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New Releases

5ive
Hesperus
PS, US Boston's 5ive were a two-piece with no vocalist or bass player long before being instrumental and having an unorthodox band assemblage became "cool". They have a Kyuss style guitar tone without the bad vocals. Their debut full-length was one of Terrorizer magazine's top twenty of 2001. "Ben Carr's guitars are thickly layered without the sound becoming mushy. The distortion he gets out of his amp makes his riffing sound like balls of flame. Charlie Harrold's drumming complements the guitar playing exceptionally; these are two musicians that are well in tune with each other" - Brainwashed.com.
Tortuga
CD
$12.50

Accidental, The
Knock Knock (Tunng Mix) / Brave New World (Benge Mix)
PS, UK Fripp and Eno, Gainsbourg and Vannier, Kuti and Allen - two's company, and great musicians often travel in pairs. The Accidental is a pairing of Sam Genders (Tunng) and Stephen Cracknell (The Memory Band, Gorodisch, co-founder of Trunk Records). This single is their first outing as well as a forerunner for a debut full-length album, due in Spring 2008. As a founder member of Tunng, Sam Genders is an extraordinary songwriter, melding Lewis Carroll's flights of fancy with all the pathos of a 19th Century Russian novelist - a tragic-comic outlook on life and fascination with both the natural and unnatural, like Gogol with a guitar. With Tunng, his well-drawn tales weave in and out of the bobbing electronics, crafting electro-tinged folk songs which pulse and caress with equal measure, combining an easy melodicism with the band's expansive touch. Stephen Cracknell has a similarly attuned ear for the properties which link the acoustic and pastoral with the synthetic sounds of electronica, managing to conjure an organically simple fusion of elements which is defiantly modern. Under the moniker of the Memory Band, Cracknell's sleight of hand has seen him essay that relationship between the traditional folk lament and the circular, glitchy stylings heard on his electronic output as Gorodisch. This seven-inch release marks the first airing of material by the Accidental, featuring remixes of two of the songs slated for inclusion on their forthcoming debut album. Knock Knock is remixed by fellow Tunng lynchpin Mike Lindsay, the scratchy atmosphere and booming beats lending it a distinctly tribal feel, while bass frequencies lurch and stretch underneath plaintive vocals. On the reverse is the Benge remix of Brave New World - a slice of blissful electronica akin to Four Tet sitting down for tea and scones with Animal Collective, while snaking rhythms rattle alongside cut-up vocals and odd percussive flourishes. Slip on the headphones and drift away. Limited to 500 copies on seven inch wax only. Vinyl comes in a harvest house bag with print.
StaticCaravan-158-7
45
$7.75

American Music Club
The Golden Age
PS, US Every AMC record is an effort to experiment and extend the range of their expression. "The Golden Age" is no exception: from the Mariachi horns to the breezy Beach Boys harmonies to the unfolding layers of feedback, this album is full of varied, joyous, and generous pop music.
Merge
CD
$14.00

Angel
Kalmukia
PS, US This is Ilpo Vaisanen (PAN SONIC), Hildur Gudnadottir (Lost In Hildurness) & Dirk Dresselhaus (Schneider TM). A vast epic, sprawling through guitar riffs spanning deep electronic canyons overlooked by a melancholic grey sky. A journey leading to discovery & a final mutation. All players delicately playing off each other, creating a mesmerizing work that sounds like nothing they have done before yet still retaining the audio signatures they have become known for.
EditionsMego
CD
$17.00

Apes, The
Ghost Games
PS, US POPMATTERS: "Forgoing lead guitar for shambling, sinister organ licks, DC post-punk outfit the Apes strike a strange middle-ground between minimalism and maximalism. Lacking guitar accompaniment, Jeff Schmid's drums and and Erick Jackson's bass tend operate in spare cages of plunging rhythms and blurting stabs, and when the keys afford them some space, the whole feels crisply open. However, just as often as organist Amanda Bynes allows herself to be constrained by the others' rhythms, she surges past and breaks free, letting her organ swell to fill every gap with psychedelic squeal."
GypsyEyes
CD
$15.00

Apples In Stereo
Discovery of a World Inside the Moone [re-issue]
PS, US Re-issue. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The Apples In Stereo's third full-length album is a return to their early-'60s Beatlesque sound... Robert Schneider's lyrics are more emotional and personal here than on earlier releases, and the added intimacy, as well as the musical layers, make The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone an intricate, poignant lunar trip."
OneLittleIndianUS
CD
$14.25

Apples In Stereo
Fun Trick Noisemaker [re-issue]
PS, US Re-issue. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "One of the defining albums of the mid-'90s indie scene, the Apples in Stereo's full-length debut is one of those records that marks a sea change in musical attitudes, akin to Mudhoney's "Touch Me I'm Sick" or Pavement's early singles... The album that defines the post-grunge indie pop shift from sullen negativity into a kind of cockeyed, giddy optimism, and is also among the handful of albums that turned Brian Wilson, Arthur Lee, and Burt Bacharach into cool names to drop at the record store... Fun Trick Noisemaker is a minor masterpiece."

Also available on re-issue: Discovery of a World Inside the Moone (2000) and Her Wallpaper Reverie (1999)
OneLittleIndianUS
CD
$14.25

Apples In Stereo
Her Wallpaper Reverie [re-issue]
PS, US Re-issue. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "the band's most overtly psychedelic record, it's also their most experimental, achieving a near-perfect balance between candy-colored popcraft and musique concrète-influenced interludes. In a sense, the disc is a response to the grand ambitions of fellow Elephant 6-ers Olivia Tremor Control and their likeminded Black Foliage album, but the Apples' integration of Beatlesque melodies and experimental noises is much more seamless; not only are Her Wallpaper Reverie's songs the best Robert Schneider's yet written, but they're produced with a new richness of detail -- from the wonderfully Lennon-esque "Strawberryfire" to the Kinks-ish "Ruby," the music positively shimmers."
OneLittleIndianUS
CD
$14.25

Architect
I Went Out Shopping To Get Some Noise
PS, GERMANY Reissue. Ever prolific, Haujobb's Daniel Myer returns for a second album as architect, I went out shopping to get some noise. Myer's previous architect album, 1998's galactic supermarket, leant toward the darker threads of technoid drum'n'bass (panacea, tarmvred, etc). For I went out shopping to get some noise, Myer reigns in the breaks to toss down thirteen mind-bendingly tight electro-acid-industrial-techno cuts, each bearing Myer's signature dark flair and impeccable production. Comparisons range from afx and caustic window on 'track 7' to emotive digital synthpop like early attaché on 'track 5.' not to be outdone by other sample-aholics, Myer ensnares the ultimate - Beethoven's moonlight sonata - and contorts it into a neoromantic opus on 'track 6.' if this is what Myer means by noise, the rest of the musical world has a lot of catching up to do to touch architect.
Hymen-737
CD
$15.50

Atlas Sound
Let the Blind Lead Those
PS, US One of the latest "true queer art punks" to emerge from the cracked pavement of southern suburban sprawl, this is the solo moniker of DEERHUNTER frontman/provocateur BRADFORD COX. This is, essentially, a bedroom album, a collage, mixing the garage rock & ambient electronic influences previously explored w/ Deerhunter in a new context, w/ newly explored recording techniques, mainly laptop-based, learned w/ guidance from kranky artist Nudge's Brian Foote. The result is 14 Songs of melancholy & mania.
Kranky-114
CD
$11.00

Balmorhea
Rivers Arms
PS, US Mirroring the vast Texas skies, the soulful collection of songs on "Rivers Arms" is imbued with a visceral weight and endless space. BALMORHEA'S shows have included dates with The Drift, Bexar Bexar, One AM Radio, Caspian, and more. They're currently planning a Spring tour to coincide with this release and working on a Summer tour with their Italian friends Port-Royal. The track "Baleen Morning" will be featured on an upcoming documentary about the company "Toms Shoes", which will premier the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
WesternVinyl-051
CD
$11.50

Bao, Billy
Dialectics of Shit
PS, US This screams freedom; freedom from presumptions, form, & safety. Its 10 tracks bludgeon wantonly w/ black metallic ferox, industrial rhythm jackhammering, & a gauntlet of free-swinging riffs designed to mash ears into the asphalt. The directions hinted at in his earlier works are given new purpose, let loose to manipulate any expectations brought in w/ the listener. Like the nihilistic pummel of the Brainbombs, the feral howl of early Nirvana, & the aluminum baseball bat dunt of New Zealand post-punkers The Gordons
PartsUnknown
LP
$11.25

Beach House
Devotion
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Carpark
LP
$17.00

Beach House
Devotion
PS, US The familiar organs, slide guitars & reverb are intact but they offer some new directions here. Having developed their craft exponentially since last year's debut, their new record is a crisp recording that showcases a set of fuller & richer songs, with the band taking the pop duo format to the limit. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "With Devotion, Beach House prove once again that they're one of the more strangely named bands around. Their music is so lonely, so haunting, that the only beach house it evokes is a deserted one, stranded on a winter night so desolate that summer isn't even a memory. Then again, that atmosphere is precisely what made Beach House's self-titled debut so striking, and Devotion is even more so, since Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally bring more focus, depth, and warmth to their unmistakable sound... Like Beach House, Devotion sounds like it was made for, and possibly in, the dead of night. This time, though, Beach House's dark moods have more shades, and even a little bit of light, making them all the more compelling."
Carpark
CD
$14.25

Beat Circus
Dreamland
PS, US This second full length album is a uniquely fierce and magical record composed by singer/songwriter Brian Carpenter, who delivers dark narrative songs of Deadwood saloons, gangsters from The Bowery, Coney Island sideshows, and the Santa Fe Railway. Loosely based on historical events associated with turn of the century New York, Dreamland is the culmination of a two-year effort by Beat Circus and marks the first installment of Brian Carpenter's Weird American Gothictrilogy. Brian leads a 9-piece band with a unique & exciting instrumentation: pump organ, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, accordion, jawharp, tuba, trombone, banjo, mandolin, saxophones drums and percussion. Dreamland was engineered and produced by legendary NY producer Martin Bisi (SONIC YOUTH, FOETUS, DRESDEN DOLLS, BARBEZ).
Cuneiform
CD
$14.25

Beequeen
Sandancing
PS, US After the by now usual gap of some two years, Beequeen is ready to present their latest album, further maturing their sound from 'The Bodyshop' (also on Important Records). More song based, this album features new vocals by Olga Wallis solely (with some backing by Freek Kinkelaar). Well-rounded popsongs in some places, but Beequeen never forgets to put in some strange element, without leaping in the dark alley of pointless experiment. Orchestral in 'The Illogical Song', collage like in 'The Edie Three Step' or a simple rhythm machine in 'The Honeythief'. Beequeen does all, and with great care and seemingly ease. This album features also the help of Barry Gray, former (and first) guitarist of The Legendary Pink Dots, and would not have been the album that is without the invaluable production skills of Erik Drost.
Important-177
CD
$12.25

Beequeen
Sandancing Demos
PS, US Limited edition of 300 copies in heavy duty screen printed jackets by Monoroid. The Sandancing Demos 10", as it's title suggests, contains the original ideas that birthed Beequeen's wonderful new album Sandancing. Original versions, rough mixes & home demos plus an unreleased track.
Important-186
10
$14.75

Belong
Colorloss Record
PS, US While BELONG still considers these cover songs, what we are presented with are shells, the ghosts of what we think we know about such a fleeting medium as music in the first place. And like the title implies, the music sounds weathered, a faded version of some original we might only imagine. As a record of covers, it sounds like the sonic palimpsest that it is exactly. On "Colorloss", one finds a humble treatment of the hierarchy of sounds. It is the equal attention given to each sound and its place in the mix that makes this a true musical democracy where each element shines in its own way, while propping up the others in a puzzle that would charm Archimedes. A wash of fuzz finds itself meandering thru a track holding hands with the vocals, the space between a breathe before the next submergence. What we have as a result is work of such staggering beauty and melodic thoughtfulness to stop KEVIN SHIELDS in his tracks at the wonder of it. And while the instrumentation and means might be different, this is a music that has as much in common with late 20th-century composition in the vein of JOHN CALE or TONY CONRAD as it does with the soundscapes of WILLIAM BASINSKI or MY BLOODY VALENTINE.
St.Ives-017
LP
$11.50

Big Sleep
Sleep Forever
PS, US Tighter, more focused & heavier than before, w/o losing any of the energy. It's guitar rock w/ a heavy dose of noise, & a big focus on rhythm. It's loud because the music needs to be felt.
FrenchKiss
CD
$13.25

Bitcrush
Epilogue in Waves
PS, US '"Epilogue in Waves" is the third album from n5MD main-man Mike Cadoo's ever evolving Bitcrush moniker. The album is the soundtrack to a story which begins with a sense of hope, but whose undercurrents pull you to the end you feared. Epilogue in Waves marks the end of Cadoo's "wading in the ocean" thematic metaphor for lost time that constituted the backbone of his previous album, "In Distance." As his self-described "rock record," the album eschews some of Cadoo's previous electronic methodologies for a more stripped-down songwriting style which utilizes only guitars, basses and drums. This experiment in the basics has led to a sonically rich release that still contains those warm musical crevices to find solace in. Epilogue in Waves will please fans of previous works by Bitcrush as well as neophytes to Cadoo's brand of emotional and sometimes epic songwriting.
n5MD-156
CD
$12.00

Blood On The Wall
Liferz
PS, US NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!! "Liferz" is a portrait of a band at the top of their game - somehow they have managed to get even more "awesomer".
TheSocialRegistry-060
LP
$10.25

Boeoes Kaelstigen
Pan European
PS, SWEDEN "The music is sharp-edged, a suggestive hybrid of minimal, luxurious Giorgio Moroder Italo and melodramatic black and white air busses. Boeoes Kaelstigen's beats and desolate keyboard lines makes you long for a future in the sign of modernity."
Adrian-12
12
$10.50

Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Jagjaguwar
LP
$11.50

Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago
PS, US This debut is centered around a particular aesthetic; Justin Vernon, the primary force behind Bon Iver, moved to a remote cabin in the woods of Northwestern Wisconsin at the onset of winter, alone for three months. This solitary time fed a bold, uninhibited new musical focus. All his personal trouble, lack of perspective, heartache, longing, love, loss, and guilt that had been stockpiled over the past six years was suddenly purged into song. The NY Times called this record "irresistible", and it was given a "Recommeded" rating by Pitchfork. RIYL: Iron & Wine, M. Ward, and Elliott Smith.
Jagjaguwar
CD
$11.50

Boris
Statement
PS, US They return w/ their first non-collaborative recordings in 2 yrs! The new track "Statement" is a preview of things to come on their forthcoming full-length album: "Smile" to be released by Southern Lord near the end of April 2008! The B side "Floorshaker" is excl. to this vinyl & will NOT be available anywhere else.
SouthernLord
45
$5.00

Bow Street Runners
S-T
PS, US 1996 reissue. "Flushed from Fayetteville, North Carolina -- where they thought they could remain comfortably obscure -- by our release of their only album, the Runners have recently re-surfaced. Issued in ultra-limited quantity by B.T. Puppy in 1970 -- and now changing hands for sums more familiar to NASDAQ -- this is an otherworldly blend of sweet female blotter acid harmonies, hypnotic Farfisa and high-octane fuzz guitar histrionics."
Sundazed
CD
$13.25

Boy Omega
Hope On The Horizon
PS, SPAIN On "Hope on the Horizon", Boy Omega (Swedish genius Martin Henrik Gustafsson) follows up his critically acclaimed 2006-albums "The Black Tango" and "The Grey Rainbow", with yet another impressive collection of songs that showcase the growth of his songwriting. As always when you hear a new Boy Omega-record, there's something new going on. This time it's a lot less electronic than before. This is something warm and analog, featuring big walls of strings, horns, acoustic pianos etc. It sounds melancholic and drenched with the bitter beauty of life. Besides from recording "Hope...", releasing two albums, a tour-cd (feat. 15 rare tracks and covers), two singles, the split CD "If we were oceans" and appearing on the Magnetic Fields tribute CD "Our love is meaningless", Boy Omega also managed to play more than 60 shows in 2006. Germany, Austria, The Netherlands and the UK were frequently visited. In the summer they played the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, The End of the road festival in the UK along with artists such as Ryan Adams, Ed Harcourt and Badly Drawn Boy. They also did shows together with Isobel Campbell, Akron/Family, The Hidden Cameras and Jason Collett. "Fans of Sufjan Stevens and Elliott Smith will feel a kinship to these allusive tunes ... A fascinating series of snapshots, both disarming and engaging ... something incredibly fragile and perfectly crafted." - UNCUT "Sad songs and little-boy-lost vocals recall Bright Eyes, but his settings are all his own, mixing lo-fi sensibilities with gnarly electronics, warm cellos, lustrous violins, banjo and sax to lush effect ... One to watch." - THE INDEPENDENT "Naked and bare but still powerful, and not self-pitiful as so many others in the same genre." - GROOVE
Acuarela-1079
CD
$13.50

Bridal Shop, The
From Seas
PS, US The Bridal Shop is a new young band emerging from the fertile land of Sweden, and From Seas is the result of a year spent painstakingly crafting perfect pop songs. Inspired by New Order and shoegaze bands like Field Mice and The Radio Dept, From Seas features prerecorded drum beats and delicate female vocals that date the band, whose true loves are bands from the 1980s. These seven songs are solid all the way through, and are sure to break hearts! SCATTERBRAIN: "If you're a fan of almost anything Sarah Records put out, especially bands like Blueboy and Brighter, then you'll probably love this."
MagicMarker
CD
$11.00

Brotzmann, Peter & Uuskyla
Born Broke
PS, US PETER BROTZMANN (tenor sax/clarinet) & PEETER UUSKYLA (drums) have once again joined forces & spirits picking up where their trio w/ Peter Friis-Nielsen left off & whose only known competition in the field is Vandermark & Nilssen-Love's Dual Pleasure implosion unit. A fresh double dose of soul purge from
free men.
Atavistic-185
DCD
$17.25

C.A. Quintet
Trip Thru Hell
PS, US 2 LP version, deluxe gatefold packaging, 1996 reissue; originally released 1968. "Something very, very strange was afoot in the Midwest during the '60s, and we're not talking about David Letterman's stint as a local TV weatherman. While L.A. was tiptoeing through the tulips, New York was groovin' and London was electrifying bananas, these brainiacs were booking a journey to Hades. Get your contact high from a safe distance with this intense, fuzz-ridden passel of ones and zeros. Our package contains the entire mind-bent original album plus bonus cuts, and a gatefold sleeve jammed with rare photos and notes, and more!"
Sundazed
DLP
$19.75

C.A. Quintet
Trip Thru Hell
PS, US 1995 reissue of this Mpls. garage rock "classic", originally issued as a private press LP in 1968. "Something very, very strange was afoot in the Midwest during the '60s, and we're not talking about David Letterman's stint as a local TV weatherman. While L.A. was tiptoeing through the tulips, New York was groovin' and London was electrifying bananas, these brainiacs were booking a journey to Hades. Get your contact high from a safe distance with this intense, fuzz-ridden passel of ones and zeros. Our package contains the entire mind-bent original album plus 12 bonus cuts, a fat booklet jammed with rare photos and notes, and more!"
Sundazed
CD
$17.75

Canisius, Keith
Ferris Wheel Makeout
PS, JAPAN Multi-instrumentalist, singer & producer Keith Canisius (main composer in RUMSKIB) puts a personal twist on classic shoegaze and dreampop with his creative playfulness and multi-layered compositions. Ferris Wheel Makeout, his solo debut, is a dizzying good dream affair stacked with strong melodies and excellent guitar work. Local friend Jonas Munk (aka Manual) helps out with drum programming and post production for the finishing touches. Altogether a mix that the shoegazers and dreampoppers out there will love, as will fans of Rumskib, Manual, Ulrich Schnauss, Cocteau Twins, MBV & Serena Maneesh.
Quince-58
CD
$13.50

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Dust Sucker
PS, UK Previously on CD, now on vinyl for the first time. "The new Ozit vinyl sets are all deluxe in terms of packaging, gatefold sleeves with PVC protective covers and all 180 gram vinyl based on the Simply Vinyl type of special vinyl re-issues. These sets are limited to 1000 copies only worldwide and will not be around for too long. This 2LP set includes the 12 tracks from the Captain's own tape of the original Bat Chain Puller album (you will never have heard these tracks in this quality). When Mojo did a feature recently on classic lost albums, this was one of the main albums featured. There are a further 7 extra tracks, including 5 live recordings of tracks from 'Bat Chain Puller,' plus a version of 'Well Well Well' featuring Rockette Morton and a live festival performance of 'My Human Gets Me Blues.'
Ozit
DLP
$25.00

Cave
Hunt Like the Devil
PS, US New project form Warhammer 48K mastermind COOPER. Space rock rifffs, squalls of guitar freak-outs, repetititeve & hypnotic grooves and chanting, cult like vocals. LIMITED to 500, includes a FREE cd of the lp.
Southern
LP
$13.50

Club 8
Club 8 + 2
PS, SWEDEN Reissue. Labrador is proud to present the second of four CD album re-issues by Sweden's melancholic pop heroes. Club 8s self-titled third is released with original artwork and two (2) bonus tracks. It took three years from the previous album "The friend I once had" to the release of "Club 8" and listening to the albums after one and another it's obvious how much they'd changed in absence. This album definitely moved the band in a new direction. And you can tell directly from the first song on "Club 8". "Love in december" is breathtaking, soulful pop imbued by dark Scandinavian winter atmosphere and bittersweet melancholy. "If a lover's arms were as soft and sultry as the music on Club 8, returning to them again and again would pose little conflict, and the same goes for slipping into Club 8." ROLLING STONE
Labrador-018R
CD
$13.50

Club 8
Spring Came, Rain Fell + 5
PS, SWEDEN Reissue. Labrador is proud to announce the third of four CD album re-issues by Sweden's kings & queens of happysad indie pop. Club 8s third album "Spring came, rain fell" is released with original artwork and five (5) bonus tracks. "Spring came, rain fell" was the start of a whole new era for Club 8. They had just bought their own recording equipment and started the now famous Summersound Studio together with fellow band Acid House Kings and from this a whole new level of creativity emerged. You can tell Club 8 enjoyed their newly found freedom with a studio of thier own. "Spring came, rain fell" is sparkling of experimental lust. Without ever losing their touch for seductive pop melodies Club 8 here produces songs and sounds ranging from dub and electronica to smokey trip hop and folky and acoustic pop. They did everything just because they could do it and because they loved doing. "Club 8 use the studio to bring the best out in every song ... shafts of melodica shine a light through Komstedt's dewy fatalism. It may be bleak, but you can't stop returning." - MOJO "As summer slips away, wallow in some Scandinavian sadness with this Swedish duo's wonderfully soothing (UK) début." - TIME OUT (London)
Labrador-022R
CD
$13.50

Club 8
The Friend I Once Had + 6
PS, SWEDEN Reissue. With a glittery mix of jangly guitars, bossa nova and sophisticated, melancholic pop melodies, "The Friend I Once Had" was a big step forwards for Club 8. Their debut album "Nouvelle" may be regarded, as a twee pop classic by some but the band would happily rather bury most the songs under a rock. This is the album they wish was their debut. "All bubble-pop, break beats, and xylophones, Friend I Once Had was a step forward from the fey gestures Club 8 had once been known for." ALL MUSIC GUIDE "...showcases lusher, bouncier songs suitable for both easy listening and sophisticated grooving .... music that you will immediately cherish..." CMJ "It is absolutely essential to own at least one Lp by this group. I'd probably suggest this one as the place to start, but you really can't go wrong." 10 + INDIESPINZONE "The friend I once had" was not only a first step towards the band's characteristically elegant, yet melancholic, "Club 8 - sound"; it was a step towards a much bigger (and possibly wider) audience. The album gained critical success and reached thousands of new listeners in the US, Europe and Japan and they even had a minor hit with the single "Missing you". Ironically, this is the only song from the album parts of the band can no longer stand. "The Friend I Once Had" celebrates 10 years and remains a minor Swedish pop classic. A must have for just about anyone genuinely interested in quality POP.
Labrador-004R
CD
$13.50

Club 8
Strangely Beautiful + 5
PS, SWEDEN Reissue. Labrador is proud to present the fourth of four CD album re-issues by one of Sweden's most influential indie pop bands. Club 8s fifth album "Strangely beautiful" is released with original artwork and nothing less than five (5) bonus tracks. "Strangely beautiful" was the last of three albums in Club 8's productive peak between 2001 and 2003. Within a time frame of less than two years the band managed to release three full-length albums and two Eps without ever losing on quality. Quite the opposite, "Strangely beautiful" was by many considered their best album to date. "Strangely Beautiful is Club 8's best and most varied record to date...on this album, the band's trademark blend of soft indie pop guitars, perky dance beats, melancholy synthesizers, and sweet and innocent vocals remains intact, but Johan Angergard, the chief architect of Club 8's sound, seems to have spent some effort trying to expand their sound a little. The work pays off handsomely and the album sounds full of life and energy." ALL MUSIC Their previous album "Spring came, rain fell" had been a very diverse history ranging from electronica and dub to acoustic pop. Therefor it came natural for Club 8 to move in the opposite direction on their next album and make a more homogeneous album. "Strangely beautiful" mostly revolved around guitar based and melancholic pop music. But there was, as always, tracks that stood out as completely different from the rest. And in typical Club 8 manner this track, "Saturday night engine", was chosen to be the single. This noisy and Northern Soul-inspired track was a clear forerunner to The Legends "Up against the Legends". But that's another story.
Labrador-037R
CD
$13.50

Cobain, Kurt
About a Son
PS, US "Extraordinary!"-Salon. Deeply personal portrait using his own words & voice. Based on more than 25 hours of previously unheard audiotaped interviews conducted with Cobain by music journalist Michael Azerrad for his book ""Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana." In the film, Kurt recounts his own life - from his childhood and adolescence to his days of musical discovery and later dealings with explosive fame - and offers often piercing insights into his life, music, and times. The conversations heard in the film have never before been made public & they reveal a highly personal portrait of an artist much discussed but not particularly well understood. 97 mins.
Shout!Factory
DVD
$14.00

Coltrane, John
Turning Point
PS, UK Over the all too brief 40 years of his life, John Coltrane had a profound and far-reaching effect on the world of jazz and beyond. Yet acclaimed as he already was after spells as a sideman with giants such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, it was only in 1957 that his musical vision began to truly find focus. The "spiritual awakening" of which he spoke prompted him to make wholesale changes in his lifestyle. Out, went the bad habits that had made many fears for his life, to be replaced by an all-consuming quest to make music that transcended national and cultural boundaries, bringing both player and listener to a state of connectedness with God. This edition illustrates that landmark year with selections from four important sessions; collaborations and first dates as leader with Tadd Dameron, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan and Red Garland. The listener will find abundant evidence of one of jazz's undisputed greats demonstrating total mastery of the music that succored him through his early years - blues, swing, bebop - and already beginning to hunger for fresh challenges. Coltrane's eclectic attitudes, encouraged by his friendship with Ravi Shankar, would soon inspire The Byrds ('Eight Miles High'), Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Tom Verlaine, The Stooges. Mating Call / Soultrane / On A Misty Night / Eclypso / Solacium / Bakai / While My Lady Sleeps / Chronic Blues / You Leave Me Breathless / Soft Lights And Sweet Music / Slow Dance.
FiveFour-027
CD
$15.50

Company
Old Baby
PS, US "Old Baby" is the latest record from COMPANY, a songwriting collective and rock band rooted in folk, punk, country, and psychedelic traditions. Evocative guitars, dynamic rhythms, uplifting harmonies, and lyrics by turns incisive and insightful interweave to create a homespun sound that is as striking as it is familiar. In these songs, simplicity shimmers, dreams pack the punch of hard facts, and the human heart is laid bare, weird, defiant, and lovely.
BrahRecords/JagJaguwar-012
CD
$11.50

Contents Are, The
Through You
PS, GERMANY The Contents Are: Dave Neumann (guitar, vocals); Paul Staack (drums, vocals); Larry Smith (bass, vocals); and Craig Hute (lead guitar, vocals) from Iowa. The Contents Are were one of many '60s bands from the Quad City's fertile garage music scene. With labels/studios like Fredlo and IGL, it was a very healthy regional area for bands with an unusually high per capita for record releases. Up until the recent discovery of an original copy a couple years ago, it was only rumored to exist and remained an enigma with hardcore record collectors. In most cases, The Contents Are were only known by astute collectors for their two excellent 45 releases (non-LP). Well the mystery is over, and here's your chance to hear one of the most rare and greatest garage records ever recorded. Here's the story about the record: four high school seniors from Iowa decide to release an album of all original tunes, exclusively sold at their live shows. Originally released on the Rok label (a subsidiary of the already obscure Fredlo label) in 1967 with only 100 copies pressed. These guys were not your typical garage band - talented players, professional grade vocalists and no cover songs! Their music is a nice blend of garage rock with hints of hipster folk and early psychedelic influences. As good if not better as other similar top-shelf rarities like Mystery Meat and the Bachs, but without a major quantity release, making original copies of their recordings ten times rarer. Get it or miss it! CD jewel case with 8-page booklet, plus 4 bonus non-LP tracks from singles.
Shadoks-090
CD
$16.25

Cryptacize
Dig That Treasure
PS, US Every song on "Dig That Treasure" is a miniature journey, a free fantasia, a dreamy habitat built out of the minimum of material. Sudden rhythmic gestures and frequent key changes will leave you feeling pleasantly disorientated in a song. But trust your tour-guides! You might feel as if you've come across a small tribe that speaks an unstudied language, and miraculously, find that you can speak it too! "Dig That Treasure" is humbly inspired by the larger-than-life emotions of West Side Story, the joyfully percussive guitar gospel of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Wizard of Oz's bittersweet escapism, the other-world sentimentality of Sun Ra's Spaceship Lullaby, and Henry Cowell's ethereal piano string strumming.
AsthmaticKitty-38
LP
$10.25

Danava
UnonoU
PS, US VINYL!!!
Kemado
DLP
$21.75

Davies, Ray
Working Man's Cafe
PS, US Very enjoyable new solo album from Kinks frontman.
NewWest
CD
$17.25

Dead Science
Tomlab Alphabet Series: V
PS, US The "V" single, and the two songs contained therein, will be a sort of satellite of THE DEAD SCIENCE'S next album, "Villainaire", a record dealing with a very specific period of time in singer Sam Mickens' life and, more generally, in the embrace of personal nihilism and the potential psychic luxury of amorality. The A-Side, "Make Mine Marvel (Remix)" will be, in the style of R. Kelly's remix work, a completely new song, with completely new melodic and lyrical content, built on components of the original "make Mine Marvel" which will appear on "Villainaire". The B-Side, "White Mane," was a song initially intended and recorded for the album, but which will be exclusively here instead. "White Mane" is, in fragmentary and impressionistic fashion, about the American film actor Robert Blake, both in his own recent life and in terms of his relationship to certain past roles.
Tomlab-104V
45
$5.40

Denny, Sandy
S-T
PS, US Perhaps the greatest British folk singer of all time, she first came to prominence in the quintessential British folk band, the Fairport Convention. Her singing and songwriting took the band to unimaginable heights and proved her to be a true talent of the last century. After leaving Fairport in 1970, she continued to produce solo work. Sandy, released in 1972, is her second post-Fairport release and her pre-eminent solo effort. Featuring two bonus tracks from the soundtrack of the movie Pass Of Arms." 180 gram virgin vinyl.
VinylLovers
LP
$28.00

Diamond, Neil
Velvet Gloves and Spit
PS, UK Somewhere between his stint as a successful Brill Building songwriter (his songs 'I'm A Believer' and 'A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You' became mega-hits for The Monkees) cum-fledgling solo artist (scoring US hits with 'Solitary Man', 'Kentucky Woman' and 'Cherry, Cherry') and his world-conquering 1970s solo career, Brooklyn-born Neil Diamond released a string of inauspicious, low-selling albums in something more akin to a singer-songwriter/troubadour style. Velvet Gloves And Spit, recorded in New York before Diamond had perfected the Memphis-helmed sound of his subsequent hits, was his first for new label Uni and appeared in 1968 to little acclaim. However, following the single success of 'Shilo' in 1970, the song was tacked onto the album and it was reissued in a new sleeve. Stylistically, the album covers the whole spectrum of contemporary sounds from romantic ballads to tongue-in-cheek social commentary to brash pop gems not unlike his mid-'60s Brill Building output. TRACKS: Two-Bit Manchild, A Modern Day Version Of Love, Honey- Drippin' Times, Pot Smoker's Song, Brooklyn Roads, Shilo (Re-Recording), Sunday Sun, Holiday Inn Blues, Practically Newborn, Knackelflerg, Merry-Go-Round.
Rev-Ola-238
CD
$15.50

Dirtbombs, The
We Have You Surrounded
PS, US PS, US Jam-packed w/ more of their soulful, Detroit-style, fuzztone fueled garage-punkpop- rock 'n' roll that has made them a popular favorite w/ club-goers around the globe. This record carries on the tradition w/ fantastic takes on songs by comic artist Alan Moore, stalwarts Dead Moon, & labelmates Sparks. That said, the originals here are what you really want to write home about. From the Stooge-oid "Ever Lovin' Man" to the finger-poppin' "Indivisible" to the extendo free-form psych jam of "Race To The Bottom" to the Euro-pop of "La Fin Du Monde"
InTheRed
CD
$14.25

DJ Donna Summer
Panther Tracks
PS, UK He's back! It's been 2 years since Jason Forrest released his last full-length album, and 5 years since he's released as Donna Summer. So now he's back, this time with the slightly different moniker (DJ Donna Summer) and his first release for his own Cock Rock Disco label. Just as "Shamelessly Exciting" was a record that mixed different genres into a new mash of sampled sounds, "Panther Tracks" is a record comprised of different styles of dance music made solely with the intention to get people moving! From Booty to Breakcore, Happy Hardcore to Hardstyle, Techno to B'more Club Music, Forrest has it in there! Initially begun as a sort of remix record, "Panther Tracks" builds heavily on a variety of sampled heroes. One can hear Dj Chip and Dj Technics form the skeleton of more booty oriented tracks like "Peepers" and "Boomshakalaka". While some live recordings (on cassette) of old-school Uk Breakbeat Rave festivals by DJ Slipmat, Ratpack, and Ellis D are reconstructed to make new Breakcore styled dance tracks. Traces of Hardstyle, Techno and a whole lot of Breakcore yield such gems as "Party People", "Get Down" and "Rock Rock Rock". No style too hard or too cheesy to learn from, "Panther Tracks" is like the ultimate Rave; it's fun, slightly crazy, and will keep you dancing all night long.
CockRockDisco-018
CD
$17.75

Dolly Rocker Movement, The
Electric Sunshine
PS, AUSTRALIA And now for something a little different; Sydney's DOLLY ROCKER MOVEMENT are equal parts VELVET UNDERGROUND, BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE and georgeous west-coast folk. Blending quaint psychedelia and haunting jabs of love, DOLLY ROCKER MOVEMENT pervade a space in your brain that's reserved for acid. [As heard on Australia's TripleJ radio.] "WHY ISN'T ANY BAND IN AMERICA MAKING MUSIC THIS BEAUTIFUL" GREG SHAW (RIP) BOMP.
OffTheHip-7031
CD
$12.25

Dolly Rocker Movement, The
Purple Journey Into the Mod Machine
PS, AUSTRALIA Hailing from Sydney the Dolly Rocker Movement have developed a style and sound bearing a true influence of late 60's garage, psychedelia and freakbeat, with splashes of west coast folk. ...this album promises to be just as popular with the critics and paisley-clad-gentle-people.
OffTheHip-7036
CD
$12.25

Dot Tape Dot
Tomavistas: (Selected Rarities 2002-2007)
PS, US Daniel Romero is a multi-faceted musician based in Asturias, north of Spain. In a very short time he has molded a very personal discourse based on constructing low-budget electronic pop with lo-fi, toy instruments, combined with stunning homemade visuals. "Tomavistas" is something like an old video camera - literally taking in and recording the landscapes of contemplative, visual sound. It is a collection of Daniel Romero's rarities and personal favorites recorded as dot tape dot, spanning the years 2002 - 2007. "Tomavistas" is born of love of the domestic flavor of the "underground" and the pleasure derived spending time making music for this scene. Considering the difficulty for listeners to find these tracks, it became time to compile them along with other, little known pieces and clears out space for a new personal stockpile to be built. These 12 tracks are taken from limited edition compilations, vinyl only releases and "unofficial" albums, from labels in France, Germany, Spain, Japan, Mexico, UK and Canada. This collection is intended to serve as a retrospective for fans, highlighting different musical stages, or a perfect introduction for new listeners, revealing a background upon which to consider future output. 1. Come to me 2. Df fragment 3. Rosa Luxemburger 4. Slow Birds For Mayo T 5. Miracolo a Milano 6. A Russian Poet 7. Pal Talk 2 (morning) 8. Rounded Tree 9. Ventano 10. Disaster 11. Making Waves 12. With Paul (Bluehouse Edit)
OtherElectricites-012
CD
$12.25

Doubtful Guest
Acid Sauna
PS, US This debut ushers in a new era of acid. Gone are the electro party jams, gone is the funky squiggle. This dark, suffocating stuff is full of nightmares & claustrophobic details that send shivers up one's spine. Not afraid to show her classical upbringing (she trained as an opera singer) & jazz heritage (granddaughter of J.B. Floyd), Libby Floyd infuses the rave sound w/ doom & dread.
PlanetMu
CD
$16.00

Doubtful Guest
Acid Sauna
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PlanetMu
3XLP
$18.75

Dreamers, The
Day For Night
PS, SWEDEN The Dreamers are an Anglo/Swedish duo featuring Sarah Nyberg Pergament (Action Biker) and Kevin Wright (Always and Mr. Wright, on él, Le Grand Magistery and Siesta). After meeting at a Swedish music festival in 2004, the pair began making music together via London, Stockholm and Helsinki, and fusing jazz pop, bossanova, and soundtrack music. With "Day for Night" the Dreamers have made--to paraphrase Michel Legrand on Tom Jobim- the sad music that makes the world a better place. Influences: Stan Tracey, Caetano Veloso, Colleen, Francoise Hardy, Kryzystof Komeda, Matching Mole, Anna Karina, Bill Evans, Monica Zetterlund, Nara Leao, Bernard Herrmann, Nico... "[A] male/female duo with the vocal texture and cadence of Broadcast's Trish Keenan, but with its own musicality, personality and atmosphere set in a breeze-blown, sun-drenched pasture, the record is really charming and full of self-assured confidence - light on its feet in that Brazilian way and positive in that modern indie way, but solid and thoughtfully written. The Dreamers are very easy to like but definitely not just another guilty pleasure." - Other Music, NYC
FriendlyNoise-055
CD
$13.50

Duffy, Stephen & The Lilac Time
Runout Groove
PS, UK 2007 release, the first output from the band in over five years. The Lilac Time was formed by the man known as 'Tin Tin' in the 80's, Stephen Duffy ('Kiss Me') with his brother Nick and their ranks have increased to six members with this album. It's Stephen Duffy's first set of recordings since taking over as prime songwriting collaborator with British superstar Robbie Williams and another previous pairing with Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes as The Devils. The band of course still includes brother Nick as well as singer and multi-instrumentalist Claire Worrall along with Folk-Jazz luminary and former member of Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated and co-founder of Pentangle, Danny Thompson. 12 tracks.
Fruitcake
CD
$16.25

East Of Eden
Mercator Projected
PS, UK A milestone in the birth of "progressive" rock, East of Eden's debut album, "Mercator Projected" has been cited by Mojo magazine as a minor masterpiece. Released on the legendary Deram label in 1969, the album established East of Eden as a major act, particularly in France, where the band had several Top Ten singles and major album success. An imaginative fusion of jazz, psychedelia and world music, "Mercator Projected" has been remastered from the original master tapes and features twenty minutes of bonus material, including previously unreleased extended demo versions of 'Waterways' and 'In The Stable of the Sphynx' and East of Eden's take on The Byrds' classic 'Eight Miles High'. All original artwork has been restored and the booklet features many unseen photographs and memorabilia.
EsotericRecordings-2033
CD
$20.25

East Of Eden
Snafu
PS, UK East of Eden's second album, "Snafu" was originally released in 1970 by Deram Records and saw the band take their particular fusion of jazz, psychedelia, world music and even blue beat, one step further. As ever, the instrumental prowess of Dave Arbus on violin dominated the music, leading eventually to Arbus playing the infamous violin solo on "Baba O'Reilly" by The Who. "Snafu" was the result of many months in the studio, before being shelved in favor of starting work on a fresh project. This Esoteric Recordings reissue has been remastered from the original master tapes and features many unreleased bonus tracks, including five previously unreleased tracks from the aborted album sessions and alternate demo and single versions of their 1971 hit, "Jig-A-Jig". An extensive essay features interviews and previously unseen photographs.
EsotericRecordings-2034
CD
$20.25

Egg
The Polite Force
PS, UK This now legendary debut album by Egg featured the talents of Dave Stewart on Keyboards, Mont Campbell on Bass and Clive Brooks on Drums. Egg was associated with the so-called "Canterbury" style of rock music pioneered by artists such as Caravan and Soft Machine. The trio produced music of startling originality and energy, drawing on influences ranging from rock to jazz to psychedelia to classical. This fusion resulted in some of the most enduring releases to appear on Decca's Deram and Nova imprints and are now critically regarded as some of the more unique albums of the early 1970's. Egg's classic second album is re-mastered from the original tapes and appears alongside the reissue of "Egg". With these releases, the entire EGG back catalogue is now available on Esoteric Recordings.
EsotericRecordings-2036
CD
$20.25

Enduser
Left
PS, US END.USER is one of the cornerstones of the modern eclectic electronic music. Support from BBC Radio's Mary Anne Hobbs and a list of DJs too long to fit on a one sheet, from many different genres, and releases across many platforms have built him into a juggernaut. A usually prolific artist, having recorded for Hymen, Ad Noiseam, Sublight, Cargo, and many others, he took 2007 off, working on something very special - his debut album on Ohm Resistance. Having relocated to San Francisco, a new lease on his creative power is demonstrated adroitly over the entire album. Album: left shows the most range of END.USER's album making career. Intensely personal, intensely musical, and just plain INTENSE at points, the album showcases a spectacular array of skills across the board. From radio play material ("black light") with Aussie vocalist Sol Thomas, to collaborations with and remixes by influential electronic acts SCORN and COUNTERSTRIKE, to absolutely stunning, no boundaries drum n bass, the album is diverse and full of powerful compositions. Compelling from start to finish, left is the culmination of more than a year's work. Label: Ohm Resistance is Brooklyn's premier experimental electronic label. Loaded with power, from Scorn, to Bill Laswell's Method of Defiance, to Enduser and Submerged, the label has transformed from drum n bass 12" powerhouse to cutting edge electronic project pioneer.
OhmResistance-07
CD
$12.25

English, Lawrence/Ai Yamamoto
Plateau
PS, US Over the past three years Ai Yamamoto and Lawrence English have been exploring the ideas and linkages between field recordings, texture and minimal electronics. Occasionally crossing paths around Australia and sharing the odd live performance together, the duo realized they shared a strong interest in the character of sound and the creation of sonic works that carry a strong sense of suggested narrative and memory (both invented and real). On Plateau, they create evocative and generously textured passages of sound that mask gentle field recordings collected across the globe including Yamamoto's home prefecture of Nara, Japan where English also spent time. Considered In worldwide as the "Bible" of modern, cutting edge and new music and in publication now for over 20 years is the U.K. monthly magazine, The Wire, here is what they had to say upon review of "Plateau" in the February 2006 edition: A man of many collaborations, Lawrence English joins fellow Australian sound artist Ai Yamamoto for Plateau, a somber album of impressionist fragments connected more by mood and ambience than by movement and composition. As in his previous work with Tujiko Noriko DJ Olive and Philip Samartzis, English applies a considerable amount of DSP-distilled polish to the ensuing sounds, whether they are textured field recordings, rasping tam-tams or post-Eno dronescapes. Considering that Plateau jumps from tonefloat shimmer to wintry Durutti Column guitar flourishes to a music box palindrome and back to a bout of ominous minimalism, English's production serves to encase the entire album with a consistent aura. Plateau's numerous stylistic transitions and melodic interludes never veer far from a compelling if fragile melancholy.
Phonostatique-007
CD
$15.00

Envy
Compiled Fragments 1997-2003
PS, US Celebrating the release of their incendiary new EP, "Abyssal", and in conjunction with their forthcoming North American tour, TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED is proud to re-introduce the lion's share of ENVY'S colossal back catalog. Along with their second and third albums - "All the Footprints You've Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead" and "A Dead Sinking Story", respectively - we are happy to finally bring you "Compiled Fragments 1997-2003". This collection of singles, rare tracks and unreleased gems maps Envy's storied transformation from pioneering spastic hardcore to masters of exquisite, triumphant doom. Originally released in 2003 on the group's own SONZAI RECORDS in Japan, this album has never been available in North America, and has never been previously released on vinyl.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-130
CD
$9.00

Envy
Compiled Fragments 1997-2003
PS, US CVINYL VERSION!!!
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-130
DLP
$14.25

Erickson, Roky & the Explosives
Halloween: Live 1979-1981
PS, US Live stuff from a key period for this Texan psych guitar great.
Steadyboy
CD
$15.75

Exillon
It's Ok To Dance
PS, GERMANY Exillon brings acid to IDM, speeds things up several notch, and bombs the dance floor with a high energy album of catchy twisted club tunes. Tapping on his high production skills, "It's OK to Dance" brings back life to twisted beats and complex rhythms and does it all with a smile. It's OK to take the acid test, and certainly impossible to resist. In 2006, Exillon had helped bear the grief of IDM with "The Keening Dithers", an album which brilliantly closed chapters both for this musician and for the kind of music he had been known for. Two years later, the keening has dithered for good, and Jay Fields (Exillon) has taken his art from the moody, glitchy and modest waters of his past electronica to more daring, club-oriented and uplifting ones. It might have to do with Jay Field's relocation to San Francisco, with a more energetic, dance floor-friendly trend in electronic music or just with the evolution of an artist per se; "It's OK To Dance" is a CD in which the clear, sharp and flowing sounds that Exillon has been using since his Debut in the early 200os get mixed and mashed in a lively, bouncy way. A party album for raving robots, this album is the meeting point of Exillon's hi-fi sounds and production and a deliciously retro, 90's acid sensibility. Not satisfied with just reviving the acid sound (something which has been done by many, without much soul or innovation), Exillon makes this sound his, and draws from his experience as a beat & tone trickster to bake a whole new recipe altogether. Mixing the best of both worlds, Jay Fields reclaims the dance floor, and manages to entertain his audience without insulting the brain (something which over the year has almost become an Ad Noiseam motto). Good trip guaranteed and yes, it is really OK to dance.
AdNoiseam-086
CD
$15.50

Fassler, Silvia & Billy Roisz
Skylla
PS, US This is the long-awaited debut collaboration between these long time associates of Viennese subculture; Silvia in various curatorial roles & Billy as video artist. Skylla is a monster. A sheering, scathing collision of computer-generated sounds meshed w/ guitar & turntable. The results are intense yet bearable, funny but not
stupid.
EditionsMego
CD
$17.00

Few Nolder
No Mo
PS, US This follows this year's current trend for druggy wonk w/ a simple techno groove w/some floor-fuelling synthline progressions to make your head feel like it's getting smaller. "Brenn," on the flip, is a little more refined, attempting a more streamlined Kompakt or Traum style.
PlanetMu
12
$7.25

Fine Arts Showcase, The
Sings Rough Bunnies
PS, SWEDEN Third album from Gustaf Kjellvander's Fine Arts Showcase, and the follow-up to his 110% brilliant <a href="http://www.parasol.com/catalog/catalog.asp?zoomtitle=75849">'Radiola'</a>. The short version: TFAS covers 11 song by Swedish cult-twee-punk-lofi duo The Rough Bunnies. The bonus, on top of it all, twist to the album is that it is mastered by the legendary Mr Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub!

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

WIRELESS BOLLINGER REVIEW: "But the hook that makes this album fun isn't just the fact that most of the tales told in each song are full of girly sweetness. Rather it's the Fine Arts Showcase sound itself - and in particular, Kjellvander's sensationally produced voice, mixing with the aforementioned feminie splendour of Rough Bunnies' original words, that make it work so well. Instead of coming across as simply a cute, slightly cheeky female pop record, what we've got here is an album by a man who's lovingly singing through diary entries, discovering her fascinations, disappointments, sexuality, crushes - the works. This grown male's perspective on adolescent female territory delivers a fresh-sounding positive romanticism to Sings Rough Bunnies; and it's bloody infectious."
Adrian-051
CD
$14.00

Fireflies
Goodnight Stars, Goodnight Moon
PS, SWEDEN Fireflies is Lisle Mitnik. He grew up in the tundras of New England playing classical piano and one day he moved to California to go to school and decided to start writing songs. He bought a porta-studio and started recording, combining his love for lo-fi indie recordings of the 1980s and 90s with his unrefined knowledge of classical arrangement. He try to craft each song into a tiny snow-globe-sized universe you can curl up in and get lost for a little while. We believe that this release will be loved by those who appreciate: The Clientele, Field Mice, Beach Boys, Nick Drake, Galaxie 500, The Cat's Miaow, Her Space Holiday, Nobuo Uematsu, The Softies, Belle & Sebastian, Fransoise Hardy and Trembling Blue Stars.
MusicIsMyGirlfriend-014
CD
$13.50

Goldfrapp
Seventh Tree (DELUXE)
PS, US Deluxe Edition features a DVD of behind the scenes footage, videos & interviews, as well as a pull-out poster, postcards and exquisite packaging.
Mute
CD/DVD
$21.00

Goldfrapp
Seventh Tree
PS, US This is written by Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory & was recorded at their own studio deep in the English countryside. It shimmers & shines w/ the warmth of a hazy summer, an electric whirlpool of sound over which singer Alison Goldfrapp's glistening voice soars.
Mute
CD
$16.00

Gone
Epic Trilogy
PS, US This is the band's 10th album in more than 20 yrs. It hits the ground running in true GREG GINN fashion, blending heavy guitar w/ funky, jazz infused chords & an edgy, surfer punk vibe. The driving repetition is almost hypnotic, but then, dramatically, it cuts to a groove that puts the FU in funk. Feat. HR on vocals.
SST
CD
$16.00

Grand Archives
S-T
PS, US While Seattle is famous for many things, sunlight isn't one of them. Yet illumination and warmth suffuse the self-titled debut from this Emerald City quintet. Dark times do not necessarily call for dark music. While singer/ guitarist Mat Brooke's previous ensembles (Band Of Horses, Carissa's Wierd) often shied away from light, he's changed direction with this band. Like the timeless classics of The Mamas & The Papas or The Turtles, it responds to the turbulent times of its genesis with hope, high spirits, and a sense of camaraderie.
Subpop
CD
$12.50

Grand Archives
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$12.50

Growing
Lateral
PS, US "Lateral'" finds the band reflecting on their past two (may we add highly underrated) albums while gazing to the future with newfound rhythmic motifs and otherworldly heights to their sound sculptures. The textures are warm and inviting, tempting the listener to focus on stunning minimalist changes within GROWING'S dense aural fog.
TheSocialRegistry-064
12
$10.25

Guapo
Elixirs
PS, US The album transcends any musical antecedents for which they've been acknowledged in the past. Instead, the music here explores the outermost regions of psychedelic composition. Flickers of Popol Vuh, This Heat, Magma, Third Ear Band, Moondog, & early-70s Miles Davis are present, as the dense orchestration & finespun virtuosity create a richness previously hinted at but until now never fully realized.
Neurot-052
CD
$14.25

Headlights
Some Racing, Some Stopping
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl
LP
$12.00

Headlights
Some Racing, Some Stopping
PS, US To fully understand what went into Some Racing, Some Stopping, one must first understand what led up to it. Since Headlights' formation in 2004, the band has toured virtually nonstop, playing over 300 shows in the past two and a half years in support of both its debut The Enemies EP and its stunning 2006 full-length Kill Them With Kindness. Based around Tristan Wraight's acoustic guitar and Erin Fein's keyboards, the songs on Some Racing, Some Stopping purposefully lack much of the spacey atmospherics that define the band's earlier work. Instead the album is steeped in a classic pop sensibility, reminiscent of the '60s, Brill Building song craft, and Phil Spector production. Songs like the chiming, harmonic "Catch Them All," the light and airy "Cherry Tulips," the solemn "January," and the driving, string-touched "Market Girl" are evidence of an album that is more focused than any of the band's past work. Original artwork by Parasol Pal Elzie Sexton (New Ruins).
Polyvinyl
CD
$12.00

Higgins, Gary
Red Hash (LP+7")
PS, US This is your chance to grab at a letter perfect reproduction of a folk rock classic from the early 1970s. Don't space!
DragCity
LP
$18.00

Higgs, Daniel
Plays the Mirror of the Apocalypse and Other Songs
PS, US CD version of a previously released limited cassette. Lengthy droning ragas, that drift hypnotically from deconstructed Appalachia to John Cale like slow-shifting skree (joined on those tracks by violin), to moody melancholy crawls, to thick serpentine swirls of snake charmer melody & reverberating steel string shimmer. Raw & lo-fi for sure, but so darkly emotional, & dreamily hypnotic.
OpenMouth
CD
$11.50

Illusion of Safety
Quell & Sedate
PS, US One of a handful of American icons of experimental music. IOS has performed nearly 200 times in the US, Canada & Europe & has released material on labels such as Silent, Odd Size, Staalplaat, Soleilmoon, Manifold & Tesco. For fans of: Roland Kayn, Zoviet France, Joe Colley, Dead Machines, Hafler Trio, musique
concrete.
C.I.P.
10
$12.00

Instant Orange
S-T
PS, GERMANY Besides home to the Hell's Angels, farmers and citrus grooves, San Bernardino, California was also where Instant Orange lived and released their first single in 1968. Terry Walters, Randy Lanier and Lynn McCurdy are Instant Orange with the help of Joe Bianchi and Bob Lautz. The band forged ahead and released another single (1973), album (1973) and two 10" EPs (1974 and 1975). All of their releases were small pressings of 100 copies and to this day, Instant Orange remains virtually unknown. Their homemade sound is a refreshing reflection of the West Coast folk-rock influences that were so prevalent during the '60s and early '70s. All original tracks with inspiration from bands like The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Love, Sandy Bull and others. Songs full of electric and acoustic guitars with nice doses of McGuinnesque 12-string riffing as well as many unexpected surprises (antiquated electronic effects, rambling rural explorations, long jams, experimental moves, stoner banter and other weirdness between songs, caveman fuzz, etc.). A solid listen with enough original imagination to keep it interesting without the band creating an identity crisis by trying too hard to be something other than themselves. Grab this before it becomes elusive like some of San Bernardino's motorcycle riding inhabitants.
Shadoks-091
CD
$16.25

Joy Division
Let The Movie Begin
PS, US Deluxe packaging, gatefold sleeves w/ pvc protective covers & 180gm vinyl. Ltd. to 1000 copies worldwide & contains extremely rare audio interviews w/ all members of Joy Division,some of which have never seen the light of day, plus spoken word contribution on 1 number from Martin Hannett along w/ superb & very rare live performance.
Ozit
DLP
$25.00

Kohncke, Justus
Safe & Sound
PS, US He focuses his work on the instrumental, floor-friendly side of things. These tracks resonate w/ the screams of today's dancefloor, while also feat. his long history of enigmatic dancefloor wisdom. What's new is a certain technoid rigor, a vehement approach to his music that is new to his oeuvre.
Kompakt
CD
$15.50

Kula Shaker
Strangefolk [expanded]
PS, US New album from British psych-o-nauts, aging gracefully.
CookingVinyl
CD
$15.75

Laven & MSO
Reach
PS, GERMANY Laven & MSO, the two producers from Frankfurt, put so much pop appeal into the vocal mix of "Reach" (feat. Malte) that colleagues like Fischerspooner should prepare themselves: the whole gorgeous ten minutes of this track have enough power to atomize every nightclub into dust. On the flip is a killer old school acid instrumental.
KlangElektronik
12
$9.50

Louris, Gary
Vagabonds
PS, US Through his two-decade stint as singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of The Jayhawks and as a member of alt-supergroup Golden Smog, Gary Louris has built a deeply compelling body of music whose artistry and integrity has earned him a loyal audience and the respect of critics and his peers. With his solo debut, Vagabonds, Louris steps out to deliver some of his most evocative and personal music yet with the aid of Black Crowes frontman and longtime fan, Chris Robinson, who produced the album's organically soulful performances.
Rykodisc
CD
$16.00

Lowe, Nick
Jesus of Cool [Bonus Tracks] (Digipack Packaging)
PS, US Reissue of his classic first solo record. Pop record making at it's finest. A must own!! 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of Nick Lowe's seminal 1978 album Jesus of Cool. The album, released in the U.S. as Pure Pop for Now People, marks the beginning of one of the most storied and influential solo careers in pop music and marks the true emergence of a songwriting monolith. The album is a literal compendium of 25 years of pop music history. Here, the sweet melodies of pre-Beatles pop, the energy of the British Invasion, the excess of glam and elements of ska and new wave don t blend but stand side by side on the field of battle, each one willing to lay down his life for the other. Jesus is the crossroads where pop music and pop culture collide, self-aware for the first time, fusing into a white hot chunk of rock n roll energy. Here, on this 30th anniversary edition of the album, the original and U.S. versions of the album are combined to include all material ever available on either release. In addition, seven bonus cuts are included making this the definitive version of this undisputed pop masterpiece.
YepRocRecords
CD
$15.50

Lulu
Something To Shout About
PS, UK Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie OBE, Glasgow's Princess of Pop, better known to adoring millions as LULU, comes to Rev-Ola! Or rather, we come to her, for we are not worthy! Since storming the charts at the tender age of 15 with The Isley Brothers' classic "Shout!", reinvented in a Brenda Lee-like rasp of amazing power, Lulu has been a star...films, TV Shows, Eurovision, recording pop-art classics and matching the best that Memphis and Muscle Shoals had to offer is all in days work for the Glasgow soul diva. Collaborations with David Bowie, Jennifer Saunders, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Duane Allman, Bert Berns, Take That and the star is always Lulu! Unbelievably, she has charted in five decades... look at the pics and weep! With notes by Brian Hogg, author of All That Ever Mattered, the definitive history of Scottish Rock and pop, this will be a pretty definitive take on Lulu's first hit-making couple of years. **Lulu's first smash album, including all her early monster hits!
Rev-Ola-239
CD
$15.50

Mancini, Henry
Touch Of Evil OST
PS, UK "Touch of Evil" is a masterpiece of 20th century cinema: Director Orson Welles' final Hollywood film and regarded as the last great film noir. Stars Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Marlene Dietrich and Welles himself as the crooked police chief Hank Quinlan, who always gets his man even if he has to concoct the evidence to do so! The searing semi-latin rock & roll score is considered (both by critics and the composer) to be one of Henry Mancini's finest. Barney Kessel, who featured on "Pet Sounds" and many of the Phil Spector and Monkeys' hits, plays guitar. Timeless and landmark cinema; the personification of cool.
El-134
CD
$15.50

Martha & The Vandellas
Dance Party
PS, US One of the top "girl groups" of all time, they dominated the female side of Motown of the mid 60s & made top ten hits into creations like "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave", "Nowhere To Run", "Honey Chile" & their anthem "Dancing In The Street". This classic '65 release is one of their best full lengths; not only does it feat. the hits, it's also packed w/ Motown dance standards of the day like "Mickey's Monkey", "Hitch Hike" & "The Jerk."
Lilith
LP
$21.50

May or May Not
Kaledioscope of Egos
PS, US A significant evolution from their first album, skipping around genres like a furious record collector (or digital music pirate, yarr!). Whether it's the psychedelic reminiscing sing-along "Do The Disaster" or the winding, prog-tinged anthem "Lavender Shell" the band's confidence to mine from the past is clear, but all with a fresh outlook for the future. First single "Boots" rides Aaron Brink's atmospheric guitar hooks & the thunderous, double-time drumming of Mike Brunette all the way through the assured singing of Amelia Styer, who shares vocals throughout Kaleidoscope with Maxwell & Reidell.
TwoThumbsDown-023
CD
$8.50

Mayet, Hisham
Musical Brotherhoods: From the Trans-Saharan Highway
PS, US Filmed in 2005, predominately at the Jemaa Al Fna in Marrakesh, MorForcecqou, tehnisc iceasptures an assortment of spectacular musical dramas presented live & unfiltered on the home turf of the world's most dynamic string & drum specialists performing & manifesting the ecstatic truth. This is some of the last great street music on Earth. A must-see for string aficionados looking for inspiration as electric ouds, banjos, mandolins & the Gnawa sentir peel flesh from bone right before your eyes! Color; 60 min.; digipak; all-region DVD; NTSC format
Sublime
DVD
$21.50

Megafaun
Bury the Square
PS, US From the vibrant Southern quasi-capital of Durham emerge MEGAFAUN, wearing earnestness across the chest and abstraction along the sleeves. They pour forth dulcet harmonies, as seeking vocals tug banjo lines up the Appalachian mountains; redemptive noise soaks everything, like thick air wafting from the Atlantic. Clawhammer banjo and strummed acoustics lock and roll with electric guitars and electronic textures. They realize that folk implies deep, personal, intense expression, whether the instrument is a parlor piano with the lid thrown back or a distortion pedal with the case cracked loose. In this band, orthodoxy and unorthodoxy flow together as one.
TableoftheElements-815
CD
$13.00

Menche, Daniel
Glass Forest
PS, US Glass Forest is a highly listenable starting point for any newcomers curious about Daniel Menche's vast discography. It is also, according to Menche, the last cd he will release. From now on he'll be releasing his music on LP only or on DVD to accompany films he's been working on. Glass Forest is also the companion release to Body Melt which is being released simultaneously on Important on LP only. Recorded in the winter of 2005, Daniel Menches Glass Forest displays a glistening sound world that finely textured with the most delicate of raw organic sound and chaotic electronic noise. Not at all extreme as with Menches previous work but rather a more subtle presence can be heard here on Glass Forest. Subsonic bass drums crawling underneath a massive sheets of glass-like sound layering infinitely into a thick and dense forest of delicate noise. For fans of Daniel Menche's ambient work and also his loud violent work, Glass Forest fits exactly right in the middle of these two polarities.
Important-176
CD
$12.25

Menche, Daniel
Body Melt
PS, US Body Melt is limited to 500 copies only on LP. This is the companion release to the Glass Forest CD being released on Important simultaneously. Both releases are housed in staggeringly unique artwork by Emily. Recorded in the Summer of 2007. Body Melt is a molting and simmering display of furious Hammond Organs & Native American Drums. Daniel Menche manages to merge together the powerfully fuzzed out organ drones along with hypnotically crushing and frenzied drums in a manor that is distinctly the graceful music style of Daniel Menche. Call it trance music for carnivores or ambient music for cannibals. Body Melt sits perfectly thronged on this limited vinyl LP release.
Important-175
LP
$14.75

Miss Massive Snowflake
Queen's Headache
PS, US Miss Massive Snowflake is Shane de Leon, who has been extremely active in a multitude of media throughout America and Europe for over 15 years. He has recorded with SOLEX, OVO and RONIN and collaborated with the BLACK HEART PROCESSION. The music is lush and orchestrated with an abundance of horns, percussion and electronics featuring two vocalists who are under ten. The feel is somewhere between an atheistic Danielson, and anarchistic Prince and a less technical Zappa. MMS will be touring in Europe this spring.
NorthPole
CD
$10.00

Moffat, Aiden John
I Can Hear Your Heart
PS, UK New solo album from Arab Strap frontman, warning: explicit content! AVERSION: "t should come as no surprise that the onetime Arab Strap singer's first solo album, a spoken-word poetry/prose affair that's usually accompanied by incidental music or other sound effects, is laden in tales of cheating lovers, sexual experimentation and soaked in booze. It might come as a surprise, though, to find out Moffat was holding back with Arab Strap, avoiding the stickiest situations, the dirtiest references and the most damning confessions that come forth in this semi-autobiographical audio tome."
ChemikalUnderground
CD
$15.75

Mojack
Under the Willow Tree
PS, US Greg Ginn's latest release w/ his funk rock band is full of twists & turns. 10 yrs in the waiting, this picks up where Home Brew left it hanging.
SST
CD
$14.00

Monade
Monstre Cosmique
PS, UK New album from Stereolab chantuese Laetitia Sadier's Monade! PITCHFORK: "Stereolab singer/lyricist Laetitia Sadier here takes a slightly more elegant take on her day job's search to find the pop in the avant-garde."
TooPure/Beggars
CD
$15.00

Monkeywrench
Gabriel's Horn
PS, US Celebrating 17 yrs of a great idea, they return w/ a new studio album. Feat. members of MUDHONEY, BIG BOYS, GASHUFFER & LUBRICATED GOAT, this is nothing less than a punk/grunge supergroup. The band kicks out the same glorious, fuzz-laden mess. There is a Texas roots taste spread through the tracks & the rhythm section lays down a fast & furious groove while dueling guitars engage in a race to the finish line.
Birdman-104
CD
$16.00

Mould, Bob
District Line
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anti
LP
$15.50

Mould, Bob
District Line
PS, US Guitarist/singer/songwriter Mould returns to form as a solo artist on his Anti debut. "District Line" combines the fire of his earliest work in Husker Du, the accessibility of his alternative rock, genre-defining trio Sugar, and the introspection found in his solo releases. He describes it as "stories of my simple life in a complicated town", that being his adopted city of Washington, DC. Working with Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty, Mould has returned to the live band sound of Husker Du and Sugar to kick out ten songs that sound as youthful, energized, and immediate as anything he has ever recorded.
Anti
CD
$15.50

Mountain Goats
Heretic Pride
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
4AD
LP
$14.00

Mountain Goats
Heretic Pride
PS, US The Mountain Goats have recorded four fine albums that have established them as a genuine cult phenomenon and confirmed John Darnielle's status as one of the finest lyricists of his generation. "Heretic Pride" is a suite of songs about mythical creatures, imaginary cults, slasher films, and pulp fiction novelists. Here, Darnielle has also come up with some of the most anthemic, impassioned, and downright catchy songs of his career. "It's rare to come across such specific and purposeful prose in modern pop. But, alongside Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and the Decemberists' Colin Meloy, John Darnielle is helping bring fine lyric writing back to life" - NY Daily News.
4AD
CD
$13.25

Mt. St. Helens
Of Others
PS, US A more refined & concise version of their compelling, guitar driven sound. Of Others draws from influences as diverse as Unwound, Shudder to Think, Ride and Boards of Canada but the result is far from derivative. Guitar player Michael Sprague has constructed a cadre of masterfully spare guitar leads that are at once striking & hypnotic. Guitarist/vocalist Quinn Goodwillie's (also of acclaimed local group Sleep Out) voice has increased in range & fortitude and is
greatly bolstered by the stalwart rhythm section of Jason Sprague (bass) & Ben Geier (drums).
TwoThumbsDown-022
CD
$8.50

Neotropic
Whiter Rabbits
PS, US Whiter Rabbits is a deluxe re-release of the long out of print "White Rabbits" originally released on Mush Records which recieved a 7.7 on PITCHFORK. Featuring a bonus disc full of remixes by the artist, also including remixes by 10 SUI, GEORGE DEMURE, GRIM LIFE, and more "Riz Maslen (Neotropic) has become the female equivalent of Brian Eno" - IGN.
SquidsEye-006
DCD
$14.00

Neptune
Gong Lake
PS, US Behold: NEPTUNE, the most harrowingly original band on this planet - or the next. Its three members are, in turn, musicians, sculptors, scientists, blacksmiths, electricians, and industrial machinists; relentlessly inventive, possibly sane. Together, they construct all of their instruments, forging guitars and drums out of circular saw blades, gas tanks, oil drums, bike parts, VCR casings, and miscellany from the trash. Electronics, and even cords, are homemade as well. The combined effect is a bizarre, post-apocalyptic mélange of steel, iron, wire, rust, rivet, knob, and cable; it's lunacy, arc-welded for maximum destruction. Concerts are seizures of motion. Wearing 40-pound guitars assembled entirely from scrap metal, the members don't play their instruments - they battle them, like mechanized golems. But make no mistake, this is not simply art with sharp edges and serious customs issues. Neptune rocks. Hard. Recalling the slapdash angularity of The Fall, the rhythmic ack-ack blasts of This Heat, and the sheer proto-clangor of Einstuerzende Neubauten, they count as one of the best experimental rock bands of any era. Their dynamic, expertly wrought songs and skilled improvisations don't start; they explode. "Gong Lake" is the band's first unlimited CD release, and with it the world will discover what fans of their live shows have known for years: Neptune is otherworldly.
TableoftheElements-811
CD
$13.00

Neptune
Gong Lake
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TableoftheElements-811
LP
$14.25

No Depression
#74
PS, US STRING THEORY, today's neo-traditionalists redefine their music. A new generation of string bands explores the past, present, & future of American music. Plus features on Daniel Lanois, Gary Louris, Kathleen Edwards, Jim White, & more. Plus all the other usual great stuff you've come to expect from No Depression.
ZINE
$5.00

No Kids
Come Into My House
PS, US "Come Into My House" is the first release by Vancouver, Canada trio NO KIDS, which is comprised of three-quarters of the critically revered pop band P:ANO. "Come Into My House" achieves an unexpected cohesiveness despite the wide range of musical styles over its 12 tracks. Golden era Hollywood musicals, Jam & Lewis-inspired production techniques, the icy displacement of contemporary R'n'B, and the breadth of Arthur Russell's, disco, pop, and avant garde compositional work are referenced and married together by novelistic narrative strains, a lush instrumental palette, and a cinematic atmosphere.
Tomlab-108
CD
$12.25

Notorious Hi-Fi Killers
Which Side Are You On?
PS, UK Rocket Recordings are proud to announce the release of Which Side Are You On?, the debut album by Southeast London 3-piece The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers. Which Side Are You On? presents the trio's distinctive take on loud, throttling noise rock blended with manic psychedelia, taking the listener on a journey through ferocious 4-track blasts, analog tape space rock and intuitive heavy blues. This is the sound of a primal rock and roll band at their most uncompromising and dirtiest. From the one and a half minute biker-punk anthem of 'Queen O' Fuck' through the fuzzed-up blues of the Freddie King classic 'Going Down' to the 18 minutes of psychedelic bliss of 'Near The Final Destination' which crumbles into a mantra of noise, drones and horns, with the added assistance of Alexander Tucker, Duke Garwood and members of Part Chimp. The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers have been a common sight on the stages in their hometown of London and various dimly-lit warehouses across the country, playing alongside bands like The Heads, Lords, Parts and Labour, Shit & Shine and White Hills.
RocketRecordings
CD
$17.00

Ocrilim
Annwn
PS, US Mick Barr (ORTHRELM, OCTIS, CROM TECH) is described as an "american avant-garde metal guitarist", & while this may not be entirely accurate, it's probably as close as anyone will come to paraphrasing his genre defying compositions. This is composed entirely of pieces for mutiple electric guitars, & has as much to do w/ modern classical composition as it does w/ anything associated with the term "heavy metal".
HydraHead
CD
$12.50

O'Malley, Stephen, Attila Csihar
6: Degree Fskyquake
PS, US This debut collaborative is an audio composition designed in 2001 but explored in conjunction w/ the American sculptor Banks Violette's solo shows in the summer of 2007. The composition was captured at a recording session during the installation process at Team gallery, & later transfered to Gladstone as a recorded playback to the public. The composition runs a total of 8 hrs & 35 min. The contribution of lyrics, text & vocals by Hungarian black metal vocalist Attila Csihar were inspired by his journeys inside imperial Tokyo, bringing an emotional & meditative identity to the otherwise purely structural composition.
EditionsMego
CD
$18.00

Orwell
Le Génie Humain
PS, FRANCE A feast of an album from Jérôme Didelot aka Orwell. Pop par excellence, "Le génie humain" is packed with orchestral maneuvers, soaring synths, and silky, buzzy goodness that bring Eggstone, Louis Philippe and the space bossa moments of Testbild! to mind. With influences running from the early 60s through the early 80s, Jerome's songs have a folk-like delicacy, but sail on intricate arrangements featuring strings, voices, woodwinds and keyboards galore. "Le genie humain" features collaborations with Médéric Gontier (Tahiti 80), Alexander von Mehren, JP Nataf, Ruth Minnikin (Heavy Blinkers), Miss Aprilia Sari (White Shoes and the Couples Company) and Julien Lonchamp (Jack and the'), among others. Recommended for fans of all of the above, plus Julien Ribot, Fugu and High Llamas.
TwinFizzRecords-707
CD
$14.00

Our Sleepless Forest
S-T
PS, UK Absolutely stunning debut album of ambient electronic space rock from a frighteningly young three-piece from South London - their first full release, having had an early version of album track 'The Tinderbox' included on the Type Records 'Free The Future' compilation. Having met at school, Sam Purcell, Josh Rothberger and Karl Jawara started experimenting with various musical instruments and sounds using software and basic recording equipment, inspired by the music they were into and with the aim of creating their own wall of sound. After 14 months they emerged with something they were sufficiently happy with to allow it to be heard by others, and ultimately that brings us to the present day - an eight-track, 45-minute debut. Our Sleepless Forest's music is multi-layered, complex and

Parasol New Arrivals • February 26, 2008
Hi folks, Well, winter is continuously rearing its ugly head ‘round these parts and as Parasol pal Rachael Dietkus would say, it’s doin’ the two-step on my last nerve. But anyway, summer is right around the corner so enough with my complaining. Let’s move on to bigger and brighter things, shall we? The new Beach House album has arrived safe and sound at Parasol HQ today and it’s making quite a stir in our quiet community as is the bitchin’ new 7” by Boris. As always, there are scads of new records for you to sift through so with that said, check out the list and we’ll talk more next week. Be good, Roy & Paul
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	Beach House "Devotion" CD $14.25 The familiar organs, slide guitars & reverb are intact but they offer some new directions here. Having developed their craft exponentially since last year's debut, their new record is a crisp recording that showcases a set of fuller & richer songs, with the band taking the pop duo format to the limit. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "With Devotion, Beach House prove once again that they're one of the more strangely named bands around. Their music is so lonely, so haunting, that the only beach house it evokes is a deserted one, stranded on a winter night so desolate that summer isn't even a memory. Then again, that atmosphere is precisely what made Beach House's self-titled debut so striking, and Devotion is even more so, since Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally bring more focus, depth, and warmth to their unmistakable sound... Like Beach House, Devotion sounds like it was made for, and possibly in, the dead of night. This time, though, Beach House's dark moods have more shades, and even a little bit of light, making them all the more compelling."
New Releases 5ive Hesperus PS, US Boston's 5ive were a two-piece with no vocalist or bass player long before being instrumental and having an unorthodox band assemblage became "cool". They have a Kyuss style guitar tone without the bad vocals. Their debut full-length was one of Terrorizer magazine's top twenty of 2001. "Ben Carr's guitars are thickly layered without the sound becoming mushy. The distortion he gets out of his amp makes his riffing sound like balls of flame. Charlie Harrold's drumming complements the guitar playing exceptionally; these are two musicians that are well in tune with each other" - Brainwashed.com. Tortuga CD $12.50 Accidental, The Knock Knock (Tunng Mix) / Brave New World (Benge Mix) PS, UK Fripp and Eno, Gainsbourg and Vannier, Kuti and Allen - two's company, and great musicians often travel in pairs. The Accidental is a pairing of Sam Genders (Tunng) and Stephen Cracknell (The Memory Band, Gorodisch, co-founder of Trunk Records). This single is their first outing as well as a forerunner for a debut full-length album, due in Spring 2008. As a founder member of Tunng, Sam Genders is an extraordinary songwriter, melding Lewis Carroll's flights of fancy with all the pathos of a 19th Century Russian novelist - a tragic-comic outlook on life and fascination with both the natural and unnatural, like Gogol with a guitar. With Tunng, his well-drawn tales weave in and out of the bobbing electronics, crafting electro-tinged folk songs which pulse and caress with equal measure, combining an easy melodicism with the band's expansive touch. Stephen Cracknell has a similarly attuned ear for the properties which link the acoustic and pastoral with the synthetic sounds of electronica, managing to conjure an organically simple fusion of elements which is defiantly modern. Under the moniker of the Memory Band, Cracknell's sleight of hand has seen him essay that relationship between the traditional folk lament and the circular, glitchy stylings heard on his electronic output as Gorodisch. This seven-inch release marks the first airing of material by the Accidental, featuring remixes of two of the songs slated for inclusion on their forthcoming debut album. Knock Knock is remixed by fellow Tunng lynchpin Mike Lindsay, the scratchy atmosphere and booming beats lending it a distinctly tribal feel, while bass frequencies lurch and stretch underneath plaintive vocals. On the reverse is the Benge remix of Brave New World - a slice of blissful electronica akin to Four Tet sitting down for tea and scones with Animal Collective, while snaking rhythms rattle alongside cut-up vocals and odd percussive flourishes. Slip on the headphones and drift away. Limited to 500 copies on seven inch wax only. Vinyl comes in a harvest house bag with print. StaticCaravan-158-7 45 $7.75 American Music Club The Golden Age PS, US Every AMC record is an effort to experiment and extend the range of their expression. "The Golden Age" is no exception: from the Mariachi horns to the breezy Beach Boys harmonies to the unfolding layers of feedback, this album is full of varied, joyous, and generous pop music. Merge CD $14.00 Angel Kalmukia PS, US This is Ilpo Vaisanen (PAN SONIC), Hildur Gudnadottir (Lost In Hildurness) & Dirk Dresselhaus (Schneider TM). A vast epic, sprawling through guitar riffs spanning deep electronic canyons overlooked by a melancholic grey sky. A journey leading to discovery & a final mutation. All players delicately playing off each other, creating a mesmerizing work that sounds like nothing they have done before yet still retaining the audio signatures they have become known for. EditionsMego CD $17.00 Apes, The Ghost Games PS, US POPMATTERS: "Forgoing lead guitar for shambling, sinister organ licks, DC post-punk outfit the Apes strike a strange middle-ground between minimalism and maximalism. Lacking guitar accompaniment, Jeff Schmid's drums and and Erick Jackson's bass tend operate in spare cages of plunging rhythms and blurting stabs, and when the keys afford them some space, the whole feels crisply open. However, just as often as organist Amanda Bynes allows herself to be constrained by the others' rhythms, she surges past and breaks free, letting her organ swell to fill every gap with psychedelic squeal." GypsyEyes CD $15.00 Apples In Stereo Discovery of a World Inside the Moone [re-issue] PS, US Re-issue. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The Apples In Stereo's third full-length album is a return to their early-'60s Beatlesque sound... Robert Schneider's lyrics are more emotional and personal here than on earlier releases, and the added intimacy, as well as the musical layers, make The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone an intricate, poignant lunar trip." OneLittleIndianUS CD $14.25 Apples In Stereo Fun Trick Noisemaker [re-issue] PS, US Re-issue. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "One of the defining albums of the mid-'90s indie scene, the Apples in Stereo's full-length debut is one of those records that marks a sea change in musical attitudes, akin to Mudhoney's "Touch Me I'm Sick" or Pavement's early singles... The album that defines the post-grunge indie pop shift from sullen negativity into a kind of cockeyed, giddy optimism, and is also among the handful of albums that turned Brian Wilson, Arthur Lee, and Burt Bacharach into cool names to drop at the record store... Fun Trick Noisemaker is a minor masterpiece." Also available on re-issue: Discovery of a World Inside the Moone (2000) and Her Wallpaper Reverie (1999) OneLittleIndianUS CD $14.25 Apples In Stereo Her Wallpaper Reverie [re-issue] PS, US Re-issue. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "the band's most overtly psychedelic record, it's also their most experimental, achieving a near-perfect balance between candy-colored popcraft and musique concrète-influenced interludes. In a sense, the disc is a response to the grand ambitions of fellow Elephant 6-ers Olivia Tremor Control and their likeminded Black Foliage album, but the Apples' integration of Beatlesque melodies and experimental noises is much more seamless; not only are Her Wallpaper Reverie's songs the best Robert Schneider's yet written, but they're produced with a new richness of detail -- from the wonderfully Lennon-esque "Strawberryfire" to the Kinks-ish "Ruby," the music positively shimmers." OneLittleIndianUS CD $14.25 Architect I Went Out Shopping To Get Some Noise PS, GERMANY Reissue. Ever prolific, Haujobb's Daniel Myer returns for a second album as architect, I went out shopping to get some noise. Myer's previous architect album, 1998's galactic supermarket, leant toward the darker threads of technoid drum'n'bass (panacea, tarmvred, etc). For I went out shopping to get some noise, Myer reigns in the breaks to toss down thirteen mind-bendingly tight electro-acid-industrial-techno cuts, each bearing Myer's signature dark flair and impeccable production. Comparisons range from afx and caustic window on 'track 7' to emotive digital synthpop like early attaché on 'track 5.' not to be outdone by other sample-aholics, Myer ensnares the ultimate - Beethoven's moonlight sonata - and contorts it into a neoromantic opus on 'track 6.' if this is what Myer means by noise, the rest of the musical world has a lot of catching up to do to touch architect. Hymen-737 CD $15.50 Atlas Sound Let the Blind Lead Those PS, US One of the latest "true queer art punks" to emerge from the cracked pavement of southern suburban sprawl, this is the solo moniker of DEERHUNTER frontman/provocateur BRADFORD COX. This is, essentially, a bedroom album, a collage, mixing the garage rock & ambient electronic influences previously explored w/ Deerhunter in a new context, w/ newly explored recording techniques, mainly laptop-based, learned w/ guidance from kranky artist Nudge's Brian Foote. The result is 14 Songs of melancholy & mania. Kranky-114 CD $11.00 Balmorhea Rivers Arms PS, US Mirroring the vast Texas skies, the soulful collection of songs on "Rivers Arms" is imbued with a visceral weight and endless space. BALMORHEA'S shows have included dates with The Drift, Bexar Bexar, One AM Radio, Caspian, and more. They're currently planning a Spring tour to coincide with this release and working on a Summer tour with their Italian friends Port-Royal. The track "Baleen Morning" will be featured on an upcoming documentary about the company "Toms Shoes", which will premier the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. WesternVinyl-051 CD $11.50 Bao, Billy Dialectics of Shit PS, US This screams freedom; freedom from presumptions, form, & safety. Its 10 tracks bludgeon wantonly w/ black metallic ferox, industrial rhythm jackhammering, & a gauntlet of free-swinging riffs designed to mash ears into the asphalt. The directions hinted at in his earlier works are given new purpose, let loose to manipulate any expectations brought in w/ the listener. Like the nihilistic pummel of the Brainbombs, the feral howl of early Nirvana, & the aluminum baseball bat dunt of New Zealand post-punkers The Gordons PartsUnknown LP $11.25 Beach House Devotion PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Carpark LP $17.00 Beach House Devotion PS, US The familiar organs, slide guitars & reverb are intact but they offer some new directions here. Having developed their craft exponentially since last year's debut, their new record is a crisp recording that showcases a set of fuller & richer songs, with the band taking the pop duo format to the limit. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "With Devotion, Beach House prove once again that they're one of the more strangely named bands around. Their music is so lonely, so haunting, that the only beach house it evokes is a deserted one, stranded on a winter night so desolate that summer isn't even a memory. Then again, that atmosphere is precisely what made Beach House's self-titled debut so striking, and Devotion is even more so, since Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally bring more focus, depth, and warmth to their unmistakable sound... Like Beach House, Devotion sounds like it was made for, and possibly in, the dead of night. This time, though, Beach House's dark moods have more shades, and even a little bit of light, making them all the more compelling." Carpark CD $14.25 Beat Circus Dreamland PS, US This second full length album is a uniquely fierce and magical record composed by singer/songwriter Brian Carpenter, who delivers dark narrative songs of Deadwood saloons, gangsters from The Bowery, Coney Island sideshows, and the Santa Fe Railway. Loosely based on historical events associated with turn of the century New York, Dreamland is the culmination of a two-year effort by Beat Circus and marks the first installment of Brian Carpenter's Weird American Gothictrilogy. Brian leads a 9-piece band with a unique & exciting instrumentation: pump organ, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, accordion, jawharp, tuba, trombone, banjo, mandolin, saxophones drums and percussion. Dreamland was engineered and produced by legendary NY producer Martin Bisi (SONIC YOUTH, FOETUS, DRESDEN DOLLS, BARBEZ). Cuneiform CD $14.25 Beequeen Sandancing PS, US After the by now usual gap of some two years, Beequeen is ready to present their latest album, further maturing their sound from 'The Bodyshop' (also on Important Records). More song based, this album features new vocals by Olga Wallis solely (with some backing by Freek Kinkelaar). Well-rounded popsongs in some places, but Beequeen never forgets to put in some strange element, without leaping in the dark alley of pointless experiment. Orchestral in 'The Illogical Song', collage like in 'The Edie Three Step' or a simple rhythm machine in 'The Honeythief'. Beequeen does all, and with great care and seemingly ease. This album features also the help of Barry Gray, former (and first) guitarist of The Legendary Pink Dots, and would not have been the album that is without the invaluable production skills of Erik Drost. Important-177 CD $12.25 Beequeen Sandancing Demos PS, US Limited edition of 300 copies in heavy duty screen printed jackets by Monoroid. The Sandancing Demos 10", as it's title suggests, contains the original ideas that birthed Beequeen's wonderful new album Sandancing. Original versions, rough mixes & home demos plus an unreleased track. Important-186 10 $14.75 Belong Colorloss Record PS, US While BELONG still considers these cover songs, what we are presented with are shells, the ghosts of what we think we know about such a fleeting medium as music in the first place. And like the title implies, the music sounds weathered, a faded version of some original we might only imagine. As a record of covers, it sounds like the sonic palimpsest that it is exactly. On "Colorloss", one finds a humble treatment of the hierarchy of sounds. It is the equal attention given to each sound and its place in the mix that makes this a true musical democracy where each element shines in its own way, while propping up the others in a puzzle that would charm Archimedes. A wash of fuzz finds itself meandering thru a track holding hands with the vocals, the space between a breathe before the next submergence. What we have as a result is work of such staggering beauty and melodic thoughtfulness to stop KEVIN SHIELDS in his tracks at the wonder of it. And while the instrumentation and means might be different, this is a music that has as much in common with late 20th-century composition in the vein of JOHN CALE or TONY CONRAD as it does with the soundscapes of WILLIAM BASINSKI or MY BLOODY VALENTINE. St.Ives-017 LP $11.50 Big Sleep Sleep Forever PS, US Tighter, more focused & heavier than before, w/o losing any of the energy. It's guitar rock w/ a heavy dose of noise, & a big focus on rhythm. It's loud because the music needs to be felt. FrenchKiss CD $13.25 Bitcrush Epilogue in Waves PS, US '"Epilogue in Waves" is the third album from n5MD main-man Mike Cadoo's ever evolving Bitcrush moniker. The album is the soundtrack to a story which begins with a sense of hope, but whose undercurrents pull you to the end you feared. Epilogue in Waves marks the end of Cadoo's "wading in the ocean" thematic metaphor for lost time that constituted the backbone of his previous album, "In Distance." As his self-described "rock record," the album eschews some of Cadoo's previous electronic methodologies for a more stripped-down songwriting style which utilizes only guitars, basses and drums. This experiment in the basics has led to a sonically rich release that still contains those warm musical crevices to find solace in. Epilogue in Waves will please fans of previous works by Bitcrush as well as neophytes to Cadoo's brand of emotional and sometimes epic songwriting. n5MD-156 CD $12.00 Blood On The Wall Liferz PS, US NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!! "Liferz" is a portrait of a band at the top of their game - somehow they have managed to get even more "awesomer". TheSocialRegistry-060 LP $10.25 Boeoes Kaelstigen Pan European PS, SWEDEN "The music is sharp-edged, a suggestive hybrid of minimal, luxurious Giorgio Moroder Italo and melodramatic black and white air busses. Boeoes Kaelstigen's beats and desolate keyboard lines makes you long for a future in the sign of modernity." Adrian-12 12 $10.50 Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Jagjaguwar LP $11.50 Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago PS, US This debut is centered around a particular aesthetic; Justin Vernon, the primary force behind Bon Iver, moved to a remote cabin in the woods of Northwestern Wisconsin at the onset of winter, alone for three months. This solitary time fed a bold, uninhibited new musical focus. All his personal trouble, lack of perspective, heartache, longing, love, loss, and guilt that had been stockpiled over the past six years was suddenly purged into song. The NY Times called this record "irresistible", and it was given a "Recommeded" rating by Pitchfork. RIYL: Iron & Wine, M. Ward, and Elliott Smith. Jagjaguwar CD $11.50 Boris Statement PS, US They return w/ their first non-collaborative recordings in 2 yrs! The new track "Statement" is a preview of things to come on their forthcoming full-length album: "Smile" to be released by Southern Lord near the end of April 2008! The B side "Floorshaker" is excl. to this vinyl & will NOT be available anywhere else. SouthernLord 45 $5.00 Bow Street Runners S-T PS, US 1996 reissue. "Flushed from Fayetteville, North Carolina -- where they thought they could remain comfortably obscure -- by our release of their only album, the Runners have recently re-surfaced. Issued in ultra-limited quantity by B.T. Puppy in 1970 -- and now changing hands for sums more familiar to NASDAQ -- this is an otherworldly blend of sweet female blotter acid harmonies, hypnotic Farfisa and high-octane fuzz guitar histrionics." Sundazed CD $13.25 Boy Omega Hope On The Horizon PS, SPAIN On "Hope on the Horizon", Boy Omega (Swedish genius Martin Henrik Gustafsson) follows up his critically acclaimed 2006-albums "The Black Tango" and "The Grey Rainbow", with yet another impressive collection of songs that showcase the growth of his songwriting. As always when you hear a new Boy Omega-record, there's something new going on. This time it's a lot less electronic than before. This is something warm and analog, featuring big walls of strings, horns, acoustic pianos etc. It sounds melancholic and drenched with the bitter beauty of life. Besides from recording "Hope...", releasing two albums, a tour-cd (feat. 15 rare tracks and covers), two singles, the split CD "If we were oceans" and appearing on the Magnetic Fields tribute CD "Our love is meaningless", Boy Omega also managed to play more than 60 shows in 2006. Germany, Austria, The Netherlands and the UK were frequently visited. In the summer they played the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, The End of the road festival in the UK along with artists such as Ryan Adams, Ed Harcourt and Badly Drawn Boy. They also did shows together with Isobel Campbell, Akron/Family, The Hidden Cameras and Jason Collett. "Fans of Sufjan Stevens and Elliott Smith will feel a kinship to these allusive tunes ... A fascinating series of snapshots, both disarming and engaging ... something incredibly fragile and perfectly crafted." - UNCUT "Sad songs and little-boy-lost vocals recall Bright Eyes, but his settings are all his own, mixing lo-fi sensibilities with gnarly electronics, warm cellos, lustrous violins, banjo and sax to lush effect ... One to watch." - THE INDEPENDENT "Naked and bare but still powerful, and not self-pitiful as so many others in the same genre." - GROOVE Acuarela-1079 CD $13.50 Bridal Shop, The From Seas PS, US The Bridal Shop is a new young band emerging from the fertile land of Sweden, and From Seas is the result of a year spent painstakingly crafting perfect pop songs. Inspired by New Order and shoegaze bands like Field Mice and The Radio Dept, From Seas features prerecorded drum beats and delicate female vocals that date the band, whose true loves are bands from the 1980s. These seven songs are solid all the way through, and are sure to break hearts! SCATTERBRAIN: "If you're a fan of almost anything Sarah Records put out, especially bands like Blueboy and Brighter, then you'll probably love this." MagicMarker CD $11.00 Brotzmann, Peter & Uuskyla Born Broke PS, US PETER BROTZMANN (tenor sax/clarinet) & PEETER UUSKYLA (drums) have once again joined forces & spirits picking up where their trio w/ Peter Friis-Nielsen left off & whose only known competition in the field is Vandermark & Nilssen-Love's Dual Pleasure implosion unit. A fresh double dose of soul purge from free men. Atavistic-185 DCD $17.25 C.A. Quintet Trip Thru Hell PS, US 2 LP version, deluxe gatefold packaging, 1996 reissue; originally released 1968. "Something very, very strange was afoot in the Midwest during the '60s, and we're not talking about David Letterman's stint as a local TV weatherman. While L.A. was tiptoeing through the tulips, New York was groovin' and London was electrifying bananas, these brainiacs were booking a journey to Hades. Get your contact high from a safe distance with this intense, fuzz-ridden passel of ones and zeros. Our package contains the entire mind-bent original album plus bonus cuts, and a gatefold sleeve jammed with rare photos and notes, and more!" Sundazed DLP $19.75 C.A. Quintet Trip Thru Hell PS, US 1995 reissue of this Mpls. garage rock "classic", originally issued as a private press LP in 1968. "Something very, very strange was afoot in the Midwest during the '60s, and we're not talking about David Letterman's stint as a local TV weatherman. While L.A. was tiptoeing through the tulips, New York was groovin' and London was electrifying bananas, these brainiacs were booking a journey to Hades. Get your contact high from a safe distance with this intense, fuzz-ridden passel of ones and zeros. Our package contains the entire mind-bent original album plus 12 bonus cuts, a fat booklet jammed with rare photos and notes, and more!" Sundazed CD $17.75 Canisius, Keith Ferris Wheel Makeout PS, JAPAN Multi-instrumentalist, singer & producer Keith Canisius (main composer in RUMSKIB) puts a personal twist on classic shoegaze and dreampop with his creative playfulness and multi-layered compositions. Ferris Wheel Makeout, his solo debut, is a dizzying good dream affair stacked with strong melodies and excellent guitar work. Local friend Jonas Munk (aka Manual) helps out with drum programming and post production for the finishing touches. Altogether a mix that the shoegazers and dreampoppers out there will love, as will fans of Rumskib, Manual, Ulrich Schnauss, Cocteau Twins, MBV & Serena Maneesh. Quince-58 CD $13.50 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Dust Sucker PS, UK Previously on CD, now on vinyl for the first time. "The new Ozit vinyl sets are all deluxe in terms of packaging, gatefold sleeves with PVC protective covers and all 180 gram vinyl based on the Simply Vinyl type of special vinyl re-issues. These sets are limited to 1000 copies only worldwide and will not be around for too long. This 2LP set includes the 12 tracks from the Captain's own tape of the original Bat Chain Puller album (you will never have heard these tracks in this quality). When Mojo did a feature recently on classic lost albums, this was one of the main albums featured. There are a further 7 extra tracks, including 5 live recordings of tracks from 'Bat Chain Puller,' plus a version of 'Well Well Well' featuring Rockette Morton and a live festival performance of 'My Human Gets Me Blues.' Ozit DLP $25.00 Cave Hunt Like the Devil PS, US New project form Warhammer 48K mastermind COOPER. Space rock rifffs, squalls of guitar freak-outs, repetititeve & hypnotic grooves and chanting, cult like vocals. LIMITED to 500, includes a FREE cd of the lp. Southern LP $13.50 Club 8 Club 8 + 2 PS, SWEDEN Reissue. Labrador is proud to present the second of four CD album re-issues by Sweden's melancholic pop heroes. Club 8s self-titled third is released with original artwork and two (2) bonus tracks. It took three years from the previous album "The friend I once had" to the release of "Club 8" and listening to the albums after one and another it's obvious how much they'd changed in absence. This album definitely moved the band in a new direction. And you can tell directly from the first song on "Club 8". "Love in december" is breathtaking, soulful pop imbued by dark Scandinavian winter atmosphere and bittersweet melancholy. "If a lover's arms were as soft and sultry as the music on Club 8, returning to them again and again would pose little conflict, and the same goes for slipping into Club 8." ROLLING STONE Labrador-018R CD $13.50 Club 8 Spring Came, Rain Fell + 5 PS, SWEDEN Reissue. Labrador is proud to announce the third of four CD album re-issues by Sweden's kings & queens of happysad indie pop. Club 8s third album "Spring came, rain fell" is released with original artwork and five (5) bonus tracks. "Spring came, rain fell" was the start of a whole new era for Club 8. They had just bought their own recording equipment and started the now famous Summersound Studio together with fellow band Acid House Kings and from this a whole new level of creativity emerged. You can tell Club 8 enjoyed their newly found freedom with a studio of thier own. "Spring came, rain fell" is sparkling of experimental lust. Without ever losing their touch for seductive pop melodies Club 8 here produces songs and sounds ranging from dub and electronica to smokey trip hop and folky and acoustic pop. They did everything just because they could do it and because they loved doing. "Club 8 use the studio to bring the best out in every song ... shafts of melodica shine a light through Komstedt's dewy fatalism. It may be bleak, but you can't stop returning." - MOJO "As summer slips away, wallow in some Scandinavian sadness with this Swedish duo's wonderfully soothing (UK) début." - TIME OUT (London) Labrador-022R CD $13.50 Club 8 The Friend I Once Had + 6 PS, SWEDEN Reissue. With a glittery mix of jangly guitars, bossa nova and sophisticated, melancholic pop melodies, "The Friend I Once Had" was a big step forwards for Club 8. Their debut album "Nouvelle" may be regarded, as a twee pop classic by some but the band would happily rather bury most the songs under a rock. This is the album they wish was their debut. "All bubble-pop, break beats, and xylophones, Friend I Once Had was a step forward from the fey gestures Club 8 had once been known for." ALL MUSIC GUIDE "...showcases lusher, bouncier songs suitable for both easy listening and sophisticated grooving .... music that you will immediately cherish..." CMJ "It is absolutely essential to own at least one Lp by this group. I'd probably suggest this one as the place to start, but you really can't go wrong." 10 + INDIESPINZONE "The friend I once had" was not only a first step towards the band's characteristically elegant, yet melancholic, "Club 8 - sound"; it was a step towards a much bigger (and possibly wider) audience. The album gained critical success and reached thousands of new listeners in the US, Europe and Japan and they even had a minor hit with the single "Missing you". Ironically, this is the only song from the album parts of the band can no longer stand. "The Friend I Once Had" celebrates 10 years and remains a minor Swedish pop classic. A must have for just about anyone genuinely interested in quality POP. Labrador-004R CD $13.50 Club 8 Strangely Beautiful + 5 PS, SWEDEN Reissue. Labrador is proud to present the fourth of four CD album re-issues by one of Sweden's most influential indie pop bands. Club 8s fifth album "Strangely beautiful" is released with original artwork and nothing less than five (5) bonus tracks. "Strangely beautiful" was the last of three albums in Club 8's productive peak between 2001 and 2003. Within a time frame of less than two years the band managed to release three full-length albums and two Eps without ever losing on quality. Quite the opposite, "Strangely beautiful" was by many considered their best album to date. "Strangely Beautiful is Club 8's best and most varied record to date...on this album, the band's trademark blend of soft indie pop guitars, perky dance beats, melancholy synthesizers, and sweet and innocent vocals remains intact, but Johan Angergard, the chief architect of Club 8's sound, seems to have spent some effort trying to expand their sound a little. The work pays off handsomely and the album sounds full of life and energy." ALL MUSIC Their previous album "Spring came, rain fell" had been a very diverse history ranging from electronica and dub to acoustic pop. Therefor it came natural for Club 8 to move in the opposite direction on their next album and make a more homogeneous album. "Strangely beautiful" mostly revolved around guitar based and melancholic pop music. But there was, as always, tracks that stood out as completely different from the rest. And in typical Club 8 manner this track, "Saturday night engine", was chosen to be the single. This noisy and Northern Soul-inspired track was a clear forerunner to The Legends "Up against the Legends". But that's another story. Labrador-037R CD $13.50 Cobain, Kurt About a Son PS, US "Extraordinary!"-Salon. Deeply personal portrait using his own words & voice. Based on more than 25 hours of previously unheard audiotaped interviews conducted with Cobain by music journalist Michael Azerrad for his book ""Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana." In the film, Kurt recounts his own life - from his childhood and adolescence to his days of musical discovery and later dealings with explosive fame - and offers often piercing insights into his life, music, and times. The conversations heard in the film have never before been made public & they reveal a highly personal portrait of an artist much discussed but not particularly well understood. 97 mins. Shout!Factory DVD $14.00 Coltrane, John Turning Point PS, UK Over the all too brief 40 years of his life, John Coltrane had a profound and far-reaching effect on the world of jazz and beyond. Yet acclaimed as he already was after spells as a sideman with giants such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, it was only in 1957 that his musical vision began to truly find focus. The "spiritual awakening" of which he spoke prompted him to make wholesale changes in his lifestyle. Out, went the bad habits that had made many fears for his life, to be replaced by an all-consuming quest to make music that transcended national and cultural boundaries, bringing both player and listener to a state of connectedness with God. This edition illustrates that landmark year with selections from four important sessions; collaborations and first dates as leader with Tadd Dameron, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan and Red Garland. The listener will find abundant evidence of one of jazz's undisputed greats demonstrating total mastery of the music that succored him through his early years - blues, swing, bebop - and already beginning to hunger for fresh challenges. Coltrane's eclectic attitudes, encouraged by his friendship with Ravi Shankar, would soon inspire The Byrds ('Eight Miles High'), Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Tom Verlaine, The Stooges. Mating Call / Soultrane / On A Misty Night / Eclypso / Solacium / Bakai / While My Lady Sleeps / Chronic Blues / You Leave Me Breathless / Soft Lights And Sweet Music / Slow Dance. FiveFour-027 CD $15.50 Company Old Baby PS, US "Old Baby" is the latest record from COMPANY, a songwriting collective and rock band rooted in folk, punk, country, and psychedelic traditions. Evocative guitars, dynamic rhythms, uplifting harmonies, and lyrics by turns incisive and insightful interweave to create a homespun sound that is as striking as it is familiar. In these songs, simplicity shimmers, dreams pack the punch of hard facts, and the human heart is laid bare, weird, defiant, and lovely. BrahRecords/JagJaguwar-012 CD $11.50 Contents Are, The Through You PS, GERMANY The Contents Are: Dave Neumann (guitar, vocals); Paul Staack (drums, vocals); Larry Smith (bass, vocals); and Craig Hute (lead guitar, vocals) from Iowa. The Contents Are were one of many '60s bands from the Quad City's fertile garage music scene. With labels/studios like Fredlo and IGL, it was a very healthy regional area for bands with an unusually high per capita for record releases. Up until the recent discovery of an original copy a couple years ago, it was only rumored to exist and remained an enigma with hardcore record collectors. In most cases, The Contents Are were only known by astute collectors for their two excellent 45 releases (non-LP). Well the mystery is over, and here's your chance to hear one of the most rare and greatest garage records ever recorded. Here's the story about the record: four high school seniors from Iowa decide to release an album of all original tunes, exclusively sold at their live shows. Originally released on the Rok label (a subsidiary of the already obscure Fredlo label) in 1967 with only 100 copies pressed. These guys were not your typical garage band - talented players, professional grade vocalists and no cover songs! Their music is a nice blend of garage rock with hints of hipster folk and early psychedelic influences. As good if not better as other similar top-shelf rarities like Mystery Meat and the Bachs, but without a major quantity release, making original copies of their recordings ten times rarer. Get it or miss it! CD jewel case with 8-page booklet, plus 4 bonus non-LP tracks from singles. Shadoks-090 CD $16.25 Cryptacize Dig That Treasure PS, US Every song on "Dig That Treasure" is a miniature journey, a free fantasia, a dreamy habitat built out of the minimum of material. Sudden rhythmic gestures and frequent key changes will leave you feeling pleasantly disorientated in a song. But trust your tour-guides! You might feel as if you've come across a small tribe that speaks an unstudied language, and miraculously, find that you can speak it too! "Dig That Treasure" is humbly inspired by the larger-than-life emotions of West Side Story, the joyfully percussive guitar gospel of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Wizard of Oz's bittersweet escapism, the other-world sentimentality of Sun Ra's Spaceship Lullaby, and Henry Cowell's ethereal piano string strumming. AsthmaticKitty-38 LP $10.25 Cryptacize Dig That Treasure PS, US Every song on "Dig That Treasure" is a miniature journey, a free fantasia, a dreamy habitat built out of the minimum of material. Sudden rhythmic gestures and frequent key changes will leave you feeling pleasantly disorientated in a song. But trust your tour-guides! You might feel as if you've come across a small tribe that speaks an unstudied language, and miraculously, find that you can speak it too! "Dig That Treasure" is humbly inspired by the larger-than-life emotions of West Side Story, the joyfully percussive guitar gospel of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Wizard of Oz's bittersweet escapism, the other-world sentimentality of Sun Ra's Spaceship Lullaby, and Henry Cowell's ethereal piano string strumming. AsthmaticKitty-38 CD $11.50 Danava UnonoU PS, US VINYL!!! Kemado DLP $21.75 Davies, Ray Working Man's Cafe PS, US Very enjoyable new solo album from Kinks frontman. NewWest CD $17.25 Dead Science Tomlab Alphabet Series: V PS, US The "V" single, and the two songs contained therein, will be a sort of satellite of THE DEAD SCIENCE'S next album, "Villainaire", a record dealing with a very specific period of time in singer Sam Mickens' life and, more generally, in the embrace of personal nihilism and the potential psychic luxury of amorality. The A-Side, "Make Mine Marvel (Remix)" will be, in the style of R. Kelly's remix work, a completely new song, with completely new melodic and lyrical content, built on components of the original "make Mine Marvel" which will appear on "Villainaire". The B-Side, "White Mane," was a song initially intended and recorded for the album, but which will be exclusively here instead. "White Mane" is, in fragmentary and impressionistic fashion, about the American film actor Robert Blake, both in his own recent life and in terms of his relationship to certain past roles. Tomlab-104V 45 $5.40 Denny, Sandy S-T PS, US Perhaps the greatest British folk singer of all time, she first came to prominence in the quintessential British folk band, the Fairport Convention. Her singing and songwriting took the band to unimaginable heights and proved her to be a true talent of the last century. After leaving Fairport in 1970, she continued to produce solo work. Sandy, released in 1972, is her second post-Fairport release and her pre-eminent solo effort. Featuring two bonus tracks from the soundtrack of the movie Pass Of Arms." 180 gram virgin vinyl. VinylLovers LP $28.00 Diamond, Neil Velvet Gloves and Spit PS, UK Somewhere between his stint as a successful Brill Building songwriter (his songs 'I'm A Believer' and 'A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You' became mega-hits for The Monkees) cum-fledgling solo artist (scoring US hits with 'Solitary Man', 'Kentucky Woman' and 'Cherry, Cherry') and his world-conquering 1970s solo career, Brooklyn-born Neil Diamond released a string of inauspicious, low-selling albums in something more akin to a singer-songwriter/troubadour style. Velvet Gloves And Spit, recorded in New York before Diamond had perfected the Memphis-helmed sound of his subsequent hits, was his first for new label Uni and appeared in 1968 to little acclaim. However, following the single success of 'Shilo' in 1970, the song was tacked onto the album and it was reissued in a new sleeve. Stylistically, the album covers the whole spectrum of contemporary sounds from romantic ballads to tongue-in-cheek social commentary to brash pop gems not unlike his mid-'60s Brill Building output. TRACKS: Two-Bit Manchild, A Modern Day Version Of Love, Honey- Drippin' Times, Pot Smoker's Song, Brooklyn Roads, Shilo (Re-Recording), Sunday Sun, Holiday Inn Blues, Practically Newborn, Knackelflerg, Merry-Go-Round. Rev-Ola-238 CD $15.50 Dirtbombs, The We Have You Surrounded PS, US PS, US Jam-packed w/ more of their soulful, Detroit-style, fuzztone fueled garage-punkpop- rock 'n' roll that has made them a popular favorite w/ club-goers around the globe. This record carries on the tradition w/ fantastic takes on songs by comic artist Alan Moore, stalwarts Dead Moon, & labelmates Sparks. That said, the originals here are what you really want to write home about. From the Stooge-oid "Ever Lovin' Man" to the finger-poppin' "Indivisible" to the extendo free-form psych jam of "Race To The Bottom" to the Euro-pop of "La Fin Du Monde" InTheRed CD $14.25 DJ Donna Summer Panther Tracks PS, UK He's back! It's been 2 years since Jason Forrest released his last full-length album, and 5 years since he's released as Donna Summer. So now he's back, this time with the slightly different moniker (DJ Donna Summer) and his first release for his own Cock Rock Disco label. Just as "Shamelessly Exciting" was a record that mixed different genres into a new mash of sampled sounds, "Panther Tracks" is a record comprised of different styles of dance music made solely with the intention to get people moving! From Booty to Breakcore, Happy Hardcore to Hardstyle, Techno to B'more Club Music, Forrest has it in there! Initially begun as a sort of remix record, "Panther Tracks" builds heavily on a variety of sampled heroes. One can hear Dj Chip and Dj Technics form the skeleton of more booty oriented tracks like "Peepers" and "Boomshakalaka". While some live recordings (on cassette) of old-school Uk Breakbeat Rave festivals by DJ Slipmat, Ratpack, and Ellis D are reconstructed to make new Breakcore styled dance tracks. Traces of Hardstyle, Techno and a whole lot of Breakcore yield such gems as "Party People", "Get Down" and "Rock Rock Rock". No style too hard or too cheesy to learn from, "Panther Tracks" is like the ultimate Rave; it's fun, slightly crazy, and will keep you dancing all night long. CockRockDisco-018 CD $17.75 Dolly Rocker Movement, The Electric Sunshine PS, AUSTRALIA And now for something a little different; Sydney's DOLLY ROCKER MOVEMENT are equal parts VELVET UNDERGROUND, BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE and georgeous west-coast folk. Blending quaint psychedelia and haunting jabs of love, DOLLY ROCKER MOVEMENT pervade a space in your brain that's reserved for acid. [As heard on Australia's TripleJ radio.] "WHY ISN'T ANY BAND IN AMERICA MAKING MUSIC THIS BEAUTIFUL" GREG SHAW (RIP) BOMP. OffTheHip-7031 CD $12.25 Dolly Rocker Movement, The Purple Journey Into the Mod Machine PS, AUSTRALIA Hailing from Sydney the Dolly Rocker Movement have developed a style and sound bearing a true influence of late 60's garage, psychedelia and freakbeat, with splashes of west coast folk. ...this album promises to be just as popular with the critics and paisley-clad-gentle-people. OffTheHip-7036 CD $12.25 Dot Tape Dot Tomavistas: (Selected Rarities 2002-2007) PS, US Daniel Romero is a multi-faceted musician based in Asturias, north of Spain. In a very short time he has molded a very personal discourse based on constructing low-budget electronic pop with lo-fi, toy instruments, combined with stunning homemade visuals. "Tomavistas" is something like an old video camera - literally taking in and recording the landscapes of contemplative, visual sound. It is a collection of Daniel Romero's rarities and personal favorites recorded as dot tape dot, spanning the years 2002 - 2007. "Tomavistas" is born of love of the domestic flavor of the "underground" and the pleasure derived spending time making music for this scene. Considering the difficulty for listeners to find these tracks, it became time to compile them along with other, little known pieces and clears out space for a new personal stockpile to be built. These 12 tracks are taken from limited edition compilations, vinyl only releases and "unofficial" albums, from labels in France, Germany, Spain, Japan, Mexico, UK and Canada. This collection is intended to serve as a retrospective for fans, highlighting different musical stages, or a perfect introduction for new listeners, revealing a background upon which to consider future output. 1. Come to me 2. Df fragment 3. Rosa Luxemburger 4. Slow Birds For Mayo T 5. Miracolo a Milano 6. A Russian Poet 7. Pal Talk 2 (morning) 8. Rounded Tree 9. Ventano 10. Disaster 11. Making Waves 12. With Paul (Bluehouse Edit) OtherElectricites-012 CD $12.25 Doubtful Guest Acid Sauna PS, US This debut ushers in a new era of acid. Gone are the electro party jams, gone is the funky squiggle. This dark, suffocating stuff is full of nightmares & claustrophobic details that send shivers up one's spine. Not afraid to show her classical upbringing (she trained as an opera singer) & jazz heritage (granddaughter of J.B. Floyd), Libby Floyd infuses the rave sound w/ doom & dread. PlanetMu CD $16.00 Doubtful Guest Acid Sauna PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! PlanetMu 3XLP $18.75 Dreamers, The Day For Night PS, SWEDEN The Dreamers are an Anglo/Swedish duo featuring Sarah Nyberg Pergament (Action Biker) and Kevin Wright (Always and Mr. Wright, on él, Le Grand Magistery and Siesta). After meeting at a Swedish music festival in 2004, the pair began making music together via London, Stockholm and Helsinki, and fusing jazz pop, bossanova, and soundtrack music. With "Day for Night" the Dreamers have made--to paraphrase Michel Legrand on Tom Jobim- the sad music that makes the world a better place. Influences: Stan Tracey, Caetano Veloso, Colleen, Francoise Hardy, Kryzystof Komeda, Matching Mole, Anna Karina, Bill Evans, Monica Zetterlund, Nara Leao, Bernard Herrmann, Nico... "[A] male/female duo with the vocal texture and cadence of Broadcast's Trish Keenan, but with its own musicality, personality and atmosphere set in a breeze-blown, sun-drenched pasture, the record is really charming and full of self-assured confidence - light on its feet in that Brazilian way and positive in that modern indie way, but solid and thoughtfully written. The Dreamers are very easy to like but definitely not just another guilty pleasure." - Other Music, NYC FriendlyNoise-055 CD $13.50 Duffy, Stephen & The Lilac Time Runout Groove PS, UK 2007 release, the first output from the band in over five years. The Lilac Time was formed by the man known as 'Tin Tin' in the 80's, Stephen Duffy ('Kiss Me') with his brother Nick and their ranks have increased to six members with this album. It's Stephen Duffy's first set of recordings since taking over as prime songwriting collaborator with British superstar Robbie Williams and another previous pairing with Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes as The Devils. The band of course still includes brother Nick as well as singer and multi-instrumentalist Claire Worrall along with Folk-Jazz luminary and former member of Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated and co-founder of Pentangle, Danny Thompson. 12 tracks. Fruitcake CD $16.25 East Of Eden Mercator Projected PS, UK A milestone in the birth of "progressive" rock, East of Eden's debut album, "Mercator Projected" has been cited by Mojo magazine as a minor masterpiece. Released on the legendary Deram label in 1969, the album established East of Eden as a major act, particularly in France, where the band had several Top Ten singles and major album success. An imaginative fusion of jazz, psychedelia and world music, "Mercator Projected" has been remastered from the original master tapes and features twenty minutes of bonus material, including previously unreleased extended demo versions of 'Waterways' and 'In The Stable of the Sphynx' and East of Eden's take on The Byrds' classic 'Eight Miles High'. All original artwork has been restored and the booklet features many unseen photographs and memorabilia. EsotericRecordings-2033 CD $20.25 East Of Eden Snafu PS, UK East of Eden's second album, "Snafu" was originally released in 1970 by Deram Records and saw the band take their particular fusion of jazz, psychedelia, world music and even blue beat, one step further. As ever, the instrumental prowess of Dave Arbus on violin dominated the music, leading eventually to Arbus playing the infamous violin solo on "Baba O'Reilly" by The Who. "Snafu" was the result of many months in the studio, before being shelved in favor of starting work on a fresh project. This Esoteric Recordings reissue has been remastered from the original master tapes and features many unreleased bonus tracks, including five previously unreleased tracks from the aborted album sessions and alternate demo and single versions of their 1971 hit, "Jig-A-Jig". An extensive essay features interviews and previously unseen photographs. EsotericRecordings-2034 CD $20.25 Egg The Polite Force PS, UK This now legendary debut album by Egg featured the talents of Dave Stewart on Keyboards, Mont Campbell on Bass and Clive Brooks on Drums. Egg was associated with the so-called "Canterbury" style of rock music pioneered by artists such as Caravan and Soft Machine. The trio produced music of startling originality and energy, drawing on influences ranging from rock to jazz to psychedelia to classical. This fusion resulted in some of the most enduring releases to appear on Decca's Deram and Nova imprints and are now critically regarded as some of the more unique albums of the early 1970's. Egg's classic second album is re-mastered from the original tapes and appears alongside the reissue of "Egg". With these releases, the entire EGG back catalogue is now available on Esoteric Recordings. EsotericRecordings-2036 CD $20.25 Enduser Left PS, US END.USER is one of the cornerstones of the modern eclectic electronic music. Support from BBC Radio's Mary Anne Hobbs and a list of DJs too long to fit on a one sheet, from many different genres, and releases across many platforms have built him into a juggernaut. A usually prolific artist, having recorded for Hymen, Ad Noiseam, Sublight, Cargo, and many others, he took 2007 off, working on something very special - his debut album on Ohm Resistance. Having relocated to San Francisco, a new lease on his creative power is demonstrated adroitly over the entire album. Album: left shows the most range of END.USER's album making career. Intensely personal, intensely musical, and just plain INTENSE at points, the album showcases a spectacular array of skills across the board. From radio play material ("black light") with Aussie vocalist Sol Thomas, to collaborations with and remixes by influential electronic acts SCORN and COUNTERSTRIKE, to absolutely stunning, no boundaries drum n bass, the album is diverse and full of powerful compositions. Compelling from start to finish, left is the culmination of more than a year's work. Label: Ohm Resistance is Brooklyn's premier experimental electronic label. Loaded with power, from Scorn, to Bill Laswell's Method of Defiance, to Enduser and Submerged, the label has transformed from drum n bass 12" powerhouse to cutting edge electronic project pioneer. OhmResistance-07 CD $12.25 English, Lawrence/Ai Yamamoto Plateau PS, US Over the past three years Ai Yamamoto and Lawrence English have been exploring the ideas and linkages between field recordings, texture and minimal electronics. Occasionally crossing paths around Australia and sharing the odd live performance together, the duo realized they shared a strong interest in the character of sound and the creation of sonic works that carry a strong sense of suggested narrative and memory (both invented and real). On Plateau, they create evocative and generously textured passages of sound that mask gentle field recordings collected across the globe including Yamamoto's home prefecture of Nara, Japan where English also spent time. Considered In worldwide as the "Bible" of modern, cutting edge and new music and in publication now for over 20 years is the U.K. monthly magazine, The Wire, here is what they had to say upon review of "Plateau" in the February 2006 edition: A man of many collaborations, Lawrence English joins fellow Australian sound artist Ai Yamamoto for Plateau, a somber album of impressionist fragments connected more by mood and ambience than by movement and composition. As in his previous work with Tujiko Noriko DJ Olive and Philip Samartzis, English applies a considerable amount of DSP-distilled polish to the ensuing sounds, whether they are textured field recordings, rasping tam-tams or post-Eno dronescapes. Considering that Plateau jumps from tonefloat shimmer to wintry Durutti Column guitar flourishes to a music box palindrome and back to a bout of ominous minimalism, English's production serves to encase the entire album with a consistent aura. Plateau's numerous stylistic transitions and melodic interludes never veer far from a compelling if fragile melancholy. Phonostatique-007 CD $15.00 Envy Compiled Fragments 1997-2003 PS, US Celebrating the release of their incendiary new EP, "Abyssal", and in conjunction with their forthcoming North American tour, TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED is proud to re-introduce the lion's share of ENVY'S colossal back catalog. Along with their second and third albums - "All the Footprints You've Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead" and "A Dead Sinking Story", respectively - we are happy to finally bring you "Compiled Fragments 1997-2003". This collection of singles, rare tracks and unreleased gems maps Envy's storied transformation from pioneering spastic hardcore to masters of exquisite, triumphant doom. Originally released in 2003 on the group's own SONZAI RECORDS in Japan, this album has never been available in North America, and has never been previously released on vinyl. TemporaryResidenceLtd.-130 CD $9.00 Envy Compiled Fragments 1997-2003 PS, US CVINYL VERSION!!! TemporaryResidenceLtd.-130 DLP $14.25 Erickson, Roky & the Explosives Halloween: Live 1979-1981 PS, US Live stuff from a key period for this Texan psych guitar great. Steadyboy CD $15.75 Exillon It's Ok To Dance PS, GERMANY Exillon brings acid to IDM, speeds things up several notch, and bombs the dance floor with a high energy album of catchy twisted club tunes. Tapping on his high production skills, "It's OK to Dance" brings back life to twisted beats and complex rhythms and does it all with a smile. It's OK to take the acid test, and certainly impossible to resist. In 2006, Exillon had helped bear the grief of IDM with "The Keening Dithers", an album which brilliantly closed chapters both for this musician and for the kind of music he had been known for. Two years later, the keening has dithered for good, and Jay Fields (Exillon) has taken his art from the moody, glitchy and modest waters of his past electronica to more daring, club-oriented and uplifting ones. It might have to do with Jay Field's relocation to San Francisco, with a more energetic, dance floor-friendly trend in electronic music or just with the evolution of an artist per se; "It's OK To Dance" is a CD in which the clear, sharp and flowing sounds that Exillon has been using since his Debut in the early 200os get mixed and mashed in a lively, bouncy way. A party album for raving robots, this album is the meeting point of Exillon's hi-fi sounds and production and a deliciously retro, 90's acid sensibility. Not satisfied with just reviving the acid sound (something which has been done by many, without much soul or innovation), Exillon makes this sound his, and draws from his experience as a beat & tone trickster to bake a whole new recipe altogether. Mixing the best of both worlds, Jay Fields reclaims the dance floor, and manages to entertain his audience without insulting the brain (something which over the year has almost become an Ad Noiseam motto). Good trip guaranteed and yes, it is really OK to dance. AdNoiseam-086 CD $15.50 Fassler, Silvia & Billy Roisz Skylla PS, US This is the long-awaited debut collaboration between these long time associates of Viennese subculture; Silvia in various curatorial roles & Billy as video artist. Skylla is a monster. A sheering, scathing collision of computer-generated sounds meshed w/ guitar & turntable. The results are intense yet bearable, funny but not stupid. EditionsMego CD $17.00 Few Nolder No Mo PS, US This follows this year's current trend for druggy wonk w/ a simple techno groove w/some floor-fuelling synthline progressions to make your head feel like it's getting smaller. "Brenn," on the flip, is a little more refined, attempting a more streamlined Kompakt or Traum style. PlanetMu 12 $7.25 Fine Arts Showcase, The Sings Rough Bunnies PS, SWEDEN Third album from Gustaf Kjellvander's Fine Arts Showcase, and the follow-up to his 110% brilliant <a href="http://www.parasol.com/catalog/catalog.asp?zoomtitle=75849">'Radiola'</a>. The short version: TFAS covers 11 song by Swedish cult-twee-punk-lofi duo The Rough Bunnies. The bonus, on top of it all, twist to the album is that it is mastered by the legendary Mr Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub! 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 WIRELESS BOLLINGER REVIEW: "But the hook that makes this album fun isn't just the fact that most of the tales told in each song are full of girly sweetness. Rather it's the Fine Arts Showcase sound itself - and in particular, Kjellvander's sensationally produced voice, mixing with the aforementioned feminie splendour of Rough Bunnies' original words, that make it work so well. Instead of coming across as simply a cute, slightly cheeky female pop record, what we've got here is an album by a man who's lovingly singing through diary entries, discovering her fascinations, disappointments, sexuality, crushes - the works. This grown male's perspective on adolescent female territory delivers a fresh-sounding positive romanticism to Sings Rough Bunnies; and it's bloody infectious." Adrian-051 CD $14.00 Fireflies Goodnight Stars, Goodnight Moon PS, SWEDEN Fireflies is Lisle Mitnik. He grew up in the tundras of New England playing classical piano and one day he moved to California to go to school and decided to start writing songs. He bought a porta-studio and started recording, combining his love for lo-fi indie recordings of the 1980s and 90s with his unrefined knowledge of classical arrangement. He try to craft each song into a tiny snow-globe-sized universe you can curl up in and get lost for a little while. We believe that this release will be loved by those who appreciate: The Clientele, Field Mice, Beach Boys, Nick Drake, Galaxie 500, The Cat's Miaow, Her Space Holiday, Nobuo Uematsu, The Softies, Belle & Sebastian, Fransoise Hardy and Trembling Blue Stars. MusicIsMyGirlfriend-014 CD $13.50 Goldfrapp Seventh Tree (DELUXE) PS, US Deluxe Edition features a DVD of behind the scenes footage, videos & interviews, as well as a pull-out poster, postcards and exquisite packaging. Mute CD/DVD $21.00 Goldfrapp Seventh Tree PS, US This is written by Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory & was recorded at their own studio deep in the English countryside. It shimmers & shines w/ the warmth of a hazy summer, an electric whirlpool of sound over which singer Alison Goldfrapp's glistening voice soars. Mute CD $16.00 Gone Epic Trilogy PS, US This is the band's 10th album in more than 20 yrs. It hits the ground running in true GREG GINN fashion, blending heavy guitar w/ funky, jazz infused chords & an edgy, surfer punk vibe. The driving repetition is almost hypnotic, but then, dramatically, it cuts to a groove that puts the FU in funk. Feat. HR on vocals. SST CD $16.00 Grand Archives S-T PS, US While Seattle is famous for many things, sunlight isn't one of them. Yet illumination and warmth suffuse the self-titled debut from this Emerald City quintet. Dark times do not necessarily call for dark music. While singer/ guitarist Mat Brooke's previous ensembles (Band Of Horses, Carissa's Wierd) often shied away from light, he's changed direction with this band. Like the timeless classics of The Mamas & The Papas or The Turtles, it responds to the turbulent times of its genesis with hope, high spirits, and a sense of camaraderie. Subpop CD $12.50 Grand Archives S-T PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Subpop LP $12.50 Growing Lateral PS, US "Lateral'" finds the band reflecting on their past two (may we add highly underrated) albums while gazing to the future with newfound rhythmic motifs and otherworldly heights to their sound sculptures. The textures are warm and inviting, tempting the listener to focus on stunning minimalist changes within GROWING'S dense aural fog. TheSocialRegistry-064 12 $10.25 Growing Lateral PS, US "Lateral'" finds the band reflecting on their past two (may we add highly underrated) albums while gazing to the future with newfound rhythmic motifs and otherworldly heights to their sound sculptures. The textures are warm and inviting, tempting the listener to focus on stunning minimalist changes within GROWING'S dense aural fog. TheSocialRegistry-064 CD5 $7.50 Guapo Elixirs PS, US The album transcends any musical antecedents for which they've been acknowledged in the past. Instead, the music here explores the outermost regions of psychedelic composition. Flickers of Popol Vuh, This Heat, Magma, Third Ear Band, Moondog, & early-70s Miles Davis are present, as the dense orchestration & finespun virtuosity create a richness previously hinted at but until now never fully realized. Neurot-052 CD $14.25 Headlights Some Racing, Some Stopping PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Polyvinyl LP $12.00 Headlights Some Racing, Some Stopping PS, US To fully understand what went into Some Racing, Some Stopping, one must first understand what led up to it. Since Headlights' formation in 2004, the band has toured virtually nonstop, playing over 300 shows in the past two and a half years in support of both its debut The Enemies EP and its stunning 2006 full-length Kill Them With Kindness. Based around Tristan Wraight's acoustic guitar and Erin Fein's keyboards, the songs on Some Racing, Some Stopping purposefully lack much of the spacey atmospherics that define the band's earlier work. Instead the album is steeped in a classic pop sensibility, reminiscent of the '60s, Brill Building song craft, and Phil Spector production. Songs like the chiming, harmonic "Catch Them All," the light and airy "Cherry Tulips," the solemn "January," and the driving, string-touched "Market Girl" are evidence of an album that is more focused than any of the band's past work. Original artwork by Parasol Pal Elzie Sexton (New Ruins). Polyvinyl CD $12.00 Higgins, Gary Red Hash (LP+7") PS, US This is your chance to grab at a letter perfect reproduction of a folk rock classic from the early 1970s. Don't space! DragCity LP $18.00 Higgs, Daniel Plays the Mirror of the Apocalypse and Other Songs PS, US CD version of a previously released limited cassette. Lengthy droning ragas, that drift hypnotically from deconstructed Appalachia to John Cale like slow-shifting skree (joined on those tracks by violin), to moody melancholy crawls, to thick serpentine swirls of snake charmer melody & reverberating steel string shimmer. Raw & lo-fi for sure, but so darkly emotional, & dreamily hypnotic. OpenMouth CD $11.50 Illusion of Safety Quell & Sedate PS, US One of a handful of American icons of experimental music. IOS has performed nearly 200 times in the US, Canada & Europe & has released material on labels such as Silent, Odd Size, Staalplaat, Soleilmoon, Manifold & Tesco. For fans of: Roland Kayn, Zoviet France, Joe Colley, Dead Machines, Hafler Trio, musique concrete. C.I.P. 10 $12.00 Instant Orange S-T PS, GERMANY Besides home to the Hell's Angels, farmers and citrus grooves, San Bernardino, California was also where Instant Orange lived and released their first single in 1968. Terry Walters, Randy Lanier and Lynn McCurdy are Instant Orange with the help of Joe Bianchi and Bob Lautz. The band forged ahead and released another single (1973), album (1973) and two 10" EPs (1974 and 1975). All of their releases were small pressings of 100 copies and to this day, Instant Orange remains virtually unknown. Their homemade sound is a refreshing reflection of the West Coast folk-rock influences that were so prevalent during the '60s and early '70s. All original tracks with inspiration from bands like The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Love, Sandy Bull and others. Songs full of electric and acoustic guitars with nice doses of McGuinnesque 12-string riffing as well as many unexpected surprises (antiquated electronic effects, rambling rural explorations, long jams, experimental moves, stoner banter and other weirdness between songs, caveman fuzz, etc.). A solid listen with enough original imagination to keep it interesting without the band creating an identity crisis by trying too hard to be something other than themselves. Grab this before it becomes elusive like some of San Bernardino's motorcycle riding inhabitants. Shadoks-091 CD $16.25 Joy Division Let The Movie Begin PS, US Deluxe packaging, gatefold sleeves w/ pvc protective covers & 180gm vinyl. Ltd. to 1000 copies worldwide & contains extremely rare audio interviews w/ all members of Joy Division,some of which have never seen the light of day, plus spoken word contribution on 1 number from Martin Hannett along w/ superb & very rare live performance. Ozit DLP $25.00 Kohncke, Justus Safe & Sound PS, US He focuses his work on the instrumental, floor-friendly side of things. These tracks resonate w/ the screams of today's dancefloor, while also feat. his long history of enigmatic dancefloor wisdom. What's new is a certain technoid rigor, a vehement approach to his music that is new to his oeuvre. Kompakt CD $15.50 Kula Shaker Strangefolk [expanded] PS, US New album from British psych-o-nauts, aging gracefully. CookingVinyl CD $15.75 Laven & MSO Reach PS, GERMANY Laven & MSO, the two producers from Frankfurt, put so much pop appeal into the vocal mix of "Reach" (feat. Malte) that colleagues like Fischerspooner should prepare themselves: the whole gorgeous ten minutes of this track have enough power to atomize every nightclub into dust. On the flip is a killer old school acid instrumental. KlangElektronik 12 $9.50 Louris, Gary Vagabonds PS, US Through his two-decade stint as singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of The Jayhawks and as a member of alt-supergroup Golden Smog, Gary Louris has built a deeply compelling body of music whose artistry and integrity has earned him a loyal audience and the respect of critics and his peers. With his solo debut, Vagabonds, Louris steps out to deliver some of his most evocative and personal music yet with the aid of Black Crowes frontman and longtime fan, Chris Robinson, who produced the album's organically soulful performances. Rykodisc CD $16.00 Lowe, Nick Jesus of Cool [Bonus Tracks] (Digipack Packaging) PS, US Reissue of his classic first solo record. Pop record making at it's finest. A must own!! 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of Nick Lowe's seminal 1978 album Jesus of Cool. The album, released in the U.S. as Pure Pop for Now People, marks the beginning of one of the most storied and influential solo careers in pop music and marks the true emergence of a songwriting monolith. The album is a literal compendium of 25 years of pop music history. Here, the sweet melodies of pre-Beatles pop, the energy of the British Invasion, the excess of glam and elements of ska and new wave don t blend but stand side by side on the field of battle, each one willing to lay down his life for the other. Jesus is the crossroads where pop music and pop culture collide, self-aware for the first time, fusing into a white hot chunk of rock n roll energy. Here, on this 30th anniversary edition of the album, the original and U.S. versions of the album are combined to include all material ever available on either release. In addition, seven bonus cuts are included making this the definitive version of this undisputed pop masterpiece. YepRocRecords CD $15.50 Lulu Something To Shout About PS, UK Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie OBE, Glasgow's Princess of Pop, better known to adoring millions as LULU, comes to Rev-Ola! Or rather, we come to her, for we are not worthy! Since storming the charts at the tender age of 15 with The Isley Brothers' classic "Shout!", reinvented in a Brenda Lee-like rasp of amazing power, Lulu has been a star...films, TV Shows, Eurovision, recording pop-art classics and matching the best that Memphis and Muscle Shoals had to offer is all in days work for the Glasgow soul diva. Collaborations with David Bowie, Jennifer Saunders, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Duane Allman, Bert Berns, Take That and the star is always Lulu! Unbelievably, she has charted in five decades... look at the pics and weep! With notes by Brian Hogg, author of All That Ever Mattered, the definitive history of Scottish Rock and pop, this will be a pretty definitive take on Lulu's first hit-making couple of years. **Lulu's first smash album, including all her early monster hits! Rev-Ola-239 CD $15.50 Mancini, Henry Touch Of Evil OST PS, UK "Touch of Evil" is a masterpiece of 20th century cinema: Director Orson Welles' final Hollywood film and regarded as the last great film noir. Stars Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Marlene Dietrich and Welles himself as the crooked police chief Hank Quinlan, who always gets his man even if he has to concoct the evidence to do so! The searing semi-latin rock & roll score is considered (both by critics and the composer) to be one of Henry Mancini's finest. Barney Kessel, who featured on "Pet Sounds" and many of the Phil Spector and Monkeys' hits, plays guitar. Timeless and landmark cinema; the personification of cool. El-134 CD $15.50 Martha & The Vandellas Dance Party PS, US One of the top "girl groups" of all time, they dominated the female side of Motown of the mid 60s & made top ten hits into creations like "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave", "Nowhere To Run", "Honey Chile" & their anthem "Dancing In The Street". This classic '65 release is one of their best full lengths; not only does it feat. the hits, it's also packed w/ Motown dance standards of the day like "Mickey's Monkey", "Hitch Hike" & "The Jerk." Lilith LP $21.50 May or May Not Kaledioscope of Egos PS, US A significant evolution from their first album, skipping around genres like a furious record collector (or digital music pirate, yarr!). Whether it's the psychedelic reminiscing sing-along "Do The Disaster" or the winding, prog-tinged anthem "Lavender Shell" the band's confidence to mine from the past is clear, but all with a fresh outlook for the future. First single "Boots" rides Aaron Brink's atmospheric guitar hooks & the thunderous, double-time drumming of Mike Brunette all the way through the assured singing of Amelia Styer, who shares vocals throughout Kaleidoscope with Maxwell & Reidell. TwoThumbsDown-023 CD $8.50 Mayet, Hisham Musical Brotherhoods: From the Trans-Saharan Highway PS, US Filmed in 2005, predominately at the Jemaa Al Fna in Marrakesh, MorForcecqou, tehnisc iceasptures an assortment of spectacular musical dramas presented live & unfiltered on the home turf of the world's most dynamic string & drum specialists performing & manifesting the ecstatic truth. This is some of the last great street music on Earth. A must-see for string aficionados looking for inspiration as electric ouds, banjos, mandolins & the Gnawa sentir peel flesh from bone right before your eyes! Color; 60 min.; digipak; all-region DVD; NTSC format Sublime DVD $21.50 Megafaun Bury the Square PS, US From the vibrant Southern quasi-capital of Durham emerge MEGAFAUN, wearing earnestness across the chest and abstraction along the sleeves. They pour forth dulcet harmonies, as seeking vocals tug banjo lines up the Appalachian mountains; redemptive noise soaks everything, like thick air wafting from the Atlantic. Clawhammer banjo and strummed acoustics lock and roll with electric guitars and electronic textures. They realize that folk implies deep, personal, intense expression, whether the instrument is a parlor piano with the lid thrown back or a distortion pedal with the case cracked loose. In this band, orthodoxy and unorthodoxy flow together as one. TableoftheElements-815 CD $13.00 Menche, Daniel Glass Forest PS, US Glass Forest is a highly listenable starting point for any newcomers curious about Daniel Menche's vast discography. It is also, according to Menche, the last cd he will release. From now on he'll be releasing his music on LP only or on DVD to accompany films he's been working on. Glass Forest is also the companion release to Body Melt which is being released simultaneously on Important on LP only. Recorded in the winter of 2005, Daniel Menches Glass Forest displays a glistening sound world that finely textured with the most delicate of raw organic sound and chaotic electronic noise. Not at all extreme as with Menches previous work but rather a more subtle presence can be heard here on Glass Forest. Subsonic bass drums crawling underneath a massive sheets of glass-like sound layering infinitely into a thick and dense forest of delicate noise. For fans of Daniel Menche's ambient work and also his loud violent work, Glass Forest fits exactly right in the middle of these two polarities. Important-176 CD $12.25 Menche, Daniel Body Melt PS, US Body Melt is limited to 500 copies only on LP. This is the companion release to the Glass Forest CD being released on Important simultaneously. Both releases are housed in staggeringly unique artwork by Emily. Recorded in the Summer of 2007. Body Melt is a molting and simmering display of furious Hammond Organs & Native American Drums. Daniel Menche manages to merge together the powerfully fuzzed out organ drones along with hypnotically crushing and frenzied drums in a manor that is distinctly the graceful music style of Daniel Menche. Call it trance music for carnivores or ambient music for cannibals. Body Melt sits perfectly thronged on this limited vinyl LP release. Important-175 LP $14.75 Miss Massive Snowflake Queen's Headache PS, US Miss Massive Snowflake is Shane de Leon, who has been extremely active in a multitude of media throughout America and Europe for over 15 years. He has recorded with SOLEX, OVO and RONIN and collaborated with the BLACK HEART PROCESSION. The music is lush and orchestrated with an abundance of horns, percussion and electronics featuring two vocalists who are under ten. The feel is somewhere between an atheistic Danielson, and anarchistic Prince and a less technical Zappa. MMS will be touring in Europe this spring. NorthPole CD $10.00 Moffat, Aiden John I Can Hear Your Heart PS, UK New solo album from Arab Strap frontman, warning: explicit content! AVERSION: "t should come as no surprise that the onetime Arab Strap singer's first solo album, a spoken-word poetry/prose affair that's usually accompanied by incidental music or other sound effects, is laden in tales of cheating lovers, sexual experimentation and soaked in booze. It might come as a surprise, though, to find out Moffat was holding back with Arab Strap, avoiding the stickiest situations, the dirtiest references and the most damning confessions that come forth in this semi-autobiographical audio tome." ChemikalUnderground CD $15.75 Mojack Under the Willow Tree PS, US Greg Ginn's latest release w/ his funk rock band is full of twists & turns. 10 yrs in the waiting, this picks up where Home Brew left it hanging. SST CD $14.00 Monade Monstre Cosmique PS, UK New album from Stereolab chantuese Laetitia Sadier's Monade! PITCHFORK: "Stereolab singer/lyricist Laetitia Sadier here takes a slightly more elegant take on her day job's search to find the pop in the avant-garde." TooPure/Beggars CD $15.00 Monkeywrench Gabriel's Horn PS, US Celebrating 17 yrs of a great idea, they return w/ a new studio album. Feat. members of MUDHONEY, BIG BOYS, GASHUFFER & LUBRICATED GOAT, this is nothing less than a punk/grunge supergroup. The band kicks out the same glorious, fuzz-laden mess. There is a Texas roots taste spread through the tracks & the rhythm section lays down a fast & furious groove while dueling guitars engage in a race to the finish line. Birdman-104 CD $16.00 Mould, Bob District Line PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Anti LP $15.50 Mould, Bob District Line PS, US Guitarist/singer/songwriter Mould returns to form as a solo artist on his Anti debut. "District Line" combines the fire of his earliest work in Husker Du, the accessibility of his alternative rock, genre-defining trio Sugar, and the introspection found in his solo releases. He describes it as "stories of my simple life in a complicated town", that being his adopted city of Washington, DC. Working with Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty, Mould has returned to the live band sound of Husker Du and Sugar to kick out ten songs that sound as youthful, energized, and immediate as anything he has ever recorded. Anti CD $15.50 Mountain Goats Heretic Pride PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! 4AD LP $14.00 Mountain Goats Heretic Pride PS, US The Mountain Goats have recorded four fine albums that have established them as a genuine cult phenomenon and confirmed John Darnielle's status as one of the finest lyricists of his generation. "Heretic Pride" is a suite of songs about mythical creatures, imaginary cults, slasher films, and pulp fiction novelists. Here, Darnielle has also come up with some of the most anthemic, impassioned, and downright catchy songs of his career. "It's rare to come across such specific and purposeful prose in modern pop. But, alongside Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and the Decemberists' Colin Meloy, John Darnielle is helping bring fine lyric writing back to life" - NY Daily News. 4AD CD $13.25 Mt. St. Helens Of Others PS, US A more refined & concise version of their compelling, guitar driven sound. Of Others draws from influences as diverse as Unwound, Shudder to Think, Ride and Boards of Canada but the result is far from derivative. Guitar player Michael Sprague has constructed a cadre of masterfully spare guitar leads that are at once striking & hypnotic. Guitarist/vocalist Quinn Goodwillie's (also of acclaimed local group Sleep Out) voice has increased in range & fortitude and is greatly bolstered by the stalwart rhythm section of Jason Sprague (bass) & Ben Geier (drums). TwoThumbsDown-022 CD $8.50 Neotropic Whiter Rabbits PS, US Whiter Rabbits is a deluxe re-release of the long out of print "White Rabbits" originally released on Mush Records which recieved a 7.7 on PITCHFORK. Featuring a bonus disc full of remixes by the artist, also including remixes by 10 SUI, GEORGE DEMURE, GRIM LIFE, and more "Riz Maslen (Neotropic) has become the female equivalent of Brian Eno" - IGN. SquidsEye-006 DCD $14.00 Neptune Gong Lake PS, US Behold: NEPTUNE, the most harrowingly original band on this planet - or the next. Its three members are, in turn, musicians, sculptors, scientists, blacksmiths, electricians, and industrial machinists; relentlessly inventive, possibly sane. Together, they construct all of their instruments, forging guitars and drums out of circular saw blades, gas tanks, oil drums, bike parts, VCR casings, and miscellany from the trash. Electronics, and even cords, are homemade as well. The combined effect is a bizarre, post-apocalyptic mélange of steel, iron, wire, rust, rivet, knob, and cable; it's lunacy, arc-welded for maximum destruction. Concerts are seizures of motion. Wearing 40-pound guitars assembled entirely from scrap metal, the members don't play their instruments - they battle them, like mechanized golems. But make no mistake, this is not simply art with sharp edges and serious customs issues. Neptune rocks. Hard. Recalling the slapdash angularity of The Fall, the rhythmic ack-ack blasts of This Heat, and the sheer proto-clangor of Einstuerzende Neubauten, they count as one of the best experimental rock bands of any era. Their dynamic, expertly wrought songs and skilled improvisations don't start; they explode. "Gong Lake" is the band's first unlimited CD release, and with it the world will discover what fans of their live shows have known for years: Neptune is otherworldly. TableoftheElements-811 CD $13.00 Neptune Gong Lake PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! TableoftheElements-811 LP $14.25 No Depression #74 PS, US STRING THEORY, today's neo-traditionalists redefine their music. A new generation of string bands explores the past, present, & future of American music. Plus features on Daniel Lanois, Gary Louris, Kathleen Edwards, Jim White, & more. Plus all the other usual great stuff you've come to expect from No Depression. ZINE $5.00 No Kids Come Into My House PS, US "Come Into My House" is the first release by Vancouver, Canada trio NO KIDS, which is comprised of three-quarters of the critically revered pop band P:ANO. "Come Into My House" achieves an unexpected cohesiveness despite the wide range of musical styles over its 12 tracks. Golden era Hollywood musicals, Jam & Lewis-inspired production techniques, the icy displacement of contemporary R'n'B, and the breadth of Arthur Russell's, disco, pop, and avant garde compositional work are referenced and married together by novelistic narrative strains, a lush instrumental palette, and a cinematic atmosphere. Tomlab-108 CD $12.25 Notorious Hi-Fi Killers Which Side Are You On? PS, UK Rocket Recordings are proud to announce the release of Which Side Are You On?, the debut album by Southeast London 3-piece The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers. Which Side Are You On? presents the trio's distinctive take on loud, throttling noise rock blended with manic psychedelia, taking the listener on a journey through ferocious 4-track blasts, analog tape space rock and intuitive heavy blues. This is the sound of a primal rock and roll band at their most uncompromising and dirtiest. From the one and a half minute biker-punk anthem of 'Queen O' Fuck' through the fuzzed-up blues of the Freddie King classic 'Going Down' to the 18 minutes of psychedelic bliss of 'Near The Final Destination' which crumbles into a mantra of noise, drones and horns, with the added assistance of Alexander Tucker, Duke Garwood and members of Part Chimp. The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers have been a common sight on the stages in their hometown of London and various dimly-lit warehouses across the country, playing alongside bands like The Heads, Lords, Parts and Labour, Shit & Shine and White Hills. RocketRecordings CD $17.00 Ocrilim Annwn PS, US Mick Barr (ORTHRELM, OCTIS, CROM TECH) is described as an "american avant-garde metal guitarist", & while this may not be entirely accurate, it's probably as close as anyone will come to paraphrasing his genre defying compositions. This is composed entirely of pieces for mutiple electric guitars, & has as much to do w/ modern classical composition as it does w/ anything associated with the term "heavy metal". HydraHead CD $12.50 O'Malley, Stephen, Attila Csihar 6: Degree Fskyquake PS, US This debut collaborative is an audio composition designed in 2001 but explored in conjunction w/ the American sculptor Banks Violette's solo shows in the summer of 2007. The composition was captured at a recording session during the installation process at Team gallery, & later transfered to Gladstone as a recorded playback to the public. The composition runs a total of 8 hrs & 35 min. The contribution of lyrics, text & vocals by Hungarian black metal vocalist Attila Csihar were inspired by his journeys inside imperial Tokyo, bringing an emotional & meditative identity to the otherwise purely structural composition. EditionsMego CD $18.00 Orwell Le Génie Humain PS, FRANCE A feast of an album from Jérôme Didelot aka Orwell. Pop par excellence, "Le génie humain" is packed with orchestral maneuvers, soaring synths, and silky, buzzy goodness that bring Eggstone, Louis Philippe and the space bossa moments of Testbild! to mind. With influences running from the early 60s through the early 80s, Jerome's songs have a folk-like delicacy, but sail on intricate arrangements featuring strings, voices, woodwinds and keyboards galore. "Le genie humain" features collaborations with Médéric Gontier (Tahiti 80), Alexander von Mehren, JP Nataf, Ruth Minnikin (Heavy Blinkers), Miss Aprilia Sari (White Shoes and the Couples Company) and Julien Lonchamp (Jack and the'), among others. Recommended for fans of all of the above, plus Julien Ribot, Fugu and High Llamas. TwinFizzRecords-707 CD $14.00 Our Sleepless Forest S-T PS, UK Absolutely stunning debut album of ambient electronic space rock from a frighteningly young three-piece from South London - their first full release, having had an early version of album track 'The Tinderbox' included on the Type Records 'Free The Future' compilation. Having met at school, Sam Purcell, Josh Rothberger and Karl Jawara started experimenting with various musical instruments and sounds using software and basic recording equipment, inspired by the music they were into and with the aim of creating their own wall of sound. After 14 months they emerged with something they were sufficiently happy with to allow it to be heard by others, and ultimately that brings us to the present day - an eight-track, 45-minute debut. Our Sleepless Forest's music is multi-layered, complex and