New
Releases
A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Scribble Mural Comic Journal
PS, US NEW PRESSING on new label. PITCHFORK 8.0! Using mandolins,
banjos, noise, samplers & all of the normal band instruments,
Philadelphia's ASDIG adds lush female vocals & dance-y rhythms
to make dreamy pop music. Distorted guitars alongside Robin &
Lauren's vocals trading off phrase for phrase glisten for thirteen
storied track. It succeeds in marrying ASDIG's love of indie rock
& languid atmosphere, recalling the best aspects of Slowdive's
Souvlaki & early Aphex Twin.
Notenuf-001
CD
$12.25
Acorn
Tin Fist
PS, US After releasing 2008's critically acclaimed "Glory Hope
Mountain," the band returns with a 6 song EP, which runs the
stylistic gamut from brooding art-folk numbers to unabashedly joyous
rock freak outs.
PaperBag
CD5
$7.50
Albion Band
Rise Up Like The Sun
PS, UK Originally released on Harvest in 1978, and reissued by Fledg'ling
in 2003, Rise Up Like The Sun is widely acknowledged as one of the
finest and most ambitious of English folk-rock albums ever. With John
Tams and Joe Boyd overseeing the production, this crack-edition of
The Albion Band (with several ex-Fairporters amongst their number)
tackle everything from Appalachian love ballads to the music of John
Coltrane and Richard Thompson. Remastered and fully annotated with
four rare bonus tracks. Special guest appearances from Kate McGarrigle,
Julie Covington, Martin Carthy, Andy Fairweather-Low, Richard and
Linda Thompson.
Fledgling
CD
$16.25
Alps
III
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The band's first studio album but, as
the name implies, its third overall, III finds the members of the
Alps in good creative health -- perhaps not surprising for a slew
of performers who regularly make their name with other projects like
Tarentel and ARP, but the trick for any such project lies in its members
knowing how to meet in the middle. On this level III is a good success,
clearly balancing out solo and improvisational elements with gentle
structure on a series of (mostly) instrumentals, equal parts feedback
drone/zone and slow, steady melodies and rhythms. It's very much an
album placing itself in a larger tradition -- Pink Floyd at their
most creative, especially with soundtrack work (not for nothing would
one song here be called "Echoes"), and similarly Popul Vuh,
and those are simply two of the most obvious references."
Type
CD
$14.25
Amplifier Machine
Her Mouth Is An Outlaw
PS, US Amplifier Machine began in 2002 with James Dixon (Swordfish,
Supagroop, James Dixon) on guitar, Korg & piano, Seth Rees (The
Spheres, This Is Your Captain Speaking, I Want A Hovercraft, Seth
Rees) on drums, violin, samples, piano & guitar and Alex Jarvis
(Automatic, Black Cab, Registered Nurse, Alex Jarvis) on guitar &
drums, with the intention of combining their songwriting talents.
Something about getting three solo artists together, or maybe something
about what rehearsing for so long in a freezing Collingwood warehouse
does to the brain, caused the pop-bred members of Amplifier Machine
to spiral out into a peculiar music of inquisitive, atmospheric, half-improvised
mini-epics. Amplifier Machine is a self-described experiment inanemocratic
process and near-improvisation (anemocracy = rule by whim or the wind).
Through earnest discussion and endless unending jams, Amplifier Machine
came upon The Rule: that when the other two members have settled,
it's your turn to change. The Rule was found to be useful, not only
in musical terms, but also as a strategy in discussion, advocacy for
the devil, and reducto absurdums. Each members' musical approach is
informed by knowledge of various artistic processes, including: visual
art, drama, the written word, carpentry and car maintenance. Thus,
in music and in discussion, Amplifier Machine tends to start with
a thesis, then to spiral out into varying antitheses, to arrive at
some sort of synthesis. At least, that's the idea. Somewhat of a departure,
in terms of sound, for 12k, Her Mouth Is An Outlaw breezes darkly
languid chords over a post-rock-meets-experimental structure that
is decidedly lacking in micro-electronics. These echoes reach for
new 12k-heights while the spirit of ambience and space remain familiar.
12K-1049
CD
$12.25
Antony & The Johnsons
Another World
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
SecretlyCanadian-193
12"
$10.50
Antony & The Johnsons
Another World
PS, US Antony and the Johnsons have emerged with a new album, The
Crying Light, which shall be released January 2009. "Another
World" is a five-song EP which shall precede said new album.
On "Another World", Antony lists the things he treasures
about the natural world, and then expresses how much he will miss
them. "Another World" is hypnotic and affecting, as well
as timely. The EP Another World also includes "Shake That Devil".
Part exorcism and part Shangri La, Antony calls out shape-shifting
perpetrators, and banishes them one by one. Two other songs, "Crackagen"
and "Sing For Me" are pastoral and surreal. Finally the
epic "Hope Mountain" closes the EP; an episodic narrative
set after a flood; people gather on a mountain to witness the emergence
of a holy girl.
SecretlyCanadian-193
CD5
$7.50
Autistic Daughters
Uneasy Flowers
PS, GERMANY Released on CD in March of 2008 on Kranky, Uneasy Flowers
is the second album by New Zealand's Autistic Daughters, the intercontinental
trio of Dean Roberts (guitar, vocals), Martin Brandlmayr (percussion,
computer) and Werner Dafeldecker (guitar, bass). It is also the fourth
in a series of records in which Roberts, having begun in more abstract
territory in New Zealand's mid-1990s "free noise" ferment,
has embraced song, lyric and voice as vessels for topographic and
psychoanalytic tracings of the impacts of territory and nomadism on
the subject. This is reflected by the shape-shifting nature of the
outfit: while Autistic Daughters (whose name comes from a lyric from
their first record Jealousy And Diamond) are resolutely a trio, they
also work in cinematic format, with ancillary players behind the trio's
complex, worm-turning arrangements: in this instance, Chris Abrahams
of The Necks, Martin Siewert and Valerio Tricoli. With Uneasy Flowers,
Roberts traces the internal and external workings of one protagonist:
or, rather, a protagonist who "contains multitudes," a Whitmanian
figure that dissolves the unified self. Rather, this character, "Rehana,"
embodies multiplicity and fragmentation in order to both a) address
loss and b) aim toward transfiguration, transcendence. There are traces
in the lyrics -- traces of addiction and desire, myth and transformation
-- that are obliquely reflected in the music's structure, its uneasy
tension between the pop song (the "moment") and experiment
(the "process"). In some ways, it reminds of the structural,
loop-based cinema of figures like Malcolm LeGrice: taking one moment
and stretching it, the better to capture its nuances and to draw out
all the repressed material caught in the mise-en-scène, the
hidden, cloaked content that erupts when your world spirals out of
your control and gets caught in webs of interpersonal politic. The
move from intimacy to the capture of the "greater picture"
enacted by both lyric and music here resembles a camera dollying out,
a shift of perspective unsettling for its vertigo-inducing qualities.
Experimental deconstructionism within a pop framework that is contemplative,
well-crafted, and gracefully unsettling.
Staubgold
CD
$16.25
Auxes
Sunshine
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Lovitt
LP
$11.00
Auxes
Sunshine
PS, US New album from Dave Laney (MILEMARKER)
Lovitt
CD
$11.00
Avenaim, Robbie
Rythmic Movement Disorder
PS, AUSTRALIA Robbie Avenaim's RMD has been a long time in the making.
His debut solo release to surface in a career that stretches back
to the late 1980s, collects together the better part of a decade's
worth of experimentation with the possibilities of prepared percussion,
irregular rhythm, modulated pulse and low-tech electronics. Avenaim
is perhaps best known for his improvised collaborations alongside
the likes of Otomo Yoshihide, Oren Ambarchi (with whom he released
the transcendental 'Clockwork') and Keith Rowe. But his work explores
more than improvisation and the proof lies in this incredibly detailed
electro-acoustic outing. With its title referencing a particular syndrome
usually associated with the involuntarily movement of limbs, the pace
and form of Rhythmic Movement Disorder reflects this sense of frenetic
activity. As uncontrolled as the syndrome may be however, at no point
does Avenaim lose focus. Rather his effortless and articulate percussive
sensibilities flex to produce a dense and tirelessly refined compositional
approach that is brought to bare with stunningly rich and varied results.
PRESS: "Clockwork is magical improv." Tiny Mix Tapes (review
of Clockwork) "a piece of music that is circumscribed in scope
and sound palette, yet highly engaging throughout." Dusted (review
of Clockwork) "I did find myself increasingly captivated by its
tiny sonic dramas and the group's ability to make something out of
next to nothing." BBC (review of Thumb) "Its emphasis on
density rather than the in depth exploration of the most minute details
and yields truly engaging results on this disc." Foxy (review
of Sonic Systems Lab).
Room40-421
CD
$15.00
Bastien, Pierre
Visions of Doing
PS, US Well known for his orchestra of musically gifted robots. Driven
by electric motors, the machines deliver stuttering rhythmic loops.
These unsteady tempos constantly fluctuate, imbuing the songs w/an
emotional & honest quality not found in much of today's loop-based
music. The 9 tracks have been selected from his soundtracks to Karel
Doing's films.
WesternVinyl-053
CD
$11.50
Beatnik Filmstars
The Purple Fez 72 Club Social
PS, UK After years of lo-fi pop madness, Beatnik Filmstars move effortlessly
away from their past, and into a new mellower ' Americana ' direction.
The humor in the lyrics Beatniks fans have come to know and love,
is still there, although there is a, perhaps, darker overall feel.
Country tinged twangy guitars, Hammond Organs, Accordions and Harmonicas,
replace some of the more experimental noise pop of the past, and songs
such as 'Hospital Ward' and 'Sweet Bird Of Sorrow' you could easily
imagine someone such as Will Oldham covering. And the slow building-
burner 'Nurse My Head' has an almost Spiritualized feel. There are
still one or two rockier numbers, but even these have a warmer laid-back
vibe going on. And although it is a big step away from their lo-fi
poppier past, it still sounds like no one but themselves. This could
be your album of the year. Laid-back, blissed out and gorgeous.
InternationalLo-FiUnderground-001
CD
$13.50
Believer
October 2008
PS, US Interviews w/ Will Eno, Diane Williams, Bruce Jay Friedman
& Nico Muhly. Features on the moral high ground, real american
heroes, the history of translation & a lesson in outmoded medicine.
ZINE
$8.00
Birdsongs of Mesozoic
Dawn Of The Cycads
PS, US All of their Ace of Hearts material in newly remastered sound,
w/ 40 minutes of previously unreleased bonus material including live
recordings! Founded in 1980 by ROGER MILLER & MARTIN SWOPES of
MISSION OF BURMA, BOTM straddled the worlds of modern classical music
& rock. "More Importantly, this music quite often flat-out
rocks!" - All Music Guide
Cuneiform
CD
$19.25
Bjork, Brant & The Operators
S-T
PS, US REISSUED finally for the 1st time on 2LP vinyl! Long ago, BRANT
BJORK played drums in the mighty Kyuss where he wrote most of the
songs, & moved onto Fu Manchu. After that, he was a member of
Queens of the Stone Age! Sounds like stoner rock royalty to me! But
people, there's another side to Brant other than the groovy stoner
rock drumming, & that is the solo project. His 2nd solo release
here, originally released in 2002, combines moody desert drives w/
'70s pop sensibilities, his low rider Impala & Brant's very own
rawk funk. Check it out!
LowDesertPunk
DLP
$22.00
Black Time
Double Negative
PS, US 3rd full-length album from London garage punk trio, BLACK TIME,
who have carved a hefty reputation for themselves over the past few
years through scattered tours across Europe & the US, numerous
LTD ED 7-inch records, 2 dense yet danceable long-player albums, &
a manifesto that, among other things, espouses "fuck & rage"
& the "heavy vampire sound." Calls to mind equal parts
Messthetics & 'Back From The Grave' compilations. This is the
absinthe you've been wanting to drink. "...makes labelmates Pussy
Galore & the Black Lips sound positively polished by comparison."-LA
WEEKLY
InTheRed
CD
$14.25
Bon Vivants
Black Honey
PS, US Post-punk 'n folk-rock (NOT "freak folk"--eeek!),
power-pop 'n acid-rock, howlin' at the Georgia moon like a lonely
16-year-old geek even as you stare at so-called middle-age in defiance.
Television Personalities Soft Boys Swell Maps 'n Mr. Barrett hisself--post-Cale
VU and the ghost of Arthur Lee--kids still 70s-drunk and runnin' free!
SNAP! MANGLE! POP! The Bon Vivants come from Atlanta, Georgia. That's
Ben Young (rhythm and freak guitars, vocals), Rob Parham (rhythm and
lead guitars), Ben Lawless (bass), and Jeff Patch (drums). In 2006,
they released a 10" record called SOUL ACTION. It came out on
Ben's Old Gold label, which has generally released noise, improv,
and experimental stuff. The members of the Bon Vivants worked their
way through all of those more outside approaches before settling on
a song format for this band. It adds a lot to what they're doing now:
the deep knowledge of noise and improv combined with structured pop-rock
songs. And on their new Gulcher CD, things come into even sharper
focus--the lo-fi cassette sound of SOUL ACTION is gone, revealing
the band in crystal clarity and sounding better than ever.
Gulcher
CD
$10.25
Boomtown Rats
On A Night Like This
PS, US Led by the inimitable Sir BOB GELDOF, the Boomtown Rats were
an important & notable band who were a real force in the chartsin
the mid-80's. 5 of the band's Top 40 singles, including 2 Number 1's,
are included in this rousing performance to a rammed crowd filmed
at The Dominion Theatre, London in 1985
CherryRed
DVD
$18.50
Bopp, Andy
This Guitar Kills Singer Songwriters
PS, US This first solo album from the frontman/songwriter for sparkling
guitar pop melody makers MYRACLE BRAH. Overflows w/semi-unplugged
acoustic versions of Myracle Brah songs (plus some new ones). Pristine,
gorgeous arrangements w/beautiful acoustic guitar work while delivering
jangly psychedlic rock-pop conjuring Byrds, Beatles, Badfinger &
Raspberries
RainbowQuartz
CD
$13.75
Bowie, David
Iselect
PS, US
Astralwerks
CD
$15.25
Briggs, Anne
Time Has Come
PS, US Originally released in 1971. This album feat. many self-penned
numbers as well as a few contemporary covers w/ Briggs playing guitar
& bouzouki. Briggs only released two albums & a handful of
singles/EPs before retiring from the music business making this reissue
an important document of the British folk revival.
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75
Briggs, Anne
S-T
PS, US Originally released in 1971. She was a huge influence on the
entire British folk-rock movement, especially other female singers
such as Sandy Denny, Jacqui McShee, & Maddy Prior. This album
is a strong collection of traditional folk songs & original material
& one of the most important releases of the British folk revival.
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75
Brother JT3
Jelly Roll Gospel
PS, US From the first groove of this long-player, the rhythms are
live & relentless, making his new soul anthems burst energetically
from the speakers in full-spectrum stereo sound. Comprised of bassist
Art DiFuria (PHOTON BAND), drummer Jamie Knerr (PSYCLONE RANGERS),
& JT, the group delivers their trademark blues-&-roll whomp,
shaking everything in sight to keep the beat going- while weaving
in unexpected touches, such as a dub reggae bounce.
DragCity
LP
$14.75
Brun, Ane
Changing of the Seasons
PS,US One of the finest voices of the contemporary folk scene is back.
Here is Ane Brun´s third album Changing of the Seasons . It
was recorded more or less live at the legendary Atlantis Studio in
Stockholm, and at producer Valgeir Sigurdsson´s studio, the
Greenhouse, in Reykjavik, Iceland. Sigurdsson´s merits include
artists like Björk, Sigur Ros, Maps, Múm, Coco Rosie and
Bonnie Prince Billy. Changing of the Seasons consists of 13 new tracks
by Ane Brun. The album shows that Ane´s mesmerizing voice has
taken new and exciting turns, and it also reveals many proofs of her
remarkable songwriting. Just listen to tracks like The Puzzle , Ten
Seconds , Lullaby for Grown-Ups , The Fall or Don´t Leave and
you´ll know that this is something close to a classic album.
The beautiful string arrangements are written by Danish composer Malene
Bay-Landin and the young and successful American composer Nico Muhly
(who has worked with artists such as Bonnie Prince Billy and Antony
& the Johnsons).
Sidecho
CD
$11.00
Car Commercials
Eric's Diary
PS, US Car Commericals are generally uncomfortable; probably shifty-eyed
loners that barely leave the basement. Their brand of strictly personal
suburban ooze was borne deep within the recesses of New Jersey, just
east of I-95. More specifically, this music springs from inside that
unspeakable zone deep within the mind where feelings get very messy.
Eric's Diary is the second LP release from Car Commericals, following
the out-of-print Judy's Dust LP (Cenotaph) from early 2008. Those
confounded by Judy's Dust will be pleased to know that Eric's Diary
is where things get...weird. Breath deep,and prepare to scratch yr
head faster than you can say 'Home Blitz.' LP limited edition of 200
with full color paste-on sleeves.
SoftAbuse
LP
$13.50
Carbon 14
Issue #31 (MAGAZINE + CD)
PS, US Features on The Coyote Men, The Pagans, Mitch O'Connell, Sharon
Leong, Electric Prunes, Palmyra Delran, etc. Cover art by Sharon Leong.
Features by Bunny Fontaine & Thee Whiskey Rebel, interview w/
professional wrestler/actor Ox Baker, a feature on the films of Jean
Rollin & Pier Paolo Pasolini, & all the usual comics, pin-ups,
columns, & so much more. CD comp is titled "Scandanavian
Meltdown'" full of 21 nuggets of Nordic noise incl. Marvel, The
Hellacopters, The Nomads, Bloodlights, The Incubators, Demons, etc.
120pgs long
ZINE
$5.50
Castanets
City of Refuge
PS, US An uneasy, asymmetric weave of sung songs, chants, electronic
noise solos & spaghetti-western guitar interludes. The album suggests
a film soundtrack, w/overture, mood-setting & plot-development
songs, intermission, character studies, & themes of resolution
& reconciliation. Guest appearances by JANA HUNTER, SUFJAN STEVENS,
Dawn Smithson (JESSAMINE, SUNN O))))), & SCOTT TUMA.
AsthmaticKitty
CD
$14.25
Castanets
City of Refuge
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
AsthmaticKitty
LP
$11.50
Catfish Haven
Devastator
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
SecretlyCanadian
LP
$11.50
Catfish Haven
Devastator
PS, US SPIN MAGAZINE: "The group's blues-infused ballads &
boozy trots possess equal amounts of backwoods authenticity &
cosmopolitan flair. They may harvest most of their mojo from south
of the Mason-Dixon but they bleed metropolitan w/undeniable garage-grime
charm & power-pop arrangements reminiscent of the Strokes"
SecretlyCanadian
CD
$11.50
Ceremony/Screem Vinyl Image
Split
PS, US Ceremony bring their arsenal of shoegaze guitar mayhem to the
forefront on their songs: dark but catchy, & very, very loud.
Screen Vinyl Image make striking music that combines elements of minimalist
electro & beautiful guitar pop. Expect layers of keyboards, ambient
noise & pulsating drum beats w/ rich dark vocals. Excellent showcase
of two of the best shoegaze/indie bands going in the US today. Comes
packed w/ CD version too.
CustomMadeMusic
10"/CD
$10.50
Chinese Stars
Tv Grows Arms
PS, US A brand new 12-inch boiler from combustible "dance show
road dogs" the CHINESE STARS--members of ARAB ON RADAR and SIX
FINGER SATELLITE. A teaser EP to the band's upcoming second album,
featuring two exclusive tracks. Packaged with artwork by MATT BRINKMAN
(Mystery Brinkman, Forcefield, Mutant Life Expectancy).
KittyPlay
LP
$5.50
Clash, The
Live at Shea Stadium
PS, US Recorded at New York's Shea Stadium in 1982, Live at Shea Stadium
captures the band at the peak of its powers and on devastating form.
Bristling with energy and attitude, Live at Shea Stadium is destined
to feature alongside James Brown at the Apollo, The Who at Leeds and
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison as one of the greatest live recordings
of all time! The Clash, opening for The Who on their farewell tour
of the US, played two nights at the legendary Shea Stadium (October
12th and 13th of 1982). Despite being the support act, the New York
Post reported "there were as many Clash fans on those nights
as Who fans."
Epic
CD
$16.25
Clean
Compilation
PS, US Compilation collects many of the greatest tracks by New Zealand
legends The Clean, including songs from their first single and first
two EPs. Very catchy pop with the energy and rawness of the best punk
rock combined with a strong psychedelic feel. An amazing collection
by one of the best bands of all time!
LittleAxe
LP
$13.75
Cogan, Ora
Harbouring
PS, SPAIN Ora Cogan was born and raised on a small island on the west
coast of Canada, her house was a recording studio and her Family played
host to a constant stream of musicians and travelers. Ora started
writing songs and performing at 12. Now based in Vancouver, BC. Ora
stitches the blues, old-time and ethereal ballads into her unique
sound. Guitar and a voice that could melt butter combine to give an
album that sounds like it was recorded in the middle of a cornfield."
- AMERICANA UK. "Ora's voice possesses that haunting, soulful
quality that seems like its source is coming from deep deep within
or beyond. Like a mysterious transplant from decades past, it's as
though she opens her mouth and a lilting voice from the '20s comes
drifting out. It's beautiful in its simplicity, just her and her guitar
and a few banjo and back-up vocal additions."- AQUARIUS RECORDS
"Ora plays true folk, the kind that is strong and tells stories
with a sense of urgency, be it heartbreak or revolution. This album
is gorgeous, bitter sweet, and incredibly powerful." - ONLY MAGAZINE
BorneRecordings/Acuarela-002
CD
$13.50
Cole, Lloyd & The Commotions
Live At The Marquee
PS, US One of the most successful "indie" acts in the UK
during the 80's, & oft-quoted as influences to many other subsequently
famous bands. Their knowingly pretentious lyrics & namedropping
in songs endeared them to a generation of students & for some
time had the band vying w/ The Smiths in terms of popularity. Recorded
in 1986 at The Marquee London, & interspersed w/ pastiche band
shots, this is an excellent live concert Doc.
CherryRed
DVD
$18.50
Coleman, George
Bongo Joe
PS. US George Coleman is a Drum beater, a man who uses the drum to
send important information over long distances. His drum is a 55 gallon
oil drum shaped w/ a hand ax in a curious series of dents, bulges,
cuts, & wrinkles. His music defies description; it is lyrical,
incisive, and highly satirical. We hear a philosophy of life &
an entertaining trip thru the mind of Bongo Joe.
MississippiRecords
LP
$13.50
Cooper
Lemon Pop
PS, SPAIN CD Single. Digipak. Tracklist: 01. El circulo polar, 02.
En el sofá, 03. Ruido, 04. Ola de calor, 05. Directo versiones
[18-01-08, Madrid].
Elefant-374
CD
$7.75
Cosi, Valerio
Heavy Electronic Pacific Rock
PS, US What stands out here is Cosi's ability to combine things that
don't seem to be logical companions. He dots spacious saxophone compositions
w/rivers of noise, & w/o any indication that it's coming, he will
turn things into a field of Eastern-tinged, meditative drones. But
it's all in a way that keeps it cohesive & hypnotic. LIMITED TO
500
Digitalis
CD
$10.00
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cosmo's Factory [40th Anniversary Bonus Tracks]
PS, US Throughout 1969 and into 1970, CCR toured incessantly and recorded
nearly as much. Appropriately, Cosmo's Factory's first single was
the working band's anthem "Travelin' Band," a funny, piledriving
rocker with a blaring horn section -- the first indication their sonic
palette was broadening. Two more singles appeared prior to the album's
release, backed by John Fogerty originals that rivaled the A-side
or paled just slightly. When it came time to assemble a full album,
Fogerty had only one original left, the claustrophobic, paranoid rocker
"Ramble Tamble." Unlike some extended instrumentals, this
was dramatic and had a direction -- a distinction made clear by the
meandering jam that brings CCR's version of "I Heard It Through
the Grapevine" to 11 minutes. Even if it wanders, their take
on the Marvin Gaye classic isn't unpleasant, and their faithful, exuberant
takes on the Sun classics "Ooby Dooby" and "My Baby
Left Me" are joyous tributes. Still, the heart of the album lays
in those six fantastic songs released on singles. "Up Around
the Bend" is a searing rocker, one of their best, balanced by
the menacing murkiness of "Run Through the Jungle." "Who'll
Stop the Rain"'s poignant melody and melancholy undertow has
a counterpart in Fogerty's dope song, "Lookin' out My Back Door,"
a charming, bright shuffle, filled with dancing animals and domestic
bliss - he had never been as sweet and silly as he is here. On "Long
as I Can See the Light," the record's final song, he again finds
solace in home, anchored by a soulful, laid-back groove. It hits a
comforting, elegiac note, the perfect way to draw Cosmo's Factory
-- an album made during stress and chaos, filled with raging rockers,
covers, and intense jams -- to a close. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
All Music Guide
Fantasy
CD
$11.50
Crooked Fingers
Forfeit/Fortune
PS, US 5th album from former ARCHERS OF LOAF singer ERIC BACHMANN.
LIMITED TO 1000 copies on white vinyl. Includes download coupon &
a non-CD bonus track, "La Maleta Fea," a brand new version
of a song that appeared previously on a Merge Records compilation.
NEKO CASE appears on the album-closing duet "Your Control"
ForeignLeisure
LP
$13.50
Crystal Antlers
EP
PS, US Touch & Go signed them and will re-release their astounding
debut EP. "Merging psych, garage, lo-fi, prog, and countless
other influences, the group easily maintains consistency despite a
complete inability to be pinned to any specific movement or trend"
- Pitchfork. "Unashamed, unafraid, gritty hot-mess melodies that
take cues from The Stooges, Joe Cocker, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and
Ozzy Osbourne" - LA Weekly. "Long Beach's Crystal Antlers
have mastered the art of thrash, that combustible build-up of noise
and melody that so many others have tried to harness, only to fail
in a miserable pool of fuzzy annoyance" - OC Weekly.
Touch&Go
CD5
$7.00
Darling Downs
From One to Another
PS, US "A record of spare, tender songcraft, whose delicate shifts
in tone make the simple alt.country tag inadequate. A brave move for
both, brilliantly pulled off. 4 stars."-Uncut. The DDs stand
out as the most unlikely of collaborations between longtime members
of the fertile Australian rock scene. While it is not at alll insane
to imagine the driving force behind SCIENTISTS, BEASTS OF BOURBON
& SURREALISTS, KIM SALMON, working with DIED PRETTY's energetic
frontman and songwriter RON PENO, the improbable happens when you
consider the result that might flow from such a teaming. What are
the odds that these two towering figures of Australian music, famous
for swaggering, noisy, swampy punk rock (Salmon) & soaring pop
rock (Peno) would concoct such a perfect loveletter to American country
folk? Armed only with Kim Salmon's custom Cole Clark acoustic guitar
and Peno's singular voice & vision, The Darling Downs crafted
an almost impossible album: a record of nuanced beauty, a subtle masterpiece
that unfolds like a dahlia with each successive spin, giving the listener
something new & unexpected at every helping. All from two guys
& one pristine guitar. At times Peno channels the spirit of Appalachian
folk's high lonesome sound, complete with yips, yelps & howls,
while elsewhere his (improvised?!) vocals are hypnotically understated,
almost delicate-- threatening to disappear into thin air before crashing
down like thunder. Supporting Peno's acrobatic vocal brilliance is
Salmon's equally understated, elegant guitar playing, perhaps the
most restrained of his career, made all the more stunning when you
know the fireworks & growl of which he is capable & for which
he is famous. Salmon showcases not only his versatility but playing
of such surprisingly refined grace that it defines the album as one
of the best listens of 2006. An album of profound subtlety. "With
Salmon often infusing the guitar lines with deft lilts & melodies,
grasping each song is sometimes as difficult as interpreting a smoke
signal in a storm, the ever-shifting qualities of the music making
it difficult to categorize. The experience mesmerizes."-The Age
(AU).
CarrotTop
CD
$11.50
Darling Downs
From One to Another
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
CarrotTop
LP
$11.50
Datsuns, The
Smoke & Mirrors
PS, US New album from New Zealand throwback garagerockers.
CookingVinyl
CD
$13.75
Davenport, Bart
Palaces
PS, US A singer-songwriter troubadour who wears his passionate love
of West Coast pop on his sleeve. On his fourth solo album, he collaborates
w/kindred spirit KELLEY STOLTZ. Drawing from Brit folk, bossa nova,
& even a touch of Philly soul, his rich, nuanced vocals capture
a cohesive fusion of traditional & indie pop.
AntennaFarm
CD
$12.75
Davis, Greg & Sebastien Roux
Merveilles
PS, GERMANY Greg Davis and Sébastien Roux are back with their
second collaborative album following the acclaimed release "Paquet
surprise". "Merveilles", translated from the French
word as wonderland, describes the album very fitting as the songs
have a very illustrative quality. Where the previous album relied
a bit more on sweet melodies and quick changes "Merveilles"
explores different sound worlds in depth and illuminates a terrain
of diverse emotional scenarios. Silent passages of field recordings
are combined with subtle harmonic layers, interrupted by sudden noise
eruptions and contrasted by folk like guitar melodies and very concrete
sounds, often leaving the listener wondering what the origin of this
tone might be. It is a pleasure to have a documentary of this interesting
collaboration in which both musicians are able to realize their grown
individual expertise. Sébastien Roux, working at the IRCAM
and well known for his success in continuing the French line of music
concrete in a new and contemporary way, clearly helps to establish
the abstract narrative form of this record with arrangements of cut
and edited pieces of concrete recordings. The influence of Greg Davis,
often described as the anchor figure in the forming of the laptop
folk scene, is clearly audible in melodic guitar lines and the construction
of dense harmonic drones. But the strength of this collaboration is
the fact that Greg Davis and Sébastien Roux combine their musical
ideas creating a very unique approach of their own. This record clearly
combines elements of serious and popular music in a highly thoughtful
and contemporary way, widening the edges of by now established stylistic
fields that Davis and Roux once helped to define. "Merveilles"
consists of edits of live recordings made during a tour through Europe
and the US in 2005 - it is the pleasant proof that electronic music
of such richness in detail can be played and composed live.
Ahornfelder-12
CD
$16.25
Dead C
Secret Earth
PS, US
Badabing
CD5
$10.00
Dead C
Secret Earth EP
PS, US The Dead C oscillates between two poles. Recent albums explored
drones, electronic loops and musique concrete. However, their new
album, Secret Earth, proselytizes oceanic feedback, catastrophic drumming
and a return to the cripple rock blasts of their early material. Along
the axis of The Dead C's recordings, Secret Earth sounds like it was
created between Eusa Kills and Harsh 70s Reality. It contains a straightforward
(for them) expression of sound, while continually pushing their vast
improvisational techniques into a realm of subconscious genius. Just
a glance at their peers who are fans (Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Comets
On Fire, Black Dice) shows the league in which they play. Any fans
of Lightning Bolt, Black Dice, Sunn 0))), Sightings, Acid Mothers
Temple, and/or Growing can now appreciate noise rock's forefathers.
It's spacious here. Welcome.
BaDaBing!
CD5
$9.00
Deerhoof
Offend Maggie
PS, US New album.
KillRockStars
CD
$14.00
Deerhoof
Offend Maggie
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
KillRockStars
LP
$13.25
Deerhunter
Nothing Ever Happened
PS, US The first salvo in a barrage of Deerhunter related noise this
fall is this two song single that precedes the release of the Microcastle
full length. Side A is the unabashed rocker from the album, while
the flip side is the demo version of another album track. This is
a limited edition one-time pressing release..
Kranky
45
$5.50
Department Of Eagles
In Ear Park
PS, US and expansive album; an intimate collection of songs. Much
of the material Daniel brought to this record draws on memories of
his father who died in 2007, and to whom "In Ear Park" is
dedicated. Many of Fred's contributions relate to similar themes of
nostalgia and mortality, giving the album an elegiac feel at times.
"In Ear Park" is also full of joyous moments, lush production,
and concise songwriting. "Department Of Eagles make scratchy,
lo-fi Casio-pop with hooks as big as arena anthems" - New York
Magazine.
4AD
CD
$13.25
Deus Ex Machina
Imparis
PS, US A unique & unequaled blend of aggressive jazz/rock mixed
with complex rythms, touches of 1970s hard-rock guitar, & the
avant-garde all topped by incredible vocals, sung in Latin & Italian,
of ALBERTO PIRAS, one of the most amazing vocalists working in rock
today. Double set comprised of new studio album and professionally
filmed live DVD.
Cuneiform
CD
$19.25
Disappears
Old Friend b/w Magics
PS, US Second in a series of self-released singles, Disappears features
members of PONYS, 90 DAY MEN, & BOAS. Playing minimal "space
punk," drawing on a combined reverence for reverb, heavy tremolo,
distortion, delay, & repetition, they are a true DIY effort. LIMITED,
INCLUDES LINK FOR FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD.
Disappears
45
$4.50
Dntel
Dreams (Lawrence Remixes)
PS, GERMANY Deal, the Dial sub-label for special interests presents
two unreleased remixes by Lawrence for Dntel's "Dreams."
Strictly limited.
Deal
12
$11.50
Dragonforce
Ultra Beatdown
PS, US
Roadrunner
LP
$15.50
Duffy, Stephen & The Lilac Time
Happy Birthday Peace EP
PS, UK New import EP from the original, male Duffy! If you missed
his recent album, 'Runout Groove', now's your chance to catch up!
BogusFrontage/Fruitcake
CD5
$11.00
Dungen
4 (ON SALE) (DELAYED)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Kemado
LP
$16.25
Dylan, Bob
Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs
PS, US THE ONION AV CLUB: Bob Dylan's last three studio albums-1997's
Time Out of Mind, 2001's "Love and Theft", and 2006's Modern
Times-are among his finest, but that doesn't guarantee that their
outtakes would add much to his legacy. But Tell Tale Signs, two CDs
of scraps from those albums (along with some from 1989's Oh Mercy,
plus some live recordings) deserves to be considered an album, because
it moves like one. Most of these alternate takes are in fact completely
different arrangements: "Someday Baby" is a slow, wounded
shuffle here, rather than the hard-chugging blues-rock from Modern
Times, while two versions of Time's "Mississippi," each
opening a CD, sound nothing like the "official" rendition-or
one another. It's easy to understand why Dylan left some of these
songs off the albums: The woozy "Born In Time" wouldn't
have fit the spookier tone of Oh Mercy, but it's got too much life
in it to have stayed put. But why "Dreamin' Of You," a shattered-love
song set to a hushed-roar arrangement, was left off Time is hard to
figure. The in-concert stuff provides snazzy contrast to the studio
songs: "High Water (For Charley Patton)" and "Lonesome
Day Blues" crackle and snarl, with Dylan's lead guitar speaking
its own tongue. As Dylan's official bootlegs go, this is one of the
series' best.
Columbia
DCD
$24.50
Earthless
Live At Roadburn
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeePee
LP
$16.50
Earthless
Live At Roadburn
PS, US The heavy psychedelic trio Earthless was featured at the annual
Roadburn Festival in Holland - a celebration of tube-driven distortion,
crackling electric guitars, and the many fans who come to celebrate
the mighty riff. Earthless embodies the event's essence, and this
year, they wound up on the main stage in front of 2,000 fans, filling
the time slot of the headlining band with a 90 minute visual mind
and audio massacre. Told of the recordings, the band decided it was
the most honest document they could offer; caught in their natural
environment: the live show. The result is a double LP and CD masterpiece.
TeePee
CD
$13.25
El Guincho
Alegranza
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
XL
LP
$17.50
El Guincho
Alegranza
PS, US El Guincho is Pablo Diaz-Reixa, born in Spain. This release
is a mix of afro-beat percussion, calypso harmonies, psych tropicalia,
world music samplers, doo wop, trance repetition, underwater pop,
steel drums, and island feeling plus club oriented song structures,
uptempo beats, and exotica production. "An exultant one-man carnival
of sound" - Uncut. "Music that makes you feel like you've
entered a higher state of consciousness" - Dazed & Confused.
XL
CD
$13.25
Elliot, Matt
Howling Songs
PS, FRANCE Howling songs is a magnificent third and last part to the
"drinking/ failing/ howling songs" trilogy. We are back
to this Slavonic tune, without any definite frontier, whose only and
constant heritage finds its roots in European music. It is all the
more sensitive that Matt's voice is sometimes present without any
chorus in the background, bringing to the whole both confidence and
unquestionable heat. Howling songs is, without a doubt, the most introspective
album by Matt Elliott and the one which carries best his musical personality.
Icid'Ailleurs-049
CD
$17.50
Elliot, Matt
Howling Songs
PS, FRANCE Double clear LP, gatefold with 2 drawings as inlays, limited
edition 500 copies. Howling songs is a magnificent third and last
part to the "drinking/ failing/ howling songs" trilogy.
We are back to this Slavonic tune, without any definite frontier,
whose only and constant heritage finds its roots in European music.
It is all the more sensitive that Matt's voice is sometimes present
without any chorus in the background, bringing to the whole both confidence
and unquestionable heat. Howling songs is, without a doubt, the most
introspective album by Matt Elliott and the one which carries best
his musical personality.
Icid'Ailleurs-049
DLP
$27.75
Ensemble Economique
At The Foot Of Nameless Roads
PS, US BRIAN PYLE's (STARVING WEIRDOS, RV PAINTINGS) debut foray into
the solo forest. A masterpiece of an album, filled to the brim w/
cacophonous melodies, meditative auditory chants, & hypnotic shambolic
rhythms. Music for the darkest nights, the pinkest mornings, &
everything in between. This is vivid music that leaves a trail of
gold in its wake. LIMITED TO 500
Digitalis
CD
$10.00
Ettes
Look At Life Again Soon
PS, US The Ettes from NYC invaded the LA rock scene in 2004 drawing
inspiration from the White Stripes, the Rolling Stones & Amy Winehouse.
Jem on bass w/ his garage rock roots, paired w/ Poni's powerful punk
rock beats, fused w/ Coco's guitar hooks & 60's country vocals
creates The Ettes' unique sound that they describe as Beat Punk.
TakeRoot
CD
$11.75
Fleshtones
Stocking Stuffer
PS, US The Christmas album for music fans who hate run-of-the mill
Christmas music. "Champagne of Christmas" looks back to
the group's classic R&B roots while extolling the virtues of more
than a little yuletide bubbly. This is festive enough to get you in
the holiday mood but rocks hard enough to keep the eggnog flowing
through mistletoe make-out sessions & drunken sing-a-longs.
YepRoc
CD
$14.50
Foster, Josephine
This Coming Gladness
PS, UK Previously released on CD by Bo' Weavil Recordings, now available
on vinyl. This is Colorado-based Josephine Foster's (Born Heller,
The Supposed) debut release for Bo Weavil Recordings, and her third
full-length album. This Coming Gladness is transcendental fin de siècle
songs from one of the great unsung voices and songwriters of our modern
times. Josephine Foster unites rarely united royal realms: self-penned
operatic art songs cast in freely-rendered blues with electric guitars
and drums beating the path along with harp and piano flourishes. She
has a voice that was trained for opera, but creaks like ancient mountain
folk floating out from a dusty Victrola. She surpasses any "weird-folk"
labeling through the sheer timelessness of her songcraft -- making
baroque balladry sound new yet remembered from some not-too distant
shared American past. Joining her on this recording is electric guitarist
Victor Herrero and drummer Alex Nielson.
BoWeavil
LP
$22.25
French Impressionists, The
Amelia Rosselli
PS, UK LTM is pleased to announce a brand new CD album by The French
Impressionists, the modernist ensemble associated with Postcard Records
and Les Disques du Crepuscule. The French Impressionists first emerged
in 1981 via the Postcard Records School, when founder/pianist Malcolm
Fisher made his first recordings with members of Aztec Camera and
The Jazzateers. A more permanent line-up released A Selection of Songs
on Les Disques du Crepuscule, as well as Christmas single Santa Baby,
and found lasting success in Japan. In 2007 the group, now based in
Milan ( Italy ), released a well-received new album, Fête. For
the third French Impressionists album, Malcolm Fisher has joined forces
with gifted Italian singer Sara Cicenia, setting the poems of Amelia
Rosselli to original piano music. Born in Paris in 1930, Amelia Rosselli
was the daughter of anti-fascist resister Carlo Rosselli, assassinated
by Mussolini's agents. She spent her life studying ethnomusicology
and taking part in the cultural life of postwar Italy as a literary
translator and poet, the latter work marked by bold verbal combinations
and deliberate linguistic error. She committed suicide in Rome in
February 1996. The deluxe booklet features a selection of original
images by Malcolm Fisher, and the text of several of the poems. The
duo will tour the Rosselli material in Italy later this year.
LTM-2523
CD
$17.00
Frustration
Relax
PS, US NOW AVAILABLE!!! The debut full-length from French electro-punk
champs FRUSTRATION.
BornBad
CD
$14.75
Fucked Up
The Chemistry Of Common Life
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$17.50
Fucked Up
The Chemistry Of Common Life
PS, US The second record from Toronto's hardcore wunderkinds is a
dense, orchestral effort containing an expansive epic about the mysteries
of birth, death, and the origins of life. Merging elements of hardcore
songwriting with up to 70 tracks of guitars, organs, winds, and vocals,
the songs are iconoclastic and startling, with Pink Eyes' growling
vocals front and center. Though Fucked Up remain punks at heart, if
quixotically diverse ones, they have created a great, weird, heavy
record that stubbornly sticks in your brain and your heart. HQ 180
vinyl in gatefold sleeve with MP3 coupon.
Matador
CD
$13.25
Fucked Up
Get Young
PS, US Kings of punk and hardcore Fucked Up return with a mammoth
12" single, second in a series of records based on the Chinese
Zodiac. Year of the Pig is an 18 minute 34 second long prog-punk masterpiece
featuring lush piano and organ arrangements by Max Danger (The Deadly
Snakes) and guest vocals by Toronto's Jennifer Castle. Year of the
Pig starts with gentle guitar and soothing organ before heading into
darker territory with gruff male vocals offset by Castle's angelic
singing and a meandering bass line. It's not until a full 7 and a
half minutes in that the track explodes into a keith moon-esque drum
workout, which is followed by a one note neu trick that builds up
to a thrash attack. It's 'The Wall' as written and recorded by Poison
Idea.
WYR
12
$8.00
Geist, Morgan
Double Night Time
PS, US This is very much a solo flight, made during a challenging
period in which dark personal themes inflected the compositions, Geist
collaborated w/ friend & fellow new wave traveler Jeremy Greenspan
(JUNIOR BOYS) for the vocal tracks on the album. Instrumentally, the
orchestra he employs is decidedly more Yellow
Magic than philharmonic.
EnvironRecords
CD
$16.50
Gentleman Jesse
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Douchemaster
LP
$12.00
Giant Sand
Provisions
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
YepRoc
DLP
$18.25
Golightly, Holly & The Brokeoffs
Dirt Don't Hurt
PS, US
Transdreamer
CD
$14.00
Goude, Jean Philippe
Aux Solitudes
PS, FRANCE Jewelcase version. Closed to Michael Nyman, Pinguin Cafe
Orchestra or Steve Reich sometimes but with a real personality and
French music background, Jean Phippe Goude is well known in France
for his composition for cinema and TV. This new album played by a
selection of the best classical instrumentalists living in France
is one of the best things brings to contemporary and neo classical
music since a long time.
Icid'Ailleurs-047
CD
$16.25
Goude, Jean Philippe
Aux Solitudes
PS, FRANCE Digipak version. Closed to Michael Nyman, Pinguin Cafe
Orchestra or Steve Reich sometimes but with a real personality and
French music background, Jean Phippe Goude is well known in France
for his composition for cinema and TV. This new album played by a
selection of the best classicals intrumentists living in France is
one of the best things brings to comtemporary and neo classical music
since a long time.
Icid'Aulleurs-471
CD
$17.50
Grady
Y U So Shady
PS, US Yee haw! Southern swamp blues-rock mayhem w/ paintpeeling slide
guitar like you've never heard. This is a razor-sharp power trio fronted
by guitar master Gordie Johnson who counts gold & platinum records
on his wall from his stint in Toronto, Canada w/ Big Sugar. W/ picks
on all his fingers, he rips the strings, loud as hell, through a little
Fender amp for pedal steel guitars.
AlternativeTentacles
CD
$14.25
Grady
Y U So Shady
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
AlternativeTentacles
LP
$10.50
Grails
Doomsdayer's Holiday
PS, US Their darkest, heaviest record yet! Delivers on the promises
made by their previous albums, taking equal pride in smoky psychedelics
& mountain-ascending riffs. This finds their already-broad palette
continually expanding w/70s European film noir & cosmic free jazz
explorations to compliment the Middle Easters psychedelic folk-metal
the group is known for.
TemporaryResidence
CD
$11.50
Grails
Doomsdayer's Holiday
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
TemporaryResidence
DLP
$14.25
Grainger, Sebastien
Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains
PS, US Best known for his contributions as singer & drummer for
Canadian dancepunk duo Death From Above 1979, GRAINGER is soon to
be even better known to the world as a singer & songwriter of
sophisticated distinction via his new solo works. While lyrically
& musically, he's taken a sidestep away from the more aggressive
approach of his past in favor of a more reflective & personal
style, he still knows how to rock it when necessary. Pulling no punches,
Sebastien's crafted a muscular & smart rock record that will surprise.
Reminiscent at times of Broken Social Scene, The Replacements, Spoon,
Wilco, The Cars. Nice stuff! "When Grainger goes by his given
name, it means he's all about two things only: the rock, and the roll
"-PITCHFORK.
SaddleCreek
CD
$12.50
Grainger, Sebastien
Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains
PS, US 180gm vinyl w/ MP3 digital download card.
SaddleCreek
LP
$14.25
Gregory & the Hawk
Moenie & Kitchi
PS, US Project of Meredith Godreau, a native New Yorker w/a captivating
voice that hovers between windchimes & church bells, & an
undeniable gift for gently insistent melodies & earnest metaphor.
She has a gift for emotive acoustic pop that places her squarely w/in
the tradition upheld by artists like Susan Christie, Elliott Smith,
& Regina Spektor.
FatCat
CD
$11.50
Grouper & Inca Ore
Split
PS, SPAIN The sound Liz Harris projects on her records under the moniker
Grouper has been said to be deceptively simple, but truly emotional.
Layers of vocals processed again and again through loop delays and
chains of effects that create gorgeous whirlpools of chants, guitar
drones and tape noise, all full of something unique, pure and powerfully
beautiful. The kind of magic Harris manages to inject into her recordings
is something Eva Saelens knows about quite well, as Inca Ore she has
also sung and produced music with a touch of wilderness and witchery.
Liz and Eva compiled twenty minutes of unreleased material each on
both sides of a C40 recorded at home, a recording that Acuarela now
re-releases on CD with new cover art and remastered sound.
Acuarela-1086
CD
$13.50
Grow Up
The Best Thing / Without Wings
PS, UK The Boutique Label presents the first ever reissues by cult
Manchester band Grow Up, active between 1978 and 1981 and a core group
on the highly collectible Object Music label. Grow Up were formed
in late 1978 by John Bisset-Smith, youthful guitarist with Spherical
Objects and an early member of the Manchester Musicians' Collective.
Best described as an experimental pop quintet, Grow Up debuted with
the six song EP Stay Awake in April 1979, and followed this with debut
album The Best Thing in 1980. Early champion Paul Morley (NME) wrote:
'Grow Up's LP is not only extremely commercial; it's a record of mellow,
sublime magic that extends the terse sound of the EP to a brilliant,
luxurious level. Their sound is a sort of ingenious, sax-propelled
chamber pop, of the Ayers/XTC English eccentric line, but it also
holds the melancholy depth and sauce of Brechtian cabaret, the twists
of Beefheart, the ambiguous tension of Lou Reed... Grow Up has invented
a whole new delirious pop world. They fracture tradition, push out
and bend into spaces but keep it light, snappy and appealing. The
Best Thing is not only Object's greatest release, but a record that
is up there with the obvious Mancunian biggies.' After a second single
Joanne (pitched as a 'quality pop song'), the band recorded second
album Without Wings in 1981. However, after Object ceased operations
the group was obliged to release the album on their own label, and
as a result of poor distribution the set was barely heard. Digitally
remastered, the 42 track double CD set features Grow Up's entire recorded
output, as well as two previously unreleased demo tracks. The booklet
features archive images and a detailed band biography.
Boutique-6617
DCD
$18.50
Guthrie, Robin
3:19 Bande Originale Du Film
PS, US Limited edition of 3000 in digipak. 3:19 is the title of the
original soundtrack recording by Robin Guthrie for the acclaimed Spanish
film of the same name. This is the former Cocteau Twins Guitarist's
second soundtrack following Mysterious Skin and it features all the
trademark Guthrie, ethereal soundscape you'd expect. This time, however,
Robin has added piano, just a bit a strings and a few sound effects
that nicely communicate the film's mood.
Darla-213
CD
$13.00
Harvey Milk
My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Could Be
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY! LTD ED OF 500 ONLY!! 2LP vinyl reissued
for the 1st time
in over 10 yrs, their debut album is finally available once again.
This is ground zero for one of the 90s last true cult bands; now legendary
for churning ghostly wailings, unearthly bellows, & gentle whispers
together into one soaring, crawling, ugly & beautiful blend of
brilliance. An essential listening for all fans of hard & heavy
post-rock. Comes w/ 12x12 insert. Don't sleep on this!
Chunklet
DLP
$20.50
Hatchback
Colors of the Sun
PS, US Anyone for Californian Cosmic Krautrock Disco? After the runaway
success of 2007's 'Milky Disco' compilation, Lo Recordings voyages
ever deeper into the cosmic galaxy w/ the debut album from producer
HATCHBACK. SAMUEL MILTON GRAWE is a Golden State native creating Neu-like
motorik grooves, sunny disco moves, epic ambient journeys that rival
Vangelis, Klaus Schulze or Roedelius for sheer electronic depth, &
downtempo funk head-nodders with Kraftwerk keyboards, this is a such
a perfect summer/fall album that it makes every day seem like bright.
An array of vintage synthesizers, analog drum machines, and the venerable
Fender Rhodes electric piano create classic sounds with a modern twist.
If Dennis Wilson was still alive, he likely would have made music
like this. Incl. the seminal "White Diamond" remixed by
PRINS THOMAS, a big favorite of Ewan Pearson & Lindstrom &
praised by Phonica Records as "a mind-blowing transmission of
blissed out, life-affirming cosmic disco"
LoRecordings
CD
$16.00
Hauschka
Ferndorf
PS, US Dusseldorf-based pianist & composer Voker Bertelmann's
4th full-length. Where his previous album comprised primarily of solo
recordings of his "prepared" piano (w/a few electronic &
instrumental overdubs), this is a more expansive & fully-realized
effort. At once nostalgic, optimistic, & weighty, w/deft melody
sparkling among percussion & drive, this carries an evocative
richness & depth throughout its quick-paced, often light-hearted
compositions.
FatCat
CD
$11.50
Hayden
In Field & Town
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
FatPossum
LP
$13.00
Hearts of Palm UK
For Life
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "is not actually a U.K. band, but rather
a Bay Area trio fronted by songwriter and singer Erica Elektra (formerly
of the Fancies). With Hearts of Palm U.K., she and cohorts Frankie
Rose (percussion and keyboards) and Billy Kaye (cello) create a charmingly
naïve-sounding electro-folk hybrid. The songs sound like the
bedroom strummings of a talented young woman overlaid with elements
of 1980s electronica, which, as it turns out, is exactly what they
are -- the songs all started life as recordings of Elektra singing
and accompanying herself on the guitar, and she added most of the
other sounds later using a Korg workstation... Elektra seems to have
that special kind of talent. And the album closes with what, in retrospect,
feels like an inevitable cover version of "More Than This"
by Roxy Music."
Hypnote
CD
$11.00
Hecker, Tim/Aidan Baker
Fantasma Parastasi
PS, US Tim Hecker & Aidan Baker (NADJA), two of Canada's brightest
musicians in the world of abstract electronic music, collaborated
to create eight movements that feature various real-time recording
& mixing sessions with the more dissonant elements tempered by
an emphasis on ambience & even occasional melody.
Alien8
CD
$13.50
Helms Alee
Night Terror
PS, US Seattle-based act carrying the best parts of grunge & the
trinity of punk, indie, and stoner rock, this powerful trio lays waste
w/ their debut. 10 tracks run the gamut of psychedelic grit, drugged-out
drone jams, delicate melodic passages, & most of all, ferociously
crushing heavy rock. Feat. current & former members of Harkonen,
These Arms Are Snakes, Lozen, & Roy. LTD ED vinyl licensed from
Hydra Head Records.
RoboticEmpire
LP
$17.25
Her Space Holiday
XOXO, Panda & The New Kid Revival
PS, US Loose & carefree arrangements of guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin,
shakers, glockenspiel, & drums lay the foundation for vocal storytelling
sing-a-longs.
Mush
CD
$9.00
Hiroshi Nar & Nishinihon
S-T
PS, AUSTRALIA Originally issued by Lexicon Devil in 2005. This is
a special one-time-only CD, limited to a pressing of 500, of a rare
live meeting of minds: power trio Nishinihon (featuring Kawabata Makoto
of Acid Mothers Temple) and Hiroshi Nar of the legendary collector-scum/'60s/'70s
Japanese uber-psych/garage destruction unit, Les Rallizes Denudes.
Nishinihon are the amazing scorch 'n' burn three-man unit who've scarred
eardrums for several years now with their acid-rock meltdown. Since
his departure from Rallizes in 1978, Hiroshi has kept himself busy
with a myriad projects running the scope of no wave, garage punk,
Dada-rock and the occasional guest playing on an Acid Mothers disc.
Suffice to say, his discography is as long as your arm and much more
interesting. Hiroshi Nar with Nishinihon (which said 5 times with
a belly of booze can be a great game) celebrates exactly that: a one-off
live meeting in Japan in December of 2001 between these musical titans.
With Hiroshi penning three of the four songs present, there's definitely
a heavy musical similarity to Les Rallizes; both "20 Yen For
Each Additional" and "Machiko" possess that crawling,
stumbling vibe of his previous band's best '70s work, the combination
of his guitar twang and stuttering garage stomp resulting in a kind
of Crazy Horse/Quicksilver hybrid. Even more explosive, are the furious
guitar explosions of "Are You Lady?" and "Peep Up,"
two short(er) ditties that get straight to the point and drive it
home in a most Stoogely manner. As it says on the back cover of this
release: "Do you wanna teste this fuckin' sweet wonder rock world,
Brother?" Hell, yes.
LexiconDevil
CD
$12.25
Hitchcock, Robyn
Luminous Groove [8 x LP boxset]
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Limited!
YepRoc
LP-BOX
$88.00
Horrors/Suicide
Shadazz
PS, UK This is number two in Blast First Petite's year-long series
of limited edition 10" vinyl EPs celebrating Alan Vega's 70th
birthday. The UK band du jour The Horrors present their version of
"Shadazz," specially recorded for this series, and delivered
with a twisted dub menace that could point towards an expanding sound-world
for these dark princes! Previously unreleased anywhere, the flipside
begins with Suicide's 1980s NYC live version of "Radiation,"
and Nik Void (a new persona for Kaito's Nikki Colk) does a propulsive,
'tronic floor-filler for cool alt/art discos everywhere. Edition of
3,000, cover image by Alex Rose.
BlastFirstPetite
10
$14.25
Husband & Knife
An End
PS, US Husband & Knife songs are earnest and soulful, at times
evoking the spirit of powerful forces like Nick Drake, the young Paul
Westerberg and even Johnny Cash in his darkest moments. But as with
most worthwhile songwriters, KC Spidle is an artist of his own design,
essentially crafting honest songs to make sense of a messed up life.
He has always gone right to the bottom, exploring themes of suicide,
poverty, alcoholism, and drug abuse. An End chronicles the latest
chapter a hard separation and the ensuing fight against spiritual
meltdown. This LP has been in the works for awhile. Although KC spent
most of the last year touring with his band Dog Day, he managed to
record dozens of versions of the album and scrap as many songs. Unlike
the naked guitar and vocal approach of his previous effort Welcome
Back to the Nothingness of Your Life, on An End, KC carefully crafts
each song using multiple instruments, found sounds and objects, field
records, and a pile of makeshift recording gear. His obsessive approach
has produced a record which blends sound and song to beautifully capture
yet another shadowy passage of time. Art by Rachael Parsons.
Divorce
LP
$14.00
I Am Robot And Proud
Uphill City
PS, US I Am Robot And Proud is the name Toronto native Shaw-han Liem
works under to create his singular brand of hypnotic, beguiling electronic
pop music. Uphill City is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up
to his very popular 2006 album The Electricity in Your House Wants
to Sing. Like the previous record, Uphill City is electronic pop music
that energizes the listener and refreshes the ear yet Shaw-han's skill
as clever pop composer has grown even more mesmerizing. Shawn-han
says the theme of the new record is that of struggle and achievement
in the big city. IARAP is syncopated multi-instrumental rhythms and
playful, repetitive multi-dimensional melodies -- just the elixir
your head needs. Shaw-Han mixes acoustic instrumentation; piano, guitar
and drums seamlessly with his unique electronic keyboard sounds and
percussive elements. This isn't difficult, experimental IDM that pulls
the listener off the left side of the dial. This is complex composition
that manages to simply delight. It's an exciting sound that gives
one the feeling of flying fast & free through a heavenly modern
green world of pop, beauty, and sunshine. Your brain chemicals are
sure to be balanced after the first minute into the title track. "Since
the 2006 album, i have done some traveling and playing shows around
the world and visiting many cities. Its interesting for me to see
how everyone is living in different ways but there are still similarities.
In English, the word "Uphill" has a kind of a double meaning.
It can be positive like "things are looking up", or it can
mean something is very difficult like "uphill battle". I
thought the city was like a symbol for the challenges that happen
in your life." --Shaw-han Liem
Darla-215
CD
$12.25
I Am Robot And Proud
Uphill City
PS, US Limited edition of 1000 color vinyl with free album download.
I Am Robot And Proud is the name Toronto native Shaw-han Liem works
under to create his singular brand of hypnotic, beguiling electronic
pop music. Uphill City is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up
to his very popular 2006 album The Electricity in Your House Wants
to Sing. Like the previous record, Uphill City is electronic pop music
that energizes the listener and refreshes the ear yet Shaw-han's skill
as clever pop composer has grown even more mesmerizing.
Darla-215
LP
$15.00
I'm From Barcelona
Who Killed Harry Houdini
PS, US After two years of touring the world, Sweden's I'm From Barcelona
return with "Who Killed Harry Houdini?", their sophomore
album . The record is produced by Emanuel Lundgren and Fabian "Phatfabe"
Torsson and the track "Gunhild" features the talented French
singer SoKo. PITCHFORK: "I'm From Barcelona are the band that
wrote the song that could make Israel and Hezbollah get along."
Mute
CD
$15.25
Isis
Not in Rivers But in Drops
PS, US Another single culled from the 2006 release "In the Absence
of Truth." This single will feature a live version, recorded
in Sept. of '06 at in Washington DC, a music video and a remix version
of the song.
Ipecac
CD5
$6.00
Isotope
Golden Section
PS, US After playing with the likes of Dusty Springfield, Mike Gibbs,
& Mike Westbrook, Brit guitarist GARY BOYLE formed Isotope in
1972 to explore the emerging worlds of jazz-rock. In 1974, bassist
& composer HUGH HOPPER of SOFT MACHINE joined the group for 2
years. Golden Section feat. unreleased recordings from 1974-75, with
flavors of contemporary, early 1970s jazz-rock w/ a distinctive British
sound & immediately recognizable fuzz-bass sound.
Cuneiform
CD
$14.25
Japanese Motors
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Vice
LP
$13.25
Japanese Motors
S-T
PS, US Japanese Motors are the most exciting band to emerge from Orange
County since the heyday of Social Distortion and TSOL. They're known
around Southern California for the insane, all night blowouts they
put on as much as for the driving, raucous garage pop they set the
partying to. The music is as sun-baked and laid-back as their coastal
environs and rife with positive imagery.
Vice
CD
$12.00
Japanther
Tut Tut, Now Shake Ya Butt
PS, US Keeping their tradition of contrast alive the lads have teamed
up w/ Penny Rimbaud (CRASS) & released a record of punk songs
& poetry. On the surface, that might sound like an odd combination,
but this thing is truly a wild romp 'round Africa, the Bronx, San
Pedro & Brooklyn, complete w/ faeries, bicycles & a few cans
of spray paint. Their infectious, free spirited trash hasn't let up
a teeny bit, it's just gotten more focused & rad somehow.
WantageUSA
LP
$12.50
Jarboe
Mahakali
PS, US Featuring Phil Anselmo (PANTERA), Attila (MAYHEM), Colin Marston
(BYLA), Kevin Hufnagel (BYLA) & Josh Graham (NEUROSIS,
A STORM OF LIGHT).
TheEnd
CD
$14.50
Jay Reatard
Matador Singles 08
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$14.75
Jay Reatard
Matador Singles 08
PS, US For the six months leading up to this release, Matador has
put out a limited edition 7-inch by Memphis boy wonder Reatard. Each
generated more attention, but was released in a progressively more
limited run, starting with 3,500 copies for the first and ending with
400 copies for the sixth. This package collects all six (excluding
the Deerhunter track on #4), plus one extra song. Each tune is a perfect
snarling pop-punk gem. "In this short span of time, Reatard has
cranked out more memorable songs than some acts do in their whole
careers" - Pitchfork.
Matador
CD
$13.25
Keane
Perfect Symetry
PS, US New album.
Interscope
CD
$16.25
Keane
Perfect Symmetry [deluxe edition]
PS, US New album with limited bonus disc.
Interscope
DCD
$20.50
Kid Acne
Romance Ain't Dead
PS, US Sheffield's one-man answer to the Beastie Boys. Feat. 11 tracks
of short, sharp shock to the ear drums that's filled w/ more bangers
than an over stocked sausage factory (oh boy!) and is one of the funniest
yet slickest albums you've heard all year.
Lex
CD
$13.75
King Tuff
Was Dead
PS, US King Tuff is the brainchild of Kyle Thomas (Witch, Feathers).
This is a most pleasing daydream of a record, one that straddles the
line between partying and napping. It's the sound of one man's honest
and unbridled supreme lifestyle concerning only TV, snacks, and personal
expression via lazy and fuzzy-feeling power-pop rock 'n' roll.
TeePee
LP
$14.00
Kossoff With Black Cat Bones, Paul
Paul's Blues
PS, UK This double CD contains the earliest known recordings of the
UK's Paul Kossoff (Free), whose tragic death at 25 in 1976 robbed
the rock world of one of its finest-ever blues guitarists. Taped at
rehearsals with Black Cat Bones in London in 1967, the raw, lo-fi
tracks find the teenaged Kossoff already a master of his instrument.
Accompanied by musicians including Derek and Stuart Brookes (later
to form the legendary Leaf Hound), and featuring a guest appearance
from Paul Rodgers (later to form Free with Kossoff), the recordings
are of considerable historical importance. They are released here
for the very first time, along with a booklet featuring rare photographs,
full liner notes and an introduction from the band's drummer, Frank
Perry, making the album an essential purchase for all serious rock
fans.
Sunbeam
DCD
$22.25
Koster, Julian
The Singing Saw At Christmastime
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
LP
$15.50
Koster, Julian
The Singing Saw At Christmastime
PS, US Julian Koster (The Music Tapes, Neutral Milk Hotel) presents
a new holiday classic. Join The Singing Saw Orchestra as they unite
saws both young and old in an enchanting celebration of traditional
Christmas songs. 180 gram LP includes a coupon for an MP3 download
of the entire record.
Merge
CD
$13.25
Lambchop
OH (ohio)
PS, US Change is a subtle thing in Lambchop's world; Kurt Wagner is
simply a great believer in the natural pace of life. Lambchop have
evolved, adapted, and tested themselves over their long career and
"OH (Ohio)" follows this pattern in typically oblique but
deeply satisfying ways.
Merge
CD
$14.00
LaMontagne, Ray
Gossip in the Grain
PS, US
RedInk
CD
$15.50
Land Of Talk
Some Are Lakes
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SaddleCreek
LP
$14.00
Land Of Talk
Some Are Lakes
PS, US This album encompasses a great deal with very little, an aesthetic
in stark contrast to orchestral pop and digi-tweaked indie chic. These
songs set a perfect bridge from the jangling dissonance and ferocious
doubled voicings of the band's debut, to the road-weathered clarity
and reflection singer/songwriter Elizabeth Powell has now begun to
own so fully.
SaddleCreek
CD
$12.50
La's, The
S-T [deluxe expanded re-issue]
PS, UK 2008 digitally remastered deluxe two CD edition of the Liverpool
band's first (and so far only) album. Alongside the original album
on Disc One, there are six previously unreleased session recordings,
including 'That'll be The Day', the Buddy Holly cover they recorded
for BBC2's The Late Show. Disc Two gathers together material that
tells the story of the lengthy and convoluted recording process that
preceded the release of the album as the band moved from one producer
to the next in search of an elusive sound that never quite materialised.
Most of the material on this disc has never been released before and
includes the Mike Hedges sessions, the only producer that they recorded
the whole album for. This is a definitive presentation of a classic
album and will be beautifully packaged in artwork redesigned by the
band's original artwork designer, Simon Ryan. 38 tracks.
Universal
DCD
$28.50
Leone, Dominique
S/T
PS, US This first pressing is limited to 500 copies with 200 on color
vinyl. Dominique Leone wears many hats, only a few faces and has a
hundred songs that you haven't heard. In fact, but for his best buddies
and the fine folks of Feedelity, very few people have heard more than
a peep from him. And yes, he's a him. If you read internet record
reviews, you may have seen his name around, though if you hate record
reviewers, please don't hold that against him. The truth is, he's
a songwriter, producer, singer, lover, fighterÖscratch that,
he's one of a growing number of college-educated musical auteurs with
more than a slight command of pop history and theory chops, and writing
songs for joyous, infatuated people. Perhaps some of them are a bit
over stimulated. Perhaps some of them just like good melodies and
strange chord progressions that still seem vaguely familiar. Dominique
is a "classically trained" musician from Texas who currently
operates out of San Francisco. He lists Brian Wilson, Claude Debussy,
Andy Partridge, Randy Newman, Glenn Gould, ABBA, Miles Davis, Olivier
Messiaen, and Magmaís Christian Vander as personal heroes.
He thinks Julie Mehretu is the bomb.
Important-219
DLP
$23.00
Les Tres Bien Ensemble
Rougeole
PS, SPAIN Many of us were left mesmerized by the precious melodies
and the elegant pop that "Doux-amer" had, LES TRÈS
BIEN ENSEMBLE's debut album from three years ago. After an intense
period and recent change in lineup with the incorporation of Charles
Gasqué, the second awaited album of the Catalonian band, "Rougeole",
has arrived. "The title, "Rougeole" ("measles"
in French) makes reference to something that only time can heal. Time
means life and death all at once, something out of human control that
inexplicably advances to a particular destiny. "Rougeole"
talks about the end of a vital stage, from disappointments to obsessions
and desires, from hope to desperation, from excitement to anguish,
reliance, nostalgia and indifference." There is no better way
to describe an album which finely depicts the most human and exciting
details to talk about the contradiction of existing, always with an
upbeat tone and vital hope, characteristics which describe each one
of the songs of "Rougeole". An album that Françoise
Hardy would adore and Jacques Brel would save a special place on his
CD rack for and Serge Gainsbourg would give to Jane Birkin, and THE
BYRDS would pack this album to help pass the time in the tour van.
The best part is that all of these influences, all classical, sober
and inspired, LES TRÈS BIEN ENSEMBLE formed their own plan,
within the same distance from the past as the present, but above all,
full of personality. There is a reason that time is the protagonist
of this fantastic second album, "Rougeole".
Elefant-1133
CD
$16.25
Like Honey
Leaves
PS, SWEDEN The full-length debut by Swedish Like Honey is a shoegazers
dream. Full of references from the 90s it's a rare piece of vocals
and guitars echoing the sounds of The Sundays, Dinosaur Jr., Ride
and of course, The Jesus and Mary Chain." "They've only
released two EPs, but they're so good that it really makes me eager
for their full length album to come out. Just as their name suggest,
Like Honey sounds a bit like Jesus & the Mary Chain, but with
a definite Swedish take, and also a female singer. Listen to "Airport"
and I'm sure you'll end up joining me in my worship." - Simon
Tagestam, Its a trap.com
Hybris-068
CD
$16.25
Liles, Andrew
Ouarda (The Subtle Art Of Phyllorhodomancy)
PS, UK Limited edition (600 copies) double LP pressed on colored vinyl.
UK-based Andrew Liles' (Current 93, Nurse With Wound) latest offering
has taken nearly three years to hit the shelves and almost as long
to create. Recorded in London, Paris, and Sicily, Ouarda (The Subtle
Art Of Phyllorhodomancy) is a travelogue that refuses to stay stuck
in any one place for any extended period. The music herein is as diverse
as the array of guests involved: Danielle Dax, Maja Elliott, Rose
McDowall, Karl Blake, The Legendary Pink Dots' Edward Ka-Spel and
Volcano The Bear's Daniel Padden all bestow unique and stunning contributions
that soar along with Liles' unique brand of minimal surrealism. Obscure,
accessible, incomprehensible and exceptional, Ouarda (The Subtle Art
Of Phyllorhodomancy) is testament to the breathtaking production talents
of Andrew Liles -- arguably the most vital and original soundsmith
of recent years.
DirterPromotions
DLP
$33.75
Lindstrom
Where You Go I Go Too
PS, US VINYL!! LP edits done by PRINS THOMAS. Well known for his epic
& ultra melodic disco, it might come as a surprise that this album
only contains three long tracks, with the opening track being almost
29 minutes long! But when you listen to this album, you hear that
it is still very much Lindstrom... just more Lindstrom-- bigger, longer,
more epic & more melodic.
SmalltownSupersound
DLP
$18.75
Lonelyhearts
Disaster Footage At Night
PS, US Ambitious and consistent, Disaster Footage at Night is a great
second album. The record finds the Lonelyhearts getting a bit more
aggressive than their intimate and well-received debut, Dispatch.
Disaster Footage is both concise and expansive, featuring some of
the band's shortest and tightest songs as well as epics that stretch
out with grand structures. Yet the band's primary strengths, simple
but intriguing melodies and daring lyricism, remain intact. The musical
palette is varied: Once defined by acoustic guitars and airy synths,
here they also employ distorted guitars and crunchy organs. The narratives
cover a lot of ground, too: Gender-swapping in Tennessee, post-war
trauma, star-crossed love affairs on the alternately drug-fueled and
bourgeois streets of the Bay Area, and getting inside the head of
the sole black member of the Duke University lacrosse team. Everything
is fair game on Disaster Footage at Night.
ThreeRingRecords
CD
$13.50
Lotus Eaters, The
Silentspace
PS, UK On Silentspace, the Lotus Eaters retain the stripped-down sound
of their early work but update it with subtle touches of techno and
trip-hop. On "Feel It," pulsating synths throb behind the
soothing vocals of Coyle and Saree Williams. The Lotus Eaters had
never used a female singer before, and the addition of Williams' lovely
voice on "Feel It" heightens the track's sensual ambiance.
While the jangly "Sara" is appealingly retro, the Lotus
Eaters are most impressive when they're attempting the unexpected
like the sped-up trip-hop rhythms of "Face of the Century"
or the otherworldly psychedelia of "Lost in Flow." Fans
of the group's youthful innocence might be stunned by the graphic
bondage scenes detailed in the gripping "Minimal Emotion,"
but the Lotus Eaters grew up in their long absence. However, the band
didn't get old; they simply got better. It might be difficult for
some to connect with Silentspace at first, but it's almost impossible
to let go after repeated spins; like the group, it's a sleeping beauty.
CherryRed
CD
$17.75
Lowfish
Frozen & Broken
PS, CANADA Lowfish, a.k.a. Toronto's Gregory De Rocher, ranks among
the worlds leading electronica producers. He has released records
on some of independent dance music's most influential labels, has
charted in North America and is noted for his punishing sets of live
electronics. His clinical production style is both very modern and
built on the DNA of early new wave and IDM. Sometimes dark, often
melodic and multi-layered, Lowfish tracks strive for meaning, timelessness
and quality. The weapons of choice are what they have been from the
start; semi-operational analog synths, temperamental drum machines
and scratchy recording gear. The name Lowfish is a reference to these
dusty machines and his early lo-fi "ish" sound - thus Lowfish.
With six albums and a stack of singles behind him, 2008 has seen Lowfish
aggressively pushing his sound forward. He's been hard at work distilling
his pristine electro and throbbing analog buzz into a new techno variant.
The playfulness of yesteryear is somewhere deep in the background
with the fine detail of machinery and staccato bass lines taking the
fore. The result is "Frozen and Broken". Ten brand new tracks
of edgy analog electronica reminiscent of Lowfish's famed Suction
Records era IDM and an aberrant dance floor sound built from his most
deviant sound palette to date.
NoiseFactory-941
CD
$13.50
Magic Lantern
High Beams
PS, US After far, far too long lost in the merch-less dark, the LBC's
most married band, Magic Lantern, finally beam down the blinding full-length
psych-statement we always knew they had hidden inside. It only took
the Southern California sector a single 5-song demo plus a handful
of incense-dense komische live flights to fully fall under the spell
of ML's oncoming headlights, but now the rest of the globe can hop
on the band's wild wagon. Hold on. High Beams throws out the total
20-sided die of the their illuminative powers, from stomping, storming
show staples like 'Deathshead Hawkmoth' and 'Vampires In Heat' through
to Sun Araw-vibed chime trancers ('Feasting On Energy') and even a
good time acid-addled feedback boogie ('Cactus Raga'). These are all
of the Lanterns' classic long-form anthems, captured in glorious high-def,
thanks to Bobb Bruno's attuned production/recording capabilities and
a radiant mastering job courtesy of James Plotkin. The riffs rip,
the drums destroy, and the organ burns a hole in the sun. Walk into
the light. Black vinyl LPs (with full color center labels) in glossy
jackets with flag photography by Cameron & Erica Stallones, plus
a fried-eyed, full-color 11x17 poster. Edition of 500.
NotNotFun
LP
$17.00
Margot & Nuclear So and So's
Not Animal
PS, US New album.
Epic
CD
$13.00
Margot & Nuclear So and So's
Not Animal
PS, US VINYL VERSION. 180 gram wax plus download card.
Epic
DLP
$21.00
Max, Agathe
The Silver String
PS, US The transformative debut from this French violinist. At times
her work approaches the supersonic escape velocity of Tony Conrad;
elsewhere, she introduces delicate repeating threads, then slowly
weaves them into a fabric of vast, billowing sound more reminiscent
of Steve Reich. A remarkably accessible collection of tracks, one
that bridges the gaps between minimalism, post-classicism, the avant
garde, krautock, & plain old-fashioned pop - there's even a nod
to the High Lonesome Raga as filtered through Henry Flynt.
TableOfTheElements/Xeric
CD
$13.00
McGregor, Chris
Our Prayer
PS, UK Another previously-unreleased gem from South African pianist/composer
Chris McGregor and his cohorts in '60s UK free jazz. Our Prayer was
culled from the same sessions that produced the also never-released
Up To Earth in 1969 and was produced by Joe Boyd and engineered by
John Wood at Sound Techniques studio. The previous year they had signed
to Joe Boyd's illustrious Witchseason production company alongside
Fairport Convention, John and Beverley Martyn, Nick Drake and the
Incredible String Band. Our Prayer comprises a magical trio set, focusing
on McGregor's piano playing, accompanied by the Blue Note's Louis
Moholo on drums and Barre Phillips on double bass. Both Our Prayer
and Up To Earth records were planned for release in 1969 before being
shelved as the McGregor group morphed into the spectacular big band,
the Brotherhood of Breath, and all energies were transferred to recording
the Brotherhood's debut album.
Fledgling
CD
$16.25
Menace Ruine
The Die is Cast
PS, US Majestic songs based around the vocal style of lead singer
Genvieve & the anthemic medieval music that bares much more resemblence
to Neo-Folk than Black Metal. Somber tunes propelled by slow-paced
martial percussion, ambient electronics & droning feedback are
carried by an incredibly powerful vocal performance.
Alien8
CD
$13.50
Menahan Street Band
Make the Road By Walking
PS, US A collaboration of musicians from SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS,
EL MICHELS AFFAIR, & BUDOS BAND. W/ influences reaching beyond
the funk/soul/afrobeat architecture of their other projects into the
more ethereal realms of Curtis Mayfield & Mulatu Astatke, the
group creates a unique new instrumental soul sound that is as raw
as it is lush.
Daptone
CD
$13.50
Menche & Korkowski
Unleash
PS, US Daniel Menche has long been regarded as one of the heaviest
hitters in the North American noise movement. Zbigniew Karkowski is
an ex-member of The Hafler Trio and is also known as a student of
legendary composers Iannis Xenakis, Pierre Boulez & others. This
collaboration is a little more forgiving in the trauma department
than some, but it is absolutley teeth rattling at times.
Alien8
CD
$13.50
Mental Overdrive
You Are Being Manipulated
PS, US Norwegian producer/DJ/live act Per Martinsen is back in the
studio hot seat with a new album under his Mental Overdrive alias.
Already a long time part of the Norwegian dance sound his new opus
'You Are Being Manipulated' sees him develop even more with a melody
driven electro/acid/disco/house sound all of his own. Featuring his
anthemic cover version of Iron Maiden's 'Run to the Hills', the much
hyped art/ebay experiment of 'Elephantastic' which was originally
planned as a one bid buys the masters sale & recent singles 'The
Rage' & 'Spooks' Per Martinsen is back to show us how its done.
SmalltownSupersound
CD
$14.50
Midori Hirano
Klo:yuri
PS, JAPAN The intricate fusion of the piano, strings, and electronics
created a structural beauty reminiscent of chamber music in her first
album "LushRush." The album founded upon her musical sophistication
foretold a new generation of music and was best illustrated by listeners
as "post classical." Almost two years since then, Noble
is happy to once again release an album by Midori Hirano in her 2nd
album, "Klo;yuri". Midori's murmuring vocal heard only in
a few of the songs in her previous album are back again in almost
half of the tracks with a slightly stronger voice in comparison to
the last. The artist worked alone on almost everything from the composition
to remix in her previous album. This time, Hiromits Shoji of Soundworm
has taken on the mix and mastering to bring tenfold the depth and
strength to the album with his unique musical structuring. The tingling
excitement of improvisation and the spiritual melody like sacred music...the
fragile but thoughtful voice and suggestive lyrics like an ancient
European... Midori Hirano's new album is a woven fabric of originality
that proves the artistic maturation of the artist and her sounds with
its deep stoicism and beauty is awaiting for you to enter its labyrinth
of sound.
Noble-1235
CD
$17.00
Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck
Days Come and Go
PS, US Debut album from the 8-piece pop orchestra from Angelholm,
Sweden, A collection of songs both beautiful & unforgettable -
lovely, gentle folk inspired indie pop that invokes the idea of Jens
Lekman fronting Belle & Sebastian.
BlowUp
CD
$14.50
Mojo
#180 (November 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.50
Molina, Juana
Un Dia
PS, US The fifth release from Argentinean artist Molina is a brave
departure from her previous work. It's every bit as personal and intimate,
but pronounced with rhythms and with bold low end added to the mix.
A hypnotic record, restless, alive with melodies that surface imperceptibly
before burrowing into your brain. The tracks are informed by an ever-shifting
and polymorphous sense of groove. The rhythms flow over and inside
each other, played out on wood and cymbal and bombo leguero, and woven
from electronic glitches. David Byrne, NPR, and The NY Times are some
of her many supporters.
Domino
CD
$14.00
Moore, Daniel Martin
Stray Age
PS, US The debut by Kentucky's Moore is a folk record, evoking certain
feelings, but there's a gentle approach to its sound and the way Daniel's
voice phrases his words. Joe Chiccarelli (The Shins, U2, The White
Stripes) took on co-production, recording, and mixing duties. "Stray
Age" is rich with understated complexities that take you to places
Nick Drake and Neil Halstead do.There's a soft swing in the vocals
reminiscent of Chet Baker. But what separates Moore from the pack
is he's looking forward; he wants to go places and we're finding him
right in that moment.
Subpop
CD
$12.50
Mount Eerie
Lost Wisdom
PS, US This finds Phil Elverum in a more collaborative mode than usual,
working with two legends of music & kindred spirits, JULIE DOIRON
& FRED SQUIRE. Elverum & Doiron share vocal duties, making
an album of dark pop duets. Quite beautiful.
PWElverum&SunLtd
CD
$12.25
Mountains
Sewn
PS, US 2006 release, restocks. "Apestaartje co-founders Brendon
Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp follow up their critically-acclaimed self-titled
debut as Mountains with this second offering of slowly evolving sound.
Recorded over several lengthy excursions outside the confines of the
city in upstate New York and Connecticut, Sewn invokes a sense of
ease and delicate precision. A beautiful combination of clean crisp
texture and warm pulsating harmony that shows a group developing and
expanding their sound with an extreme attention to detail that reflects
new layers in each melody and texture. Eight tracks that combine live
instrumentation (guitar, piano, accordion, harmonica etc..), binaural
field recordings and resonant electronic processing to create a wide
range of electro-acoustic experience. From the folkish acoustic guitar
of 'Sewn Two' and 'Bay,' to the densely layered organic din of 'Hundred
Acre' and the psychedelic minimalism of 'Sheets', Sewn shows a group
as equally invested in melody as it is in experimentation. Music for
listening."
Apestaartje
CD
$12.00
Music, The
Strength In Numbers
PS, UK New album.
UME
CD
$12.25
Nashville Pussy
Live In Hollywood
PS, US This DVD feat. the band rifling through 19 blistering songs
at the Key Club in Hollywood. All your favorite tracks are here, plus
a bonus feature entitled "Pussy
Home Movies".
MVDVisual
DVD
$18.50
Negura Bunget
Om
PS, US Another crucial vinyl release of this superb album. NEGURA
BUNGET is now considered as one of the best underground black metal
bands in the world and are finally back after the acclaimed CD N Crugu
Bradului. OM is a stellar opus, a concept-album dealing with Purification,
part of a Ritual to transform the listener into an evolved individual.
Vinyl version includes a bonus track not found on the Audioblobe released
CD.
Enucleation
DLP
$22.00
New Radiant Storm Kings
Drinking In The Moonlight
PS, US Northampton, MA/New York city indie rockers New Radiant Storm
King deliver the tightest, hookiest and most diverse record in their
distinguished career. Recorded over six months in deep, rural Massachusetts,
Drinking in the Moonlight proves once again that guitarists/vocalists
Peyton Pinkerton and Matt Hunter along with bassist Caleb Wetmore
and drummer J.J. O'Connell write some of the most imaginative and
memorable American rock. Approaching their twentieth year as a band,
NRSK have gracefully matured as song smiths while retaining their
prowess at crafting unconventional yet infectious melodies. Drinking
in the Moonlight is a sonic mix of urban and rural, sporting distorted
yet wiry pop with a marked focus on narrative within their song writing
-- trademarks gratifying to longtime fans. Time spent in other bands
(Pinkerton in The Silver Jews and The Pernice Brothers; Hunter in
J. Mascis & The Fog and The Wharton Tiers Ensemble) has honed
the Pinkerton/Hunter attack musically and lyrically. Over the course
of thirteen songs, Drinking in the Moonlight addresses topics as varied
as random street violence, infidelity and subsequent pregnancy, exorbitant
winter heat bills and even an open condemnation of organized religion
(Thank God -Ed). Drinking in the Moonlight was recorded with longtime
NRSK engineer Mark Alan Miller (Cordelia's Dad, J. Mascis & The
Fog) at his Slaughterhouse Studios in Westhampton, MA. NRSK will tour
Fall 2008. TRACKS: 1) Soporific Slump - A few more pints and then
back to your place on 1st Avenue. 2) Undignified - Hopefully you can
convince everyone that you actually are being your natural self -
and have been lying up until just now. 3) Senseless - If a random
act of brutal violence changed your life for the better, how would
you explain it to anyone? To yourself, even? 4) Islander - She could
never handle the mainland for more than a few days at any given time.
5) Little Ice Age - Sometimes the idea of summer seems both impossible
and absurd. 6) Anything Can Happen - And usually does, if you're lucky
(or not). 7) New Paltz Waltz - Instrumental levity. 8) Eight Steps
Closer - Slouching towards Echo Park, with a cosmo in her hand. 9)
After the After Hours - Guns, drugs and hipsters - in way over their
heads. 10) Midnight Comes - Time horizons always seem to stretch into
forever on a first date. 11) Eraser - Lick your wounds and don't look
back for a second. 12) Clouds Cover Everything - Are you really sure
that your memories are totally your own? 13) Fall Prey - The world
is flat. The sun revolves around it. We've progressed on so many fronts
save one.
Darla-201
CD
$12.25
Noriko, Tujiko/Lawrence English/John Chantler
U
PS, AUSTRALIA Tujiko Noriko joins with collaborators Lawrence English
and John Chantler for 'U', a record of orbiting themes, esoteric lyrical
wordplays and warm analog infused song-forms. Following on from the
acclaimed 'Blurred In My Mirror (ROOM40), 'U' is an LP of phases and
exchanges between Paris and Brisbane over a three year period. Like
its recording process, it unfolds with a time-lapse exposure - capturing
moments of absolute loss and unrelenting ecstasy. It's a record of
extended technique and unconventional method (both in terms of song
writing cycles and production), but most of all U is a swelling passage
through the rare and eccentric reality Tujiko Noriko evokes with her
curiously distant songs. U, a title chosen for its 'shape'(reflecting
the collaborative nature of the record), is by far one of Noriko's
most affecting records. It's also one of her most eclectic, littered
with songs that are telling of the world in which Tujiko Noriko finds
herself. PRESS (on Blurred In My Mirror): "This is not an album
that you skip to a middle of a song, every second on the album is
embraced by the previous. As such, it's hard to imagine that there'll
be a better batch of glitchy electronic pop released this year."
Stylus Magazine "the album manages a measure of magic when it
rests right at the nexus point of song and sculpture, pop and experiment."
Pitchfork "one of the most intriguingly inviting voices on the
planet." XLR8R
Room40-435
CD
$15.00
Norman, Larry
Anthology
PS, US 180g. Norman was the church boy holding his own in the decadent
world of rock music, an insubordinate jesteRr ewc/oa rrdeibnegllious
streak that stretched out long before the birth of punk, & a performer
whose raw energy, spiritual force, & playful wit made him the
endearing rock icon he is today. A man unfairly saddled w/the hefty
burden of the "father of Christian rock," yet he is a singer
whose defiant lyrics & actions were shunned by the church-going
status quo. "Anthology" compiles the most loved recordings
of the recently deceased & dearly missed Larry Norman.
ArenaRock
LP
$18.25
Notwist
Boneless
PS, US Heightening the stunning experimental pop of The Notwist's
latest opus, "The Devil, You + Me", comes this 7-inch. Side
A includes the piano-driven pocket pop masterpiece, "Boneless"
in all its album version glory. Side B features a sunny, tropical
remix by Animal Collective's own Panda Bear. A vinyl exclusive, featuring
two of independent music's most progressive and respective artists.
Domino
45
$4.50
Oasis
Dig Out Your Soul
PS, US New album. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Colorful and dense where
Don't Believe the Truth was straightforward, Dig Out Your Soul finds
Oasis reconnecting to the churning psychedelic undercurrents in their
music, sounds that derive equally from mid-period Beatles and early
Verve. This is heavy, murky music, as dense, brutal, and loud as Oasis
has ever been, building upon the swagger of Don't Believe and containing
not a hint of the hazy drift of their late-'90s records: it's what
Be Here Now would have sounded like without the blizzard of cocaine
and electronica paranoia."
Reprise
CD
$15.00
Of Montreal
ID Engager (Mad Decent Remixes)
PS, US Officially commissioned "white label" remixes for
the dancey/poppy lead single w/ lots of subtle sex talk. Taken from
OF MONTREAL's 2008 fulllength, 'Skeleton Lamping.' Remixes here from
the MAD DECENT crew (most likely DIPLO & friends) & DJ SEGA.
One time LTD ED pressing. Don't sleep on this - won't last for long!
3 trks in all incl. the original trk (exclusive to this 12")
MadDecent
12
$6.75
Organ, The
Thieves EP
PS, US Posthumous final recordings from pre-Mermaids oufits. ALL MUSIC
GUIDE: "Though the Organ broke up in late 2006, the group reunited
a little over a year later to record the handful of tracks that would
have appeared on their second album, had they survived long enough
to finish it. Thieves finds the Organ's music evolving even after
the fact -- these songs are quieter and more contemplative than nearly
anything on Sinking Hearts or Grab That Gun... Thieves' production
is cleaner and more direct than the band's previous work, highlighting
Sketch's haunting voice and melodies... Some of the Organ's prettiest
and most mature moments are tucked away here, and Thieves plays like
a fitting wake for the band."
Mint
CD5
$10.50
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Everything With You b/w The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
PS, US Since forming in early 2007, the POBPAH have released a handful
of EPs & comp tracks on classy labels like Slumberland, Atomic
Beat & Cloudberry, each one issued to greater anticipation. The
band's breathless noise-pop sound has garnered them critical acclaim
from such quarters as Stereogum, Big Takeover, Skatterbrain, Drowned
In Sound, Clash Magaine & many others. The 1st cut is from their
debut album (due Jan.2009) - a tidy distillation of all the great
noise-pop precedents - early MBV, House of Love, Pale Saints, Rocketship.
An infectious blast of pop perfection - timeless noise pop gems.
Slumberland
45
$6.25
Panthers
Goblin City (Holy Ghost! Remixes)
PS, US Ex-Troubleman group & anthemic stoner rock act PANTHERS
commissioned remixes for their single "Goblin City," the
lead trk from their 2nd album, 'The Trick' (Vice, 2007). Around the
release of that album, they asked HOLY GHOST! & RUN-ROC (aka DJ
McNany) to execute respective remixes of this single. The remixes
are properly released here together on vinyl. Holy Ghost! deliver
one of the most relentlessly snappy disco dubs in quite some time,
while Run-Roc concocted an excellent, old school acid house remix.
DFA
12
$8.00
Parties
Can't Come Down
PS, US Catchy, 60's-inspired pop songs blanketed by powerful harmonies.
Lead vocals are shared, adding variety & texture to memorable
melodies. Drawing comparisons to Asteroid #4, Velvet Underground,
& Luna, this strong, dynamic power pop four-piece inspires even
the truest wallflower to put down the punch & join the party.
RainbowQuartz
CD
$13.50
Piano Creeps
Future Blues (For Me & You)
PS, US Beautiful pop songs from members of 90's alt-pop band MADDER
ROSE. The band made four albums, toured the world, headlining the
Melody Maker stage at England's Reading Festival & enjoying critical
approval. After Madder Rose, Billy Coté created the nihilist
slackhop project Jazz Cannon while Mary Lorson explored her inner
auteur on three Saint Low discs (Cooking Vinyl). While all this was
going on, Kathy Ziegler was touring as a multi-instrumentalist with
Abra Moore, Jim Lauderdale, and Donna the Buffalo, winning international
songwriting competitions & finding time to write/produce three
excellent solo albums. LIMITED TO 500!
Kora
CD
$11.25
Pioulard, Benoit
Temper
PS, US The double LP vinyl version of this release also includes the
Precis album, issued on vinyl for the first time.
Kranky
DLP
$14.75
Pioulard, Benoit
Temper
PS, US Composed throughout a yr that involved graduation from university
& a cross-continental relocation, its 16 tracks arose in specific
periods of intense creative energy. W/ soft-edged vocals & a broad
palette of instruments that lately incl. harmonium & cello, he
constructs diverse arrangements that skirt the borders of pop w/ beautiful,
detailed atmospheres.
Kranky
CD
$12.25
Plinth/Textile Ranch
The Rest, I Leave To The Poor
PS, UK "The Rest, I Leave To The Poor" is a postal collaboration
between Plinth (Mike Tanner) and Textile Ranch (Glen Johnson of Piano
Magic). This 44-minute piece may structurally resemble a classical
composition - divided as it is into several interlocking stanzas -
but it's difficult to place it comfortably within the realm of modern
music. If anything, 'The Rest....' evokes the otherworldly, fantastical
obsessions of the Victorians (Conan Doyle, Lear, Grandville, Wellcome,
etc) through means of meticulously manipulated instrumentation, samples
and voice.
MakeMineMusic-051
CD
$14.25
Pocahaunted
Chains
PS, US Yellow colored vinyl release from L.A.'s blissed-out drone
outfit, Pocahaunted. Pick it up for the Fleetwood Mac cover.
TeenageTeardrops
LP
$13.75
Polvo
Cor-Crane Secret
PS, US The first of many critically acclaimed albums from the Chapel
Hill guitar rock innovators who ruled the 90's with an iron, artfully
de-tuned fist. 1992's "Cor-Crane Secret" is an ambitious
debut, showcasing what would become a signature approach to rock music:
tweaked, sprawling in scope, and adorned by serpentine melodies straddling
the border where east meets west. A classic; long out of print on
vinyl.
Merge
LP
$12.00
Preston, Joe & Daniel Menche
Cerberic Doxology
PS, US Dualdisc. Anthem Records is pleased to present Cerberic Doxology,
a single piece statement from Joe Preston and Daniel Menche, and an
epic tome carved from some form of primordial stone. As an album containing
a regular CD audio side in addition to a DVD audio/video side, this
release breathes life musically and visually on three different planes
of existence. Firstly, as a 25 minute audio recording, which is born
of a vocal chant evocation from both Joe and Daniel, of which layers
expand, contract, and weave within each other in an otherworldly,
mysterious dronescape, in a way that feels like a moment of mystical/mythical
creation akin to Gyorgy Ligeti's introduction to the monolith in the
film 2001 (or Ash Williams' mispronunciation of the Necronomicon and
its results, if you prefer). Secondly (on side 2 of this CD/DVD dualdisc),
as DVD audio, specifically mastered for this intent, which enables
the absolute full range of the recordings high and lows to be acutely
present, and thus expanding an already head shrinking experience.
And thirdly, as the DVD audio with a full-length video, culled from
footage of the mysterious landscape of the Pacific Northwest, exhibiting
its terrain, volcanic activity and atmospheric disturbances, from
obscure locations throughout the region, in addition of footage of
Sam Hill's Stonehenge memorial located in southeastern Washington
State. Combined with the unusually forceful subtleties of the audio
makes this an experience to behold a multitude of occasions, with
different effect, depending on one's mind-frame. Cerberic Doxology
is presented as a CD/DVD Dualdisc, packaged within a standard CD jewel
case, with a large front sticker stating each artist's name and affiliation,
along with a clear descriptor of the format's regular CD as well as
DVD capabilities.
Anthem-0801
CD/DVD
$12.75
Pretty & Nice
Get Young
PS, US Ten tracks of sharp-toothed, heavily armed, brashly anthemic
pop songs without an aural snag to be found. "This Boston-via-Vermont
foursome infuses thrill-crazed power pop with the mad-noisy, chimp-like
energy of juvie-hardened teenage degenerates" - Boston Phoenix.
"Energetic guitar rock that sounds like Gang Of Four and early
Joe Jackson doing battle with a colossal Japanese robot. Insouciant,
fidgety, and with pop chops to burn, P&N seem destined to leave
a fresh welt on rock 'n' roll's well-scarred hide" - Seven Days.
HardlyArt
CD
$11.00
Primeridian
Da Mornin Afta
PS, US PRIMERIDIAN is back! This one produced exclusively by beat-makers
from the UK & Europe, this has a different vibe from previous
works. They still showcase their soulful & smooth hip hop vibe
w/ songs like "Take You There" feat. IMANI from THE PHARCYDE.
Other musical/production guests incl. YAW, NICOLAY, WILLOW, J-ROSE,
DJ STEADY, NALEDGE (from KIDZ IN THE HALL), etc. To add vocal variety,
SIMEON & TREE have added a 3rd MC to the fold, who goes by the
name RACE. Fans of the PRIME won't be disappointed, as the crew stays
close to their roots keeping the music soulful & creative.
AllNatural
CD
$11.50
Quatrain
Quatrain [Bonus Tracks]
PS, US Mention the sole and frighteningly rare 1968 LP by L.A.'s Quatrain
among devoted psych collectors, and the response will likely be a
unison chorus of solemnly nodding heads. Slip a copy of this lost,
heavy monster on the turntable, however, and those same heads will
bang hard in wah-wah-smeared, acid-rock ecstasy. From '65 to '69,
Quatrain was a regular attraction on the Southern California scene,
working as the house band at the popular Topanga Corral and up and
down the Sunset Strip. 'We played places like the Hullabaloo, the
Stratford,' recalls Quatrain drummer Jim Lekas. 'We shared bills with
The Byrds, Love, Buffalo Springfield, went up against Spirit in a
battle of the bands. We used to play with The Leaves all the time.
It was just an incredible period, so much great music going on. And
we were right there in the middle of it.' Produced and engineered
by future Neil Young producer David Briggs, Quatrain burns with stinging
fuzz-guitar leads ('Fragments,' 'Ask Me No Questions,' the cryptic
'Flowing Robes') and floats and flickers like orange sunshine ('Rollin,'
'The Tree')." Featuring 8 previously-unissued bonus tracks, and
extensive liner notes that fold out into a poster.
Sundazed
CD
$17.00
Radiohead
Amnesiac [Limited Edition] (Limited Edition, 2PC)
PS, US
Capitol
2X10
$22.00
Record Collector
#355 (November 2008)
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.50
Red Favorite
S-T
PS, US A cycle of compositions for guitars, electronics & voices
created by Jeremy Pisani - first released as a limited edition CD
on Spirit of Orr.
Streamline
LP
$14.75
Religious Knives
The Door
PS, US Consisting of members of Double Leopoards, Mouthus, etc, RK
has been an active 4-piece for a little more than a year now. They
have presided over a pair of twelve-inches, a couple of collections
of out of print singles, long gone burns & one full-length. Here
they traced a path away from the clamour they once knew, bathing slight
guitars, interlocking vocals & solemn basslines in reedy organs,
recalcitrant modular synths & spare Kraut repetition. The seemingly
tin eared would call it noise, but in these 8 hands such a set plays
as anything but, instead a (cough) syrupy stroll in search of the
ghosts of rock's classicist past.
EcstaticPeace
CD
$12.00
Richter, Max
24 Postcards in Full Colour
US, PS VINYL VERSION. Limited to 500.
FatCatRecords-1307
DLP
$12.25
Rig 1
Above The Tree Line West Of The Periodic
PS, US Rig 1 explores the sounds that are noticeably absent from hip-hop,
sonic mud pots, guitars, Acieeed 303 late 80's gurgle, and layers
of sound that toss Spaceman 3, Mercury Rev, Too Short, and Timothy
Leary into one rolled up and lit up endeavor.
TeamLove
CD
$12.50
Rose, Jack
I Do Play Rock & Roll
PS, US 41 minutes comprised of only 3 tracks meticulously selected
from his live archives. An epic workout of "Calais to Dover"
(originally appearing on 2005's "Kensington Blues") starts
the whole affair w/a bang. The follow-up is documentation from a 2004
appearance on VPRO-FM in the form of "Cathedral et Chartres."
The disc's closer "Sundogs" - previously available only
as a studio performance on the seminal "By the Fruits..."
triple LP compilation - takes on a whole other 22 minute grinding,
droning life live. Limited edition of 1000 copies on 180g RTI vinyl
ThreeLobed
LP
$22.00
Rosebuds, The
Life Like
PS, US The fourth full-length from this Raleigh, NC band is a return
to more organic territory, barely a year after releasing the synth-heavy
dance pop of 2007's "Night Of The Furies". Guest appearances
by Portastatic's Matthew McCaughan, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, and
Ashley Stove's Jim Brantley. 180 gram LP comes with free MP3 download
coupon.
Merge
CD
$14.00
Rosebuds, The
Life Like
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
LP
$15.50
RTX
JJ Got Live Ratx
PS, US Flashy virtuoso drums, full-wave synth sweeps & shred guitar
that will knock you on your ass. Jennifer's pipes are smokin' &
she's offering no mercy. Skyscraping power chords, arcing from the
walls of solid concrete blocks. Huge hooks that would twist the biggest
shark in the pond.
DragCity
CD
$13.25
Runaway
Brooklyn Club Jam
PS, US Debut DFA release from Brooklyn-based duo comprised of minimal-techno
auteur MARCOS CABRAL (Trapez) & disco gadabout JACQUES RENAULT
(Editions Disco), w/ remix work under their collective belt for Moby
& LCD Soundsystem. BRENNAN GREEN, a fixture behind the booming
NYC disco scene, offers a can't-miss remix of the thumping, anthemic
original.
DFA
12
$8.00
Secret Machines
S-T
PS, US New album.
TSM
CD
$15.25
Skelton, Richard
Marking Time
PS, US A new beginning for Richard, which finds him at his most direct
and intimate, slowly turning on relatively bare textures of bowed
strings, piano & guitar. A meditation on loss & the passing
of time, its measure of transcendence accumulates in instrumental
passages that work like gestures drifting towards a sense of space
both rich & real. The Wire writes: Richard's music "inhabits
landscapes - both physical & emotional - etched with memory &
loss"
Preservation
CD
$15.50
Slaraffenland
Sunshine EP
PS, US
HomeTapes
CD5
$8.25
Spinto Band
Moonwink
PS, US The Spinto Band interlace rich, textured guitars, unconventional
orchestration, and multiple-part vocal harmonies into exciting new
avenues of indie pop. The music is at once outlandish, kinetic, and
luminous, while still restrained in a way that pays homage to the
classic pop song, bringing to mind a contemporary coagulum of The
Beatles, Berlin, and Bowie.
ParkTheVan
CD
$13.25
Spinto Band
Moonwink
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ParkTheVan
LP
$14.75
Springhouse
From Now To Ok
PS, US With their first album in 15 years (!), NY's original 1988-1993
shoegaze killers Springhouse have returned withP ar objoelcdt snew
direction, with their new, more acoustic-minded, orchestral pop masterpiece.
They're reborn & reanimated as an orchestral-folk-pop hybrid,
bound to surprise & please old fans and the newly curious. Limited
edition fine art letterpress CD package designed by twice-Grammy-nominated
Bruce Licher.
Independent
CD
$13.00
Springsteen, Bruce/Suicide
Dream Baby Dream
PS, UK This is the first in Blast First Petite's year-long series
of monthly(ish) limited edition 10" vinyl EPs celebrating the
70th birthday of Suicide's Alan Vega. The first track is "The
Boss" himself Bruce Springsteen doing a cover of "Dream
Baby Dream," live from his 2005 Devils & Dust Tour -- exclusively
available here. Totally haunting and unexpected! The flipside features
Suicide performing that song on the Midnight Special live TV show
in 1978 -- recently recovered from a lost Suicide vault and previously
unreleased -- as well as a ripping cover of "Mr. Ray" by
now-defunct contemporary New York band, Beat The Devil. Subsequent
editions in this series will include tributes by artists such as The
Horrors, Peaches, Primal Scream, SUNN O)))/Pansonic, Lydia Lunch,
The Klaxons, Julian Cope, Liars, Spiritualised, and Grinderman. Edition
of 4,000 black vinyl. Cover image: Stars by Edward Mapplethorpe (brother
of Robert Mapplethorpe), 1994.
BlastFirstPetite
10
$14.25
Stephens, Mr.
With Ms. Harmon's Kindergarten Class
PS, US Debut release for Parasol's new children's music label, Choo
Choo Train Records. We lead off with former Lonely Trailer frontman
Tim Stephens, who strums his acoustic guitar and leads Ms. Harmon's
kindergarten class (at Urbana's Thomas Paine Elementary School) through
a rollicking set of feelgood singalongs and goodnatured kid-centric
tomfoolery. Includes guest apperances by former Trailer mate Brian
Reedy on drums and vibraphone, along with Emily Reedy on accordian.
Local folks please note: We're happy to mail your order, but you can
also come by Parasol and pick up a copy and save shipping & handling
charges. We're at 303 West Griggs St, northwest of downtown Urbana.
Griggs meets Race St between The Courier and Silvercreek restaurants.
We're open 10-7 weekdays and 12-5 Saturday. Call 344-8609 for more
info.
ChooChooTrain-001
CD
$10.00
Stern, Marnie
This Is It And I Am It And You
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
KillRockStars
LP
$13.25
Stern, Marnie
This Is It And I Am It And You
PS, US Stern's second release is a pop record for an alternate dimension,
where hooks and choruses are sent careening through a cracked kaleidoscope.
It's also deeply personal compared to the conceptual leanings of her
previous work. One of Venus magazine's "Greatest Female Guitarists
Of All Time", Spring 2008 issue. Nominated for "Female Artist
Of The Year" in the 2008 Plug Music Awards.
KillRockStars
CD
$13.25
Sunn 0)))
Domkirke Live in Bergen Cathedral
PS, USLast year sunn 0))) was invited to perform at a ancient cathedral
in Bergen, Norway. The performance was captured via 24 track mobile
recording & the results were pressed onto double 180 gram black
vinyl. This recording will be available exclusively on vinyl only.
There will not be a digital release (cd or downloads). Pure analog!
The 0))) lineup for this performance includes Attila Csihar (Mayhem)
on vocals, Steve Moore (Earth, Ascend) on the church's legendary pipe
organ & Norwegian native Lasse Marhaug on electronics. Behold
the glory!
SouthernLord
DLP
$20.00
Swarm
Still At War
PS, US Philly's premier drum n' bass crew steps up to the plate with
this double CD album and mix, combining hip hop, dancehall and old
skool jungle influences into a melting pot of dynamic beats. Created
by Mason, DStar, Trust, MC Armanni, and MC Sharpness, Gasm's Still
at War is a powerful collection of urban anthems, Philly street-style.
TRACKLIST: CD 1: ALBUM 1. Mason & Dstar feat. Mental Sharp - Still
at War 2. Trust - Saving Grace 3. Mason & Noah D - The Product
4. Dstar - Roll Callz 5. Dstar - Just How Blind 6. Mason - Devil's
Poem 7. Dstar - 2Rude! 8. Mason feat. Mental Sharp - Premise 9. Mason
- Jump the Fuck Up 10. Dstar - Fist Extra Artillery 11. Trust feat.
Mental Sharp - P.H.I.L.L.Y VIP 12. Mason feat. MC
Sharpness - Runnin' It Proper 13. Noah D - Cool and Deadly CD2: MIX
1. Swarm - Intro 2. Mason & Dstar Feat. Mental Sharp - Still at
War 3. Perpetuum - Fate of a Legend 4. Mason - Devil's Poem 5. Dstar
- Evilution 6. Ixis - Smash to Bits 7. Dstar - Marshal Law 8. Mason
- Rada 9. Dstar - 2Rude! 10. Mason & Dstar vs. Infiltrata &
Focus - Burgandy 11. Mason feat. Mental Sharp - Premise 12. Dstar
- Ya Sexy Gal 13. Mason - A&B 14. Dstar - 40K 15. Mason &
Dstar vs. Infiltrata - Ricochet 16. Mason feat. Sharpness - Runnin'
It Proper 17. Dstar - Fist (A Special Dedication) 18. Chino - Rush
19. Perpetuum - 10s 20. Mason & Dstar vs. Focus - The Big Shutdown
21. Mason & Noah D -The Product 22. Dstar - Just How Blind 23.
Mason feat. Mental Sharp - Breakout 24. Mason - Jump the Fuck Up 25.
Trust feat. Audio Angel - Only You 26. Noah D - Cool and Deadly 27.
Trust feat. Audio Angel - Saving Grace 28. Dstar - Roll Callz
Gasm/OhmResistance-001
DCD
$13.75
Tar Babies
Face The Music/Respect Your Nightmares
PS, AUSTRALIA Originally issued on the Lexicon Devil label in 2005.
In 1982, the Tar Babies were burning up half-pipes and blazing venues
with their hyper-speed punk rock. More well known for their late '80s
LPs on the famed SST label, in which they veered towards a more DC-influenced
"punk-funk" sound, and the subsequent acclaim that their
drummer, Dan Bitney, acquired with Tortoise, the Babies were also
one of the great, and tragically overlooked Midwestern hardcore bands
of the original era, releasing two phenomenal 12" EPs on their
own Bone Air imprint in '83 and '85, respectively. This CD hopes to
rectify that obscurity by putting these two long-out-of-print discs
back onto the marketplace for the first time on CD, with a ton of
bonus material as a special treat. Inside you will find: The complete
Face The Music and Respect Your Nightmares EPs, which featured early
production work by Bob Mould and Butch Vig; "The Ocean"
track from the Master Tapes 2LP; "Caleb's Getting Mad" from
their 5-song demo cassette from 1982 (the other tracks are on FTM);
five previously-unreleased songs from the era, taken from the vaults
of the TB's Bucky Pope, as well as alternate versions of two EP tracks;
reproductions of the original artwork from the EPs, plus a collage
of flyers, photos and reviews from the era in a 10-panel booklet.
Liner notes from Bucky Pope himself. All of this has been digitally
edited, sequenced and fiddled with by Melbourne-via-Chicago audio
whiz-kid, Casey Rice. The music the Tar Babies were pumping out in
'82/'83 was an awesome collision course of Black Flag-style tension/release
and heart-thumping thrash copped from a heavy diet of Minor Threat
7"s. Think the ferocity of early Die Kreuzen, Negative Approach,
Necros, and you're in the ballpark. By '85, things had changed. The
pace had slowed a touch, and most of all, Bucky was pumping out highly
inventive riffs in an angular Eddie Hazel/Hendrix/Greg Ginn vein.
Sharing the stage with a host of HC heroes and a bevy of SST folks
criss-crossing the U.S. on their never-ending tours, the band caught
the attention of Mr. Ginn and the rest is history. That is, of course,
except for their 1982-1985 output. That is all here, and it's a rip-snorting
collection. 25 tracks and 47 minutes of trailblazing, fist-pumping
slampit rama-lama from a time when people really meant it.
LexiconDevil
CD
$12.25
These Are Powers
Taro Tarot
PS, US "Taro Tarot" is the finest document of THESE ARE
POWERS' prowess to date. Following the departure of original drummer
Ted McGrath, Chicagoan Bill Salas brings together the bands' musical
ideas concisely and cohesively in just over 20 minutes. It is no easy
feat, but on "Taro Tarot", These Are Powers demonstrate
to the world the power they wield. The low end undercurrent emanating
from Noecker's sub bass tones is like no sound you have ever heard
from the four stringed instrument, while the tribal and primitive
rhythm of "Chipping Ice" shows that while this band's music
is known to be a heavy sonic excursion, you can also fucking dance
to it. The frequency-analyzed sounds of "Cockles" are a
thing of beauty, while "Twin Remains" shares a melodic sensibility
with SST-era Sonic Youth. These Are Powers pack an eclectic infinity
into these six tracks, channeling far-flung musical ideas with their
undeniable intuitive sense into an epic, focused statement. Upon one
listen to "Taro Tarot" you will realize These Are Powers
have arrived.
DeadOceans
CD
$9.50
These Are Powers
Terrific Seasons
PS, US Originally released in 2007, "Terrific Seasons" is
THESE ARE POWERS' first full-length album. "Terrific Seasons"
takes off with a punk-like ferocity, recalling the halcyon days of
Silver Apples and Throbbing Gristle. It is a poly-rhythmic, frantic,
unconventional work that finds THESE ARE POWERS utilizing border-line
conventional song structures to harness their abstract sounds. From
the urgency of opener "You Come With Nothing" to the anthemic
croon of "Little Sisters of Beijing," the distant and sinister
meditative sounds of "Drawing Water" and to the sprawling
jams of "Pizza Master Ice Cream Palace," the band covers
a tremendous amount of ground throughout their debut.
DeadOceans
CD
$11.50
These Arms Are Snakes
Tail Swallower And Dove
PS, US TAAS move through ten songs with the cracked grace of bolted
lightning, rolling and leveling, seeking a space to storm into. The
result is more a coherent whole album than a cycle of individual songs.
From the textural depth of the keyboards and guitar tones to the vocal
delivery, the attention to detail is incredible. LP comes as pink
vinyl and white vinyl with pink splatter, along with MP3 coupon for
free digital download.
SuicideSqueeze
CD
$12.50
These Arms Are Snakes
Tail Swallower And Dove
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SuicideSqueeze
LP
$14.00
Tobacco
Fucked Up Friends
PS, US PREFIX MAG: "Fucked Up Friends is the Anticon debut of
Black Moth Super Rainbow member Tobacco. It's completely analog and
almost completely instrumental, aside from a cameo by Aesop Rock on
lead-off single "Dirt." Tobacco secluded himself in rural
Pennsylvania to record the album using analog synths and tape machines,
which keeps it at a fair distance from the current dominance of laptop
wizardry. Fucked Up Friends has been described as "darker, starker,
and altogether more badass" than his work with BMSR, which, to
put it simply, should attract the musically adventurous."
Anticon
CD
$15.00
Tuneful Trolley
Island In The Sky
PS, UK Discovered and championed by Jay And The Americans, The Tuneful
Trolley were a psych-pop sextet with a knack for writing and performing
solid Beatles-esque rock. With a sizable following in their home base
of Long Island, New York, The Tuneful Trolley released Island In The
Sky in 1968 to national indifference, this despite containing all
the elements of an instant smash. Island In The Sky is a glorious
atoll, indeed, landscaped with fuzz guitars, oboes, melodic Beach
Boys-esque harmonies, and garage pop sensibilities. All this from
a band in their mid-teens! The lads wrote most of their material,
and recorded their own tracks! This first-ever CD issue of their long-out-of-print
Capitol LP is supplemented by rare Mono single mixes, none of which
have ever been issued on CD. The 16-page color booklet also includes
rare, unpublished photos and comprehensive liner notes that feature
the participation of original band members. Produced by Sandy Yaguda
of Jay And The Americans. Remastered from the original master tapes!
NowSound
CD
$17.00
Uncut
#138 (November 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25
Urges, The
Psych Ward (Digipack Packaging)
PS, US The Urges hail from Dublin, Ireland, but you wouldn't guess
it to listen to their debut album, Psych Ward. To judge from these
12 tracks, the Urges live in some enchanted land where paisley and
Nehru have never gone out of style, the sneer is the favored means
of human expression, and fuzzboxes and Farfisa organs are naturally
occurring phenomena. The Urges don't miss a trick on Psych Ward, capturing
the mid-'60s garage rock sound with uncanny accuracy, from the inspired
three-chord stomp of the tunes and the tough, fuzzy crunch of the
music to the swagger of Jim Walters' lead vocals and Circo Perrotti's
proudly analog production. There are moments where Psych Ward sounds
just like some lost session from the Standells or the Chocolate Watchband
until you read the credits and realize the Urges wrote and performed
these songs themselves, in the 21st century.
WickedCoolRecord
CD
$12.25
Uton
We're Only In It For The Spirit
PS, US Drones that are underscored w/ a sense of melody & a keen
utilization of the space where the music was created. These songs
are not icy or glacial, though, like one might think. Instead, they
possess an inviting sense of warmth & spirit. This is ghost music;
barely there & out-of-sight in the blink of an eye. LIMITED TO
500
Digitalis
CD
$10.00
Various
1970's Algerian Proto-Rai Underground
PS, US This is Raï music from Algeria as you've not heard it
before. In the early 1970s, a new group of singers and musicians were
operating on the northwest coast, and what they pioneered was a sound
that eventually reached worldwide status by the end of the decade;
however, their names are relatively unknown to this day outside Algeria.
This crucial and defining period of the development of Raï is
criminally ignored and overlooked by Algerian music historians and
Raï fans. Due to censorship and government-controlled music diffusion,
this scene and lyrical style was forced underground and banned from
broadcasts, yet slowly built a small following around the seaside
cabarets of Wahran (Oran). This period witnessed the rise of artists
such as Groupe El Azhar ("The Flowers" group) and Messaoud
Bellemou, who can comfortably be considered the godfather of the modern
Raï sound. His group, L'Orchestre Bellemou, rewrote a heritage
of centuries by using modern instruments and especially the trumpet,
which became, during the 1970s, the backbone of the Wahrani genre.
Reinterpreting the gasba melodies on trumpet, Bellemou backed singers
such as Boutaiba Sghir and Sheikh Benfissa who carried on the lyrical
tradition of their forefathers singing about daily preoccupations
and problems as well as love affairs, alcohol, or simply owning an
automobile! Toward the late 1970s, Cheb Zergui brought a newer ingredient:
an electric guitar with a wah-wah pedal. Thankfully, the late 1960s
saw the development of vinyl pressing in Algeria. This new industry
allowed many small artists including the Wahrani "scene"
to record and release singles documenting their repertoire. This compilation
is a selection of this proto-Raï scene's vinyl 45s. This LP is
limited to a one-time pressing of 1500 copies on 180 gram vinyl and
comes in a full-color deluxe gatefold jacket with photos of the musicians
and informative liner notes by the man who compiled it, Hicham Chadly.
SublimeFrequencies
LP
$22.25
Various
I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore
PS, US
Mississippi
LP
$10.25
Various
The Swedish Model
PS, SWEDEN This is a compilation with the best songs from Swedish
label collective "The Swedish Model". It's the cream of
the crop of Swedish indie music. Collecting tracks from the labels
Adrian Recordings, Flora & Fauna, Hybris, I Made This, No Method,
Songs I Wish I Had Written and Tenderversion. The compilation includes
songs from acts such as Fine Arts Showcase, Mai, Audrey, Familjen,
Moto Boy, Juvelen, Gentle Touch and Division of Laura Lee amongst
others. Full track list: 1. Fine Arts Showcase - Friday On My Knees
2. Mai - Silly 3. Robert Svensson - Young Enough 4. Rigas - Born Not
To Run 5. Elias and the Wizzkids - The Dance 6. Audrey - Bleak 7.
Parken - Åt Helvete Med Himlen 8. Familjen - Det Snurrar I Min
Skalle 9. Mats Katt - No Sleep Until Shoreditch 10. Moto Boy - Young
Love 11. Juvelen - Money Don't Talk 12. Gentle Touch - Pieter Van
Den Hoogenband 13. September Malovelence - Who Watches The Watchmen
14. Division Of Laura Lee - Central Park 15. Dmitry Fyodorov - Leisure
Hybris-1
CD
$12.25
Various
Birmingham Sound: Soul of Neal Hemphill Vol. 2
PS, US Volume 2, celebrating the body of work recorded at the original
Sound of Birminham & Hemphill studios in Midfield, AL focusing
on the soul music created between the mid 60's/late 70's. It gives
a rare glimpse into the beautiful output from a group of artists who
based the descrimination of their peers on their ability to create
music in a city historically known for violence & racial divide.
Feat FREDERICK KNIGHT, WES LEWIS & many more.
RabbitFactory
CD
$14.25
Various
Parlez Vous Pop?
PS, GERMANY Parlez Vous Pop? is a compilation of 16 enchanting songs
in broken French from the '60s and '70s. French is the language of
love. The words flow as smoothly as a vintage Bordeaux, like the suggestively
sweet nothings Serge Gainsbourg whispered into Jane Birkin's ear.
Ah, France, famed for laisser-faire, laisser-allez and exquisite cuisine
-- something patently lacking in the wirtschafts-wonderful Germany
of the '50s and '60s (not to mention the United Kingdom). Songs sung
in French were not only pleasant to the ear, they promised a better,
more luxurious life. Even chansons laced with melancholy hinted at
a certain lightness of heart. Some artists -- or their record labels
-- simply wanted to see if they could make an impression on the French
market, singers like Roy Black, Mary Roos, Peter Kraus or Freddy Quinn,
as well as British stars such as Dusty Springfield and Sandy Shaw.
Others, notably Reinhard Frédérik Mey, Caterina Valente,
Vicky Leandros, were genuine Francophiles and released entire albums
in the French language. For some -- Manfred Krug, Alexandra, Marianne
Faithful or Ireen Sheer, for example -- it was more a question of
having a bit of fun singing one or two French numbers to include on
their LPs. The majority of them may have struggled to perfect their
French accent, but the near-misses are perhaps the most charming of
all. While some of the German performers get very close indeed, with
Marlene Dietrich and Manfred Krug earning particular recognition from
their French counterparts, the British singers just cannot roll their
"R"s or accentuate the "E" at the end of a word.
Elsewhere, Alexandra sounds like an exiled East Prussian and Lys Assia
gets her tenses in a twist but ce n'est pas grave -- as long as it
swings. The booklet contains liner notes from the unique, magnifique
Françoise Cactus, vocalist with the Franco-German band Stereo
Total.
BureauB
CD
$16.25
Wee Scary Beasties
Creepy Lullabies (2X7")
PS, US BOO! The Beasties are back with a new collection of tunes that
will help pull the cobwebs right out of your ears. But don't let the
name fool you; Chicago's kiddie band crew more regularly known as
the Wee Hairy Beasties follow up their 2006 Bloodshot Records debut
album, "Animal Crackers," with a treat just in time for
your Halloween sweet tooth. WEE SCARY BEASTIES-led by MEKONS JON LANGFORD
and SALLY TIMMS with the incredible vocal prowess of KELLY HOGAN (Neko
Case, Pine Valley Cosmonauts) and the mighty jug band talents of front
porch old-timey blues band DEVIL IN A WOODPILE-have formed their own
record label, WEE BEATZ, to bring you a second dose of kid-friendly
tunes that adults will love too. WSB get in the holiday groove with
the sweet and spooky "CREEPY LULLABIES," a double 7"
that will haunt the dreams of both parents and kids alike. This adorably
eerie two single set tells nighttime stories about lonely vampires,
monsters busting a move, and a super-rocking punk jumper about a veggie-patch
dweller named Pumpkinhead! Listeners beware: the closing lullaby and
Wee Scary Ending will make the werewolves howl from miles away. There
are songs with a spooky finger-popping flavor, fresh ghoul-filled
harmonies, a secret special message to listeners and as always, Devil
in a Woodpile's bright and bouncy instrumentationwashboard, slide
guitar, thumping upright bass, clarinet and harmonica-percolates like
the best Harman-Ising cartoon bug band that ever was.
WeeBeatz
45
$8.25
Whitehouse
Asceticists 2006
PS, UK 'However artfully framed on white gallery walls, I can look
you in the eyes and see what you spend your time doing when it gets
dark and messy.' To experience the incredible Asceticists 2006, is
to bare your fragile soul beyond what you would normally wish to know
amidst ear-shredding Afro-noise madness of each of the seven tracks.
VeryFriendly/SusanLawly
LP
$22.50
Williams, Lucinda
Little Honey
PS, US New album.
LostHighway
CD
$15.75
Williams, Lucinda
Little Honey
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
LostHighway
LP
$17.50
Windy & Carl
Songs For the Broken Hearted
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Kranky
DLP
$15.00
Windy & Carl
Songs For the Broken Hearted
PS, US Most everyone has experienced love as well as heartbreak. These
10 songs are interpretations of those emotions that run the gamut
from pain, anger & longing, to warmth, admiration & joy. This
fall, they will have been together for 19 yrs. And in these sounds
you get a sense of what love encompasses, how there can be bliss in
any oasis, & trouble in any paradise, the highs & the lows,
the reality of time & depth of emotion that go into any relationship
that has lasted so long.
Kranky
CD
$12.25
Wire Magazine
#296
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25
Women
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Now available from Jagjaguwar! Includes digital
download codes.
Jagjaguwar
LP
$11.50
Women
S-T
PS, US Now available from Jagjaguwar! Sometimes light & spacious,
at other times eerie & dense w/ an ominous weight, this debut
flirts w/ the noisy beauty of the Velvet Underground & effortlessly
toys w/ the intricacy & playfulness of Deerhoof as crude percussion
beats out a pulsing tattoo of clatter. Members have played & toured
as part of Chad VanGaalen's band & 2 members moonlight w/ Absolutely
Kosher artists Azeda Booth.
Jagjaguwar
CD
$11.50
Yacht
Summer Song
PS, US Debut DFA release from Portland, OR-based artist(s) YACHT.
Here we get the song "Summer Song," a love letter to tourmates
LCD Soundsystem. Besides the single, this also feat. 2 brand new,
previously unreleased trks - all acting as a preview of the 2009 forthcoming
full-length 'See Mystery Lights' for DFA. As with all other DFA vinyl,
you need this omprised of minimal-techno auteur MARCOS CABRAL (Trapez)
& disco gadabout JACQUES RENAULT (Editions Disco), w/ remix work
under their collective belt for Moby & LCD Soundsystem. BRENNAN
GREEN, a fixture behind the booming NYC disco scene, offers a can't-miss
remix of the thumping, anthemic original.
DFA
12
$8.00
Yo! Majesty
Futuristically Speaking
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$19.25
Yo! Majesty
Futuristically Speaking
PS, US The Tampa, FL duo's debut full-length finds them partnered
with a wide array of producers including Basement Jaxx, Sunship, Radio
Clit, Dee Kline, CLP, Mercedes, and Hard Feelings UK. The end result
is brutally honest southern party music that challenges you to confront
your assumptions about daily life, hip-hop, and what it takes to make
it every day and still have a good time.
Domino
CD
$12.50
Forthcoming
Releases
23 Skidoo
Seven Songs + Singles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, UK Expanded reissue on CD by seminal post-punk group 23 Skidoo.
Initially active between 1979 and 1987, 23 Skidoo released a series
of genre-defining records fusing post-punk, dub, industrial, world
and hip-hop styles. Singles include Last Words, Tearing Up The Plans,
Coup and Language. Albums include Seven Songs, The Culling Is Coming
and Urban Gamelan. In 2000 the group returned with a self-titled album,
23 Skidoo, and remain hugely influential. Originally released on Fetish
Records in February 1982, the mini album Seven Songs topped the indie
charts and established 23 Skidoo as a groundbreaking commercial force.
"Intoxicating - one of the most exciting records I've heard since
Unknown Pleasures" (Paul Morley, NME, 1982); "23 Skidoo
conceived of funk as a sinister energy, and Seven Songs still sounds
bloodcurdlingly intense" (Simon Reynolds, Rip It Up & Start
Again, 2005). Digitally remastered, this extended CD includes seven
bonus tracks from the singles Last Words and Tearing Up The Plans.
The booklet also features a detailed history of the elusive group,
with contributions from Skidoo members past and present.
LTM-2528
CD
$17.00
88, The
Not Only... But Also (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US New album.
Island
CD
$11.25
A Cuckoo
Destination Unknown (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US "There is something reassuringly old fashioned about A
Cuckoo, a singular individual who dwells on the Yorkshire Moors and
has a fixation with sepia-toned Edwardiana, music boxes and the like...
MOJO would like to add that we hope that A Cuckoo's forthcoming album
will be available on 78. It would seem impolite if it wasn't."
- MOJO By the age of 17 A Cuckoo had already played in respected UK
bands Blue Aeroplanes and House of Love. In his early 20s he started
to create and produce his own music. In the meantime he ended up working
nearly full time as a composer for the BBC, which is where he "learnt
how to orchestrate and paint sonic pictures." Quietly A Cuckoo
began putting some of the rough ideas that he was developing up on
MySpace. The page quickly began to gather a list of complimentary
comments and was visited by A Girl called Eddy (former Le Grand Magistery
recording artist, currently signed to Anti), who asked what the situation
was with the release of his material. "Um, they're only rough
snippets!" replied A Cuckoo, so A Girl Called Eddy put him in
touch with Matthew Jacobson from Le Grand Magistery who insisted he
finish the album so he could release it. The result is 'Destination
Unknown'. A magical and dusty esoteric mix of styles that seems to
effortlessly project a work of humble yet visionary compositions and
poetry. Filled with music boxes, accordions, mandolins, bells, a quartet,
acoustic guitars, and endless melody. "Great songs" - Chris
Difford of Squeeze
LeGrandMagistery-045
CD
$12.25
A Handful Of Dust
Now Gods, Stand Up For Bastards/The Philosophik Mercury (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE OCTOBER 21st)
PS , US Now Gods, Stand Up For Bastards/The Philosophik Mercury is
a double-disc re-issue of two limited and long out-of-print works
by this obscure enigma. Plunging straight into the chasm of ultra-minimalist
abrasion and chaotic improv, these two records stand as unrelenting
and engrossing epics of guitar feedback, disintegrating electronic
sound, string-shredding violin abuse, and other facets of impassioned
iconoclasm. Recommended for lovers of AMM, Henry Flynt, and Hijokaidan.
A Handful of Dust are a group consisting of a core duo of Bruce Russell
(The Dead C) and Alastair Galbraith. Formed in Dunedin, New Zealand
in 1990.
NoFunProductions-34
DCD
$16.25
Abshire, Ariel
Exclamation Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Darla Records hasn't been this excited about a new release
by a new Pop/Americana artist since My Morning Jacket's first record.
Ariel performs her original songs live at venues across Austin, Texas
-- by herself and with music legend Alvin Crow. Her voice can be heard
on soundtracks for films by Robert Rodriguez and Trevor Romain, and
she is the youngest female singer to perform before thousands at the
Austin Music Awards. Music critic Margaret Moser has compared her
voice to that of Brenda Lee and Lou Ann Barton. Ariel has been called
the "authentic foil to Britney Spears," by National Geographic's
Traveler Magazine. This young woman was born to sing. TRACKLISTING:
1. Exclamation Love 2. Goddamn New Mexico 3. Nervous 4. I Didn't Know
People Could Do That 5. Unknown Encounter 6. Thin Skin 7. Spots 8.
Hotel Hallway 9. Subscriptions and Lies 10. Picking Up 11. Everybody
Does
Darla-214
CD
$12.25
Adams, Ryan & The Cardinals
Cardinology (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US New album.
LostHighway
CD
$15.00
Adams, Ryan & The Cardinals
Cardinology (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. All initial LP orders include special 7"
piece and all LP packaging includes mp3 download code plus a super-cool
"surprise".
LostHighway
LP
$17.00
All the Saints
Fire On Corridor X (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US "These guys have evolved into an impossible-to-dislike
distorto-heavy groove drone that their English forebears like Spacemen
3 and Loop thrilled with 20 years ago" - Stomp And Stammer.
Touch&Go
LP
$12.50
Andrews, Drew
Only Mirrors (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH)
PS, US Guitarist from The Album Leaf and co-founder of Via Satellite
debuts his first solo album. An absorbing and atmospheric record featuring
soft and intricate guitar, synthesizers, and Andrews' feathery vocals
floating above it all. Contributors include members of The Album Leaf
and The Black Heart Procession. Limited edition of 500 white 180 gram
vinyl with MP3 download card.
MintyFresh
LP
$16.50
Apples In Stereo
Stephen, Stephen / Same Old Drag [picture disc+DVD] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US This is special collaboration with The Apples In Stereo and
Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert show. Robert (Apples in stereo) likes
the Colbert show, and wrote the song for this TV show and sent it
to them. Stephen Colbert liked it so much he invited Apples In Stereo
to play at his TV show. So this is the song for Stephen Colbert, presented
by HEARTFAST that put out special edition of picture 7" w/DVD.
Yes, you can not only listen to the music but you can also watch their
video. Side B is a song, taken from their latest album called New
Magnetic Wonder on Yep Roc.
Heartfast-004
45/DVD
$16.25
Asobi Seksu
Me & Mary b/w Breathe Into Glass (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER
18TH)
PS, US As their captivating live show attests, Asobi Seksu have outgrown
the comparisons to My Bloody Valentine and others, and are finally
realizing their potential as one of New
York's greatest bands.
Polyvinyl
45
$6.25
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Drippers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US New album appears to be a singles and rarities collection with
a scratch-n-sniff cover! Let me know what 'scent' they've chosen...
Graveface
CD
$11.25
Blithe Sons, The
The Great Orthochromatic Wheel (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US The Great Orthochromatic Wheel is The Blithe Sons first full-length
release since 2004. In the years since the California duo of Loren
Chasse and Glenn Donaldson may have traversed poppy fields and swam
to aqua cities though mostly they've remained active with their Jewelled
Antler offshoots: Ov, Of, and Child Readers (Chasse ) or Skygreen
Leopards and Flying Canon (Donaldson) and both in Thuja. These five
songs combine nature's melodic pull and minimalist songs forms summoned
by a miniature orchestra of eclectic instruments. Each LP side flaunts
a different depth of the Sons, one recorded outdoors and the other
inside. The indoor set consists of slow-motion ballads built on hymn-like
organ, nylon string guitar, analog drum machine & stark percussion.
The outdoor side offers a web of exotic wind-instruments & battery-powered
electronics reverberating in a cavernous hall cut in the side of a
sea-cliff. Each 500 copies contain a download coupon for a free MP3
version of the album. The Blithe Sons have released five other full-length
albums since 2001 for Family Vineyard, Chocolate Monk and Jewelled
Antler. In 2007 the Sons curated the sixth volume of Music Fellowship's
triptych series bringing together Pekko Kappi and Claypipe for a three-way
split
CD.
FamilyVineyard-62
LP
$12.50
Bloc Party
Intimacy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US New album.
Atlantic
CD
$14.25
Bohren & der Club of Gore
Dolores (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Hailing from Germany, the Bohren quartet bring you their 6th
release. Their extremely slow melodious blend of saxophone, piano,
organ, fender, vibes, bass and drums, has been labeled "horror
jazz" by critics. Each toneseems to be chosen w/ infinite patience.
Ipecac
CD
$16.25
Bookish, Simon
Everything/Everything (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US An unpredictable and dramatic "big band song cycle about
science and information", Everything/Everything is a new departure
for Simon Bookish, being his first album for TOMLAB. Additionally,
whilst previous Simon Bookish releases have been informed by the sounds
of digital synthesizers, Everything/Everything does away with them
entirely to focus on live instruments. Scored for an ensemble dominated
by saxophones, brass, piano, harp and Far sa organ, it features luminaries
from both the jazz and experimental classical music scenes. Whilst
this is almost certainly his most pop oriented release to date, Everything/Everything,
as it's name suggests, nds room for moments of racing Philip Glass
minimalism, lop-sided disco, expressionist cabaret, and even an eery
ambient interlude. Lyrically, the album's concept is "the - good
of information" in our modern age, taking in chemistry and ecology,
language and art, sometimes surreal, sometimes humorous, sometimes
provocative, a weird blur of fact and action, delivered in Bookish's
distinctive English eccentric vocal. It's only natural that Simon
Bookish would want to tackle this chaos of stuff, since 'Simon Bookish'
is the pseudonym of London-based composer Leo Chadburn, whose diverse
recent work has included everything from sound-art installations in
Bregenz, Austria, improvisation and guest spots with Leafcutter John
and Polar Bear's Seb Rochford, and computer music for contemporary
dance at the Royal Opera House to an acclaimed appearance with the
National Theatre as "The Singer" in Brecht's "Caucasian
Chalk Circle".
Tomlab-121
CD
$12.25
Carter, Christina
Original Darkness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Within the songs of Original Darkness, Carter confronts loneliness,
self doubt, inadequacy & desire. She bares these emotions in a
sometimes tender, sometimes forceful, sometimes pleading voice, a
voice in which you can hear her vulnerability, her trepidation. Christina's
words, and the mournful sound of them, stirs a melancholy that is
supported & framed by her gently plucked guitar notes, notes that
echo the sadness in the world she sings of, as
well as the words she sings.
Kranky
CD
$12.25
Cheap Trick
At Budokan! 30th Anniversary Collectors Edition [expanded re-issue]
(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US For the first time, the DVD premieres the previously unseen
historic 1978 Tokyo concert, aired only once on Japanese TV. Bonus
features include a new interview with the band plus two songs taped
at 2008 Budokan Anniversary Show. Two CDs feature At Budokan: The
Complete Concert, newly remastered, while an additional disc includes
the audio counterpart to the DVD plus four bonus songs not included
in the original film.
SonyLegacy
3CD/DVD
$47.50
Cobra Verde
Haven't Slept All Year (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US New album?
Scat
CD
$10.00
Connors, Loren
The Moon Last Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US The Moon Last Night perfectly captures the complex and contemporary
guitar style of Loren Connors - totally desolate yet wound in echoy,
rich black clouds that weep of Mississippi ghost blues and chiming
strings. This two-part suite combines the artist's love of choral
music, Giacinto Scelsi and the naked Venusian guitar style he evangelized
across a string of private press LPs in the late 1980s. Conjured solely
from a Fender six-string and reverb effects, solitary notes swirl
and loft gently from distant points before collecting into booming
clusters. Recorded in Connors' Brooklyn apartment during the winter
of 2008, the rustles of clothes and a creaking chair appear throughout.
Like a kaleidoscope or the cover art itself - a 1973 painting by Connors
- subterranean layers of composition and melodic streams are uncovered
in each listen. Pressed in an edition of 500 one-sided translucent
yellow LPs Connors has released over 50 albums since his 1978 debut,
and since 1999 he has recorded over two dozen solo and collaborative
albums with Suzanne Langille, John Fahey, David Grubbs, Christina
Carter, Jandek, and Jim O'Rourke.
FamilyVineyard-61
LP
$12.50
Crystal Antlers
EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Touch&Go
12
$8.75
Crystal Stilts
Alight Of Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 20TH)
PS, US Alight of Night delivers on the promise of those early singles.
There is an unmistakable flavor of The Velvet Underground to be had,
but Crystal Stilts' spectral avant-garage also references the spooked
'60s Texas psych of The 13th Floor Elevators and Red Crayola, the
gothic blues/punk howl of The Gun Club, the dark, experimental DIYism
of early Flying Nun/Xpressway groups Pin Group and Plagal Grind, and
a post-punk minimalism that brings to mind early Rough Trade and Factory
releases. A strong pop element brings to mind the buzzsaw bubblegum
of early Jesus and Mary Chain B-sides and Meat Whiplash.
Slumberland
CD
$13.00
Cure, The
4:13 Dream (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Their 13th release, hence the title. "There are songs
about relationships, the material world, politics and religion. They're
very upfront and dynamic," says Robert Smith of the new songs.
"People will be surprised how stripped-down and in your face
the record is."
Geffen
CD
$15.75
Danielson
Our Givest (Remix) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US
SecretlyCanadian-191
45
$4.75
Dear Nora
Three States: Dear Nora Rarities 1997-2007 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER
11TH)
PS, US Self-explanatory!
MagicMarker
DCD
$15.75
Dears, The
Missiles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, SPAIN The Dears have not gone away and come back, but they have
been transformed: by experience, by necessity, by life and its manifold
curveballs. And with their new album, MISSILES, they have emerged
as elder statesmen of the Canadian indie rock renaissance... Recorded
quickly, the album is a feast of stripped-down arrangements and raw
emotion served up like a rustic meal, its songs polished but still
containing traces of the rough soil from which they were born. The
most explicit example is the affecting final track, Saviour, whose
vocal track - an original demo take, recorded with a hand-held microphone
only moments after the final lyrics were written - remains unadulterated,
vulnerable amongst the organ swells and chorus of children's voices.
The music is restrained, yet there is an urgency to the lyrics. Lightburn
is the confessor: first decoding, then submitting. Yanchak, whose
striking voice is more present than on past albums, is the protector:
nurturing and unbreakable.
Dangerbird
CD
$15.25
Deerhunter
Microcastle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Highly anticipated follow-up to 2007's Cryptograms album which
launched the band into the stratosphere of hype. Microcastle was recorded
over the course of a week at Rare Book Studios in Brooklyn, New York
with Nicolas Verhes in April of '08. The album was recorded as a four-piece
consisting of Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Joshua Fauver & Moses
Archuleta. "Saved by Old Times" features a vocal collage
by Cole Alexander of the Black Lips, and the album also features two
songs with lead vocals by guitarist Lockett Pundt, "Agoraphobia,"
& "Neither of Us, Uncertainly".
Kranky
CD
$12.25
Deerhunter
Microcastle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Kranky
LP
$11.50
Dreamend
Long Forgotten Friend (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. If we are to believe everything we read THEN
the vinyl version includes the CD version for free, contains 4 extra
songs (16 minutes worth of music), a handmade pop-up gatefold by William
Schaff (GYBE!, Okkervil River etc), and an extra CD of demos and alternate
versions.
Graveface
LP/DCD
$21.00
Dreamend
Long Forgotten Friend (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Songs loosely based on stories & memories of a relative
from the far past. Music to listen to while driving through abandoned
cities & ghost towns. Banjo and vocals are at the foreground of
the landscape, drumming is minimal and guitars are the ghosts. Packaged
in a 15pt chipboard gatefold sleeve w/ a 12 page booklet of photos
by Christy Romanick.
Graveface
CD
$12.50
Earth
The Bees Made Honey In the Lion's Skull (DELAYED) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Special 180 gram, ultra-deluxe vinyl version.
LIMITED TO 5000!
SouthernLord
DLP
$20.00
Envy/Jesu
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Over 37 minutes of newly recorded music from two forward-looking
bands who are entering a new phase. Envy's three songs are even more
diverse than previous classics, while Jesu mastermind JUSTIN K. BROADRICK
wrote, recorded, mixed, & produced his two tracks at Avalanche
from January-May 2008
Conspiracy
LP
$16.75
Final Solution
Brotherman OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Continuing a tradition that began w/ "Sweet Sweetback's
Baadasssss Song" & culminated w/ "Shaft" &
"Superfly", this was a blaxploitation film set to hit screens
in 1975. Before even one ft of film was shot, the plug was pulled
& the movie was cancelled. Dragged around for 30 yrs by songwriter
CARL WOLFOLK, the tapes of his life's work have finally been mixed.
This deluxe set is housed in the standard slipcase w/ a plush bk detailing
the known history of the film & the group behind the music. Great,
funky, fun melodies throughout!
Numero
DLP
$19.00
Flaming Lips, The
Christmas On Mars [deluxe edition] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US "A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips"
Deluxe edition DVD features the 86-minute motion picture, interviews
with band members and a featurette called 'From Drawings to a Movie:
Inside Wayne's Endless Yellow Notepad', which explores the genesis
of the film. Bonus CD is the film's soundtrack, which we think is
all unreleased material. CD tracklist: 01 Once Beyond Hopelessness
/ 02 The Distance Between Mars and the Earth -- Part One / 03 The
Horrors of Isolation: The Celestial Dissolve, Triumphant Hallucination,
Light Being Absorbed / 04 In Excelsior Vaginalistic / 05 Your Spaceship
Comes From Within / 06 Suicide and Extraordinary Mistakes / 07 The
Distance Between Mars and the Earth -- Part Two / 08 The Secret of
Immortality: This Strange Feeling, This Impossible World / 09 The
Gleaming Armament of Marching Genitalia / 10 The Distress Signals
of Celestial Objects / 11 Space Bible With Volume Lumps / 12 Once
Beyond Hopelessness
Warners
DVD/CD
$24.50
Flaming Lips, The
Christmas On Mars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US "A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips"
DVD features the 86-minute motion picture, interviews with band members
and a featurette called 'From Drawings to a Movie: Inside Wayne's
Endless Yellow Notepad', which explores the genesis of the film.
Warners
DVD
$18.00
Frightened Rabbit
Liver! Lung! FR! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Liver! Lung! FR! is Frightened Rabbit at their very best -
live. The intimate, mostly-acoustic set documented here was recorded
in July 2008 in Glasgow and mixed by Mice Parade's Adam Pierce. Among
other surprises, special guests pop up here and there: James Graham
from The Twilight Sad contributes vocals to an incredible version
of "Keep Yourself Warm," while Glasgow scene staple Ross
Cook adds rollicking mandolin to "Old Old Fashioned." The
stripped-down instrumentation brings singer Scott Hutchison's vocal
delivery - now wrenching, now soaring - to the fore, showcasing the
emotive lyrics and memorable melodies that have earned the band their
passionate following.
FatCatRecords-083
CD
$9.00
Fripp & Eno
No Pussyfooting [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Using Eno's twin tape recorder/loop method Fripp provided two
takes w/Eno selectively manipulating which signals were committed
to the final tape. The result was "The Heavenly Music Corporation"
which became one of the most significant & influential pieces
of electronic music ever recorded. Re-mastered & expanded using
the original master tapes by Simon Heyworth, overseen by Robert Fripp.
DGM/InnerKnot
DCD
$16.25
Fripp & Eno
Evening Star [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Perhaps more pastoral than truly ambient, & in part indicative
of the type of music that Eno would feature on his later "Music
for Films" albums this was a firm step away from the long form
pieces that made up "No Pussyfooting".
DGM/InnerKnot
CD
$15.50
Future Clouds & Radar
Peoria (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US New album from Cotton Mather maestro.
StarAppleKingdom
CD
$15.00
Gang Gang Dance
Saint Dymphna (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Named after the patron saint of outsiders, taboo subject matter
and general disorder, Gang Gang Dance have completed Saint Dymphna
- a stunning follow-up to the critically acclaimed God's Money. After
a three years of complex and sporadic recording, complete with jetsetting,
breakdowns, a Whitney Biennial appearance, plus the Retina Riddim
DVD+CD and RAWWAR EP, the band have yielded a true masterpiece in
The Social Registry canon. We couldn't be happier to throw this one
out and let the world become enamored again.
TheSocialRegistry-50
LP
$12.25
Gang Gang Dance
Saint Dymphna (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Named after the patron saint of outsiders, taboo subject matter
and general disorder, Gang Gang Dance have completed Saint Dymphna
- a stunning follow-up to the critically acclaimed God's Money. After
a three years of complex and sporadic recording, complete with jetsetting,
breakdowns, a Whitney Biennial appearance, plus the Retina Riddim
DVD+CD and RAWWAR EP, the band have yielded a true masterpiece in
The Social Registry canon. We couldn't be happier to throw this one
out and let the world become enamored again.
TheSocialRegistry-050
CD
$11.50
Giffoni, Carlos
Adult Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21st)
PS, US This is shining and pure electronic music. Adult Life continues
Carlos Giffoni's work in slow-building drones and prickly, trebly
peaks, but he also imbues these new compositions with subtle structure
and blind-siding rhythmic pulses which recall the many pioneers of
electronic composition, among them Cluster, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk,
and Tangerine Dream. The caustic melding of foreboding abstraction
and lively pulse raises Adult Life to a paradigm of the breathing
and the immaculate, a strange set of dichotomies finding a shocking
common ground. Carlos Giffoni describes this as some of his most musical
work to date, a pure electronic excursion into more grounded troupes
which almost paradoxically work out completely new sonic concepts
and ideas. Original Illustrations for this full length by Megan Ellis.
NoFunProductions-40
CD
$12.25
Girl Talk
Feed The Animals (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Pittsburgh artist Gregg Gillis (a.k.a. Girl Talk) has scrupulously
created music from samples for over eight years. His fourth album
on the Illegal Art label, Feed the Animals, continues his sonic evolution
towards his party-infested live show and steps even closer towards
a creation that is centered on pop musicality rather than attention-deficit
sample splicing. Girl Talk has been known to underground audiences
for several years, but it wasn't until 2006 that Gillis crossed over
and caught the attention of a larger audience. With Rolling Stone,
SPIN, Blender, Pitchfork, and even Beck including Night Ripper in
their "best albums of 2006" lists, Girl Talk has gone on
to be booked by major festivals (Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo,
Virgin, All Points West, Pitchfork, DEMF, etc.), and solicited for
remixes (Beck, Thrill Jockey, Tokyo Police Club, Grizzly Bear, Simian
Mobile Disco, Peter Bjorn & John, TeddyBears, and Of Montreal).
And with roughly 200 live shows over the last couple of years, Gillis
has consistently played larger venues to capacity crowds (every date
on his 2007 North American tour with Dan Deacon sold out). PRESS QUOTES:
"One endlessly entertaining mega mash-up" - Rolling Stone
"Gillis' craft is stunning and his tastes are exquisitely diverse"
- Blender "A masterpiece that employs an estimated 300 samples"
- SPIN "Massively recommended ... the voracious music fan's dream"
--- Pitchfork "Media assassins Illegal Art come forth with yet
another brilliant Girl Talk record." - XLR8R "Sounds like
your favorite mash-up DJ after about 11 espressos" - Entertainment
Weekly "Mashes together booty-shaking rap, iconic indie rock,
and, uh, ABBA" - MTV.com.
IllegalArt-117
CD
$14.25
Glissade
Further (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US Limited to 500! The band's sometimes drone-y, always distortion-heavy
sounds are reminiscent of the haze- induced vibes of bands like Flying
Saucer Attack, Spacemen 3 or early Spectrum. This limited vinyl version
has been completely remixed by the band & also includes the stellar
'Burned in Blue' EP, long out of print & newly remixed as well
- all housed in a heavy, gatefold jacket. 14 hypnotic, blissed-out,
instrumental space jams from North Carolina's finest psychedelic shoegazers.
DeepSpace
DLP
$19.50
Gregor Samsa
Rest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Limited edition of 500 copies. 140 gram double vinyl in beautiful
custom package. Will go quickly.
Kora
DLP
$25.00
Gultskra Artikler/Lanterns
Berezka / Monkey Lament (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28th)
PS, US 12" multi-colored Vinyl split w/ Free CD Version. Second
in a series of vinyl only releases, Other Electricities presents Berezka/Monkey
Lament (OE014) by Russian avant-folk artist Gultskra Artikler and
the UK drone outfit Lanterns. Complementary by nature of thoughtful
experimentation, kindred by their undeniably enveloping output, Berezka/Monkey
Lament brings the creations of Gultskra Artikler and Lanterns together
in a familiar format, with unique contributions from each. Exclusive
tracks and artwork dawn each side of a limited edition marble colored
vinyl, displaying the artists' visions for their side of this entrancing
combination record. Limited to 500 and includes a free CD version
of the album.
OtherElectricities-014
LP
$12.25
Harry Pussy
You'll Never Play This (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, topped, diced &
peppered American free rock from a Clinton era three piece. This Miami
trio left rug burn on modern music in the 90's. Here a deluxe remastering
of their out of print releases with a swank digipak filled with sweaty
photos & heart-racing energy sounds. Complies the long out of
print self released tour 12", the Cherry Smash live 10",
live at Salon Zwerge 12", Pelt & Frosty spilt 7"s &
the De Stilj 7"s.
Load
CD
$12.50
Heavy Hands
Smoke Signals (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
LanguageofStone
LP
$14.75
Heavy Hands
Smoke Signals (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US An album of proto-metal power & simplicity wed to the deftest
of melodic turns.
LanguageofStone
CD
$13.25
Hello Seahorse!
Holy a Las Ocho (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US
MagicMarker
CD
$15.75
Herman Dune
Next Year in Zion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US On the heels of two handmade EPs from Everloving, this is the
Paisian duo's debut long-player. On Next Year In Zion, songwriter
and vocalist David-Ivar Herman Dune and drummer Neman Herman Dune
deliver a dozen charming and intricately constructed pop songs. On
the heels of two handmade EPs from Everloving in 2008 (I Wish That
I Could See You Soon and 1-2-3/Apple Tree), Next Year In Zion is the
Parisian duo's debut long-player for the Los Feliz, California indie.
It is the sound of Herman Dune, all grown up.
Everloving
CD
$15.75
Hospital Ships
Oh, Ramona (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Bedroom-pop solo album from Jordan Geiger(MINUS STORY, SHEARWATER).
Influenced by the sounds of the Flaming Lips song from which the name
Hospital Ships is drawn, Geiger's debut exudes a seasoning of classic
influences including John Lennon, The Zombies & ELO. Packaged
in a a18pt
chipboard gatefold sleeve and lovingly hand assembled.
Graveface
CD
$12.50
Hototogisu
Pale Fatal Sister (DELAYED: PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Limited edition of 700 copies. Double LP pressing housed in
a gatefold jacket. Being a Nabokovian and visceral garden of delights,
a musical evocation of memory and desire spread over four sides of
vinyl. The sound is conjured forth from dark wells to be birthed,
twisting and screaming in silver winds. Recorded at Black Dirt Studios,
over an intensive three day period of hermetic isolation, whilst snow
blanketed the surrounding fields, this work is both more detailed
and conjures a heavier, more brooding occult atmosphere and sound,
than any previous Hototogisu release.
Important-210
DLP
$24.50
Hush Arbors
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US 43 minutes of blissed out forest folk that also finds itself
knee-deep in organic drones. Keith Wood's high-pitched voice is the
focal point which the music swirls around, & these songs emanate
from the cosmos like a cathartic release from the sky. But don't be
fooled, despite these cosmic aspirations this is music straight from
the earth, covered in bark & soaked in soil.
Digitalis
CD
$8.50
Hushpuppies
Silence Is Golden (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US French rock band's debut stateside release. Their impeccable
English suggest their origins could just as easily be Williamsburg,
Portland, or London while their stripped down, in your face guitar-meets-Farfisa
and wall of vocal chorus jams speak a language beyond borders. Sharp
songs, heavy on melody and big on guitar riffs. So big, that the folks
behind Guitar Hero are including the Hushpuppies track "You're
Gonna Say Yeah" on the upcoming "Guitrar Hero World Tour".
"Hushpuppies are a stylish garage rock band who have listened
a lot to The Who, drink a lot of vodka, and drive their scooter up
the wall" - Spex.
MintyFresh
CD
$12.00
Hyvonen, Frida
Silence Is Wild (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
SecretlyCanadian-184
LP
$11.50
Hyvonen, Frida
Silence Is Wild (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US Having come out of a year of isolation, Frida Hyvönen
paired up once again with Swedish producer Jari Haapalainen in Stockholm's
famous Atlantis studio and made her second full-length Silence Is
Wild. Whereas Hyvönen's 2006 debut Until Death Comes was lean
and percussive with her distinctive oompah-styled piano and direct
lyrics, Silence Is Wild stretches her voice across lush arrangements
of piano, strings, choirs, and synths. Piano-based antecedents and
contemporaries such as Carole King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Plush, and Antony
and the Johnsons generally feel like appropriate touchstones for discussing
the Swedish singer-songwriter's recorded work. Lyrically, however,
Hyvönen is in more open waters, as she forges her own stylistic
path as a songwriter. On Silence is Wild, Hyvönen continues to
take an utterly modern approach to classic songwriting forms: blending
the confessional with the fictional; mixing wit with a sexuality that
shifts from the refined to the raw; all the while using language which
dances effortlessly between the timeless and the contemporary, referencing
high art and pop culture in a transcendent manner which masterfully
puts Hyvönen at the top of a new international class of singer-songwriters.
SecretlyCanadian-184
CD
$11.50
Ida
Ten Small Paces (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH)
PS, US Ida's third record pieces together a scrapbook of an album,
a total of 15 tracks recorded in almost as many places. Some four-track,
some studio, and some bedroom tracks find their home on this beautiful
album that led to Ida's work with Capital Records. Double gatefold
180-gram vinyl with printed innersleeves includes digital download
code.
Polyvinyl
DLP
$14.50
Ida
I Know About You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH)
PS, US On their second full-length, Ida absolutely shines. The duo
of Dan Littleton and Elizabeth Mitchell are joined by Michael Littleton
(Blood on the Wall) on drums. IKAY finds Ida discovering the recognizable
voice that has defined their 15-year career. Double gatefold 2xLP
180-gram vinyl with printed innersleeves includes digital download
code.
Polyvinyl
DLP
$16.50
Ida
Tales of Brave Ida (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH)
PS, US Tales of Brave Ida is marked by spare yet clean production
and is a stunning debut thatís an absolute essential for Ida
fans one and all. Recorded in 1993, ToBI is a drumless effort featuring
the duo of Dan Littleton and Elizabeth Mitchell and was written during
the time of Mitchell's collaborations with Lisa Loeb. Double gatefold
2xLP 180-gram vinyl with printed innersleeves includes digital download
code.
Polyvinyl
DLP
$16.50
International Jetsetters
Heart Is Black EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US "Honey-dipped 60's melodies drenched in oceanic swells
of guitar noise..." - Oxford Bands, UK International Jetsetters
is an Oxford based five piece. The band was formed in March 2007 by
singer and guitarist Mark Crozer (The Jesus And Mary Chain) and bass
player Bert Audubert. The line-up also features drummer Loz Colbert
(The Jesus And Mary Chain, Ride), lead guitarist Paul Crozer, and
vocalist Fi McFall. The Jetsetters have been best described by the
British press (Nightshift Magazine) as "an amalgamation of everything
that was great about indie rock, when that term actually meant something.
From the narcotic fuzz of Spacemen 3 to the insistent jangle and drone
of The Wedding Present, and lifted spaceward by singer Fi McFall's
ethereal vocals, they're dark and dreamy but they rock like bastards."
"Heart Is Black" is International Jetsetters debut six-song
release. The EP blasts into the stratosphere with the full throttle,
melodic guitar buzz, of "Inside Out" followed swiftly by
the rhythm heavy groove of "Inside Yourself". "Never
Slows Down" and "My Redemption" showcase Fi McFall's
range as a singer. The low, breathy tones of the opening verses gradually
ascend to pulsating choruses where she resonates like a siren. The
title track "Heart is Black" strums and thumps with a dark
atmospheric burn. The disc closes with a bit of a twist - A glaring
early version of "Never Slows Down". International Jetsetters
"Heart Is Black" CDEP hits quick and begs for repeated listens.
It's a nice glimpse into what's in store from Oxford, UK's latest
export.
PlantingSeeds-057
CD5
$9.75
Jean on Jean
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US When Molly Schnick's longtime band OUT HUD broke up in 2005,
she started from the beginning. Over the next three years, she developed
the sound slowly, adding layers of strings, vocals, guitars, organs
& percussion when appropriate. The results of her labors are the
nine songs that make up the self-titled album. The sound is warm,
lush & orchestrated, like Colin Blunstone's 'One Year' or Judee
Sill's 'Heart Food'
KanineRecords
CD
$10.00
Joan of Arc
My Summer-Long High Wipeout (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH)
PS, US "My Summer-Long High Wipeout" is Joan of Arc at their
best; "The Surrender" is an alternate version from the ones
on JOA's latest full-length Boo Human; "A Man Needs A Maid"
is a Neil Young Harvest cover. This 7" includes a digital download
code for all three songs.
Polyvinyl
45
$4.00
Johannsson, Johann
Fordlandia (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US A musical tapestry of hypnotic richness and surprising emotional
depth. Johannsson makes stately, slow-building and hauntingly melodic
music, which frequently combines electronic processing with classical
orchestrations. "Fordlandia" is the second installment in
a proposed trilogy based on technology and iconic American brand names.
A fascinating, immersive, and deeply rewarding web of ideas and melodies.
4AD
CD
$13.00
Judys, The
Moo [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE 2008)
PS, US The original 'Moo' album finally re-issued on CD for the first
time! CD sports seven bonus tracks, mainman David Bean's "Modomusic"
EP. Released almost four years to the day after Washarama and following
an eighteen month hiatus, The Judy's Moo album has a slightly more
progressive sound: richer production values, fuller arrangements and
thicker harmonies. As the band returned to the stage in 1985, this
was the album that showed the band's maturity and development as songwriters
and musicians. The twelve songs on Moo, laced with solid-state irony,
well-placed cynicism and standard issue Judys' wit, show the band
at the peak of their creativity and acted as a springboard for their
live extravaganzas. The album was released with The Moo Tour - a month
of live performances across the state which included giant cereal
boxes, moving conveyer belts of milk cartons, and a dancing cow while
the band donned milkman uniforms. Critically acclaimed and fan-revered,
The Moo Album continues to be a milestone in Texas pop music.
WastedTalent
CD
$15.00
Kaiser Chiefs
Off with Their Heads (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US New album.
Motown
CD
$12.25
Kemialliset Ystavat/Sunroof
Split Series #19 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Kemialliset Ystävät (it translates as 'chemical friends')
are a loose collective from Tampere in southern Finland. Existing
in dialogue amongst (and beyond) the hugely creative, diverse microcosm
of the Finnish scene including artists like Avarus, Lau Nau, Es, Paavoharju,
Islaja, Anaksimandros, and labels like Fonal, 247 Laatijaa, and Lal
Lal Lal, Kemialliset Ystävät has become an influential node
on the outsider noise/folk/ psych underground, finding international
acclaim. Almost entirely self-taught and using a bewildering array
of instruments and approaches, their sonic arsenal includes detuned
guitars, bass, traditional / vernacular instrumentation (mandolins,
balalaikas, etc.) hand percussion, all manner of electronic instruments,
effects, toys and circuit-bent items, treated samples and vinyl manipulation.
Playfully taking their own unique and unpredictable path, they have
layered and fused together traditional Finnish (at times almost medieval-sounding)
instrumentation and melodies with avant-garde electronics, psychedelic
folk/rock, noise, electro-acoustic, and percussive tribal rhythms,
creating a sense of ritualistic magic and flexible, group-mind improvisation,
with the whole often subjected to brutal and precise editing.
FatCatRecords-76
LP
$11.50
Lake
Oh, The Places We'll Go (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US "Oh, the places we'll go! Oh, we don't actually know!"
The title track lyrics, with a nod to Dr. Seuss, have a wide-eyed,
wondrous feeling, (and a hint of agnosticism) which finds itself popping
up throughout the record. On their first K release, LAKE crafts up-beat,
dance-able, psychedelic, uniquely sincere and unaffected pop songs,
ranging from the jubilant, echoey, post-soul groove of Heaven to the
sweet, polyrhythmic Green Arrows-inspired Bad Dream. Recorded at home,
largely on cassette 8-track, this album, actually LAKE's third, has
a slightly lo-fi, homemade feel as well showing evidence of their
influence from prolific artists Karl Blau and R. Stevie Moore. Oh,
the Places We'll Go represents a new direction for LAKE - more synthesizers,
more up-beat, rhythmically-based songwriting - but it is also in keeping
with their aesthetic, with contributing horn players and percussionists,
male and female singers, group harmonies, sweet melodies and homespun
production. LAKE's core membership is Ashley Eriksson, Eli Moore,
Lindsay Schief, Andrew Dorsett, and Markly Morrison, a group of long-time
friends based in Olympia, WA. The members of the band came from Washington,
the Los Angeles area, and the Midwest but soon found themselves drawn
together in the inspiring forests of the Pacific Northwest, and thus
LAKE was born. Each is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in their
own right, and contributing melodies and complementing one another's
strong points has become the process for LAKE's intimately nurtured
songwriting.
Krecords-196
CD
$11.50
Lake
Oh, The Places We'll Go (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, USVINYL VERSION!!!
Krecords-196
LP
$10.25
Langhorne Slim
When The Sun's Gone Down [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Re-issue of the critically acclaimed debut - repackaged w/a
bonus disc containing 5 previously unreleased tracks.
Narnack
DCD
$14.25
Legends, The
Seconds Away (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US After two years of absence The Legends return with the noisiest
pop single to ever come out of Sweden. "Seconds away" balances
perfectly between the unbearable and pure loveliness. "I need
noise now, so this new single sounds like someone drilling a whole
in your head. In a pleasant way that is. It's called "Seconds
away" and is about the wonders of Tryptizol. The B-side, "Over
and over" is actually one of those sad love songs I had promised
myself never to write again. But it was out of my hands; life forced
me to write it. Sorry about that... Pallers has done a truly wonderful
remix of it. It might actually beat the original, which is both a
very good thing and slightly depressing at the same time." Johan
[aka The Legends]. The one-man band The Legends has confused, and
annoyed, it's surroundings with a total lack of will to compromise
and sudden changes in musical direction since 2003. Right now Johan
is in the famous Summersound studios together with a large number
of distortion pedals and broken amplifiers to record a fourth The
Legends album. The Legends made their debut with the critically acclaimed
album "Up against the Legends" in the fall of 2003. Live
the band was somewhere between 8-10 people of which two had a slight
idea about how to play their instrument and none was close to sober.
-" I wanted to make pop melodies so simple and obvious that they
could get to the audience no matter how the songs were played. This
time the audience will, hopefully, rather fight to hear the melodies
through a wall of feedback".
Labrador-116
CD5
$5.25
Lineland
Logos For Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US For a split second the actuality of language stood only to
bear witness and inspire the sonic structures of love being erected
around me, and in this moment I believed in principle of purpose.
Only when English was interjected did I sense the imposing future
and separate out the soundscape of this melodic passing clan from
the music streaming through the speakers. Logos for Love presenting
a variety of acoustic instrumentation pressed into each other with
modern blips and squiggles like a structure of so much brightly colored
modeling clay with an illuminated jeweled interior, embracing the
ancient rhythms and language over the impeding future. Malcolm Felder
creates streamlined, discretely layered electronic music informed
by a taste for left-field pop ranging from Bruce Haack to Bollywood,
Hüsker Dü to George Jones. After moving to Queens in 1998,
he began composing as Lineland, borrowing the name of a one-dimensional
realm described in Flatland, the Victorian sci-fi novel by Edwin A.
Abbott. Initial fourtrack Casio recordings grew into the album Pavilion
(Audio Dregs 2003) over a three-year period, during which Felder expanded
the material using music software on the home-built Dynavox 2000 computer
and a growing array of vintage keyboards and novelty instruments.
Songs have appeared on a few compilations and in several short independent
films, including Back and Forthby James and Jeff Israel.
AudioDregsRecordings-070
CD
$12.25
Little Joy
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US Little Joy is Rodrigo Amarante (Los Hermanos), Fabrizio Moretti
(The Strokes), and Binki Shapiro - three friends who got together
to demo songs and produce this self-titled debut, named after their
corner bar. Produced by Noah Georgeson (Devandra Banhart).
RoughTrade
CD
$12.00
Little Joy
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
RoughTrade
LP
$14.00
Longwave
Secrets Are Sinister (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US New album. The group's fourth full-length expands on their
trademark sound: atmospheric, arena-sized guitars still build to an
epic swell while the band's penchant for dreamy landscapes now gives
way to an equally dynamic but louder, noisier, & more driving
sensibility.
OriginalSignal
CD
$10.25
Lorna
Writing Down Things To Say (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US Signposts: Mojave 3, American Analog Set, Coastal, The Blue
Nile. WORDS ON MUSIC is proud to present WRITING DOWN THINGS TO SAY,
the third album by Nottingham, England's orchestral pop songsmiths
LORNA. The quartet follow up their highly acclaimed 2005 record STATIC
PATTERNS AND SOUVENIRS with another rare work that eschews convenient
classification - embracing an expansive sonic palette without sounding
eclectic (in no small part due to the dozens of instruments the band
is able to skillfully perform and weave into the record's nine compositions).
LORNA tours folk, old-time country, chamber pop, post-rock, and even
avant-lounge on WRITNG DOWN THINGS TO SAY. But the genius of LORNA
lies in the masterful (husband and wife) songwriting team of Mark
Rolfe and Sharon Cohen-Rolfe. The duo have created an album unified
in theme and texture by seamlessly cross-pollinating their songs with
traces of all these musical genres - deftly bringing pedal steel,
string quartets, harmonicas, vintage keyboards, and woodwind and brass
arrangements into the fold - not to mention their sumptuous vocal
harmonies. "Not In My Lighthouse" bustles with a warm bed
of keyboards, on top of which Rolfe's gentle vocals casually flirt
with alternating clarinet and flute melodies. This patient courtship
builds to yield a wistfulness and exquisiteness once realized by Scotland's
romantic perfectionists THE BLUE NILE. On "Think (Let Tomorrow
Bee)" Sharon Cohen-Rolfe's voice is undressed to its poignant
core - sheltered only by occasional strings and sparse acoustic guitar.
The song is a stark interpretation of the 1993 SEBADOH composition
- much in the way Ivo's THIS MORTAL COIL project breathed a fresh
new atmosphere into the music of TIM BUCKLEY and ROY HARPER. "(I
Wish I Knew) How to Build a House" employs a 7/8 meter to daringly
bridge the intersection of post-rock and avant-lounge - perhaps having
a conversation with AMERICAN ANALOG SET and STEREOLAB along the way.
WRITING DOWN THINGS TO SAY is a record that rewards multiple listens,
as the sundry instruments that are subtly and cleverly woven into
the rich fabric of LORNA's songwriting surface and bloom.
WordsOnMusic-24
CD
$11.50
Louris, Gary
Acoustic Vagabonds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Jayhawks/Golden Smog guy's new EP. Through his two-decade stint
as singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of The Jayhawks, and
as a member of alt-supergroup Golden Smog, Gary Louris built a deeply
compelling body of music whose artistry and integrity has earned him
a loyal audience and the respect of critics and his peers. This EP
is the companion piece to the critically acclaimed solo debut by Louris,
Vagabonds. Produced by Chris Robinson from the Black Crowes, the CD
features stripped down, more intimate versions of six standout tracks
from Vagabonds.
Ryko
CD5
$8.50
Love Is All
A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US A full three years since their debut (which was re-released
a couple times and then remixed), the fanciful-anachro-charm of Love
Is All has matured with the marriage of several members, kids and
a true appreciate that love is all. The new album harnesses the same
raw energy and music which captured our hearts, but this time magnifies
it through the complex emotions & experiences the band has struggled
with. Years in the works, A Hundred Things is a record about excitement,
frustration, regret, disappointment & figuring out what's important
in finding the relief of the morning's light at the end of a bad nights
sleep.
WhatsYourRupture?
CD
$11.50
Lucksmiths, The
First Frost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US Over the course of fifteen years and almost as many albums
and international tours, Australian band The Lucksmiths have penned
some of the most adored songs this side of the pop underground and
have built up a massive fanbase of both Europeans and ex-pats in the
process. Their last album Warmer Corners, received much praise (Pitchfork
: idiosyncratic but accessible, literate but unpretentious, gentle
but not weak, sincere not so much in presentation as in presence)
Loud & Quiet named it their 2nd favourite album of the year, Two
singles lifted from the album A Hiccup in Your Happiness and The Chapter
in Your Life Entitled San Francisco both received heavy rotation on
the nations broadcasters, the latter also finding its way onto Qantas
in-flight playlist for March 2006 an achievement not celebrated lightly
by a band with an enduring penchant for the somewhat ridiculous and
irrelevant. A trip to Tasmania has yielded First Frost Their finest
and most eclectic album to date. Camped out in the wilderness, the
band was free to explore and expand the musical palette, and with
all 4 members contributing songs, the end result is a 14-song offering
bound to surprise anyone who thought they had The Lucksmiths pegged
as sounding too much like The Lucksmiths
Matinee-049
CD
$12.25
Lukestar
Lake Toba (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US Norway's Lukestar present an album of otherworldly guitars,
energetic drumming, and ethereal, dreamy, power falsetto vocals. "A
solid collection of pulsing indie-rock songs with half-shouted hooks
and guitars unwinding like fractal art" - Pitchforkmedia.com.
Flameshovel
CD
$14.00
M83
Digital Shades Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, UK Digital Shades Vol. 1 is the precursor to the fourth album
from M83, essentially the brainchild of Anthony Gonzalez, a resident
of Antibes, France. Just after the Before the Dawn Heals Us US tour,
Anthony decided to develop a musical direction already heard on some
earlier M83 tracks and he started to write and record a collection
of ambient works. Having long been a Krautrock and Eno fan this was
a kind of music that Anthony has always been familiar with. Recorded
primarily at his home studio with the assistance of Antoine Gaillet,
who had previously worked on Before the Dawn Heals Us, Anthony was
able to work without pressure, knowing he could work on the record
at his own time and pace. The idea of digital, relevant during all
the process (from creating the music to sharing it), gave him the
idea to call the project Digital Shades Vol.1, and to make the album
part of an ongoing series.
Mute/EMI
CD
$15.25
Machine Fabriek & Stephen Vitiello
Box Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Rutger and Stephen sort of accidentally met through e-mail.
A simple note regarding an ordering question for a CD led to an enthusiastic
e-mail conversation and climaxed in a musical collaboration. This
all happened in a very short period, both musicians being very inspired
by the concept of "exchange," as a means to cross space
and time -- Rutger living in the Netherlands and Stephen in Virginia.
Most of the time, when (electronic) musicians work together it's a
matter of swapping digital files. In this case they decided to do
something different and sent each other a box full of (mostly non-musical,
or musically non-functional) objects and recordings, with the "assignment"
to make music with those objects and all as source materials. As the
titles tell, we're talking about an egg cutter, thumb piano, a broken
kraakle box, rice, chocolate sprinkles, old cassette tapes, a broken
7" record, etcetera, etcetera. Both musicians made two of their
own solo tracks with the box they received, and the last track was
done together by Rutger adding sounds and processing to a piece started
by Stephen. For Rutger/ Machinefabriek this is part of his most delicate
work. For Stephen, it was a new and extremely enjoyable form of long-distance
collaboration. Machinefabriek: Rutger Zuydervelt, better known as
Machinefabriek, lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Started as Machinefabriek
in 2004, he released 40+ small run home-made cdr's as well as work
for Type Records, Lampse, Digitalis, Staalplaat (Mort Aux Vaches)
and now 12K. A double remix cd was released in 2007, with interpetations
by Alva Noto, Pita, Mitchell Akiyama, Xela, Gert-Jan Prins and many
more. Collaborations (live or recording) include Steinbrüchel,
Jasper TX, Wouter van Veldhoven, Simon Nabatov, Frans de Waard, Aaron
Martin and Peter Broderick. Stephen Vitiello: Stephen Vitiello is
a sound and media artist based in Richmond, VA. CD releases include
Bright and Dusty Things (New Albion), Listening to Donald Judd (Sub
Rosa) and Untitled/Exchange, a collaborative CD with Michael J. Schumacher
(A Question of Re-Entry). Solo exhibitions of Vitiello's sound installations,
photographs and drawings have been presented at The Project, NY, Museum
52, London, the Texas Gallery, Houston, TX and Diapason, NYC. Group
exhibitions include the 2002 Whitney Biennial and the 2006 Biennial
of Sydney. Over the last 18 years, Stephen has collaborated with numerous
musicians and artists including Scanner, Pauline Oliveros, Andrew
Deutsch, Julie Mehretu and Tony Oursler.
12K-1048
CD
$12.25
Manual
Confluence (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Confluence is Danish producer Jonas Munk's third installment
in his series of ambient albums, following the much loved The North
Shore from 2003 and Bajamar from 2006. Unlike Munk's better known
work, which centers around electronica and shoegazing aesthetics as
well as a love of 1980s production techniques, these ambient works
are completely without beats, or even time signatures, and are delicately
constructed out of slowly evolving streams of guitar that has been
processed into oblivion and back. But even compared to the standard
set by the two aforementioned albums, Confluence is surprisingly dark
and minimalist. These eight new compositions move slowly and seamlessly,
like the ebb and flow of the
changing tide, with subtle layering and filtering providing the essential
means of movement.
Darla-216
CD
$12.25
Manual/Orange Crush
Split EP [3" CD] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, UK Limited to 500 copies. TRACKS: Manual: 'Miraparque', Orange
Crush: 'A New Horizon', Orange Crush & Manual: 'Calderone', Manual:
'Ponderosa'.
Silence-28
CD
$8.25
Melodium
Cerebro Spin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Melodium speaks; there starts a romantically slow game of pong
between the hemispheres of brain. The sound speeds. I listen, and
there is harmony now between the players, and reluctance towards competition.
They play on. Melodically Melodium speaks. Faster, onward towards
the polyrhythmic rally! All praise repetitive motion, be stilling
thus Zen. The tones of play fashion an energetic path, a melodic relation
of right and left. Only when Melodium pauses for a breath do I remember
moments can be filled with splitting silence; that I am here and this
is somewhere other then the pong game of my mind. Keep speaking. Melodium
is the moniker of Laurent Girard, a rather prolific electronic musician
from Nantes, France with an obsession for melodies. Weaving bits of
guitar, piano, synthesizer, flute or bits of voice and texture to
create patterns in sound and small personal soundtracks that are at
once somber, while retaining a feeling of sunny optimism. Golden waves
of sound with rough-hewn edges that sound both dreamy and melancholic
and simultaneously warm and shiny.
AudioDregsRecordings-071
CD
$12.25
Mythical Beast
Scales (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Like a would-be soundtrack to some forgotten Wagnerian saga,
this debut full-length unleases sonic elements akin to trudging minions
in an epic struggle for tonal supremacy. Their music is dank, grim
& heavy as hell, but at its heart lies an indestructible momentum
& spirit in no small part due to Corrine's Valkarie-esque presence.
LanguageOfStone
CD
$13.25
New Order
Low Life [expanded re-issue] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER
11TH)
PS, US Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of this 1985
album, includes eight non-album singles, B-sides and remixes. With
LOW-LIFE, New Order truly hit their stride with their highly individual
combination of infectious rhythms, inventive composition and performances
full of conviction. The vulnerable lyrics and earnest delivery of
Bernard Sumner are in top form; his voice is at last a completely
developed instrument, clear and comfortable as it wraps itself around
such memorable tracks as the opening "Love Vigilantes",
a solid, purely guitar-driven narrative. Following immediately and
in sharp contrast is LOW LIFE's biggest success, "The Perfect
Kiss", a sequencer-fueled dance classic which boasts what is
undoubtedly pop music's only frog sample solo. "Sunrise"
has an epic feel, filled with driving leads and Sumner's signature
scratchy, frenetic rhythm playing. The album takes a serene turn on
"Elegia", a beautiful, airy composition of echoey guitar
lines and swirling synth textures.
Rhino
DCD
$23.00
New Order
Power, Curruption & Lies [expanded re-issue] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of this 1983
album, includes eight non-album singles, B-sides and remixes. New
Order found its voice on the group's sophomore effort, POWER, CORRUPTION
& LIES (1983). Featuring the original eight songs on the British
release, the first disc offers exceptional dance-pop with "Your
Silent Face" and "Age Of Consent." The bonus disc includes
"Blue Monday" and its b-side "The Beach," which
were released exclusively as a single in the U.K., but included on
the U.S. version of Power, Corruption & Lies. The single became
the best-selling, independently released 12" single of all time
in the U.K.
Rhino
DCD
$23.00
New Order
Technique [expanded re-issue] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER
11TH)
PS, US Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of this 1989
album from the Manchester quartet, one of the most successful and
consistent bands of the '80s and beyond. After the suicide of vocalist,
Ian Curtis, the three surviving members of Joy Division regrouped
under the band name New Order, adding Gillian Gilbert on keyboards.
The rest, as they say, is history. Disc One in this package contains
the original album in its digitally remastered glory. Disc Two is
filled with nine non-album singles, B-sides and remixes.
Rhino
DCD
$23.00
New Order
Brotherhood [expanded re-issue] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER
11TH)
PS, US Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of this 1986
album, includes eight non-album singles, B-sides and remixes. BROTHERHOOD
is a document of growth for New Order's ever-expanding sonic landscape.
Packaged in the stark, utilitarian style that was the Factory label's
trademark, the album belies its minimalist presentation with a sprawling,
intricately crafted collection of pop gems, inspiringly diverse, yet
uniformly infused with the band's trademark sincerity and off-kilter
melodic sense. The album opens with the deceptively straight drum
hits of "Paradise", which quickly adopts an intense double-tracked
vocal and with it, an air of danger that offsets its soaring melody.
New Order developed into masters of intellectually stimulating dance
music, an elusive combination of qualities. The album's biggest hit
"Bizarre Love Triangle" exemplifies this rare mixture--atop
a throbbing, heavily sequenced dance beat is played out a drama complete
with consistently engaging musical shifts, dramatic lyrical turns,
and a chorus that's instantly memorable and nothing short of gorgeous.
The wistful vulnerability of "All Day Long" dissolves into
a sprawling, regal affair and the supremely sweet "Every Little
Counts" show yet another dimension to New Order's sonic richness.
Rhino
CD
$23.00
New Order
Movement [expanded re-issue] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER
11TH)
PS, US Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of this 1981
album, includes 10 non-album singles, B-sides and remixes, including
their debut singles/EP. After the tragic suicide of Joy Division's
Ian Curtis, the band restructured. Guitarist Bernard Sumner, whose
gift for combining the melodic with the hypnotic had been the band's
cornerstone, stepped up to the microphone. The resulting debut MOVEMENT
finds the group taking a brave step away from its unfortunate past.
Preserved are Joy Division's dark edges--Sumner's guitar attack swerves
deftly between funereal repetition and noisy bursts, while bassist
Peter Hook continues to explore his instrument's upper registers.
From the slow, deliberate build and melodic interplay of its opening
moment, the mid-tempo "Dreams never End", MOVEMENT boldly
states the band's more experimental, slightly less emotionally turgid
agenda. That Sumner is trapped under the influence of Curtis is undeniable--at
times, the resemblance is alarming, but MOVEMENT is the sound of Sumner
finding his voice. The spacey synth-pop of "The Him" foreshadows
the sound New Order was to slowly develop, as Sumner became more comfortable
with the upper reaches of his vocal range. Dynamic play abounds--the
existentialist drone of "Truth" gives way to a crushing,
chaotic guitar wail, while the intense, revealingly named "Doubts
Even Here" slowly erupts beneath a disturbing double-vocal, stressing
the burgeoning diversity of this legendary band in the making.
Rhino
DCD
$23.00
No Neck Blues Band
Clomeim (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US A distinct whole, recalling in its parts the communal howl
of Algarnas Tradgard, the dead spirit channeling of Geino Yamashiro
Gumi, the glacial shadowplay of 'Heresie' era Univers Zero, &
Krautrock zenith Faust at their finet hour. This is that rare hybrid
- a rock exterior w/ a cryptic, experimental core; a dense groover
& a burning, exploratory psychedelic grimoire for the new dark
ages.
Locust
CD
$13.00
No Neck Blues Band
Clomeim (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Locust
DLP
$25.00
Norma
Book of Norma (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US Swedish shoegaze/dreamrock duo Norma's new album is due in
November. Those of you who snapped up their incredible debut EP understand
what's at stake here. Check out the new video for the first single
"Waste": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc_-9IBiPZs
Norma's music is a mixture of ambient, kraut,
noise, electronica, indie often with a strict, repetitive bass/drum
pattern and a magnificent, wide and almost hypnotic sound. This is
rich, panoramic music with a warmth that you don't hear often from
other bands trying to do something in this genre. German kraut is
one obvious thing, but also the spacerock of Spiritualized and Spacemen3
comes to mind. Modern references may be Silverbullit, 120 Days, Serena
Maneesh and the Lionheart Brothers.
Novoton
CD
$13.00
O'Death
Broken Hymns, Limbs & Skin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Kemado
LP
$17.50
O'Death
Broken Hymns, Limbs & Skin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US "The starkness & spiritual purity of Appalachian folk,
the noisemongering of punk & the rowdy theatricality of Tom Waits.
With quiet pluckings of banjo & angry, anarchic hollers, its songs
jumble the sacred & profane" - NY Times
Kemado
CD
$13.50
Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: Gemini Tactics T-Shirt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Original design by Gemini Tactics printed on an ultra soft
orchid color American Apparel tri-blend short sleeve track shirt.
Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download.
Polyvinyl
TS
$20.00
Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: Gemini Tactics Wall Decal Set (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Deluxe removable and repositionable wall decal set contains
over 50 pieces of original art by Gemini Tactics; covers one large
wall. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Packaged
flat in a clear poly bag, 12.5" X 12.5" (LP sized)
Polyvinyl
MISC
$31.00
Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: David Barnes T-Shirt
(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Original design by David Barnes printed on an ultra soft blue
American Apparel tri-blend short sleeve track shirt. Includes Skeletal
Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download.
Polyvinyl
TS
$20.00
Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: Button Set (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
21ST)
PS, US Set of nine 1.25" buttons designed by David Barnes and
Gemini Tactics. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download.
Packaged on a 5"x7" card in a clear poly bag.
Polyvinyl
MISC
$23.00
Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Skeletal Lamping absolutely delivers. It's a complicated and
dense thrill ride packed with slinky grooves that demand a physical
response. It's unpredictable, completely unique, and epic. And while
of Montreal's albums have always been epic, Skeletal Lamping is an
unprecedented achievement that will be talked about for years. Super-duper
32-panel pop-up/accordion/gatefold sleeverino.
Polyvinyl
CD
$14.00
Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: Gemini Tactics Tote Bag (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Sturdy natural canvas tote bag, approx 15" x 15"
with deep handles and two-sided print by Gemini Tactics. Includes
Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download.
Polyvinyl
MISC
$17.50
Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: David Barnes Tote Bag (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Sturdy black canvas tote bag, approx 15" x 15" with
deep handles and original print by David Barnes. Includes Skeletal
Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download.
Polyvinyl
MISC
$17.50
Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Double LP on 180 gram vinyl includes giant die-cut
poster exclusive to the LP.
Polyvinyl
LP
$21.75
Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: Gemini Tactics Lantern (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Collapsible 10" x 12" hanging paper lantern with
original art by Gemini Tactics.
Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Packaged flat
in a clear poly bag.
Polyvinyl
MISC
$17.50
Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: David Barnes Wall Decal Set (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Deluxe removable and repositionable wall decal set contains
over 50 pieces of original art by David Barnes; covers one large wall.
Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Packaged flat
in a clear poly bag, 12.5" X 12.5" (LP sized)
Polyvinyl
MISC
$31.00
Paramount Styles
Failure American Style (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US This is the 1st solo outing from Scott McCloud (GIRLS AGAINST
BOYS). Feat. Richard Fortus (PSYCHEDELIC FURS/GUNS N' ROSES), Alexis
Fleisig (Girls Against Boys), & Angela McClusky. The sound of
dark forces gathering in a radiant club, at times intimate & at
others soaring, slow burns bend & swerve into panoramic lush walls
of sound.
Konkurrent
CD
$13.25
Park Hotell
Free For Friends (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, SWEDEN Park Hotell come from Luleå in Northern Sweden and
they've been sneaking around the indie-scene for a while now. The
members have played with both Mattias Alkberg BD and The Bear Quartet.
In October Park Hotell will release their debut album. It was recorded
in the Hives' Studio Gröndahl earlier this year. Demon producer
Jari Haapalainen (Bear Quartet guitarist and producer for Ed Harcourt,
Concretes and Camera Obscura) produced and played the drums, and the
twin sisters Johanna and Miriam E. Berhan from Taxi Taxi! sang the
backing-vocals. A bit less fuzzy-wuzzy and a bit more streamlined
and jet-propelled these new recordings offer guitars that recalls
Kevin Shields riding tempos stolen from The Wedding Present.
UltraRadio
CD
$14.00
Parks, Cale
Sparklace (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US A little over a year since the release of Aloha and White Williams
drummer Cale Parks' solo debut album Illuminated Manuscript comes
Sparklace. There is a stark contrast between the two albums. Sparklace
stands as a more immediate album than its predecessor focusing on
songs with a pop structure whereas Parks' previous output was more
ambient and minimalisitc. Recorded in his home, every sound is
original. If there is a drum sample, it is from Parks' drum set. The
vibraphone is sampled as well. To say Parks has found his voice, is
to miss the point. Rather, the sound of Sparklace is singular and
electronic with born digital sounds. There is no wasted space, not
a snare out of place. Listen carefully as it settles in, fragile but
not without momentum.
Polyvinyl
CD
$12.50
Parts & Labor
Receivers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Jagjaguwar-133
LP
$12.25
Parts & Labor
Receivers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Brooklyn noise-punk outfit Parts & Labor has dramatically
altered their wall-of-sound: Their fourth album, Receivers, finds
P&L focusing on open spaces, longer movements, expansive arrangements
and loftier goals. On eight epic tracks, Receivers showcases the band's
catchiest and darkest moods to date, reveling in a growing dynamic
sensibility only hinted at in their previous work. Though they've
maintained their love affair with glitchy oscillations and anthemic
vocals, they are now utilizing the full possibilities of a band that
was once a scrappy punk trio, and now a mature art-rock quartet. It's
is a heady mix of psych, noise, and pop influenced by the arty minimalism
of Wire, the surreal pop of early Eno, and even the spaced out psychedelia
of Dark Side-era Pink Floyd.
Jagjaguwar-133
CD
$11.50
Past Lives
Strange Symmetry (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US Vinyl version comes with coupon for free digital download.
SuicideSqueeze
LP
$12.00
Past Lives
Strange Symmetry (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US Features ex-members of The Blood Brothers and Shoplifting.
"Beyond Gone" announces the band's arrival; guitars seethe
and snarl. "Strange Symmetry" recalls the hypnotizing lock-step
of The Monorchid; continually building. "Skull Lender" rides
a feral gallop of desire for memory erasure. The plinky din of jackpot
slots couches the fateful ascent of "Reverse the Curse",
and "Chrome Life" is a Neu-inspired run to the sun.
SuicideSqueeze
CD
$10.00
Pavement
Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER
18TH)
PS, US The fourth in Matador's series of deluxe editions of the five
classic Pavement albums is a rather joyous pop explosion after the
complications of "Wowee Zowee". The double CD set, again
packaged in an embossed slipcase with gorgeous 62-page perfect-bound
booklet, contains the remastered original twelve-song album, ten non-album
B-sides, ten outtakes, and fourteen live radio session takes, along
with full-color poster and postcard. "'Brighen' hits Pavement's
goal of making classic rock according to its own definition of the
classics" - NY Times.
Matador
DCD
$16.50
Pavement
Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed. DELUXE (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
NOVEMBER 18TH)
PS, US **SPECIAL PRE-ORDER for Pavement's re-issue of 'Brighten The
Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed.' DCD. Pre-order this doozie and you
will become part of Matador's Buy Early Get Now Sixth Pre-Order Promotion.
You will receive: Instant stream of album starting Oct. 10th. Bonus
track #1available Oct. 15th. Bonus track #2 available Nov. 4th. And
on street date, Nov. 18th, pick up the album here at Parasol or have
it shipped and you will get your paws on a VERY LIMITED vinyl LP containing
an unreleased live show and a free poster. The bonus live LP was recorded
during the first Brighten tour and scheduled for release in July 1998,
but was then shelved... until now. It's very easy, just pre-order
the DCD deluxe edition of Pavement - Brighten The Corners and within
a day you will be emailed a confirmation and directions to get the
all of the goods. That's it. Noice!
Matador
DCD/LP
$23.00
Piano Magic
Dark Horses (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28th)
PS, UK Their music has run the gauntlet between electronica, post-rock,
baroque, modern classical and even glitch, though in recent years
Piano Magic has settled on a unique, romantic, classic British alternative
rock that echoes the most vibrant work of their prime inspirations.
'Dark Horses,' the latest in their now annual 4-track EP transmissions,
nods, consciously or otherwise, to the likes of Joy Division, The
Smiths and The Chameleons, whilst managing to sound indisputably like
Piano Magic. These songs are built on pummeled drums, chainsaw guitars,
cathedral reverbs, insistent bass and Glen Johnson's reliably Morrissey-esque
observations on a life less sweet. 'Dark Horses' is Piano Magic's
first record for the exceptional independent, Make Mine Music. The
label is exclusively financed and maintained by its bands and therefore,
the proceeds of each record sold go immediately back to those who
made the music. Despite operating almost entirely beneath the radar
in their native UK, since their first release back in 1996, Piano
Magic have managed to successfully carve out a niche of their own
that constantly defies expectation and sidesteps music industry convention.
By never staying long on any one label, playing most of their concerts
abroad and consistently redefining their sound, the band has not only
survived against all odds but built up a solid, devout worldwide fan
base. Their 12 long players and 18 other format releases have featured
collaborations with Vasti Bunyan, Low, Tarwater, Hefner and Cornershop,
amongst others. They've sound-tracked a film by Spanish director,
Bigas Luna, signed on and off with the likes of 4AD, Darla, Morr Music,
Important Records, toured in Russia, Poland, Turkey, Greece, Spain,
Italy, France, Germany, Belgium and England. Even so, Piano Magic
remains, unashamedly, a "cult phenomena," not destined for
recognition until perhaps a decade after they finally call in the
ghost. When not fronting Piano Magic, Glen Johnson operates as Textile
Ranch - his new long-player, a collaboration with Victorian music
machinist, Plinth - is out this month (also on Make Mine Music). Johnson's
alternate project of electro-pop, under the name Future Conditional
released a splendid album, 'We Don't Just Disappear,' on LTM last
year.
MakeMineMusic-054
CD
$12.25
Pit Er Pat
High Time (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US PIT ER PAT's recorded output has no easily definable style.
It instead represents their evolution as modern musicians, whose affinity
for pop & melody is filtered through their desire to have a truly
singular voice. Modern Music if you will. Their musical focus remains
firmly grounded in rhythm, while incorporating a strong sense of melody
& harmony to dance above the complex rhythms & to stretch
the layers to new heights. Here they employed a variety of new instruments
incl. electric kalimba, horns, bobo balaphone, Burmese temple gongs,
agogo bells, timbale, congas, bongos, bells, chimes, etc - more normally
used in traditional & spiritual music. These tools helped the
band escape into new experiments - be they mystical or introspective
explorations of the terrible joy of existence. The gentle & driving
grooves are irresistable as delicate layers reveal w/ every listen.
CD comes in a deluxe old-style tip-on gatefold mini-LP jacket.
ThrillJockey
CD
$13.00
Pit Er Pat
High Time (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Limited edition wax comes in a high gloss LP
jacket w/ huge fold out insert & free MP3 download code.
ThrillJockey
LP
$11.50
Plagenhoef, Scott and Ryan Schreiber
The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the
Present (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US In The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from
Punk to the Present, by Scott Plagenhoef and Ryan Schreiber. Pitchfork
offers up their take on the 500 best songs of the past three decades.
Focusing on indie rock (Arcade Fire, The Shins), hip hop (Public Enemy,
Jay-Z), electronic (Daft Punk, Boards of Canada), pop (Madonna, Justin
Timberlake), metal (Metallica, Boris), and experimental underground
music (Suicide, Boredoms), it features all-new essays and reviews
written with the sharp wit and insight for which the site is known.
Kicking it off in 1977 with the birth of punk and independent music,
The Pitchfork 500 runs chronologically, with each chapter representing
a distinct period and offering a narrative of how the musical landscape
of the day influenced its artists. The book opens with David Bowie,
Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk, and Brian Eno, the "art-rock godfathers"
who set the tone and tenor for the next thirty years, and wraps up
in the present, when bands connect with new audiences through social
networking sites and prime-time TV placements -- and when a single
mp3 can turn a niche indie artist into a global sensation. Sidebars
like "Yacht Rock," "Runaway Trainwrecks," "Nanofads,"
and "Career Killers" call out some far-from-classic musical
trends and identify the guiltiest offenders. Softcover, 224 pages.
PitchforkMedia
BOOK
$13.00
Plinth/Textile Ranch
The Rest, I Leave To The Poor (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, UK A postal collaboration between Plinth (Mike Tanner) and Textile
Ranch (Glen Johnson of Piano Magic). This 44 minute piece may structurally
resemble a classical composition - divided as it is into several interlocking
stanzas - but it's difficult to place it comfortably within the realm
of modern music. If anything, 'The Rest....' evokes the otherworldly,
fantastical obsessions of the Victorians (Conan Doyle, Lear, Grandville,
Wellcome, etc) through means of meticulously manipulated instrumentation,
samples and voice. Plinth, of course, is no stranger to Victoriana.
In 2007, the Dorset based multi-instrumentalist and founder of the
Dorset Paeans record label released, 'Plays Victorian Machine Music'
- an EP made up entirely from sounds generated by antiquated parlor
machines and music boxes.
MakeMineMusic-051
CD
$16.25
Pompeii
Nothing Happens For A Reason (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US The follow-up to their debut, "Assembly". Imagine
if you somehow found a way to release your heartfelt admissions and
fears with grace and intelligence. Enter Austin quintet Pompeii, whose
subtly haunting indie rock anthems are laden with smart, soaring instrumentals
and just the right amount of discretion. A harmonic masterpiece filled
with grand symphonic nuances.
Eyeball
CD
$12.50
Pop Levi
Never Never Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH)
PS, US 2008 sophomore album from this Pop (no pun intended) singer/songwriter
and former Ladytron member, probably the only contemporary musician
in the world beloved of both Jarvis Cocker and Noel Gallagher. Recorded
entirely in Hollywood at Quincy Jones' old studio, Westlake, where
both Thriller & Off The Wall were laid down, Mr. Levi has returned
with an album about the madness of love - 100% autobiographical, 100%
clever, 100% dumb, 100% unique. And that's giving 400% already. From
transitional rockers like 'Wannamama' and 'Oh God,' Pop spreads his
wings, relying on a production flare, which makes the record feel
fresh and slick as well as charmingly hi-lo-fi. 'Never Never Love'
shows that while he hasn't abandoned the dynamics of the Rock group
he has also been steeping himself in contemporary R&B. Flamboyant,
utterly self-confident, completely his own man and so uninterested
in the back and forth of fashion that everything he makes is an instant
classic, Pop Levi is in the building. Bow down and give thanks.
Counter
CD
$15.25
Quinn, Donovan & The 13th Month
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION, includes CD too.
SoftAbuse-028
LP
$13.75
Rapoon
Obscure Objects of Desire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21st)
PS, POLAND This album is about yearning. That aching emptiness that
still exists when all rational processes have been exhausted. It's
about the unobtainable, all consuming and immaterial. About the irrelevant
and the irrational. The dark torments, the lighthearted banter as
well as the victories and the defeats. It's about the achievements,
the failures the loves and the losses. When all of the aforementioned
are accounted for, there remains only "The obscure objects of
desire".
Vivo-039
CD
$15.50
Reed, Lou
Berlin OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US
Matador
CD
$13.25
Reed, Lou
Berlin OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
DLP
$20.00
Riles, Zak
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Riles' (GRAILS) creative contributions to the group are immeasurable,
& can be heard clearly on this self-titled debut solo outing.
In fact, some of the pieces on this record have been reinterpreted
into Grails favorites. On these rocky shores come crashing waves of
Sandy Bull, Mogolar, Deuter, Popol Vuh, & the Ventures while Persian
breeze drifts by wafting the melodies of Hossein Alizadeh.
Important
CD
$13.25
Risil
Non Meters Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Important
DLP
$23.25
Risil
Non Meters Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US A collective of musicians that are all connected to each other
in some form or fashion. Their membership includes Guillermo Herren
(PREFUSE 73, SAVATH & SAVALAS), Zach Hill (HELLA), Tyondai Braxton
(BATTLES), John McEntire (TORTOISE), Alejandra Deheza (SCHOOL OF SEVEN
BELLS), & Eva Puyuelo Muns (SAVATH & SAVALAS)
Important
CD
$13.25
Rodriguez-Lopez, Omar
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US New album.
Infrasonic
CD
$15.00
Schaeffer, Janek
Extended Play [Triptych for the child survivors of war and conflict]
(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US LIMITED EDITION 600. LINE is proud to release the latest audio
work from British composer and installation artist Janek Schaefer
based on his installation of the same title. Installation Reviews:
"a piece to return to again and again... haunting and lulling"
[The Wire, UK] "so inspirational, and in many ways very spiritual"
[Gerry Turvey] "I was so deeply touched by your piece" [Mandeep
Kaur Samra] Red is the colour of Life, of Death, and of Love. Scarlett,
my first child, was born in 2005, and since then I have
been very aware of how lucky we all are. have been constantly comparing
this to the fact that my mother was born in Warsaw in 1942 - the epicenter
of World War II. How opposite can two beginnings be? This inspired
me to produce the Extended Play installation, which continuously and
positively celebrates hope and new beginnings, for child survivors
in all situations around the world. The original idea for the composition
came from learning about the 'Jodoform' system of secret musical messages
that were broadcast by the BBC Service, during music they played was
given a particular meaning, which was interpreted by Polish Underground.
Discovered from the original Jodoform logbook, that the lovely Polish
folk song 'Tango Lyczakowskie', was broadcast on the day my mother
was born. Song describes how children in 1918, had been forced to
take up arms, in defense of their town. From this tune, chose a short
rising musical phrase, and with my arranger Michael Jennings, developed
a ten-minute score. Each of the three solo parts was then recorded
separately, edited, and cut onto vinyl. In the gallery, 3 x Cello
EP's, 3 x Piano EP's, and 3 x Violin EP's are played at either 33,
45, or 78rpm using nine retro record players. These play continuously,
and each was modified to stop playing briefly in response to the audience
moving around the exhibition. This has the effect of changing and
extending the composition, so that it is never the same again.
Line-036
CD
$12.25
School of Seven Bells
Alpinisms (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Alpinism is an electronically enhanced pop record of dizzying
highs & claustrophobic lows, whose painstaking conception shows
in its detail-laden crevices. On the album's best tracks-the polyrhythmic
dream-pop of "Face to Face in High Places," the nervous
shimmer of "My Cabal," the menacing lilt of "Iamundernodisguise"-Curtis
constructs layers of shoegazing, moire-patterned guitars, while Alejandra
& Claudia Deheza intertwine their near-identical voices like the
fingers of praying hands. Throughout, the whole heavenly affair is
tethered to the ground with a glitchy, tribal thwomp. Technology collides
with cryptic religious imagery and good, old-fashioned rock music.
GhostlyInternational
CD
$10.50
Sea And Cake
Car Alarm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Vinyl version comes in a high gloss LP jacket w/ free MP3 download
code.
ThrillJockey
LP
$12.00
Sea And Cake
Car Alarm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US This 2008 album is their 8th full-length & finds TSAC at
their most inspired & most rockin' in quite some time. Here they
manage to perfectly combine some of their best past efforts ('The
Biz,' 'Nassau,' 'The Fawn,' etc.) into one great record. The exciting
sound of a well-oiled band in fine form - perfectly seamless. Great
stuff! CD comes in a deluxe old-style tip-on gatefold mini-LP jacket.
ThrillJockey
CD
$14.00
Slipstream
Mantra (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, UK 'Mantra' is the 5th and long awaited new album from Slipstream
and follows their much loved and critically acclaimed, 'Transcendental',
release of 2003. With new track 'Psycho Paul' having already featured
in the soundtrack of hit BBC3 comedy series, 'Ideal' (screened in
April/May 2008). Written by Slipstream as homage to their favorite
comedy show, the show's writer and big Slipstream fan, Graham Duff,
loved the song so much that he actually wrote a scene to fit the track,
much to the bands delight and amazement! This same scene became a
trailer for the show and has since seen some 11000 plus hits on You
Tube!
Enraptured-59
CD
$16.25
Slomo
Bog (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US This hones the ritual clatter of their first album, 2005's
The Creep, into a more cumbersome affair, ever heading downwards into
the Northern Underworld upon slurries of unsignposted mung. Core duo
Holy McGrail & Howard Marsden once again create a lumpy bed of
bass-heavy synthesizer & guitar drones while Arch-drude Julian
Cope provides a coda to the proceedings w/the recital of his poem
Land, written especially for this album.
Important
CD
$13.25
Snow Patrol
A Hundred Million Suns (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Double LP in special colored vinyl.
Geffen
DLP
$17.00
Snow Patrol
A Hundred Million Suns (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US New album.
Geffen
CD
$16.25
Spacemen 3
DJ Tones (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21st)
PS, UK Spacemen 3 have a limited edition (2000 copies) 5 track mini-album
released by Space Age Recordings in cardboard sleeve wallet on October
20th which features 2 previously unreleased Spacemen 3 tracks, a radically
different mix of the classic Spacemen 3 cover of the Red Krayola's
'Transparent Radiation' and appearing for the first time on CD, the
ultra rare remix of 'I Love You' (originally only 50 promo white label
vinyl copies were ever pressed). Rounding off this mini-album is a
studio version of Ecstasy Symphony. Track listing: These Blues Transparent
Radiation (violin mix) Modulated Tones I Love You (remix) Ecstasy
Symphony Spacemen 3 consisted of the core duo of Jason Pierce (Spiritualized)
and Sonic Boom a.k.a Peter Kember (Spectrum & E.A.R.) who formed
the group in Rugby , Warwickshire, having met at art college. Other
members of what would become a fluid lineup over the years included
Pete Bain (Bassman, also of The Darkside), Natty Brooker, Sterling
Roswell (Rosco), Will Carruthers, Jonny Mattock (Slipstream), and
for the final few shows, Mark Refoy (also of Slipstream). From the
outset Spacemen 3 had a very defined set of aesthetic principles.
They based almost their entire sound on their own concept of minimalism
- droning guitars, feedback, as few chords as possible, pounding drums
- with their motto 'Taking drugs to make music to take drugs to'.
Their minimalism bled into their stage show as well. Sitting down
to play their guitars and covered in the spinning colours of a cheap
psychedelic light show, their stage 'act' was very anti-performance.
Another striking aspect of Spacemen 3 was their willingness to cover
and share their influences. Song titles, lyrics and interviews were
peppered with references to bands and artists they believed shared
their 'minimal is maximal' aesthetic. The Velvet Underground, the
Rolling Stones, the Stooges, the MC5, early Captain Beefheart, free
jazz musician Sun Ra, the Silver Apples, 1960s garage punk such as
the 13th Floor Elevators, Red Krayola, the Electric Prunes, the Beach
Boys, Jan and Dean and other surf bands, 1980s rockabilly groups the
Cramps, the Gun Club, Tav Falco, blues and gospel acts like Muddy
Waters, Bo Diddley, the Staple Singers and John Lee Hooker, and the
production techniques of Joe Meek, Brian Wilson and Delia Derbyshire
were just some of the names mentioned by the band.
SpaceAge-028
CD
$16.25
Spectrum & Silver Apples
A Lake of Teardrops [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21st)
PS, UK Pete Kember a.k.a. Sonic Boom of Spectrum worked with the seminal
60's act Silver Apples on a six track mini album originally released
by Space Age Recordings in 1998. Having been out of print for many
years now a limited re-pressing of 500 copies will be available from
20th October to meet demand for this release. From the opening surging
waves of 'Streams Of Sorrow' with its controlled chaos and intoxicating
vocals, through 'The Edge's' mesmerizing monotone backing to Simeon's
90's beat poetry - like Allen Ginsberg reincarnated into his most
abstract nightmare, 'Whirlwind' with its plaintive vocals and warped
ambience held together by a trademark Sonic Boom drone pattern, to
'(I Don't Care if You) Never Come Back's' almost industrial-tribal
percussion, fleshed out by those unique Silver Apples oscillations
and Spectrum's ever present sense of wayward genius. 'A Lake Of Teardrops'
is a spellbinding trip into the minds of two of the finest experimental
composers ever.
SpaceAge-016
CD
$16.25
Starflyer 59
Dial M (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US You have come to expect Starflyer 59 to be the most reliable,
most dependable, yet most undeniably unpredictable messengers of album
after album of quality independent rock tunes. Over ten albums deep,
over fifteen years time, from the early guitar-heavy shoegazing era
to the ethereal moodiness of The Fashion Focus years to the latest
incarnations and recreations of themselves as keyboard-driven masters
of chorus, this is and always will be a band who will deliver great
songs with new sounds.
Tooth&Nail
CD
$14.00
Submerged
Violence As First Nature (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Violence as First Nature delivers brutal new tracks (Homicide
Bomber, Consciousness) alongside the best of Submerged on 12"
vinyl (including Servant, Corrupt Souls, Dirty Bomb and more). Features
collaborations with and remixes from Bill Laswell, Technical Itch,
Scorn, and more.
OhmResistance
CD
$12.25
Super XX Man
Volume XII: There'll Be Diamonds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US New album.
TenderLoving
CD
$12.25
Swervedriver
Ejector Seat Reservation [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, UK Limited edition digitally remastered and expanded digipak edition
of this 1995 album from the British shoegaze-rock legends featuring
three rare bonus tracks ('Maelstrom', 'The Directors Cut Of Your Life'
and 'Just Sometimes') and additional liner notes from the band. 16
tracks total.
Sony
CD
$16.75
Tallest Man On Earth, The
Shallow Grave (PRE-ORDER: DELAYED, SALEABLE TBA)
PS, SWEDEN Incredible new album, Pitchfork approved. If you thought
the EP was great, just wait until this arrives. Folk album of the
year? Price to be confirmed, it might be better, it won't be worse.
PITCHFORK: "While it's understandable to be skeptical of another
skinny dude with a mustache, a guitar, and a worn-out copy of The
Anthology of American Folk Music, the more time you invest in Shallow
Graves, the more you'll realize how unusually memorable it is. Ultimately,
Shallow Graves transcends comparison-- which is saying an awful lot,
given the popularity of its prototype-- and Matsson is a natural-born
folksinger, earnest, clever, and comforting."
Gravitation
CD
$13.00
Technical Itch
You Need Therapy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPT. 9TH)
PS, US Technical Itch is the legendary drum n bass artist behind the
worldwide phenomenon "THERAPY SESSIONS" club night. From
London to Moscow to Philadelphia to Mexico City, Therapy Sessions
is unrivaled for the sounds of the heaviest drum n bass music. Technical
Itch is the godfather of the movement, with albums on Moving Shadow,
and collaborations with Dieselboy, Dylan, Gein, and more. This mix
is a stunning representation of the Technical Itch live set - 28 tracks
packed into 80 minutes, masterful set programming with peaks, valleys,
and change ups into rock and metal, highlighting the flexibility and
integration of drum n bass into the musical landscape. Brutal, passionate,
and perfect, this is at the level of the best mix output of Dieselboy.
OhmResistance-9M
CD
$13.00
Telescopes
Singles Compilation 1989-1991 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4th)
PS, US A collection of Telescopes A's & B's from the "What
Goes On" to "Creation" years. Including extra tracks
from the original Perfect Needle EP. Singles Compilation 1989-1991
gives us 14 timeless tracks ranging from abrasive to ethereal. Produced
by Richard Formby & Stephen Lawrie. Highly recommended to all
fans of shoegaze & space rock ala My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive,
Fuxa & Spacemen 3. With the recent success of My Bloody Valentine's
reunion tour, look for The Telescopes to be the next big thing! Telescopes
to tour the USA in 2009 along with Fuxa performing most of these classic
tracks.
MindExpansion-2036
CD
$13.25
Transmission
Sublimity (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21st)
PS, UK This is one amazing ride from a four-headed creative monster
on heat that manages to blend musical beauty, torrential passion and
sheer malevolence, sometimes in the space of one track...First sound
on opening track Albion is Youth's unmistakable heaving bass before
Big Paul Ferguson steams in with the heaviest drums in the business.
Once the original Killing Joke rhythm section is underway on a crunching
post-punk funk vamp, Simon Tong's guitar appears in shrapnel clusters
lashed by Tim Bran's unearthly synth. Musical fireworks might be expected
from a line-up like this and Sublimity, the second album by Transmission,
doesn't disappoint. The pedigree is impeccable: Youth's production
credentials, his time with Paul in the Joke before ahead-of-its-time
super funk ensemble Brilliant. Simon's stint in the Verve line-up
which made Urban Hymns then Gorillaz and Damon Albarn and Paul Simenon's
The Good, The Bad & The Queen. Dreadzone co-founder Tim Bran plays
with Subsonar and The Orb. The group started gestating after Youth
and Simon became friends during the Urban Hymns sessions, which the
former co-produced. Tim entered the fray then, Paul in Spring 2005
after he met Youth at a Malicious Damage party and heard some demos.
Three months later they recorded debut album Beyond Light in three
days at London's legendary Olympic studios.
MaliciousDamage-636
CD
$16.25
Travis
Ode to J. Smith (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US New album.
Fontana
CD
$15.25
Various
Teenbeat Number One Record Label (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11th)
PS, US Twenty-three all new tracks with track-by-track narration by
Brooklyn librarian Lisa Goldstein. The latest volume in Teenbeat's
series of mix-tapes made from new songs by Teenbeat artists and friends.
Includes tracks by +/-, FLIN FLON, TRUE LOVE ALWAYS, HOLLAND, JONNY
COHEN, TRACY SHEDD, BUTCH WILLIS, PHIL KRAUTH & more!
Teenbeat-4110
CD
$8.75
Various
Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US By 1967, East St. Louis, Illinois, once dubbed an "All
American" city by the US Chamber Of Commerce, had become St.
Louis, Missouri's evil twin. Unemployment, drug addiction & vicious
gang activity put a dark & heavy lid on a bi-state area that once
cooked-up world-changing talent by the likes
of Chuck Berry, Josephine Baker & Miles Davis. But both cities
still spawned heroes, and ALLEN MERRY was one of them. Already a living
legend for his early work w/ Ray Charles & Ike Turner, Merry channeled
his talent into teaching, forming the YOUNG DISCIPLES through the
South End Community Center to keep
kids off the streets, out of the gangs & into the studio, where
young men & women spiraling downward could ride the spiral groove
upward on Merry's own YODI, GATEWAY & MERRY labels. W/ nearly
80 local youths involved from both sides of the Mississippi, the YOUNG
DISCIPLES (named after one of the area's most notorious gangs) encompassed
solo acts, duos, male & female vocal groups, a massive horn section
& a troupe of African dancers. Every sweat-drenched recording
incl. here emerged from this grass-roots organization that changed,
if not saved, lives. LP forthcoming
Numero
CD
$15.75
Week That Was, The
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH)
PS, US 2008 debut album from the British Electro Pop outfit, chiefly
Field Music dude David Brewis' big brother, and featuring contributions
from Field Music colleagues. Musically the record is an expansive
tribute, paying direct (and indirect) homage to the wildly ambitious
Linn Drum and Fairlight experiments of Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, and
Tin Drum-era Japan. Fused with typically detailed arrangements and
a sense of drama, this makes The Week That Was a brain-shattering,
32-minute epic, straying far outside the conventions of most indie-guitar
music.
MemphisIndustries
CD
$15.25
Ween
At the Cat's Cradle, 1992 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US Classic live set in two formats.
Chocodog
CD/DVD
$21.75
Whisper in the Noise
Dry Land (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH)
PS, US Self described "orchestral garage rock'" band from
Hanska, Minnesota give an extremely humble & personal touch to
gorgeous, string-laden rock music. Pretty, melancholic, sad &
charming. for fans of Low, Arcade Fire, Guided by Voices.
ExileOnMainstream-030
CD
$13.50
Whispertown 2000
Swim (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Known for their dreamy harmonies, countless hooks, & a
sound that is both completely modern & nostalgic. RIYL: Jenny
Lewis, FIery Furnaces, Mates of State, Tilly & the Wall.
Acony
CD
$12.00
White Hinterland
Luniculaire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Luniculaire. It sounds French, but it is in fact a word invented
byWhite Hinterland, taking parts of French words "lunaire"
(lunar) and "funiculaire" (funicular, as in railway) to
form the title of their second release. This EP is a highly ambitious
recording containing five songs all sung in French, and it expands
upon the wide palette of musical ideas heard onWhite Hinterland's
debut, Phylactery Factory. Featuring two original songs, plus covers
of songs made famous by Serge Gainsbourg, Brigitte Fontaine and Françoise
Hardy,White Hinterland feels right at home amid the musical tradition
laid out by these legends. From the opening groove of "Requiem
Pour Un Con," it is obvious thatWhite Hinterland is exploring
a plethora of musical ideas on Luniculaire. The funky rhythms and
scorching guitar of the Gainsbourg classic captures the spirit of
the original, but it's Casey Dienel's vocals that make this so special.
Hearing Dienel sing in French is a revelation - without the distraction
of English words you hear what a powerful instrument her voice is.White
Hinterland's "Chant de Grillon" explores a wider range of
sonic textures, many created by the layered guitar work of Alexis
Gideon, while the spooky and atmospheric "Mon Ami La Rose"
(originally made popular by Hardy) is subtle and beautiful. The original
version of "J'ai 26 Ans" was performed by Brigitte Fontaine
with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and here Dienel plays the role of
Fontaine while her band toys with flourishes of African rhythms and
Eastern drones. Throughout Luniculaire, and especially on "J'ai
26 Ans" and "Requiem Pour Un Con,"Matt Meyer's percussion
work is sublime - he layers an array of strange sounds and noises,
while maintaining the heavy groove throughout. The EP's closer, "Lunirascible"
has Dienel's voice at the center, and like Julie Tippetts, Elizabeth
Fraser or contemporary ScottWalker, Dienel
offers vocals meant not to deliver words, but simply tones, melody
and texture. Like some groovy, strange and psychedelic artifact clamored
about by crate-digging record collectors, Luniculaire is more than
just an EP. It is a testament toWhite Hinterland's deep musical vision
and a taste of the greatness to come.
DeadOceans-020
CD5
$7.50
Wild Beasts
Limbo, Panto (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US The debut from Leeds-based, four-piece Wild Beasts is a collection
of ten beautiful, eccentric, very British tales. An incredibly confident
record showcasing the band's pop sensibility as well as their humorous
side. Delightful, romantic, magical, and timeless. "It's sublime
stuff, full of variety, subtlety, intelligence, and warmth" -
Artrocker.
DominoRecordingCo.
CD
$13.00
Wild Beasts
Limbo, Panto (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DominoRecordingCo.
LP
$17.50
Witmer, Denison
Carry the Weight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US New album.
Militia
CD
$12.25
Wrangler/Scanner
1968 Moog Modular PICTURE DISC (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, UK Limited to 300. Two Ra Chord blasts of 'Switched on Bach' beauty
performed by WRANGLER and SCANNER who first met whilst fighting over
a copy of 'Switched on Paddy Kingsland' at a record fair. These Supraphon
pyjama wearing artisans have by loving of various knobs and switches,
the sweet caressing of sequencers and event generators and manipulation
of patch cords, created the sounds and rhythms for a discerning ear.
Whilst Benge / Winters and Scanner have avoided the trap of being
academic beard noodlers with this release, they have invoked the spirit
of John Baker, White Noise and of course Bob Moog. Featuring sounds
made exclusively on the Moog Modular System 3C and the Formant Modular
Synthesiser this seven inch is a radiophonic joy, working as a platter
to play out as well as a companion piece to their Twenty Systems meisterwork.
Fans of Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, Wendy Carlos, Brian Eno or
the recent John Baker Tapes are recommended to check this.
StaticCaravan-165-7
45
$10.25
Yorkston, James
When The Haar Rolls In (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US The fourth album by Scotland's Yorkston brings back all the
ambition, beauty, pathos, and full, lush arrangements of his previous
albums. The sonic palette includes timpani, clarinet, violin, vibraphone,
piano, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki, and wine glasses, surrounding the
songs with warmth and grandeur, like the haar in the title (heavy
North Sea fog that blankets the Scottish coast). "What distinguishes
'Haar' is the combination of his warm, close to your ear talk-sung
vocals with the band's sea-churn playing and his gorgeous songwriting"
- 4 stars, Independent.
DominoRecordingCo.
CD
$13.00
Parasol
Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders
Abe Vigoda “Skeleton” LP $12.00
Alla “Es Tiempo” CD $16.25
Bongripper “Hate Ashbury (Cassette)” CASS $4.50
Caesars, The “Strawberry Weed” CD $12.50
Cristal “Re-Ups” LP $22.00
Dignan “The Guest” CD5 $5.50
Epic 45 “England Fallen Over” CD5 $13.00
Final Solution “Brotherman b/w Theme From Brotherman”
12 $7.50
Fun Years “Baby, It's Cold Inside” CD $11.00
Guerrero, Tommy “Return of the Bastard” LP $12.00
Guerrero, Tommy “Return of the Bastard” CD $12.00
Haigh, Robert “Written On Water” CD $15.50
Hatfield, Juliana “How to Walk Away” CD $14.50
Hitchcock, Robyn “Gotta Let This Hen Out [expanded re-issue]”
CD $12.00
Hitchcock, Robyn “Fegmania! [expanded re-issue]” CD $12.00
Hubbard, Neilson “I Love Your Muscles” CD $9.50
Hum Of The Druid “Raising the New Wing/Braided Industry”
LP $16.75
Human Eye “Fragments of the Universe Nurse” LP $12.00
Inara George & Van Dyke Parks “An Invitation” CD $17.00
Jucifer “L'autrichienne” LP $19.25
June, Sarah “This Is My Letter To The World” CD $12.50
Laghonia “Glue” CD $18.25
LCD Soundsystem “Big Ideas” 12 $8.00
Marling, Laura “Alas I Cannot Swim” CD $12.50
McKinley, Wilson “Spirit of Elijah” CD $18.25
Mirrors “A Green Dream” DLP $18.00
Mock Orange “Captain Love” CD $13.25
Murder By Death “Red of Tooth and Claw” CD $13.75
O'Rourke, Jim “Long Night” DCD $19.50
Outrageous Cherry “Wide Awake in the Spirit World: Best Of Outrageous
Cherry” CD $12.25
Parker, William “Double Sunrise Over Neptune” CD $12.75
Pocahaunted “Island Diamonds” CD $13.75
Prolyphic & Reanimator “Ugly Truth” CD $10.00
Qua “Silver Red” CD $13.50
Scharber, Quinn & The... “Being Nice Won't Save Milwaukee”
CD $12.00
Shades Of Brown “S. O. B.” CD $11.50
Stooges, The “Gimme Some Skin” LP $16.20
Stooges, The “Gimme Some Skin” CD $17.75
Sun Araw “Boat Trip” 12 $13.75
Tiffany Shade, The “S/T” LP $15.19
Uh Huh Her “Common Reaction” CD $17.75
Various “Audible Geography” CD $15.25
Various “Como Now: Voices of Panola County” CD $13.75
Wainwright III, Loudon “Recovery” CD $14.50
Widow Babies “The Mike Watt EP” CD5 $8.75
Wilson, Phil “Industrial Strength (2X7")” 45 $7.25
