New
Releases
Akron/Family
Love Is Simple
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
YoungGod-034
DLP
$18.75
All Sides
Dedalus
PS, UK Following two EPs on Make Mine Music and Chat Blanc Records,
and a collaborative album with Troum on Old Europa Café, "Dedalus"
is the first full-length album from Nina Kernicke aka All Sides. Drawing
influence from the likes of Slowdive, Radiohead, Scorn, Meat Beat
Manifesto and Mark Hollis, to name but a few. Nina's music has been
greeted with praise from many quarters, including Boomkat who noted
that the music of All Sides successfully merged many styles into a
"euphoric" blend. "Dedalus" is partly an expression
and reflection of Nina's personal experiences, but it was also inspired
by recording the album "Shutun" and touring Poland, Finland,
Canada and USA with Troum, an experimental, drone outfit based in
Nina's hometown of Bremen, Germany. The album's title is, in part,
a reference to the character Stephen Dedalus in the James Joyce's
classic novel Ulysses. The title track gives a clearer indication
about the context, in its use of a sample from a cinematic version
of the novel, in which Dedalus walks along a beach, looking out to
sea, becoming aware of his loneliness. Simultaneously, the title refers
to the character from Greek mythology whose son Icarus dies during
their escape from Crete - Dedalus and Icarus build wings out of feathers
and wax and, in spite of warnings, Icarus flies too high and too close
to the sun, melting the wax and plunging him into the sea. References
to both of these can be found throughout the album, but they are as
much metaphors for Nina's personal experiences as they are literary
references. The CD comes housed in luxurious cardboard and felt packaging,
limited to 500 copies.
MakeMineMusic-036
CD
$17.00
Ana D
Satélite 99
PS, SPAIN In October it will be ten years since we released one of
the most unique records that have ever been done in Spain and, we
dare say, elsewhere. Ana D has become since then a legendary name
to whisper to each other's ears, and we want to celebrate the tenth
anniversary of her only official album as it deserves: with a full
re-release that rises to its condition of lost classic album, joining
an extra bonus album that enhances even more the new release. Today,
"Satélite 99" sounds as fascinatingly weird and beautiful
as it did the first day. As if a more sophisticated Martin Rev collaborated
with a tattooed, black-haired Nancy Sinatra, or with a mysteriously
distant Astrud Gilberto, on this album Ana D and her companions, producers
and arrangers (Ibon Errazkin and Javier Corcobado) used vintage instruments
and forgotten beat boxes to create their own kind of "acoustic
synth-pop", with references that ranged from Kur Weill and Serge
Gainsbourg to SUICIDE themselves.
Elefant-1128
DCD
$17.00
Balustrade Ensemble
Capsules
PS, US An otherworldly collection of brittle compositions performed
on archaic and classical instrumentation, experienced through a hazy,
antique looking-glass. Euphonic experimental ambient. steampunk, neo-victorian.
Dynamophone-008
CD
$13.00
Band, The
Cahoots (Remastered)
PS, US 2000 remastered re-issue with 5 bonus tracks.
CAP25391.2
CD
$11.75
Band, The
Stage Freight (Remastered)
PS, US 2000 remastered re-issue with 4 bonus tracks.
CAP25395B.2
CD
$11.75
Band, The
S-T (Remastered)
PS, US 2000 Re-issue remastered with 7 bonus tracks.
CAP25389.2
CD
$15.00
Band, The
Music from Big Pink [Bonus Tracks] (Remastered)
PS, US
Capitol
CD
$15.00
Band, The
Northern Lights - Southern Cross (Remastered)
PS, US 2001 remastered re-issue with 2 bonus tracks.
CAP25394.2
CD
$11.75
Bolocko, Laddio
The Life And Times Of Laddio Bolocko
PS, US
NoQuarter
CD
$14.50
Boyracer
Flickering B+W
PS, US Tenth full length release from internationally respected stalwarts
of the indiepunk genre. 15 exclusive songs, limited to 300 copies
worldwide in glossy digipak sleeve.
555-075
CD
$11.50
Boyracer/Beatnik Filmstars
Split
PS, US EXCLUSIVE. Both Beatnik Filmstars and Boyracer have a prolific
and respected back catalogue, as this soon-to-be-much-sought-after
EP testifies. Cheeky label art and hand screened sleeve. All tracks
exclusive. Limited 250 copies USA.
555-045
45
$7.50
Boyracer/Mytty Archer
Split
PS, US MYTTY ARCHER is the new band of Jen Turrell. 4 songs in 5 minutes
of melodic girl punk pop. This is their debut release. This is BOYRACERs
19th 7inch single, 2 songs of exceptional calibre. All songs exclusive
to this release. Limited to 200 copies USA.
555-044
45
$7.50
Busy Signals, The
Self-Titled
PS, US Not the Minneapolis electro-pop wizards but a hot new Chicago
punk-pop-glam act, making waves in classic punk, power-pop, glam circles.
Dirtnap
CD
$15.25
Busy Signals, The
Self-Titled
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Dirtnap
LP
$10.50
Butthole Surfers
Piouhgd/Widowmaker [re-issue]
PS, US Collects Piouhgd LP and Widowmaker EP on one CD, OK?
LatinoBuggerVeil
CD
$15.25
Capstan Shafts, The
Environ Maiden
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The Capstan Shafts' first album for
Rainbow Quartz, Environ Maiden, does nothing to separate them from
the Guided by Voices comparisons that 2006's Euridice Proudhon made
inescapable. Dean Wells is still writing short, ultra-hooky rock opera
excerpts, recording them quickly and simply with little or no fidelity,
and singing them in a Robert Pollard-esque pretend-English accent...
You could write it off as hero worship or copycat-ism, but once again
Wells dodges any negative connotations by being just as witty, tuneful,
and fun as PollardGBV without any of the frustrating arty tendencies
or annoying attempts at being a real rock band... Each song is as
good as the last, and if you don't like the one playing, wait a few
seconds and the next hit will come rolling along. Environ Maiden is
a perfect tonic for anyone longing for the return of Guided by Voices,
but also a nice bonus for anyone who ever wished GBV would quit fooling
around and just deliver a solid record from beginning to end."
RainbowQuartz
CD
$16.25
Chamellows
Rat Hearts
PS, FINLAND With its lo-fi production, eclectic instrumentation and
landscape of found sounds, Chamellows' (a/k/a Sleeping Bags) Rat Hearts
floats between clanky distortion and gauzy, melodic spirals with an
organic ease that lends the 16 tracks their hypnotic and often cinematic
appeal. Compiled from rare tracks and seven-inches recorded between
1997 and 2001, the enigmatic, reigning queen of Finnish folk music,
Laura Naukkarinen (Lau Nau), and collaborator Mikko Kuorinki have
compiled an anthology that transports the listener to a place that
is simultaneously foreign and familiar.
Fonal-046
CD
$16.25
Comaneci
Volcano
PS, ITALY At the 1976 Olympics a young girl made history. With cat-like
grace and a framework like a butterfly, she enchanted the public,
floating between the parallels, becoming the first gymnast ever to
score a perfect 10. In 2003 a three-piece outfit from Ravenna, Italy
chose the last name of Nadia Comaneci for their minute but strong
music project. With an ethereal and visceral voice this emotional
trio is secretive but surprisingly explosive. Comaneci makes quiet
but evocative music. They know how to make noise without pumping up
the volume. Their acoustic chamber-pop is intimate, soothing and involving.
Francesca Amati's dreamlike voice is peculiar in an already peculiar
band. After two self-produced EPs, and collaboration with director
Stefano Mordini for the soundtrack of his film "Provincia Meccanica"
(EMI Records), and also presented at the Berlin Film Festival, the
Disasters By Choice label presents Comaneci's first full-length recording
named Volcano. Through twelve tracks the record synthesizes the essence
of the band. Francesca's voice is perfectly supported by the soft
and effective chords of Andrea Carella's guitar and by Jenny Burnazzi's
emotive cello. Advised for those who still feel for simple song.
DisastersByChoice-016
CD
$15.00
Current 93
Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre [re-issue]
PS, UK
Durtro/Jnana
CD
$15.25
Cynics
Here We Are
PS, US They're back w/ a new LP & the same fuzzed out mayhem that
has made their live shows legendary. Hailing from Pittsburgh, PA,
they've been at the forefront of this scene for over 20 years. Along
w/ The Fuzztones, The Lyres & The Chesterfield Kings, they've
always been regarded as garage rock royalty. KOSTELICH still owns
& runs Get Hip. KASTELIC's wailing screams, on & offstage
antics & legendary tequila consumption have made an impression
all over the globe.
GetHip
CD
$14.00
Dalton, Karen
Cotton Eyed Joe
PS, US 2 CD, 21 tracks of NEVER RELEASED '62 reel to reel recordings,
remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Peter Mew. Historic recordings
that show Dalton's influence on her famous friends & peers (Bob
Dylan, Fred Neil, Tim Buckley, Tim Hardin). Gatefold jacket, 10 page
booklet & special bonus DVD containing live footage of Dalton
circa '69-'70.
Delmore-001
DCD
$22.50
Dommm
Yoloxochitl
PS, US By deftly mixing the electronic chaos of the Tigerbeat6 roster,
w/the ambient buzzes of Fennesz & spinning it together w/ pop
synth stabs, he creates a warm humanity that takes you from heartbreak
one min. to the dance floor the next. These tracks set angular, jagged
guitars side by side w/abstract beats & mixes them in a perfect,
organic haze.
YoungCubs-003
CD
$9.25
Dondero, David
Simple Love
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeamLove-023
LP
$12.50
Dragons of Zynth
Coronation Thieves
PS, US PITCHFORK: "Given the scarcity of African-American-fronted
indie rock bands specializing in industrial-decayed, atonal soul music,
the knee-jerk reaction to hearing Dragons of Zynth is to compare them
to their friends and mentors TV on the Radio. DoZ vocalist Aku and
his twin brother/guitarist Akwetey O.T. were part of the drum-circle
chorus on "Let the Devil In", from TVotR's 2006 masterwork
Return to Cookie Mountain. The Dragons' debut album, Coronation Thieves,
was produced by TVotR's David Sitek. Both of the aforementioned records
open with songs that mention lovers and war (TVotR's "I Was a
Lover" versus DoZ's "War Lover"). The bands even share
celebrity fans in David Bowie and Massive Attack, the latter of which
have enlisted DoZ's services for their next album. But in spite of
both bands' preference for discordant guitar tones, elastic vocals,
and fractured rhythms, to say Dragons of Zynth sound like TV on the
Radio is telling only half the story: They sound like TV on the Radio
played backwards."
Gigantic
CD
$12.50
Drake, Nick
Under Review
PS, US 90 min. doc film which goes some way to unraveling the mystery
of the enigmatic singer-songwriter who passed away at the age of just
26. W/ the aid of those who were close to Nick, those around at the
time & those who have studied & written about Drake in depth,
this program discusses, dissects & appraises his life, music &
astonishing, albeit short, career. Also includes classic performances,
location shoots, rare & classic photographs & more.
SexyIntelectual
DVD
$18.00
Echos Of The Whales
Echos Of The Whales
PS, ITALY Though POPULOUS and Pierpaolo Leo are such different musical
figures (the first best known for his two indie hip-hop records on
Morr Music, the latter for his long time experimentations in the avant-garde
milieu), they collaborated and recorded their EOTW album at home,
helping themselves with all but modern technologies, aiming at the
spirit of pioneers of electronic music like Raymond Scott and psychedelic-rock
heroes like United States Of America. If whales were able to make
music how would it sound? We can't be sure they would use the same
resonances these two boy scouts extracted from their instruments,
yet we have good reasons for believing whales music would probably
be as minimal and ambient as this. EOTW is a record of eerie folk
with guitars (played by Stefano Pilia and Jukka Riverberi of Giardini
Di Mirò, among others), Farfisa organs, feedbacks and digital
grains merging to create a fertile resounding ground: a real extension
of the natural environment. Actually, you may find listening to these
echoes very fulfilling while paddling in your kayak, cleaning up a
shore or trying to photograph penguins in Antarctica.
DisastersByChoice-015
CD
$15.00
Engines
S-T
PS, US The Engines is a new quartet featuring: JEB BISHOP - trombone,
DAVE REMPIS - reeds, NATE McBRIDE - bass, TIM DAISY - drums. This
self titled disc is a set of wonderful fluid compositions (2 each
by the members of the group) recorded in Chicago, in November '06.
The disc is set off by tight & cohesive group interaction. Another
high water mark for the carriers of all concerned & proof that
forward thinking jazz still thrives in the heartland. 1. Riser (McBride)
2. Jet Lag (Bishop) 3. Careful (Daisy) 4. Mish Mumkin (Rempis) 5.
Rewind (Bishop) 6. Backend Cover (Rempis) 7. Four Broken Plates (Daisy)
8. Mash Tun (McBride)
OkkaDisk
CD
$12.50
Gearhead
#16
PS, US This marks the 14th anniversary of the worlds first independently
published kustom kulture magazine. The amazing cover art (& accompanying
interview) w/ Japan's ROCKIN' JELLY BEAN. The car feat. incl. pieces
on James Hetfield's '36 Ford, & skating legend Steve Caballero's
'35 3-window coupe. An interview with NYC's THE STALKERS by Eric Davidson,
a trip to Deke Dickerson's annual Guitar Geek Festival by our boy
Brad Iger, & an interview w/ Dan Schlissel, the Grammy Award winning
guy behind the great comedy label Stand Up! Records. All the regular
columns (that all kick ass this time around) & more.
ZINE
$4.25
Harp
November 2007
PS, US DEVENDRA BANHART on the cover! Features on him, OKKERVIL RIVER,
STEVE EARLE, BJORK, DAVID LYNCH, THURSTON MOORE, Band of Horses &
more. Plus a sobering look back at the Replacements, & "The
Amy Winehouse Effect: Soul & Funk in the New Millennium"
& tons more. Still over 100 reviews!
ZINE
$4.00
Hitchcock, Robyn
I Often Dream of Trains [expanded re-issue]
PS, US Remastered re-issue with bonus tracks.
YepRoc
CD
$15.00
Hitchcock, Robyn
Black Snake Diamond Role [expanded re-issue]
PS, US Remastered re-issue with bonus tracks.
YepRoc
CD
$15.00
Hitchcock, Robyn
Eye [expanded re-issue]
PS, US Remastered re-issue with bonus tracks.
YepRoc
CD
$15.00
Holy Shit!
S-T
PS, US This phenomenal debut LP is now here & is easily one of
the most unique & original albums a band has ever done for us.
This is hard, fast, crazed, careening, raw & wild hardcore punk
w/ each song whipping by at frightening speed, teetering on the brink
of an alcohol-filled explosion before crashing to a sudden abrupt
knee- in-the-bollocks end. Spastic vocals, pounding bass, some of
the best drumming you'll ever hear, & wild man guitar riffage.
CriminalIQ
LP
$10.00
Hulaboy
The Genius of the Hulaboy
PS, US 2nd full length collaboration between Stewart Anderson (Boyracer)
and Eric Stoess (Hula Hoop). 15 songs melodic Orange Juice / C+W /
Fall / Monkees inspired pop. All tracks exclusive, limited 300 copies
worldwide in glossy digipak.
555-070
CD
$11.50
Islaja
Ulual YYY
PS, FINLAND Islaja's third album is a journey deeper into the world
that for us is a dream and a fairytale, but to her a reality. Islaja
as a concept has turned into a star that is expected to shine with
brilliance. But she is something else. The songs tell us about the
decay of our age, its demise and immorality. Its plunge into heartless
consumer culture. Islaja herself does not burn in that same fire.
Her fire is an inner fire. Behind her eyes and in her heart you can
see and hear her true charisma. True dedication and utter disrespect
for the artificial authority made by men. Yet she is not the self-destructive
Nico or the eccentric Björk. But a good woman. A tough one. Her
eyes can burn a hole in you. Her songs are poems and stabbing knives.
Fonal-049
CD
$16.25
Jimmy Eat World
Chase This Light
PS, US New album.
Interscope
CD
$15.00
Jimmy Eat World
Chase This Light
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Interscope
LP
$14.00
Joan Of Arc
Orchard Vale OST [soundtrack]
PS, US The JOA's film soundtrack on CD.
RecordLabel
CD
$15.25
Kemialliset Ystävät
Untitled
PS, FINLAND New 2007 album. Please receive this carefully cooked porridge,
the new untitled Kemialliset Ystävät full length album.
Pulsating, radiant and turbo-charged, this music shares the groove
of a junk pile AND a wild foal. It comes with the lovely smell of
the chemical they spray on apple trees. It's a highly ambitious effort
originally planned to become a defying message in a bottle, limited
edition of one, addressed to the Man. Kemialliset Ystävät
has been rocking out for some time now and there is no end in sight.
Without all the experiments of the past, this record would not exist
while there's still plenty of fresh perspective in the mix, too. Listen
to Roope drum his belly, Laura play tambura and Jaakko go berserk
on a Chinese flute. Listen carefully. Lots of energy went into the
mixing: a million voices from friends are twisted into one hypnotic
over-the-top sound textile that vibrates and grows to every direction
resembling a living organism, a merry beast. Give it a hug and you
will gain power, it is like shooting up echinacea. Wrap it around
you and tune in to the blizzard. Sit down and blast as loud as possible!
Fonal-050
CD
$16.25
Maritime
Heresy & the Hotel Choir
PS, US New album.
Flameshovel
CD
$15.00
Mojo
#168 (November 2007) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.00
Move, The
Message from the Country [Us Bonus Tracks]
(Remastered)
PS, US
Capitol
CD
$15.25
Mullen, Geoff
Armory Radio
PS, US Departing from last year's blues-influenced "The Air In
Pieces", Geoff surprises us once again with his creative diversity
& his ongoing search for new sonic territory. Inspired by a barely
working short-wave radio he found in the garbage, the guitar driven
drones of this album are embedded w/ repeating themes of obsolete
technology & found objects giving way to comparisons to the ethereal
short-wave recordings of William Basinski or Phil Niblock. "...feels
inhabited by ghosts, phantoms & artefacts hanging in the ether
looking to resolve, cohere & emerge." - The Wire
BargeRecordings-003
DLP
$20.00
MV & EE with Golden Road
Gettin' Gone
PS, US Like its predecessor, this is a family affair of like-minded
freak & friendly hair waves. Most fascinating is the soundboard
premier of Zuma, one of the coolest dog minds north of NYC. Also the
one part golden addition of Doc Dunn & the harmonium magic of
Luisa, she of MASCIS child. Also feat. J himself on some mountain
heavy drumming.
EcstaticPeace
CD
$10.00
Nadja
Radiance of Shadows
PS, CANADA Second release by the up & coming ambient doom band.
Ambient music pushed to its' breaking point. A mammoth monster of
a record, spanning well over an hour with 3 tracks that are more epic
and heavier than ever.
Alien8-072
CD
$12.75
Nurse With Wound
Homotopy to Marie [re-issue]
PS, UK
Durtro/Jnana
CD
$15.25
Orthodox
Amanecer en Puerta Oscura
PS, US The album helps give a new perspective into the soul of the
music they create as well as its movement into several different directions.
It comes off like a trip crossing through different genres, where
jazz influences, collide w/ progressive sounds & ultra-heavy,
crushing metallic-punk experiments. At the same time the band has
not forgotten their true metal roots & Andalusian cultural origins.
SouthernLord-084
CD
$14.00
Pieces of Peace
S-T
PS, US They were a band that arose from the primordial stew of 1960s
Chicago to become the band behind the Windy City soul sound. This
is arguably the most important lost document of Chicago soul music.
In a city filled w/ recordings that disappeared the moment they were
laid to tape, that is perhaps a tall claim to make.
Cali-Tex-1104
CD
$15.50
Pieces of Peace
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Cali-Tex
LP
$17.50
Pop, Iggy
Sister Midnight
PS, US NOW AVAILABLE ON LP! Recorded live at the Agora Ballroom in
Cleveland, OH on March 21, 1977 & features a special appreance
by David Bowie on keys. Includes wild perfoemances of Iggy's classics
"Raw Power", "I Wanna Be Your Dog", "TV Eye"
& more.
Anarchy
LP
$16.00
Possum Moods
Possum and the Moods
PS, US 2nd international full length collaboration between Jen Turrell
(Boyracer etc) and Mia Schoen (Sleepy Township, New Estate, Huon etc).
Melodic girl pop featuring cameo vocal from Tracey Read. 3 songs from
this CD feature in the forthcoming film "Plans Of Man".
Limited 300 copies worldwide in glossy digipak.
555-074
CD
$11.50
Pylon
Gyrate + [expanded re-issue]
PS, US Remastered with bonus tracks. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "This is
Pylon at their purest, mixing the spartan angularity of Gang of Four
with a playfulness missing from similar U.K. bands like the Au Pairs
or the early Mekons (or indeed from Gang of Four themselves) as well
as the irresistible danceability of their Athens, GA, compatriots
the B-52's. Yet Pylon never quite sounded like anyone except Pylon;
their naïve instrumental style -- guitarist Randy Bewley claimed
that he didn't even know the names of any notes or chords -- and singer
Vanessa Briscoe's inimitable voice (moving from a flirtatious coo
to a Meredith Monk shriek in the space of a line) and inscrutable
lyrics are so idiosyncratic that they probably couldn't sound like
anyone else..."
DFA
CD
$15.25
R.E.M.
Live [DCD+DVD]
PS, US
Warner/WEA
DCD/DVD
$27.25
Record Collector
#342 (November 2007)
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.00
Revisions
Revides Observation
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Dirtnap
LP
$10.50
Risk Relay
Curses Sing
PS, US Again recording their album completely by themselves, RR have
tread a long road, losing a bassist, hiring a handful more, recording
the basslines themselves & ultimately taking a few perfectionists'
swings at the final product before overcoming the sophomore pitfalls
that ultimately inspired Curses Sing. Time hasn't mellowed them instead
seemingly encouraging even more complicated rhythms, brutally heavy
twists & turns, and antagonistic melodies. Even with new tricks;
a smattering of female vocals, atmospheric interludes & more immediate
vocals, this is a rumbling percussive call to arms that never hints
at a falter.
ErnestJenning-033
CD
$12.25
Risto
Aurinko Aurink Plaa Plaa Plaa
PS, FINLAND The songs on Risto's chameleon-like Aurinko aurinko plaa
plaa plaa glide between punk and dark pop sensibility to introspective,
piano heavy ballads, to disco/funk infused numbers with such gusto
that each transition practically gives the finger to the face of genre
and definition. Risto doesn't want you to categorize them nor should
you try. So sit back and enjoy their fine-crafted sonic shape-shifting.
Fonal-047
CD
$16.25
Rollins Band
Do It
PS, US When we were in the studio making the Life Time album, we recorded
the cover songs we played on the tour that has just ended. Taking
advantage of the relatively new medium of CD, I stuck on a bunch of
live stuff from the tour along w/ the studio tracks & put it out
as a CD EP. I figured it would do the band a good turn by letting
people hear how we sounded live, which was what we were really all
about. Thanks for listening." -Henry Rollins
2.13.61
CD
$9.75
Russell, Bruce
21st Century Field Hollers & Prison
PS, US LIMITED TO 300! On black vinyl, black on white screened covers."This
album has been made entirely from samples taken from the "Midnight
Crossroads Tape Recorder Blues". Despite being made in New Zealand,
& using some recordings from the Rhineland, the two places that
are really central to this album are the Mississippi Delta & the
island of Jamaica.''-Bruce Russell (DEAD C)
Rococo
LP
$15.00
Scurshahor/Striborg
Split
PS, US Scurshahor is an Australian entity, brethren in aesthetic to
Sin-Nanna. The actual identity of this project is a mystery. Striborg
tracks composed & recorded exclusively for this session. LIMITED
TO 1500
SouthernLord
45
$4.75
Section, The
Strung Out on OK Computer - The String Quartet Tribute to Radiohead
PS, US String quartet versions songs from Radiohead's "Ok Computer".
Why not?
VITM8621.2
CD
$15.50
Sleepin States
There the Open Spaces
PS, UK You read a lot about people making records about what London
sounds like, but his songs are the only thing that ever reminds me
what it's like to be there." Klaxons speaking to Pitchfork "A
dozy, dusty little gem... Blissfully evocative of the kind of summer
that involves heat hazy, slightly stoned loungers rather than drunken,
shouty blokes in football shirts. " Time Out "It's weird
when a song comes out of nowhere and ends up being one of your favorite
musical discoveries... I stumbled across his website and saw the video
for 'rivers' then fell in love." Grizzly Bear speaking to Pitchfork
Sleeping States is the evolving musical project of Markland Starkie,
a Midlands born artist who has spent the first half of his twenties
living, working and studying in London. Having grown up with classical
music training, Markland became enamored with the possibilities of
noise in a musical context and so began his playful experiments with
noise in various bands, including noise pop outfit Kaito. After moving
to London and feeling a subsequent sense of dislocation, Markland
began a series of home recordings of short songs from the heart that
were more minimal in both volume and arrangement, with melodies taking
more of a central role. Sleeping States was born. Armed with an electric
guitar, found sounds, vocal samplers and a four-track recorder, Markland
transformed his experiments with sound in to a fully-fledged body
of work.
Tome-003
CD
$17.00
Sleeping States
There the Open Spaces
PS, UK Sleeping States is the evolving musical project of Markland
Starkie, a Midlands born artist who has spent the first half of his
twenties living, working and studying in London. Having grown up with
classical music training, Markland became enamored with the possibilities
of noise in a musical context and so began his playful experiments
with noise in various bands, including noise pop outfit Kaito. After
moving to London and feeling a subsequent sense of dislocation, Markland
began a series of home recordings of short songs from the heart that
were more minimal in both volume and arrangement, with melodies taking
more of a central role. Sleeping States was born. Armed with an electric
guitar, found sounds, vocal samplers and a four-track recorder, Markland
transformed his experiments with sound in to a fully-fledged body
of work. Ever prolific and true to his DIY punk rock roots, Markland
set up his own label, Kontra Punkte. Sleeping States had an instant
outlet. With a self recorded and completely self released CDR album
'Distances are Great' in 2004, followed by a number of cassette and
CDR EP releases on his own and other DIY labels, Sleeping States becomes
a live entity with the addition of drums and guitar, firmly expanding
and shaping the musical identity of the project while totally kicking
ass live. In May 2006, TOME released the debut 7" single 'Rivers
/ London Fields' and so followed a busy year of critical acclaim,
and jaw_dropping live shows with the likes of Blonde Redhead, Electrelane,
Viking Moses, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone and Archie Bronson
Outfit, among others.
Tome-003
CD
$17.00
Sputnik
Shine On...
PS, US Sputnik is a NYC/Cape Cod based band led by singer and songwriter
Genie Morrow. The group combines dreamy vocals, ambient guitar effects,
trumpet, keyboards, and accordion to create a joyful, summery blend
of straight ahead pop, with irresistible melodies. Sputnik's second
full length cd "SHINE ON" was recorded by Grammy Award winning
producer Carl Glanville (U2 "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb",
Franz Ferdinand) The new album mixes meticulously-crafted, stick-in-the-head
original compositions with thoroughly re-worked versions of classics
from the Kinks, the Zombies, Brian Wilson and The Velvet Underground.
The album features guest appearances Benny Rietveld, Jason Roberts
and Chris Butler. All of this combined with Mic Rains' alternately
tuned guitars, Analog Arts Ensemble's Joe Drew on trumpets and keyboards,
Pemberton Roach on bass and Nigel Rawles' Moonesque presence, creates
quite an exciting blend of sounds and spirit! Ballads of survival
are the themes of Genie Morrow's songs. Here ethereal yet gritty voice
take the listener to wondrous places like the fields of Salinas, CA,
outer space and the power lines on Cape Cod...
Sputnik-001
CD
$11.50
Stop Smiling
#32
PS, US "HOLLLYWOOD LOST & FOUND" issue. INCLUDES bonus
DVD w/"Shotgun Freeway: Drives Thru Lost LA feat. Joan Didion,
James Ellroy, Mike Davis, more. Covers incl. Robert Evans, Robert
Towne & special addition Chinatown cover w/Jack NIcholson. Interviews
w/Diane Keaton, Harry Dean Stanton (!), Bruce Dern (!), Susan Tyrrell
& Thom Anderson. Essays on Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, Barbara Stanwyck.
Heaps of other goodies incl. Raymond Chandler, Aldous Huxley, John
O'Hara, John Ashberry, Quincy Jones, MGM Musicals, Hollywood Freak
Scene, Stanley Rose's Bookshop, essential Hollywood books, tons more!
ZINE
$8.25
Tangerine Dream
Dream Remixes 2.1
PS, UK First ever compilation of the Dream Mixes series by Tangerine
Dream. This CD features 10 tracks from DM 1 & 2 selected by Jerome
Froese and includes two previously unavailable songs and liner notes
by Jerome Froese. This is available as a special edition red cd. Jungle
Jacula (1997) / Towards The Evening Star (Blue Gravity Mix 1997) /
Mobocaster (1997) / Little Blond In The Parc Of Attractions (The Thai
Dub 1995) / Digital Sister (1997) / Virtually Fields (1995) / Touchwood
(Forest Mix 1995) / Timesquare (1997) / Pixel Pirates (Long original
version 1996) / Paranormal Skills (New Track 2006).
Moonpop-707
CD
$17.00
Text Adventure
I Believe in Lassies
PS, SPAIN Once upon a time, computer games didn't rely on graphics
to suck you in. The first "Text Adventure" A game which
relied on your imagination to unfold it's magic, has formed the inspiration
for our favorite release of the year so far. The second album by David
Roy and Stephen Scott, I BELIEVE IN LASSIES is homage to lo-fi brilliance
in a world gone pro-tools mad. You see, it's about addressing the
simple things. IBIL is a record about girls by boys too shy to talk
to them in person, and one that communicates in an aching swirl of
acoustic and digital lo-fi, the longing of not only meeting that spry-eyed
girlie, but actually being able to say hi. What must be a crippling
disability for David and Stephen, is a blessing for the rest of us,
as we get treated to 10 tracks bursting with the self-confidence that
can only come from living in hope. Crafted from acoustic guitar, Casio
keyboards, circuit bent speak and spell machines, and live drums recorded
to a "very, very old 8-track". The songs have a layered
aesthetic in the vein of Adem and Tunng. But this is more than an
exercise in nerdy bedroom electronica: "I have tried to move
away from that" asserts David. "The Golden Portion was very
much sequence-based, computer-recorded, programmed beats, tons more
keyboards and hardly any guitar. I felt it had been done to death
already, so i wanted to make a grander sounding folk record with loads
more guitars and more vocals too" Songs are as important to the
boys as textures, and the melodies come at you with such self-assurance
that you don't know whether to meet them with a bear hug or duck for
cover. With collaboration comes perspective, and Stephen's vocals
liberate David's soundscapes, adding a psychedelic edge in the vein
of My Bloody Valentine, but with a dose of skewed realism. Lines like
"I'll be the scarf around your neck" (If It Could Talk It
Wouldn't Say Anything) make you gaze up from your shoes and focus
instead on your breaking heart. This yearning wistfulness can be traced
through a number of influences; from James Taylor and Nick Drake,
through to Ariel M and Jim O Rourke. The record also pushes the line
between analogue and digital instruments just a little bit further.
Are the bleeps at the end of Pink Smoke, forged through Logic or a
circuit bent keyboard? Is that a harmonium or a sine wave on If It
Could Talk It Wouldn't Say Anything? Is that a fast flowing stream
or a microphone left on in a pocket. Really good records speak their
own language, and ask you to investigate them to understand. And so
it is with IBIL: complex textures and simple melodies conspiring to
make it at once disarming and compelling. It's music inspired by accidents,
by finding beauty in the unintentional, the 'wyrd' in the everyday.
David states his inspiration as "Whenever I hear something natural
that has gone wrong or has been digitally manipulated. Like an old
field recording of some birds or rain that has been distorted."
Text Adventure is perfect pop, with a post rock sensibility: Gorgeous
acoustic guitar lines hang hammocked in the mix between crackling
static like an electronic rainstorm. The tracks come on like a series
of commands strung together to create a whole gaming experience. Take
Boobook (For R) which opens with three minutes of bossa guitar worthy
of Eureka era Jim O Rourke before even a sniff of a lyric. Or Nothing
is Wrong (Nothing is wrong) whose Mice Parade-esque guitar line warps
into a digital portrait of the wintertime before bursting back again
into full summer.
Dearstereofan-004
CD
$13.50
Uncut
#126 (November 2007) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.00
Underworld
Oblivion with Bells
PS, US PREFIX MAGAZINE: "The British electronic duo Underworld
seems to be aging more gracefully than contemporary act the Chemical
Brothers. Rather than fire up a new album every three or four years
with a handful of cool new guests, as the Chems do, Rick Smith and
Karl Hyde have stayed more true to the vision of their artistry. It's
been a while since Underworld's last true album, A Hundred Days Off,
but that doesn't necessarily mean that Smith and Hyde have been unoccupied.
They've steadily been releasing music online as well as dabbling with
film scoring. Oblivion with Bells finds a balance between that recent
cinematic prettiness and the frenetic, almost dance-punk sound of
Underworld's earlier work. The duo reportedly had a ton of new songs
ready for the album, and sought input from famous friends like Brian
Eno, U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr., and former member Darren Price when
whittling down the final track list."
ATO
CD
$16.75
Vast
April
PS, US Record entirely in Austin Texas, VAST tracked much of the album
playing together live. Many of the vocals and instruments were recorded
in one take giving the record a much more human feel. However, the
signature melancholy VAST melodies and themes are here, as well as
the sonic and instrumental experimentation that has garnered the band
it's underground fan base. "I tried to create a more acoustic
record, one that sort of took a page from the older roots of rock
and even country music but still felt like new territory," says
VAST front man Jon Crosby. "I think there are songs here that
have a wide appeal, but these songs were meant to be part of an album,
so it's not about selling singles. I really want fans and even people
who are new to the band to get a complete musical picture."
2Blossoms
CD
$15.00
Walter, Joel
Heart Of Branches
PS, US A collection of wearily reflective songs written & recorded
over the past two years. Bleak, bitter, yet hopeful; Walter's songs
have an austerity that you discover via his honest vocal delivery
even before you experience it in the songwriting itself. Walter's
singing is raspy & unbridled, and the intricate yet uncluttered
arrangements on his debut provide the perfect aural setting for them
to shine. Weaving together sounds both classic & modern, the tapestries
of voice, guitar & harmonica, sometimes augmented by mandolin,
piano & Magnus, add luminous musical textures, sometimes ominous
but
always haunting.
Actually-010
CD
$12.50
Wood, Roy
Boulders [Bonus Track] (Remastered)
PS, US
Caroline
CD
$12.50
Wooden Sky, The
When Lost At Sea
PS, US Toronto's Wooden Sky have cut together a collage of folk songs
on their debut record, When Lost at Sea, that has drawn comparisons
ranging from Townes Van Zandt to Okkervil River. Swelling between
4 and 7 members the group handle each song differently as the record
runs the course from ragged rockers like 'North Dakota' to the delicately
orchestrated 'The Wooden Sky'. Each song is delivered with a sense
of urgency echoing the records underlying themes and bridging the
gap across the range of dynamics. THANKS CAPTAIN OBVIOUS REVIEW: "The
songs on their album When Lost At Sea are twang-filled tales peppered
with harmonica, banjo and slide guitar. Lead singer Gavin Gardiner's
scratchy vocals navigate through songs that have a literary, narrative
feel to them. And while they never approach the scope of bookishness
that a band like the Decemberists may portray, there's definitely
a rich sense of storytelling apparent in the folk-rock gems that comprise
the album."
FMR-002
CD
$11.00
Forthcoming
Releases
A Place To Bury Strangers
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US Vinyl version of the groups break out self titled release.Pitchfork
8.4 "Best New Music" Pressed in an edition of 1000.
Important-170
LP
$13.25
A Taste Of Ra
Morning of My Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, SWEDEN This is the third and final album in the A Taste of Ra
trilogy. Nicolai Dunger, and the cloak of mystery behind the Taste
of Ra project has captivated many with its various incarnations of
free-folk meanderings, Tim Buckley jazz-howl and Swedish pastoral
indie-hum. Dunger describes Morning of My Life as follows: "When
we moved to the tent and the light was golden and we were young, and
the magazine was all there was to bring, and you woke in the night
when the birds were singing just for you and the smell of soil and
the warm breath over through you, ohh it moved you. All there was
to it, was the morning of my life." He also describes that the
overall idea behind the first two A Taste of Ra records was for pure
vocal and instrumental experimentation -- using recording techniques
on a more personal level. On this final record in the trilogy, he
takes a different approach, starting off with one song that he developed
together with Swedish musician, songwriter and producer, Jari Haapalainen.
The song naturally broke up into six movements, creating a film-like,
dramatic pattern, and Johan Berthling made some beautiful arrangements
for three of the movements. Starsailor-esque vocals, jazzy horns and
loose, clattering drums mix with piano, harp and guitar arpeggios
-- just as much of an Impressionistic song cycle as Van Morrison's
Astral Weeks.
Hapna-036
CD
$16.25
Aarktica
Matchless Years (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US Pop/rock/experimental group lead by New York's Jon DeRosa featuring
Mascott's Kendall Meade and Drum Corps' Aaron Spectre as well as other
musicians known for their own work. As with previous records Matchless
Years was recorded by Charles Newman at Mother West Studio, NYC. On
Matchless Years Aarktica embraces the spirit of the best works of
brethren Jesus And Mary Chain, Spiritualized, and Magnetic Fields,
as well as a progression toward "dark disco" and a meshing
of 1950's vocal pop sensibilities atop Aarktica's established atmospheric
sound. The tradition of moody pop aural heroin has never sounded so
comfortable. Matchless Years is by far Aarktica's strongest and most
accessible work to date and is sure to gain them new fans. Personell:
Jon DeRosa - vocals, guitars, bass, percussion, pump organ, harmonium,
gamelan bells. Aaron Spectre (Drumcorps) - drum programs, Chris Carrico
(ex-Crucifer) - electric guitar, Charles Newman (Magnetic Fields,
Stephin Merritt producer)- organ, keyboard, Mike Pride - drums, percussion,
Seth Misterka - alto saxophone, James Duncan - trumpet, Gretta Cohn
(ex-Bright Eyes/Cursive)- cello, Kendall Jane Meade (Mascott) - backing
vocals, Ernie Adzentoivich - electric & upright bass. Produced
by Charles Newman. Tracklisting: 1. Seventy Jane, 2. I Name You Sleep,
3. Intro to Arms, 4. Arms, 5. Summer Tabla Dub, 6. Happiness Boys,
7. Matchless, 8. Slow Sorrow, Oh. Also Available: AARKTICA -Bleeding
Light CD (Darla: DRL-155), AARKTICA-Or You Could Just Go Through Your
Whole Life And Be Happy Anyway/Bliss Out v.18 CD (Darla: DRL121),
AARKTICA-Pure Tone Audiometry CD (Silber: sil026), AARKTICA-No Solace
In Sleep CD (Silber: sil012). PRESS: "Aarktica is cold, pure,
and almost inescapably tranquil." -PITCHFORK.
Darla-177
CD
$12.25
Adams, Ryan & The Cardinals
Follow the Lights EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US New mini-album features two new songs, plus sweet live-in-the-studio
stuff including an Alice In Chains cover! Tracks: 1. Follow the Lights
(new) / 2. My Love for You Is Real (new) / 3. Blue Hotel (previously
unreleased, recorded live in studio) / 4. Dear John (live in studio)
/ 5. This is It (Cardinals version, live in studio) / 6. Down in a
Hole (Alice In Chains cover, live in studio) / 7. If I Am a Stranger
(live in studio)
LostHighway
CD5
$6.00
Adams, Ryan & The Cardinals
Follow the Lights EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
LostHighway
12
$6.75
Ambarchi, Oren
In the Pendulums' (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US Here he continues his otherworldly investigations w/ a kind
of dark twin to his landmark "Grapes From The Estate". Despite
the use of glass harmonica, strings, bells, piano, percussion &
guitars, it's startling that the world created is still unmistakably
his own, & that there is such a cohesion of vision throughout
the 3 lengthy pieces.
SouthernLord-078
CD
$14.00
Am-Boy
Horrible Oracle Blessedness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Attacknine Records is proud to present Am-boy's "Horrible
Oracle Blessedness", 16 tracks of addictive Technicolor synth-tunes,
and the latest dose from a body of work that has earned him the title
of "Walt Disney on Acid". Am-boy is coastal NJ's Forrest
Wolf, and 'Horrible Oracle Blessedness' is his third full-length release.
Perhaps more so than ever before, 'Horrible Oracle Blessedness' is
filled with his trademark sugary hooks and pristine production that
will leave you with a smile on your face and a head full of melodies
you won't stop humming. The beats and melodies are deceptively simple,
exemplifying a complex series of emotions that perfectly unveil themselves
with each listen. You will not be disappointed, as this is by far
one of the best albums of 2005." - Erik Kowalski/CASINO VERSUS
JAPAN
Attack9-017
CD
$12.25
Amplified Heat
How Do You Like the Sound of That (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTBER 2ND)
PS, US Debut album of Deep South boogie-blues rock with a nifty psychedelic
waycoolness from hirsute Austin trio.
Arclight
CD
$14.25
Armisen, Fred
Fred Armisen Presents: Jens Hannemann Complicated Drumming Technique
(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US This is an educational DVD teaching the craft of drum work
(aka drumming) to beginners & experts alike. Respected comedian
& television personality Fred Armisen brought percussionist Jens
Hannemann to our attention w/ an ingenious DVD that opened our eyes
to the responsibilities & million little victories that drummers
everywhere experience behind the kit, unbeknownst to us.
DragCity
DVD
$14.00
Arp
In Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, NORWAY Arp is the most recent project of Alexis Georgopoulos,
formerly of Tussle & The Alps. As an emblem of Alexis' commitment
to "natural electronic music" (bridging the natural and
electronic worlds), nearly all of In Light was recorded live. Very
few loops were used - in fact, only one. This gesture was meant to
bring back some of the rough (re: natural) edges that have been lost
in so much "Electronic Music" today. In Light is a luminous
album of warm, pulsing music.
SmalltownSupersound-134
CD
$15.25
Arp
In Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Arp is the most recent project of Alexis Georgopoulos,formerly
of Tussle & The Alps. As an emblem of Alexis' commitment to "natural
electronic music" (bridging the natural and electronic worlds),nearly
all of In Light was recorded live.Very few loops were used -in fact,
only one. This gesture was meant to bring back some of the rough (re:natural)
edges that have been lost in so much "Electronic Music"
today. In Light is a luminous album of warm, pulsing music. Like dreams
or rich,saturated moments that make one lose sense of time, they are
grainy snapshots,like old films of one's own experiences,elevated
moments. Call it Pop Minimalism.Call it Cosmic Pop. Call it Cosmic
Minimalism. Call it what you will.
SmalltownSupersound-133
CD
$14.50
Babyshambles
Shotter's Nation (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US Let's see if being busted by the constablulary every week pays
off in artistic and sales glory.
Astralwerks
CD
$15.25
Babyshambles
Shotter's Nation [limited CD+DVD] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US Limited version with DVD.
Astralwerks
CD/DVD
$18.75
Banhart, Devendra
Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
XL
LP
$19.25
Bear in Heaven
Red Bloom of the Boom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US Daydream & goosebump inducing vocals glide over walls of
melodious distortion, building unapologetically epic songs. Members
of SAVATH & SAVALAS, RHY CHATHAM'S ESSENTIALIST, !!!, PAUL DUNCAN,
PRESOCRATICS & PANTHERS made a debut that testifies to psychedelic
roots, to the music we obsessed over in the 90's & to future rock.
Hometapes-019
CD
$13.00
Beauregarde
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US Vinyl only reissue.In 1970 the Portland-based wrestler entered
the studio with then unknown seventeen year old guitarist GREG SAGE
(WIPERS) to record a limited release album that would serve as his
entrance music for the duration of his career. His vocal style is
passionate & direct but never goes overboard. The music features
Hendrix-esque guitar solos over rock rhythms & soul drum beats.
Jackpot
LP
$15.00
Besnard Lakes, The
Volume I (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US "Volume I" is the debut album by THE BESNARD LAKES,
that preceded their recent opus "The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark
Horse" which was released on Jagjaguwar in early 2007. "Volume
I" was originally released in 2004, and, at the time, The Besnard
Lakes were comprised only of husband-and-wife team JACE LASEK and
OLGA GOREAS. The Besnard Lakes have just recently become critical
darlings, on the strength of their live performances throughout North
America and Europe, as well as with their second full-length record
"The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse", which quickly made
it onto numerous and budding best-albums-of-the-year short-lists by
a whole range of music-listening pedigree -- critics, casual and not-so-casual
rock listeners, garden variety pop fans, and headphone junkies. Carrying
the BREAKGLASS label name, "Volume I" is distributed throughout
the world with the help of JAGJAGUWAR.
Jagjaguwar/Breakglass-09
CD
$11.50
Black Dice
Load Blown (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Pawtracks
12
$11.50
Black Dice
Load Blown (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US New mini-album.
Pawtracks
CD5
$14.25
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Start A People [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US Re-issue of the band's 2005 debut. "Start A People"
is a hazy look through the eyes of an electronic junk band who grew
up watching "3 2 1 Contact " & "The Letter People"
show. B.M.S.R. is made up of 3 to 6 mem. at any given time, who are
focused on turning their childhood memories into songs. Their use
of dusty, saturated, analog sounds has gained numerous comparisons
to folks like Boards Of Canada, The Children's Televison Workshop,
& even Air
Graveface-037
CD
$13.50
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Falling Through a Field (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US New album.
Graveface-039
CD
$13.75
Bong-Ra
Full Metal Racket (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, GERMANY Featuring all the tracks from the "Grindkrusher"
and "Sick Sick Sick" records, re-recorded and remastered,
"Full Metal Racket" is Bong- Ra's unmatchable homage to
his grindcore and hardcore heroes. A fast, high-energy album of twisted
breaks, breaks and merciless riffs, it finally presents the 10 gems
of these two records to all fans of this superlative-heavy, towering
producer. Zombie-claws lacerated subwoofers ahead.
AdNoiseam-84
CD
$14.00
Booka Shade
DJ Kicks (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US Rather than documenting their the latest club tunes, they mix
up older gems w/ unreleased newies which promises to be eclectic.
Amid dance music from Carl Craig, Matthew Dear & Lopazz, they
find room for French disco (Cerrone), rap (The Streets), '70s soundtracks
(John Carpenter), '80s electro-pop (Heaven 17, Yazoo) & even the
downright odd (Brigitte Bardot, The Tubes). "We really got into
the material that we were using, "explains Walter Merziger, "Putting
it together was like creating a remix."
K7
CD
$17.00
Booka Shade
DJ Kicks (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
K7
DLP
$20.00
Bright Eyes
Motion Sickness: Live Recordings (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US The sound of a band bounding around the world in 90 days,seeing
the world from barstools & bus windows, touching down
just long enough to drink some (or a lot) & bash about the stage
for an hour or two each night.Feat.songs from "I'm Wide Awake,
It's Morning" as well as songs from other albums, non-album tracks
& 2 covers: Feist's "Mushaboom" & Elliott Smith's
"The Biggest Lie."
TeamLove-006
CD
$12.50
Brother Kite, The
Moonlit Race (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Over a year in the making, The Brother Kites Moonlit Race EP
has undergone several conceptual changes as time has moved on. The
final product is one to cherish. Originally conceived as a single
for Get On, Me - arguably the catchiest song on their masterful sophomore
album Waiting For The Time To Be Right the EP stays true to form by
leading off with that track. From there on, the listener is treated
to five exclusive tracks. We are treated to alternate versions and
mixes of two album tracks from WFTTTBR, including the title cut and
Hopeless and Unsung. A never-before-released live version of Never
in Years from a WERS 88.9 radio session in Boston is also included.
Sandwiched in the middle of the disc are two solid non-album tracks.
Unearthed/Digging in the Dirt is taken from DJ Potters creepy child-zombie
short film Of All That Is Unearthed. The track Half Century appears
here in hard-copy format for the first time. The track was originally
recorded for the most recent Adult Swim download compilation entitled
Warm and Scratchy, and saw the band sitting comfortably alongside
an impressive array of indie notables such as The Rapture, TV On The
Radio, The Raveonettes, Fennesz, Broken Social Scene, The Liars, Asobi
Seksu, Amusement Parks on Fire, Les Savy Fav and more. In addition
to the six audio tracks, the CD has enhanced content featuring three
videos! The alternate version of Hopeless and Unsung gets paired with
an artistically shot video. I'm Not The Only One has been a fan-favorite
over the past year, having been downloaded off the band's website
and YouTube more than 5,000 times. The video is beautifully and professionally
shot, and appears here on an official format for the first time. The
disc is wrapped up with a funny, behind-the-scenes, home-shot video
by the band about the recording of the penultimate album track Get
On, Me.
Clairecords-067
CD5
$8.25
Bryars, Gavin
Hommages (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, UK Remastered. Originally released in November 1981 on Les Disques
du Crepuscule, Hommages was recorded in Leicester in February 1981
and produced by noted Belgian new music composer Wim Mertens. The
album was conceived as a series of diverse homage's to other composers,
which include Bill Evans (My First Homage), Ferruccio Busoni and Gustav
Holst (The English Mail-Coach and The Vespertine Park) and Percy Grainger
(Hi-Tremolo). Featured musicians included Andrew Bilham, Ronald Reah,
Andrew Renshaw, Nigel Shipway, Dave Smith, John White and Marie Wilson,
as well as Gavin Bryars himself on piano and vibraphone. The album
is the only one that documents the important period between Bryars'
early experimental music and later works from Medea onwards, as well
as his enthusiasm for small composer/performer ensembles. The new
63 minute digital remaster of Hommages now includes two bonus tracks
composed and recorded by Bryars during the same period: Danse Dieppoise,
and the lengthy piano piece Out of Zaleski's Gazebo. The booklet features
extensive notes by Gavin Bryars on the origin and performance of all
six pieces, and preserves the original album cover artwork by Marc
Borgers.
LTM-2503
CD
$16.25
Bunyan, Vashti
Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Singles & Demos 1964-67
DiCristina-011
CD
$15.00
Bunyan, Vashti
Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DiCristina-011
DLP
$18.75
Can
Anthology 1968-1993 [remaster] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "For listeners daunted by Can's long
and winding discography, Anthology 1968-1993 presents short-form highlights
like "Spoon," "Future Days," "Moonshake,"
"She Brings the Rain," and 25 others. Yes, the albums are
better places to hear all of these tracks, and there's a typically
Cannish disregard for chronology or narrative (i.e., don't hope for
liner notes), but this double-disc set is an excellent introduction
to the band's 25-year career." (Keith Farley)
Mute
DCD
$17.75
Case, Neko & Her Boyfriends
Virginian (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, CANADA Re-issue of Neko's debut. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "A delightful
collection of heartfelt originals and vibrant covers ranging from
traditional country fare (Ernest Tubb's "Thanks a Lot,"
Loretta Lynn's "Somebody Led Me Away") to more eclectic
material (Scott Walker's "Duchess"); the highlight is a
rip-snorting rendition of the Everly Brothers' "Bowling Green,"
a duet with Zumpano's Carl Newman." (Jason Ankeny)
Mint
CD
$16.25
Castanets
In The Vines (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US RAY RAPOSA of CASTANETS had almost finished his follow-up to
"First Light's Freeze" (2005) when three men in strange
masks mugged him at gunpoint in front of his home in Bedstuy, Brooklyn.
Stealing Raposa's rent money, iPod and security, the three thieves
climaxed a year of depression and nomadic, nocturnal dislocation.
Not long after the mugging, Raposa completed "In The Vines."
Appropriately, the album he was struggling to complete is based on
a Hindu fable about being trapped in an inescapable fate, with death
and the limitations of our physical lives closing in from all corners.
In the fable story, "The Well of Life", a giant net stretched
out by a giant woman surrounds a Brahman lost in the forest. The frantic
Brahman runs in circles attempting to escape until he falls halfway
down a pit and is entangled in vines. He discovers some beehives halfway
between the flesh-hungry six-faced elephant at the top of the pit
and the waiting serpent at the bottom. As bees buzz around the Brahman
and rats gnaw at the vines holding him up, all he can do is gorge
on the sweet honey. Heavy stuff, yes, but it isn't all peril, and
darkness. The songs are sung with such intimacy and earnestness that
"In The Vines" sways somewhere between the serpent, elephant,
bees and rats, the honey representing a strange sense of hope and
delight in the brief moments of beauty that sustain our lives.
AsthmaticKitty-33
CD
$11.50
Castanets
In The Vines (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
AsthmaticKitty-33
LP
$10.25
Castro, Nick + Young Elders
Day Without Disaster (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US The newest chapter in the musical adventures of Nick Castro
& The Young Elders.This EP is a glimpse into the ever-evolving
mind of the group, which dwells somewhere between the romantic male/female
duets of Richard & Linda Thompson and the exotic worldly arrangements
of the Incredible String Band. With a focused touch, unusual acoustic
textures, gentle wordplay, and ensemble interaction, The Young Elders
are traversing the folk world & leaving large shoes to fill.
SilentPlace
10
$15.00
Cdatakill
Bleeding Hearts vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23rd)
PS, GERMANY The first volume of "Bleeding Hearts", the vinyl
companion to the "Valentine" album, features one new Cdatakill
track, as well as remixes by Enduser, übergang (Christoph de
Babalon's new project), Detritus, Lapsed and Mad EP. From the heaviest
of breakcore to more melodic, syncopated hip hop-influenced track,
this hand-picked selection of remixes shows the scope of Cdatakill's
music and the influence of this long-running, extremely talented artist.
AdNoiseam-082
12
$10.00
Charalambides
Likeness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US This is a return to the spontaneous composition of previous
records such as Houston & Union. Most all of the tracks on this
release sprung forth after 'record' was pressed, & were fleshed
out via overdubs, editing, & a malfunctioning space echo over
the course of the next few months. This departs from the warm psych
in favor of the lush & layered vocal strata of Christina's later
solo works, & a chillier, more abrasive guitar sound.
Kranky-113
CD
$12.25
Circle
Sunrise [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US
NoQuarter
CD
$15.25
Citay
Little Kingdom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Vinyl edition of the Secretly Canadian released Little Kingdom
lp. Limited edition of 500. "Citay really nail that rich acoustic-electric
rolling tabla honeyn harmoney sound that all those heavy bands - Sabbath
and Zeppelin, especially-used to do, back when all the best musicians
were inspired by what the Incredible String Band were doing, and were
still able (or willing) to express a feminine side to go with their
preening barbarian or depressive wail aspects...This is an album without
a sell-by date, with a song for every season...Monumental." ---ARTHUR
MAGAZINE
Important-139
LP
$15.00
Clockcleaner
Babylon Rules (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US This sees the band diving even further into the darker corners
of the world while belting out tune after tune of psychotic trashy
noise. For those that are fans of such bands like Killdozer, Pain
Teens, Harry Pussy, & many other noise makers. The type of music
that is inspired by long nights of hard drug use & many nights
spent lurking past dark alleys trying to find your way home.
Load
LP
$14.75
Club 8
The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER
13TH)
PS, SWEDEN Club 8 is finally back with their long awaited sixth album.
"The boy who couldn't stop dreaming" is everything we'd
ever hoped it would be - it's pop music at it's most profound, balancing
perfectly between sunshine and melancholia. Twelve songs that'll make
you sing along about death while dreaming of summer days. A glorious
return to say the least. After having released three albums in just
over two years time, very few expected they'd have to wait over four
years for a new Club 8 album. Some even started to assume the band
had split up. In May 2007 the band returned with the amazing Tropicalia-influenced
"Whatever you want" which rapidly became a huge blog hit
- top 10 most blogged songs according to music blog aggregator Elbo.ws
The waiting's been so long we can almost, but just almost, talk about
a comeback album. However, waiting's not always a bad thing. Not only
has songwriter Johan Angergård released three albums with The
Legends and one with Acid House Kings in the time in between - Club
8 has evolved in to one of the most personal and emotional bands around
today. Not that previous albums have lacked emotional depth, that's
far from the truth, but "The boy who couldn't stop dreaming"
is truly different and a very very special album. The fleeting of
life and time, and the nearness of death arrives in the shape of twelve
perfect pop songs in a summer dress. It's mix of sunshine and melancholia
is just as unique as it's profoundly moving.
Labrador-108
CD
$14.75
Creteens
4-Track Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE TBA)
PS, US 4 song EP from some French kid(s?) making with the Memphis-sound
garage-punk racket. The title cut and "Contaminated" are
definitely 'Teenage Hate'-esque. B-Side has an Oblivians cover &
a slower-style Fatals-ish long-titled bloozer. Recording is pretty
rough. Scums stats: 600 copies on baby- blue swirled vinyl.
Contaminated-009
45
$6.00
Crutchfield, Robin
For Our Friends in the Enchanted Otherworld (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER
13TH)
PS, US Robin co-founded the experimental no-wave art band, DNA,and
later collaborated with
varied artists (including Steven Brown of Tuxedomoon and filmmaker
Jim Jarmusch) in the guise of his Dark Day project. His new solo explorations
have been described by Devendra Banhart as "beguiling, powerful,
hypnotic, mesmerizing, commanding, delicately unnerving, lilting,
mellow, "and "tense as hell." A tiny treasurebox from
a lost garden, this album finds Robin further exploring his unique
world; one of delicate harp compositions, glissando & deep drones.
Soundscapes for daydreamers of this & other worlds.
Hand/Eye-032
CD
$12.00
Cursive
Bad Sects (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US They've launched a remix site which allowed users to register
&download separated tracks for the album track "Bad Sects.
"Remixers submitted their rearranged visions & versions to
Saddle Creek for the contest. They listened to all the remixes, posted
some of their favorites on the site & chose the winning remix
to be used as a B-sidehere. The five runner-up remixes are available
for listening at www.badsects.com
SaddleCreek-115
12
$7.25
Davis, Ben Forrest
Roughs (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2007)
PS, US Re-release of 'Roughs' (on Velvet Crusher Ric Menck's Bird
Song label) by former and founding member of the Los Angeles rock
band Sugarcult. Here, Ben's doing his very own laid-back soft-rock
thing, with a little dab of country & western, quite a departure
from Sugarcult's highly-toughted tautness. Leaving behind a life of
rock-n-roll excess, this enigmatic album qualifies as emancipation
and exorcism, a collection of intimate, personal songs about love
and self-destruction. Not so far afield from singer-songwriterly,
orch-popping Parasol faves like Ken Stringfellow and his Posies, Kevin
Tihista and his Red Terror, Jack Logan & Bob Kimbell, June &
The Exit Wounds, and The Velvet Crush.
BirdSong-105
CD
$10.00
Davis, Betty
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Arp is the most recent project of Alexis Georgopoulos, formerly
of Tussle & The Alps. As an emblem of Alexis' commitment to "natural
electronic music" (bridging the natural and electronic worlds),
nearly all of In Light was recorded live. Very few loops were used
-in fact, only one. This gesture was meant to bring back some of the
rough (re:natural) edges that have been lost in so much "Electronic
Music" today. In Light is a luminous album of warm, pulsing music.
Like dreams or rich, saturated moments that make one lose sense of
time, they are grainy snapshots, like old films of one's own experiences,
elevated moments. Call it Pop Minimalism. Call it Cosmic Pop. Call
it Cosmic Minimalism. Call it what you will.
SmalltownSupersound-133
CD
$14.50
Destroyalldreamers
Wish I Was All Flames (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, CANADA Destroyalldreamers was founded in the summer of 2002 in
Montreal (Canada), by Eric Quach (guitar) & Shaun Doré
(drums). Their first compositions were later embellished with the
addition of Mathieu Grisé on guitar and Michèle Martin
on bass, which led to the recording of their first full-length album
"À Coeur Léger Sommeil Sanglant" by Patrick
Lacharité (Below the Sea) in early 2004. It was released later
the same year on Montreal's label Where Are My Records (Barzin, Epic45,
Readymade, etc.). The following year, Destroyalldreamers rode the
success of their critically acclaimed debut album, and is offered
numerous studio projects to keep them busy. Eric Quach took over the
band's production duties with the help of Shaun Doré, Shane
Whitbread & Martin Valence. Most of the year was spent on pre-production,
live performances and learning how to produce. The resulting studio
tracks were used for the aforementioned projects that all saw their
release in 2006, which included: a contribution to the shoegaze-homage
compilation "Never Lose That Feeling, Volume 2" (other artists
includes Hammock, Sing-Sing, etc.) released by ClubAC30 (UK); a contribution
for the Propergol Y Colargol rework compilation "Ode to Roger"
(other artists includes Eluvium, Giardini di Miro, Helios, etc.) released
by Diesel Combustible/Autres Directions in Music (France); a 12"
vinyl EP titled "Glare/Halo" released on Claire's Echo (USA),
a Clairecords subsidiary label affiliated with the world widely recognized
distributor Tonevendor which has proudly dubbed Destroyalldreamers'
debut album "À Coeur Léger Sommeil Sanglant"
as "The Best Shoegaze Album of 2004". Destroyalldreamers
then finished the recording of their second full-length in the fall
of 2006. Shortly after, the band has parted ways with bassist Michèle
Martin and the release of the album was put aside. They took a short
break the next year to pursue different musical and life projects.
In the summer of 2007, Destroyalldreamers got back together as an
official three-piece, with a close friend filling out on bass for
live performances to ready the release of the aforementioned sophomore
album entitled "Wish I Was All Flames", again on Where Are
My Records in the fall of 2007. This new album is a more focused and
mature record, filled with a wide array of sounds, with the added
live energy that was developed since their beginnings. It also marks
the end of a chapter for Destroyalldreamers' journey as the band has
already expressed its wishes to explore new sonic territories. Pre-production
for future releases is expected to start in the beginning of 2008
WhereAreMyRecords-023
CD
$13.00
Detritus
Fractured (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, GERMANY The logical sequel of the "Thresholds" single,
"Fractured" sees Detritus keep the harder guitars and beats,
while staying true to this intricate drum'n'bass patterns and evocative
strings. A production tour-de-force, it presents a crystal-clear,
yet powerful and deep sound that confirms this essential acts to the
confirmed heights he had reached with his previous albums. Deep, masterful
and highly rewarding.
AdNoiseam-85
CD
$14.00
Digital Dance
Treatment (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, UK 16 tracks. The definitive anthology by cult Belgian post-punk
band Digital Dance, a group often name-checked but seldom heard. One
of the first and best new wave bands in Belgium, Digital Dance formed
in Brussels in July 1978 by singer/guitarist Jerry WX and guitarist
Stephan Barbery. The group, which also included keyboard player Jean-Marc
Lederman, released their first single on Disques Vogue in late 1979.
Digital dance recorded four singles - Radio-Activity, Faulty, Treatment
and Three Meanings - as well as a self-titled cassette album, and
another single under the name Jung. Although John Peel championed
Faulty in the UK, and the band played several high profile live shows
(including a residency at the Gibus Club in Paris and a support slot
with Joy Division at Plan K in January 1980), Digital Dance failed
to break through and split early in 1982. Various members subsequently
played in groups as diverse as Fad Gadget, Marine, The Revenge, Kid
Montana, Snowy Red, The Weathermen, The Names and Ink. Sadly singer
Jerry died in 2000. As well as new artwork, the 70 minute CD also
includes detailed sleeve notes and an assortment of period images
and graphics.
LTM-2498
CD
$17.00
Efterklang
Parades (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, SPAIN New album.
Leaf
CD
$15.00
Favorita
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, CANADA Twelve years after it was recorded but never released,
Popsicle Recordings will present the sole album from Swedish indiepop
pioneers Favorita. The brainchild of former Beagle and current Metro
Jets frontman Magnus Borjeson, Favorita fell foul of record company
politics on the eve of this album's 1997 release and it never saw
the light of day. The band split up, the album was forgotten. Popsicle
Recordings didn't want Favorita to pass into obscurity. Sure, the
album has circulated as a bootleg among discerning music lovers for
five or six years, but an album this good deserves a shot at reaching
a wider audience. So they dusted off the master tapes, added eight
bonus cuts and both of the band's low-budget videos, unearthed photos
from the two promo shoots the band did and coaxed some inspired sleeve
notes from noted Swedish journalist and blogger (and former Beagle
drummer) Anders Mildner. The result is the definitive Favorita experience.
Everything you could want to know about this exceptional but criminally
short-lived band, there on one disc.
Popsicle
CD
$13.00
Fear Falls Burning & Birchville Cat Motel
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US One 49:11 jammarathon.
Conspiracy
CD
$16.75
Fine Arts Showcase, The
Sings Rough Bunnies (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2007)
PS, SWEDEN Third album from Gustaf Kjellvander's Fine Arts Showcase,
and the follow-up to his 110% brilliant <a href="http://www.parasol.com/catalog/catalog.asp?zoomtitle=75849">'Radiola'</a>.
The short version: TFAS covers 11 song by Swedish cult-twee-punk-lofi
duo The Rough Bunnies. Highly recommended. The long version: This
is an album of many stories. Gustaf Kjellvander and his friends in
The Fine Arts Showcase have made a covers album, entirely based on
songs from the Swedish, rather unknown, jangly, lo-fi band Rough Bunnies.
Why is that? Let's make Gustaf himself explain: "I was first
introduced to Anna Vermina and her cousin Frida, the founding members
of Rough Bunnies and Inside Riot, through mutual friends. Frida gave
me a CD-R just days before they were about to move to Berlin. About
six months later I was looking for someone to rent my spare room.
I bumped into Frida by chance, who told me she had moved back from
Berlin to Malmö and needed a place to stay - so she moved in.
I was already smitten by Inside Riot at this time, and when Frida
played me the songs they had recorded in Berlin, along with the Rough
Bunnies record C-sides, it blew me away. I played it to everyone who
came over to my house. They became an obsession that carries on to
this day. I knew I wanted the Fine Arts Showcase to cover their songs.
The problem was that with a catalogue of songs as amazing as theirs
it was hard to pick just one, so I came up with the idea that we should
do an entire record instead (in the Merle Haggard sings Jimmy Rodgers
tradition). And here it is: a musical love letter to two of my favorite
songwriters, a celebration of the pop geniuses of the Vermina family.
Rough Bunnies (and their twin group Inside Riot) have inspired me
more than any other band this side of the millennium and this record
is my way of thanking them. Rough Bunnies Saved My Life" - Gustaf
Kjellvander
Adrian-051
CD
$15.00
Flying
Faces of the Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US There are moments when you simply see it, the future being
so bright & the chemistry being just right.Originally from
Massachusetts, the four youths are now in NYC, working on their music,
an incredible combinations of psych, experimental & pop, something
we call Savant Rock . FLYING have toured with such siblings as Deerhoof,and
have recently completed a US tour, with another pending US tour in
the fall & a European tour in the spring of '08
MenloPark
CD
$12.00
Free Fall
Point In A Line (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US Smalltown Superjazzz is proud to present the brand new studio
album from the Free Fall trio consisting of HAVARD
WIIK, KEN VANDERMARK & INGEBRIGT HAKER FLATEN. With clarinets,
piano & bass Free Fall creates magical moods and brings the heritage
of Jimmy Giuffres`legendary 60s trio with Paul Bley & Steve Swallow
into the new millennium. "The Point In A Line" is the perfect
meeting between the innovative jazz scenes in Oslo & Chicago.
It's melancholic, dark,moody but also melodic.The album was recorded
in Chicago by Jason Ward & the post production was done by Ward,
Vandermark & Bob Weston (Shellac).
SmalltownSuperjazz-142
CD
$0.25
Gang Gang Dance
Rawwar (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US "Rawwar" is the first glimpse of exactly what the
band have been up to over this prolific year. Clocking in at just
over twenty minutes and sprawled across three tracks, the release
plays like a GANG GANG DANCE sampler of sorts; a taster for what is
to come. "Rawwar" opens with "Nicoman": a live
favorite from the last few years which has been refined in the studio.bombastic
and dance-oriented it blends the bands affection for musical styles,
propelling the listener through the four minutes of audible tribal
chaos, while at the same time demonstrating GGD's talent for pop melody.
"Oxygen Demo Riddim" finds the band improvising and building
musical ideas into a dreamy hypnotic instrumental interlude. The final,
almost cinematic, track is a studio composition entitled "The
Earthquake That Frees Prisoners" which unfolds over ten minutes.
This was painstakingly assembled in the studio and incorporates conversational
dialog from their deceased band member Nathan Maddox interwoven into
the bands compositional structure.
TheSocialRegistry-030
12
$9.00
Ghost
Overture (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US At sunset on the night of October 9th, '06, a crowd gathered
at Nippon Yusen Soko, a converted warehouse space located on Yokahama
Bay. The performance space was chosen for its sonic qualities such
as natural reverb as well as its resemblance to Potala Palace in Lhasa.
Band members were spaced apart to prevent eye contact & allow
distance for the reverberations to unfold between them.The CD performance
is an edited version of the evening's events/the DVD is a completely
live, 4 camera view into the collective journey of Ghost & their
audience.
DragCity-330
CD/DVD
$16.50
Glowstyx (a.k.a. Bong-Ra)
Class of 1992 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, UK We know what you're asking yourself, what's newer than new-rave?
Well, what about OLD-RAVE! Just when you thought the true spirit of
Rave was lost to Indy-rock poster boys, Glowstyx arrives with the
smashing debut "Class of 1992"! Produced by rave-master
Jason Köhnen, (AKA Bong-Ra), Glowstyx gives you good-ol' breakbeat
Rave just like you remembered it, but somehow slightly updated and
ready for the dance floor! Over 3 years in the making and meticulously
constructed from an archive of over 4 gigabyte of old-school rave
nostalgia, Glowstyx successfully manages to deliver 12 tracks that
seemingly are warped here from over more than a decade ago. Somehow
the charm, humor and excitement of Rave got lost in the growing popularity
of synthetic repetitive dance music; focusing less on hooks, catchy
melodies and simple song structures. But once you hear Glowstyx, you'll
realize the power of the music itself is here to stay! Bring back
the high pitch vocals! Bring back the piano breakdowns, "mentasm"
and rolling breaks! The old-school Rave revival is here, and let's
all drop some E to celebrate it! About Cock Rock Disco: Cock Rock
Disco was founded by Jason Forrest (AKA DJ Donna Summer) and was established
to release amazing new music by a new generation of producers from
all over the world. Please look for upcoming releases; they are great,
we promise.
CockRockDisco-016
CD
$14.00
Goatreign
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 27TH)
PS, US A pummelling collection of gut wrenching metal from Mike Hickey,
guitarist extreme metal acts VENOM, CARCASS, CRONOS & CATHEDRAL.
Crushing rhythms & searing lead guitar make this a solid slab
of classic metal. Recorded at the legendary Slaughterhouse.
Wabana
CD
$14.50
Gonzalez, Jose
In Our Nature [limited edition vinyl] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mute
LP
$16.25
Hawkwind
Self-Titled [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Produced by former Pretty Things guitarist
Dick Taylor, Hawkwind's first album was rightfully compared to Pink
Floyd's early sound: an appealing conglomeration of hippie rock grooves
and interplanetary guitar trips set to the phosphorescent wandering
of Dik Mik's electronics and Nik Turner's cool sax playing. Hawkwind
may not have been their most lucrative album, but it's where it all
began. Hawkwind's initial galactic blues-rock sound is based on Dave
Brock's guitar playing, rising smoke-like through the haze of lyrical
space funk... Hawkwind's sound indeed solidified as their career moved
upward through the '70s, but their first album magnificently introduces
the starting point of what was going to be a long and peculiar journey."
Caroline
CD
$12.50
Hayseed Dixie
Weapons of Grass Destruction (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS, US Along with the Bad Livers,this is the world's foremost country
band devoted to covering hard-rock songs in classic bluegrass style.This
doesn't find these hard-rocking pickers &grinners any more sedate.Far
from it.Instead the boys take on assorted classics by the Sex Pistols,
the Beatles,Judas Priest, the Rolling Stones, &others, plucking
up a serious,head-banging storm.It's a silly good time any way you
slice it.
CookingVinyl-4888
CD
$15.25
Hefner
Breaking God's Heart (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, UK When first released in July 1998 Hefner's debut album; 'Breaking
God's Heart' was quite out of step with other guitar bands of the
time. The sparse, folksy arrangements and dry, scratchy production
was at odds with the ambitious, string laden brit pop of the time.
Although Hefner had the tunes to win them support from the NME and
Steve Lamacq, their idiosyncratic, leftfield approach meant their
most loyal supporter was going to be John Peel, recording 7 sessions
for him in their short career. Lead singer; Darren Hayman's primary
influences were folk, country and the American lo-fi indie of the
time. Hayman rejected an American singing style in favour of his own
Thames estuary accent and sang carefully observed songs about lost
love in East London and Essex. Hefner never crossed into the mainstream
but they had an unusually loyal following who still believe them to
be the best of their kind. This smaller, intricate, personal music
is missed today. This release expands the album to a 2 CD set and
includes all of the B-sides and associated singles, the rare first
two singles, the long deleted Hefner Soul EP as well as unreleased
recordings. Hefner's other 3 albums will be released in similar formats
through out 2007 and 2008.
Belka-04
DCD
$21.75
Hepburns, The
Something Worth Stealing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US CD digipak with 24 page booklet in English & Japanese.
Pearly guitar pop in the finest UK tradition, albeit skewed sideways
by cinematic caprices and elliptical narrative. Probably the Hepburns'
lightest album, "Something Worth Stealing" was written as
a romantic fling with no skeletons in the closet...well, unusually
few skeletons by Hepburns standards, discounting the up-tempo duet
with the dead guy who comes back to woo a former lover, the ghostly
coal mine choir in the jazzy shadows on the ditty about the strongman's
cape, and, perhaps, the ode to Scooby-Doo's Velma. This album is more
a celebration of joyrides, spring storms, dinosaur incisors, winter
fashions, boho wannabes, humdrum and conundrum, the occasional poisoned
dart, and the use of the word "penultimate." SWS showcases
the blossoming of the Hepburns' association with White & White
(brass and flute, respectively) which started halfway through the
sessions for the last album. In addition to the Hepburns' trademark
organ and vibraphone riff-laden, jazz- and ska-tinged jangle, topped
with words that could have only been penned by Matt "all Welshmen
are Liars" Jones, the new album features the song everyone has
been waiting to hear since the last album: "The Last Thing I
Saw Before I Said Goodbye." Digipak plus 24 page illustrated
booklet with lyrics and commentaries by Jones in English (with Japanese
translations by the esteemed Jun Kurihara). File under fiction. For
fans of: el Records, The Lucksmiths, The Monochrome Set, The Smiths,
The Specials, Momus and Jake Thackray. The Hepburns tour the US in
November 2007 and Scandinavia in December 2007.
RadioKhartoum-107
CD
$13.00
High Mountain Tempel
A Screaming Comes Across The Sky (The Faultline Scriptures) (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US A darker ritual and a new herald. From California duo High
Mountain Tempel, "A Screaming Comes Across The Sky" is the
soundtrack to your next Apocalypse. Arising from the golden ash of
their last release "Pacific Sky Burial" (Lotushouse) this
outing finds our intrepid travelers exploring new sonic and thematic
terrain. HMT is the eternal sound questing project of Eric Nielsen
and Keith Boyd. Eric has done time in and with Maquiladora, Buzz or
Howl and various Japanese underground outfits such as Acid Mother's
Temple , Astro and High Rise. Keith is a self-made musical alchemist
weaving strands of aural gold from base material and mud. Together
they bring you a fine distillation of ritual music for these blackened
times. Drawing inspiration from sources such as Robert Rich, SunnO))),
Terry Riley, Lustmord, Phillip K. Dick, Arthur Rimbaud and HP Lovecraft,
High Mountain Tempel is an introspective yet outward r
