New
Releases
Acid Mothers Temple
Never Ending Space Ritual
PS, US The acid mothers DVD "never ending space ritual _ history
of " is finally complete. A 2 DVD set over 4 1/2 hours long covering
the entire history from early days in Japan to recent footage, guest
appearances, interview with Mankato plus other extras. disc 1. traces
the band through its first decade featuring very rare early footage
and special guest appearances from members of Ruins, Afrirampo, Guru
Guru and others. Disc 2. Includes a historic performance of "La
Novia" with ocitan queen of song rosina de peira, pink lady lemonade
medley, dark star blues and other AMT epics, an exclusive interview
with Kawabata Makoto, live cuts of amt related units _ Acid Mother
Temple And The Cosmic Inferno, SWR, Guru Guru, and Acid Mothers Gong.
Also extra features. Ltd run of 1000.
Swordfish-DVD1/2
2XDVD
$42.00
Arthur, Joseph
Could We Survive EP
PS, US
LonelyAstronaut
CD5
$7.25
Auburn Lull
Begin Civil Twilight
PS, US One of the most hauntingly beautiful, ethereal pop records
ever created. Auburn Lull are a dream pop/space rock band from the
East Lansing, Michigan area and are in fact the Michigan space rock
scene's core. Begin Civil Twilight is Auburn Lull's third and best
album and the first completely self-produced album by "The Lull".
Imagine The Moody Blues produced by Eno, if Slowdive originally wrote
and recorded Surrealistic Pillow, or perhaps Seefeel on a good sedative/hypnotic.
Fellow dream popper Ulrich Schnauss mixed one track and did treatments
on two others. Auburn Lull is guitarists Sean Heenan, Jason Kolb,
Eli Wekenman, and drummer Jason Wiesinger. The quartet came together
out of a shared affection for bands like Seefeel, Flying Saucer Attack,
Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark, and the 4AD and Creation Records
aesthetic. In 1997, the band released the Dual Group EP, a split release
with Mahogany, which John Peel played on his BBC radio program. Their
debut full-length debut Alone I Admire was initially released on local
independent record label Burnt Hair in 1999, sold out, and was then
reissued by Darla Records in 2002. Their second record Cast From The
Platform (Darla) was released in 2004. Regions Less Parallel: Early
Works And Rarities 1996-2004, which compiles band's highly collectible
singles, EPs and stray compilation tracks plus two previously unreleased
tracks was released by Darla in 2005. Auburn Lull are planning to
tour in support of Begin Civil Twilight in 2008. TRACKLIST: 1. Light
Through The Canopy 5:18, 2. Dub1 3:28, 3. Broken Heroes 4:31, 4. Grange
Arcade 5:43, 5. Civil Twilight 5:11, 6. Axis Nears 3:45, 7. November's
Long Shadows 4:26, 8. Stanfield Echo 4:07, 9. Coasts 4:38, 10. Geneva
1:54, 11. Arc Of An Outsider 3:58, 12. Hidden3 9:54.
Darla-184
CD
$12.25
Axelrod, David
Seriously Deep
PS, UK In the Sixties and Seventies, David Axelrod was one of America's
most respected producers, arrangers and composers. Credited in some
quarters with inventing a whole new genre of music usually attributed
to Miles Davis - that of jazz-fusion, his reputation was cemented
by his remarkable productions with Cannonball Adderley, David McCallum
and Lou Rawls and by the religious albums Mass in F Minor and Release
Of An Oath he created with the Electric Prunes. He was talked up by
Frank Zappa and Sly Stone; George Harrison wanted him to record for
Apple and Allen Ginsberg wanted him to set Howl! to music! His genius
began to be re-discovered in the mid-nineties through the sampling
by such hip-hop and dance record producers as DJ Shadow. Dr. Dre used
a David McCallum cut ('The Edge') for "The Next Episode"
from 1999's 2001. Axelrod¹s prodigious solo albums Songs of Innocence
and Songs Of Experience were quickly re-issued. Then in 2000 he released
a new album and appeared at the Royal Festival Hall, where he conducted
a one-off performance of his solo work. He was joined on stage by
Richard Ashcroft who sang Holy Are You, originally recorded by The
Electric Prunes. Originally released in 1975, and inexplicably out
of print for three subsequent decades, Seriously Deep has become a
kind of Holy Grail for samplers. Axelrod the composer is unmistakably
present and what has also made the record a particularly sought-after
item is the remarkableinterplay between Joe Sample's exuberant keyboards
and the hypnotically intense drumming of Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler. This
is the kind of thing that gets samplers - and indeed anyone with a
finely tuned sense of rhythm - very excited indeed.
El-138
CD
$15.50
Ayers, Kevin
Unfairground
PS, US Co-produced by Ladybug Transistor's Gary Olson & Peter
Henderson, feat. a myriad of talent as well as a pseudo-SOFT MACHINE
reunion in the form of Hugh Hopper on bass & Robert Wyatt singing
through a synthesizer, dubbed the Wyattron. Other high-profile guests
on the new record incl. Norman Blake (TEENAGE FANCLUB), Phil Manzanera
(ROXY MUSIC), Bill Wells (Bill Wells Trio), Euros Childs, (GORKY'S
ZYGOTIC MYNCI), Frank Reader (TRASH CAN SINATRAS), Bridget St. John
& members from ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI.
Gigantic
CD
$12.25
Baldwin, Matt
Paths of Ignition
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
AmericanDust
LP
$16.00
Baldwin, Matt
Paths of Ignition
PS, US Unlike many of his peers, he looks beyond the traditions of
Fahey (whom he calls "a teacher" not a god), bringing portentous
& progressive elements into his music, alongside a dreamy country
lilt. He covers Krautrock legends Neu! ("Weissensee") &
metal Vikings Judas Priest ("Winter"), & culls inspiration
from prog heroes Yes on the closing epic "Rainbow." His
music comes on like a creeping moss, verdant but threatening, comforting
yet unsettling.
AmericanDust
CD
$16.00
Baltic Fleet
S-T
PS, UK Whilst on a World Tour playing keyboards for Echo and the Bunnymen
Paul Fleming began to write what would come to be his debut album.
With a laptop and any instruments that were to hand he would capture,
in music, what inspired him in each city around the world; from Texas
to Barcelona to Berlin to Copenhagen to Reykjavik and back to the
UK in Brighton. In hotel rooms, tour buses, planes, at the end of
radio sessions and sound-checks, every opportunity was taken and tracks
gradually started to form into an album. A sound was born influenced
by works from artists such as Eno, Doves, NEU!, Sigur Ros and DJ Shadow.
Written, produced and performed by Paul, the album also features contributions
from Simon Finley on drums, Will Sergeant on guitar and Pete Wilkinson
on Bass. Paul signed to Blow Up Records in April 2007, and the same
Summer took his recordings into Studio B, The Premises in Hackney
for additional production and mixing with Nick Terry (Klaxons, Simian
Mobile Disco). After some heavy-duty valve and analogue processing,
the beats got bigger, the sound-scape was widened and the album was
complete!
Blowup-041
CD
$16.25
Bardo Pond
Batholith
PS, US A collection of 6 tracks that are near & dear to Bardo
Pond but, for some reason or another, have never previously been released.
These tracks range from previous live staples to tracks the band recorded
in John Peel sessions. Collected as a whole, these tracks form a fluid
& cohesive album. Pressed on 180g RTI vinyl. LIMITED TO 1000 w/
a glass-mastered CD (not CD-R)
TLR
LP
$23.00
Be Your Own Pet
Get Awkward
PS, US Nashville teens' new album.
EcstaticPeace
CD
$9.75
Believer
March 2008
PS, US 2008 Film Issue. Includes a free DVD with Slavoj Zizek at the
movies. Werner Herzog in conversation with Errol Morris; Todd Haynes;
Chuck Klosterman; Jim Shepard; Helen DeWitt; Nick Hornby; Indonesia;
Hitchcock's mistakes. Recommended reading.
ZINE
$9.75
Bell 1X
Flock
PS, US Called "The best band in Ireland" by Vanity Fair
magazine, the quintet of rockers has seen 4 songs simultaneously chart
in the Irish Top 20 & the album has since gone 5 times platinum.
"...a gorgeous album... majestic & elegant." - Nick
Duerden, Q. ltd edition enhanced CD, which launches an audio/visual
program when loaded into a computer that includes 3 live videos, the
"Rocky Took A Lover" animated music video, a photo slideshow,
a page on The Cake
Sale & 2 special track.
YepRoc
CD
$11.50
Big Dipper
Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology
PS, US Big Dipper formed in Boston 1985 as an offshoot of post Mission
of Burma project, Volcano Suns. Like the Suns they were on Homestead,
but they were a bit more quirky and upbeat than any of their previous
bands. This limited edition 3 cd set contains all of three of their
Homestead albums, Boo-Boo, Heavens, and Crap, plus several unreleased
tracks and material from their post-Epic career in the early 90's.
Extensive liner notes from all of the band members and WFMU/ Best
Show's Tom Scharpling.
Merge
3XCD
$15.00
Bitch
#39
PS, US Feminist response to pop culture. The Wired Issue: Busting
blog bandits, deconstructing fembots, living a second life, ANI DIFRANCO,
ANN WILSON
& much more.
ZINE
$5.50
Black Cab
Altamont Diary [2004]
PS, AUSTRALIA Direct from the band, better price... A dazed, drug-ripped
voyage to the dark heart of rock and roll. Australia's Black Cab features
ex-Foil and Registered Nurse members. The sound is a heady brew of
raw guitars, early '70's style drums, plus eerie electronic and industrial
audio treatments. Black Cab's sound is inspired as much by late '60's
and early '70's America as it is by American music of that period.
The album's beer soaked programming and walls of electric and acoustic
guitars, sitars, maracas and monstrous live & programmed drums
delve through time to that fateful day at Altamont. Like the evil,
bastard son of The Who's 'Tommy', Altamont Diary is unashamedly a
concept album.
ROLLING
STONE: "You can almost hear the crack of the pool cues and smell
the black smoke of the fires on the hill. With bloodied-fuzz guitars,
hellish electronics and sound bites from Gimme Shelter, the Australian
duo Black Cab has created a riveting, album-length memorial to the
fatal folly of the Rolling Stones' free concert at Altamont Speedway
in December 1969. This is the end of peace and love in you-are-there
detail: the murderous riffing in "1970"; an eerie, electro-psych
version of the Grateful Dead's "New Speedway Boogie"; the
real, stoned-zone voice of Jerry Garcia, in "Jerry Sez,"
reacting to the bummer news that the Hells Angels have beaten up Marty
Balin. A day that will live in infamy now lives on record, with appropriate
menace." (David Fricke)
Interstate40
CD
$12.50
Black Cab
Jesus East [2007]
PS, AUSTRALIA/UK Direct from the band, better price... New 2007 album
from Australian psych-o-nauts. Jesus East is something of an antidote
to the fear and loathing of their debut album, Altamont Diary, blending
late '60's and early '70's rock sounds with loops and subtle electronica
over pulsing percussion and driving guitars reminiscent of some of
the great German rock bands of the '70's. Jesus East evokes ghosts
of the Velvet Underground, Can, Neu and coolest Beatle George Harrison's
fascination with eastern sounds.
UNCUT
MAGAZINE (4 STARS): "The dark side of hippie-dom, updated and
energised... Two years ago this Melbourne duo - Andrew Coates and
James Lee - delivered a dark-horse diamond with Altamont Diary, their
compelling, sinister concept album inspired by The Stones' dread day
of '69. Their second sticks to no strict storyline but advances their
mix of psyched-out 60s guitars/sitars and late 70s Teutonic rhythms
to heart-stopping effect. It's accumulatively epic: it begins as a
fine Spacemen 3/Neu pastiche, but by the roaring climax its pulse-rockets
are firing way beyond genre. As a finale Sam Cutler, M.C. at Altamont
and Stones/Grateful Dead manager, drawls a languidly poetic memoir
over "Valiant", while guitars mentally creep. Utterly riveting."
(CR)
Interstate40/Inertia
CD
$12.50
Blau, Karl
AM
PS, US Karl Blau is a talented, busy guy. A member of the MICROPHONES,
one third of D+ w/ Phil Elvrum & Bret Lunsford (BEAT HAPPENING),
& most recently the bassist for LAURA VIERS' back up band. The
landmark album of his career carried by up & coming Chicago label
Whistler, AM is his psych-folk ode to author A.A. Milne. The music
may evoke early Byrds, Syd Barrett & Skylarking-era XTC but its
is unmistakably Karl Blau.
Whistler
CD
$10.00
Brainticket
Celestial Ocean [re-issue]
PS, US Special deluxe edition of the definitive album from these Krautrock
pioneers.
Cleopatra
CD
$15.75
Bravery, The
The Sun & Moon Complete
PS, US Specially packaged two disc set is more than a repackaged re-release,
featuring two entirely different versions of their 2007 album. Disc
One was produced by Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine).
Disc Two is the entire album re-imagined remixed by Bravery front
man and chief song writer Sam Endicott.
Island
DCD
$15.00
Cahoone, Sera
Only As The Day Is Long
PS, US Despite being an accomplished guitarist and songwriter, Sera
preferred to stay behind the drum kit (drumming for the likes of Carissa's
Wierd, LA musician Patrick Park, and on the Band Of Horses' debut,
"Everything All The Time") until one tour across the US
with Park in 2006. She found herself inspired by the landscape and
she wrote an album in her thoughts as they drove along the blue highways
and back roads of the expansive west and the plains. "...a breathtaking
collection of sad and dusky songs that reveal an artist of remarkable
depth as well as a truly stunning voice" - The Stranger.
Subpop
CD
$12.50
Celephais
I Am Kuranes
PS, US Debut release from drone rock trio. Filled w/ jagged riffs
that move at hard angles & pummeling, off-kilter drumming. Songs
shift into subdued dronescapes & collages of skittery electronica
& cut-up voices. Huge riffs layered w /acoustic guitar strum &
lush cosmic keyboards, equally ominous & anthemic.
Hoss
CD
$11.50
Chapin Sisters
Lake Bottom
PS, US PREFIX MAG: "The singer-songwriter/folk vibe that so dominated
Los Angeles in the early '70s can be heard echoing today through acts
like Lavender Diamond, Winter Flowers, and the Chapin Sisters. Unlike
some other bands with faux family names, the three ladies here are
actual sisters: Abigail and Lily Chapin are the daughters of singer-songwriter
Tom Chapin, and Jessica Craven is their half-sister whose father is
horror director Wes Craven. Perhaps that explains why the band has
a bit of a morbid side. The Sisters list the Manson Family as an influence,
and Lake Bottom's most jarringly emotional song is the breakup-as-end-all
"Kill Me Now." But the band also shows flashes of humor,
on songs like "Girlfriend." This debut full-length was produced
by Thom Monahan, a "freak-folk" scene mainstay who has worked
with Devendra Banhart and Vetiver, and Mike Daly, who's produced work
for Whiskeytown and Grace Potter."
Plain-130
CD
$13.00
Children
Death Tribe
PS, US Children is a riff appreciation society formulated to combat
boredom. W/ axes & clubs aided only by high power application,
they aim to honor the torch lit by our metalien forefathers. Brothers
& sisters please join them in theIr humble quest. Feat. guys from
EARLY MAN & S.T.R.E.E.T.S. VERY LIMITED!! B-Side w/ excl. etching
Kemado
12
$12.75
Clark
Turning Dragon
PS, US PITCHFORK 8.2. RECOMMENDED! Chris Clark has earned his reputation
as one of the world's most adventurous dance producers w/ a catalog
of twists & turns that owe just as much to the avant-garde as
they do to the dancefloor. On this, it's the dance floor that receives
most of the attention from
this collection of turbocharged tracks.
Warp
CD
$13.50
Clark
Turning Dragon
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Warp
DLP
$16.50
Clint
Los Tipos Duros Tambien Bailan
PS, SPAIN Tough guys do dance! Three years ago, Clint were four blokes
trying to express their particular vision through music without the
impending need of using words. Their mantra was "a closed mouth
gathers no flies" and "loose lips sink ships". After
one year of devoted silence playing Battleship, their lengthy exploration
of silence yielded Alégrame el Día (siesta 206 - 2005)
, a vivid record that lifted the band to "New Talent" status
and honors at Fnac and to the prestigious "best of the year"
lists. They even captivated the international critical community like
no other self-taught instrumental band ever did. Clint offered no
opposition to tour the bullskin shape (=Spain) until they had to embrace
a new assignment, a new challenge. A tough guy, initials E.G., proposed
them to create the soundtrack for a silent film, any silent film actually.
Clint revised their files thoroughly and interrogated another tough
guy, L.J.M. They crystallized everything in a new vehicle to communicate
their "duende", the imaginary soundtrack for Berlin: Die
Symphonie der Großstadt (1929) (Walter Ruttmann)/aka Berlin,
Symphony of a Big City. Clint proved themselves as masters of luxuriant
melancholy and found the blurred images of the last century as a true
source of inspiration and a revelation to their lives.
Siesta-236
CD
$17.75
Constantines
Hard Feelings
PS, US This is the first single off their new album "Kensington
Heights" to be released on April 15, 2008. B-Side "Easy
Money" is not appearing on the full length.
Arts&Crafts
45
$6.50
Crudup, Arthur "Big Boy"
Gonna Be Some Changes
PS, UK 2008 collection of hits and rarities by one of the masters
of the Blues and one of the originators of Rock 'N' Roll! Beautifully
packaged with rare memorabilia and extensive sleeve notes by our man
in the pointy creepers Dave Penny and wonderfully re-mastered by Norman
Blake and Joe Foster at the mysterious Studio 3, Glasgow, Scotland!
Rev-ola-240
CD
$15.50
Crystal Castles
S-T
PS, US Highly anticipated debut full length release from Toronto-based
electro duo. Following a huge word-of-mouth fan base, the duo has
recieved substantial support on PITCHFORK, and have remixed songs
for BLOC PARTY and KLAXONS.
LastGang
CD
$14.25
Cud
Showbiz
PS, UK Having departed the independent world and signed with A&M
in 1991, CUD proceeded to pursue the commercial success their previous
releases had hinted at with 1992's Asquarius. Following this, their
first hit album, proved to be the band s longest break between releases
(largely the result of some inter-label disharmony), but they eventually
emerged in 1994 with Showbiz. Recorded primarily in Scotland (at a
studio owned by Fish of Marillion fame, no less), this record saw
their sound mature and showcased a broader range of songwriting styles
than previous efforts. It was well received on its release in April
1994, garnering favorable reviews, and spawned two UK hit singles
in Neurotica and One Giant Love. Sadly, though, the album proved to
be the band's last officially released effort as the pressures of
life on a major and all that it entails took their toll on the band.
This remastered version also includes a number of B-Sides from the
album's single releases, as well as some unreleased out-takes and
demo versions, including material intended for their next album, which
hasn't seen the light of day before now. This release (along with
two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006's
Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007's well received
re-issues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded
the world just how great this band were. A UK tour is also scheduled
for March to promote this and it's accompanying releases. TRACKS:
1. SOMEBODY SNATCHED MY ACTION 2. ESP 3. WAVING AND DROWNING 4. STICKS
AND STONES 5. MYSTERY DEEPENS 6. SLIP AWAY 7. ONE GIANT LOVE 8. I
REEK OF CHIC 9. NOT NECCESSARILY EVIL 10. YOU LEAD ME 11. TOURNIQUET
12. NEUROTICA BONUS TRACKS 13. W.G.S. (NEUROTICA B-SIDE) 14. MY NEED
TO HURRY (SHOWBIZ OUTTAKE) 15. SKI BUM (STICKS AND STONES B-SIDE)
16. DOWN THE PLUG (SHOWBIZ OUTTAKE) 17. HERE COME THE OLD FLAMES (POSTSHOWBIZ
SESSIONS) 18. LIVING IN YOUR LOVE (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 19. LET
YOU DOWN (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 20. TAKE THE TIME AND READ MY MIND
(POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 21. WANTING ISN'T GETTING (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS)
CherryRed-357
CD
$15.50
Cud
Elvis Belt
PS, UK Formed in Leeds in 1986, CUD went on to forge one of the more
interesting and indefinable sounds of the late 80s / early 90s indie
scene. Fusing a catchy pop sensibility with danceable grooves and
intelligent and often humorous lyrics, they soon became firm independent
favorites and began releasing records on Leeds based Reception Records
in 1987, very quickly catching the ear of John Peel and becoming a
regular fixture of his broadcasts. Three quality singles into their
career, the band secured a deal with Imaginary Records, where they
continued a fine run of singles and eventually released their debut
album. Capitalizing on the band's underground success, in June 1990
Imaginary followed this with this fantastic compilation of their early
releases, topping several independent charts in the process and further
establishing an already strong reputation. Some eighteen years later,
Elvis Belt is updated and reissued here by Cherry Red, together with
a wealth of rarities and unreleased tracks from those formative years
and beyond. This release features the original album in its entirety,
carefully remastered and now sitting comfortably alongside Elvis Handbag,
an additional disc conceived by the band as a sister album to the
original release and containing a number of further B-Sides, Peel
Session recordings and cover versions (including the band's legendary
take on Bohemian Rhapsody, previously only available on the ultra-rare
Alvin Lives in Leeds compilation). This release (along with two more
Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006's Rich and
Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007s well received re-issues
of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded the world
just how great this band were and generated a well deserved resurgence
in interest. A UK tour is scheduled for March to promote this and
its accompanying releases. TRACKS: ELVIS BELT 1. SLACK TIME 2. MAKE
NO BONES 3. TREAT ME BAD 4. PUNISHMENT REWARD 5. RELATIONSHIPS 6.
UNDER MY HAT 7. LOLA 8. URBAN SPACEMAN 9. ART 10. YOU'RE THE BOSS
11. ONLY (A PRAWN IN WHITBY) 12. HEY! WIRE 13. I'VE HAD IT WITH BLONDES
ELVIS HANDBAG 14. MIND THE GAP (PEEL SESSION) 15. EVERYBODY WORKS
SO HARD (PEEL SESSION) 16. BB COULDN T C (PEEL SESSION) 17. BOHEMIAN
RHAPSODY 18. MANCHESTER 19. PURPLE LOVE BALLOON (ORIGINAL VERSION)
20. POSSESSION (ORIGINAL VERSION) 21. REMEMBER WHAT IT IS THAT YOU
LOVE 22. MARJORIE 23. DOWN DOWN 24. MAGIC (1994 UNRELEASED SINGLE
VERSION) 25. SLIPAWAY (UNRELEASED SINGLE MIX) 26. BEFORE TOMORROW
27. JUDAS KISS.
CherryRed-355
DCD
$15.50
Cud
Leggy Mambo
PS, UK Following the release of their debut When In Rome, Kill Me
and 1990 s Elvis Belt compilation (CDMRED355), Leeds indie heroes
CUD set to work on their next album for Imaginary Records. Recorded
during the Summer of 1990, Leggy Mambo proved to be a step in all
the right directions, cementing the sound developed over their previous
releases and capitalizing on the band s pop sensibilities to provide
their most immediately accessible collection of songs to date. Produced
by XTCs Dave Gregory and released in October 1990, the album spawned
the well-received singles Robinson Crusoe and Magic (both of which
might have achieved greater success had they been released on a larger
label) and generated a huge amount of industry interest, eventually
leading to their signing with A & M the following year. This Cherry
Red Gold top Copy version of the album features the newly remastered
original disc, as well as a collection of demos and alternate versions,
all of which have been hand picked by the band themselves. This release
(along with two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails
of 2006 s Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007's well
received reissues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded
the world just how great this band were and generated a well deserved
resurgence in interest. A UK tour is scheduled for March to promote
this and it's accompanying releases. TRACKS: 1. NOW! 2. HEART 3. HEY,
BOOTS 4. LOVE IN A HOLLOW TREE 5. LOVE MANDARIN 6. NOT EXACTLY D.L.E.R.C.
7. ROBINSON CRUSOE 8. EAU WATER 9. CARL'S 115TH COACH TRIP NIGHTMARE
10. MAGIC 11. SYRUP AND SOUR GRAPES 12. BRAIN ON A SLOW TRAIN BONUS
TRACKS 13. ROBINSON CRUSOE (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 14. NOW! (PATCHBAY
SESSIONS DEMO) 15. EAU WATER (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 16. L.O.P.H.E.
(ROBINSON CRUSOE B-SIDE) 17. LOVE MANDARIN (ALTERNATIVE VERSION) 18.
MAGIC (DEMO MIX) 19. ROBINSON CRUSOE (DUNGEON DEMO).
CherryRed-356
CD
$15.50
Dear, Matthew
Asa Breed: Black Edition
PS, US It's not often an album containing bluesy guitar & brooding
folk reaches #20 on Billboard's electronic charts. Now, w/ this release,
critics & audiences will be able to re-discover one of 2007's
most unique releases re-packaged to incl. remixes & re-envisionings
from FOUR TET, M.A.N.D.Y., DJ KOZE & HOT SHIP! Also incl. "Don
& Sherri" video!
GhostlyInternational
CD
$10.25
Destroyer
Trouble in Dreams
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
DLP
$18.25
Destroyer
Trouble in Dreams
PS, US Dan Bejar and his alias Destroyer are certainly a household
name by now, well at least amongst the households that shop at Trader
Joe's, read Pitchfork, and/or voted in the primaries this year. Trouble
In Dreams is Bejar's 8th solo record and follow-up to 2006's magnum
opus, Destroyer's Rubies. The same backing band and producer are in
tow here, as are Bejar's brand name obtusely self-referential lyrics.
This time around though we have vinyl! Exciting news for the demographic
mentioned above, as Bejar's previous works have been never before
been available on LP format.
Merge
CD
$13.25
DeVotchKa
A Mad and Faithful Telling
PS, US The times have finally caught up with acclaimed Denver quartet
DeVotchKa. Not long ago when the band unloaded their instruments -
a violin, a tuba and an accordion, among others - into a rock club,
they were told they must be in the wrong place. They created music
that was Grammy nominated (DeVotchKa created the soundtrack for the
indie smash Oscar winning film Little Miss Sunshine) without the benefit
of a huge promotion team or runaway budget, instead relying only on
their own efforts by self-releasing their records. And they crafted
gems of songs by mixing a beautiful blend of Eastern European bohemia,
American prairie rock and distinctive indie and called it pop, rather
than world, music. Now, the band is au courant, poised to shine on
with their Anti- Records debut A Mad and Faithful Telling. From the
cinematic richness of "Transliterator" to the modern pop
experiment of "The Clockwise Witness," to the soaring and
wrenching "Undone," DeVotchKa have produced a career-defining
record and the world is listening.
THE ONION: "DeVotchkA gets pegged with all kinds of farfetched
descriptions - but despite all their trappings, which include admittedly
exotic elements, Nick Urata and company concoct impeccable pop songs,
the kind that fuse memory and memorability with swaying darkness and
glittering soul."
Anti
CD
$14.75
Diebold
Listen To My Heartbeast
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Bangor
LP
$14.25
Diebold
Listen To My Heartbeast
PS, US Duo featuring Ian Ilvansky from A SILVER MT. ZION and Sofia
Trudeau from GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR.
Bangor
CD
$14.25
DiskJokke
Staying In
PS, NORWAY Staying In, DiskJokke's debut release, is a tripped out
mastodon of an album. This is the sound of Norwegian disco taken to
its farthest, futuristic limits. It's epic, groovy, cinematic, poppy
& most of all melodic. But at the same time, it is melancholic,
and as the title suggests, staying inside the dark winter & autumn
nights to make music certainly reflects the mood of the album. For
years DiskJokke has been closely connected to Norway's premiere club
night, Sunkissed, where he is resident DJ with G-HA, Olanskii &
VinnyVillbass. "Bright, playful, spacey, and colorful, music
for the nighttime that retains the warmth of an afternoon on the beach"
-Pitchfork
SmalltownSupersound-145
CD
$15.25
Dodos, The
Visiter
PS, US Originally formed in 2006 under the moniker Dodobird as a one
man acoustic act, Meric Long played folky guitar w/ a combination
of loops & ambient keyboards. Now, along w/ Logan Kroeber &
a name change, the band has toured w/ Akron Family, Wovenhand, &
Les Savy Fav in support of their first full length for French Kiss.
FrenchKiss
CD
$13.25
Dragged By Horses
Deep In The Woods (LP/CD)
PS, US This 3 piece sonic assault have taken inspiration from their
beautiful yet poverty stricken home(Humboldt, CA) to create a heavy,
sharp & intellegent sound. They share a sonic kinship with the
likes of Shellac, Hella,& Hot Snakes. "Sounds like The Pixies
meeting Badgeman under the auspices of Steve Albini. At just under
half an hour this is a rollercoaster best heard loud.""-Terrascope
HighWheel
LP
$12.75
Evangelista
Hello, Voyager
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Constellation-050
LP
$16.25
Evangelista
Hello, Voyager
PS, US New band featuring CARLA BOZLICH, former vocalist for the GERALDINE
FIBBERS. Raw, beautifully ravaged, semi-improvised soundscapes featuring
Carla's incantatroy sung and spoken lyrics on the opening & closing
tracks, with the rest of the record more overtly composed. PREFIX
MAG: "Evangelista is the latest musical project of much-beloved
Carla Bozulich, formerly of the Geraldine Fibbers. In a bit of a confusing
move, Bozulich has named her new band after a 2006 solo album of hers,
which featured many of the same collaborators. Some of those musicians
include members of the sprawling Silver Mt. Zion collective. Hello
Voyager, like Silver Mt. Zion's new one, was recorded in Montreal
at the Hotel2Tango."
Constellation-050
CD
$14.25
Fanu + Bill Laswell
Lodge
PS, US Artists: FANU is Finland's and perhaps the world's finest breakbeat
splicer and re-imaging doctor. His programming, layering, and arrangements
of classic breakbeats are truly some of the most innovative and by
far the most realistic sounding - akin to a jazz drummer with no boundaries
and seventeen available drum kits at once. BILL LASWELL is the Grammy
award-winning producer of Herbie Hancock, bassist and arranger extraordinaire.
Fresh off the amazing Method of Defiance record "Inamorata",
he's completed this follow up recording, which also features Parliament
Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell and Norwegian trumpeter Nils
Petter Molvaer prominently. Album: If you took the electric period
of Miles Davis, with less repetition, more funk, and mad scientist
drummer, you might end up halfway to LODGE. Half time vamps swing
with steady funk bass from Laswell and one of Bernie Worrell's most
inspired keyboard performances since PFunk, LODGE turns it out with
much more emphasis on the groove. Bits of drum n bass and floating
trumpet maneuver over the core modular pieces; a much less harsh sound
than the Method of Defiance project, more demonstrative of the soul
of Laswell's funktronics. Label: Ohm Resistance is Brooklyn's premier
experimental electronic label. Loaded with power, from Scorn, to Bill
Laswell and his project Method of Defiance, to End.user and Submerged,
the label has transformed from drum n bass 12" powerhouse to
cutting edge electronic project pioneer.
OhmResistance-8
CD
$12.25
Fuck Buttons
Street Horrrsing
PS, US DOUBLE VINYL VERSION!!!
ATP
DLP
$17.75
Fuck Buttons
Street Horrrsing
PS, US The group was initially born as an outlet for their nihilistic-noise
tendencies but quickly, they realized they could harness the use of
noise as a tool to immerse & evoke. Tribal beats & subtle,
beautiful melodies weave amongst contorting Technicolor drone-scapes
while preaching distorted vocals scream for dear hope. This grand
noise will fondle you into a state of totally immersed euphoria.
ATP
CD
$15.50
Ghost Buffalo
Magician
PS, US New album.
SuburbanHome
CD
$11.00
Godfathers, The
Hit By Hit + Extras
PS, UK Newly compiled double CD album containing all of The Godfathers'
original Corporate Image early singles: Lonely Man, This Damn Nation,
I Want Everything, Love Is Dead as well as B-sides and extra tracks
including instrumentals John Barry and Gone To Texas plus their ultimate
cover of John Lennon's Cold Turkey and an inspired rendition of Rolf
Harris' Sun Arise. All tracks on Disc one produced by the legendary
Vic Maile (Motorhead, Hawkwind, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Guns
n' Roses, Screaming Blue Messiahs, Inmates, Tom Robinson Band, Vibrators,
Girlschool, etc.). Disc one is paired with a full CD of previously
unreleased extra tracks from The Godfathers' seminal BBC Radio One
Sessions recorded for Janice Long and Andy Kershaw and live recordings
around the world. Along with an exclusive live rendition of Cold Turkey
you can expect ultra rare material including cover versions of The
Sid Presley Experience's Public Enemy Number One, The Ramones' Blitzkrieg
Bop and The Sex Pistols' Anarchy In The UK as they were performed
in front of wild and enthusiastic crowds. The package boasts previously
unseen pictures and liner notes by frontman Peter Coyne and ex-Ramones
manager Danny Fields, the man who discovered The MC5 and Iggy &
The Stooges. TRACK LIST: Disc One: 1. I Want Everything 2. This Damn
Nation 3. I Want You 4. Can't Leave Her Alone 5. Sun Arise 6. Cold
Turkey 7. John Barry 8. Sticks & Stones 9. I'm Unsatisfied 10.
Lonely Man 11. Angela 12. Gone To Texas 13. Love Is Dead - All tracks
produced by Vic Maile. Disc Two: Extras 1. This Damn Nation - Andy
Kershaw BBC Radio One Session 31/10/85 2. John Barry - Andy Kershaw
BBC Radio One Session 31/10/85 3. Lonely Man - Andy Kershaw BBC Radio
One Session 31/10/85 4. Sun Arise - Andy Kershaw BBC Radio One Session
31/10/85 5. If I Only Had Time - Janice Long BBC Radio One Session
04/05/86 6. I Want Everything - Janice Long BBC Radio One Session
04/05/86 7. I Want You - Janice Long BBC Radio One Session 04/05/86
8. I'm Unsatisfied - Janice Long BBC Radio One Session 04/05/86 9.
I Want Everything - live 10. Love Is Dead - live 11. Can't Leave Her
Alone - live 12. Cold Turkey - live 13. Blitzkrieg Bop - live 14.
Lonely Man - live 15. Public Enemy Number One - live 16. Anarchy In
The UK - live.
CorporateImage-030
DCD
$22.50
Grand Volume
Send Me Your Champion
PS, UK Grand Volume are a unique proposition in the current musical
climate, capable of knocking out two minute punk rock gems with consummate
ease but equally comfortable venturing into more sophisticated prog-inspired
territory. Of their peers only the Mars Volta and Queens of the Stone
Age can match them for combining such musical dexterity with fiercely
passionate intensity. Tommy Sheals-Barrett (Vocals, Guitar), Dan Larke
(Guitar, Vocals, Tech) and Jon Green (Drums, Vocals, Bass, Tech) have
made a ferocious statement of intent with their debut album for Fat
Northerner Records, the provocatively titled 'Send Me Your Champion'.
Opening track 'Summon' throws down the gauntlet in typically thunderous
fashion, transporting the listener to the dirty side of early 90's
Seattle before it's apocalyptic wall of noise eventually subsides
and the clear, unashamedly English vocals of frontman Tom Sheals-Barrett
reveal that this is a band as in thrall to Radiohead as they are to
Soundgarden. Recent single 'History' follows and highlights again
what a versatile outfit Grand Volume are; as tenacious, disciplined
and economical as Fugazi or Minor Threat, yet as musically adventurous
and intelligent as Devo or Television. 'Fire Come Soon' is another
fine distillation of Grand Volume's prog meets punk philosophy - it's
bombastic fire and brimstone lyrics are consumed in a maelstrom of
sub-pop inspired thrash, which occasionally gives way to a gentler,
fx-laden, bassdriven groove that wouldn't sound out of place on 'OK
Computer'. The album closes with the beautiful 'Departure Lounge',
a deeply introspective track that wouldn't sound out of place on any
of the 4AD label's austere 80's gothic releases. The whole mood of
the song emphasizes again that Grand Volume are a band well-versed
in the whole canon of alternative rock, stretching their sound far
further than the majority of their contemporaries. "An awesome
racket. The missing link between classic stadium bombast and post-hardcore
death noise" Dan Martin, NME. Championed by Bruce Dickinson
(BBC 6) Music and Huw Stephens (Radio 1).
FatNortherner-002
CD
$17.00
Great Northern
Sleepy Eepee
PS, US Before they honed the lush lullabies that made up the arresting
debut LP, "Trading Twilight For Daylight," the L.A.-based
foursome constructed a set of songs that laid the early groundwork
for the band's cinematic pop. The previously unreleased 5-track prequel
is being made available due to the overwhelming demand from fans.
Eeniemeenie
CD5
$6.50
Green, Adam
Sixes & Sevens
PS, US Green is formerly one half of Moldy Peaches (with Kimya Dawson).
This is his fifth solo album. His music is reminiscent of Bacharach
and Brel, and he's created his own brand of playful pop while refining
it with each release. He's toured with the likes of The Libertines,
Badly Drawn Boy, Ben Kweller, and The Strokes. "A queasy mix
of super-sharp realism, clammy surrealism, and elegant melody"
- Mojo. "It always amazes me how he can express such deep meaning
with such twisted humor. Adam is eccentric and down to earth, with
newfound technical proficiency over a wider spectrum of styles. I
love it" - Julian Casablancas, The Strokes.
RoughTrade
CD
$13.25
Harp
March/April 2008
PS, US Special Election Section. Issue feat. Dave Grohl, Danger Mouse,
The Black Keys, Stephen Malkmus, Stephin Merritt. Need we say more.
ZINE
$4.00
Harpeth Trace, The
On Disappearing
PS, US Evoking shades of The Zombies, Bill Fay, Galaxie 500, Josh
Kasselman & Co. Psychedelic immediacy & winsome
melancholy. Marked by frequent cross-fades & compelling patches
of sound collage, On Disappearing is an engrossingly existential 35
minutes that seem to live outside of the realms of time & place."Their
dreamy pop is timeless." - L.A. Alternative Press
RedRocket
CD
$9.50
Hauck, Carl
Counter Intelligence
PS, US Third release from C-U singer/songwriter Carl Hauck. 11 Amazing
songs. "Hauck has passions at two ends of the spectrum - moody
minimalist compositions and acoustic pop songwriting. When the two
come together, the songs are excellent... Hauck's voice and lyrics
are just too good to lose." - Independent Clauses. For fans of
Nick Drake, Andrew Bird, and Damien Jurado.
CarlHauck-003
CD
$7.00
Heaton, Angie
T-shirt (S, M, L, XL)
New Angie Heaton t-shirt. Brown Shirt with pink text! Please specify
size!
Angie-shirt-001
MISC
$15.00
Hideki Spaghetti
S-T
PS, SPAIN Is this the soundtrack of the first Japanese spaghetti-western?
Is Hideki Kaji -the official emperor of Shibuya-ku pop- now in full
cowboy gear or is he now a charming and romantic character alla italiana?
Has Jez Butler sculpted another highly stylized retro futuristic fantasy?
Will this Italian trip from the neo-aco heroe please the many legions
of his fans? Did he use a time machine to travel to the good old days
of lost pop? Well, Hideki Spaghetti is an italian adventure created
by Hideki Kaji and Jez Butler. And all the responses can be found
in this fantastic record.
Siesta-216
CD
$17.75
Hingley, Tom And The Lovers
Highlights
PS, UK Tom Hingley is also lead singer in The Inspiral Carpets. March
2008 sees Tom Hingley and the Lovers release their second album 'Highlights'.
3 years in the making it is a work of art. Poetic, melodic and well
worth the wait. Highlights is the first release from the band since
their critically acclaimed 2004 debut 'Abba Are the Enemy'. Where
'Abba' was a brash 200 mph Punk/Garage dash through topical subjects
such as reality television, the Pop parade and War Mongering, 'Highlights'
sees the band developing along a much more melodic soulful train of
thought. Songs touch on such universal themes as love (Highlights),
Religion ('All My Time'), Lions ('Venomous) Credit Crunch ('Kick out
The Clocks') and the pretentious Manchester district of Chorlton Cum
Hardy, which Tom can't afford to buy a house in and is not all at
all bitter about ('EverGreen')
NewMemorabilia-10
CD
$16.25
Hollywood Brats
S-T
PS, UK Formed in 1972 the Hollywood Brats were Punk long before the
term was invented. Dressed in make-up and women's blouses they sought
to shock, whilst making the music they wanted to make. The packaging
for this CD has been lovingly assembled with biographies from both
vocalist Andrew Matheson and guitarist Brady plus all the lyrics.
The digital mastering was undertaken by keyboard player Casino Steel.
Chez Maximes / Another School Day / Nightmare / Empty Bottles / Courtesan
/ Then He Kissed Me / Tumble With Me / Zurich 17 / Southern Belles
/ Drowning Sorrows / Sick On You.
CherryRed-106
CD
$15.50
Howlin' Rain
Magnificent Fiend
PS, US Features members of THE CUTS, DRUNK HORSE and COMETS ON FIRE.
By turns pummeling & pastoral, this oscillates between roaring,
all-stops-out, Hammond organ-driven tracks & delicate electric
piano passages, topped by harmonized, often dissonant guitar lines.
Toss in counter-melodic bass, sometimes quirky breaks, & extended
instrumental sequences that ascend to the heavens or cascade softly,
softly from the skies in sparkling showers of gunpowder & smoke.
ALL
MUSIC GUIDE: "If Magnificent Fiend, the second album by Howlin
Rain, sounds like a different band made the record, it's not the brown
windowpane working its sickly magic on you, it's in many ways an accurate
perception. Howlin Rain is Ethan Miller's side project when he's not
playing with his "other band," Comets on Fire. HR's self-titled
debut was released in 2006. It was well-received for its taut, simple
song structures that evoked everything from the Grateful Dead to harder,
more riff-laden big rock & roll power plays. It was loud, proud,
and topped off with just a touch of country and blues... The music
here is much more complex. These are still identifiable as rock songs,
but there are spaces in them that evoke the harder edges of improvising
rock acts like early Steppenwolf, Delaney & Bonnie (at their most
rockist), and even Quicksilver Messenger Service. But this isn't necessarily
a throwback group at all, and Magnificent Fiend is its own affair.
It is louder, wilder, bigger, and more live sounding than the records
made by any of those bands. These songs are knottier, building on
the more elemental riffs and melodies of the previous set and creating
something denser, more immediate, and menacing in the process."
American
CD
$12.25
Howlin' Rain
Magnificent Fiend
PS, US Feat. members of THE CUTS, DRUNK HORSE & COMETS ON FIRE.
By turns pummeling & pastoral, this oscillates between roaring,
all-stops-out, Hammond organ-driven tracks & delicate electric
piano passages, topped by harmonized, often dissonant guitar lines.
Toss in counter-melodic bass, sometimes quirky breaks, & extended
instrumental sequences that ascend to the heavens or cascade softly,
softly from the skies in sparkling showers of gunpowder & smoke.
Birdman
LP
$16.00
Japancakes
Down The Elements
PS, US LAST COPIES OF THE VINYL! Eric Berg's heady instrumental visions
maintain something of an unintentional defiance that suggests that
the 21st century technology is still a far-off proposition. By focusing
on cello strains, droning bass and guitar lines, and insistently groovy
acoustic drum patterns, it appears that he and his other Athens, GA,
cohorts don't recognize the cut-and-paste, sample-centric age that
most rock is now generated in. This EP, which is sandwiched between
two larger efforts of equally hypnotic textures, creates moods that
are far more demanding of a listener's attention than much of the
ambient music produced by the synthesists the world over. The wonderfully
infectious riff that propels "A.W. Sonic" somehow manages
to sustain its drawing power for the majority of the track's 11-minute
lifespan. "Sputnik" and the title track are the disc's straight-ahead
electronic fare, but they are so skillfully arranged it's as if they'd
been secretly peering in the Orb's laboratory for years. As a lower
cost introduction to what Berg has begun to achieve from an experimental
rock concept gone right (unlike most), Down the Elements is immensely
satisfying. -- ALL MUSIC GUIDE. Originally released as an EP by Kindercore
in 2000, Down The Elements clocks in at 37:58 minutes, which makes
it a full length in the real world. These recordings were made at
the same time as those for If I Could See Dallas. Eclectic, mostly
upbeat, instrumental explorations like Trans Am meets Tangerine Dream
backed with beautiful blips and burbles sure to sooth.
Kindercore-037
12
$6.75
Jarboe & Justin K. Broadrick
Ick - J2
PS, US Jarboe (SWANS) & Justin Broadrick (JESU, GODFLESH) team
up again for this 6 song EP which can be considered the entry into
the forthcoming larger denser work, which is an exploration into total
sound over the parameters of traditional sound structure.
TheEnd
CD
$14.25
Jason & The Scorchers
Fervor / Lost & Found [re-issue]
PS, US The Scorchers' awesome 1983 EP and debut 1985 full-length album
on one CD. Highly recommended re-issue action.
Caroline
CD
$15.25
Jucifer
Autrichienne
PS, US New Album. Follow-up to their critically acclaimed Relapse
debut. Amber Valentine's distinctive voice varies from harsh, banshee
screams to softly moaned intonations against a raw palette that varies
in terms of tempo & volume but never wavers in emotive intensity.
A reinvention of metallic shoegazing!
Relapse
CD
$13.25
Julie Mittens
S-T
PS, US A Dutch power trio who specialize in extended improvisation
at extreme volume. Inspired by John Coltrane's The Olatunji Concert:
The Last Live Recording & the knowledge that Fushitsusha has more
to do w/ Thelonius Monk than Blue Cheer, they consistently wreak havoc
w/ lavish, textural, peakerblowing meltdown jams.
HolyMountain
CD
$14.25
Juniper Tar
To The Trees
PS, US Juniper Tar's debut release is the result of the band packing
up and heading to Prentice in Northern Wisconsin in April 2007 to
record the batch of songs they had been working on since the group's
inception in 2005. The idea was to stay out of the recording studio
environment and invite the room where the song is recorded to be the
fifth band member. This allowed for the songs to be played live in
one room where separation and instrument tracking would not become
a separate process. The songs on To the Trees come together in a collage
with a unifying theme of separation and solitude, sometimes longing
for it while other times cursing it. Beginning this spring and summer,
Juniper Tar will be supporting To the Trees with live shows throughout
the Midwest and east coast.
A
limited edition 7" vinyl single will also be released this spring
on the Bus Stop Label for the song "The Mouths of Fields"
with a B-side take on Townes Van Zandt's "Rex's Blues"
R.I.Y.L.:
Band of Horses, Golden Smog, Ryan Adams, Avett Brothers, Come, My
Morning Jacket, Matt Pond PA.
BusStop-1033
CD
$10.00
Kerretta
Death in the Future
PS, US Debut 7" single from the band that have been able to share
poster-space with Rage Against The Machine, Battles,
Explosions In The Sky & a tour with Jakob. Recorded by producer
extraordinaire David Holmes, Kerretta mash up a brooding mix of instrumental
& atmospheric ambience, a driving rhythm section & guitar
riffs to kill for. Anyone who is a fan of Bailterspace or Isis should
find joy within these 7" grooves. Exclusive b-side & free
download code
Midium
45
$7.75
Kills, The
Midnight Boom
PS, US manner that flits between light and dark, funny and morbid,
experimental and cute. The result is a short, sharp twelve track album
of sensual, fresh, and atmospheric songs.
Domino
CD
$12.50
Kills, The
Midnight Boom
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$18.00
King, Kaki
Revenge
PS, US New album from guitar wiz turned experimental pop songstress
features stronger songs fronted by stronger vocals this go round.
PREFIX MAG: "With Dreaming of Revenge, Kaki King gets back around
to focusing on her own music after farming out her virtuosic guitar
talents of late. King guested with Dave Grohl and company on a song
on the recent Foo Fighters album and with Eddie Vedder on the Into
the Wild soundtrack. Like 2006's Until We Felt Red, which was produced
by Tortoise's John McEntire, Dreaming was helped along in the studio
by a big-name producer. That would be Malcolm Burn, who has worked
with Emmylou Harris and Daniel Lanois. Some of the songs here are
light and sexy, while others, like "Can Anyone Who Has Heard
This Music Really Be a Bad Person" (which takes its inspiration
from the film The Lives of Others), are more serious."
Velour
CD
$13.75
Koenjihyakkei
Hundred Sights of Koenji
PS, US Legendary debut album, the original Japanese issue went largely
unheard, Hundred Sights of Koenji returns to print in a deluxe remastered
edition. Originally released in 1994, it includes the full RUINS line-up
of Yoshida Tatsuya, Masuda Ryuichi, Kubota Aki & Kuwahara Shigekazu
for a futuristic journey to those hallowed fields of yore.
SkinGraft-090
CD
$14.25
Kraus, Sharron
Fox's Wedding
PS, US She is like the roving storyteller, bringing tales of terror,
sadness & joy to a stranger's hearth on a dark & stormy night.
This stunning new album offers 11 original songs & a cover of
"Trice Toss These Oaken Ashes" written by Thomas Campion.
DurtroJnana
CD
$16.00
Lichens/Lexie Mountain
Restoration of Temperment/If You So Choose
PS, US 180g. Side A explores the deep facets of the drone-world, combining
guitars both reversed & straight w/occasional chants to form a
nice addendum to recent Kranky full-length Omns. Side B contains "Patty
Waters-esque freeform vocalizing mixed w/Smegma worthy cut-ups"
Hoss
LP
$12.75
LK, The
The LK vs. The Snow
PS, US Swedish duo of Lindefelt, abstract sound artist, & Fredrik,
pop visionary & songwriter par excellence. Fusing musique concrète-style
collages of sound w/ iconic pop arrangements that are both gradually
mind-invading & comfortingly direct. Recorded w/ a minimum of
equipment, this album was built largely by gluing pieces of Lindefelt's
abstract sounds,lyrics & voice to Fredrik's simple, beautiful
melodies. The resulting 11 (including 1 bonus song for kora) tracks
make or a crisp, melancholy noise- pop cocktail w/ a human warmth
& dark sense of humor.
TheKoraRecords
CD
$11.00
Lowe, Nick
Jesus of Cool
PS, US Limited edition LP, will only be 1 pressing on vinyl.Album
come with a free digital version, available in your Stash !
YepRoc
DLP
$18.25
Lucy Bland
Down To Sea Level
PS, US A little bit familiar and a lot unexpected, Lucy Bland's Down
to Sea Level fuses the dynamic range of indie rock, the experimentation
of electronica, and the story telling of folk into this genre-defining
work. Expanding on the dreamy lushness of their "... really really
really cool debut EP" (John Richards, KEXP), Down to Sea Level
is the lo-fi indie anthem of your everyday. Introspective tracks like
"Crashing Waves" are dominated by intricate arrangements,
blip hop adventurousness, and bold instrumentation. The vocal-driven
style is complimented by drops of melodic cello, delicate electronic
ornamentation, and understated guitar chords, lending the song an
aquatic, nostalgic air. Along with the imagery of open seas, Venetian
streets, and collecting driftwood, Lucy Bland proves their adaptability
with the sixth track of the album. Echoing the sound of Mirah and
Blonde Redhead, "Valor" combines open, naked vocals and
funky, disco bass beats into a quintessentially dark and moving opus.
The song is epic without overstepping dramatic boundaries. Drawing
from influences as varied as Cat Power and Hot Chip, Down to Sea Level
is a versatile record that lacks only a distribution company. One
listen and it won't be your last. Your eardrums will thank you. REVIEWS
OF LUCY BLAND'S FIRST RECITAL: "It was so good I almost feel
like speaking would be a disgrace." - Sean Nelson (Harvey Danger),
KEXP Radio "... Music is rarely this pleasurable, meaningful,
and soothing on tracks like 'Centuries' and the Suzanne Vega-ish 'Streaker'.
A very charming debut EP." - www.threeimaginarygirls.com "Down
tempo and moving, Lucy Bland is anything but bland. With the vocals
of lead singer Cat Biell surrounded by some cello, guitar, and keyboard,
the music just seems to flow so easily. It is perfect for that quiet
evening or lazy afternoon." -South of Mainstream
LucyBland-2
CD
$12.50
Manishevitz
East to East
PS, US A set of swaggering, thoughtfully-composed rock songs, with
a liberal dose of open-ended groove structures (think Neu!) and moody
pop mutations (think Roxy Music). East to East offers the culmination
of Adam Busch & co.'s particular take on post-everything pop forms,
delivered with the vigor of a faceless young blogworthy band &
the grace of scene veterans with nothing to prove. "It is, to
date, their masterpiece," says John Darnielle (Mountain Goats),
"an excitingly good album from a band who's still plugging away
& probably feeling like they're banging their heads against a
wall a lot of the time"
Catbird
CD
$6.75
Miller, Phil
Diggin In
PS, US The guitarist from Delivery, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the
North & National Health, this is Phil's 3rd solo album, &
features drummer Pip Pyle [Gong, Hatfield], keyboardist Peter Lemer
[Mike Oldfield] and bassist Fred Baker. "...if you are still
mourning the passing of the Hatfields, this is the release to start
with" -Tone Clusters
Cuneiform
CD
$14.25
Mission Of Burma
The Signals, Calls And Marches [The Definitive Edition] (ON SALE)
PS, US Out of print on CD for three years and unavailable on vinyl
since the 80s, this debut record is back with remarkable extras, including
two unreleased studio tracks, a DVD of concert footage at The Space
and The Underground in Boston in 1979 and 1980, and a 32-page booklet
with interviews and ephemera.
Matador
CD/DVD
$15.50
Mission Of Burma
VS. [The Definitive Edition] (ON SALE)
PS, US The second and final studio album, released in 1982 just months
before the band broke up, at the pinnacle of their songwriting and
performing skills. Unavailable on CD for three years and out of print
on vinyl since the 1980s. Bonus DVD contains the entire afternoon
set from the final show in Boston in 1983. Fully re-mastered from
the original tapes. 32-page booklet contains ephemera, photos, and
interviews. Vinyl is true all-analog, HQ-180 pressing. "The almost-pop
architecture is opposed by almost-Wagnerian sonic density, a dichotomy
between blueprint and chaos - the competition indicated by the album's
title" - Village Voice.
Matador
CD/DVD
$15.50
Mission Of Burma
VS. [The Definitive Edition]
PS, US Vinyl is true all-analog, HQ-180 pressing.
Matador
DLP/DVD
$26.00
Mission Of Burma
The Horrible Truth About Burma [The Definitive Edition] (ON SALE)
PS, US The posthumous album, originally released in 1984, has never
been available on CD until now. The vinyl has been unavailable since
the 1980s. Re-mastered and restored to its correct sequence with three
bonus tracks. 32-page booklet contains ephemera, photos, and interviews.
Vinyl is true all-analog, HQ-180 pressing. SALON.COM: "Combining
rock 'n' roll's traditional fetish for pure, unmediated feeling, with
a more modern sort of artistic calculation, Burma's music could evoke
everything from the Beatles' ecstatic run of Hamburg rock clubs in
the early 60s to the lightning-speed hardcore punk that was developing
in the US during Burma's tenure. In this sense, Burma can be said
to have blithely encapsulated punk's overarching mission: to draw
a line connecting rock rebels past and present, and, in doing so,
re-imagine and re-establish the music's anarchic condition."
Matador
CD/DVD
$15.50
Mission Of Burma
The Signals, Calls And Marches [The Definitive Edition]
PS, US Vinyl is true all-analog, HQ-180 pressing.
Matador
DLP/DVD
$26.00
Mission Of Burma
The Horrible Truth About Burma [The Definitive Edition]
PS, US . Vinyl is true all-analog, HQ-180 pressing.
Matador
DLP/DVD
$26.00
Mogwai
Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed
PS, SCOTLAND Remix album, available again.
ChemikalUnderground
CD
$13.75
Mogwai
S-T (Standley Kubrick) EP+6
PS, SCOTLAND Tracks: 1.Stanley Kubrik / Christmas Song / 3.Burn Girl
Prom Queen / 4.Rage:Man / 5.Xmas Steps / 6. Rollerball / 7.Small Children
in the Background / 8. Superheroes of BMX / 9. Now You're Taken /
10.Stereo Dee
ChemikalUnderground
CD
$13.75
Mojo
#173 (April 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.00
Monochrome Set
The Independent Singles Collection
PS, UK Suave; debonair; sophisticated. Haughty, perhaps, for those
who favor the pejorative. Aristocratic in more than one sense, classy
in at least as many. The Monochrome Set were effortlessly inventive,
literate, poised and immaculate of tuneage, possessed of an internal
dialogue as a band that allowed them to surf their own narrative.
They were just unlike anything else, in layman s terms. Instead, their
sound harked back to a golden era of British pop songwriters. But
there was nothing retrogressive about their endeavors. Instead they
wrote songs that recreated the drama and promise of a Pearl &
Dean interval theme, veering from lullaby to mambo to harmonic pop,
accompanied by lush melodies and irresistibly playful lyrics that
embraced morbidity at one extreme, and pitch-perfect satire at another.
Because they could. Brand new release of Monochrome Set's complete
independent singles collection including b-sides and rare tracks Norman
Cook aka Fatboy Slim, a long-term fan of the band, has recorded a
cover of He's Frank with guest vocals by Iggy Pop and indeed this
version has already been broadcast in Heroes. And the word is that
this track may even be his next single. TRACKS: 1. HE S FRANK 2. ALPHAVILLE
3. EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS 4. LESTER LEAPS IN 5. THE MONOCHROME
SET 6. MR BIZZARO 7. HE S FRANK (SLIGHT RETURN) 8. SILICON CARNE 9.
FALLOUT 10. THE MATING GAME 11. J.D.H.A.N.E.Y. 12. CAST A LONG SHADOW
13. THE BRIDGE 14. JET SET JUNTA 15. LOVE GOES DOWN THE DRAIN 16.
KILLING DAVE 17. HOUSE OF GOD (LIVE) 18. SWEET DEATH 19. FOREVER YOUNG
20. HURTING YOU 21. LITTLE NOISES 22. I LOVE LAMBETH 23. KISSY KISSY
24. ALL OVER 25. CLOSING TIME
CherryRed-350
CD
$15.50
Moore, Thurston
Sensitive/Lethal
PS, US Sensitive/Lethal is Thurston Moore in deep basement cosmoses.
Investigations into acoustic guitar as noise instrument as well as
noise/amp discussion for a hopeful and bright blackness. Childhood
dreams of noise essayed with photos of unsuspecting innocents running
from noise weirdo (front cover) and Texas blues albino drug zap (Johnny
Winter - still alive and well detail - back cover). This is the story
told in drone meditation and sweet slice.
NoFunProductions-26
CD
$12.25
Naked on the Vague
Blood Pressure Sessions
PS, US Their distinct aggregate of sound calls to mind everything
from SPK to Mars and beyond. Or, as they're fond of calling them in
Philly, "the Death Star version of Times New Viking." Propelled
by the sharp, rhythmic snare drum beat & anchored by thunderous,
fuzzed bass-lines & stinging, swinging organ & synth fills.
Betraying a gallows wit, the band refers to their music as "apocalyptic
pop" which could be construed as both drowning & waving.
Siltbreeze
LP
$16.00
Neon Neon
Stainless Style
PS, US PREFIX MAG: "Neon Neon is a musical collaboration between
electronic artist Boom Bip and Gruff Rhys of the Super Furry Animals.
The duo's debut, Stainless Style, has been long in gestation, with
the two working on it in London and Los Angeles amid all the other
projects they're involved in. Stainless Style is a concept album loosely
based on the life of John DeLorean, who designed the car baring his
name made famous in the Back to the Future movies. (DeLorean later
went through a mess of legal problems before, as these stories often
go, becoming a born-again Christian.) The album features guest spots
from Spank Rock, Yo Majesty, Har Mar Superstar, Fatlip, the Magic
Numbers, and Cate Le Bon."
Lex
CD
$14.25
Nes, Silje
Ames Room
PS, US Debut album from the Norwegian singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist.
Broad-ranging & full of character, it moves from languid dream-pop
to stomping, upbeat tracks, to introspective or abstract numbers.
W/ sparkling melodies exuding a music-box sweetness, spindly electronics
weave around a vast array of instruments. PREFIX MAG: "What are
young artists to do to get noticed these days? They could try to build
blog buzz or win American Idol. Or they could take the old-fashioned
route, like Norwegian songstress Silje Nes did, and send a demo directly
to a respected label. Some of the songs from said demo appear here,
as do other tunes the multitalented Nes crafted largely by herself.
She plays an array of instruments on the album, including guitar,
keyboards, glockenspiel, melodica, and trumpet. It all adds up to
plenty of pretty chamber pop."
FatCat
CD
$12.50
Numan, Gary & Tubeway Army
Replicas Redux
PS, US In 2008, Numan celebrates his 30th year in music, and turns
50. To celebrate, "Replicas" will be re-issued as a deluxe
2xCD package. CD1 contains the original album and three b-sides, while
CD2 is a fourteen-track album of early versions/mixes, which were
recently discovered and haven't been heard in 29 years. "Replicas"
mid-price edition has scanned 26,000+ copies. "Numan's influence
on electronic music is unparalleled" - NME. "Another near
perfect album from the band" - All Music Guide.
BeggarsBanquet
DCD
$16.50
OffOnOff
Clash
PS, NORWAY One half of Original Silence, Offonoff is comprised of
Terrie Ex (THE EX), Massimo Pupillo (ZU) & PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE.
Similar to the sounds of Black Flag, DNA, Pere Ubu, Last Exit, James
Blood Ulmer, early Sonic Youth, and The Ex. Noisy, intense, hard with
rapid shifts & contrasts, heavy grooves. All free improvised!
SmalltownSupersound-147
CD
$15.25
Operazione Nafta
Cavuru
PS, US Located w/in the Trapani Province of Sicily, they consider
their self-described "un-rock" as "a blowjob from Luigi
Russolo." The trio pours on the racket & sounds like they
were hatched in a custom-built Russolo intonarumori. Their unstoppable
onslaught taps into rock/improv fizz a la Sun City Girls, Etron Fou
Leloublan or the Butthole Surfers, various FMP blat, & MEV-like
electronic scramble.
Siltbreeze
LP
$16.00
Pacific UV
Longplay 2
PS, US PITCHFORK: "Due to its rotating cast of vocalists (including
guitarist Clay Jordan and Carolyn Berk of Lovers), Longplay 2 feels
more like the work of a collective than a "band" and more
of a collection than an "album"; maybe something like a
post-rock version of Studio's Yearbook 1. "Alarmist" and
"Orson" function as the centerpieces (eight and ten minutes
each, respectively), tapping into well thought-out twinkles like Sigur
Ros' () on fewer Ambiens and more Vitamin Water. Which arguably makes
things a little lacking in the white magic department, but if that
record was your sort of thing to begin with, Longplay 2 will certainly
prove every bit as comforting even if they sometimes choose to move
icebergs with tugboats. The movements in "Alarmist" are
slight, but necessary for the illusion of space flotation, while "Arson"
unhurriedly shimmers towards a choir of chattering electronics. Among
others, Pacific UV point to Mazzy Star and Spacemen 3 as influences,
which might be the coordinates for Brightblack Morning Light; certainly,
"If So" and "Tremolo" aren't giving off the same
moonchild whiff, but they'd still sound fantastic in lunar rovers."
Warm
CD
$11.50
Palodine
Garden of Deceit
PS, US A darker & grittier interpretation of their sound, more
bombastic percussion & heightened urgency from the guitar
playing. There's a deeper & more resonant vocal style & a
continuation of the Biblical imagery & religious symbolism that
were alluded to in their prior effort. Ten songs about lies, hypocrisy,
scars, jealousy, deceit, restoration & endurance.
Tarnished
CD
$11.00
Panther
14 Kt. God
PS, US Vinyl version of cd recently released by KILL ROCK STARS. 180
gram
Marriage
LP
$14.25
Paper
An Object
PS, SWEDEN Debut album from Swedish motorik-punk trio featuring Calle
Olsson from The Bear Quartet and Paddington DC along with members
of Audionom. The sound is based around the frustration of punk, the
delicacy of pop melody and the hypnotic power of repetition. Think
early Wire meets early Wire, simple, powerful; with streamers of Neu!,
Silverbullit/Citizen Bird, Joy Division... Fans of The Bear Quartet's
recent electronic efforts, Audionom's hypnotic avant-punk, and Paddington
DC's zoom-pop will be held in thrall, if you don't mind a bit of krautrockin'
cochlea-knocking.
Novoton-015
CD
$13.00
Pigeons
Virgin Spectacle
PS, US Amongst all the fog & feathers is a collection of comely
pop & sonic excursions guaranteed to lodge itself in your waking
subconscious. Limited to 500
BlackDirt
LP
$21.00
Pretendo
] [
PS, US A NYC trio of ex-/present members of ENON, SKELETON KEY, CREEDLE,
RUGBURNS & MORRICONE YOUTH, resembles a compilation of its counterparts.
Their 2nd album (pronounced "2") was engineered by the legendary
MARTIN BISI w/ artwork & lyrics contributed by the always subversive
billboard artist Ron English.
Ccr-104
CD
$11.75
Quiet Life
Act Natural
PS, US "Pleasant chord progressions, soft harmonies & enough
of a Southern wail to double check the band's ConnectRiceuct oardddsress."
- Chattanooga Times Free Press debut full length, a collection of
songs which have been honed the past year by filling opening slots
throughout the country for the likes of Matt Costa, Cold War Kids
& the Drive By Truckers.
SafetyMeeting
CD
$13.25
Religious Knives
Resin
PS, US Since their first release for No Fun Productions, the collection
of early LP's/singles entitled 'Remains', the Religious Knives have
grown into a stunningly assured and powerful rock n' roll band of
sorts, one liberally and noticeably immersed in the smoke-addled haze
of the psychedelic underground. Resin marches ahead with a vigorous
potency that accurately shares its bloodline with the best psychedelic
acts of the past. This is Brooklyn's true Psychedelic Rock.
NoFunProductions-30
CD
$12.50
Renderizors
Submarine
PS, US A new formation of members from The Renderers & Sandoz
Lab Technicians. Songs dissolve into swirls of musical deconstructions,
then at times reform into the recognizable. Throughout this album
there is a sense of drift & the gorgeousness of space.
LastVisibleDog
CD
$11.75
Retribution Gospel Choir
S-T
PS, US LOW visionary ALAN SPARHAWK cranks the amps for a radical stylistic
departure. Crude, mangy guitars collide w/ trudging stoner-rock rhythms
& some catchy melodies - for modern day spirituals that defy all
preconceptions. Produced by MARK KOZELEK for maximum impact.
CaldoVerde
CD
$11.50
Rusalnaia (ft. SHARRON KRAUS)
S-T
PS, AUSTRALIA Recorded in two sessions through 2007 when SHARRON KRAUS
& GILLIAN CHADWICK (Ex-Reverie) teamed up with engineer Greg Weeks,
who helped capture the duo's organic & sometimes unusual instrumentation,
from dulcimer & guitar to pennywhistles & goat's nail shaker,
and contributed his own accents to a few tracks: acid Les Paul leads
& vintage 70's synths. Eight tracks of haunting, ritualistic,
magical pagan-folk were the result, varying from the darkly processional
tale of dispossession, though the Comus-like ceremonies of the title
track, to the extended forest folk trance on the concluding "Wild
Summer"
CameraObscura-082
CD
$14.25
Samamidon
All Is Well
PS, ICELAND Introspective ballads vs upbeat barn-dancing ditties,
a tenderly plucked six-string, a ghostly viola, a heartfelt orchestra...
Valgeir Sigurðsson's Bedroom Community label welcomes the second
release from U.S. newcomer, Sam Amidon. At Sigurðsson's state-of-the-art
Greenhouse Studios, Sam was left to concentrate on his intuitive interpretations
of age-old folk-songs, a skill on which he proves himself to be a
unique talent, drawing simultaneously on his experiences growing up
a child of folk musicians in Vermont, and his more recent work in
New York with the experimental indie-rock bands Doveman and Stars
Like Fleas.
BedroomCommunity
CD
$14.25
Samamidon
All Is Well
PS, ICELAND VINYL VERSION.
BedroomCommunity
LP
$15.00
She & Him
Volume 1
PS, US M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel met on a film they were
both appearing in called The Go-Getter. The director wanted them to
do a duet in the film of a Linda & Richard Thompson cover. This
inspired them to then do a full on collaboration of which Volume One
is the end product. There are a couple covers, Smokey Robinson and
The Beatles, and the rest are all old-timey warm sounding originals.
It has a very analog, at times girl-group sound to it so much so that
the songs come off more as instant standards rather than typical indie
classics. This album already has serious blog love from both the film
& music communities, and the pair will more than likely do some
high profile live dates around release
Merge
CD
$13.25
Skyphone
Avellaneda (DELAYED)
PS, NORWAY This is the second full-length release by Danish trio Skyphone
for the Rune Grammofon label. Having played in various rock outfits
during most of the '90s, childhood friends Keld Dam Schmidt, Thomas
Holst and Mads Bødker slowly moved towards the electronica
scene and the German dub scene before starting Skyphone in 1999. Since
then, they have steadily developed their own style, combining traditional
rock instruments with electronics; scratching and carefully damaging
the surface of the digital sounds, creating melodic pop songs without
singing, leaving it to the listener to infer what the songs actually
could have been and what is lurking virtually beneath the constrained,
deliberately ambiguous surface of the song. With Avellaneda, they
have further developed these ideas into a seamless blend of acoustic
and electronic elements, rich in detail and sonic refinement, with
the occasional touch of Scandinavian folk music providing a strong
melodic base.
RuneGrammofon
CD
$16.25
Skyscraper
#27
PS, US Features on Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Dillinger Escape
Plan, Black Mountain, Magnolia Electric Co., Dan Deacon, Magik Markers,
Growing, Circle, Tunng, Tusk, Titan, ft (the Shadow Government), Abe
Vigoda, plus the usual plethora of articles, & reviews.
ZINE
$5.50
Smile Smile
Blue Roses
PS, US Hailing from the Dallas, TX music scene, Ryan Hamilton and
Jencey Hirunrusme create their own modern blend of folk, pop and rock
in Smile Smile. Their songs range from heart wrenching ballads to
foot stomping sing alongs. Jencey's classical piano background teamed
with Ryan's self-taught guitar style combine to create sounds, which
both soar above you and pull you in tight at the same time.
"A
sort of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah/Mazzy Star hybrid of sing-along folk,
buzzy country-leaning tunes and uptempo/downtempo swings, with brilliantly
unconventional songwriting and smart harmonies anchoring the whole
deal." Dallas Observer
Smile-001
CD
$10.00
Son Lux
At War with Walls & Mazes
PS, US A stunning debut wrung from classical precision & good
old human gut-wrench. His first is a heady collection of songs breathing
the same air & sharing the same space; painted from the same palette
but set apart still--each is a distinct region of one broad, heaving
sonic landscape. PREFIX MAG: "Son Lux is the musical project
of Ryan Lott, an eclectic talent. He's remixed Castanets and Beirut
and also dabbles in visual art, so he should fit right in on the open-minded
Anticon label. The imprint drops names like Notwist, Will Oldham,
and Radiohead as benchmarks for Son Lux's sound."
Anticon
CD
$15.25
Son Lux
At War with Walls & Mazes
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anticon
LP
$16.00
Soundpool
Dichotomies + Dreamland
PS, US Forming in 2005 Soundpool is a NYC-based 5-piece shoegaze,
space rock, audio/visual act with sweet girlie vocals, saturated guitar
sounds, lush synth arrangements and a danceable driving rhythm section.
Soundpool's first album, On High, reached the top spot on the Tonevendor
charts for well over a month in late 2006 - Soundpool has since quietly
placed themselves in the center of the new shoegaze/dream pop movement
of music, sharing the stage with great acts: Robin Guthrie, Ulrich
Schnauss, A Place To Bury Strangers, Mahogany, Asobi Seksu, Spectrum,
Star, Kyte, Auburn Lull and Butterfly Explosion to name a few. Soundpool's
second full-length album Dichotomies & Dreamland is in many ways
the classic psychedelic album in a post electronica age. Conceptually,
the album can be broken into two parts... the conscious and the subconscious.
Stylistically, the album follows a thread that perhaps starts in the
mid-sixties when pop artists of the day started taking hallucinogens
and making records that were a bit more eclectic, cerebral and daring...
pushing the boundaries of what a rock & roll record could be.
Dichotomies & Dreamland was made in the spirit of that sort of
artistic attitude but it's not deliberately of even necessarily retro
per se... in fact it is quite modern in an indie sort of way. Elements
of Shoegaze, Dreampop, Space Rock, Psychedelic and Electronic are
all present. Over a year and a half in the making... we hope you enjoy
our latest bodywork! "Soundpool's drone and roll has had my ears
for some time. Shoegaze is a genre always in need of new blood, and
few new artists match Soundpool's vocal delivery and sonic awareness.
While their drone teeters on the tip toes of instability, it's Kim
Fields vocals that seamlessly hold the chaos together." -Musicisnotdead.
"This sounds great! Of all the newer stuff I was able to come
across, I especially like what you guys are doing." -John Cofer,
Music Director WTBU. "I walked off Orchard St. on the Lower East
side into Pianos, waded my way through the sea of heads and walked
right into the "Exploding Plastic Inevtitable"... the multimedia
sensory blast definitely conjured up the Velvet underground imagery
but Soundpool's sound was closer to early 90's Stereolab. The crowd
was diggin' the impressive performance... this was one of the best
sets I've seen in a while by a band that could be labeled "shoegaze"".
-Fiddle While You Burn "When Lush wrote Sweetness and Light at
the height of shoegazing, I wonder if they had anticipated Soundpool,
the latest act to breath life into a fondly missed genre? Cosmic,
phased guitars combine with breathy, angelic vocals and sequenced
programming. Yet beneath the swirl of effects beats a heart of pure
pop." -Brett Spaceman, EVILSPONGE.
Aloft-02
CD
$12.25
Spear Of Destiny
Word Service
PS, UK The first time on CD for Spear Of Destiny's final album for
CBS which reached No.11 in the UK National Charts back in 1985. Includes
the UK hit singles 'Come Back' and 'All My Love' Now comes with a
second disc of rare b-sides and mixes, all making their debut on CD!
Booklet contains original LP artwork, lyrics, pictures of all the
relevant sleeves and liner notes by Alex "No More Heroes"
Ogg. Still on the road to this very day and very much a major 'underground'
attraction. Disc One- Rocket Ship / Up All Night / Come Back / World
Service / I Can See / All My Love (Ask Nothing) / Mickey / Somewhere
In The East / Once In Her Lifetime / Harlan County / Disc Two- Last
Card / Walk In The Shadow / The Wheel (Live) / Prisoner Of Love (Live)
/ Liberator (Live) / All My Love / Come Back (Dub) / Cole Younger
/ Young Men (Return Of) / Come Back (Berlin Mix) / Micky (Remix).
Anagram-202
CD
$15.50
Spring Heel Jack
Songs And Themes
PS, US The groups 8th & possibly most accessible album for Thirsty
Ear, this is jazz-ambient music of the highest level. The musicianship
is stunning & crosses many boundaries, from future music, to electronic,
to jazz, to chamber music, all the while presenting beauty & sensitivity
in a manner that has rarely been explored.
ThirstyEar
CD
$13.25
Ssion
Fools Gold
PS, US Pronounced "shun" A 10 years strong art punk dance/design/film
collective headed by cosmic man sisters CODY CRITCHELOE (singer, director
& sometimes graphic designer for Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Scream
Club) & J.A.M. (producer, co-writer & boho space cadet mystery
man). They have toured w/ the Liars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Faint, &
the Black Dice.
Sleazetone
12
$9.00
Ssion
Clown Remixes
PS, US Pronounced "shun" A 10 years strong art punk dance/design/film
collective headed by cosmic man sisters CODY CRITCHELOE (singer, director
& sometimes graphic designer for Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Scream
Club) & J.A.M. (producer, co-writer & boho space cadet mystery
man).
SleazetoneRecords
12
$9.00
Stick Men
Insatiable
PS, US In the early '80s, The Stick Men ruled the Philadelphia new/no
wave scene. Reminiscent of James Chance & the Contortions w/even
more hyperkinetic energy (!!), they created a frenzied psycho-funk-punk
sound that featured gut-wrenching timing, extraordinary charm, personality
with a plus, & tons of good humor. In 1982, they released their
debut LP "This Is The Master Brew". Their second release,
"Get on Board The Stick Men", came out the following year
after intensive U.S. touring. With stage manners as manic as their
sound,the Stick Men magnetized & maintained a loyal fan base for
their live shows. In the mid 80's the group disbanded. It would be
an understatement to say that their experience had been intense. This
CD contains their entire recorded output as well as rare tracks from
live radio broadcasts. Also included is bonus CDRom material: a 20min
Quick Time video of the band, playable on both PC & Mac computers
taken from some of the only live video in existence reveals their
explosive energy.
Cuneiform
CD
$14.25
Swimmers
Fighting Trees
PS, US Reminiscent of 60's British pop, this hints at influences such
as the Kinks & the Velvet Underground & draws comparisons
to contemporaries the Arcade Fire, Spoon, & the New Pornographers.
It's the prettiness that strikes you, & the energy that hooks
you.
MadDragon
CD
$14.50
Swirnoff, Preston
Maariv
PS, US A collection of electroacoustic solo works taking 20th century
minimalism, ritual drone music, & early electronic & tape
experiments as launching points. This uses a variety of instruments
(piano, tone generators, organs, guitar, tape machines) to create
absorbing sound worlds that thrive on repitition, melody, noise &
a sense of the otherworldly. Each piece, though based on a simple
premise & instrument setup, weaves a complex aural tapestry rich
in both
texture & emotion.
LastVisibleDog
CD
$11.75
Sword
Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyria
PS, US Waves of powerful riffs & low-end thinder dominate this
vinyl. Also incl. exclusive b-side "Scorcher Codex Corvidae"
Limited to 1000...you sleep, you weep.
Kemado
10"
$15.00
Tall Firs
Too Old To Die Young
PS, US
EcstaticPeace
CD
$10.00
Teenagers, The
Reality Check
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
XL
LP
$14.00
