long
time.
TheSocialRegistry-051
CD
$11.50
ASS (Andreas Soderstrom Solo)
My Get Up And Go Just Got Up And Went (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, UK Very limited! Peering out between the mass of strings, hanging
like vines, there must have been a spark of childish curiosity. From
the giddy playfulness of youth all the way to the folk hinterland,
Andreas Soderstrom has been surrounded by instruments, exposed to
the sounds of his father's bazouki factory - an extraordinary mélange
of clattering noise and metallic melody. That natural inquisitiveness
has obviously paid off, and it surely can't be a coincidence that
a career in music beckoned. Trading under the pseudonym Ass - it stands
for Andreas Soderstrom Solo - for more than a decade he has been the
hitherto unknown man of Swedish pop, having played with the likes
of electro-pop priestess Jenny Wilson, digital folk stalwarts Tape,
offbeat folk-pop minstrel Blood Music, and Taken By Trees, the latest
incarnation of former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman. All that
will change with the release of 'My Get Up and Go Just Got Up and
Went', the second full-length album from Soderstrom under his Ass
moniker. Soderstrom plays all of the instruments found on this quietly
intoxicating 10-track record, the follow-up to his astonishingly assured,
eponymous debut - both released on Headspin Recordings. It finds him
hacking through the folk undergrowth, his fluid dynamic underpinning
a stark melancholy that simmers throughout. It's a real treat, and
a chance to hear the whispered charm of a subtly disarming performer.
To paraphrase George Clinton - free your mind, and Ass will follow...Very
Limited vinyl Edition of 500 copies in thick cardboard stock, lyric
insert and on purple wax.
StaticCaravan-167
LP
$19.00
Ateleia/Benjamin Curtis
Baghdad Batterie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US On "Baghdad Batterie", ATELEIA and BENJAMIN CURTIS
fuse splendidly, as perfectly synchronized audio alchemists, and when
they dip their axes in a vat of liquid electronica, the transmutation
is complete: thick, glistening beats throb and undulate, without a
tell-tale twang in sight. "Baghdad Batterie" is a fabulous
piece of laptop psychedelia, and certain to delight fans of Curtis
and Elliott's previous collaboration, the exhilarating SCHOOL OF SEVEN
BELLS EP, "Face to Face" on HIGH PLACES. The packaging of
this vinyl-only release is similarly spectacular. It's a one-sided,
12-inch LP, PRESSED ON CLEAR VINYL; the REVERSE IS LASER ETCHED with
an original illustration by acclaimed UK artist Savage Pencil, whose
credits include album art for The Fall, Big Black, and Sonic Youth.
It's a LIMITED-EDITION PRESSING,, so get it while you can - disks
from the label's original Guitar Series in 1993/1994 are now some
of Collectorville's must coveted treasures.
TableoftheElements-093
LP
$14.25
Big Takeover, The
#62 (R.E.M. Cover) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US Interviews R.E.M. (cover) * Sex Pistols* Johnny Rotten * New
Pornographers, Pt. 2 * Band of Horses/Grand Archives * Nada Surf *
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks (Pavement) * Ray Davies (Kinks) *
The Pointed Sticks, Pt. 2 * 1977 L.A. punks The Flyboys * Paul Haig
of Josef K * Rock Writer V. Vale (Search & Destroy, RE/Search)
* Top 50 Reggae LPs, Pt. 1! * British Sea Power * My Morning Jacket
* Built to Spill * Radar Bros. * Kelley Stoltz * Nardwuar the Human
Serviette/Evaporators * The Trolleyvox * Helvetia * The Carter Administration
* Awesome Color
Editorials: Rabid: Hey, I*m a Dad!*Musings
* Ackerman: More Changes For Record Labels * Sommer: On Hawkwind!
Live Reviews: Agent Orange * Avengers * Big
Star * Cat Power * Editors * Stevie Jackson * Maximo Park * Mission
of Burma * Naked Raygun * New Model Army * Emma Pollock & American
Music Club * Rogue Wave * Sleepover Disaster * Spiritualized * T.S.O.L.
* Mary Weiss * Astrid Williamson * X * Neil Young * Zombies (original
lineup reunion) * Plugz/Eyes/Controllers/Skulls/Gears/Crowd/Deadbeats/Dogs
etc.
Hundreds of CD Reviews: Antietam * Black Watch
* British Sea Power * Dead Boys * Death Cab For Cutie * D.O.A.* Nick
Drake * Echo & the Bunnymen * For Against * Flying Burrito Bros.
* Robert Forster * Idaho * Julie Ocean * Kevin Kane * Nyles Lannon
* Claudius Linton/Joe Higgs * Long Blondes * Eric Matthews * Colin
Meloy * Bob Mould * Willie Nelson * New Model Army * New York Dolls
* 999 * Pagans * Posies tribute * Ramones * Raspberries * Red Button
* Jimmy Reed * Replacements * Edward Rogers * Ruts/Henry Rollins *
Secret Shine * Shack * Simon & Garfunkel * Sloan * Smiths * Chris
Walla * Wedding Present and more!
BigTakeover-62
ZINE
$4.25
Black Angels, The
Directions to See a Ghost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US From deep in the heart of Texas, armed with the home-grown
mantra "Turn On, Tune In, Drone Out," The Black Angels ring
real and rugged like a crimson full moon-lit night. Their self proclaimed
"Native American Drone 'N' Roll" genre has progressed from
communal living and the members' eclectic upbringings. This is heavy-duty
psychedelic rock with an incessant primitive beat that echoes the
spirit of the 13th Floor Elevators and early Stones. "Directions
To See A Ghost" is the second full-length album from Austin's
darkest droners. With tidal rhythms and rasping epics, "Directions
To See A Ghost" is a driving, psychedelic masterpiece that churns
through 72 minutes and 11 tracks. This highly anticipated follow-up
to the band's 2006 critically acclaimed debut will leave listeners
buzzing.
LightInTheAttic
CD
$13.75
Black Taj
Beyonder (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Second release by Dave Brylawski and Steve Popson, former members
of POLVO. Psychedelic hard rock revival reminicent of the twin guitar
attack of Thin Lizzy and the muscular riffing of early ZZ Top. For
fans of Awesome Color, Witch, and Dead Meadow.
Amish
CD
$13.25
Byrne, Ciaran
Nine Lives Causeway (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, IRELAND 'Nine Lives Causeway' is the much-awaited follow up to
last years 'Galtrim' CD. More lush Ambient tracks from one of Ireland's
finest exponents of electronic music. Over the past year Ciaran has
been gathering rave reviews from the likes of Grand Nubian, Mixmaster
Morris and Irish synth pioneer, Roger Doyle. This promises to be another
superb release on the prolific Psychonavigation label.
Psychonavigation-024
CD
$15.50
Carrie
1981 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, MEXICO Carrie returns with her second album, 1981. This time around,
Carrie's sound is expanded beyond the folkie twee indie-tronica of
her first release, Honey Blue Star. Balancing lush and lo-fi sound
aesthetics, Carrie's folksy mannerisms go in between The Postal Service
and The Radio Dept. universes, landing in an unique and minimal melodic
pop. New member Pelvis joins Carrie and contributes sounds and backing
vocals to the album. 1981 was produced by Rubén Tamayo (Fax).
TRACKLISTING: 1. Take One 2. Feeding Little Dogs 3. Stumble 4. The
Wrong Way 5. Road Season 6. Japanese Coffee 7. 1981 8. Instrumental
9. Srita. Cometa 10. Pollock
StaticDiscos-026
CD
$12.25
Castanets
Tendrils (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US This video document, created by MIA FERM, serves as a snapshot
of a particular moment in time surrounding RAPOSA and CASTANETS. It
is a meditative reflection on the mesmerizing motion of water, the
beauty of natural light, and the spontaneity of friends. Responding
to the thickness of the songs on "In The Vines", here the
songs are stripped bare and presented by new voices that further reveal
the lyrical beauty of Raposa's songwriting. It is equal parts home
movie (ala Jonas Mekas), Downtown 81, Pull My Daisy, and audio-visual
collage.
AsthmaticKitty-35
DVD
$12.25
Cheap Time
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US
IntheRed
LP
$10.50
Cloudland Canyon/Lichens
Exterminating Angel (PRE-ORDER SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US This single 30-min. track (split into 2 parts on the LP version)
uses voice, guitar, samplers, & ARP synthesizer. Here are the
sounds accompanying a spacecraft that's a combination Death Star &
Taco Bell from the 70s filled w/ Mayan temples & pyramids populated
by large, snappily dressed
reptilian beings.
HolyMountain
LP
$16.00
Cluster
Berlin 2007 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Berlin 2007 was a monumental performance for Cluster as it
marked the first time that they had peformed live in Berlin since
their 12 hour concert in the Galerie Hammer in the Europacenter in
1969. The performance was a massive success as a sold out crowd cheered
loudly for Cluster to return to the stage. Fortunately, the concert
was preserved for posterity & is proudly presented here. Both
Dieter Moebius & H.J. Roedelius play synthesizers & objects.
Important-181
CD
$13.00
Collections Of Colonies Of Bees
Six Guitars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES generated quite the (forgive
us) buzz, following the January release of their CD "Birds",
and deservedly so. Their sound is expansive, vast, and billowing;
full of ringing guitars, soaring in the best traditions of the Chatham/Branca
standoff; meanwhile, beneath the clouds sprawl dewy meadows of gently
rolling electronica. "Six Guitars" is just what its title
states, yet so much more. Wildly versatile drummer Jon Mueller follows
the rules by hammering on an electric guitar with mallets, enhancing
the Steve Reichian vibe (compare this with Mueller's face-melting
solo onslaught Metals, also released in January). The band sparkles
accordingly, lifting to a dazzling climax. It's epic minimalism in
exquisite registration, and the perfect selection to introduce the
TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS GUITAR SERIES (fans will be happy to hear that
Mueller is on deck with a solo contribution to the series as well).
Beyond the music, there's the similarly spectacular packaging. It's
a one-sided, 12-inch LP, PRESSED ON CLEAR VINYL; the REVERSE IS LASER
ETCHED with an original illustration by acclaimed UK artist Savage
Pencil, whose credits include album art for The Fall, Big Black, and
Sonic Youth. It's a LIMITED-EDITION PRESSING, so get it while you
can - disks from the label's original Guitar Series in 1993/1994 are
now some of Collectorville's must coveted treasures.
TableoftheElements-092
LP
$14.25
Cosmologic
Eyes in the Back of My Eyes in the Back of My Head (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MAY 13TH)
PS, US Fourth album-but the first with wide distribution-by this amazingly
assured & swinging "free-bop" collective quartet, who
have been developing their unique take on modern jazz for a decade.
The group initially incorporated interpretations of music by Ornette,
Dolphy, Coltrane & others into their performances, but quickly
moved towards playing only original compositions. Central to the group's
sound is a commitment to developing challenging & original compositions.
The result is a band that pushes the envelope while remaining accessible
for over a decade. For fans of: Braxton's '70s quartets, John Carter-Bobby
Bradford group, Ornette, Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd Quartet, Vandermark
5. "More than impressive,"-The Wire
Cuneiform
CD
$13.75
Cud
Elvis Belt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, UK Formed in Leeds in 1986, CUD went on to forge one of the more
interesting and indefinable sounds of the late 80s / early 90s indie
scene. Fusing a catchy pop sensibility with danceable grooves and
intelligent and often humorous lyrics, they soon became firm independent
favorites and began releasing records on Leeds based Reception Records
in 1987, very quickly catching the ear of John Peel and becoming a
regular fixture of his broadcasts. Three quality singles into their
career, the band secured a deal with Imaginary Records, where they
continued a fine run of singles and eventually released their debut
album. Capitalizing on the band's underground success, in June 1990
Imaginary followed this with this fantastic compilation of their early
releases, topping several independent charts in the process and further
establishing an already strong reputation. Some eighteen years later,
Elvis Belt is updated and reissued here by Cherry Red, together with
a wealth of rarities and unreleased tracks from those formative years
and beyond. This release features the original album in its entirety,
carefully remastered and now sitting comfortably alongside Elvis Handbag,
an additional disc conceived by the band as a sister album to the
original release and containing a number of further B-Sides, Peel
Session recordings and cover versions (including the band's legendary
take on Bohemian Rhapsody, previously only available on the ultra-rare
Alvin Lives in Leeds compilation). This release (along with two more
Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006's Rich and
Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007s well received re-issues
of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded the world
just how great this band were and generated a well deserved resurgence
in interest. A UK tour is scheduled for March to promote this and
its accompanying releases. TRACKS: ELVIS BELT 1. SLACK TIME 2. MAKE
NO BONES 3. TREAT ME BAD 4. PUNISHMENT REWARD 5. RELATIONSHIPS 6.
UNDER MY HAT 7. LOLA 8. URBAN SPACEMAN 9. ART 10. YOU'RE THE BOSS
11. ONLY (A PRAWN IN WHITBY) 12. HEY! WIRE 13. I'VE HAD IT WITH BLONDES
ELVIS HANDBAG 14. MIND THE GAP (PEEL SESSION) 15. EVERYBODY WORKS
SO HARD (PEEL SESSION) 16. BB COULDN T C (PEEL SESSION) 17. BOHEMIAN
RHAPSODY 18. MANCHESTER 19. PURPLE LOVE BALLOON (ORIGINAL VERSION)
20. POSSESSION (ORIGINAL VERSION) 21. REMEMBER WHAT IT IS THAT YOU
LOVE 22. MARJORIE 23. DOWN DOWN 24. MAGIC (1994 UNRELEASED SINGLE
VERSION) 25. SLIPAWAY (UNRELEASED SINGLE MIX) 26. BEFORE TOMORROW
27. JUDAS KISS.
CherryRed-355
DCD
$15.50
Cud
Leggy Mambo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, UK Following the release of their debut When In Rome, Kill Me
and 1990 s Elvis Belt compilation (CDMRED355), Leeds indie heroes
CUD set to work on their next album for Imaginary Records. Recorded
during the Summer of 1990, Leggy Mambo proved to be a step in all
the right directions, cementing the sound developed over their previous
releases and capitalizing on the band s pop sensibilities to provide
their most immediately accessible collection of songs to date. Produced
by XTCs Dave Gregory and released in October 1990, the album spawned
the well-received singles Robinson Crusoe and Magic (both of which
might have achieved greater success had they been released on a larger
label) and generated a huge amount of industry interest, eventually
leading to their signing with A & M the following year. This Cherry
Red Gold top Copy version of the album features the newly remastered
original disc, as well as a collection of demos and alternate versions,
all of which have been hand picked by the band themselves. This release
(along with two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails
of 2006 s Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007's well
received reissues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded
the world just how great this band were and generated a well deserved
resurgence in interest. A UK tour is scheduled for March to promote
this and it's accompanying releases. TRACKS: 1. NOW! 2. HEART 3. HEY,
BOOTS 4. LOVE IN A HOLLOW TREE 5. LOVE MANDARIN 6. NOT EXACTLY D.L.E.R.C.
7. ROBINSON CRUSOE 8. EAU WATER 9. CARL'S 115TH COACH TRIP NIGHTMARE
10. MAGIC 11. SYRUP AND SOUR GRAPES 12. BRAIN ON A SLOW TRAIN BONUS
TRACKS 13. ROBINSON CRUSOE (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 14. NOW! (PATCHBAY
SESSIONS DEMO) 15. EAU WATER (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 16. L.O.P.H.E.
(ROBINSON CRUSOE B-SIDE) 17. LOVE MANDARIN (ALTERNATIVE VERSION) 18.
MAGIC (DEMO MIX) 19. ROBINSON CRUSOE (DUNGEON DEMO).
CherryRed-356
CD
$15.50
Cud
Showbiz (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, UK Having departed the independent world and signed with A&M
in 1991, CUD proceeded to pursue the commercial success their previous
releases had hinted at with 1992's Asquarius. Following this, their
first hit album, proved to be the band s longest break between releases
(largely the result of some inter-label disharmony), but they eventually
emerged in 1994 with Showbiz. Recorded primarily in Scotland (at a
studio owned by Fish of Marillion fame, no less), this record saw
their sound mature and showcased a broader range of songwriting styles
than previous efforts. It was well received on its release in April
1994, garnering favorable reviews, and spawned two UK hit singles
in Neurotica and One Giant Love. Sadly, though, the album proved to
be the band's last officially released effort as the pressures of
life on a major and all that it entails took their toll on the band.
This remastered version also includes a number of B-Sides from the
album's single releases, as well as some unreleased out-takes and
demo versions, including material intended for their next album, which
hasn't seen the light of day before now. This release (along with
two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006's
Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007's well received
re-issues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded
the world just how great this band were. A UK tour is also scheduled
for March to promote this and it's accompanying releases. TRACKS:
1. SOMEBODY SNATCHED MY ACTION 2. ESP 3. WAVING AND DROWNING 4. STICKS
AND STONES 5. MYSTERY DEEPENS 6. SLIP AWAY 7. ONE GIANT LOVE 8. I
REEK OF CHIC 9. NOT NECCESSARILY EVIL 10. YOU LEAD ME 11. TOURNIQUET
12. NEUROTICA BONUS TRACKS 13. W.G.S. (NEUROTICA B-SIDE) 14. MY NEED
TO HURRY (SHOWBIZ OUTTAKE) 15. SKI BUM (STICKS AND STONES B-SIDE)
16. DOWN THE PLUG (SHOWBIZ OUTTAKE) 17. HERE COME THE OLD FLAMES (POSTSHOWBIZ
SESSIONS) 18. LIVING IN YOUR LOVE (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 19. LET
YOU DOWN (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 20. TAKE THE TIME AND READ MY MIND
(POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 21. WANTING ISN'T GETTING (POSTSHOWBIZ SESSIONS)
CherryRed-357
CD
$15.50
Daysleepers
Drowned in A Sea of Sound (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US A year in the making, The Daysleepers return with their full
length Clairecords Debut! "Drowned in a Sea of Sound" takes
nothing but the best elements of the band's highly acclaimed EP's
and blends them with some entirely new experimental soundscapes. The
Daysleepers trademark sound of mixing Dreampop, Post-Punk and New
Wave styles is still very much present, and at times pushes even beyond
those boundaries. Imagine the sounds of the Cure, Cocteau Twins, The
Chameleons and Slowdive rolled into one. These 10 tracks touch on
a wide variety of sounds and emotions ranging from spacey ethereal
drones to blissful up-tempo dreampop beauty. For fans of the early
out-of-print EP's, "Hide Your Eyes" and "The Soft Attack",
"Drowned in a Sea of Sound" is a must have. It is proof
that The Daysleepers have fully matured and discovered their true
sound.
Clairecords-073
CD
$12.25
Dead Man
Euphoria (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Dead Man mine the birth of stoner rock, from the Grateful Dead
to Iron Butterfly, trippy and heavy in qual doses, and now they've
signed to Meteor City... Euphoria is much darker and heavier than
their debut self-titled album while maintaining a thoroughly vintage
vibe. There are bluesy up-tempo rockers alongside melodic folk-pop
masterpieces and an unexpected turn into dark and psyched-out heavy
rock. While their debut Self Titled album made a huge impact on the
stoner/prog rock fanatics, Euphoria will establish Dead Man with cult-status
like their contemporaries Witchcraft and Black Mountain have achieved.
MeteorCity
CD
$11.00
Death Cab for Cutie
Narrow Stairs (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US New album.
Atlantic
CD
$13.75
Desolation Wilderness
Until Forever (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US DESOLATION WILDERNESS is the primary musical project of Nicolaas
Zwart. "Until Forever" was written, played, and recorded
by Nic in Summer of 2007, at DUB NARCOTIC STUDIO in Olympia, Washington;
during the late night sessions for his self- released full-length
album "Hey Someone". Nic played almost all the instruments
including the vibraphone, clarinet, glockenspiel, guitar, computer,
and synthesizer. On "4/4 Love Song" he enlisted his friends
Andrew Dorsett and Adam Oelsner to play Hammond Organ and Accordion,
respectively. "Goodbye Summer Girl" is the end of a story.
Saying a sudden goodbye to someone new to you who you were in love
with, and seeing her disappear out of the rear view mirror of your
car as you drive away; getting lost in the shimmering heat of a California
summer day. "Gloria" and "4/4 Love Song" have
no words, but they capture a mood you can get when watching fireworks
over a lake during twilight on the Fourth of July: everything you
see and do is imbued with the magic of fate and destiny.
Krecords-119
45
$3.75
Eat Skull
Sick to Death (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Leave it to the English to embellish a term like "shit-gaze."
No surprise that the greatest shit-gazer of all time was none other
than Samuel Coleridge, an avowed Brit who, plied full of laudanum,
would sit for hrs & stare at his bowel movements, writing copious
notes on their color, texture, etc. They are a quartet hailing from
Portland, Oregon, co-masterminded by Rob Enbom (Hospitals and Hole
Class) & another original Hospital, Rod Meyer (the greatest living
genius of punk)(--erm--uh--wha?!).
Siltbreeze
LP
$16.00
Explorers Club, The
Freedom Wind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US Great indie rock bands have long made a habit of recasting
the music of our parents' youth. Turn on Dr. Dog, Olivia Tremor Control,
or the Black Angels for just a few examples of bands who make glorious
new music in classic molds. Now take the idea a step further. Take
the homage just far enough that you can imagine yourself experiencing,
say, THE BEACH BOYS in their prime, but with fresh songs not tempered
by a generation of Sweatin' to the Oldies. This is elation without
irony. This is THE EXPLORERS CLUB'S debut album, "Freedom Wind."
The Beach Boys are the obvious touchstone, but dig a bit deeper and
you'll hear flourishes of Paul McCartney, the Byrds, Emitt Rhodes,
ELO and doo-wop. Embracing a pop blueprint from a time when great
songs were played on the radio and everybody loved them all, the Explorers
Club has recorded the sweetest pop record you are likely to hear this
year. The Explorers Club are doing for the summer beach song what
Amy Winehouse has done for R&B or Sharon Jones for funk and soul,
what Antibalas have done for Afro-beat. They're reclaiming the classics
as their own, injecting them with life, and making music that that
transcends any era. This is how pop music is supposed to sound. Prepare
yourself. "Freedom Wind" is the soundtrack to the summer
of 2008.
DeadOceans-007
LP
$11.50
Explorers Club, The
Freedom Wind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US Great indie rock bands have long made a habit of recasting
the music of our parents' youth. Turn on Dr. Dog, Olivia Tremor Control,
or the Black Angels for just a few examples of bands who make glorious
new music in classic molds. Now take the idea a step further. Take
the homage just far enough that you can imagine yourself experiencing,
say, THE BEACH BOYS in their prime, but with fresh songs not tempered
by a generation of Sweatin' to the Oldies. This is elation without
irony. This is THE EXPLORERS CLUB'S debut album, "Freedom Wind."
The Beach Boys are the obvious touchstone, but dig a bit deeper and
you'll hear flourishes of Paul McCartney, the Byrds, Emitt Rhodes,
ELO and doo-wop. Embracing a pop blueprint from a time when great
songs were played on the radio and everybody loved them all, the Explorers
Club has recorded the sweetest pop record you are likely to hear this
year. The Explorers Club are doing for the summer beach song what
Amy Winehouse has done for R&B or Sharon Jones for funk and soul,
what Antibalas have done for Afro-beat. They're reclaiming the classics
as their own, injecting them with life, and making music that that
transcends any era. This is how pop music is supposed to sound. Prepare
yourself. "Freedom Wind" is the soundtrack to the summer
of 2008.
DeadOceans-007
CD
$11.50
Fairline Parkway
Memory of Open Spaces (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Limited Edition of 700 hand-numbered, die cut. Zachary Okun
& Raj Gadhia met in a quiet summer of college unemployment. Raj
recognized Zach as the guy in the back of the dusty university anthropology
lab who diligently slept through monkey documentaries, waking
from deep sleep only to angrily protest discernable differences in
the skull specimens forced upon the class every week. In this manner
things came to a head and they were graduated, just as they decided
to have a good run at actually thinking. Reeling in denial, the two
began recording together in 2002. They were promptly kidnapped by
an enthusiastic fan & ushered into a studio.
Kora
CD
$11.25
Fax
Yo Recuerdo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, MEXICO Fax delivers his sixth release, Yo Recuerdo. Upgrading
the sounds of his previous release, Primario, Fax continues the path
into ambient and down tempo electronica. Whereas Primario was marked
by a dark undercurrent of sound, Yo Recuerdo is a brighter affair.
Yo Recuerdo is dreamier, closer to the sounds of Guthrie and Budd,
but retaining the minimal electronic feel Fax is known for. And for
those missing Fax dancier techno moments, there is a remix of one
of the most memorable tracks on the album "Cuarto Para Tres".
Album mastered by Fernando Corona (Murcof) with guest vocals by Florencia
Ruiz and Uriel Villalobos (Perdutto). TRACKLISTING: 1. Intro 2. Cuarto
Para Tres 3. Concreto 4. Cielo Rojo 5. Rota 6. Yo Recuerdo (I Remember)
7. Bosque 8. Tormenta de Arena 9. Millas 10. Cuarto Para Tres (Dance
Mix)
StaticDiscos-025
CD
$12.25
Fern Knight
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Drawing from diverse influences such as '70s Krautrock, UK
folk & baroque & renaissance music, their eponymous recording
juxtaposes the calm surface of harp, cello, & violin against the
perfectly timed distorted squalls of a Flying V & a dark undercurrent
of lyrical & vocal mystery.
VHF
CD
$14.25
Fleet Foxes
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$12.50
Fleet Foxes
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US Seattle's Fleet Foxes traffic in baroque harmonic pop. They
draw influences from the traditions of folk, pop, choral, gospel,
sacred harp singing, West Coast music, traditional music from Ireland
to Japan, film scores, and their NW peers. The subject matter ranges
from the natural world and familial bonds to bygone loves and stone
cold graves. "Supremely crafted and confident" - 8.7 - Pitchfork.
Subpop
CD
$12.50
Free Blood
Never Hear Surf Music Again (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US This two-piece Brooklyn band has more street cred than you
can shake a stick at, & for good reason. Consisting of Madeline
Davy (Octopi NYC) on the microphone & John Pugh (formally of !!!)
also on microphone. An unpredictable druggy number, a mangled hybrid
of Beatles-esque melodies fused angrily w/ a Butthole Surfers song.
"Quick & Painful" is a raucous affair that delivers
a swift kick to the jewels.
Rong/DFA
12
$8.00
Free Kitten
Inherit (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US This reacquaints us w/all caps worthy rockergirls KIM GORDON
(SONIC YOUTH), JULIE CAFRITZ (PUSSY GALORE) & YOSHIMI (BOREDOMS).
On the disc, they're collapsed into the present. And it is our present
that is most effected by songs like "Erected Girl," which
reminds one of bossa nova rhythms run through a Kosher meat grinder.
And then there's "Free Kitten on the Mountain," which amounts
to a travelogue of sorts--but through a Lord Buckle
