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10lec6
Join Us
PS, US (Pronounced "dis-lec-six"). French disco
punk featuring the original drummer of Daft Punk. This
is a repressing of their debut 7-inch that was originally
released by the band. The awesome lead vocals call to mind
Eve Libertine of Crass. Emi (vocalist) emits such passion
and conviction that it's hard to turn away. The music recalls
fellow Crass label mates Dirt mixed with the rhythmic collisions
of Essential Logic. Picture the more dance-y Crass songs
and you may have a starting point. 10lec6 is very rhythm-based,
but also very aggressive.
TMU
CD
$9.50
10lec6
Join Us
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TMU
LP
$9.50
16 Horsepower
Live
PS, US Disc 1 is a multi-camera shoot for Belgian television
in 2002. Many "Secret South" & "Folklore" songs
on here, performed by the 5 piece line-up incl. JOHN RUMLEY.
Disc 2 feat. an early 3 piece live in Germany in'96, plus
rehearsal footage & what would turn out to be their
last concert in Antwerp, Belgium on 7/17/04.
AlternativeTentacles-355
DVD
$20.00
Reflektionen Musique
PS, US May 5th, 2000 was supposed to be the end of existence
as we know it according to many scientists. There's even
a band dedicated to soundtracking the once-impending world
demise. Feat. members of CATTLE DECAPITATION (Metal Blade)
and CREATION IS CRUCIFIXION. Digitally remastered from
the original source tapes, the album comprises a range
of sonic paranoia that perfectly escorts listeners into
nonexistence.
PostReplica-004
CD
$12.00
Allien, Ellen + Apparat
Orchestra Of Bubbles
PS, US 8.5 SAYS PITCHFORK. Two of the brightest stars in
the dance universe are about to collide, the gamma-ray
burst is already being felt in the future. 11 tracks of
the most delightful, uplifting electronic music you have
ever heard. It introduces you to the partnership with guitar
licks & metronomic precision, while her vocals coast
atop muted acid breakdowns. It levitates the ears towards
the second movement in the orchestra where they begin the
dubstep-style transformation.The orchestra is warming,
draw the bubble bath.
BPitchControl-125
CD
$17.00
Allien, Ellen + Apparat
Orchestra Of Bubbles
PS, US
BPitchControl-125
DLP
$17.00
Arctic Monkeys
Scummy Man
PS, US This is a dramatic short film release in two parts
with a total running time of approximately thirty minutes,
inspired by the music of Arctic Monkeys, particularly the
song "When The Sun Goes Down". A harrowing tale
of hard luck and street life. Also includes the video for "When
The Sun Goes Down", which serves as a sort of musical
trailer for the film. Made in conjunction with Warp Films
and the team of Mark Herbert, Paul Fraser, and Danny Cohen,
who've built an impressive creative and BAFTA-award winning
resume in their own right.
Domino
DVD
$13.00
Baker, Chet
On The Road: Live In L.A. & Boston
PS, UK Having recently broken away from Gerry Mulligan's
innovative quartet, newly-crowned poll-winning trumpet
star Chet Baker and his own Quartet, featuring pianist
Russ Freeman are captured at peak performance on the stages
of L.A.'s Tiffany Club and Boston's famed Storyville. So
successful was Chet's booking at Tiffany's that he was
held over for six straight weeks. Similarly, Chet's s cool
crystaline signature sound resulted in returned bookings
in Boston.As with the Tiffany recordings, the quartet's
stints at George Wein's Storyville Club in Boston details
the group's growing maturity. Fact: this is the sound of
a truly confident artist enjoying the first full flush
of solo fame. "Almost everything about this two-disc
compilation from Roy Carr and his Giant Steps label is
irresistibly cool." --THE GUARDIAN Tracks: CD One
Chet Baker (Trumpet, Boo-Bam*) / Russ Freeman (Piano) /
Carson Smith (Bass) / Bob Neel (Drums) / The Tiffany Club,
Los Angeles. California,August 10, 1954 / NO Ties / Out
Of Nowhere / Deep Purple / Lady Bird / My Little Suede
Shoes* / Line For Lyons / Lullaby Of The Leaves / My Old
Flame / Russ Job / The Wind / Zing! Went The Strings Of
My Heart / Everything Happens To Me / A Dandy Line CD Two
Chet Baker (Trumpet, Boo-Bam*) / Russ Freeman (Piano) /
Carson Smith (Bass) / Bob Neel (Drums) / The Tiffany Club,
Los Angeles, California.August 10, 1954 / Frenesi / Moonlight
In Vermont / Carson City Stage / Chet Baker (Trumpet, Vocal+)
/ Russ Freeman (Piano) / Carson Smith (Bass) / Bob Neel
(Drums) / The Storyville Club, Boston, Massachusetts March
16, 1954 / Introduction / Isn't It Romantic / The Wind
/ Winter Wonderland / Announcement / Maid In Mexico / MY
Funny Valentine / Happy Little Sunbeam/Closing Announcement
/ Same Personnel & Venue As Above. March 23, 1954 /
Introduction / Long Ago And Far Away / My Old Flame / Band
Aid / Announcement / Line For Lyons / My Funny Valentine.
GiantStepRecordings-014
DCD
$14.75
Bang! Bang!
Decked Out
PS, US Swaggering guitar & bass are punctuated with
the dueling male/female vocal narratives of Jack Flash & Gretta
Fine. Pouting & moody at times, Decked Out's cohesive
narrative echoes the obsessive & frustrated sides of
desire & sexuality, while maintaining addictive pop
hooks. Highlights include a fist-pumping dance-floor anthem,
as well as a cheeky genderreversal cover of the Gun Club's "Sex
Beat". Well-crafted instrumentation & universal
lyrical elements call to mind influences like Rezillos,
B52s & Talking Heads & more modern acts like Epoxies,
Lost Sounds & Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Morphius-077
CD
$12.75
Beirut
Gulag Orkestar
PS, US While sounding like the work of an entire Balkan
gypsy orchestra playing modern songs as mournful ballads & upbeat
marches, is actually the work of 19 year old Albuquerque
native Zack Condon w/an assist from Jeremy Barnes (NEUTRAL
MILK HOTEL & HAWK & A HACKSAW). There are no guitars
on this album; instead, horns, violins, cellos, ukuleles,
mandolins, glockenspiel, drums, tambourines, congas, organs,
pianos, clarinets and accordions all build and break around
Condon's deep-voiced crooner vocals, swaying to the Eastern
European beats like a drunken twelve-member carnival band.
BaDaBing!-048
CD
$14.50
Bell, Maggie
Queen Of The Night
PS, US Maggie Bell's beautiful voice rings true in this,
her first solo album, originally released in 1974. Here
Bell (who first gained notoriety with Stone The Crows)
is accompanied by many talented musicians of the period,
including Steve Gadd on drums and guitarists Cornell Dupree,
Reggie Young, Chuck Rainey and Barry Goldberg. Featuring
stellar versions of John Prine's "Souvenirs," JJ
Cale's "After Midnight" (which is even better
than Eric Clapton's version), a very intimate version of "A
Woman Left Lonely," famously covered by Janis Joplinon
Pearl, and a beautiful and intense "As The Years Go
Passing By." This Akarma reissue also features a superb
live version of Free's celebrated "Wishing Well" as
a bonus track. Maggie Bell is the greatest Scottish soul-rock
singer of all time and this album is precious testimony
to that fact.
Akarma-350
LP
$22.50
Black Heart Procession
Spell, The
PS, US "The Spell" is the most fitting name yet
for a Black Heart Procession record. Spells are cast over
a person, a love affair, a nation, a world; they enchant
and entrap, disorient and delude. They're the heart of
this release, and there's no better word to describe the
spooky intoxication of the band's sound. Theirs is the
sound of driving at night across the West. Like the wide-open
landscape, this is music that knows how to be both desolate
and lush. Here, a song's 6/8 beat will pull you into a
moody seductive waltz and next, the violin and piano evoke
the house band of a lonesome cabaret with the lights turned
low. Then the strings stop their mournful crying and shift
into a propulsive thrum, and now we've got the pedal to
the metal and we're heading straight down the open road
into a cinematic twilight.
TouchandGo
CD
$15.25
Black Heart Procession
Spell, The
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TouchandGo
LP
$15.25
Black Mountain
Stormy High b/w Voices
PS, US Deep Purple fans take note!!
S0-055
45
$4.50
Black Time
Midnight World
PS, US The point is talent over ability, ideas over proficiency,
energy over competence-action, time, and vision. Add some
musical instruments to this confusion and the resulting
mess is "Black Time" -shambolic but passionate,
hollerin' and wailin' at the dying of the red light. If
you pay attention to zines, blogs and websites dedicated
to sub-underground rock, then no doubt you are aware that
Black Time have been getting favorably compared to Crime,
Pussy Galore, The Electric Eels, The Cramps and The Fall.
A string of hopelessly limited edition vinyl 7"s and
12"s have stoked the fire. The hype is justified in
this case, as Midnight World is the perfect marriage of
chug-a-lug, primeval drumming, opaque layers of guitars,
new wave cinema references, '60s and '70s punk, lo-fi static
and overwrought vocals from frontman Lemmy Caution. The
best UK export since The Country Teasers.
IntheRed-135
CD
$14.50
Black Time
Midnight World
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
IntheRed-135
LP
$9.75
Black Twig Pickers
Soon One Morning
PS, US Firmly planted in Old-Time Appalacian tradition,
these guys place intimate stories into the subtle fingerpicking
on the gut-string banjo, as well as back porch fiddle cello & guitar.
Incl. a striking treatment of "Oh Death" w/ Gangloff & Berrier
spitting out the call & responce vocal which gives
the album its title.
VHF-073
CD
$14.50
Blau, Karl
Slow Down Joe
PS, US From the watery shores of the artist's-paradise
known as Anacortes, Washington comes a new 7" from
KARL BLAU.
K
45
$4.25
Blossom Toes
If Only For A Moment
PS, US Brian Godding and Jim Cregan are the artists behind
the Blossom Toes' splendid second album. Their sound has
changed a bit since their first album -- their compositions
are more mature and a more direct California psych influence
can be felt, with intricate guitar passages and a disjointed
sound worthy of Captain Beefheart. Their instrumental approach
is also more decisive and the lyrics reflect the state
of social turbulence synonymous with the late sixties.
This band deserves more recognition, given their originality,
and is a shining example of British psych. 180 gm.
Akarma-351
LP
$22.50
Brun, Ane
A Temporary Dive
PS, US Ane Brun is the uncrowned singer-songwriter queen
of Scandinavia. Since her stunning European-only debut, "Spending
Time With Morgan" in 2003, she has been generating
full houses on her frequent tours in Europe and winning
numerous musical awards, including Grammys in both Norway
and Sweden. This is her second album and much of its content
is a reflection of the year following the release of her
debut. Features the stunning duet "Song No. 6" with
singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith. "...a minimalist beauty
so perfect that it evokes awed pleasure rather than gloom" -
Time Out NY.
V2
CD
$13.75
Burdens
Uh Oh
PS, US Debut album features guests Craig Schumacher, Nick
Luca (LUCA, CALEXICO, IRON&WINE) & Allen Whitman
(MERMEN, FEZ GUYS). Guitar/drum duo lightly add mandolin,
harmonica, lap steel & organ to their minimalist indie
rock. "Jangly guitar country college rock...Simple & likeable
dark folk...A little repetitive, but nice country folk
with weird guitar effects. A little strange." Hybrid
Magazine.
StoneHill-02
CD
$11.00
Burdens
Living It Up
PS, US Sophomore release from guitar/drum indie rock husband & wife
team Richard Scullin & Karin Stack. "The Burdens
distill songs down to their lo-fi basics, creating a uniquely
potent brand of folk-rock" -Delusions of Adequacy.
Guest musicians include Anne Doerner (BOOKS) on fiddle & Allen
Whitman (MERMEN) on bass. National Public Radio reviewer
Seth Rogovoy described the Burdens as a cross "between
recent Wilco & Yo La Tengo."
StoneHill-03
CD
$11.00
Cale, John
New York In the 1960s
PS, US His great credit, both inside & outside the
Velvet Underground, was to have found the inoculation dosage
that would addict the music industry to SOUND without alienating
one world from the other. But outside the "official" VU
there was also an uncut version of the virus, incubated
behind the slum walls of the 1960s Lower East Side, & maintained
live in the liquid nitrogen of these insolently recorded
reel-to-reel audiotapes, RECORDED AND PRODUCED BY JOHN
CALE & now available in this massive 3xCD boxed set.
TableofElements-087
3XCD
$38.75
Camera Obscura
Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
PS, US The first single from the forthcoming full-length "Let's
Get Out of This Country". A 3 1/2 min. pop masterpiece
with a healthy nod to 60s girl groups complete with Spectorian "wall
of sound" production. With 2 non-LP B-sides & the
video for "I Love My Jean".
Merge-286
CD5
$5.50
Capes
Hello
PS, US Finally a domestic release! These UK rockers echo
sounds as diverse as Bloc Party, Blur & Olivia Tremor
Control. The result meets somewhere in between buzzsaw
guitars, squelchy old analog synths & soaring West
Coast harmonies. Be the 1st store on your block to have
it!
HardSoulRecords-011
CD
$14.00
Capes
Taste EP
PS, US 6 track EP that opened their US campaign w/ this
collection of 7"s released in the UK over the preceding
w/ an eclectic feel to it.
HardSoulRecords-010
CD
$9.50
Cat Power
Could We
PS, UK Just in time for Chan's rescheduled tour dates. "Could
We" is from The Greatest and "Dreams" is
Chan's take on the classic made famous by the Everly Brothers.
Matador
45
$5.00
Cat Power
Could We
PS, UK Just in time for Chan's rescheduled tour dates. "Could
We" is from The Greatest and "Dreams" is
Chan's take on the classic made famous by the Everly Brothers.
Matador
CD5
$10.50
caUSE co-MOTION
This Just Won't Last
PS, US Reverb disasters & crash-pop shambles, all simply
thrilled & smashing times, caUSE co-MOTION! iS Arno
(guitar & vocals), Liam (bass wobble), Jock (drums), & Alex
(guitar). Produced by Tim Barnes (The Rogers Sisters),
this EP is a mess of clatter & jangle, broken hearts,
sticks, & strings.
WhatsYrRupture-105
45
$6.25
Conference Call
Live At The Outpost
PS, US A working band since 1998, C. C. brings together
versatile German multi-instrumentalist/bandleader Gebhard
Ullman with the 20-year musical partnership of Fonda and
Stevens, the core of another long-standing all-star ensemble,
the Fonda/Stevens Group. C. C's revolving cast of high-profile
drummer/composers has included Matt Wilson and Han Bennink,
in addition to Hemingway and Schuller, who has since held
down the position for the past 4 years. The result is 4
veteran bandleaders coming together to create a democratic
musical synergy that features compositions and solos from
all four members, which they have documented in nearly
10 years of performing all over the world.
482Music-1045
CD
$12.75
Copper Press
Issue #27 MAGAZINE/CD
PS, US Features articles on Kelley Stoltz,Work Clothes,
Arab Strap, Vashti Bunyan, Devendra Banhart, Continental,
Count Kellam, The Moore Bros., Pinetop Seven, Lewis & Clarke,
Can, Headlights, Beatings, Earthride, Des Ark, Collapsar,
Paper Airplanes, Mia Doi Todd, artist Paul Schiek, artist
Mark Price, photographer Beth Herzhaft, Parts & Labor,
Wilderness, Al Duvall & more! Includes a free compilation
CD.
CopperPress-27
ZINE/CD
$7.25
Coral Sea, The
Volcano And Heart
PS, US Remastered! Soaring debut album from Santa Barbara
atmospheric pop outfit. "The art-rock majesty of The
Coral Sea emerges breathtaking, it steals from your soul,
unsurpassed in this part of the world." Well, The
Santa Barbara Independent aint kidding either, The Coral
Sea's debut is a hypnotic and mellow dreamrock album that
calls to mind classic albums by Bowie, Pink Floyd and The
Beatles, with current comparisons ranging from Yo La Tengo's
melodic blue-streak zoom-pop to Radiohead's impassioned
layered vocal/guitar impressionism. Imagine a stratospherically
skillful space-pop quartet with an entire string section
behind it, and you'll be on their wavelength, but for me
it all comes down to the voice. Frontman/founder Rey Villalobos'
vocals steal the show: a luminous, sometimes androgynous
croon, a silvery warble, without a glimmer of pretension...and
here my closest comparison of the moment is Mercury Rev's
Jonathan Donahue (but Rey's voice is leagues richer and
less dependent on effects) and Parasol's very own Kevin
Tihista (with a bunch more Thom Yorke than KT's ever going
to show us), especially in the lyrics and phrasing departments.
AHiddenAgendaRecord-083
CD
$10.00
Country Teasers
Empire Strikes Back
PS, US Eighth LP from UK chroniclers of the culturally
perverse. The band's humor remains as strangely contradictory
as ever, with Wallers juggling a cast of persona as far-flung
as P.G. Wodehouse, Ice Cube, Winston Churchill, & Bill
Hicks. Is "The Empire Strikes Back" a concept
album about race, England, and Star Wars, or did the band
just find something unwholesomely amusing about the juxtaposition
of fascism and Industrial Light and Magic?
InTheRed-132
CD
$14.50
Country Teasers
Empire Strikes Back
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
InTheRed-132
LP
$11.50
Daedelus
Denies the Day's Demise
PS, US
Mush-245
LP
$18.00
Daedelus
Denies the Day's Demise
PS, US Electronic producer and sound archivist Daedelus
returns with a new fifteen-track dancefoor masterpiece,
Daedelus Denies the Day's Demise. Tweaking the controls
of his magic music box once again, he cranks out a set
of techno-inspired programming infused with Brazilian bossa
nova, complete with shakers, hand claps, congas, and percussion.
Daedelus has a knack for finding the hidden common denominator
between modern electronic music and the sounds of yesteryear.
His productions often contrast IDM-styled cut-ups with
classic arrangements from the '30s and '40s. With a string
of releases on cutting edge labels like Plug Research,
Hefty and Eastern Development, Daedelus has refined a style
that has no imitators. Whether the music hits you through
sweaty club speakers or a comfy pair of headphones, you
know at once who you're hearing. Operating out of So-Cal,
Daedelus also incorporates a healthy dose of hip-hop into
the mix. He frequently collaborates with L.A.-based emcee
BUSDRIVER, who guests here along with fellow underground
luminaries MF DOOM, ABSTRACT RUDE, MADLIB & HIGH PRIEST
(ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM).
Mush-245
CD
$14.50
Danielson
Ships
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SecretlyCanadian
LP
$14.50
Danielson
Ships
PS, US The sixth and most accessible album to date, featuring
a star-studded cast of players including Deerhoof, Sufjan
Stevens, Sereena-Maneesh, and more. What began as a senior
thesis project a decade ago has evolved into a musical
world so rich with musicality and merrymaking that the
first six albums and ten years of touring pomp alone could
nourish the most scrutinizing of thrill-seekers. There's
no hard distinction between the visuals (costumes and graphics)
and the music from this suburban New Jersey group. "One
enters your heart through your eyes, one through your ears," says
Daniel.
SecretlyCanadian
CD
$14.50
David & Jonathan
The Best of David & Johnathan
PS, UK As song writers, between 1965 and 1973, Roger Cook
and Roger Greenaway wrote 25 UK top ten hits, plus many
others around the world, for the likes of the Fortunes,
Cliff Richard, Hollies, Blue Mink, the Drifters and one
of the biggest 'in the world ever' as Virgin would say,
in I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing. As artists, Cook
and Greenaway's alter ego David and Jonathan 's own biggest
hit was a cover of the Beatles Michelle, which made no.11
in the Uk, and no.18 in the US. Their Beatles link stemmed
from being signed by producer George Martin to his Air
Productions stable, producing the majority of their recordings
during a peak period between 1965 and 1968. It yielded
two more international hits in their own songs Lovers Of
The World Unite , and How Bitter The Taste Of love. Musically
Cook and Greenaway recorded in a similar vein to the Ivy
League with close harmonies over beat backings. Their vocal
skills were further in demand as session singers, such
as backing the first Paul and Barry Ryan hits, Peter Sellers
on his memorable take on the Beatles A Hard Days Night,
and the lead on the title song to the cult movie Modesty
Blaise. During their period as David and Jonathan, Cook
and Greenaway recorded early versions of many of their
songs that became hits for others, such as You've Got Your
Troubles, This Golden Ring (The Fortunes) , Softly Whispering
I Love You (The Congregation) , Somethings Gotten Hold
of My Heart (Gene Pitney) , Green Grass (Gary Lewis & Playboys)
. All the hits and versions of hit songs for others, mentioned
above, are present on this new and comprehensive 25 track
compilation compiled with the assistance of messers Cook
and Greenaway.
RPM-313
CD
$16.25
Dawson, Kimya
Remember That I Love You
PS, US The follow-up to the critically acclaimed "Hidden
Vagenda" represents not only Dawson's continued personal
adaptation to the tumultuous world around her, but also
the growing relationship between fans and friends. Using
humor and sorrow as a personal healing device on this twelve-song
CD, Dawson continues to expose the subtle and sometimes
serious pains we all face, in order to temper them with
understanding and laughter. "It's not what Kimya says,
but how she says it. She's got a knack for playing with
words. In the end you want to laugh and cry and probably
hug someone. Kimya delivers deeply personal, uncompromising
songwriting tucked into intelligent and clever lyrics" -
Under The Radar.
K
CD
$14.50
Dawson, Kimya
Remember That I Love You
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
K
LP
$14.50
Death Set
To
PS, USWith jury-rigged equipment & fuzzed-out distortion
laden vocal elements DS genre-smash through their U.S.
debut with a fierce intensity that is so joyously abrasive
your finger becomes itchy on repeat over & over. Originally
formed in Sydney, Australia comprised of U.S.-repatriate
visual artist Beau Velasco & gifted engineer Johnny
Siera, both of whom sing blistering co-lead & play
guitar against ingeniously crafted post-casiotone backing
tracks, reminiscent of digitized robot nightmares. Sometimes
harmonizing, other times curdlling with raw emotive vigor.
Will appeal to fans of Japanther, xbxrx, Lighting Bolt, & early
Cibo Matto. With timelessly catchy mantras like this, the
music manages to speak to all ages of the disenchanted & disenfranchised.
Rabbitfoot-001
CD
$11.00
Dexter's Moon
Come Rain
PS, SWEDEN Filmic folk-pop with overcast orchestrations
awash in melancholy. Swedish septet Dexter's Moon is led
by the voices and guitars of and Emilie Lindkvist and Jenny
Kellerman (those dang Kellermans! She's Tiger Lou's sister,
Firefox AK's sister-in-law, etc). Emilie's sister Jennifer
adds to the harmonies. Epic songs fraught with forlorn
feelings, wistful waltzes and half-broken hearts. Imagine
Mimi from Low harmonizing with Mimi from Low (yes, that's
two Mimis) and Rosie Thomas, and Caroline from Folksongs
For The Afterlife. Gorgeous, atmospheric folk-pop.
CombatDisc
CD
$12.00
Digital Leather
Monologue
PS, US Taking cues from late 70s/ early 80s synthpunk pioneers
as The Screamers or The Units, this one man band relys
on just keyboards, drum machines & vocals to set the
scene of gloomy electronic desert landscapes. He borrows
members from THE WONGS, REATARDS, LOST SOUNDS & DESTRUCTION
UNIT. Contains 2 extra songs not on the LP.
Empty-415
CD
$13.00
Dragonforce
Valley of the Damned
PS, US
Noise
CD
$15.25
Dragonforce
Sonic Firestorm
PS, US
Noise
CD
$17.25
Drake, Bob
What Day Is It
PS, US PITCHFORK 8.6!!! Originally self-released. Exhibits
Bob's characteristic traits: golden fingers, hi-wire vocals,
eyebrow-raising country-picking, loose-but-right-in-the-pocket
drums, eccentric chord inversions & a bass-guitar sound
to make you want to work like crazy or quit. Sitting happily
with the fantasy "Yes" Euro-progressive surface
is the rather more substantial depth of a bluegrass & rooted-rock
American culture; an almost unique combination & one
hard to imitate (or even imagine, until you hear Bob do
it). But then, Bob has always marched to the beat of a
different drummer, manifestly careless of the fashion or
of the easier, more superficial aspects of the music he
has absorbed.
AdHoc-10
CD
$16.25
Dreyblatt, Arnold
Live @ Federal Hall National Memorial. With the Orchestra
Of Excited Strings
PS, US Employing modified & invented instruments & a
unique tuning system, his music is a vigorously rhythmic & richly
textured romp through the natural overtone series. This
live CD celebrates the 25th anniversary of this historic
concert. Utilizing the natural resonances of the structure's
spectacular dome, Dreyblatt & his ORCHESTRA OF EXCITED
STRINGS present 7 outstanding pieces for just-intoned double
basses, piano, hurdy gurdy & pipe organ, emphasizing
dynamics & sonorities to stunning acoustical effect.
TableofElements-54
CD
$16.25
Edan
Fast Rap
PS, US "A killer raw mixtape-on-cd of some late 80s
classics & rare bits - fast funky fresh hard - a time & style
shamefully left behind by the MTV brigade but brought back
almost single handedly by Edan. For those that know, the
mention of artists such as Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Black Sheep, Big Daddy Kane, Freshco & Miz, Eric B & Rakim & Main
Source will get ya salivating. Immense block rock party
hip-hop bomb. One chance only." -Boomkat.
HumbleMag-100
CD
$16.25
Edan
Sound of the Funky Drummer
PS, US A fine new concept mix tape, cutting & scratching
classic hip hop (Public Enemy, Kev E Kev & Ak B, Kurtis
Blow, Eric B & Rakim, Grandmaster Flash, Le Juan Love,
Kool G Rap, Ultramagnetic MCs, more), megamix of tracks
using JAMES BROWN's "Funky Drummer" beat. Includes
bonus track PERCEE P & LORD FINESSE "Rematch",
taken from the film "SBX".
HumbleMag-888
CD
$16.25
Electric Soft Parade
Human Body EP, The
PS, US This EP finds Brighton, England's band at a perfect
mid-point between the guitar-pop rush of their first album
(2002's "Holes In The Wall") and the studied,
symphonic arrangements of their second (2003's "The
American Adventure"). These seven tracks (plus a US
bonus track) are ESP's best work to date. Most notably, "Cold
World" skips along like a Paul McCartney-penned Strokes
track and "Everybody Wants" is a sweeping epic
of a song that punctuates the band's enduring ambition.
BetterLooking
CD5
$8.75
Elsinore
Nothing For Design
PS, US elsinore is a 4-piece Americana/folk-rock/alt-country
band from Charleston and Champaign, Illinois. The bands
made up of Ryan Groff on lead vocals/acoustic & electric
guitar, Dave Pride on congas & percussion/vocals, Mark
Woolwine on piano/vocals, and Chris Eitel on bass/vocals.
The musical interests of the group span from rock to bluegrass
to metal to alt-country to folk to classical to latin and
back again. Ryan has a bachelor's in Music Composition,
Mark is about to recieve a Masters in Music Composition,
Dave is a percussion studies major, and Chris is a massage
therapist working towards a degree in Chiropractics. The
quartet, as it is now, has been together since October
2004. The band has evolved over the past year into its
current instrumentation, which creates a healthy mix of
prolific musicality and unique stage set-up.
Elsinore-003
CD
$10.00
Everyothers, The
Pink Sticky Lies
PS, US NYC's Everyothers make rock 'n' roll in the grand,
street-scamp glam sense of the 70's with mashed in bits
of frothy contemporary pop. But you can't call them backdated. The songs here are pure hitsville and could've
worked on an early Cheap Trick record and a mid-period
Bowie album. Old Creem magazine writer Jeffrey Morgan often
cites this band in his current writings, using them as
a barometer in judging other rock bands. No one ever comes
close.
KillRockStars
CD
$7.75
Existensminimum
Last Night My Head Tried To Explode And I Wrote Everything
Down
PS, SWEDEN First full-length from Swedish studio-wizard/uber-producer
Magnus Henriksson AKA Existensminimum, who's also a member
of Moneybrother. On the heels of two amazing singles ("From
Me To You" and "Running Down Everyone")
this album is even more surreal and adventuresome. Looking
beyond the frame of modern day rock and pop, Existensminimum
offers a lightspeed trip through modern electro pop, Spiritualized-styled
guitar-drone, neo-romantic crooner ballads and anxious
deconstructed rock. All the while harkening back to the
heady daze of 70s Krautrock's sci-fi explorations and cosmic
communal folk, along with the brash noisy pop of England
in the late 80s, early 90s. Not that far removed from a
Silverbullit/Citizen Bird release...
Novoton-011
CD
$12.00
Extra Golden
Ok-Oyot System
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey-153
LP
$12.00
Extra Golden
Ok-Oyot System
PS, US This is Otieno Jagwasi & Onyango Wuod Omari
of ORCHESTRA EXTRA SOLAR AFRICA & Ian Eagleson & Alex
Minoff of WEIRD WAR & GOLDEN. The musicians met as
a result of Ian's doctoral research on Kenyan music. Since
2000, Otieno had been assisting Ian in documenting benga.
A unique sounding record that arose from musicians from
different circumstances, but who, at the same time, have
something in common: they play in electric guitar bands & perform
in bars & nightclubs. They've worked hard to release
their own music over the past 15 years, often to little
recognition. Not a high-profile intern'l collaboration
of the sort that would be featured at Starbucks checkout
counters. Rather, it is based on a deep connection between
the musicians, &, as a result, has a very honest sound
reflecting this experience.
ThrillJockey-153
CD
$14.50
Fax
Primario
PS, MEXICO FAX returns with his third full length for Static
Discos, a new collection of songs that signal an alternate
sound path in the FAX template. Whereas FAX's previous
albums were inspired by discrete minimal techno and microhouse,
PRIMARIO focuses on a slow rocking, almost ambient, low
end invisible soundtrack full of lights and shades. The
stance on the new album is a meditative construction of
tracks which feature and array of contributions by Alex
Ayuli (A.R. Kane), Fernando Corona (Murcof), Ignacio Chavez
(Kobol) and Kate Simko (Detalles), producing a beautiful
collection of music that slides in between the sound works
of later Talk Talk, Bark Psychosis and the collaborations
of Burnt Friedman with Jaki Liebezeit. FAX's electronic
signature sound is still intact on PRIMARIO, but slowed
down for maximum effect, creating a rich and lush album
full of dubby atmospheric tones, whispered rhythms and
melodic oceanic songs.
StaticDisco-017
CD
$13.50
Forgive Durden
Wonderland
PS, US Seattle's technical pop-rock band has gained recognition
from a lot of hard work, great songwriting, and constant
touring. This is their debut full-length, a shocking mix
of countless styles, full of jaw-dropping hooks, outstanding
musicianship, and distinct imagery.
FueledByRamen
CD
$12.50
Four King Cousins, The
Introducing...
PS, UK At last the re-release of one of the best and rarest
albums of the sunshine pop / light psychedelic harmony
genre of the late sixties. The Four King Cousins 'introducing'
is one of the last undiscovered masterpieces of that golden
age. Produced, arranged, and conducted by the great David
Axelrod under the pseudonym Lex de Azevedo. The already
seductive four female voices are charged still further
by Axelrod's characteristic sensuality. The Four King Cousins
covers of period material such as Bacharach-David's 'This
Girl's in Love with You', Brian Wilson's 'God Only Knows'
and RogerNichols' 'Love So Fine' are as good as any contemporary
recordings, comparing favorably with giants such as Harper's
Bizarre, the Association and the Free Design.
El-071
CD
$14.75
Futureheads
Area
PS, US Their first new material since their eponymous debut
sold 50,000 copies, made dozens of year's best lists, and
the band became a certified touring juggernaut. It's a
stand alone EP; none of the tracks here will be on the
next album. After completing work on the follow-up, they'll
be in the States non-stop throughout 2006 and 2007.
679
CD
$5.50
Ghetto Ways
Party Down EP
PS, US NYC power trio w/4 song EP of rockin' garage soul.
Jenna's beautiful voice, soulful voice & Harry's rock
delivery blends like chocolate & milk. Reminiscent
of the Detroit Sound. For fans of Detroit Cobras, Dirtbombs,
JSBE, MC5. Co-release by Contaminated & Wicked Soul.
Contaminated-008
45
$6.00
Girl Talk
Night Ripper
PS, US Third album is focused less on beat-fuckery & more
on bringing heat to the party. Current hip-hop hits, soft-rock
radio standards, party classics, grunge masterpieces, R&B
singles, glossy club-shakers & rock anthems are all
layered & pieced together into one nonstop celebration
of pop & excess. Declared "a plunderphonics party
record" by Mark Hosler of Negativland. "In a
time when kids can barely sit through an entire album by
just one artist, this A.D.D. mix will keep them sedated
and/or spastic."
IllegalArt-113
CD
$17.00
Gnac
Twelve Sidelong Glances
PS, UK New Release!! 17 tracks. A brand new studio album
from Gnac, the sophisticated instrumental project from
Mark Tranmer. (The name is pronounced knee-ak, as in the
last syllable of cognac.) Twelve Sidelong Glances is the
fourth album by Gnac, whose previous albums are Friend
Sleeping (1999), Biscuit Barrel Fashion (2001) and the
singles compilation evens, as well as a more guitar orientated
album as Mark Tranmer, Scoop of Ice Cream Moon (2004).
Biscuit Barrel Fashion was released on the Poptones label,
and declared album of the month by Russian Playboy magazine.
The 17 tracks on Twelve Sidelong Glances follow on in the
tradition of the cult Poptones-released set Biscuit Barrel Fashion,
with imaginary mid-week mid-afternoon murder mystery music
(Midgley Moor), electronica melodica (Green With Fright),
and vespertine guitar (As Night Falls Upon Us) among the
instrumental genres. Also included are two themes commissioned
by Neen Scene artists, including Vanessa Beecroft's Wedding,
first performed at her wedding ceremony in Italy. Mark
Tranmer also writes the music for the Montgolfier Brothers,
who released their third album All My Bad Thoughts in October
2005, and who frequently tour in Europe. Mark Tranmer is
currently recording with Ian Masters (ex-Pale Saints, Spoofed
Hybrid) on their collaborative project Wingdisk, and writing
soundtrack music. Also available: gnac * friend sleeping
(vespertine, 1999), gnac * sevens (rocket girl, 1999),
gnac * biscuit barrel fashion (poptones, 2001), gnac *
soviet bureau (soyuz, 2004) - russia only compilation.
+ mark tranmer * scoop of ice-cream moon (kooky, 2004),
the montgolfier brothers * 17 stars (vespertine, 1999;
re-issued poptones, 2000), the montgolfier brothers * the
world is flat (poptones, 2002), the montgolfier brothers
* all my bad thoughts.
LTM-2446
CD
$17.00
Gnarls Barkley
St. Elsewhere
PS, US Gnarls Barkley is the highly anticipated collaboration
from Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo. Danger Mouse is one of the
most important artist/producers in music today. "Demon
Days" sold over 5 million worldwide and Dangerdoom's "The
Mouse And The Mask" sold over 100,000 units. Accolades
include GQ's "Men Of The Year" honor; Spin's "Eccentric
Genius Of The Year", NME's "Hottest Hip-Hop Producer
In The World", Entertainment Weekly's "Album
Of The Year", Grammy nomination for Producer Of The
Year, and more. Cee-Lo is a Grammy-nominated, founding
member of Goodie Mob. He wrote and produced the Pussycat
Dolls #1 smash hit "Don't Cha", and his two solo
albums for Arista scanned over 500,000 units combined.
He also wrote hit singles for Ludacris, Common, P Diddy,
Trick Daddy, and others. "Goodie Mob" has sold
over two million albums worldwide. "Crazy", from
this release, is all over UK's Radio One.
Atlantic
CD
$13.75
Goldstars
Purple Girlfriend
PS, US Chicago's primier garage combo are back w/ this
10 song set of hard-hitting blasts of lusty rock & they're
raising the stakes musically. Loud & fast, though loaded
with subtle extras & bona fide world-class musicianship,
this delivers a welcome jolt of straight ahead rock n roll
that goes for the throat like a cold Pabst in a smoky club.
Pravda-6382
CD
$13.50
Grandaddy
Just Like The Fambly Cat
PS, US Spacey atmospherics, equal parts guitar and synth,
and perfect pop songs seamlessly congeal into a potent
distillation of the Grandaddy sound. Wonderfully ambitious,
endlessly melodic, and surprisingly all encompassing, it's
like a "Greatest Hits" made up entirely of brand
new songs. "The best Grandaddy record thus far...the
record pounces upon teary piano bridges, epic electronic
washes, 'Sumday' style narratives, dissonant guitar-driven
rockers, and six-plus minute prog-pop opuses" - Filter.
V2
CD
$16.00
Grandaddy
Just Like The Fambly Cat
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
V2
DLP
$16.00
Harp
#29
PS, US Rock of Ages feature article. Karen O, Jack White,
Jay Farrar, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Thurston Moore,
Michael Stipe, Conor Oberst.
Harp-029
ZINE
$4.50
Hill, Zach & Mick Barr
Shred Earthship
PS, US Mick Barr from Octis/Orthrelm and Zach Hill from
Hella/Team Sleep teamed up on this record. The result:
Mike Patton is jealous. Witness the combined forces of
these weirdo tour monsters this spring.
5RueChristine
CD
$14.50
Holland, Jolie
Springtime Can Kill You
PS, US This 12-track song-cycle is a crossroads where haunting
meets joyful; a voice from the heavens singing stories
of the underworld. Holland's songs rise and fall like heavy
eyelids and convey the peace between asleep and awake,
creating a special place for you to be. Sounds from past
and present-tense waltz together to a never ending melody
that flickers between folk, jazz, blues, and pop. Jolie's
lyrics conjure characters and situations one might find
in the surrealistic celluloid of Jim Jarmusch. As with
all good dreams, there is an anything-goes spirit leading
the way. Its this level of bravado that prompted All Music
Guide to describe Holland's sound as "a listening
experience that is singular, startling, and soulful."
Anti
CD
$16.00
Home
Sexteen
PS, US This is a concept album about fucking. The wide
stylistic differences between the writers bleed across
song borders and gel into an overall sound that's difficult
to categorize but easy to recognize as fuck-friendly.
Jagjaguwar
CD
$14.50
Instruments, The
Cast A Half Shadow
PS, US The group's long awaited second recording. It evokes
a tone that's both lush and atmospheric with delicately
orchestrated folk melodies. Songwriter Heather McIntosh
refined her sense of arrangement and use of ambience and
developed a sophisticated song cycle. She's been a staple
of the Athens' music scene for the past decade. She's a
classically trained cellist and current member of Circulatory
System, Elf Power, and Japancakes, and has also played
or recorded with Superchunk, Of Montreal, The Gerbils,
and Kevin Ayers.
OrangeTwin
CD
$14.50
Kalas
Self-Titled
PS, US VINYL VESRION!!!
TeePee-067
LP
$17.25
Kalas
Self-Titled
PS, US KALAS is a brand new band from Oakland, California
that features MATT PIKE (HIGH ON FIRE, SLEEP) on vocals,
ANDY BRANTON (ECONOCHRIST, GRIMPLE, SAMIAM, EL DOPA) on
guitar, and PAUL KOTT (MEDICATION TIME, CRUEVO) on guitar.
A perfect amalgamation of heavy metal and modern heavy
rock, delivered with searing riffs and Pike's introspective
and tuneful vocals. Think HOF, Neurosis, Isis and Discharge
all rolled into one.
TeePee-067
CD
$15.50
Kane, Jonathan
I Looked At The Sun
PS, US His follow-up to the rollicking, majestic, and critically
acclaimed debut, "February" is a bare-knuckled
knock-out punch. "Rocks! Great Southern-fried looped blues-rock. Like Steve Reich if all he listened
to was Muddy Waters and Zeppelin" - Dusted. "Down-home
grooves shine with an orchestral, massed-guitar luster
that's often associated with Glenn Branca and Kane's frequent
collaborator Rhys Chatham. Layered electric and acoustic
sounds create overtones that trick the listener into hearing
non-existent organs and harmonicas. In place of the mind-boggling
beats for which he's known, Kane underpins these drones
with a deceptively simple, forcefully executed shuffle.
His swinging opuses exude bright, earthy euphony instead
of dark, cerebral dissonance. Rarely does the avant-garde
rock this hard" - Time Out NY.
TableOfElements
CD
$11.00
Killdozer
Last Waltz
PS, US Limited edition red vinyl. Comes with stickers & a
CD-R
Crustacean-50
12
$11.00
Lansing-Dreiden
Dividing Island
PS, US "Second album that weave's disparate elements
into familiar, yet uncategorizable wholes. The modern mixes
w/the archaic, the known w/the unknown. Trad pop R&B
gets layered w/ominous chords, ghostly harmonies & samples.
Jangly guitar hooks are soured by dissonant keyboard swells,
electronic cadences rattle along w/acoustic drums breaks." Unfortunately,
the "known" is 80's keyboard pop a la Mike & Mechanics,
Howard Jones, Seagulls & Aha.
Kemado-039
CD
$15.50
Lee, Rita
Hoje O Primeiro Dia Do Resto Da Sua Vida
PS, UK Available/in stock Wednesday, May 10. The fabulous
Rita Lee rocketed to fame as a member of the wildest alumni
(and now, bizarrely, the best known) of Tropicalia, Os
Mutantes! Their amazing albums and controversial antics
set out a stall for Tropicalia in no uncertain terms and
the widespread rediscovery of their work in the '90s and
their current reformation (after 30 years of not talking)
continue to fan the flames of the myth. After Os Mutantes'
early groundbreaking albums, Rita Lee decided to create
her own space by launching a concurrent career as a solo
singer. Unfortunately, her slightly wayward Rogerio Duprat-arranged
debut failed to launch a straight pop career as well as
neglecting almost everything people loved about Os Mutantes.
After going back to the drawing board in 1972, Rita recruited
her Os Mutantes colleagues Arnaldo and Sergio Baptista
as well as other members of the music/art commune in which
they all lived, to produce the follow-up. As different
as day is from night, written by the original Os Mutantes
trio of Rita, Arnaldo and Sergio and 'produced and directed'
by Arnaldo, this second album is a masterpiece of tropicalia/psychedelia
with the spooky, comedown atmosphere of "Smiley Smile" to
boot. To all intents and purposes, a virtual 'lost' fifth
Os Mutantes album with Rita the dominant force. An amazing
return to the perfect organised chaos of their first two
albums and a total must have. With the resurgant and growing
interest in the Tropicalia movement and Brasilian rock
music, you cannot afford to miss this undiscovered gem!
Rev-Ola-154
CD
$14.75
Like Young, The
Last Secrets
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl
LP
$11.75
Like Young, The
Last Secrets
PS, US The third album from this Chicago band contains
thirteen songs clocking in at thirty-six minutes. "Amanda
and Joe Ziemba are a married rock duo who'll never be as
big as The White Stripes but have a better sweater drawer.
Joe sings punk, Amanda sings pretty, finishing each other's
lines" - Spin. "The songs are played with go-for-broke
ferocity: Joe tears at the syllables, Amanda crushes the
beats, and yet the melodies never melt despite the heated
environs. The songs are as sturdy and resilient as the
characters in Ziemba's narratives. Hanging on for dear
life as the world blitzes past in two-minute bursts" -
Chicago Tribune. "The Ziembas never sound like just
two people: they play tight power-pop as if they had an
extra person or two. In fact, they sound closer to The
Spinanes than to The White Stripes, and closer still to
twice-their-size groups like Weezer" - Pitchfork.
Polyvinyl
CD
$12.50
London, Julie
Julie Is Her Name
PS, UK Yes THE album which single handed launched the Torch
Singer genre...and opened the door for every imperfect
but sexy vocalist since! The most remarkable thing about
Julie London is remarkable indeed: that she used her erotic
persona not so much to interpret songs as to change the
nature of them to become something other than when sung
by anyone else. She used her breathy, sexy, sultry voice
not to sing a version of a song that could compete with
someone else's on a scale of good to better to best, but
to change it's meaning! This, her first album from 1955
set out her stall for all time; soft eroticism and single
entendre... with sparse accompaniment for a late night
groove that has been hard for generations to resist. With
Barney Kessel's muted guitar and Ray Leatherwood's subtle
bass the only sound apart from Julie's own bedroom whisper...
just try to resist! One of the most erotic albums of all
time - sounding even more 'breathe in your ear' than ever
with Rev-Ola! Wonderfully packaged with pictures of the
sultry Miss London and full on notes! This is a must and
no self-respecting collection should be without it.
Rev-Ola-159
CD
$14.75
Look Down
24/7 Dance Force
PS, US If you had to turn Napoleon Dynamite into a musical
composition, this band would definitely be it! Some people
might even say it's frighteningly contagious! You have
to check out the album cover alone. For those who remember,
one track name is "Zack Morris Phone" Because
after all "today, tomorrow is the future & tomorrow
the future is the next day & Look Down, yes Look Down
is the day after that".
AfternoonRecords-016
CD
$12.75
Magas
May I Meet My Accuser
PS, US The fourth release from MAGAS (COUCH, LAKE OF DRACULA,
MANY MOODS OF MARLON MAGAS) smashes the mold with a harder,
more roughhewn sound than displayed on his previous Friends
Forever album (Ersatz Audio). Spraying a layer of sizzling
hi-hats atop the thunderous roar of an old ARP, Magas creates
a defiant new style of electric motor-punk. Features guest
appearances by BILL SKIBBE & JESSICA RUFFINS (Lake
of Dracula). Mastered by WEASEL WALTER.
ImaginaryConflict-001
CD
$12.75
Makoto, Kawabata
INUI.1
PS, US Long-planned reissue of MK's first solo LP, from
way back in 2000. Originally released by the mighty SIWA
label in a tiny, hand-printed edition of 300, this has
long been the most sought-after Kawabata item, pretty much
impossible to track down without a wallet full of eBay
slush funds. The music, as on all the releases in Kawabata's
Inui series, is intensely personal and introspective, with
long, softly focussed tracks featuring acoustic stringed
instruments from around the globe (including violin, sarangi,
oud, sitar, bouzouki, lyra, shou, and nei). French filmmaker,
musician and longtime Acid Mothers Temple collaborator
Audrey Ginestet lends her crystal voice to the album opener, "Shin." New,
limited reissue is packaged in a fabulous multi-color,
hand-screened mini-gatefold printed by Alan Sherry of SIWA.
VHF-95
CD
$14.50
Masekela, Hugh
Presents the CHISA Years 1965-1976 (Rare & Unreleased)
PS, US
BBE-069
DLP
$29.75
Massive Attack
Collected
PS, US
Virgin
CD
$17.25
Matmos
Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast, The
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
DLP
$19.00
Matmos
Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast, The
PS, US The latest from hyper-innovative SF-based duo Matmos
consists of ten aural and visual portraits of famous people
such as Valerie Solanas (shot Andy Warhol), Larry Levan
('80s NYC dance DJ), Darby Crash (singer of punk group
The Germs), King Ludwig II (mad, last ruler of Bavaria),
James Bidgood ('60s gay porn director), William S. Burroughs
(beat author), and many more. Accompanying each musical
portrait is a visual one, commissioned by the band, by
artists ranging from Dan Clowes to Adam Ansell to Jason
Mecier. The ten portraits are printed on cardstock and
arranged in a die-cut digipak with a front window. On the
back of each card is detailed recording information. Various
accompanists include Antony of Antony & The Johnsons,
The Kronos Quartet, Bjork, Jay Lesser, and more.
Matador
CD
$18.00
Microesfera
Negative
PS, MEXICO Alejandro Amo and Ramiro Larrain, as Microesfera,
are part of Buenos Aires' techno scene since the late 90s.
Along with Gustavo Lamas, Leandro Fresco and others, Microesfera
are one of the southern cone's most popular and progressive
dance electronic acts. Pushing their minimal techno and
micro house to new heights, Microesfera have recently released
two EP's on Japan's Mule Electronic label (which include
remixes by Mike Shannon and Gustavo Lamas) which are distributed
worldwide by Kompakt. Their debut album for Static Discos,
'Negative', is a concept piece which transmutes techno
sounds into a backward mesh of avant dance aesthetics.
A subversive collection of tracks that squigle between
analog sounding microhouse and dub. The album also includes
a couple of remixes by Mexican wunderkinds Latinsizer and
Fax plus a third remix by Receptor from Chile.
StaticDisco-015
CD
$13.50
Milieu
Beyond the Sea Lies the Stars
PS, US Mining a provenance of sounds from a distant & disbanded
orchestra & then quietly broadcasts the collected notes
into a wide expanse, this release is the first ambient
recording full of sound experimentation in drone like a
distant fog. There are lights that seem to appear briefly & are
calmly eclipsed. 1st 150 copies include bonus CDR.
Infraction-018
CD
$13.75
Mirman, Eugene
En Garde, Society! (CD/DVD)
PS, US Eugene Mirman is a comedian, writer, and filmmaker
based in New York City (where, according to commercials,
salsa is terrible). In 2004, Eugene released The Absurd
Nightclub Comedy of Eugene Mirman, a CD/DVD on Suicide
Squeeze Records. The album was voted one of the Best Albums
of 2004 by both The Onion and Time Out New York. His weekly
standup-variety show Invite Them Up, which he co-produces
with Bobby Tisdale and Holly Schlesinger, recently won
a Nightlife Award from an organization called The Nightlife
Awards. In late 2005, Comedy Central Records released a
3-CD + DVD Invite Them Up set. Recorded live at Piano's
in New York City in October of 2005, En Garde, Society!
is Eugene's second full-length solo comedy album with DVD
supplement, and his first for Sub Pop Records. On the new
album, Eugene blends things he notices in the world with
talking about them in a funny way. Sometimes, without meaning
to, he blows people's minds. He's sorry, but who else will
tell you the truth about math teachers, religion and bears?
Subpop
CD/DVD
$13.75
Misery Index
Discordia
PS, US On 180 gram vinyl
Relapse-6675
LP
$18.00
Misery Index
Discordia
PS, US These international metal giants have returned!
This new full-length brings the bands punishing & articulate
assault to a deadly new level. Commanding vocals roar incisive
lyrics & spearhead a vicious swarm of forward-thinking
metal. A crossroads where blasting metal, stark passion, & raw
fury collide; it's a compelling statement.
Relapse-6675
CD
$14.50
Mojo
#151 (June 2006) + MOJO Roots Of Punk CD
PS, UK THE PUNK FILES Revealed! The twisted truth behind
1976's musical revolution, including... JOE STRUMMER From
public school to punk via pub rock and religion. Pat Gilbert
looks behind the masks for the real identity of The Clash's
battle commander. NEW YORK DOLLS The cross-dressing Manhattan
hoodlums who paved the way for the Pistols. By Kris Needs.
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES Mark Paytress on the suburban
roots of punk's most stylish seditionaries. PUNK SECRETS
Why Yes and Jim Reeves were the bedrock sound of the '76
revolution. Also the return of Scott Walker! Attached CD
features Iggy & The Stooges, T. Rex, Hawkwind, Dr.
Feelgood, New York Dolls, Can, Mott the Hoople, more...
ZINE
$12.50
Morricone, Ennio
Morricone In Love
PS, UK Here we see the genius of Ennio Morricone as evidenced
by the collection of melodic, romantic themes that comprise
'Morricone In Love' Flooding his music with feeling, the
maestro is time and again able to inspire from his musicians
performances of extraordinary emotional intensity. Often
a Morricone soundtrack will elevate an otherwise modest
film to an unfathomable artistic status and 'Love Sequence
1' from the obscure 'Crescete e Moltiplicatevi' is a case
in point; a wonderfully sensuous composition that open's
the album with the loveliest of vocals from the unique
Edda Dell'Orso. Then 'Una Donna Da Ricordare (A Woman To
Remember)' from the little known 'Maddalena' bursts with
charm before we reach more familiar territory with 'Messico
e Irlanda' from 'Giu La Testa (a fistful of dynamite)'
one of Morricone's greatest soundtracks; where James Coburn
recalls in flashback and with some sentimentality his earlier
life in Ireland. Morricone's music to support this famous
scene is wonderful. Simply hauntingly magical. Moving on,
the composer delivers an appropriately melancholic theme
for the tragic 'Verushka' and in 'D'amore si muore (for
love one dies)' deals effortlessly with obsession, "I
don't love you, I adore you. I'll only be happy when you're
dead". 'Morricone in love' is a sensitive, dreamlike
experience. Following 'Psichedelico Jassistico' and 'Morricone
High' (mod psychedelia) and 'Morricone kill' (the spaghetti
western) in the series of themed editions of the maestro's
work.
El-046
CD
$14.75
Morricone, Ennio
Morricone High: The Trippier Side Of The Morricone Genius
PS, UK 'Morricone High' showcases the composer's work for
Italian psychedelic and art movies of the late sixties & early
seventies. Ennio Morricone's beautiful melodies are decorated
by Edda Dell'Orso's spacious wordless vocals; 'Scusi, Facciamo
L'Amore?' (with the harmony singers I Cantori Moderni)
(about the travails of a Neapolitan gigolo), 'Le Foto Proibite
Di Una Signora Per Bene' (sex and crime Italian style)
'Veruschka' (model on a psychedelic trip) and 'La Donna
Invisible' (arty Mediterranean love triangle) are all sublime
examples of the composer in his pomp. Eventually the layers
of sensuality give way to the atonal but no less refined,
'Notte E Bambole' from the weird, dreamlike 'The Short
Night Of The Glass Dolls' (about catalepsy in art deco
Prague) and the equally intense '1970' for Dario Argento's
Giallo 'Il Gatto A Nove Code' starring Karl Malden as a
blind writer of crossword puzzles who stumbles on a murderous
plot. excuse me, let's make love? / between the sheets
/ take me now / to the altar and back / a lidia (jazz version)
/ allegretto per signora / amore come dolore / le foto
proibite di una signora per bene / secondo intermezzino
pop / la bamola / astratto 1 / le fotographie / ritratto
d'autore / la moda / notte e bambole / 1970.
El-039
CD
$14.75
Morricone, Ennio
Happening
PS, UK This album is the fifth of our very successful El's
themed Ennio Morricone compilations. Morricone Happening
is a psychedelic montage with the centrepiece being the
music from three important soundtracks from the maestro's
oeuvre; "The Serpent" (Yul Brynner, Dirk Bogarde,
Henry Fonda), "Bluebeard"(Richard Burton) and "Burn!" (Marlon
Brando's best screen performance) With this album we reach
the point where Mojo and Q should be writing about Ennio
Morricone as the master of psychedelia This music is far
ahead of it's time....if you want a glimpse of what pop
might be in the future...
El-58
CD
$14.75
Morricone, Ennio
Morricone Kill: Spaghetti Western Magic from the Maestro
PS, US In composing the scores for the Spaghetti Westerns
of Sergio Leone with their sparse arrangements, eerie tunes
and unorthodox instrumentation (bells, church organs, harmonicas,
slashing Spanish & electric guitars), Ennio Morricone
at once revolutionised film music and from as far away
as his base in Rome made the American western his own.
Morricone's theme for 'The Good The Bad & The Ugly'
is arguably the most famous piece of music ever recorded
for film. Director and composer are inseparable; the coordination
of action and music such as to prompt some scholars to
compare Leone's films to opera; images and sounds that
are rich, solemn and often startling. On 'Morricone Kill'
the achingly beautiful melodies for Leone's 'A Fistful
Of Dynamite' establish the magical Morricone atmosphere;
the programme comprising three beautiful cuts from this
film along with selections from lesser known westerns all
of which are charged with extraordinary music. Sergio Sollima's
'Resta Dei Conti (The Big Gundown)' is generally considered
to be the finest spaghetti western not directed by Leone
and stars the splendid Lee Van Cleef; Van Cleef emerging
from retirement to become (along with Clint Eastwood) the
leading name of the genre and one of the ten biggest box
office draws in Europe. Joseph Cotton stars in Sergio Corbucci's
'I Crudeli'. Franco Nero and Jack Palance in both 'Il Mercenario'
and 'Vamos' a Matar Companeros' and the immense Orson Welles
is colonel cooscorro, the chief of police, in 'Tepepa'
(Blood and Guns). James Coburn and Rod Steiger combine
famously in 'A Fistful Of Dynamite' and Henry Fonda, who
years earlier had starred in the prodigious 'once upon
a time in the west', returns to the genre for 'My Name
Is Nobody' Sergio Leone's biographer Prof. Christopher
Frayling's quotation about the stereo effect of the spaghetti
western perfectly captures the mood, "one speaker
is a fairy story, the other, brutal and nasty. A fabulous
combination". L'arena from Il Mercenario also featured
in part two of Quentin Tarantino's 'Kill Bill' Tradimento
Primo from Tepepa... Viva La Revolucion (aka Blood & Guns)
/ Giu' La Testa from Giu' La Testa (Duck You Sucker - A
Fistful Of Dynamite) / Mesa Verde from Giu' La Testa (Duck
You Sucker - A Fistful Of Dynamite) / I Crudeli Number
2 from I Crudeli (The Hellbenders) / Minacciosamente Lontano
from I Crudeli (The Hellbenders) / I Crudeli (The Widow)
from I Crudeli (The Hellbenders) / Il Mio Nome E Nessune
from Il Mio Nome E Nessune (My Name Is Nobody) / Arriva
Cuchillo from Le Resa Dei Conti (The Big Gundown) / La
Corrida from Le Resa Dei Conti (The Big Gundown) / La Vedova
from Le Resa Dei Conti (The Big Gundown) / Il Pinguino
from Vamos A Matar, Companeros (Let's Go & Kill, Comrades)
/ Un Uomo In Agguato from Vamos A Matar, Companeros (Let's
Go & Kill, Comrades) / Il Pinguino (reprise) from Vamos
A Matar, Companeros (Let's Go & Kill, Comrades) / Estasi
from Il Mercenario (A Professional Gun) / Dopo L'Esplosione
from Giu' La Testa (Duck You Sucker - A Fistful Of Dynamite)
/ Mucchio Selvaggio from Il Mio Nome E Nessune (My Name
Is Nobody) / Nicciolo from Il Mercenario (A Professional
Gun) / L'Arena from Il Mercenario (A Professional Gun).
El-038
CD
$14.75
MOTO
Raw Power
PS, US On delicious vinyl too.
CriminalIQ-12
LP
$11.00
MOTO
Raw Power
PS, US They unleash more rocking humdingers on the world
dominated by pap incl. yet another fresh weenie song. They
have a feel for common anxiousness, desperation, fear,
vulnerability, & adventure people feel when hungry
for love. Energy & wit! Some organ & acoustic guitar
are added for more texture. These are yet more winning
examples of their might which deserve to be played all
over the country wherever there are radios available...especially
in diners that have great milkshakes & creative ways
of preparing fast food. MOTO makes great summer music!
Criminal IQ-012
CD
$12.75
Motorpsycho
Black Hole/Blank Canvas [2CD]
PS, GERMANY Notorious Norwegian psych-pop-prog-rock juggernaut's
new album is finally here! Since Motorpsycho's last official
album 'It's Love Cult' (2002) our beloved trio shrank to
a duo with the departure of their longtime drummer, Hakon
Gebhardt. The remaining members, guitarist Hans Magnus "Snah" Ryan
and bassist Bent Saether, forge forever onwards, both continuing
to share vocal duties and Bent proving to be an extremely
accomplished drummer/percussionist. Not surprisingly, the
magick of Motorpsycho prevails. 'Black Hole/Blank Canvas'
harkens back to the band's early monumental guitar-rock
manifestations and the majestic rock of multiple early
nineties scenes (think Swervedriver) are well represented
here, without sacrificing their affection for sixties-styled
Beach Boys harmonies, the seventies' Cosmic Americana and
jam band action, and the eighties' Paisley Underground.
With two discs there's a little bit of everything, and
possibly more than one kitchen sink. MOJO Magazine "Their
yearly waxings still manage to encapsulate their dazzling
spectrum of psych rock sound: West Coast pop, Sonic Youth,
post-Rubber Soul Beatles, Blue Afternoon-era Tim Buckley,
all ages of Floyd. While there's plenty of history here,
it's always re-envisaged by fresh eyes... Motorpsycho have
got the musical chops, they've got a brilliant, bizarre
way with songcraft (think Super Furries), all they require
is your attention."
Stickman-053
DCD
$21.50
M's, The/Dr. Dog
Split
PS, US The M's and Dr. Dog are going to be two of the hottest
young bands of 2006. With tours with Of Montreal, Archer
Prewitt, Clap You Hands Say Yeah, and The National in the
works, both groups will be maintaining high profiles throughout
the year. The M's released their debut Polyvinyl album "Future
Women" just last month. Dr. Dog are entering the studio
to record the follow-up to the critically acclaimed "Easy
Beat". "The four M's call Chicago home, but with
their fuzzy riffs and psychedelic melodies, they could
be mistaken for a bunch of British tunesmiths by the names
of Ray Davies, Damon Albarn, Marc Bolan, and John Lennon" -
Spin. "Not that any great band really comes from anywhere
or anything, but HOLY FUCK where did these guys [Dr. Dog]
come from?" - Fader.
Polyvinyl
45
$4.00
Mystery Jets
Flotsam And Jetsam
PS, US This five-song mini album combines some of their
more combustible singles with some other tracks that display
their more oddball leanings. None of these songs will be
on the upcoming debut full-length, out later this year.
They represent British pop at its most invigoratingly weird,
and they're hotly tipped to be THE story coming out of
the SxSW festival this year.
679
CD5
$5.50
Nathanson, Roy
Sotto Voce
PS, US Long time NYC 'downtown music' fixture, Roy Nathanson's
brand new group concept/group/recording/reality is SOTTO
VOCE. Featuring Roy's gorgeous alto sax & poetic texts
w/ Napoleon Maddox: vocal drums [human beatbox does not
do this extremely gifted young artist justice], Sam Bardfeld:
violin, Curtis Fowlkes: trombone, singing, Tim Kiah: bass,
singing "Joy" & "Sweet Release!" Brilliant
playing; irrepressible songs.
AumFedelity-037
CD
$13.75
New Cars, The
It's Alive!
PS, US Let the good times roll - again. This ain't your
father's automobile, or your older brother's for that matter,
but the emergence of The New Cars, comprised of original
members of The Cars. Joining Elliot Easton on guitar and
Greg Hawkes on keyboards is an all-star group of rockers:
Todd Rundgren, fellow Utopia bassist Kasim Sulton, and
Prairie Prince, former drummer for The Tubes. Each shares
a passion for recreating the groundbreaking music of The
Cars, one of the most successful (and influential) bands
of the new wave era.
ElevenSeven
CD
$12.50
New Mexican Disaster Squad
Don't Believe
PS, US The third album from these Orlando punks contains
fourteen songs that blaze by in a fury of blue-collar triumph,
creating a ferocious new sound still firmly rooted in the
school of 80's hardcore heroes like Dag Nasty, Minor Threat,
and Black Flag.
JadeTree
CD
$14.50
Nobody/Mystic Chords of Memory
Tree Colored See
PS, US Nobody teams up with members of BEACHWOOD SPARKS & AISLERS
SET on this perfectly crafted blend of psychedelic hip-hop & sunshine
folk rock.
Mush-241
CD
$14.50
O Williams, Wendy
Bump n Grind
PS, UK The first ever DVD to feature one of the most controversial
and much loved female punk rockers of all time Wendy O
Williams. As the lead singer of the infamous Plasmatics,
Wendy O. Williams emerged as one of the most notorious
figures on the American punk scene; dubbed "the queen
of shock rock," her on-stage theatrics were the stuff
of underground legend. Often clad in little more than strips
of electrical tape covering her nipples, the raspy-voiced
Williams earned a cult following for her on-stage antics,
which included blowing up cars, sawing guitars in half,
and setting equipment on fire; the Plasmatics behaviour
frequently made headlines and gained fans. Williams also
posed nude for several men's magazines, and the Plasmatics
were banned in London. Relations within the band were strained
however, and after 1982's Coup d'Etat the singer went solo.
Williams first teamed with Motörhead's Lemmy to record
a cover of the Tammy Wynette classic "Stand by Your
Man"; in 1984, she returned with WOW, her first full-length
effort. Kommander of Kaos followed in 1986, and Ultrafly
and the Hometown Girls Deffest! and Baddest!, a rap record,
arrived in 1988. After 1989's Plasmatics reunion outing
Maggots: The Record, Williams essentially retired from
music. On April 8, 1998 Williams committed suicide; she
was just 48 years old. Wendy O Williams name and legacy
live on amongst her many fans and "Bump n Grind" will
be a must see for all of them. The DVD features a full
live show from her October 1985 UK tour.
CherryRed-120
DVD
$17.75
Of Montreal
Deflated Chime, Foals Slightly Flower Sibylline...
PS, US Deflated Chime, Foals Slightly Flower Sibylline
Responses is a very limited promotional CD for of Montreal's
winter '06 tour. With two unreleased songs, original David
Barnes artwork, and a nifty digi-pak. This title was only
availabel via Polyvinyl mail-order and of Montreal on their
upcoming tour. Both are now sold out. Quantities are exceptionally
low. Get it now before you have to get it on EBay. Track
list: 1. Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games (The
Sunlandic Twins), 2. Disconnect the Dots (Satanic Panic
in the Attic), 3. Psychotic Feeling (Unreleased), 4. Noir
Blues to Tinnatus (Unreleased).
Polyvinyl-107
CD5
$9.00
Old Haunts, The
Fuel On Fire
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
KillRockStars
LP
$12.50
Old Haunts, The
Fuel On Fire
PS, US This swamp punk trio from Olympia, WA has received
favorable comparisons to The Animals, Television, Screamin'
Jay Hawkins, The Sonics, The Modern Lovers, and CCR, among
other legendary rockers. None of these references quite
describes The Old Haunts' unique style that has attracted
attention around the world.
KillRockStars
CD
$14.50
Paik
Monster of the Absolute
PS, US It is their particular incantations, evoking warm
melodic portraits amongst a firestorm, which truly sets
them apart. Few bands are as adept at evoking the inherent
symmetry in otherwise clashing emotions & it is this
wedding of sonic disparity simultaneously, i.e. without
the alternating loud/quiet crutch utilized by so many post-Slint/Mogwai
instrumental acts, that is so breathtaking. Oozing forth
with a beautiful drone passage of tightly woven feedback & mouth
harp, distorted bass & barreling drums augmented by
tympani & tambourine lay a solid foundation for chiming
guitar lines to cut through the din.
StrangeAttractors-041
CD
$13.75
Paik
Monster of the Absolute
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
StrangeAttractors-41
LP
$14.50
Pedestrians
Future Shock
PS, US Ex-NEW GRANADA, DEARBORN SS, DEAD RECKONING, & TREPAN
NATION leave their hardcore past to travel sideways in
time & relative dimensions; simultaneously sounding
like numerous late 70s to early or even mid 80s mid-tempo
straight forward punk bands from various scenes & yet
sounding timeless as well. This record made 8 top ten lists
in Issue #273 of MAXIMUMROCKNROLLMAGAZINE Feb 2006.
CriminalIQ-014
CD
$12.75
Pelt
Skullfuck/Bestio Tergum
PS, US New pressing of the extremely limited edition live
CD previously attainable only on the band's 2006 European
tour. Contrary to the Grateful Dead reference in the title,
Skullfuck is a tight recording of a single, intense November
2005 performance from NYC's Knitting Factory. The set begins
with an epic group arrangement of Jack Rose's "Calais
To Dover," with Rose's 12-string shadowed by Mike
Gangloff's fiddle, and the thick drone of Mikel Dimmick
and Pat Best's harmonium and srutis. The three-part "Bestio" suite
follows, with the group moving to Tibetan bowls and gongs,
building up a huge sheet of sound which peaks in a brief "encore" of
wild gong smashing. New edition is packaged in a gatefold "eco-wallet" with
cover art designed by fabric & fiber-artist Emily Keown.
VHF-098
CD
$14.50
Philly, Pete & Perquisite
Mindstate
PS, US Straight out of the multicultural melting pot that
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