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230 Divisadero
S-T
PS, US The transcontinental duo make stately, finely crafted atmospheric songs that stand outside the bounds of contemporary musical trends. Britain's Matt Shaw (TEX LA HOMA) & Monaco's NICK GREY have produced one of the finest blends of Brian Eno inspired art song we've heard in yrs. Simultaneously refreshing & reminiscent of classic acts like Talk Talk & This Kind of Punishment.
Locust-097
CD
$13.00

Adams, Ryan
Heartbreaker
PS, US REISSUE of this classic first album in a gatefold sleeve. Remastered from the original analog tapes Bonus photos & lyrics not included w/ the Cooking Vinyl version.
Cobraside
LP
$12.50

All My Loving
S-T
PS, US Originally broadcast on the BBC back in 1968, filmmaker Tony Palmer's groundbreaking rock documentary features vintage performances by such legendary rock and roll acts as The Beatles, The Who, Pink Floyd, Cream, and Jimmy Hendrix. Additional insight by such revered artists as Frank Zappa offers a telling snapshot of a truly revolutionary moment in time. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
MVDVisual
DVD
$17.00

Angels Of Light
We Are Him (DELAYED)
PS, US
YoungGod-35
LP
$18.75

Apenino
Un Rayo De Sol
PS, SPAIN Before us lies a ray of light that illuminates all his previous work and does Marco A. Maril (former Dar Ful Ful and factotum of Apenino) justice in the form of 10 brand new songs which come off with an explosive palette of sounds that even the conclusive final track can barely contain. As in previous efforts, "Un rayo de sol" was recorded at home and in Arturo Vaquero's Abrigueiro studio, and the result is a really special record, which becomes almost indispensable at first listen. The songs lead us into a mysterious world, close but inaccessible. In a way, it's a magical dimension of reality that we can only thoroughly share with the author while the music is playing: electro-acoustic pop (lead mainly by ukuleles and mandolin), woven on a subtle electronic base that incorporates a wide range of arrangements, from the most modest noise to the most spectacular strings section. Some clues for first-comers: Apenino's sound might be associated to artists such as Múm, East River Pipe, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Khonnor, Patrick Wolf or even Ana D, to name but a (very idiosyncratic) few.
Jabalina-2039
CD
$17.75

Athlete
Beyond the Neighbourhood
PS, US New album.
Astralwerks
CD
$14.25

Athlete
Beyond the Neighbourhood [CD/DVD]
PS, US Limnited Edition w/DVD.
Astralwerks
CD/DVD
$21.75

Banhart, Devendra
Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
PS, US Recorded in Topanga Canyon in the Santa Monica mountains. Neil Young lived there while recording "After The Gold Rush" and the area has also been home to Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Joni Mitchell, Mick Fleetwood, and members of The Doors. Those ghosts inhabit the sound and vibe of these recording sessions. Banhart's whole "freak folk" tag is gone, replaced with this classic, gorgeous rock album. Some songs are fragile and solipsistic, others have a pronounced tropicalia influence, and
still others are wildly electric and epic. PITCHFORK: "The notoriously kooky singer/songwriter's fifth full-length picks up the thread of 2005's schizophrenic Cripple Crow, alternating between kitschy genre exercises and the sweetly emotive folk songs that have always been his greatest strength."
XL
CD
$13.25

Blacklist
Solidaire EP
PS, US This is the debut EP from this NYC quartet that includes former members of National Skyline and Antarctica. Inspired by groups such as The Comsat Angels, Manic Street Preachers, Suede, The Sound, and For Against, Blacklist is simultaneously celebratory and melancholy, replacing the hysterical protest song of the 20th century with anthems for a new generation weaned on amusement and starved for confrontation. Limited edition of 1000 with hand silk-screened covers.
WeirdRecords-002
CD5
$5.50

Blind Willie Johnson
Nobody's Fault But Mine
PS, UK "Blind" Willie Johnson straddled that spooky border between blues and spirituals. Among musicians, he is considered one of the greatest slide or bottleneck guitarists, as well as one of the most revered figures of depression-era gospel music. Covered by everyone from Peter, Paul and Mary to Led Zeppelin to Fairport Convention to Bob Dylan to Beck to The White Stripes, he is one of those almost secret figures who seemingly influence everything. Ry Coooder's soundtrack to "Paris, Texas" was conceived as a distillation of his work and spirit. Willie Johnson's life in itself reads like an early blues, blinded at age seven by his own mother in a fight with his errant father, living as an itinerant preacher and singer, having to live in the burnt out ruin of his ramshackle house after a fire, on a wet mattress, which eventually helped kill him, pneumonia, malarial fever and syphilis being a powerful combo. A major figure in the "eerie voiced" blues genre typified by Robert Johnson, Skip James and others, that sense-of dread hellhound on my trail atmosphere which makes great movies...Here is a collection of Blind Willie Johnson's finest, with his slashing 12 string and scary slide all over them...Blind Willie's song Dark Was The Night, Cold Was the Ground was included on the Voyager Golden Record, sent into space with the Voyager spacecraft in 1977. Out there, there may be life forms hearing the sounds of Blind Willie Johnson. Are you ready for it? A rich, strange, and wonderful collection of Blind Willie Johnson's best! Lovingly packaged with wonderful memorabilia and detailed notes by our man in the world of I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang, Mr. Vic Templar! Beautifully remastered in RevOla-sonic sound by Joe Foster and Norman Blake at the secretly located Studio 3! A must for ANYONE who likes the magical, eerie and scary sound of all the people mentioned above..."adapted" by Led Zep, launched into space, covered by The White Stripes...surely you have to check out Willie's scary world of black cat bones and revelators and cold, cold graves!
Rev-Ola-224
CD
$15.00

Broken Social Scene/Kevin Drew
Spirit If
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Arts&Crafts
LP
$17.50

Byrds
Under Review
PS, US Doc. film explores the music, career and background of one of Americas most influential bands. W/ the aid of many who were there at the time, as either part of the group or close at hand, this 2 DVD set is a celebration of one of Rock N Rolls truly great bands. It includes rare & classic performances re-assessed by a panel of experts, live & studio recordings of Byrds classics, footage and interviews from then & now, & extensive contributions from Byrds members JOHN YORK & GENE PARSONS
MVD
DVD
$22.75

Cake, The
Cream Of The Cake
PS, UK What links New Orleans Maestro Harold Battiste, Dr. John, The Soft Machine, The Daily Flash, Tiny Tim, Jack Nitsche, Sonny and Cher, Traffic, Jimi Hendrix and Ginger Baker's Airforce? THE CAKE. The last of the classic girl groups, whose two 1967/68 albums are as they say a game of two (sometimes three!) halves, classic girlgroupisms mixed with Baroque Pop, Wyrd Folk, Psychpop and club R&B, all with a wonderful good humour. Fans of the esoteric might care to know that Kevin Ayers' song "Eleanor's Cake Which Ate Her" is about the group...that they sang backing vocals on Electric Ladyland and the first Soft Machine album...and that Eleanor herself sang 'I Got You Babe' with Tiny Tim (backed by The Band) in the cult movie "You Are What You Eat". And are the albums any good? Yes, by yiminy, they are! A wonderful snapshot of the Sunset Strip, with a wonderfully decadent atmosphere for three such innocent girls...you'll just love it! The Cake recently reformed to play the prestigious launch party for the forthcoming Jimi Hendrix biopic, and who knows - they may come to your town soon... At great personal cost, RevOla presents THE CAKE! Never previously on CD cult artists...and they look hot in pictures too! Wonderfully re-mastered by Mr. Nick Robbins and with gorgeous packaging featuring wonderful pictures provided by THE CAKE and legendary rock photographer Ed Caraeff (The Cake took the shy young Ed to Monterey, where he took his first famous photos of Jimi Hendrix). There's also more than extensive liner notes by Tiny Tim biographer Chris Campion...at last, the full story can be told! Interviews with Harold Battiste, Kim Fowley, Rodney Bingenheimer, Kevin Ayers, you name them, they are here! A must for all girl group and Northern Soul fans, lovers of Baroque Pop, Psychpop and Wyrd Folk...you know the drill!
Rev-Ola-222
CD
$15.00

Cap Gun Coup
Brought To You By Nebraskafish
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeamLove
LP
$12.50

Cave Singers, The
Invitation Songs
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$14.00

Cave Singers, The
Invitation Songs
PS, US Seattle's Cave Singers debut with a rural blend of homespun mystery and "folk music approached by way of punk rock, or an updated version of the 'Anthology Of American Folk Music" - Seattle Weekly. You might hear bits of Calexico, Iron & Wine, Devendra, or Lindsey Buckingham in their dense and eerie sound. Singer Pete Quirk's appealingly nasal voice simultaneously echoes Arlo Guthrie and a mosquito's buzz.
Matador
CD
$13.25

Comaneci
Volcano
PS, ITALY At the 1976 Olympics a young girl made history. With cat-like grace and a framework like a butterfly, she enchanted the public, floating between the parallels, becoming the first gymnast ever to score a perfect 10. In 2003 a three-piece outfit from Ravenna, Italy chose the last name of Nadia Comaneci for their minute but strong music project. With an ethereal and visceral voice this emotional trio is secretive but surprisingly explosive. Comaneci makes quiet but evocative music. They know how to make noise without pumping up the volume. Their acoustic chamber-pop is intimate, soothing and involving. Francesca Amati's dreamlike voice is peculiar in an already peculiar band. After two self-produced EPs, and collaboration with director Stefano Mordini for the soundtrack of his film "Provincia Meccanica" (EMI Records), and also presented at the Berlin Film Festival, the Disasters By Choice label presents Comaneci's first full-length recording named Volcano. Through twelve tracks the record synthesizes the essence of the band. Francesca's voice is perfectly supported by the soft and effective chords of Andrea Carella's guitar and by Jenny Burnazzi's emotive cello. Advised for those who still feel for simple song.
DisastersByChoice-016
CD
$15.00

Crooked Hook
Captain Will Be Your Guide
PS, US The heavy psych trios follow up to their S/T debut finds them at the height of their powers. The songs are well-realized & the sounds are massive: hypnotic, dizzying & brilliant all at once. They've shared the stage with: Boris, Growing, Thrones, Blue Cheer, Dead Meadow & MV & EE among others. "..the most completely fuzzed out, psyched, acid rock"" -Wes Lundry, Thrasher Magazine
SMR-005
CD
$13.25

Damo Suzuki
The Fire Of Heaven At The End Of Universe
PS, POLAND VIVO RECORDS proudly presents a new record of DAMO SUZUKI, member of the legendary kraut rock band CAN! Featuring: Damo Suzuki (voice), Hoppy Kamiyama (keyboards), Yuji Katsui (violin), Kenji Sato (bass), Tatsuya Yoshida (drums). The CD brings a rich, colorful palette of krans-kraut-psychedelic sound. 3 fold-out cardboard sleeve. Limited edition. Recorded live at UFO Club / Tokyo, 5th March 2006.
Vivo-2007030
CD
$15.00

Damon & Naomi
Within These Walls
PS, US New album from Galaxie 500 folks.
20/20/20
CD
$15.00

Diplo
Aeiou Two
PS, US Nearly 5 yrs after its release, this mind-blowing mix from HOLLERTRONIX co-founder & TONY TRIPLEDOUBLE is back in print as part of Money Studies lost masters reissue series. Originally sefl-released in an edition of 500 CDRs, comprised of psych, funk, & obscure soundtracks, w/ breaks.
MoneyStudies-036
CD
$14.75

Dommisse, Orion Rigel
What I Want From You Is Sweet
PS, US On the surface their song world is marked by death, desolation & personal disaster. That the events populate a fairy-tale-like terrain is no small point. As w/ the best fantasy tales, the songs thread multiple meanings, some obvious, others occluded, through a linear narrative of disarming depth. All the while the tone is charged, w/ menace & beauty. This is classical music set to Lucio Fulci's The Beyond, folk music from some lost Balkan province where moonlight feeds all need for Vitamin D
LanguageofStone-001
CD
$12.50

Donnas
Bitchin'
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PurpleFeather
LP
$15.50

Dragons, The
BFI
PS, US Late-60s lost treasure rescued from obscurity by Ninja Tune! A soul-ful psych-pop masterpiece with a heady groove, this album was *never released* due to label suits' inability to recognize it's genius. Beautifully played and produced, full of crazy invention and a loveably naive lack of self-consciousness, "BFI" is a miniature masterpiece, a lost classic of psych-whimsy, West Coast sexiness and serious musical chops. Surely we're ready by now..? Features the Dragon brothers who went on to become members of The Beach Boys backing band, and Daryll Dragon become The Captain of Captain & Tennille! Yes, really!
NinjaTune
CD
$15.25

Enkidu
Live in Kyoto
PS, US The mythical Japanese psychedleic noise project of legendary performers Chie Mukai (Taj Mahal Travelers, Che-SHIZU, East Bionic Symphonia, Dadnur), Eric Cordier & Seichi Yamamoto (the Boredoms, Omoide Hatoba, Rashinban, Ontoko). This is liminal ecstatic drone, clatter & relentless sound bursts w/ a rough around the edges vibe. Hand numbered edition of 525. 2LP 180 gram vinyl housed in a black silkscreened bottom folded heavy jacket.
Locust-091
LP
$22.75

Fennesz
Hotel Parallel
PS, AUSTRIA Hotel Parallel, originally released in September 1997 by Mego, was Christian Fennesz's debut solo album. This 2007 remastered reissue includes a bonus track from a 1996 7", and a video. Following up from the EP Instrument, it was an investigation into the sonic possibilities residing in guitar-based digital music, recorded just before mobile computing devices became the norm. A far more darker and experimental work than what was to follow. Freeform noise, sliced techno beats and subtle ambient textures create a timeless work, which is an essential addition to any collection of pioneering music of the late 20th century... In addition to the original 14 tracks, two extra titles are included: "5," originally released in 1996 as a 7" single on Syntactic, which was released only in an edition of 100, and the acclaimed video made by Tina Frank/Skot for the track "Aus."
EditionsMego
CD
$15.00

Ferrari, Luc
Didascalies
PS, US Now packaged w/ a DVD feat. him at work on this, his last experiment. He's considered one of the most legendary musical figures of the 20th century, whose work & aesthetic continues to influence several generations of contemporary composers. Right from the start, the idea had been to release 3 very different CDs: one horspiel, one of concrete music & one CD of instrumental works. Also documents the composition of a new version of "Tautologos," his last recorded piece, w/ woven piano & viola breaking down, starting anew in an opposite direction w/ bandoneon, DX7 & books being closed every 2 & a half min. About a month later, he passed away
SubRosa-261
CD/DVD
$16.25

Feu Therese
Ca Va Cogner
PS, US Headed by guitarist Jonathan Parant (FLY PAN AM) with bassist/sound artist Alexandre ST-Onge (KLAXON GUEULE, SHALABI EFFECT, ET SANS), sound artist Stephen De Oliveria & visual-artist turned drummer Luc Paradis, this is the bands second and final record.
Constellation-049
CD
$14.25

Fleetwood Mac
Then Play On
PS, US
WarnerBros
CD
$12.25

Foo Fighters
Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
PS, US
RCA
CD
$18.75

Fraser & Debolt
With Ian Guenther
PS, US This beautiful collection of Canadian psych-folk swiftly came & went in '71, but has since acquired a devoted cult following. A haunting set of self-penned tunes set esoteric arrangements featuring gloriously unpredictable fiddle-playing, it makes its long-overdue CD debut here & is sure to delight fans of The Incredible String Band, the Holy Modal Rounders, Devendra Banhart & Joanna Newsom.
FalloutUK
CD
$16.25

Georgie James
Places
PS, US Add the Y of multi-instrumentalist John Davis (Q AND NOT U), the X of singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn,& their combined knack for evocative production,inventive songwriting,& multi-part harmonies, & you're almost there. Mix in the duo's passion for 60s & 70s pop music including The Kinks, Richard & Linda Thompson, The Jam, Simon & Garfunkel, & some Shake Some Action-era Flamin'Groovies, & you've got it. Pure pop bliss that look towards the future, but are undeniably rooted in music from generations past.
SaddleCreek-110
CD
$12.00

Gonzalez, Jose
In Our Nature [limited edition vinyl]
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mute
LP
$16.25

Gonzalez, Jose
In Our Nature (ON SALE)
PS, US Long-awaited second album from former Hidden Agenda artist Jose Gonzalez. While working towards his PhD in biochemistry at the University of Gothenburg, Jose González' music career began to take shape, eventually forcing him to choose a career in music over one in research. The foundation on which he builds his songs is the same on which he built his studies - he attacks his music patiently, methodically and with great interest in finding unexpected angles. In Our Nature is about exploring these angels. In Our Nature was recorded entirely on tape at a Gothenburg studio. Though González spent a great deal of time writing these new songs - playing them over and over into a voice recorder until he was confident in their arrangements - the actual recording of the album happened very quickly, taking less than two weeks in the studio to record ten songs. While it is sonically similar to Veneer, In Our Nature shows González' growth as a songwriter. Displaying a heightened emphasis on melody and strong, focused lyrics - the album is a dark combination of softness and anger that is at once mesmerizing, intimate and hauntingly epic.
Mute
CD
$13.00

Harvey, P.J.
White Chalk
PS, US
Island
CD
$15.75

Heavy Metal Fun Time
Activity Book
PS, US Headbangers get the chance to color legends like Metallica, Danzig, & Pantera; help get Spinal Tap through a backstage maze; complete the Black Metal word scramble & hair metal crossword; & solve heavy metal Sudoku. W/ an intro by ANDREW W. K.
ECWPress
BOOK
$8.50

Heeb Magazine
#14
PS, US THE CHOSEN ISSUE. Superbad's Jonah Hill on the cover. Includes features on him, Joan Rivers, Marissa Nadler, the "Heeb 100" & tons more from this awesomely funny magazine also know as the New Jew Review.
ZINE
$5.25

Hrsta
Ghosts Will Come And Kiss Our Eyes
PS, US A collection of gently foreboding psych-folk,anchored as always by Mike Maya's (GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR) unique guitar sound and other worldly cracked vocals,with Brooke Crouser JACKIE-O-MOTHERFUCKER) featured on Hammond and pump organ. Thick, saturated
sound with shifting tones, drones, and sustained chordings.
Constellation-048
CD
$14.25

Hundred Air
Makeout City
PS, US New band from Adam Price (WORK CLOTHES & ex-MAYFLIES USA & COMAS) & friends Lee Waters (drums-ESSEX GREEN, WORK CLOTHES) & Jeff Clarke (vocals-PORTASTATIC, CUB COUNTRY) & Jenny Waters (Work Clothes). While sounding like no one, Hundred Air draws inspiration from a wide swath of modern pop from Beatles & Badfinger to Shins, Nick Lowe & Let's Active. Masterfully recorded by Brian Paulson (BECK, DINOSAUR, UNCLE TUPELO, SUPERCHUCNK, WILCO).
FracturedDiscs-010
CD
$10.00

Induce
More Iconic Less Ironic
PS, US A well-rounded mix feat. BOHANNON, QUANTIC, RUSTY BRYANT, ROM, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, N.E.R.D., HIGH LLAMAS, ODB, VIKTER DUPLAIX, MICROSTORIA, BIZARRE/EMINEM, THE CURE, MORRISSEY, SAVATH & SAVALAS, AIR, LAST POETS, ANTENNAE, D'ANGELO, NEPTUNES, STEREOLAB, SEA & CAKE, more.
Turntablelab
CD
$11.50

Iron And Wine
The Shepherds Dog
PS, US Iron And Wine's most ambitious and accomplished recording to date, and also the most satisfying. While many of us learned of Iron And Wine by way of the tender and spare rendering of The Postal Service's "Such Great Heights" on the "Garden State" soundtrack, those who dug deeper discovered a classic American tunesmith with a precocious musical signature. This whole album breathes. Its seductive rhythms percolate and undulate. "The Shepherd's Dog" is informed by a sensuality that brings a dreamscape to life. PITCHFORK: "After expanding his palette on both the excellent Woman King EP and 2005's full-band collaboration with Calexico, In the Reins, Sam Beam finally completes his gradual journey from lo-fi home recordings to a full-band setup. The gorgeous results find Beam and producer Brian Deck deftly exploring new sonic territory (dub, blues, and West African music, to name a few) while preserving the best aspects of Beam's earlier recordings."
Subpop
CD
$14.00

Iron And Wine
The Shepherds Dog
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$13.25

It's Casual
Buicregl
PS, US REISSUE of their 2002 Debut! Feat. drummer W.C.E, & vocalist/guitarist Edward Solis (of SOUTHERN LORD fame) they've been performing since the late '90s throughout Southern California.
FriendlyHills-006
CD
$8.50

Lavette, Bettye
The Scene Of The Crime
PS, US Her 2005 acclaimed release, "I've Got My Own Hell To Raise", brought well-deserved recognition to this R&B maverick who's been recording since the early 60s. Now comes the almost autobiographical "Scene Of The Crime". To make music this raw and direct, Bettye enlisted "dirty south" rockers The Drive By Truckers as her backup band. With swampy guitars, slippery Wurlitzer piano, and a driving backline, this record conjures up the spirit of great loose 70s bands like the Faces while offering Bettye an urgent, vital setting for her razor-sharp vocals. Recorded in Muscle Shoals, AL, where she recorded "Child Of The Seventies" in 1972 - a masterpiece that was shelved
then released 30 years later. Returning to Muscle Shoals was like returning to the scene of a crime; thus the album title, and the intense, personal music within.
Anti
CD
$15.50

Lavette, Bettye
The Scene Of The Crime
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anti
LP
$15.50

Lemonheads, The
Best of the Lemonheads: The Atlantic Years
PS, US
Atlantic
CD
$12.25

Lloyd, Richard
The Radiant Monkey (ON SALE)
PS, US Parasol is proud to present the all new 2007 solo album from our favorite Radiant Monkey, former Television guitarist Richard Lloyd. Check out the release page for all the 411, sound samples, and free mp3.
Parasol-CD-107
CD
$9.00

Loney, Dear
Sologne
PS, US Another exquiste Loney, Dear album from Swedish one-man-band Emil Svanängen, this one recorded well before his Sub-Pop debut, and as much as we enjoyed 'Loney, Noir' we think this one's better. Features "The City, The Airport", his awesomest song, which appeared on a 45 last year. Back before Sub-Pop made comma-happy Emil famous Sweden's largest newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, described Loney, Dear as "the musical cousin of Thom Yorke and Mark Kozelek, altogether with Baptist organs and experimental joy, the most beautiful music with the most beautiful lyrics."
RebelGroup
CD
$15.00

Magic Carpathians, The & Lechistan's Electric Chair Marek Styczynski
Cyber Totem
PS, POLAND Cybertotem is a solo project of Marek Styczynski (ex Atman, The Magic Carpathians & Lechistan's Electric Chair) that shows fruits of a few years of sonic studio experimentations, travelling and studying the ritual music of Carpathians and Balkans. ethno / folk / experimental / psychedelic rock.
Vivo-29
CD
$15.00

Matt Pond PA
Last Light
PS, US Over the course of six acclaimed albums, Matt Pond has composed a world of poetic characters and bittersweet melodies. Each release presents a new emotional arc, drawing fans in closer with personal lyrics and endearing hooks. "Last Light" offers the most dynamic glimpse of this world yet. Set against Matt's pastoral imagery, this collection of songs follows a path from hopeless longing to the hope of new love - exploring all the delicate twists, turns, rifts, and revelations in between.
Altitude
CD
$11.50

Matt Pond PA
Last Light
PS, US Last Light is matt pond PA's sixth album. This deluxe vinyl edition is double 180 gram vinyl, packaged in a gatefold jacket with an LP-only bonus track as well as a code inside for a free digital download of the album. The CD version is also available through Altitude Records. Over the course of six acclaimed and adored albums, Matt Pond has composed a world of poetic characters and bittersweet melodies. Each release presents a new emotional arc, drawing fans in closer with personal lyrics and endearing hooks. Last Light offers the most dynamic glimpse of this world yet. Set against Matt's pastoral imagery, this collection of songs follows a path from hopeless longing to the hope of new love - exploring all the delicate twists, turns, rifts, and revelations in between.
Polyvinyl-143
DLP
$14.00

McKay, Nellie
Obligatory Villagers
PS, US
HungryMouse
CD
$16.25

Method Of Defiance
Inamorata
PS, US Bill Laswell enlists influential musicians Herbie Hancock, Pharoah Sanders, Buckethead, John Zorn, and others in collaborating with the cream of the drum n bass crop - represented by Evol Intent, Paradox, Submerged, Black Empire, Fanu, and others, to create a memorable masterpiece. Electronics vs. musicians in an unforgettable journey through uncharted territories. Method of Defiance is Bill Laswell's newest super group - drum n bass/electronic beat meets flesh and blood musicians. Inamorata is possibly one of his most ambitious projects in a prolific career that has included producing Grammy winning albums and singles for Herbie Hancock - who makes an appearance here on electric piano, playing over Paradox breaks. All in all, 12 beatsmiths were commissioned from the top tiers of drum n bass - including Black Sun Empire, Evol Intent, Submerged, new wunderkinds Amit, and Fanu, and also Metalheadz stalwarts Outrage and DStar. Musicians were selected from the Miles Davis era of electronic fusion (Pete Cosey, Dave Liebman) to modern virtuosos such as Buckethead and Nils Petr Molvaer. The world of free jazz and avant composition weighs in throughout, with John Zorn and the Masada Strings, Toshinori Kondo, and legendary tenor player Pharoah Sanders. The concept of combining electronic beatmasters and virtuostic players has yielded an unforgettable masterpiece - a dark vortex of electronics and musicians blending into an infinitely listenable journey.
OhmResistance-5
CD
$12.25

Modeselektor
Happy Birthday
PS, US This runs from hard rap w/ a French kick to dubstep in the broadest sense. New urban word scraps attempt to describe the style: Eurocrunk, continental grime, tech-rap... the list is long. Also feat. astounding contributions from THOM YORKE, PUPPETMASTAZ, APPARAT, PAUL ST. HILAIRE, OTTO VON SCHIRACH, SIRIUSMO, & TTC as well as a CD-only bonus track from MAXIMO PARK. RECOMMENDED!!!
BPitchControl-159
CD
$15.50

Mountain Home
S-T
PS, US Many folks who pine for a solitary life amidst the elements find themselves far removed from the requirements to make such a lifestyle immediately possible. Besides such crushingly poetic offerings, Mountain Home promulgate an earthen visage & wooden sound capable of bleeding sap into the veins of city dwellers & suburban refugees the world over. This album works as much as inspiration as actualization, & they sing the gospel soundly
LanguageofStone-002
CD
$12.50

MWVM
Rotations
PS, US Debut from UK's Michael Walton is an indie-ambient gem carved out of
haunting glissando melodies that intertwine through layers of harmonics, warm swells, & textured static. Layers of guitars both sooth & intrigue, like a flash-frozen waterfall melting back to life." mwvm is content to express himself in sound, and fine sound at that, too interesting for brain-dead chilling, too clinical for stoner drift, ideal for open-minded listeners." -unpeeled.co.uk
Silber-063
CD
$12.50

No Neck Blues Band
Meets the Clear People with Mystery Gypped
PS, US Looser, groovier & more in that communal state of mind than ever, this long out of print 5th release from '98 is a classic testament to the urban dwellers' gone wild & ranks as among their finest displays of tribal churn & choogle in the band's 14 yr history. Neo dada attacks were swapped out for psychedelic vibrations, midrange mystery for outdoor atmospherics.
Locust-098
DCD
$19.75

Nowottny, Marianne
What Is She Doing?
PS, US Long-awaited release of the first album from the young savant in over five years &her third for Abaton. After coming to the attention of NY avant music & art circles in 1998 at sixteen,she has since put out records with Camera Obscura, Foxy Digitalis, Barl Fire & Celestial Jars. This project sprung from a desire to record an album "as much Fleetwood Mac as Lil'Kim," so we have ourselves a homemade R+B/pop CD packed w/ primitive electro beats, low budget keyboards,spacey electronics & her own inimitable voice. A travelogue of exotic themes, musical styles & textures. Features Ben Miller (DESTROY ALL MONSTERS, THIRD BORDER) on sax.
Abaton-026
CD
$13.25

Pearlfishers, The
Up with the Larks
PS, US Glasgow's The Pearlfishers return refreshed and improved with Up With The Larks, their sixth album for Marina Records -- the latest in a line of orch-pop masterpieces. The album is clear evidence that main Pearlfisher David Scott continues his unique musical journey with renewed joy and verve -- and that classic songwriting and well-crafted arrangements are alive and well in 2007. The Pearlfishers, firmly rooted in the classic tradition of three-minute cinematics as pioneered by Webb, McCartney and Rufus Wainwright, are back and as brilliant as ever.
Marina
CD
$15.00

Persephone's Bees
Notes From The Underworld
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SpoonfulRecords-007
LP
$11.75

Ramsey Lewis Trio, The
In Person v.1: 1960 - 65
PS, UK Ramsey Lewis straddled the boundary between bop-oriented jazz and pop music. Most of his recordings (particularly by the mid-'60s) were very accessible and attracted a large non-jazz audience. The very epitome of groovy, finger poppin' soul/jazz/pop, perfect for a party, yet eminently listenable in any circumstances...with personnel including Ramsey himself, with his roots in BeBop, and Maurice White (founder of Earth Wind and Fire) the Ramsey Lewis Trio sit squarely in the very midst of soul, Jazz, funk and whatever history! As soon as you hear The Ramsey Lewis Trio, you'll feel as if you always knew them! With a whole load of amazing performances recorded live during their record-breaking tours of the 1960s, this is THE Ramsey Lewis Trio album you need...believe it! Amazing and timeless soul-jazz-pop-bossa-boogaloo you'll love! Perfectly remastered by Mr. Nick Robbins of this parish...and wonderfully packaged by Mr. Andy Morten in Zummerzet!
Rev-Ola-221
CD
$15.00

Red Krayola w/ Art & Language
Sighs Trapped By Liars
PS, US With the entirely new music statement, they renew their association w/ conceptual artists Art & Language. 30 yrs has mellowed the various parties not at all. The faint-hearted might want to swallow something calming before giving this a spin. They've made another try at negotiating the relationship between language & music in this new collection. Speaking in a contemporary (& frequently foul-mouthed) voice they say something we could all stand to hear, in a popular music format that we can all enjoy.
DragCity-343
CD
$12.50

Rene, Henri And His Orchestra
Music For Bachelors
PS, UK Henri Rene...as a backroom music exec in the early modern period, he's big news in the history of the biz. In our world he is more acclaimed as one of the originators of innovations like what is today known as Space Age Bachelor pad music. He was also as a producer, arranger, and exec instrumental (see what I did there?) in creating RCA's legendary LIVING STEREO and STEREO ACTION series! Rene was born in New York City, but his parents moved back to Germany, and Rene grew up in Berlin, studying at the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin. Eventually he became Musical Director for RCA's German affiliate Electrola, as well as for the famed German movie studio, UFA. Returning to the U.S. in 1936 he became musical director for the international department of RCA Victor. In 1941, he formed the first continental-styled small pop orchestra in the US. In the 1950s, he returned to RCA as musical director in International, backing a variety of singing stars, such as Harry Belafonte and Eartha Kitt. This first collection of some of Rene's finest 1950s work uses one of his most famous covers, which features the lovely Jayne Mansfield posed seductively in a negligee, busy on the telephone (presumably calling her favorite bachelor to come over check out her hi-fi). Super collection of romantic sounds for your rendezvous! Beautifully packaged as usual! Remastered in top RevOla style by Norman Blake and Joe Foster at the top secret Studio 3 (inside an extinct volcano near
Crosshill) A must for all romantics!
Rev-Ola-223
CD
$15.00

Rilo Kiley
Under the Blacklight
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Warner
LP
$16.00

Rose, Ethan
Spinning Pieces
PS, US A collation of nearly 5 yrs of small edition art object releases produced for locust music. The aptly titled collection chronicles one man's obsession with & magical approach to old mechanical noisemakers both big & little, from a carillon in California, to the sounds of old player pianos in a dusty Portland piano shop to modified music boxes. His approach & music exude a deep compositional sense & inviting warmth.
Locust-096
CD
$13.00

Sarin Smoke
Smokescreen
PS, US A meditative dual guitar exploration from Pete Swanson (YELLOW SWANS) & TOM CARTER (Charalambides). Totally gorgeous stuff that is not to be missed -extremely chill & not at all bombastic. Pressed on 180g black vinyl. 600 hand-numbered copies. Housed within heavy letterpress sleeves.
TLR-004
LP
$21.00

Shocking Pinks, The
S-T
PS, US
Astralwerks
CD
$12.50

Sigurdsson, Valgeir
Ekvilibrium
PS, US His sound, his distinctive artistic voice, has been filtering through the cracks of "mainstream" music for yrs. This incl. vocals from BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY, FAUN FABLES' DAWN MCCARTHY & J. WALKER aka Machine Translations. It's an album that blends genres so effortlessly & gracefully that the word "genre" itself becomes obsolete, mixing all the vital elements like a bricklayer mixes concrete. RECOMMENDED!!!
Bedroom-003
CD
$15.50

Sir Richard Bishop
Polytheistic Fragments
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-349
LP
$12.50

Sir Richard Bishop
Polytheistic Fragments
PS, US As a member of SUN CITY GIRLS & co-founder of the Sublime Frequencies label, he's a comfortable traveler in the vast landscape of ethno-musical tradition & renowned for his prowess & mastery w/ the guitar, but the piano playing shows a fluid, meditative style. In a record w/ so many spirits, Bishop fills in the space where necessary & rounds out the feeling w/ catchy tunes. This shows that the divinely inspired Sir Richard Bishop cannot be contained in one form.
DragCity-349
CD
$12.50

Soul Asylum
Welcome to the Minority: The A&M Years 1988-1991 [boxset]
PS, US Two CDs loaded with the band's best plus a live CD.
Hip-O-Select
3CD
$46.00

Springfields, The
On An Island Of Dreams
PS, UK Dusty's springboard to success was undoubtedly The Springfields. It was the act that got Dusty on TV, got into the charts with productions by her future studio stalwarts Johnny Franz and Ivor Raymonde and, most importantly, got her to the States where she would eventually base much of her later career. Looking back, the trio appear as a welcome breath of fresh spring air in an early 1960s confused by an autumnal mix of coffee bar rock'n'roll and cocktail bar easy listening. In short, The Springfields were that unique moment in time before Dusty finally decided her roots were no longer in silver threads and golden needles but in the blonde peroxide bottle of sixties pop. Their Folk Pop crossover scored many successes and the 12 singles, 5 EPs, 2 LPs , 1 Soundtrack (2 tracks) released on The Springfields by Philips in the UK are all included here...
RPM-820
DCD
$17.75

Stars
In Our Bedroom
PS, CANADA New album!
Arts&Crafts
CD
$15.25

Sun Ra
Volume Two: Intergalactic Research
PS, US Two live performances from separate tapes at one of the strongest periods of time for the band (1971/72). Intergalactic Research is a spectacular fully realized piece never before released in any version.
Transparency-302
CD
$14.00

Sun Ra
Volume Three: The Shadows Took Shape 2XCD
PS, US An extremely psychedelic concert from the early 1970s. June Tyson recites a Sun Ra poem never previously heard or seen. An incredible mixture of freakout and symphonic jazz.
Transparency-303
DCD
$16.00

Sun Ra
Volume One: The Creator of the Universe
PS, US A dramatic and intense show from a warehouse in San Francisco in 1971 and a talk given by Sun Ra during his legendary teaching residency at UC Berkeley the same summer. This is a Sun Ra album like no other!
Transparency-301
DCD
$16.00

Tegan & Sara
This Business of Art [re-issue]
PS, US Re-issue of the twinsingersongwriters' 2000 debut via the major labels. Not sure it's expanded or different.
Sire/London/Rhino
CD
$14.25

Tonikom
Epoch
PS, GERMANY Tonikom started as Tonik in 2002, releasing several now-deleted cd-rs and changed the name to Tonikom in 2006, documented in the album title ' Tonikom killed Tonik'. After two self-released albums, 'epoch' sees the light of day on hymen records - some kind of a logical conclusion; besides the Aphex Twin, meat beat manifesto, underworld, the orb and leftfield she also names hymen records' artist beefcake as one of her influences. 'Epoch' is an enthralling mixture: the melodic richness of idm meet straight d'n'b/breakbeat rhythms, electronic and acoustic instrumentation is enriched with well-placed sampling, sequenced patterns keep embedded ambient soundscapes together, supplemented by power and intensity known from other electronic sub-genres. a diversified, innovating, truly epoch-making release.
Hymen-761
CD
$14.75

Tunng
Good Arrows
PS, US The third album from this pastoral pop band is a totally immersive record, enveloping the listener in Tunng's "wyrd" world. Taking influences from Icelandic prog rock, choral music, and film soundtracks, "Good Arrows" marks a significant development for Tunng - they've expanded beyond the awkwardly applied folktronica label to become a full-fledged (if experimentally skewed) pop band.
ThrillJockey
CD
$14.00

Tunng
Good Arrows
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey
LP
$12.00

Turbonegro
Hot Cars and Spent Contraceptives [re-issue]
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Turbonegro's first studio album, Hot Cars and Spent Contraceptives, easily the band's noisiest and most metallic, also featured the band's first vocalist, Harry Neger. In many ways, considering the time period (1991-1992), Hot Cars sounded not unlike something recorded and released via Amphetamine Reptile Records, with its insistence upon dirty, distorted guitar riffs; feedback; and mid-paced, stripped-down, raw rock pacing and arrangements...this is a dense, noisy album, grittier and blockier than Ass Cobra, even if not quite as incisive and furious."
CookingVinyl
CD
$13.75

Turbonegro
Ass Cobra [re-issue]
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Recorded between 1995 and 1996, Ass Cobra was Turbonegro's breakthrough to the American underground. Though not quite the epic work that Apocalypse Dudes was, Ass Cobra nonetheless paves the way harshly, with a sinister wash of cymbals and loud guitars, articulate riffs, and stellar songwriting -- think Poison Idea meets Alice Cooper. It is here, also, where Turbonegro developed their signature look: sailor caps, denim from head to toe, mustaches all around, and decidedly butch homoerotic accoutrements. Indeed, the subject matter on Ass Cobra does not stray far from such themes; the album is unapologetically sexual, and not in a polite manner -- songs like "The Midnight NAMBLA," "I Got Erection," and "Young Boys Feet" hammer them home with leather-whipped fury. Part of that may be gallows humor, part of that might be truth, and that's for the listener to figure out. It's the dubiousness of that question that is the most troubling. The cover art is a clever perversion of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. Though Turbonegro did quite a bit of recording prior to this album, this was the one that set the pace, and the one that enabled them to record their masterpiece, Apocalypse Dudes." (Patrick Kennedy)
CookingVinyl
CD
$13.75

Turbonegro
Apocalypse Dudes [re-issue]
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "When other European rockers of the '90s were being influenced by Pearl Jam, Sevendust, or Radiohead, Oslo, Norway's Turbonegro decided to provide a throwback to the decadent, hedonistic glam metal, heavy metal, and hard rock of the '70s and '80s. Combine the influence of punk rock with traces of Alice Cooper, Mötley Crüe, Judas Priest, or Quiet Riot, and you've got Apocalypse Dudes, an in-your-face album that thrives on wild, rowdy, bratty fun. The whole thing is decidedly over-the-top...a very entertaining and humorous caricature of pop-metal, hard rock, and punk. In fact, it's hard to miss the parallels between Apocalypse Dudes and Spinal Tap. But outrageousness alone wouldn't make this CD worthwhile -- thankfully, Turbonegro has a lot of catchy, infectious hooks to back itself up." (Alex Henderson)
CookingVinyl
CD
$13.75

Turbonegro
Darkness Forever! Between the Lines in Hamburg and Oslo! [re-issue]
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Darkness Forever is quite a document of this band's abilities in the live arena. In the punk rock realm, a recording with this much limber-limbed groove, musicianship, poise, and professionalism hasn't been seen since Black Flag's Who's Got the 101/2? in 1986. Darkness Forever catalogs the choice cuts stylishly, deftly, and with power and fury. Euroboy's guitar positively sizzles, and the rest of the band is in fine form, jamming and adding frills not found on the studio albums."
CookingVinyl
CD
$13.75

Turbonegro
Never Is Forever [re-issue]
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Never Is Forever is a searching rock disc recorded and issued initially in 1994. Though not as punishing, loud, or clearly directed as the follow-up, Ass Cobra, it is nonetheless a powerful document, even if Turbonegro is clearly still searching for their ultimate voice. To that end, the band experiments with some delicate acoustic arrangements, soaring pop/rock anthems, and heavier tracks that could have found a home on Ass Cobra. This is clearly the band's most reflective and -- dare it be said -- melancholic statement..."
CookingVinyl
CD
$13.75

Turnquist, Alexander
Faint At The Loudest Hour
PS, US Like James Blackshaw, Jack Rose, Glenn Jones, et al., this could roughly be described as "raga" guitar, w/ its long, modal compositions & hypnotic overtone play. Along with the 6 & 12-string acoustics, he makes subtle use of electronic textures, such as the surprising Fennesz-like dissolve that occurs.
VHF-107
CD
$13.25

Twilley, Dwight
Sincerely/Twilley Don't Mind
PS, AUSTRALIA
Raven
CD
$21.00

Twilley, Dwight
Twilley/Scuba Divers
PS, AUSTRALIA
Raven
CD
$21.00

Two Gallants
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SaddleCreek
LP
$13.00

Two Gallants
S-T
PS, US This may be the best translation of the duo's distinctive alchemy yet.Recorded at San Francisco's legendary Hyde Street studio.Adam's raw melodies & razor sharp vocals deliver haunting,dirgy poetics amidst Tyson's synergistic drumming style & striking harmonies.
SaddleCreek
CD
$11.00

Vanderslice, John
Emerald City
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Barsuk
LP
$14.25

Various
Summer Records Anthology 1974-1988 (CD/DVD)
PS, US First anthology of this legendary roots reggae label. Remastered from the original tapes and housed in a limited edition digipak with deluxe booklet. Contains crucial catalogue tracks, unreleased masters & never heard before alternative takes.Highlights include Jerry Brown's "Dreadlock Lady", Johnnie Osborne's "Warrior" & Noel Ellis' "Reach My Destiny. "Multi-media Dual Disc includes over 20 minutes of video documentary of archival film footage of Jerry Brown, Jackie Mittoo & Willi Williams.
LightInTheAttic-029
CD
$16.50

Walker Kong
Deliver Us from People
PS, US
MagicMarker
CD
$14.00

Weakerthans
Reunion Tour
PS, US The Weakerthans hold deep roots in the indie scene with three albums and over 90,000 sales. With literary lyrics that could stand alongside a Raymond Carver or Russell Banks short story, and music that channels the spirit of punk, alt-country, barroom rock, and folk, this band is set to build on the critical acclaim that greeted 2003's "Reconstruction Site" with a sound that bands like Bright Eyes and Wilco are finally bringing into the top 10.
Epitaph
CD
$14.75

Weakerthans
Reunion Tour
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Epitaph
LP
$15.50

Weigh Down
Welcome To The Family Zoo
PS, US A flawlessly crafted tale of Siamese twins betwixt a melee of strange
characters & the melodies that surround them. Emotional & intelligent, the band breeds new life into the polished tonal aesthetic of thematic song writing. Unique & intentional layering are sewn together to create catchy carnival soundtracks & organ grinding classics. This is sure to come out of the woodwork as a front page favorite for fastidious musicians & starry eyed listeners alike.
SafetyMeetingRecords-006
CD
$13.25

Wood, Roy
Boulders [Bonus Track] (Remastered)
PS, US
Caroline
CD
$12.50

Yoshio Machida
Infinite Flowers
PS, JAPAN Hybrid, Steel Pan x Electronics with Fourcolor, member of Minamo.
Amorfon-002
CD
$15.75

Forthcoming Releases

A Place To Bury Strangers
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US Vinyl version of the groups break out self titled release.Pitchfork 8.4 "Best New Music" Pressed in an edition of 1000.
Important-170
LP
$13.25

A Taste Of Ra
Morning of My Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, SWEDEN This is the third and final album in the A Taste of Ra trilogy. Nicolai Dunger, and the cloak of mystery behind the Taste of Ra project has captivated many with its various incarnations of free-folk meanderings, Tim Buckley jazz-howl and Swedish pastoral indie-hum. Dunger describes Morning of My Life as follows: "When we moved to the tent and the light was golden and we were young, and the magazine was all there was to bring, and you woke in the night when the birds were singing just for you and the smell of soil and the warm breath over through you, ohh it moved you. All there was to it, was the morning of my life." He also describes that the overall idea behind the first two A Taste of Ra records was for pure vocal and instrumental experimentation -- using recording techniques on a more personal level. On this final record in the trilogy, he takes a different approach, starting off with one song that he developed together with Swedish musician, songwriter and producer, Jari Haapalainen. The song naturally broke up into six movements, creating a film-like, dramatic pattern, and Johan Berthling made some beautiful arrangements for three of the movements. Starsailor-esque vocals, jazzy horns and loose, clattering drums mix with piano, harp and guitar arpeggios -- just as much of an Impressionistic song cycle as Van Morrison's Astral Weeks.
Hapna-036
CD
$16.25

Aarktica
Matchless Years (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US Pop/rock/experimental group lead by New York's Jon DeRosa featuring Mascott's Kendall Meade and Drum Corps' Aaron Spectre as well as other musicians known for their own work. As with previous records Matchless Years was recorded by Charles Newman at Mother West Studio, NYC. On Matchless Years Aarktica embraces the spirit of the best works of brethren Jesus And Mary Chain, Spiritualized, and Magnetic Fields, as well as a progression toward "dark disco" and a meshing of 1950's vocal pop sensibilities atop Aarktica's established atmospheric sound. The tradition of moody pop aural heroin has never sounded so comfortable. Matchless Years is by far Aarktica's strongest and most accessible work to date and is sure to gain them new fans. Personell: Jon DeRosa - vocals, guitars, bass, percussion, pump organ, harmonium, gamelan bells. Aaron Spectre (Drumcorps) - drum programs, Chris Carrico (ex-Crucifer) - electric guitar, Charles Newman (Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt producer)- organ, keyboard, Mike Pride - drums, percussion, Seth Misterka - alto saxophone, James Duncan - trumpet, Gretta Cohn (ex-Bright Eyes/Cursive)- cello, Kendall Jane Meade (Mascott) - backing vocals, Ernie Adzentoivich - electric & upright bass. Produced by Charles Newman. Tracklisting: 1. Seventy Jane, 2. I Name You Sleep, 3. Intro to Arms, 4. Arms, 5. Summer Tabla Dub, 6. Happiness Boys, 7. Matchless, 8. Slow Sorrow, Oh. Also Available: AARKTICA -Bleeding Light CD (Darla: DRL-155), AARKTICA-Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life And Be Happy Anyway/Bliss Out v.18 CD (Darla: DRL121), AARKTICA-Pure Tone Audiometry CD (Silber: sil026), AARKTICA-No Solace In Sleep CD (Silber: sil012). PRESS: "Aarktica is cold, pure, and almost inescapably tranquil." -PITCHFORK.
Darla-177
CD
$12.25

Adams, Ryan & The Cardinals
Follow the Lights EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US New mini-album features two new songs, plus sweet live-in-the-studio stuff including an Alice In Chains cover! Tracks: 1. Follow the Lights (new) / 2. My Love for You Is Real (new) / 3. Blue Hotel (previously unreleased, recorded live in studio) / 4. Dear John (live in studio) / 5. This is It (Cardinals version, live in studio) / 6. Down in a Hole (Alice In Chains cover, live in studio) / 7. If I Am a Stranger (live in studio)
LostHighway
CD5
$7.00

Akron/Family
Love Is Simple (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 16TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
YoungGod-034
DLP
$18.75

All Sides
Dedalus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 16th)
PS, UK Following two EPs on Make Mine Music and Chat Blanc Records, and a collaborative album with Troum on Old Europa Café, "Dedalus" is the first full-length album from Nina Kernicke aka All Sides. Drawing influence from the likes of Slowdive, Radiohead, Scorn, Meat Beat Manifesto and Mark Hollis, to name but a few. Nina's music has been greeted with praise from many quarters, including Boomkat who noted that the music of All Sides successfully merged many styles into a "euphoric" blend. "Dedalus" is partly an expression and reflection of Nina's personal experiences, but it was also inspired by recording the album "Shutun" and touring Poland, Finland, Canada and USA with Troum, an experimental, drone outfit based in Nina's hometown of Bremen, Germany. The album's title is, in part, a reference to the character Stephen Dedalus in the James Joyce's classic novel Ulysses. The title track gives a clearer indication about the context, in its use of a sample from a cinematic version of the novel, in which Dedalus walks along a beach, looking out to sea, becoming aware of his loneliness. Simultaneously, the title refers to the character from Greek mythology whose son Icarus dies during their escape from Crete - Dedalus and Icarus build wings out of feathers and wax and, in spite of warnings, Icarus flies too high and too close to the sun, melting the wax and plunging him into the sea. References to both of these can be found throughout the album, but they are as much metaphors for Nina's personal experiences as they are literary references. The CD comes housed in luxurious cardboard and felt packaging, limited to 500 copies.
MakeMineMusic-036
CD
$17.00

Am-Boy
Horrible Oracle Blessedness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Attacknine Records is proud to present Am-boy's "Horrible Oracle Blessedness", 16 tracks of addictive Technicolor synth-tunes, and the latest dose from a body of work that has earned him the title of "Walt Disney on Acid". Am-boy is coastal NJ's Forrest Wolf, and 'Horrible Oracle Blessedness' is his third full-length release. Perhaps more so than ever before, 'Horrible Oracle Blessedness' is filled with his trademark sugary hooks and pristine production that will leave you with a smile on your face and a head full of melodies you won't stop humming. The beats and melodies are deceptively simple, exemplifying a complex series of emotions that perfectly unveil themselves with each listen. You will not be disappointed, as this is by far one of the best albums of 2005." - Erik Kowalski/CASINO VERSUS JAPAN
Attack9-017
CD
$12.25

Amplified Heat
How Do You Like the Sound of That (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTBER 2ND)
PS, US Debut album of Deep South boogie-blues rock with a nifty psychedelic waycoolness from hirsute Austin trio.
Arclight
CD
$14.25

Ana D
Satélite 99 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 16TH)
PS, SPAIN In October it will be ten years since we released one of the most unique records that have ever been done in Spain and, we dare say, elsewhere. Ana D has become since then a legendary name to whisper to each other's ears, and we want to celebrate the tenth anniversary of her only official album as it deserves: with a full re-release that rises to its condition of lost classic album, joining an extra bonus album that enhances even more the new release. Today, "Satélite 99" sounds as fascinatingly weird and beautiful as it did the first day. As if a more sophisticated Martin Rev collaborated with a tattooed, black-haired Nancy Sinatra, or with a mysteriously distant Astrud Gilberto, on this album Ana D and her companions, producers and arrangers (Ibon Errazkin and Javier Corcobado) used vintage instruments and forgotten beat boxes to create their own kind of "acoustic synth-pop", with references that ranged from Kur Weill and Serge Gainsbourg to SUICIDE themselves.
Elefant-1128
DCD
$17.00

Anti-Flag
Benefit for Victims of Violent Crime (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, US It's time to Mobilize A New Kind of Army for Blood & Empire! New EP from politically charged act.
AF
CD5
$9.25

Arp
In Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, NORWAY Arp is the most recent project of Alexis Georgopoulos, formerly of Tussle & The Alps. As an emblem of Alexis' commitment to "natural electronic music" (bridging the natural and electronic worlds), nearly all of In Light was recorded live. Very few loops were used - in fact, only one. This gesture was meant to bring back some of the rough (re: natural) edges that have been lost in so much "Electronic Music" today. In Light is a luminous album of warm, pulsing music.
SmalltownSupersound-134
CD
$15.25

Askew, Ed
Little Eyes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US Recorded in one continuous take in NYC, 1970. Made with little more than magnetic tape, Ed's voice, and the stunningly modern arrangements of his beloved Martin Tiple, "Little Eyes" is as grand, sad, and beautiful a statement as can be expressed. His off-key lilt hangs like a seductive pink mist, and settles deeply; you'll hear these songs long after they're over. Attempting to publicize an unreleased record, Ed did a string of radio gigs between NY and New Haven, and the best of them are collected here. Lovely and wild.
DeStijl
CD
$12.50

Babyshambles
Shotter's Nation [limited CD+DVD] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US Limited version with DVD.
Astralwerks
CD/DVD
$18.75

Babyshambles
Shotter's Nation (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US Let's see if being busted by the constablulary every week pays off in artistic and sales glory.
Astralwerks
CD
$15.25

Band Of Horses
Cease to Begin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US These songs are strikingly beautiful, if less elliptical and more straightforward, with more sophisticated arrangements than the last record, 2006's "Everything All The Time". Produced by Phil Ek.
Subpop
CD
$14.00

Band Of Horses
Cease to Begin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$13.25

Beach House
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, US REPRESS Deluxe white vinyl. Limited to 600!!
HeartBreakBeat-005
LP
$13.75

Beirut
Flying Club Cup (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US The orkestar has solidified into a core group of 8 & has grand plans for replicating this album live. Recording was done w/ Owen Pallet (FINAL FANTASY) at the Masonic church studio owned by The Arcade Fire. W/ in the spectacle & intimacy,you can hear a love letter to the joie de vivre that defines our existence.Listen closer, & you also hear the emergence of a singular musical talent-Mr.Zachary F.Condon, at present living in Paris-unbounded by cultural borders & by where his heart travels.
BaDaBing!-055
CD
$13.25

Bevel
Phoenician Terrane (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US Phoenician Terrane, BEVEL's first release for Contraphonic, is a record of densely orchestrated American wonder. This is the Great American Songbook as discovered by the descendants of Harry Partch and Charles Ives upon a rock in the sand. As a whole, Phoenician Terrane evolves over a cinematic arc, leading the listener across pages of a sonic story, a historical journey parlayed through a personal lens. Languidly plucked guitar lines pave trails amongst violin and flute embellishments, transient Gypsy-laden tones swash about warm synthesizers, with everything cast in a soft, psychedelic haze. Further buttressed by Nuon's haunted vocal delivery, the songs create a tapestry of tales related in the realm of the surreal. Assembled with a cast of contributors featuring members of Califone, Boxhead Ensemble, and Manishevitz, among others, Phoenician Terrane is BEVEL's finest work to date.
Contraphonic
CD
$15.75

Black Dice
Load Blown (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US New mini-album.
Pawtracks
CD5
$14.25

Blakes, The
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US
LightInTheAttic
CD
$13.00

Bowen, Gene
Bourgeois Magnetic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, JAPAN Reissue. A hidden gem produced by Harold Budd in 1981. Gene Bowen is a singer/songwriter based in California. He worked with Harold Budd at California Institute for the Arts on the 70s. He has contributed to Harold Budd's landmark ambient work with Brian Eno - Ambient 2: Plateaux Of Mirror (1980), The Serpent (In Quicksilver) (1981), Abandon Cities (1984). Bourgeois Magnetic was originally released on Budd and Bowen's own Cantil label in 1981. Budd plays piano on three of the albums five tracks. "Wonderful innocence." --Harold Budd.
Amorfon-010
CD
$15.75

Broughton, David Thomas
David Thomas Broughton vs. 7 Herz (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, SPAIN David Thomas Broughton's talent has garnered praise with the passing years. This doesn't come as a surprise. The way Broughton merges endless processed guitar loops with his own and very personal voice -something between Odetta and Tim Buckley- throws light upon a unique sound.
Acuarela-064
CD5
$8.25

Bryars, Gavin
Hommages (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, UK Remastered. Originally released in November 1981 on Les Disques du Crepuscule, Hommages was recorded in Leicester in February 1981 and produced by noted Belgian new music composer Wim Mertens. The album was conceived as a series of diverse homage's to other composers, which include Bill Evans (My First Homage), Ferruccio Busoni and Gustav Holst (The English Mail-Coach and The Vespertine Park) and Percy Grainger (Hi-Tremolo). Featured musicians included Andrew Bilham, Ronald Reah, Andrew Renshaw, Nigel Shipway, Dave Smith, John White and Marie Wilson, as well as Gavin Bryars himself on piano and vibraphone. The album is the only one that documents the important period between Bryars' early experimental music and later works from Medea onwards, as well as his enthusiasm for small composer/performer ensembles. The new 63 minute digital remaster of Hommages now includes two bonus tracks composed and recorded by Bryars during the same period: Danse Dieppoise, and the lengthy piano piece Out of Zaleski's Gazebo. The booklet features extensive notes by Gavin Bryars on the origin and performance of all six pieces, and preserves the original album cover artwork by Marc Borgers.
LTM-2503
CD
$16.25

Bunyan, Vashti
Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, US .Re-mastered from a rare existing copy of the original, this is a classic Stonesstyle pop stomper w/a rich, full orchestral effect & Bunyan's inimitable vocals as the center-point. Both eternal yet very much of its time, the record may have gained a slight patina of crackle and pop, yet has lost none of its charm through the decade.
DiCristina-010
45
$5.25

Byrne, David
Live from Austin, TX (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, US Recent David Byrne concert on Austin City Limits.
NewWest
CD
$16.75

Can
Anthology 1968-1993 [remaster] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "For listeners daunted by Can's long and winding discography, Anthology 1968-1993 presents short-form highlights like "Spoon," "Future Days," "Moonshake," "She Brings the Rain," and 25 others. Yes, the albums are better places to hear all of these tracks, and there's a typically Cannish disregard for chronology or narrative (i.e., don't hope for liner notes), but this double-disc set is an excellent introduction to the band's 25-year career." (Keith Farley)
Mute
DCD
$17.75

Celebration
The Modern Tribe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US The second record by this Baltimore-based three-piece is an album of sublime colors, rich textures, and glorious, ascending melody. Guest appearances by TV On The Radio, Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), and members of Antibalas. "Nothing sounds like The Birthday Party. Sadly, not even Nick Cave. Yet Celebration has just enough holy chaos and free-flung tribal drumming to warrant the much-hyped comparison...nothing short of brilliant" - Magnet.
4AD
CD
$11.00

Celebration
The Modern Tribe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
4AD
LP
$13.25

Club 8
The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, SWEDEN Club 8 is finally back with their long awaited sixth album. "The boy who couldn't stop dreaming" is everything we'd ever hoped it would be - it's pop music at it's most profound, balancing perfectly between sunshine and melancholia. Twelve songs that'll make you sing along about death while dreaming of summer days. A glorious return to say the least. After having released three albums in just over two years time, very few expected they'd have to wait over four years for a new Club 8 album. Some even started to assume the band had split up. In May 2007 the band returned with the amazing Tropicalia-influenced "Whatever you want" which rapidly became a huge blog hit - top 10 most blogged songs according to music blog aggregator Elbo.ws The waiting's been so long we can almost, but just almost, talk about a comeback album. However, waiting's not always a bad thing. Not only has songwriter Johan Angergård released three albums with The Legends and one with Acid House Kings in the time in between - Club 8 has evolved in to one of the most personal and emotional bands around today. Not that previous albums have lacked emotional depth, that's far from the truth, but "The boy who couldn't stop dreaming" is truly different and a very very special album. The fleeting of life and time, and the nearness of death arrives in the shape of twelve perfect pop songs in a summer dress. It's mix of sunshine and melancholia is just as unique as it's profoundly moving.
Labrador-108
CD
$14.75

Continental Film Night/Tellerman
Tinhorn Home Companion Library Vol.1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, UK What? Six track mini-album. Latest project of London's David Sheppard of ELLIS ISLAND SOUND. David is currently finishing his giant biography of BRIAN ENO and playing live with the Ellis Island Sound Orchestra. It is highly filmic music, adult (in the best sense), atmospheric, dark chansonnier, made with guitars, lutes, cellos, brass, in primary colors and sophisticated grain. Tinhorn Home Companion Library Volume One is a luxury label show reel, the first of many sharp and thoughtful projects to come from a new, independent label project called TINHORN. WHO? CONTINENTAL FILM NIGHT: Javier Martí (Valencia based talent discovered by Sheppard and erstwhile of the Spanish group MUDO) Peter Wix (Jean Paul Special) David Sheppard (Ellis Island Sound; Phelan Sheppard; State River Widening; Wisdom of Harry). TELLERMAN: Peter Wix (Jean Paul Special. Ex-Londoner based in Madrid. This is his solo songwriting project) WHERE? Recorded in Spain. Anglo Spanish project. Unashamedly independent. WILL MOVE: Fans of film and soundtrack music, Nino Rota, Charles Delerue, Serge Gainsbourg, Can, Will Oldham, Nick Drake, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Kurt Weill, Burt Bacharach, Jim O' Rourke, Leonard Cohen, Roxy Music, ...
Tinhorn-01
CD
$17.00

Creteens
4-Track Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE TBA)
PS, US 4 song EP from some French kid(s?) making with the Memphis-sound garage-punk racket. The title cut and "Contaminated" are definitely 'Teenage Hate'-esque. B-Side has an Oblivians cover & a slower-style Fatals-ish long-titled bloozer. Recording is pretty rough. Scums stats: 600 copies on baby- blue swirled vinyl.
Contaminated-009
45
$6.00

Davis, Ben Forrest
Roughs (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2007)
PS, US Re-release of 'Roughs' (on Velvet Crusher Ric Menck's Bird Song label) by former and founding member of the Los Angeles rock band Sugarcult. Here, Ben's doing his very own laid-back soft-rock thing, with a little dab of country & western, quite a departure from Sugarcult's highly-toughted tautness. Leaving behind a life of rock-n-roll excess, this enigmatic album qualifies as emancipation and exorcism, a collection of intimate, personal songs about love and self-destruction. Not so far afield from singer-songwriterly, orch-popping Parasol faves like Ken Stringfellow and his Posies, Kevin Tihista and his Red Terror, Jack Logan & Bob Kimbell, June & The Exit Wounds, and The Velvet Crush.
BirdSong-105
CD
$10.00

Demons
Evocation (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, US Consisting of Nate Young (of Wolf Eyes) and Steve Kenney, Demons explore near-epileptic fits of droning analog synth textures that elicit comfortable remembrances of electronic-obsessed forefathers like Stockhausen and Cluster whilst simultaneously bludgeoning forward with the grating and scraping atonal complexities of Whitehouse and Throbbing Gristle. Having already rallied a feverous flux of supporters with intense psychedelic multi-media performances and a slew of cryptic releases, among them this year's fetishistic Life Destroyer box set, Evocation is an appropriately elaborate and accomplished approximation of their shrewd identity. Evocation is Demons first official CD, with artwork contributed by the duo's frequent visual collaborator Alivia Zivich.
NoFunProductions-25
CD
$12.25

Digital Dance
Treatment (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, UK 16 tracks. The definitive anthology by cult Belgian post-punk band Digital Dance, a group often name-checked but seldom heard. One of the first and best new wave bands in Belgium, Digital Dance formed in Brussels in July 1978 by singer/guitarist Jerry WX and guitarist Stephan Barbery. The group, which also included keyboard player Jean-Marc Lederman, released their first single on Disques Vogue in late 1979. Digital dance recorded four singles - Radio-Activity, Faulty, Treatment and Three Meanings - as well as a self-titled cassette album, and another single under the name Jung. Although John Peel championed Faulty in the UK, and the band played several high profile live shows (including a residency at the Gibus Club in Paris and a support slot with Joy Division at Plan K in January 1980), Digital Dance failed to break through and split early in 1982. Various members subsequently played in groups as diverse as Fad Gadget, Marine, The Revenge, Kid Montana, Snowy Red, The Weathermen, The Names and Ink. Sadly singer Jerry died in 2000. As well as new artwork, the 70 minute CD also includes detailed sleeve notes and an assortment of period images and graphics.
LTM-2498
CD
$17.00

Efterklang
Parades (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, SPAIN New album.
Leaf
CD
$15.00

Electric Six
I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US Every song here is, in one way or another, the result of excessive access to excess. When all is said and done, Electric Six feel they've done a good job at weaving fun, good times, and high-octane pleasure into the fabric of this crazy world, damned by its excess.
Metropolis
CD
$14.00

Enon
Grass Geysers, Carbon Clouds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TouchAndGo
LP
$14.00

Enon
Grass Geysers, Carbon Clouds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US Their long-awaited fifth album. Blasting through twelve tunes chock full of topics all over the map, and the band isn't stopping for border checks either. While this record is ever the rollercoaster of moods that characterize much of Enon's output, this is their most consistent and striking work.
TouchAndGo
CD
$14.00

Erasure
Storm Chaser (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, US 9 track EP features extrended &new mixes from the bands recent studio album.Also includes a duet with CYNDI LAUPER on Early bird!
Mute
CD5
$7.50

Extra Golden
Hera Ma Nono (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US Kenyan benga music & American rock first met w/a friendly handshake in '06 & they're now fully integrated in a union that represents the vanguard of both styles & transcends the very notion of authenticity. Though they may have to cross seas & petition governments just to play a few shows, they go about their work w/a few simple goals in mind: to write songs that tell stories of life,love &loss;to praise people & places that are dear to their hearts; &, most of all, to create a sound that people of different backgrounds & generations can enjoy Feat. Austin-based Dennis Rathnaw & David Egan.
ThrillJockey-187
CD
$13.00

Extra Golden
Hera Ma Nono (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey-187
LP
$13.00

Favorita
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, CANADA Twelve years after it was recorded but never released, Popsicle Recordings will present the sole album from Swedish indiepop pioneers Favorita. The brainchild of former Beagle and current Metro Jets frontman Magnus Borjeson, Favorita fell foul of record company politics on the eve of this album's 1997 release and it never saw the light of day. The band split up, the album was forgotten. Popsicle Recordings didn't want Favorita to pass into obscurity. Sure, the album has circulated as a bootleg among discerning music lovers for five or six years, but an album this good deserves a shot at reaching a wider audience. So they dusted off the master tapes, added eight bonus cuts and both of the band's low-budget videos, unearthed photos from the two promo shoots the band did and coaxed some inspired sleeve notes from noted Swedish journalist and blogger (and former Beagle drummer) Anders Mildner. The result is the definitive Favorita experience. Everything you could want to know about this exceptional but criminally short-lived band, there on one disc.
Popsicle
CD
$13.00

Fiery Furnaces
Widow City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey-189
DLP
$13.25

Fiery Furnaces
Widow City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US These songs are precise, chaotic, & absolutely genius,anchored by some of Eleanor's strongest vocal performances ever recorded.Once you hear this record, we absolutely believe that you'll be hard-pressed to find another album this fall as compelling, beautiful, strange, dense & magical as this one. This is absolutely unlike any other LP in their expansive & brilliant repertoire. Feat. some of their finest, catchiest compositions to date.
ThrillJockey-189
CD
$12.50

Fine Arts Showcase, The
Sings Rough Bunnies (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 2007)
PS, SWEDEN Third album from Gustaf Kjellvander's Fine Arts Showcase, and the follow-up to his 110% brilliant. The short version: TFAS covers 11 song by Swedish cult-twee-punk-lofi duo The Rough Bunnies. Highly recommended. The long version: This is an album of many stories. Gustaf Kjellvander and his friends in The Fine Arts Showcase have made a covers album, entirely based on songs from the Swedish, rather unknown, jangly, lo-fi band Rough Bunnies. Why is that? Let's make Gustaf himself explain: "I was first introduced to Anna Vermina and her cousin Frida, the founding members of Rough Bunnies and Inside Riot, through mutual friends. Frida gave me a CD-R just days before they were about to move to Berlin. About six months later I was looking for someone to rent my spare room. I bumped into Frida by chance, who told me she had moved back from Berlin to Malmö and needed a place to stay - so she moved in. I was already smitten by Inside Riot at this time, and when Frida played me the songs they had recorded in Berlin, along with the Rough Bunnies record C-sides, it blew me away. I played it to everyone who came over to my house. They became an obsession that carries on to this day. I knew I wanted the Fine Arts Showcase to cover their songs. The problem was that with a catalogue of songs as amazing as theirs it was hard to pick just one, so I came up with the idea that we should do an entire record instead (in the Merle Haggard sings Jimmy Rodgers tradition). And here it is: a musical love letter to two of my favorite songwriters, a celebration of the pop geniuses of the Vermina family. Rough Bunnies (and their twin group Inside Riot) have inspired me more than any other band this side of the millennium and this record is my way of thanking them. Rough Bunnies Saved My Life" - Gustaf Kjellvander
Adrian-051
CD
$15.00

Fire Engines
Hungry Beat (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, US A collection of rarities from this 80's Scottish post-punk band.This has all of their small back catalogue on one disc. Also incl.a deluxe 16 pg bk w/cover art, photos & extensive liner notes.
Acute
CD
$15.00

Five O'Clock Heroes
Bend to the Breaks (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "It seems like the early 21st century is loaded with alt rock acts that sound like new wave acts circa the late '70s/early '80s. But probably in most cases, it's a haphazard coincidence, as the groups in question were merely influenced by third generation new wavers - who have no bloody idea who the heck Joe Jackson is. But then there is Five O'Clock Heroes, who specialize in a style known as 'jerk pop' (due to their fondness for slashing "Roxanne"-esque guitar lines), and draws from a musical vocabulary that is unmistakably straight from Look Sharp! and This Year's Model on their 2007 debut, 'Bend to the Breaks'... Sticky sweet power pop (which is entirely keyboard-less) never goes out of style -- especially when it's loaded with hooks -- and Five O'Clock Heroes sure can craft a instantly memorable pop gem, as 'Bend to the Breaks' is loaded with 'em." (Greg Prato)
Highwire
CD
$13.75

Flying
Faces of the Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US There are moments when you simply see it, the future being so bright & the chemistry being just right.Originally from Massachusetts, the four youths are now in NYC, working on their music, an incredible combinations of psych, experimental & pop, something we call Savant Rock . FLYING have toured with such siblings as Deerhoof,and have recently completed a US tour, with another pending US tour in the fall & a European tour in the spring of '08
MenloPark
CD
$12.00

Flying Lotus
Reset (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, US LA based producer straddles the seemingly insurmountable musical divides. As an aching natural,imaginative & prolific musician, traits you might expect when you consider his upbringing as part of the Coltrane family, these tracks thunder, wobble & squelch providing a glimpse of what he's capable of.
Warp-228
12
$8.25

Freescha
Freeschaland (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9th)
PS, US 23 tracks of rarities, demos, outtakes, and previously unreleased material for your listening pleasure . Many of the tracks have been unavailable for some time, and fans have been asking for them for years. This 2 disc set contains; all the tracks from their first two 12"s including the very rare and sought after "Pequod" 12", the complete "Lift" e.p., the limited on-line only download "Delicious Pink Baby Funk, promotional sound bites created for the release of their debut album "Kids Fill The Floor, two demos, two outtakes, and one alternate recording from "What's Come Inside You" , an alternate version of "Making Oranges", and one previously unreleased track For fans of; dark bedrooms, lasers, roller skates, cob webs, dance machines, Tones on Tail, root beer. Freescha (Pronounced freesha). is the creative pairing & friendship of the San Fernando Valley born Nick Huntington and Michael McGroarty. Their California-brand of organic electronic songs are observed and enjoyed by fans the world over, as well as by other music figures such as; Two Lone Swordsmen, Moby, Casino Versus Japan, Manual, Hermann & Klein, and Marumari. "A ghostly, timeless, parallell, otherworldlyness pervades every track taking it way beyond mere zeros and ones. File under church music from distant galaxies" -Andrew Weatherall (Two Lones Swordsmen, WARP) "I swear I've listened to those Freescha cd's more than any other cd's in the last 6 months. They're so great. I love them." -Moby "It's as though this Californian duo is flushing out an alternate universe where synth pop still rules. And I can't get their tunes out of my head." - Gridface.
Attack9-014
DCD
$13.75

Frightened Rabbit
Sing The Greys (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, US "This is fun, unpretentious music." -Pitchfork " I had 3 favorite albums in 2006 &
Frightened Rabbit's Sing The Greys is one of them."-The Catbirdseat " These boys are quick-witted &sure-footed...I'm amazed when I can listen from start to finish and fall in love right away." -Music For Robots
FatCat-067
CD
$13.25

Funckarma
Refurbished Two (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 9TH)
PS, US Don and Roel Funcken in conjunction with n5MD compile more remixes; old, new, unreleased and even some recently updated ones for this second in Funckarma's Refurbished series of remix albums. New reinterpretations of Run_Return and Landau sit a long side updated versions of remixes the Funcken Brothers have done of Gridlock, Multiplex and Labteks. In addition are 9 other remixes of artists like Ontaynso, Strand & Tres, Machine Drum, EOG and Celine among others, some of which have never been available on Compact Disc. A "must have" for fans of the Funcken Brother's prolific body of work! TRACKLIST: Céline - Here and now, Run_Return - Animals are beautiful people, Labteks - Bluesmoke (instrumental remix), Gridlock - Estrella V2, E.stonji - Con.trst, Strand & Tres - The way it was (ShadowHuntaz Inst.mx), Machinedrum - Machinebong, Anthony B. - More Power, Multiplex - Always within you, Strand & Tres - The way it was (Funckarma Inst.mx), EOG vs Funckarma - Nevile, Ontayso - Score of an imaginary Iceland, Spyweirdos - The Key, Landau vs Funckarma - Raued Daued.
n5MD-149
CD
$12.00

Ghost
Overture (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 23RD)
PS, US At sunset on the night of October 9th, '06, a crowd gathered at Nippon Yusen Soko, a converted warehouse space located on Yokahama Bay. The performance space was chosen for its sonic qualities such as natural reverb as well as its resemblance to Potala Palace in Lhasa. Band members were spaced apart to prevent eye contact & allow distance for the reverberations to unfold between them.The CD performance is an edited version of the evening's events/the DVD is a completely live, 4 camera view into the collective journey of Ghost & their audience.
DragCity-330
CD/DVD
$16.50

Goatreign
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE