New Releases
African Music Machine
Black Water Gold
PS, US 8 piece New Orleans funk outfit that got their start as the
house band for the Jewel/Paul label axis, playing on records by Fontella
Bas, Little Johnny, Rosco Robinson, Ted Taylor, Tommie Young &
singer/producer Bobby Patterson. From '72-'74 they cut several singles
for the Patterson owned Soul Power subsidiary, most done in a heavy,
JB vein, sometimes with a bit of creole influence thrown in. They
now fetch outrageous prices on the collector market. Now all here
in digital glory & a good price point.
Fuel-302061687-2
CD
$8.00
Alex Ogg Reynolds & Hearn
No More Hereos : Complete History of UK Punk 1976-1980
PS, US A detailed & definitive history of British punk music.
In '76, music changed forever. Punk arrived offering an electrifying
alternative to the bloated, sterile rock music of the day. This chronicles
not only the icons of the punk movement, but also looks at the lesser
known bands & music of the era. Here are detailed accounts, often
at variance w/conventional wisdom, about the careers of groups like
the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Damned, the Buzzcocks, the Stranglers,
& Siouxsie & the Banshees. Based on 200 interviews w/some
of punk's key players, this is an exhaustive A-Z overview of the subject,
incl. extensive biographical notes, complete discographies, a buyer's
guide, & many never before seen photos. 700 pgs.
IPG-7651
BOOK
$20.75
Ariel Kill Him
Named After You
PS, JAPAN "Named After You" is the first new full-length
album by Ariel Kill Him (aka David Lehnberg of Gävle, Sweden)
since 2003's successful "In The Pyramid" (10,000 copies
sold in the US, Japan and Europe). Although more electronic than AKH's
three previous albums, "Named After You" feels more organic;
an effect which Lehnberg achieved by keeping his arrangements stripped
down and spontaneous. The Quince release features two bonus tracks,
"It's Christmas" and "With Celesta." Lehnberg
was the singer for Lelah (3 albums) and currently sings and writes
songs with the band Ikaros (1 album so far). For fans of Mum, Sagor
& Swing, Mew, Jeniferever, Stina Nordenstam and The Gloria Record.
QuinceRecords-044
CD
$13.00
Awkward Stage/Young & Sex
Split
PS, US These label mates share a love of imaginative & intelligent
lyrics, intricate & subtle pop hooks & vintage guitar &
keyboard sounds making a perfect match for a split release together.
These 2 previously unavailable recordings will be available in a LIMITED
edition of 500 2X7"
Mint-106
45
$4.75
Bad Religion
New Maps Of Hell
PS, US
Epitaph
CD
$15.00
Barbed
Doubleclick Countryside
PS, US LIMITED EDITION comes packaged in an LP sleeve.
LoafLTD-05
CD
$18.75
Beatallica
Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band
PS, US Internet metalic darlings who combine the best band of the
60's with the best band of the 80's. Beatallica is a parodic band
that plays music made from combinations of songs of The Beatles and
Metallica. A Beatallica song is typically a blend of a Beatles song
and a Metallica song with a related title (e.g. "The Thing That
Should Not Let It Be", combining The Beatles' "Let It Be"
and Metallica's "The Thing That Should Not Be"), though
sometimes just a Beatles song will be used as a basis with modified
lyrics. The lyrics slip back and forth between the two songs-occasionally
neither in lieu of original lyrics comically referencing Metallica,
heavy metal music or the heavy metal community-while the scansion
and melody are usually Beatles-based, the music is played metal style
with some Metallica riffs and solos thrown in. Consistent quirks made
in the lyrics also criticize glam metal much in the fashion that thrash
metal fans would do (bands like Poison, White Lion, Dokken, Warrant,
Winger and Scorpions are examples). A hoot!
Oglio-89144-2
CD
$16.00
Boat
Let's Drag Our Feet!
PS, US BOAT is back with their second LP entitled, "Let's Drag
Our Feet!". Recorded in the basement in Seattle, Washington,
the trio has improved upon the lofi sound of their debut. This time
out, each song is an anthem. Slightly fuzzy vocals collide with simple
guitar lines, start stop drumming, handclaps, la las, ba bas, ooh
oohs, slippery theremin, some 8 bit Nintendo keyboard sounds, electronic
kazoo, double trumpet, and enough energy to make you play air drums
or shout out lyrics in the car /office/deli/wherever you spend your
days. Seattle's BOAT proudly takes it's place along side the ranks
of the rejected with it's debut LP - Corey duBrowa Magnet BOAT's somehow
able to rein all those elements in to create playful, catchy-as-hell
pop jams that will lodge themselves into your heads and your hearts
and refuse to come out. - GorillavsBear [SLOPPY POP] BOAT's ridiculously
charming pop songs have burrowed into my psyche, and I don't think
they're leaving anytime soon. The Seattle trio's hand-clappin' clunky
pop tunes come off as ultra-fun, but D. Crane's half-sung, half-shouted
lyrics prove him not only a great smart-ass, but a thoughful and sympathetic
narrator, too. - AMY MCCULLOUGH Willamette Week Boat's songs are great:
part solid and charming melodic pop drenched with narratives and part
goofy but endearing indie rock laced with the sounds of a drunken
orchestra. So thanks for the warning, Boat, but next time, don't be
afraid to put yourselves out there. You're pretty fuckin' rad. - MEGAN
SELING The Stranger.
Magic Marker-040
CD
$12.25
Buffalo Tom
Three Easy Pieces (ON SALE)
PS, US New album from one of Boston's finest, their first album in
9 years, welcome to the new millennium! KEXP: "Aside from a handful
of shows in their hometown of Boston, Buffalo Tom has kept a low profile
this decade, which makes their new album a welcome surprise. Their
1st record since '98's Smitten sounds like prime Buffalo Tom - passionate,
melodic, roots-tinged alt-rock alternating between catchy anthemic
rockers and heartfelt ballads."
Ammal/NewWest
CD
$16.00
Bunky & Jake
S-T
PS, UK Andrea "Bunky" Skinner & Allan "Jake"
Jacobs had been fixtures of New York's coffeehouse folk circuit for
years when they finally made this debut album in '68. Having honed
their talents alongside Bob Dylan, Fred Neil, Tim Hardin, Richie Havens,
John Sebastian & countless others, their music is a winning combination
of breezy tunes, sweet harmonies & tasteful fuzz guitar, making
it the perfect soundtrack to a mellow summer's evening.
FalloutUK-2051
CD
$16.25
Burns, Bob & the Breakup
Terminal Breakdown
PS, US LIMITED COLOR vinyl.
Gearhead-078
LP
$8.25
Canadian Rifle
S/T
PS, US Second 4-song 7" from this incredible new Chicago punk
band. They have that Chicago-esque melodic sound (think Naked Raygun,
Effigies, etc.) but with a bit more straight ahead punk a la Leatherface.
Wow wow wow. Get this or pose hard.
CriminalIQ-023
45
$4.75
Cleandenim, Patrick
Baby Comes Home
PS, US Baby Comes Home is the extraordinary debut album by 22 year
old PATRICK CLEANDENIM. Combining a love of classic songcraft with
a mountain of charisma, Cleandenim is just at the start of a highly
promising career. After playing with Kansas favorites CLOCKWORK, Patrick
began performing under his own name with help from his brother ANDREW
and Clockwork drummer JIM PILLAR. Shows opening for bands like The
Decemberists and John Vanderslice followed until Patrick moved to
New York to attend the prestigious Cooper Union for the Advancement
of Science and Arts. Two years later, in December of 2005, Patrick
returned to Lawrence to record Baby Comes Home. Booking an armful
of sessions at Black Lodge Recording Studio (co-owned by local heroes
the Get Up Kids) and with a killer rhythm section in tow, Patrick
expanded the band to orchestra size by enlisting the help and goodwill
of music students from University of Kansas to serve as string and
horn sections. The sessions took place in the graveyard slot of 12.00
- 4.00 am. On the last day of recording, Patrick turned 21. Baby Comes
Home inhabits a lush world of its own. From the opening drum beat
crack of "Baby Comes Home" to the dying seconds of "Hollywood,"
there's a sense of identity to the album that's rarely achieved these
days, like a great novel or film rather than just a collection of
songs. While prime time Scott Walker may be an initial point of comparison,
Baby Comes Home also features a strong jazz influence on many of its
tracks alongside the footprints of Phil Spector, Elvis Presley, David
Axelrod and a Tin Pan Alley approach to classic pop song structures.
BaDaBing!-054
CD
$12.00
Coltrane, John
Inch Worm
PS, US Recorded live for a radio broadcast on November 28, 1962 in
Stefaniensaal, Graz Austria while Coltrane & his quartet were
on tour in Europe. Feat. jazz all-stars McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison
& Elvin Jones. This is the same line-up that would go on to record
the seminal "A Love Supreme," just 2 yrs later.
GetBack-2033
LP
$15.75
Cotton, James Blues Band
S/T
PS, US Active since his teens w/ 1st a radio show in West Memphis
in '52 & soon followed by a recording session w/ Sam Phillips
at Sun Studios, where he delivered 2 singles in 1953 & '54, released
his official 1st full length album on Verve in '67. This amazing set
by the legend of mouth harp blues is now available again on Lilith
& will startle even the hardest blues listener for the unbelievable
power it sparks from its grooves. 1st chapter of a future trilogy
on Lilith!
Lilith-129
CD
$19.25
Coulter
Culture
PS, US The Seattle-based singer-songwriter has spent the last decade
weaving together songs that beg, borrow & steal from '50s rockabilly,
'70s glam, '80s jangle & '90s Brit pop. This sophomore release
reveals a blend of influences from The Smiths & Suede to T. Rex
& Bowie. Catch him touring this summer w/ Blackheart Records (Joan
Jett's label) artist Girl in a Coma.
Hairball8Records--035
CD
$10.75
Crowded House
Time On Earth
PS, US New album from Brother Finn, features guest appearance from
Johnny Marr.
ATO
CD
$16.75
Cub
Come Out Come Out
PS, US REMASTERED! Featuring the songs "New York City" and
"Flaming Red Bobsled". Itt presented the amazing growth
of Cub as a band with bassist Lisa Marr, guitarist Robynn Iwata &
Lisa G on drums & proved to the fantastic pop creation that made
them a mainstay on the independent music scene.
Mint-005
CD
$15.00
Cynics
Rock 'n' Roll
PS, US 180 gram vinyl version back in print!
GetHIp-1020
LP
$12.50
Dauda Dembele
S-T
PS, US
YaalaYaala
CD
$12.50
Davis, Miles w/ Coltrane
Live
PS, US Recorded shortly prior to Davis'magnum opus, the best selling
jazz record of all time, "Kind Of Blue" & feat. the
musicians from that seminal session, making it one of the best quintet's
of all time: John Coltrane (tenor sax), Wynton Kellly on piano, Paul
Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums). Recorded live in '58.
GetBack-2029
CD
$15.00
Deacon, Dan
Spiderman of the Rings
PS, US VINYL!!!
Wfwf-003
LP
$16.50
Death Set
Rad Warehouses Bad Neighborhoods
PS, US Limited Edition! 12 great genre-smashing tracks to entice a
diverse group of listeners w/ the band's addictive pop-art parody.
Ever-present are their blistering signature co-leads & searing
guitar riffs, set against inge-niously crafted post-casiotone backing
tracks. Custom packaging includes an original handscreened flag on
fabric, designed by world renowned artist Nolen Strals (posttypography.com),
assembled in an artful but retail-friendly package.
Rabbitfoot-084
CD
$11.75
Deerhunter
Cryptograms
PS, US The 1st side begins w/ an intro leading to the title track
& ends w/ the tape literally spinning off the end of the reel
in the middle of a drone layered w/ bells & accordion, while the
2nd half opens w/ the line, "...so I woke up..." & introduces
a set of focused psyche-pop songs fixating on adolescence, illness,
& failing connections. "a massive, psych-heavy, art-damaged
5-piece, & one of the most inspired new bands we've heard in quite
a while.." Pitchfork
Kranky-104
CD
$12.50
Dickies
Stukas Over Disneyland
PS, US 10'' YELLOW VINYL. Reissue of this classic punk album circa
1983. Original artwork & running order restored, completely remastered!
Nickel&Dime-51265
10
$8.50
Dinosaur Jr.
Beyond (ON SALE)
PS, US Vinyl version of their incredible new album.
FatPossum
LP
$18.00
DJ Mayonnaise
Still Alive
PS, US The rumors are true. DJ MAYONNAISE is, indeed, Still Alive.
Eight years after the release of his debut-Anticon's inaugural instrumental
LP, 55 Stories-Mayo has returned in more ways than one. First, to
his hometown of Portland, Maine-where he rediscovered inspiration
amongst the dusty vinyl bins and damp seascapes of his youth-and now,
to the waiting world with sophomore album in hand. Still Alive is
both a fitting follow-up to Stories and a reinvention of sorts. While
DJ Mayonnaise is still a master of sample and scratch, he's turned
his attention to the art of composition and the subtlety of details.
And though Still Alive has its moments of quiet, rainy-day beauty,
these serve as counterpoints to a brightness that permeates the songs.
Simply put, this album, too, is alive.
Anticon-075
CD
$9.25
Dolour
The Years in the Wilderness
PS, JAPAN The fourth and strongest album to date by Shane Tutmarc's
Dolour, "The Years in the Wilderness" is an ambitious 19-song
set split up into two parts: the bombastic, occasionally dark rock
of Storm & Stress and the lighter, but moody, jazz-pop of Hell
or Highwater. The new album is a departure from Dolour's previous
albums, New Old Friends (2004) and Suburbiac (2002), which were very
manicured, production-heavy albums, featuring hundreds of over-dubs
performed by Tutmarc himself. On this album, Tutmarc looked to the
past to find a fresh way to record; inspired by Miles Davis's recording
sessions, he gathered his favorite musicians and let the songs come
together live in a Seattle studio over two very full sessions. Storm
& Stress combines the grandeur of Led Zeppelin's more ambitious
tracks with the pop-noise of the Pixies and Nirvana. Hell or Highwater
showcases Tutmarc's love for traditional American songwriting, with
nods to gospel, country, Americana, and Tin Pan Alley. Themes of love,
spiritual yearning, and self-doubt lend a warmth and depth to this
music that is beyond Tutmarc's years.
QuinceRecords-054
CD
$13.00
Effigies
Reside
PS, US Rising from a long dormancy & as loud as ever- Chicago?'s
punk legends have returned in force w/ their 4th album & 1st full-length
release in over 20 yrs. 10 new songs & original art & concepts,
?this is an album of the present time & place, yet it draws strongly
on their own legacy as hard-hitting rockers w/ charging melodies &
flint like lyrical incisiveness. Hot guitar hooks, pounding rhythms
& poignant songs about love, death & dirty politics.
CriminalIQ-020
CD
$12.50
Erickson, Roky
You're Gonna Miss Me [Original Soundtrack]
PS, US This is the story of Roky Erickson: manic frontman for the
legendary band The 13th Floor Elevators, creators of psychedelic music
and muse to Janis Joplin... Features classic songs from the 13th Floor
Elevators, Roky Erickson and the Aliens, and gripping solo acoustic
performances from Roky, available exclusively on this soundtrack.
PalmPictures
CD
$15.00
Erickson, Roky
You're Gonna Miss Me
PS, US The story of ROKY ERICKSON, the manic frontman for Houston's
legendary 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS,one of the creators of psychedelic
rock, & muse to Janis Joplin & hundreds of lesser knowns.
A disturbingly intimate portrait of an imploding family & the
struggle between modern medicine & religion. His struggles with
LSD, heroin & schizophrenia are legendary. Features Patti Smith,Thurston
Moore & Billy Gibbons. A movie about a tortured rock soul that
has a happy ending! Incl. 90 minutes of historic,uncut live performances
incl, acoustic & dramatic readings, ACL 2005, his 2007 emancipation
& more.
PalmPictures-3156
DVD
$24.00
Evans, Bill
Time Remembered
PS, US This unique album comes from a prolific period in Evans' career
& gives fans a glimpse at 2 significant Evans' led trios. Side
B was recorded in France in Feb. '65 & feat. Chuck Israel on bass
& Larry Bunker on drums while Side A was recorded at the "Pescara
Festival" in Italy in '69 & feat. Eddie Gomez on bass &
Marty Morell on drums.
GetBack-2031
CD
$15.00
For Carnation
Promised Works
PS, US Originally released by Matador Records as Marshmallows &
Fight Songs, & celebrate them now as Promised Works!! Feat. members
of SLINT & TOROISE!
Touch&Go-289
CD
$11.00
Freeheat
Don't Worry Be Happy
PS, US REISSUE. Debut mini CD from UK combo featuring JIM REID, founding
member of THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN. Also involved are guitarist
Ben Lurie, also of J.&M.C., drummer Nick Sanderson of London band
Earl Brutus & bassist Romi Mori, once a part of The Gun Club.
To quote Jim.. "Freeheat is definitely a continuation of what
we'd always been doing with the Mary Chain, they were a great band
& I just wanted to pick up where they left off..". So you
get a stripped down, raw rock 'n' roll experience based on well crafted
tunes..
HallOfRecords-104
CD
$4.75
Gainsbourg, Charlotte
5:55 Remixes
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY!! This is the collector 7'' incl. the Metronomy
remix, a young British producer. The B-side is a bewitching &
captivating '5:55' remix from The Black Ghosts.
Because-5772093
45
$8.75
Gavouna
Falling
PS, US They've quietly carved a reputation as a purveyor of delicate
soundscapes that offer dreamlike experimental joy. Perhaps it's like
Arthur Russell in his most oblique & gentle, early Penguin Café
Orchestra, half-heard folk music on a far away isle. It's almost too
fragile to absorb & yet imbued w/ a lasting emotional resonance
rarely found in this world of electronic rough & tumble.
Loaf-07
CD
$9.25
Germano, Lisa
Lullaby for Liquid Pig
PS, US This music seeps into your system w/ a warm glow like alcohol
gently working its way into the bloodstream through the lining of
an empty stomach. This is beautifully & richly orchestrated, but
also so intimate & saturated w/ a peculiar sadness you get the
feeling you're drifting through the dreams inside her head, led along
by the soft breeze of her breathing.
YoungGod-36
CD
$15.00
Gogol Bordello
Super Taranta!
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Album after album, show after show,
Eugene Hütz and his group of enthusiastic, disheveled gypsies
continue to make fantastically inventive, provocative, smart, raucous
music that refuses to be categorized or confined...his ability to
convey the common human experience, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity,
or even language. Hütz, like every great vocalist -- and he is
one, although not in the traditional sense -- doesn't rely on only
the safety net of words to communicate his message, so even when he
sings in Ukrainian or English or whatever else, his intent, his ideas,
his passion (and needless to say those of the band, who combine rustic
folk progressions with modern punk stylings seamlessly) is always
comprehensible. Super Taranta! is the culmination of superb musicianship,
endless energy, and an inborn sense of fun and a dedication to progression
and innovation, and if that's not something to celebrate and dance
to, it's hard to know what is." (Marisa Brown)
SideOneDummy
CD
$15.00
Gore Gore Girls
Get the Gore
PS, US Vinyl for the Bloodshot album being released on CD June 26th!
All girl mania, more Runaways & L7 than the Go-Gos or the Bangles.
Produced by Jim Diamond.
Cobraside-1113
LP
$12.50
Gourds
Noble Creatures
PS, US The kaleidoscopic country-rockers continue defining their own
unique musical genre. "Gourds music" is by now a generally
accepted term that fans & critics alike use when describing the
effortless blend of American musical forms the band has implored since
its birth in Austin in 1992. Songwriters KEVIN RUSSELL & JIMMY
SMITH continue their quirky ramble down the mountain, past dusty delta
back porches & through the hanging moss of southwest Louisianauntry.
YepRoc-2153
CD
$14.25
Gravy Train!!!!
All the Sweet Stuff
PS, US GT's new album will inspire fans to pluck their eyebrows, dance
like the glamour a la Divine in John Waters' Female Trouble...all
while humming the unbelievably bizarre & catchy bubbleclub hits
that are unleashed on the band's third full-length recording. The
Train has been spreading their infectious brand of queer, sex &
food-friendly new wave since 2001, & their live shows have become
legendary for their humor, brazen personality & reckless energy.
Cochon-029
CD
$11.75
Gravy Train!!!!
All The Sweet Stuff
PS, US
Cochon-029
LP
$11.75
Guitar Wolf
Wild Zero-the MOVIE
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER!!! Ace, a rockabilly fan who really wants to
be cool, is on his way to see his favorite rock group, Guitar Wolf,
when a strange thing occurs...aliens invade the earth & people
start returning to life as flesh-eating zombies! Leather jackets,
loud over-modulated music, laser guitar picks, motorcycles, muscle
cars & lots of fire. Think Dawn of the Dead meets Kiss meets the
Phantom of the Park w/ the humor of Evil Dead 2. REGION=0.
Synapse-29
DVD
$20.75
Harp
July/August 2007
PS, US
ZINE
$4.00
High Dials, The
Holy Ground EP
PS, US New 4 song EP.
RainbowQuartz
CD5
$8.00
Holman, Rex
Here in the Land of Victory
PS, UK This bit-part actor is perhaps better known to Star Trek &
Monkees fans than music enthusiasts,but connoisseurs of acid folk
have long treasured this, his sole album, which originally appeared
in '70 (when he was already 42 yrs old). A hypnotic blend of melodic,contemplative
songs & philosophical lyrics, sung in his quavering voice (which
has been compared to Tim Buckley's), set to acoustic guitar,sitar
& tabla, it's nothing short of an overlooked minor classic.
FalloutUK-2053
CD
$16.25
HTRK
Nostalgia
PS, US HTRK are a mysterious three piece from Melbourne who now reside
in Berlin, Germany. Heavily influenced by The Birthday Party, Krautrock,
David Lynch & Suicide, they have been the subject of recent features
in UK tastemakers PLAN B & TANK magazine. Nostalgia is a collection
of 7 live recordings from 2005/2006 & precedes their debut 'Marry
Me Tonight' produced by Rowland S Howard (Dirty Three/Bad Seeds) &
includes extra vocals by CONRAD STANDISH from THE DEVASTATIONS.
Fire-104
CD
$7.50
Icarus Line
Black Lives @ the Golden Coast
PS, US This is certainly their most stunning venture to date. The
album was entirely recorded on tape, w/ Cardamone & the band pushing
the sound above & beyond their own expectations & dosing it
w/ even more concentrated elements of pop, art, & sex.
DimMak-110
CD
$14.25
Instruments, The
S/T
PS, US The Instruments (members of Circulatory System, Elf Power,
Olivia Tremor Control) take on 4 Joy Divison tracks. The 7" features
2 tracks "Passover" & "New Dawn Fades" . The
single comes with a CDR featuring those tracks as well as "Decades"
& "Love Will Tear Us Apart". This single is limited
to 300 copies.
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe-086
45
$5.75
Interpol
Our Love to Admire
PS, US New album!
Capitol
CD
$16.75
Justice
Cross
PS, US Justice's monster beats, massive hooks, thunderous drums, and
near-religious determination to demolish dance floors cast them in
a light no contemporary can catch. The group's US debut single, "Waters
Of Nazareth" arrived in 2006 and solidified their sound: huge
slabs of beats, brutal strings, and cathartic release. That record
sets the stage for this, their debut full-length, boasting the already
ubiquitous disco pop anthem "D.A.N.C.E.", which features
the best English children's choir since "Another Brick In The
Wall Pt. 2".
Vice
CD
$13.00
Kang, Eyvind
Athlantis
PS, US Choral piece is an oratorio w/ MIKE PATTON & JESSIKA KENNEY
on the main vocal parts.
Ipecac-087
CD
$16.00
Klaxons
Gravity's Rainbow
PS, US It's fair to say that they have an amazing weight of expectation
upon them. Just over a year into their existence & already the
kids love them, the press love them & everyone is pretty much
sporting a glow stick at their shows & a dash of day glow in their
day time attire. This special hand-etched 12-inch vinyl, track on
one side,special engraved etching on the other side. Handnumbered
& LIMITED!
DimMak-111
12
$4.75
Knife, The
Like a Pen
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mute
12
$6.50
Leftovers
On the Move
PS, US Recorded Jan. of 2007 at Butch Vig's Smart Studios in Madison,
WI (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage). BEN WEASEL (SCREECHING WEASEL,
RIVERDALES) lends a qualified hand in producing these 13 tracks of
pure pop perfections...add a strong punk influence, ala the Ramones,
salt in a bit of Elvis Costello & pepper w/ The Beatles &
you are feasting on a tasty treat.
RallyRecords-002
CD
$11.00
Magnet
#76
PS, US Cover = Spoon! Great issues featuring Mitch Easter, Kramer,
Wheat, The High Strung, El Perro Del Mar, My Teenage Stride, Dappled
Cities, Ben + Vesper, and many more!
ZINE
$3.25
Maow
Unforgiving Sounds of...
PS, CANADA REMASTERED! Feat. NEKO CASE on Vocals & Drums! This
well trained boxing gym cow-punk trios hard-hitting garage sounds
released in '96, is full of highlights, such as Neko belting out some
Wanda Jackson & Nancy Sinatra numbers while spanking the cans
in full Levon Helm style. Sounds kind of like Nancy Sinatra going
out drinking w/ The Cramps.
Mint-019
CD
$15.00
Methadones
This Won't Hurt
PS, US Recorded it at the famed Atlas Studios in Chicago. The same
guys that brought you stuff from The Lawrence Arms & Alkaline
Trio have captured The Methadones in all their glory & have them
sounding better than ever. Fronted by the venerable Dan Vapid, they
have yet another album full of undeniable hits.
RedScare-114
CD
$13.50
Mingus, Charles Quartet
Meets Cat Anderson
PS, US Recorded in 1972 in Berlin w/ a superlative Cat Anderson on
trumpet during a period of extensive touring, was made during a very
productive time in Mingus' life. Feat. Joseph Gardner (trumpet), Hamiet
Bluett (reeds), John Forster (piano), Roy Brooks (drums) and Cat Anderson
(trumpet).
GetBack-2030
CD
$15.00
Mitchell, Jay
Mustang Sally
PS, US Feat. a track from the recent compilation "Cult Cargo:
Grand Bahama Goombay." The 13 min. "Mustang Sally"
is a break heavy reworking of the classic Mack Rice tune, overstuffed
w/ dizzying organ vamps, fuzzy bass, & free form vocals. The flip
feat. a re-edit by LeSpam & a housey remix by the Shoes crew.
LIMITED to 1000
Numero-005
12
$7.50
Mojo
#165 (August 2007) [Magazine + Button Badges]
PS, UK
ZINE
$9.50
Monk, Thelonious
4/8
PS, US Recorded live in Rotterdam, Holland on October 28, 1967, it
feat. Thelonious Monk playing w/ both a quartet & octet line-up
on classic Monk tracks like "Ruby My Dear" & "Blue
Monk" as well as "Hackensack" w/ both the quartet &
octet line-up.
GetBack-2034
LP
$15.75
Monkees, The
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. [re-issue, remaster]
PS, US The Monkees fourth album remastered plus loads of bonus material.
26 tracks total.
Rhino
DCD
$25.00
Monkees, The
Headquarters [re-issue, remaster]
PS, US The Monkees third album remastered plus loads of bonus material.
35 tracks total.
Rhino
DCD
$25.00
Monolake
Interstate
PS, GERMANY The second Monolake record, originally released in 1999,
now newly digitally remastered. Monolake is an open project dedicated
to computer-generated music, founded in 1995 by Berlin-based Robert
Henke and Gerhard Behles. If you are looking for German minimal techno
done with maximum attention to detail and true dedication to sound,
Monolake is one of the first projects to look at. After being highly
influenced by the exploding minimal dub techno scene of Berlin during
the mid-'90s and after early releases on Chain Reaction, the project
soon started to develop its own trademark sound, a more complex and
rich flavor with an abundance of minimal while still keeping a constant
rhythmical pulse as the main force behind every track. Interstate
offers a lovely bouquet of deep flowery textures, floating around
complex grooves, embedded in all sorts of atmospheric background noises
and field recordings. Interstate is light and summery, breathing the
warm air of happiness and its musical density and abundance makes
it an outstanding release even ten years later. The CD has been out
of print for a couple of years and this re-release is housed in a
newly-designed digipack and with a new mastering. The mastering, executed
with outstanding dedication by Rashad Becker, is more than just a
technical process, it is an aesthetic statement. While the album itself
is very digital and clean, the new mastering has been done entirely
with selected analog equipment, resulting in a crunchier, darker and
warmer atmosphere. Monolake - Interstate, an essential release and
a must-have item for everyone into electronic music.
Monolake-001
CD
$15.00
Monster Magnet
Greatest Hits
PS, UK 2003 import collection, perfect for novices and experts alike
(and now available at a very decent price), from one of the top stoner
rock acts in the freakin' universe, man...and I am literally not shittin'
you, dude, seriously. DCD set features 20 tracks and 8 videos and
includes all their best A&M stuff and their better-than-the-original
cover of Union Carbide Productions' "I Want More".
UMVD
DCD
$14.25
Monstrance
S/T
PS, US Monstrance is the name given to a trio comprised of XTC's resident
guitarist, songwriter, and figurehead Andy Partridge; Shriekback keyboardist
(and way-back XTC member) Barry Andrews; and drummer Martyn Barker,
also of Shriekback. Any expectations that the self-titled Monstrance
might sound like either of those venerable outfits can be tossed right
out the window, though. This is two discs of purely improvisational
music: no overdubs, no composition or rehearsal -- just three exceptional
musicians heading into the studio and playing what their minds and
hands tell them to, with little regard for accessibility, form, or
mood. One might expect it to resemble free jazz, and Partridge has
made no secret of his affection for same. But Monstrance sound nothing
like Ornette Coleman or Cecil Taylor either. Like free jazz, it's
often difficult music -- no place more so than the lengthy, meandering,
tentative opening track, "I Lovely Cosmonaut" -- but stick
it out and accept it on its own terms, and it bears more riches than
it has a right to. That is, when it doesn't get mired in its own muck,
unable to find a way out. Monstrance, for better and worse, never
stays in one place for long. "Ur Tannoy" is a screech-fest
of explosive noise, swirling, cacophonic bursts of feedback, roiling
drums, and hypnotic (OK, annoying) loops. "Tagoda Tailfin"
is faux ambient, suggestive of, though not really akin to, Partridge's
1994 collaboration with Harold Budd, Through the Hill. But where that
music was composed and manicured, this is freewheeling and often out
of control -- exhilarating at times, compelling, but undeniably indulgent,
too. "Torturetainment" -- great evocative title, that --
not unpredictably, filters from metallic/prog rocky to vaguely soothing,
while the album-closing "Priapple," 16 minutes of noodling
in search of a song, feels like an abandoned soundtrack to a B horror
flick. Will die-hard XTC fans take to it? That depends on whether
they come to XTC for the band's quirky, angular pop and Partridge's
finely crafted songs or for that seemingly now-defunct band's more
experimental, edgy efforts. Suffice to say if it's solely for the
former, this lengthy exercise in free-form won't win their hearts.
Shriekback people will feel the funk, but shouldn't expect Monstrance
to incite them to dance. In the end, only those with a great tolerance
for ambling, off-the-cuff music-making will likely take the ride all
the way through. Monstrance -- though there is no denying the intelligence
and probing inquisitiveness that went into it -- is not for casual
listening, it's not party music, and it isn't a whole lot of fun.
But stick with it, give it a chance to take hold, really pay attention,
open up, and as the music finds its way deep within your cranium you
may just find yourself marveling at its nuanced shifts, inspired sound
clashes, and ability to challenge its own makers at every turn.
~ Jeff Tamarkin, All Music Guide
Ape APER17.2
DCD
$15.90
Moore, Thurston & Graham Moore
Split
PS, US Graham Moore/Thurston Moore split LP. Head honcho of the splendid
Blossoming Noise label (latest addition to To Live & Shave in
LA) teams up w/ head honcho of the venerable Ecstatic Peace label
(also of the band Sonic Youth) for an all out noise attack! Pro-pressed
covers, 140 gram marbled color vinyl in an edition of 500 copies.
Nihilist-047
LP
$18.25
Numan, Gary
Complete John Peel Sessions
PS, US Representing 3 sessions from the show, 2 of which were recorded
& broadcast in 79, either side of the release of Replicas, the
classic 2nd album from Tubeway Army, w/ the 3rd coming from just into
the following century. The bridge between past & present is emphasised
by the tracks that appear more than once, providing 1979 & 2001
versions of his best known song, Cars, & the less instantly recognisable
Down In The Park.
CookingVinyl-7801
CD
$12.50
Oh No! Oh My!
Between the Devil & The Sea
PS, US Drawing influences from art-pop makers like Belle & Sebastian
& the Magnetic Fields, they deliver an assortment of catchy pop
melodies w/a wholesome - & somewhat quirky -charm.This collection
of songs was written & recorded by the band when they were still
in their teens.
DimMak-107
CD
$8.75
Oswalt, Patton
Werewolves and Lollipops
PS, US Patton has been a stand-up comedian for almost twenty years
and this is his second CD. Lazy...or maybe busy. He's appeared in
over twenty movies, including "Magnolia", "Reno 911!:
Miami", and the documentary "The Comedians Of Comedy",
which he also created and produced. He played Spence on "The
King Of Queens" for nine seasons, is a regular on "Reno
911!", a frequent guest on Conan and Jimmy Kimmel, and a recurring
voice actor on "Kim Possible", "SpongeBob SquarePants",
"Aqua Teen Hunger Force", and "Crank Yankers".
He's a regular columnist in the NY Times Magazine and was an uncredited
writer on the "Borat" movie. He's also the lead voice in
this summer's Pixar movie, "Ratatouille", playing a rat
named Remy. This is his first CD on Sub Pop and it includes a DVD
with one hour of stand-up.
Subpop
CD/DVD
$14.00
Packard, Morgan
Airships Fill the Sky/Unsimulatable (CD/DVD)
PS, US Morgan Packard's debut solo full-length, Airships Fill the
Sky, finds him folding cello, accordion and saxophone into a decidedly
digital context - involving fragmented elements of techno, house,
breakbeat-oriented microsound and post-ambient tendencies - retaining
his acoustic sensibilities in earnest, while taking advantage of his
long-time immersion in a variety of electronic genres. While he has
further honed the melodic, textural meanderings from some of his past
work, here Packard returns to his rhythmic roots, and continues to
filter his jazz and classical background through everything he does.
Deftly using his self-made software techniques, he puts these pieces
together with a view towards the hypnotic power of the loop, coupled
with a distancing from it. From the opening title track's accordion
lines to house bumps, to "Mink Hills" - with its symphonic
clusters sitting harmoniously in layers of horizontal sound and clattering
percussion pops - to the unabashedly funk-filled synth movements of
"Waterbugs" - Packard manages to span a variety of musical
choices and retain a coherence throughout. The accompanying Unsimulatable
DVD provides a snapshot into the collaboration between Packard and
Joshue Ott. Ott uses his homemade software, entitled SuperDraw, to
wield a flexible, visual instrument. The collaboration between Ott
and Packard (which includes almost exclusively different music from
the CD) is the culmination of two years of playing live shows together
and consistently honing their interaction and the means by which their
computers communicate with each other. The DVD portion is in NTSC
format, region 0, 36:59 minutes long; the music featured on the DVD
is exclusive to this format.
Anticipate-002
CD/DVD
$19.50
Peace Division
Soft Heavy
PS, UK Peace Division are Clive Henry and Justin Drake, who have been
together over 10 years releasing on their own label, Low Pressings
as well as NRK Sound Division. "Pulses" - a building mix
of menacing beats certain to make your body groove. "No Junk
No Soul" - a driving, haunting record perfect for the floor.
"Voodoo" - complete with a cheeky vocal, this track is constructed
flawlessly. Already featured on Loco Dice's compilation TDK Timewarp
2007. Early support from Dinky, Mr. C, Clive Henry, Damian Lazarus
and Jamie Jones.
CrosstownRebels-038
12
$9.50
Pekos & Yoro Diallo
S-T
PS, US
YaalaYaala
CD
$12.50
Pink Reason
S/T
PS, US Their self-titled 7", one of 2006's most-acclaimed post-punk
records, returns to circulation thanks to those solid citizens at
Criminal IQ. Regardless of whom he's working with, Debroux manages
to concoct some of the most striking & unforgettable cold wave
compositions known to man, beast, or robot.
CriminalIQ-022
45
$4.75
Polyphonic Spree
Fragile Army (CD/DVD)
PS, US Special Edition also incl. a patch & bonus DVD.
TVT-2990
CD/DVD
$19.75
Polyphonic Spree
Fragile Army
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TVT
DLP
$19.00
Prefab Sprout
Steve McQueen [re-issue, remastered, expanded]
PS, UK Upon the UK release of Steve McQueen in 1985 frontman Paddy
Mcaloon explained "I'm probably the best songwriter on the planet...
Seriously...on my day, who are my rivals?" Though assuredly just
stirring up the press, the fact is, he was right. It remains one of
The Best Pop Albums EVER... This is a 2007 digitally-remastered double-disc
expansion of the popular UK band's much loved second album, originally
released in 1985. Original producer Thomas Dolby did the remastering
Job, ensuring that all the band's original artistic sound and intent
remains intact. Include a second disc with eight of the album's 11
tracks in re-arranged acoustic form, beautiful versions that prove
the songs' genius, recorded by Paddy in 2006. MOJO: "The ultimate
album [of the era]...as sublime as pop can be." UNCUT: "Music
steeped in the classics - Lennon & McCartney, Bacharach &
David, even pre-rock'n'roll types such as Gershwin - but rich in emotion
as well as intelligence." PS. This album was released in the
US under the name 'Two Wheels Good'.
Epic
DCD
$25.00
Pumice
Pebbles
PS, US Pumice's rollicking brand of loner DIY - precariously devoid
of gratuitous pose - is a colorful, desolate sound world unto itself.
Pebbles offer the unlikely marriage of astute refinement & wild
abandon, with songs uplifting & sincere, yet dark with oddball
substance to spare. Self-recorded, committed to 8 track tape &
mastered by Pete Swanson (YELLOW SWANS), resulting in the biggest-sounding
record in the Pumice canon. The small silver guitar remains at the
fore, only now that signature of the Pumice sound is presented in
startling clarity, augmented by Neville's booming drums, piano flourishes
& tape manipulations.
SoftAbuse-022
CD
$11.50
Regan, Fionn
End of History
PS, US Universally hailed by the Brit & Irish press, both musical
& mainstream, Regan plays a version of folk music "similar
to Dylan's early albums, but with the flow of a Nick Drake-a stunning
combination.****"-THE TIMES "Ireland's answer to Bright
Eyes."-NME
LostHighway
CD
$15.00
Roumain, Daniel Bernard
Etudes 4 Violin & Electronic
PS, US From dance clubs to concert halls, DBR, seamlessly blends hip-hop,
rock, funk & classical music, creating hybrid sounds, defying
categorization & crossing a wide range of cultural & artistic
platforms. Feat: PHILIP GLASS, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, DJ SPOOKY & CHRISTIAN
A DAVID aka DJ
SCIENTIFIC.
ThirstyEar-57179
CD
$13.25
Saint Joan
Wrecker's Lantern
PS, AUSTRALIA Album title alludes to the 19th century practice of
luring a ship onto the rocks by faking the beam of a lighthouse with
a swinging lantern, causing the ship to run aground, its treasure
to be plundered. It continues the bands interest in all things maritime...the
sea as the subconscious as Carl Jung would have it. The band takes
inspiration from Hieronymus Bosch in "The Four Last Things"
and The Tempest in "Singing Bowl". They conjure love &
loss, seasick sailors & freight trains, hills & mountains,
rivers & fading street lights. Epic, psychedelic stream-of-consciousness
psychodramas about loss like 'December' contrast with the more fragmented,
melancholy of "Gone" with its looping guitar & lush
strings. The wide screen folk-rock drive of "Singing Bowl",
place it alongside vintage Walkabouts. Recorded in an old warehouse
in the autumn "The Wrecker's Lantern" evokes time &
place at every turn and yet seeks to transcend them. It is the sound
of beauty, timeless & incarnate.
CameraObscura-079
CD
$12.75
Santa Dog
Kittyhawk
PS, JAPAN Santa Dog play sparkly, sassy, summer-soaked pop with chiming
guitars and a sinister fringe. Think Blondie going two rounds with
the Throwing Muses on the edge of a cliff with a stiff breeze whipping
up skirts and mischief and you're still nowhere near capturing the
band's distinctive sound and uniquely English charm. This Bristol-based
four piece's debut album, Kittyhawk, comes on the heels of their three
self-released EPs that captivated audiences and press alike. Santa
Dog are 'perfect pop' (Lostmusic), 'more addictive than opium' (Whisperin'
& hollerin'), and play 'the kind of classic guitar pop that exists
in its own universe, mercifully free of the shackles of hyperbole
& trend' (Norman Records). Also look out for the debut single,
released in the UK in May on 7" vinyl and digital download through
new London indie label, SoundsExperience.
QuinceRecords-050
CD
$13.00
Schnauss, Ulrich
Goodbye
PS, US Ulrich's third album marks his first new release in four years.
"An altogether lusher, more slouched, musical approach. The results
have strong echoes of My Bloody Valentine or a turbo-charged Brian
Eno..." - Music Week (May 2007). "A triumph of simplicity
over pretension, of melody and harmony over pops and clicks and of
the humane over the elusive" - Impose.
Domino
CD
$14.00
Schnauss, Ulrich
Goodbye
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
DLP
$14.00
Sigur Ros
In A Frozen Sea: A Year With Sigur Ros [vinyl boxset]
PS, US *** Special order ONLY. Free Domestic UPS Ground shipping!
While supplies last. 10-day hold policy enforced. An unbelievable
package! New indie label out of L.A. launches with a seven album box
set of Sigur Ros vinyl, plus the thirty-two page 12" x 12"
book of unique photos, observations and quotes that capture the band
on tour in their arctic home (book is also available separately).
Packaged in a hard cover album with unique pockets similar to how
78s were once packaged. Contains the three albums, Agaetis Byrjun,
( ), and Takk, plus Smaskifa which has never previously been available
on 12" vinyl. Expensive but well well worth the cost! Limited
to 5000 copies.
ArtistInResidence
7LP+BOOK
$175.00
Sigur Ros
In A Frozen Sea: A Year With Sigur Ros [book-only]
PS, US Just the book. Please note: special shipping charges may apply.
Following Sigur Ros through their native Iceland on the 2006 'Takk'
world tour. Features imagery from the viewpoints of fans, interviews
and observations of the bands' free tour of Iceland, during which
thy played everywhere from Reykjavik to small towns in the Icelandic
countryside, setting up stages as they went. The 32-page book comes
encased in a 12" vinyl jacket and features photography of both
the band and the Icelandic landscape.
ArtistInResidence
BOOK
$23.75
Smashing Pumpkins
Zeitgeist
PS, US New album from Chicago guitar and drums duo Billy 'n' Jimmy.
Reprise
CD
$17.00
Sonic Youth
Daydream Nation (4XLP)
PS, US Daydream Nation was SONIC YOUTH's sixth album, their first
double LP, and their last for an indie label before signing with Geffen.
Widely considered to be their watershed moment, Daydream Nation catapulted
them into the mainstream and proved that indie bands could enjoy wide
commercial success without compromising their artistic vision. The
original 1988 album has been remastered under the band's supervision.
The bonus platters begin with previously unreleased live performances
from the Daydream Nation Tour. Culled from performances at CBGB in
New York, The Paradiso in Amsterdam, and several other primo venues,
Live Daydream includes live versions of every song on the original
album. Added to that are four studio bonuses: "Within You, Without
You" (a Beatles cover from the NME-sponsored charity Beatles
tribute album Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father), "Computer Age,"
from the Neil Young tribute album The Bridge, "Electricity"
from the Captain Beefheart tribute album Fast And Bulbous, and a cover
of Mudhoney's "Touch Me, I'm Sick," originally released
as a Sub Pop 7-inch single. LEE RANALDO's original demo of "Eric's
Trip" concludes the album. Includes a 16-page booklet with liner
notes and unpublished photos. The album to be performed in its entirety
at select shows in North America and Europe.
Goofin-013
4XLP
$35.00
Spoon
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
LP
$15.50
Spoon
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
PS, US This record starts with "Don't Make Me A Target",
a song that builds on Spoon's familiar minimal rhythmic piano/guitar
vamp popularized on earlier hits like "Small Stakes" or
"The Way We Get By". The album quickly moves into uncharted
territory with the atmospheric "The Ghost Of You Lingers"
and moves through several different stylistic changes from the explosive
"You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" to the wall-of-sound horns of
radio single "The Underdog". Their most heartfelt batch
of songs since 2001's "Girls
Can Tell".
Merge
CD
$14.00
St. Vincent
Marry Me
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
BeggarsBanquet
LP
$13.25
St. Vincent
Marry Me
PS, US St. Vincent is the band of singer-multi-instrumentalist, Annie
Clark. The 23- year old is a veteran guitarist for two musical armies,
The Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Steven's touring band. On Marry Me
we see a smartly crafted deluge of guitar, bass, and beats pulsing
forward with warmth and immediacy alongside Annie's classy soprano.
Her lyrics can be weird or tongue-in-cheek or dead serious, capturing
verily what it feels like to be 23 years old in America and caught
up in the delirium of love blues and wartime blues and the various
swashbuckling adventures of existence. She's been compared to everyone
from Bjork to Kate Bush to Jeff Buckley, and her beautiful voice melds
perfectly with her intricate guitar work. Horns and strings cry out
brassy and full-bodied over digital keyboards. Songs rock out vigorously,
break down into squiggling post-noise-rock deconstructions, roll out
mellow and slow-flowing as a river. Backing harmonies and kiddie choirs
loom in the distance, rise, and lilt above the stately grandiosity.
And she keeps good company. David Bowie's longtime pianist Mike Garson
shows up on two songs, as does Brian Teasley from Man or Astro-man
but, mostly, it's just Annie, a multi-instrumentalist for a new era.
BeggarsBanquet
CD
$13.25
Steinbecks
Far From The Madding Crowd
PS, US On Far From the Madding Crowd Steinbecks' songwriters, brothers
Josh & Joel Meadows, team up with their cousin Tali White (Lucksmiths,
Guild League) to craft one of the first shining pop gems of the post-Candle
Melbourne pop scene. The Meadows brothers have been writing and singing
songs about things that matter to them for longer than either care
to remember, but Far From the Madding Crowd marks the first time the
brothers have written and recorded with their cousin. Two songs on
the album - 'The Doppler Effect', a powerful pop punch that dissects
the city/country relationship, and the gorgeous 'Have You Ever Looked
After a Song?' - are sung and co-written by White. Other stand-outs
include opener '1987 + 1994 = 2007', in which the 'becks somehow manage
to blend the sensibilities of the Pet Shop Boys with the sensuality
of Pavement, and the angsty nature hymn, 'Moon & Stars'. Musically
the record has echoes of Nick Drake, Lloyd Cole, My Morning Jacket,
The Chills and Big Star. Lyrically, the 'becks tackle questions as
diverse as: what happens to modern society when the oil runs out?
Why is compromise not a dirty word when you're in love? will we ever
learn to learn from the past? And, if you could go back to being a
teenager, would you? The world is in a mess, The Steinbecks seem to
acknowledge, but faith, hope and love remain. Far From the Madding
Crowd exists within this reality and tries to tell the story of it
through the only medium The Steinbecks know: the pop song.
Microindie-011
CD
$10.25
Stoecklein, Val
Grey Life
PS, UK As leader of the legendary BLUE THINGS, he needs no introduction
to fans of folk-rock & psychedelia.Stung by the band's failure
& traumatized by the collapse of a relationship, he channelled
his sorrow into the songs that make up the only solo album he would
ever release.
FalloutUK-2050
CD
$16.25
Strohm, John P.
Everyday Life
PS, US New album from former Blake Babies, Antenna, Velo Deluxe guy.
Superphonic
CD
$15.00
Teaneck
Masters of Achievement
PS, JAPAN California three-piece, Teaneck, flaunt a confident rock
sense and eminently hummable pop melodies on Masters of Achivement,
their first full-length album. Known for their energetic live performances,
Teaneck formed after lead singer, Loren Isaac, was hit by a car and
realized the time to rock out was 'now or never.' The fast-charging
trio developed an international following through the magic of MySpace,
and eventually recorded with the producer of power pop faves, Ozma.
The resulting songs fuse past and present, pungent and pleasant, with
the taut simplicity that only a three-piece can generate. Skipping
along through sunny, country-tinged rock, alt-pop catchiness, and
triumphant rock and roll, Masters of Achievement certainly lives up
to its title. For fans of Weezer, Fountains of Wayne, and The Foo
Fighters. Initial release features limited edition special packaging.
QuinceRecords-046
CD
$13.00
They Might Be Giants
Else
PS, US New album from these geniuses.
Zoetrope
CD
$16.00
Torske, Bjorn
Feil Knapp
PS, NORWAY First album in six years! In many ways "Feil Knapp"
(Norwegian for wrong button) represents a sound that sits somewhere
in between "Trøbbel", 1999's seminal "Nedi Myra"
on Ferox and his underground cult hit "Søppelmann"
on Svek. With influences ranging everything from Count Ossie &
The Residents via 22 Skidoo to Idut Boys, Torske has created his very
own & characteristic signature sound, a unique blend of warm &
melancholic house, quirky avant-disco, leftfield electronica &
dark, heavy psychedelic dub. In other words; this album has everything
that we have learnt to love Bjorn for. Weirdly melodic & wonderfully
groovy.
SmalltownSupersound-117
CD
$14.50
Tuss
Rushup Edge
PS, US TRIPLE LP VERSION!!!
Rephlex-189
3XLP
$19.50
Tuss
Rushup Edge
PS, US They offer little biographical info, preferring to concentrate
on their musical merits,which they describe as "braindance. "This
feat.6 tracks w/a unique blend of head music & dance vibes, everything
from classic techno to modern funk, gabba, ambient & classical
influences. Suffice to say it's very lush music, so get your ears
'round it!
Rephlex-189
CD
$15.50
Uncut
#123 (August 2007)
PS, UK
ZINE
$9.50
Unicorns
Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
PS, CANADA REPRESSED! A morbid sense of humor blended with irresistable
pop melodies and beautiful vocals. 13 tracks deeply rooted in careful
song-writing & lo-fi pop experimentalism that scream: fresh, haunting,
sexy, funny, charming, brilliant & so much more.
Alien8-041
LP
$13.50
Various
Ska Is Dead
PS, US Feat. 23 of the most important bands performing in the genre.
W/ GO JIMMY GO, AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY, BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, FISHBONE,
& pretty much everything in between, this represents the very
best of a very dynamic scene, one that is back on the upswing.
AsianMan-150
CD5
$6.75
Various
Bougouni Yaalali
PS, US
YaalaYaala
CD
$12.50
Various
Disco Deutschland Disco: Disco, Funk & Philly Anthems From Germany
1975-1980
PS, SPAIN
Marina-089
DLP
$17.50
Various
Disco Deutschland Disco: Disco, Funk & Philly Anthems From Germany
1975-1980
PS, SPAIN Welcome to Teutonic boogie wonderland, fellow disco citizens.
Presenting 18 sparkling anthems from Germany recorded between 1975-80.
This digs deep- w/ many tracks appearing on CD for the 1st time. Feat.
Su Kramer, Marianne Rosenberg, Alfie Khan Sound Orchestra, Munich
Machine, Silver Convention, Supermax & Amanda Lear, Ambros Seelos,
Peter Thomas, James Last, Berry Lipman, Christian Anders. Compiled
& annotated by
Stefan Kassel.
Marina-068
CD
$16.25
Various
Grand Cru 2007
PS, GERMANY This 2CD compilation is the beginning of a yearly series
and is a representative selection of established Connaisseur artists
as well as up-and-coming new members of the label's roster. "Grand
Cru" is a term used in the wine business and normally denominates
a special wine, which is made from the best grapes of both one wine-producing
area and one vintage. The stylistic diversities featured on this compilation
aren't less refined and versatile. CD1 features artists such as Afrilounge,
with an elegantly lowered house groove and Jochen Trappe, setting
the benchmark with his glitch-rock tech. Daso teams up with his ingenious
partner, Pawas to make even the most lame couch potato taste their
own very special Beaujolais and freak out on the dancefloor. Furthermore,
Ripperton bares his Detroit soul with a special track that makes everyone's
heart beat and the legs boogie. Needless to say, Connaisseur's old
school techno preachers Plasmik are also on board with a crunchy and
massively deep groover while Girrèsse & Erb and Estroe
& ZoëXenia manage to come up with tracks interwoven with
smooth vocals. Pele is a highly promising producer talent who had
his debut on Connaisseur with a compact gem. CD2 is a joyous melding
of all these sounds and more, mixed by the inimitable Patrick Chardronnet.
Other artists include: Kollektiv Turmstrasse, Sebastian Roya, Simon
Baker, Shokh and Rekleiner.
Connaisseur
DCD
$18.75
Various
Whirlyball
PS, US Teensy repress of limited edition single for recent Chunklet
sponsored show featuring EXCLUSIVE TRACKS by DEERHUNTER (kranky),
CARBONAS (Goner), SELMANAIRES (International Hits), COATHANGERS (Die
Slaughterhaus). Ltd. 200!
Whirlychunk-001
45
$5.25
Virgin of the Birds
Mixed Choir
PS, US As a collection of pop songs,debut from Jon Rooney (Morning
Spy) treads the line between intimate lo-fi and the granduer of early
art rock. W/ help from LOVELY SPARROWS founder/autuer Shawn Jones,
Rooney creates a sound that is warm & inviting, reminiscent of
the more intimate moments of John Cale or Destroyer.
AbandonedLove-007
CD5
$6.75
Voids
Sounds of Failure Sounds Of Hope
PS, US They return w/ their 2nd full length of female fronted vocals
backed w/ early 80's influenced punk rock. Truly one of the most popular
bands to have emerged from Orange County, Ca they sell out all venues
& for good reason. Fast paced, powerful in your face rock.
Dr.Strange-112
CD
$11.75
Votolato, Rocky
Brag & Cuss
PS, US Deluxe LIMITED edition gatefold packaging.
SecondNature-070
LP
$15.50
Wilco
Sky Blue Sky
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Nonesuch
LP
$22.00
Forthcoming
Releases
Adrian Orange and Her
Band
Interdependance Dance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US The debut release on K RECORDS from ADRIAN ORANGE AND HER BAND,
these are three songs about balance, interconnectedness, determinism,
love, and family/community, unity. For dancing. Adrian was born and
raised in Portland, Oregon where she still lives. Full length album
available through K in Autumn.
Krecords-112
45
$3.75
Anderson, Laurie
Big Science [remastered, enhanced] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Re-issue treatment for LA's 1982 art-rock classic, includes
the title track and surprising British chart-topper "O Superman".
ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Big Science is a landmark release in the New
York art scene of the '80s, and quite possibly the best art rock album
of the decade."
Nonsuch
CD
$15.25
Anderson, Ryan
The Garden Path (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US Acoustic folk pop from a singer songwriter taking his songs
to the people one living room at a time. Honest and pure.
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe-075
CD
$9.75
Angels Of Light
We Are Him (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 25TH)
PS, US
YoungGod-35
LP
$18.75
Art In Manila
Set The Woods On Fire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US After Azure Ray disbanded, member Orenda Fink put her energies
into a solo record in 2005, called "Invisible Ones". Upon
touring in support of that album with various revolving band members,
she chose the cream of the crop and formed a new group called Art
Belle, then changed it to Art In Manila (a nod to radio host Art Bell's
exodus to the Phillipines). On this release, the band flirts playfully
with genre wanderlust without ever abandoning cohesion. Moody slow-burners
follow four-to-the-floor rockers that butt up against serene ballads.
A powerful debut.
SaddleCreek
CD
$12.25
Bexar Bexar
Tropism (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US "Many of the songs have this feeling that's hard to describe
but so satisfying to hear: like a sadness that's been buried and you're
soldiering quietly on, and not making a show of it. The spare, lovely
melodies swell and recede, all with perfect precision and tremendous
understated feeling. How this music can be so emotional without ever
getting sentimental or corny is completely beyond me" - IRA GLASS,
"This American Life"
WesternVinyl/Own Records-02
CD
$11.50
Bishop Allen
The Broken String (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DeadOceans-003
LP
$10.25
Bishop Allen
The Broken String (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US 2006 was a big year for BISHOP ALLEN - The band recorded and
self-released an EP every month of the year. Fifty-eight songs later,
they completed one of the most ambitious recording projects in recent
memory. Their 2003 debut, "Charm School," was a hooky indie-pop
gem, but Bishop Allen's EP material proves far more sophisticated
and addictive. With the EPs, Bishop Allen's pop smarts sound timeless,
escaping the indie-pop idiom and revealing a language informed by
the Kinks, Dylan, and the Zombies. While it was in motion, the EP-a-month
project was the toast of the blogosphere, but it wasn't just an online
phenomenon; it garnered the band attention everywhere from the Wall
Street Journal to NPR's Song of the Day. This adulation all happened
without the benefit of a record label or publicist. Bishop Allen was
truly DIY, recording and releasing their own records and booking their
own tours. In early 2007, the band struck a partnership with DEAD
OCEANS and the first fruit of this relationship is Bishop Allen's
sophomore album, "The Broken String." If Bishop Allen made
a huge musical jump from the 2003 debut to the 2006 EPs, the band
made a quantum leap on "The Broken String." If Ed Sullivan
were alive today, Bishop Allen's story-songs would be ripe for prime
time. "The Broken String" is not just a great record by
Bishop Allen standards. It is poised to be the pop soundtrack to the
summer of 2007.
DeadOceans-003
CD
$11.50
Bottom of the Hudson
Fantastic Hawk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Latest album updated the 90's bedroom indie rock 4-track sound
to modern standards w/ sonics & arrangements tuned & tightened
to reveal the beautiful song that always lies underneath. Spans the
distance from classic indie sludge of Seesaw or Sebadoh to the sonic
heights of timeless song giants like Robyn Hitchcock & Ray Davies.
An album of stunning songcraft.
AbsolutelyKosher-066
CD
$14.50
Brunettes, The
Structure And Cosmetics (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US The Sub Pop debut by these New Zealand natives features breezy,
effervescent, Shangri-Las-reminiscent pop. The backing band ranges
from five to ten strong and incorporates the marimba, trumpet, alto
and tenor sax, and more. "Structure & Cosmetics" retains
the sweetly charming, sunbeam-drenched sound The Brunettes are known
for, but adds a hint of darkness and drama in other tracks. They've
played with the likes of The Shins, Rilo Kiley, The Postal Service,
and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
Subpop
CD
$12.50
Carta
The Glass Bottom Boat (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 21ST)
PS, UK The fruits of a lengthy process involving an ever-changing
line-up featuring a revolving door of San Francisco musicians, this
is the long-awaited debut from Carta, now with settled personnel surrounding
core member Kyle Monday. Engineered by Beulah's Eli Crews and featuring
Sacha Galvagna and Jared Matt Greenberg (Charles Atlas) and Alexander
Kort (Subtle) amongst others, 'The Glass Bottom Boat' is a remarkably
accomplished album, as one might expect considering the pedigree of
those involved. Having found a home on eclectic UK label Resonant,
Carta's audience should be broad and widespread, with their overall
sound avoiding pigeonholes. The album is mostly instrumental, predominantly
downtempo but with constant emphasis on melody. The title track features
full vocals from Sarah Bell, and sounds like the best thing Espers
have ever recorded. Packaged in lavish six-panel digipak. Early review
from US site www.thesilentballet.com: 'It's rare that we see an album
that is so grounded in reality, yet simultaneously this is immaculately
breathtaking.'
Resonant-026
CD
$15.00
Castanets
Cathedral (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL! "Cathedral," the first nationally
released album by San Diego's CASTANETS, introduced a unique voice
of avant-country. From somber love ballads to haunted tales of frustrated
redemption, "Cathedral" illuminates architecture where faith
and doubt clash in an often ambiguous search for the divine.
AsthmaticKitty-11
LP
$10.25
Circus Devils
Sgt. Disco (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US BOB POLLARD & the Tobias brothers formed Circus Devils,
incorporating a musical alchemy of hard rock & soft rock, ugliness
& beauty & ambience, eerie moods, stories, humor &rock
opera theatrics, resulting in a strangely coherent cinematic music
experience, likened to an indie rock version of Fantomas.
Ipecac-090
CD
$16.25
Coach Fingers
No Flies On Frank (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US NOW ON LIMITED DMM 180 GRAM VINYL! COACH FINGERS is serious
about having fun and with the debut long player "No Flies on
Frank," no one is spared from the plentiful good vibes Frank
has to offer. Packed with more hooks than a ship crowded with one
armed pirates, "No Flies on Frank" is a meaty affair of
giddy but bearded late 60s / early 70s outlaw boogie rock & roll
prominently featuring three members of the new york free noise whatsit
collective THE NO NECK BLUES BAND - Coach JASON MEAGHER, DAVE NUSS
& DAVE SHUFORD - along with Meagher's brother Sean on Keys and
- future guitar god worshippers take note - the Coach's secret weapon,
master shredder GEORGE DEVOE. So come on, friends, it's time to join
the Fingers friends & family in the Beaujolais Revolution; take
a sip from a glass full of RONNIE LANE'S boozy rock, the charming
laissez-faire balladry of KEVIN AYERS (circa "Joy of a Toy"
& "Whatevershebringswesing") & a whole lot of crazy
fun.
LocustMusic-083
LP
$16.25
Coalesce
There Is Nothing New Under The Sun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US Features seven Led Zeppelin covers from Coalesce's 1999 EP,
along with eight additional jams, including those from the band's
split EP with Boy Sets Fire, a cover of Black Sabbath's "Supernaut",
an Undertow cover, and a Get Up Kids cover. "A ferocious blend
of brutal hardcore and vicious metal...incredibly infectious"
- Metal-Observer.
com.
HydraHead
CD
$12.50
Coltrane, John
Inch Worm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Recorded live for a radio broadcast on November 28,1962 in
Stefaniensaal, Graz Austria while Coltrane & his quartet were
on tour in Europe.Feat. jazz all-stars McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison
& Elvin Jones. This is the same line-up that would go on to record
the seminal "A Love Supreme," just 2 yrs later.
GetBack-2033
CD
$15.00
Creteens
4-Track Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE TBA)
PS, US 4 song EP from some French kid(s?) making with the Memphis-sound
garage-punk racket. The title cut and "Contaminated" are
definitely 'Teenage Hate'-esque. B-Side has an Oblivians cover &
a slower-style Fatals-ish long-titled bloozer. Recording is pretty
rough. Scums stats: 600 copies on baby- blue swirled vinyl.
Contaminated-009
45
$6.00
Crow, Rob
I Hate You, Rob Crow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US Following the success of his recently released solo alum -
and his first-ever US solo tour - PINBACK frontman ROB CROW keeps
the ride moving with the first single from "Living Well",
affectionately titled "I Hate You, Rob Crow." In addition
to the album cut, the disc also includes two non-album tracks - the
moody synth-driven instrumental "Sea Sawn," and the Heavy
Vegetable-esque "Slick" - as well as the now-infamous video
for "I Hate You, Rob Crow," featuring, among other highlights,
Crow singing through a mic attached to a man's intestines.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-115
CD5
$3.50
Crow, Rob
Living Well (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US NOW AVAILABLE IN LIMITED EDITION VINYL FORMAT WITH FIVE NON-ALBUM
BONUS TRACKS!!! Somewhere between the breakneck touring to support
PINBACK'S breakthrough TOUCH AND GO debut, "Summer in Abaddon",
and the release of THE LADIES' debut album (his collaboration with
ZACH HILL of HELLA/TEAM SLEEP), the impossibly prolific Rob Crow had
an epiphany: SLOW DOWN. Not coincidentally, this revelation occurred
shortly after the birth of his first child (named Robertdale Crow
III, of course). Crow's time at home was suddenly more important than
ever. His family is all over "Living Well", his third solo
album: in the album title, the artwork (layered with dozens of family
photos), and the intensely personal lyrics which document Crow's courtship
with his wife, their marriage, and the subsequent birth of their first
child. Not only is "Living Well" Crow's finest solo album
by a country mile, it also transcends many of Pinback's most canonic
moments. It has the hooks and heart that he is famous for, with a
refined focus not seen in Crow's other projects.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-114
LP
$9.00
Dilettantes, The
101 Tambourines (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US Vinyl limited to 500. Features Joel Gion from Brian Jonestown
Massacre and the movie Dig!. Perfect for the arrival of the anniversary
of the Summer of Love, The Dilettantes play it straight up; no-frills,
song after song like the psychedelic garage rock animals they are.
HappyParts recordings will be providing full court indie press, radio
and retail support. The record is loaded with retail in-store play
action. All straight, no cut. This record is a true long player. Dig
in. Band will be completing a west coast tour in September. They tour
Europe in January. Japan and Australia in March.
StrangerTouch-272
LP
$12.25
Drift, The
(rmxs) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US Following the 2005 release of their debut album, "Noumena,"
THE DRIFT set out to tour relentlessly in support of the album. Two
years later, the band is still on tour, and to keep up we're rolling
out a limited edition 12" compiling two side-long remixes from
FOUR TET and SYBARITE. Side A is a nine-minute jazz exploration, launching
The Drift's spacious, atmospheric compositions into deserted, zero-gravity
territory. Four Tet's remix is a stone cold classic, rich in the virtues
of patience and the payoff. Side B, conversely, is a dense, rhythmic
reworking of "Noumena's" most immediately accessible track,
"Invisible Cities." Sybarite gets to the point quick, and
fleshes out the deliriously funky details over the course of its emphatic
11-minute runtime. This 12" is strictly limited to 1,000 copies.
Each copy is housed in a beautiful full-color chipboard jacket, and
has been individually assembled by the tireless hands of the TEMPORARY
RESIDENCE staff.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-094
12
$9.00
Durutti Column
Idiot Savants (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, UK The Durutti Column follow-up 2006's Keep Breathing with a brand
new album, Idiot Savants. Written and played by Vini Reilly, with
drums and percussion from the Guru himself, Bruce Mitchell. The Durutti
Column emerged from the late 70s Manchester punk scene and has remained
one of the most intriguing, enigmatic (and arguably under appreciated)
acts in the country. The band name is derived from a 60s anarchist
movement. - an anarchist group in Europe who published a book with
a sandpaper cover so that it would destroy all the other books on
the shelves. He borrowed the practice of using sandpaper as a packaging
medium, until record shops forced him to stop, fed up of the stock
surrounding the Durutti Column being destroyed. Despite the tremendous
critical acclaim that greeted his music, Vini Reilly seldom performed
live during the early 1980s. The days of gigging with Joy Division
were over and Vini became a virtual recluse. However his reputation
grew and by the 90s Durutti Column's legendary status made them a
cult attraction all over the world, a position they maintain to this
day.
Artful-062
CD
$15.00
Editors, The
End Has a Start (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US
Fader
CD
$14.25
Fine Arts Showcase, The
Sings Rough Bunnies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 2007)
PS, SWEDEN Third album from Gustaf Kjellvander's Fine Arts Showcase,
and the follow-up to his 110% brilliant. The short version: TFAS covers
11 song by Swedish cult-twee-punk-lofi duo The Rough Bunnies. Highly
recommended. The long version: This is an album of many stories. Gustaf
Kjellvander and his friends in The Fine Arts Showcase have made a
covers album, entirely based on songs from the Swedish, rather unknown,
jangly, lo-fi band Rough Bunnies. Why is that? Let's make Gustaf himself
explain: "I was first introduced to Anna Vermina and her cousin
Frida, the founding members of Rough Bunnies and Inside Riot, through
mutual friends. Frida gave me a CD-R just days before they were about
to move to Berlin. About six months later I was looking for someone
to rent my spare room. I bumped into Frida by chance, who told me
she had moved back from Berlin to Malmö and needed a place to
stay - so she moved in. I was already smitten by Inside Riot at this
time, and when Frida played me the songs they had recorded in Berlin,
along with the Rough Bunnies record C-sides, it blew me away. I played
it to everyone who came over to my house. They became an obsession
that carries on to this day. I knew I wanted the Fine Arts Showcase
to cover their songs. The problem was that with a catalogue of songs
as amazing as theirs it was hard to pick just one, so I came up with
the idea that we should do an entire record instead (in the Merle
Haggard sings Jimmy Rodgers tradition). And here it is: a musical
love letter to two of my favorite songwriters, a celebration of the
pop geniuses of the Vermina family. Rough Bunnies (and their twin
group Inside Riot) have inspired me more than any other band this
side of the millennium and this record is my way of thanking them.
Rough Bunnies Saved My Life" - Gustaf Kjellvander
Adrian-051
CD
$15.00
Flaming Lips
U.F.O's At The Zoo - The Legendary Concert In Oklahoma City [MVI album]
(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US What Is MVI? With a higher storage capacity than a standard
CD, the Music Video Interactive Disc (MVI) contains new interactive
features including, superior sound quality, a wide range of video
features, and interactive digital content. MVI discs play in all standard
DVD players, computers, and game consoles with DVD drives but do not
play in conventional CD players. Digital music files are compatible
with all MP3 devices.
Warner/WEA
DVD-MVI
$27.50
Frank, Bob & Murry, John
The Gun Play EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, UK "The Gunplay EP", released in Europe on Decor Records
in May 2007 during Bob Frank and John Murry's month-long tour there
in support of "World Without End", was originally meant
to be recorded as a supplement to the full length album mentioned
previously. Instead, this "EP", if a ten-song record can
truly be called an EP, is filled with the work of the same musicians
who participated in the recording of "World Without End"
and was once again produced and recorded by Tim Mooney of American
Music Club. "The Gunplay EP" resurrects 4 old murder ballads
from stagnation and gives them back their original lyrics, sanitized
to suit broader audiences through the years. In addition, it includes
the newly-penned "Gary Gilmore, 1977", written by Bob and
John specifically for this EP. It also includes two live recordings,
both songs from "World Without End": "Joaquin Murietta,
1853" and "Boss Weatherford, 1933". "..and then
they immediately record a stunning EP in addition. The work of Frank
and Murry is filled with ferocity and brilliance." -- Allan Jones,
UNCUT Magazine "..beautifully dark and depressing. This is sure
to become an underground hit." --Whitney Matheson, USA Today
"4/5 Stars" --Joe Breen, The Irish Times "Oppressive,
claustrophobic, and extraordinary. Just make sure you listen with
the lights on." --Brian Denny, Morning Star, Britain.
Evangeline-0002
CD5
$7.75
Furman, Ezra & The Harpoons
Banging Down The Doors (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US This Chicago group wields their fractured-folk-meets-maniacal-rock
to capture the grandeur, pain, and wildness of life in song. The results
are by turns beautiful, funny, angry, and often poignant and inspirational.
Produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine).
MintyFresh
CD
$11.50
Galactic Zoo Dossier
#7 Compendium Book + DCD (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Feat.over 100 pages! Interviews w/ INCREDIBLE STRING BAND's
CLIVE PALMER, KEVIN COYNE, GARY PANTER, ED ASKEW & THE STRAWBS.
Feat.on dark psych LP classics,hippie horror movies, Mungo Jerry,
the Koala, Julie Driscoll, Rasputin's stash & more, 75 full color
trading cards, 45 new guitar gods + 2 full length CDs! Rare &
excl. tracks from BLOSSOM TOES, MICHAEL
YONKERS, THE STOOGES, DEVENDRA BANHART, ED ASKEW, etc!!!
DragCity
BOOK/CD
$14.75
Garland, David
Noise in You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US "Noise In You" is an album of gorgeous music about
noisy emotions: our desires and distractions, anxieties and passions,
love and loss, and the living hum of our bodies. It is DAVID GARLAND'S
8th album since entering New York City's downtown scene in the 1980s,
and it's the first to receive the wide distribution and attention
his music deserves. Garland is a multi-instrumentalist currently exploring
the sumptuous jangle of a 12-string guitar; he sings with a voice
that's deep, honest, and intimate. "Noise In You" is unclassifiable:
pop music that's both experimental and accessible, and is rich with
intricate layered harmonies and startling colors and textures. It
features the beautiful, sometimes mystical voices of a younger generation
of musicians -- SUFJAN STEVENS, MIRA ROMANTSCHUK (of MI AND L'AU),
DIANE CLUCK, VIKING MOSES, and DAVID DEPORIS -- together with guitars,
flute, piano, clarinet, sarode, oboe, and more. Noise In You unfolds
into a wondrous, subtly interconnected song cycle that sweeps you
up in its imaginativeness, drama, and sensual pleasure.
FamilyVineyard-49
CD
$11.50
Gonzalez, Jose
In Our Nature (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 25TH)
PS, US New album! Artwork TBC. Jose Gonzalez has revealed the details
of his forthcoming album. 'In Our Nature' -- the follow-up to his
2005 debut 'Veneer' -- is due out in the US on September 25 via Mute.
"I like playing with symbolism," said the Swedish singer-songwriter
of the new album. "On this album I've wanted to bring out the
primitive aspects of human beings." Gonzalez is currently touring
in South America and will be playing several festival dates this summer
as well as touring the US this fall.
Mute
CD
$13.00
Great Invisibles
You Left Me Haunted (CD/DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US A mix of Jack Rose-style fingerpicked guitar layered with found
sounds & children's toy orchestrations. Influenced by the Surrealism
movement, yet isn't bogged down by complete process-music abstraction
or overly reserved academic stuffiness, it works at both a casual
& Dada-esque level. Limited to 300 handmade unique artwork packages
BrokenSparrow-4050
CD/DVD
$12.50
Green Pajamas, The
Box of Secrets: Northern Gothic 2 (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY
31ST)
PS, US New album of psychedelic pop from Seattle veterans The Green
Pajamas, mining childhood nostalgia on their new album... Box Of Secrets
is a conceptual album, a follow up if you will to 'Northern Gothic'
(Camera Obscura, 2002), with three intertwining themes running through
it: local legends, characters, and personal mythology. Inspired less
by arcane literature and more by The Green Pajamas three songwriters'
own childhood experiences: 70's TV movies dealing with gothic themes
of murder, secrets, the supernatural; along with small town life in
the Pacific Northwest, the vague setting for many of the songs is
the Washington coast. The mostly fictional stories enclosed within
this 'Box of Secrets' evoke a shared memory or that spooky sweet nostalgia,
whether lived or not. Though the subject matter is dark, the music
and songs themselves promise to be a bit more rocking and psychedelic,
moreso than their last true studio album '21st Century Séance',
which explored more mellow moods... CITY BEAT REVIEW: "File the
Green Pajamas under 'the best band you've never heard'. The Seattle
collective, led by Pop mastermind Jeff Kelly, routinely releases jaw-dropping
albums that melt in the ear like a lysergic caramel from the Sgt.
Pepper chocolate sampler."
AHiddenAgendaRecord-089
CD
$9.00
Hayseed Dixie
Weapons of Grass Destruction (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS, US Along with the Bad Livers,this is the world's foremost country
band devoted to covering hard-rock songs in classic bluegrass style.This
doesn't find these hard-rocking pickers &grinners any more sedate.Far
from it.Instead the boys take on assorted classics by the Sex Pistols,
the Beatles,Judas Priest, the Rolling Stones, &others, plucking
up a serious,head-banging storm.It's a
