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New Releases
Prices listed herein reflect Parasol's standard prices,
however, all items are available at a 15% discount for
one week after their initial arrival at Parasol HQ. For
more information, please see details below ... and start
saving some of your hard earned money!!
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1-Speed Bike
Klootzak Keizer
PS, US Montreal's Aidan Girt previews his summer CD with
4 tracks of dubby disco tech with plenty of live drum
loops & sharp wit. Ready for the summer dancefloor!
BroklynBeats-19
12
$7.50
1-Speed Bike
Someone Told Me Life Gets Easier In Your 50s
PS, US AIDAN GIRT returns with his first 1-SPEED BIKE full
length & it's well worth the wait. GIRT seamlessly
mixes tracks from his
previous 12''s with new material running the spectrum from
Godspeed! tribal sludge to experimental electro breaks
to dubby disco. A unique & cohesive sound emerges.
His best to date.
BroklynBeats-22
CD
$13.75
Acid House Kings
Do What You Wanna Do
PS, US This EP single for the hit song "Do What You
Wanna Do" also comprised with album song "This
Heart Is a Stone" and four b-sides. One b-side a cover
of Sweden's lovely Loveninjas' "Keep Your Love" is
an exquisite exclusive for the US release.
TwentySevenRecords-003
CD5
$7.00
Adolescents
Welcome To Reality
PS, US RESTOCK! Limited, numbered reissue of this classic
3 song single on purple vinyl with fold over picture sleeve.
Includes "Things Start Moving" & "Losing
Battle".
Frontier-101
45
$4.75
Aquarius Void
Salt Mine
PS, US RESTOCK! LTD edition of 500. Heavy psychedelic spacerock
falling somewhere between Monster Magnet & Deep Purple
w/ a Stooges/MC5 Detroit attitude. Unique power trio features
a drummer, a guitarist, & a singer who also plays heavy
distorted electric pianos. Fast becoming the buzz band
in Motown & have their sites on competing with any/all "stoner" rock
band. Features members Zach Shipps (Brendan Benson, Electric
Six), Mike Alonso (Speedball, ChristPunchers, Electric
Six), Ross Westerbur (500 Feet of Pipe).
UnfortunateMiracle-026
45
$5.25
Area C
Traffics + Discoveries
PS, US A broad spectrum of sound washes over you during
the entirety of the album. There is never a dull moment,
as each track takes on a separate dynamic realm & the
songs themselves change shape, eliciting a stimulating
listening experience. The 'dark' half features a sample
from A.M. radio over a miasmic drone & gurgle, while
the 'light' half sends us East with a chant heard at a
temple in Taipei. It's a very delicate track, where the
sound is sometimes reduced to a murmur.
LastVisibleDog-98
CD
$12.75
Ayers, Roy
Virgin Ubiquity Remixed
PS, US Remixes from across the hip hop, DnB, nu-jazz & house
spectrum unite in a set of completely reworked, newly discovered
gems & soon to be classic jams from work of one of
the great jazz-funk heroes of the 20th century. Remixes
from KENNY DOPE, MATTHEW HERBERT, PLATINUM PIED PIPERS,
OSUNLADE, BASEMENT JAZZ, JOEY NEGRO, DJ SPINNA, tons more.
Rapster-48
DCD
$21.50
Beck
Sea Change
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY. Tardy yes, but it's double LP
vinyl for his 2002 LP
Interscope-4372-01
DLP
$18.25
Besties, The
Singer
PS, US Dagger Zine (US): Top 10 CDs for January, 2006.
Skipping Stones Records released a few bands, including
the Charade from Sweden (with members from the Shermans
and Happydeadmen) and the Besties from Brooklyn, New York.
'Singer' is the first album by the trio, and it's really
good to hear a band that plays happy and melodic indiepop
the way it's supposed to ound....this is the best album
so far this year. Intro (Germany): Not only does the album
title show a charming simplicity, also the tracklisting
reads wonderfully friendly: "Prison Song," "Western
Song" or "Pirate Song" will free you from
winter depression and post-holiday lethargy. They tell
of forbidden love, outer-space fantasies and zombie lovers
("Zombie Song"). Sugar-sweet pop melodies with
keyboard-sounds accompany the distant connection in the
high north ("Sweden Song"). Marisa, Kelly and
Rikky bring new brightness into your hut. One calls it
indiepop, another "A New Generation of Twee Pop," and
even another will stick them in the Antifolk drawer with
bands like Pantsuit. The Besties themselves call their
melodies simply punkrock. Whatever, so long as you shake
to their music, wiggle your bottom stylishly in the square
indie disco or pogo in the scruffy youth-center: in any
case you should not let yourself miss out on the two gals
and the young man. Common Paper (Sweden): There's an echo
of an All Girl Summer Fun band and somewhere in the genes
there's of course Talulah Gosh. Somewhere in the second
song there are hints of new stuff. The keyboards and the
drum machine make the difference. There are "rock
fills" intros and exciting synth sounds. The guitar
feels fresh too cause there's more than the standard jangle.
The Besties are bouncing their way through and if I'd have
a chewing gum I would be chewing it on the beat. Cameron
Deyhle (US): "The Besties are in the business of serving
up sunshine infused twee laden milkshakes." Thee Power
of Twee (Sweden): "keyboardpop with a quitar and lovely
female vocals. Bubblegumpop twee, I love it."
SkippingStones-
CD
$12.50
Bitch
Issue #31
PS, US Issue celebrating 10 years of feminism and pop culture.
Features on SUSIE BRIGHT, VIVIAN GORNICK, guilty pleasures
and celebrity meltdowns. Also a great
story in praise of PATTI SMITH.
Bitch-31
ZINE
$5.75
Broken Family Band, The
Balls
PS, UK BALLS is the third full-length album from The Broken
Family Band. They've got a good reputation for peddling
jangly country music, but BALLS shows there's more to them
than that. Since forming in Cambridge in 2001 they've chucked
out 3 full-length
records, 2 mini-albums, played more shows than some professional
touring bands (all over the UK, Germany, Texas, Scandinavia
etc), been all over the radio signed their publishing to
Mute Song AND they've still got proper jobs, girlfriends
and lives... BALLS shows off The Broken Family Band's love
of indie rock, heavy metal, country-flavoured ballads,
punk and arty pop meanderings, without the slightest thought
for fashion or trends. Guests this time are limited to
Kansas pop princess Piney Gir on vocals, with Goldrush's
Joe Bennett and The Folk Orchestra's Gill Sandell chipping
in here and there. Recroded Brian O'Shaughnessy (Primal
Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Beth Orton).
TrackandField(UK)-41
CD
$14.75
Budd, Harold/Elizabeth Fraser/Robin Guthrie/Simon Raymonde
The Moon And The Melodies
PS, US An absolute essential classic. Harold Budd and The
Cocteau Twins. Everyone's favorite romantic bedtime album.
Marry the langorous refrains of Harold Budd with the piquant
etherealism of the Cocteau Twins and you have a union made
in heaven. THE MOON & THE MELODIES is a perfectly apropos
title for the eight fragile sound-poems which decorate
the digital code in this recording. Budd's fragmentary
piano notes glisten like dewdrops on the morning lawn during "Memory
Gongs," while Liz Frasier's mellifluous voice cascades
over the frozen drum patterns and processed guitar opalescence
of "Sea, Swallow Me." What Budd brings to these
proceedings is an air of classical sophistication that
reigns in any more mainstream aspirations. These beautifully
serene mood pieces run the gamut from introspection ("Why
Do You Love Me?") to probing pop-form curiosity ("Eyes
Are Mosaics").
4AD-70611
CD
$14.75
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Young Shields
PS, US Owen Ashworth finally jettisons the confines of
lo-fi minimalism for an expanded production palette. A
bite sized intro to his
new CFTPA made in conjunction w/ Jherek Bischoff (DEAD
SCIENCE, DEGENERATE ART ENSEMBLE. A driving, menacing anthem
with its cold synths, frantic drum machines, & pulsing
bass undermined by Ashworth's signature monotone, it is
a brilliantly bitter narrative that stands as the most
confident & sinister track in the Casiotone songbook.
The single's b-side is an electro reworking of of Prince's "When
You Were Mine," which features guest vocals from XIU
XIU's Caralee McElroy, & somehow manages to sound giddy
and gloomy at the same time. CD also features 2 beautifully
retrofitted CFTPA classics from their sold out Alphabet
Series 7": "Roberta C" appears here as a
huge, swooning epic with a full string arrangement and
a ridiculous, floor-killing beat, and "The Subway
Home" has been reworked as a darkly beautiful dirge
which pairs Ashworth's raspy baritone with Bischoff's skeletal
contrabass arrangement.
Tomlab-064
CD5
$6.25
Cats & Jammers
Wholelottagoddamn
PS, US Fourth album from Chicagoans further refines their
kinetic power pop combining 60s garage pop w/frenetic 70's
punk energy & 80s new wave. Serious issues like mortality & government
conspiracy bump up against women's professional tennis & Charlton
Heston. "Simple, catchy, hummable, & uplifting."-
Babysue
ScotchHell-7772
CD
$12.75
Cavalier King
Sun Revolutions
PS, US Epic expressions of chivalry, valor & the search
for truth.Tell of an awakening in a fearful & ever-darkening
world dominated by wrenching loss & even worse crushing
tedium. Hypnotic, poetic & defiant. For Fans of Radiohead,
Morrisey & Muse.
Rubric-061
CD
$14.50
Chesterfields, The
Electric Guitars In Their Hearts: The Best Of The Chesterfields
PS, UK This 27 track compilation is the first to covet
the whole of the band's career. The Chesterfields were
formed in 1984 in deepest Dorset and signed to Bristol's
Subway Organisation label. After having 4 Independent chart
hit singles, including the highly rated 'Ask Johnny Dee',
their debut album 'Kettle' was released in 1987 and reached
No 5 in the Indie Charts. Two more albums, 'Westward Ho!'
and 'Crocodile Tears' followed over the next two years.
'ELECTRIC GUITARS IN THEIR HEARTS'
also features a previously unreleased version of 'Glad
For You', with Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey), Clare Mactaggart
(Portishead) and Andy Strickland (The Loft).
CherryRed-294
CD
$14.75
Copper Press
Issue #26 (Mag + CD)
PS, US Features include Minus Story, Earth, Motion City
Soundtrack, Jens Lekman, The Rosebuds, Moggs, The Joggers,
Paula Frazer, Black Horse, Jason Anderson, Stars, Motion
City Soundtrack, Cerberus Shoal, Duracell, The Dirty Three,
Devendra Banhart, Lewis & Clarke, The National, Okkervil
River, The Long Winters, Pattern is Movement, Thee More
Shallows, Pomona, Page France, The Cops, Diesto, Gene Coleman,
Animal Collective & more. W/ free compilation CD.
CopperPress-26
ZINE
$7.25
Criterion
Wet Pain
PS, US Psychedelic, loopy breaks.
BroklynBeats-11
12
$6.50
Criterion & Doily
Self-Titled
PS, US Co-founded by Criterion Thornton & Heather Leitner
(a.k.a. doily) in 1999, the Brooklyn based label Broklyn
Beats has slowly but surely established itself as one of
the most distinctive independent electronic music labels
in the world with a series of releases that deliver a dirty
mix of broken breakbeats, dubbed our delirium, & plenty
of "fight the power" invective. This is a collection
of their previous releases.
BroklynBeats-12
CD
$13.75
Crooklyn Dub Consortium
Certified Dope Vol. 1&2
PS, US Originally released 10 years ago as individual CDs.
Available for the first time as a 2-disc set. Features
BILL LASWELL, SPECTRE, DR. ISRAEL, HIM and more. This is
the sound that defined the era of dark electronic experimentation
now know as Illbient
WordSound-051
DCD
$16.25
Crush Kill Destroy
Metric Midnight
PS, US
NoKarma
CD
$15.50
Dakota Suite
Songs For A Barbed Wire Fence
PS, GERMANY Full-length debut record by the Leeds, England-based
one-man-band Chris Hooson. BBM Review: "Trying to
pigeonhole them is not easy. You can tick off vague soundalikes
but not influences. You can namecheck the two Nicks, Cave
and Drake, elements of a resurgent Mercury Rev, a bit of
Sparklehorse and Tindersticks, you could even lump them
in with the current alt-country rise. Nothing, though,
quite hits the mark."
Glitterhouse
CD
$13.50
Dead Can Dance
Self-Titled
PS, US An essential classic. The band's first record. The
band's sound here is much more clearly based in the "contemporary" --
Dead Can Dance uses traditional song structures, the group's
instrumentation is almost entirely guitar, drums, synthesizer,
and co-vocalist Lisa Gerrard's voice ethereal, other-worldly
voice. Perhaps the most surprising single song on the album
is "East of Eden." Built on a picked (and heavily
echoed) guitar line and a rolling drum pattern, it is probably
the only track in the DCD catalogue that can be described
as relentlessly rock. Standouts include "The Fatal
Impact," which boasts a crystal-clear guitar sound,
a scaling base line, and tribal chanting; "Wild in
the Woods," which is underscored by a threatening,
droning guitar; and "Musica Eternal," a subtle
track that clearly indicates the path that the band would
eventually follow.
4AD-45546
CD
$18.25
DJ Boba Fettucini
Arcade Breaks
PS, US The bleeps & blips of the 80s are back & everybody
knows it! Boba Fettucini is sick of seeing arcades nationwide
close down due to little brats staying home with their
X-BOX or PS2. He has taken all the sounds he could find
from classics like Dig Dug, Space Harrier, Pole Position,
Excitebike & more. Enter some of the dopest breaks & never
before heard sounds from Atari game systems, Sega game
systems, & more. This vinyl slab is chock-full of very
useful DJ tools & beats. Get your quarters up & play
along!
MonMothma-1978
LP
$12.00
DJ Rupture
Redux
PS, US Jace Clayton's 3 early tracks for Broklyn plus a
Rotator remix and a new burner. Hot!!!
BroklynBeats-20
12
$7.50
DJ Rupture
Low Income Tomorrowland
PS, US JACE CLAYTON's new mix CD contains a rock solid
40 minute mix from Lemon-Red, Brooklyn's web radio show
plus an hour long MP3 mix from a German radio show. The
reviews have already been astounding for this weblog minded
project
Applecore-01
CD
$9.25
Dolly
Mattress of the Universe
PS, US 6 trax of gritty, broken dubby breaks & balophonics.
BroklynBeats-10
12
$6.50
Drop the Lime
1 For the Team
PS, US While DtL has had releases on a lot of great labels,
we are happy to be the first New York label to be releasing
his NYC breakcore. Contained within are 5 tracks of splattercore
breaks with ravey anthemic touches of keys, twisted vocal
snippets, drunken slowdowns & a wicked dub version
for playing on the subway real loud.
BroklynBeats-16
12
$7.50
Drop the Lime
Shot Shot Hearts
PS, US Grime/dubstep influenced breakcore & punk at
its most anthemic. Dangerously energetic, sounding like
pop songs after a machete attack.
Tigerbeat6-130
CD
$11.00
Encre
Encre à Kora
PS, US French artist Yann Tambour. While his dark and haunting
albums on the celebrated French label Clapping Music have
earned him enormous praise in Europe (including praise
in such French taste-making magazines as les Inrockuptibles,
Mouvement, and Chronicart), his mark is just beginning
to be made in North America. The three track EP is Tambour's
first appearance on intr.version. Departing from his previous
body of work which sets fiercely whispered text againt
skittish, frantic orchestral backdrops, it puts the eponymous
Western African instrument at the centre of a seething
mass of guitar, strings, & woodwinds. The most obvious
points of musical overlap might include NY minimalists
(Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Lamonte Young, et al shredded
by microprocessors) or The Books (but with a dark, throbbing,
libidinal energy), but, Encre is in a world all his own.
As with previous releases in intr.version's ep series (Polmo
Polpo, and Vitaminsforyou), Encre à Kora will be
limited to 500 copies, and will be printed on fan CD's,
and packaged with a silkscreened poster & insert.
Intr_version-003
CD5
$10.25
Eskju Divine
Fears EP
PS, SWEDEN New EP from Swedish bombastronauts Eskju Divine.
EP is the follow-up to the bands recent and brilliant full-length
album 'Come And Join Close Your Eyes...'. EP features "Fears" and "Hold
On To Yourself" from the album, an exclusive b-side,
and a special, heavy "Fears II".
Imperial
CD5
$4.75
Fahey, John
Yellow Princess [Bonus Tracks]
PS, US
Vanguard
CD
$16.00
Farina
Allotments
PS, US Fariña's second album with Pickled Egg marks
the latest stage in a musical journey that has lasted nearly
25 years. Since 1981 Mark Brend and Matt Gale have ploughed
a defiantly singular furrow through left-field pop, crafting
irregular releases that only sometimes line up with the
zeitgeist, and then usually by chance. Here, joined by
Cliff Glanfield and Tim Conway relative newcomers with
10 and five years' service respectively they once again
match elegant songcraft with subtle experimentation and
inventive arrangements. With all four members singing,
and between them drawing on an instrumental palette that
includes not only guitar, bass, drums and keyboards, but
more exotic colours like autoharp and flugelhorn, Allotments
is an album of layers and depth.
PickledEgg-058
CD
$17.00
Felt
Goldmine Trash
PS, US The next instalment in the Felt re-issue series
is this compilation which was originally released in 1987.
The album reached the top 10 of the indie charts and has
been regularly requested by felt fans to be reissued again.
The indie hit singles "Primitive Painters", "Trails
Of Colour Dissolve" and "Penelope Tree".
Also included are unreleased demo versions of "Dismantled
King Is Off The Throne" and "Sunlight Bathed
The Golden Glow". Felt have always enjoyed great press
and this album will be well received by the press around
the world. Lawrence has enjoyed recent success with Go
Kart Mozart and at the moment he is recording a new album
and rehearsing for a UK tour next year.
Cherry RedUK-79
CD
$14.75
Fine Arts Showcase, The
Radiola
PS, SWEDEN New album from Gustaf Kjellvander's Fine Arts
Showcase will go down as one of the very best albums of
2006. Sure it's only February but Jim is at this moment
saving his top spot for it. Borrowing the pop sensibilities
of bands like The Byrds, Television Personalities, The
Jesus and Mary Chain with the song writing and autobiographical
elements of Merle Haggard, Leonard Cohen and John Lennon
and the overall sonics/poetics of bands like Neutral Milk
Hotel, Chad Van Gaalen, and The Silver Jews this is the
sound of The Fine Arts Showcase ARRIVING.
Adrian-038
CD
$13.50
Forrest,
Jason & End
Ladies Get In Free
PS, US 3 tracks each from these old neighborhood buddies.
Jason Forrest may be better known to many as Donna Summer,
the plunderphonic prog-rockin' disco queen of tomorrow
giving us plenty of mashed-up breaks. End's side mashes
things up as well, but tends more toward mambo & surf
breaks... all for the ladies.
Broklyn Beats-17
12
$7.50
Fortdax
Divers
PS, US nigh-on three years after 'folly' and at least 18
moons since the john peel session where the ideas were
first aired, Darren Durham returns under the FortDax moniker
with his somewhat-overdue new album. no, he's not entirely
sure where the time went either...what can be said for
certain though is that 'divers' is noticeably different
in tone & hue to its predecessor and assuredly darker,
although its core, as with previous FortDax releases, remains
firmly rooted in melody. 'Folly' went on to be regarded
as an 'ambient' work in certain quarters, but Darren swears
that this was largely due to the low-volume mastering.
suffice it to say that 'Divers' contains less of 'those
vangelis synthesizers' and a sleeve instruction to 'play
much louder'. this time around, there may also be other
musicians involved, an amount of real (read 'physical')
instrumentation, and at least one field recording from
the bronte country valley where he lives & works. as
per 'Folly', the album is dedicated to his dog 'Meg', although
as with his geographical placement, that's not necessarily
significant.
VeryFriendly-014
CD
$17.00
Froese, Jerome
Neptunes
PS, UK After being a key member of the legendary German
cult electronic group, Tangerine Dream, for more than 15
years, Jerome Froese, is finally releasing his first-ever
solo album. "Neptunes" combines all the classic
ingredients he bought to TD's sound with a lot of new and
diverse influences. On "Neptunes", atmospheric
guitar walls meet melodic solos and crystalline acoustic
pickings on a distinctive electronic foundation. While
Froese's first solo output will easily appeal to the fans
of Tangerine Dream, it breaks out of the musical boundaries
that make up their trademark sound to create an open-minded
and eclectic musical journey. A modern and timeless work
of music.
Moonpop(UK)-702
CD
$17.00
Gainsbourg, Serge
Initials SG
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER! Perhaps the luckiest white man ever
to roam the face of the Earth, he was noted not only for
his music, but also for his capacity to raise an eyebrow
or two. His most famous track in America, "Je t'aime
moi non plus," a duet with Jane Birkin, is included
on this collection. Perhaps the reason it became famous
here is that it featured a young Birkin giving the audio
impression that she was having, um, a very good time in
the studio. It was subsequently banned throughout Europe.This
imported two-disc set was pressed on 120-gram vinyl in
Europe. You'll have to supply your own heavy breathing.
Except on track 12.
Hip-O-63230
DLP
$27.00
Gillespie, Dana
Foolish Dreams
PS, UK Dana Gillespie was a music lover from an early age: "I
discovered the blues when I went to the American Folk Blues
Festival in 1962 and also to see the Yardbirds at the Marquee
Club. I was in my early teens and hadn't heard anything
like it before". In 1964 she recorded her first single
for Pye, with Donovan on guitar...and became a regular
on the folk circuit along with friends Donovan and David
Bowie. She recalls: "I was doing folk because I couldn't
afford a band and I hadn't found my musical
niche". In those early years Dana got to know many
of the top bands and people in the music business....appearing
on Ready Steady Go and other cool TV shows of the era along
with the legends of the British pop explosion. In 1967,
she made this album, Foolish Seasons, a Psychpop/Swinging
London/Folkrock masterpiece. Featuring the rare Donovan
song, "You Just Gotta Know My Mind," which should
have been a smash mod hit, (and also includes the guitar
of JIMMY PAGE!!!), and two fantastic Billy Nicholls covers
from his much celebrated and legendary Psych/Softpop gem,
'Would You Believe.' Arranged by the great Mike Vickers
and produced by Wayne Bickerton (World of Oz, Jackie Lomax,
Pete Best Four, The Rubettes), this is one of THE great
missing links of 1960s pop....Dana was to make one more
album for Decca, morphing seamlessly into a more blues
based style, before becoming a star of London's West End
theatre: the first run of Jesus Christ Superstar (playing
Mary Magdalene), The Who's "Tommy" (playing the
Acid Queen) and the rock Othello, "Catch My Soul".
She also appeared with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Kenneth
Willams in the film "The Hound Of The Baskervilles" and
starred in Ken Russell's "Mahler". A number of
roles in latter-day Hammer films and more experimental
art house movies are also fondly remembered. As a singer
she moved to RCA Records and made WEREN'T BORN A MAN and
AIN'T GONNA PLAY NO SECIND FIDDLE, under the aegis of David
Bowie, whose management, Mainman, also took care of her
career. A period in the US was spectacularly ended when
Bob Dylan invited her to appear on his 1997 UK tour...
Dana continues recording successfully today, specializing
in her first love, emotionally expressive blues music....this
sumptuous reissue of her classic first album is LONG overdue!!
First time on CD ever in the world.
Rev-OlaUK-141
CD
$14.75
Hatakeyama, Chihei
Minima Moralia
PS, US Member of the electro-acoustic trio OPITOPE from
Tokyo...This is made conciously avoiding the use of electronic
sounds; instead using sound fragments made by guitars & vibraphone
he played himself. They are then processed & reprocessed
on laptop. The conection between the analog sound sources,
digital processing & the musician's choices are what
give this album its positive, warn & physical presence.
Kranky-091
DCD
$13.75
Host
The Damage Suite
PS, GERMANY Höst is Al DeLoner (main songwriter and
guitarist in Midnight Choir) and Chris Eckman (main songwriter,
singer and guitarist in The Walkabouts). Chris Eckman was
the producer of three Midnight Choir albums and Chris and
Al often discussed the possibility of doing something that
wouldn`t have to involve big budgets and time consuming
schedules. This is the result, released in 2001. All Music
Guide REVIEW: "In this relatively obscure debut, Midnight
Choir's Al DeLoner and mentor/producer Chris Eckman (the
Walkabouts) assembled a fluid orchestral album of accordions,
pianos, clarinets, slide guitars, and long, drawn-out ambient
patterns. It was a simple, sparse mixture with obvious
soundtrack origins, frequently executed with the proper
amount of disturbing subtlety. In "The Big Picture" and "The
Confrontation," the band summoned up the collaborative
textures of Allinson/Brown's AV 1 and Tangerine Dream's
opulent work on Ridley Scott's Legend, but "Washington
Fall" worked on different levels, an equally peaceful
and unsettling experience of touchingly eclectic pastoral
charms."
Glitterhouse
CD
$13.50
House Of Love
The Fontana Years (2XCD)
PS, US Most highly recommended! Tracks: 1. The Girl With
The Loneliest Eyes 2. Someone's Got To Love you 3. Beatles
And Stones (Single Version) 4. Crush Me 5. Yer Eyes 6.
Hollow 7. You've Got To Feel 8. Never 9. Shine On 10. I
Don't Know Why I Love You 11. You Don't Understand 12.
Audience With The Wind 13. All Night Long 14. Blind 15.
Clothes 16. Phone 17. Last Edition Of Love 18. D Song 89
19. Cut The Fool Down 20. Love 10 21. Sweet Anatomy 22.
Safe 23. Kiss The Fountain 24. No Fire 25. Marble 26. Ray
27. Skin 2 Phase 2 28. Third Generation Liquid Song 29.
Scratched Inside 30. Baby Teen 31. Soft As Fire 32. Rosalyn
33. Let's Talk About You.
Spectrum-648770
DCD
$13.50
House Of Love
Self-Titled
PS, US 12 tracks including, Shine On, The Beatles & The
Stones, I Don't Know Why I Love You, Blind, and 32nd Floor.
FontanaGermany-818222
CD
$13.50
Jakob
Self-Titled
PS, US At times putting the post- into rock, and at others
kicking the whole bloody fence down, Jakob's lush and textured
take on the guitar/bass/drums format continues to broaden
and enthrall with every performance and release. Their
music is captivating and mesmerizing, the sedate becoming
devastating in the blink of a crowd's collective eye. Echoing
the graduated inclines and unexpected progressions found
in their music and the expansive landscapes of their surroundings,
this Napier three-piece has developedconsistently, if sometimes
unpredictably, since their formation in 1998. Since that
time Jakob have connected listeners the world over with
their cascading crescendos, performing at South By Southwest
2005 (one of the Austin Chronicle's picks of the festival),
Denmark's Forma Nova Festival, and touring the UK and USA
supporting the likes of Mono, Pelican, and The Hidden Hand
along the way. Not that the band hasn't left audiences
around New Zealand enthralled - notable shows around the
country include Big Day Out appearances in consecutive
years, a tour playing with former Can frontman Damo Suzuki,
and poster space shared with the likes of HDU, Meterman,
and Avotor. Ready yourself for the intensity of a live
performance, and be prepared to be absorbed into the delicacy
of their recordings - Jakob traverse an aural wilderness,
a journey on which you must accompany them.
Graveface-016
45
$4.75
Jazzkammer
Rolex
Reissue of 2001 CD from due LASSE MARHAUG & JOHN HEGRE
(members of ENSLAVSEuDp,e MrsAoNuNnGdARD, GOLDEN SERENADES & NASH
KONTROLL). On Rolex, Jazzkamer have invited friends & collaborators
to remix & rework the material from the two first albums,
plus done a couple of tracks themselves. Featuring ZBIGNIEW
KARKOWSKI, MERZBOW, REYNOLS, PITA, ALEXANDER RISHAUG, MAJ.
Smalltown-045
CD
$16.00
Kind Of Like Spitting
Thrill of the Hunt
PS, US Ben Barnett manages to create some of the most overwhelmingly
powerful songs of love & torture imaginable. He seems
to write songs in the way that one breathes: consistently,
constantly, & as a necessity. Pouring albums from his
mouth, head & hands multiple times a year, each one
as essential & moving as the next. Songs can rotate
between somber, solemn solo pieces & explosive, full-band
rock. Amongst all the styles handled by Kind of Like Spitting,
though, lie a solid punk ethic & the ability for immense
lyrical depth.
Redder
CD
$14.00
Lampshade
Because Trees Can Fly
PS, GERMANY Deep down in the Swedish woods in a small studio
the Danish/Swedish indie band lampshade's debut album came
into existence. Massive and melancholic, sensitive and
intense, beautiful and timid - this is the sound of the
album 'because trees can fly' - the meeting of Rebekkamaria's
fairy-like girlish (Bjorkish, Cocteau Twinsian) voice and
the instrumental universe of soundscapes. An album full
of hope and positivism containing 12 songs that shape a
whole of whispering lyric poetry and beautiful noise. The
tracks are flavoured with trumpet, cello, horn, glockenspiel,
piano and a lot of other musical details. The album is
varied, but it has the deep leitmotif of presence and rebekkamaria's
characteristic voice in the centre.
Glitterhouse
CD
$13.50
Les Trolls
Culture de I'incoherence
PS, US A collection of this French collective's best tracks & artwork,
melding experimental breaks with nomadic living, marijuana,
French rap & grafitti. Here's their American debut!
A blend of elements most commonly known in French free-party
circles as hard tek. While hard tek generally refers to
a techno sound punctuated by distorted 909 kicks, they
blend a solid hip hop foundation into the mix, utilizing
Paris MC Abraxas, among others. They also don't shy away
from weaving in live instrumentation & improvisation.
BroklynBeats-24
CD
$13.75
Love Letter Band, The
Fear Not My Brothers, Fear Not My Sisters, For I Have Seen
the...
PS, US The Love Letter Band (AKA Bad Weather California) "Fear
not my brothers, fear not my sisters, for I have seen the
future..." To compartmentalize: This record will play
well on a radio show with The Danielson Family, Joanna
Newsom, Devendra Banhart, Leonard Cohen, Akron Family,
Will Oldham, Neutral Milk Hotel, The microphones, Little
Wings, Feathers etc. If you're going to file it file it
there. But compartmentalizing is hard to do. That's why
one sheets are hard to write! If you haven't heard of The
Love Letter Band you should know this: They are anything
but a band in the traditional sense. The word collective
is thrown around quite liberally these days since the success
that the word had with a certain Elephant 6 in the 90's.
But TLLB is just that: A collective of artists and music
players rotating around the loose nucleus that is songwriter
Chris Adolf. The Love Letter Band has been around: as in
around the country countless times touring the United States,
Canada and Mexico calling broken tour vans and random living
room sofas home. These weary eyed travelers have worked
hard and have made themselves known the old fashioned way.
Since their first tour with Leeds UK's Boyracer to the
epic voyages with K records' Wolf Colonel, Adolf and his
rotating cast of thrift store instrument players have shared
bills with Doug Marsh (Built to Spill), The Microphones,
Mirah, Calvin Johnson, David Dondero, CEX, The Blow...
You get the picture. With "Fear Not My Brothers..." we
are astonished with Adolf's growth as a songwriter and
recording artist. From their 2002 full length ("even
the pretty girls take medicine" (555 records of Leeds
UK)) to this latest anticipated opus "Fear Not My
Brothers..." Adolf has grown from bedroom pop wizard
to polished studio craftsman. Not that this album isn't
lacking the rawness that is TLLB. It is Adolf's honest
lyricism that has established TLLB as a loved member of
the indie folk/pop scene.
HappyHappyBirthdaytoMe-065
CD
$10.75
Magnet
Tourniquet
PS, Second US album for Norwegian who leaves the melancholy
of his debut to record this album reborn in optimism. "A
warm & inspirational journey into music, just like
The Beach Boys & The Beatles."
Filter-006
CD
$15.75
Matchbook Romance
Voices
PS, US Holds close to their emotional post-hardcore roots
while delivering massive singalong choruses.
Epitaph-86774
CD
$16.25
Midnight Choir
All Tomorrow's Tears (Best Of) DCD
PS, GERMANY As the band has now broken up 'All Tomorrow's
Tears' is Midnight Choir's way to say farewell. Hand-selected
by the three band-members (Paal Flaata - Atle Byström/Al
De Loner - Ron Olson) the double-disc features 27 tracks
that document the complete 10 years of existence. As usual
there are a few alternative mixes and b-sides to make the
release more interesting for the existing fan. Moreover,
the lavish booklet features all lyrics and recording information
to round up an excellent retrospective of one of the most
painfully beautiful bands on this planet. From their AMG
bio: "A somber European trio who plays a decidedly
American form of rootsy rock, Midnight Choir has steadily
built not only a fervent fan base, but a unique take on
Americana as well." Think Talk Talk, Nick Cave and
Chris Isaak meets Nashville and late night Las Vegas.
Glitterhouse
DCD
$13.50
Midnight Choir
Unsung Heroine
PS, GERMANY Norwegian trio's most acclaimed full-length
album. From the All Music Guide REVIEW: "DeLoner's
music, again with piano rather than guitar as lead instrument
at most points, continues its mesmerizing, haunted way
through an elegant vision of old Nashville meets a very
late night Las Vegas, all hamhanded clichés boiled
away to result in a teary-eyed but perfectly elegant sorrow.
Where guitar appears more prominently, as with "Snow
in Berlin" or "Painting by Matisse," the
mood remains the same, and deservedly so. Flaata's singing
is all the more his own -- he could easily stand against
many of his role models now, American or European -- his
tone inviting, clear, and warmly human."
Glitterhouse
CD
$13.50
Niles, John Jacob
My Precarious Life In The Public Domain
PS, US "Niles was nontraditional, but he sang traditional
songs. A Mephistophelean character out of Carolina, he
hammered away at some harplike instrument and sang in a
bone chilling soprano voice. Niles was eerie and illogical,
terrifically intense and gave you goosebumps." --
BOB DYLAN from CHRONICLES. Doubtless the secret star of
Martin Scorcese's acclaimed TV documentaries on Bob Dylan
was the amazing John Jacob Niles, one of those early 20th
Century figures that, well, really just don't happen anymore....
Musicologist, collector, songwriter, balladeer, John Jacob
Niles was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1892 into a mysterious,
spooky world of hills and hollers where the eeriest of
folk songs were still alive, and brought their essential
strangeness, unchanged yet subtly garbled since the mountaineers
arrived from Britain, to the modern world and ultimately
to the folk revival of the early 1960s, influencing generations
of folk singers. Niles was singing the likes of "Barbary
Ellen," at children's singing contests as early as
1901, and began collecting Appalachian folk songs and composing
music in earnest as a teenage salesman for Burroughs Adding
Machines. After serving in the new U.S. Air Force in World
War I, the government financed Niles's study of music at
the Universite de Lyon and the Schola Cantorum in Paris,
where he met Gertrude Stein. In the 1920s, John Jacob Niles
published his first song collections, became master of
ceremonies at the Silver Slipper nightclub New York City,
and in 1933, toured the U.S. and Europe with Marion Kerby
to critical acclaim. That same year, he acted as assistant
and guide on Doris Ullman's celebrated photo expeditions
into the fading mountain communities of his home region,
collecting music as he went. Niles was known for his otherworldly
singing and dulcimer playing (he made his own lutes and
Appalachian dulcimers) and specialized in the songs of
the Appalachian Mountain region.
Rev-Ola-138
CD
$14.75
Orton, Beth
Comfort of Strangers
PS, US NEW ALBUM!!!
Astralwerks
CD
$17.25
Paal Flaata
Rain
PS, GERMANY The first solo album by the singer of The Midnight
Choir, Paal Flaata, after The MC disbanded. Much has been
written about that voice over the years, but Mojo magazine
put it right very early on: "Vocalist Paal Flaata
has a distinct advantage over his contemporary US heroes
in that, with a voice that makes Scott Walker sound like
Little Jimmy Osmond, he can sing them all into a cocked
Stetson..." That expressive voice was front and center
on five full length albums by highly acclaimed Norwegian
band Midnight Choir. 'Rain' was his second solo release.
This time the songs were almost completely written by Ben
Lorenzten and Christian Nystrom, both in Flaata's band
and present on this recording on acoustic guitar and keyboards. "Bless
Us All" - the only cover version - is culled from
the songbook of Mickey Newbury, one of Paal Flaata's favourite
songwriters. Again Paal's voice is the central element
of the record. But it is being carried by intricate arrangements
that deserve consecutive spins in order to finally unfold
all their beauty. We hear influences Folk and Blue-Eyed-Soul,
of Country and Americana. We hear those beautiful, heart-wrenching
ballads that made Midnight Choir's Amsterdam Stranded such
a masterpiece. But there are also some meaty rock songs,
pushed forward by the wizardry of Lars Havard Haugen, Norway's
best guitar player. But in the end there´s that VOICE.
There´s one quote that has been mentioned numerous
time in rock history, but only rarely did it fit better
than here: "Paal Flaata could sing the phone book
of Moscow and make it sound great!"
Glitterhouse
CD
$13.50
Parks & Recreation
What Was She Doing on the Shore that Night?"
PS, US Warm, '70s AM radio pop w/ a postmodern twist, a
kind of genre-less pastiche of music trends that come straight
from the first mixtape your high school crush gave you.
Songs are about the stuff of modern pop life: spy movies,
piano lessons, food courts, parking lots, grocery stores,
kissing in motels & cyber sex. This is no garage band.This
is ambitious pop, ebullient & clever, destined to raise
eyebrows and get toes tapping. Features members of AMERICAN
GIRLS, PERISCOPE, NORDIC & RALLY BOY.
Hush-59
CD
$15.00
Pedro
S/T + Fear & Resilience
PS, US Reissue of Melodic Records release of genre broadening
instrumental hip hop LP that received near universal praise.
Tasteful references to modern orchestral composition, pastoral
folk & experimental rock. Beautiful psychedelic layering
of free folk-hop & processed acoustic melody. Danger
Mouse, Four Tet & Prefuse all dig it. You should too.
CD includes the Fear & Resilience remixes EP.
Mush-240
DCD
$14.50
Prodigy, The
Their Law The Singles 1990-2005
PS, US
XL
DVD
$16.00
Prodigy, The
Their Law The Singles 1990-2005
PS, US
XL
DCD
$13.50
Radio Dept, The
Lesser Matters
PS, SE Debut album from Sweden's The Radio Dept. Brilliant
breathy melodies
and punchy rhythms cascade over a foundation of fuzz and
feedback. Their sound is refreshingly classic, rooted in
c86 and early 90s shoegaze, yet their style is crisp and
modern. "Against The Tide" and "Where Damage
Isn't Already Done" are the perfect meeting of The
Field Mice and early Primal Scream, while "Why Won't
You Talk About It" reminds us of "Psychocandy" era
Jesus & Mary Chain. "Strange Things Will Happen" shows
a more dance-y side & features a female lead vocal
reminiscent of Northern
Picture Library.
Labrador-035
CD
$17.00
Randomnumber
Golden Acre Sleeps
PS, UK RandomNumber, aka Matt Robson, creates what has
been described as "Northern Wrongbeat", a mesh
of emotive, brooding harmonies drawn and quartered by complex,
beat-heavy rhythms. It's digital music with a human heart
at its centre. More bands live in Leeds LS6 than probably
any other single postcode in the UK, and in the centre
of that you'll find RandomNumber the beating electronic
exception to the hardcore, guitar-fuelled rule. Robson's
hyperactive beat mechanics and alchemical sound manipulations
are bound together with a keen sense of melody shaped by
his many years of playing in the Leeds alternative music
scene, most notably as drummer for Hood (which culminated
with their release 'Home Is Where It Hurts'). With this
background of the band dynamic, Robson has rallied hard
against stereotypical laptop clichés, and imbues
his own shows with a keen sense of energy and punk attitude,
using two unsynchronized laptops and a tabletop of controllers
and effects. Previous RandomNumber releases have turned
up on a plethora of respected indie and electronic labels,
such as Mogwai's Rock Action imprint (an EP which NME named
dance single of the week, back when they did that kind
of thing), Rocket Racer, Fencing Flatworm, and Catmobile
Records. You may also have seen his work on numerous compilations
from the likes of Tigerbeat6, Darla, and 555 Recordings.
He has toured the UK and USA extensively, playing shows
with 65daysofstatic, Kid606, DJ Rupture, Cex and Dntel
amongst others.Early reviews are saying things like "there's
a lot more ambience in there and it's still crunchy in
that Funkstorung way" and "traces of early Autechre
with a large doses of all things shoegazetronic".
HighpointLowlife-015
CD
$17.00
Ride
Tarantula
PS, UK remastered reissue of the British indie act's final
album (1996) includes three bonus tracks, 'Nothing Lasts
Forever', 'Slave' & 'A Trip Down Ronnie Lane' in addition
to the classics, 'Black Nite Crash', 'Castle On The Hill' & 'Starlight
Motel'.
Ignition(UK)-798802
CD
$21.75
Ride
Carnival
PS, UK digitally remastered reissue of the British indie
act's third album (1994) includes three bonus tracks, 'Don't
Let It Die', 'Let's Get Lost' & 'At The End Of The
Universe' in addition to the classics, 'Birdman', 'How
Does It Feel To Feel?' & 'I Don't Know Where It Comes
From'. Produced by John Leckie (Stone Roses, Radiohead).
2006.
Ignition-798652
CD
$21.75
Ride
Smile
PS, UK digitally remastered reissue of the British indie
act's 1992 compilation that includes their early 'Ride' & 'Play'
EPs. 8 tracks. Tracks: 1. Chelsea Girl, 2. Drive Blind,
3. All I Can See, 4. Close My Eyes, 5. Like A Daydream,
6. Silver,
7. Furthest Sense, 8. Perfect Time.
Ignition(UK)-798702
CD
$21.75
Ride
The Box Set (3XCD)
PS, UK 3CD set. Finally back in print! The ultimate turn
on for the serious Ride collector. The Ride box-set comprises
the '0X4 Best Of' plus 'Firing Blanks' & 'Ride Live'.
'Firing Blanks Unreleased recordings 1988-95' includes
15 previously unheard tracks from the band's Oxford archives.
'Ride Live - Reading Festival 1992' captures the band at
the height of their incendiary powers with an unforgettable
live show, originally recorded for Japanese TV. 2006. Tracks:
1. Chelsea Girl, 2. Drive Blind, 3. Like A Daydream, 4.
Taste, 5. Dreams Burn Down, 6. Vapour Trail, 7. Unfamiliar,
8. Leave Them All Behind, 9. Twisterella, 10. OX4, 11.
Birdman, 12. From Time To Time, 13. How Does It Feel To
Feel, 14. I Don't Know Where It Comes From, 15. Black Night
Crash, 16. Somethings Burning, 17. Chelsea Girl (4 Track
Demo), 18. Blue, 19. Drems Burn Down Dub, 20. She's So
Fine, 21. New Age, 22. Tongue Tied, 23. Everybody Knows,
24. I'm Fine Thanks, 25. Xmas Song, 26. King Bullshit,
27. Smile (4 Track Demo), 28. Welcome To Paradise, 29.
In A Diffeent Palce (Differently), 30. Barneys, 31. Leave
Them All Behind, 32. Taste, 33. Not Fazed, 34. Sennen,
35. Like A Daydream, 36. Twisterella, 37. Time Of Her Time,
38. Nowhere, 39. Vapour Trail, 40. Seagull, 41. Close My
Eyes, 42. Mouse Trap.
Ignition(UK)-798812
CD
$50.25
Ride
Waves
PS, UK Seventeen Original BBC Recordings from the Peel,
Goodier, & Radcliffe Sessions - 1990-1994. 2003 compilation
from the legendary Oxford indie act.
Ignition(UK)-269004
CD
$21.75
Ride
OX4 The Best Of Ride
PS, UK The definitive collection of the finest moments
from the darlings of early 90's UK alternative guitar rock.
Compiled with the active participation of all four members,
'0X4' brings together 15 tracks culled from their studio
albums between 1990 & 1996 including 'Chelsea Girl' & 'Drive
Blind'.
Ignition-798682
CD
$21.75
Rotator
Redux
PS, US 3 new tracks from the definitive breakcore sound
of France's Rotator collide with their 2 previous tracks.
Blazing, nuts & beautiful. This is simply Frank Tavakoli.
Frank has gotten faster & more compressed, but also
more dubby with an intensity dub has never heard before.
BroklynBeats-23
12
$7.50
Saturday Looks Good To Me
Sound On Sound
PS, US Combines modern lo-fi indie rock w/ a broad acceptance
of pop music history grounded in a traditional Motown aesthetic.
Collection of 30 songs, all limited & sold-out, recorded
from the band's inception in 2000 through its most recent
sessions. "They've modernized the concept of retrospective
pop with creativity, intelligence and the sweetness & heartbreak
of a summer fling." - IndieWorkshop.com
RCS-010
CD
$15.25
Savoy Grand
People And What They Want
PS, GERMANY Nottingham, England-based band with fantastic
slow-mo music a la Codeine, with an appreciation for Slint's
tense minimnalism...also likened to Tindersticks and an
unplugged Godspeed You Black Emperor, oddly enough. The
lo-fi home recording methods and the reduction of Savoy
Grand to a duo had brought a new directness and freedom
to the sound, but this line-up would need expanding to
produce the new full-length. So with the addition of some
of Nottingham's finest musicians, Neil Wells (Escapologists,
Line) on Bass, Neil Johnson (Wolves of Greece, Great Bear)
on Guitar & tape loops, and Mark Simms (Prints, Brown
Owl) on Drums, they entered the studio with "Burn
The Furniture" producer Mark Spivey to record what
would become people and what they want. The 8 tracks on
the "People And What They Want" album include
the majestic "Change Is An Engine" (featuring
Jo Whoodnutt from Seachange on violin) and the stark "Spike".
Glitterhouse
CD
$13.50
Seawhores
Forest
PS, US Trying to wake up the tired indie rock masses w/
their own brand of orchestral doom-pop, Brady Lenzen & Freddy
Votel (ex-Cows, TVBC) finally unleash their debut full-length.
They meticulously mastermind every move, carefully planning
each new metamorphosis. They have more than paid their
dues by extensively touring arthouse, basement, gallery & plain
old rock venues all across America w/ musical brethren
such as Melvins, Phantomas, Lightning Bolt, Helios Creed,
Gas War,Wolf Eyes, Heroine Sheiks, Pink & Brown, Vaz & Thrones.
Features guest artists Dale Crover (MELVINS) & Brian
Chippendale (LIGHTNING BOLT, SIGHTINGS).
Essay-19
CD
$17.00
Show Me The Pink
Velocipedomania
PS, US First Chainsaw release in 4 years features this
Portland discopunk, multigendered troupe of bike activists.
Twin keyboard assisted, bass & drum powered, trumpet
driven dance party topped w/multilayered vocals.
Chainsaw-028
CD
$13.50
Sword
Age of Winters
PS, US Colossal, high energy powerhouse from Austin, TX
utilizing a potent combo of intense songwriting chemistry,
eye-popping creativity & unique vision. sounds like
If Black Sabbath and Sleep were collaborating to do the
score to "Conan the Barbarian," this would be
the outcome. Doom crossed with the riffs that realmetal
forgot. Spin described them a "sort of like Black
Sabbath Vol. 4, early Prong, Iron Maiden...a bunch of bison
being pushed over a cliff."
Kemado-027
CD
$13.50
Various
Nevermind - Glitterhouse is 20! [3CD BOXSET]
PS, GERMANY Triple-CD boxset celebrating the esteemed Glitterhouse
imprint's 20th year. An incredible package, and cheap!
Glitterhouse
CD
$9.00
Various
Starter Set
PS, US Not a collection of music videos, but a samppling
of new dance & music created for the camera. Curated
by Katie Eastburn, this feat. new dance by members of Leg & Pants
Dans Theatre, Hysterica Dance So, 4 Hard Gulps Theater
Co. & new music from members of YOUNG PEOPLE, VAZ,
LIARS, NEW COLLAPSE & EMILY MANZO.
KillRockStars-427
DVD
$12.50
Various
And To The Disciples That Remain
PS, US Celebration of eleven years of Amish Records. Deluxe
6-panel foldout packaging. Features tracks from PG Six,
Black Taj, Bird Show, Oranges Band, Samara Lubelski, Dan
Brown, Mike Wexler, Theo Angell, Chuck Johnson, Dan Matz & the
Birdwatcher.
Amish-023
CD
$14.50
Various
Garage Punk: Nothin' But Trash
PS, UK Believe it or not the swingin' sixties didn't just
spawn mega-pop groups like the Beatles, Stones and Monkees.
The decade of love also gave birth to something far darker
and dirtier, and arguably much more fun. Yes, the sixties
were also responsible for producing the seeds of what would
eventually become Punk Rock. The legacy of such icons as
The Sonics, The 13th Floor Elevators and The Monks lives
on today, and over the past two decades has produced cult
sensations such as Thee Milkshakes, The Prisoners and Kaisers.
A filthy hybrid of Bad Taste, Rhythm n Blues, rockabilly,
surf sounds and all that is unholy, Trash Punk is one of
the most enduring forces in the rock n roll underground.
This DVD compilation covers nearly twenty years of Garage
Punk and Sixties Style rock, AKA Trash and showcases some
of the legendary characters that have emerged on the scene.
Never anything less than inventive, "Nothin But Trash" shows
exactly why this debauched tradition survives to this very
day - It's bloody good fun. From cult heroes The Gun Club
and Link Wray to more recent contenders to the throne Saturn
V and Empress of Fur, its no frills and big thrills all
they way as we visit the seediest venues in the UK and
spend time at 2003's Wild Weekend in Benidorm, Spain. A
mixture of live and promo footage showcases one of most
thriving genres of underground music history and present.
CherryRedUK-115
DVD
$24.25
Various
Disco Rallado
PS, US Based on the bi-weekly webradio show on Barcelona's
www.burn.fm, this is the label's first mix CD & label
sampler. In this one hour mix, CRITERION introduces us
to a selsction of 20 tracks from artists past & present.
Feat. are JASON FORREST, DJ/RUPTURE, END, DOILY, ROTATOR,
1-SPEED BIKE & LES TROLLS. Also their first live document
of the Brooklyn sound: noisy, punk, sharp & broken.
BroklynBeats-21
CD
$9.25
Various
Suburb: the Record Label
PS, US 2006 sees the launch of Suburb.The Record Label.
Several new projects are in production and this exciting
new label looks set to flourish as a leading esoterica
/ electronica stable in 2006. SRL already has a wide artist
roster, the majority of whom work with other labels such
as Ai, Lex, Merck, Highpoint Lowlife, Expanding and Warp,
including Blamstrain, Bovalflux, Hyl and Praveen with new
signings such as Canadian producer 11t1, Immovable Object,
Nameless and Buddy Peace. What SRL offers these artists
is a chance to explore new directions, and musically the
label is indeed a truly mixed bag, from the Eno-esque inspired
compositions of Immovable Object and the fresh hip hop
sounds of Buddy Peace to a sprinkling of experimental and
emotive electronic sounds. The first (bargain-priced) 14
track sampler release is housed in unusual and aesthetically
pleasing embossed soft clear plastic case with fold out
poster-style insert, introducing the label's desire to
develop creative packaging ideas in tandem with their adventurous
approach to musical output. SRL is also a label which enjoys
collaborations : for example, a split release between Merck
and SRL saw Blamstrain's 12" remix project Pt.1 EP
released summer 2005 on Merck and Pt.2 is due to be released
in 2006 on SRL. Artists involved include Mesak, Proem,
Funckarma, Isan, Gridlock, Mosaik, Taho, Lackluster, Syndrone,
No Xivic and Blamstrain.
SuburbUK-001
CD
$10.50
White Birch
Star Is Just A Sun
PS, GERMANY 2002 album from Norwegian ghost-pop trio. All
Music Guide REVIEW: "Star Is Just a Sun creates an
enveloping mood of whispered romantic drama, with an aching
atmosphere that strongly recalls Mark Hollis' solo record.
Endless soft layers of warm keyboard and organ sounds and
reverbed guitar cradle each song. A heartbeat-like pulse
comes to the forefront in "Love Is So Real," and
continues into "Beauty King," the only tune with
a driving drumbeat. Singer and multi-instrumentalist Ola
Flottum occasionally sings falsetto, but always sings softly,
enhancing the keen sense of intimacy that the White Birch
create so beautifully, while leaving attention to the poetic
(and English) lyrics optional for listeners." (Joslyn
Layne) Careless Talk Costs Lives REVIEW: "Richly atmospheric,
simple melodies: this is what Radiohead have been trying
to achieve since "Creep". The music of Norway's
White Birch is like Mark Kozelek putting Sigur Rós
to sleep, equally paranoid and gentle. Like fire. It's
based around the numerous Hitchcock movies played during
recording, and the bitterness of the cold world outside.
Although it sounds like one long lullaby, it would never
put me to sleep." (Slobodan Vujanovic)
Glitterhouse
CD
$13.50
White Birch
Come Up For Air
PS, GERMANY New album from Norwegian dream-pop trio. CKUA
Radio Network REVIEW: "It is truly remarkable what
this band can do in less than four minutes, including relieve
the pressure of time to such a degree that those four minutes
can feel like an hour's reprieve in a busy day. Although
it has been compared to TalkTalk, Mark Hollis, Coldplay
and Sigur Ros, The White Birch is truly a unique expression
and a listening pleasure." (Brian Golightly) After
great critical acclaim of their last album, 'Star Is Just
A Sun', Norwegian trio The White Birch come around again
with no intention of resting on their laurels. This time,
their atmospheric and melancholic dream pop is brighter,
lighter and even grander than before. And they keep the
melody sacred. The White Birch are reminiscent of little
other music, only a few references are so far mentioned
more than once: Sigur Rós, Talk Talk, Coldplay.
More commonly, though, people have associated the music
with the northern landscapes and vast nature, and with
music of that same background, like Kings Of Convenience,
Röyksopp, Jan Garbarek. The trio of Ola Fløttum,
HC Almendingen and Ulf Rogde has spent ten years cultivating
the expression of The White Birch - from angry, lo-fi Sonic
Youth-like riffing, through industrial prog and even charming
singer-songwriter pop, before finding their current sound
with the beginning of the Millennium. Their previous record,
'Star Is Just A Sun' (released in 2002 and also available),
took four years to make, whereas the new record has been
completed in merely three: TWB believes in music that is
made like diamonds - putting time and endurance into the
pressing of mountains of coal into intensely focused drops
of honest nature, and then polishing it with handicraft
and love into a human expression of beauty - to produce
something that will last. 'Come Up For Air' was released
by Glitterhouse in November 2005.
Glitterhouse
CD
$13.50
Whysall Lane
S/T
PS, US Debut release from new band featuring Richard Baluyut
of VERSUS & Adam Pfahler of JAWBREAKER. Indie rock
for people who hate indie rock, now in full band setting.
Blackball-006
CD
$14.50
Zaar
Self-Titled
PS, US Debut album by this instrumental chamber rock/Zeuhl
band who arose from the ashes of the great French band
Sotos, whose second and final album was released on Cuneiform
(Platypus), Zaar features the unusual line-up of guitar,
bass, drums and vielle a roue (hurdy gurdy). All players
are excellent, and the too-rarely-used vielle a roue gives
Zaar an edge, sounding like nothing else you've ever heard,
but sometimes a bit like a cross between a wild cellist
and an electric organ. Recorded and mixed by cult sound
engineer Bob Drake, who is renowned for his work with 5uus,
Science Group & Thinking Plague. For fans of: King
Crimson, Magma, Sotos, Univers Zero.
Cuneiform-224
CD
$13.75
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Forthcoming Releases
Prices listed below reflect Parasol's standard prices,
however, all items are available at a 15% discount for
seven days after their initial arrival at Parasol HQ.
Pre-ordering not only helps us to better gauge our buying
practices, but also ensures you're buying items at our
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1900s, The
Plume Delivery (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US As old friends, lovers and ex-lovers, The 1900s
harness the resulting fury to build psychedelic pop music,
most notably inspired by The Zombies, Fleetwood Mac, Belle & Sebastian,
Donovan, Tommy James, and Velvet Underground.
Parasol-CD-100
CD5
$7.50
4 Guitars
Live At Luxx (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, UK This was a rare quartet of guitars performance that
took place August 8 of 2001 in a now defunct club in Brooklyn
by Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Nels Cline and Carlos Giffoni.
Its a crystal clear multitrack recording that was later
mixed and mastered by producer Wharton Tiers. Infinite
possibilities are explored as the signature styles of each
of the group members create moments of tension, peace,
violence, and run trough every possible range of emotions.
psychedelic tunnels of sound echo trough endless guitar
lines, minimalism and maximalism both present in one moment,
there are no solos and no selfishness, as 4 combine to
create an unbelievable 40+ minute piece. A document of
pure sonic exploration of a moment in time that will never
be repeated by 4 of the most respected experimentalist
of our day. - Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo from Sonic
Youth. -Nels Cline (countless solo projects + member of
Wilco). - Carlos Giffoni (upcoming composer/improviser
from New York). - Rare live once in a lifetime. guitar
quartet performance from 4 of the most important/in demand
experimental musicians. - Mixed and mastered by producer
Wharton Tiers.
Important-080
CD
$13.75
Acid Mothers Temple
Starless & Bible Black Sabbath (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Third Alien Records release with this Japanese psychedelic
ensemble. This release sees the band paying homage to Black
Sabbath. It isn't straight up Sabbath worship in the sense
of covers, but rather the band pays respect to the sound
of Sabbath & like minded bands such as Melvins or Zeni
Geva.
Alien8-062
CD
$14.50
Adams, Keith
John Pip (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US Of all the bedroom trained indie poppers out there,
we find Keith John Adams to be 1 of the most consBisitretnhtdlya
eyxcellent. He is an incredible songwriter, able to create
melodic, memorable tunes with a Pollard-esque fluency.
But his infectious, often absurdist style is distinctly
his own.
HHBTM-070
CD
$11.00
Allin, GG
Terror in America 1993 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US "After spending time in a NYC studio recording
their final album together, GG was ready to continue his
onslaught against society and anyone else who stood in
his way. His anger had escalated and he was spiraling completely
out of control. The tour kicked off in May and for a one
month period we tore up the country like no band had ever
done before. GG's animalistic behavior and vicious display
of rage, chaos and total domination is more evident than
ever during these performances. After viewing this DVD,
you will understand why this was the most violent tour
in the history of Rock & Roll."
MerleAllin-4483
DVD
$19.75
Amandine
Leave Out the Sad Parts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Five track EP featuring two new exclusive heartbreakers.
Another collection of lush melodies & sincere songwriting.
Influenced & inspired by traditional American Folk
music & sometimes w/ an inclination towards Alt Country/Americana.
They still consistently retain a keen sense of self, w/
a strong natural writing ability. Their songs reflect a
sense of rural space, a reflective ideology, while always
played simply from the heart. "Boundless horizons
meet the intimate under uneasy harmonies" - Pitchfork
FatCat-052
CD5
$8.00
Ammons, Gene
Boss Tenor (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Rudy Ven Gelder Remaster Series.
Fantasy-8102
CD
$12.75
Animal Collective
Grass (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Two exclusive tracks plus "Grass" single.
DVD includes videos for "Grass" & "Who
Could Win A Rabbit?" Plus two exclusive videos/films,
including six minute video & sound collage by Brian
DeGraw (GANG GANG DANCE).
FatCat-719
DVD
$9.25
Anna Oxygen
This Is An Exercise (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US This takes you on a textured electronic adventure
through a dancy & sometimes dark landscape of layered
synths, video game soundtrack jams & operatic spirit
quests. Unlike her first album of pop simplicity, this
focuses on layered multi-instrumental compositions & vocals,
complete with orchestrated horns & strings batling
driving electro bass lines.
KillRockStars-432
CD
$14.50
Antena
Toujours Du Soleil (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, UK A brand new album from Antena - stylish French electro-bossa
pioneers whose debut Camino Del Sol is now an acknowledged
genre classic. Antena's groundbreaking mix of Kraftwerk,
Suicide and the breezy tropicalia of the Gilberto family
(Joao, Astrud and Bebel) sounds as fresh in 2006 as in
1982, when John Foxx produced their debut single, The Boy
From Ipanema, and future Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant tagged
them 'electro-samba'. The label still applies, and echoes
of the Antena sound can be heard in artists as diverse
as Stereolab, Electralane and Thievery Corporation indeed
the latter duo co-wrote two of the thirteen songs on Toujours
du Soleil. The remixed Antena trio for 2006 consists of
main songwriter Isabelle Antena together with daughter
Penelope Fasy (replacing her father Sylvain) and hip Brussels
dj Axailes Solar. Conceived as a sequel to Camino Del Sol,
Toujours du Soleil (Always the Sun) was recorded on the
French Riviera and produced by Dr Drak, Shape and The Cool
Groove Sessions. Featuring a stellar cast of prestigious
international guests, the 2006 Antena trip takes you from
Paris to Tokyo, Goa to Washington CD. Stand-out tracks
include energetic stepper Le Spinner (already familiar
from the Samsonite ad campaign), future lounge classic
Toujours du Soleil and the electro-groovy Love is to Blame,
as well as a magical version of the laid-back America classic
Horse With No Name. "Essential 2005's most charming
musical surprise" (Mojo, December 2005).
LTM-2456
CD
$14.75
Apb
Radio One Peel Sessions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, UKThey influenced the likes of Franz Ferdinand, The
Killers, The Bravery, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, etc...
Feat. 19 tracks recorded for the BBC including 8 tracks
with the legendary JOHN PEEL. Undoubtedly the most important & influential
post punk band to ever come out of Scotland.
BBCRecordings-104
CD
$17.75
Apollo Nove
Res Inexplicata Volans (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US A modern day pop Tropicalista, crooner, songwriter,
pianist & collector of over 60 vintage synths, keyboards & effects
from the 60s, 70s & 80s. He's the prime contender for
most innovative young producer in Brazil. 12 melodious,
deep, moody songs that hover somewhere between psychedelic
rock, eerie electronica & spacey folk. Mixed br Air
engingeer Yann Arnaud & feat. CIBELLE & SEU JORGE.
Crammed-021
CD
$17.00
Arcuragi, Adam
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US Arcuragi's debut full length is an introduction
to a bright new lyricist who combines the icy melancholy
of Red House Painters w/the classic Americanism of Tom
Petty, the sincerity of Elliott Smith, & literature
referencing typical of the Mountain Goats. His unique form
of free flowing, introspective lyrics & compelling
harmonies are certain to win fans from appreciators of
bands like My Morning Jacket, the Shins, & the New
Pornographers. Painstakingly recorded over the past 3 years
features contributions from members of Audible, Mazarin,
Bitter Bitter Weeks, National Eye, Matt Pond PA, The Rachel's,
The Trouble With Sweeney, & Ink & Dagger.
HighTwo-006
CD
$13.75
Avant
Director (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US PRE/SPECIAL ORDER ONLY.
Geffen-5875-01
DLP
$15.25
Azita
Detail From the Mountain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
21ST)
PS, US A short & sweet release ranging from lilting & melodic
to rock hard. A band from the streets of Chicago feat.
MATT LUX, JASON AJEMIAN, RIAN MURPHY & EMMET KELLY.
Her vocal melodies, piano playing & head arrangements
for the band are of high quality. Lyrics written by playwright
BIRAN TORREY SCOTT for the play of the same name.
DragCity-306
CD5
$9.50
Backyard Babies
Live Live in Paris (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Live album from band started by founding member
of Sweden's saviors of The Rock, THE HELLACOPTERS. A live "Best
Of" pulls together the best songs from their albums & serves
as a document of their stage power.
Liquor/Poker-6018
CD
$17.25
Bad Wizard
Sky High (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Fourth LP from NYC infamous rockers is produced
by JENNIFER HERREMA (ROYAL TRUX) & shows a depth of
songwriting & playing at which was only hinted on their
previous recordings.
Howler-009
CD
$16.00
Band Of Horses
Everything All The Time (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Guitarist/vocalist Ben Bridwell and bassist Mat
Brooke formed Band Of Horses in 2004 after the dissolution
of their nearly ten-year run in northwest melancholic darlings
Carissa's Wierd. Carissa's Wierd trafficked in sadly beautiful
orchestral pop, whose songs told unflinching stories of
heartbreak and loss, leavened with defeatist humor. Band
Of Horses rises from those ashes. Buoyed by Bridwell's
warm, reverb-heavy vocals (which channel a strange brew
of Wayne Coyne, Neil Young, and Doug Martsch), the group's
woodsy, dreamy songs ooze with amorphous tension, longing,
and hope. Both raggedly epic and delicately pensive, this
is an album painted gorgeously in fragile highs and lows.
SubPop
CD
$13.75
Band Of Horses
Everything All The Time (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SubPop
LP
$11.75
Battiato, Franco
Fetus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US F. B. moved into the 1970s on the crest of the progressive
rock wave. This 1972 impossibly strange record inhabits
that nether world of pop music, electronics, politics and
experimental rock. Fetus is an album beyond all definition.
It's a masterpiece of daring and wild risks that work every
single time. Battiato takes us through eight uniquely super-detailed
songs that tug at the heart strings as no other experimental
record ever could. Liner notes by Jim O'Rourke.
Water-168
CD
$15.50
Battisti, Lucio
Amore E Non Amore (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 25TH)
PS, US Considered one of the greatest Italian songwriters
for his ability to reach the primal core of emotional matters,
Battisti is held in the same regard in Italy as John Lennon
is in the English-speaking world. Aided instrumentally
by members of PFM (progressive Italian rockers named oddly
enough for a bakery) and guitarist Alberto Radius of Formula
Tre, Lucio Battisti made this much adored 1971 cult masterpiece.
Imagine Brazilian psych-pop combo Os Mutantes fronted by
Southern soul legend James Carr and you'll get a glimpse
of this inexplicably accomplished and adventurous album.
Water-171
CD
$15.50
