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60 Watt Kid
Time Change
PS, US Kevin Litrow left the racket dance sounds of Dance Disaster Movement for a psychedelic acoustic collage which he dubbed as 60 Watt Kid. This EP captures the most beautiful moments of the now out of print full length with the addition of 3 unreleased tracks. Intergalactic pop with plenty of acoustics & electronics. This EP is stripped down yet incredibly epic!
Oedipus-009
CD
$8.25

8-Bit Operators
Tribute to Kraftwerk
PS, US Feat. interpretations of classic Kraftwerk songs, arranged primarily on Lo-bit microchip & handheld controlled synthesizers, such as Gameboys, NES systems & Commodores & a selection of the best musical innovators, & several of the inventors themselves. These are not merely faithful reproductions of songs, but truly inspired re-interpretations that use a relatively limited technological framework to its furthest reaches.
Astralwerks
CD
$13.25

A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Scribble Mural Comic Journal
PS, US Using mandolins, banjos, noise, samplers, lots of cuttin' n pastin', and all of the normal band instruments, Philadelphia's A Sunny Day in Glasgow adds lush female vocals and dance-y rhythms to make dreamy pop music. Distorted guitars alongside Robin and Lauren's vocals glisten for thirteen storied tracks on "Scribble Mural Comic Journal." The album succeeds in marrying Cocteau Twins' otherwordliness, JAMC white noise, the best aspects of early Aphex Twin, and the jangle of "Strawberry Wine" era MBV to create pop music that somehow makes sense despite making no sense. (4 stars) Like Grizzly Bear, ASDIG's got a steep pop-to-noise curve, so their most gorgeous melodies become thick and swampy before you've noticed the tide has come in. Even the brightest colors look black if you smear them all together." - Pitchfork " (9 out of 10) Captivating. Stunning. A Sunny Day in Glasgow has single-handedly returned the shoegazer genre to its former glory. One of the best releases of 2006!" -Under the Radar
Notenuf
CD
$12.25

AA Tigre
Felicidades
PS, SPAIN The songs are stretched about as if tensed by strings manipulated by struggling automatons whom are unpredictable, deconstructing the structure until they are impregnated with a personality which is deliberately imperfect as an unfinished sketch, as an analgesic dissolving within an organism, taking effect slowly, and opting to use the label of autistic folk, due to his rejection to that which has been stipulated, and his almost harmful sensibility.
Aarecords-10
LP
$17.50

Air Formation
Daylight Storms (ON SALE)
PS, UK After last years astounding 57 Octaves Below EP, Brighton's Air Formation are back with their third album. Recorded over the Summer with producer Pat Collier, mastered by Shimmydisc/Bongwater maestro Kramer Daylight Storms is their most accomplished work to date. Drawing from the likes of eighties shoegazers My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive, as well as lesser known noise-dreamers like the fabulously mysterious Flying Saucer Attack, Air Formation sit comfortably alongside the current crop, Sigur Ros, Long-View, Mew et al while at the same time following a path of their very own making. Think Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, the sound of jet engines. Air Formation can go from breathy escapism to futuristic terrorcaust in a matter of minutes whilst still encapsulating the listener. Live shows are rare but stunning, recent supports have included Mark Gardner, Ulrich Schnauss and Rachel Goswell. The band will be back to delight in the Spring.
ClubAC30-304012
CD
$15.00

Analogue Minefield
A Fine Adjustment Of Time
PS, UK Blending elements of trip-hop, reggae, drum & bass and ambient, Dublin-based Analogue Mindfield's music was described by Cheshire Cat of Leftfield as "a heavyweight mix of reggae, old school dub with a vibrant brass-driven trip - they skank like a mouthful of liquorice allsorts". Analogue Mindfield are Snapper J, Gizzy D, Lariman, Yolazy and Kitty B. Their Mission Statement is simple "Create auditory soundscapes of challenging yet accessible music, whilst retaining an inspired socially conscious theme to our tunes." - Gizzy D. The band have worked on a number of collaborations for these recordings including: Tim Bran Subsonar, Dreadzone, Transmission] Dr Das [Asian Dub Foundation], Eric Rico [producer/remixer Jurassic 5, Pharcyde, Tupac Shakur Tribute album], Belka & Strelka [The Orb, The Transit Kings] Electric Forgiveness [Jon Dawson - Third of Never, John 'Rabbit' Bundrick - the Who, Bob Marley]. Snapper J and Gizzy D met while playing with Irish urban guerrillas The Subtonics. Snapper J began his musical career fronting one of Ireland's most popular reggae bands Keltic Posse, gigging with reggae legends Derrick Morgan and Laurel Aiken as their support band, whilst in their own right headlining at The Montreaux Jazz festival. Gizzy D, founding member and resident producer of Loop Studios in Dublin has worked with Primal Scream, The Thrills, Shane McGowan, Thin Lizzy, Relish, Andy Rourke [The Smiths], The Frames, Jerry Fish, Blood or WhiskeyŠ and more. He is also a director of www.cpu.ie, Ireland's biggest online music resource. Nigerian-born Lariman originally shot to fame in Turkey where he was the leader in the vibrant reggae scene that swept the country in the 90's. Moving from there to Ireland he became the resident MC for the legendary Firehouse Skank Soundsystem performing alongside Brother Culture [Trojan Soundsystem] and supporting reggae superstars Lee Scratch Perry and The Skatalites. Kitty B's reputation as one of Dublin's most respected session vocalists, brought her to the attention of Snapper J and Gizzy D, who recruited her for the current album. Since then she has worked with Belka & Strelka and is due to record with labelmates Transit Kings [Alex Paterson, Dom Beken, Guy Pratt] in the near future.Yolazy, musician/producer/remixer first began working with Analogue Mindfield when he added some drum tracks and mastered their first album. He has worked with Colm O'coisoig [My Bloody Valentine], Leroy [The Prodigy], Nina Hynes, Produkt, The Pale, Stano, and has remixed and mastered for a host of others.
MaliciousDamage-621
CD
$16.00

Analogue Minefield
A Fine Adjustment Of Time
PS, UK Blending elements of trip-hop, reggae, drum & bass and ambient, Dublin-based Analogue Mindfield's music was described by Cheshire Cat of Leftfield as "a heavyweight mix of reggae, old school dub with a vibrant brass-driven trip - they skank like a mouthful of liquorice allsorts". Analogue Mindfield are Snapper J, Gizzy D, Lariman, Yolazy and Kitty B. Their Mission Statement is simple "Create auditory soundscapes of challenging yet accessible music, whilst retaining an inspired socially conscious theme to our tunes." - Gizzy D. The band have worked on a number of collaborations for these recordings including: Tim Bran Subsonar, Dreadzone, Transmission] Dr Das [Asian Dub Foundation], Eric Rico [producer/remixer Jurassic 5, Pharcyde, Tupac Shakur Tribute album], Belka & Strelka [The Orb, The Transit Kings] Electric Forgiveness [Jon Dawson - Third of Never, John 'Rabbit' Bundrick - the Who, Bob Marley]. Snapper J and Gizzy D met while playing with Irish urban guerrillas The Subtonics. Snapper J began his musical career fronting one of Ireland's most popular reggae bands Keltic Posse, gigging with reggae legends Derrick Morgan and Laurel Aiken as their support band, whilst in their own right headlining at The Montreaux Jazz festival. Gizzy D, founding member and resident producer of Loop Studios in Dublin has worked with Primal Scream, The Thrills, Shane McGowan, Thin Lizzy, Relish, Andy Rourke [The Smiths], The Frames, Jerry Fish, Blood or WhiskeyŠ and more. He is also a director of www.cpu.ie, Ireland's biggest online music resource. Nigerian-born Lariman originally shot to fame in Turkey where he was the leader in the vibrant reggae scene that swept the country in the 90's. Moving from there to Ireland he became the resident MC for the legendary Firehouse Skank Soundsystem performing alongside Brother Culture [Trojan Soundsystem] and supporting reggae superstars Lee Scratch Perry and The Skatalites. Kitty B's reputation as one of Dublin's most respected session vocalists, brought her to the attention of Snapper J and Gizzy D, who recruited her for the current album. Since then she has worked with Belka & Strelka and is due to record with labelmates Transit Kings [Alex Paterson, Dom Beken, Guy Pratt] in the near future.Yolazy, musician/producer/remixer first began working with Analogue Mindfield when he added some drum tracks and mastered their first album. He has worked with Colm O'coisoig [My Bloody Valentine], Leroy [The Prodigy], Nina Hynes, Produkt, The Pale, Stano, and has remixed and mastered for a host of others.
MaliciousDamage-622
DLP
$28.50

Aqueduct
Or Give Me Death
PS, US If you're familiar w/ Aqueduct you'll be happy to hear that David Terry's love of the pop hook has only gotten stronger w /time. However, unlike" I Sold Gold's" huge blown out drum sounds & blip-pop synths, "Or Give Me Death" finds him broadening his tonal horizons to encompass mariachi horns, Gershwin-esque strings, looped & layered vocals, & grand piano. There's also quite a lot more electric guitar, & it contains the best song about The Princess Bride EVER! Super cool cover art includes interactive acetate skull layer.
Barsuk-063
CD
$11.75

Arab Strap
Ten Years of Tears
PS, SCOTLAND Recently disbanded Scot's swan song compilation of singles, rarities, demos and live recordings. Includes 2 bonus songs (hidden?) at the end: a 1995 demo by Aidan called 'Bon Voyage' and a cover of 'It's A Heartache' recorded in 2006. Official tracklist: 01 Preface: Set The Scene / 02 Islands (demo) / 03 The First Big Weekend / 04 Gilded (live) / 05 I Saw You / 06 The Clearing / 07 Packs Of Three (2006) / 08 (Afternoon) Soaps / 09 Rocket Take Your Turn / 10 To All A Good Night / 11 Turbulence (Bis remix) / 12 The Shy Retirer / 13 Blood (live) / 14 (If There's) No Hope For Us (Rogue version) / 15 Where We've Left Our Love / 16 The Girl I Loved Before I Fucked (with full band) / 17 Oxytocin (demo) / 18 There Is No Ending
ChemikalUnderground
CD
$15.50

Arkansaw Man
S/T
PS, US Here is the unlikely CD debut of ARKANSAW MAN, a wildly obscure San Francisco art-punk band that flickered to life all so briefly in 1981. 25 minutes of music, 25 years ago and sayonara. Still, the best things in life - in the life of music, anyway - often are tucked away where they are hard to find. With a brilliant economy of means and sparseness reminiscent of dub, the band got an amazing jump start on post-Rock. It revels in terse and choppy guitar, the languid, sour leakage of keyboards and horns, and occasional lyrics sung as ironic disclaimer, while the spare yet vaguely ominous bass lines recall the Gang of Four played back at 4 RPM. A quarter of a century ago, the spindly funk machinery and discordant scraping guitars of Arkansaw Man failed to give the world much to latch onto, so its music got lost, abandoned in a locker at pop culture's bus depot, the key left floating in a gutter somewhere one day to be scavenged. There's no better place to find a glimmer of artistic gold.
TableOfTheElements-805
CD5
$9.00

Ashley, Greg
Painted Garden
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Birdman-098
LP
$10.50

Ashley, Greg
Painted Garden
PS, US The mastermind behind THE GRIS GRIS & THE MIRRORS is going solo for the first time since 1993. Beautifully orchestrated, sometimes fragile & always fuzzy, the album features great tunes, proof that the young songwriter's star is still on the rise. Written, produced & performed almost entirely by the artist, this is a true vision realized, & puts him right up there w/ the great musical minds of the day.
Birdman-098
CD
$13.25

Audionom
Retrospectiv [domestic version]
PS, US Formed from the ashes of punk/experimental legends Apparat (not the German Apparat, the Swedish one) and PVC in the late 90's, Audionom is a Stockholm supergroup that quickly became a popular live act known for its abrasive shows that also integrated the films of member Martin Malm. The band's hypnotic pummeling sound took inspiration from their love for such early experimental visionaries as Hawkwind, Brian Eno, and Neu! Nowhere is this more evident then on their full length debut Retrospektiv, which is comprised of material taken from various recordings and incarnations spanning 1999-2002. Repetition is definitely a reoccurring theme on Retrospektiv. Whether it's the punishing monotonous sound in opener "Ljusets Krigare", the electronically-keyed "Kristall," or avant Joy Division-esque "And You Said I Was The Only One," the merging of electronic and punk rock is repeated throughout the entire record.
Kemado-028
CD
$13.00

Awesome Color
S/T
PS, US Brooklyn's (by way of Ann Arbor) AWESOME COLOR's debut full-length is a mother of a scorched groover. Just check out the track "Free Man," it says it all. Guitarist DEREK STANTON, drummer ALLISON BUSCH, and bassist MICHAEL TROUTMAN have been blowing minds with heavy, cosmic guitars and a rhythm section like a freight train. When they play, they're often joined by brothers and sisters grabbing instruments and getting loud: barefoot guitar solos, sax in the aisles and wolf dancing all around. Produced by THURSTON MOORE, ANDREW KESIN and the band. Pressed on red vinyl and packaged in gatefold sleeves. CD released on Ecstatic Peace.
AmericanDust-101
LP
$9.50

Bark Haze, The
Unititled
PS, US This limited edition lp was pressed in an edition of 500 with letterpressed covers done by Manifesto. These are completely different recordings than the Bark Haze compact disc also on Important Records. The Bark Haze is primarily a guitar duo of GOWN (nom de plume of one Andrew Macgregor) and Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth etfuckingcetera). Auxiliary members have been know to include Pete Nolan (Magik Markers, Virgin Eye Blood Brothers, Cops et al). Their name came from a mis-hearing of the radical early 70s R+B group the Bar-Kays and from that moment the concept of mis-hearing and allegiance to presenting the mis-hearing as some open-ended musical course became The Bark Haze's identity. So far all concerts have taken place in Western Massachusetts and once in the confines of Cambridge, MA's Twisted Village record emporium. They anxiously await their debut gig in the UK at the Nightmare Before Christmas event curated by Moore. As the heroic and potentially bonkers Carpenters refrained We've Only Just Begun. Damn straight.
Important-128
LP
$12.75

Barn Burning
Werner Ghost Truck
PS, US Darker & more diverse landscape than their first album. Second release is a journey through soundscapes, moods & stark images- filled with the sounds of empty rooms, cold stairwells & shortwave radio frequencies. Whispered, quiet finger-picking exploding into loud guitars & distorted violins then dying back down again into whispers & piano pieces: Alt-folk/Dark Indie Country.
Tarnished
CD
$10.00

Barr
Summary
PS, US His most musical BARR record to date, Brendan explores more of a pop sensibility (w/out ever becoming poppy) w/ a new means of lyrical narrative & execution. The collection of works spans 5 tumultuous months of triumphs, failures, loss & growth & evokes a spectrum of raw emotion, as would a novel, a movie, a sonnet, or a classical concerto.
5RueChristine-065
CD
$13.25

Barr/This Song Is A Mess
Split
PS, US An amazing effort by two of Los Angeles' most innovative artists. Electronic L.A. posterchildTSIAM contributes an apocolyptic dance revolution while Kill Rock Stars recording artistBarr dares to ask the question "remember how we all liked modest mouse?" Limited to 550 copies and comes with an exclusive pictureby Xiu Xiu tour manager David Horovitz
Oedipus-005
45
$5.50

Bear Colony
We Came Here To Die
PS, US The unfortunate inspiration behind the composition of this album came from primary songwriter Vince Griffins misdiagnosis of Crohns Disease. Vince was bedridden for several months & began writing the songs as an outlet. Leaning on his musician friends around him, Vince began sharing the early BC material over the internet & the collaborative process began. The core nucleus of the group became Vince, Brooks Tipton (UNWED SAILOR), Adam Putnam, Matthew Putnam (ex-LOVEDRUG), Chase Pagan (MILITIA GROUP label) & Kyle Smith. What began as a fun tape swap among friends to escape from the mundane quickly became a true band of seven members, all bringing their own contribution to the creative collective table
Esperanza-009
CD
$12.50

Beauty Shop
Crisis Helpline
PS, US Their edgy lo-fi country noir sound owes as much to J Mascis as it does to Johnny Cash. Beautiful. Essential. They turn acoustic punk rock down to 9 1/2 instead of up to 11, with a little taste of alt.country thrown in for good measure.
Snapper-943
CD
$15.75

Bermon, Victor
Arriving At Night
PS, US Where did the quiet romantic composers working within electronic music's own folk form go? We need them back, which is maybe why Victor Bermon seems like a rebel whose cause is already lost in the slipped-stream of popular opinion. Tracks glide on backbeats that hearken back to crate-dug jazz records, warm wide chords & layers of melodic counterpoint. Acoustic guitars strum in the background, or pick their way through the fore, but they always welcome the dawn.
Hefty-060
CD
$11.25

Berner, Martha
Ten Tiny Little Pieces
PS, US 4-Song EP including an amazing cover of The Velet Underground's "Sunday Morning". "Ten Tiny Little Pieces E.P." was recorded on a crisp, sunny, fall afternoon in October. October 8, 2006 to be exact. It was Sunday and all songs were, for the most part, recorded live on that day. The weekend would be a whirlwind of arranging, rehearsing, rehearsing and arranging, and these rough, acoustic demos had no idea what was about to happen to them. This combination of talented players would prove to be just the right blend of personalities and musical tastes to take them on. Martha blends acoustic folk with the energetic passion of rock & roll.
MachineRecords-
CD5
$7.00

Besnard Lakes, The
The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
PS, US Rich with BEACH BOYS style harmonies, ROY ORBISON reverbs and orchestra, PINK FLOYD's pacing and FREDDY MERCURY's falsetto, "The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse" is a luxurious foray into sound and music. This is the second record by THE BESNARD LAKES, Montrealers by way of Western Canada. Their independently released previous record, "Volume I", came out in 2004, and it was noticed by critics but was largely overlooked by the public at large. On both records, The Besnard Lakes have shown that they are masters of finely-honed experimental pop songs that invoke the eerie Lynchian setting as aided and abetted by the music of Julee Cruise. But, on "The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse", the band throws into the mix a mad dash of FLEETWOOD MAC proportioned swagger and ambition. Not so incidentally, The Besnard Lakes have created a masterpiece that will resonate within all quarters, amongst critics, casual and not-so-casual rock listeners, garden variety pop fans and headphone junkies.
Jagjagwar-106
LP
$10.25

Besnard Lakes, The
The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
PS, US Rich with BEACH BOYS style harmonies, ROY ORBISON reverbs and orchestra, PINK FLOYD's pacing and FREDDY MERCURY's falsetto, "The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse" is a luxurious foray into sound and music. This is the second record by THE BESNARD LAKES, Montrealers by way of Western Canada. Their independently released previous record, "Volume I", came out in 2004, and it was noticed by critics but was largely overlooked by the public at large. On both records, The Besnard Lakes have shown that they are masters of finely-honed experimental pop songs that invoke the eerie Lynchian setting as aided and abetted by the music of Julee Cruise. But, on "The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse", the band throws into the mix a mad dash of FLEETWOOD MAC proportioned swagger and ambition. Not so incidentally, The Besnard Lakes have created a masterpiece that will resonate within all quarters, amongst critics, casual and not-so-casual rock listeners, garden variety pop fans and headphone junkies.
Jagjagwar-106
CD
$11.50

Bethany & Rufus
900 Miles
PS, US The duo comprised of BETHANY YARROW (daughter of Peter Yarrow) & RUFUS CAPPADOCIA, refine their vast influences through the minimalist combo of voice & cello, while focusing their attn on traditional songs from America's gritty folk past.
Hyena
CD
$16.25

Big Takeover, The
#59 (Decemberists Cover)
PS, US RESTOCKED!!! Interviews: Decemberists (cover), Sonic Youth, Fiery Furnaces, Jello Biafra, Long Blondes, Franz Ferdinand pt. 2, Hidden Cameras, Richey Furay (Buffalo Springfield/Poco), Neil Innes (Rutles), Bats, New York Dolls pt. 2, St. Etienne, Nick Garrie, Pernice Brothers, Art Brut, Magic Numbers, Futureheads, Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate) Snow Patrol, Alejandro Escovedo, Freeheat (ex-JaMC), Calexico, Phoenix, Happy Hate Me Nots, Denver Bands.
Editorials: Rabid: Farewell to CBGB/Bowery, Ackerman: Rock's Great B List Bands, Sommer: Neu! and Motorik.
Live Reviews: Jon Auer, Avengers, Belle & Sebastian, The Boys (reunion), Buzzcocks, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, English Beat, Golden Smog, Ipanema (ex-Mega City 4), Mission of Burma, Radio Birdman, Radiohead, Rogue Wave, Voxtrot, The Who. CD Reviews: Don McGlashan (ex-Mutton Birds), Humphreys & Keen (Abel Tasmans), Libertines U.S., Roddy Frame, Rifles, Greg Graffin, Wild Carnation, Shack, Neil Young, Fields, Lemonheads, The Sound, Robert Pollard, Black Watch, Bad Brains, Wire Jerry Lee Lewis, Byrds, Fats Waller, Camera Obscura, and more.
BigTakeover
ZINE
$5.75

Black Lips
Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo
PS, US Now 22 years old, The Black Lips are grizzled veterans and kings of the psychedelic garage rock underground and legends in the scene. Playing the self-coined "flower punk" in the vein of Nuggets-faves The Seeds and The 13th Floor Elevators, live or on record it's hard to hide the fun these boys have and impossible to describe their unpredictable live show and how uninhibited the audiences are. This record is an amazing primer of Black Lips greatest hits. Contains new versions of tracks taken from their three previous albums and multiple singles. The music is every bit as deceptively sweet and dangerous as the city they recorded in - Tijuana
Vice
CD
$10.75

Black Rose Band
Hot Box/Hoochie Poochie
PS, US 500 Black Vinyl. 2 tracks . King Louie's post-disaster outfit, with other NOLA citizens including the guitar player from The Detonations & members of the Scrips & Kondor. Both songs really have a hot & sweaty Southern rock vibe w/ a devil-may-care 'tude. A must have for any Harahan Fats fan & includes lyrics on the back sleeve.
Contaminated-011
45
$5.00

Black To Comm
Wir können leider nicht etwas mehr zu tun...
PS, GERMANY "Wir können leider nicht etwas mehr zu tun..." is the rather weird title for Black To Comm's 2nd Album release within 12 months, this time coming out on a gorgeous vinyl-only double-LP with a beautifully strange gatefold sleeve in a limited edition of 500 copies. Black To Comm is the nom de plume for Hamburg's Dekorder label head honcho Marc Richter's sonic voyages. In 2006 he released a 7" lathe cut picture disc ("Levitation"), his debut album "Rückwärts Backwards" on CD and very limited vinyl and compilation tracks for the Finnish 267 Lattajjaa and Ukrainian Quasipop labels. While the first album was mainly constructed from dusty vinyl and shellac loops, the new album is based on "real" instruments including several antique organs, electric harmonium, acoustic & electric guitars, bells, clattery percussion, vintage effect pedals and tape loops thereof. Richter builds up massive psychedelic one-chord drones, minimal yet dense and heavily layered, full of spacious details and swirling melodies buried within. Each track is slowly building, drifting and floating hypnotically into a warm and shimmering black ocean of sonic liquid, creating a mesmerizing and mysterious mass of sound. While most of the works are thick monotone layers of organic sound there's some sort of simple songwriting gleaming constantly through the mist, making this a highly accessible drone album. Guest musicians are Hamburg visual artist Renate Nikolaus on electric & acoustic guitars and voice and electro-acoustic musician Gregory Büttner on trumpet.
Dekorder-19
DLP
$17.50

Black Velvet
Is It Me You Really Love
PS, US Another in the hidden gems series from Blacktop Records. This one's taken from the master tapes which have been remixed & remastered w/ instrumental versions of the 2 tracks now included. Teenage female vocal trio sing about the blurry lines between love & sex. A slow jam w/hard hitting drums on a CLASSIC. Flip is more conventional funk w/extra Jersey "crack" that sets it apart.
LatinExpress-014
12
$6.25

Bob & Gene
If This World Were Mine
PS, US Presented in its entirety for the first time. Bob & Gene's full length album. Some of the deepest & sweetest Soul sides ever carved into wax. Features recordings only previously available on rare 45's in the hands of a few collectors, as well as unreleased material.
Daptone-010
LP
$14.50

Boyracer
It's Not True Grit
PS, US
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe
45
$4.00

Bunny Rabbit
Lovers & Crypts
PS, US A record of midnight freestyle nursey rhymes bred through the martyrs of hip hop, punk & folk. The essential delivery of nightmarish prophecies, hallucinogenic dark beats, seductive sweet melodies & raunchy raps are said to arouse feelings of "deep seeded shame & inexorable ass shaking." She's also produced tracks & toured w/ CocoRosie.
VE-004CD
CD
$13.25

Bunyan, Vashti
Lookaftering
PS, US FINALLY!! Deluxe gatefold jacked w/tip-on style sleeve. Incl. contributions
from JOANNA NEWSOM, DEVENDRA BANHAT, ADEM, MICE PARADE, CURRITUCK COUNTY
DiCristina-006
LP
$13.50

Call Me Lightning
Soft Skeletons
PS, US Milwaukee trio create frenetic post-punk informed by Talking Heads' quirky pop & Jesus Lizards' rambunctious absurdism. Follow up to 2004 debut, Soft Skeletons is an 11 song blast of youthful energy, wicked riffery & unapologetic fun.
FrenchKiss-029
CD
$14.50

Calla
Strength In Numbers
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
BeggarsBanquet
LP
$10.75

Calla
Strength In Numbers
PS, US Calla's sophomore effort encompasses their signature experimental raw sound. Written and recorded while on tour abroad and in their hometowns, the band had a chance to focus on their collections of field recordings for this release. They've created their own identity, while at the same time have been compared to Nick Cave and Low. "Burrowing into dark corners of new wave's shiny, happy side, the band Calla finds something more than brooding and vintage black couture" - NY Times. "Calla prove that emotional savagery can be a beautiful thing" - Rolling Stone.
BeggarsBanquet
CD
$13.25

Campbell, Glen
Best of The Glen Campbell Music Show
PS, UK The best of 3 performances in the early 70's - the peak of Campbell's career. This DVD represents the best performances from a string of concerts filmed by Ember in the early 70s - the peak of Campbell's career. The first was a recording of a show at The Talk Of The Town in '72, then through '75 Campbell six TV shows broadcast by the BBC. Backed by his then regular band and the BBC Concert Orchestra, Campbell performed live his greatest hits plus other favorite songs of his choosing. The performances are brilliant, the backing very tight, the sound recording excellent, and all filmed in gloriously gaudy 1970s color schemes. This includes his best known hits and interesting covers. Song Titles: Dream Baby, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Mary In The Morning, Try A Little Kindness, Gentle On My Mind, Ocean In His Eyes, Time In A Bottle, The Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife, Help Me Make It Through The Night, Wichita Lineman, Galveston, Country Boy, Oklahoma Sunday Morning, It Must Be A Sin When You Love Somebody, The Moons A Harsh Mistress, Aint No Sunshine, Oh Happy Day
RPM-2
DVD
$12.75

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone/Foot Foot
It's a Crime (Split)
PS, US
Oedipus
45
$5.50

Chelsea
Faster, Cheaper & Better Looking
PS, US Brand new album from veterans of the original U.K. Punk movement! First studio album in over a decade & the first time the trio of James Stevenson (ALARM, CULT, GENERATION X), Chris Bashford & Gene October have played on a record together since 1979! The boys are joined by Tony Barber of the BUZZCOCKS on this tour de force of a comeback album. Great `77 style Punk Rock- melodic but fast & with great, poignant lyrics.
TKO-164
CD
$12.75

Chrysler, The
Cold War Classic [U.S. Edition] (ON SALE)
PS, US Domestic release for The Chrysler's second album, with 5 bonus tracks. 'Cold War Classic' is the second full-length release from mysterious Swedish folk-pop band The Chrysler, recorded in a little cabin outside Katrineholm, Sweden; an album filled with hope, agony, and clarinets. The band's debut album 'Failures And Sparks' was well-received by music writers, who have compared The Chrysler's enigmatic, bonfire folk and baroque, jangling pop to The Byrds, Neil Young, Simon & Garfunkel, Nick Drake, The Band, Belle & Sebastian, The Velvet Underground, Lambchop, and Norway's Kings Of Convenience. Guest appearances by Laakso vocalist Martin Krunnegard and Swedish songstress Britta Person. As with their debut album 'Failures And Sparks', released in late-2005 by Galaxy Gramophone/PLG, the U.S. edition of 'Cold War Classic' will be augmented with five bonus tracks, the songs from their Blue Gold and First Blood EPs, including their cover of Bob Dylan's "Changing of the Guards".
CD
$9.00

Circle
Tower
PS, US Although still bearing the moniker 'New wave of Finnish heavy metal', this one definitely bares more relationship to In a Silent Way than Aces High. No sign of vocals at all, just chilled-out grooves that still have Prospekt at their core (though perhaps their exterior is more like a heavily sedated Soft Machine?). The line-up is the current core of Circle + Mika Rintala (Verde) so he is listed here as special guest super-star
LastVisibleDog-112
CD
$11.75

Conn, Bobby
King For A Day
PS, US "Its about my desperate attempt to lose myself in a candy-colored fantasyland of freaks & fairies. Its an urge that I think lots of us share, especially these days as the real world is getting increasingly grim. The album starts w/ an 8-min epic w/ strings, a choir singing in Latin, a blinding, atonal guitar solo & birds singing before the dawn. There are psychedelic interludes & instrumental passages between more conventional 'pop' songs & the album ends w/ a triumphant/tragic piano ballad," says Bobby. Feat. The Glass Gypsies & members of The Detholz! & Mahjonng & 3 bonus videos
ThrillJockey-177
CD
$13.25

Daniels, David Karsten
Sharp Teeth
PS, US A compelling exploration of moral ambiguity & perhaps-unavoidable human disconnection, suggesting modern
American folk music in the Southern tradition: often deathly slow, like life in the South, and haunted by religion- but unable to find
answers in its Bible. The sounds of the South appear as well; Nashville's slide guitars, nods to Dixieland Jazz, drums, horns, choirs & epic string arrangements take their places in songs that, despite their grand scale, manage to be concise & immediate, conveying a distinct love of pop music.
FatCat-051
CD
$13.25

Dark Fog
Ultimate Cult of Psychedelic Psychosis
PS, US Sophmore release from this Chicago psyche quartet delivers siren songs summoned from realms of incantation, trance & dream w/ high mass revelations channeled from subvert parallel universes. Starkly subtle yet profound, lurid & alluring, this album goes off the edge & at the same time leaps into the light.
OriginalSound-009
CD
$6.75

Deerhoof
Friend Opportunity
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ChildrenOfHoof-025
LP
$15.00

Diagram Brothers
Some Marvels of Modern Science + Singles
PS, UK 24 tracks. Digitally remastered from the original studio tapes, Some Marvels of Modern Science + Singles features 24 tracks and runs for 74 minutes. In addition to all 14 tracks from their 1981 album on the New Hormones label (founded by Buzzcocks), the CD also features ten bonus tracks from all four singles released between 1980 and 1982, including the cult favourites Bricks and Discordo, as well as the ultra-rare Diagram Brothers German EP. Often compared to XTC, Gang of Four and Fire Engines in their day, The Diagram Brothers invented and defined their sound 'discordo' as follows: "The music was made to a strict formula, or set of rules. All the guitar chords were based on discordant notes, all the beats were very simple rock or disco, and all the words very straightforward and down to earth." Some Marvels Of Modern Science drew warm reviews on release in 1981: "The Diagram Brothers play an extraordinary, quirky, jerky brand of speedo funk, as if some Pavlovian behaviourist has got hold of The Gang of Four and started to do tricky experiments on them... Science before sentience, the didactic before the ecstatic seems to be the unusual anti-rock n' roll idea... This is an album of observations which are never dull, and of music which - in spite of being clinical - is never cold. I quite warm to this kind of off-beat fun and to the proof that the English eccentric spirit needn't necessarily take twee grown-up public schoolboy forms." (NME). The CD booklet features a deluxe 16 pages booklet featuring facsimile artwork and detailed liner notes.
LTM-2480
CD
$15.00

Distance
My Demons
PS, US Debut album from Bromley, England's top dubstep producer. A resident DJ on influential UK radio station Rinse 100.3 FM, he rose to prominence w/ Sting Records tracks. This new album is another leap into uncharted dubstep territory. It collects all the dubs the artist's been working on over the past year incl. the haunting "Mistral," the booming breaks of "Weigh Down" & the long-awaited "Night Vision".
PlanetMu-170
CD
$15.00

Distance
My Demons
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PlanetMu-170
DLP
$18.75

Dolorean
You Can't Win
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
YepRoc-2109
LP
$14.50

Dolorean
You Can't Win
PS, US Another collection of melancholy & stunningly beautiful folk pop songs. Singer Al James completed the eleven new songs here after Dolorean's 2005 European tour & before long, the band performed the set live at two gigs within two weeks at one bar in their hometown of Portland, OR. After these two brief outings, James & cohorts promptly went into the studio & recorded all the basic tracks in one weekend. Cinematic & haunting in their imagery, the songs on- from the spooky opening percussion on the title track to the closing notes of "My Still Life"
YepRoc-2109
CD
$14.50

Dora Flood
We Live Now
PS, US Over the course of their five LPs and one EP, Dora Flood has produced some of the most notable shoegazing dream pop to come out of the United States. Their brand new effort, We Live Now, is perhaps the acclaimed San Francisco group's heaviest sounding release to date with nods to late '60s and early '70s interstellar boogie rock spliced into the heady mix. With praise coming from discerning music magazines like The Big Takeover, Skyscraper, Losing Today and Ptolemaic Terrascope, it is no wonder that audiences leave Dora Flood's shows feeling that they witnessed something of a secret, psychedelic phenomenon. These live close encounters, as well as their classic studio work, leave listeners with bold memories of pounding grooves, lush orchestration, and melodies so timeless that they take up residence in the heads of those fortunate enough to cross their path.
ElephantStone-1016
CD
$11.00

Eats Tapes
Dos Mutantes
PS, US Here they triumphantly return w/ 10 relentless brain smashers! Feat. a battery of hardware sequencers, synths, modified drum machines, cassette players & a midi Nintendo. They specialize in noisy, spazzy techno bangers w/ irresistible hooks. Fusing a variety of influences, they comfortably straddle the San Francisco Bay Area's myriad club, psychedelic noise, & art-rock scenes.
Tigerbeat6
CD
$15.00

Eluvium
Copia
PS, US Following a string of increasingly remarkable albums, ELUVIUM's MATTHEW COOPER set out to broaden his instrumental palette, while maintaining the uncanny emotional resonance that has become his trademark. The result is "Copia", an hour-long epic that applies Eluvium's heartache-inducing ether to a symphony of strings, brass, keyboards and piano. Noticeably absent but hardly missed are the washes of guitars that color most of Eluvium's previous material. The deliberate exclusion of traditional rock instrumentation serves as sufficient proof that the instrument is not Eluvium's driving force. At best it is a catalyst, a vehicle to that netherworld in the back of your head, where your life starts to uncontrollably reevaluate itself.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-110
CD
$11.50

End
Elementary
PS, US RECENT. An incredible listen, this sees them find their own unique voice; balancing world-class musicianship w/ fiery songs that bare the soul & expose the essence of what it means to be real/human. Awe inspiring songs look deep into the heart of human experience & emotion, burining w/ a passion seldom heard in modern music. RIYL: Tool, Isis
Relapse-6593
CD
$13.25

Erasure
On the Road to Nashville (CD/DVD)
PS, US
Mute
CD/DVD
$17.50

Eternals
Heavy International
PS, US International sounds homogenize through twisted, dirty avenues, where the high-rolling boom-box dub kings cruise tropical boulevards, tops down, stereos ablaze at twilight, while the jazzy ladies line up. The Chicago trio's strange rawar style stretches the sonic palette like Reed Richard's (Fantastic Four), whose creator Jack Kirby, plays influence to vocalist Damon Lock's intricately woven album covers depicting dark, rugged city-scapes. The group's third album ups the anti with all chips on the table. Diving deeper into uncharted waters, the musical monsoon continues to saturate their diverse sounds in their own unique vision.
Aesthetics-044
CD
$12.50

Eternals
Heavy International
PS, US Double LP comes w/ free sticker & poster.
Aesthetics-044
DLP
$15.75

Explosions In The Sky
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
PS, US Thirty seconds is all you'll need to believe in the tragedy-turned-majesty of "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone," EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY's long-awaited, very eagerly anticipated fourth album. The hands-over-your-face, drop-to-your-knees opening track is only the beginning of the dominating brilliance of this record. Recorded by JOHN CONGLETON (THE ROOTS, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS) at Pachyderm Studios in rural Minnesota, the album is a massive leap forward, showcasing a broader instrumental range and their most focused, efficient songwriting. It's also within arm's length of matching the overwhelming glory of their legendary live shows, trading in the crystalline production of "The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place" for a paint-peeling intensity that blurs the lines between studio and live performance.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-099
DLP
$14.25

Explosions In The Sky
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
PS, US (Limited number of special edition w/ bonus disc). Thirty seconds is all you'll need to believe in the tragedy-turned-majesty of "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone," EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY's long-awaited, very eagerly anticipated fourth album. The hands-over-your-face, drop-to-your-knees opening track is only the beginning of the dominating brilliance of this record. Recorded by JOHN CONGLETON (THE ROOTS, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS) at Pachyderm Studios in rural Minnesota, the album is a massive leap forward, showcasing a broader instrumental range and their most focused, efficient songwriting. It's also within arm's length of matching the overwhelming glory of their legendary live shows, trading in the crystalline production of "The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place" for a paint-peeling intensity that blurs the lines between studio and live performance.
TemporaryResidenceLtd-099
CD
$11.50

Fane, Julian
Our New Quarters
PS, US His new pieces are grounded in live percussion, great swaths of strings, indecipherable high-pitched vocals & lush, sweeping synth effects. These elements, along w/ a strengthened vocal presence, give the music a powerful emotional core. The album wallows deliciously in vast, guitar-laden melancholy, & certain tracks achieve a pristine beauty almost classical in tone.
PlanetMu-161
CD
$15.00

Faust
In Autumn (3XCD/DVD)
PS, UK Krautrock legends Faust are back with an unbelievable 4 disc live set. Recorded last year in the UK, their performances featured many Faust enduring classics performed live for the very first time after all these years. The first two CDs in the set are a complete unedited show from the Carling Academy, Newcastle. CD 3 is a collection of tracks culled form other dates on the tour. The DVD also compiles the finest footage form the tour. This tour was hailed as the best so far from Faust since their reformation in 1992, and this fantastic box set really captures a legendary band at the absolute top of their game and truly on fire.32 page booklet and liner notes from Jean-Herve Peron.
DirtierPromotions-059
CD-BOX
$50.00

Feelers
Just Can't Get Enough
PS, US 200 color vinyl. Original press was July 2006 - 500 black vinyl. The vocals sound rougher & the guitars form a solid wall-of-punk sound that can't really be fucked with. The title track is their trademark schizophrenic-punk taken up a notch, definitely the "hit". On the B side things back up, slow 'em down a little again, & just clamp down hard & get into some serious business.
Contaminated-010
45
$5.00

Field Music
Tones Of Towns (ON SALE)
PS, US Whereas their eponymous debut was played & executed with care -dryly produced, ambitiously skewed, multilayered, & engineered to gradually reveal intricacies over repeated listens -this album pushes & scratches at the boundaries of their debut, moving in several directions at once, & taking big risks.
MemphisIndustries-074
CD
$14.00

Frames
The Cost
PS, US One of Ireland's most successful bands, known for their sell-out performances to 20,000 fans in their homeland, as well as their relentless touring schedule across the globe. With their sixth studio album, they've returned to an earlier, simpler mode of recording, in order to finally capture the intensity and ecstasy of their live performances. Retaining the signature Frames feel and texture but with more space and warmth, "The Cost" is, in leader Glen Hansard's words, "our 70's folk record¿Gordon Lightfoot, early Elton John, that kind of feel." With their catchiest songs to date and the intimate feel of their lauded live performances, "The Cost" will lift The Frames alongside bands like Coldplay to inspire and exhilarate us.
ANTI
CD
$14.75

Frith, Fred
The Happy End Problem
PS, US Consists of two, related, small-ensemble works for 6 & 7 musicians respectively - mostly strings, with percussion, flute, clarinet & electronics. FRED, violinist CARLA KILSTEHT & percussionist WILLIE WYNANT play throughout as the music constantly unfolds into new textures & dialects, never hesitating & never marking time. The necessity & simplicity of these pieces conceals a catalogue of experimental techniques and novel ideas - there are those whod have squeezed a score of albums from this material.
ReR-005
CD
$16.00

Frith, Fred
Impur
PS, US In 1996, Fred organized an event at Lecole Nationale de Musique de Villeurbanne in France involving students grouped according to their departments & separated, each playing musical material Fred had prepared for them. In order to co-ordinate all the groups, everyone followed a precise time-score prepared by Fred. The entire event was recorded on 4 A-DAT machines, & this CD is the result: a lurching, complex & capricious beast w/ many heads: an orchestra tuning up; a salute to Sonny Blount; a roiling chaotic mass of sound splitting into layers, colliding back together, pullulating, ululating, roaring & sometimes mewing like a kitten.
ReR
CD
$16.00

Frivolous
Midnight Black Indulgence
PS, US This marks a watershed in DANIEL GARDNERr's career. For the first time, influences & inspirations are clearly discernible. Moments of pure dance ecstasy are followed by string interludes or appear next to jazz ballads. The connections he makes are of a convincing, almost compelling logic, & derive from his many yrs in the mid-'90s, peddling the new European minimalist sound as a club DJ in Vancouver.
Scape-043
CD
$16.00

F-Space
Preliminary Impact Report
PS, US Powerful, unparalleled musical project by San Francisco artists ETHAN PORT (SAVAGE REPUBLIC) & Scott Jenerik also featuring CHROME drummer Aleph Kali & sometimes MAN IS THE BASTARD DRUMMER Joel Connell. While referencing traditionial rock, punk & ethnic melodies, they also bring in metal, springs, strings & other hardware, often immersing the band in 15 foot fire balls! An apocalyptic giant is born! Played 8 DIY Hit & Run performances from the back of a van at Burning Man last year
Mobilization-501
CD
$13.25

Fu Manchu
We Must Obey
PS, US
CenturyMedia
CD
$16.00

Future Of The Left
Fingers Become Thumbs! + The Lord Hates A Coward b/w The Fibre Provider
PS, US In retrospect the end of mclusky was no great surprise. Strong personalities with strong feelings on many things don't always share the same feelings. No worries though as mclusky mainman Andy Falkous and mclusky drummer Jack Egglestone have teamed up with bassist Kelson Mathias and have seemingly picked up right where mclusky left off.
Pure
45
$3.75

Future Pilot AKA
Secrets From The Clockwise
PS, UK Secrets features collaborations & appearances from members of The Go-Betweens/Sonic Youth/Belle & Sebastion/Can /Stooges/Fire Engines/Concerto Caledonia/Unkle Bob/ Karine Polwart & Alasdair Gray. Some highlights - "TERY BINA (NOTHING WITHOUT YOU)" Kicking off with a cyclic rendition of the classic Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan track featuring vocals contributions from Pilot family members Vinita Dade and 4-year-old Anurudh (pilot in training) singing over a shimmering dulcimer led track. "EYES OF LOVE" Recording very much with the spirit of Two-Tone in mind and the energy of early Kinks, this uplifting summer groover is sung by Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch & Sarah Martin. "IT'S IN THE HEART OF EVERYONE" Simple Mathematics with former Lydia Lunch /Swans/Current 93 collaborator Joe Budenholzer with harmonies from Karine Polwart -minus 4 equals 7 indeed. "BOOMERANG" Slight return-the second coming of our man Joseph Budenholzer. "THE CITY OF LIGHT" The Go-Betweens Robert Forster & Grant McLennan do a 'reading' of this miniscule pop gem, 58 seconds of undiluted Pop to spring clean your mind! "NUCLEAR WAR" Members of Sonic Youth (Thurston Moore/Kim Gordon), The Fire Engines (Davy Henderson) and Stooges/Minutemen bass legend (Mike Watt) pay homage to the spirit of jazz giant Sun Ra ,on this one of his minimalist compositions from the 70's.This track also features a rare recording of the 'fu-horn' performed by iconic radio producer Stewart Cruickshank. "SHENANDOAH" This haunting folk song features chilling vocals and waterfall piano by Karine Polwart alongside young Glasgow improv percussionist Alex Neilson on loan from Scatter/Glasgow Improviser's Orchestra. "FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS" This historic track documents a genuine piece of 'instant composing' featuring a live jam across the telephone exchange, Sushil K Dade performs on acoustic guitar in Glasgow whilst Damo Suzuki (Can) listens to the chords 'down the line' from his Cologne HQ and responds with his hauntingly poignant, crackly telephone vocals.
CreepingBent-091
CD
$14.00

Giant Robot
#46
PS, US Ura-Harajuku Godfather, Gong Li, Towa Tei, Bons Brigade, Thai Cowboys, and Gloomy Bear!
ZINE
$4.75

Gowns
Red State
PS, US Their debut CD sketches out a vision of what the future of rock could be. Their over the counter psychedelia draws no lines between acoustic guitars & feedbacked pianos. MAE SHI vocalist, Ezra Buchla, AMPS FOR CHRIST guitarist, Erika Anderson & former member of MOUNTAIN GOATS & CURTAINS percussionist Corey Fogel have brought the American West Coast a fertile marriage of eerie folk murmur & crushed, twisted electronics. The sound conjured up is a digitally- ruptured, gospel valentine to the heartlands.
Cardboard-005
CD
$10.00

Group Doueh
Guitar Music From the Western Sahara
PS, US This Saharan sand-blizzard of fine-crushed glass will grind your face to a bloody pulp. They play raw & unfiltered Saharawi music from the former colonial Spanish outpost of the Western Sahara. The sound is distorted, loud & unhinged w/ an impressive display of virtuosity & style only known in this part of the world. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl & comes in a gatefold full color jacket stocked w/ great photos of the musicians & liner notes. LIMITED TO 1000.
Sublime
LP
$21.00

Grubbs, David & Susan Howe
Souls of the Labadie Tract
PS, US This takes as its starting point a substantial new poem by HOWE that will appear in a collection bearing the same title, to be published in 2007 by New Directions. The Labadists were a Utopian Quietest sect that moved from the Netherlands to Cecil County, Maryland in 1684. The community dissolved in 1722. This sustains a sound world of buzzing reeds & electronics.
BlueChopsticks-017
CD
$13.50

Half Cocked
The Movie
PS, US Indie rock/indie film classic where girl & friends steal van of musical instruments & morph into a real band. Featuring the music (and frequently the acting) of RODAN, POLVO, GRIFTERS, UNWOUND, RUBY FALLS, CRAIN. Also incl the feature "Radiation," following the expoits of a tour promoter taking US bands across Spain. RECOMMENDED.
Rumur-004
DVD
$17.00

Harry Roche Constellation
Spiral / Sometimes
PS, UK The last great psychedelic album, 'Spiral' and it's successor 'Sometimes' are restored to the catalogue (together here) for the first time in over thirty years. Completely overlooked when it was first released and quickly deleted, original copies of 'Spiral' have long been the holy grail for collectors, changing hands for ridiculous money. This album crosses over onto the jazz-lounge scene where 'Spiral' is right up there with Roy Budd's 'Get Carter' score. The famous title track features the vocals of Claire Torrey who contributed to Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'.
El-100
CD
$13.00

Hauschka
Room To Expand
PS, US The alias of Dusseldorf-based pianist/composer Volker Bertelmann, whose work is based upon an exploration of the possibilities of the "prepared" piano. Volker explores & influences the outcome of his playing by getting right down inside the instrument- clamping wedges of leather, felt or rubber between the strings; preparing the hammers with aluminium paper or rough films; or weaving guitar strings around the piano's guts. The resulting tracks are composed both originally & charmingly, forming vivid, unconventional pieces made through what Volker terms a playful "research-enthusiasm," much informed by modern electronica or Indonesian gamelan as it is by any classical cannon.
FatCat-1306
CD
$13.25

Hayman, Darren
Under Eastbourne Lights
PS, UK So like the third doctor, Jon Pertwee. Here is the third EP (in a four holiday series) from Darren Hayman. A dandy of a record , it might as well be on purple vinyl in a purple velevet sleeve. With the static brothers in UNIT family mode whilst Mr Hayman parks his yellow car and adjusts his eye patch. So a dandy indeed , four more tracks that touch all the familiar bases and satisfy all your needs, and anyone that disagrees can meet us outside for a venusian karate fight.
StaticCaravan-123-7
45
$7.25

Haysi Fantayzee
Battle Hymns for Children Singing: The Best of Haysi Fantayzee
PS, UK Haysi Fantayzee were formed in 1981 by fashion photographer Kate Garner, former Animal Magnet member Paul Caplin and Jeremy Healy, a well known face on London's club scene. Together they set about injecting a sense of fun and adventure into the music scene, wearing outlandish, self designed costumes and dreadlocks, and writing songs that married sexual subversion with deliberately disposable and cocksure dayglo pop. Their 'Dickensian Rasta' look was an immediate hit and saw their debut single 'John Wayne Is Big Leggy' rise to number 11 in the national charts. In their brief career they would also enjoy chart success with 'Holy Joe' and 'Shiny Shiny'. All three hits are reprised on this CD, as is their sole album, Battle Hymns For Children Singing. The package also features a host of bonus tracks, remixes, and sleevenotes written with the co-operation of both Healy and Garner. The former went on to become one of the UK's most successful DJs, while the latter is an accomplished and in-demand photographer for artists including Sinead O'Connor, Bjork, David Bowie and others.
CherryPop-3
CD
$13.00

Hazard County Girls
Divine Armor
PS, US The group started as a duo w/ drummer Sharon Heather & guitarist Christy Kane.
Crustacean-067
CD
$9.25

Hidden Hand
Resurrection of Whiskey Foot
PS, US Lyrically the band has evolved from their previous politically charged content also incorporating historical story based lyricism. Musically there is a subtle southern or classic rock vibe (ala killer slide playing from WINO & even some Harp by MICHAEL ANTONY MILLER) that creeps into the foundation of their brand of dark, heavy, progressive rock. Only a lineup consisting of the capable ""rock-veterans"" can properly pull off an album of this magnitude.
SouthernLord-070
CD
$14.00

High Llamas
Can Cladders
PS, US They're back & rolling out their sounds w/ soul & bounce hitherto unheard in their halcyon days. The acoustic flavor of "Beet, Maize & Corn" remains present here: a string quartet lays the harmonic bed of the material, joined there by a quartet of female vocalists. All of which lends the gospel truth to the Llamas traditional group profile of piano, bass & drums w/ vibes, organ & a bit of gut-string acoustic for good measure. After all the planning & arrangements, it's a happy record, as happy as we are today.
DragCity-317
CD
$13.50

High Llamas
Can Cladders
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-317
LP
$13.50

High Strung
Moxie Bravo
PS, US A listener might mistake its energy & bombastic sound for one hell of a party record. But if that listener were to allow his ears to fasten onto the songs, he would discover that it's onto something wholly unique. Malermans lyrics sound more like an eerie childrens novel than they do the traditional canon of be-my-girl rock 'n roll. And for this, and for the sheer originality of their arrangements, Moxie Bravo is something to be experienced rather than felt.
ParkTheVan-013
CD
$13.00

Higney, Kenneth
Attic Demonstration
PS, US Available again -- the long-planned reissue of this loner/Real-People album originally issued in 1976 by Higney himself, reissued on CD in 2004. "Kenneth Higney was a struggling singer-songwriter when he cut Attic Demonstration in 1976, a demo record of such massive outsider vision that it dropped straight into the void, as well as the deep pockets of a band of committed record collectors. Initially intended as a calling card to help him get his songs covered by other artists, Higney soon branched out into selling the disc as an actual album, placing low key ads in a couple of NY papers and sending out a bunch of review copies. Only Trouser Press took the bait, saluting Attic Demonstration's 'cross between Lou Reed and Neil Young without the aid of melody.' Now 'officially' available for the first time, Attic Demonstration is one of the most endearing and intensely human 'real people' discs to turn up for a while, boasting Modern Lovers-styled road ballads sung with a Jagger-esque sneer and propelled on pegleg rhythms that would do The Shaggs proud, through meandering tonal wastelands where Higney's eye wateringly unarmoured vocals are supported by minimal chord patterns that progress according to the position of the stars. Best of all is the addition of both sides of Higney's funk/punk tribute single, where he namechecks contemporaries like The Dead Boys and Johnny Thunders and rhymes 'dirty downtown bar' with 'the sissy music of John Denver'. Almost too good to be true." -- David Keenan/The Wire.
Kebrutney
CD
$12.50

Holy Ghost Revival
City Drugs
PS, US
Ttb-001
LP
$10.75

Hot Cross
Risk Revival (Digipack Packaging)
PS, US
EqualVision
CD
$13.00

Hubcap City
Superlocalhellfreakride
PS, US BILL TAFT and WILL FRATESI are luminaries of Atlanta's indie rock avant-garde - Taft's legacy as a key player in SMOKE and Fratesi's tenure as the rickety percussionist behind such lonely and urbane Southern specters as CAT POWER and TENEMENT HALLS culminates in HUBCAP CITY with slow, serpentine miasma. "Superlocalhellfreakride" is a guided tour through Atlanta's underbelly; a survey of the acoustics found in its burned-out buildings, graveyards and long-abandoned mills. The humid ghosts of Hubcap City's ancestors, including Smoke, the Jody Grind and Atlanta's seminal Destroy All Music Festivals in the 1980s all echo in these folkish dirges of melody and noise. With each lazy and uplifting honk of the horn over a clatter of strings and metal the group pushes the old weird Atlanta into deeper and higher levels of beautiful imprisonment, and the only way out is through.
TableOfTheElements-112
CD
$13.00

Jain, Essie
We Made This Ourselves
PS, US Accompanied by piano & guitar (as well as other instruments, like drums by JIM WHITE of The Dirty Three), her vocals breathe in the space between the words & phrases. The results are a stunningly emotional album. At the core, the songs are touching, haunting melodies that can strike out on one fragile, repeating note. Yet, they sound indestructible.
BaDaBing!-051
CD
$13.00

Jesu
Conqueror
PS, US J.K. Broadrick's second full-length is packed with eight gorgeously hypnotic tracks. "Conqueror" exhales a dreamlike mist of weighty celestial ambience, underwater phantasms, and slow-rolling nebulae, fomenting the kind of kaleidoscopic rapture - brimming with lush electronics, dulcet guitar textures, massive riffs, and lavish atmospheric hues - that makes us swear we're on drugs.
HydraHead
CD
$13.50

Joakim
Monsters & Silly Songs
PS, US Multi-talented artist, DJ, & producer has returned with a new musical vision. Heavily influenced by artists like John Carpenter, Aphex Twin & Arthur Russel, M&SS focuses on live instrumentation & performance with a healthy dash of pop melody.
K7
CD
$17.00

JVC Force
Force Field
PS, US One of the most overlooked middle school Hip Hop groups, even though "Strong Island" was a classic hit. On this album, the MCs, B-Luv & AJ Rock ripped a hole into the record. Really they are one of the greatest duos of all time. This album showed a higher evolution of skill that completely surpasses "Doin Damage". If you're sleeping, its not too late to wake up.
Traffic-2722
CD
$13.25

Kiev Cuando Nieva
S/T
PS, SPAIN Produced by Rafael Martinez del Pozo (JR), each musical instrument seems to have achieved its due place by a force which has been propelled by a persistent intensity which has made it fundamental. As for the rest, that which was left it has been swiftly swept away by the northern Cierzo wind, or even one from the steppe. Banjos, faulty keyboards, drums which resound as if machinery, guitars that find a space in which to dialogue between the ghostly reminder of a bass that isn't there. The fragile voices make their way among this estranged beauty, and speak of forest keepers, subalterns, trips to hermitages, coincidences, and get-togethers with friends. The record shapes up as the listening continues, like a panoramic view of a world amazed by the smallest details, by the daily baroque, by the melancholy and the humor.
AARecords-12
CD
$13.50

Kuupuu
Unilintu
PS, GERMANY "Unilintu" is the second of two vinyl-only LP's on the Dekorder label compiling the best material from Kuupuu's first four CD-R and cassette releases, this time presenting a slightly darker and even more coherent sonic vision compared to last year's gorgeous "Yökehrä" LP which we sold out immediately (2nd edition is now available). Here's what we said about the first LP: Jonna Karanka aka Kuupuu is one of the main movers of the (deservedly) much hyped Finnish Psychedelic Free Folk scene. Originally hailing from Tampere she is known as a core member of Avarus, Anaksimandros, Kukkkiva Poliisi and Maniacs Dream. She has recently started Hertta Lussu Ässä with Lau Nau and Islaja and has collaborated with Tomutonttu (aka Jan Anderzen of Kemialliset Ystävät) and Paavi (as Lussu ja Paavi). This LP is a beautiful collection of haunting home baked freeform folk songs, strange lo-fi loops, vocal drones and psychedelic cut-ups, made using weirdly tuned plucked and strummed strings, bells, clattery percussion, unidentifiable wind instruments, backwards tape loops and a ton of other noisemakers played and recorded by herself; accompanied by her distinctive voice in her native Finnish language making the whole atmosphere even more haunting and mysterious. Jonna Karanka creates an intimate space where the listener feels like sitting next to her in a small chamber or outside in the woods. References: Fursaxa, Vashti Bunyan, Kemialliset Ystävät, Colleen, Animal Collective, Lau Nau, Jewelled Antler, Wooden Wand. "Of all the many travelers in the Finnish psychedelia scene, Kuupuu is surely one of the most enigmatic. (The Wire, September 2006).
Dekoder-018
LP
$13.25

La Buena Vida
Sencillos
PS, SPAIN Digibox with 5 CD singles. There is jovial cheer for the festive season and we are happy to announce a special event. Many people have waited years and years for this release to come out. Loyal followers of pop heartthrobs La Buena Vida will want to rush out to record stores to pick up this singles box set, which spans the band's career from 1992-2000. A gladiatorial thumbs-up gesture from the public is expected on this occasion as most of the material included in this special and deluxe box set is sold out (EP tracks only available on vinyl and classified "on the long deleted" and "impossible to find") including a whole load of rarities and cover versions. "Sencillos" contains 5 CDs that rescue the old times of the best Spanish band of the 1990's. La Buena Vida were the definitive Spanish cult indie pop band, marking the beginning of the smooth guitar pop explosion and seminal to the effervescence of Donosti-pop (Family, Le Mans, Daily Planet and El Joven Bryan). Seen as Siesta heavyweights they remained with us from 1992 to 2003 and left a trademark sound and a formidable discography. Their tasty songs have made them as a historic name with a devoted loyal fan base and they have sparked an underground movement. The early material is a riot of exuberant energy, taking stylistic cues from peers like The Smiths, Orange Juice, BMX Bandits or New Order to the adored big names (Beatles, Love, Beach Boys, Nick Drake). Although they are sometimes pigeonholed as cutie twee-pop, their pieces range from elegant bossa-nova to Motown-soul, from chamber pop to danceable synth-pop. Their cult status in Spain is similar to other examples in Britain such as The Smiths, Belle and Sebastian, Cure o Prefab Sprout. The outfit was formed in San Sebastian during the summer of 1988. The line-up was singer Irantzu Valencia, guitarists Mikel Aguirre and Javier Sanchez, bassist Pedro San Martin, keyboardist Borja Sanchez, and drummer Raul Sebastian. They finally signed to the fledgling Siesta label in 1992. CD 1: October 1992- the legendary "Historia de un verano" 7"-vinyl EP was released. The quintessential debut EP remains vibrant and punchy today as the best example of innocent, sparkling, iridescent, infectious and refreshing pop, like sunlight on water (Hoy es domingo/ El tren/ Historia de un verano/ Mi reloj). Not strangely it was sold out in just a few months. We have added Tardes de café to the original tracklisting. This song was featured in the Seven Summers compilation (Tweenet / Kindercore) for US and Germany. CD 2: .La Buena Vida's debut LP followed in October 1993, and seven months later the band resurfaced with the EP Mira a tu Alrededor inc. 4 exclusive tracks under another extraordinary jacket artwork by Javier Aramburu. Again the seven inch vinyl got immediately sold-out. The overall tone of the record is a sunshine day with shades that accentuate the brilliance. Each track (Mira a tu alrededor/ Malabares/ Velomar/ La gran familia) is a three minute burst of pop heaven. A bonus track Bajo el paraguas originally included in the Europop EP (Siesta 15) completes the CD. CD 3: September 1995- Magnesia (Magnesia/ Menta y agua/ A pesar de todo/ En bicicleta 1995) was the new pop effort which rocketed the band (being fashioned while being elegant and still having a very eighties feeling). A perfect record for fans of any form of contemporary or retro electronic music, we would dare to say that this was released at the peak of the band's work. The epitome of pop perfection. CD 4: May 2000, Maxi-CD/-EP "Eureka" featuring sophisticated electro pop (Otra vez tú/ Guillermine). As extra tracks, two well crafted and melodic pop gems that appeared in some Siesta mythical compilations Dulce y callado (Expreso) and Mil ventanas abiertas (Sombrero). You'll find yourself humming these indelible tunes all day long... CD 5: Cover Versions: 1994- That summer feeling (Jonathan Richman) and Candy Says (Velvet Underground). 1995- Here, there and everywhere (The Beatles). 1997- Mas yo no tengo nada (Formula V) and a song inspired by the film "Night of the Hunter" from Charles Laughton, H. Powell. 1998- Old man (Love). 2000- Más dura será la caída (Gabinete Caligari) and Cómo pudiste hacerme esto a mí (Dinarama). If you are a LBV fan or completist, this release is absolutely worthy of purchasing.
Siesta-208
CD-BOX
$29.75

La Jr
S/T
PS, SPAIN This is the vinyl edition of CD Album released by Acuarela.
AARecords-00
LP
$14.00

La Jr
El Campo
PS, SPAIN The lyrics, drama naked (although full of exciting words), compels you to hold the context in the music. Rafa uses a bare bones narrative that forces us to live the world that LA JR musicians proposes. Musicians who long time ago left apart their influences to be an influence. A black sun that extends its shade and heat to each listening. Soon you can hardly live withou them. Deep inside their oblique glance and its adventurous attitude towards creation, LA JR keeps a clear and warm nucleus carefully buried in a field. "El campo".
AARecords-13
10
$17.50

Larval/Bill Brovold
Surviving Death/AliveWhy
PS, US Fifth album from the ever changing lineup featuring some of the best musicians in Detroit and led by composer BILL BROVOLD. It is an amalgamation of styles and approaches to music, from quiet and thoughtful passages to an aggressive onslaught of screaming horns, guitars and assorted strings. This new studio recording & a second disc covering seven years of potent live work both showcase their unique experimental rock that often combines wall-of-sound guitars, bass and drums with saxes and violin, and is very direct and powerful. Brovold studied painting of the School of Visual Arts in NYC and received his degree in 1982. While there he was making music (and sounds) for film makers and performance artists. in 1983 he joined the ensemble of experimental/no- wave legend Rhys Chatham as guitarist and stayed on until 1988. In 1994 he moved to the Detroit area, where he formed Larval. He is still active in the making of visual arts, and continues making art and exhibiting around the country as well as making music for film makers and dancers. "Bill Brovold's music blows me away. Larval is the shit."- ZORN. "The band completely eschews solos, or any other display of instrumental might.... Larval are willing to sacrifice the glory of the individual for a tightly wound whole."- PITCHFORK
Cuneiform-248
DCD
$17.00

Les Breastfeeders
Les Matins de Grand Soirs
PS, US Montreal's 60s mod rock sextet is back full force with a new album that serves justice to the bands sound & energy. Franco-rock, gorgeously garagey, frenetic & contagious. "If albums could smoke, 'Les Matins de Grands Soirs would be a smokestack in a world of skinny cigarette fashionistas. Instead of hiding behind smoke clouds, let me be clear: I really love this record- [...] This will surely prove to be a significant release, elevating the sextet into some very combustible (and electrically charged) rock n roll company..." -Jay Jay
BlowtheFuse-008
CD
$12.50

Louvin, Charlie
S/T
PS, US A true living legend -- hello LOUVIN BROTHERS -- who has influenced everybody from Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons & the Byrds to Uncle Tupelo & the Handsome Family, is joined by an amalgam of hip guests incl. JEFF TWEEDY (WILCO), WILL OLDHAM (PALACE), GEORGE JONES, BOBBY BARE SR, TIFT MERRITT, DAVID KILGOUR, TOM T. HALL & MARTY STUART along w/members of BRIGHT EYES, LAMBCHOP, SUPERCHUNK, BLANCH & CLEM SNIDE. Goodness! Incl. several Louvin Bros. classics plus country classics popularizeed by Jimmie Rodgers, Delmore Brothers, Carter Family & Monroe Brothers along w/a moving tribute to his late brother Ira.
TompkinsSquare-1042
CD
$14.75

Luscious Jackson
Greatest Hits
PS, US
Capitol
CD
$17.25

M. Ward
To Go Home
PS, US The first single from his recent masterpiece "Post-War" is an instant pop classic written by the inimitable DAN-IEL
JOHNSTON. With 3 non album tracks incl. the epic JIMMIE DALE GILMORE penned "Headed For A Fall," feat. special guests NEKO CASE (who also lends backing vocals to "To Go Home"), NELS CLINE, MIKE MOGIS & JIM JAMES.
Merge-288
CD5
$4.00

Makelberge, Nicolas
Dying In Africa
PS, SWEDEN Sounds like Peter Gabriel fronting the Junior Boys, with a more carefree, less moody aesthetic. One of the freshest and most promising new Swedish acts, set for interesting things. Nice package, two strong singles, should appeal to Embassy/Twee/smart-pop people.
Rico-002
CD
$13.50

Makes Nice
Candy Wrapper & Twelve Other Songs
PS, US THE MAKES NICE explode with music-think freakbeat, Nuggets 2, Les Fleurs de Lys, Creation, Small Faces, Pretty Things, The Who, Cindermen, Light, Tomorrow, Idle Race, Powder, etc. Psychedelic pop with soaring, Wilson-esque vocal harmonies, bashing drums, and giant fuzz shred solos. Features current and former members of THE FUCKING CHAMPS, HAROLD RAY LIVE IN CONCERT, and THE MOTHBALLS.
Frenetic-025
CD
$13.25

Marcia Blaine School For Girls, The
Halfway Into The Woods
PS, UK With a name based on the fictional school in 'The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie', The Marcia Blaine School For Girls is actually comprised of three Glaswegian lads who have been forging their own particular approach to electronic music for the past few years, melding such disparate styles as American minimalism, Detroit techno and the blunted groove of dancehall and then adding their own distinct signature treatments of crushed rhythms and affecting haunting melodies. Since their inception they have released a steady stream of material for labels including Static Caravan, Benbecula, Awkward Silence, Dalriada, Expanding, Struktur and Stuff Records, and also previously curated a compilation of Scottish electronica for Highpoint Lowlife. 'Halfway Into The Woods' is their debut full-length, and finds them incorporating vocals for the first time, and expanding upon the recurring themes and ideas hinted at on previous releases. There's a whole rich seam of electronic history running through this album from Orbital to Autechre, through to the modern IDM players.
HighpointLowlife-024
CD
$15.50

Meat Beat Manifesto
In Dub 5.1 Surround
PS, US An electronic audio experience with visuals created specifically for the beats. This is a 5.1 Surround Sound DVD. Ideally, it is meant to be played on a 5.1 Surround Sound home theater system but it will also play on regular DVD stereo systems and sound exactly as the artist has intended. To hear the music in optimum fidelity, please follow the menu instructions for your setup. This DVD is primarily an audio experience with specially created visual accompaniments to the music of Meat Beat Manifesto. Featuring DJ Collage on the mike & Lynn Farmer on drums & percussion. Tracks: Introduction Dub, Echo In Spave Dub, Spining Round Dub, Fromage Dub, Intermission Dub, Super Soul Dub, Caramel Dub, Happiness Supreme Dub, Retrograde Dub, Radiation Dub, This Is A Test. Song Titles: Introduction Dub, Echo In Space Dub, Spinning Round Dub, Fromage Dub, Intermission Dub, Super Soul Dub, Caramel Dub, Happiness Supreme Dub, Retrograde Dub, Radiation Dub, This Is A Test, Deep Field Recording #3
MVD-33791
DVD
$9.00

Medicine Head
New Bottles, Old Medicine
PS, UK When, in early 1970, legendary Radio 1 DJ John Peel ventured up to Wolverhampton's Lafayette club to do a gig, he came upon two guys who called themselves Medicine Head, the uniquely configured duo of John Fiddler and Peter Hope-Evans. So impressed was Peel that he signed Medicine Head to his label, Dandelion Records and later that year released "New Bottles, Old Medicine" the 1st of three studio albums that Medicine Head would release on the revered label. The walrus-mustached Fiddler would simultaneously sing, play guitar and operate a bass drum and hi-hat cymbal with his foot, augmented by the equally hirsute Hope-Evans on harmonica, jaws harp, mouth bow and strange concoctions of percussion. More art school than rock'n'roll, Medicine Head wrote poetic, spiritual, thoughtful, folk-rock tunes that have stood the test of time. Now the band's debut album can be enjoyed again as Cherry Red Records continues it's program of re-releasing classic albums from the Dandelion catalogue. "New Bottles, Old Medicine" follows hot on the heels of re-issues by Dandelion artists Bridget St John; Clifford T Ward; Principal Edwards Magic Theatre and also the acclaimed compilation box-set "Life Too, Has Surface Noise.
CherryRed-314
CD
$13.00

Milenasong
Seven Sisters
PS, US Berlin-based Sabrina Milena. The songs unravel as if written by a delicate hand on rice paper, stories which border between dream & realty. The vocal melodies flicker like eyelids in REM sleep & her unusual voice is a whole choir in itself. Her music weaves together Norwegian folklore, English folk-rock, forgotten memories & poetry. Her sound is related to such artists as His Name Is Alive, Sandy Denny, This Mortal Coil, Roy Harper & Vashti Bunyan.
Monika-053
CD
$15.50

Milenasong
Seven Sisters
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Monika-053
LP
$14.75

Minsk
The Ritual Fires of Abandonment
PS, US
Relapse
CD
$14.50

Minus The Bear
Interpretaciones Del Oso
PS, US Their 1st remix record! And while this act can frequently reek of self-indulgence w/ most bands, the resulting record here offers a fresh & varied look into a band that has sadly been reduced to the more pop corners of the earth. They have much more in common w/ chronic noise masters in Dalek than you might think: their records are frequently steeped in atmospherics & peppered w/ some serious prog-rock tendencies. Feat. remixes by TYONDAI BRAXTON, OKTOPUS, ALIAS & many others
SuicideSqueeze-062
CD
$13.25

Minus The Bear
Interpretaciones Del Oso
PS, US Minus The Bear's records are frequently steeped in atmospherics and peppered with some serious prog-rock tendencies. Their most recent full-length,
"Menos El Oso", was heavy on samples and their live set finds guitarist David Knudson playing his pedals more frequently than his guitar, hunkered over the side of the stage, syncopated and spastic. As the band transforms, this record achieves that rare remix goal of presenting an already esteemed record in an entirely new light.
SuicideSqueeze
CD
$13.50

Monosov, Ilya
Solo Cello #1 For Charles Curtis
PS, US I created a group of airy, diffuse, diaphanous, unfocused cello sounds, using the extended corpus of the cello as a unified vibrational field, & expressing the point at which cello sound production breaks up into unspecific matter, or diffuses, freeing itself of singular pitch or any other characteristics lending specificity...the sounds are neither processed nor manipulated in any way & the recording is a single take played to a close condenser microphone onto analog tape..."" - Charles Curtis (2004). Composed By Ilya Monosov For the Fluxus 40th Anniversary Exhibit. Recorded & Mixed by Preston Swirnoff at The Habitat in San Diego, CA w/ assistance from Roy Silverstein. All sound recorded live in one take w/ no multitracking or layering of any kind. LIMITED TO 500
Eclipse
CD
$13.25

Monsters From Mars
Surfing Through a Creepy Castle
PS, US 4 surf & garage tracks including a cover of Joe Meek's Telstar & a unique version of Brittany Spears "Toxic". Instrumental surf quartet from San Diego, CA. A lovely but crusty experiment in bouncy, foamy horror. Sounds like The Mummies. Dick Dale, Murder City Devils, Man...or Astro-Man?
TicTacTotally-001
45
$3.50

Montgomery, Roy
Inroads: New & Collected
PS, US Reissuing seventeen out-of-print instrumentals (and introducing five unreleased ones) by seminal NZ guitarist Roy Montgomery (Dadamah, Hash Jar Tempo).
Hypnotic ragas, floating sound-clouds and ecstatic rock.
Rebis-010
DCD
$15.00

Morricone, Ennio
Arena Concerto
Ps, CANADA Morricone's first DVD release in the U.S., something long out of print elsewhere. Includes a rare interview with him talking about his process for writing music for films. 130 mins.
1.8SecRecords-18005
DVD
$18.00

Moskitoo
Drape
PS, US 12k kicks off its 11th year with a new release that takes the label down new sonic pathways. Caught between the organic and electronic minimalism that 12k is known for and the unconventional Japanese pop musings and songwriting style of Happy, Moskitoo's Drape is an infectiously strange, bleepy, and dreamy debut release. Sanae Yamasaki (Moskitoo) hails from Sappporo, Japan in Hokkaido, the country's northern-most prefecture. Perhaps a reaction to the cool climate of her home, her multi-instrumental talents bring a wide range of warm tones and textures to Drape by means of guitar, metallophone, organ, drum machines, synthesizers and nostalgic toy instruments. Yamasaki's gentle, airy vocals play off of broken beats and aqueous sound drops evoking half-awake memories lost and found. Influenced by visual art (she painted the cover image), modern electronic music and abstract pop, such as Eno's explorations in the 1970's, Yamasaki does not set out to write a particular style of music, but rather, lets her creative process emerge naturally, following whims and experiments. Drape is, by far, the most structured and song written release on 12k to date. It's a release that signifies not a complete directional change for the label but the creative go-ahead to add new nuances to the already established sound that the label has pioneered.
12K-1041
CD
$12.00

Munly, Jay
Galvanized Yankee Smooch
PS, US REISSUE from this SILM CESSNA'S AUTO CLUB so-songwriter & frontman. Lovingly remastered by Bob Ferbrache, he reveals subtle touches not audible in the original mix. This album has also become one of Munly's most sought after albums.
Smooch-014
CD
$11.00

Nice Boys, The
S-T
PS, US
Birdman
CD
$15.00

Nico
All Tomorrow's Parties: Nico Live (2 shows on one double album)
PS, UK One of the most fascinating figures of rock's fringes, Nico hobnobbed, worked, and was romantically linked with an incredible assortment of the most legendary entertainers of the '60s. Nico first rose to fame as a European supermodel, also landing a bit part in Fellini's La Dolce Vita film. In the mid- 1960's she moved to New York, where Andy Warhol installed her as a vestigial presence and occasional lead singer for the Velvet Underground. The band never really accepted her as a bona fide member and she departed in 1967, but not before contributing unforgettable deadpan vocals to three of the songs on their classic 1967 debut album. Nico embarked on a solo career, recording folk-rock-flavored songs for her debut Chelsea Girl album with assistance from Jackson Browne, Lou Reed, and John Cale. Her 1969 follow-up, The Marble Index, was a dramatic departure that unveiled her doomladen, gothic persona, produced by Cale and prominently featuring her deep vocals, impenetrable lyrics, and ghostly harmonium. Her subsequent '70s albums explored much the same territory, with assistance from Cale and influential art rockers like Brian Eno. She fought a constant struggle with a massive drug habit and tangled personal life and eventually died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Ibiza in 1988. The original goth rocker, Nico's albums are demanding and bleak, but map a unique and starkly powerful vision that has become more influential with age. - A brand new, previously unreleased double-album featuring 2 shows from one of the great all-time rock music icons - Nico. - All Tomorrow's Parties" features extremely rare material from two shows Nico played in the UK in the early 1980's.
CherryRed-25
DCD
$13.00

No Depression
#68
PS, US THE SHINS on the cover!!! Features on them, Ry Cooder, Joe Ely, Frames, Carlene Carter, James Brown, & tons more! Plus all the other great alt-country news you get from this fine, fine zine.
ZINE
$4.25