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New Releases

1900s, The
Medium High EP (ON SALE)
PS, US Beloved Chicago psych-pop troupe's sneaky new limited edition mini-album features nu, alt, instr and unrel.
Parasol-CD-111
CD5
$5.00

Artikler, Gultskra/Lanterns
Berezka/Monkey
PS, US 12" marble colored vinyl split w/free CD version. LIMITED EDITION (500 copies) split between Russian avant-folk artist Gultskra Artikler & UK drone outfit Lanterns.
OtherElectricities
12
$13.25

Bible of the Devil
Freedom Metal
PS, US 5th album. Cultivating a devastating reputation both live & recorded, the group is truly a band for those who deman their rock n' roll metal w/ a generous helping of
brutality & brawn.
CruzDelSur
CD
$11.00

Bible of the Devil/ Valkyrie
Split
PS, US Long anticipated split 7" of Virginia's doomraiders VALKYRIE & Chicago's Kings of garage metal BIBLE OF THE DEVIL. One track from each: BOTD - "The Auld Dirt Road" / VALKYRIE - "False Dreams." Light blue vinyl
HeavyBirth
45
$5.25

Bitch
#42
PS, US Feminist response to pop culture. The Noir Issue: Gothic Gals, vengeful victims, & feisty femmes fatales.
ZINE
$5.50

Blank Dogs
The Fields
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Woodsist
LP
$13.00

Blank Dogs
The Fields
PS, US "Blank Dogs are actually singular: it's the insanely prolific one-man Brooklyn-based band of Mr. Blank Dog. We don't know too much about the biography of the guy behind the bedroom new-wave pop/punk and he's usually covering his face with masks or bedspreads, but that's fine. The aura of anonymity allows you to focus on the sounds -- and, really, he might be releasing a ton of things, but there's definitely a higher jam-to-crap ratio. It's like Joy Division vocal lines with The Cure's synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment. And that voice? All the feedback in the world can't hide his knack for melody. Blank Dogs have been making plenty of rumbles in the noisier and more secretive outposts of the underground (half his discography's sold out), but Troubleman Unlimited's just repressed his very recommended full-length On Two Sides (on yellow vinyl in an edition of 500) and In The Red's releasing a 20-song double LP (or single CD) called Under And Under . It's all new material. He's also playing his first shows in NYC, so if you want to take a peek, you can. All this to say: seems like Blank Dogs is on his way out of the basement." --Stereogum
Woodsist
CD
$10.25

Bob Corn/Larry Yes
Love Calls
PS, US An international collaboration of artists and labels. A 7" vinyl memento released between North Pole Records (American) and Fooltribe Dischi (Italian). This sweet collaboration of native Oregonian music / love channeler, Larry Yes, and Italian farmer / wanderer, Tiziano Sgarbi, aka Bob Corn. Each artist performs an original song and then covers a song by the other. Bob Corn sings in poignant accented english with an acoustic guitar, soft beats, and, songs of longing, memory, and love. His grammar may be incorrect but his observations are unique descriptions of transatlantic truths. Larry Yes continues the strumming as well as
bringing swooning horns and suitcase drums along for some moments of stoned wandering. LIMITED to 500 copies in letterpress covers.
NorthPole
45
$4.75

Bobby & The Soft Spots
Can't Get Her Off b/w I Don't Need You
PS, US LTD ED OF 1000! BOBBY UBANGI (of THE LIDS, GAYE BLADES) frontsR tehciso drrdusnken mess of Atlantans called THE SOFT SPOTS (feat. members of GAYE BLADES, SPOOKS & BEAT BEAT BEAT). If you've heard any of his previous output you'll know he's a craftsman of the 3-chord garage sing-alongs w/ some of the most poppy lyrics written & these songs are all that w/ a bit more beer. Classic Ubangi! Co-release w/ DSH. *All profits of this release are going Bobby who has been stricken w/ cancer.
Rob'sHouse
45
$5.25

Bookish, Simon
Everything/Everything
PS, US Vinyl Version! 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
LP
$14.25

Boredoms
77 Boa Drum [deluxe edition]
PS, JAPAN Japanese-only live CD release from Boredoms featuring audio from their 77 Boa Drum performance July 7, 2007 in New York on two CDs. Also includes a bonus photo book and DVD. "Deluxe package containing the full 100-minute '77 Boa Drum' performance on 2 CDs, split at the point in between the two sections of the piece. The two CDs are housed inside the front and back covers of a lovely 8"x12" hardcover book containing 28 pages of full color photos from the event. Also included is a DVD (NTSC format, All Region) including approximately 20 minutes of short segments from the performance. The presentation on this is truly top-notch. It's easily the most extravagant Boredoms artifact since 1999's Vision Creation Newsun box. The performance itself is an extraordinary example of the modern-day Boredoms approach to sprawling, rhythmic psychedelia. Their current lineup of three drummers (including mainstay Yoshimi P-We) plus EYE on electronics and vocals is further bolstered by an all-star cast of 74 additional drummers, including drummers for Soft Circle, Oneida, Volcano The Bear, No Neck Blues Band, A Minor Forest, Lumen, Unwound, Tall Firs, Antietam and Lightning Bolt.
Common
DCD/DVD
$110.00

Cat Power
Dark End Of The Street
PS, US Six-song vinyl EP containing mostly unreleased recordings from the "Jukebox" sessions. In keeping with the "Jukebox" theme , all the songs here are covers: "Auld Triangle", "Dark End Of The Street", "Who Knows Where The Time Goes", "Fortunate Son", "I've Been Loving You Too Long", and "It Ain't Fair". Limited deluxe double gatefold 10-inch vinyl.
Matador
2X10
$14.00

Catwalk
Past Afar
PS, US Sparkly, shimmering guitars & coy harmonies
Yay!Records
45
$3.50

Circus Devils
Ataxia
PS, UK Shall we fill you in with the usual abstract pop skronk jive turkey words? H.P. Lovecraft meets Devo. On Ataxia, Circus Devils' new collection of moonshine revelries and musical trips by torchlight into the mist-shrouded fields and forests of Ohio (aka: land of mystery). Robert Pollard and the Tobias Brothers treat us to an intoxicating blend of jagged, insistent rock and uneasy lullabies. Formed in Ohio in 2001 by Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices), Circus Devils creates albums rich in atmosphere and imagery, filled with ferocity and gentleness. Their previous album, Sgt. Disco, was released on Ipecac Recordings in 2007. Ataxia will be their 6th release. Tracklist -under review / i-razors / freedom's monster / that's the spirit / backwash television / the girls will make it happen / mayflower brought disease / stars, stripes and crack pipes / ataxia / nets at every angle / hi i'm martha, how are you? / lunatic style / get me extra! / i found the black mind / he had all day / fuzz in the street / rat face ballerina /
StaticCaravan-170
CD
$16.25

Constantines
Our Age
PS, US Brand new single!
Arts&Crafts
45
$6.50

Current 93
Dog's Blood Rising
PS, US C93's seminal 2nd album. It's been returned to its original formats of 5 trks, & has been beautifully re-mastered by Denis Blackham. This reissue comes w/ a booklet containing early photographs of the group members - incl. DAVID TIBET, STEVEN STAPLETON (Nurse With Wound), & STEVE IGNORANT (Crass) - along w/ original insert materials.
Durtro/Jnana
CD
$16.00

Current 93
Nature Unveiled
PS, US C93's seminal 1st album returned here to its original format of 2 trks, & has been beautifully re-mastered by Denis Blackham. This reissue comes w/ a booklet containing early photographs of the group members - incl. DAVID TIBET, STEVEN STAPLETON (Nurse With Wound), JOHN BALANCE (Coil), LITTLE ANNIE - along w/ original insert materials.
Durtro/Jnana
CD
$16.00

Dakota Suite
End of Trying
PS, US New album.
KaraokeKalk
CD
$16.25

De Dionyso, Arrington
I See Beyond The Black Sun
PS, US Interchanging bass clarinet & throat-singing w/homemade instruments used as vocal modifiers, this is less the apocalyptic doom of his ramshackle post-punk group OLD TIME RELIJUN, but instead a raga influenced anthropological meditation.
Krecords-200
CD
$11.50

Death Cab for Cutie
Narrow Stairs (LP/7")
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Barsuk
LP
$19.00

DM Stith
Curtain Speech
PS, US The music calls to mind contemporaries Antony & the Johnsons, Grizzly Bear, & sometimes the explosiveness of Animal Collective. However, a handful of other influences cloud the comparison as hints of the dissonance of Sonic Youth & Henryk Gorecki, expressive vocal techniques of Caetano Veloso & Mary Margaret O'Hara, & the romance & textures of Benjamin Britten & Edward Elgar underpin even the simplest of gestures. Stith's delicate yet confident voice sits amongst lush arrangements of piano, guitar, strings, electronics, choir, percussion, & a penny whistle or two.
AsthmaticKitty-54
CD5
$3.50

Doe, John
Golden State
PS, US Features five versions of "The Golden State," including a live version & a cover recorded by EDDIE VEDDER & Corin Tucker (SLEATER-KINNEY)
YepRoc
CD5
$5.00

Dylan, Jakob
Seeing Things
US, PS When the songwriter from a songwriter-driven band steps out on his own the question always hangs in the air: did he need to forsake his band in order to cut this set of songs? In the case of Seeing Things, the first album Jakob Dylan has released outside of the confines of the Wallflowers, he most certainly did. Quiet, reflective, based almost entirely on acoustic guitars, Seeing Things is intimate in a way the road-ready Wallflowers never were, although the tunes are as sturdy and plainspoken as Dylan's songs for the band. Indeed, there's always been a modesty at the core of his writing, so he benefits greatly from this humble setting, masterminded -- as so many big-budget down to basics departures are in the 2000s -- by Rick Rubin, known for his stripped-down reinventions of Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond. Seeing Things isn't nearly as spare as American Recordings or 12 Songs; anchored on acoustics though he may be, Dylan isn't on his own, as bass, harmony vocals, and keyboards are gently woven into the fabric. This gives the music warmth, but the simplicity of the setting helps focus on Dylan's unassuming, well-crafted songs, songs where melodies are gently insinuating and words are so carefully sculpted it's easy to overlook how nicely he turns a phrase. Like many of his peers, Dylan is casting a wary eye on a war-ridden new millennium, but these aren't protest songs, they work on an emotional level and are appropriately balanced with lighter moments, like the lazy shuffle of "All Day and All Night." All through his career, Jakob Dylan has never pushed too hard; he simply lays it out there, so he's uncommonly suited to Rubin's unadorned production. In Rubin's hands, Seeing Things plays like a songwriter playing his newest songs in your living room -- a seductive feeling that no Wallflowers record ever captured, which is an excellent reason for Dylan to step out on his own. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Sony SNY702328.2
CD
$15.86

Faith/Void
Split
PS, US REPRESS!!!
Dischord
LP
$11.00

Far & Son
Panik
PS, SWEDEN The excellent hip hop/electronica outfit Far & son does music with a grand creative force creating a music with a liberating disrespect for every agreed musical convention. Slap on your headphones, lean back and surrender!
Hybris-071
CD5
$5.50

Feathers, Charlie
Wild Side of Life
PS, US Norton is very proud to present three full volumes of Charlie Feathers, featuring rare and unissued recordings spanning his entire career. This series has been much anticipated by rockabilly fans worldwide and the wait is over! Each set features liner notes by Mike Hurtt including interviews with Charlie s family, friends and fellow musicians as well as unbelievable photos. Many rare titles are offered from master tapes for the first time since their initial release. Twenty Five Performances Have Never Been Issued Anywhere!!
Norton NOR332.2
CD
$16.63

Fennesz, Christian
June
PS, US th installment in the Guitar Series Vol. 3 & 4. As much as any artist, he is responsible for establishing the laptop computer as both a compositional tool & concert instrument. Subsuming electro-acoustic strategies into a bedrock of pop, he terraforms vast new worlds of sound, within which both AMM & the Beach Boys can cozily coexist. His Guitar Series contribution, is a suitably lush transformation, as electric guitars flow into deep streams of sound.
TableOfTheElements-100
LP
$14.25

Final
Dead Air
PS, US JUSTIN K BROADRICK (JESU) is an iconoclast, a destroyer. Whether by scourge or more subtle measure he is unafraid to loose the blood of infidels. This is the apotheosized nomad. Shifting, flowing, ascending. Dead Air takes hold & abducts the last of your breath w/cruel ceremony. The most solemn Final recording to date.
Utech
CD
$15.50

Flaherty, Paul
Aria Nativa
PS, US "Aria Nativa" is more than PAUL FLAHERTY'S third solo saxophone album; it merges rhapsodic avant garde music, patriotic dream verse, and mortality into a frighteningly pure work of audio, visual and literary sledge. Recorded during a pair of 2007 performances, its four pieces capture lifeblood in stunning detail from foot stomps to gut hollers and crowd roars as Flaherty's free power blues dips into the well of wretchedness and raises with fists of mirth. It's the sorta record that splays naked the artist for all: equal parts wise ass and universal vision. From his early 1970s woodshedding through a dozen plus albums each with drum buddies Randall Colburne and Chris Corsano, and collaborators Bill Nace, Wally Shoup and Sunburned Man of the Hand, Flaherty remains a total wildcat - on and off the alto/tenor horns. For this LP his massive tonal craft is equally matched by Ken Hill's gorgeous cover shot of a snow blown grave and "No More America" - Ken DelPonte's epic poem that spans nearly five decades and fills the back jacket, framing the atmosphere the music was recorded under. Each 500 copies contain a download coupon for MP3 version of the album that includes a bonus track of "No More America" read by the author.
FamilyVineyard-57
LP
$12.50

Gentry , Bobbie
Ode to Billie Joe/Touch 'Em with Love
PS, AUSTRALIA
Raven
CD
$22.00

Guild League, The
Speak Up
PS, US Long-awaited third album from Australian pop collective The Guild League, comprised of frontman Tali White (also of The Lucksmiths), lead-cellist/bassist Cressida Griffith, sax prodigy Gus Rigby, drummer about town Phil Collings, trumpet from Roger Clark, and guitar magic from Basic Shape's Gerry Eeman. The follow-up to the celebrated 'Inner North' album in 2004, new album 'Speak Up' is the sound of a band full of optimism and new ideas. There's a little bit for everyone, from the insanely catchy guitar pop of 'Suit Fits' and 'If Not Now...' to ska-tinged swingers 'Mouse vs. Mountain' and 'Where's The Colour?' to stunningly beautiful and poignant vocal showcases 'Dead Hour' and 'Incandescent.' The album mixes guitars with strings, keyboards, bursts of trumpet and saxophone, wonderful female backing vocals, and handclaps, all complemented by Tali's crystal clear and perfectly pitched vocals. Imagine the younger brothers of Australia's legendary Summershine Records roster (The Rainyard, The Sugargliders, Tender Engines) mixed with early 80s British pop staples (The Jam, Madness) and you're nearly there. A refreshingly diverse and confident set from a band that only gets better with time.
Matinee-051
CD
$12.25

Hardin, Tim
1
PS, US HARDIN's 1st album, originally released in 1966, is an accidental classic. The album is comprised of a number of demos, & feat. string arrangements on many tunes that the artist himself knew nothing about. Yet, despite this the album remains a folk-rock-blues classic of the highest order. Though his work is often known more through other artists' interpretations of his songs, his own versions are almost always superior, incl. such classic songs here as "Reason to Believe," "Don't Make Promises," & "Misty Roses." Reissued on CD in the US for the 1st time ever.
Water
CD
$14.25

Hellberg, Mattias & The White Moose
Out of the frying pan, into the woods
PS, US Awesome new album of retro-psych-rock from Mattias Hellberg (Nymphet Noodlers, Hederos Och Hellberg) comes highly recommended by Jim. The White Moose is the new band of Mattias Hellberg who writes the songs, sings, plays guitars and some other stuff. Then there is Ludwig Dahlberg from The International Noise Con. on the drumkit. On the rolling bass we find Henrik "Hank" Lindén and on keyboards we have Olle Hagberg, both members of Whyte Seeds and Fox Machine. Together these cats fire up a sparkling psychgroove that makes you think of a wild and loose feast out in the weird woods, home of The Great White Moose.
Playground
CD
$15.00

Hendrix, Jimi
Electric Ladyland [Collector's Edition] [CD/DVD]
(With DVD, Collector's Edition, 2PC)
PS, US
ExperienceHendrix
CD/DVD
$29.00

Hermit Crabs, The
Correspondence Course
PS, US Splendid new EP from heralded Scottish band The Hermit Crabs! Following impressive debut single 'Feel Good Factor' and album 'Saw You Dancing' last year, the Glasgow band spent a year sharpening its live set with shows across the UK plus an appearance at the New York City popfest. The four new songs on this EP accentuate the rich instrumentation present on earlier recordings with a diverse mix of acoustic and electric guitars occasionally embellished with distortion and present a more upbeat, poppy side to their sound. Lead track 'About You Before' is a swinging number about summer relationships that boasts melodic vocals, nice orchestration, a soaring chorus and great bursts of percussion. 'Correspondence Course', driven by superb violin arrangements and distorted guitar bits, is another tale about the china girl mentioned on their debut single. 'Turn The Clock Back' is a beautifully pensive one about a breakup and the little things you miss when you're not going out with someone, while 'I Don't Know How' is a classic case of saving the best for lastan upbeat hit with a sixties vibe, surf guitars and a great singalong chorus. It'll even have the indie hipsters dancing by the end so don't fight it, feel it! Well written and perfectly produced, 'Correspondence Course' pops and crackles in all the right places and is a fantastic step forward for the band. Limited to 1000 copies in custom minijacket sleeve.
Matinee-071
CD5
$6.50

Holland, Jolie
The Living And The Dead
PS, US On her three previous offerings, Jolie Holland mined the deep well of Americana, from classic pre-war blues and country sources to the feel of speakeasy-era popular and parlor songs and originals that echoed all of the above while being caught in the whirlwind restlessness of millennium-edge America. Her songs and instrumentation were like lovers; they represented the iconic places they held in her life as an artist. The Living and the Dead offers a different side of Holland. Where her own sometimes loose and ranging compositions were influenced by those early styles to the point of poetic obsession, the songs here reflect a tighter, more focused musical view while ratcheting up their emotional intensity. Perhaps this is because parts of it were recorded in various cities such as Portland and Brooklyn, with guests who include Marc Ribot, M. Ward, Colin Stetson, Kenny Wollesen, and Jim White; they play alongside her regular collaborators such as engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and co-producer Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Rachel Blumberg. Production aside, it's the songs that reflect the greatest change here, beginning with the opener "Mexico City," where beat generation heroes Jack Kerouac, wife Edie Parker, and Joan Vollmer (the wife of William S. Burroughs whom he accidentally shot and killed in the infamous "William Tell" incident) lay across the protagonist's bed as she strums through a jangly rock tune and asks: "What's that black smoke rising, Jack? Is the world on fire? What's that distant singing? Is it a heavenly choir of the living and the dead?" "Corrido por Buddy" is a gentle yet harrowing memorial narrative about a man she barely knew who went from "beautiful young man on the streets of Austin," to "...a ghost-faced junkie on the streets of New Orleans..." Beginning with strummed electric guitars, drums kick up the emotional verve in the tune though Holland's voice remains relaxed in its drawling delivery. But she implicates herself as culpable too, and wishes she'd not been so shy with this man who treated her with kindness and compassion in her own needy circumstances. She asks with devastating honesty: "What if they only gave you love when you lied? Everything minus one is everything..." The songs could end right here, but Holland is unflinching as the album tenses up even more with "Palmyra," a meditation on the frailty of human relationships and failings of love. Ribot's guitar work here is biting, warm, and razor-wire sharp, contrasting itself with Holland's steely yet world-weary voice. All of these songs reflect the shortcomings of human beings dealing with one another in an honest, intimate, dependable way, and how it's sometimes impossible to endure -- as one is both victim and perpetrator. There are two covers on this set also: the eerie, stripped, disembodied reading of the traditional "Love Henry," (which wouldn't seem out of place on a Tom Waits record), and the set-ending standard within a standard, "Enjoy Yourself," a late-night back porch reading. But even these songs are haunted by something almost dreadful on Holland's shoulder, making her look back at the road in sorrow, and at the present with the kind of resignation and acceptance that true regret brings. Though her Americana roots still shine through in patches, for The Living and the Dead they are stretched to the breaking point. This is a spooky yet beautiful offering by one of our best musical poets; a true outsider trying to come in from the cold. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Anti
CD
$17.25

Holland, Jolie
Catalpa
PS, US
Anti
CD
$12.50

Isolation Years
Sign Sign
PS, SWEDEN
Stickman
LP
$18.00

Jandek
London Tuesday
PS, US 55th Jandek release. Recorded live at London's St. Giles In The Fields church on October 18, 2005. Quite possibly an extended song divided into eight parts entitled "No Mind Was A Good Mind." The cover features a man in black posed at a gate overlooking a town somewhere in the UK. The Corwood representative performs solo on acoustic guitar.
Corwood
CD5
$7.00

Johansson, Jonathan
En Hand I Himlen
PS, SWEDEN "Yes, there's more than enough room in your life for another sensitive Swede reviving early-1980s new romantic sounds, especially if said Swede has heart firmly clasped to sleeve and hand reaching so valiantly to heaven as Jonathan Johansson. On "En hand i himlen" (which translates to "A Hand in Heaven"), the Stockholm-based electronic artist, whose debut is slated for February on Hybris, harnesses soft vocals and dreamy synths (think A Flock of Seagulls' "Wishing") to a particularly dramatic electric drum and a pulsing bassline (think New Order's... any song). The son of a preacher, Johansson spent three years recording songs in a bunker to get the right sound. "In hand i himlen" is nothing you'd call new, but damned if he doesn't make it all sound freshly autumnal, another ideal song for another overcast day." - Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork
Hybris-069
CD5
$5.50

Johnson, Britta w/ Mirah and Spectratone International
Share This Place
PS, US This combines the music created by MIRAH & SPECTRATONE INTERNATIONAL w/the stop motion films created by BRITTA JOHNSON to animate the live performance that first debuted at the Seattle International Children's Festival in May 2007. The music is full, subtle, & meticulously rendered, moving easily among a wide range of influences, from early music to folk to psychedelia. Johnson has created luminous stop-motion animated films for each of the songs. The insects - created out of corks, ashtrays, old balloons & other bits of domestic debris - are singing, hatching, rolling balls of dung & fulfilling their destinies.
Krecords-201
DVD
$14.25

Justice
A Cross the Universe
PS, US This live CD + DVD release includes recordings of Justice's signature headbanging live sets along with show footage and various hijinks captured as the band toured the U.S. in March 2008.
Atlantic
CD/DVD
$20.50

Kaleidoscope
Beacon from Mars
PS, US Wielding a battery of exotic instruments that once adorned a thrift-shop front window (bazouki, oud, vina, saz, doumbeg), they were every bit as multi-hued & subject to change as a telescope full of bright bits of colored glass. This wildly experimental outfit pioneered what would become the world-music genre by darting deftly between rock, folk, blues, Cajun, country, Middle Eastern, good-time ballads & Eastern European styles, w/ plenty of full-blown psychedelia on the side.
Sundazed
LP
$16.50

Kozelek, Mark
Finally
PS, US Many of these tracks were recorded for tribute albums & are now collected in a cohesive, 10-song LP. Highlights include a bluegrass version of "Lazy" by Low, "Bedtime Lullaby" from the children's show Yo Gabba Gabba! & an intimate, acoustic version of Stephen Sondhiem's "Send In The Clowns." Also includes radio show rarities, a previously unreleased version of Husker Du's "Celebrated Summer" & two original instrumentals.
CaldoVerde
CD
$12.00

La Dusseldorf
Viva
PS, US Exact repress on 180gm vinyl w/ original art. All-analog mastering from original tapes. 'Viva' is the 2nd release from KLAUS DINGER's post-NEU! Krautrock group. Originally released in 1978, this is a stunning combination of washed out synthesizers, swirling guitar work & Dinger's trademark motorik rhythms & accessible experimentation. Feat. the classic ""Cha, Cha 2000."
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Little Boots
Arecibo
PS, US LIMITED TO 500. Produced by Joe Goddard (HOT CHIP) & Greg Kurstin (BIRD & THE BEE). It has been barely a year since her solo project began, & already VICTORIA HESKETH is UK pop music's most talked about new star. Each crystal-tipped sabre of dance-pop truth is as instant & succinct as it is pulse-racingly powerful. "Stuck On Repeat" was the song that started it all. The kind of irrepressible anthem that cannot be contained. Transformed from a forlorn piano-led anti-ballad, into a seven-minute butterfly-inducing electro-trance sky-reacher by Goddard, it stamped her name onto planet pop in emphatic fashion.
IamsoundRecords
12
$6.75

Long Winters
Live at the Showbox
PS, US Features guest appearances by local music luminaries & Barsuk-roster labelmates, plus a full horn section. LIMITED
DorsiaFilms
DVD
$14.50

Los Campesinos!
We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Arts&Crafts
LP
$18.00

Louvin, Charlie
Sings Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs
PS, US
TompkinsSquare
CD
$15.25

Magic Mushroom Band
Feed Your Head
PS, US The band first came together in 1982 when they first began playing their brand of "Psychedelic Space Pop." This was recorded on the band's "Stoned Crypt" tour of 1986 & features some of the band's more popular numbers in the set including "Magick Eye" & "Jelly Jam"
USD
CD
$17.50

Magnificents
Year Of Explorers
PS, US The latest release from this Scottish band is an epic saga of stolen synths, left-handed guitars, trans-European expressways, covert product placement, and serious studio tomfoolery. Where their eponymous debut was primarily fueled by raw punk power and electrifying excess, this record demonstrates a more measured method. They've toured with the Beta Band, Mogwai, Stereolab, and Trans Am.
Mush-207
CD
$9.00

Matt & Kim
To/From
PS, US
TeamScience
10
$8.00

Miwon
A To B
PS, US 2nd full-length from MIWON. Quite popular throughout Berlin for his soulful electronic pop music, here he delivers an album full of melodies, haunting atmospheres, killer beats & sweet, irresistible pop songs. Ranging from hands-down pop songs (the title track "A To B" is a homage to/cover version of Fleetwood Mac) to more dancefloor-oriented tunes like "Matchbox" that are clearly-influenced by Cologne pioneers like Burger/Ink
CityCentreOffices
CD
$16.25

Moonbabies, The
Take Me to the Ballroom EP (DELAYED)
PS, SWEDEN The second single from their latest album 'Moonbabies at the Ballroom' released last Summer on our Hidden Agenda imprint. Features the exquisite title track plus two previously unreleased gems: "Flip-Top Boxer" and "Crispin Glover".
Startracks/Hidden Agenda
CD5
$2.00

Mr. Bungle
S-T
PS, US 180gm vinyl LP! MR. BUNGLE's debut for Warner Bros., originally released in 1991, is one of the most difficult major label "rock" records of all time. Led by MIKE PATTON (ex-Faith No More) & w/ downtown New York legend JOHN ZORN as producer, this is a twisted & schizophrenic ride through genres from metal to klezmer, all punctuated by Patton's brutal, filthy, & often hilarious lyrics. Faith No More may have seen greater success but there's no doubt that this was the better representation of Patton's artistic vision. Brutal & brilliant.
Plain
LP
$16.75

Murcof
Versailles Sessions
PS, US Six new pieces composed by FERNANDO CORONA (aka MURCOF) for a site-specific commission for Les Grandes Eaux Nocturnes, an annual festival of sound, light, & water in France. This is an aural document of the event, released on specially priced CD & LTD ED 2LP vinyl. The 6 pieces prepared for the project derive entirely from recordings of 17th century baroque instruments (incl. harpsichord, viola da gamba, flute, & violin) & a mezzo soprano. UNCUT MAGAAZINE: "Mindblowing, like Sunn O))) playing Ligeti in a galaxy far, far away. Sublime."
Leaf
CD
$14.25

Murcof
Versailles Sessions
PS, US LIMITED VINYL VERSION.
Leaf
DLP
$20.75

Murder By Death/William E. Whitmore
Split
PS, US LIMITED ONE TIME PRESSING! This is the first in a series of 7" featuring Murder By Death collaborating w/ other well known indie rock artists. Side A: Murder By Death performing "One Man's Shame" by William Elliott Whitmore. Side B: William E. Whitmore performing MBD's "Dynamite Mine"
MurderByDeath
45
$8.50

Nada Surf
Vinyl Box Set 1994-2008 (6XLP)
PS, US Amazing box set containing 5 albums on 6xLP, a 7" single, plus ample additional goodies. All 5 full-length studio LPs including Elektra debut High/Low (available on vinyl exclusively in this box set), The Proximity Effect, Let Go, The Weight Is a Gift, & Lucky. Repressing of the band's long out-of-print debut 7" single The Plan/Telescope, 24-page full-color 12x12" booklet includes lyrics for all the LPs, exclusive photos & tour poster reproductions. Single-use full-album MP3 download codes for The Proximity Effect, Let Go,The Weight Is A Gift, & Lucky. PLUS a very special bonus download folder with 16 b-sides & rarities! Box set is numbered & strictly limited to 1000 copies worldwide
Barsuk
LP
$129.75

Nadler, Marissa
Ballads of Living & Dying
PS, US VINYL VERSION. With bonus unreleased 7", a limited edition of 1000.
MexicanSummer-019
LP/45
$17.75

Nebula
Peel Sessions
PS, US
SweetNothings
CD
$16.25

One Last Wish
1986
PS, US After their previous band RITES OF SPRING broke up, Edward Janney, Brendan Canty & Guy Picciotto joined up w/ ex-EMBRACE, ex-FAITH guitarist Michael Hampton to form this group in the spring of 1986. This tape remained unreleased until its CD release in 1999. Now available on vinyl for
the first time.
Dischord
LP
$11.00

One More Grain
Scarborough Fair
PS, UK OMG formed in the summer of 2006; with their first album 'Pigeon English' being released on that bellwether of independent labels Victory Garden. 'Isle of Grain' followed in January 2008 on White Heat grabbing album of the week in the Sunday Times (5 out of 5 stars) and the band needing a wheelbarrow to carry the positive reviews. The single 'Having a Ball' was unlikely championed by Radio One tosser Zane Lowe. Scarborough Fair' has the village fair fancifulness of Paul Simon's tinkering arrangement replaced by a both haunting and decidedly enchanting yet darker and more forthrightly trippy affair; a mind-warping, dream-like dub collage. Either a lysergic haven located deep in the mindset of Sun Ra, or a hazily atmospheric, drugged feel as if It's Immaterial were produced by Martin Hannett. It's a deeply engaging and crafted reclaiming of a folk foundation stone. 'Giriama Wedding' another traditional arrangement but this time a Kenyan wedding song which apparently was stumbled upon by way of a release on the legendary Nonesuch Explorer imprint, entitled 'Witchcraft and Ritual Music'. A dizzyingly up-tempo and frenetic gem that provides for a hot thick stew of wired, squirreling ska-like brass arrangements, all woven into an acutely vibrant and weirdly sultry ethnic pop song. If we weren't any the wiser we'd have hedged our bets by saying it was the Contortions in a grueling stare-down with Pigbag Edition of 500 on 7" vinyl. For fans of Early Factory Records, Martin Carthy, The Fall, Martin Hannett and Terry Riley.
StaticCaravan-175-7
45
$8.00

Parenthetical Girls
Entanglements
PS, US An orchestral song cycle of grand sonic ambition, this is an 11 song, linear narrative of ascendancy, adolescent sexuality, quantum mechanics, consent & other moral ambiguities - all set to an elaborately orchestrated olio of Modern Classical & timeworn, traditional American pop forms.
Tomlab-120
LP
$14.25

Pavement
Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed. DELUXE
PS, US DCD and 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.
Matador
DCD/LP
$23.00

Pavement
Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence
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

Psychic TV
Mr. Alien Brain Vs. the Skinwalkers
PS, US
SweetNothings
CD/DVD
$25.00

Rebel, Miss Lana
All I Need
PS, US Real-deal American country music has its roots in the anti-government encampments of born-disaffected Scots Irish settlers in Appalachian America. Those dark hills & hollers are where folks immigrated in order to get away, to not participate in the sorts of activities that most folks thought they should as part of civilization. When these folks picked up instruments the stories & poems of loss, freedom, often death & once in a while hope began to flow like corn whiskey from an earthenware jug. In that way, we daresay real country's more punk than punk. LANA REBEL & her band continue in that authentic tradition of Spartan, Appalachian/Western country, w/out the political endorsements (real county's as apolitical as you can get), dumb hooks or the need to participate in a genre fronted by a qualifying adjective ("new", "alt" or otherwise). Get ready to have some stories told to you. 'All I Need' will get tears in your Coors, & a lump in your throat.
WantageUSA
CD
$12.00

Reverend Green/Drawlings
Be Good To Earth This Season
PS, US This 7-inch comes courtesy of Care Kacky's 45s, the singles division of Paw Tracks. Side A is Reverend Green (a.k.a. Brad Truax of Home and Jah Division). Antony Hagerty (Antony & The Johnsons) along with Kria Brekkan (Mum) lend their distinct voices on this inspirational meditation on self development and the importance of earth awareness. On the flip is the first solo recording of Abby Portner's Drawlings, recorded with the help of Dave Portner (Animal Collective, Terrestrial Tones) and Rusty Santos (The Presence). A haunted children's carol that'll make you glad you're inside by the fire.
PawTracks
45
$4.75

Rother, Anthony
We Are Punks 3
PS, US This is part 3 of the DATAPUNK label's CD comp. series, curated by ANTHONY ROTHER & incl. 4 previously-unreleased tracks. Almost a year since the highly-acclaimed 2nd edition - high time, therefore, that the label states the position of its sound once more in the year 2008. This one comes w/ a remix of the 2005 Rother single "When The Sun Goes Down" by UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE, which is headed up by "Mad Mike" Banks. This is a 80-min. long psychoactive cocktail of the best in electro, dub-tech, tech-house & so much more. Feat. artists in the mix incl.: DJ HELL, SVEN VATH, PIG & DAN, LOCO DICE & others.
Datapunk
CD
$18.00

Sad Horse
S-T
PS, US 2nd release in Mississippi Records' 'North Portland Music Series' showcasing the incredible range of music that has come out of their neighborhood over the last 101 (!) years. Sad Horse are a spastic, lo-fi punk duo that will rock your face off over the course of these 6 rapid-fire songs. Limited edition of 500, most of which have already been shipped off to weird European collectors, so act fast rabbit.
MississippiRecords
45
$6.00

Seeds
Web Of Sounds
PS, US RED color vinyl reissue! Springing from the underbelly of the LA garage scene, THE SEEDS were punk rock before the world had ever heard of a tribe called Ramone. Staying mostly to the 'primitive rock' side of the great hippie divide, they released their debut album in 1966, followed by 'Web Of Sounds' that same year. The band did eventually succumb to the inebriating perfume of flower power, but that ultimately proved to be their demise, unravelling in the face of the dawning of a darker era. Incl. their 2nd hit single "Mr. Farmer" & the raucous "Rollin' Machine"
GetBack
LP
$19.00

Sheff, Will / Charles Bissell
Will Sheff covers Charles Bissell, Charles Bissell covers Will Sheff
PS, US SHEFF covers "Ex-Girl Collection" which BISSELL wrote & performed w/his band WRENS. BISSELL covers "It Ends With A Fall," which SHEFF wrote & performed w/his band OKKERVIL RIVER.
Jagjaguwar-122
45
$4.75

Shores of the Tundra
Heart of the Beckoning
PS, US Industrial style electronic doom metal w/ spacey melodious parts & multiple sound layers, capturing something similar to Godflesh covering Pink Floyd. Crushing brutality & pain meet peaceful beauty & hope. From all out raw screaming to droning chants, this meticulously blends the power of overdriven guitar heaviness & electronic effected aural space exploration. Limited to 300 one-sided reverse cut 12-inches on clear vinyl w/ silk-screened B-sides. RIYL: Neurosis, Jesu
ScenesterCredentials
LP
$10.25

Sigur Ros
Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
PS, US This album glows with the perfect imperfection of live takes, the sounds of fingers playing guitar strings, cracked notes, and a stark, up front presence not found in previous recordings; moving away from reverb-soaked guitar sounds towards something altogether more affecting. It also contains some of the most joyous music Sigur Ros has ever recorded. "Old fashioned psychedelic grandeur...is revived with otherworldly majesty and inexorable crescendos¿a typically majestic but uncharacteristically summery album, with jolts of percussive energy and connotations of sunlight and air" - NY Times. Double LP on HQ 180 gram vinyl.
XL
DLP
$20.00

Sigur Ros & Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson
Angels Of The Universe [reissue]
PS, US BACK IN PRINT. Domestic release for Icelandic only film soundtrack originally released on Sigur Ros' own Krunk label. Most music composed by Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson, European Composer of the Year in 1995 for "Children of Nature" soundtrack. Sigur Ros contributes 2 huge tracks, only previously available on their second EP, "Ny Batteri", which is long out of print.
FatCatRecords-1102
CD
$9.00

Skeletons
Money
PS, US VINYL VERSION! Already up so early in the morning of 2008, SKELETONS were hibernating in the safest, quietest, warmest place in the world: Times Square, New York. In a haunted WWII-era ballroom they recorded through the wintry nights when the studio was on fire. Taking breaks at 5am, standing under heat lamps listening to Hot Jazz outside the Time Warp Hotel, soaking up the empty streets with the leftover creeps while the tourists sleep. It's just the same struggle any old human has to go through to make anything: make it to work on time, make an excuse, make babies, make war, make breakfast without getting into a fight. The child of this struggle is "Money", pre-made, for you, entering the world October 7th in the USA, and October 28th in the UK and Europe via TOMLAB.
Tomlab-123
DLP
$14.25

Soy Un Caballo
Les Heures De Raison
PS, US The duo Soy Un Caballo (Spanish for "I am a horse") features Bonnie Prince Billy (Will Oldham) and Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas). They write and perform songs of exquisite fragility. "Delicate, wispy melodies vie with choral refrains...smooth as silk, cool as a cucumber and light as a feather" - Subba-Cultcha. "An album that enchants and leaves you to imagine" - Wire.
MintyFresh
CD
$10.00

Susanna
Flower of Evil
PS, NORWAY Flower of Evil is the second solo album from Susanna Wallumrød, mostly known from two fine albums and a number of quietly powerful concerts with Susanna and the Magical Orchestra. Flower Of Evil is 12 sublime cover versions of mostly well-known songs as well as two Susanna originals, all beautifully sung by one of the most exceptional new voices of recent years, with lovely accompaniment by her trusted band members Helge Sten (Deathprod, Supersilent), Pål Hausken (In The Country) and with Bonnie "Prince" Billy guesting on two songs. Whether it's Thin Lizzy or Sandy Denny, Black Sabbath or Nico, Lou Reed or Abba, all are given the very personal Susanna treatment.
RuneGrammofon
CD
$16.25

Tanks
Keep Breaking Down
PS, US LIMITED TO 500. A collection of songs dead-set on producing equal parts smirks & shouts. Like a thunderous roar, the groups has been leveling venues around the US w/their brand of gleeful roar since 2005. An uncompromised blend of crushing sounds, limitless energy, & childishly defiant persona, led by the death-by-riff, face-smashing bass of Adam Luksetich (NETHERVOID), the exasperated bleat & laugh-'til-you-cry lyrics of Kevin Koppes, & the drum fury of Joe "The Madman" Ross (WEATHER IS HAPPENING, SWING BY SEVEN). In terms of sound, we think they closely resemble The Jesus Lizard & Rapeman aping Motley Crue's Too Fast For Love. Elements of Lighting Bolt, Mission of Burma, The Fall, DFA1979, & Sleep are all present. Fun, catchy, & seriously rocking
ScenesterCredentials
CD
$8.50

Till The Old World's Blown Up & A New One Is Created
S-T
PS, US From out of nowhere comes this very interesting collaboration between CHRISTIAN FENNESZ, WERNER DAFELDECKER (of Polwechsel) & MARTIN BRANDLMAYR (of Radian, Trapist, Kapital Band 1, etc) that has been 4 yrs in the making. Tools consist of electric & acoustic guitars, computer, double bass, tape delay, drums, percussion, vibes, piano. The process: several improvisations are reworked into 3 brief trks, one edited by each member of the trio. Then the pieces are mined for a few very short fragments. In turn, these form the core of a much longer piece, painstakenly assembled around repeated motifs salvaged from the wreckage. Moments remind of Talk Talk, GodspeedY!BE, Angelo Badalamenti, Fennesz, etc. Deep, moody & well done! Comes in DCD (CD full length + CDEP) jewel case w/ vellum booklet & traycard
w/ silver print.
Mosz
DCD
$16.00

Triffids, The
The Black Swan [expanded re-issue] (ON SALE)
PS, US The Black Swan has always been the album that divided Triffids fans - it was an eclectic mix of styles at the time and, though this seems a little less unusual these days, it's still mighty eclectic. Restored to the album Dave and the band had hoped against hope for in 1989 by the addition of 5 songs left out back then - and an encore. Accompanied by a bonus disc of demos and unreleased material. The original album remastered and expanded, 36 tracks in total!
DominoRecordingCo.
DCD
$15.00

Triffids, The
Beautiful Waste: Mini Masterpieces from The Triffids 1982 to 1985 [collection] (ON SALE)
PS, US The Triffids recorded a number of works that were less than full length but far from fully formed. They've grouped a number of these under the title Beautiful Waste... Most of the material is heard here for the first time on CD. Included are Raining Pleasure, Lawson Square Infirmary and the Field Of Glass EP. To round off the set we've included the title track and a smash hit single that never was - Dear Miss Lonelyhearts and Native Bride.
DominoRecordingCo.
CD
$15.00

Triffids, The
Treeless Plain [expanded re-issue] (ON SALE)
PS, US Treeless Plain was recorded in a dozen midnight to dawn sessions with a talented but green engineer, Nick Mainsbridge some 25 years ago. Legend has it that the time left to mix all tracks was 2 hours. Fortunately the 24 track masters were retained and we were able to commission a brand new mix from the now considerably less green Mr Mainsbridge. Wow springs to mind. The original album (plus extra tracks from the same sessions) remixed by the original engineer Mainsbridge, remastered and further expanded with live tracks.
DominoRecordingCo.
CD
$15.00

Twi The Humble Feather
Music For Spaceships & Forests
PS, US Stylistically the record reveals delicate guitar technique, yet finds balance within the raw emotion found in high velocity strumming patterns, generally inspired by flamenco. Guitar harmonics often offer an implication of bells, chimes, & time. Dynamic chanting, vocal drones, & vocal percussion are also commonly featured. "It's been a long time since I've heard a record as unabashedly full of joy & generosity of spirit as this...I cannot recommend it highly enough."
FriendlyGhost
CD
$9.50

Vapnet
Stockholm
PS, SWEDEN One re-recorded track: a more punkier version of the track "Ge dom våld" that was on their debut ep plus "Stockholm, sett snett uppifrån" from the CD Doda Fallet. "Glavå, who worked on recent albums by Sambassadeur and Jens Lekman, adds just a touch of reverb to the instruments, giving the songs an added depth of sound that reinforces both their exuberance and their melancholy. A lone tambourine launches opener "Stockholm, Sett Snett Uppifrån" and is eventually joined by Abrahamsson's piano and Philip Gates' drums, which sound new in this context. Then the song flies away with Anna Modin's flute, carrying it to its swirling chorus."
Hybris-070
45
$9.00

Various
4 Women No Cry Vol. 3
PS, US As regular listeners know, the simple but effective concept behind MONIKA ENTERPRISE's '4 Women No Cry' series is to present, on one long player, 4 more or less unknown female musicians from 4 different countries, each w/ their own unique sound. Now the series is on its 3rd volume, & it once again brings to light 4 of the world's freshest new musical talents. Compiled by Monika founder GUDRUN GUT (ex-Malaria!), this volume takes in everything from pop & electronica to experimental sound collages. Feat. here is Colombian musician LUCRECIA w/ an enchanting pop song, as well as Athens, Greece's MANEKINEKOD (aka ELENI ADAMOPOULOU), who is a classically-trained musician w/ a dark sound, using noise from the city & transforming it into rhythms & melodies. Also feat. is Los Angeles resident JULIA SHAMMAS HOLTER, a classically-trained keytarist from Echo Park, as well as Brazilian LIZ CHRISTINE, a true sound-artist who creates audio-sculptures to achieve atmospheres & acoustic textures.
Monika
CD
$15.50

Various
Titan: Its All Pop!
PS, US 30 yrs since they meekly flopped out their 1st 7" single, Kansas City's TITAN Records finally returns to record bins everywhere in a deluxe 2CD retrospective. From 1978-1981, the Titan label issued only 8 records, but over the yrs their tiny catalog has crawled to the top of power pop want lists worldwide & appeared on scads of bootleg cassettes, building a legacy to rival L.A.'s Bomp or New York's Ork. Their midwest AM bubblegum roots are apparent in the likes of GARY CHARLSON, THE SECRETS, ARLIS!, GEMS, MILLIONAIRE AT MIDNIGHT, THE BOYS, J.P. McCLAIN & THE INTRUDERS, BOBBY SKY, & others, but Titan was clearly influenced by the glam-punk spit being hocked from the 100 Club stage. A 44 trk collection feat. 19 previously unissued recordings, a 40 pg booklet crammed w/ photos, ephemera, an essay & discography.
Numero
DCD
$23.00

Verlaine, Tom
Dreamtime
PS, US 2008 Re-Issue Tom Verlaine's second album (originally on the Warner Brothers label) as a solo artist after disbanding Television, is not groundbreaking or innovative as much as it is consistent. The post-punk early '80s spawned only a handful of bands that lasted more than a few years, but Verlaine in his time was one of the more distinctive voices that did not depend on hitmaking status. Verlaine, David Byrne with Talking Heads and Dave Thomas with Pere Ubu perfected the non-plussed, upper octave, pained and tortured artistic style that identified the New York CBGB's no-wave crowd of rock singers. What is distinctive about Dreamtime, aside from its thick guitar fortifications, firm stance, and unwillingness to modify a sound he believed in, are the issues surrounding the making of these recordings. The first session was marred by the usage of poor quality reel-to-reel tapes, barely yielding only half an album. Other songs had to be re-recorded with different players, due to the original band's unavailability. There's also a strong connection with Patti Smith, who Verlaine toured with when leading Television. First session bassist Fred Smith, also from the original Television group, keyboardist Bruce Brody, and drummer throughout, Jay Dee Daugherty, are major contributors to the uniform texture of the tunes. A resultant basic yet visceral sound stripped of bells and whistles gets to the heart of the uncomplicated rock sound of the day, expressing a young man blues stilted by a changing world. It's hard to pin down a "hit" track," but several rank as distinctive. "Without a Word" is molded in the classic Television style, with repeat guitar lines from Verlaine and Ritchie Fliegler, "There's a Reason" is self-explanatory and prototypical, while "Fragile" revises Byrne's distant vocal foresight, with Verlaine claiming someone "stole my secret," and further adds the repeat guitar hooks. "Penetration" is likely the rave fave, at once propelled, strutting, and plodding with the sparest of diffuse guitar, and inferences -- sexual or otherwise -- galore. "Always" sports the kind of cooled, ambiguous message under no frills rock & roll, with Verlaine exclaiming he has a clue on "the best kept secret in town." Then there's the effeminate singing of "Down on the Farm," evocative of Dave Thomas and his stressed out style, the slow funky R&B elements of "Mary Marie" enhanced by the organ work of Bruce Brody, and a choogling Creedence Clearwater Revival ramble during the mainly instrumental jam "The Blue Robe." Perhaps the most advanced track, "A Future in Noise" epitomizes the disarmed CBGB's vibe with slightly built intensity, resolutely controlled. Not so much a set of tidy, trimmed concepts when one listens closely, as it is a vision of an artist laying it all out from the bottom of his heart. Many would easily admit Dreamtime is Tom Verlaine's shining hour. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide
Collector's Choice COLC950.2
CD
$12.79

Vervloesem, Pierre
Not Even Close
PS, US 1st release in a new "P.V. Presents" series, & the Brussels-based producer/avant-garde guitarist/composer VERVLOESEM's 1st solo album since 2005 & where he does absolutely everything except for some vocals by his wife. He has previously recorded w/ X-Legged Sally & A Group, as well as collaborations w/ David Byrne, Bill Laswell, Marc Ribot, Wim Vandekeybus, Guy Segers (Univers Zero) & Charles Hayward (This Heat), & has mixed and/or produced too many bands to be cited here (around 100), incl. dEUS & Flat Earth Society.
Stilll
CD
$18.00

Viking Moses!
Parts That Showed
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
MusicFellowship
LP
$18.25

Viking Moses!
Parts That Showed
PS, US Recorded on the Oldham family farm in central Kentucky by Paul Oldham, featuring the talent of Spencer Kingman (SPENKING), John McCauley III (DEER TICK), Evelyn Weston, Cody Brant & Jacob Soto (FLASPAR). This is a unique story of a teenage part-time prostitute who spends her earnings buying ice cream for neighborhood children, & of the man who obsesses over her from afar, told from both angles, & spanning their lives. However, the approach of this story intends to transcend taboos & judgment to offer the listener a vast spectrum of the emotion & ideals of the characters, setting & circumstance. This album was written w/ the dream that it might one day be sung by Dolly Parton, & so pays tribute to her work & inspiration.
MusicFellowship
CD
$14.25

Walking Bicycles
Go
PS, US Originally from Aracata, CA this band started off as a duo but has expanded to quartet in their now Chicago home. The album's dark and lonely songs manifests into something bombastic and peculiar. Half of the album was recorded by Brian Deck (MODEST MOUSE, IRON AND WINE) and the
other half by STEVE ALBINI.
HighWheel
CD
$12.00

Wavves
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Woodsist
LP
$13.00

Wavves
S-T
PS, US Lo-fi, beach-punk anthems by San Diego's Nathan Williams. Beautiful, timeless melodies on top trash can guitars and blown out drums.14 tracks in 35 minutes, fuzzier than fuck. Next album to be released by Sub-Pop subsidiary De Stijl. PITCHFORK: "With sun-kissed melodies drenched in clanging four-track bedroom-stoner noise-pop, "Wavves" could be the Beach Boys reimagined by a supergroup of No Age, Black Lips, and Times New Viking."
Woodsist
CD
$11.25

Welcome Wagon, The
Welcome to the Welcome Wagon
PS, US This debut album unveils a ramshackle sing-a-long enterprise of a Presbyterian pastor (the Rev. Vito Aiuto) & his wife (Monique) wrestling out the influences of folk music, religion, popular culture, & church tradition in a collection of songs that is as soulful as it is good-humored.
AsthmaticKitty-45
CD
$11.50

Weller, Paul
Weller at the BBC [deluxe boxset]
PS, US Stunning 74-track, all digitally-remastered 4CD HARD-BACK BOOK set of exclusive BBC sessions & live concert tracks from 1990-2008. Discs 1&2 feature key session tracks from 1992-2008, including 40 unreleased versions. Discs 3&4 feature 34 of the best live concert tracks from 6 BBC-recorded shows from 1990-1998. The 64-page booklet houses new extensive liner notes as well as never before published interviews.
YepRoc-2626
CD-BOX
$59.50

Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship?
No Blood, No Blooms
PS, US New wax from Mississippi Records! After a return from Hurricane Katrina's exodus, 9 folks took their knowledge (or lack thereof) of instruments & put together "Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship?". With an accordion & upright bass supporting the musical backbone, a 6 piece horn section appears and drops out, playing layered melodies with minimalist percussion as glue. Beautiful, as well as scrappy, six songs measuring in at 37 minutes, wonderfully recorded by Don Godwin in November of 2007. We are happy to put this record out into the world. This limited pressing of 800 comes in hand silk screened covers w/ an insert.
MississippiRecords
LP
$11.75

XELA
In Bocca Al Lupo
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Type
DLP
$19.75

Yellow Melodies, The
The Championship Cup
PS, SPAIN The long-awaited comeback by The Yellow Melodies, from Murcia (Spain). After a long time since their leader Rafa Skam has been involved in other projects -his huge fanzine 'El Planeta Amarillo', playing guitar in Vacaciones [Elefant Records]; photographer at music festivals; tour promoter, and so on), he has now decided to reactivate his all time band, the one that reflects best his musical influences. So here they are again The Yellow Melodies, with Rafa Skam and Pilar Aparisi, as well as the new guys Jesús González and Jaime Belmonte, and they come back to introduce us their fourth record, "The Championship Cup", with a lot of of enthusiasm and savoir-faire; this mini-album has a gorgeous production, and it is full of beautiful arrangements. It shows the talent of this band along this mini-lp in a 10 inch vinyl, that will satisfy the sunshine pop and 60's psychedelia lovers as well as classic and contemporary British pop fans. The mini-lp is released exclusively on vinyl, as a gift for those who love appreciating pop in its natural state. The record features 6 songs; two of them already have a videoclip: "The Championship Cup", directed by Martin Ellerbeck, and "Mr. Sand and Mrs. Sea", by Faustino Fdez. Both of them can be seen at The Yellow Melodies and Clifford Records' websites and MySpaces. "The Championship Cup" is just a starter because the band are in the studio again recording their new album which is going to come out in 2009, but that is another story!
CliffordRecords-001
10
$16.25

Forthcoming Releases

American Football
American Football EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US First time on vinyl! In their brief history together, American Football crafted two releases that left an undeniable mark on independent music. Despite being released nearly a decade ago both releases are consistently among Polyvinyl's top selling titles. Fronted by Mike Kinsella (Owen, Joan of Arc, Cap'n Jazz), American Football created the kind of songs that held new discoveries upon each listen. These three songs along with the nine that appear on the band's full-length are the only American Football songs ever released. This release features all new album artwork, is on high quality 180-gram vinyl and includes a digital download of the entire release.
Polyvinyl-019
12
$8.75

Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US Their ninth full-length. The whoops and hollers that previously held together the sublime, chaotic urgency of their earlier work now signal the calm sense of euphoria and wonder that ripples through this wide eyed record.
Domino
CD
$13.00

Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
DLP
$21.00

Antony & The Johnsons
The Crying Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US Antony and the Johnson's breakthrough second album "I Am a Bird Now" won the UK's prestigious Mercury Prize in 2005. The success that followed introduced many to a pioneering soul singer unafraid to explore themes that traversed darkness and light, life and death, male and female. Antony's inimitable voice sparked the interest of artists ranging from Bjork to Hercules and Love Affair, resulting in a series of critically acclaimed collaborations. "The Crying Light" is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up to "I Am a Bird Now". Here, Antony shifts the thematic focus and explores his relationship with the natural world. The intimacy of the Johnsons' sound is enveloped by avant-classical composer Nico Muhly's symphonic arrangements. The record's centerpiece, "Another World" traces the singer's dispair in the face of a vanishing landscape. Antony and the Johnsons' music bridges the gap between avant-classical music and the blues, and the band's sold out performances have resulted in standing ovations from Carnegie Hall to the Apollo. "The Crying Light" is a soul-stirring new work with its daring compositions and captivating vocal performances. Antony and the Johnsons have created a subtle and timely work that brings a magical and yet changing world to the forefront of our consciousness.
SecretlyCanadian-194
CD
$11.50

Ariel Pink w/Haunted Graffiti
Can't Hear My Eyes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE DECEMBER 9TH)
PS, US What better way to ring in the holidays than with two new cuts from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti. This new materialconstitutes the FIRST studio recordings with the full band. This 7" is limited to 500 copies, so act quick! The band features keyboardist Kenny Gilmore (Lilys), bassist Tim Koh (White Magic, All Night Radio), drummer Aaron Sperske (Beachwood Sparks, Lilys), and guitarist Cole M. Greif-Neill (The Samps).
MexicanSummer
45
$4.25

Baikonour
Your Ear Knows Future (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US 2nd album by Brighton's BAIKONOUR, aka Jean-Emmanuel Krieger. 3 yrs on from his acclaimed debut, he has delivered another burst of smart, proggy poptronica, bursting w/ Gallic charm & myriad, fully-realized ideas. He plays all the instruments except for drums, which were played by FUJIYA & MIYAGI's LEE ADAMS. Baikonour makes confident strides as an artist, turning in a collection of songs that fuse electronica w/ motorik Krautrock & the dynamics of My Bloody Valentine & The Cocteau Twins, Amon Duul 2, Popol Vuh, Harold Budd, Eno, Neu! Vangelis, Magma & 'Melody Nelson'-era Gainsbourg.
Melodic
CD
$16.25

Beware of Safety
Dogs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH)
PS, US As romantic as it is morose & solemn; as secretive as it is exposed & vulnerable. This pushes instrumental music into a psychedelic direction of pure catharsis.
MyleneSheath
CD
$13.50

Beware of Safety
Dogs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
MyleneSheath
DLP
$23.50

Bird, Andrew
Noble Beast [vinyl version] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION in gatefold jacket with fold out poster and download codes.
FatPossum
DLP
$23.75

Bird, Andrew
Noble Beast (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US New album.
FatPossum
CD
$15.00

Bird, Andrew
Noble Beast/Useless Creatures [deluxe edition] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US Double-CD deluxe version features a bonus CD of instrumentals, completely different artworek/packaging, fold out poster... 23 tracks total.
FatPossum
DCD
$27.25

Blackout Beach
Skin of Evil (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20th)
PS, US Blackout Beach is the solo nom de guerre of Carey Mercer (FROG EYES/SWAN LAKE). Skin of Evil is remarkable in the sense that a. it contains a story, and b. that it sticks to the story; a rare occurrence in these free times. "Donna" is the subject, and each of her lovers (past & present) say their peace in song (Donna gets her song, too). Composed, played & recorded entirely by Mercer alone, these songs revel in the proto-punk darkness of the heady Cleveland axis (e.g. Peter Laughner, David Thomas) with a minimal, textural & almost Suicide-ish sense of pop form & the experimental nature of contemporary Scott Walker works.
SoftAbuse-31
CD
$11.75

Bon Iver
Blood Bank (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Jagjaguwar-134
12
$9.00

Bon Iver
Blood Bank (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US The four-song Blood Bank collection continues down the path forged by 2008's critically acclaimed For Emma, Forever Ago. While still tied to the identity of the place where it was born, Bon Iver is no longer an unplanned entity synonymous with Justin Vernon. It is an idea, a place and sentiment that has now become as international as it is timeless. From the title track's remembrance of the winter warmth we seek, to the summer love tribute of b-side gem"Babys," Bon Iver's snow-blanketed harmonies live across the seasons. Still, there is a reverence for sabbatical, solitude and the winding down of time. As much as Emma is about the cold, the Blood Bank collection is about the warmth that gets you through it. You can feel the air move. Like a fire you've been stoking for hours and finally got to sustain itself, the heat blisters your face while your back is frozen solid. Bon Iver has grown to include more than what was available at the much-fabled Wisconsin cabin, such as piano, slide guitar, and vocoder. As Justin layers on harmonies in the meditative R&B a capella "The Woods," he declares "I'm building a still to slow down the time." It is as poetic as it is necessary. Both expansive and intimate, these four songs explore the darker and lighter natures of the seasons and what they signify, and offer a dynamic glimpse into the Natural energy and refined craftsmanship that characterize Justin Vernon's music.
Jagjaguwar-134
CD5
$7.50

Clue To Kalo
Lily Perdida (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US Satisfyingly schizophrenic, Clue To Kalo's third full-length release Lily Perdida is ten voices in one, all of them a different branch off the same electric folk tree. Amidst jangly guitar, mod ribbons of flute, and the voices of mastermind Mark Mitchell and duet partner Ellen Carey, ten musical perspectives on fictional character Lily Perdida emerge, each song from the point of view of a different person in her life. A post-modern frolic of keyboards, harpsichords and laptops, Lily Perdida is a gorgeous and sonically sprawling commentary on the nature of history and identity. Each succeeding track reinterprets, misreads or conflicts with the accounts that came before to collectively create an anti-portrait of the main character. The music ebbs and flows with the changing characters but never strays from the utterly satisfying sound we have come to expect from Clue To Kalo. Hailing from Adelaide, Australia, Clue To Kalo mastermind Mark Mitchell blends a lo-fi acoustic-folk aesthetic to computer-based production in which the technology is the means rather than the end. A generous use of layered melodies, elemental textures, and multi-tracked vocals highlight a vast range of influences and solidify the fact that Clue To Kalo is first and foremost a songwriter. In addition to many shows in Australia and Japan, Clue To Kalo has toured throughout the US and Canada, was a featured artist at the Mush 2003 CMJ and 2005 SXSW showcases, and has shared the stage with luminaries like the Greenhornes, Willowz, Death Cab For Cutie, Caribou, and many more. Inventive without being inaccessible, Clue To Kalo has established himself as a singular artist of extraordinary scope and depth.
Mush-262
CD
$9.00

Color Cassette
Forever Sparrow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13th)
PS, FRANCE Color Cassette was initially the project of a single musician, Jason Corder (aka OffTheSky): an old guitar and one four track recorder went head to head in their home studio of Lexington, Kentucky. But this solitary project quickly evolved into a collaborative one, in the course of casual meetings that became veritable musical interventions. In the course of four years, 14 musicians worked at the home studio. Today, Color Cassette is Jason Corder and Matt Yarington (aka Set In Sound), with various guests such as Clint Colburn (vocals), Colin Campbell (drums, vibes), Anna Hess (violin) and Jordan Munson (textures, field recordings). After Small Town Smoker, the first EP in 2008 ('single of the week' at Boomkat, reference for online mail orders), Color Cassette is now releasing their first concept album, Forever Sparrow. It tells the story of a little boy who gets lost in a magic forest, and when he is transformed into a sparrow, he chooses to stay in this extraordinary world forever. This musical journey, which evokes the themes found in Peter Pan and Alice In Wonderland, takes the shape of an acoustic collection in outlines deformed through an electronic prism. Sketched during the sunny summer afternoons of 2007, this handful of ideas metamorphosed into song-format fragments, which put forth the best part of a sound digression. They form a record that is a miniature, moving, and sometimes disturbing, odyssey. COLOR CASSETTE: Jason Corder : vocals, lyrics, vibes, melodica, drums, guitar, bass, production... Matt Yarington : production, drums, programming. Guests: Clint Colburn: vocals Colin Campbell: drums, vibes Anna Hess: violin Jordan Munson: textures, field recordings. DISCOGRAPHIE: (*ADIM = AUTRES DIRECTIONS IN MUSIC) LP/EP - "Small Town Smoker EP" (2xCDR, Mobeer (sub-label of Moteer / 2008) - "Forever Sparrow LP" (ADIM*/2008) Various / remixes - 'Here We Go Again' on "Various Artists - Assemblage Session 1 (Abandon Building Records/2005)
AutresDirectionsInMusic-020
CD
$16.25

Epic 45
Bracken / Bibio Remixes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH)
PS, UK Tracks : A : 'You Are An Annual' remixed by Bracken B : 'Stars In Autumn' remixes by Bibio. 2 track 45rpm heavyweight 12" vinyl. "Epic 45 are those cooler than thou post-post-rock chaps who wang an album or EP out occasionally to be consumed rabidly by you, the hungry music vulture. Now they've a limited remix 12" in a variety of sleeves, one for each season of the year. I remember when we used to actually have seasons in this country rather than the schizo mulch of conditions we get these days! Bibio & Hood's Chris Adams AKA Bracken are the prizefight contenders here, Bibio's re-jig of 'Stars in Autumn' being an atmospheric brooder reminiscent of later period Boards of Canada. Building up from fractured astral wildlife effects into a spaced clanky ambler of a tune, I can also hear bits of Intricate in there, a reassuringly old skool electronic vibe, full of drifting twinkles & a shuffling phat beat. Very cinematic in places, it really sets the mood for a lazy sunny afternoon's loafing! Bracken re-shapes 'You are an Annual' into a pastoral and blissed out journey full of hesitant bass thrums, shifting, morphing effects that slip in and around the serene vocals and some impressive dubbed-out delay and phasing action! This sounds closer to his later Hood vision rather than the sonic tinkering and future pop of his solo Bracken material and should just be the icing on the cake for fans of both Hood & Epic 45! A real treat this one & we're proud to be giving it the coveted SOTW" spot!
WaysideandwoodlandRecordings-001
12
$17.50

Fake Male Voice
Cou Cou Sous Les Nuages (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE DECEMBER 23RD)
PS, US Picture 7" with dvd. Fake Male Voice is the new project from TUNDE of TV ON THE RADIO. Two brand new songs with a bonus track on DVD. Sexy, soulful vocals with orchestral 80's visual dance music.
HeartFast-006
45/DVD
$16.25

Fire Witch
Japan (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH)
PS, US This Melbourne, Australia act plays thundering, spacious metallic sludge. This is a LTD ED, silk screened 1st run of only 200 copies on COLOR vinyl. Aquarius Records sez of the band: "Aussie noise rockers the Grey Daturas had been telling us forever about some killer band called Fire Witch,
who they played w/ all the time. FW are another band who traffic in the slooooooooow & heavy, but they definitely give it their own twist. Not sludgy like SUNNO))) or their legions of followers, & not really noisy like many of their countrymen. Instead they're some sort of strange downtuned slowcore mathrock. Massive basses (that's right. no guitars!) churn & throb, the drums a crushing pound, over the top, drawn out wailing 'leads', all the makings of a proper rock band, but instead they fuck it all up... laced w/ all sorts of killer melodies, making it sound like a doomed version of June Of 44 or Engine Kid"
WantageUSA
10
$10.00

Groundhogs
Scratching the Surface (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US This raw, rootsy album ranks among the finest albums to emerge from the British blues-rock boom, Matching TONY MCPHEE's memorable original tunes w/ a blistering reworking of the Muddy Water's classic "Still a Fool"
Sundazed
CD
$16.50

Groundhogs
Blues Obituary (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US This finds the group beginning to stretch beyond traditional blues forms, as demonstrated on the seven-minute epic "Light Was the Day." This marks the group's first effort as a power trio, the format in which the band would do its most acclaimed & popular work.
Sundazed
LP
$16.50

Headlights
Keep Your Friends and Loves Close. Keep the City You Call Home Closer. (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US Strictly limited to only 1000 copies, Keep Your Friends and Loves Close. Keep the City You Call Home Closer was previously only available through Headlights and the Polyvinyl website.
The 7-song CDEP features live tracks recorded by the band on various stops throughout their hectic touring schedule including sessions with WOXY.com, Indie 103.1, and Daytrotter.com. Over half the pressing has been sold by the band and Polyvinyl. These are the remaining copies available. Includes rare version of fan favorites "Put Us Back Together Right" and "Tokyo." Includes never before released track "This One."
TRACK LISTING:
1. Put Us Back Together Right (live on WOXY.com)
2. Lions (live on WOXY.com)
3. Owl Eyes (live on Indie 103.1)
4. Centuries (live on Indie 103.1)
5. Tokyo (live on WOXY.com
6. Songy Darko (live on Daytrotter.com)
7. This One (live on Daytrotter.com)
Polyvinyl-133
CD5
$6.25

High on Fire
Live At The Relapse Contamination Festival (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH)
PS, US Captured at the legendary Relapse Contamination Festival in 2003. The band tears through a vicious 8 song set including classics "Hung, Drawn, & Quartered," "Blood From Zion" & the only official recording of them covering the Venom classic "Witching Hour"
Relapse
CD
$14.75

HR
Hey Wella (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE DECDEMBER 9TH)
PS, US New solo album from Bad Brains' frontman HR!
DCHardCore
CD
$15.00

Jeremy Jay
Love Everlasting (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US 4 songs: Love Everlasting · Lite Beam · Jet Stream · Love Everlasting (Winter Version) It was winter outside and something was happening in the storybook world of Jeremy Jay's psyche. While working on his upcoming full-length Slow Dance [KLP197] (to be released in spring '09), there was an icicle-caked excitement that resulted in a snow-flurry of extra recordings. The cozy, insulated vibe of Olympia, Washington and Dub Narcotic Studio took hold and Jeremy, along with Ilya Malinksy (guitar), Nick Pahl (drums) and Derek James (bass) crafted "Love Everlasting" [KLP202] a separate 12" single. These extra songs, recorded with a fiery compulsion, were written in Jeremy's Los Angeles apartment and expanded in studio. The song "Lite Beam" took shape with a solarized hi-hat and synth bass - a real disco dance cut; "Jet Stream," has that special synth bass that propels it to a dance floor climax, and the single itself, "Love Everlasting," twinkles magnificently with a sensual glide. Jeremy Jay and his band have toured extensively across the U.S.A., Europe and Australia in support of his recent album A Place Where We Could Go [KLP187] and will be reacquainting the U.S. with their icy soundscapes after the release of this 12" single. "Part poet, part '50s teen idol and part ghost, Jeremy Jay [takes listeners to] a place where girls have fairytale looks and candied apples are served for lunch, where dreams, fantasies and movies collide, and where Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly, Morrissey and Alan Vega are loved equally. It's no surprise that Jay calls his hometown of Los Angeles 'the City of Angels' -- he's a true romantic and sensualist, transforming his surroundings into a glamorous, magical reality." - All Music Guide
Krecords-202
12
$5.50

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

Judys, The
Land Of Plenty [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE ????)
PS, US First ever official release for The Judys last album, recorded but never released! In 1990, The Judy's set out to record a new album with a new Judy's sound. Featuring the lineup that had been established over a number of years the band, including Barbara Donaho (keyboards/guitars), Lee Malone (bass), and Darwin Keys (drums), set out to explore new horizons musically and thematically. Land of Plenty injected multi-layered keyboards and guitars, stacked vocals, a gospel choir, and even a bit of banjo into the band's palatte and sought to realize Bean's vision of a new Americana musical landscape. Broad in its scope and daring in its expansion of the band's definition of itself, Land of Plenty was shelved when the group disbanded before the CD's release. While a handful of copies have been given out, this is first time this long sought-after project has been available to the general public.
WastedTalent
CD
$15.00

King Khan & BBQ Show
Animal Party (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH)
PS, US Canadian punk rock/garage duo from Montreal. 7" single delivered in a custom gate-fold package complete w/an original 16-page coloring book.
FatPossum
45
$10.00

Loney Dear
Dear John (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US Loney Dear is the recording name for multi-instrumentalist and Swedish home-recording phenom Emil Svanängen. Recorded alone in Emil's tiny Stockholm studio apartment and in the comfort of his parents' house in Jönköping, Dear John is an album of contrasts. It will cozy up next to you through the bleakest of winters and be your shade in the blistering summer sun. It is an album that has been on Emil's mind since the inception of Loney Dear. With his first four albums, Emil has always aspired to perfection; he has always promised a masterpiece. Dear John is that record.
"Despair has never sounded so sweet." -SPIN "He wraps the ups and downs of a whirlwind romance into tiny packages. You're left hungry, fully certain that 34 minutes-- let alone five-- will never be enough of this very, very good thing." --Pitchforke en
TRACK LISTING:
1. Airport Surroundings
2. Everything Turns To You
3. I Was Only Going Out
4. Harsh Words
5. Under A Silent Sea
6. I Got Lost
7. Summers
8. Distant Lights
9. Harm/ Slow
10. Violent
11. Dear John
Polyvinyl-171
CD
$12.50

Loney Dear
Dear John (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl-171
LP
$12.50

Los Campesinos!
We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH)
PS, US LTD ED vinyl LP pressing! The youthful septet from Cardiff, Wales, prove they have no shortage of ingenuity, creativity & most importantly, energy. Feat. all new material from their Seattle sessions w/ producer John Goodmanson
Arts&Crafts
LP
$18.00

M83
Saturdays=Youth (DELAYED) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mute
DLP
$19.75

M83
Digital Shades, Vol. 1 (2PC) (DELAYED) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mute
DLP
$16.25

M83
S-T (DELAYED) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mute
DLP
$19.75

M83
Before the Dawn Heals Us (DELAYED) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mute
DLP
$20.00

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

Majesty Crush
I Love You In Other Cities (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH)
PS, US Led by the bizarre DAVID STROUGHTER (P.S. I Love You), this was one of the smaller shoegazing groups to rise out of the short-lived scene in the early '90s. This album is a collection of their best work.
FullEffect
CD
$15.50

Marhaug/Feiler
No More Drama (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 16th)
PS, US Limited to 300 copies. Edited live recordings, sometimes sounds like a Borbetomagus storm, sometimes sounds like being in the middle of a bombing in Palestine. A Picture of this record should be next to every definition of Noise music. Lasse Marhaug plays in Jazkamer and has at least 300 other great projects solo and with other people. Dror Feiler served as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, and refused to serve in the occupied territories in the early 70's. He is now a Swedish-Israeli musician and artist and has been living in Stockholm, Sweden since 1973. He is active as a composer of modern music and enjoys giving ear problems and headaches to classically trained musicians. The most brutal vinyl record you will hear this year.
NoFunProductions-37
LP
$16.25

Mazes
S-T (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 2009)
PS, US While The 1900s make noises about recording the follow-up to their full-length 2007 album, Cold & Kind, front man Edward Anderson has readied a solo album for Parasol Records, under the moniker Mazes. In cahoots with fellow 1900s vocalist (and Ed's significat other) Caroline Donovan and their comrade Charles D'Autremont, Mazes is not so much departure fro his hitherto verdant psych-pop meadow as a vehicle for Edward to explore further musical flora and fauna.
Parasol-CD-112
CD
$9.00

Mendoza
Si Me Duermo... Choco (If I Sleep, I Crash) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, MEXICO R. Mendoza, one of the members of the Nortec Collective as Panóptica returns to the postpunk ambient soundscapes that informed his formative years in music. "Si Me Duermo... choco" is collection of slowed down techno tracks and ambient pieces that touch upon the post punk influence of 4AD bands like This Mortal Coil, Dif Juz and Xmal Deutschland. The album was mastered by Stefan Betke (Pole) and the artwork by Rubén Tamayo (Fax).
StaticDiscos-029
CD
$12.25

Music Go Music
Warm In The Shadows (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US Warm in the Shadows rounds out the trio of three-song 12" singles that Music Go Music have released over the course of 2008-09. It's both a fitting end-piece to the trilogy and a remarkable expansion of the group's sonic and emotional breadth. There is a casual but undeniable magic to these songs, and it flows around and out of each note of every melody. Title song "Warm in the Shadows" is dance music, as envisioned by a group with a greater allegiance to pop archetypes than to the hymns of the dance-floor. It's a step in a different direction; an invitation to shake, coupled with a gentle evocation of the pain of wrecked love ("what kind of heart would break so easy as my own"). It's a case history and a cure for both the lovesick and the lovesick-to-be. The B-side offers up stories of exotic depravity consuming itself in ways both savage and deceptively elegant. The gypsy rhythms of "Thousand Crazy Nights" undergird a tale of dog piled revelers instructed to "feel with your face, let eyes be your hands" whilst "trapped in desire's aggro dance.""Love,Violent Love" is a psychedelic voyage through a land of raving mobs who "spiral past control" once their love is at last requited. This collection of songs is further proof of the power of the transformative embrace in which Music Go Music holds what is dear to them, and the singular vision that they impart to it.
SecretlyCanadian-176
12
$9.00

Newman, A.C.
Get Guilty (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$14.75

Newman, A.C.
Get Guilty (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US The second solo album from A.C. Newman, leader and songwriter behind The New Pornographers, finds the pop songsmith in decidedly more upbeat and guitar heavy form than on the last NP's album. "Get Guilty" is a set of layered pop songs of great melodic and lyrical depth. "A.C. Newman deserves every last bit of praise thrown his way. In a better world, he would be our Elton, our Todd, our McCartney" - All Music Guide.
Matador
CD
$13.25

Nichols, Ben
The Last Pale Light In The West (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US The debut mini album by Lucero frontman Ben Nichols was inspired by Cormac McCarthy's novel, "Blood Meridien". Recorded with Rick Steff (Cat Power, Lucero) and Todd Beane (Glossary). Features Nichols' signature gravelly voice accompanied by his acoustic guitar, complimented by Steff's piano and accordion, and Beane's subtle pedal steel guitar. RIYL: Tom Waits, "Nebraska"-era Bruce Springsteen.
Rebel
CD
$9.00

Nomad
Cats and Babies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, JAPAN Nomad (Cavemen Speak, Gunporn) finally comes back with his 2nd album called "Cats and Babies" . His debut album called "Lemon Tea" (2006) was critically acclaimed as "bedroom hip hop folk". He was doing between rapping and singing so he was described as "rapper songwriter". With this album, he's become a singer songwriter. He did all by himself in his small bedroom, like songwriting, recording and playing all the instruments (guitar, piano, drums, glockenspiel etc. ) as well as the artwork. Beautiful melodies and fragile fairy voice and witty but intelligent lyrics. You will never forget his voice when once you listen. His music has magic.
Hue-1042
CD
$17.00

Nyoukis, Dylan
Inside Wino Lodge (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 16th)
PS, US Limited to 300 copies. New solo LP of strange sounds, vocal improvisations, strings, tape manipulations and hiss drones from Dylan Nyoukis (Decaer Pinga, Blood Stereo) inside his wino lodge. Sounds like it was recorded in a 4 track in 1972 in an insane asylum, then puke over and thrown into the sea, then discovered recently and transfer directly to Vinyl via marine analog tape communication device. Good one to buy as well if you are wondering what a naked Scottish man and his daughter look and sound like.
NoFunProductions-36
LP
$16.25

Ocean
Pantheon Of The Lesser (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US 2xLP to follow in about one month. Following their acclaimed breakthrough debut album that caught the ears of critics and fans worldwide, and became Important's highest selling album, Ocean has returned with their forward thinking, brutally heavy and purely minimalist sophomore album Pantheon Of The Lesser. Pantheon Of The Lesser was composed over a period of two years in Ocean's home studio in Portland, Maine. As the seasons passed each track was written, re-written, played and then re-played as layers were slowly stripped away until the true essence of the song was revealed. Once Ocean entered the studio it took another two years to deconstruct Pantheon Of The Lesser until they had found the essence of their writing. This disciplined deconstructionist approach to songwriting is how Pantheon Of The Lesser is how Ocean takes it to the next level of the abyss. The result of this compositional technique is over an hour of strictly bare instrumentation and a kind of natural heaviness that slowly rises and falls in a pure organic fashion. Everything in it's own time. Simply profound. Heavy like Schoenberg. While Ocean continues to explore and expand upon their "less is more" approach of profound musical minimalism and sheer heaviness, Pantheon Of The Lesser is a bit more musical than its predecessor. The Beacon, the opening track on Pantheon Of The Lesser, was played as Ocean's complete set on a recent US tour and on dates with Mono and Boris. Clocking in at 41 minutes on record and over an hour live; The Beacon evolves in 3 distinct movements with fleeting moments of hypnotic melody and earth shaking heavy dirges creating an all-encompassing tone of pure misanthropy. The second and final track on Pantheon Of The Lesser, titled Of The Lesser, carries a similar theme of misery. Written as an ode to distraction, chemical and otherwise, it is Ocean at their most personal: a pure sonic stream of consciousness in slow motion. Packaged in a deluxe foil printed heavy-duty cardboard jacket with art by renowned Maine illustrator Bruce Hutchison. The vinyl version is packaged in double 200 gram vinyl, packaged in deluxe letter pressed covers and limted to 500 copies.
Important-219
CD
$13.00

Of Montreal
Jon Brion Remix EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl-172
LP
$10.00

Of Montreal
Jon Brion Remix EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US Grammy-nominated producer Jon Brion has worked with Spoon, Kanye West,
Elliott Smith, and Fiona Apple, as well as scored the films Magnolia, Synechdoche
NY, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. An Elurdian Instance is Brion's most recent masterpiece and finds him reinterpreting two cuts from of Montreal's most recent album Skeletal Lamping. These are by no means remixes, as Brion literally reinterprets the songs by taking the basic tracks and adding more instrumentation and backing vocals, including the work of Nickel Creek vocalist and mandolin-player Chris Thile.

TRACK LISTING
1. First Time High (Reconstructionist Remix of "An Eluardian Instance")
2. First Time High (of Chicago Acoustic Version)
3. Gallery Piece (JB Remix)
4. Gallery Piece (Long Version)
5. Gallery Piece (Instrumental)
Polyvinyl-172
CD
$6.75

O'Malley, Stephen
Keep an Eye Out! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US Table of the Elements continues to celebrate its 15th anniversary with the tenth installment in its Guitar Series Vols. 3 & 4. It's a 12xLP romp of deviant fretnoise by some of experimental music's most prominent players, including Christian Fennesz, Thurston Moore, and Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley. Sunn O))) founder Stephen O'Malley summons a mesmerizing drone, absorbing the listener into an aural tar pit of deep, inexorable oblivion. He wears a cloak of post-metal allegiances with behemoths like Earth, but beneath that, there is a vibrant body of work that owes as much to the heady minimalism of Tony Conrad and Steve Reich. Constantly pushing at the extremes of volume and duration, O'Malley's sound is a physical phenomenon, infused with an intimidating power - and possessing, at its core, an oddly meditative tranquility. "The supremacy of Table of the Elements for the past decade as an unwavering outpost of ultra-experimental strains can be attributed to its concomitant adherence to valiance. Most of the Table of the Elements catalogue has no broad commercial appeal, and many of its projects - scores for films directed by early-60s Conrad associate Jack Smith or a 3xCD box set by an unknown two-guitars-and-drums trio from Atlanta - are risky ventures, even with respect to the experimental marketplace. Yet, this philosophy of risk works because everyone associated with the label feels like they're doing important work releasing important records, and they're willing to go for broke to make it happen." -PITCHFORK
"Table of the Elements [are] fearless purveyors of the wildest stuff around." -KYLE GANN (NEW YORK TIMES)
TableOfTheElements-101
LP
$14.25

One Up Downstairs, The
The One Up Downstairs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US The One Up Downstairs is members of American Football, Owen, and Very
Secretary. For years The One Up Downstairs was discussed on message boards and became the frequent recipient of questions sent to the Polyvinyl info e-mail account: were they actually a band, did they sound like American Football, did they ever record? The answers to all of these questions are a resounding "yes." In an effort to make the songs available to fans Polyvinyl released the band's only recorded output a few years ago, which led to another question: would the songs ever see a proper release as a 7"? Long sought after, these songs are now available as a 7" that includes a digital download code for the entire release.

TRACK LISTING:
1. Champagne
2. Rememories
3. Franco the Bull
Polyvinyl-112
45
$4.00

O'Rourke, Jim & Loren Connors
Two Nice Catholic Boys (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US These two nice Catholic boys, Loren Connors and Jim O'Rourke, met at the crossroads each night during a 1997 European tour. By this time O'Rourke had reissued Connors' seminal heartbreak album In Pittsburgh on his Dexter's Cigar label and was preparing to produce the guitarist's big-band mash-up Hoffman Estates with Alan Licht. Together, Connors-O'Rourke unravel slow motion Venusian style blues across three extended pieces to thundering, feedback splattered grooves. The spontaneous melodies shift from devastating, country road intimacy to hypnotic over-amped rock. It's ferocious, epic, and an utter
beauty capable only from two who know themselves and each other all too well. This live CD is only the second duo release by these musical partners despite performing together since the mid-90s. During the past decade, O'Rourke has repeatedly returned to hours of recordings captured across Europe to select these 47 minutes.
FamilyVineyard-59
CD
$11.50

Owen
(The EP) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US Owen is Mike Kinsella (American Football, Joan of Arc, Cap'n Jazz). Previously only available as a CDEP and import-only 12", (the ep) is the usual blend of beautiful acoustic work and wry lyrics that fans have come to expect from Owen. What separates (the ep) from previous Owen titles is the subtle yet intricate inclusion of Cale Parks (Aloha) on drumming and vibraphones along with Jen Tabor on strings and the pedal steel work of Bob Hoffnar (Nora Jones, Ryan Adams). (the ep) continues Polyvinyl's efforts to release Owen's back catalog on high quality 180-gram vinyl. Digital download codes of (the ep) are included in all vinyl. Includes bonus track.
TRACK LISTING
1. Skin and Bones
2. In the Morning Before Work
3. Breaking Away
4. That Mouth
5. Gazebo
6. I Woke Up Today
Polyvinyl-70
12
$10.25

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

Parenthetical Girls
Safe As Houses (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US "THERE'S BLOOD BETWEEN MY LEGS, AND IN THE GRASS OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE I CAME." With this goose-pimplingly visceral couplet begins the fragile journey of Safe As Houses, the second album from experimental Northwestward pop band Parenthetical Girls. Though some two years past between the initial release of the (((GRRRLS))) LP (Parenthetical Girls' debut album, recently reissued on Slender Means Society), Safe As Houses' narrative begins precisely where that album left off-on the same sweat-and-menstrual-blood-soaked summer lawn that so tenderly concluded their debut-but this time from a harrowingly different perspective. "Love Connection, pt. 2" cements the somber, ostensibly sinister narrative tone that shrouds much of Safe As Houses, while simultaneously establishing the tremendous sonic leap the band undertook in their two years of relative quiet. From there, the record leaps into an altogether different sort of narrative-one anchored in the surprising confidence of words-singer Zac Pennington's plainspoken and startlingly corporeal apparitions. Unsettling and beautiful in equal measure, Pennington's a-linear narrative weaves the surprisingly evocative mythology that cradles the record's kitchen-sink experimentation. Recorded with the band's previous three-piece configuration (an ensemble made up of Pennington and Dead Science members Sam Mickens and Jherek Bischoff-a regular contributor to Xiu Xiu and Casiotone For the Painfully Alone, who also served as producer for the record), Safe As Houses embraces the group's shrewd attention to the awkward confluence of experimental and pop musics-creating a record that is at once more difficult and more intrinsically palatable (not to mention significantly darker) than anything so far bearing the Parenthetical Girls name. Which is to say, it's much better.
Tomlab-116
CD
$12.25

Parenthetical Girls
(((GRRRLS))) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US The cumbersome history of the (((GRRRLS))) LP begins sometime in 2002, when two childhood friends began a home recording project in a failed milltown of Everett, Washington. Compiling an innocent assortment of equipment (bass synthesizer, ill-tuned guitar, analog tape delay, and glockenspiel), Pennington and thencollaborator Jeremy Cooper embarked on a course to emulate the spirit of their mutual musical interests, which at the time primarily included the likes of Brian Eno, Pete Kember, Phil Spector, and the early Rough Trade catalog. Over the following year, the clunky results were compiled onto a low bias cassette tape (split into a strained eight tracks) and labeled "Parenthetical Girls". This cassette was mixed down to a single copy, the original tape promptly lost. A year or so later--with the help of considerably more capable hands (namely the Dead Science's Jherek Bischoff and Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart- Pennington set about digitally (and heavily) retrofitting the original recordings into seven proper compositions. To further complicate matters, Pennington commissioned Bischoff and Stewart to complete two radically different sets of mixes for the songs-which have since become respectively known as the "O" and "X" versions of the record. But now it's four years on. In that time, Parenthetical Girls have released two more critically-acclaimed full lengths (2006's Safe As Houses [Slender Means Society] and this year's Entanglements [Tomlab]), toured the US and Europe with the likes of Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, Los Campesinos!, Evangelicals, and Casiotone For the Painfully Alone (whose album Etiquette, incidentally, features a rather lovely cover of (((GRRRLS)))' closing track "Love Connection"). We are pleased to finally present (((GRRRLS))) with the wide distribution that it deserves for the first time. In an attempt to maintain the distinct duality of the LP release, the CD version of (((GRRRLS))) features both editions of the album-but in two different, enhanced CD formats: version "O" (as mixed by Jherek Bischoff) plays on any standard CD player like your average CD should, while the "X" version (as mixed by Jamie Stewart), takes advantage of the near ubiquity of the iPod revolution by offering its tracks as super high quality MP3s, accessible via any computer. (Confused? Me too. Just put it in your computer-you'll figure it out). Additionally, the enhanced materials feature "Inspirational Shortpants (avec paroles)," a track not available on the original vinyl release.
Tomlab-115
CD
$12.25

Pattern Is Movement
All Together (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Hometapes
LP
$14.00

Prurient
And Still Wanting (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 16th)
PS, US Limited to 500 copies. This is the picture disc LP version of the now classic and out of print Prurient release. Original description: A tale of lost love and desperation, this is Prurient's full length follow up to the acclaimed Pleasure Ground. And Still, Wanting takes the recent new direction of combining layered synth's and electronic loops with his usual poignant vocals to a whole new level of intensity. A new chapter in obsession with all that is mundane in our human life.
NoFunProductions-27
LP
$23.75

Psychic Ills
Mirror Eye (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US "Psychic Ills have that dance band by accident thing going for them in a big way. Everything about them is bewitching, really, evacuating, an unlikely future-primitive grind." - Village Voice "This NYC quartet set their stall somewhere between oceanic guitar abstraction and the brittle crunch of psychedelic guitar rock, feeding their extended chugging jams through a thick fog of fuzz." - The Wire Mirror Eye, the second full-length album from Psychic Ills, is an altogether heady affair and as its title suggests, a perspective reflection. Through the course of eight tracks, Elizabeth Hart, Jimy SeiTang, Brian Tamborello and Tres Warren journey through a unique amalgamation of electronic explorations, improvised jamming and various sonic experiments that yield a record at once familiar and otherworldly - and unlike anything happening right now. Sprawling opener "Mantis" sets the record's tone with modulating synths and hand drums that give way to a loose groove, terrestrial guitar patterns and shamanic vocals. If you are still around when it rolls into its ending nearly 11 minutes later, its safe to say that you're on board. Following that, the open-ended trance rock of the second track, 'Meta' fades up as if the band has already been jamming on it long before the listener has been let in. It departs in a similar fashion, save for a brief reprise of reversed tape and whatever remnants of the chorus' "Meta, Meta, Meta" are hanging around in the listener's head like a contact high. "Sub Synth" is an off-the-cuff synthesizer splice that descends into the improvised space raga of "Eyes Closed." I Take You As My Wife Again" continues deeper into the abstract with metallic synths and improvised electronics transitioning into organic percussion and whistles before ultimately arriving at its minimal techno inspired ending. Fingernail Tea" is the most straight forward song and vaguely harkens back to elements of their previous full-length, Dins. The hallucinatory next track, "The Way Of" is the album's last burst of energy, forming out of spinning synths and clatter, and riding an eastern bass line and watery guitar riff before unravelling under percussion and goat scream mania. final track "Go to the radio" is a come down of sorts combining two main processed loops, an electronic tambura with a circular dubbed-out field recording of a man's voice repeating the song's name and message, and perhaps the album's for that matter. Mirror Eye is the imaginative culmination of a period of exploration for Psychic Ills. A transcendent combination of musics that symbolizes how far the band has and continues to evolve beyond genre - and a fun listen too. This release will be followed by a mini-lp in the winter of other unheard material from this period.
TheSocialRegistry-066
CD
$11.50

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

Shearer, Rachel
Fakerie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US Fakerie is a digital séance of aural and visual sculptures by the New Zealand artist Rachel Shearer, formerly known as Lovely Midget. Filmed in an environment to facilitate focused listening, Fakerie is as much for the ears as the eyes. Glowing white lights ebb and expand from darkness in shifting series - like clustered stars - as penetrating resonances of acoustic and electronic overtones decompose into the tiniest sand-like components. Traces of Mary Lucier's mid-1970s burn films and Francois Bayle's musical investigation into the physical and psychical world is present. The specially programmed Region 0 (free)/NTSC format DVD plays in constant loop. Its 22- minutes can be expanded into hours allowing the user to immerse themselves in the work. This DVD is Shearer's first long-form film release. In the past 20 years, she has released records on some of the global underground's most significant labels - Siltbreeze, Xpressway, Flying Nun, Corpus Hermeticum and Ecstatic Peace - as Lovely Midget and with Queen Meanie Puss and Angelhead. Packaged in a mini-LP-styled gatefold book, this set also contains a 20-page booklet investigating the ghosts, distances and signals of fakerie.
FamilyVineyard-40
DVD
$14.25

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin/Puzzle
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin is a critically acclaimed, blog-adored band that have shared the stage with Mute Math, of Montreal, Sound Team, Catfish Haven, Chin Up Chin Up, and more. They've headlined in Europe and even made their way to their namesake's homeland of Russia. Spin declared them the band that "could succeed The Shins," and enthusiastic press rolled in. After releasing their sophomore album, Pershing, earlier this year, the band has raised the bar even higher and gained the attention of many listeners, drawn to their massive hooks and quirky melodies. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin entered the studio yet again to record these two exclusive 7" songs, and asked their friends from the band Puzzle to do the same. Puzzle is a four-piece band from Liverpool, England that ShoutandTwist.com calls "feel-good indie pop but in a really amazing magical way." Every 7" includes a free digital download code. Limited to 2000 copies
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TRACK LISTING
1. We Can Win Missouri (SSLYBY)
2. Same Speed (SSLYBY)
3. A Picture to Prove It (Puzzle)
4. Weekend (Puzzle)
Polyvinyl-159
45
$4.00

Soporus
24,110 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH)
PS, US Philadelphia-based ambient drone ensemble which features guitarist and keyboardist Matthew Stone and bassist William Stichter from wellknown instrumental act SAXON SHORE along with guitarist Stephen Hoffman. Additional guitar tracks were provided on the album by James Vella (YNDI HALDA, A LILY) and John Donohue. The live performance also features films and videos edited on the fly by additional member Michael Stichter. 24,110 is dedicated to the spirit of the Lelechenky and to Wladimir Schewtschenko who filmed footage of the Chernobyl accident and died from radiation poisoning.
BurntToast
CD
$13.25

Soundtrack of Our Lives, The
Communion [domestic version] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 3RD)
PS, US Stateside edition coming in 2009, housed in a nice digipak. Great news because this means they'll be over to tour this Spring!
YepRoc/Akashic
DCD
$16.25

Soundtrack of Our Lives, The
Communion [domestic vinyl version] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 3RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION! Translucent wax, with download codes.
YepRoc/Akashic
DLP
$22.50

Spencer, Angelo
Music Is My Sweat b/w Great Salt Lake (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US 2 songs: My Music Is My Sweat b/w Great Salt Lake "My Music is My Sweat" began with a conversation between Karl Blau and Angelo Spencer about how music is similar to body odor and, like everyone's stench, one's music is also unique and identifiable. Angelo's music is as raw as sweat. Recorded in one day, on one take by Blau, this 7" is a puddle of twitchy urgency. Generally a one-man band, this recording is fleshed out with frantic drum fills and fidgety keys by L'Orchidee d'Hawaii soon after they finished a tour with Spencer. "My Music is My Sweat" is the sprint and "The Great Salt Lake" is the cool-down, exasperated pause needed to sprint and sweat again; embellished with distant whistling - like the playful intermission of a spaghetti western - and Spencer is the wandering hero. "Music should always be like that." featuring L'Orchidee d'Hawaii
Krecords-121
45
$3.75

Starflyer 59
Dial M (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH)
PS, US Starflyer 59 have continued to progress and evolve. Influenced by early '80s underground pop, Depeche Mode and the Smiths and the louder caustic sounds of the Pixies, Starflyer 59 have crafted music that is wholly their own. Dial M, their 11th full-length in their 14 year career, is no different. The vinyl
includes a special deluxe alternate insert designed and hand silk-screened. It also includes "Majic", a bonus track not available on the cd version.
BurntToast
LP
$12.50

Swervedriver
Raise [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US Limited edition digitally remastered and expanded digipak edition of this 1991 album from the British Shoegazing legends featuring four rare bonus tracks ('Hands', 'Andaluc¡a', 'Kill The Superheroes' and 'Over') and additional liner notes from the band. 16 tracks total.
Hi-SpeedSoul
CD
$13.75

Swervedriver
Mezcal Head [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US Limited edition digitally remastered and expanded digipak edition of this 1993 album from the British Shoegazing legends featuring four rare bonus tracks ('Never Lose That Feeling', 'Planes Over The Skyline', 'The Hitcher' and 'Paris') and additional liner notes from the band. 16 tracks total.
Hi-SpeedSoul
CD
$13.75

Szajner, Bernard
Some Deaths Take Forever (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, UK LTM presents the second in a series of expanded CD reissues by visionary French electronic composer Bernard Szajner. Originally released in late 1980, Some Deaths Take Forever is a deeply emotional, sometimes disturbing musical account of the feelings of a prisoner on death row, conceived as the soundtrack to a short film by Amnesty International. The album mixes dark, angular and unnerving electronic textures with dynamic rock arrangements, guest musicians including Bernard Paganotti of Magma. Reviews rated the album highly: 'A modern electronic masterwork - one of the most exciting and innovative piece of electronic music to be released this year' (Melody Maker); 'Frantic, outraged music shames the bulk of oscillator nuts peddling their dodgy little repetitions around' (Sounds); 'Unquestionably one of the decade's most accomplished fusions of sophisticated electronics and driving rock' (NME). The expanded 60 minute CD features three previously unreleased bonus tracks, recorded in 1982.
Boutique-6620
CD
$17.00

Szajner, Bernard
Superficial Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13th)
PS, UK LTM presents the first in a series of expanded CD reissues by visionary French electronic composer Bernard Szajner. Originally released in late 1981, Superficial Music incorporates elements of his previous album Visions of Dune played backwards at half speed and treated digitally, as well as the three-part suite Oswiecim, an imagining of the Holocaust informed by the experience of his own family. Sometimes harmonious, sometimes unsettling, Szajner's music is never less than extraordinary. Reviews rated the album highly: 'Superficial? No, superlative music! If you care at all for soundscapes that eschew cheap escapes, this album will do far more than tickle the surface of you mind' (NME); 'A significant success - a wholly involving and frequently disturbing blanket of continually contorting synthetic sound' (Melody Maker). The expanded 65-minute CD features three previously unreleased bonus tracks, recorded in 1982. Bernard Szajner biography: Born in Grenoble in 1944, Szajner first made his name as a lighting designer for Magma, Gong and the Who. Having invented new instruments such as the laser harp used by Jean-Michel Jarre, Szajner began to record experimental, conceptual albums of his own, including Visions of Dune (1979), Some Deaths Take Forever (1980), Superficial Music (1981) and Brute Reason (1983). He has also recorded as Zed, and was one half of The (Hypothetical) Prophets. Since the mid 80s, polymath Szajner has worked as a painter, filmmaker and theatre director.
Boutique-6618
CD
$17.00

Tallest Man On Earth, The
Shallow Grave & S-T EP [vinyl version] (PRE-ORDER: DELAYED)
PS, US VINYL VERSION of TTMOE's first album and his debut EP! Limited to 1000! Whether it's The Tallest Man on Earth's lo-fi tape recording technique or penetrating vocal stylings, Shallow Grave authentically represents a tradition of Americana folk rock that was popularized during the 50s and 60s. PASTE MAGAZINE: "The Tallest Man on Earth, like Dylan before him, grounds his songs in Son House- and Blind Willie McTell-inspired guitar work, lofting tempestuous vocals overhead and garninshing liberally with "babe"s and "honey"s." The Mexican Summer release follows his critially acclaimed 2007 five-song self-titled EP and a well deserved Pitchfork 8.3 album rating for Shallow Grave. The Tallest Man on Earth, will be playing to North American audiences this December alongside genre companion Bon Iver.
Kemado/MexicanSummer-021
LP/45
$17.75

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 SEPTEMBER 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

Tillman, J.
Vacilando Territory Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US Since 2004, J. Tillman has quietly been releasing records, some of limited quantity, some mostly available in Europe, but for the most part, unheard. The borderline-alienating starkness and well lived-in narratives of his first two records, I Will Return and Long May You Run, J. Tillman (released in limited runs of 150) endeared him to fans of and drew comparisons to the likes of Nick Drake, Will Oldham, and Jason Molina. In 2006, after three months in Europe touring on his third and most accessible album, Minor Works, Tillman recorded his fourth collection of songs at home with his brother and roommate. Cancer and Delirium struck a perfect balance between the intimacy of his earlier releases with the nuanced, melodic sense of Minor Works. Each song imbued with the same strikingly disconsolate singing and devastatingly poignant prose that Tillman is known for and accented with some of his most gorgeous, spare arrangements. Vacilando Territory Blues, Tillman's fifth and first with Western Vinyl, came as the result of three different recording attempts in 2008, in which entire sessions were scrapped, and ultimately the majority of the final material would surface and be recorded days before mastering. The push and pull of this record veers sharply from the tone of Tillman's previous releases, which for the most part, adhere to a singular mood and stylistic execution. The tension dynamically between songs like "Firstborn" and "New Imperial Grand Blues" is hard to reconcile, but the way the songs are framed herein belies a cohesion not dissimilar to classic oddball albums such as After The Goldrush. Sacrifcing a stylized album, the breadth of Tillman's abilities as a songwriter emerge on VTB, in an array of musical personalities bound by his lyrical existential dread and economical arrangements. In 2008, Tillman joined longtime friends and musical collaborators, Fleet Foxes. Casey Wescott and Christian Wargo both appear on VTB, along with several regular contributors who were willing to adapt to several idiosyncratic recording obstructions. Vacilando Territory Blues is far and away Tillman's most collaborative effort, and the most striking moments here are those seemingly stumbled upon, without resorting to second-takes or microphone re-adjustment. This album casts a strange perspective on what people have come to expect from Tillman's music, but these songs, though oddly untethered, reveal the process of someone coming to terms with the prospect of making music in the void.
WesternVinyl-56
CD
$11.50

Titus Andronicus
The Airing Of Grievances (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
XL
LP
$14.00

Titus Andronicus
The Airing Of Grievances (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US Patrick Stickles, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter, launches his insights across a wall of defiant, triumphant rock anthems, which have earned comparisons to Bruce Springsteen, The Pogues, and The Replacements. "Patrick Stickles howls with anguish way beyond his 22 years, often cramming lyrics into tight spaces just to make sure he gets the last word in. The drama's more Boss than Bright Eyes, fueled by blue collar frustration and, most notably, beer" - Pitchfork.
XL
CD
$13.25

Tuma, Giorgio
My Vocalese Fun Fair (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13th)
PS, SPAIN Soft pop, California 60s sounds, Brazilian touch... Really nice.
Elefant-1137
CD
$16.25

Various
Ron Herman After Dark (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH)
PS, US Includes music from SANTOGOLD, VON SUDENFED, TIME MACHINE, WHITE ARROWS, KID SISTER, JACQUES RENAULT, HEY WILLPOWER, ADULT., SUNNY DAY SETS FIRE, 120 DAYS, CASXIO, MIGHTY SIX NINETY, HOCKEY, & HEARTSREVOLUTION
Indirecto
CD
$16.50

Various
Just Like Heaven: A Tribute to The Cure (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US "Just Like Heaven - A Tribute To The Cure" features 16 new cover versions of Cure songs by The Wedding Present, The Brunettes, Devics, Dean & Britta (Luna), The Submarines, The Rosebuds, Grand Duchy (Violet Clark & Black Francis), Joy Zipper, Elk City , and many more. Produced by Joe Spadaro and Gwen Hysler (American Laundromat Records), mastering by Kim Rosen at Alan Douches' West West Side Music (Galaxie 500, Ben Folds Five, Luna, The Wrens), and original album art & design by Rhode Island Illustrator Melinda Rainsberger . Early press is fantastic for this one. Brought to you by the same label who produced the critically acclaimed Neil Young benefit CD "Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity", and the popular 80's tribute "High School Reunion - a tribute to those great 80's films!" All Music Guide called it "one of the finest tribute records ever produced" and went on to say "let this serve as a blueprint for all future tribute sets". Highly recommended for Cure fans or any of the bands covering the Cure on this excellent tribute compilation. Tracklisting: 01. "Just Like Heaven" performed by JOY ZIPPER 02. "The Lovecats" performed by TANYA DONELLY & DYLAN IN THE MOVIES 03. "Lovesong" performed by THE BRUNETTES 04. "In Between Days" performed by KITTY KARLYLE 05. "Friday I'm In Love" performed by DEAN & BRITTA 06. "Jumping Someone Else's Train" performed by LUFF 07. "Boys Don't Cry" performed by THE SUBMARINES 08. "Close To Me" performed by ELK CITY 09. "The Walk" performed by THE ROSEBUDS 10. "Pictures Of You" performed by ELIZABETH HARPER & THE MATINEE 11. "Let's Go To Bed" performed by CASSETTES WON'T LISTEN 12. "Catch" performed by DEVICS 13. "A Night Like This" performed by JULIE PEEL 14. "10:15 Saturday Night" performed by THE POEMS 15. "A Strange Day" performed by GRAND DUCHY (Violet Clark & Black Francis) 16. "High" performed by THE WEDDING PRESENT
American Laundromat-018
CD
$13.00

Various
Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH)
PS, US Now available in gorgeous DLP vinyl format!
Numero
DLP
$19.00

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

Welcome Wagon, The
Welcome to the Welcome Wagon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
AsthmaticKitty-45
LP
$11.50

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

Wicked Witch
Chaos: 1978-86 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
EmRecords
LP
$23.50

Wicked Witch
Chaos: 1978-86 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US 1st time ever reissue of rare evil psycho machine-funk from '80s Washington, DC, incl. previously-unreleased mixes. Now is not the time to doubt your senses - the WICKED WITCH does exist. WW combines elements from alchemical mentors Parliament Funkadelic, Sun Ra, ESG, Run DMC, James Brown & Jimi Hendrix to cast a crazed spell on the innocent listener. An evil mass of machine-funk w/ lashings of rhythm & blues & fusion delivered direct from the heart of the Witch, a misunderstood psycho-genius weaving his solo web deep w/in the dark studio walls. Remastered from the original master tapes, incl. rare
photos
EmRecords
CD
$19.50

Witmer, Denison
Carry The Weight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
BurntToast
LP
$12.50

Woolson, Raymond Scott
Broken Things Mended (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 10TH)
PS, US Raymond Scott Woolson has been creating guitar-driven ethereal music for many years now. Broken Things Mended is his fifth full-length album of celestial shoegaze sound-scapes. A long year in the making, and several more months of perfecting during the mixing and mastering process, this release continues Woolson's exploration of soaring guitar epics and pastoral mood meanderings. A fair amount of variety went into the mix. Here a shimmer of dreampop, there a buzz of psychedelia. A brush of piano, a burst of drums, and on several occasions even a very commendable imitation of a string orchestra. Those are in fact guitars. An ocean of guitars. The songs of Broken Things Mended are bright and uplifting. There may be a passing touch of melancholy, a brief wistful feeling, but absolutely no doom and gloom. Woolson will not add to the burden of darkness in the world. His is the music of light and love, of faith and hope. These songs look forward and upward. Victories are won, promises are kept, and broken things are mended.
Clairecords-070
CD
$12.25

Yorke, Thom
The Eraser Rmxs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US This Japanese release collects all the 12-inch remixes originally found on Yorke's debut solo album "The Eraser". The Radiohead frontman asked several of his favorite artists and producers to remix these tracks (Burial, Four Tet, The Field, Cristian Vogel, The Bug, Modeselektor, Various, Surgeon), and the results are as bold and visionary as the originals. "...teems with gorgeous melodies...a testament to the singer's unique vision. 4.5 / 5" - Wired.
XL
CD
$13.25

Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders

Auxes “Sunshine” LP $11.00
Bjork, Brant & The Operators “S-T” DLP $22.00
Bon Vivants “Black Honey” CD $10.25
Bopp, Andy “This Guitar Kills Singer Songwriters” CD $13.75
Bowie, David “Iselect” CD $15.25
Brother JT3 “Jelly Roll Gospel” LP $14.75
Carbon 14 “Issue #31 (MAGAZINE + CD)” ZINE $5.50
Chinese Stars “Tv Grows Arms” LP $5.50
Davenport, Bart “Palaces” CD $12.75
Dead C “Secret Earth” CD5 $10.00
Disappears “Old Friend b/w Magics” 45 $4.50
Duffy, Stephen & The Lilac Time “Happy Birthday Peace EP” CD5 $11.00
Dylan, Bob “Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs” DCD $24.50
Ettes “Look At Life Again Soon” CD $11.75
Fleshtones “Stocking Stuffer” CD $14.50
Frustration “Relax” CD $14.75
Geist, Morgan “Double Night Time” CD $16.50
Gentleman Jesse “S-T” LP $12.00
Grady “Y U So Shady” LP $10.50
Grady “Y U So Shady” CD $14.25
Grainger, Sebastien “Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains” LP $14.25
Hatchback “Colors of the Sun” CD $16.00
Hearts of Palm UK “For Life” CD $11.00
Helms Alee “Night Terror” LP $17.25
Husband & Knife “An End” LP $14.00
Keane “Perfect Symmetry [deluxe edition]” DCD $20.50
Menahan Street Band “Make the Road By Walking” CD $13.50
Momus “Stars Forever” DCD $13.25
Mountains “Sewn” CD $12.00
Music, The “Strength In Numbers” CD $12.25
Negura Bunget “Om” DLP $22.00
Organ, The “Thieves EP” CD5 $10.50
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart “Everything With You b/w The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart” 45 $6.25
Parties “Can't Come Down” CD $13.50
Piano Creeps “Future Blues (For Me & You)” CD $11.25
Plinth/Textile Ranch “The Rest, I Leave To The Poor” CD $14.25
Primeridian “Da Mornin Afta” CD $11.50
Quatrain “Quatrain [Bonus Tracks]” CD $17.00
Red Favorite “S-T” LP $14.75
RTX “JJ Got Live Ratx” CD $13.25
Springhouse “From Now To Ok” CD $13.00
Tobacco “Fucked Up Friends” CD $15.00
Various “The Swedish Model” CD $12.25
Various “Birmingham Sound: Soul of Neal Hemphill Vol. 2” CD $14.25

Parasol New Arrivals • December 16, 2008
Hello friends, As you know, Christmas lands next week so y’all better hurry and get those last minute orders in so we can work our magic here in the warehouse and make sure that mailbox is fed before the 25th. All right. We’ll be in touch early next week. In the mean time check the list below and let us know if we can help build a little birdhouse in your soul. Until then, Roy and Paul
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Parasol Mail Order Pick of the Week
	The Soundtrack of Our Lives "Communion" [import version] DCD $27.50 (Akashic-WMS) Last copies in stock... A Triumphant Return To Form! You give TSOOL an inch, they'll make a mile, and here they've been allowed three years to conjure a double-album of sprawling rock tracks, with their trademark epic psychedelic anachronisms in full effect. These are the kind of songs that made them icons in the first place in our book. Been a long time...glad to have you back.
Roy's Vinyl Pick of the Week
	Blank Dogs "The Fields" LP $10.25 (Woodsist) "Blank Dogs are actually singular: it's the insanely prolific one-man Brooklyn-based band of Mr. Blank Dog. We don't know too much about the biography of the guy behind the bedroom new-wave pop/punk and he's usually covering his face with masks or bedspreads, but that's fine. The aura of anonymity allows you to focus on the sounds -- and, really, he might be releasing a ton of things, but there's definitely a higher jam-to-crap ratio. It's like Joy Division vocal lines with The Cure's synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment. And that voice? All the feedback in the world can't hide his knack for melody. Blank Dogs have been making plenty of rumbles in the noisier and more secretive outposts of the underground (half his discography's sold out), but Troubleman Unlimited's just repressed his very recommended full-length On Two Sides (on yellow vinyl in an edition of 500) and In The Red's releasing a 20-song double LP (or single CD) called Under And Under . It's all new material. He's also playing his first shows in NYC, so if you want to take a peek, you can. All this to say: seems like Blank Dogs is on his way out of the basement." --Stereogum
Thrillsville: Parasol staff's Best of 2008
	Roy : Unbunny, Swervedriver, The Band, Meneguar... Paul : Notwist, Dr. Dog, Matthew Sweet, Bon Iver... Angie : Beaujolais, Toadies, Neilson Hubbard, Montys Loco... Jim : Motorpsycho, TSOOL, The Twilight Sad, Paper... Geoff : The 1900s, Fleet Foxes, Ric Menck, Three Hour Tour... Intern Jim : Why?, Beck, Okkervil River, The New Year... Check out all of our favorite 2008 releases & re-issues here.
New Releases 1900s, The Medium High EP (ON SALE) PS, US Beloved Chicago psych-pop troupe's sneaky new limited edition mini-album features nu, alt, instr and unrel. Parasol-CD-111 CD5 $5.00 Artikler, Gultskra/Lanterns Berezka/Monkey PS, US 12" marble colored vinyl split w/free CD version. LIMITED EDITION (500 copies) split between Russian avant-folk artist Gultskra Artikler & UK drone outfit Lanterns. OtherElectricities 12 $13.25 Bible of the Devil Freedom Metal PS, US 5th album. Cultivating a devastating reputation both live & recorded, the group is truly a band for those who deman their rock n' roll metal w/ a generous helping of brutality & brawn. CruzDelSur CD $11.00 Bible of the Devil/ Valkyrie Split PS, US Long anticipated split 7" of Virginia's doomraiders VALKYRIE & Chicago's Kings of garage metal BIBLE OF THE DEVIL. One track from each: BOTD - "The Auld Dirt Road" / VALKYRIE - "False Dreams." Light blue vinyl HeavyBirth 45 $5.25 Bitch #42 PS, US Feminist response to pop culture. The Noir Issue: Gothic Gals, vengeful victims, & feisty femmes fatales. ZINE $5.50 Blank Dogs The Fields PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Woodsist LP $13.00 Blank Dogs The Fields PS, US "Blank Dogs are actually singular: it's the insanely prolific one-man Brooklyn-based band of Mr. Blank Dog. We don't know too much about the biography of the guy behind the bedroom new-wave pop/punk and he's usually covering his face with masks or bedspreads, but that's fine. The aura of anonymity allows you to focus on the sounds -- and, really, he might be releasing a ton of things, but there's definitely a higher jam-to-crap ratio. It's like Joy Division vocal lines with The Cure's synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment. And that voice? All the feedback in the world can't hide his knack for melody. Blank Dogs have been making plenty of rumbles in the noisier and more secretive outposts of the underground (half his discography's sold out), but Troubleman Unlimited's just repressed his very recommended full-length On Two Sides (on yellow vinyl in an edition of 500) and In The Red's releasing a 20-song double LP (or single CD) called Under And Under . It's all new material. He's also playing his first shows in NYC, so if you want to take a peek, you can. All this to say: seems like Blank Dogs is on his way out of the basement." --Stereogum Woodsist CD $10.25 Bob Corn/Larry Yes Love Calls PS, US An international collaboration of artists and labels. A 7" vinyl memento released between North Pole Records (American) and Fooltribe Dischi (Italian). This sweet collaboration of native Oregonian music / love channeler, Larry Yes, and Italian farmer / wanderer, Tiziano Sgarbi, aka Bob Corn. Each artist performs an original song and then covers a song by the other. Bob Corn sings in poignant accented english with an acoustic guitar, soft beats, and, songs of longing, memory, and love. His grammar may be incorrect but his observations are unique descriptions of transatlantic truths. Larry Yes continues the strumming as well as bringing swooning horns and suitcase drums along for some moments of stoned wandering. LIMITED to 500 copies in letterpress covers. NorthPole 45 $4.75 Bobby & The Soft Spots Can't Get Her Off b/w I Don't Need You PS, US LTD ED OF 1000! BOBBY UBANGI (of THE LIDS, GAYE BLADES) frontsR tehciso drrdusnken mess of Atlantans called THE SOFT SPOTS (feat. members of GAYE BLADES, SPOOKS & BEAT BEAT BEAT). If you've heard any of his previous output you'll know he's a craftsman of the 3-chord garage sing-alongs w/ some of the most poppy lyrics written & these songs are all that w/ a bit more beer. Classic Ubangi! Co-release w/ DSH. All profits of this release are going Bobby who has been stricken w/ cancer. Rob'sHouse 45 $5.25 Bookish, Simon Everything/Everything PS, US Vinyl Version! 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 LP $14.25 Boredoms 77 Boa Drum [deluxe edition] PS, JAPAN Japanese-only live CD release from Boredoms featuring audio from their 77 Boa Drum performance July 7, 2007 in New York on two CDs. Also includes a bonus photo book and DVD. "Deluxe package containing the full 100-minute '77 Boa Drum' performance on 2 CDs, split at the point in between the two sections of the piece. The two CDs are housed inside the front and back covers of a lovely 8"x12" hardcover book containing 28 pages of full color photos from the event. Also included is a DVD (NTSC format, All Region) including approximately 20 minutes of short segments from the performance. The presentation on this is truly top-notch. It's easily the most extravagant Boredoms artifact since 1999's Vision Creation Newsun box. The performance itself is an extraordinary example of the modern-day Boredoms approach to sprawling, rhythmic psychedelia. Their current lineup of three drummers (including mainstay Yoshimi P-We) plus EYE on electronics and vocals is further bolstered by an all-star cast of 74 additional drummers, including drummers for Soft Circle, Oneida, Volcano The Bear, No Neck Blues Band, A Minor Forest, Lumen, Unwound, Tall Firs, Antietam and Lightning Bolt. Common DCD/DVD $110.00 Cat Power Dark End Of The Street PS, US Six-song vinyl EP containing mostly unreleased recordings from the "Jukebox" sessions. In keeping with the "Jukebox" theme , all the songs here are covers: "Auld Triangle", "Dark End Of The Street", "Who Knows Where The Time Goes", "Fortunate Son", "I've Been Loving You Too Long", and "It Ain't Fair". Limited deluxe double gatefold 10-inch vinyl. Matador 2X10 $14.00 Catwalk Past Afar PS, US Sparkly, shimmering guitars & coy harmonies Yay!Records 45 $3.50 Circus Devils Ataxia PS, UK Shall we fill you in with the usual abstract pop skronk jive turkey words? H.P. Lovecraft meets Devo. On Ataxia, Circus Devils' new collection of moonshine revelries and musical trips by torchlight into the mist-shrouded fields and forests of Ohio (aka: land of mystery). Robert Pollard and the Tobias Brothers treat us to an intoxicating blend of jagged, insistent rock and uneasy lullabies. Formed in Ohio in 2001 by Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices), Circus Devils creates albums rich in atmosphere and imagery, filled with ferocity and gentleness. Their previous album, Sgt. Disco, was released on Ipecac Recordings in 2007. Ataxia will be their 6th release. Tracklist -under review / i-razors / freedom's monster / that's the spirit / backwash television / the girls will make it happen / mayflower brought disease / stars, stripes and crack pipes / ataxia / nets at every angle / hi i'm martha, how are you? / lunatic style / get me extra! / i found the black mind / he had all day / fuzz in the street / rat face ballerina / StaticCaravan-170 CD $16.25 Constantines Our Age PS, US Brand new single! Arts&Crafts 45 $6.50 Current 93 Dog's Blood Rising PS, US C93's seminal 2nd album. It's been returned to its original formats of 5 trks, & has been beautifully re-mastered by Denis Blackham. This reissue comes w/ a booklet containing early photographs of the group members - incl. DAVID TIBET, STEVEN STAPLETON (Nurse With Wound), & STEVE IGNORANT (Crass) - along w/ original insert materials. Durtro/Jnana CD $16.00 Current 93 Nature Unveiled PS, US C93's seminal 1st album returned here to its original format of 2 trks, & has been beautifully re-mastered by Denis Blackham. This reissue comes w/ a booklet containing early photographs of the group members - incl. DAVID TIBET, STEVEN STAPLETON (Nurse With Wound), JOHN BALANCE (Coil), LITTLE ANNIE - along w/ original insert materials. Durtro/Jnana CD $16.00 Dakota Suite End of Trying PS, US New album. KaraokeKalk CD $16.25 De Dionyso, Arrington I See Beyond The Black Sun PS, US Interchanging bass clarinet & throat-singing w/homemade instruments used as vocal modifiers, this is less the apocalyptic doom of his ramshackle post-punk group OLD TIME RELIJUN, but instead a raga influenced anthropological meditation. Krecords-200 CD $11.50 De Dionyso, Arrington I See Beyond The Black Sun PS, US Interchanging bass clarinet & throat-singing w/homemade instruments used as vocal modifiers, this is less the apocalyptic doom of his ramshackle post-punk group OLD TIME RELIJUN, but instead a raga influenced anthropological meditation. Krecords-200 LP $11.50 Death Cab for Cutie Narrow Stairs (LP/7") PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Barsuk LP $19.00 DM Stith Curtain Speech PS, US The music calls to mind contemporaries Antony & the Johnsons, Grizzly Bear, & sometimes the explosiveness of Animal Collective. However, a handful of other influences cloud the comparison as hints of the dissonance of Sonic Youth & Henryk Gorecki, expressive vocal techniques of Caetano Veloso & Mary Margaret O'Hara, & the romance & textures of Benjamin Britten & Edward Elgar underpin even the simplest of gestures. Stith's delicate yet confident voice sits amongst lush arrangements of piano, guitar, strings, electronics, choir, percussion, & a penny whistle or two. AsthmaticKitty-54 CD5 $3.50 Doe, John Golden State PS, US Features five versions of "The Golden State," including a live version & a cover recorded by EDDIE VEDDER & Corin Tucker (SLEATER-KINNEY) YepRoc CD5 $5.00 Dylan, Jakob Seeing Things US, PS When the songwriter from a songwriter-driven band steps out on his own the question always hangs in the air: did he need to forsake his band in order to cut this set of songs? In the case of Seeing Things, the first album Jakob Dylan has released outside of the confines of the Wallflowers, he most certainly did. Quiet, reflective, based almost entirely on acoustic guitars, Seeing Things is intimate in a way the road-ready Wallflowers never were, although the tunes are as sturdy and plainspoken as Dylan's songs for the band. Indeed, there's always been a modesty at the core of his writing, so he benefits greatly from this humble setting, masterminded -- as so many big-budget down to basics departures are in the 2000s -- by Rick Rubin, known for his stripped-down reinventions of Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond. Seeing Things isn't nearly as spare as American Recordings or 12 Songs; anchored on acoustics though he may be, Dylan isn't on his own, as bass, harmony vocals, and keyboards are gently woven into the fabric. This gives the music warmth, but the simplicity of the setting helps focus on Dylan's unassuming, well-crafted songs, songs where melodies are gently insinuating and words are so carefully sculpted it's easy to overlook how nicely he turns a phrase. Like many of his peers, Dylan is casting a wary eye on a war-ridden new millennium, but these aren't protest songs, they work on an emotional level and are appropriately balanced with lighter moments, like the lazy shuffle of "All Day and All Night." All through his career, Jakob Dylan has never pushed too hard; he simply lays it out there, so he's uncommonly suited to Rubin's unadorned production. In Rubin's hands, Seeing Things plays like a songwriter playing his newest songs in your living room -- a seductive feeling that no Wallflowers record ever captured, which is an excellent reason for Dylan to step out on his own. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Sony SNY702328.2 CD $15.86 Faith/Void Split PS, US REPRESS!!! Dischord LP $11.00 Far & Son Panik PS, SWEDEN The excellent hip hop/electronica outfit Far & son does music with a grand creative force creating a music with a liberating disrespect for every agreed musical convention. Slap on your headphones, lean back and surrender! Hybris-071 CD5 $5.50 Feathers, Charlie Wild Side of Life PS, US Norton is very proud to present three full volumes of Charlie Feathers, featuring rare and unissued recordings spanning his entire career. This series has been much anticipated by rockabilly fans worldwide and the wait is over! Each set features liner notes by Mike Hurtt including interviews with Charlie s family, friends and fellow musicians as well as unbelievable photos. Many rare titles are offered from master tapes for the first time since their initial release. Twenty Five Performances Have Never Been Issued Anywhere!! Norton NOR332.2 CD $16.63 Fennesz, Christian June PS, US th installment in the Guitar Series Vol. 3 & 4. As much as any artist, he is responsible for establishing the laptop computer as both a compositional tool & concert instrument. Subsuming electro-acoustic strategies into a bedrock of pop, he terraforms vast new worlds of sound, within which both AMM & the Beach Boys can cozily coexist. His Guitar Series contribution, is a suitably lush transformation, as electric guitars flow into deep streams of sound. TableOfTheElements-100 LP $14.25 Final Dead Air PS, US JUSTIN K BROADRICK (JESU) is an iconoclast, a destroyer. Whether by scourge or more subtle measure he is unafraid to loose the blood of infidels. This is the apotheosized nomad. Shifting, flowing, ascending. Dead Air takes hold & abducts the last of your breath w/cruel ceremony. The most solemn Final recording to date. Utech CD $15.50 Flaherty, Paul Aria Nativa PS, US "Aria Nativa" is more than PAUL FLAHERTY'S third solo saxophone album; it merges rhapsodic avant garde music, patriotic dream verse, and mortality into a frighteningly pure work of audio, visual and literary sledge. Recorded during a pair of 2007 performances, its four pieces capture lifeblood in stunning detail from foot stomps to gut hollers and crowd roars as Flaherty's free power blues dips into the well of wretchedness and raises with fists of mirth. It's the sorta record that splays naked the artist for all: equal parts wise ass and universal vision. From his early 1970s woodshedding through a dozen plus albums each with drum buddies Randall Colburne and Chris Corsano, and collaborators Bill Nace, Wally Shoup and Sunburned Man of the Hand, Flaherty remains a total wildcat - on and off the alto/tenor horns. For this LP his massive tonal craft is equally matched by Ken Hill's gorgeous cover shot of a snow blown grave and "No More America" - Ken DelPonte's epic poem that spans nearly five decades and fills the back jacket, framing the atmosphere the music was recorded under. Each 500 copies contain a download coupon for MP3 version of the album that includes a bonus track of "No More America" read by the author. FamilyVineyard-57 LP $12.50 Gentry , Bobbie Ode to Billie Joe/Touch 'Em with Love PS, AUSTRALIA Raven CD $22.00 Guild League, The Speak Up PS, US Long-awaited third album from Australian pop collective The Guild League, comprised of frontman Tali White (also of The Lucksmiths), lead-cellist/bassist Cressida Griffith, sax prodigy Gus Rigby, drummer about town Phil Collings, trumpet from Roger Clark, and guitar magic from Basic Shape's Gerry Eeman. The follow-up to the celebrated 'Inner North' album in 2004, new album 'Speak Up' is the sound of a band full of optimism and new ideas. There's a little bit for everyone, from the insanely catchy guitar pop of 'Suit Fits' and 'If Not Now...' to ska-tinged swingers 'Mouse vs. Mountain' and 'Where's The Colour?' to stunningly beautiful and poignant vocal showcases 'Dead Hour' and 'Incandescent.' The album mixes guitars with strings, keyboards, bursts of trumpet and saxophone, wonderful female backing vocals, and handclaps, all complemented by Tali's crystal clear and perfectly pitched vocals. Imagine the younger brothers of Australia's legendary Summershine Records roster (The Rainyard, The Sugargliders, Tender Engines) mixed with early 80s British pop staples (The Jam, Madness) and you're nearly there. A refreshingly diverse and confident set from a band that only gets better with time. Matinee-051 CD $12.25 Hardin, Tim 1 PS, US HARDIN's 1st album, originally released in 1966, is an accidental classic. The album is comprised of a number of demos, & feat. string arrangements on many tunes that the artist himself knew nothing about. Yet, despite this the album remains a folk-rock-blues classic of the highest order. Though his work is often known more through other artists' interpretations of his songs, his own versions are almost always superior, incl. such classic songs here as "Reason to Believe," "Don't Make Promises," & "Misty Roses." Reissued on CD in the US for the 1st time ever. Water CD $14.25 Hellberg, Mattias & The White Moose Out of the frying pan, into the woods PS, US Awesome new album of retro-psych-rock from Mattias Hellberg (Nymphet Noodlers, Hederos Och Hellberg) comes highly recommended by Jim. The White Moose is the new band of Mattias Hellberg who writes the songs, sings, plays guitars and some other stuff. Then there is Ludwig Dahlberg from The International Noise Con. on the drumkit. On the rolling bass we find Henrik "Hank" Lindén and on keyboards we have Olle Hagberg, both members of Whyte Seeds and Fox Machine. Together these cats fire up a sparkling psychgroove that makes you think of a wild and loose feast out in the weird woods, home of The Great White Moose. Playground CD $15.00 Hendrix, Jimi Electric Ladyland [Collector's Edition] [CD/DVD] (With DVD, Collector's Edition, 2PC) PS, US ExperienceHendrix CD/DVD $29.00 Hermit Crabs, The Correspondence Course PS, US Splendid new EP from heralded Scottish band The Hermit Crabs! Following impressive debut single 'Feel Good Factor' and album 'Saw You Dancing' last year, the Glasgow band spent a year sharpening its live set with shows across the UK plus an appearance at the New York City popfest. The four new songs on this EP accentuate the rich instrumentation present on earlier recordings with a diverse mix of acoustic and electric guitars occasionally embellished with distortion and present a more upbeat, poppy side to their sound. Lead track 'About You Before' is a swinging number about summer relationships that boasts melodic vocals, nice orchestration, a soaring chorus and great bursts of percussion. 'Correspondence Course', driven by superb violin arrangements and distorted guitar bits, is another tale about the china girl mentioned on their debut single. 'Turn The Clock Back' is a beautifully pensive one about a breakup and the little things you miss when you're not going out with someone, while 'I Don't Know How' is a classic case of saving the best for lastan upbeat hit with a sixties vibe, surf guitars and a great singalong chorus. It'll even have the indie hipsters dancing by the end so don't fight it, feel it! Well written and perfectly produced, 'Correspondence Course' pops and crackles in all the right places and is a fantastic step forward for the band. Limited to 1000 copies in custom minijacket sleeve. Matinee-071 CD5 $6.50 Holland, Jolie The Living And The Dead PS, US On her three previous offerings, Jolie Holland mined the deep well of Americana, from classic pre-war blues and country sources to the feel of speakeasy-era popular and parlor songs and originals that echoed all of the above while being caught in the whirlwind restlessness of millennium-edge America. Her songs and instrumentation were like lovers; they represented the iconic places they held in her life as an artist. The Living and the Dead offers a different side of Holland. Where her own sometimes loose and ranging compositions were influenced by those early styles to the point of poetic obsession, the songs here reflect a tighter, more focused musical view while ratcheting up their emotional intensity. Perhaps this is because parts of it were recorded in various cities such as Portland and Brooklyn, with guests who include Marc Ribot, M. Ward, Colin Stetson, Kenny Wollesen, and Jim White; they play alongside her regular collaborators such as engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and co-producer Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Rachel Blumberg. Production aside, it's the songs that reflect the greatest change here, beginning with the opener "Mexico City," where beat generation heroes Jack Kerouac, wife Edie Parker, and Joan Vollmer (the wife of William S. Burroughs whom he accidentally shot and killed in the infamous "William Tell" incident) lay across the protagonist's bed as she strums through a jangly rock tune and asks: "What's that black smoke rising, Jack? Is the world on fire? What's that distant singing? Is it a heavenly choir of the living and the dead?" "Corrido por Buddy" is a gentle yet harrowing memorial narrative about a man she barely knew who went from "beautiful young man on the streets of Austin," to "...a ghost-faced junkie on the streets of New Orleans..." Beginning with strummed electric guitars, drums kick up the emotional verve in the tune though Holland's voice remains relaxed in its drawling delivery. But she implicates herself as culpable too, and wishes she'd not been so shy with this man who treated her with kindness and compassion in her own needy circumstances. She asks with devastating honesty: "What if they only gave you love when you lied? Everything minus one is everything..." The songs could end right here, but Holland is unflinching as the album tenses up even more with "Palmyra," a meditation on the frailty of human relationships and failings of love. Ribot's guitar work here is biting, warm, and razor-wire sharp, contrasting itself with Holland's steely yet world-weary voice. All of these songs reflect the shortcomings of human beings dealing with one another in an honest, intimate, dependable way, and how it's sometimes impossible to endure -- as one is both victim and perpetrator. There are two covers on this set also: the eerie, stripped, disembodied reading of the traditional "Love Henry," (which wouldn't seem out of place on a Tom Waits record), and the set-ending standard within a standard, "Enjoy Yourself," a late-night back porch reading. But even these songs are haunted by something almost dreadful on Holland's shoulder, making her look back at the road in sorrow, and at the present with the kind of resignation and acceptance that true regret brings. Though her Americana roots still shine through in patches, for The Living and the Dead they are stretched to the breaking point. This is a spooky yet beautiful offering by one of our best musical poets; a true outsider trying to come in from the cold. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide Anti CD $17.25 Holland, Jolie Catalpa PS, US Anti CD $12.50 Isolation Years Sign Sign PS, SWEDEN Stickman LP $18.00 Jandek London Tuesday PS, US 55th Jandek release. Recorded live at London's St. Giles In The Fields church on October 18, 2005. Quite possibly an extended song divided into eight parts entitled "No Mind Was A Good Mind." The cover features a man in black posed at a gate overlooking a town somewhere in the UK. The Corwood representative performs solo on acoustic guitar. Corwood CD5 $7.00 Johansson, Jonathan En Hand I Himlen PS, SWEDEN "Yes, there's more than enough room in your life for another sensitive Swede reviving early-1980s new romantic sounds, especially if said Swede has heart firmly clasped to sleeve and hand reaching so valiantly to heaven as Jonathan Johansson. On "En hand i himlen" (which translates to "A Hand in Heaven"), the Stockholm-based electronic artist, whose debut is slated for February on Hybris, harnesses soft vocals and dreamy synths (think A Flock of Seagulls' "Wishing") to a particularly dramatic electric drum and a pulsing bassline (think New Order's... any song). The son of a preacher, Johansson spent three years recording songs in a bunker to get the right sound. "In hand i himlen" is nothing you'd call new, but damned if he doesn't make it all sound freshly autumnal, another ideal song for another overcast day." - Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork Hybris-069 CD5 $5.50 Johnson, Britta w/ Mirah and Spectratone International Share This Place PS, US This combines the music created by MIRAH & SPECTRATONE INTERNATIONAL w/the stop motion films created by BRITTA JOHNSON to animate the live performance that first debuted at the Seattle International Children's Festival in May 2007. The music is full, subtle, & meticulously rendered, moving easily among a wide range of influences, from early music to folk to psychedelia. Johnson has created luminous stop-motion animated films for each of the songs. The insects - created out of corks, ashtrays, old balloons & other bits of domestic debris - are singing, hatching, rolling balls of dung & fulfilling their destinies. Krecords-201 DVD $14.25 Justice A Cross the Universe PS, US This live CD + DVD release includes recordings of Justice's signature headbanging live sets along with show footage and various hijinks captured as the band toured the U.S. in March 2008. Atlantic CD/DVD $20.50 Kaleidoscope Beacon from Mars PS, US Wielding a battery of exotic instruments that once adorned a thrift-shop front window (bazouki, oud, vina, saz, doumbeg), they were every bit as multi-hued & subject to change as a telescope full of bright bits of colored glass. This wildly experimental outfit pioneered what would become the world-music genre by darting deftly between rock, folk, blues, Cajun, country, Middle Eastern, good-time ballads & Eastern European styles, w/ plenty of full-blown psychedelia on the side. Sundazed LP $16.50 Kozelek, Mark Finally PS, US Many of these tracks were recorded for tribute albums & are now collected in a cohesive, 10-song LP. Highlights include a bluegrass version of "Lazy" by Low, "Bedtime Lullaby" from the children's show Yo Gabba Gabba! & an intimate, acoustic version of Stephen Sondhiem's "Send In The Clowns." Also includes radio show rarities, a previously unreleased version of Husker Du's "Celebrated Summer" & two original instrumentals. CaldoVerde CD $12.00 La Dusseldorf Viva PS, US Exact repress on 180gm vinyl w/ original art. All-analog mastering from original tapes. 'Viva' is the 2nd release from KLAUS DINGER's post-NEU! Krautrock group. Originally released in 1978, this is a stunning combination of washed out synthesizers, swirling guitar work & Dinger's trademark motorik rhythms & accessible experimentation. Feat. the classic ""Cha, Cha 2000." 4MenwithBeards LP $16.75 Little Boots Arecibo PS, US LIMITED TO 500. Produced by Joe Goddard (HOT CHIP) & Greg Kurstin (BIRD & THE BEE). It has been barely a year since her solo project began, & already VICTORIA HESKETH is UK pop music's most talked about new star. Each crystal-tipped sabre of dance-pop truth is as instant & succinct as it is pulse-racingly powerful. "Stuck On Repeat" was the song that started it all. The kind of irrepressible anthem that cannot be contained. Transformed from a forlorn piano-led anti-ballad, into a seven-minute butterfly-inducing electro-trance sky-reacher by Goddard, it stamped her name onto planet pop in emphatic fashion. IamsoundRecords 12 $6.75 Long Winters Live at the Showbox PS, US Features guest appearances by local music luminaries & Barsuk-roster labelmates, plus a full horn section. LIMITED DorsiaFilms DVD $14.50 Los Campesinos! We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed PS, US VINYL VERSION. Arts&Crafts LP $18.00 Louvin, Charlie Sings Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs PS, US TompkinsSquare CD $15.25 Magic Mushroom Band Feed Your Head PS, US The band first came together in 1982 when they first began playing their brand of "Psychedelic Space Pop." This was recorded on the band's "Stoned Crypt" tour of 1986 & features some of the band's more popular numbers in the set including "Magick Eye" & "Jelly Jam" USD CD $17.50 Magnificents Year Of Explorers PS, US The latest release from this Scottish band is an epic saga of stolen synths, left-handed guitars, trans-European expressways, covert product placement, and serious studio tomfoolery. Where their eponymous debut was primarily fueled by raw punk power and electrifying excess, this record demonstrates a more measured method. They've toured with the Beta Band, Mogwai, Stereolab, and Trans Am. Mush-207 CD $9.00 Matt & Kim To/From PS, US TeamScience 10 $8.00 Miwon A To B PS, US 2nd full-length from MIWON. Quite popular throughout Berlin for his soulful electronic pop music, here he delivers an album full of melodies, haunting atmospheres, killer beats & sweet, irresistible pop songs. Ranging from hands-down pop songs (the title track "A To B" is a homage to/cover version of Fleetwood Mac) to more dancefloor-oriented tunes like "Matchbox" that are clearly-influenced by Cologne pioneers like Burger/Ink CityCentreOffices CD $16.25 Moonbabies, The Take Me to the Ballroom EP (DELAYED) PS, SWEDEN The second single from their latest album 'Moonbabies at the Ballroom' released last Summer on our Hidden Agenda imprint. Features the exquisite title track plus two previously unreleased gems: "Flip-Top Boxer" and "Crispin Glover". Startracks/Hidden Agenda CD5 $2.00 Mr. Bungle S-T PS, US 180gm vinyl LP! MR. BUNGLE's debut for Warner Bros., originally released in 1991, is one of the most difficult major label "rock" records of all time. Led by MIKE PATTON (ex-Faith No More) & w/ downtown New York legend JOHN ZORN as producer, this is a twisted & schizophrenic ride through genres from metal to klezmer, all punctuated by Patton's brutal, filthy, & often hilarious lyrics. Faith No More may have seen greater success but there's no doubt that this was the better representation of Patton's artistic vision. Brutal & brilliant. Plain LP $16.75 Murcof Versailles Sessions PS, US Six new pieces composed by FERNANDO CORONA (aka MURCOF) for a site-specific commission for Les Grandes Eaux Nocturnes, an annual festival of sound, light, & water in France. This is an aural document of the event, released on specially priced CD & LTD ED 2LP vinyl. The 6 pieces prepared for the project derive entirely from recordings of 17th century baroque instruments (incl. harpsichord, viola da gamba, flute, & violin) & a mezzo soprano. UNCUT MAGAAZINE: "Mindblowing, like Sunn O))) playing Ligeti in a galaxy far, far away. Sublime." Leaf CD $14.25 Murcof Versailles Sessions PS, US LIMITED VINYL VERSION. Leaf DLP $20.75 Murder By Death/William E. Whitmore Split PS, US LIMITED ONE TIME PRESSING! This is the first in a series of 7" featuring Murder By Death collaborating w/ other well known indie rock artists. Side A: Murder By Death performing "One Man's Shame" by William Elliott Whitmore. Side B: William E. Whitmore performing MBD's "Dynamite Mine" MurderByDeath 45 $8.50 Nada Surf Vinyl Box Set 1994-2008 (6XLP) PS, US Amazing box set containing 5 albums on 6xLP, a 7" single, plus ample additional goodies. All 5 full-length studio LPs including Elektra debut High/Low (available on vinyl exclusively in this box set), The Proximity Effect, Let Go, The Weight Is a Gift, & Lucky. Repressing of the band's long out-of-print debut 7" single The Plan/Telescope, 24-page full-color 12x12" booklet includes lyrics for all the LPs, exclusive photos & tour poster reproductions. Single-use full-album MP3 download codes for The Proximity Effect, Let Go,The Weight Is A Gift, & Lucky. PLUS a very special bonus download folder with 16 b-sides & rarities! Box set is numbered & strictly limited to 1000 copies worldwide Barsuk LP $129.75 Nadler, Marissa Ballads of Living & Dying PS, US VINYL VERSION. With bonus unreleased 7", a limited edition of 1000. MexicanSummer-019 LP/45 $17.75 Nebula Peel Sessions PS, US SweetNothings CD $16.25 One Last Wish 1986 PS, US After their previous band RITES OF SPRING broke up, Edward Janney, Brendan Canty & Guy Picciotto joined up w/ ex-EMBRACE, ex-FAITH guitarist Michael Hampton to form this group in the spring of 1986. This tape remained unreleased until its CD release in 1999. Now available on vinyl for the first time. Dischord LP $11.00 One More Grain Scarborough Fair PS, UK OMG formed in the summer of 2006; with their first album 'Pigeon English' being released on that bellwether of independent labels Victory Garden. 'Isle of Grain' followed in January 2008 on White Heat grabbing album of the week in the Sunday Times (5 out of 5 stars) and the band needing a wheelbarrow to carry the positive reviews. The single 'Having a Ball' was unlikely championed by Radio One tosser Zane Lowe. Scarborough Fair' has the village fair fancifulness of Paul Simon's tinkering arrangement replaced by a both haunting and decidedly enchanting yet darker and more forthrightly trippy affair; a mind-warping, dream-like dub collage. Either a lysergic haven located deep in the mindset of Sun Ra, or a hazily atmospheric, drugged feel as if It's Immaterial were produced by Martin Hannett. It's a deeply engaging and crafted reclaiming of a folk foundation stone. 'Giriama Wedding' another traditional arrangement but this time a Kenyan wedding song which apparently was stumbled upon by way of a release on the legendary Nonesuch Explorer imprint, entitled 'Witchcraft and Ritual Music'. A dizzyingly up-tempo and frenetic gem that provides for a hot thick stew of wired, squirreling ska-like brass arrangements, all woven into an acutely vibrant and weirdly sultry ethnic pop song. If we weren't any the wiser we'd have hedged our bets by saying it was the Contortions in a grueling stare-down with Pigbag Edition of 500 on 7" vinyl. For fans of Early Factory Records, Martin Carthy, The Fall, Martin Hannett and Terry Riley. StaticCaravan-175-7 45 $8.00 Parenthetical Girls Entanglements PS, US An orchestral song cycle of grand sonic ambition, this is an 11 song, linear narrative of ascendancy, adolescent sexuality, quantum mechanics, consent & other moral ambiguities - all set to an elaborately orchestrated olio of Modern Classical & timeworn, traditional American pop forms. Tomlab-120 LP $14.25 Pavement Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed. DELUXE PS, US DCD and 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. Matador DCD/LP $23.00 Pavement Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence 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 Psychic TV Mr. Alien Brain Vs. the Skinwalkers PS, US SweetNothings CD/DVD $25.00 Rebel, Miss Lana All I Need PS, US Real-deal American country music has its roots in the anti-government encampments of born-disaffected Scots Irish settlers in Appalachian America. Those dark hills & hollers are where folks immigrated in order to get away, to not participate in the sorts of activities that most folks thought they should as part of civilization. When these folks picked up instruments the stories & poems of loss, freedom, often death & once in a while hope began to flow like corn whiskey from an earthenware jug. In that way, we daresay real country's more punk than punk. LANA REBEL & her band continue in that authentic tradition of Spartan, Appalachian/Western country, w/out the political endorsements (real county's as apolitical as you can get), dumb hooks or the need to participate in a genre fronted by a qualifying adjective ("new", "alt" or otherwise). Get ready to have some stories told to you. 'All I Need' will get tears in your Coors, & a lump in your throat. WantageUSA CD $12.00 Reverend Green/Drawlings Be Good To Earth This Season PS, US This 7-inch comes courtesy of Care Kacky's 45s, the singles division of Paw Tracks. Side A is Reverend Green (a.k.a. Brad Truax of Home and Jah Division). Antony Hagerty (Antony & The Johnsons) along with Kria Brekkan (Mum) lend their distinct voices on this inspirational meditation on self development and the importance of earth awareness. On the flip is the first solo recording of Abby Portner's Drawlings, recorded with the help of Dave Portner (Animal Collective, Terrestrial Tones) and Rusty Santos (The Presence). A haunted children's carol that'll make you glad you're inside by the fire. PawTracks 45 $4.75 Rother, Anthony We Are Punks 3 PS, US This is part 3 of the DATAPUNK label's CD comp. series, curated by ANTHONY ROTHER & incl. 4 previously-unreleased tracks. Almost a year since the highly-acclaimed 2nd edition - high time, therefore, that the label states the position of its sound once more in the year 2008. This one comes w/ a remix of the 2005 Rother single "When The Sun Goes Down" by UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE, which is headed up by "Mad Mike" Banks. This is a 80-min. long psychoactive cocktail of the best in electro, dub-tech, tech-house & so much more. Feat. artists in the mix incl.: DJ HELL, SVEN VATH, PIG & DAN, LOCO DICE & others. Datapunk CD $18.00 Sad Horse S-T PS, US 2nd release in Mississippi Records' 'North Portland Music Series' showcasing the incredible range of music that has come out of their neighborhood over the last 101 (!) years. Sad Horse are a spastic, lo-fi punk duo that will rock your face off over the course of these 6 rapid-fire songs. Limited edition of 500, most of which have already been shipped off to weird European collectors, so act fast rabbit. MississippiRecords 45 $6.00 Seeds Web Of Sounds PS, US RED color vinyl reissue! Springing from the underbelly of the LA garage scene, THE SEEDS were punk rock before the world had ever heard of a tribe called Ramone. Staying mostly to the 'primitive rock' side of the great hippie divide, they released their debut album in 1966, followed by 'Web Of Sounds' that same year. The band did eventually succumb to the inebriating perfume of flower power, but that ultimately proved to be their demise, unravelling in the face of the dawning of a darker era. Incl. their 2nd hit single "Mr. Farmer" & the raucous "Rollin' Machine" GetBack LP $19.00 Sheff, Will / Charles Bissell Will Sheff covers Charles Bissell, Charles Bissell covers Will Sheff PS, US SHEFF covers "Ex-Girl Collection" which BISSELL wrote & performed w/his band WRENS. BISSELL covers "It Ends With A Fall," which SHEFF wrote & performed w/his band OKKERVIL RIVER. Jagjaguwar-122 45 $4.75 Shores of the Tundra Heart of the Beckoning PS, US Industrial style electronic doom metal w/ spacey melodious parts & multiple sound layers, capturing something similar to Godflesh covering Pink Floyd. Crushing brutality & pain meet peaceful beauty & hope. From all out raw screaming to droning chants, this meticulously blends the power of overdriven guitar heaviness & electronic effected aural space exploration. Limited to 300 one-sided reverse cut 12-inches on clear vinyl w/ silk-screened B-sides. RIYL: Neurosis, Jesu ScenesterCredentials LP $10.25 Sigur Ros Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust PS, US This album glows with the perfect imperfection of live takes, the sounds of fingers playing guitar strings, cracked notes, and a stark, up front presence not found in previous recordings; moving away from reverb-soaked guitar sounds towards something altogether more affecting. It also contains some of the most joyous music Sigur Ros has ever recorded. "Old fashioned psychedelic grandeur...is revived with otherworldly majesty and inexorable crescendos¿a typically majestic but uncharacteristically summery album, with jolts of percussive energy and connotations of sunlight and air" - NY Times. Double LP on HQ 180 gram vinyl. XL DLP $20.00 Sigur Ros & Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson Angels Of The Universe [reissue] PS, US BACK IN PRINT. Domestic release for Icelandic only film soundtrack originally released on Sigur Ros' own Krunk label. Most music composed by Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson, European Composer of the Year in 1995 for "Children of Nature" soundtrack. Sigur Ros contributes 2 huge tracks, only previously available on their second EP, "Ny Batteri", which is long out of print. FatCatRecords-1102 CD $9.00 Skeletons Money PS, US VINYL VERSION! Already up so early in the morning of 2008, SKELETONS were hibernating in the safest, quietest, warmest place in the world: Times Square, New York. In a haunted WWII-era ballroom they recorded through the wintry nights when the studio was on fire. Taking breaks at 5am, standing under heat lamps listening to Hot Jazz outside the Time Warp Hotel, soaking up the empty streets with the leftover creeps while the tourists sleep. It's just the same struggle any old human has to go through to make anything: make it to work on time, make an excuse, make babies, make war, make breakfast without getting into a fight. The child of this struggle is "Money", pre-made, for you, entering the world October 7th in the USA, and October 28th in the UK and Europe via TOMLAB. Tomlab-123 DLP $14.25 Soy Un Caballo Les Heures De Raison PS, US The duo Soy Un Caballo (Spanish for "I am a horse") features Bonnie Prince Billy (Will Oldham) and Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas). They write and perform songs of exquisite fragility. "Delicate, wispy melodies vie with choral refrains...smooth as silk, cool as a cucumber and light as a feather" - Subba-Cultcha. "An album that enchants and leaves you to imagine" - Wire. MintyFresh CD $10.00 Susanna Flower of Evil PS, NORWAY Flower of Evil is the second solo album from Susanna Wallumrød, mostly known from two fine albums and a number of quietly powerful concerts with Susanna and the Magical Orchestra. Flower Of Evil is 12 sublime cover versions of mostly well-known songs as well as two Susanna originals, all beautifully sung by one of the most exceptional new voices of recent years, with lovely accompaniment by her trusted band members Helge Sten (Deathprod, Supersilent), Pål Hausken (In The Country) and with Bonnie "Prince" Billy guesting on two songs. Whether it's Thin Lizzy or Sandy Denny, Black Sabbath or Nico, Lou Reed or Abba, all are given the very personal Susanna treatment. RuneGrammofon CD $16.25 Tanks Keep Breaking Down PS, US LIMITED TO 500. A collection of songs dead-set on producing equal parts smirks & shouts. Like a thunderous roar, the groups has been leveling venues around the US w/their brand of gleeful roar since 2005. An uncompromised blend of crushing sounds, limitless energy, & childishly defiant persona, led by the death-by-riff, face-smashing bass of Adam Luksetich (NETHERVOID), the exasperated bleat & laugh-'til-you-cry lyrics of Kevin Koppes, & the drum fury of Joe "The Madman" Ross (WEATHER IS HAPPENING, SWING BY SEVEN). In terms of sound, we think they closely resemble The Jesus Lizard & Rapeman aping Motley Crue's Too Fast For Love. Elements of Lighting Bolt, Mission of Burma, The Fall, DFA1979, & Sleep are all present. Fun, catchy, & seriously rocking ScenesterCredentials CD $8.50 Till The Old World's Blown Up & A New One Is Created S-T PS, US From out of nowhere comes this very interesting collaboration between CHRISTIAN FENNESZ, WERNER DAFELDECKER (of Polwechsel) & MARTIN BRANDLMAYR (of Radian, Trapist, Kapital Band 1, etc) that has been 4 yrs in the making. Tools consist of electric & acoustic guitars, computer, double bass, tape delay, drums, percussion, vibes, piano. The process: several improvisations are reworked into 3 brief trks, one edited by each member of the trio. Then the pieces are mined for a few very short fragments. In turn, these form the core of a much longer piece, painstakenly assembled around repeated motifs salvaged from the wreckage. Moments remind of Talk Talk, GodspeedY!BE, Angelo Badalamenti, Fennesz, etc. Deep, moody & well done! Comes in DCD (CD full length + CDEP) jewel case w/ vellum booklet & traycard w/ silver print. Mosz DCD $16.00 Triffids, The The Black Swan [expanded re-issue] (ON SALE) PS, US The Black Swan has always been the album that divided Triffids fans - it was an eclectic mix of styles at the time and, though this seems a little less unusual these days, it's still mighty eclectic. Restored to the album Dave and the band had hoped against hope for in 1989 by the addition of 5 songs left out back then - and an encore. Accompanied by a bonus disc of demos and unreleased material. The original album remastered and expanded, 36 tracks in total! DominoRecordingCo. DCD $15.00 Triffids, The Beautiful Waste: Mini Masterpieces from The Triffids 1982 to 1985 [collection] (ON SALE) PS, US The Triffids recorded a number of works that were less than full length but far from fully formed. They've grouped a number of these under the title Beautiful Waste... Most of the material is heard here for the first time on CD. Included are Raining Pleasure, Lawson Square Infirmary and the Field Of Glass EP. To round off the set we've included the title track and a smash hit single that never was - Dear Miss Lonelyhearts and Native Bride. DominoRecordingCo. CD $15.00 Triffids, The Treeless Plain [expanded re-issue] (ON SALE) PS, US Treeless Plain was recorded in a dozen midnight to dawn sessions with a talented but green engineer, Nick Mainsbridge some 25 years ago. Legend has it that the time left to mix all tracks was 2 hours. Fortunately the 24 track masters were retained and we were able to commission a brand new mix from the now considerably less green Mr Mainsbridge. Wow springs to mind. The original album (plus extra tracks from the same sessions) remixed by the original engineer Mainsbridge, remastered and further expanded with live tracks. DominoRecordingCo. CD $15.00 Twi The Humble Feather Music For Spaceships & Forests PS, US Stylistically the record reveals delicate guitar technique, yet finds balance within the raw emotion found in high velocity strumming patterns, generally inspired by flamenco. Guitar harmonics often offer an implication of bells, chimes, & time. Dynamic chanting, vocal drones, & vocal percussion are also commonly featured. "It's been a long time since I've heard a record as unabashedly full of joy & generosity of spirit as this...I cannot recommend it highly enough." FriendlyGhost CD $9.50 Vapnet Stockholm PS, SWEDEN One re-recorded track: a more punkier version of the track "Ge dom våld" that was on their debut ep plus "Stockholm, sett snett uppifrån" from the CD Doda Fallet. "Glavå, who worked on recent albums by Sambassadeur and Jens Lekman, adds just a touch of reverb to the instruments, giving the songs an added depth of sound that reinforces both their exuberance and their melancholy. A lone tambourine launches opener "Stockholm, Sett Snett Uppifrån" and is eventually joined by Abrahamsson's piano and Philip Gates' drums, which sound new in this context. Then the song flies away with Anna Modin's flute, carrying it to its swirling chorus." Hybris-070 45 $9.00 Various 4 Women No Cry Vol. 3 PS, US As regular listeners know, the simple but effective concept behind MONIKA ENTERPRISE's '4 Women No Cry' series is to present, on one long player, 4 more or less unknown female musicians from 4 different countries, each w/ their own unique sound. Now the series is on its 3rd volume, & it once again brings to light 4 of the world's freshest new musical talents. Compiled by Monika founder GUDRUN GUT (ex-Malaria!), this volume takes in everything from pop & electronica to experimental sound collages. Feat. here is Colombian musician LUCRECIA w/ an enchanting pop song, as well as Athens, Greece's MANEKINEKOD (aka ELENI ADAMOPOULOU), who is a classically-trained musician w/ a dark sound, using noise from the city & transforming it into rhythms & melodies. Also feat. is Los Angeles resident JULIA SHAMMAS HOLTER, a classically-trained keytarist from Echo Park, as well as Brazilian LIZ CHRISTINE, a true sound-artist who creates audio-sculptures to achieve atmospheres & acoustic textures. Monika CD $15.50 Various Titan: Its All Pop! PS, US 30 yrs since they meekly flopped out their 1st 7" single, Kansas City's TITAN Records finally returns to record bins everywhere in a deluxe 2CD retrospective. From 1978-1981, the Titan label issued only 8 records, but over the yrs their tiny catalog has crawled to the top of power pop want lists worldwide & appeared on scads of bootleg cassettes, building a legacy to rival L.A.'s Bomp or New York's Ork. Their midwest AM bubblegum roots are apparent in the likes of GARY CHARLSON, THE SECRETS, ARLIS!, GEMS, MILLIONAIRE AT MIDNIGHT, THE BOYS, J.P. McCLAIN & THE INTRUDERS, BOBBY SKY, & others, but Titan was clearly influenced by the glam-punk spit being hocked from the 100 Club stage. A 44 trk collection feat. 19 previously unissued recordings, a 40 pg booklet crammed w/ photos, ephemera, an essay & discography. Numero DCD $23.00 Verlaine, Tom Dreamtime PS, US 2008 Re-Issue Tom Verlaine's second album (originally on the Warner Brothers label) as a solo artist after disbanding Television, is not groundbreaking or innovative as much as it is consistent. The post-punk early '80s spawned only a handful of bands that lasted more than a few years, but Verlaine in his time was one of the more distinctive voices that did not depend on hitmaking status. Verlaine, David Byrne with Talking Heads and Dave Thomas with Pere Ubu perfected the non-plussed, upper octave, pained and tortured artistic style that identified the New York CBGB's no-wave crowd of rock singers. What is distinctive about Dreamtime, aside from its thick guitar fortifications, firm stance, and unwillingness to modify a sound he believed in, are the issues surrounding the making of these recordings. The first session was marred by the usage of poor quality reel-to-reel tapes, barely yielding only half an album. Other songs had to be re-recorded with different players, due to the original band's unavailability. There's also a strong connection with Patti Smith, who Verlaine toured with when leading Television. First session bassist Fred Smith, also from the original Television group, keyboardist Bruce Brody, and drummer throughout, Jay Dee Daugherty, are major contributors to the uniform texture of the tunes. A resultant basic yet visceral sound stripped of bells and whistles gets to the heart of the uncomplicated rock sound of the day, expressing a young man blues stilted by a changing world. It's hard to pin down a "hit" track," but several rank as distinctive. "Without a Word" is molded in the classic Television style, with repeat guitar lines from Verlaine and Ritchie Fliegler, "There's a Reason" is self-explanatory and prototypical, while "Fragile" revises Byrne's distant vocal foresight, with Verlaine claiming someone "stole my secret," and further adds the repeat guitar hooks. "Penetration" is likely the rave fave, at once propelled, strutting, and plodding with the sparest of diffuse guitar, and inferences -- sexual or otherwise -- galore. "Always" sports the kind of cooled, ambiguous message under no frills rock & roll, with Verlaine exclaiming he has a clue on "the best kept secret in town." Then there's the effeminate singing of "Down on the Farm," evocative of Dave Thomas and his stressed out style, the slow funky R&B elements of "Mary Marie" enhanced by the organ work of Bruce Brody, and a choogling Creedence Clearwater Revival ramble during the mainly instrumental jam "The Blue Robe." Perhaps the most advanced track, "A Future in Noise" epitomizes the disarmed CBGB's vibe with slightly built intensity, resolutely controlled. Not so much a set of tidy, trimmed concepts when one listens closely, as it is a vision of an artist laying it all out from the bottom of his heart. Many would easily admit Dreamtime is Tom Verlaine's shining hour. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide Collector's Choice COLC950.2 CD $12.79 Vervloesem, Pierre Not Even Close PS, US 1st release in a new "P.V. Presents" series, & the Brussels-based producer/avant-garde guitarist/composer VERVLOESEM's 1st solo album since 2005 & where he does absolutely everything except for some vocals by his wife. He has previously recorded w/ X-Legged Sally & A Group, as well as collaborations w/ David Byrne, Bill Laswell, Marc Ribot, Wim Vandekeybus, Guy Segers (Univers Zero) & Charles Hayward (This Heat), & has mixed and/or produced too many bands to be cited here (around 100), incl. dEUS & Flat Earth Society. Stilll CD $18.00 Viking Moses! Parts That Showed PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! MusicFellowship LP $18.25 Viking Moses! Parts That Showed PS, US Recorded on the Oldham family farm in central Kentucky by Paul Oldham, featuring the talent of Spencer Kingman (SPENKING), John McCauley III (DEER TICK), Evelyn Weston, Cody Brant & Jacob Soto (FLASPAR). This is a unique story of a teenage part-time prostitute who spends her earnings buying ice cream for neighborhood children, & of the man who obsesses over her from afar, told from both angles, & spanning their lives. However, the approach of this story intends to transcend taboos & judgment to offer the listener a vast spectrum of the emotion & ideals of the characters, setting & circumstance. This album was written w/ the dream that it might one day be sung by Dolly Parton, & so pays tribute to her work & inspiration. MusicFellowship CD $14.25 Walking Bicycles Go PS, US Originally from Aracata, CA this band started off as a duo but has expanded to quartet in their now Chicago home. The album's dark and lonely songs manifests into something bombastic and peculiar. Half of the album was recorded by Brian Deck (MODEST MOUSE, IRON AND WINE) and the other half by STEVE ALBINI. HighWheel CD $12.00 Wavves S-T PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Woodsist LP $13.00 Wavves S-T PS, US Lo-fi, beach-punk anthems by San Diego's Nathan Williams. Beautiful, timeless melodies on top trash can guitars and blown out drums.14 tracks in 35 minutes, fuzzier than fuck. Next album to be released by Sub-Pop subsidiary De Stijl. PITCHFORK: "With sun-kissed melodies drenched in clanging four-track bedroom-stoner noise-pop, "Wavves" could be the Beach Boys reimagined by a supergroup of No Age, Black Lips, and Times New Viking." Woodsist CD $11.25 Welcome Wagon, The Welcome to the Welcome Wagon PS, US This debut album unveils a ramshackle sing-a-long enterprise of a Presbyterian pastor (the Rev. Vito Aiuto) & his wife (Monique) wrestling out the influences of folk music, religion, popular culture, & church tradition in a collection of songs that is as soulful as it is good-humored. AsthmaticKitty-45 CD $11.50 Weller, Paul Weller at the BBC [deluxe boxset] PS, US Stunning 74-track, all digitally-remastered 4CD HARD-BACK BOOK set of exclusive BBC sessions & live concert tracks from 1990-2008. Discs 1&2 feature key session tracks from 1992-2008, including 40 unreleased versions. Discs 3&4 feature 34 of the best live concert tracks from 6 BBC-recorded shows from 1990-1998. The 64-page booklet houses new extensive liner notes as well as never before published interviews. YepRoc-2626 CD-BOX $59.50 Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship? No Blood, No Blooms PS, US New wax from Mississippi Records! After a return from Hurricane Katrina's exodus, 9 folks took their knowledge (or lack thereof) of instruments & put together "Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship?". With an accordion & upright bass supporting the musical backbone, a 6 piece horn section appears and drops out, playing layered melodies with minimalist percussion as glue. Beautiful, as well as scrappy, six songs measuring in at 37 minutes, wonderfully recorded by Don Godwin in November of 2007. We are happy to put this record out into the world. This limited pressing of 800 comes in hand silk screened covers w/ an insert. MississippiRecords LP $11.75 XELA In Bocca Al Lupo PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Type DLP $19.75 Yellow Melodies, The The Championship Cup PS, SPAIN The long-awaited comeback by The Yellow Melodies, from Murcia (Spain). After a long time since their leader Rafa Skam has been involved in other projects -his huge fanzine 'El Planeta Amarillo', playing guitar in Vacaciones [Elefant Records]; photographer at music festivals; tour promoter, and so on), he has now decided to reactivate his all time band, the one that reflects best his musical influences. So here they are again The Yellow Melodies, with Rafa Skam and Pilar Aparisi, as well as the new guys Jesús González and Jaime Belmonte, and they come back to introduce us their fourth record, "The Championship Cup", with a lot of of enthusiasm and savoir-faire; this mini-album has a gorgeous production, and it is full of beautiful arrangements. It shows the talent of this band along this mini-lp in a 10 inch vinyl, that will satisfy the sunshine pop and 60's psychedelia lovers as well as classic and contemporary British pop fans. The mini-lp is released exclusively on vinyl, as a gift for those who love appreciating pop in its natural state. The record features 6 songs; two of them already have a videoclip: "The Championship Cup", directed by Martin Ellerbeck, and "Mr. Sand and Mrs. Sea", by Faustino Fdez. Both of them can be seen at The Yellow Melodies and Clifford Records' websites and MySpaces. "The Championship Cup" is just a starter because the band are in the studio again recording their new album which is going to come out in 2009, but that is another story! CliffordRecords-001 10 $16.25 Forthcoming Releases* American Football American Football EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH) PS, US First time on vinyl! In their brief history together, American Football crafted two releases that left an undeniable mark on independent music. Despite being released nearly a decade ago both releases are consistently among Polyvinyl's top selling titles. Fronted by Mike Kinsella (Owen, Joan of Arc, Cap'n Jazz), American Football created the kind of songs that held new discoveries upon each listen. These three songs along with the nine that appear on the band's full-length are the only American Football songs ever released. This release features all new album artwork, is on high quality 180-gram vinyl and includes a digital download of the entire release. Polyvinyl-019 12 $8.75 Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US Their ninth full-length. The whoops and hollers that previously held together the sublime, chaotic urgency of their earlier work now signal the calm sense of euphoria and wonder that ripples through this wide eyed record. Domino CD $13.00 Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Domino DLP $21.00 Antony & The Johnsons The Crying Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US Antony and the Johnson's breakthrough second album "I Am a Bird Now" won the UK's prestigious Mercury Prize in 2005. The success that followed introduced many to a pioneering soul singer unafraid to explore themes that traversed darkness and light, life and death, male and female. Antony's inimitable voice sparked the interest of artists ranging from Bjork to Hercules and Love Affair, resulting in a series of critically acclaimed collaborations. "The Crying Light" is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up to "I Am a Bird Now". Here, Antony shifts the thematic focus and explores his relationship with the natural world. The intimacy of the Johnsons' sound is enveloped by avant-classical composer Nico Muhly's symphonic arrangements. The record's centerpiece, "Another World" traces the singer's dispair in the face of a vanishing landscape. Antony and the Johnsons' music bridges the gap between avant-classical music and the blues, and the band's sold out performances have resulted in standing ovations from Carnegie Hall to the Apollo. "The Crying Light" is a soul-stirring new work with its daring compositions and captivating vocal performances. Antony and the Johnsons have created a subtle and timely work that brings a magical and yet changing world to the forefront of our consciousness. SecretlyCanadian-194 CD $11.50 Ariel Pink w/Haunted Graffiti Can't Hear My Eyes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE DECEMBER 9TH) PS, US What better way to ring in the holidays than with two new cuts from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti. This new materialconstitutes the FIRST studio recordings with the full band. This 7" is limited to 500 copies, so act quick! The band features keyboardist Kenny Gilmore (Lilys), bassist Tim Koh (White Magic, All Night Radio), drummer Aaron Sperske (Beachwood Sparks, Lilys), and guitarist Cole M. Greif-Neill (The Samps). MexicanSummer 45 $4.25 Baikonour Your Ear Knows Future (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US 2nd album by Brighton's BAIKONOUR, aka Jean-Emmanuel Krieger. 3 yrs on from his acclaimed debut, he has delivered another burst of smart, proggy poptronica, bursting w/ Gallic charm & myriad, fully-realized ideas. He plays all the instruments except for drums, which were played by FUJIYA & MIYAGI's LEE ADAMS. Baikonour makes confident strides as an artist, turning in a collection of songs that fuse electronica w/ motorik Krautrock & the dynamics of My Bloody Valentine & The Cocteau Twins, Amon Duul 2, Popol Vuh, Harold Budd, Eno, Neu! Vangelis, Magma & 'Melody Nelson'-era Gainsbourg. Melodic CD $16.25 Beware of Safety Dogs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH) PS, US As romantic as it is morose & solemn; as secretive as it is exposed & vulnerable. This pushes instrumental music into a psychedelic direction of pure catharsis. MyleneSheath CD $13.50 Beware of Safety Dogs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! MyleneSheath DLP $23.50 Bird, Andrew Noble Beast [vinyl version] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION in gatefold jacket with fold out poster and download codes. FatPossum DLP $23.75 Bird, Andrew Noble Beast (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US New album. FatPossum CD $15.00 Bird, Andrew Noble Beast/Useless Creatures [deluxe edition] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US Double-CD deluxe version features a bonus CD of instrumentals, completely different artworek/packaging, fold out poster... 23 tracks total. FatPossum DCD $27.25 Blackout Beach Skin of Evil (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20th) PS, US Blackout Beach is the solo nom de guerre of Carey Mercer (FROG EYES/SWAN LAKE). Skin of Evil is remarkable in the sense that a. it contains a story, and b. that it sticks to the story; a rare occurrence in these free times. "Donna" is the subject, and each of her lovers (past & present) say their peace in song (Donna gets her song, too). Composed, played & recorded entirely by Mercer alone, these songs revel in the proto-punk darkness of the heady Cleveland axis (e.g. Peter Laughner, David Thomas) with a minimal, textural & almost Suicide-ish sense of pop form & the experimental nature of contemporary Scott Walker works. SoftAbuse-31 CD $11.75 Bon Iver Blood Bank (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Jagjaguwar-134 12 $9.00 Bon Iver Blood Bank (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US The four-song Blood Bank collection continues down the path forged by 2008's critically acclaimed For Emma, Forever Ago. While still tied to the identity of the place where it was born, Bon Iver is no longer an unplanned entity synonymous with Justin Vernon. It is an idea, a place and sentiment that has now become as international as it is timeless. From the title track's remembrance of the winter warmth we seek, to the summer love tribute of b-side gem"Babys," Bon Iver's snow-blanketed harmonies live across the seasons. Still, there is a reverence for sabbatical, solitude and the winding down of time. As much as Emma is about the cold, the Blood Bank collection is about the warmth that gets you through it. You can feel the air move. Like a fire you've been stoking for hours and finally got to sustain itself, the heat blisters your face while your back is frozen solid. Bon Iver has grown to include more than what was available at the much-fabled Wisconsin cabin, such as piano, slide guitar, and vocoder. As Justin layers on harmonies in the meditative R&B a capella "The Woods," he declares "I'm building a still to slow down the time." It is as poetic as it is necessary. Both expansive and intimate, these four songs explore the darker and lighter natures of the seasons and what they signify, and offer a dynamic glimpse into the Natural energy and refined craftsmanship that characterize Justin Vernon's music. Jagjaguwar-134 CD5 $7.50 Clue To Kalo Lily Perdida (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US Satisfyingly schizophrenic, Clue To Kalo's third full-length release Lily Perdida is ten voices in one, all of them a different branch off the same electric folk tree. Amidst jangly guitar, mod ribbons of flute, and the voices of mastermind Mark Mitchell and duet partner Ellen Carey, ten musical perspectives on fictional character Lily Perdida emerge, each song from the point of view of a different person in her life. A post-modern frolic of keyboards, harpsichords and laptops, Lily Perdida is a gorgeous and sonically sprawling commentary on the nature of history and identity. Each succeeding track reinterprets, misreads or conflicts with the accounts that came before to collectively create an anti-portrait of the main character. The music ebbs and flows with the changing characters but never strays from the utterly satisfying sound we have come to expect from Clue To Kalo. Hailing from Adelaide, Australia, Clue To Kalo mastermind Mark Mitchell blends a lo-fi acoustic-folk aesthetic to computer-based production in which the technology is the means rather than the end. A generous use of layered melodies, elemental textures, and multi-tracked vocals highlight a vast range of influences and solidify the fact that Clue To Kalo is first and foremost a songwriter. In addition to many shows in Australia and Japan, Clue To Kalo has toured throughout the US and Canada, was a featured artist at the Mush 2003 CMJ and 2005 SXSW showcases, and has shared the stage with luminaries like the Greenhornes, Willowz, Death Cab For Cutie, Caribou, and many more. Inventive without being inaccessible, Clue To Kalo has established himself as a singular artist of extraordinary scope and depth. Mush-262 CD $9.00 Color Cassette Forever Sparrow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13th) PS, FRANCE Color Cassette was initially the project of a single musician, Jason Corder (aka OffTheSky): an old guitar and one four track recorder went head to head in their home studio of Lexington, Kentucky. But this solitary project quickly evolved into a collaborative one, in the course of casual meetings that became veritable musical interventions. In the course of four years, 14 musicians worked at the home studio. Today, Color Cassette is Jason Corder and Matt Yarington (aka Set In Sound), with various guests such as Clint Colburn (vocals), Colin Campbell (drums, vibes), Anna Hess (violin) and Jordan Munson (textures, field recordings). After Small Town Smoker, the first EP in 2008 ('single of the week' at Boomkat, reference for online mail orders), Color Cassette is now releasing their first concept album, Forever Sparrow. It tells the story of a little boy who gets lost in a magic forest, and when he is transformed into a sparrow, he chooses to stay in this extraordinary world forever. This musical journey, which evokes the themes found in Peter Pan and Alice In Wonderland, takes the shape of an acoustic collection in outlines deformed through an electronic prism. Sketched during the sunny summer afternoons of 2007, this handful of ideas metamorphosed into song-format fragments, which put forth the best part of a sound digression. They form a record that is a miniature, moving, and sometimes disturbing, odyssey. COLOR CASSETTE: Jason Corder : vocals, lyrics, vibes, melodica, drums, guitar, bass, production... Matt Yarington : production, drums, programming. Guests: Clint Colburn: vocals Colin Campbell: drums, vibes Anna Hess: violin Jordan Munson: textures, field recordings. DISCOGRAPHIE: (ADIM = AUTRES DIRECTIONS IN MUSIC) LP/EP - "Small Town Smoker EP" (2xCDR, Mobeer (sub-label of Moteer / 2008) - "Forever Sparrow LP" (ADIM/2008) Various / remixes - 'Here We Go Again' on "Various Artists - Assemblage Session 1 (Abandon Building Records/2005) AutresDirectionsInMusic-020 CD $16.25 Epic 45 Bracken / Bibio Remixes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH) PS, UK Tracks : A : 'You Are An Annual' remixed by Bracken B : 'Stars In Autumn' remixes by Bibio. 2 track 45rpm heavyweight 12" vinyl. "Epic 45 are those cooler than thou post-post-rock chaps who wang an album or EP out occasionally to be consumed rabidly by you, the hungry music vulture. Now they've a limited remix 12" in a variety of sleeves, one for each season of the year. I remember when we used to actually have seasons in this country rather than the schizo mulch of conditions we get these days! Bibio & Hood's Chris Adams AKA Bracken are the prizefight contenders here, Bibio's re-jig of 'Stars in Autumn' being an atmospheric brooder reminiscent of later period Boards of Canada. Building up from fractured astral wildlife effects into a spaced clanky ambler of a tune, I can also hear bits of Intricate in there, a reassuringly old skool electronic vibe, full of drifting twinkles & a shuffling phat beat. Very cinematic in places, it really sets the mood for a lazy sunny afternoon's loafing! Bracken re-shapes 'You are an Annual' into a pastoral and blissed out journey full of hesitant bass thrums, shifting, morphing effects that slip in and around the serene vocals and some impressive dubbed-out delay and phasing action! This sounds closer to his later Hood vision rather than the sonic tinkering and future pop of his solo Bracken material and should just be the icing on the cake for fans of both Hood & Epic 45! A real treat this one & we're proud to be giving it the coveted SOTW" spot! WaysideandwoodlandRecordings-001 12 $17.50 Fake Male Voice Cou Cou Sous Les Nuages (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE DECEMBER 23RD) PS, US Picture 7" with dvd. Fake Male Voice is the new project from TUNDE of TV ON THE RADIO. Two brand new songs with a bonus track on DVD. Sexy, soulful vocals with orchestral 80's visual dance music. HeartFast-006 45/DVD $16.25 Fire Witch Japan (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH) PS, US This Melbourne, Australia act plays thundering, spacious metallic sludge. This is a LTD ED, silk screened 1st run of only 200 copies on COLOR vinyl. Aquarius Records sez of the band: "Aussie noise rockers the Grey Daturas had been telling us forever about some killer band called Fire Witch, who they played w/ all the time. FW are another band who traffic in the slooooooooow & heavy, but they definitely give it their own twist. Not sludgy like SUNNO))) or their legions of followers, & not really noisy like many of their countrymen. Instead they're some sort of strange downtuned slowcore mathrock. Massive basses (that's right. no guitars!) churn & throb, the drums a crushing pound, over the top, drawn out wailing 'leads', all the makings of a proper rock band, but instead they fuck it all up... laced w/ all sorts of killer melodies, making it sound like a doomed version of June Of 44 or Engine Kid" WantageUSA 10 $10.00 Groundhogs Scratching the Surface (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH) PS, US This raw, rootsy album ranks among the finest albums to emerge from the British blues-rock boom, Matching TONY MCPHEE's memorable original tunes w/ a blistering reworking of the Muddy Water's classic "Still a Fool" Sundazed CD $16.50 Groundhogs Blues Obituary (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH) PS, US This finds the group beginning to stretch beyond traditional blues forms, as demonstrated on the seven-minute epic "Light Was the Day." This marks the group's first effort as a power trio, the format in which the band would do its most acclaimed & popular work. Sundazed LP $16.50 Headlights Keep Your Friends and Loves Close. Keep the City You Call Home Closer. (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH) PS, US Strictly limited to only 1000 copies, Keep Your Friends and Loves Close. Keep the City You Call Home Closer was previously only available through Headlights and the Polyvinyl website. The 7-song CDEP features live tracks recorded by the band on various stops throughout their hectic touring schedule including sessions with WOXY.com, Indie 103.1, and Daytrotter.com. Over half the pressing has been sold by the band and Polyvinyl. These are the remaining copies available. Includes rare version of fan favorites "Put Us Back Together Right" and "Tokyo." Includes never before released track "This One." TRACK LISTING: 1. Put Us Back Together Right (live on WOXY.com) 2. Lions (live on WOXY.com) 3. Owl Eyes (live on Indie 103.1) 4. Centuries (live on Indie 103.1) 5. Tokyo (live on WOXY.com 6. Songy Darko (live on Daytrotter.com) 7. This One (live on Daytrotter.com) Polyvinyl-133 CD5 $6.25 High on Fire Live At The Relapse Contamination Festival (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH) PS, US Captured at the legendary Relapse Contamination Festival in 2003. The band tears through a vicious 8 song set including classics "Hung, Drawn, & Quartered," "Blood From Zion" & the only official recording of them covering the Venom classic "Witching Hour" Relapse CD $14.75 HR Hey Wella (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE DECDEMBER 9TH) PS, US New solo album from Bad Brains' frontman HR! DCHardCore CD $15.00 Jeremy Jay Love Everlasting (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US 4 songs: Love Everlasting · Lite Beam · Jet Stream · Love Everlasting (Winter Version) It was winter outside and something was happening in the storybook world of Jeremy Jay's psyche. While working on his upcoming full-length Slow Dance [KLP197] (to be released in spring '09), there was an icicle-caked excitement that resulted in a snow-flurry of extra recordings. The cozy, insulated vibe of Olympia, Washington and Dub Narcotic Studio took hold and Jeremy, along with Ilya Malinksy (guitar), Nick Pahl (drums) and Derek James (bass) crafted "Love Everlasting" [KLP202] a separate 12" single. These extra songs, recorded with a fiery compulsion, were written in Jeremy's Los Angeles apartment and expanded in studio. The song "Lite Beam" took shape with a solarized hi-hat and synth bass - a real disco dance cut; "Jet Stream," has that special synth bass that propels it to a dance floor climax, and the single itself, "Love Everlasting," twinkles magnificently with a sensual glide. Jeremy Jay and his band have toured extensively across the U.S.A., Europe and Australia in support of his recent album A Place Where We Could Go [KLP187] and will be reacquainting the U.S. with their icy soundscapes after the release of this 12" single. "Part poet, part '50s teen idol and part ghost, Jeremy Jay [takes listeners to] a place where girls have fairytale looks and candied apples are served for lunch, where dreams, fantasies and movies collide, and where Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly, Morrissey and Alan Vega are loved equally. It's no surprise that Jay calls his hometown of Los Angeles 'the City of Angels' -- he's a true romantic and sensualist, transforming his surroundings into a glamorous, magical reality." - All Music Guide Krecords-202 12 $5.50 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 Judys, The Land Of Plenty [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE ????) PS, US First ever official release for The Judys last album, recorded but never released! In 1990, The Judy's set out to record a new album with a new Judy's sound. Featuring the lineup that had been established over a number of years the band, including Barbara Donaho (keyboards/guitars), Lee Malone (bass), and Darwin Keys (drums), set out to explore new horizons musically and thematically. Land of Plenty injected multi-layered keyboards and guitars, stacked vocals, a gospel choir, and even a bit of banjo into the band's palatte and sought to realize Bean's vision of a new Americana musical landscape. Broad in its scope and daring in its expansion of the band's definition of itself, Land of Plenty was shelved when the group disbanded before the CD's release. While a handful of copies have been given out, this is first time this long sought-after project has been available to the general public. WastedTalent CD $15.00 King Khan & BBQ Show Animal Party (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH) PS, US Canadian punk rock/garage duo from Montreal. 7" single delivered in a custom gate-fold package complete w/an original 16-page coloring book. FatPossum 45 $10.00 Loney Dear Dear John (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH) PS, US Loney Dear is the recording name for multi-instrumentalist and Swedish home-recording phenom Emil Svanängen. Recorded alone in Emil's tiny Stockholm studio apartment and in the comfort of his parents' house in Jönköping, Dear John is an album of contrasts. It will cozy up next to you through the bleakest of winters and be your shade in the blistering summer sun. It is an album that has been on Emil's mind since the inception of Loney Dear. With his first four albums, Emil has always aspired to perfection; he has always promised a masterpiece. Dear John is that record. "Despair has never sounded so sweet." -SPIN "He wraps the ups and downs of a whirlwind romance into tiny packages. You're left hungry, fully certain that 34 minutes-- let alone five-- will never be enough of this very, very good thing." --Pitchforke en TRACK LISTING: 1. Airport Surroundings 2. Everything Turns To You 3. I Was Only Going Out 4. Harsh Words 5. Under A Silent Sea 6. I Got Lost 7. Summers 8. Distant Lights 9. Harm/ Slow 10. Violent 11. Dear John Polyvinyl-171 CD $12.50 Loney Dear Dear John (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Polyvinyl-171 LP $12.50 Los Campesinos! We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH) PS, US LTD ED vinyl LP pressing! The youthful septet from Cardiff, Wales, prove they have no shortage of ingenuity, creativity & most importantly, energy. Feat. all new material from their Seattle sessions w/ producer John Goodmanson Arts&Crafts LP $18.00 M83 Saturdays=Youth (DELAYED) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Mute DLP $19.75 M83 Digital Shades, Vol. 1 (2PC) (DELAYED) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Mute DLP $16.25 M83 S-T (DELAYED) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Mute DLP $19.75 M83 Before the Dawn Heals Us (DELAYED) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Mute DLP $20.00 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 Majesty Crush I Love You In Other Cities (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH) PS, US Led by the bizarre DAVID STROUGHTER (P.S. I Love You), this was one of the smaller shoegazing groups to rise out of the short-lived scene in the early '90s. This album is a collection of their best work. FullEffect CD $15.50 Marhaug/Feiler No More Drama (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 16th) PS, US Limited to 300 copies. Edited live recordings, sometimes sounds like a Borbetomagus storm, sometimes sounds like being in the middle of a bombing in Palestine. A Picture of this record should be next to every definition of Noise music. Lasse Marhaug plays in Jazkamer and has at least 300 other great projects solo and with other people. Dror Feiler served as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, and refused to serve in the occupied territories in the early 70's. He is now a Swedish-Israeli musician and artist and has been living in Stockholm, Sweden since 1973. He is active as a composer of modern music and enjoys giving ear problems and headaches to classically trained musicians. The most brutal vinyl record you will hear this year. NoFunProductions-37 LP $16.25 Mazes S-T (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 2009) PS, US While The 1900s make noises about recording the follow-up to their full-length 2007 album, Cold & Kind, front man Edward Anderson has readied a solo album for Parasol Records, under the moniker Mazes. In cahoots with fellow 1900s vocalist (and Ed's significat other) Caroline Donovan and their comrade Charles D'Autremont, Mazes is not so much departure fro his hitherto verdant psych-pop meadow as a vehicle for Edward to explore further musical flora and fauna. Parasol-CD-112 CD $9.00 Mendoza Si Me Duermo... Choco (If I Sleep, I Crash) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, MEXICO R. Mendoza, one of the members of the Nortec Collective as Panóptica returns to the postpunk ambient soundscapes that informed his formative years in music. "Si Me Duermo... choco" is collection of slowed down techno tracks and ambient pieces that touch upon the post punk influence of 4AD bands like This Mortal Coil, Dif Juz and Xmal Deutschland. The album was mastered by Stefan Betke (Pole) and the artwork by Rubén Tamayo (Fax). StaticDiscos-029 CD $12.25 Music Go Music Warm In The Shadows (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US Warm in the Shadows rounds out the trio of three-song 12" singles that Music Go Music have released over the course of 2008-09. It's both a fitting end-piece to the trilogy and a remarkable expansion of the group's sonic and emotional breadth. There is a casual but undeniable magic to these songs, and it flows around and out of each note of every melody. Title song "Warm in the Shadows" is dance music, as envisioned by a group with a greater allegiance to pop archetypes than to the hymns of the dance-floor. It's a step in a different direction; an invitation to shake, coupled with a gentle evocation of the pain of wrecked love ("what kind of heart would break so easy as my own"). It's a case history and a cure for both the lovesick and the lovesick-to-be. The B-side offers up stories of exotic depravity consuming itself in ways both savage and deceptively elegant. The gypsy rhythms of "Thousand Crazy Nights" undergird a tale of dog piled revelers instructed to "feel with your face, let eyes be your hands" whilst "trapped in desire's aggro dance.""Love,Violent Love" is a psychedelic voyage through a land of raving mobs who "spiral past control" once their love is at last requited. This collection of songs is further proof of the power of the transformative embrace in which Music Go Music holds what is dear to them, and the singular vision that they impart to it. SecretlyCanadian-176 12 $9.00 Newman, A.C. Get Guilty (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Matador LP $14.75 Newman, A.C. Get Guilty (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US The second solo album from A.C. Newman, leader and songwriter behind The New Pornographers, finds the pop songsmith in decidedly more upbeat and guitar heavy form than on the last NP's album. "Get Guilty" is a set of layered pop songs of great melodic and lyrical depth. "A.C. Newman deserves every last bit of praise thrown his way. In a better world, he would be our Elton, our Todd, our McCartney" - All Music Guide. Matador CD $13.25 Nichols, Ben The Last Pale Light In The West (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US The debut mini album by Lucero frontman Ben Nichols was inspired by Cormac McCarthy's novel, "Blood Meridien". Recorded with Rick Steff (Cat Power, Lucero) and Todd Beane (Glossary). Features Nichols' signature gravelly voice accompanied by his acoustic guitar, complimented by Steff's piano and accordion, and Beane's subtle pedal steel guitar. RIYL: Tom Waits, "Nebraska"-era Bruce Springsteen. Rebel CD $9.00 Nomad Cats and Babies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, JAPAN Nomad (Cavemen Speak, Gunporn) finally comes back with his 2nd album called "Cats and Babies" . His debut album called "Lemon Tea" (2006) was critically acclaimed as "bedroom hip hop folk". He was doing between rapping and singing so he was described as "rapper songwriter". With this album, he's become a singer songwriter. He did all by himself in his small bedroom, like songwriting, recording and playing all the instruments (guitar, piano, drums, glockenspiel etc. ) as well as the artwork. Beautiful melodies and fragile fairy voice and witty but intelligent lyrics. You will never forget his voice when once you listen. His music has magic. Hue-1042 CD $17.00 Nyoukis, Dylan Inside Wino Lodge (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 16th) PS, US Limited to 300 copies. New solo LP of strange sounds, vocal improvisations, strings, tape manipulations and hiss drones from Dylan Nyoukis (Decaer Pinga, Blood Stereo) inside his wino lodge. Sounds like it was recorded in a 4 track in 1972 in an insane asylum, then puke over and thrown into the sea, then discovered recently and transfer directly to Vinyl via marine analog tape communication device. Good one to buy as well if you are wondering what a naked Scottish man and his daughter look and sound like. NoFunProductions-36 LP $16.25 Ocean Pantheon Of The Lesser (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH) PS, US 2xLP to follow in about one month. Following their acclaimed breakthrough debut album that caught the ears of critics and fans worldwide, and became Important's highest selling album, Ocean has returned with their forward thinking, brutally heavy and purely minimalist sophomore album Pantheon Of The Lesser. Pantheon Of The Lesser was composed over a period of two years in Ocean's home studio in Portland, Maine. As the seasons passed each track was written, re-written, played and then re-played as layers were slowly stripped away until the true essence of the song was revealed. Once Ocean entered the studio it took another two years to deconstruct Pantheon Of The Lesser until they had found the essence of their writing. This disciplined deconstructionist approach to songwriting is how Pantheon Of The Lesser is how Ocean takes it to the next level of the abyss. The result of this compositional technique is over an hour of strictly bare instrumentation and a kind of natural heaviness that slowly rises and falls in a pure organic fashion. Everything in it's own time. Simply profound. Heavy like Schoenberg. While Ocean continues to explore and expand upon their "less is more" approach of profound musical minimalism and sheer heaviness, Pantheon Of The Lesser is a bit more musical than its predecessor. The Beacon, the opening track on Pantheon Of The Lesser, was played as Ocean's complete set on a recent US tour and on dates with Mono and Boris. Clocking in at 41 minutes on record and over an hour live; The Beacon evolves in 3 distinct movements with fleeting moments of hypnotic melody and earth shaking heavy dirges creating an all-encompassing tone of pure misanthropy. The second and final track on Pantheon Of The Lesser, titled Of The Lesser, carries a similar theme of misery. Written as an ode to distraction, chemical and otherwise, it is Ocean at their most personal: a pure sonic stream of consciousness in slow motion. Packaged in a deluxe foil printed heavy-duty cardboard jacket with art by renowned Maine illustrator Bruce Hutchison. The vinyl version is packaged in double 200 gram vinyl, packaged in deluxe letter pressed covers and limted to 500 copies. Important-219 CD $13.00 Of Montreal Jon Brion Remix EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Polyvinyl-172 LP $10.00 Of Montreal Jon Brion Remix EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH) PS, US Grammy-nominated producer Jon Brion has worked with Spoon, Kanye West, Elliott Smith, and Fiona Apple, as well as scored the films Magnolia, Synechdoche NY, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. An Elurdian Instance is Brion's most recent masterpiece and finds him reinterpreting two cuts from of Montreal's most recent album Skeletal Lamping. These are by no means remixes, as Brion literally reinterprets the songs by taking the basic tracks and adding more instrumentation and backing vocals, including the work of Nickel Creek vocalist and mandolin-player Chris Thile. TRACK LISTING 1. First Time High (Reconstructionist Remix of "An Eluardian Instance") 2. First Time High (of Chicago Acoustic Version) 3. Gallery Piece (JB Remix) 4. Gallery Piece (Long Version) 5. Gallery Piece (Instrumental) Polyvinyl-172 CD $6.75 O'Malley, Stephen Keep an Eye Out! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US Table of the Elements continues to celebrate its 15th anniversary with the tenth installment in its Guitar Series Vols. 3 & 4. It's a 12xLP romp of deviant fretnoise by some of experimental music's most prominent players, including Christian Fennesz, Thurston Moore, and Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley. Sunn O))) founder Stephen O'Malley summons a mesmerizing drone, absorbing the listener into an aural tar pit of deep, inexorable oblivion. He wears a cloak of post-metal allegiances with behemoths like Earth, but beneath that, there is a vibrant body of work that owes as much to the heady minimalism of Tony Conrad and Steve Reich. Constantly pushing at the extremes of volume and duration, O'Malley's sound is a physical phenomenon, infused with an intimidating power - and possessing, at its core, an oddly meditative tranquility. "The supremacy of Table of the Elements for the past decade as an unwavering outpost of ultra-experimental strains can be attributed to its concomitant adherence to valiance. Most of the Table of the Elements catalogue has no broad commercial appeal, and many of its projects - scores for films directed by early-60s Conrad associate Jack Smith or a 3xCD box set by an unknown two-guitars-and-drums trio from Atlanta - are risky ventures, even with respect to the experimental marketplace. Yet, this philosophy of risk works because everyone associated with the label feels like they're doing important work releasing important records, and they're willing to go for broke to make it happen." -PITCHFORK "Table of the Elements [are] fearless purveyors of the wildest stuff around." -KYLE GANN (NEW YORK TIMES) TableOfTheElements-101 LP $14.25 One Up Downstairs, The The One Up Downstairs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH) PS, US The One Up Downstairs is members of American Football, Owen, and Very Secretary. For years The One Up Downstairs was discussed on message boards and became the frequent recipient of questions sent to the Polyvinyl info e-mail account: were they actually a band, did they sound like American Football, did they ever record? The answers to all of these questions are a resounding "yes." In an effort to make the songs available to fans Polyvinyl released the band's only recorded output a few years ago, which led to another question: would the songs ever see a proper release as a 7"? Long sought after, these songs are now available as a 7" that includes a digital download code for the entire release. TRACK LISTING: 1. Champagne 2. Rememories 3. Franco the Bull Polyvinyl-112 45 $4.00 O'Rourke, Jim & Loren Connors Two Nice Catholic Boys (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US These two nice Catholic boys, Loren Connors and Jim O'Rourke, met at the crossroads each night during a 1997 European tour. By this time O'Rourke had reissued Connors' seminal heartbreak album In Pittsburgh on his Dexter's Cigar label and was preparing to produce the guitarist's big-band mash-up Hoffman Estates with Alan Licht. Together, Connors-O'Rourke unravel slow motion Venusian style blues across three extended pieces to thundering, feedback splattered grooves. The spontaneous melodies shift from devastating, country road intimacy to hypnotic over-amped rock. It's ferocious, epic, and an utter beauty capable only from two who know themselves and each other all too well. This live CD is only the second duo release by these musical partners despite performing together since the mid-90s. During the past decade, O'Rourke has repeatedly returned to hours of recordings captured across Europe to select these 47 minutes. FamilyVineyard-59 CD $11.50 Owen (The EP) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH) PS, US Owen is Mike Kinsella (American Football, Joan of Arc, Cap'n Jazz). Previously only available as a CDEP and import-only 12", (the ep) is the usual blend of beautiful acoustic work and wry lyrics that fans have come to expect from Owen. What separates (the ep) from previous Owen titles is the subtle yet intricate inclusion of Cale Parks (Aloha) on drumming and vibraphones along with Jen Tabor on strings and the pedal steel work of Bob Hoffnar (Nora Jones, Ryan Adams). (the ep) continues Polyvinyl's efforts to release Owen's back catalog on high quality 180-gram vinyl. Digital download codes of (the ep) are included in all vinyl. Includes bonus track. TRACK LISTING 1. Skin and Bones 2. In the Morning Before Work 3. Breaking Away 4. That Mouth 5. Gazebo 6. I Woke Up Today Polyvinyl-70 12 $10.25 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 Parenthetical Girls Safe As Houses (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US "THERE'S BLOOD BETWEEN MY LEGS, AND IN THE GRASS OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE I CAME." With this goose-pimplingly visceral couplet begins the fragile journey of Safe As Houses, the second album from experimental Northwestward pop band Parenthetical Girls. Though some two years past between the initial release of the (((GRRRLS))) LP (Parenthetical Girls' debut album, recently reissued on Slender Means Society), Safe As Houses' narrative begins precisely where that album left off-on the same sweat-and-menstrual-blood-soaked summer lawn that so tenderly concluded their debut-but this time from a harrowingly different perspective. "Love Connection, pt. 2" cements the somber, ostensibly sinister narrative tone that shrouds much of Safe As Houses, while simultaneously establishing the tremendous sonic leap the band undertook in their two years of relative quiet. From there, the record leaps into an altogether different sort of narrative-one anchored in the surprising confidence of words-singer Zac Pennington's plainspoken and startlingly corporeal apparitions. Unsettling and beautiful in equal measure, Pennington's a-linear narrative weaves the surprisingly evocative mythology that cradles the record's kitchen-sink experimentation. Recorded with the band's previous three-piece configuration (an ensemble made up of Pennington and Dead Science members Sam Mickens and Jherek Bischoff-a regular contributor to Xiu Xiu and Casiotone For the Painfully Alone, who also served as producer for the record), Safe As Houses embraces the group's shrewd attention to the awkward confluence of experimental and pop musics-creating a record that is at once more difficult and more intrinsically palatable (not to mention significantly darker) than anything so far bearing the Parenthetical Girls name. Which is to say, it's much better. Tomlab-116 CD $12.25 Parenthetical Girls (((GRRRLS))) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US The cumbersome history of the (((GRRRLS))) LP begins sometime in 2002, when two childhood friends began a home recording project in a failed milltown of Everett, Washington. Compiling an innocent assortment of equipment (bass synthesizer, ill-tuned guitar, analog tape delay, and glockenspiel), Pennington and thencollaborator Jeremy Cooper embarked on a course to emulate the spirit of their mutual musical interests, which at the time primarily included the likes of Brian Eno, Pete Kember, Phil Spector, and the early Rough Trade catalog. Over the following year, the clunky results were compiled onto a low bias cassette tape (split into a strained eight tracks) and labeled "Parenthetical Girls". This cassette was mixed down to a single copy, the original tape promptly lost. A year or so later--with the help of considerably more capable hands (namely the Dead Science's Jherek Bischoff and Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart- Pennington set about digitally (and heavily) retrofitting the original recordings into seven proper compositions. To further complicate matters, Pennington commissioned Bischoff and Stewart to complete two radically different sets of mixes for the songs-which have since become respectively known as the "O" and "X" versions of the record. But now it's four years on. In that time, Parenthetical Girls have released two more critically-acclaimed full lengths (2006's Safe As Houses [Slender Means Society] and this year's Entanglements [Tomlab]), toured the US and Europe with the likes of Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, Los Campesinos!, Evangelicals, and Casiotone For the Painfully Alone (whose album Etiquette, incidentally, features a rather lovely cover of (((GRRRLS)))' closing track "Love Connection"). We are pleased to finally present (((GRRRLS))) with the wide distribution that it deserves for the first time. In an attempt to maintain the distinct duality of the LP release, the CD version of (((GRRRLS))) features both editions of the album-but in two different, enhanced CD formats: version "O" (as mixed by Jherek Bischoff) plays on any standard CD player like your average CD should, while the "X" version (as mixed by Jamie Stewart), takes advantage of the near ubiquity of the iPod revolution by offering its tracks as super high quality MP3s, accessible via any computer. (Confused? Me too. Just put it in your computer-you'll figure it out). Additionally, the enhanced materials feature "Inspirational Shortpants (avec paroles)," a track not available on the original vinyl release. Tomlab-115 CD $12.25 Pattern Is Movement All Together (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Hometapes LP $14.00 Prurient And Still Wanting (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 16th) PS, US Limited to 500 copies. This is the picture disc LP version of the now classic and out of print Prurient release. Original description: A tale of lost love and desperation, this is Prurient's full length follow up to the acclaimed Pleasure Ground. And Still, Wanting takes the recent new direction of combining layered synth's and electronic loops with his usual poignant vocals to a whole new level of intensity. A new chapter in obsession with all that is mundane in our human life. NoFunProductions-27 LP $23.75 Psychic Ills Mirror Eye (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US "Psychic Ills have that dance band by accident thing going for them in a big way. Everything about them is bewitching, really, evacuating, an unlikely future-primitive grind." - Village Voice "This NYC quartet set their stall somewhere between oceanic guitar abstraction and the brittle crunch of psychedelic guitar rock, feeding their extended chugging jams through a thick fog of fuzz." - The Wire Mirror Eye, the second full-length album from Psychic Ills, is an altogether heady affair and as its title suggests, a perspective reflection. Through the course of eight tracks, Elizabeth Hart, Jimy SeiTang, Brian Tamborello and Tres Warren journey through a unique amalgamation of electronic explorations, improvised jamming and various sonic experiments that yield a record at once familiar and otherworldly - and unlike anything happening right now. Sprawling opener "Mantis" sets the record's tone with modulating synths and hand drums that give way to a loose groove, terrestrial guitar patterns and shamanic vocals. If you are still around when it rolls into its ending nearly 11 minutes later, its safe to say that you're on board. Following that, the open-ended trance rock of the second track, 'Meta' fades up as if the band has already been jamming on it long before the listener has been let in. It departs in a similar fashion, save for a brief reprise of reversed tape and whatever remnants of the chorus' "Meta, Meta, Meta" are hanging around in the listener's head like a contact high. "Sub Synth" is an off-the-cuff synthesizer splice that descends into the improvised space raga of "Eyes Closed." I Take You As My Wife Again" continues deeper into the abstract with metallic synths and improvised electronics transitioning into organic percussion and whistles before ultimately arriving at its minimal techno inspired ending. Fingernail Tea" is the most straight forward song and vaguely harkens back to elements of their previous full-length, Dins. The hallucinatory next track, "The Way Of" is the album's last burst of energy, forming out of spinning synths and clatter, and riding an eastern bass line and watery guitar riff before unravelling under percussion and goat scream mania. final track "Go to the radio" is a come down of sorts combining two main processed loops, an electronic tambura with a circular dubbed-out field recording of a man's voice repeating the song's name and message, and perhaps the album's for that matter. Mirror Eye is the imaginative culmination of a period of exploration for Psychic Ills. A transcendent combination of musics that symbolizes how far the band has and continues to evolve beyond genre - and a fun listen too. This release will be followed by a mini-lp in the winter of other unheard material from this period. TheSocialRegistry-066 CD $11.50 Psychic Ills Mirror Eye (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US "Psychic Ills have that dance band by accident thing going for them in a big way. Everything about them is bewitching, really, evacuating, an unlikely future-primitive grind." - Village Voice "This NYC quartet set their stall somewhere between oceanic guitar abstraction and the brittle crunch of psychedelic guitar rock, feeding their extended chugging jams through a thick fog of fuzz." - The Wire Mirror Eye, the second full-length album from Psychic Ills, is an altogether heady affair and as its title suggests, a perspective reflection. Through the course of eight tracks, Elizabeth Hart, Jimy SeiTang, Brian Tamborello and Tres Warren journey through a unique amalgamation of electronic explorations, improvised jamming and various sonic experiments that yield a record at once familiar and otherworldly - and unlike anything happening right now. Sprawling opener "Mantis" sets the record's tone with modulating synths and hand drums that give way to a loose groove, terrestrial guitar patterns and shamanic vocals. If you are still around when it rolls into its ending nearly 11 minutes later, its safe to say that you're on board. Following that, the open-ended trance rock of the second track, 'Meta' fades up as if the band has already been jamming on it long before the listener has been let in. It departs in a similar fashion, save for a brief reprise of reversed tape and whatever remnants of the chorus' "Meta, Meta, Meta" are hanging around in the listener's head like a contact high. "Sub Synth" is an off-the-cuff synthesizer splice that descends into the improvised space raga of "Eyes Closed." I Take You As My Wife Again" continues deeper into the abstract with metallic synths and improvised electronics transitioning into organic percussion and whistles before ultimately arriving at its minimal techno inspired ending. Fingernail Tea" is the most straight forward song and vaguely harkens back to elements of their previous full-length, Dins. The hallucinatory next track, "The Way Of" is the album's last burst of energy, forming out of spinning synths and clatter, and riding an eastern bass line and watery guitar riff before unravelling under percussion and goat scream mania. final track "Go to the radio" is a come down of sorts combining two main processed loops, an electronic tambura with a circular dubbed-out field recording of a man's voice repeating the song's name and message, and perhaps the album's for that matter. Mirror Eye is the imaginative culmination of a period of exploration for Psychic Ills. A transcendent combination of musics that symbolizes how far the band has and continues to evolve beyond genre - and a fun listen too. This release will be followed by a mini-lp in the winter of other unheard material from this period. TheSocialRegistry-066 LP $12.25 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 Shearer, Rachel Fakerie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US Fakerie is a digital séance of aural and visual sculptures by the New Zealand artist Rachel Shearer, formerly known as Lovely Midget. Filmed in an environment to facilitate focused listening, Fakerie is as much for the ears as the eyes. Glowing white lights ebb and expand from darkness in shifting series - like clustered stars - as penetrating resonances of acoustic and electronic overtones decompose into the tiniest sand-like components. Traces of Mary Lucier's mid-1970s burn films and Francois Bayle's musical investigation into the physical and psychical world is present. The specially programmed Region 0 (free)/NTSC format DVD plays in constant loop. Its 22- minutes can be expanded into hours allowing the user to immerse themselves in the work. This DVD is Shearer's first long-form film release. In the past 20 years, she has released records on some of the global underground's most significant labels - Siltbreeze, Xpressway, Flying Nun, Corpus Hermeticum and Ecstatic Peace - as Lovely Midget and with Queen Meanie Puss and Angelhead. Packaged in a mini-LP-styled gatefold book, this set also contains a 20-page booklet investigating the ghosts, distances and signals of fakerie. FamilyVineyard-40 DVD $14.25 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin/Puzzle Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH) PS, US Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin is a critically acclaimed, blog-adored band that have shared the stage with Mute Math, of Montreal, Sound Team, Catfish Haven, Chin Up Chin Up, and more. They've headlined in Europe and even made their way to their namesake's homeland of Russia. Spin declared them the band that "could succeed The Shins," and enthusiastic press rolled in. After releasing their sophomore album, Pershing, earlier this year, the band has raised the bar even higher and gained the attention of many listeners, drawn to their massive hooks and quirky melodies. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin entered the studio yet again to record these two exclusive 7" songs, and asked their friends from the band Puzzle to do the same. Puzzle is a four-piece band from Liverpool, England that ShoutandTwist.com calls "feel-good indie pop but in a really amazing magical way." Every 7" includes a free digital download code. Limited to 2000 copies • TRACK LISTING 1. We Can Win Missouri (SSLYBY) 2. Same Speed (SSLYBY) 3. A Picture to Prove It (Puzzle) 4. Weekend (Puzzle) Polyvinyl-159 45 $4.00 Soporus 24,110 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH) PS, US Philadelphia-based ambient drone ensemble which features guitarist and keyboardist Matthew Stone and bassist William Stichter from wellknown instrumental act SAXON SHORE along with guitarist Stephen Hoffman. Additional guitar tracks were provided on the album by James Vella (YNDI HALDA, A LILY) and John Donohue. The live performance also features films and videos edited on the fly by additional member Michael Stichter. 24,110 is dedicated to the spirit of the Lelechenky and to Wladimir Schewtschenko who filmed footage of the Chernobyl accident and died from radiation poisoning. BurntToast CD $13.25 Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Communion [domestic version] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 3RD) PS, US Stateside edition coming in 2009, housed in a nice digipak. Great news because this means they'll be over to tour this Spring! YepRoc/Akashic DCD $16.25 Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Communion [domestic vinyl version] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 3RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION! Translucent wax, with download codes. YepRoc/Akashic DLP $22.50 Spencer, Angelo Music Is My Sweat b/w Great Salt Lake (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US 2 songs: My Music Is My Sweat b/w Great Salt Lake "My Music is My Sweat" began with a conversation between Karl Blau and Angelo Spencer about how music is similar to body odor and, like everyone's stench, one's music is also unique and identifiable. Angelo's music is as raw as sweat. Recorded in one day, on one take by Blau, this 7" is a puddle of twitchy urgency. Generally a one-man band, this recording is fleshed out with frantic drum fills and fidgety keys by L'Orchidee d'Hawaii soon after they finished a tour with Spencer. "My Music is My Sweat" is the sprint and "The Great Salt Lake" is the cool-down, exasperated pause needed to sprint and sweat again; embellished with distant whistling - like the playful intermission of a spaghetti western - and Spencer is the wandering hero. "Music should always be like that." featuring L'Orchidee d'Hawaii Krecords-121 45 $3.75 Starflyer 59 Dial M (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH) PS, US Starflyer 59 have continued to progress and evolve. Influenced by early '80s underground pop, Depeche Mode and the Smiths and the louder caustic sounds of the Pixies, Starflyer 59 have crafted music that is wholly their own. Dial M, their 11th full-length in their 14 year career, is no different. The vinyl includes a special deluxe alternate insert designed and hand silk-screened. It also includes "Majic", a bonus track not available on the cd version. BurntToast LP $12.50 Swervedriver Raise [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US Limited edition digitally remastered and expanded digipak edition of this 1991 album from the British Shoegazing legends featuring four rare bonus tracks ('Hands', 'Andaluc¡a', 'Kill The Superheroes' and 'Over') and additional liner notes from the band. 16 tracks total. Hi-SpeedSoul CD $13.75 Swervedriver Mezcal Head [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US Limited edition digitally remastered and expanded digipak edition of this 1993 album from the British Shoegazing legends featuring four rare bonus tracks ('Never Lose That Feeling', 'Planes Over The Skyline', 'The Hitcher' and 'Paris') and additional liner notes from the band. 16 tracks total. Hi-SpeedSoul CD $13.75 Szajner, Bernard Some Deaths Take Forever (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, UK LTM presents the second in a series of expanded CD reissues by visionary French electronic composer Bernard Szajner. Originally released in late 1980, Some Deaths Take Forever is a deeply emotional, sometimes disturbing musical account of the feelings of a prisoner on death row, conceived as the soundtrack to a short film by Amnesty International. The album mixes dark, angular and unnerving electronic textures with dynamic rock arrangements, guest musicians including Bernard Paganotti of Magma. Reviews rated the album highly: 'A modern electronic masterwork - one of the most exciting and innovative piece of electronic music to be released this year' (Melody Maker); 'Frantic, outraged music shames the bulk of oscillator nuts peddling their dodgy little repetitions around' (Sounds); 'Unquestionably one of the decade's most accomplished fusions of sophisticated electronics and driving rock' (NME). The expanded 60 minute CD features three previously unreleased bonus tracks, recorded in 1982. Boutique-6620 CD $17.00 Szajner, Bernard Superficial Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13th) PS, UK LTM presents the first in a series of expanded CD reissues by visionary French electronic composer Bernard Szajner. Originally released in late 1981, Superficial Music incorporates elements of his previous album Visions of Dune played backwards at half speed and treated digitally, as well as the three-part suite Oswiecim, an imagining of the Holocaust informed by the experience of his own family. Sometimes harmonious, sometimes unsettling, Szajner's music is never less than extraordinary. Reviews rated the album highly: 'Superficial? No, superlative music! If you care at all for soundscapes that eschew cheap escapes, this album will do far more than tickle the surface of you mind' (NME); 'A significant success - a wholly involving and frequently disturbing blanket of continually contorting synthetic sound' (Melody Maker). The expanded 65-minute CD features three previously unreleased bonus tracks, recorded in 1982. Bernard Szajner biography: Born in Grenoble in 1944, Szajner first made his name as a lighting designer for Magma, Gong and the Who. Having invented new instruments such as the laser harp used by Jean-Michel Jarre, Szajner began to record experimental, conceptual albums of his own, including Visions of Dune (1979), Some Deaths Take Forever (1980), Superficial Music (1981) and Brute Reason (1983). He has also recorded as Zed, and was one half of The (Hypothetical) Prophets. Since the mid 80s, polymath Szajner has worked as a painter, filmmaker and theatre director. Boutique-6618 CD $17.00 Tallest Man On Earth, The Shallow Grave & S-T EP [vinyl version] (PRE-ORDER: DELAYED) PS, US VINYL VERSION of TTMOE's first album and his debut EP! Limited to 1000! Whether it's The Tallest Man on Earth's lo-fi tape recording technique or penetrating vocal stylings, Shallow Grave authentically represents a tradition of Americana folk rock that was popularized during the 50s and 60s. PASTE MAGAZINE: "The Tallest Man on Earth, like Dylan before him, grounds his songs in Son House- and Blind Willie McTell-inspired guitar work, lofting tempestuous vocals overhead and garninshing liberally with "babe"s and "honey"s." The Mexican Summer release follows his critially acclaimed 2007 five-song self-titled EP and a well deserved Pitchfork 8.3 album rating for Shallow Grave. The Tallest Man on Earth, will be playing to North American audiences this December alongside genre companion Bon Iver. Kemado/MexicanSummer-021 LP/45 $17.75 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 SEPTEMBER 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 Tillman, J. Vacilando Territory Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US Since 2004, J. Tillman has quietly been releasing records, some of limited quantity, some mostly available in Europe, but for the most part, unheard. The borderline-alienating starkness and well lived-in narratives of his first two records, I Will Return and Long May You Run, J. Tillman (released in limited runs of 150) endeared him to fans of and drew comparisons to the likes of Nick Drake, Will Oldham, and Jason Molina. In 2006, after three months in Europe touring on his third and most accessible album, Minor Works, Tillman recorded his fourth collection of songs at home with his brother and roommate. Cancer and Delirium struck a perfect balance between the intimacy of his earlier releases with the nuanced, melodic sense of Minor Works. Each song imbued with the same strikingly disconsolate singing and devastatingly poignant prose that Tillman is known for and accented with some of his most gorgeous, spare arrangements. Vacilando Territory Blues, Tillman's fifth and first with Western Vinyl, came as the result of three different recording attempts in 2008, in which entire sessions were scrapped, and ultimately the majority of the final material would surface and be recorded days before mastering. The push and pull of this record veers sharply from the tone of Tillman's previous releases, which for the most part, adhere to a singular mood and stylistic execution. The tension dynamically between songs like "Firstborn" and "New Imperial Grand Blues" is hard to reconcile, but the way the songs are framed herein belies a cohesion not dissimilar to classic oddball albums such as After The Goldrush. Sacrifcing a stylized album, the breadth of Tillman's abilities as a songwriter emerge on VTB, in an array of musical personalities bound by his lyrical existential dread and economical arrangements. In 2008, Tillman joined longtime friends and musical collaborators, Fleet Foxes. Casey Wescott and Christian Wargo both appear on VTB, along with several regular contributors who were willing to adapt to several idiosyncratic recording obstructions. Vacilando Territory Blues is far and away Tillman's most collaborative effort, and the most striking moments here are those seemingly stumbled upon, without resorting to second-takes or microphone re-adjustment. This album casts a strange perspective on what people have come to expect from Tillman's music, but these songs, though oddly untethered, reveal the process of someone coming to terms with the prospect of making music in the void. WesternVinyl-56 CD $11.50 Titus Andronicus The Airing Of Grievances (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! XL LP $14.00 Titus Andronicus The Airing Of Grievances (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US Patrick Stickles, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter, launches his insights across a wall of defiant, triumphant rock anthems, which have earned comparisons to Bruce Springsteen, The Pogues, and The Replacements. "Patrick Stickles howls with anguish way beyond his 22 years, often cramming lyrics into tight spaces just to make sure he gets the last word in. The drama's more Boss than Bright Eyes, fueled by blue collar frustration and, most notably, beer" - Pitchfork. XL CD $13.25 Tuma, Giorgio My Vocalese Fun Fair (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13th) PS, SPAIN Soft pop, California 60s sounds, Brazilian touch... Really nice. Elefant-1137 CD $16.25 Various Ron Herman After Dark (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH) PS, US Includes music from SANTOGOLD, VON SUDENFED, TIME MACHINE, WHITE ARROWS, KID SISTER, JACQUES RENAULT, HEY WILLPOWER, ADULT., SUNNY DAY SETS FIRE, 120 DAYS, CASXIO, MIGHTY SIX NINETY, HOCKEY, & HEARTSREVOLUTION Indirecto CD $16.50 Various Just Like Heaven: A Tribute to The Cure (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH) PS, US "Just Like Heaven - A Tribute To The Cure" features 16 new cover versions of Cure songs by The Wedding Present, The Brunettes, Devics, Dean & Britta (Luna), The Submarines, The Rosebuds, Grand Duchy (Violet Clark & Black Francis), Joy Zipper, Elk City , and many more. Produced by Joe Spadaro and Gwen Hysler (American Laundromat Records), mastering by Kim Rosen at Alan Douches' West West Side Music (Galaxie 500, Ben Folds Five, Luna, The Wrens), and original album art & design by Rhode Island Illustrator Melinda Rainsberger . Early press is fantastic for this one. Brought to you by the same label who produced the critically acclaimed Neil Young benefit CD "Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity", and the popular 80's tribute "High School Reunion - a tribute to those great 80's films!" All Music Guide called it "one of the finest tribute records ever produced" and went on to say "let this serve as a blueprint for all future tribute sets". Highly recommended for Cure fans or any of the bands covering the Cure on this excellent tribute compilation. Tracklisting: 01. "Just Like Heaven" performed by JOY ZIPPER 02. "The Lovecats" performed by TANYA DONELLY & DYLAN IN THE MOVIES 03. "Lovesong" performed by THE BRUNETTES 04. "In Between Days" performed by KITTY KARLYLE 05. "Friday I'm In Love" performed by DEAN & BRITTA 06. "Jumping Someone Else's Train" performed by LUFF 07. "Boys Don't Cry" performed by THE SUBMARINES 08. "Close To Me" performed by ELK CITY 09. "The Walk" performed by THE ROSEBUDS 10. "Pictures Of You" performed by ELIZABETH HARPER & THE MATINEE 11. "Let's Go To Bed" performed by CASSETTES WON'T LISTEN 12. "Catch" performed by DEVICS 13. "A Night Like This" performed by JULIE PEEL 14. "10:15 Saturday Night" performed by THE POEMS 15. "A Strange Day" performed by GRAND DUCHY (Violet Clark & Black Francis) 16. "High" performed by THE WEDDING PRESENT American Laundromat-018 CD $13.00 Various Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 13TH) PS, US Now available in gorgeous DLP vinyl format! Numero DLP $19.00 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 Welcome Wagon, The Welcome to the Welcome Wagon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! AsthmaticKitty-45 LP $11.50 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 Wicked Witch Chaos: 1978-86 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! EmRecords LP $23.50 Wicked Witch Chaos: 1978-86 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US 1st time ever reissue of rare evil psycho machine-funk from '80s Washington, DC, incl. previously-unreleased mixes. Now is not the time to doubt your senses - the WICKED WITCH does exist. WW combines elements from alchemical mentors Parliament Funkadelic, Sun Ra, ESG, Run DMC, James Brown & Jimi Hendrix to cast a crazed spell on the innocent listener. An evil mass of machine-funk w/ lashings of rhythm & blues & fusion delivered direct from the heart of the Witch, a misunderstood psycho-genius weaving his solo web deep w/in the dark studio walls. Remastered from the original master tapes, incl. rare photos EmRecords CD $19.50 Witmer, Denison Carry The Weight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! BurntToast LP $12.50 Woolson, Raymond Scott Broken Things Mended (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 10TH) PS, US Raymond Scott Woolson has been creating guitar-driven ethereal music for many years now. Broken Things Mended is his fifth full-length album of celestial shoegaze sound-scapes. A long year in the making, and several more months of perfecting during the mixing and mastering process, this release continues Woolson's exploration of soaring guitar epics and pastoral mood meanderings. A fair amount of variety went into the mix. Here a shimmer of dreampop, there a buzz of psychedelia. A brush of piano, a burst of drums, and on several occasions even a very commendable imitation of a string orchestra. Those are in fact guitars. An ocean of guitars. The songs of Broken Things Mended are bright and uplifting. There may be a passing touch of melancholy, a brief wistful feeling, but absolutely no doom and gloom. Woolson will not add to the burden of darkness in the world. His is the music of light and love, of faith and hope. These songs look forward and upward. Victories are won, promises are kept, and broken things are mended. Clairecords-070 CD $12.25 Yorke, Thom The Eraser Rmxs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 20TH) PS, US This Japanese release collects all the 12-inch remixes originally found on Yorke's debut solo album "The Eraser". The Radiohead frontman asked several of his favorite artists and producers to remix these tracks (Burial, Four Tet, The Field, Cristian Vogel, The Bug, Modeselektor, Various, Surgeon), and the results are as bold and visionary as the originals. "...teems with gorgeous melodies...a testament to the singer's unique vision. 4.5 / 5" - Wired. XL CD $13.25 Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders Auxes “Sunshine” LP $11.00 Bjork, Brant & The Operators “S-T” DLP $22.00 Bon Vivants “Black Honey” CD $10.25 Bopp, Andy “This Guitar Kills Singer Songwriters” CD $13.75 Bowie, David “Iselect” CD $15.25 Brother JT3 “Jelly Roll Gospel” LP $14.75 Carbon 14 “Issue #31 (MAGAZINE + CD)” ZINE $5.50 Chinese Stars “Tv Grows Arms” LP $5.50 Davenport, Bart “Palaces” CD $12.75 Dead C “Secret Earth” CD5 $10.00 Disappears “Old Friend b/w Magics” 45 $4.50 Duffy, Stephen & The Lilac Time “Happy Birthday Peace EP” CD5 $11.00 Dylan, Bob “Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs” DCD $24.50 Ettes “Look At Life Again Soon” CD $11.75 Fleshtones “Stocking Stuffer” CD $14.50 Frustration “Relax” CD $14.75 Geist, Morgan “Double Night Time” CD $16.50 Gentleman Jesse “S-T” LP $12.00 Grady “Y U So Shady” LP $10.50 Grady “Y U So Shady” CD $14.25 Grainger, Sebastien “Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains” LP $14.25 Hatchback “Colors of the Sun” CD $16.00 Hearts of Palm UK “For Life” CD $11.00 Helms Alee “Night Terror” LP $17.25 Husband & Knife “An End” LP $14.00 Keane “Perfect Symmetry [deluxe edition]” DCD $20.50 Menahan Street Band “Make the Road By Walking” CD $13.50 Momus “Stars Forever” DCD $13.25 Mountains “Sewn” CD $12.00 Music, The “Strength In Numbers” CD $12.25 Negura Bunget “Om” DLP $22.00 Organ, The “Thieves EP” CD5 $10.50 Pains Of Being Pure At Heart “Everything With You b/w The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart” 45 $6.25 Parties “Can't Come Down” CD $13.50 Piano Creeps “Future Blues (For Me & You)” CD $11.25 Plinth/Textile Ranch “The Rest, I Leave To The Poor” CD $14.25 Primeridian “Da Mornin Afta” CD $11.50 Quatrain “Quatrain [Bonus Tracks]” CD $17.00 Red Favorite “S-T” LP $14.75 RTX “JJ Got Live Ratx” CD $13.25 Springhouse “From Now To Ok” CD $13.00 Tobacco “Fucked Up Friends” CD $15.00 Various “The Swedish Model” CD $12.25 Various “Birmingham Sound: Soul of Neal Hemphill Vol. 2” CD $14.25