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New Releases

@c
Music for Empty Spaces
PS, FRANCE A romantic piano over bath-time sounds, audio pollution and chirping birds, advanced digital constructs and found sounds - the art of Portuguese duo @c is about contrasts, unheard juxtapositions staged so that they make perfect sense as part of a continuum that is better described as a hallucination or a mystical voyage than mere cinema for the ear. @c consists of Pedro Tudela (b. 1962, artist, musician, stage designer) and Miguel Carvalhais (b. 1974, communication designer, musician). They have been working together under that two-character name for exactly 10 years - their first performance took place in March 2000. They also head the venerable sound art label CrÃ³nica.
Baskaru-018
CD
$17.25

A Certain Ratio
Force
PS, UK LTM is proud to announce an expanded CD re-release of the classic fifth album by iconic post-punk funk outfit A Certain Ratio, originally released by Factory Records in November 1986. Described by drummer Donald Johnson as "the Mike Tyson of funk", Force marked a convincing return to form for Ratio, mixing the robust funk grooves of single Mickey Way with down tempo tracks, as well as Si Firmi O Grido, the percussive tour de force which provides a reliable climax to live performances. In addition to pin-sharp rhythm and groove the album also displayed real consistency, and even a pop sensibility, courtesy of guest vocalist Corinne Drewery of Swing Out Sister. The album was also one of the first to utilize the brand new Akai S900 sampler. Force reached #2 on the indie album chart, buoyed by excellent reviews. "Force is bright, brilliant and hard as nails," wrote NME. "From the stop-watch bass and drums of Mickey Way to the startlingly optimistic snap and crackle of Only Together and Bootsy, Force almost dispenses with the expected melancholy and puts some of the euphoria of the funk to work." Melody Maker were equally impressed. "Ratio have jerked from their sleeves a fine pop record. Force is bright, tight, tense and coherent; a glorious achievement." On this remastered and expanded CD, no less than five bonus tracks have been added to the original eight on the album. These include flipside tracks from single Mickey Way, an ultra rare remix of Bootsy by Robert Racic (previously only available though Factory Australasia) and The Runner, issued on a limited edition Italian EP. ACR continue to gig and record, with 2009 album Mind Made Up scheduled for re-issue through LTM later in 2010.
LTM-2552
CD
$15.00

Abrasive Wheels
Skum
PS, US The Abrasive Wheels formed at the back end of 1978. Their first EP was Army Song. In 1980 this was picked up by Mr Mike Stone from Clay Records who had produced bands like the Lurkers and GBH. The band went on to release the formidable album 'When the Punks go Marching in'. This had several hits in the Indie charts and reached number 3 as an album. Black Leather Girl was their second album in 1984; this went to number 8 in the Indie charts. Both albums sold in large quantities.
CrashedOutRecordings-03
CD
$13.75

Afternoon Saints
Shirley Jangle
PS, US This three-sided LP is a unique collaboration by some extraordinary talents, working under the moniker of The Afternoon Saints, better known individually as Lee Renaldo (Sonic Youth), David Watson, Christian Marclay and Gunter Muller. "The Shirley Jangle" is an intimate and subtle meeting place of noise, sound art and experimental improvisation. Three sides of bubbling audio biosphere and a fourth side etching by Lee Renaldo, made specifically for this release. The album was recorded at the famed Echo Canyon Studio, on Murray Street, in downtown New York, mixed and edited by the one and only Jim O'Rourke. Shirley. Surely we've met some place before?
Kraak- 05
DLP
$26.00

Alkaline Trio
This Addiction
PS, US Alkaline Trio It's been 11 years since Alkaline Trio released their first full-length album, Goddamnit. In that time, they've toured the world, sold over a million records, and expanded their sound radically beyond their original straight-ahead punk style, incorporating production slick enough to earn them mass exposure on outlets like MTV's The Hills. Now with This Addiction, their seventh album and first for Epitaph, the Chicago rockers are heading back to their roots. the 7" configuration is exclusive to Hot Topic.
EPITAPH
CD
$14.75

Aloha
Home Acres
PS, US VINYL VERSION
Polyvinyl-189
DLP
$14.50

Aloha
Home Acres
PS, US Pushes the tempos & dials up the guitars, w/ the band's slow-burn intensity sometimes overflowing into huge amounts. But even as the energy surges, the group casts an otherworldly glow, serving up ambience & attach w/ equal measure.
Polyvinyl-189
CD
$10.25

Alva Noto
For 2
PS, US Four years after the release of his dedicatory for record (LINE_026), Carsten Nicolai as alva noto returned to assemble a second recording of compositions devoted to a number of creative figures including industrial designer Dieter Rams, filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky and German dramatist Heiner Müller. Opener "garment", inspired by a translucent textile designed in connecting sections, may serve well as a metaphor for this collection of tracks that take as their source of inspiration shifting zones and in-between places, links in chain-letter music, luminous bubbles, fragments of orchestral strings, and slowly decaying resonances. In "anthem berlin" alva noto delivers a national anthem for artists Carl Michael von Hausswolf's and Leif Elggren's fictional land of Elgaland-Vargaland. Rather than relying on traditional orchestration, he snaps off a section of a marching band's snare drum roll and lets the percussive rattle reverberate to a tonal hum. "ans" acknowledges Russian Evgeny Murzin's research into obtaining sound from a visible image and vice versa-a central aspect of Carsten Nicolai's work as a visual artist. For this recording, alva noto was invited to draw onto the glass plate of the ANS synthesizer, producing the modulating sound heard on the composition. "interim" and "t3" were composed for a prize-giving ceremony in honor of designer Dieter Rams. Performed live at the event, the background audio layers of "interim" recalled the alva noto xerrox project in which peripheral sounds are elevated to a conscious composition. In "villa aurora" we find ourselves among the dying moments of a held chord, until seconds later the lid of the piano is dropped shut, amputating its echo forever. As we listen we are almost aware of this record having breath, as a watchful vacuum draws in influences before exhaling them back into the music. This ebb and flow marks time over for 2's reference points, reminding us that creativity is perceptive of that which lies at its edges and, similar to language, absorbs it within. - Andrew Cannon
Line-044
CD
$12.25

Amber Alerts
Antibodies
PS, US After a split with Wizzard Sleeve and an impressive single of their own, Montgomery, Alabama's AMBER ALERTS really raise the bar with their new Sweet Rot 7-inch. "Antibodies" is a killer drugged-out guitar/synth jam. "Brain Scratch" is pure punk filth. "Somewhere Under the Shit Cloud" takes a repetitive bass riff and drills it into the fucking ground. These songs remind one of a dirty, Southern, teenaged version of the Primitive Calculators and for that one is thankful. Art by CM RUIZ. Black vinyl.
SweetRot-017
45
$6.25

Andrew W.K.
Close Calls With Brick Walls/Mother Of Mankind
PS, US New York, NY - (November 2009) - After three years of loyal patience, ANDREW W.K. fans can finally experience the "lost? third album from the established party rocker. Previously released in Japan and Korea in 2006, CLOSE CALLS WITH BRICK WALLS will officially be-come available in the United States on February 23, 2010, being released by STEEV MIKE, as a special two album package (the original CLOSE CALLS WITH BRICK WALLS on one disc, and an additional CD called MOTHER OF MANKIND, containing rare and unreleased mate-rial). After the recent release of 55 CADILLAC - a compilation of improvised solo piano compositions - CLOSE CALLS WITH BRICK WALLS / MOTHER OF MANKIND deliver the slamming, inspirational music for which Andrew W.K. is loved, coupled with new sounds and feelings rarely associated with his traditional work. Close Calls With Brick Walls was recorded in multiple sessions throughout 2004 and 2005, using the full Andrew W.K. touring band for the first time. With a full instrumental band, the new album includes exciting new performances, styles, and rhythms. The lyrics are more complex although still very playful, and Andrew?s voice has grown into something much more distinct and expressive.
SteevMike-3214
DCD
$17.25

Architect
Consume Adapt Create
PS, US For years he has made a name for himself in the modern electronic music scene but the most outstanding of Daniel Myer's (countless) projects is architect. Three years after lower lip interface hymen records presents the long awaited fifth album: consume adapt create. The difference between the true creative artist and the impersonator is the way they deal with influences. Myer's inspirations range from drum and bass wizards enduser and current value up to breakcore warlords venetian snares and Otto Von Schirach - but it is unmistakably architect you hear in every note of each track. Consume adapt create: a unique blend of atmospheric IDM, cinematic samples, powerfully distorted sequences, ramming electro grooves, razor-sharp breakbeats, and haunting ambiance. Music to move the dancefloor while still creating enough depth and texture for heavy listening through your headphones. Once again, D. Myer demonstrates astounding compositions. Well-placed sounds and complex arrangements of synthetic noise. As heard on this record: "I See Things..." - listen up and see for yourself!
Hymen-781
CD
$16.75

Arriver
Simon Mann
PS, US LIMITED TO 300, INCL. DOWNLOAD CODE. "The 3 songs are terrifyingly focused, even as they shift nonchalantly between robotic Mushuggoid thrash, proggy riffing, stoner-rock swagger, techy death metal, & bursts of nasty grind - they're like floodlights cutting through the fog of war" - CHICAGO READER
BecRec-003
45
$7.25

Art Museums
Rough Frame
PS, US VINYL VERSION
Woodsist
LP
$13.00

Art Museums
Rough Frame
PS, US Cult new wave band The Art Museums tell sordid tales of artists, lovers, and poseurs. Bay Area psych burnouts Josh Alper and Glenn Donaldson converged in San Francisco in the summer of '09 to record Anglophile jams on a Tascam 388 tape machine (state of the art home-recording circa '85). Rough Frame is their debut LP for the Woodsist label. They would make a hi-fi studio record if they had the money, but reviewers would probably still say it was lo-fi.
Woodsist
CD
$11.75

Ash Pool
For Which He Plies The Lash
PS, US Second full length. Eight songs of big bang black metal by DOMINIC FERNOW (PRURIENT, COLD CAVE, Hospital Productions) and KRIS KAPKE (ALBERICH, NORTHERN CROSS). Our comrades at Second Layer tell it like it is: "The duo blasts out raw and disgusting primitive black metal, with lots of balance between neck-breaking speed and lurking mid-tempo howl, with even some grind-ish elements for good measure."
HospitalProductions-267
CD
$14.75

Au
Versions
PS, US From 20 to 2, AU's new EP, Versions, builds joyously from the successes of it's previous LP, Verbs. Shifting from AU's previous albums, which saw lengthy lists of friends helping out and a live act that could swell to 20 with a revolving door of players from Portland, OR, Versions marks the evolution of it's sound into something more singular and uniquely it's own brand of experimental pop.
Aagoo-018
CD
$8.75

Balaclavas
Roman Holiday
PS, US While the band makes nods to the dub punk of PiL, the rhythms of Can, & the coldness of Killing Joke, they are able to keep things wholly unique & create an original, highly melodic sound. Hop aboard the death train. Ltd to 525
DullKnife-015
LP
$13.75

Balaclavas
Roman Holiday
PS, US Roman Holiday is the debut LP from Houston, Texas' BALACLAVAS, following two 12-inch EP releases on the Phonographic Arts and Dull Knife labels. Roman Holiday is the group's finest recording to date, and showcases their diverse and unique sound. While the band makes nods to the dub punk of Public Image Ltd., the rhythms of Can, and the coldness of Killing Joke, they are able to keep things wholly unique and create an original, highly melodic sound. The band makes an awfully big sound for a 3-piece, supplementing their traditional rock setup with electronic drums and synthesizers.
DullKnife-015
LP
$13.50

Balmorhea
Constellations
PS, US Balmorhea's previous album All is Wild, All is Silent explored the freedom and isolation of settlers learning to live on an untamed frontier. It was an intensely physical album, dealing with the struggles of man on earth. By contrast, their new album Constellations shifts our focus to the cosmos and beyond, meditating solemnly on the mystical and metaphysical.
The disarming simplicity of the tracks on Constellations proves that Balmorhea doesn't need dense arrangements full of 180-degree turns to craft deeply affecting compositions. More than just self-imposed limitation, the scale of this collection of songs introduces a sense of intimacy and perspective through their skillful use of space and restraint.
For centuries humans have distilled order from the chaos of the night sky, turning a collection of bright dots into the framework for giants of myth and legend. Similarly, the tracks on Constellations serve as framework for our individual mediations on the wonders of time and space. As the album captivates and inspires our imaginations by recreating the movements and colors of life, it often gives the listener the sense of being tossed about on the ocean, at the mercy of a reckless and merciless god. Ultimately we're left with the euphoric release experienced as one realizes, for the first time, that his fate relies more upon the teasing whims of the unknown than any design of his own.
WesternVinyl-70
LP
$13.75

Balmorhea
Constellations
PS, US Balmorhea's previous album All is Wild, All is Silent explored the freedom and isolation of settlers learning to live on an untamed frontier. It was an intensely physical album, dealing with the struggles of man on earth. By contrast, their new album Constellations shifts our focus to the cosmos and beyond, meditating solemnly on the mystical and metaphysical.
The disarming simplicity of the tracks on Constellations proves that Balmorhea doesn't need dense arrangements full of 180-degree turns to craft deeply affecting compositions. More than just self-imposed limitation, the scale of this collection of songs introduces a sense of intimacy and perspective through their skillful use of space and restraint. For centuries humans have distilled order from the chaos of the night sky, turning a collection of bright dots into the framework for giants of myth and legend. Similarly, the tracks on Constellations serve as framework for our individual mediations on the wonders of time and space. As the album captivates and inspires our imaginations by recreating the movements and colors of life, it often gives the listener the sense of being tossed about on the ocean, at the mercy of a reckless and merciless god. Ultimately we're left with the euphoric release experienced as one realizes, for the first time, that his fate relies more upon the teasing whims of the unknown than any design of his own.
WesternVinyl-70
CD
$11.50

Bardo Pond
Bufo Alvarius [expanded reissue]
PS, US VINYL VERSION includes CD. Deluxe remastered reissue of their 1st album, originally released on Drunken Fish in 1995. Includes one previously-unreleased bonus track
Fire-137
LP/CD
$21.50

Bare Wires
Keep Your Cool
PS, US Oakland's BARE WIRES are back with their follow up release to 2009's Artificial Clouds LP. Frontman MATTHEW MELTON continues to develop his style of "Soft Punk" and these two songs may be his best yet. Look out for Bare Wires in 2010 as they plan to take over the world. Limited to 500
Southpaw-007
45
$6.25

Barr/Nevai
Labyrintha
PS, US The third full-length release by the dynamic duo of East Coast weirdos MICK BARR on guitar (OCRILIM, OCTIS, KRALLICE) and NONDOR NEVAI (TO LIVE AND SHAVE IN L.A., THE RESTAURANTS) on voice and drums. Totally insane improvised, speed-metal recorded live at Nevai's own Fuck You Studios in Albany, NY, this is a screeching, full-bore assault of million-miles-an-hour riffing and blastbeats topped by maniacal stream-of-consciousness vocals. Could this be an unholy union between Morbid Angel and Eddie Murphy having dinner with Salvador Dali? Perhaps. If you're searching for total musical chaos, look no further!
Ugexplode-043
CD
$12.50

Beach House
S-T
PS, US REPRESS of debut album!
HeartBreakBeat-005
LP
$15.50

Beausoleil, Bobby
The Lucifer Rising Suite
PS, US 2010 repress! "Now, for the first time, all of the music composed for the soundtrack project has been compiled into a single public release. The Lucifer Rising Suite begins with the 1967 version of the soundtrack and continues through a logical sequence of the recordings made in the years spanning 1976-79. With respect to the latter, the original master tapes were mined for music that had not been heard by anyone in nearly three decades. The newly unearthed recordings were then restored, cleaned up and combined with those previously released to make the anthology as complete as possible. The compositions that comprise the Suite are sequenced in an order that tells a story, after a fashion. It is a story that may be impossible to tell in a strictly literary manner, one that -- like a mirror's reflection into another -- is both personal and allegorical. A complete anthology of the recordings made for the Lucifer Rising motion picture soundtrack by Bobby Beausoleil with The Freedom Orchestra and The Magick Powerhouse Of Oz. This fully authorized and definitive release will include: - Remastered recordings spanning 11 years, from the '67 recording to the Tracy Prison recordings of '78. - 4 full-length LPs worth of Lucifer Rising material with half being never-before-heard sessions personally selected by Bobby BeauSoleil. - 9 new pieces of art from Bobby: 8 record sleeve panels and one 2' x 3' poster. - 2 posters: one by Bobby BeauSoleil and one by Dennis Dread. - A much-extended version of the 'Fallen Angel Blues' piece by Bobby that originally appeared in the Kenneth Anger DVD set. - 'Hymns to the Solar Temple' -- impressions on a visit to Bobby at the Oregon Correctional Facility in Pendleton, Oregon by Dennis Dread. - The Saga of a Soundtrack by Michael Moynihan. - Art from Dennis Dread for the back of the LP box, also to be included as a 2' x 2' poster. - Art from Dennis Dread for the front lid of the box which will provide a window into the works of Bobby's to be found within. Remastered by Robert Ferbrache, well known for his work with Blood Axis, 16 Horsepower and others. All art has been created specifically for this release."
AJNA - FLAME 053LP
4XLP BOX
$60.00

Beherit
Oath Of The Black Blood
PS, US Finland's BEHERIT (the Syriac name for Satan) was spawned in 1989 by spectacularly named vocalist/guitarist Nuclear Holocausto Vengeance. Along with bassist Black Jesus and drummer Sodomatic Slaughter, his express purpose was to perform the most primitive, savage, hell-obsessed black metal imaginable and now his dream has come true.
Emetic-049
LP
$17.25

Besnard Lakes, The
The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
PS, US There is a war now. The message has been sent through short wave in code. The Besnard Lakes twisting chronicle, or fever dream, of spies, double agents, novelists and aspiring rock gods has turned violent. Loyalty, dishonor, love, hatred all seen through the eyes of two spies, fighting a war that may not be real. One follows the other as they receive coded messages and spread destruction. The city is burning, and it's to the benefit of music obsessives everywhere. Once again, the husband-and-wife duo of Olga Goreas and Jace Lasek has crafted a majestic, sprawling vision of guitar bombast and captivating pop experiments. With the aid of Besnard members Kevin Laing on drums and Richard White on guitar, The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night is a dense, ambitious recording, experimenting, as always, with the studio as instrument.
The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night calls upon the influence of ELO and finer parts of the Alan Parsons Project in its orchestration. Still helped by the Ghost of Beach Boys Past, the album is more Dennis Wilson than Brian, and more Peter Green Fleetwood Mac than Lindsay Buckingham. The album is a dark bliss-out that folds the eerie guitar epics of the Montreal band's breakthrough into a wall of affected drones and atmospherics, but with a toughened immediacy and grit that gives the form a much-needed shove over the cliffs, making for a haunting, provocative swan dive into the crushing tide.
Jagjaguwar-126
CD
$11.50

Black Bug
S-T
PS, US Sometime in late 2007 FDH was very proud to release the debut demo CDR from this Swedish lo-fi synth band. Since then they have released 7-inches on labels such as Disordered , Boom Chick, and Burning Hell. Each just as good as the one before. The time is finally here for a full0length and FDH is happy to have them back. Lo-fi synth trash at its best. Blown out sounds, pissed-off male and female vocals. Limited to 500 copies
FDH-099
LP
$13.50

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Beat The Devil's Tattoo
PS, US 6th full length from BRMC
Vagrant-579
CD
$13.75

Black Wine
S-T
PS, US Debut album from JEFF SCHROEK of THE ERGS and MIRANDA TAYLOR and J. NIXON of HUNCHBACK. At times grungy, at times poppy, fans of Mudhoney, The Ergs, and Hunchback take note.
DonGiovanni-032
LP
$16.75

Blessure Grave
Unknown Blessure
PS, US New blood San Diego folk, goth, post punk. A lot of good repetitive hooks on this one w/ some bleak winter hell, frozen world, dead heart vibes makes for a dark.
NightPeople
CASS
$6.75

Bossy
Best of Bossy
PS, US A nine-song collection from BOSSY-CASSIE RAMONE of the VIVIAN GIRLS previous band. Limited edition pressing, released on the Vivian Girls own Wild World label.
WildWorld-003
LP
$12.00

Bren't Lewiis Ensemble
Three Christs of Ypsilanti
PS, US This barely organized enclave ingests & disgorges outsider free music a la Smegma & other bent LAFMS trippers, the UK's A Band, 5 Starcle Men, & the sort of visionaries currently promoted by labels such as Chocolate Monk, Destijl, & Ultra Eczema
Siltbreeze-131
LP
$16.00

Brian Jonestown Massacre, The
Who Killed Sgt Pepper?
PS, US Recorded in early & late 2009 between Iceland & Berlin with an US tour inbetween the Brian Jonestown Massacre move forward with this new full length album , "Who Killed Sergeant Pepper ?". Working with musicans of the likes of Will Carruthers (ex Spacemen 3 & Spiritualized) , Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir (who recorded vocals on the last BJM album) & Felix from the Russian band "Amazing Electronic Talking Cave" & other musicians from France , Germany , & Iceland , this is the band's most multi cultured re-lease to date ,while obviously keeping the band's trademark style throughout this album . 13 tracks ranging from the ambient bhangra beats , to rock , to shoegazing , to gypsy influences of Eastern Europe music & then back again to the subliminal all twinged with the psychedelia of the band. This is the new Brian Jonestown Massacre Album "Who Killed Sgt Pepper?"
Arecords-020
CD
$13.75

Brian Jonestown Massacre, The
Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
PS, US DLP vinyl, 180g, white with purple splatters. Recorded in early & late 2009 between Iceland & Berlin with an US tour inbetween the Brian Jonestown Massacre move forward with this new full length album, "Who Killed Sergeant Pepper ?". Working with musicans of the likes of Will Carruthers (ex Spacemen 3 & Spiritualized), Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir (who recorded vocals on the last BJM album) and Felix from the Russian band Amazing Electronic Talking Cave & other musicians from France, Germany and Iceland, this is the band's most multicultured release to date, while obviously keeping the band's trademark style throughout this album. 13 tracks ranging from the ambient bhangra beats, to rock, to shoegazing, to gypsy influences of Eastern Europe music & then back again to the subliminal all twinged with the psychedelia of the band. This is the new Brian Jonestown Massacre Album "Who Killed Sgt Pepper?"
Arecords-020
DLP
$34.25

Broken Bells
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION, 180g pressing w/poster and download codes.
Sony
LP
$18.25

Broken Bells
S-T [deluxe edition]
PS, US Limited Edition Box Set includes: 44-page pocket notebook includes photos & illustrations, Glow in the Dark Sticker Sheet, Exclusive Broken Bells Poster (17.5" x 15.5"), 2 oversized postcards, CD Album in softpack with poster. Additionally, when the Music Box is opened it plays "THE OVERTURE," an exclusive soundtrack created by Brian & James.
Sony
CD-BOX
$40.00

Broken Bells
S-T
PS, US Broken Bells is, The Shins' James Mercer & Danger Mouse. Featuring "The High Road" and "The Ghost Inside" Broken Bells features Mercer on vocals, guitars and bass while Brian Burton aka Danger Mouse plays organ, drums, piano, synths and bass. The pair play all the instruments on the album with the exception of a full string section arranged by Daniele Luppi. Broken Bells was recorded at Mondo Studio in Los Angeles and produced by Danger Mouse.
Sony
CD
$12.50

Bull, Sandy
E Pluribus Unum
PS, US 1988 reissue. Originally released in 1969. "By the time of Sandy Bull's third album, 1969's E Pluribus Unum, he'd already gotten such a head start on psychedelic exploration that he was way out ahead of most of his peers. Bull's trippiest, most adventurous excursion, it's occupied by two extended guitar pieces that utilize some seriously psychedelic-sounding effects to achieve a wide variety of textures and moods. The second track, 'Electric Blend,' can presumably be seen as a sequel to the acoustic 'Blend' from Bull's debut album."
Vanguard-6513
CD
$17.00

Bundles, The
S-T
PS, US The Bundles boasts a line-up of Kimya Dawson, Jeffrey Lewis, Jack Lewis, Anders Griffen and Karl Blau, a formidable group of artists who have achieved great singular success. Their debut album The Bundles [KLP214] is a delightful fusion of everything they have done on their own. Mix the tragic-comic folk narratives of Jeffrey Lewis, with Kimya Dawson's friendly calls for bravery, with the daffy, multi-instrumentations of Karl Blau, Jack Lewis and Anders Griffen and the result is an album that is able to be both snarky and tender, and vulnerable and confident - all at the same time. The Bundles started as a project of two mutual friends wanting to collaborate. Jeffrey Lewis and Kimya Dawson were fans of each other in the growing anti-folk music scene of New York City in the late 90s, and when her band Moldy Peaches landed on Rough Trade, Jeffrey soon followed. In February of 2001, Dawson visited Jeffrey who was living at the time in Austin, Texas. During this visit they wrote and recorded five songs with Lewis on guitar and Dawson on keyboards. In 2002, Kimya had started her solo career and while touring Germany with the Jeffrey Lewis Band, those same five songs were expanded into full band songs with the addition of Jeffrey's brother/bandmate Jack Lewis on bass and Griffen on drums. Years passed, during which Jeffrey and Jack released five acclaimed records on Rough Trade, and Kimya toured constantly with six solo albums, and received an invitation to the Grammy's for the Juno movie soundtrack. Despite the heavy creative schedules of all involved, The Bundles continued to be resurrected in unlikely times and places wherever in the world the members happened to cross paths. Eventually in 2009 the four congregated to make some full-band Bundles recordings at the Dub Narcotic Studios in Olympia, Washington. With additional contributions from troubadour Karl Blau - who originally only signed on to record them - they honed their old songs and crafted some new ones, too. So on one hand, their debut album took just a few days to write and record, on the other hand it took eight years! One must not wait as long to hear from them again, though, as The Bundles plan on playing shows as early as Spring 2010. "Beyond her vocals - sweet and dry like ginger ale - [Kimya] Dawson's biggest feat is her ability to write effortlessly powerful songs that kill you with kindness." - Bust Magazine "Jeffrey Lewis is the Big Apple's best-kept secret. NYC's never exactly lacked eccentric singer-songwriters, but all, from Lou Reed up to Adam Green, would struggle to out-boho Jeffrey Lewis." - NME Magazine
Krecords-214
CD
$11.50

Bundles, The
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION
KRecords-214
LP
$12.25

Burning Star Core
Papercuts Theater
PS, US
NoQuarter-022
DLP
$14.25

Burning Star Core
Papercuts Theater
PS, US
NoQuarter-022
CD
$10.50

California Son
S-T
PS, US Pure California dreaming on this one, songs for shitty headphone jammin while working the 9-5 at the upstate pot plantation. Sleep on your drug rug under the sun,
& let the weird vibes creep in. C20
NightPeople-088
CASS
$6.75

Cars Can Be Blue
All the Stuff We Do
PS, US Cars Can Be Blue is a two-headed creature that clawed its way out of a swamp known as Keene, NH way back in 2003, when Becky Brooks and Nate Mitchell fused into one musical essence, foisting their rudimentary songwriting skills upon the world and gradually cultivating a legion of morally questionable admirers. The Cars Can Be Blue components seem simple enough: a girl with a guitar, a guy with a ramshackle drum kit, yet this bipolar beast houses a wide swath of darkness shrouded in shiny pop confections...or is it the other way â€˜round? IMAGINE Tullycraft fronted by Andrew Dice Clay or Sarah Silverman and you get the idea.
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe-069
LP
$13.00

Carta
An Index of Birds
PS, US RIYL: Low, Six By Seven, Coldplay, The Cure, Stars of the Lid, Charles Atlas, Landing, Ida. Carta returns with a new home on Silber combining all of the 1990s moody pop, slowcore, & post rock sounds into modern indie pop. File under Indie, Post Rock, Alternative, Slowcore, Minimalist Pop. Sample track: http://www.silbermedia.com/mp3s/carta-building-bridges.mp3
Silber-077
CD
$12.25

Catburglars
S-T
PS, US There's something nice, simple, and primal about punk rock like this - nothing fancy or flash, just dumbed down, snotty, stress-relieving fratpunk that's great to bounce around to at parties, or in the privacy of your own home, and that only real Americans can pull off with any level of authenticity. The CATBURGLARS follow up on their first two singles with this great sounding, no frills LP of pure brute power and force with a monolithic chainsaw buzz guitar sound reminiscent of early ANGRY SAMOANS, DICTATORS, or even TURBONEGRO. Amazing stuff that sails straight past your cerebrum - don't think, just dance. It's supposed to be loud, fast, trashy and fun! Record sounds great too.
CriminalIQ-037
LP/CD
$15.75

Charalambides
Three Lane Blacktop
PS, US Tom Carter's description: "new release of eldritch origin featuring historic recordings of two nearly-complete sets from the market square-era Charalambides lineup, featuring the core duo of Tom and Christina Carter and Jason Bill. One side is from the Cooler, NYC, at the 1995 CMJ fest (swirling vox sound courtesy Kurt Wolf), where Strapping Fieldhands got their fender twin stolen, and Bill Orcutt & I witnessed the unrepentant use of string-eze by the guitarist from Cobra Verde. The other side is from the 1994 Siltbreeze Festival at the Khyber Pass in Philly. Both sets consist of freak-rock tracks from Market Square and Strangle The Wretched Heavens, heavy on analog atmosphere & ecstatic/blown-out gtr/vox interconnectivity." To which we can only add: Just prior to entering their period of heavenly flotation, Charalambides were at their most damaged and psychedelic, making what felt like brave trio explorations into the same Tex/Psychic nimbus that had earlier spat out Jandek. Their guitars were unhooking themselves from riff-wagons, their vocals were de-coupling from formal policies, and anything seemed possible. Like the sprawling masterpiece, Market Square, this was the sound of a band that had clearly arrived, although they were also on the verge of departing for even weirder pastures. But who knew? Edition of 500 copies with stickered cover and insert.
TwoLaneBlacktop
LP
$16.75

Chew, Hans
New Cypress Grove Boogie b/w Forever Again
PS, USHANS CHEW'S skill as a piano player has complemented JACK ROSE live & on "Black Dirt Sessions" & "Luck In The Valley", and he's also an integral member of D. CHARLES SPEER & THE HELIX. This pic disc single offers an expanded glimpse at
his songwriting prowess & powerful boogie-blues, bar-rockin' piano skills. LIMITED TO 500, INCL. DOWNLOAD COUPON,
ThreeLobedRecordings-075
45
$7.25

Chillerton
Hollow Lane
PS, US Listening to "Hollow Lane" is reminiscent of an energetic basement show. Sing-along vocals, tight rhythms, and inspirational lyrics melt together to deliver well-crafted songs to your speakers. Hailing from the UK, this three-piece is like a fresh young version of Leatherface and it takes listeners back to a time when bands like the Hot Water Music and Braid were kings of the scene.
KissofDeath-007
45
$5.00

Chinese Restaurants
River of Shit
PS, US Like a child captured by wolves, the CHINESE RESTAURANTS might live in New York City, but they really don't have a home. Though their roots are the Tucson, Arizona garage punk scene (home of the Fells!), LF RESTAURANT (aka ACAPULCO RODRIGUEZ) and KEITH RESTAURANT (nee REDGERSON) started the band long distance, from posts in Albany, New York and rural Connecticut. With Keith's 11 year old Garfield-loving brother on drums, they threw song ideas over the phone and would play impromptu shows-often without rehearsing- including one via conference call. (When playing over 21 venues BUNNY BRAINSgenius MALCOLM TENT plays drums). Of course, the sound was pure chaos, but over time and with infusions of American underground sounds like Beefheart, the Sun City Girls, and various Euro art pranksters the Restaurants started to find themselves. A name change to THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE JAZZ AGREEMENT lead to a Euro tour and an opening slot for Arthur Doyle. And it should probably be expected that the next step for our Restaurants was to reemerge as "a grotesque, sexually inappropriate Doors cover band." Come 2010 and the Chinese Restaurants are finally committing themselves to vinyl. With the help of sonic saboteur MATIN (Billy Bao, Josetxo Grieta, NMM), the Restaurants created 'River of Shit,' an underground state of the state of the nation of sorts. A deft commentary on the Age of Obama or just another smart ass prank, we don't know, but it sounds good. And the flip of 'Work is a Drag' and 'Queen of the Skanks' is a skanking sludge fest that would do both Flipper and No Trend proud."-S.S.
S-SRecords-046
45
$6.00

City Center
Spring St
PS, US LIMITED!! City Center's Fred Thomas (Saturday Looks Good To Me) and Ryan Howard (Canada) offer up twenty continuous minutes of reverb, melody, loops & stereo-pan. This four song follow-up to their much lauded self-titled release with Type Records is offered as a limited screen-printed, one-sided clear vinyl 12" that also comes with a download card for high-quality, DRM free, 320kbps MP3s.
QuiteScientific-015
12
$18.50

Claw Toe
Ingrown Ego
PS, US Scary looking guys doing creepy sounding metronomic dub-punk with a slightly gothic feel to it. This record is fucked up even by the standards being set by today's burgeoning group of artists whose bedroom recorded messes are making in-roads into popular mainstream music culture. This is melted savagery that remains strangely compelling and real. 300 numbered copies.
CriminalIQ-036
45
$7.25

Clean, The
Mister Pop
PS, GERMANY European-only vinyl edition; CD is licensed to Merge in North America. In 1978, The Clean were the seeds of New Zealand punk, their influence resonating not only in New Zealand but also around the world. Their sound is completely theirs but draws on everything from the psychedelic paste of Syd Barrett/early Floyd to vintage Velvets propulsiveness to almost everything else under the sun. They created both full studio sound and lo-fi recordings before, during, and after the various waves of the 4-track revolution, making both recording modes work with no loss of the band's identity. As far as other influences, you can hear Arthur Lee, Shirley Collins, and the Rolling Stones, among others, but it's never a kind of forced appropriation; while some bands seem to say, "Look at my record collection," in the case of The Clean, it's organic, seamless, and inimitable. Mister Pop sees The Clean continue the great pop pastiche. Circus ragas, gorgeously hazy sunset anthems, and the sometimes-loose Dada approach to wordsmithery continue right alongside "proper" lyrical forays, and a few Autobahn-referential instro moments to boot ("Tensile"). Bob's love of pastoral UK folk has brought some added weight into the overall Clean equation, as does David's Eastern and African guitar jones, though all this has always fit in with -- and still constitutes -- the total basis of The Clean sound journey.
Morr-095
LP
$16.25

Clem Snide
Meat of Life
PS, US twelve songs that further showcase the wry, intimate, sometimes angst-filled observations of songwriter Eef Barzeley. As the weighty title would suggest, there s a depth of lyrical subject matter that Barzelay deftly presents alongside his streamlined band. The songs exude a variety of moods in their trademark angularity and carefully crafted style somehow comfortingly familiar, yet imbued with a newfound energy and focus.
429Records-004
CD
$12.00

Clogs
The Creatures In The Garden
PS, US "When trying to describe Clogs music...head straight for the thesaurus so you can find fresh and exciting ways to say 'sublime."-Pitchfork. Four musicians from the U.S. and Australia, Clogs use sounds and textures from across the musical spectrum--the immediacy of folk and rock music, twisted Americana, the complexity of modern composition. The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton is their highly anticipated fifth album. It's a song-cycle composed by Padma Newsome for Clogs with guests Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, Sufjan Stevens, Aaron Dessner and Matt Berninger of The National.
BrasslandRecords
CD
$13.25

Cloud Nothings
Turning On
PS, US The infectious debut from Cleveland-based CLOUD NOTHINGS is an unexpected and energetic dose of fuzzy bedroom pop songs. These maxed-out jams pick apart the space between youth and adulthood, flippantly avoiding both. Turning On is a nine song full length with chiming guitars and undeniably catchy hooks tucked perfectly under a layer of home-recorded fuzz. The LP comes with a download card
Speakertree-001
LP
$15.00

Coconuts
S-T
PS, US Words that come to mind while listening to Coconuts debut album: ugliness, despair, un-marketability. Theirs is a sound rooted in inherent darkness, influenced by early-80's post-punk, no wave (fellow Australians The Birthday Party come to mind) and the bleakest of world-views. It's an almost disorienting experience, created by homemade guitars that seem to leak feedback, built by founding members Tim Evans and Jordan Redaelli (the aforementioned Australians). The duo met up with pacific-northwesterner Daniel Mitha in New York City, whose primitive drumming completed the group. We should also mention: the record has killer harmonies.
NoQuarter-023
CD
$10.50

Coconuts
S-T
PS, US Vinyl Version!
NoQuarter-023
LP
$10.50

Collett, Jason
Rat A Tat Tat
PS, US VINYL VERSION
Arts&Crafts-052
LP
$17.00

Collett, Jason
Rat A Tat Tat
PS, US Follow up to his widely praised 2008 release, Here's To Being Here.
Arts&Crafts-052
CD
$16.25

Cotton Candy
Top-Notch & First-Rate
PS, US COTTON CANDY is MARK ROBINSON (UNREST, AIR MIAMI, FLIN FLON) and EVELYN HURLEY (BLAST OFF COUNTRY STYLE). 27 tracks ranging from indie-pop to electronic-pop to hard rock. They also show off their advertising jingle chops with covers of rare radio & TV commercials. They were in Believer Magazine's 2009 Music Issue & collaborated with David Shrigley on Tomlab's "Worried Noodles" compilation. TRANSPARENT GREEN VINYL with full-color jacket & labels! 180 gram pressing comes with download code.
TeenBeat-457
LP
$12.75

Cracker
Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey
PS, US Of all the bands that enjoyed a flirtation with fame and fortune during the alternative rock boom of the 1990s, few success stories seemed more of a fluke than Cracker. While David Lowery and Johnny Hickman were (and are) talented songwriters and the band could play tight, accessible rock & roll in a manner that startled many fans of Lowery's earlier band Camper Van Beethoven, it was clear from the outset that Cracker were only willing to set aside a certain number of their eccentricities in favor of a shot at the big time, and the longer they went on, the loopier their music became, which pleased the hardcore fans who appreciated their off-kilter humor and musical eclecticism but ensured that albums like Forever and Countrysides would never spawn a hit like "I Hate My Generation" or "Low." Now that 17 years have elapsed following the release of their first album and with the band safely removed from the intrusive eyes of the major labels, Cracker's ninth studio album, Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey, is as engaging and enjoyable as anything they have released since Kerosene Hat in 1993. Though the feel of the material is loose and easygoing, this edition of Cracker -- Lowery and Hickman on guitars and keyboards, Sal Maida on bass, and Frank Funaro on drums -- plays with an efficiency and force that make the ambling, beer-soaked country of "Friends" work just as well as the straight-ahead '70s-style hard rock of "We All Shine a Light" and the L.A. punk gestures of "Hand Me My Inhaler" (which borrows an obvious riff from X's "Los Angeles") and "Time Machine" (whose lyrics mention listening to Black Flag cassettes before opining "I think I liked 'em better with Dez Cadena"). But just when "Darling One" and "Turn on, Tune in, Drop Out with Me" have you convinced that Cracker have made an album for the masses again, Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey throws in tunes like "Yalla Yalla (Let's Go)" (which is overrun with wink-and-nudge phallic references), "Show Me How This Thing Works" (in which Lowery is befuddled by some nameless gadget from outer space), and the title tune (one of several vaguely apocalyptic messages that dot the album), and you realize that Cracker are as slyly weird as ever. Cracker are better than they've ever been at honoring both the straight and the twisted sides of their musical personality, and Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey balances them with an acrobatic skill that's impressive and a lot of fun to hear. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide
429 Records - 17770
CD
$17.25

Cromagnon
Cave Rock
PS, US Originally released in 1969, "Cave Rock" strings together a patchwork of untamed sounds & mental images which perfectly articulate the boundary-breaking psychedelic revolution that was occurring at the time - musically & socially. Widely heralded as the best freak-out record of all time, the album surpassed even th most out-there psych of its day, predicting the disjointed aural landscapes of Faust & the violent scuzz of Throbbing Gristle.
Jackpot-7106
LP
$18.50

Curses, The
The Karmic Whip Cracks Hard EP
PS, US 4-song EP. IF "The Curses" have souls, they are old ones. Their music is kinda
like going to your favorite buffet sunday afternoon with a bad hangover. So many tasty flavors to chose from. Stylistically, you might indulge in the flavors of Hank Williams type fixin's washed down with a bottle of Tom Waits' favorite whiskey, followed by decadent glop of Brian Setzers grandma's mystery puddin'. Their music spans a strange and familiar point in time. The "sound" of 1920's style swing/folk and country but with a new light shone upon it. How do you hear old and new songs at the same time? The Curses.
Curses-001
CD5
$5.00

Dakota Suite
Night Just Keeps Coming In
PS, US 2LP+CD version.
KaraokeKalk-051
DLP
$19.50

Dakota Suite
Night Just Keeps Coming In
PS, US Collection of adaptations & remixes of the seminal record The End Of Trying, featuring mostly subdued sound animations, flowing piano harmonies & smooth cello arrangements. Artists include: MACHINEFABRIEK, PETER BRODERICK, JASPER LEYLAND, HAUSCHKA, ELEGI, DEAF CENTER, ARVE HENRIKSEN, GREG HAINES, HANNU, TAPE, SWOD, THE BOATS, JACASZEK, EMANUELE ERRANTE, LOSCIL, DAKOTA SUITE & NICK HAWLEY
KaraokeKalk-051
CD
$16.75

Dall, Cynthia
Untitled
PS, US
DragCity-073
CD
$12.50

Dark Dark Dark
Bright Bright Bright
PS, US Hailing from New Orleans, New York and Minneapolis (the latter where they lay their collective hat when not touring Europe or The States) the chamber-folk sextet have yielded a lush and intoxicating follow-up to their 2008 full-length debut The Snow Magic.
SupplyAndDemandMusic-007
12
$8.75

Darksmith
Total Vacuum
PS, US Debut vinyl from California sound artist TOM DARKSMITH, whose crude musique concrete uses tapes, voice, records, radio, guitar, drums, objects, and domestic and field recordings. Assembled on cassette four-track in 2008 and 2009, this total mystery of perfectly paced dirt sound -- not harsh, not mellow, just unclean, weird, and confusing -- tests your audio Rohrshach; Hanson hears weedwacking, getting zipped into a suitcase and shipped via train, ghost voices roaming in sewers, riding in a helicopter with mid-grade noise reduction earmuffs on, a shitty metal door locking on a crew of mumbling idiots, and a garbage disposal. Whatever you hear, that's your problem. Recommended for fans of Yeast Culture, Agog, Joe Colley, Graham Lambkin, Jason Lescalleet, Hands To. Limited to 300 copies with hand-stamped labels, and heavy-duty two-color silkscreened sleeves with Darksmith's hilariously dark artwork.
Hanson-208
LP
$22.50

Dead Fader
Autumn Rot/No Thief
PS, US 3BY3 presents Dead Fader, who boast beats heavy as hell, abrasive high-end sonics and fully-wonked bass rhythms, mangled into two phat-ass productions with the most seismic grooves imaginable. "Autumn Rot" sinks its teeth into your arm, refusing to let go. "No Thief" features the sickest drop and reload in ages, and if you don't think so too, we'll come round and smash up your house, all while blasting this 12". Given an exclusive Transition mastering and cutting treatment, especially for this plate.
3BY3
12
$10.75

Del Reys, The
Savage Instrumental
PS, US Surf, garage and big beat instrumental waycoolery featuring Ric Menck! The California Del Reys Of The San Fernando Valley, or simply The Del Reys, as they're known to fans, formed in 2005 over a mutual love for rockin' instrumental music. They have been labeled a "surf group" by the media, but don't strictly adhere to a reverb-drenched, tidal wave of sound. Instead, the Del Reys include elements of fuzz, garage rock, heavy British blues, 50's rock & roll, and even country & western into their eclectic approach. The band consists of Tony Marsico (Cruzados, Matthew Sweet, Martini Kings), Ric Menck (Velvet Crush, Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs), and Pete Phillips (Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, Six Finger Satellite). Their debut album was recorded on a cheap 2 track recorder because they wanted to achieve a "trashy, primitive" sound similar to their biggest idols, Link Wray & the Wray Men. The Del Reys are intent on a basic, no frills approach that rocks hard, but they also have a romantic side.
Ric-Tone
CD
$14.00

Deru
Say Goodbye To Useless
PS, US Say Goodbye To Useless is Deru's third full-length release, and his first for Mush Records. While you will find similar aesthetics to his previous releases - moody, atmospheric sounds, haunting melodies and organic textures - they are augmented by his most mature song-writing and cutting-edge beats to date. The album pays homage to classic genres and structures while cultivating a 22nd century smart-party ethic that will snatch the ear of the snobbiest beat head. Deru's listeners will continue to appreciate his drive for challenging them as much as he challenges himself.
Deru is Benjamin Wynn, an electronic musician from Los Angeles. His compositions find hip-hop and electronic music linking hands, while dipping more than a toe in the ambient and classical pools. Previous releases on Ghostly International, Merck, Neo Ouija and more have allowed him to cultivate a dedicated following. An accomplished sound designer and film-scorer, he has been nominated for the MPSE's Golden Reel Award and written works for the Paris Opera Ballet Company. Deru's appreciation of art and architecture runs as deep as the basslines that support his thoughtfully constructed songs. With one eye on music technology innovations, one ear tuned to the strains of his musical forefathers and every remaining molecule dedicated to producing synthetic symphonies, Deru is a creative force to be reckoned with.
Mush-268
CD
$11.50

Dials
Amoeba Amore
PS, US Vinyl! 2nd full length by Chicago darlings is the perfect marriage between 60's girl groups & 80's power pop-gone-Devo. "...though the evident traces of influences like the Go-Go's & the B-52's are not missing, (the band) has grown from being garage pop songsters to mature rock-n-rollers on the brink of indie stardom" -New City
Dials-023
LP
$15.50

Diamond Rings
Wait & See
PS, US Diamond Rings is a creative outlet for Toronto based artist and musician John O. His first single "All Yr Songs" was released on limited edition vinyl via his own boutique label and design house Hype Lighter in August 2009. Thanks in large part to a music video that attracted positive reviews from Pitchfork and countless international fashion and music blogs the entire pressing sold out in little more than a month. Diamond Rings has most recently performed alongside La Roux and Dragonette and will be making a series of appearances at SXSW in March 2010. Diamond Rings' follow up single Wait & See marks his first release with German record label Tomlab and features gated snares, distorted guitar, and a catchy chorus featuring backing vocals from Toronto based indie-pop star Gentleman Reg. The B Side is an unlikely cover of Sebadoh's "On Fire" that trades the mid-nineties acoustic aesthetic of the original for night club ready MIDI beats and shimmering analog synth flourishes. Diamond Rings has recently finished shooting a new Janet Jackson inspired music video for Wait & See and is currently hard at work in Toronto mixing his debut full-length album, "Special Affections".
Tomlab-135
45
$5.50

Dirty Beaches
S-T
PS, US Drifting, weaving, pulsing, somber droney garage pop tunes. C22
NightPeople-085
CASS
$6.75

Dum Dum Girls
Jail La La
PS, US First single from "I Will Be", the debut full-length out March 30 on Sub Pop. Having previously released an EP on Captured Tracks, a 7" on HoZac, and a CD EP on Zoo Music, DDG churn out blissful pop that falls somewhere between the Ramones & the Ronettes. Which, in our opinion, is a very good
thing.
SubPop-869
45
$4.75

Dune Buggy
S-T
PS, US Ryan Garbes & Charles "Taterbug" Free, expanding on both members obsessions w/ classic garage, punk, & psych rock tunes & images. 20 minutes of catchy organ, guitar, & drum driven punkers delivered in Iowa City basement scum style haze. Cleaner than you think it will sound but w/ enough grit to keep it grimey.
C20
NightPeople-071
CASS
$6.75

DVA
Natty/Ganja
PS, US Rinse FM's breakfast show host, DVA is a producer with a unique take on the UK Funky bug, blending the stiff 8-bar funk of grime with a super-supple rhythmic sensibility, sew-ing neon colours with a laid back precision into his tracks.
HyperdubRecords-030
12
$10.50

Efterklang
Magic Chairs
PS, US Magic Chairs is the third full-length album by Copenhagen, Denmark's Efterklang. The album finds the band expanding on their already expansive sound, while diving into the core of their ever evolving music. After six years of ambitious releases and concerts around the world, Efterklang have arrived at their most immediate and focused album to date.
4Ad - FOUR73001
CD
$13.25

Efterklang
Magic Chairs
PS US VINYL VERSION!
4Ad - FOUR73001
LP
$14.00

Electric President
The Violent Blue
PS, US Electric President is a Jacksonville, Florida musical project by Ben Cooper and Alex Kane. The sound is a mix of folk, indie pop and electronics with the occasional reference to shoegaze and epic prog rock. For the last 3 years the band has been releasing music on German imprint and indietronic mainstay Morr, now in 2010 they release their first album on CT based Fake Four Inc.
FakeFourInc.-015
CD
$10.50

Eleh
Location Momentum
PS, US The mysterious ELEH release more music on Touch, after 2009's split LP w/ Nana April Jun. The group began as long ago as 1999 as an exploration of analog synthesis, emphasizing low frequency oscillation & resonant acoustic phenomena
Touch-080
CD
$16.00

Elephant9
Walk the Nile
PS, NORWAY Gatefold LP version, Includes MP3 download voucher for the whole album. This is the second full-length album by Norway's Elephant9. DodoVoodoo, the debut from this Hammond-driven power trio, received excellent international reviews upon its release in 2008. Already a firm favorite on the Norwegian and European live scene due to top-notch musicianship, a high energy level and very enthusiastically-received concerts, they once again deliver the goods on record with Walk The Nile. Sporting five originals from Storløkken and one from Eilertsen, this is a general improvement on the debut, as good as that one was. Again being an all-analog recording co-produced by Christian Engfelt at Oslo's Grand Sport Studios, it has a gorgeous, organic, late-'60s/early '70s feel, combining elements from rock, jazz, psychedelia, funk and prog. Ståle Storløkken is widely considered to be the most inventive and musically creative keyboard player to spring out of the fertile Norwegian jazz scene, his playing with Supersilent, Humcrush, Terje Rypdal, Nils Petter Molvær and countless others being firm testament to this. Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen, on electric bass, was first known to the Norwegian public through his playing with popular rock group Big Bang, and later chart-topping pop group The National Bank. Torstein Lofthus is an extremely versatile drummer who has done a lot of session work as well as playing in jazz, soul and rock bands, most notably Shining.
RuneGrammofon-3095
LP
$23.00

Eluvium
Similes
PS, US Introduced in 2003, Matthew Cooper's Eluvium moniker was an unexpected breath of fresh air to an ambient electronic scene that was quickly losing steam. Influenced by neoclassical icons like Erik Satie and Philip Glass, Eluvium snuck emotionally stirring melodies into a blizzard of haze and fuzz, and incidentally became a celebrated composer oft-mentioned in the same breath as his heroes. After the release of Copia in 2007, Eluvium toured for over a year, often supporting labelmates and close friends Explosions In The Sky. By the middle of 2008, Cooper was craving a new direction. After five albums in as many years, he was perhaps feeling a little complacent. For the first time since its inception, a year would pass without a new Eluvium album. In fact, three years would pass. During that time, Cooper released a stirring solo album (Miniatures), scored a major motion picture (Some Days Are Better Than Others) and released a jaw-dropping deluxe vinyl box set. After completing and subsequently scrapping what was to be the follow-up to Copia, Cooper took a courageous creative leap with Similes, an 8-song album featuring three key musical elements previously uncharted by Eluvium: percussion, a verse-chorus song structure, and singing. For a celebrated experimental musician, it was just about the bravest and scariest direction to go. In this way, Similes is the most truly experimental Eluvium album yet, and also the most accessible. Written, performed and recorded as always by Cooper in his home studio, Similes marries Eluvium's trademark dream-like aura with Cooper's unique, laconic vocals, akin to an especially contemplative Ian Curtis with trace reflections of Magnetic Fields and Brian Eno. It is the most daring - and ultimately most rewarding - work of Eluvium's impressive and prolific career.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-163
CD
$11.50

Ember
Aurona Arona
PS, GERMANY We are happy to announce the second album "Aurona Arona" by the quartet Ember which is co-released with the Portuguese label Creative Sources. After the debut "Oullh d'baham" on Euphorium in 2006 this album features even more energetic and precise pieces ranging from free jazz, contemporary classic to noisy electro-acoustic collages.

The pieces were recorded in a three-hour session before a concert during the Ahornfelder Festival in Leipzig in 2008. Five of the pieces ended up on the CD and were edited by Alexander Schubert - it can be seen as a mixture of a studio and a live album. The idea behind the selection and editing of the material was to produce an album that would not fall into the often seen structures of improvised concerts with the long bows of searching for material but rather to have distinct and clearly separated pieces with precisely structured parts. In this sense the album neglects the process of searching a little with the benefit of being as compact as possible. In this sense this album can bee seen as Schubert's view of the quartet's music.

The members of Ember all live in different cities and come together a few times a year for concerts and recordings. The ability to combine minimal contemporary sound collages with outbursts of free jazz and electro-acoustic sound sculptures has been well received by the audience and can be seen as the key feature for a diverse and complex approach to improvised music. Swiss saxophone player Urs Leimgruber is a well-established figure in improvised music known for his skilled extended playing techniques. The young drummer Christian Lillinger from Berlin who also plays in the band Hyperactive Kid is outstanding because of his energetic and breathtakingly fast playing. Leipzig based Oliver Schwerdt contributes a wide variety of free jazz and prepared piano sounds to the project benefitting from his experience as a organizer of many improvised ensemble projects. The composer and improvisator Alexander Schubert from Hamburg uses instrumental based acoustic and digital material to create the electronic elements of the quartet.
Ahornfelder-18-2
CD
$17.00

Engines
Wire & Brass
PS, US Chicago's best-known & busiest improvising musicians: trombonist Jeb Bishop, saxophonist Dave Rempis, bassist Nate McBride & drummer Tim Daisy. Recorded live in April 2008 at the Hungry Brain in Chicago
OkkaDisk-2079
CD
$12.50

English, Lawrence
For Varying Degrees of Winter
PS, FRANCE The Australian composer and electronic artist Lawrence English delivers a record for varying degrees of winter. Sounds twinkle and scintillate like snow under the sun, they shine like icicles, they hiss like a polar wind and seep into you through your insufficiently isolated ear holes. Each one of the six pieces is a monochrome composition ranging from the blinding whites of the snow to the blue-grays of cloudy days. Although English's music can be quite abstract at times, here it turns out to be surprisingly evocative and inhabited by an understated sense of musicality.
Baskaru-007
CD
$16.00

Ent
Fuck Work
PS, FRANCE Fuck Work - ENT's official full-length debut - has been obtained d through the advanced yet surprisingly vivid distillation of several avant-garde music aesthetics, including electronica, post-rock, turntablism, noise and electro acoustic improv. Instruments and machines blend together into a multi-hued soundscape that entices the listener to dive in and immerse himself/herself into the listening experience.
Baskara-5
CD
$14.75

Eprom/Eskmo
Hendt/Lands and Bones (split)
PS, US Limited! A taste of San Francisco's finest, this double-A side 12" is split between two of the west coast's most-watched producers. Emerging from the reputably closeknit SF electronic music scene, EPROM and Eskmo are gaining international renown fostered by the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs and Flying Lotus.

EPROM's 'Hendt' is a dancefloor monster in his trademark 'psyphy' style - alazer-tinged gangster-lean pulse that speaks to both the codeine-sipping and the all-night raver contingent alike.

Eskmo's 'Land and Bones' is a lurching, soulful dubstep clatter rich in lyrical melody and artfully crowned with Swan's icy vocals; forward for the dancefloor, layered for the headphones - braincandy that moves feet.
Warp-9288
12
$9.00

Falkner, Jason
I'm OK...You're OK
PS, US Vinyl version with bonus tracks!
Cobraside -1135
DLP
$19.50

Falkner, Jason
I'm OK...You're OK
PS, US The classically-trained popmeister's most recent album has previously only been available in Japan, now to enjoy a domestic release! Jason's earlier work included the major-label debut album from LA's Three O'Clock, the debut album by San Francisco's Jellyfish, and the only album by the band The Grays. He has released solo albums on Sony and Elektra. As well, he has collaborated on two albums by Eric Matthews, and on albums by Air, Beck, Aimee Mann, Paul McCartney and Travis. His more recent "Bedtime With The Beatles" volumes have won him fans young and old, overseas and here at home. This US version has a complete rerecording of the first track ("This Time") and a remix of the third track ("The Knew") as compared to the Japanese CD version.
Cobraside -1212
CD
$11.50

Fan Death
A Coin For The Well
PS, US Vancouver, BC-based group Fan Death is an elegiac revision of classic electronic pop that recalls the darkest elements of early OMD, Depeche Mode and Human League. On Last Gang records (CRYSTAL CASTLES, METRIC, DFA1979).
LastGang-115
CD5
$6.25

Fang Island
Fang Island
PS, US Fang Island describes its sound as "everyone high-fiving everyone." And, the Brooklyn quintet's anthemic and soaring songs make it quite possibly one of few bands befitting such description.
SargentHouse-028
CD
$8.75

Far East Family Band
Parallel World
PS, UK Originally released in 1976 by Nippon Columbia, this is the final album by legendary Japanese space/psych-rockers Far East Family Band. Unlike other albums where the band focused on Pink Floyd-esque psych ballads, on Parallel World, the influence of German producer/electronic music composer Klaus Schulze is more pronounced, merging prog rock with electronic music to create something rather weird and wonderful. Although Schulze oversaw the production of the album rather than playing on it (which he definitely didn't!), the synth star here is Masanori Takahashi who was later to find new age fame and fortune under the name of Kitaro. This is space rock at its finest and the band's extended compositions attracted favorable comparisons with both Tangerine Dream and Pink Floyd, and even at times the vocal style of the Moody Blues. Unfortunately, this was the band's last album, but they went out on a high, achieving the rare feat of appealing to devotees of both Krautrock and electronic psychedelia alike. Digitally remastered, numbered limited edition of 1,000 copies only in a unique LP-replica card wallet.
Phoenix
CD
$16.25

Feeling Of Love
School Yeah
PS, US The Metz Trifecta is complete. First it was The Anals, then A.H. Kraken, and now Sweet Rot is pleased to present a third record from Metz, France, a three-song single from THE FEELING OF LOVE. Just like their previous releases this one features a schizophrenic mix that somehow makes perfect sense. You get one studio-recorded hit and one drum machine fueled jam on the A-side, and an absolutely beautiful, yet fucked, reinterpretation of a Gainsbourg classic on the flip. Pretty cool cover art too. Black vinyl.
SweetRot-019
45
$6.25

Fell, Lugano
Slice Repair
PS, FRANCE Lugano Fell is the solo project of James Taylor, a founding member of UK tech house duo Swayzak. After 12 years spent perfecting the pumping house music of Swayzak (whose seminal album "Snowboarding in Argentina" has been reissued in 2009), Taylor felt like trying something totally different, quieter, and more detail-focused. From the noisy (i.e. loud) and pulsating soundworld of Swayzak, Taylor has sliced and spliced his way to a noisy (i.e. sound-based) and textural soundworld.
Baskaru-016
CD
$17.25

Field Music
Field Music (Measure)
PS, US 20-track double-album of artful English prog-pop. Following a self-imposed three-year hiatus, the UK's Field Music returns. Powered by brothers and co-frontmen Peter and David Brewis, Field Music's line-up now includes Kev Dosdale (guitar and keys) and Ian Black (bass). The new album (self-titled but identified as Field Music (Measure) to distinguish it from their debut album) is a gloriously rich LP that entwines the brothers' renewed love of the rock music canon with a rediscovery of some of pop's overlooked adventurers. "Like Wire produced by Brian Wilson!"
MemphisIndustries
CD
$14.75

Fjordne
The Last 3 Days of Time
PS, US An all-enveloping memoir, filled with minutes that seem like hours. Like staring into space with sentences incomplete and epiphanies ineffable and lost. Fortunately, we have these ten tracks to contain it all at once. Experimental Ambient. For fans of Fennesz, Alvo Noto. Re-release of 2008 limited edition Parcel Series tin.
Dynamophone-004
CD
$12.25

Folsom, Robert Lester
Music & Dreams
PS, US The CD version of Mexican Summer's recent limited vinyl release... First-ever authorized CD reissue of this highly-collectable ($300+) private-press lost classic from Atlanta, 1976. Super-relaxed, earnest n' mellow rock and roll from a simpler, better time. Dreamy '70s guitar groove with the thinnest haze of airy synths, keys n' flange a la Bread, America, and Todd Rundgren. There are some occasional boogie-led jams as well. Undeniably sunny, impeccably-arranged, warm, friendly, and weirdly wonderful songs. Includes two bonus tracks, including the unbelievable, soaring "Warm Horizon." For fans of CSNY, Steve Miller, Paul McCartney, Anonymous, and Jade Stone & Luv.
RivermanMusic-051
CD
$16.25

Foxx, John
My Lost City
PS, UK Most of the material on the album was recorded at Foxx's Shoreditch studio, The Garden, between 1981 - 1985. "I hadn't listened to the recordings that are being released as the My Lost City album since they were made, over twenty years ago,' says Foxx. 'When I played them I was struck by the way they evoke a time and a place - and how I'd been unaware of this when they were made. Then they seemed like fragments, unfinished and unsatisfying. A stop on the way to somewhere else."
"Now they seem like a time capsule discovered from under the streets. Made by someone else. Like an old radio tuned into a long gone station. Curious psychic electrical, crackling distantly from the speakers." "They were recorded in East London. Back then, Shoreditch and Spitalfields were abandoned, dark and forgotten, yet only a step away from the City of London, the country's financial dynamo. I built a studio in the basement of an old Edwardian department store - trees growing from the upper story's when we moved in. I remember trying to make connections in this little laboratory between synthesizers and hymns and cities, churches, electricity and memory." For two decades the material remained untouched; just some old, forgotten tapes buried away in storage until they were rescued in late 2008. Apart from some minor remixing, they're essentially the sound of analogue synthesizers and a lost era when the area around the now bustling, brutally hip and ultra-expensive Hoxton Square was still an abandoned, deserted area of London. A kind of industrial ghost town. In recent years, John Foxx has been experimenting as a film-maker (including a pioneering video for L.F.O. and recent performances of his Super 8 project Tiny Colour Movies in Melbourne, London and Barcelona), artist (exhibitions in London and New York and his images have been used on the covers of books by Anthony Burgess and Salman Rushdie) and musician and he's now developing a growing international reputation as a writer - last year he headlined a major literature festival where he reads extracts from his as yet unfinished novel The Quiet Man. He is currently working on new material with Paul Daley (Leftfield) and Benge.
Metamatic-021
CD
$16.25

Fresh & Onlys
I Saw You
PS, US 2nd EP from San Fran's finest. Feat. members of BLACK FICTION & SKYGREEN LEOPARDS, the F7O's bust out 3 freakbeatpop hits with the best goddamn harmonies you'll hear all year. 2ND PRESSING OF 500
DirtyKnobby-007
45
$5.50

Frightenend Rabbit
The Winter of Mixed Drinks
PS, US With their sophomore outing The Midnight Organ Fight a fixture on 2008's Best Of The Year circuit, a fan base increasing in both size and devotion, and multiple sold-out tours of ever-larger venues under their belts, Glasgow-based Frightened Rabbit are releasing their third LP to towering expectations. The Winter Of Mixed Drinks - an accessible collection of ambitious, moving, and gloriously accomplished songs - more than meets this challenge. Written during singer/songwriter Scott Hutchison's self-imposed exile to secluded seaside hamlet Crail, on Scotland's Fife coastline, The Winter Of Mixed Drinks is speckled with nautical metaphor and imbued with themes of human isolation, resilience, and the mournful triumph of mortality. String arrangements by Frightened Rabbit's Fat Cat label mate, Dusseldorf-based composer/pianist Hauschka, add heft and richness to these gorgeously memorable songs. With a full US tour planned around this highly anticipated release, as well as appearances at SXSW and major summer festivals, in addition to massive press, digital, TV, and multiple-format radio outreach, 2010 is poised to be the Year Of The Rabbit!
FatCatRecords-084
CD
$11.50

Gape Attack
Burn This City
PS, US GAPE ATTACK bring us their moody dark synth sound on this debut record. Using only keyboards, drum machine, and bass, the Seattle trio's first single could be mistaken for some long lost, cold wave gem. A must have for fans of Blank Dogs and Cold Cave. Limited to 300 copies.
FDH-100
45
$6.50

Garbes, Ryan
Born Under the Sun
PS, US Solo recordings from WET HAIR member. Spectrum/Spacemen 3/VU inspired tunes w/ reverb drenched burnt electric instrumentation. The noisy rhythms have been refined & perfected, distilled into full on drone pop perfection. His keyboard & synth playing really flow on this one, leaving his gooey melodic pop centric vocals to be the big surprise. C20
NightPeople-089
CASS
$6.75

Gentle Friendly
Ride Slow
PS, US Using a wide palette of sound that successfully captures the intensity of their live performance, GENTLE FRIENDLY have completed their adventurous debut album, surpassing the band's lo-fi origins & demonstrating an uplifting emotional range. Rounds of echo drench & repetitive rapture glide seamlessly between songs of euphoric warmth to broken stammering rhythms to crushing walls of atmosphere
UpsettheRhythm-031
CD
$16.25

Gentle Friendly
Ride Slow
PS, US VINYL VERSION
UpsettheRhythm-031
LP
$17.00

Go Find, The
Everybody Knows It's Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight
PS, GERMANY LP version. This is the third full-length album from Belgium's Dieter Sermeus aka The Go Find. Everybody Knows It's Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight is a more up-tempo album on which the band continues to refine and build upon their familiar sound: dreamy indie-pop songs built around swirling synths, acoustic guitars and Dieter's distinct voice. Musically, the band pays tribute to some of their obvious and not so obvious influences. It's no surprise that they used to listen to Pavement in the '90s, but an ode to the smooth and sophisticated sound of Roxy Music is a refreshing new turn. The album was recorded over a period of six months in Brussels and Antwerp, each song built on a base of acoustic guitars and drums. The production is loaded with warm and melodic instrumentation, which provides the perfect background for the lyrics. Also notable are backing vocals by Mintzkov's Lies Lorquet and a duet with new talent, Karo. This album will leave you with a warm and fuzzy feeling, making you want to go back to those first days of falling in love in high school.
Morr-096
LP
$16.25

Gorillaz
Plastic Beach
PS, US New release from the world's biggest animated band!
Virgin US-31159
CD
$32.50

Gorillaz
Plastic Beach
PS, US Explicit Content version!
Virgin US-27547
CD
$16.25

Gorillaz
Plastic Beach [Deluxe Edition]
PS, US Deluxe, Explicit Content version comes with a DVD!
Virgin US-27548B
CD/DVD
$22.00

Grody, Danny Paul
Fountain
PS, US 1st solo recording from TARENTEL/THE DRIFT member. Centered around sparkling acoustic guitar motifs, the album unfolds as a series of hypnotic mood pieces & evening hymns w/ a spectral lyricism invoking scenes of moving images & passing landscapes. Bell-like harmonics, organ beds, location recordings, & backgrounds of feedback are textured throughout, giving the record a lovely patina of earth tones & moments of shimmering bright light. Ltd to 500
RootStrata-057
CD
$13.50

Groove Armada
Black Light
PS, US On the new sixth artist album, Groove Armada continues to push the boundaries artistically. Not many band's sixth albums can be described as bold, brave, fresh, adventurous or representing a new creative peak, but Groove Armada's brilliant "Black Light" is all of those things and more. "We could've knocked out an album of ragga-influenced house bangers and a couple of chill out tunes, and that would've been a much easier life," explains Andy. "But we needed a new challenge. Neither of us was interested in just repeating ourselves." Instead, the music-obsessed duo took inspiration from the new breed of acts they were booking for their award-winning London festival, Lovebox. "Bands like the Friendly Fires, Klaxons, Passion Pit, LCD Soundsystem, Ladyhawke and MGMT," says Tom. "They're the ones really leading the charge, making genuinely exciting, dance-informed music. And that sound really pushed us back towards people like Bowie, Gary Numan, New Order, Fleetwood Mac and Roxy Music.""Black Light" ranks among their best work to date and sees the masters of reinvention move in some thrilling new directions. Featuring Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music, Nick Littlemore of Empire of the Sun / PNAU.
Om Records - OMWD30908
CD
$14.00

Guinea Worms
Sorcererers of Madness (4rd Year in a Row)
PS, US GUINEA WORMS are a Columbus mainstay what's released a slew of CDRs through the years but only one seven-inch...until now! Twenty-two songs, two LPs, and eighty-two epic minutes... GUINEA WORMS Sorcererers of Madness (4 years in a row) has finally arrived. Edition of 550, 100 sets on Pink/Orange, 450 sets on black. All in hand signed 2xLP gatefold sleeve with 5x7 photo.
ColumbusDiscount-055
DLP
$25.00

Hanging Coffins
S-T
PS, US A strange new psych punk band from Eugene, OR. Chrome-esque, creeped out, dark, druggy jams. A stark album not in its lack of fullness of instrumentation or composition but in its isolated downer feelings & mood, there are times when something brighter & slightly uplifting shines through the fog of the menacing psychedelic guitar grit, but for the most part this is damaged primordial alien rock & it rips. C40
NightPeople-074
CASS
$6.75

Haswell, Russell
Value + Bonus
PS, US Comes in deluxe No Fun gatefold jacket and is limited to 1000. Combining CD player demonstration test signals, 24 bit digitally recorded improvised freeform analog pedal/electronic nO!se, direct to HD computer generated and recorded nO!se, flashbacks from the 1980s of 303 and 909 nO!se assaults including free-style repeat and reverse editing, a frog call editing experiment, finishing off the second disc is a unedited long-form radio de-tuning session! VALUE + BONUS is the sixth solo album release by Russell Haswell.
NoFunProductions-057
DCD
$16.25

Hawgood, Ian
Slow Films In Low Light
PS, UK 'Slow Films In Low Light' is a collection of remixes and re-workings by friends and artists from my now deleted album 'Soundtrack To A Film In My Head Which Will Never Get Made'. The original album was released on the lovely Rope Swing Cities but I decided I wanted it to be a temporary release given the nature of the album. RSC and I decided to do a small release to coincide with the original, as a limited run CD-R featuring re-workings and remixes of the pieces by friends, namely The Remote Viewer, Geskia!, Ten and Tracer and Pan Am Scan. Over time it became apparent that this project needed to spread its wings, and with lots of support from the lovely Yasuhiko Fukuzono (Aus), and other close friends, I decided to ask more friends to join in with the project. I'm so lucky that all the friends I wanted and asked agreed to be involved, creating highly unique pieces from the original sources (sometimes changing them completely). As such I suddenly found myself with this amazing album, featuring past, present and future Home Normal, Tokyo Droning and Nomadic Kids Republic artists and good friends. As such, it's a really nice review of where Home Normal is at in some ways I guess, as well as highlighting where I am at musically too, albeit through the voices of others who know me. One of the results of these artists giving their time and enormous talents so freely to this was that I decided that this release should be for charity. In 1982 my father set up The Archway Foundation, a charity that focused on helping those in various walks of life who are deeply affected by loneliness. They hold weekly social events, organize dinners, visits, drivers to take people to places and all sorts of support work. I grew up attending and helping out the various events, but have less to do with them after my parent's retirement and my moving away from Oxford. In these difficult economical times, charities, which rely on the donations of others, are suffering terribly. But these people still need all the support they can get, so I guess I just figure that, even if it's a small level of support we can provide, at least we can try. "We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone." -- Orson Welles
HomeNormal-013
CD
$12.25

Hayaino Daisuki
The Invincible Gate Mind Of The Infernal Fire Hell, Or...
PS, US I was like you once... Often a little too lazy to get out of bed to blow a piss, old milky cereal bowls... so yeah, I know exactly what your thinking... your thinking, how could Hayaino Daisuki, arguably the most influential power-thrash outfit ever, outdo what they already pulled off on their debut EP, Headbanger's Karaoke Club Dangerous Fire? But they did... let me break it down. OK so, Hayaino Daisuki has always been the tightest and the fastest band out there, right? Hayaino's new record, other wise known as The Invincible Gate Mind of the Infernal Fire Hell, or Did You Mean Hawaii Daisuki? maintains the aforementioned titles while gaining them another... After this record hits the shelves, people like you and me are going to have to start referring to Hayaino Daisuki as the fastest, tightest and most melodic metal band ever! And dude, if your into aggressive music you've come to the right place... listening to this band, and in particular the record in question, is like crossing streams with a fire hose... You know... Obviously you run the risk of injury, but your stoned and growing up in the suburbs...
HydraHeadRecords-177
CD
$9.50

Heather Leigh Murray
Jailhouse Rock
PS, US Vinyl reissue of HEATHER LEIGH MURRAY's amazing 2006 cassette release on Fag Tapes. Remastered by PETE SWANSON (Yellow Swans) with all new artwork by HEATH MOERLAND (Sick Llama, Fag Tapes, etc).
NotNotFun-153
LP
$13.50

Hellvette
De Gek
PS, US HELLVETE is one of the three members who founded the Flemish Funeral Folk collective and a key figure of the satanadelic combo SYLVESTER ANFANG II. Similar to the mothership, his solo work spans from folk-inspired guitar drones to minimalist keyboard esoterica. The significant difference is that his solo songs are more composed and less improvised. De Gek (meaning "The Fool") is an epic trip through the different zones of the Hellvete Empire: layered guitar eruptions mix in with modern classical orchestration and dark folk tales. Influences such as STEPHEN R. SMITH and MANUEL GOeTTSCHING result in abstract sound narrations, that might just as well make one think of medieval folk or Rock In Opposition. On this debut LP all the aspects of what has been baptized the "Belgian dronevolkscene" culminate in an extraordinary exploration of the Self: a sonic exorcization of old demons and a return to the nostalgic peace of the country side. De Gek is a new interpretation of the modern psychedelic idylle. The Rochefort 10 of the new Belgian guitar folk tradition.
Kraak-060
LP
$17.75

Hendrix, Jimi
Valleys Of Neptune
PS,US 180 g. Vinyl Version!
Sony Legacy-764059
DLP
$17.50

Hendrix, Jimi
Valleys Of Neptune
PS,US Though there have been many posthumous releases from Jimi Hendrix's archives since his tragic death, the recently-announced 'Valleys of Neptune' isn't meant to be a "lost" album. Rather, it's a look at the creative period in Hendrix's life between the 1968 release of 'Electric Ladyland' and his legendary appearance at Woodstock the following summer.

"In the aftermath of 'Electric Ladyland,' he made a series of recordings with the original Experience," co-producer, author and Experience Hendrix catalog director John McDermott tells Spinner. "When they effectively stopped working as a three-man recording unit, he brought in [bassist] Billy Cox -- this album captures that transition. We don't want to over-dramatize it. This is that missing period of time."

The dozen tracks on 'Valleys of Neptune' reflect a time where Hendrix, finding his way with a new band while fighting contractual problems, was blossoming creatively. Featuring reworked hits like 'Fire' and 'Red House' as well as fully-realized songs that have never officially been released, the album shows that Hendrix was embarking in a new direction, one that would later be heard on 'Band of Gypsys.'
Sony Legacy-764056
CD
$11.50

Hendrix, Jimi Experience
Axis: Bold as Love [expanded reissue]
PS, US The sensational sophomore release of The Jimi Hendrix Experience highlights Hendrix's own evolving musical experimentalism and acknowledges his early musical influences of soul and R&B. Remastered from the original two-track mixdown master tapes, Axis: Bold As Love's Platinum-selling, 13-songs show the evolving trio as they neared the height of their career. Features the seminal classics "Spanish Castle Magic," "Little Wing," "Castles Made Of Sand," and the classic Easy Rider anthem, "If 6 Was 9."

This newly expanded, deluxe CD/DVD collection features 13 studio recordings, and a comprehensive 36-page, full-color booklet packed full of rare photos, liner-notes, details session information and behind-the-scenes information about the creation of one of the most significant albums of all time. This deluxe collection is housed in a lavish 6-panel digipak and includes a bonus DVD featuring a mini-documentary film detailing the making of Axis: Bold As Love complete with interviews with those involved in the original album production.
Sony Legacy-762163
CD/DVD
$11.50

Hendrix, Jimi Experience
Axis: Bold as Love
PS, US Limited edition, ALL ANALOG LP is pressed on 180 gram audiophile grade vinyl. The first 5,000 copies of this release will be individually numbered. RTI's world class facility in Camarillo, California will be used for album production.

The sensational sophomore release of The Jimi Hendrix Experience highlights Hendrix's own evolving musical experimentalism and acknowledges his early musical influences of soul and R&B. Remastered from the original two-track mixdown master tapes, Axis: Bold As Love's Platinum-selling, 13-songs show the evolving trio as they neared the height of their career. Features the seminal classics "Spanish Castle Magic," "Little Wing," "Castles Made Of Sand," and the classic Easy Rider anthem, "If 6 Was 9."

This limited edition, ALL ANALOG vinyl release features a full-color booklet packed full of rare photos, liner-notes, details session information and behind-the-scenes information about the creation of one of the most significant albums of all time.
Sony Legacy-762396
LP
$14.00

Hendrix, Jimi Experience
Electric Ladyland [expanded reissue]
PS, USElectric Ladyland is widely considered The Jimi Hendrix Experience's crowning achievement that focuses attention on Hendrix's abilities as singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer. This multi-Platinum selling collection provides the earliest insight into Hendrix's "Sky Church" concept with featured guest appearances by Steve Winwood, Jack Casady, Al Kooper, Chris Wood, and Buddy Miles. Features 16 of the most enduring Hendrix classics including "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," "Crosstown Traffic," "Gypsy Eyes," and "All Along The Watchtower."

This newly expanded, deluxe CD/DVD collection features 16 studio recordings, and a comprehensive 36-page, full-color booklet packed full of rare photos, liner-notes, details session information and behind-the-scenes information about the creation of one of the most significant albums of all time. This deluxe collection is housed in a lavish 6-panel digipak and includes a bonus DVD featuring a mini-documentary film detailing the making of Electric Ladyland complete with interviews with those involved in the original album production.
Sony Legacy-762164
CD/DVD
$11.50

Hendrix, Jimi Experience
Are You Experienced [expanded reissue]
PS, US Are You Experienced, the debut release by The Jimi Hendrix Experience is widely regarded as the greatest, most influential debut release from any artist. When first released in 1967, Are You Experienced, turned the music world upside down as Hendrix showed everyone exactly what it meant to be 'experienced.' Remastered from the original 2-track mix down master tapes, this expanded 17-song collection features the ageless classics "Purple Haze," "Red House," "Stone Free," "Hey Joe," and "Are You Experienced?"

This newly expanded, deluxe CD/DVD collection features 17 studio recordings, and a comprehensive 36-page, full-color booklet packed full of rare photos, liner-notes, details session information and behind-the-scenes information about the creation of one of the most significant albums of all time. This deluxe collection is housed in a lavish 6-panel digipak and includes a bonus DVD featuring a mini-documentary film detailing the making of Are You Experienced complete with interviews with those involved in the original album production.
Sony Legacy-762162
CD/DVD
$11.50

Hendrix, Jimi Experience
Are You Experienced
PS, US Limited edition, ALL ANALOG LP is pressed on 180 gram audiophile grade vinyl. The first 5,000 copies of this release will be individually numbered. RTI's world class facility in Camarillo, California will be used for album production.

Are You Experienced, the debut release by The Jimi Hendrix Experience is widely regarded as the greatest, most influential debut release from any artist. When first released in 1967, Are You Experienced, turned the music world upside down as Hendrix showed everyone exactly what it meant to be 'experienced.' Remastered from the original 2-track mix down master tapes, this ALL ANALOG vinyl collection returns to the original 11-song version that was originally released in August 1967.

This limited edition vinyl release features a full-color booklet packed full of rare photos, liner-notes, details session information and behind-the-scenes information about the creation of one of the most significant albums of all time.
Sony Legacy-762395
LP
$14.00

Hendrix, Jimi Experience
Electric Ladyland
PS,US Limited edition, ALL ANALOG LP is pressed on 180 gram audiophile grade vinyl. The first 5,000 copies of this release will be individually numbered. RTI's world class facility in Camarillo, California will be used for album production.

Electric Ladyland is widely considered The Jimi Hendrix Experience's crowning achievement that focuses attention on Hendrix's abilities as singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer. This multi-Platinum selling collection provides the earliest insight into Hendrix's "Sky Church" concept with featured guest appearances by Steve Winwood, Jack Casady, Al Kooper, Chris Wood, and Buddy Miles. Features 16 of the most enduring Hendrix classics including "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," "Crosstown Traffic," "Gypsy Eyes," and "All Along The Watchtower."

High On Fire
Snakes For The Divine
PS, US One of the most highly anticipated releases of 2010, "guaranteed to alter heart rhythms & weaken building infrastructures...as powerful & gargantuan a threesome as metal has produced" - Pitchfork
E1Music-2010
CD
$12.25

High On Fire
Snakes For The Divine
PS, US DOUBLE GATEFOLD VINYL
E1Music-2010
DLP
$23.25

Hoquiam
S-T
PS, US Hoquiam is a city located on the coastal region of Washington State. Hoquiam is also a band consisting of members and brothers, Drake and Damien Jurado. With their self-titled release, they have created an album based around their childhood in Grays Harbor. A region of cold, damp, grey, low hanging clouds, isolation, bonfires, and the vast Pacific. Spliced into that landscape are frames of horror, the macabre; ghosts, skeletons, zombies, and darkness. In the fall of 2008, Damien began a side project to run opposite to, yet borrow from, the folk music leanings that he is known for. He wanted to add a dark early 60's garage feel to the songs. Infusing this sound came easily with the addition of his younger brother, Drake. With no musical experience other than high school choir (and being mistaken for Damien on the phone) Drake took naturally to drawing out the dark tales from the city where he was born. The songs are compelling in story, but also pay tribute in feel to the real town of Hoquiam. Gothic folk, personal narratives, and simple strong percussive elements define the music of Hoquiam. Sparse, desolate, and a place you will find yourself passing through from time to time-both the town and the band.
St.Ives-037
LP
$12.25

Hot Chip
One Life Stand
PS, US VINYL VERSION!
Astralwerks
DLP
$21.00

Human Skab
Thunder Hips and Saddle Bags
PS, US Human Skab was a 10-year old boy from Elma, Washington who played African music with buckets and spoons. Thunder Hips and Saddle Bags is a 1986 cassette recorded by young Travis Roberts with his neighborhood pals and siblings. It was injected into the underground network of tape traders, zine scribes, college DJs, and freak seekers who were universally bowled over by its bewildering and utterly poignant snapshot of the mid-1980s. Skab's music - an orchestration of pots n' pans, three string guitar, poorly-tuned upright piano, broken bottles, toy guns, a garden rake, and a "Snake Mountain" microphone - is a response to fear of nuclear war with the Soviet Union, He-Man cartoons, Twisted Sister, the coolness of dinosaurs, the uncoolness of John Wayne, and Ronald Reagan. Roberts captures the fervor of do-it yourself ethos, punk energy and the rawness of early American folk by acting on his wild child imagination and enigmatic sense of song. These rare recordings have never been made widely available until now. This reissue includes the complete 1986 cassette. The CD version contain a bonus 1987 radio interview. The 16-page booklet in the 500 edition LP and CD contains extensive liner notes by Roberts and Cousin Franky, and radio DJ John Straub along with many full-color photographs and news clippings. As Bruce Pavitt wrote in the 1986 Sub Pop zine: "the Skab zips around the living room shooting toy guns. He hits the family piano with his fists. He tries real hard to play guitar. He makes up songs about terrorism and radiation and throwing rocks at windows. Cool!"
FamilyVineyard-027
CD
$11.50

Imperial Dogs
Live! In Long Beach (October 30, 1974) DVD
PS, US Legendary L.A./South Bay proto-punk foursome the Imperial Dogs -- who wrote & recorded the original, pre-Blue Oyster Cult version of "This Ain't The Summer Of Love" -- were captured raw 'n' alive on videotape at Cal State Long Beach back on October 30, 1974!
ImperialDogs-001
DVD
$14.75

Indian Jewelry/Future Blondes
Split
PS, US The soundtrack to Houston at night. Synths as guitar attack, phased out beats pummeling your tired brain. Your head is swimming & there is nothing but concrete jungle & stucco as far as the eye can see. There is nowhere else you would rather be. Ltd to 525
DullKnife-005
12
$10.50

Inspector 22
Hey Man, I Understand
PS, US Hey Man, I Understand runs the gamut of sonic exploration, from the metal machine music of "Moon Landing ,Take One," through the ambient haze of "Tea With Pazuzu" and the four-track folk of "Gone Truckin." The song cycle weaves together hypnotic instrumentals with more heavily vocal based songs. Informed by the esoteric, but always bringing it back to the familiar, it is a journey through the world of a great artist. A rare glimpse that is sometimes harrowing, often funny, and always engaging.
Odessa-004
CD
$12.75

Intelligence/Unnatural Helpers
Split
PS, US See! Intelligence getting classy! Hear! Helpers gettin' confident! Lars Intelligence & his legendary 7 track bang out 3 outstanding Helpers covers, & the Helpers return the favour with their brill Dutchess & The Dean take on 2 Intelligence songs. Unnatural Helpers new LP out soon on Hardly Art. LIMITED TO 500
DirtyKnobby-009
45
$5.50

iTi
Artifact: Live In St. Johann
PS, US Recorded on March 8th, 2008 at Alte Gerberel, St. Johann in Tirol/Austria at Festival ArtActs 2008. Features on trombone Johannes Bauer, drums Paal Nilssen-Love, analogue synthesizer Thomas Lehn & reeds Ken Vandermark
OkkaDisk-2077
CD
$12.50

Jaga Jazzist
One Armed Bandit
PS, US The Norwegian 9-piece return to the fray with the stunning "One Armed Bandit,". All galloping rhythms, arpeggiated harpsichord and grandiloquent reach, main man Lars Horntveth describes the new sound, tongue-a-little-in-cheek, as "Wagner meets Fela Kuti!" Certainly we find it harder to imagine a better soundtrack being written for the first Nollywood viking epic.
NijaTune-152
CD
$13.00

Jaga Jazzist
One Armed Bandit
PS, US Limited! The Norwegian 9-piece return to the fray with the stunning "One Armed Bandit," taken from their forthcoming album of the same name. All galloping rhythms, arpeggiated harpsichord and grandiloquent reach, main man Lars Horntveth describes the new sound, tongue-a-little-in-cheek, as "Wagner meets Fela Kuti!" Certainly we find it harder to imagine a better soundtrack being written for the first Nollywood viking epic. Jaga Jazzist have become something of a musical phenomenon in Norway since they started 15 years ago. Not only is this 9 piece instrumental band regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative in Norway, the members are all involved in other musical projects and have in one way or another contributed to almost every significant recording to come out of that part of the world in the last few years. Their albums sell 20,000+ in Norway and huge crowds come to their shows. Their international acclaim is signalled by the fact that the new album was mixed in chicago by John McEntire of Tortoise.
ZEN-152
DLP
$19.00

Jarnow, Al
Celestial Navigations: The Short Films of Al Jarnow
PS, US First collection of work by reknowed public television filmmaker Al Jarnow. His films have been seen by tens of millions of people of the last 40 years on PBS. Here 45 individual films are restored & color corrected in HD and lovingly packaged with a 60 page full color book and 30 minute documentary. Al Jarnow captured life's scientific minutia & boiled it down for easy consumption between cookie eating monsters & counting vampires. Coupling time-lapse, stop motion & cel animation with simple objections found in every day life, Jarnow deconstructed the world for an entire generation. Region 0
Numero-031
DVD
$24.75

Jatun
Blanket of Ash
PS, US When Jatun's eponymous debut dropped in 2007, dream-pop enthusiasts and headphone purists alike were astounded by its thoughtfully detailed songs and meticulous textures. Subtle, distinct variations embedded in teeming walls of sound egged them on for a louder-than-loud listen. And there was just no denying the nuance cycles of swarming and disintegrating buzz; conduits for robot melodies. With Blanket of Ash, Jatun offers up another dose of clandestine vocals, heavy layers and unmistakable intensity: A vinyl-only collection of metallic drone and spackjunk beats for the truly frequency-dependent.
OtherElectricities-022
LP
$12.25

Javelin
2
PS, US Limited! When not performing, Javelin is busy producing. Together they have amassed a vast catalogue of music, varying in its aesthetic range. Songs resemble the record collection from whence they spring, if not literally as when sampling, then figuratively as when past forms are cited and re-contextualized. Sounds range from broken dance jams to relaxed instrumental cut-ups, created with love on their MPCs. Long forgotten samples are chopped and re-assembled with drums, wooden recorders, old keyboards, handmade thumb pianos or whatever instruments are readily at hand. The result is a kind of mix tape fantasy (residing in the mythical "dollar bins of the future"), where R & B impresarios, amateur booty bass producers and Andean flautists hold equal sway.
ThrillJockey-1239
12
$14.50

Jerusalem and the Starbaskets
Room 8/Swingin' Vine
PS, US The great rock writer James Jackson Toth has regarded Jerusalem and the Starbaskets as being on the verge of sounding like the third Velvets LP as played by The Terminals. We couldn't agree more, but this could be twisted around rightfully if anyone feels like it to provide an analogy that would make the Terminals feel pretty good about playing the Velvets third to sound like what the Starbaskets just might be on the verge of sounding like. First, there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is. Crypto rock illiteration, like fear over Columbia Regional.
Destijl-078
45
$5.25

jj
jj nº 3
PS, US Last summer Gothenburg, Sweden's jj quietly released one of 2009's most critically-acclaimed albums. The album was named nº 2 and it was the group's debut full-length (their first single was nº 1).With the naive swagger of youth, jj have already completed their next full-length. We here at Secretly Canadian are incredibly proud to present nº 3 to you. If nº 2 was (as it was to many) the quintessential summer 2009 album, nº 3 is destined to be the quintessential winter 2010 album, a soft, red smear of blood on a field of fresh snow. jj create R&B and Balearic dub from the ghosts of lost lovers; pop as delicate as a fawn's nose across blades of frosted grass. It is the soundtrack for friends packed into the town squares
tiniest tavern, their moontanned, apple-cheeked faces glowing, their dilated pupils filled with all the meaning and meaninglessness of a magic 8-ball. Their music is both carefree without carelessness, and self-aware without being self-conscious. With it, they build an ice bridge arching from Gothenburg into the heart of middle America, and everywhere in between.
SecretlyCanadian-212
CD
$11.50

Julius, Rolf
Music for the Ears
PS, US "For a long time I've been thinking about how to create spaces into which one can retreat, where one can find quiet, where one can see, hear, where one is able to concentrate, where one is isolated from the world around but still is able to participate in it...by means of art or music or both" - Rolf Julius, 1987 Futurism and Dadaism both made use of the synthesis of audio and visual arts to create a singular experience greater than the sum of its parts. This idea was further advanced by the Fluxus and Minimalism movements. Born in 1939 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, Rolf Julius was profoundly influenced and inspired by these movements while he studied art in Bremen and Berlin. Years later, after immersing himself in musical works by artists like Morton Feldman, John Cage, and La Monte Young, Julius began to shift his focus from visual art to the synthesis of sound and visual art and nature, exploring the relationships between sounds and objects and environments. Julius soon discovered how sounds can influence vision, creating simple tones to be presented in conjunction with his early photographic work. Such experiments culminated in the creation of his pioneering work "Dike Line" (1979), which combined visual images with texture-inducing tones. This piece was presented at the ground breaking exhibition "Fr Augen Und Ohren" in 1980. Mythical in scope, this was the first major European exhibition attempted to map international research by artists exploring relations between sound and visual art, bringing together work by John Cage, Luigi Russolo, Nam June Paik, Joe Jones, Bill Fontana, Milan Knizak, Harry Bertoia, David Tudor and Rolf Julius. Over the next 30 years Julius went on to create some of the most meaningful and moving works in the gray area between music and art, between sound and silence. Alongside Takehisa Kosugi, Terry Fox, and Akio Suzuki, he has emerged as one of the most important and influential sound artists of our time. Since the early 1980's Julius has referred to his compositions as Small Music, receiving international acclaim from those in the fields of contemporary art and music for calling the origins of sound and vision into question. Small Music not only describes Julius' approach to composition (soft and compelling sounds from simple instruments and nature), but also a way in which to view his works and ultimately the world. Art historian Bernd Schulz once wrote "if one recalls John Cage's central theme of "silence" then Rolf Julius is the contemporary artist who approaches him most closely". Julius' Small Music has the distinct ability to heighten our perception such that "silence" becomes a positive quality of a place and a situation, and not just an absence of sound. Whether using photographs, ink drawings, audio compositions, or subtle and sometimes almost hidden outdoor installations, Rolf Julius' works serve as catalyst, increasing our awareness of the great beauty of the world that surrounds us. Western Vinyl is proud to release "Music for the Ears" the first in a series of Small Music releases by Rolf Julius. With a goal of creating solitary sound environments, the Small Music series will culminate into a boxed edition of seminal works by this master sound artist. "Music for the Ears" is comprised of two long tracks of gently weaving tones exploring the possibilities of spatial experience. The cover image depicts Julius' sound installation in a bamboo forest in Kyoto, Japan where his music is placed high in the air, by speakers hanging freely from the branches of the trees. As the music suspends itself in the air, the tones sway in the wind floating ever so gently, caressing the ears, the trees, the light, and clouds.
WesternVinyl-075
CD
$11.50

June, Sarah
In Black Robes
PS, US Attic core spooky americana w/ a sweet child like voice singing stories of love, cowboys, & death.
Silber-076
CD
$12.50

Junius
Martyrdom Of A Catastrophist
PS, US Cinematic & accessible, building to crescendos which echo some of post rock's most epic moments, but w/ vocals, hooks, & lyrics creating focus throughout
MyleneSheath-018
DLP
$24.75

Kazumasa, Hashimoto
Strangeness
PS, JAPAN The sounds of kazumasa hashimoto are defined by an elegant and fantastic sound woven by his ingenious talent and sophistication of the classical music he has learned since early childhood. hashimoto's musical endeavors cross overseas with the artist featured in Europe's largest Sonar festival in Barcelona in 2007, followed by a successful tour visiting through six European cities in 2008. His first film score in Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Tokyo Sonata" received the jury prize in the Un Certain Regard Section of the 61st Cannes Film Festival, steadily establishing his career as a musician.
Noble-1265
CD
$18.25

Knife, The
Tomorrow, In a Year (ON SALE)
PS, US 90 minutes of music by THE KNIFE & their collaborators MT. SIMS & PLANNINGTOROCK, recorded for the Danish theater experimentalists Hotel Pro Forma for their modern opera "Tomorrow, In A Year". Further details courtesy of PITCHFORK: "Last year, the Knife recorded a soundtrack to an experimental opera based on Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species called Tomorrow, In a Year. (Berlin dance-rock act Mt. Sims and chamber experimentalist Planningtorock also collaborated on the music.) The stage performance premiered in September...it's about as fucked up and amazing-looking (and -sounding) as one would expect from an avant-opera featuring music from the Knife. And now a studio version of the soundtrack is on the way, courtesy of Mute. The 11-minute epic "Colouring of Pigeons" is currently streaming at the Knife's website and it just might rupture your brainspace... Nobody on earth (or elsewhere) is making music like this."
Mute
DCD
$16.25

Konntinent
Opal Island
PS, UK Among many obvious definitions of the "heart" is this: "the vital center and source of one's being, emotions, and sensibilities." It's the first word I think of when I hear the work of Antony Harrison (the man behind the Konntinent moniker). And when you listen to his work, its really obvious why.
HomeNormal-010
CD
$13.50

Kurosky, Miles
Desert of Shallow Effects
PS, US Miles Kurosky was the frontman for San Francisco indie poppers Beulah from their inception in the late '90s until their split in 2004, and even though Kurosky began recording his first solo album, The Desert of Shallow Effects, in 2006, the process would be a long, laborious one, resulting in a six-year gap between his former band's breakup and his re-emergence as a recording artist. He was far from idle during that period, though, which becomes apparent before even hearing the first note of Shallow Effects; simply glancing at the dizzying list of players and instruments employed here will tell you that this was a massive undertaking. Even Kurosky's liner notes call the album's gestation process "lengthy and confusing," tellingly describing a session whose purpose was to "add the kitchen sink." Still, for all that, Shallow Effects is almost shockingly coherent. Instead of a big, sprawling mess, the arrangements -- which incorporate everything from glockenspiel to Mellotron -- offer complex but controlled layers of sound that never seem too thick or unwieldy. Stylistically, the lo-fi, high-concept psych-pop spirit of the Elephant 6 collective that ushered in Beulah's early work can still be discerned if you listen hard enough, but Kurosky has grown up, too; psychedelic excess and stoner whimsy for whimsy's sake have largely been left behind by an obvious desire to put songs before sonic trappings and impart specific ideas in songs with linear, detail-oriented lyrics. That said, the wide array of tonal colors on offer here is in itself an appealing sort of orchestral pop taster's menu, with horns, strings, tuned percussion, and more tickling your ear at any given point. And to his credit, Kurosky has avoided the overt Brian Wilson-isms that might subsume a project like this in the hands of someone with a less singular vision. For however much of an influence the classic '60s L.A. pop sound may be on Kurosky, The Desert of Shallow Effects never sounds anything less than completely contemporary. ~ J. Allen, All Music Guide
ShoutFactory
CD
$14.50

Kurtz, Dayna & Mamie Minch
For the Love of Hazel: Songs For Hazel Dickens EP
PS, US A loving tribute to singer / songwriter HAZEL DICKENS inspired by her songwriting, her voice, and her groundbreaking collaborations with ALICE GERRARD. Hazel is probably in many ways one of the more under acknowledged artists of her era; we hope this EP does even a tiny part in shining a light on the artist and her work. DAYNA KURTZ says: "Mamie and I had just met and connected on so many levels - especially musically. We were in the studio doing a few tunes together, and Mamie started playing 'scars from an old love', and it was just the most beautiful, sad song i'd ever heard. Basically, we just wanted to do more work together. and although Hazel didn't perform all these songs we recorded, she was very much in our mind and her sensibility and spirit very much informed these sessions. We thought it was appropriate to dedicate the record to her." Limited to 1,000 hand-numbered copies pressed on white vinyl.
Kismet-104
10
$12.75

Lamps
Niels Bohr
PS, US You may know the band from their fine releases on In The Red. The guitar riff on "Niels Bohr" jackhammers into your brain before giving way to a deadpan chorus that is catchy as hell. The flip side is a killer noisy number in the Amp Rep tradition. Ltd to 500
DullKnife-016
45
$5.50

Legendary Wings
Questions
PS, US Formerly of THROBBING URGES, comes the debut 7" from the Legendary Wings (though they did appear on the great UFO Dictator 7" comp "I'd Buy That For a Dollar Vol. 1"). Here we have two great Husker Du type pop hits including the anthemic "Did You Just Eat that Cigarette?" in a two-packer called "QUESTIONS". Yes the other song is an equally important question to keep you just as stumped for both sides
TicTacTotally-029
45
$5.50

Leigh, Heather
Jailhouse Rock
PS, US Vinyl reissue of 2006 cassette from Scorces sorceress, Jandek collaborator, & Volcanic Tongue branch manager. Sprawling, long-form descent/ascents into mythic electric disorientation, powered by her trademark recipe of FX-soaked pedal steel & voice. Ltd to 400
NotNotFun-153
LP
$11.75

Liars
Sisterworld
PS, US Sisterworld, the follow up to Liars (2007), was written and recorded in Los Angeles by Liars and Tom Biller (Kanye West, Beck, Where The Wild Things Are / Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind soundtracks) This is the first Liars album to be recorded entirely in the USA since 2004s They Were Wrong, So We Drowned and sees Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross taking inspiration from fringe characters lured to LA and the resulting subcultures and alternate spaces that they generate.Sisterworld is Liars own space, completely devoid of influence, somewhere remote from the false promises and discarded dreams amassed in LA. In it Liars explore the underground support systems created to deal with loss of self to society. Say Liars, We're interested in the alternate spaces people create in order to maintain identity in a city like LA. Environments where outcasts and loners celebrate a skewered relationship to society.
Mute-429
CD
$14.25

Liars
Sisterworld [deluxe limited edition]
PS, US Two disc set! Second disc features remixes of each song on the album by an intriguing cast! Like Pink Dollaz, Atlas Sound, Blonde Redhead, Tunde Adebimpe (TV On the Radio), Alan Vega (Suicide), Chris & Cosey (Throbbing Gristle), Boyd Rice, Thom Yorke, Devendra Banhart, The Melvins and more.
Mute-432
DCD
$17.75

Liars
Sisterworld [deluxe edition] (DELAYED: SALEABLE APRIL 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION will be a DLP featuring the new album and the bonus album of remixes in a triple-gatefold jacket.
Mute-429
DLP
$21.75

Licht, Alan & Loren Connors
Into the Night Sky
PS, US Into the Night Sky is the sixth album from avant guitarists Alan Licht and Loren Connors, the first after 2003's In France. Since 1993 these New York City artists have evolved an instrumental dialogue merging shades of electric blues and minimalism. These two epic pieces - one from 1996, the other 2006 - recorded live in concert clearly show far their desolate sound world grew over a decade of collaboration while the core of layered guitar complexities and alien melodies remain. The atmosphere conjured by the duo is unmistakable - the ebb of eloquently shaped feedback - while the harmonic patterns recall 20th Century classical music. Active since the early 1990s, Licht has worked with a veritable who's who of the experimental world, from free jazz legends to downtown composers while performing in Text of Light and an ongoing duo with Aki Onda. Since 1978 Connors has released dozens of acclaimed and sought after LPs documenting his singular adaption of the blues and forging his place as one of America's most iconoclastic artists.
FamilyVineyard-75
CD
$11.50

Life On Earth
Blomkraftens Frukt
PS, SWEDEN Deluxe limited edition 7"; 499 copies for the world. We will do our best! By public demand, Sweden's Life On Earth! releases the live favorite "Blomkraftens Frukt" (translation: Flower Power's Fruit) as a single. Also included is the social-realist anthem of self-employment, "Knegareliv" on the flip. As an extra bonus, there's also the story of Harald Hårfäste and Hassan-i Sabbah. This triple combo of songs can illuminate the darkest corners of the winter. Perfect for the dancefloor, and also as a comfort for hung-over afternoons.
SubliminalSounds
45
$13.25

Lifetime
Hello Bastards
PS, US Once lost to the sands of time, we have reanimated and rehydrated this classic slab of wax! No longer mummified in the dry legends of an obscure, thirsty tribe, the Hello Bastards LP roams the earth once again! Embrace the movement or flee in terror, the choice is yours! Three paths lay before you: Mysterious Mint, Gruesome Green, and Blank Stare White... how will you live your adventure?
NoIdea-253
LP
$12.75

Lobisomem
Brightest Solids
PS, US Electronic music, but neither dance music, nor raw experimental noise. It is instead a hybrid of more subtle influences referencing African, South American, & Jamaican music as well as more native forces such as hip-hop & jazz. 180g vinyl
TallCorn-004
LP
$10.00

Local Natives
Gorilla Manor
PS, US VINYL VERSION
FrenchKiss-042
LP
$17.50

Local Natives
Gorilla Manor
PS, US Soaring, sky-scraping harmonies, dreamy orchestral melodies, & throbbing tribal beats. Draws a line from the vocal stylings of Crosby Stills Nash & Young & the Zombies through the more esoteric edges of post-punk & Afro-beat.
FrenchKiss-042
CD
$13.25

Logan, Giuseppi Quintet
S-T
PS, US Legendary saxophonist GIUSEPPI LOGAN will release his first album in 45 years on NYC's Tompkins Square label, February 23, 2010. Logan recorded two albums for the ESP label in the mid-'60s featuring EDDIE GOMEZ, DON PULLEN AND MILFORD GRAVES; THE GIUSEPPI LOGAN QUARTET and More. THE GIUSEPPI LOGAN QUINTET, recorded in September 2009, reunites Logan with two of his closest collaborators from the '60s, pianist DAVE BURRELL and drummer WARREN SMITH. Also joining him on the session are FRANCOIS GRILLOT on bass, and MATT LAVELLE, trumpet and bass clarinet. The album features five brand new original Logan compositions, and several standards. Logan will maintain his rigorous schedule of appearances with his group, as well as his steady solo gig in the NW corner of Tompkins Square Park.
TompkinsSquare-2325
CD
$13.50

LoneLady
Nerve Up
PS, US LoneLady, AKA Julie Campbell is a self-styled writer, vocalist and tight guitarist. With little more than thorny determination and a shoestring budget, she built a secluded ramshackle studio in the belly of one of Manchester's crumbling mills and created her debut full length album, "Nerve Up" in the span of four weeks. The aesthetics of this ex-mill were a pure joy for LoneLady, and invoked the ghosts of bands she loves ... (Joy Division, ESG, Wire, Grace Jones, The Fall, Suicide, PiL). Co-produced by Julie and Guy Fixsen (My Bloody Valentine, The Breeders, Stereolab), LoneLady has delivered far more than just an assembly of songs in album form, but the outcome of a process of making something out of nothing.
WarpRecords-10186
LP
$13.00

Lopez, Francisco
Amarok
PS, ITALY Francisco Lopez is known all over the world as one of the main figures of all time experimental music. He performed in hundreds lives, projects and sound-sets in 60 countries of 5 continents and his huge discography has been released by more than 200 labels all over the world. His musical universe moves from human-ear limits to the deepest abysses of sonorous power and it is mostly composed of field recordings caught along the wildest areas of Earth or between the sounds of industrial world. For "Amarok" composition two years of hard work have been employed using sounds and processed field recordings. It's a unequalled conceptual soundscape in this artist's huge discography and it perfectly joins to Glacial Movements aesthetics. After a few seconds from the track beginning we are dip into an arctic trip, which lasts more than an hour and in which tangled weavings in a masterly fashion handled by the Spanish artist appear, develop and dissolve. Gusts of arctic wind, the Amarok's wheezing breath (Amarok is the name of a gigantic wolf in Inuit mythology) and the sense of loss in the polar night are only some of the sensations that this cryogenic hallucinatory acoustic is able to evoke.
"Amarok is probably one of the more isolationist and spookiest work I've ever done" - Francisco Lopez, March 2009
GlacialMovements-007
CD
$17.00

Lopez, Francisco & Lawrence Engish
HB
PS, US Francisco Lopez - the most mysterious sound artist ever, the man who has elevated aural enigma and sonic displacement to art form status - joins forces with Lawrence English, the leading figure of the Australian experimental music scene, for a puzzling CD. The result is resolutely sombre going on obscurantist: occulted birdsongs, unidentified tremors, delicate but disquieting sounds from a jungle that could be either of the wild or urban kind. This sound world lies somewhere between mystery and mystification.
Baskaru-13
CD
$17.25

Loscil
Endless Falls
PS, US Vinyl with two extra tracks not on the CD version!
Kranky-141
DLP
$16.50

Loscil
Endless Falls
PS, US The album begins and ends with the sound of rain recorded by Scott in his back yard, precipitation being a constant presence in his home city of Vancouver. Many of the other sounds on the album are derived from these same recordings, processed & combined with other harmonic sounds to create the textures & drones. Something completely new to this release would be vocals, of a sort, a first for any loscil composition, contributed by Daniel Bejar (DESTROYER) on the final track.
Kranky-141
CD
$12.25

Lucas, Scott & The Married George Lassos
Moon
PS, US Lucas is best known as half of the Chicago-based, rock duo LOCAL H; but, on his debut solo album, he explores the softer side of things - adding horns, violin &
even accordion - and proves that quiet & sad can be just as powerful as loud & angry.
G&P-003
CD
$12.00

Lucas, Scott & The Married George Lassos
Moon
PS, US VINYL VERSION
G&P-003
LP
$15.00

Machida, Yoshio
Hypernatural #3
PS, FRANCE Six years after the release of "Hypernatural #2", Yoshio Machida is rounding up his magnificent trilogy of electro acoustic collages with "Hypernatural #3". A unique and highly personal work, the Hypernatural series has made of Machida a world-class sound artist. Assemblages of field recordings and treated instrumental sounds, the music on "Hypernatural #3" evokes simultaneously the universal and the intimate, Mankind and Nature.
Baskaru-010
CD
$16.00

Madlib
Medicine Show No. 1: Before The Verdict With Guilty Simpson
PS, US 1st release from MADLIB's once-a-month series. A 17 track reimagination of rapper Guilty Simpson's Ode To The Ghetto (augmented, of course, w/ unreleased songs, other remixes & tons o' beats)
MadlibMedicineShow-001
CD
$15.75

Madlib
Medicine Show No. 2: Fight To Brazil
PS, US 2nd release from MADLIB's once-a-month series. An 80-minute guided tour through 5 decades of Brazilian funk, bossa-nova, jazz, psychedelic & progressive rock.
MadlibMedicineShow-002
CD
$15.75

Magik Markers/Sic Alps
Tour 12-Inch
PS, US REPRESS WITH DIFFERENT COLORED ARTWORK AND CHEAPER PRICE!!! Split 12" anticipating their upcoming December 2009 west coast tour together. SIC ALPS give up three tracks with help from LARS FINBERG (INTELLIGENCE) and TY SEGALL, the highlight being a great punched-in guitar solo from MATT HARTMAN that makes one song reminiscent of a Safe As Milk outtake. MAGIK MARKERS show up with a 7ft bass player who throws the band into Guru Guru mode. Great all around. 600 copies. One-time pressing.
YikYak-017
12
$10.75

Mako Sica
Dual Horizon
PS, US "Mako Sica" is a translation of what many Native American tribes called "land bad"; hence the moniker of dusty mazes, buttes & spires created by millions of years of erosion in poisoned deserts. Chicago's rich jazz history & punk ideals, however, give them complete freedom to create music which reflects the spirit of their chosen name. Feat. 2 ex-members of avant/experimental band ROPE, recorded live without overdubs
LaSocieteExpedionnaire-016
LP
$16.00

Male
All Are Welcome
PS, US Re-promo/reintroduction. This title was released last year and has been recalled from CID. Male is Jonathan Krohn and Ben Mjolsness, an improvisational duo working with other experimental and jazz artists from the Chicago area. Their debut, All Are Welcome was founded on the concept that each element be recorded in one take. Each musician was assigned a time to show up, had the option of listening to the tracks that Mjolsness and Krohn produced the first day, and recorded. Jeremy Lemos (White/Light) lent his expertise in the recording and mixing process but aside from cutting incidentals, the songs remained the same.
OtherElectricities-016
CD
$12.25

Man or Astroman?
Is It.. Man Or Astroman?
PS, US REPRESS! Debut album from Auburn, AL's surf twang boys
Estrus-129
CD
$11.50

March, Charlie Alex
Home/Hidden
PS, US Widely anticipated debut album from young, Bowie-endorsed composer. Features contributions by HIGH LLAMAS, STEREOLAB, & METRONOMY members. For fans of Aphex Twin, Tim Burton soundtracks, Stereolab, & BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
LoRecordings-079
CD
$16.00

Martin, Aaron
Worried About The Fire
PS, US Experimedia presents the fourth full-length solo album by Kansas-based Aaron Martin. A former collaborator of artists as diverse as Machinefabriek and Dawn Smithson (Sunn O))), Martin originally devised 'Worried about the Fire' as the soundtrack to a short film and the record sees him deconstructing preexisting snippets, sketches and samples from various collaborations and solo performances. All prior restrictions were set aside as Martin forwent his regular live-approach, not typically using electronic processing and effects and editing the parts without limiting himself in any way. Still built around his set-up of cello, banjo, harmonica and organ, there is an unsettling installation-character to the work, with distant echoes of acoustic instruments shining through the ghostly fabric of these twelve short pieces. Mastered by 12k label-head Taylor Deupree, 'Worried about the Fire' has however not only turned out a dark and demure work, but also one of brittle beauty - ranging from the meditative cymbal-space of 'Ice melts' and the broken-Piano semblance of 'Blue Light' to the consoling Ambient-Folk of 'Making Rope'.
Experimedia-012
CD
$13.50

Martyn, John
Solid Air [Deluxe Edition]
PS, US Remastered, expanded 2 CD version!
The Deluxe Edition of John Martyn's classic album Solid Air was issued only a few months after his death in 2009. That said, bittersweet as it is (because if ever an album deserved this kind of treatment, it's this one), it's important to note that this release was in preparation for reissue by John Hillarby long before Martyn's passing, and was given his complete blessing. Solid Air (whose title track was written for Martyn's friend, songwriter Nick Drake) is one of the defining moments in British folk, in the same league as Fairport Convention's Liege & Lief, Richard & Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights, and Michael Chapman's Rainmaker. Martyn stepped out of his comfort zone to record and produce it, including not only jazz and blues but rock and plenty of sound effects, and featuring Rhodes piano on some of its tracks, dismaying some fans while winning a ton more for its genre-blurring presentation. A number of its cuts -- such as the title track, "Over the Hill," "I'd Rather Be the Devil," and "May You Never" -- remained staples in his live sets until the end of his life. This Deluxe Edition presents the original in gloriously remastered sound by Paschal Byrne. Finally, fans can hear this set on CD in a way that not even the finest LP pressing can render. That said, it's the second disc that opens the treasure trove to listeners and fans. There are nine alternate takes of cuts that appeared on the original. These are in full stereo and present different accents, shades, and sounds to the finished versions. Martyn was meticulous in his scrutiny of the many takes of some of these tracks. These alternates (including an instrumental reading of "Man in the Station") add shades of meaning and deepen the context of the released versions. In addition to these, there are three unreleased cuts. "Keep On," a blues, and "In the Evening," a haunting folk-jazz number, were songs Martyn wasn't happy enough with to include on the album; they are being presented for the first time here. In addition, another song, "When It's Dark," is here in demo form. It's a stark, simply presented ballad, and Martyn claimed that he'd never quite finished the song and decided not to record it. The other two he felt equally ambivalent about, but felt they were more or less "finished" versions, but would take away from the strength of the album. In the case of "In the Evening" and "When It's Dark," both love songs, he was simply wrong. They are stellar, important, and utterly beautiful. Also included is the 7" single version of "May You Never." In addition to all this are live versions of "The Easy Blues," "May You Never," and "I'd Rather Be the Devil." Some might question their inclusion, but simply put, they're necessary here because they reveal quite startlingly the difference between what Martyn would do in the studio and on a stage in front of a sometimes confrontational audience. This is a tremendous document that presents Solid Air in its proper light both aesthetically and historically, and should be sought out not only by fans, but by anyone interested in great songwriting and guitar playing. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Ume Imports - 5317933
DCD
$28.00

Martyn, John
Grace & Danger [Deluxe Edition]
PS, US Following a short layoff, John Martyn returned with his 12th record (including two with wife Beverley and a best-of collection), Grace & Danger. The album, which finds Martyn fronting a tight quartet featuring Phil Collins on drums and backing vocals, paints a stark, painful portrait of Martyn and Beverley's crumbling marriage. Close friend and Island Records president Chris Blackwell reportedly found the songs so personal and unsettling that he delayed its release for a year. Martyn sets a somber feel right from the start with the seductive opener "Some People Are Crazy" and carries it, for the most part, throughout the record. The hushed, tormented blues of "Hurt in Your Heart," the beautiful "Sweet Little Mystery," and the heartbreaking closer "Our Love" are a few of the highlights. With some of his clearest, strongest singing in years and a collection of terse, honest originals, as well as a cover of the Slickers' reggae classic "Johnny Too Bad," Grace & Danger shows John Martyn at the top of his game. [The 2007 edition features a remastering overhaul, five previously unreleased bonus tracks, and a second, 13-song bonus CD of unreleased outtakes.] ~ Brett Hartenbach, All Music Guide
Island - 9842687
DCD
$28.00

Matsunaga, Kouhei
Self VA
PS, US 3rd release in a 4-album series on the work of enigmatic Japanese artist KOUHEI MATSUNAGA. Collaborators include LEIF ELGGREN, NHK, SENSATIONAL
(JUNGLE BROTHERS), & RLW
Important-282
CD
$12.00

Matsunaga, Vainio & Booth
3 Telepathics Meh In-Sect Connection
PS, US Pt. 2 of a 4-album set highlighting the work of Japanese artist Kouhei Matsunaga. Telepathic full length collaborative release from KOUHEI MATSUNAGA, Sean Booth (AUTECHRE), & Mika Vainio (PAN SONIC)
Important-281
CD
$13.25

Matta
The Lost
PS, GERMANY With their debut solo record following several compilations and collaborations, UK's Matta bring the excitement back to dubstep. Shifting genres, adding weight, and sharpening the production: this young duo comes up with an immense three tracker that taps in a variety of style and unite influences into an enormous and coherent release. Not for weak sound systems, but clearly for all bass addicts.
A1. Inquisition part III
A2. Suicide Stutter
B. Mass
AdNoiseam-126
12
$11.00

Max, David
Simple Psychedelic Pleasures
PS, US David Max, guitar player of legendary freak-out band PSYCHIC TV, has completed his first solo record comprised of 13 sonic half-dreams & adventures. Simple Psychedelic Pleasures explores the nature of mind-revealing sounds & words. Drawing from all psychedelic musical movements past, David Max gives us something electric-hot & sweet. During this ride you will discover windy jangles, broken heart staring at
the sun grooves, ferocious leads & heavy drones of accuracy
MindExpansion-2038
CD
$13.50

Maximum Rock'n'Roll
Issue # 322 [ March 2010]
PS, US Smash your way toward spring with features on 1970s Detroit rockers DEATH, DEFENSA ABSOLUTA, SUGI, DRY-ROT, DRUID PERFUME, and KIM PHUC, plus 2009 year-end top ten lists, and the usual assortment of editorial columns, news items, scene reports and media reviews.
ZINE
$3.50

McCann, Sean
Lullabies For Bloodshot Eyes
PS, US While he shares song writing duties in the band Great Big Sea, singer-songwriter Sean McCann is now releasing his first solo project. During a brief summer vacation, Sean wrote and recorded the songs that make up Lullabies For Bloodshot Eyes - a collection of songs about love, family and life's ups and downs.
LeanGroundMusic-001
CD
$8.75

Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets II
PS, US This remastered edition of MEAT PUPPETS II is an enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files, as well as bonus and previously unreleased tracks. Meat Puppets: Curt Kirkwood (vocals, guitar); Cris Kirkwood (vocals, bass); Derrick Bostrom (drums). Reissue producers: Derrick Bostrom, Tami Blevins, Ian Gilchrist, Troy Hansbrough. Recorded in 1983. Includes liner notes by Michael Azerrad, Derrick Bostrom, Robert Azerrad & Tom Carson. Digitally remastered by Stuart Sullivan (Arkadelphia's House Studio, November 1998). The early-1980s post-punk musings of the Meat Puppets give new meaning to the term "alternative country." Instead of adding a country flavor to traditional rock, or overdriving a honky-tonk sound, the group achieved a genuine marriage of avant-rock weirdness and earthy Americana on this, their defining release. The frenzied two-step of "Magic Toy Missing" and "Lost" mates hoedown with electric freakout. The group's tripping-in-the-desert sense of neo-psychedelia is displayed at its apex on the twisted classic "Plateau" and the acid-drenched country-punk of "New Gods." Like Neil Young (a strong influence), the Meat Puppets were blessed with a totally natural sense of strangeness that allowed them to be both of the earth and beyond itsimultaneously. This reissue's generous helping of bonus tracks helps sweeten an already immensely appealing pot.
Rykodisc
LP
$13.25

Meth Teeth
S-T
PS, US Re-release of the Indian Spirits Demo from last summer's tour. The songs rely on simple, ramshackle rhythms, upbeat shinny guitar interplay, & big fat chord churners, & a lot of tambourine banging away on the snare drum. Ultra catchy summertime rockers keep you sad & lonely, & upbeat & hopeful all at once. C16
NightPeople-073
CASS
$6.75

Midlake
Trials of Van Occupanther
PS, US Restock! Channels "Tusk" era Fleetwood Mac through Denton, TX's answer to the Wooden Stars. Debut album was a quiet classic around here. Mojo & Uncut say 4 stars for the new one!
BellaUnion-0412
CD
$12.00

Mimicking Birds
S-T
PS, US What started out as a solo project under the moniker Neight (a portmanteau of 'Nate' and 'eight') has evolved into the trio now known as Mimicking Birds. Originally from Portland, Oregon, flock lead man Nate Lacy initially learned to play guitar during his senior year in high school. Shortly after graduating, he moved south to Eugene, for two years and began writing music. Once he became acquainted with a Yamaha 16-track digital recorder, Nate began recording his songs while playing all of the instruments himself. Recently, Nate was joined by his childhood friends, drummer Aaron Hanson, whose talent is constructing spacious, purposeful beats while Tim Skellenger, being the least structured musician in the band brings a lighthearted and buoyant sound on guitar. With a quiet but consistently growing fan base, Mimicking Birds began performing for audiences in the "We enjoy making music for scenery. The sound of language and big picture issues are inspirations for our music." Mimicking Birds Think ethereal melodies by way of cosmic folk. Nate masters the use of reverb to create ambient sounds. Accompanied by a voice so delicate and seraphic, Mimicking Birds play lachrymose songs that synchronously evoke warm-heartedness and an overall compass resist the urge to play for everyone you know.
GlacialPaceRecordings-006
CD
$11.50

Miracle Condition
Miracle Condition
PS, US Formed in 2006 by Mark Shippy (Shorty, US Maple), Pat Samson (US Maple) and Matt Carson the group has carved out it's own genre of powerful, cinematic soundscapes reminiscent of the early 90's shoegaze movement. Miracle Condition proves to be quite a departure from Shippy & Samson's earlier group - trading in the mantle of rock deconstructionists for curators of the deep space soundtrack. Eliptical drones, charging percussion, fragile melodies & below the surface vocal work from Shippy & Carson creates a calculated brand of beautiful tension
TizonaRecords-007
CD
$15.00

Miracle Condition
Miracle Condition
PS, US Vinyl with digital download
TizonaRecords-007
LP
$16.00

Mitchell, Elizabeth (Ida)
You Are My Flower
PS, US Kids have to learn about sex, death & booze sometime, so here is an acoustic album of old-time songs for kids including covers of songs by the Carter Family, Elizabeth Cotten, Leadbelly & Woody Guthrie. Recorded one afternoon in 1998 during a day off from touring, this was never intended to be released commercially, but is out now due to popular demand!!
Little Bird Records-LBR001
CD
$13.00

Mojo
#197 (April 2010) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK FREE CD! DREAM POP! Starring Cocteau Twins, Panda Bear, Felt, Mercury Rev, Cluster & Eno, Beach House, Galaxie 500 and many more! PETER GABRIEL: The art-rock guru looks back on his astonishing 40-year career. From fronting progressive masters Genesis to solo pop success, his is a story of restless toil and adventure. With a new album set for release in March, Gabriel guides us through a unique life in music. PLUS! Kate Bush, Elbow and Vampire Weekend salute the legend! COURTNEY LOVE: In this month's mammoth MOJO Interview, Courtney Love talks custody battles and Kurt; grunge and glory; chaos and music. On the eve of the release of new album Nobody's Daughter, the self-styled "suck-ass celebrity" reveals all to Steve Baltin. JUDY COLLINS: She's a folk legend, one of America's greatest interpreters of song and the woman who discovered Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell. Judy Collins talks to MOJO's Sylvie Simmons. SERGE GAINSBOURG: Photographer Tony Frank guides us through his unseen Gainsbourg archive, sharing his memories of a legendary and "completely unique" artist. EELS: MOJO speaks to the creative whirlwind that is Mark Oliver Everett about success, tragedy, his new apocalyptic LP and a life "that keeps getting more and more mysterious". THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS: Roky Erickson and his band of Texan experimentalists dosed their electrified R&B with heavy, freak-out weirdness, thus laying the foundations for the acid revolution of the late '60s. We follow their trip from psychedelia to psychosis.REVIEWED! 127 albums reviewed and rated! Including - Joanna Newsom, Ellie Goulding, Johnny Cash, Quasi, The White Stripes, Gorillaz, Hot Chip, Broken Bells, Laura Marling, Jimi Hendrix reissued / Fela Kuti / Duran Duran / Galaxie 500 / The Stranglers / Aretha Franklin / The Specials 30th Anniversary Tour DVD / Midlake live and many, many more! PLUS! Vampire Weekend discuss second album success / Peter Hook reopens Paradise Factory / In the studio with Jeff Beck / Mr Oizo & Flat Eric's one hit wonder / Rufus Wainwright preps new album / Wu Tang leader RZA's new career path / Alison Goldfrapp on how Prince changed her life.
AND FINALLY...Danger Mouse reveals all in this month's Rock'n'roll Confidential!
ZINE
$10.25

Moon Duo
Escape
PS, US San Francisco's Moon Duo was formed in 2009 by Sanae Yamada and Erik Johnson (Wooden Shjips). Inspired initially by the legendary John Coltrane and Rashied Ali, Moon Duo counts such variant groups as Silver Apples, Royal Trux, Moolah, Suicide, and Cluster as touchstones. Utilizing primarily guitar, keyboards, percussion, and vocals, the pair plays space against form to create a primordial and disorienting sonic stew. They released two acclaimed records in 2009: the Love on the Sea 12-inch single on Sick Thirst and the Killing Time EP on Sacred Bones. Escape, their debut long-player on Woodsist, marks the fullest realization yet of the young group's evolving sound.
Woodsist
CD
$11.75

Moon Duo
Escape
PS, US VINYL VERSION
Woodsist
LP
$13.00

Morning Benders
Big Echo
PS, US VINYL VERSION
RoughTrade
LP
$14.00

Morning Benders
Big Echo
PS, US BIG ECHO is an album made to be played LOUD.It sounds great on headphones. The band that made it is called THE MORNING BENDERS.They recorded the album in San Francisco and mixed it in Brookyln. CHRIS CHU and CHRIS TAYLOR (Grizzly Bear)produced it in eleven days. On the twelfth day they rejoiced. There are 10 tracks on BIG ECHO which THE MORNING BENDERS think is best length for an album. It should also be said that BIG ECHO is made of some of the most glorious pop music you'll hear this year or any year. "Shouting into a valley. Big Shout: BIG ECHO".
RoughTrade
CD
$13.25

Motorpsycho
X3 (knuckleheads in space) b/w I.C.U (boinganoid)
PS, NORWAY Very limited! Includes exclusive, non-album b-side! A good old 7" single with a nice picture sleeve is of course a thing of beauty and this is no exception. A-side is an edited version of "X-3" from their 2010 onslaught 'Heavy Metal Fruit' and I.C.U (boinganoid) on the B-side is a hard hitting rocker from the same sessions.
RuneGrammofon-2094
45
$15.00

Motorpsycho
Heavy Metal Fruit (ON SALE)
PS, NORWAY Details, price & U.S. release date confirmed! This is the third full-length release from Norway's Motorpsycho on the Rune Grammofon label. It's extraordinary when a band 20 years into their career are able to deliver a string of three great albums in under two years, like Motorpsycho have done with Little Lucid Moments (RCD 2073CD/RLP 3073LP), Child Of The Future (RLP 2088LP) and now Heavy Metal Fruit. This record is co-produced by Kåre Vestrheim, the prominent Norwegian producer known from his work with Marit Larsen, Hanne Hukkelberg, Shining and others, and rumor has it that he's had more influence on the finished result than other producers before him. It's a varied and dynamic album and it's fair to say that it encompasses all the well-known aspects that have made Motorpsycho an institution in Norwegian music. We get metal, classic rock, Moogs, mellotrons, prog, psychedelia and jazzy freakouts before it all ends with the 20-minute long, majestic "Gullible's Travails," an obvious candidate to become the finest piece of music they have ever committed to record. There are guest appearances from the above-mentioned singer Hanne Hukkelberg and ace ECM trumpeter Mathias Eick on loan from Jaga Jazzist.
RuneGrammofon
CD
$15.00

Motorpsycho
Heavy Metal Fruit (ON SALE)
PS, NORWAY The 180g vinyl DLP edition is a three sided affair with the 4th side sporting great etched artwork by Kim Hiorthøy. The lavish sleeve comes as a triple gatefold with printed inner sleeves.
RuneGrammofon
DLP
$25.75

N.A.M.B.
BMAN
PS, US N.A.M.B. is a band from Turin, Italy. Ask them what the initials stand for, and you will probably get a different answer every time. Visit their Myspace page one day, and you might see the caption "Nascere Artisti Morire Buffoni" ("Born Artists, Die Clowns"), but the following day it could be something entirely different, like "Neuroni Annoiati Masticano Boiate" ("Bothered Neurons Chew Rubbish") 'BMAN', their second album, is a magnificent sonic adventure, with a psychedelic flair reminiscent of The Flaming Lips, dynamics and industrial elements á la Nine Inch Nails, massive stadium-friendly tunes and, beating underneath it all, a big heart of soulful pop.
MonotremeRecords-43
CD
$13.75

Neuter River
S-T
PS, US Extremely ltd edition electro/acoustic noise project from Jan St Werner (MOUSE ON MARS). Ltd to 300
Important-268
LP
$16.75

Newsom, Joanna
Have One On Me
PS, US New triple CD! Details forthcoming.
DragCity-390
3XCD
$18.75

Newsom, Joanna
Have One On Me
PS, US Triple LP Vinyl Version!
DragCity-390
3XLP
$24.75

Ninjasonik
USBD
PS, US NINJASONIK are tha future. JAH JAH's the punk, TELLI's the rapper, and TEENWOLF keeps the beat spinning. Easy to love hard to hate (unless you're a hater), Ninjasonik come from a place of pure adulation for what they get to do and the good people they get to do it with. Rhythms and synths so filthy they make songs about pregnancy, aids, and tight pants seem like odes to the dancefloor and the company of friends. You already know!"-popmontreal.com
Marriage-060
LP
$13.00

Nudge Squidfish
20,000 Leagues Under Nashville
PS, US During a self-imposed exile in Nashville around 1985, frequent QUTA and former "Peter Laughner" of the TRUE BELIEVERS, NUDGE SQUIDFISH sent cassette transmissions back to his friends MIKE REP & TOMMY JAY in Harrisburg, OH. From hours of cassettes Rep compiled this collection of psychedelic pop songs, synthisizer experiments, harmonic convergences, and fragments of his rock'n roll past that rival MAYO THOMPSON or BRIAN WILSON in complexity, pop sensibility, and authentic absurdity. Think we're talking it up? Well, Hey!... this IS the gem that launched Rep's storied cassette label, Old Age(/No Age). Upon Squid's return to Columbus, he would link up with the late JIM SHEPARD to form the legendary V-3. Painstakingly mastered for vinyl by MIKE REP from the original cassette. Edition of 500 LPs. 100 on gold/black marble vinyl with high-gloss full color sleves and insert.
ColumbusDiscount-057
LP
$12.75

Oh No Ono
Eggs
PS, US Limited. Oh No Ono is an experimental pop quintet from the tiny Danish town of Aalborg. Their music, intricate and otherworldly, defies conventions and expectations (and sometimes gravity). The ten dense, hypertextured sour-sweet-sad opuses found on their US debut album, Eggs, are truly breathtaking to behold; the band creates bewitching pop symphonies that unfold themselves more with each successive listen.
FDLY-017
LP
$14.50

Okie Dokie
S-T
PS, US OKIE DOKIE is a power drill of top speed voodoo black magic. One growling guitar of battering directness and one thick burning muscle of walloping bass. No human drummer could supply the austere precision required, so they flinched off the fat and put the machine to work. Finally, a maniacal vocalist spins criptic riddles like dark spells in menacing rhyme to grip this beast together. This is what post-hardcore set out for but couldn't cut.
Aagoo-022
CD
$8.75

Okie Dokie
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION
Aagoo-022
10
$10.25

Ordi, Fabio
Winterreise
PS, JAPAN With an entrance that displays the cold reaches of a surrounding, creeping fog, Fabio Orsi's 'Winterreise' is an immediate, enchanting production, reaching with the building swells of instrumental openness, and climactic ascendance. Fabio Orsi is an Italian electronic musician, reknowned for his work in the combination of the languages of popular tradition, and the avant-garde, while using field recordings, found sounds, guitar, piano, and synthesizer. After releasing on such labels as Digitalis Industries, A Silent Place, Last Visible Dog, Preservation, Low Point, Small Voices, and Ruralfaune, Orsi contributes his new work here to the Japanese label Slow Flow, for their second CD release. Throughout the nearly 50-minute release, 'Winterreise' proceeds through hollows of inward movement, amounting in sonorous reaches to the realism of the field recordings of the natural world within, soundtracked by a delicate, free richness. With no less than mythical symbolism leaning in through the natural above, there is little left without a nonplussed pacification, while still proceeding to the far limits of overcoming interference. Orsi's 'Winterreise' breathes just as easily as it gives way, in ultra exception of impressionism into the listeners' ears, not only, but into their surroundings, and resting there within them, with unembellished grandeur. Text by Will Long [Celer]
SlowFlow-1002
CD
$16.25

Orkustra, The
Adventures In Experimental Electric Orchestra...
PS, US '...From The San Francisco Psychedelic Underground' Limited to 1000, comes with DL codes. Greetings to everyone who craves an authentic Haight-Ashbury experience. Bobby BeauSoleil now has the pleasure of offering you the opportunity to hear these uncommon recordings from his past band. This will be the definitive Orkustra release, compiling almost all of the recordings the band made (on a 4 track in their rehearsal space) and will feature paintings and liner notes from composer of Lucifer Rising Soundtrack, Bobby BeauSoleil.
MexicanSummer
DLP
$32.50

Ortolan
Time On A String
PS, US "I have developed the habit of walking briskly through art museums. I do this for a couple reasons. First, it is simply not possible to take everything in (the psychic toll would be too great). Second, and more to the point, I do this to find the paintings that would reach out and include me. With most of my artistic encounters these days, whatever the medium or cultural expression, whether it's a painting, song or movie, I rarely feel like I'm a part of the equation. Usually I just feel assaulted: painted at, sung at, acted at. But when I am hailed by a work, invited by it, when it recognizes me as a kindred participant in its quest, I stop. In this case I am greeted by "Time On A String", the new album from Ortolan, a group of wonderful young women from Southern New Jersey. Why am I able to pause here? Why do I feel included? Why do I suddenly feel like family? It must be a gift given. I'm reminded of the fifties and early sixties, when things were secure and prosperous, when we had the time and freedom to grow and develop. New winds were blowing through the radio: the Shirelles, the Shangri-La's, the Marvelettes. Unnumbered others. It was the Golden Age of American Rock n' Roll. It was all right to be a teen then, to grow up in a family. You might have parents who loved and cared, even an older brother who would protect you. We didn't feel like we had to be instant adults, or wise beyond our years. Ortolan knows many of these things, and this is much of the reason why "Time On A String" is such brave music. Stephanie (guitar, lead singer and songwriter), Brianna (bass and background vocals), Lara (drums and background vocals), and Jill (keyboards and harmonies) all seem to have had the opportunity to actually grow up and grow up gradually, resisting the pressure to be someone before they've become someone. Luxuriating within the lustrous musical harbor of the Ortolan sisterhood is the great strength of Stephanie Cottingham's lyrics. She talks of space and place, street corners, trees, and "sitting here reading this all on the ground." We are able to explore these rooms with her, dream alongside her, join her in the desire to "Be So Bold" and "wish I could live...to the fullest". We know with her that "I was meant for something more". We face "Sticky Situations" in the midst of which we struggle to "make things better" and believe the best about people and ourselves. Daniel Smith's fine production has framed all this in such a way that there is little to hinder our entrance. Music like this is rare. It addresses us kindly, directly, without pretense or irony. It is not cool or hip or self-contained. It is unabashedly vulnerable, open to encounter. It's not often anymore that you hear the music of young people. Not just young people, but anyone who is still engaged in becoming who they are. Ortolan includes us in the family, encouraging us to grow along with them. As we walk from room to room, past painting after painting, here is something that invites us to pause, enter in, and to become a kindred participant in its quest." -Dan Zimmerman, 2009
SoundsFamilyre-024
CD
$11.50

Osborne
Ghostly Remixes
PS, US LIMITED to 300 worldwide!! NO RETURNS. Remixes of tracks from Osborne's self-titled album on Spectral Sound. Opens with BULLION's rerub of the appropriately titled "Afrika." The UK producer replaces the track's mesh of African-percussion samples with a cocky electro-soul strut & an earworm of a bassline - the results still reek of a psychedelic revolution, but its locale is decidedly American. BOGDAN RACZYNSKI's remix of "Ruling" is a real curveball, as the Rephlex acolyte turns the original's warm Chicago trappings into a cascade of cubist dots & lines, lowering the track's iconic vocal sample to
a disturbing basso profundo. Werk Discs' LUKID transforms "There" from a dreamy New Order nod into a buzzing, anxious slice of instrumental hip-hop.
GhostlyInternational-094
12
$15.25

Overnight Lows
City of Rotten Eyes
PS, US LP on 150-gram vinyl w/ digital download included.
Goner-054
LP
$16.00

Overnight Lows
City of Rotten Eyes
PS, US Former members of THE COMAS. Mix a sick & sickened attitude w/ a classic Angry Samoans/Queers aesthetic: establish a blazing guitar riff, yell some memorable antisocial blather over it, hit a chorus, & get out
Goner-054
CD
$14.25

Pallett, Owen
Heartland
PS, US
Domino-259
CD
$15.75

Past Lives
Tapestry of Webs
PS, US Past Lives - the Seattle quartet consisting of Jordan Blilie, Mark Gajadhar, Morgan Henderson and Devin Welch - present Tapestry of Webs, their debut full-length release. As the summer of 2009 pooled into the fall leaves and grey wash, the group captured 12 songs with producer/engineer Steve Fisk, taking initial tracks from Seattle's Avast! Studios to Fisk's home Wickerman death-dub, tom-toms locked in hypnotic BPM. Guitars alternate between glistening pop tones, ethereal bliss viewed through the tired eyes of uncertainty and doubt. It's all kinda "vibey".
SuicideSqueezeRecords-085
LP
$12.25

Paul, Les (Les Paul Trio)
Playing And Making The Guitar [1944-1947]
PS, ITALY "Although from a historical standpoint Les Paul is perhaps best remembered for his invention of the solid-bodied electric guitar and his groundbreaking efforts in multi-tracking, this should not overshadow his considerable talent as a performer and virtuoso master of the guitar. Originally highly influenced by Django Reinhardt, by the time these recordings were made, Les Paul had developed a unique style that has gone on to influence countless others. The '40s marked Les' first taste of true stardom, whereupon moving to Hollywood, his newly formed Les Paul Trio began recording profusely and accompanying the most popular vocalists of the day. In fact, this album features Bing Crosby (who requires no introduction) on seven tracks! Les Paul also backed many other popular vocalists of the period, such as Helen Forrest, a popular singer of the big-band era, who sings on several Hawaiian-inspired tracks (which were much in vogue at the time, thanks to the popular films like 1937's Waikiki Wedding, starring Bing Crosby and 1942's Song of the Islands starring Betty Grable); the Delta Rhythm Boys (a popular proto-doo wop group of the '30s and '40s), found on two tracks; and Dick Haymes (a popular crooner who rivaled Crosby and Sinatra), also found on two tracks. Therefore, this album is not only a look into the amazing guitar playing of one of the greatest guitar players of the 20th century, but also a glimpse into the most popular music of the period."
Doxy - 831LP
DLP
$28.50

Pavement
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
PS, US 120-gram vinyl with MP3 coupons. Tuneful without being soft, confident without being pompous, hip without being inaccesible, CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN was a huge leap for Pavement up the rock & roll evolution cycle. They may have gained some pop smarts, but a casual listen to the dissonant guitar solo of "Cut Your Hair" proves that the seeds planted with 1989's first SLAY TRACKS EP have come to their logical fruition. Stephen Malkmus and co. created an album that neither short-changed their status as prominent indie noise-makers, nor stunted their growth as a musical ensemble. Thus, though the inspired eccentricity is toned down--an instrumental tribute to fellow Stockton-ite Dave Brubeck being the closest thing to their early quirkiness--this is the most consistent set of stubbornly catchy songs ever. From the odd tunings and drunken AC/DC riffing of "Silence Kit"--with its somber lyric of leaving the urban life behind--to the epic closing of "Fillmore Jive"--which begs us to say "good night to the rock & roll era"--CROOKED RAIN is an album of short stories, full of irony, wit, and hooks.
Matador-100790
LP
$11.25

Pavement
Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement
PS, US Pavement's first compilation takes its title from a lyric Stephen Malkmus sings on "Gold Soundz," a line about how "you can never quarantine the past" -- which, of course, is precisely what a retrospective like this intends to do, to present a nice, tidy overview to accompany the group's 2010 reunion. Of course, it's always difficult to assemble a best-of package for a band that never had any hits, and Pavement only had one -- 1994's alt rock puncturing "Cut Your Hair" -- which means it's possible to endlessly quibble about the other 22 tracks on Quarantine the Past, especially since the compilers decided to leave the singles "Father to a Sister of Thought," "Rattled by the Rush," and "Carrot Rope" behind, and fan favorite Wowee Zowee is represented by just two tracks, the same number culled from the 1992 EP Watery, Domestic. That might seem an idiosyncratic choice, but there's no arguing that "Frontwards" and "Shoot the Singer (1 Sick Verse)" should be here alongside "Here," "Summer Babe," "Box Elder," "Debris Slide," "Grounded," "Trigger Cut," "Range Life," "Shady Lane," and "Stereo," the songs that provide the foundation of any strong Pavement overview. And while it's possible to make strong arguments that some of the surrounding tracks should have been replaced by other songs -- not just the aforementioned singles, but anything from "Forklift" to "The Hexx" -- everything here is excellent, everything illustrates the range and depth of the best indie rock band of the '90s. So, think of Quarantine the Past as a cousin to Hot Rocks or the Red and Blue Albums: it doesn't tell you everything you need to know, but as a primer, it's hard to beat. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Matador-10900
CD
$11.00

Pavement
Watery, Domestic [EP]
PS, US 120-gram vinyl with MP3 coupons. If Pavement's WATERY, DOMESTIC EP contained only one song, the laid-back yet ecstatic "Frontwards," it would be worth the price of admission. But the other three tracks are killers, too--the fuzzy, surging "Texas Never Whispers," for instance, which kicks things off. WATERY, DOMESTIC followed Pavement's groundbreaking debut, SLANTED AND ENCHANTED, and was the precursor to the equally classic CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN, yet it is the perfect bridge between the two, offering up equal parts off-kilter sonic assault and wry pop melodies. This one sometimes gets overlooked, which is a shame, because it's a fine, smaller piece in the jigsaw of one of America's all-time best indie bands.
Matador-10044
LP
$9.50

Pavement
Wowee Zowee
PS, US 120-gram vinyl with MP3
coupons. Pavement: Stephen Malkmus, Robert Nastanovich, Spiral Stairs, Steve West, Mark Ibold. Additional personnel: Doug Easley (pedal steel); Sibel Firat (cello); A. Firat. Engineers: Doug Easley, Davis McCain, Mark Venezia. Recorded at Easley Studios, Memphis, Tennessee in November 1994 and in Random Falls, New York in February 1995. WOWEE ZOWEE is a knowing, minor-key discombobulation of heavy post-punk and rock experimentalism amidst a slew of expansive country-rock songs. Production-wise, it's a clean record, a step closer to the mainstream. Structure-wise, it's a step away. You can easily read this sound as a reaction to Pavement suddenly having turned into a hot commercial commodity after 1994's critically praised CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN. Pavement is now a next-big-thing that doesn't want to be one. Both in structure and lyrics, songs like "Rattled By The Rush," "Brinx Job" and "Serpentine Pad" sneer at thoughtless alt-rock careerism, even as they try to figure out a way to survive it with the soul intact. But while it works to offend and confound listeners, Pavement can't hide a certain sheer-pop glee that has always been present in its music. "Grounded" and "Kennel District" are what you might call Pavement rock--guitarrorist pop songs that aim to challenge you sonically while injecting you with a direct pop thrill. Those songs and the acoustic "We Dance" are also perfect examples of the emotional accuracy that singer-guitarists Stephen Malkmus (who has now taken to calling himself S.M. Jenkins) and Spiral Stairs can portray. When they combine such insight with guitar sounds of the future, this best of all post-Nirvana, American rock bands flies in directions others haven't even pondered.
Matador-101300
DLP
$15.25

Pavement
Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement
PS, US Pavement's first compilation takes its title from a lyric Stephen Malkmus sings on "Gold Soundz," a line about how "you can never quarantine the past" -- which, of course, is precisely what a retrospective like this intends to do, to present a nice, tidy overview to accompany the group's 2010 reunion. Of course, it's always difficult to assemble a best-of package for a band that never had any hits, and Pavement only had one -- 1994's alt rock puncturing "Cut Your Hair" -- which means it's possible to endlessly quibble about the other 22 tracks on Quarantine the Past, especially since the compilers decided to leave the singles "Father to a Sister of Thought," "Rattled by the Rush," and "Carrot Rope" behind, and fan favorite Wowee Zowee is represented by just two tracks, the same number culled from the 1992 EP Watery, Domestic. That might seem an idiosyncratic choice, but there's no arguing that "Frontwards" and "Shoot the Singer (1 Sick Verse)" should be here alongside "Here," "Summer Babe," "Box Elder," "Debris Slide," "Grounded," "Trigger Cut," "Range Life," "Shady Lane," and "Stereo," the songs that provide the foundation of any strong Pavement overview. And while it's possible to make strong arguments that some of the surrounding tracks should have been replaced by other songs -- not just the aforementioned singles, but anything from "Forklift" to "The Hexx" -- everything here is excellent, everything illustrates the range and depth of the best indie rock band of the `90s. So, think of Quarantine the Past as a cousin to Hot Rocks or the Red and Blue Albums: it doesn't tell you everything you need to know, but as a primer, it's hard to beat. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Matador-10900
DLP
$18.00

Pavement
Slanted & Enchanted
PS, US 120-gram vinyl with MP3 coupons. Pavement: Stephen Malkmus, Spiral Stairs (guitar); Gary Young (drums). Engineers include: Cy Jameson. Recorded at Louder Than You Think, Stockton, California from January 13-20, 1991 and South Makepeace Studios, Brooklyn, New York on December 24, 1990. This is a remastered and augmented edition of SLANTED AND ENCHANTED featuring the original album, the WATERY DOMESTIC EP, studio outtakes, two John Peel radio sessions from 1992, and a live recording from Brixton Academy. Pavement: Stephen Malkmus, Spiral Stairs (guitar); Gary Young (drums). Producers: Mike Robinson, James Birtwhistle. Principally recorded at Louder Than You Think, Stockton, California; South Makepeace, Brooklyn, New York and Brixton Academy, London, England between December 1990 and December 1992. Includes liner notes by Stephen Malkmus. All tracks have been digitally remastered. By the time SLANTED & ENCHANTED was released in 1992, Pavement had reached mythical status among indie-rock lovers. The hype had been generated by three masterful vinyl-only releases: SLAY TRACKS (7" EP), DEMOLITION PLOT J7 (7" EP) and PERFECT SOUND FOREVER (10" EP). The dissonant, often beautiful mix of noise and melody on these recordings reaches its apotheosis on SLANTED & ENCHANTED--an album that simultaneously recalls the haunted darkness of The Velvet Underground and the sheer garage pop of the Modern Lovers. SLANTED & ENCHANTED exists from moment to moment, establishing ideas even as it breaks them down, deifying its influences even as it escapes them, becoming more exciting the more you hear it. It is, in short, a rock and roll masterpiece. In their own way, Pavement changed the face of '90s rock just as much as Nirvana, at least for those with an ear closer to the ground of the indie scene. In fact, they virtually defined the indie scene for that decade, and their first full-length album SLANTED AND ENCHANTED was the non-anthem of slacker rock. For years after its release, every hip indie band seemed to imitate Pavement's Fall-influenced, off-kilter sound and post-functional, obscurantist lyrical approach. The 10th anniversary of the record's release occasioned this special deluxe two-disc edition. Besides the original album, we get a healthy dose of rarities from this phase of the band's career, including radio sessions, outtakes, unreleased tracks, and a generous helping of live cuts. Though there are few revelations here, as the rare cuts sound pretty much of a piece with the classic album, the quality level is consistently high, both in terms of sound and songs. Any of the countless geeks who were instantly transformed into hipsters upon hearing "Summer Babe" or "Conduit For Sale" should be overjoyed at the abundance of prime Pavement on offer here.
Matador-100380
LP
$11.25

Pavement
Brighten The Corners
PS, US 120-gram vinyl with MP3 coupons. Pavement: Stephen Malkmus, Mark Ibold, Spiral Stairs, Bob Nastanovich, Steve West. A surprisingly divisive album when it came out in 1997, BRIGHTEN THE CORNERS was seen as too much of a softball to champions of the bizarro WOWEE ZOWEE, while those left scratching their heads after ZOWEE actually welcomed it. Whereas the latter has seemed more obviously great with each passing year, CORNERS remains what it always was--a catchy set of rockers and ballads, frontloaded with the attention-grabbing "Stereo," which gives the album its quirk. (Real fans know the secret that the last three or four tracks are the real classics.)
Matador-101970
LP
$11.25

Pearly Gate Music
Big Escape
PS, US Limited! Pearly Gate Music is an incredibly talented gentleman by the name of Zach (although it should be noted that he records and often plays shows with a full band), who makes beautiful, unusual, simple-yet-complicated songs structured around his extraordinary singing and melodic sense. Pearly Gate Music's tremendous, confident, delicate debut full length will be out in 2010, but until then we have this 7" single, featuring one song from the album and one non-album track.
Barsuk-097
45
$4.50

Pentagram
Review Your Choices
PS, US REISSUED!!! Review Your Choices is the fourth album by PENTAGRAM. It was originally released in 1999 by Black Widow Records out of Italy. JOE HASSELVANDER plays all the instruments while BOBBY LIEBLING provides all lead and backing vocals on this classic doom metal release. The original spine read "Twelve new Skeletons for your Closet of Dementia." Dude!
Emetic-041
LP
$17.25

Pentagram
Sub-Basement
PS, US REISSUED!!! Sub-Basement is the fifth album by PENTAGRAM. It was released in 2001 by Black Widow Records out of Italy. JOE HASSELVANDER plays all the instruments while BOBBY LIEBLING provides all lead and backing vocals. The original spine read "If Review Your Choices made you sick, Sub-Basement will take you to the tomb!!!
Emetic-048
LP
$17.25

Phantogram
Eyelid Movies
PS, US LIMITED TO 500!! Vinyl plus download card. Phantogram's music sounds like it's made by a band from the city. Electronic loops, hip-hop beats, shoegaze, soul, pop - each finds its way into their songs. Unexpectedly, the band doesn't live & work in a major urban center, but rather calls the town of Saratoga Springs, NY (population 26,186) home. The duo drive to upstate farmland to allow their natural surroundings & metropolitan influences to meld together creating beautiful, beat-driven, dreamlike pop songs.
GhostlyInternational-104
LP
$18.25

Picastro
Become Secret
PS, US Since the release of their debut album 'Red Your Blues' in 2001, Toronto-based Picastro have continued to mine a rich seam of beautifully melancholic (and sometimes menacing) avant-folk / rock. Their fourth album, "Become Secret", finds them on top form once again, with the familiar accompaniment of cello, acoustic guitar, drums and piano employed to great effect on songs that incorporate Eastern-European folk themes, bleak cinematic soundscapes and dark, unsettling pop.
MonotremeRecords-44
CD
$13.75

Pixies, The
Minotaur [Deluxe Edition]
PS, US ***FREE UPS Ground SHIPPING*** 5CD+6 Blu-Ray+6DVD+54 page book set. Curated by legendary graphic designer Vaughan Oliver w/ photographer Simon Larbalestier. Includes all 5 studio albums in the following formats: 24k gold plated CD's; Blu-ray audio mastered for 5.1 surround sound & 2 channel stereo at 24/192; DVD mastered for 5.1 surround sound & 2 channel stereo at 24/96. Unreleased 1991 live performance from Brixton, on both Blu-Ray & DVD. All discs are housed in a custom designed folio. Also included is a 7.75x8.25 inch, 54-page book featuring the duo's work.
ArtistInResidence
CD/DVD-BOX
$204.75

Pixies, The
Minotaur [Deluxe Limited Edition]
PS, US **SPECIAL ORDER ONLY** / **FREE UPS Ground SHIPPING** Deluxe, limited 5 LP, 6 CD, 6 Blueray, 6 DVD & 2 Books set! The definitive Pixies collector's piece. Minotaur is curated by legendary graphic designer, Vaughan Oliver with photographer Simon Larbalestier, created the album artwork for all five Pixies' studio albums. Oliver and Larbalestier have teamed up once again on Minotaur, to create their largest single body of Pixies work to date. Includes all five Pixies' studio albums (Come on Pilgrim, Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Bossanova, and Trompe le Monde) in the following formats: 24k gold plated CD's; five 180 gram virgin vinyl LP's cut from the original analog tapes; Blu-ray audio mastered for 5.1 surround sound and 2 channel stereo at 24/192; DVD mastered for 5.1 surround sound and 2 channel stereo at 24/96. Also included is the previously unreleased Pixies 1991 live performance from Brixton, on both Blu-ray and DVD, mastered for 5.1 surround sound at 24/192 and 24/96, respectively. All discs are housed in a custom designed folio. In addition to reinterpreting all of the original album covers, Oliver's and Larbalestier's extensive work is featured in a 96-page fine art book, measuring 22" x 14" inches, and an additional 54-page book, measuring 7.75" x 8.25". Also included is a 12" x 19.5" giclee print of the duo's work, and two double-sided fold-out posters measuring 48" x 36." Each copy of the Limited Edition is individually numbered, and hand-signed by every member of the Pixies and Vaughan Oliver. Additionally, at random, 25 of the 3000 Limited Edition sets will include test pressings of the vinyl albums. Housed in an oversized clamshell case and weighing over 25 pounds.
ArtistInResidence
LP/DVD-BOX
$650.00

Plimsouls, The
Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal: October 31, 1981 Whisky A Go Go
PS, US "Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal" showcases the PLIMSOULS at the height of their power, tearing the roof off and on the verge of starting a riot on the old Sunset Strip. Recorded on a multi-track at the Whiskey A Go Go on October 31, 1981, this previously unreleased 17 song live album includes many of the Plimsouls classics as well as plenty of surprises. It has been stunningly remastered, features previously unpublished and gorgeous photos by photographer Bob Matheu, and is complete with liner notes by Peter Case. This is a must have for fans of the band, and rockn'roll lovers everywhere.
AliveRecords-0105
CD
$14.75

Pollard, Robert
We All Got Out of the Army
PS, US 17 tracks of swirling power-pop, glam psychedelia, synth-spiked pop, & moody, melodic, perfectly weird rock 'n' roll.
GuidedByVoices,Inc-010
CD
$16.00

Pollard, Robert
We All Got Out of the Army
PS, US VINYL VERSION
GuidedByVoices,Inc-010
LP
$17.25

Polyps
Gong is the Moon
PS, US Synth goop & guitar drone mix w/ burnt to hell upbeat folky pop tunes vaguely reminiscent of a 90's Expressway vibe, totally its own deal though. C26
NightPeople-086
CASS
$6.75

Prisma
Phantasma
PS, US
RLR-019
LP
$22.50

Privacy
Songs
PS, US LAUREL KNAPP, just Laurel singing with her acoustic guitar. Bare, simple, and original folk music, sung in the writer's own breathy, pitch perfect, deep voice. "The fog of a dream that PRIVACY (Laurel Knapp) creates with hergasping beauty is what has been getting me through the day." -- The Perm & The Skullet
Marriage-061
LP
$13.00

Psychedelic Horseshit
Golden Oldies
PS, US BACK IN STOCK!!! Twenty tracks of PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT's earliest 4-track recordings culled from the band's personal vaults. Includes liner notes by ROB from EAT SKULL, plus an insert. Last copies available.
ColumbusDiscount
LP
$12.75

Psychic Reality/ LA Vampires
Split
PS, US Every day's as new as you want it to be so take up the torch and light something unlit. Definite off-the-grid mentalities prevail on this genre-dissolving split 12-inch between San Fran anima soul voyager LEYNA NOEL (aka PSYCHIC REALITY) and So-Cal acid-jazz crate-digger LA VAMPIRES. Noel's toured the states coast-to-coast and dropped a couple potent tape/CDR effigies in the past year but this is her vinyl debut and it captures everything searing and singular about her live alchemy in glowing, glorious detail. Four inter-flowing songs of tone-float piano keys, bedroom drum machines, and white light amplifier vox. Trance-damaged and truth-seeking. LA Vampires' side madlibs through a more mercurial matrix, using slowed/screwed tapes, boombox Casio FX, low end theories, and bleached voice patterns to conjure a reverb chamber's worth of dance floor mirages. Future collabs with Zola Jesus and Sun Araw should expound her rhythm method mission. Abuse yr illusion. Black vinyl LPs in glossy jackets with a boldly disrobed duo cover portrait by CAITLIN C. MITCHELL. Edition of 450.
NotNotFun-185
LP
$13.50

Puerto Muerto
Drumming For Pistols
PS, US Equal parts sweet & sour, swagger & swoon, the album's 13 cuts range from the ragtag-circus chant-y "Beautiful Women With Shining Black Hair" to the delirious, bilingual stomper "Tanze," to the sinister swamp-dirge "Song Of The Moon"
Fire-135
CD
$15.00

Pumice
Magnedisk Recordings Of gFrenzy Songs
PS, US Bleedin' gorgeous! PUMICE covers 4 songs by NZ genius recluse GFRENZY, & the results will make you want to throw all yr other records out the window. Seriously unique & utterly gleeful warble-fi gems. Stefan says, "It's a pretty rugged record. 4 gFrenzy songs, I recorded it on this weird dictation machine from the 1940s. The speed is inconsistent so it sounds wobbly too. All live all mono. Hope you like it." LIMITED TO 500
DirtyKnobby-010
45
$5.50

Quasi
American Gong
PS, US Quasi (Sam Coomes, Janet Weiss, Joanna Bome) has been rocking the sticky floored graffiti scrawled dimly lit trenches since '93, & "American Gong" is their eighth album. It will be released on their new label, Kill Rock Stars. What's been learned in these long years? Get off your ass, kick out the jams, lay it on the line, & communal mind meld is within reach. Do it for love & there is no reason for regret.
KillRockStars-512
CD
$13.00

Ramleh
Hole In The Heart
PS, US Originally issued by Gary Mundy's own Broken Flag label in 1987 on cassette, this is UK noise/industrial/power electronics wizards RAMLEH's Hole In The Heart, now expanded and remastered on a double CD set, also including material from their 1987 Nerve cassette release. Here at last, is part of the "missing link" in the long and ever-evolving history of RAMLEH. This material bridges the gap between the (for want of a better description) early "power electronics" material and the (for want of a better description) later "noise rock." Neither of these terms do justice to this pioneering group led by GARY MUNDY. To quote ABTHONY DI FRANCO (the other half of the band these days): "...swirling phased feedback, fuzzed vocals and guitars. At the same time there were melodies, words and structures in the music, which itself consisted of very simple electronic and acoustic elements magnified to a colossal scale...." This music has a harmonic beauty, if you look for it, that all its imitators lack. Listen and you will hear the genesis of what was to follow from many '90s underground bands such as label mates and close collaborators, SKULLFLOWER. This double CD set is packaged in the classic Broken Flag stark, monochrome style.
DirterPromotions-073
DCD
$22.50

Record Collector
#373 (February 2010)
PS, UK JIMMY PAGE "I knew we were revolutionary" STEPHEN STILLS HENDRIX AND ME, MILLIE SMALL FIRST LADY OF SKA Plus! Pink Floyd, Eddie Kramer, American Psych, Motown Rarities, Frank Sidebottom, Jethro Tull, Uriah Heep
ZINE
$10.25

Red Pens
Reasons
PS, US Seeing the Minneapolis duo, RED PENS, is like witnessing a demonstration, a demonstration in raw sonic bliss. HOWARD HAMILTON III is a string-bending master who knows how to make feedback work to his advantage. His confident vocal stylings, coupled with drummer LAURA BENNETT's all-or-nothing kit pounding, are about as uniquely refreshing as it gets these days. The stage is littered with junk shop amps and guitars Hamilton seems to almost get tangled up in while he and Bennett exchange doses of laser beam eye contact revealing a seemingly deeper connection between the two of them than your average indie rock outfit. Howard's old project, THE BUSY SIGNALS, toured with The Shins and its beat and loop based jams proved to be an underdog favorite in the early 2000's. Laura is well known as a painter, but is best known for her painting on guitar effects boxes. She even has her own signature fuzz pedal, not bad for a drummer. Their debut album Reasons on Grain Belt Records is a mid-fi bonanza of fuzzy reverb drenched art rock. The wiggly winding guitars, slap back vocals and killer backbeats are sure to give you that silly grin you've been starving for. Received a 7.0 rating from Pitchfork for the track "Weekdays." On Tour now.
GrainBelt
CD
$10.25

Rocket From The Tombs
I Sell Soul
PS, US Released by Hearpen, and exclusively marketed in North America by Smog Veil, this two-song 7" is the latest from ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS. Originally formed in 1974, this is the first new material recorded by the band and the first release by the band since Rocket Redux, the follow-up release to the band's definitive retrospective, The Day The Earth Met The... (save a comp appearance).
Hearpen-150
45
$3.75

Roedelius
Wenn Der Sudwind Weht
PS, US VINYL VERSION
BureauB-041
LP
$18.00

Roedelius
Wenn Der Sudwind Weht
PS, US Reissue of 7th solo album from CLUSTER/HARMONIA member, originally released in 1981 on Sky Records
BureauB-041
CD
$18.00

Rogue Wave
Permalight
PS, US Fourth studio album.
Brushfire
CD
$15.50

Rogue Wave
Permalight
PS, US VINYL VERSION
Brushfire
LP
$14.00

Roll The Dice
S-T
PS, US Ltd to 500. Elements of early analog electronics bleed into hints of minimalists such as Terry Riley & Arvo Part. It may bring a piece of Basic Channel to mind, but it's another beast entirely. Each track consists of only synths & piano. Nothing more. No computer processing. No drum machines - pure analog.
Digitalis-018
LP
$20.00

Rose, Jack
Luck In The Valley
PS, US Dr. Ragtime & Pals (2008) & Jack Rose & The Black Twig Pickers (2009) feat. many additional players and drew heavily on pre-war influences. This will be 3rd in that set of recordings, which Rose jokingly referred to as his "Ditch Trilogy". Feat. BLACK TWIG PICKERS, GLENN JONES,HARMONICA DAN, & HANS CHEW. Like all pre-war recordings & all of Rose's previous releases, this album was recorded live using selected takes and not overdubs. CD presented in 4 panel mini-LP style jacket
ThrillJockey-229
CD
$13.75

Rose, Jack
Luck In The Valley
PS, US VINYL VERSION
ThrillJockey-229
LP
$15.50

Rot Shit
You're Welcome
PS, US Our favorite Pittsburgh-ers proclaim "2009: punk's finally dead" on this the final(?!) entry of the ROT SHIT saga (other entries include: 2006's The Worst Kids Ever, and 2007's on Have You Scene Rot Shit(?!) on Fashionable Idiots). Do we dare call it 'mature' just because it has a free-jazz sax solo? NEVER! By the time the B-side rears its head, its 2010 and PUNK... has miraculuously returned(?!) It's about damn time I guess (?!)" Edition of 500, 100 on red vinyl.
ColumbusDiscount-060
45
$5.25

Rothkamm
Alt
PS, FRANCE He cultivates enigmas. He leaves no one cold. He could be the next genius the right-thinking avant-garde will be late to discover. He is Rothkamm, but his friends call him Frank Rothkamm. This composer, philosopher, and conceptual artist can turn music (electronic and otherwise) into thought territory, an abstract playground, or even a smoke screen. So what about ALT? Donâ€(tm)t be surprised to be surprised: this particular album features quite accessible ambient electronic music. This work is less microtonal than Rothkamm's previous similar pieces, more immersive, but just as fascinating, and fans of Scanner and Biosphere will take a shine to it.
Baskaru-015
CD
$17.25

RTFO Bandwagon
Dums Will Survive
PS, US 28 minute whirlwind exercise touching on various American folk musics, traditional Greek melodies, & a 'Sister Ray' like freakout for an exclamation mark. A real gem of a modern, not-so-modern pop record. You're zigging, they're zagging. Ltd to 500
DullKnife-006
LP
$10.50

Ruby Suns, The
Fight Softly
PS, US VINYL VERSION
SubPop
LP
$14.00

Ruby Suns, The
Fight Softly
PS, US Fight Softly veers from the path set by its predecessor, the 2008 release Sea Lion. Thematically, it's not as wide-eyed or lighthearted, picking apart the relationships faced as we pass through the world-with our surroundings, each other, ourselves. Sonically, it remains as beat-centric, though these beats are deliciously artificial-stretched and compacted and distorted beyond recognition. Melodies are scuzzy and digital, no guitars strummed or basses plucked. McPhun's soulful upper-register croon, swallowed into the mix, replaces group chants and full-throated singalongs.
SubPop
CD
$12.50

Saint Vitus
Heavier Than Thou
PS, US It could be argued that VITUS followers such as Sleep & Electric Wizard pretty much learned all their lessons from this album - a 14-track collection of the
group's glory years w/ SST Records.
SST-266
DLP
$12.00

Sambassadeur
European
PS, US
Labrador-126
CD
$11.00

Santos, Michael
The Happy Error
PS, FRANCE UK electronic artist Michael Santos releases his first widely distributed, commercially available album. "The Happy Error" features 11 tracks of soft sonic textures articulated over subtle chords and harmonic changes. The music on "The Happy Error" is resolutely cinematic, without falling for the usual trappings of the genre. The album offers songs without words in which digital glitches and computer filters replace vocals, bringing in a different kind of warmth.
Baskaru-011
CD
$16.00

Savage Young Taterbug
River Mortis
PS, US Even more dust & grime this time around, even more Americana smoke collecting in the recesses of your brain while you soak up these torched tunes. The dirtiest heartfelt heartland music you will ever hear. C20
NightPeople-090
CASS
$6.75

Seven Fields of Aphelion
Periphery
PS, US VINYL VERSION
Graveface-047
LP
$13.00

Seven Fields of Aphelion
Periphery
PS, US Debut solo outing from member of BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW leaves the tweaked dance floor glitches in the black forest, & wanders into a hazy sun-dappled meadow. Swirling vintage synths & piano dwell amongst the grasses, flowers & ruins of abondaoned factories in this forgotten
place
Graveface-047
CD
$13.00

Sewn Leather
S-T
PS, US Scum anthem, beat heavy, new wave trash. Dance party tunes for dead beat punks, dirty weirdos, & those who aspire to morbid underground lifestyles. Essentially the wrong kind of party jams for the wrong kind of party. C20
NightPeople-082
CASS
$6.75

Shanks
Backstabber
PS, US Three trashed out cuts about domestic violence-related debauchery, brutish revenge, and couple other traditional family values. This Shanks record is mediumpaced and rough punk and hits hard. Will certainly make lots of people cry or be offended because they don't like how mad these people are. Great stuff! PLAY LOUD
TicTacTotally-033
45
$5.50

She & Him
In The Sun b/w I Can Hear Music
PS, US "In The Sun," featuring guest vocals by TILLY & THE WALL, is the 1st single from Volume Two. Features the B-side "I Can Hear Music," originally performed by the Beach Boys
Merge-364
45
$5.25

Shearwater
Golden Archipelago
PS, US Vinyl version! Contains 2 bonus tracks & an MP3 download coupon (that includes the album + PDF of the dossier).
Matador
LP
$17.50

Shearwater
Golden Archipelago [Bonus Tracks]
PS, US CD comes packaged with a 50 page perfect-bound book that is a dossier of records, photos, regulations and images collected by Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg. This, the third album in a triptych of mindblowingly beautiful, dense and ambitious excursions about man's impact on the natural world from Austin's Shearwater. This time singer/songwriter Jonathan Meiburg turns his attention to life on islands - a world of lushness and austerity, silence and sudden cataclysms. From rising sea levels to displaced populations, Meiburg travels from the Falklands to Madgascar, from the Bikini Atoll to the Tierra Del Fuego. The music matches the grandeur and melancholy of its subject matter. This is an ALBUM album, in the larger sense of the word. Meiburg's soaring vocals and complex song structures recall opuses like Kate Bush's "Hounds Of Love," Hüsker Dü's "Zen Arcade" and even classic Pink Floyd. Meiburg's grandfather's WWII experiences as a radiooperator in the South Pacific help weave these times and places together with feelings of wonder, grief, and defiance.
Matador
CD
$13.25

Shindig
Shindig! Vol. 2, Issue 15 March-April 2010
PS, UK Featuring two groups at the polar opposite ends of pop music, The Hollies and Ramones, Shindig! has decided to put them both on the cover... at polar opposites. It's a two-way cover which can be racked either way up. The Hollies: 'We're about as psychedelic as a pint of beer wit' lads!' Maybe so, but their summer of love was one of the brightest; The Ramones: 'We're too real for radio. They play safe stuff that won't upset anybody.' Previously unpublished interviews and 30 years of Rock 'n' Roll High School; The Bosstown Sound: Strange tales from the banks of the River Charles; Giles, Giles and Fripp: The band that became King Crimson; Granny's Intentions: Psychedelic blues from the Emerald Isle; Popol Vuh: Krautrockers who worked with maverick director Werner Herzog on his film soundtracks; Stephen Stills: Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills and Nash, guitar god, what more do you want? 92 pages.
ZINE
$8.25

Shout Out Louds
Work
PS, US VINYL VERSION
Merge-370
LP
$15.50

Shout Out Louds
Work
PS, US Realizing that there really is no need to multilayer & fill all the spaces in their songs, the group are keeping it simple now, trusting in the power of bare skin over panache.
Merge-370
CD
$13.25

Smoldering Ashes
Songs in the Key of Mountain Birds Blue
PS, US Songs in the Key of Mountain Birds Blue, the sophomore outing from SMOLDERING ASHES isn't merely a follow up to last year's well-received Nervous Constellations, it's a departure down the scenic route with lots of turns and stops for Polaroids and coffee. Sparked by wanderlust both musically and lyrically, siphoning fuel from behemoths such as Sandinista!, Tusk and the Beatles White album, and with the anything goes ethos of Roy Wood's Boulders, the band set out, with smiling faces, for parts unknown.
Trakwerx-1014
CD
$10.25

Smycken
Video Haze
PS, US A sort of collage aesthetic binds together the unhinged synth pop sensibilities w/ forays into field recordings, vocal freakouts, psychedelic electronics, & woodsy folk eruptions. Something shiny, cosmic, & glacial is always ridding over the sounds, mutating them together through weaving synth oscillations & vocal mantras, that seem to highlight the pop sensibilities of this recording as much as they blur them. C28
NightPeople-083
CASS
$6.75

Snog
Last Of The Great Romantics
PS, GERMANY Recorded over 2008/2009 in Melbourne, Berlin and Prague, Snog's "Last Of The Great Romantics" is truly a landmark album. Like Radiohead's "Ok Computer" and Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" (to both of which it has already been compared) "Last Of The Great Romantics" sees a beloved band at their conceptual and creative peak. From the blazing space-rock-ballad of opening track "We're All In This Together" to the languid moog-boogie of "The End Of The World" to the disco-metal pyrotechnics of "Wargasm" Snog forge their own path and their own sound, bold, uncompromising and just a little bent. Recorded entirely in analogue facilities using a vast collection of vintage studio equipment with special guests including John Justin Stewart (Grace Jones), Neil Boyack (Angler), The City Of Prague Philharmonic Choir and produced by The Calculators (The Faint, Schneider TM) "Last Of The Great Romantics" is a lush, sincere masterpiece. Early 2010 also marks twenty years since Snog first entered a recording studio to put down "Corporate Slave", their first ever single and a left-field industrial/electro/agit-prop dancefloor hit way back in 1992. Don't make too much noise about it (because it makes the band feel a bit long-in-the-tooth) but do pause for a moment to ponder the ever-changing (and to some people the just plain confusing) nature of Snog. Never generic in any form Snog have in various incarnations donned the costumes of electro-industrial-spaghetti-Western-folk-country and electro-punk-funk music but the core has remained steadfast - songs that grapple with the innate and important stuff (or at least "how low can humanity go?"). So take a few moments out from your busy day to wonder what this crazy world of ours would be like without the sometimes sneering, sometimes sentimental sounds of Snog and if the urge strikes you, go stand naked in the sunshine eating an organic mango - because that's what David Thrussell is doing right now too.
Hymen-780
CD
$16.75

Sollee, Ben & Daniel Martin Moore
Dear Companion
PS, US Collaboration between DANIEL MARTIN MOORE, BEN SOLLEE, & YIM YAMES to draw attention to the practice of Mountaintop
Removal in the Tennessee mountains; the album benefits Appalachian Voices. Daniel & Ben trade lead vocal duties while Yim produces.
SubPop-865
CD
$12.50

Somatic Responses
Neon
PS, GERMANY John and Paul Healy a.k.a. Somatic Responses are aurally focused on complex dislocated & broken beats, distorted intelligent constructions, fascinating sonic structures, force and sweetness enlaced. Their early productions' main focus were on hardcore and techno, later on they expanded the musical regions up to electro, dubstep, and even breakcore territories. As a diligent confluence of these styles, 'neon' is a dark, claiming kaleidoscope of state-of-the-art electronic sound mastery. Dubstep beats are combined with dark ambience and manipulated voice samples. fast, heavy breakbeats are mixed with distorted synth lines creating an industrial music flair. Drum and bass meets electro sequences. Pulsating subbasses and acherontic synth lines induce a multitude of moods between aggression, disarray and melancholy... this album show how these icons of the challenging electronic scene are still able to open their ears and tap fresh ideas from today's music sensibilities.
Hymen-775
CD
$16.75

Speed, Glue & Shinki
S-T
PS, UK Following on from the gutsy blues-rock groove of the band's first and probably only genuine studio release, 1971's Eve, Speed, Glue & Shinki's second release, originally released in 1972 on Atlantic and often referred to as Tiger, brought together a number of tracks not included on Eve, as well as some new recordings that took a very different musical slant. Joey Smith decided that since he could he handle himself admirably on drums, it was time to challenge a new instrument, so he bought a synthesizer. Drafting in friend Mike Hanopol to take over the bass-playing duties from the departed Masayoshi "Glue" Kabe, Smith managed to produce an album of two halves, the first being some of the strongest SGS-esque material ever, the second being some fine electronic instrumentals in the Tangerine Dream mode. Following the release of the album, Smith and Hanopol flew back to Manila to become Filipino superstars, while Shinki Chen eschewed the recording of his music in preference to live recordings and Kabe found alternative employment in the highly popular band, Pink Cloud. However, the band's legacy lives on in Tiger, a compendium of the sound of Eve and a taste of where the band might have gone had time, personalities and huge amounts of illicit drugs not exerted their influences. Housed in a unique LP-replica gatefold card wallet in a numbered limited edition of 1,000 copies only.
Phoenix-3022
CD
$16.25

Splinters
Kick
PS, US The SPLINTERS may have only been a band since 2008, but the girls actually began palling around four years earlier as freshmen at UC Berkeley. Within a few months of forming, The SPLINTERS found themselves playing a bevy of shows and writing one insanely catchy song after another, their ramshackle rock n' roll sound and multipart vocal harmonies earning them comparisons to '60s girl groups like the SHANGRI-LAS, artsy post-punk outfits like the RAINCOATS and the lo-fi grrl-pop stylings of early '90s K Records bands. The SPLINTERS first full-length, Kick, is a 12-track collection of delectable indie-pop tunes recorded and mixed by MAUS HAUS frontman JASON KICK.
DoubleNegative-009
CD
$8.50

SST
Stepping Through Shadows
PS, US SST of The Chosen truly begins his solo career with the impressive full length Stepping Thru Shadows. As a member of The Chosen, he rose to prominence with several 12" releases on labels like Cymbalism, Habit and Ohm Resistance. A full time audio editor and former Full Sail teacher, SST's engineering abilities are off the charts - clean, smooth production backed up with total groove workouts. A broad adaptation of neurofunk with Detroit synth sensibilities, and thickly sculpted drums provide the elements for this mixed genre debut. Stepping Thru Shadows is a unique producer perspective - combining both dubstep and drum n bass and highlighting the genuine similarities in their construction and form. The album features Planet of the Drums vocalist J Messinian and NY shoegaze rockers The Project Pale.
OhmResistance-013
CD
$12.25

Sticks, The
S-T (2X7")
PS, US THE STICKS are a stripped down garage party band from Brighton, England. They bash drums, sway on the bass and claw at guitar - often swapping over instruments between songs live - and yelp with melodic abandon and delight. THE STICKS were recently dubbed as 'semi-amateur', this may be true. With cheap, unreliable equipment they manage to tease out a cacophony of crashing drums and raucous guitar melodies. Finally arriving with their debut self-titled full length, THE STICKS have blown the roof off 2007's 10" record and a number of previous singles. Now a trio, the band's sound is more curious than ever. Recorded in an old community hall in Brighton with rudimentary equipment, these songs bounce off the walls with inventive urgency. Thumping deconstructions of 60s riffage give way to more moody bass driven post-punk clatter. These arrangements are certainly crude in nature reflecting the group's limited abilities as musicians, but it is this unpolished approach that draws the listener into the whole potentiality of the music making process.
UpsetTheRhythm-030
45
$10.75

Sticks, The
S-T
PS, US THE STICKS are a stripped down garage party band from Brighton, England. They bash drums, sway on the bass and claw at guitar - often swapping over instruments between songs live - and yelp with melodic abandon and delight. THE STICKS were recently dubbed as 'semi-amateur', this may be true. With cheap, unreliable equipment they manage to tease out a cacophony of crashing drums and raucous guitar melodies. Finally arriving with their debut self-titled full length, THE STICKS have blown the roof off 2007's 10" record and a number of previous singles. Now a trio, the band's sound is more curious than ever. Recorded in an old community hall in Brighton with rudimentary equipment, these songs bounce off the walls with inventive urgency. Thumping deconstructions of 60s riffage give way to more moody bass driven post-punk clatter. These arrangements are certainly crude in nature reflecting the group's limited abilities as musicians, but it is this unpolished approach that draws the listener into the whole potentiality of the music making process.
UpsetTheRhythm-030
CD
$15.75

Stolen Parts
S-T
PS, US Members of OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, MONIKERS, BRIDGE AND TUNNEL, and LATTERMAN make up Brooklyn's STOLEN PARTS. These sing-along songs will definitely get stuck in your head. Catchy melodies and gravelly vocals remind you of early '90s Lookout Records bands like Green Day and Crimpshrine.
KissofDeath-007
45
$5.00

Strange Boys
Be Brave
PS, US Like it or not, The Strange Boys are probably both younger and more accomplished than you. Since the band's humble beginnings as a duo in 2003, they've shared stages with the likes of Roky Erickson, Daniel Johnston, and Black Lips, leaving a smattering of singles, EPs, and CDRs in their wake. The band's full-length debut, And Girls Club, wound up on countless best-of-2009 lists and landed them a record deal (outside North America) with Rough Trade. Now, the Boys kick off 2010 with their follow-up, Be Brave, and it's guaranteed to please any and all who appreciate an infectious mix of ramshackle garage rock, polished Village Green-era Kinks melodies, and vocals that suggest a young Bob Dylan had he spent more of his formative years in juvie halls than coffeehouses. And who can't dig that? Be Brave, recorded at The Distillery in Costa Mesa by Mike McHugh, is the debut of the new, modified Strange Boys line-up. Original drummer Matt Hammer exited the band and Jenna Thornhill and Seth Densham of Mika Miko stepped in to fill his spot. Tim Presley of Darker My Love, a longtime friend of the group, also appears on the new album and performs with the band when his schedule permits. The result is an ever-so-slight build upon the roots-garage template they've constructed over the course of their career so far. The moody parts are now moodier and the band's signature groove is now...well...groovier. The Boys internalize a host of classic pop and rock sub-sub-genres and make them sound utterly vibrant in the messed-up times of now.
In The Red - 188
CD
$12.00

Stray Ghost
Nothing, But Death
PS, US Nothing, But Death is the epic full-length follow-up to Stray Ghost's widely acclaimed 2008 album Losthilde. On his immersed new release, Anthony Saggers mines the rich depths of melancholy and longing, crafting a slow, sad drift of distant melodies, cloaked in smoky ambience. The album signals further development in Saggers' masterful handling of drone, minimalism, shoegaze, ambient and electro-acoustic music, leading the listener through highly emotive soundscapes, rich in cinematic sound design. This is essential music of almost unbearable poignancy and colossal scope that rewards deep listening.
HiddenShoal-065
CD
$12.00

SubtractiveLAD
Life At The End Of The World
PS, US In the beginning, it was impossible to predict subtractiveLAD's musical evolution. It was as if his first album 'Giving Up The Ghost' was the initial splash from a pebble thrown into a pond and each subsequent album a ripple which grew broader in scope, became less disruptive and more meditative. They have all had one key aspect in that Stephen Hummel, the man who records as subtractiveLAD, has always been genuine in the projection of emotions in his music. He does record for the ever emotionally driven n5MD imprint after all. On "Life At the End of the World," Hummel's 6th album, percussive elements, pretense of genre, and theoretical pollutants that could cloud the candid nature of this current ripple in Hummel's pond are a thing of the past. The result is one of subtractiveLad's most lush yet thread bare albums to date. Eno could be referenced, although Hummel now prefers the guitar as his main instrument. Further, "Life At the End of the World" is not all ambient movements and variations on a theme. At the three quarters point the album takes a tense turn with passages that would not be out of place on albums from Ben Frost or Jasper TX. One wonders what is really at the end of Hummel's world? "Life at the end of the world" is Hummel's catharsis, anxiety, and joy. We can hear that he is at a crossroads in his life and subsequently has created his largest most majestic ripple in the pond yet.
n5MD-173
CD
$12.25

Sunny Day In Glasgow
Nitetime Rainbows
PS, US Clear Vinyl!! LIMITED TO 1000. An album of some of their brightest sounding songs to date. These are the sounds of a
band falling in love, a band having fun. "Nitetime rainbows" always struck the band as a song that could be its own album, let alone EP/single. It was one of the most fun songs to record on Ashes Grammar, and it has the most elaborate & strange instruments on it -- from vibes to lap steel to bulbul tarang. Its partner song,"Daytime rainbows," was originally intended to appear on the full length but the band needed a bit more time to develop it. "So bloody, so tight" is one of the band's absolute favorite songs they've recorded to date & it's easy to hear why. The song is full of hope in a way the band has only hinted at previously. While the vocals are still low in the mix, the lyrics for this song are the first the band has ever shared. "Piano lessons" was the result of Ben, who cannot play the piano, sitting at the baby grand for many, many hours one night. By the end of the night he was deliriously pounding the keys, mashing as many as he could with his
palms flat. Also includes three remixes by THE BUDDY SYSTEM, BENOIT PIOULARD & EZEKIEL HONIG.
MisOjosDiscos-006
12
$11.25

Superions, The
The Superions EP
PS, US New side project of Fred Schneider of the B-52's. Formed in Orlando, FL in 2006, The Superions are the most exciting group to hit the music scene since Elvis or Lady GaGa (or Susan Boyle for that matter). Fred Schneider, Noah Brodie and Dan Marshall were just somewhat normal guys when their bodies, minds, and souls were taken over by alien beings from the planet Superion. Now real talented, they perpetrated magic with their first digital release, 'Totally Nude Island' on October 31, 2008. Take soft trade winds, a healthy dose of tropical passion, and a deadly volcano and voila!: an instant classic destined to sell millions, or a lot less, was born. Following on the heels of this multi-plat... er, real popular song, The Superions return with the new smash 'Who Threw That Ham At Me'. Destined to be another hit (they hope), "Ham" arrived as a digital single on November 24, 2009, just in time for the holiday season: "Who doesn't love a juicy, fatty, salty, canned ham covered in pineapple slices and those red dye #2 cherries?" asks music programmer Dan Marshall. "I don't" says vocalist, lyricist Fred Schneider. "I'm a vegetarian." "Where's the sweet potatoes with marshmallows?" adds keyboardist Noah Brodie. "Ham" is a cautionary tale about the serious crime of shoplifting, set to a bouncy disco beat. Fred: "It's based on a true story someone told someone I know." "Yeah, don't do it!" says Dan with a stern countenance. "I saw a woman in a movie stick a big steak down her pants" adds Noah. "Hey you knuckleheads, you forgot The Disco Garbage Can!" squawks Mr. Bird, The World's Smartest Azure Lovebird and advice columnist for 'Ask. Mr. Bird' on twitter. "Oh boy thanks Mr. B," laughs Fred. "We've created a new dance craze sure to sweep the nation called The Disco Garbage Can." As they've said, The Superions came to Earth from the planet Superion a few years ago to seek fame and fortune. "Well, actually they asked us to leave" says Fred somewhat wistfully. "What started out as just a fun get-together has turned into a full-time creative endeavor." "I agree Noah," adds Dan, "except we also have full-time jobs too." "Well planet Superion's loss is Earth's gain," this inquisitive journalist chimes in. "What do you guys like to do in your spare time?" "I'm an ace at Rock Band," says Noah proudly. "Oh please," Fred continues, "remember I got booed off singing 'Love Shack'?" Fred seems depressed by the memory. "I want to study macramé," pipes Dan. "It's truly a dying art." I'm amazed at how busy they all are. "Jeez, what is it you guys don't do?", I ask. "Lunch", The Superions say in unison, and then burst into hearty laughter. The Superions will release their self-titled EP on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records on January 19, 2010 (digital) and February 23, 2010 (physical). The 7-track EP will be available as a digital download, CD and limited edition 12" vinyl and will include two new tracks, 'Those Sexy Saucer Gals' and the brand new single 'Who Threw That Ham At Me', available now on iTunes. The EP will also include the original version of 'Totally Nude Island', the U.S. radio success 'Totally Nude Island (Ursula 1000 Remix)' and new remixes of 'Totally Nude Island' by The Lolligags and Marshmallow Coast featuring Andy Gonzales, former member of Of Montreal, plus a remix of 'Who Threw That Ham At Me' by Casper & The Cookies featuring Jason NeSmith, also a former member of Of Montreal.
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe-117
12
$12.00

Susurrus Station
Add A Day Going West
PS, US Unique hybrid combines folk, garage, industrial, California surf twang, spaghetti Western ambience, Middle Eastern strings, & distorted, relentless rythms into a sound that embraces the entire spectrum of modern popular music. J BREEDEN & SARA DYBERG, both singers & multi-instrumentalists, deftly combine familiar sounds & textures in unexpected ways to produce a work of surprising originality. "Expansive instrumental talent, mind boggling" - Magnet
AIO-005
CD
$12.75

Symbiosis Orchestra
Live Journeys
PS, FRANCE Symbiosis Orchestra blends everything together, fuses everything, takes down genre and esthetic barriers to achieve a state of perfect symbiosis between electronic and acoustic music, computer-based and natural processes, composition and improvisation, beat and pulse, melody and texture, not to forget sound and image. Created in 2005 by Andrea Gabriele, the ensemble is an all-star line-up of sound designers and performers such as Iris Garrelfs, Scanner, Claudio Sinatti, Mario Masullo, Stefano Tedesco and Geoff Warren.
Baskaru-012
CD
$17.25

Ted Leo/Pharmacists
The Brutalist Bricks
PS, US VINYL VERSION
Matador
LP
$15.50

Ted Leo/Pharmacists
The Brutalist Bricks
PS, US New Jersey's TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS are back after a two year break with their fourth album and Matador debut, The Brutalist Bricks.This extraordinarily assured, wide ranging album explores new ground for Ted, showcasing his singer-song writer side while remaining emotionally and energetically true to his punk roots. From the thrilling opener and video track "The Mighty Sparrow" to the apocalyptic "Last Days," startling influences reveal themselves.
Matador
CD
$13.25

Tee Pee
S-T
PS, US Has done a bunch of tapes & singles for Florida is Dying, Hozac, & Jerkwave. A more minimal, darker, atmospheric vibe prevails here that hints a bit more
towards loner psychedelic guitar & improv than any prior recordings have. Still present is the punchy, noisy psychedelic synth punk, but its fused w/ an almost otherworldy sound, something really eclectic & unknown. C20
NightPeople-087
CASS
$6.75

Terror Bird
Sociopaths are Glam
PS, US Nikki Never from Vancouver's MODERN CREATURES solo outlet. Honest, heartfelt, nostalgic pop music, layered in touches of dark ambiance & glittery sheen.
Centered around her amazing voice & dirgey piano arrangements, this references classic 80's & 90's dark pop w/o any historic worshiping or posturing. C36
NightPeople-072
CASS
$6.75

Terror Danjah ft. D.O.K
Acid / Pro Plus
PS, US Hyperdub has long been a fan of grime don Terror Danjah's razor sharp productions, his unparalleled, skittering rhythm science, deadly riffs, brilliant technicolour synth squig-gles, "gremlin cackle" signature and general ear for a catchy tune. On this first EP for the label, he showcase two strains of his many skills.
Hyperdub-031
12
$10.50

Thee Vicars
Psychotic Beat
PS, US Thee Vicars believe that life is too short for boring music. They have self-belief and faith in what they are doing, they believe that the saviours of rock'n'roll have been born. They want to save souls! They started out by wanting to stomp on all the crap music they heard week in, week out in their small little town. They say they are "ready to, if it comes to it, to kick kung fu style all the shit bands into orbit! They will set the bullshit bands' hair straighteners on fire. . . make them melt, and their hair go curly! Make them go out and buy a belt for their jeans! So they sit at the right height! Not with their arses hanging out! So kids, do you wanna be the problem? Or do you wanna be the solution?" The band's manic en-ergy is palpable, they hit you with a jolt, almost like receiving an electric shock. But then one would hope that would be the case if you were still aged aged just 18 and playing raw rock'n'roll that is shot through with a punk and garage band aesthetic, whilst visually resembling The Jam in 1978 (but a whole lot better looking).
DirtyWaterRecords-1034
LP
$19.00

These Are Powers
Candyman
PS, US These Are Powers lay it on thick, sweet, and sludgy for their new Candyman EP on Rvng Intl. The Brooklyn-based trio of Anna Barie (vocals & electronics), Pat Noecker (bass, electronics, vocals), and Bill Salas (beats & production) do nothing to sugar coat the grimy center of a new, bass bin rattling, electro-shock sound. The EP also includes a runway house remix of "Candyman" by globe-trotters TEENGIRL FANTASY and a remix of "World Class Peoples" by Costa Rica's COSMETICS that is as much Burial as it is Scott Walker. Limited to 1100 copies, all on RED vinyl.
RVNG-002
12
$9.25

Thomas, Andrew
Between Buildings And Trees
PS, US Represents a process of uniting new music together w/ remnants of old cassette/4-track recordings & early digital recordings. RIYL: Wolfgang Voigt/Gas, Fennesz, Vladislav Delay, William Basinski
Kompakt-079
CD
$16.00

Tindersticks
Falling Down a Mountain
PS, US VINYL VERSION 180gm LP in deluxe packaging, includes CD copy & limited edition poster.
Constellation
LP/CD
$22.75

Tindersticks
Falling Down a Mountain
PS, US Picks up where the band's wonderful return to form on "The Hungry Saw" left off, delivering a follow up that brims with similar texture, swinging from exuberance to melancholy & back, with healthy tinges of 'Northern Soul' & STUART STAPLES' inimitable deadpan voice anchoring the album throughout. CD version housed in custom gatefold paperboard package.
Constellation
CD
$14.50

Title Tracks
It Was Easy
PS, US New project from John Davis (GEORGIE JAMES, Q AND NOT U). RIYL: New Pornographers, Ted Leo, Joe Jackson, The Jam.
ErnestJenning-062
CD
$11.25

Titus Andronicus
The Monitor
PS, US VINYL VERSION
XL
LP
$16.50

Titus Andronicus
The Monitor
PS, US The Monitor is a concept album about the Civil War, "sort of", says singer Patrick Stickles. It was recorded August (09) by Kevin McMahon at his studio - Marcata Recording - in New Paltz, NY. The usual suspects from the world of Titus Andronicus were all in attendance, as well as members of Ponytail, Wye Oak, Vivian Girls, and the Hold Steady. McMahon also mixed the album, and it was mastered by Greg Calbi - whom the band chose because he is the only person alive who can claim involvement in both The Chemistry of Common Life by Fucked Up and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell by Meat Loaf!
XL
CD
$13.25

Tough Knuckles
S-T
PS, US TOUGH KNUCKLES is kind of like a cross between GARY WILSON and ARIEL PINK if you substitute all the mental disorder with sweetness. Instead of dressing as a sultry woman or having some kind of body-dysmorphic dysfunction, Calvin LeCompte is a lo-fi charmer, and that's jazzy-Greek jazzy!" - Vice Magazine
WinstonTaylor-001
12
$11.00

Tuxedomoon
Ten Years In One Night (Live)
PS, US Originally released in 1989 to celebrate the band's 10 year anniversary, this 2LP set, taken from various live performances throughout Europe and Japan from 1985-1988, is a kind of "best of", looking back to the band's very beginnings as pioneers of the American post-punk scene, through to their eventual genre-defying evolution into full-fledged members of the international electronic / experimental scene by 1988. The track listing goes all the way back to the band's first singles (1978's "Pinheads on the Move" and 1979's "No Tears"), to a time when TUXEDOMOON was in the habit of leading the avant-garde on both American coasts: f rom San Francisco's post-punk scene and NY's no wave. Soon after the release of 1981's Desire, having tired of "California ueber alles" and Ronald Reagan, the band decided to leave the States for the more experimental pastures of Northern Europe. During this time the band released a series of discs on the Belgian-based Cramboy, proving themselves equally able to blaze trails in Europe as well. From this period come some of their most successful albums to date, including 1985's Holy Wars from which we have "In A Manner of Speaking" and 1986's Ship Of Fools from which we hear "Reedin' Rightin' Rhythmatic" . Right around the time of this album's release, TUXEDOMOON went on a 15-year recording hiatus.
GetBack-712
DLP
$30.50

Twerps, The
S-T
PS, US Low key rock music w/ hints of 60's garage rock & psych pop that doesn't rely on blown out production to create atmosphere. C30
NightPeople-084
CASS
$6.75

Ulaan Khol
III
PS, US III is as immediate as a truck with failed brakes crashing through your living room wall. The third & final installment of a trilogy entitled Ceremony, its opening moments rage & wail, with distorted guitars pulling out in front of the drums like hellhounds that have slipped their master's leesh. But this isn't a mono-dimensional freak-out. Smith paces himself, pulling back into brooding drones & pensive picking before lashing out once more. As befits a journey that's taken three discs to unfold, it ends with a grand gesture; the final melody is as epic as Roy Montgomery's mid-'90s work, and it unfurls over a landscape of blasted wah-wah licks & feeback that somehow reconcile The Stooges and Popul Vuh." -Bill Meyer, Signal to Noise
SoftAbuse-038
CD
$11.50

U-Melt
Perfect World
PS, US Brilliantly capturing U-Melt's amazing ability to shatter musical boundaries and transcend genre classification, Perfect World, U-Melt's eagerly anticipated third studio album will soon be released on Harmonized Records. Recorded in their home base of Brooklyn, New York within the confines of their self-constructed studio, Perfect World will capture your imagination and commune with the existential part of your soul that responds to mind-expanding music played by a band whose creativity knows no limits.
HarmonizedRecords-036
CD
$13.00

Uncut
#155 (April 2010) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Under the Radar
#30
PS, US Vampire Weekend on cover. 2010 Preview: Broken Social Scene, MGMT, Panda Bear, Friendly Fires, New Pornographers, She & HIm. Plus more features!!
ZINE
$3.75

Unwed Teenage Mothers
If That's Love
PS, US Debut 45 is pregnant with 4 songs from The Unwed Teenage Mothers, who share members of LOVER! and BASS DRUM OF DEATH. This record bounces between a nice 'n sweetened-up "hollow-guitar" sounding Ramonesy pop (a-la-First Base) and the supercharged Marked Men-level jolts. Power-pop-punk in a quickly shifting lil poppy hurry-up offense. Shifting from sheer fun to depressingly simple & effective lyrics (check out "If That's Love" and "Stick Around" for ditties
of such magnitude and longitude and latitudinal lines.
TicTacTotally-036
45
$5.50

Uphill Gardeners
S-T
PS, US THE UPHILL GARDENERS self-titled release is a relic from the mid-'90s instrumental scene that launched the musical trajectories of its members JARRETT SILBERMAN, NIGEL LUNDEMO and BOBB BRUNO. Forming in Studio City, California in 1995, the three infused electronic and synthesized sounds into their drum/bass/guitar set up, experimenting with noise and song constructions. During this time they released one 7-inch and one full-length CD on the now defunct WIN records; this "new" release is a collection of tracks recorded during the sessions for the WIN Record's CD and a previously unheard session recorded shortly before their break up in 1997. The band reconvened in 2008 to mix the songs that are included on this release for olFactory Records/Kill Shaman. All members of the band continue to make music as solo artists and have also played in many other groups including YOUNG PEOPLE, THE FOR CARNATION, GODZIK PINK, POCAHAUNTED, GET HUSTLE, POLAR GOLDIE CATS, DONUT, and SKULL SKULL.
Olfactory-015
LP
$12.00

Vainio, Mika/Kouhei
Split
PS, US Part 1of a 4-album set highlighting the work of Japanese artist Kouhei Matsunaga. Mika Vainio's (PAN SONIC) side is a lengthy work of harsh electronic drones, while NHK contributes experimental electronic breakbeats for side 2
Important-280
LP
$18.25

Various
Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox
PS, US In June 2009 Chris Knox (TALL DWARFS, TOY LOVE) suffered a life-altering stroke at his home in Grey Lynn, New
Zealand. This album is a celebration of Chris & his music. Artists include JEFF MAGNUM, YO LA TENGO, MOUNTAIN GOATS, WILL OLDHAM, BILL CALLAHAN, LOU BARLOW, JAY REATARD, THE BATS, THE VERLAINES, & THE CHILLS. All proceeds to aid Chris Knox's recovery.
Merge-367
DCD
$17.50

Various
More Psychedelic Guitars/Psychedelic Visions
PS, US Extremely rare 1960s Exploito albums recorded by unknown studio musicians. Very much in the vein and style of Tswift & Bokaj Retsiem, these albums show the mainstream Music Industry's attempt at cashing in on the then-new psychedelic sounds coming from the East & West coasts. Many of these songs have no composer credits, copyright information, or recording dates... So turn up the volume, light up the Lava Lamp, and groove out!"
GearFab
CD
$12.50

Various
Hyperdub 5.5 EP
PS, US A series of five 12-inch EPs featuring a selection of the new tunes will be issued, one per week, leading up to the release of '5'. The initial pressing quantity of these EPs will be dictated by preorder demand, and none will be repressed, nor will they be made available digitally, before the complete CD collection is on sale.
HyperdubRecords-027
12
$10.50

Various
Duskscape Not Seen
PS, US The debut release from new born label Nothings66 compiles Helios and Goldmund from Type Records, leading artist Keith Kenniff in current electronic music scene, Lusine and The Sight Below from Ghostly International, Dub Tractor and The Gentleman Losers' new album recently released in 2009 at City Centre Offices, September Collective, a band by Stefan Schneider (Mapstation, To Rococo Rot), Paul Wirkus and Barbara Morgenstern, Sons of Magdalene, a solo unit by Joshua Eustis from Telefon Tel Aviv, Color Cassette, releasing a best-selling new album from Autres Directions, aMute, released by Intr_version and now launching their own label Stilll, Crisopa, a popular shoegaze artist in Spain and having numerous fans also in Japan, the head of Anticipate Recordings, Ezekiel Honig, performing at Plateaux Festival and also Mutek 2009, Mou,Lips!, from mOAR and recently also known as Pirandelo, Fieldhead, from Home Assembly and also performing in The Declining Winter. From Iceland, Yagya, performing at Icelan Airwaves 2009 from Sending Orbs, Ozy, once releasing albums from Force Inc and Trapez, Stafraenn Hakon, releasing also from Darla and Nature Bliss, Sketches for Albinos, performing also at Iceland Airwaves 2009. And from Japan, an interlude of dot i/o, from Clammbon performing at Electraglide2009 (warp20).
Nothings66-001
CD
$17.00

Various
Shifting Sands
PS, UK Subtitled: 20 Treasures From The Heyday Of Underground Folk. Under the influence of LSD, by the late 1960s the sands were shifting fast for acoustic music. This new compilation showcases 20 of the best tracks to have emerged from the underground folk revolution, taking in artists from Britain and America, as well as further-flung locations such as Norway, Eire and Canada, and touching on genres including jazz, country and psychedelia. The set comes complete with a full booklet featuring rare pictures and information about each artist, making it truly essential for all strange folk enthusiasts. Artists include: Fresh Maggots, Rick Hayward, Lazy Farmer, Moonkyte, Mary-Anne, COB, Jaki Whitren, Roger Rodier, Loudest Whisper, Gordon Jackson, Mark Fry, Meic Stevens, G.F. Fitz-Gerald, Oriental Sunshine, Justine, Wizz Jones, Dawnwind, Gary Farr, Lily & Maria, and Synanthesia.
Sunbeam-5075
CD
$16.25

Various
In A Cloud: New Sounds From San Francisco
PS, US In A Cloud is a vinyl-only collection featuring fourteen previously unreleased songs from many of San Francisco's greatest contemporary artists including: THEE OH SEES, SONNY & THE SUNSETS, FRESH & ONLYS, HANNAH & RAVEN (of GRASS WIDOW), JACQUES BUTTERS, TY SEGALL, SANDWITCHES, EXRAY'S DONOVAN QUINN & THE 13TH MONTH, TRAINWRECK RIDERS, DYLAN SHEARER, PAULA FRAZER, TIM COHEN and KELLEY STOLTZ. Limited edition pressing of 500 copies mastered by PAUL OLDHAM.
SecretSeven-005
LP
$12.50

Various
Reportage: Spela Sjaelv
PS, US Grey area exact reproduction LP of a Swedish release from 1970, field recordings of amateurs playing and making sounds. Raga concrete, if you will. A playground, drummers and fiddlers, a garden cafe, children, one track simply titled "Gronas" ("Green"). Time to getcher esoteric on. The title roughly translates to Play Yourself or Play Naturally. It has been credited to TRAeD, GRAeS OCH STENAR, but they aren't featured on it. Bo Anders Persson did, in fact, compile, edit and release this album in collaboration with Solvieg Bark. (Persson was a member of the legendary Swedish bands HARVESTER, INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER, PAeRSON SOUND, TRAeD, GRAeS OCH STENAR; Bark was one of a few young composers that through the UNM (Young Nordic Music Festivals) became a contemporary of ERKKI KURENNIEMI, FOLKE RABE, etc.). A fine, rare, and lovely piece to behold.
Unm-1970
LP
$19.25

Various Artists
Unpiecing The Jigsaw: Velvet Underground Tribute
PS, US IN STOCK!! The idea for this 4 cd set came from collecting together all the tribute tracks originally released on the 3 legendary Immagi-nary Records tribute albums in the early 90's and tying them up in one set along with the excellent incisive John Tobler audio interview with Lou Reed and along the way we found a couple of rare 1980's live tracks of Nico performing Velvet's material. The influence of The Velvet Underground on rock greatly exceeds their sales figures and chart numbers. They are one of the most important rock and roll bands of all time, laying the groundwork in the Sixties for many tangents rock music would take in ensuing decades. Features Nirvana, Echo & The Bunnymen, Swervedriver, Screaming Trees and more.
Ozit-16
CD-BOX
$25.75

Vermin Poets
S-T
PS, US On this the first release by the VERMIN POETS, ex-drunk-and-compulsive-masturbator late-night-vomiter-of-good-liquor BILLY CHYLDISH allies himself with FIRE DEPT. frontman NEIL PALMER to continue the embrace of amateurism. Also along for the ride are the like minds of JUJU CLAUDIUS and the trusty WOLF HOWARD. Banish the notion that this is merely another "Billy Chyldish group." You'll hear no Chyldish guitar and only backing vox on this, as England's National Treasure has been relegated to bass and co-songwriting duties. What we have here is true collaboration with Palmer and Chyldish succeeding now as they have in the past-by cheerfully mocking their own craft all the while praising limitation. Released to coincide with the Billy Childish: Unknowable but Certain exhibition at London's ICA (running from Feb 17-Apr 18, 2010). Pressed on black vinyl in an edition of 500.
SmartGuy-027
45
$6.00

Vetiver
More Of This
PS, US IMPORT VINYL! Super LIMITED 4-tracker from these current SUB POP faves, including fan fave "Slippery", and a NEIGHBOURS remix of the title track.
BellaUnion-226
12
$13.50

Votolato, Rocky
True Devotion
PS, US Walking the line between autobiographical fact and fiction, his new album, True Devotion, is deceptively simple, peppering impressionistic narratives with moments of lyrical wisdom that can knock the wind out of you.
BarsukRecords-091
CD
$12.00

Ware, David S.
Saturnian Solo Saxophones V1
PS, US Recorded live in concert at the Abrons Arts Center, NYC on October 15, 2009, Saturnian documents master
saxophonist David S. Ware's triumphant return to performance following his kidney transplant in May 2009. Ware, in full peak of form, performed three extended pieces, each one on a different horn. "Methone" is on the saxello and "Pallene" features the stritch. David has played these lesser-known members of the saxophone family for many decades & recorded with them in the late 80s, but this was the first time he has performed with them live on stage. The final piece, "Anthe" is performed on the tenor sax.
AUMFidelity-060
CD
$12.75

We Are Wolves
Invisible Violence
PS, US We Are Wolves' trademark irreverent dance-rock-electro mix is more melodic and refined than ever on Invisible Violence. Recorded in the band's hometown of Montreal this past July and August with producers Radwan Moumneh (Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Pas Chic Chic) and Hadji Bakara (Wolf Parade, Megasoid), the album ranges from the charging, bratty punk of "Holding Hands" to the hypnotic electro-pop of "Reaching For The Sky;" from the grooving disco beat of "Blue" to the moody, angular, and anthemic "Walking Commotion." Creative and energetic, yet nuanced, Invisible Violence is every minute the visceral sonic explosion for which they have become known and loved.
DareToCareRecords-035
LP
$16.25

We Were Promised Jetpacks
The Last Place You'll Look
PS, US
FatCatRecords-102
CD5
$7.00

Weasel Walter Septet
Invasion
PS, US Hardcore West Coast Free Jazz assault! An epic, 72-minute long, crystal-clear studio recording featuring the aggressive performances from FLYING LUTTENBACHERS/XBXRX/LAKE OF DRACULA founder WEASEL WALTER on drums and featuring an all-start band including HENRY KAISER (guitar), VINNY GOLIA (reeds), LIZ ALLBEE (trumpet), JOHN LINBERG (bass), DAMON SMITH (bass) and WILLIAM WINANT (drums). Four varied pieces ranging from tense, jagged counterpoint to acoustic soundscapes to full bore energy music assaults. Fans of PETER BROTZMANN take note. This release flings free music into the future, blasting away at high speed and intensity.
Ugexplode-037
CD
$12.50

Ween
Pod
PS, US Reissue of the band's 1990 "challenging album"
Schnitzel
DLP
$30.00

White Car
S-T
PS, US "Industrial space funk" outfit based in Chicago utilizes classic heavy-hitting EBM rhythms & early digital synthesis while integrating ideas of pop sensibility, post-punk funk, & minimal synth music. "A blazing throwback to the Wax Trax! aesthetic circa 1987, this duo captures the sound of industrial music at its apex" - CHICAGO READER
RainbowBodyRecords-003
12
$13.50

White Fence
S-T
PS, US San Francisco's Make a Mess Records (Grass Widow, Brilliant Colors, Traditional Fools) is proud to unleash upon the masses the self-titled debut LP from LA psychpop auteur WHTIE FENCE. Wander into the sweltering Cali smog to find yourself transported into a lysergic pop netherworld, where White Fence carves broad strokes of color into your mind. Coming on like Love in a Lollipop Shoppe, or Chris Knox abusing a Vox, the record oscillates between a sun-dappled English meadow, a crumbling SoCal suburban bedroom, and a riotous Sunset Strip leather gang knife fight, with the kind of warped precision and purity that marks the wolves from the sheep and the profound from the pretend in this instant online age. You know what I mean. Connoisseurs of the physical format will be richly rewarded with surgical-grade vinyl and a gorgeous fold-out insert.
MakeAMess-005
LP
$13.00

White Hills
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION with different artwork, different sequence.
ThrillJockey-232
LP
$17.25

White Hills
S-T
PS, US Still heavy & would certainly be labeled "space rock" but it finds the band employing a more open & free flowing style of playing. Focus was not so much on precision but on capturing the emotion in the playing, they wanted to "let things fly". There's a certain intimacy to it, a toughness & brutality.
CD has 3 exclusive tracks & is presented in a 4 panel mini-LP style jacket
ThrillJockey-232
CD
$13.75

White Hinterland
Kairos
PS, US VINYL VERSION
DeadOceans-034
LP
$12.25

White Hinterland
Kairos
PS, US On Kairos, we find White Hinterland exploring the edges of minimal pop, accomplishing a delicate but lively seduction through deep, patient bass throbs, prismatic synth textures, and direct, intimate songs sung with an empowered gravitas. Here Casey Dienel tailors the acrobatics of her former songwriting into a slender focus, folding it into deeper grooves. Beneath the baroque arrangements and intellectual lean of Dienel's previous musical efforts was a sexiness that Kairos exposes, showing the artist for what she is: powerful and comfortable in her own skin, with a glittery voice weaned on pop R&B. With a sound so modern, so contemporary, Kairos fixes White Hinterland's gaze firmly on the future. Kairos was written after Dienel and band-mate Shawn Creeden relocated to Portland, Oregon from Boston and Brooklyn, respectively. There, without regular access to a piano, the centerpiece of previous White Hinterland recordings, Dienel's writing process took on an innovative new shape. Soon she and Creeden delved excitedly into a new practice of collaboration centered around live looping, electronic and acoustic percussion, and kaleidoscopic sound, all providing a shimmery underpinning to intricate layers of Dienel's voice. Conceived over several months in co-producer Alexis Gideon's Liophant home studio, this is the first
White Hinterland album truly made by a band, not just played by one. Using just one mic, electronics, programming and an arsenal of percussion and instruments, the minimal, washy "Art & B" of Kairos was born. The songs here were first imagined as a series of singles, but they soon took on the cohesive shape of an album jammed with singles from start to finish. Dienel compared making Kairos to swimming in a cave, trusting only the instinct to just keep swimming. This image perfectly embodies the enchanting and blue-lit atmosphere of the album. Sean Michaels of Said the Gramophone captured it well, after he witnessed aWhite Hinterland performance where they performed the bulk of Kairos live: "The jazz has been taken out, simply removed. And what is left is so, so, so much space; so much space in which she and Shawn add dark beats, deep bass, dubstep stuff. And she sings in looped curlicues, ivies and gold rings, sampling and re-sampling. They were all new songs and they were utterly astonishing. Here are some names of things it was & wasn't merely: the dirty projectors, the xx, burial, tune-yards, school of seven bells, the neptunes, thom yorke, arthur russell, giovanni pierluigi da palestrina. Any half-samples so far do it no credit at all.What a rediscovery."
DeadOceans-034
CD
$11.50

White Horses In Technicolor
Sunna
PS, US Sunna, the debut album from CORY HANSON's new project WHITE HORSES IN TECHNICOLOR EVERYWHERE(W-H-I-T-E) presents artful pop melodies and experimental space sounds, not combined, but as one, in the vein of PANDA BEAR or DAN DEACON. It's like an expansive platform of sound falling from space and entering the stratosphere, where it burns and bends and twists and melts to reform as airy melodies and a beautiful voice, gravitational beat's and oceanic fluidity. The songs shift seamlessly from earthly musical conventions to floating spacial sounds, always culminating to present the experience of breaching the stratosphere in both directions. The result is an ethereal yet grounded album, something to listen to in both caverns and cars.
Aagoo-024
CD
$7.00

Wire Magazine
#313
PS, UK Featuring: Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Geiom, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Sebastian Lexer, The Moodies, Dylan Nyoukis, Alasdair Roberts, Marina Rosenfeld, The Thirteenth Assembly, Trembling Bells
On the cover: Caledonia dreaming: How Glasgow has become the UK's experimental free folk capital, with Alasdair Roberts, Trembling Bells, The Family Elan and more. By Rob Young. Plus Marina Rosenfeld, The Thirteenth Assembly, The Moodies, Dylan Nyoukis's Invisible Jukebox, Geiom, Sebastian Lexer, Yabby You, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot in Cross Platform, Alan Moore on John Clare, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard on Adam And The Ants and more...
ZINE
$10.25

Witch
Lazy Bones!!
PS, GERMANY QDK Media releases an official reissue of Zambian psych-rockers Witch, with their ridiculously good Lazy Bones!!, originally released in 1975. By the mid 1970s, the South African nation known as the Republic of Zambia had fallen on hard times. The new Federation found itself under party rule. Zambia's then-president engaged what was then Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in a political fencing match that damaged his country's ability to trade with its main partner. The Portuguese colonies of Angola to the west and Mozambique to the east were fighting their own battles for independence; conflict loomed on all sides of this landlocked nation. This is the environment in which the catchy -- if misleadingly-titled "Zam Rock" scene that flourished in 1970s Zambian cities such as Lusaka and Chingola emerged. Though full of beacons of hope for its numerous musical hopefuls, it was a tumultuous time, and it's no wonder that the Zambian musicians taken by European and English influences gravitated to the hard, dark side of the rock and funk spectrum. From the little of the Zambian '70s rock and funk music that has been spread via small blogs and bootlegs -- the likes of Chrissy Zebby, Paul Ngozi and the Ngozi Family, and the devastating Peace -- we learn that fuzz guitars were commonplace, driving rhythms as influenced by James Brown's funk as Jimi Hendrix's rock predominated, and the bands largely sang in the country's national language, English. The European and North American compilers that had, say, fallen in love with the wonders of Nigeria's '70s scene via an introduction by Afro-Beat maestro Fela Kuti and decided to journey to Lagos to investigate further never even bothered to visit Zambia. Only a small number of the original Zam Rock godfathers that remained in the country survived through the late-'90s, when the music recorded in Zambia became the next frontier for those global-psychedelic rock junkies searching for the next fix. Normal Records, in conjunction with Los Angeles' Now-Again Records and Zam Rock pioneer Rikki Ililonga licensed this album from the last remaining member of Witch, Emmanuel Jagari Chanda. Hopefully, the music he and his late compatriots created will now reach a larger audience. One that they truly deserve. Another out-of-nowhere African '70s rock discovery in the Blo mold, privately pressed on a small local label, this five-piece electric band plays a strong electric African underground style. Tons of wah-wah fuzz guitar in every track, African-style beats and vocals and all original songs. If bands from Nigeria such as Blo and Ofege and bands from Zambia such as Rikki Ililonga and Chrissy Zebby are all traveling on the psychedelic highway at 100 mph, the Witch overtakes them with 120.
QDK
CD
$15.00

Wolf People
Tidings
PS, US Tidings is the first dark and frenzied offering from London's Wolf People-an alchemistic compendium of English classic rock that has been doused in wine, its pages left red-stained, blurred and melded in the most interesting ways. The quartet-and first UK rock band to join the Jagjaguwar inner circle-is eager to stress that Tidings is not a proper album per se. Collected from recordings made by Jack Sharp in Bedford, England between 2005 and 2007 (and mostly before the band as it exists now was formed), Tidings is wild with tape hiss, feedback and background noise-a fecund broth of sounds competing for the listener's attention. Stitched together in a style reminiscent of Faust or early Mothers Of Invention, the songs lay nestled in snatches of field recordings, winding tapes, squealing feedback, studio outtakes and the voices of dead relatives. The tunes themselves are full of hissing guitars, distorted blues harmonica, acid rock, mystical flutes and crackling tape, often based on updated versions of classic blues structures and half-remembered English folk songs. These recordings form the prehistory of a band that have recently garnered a reputation for blistering live performances around the UK: Wolf People have supported Dinosaur Jr, Tinariwen,Witchcraft, Sleepy Sun, MalcolmMooney and Voice Of The SevenWoods among others.
Their sound has evolved to include the diverse influences and musicianship of Jack's three colleagues and, as such, Tidings serves as an index of possibilities.
jagjaguwar-158
LP
$12.25

Woolfson, Eric
Poe: More Tales Of Mystery And Imagination
PS, US From the creator & writer of the ALAN PARSONS PROJECT, Eric Woolfson who wrote all the music & lyrics for producer Alan Parsons. The Alan Parsons Project have sold over 45 million albums worldwide. This album has taken 6 years to record at the legendary Abbey Road Studios where the Beatles recorded & featuring a 40 piece Orchestra & 80 piece strong choir.
LimelightRecords-0374
CD
$13.75

Wrekmeister Harmonies
Pittsburgh
PS, US Chicago-based sound artist J.R. ROBINSON has been creating live, ambient tonefields in museums over the past 2 years. Now he injects those recordings into collaborations with some like-minded heavy-hitters from the noise, post-rock, & jazz worlds. DAVID YOW (JESUS LIZARD, SCRATCH ACID), MARK SHIPPY & PAT SAMSON (US MAPLE), AZITA YOUSSEFI, JOHN HERNDON & JEFF PARKER (TORTOISE), KEEFE JACKSON, FRED LONBERG-HOLM, & KEN VANDERMARK. Single Sided LP with a J.R. ROBINSON etching on the B-side
TizonaRecords-002
LP
$17.00

Xasthur
2005 Demo
PS, US If you're into Burzum-esque lo-fi black metal, and like... who isn't, then your already a massive Xasthur fan... And so, you're already overwhelmingly aware of the fact that no outfit or individual in the Black Metal community, absolutely no one, is capable of reflecting and drawing the listener in to such a near tangible presence of distress...
HydraHeadRecords-205
CD
$7.00

Xiu Xiu
Dear God, I Hate Myself
PS, US The two biggest constants throughout Xiu Xiu's catalog are honesty and evolution. This remains true with "Dear God, I Hate Myself" as it delivers a look at responsibility, fear, healing, and societal roles wrapped in rich gothic pop music. The sound is still distinctly Xiu Xiu, but Jamie Stewart's vocals are finally effortless paired with vibrant melodies full of subtlety and the distinct sonic accents expected of this anticipated Xiu Xiu release. The result is a record that proves that art can be pop and pop can challenge you to look inside yourself. Stewart is joined by new full-time band member Angela Seo on piano, synth, and drum programming; with production handled by Jamie and Deerhoof's Greg Saunier. Together they've crafted a fully-grown sound for "Dear God, I Hate Myself" with elements from Goth and pop that are expertly performed by a crop of brilliant musicians.
KillRockStars-503
CD
$13.00

XXX Macarena
Tony Conrad, Jutta Koether, John Miller
PS, US From the Nursery and Primary Information are pleased to announce their first collaborative release, an album by XXX MACARENA, a band comprised on TONY CONRAD on violin, JUTTA KOETHER on synthesizer, and JOHN MILLER on guitar. XXX Macarena was recorded live at the Kunsthalle Zurich in August 2009. The performance is an entirely improvised 42-minute piece that ranges from microscopic detail to seismic wall-of-sound, full of intensities and introspection; with many sonic peaks and valleys, segues and interludes. It has the feeling of composition in-the-moment-of music, like crime, understood as somehow both premeditated and a matter of chance.
FromTheNursery-002
LP
$20.00

Yahowa 13
Sonic Portation
PS, US Back in the early '70s a curious group owned and operated a health food restaurant in Los Angles. THE SOURCE FAMILY was a religious group of young people centered around the father figure of FATHER YOD, a WWII flying ace and spiritual searcher. This group of young people also performed improvisational music backing Father Yod under the name YAHOWA 13. When Father Yod died in a hang gliding accident in 1975, the group dispersed. In 2007, with the publishing of a book about the Source Family, the original Yahowa 13 reunited for some shows and did some studio recordings. These are the long awaited results, the first studio recordings in over 30 years by Yahowa 13! Original members DJIN, OCTAVIUS and SUNFLOWER jam out like the ensuing years never happened. Incredible improv pieces with mind melting guitar and the psychedelic low end throb that all Yod fans will immediately recognize. Limited to 500 copies.
Prophase-9991
LP
$24.00

Yellow Swans
Going Places
PS, US In April 2008, American noise duo YELLOW SWANS (comprised of PETER SWANSON and GABRIEL MINDEL) announced their decision to split. The news was a shock to the noise community, not least because the band had become a regular fixture in the live arena. What the duo neglected to announce, however, was that a final album was already in the works, and while they would not tour together again, steps were being taken to finish off their crowning achievement. Going Places is YELLOW SWANS' conclusion as an entity, and sees the duo looking inward to create their most introspective work to-date. The improvisational, psychedelic washes that have always enriched their sound are tempered and controlled, leaving an almost Kosmische narrative. The drifting, subtle beauty that characterized 2007's At All Ends has emerged even further in the mix, and Mindel's guitar is allowed to play foil to Swanson's piercing noise.
Type-063
CD
$15.75

Yonkers, Michael
Lovely Gold
PS, US Another Galactic Zoo Disk reissue of one of Yonkers mid-70s self-released LPs, a set of tunes more towards the fantasy/acoustic side of things but still featuring his trademark grit.
GalacticZooDisk/DragCity
LP
$16.50

Young Governor
Cindy's Gonna Save Me
PS, US YOUNG GOVERNOR is Ben Cook from FUCKED UP. And MARVELOUS DARLINGS. And BITTERS, and probably a bunch more we can't think of at the moment. When he contacted Dirtnap about releasing one of the 10 million or so 7"s they got coming out in the 010, it seemed like a no-brainer. Cindy's Gonna Save Me is a fractured lo-fi pop gem, with perhaps a bit more of a 60's influence than some Young Guv material. B side is a UK pub style smash. One time only pressing of 1000, all copies come with download coupon.
Dirtnap-097
45
$5.00

Zeus
Say Us
PS, US Draws upon classic influences to craft timeless songs, complete w/ fuzzed out guitars & shimmering harmonies. Purveyors of a sound that cross-references the British Invasion w/ '70s southern U.S. rock.
Arts&Crafts-510
CD
$14.50

Forthcoming Releases

13th Floor Elevators, The
7th Heaven: Music of the Spheres, The Complete Singles Collection (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, UK 18 tracks.
Snapper
CD
$16.25

Anodyne
Corrosion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 20TH)
PS, IRELAND Psychonavigation Records presents the new album from one of Ireland's unsung electronic heroes 'anodyne'. Colin N Cloughley aka anodyne, known for his mind shredding live shows, returns after a 14 year hiatus to present his latest opus in the form of 'corrosion'. Thinking of himself as more of a programmer than a musician, anodyne utilizes his own, home built plug-ins and circuit bent instruments to great effect throughout the album's twelve tracks.

From the album's minimalist opener, When The Sky Fell Down swiftly followed by the epic strings and breakbeats of Close Your Eyes the artist leads the listener into experiments in dark elektro, acid and ambient before returning to the stunning Wasteland, with its driving electronic pulse surrounded by warm, somber strings, it evokes memories of the glory days of electronic innovation. 'corrosion' effortlessly blends elements of old skool rave, elektro and breakbeat into a darkly beautiful, electronic LP.

Chemical Sunset, which was inspired by a drive through Dublin as sunlight faded, is a beautiful example of the artist's vision of Techno. Walk Into Darkness, a dark ambient journey ruptured with clinical, austere beats leads into the albums closing track, the end of the night anthem, 'Alchemy'. Taking influence from classic electronic albums by Autechre, Black Dog and U-Ziq, corrosion was made for those who dream of the future.
Psychonavigation-035
CD
$13.50

Antena
Bossa Super Nova (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 13TH)
PS, UK Bossa Super Nova is the third album from Antena - the chic French new wave pioneers whose groundbreaking mix of Kraftwerk, Suicide and breezy Gilberto tropicalia sounds as fresh in 2010 as in 1982, when John Foxx produced their classic debut single, The Boy From Ipanema, and Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant labelled them â€˜electro-sambaâ€(tm).

For this final volume in the Antena trilogy, Isabelle and Penelope decided to rummage through their attic and dust off some classic Roland equipment: the TR-808 drum machine, Bass Line sequencer and SH09 monophonic synth, all of which were used on the classic debut Antena album Camino Del Sol in 1983. Adding to this retro theme, old schoolfriend Jean Christophe Clair was invited to contribute lyrics and ideas in remembrance of times past, Ã¡ la recherche du temps perdu.

Isabelle Antena then arranged and produced the songs with her husband Denis Moulin at their studio in the south of France, with Marco De Meersman adding extra percussion. Bossa Super Nova was born.

Stand-out tracks include Une Francaise sur Mars (bossa nova with cosmic sounds), Straight to the Point (an homage to Serge Gainsbourg and Pierre Henri), Little Boxes (country bossa) and Under Your Closed Eyelids (featured in season two of TV show The Boondocks). The lyrics are half in English, and half in French.
LTM-2554
CD
$15.00

Archie Bronson Outfit
Coconut (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US Generating molten heat right from the opening bars of first track Magnetic Warrior, Coconut, the new Archie Bronson Outfit album, is a record full of deep riffs, spaced loops and the sound of a band revelling in both their individuality and intensity. Coconut is a record of barely contained ambition and ecstatic overload. The album was produced by DFA's Tim Goldsworthy (LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Hercules & Love Affair) with recording sessions in Michigan, London, and mixing in New York. The result is a wildness of musical vision, given the freedom to be let absolutely loose
DominoRecordingCo
CD
$12.50

Archie Bronson Outfit
Coconut (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION
DominoRecordingCo
LP
$17.50

Autechre
Oversteps (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US Autechre will see the release of their 10th studio album, "Oversteps" this March 23rd. One of the most distinctive and revered electronic groups of all time, they've previously been commissioned to remix the likes of Stereolab, Tortoise and Surgeon, and have notably been feted by Thom Yorke, with the Radiohead frontman stating on his official website that their 2001 album "Confield" "made my head spin", and citing Booth and Brown's work as an influence on his own Kid A and Amnesiac (of course Autechre themselves admit indifference to this). Their latest work, still very much an Autechre record, shows an oft-overlooked playfulness and a rarely mentioned musicality that comes to the fore-front, in what could be described as their most accessible work to date. Between the layers of cold digital pings and fuzzed out tones, there are true chord changes and warm soundscapes being built from the ground up. As freelance writer David Abravanel (New York Magazine, Big Shot, Pop Matters..etc.) put it, Autechre's previous release, Quarterstice was "the cool In A Silent Way to the more aggressively beautiful Bitches Brew of Oversteps. There are tracks here with the kind of ambient techno melodies that have scarce been present on an Autechre album since 1995's Tri Repetae. Where part of the thrill of Quaristice was the unmistakable sound of the duo wrestling with where to fit all the pieces, Oversteps beams with confidence; everything is fleshed out here."
WarpRecords-1021
CD
$13.00

Autechre
Oversteps (2x180g LP) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US Autechre will see the release of their 10th studio album, "Oversteps" this March 23rd. One of the most distinctive and revered electronic groups of all time, they've previously been commissioned to remix the likes of Stereolab, Tortoise and Surgeon, and have notably been feted by Thom Yorke, with the Radiohead frontman stating on his official website that their 2001 album "Confield" "made my head spin", and citing Booth and Brown's work as an influence on his own Kid A and Amnesiac (of course Autechre themselves admit indifference to this). Their latest work, still very much an Autechre record, shows an oft-overlooked playfulness and a rarely mentioned musicality that comes to the fore-front, in what could be described as their most accessible work to date. Between the layers of cold digital pings and fuzzed out tones, there are true chord changes and warm soundscapes being built from the ground up. As freelance writer David Abravanel (New York Magazine, Big Shot, Pop Matters..etc.) put it, Autechre's previous release, Quarterstice was "the cool In A Silent Way to the more aggressively beautiful Bitches Brew of Oversteps. There are tracks here with the kind of ambient techno melodies that have scarce been present on an Autechre album since 1995's Tri Repetae. Where part of the thrill of Quaristice was the unmistakable sound of the duo wrestling with where to fit all the pieces, Oversteps beams with confidence; everything is fleshed out here."
WarpRecords-1021
LP
$31.00

Avengers
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE jUNE 15TH)
PS, US Though not released until 1983, their S/T record (aka Pink Album) features the band's recorded output from 1977-78, from the glorious first wave of punk rock. 180 gram vinyl reissue of one of punk rock's most important original documents
4MenWithBeards
LP
$17.00

Avengers
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 15TH)
PS, US Though not released until 1983, their S/T record (aka Pink Album) features the band's recorded output from 1977-78, from the glorious first wave of punk rock. 180 gram vinyl reissue of one of punk rock's most important original documents. 2CD
Water
DCD
$18.50

Bettie Serveert
Pharmacy Of Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US 18 years and 8 previous Bettie Serveert albums (including their 1998 limited edition set of Velvet Underground covers, Venus In Furs) have passed since Bettie Serveert first formed in Amsterdam, yet they continue to evolve. After a false start in 1986 when they dissolved after only one gig, Bettie Serveert formed in 1990 and quickly caught the ear of Matador, Brinkman and 4AD's Guernica label for whom they kindly agreed to record their first album Palomine. Carol van Dyk's seductive voice, Peter Visser's emotional guitar playing and the band's bittersweet melodies and a cool cover of Sebadoh's Healthy Sick made for an impressive debut, which endeared them immediately to the press. With its mournful, desolate feel, and Carol's typically striking lyrics, Bettie Serveert had served an ace. A full year later in January 1995 the band recorded their second album Lamprey, which was hailed by Melody Maker as the most tangled, desolate, real life guitar sound of the year. After extensive touring with the likes of Belly, Dinosaur Jr, Buffalo Tom, Superchunk, Come and Jeff Buckley, the band soon climbed to the top of the indie underground with their unique and unmistakable heavy sweet guitar sound. On Nov 27th 2009 their new Single/EP 'Deny All' was released on iTunes, together with their entire back catalog. Their 9th CD 'Pharmacy of Love' was in the shops in the Benelux on January 11th 2010 (distributed by PIAS), followed by a tour in the Netherlands and Belgium. In the USA the EP and CD will be released by Second Motion Records, in Canada they will be released by Sound of Pop.
SecondMotion-017
CD
$13.75

Bitcrush
Of Embers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 30TH)
PS, US Those that keep a close eye on Mike Cadoo's Bitcrush project may have been somewhat concerned with the title of his previous full-length, Epilogue in Waves. That album, by Cadoo's admission, was to be the last of his cathartic Bitcrush entity. Thankfully, writing music is an integral part of Cadoo and has become an important means to understand life. Now, two years later we see the release of Cadoo's fifth album from his Bitcrush project 'Of Embers.' Of Embers is his most intimate album and continues with the very personal cathartic nature we have come to expect. Cadoo has always transitioned between and fused together diverse styles seamlessly and with each album has moved the Bitcrush meme towards his personal needs of expression. Of Embers begins where the Epilogue in Waves' song Pearl left us. Presented are longer movements each that progress and tell their story patiently using the sound that has grown to become the Bitcrush norm. Of Embers is an hour in length, yet boasts only six tracks; three tracks over 10 minutes and two that approach 15 minutes. Of Embers finds Cadoo looking even further back into his experiences and inner struggles than ever before to create what may be the most hopeful album of his musical career.
Demons & Dandelions
n5MD-174
CD
$12.25

Black Tambourine
S-T [retrospective] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 30TH)
PS, US Price TBC. New retrospective includes everything ever released by the late 80s/early 90s D.C. indie pop band that included members of Velocity Girl (and Glo-Worm and Belmondo). This apparently replaces late-90s collection 'Complete Recordings' and adds even more unreleased gemmage, ending up being, um, more completer! Features the singles and demos plus four new songs that the band reunited to record, including Buddy Holly and Suicide covers.
Slumberland
CD
$13.75

Blood of Heroes, The
The Blood of Heroes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 6TH)
PS, US The Blood of Heroes is a collaboration project featuring Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu, Napalm Death) and Bill Laswell, with beats from Submerged and End.user and vocals from Dr. Israel. Post apocalyptic soundscapes and de-imaged electronic beats backed up with heavy guitar and bass. Features live drumming from KJ Sawka and Balazs Pandi, and sound design from film sound architect M. Gregor Filip. Powerful anthemic tracks collide with vicious drum n bass beatdowns and intersperse with breathtaking synth beauty and Aphex Twin style mezzed beats. The soundtrack to post-solarflare humanity!
OhmResistance-014
CD
$12.25

Bluesmasters Featuring Mickey Thomas
Bluesmasters Featuring MickeyThomas (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US The Bluesmasters Featuring Mickey Thomas is the self-titled debut album featuring John Michael "Mickey" Thomas of Jefferson Starship fame performing a discriminating selection of choice covers that creates a spectacular musical statement with The Bluesmasters.
DirectMusicDistribution-0001
CD
$11.25

Bond, Lou
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 16TH)
PS, US Remastered from the original tapes plus previously unreleased bonus tracks & 32-page full color booklet. First time on CD, it not only combines a heavy-duty slice of Memphis orchestral soul with a deep dose of 60s protest folk a la Dylan & Richie Havens, but transports the listener via Lou's unique, tender & impassioned vocal delivery. Loud Bond is street poetry of Sixto Rodriguez and Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul rolled into one. All you need to do is listen to his 10-minute plus "To The Establishment" to understand. With it's hypnotic strings, rocksteady backbeat, and "tell it to the people" lyrics, you may find insight into the world in which we live.
LightintheAttic-049
CD
$15.00

Bond, Lou
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 16TH)
PS, US Vinyl reissue on 180 gram wax, packaged in thick gatefold jacket. Includes bonus 7"
LightintheAttic-049
LP
$23.00

Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Cairo Gang
Wonder Show of the World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION
DragCity-2012
LP
$16.25

Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Cairo Gang
Wonder Show of the World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US For this new album of songs, Bonny Billy & The Cairo Gang together have built a bridge forward, assembled with riffs & bits from Emmett Kelly's guitar and the lyricism of Bonny's heart. But mostly, The Wonder Show of the World was, in its making, about trust. It's a record made eye-to-eye in a room, close & careful, by and for a few men who wanted to be together, who wanted to make music that sounds as good to listen to as it did to make, and who in doing so forged something new in space, the wonder of you & of them.
DragCity-2012
CD
$12.50

Bonobo
Black Sands (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US Simon Green aka Bonobo returns with his forth and finest album. Losing none of his epic emotionalism, his control of texture and colour and his subtlety, 'Black Sands' sees Green making some of his most contemporary-sounding music to date.
NinjaTune-140
CD
$13.00

Bonobo
Black Sands (2xLP) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US Simon Green aka Bonobo returns with his forth and finest album. Losing none of his epic emotionalism, his control of texture and colour and his subtlety, 'Black Sands' sees Green making some of his most contemporary-sounding music to date.
NinjaTune-140
LP
$17.25

Boston Spaceships
Camera Found the Ray Gun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US A stellar EP of exclusive new material from supergroup Boston Spaceships. Featuring the skilled popcraft of Bob Pollard (Guided By Voices), Chris Slusarenko (Guided By Voices), John Moen (The Decemberists) , this four-song offering follows the bands three full-length albums and gives us a new window into what powerful pressure-cooker pop can mean in the modern age.
Jackpot-7108
CD5
$7.00

Braid
Frankie Welfare Boy Age 5 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 13TH)
PS, US With Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five, Braid introduced itself to a national audience -- one which it would continue to build over years of extensive touring and the release of two more full-lengths, nine 7"s and numerous compilation appearances. FWBA5 is a meticulously crafted record that never once feels anything other than raw and organic. Featuring a more aggressive, hardcore-influenced sound than later Braid releases, the songs are never uniform and always challenging - continually changing tone, volume, and structure within their short time spans. With 26 blistering tracks in just under 60 minutes, the members of Braid simultaneously encapsulated and redefined the Midwest scene from which they came.
PolyvinylRecordCo-180
CD
$10.75

Braid
Frankie Welfare Boy Age 5 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION includes DL codes.
PolyvinylRecordCo-180
DLP
$16.50

Braid
Movie Music, Vol. 2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 13TH)
PS, US Includes DL codes. Movie Music Vol. 2 compiles all of Braid's compilation tracks, all of its cover songs and five previously unreleased tracks. The first 11 songs feature the original Braid line-up, which included drummer Roy Ewing (New Ruins, Very Secretary, Days in December, Mary Me). From their inception in 1993, Braid released nearly as many songs on 7"s, split 7"s, and compilations as on its three albums. The idea of finding all of the original masters to the songs and releasing them was conceived by Braid as early as 1997. Available on vinyl as a deluxe double gatefold 180-gram edition for the first time, the release includes liner notes, rare photos, and lyrics. 19 songs total.
PolyvinylRecordCo-031
DLP
$16.50

Braid
The Age Of Octeen (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 13TH)
PS, US Includes DL codes. Age of Octeen, the sophomore full-length from Braid, mixes passionate vocals, excellent wordplay, dueling guitars, and a relentless rhythm section. Once the heir apparent to the post-Fugazi/Jawbox throne, Braid released three albums before deciding to call it quits in 1999. Out of print on vinyl for over a decade, this long awaited reissue is re-mastered by John
Golden (Nirvana, Melvins, Sonic Youth).
PolyvinylRecordCo-181
LP
$13.25

Braid
Movie Music, Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 13TH)
PS, US From their inception in 1993, Braid released nearly as many songs on 7"s, split 7"s, and compilations as on its three albums. The idea of finding all of the original masters to the songs and releasing them was conceived by Braid as early as 1997. Available on vinyl as a deluxe double gatefold 180-gram edition for the first time, the release includes liner notes, rare photos, and lyrics. 17 songs total.
PolyvinylRecordCo-030
DLP
$16.50

Brawdcast
The Quest For Human Completion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 30th)
PS, IRELAND Psychonavigation Records takes its first step into the world of soulful Hip-Hop courtesy of Orange County's most promising rapper "Brawdcast". An artist who draws inspiration from great emcees like Common and Big L, and you can hear it in his cleverly crafted punchlines. He brings thought provoking, original concepts to each track that would make Maya Angelou bop her head. Brawdcast's concepts on tracks range from his relationship to God to straight rocking the microphone, all birthed from his unique upbringing. He has recorded commercials for Russell Simmons (that's right, the biggest man in the industry) energy drink called Defcon 3. He has collaborated with respected artists like Pigeon John and Trek Life. Kutmasta Kurt and Brawdcast were actually in talks concerning a project, but investor issues kept the project at bay. Instead of letting the disappointment hold him back, Brawdcast found himself on an emerging independent label, O.C. Records. He won an award for "Best Hip-Hop" at the Orange County Music Awards in 2006, 2007, and 2008, which celebrates the best music across all genres in Orange County. Brawdcast recently also just released his first 12", with the lead single as "This is It", which is a surefire banger featuring Brawdcast's ferocious flow and witty punchlines over heart-pounding production. The single has gotten massive amounts of spins on College radio shows, hitting ..24 on the National College Radio Hip-Hop charts and staying on the charts for a couple of months. Mainstream radio is also bumping Brawdcast, as "This Is It" has been played at Los Angeles's Power 106FM. Brawdcast's music has also been played on the two biggest Satellite Radio stations, XM and Sirius (Channel 40 "Hip Hop Nation"). Just like how radio stations help fans hear new music through the airwaves, Myspace is the premier internet site for people to hear new music. As a testament to Brawdcast's latest album and the immense support his fans give him, Brawdcast was Myspace's Artist of the Week from March 28th to April 4th along with Ugly Duckling and T.I. The first week of October his debut album was a feature on iTUNES, in the new releases section. Prior to this LP release a 12" EP featuring LMNO (of the Visionaries) was dropped and soared to the top of the indy hip hop singles chart....more to come.
Psychonavigation-032
CD
$13.50

Bright Eyes/Neva Dinova
One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US Re-issue! ONE JUG OF WINE, TWO VESSELS by Bright Eyes and Neva Dinova is the rare collaboration that meshes two singular visions seamlessly. With no prior knowledge, a listener might mistake its chief compadres--fellow Omaha singer-songwriters Conor Oberst and Jake Bellows--as members of the same band. Specializing in a drunken alt-country with a loose swing, the two take turns singing leads and playing supporting roles on their own and each other's songs. Mike Mogis pins the songs with his trademark aural draperies--from glistening vibraphones and honeyed pedal steel on "Poison" to the cello scrapes on "Black Comedy." Each track is a winner--particularly the charmingly wasted "I'll Be Your Friend" with its sax solos and sloppy guitars spilling like teqila from a dropped tumbler.
Saddle Creek-10145
CD
$12.50

Bright Eyes/Neva Dinova
One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US Vinyl re-issue! Bright Eyes and Neva Dinova first collaborated for six songs on 2004's One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels. This reissue includes four new songs (recorded in 2009) along with the original six.
Saddle Creek-10145
LP
$16.50

Brothers Movement, The
The Brothers Movement (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 16TH)
PS, UK This is the fantastic self-titled debut album from Dublin's "The Brothers Movement". They formed in 2007 and in a short span of time have shared billing with established rock acts like The Jesus Mary Chain, MC5, Chemical Brothers and Sonic Youth.

Previously known as Mainline, The Brothers Movement is comprised of Neil Paxton (guitars/vox), Conor Paxton (bass), Danda (guitars/keyboards/vox), Scott Glennon (guitar), Andy Parkes (drums).

Touted as the "Hard Working Class Heroes of 2008" by Entertainment.ie, The Brothers Movement cite influences ranging from the Beatles to My Bloody Valentine, and their sound recall's early Dandy Warhols and A Place To Bury Strangers. References to The Verve also abound due to the bands powerful, emotive, woozy indie -rock but The Brothers Movement far from being copyists, are obviously hugely talented and are ushering in a new era of Brit-pop, with RCRD LBL noting that the band, "is boldly stepping into Richard Ashcroft and Co.'s battered trainers."

In early 2008 the band spent time recording their debut album in a Philadelphia studio with the Cobbs (BRMC, Peasent, War on Drugs).

The Brothers Movement also showcased their talents at IMRO New Sounds Stage at Oxygen, Ireland's largest music festival, as well as the Popkomm Festival in Berlin. Following their opening slot on the European leg of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's 2008 tour, the band released their first EP "Blind" in November 2008. The lead single, also entitled "Blind" received favorable press, with RCRDLBL.Com featuring the track in its "RCRD Selector Download in March 2009.

Spring 2009 proved to be an eventful month for The Brothers Movement as they collected accolades left and right, including a write up in the Future Sounds Column in Record of the Day (UK), calling "their brand of psychedelic ooze better than anyone".

Their March 2009 set at South by Southwest garnered additional industry buzz, with The Irish Times calling The Brothers Movement "hugely impressive."

The Brothers Movement followed their stint at SXSW with two April performances with Doves in Belfast and Dublin. In June 2009, their epic single "Sister" was featured on the Future Sounds 33 compilation, garnering a very positive buzz from industry tastemakers.
RocketGirl-064
CD
$13.50

Budd, Harold & Clive Wright
Little Windows (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 20TH)
PS, US Little Windows completes the trilogy begun with A Song for Lost Blossoms and carried through their previous album Candylion. Little Windows was recorded especially for John Diliberto's popular, syndicated ambient music radio show, Echoes Radio. These recordings were first heard on Echoes Radio in Fall 2009. Little Windows showcases these Artist's individual talents more so than their two previous albums. Only two of the nine tracks are collaborative Budd/Wright works. Four tracks are fully fleshed out Clive Wright solo compositions recorded at his Desert Sky Studio. Three tracks are Harold Budd solo at the piano -- just Harold with a beautiful sounding piano in a beautiful sounding room at Knobworld Studios, Silverlake.
Darla-234
CD
$12.25

Callahan, Bill
Rough Travel For A Rare Thing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US Vinyl only release. Live double album recorded in Melbourne, Australia on November 8, 2007. For the sold-out tour all across Australia that this recording was taken from, the line-up was: three fiddle players who also sang back up, a drummer without cymbals & a bass player who also played harmonica. The idea was to have a strong, simple foundation with a lot of space left on top to be filled by the mystical strings & voice. And that's what came to pass. Features a number of Smog classics, including a lovely bunch from "A River Ain't Too Much to Love", as well a Bill Callahan classic from "Woke On A Whaleheart", as well as a song not released on any Smog or Bill Callahan album to date.
Seanote-016
DLP
$18.25

Camden, Ken
Lethargy & Repercussion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 30TH)
PS, US Vinyl only release. Ken Camden plays guitar. While those four words might imply something extremely limiting, Ken's playing & execution are anything but. His work seamlessly melds elements of modern composition, kosmische musik, eastern modal themes & academic electronic works; in other words, a good amount of the things loved by kranky. All of the pieces were recorded in real time with no overdubs, with the exception of Jupiter which was designed & recorded as a duet for two guitars. While this process may not result in the technical perfection that many strive for, it leaves in the idiosyncrasies that give sound recordings their life & their soul, that make them unique to the individual & the moment. What results are six intoxicating, structured atmospheres perfect for headphones & a deep recline into an enveloping chair.
Kranky-140
LP
$12.25

Casino Versus Japan
Night On Tape (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US While fans wait for the next official Casino Versus Japan album, Attacknine is happy to present Night On Tape, 20 previously unreleased tracks from Casino Versus Japan's recording archives.

Casino Versus Japan is Erik Kowalski. His signature style of electronic songs have garnered enjoyment from fans the world over, as well as by other music figures such as; Ulrich Schnauss, Kid 606, Marumari and the folks at the luminary labels Morr Music, Carpark, Darla, & City Centre Offices.

In late 2002, Erik sent Nick Huntington (co-founder of Attacknine Records and one half of the music group Freescha) five discs of his personal recordings. Erik is a fan of Freescha's music, and the discs were a gift, not meant for release to the public. But thinking that it wasn't fair that he was the only one enjoying these discs, that the music was too good, and that other people should be enjoying them too, Nick asked Erik if he would allow Attacknine to release it. The end result was Attacknine's 2004 release Hitori+Kaiso, which contained the majority of the music on discs two and three. But nothing from the first disc of music he sent was included in that collection. So here it is, "Night On Tape", Erik at his most nocturnal, his lush guitar and electronic instrumentals swelling and buzzing neon highlights through the darkness.
Attack9-018
CD
$12.25

Ceremony
Leave Alone / Walk Away (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 27TH)
PS, US Following the success of the "Someday" 7" single Killer Pimp will issue a 7" single of two exclusive non-LP Ceremony tracks on April 27th, the date of their full-length release, Rocket Fire. The 7" is limited to 500 copies and neither song will not be on the LP or CD. "some very fine noise-pop" - Built on a Weak Spot
KillerPimp-017
45
$4.75

Chapman, Roger & The Shortlist
Live At The Y 2001 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 6TH)
PS, US Double Live CD that was recorded in Roger Chapman's home town of Leicester in December 2001 be-fore a sell out crowd at the "Y" Theatre. The concerts at the "Y" have been in constant demand for re-lease by Roger Chapman fans in the U.K. and on mainland Europe. The 2001 show was the first in what has become an annual event over two nights the weekend before Christmas. CD features the complete show from Friday 21st December and three bonus tracks from Sat 22nd. A Double live CD .
MysticRecords-203
DCD
$20.75

Chapman/Whitney: Streetwalkers
First Cut (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 6TH)
PS, US Long awaited release of the tracks that comprised the first Chapman / Whitney "Streetwalkers" album in 1974. Taken from the original master tapes and re-edited by Roger Chapman this is a much demanded release. The tracks appear in the original order that the band wished to appear on the record but was changed by "management". The CD features sleeve notes by Pete Feenstra, lyrics and rare pic-tures of Roger Chapman and Charlie Whitney. "Streetwalkers" were the band that Chapman & Whitney formed after the demise of Family and they toured constantly throughout Europe releasing four highly acclaimed albums. This CD features a veritable who's who of the early 70's rock scene. All songs written by Roger Chapman & John Whitney.
MysticRecords-202
CD
$13.75

Circus Devils
Mother Skinny (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 30TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!
HappyJackRecords
LP
$13.00

Circus Devils
Mother Skinny (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 30TH)
PS, US Following their 2009 all-acoustic release Gringo, Circus Devils are back in form with Mother Skinny. This time, the Devils run the gamut from ham-fisted hard rock thumpers to freak-pop to pretty, ethereal numbers, all weaved together in a seamless song-collage. As always, the band is steadfast in their unpredictability. Founded by Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices), Ohio's Circus Devils have been lurking under the radar since 2001. Mother Skinny is their eighth album.
HappyJackRecords-025
CD
$13.00

Common Loon
The Long Dream of Birds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2010)
PS, US Common Loon is a psych-rock-pop duo, Matt Campbell and Robert Hirschfeld, who have known each other since Kindergarten (for real). They are from Illinois. They traffic in otherworldly rock, blending classic West Coast harmonies with some cosmically-inclined guitar-gush lushness. Names dropped include Sparklehorse, Sebadoh, Spacemen 3's extended family, Apples In Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control, Granddaddy...
AHiddenAgendaRecord-096
CD
$10.00

Dead Meadow
Three Kings (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US Feature-length Live movie with short vignettes (ala Led Zeppelin's Song Remains the Same) combined with the soundtrack of the movie in dual pack (both CD/DVD and LP/DVD). The performance captures the band at the height of the indie non-stop touring machine and gives fans the first official live album, almost a greatest hits worth of catalog. Also included is an ep's worth of new never-before heard material that gives a glimpse of a music career to come.
XemuRecords-1018
CD/DVD
$17.25

Death Cab For Cutie
The Open Door EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 6TH)
PS, US Death Cab for Cutie's The Open Door EP, a companion to 2008's full-length, Narrow Stairs, has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Alternative Album category, and has already scanned nearly 100,000 copies. Barsuk is excited to announce the 180-gram vinyl version of this award-worthy EP, which features 4 studio tracks plus a demo version of "Talking Bird."
Barsuk-096
12
$11.25

Disappears
Lux (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 13TH)
PS, US Disappears are that rarest of musical things, a 'rock' band affiliated with kranky. But at least they are a rock band & not some less than reasonable facsimile, because let's face it; most bands using that descriptor would not sonically intimidate your grandmother if she were alone in a dark alley. And deliver the granite the Disappears do from the opening chords, delivering scuzzy, driving rhythms that certainly imply a threat of ill will. Drawing on a combined reverence for reverb, heavy tremolo, distortion, delay & repetition, Disappears play minimal rock music inspired by krautrock, punk rock, the mid 80's New Zealand scene & a bit of everything in between. And in their minimalist approach the band finds their real strength, hammering home chord structures that are tried & true and can and do remain fresh in the hands of the right talents such as these.
Kranky-143
LP
$12.25

Disappears
Lux (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 13TH)
PS, US Disappears are that rarest of musical things, a 'rock' band affiliated with Kranky. But at least they are a rock band & not some less than reasonable facsimile, because let's face it; most bands using that descriptor would not sonically intimidate your grandmother if she were alone in a dark alley. And deliver the granite the Disappears do from the opening chords, delivering scuzzy, driving rhythms that certainly imply a threat of ill will. Drawing on a combined reverence for reverb, heavy tremolo, distortion, delay & repetition, Disappears play minimal rock music inspired by krautrock, punk rock, the mid 80's New Zealand scene & a bit of everything in between. And in their minimalist approach the band finds their real strength, hammering home chord structures that are tried & true and can and do remain fresh in the hands of the right talents such as these.
Kranky-143
CD
$12.25

Dolan, Bill/JBe
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 20TH)
PS, US Mr Dolan (5ive Style, Heroic Doses) offers 2 unreleased acoustic tracks along with the Austin group JBe. His gentle finger picking style on these songs is very unique & not something you'd ordinarily hear from Bill. The first track titled Sense of Humor is speedy but still a sentimental diddy that flows nicely into the second track, Let Motchingers. These 2 songs are melancholy or sentimental in tone but are still arranged in a complex manner. JBe's tracks bring to mind early Gerry Rafferty, Graham Nash (Songs For Beginners) or even Van Morrison (Moondance) with there horn & rhythm sections. Limited to 500 copies, each numbered & packaged in a unique Arigato folded sleeve
Sixgunlover-017
45
$8.50

Double Dagger
Masks (12" EP) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US Masks is a brand new limited edition EP from Baltimore's Double Dagger following the huge success of last year's Thrill Jockey debut "More." Music reviewers have compared Double Dagger to (in alphabetical order) At The Drive In, Big Black, Cop Shoot Cop, Dead Kennedys, The Fall, Fucked Up, Happy Mondays, Henry Rollins, The Hold Steady, Led Zeppelin, Les Savy Fav, New Order, Nirvana, No Age, Rites of Spring, Shellac, Steve Reich, Unwound, The White Stripes and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, among others. While this description is generally apt, Double Dagger continues to push the boundaries of what some critics have dubbed agit punk, art rock, DIY, future shock, hardcore, In Utero-era noise, metallic funk, minimalist punk, post-grunge, post-hardcore, post-pop, postpunk, post-punk, post-rock, or underground music. The LP and CD each come in three different covers, all with custom die-cut jackets printed as different mask drawings with "eyes" that change color depending on the orientation of the CD or LP sleeve. LP version comes in three different LP jackets, all custom die-cut and each limited to 500 copies. Included is a free MP3 download coupon.
ThrillJockey-239
12
$14.50

Double Dagger
Masks EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US Masks is a brand new limited edition EP from Baltimore's Double Dagger following the huge success of last year's Thrill Jockey debut "More." Music reviewers have compared Double Dagger to (in alphabetical order) At The Drive In, Big Black, Cop Shoot Cop, Dead Kennedys, The Fall, Fucked Up, Happy Mondays, Henry Rollins, The Hold Steady, Led Zeppelin, Les Savy Fav, New Order, Nirvana, No Age, Rites of Spring, Shellac, Steve Reich, Unwound, The White Stripes and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, among others. While this description is generally apt, Double Dagger continues to push the boundaries of what some critics have dubbed agit punk, art rock, DIY, future shock, hardcore, In Utero-era noise, metallic funk, minimalist punk, post-grunge, post-hardcore, post-pop, postpunk, post-punk, post-rock, or underground music. The LP and CD each come in three different covers, all with custom die-cut jackets printed as different mask drawings with "eyes" that change color depending on the orientation of the CD or LP sleeve.
ThrillJockey-239
CD
$9.50

Dr. Dog
Shame, Shame (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!
Anti - ATI87054.1
LP
$17.25

Dr. Dog
Shame, Shame (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 6TH)
PS, US As a band that has traditionally built their spirited albums layer by layer in the undisturbed seclusion of their Philadelphia home studio, Dr. Dog realized that they would need to face the challenge of working in a professional studio and enlist the help of an outside producer (Rob Schnapf) if they were to continue their album-by-album evolutionary growth. The end result is the band's most openly autobiographical release to date and peels back the layers of strings and horns of past albums to emphasize the raw immediacy of a tight unit honing their craft. The stylistic reference points of Dr. Dog remain on Shame, Shame but with a darker tone. It's an album whose themes of doubt, confusion and unanswered questions are soothed by bright harmonies, taut guitar riffs and soaring melodies. From beginning to end, Shame, Shame is a record destined to claim its place on the timeless margins, untouched by modern tastes and content to exist on its own terms. It is the auspicious sound of Dr. Dog writing their exciting next chapter, one they've been working towards since they played their first notes together.
Anti - ATI87054.2
CD
$15.50

Drink Up Buttercup
Born And Thrown On A Hook (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 23RD)
PS, US Drink Up Buttercup may hail from Philadelphia but the geography of their debut album Born & Thrown On A Hook is less easily located on a physical map. It's an occasionally surreal mythology filled with tales of hopelessly flawed characters, star-crossed lovers, drunks, fairy tales & bad trips. It exists in a world touched upon previously by Tom Waits, Hans Christian Anderson and Lloyd Kaufman while musically it follows the direct lineage of classic songwriting: Bowie, The Beatles & The Beach Boys' late 60s lysergia, early Roxy Music, Sabbath's bass heavy pulse & the crescendos of Arcade Fire. Recorded meticulously throughout 2009 by Bill Moriarty (Dr Dog / Man Man) and mixed by Rusty Santos (Animal Collective / Final Fantasy) it perfectly balances consistently catchy melodies with the raw energy of their trashcan pounding live show.
YepRoc-2213
CD
$11.25

Drive-By Truckers
Big To-Do (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 16TH)
PS, US The Big To-Do features thirteen new tracks from the Drive-By Truckers and was produced by their long time producer, David Barbe (Sugar, Bettye LaVette). "It's very much a rock album," says Patterson Hood of the Trucker's upcoming release. "Very melodic and more rocking than anything we've done since disc 2 of Southern Rock Opera."
Ato Records / Red - ATRD21701
CD
$14.00

Drive-By Truckers
Big To-Do (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 16TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION! 180gm. Includes CD, gatefold sleeve and vinyl only bonus track.
Ato Records / Red - ATRD21701
DLP+CD
$26.00

Dum Dum Girls
I Will Be (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 30TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION
SubPop
LP
$14.75

Dum Dum Girls
I Will Be (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 30TH)
PS, US Will Be is the debut full-length by the Dum Dum Girls. Recorded at home by Dee Dee and mixed with the help of Richard Gottehrer (Strangeloves, Voidoids, Blondie, The Go-Gos and, more recently, The Raveonettes), I Will Be is a decidedly medium-fi record. Just under thirty minutes with eleven songs, it's a short tribute to love, fun and the classic pop form of the '60s girl groups and early punk rockers.
SubPop
CD
$12.50

Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Rush To Relax (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 16TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION + download!
GonerRecords
LP
$13.00

Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Wet Cement EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 2010)
PS, US Limited to 500, includes DL codes. Three new tracks from Australia's garage-pop titans. Shades of The Saints, The Troggs and Thee Oh Sees but with a sound all their own. ROSE QUARTZ: "Casually great ... Lo-fi singalongs with perfectly satisfying climaxes."
MexicanSummer
45
$4.25

Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Rush To Relax (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 16TH)
PS, US Rush to Relax employs a pop ethos more common to the mid-'80s Dunedin Sound of New Zealand's Flying Nun label, with cascading guitar riffs and precise rhythms shadowing the introspective lyrics from black-gloved frontman Brendan Suppression. The geographical tug is most prevalent on "Anxiety," the new album's lead single, which is a guitar-driven homage to The Clean's whimsical, scene-launching debut "Tally-Ho," twisted via Eddy Current's inimitable style. The frantic pace of "Anxiety" is somewhat of an anomaly for Rush to Relax, a shape-shifter of an album that has already garnered comparisons to Television's 1977 landmark debut Marquee Moon. Like that classic group, Eddy Current Suppression Ring harnesses tension and propulsion to blast past the barriers of everyday tedium.
GonerRecords
CD
$11.75

Ex
Maybe I Was The Pilot b/w Our Leaky Homes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 8TH)
PS, US The title "Our Leaky Homes" comes from the title of a chapter of a book called "HEAT (How to stop the planet from
burning)" by English journalist George Monbiot. The main riff of "Maybe I was the Pilot" was borrowed & adapted from a song called "Elosi aberu akipore imaniti abide" by Ugandan singer & adedeu (harp) player Iganitiyo Ekacholi.
ExRecords
45
$9.75

Finger
Still In Boxes 1990-1994 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 6TH)
PS, US Finger was a guitar-driven rock band from Raleigh, NC active in the first half of the 90s evoking the musical styles and inspiration of The Rolling Stones, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Johnny Thunders, and The Dream Syndicate. Well-crafted and catchy, their songs were built on the melodic guitar interplay between Ricky Hicks and Brad Rice as the two also alternated lead vocals. The band also benefitted from backing and occasional lead vocals from drummer John Howie who, with Jon Singletary on bass, provided a solid foundation for their no-nonsense, unpretentious rock and roll.
SecondMotion-020
CD
$13.75

Funkadelic
America Eats Its Young (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 16TH)
PS, US 4th album from GEORGE CLINTON's funk/psych/rock outfit, originally released in 1972. Deep & heavy grooves propelled by the always amazing guitar, bass & keyboard work of Eddie Hazel, William "Bootsy" Collins, & Bernie Worrell, respectively. Equally sleazy, political, heartfelt, & just plain bizarre. 180 gram 2LP
4MenwithBeards-179
DLP
$23.25

Funkadelic
Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 16TH)
PS, US 6th album from GEORGE CLINTON's pioneering funk-rock outfit, originally released in 1974. Another feather in the increasingly bizzare & brilliant cap of Mr. Clinton
4 Men With Beards
LP
$16.50

Gainsbourg, Serge & Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin / Serge Gainsbourg (Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 13TH)
PS, US Without a doubt, Serge Gainsbourg is agent provocateur and Gallic soul brother #1. His sensual work is championed by all in the know and still resonates quite frankly in these sexually exaggerated times. Building on the North American re-introduction to the maestro's work with 1971's masterpiece concept album Histoire de Melody Nelson, Light In The Attic Records is thrilled to announce their follow-up Gainsbourg reissue, 1969's Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg (often referred to as Je t'aime... moi non plus). Recorded as a series of duets and solo performances with lover, actress, and model Birkin, the pair's chemistry-enhanced collaboration was thrust upon the record buying public to much shock and horror, but indeed found global success. The disc quickly shot its cigarette brandishing author and fresh-faced vocalist into the international spotlight; and although lead-off single "Je T'aime" and its seductive purrs reached top slot in the UK charts, none other than the Pope branded the tune offensive and blasphemous. Ever the conversationalist, Gainsbourg wittily replied, "we couldn't have gotten a better PR man!" Indeed Serge, indeed. Adding the period bonus track "Chanson de Slogan," (1969, arranged by Gainsbourg conspirator Jean-Claude Vannier, of L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches notoriety) the 11-song Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg is finally seeing the light of day on CD for the first time in North America (as well as the premiere LP reissue on 180 gram vinyl). The release is replete with a 32-page full color booklet, original art, English/French lyrics, audio re-mastering by Dave Cooley (the genius engineer behind LITA's reissue of Histoire de Melody Nelson), and extensive liner notes, featuring an exclusive interview with the lovely and graceful Birkin who helps to provide new insight on this landmark album.
LightInTheAttic-048
LP
$24.75

Gainsbourg, Serge & Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin / Serge Gainsbourg (Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 13TH)
PS, US * First time on CD & first vinyl reissue in North America. * Includes classic 1969 bonus cut "La Chanson de Slogan". * Re-mastered from the Original Tapes by Dave Cooley (Melody Nelson). * 32 page booklet with new liner notes, original artwork, and English/French lyrics. * Vinyl release features 180 gram wax, thick gatefold jacket, liner notes, lyrics, and bonus picture sleeve 7" single of non-album cut "La Chanson de Slogan" b/w "Orang Outan".
Without a doubt, Serge Gainsbourg is agent provocateur and Gallic soul brother #1. His sensual work is championed by all in the know and still resonates quite frankly in these sexually exaggerated times. Building on the North American re-introduction to the maestro's work with 1971's masterpiece concept album Histoire de Melody Nelson, Light In The Attic Records is thrilled to announce their follow-up Gainsbourg reissue, 1969's Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg (often referred to as Je t'aime... moi non plus). Recorded as a series of duets and solo performances with lover, actress, and model Birkin, the pair's chemistry-enhanced collaboration was thrust upon the record buying public to much shock and horror, but indeed found global success. The disc quickly shot its cigarette brandishing author and fresh-faced vocalist into the international spotlight; and although lead-off single "Je T'aime" and its seductive purrs reached top slot in the UK charts, none other than the Pope branded the tune offensive and blasphemous. Ever the conversationalist, Gainsbourg wittily replied, "we couldn't have gotten a better PR man!" Indeed Serge, indeed. Adding the period bonus track "Chanson de Slogan," (1969, arranged by Gainsbourg conspirator Jean-Claude Vannier, of L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches notoriety) the 11-song Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg is finally seeing the light of day on CD for the first time in North America (as well as the premiere LP reissue on 180 gram vinyl). The release is replete with a 32-page full color booklet, original art, English/French lyrics, audio re-mastering by Dave Cooley (the genius engineer behind LITA's reissue of Histoire de Melody Nelson), and extensive liner notes, featuring an exclusive interview with the lovely and graceful Birkin who helps to provide new insight on this landmark album.
LightInTheAttic-048
CD
$14.00

Gogol Bordello
Non Stop: A Gypsy Punk Documentary (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 16TH)
PS, US A vibrant chronicle of one of today's most notorious and revered live bands, Gogol Bordello Non-Stop follows Eugene Hütz s gypsy-punk brigade around the world as they spread their liberating libertine musical gospel. Filmmaker Margarita Jimeno tracks their raucous gigs from 2001 to 2006, from NYC to Italy, as the band rises from dingy basements to festival main-stages. The cast is a rotating circus of polyglot personalities from Israel, Russia and America, who dish on their music, their heritage, and their favored vices. Hütz, a sardonic mustachioed Ukrainian immigrant and the group ringleader, fuses his gypsy heritage with a love of punk rock and burlesque. Part carnival barker, social organizer, and poet, he s a mesmerizing presence on-stage and off. An artful documentary that mixes flamboyant costumes, intricate dance choreography, a relentless beat and an explosive energy not seen since the dawn of rock n roll.
KnittingFactory-040
DVD
$24.50

Grant, John
Queen of Denmark (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 6TH)
PS, US Denver Colorado's John Grant is as talented as he is cynical. "We just had so much hatred for each other that we couldn't carry on," says Grant of his relationship with his former band members in The Czars. Vitriol like that can go one of only two ways, and for a while, it looked like it wasn't going to end well for Grant. "I spent about a year thinking I must kill myself." But in the end, that vitriol ended up as artistic fuel -thanks to acclaimed Texas rockers Midlake. The band befriended Grant and invited him into their studio, acting as his backing band, where they recorded and produced Queen of Denmark, his solo debut. 'What those guys did for me, I can't thank them enough." Recalling the halcyon days of 70s AM gold, Queen of Denmark is partly the product of a pension for his parents' 8-tracks. "They had Supertramp, John Denver, Journey and Abba," says Grant, though his own music leans more toward Harry Nilsson, Scott Walker and Randy Newman. His personal tastes aside, what's for sure is that his is a significant new songwriting voice. Bubbling with lyrical frankness and still-raw emotional wounds, you'll find Queen of Denmark's melodies soothing at the same time its lyrics burrow down to that one remaining exposed nerve - bending and plucking it like an E string.
BellaUnion-000235
CD
$13.00

Gultskra Artikler
Galktika (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 20TH)
PS, US Limited edition colored vinyl. Moscow-based Gultskra Artikler (Alexey Devyanin) can't be easily categorized. He's explored multiple styles and approaches, with consistently unpredictable output. His ideas on releases for labels such as Hyperboloid, Lampse, Miasmah and Other Electricities comprise a wealth of concept, intent, and overall exploration. Building on versatile collections of folktronica, field recordings, drone, glitch and avant-garde, he returns with Galaktika.
OtherElectricities-024
LP
$12.25

Guthrie, Robin
Sunflower Stories (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 16TH)
PS, US Limited edition of 1000. Digipak. Sunflower Stories is third in a trilogy of EPs from master soundscaper Robin Guthrie following Songs To Help My Children Sleep, released October '09 and Angel Falls, released August '09. We have a few words to describe these songs - uplifting, summery, opulent, dreamlike, exquisite, moving - with Guthrie quietly coaxing beauty out of layers of echoes and always inventive soundscaping. Given the quality of the recent album and two EPs, it's not surprising that as a guitarist and producer, Guthrie has been a massive influence on everyone from My Bloody Valentine through to Antony and the Johnsons, new 4 A.D. Act The Big Pink and M83. In recent years he's worked with School Of Seven Bells, John Foxx (Ulrich Schnauss, Harold Budd and shared a stage with Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine). Most people know about his work in the Cocteau Twins, but he's also produced Ian McCulloch, Edwyn Collins and Felt, as well as defi