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In Pink
PS, US Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo took almost 2 years to churn out "In Pink" due to the triple duty he pulls with bands Larsen and XXL. In Pink is a pretty extreme one, swinging between joy and fear, introspective moody songs and explosions of - desperately optimistic - energy. Still it is more a diary than an exorcism, filled with songs about death and transfiguration, including a version of an Irish traditional theme (which also Johnny Cash interpreted on one of his American albums) and Joy Division's classic Atmosphere (which Fabrizio lists among the best songs ever written).
Important-157
CD
$12.25

Adams, Ryan
Easy Tiger
PS, US
LostHighway
CD
$15.75

Agnes Strange
Strange Flavour
PS, UK Picture this: Britain in the pre-punk 1970s...most of the Supergroups of Rock have become too vast and trunk less to mean much to the average music fans in their hearts. An odd time, when the secret master beloved by all was Alex Harvey, and up and down the country, every night, small-time bands kept the spirit alive; playing R&B, Prog, Folk Rock, you name it, they didn't give up the music they loved...but record labels didn't really get it - giving rise to the phenomenon nowadays loved by collectors - the Private Press record. Agnes Strange was one of the best and most unusual (and at the same time archetypal) of these bands. Their private press label was a bizarre joint venture between a major label and a chain of Real Ale pubs. With producer and well-known scholar of 1950s rock' n' roll - Dave Travis at the recording controls, it was never going to be ordinary! Much bootlegged, pirated and faked by collectors' labels, here for the first time, with the full involvement of Dave Travis and the band, is the REAL story of Agnes Strange.
Rev-Ola-207
CD
$14.50

Area C
Haunt
PS, US A swirl of Farfisas organs, loops, stretched-out guitar, & the fragmented, fractured beats of an analog drum machine & tube amplifier static. What began as a plan record a dual-Farfisa album (both Erik & Jeff are Farfisa aficionados) quickly & organically turned into much more. They convened & over the course of 2 brief sessions spun out a sequence of songs whose repetitions & details hold much more than the surfaces first reveal.
LastVisibleDog-113
CD
$11.75

Astral Social Club
Neon Pibroch
PS, US Neon Pibroch is a brand new full length cd from the Astral Social Club. Also available at the same time is a limited edition Astral Social Club LP on Important titled Super Grease. Neon Pibroch is dedicated to the memory of Textile Records founder Benoit Sonnette. Astral Social Club is the current project of Neil Campbell, formerly of Vibracathedral Orchestra, Sunroof!, A Band and many more. Campbell has been active since the early 80s, and The Wire magazine has said that, along with his friends Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower, he "provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s". Campbell's approach as Astral Social Club could be seen as both a continuation and a refutal of his work with Vibracathedral Orchestra - a continuation in that it continues the quest into the unknown stellar regions of improvised drone-based music, and a refutal in its espousal of most of the elemental organic rock modes that made that band so special. The focus here is more on alien electronics and overloaded loop disorientation, sometimes even working with sounds more readily associated with the far end of dance music to produce a truly vast 21st century psychedelic sound. Late last year, VHF Records released a compilation/mix CD drawn from the earlier string of self-released CDRs which showcased the diverse methods employed in Astral Social Club recordings.
Important-155
CD
$12.25

Astral Social Club
Super Grease
PS, US Super Grease is a limited edition of 500 vinyl only release from Vibracathedral Orchestra/Sunrrof!/A Band member Neil Campbell. This is a companion release to Astral Social Club's Neon Pibroch cd also on Important. Astral Social Club is the current project of Neil Campbell, formerly of Vibracathedral Orchestra, Sunroof!, A Band and many more. Campbell has been active since the early 80s, and The Wire magazine has said that, along with his friends Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower, he "provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s". Campbell's approach as Astral Social Club could be seen as both a continuation and a refutal of his work with Vibracathedral Orchestra - a continuation in that it continues the quest into the unknown stellar regions of improvised drone-based music, and a refutal in its espousal of most of the elemental organic rock modes that made that band so special. The focus here is more on alien electronics and overloaded loop disorientation, sometimes even working with sounds more readily associated with the far end of dance music to produce a truly vast 21st century psychedelic sound.
Important-156
LP
$14.75

Au
S-T
PS, US The work of Luke Wyland, a multi-instrumental nomad who creates wandering, sprawling psych-folk. Now joined by friends to create a multi-limbed trio with the knack for lovely instruments too numerous to name (euphonium, accordion, bells, guitar, saw, etc) Situated amongst the spheres of Avant-Folk, Art-Pop & New Music's nuance - it is at the vanguard of modern songwriting. Songs sidestep diaristic accounts in search of a more ubiquitous emotional experience.
Oedipus-011
CD
$11.25

Bad Brains
Build A Nation
PS, US Their 1st proper studio CD in over a decade feat.all original members of the group: HR, Darryl Jenifer, Dr. Know & Earl Hudson. Produced by longtime fan, Adam Yauch of the BEASTIE BOYS, this is a return to form for the band that helped define American punk & hardcore music.
Megaforce-1048
CD
$15.50

Bad Brains
Build A Nation
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Megaforce-1048
LP
$14.75

Ben And Bruno
100 Grim Reapers (LP + CD)
PS, US LP+CD. This amazing third record by Grand Rapids, MI shut-in folk/sensi sounds group is beyond anything they've ever done before. Tons of vocal loops & chorus style singing, and no drums anywhere on the record. Weird, sad, wonderful. B&B is a group of songs based one character named Ben. After losing his mother at a very young age, Ben is abducted by a religious fanatic who has been living in the apartment above the family. Ben, during his trip while fleeing from the police, falls in love with the woman who has abducted him. The story continues after the capture of his new love & he grows older. The newest album focuses more on his life a long while after the abduction & has to do with his wife & two daughters. The album centers around those relationships & Ben's inability to shake this past impression he acquired. Includes a 24" by 18" three color hand screen printed poster as well as a CD copy of the album with screen-printed cover. LIMITED TO 300.
Yipsilanti-035
LP
$16.25

Black Bonzo
Sound of the Apocalypse (ON SALE)
PS, US Black Bonzo's new album, released in the U.S. The music of Black Bonzo is fixed on a bedrock of 70s hard rock bands such as Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, and Queen. Upon this foundation are obvious progressive influences from Camel, Gentle Giant, Genesis, and Yes. Keyboardist Nicklas Ahlund's fixation for analog sounds reminds of Heep keysman Ken Hensley's massive wall of Hammond organ, Mellotron and Mini-Moog. With guitarist Joakim Karlsson offering Blackmore-esque solos as the perfect counterpoint to Ahlund's intricate playing you will think you stepped into the Way-Back Machine! Vocalist Magnus Lindgren provides as much drama as Peter Gabriel or Jon Anderson could ever muster. The rhythm section of Anthon Johansson and Mike Israel bridge the gap between Led Zepellin and King Crimson. Sound Of The Apocalypse is one of those great crossover albums that will appeal to fans of progressive rock, stoner metal and hard rock. The album features state of the art production with a 70s feel - it was actually mixed on the same console used by Pink Floyd for their Animals album. The album comes packaged in a gorgeous digipak.
Laser'sEdge
CD
$13.75

Black Magic Disco
Self-Titled
PS, US BLACK MAGIC DISCO is the new all-star band featuring Tom Greenwood (Jackie-O Motherfucker), Maurizio & Roberto Opalio (My Cat Is An Alien) and Ramona Ponzini (Painting Petals On Planet Ghost, Praxinoscope). The project was born out of an idea from Tom Greenwood, former leader of the avant-folk-blues ensemble Jackie-O Motherfucker (JOMF), who invited Maurizio and Roberto Opalio, aka the Italian improv duo My Cat Is An Alien (MCIAA), and their close collaborator Ramona Ponzini (also involved with the two brothers in the projects named Painting Petals On Planet Ghost and Praxinoscope, as well as in the new collaboration with Z'ev) to perform with him for two months of touring throughout all Europe in May/ June 2005. As one can imagine, the result was killer. The music which came out of he live performances was totally explosive, combining Ramona's Japanese vocals & hypnotic chimes with Greenwood's psych-blues guitar attitude & wild turntablism, over MCIAA's alien cosmic flux of electric guitars, space toys & percussions, creating a still unheard mixture of sounds unifying archaic & post-modern, western & eastern, sky & earth.
Important-148
CD
$12.25

Black Strobe
Burn Your Own Church
PS, US French dance rock four-piece Black Strobe connects Norwegian death metal, French club anthems, and London super-producer Paul Epworth. Few bands manage to combine guitars and electronics as successfully. The first single, "Shining Bright Star", is a stunning marriage of gut-butting bass guitar, droning synth, and menacing but melodic vocals. The opening track, "Brenn di Ega Kjerke" ("Burn Your Own Church"), is a nod to black metal. The flip side to the band's personality is "Girl Next Door", as downbeat and spooky as a 4 a.m. walk home, and the most surprising moment is a high-octane electronic cover of Bo Diddley's "I'm A Man", which will be the second single. The sum of these parts is a jaw-dropping debut.
PlayLouderecordings
CD
$13.25

Blitzen Trapper
Wild Mountain Nation
PS, US Brought forth in a spasm of creative mania, Wild Mountain Nation is rough-hewn but lush, crackling (sometimes audibly) with a weird & lucid energy. From outer space to down on the farm, campfire sing-along to atonal dystopia, the new album is a raucous constellation of favorite souvenirs from the Trappers gamut-running musical adventures.
Lidkercow-004
CD
$13.75

Blondie
Eat To The Beat [remastered] [CD+DVD]
PS, US Blondie's best album (OK, second best) and drummer Clem Burke's finest hour. Remastered with a DVD featuring all the videos from all the songs on the album. Those were the days!
Capitol
CD/DVD
$27.25

Breithaupt, Don
Steely Dan: Aja
PS, US Don Breithaupt's book on Aja includes a detailed song-by-song analysis, an extended interview with co-writer, co-founder, singer, and pianist Donald Fagen, and discusses a wide range of Aja-related issues. Aja was the album that made Steely Dan a commercial force on the order of contemporaries like Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles and Chicago. A double-platinum, Grammy-winning bestseller, it lingered on the Billboard charts for more than a year and spawned three hit singles. Odd, then, that its creators saw it as an "ambitious, extended" work, the apotheosis of their anti-rock, anti-band, anti-glamour aesthetic. Populated by thirty-fi ve mostly jazz session players, Aja served up prewar song forms, mixed meters and extended solos to a generation whose idea of pop daring was Paul letting Linda sing lead once in a while. And, impossibly, it sold. Including an in-depth interview with Donald Fagen, this book paints a detailed picture of the making of a masterpiece.<p/>
<p>Don Breithaupt is a studio musician and songwriter based in Toronto. He is the co-author of Precious and Few: Pop Music in the Early '70s and Night Moves: Pop Music in the Late '70s. A Berklee College of Music alumnus and three-time Juno Award nominee, he has written extensively on music and film for the National Post.
Continuum-046
BOOK
$10.95

Brighton, MA
S-T
PS, US SCOTLAND YARD GOSPEL CHOIR'S Matthew Kerstein plays soft rock w/
swelling melodies & '60s/'70s influenced instrumentals. Sounding like Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, their self-titled debut finds these strong musical personalities blending w/ easy camaraderie to paint backdrops for Kerstein's mature songs of warning & optimism.
LooseToothRecords
CD
$7.25

Bucci, Andres
Chocopanda
PS, US This EP pairs him w/ Perlon's comeback kid, Dandy Jack, on remix duties. It is a strong follow up to his 2005 critically acclaimed EP "Don Julio's Converseria" w/ brother Pier Bucci (on Canadian label Cynosure). Three playful tracks of bouncy minimal techno.
KupeiMusica
12
$6.75

Bumps
Breaks, Beats, Raw, Drums (Dan Bitney, John Herndon & John Mcentire of Tortoise)
PS, US TORTOISE's JOHN MCENTIRE, JOHN HERNDON & DAN BITNEY team up for their debut BUMPS project featuring 23 instrumental percussion pieces, ranging from straight funk rhythms to Brazilian/Latin flavors to more esoteric fare. They lend their talents toward pushing the boundaries of a typical break beat record, fusing influences from funk, Brazilian, Latin music, Afrobeat & more.
StonesThrow-2157
CD
$15.75

Cale, John
Paris 1919
PS, US 180 GRAM.Originally released in '73,this is Cale's 4th solo release following his departure from the Velvet Underground.The songs are hyper-literate numbers filled w/ political intrigue & shady characters loosely based around the Versailles Conference alluded to in the album's title.Recorded w/ help from Lowell George & Richie Hayward of L.A.southern-rockers Little Feat & The UCLA Symphony Orchestra.
4MenWithBeards
LP
$15.00

Champs, The
The Early Singles
PS, UK Another welcome re-press for this collection of early Champs' material. Features the As and Bs from the first fifteen singles. The package includes highly-informative notes by the Pipeline instrumental experts. 1. TEQUILA 2. TRAIN TO NOWHERE 3. EL RANCHO ROCK 4. MIDNIGHTER 5. CHARIOT ROCK 6. SUBWAY 7. TURNPIKE 8. ROCKIN' MARY 9. GONE TRAIN 10. BEATNIK 11. CARAMBA 12. MOONLIGHT BAY 13. NIGHT TRAIN 14. THE RATTLER 15. SKY HIGH 16. DOUBLE EAGLE ROCK 17. TOO MUCH TEQUILA 18. TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES 19. RED EYE 20. THE LITTLE MATADOR 21. ALLEY CAT 22. COCONUT DRIVE 23. TOUGH TRAIN 24. THE FACE 25. HOKEY POKEY 26. JUMPING BEAN 27. SOMBRERO 28. THE SHODDY SHODDY 29. CANTINA 30. PANIC BUTTON.
Ace-525
CD
$17.25

Chemical Brothers
We Are the Night
PS, US Displays a myriad of sounds, rhythms & emotions along w/ an astounding roster of featured artists. This griping body of work slips between something simply fun like to haunting tracks. The album would not be complete w/out a few signature dance anthems. Feat. KLAXONS, MIDLAKE, ALI LOVE, FATLIP OF PHARCYDE & WILLY MASON.
Astralwerks
CD
$18.50

Coniglio, Enrico
Areavirus Topofonie Vol 1
PS, IRELAND The album is inspired by the ambience in Venice lagoon. You could say it sounds like a night trip on a mysterious boat, or a flight over a land in the balance between waters and grounds, as a unique landscape running the risk to be jeopardized by the contemporary urban and industry development. The kind of sounds in the work are rich, pieces never static but almost narrative, varied in drone and textures; arpeggio loops rarely sustained by some glitchy rhythmic patterns, sweet naive and distant melody made by saxes or a brilliant piano; dense and not ever conciliating atmospheres, but sensitive in the forms and absolutely inclined to melancholy.
Psychonavigation-020
CD
$15.00

Cotton, James Blues Band
S-T
PS, US Active since his teens w/ 1st a radio show in West Memphis in '52 & soon followed by a recording session w/ Sam Phillips at Sun Studios, where he delivered 2 singles in 1953 & '54, released his official 1st full length album on Verve in '67. This amazing set by the legend of mouth harp blues is now available again on Lilith & will startle even the hardest blues listener for the unbelievable power it sparks from its grooves. 1st chapter of a future trilogy on Lilith!
Lilith-129
LP
$19.25

Crippled Black Phoenix
A Love of Shared Disasters
PS, US CBP bring you a twisted cinematic experience, handcrafted by a mercenary crew of musical outsiders, giving depth & gravity to regal songs about love, loss, tragedy & redemption. The result is a collection of self-penned endtime ballads, a dark hybrid that is the culmination of all the members' eclectic influences.
Cargo
CD
$13.50

Culture In Memoriam, The
Abolish History - This Is Our Story
PS, SWEDEN METICA: "Victor looks like Ziggy Stardust, sings like Bowie and writes songs which combine the ironies of Frank Zappa with the seriousness of Nick Drake."
AWestSideFabrication-245
CD
$13.50

Dale, Jim
Meet Jim Dale and This Is Me
PS, UK Author of 'Georgy Girl', "Carry On" regular, "Barnum" star and now the voice of the million selling Harry Potter audio books: Jim Dale is a much loved British entertainer in the grand style with an international audience of all ages. Dale is a gifted songwriter and fine vocalist so this album is far above normal personality standards. "Meet Jim Dale" indeed proves to be something of a lost classic of Psychedelia, attested to by his beautiful performance of 'Georgy Girl' and such original masterpieces as 'Miss Linda Grey' and 'Dick-A-Dum-Dum' that would give a hit to (ahem!) Des O'Connor. It is the first time on CD also for the theme to the classic Charles Bronson/Susan George film from 1970 - Twinky. This album is a gorgeous surprise!
El-110
CD
$14.50

Destructo Swarmbots
Clear Light
PS, US Clearly influenced by out of print psyche records, this journey into artistic isolation consists of walls of white noise, improvised textures & battered instruments. Delicate & yet meditative these washes of ambience are constructed from countless piles of tortured sounds.
PublicGuilt-011
CD
$11.00

Digitalism
Idealism
PS, US Loose, heavily distorted, rough grooves & blankly delivered lyrics that have as much in common w/ The Stooges as it does w/ the Ministry of Sound. They're being heralded as the next Daft Punk & were the highlight of the October NME cover-mounted Dancefloor Distortion CD, alongside The Gossip and The Mystery Jets.
Astralwerks
CD
$14.50

Editors
Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
PS, US New single before the album arrives. CD5 features title track, "An Eye for an Eye" and "The Picture".
Fader
CD5
$2.75

El Jesus De Magico
Funeral Home Session
PS, US I couldn't help but to be taken aback when I finally heard this. Atmospheric yet propulsory, serrated by slippery synth-hooks & a newfound tightness & about as discomforting as the surreal experience of stumbling into a beerless after-after-party for the first time. It took a day or two to finally get a good handle on this, but I have no problem with a little work when the sounds are so riveting." -Sean Wright the Z-Gun. LIMITED!!!
Columbus-014
45
$4.50

Electric Penguins
Goodbye From The Electric Penguins
PS, IRELAND No fancy programming, no 5.1 surround sound, no cut'n'paste - just three guys in a studio doing it old school with Moog, Mellotron, Farfisa organ, piano & guitars. The end result is an impressive blend of melodic invention & musicianship - apart from a basic step-sequencer & mono drum machine, all instruments & vocals were performed live.
Psychonavigation-016
CD
$15.00

Farney, Dick
The Eternally Stylish
PS, UK Dick Farney - The Eternally Stylish, national institution in Brazil, Dick Farney was an outstanding singer, instrumentalist and composer who inspired the architects of Bossa Nova, Joao Gilberto, Luiz Bonfa and Antonio Carlos Jobim toward the creation of Bossa Nova. His two number 1 hits 'Copacabana' and 'Tereza De Praia' are included here in a program that culled from impossibly rare long out of print south American 10" albums and 78's combines the ballads of Dick Farney the crooner with the instrumentals of Farney the very gifted jazz pianist. Known as the Brazilian Frank Sinatra, Dick Farney has export markets in Japan, France and north and South America.
El-109
CD
$14.50

Filthybird
Southern Skies
PS, US Soulful, southern psych-rock collaboration of Renee Mendoza (ASHRAE
FAX), Brian Haran (GLENN BRANCA ORCHESTRA, VIRIDIAN), Shawn Smith
(CITIFIED, PALAVER, HOMBRE DADO) & Mike Duehring (CHILDRENS, BURNING
DOWNS). "Filthybird are...like Joni Mitchell in her Jaco Pastorius period, dropping acid w/ Jaco & then kinda free-associating into the mic. Or rather, like that if the end-result wound up genius.
RedStringsRecords-006
CD
$10.00

Five Day Week Straw People
Self-Titled
PS, UK Packed with imagination, first rate songs and confident performances that range from the swaggering hard rock of 'Gold Digger' to the dreamy psychedelic pop of 'Sunday Morning', 'The Five Day Week Straw People' is one of those rare LP's where the music it contains more than justifies it's decent price in the record price guides. It is now also to be found listed in Record Collector's 100 Greatest Psychedelic Records. A 1968 concept album, about "people who work monotonously during the week and then try to enjoy themselves at weekends", created by David Montague and Guy Mascolo, 'The Five Day Week Straw People' receives a long overdue re-mastering from the original tapes, and is augmented by two further character songs from writing sessions in the same year.
RPM-812
CD
$16.25

Flanders, Tommy
The Moonstone
PS, UK After the breathtaking debut album of The Blues Project, sometime lead vocalist Tommy Flanders seemed to disappear off the face of the earth! A couple of singles appeared, actually recorded by his former band...and then this strange, muted example of what nowadays is referred to as wyrd folk, but not so long ago was just seen as Skip Spence or Syd Barrett without the laughs! The faded, melancholy vibe herein is somewhat unsettling, as the ghost of a fairly straight acoustic pop album is dimly apparent, and Tommy's voice still sounds occasionally as positive as it did on his earlier "Violets Of Dawn". There is a mystery to solve here...what will we find? This is the first time ever on CD for this enigmatic artist with wonderful state of the art remastering. Featuring breathtaking art work and a chance to finally read the story of the mysterious Tommy. A must for all fans of the twistier byways of folk-related musics; from a time when major labels let one get away with that sort of thing...
Rev-Ola-206
CD
$14.50

Flying Burrito Brothers
Gilded Palace of Sin
PS, US Originally released in '69,this is the debut release from one of the most influential country-rock outfits of all time. Helmed by the legendary Gram Parsons w/ help from ex-Byrd Chris Hillman & L.A. pedal steel maverick "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, The Burritos' debut feat."Sin City" (later covered by Parsons compatriot Emmylou Harris),"Wheels," "Christine's Tune" & other classics
4MenWithBeards
LP
$15.00

Franklin, Adam
Bolts of Melody
PS, US
Hi-SpeedSoul
CD
$15.00

Friends Of Distinction, The
Grazin' / Highly Distinct
PS, UK Floyd Butler, Harry Elston, Jessica Cleaves and Barbara Love formed the Friends of Distinction in 1968. Before this, Butler and Elston sang in the Hi-Fi's with Marilyn McCoo and Lamont McLemore, who would go on to co- found the Fifth Dimension. Butler and Elston wanted to form a similar modern soul/psych/softpop hybrid, but one that put somewhat more emphasis on their soul and jazz roots. Performing in the hip clubs of 1960s Hollywood, The Friends of Distinction were soon discovered by American football great Jim Brown, and were signed to RCA Records. Their first major hit, 'Grazin' in the Grass', was a radical vocal reworking of the hit by Hugh Masekela, the South Africa jazz master, with lyrics written by Elston. Released in June 1969, this gold record zoomed into the Top 5 on both the pop and soul charts in the US, peaking at #3. The Friends were very prolific between 1969 and 1971, releasing five albums, and enjoying numerous pop and soul hits like their former colleagues The Fifth Dimension, appealing to very much the same sophisticated audiences. Despite this, The Friends never enjoyed quite the same profile in the UK as The Fifth Dimension...making this the first ever
serious release/reappraisal of their early (and best) material in Europe. Like the Fifth Dimension, The Friends Of Distinction were a logical projection of the crazy baroque ambition of California Softpop into the soul/jazz world, and like The Fifth Dimension, they were great!
Rev-Ola-205
CD
$14.50

Ghost is Dancing
Darkest Spark
PS, US Set against the expansive backdrop of Lake Ontario, this is by turns pensive & explosive, minimal yet eloquent. Stark ballads transit to quirky bouncing pop & choral sing-alongs merge w/ angular indie-rock as trumpets collide w/ theremin & 100 yr old pump organs mingle w/ toys & bells found in storage boxes. The result is an exuberant, kaleidoscopic record that at once unravels their sound while allowing the band to discover its identity & embrace it.
SonicUnyon-115
CD
$14.50

God Is An Astronaut
Far From Refuge
PS, UK Post-rock band God Is An Astronaut's third album on their own Revive Records. Don't you love it when your most anticipated release of the year lives up to your expectations? This albums is nine tracks of perfection. Their sound is undeniable, but on Far From Refuge, they have taking that sound to a new emotive level. The compositions are intricate and well thought out with moments that explode into quietness. Torsten, Neil and Lloyd are a force to be reckoned with as their brand of post-rock screams into your speakers. --Somewherecold.com
Revive-008
CD
$15.00

God Is An Astronaut
The End of the Beginning
PS, UK Debut full length. God Is An Astronaut are an instrumental, post-rock three piece hailing from the Glen of the Downs, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. They formed in 2002 and released their debut album "The End Of The Beginning".
Revive-005
CD
$15.00

Gore Gore Girls, The
Get The Gore
PS, US All girl guitar-rock mania, more Runaways, Donnas and L7 than the Go-Gos or the Bangles. Asskickin'. Produced by Jim Diamond. POPMATTERS: "An excellent hybrid of Sonics style-garage-raunch and '60s girl-group sass that blends lacerating Gretch guitar workouts, infectious handclap rhythms and sweet 'n' sour harmonies to great effect... This is a 38-minute, mini-masterpiece of garage-punk bravado that allows the heady sound of the Gore Gore Girls to not so gently bleed into your ears. Once heard, never to be forgotten. In fact, the album even comes with its own cautionary sticker of sorts written by Lewis, which states: "To appreciate this music, you have to have a streak of wildness, a fierce independence of spirit, and an absolute belief in the strange, the unpredictable, the offbeat, and even the generally unacceptable." You have been warned." (Alan Brown)
Bloodshot
CD
$12.25

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Bwyd Time [re-issue]
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The psychedelic pop/rock fusion that Gorky's Zygotic Mynci created has never been better captured than on this, the band's debut album. With obvious influences from Robert Wyatt, the Kinks, and even the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band, you know you're in for an abnormal affair with Bwyd Time... With Gorky's, however, abnormality can be made into greatness. Their amazingly original sound is both fun and musically interesting..."
Castle
CD
$14.25

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Tatay [re-issue]
PS, US Highly regarded 1994 studio debut (it follopwed the Patio singles collection) from Welsh mystic poppers.
Castle
CD
$14.25

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Patio [re-issue]
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The earliest work of Welsh darlings Gorky's Zygotic Mynci can be found on the Patio CD, which compiles the band's 1991-1993 radio and studio sessions. For fans of the beauty of their largely subdued recent work, it is revelatory and essential, as it showcases the vocal and melodic gifts of Euros Childs and his band in their teenage years, when his voice was much higher, and the guitars were often much louder, but the reach for beautiful pop verses and choruses proved no less fruitless. Mix in a burgeoning folk and psychedelic sensibility characterized by keyboard smashing, plenty of sound, vocal and violin effects, and you have a set that shows just how much of a running start talentwise this group had prior to the next 5 CDs and numerous EPs they'd record..."
Castle
CD
$14.25

Gouldman, Graham
The Graham Gouldman Thing
PS, UK Somewhere between his much-respected mid '60s stint penning quirky yet classic hits for The Hollies, Herman's Hermits, The Yardbirds, Cher, Gene Pitney, Wayne Fontana and his huge success as a member of 10CC in the '70s, Manchunian pop genius Graham Gouldman could be found getting stuck into any number of interesting recording projects and bizarre pseudonym releases! Almost as an afterthought, Gouldman found himself as a bona fide solo artist, releasing the atypical R&B stomper 'Stop Stop Stop' (no relation to the Hollies tune) on Decca in 1966 before switching to RCA for his first solo album "The Graham Gouldman Thing" in 1968. The album features several of his hits ("For Your Love", "Bus Stop", "Pamela Pamela", "No Milk Today") alongside some less familiar gems ("The Impossible Years", "Pawnbroker", "Behind The Door", "My Father") re-worked in a beautiful baroque 'n' roll style setting string quartets against funky backbeats and electric guitar flash. It's in much the same ball-park as our recent Tony Hazzard Sings Tony Hazzard reissue with the added bonus of being conceived as an album and not demos. Amazingly, the album wasn't even a granted a UK release but it leaked out in America where it sold squat and then promptly disappeared, only becoming a cult collectors item over the ensuing 30-odd years. Now available; re-mastered in the usual dazzling Rev-Ola!
Rev-Ola-210
CD
$14.50

Grant Lee Buffalo
Copperopolis
PS, US ROLLING STONE: "Grant Lee Buffalo have always seemed like a cross between early '70s Roxy Music and early '80s R.E.M., combining campy, multilayered collages full of pop-culture imagery with dense, moody atmospherics and irresistible, jangly guitar hooks... With Copperopolis, [Grant Lee] Phillips has come up with a conceptual conceit that is rich enough to match his plaintive emoting and songwriting craftsmanship... Those sentiments are couched in musical settings that are oddly timeless: They're not exactly retro, but they certainly aren't tailored to fit the clichés of modern-rock radio. The focus is still on the guitar, lead vocals and sweet if sometimes off-kilter harmonies, but Phillips and the band broaden their palette to include vibraphone, violin and a cheesy synthesizer rescued from a thrift store. These add up to make Copperopolis a sometimes eccentric, sometimes precious but always rewarding place to visit." (Jim Derogatis)
NobleRot
CD
$13.75

Greco, Juliette
Beware of Paris
PS, UK Juilette Greco, angry, mysterious, dark and sensuous. She fall into the same temperamental musical classifications as Nico, David Bowie, Scott Walker and fellow countryman Jacques Brel. Her influence on post-war France was simply enormous and she remains a popular, respected and enigmatic figure. Our collection concentrates on the deeply impressive recordings made in the first five years of her career that established her unique reputation.
El-111
CD
$14.50

Green On Red
BBC Sessions
PS, US
CookingVinyl
CD
$13.75

Gun Club, The
Fire of Love [Live DVD]
PS, US Captures the cult act performing two different concerts, one from 1983 and the other from 1985. The band offers live versions of a number of their songs including "Walking with the Beast," "The Fire of Love," "Moonlight Motel," and "Sleeping in Blood City".
CherryRed
DVD
$25.75

Hatfield, Julianna
White Broken Line: Live Recordings
PS, US
YeOldRecords
CD
$13.75

Haywood Yards
S-T
PS, US This uniquely American sound has become a hybrid phenomenon. The bands members are all steeped in the native streams of indie rock, folk, country, funk, punk & bluegrass. The result is a sound that is equally at home in the barn, raisin hell & weeping in the beer, as it is in the indie rock sandbox, breaking boundaries & pushing envelopes. "In an industry filled w/ visual aesthetics & disingenuous modesty, Haywood Yards provides a band to root for; I give it four stars. Good album, plain & simple."-Drew www.punkbands.com 2007
BlackDirtRecords-016
CD
$10.00

Idle Suite
Up Two Sticks Road
PS, US This is a 6 piece improv-rock group from Wellington, New Zealand. Driven by 2 drummers, this music is open-ended improvised rock. At times they're content sit on one note, at others burst into dissonance or evolve melodies. Some tracks bear the influence of the band members background in making 'song' based music.
LastVisibleDog-110
CD
$11.75

Inner City Unit
Punkadelic
PS, UK Anagram Records are pleased to announce the release of the Inner City Unit album "Punkadelic". Inner City Unit (ICU) was a British Punk/hard edged Space rock band fronted by ex-Hawkwind founder Nik Turner on saxophone with Trev Thoms (guitar), Dead Fred (Keyboards), Baz Magneto (Bass), and Mick Stupp or Dino Ferari on drums. This original line-up produced 2 albums, "Passout" and "The Maximum Effect" before releasing this compilation of out-takes and demos called "Punkadelic" in 1982. This is also the year that Turner returned to Hawkwind taking Dead Fred with him, marking the end of the original ICU line-up. Inner City Unit's "Punkadelic" album, on CD for the first time complete with 8 bonus tracks including the rare 'Blood & Bone' EP!
Anagram-198
CD
$14.50

Jazkamer/Smegma
Endless Coast
PS, US Collaboration between American underground psychedelic/noise pioneers (and still kicking hard now for over 30 years) Smegma and Norweigan noise/metal masters Jazkamer. From two totally different worlds and approaches to sound a totally original abstract language is born creating an imaginary coast that extends from the brutality of the Scandinavian frozen seas to the dark and mysterious rock filled beaches of the American northwest - a landscape full of strange creatures and beings, an eternal and endless coast. Recorded and mixed at Smegma's legendary home base Portland studio. Carlos Giffoni guests on bass and synth.
NoFunProductions-16
CD
$12.25

Julie Mittens
April/June
PS, US "Recorded in our rehearsal room first part of 2006 in Leiden, The Netherlands. The tracks are from 2 different sessions. The idea was to make a cyclical work so there's no side A or B. The listener can start anywhere. The tracks are just there...they do not really start or end & they seem to add to each other somehow after a while. All 4 tracks had this same 'relaxed' feeling about them so that's why we decided to put them together. Our tracks have no name, no number, they are what they are" LIMITED TO 325
Rococo-021
LP
$15.00

Key, The
Fit Me In
PS, UK German Volker Langefeld and Englishman Alan Warren were the brains behind The Key, whose 1978 album "Fit Me In" is a largely undiscovered jewel in the '70s power-pop crown. Whilst similarly conceived long players by the likes of Klaatu and Liverpool Echo - who also wore their Paul McCartney/Emitt Rhodes/Eric Carmen influences on their sleeves - have become acknowledged classics, The Key's debut has remained a mystery to all but the lucky few; until now! Recorded in Germany and England, released on EMI's short-lived Emily subsidiary, the album sold well and the duo recruited a touring band embarking on a whirlwind of promotional activity, appearing on TV and radio shows everywhere. A third member, Michael Lowey, joined the group in time to record a follow-up single and a couple of unreleased tracks (all included here) but the band were dropped by EMI as quickly as they'd been picked up. First reissue anywhere ever of this much missed album!
Rev-Ola-211
CD
$14.50

Lackluster
RemixSelection_One
PS, IRELAND This latest release from the Finnish electronica producer is a collection of remixes featuring artists such as Global Goon (Rephlex) and Multiplex (Toytronic). 01. eedl - too few arguments (no arguments at all lacklustermx) (03/11/02) 02. lord fader - chase hq (lackluster caseQQ) (25/09/03) 03. global goon - mithranix (lcklstr shoddymx) (07/06/03) 04. korpi ensemble - rely (unreliable llmx) (03/01/03) 05. proem - standard naming convention (lackluster 80bpmmx) (03/06/02) 06. max waters - dot your eyes (cross your doubleLs) (06/01/04) 07. mantra - dream with the fishes (keep stiLL its your achilles heel) (04/08/02) 08. manta - sitting pretty (lacklustermx) (24/02/03) 09. multiplex - rockrobot (lacklustermx4) (june 2001) 10. (env)itre - nighthiker (lackluster limp) (15/06/03) 11. multiplex - rockrobot (lacklustermx2) (june 2001) 12. sleepytown manufacture - latatoo (laa laa lacklustermx) (29/09/02) 'RemixSelection_One' is the latest release from Finnish electronica producer, Lackluster. Now residing in Dublin, he has decided to team up with Irish label Psychonavigation Records for his latest project. As with his last album 'Showcase' and previous output Lackluster continuosly strives to re-define the traditional boundaries of electronic music. As the name suggests, the album is a collection of remixes featuring artists such as Global Goon (Rephlex) and Multiplex (Toytronic) among others. Three years in the making, 'RemixSelection_One' contains elements of electronica, electro and hip hop, all of which receive an effortless re-working which is uniquely Lackluster, making for an innovative release. With these musical interpretations, he succeeds in creating a fresh perspective on the already accomplished original compositions. This combined with the strong independent spirit of Psychonavigation Records, Remixselection_one should be well received by fans and critics alike. All remixes created between June 2001 and January 2004. All remixes written and produced by Esa Juhani Ruoho, as Lackluster.
Psychonavigation-012
CD
$15.00

Ladytron
Soft Power
PS, US LIMITED pic-sleeve remix single of the powerful track from their latest album "Witching Hour"! TRACKLISTING: 01. SOFT POWER (1.LOZ & BRENDAN LONG MIX) 02. SOFT POWER (VICARIOUS BLISS GUTTER MIX) 03. SOFT POWER (ALBUM VERSION) 04. SOFT POWER (TOMMY WALKER REMIX 111) 05. SOFT POWER (VICARIOUS BLISS AM RADIO SYMPHONY)
Pylon/Cobraside-005
12
$6.75

Lindt, Virna
Play/Record
PS, UK The first release on CD of 'Play/Record', the second album by Swedish pop sophisticate Virna Lindt, originally released by The Compact Organization in 1985. Written and produced by Virna Lindt during a three-week holiday in London, Play/Record tackles girls who cannot stand the colour red, the numbing effect of the new media, and subterfuge and skulduggery in her adopted home town (the single My Home Town). The album has been digitally remastered by close collaborator Tot Taylor, and now sounds even more immaculate than before. Unfortunately Virna abandoned music forever after creating Play/Record, leaving the world a poorer place. Contemporary reviews for Play/Record: "Ms Lindt deftly conveys a sense of breezy, delirious Sixties camp. Arch instrumentals such as the title track and Add It Up are nothing short of wondrous, and the album is a delightful and accurate evocation of a period when music was allowed to be fun" (Melody Maker); "A uniquely crafted voiceover masterpiece, the diverse tempo moves from the sunny waft of single My Home Town to the more sombre tones of Any Colour But Red" (Sounds); "Lush, intelligent and very, very sexy" (Underground). The CD also features a deluxe 12 page booklet featuring original artwork and liner/recording notes.
LTM-2489
CD
$17.00

Lindt, Virna
Shiver
PS, UK An extended CD reissue of 'Shiver', the debut album by Swedish pop sophisticate Virna Lindt, originally released by The Compact Organisation in 1983. Written and produced by Virna Lindt and Tot Taylor, the acclaimed Shiver album offers 12 slices of chic, Cold War pop informed by 1960s spy thriller soundtracks and musique concrete, including the singles Attention Stockholm and I Experienced Love. The album has been digitally remixed and re-modelled from the original mastertapes, and now sounds even more immaculate than before. The new edition of Shiver also features bonus track The Windmills of Your Mind, a rare Michel Legrand cover version from The Thomas Crown Affair originally recorded for the Crepuscule movie compilation Moving Soundtracks. Contemporary reviews for Shiver:"Intrepid undercover agent disguised as a top international fashion model sets out on a secret mission behind the Iron Curtain, armed only with a firm sense of fair play and a gadget-filled powder compact" (NME); "Euro-eccentric. Virna Lindt casts herself as a mysterious blonde in a loving pastiche of Continental movie music" (Sounds); "Only the surly amongst you can fail to acknowledge the splendour of Virna Lindt's new single I Experienced Love, and the equally thrilling Shiver lp, the epitome of Compact's sleek, chic Sixties tease" (The Face); "Imagine a pastiche of all those old Sixties spy series, like Danger Man, The Avengers and The Man From Uncle. Well, this would be the perfect soundtrack to go with it" (London Evening Standard). The CD also features a deluxe 12 page booklet featuring original artwork and detailed dossier on Virna Lindt. Also available: Virna Lindt: Play/Record (LTMCD 2489), V/a : A Young Person's Guide to Compact (LTMCD 2488).
LTM-2487
CD
$17.00

Loose Salute
Tuned to Love
PS, US A record full of summer and nostalgia and songs that make you want to go out, find some friends and dance the night away. Infectious and groovy. Features 3 members of MOJAVE 3.
Graveface-020
CD
$10.25

Lowe, Nick
At My Age
PS, US New album.
YepRoc
CD
$17.00

Lustmord
Juggernaut
PS, US W/ sound design & production by Lustmord & guitar & vocals by King Buzzo of the MELVINS, this unleashes 4 tracks worth of menacing ambient tremors, boomeranged drones & ominous sonic moonscapes in swell after unsettling swell of creeping electronic deviance. LIMITED
HydraHead
CD
$12.50

Makoto, Kawabata
Hosana Mantra
PS, US Inspired by Popol Vuh and originally released in a tiny pressing of 550 on vinyl from the inimitable Acid Mothers Temple front man. Licensed from A Silent Place. Included on this cd reissue are the bonus tracks from the even more limited 7" included with 100 copies of the original LP. Guitarist, violinist, performer on numerous traditional instruments, composer, leader of the Acid Mothers Temple, Kawabata Makoto expresses in this solo performance all his mantric cosmical vocations and spins them into space sonorities! He took inspiration from the Popol Vuh album of the seventies Hosianna Mantra, during his visit to A Silent Place headquarters in late Winter 2006. In a sunny Sunday noon spent in the country-side, eating and drinking Apulian specialities and listening to some great experimental records, Makoto and his Italian friends Pierpaolo and Pasquale, took the decision to start this cooperation. A few days later, back in Japan, Makoto recorded the Hosanna Mantra album at the Acid Mothers Temple between March 12th and 13th, using electric guitar, bouzouki and sitar. The result is this new fantastic sound coming from the cosmos. A simple gem of crystalline beauty."Music, for me, is neither something that I create, nor a form of self-expression. All kinds of sounds exist everywhere around us, and my performances solely consist of picking up these sounds, like a radio tuner, and playing them so that people can hear them. However, maybe because my reception is somewhat off, I am unable to perfectly reproduce these sounds. That is why I spend my days rehearsing. Where do these sounds come from? Who is sending them out? That is not something for me to know, and neither is there any way that I could find out. I simply believe that they come from the 'cosmos'. (Maybe other people would call God the source). Since I was a small child I have been prone to hearing ringing sounds in my ears and other sound phantasms. At the time, I believed that these were messages aimed directly at me from a UFO, and so I would gaze up at the sky. But once I started playing music myself, I came to feel that these noises were a kind of pure sound. And I promised myself that one day I would be able to play those sounds myself. It is only recently that I have begun to feel that I have been able to come close to reproducing these sounds in my solo guitar work, and in my INUI project. However, in June of 1999, I finally discovered my own 'cosmos' and I experienced an instant of total union with it!! That 'cosmos' is still tiny in size - although any cosmos can, by its very nature, be infinitely huge or infinitely small. The energy and vibrations contained within that it far exceeded my imagination in scope and beauty. I can only describe the miraculous instant when my 'cosmos' accepted my consciousness as MAGIC." Kawabata Makoto
Important-152
CD
$12.25

Manual
Lost Days, Open Skies and Streaming Tides
PS, US The long awaited Manual double-CD 'Lost Days, Open Skies and Streaming Tides' - a collection of rarities, remixes, covers, unreleased pieces and brand new tracks - including a new collaboration with Cocteau Twins mainman Robin Guthrie. Spanning the period from 2002, around Ascend, up to now, this is a collection that covers the entire spectrum of Jonas Munks stylings; from the minimalist drone soundscapes, to the over-the-top 1980s influenced shoegazing electronica à la his masterpiece Azure Vista, from the sweet pop-influenced gems to abstract blissed-out timeless ambient. Munk's trademarks are all over the 19 pieces on this double disc set: the highly adventurous sense of composition that is still so unheard of in electronic music - always taking the listener on a colourful journey instead of relying on repetitions like pretty much every other electronic artist -, the mix of well-programmed beats and electronics against surreal, shimmering, heavily treated guitars, and the sunbathed 1980s romantic melancholia that has become Jonas Munk's signature sound. It is hard to think of a more perfect introduction to Munk's music, and for fans of his work this is simply a must!
Darla-165
DCD
$13.75

Metric
Grow Up and Blow Away
PS, US 1999 recordings from Canadian rock conglomerate Metric. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "It's hard to believe that Metric couldn't find anyone to release this album following label changes. What's even more surprising, though, is how well it fits into their current sound despite being recorded in their infancy back in 1999. While rather void of the edgy and rock-fuelled songs that would come later like "Monster Hospital," Grow Up and Blow Away is an excellent primer of what was to come with "Live It Out" and "Old World Underground, Where Are You Now!." The light, melodic electro-pop feel is all over the title track as lead singer Emily Haines shows her talents early and often. Meanwhile, things pick up slightly with the catchy, danceable and tight "Hardwire" that instantly brings to mind the Cardigans... Haines churns out one sweet vocal after another. Metric rarely falter on this record, with "Soft Rock Star" living up to its title, a soft rock gem in the vein of Keane. The remix version is just as sweet and sugar-coated, driven by Haines angelic-like delivery. A similar approach comes during the tender, strolling "White Gold." " (Jason MacNeil)
LastGang
CD
$15.25

Mission, The
The Best of The Mission
PS, UK Since splintering from Goth-Fathers, The Sisters Of Mercy in 1986, Wayne Hussey has taken his dark dreams down spiraling paths of grandee rock splendor. This eclectic collection of beauties showcases the ultimate, majestic traits that made The Mission the masters of their shadowy craft. This unique collection also includes the UK Top 40 singles 'Wasteland' and 'Severina'. The Mission or The Mission UK - as they are known in the States - have a loyal and strong fan base, to which the "The Best Of" will be a welcome release. Prelude: Anniversary / Wasteland / Severina / Love Me To Death / Interlude: Never Forever / Beyond The Pale / Deliverance / Without You / Like A Child Again / Sacrilege / You Make Me Breathe / Crystal Ocean / Interlude: Suffer The Children / Butterfly On A Wheel / Terlude: Infection / Hands Across The Ocean / 1969 / Resurrection / After All / All I Want Is You.
Anagram-199
CD
$14.50

Mongrain, Erik
Fates
PS, US Debut CD from acoustic guitar genius and #1 YouTube sensation Erik Mongrain. Erik demonstrates a remarkable two handed tapping technnique. For fans of Jose Gonzalez, Michael Hedges, Jeff Healey, Leo Kottke, Michael Manring, Stanley Jordan, John Fahey.
MVD
CD
$18.25

Montag
Going Places
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Carpark
LP
$14.50

Moon Upstairs
Gaurding the Golden Apple
PS, US Debut full length is filled w/ infectious pop hooks, haunting harmonies & assorted boroque psych sounds that recall the same sense for orchestration & carefully crafted song work as bands like Pink Floyd & The Left Banke. Feat. string arrangements by Steve Gregoropolis of LAVENDER DIAMOND.
GiftedChildren-001
CD
$11.75

Morning Pages, The
The Company You Keep EP
PS, US The Morning Pages announce their arrival in the New York City indie scene with their debut EP The Company You Keep. Hoping to return to a warmer, more traditional sound, The Morning Pages spent a scant 2 days laying down the majority of the 5 tracks that make up The Company You Keep . With prominent influences such as The Band, Gram Parsons, and Leon Russell, The Morning Pages purposely set out to bring a raw, rural passion to a city that has been smothered by the thin, angular, processed homogeny perpetrated by a million clones of the "new" New York Sound.
Velour
CD5
$7.50

Morricone, Ennio
Morricone Giallo
PS, UK The Giallo is a type of thriller particular to Italy. Maestro Ennio Morricone defined it sound and atmosphere, ultimately scoring more of the genres films than any other composer. "Morricone Giallo" is the latest edition in Cherry Red's Morricone Retrospective.
BellaCasa-5
CD
$14.50

Napolitano, Johnette
Scarred
PS, US An L.A. daughter whose name is synonymous with songs about the city's honking traffic blur and Hollywood Boulevard's forgotten dreamers, Johnette Napolitano has followed her musical fancies for more than two decades, most famously with Concrete Blonde, as a singer-songwriter-musician whose boundless voice was an instrument of power and passion.
Scarred's 12 songs are startling, spectacular and sublime. Chilling, thrilling choruses? Yep -- snaky and shaky and more soaring than ever. Challenging, raw, gorgeous -- Scarred is filled with the most intimate songs the singer's ever shared with fans. The beginning of an exciting new chapter for Johnette Napolitano? Bet on it.
Hybrid-20052.2
CD
$14.25

Numan, Gary
Complete John Peel Sessions
PS, US
CookingVinyl
CD
$13.75

Panda Bear
Person Pitch
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PawTracks-014
LP
$16.00

Penniless
The Attraction
PS, SWEDEN New album from Finnish power-poppers/edgy-rockers Penniless, think Pixies, Weezer, Posies, Beatles, Kinks... Idiosyncratic and Finnish (which might be redundant), Penniless continue to re-invent themselves, emerging as popsmiths from a coccon of distortion, while pouring all the energy and aggression of their 10-year career into these frantic majestic indierock songs.
AWestSideFabrication-242
CD
$13.50

Penny-Ante Book #2
Anthology
PS, US Contributors include: Bill Callahan of SMOG, CAMERA OBSCURA, CLIENTELE, Devendra Banhart's sister & up and coming musician MATTEAH BAIM, MORIS TEPPER (Captain Beefhart, PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, etc.), JENNIFER HERRERMA (Royal Trux, RTX), SLIM MOON (founder of KILL ROCK STARS), a tribute to RAMBLIN JACK ELIOTT (with personal photographs) from folk-rock musician JONATHAN WILSON, LD BEGHTOL (The Magnetic Fields, LD & the New Criticism), SHARRON KRAUS, THE TYDE (Rough Trade Records), THE SPACE LADY, INDIAN JEWELRY & so many more! W/ color pages this time!
PennyAntePublishing-002
BOOK
$15.00

Punk Planet
July/August 2007
PS, US LAST ISSUE EVER!!! GOOD BYE TO PUNK PLANET FOREVER! Features new voices from the underground & looks at issues confronting the indiependent music scene & the world at large.Also features all the columns,features, DIY, & reviews (over 300 per issue) readers have come to
expect over the magazine's 13 year history.
ZINE
$5.00

Rasputina
Oh Perilous World [limited DCD edition]
PS, US Deluxe DCD Edition, while supplies last, then reverts to regular CD. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Rasputina's steampunk approach to rock & roll -- a trio of cellists influenced as much by Jules Verne and H.G. Wells as by Marilyn Manson and Kronos Quartet -- is so implausibly bizarre that it would be easy to overlook the band as a novelty act. Don't. Lead cellist/songwriter/mad witch Melora Creager may play up the goth queen image to the hilt, with her tightly corseted dresses and dark eyeliner, but behind the façade is a strikingly original sensibility that defies categorization. And comprehension, for that matter. Imagine Oh Perilous World then as an antiwar protest album.... Rasputina, to their credit, remain in a category of their own, sui generis, spinning out their inscrutable tales with crazed energy and genre-mashing abandon. You're unlikely to find a stranger -- or more strangely compelling -- album this year." (Andy Whitman)
FilthyBonnet
DCD
$17.00

Rivingtons, The
Papa Oom Mow Mow
PS, UK The Rivingtons secured their place in musical history when their first 45 reached the top half of the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1962, and the insistently catchy title 'Papa Oom Mow Mow' turned every listener into a sing-a-long bass voice. The group followed this with their own answer-disc, 'Mama Oom Mow Mow', and went on to capture the dance-craze market with 'The Bird Is the Word', a crossover hit in spring 1963, while their two Hot 100 hits were merged into a medley as 'Surfin' Bird' by The Trashmen at the end of 1963, ironically out-selling the originals to reach the top 10, later being used as incidental music by movie director Stanley Kubrik in "Full Metal Jacket". The Rivingtons were more than just a rock'n'roll novelty group, however, and at the dawn of the soul era, produced a number of superb deep soul ballads, of which 'I'm Losing My Grip' and 'Deep Water' have long been hard-to-find classics of their genre. While the pedigree of featured vocalists Al Frazier and Carl White stretches back deep into the doo-wop era. This CD brings together all of the group's recordings for Liberty in the early 1960's, combining novelty rock'n'roll with wailing deep soul ballads, the title track being a much-played oldie on global radio and the ballads having been in-demand collectors' items since their previous reissue in 1991. Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow / Deep Water / Kickapoo Joy Juice / My Reward / Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow (The Bird) / Waiting / Love Pill / Long Tall Sally / Unchain My Heart / You Are My Sunshine / Happy Jack / Slippin' And Slidin' / Old Time Love / Have Mercy, Mercy Baby / Standing In The Love Line / The Bird's The Word / I'm Losing My Grip / The Shaky Bird (Part 1) / The Shaky Bird (Part 2) / Cherry / Little Sally Walker / The Weejee Walk / Fairy Tales.
Shout!-035
CD
$16.25

Robeson, Paul
The Man They Couldn't Silence
PS, UK Paul Robeson: great voice, grannies favorite, acclaimed Shakespearean actor, perhaps the most beloved man in Wales? Or perhaps a subversive, dangerous, maybe commie-agitator plotting sedition against the United States Government and everything they held dear? In fact he was both yet neither! One of the voices of the century, Robeson from youth spoke out against racism and social injustice, to the extent he became politically suspect and pretty much unemployable in the US. Coming to Britain he not only starred in one of the earliest Hammer Films (produced by his friend, the Spanish left/liberal film maker Enrique Carreras, whose son was to make Hammer world famous) but also was one of the original talkie stars of Ealing studios. Back then, a rather leftist organization whose major ideological guiding light was Pen Tennyson, whose tragic early death rocked the UK film industry. Here he made films much to his taste, glorifying working class communities, inevitably set in Wales, the country where Robeson could do no wrong. So two iconic British studios were pretty much launched by the man! So here is a taste of the voice of the 20th century, the man they couldn't silence: Paul Robeson! Beautiful. This is a must for all lovers of a great voice and for those concerned with social justice. Summertime / A Woman Is A Sometime Thing / It Ain't Necessarily So / It Takes A Long Pull To Get There / Land Of My Fathers / The Song Of Freedom / Sleepy River / Lonely Road / Deep River / Ol' Man River / Trees / Solitude / St. Louis Blues / Mighty Lak' A Rose / Mood Indigo / Rockin' Chair / River Stay 'Way From My Door / The Cobbler's Song / Lazy Bones / Gloomy Sunday / I Still Suits Me / Short'nin' Bread / Killing Song / Carry Me Back To Green Pastures / Go Down Moses / Joshus Fit De Battle Of Jericho / Jerusalem / Mah Lindy Lou.
Rev-ola-208
CD
$14.50

Roedelius
Snapshots/Sidesteps
PS, IRELAND Krautrock innovator Hans-Joachim Roedelius' latest project: A ten track compilation which features collaborations between Roedelius & The Orb, Patrick Pulsinger, Alec Way, Haeyoung Kim, Fratelli Brothers, Timothy O'Keefe, Fabio Capanni, David Bickley, Seiichi Suzuki and Werner Moebius. The CD showcases works produced over the past 10 years and takes the listener on a journey through many styles of music from Ambient-Glitch Electronics-
Dub. "If you're a fan of contemporary electronica, but if Roedelius is an unfamiliar name to you, then you're missing out on one of that genre's most important well-springs." -BBC
Psychonavigation-019
CD
$15.00

Rough Bunnies
Weisse Westen, Dreck Am Stecken
PS, US LIMITED TO 200. I once saw an interview with the members of Nirvana talking about when they toured with Shonen Knife and would cry every night while they watched their set out of sheer joy and unrivaled beauty. I didn't think much about it or even try to understand that feeling until my band played a festival in Sweden last year and the Rough Bunnies played right before us. Hailing from Malmo, this duo (with occasional guests) encapsulates a sense of innocence, joy, confusion and real youth style feelings and communicates them in a way so honestly it's hard to look away, whether or not you like the music. All the elements of ameturish-yet-immediate songwriting and musicianship that go into the songs of the Rough Bunnies could illicit comparisons to bands that came before with a similar vibe; the Velvet Underground, Beat Happening, the Vaselines, Moldy Peaches, Shonen Knife, et al.. but paying attention and really getting to know the group, you come to understand that they're not just another band that SOUNDS like those lifechanging, unsung, widely overlooked and underrated groups, nor are they trying to coyly mimic that feeling. The Rough Bunnies are the next band on that page of history, a beautiful and amazing, if dog-eared and tea stained page. This LP is their first, following three extremely limited CDRs available
only in Sweden.
Yipsilanti-032
LP
$15.00

Schatz, Kate
PJ Harvey: Rid Of Me
PS, US <p>This is a collection of short stories - each one a cover version of a song on Rid of Me. Brooding, macabre, bloody, erotic, tongue-incheek, and violent, these fourteen stories are deeply immersed in the language and themes of PJ Harvey's album: perfect for reading along, with your headphones on. Aurthor - Kate Schatz has worked as an editor for many noted literary journals, and is currently one of the founding editors of The Encyclopedia Project, a forthcoming hardcover book series that seeks to combine the reference book, art book, and literary journal in the service of contemporary fiction. She is an award-winning writer of short fiction, and she lives in Oakland, California. You can also find her at www.kateschatz.com.
Continuum-048
BOOK
$10.95

Slaraffenland
Private Cinema
PS, US Based in Copenhagen, Slaraffenland found its final formation in 2002: Christian Taagehøj, Mike Taagehøj, Bjørn Heebøll, Niklas Antonsson, and Jeppe Skjold. They expertly expanded on the guitar-bass-drums standard with brass and woodwind instruments, various racketmakers, and transfixing gang vocals. Many of them childhood friends (and Mike and Christian identical twins), they've spent years developing a sound that conjures everything from free jazz to noise to melodious addictive rock.
PITCHFORK: "This Danish quintet's first full-length release on Home Tapes is a full of dark and radiant songs that compete and unite at equal turns. The album opens with the peaceful, anemic bombast of "Sleep Tight", its winds and strings chugging through crashes of cymbals and bass. An ominous chorus of voices enforces a marching cadence, but the precision breaks midway for guitars and distant howls reminiscent of Animal Collective's Campfire Songs... The album as a whole is a brave perambulation, drawing on the acidic thunderstorms and gorgeous lullabies of two great Icelandic exports (Björk on "You Win" and Sigur Rós for aching closer "How Far Would You Go"). In music, it's not often that this borderline overindulgence, where structure and uniformity are all but forgotten, works. But here the members of Slaraffenland showcase their virtuoso skills and shared vision, always modestly." (Liz Colville)
Hometapes-016
CD
$12.25

Squeeze
East Side Story [re-issue]
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "ast Side Story was originally planned as a double album with each side produced by a different "hot" producer -- Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, and Paul McCartney were the proposed lineup. And while only Elvis Costello (along with Roger Bechirian) ended up doing the job, save for one track by Edmunds, Costello's push for decidedly un-Squeeze-like material and sympathetic production style resulted in not only the band's most diverse but also their most creatively rewarding album to date. East Side Story is definitely packed with the band's trademark bouncy Britpop numbers like "In Quintessence," "Piccadilly," "Is That Love," and "Mumbo Jumbo," but the standouts come from the unexpected turns -- the country lament of "Labeled With Love," the trippy near-psychedelia of "There's No Tomorrow," the lush and delicate "Woman Work" and "Vanity Fair," and the soulful groove of "Tempted" (the song the band is probably best known for, sung by newly added member Paul Carrack)." (Chris Woodstra)
AmericanBeat
CD
$10.50

Starkey
Dementia
PS, US 1 Sided 12". A 12" from Philly's king of Gutter-Grimey beatz, Starkey. "Dementia" is a six minute chunk of hotness, with a bassline that sounds like a cello filled with bees that's been plugged into a rat pedal, and drums that are mean to the marrow. Starkey will probably be best remembered for the mainframe mutiny known as "Local Headines" on Werk Discs, or perhaps his remix of Drop the Lime on Ruff/Peaceoff, both of which made for a stand out ought-six. Starkey also co-runs the label Slit Jockey with compadres Dev79 and El Carnicero, which in addition to Starkey productions has featured vocal/production collabs with Mathhead, Kano, Ghetto, and a bunch of others. Each record is had stamped, and contained in a craft sleeve Ala 70's Reggae sound system dub plates. The record is also limited to 400 copies, so we think it will be a rare bird quite soon.
Lodubs-1207001
12
$8.25

Starless & Bible Black
Up With The Orchadian Tide
PS, UK Fronted by French-born chanteuse Hélène Gautier, the Manchester-based trio Starless & Bible Black create music from well within the progressive British folk-rock tradition carved by Pentangle or Fairport Convention-- they draw upon any number of intertwined traditions simultaneously informed by Appalachian folk, down tempo jazz, Middle English pastoralism, and smoky continental balladry. Taking their name from Dylan Thomas' radio play Under Milkwood and not-- likely to the dismay of prog-rock zealots-- from the King Crimson album title, Starless & Bible Black perform each of their stylistic shifts with an effortless agility, resulting in a collection that captivates primarily through its graceful, almost nonchalant simplicity. The group's three core musicians each brings something unique to the discussion, all the better to help differentiate the group's sound in an overrun folk-rock market. Guitarist and home-studio recluse Peter Philipson plays with a clean, deftly syncretic style derived from British folk pioneers Davy Graham and Bert Jansch, Gautier's appealing vocals slip almost invisibly between English and French, recalling Sandy Denny's more delicate work with Fairport as well as homespun contemporaries like Lois Maffeo or Ida's Elizabeth Mitchell. Most intriguing, however, are the contributions of multi-instrumentalist Raz Ullah, whose idiosyncratic electronic drones, tape loops, and samples supply these songs with a crucial undercurrent of drama and dissonance. After releasing their first EP on their own Timbreland Recordings label, the band was spotted by Chicago based Locust Music. A new single is due for release on Static Caravan in June 2007, with a vinyl edition of their debut also finally due out at the same time, coinciding with Festival dates that are set to engage a new audience with the band. The Green man , Supersonic , Moseley Folk , Shhh and Edinburgh festivals are all ready lined up for this summer. Starless & Bible Black have played with Espers, The Earlies, Marissa Nadler, Ella Guru, Herman Dune and The Broken Family Band over the past year. The three core members also run the Timbreland Recordings label releasing material by artists such Nancy Elizabeth Cunliffe, The New Hawks, Josephine Oniyama and Little Pebble amongst others. For fans of like minded folk such as the The Earlies, Espers, Voice of the Seven Woods, Galaxie 500 and of course Pentangle.
StaticCaravan-132-7
45
$7.50

Stateless
S-T
PS, US Meshing guitars w/ electronics, orchestral strings w/ turntable beats, this sonically ambitious 5 piece already have a depth & a power far beyond their yrs. This already sounds like one of the highlights of the year. Album feat. acclaimed collaborators, incl. Arctic Monkeys producer Jim Abbiss & superstar turntable virtuoso DJ SHADOW.
K7
CD
$15.75
Taylor, Shawn
A Tribe Called Quest: People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm
PS, US <p> One of the finest hip-hop albums ever made, A Tribe Called Quest's debut record (featuring stone-cold classics like "Can I Kick It?" and "Bonita Applebum") took the idea of the boasting hip-hop male and turned it on its head. For many listeners, when this non-traditional, surprisingly feminine album was released, it was like hearing an entirely new form of music.
In this book, Shawn Taylor explores the creation of the album as well as the impact it had on him at the time - a 17-year-old high-school geek who was equally into hip-hop, punk, new wave, skateboarding, and Dungeons & Dragons: all of a sudden, with this one album, the world made more sense. He has spent many years investigating this album, from the packaging to the song placement to each and every sample - Shawn Taylor knows this record like he knows his tattoos, and he's finally been able to write a fascinating and highly entertaining book about it. Authors - Shawn Taylor is the author of the book Big Black Penis: Misadventures in Race and Masculinity. He conducts lectures on cultural issues at high schools and colleges up and down the West Coast. He lives in Californi.
Continuum-047
BOOK
$10.95

Tuesday's Children
Strange Light From The East
PS, UK Continuing the 1960s psych-pop theme, we have Tuesdays Children (presumably they are, or rather were, full of grace?) with Strange Light From The East: Complete UK Singles (And More) 1966-1969 (crrev 209) a surprising collection of all the works (released and unreleased) of this amazingly collectable Brit- psych combo. Very listenable, it will no doubt prove very popular with the young folk as well as the usual rabid collectors. Which is all good!
Rev-Ola-209
CD
$14.50

Tupelo Honeys
Tupelo Honeys Salute You
PS, SWEDEN Swedish siblings Joel and Linn Edin nearly gave up music, but we're glad they didn't! A wild and beautiful album, grand arrangements and bombast, they share vocal duties and engage in crazily compelling duets and the occasional cup o' twee. Closest Swedish comparisons are Vega and The Kissaway Trail, but I've seen several comparisons to Belle & Sebastian and, indeed Arcade Fire, including tastemaking blogger MUSIC IS MY RADAR: "The girl/boy twins of Tupelo Honeys are based in Stockholm, Sweden, which with just those two facts should spark your interest. They trade off vocal duties and sometimes share them. Joel songs lean toward the grandeur indie side, and Linn's tunes lean toward the twee side at times... If you take everything that you love about indie-pop bands like Belle & Sebastian and Camera Obscura (assuming that you like them because you should) and mixed it with the grandeur of Arcade Fire mixed it all together out would pop the Tupelo Honeys."
AWestSideFabrication-246
CD
$13.50

Various
Gypsy Creams & Ginger Nuts: Sounds That Swept The Supermarkets
PS, UK For volume 10 in our Mood Mosaic series, exploring the non-traditional outlets for cool sounds of the 60's and 70's, we pay homage to the record label spawned from Associated Rediffusion TV. We've been used to compilations being released from the great productions libraries such as KPM and Chappells, whose music graced many a TV soundtrack and advertising sound bed. Our focus this time is on a production source that began life as Reditune in 1954, supplying the piped music for places new to the postwar world such as supermarkets and airports. Business was booming and in 1968 a record label arm was formed as a further outlet for the music being produced in-house called Rediffusion International Music. A good many young arrangers and session players were cutting their teeth on these sessions, further contributing cracking original tunes. Names that have become legend in lounge-core circles such as Harry Stoneham, Pete Moore, Alan Moorhouse, Tony Osborne. This is the first album compilation solely focusing on the Rediffusion catalogue and story, insuring that Gypsy Creams and Ginger Nuts is a tasty package indeed! Take Eight - Pete Moore / Next Of Kingsleigh - Harry Stoneham / Some Other Time - Alan Moorhouse N/ Cat Walk - Pete Moore N/ Goofy - Harry Stoneham N/ Gypsy Cream - Tony Evans / Lets See Action - Harry Stoneham / Martini - Harry Stoneham / Norwegian Wood - Men About Town / Rough Riding - Harry Stoneham / Rumbo - Harry Stoneham / Some Other Time -Alan Moorhouse / Soul In Space - Harry Stoneham N/ Spoofin - Tony Evans / Hold Tight - Howard Blaikley Orchestra / The Cutter - Vic Flick Soundn / Cubanana - Vic Flick Sound / Son Of A Preacher Man - Sounds Like Soul / John & Paul - Tony Osborne / Friendship Train - Rosetta Hightower / For What Its Worth - Pete Moore / Steptoe And Son - Pete Moore / The Fat Man - Pete Moore / Solar Wind - Pete Moore.
RPM-328
CD
$16.25

Various
A Young Person's Guide To Compact
PS, UK 21 tracks. LTM are pleased to announce a remastered CD edition of the highly collectible label compilation A Young Person's Guide to Compact, originally released by The Compact Organisation in 1982. Founded in London in 1981, The Compact Organisation was the brainchild of composer-svengali Tot Taylor. Chic, cheerful and redolent of hip New York label Ze, Compact's stylish and stylized roster included ice-cool Swedish model agent Virna Lindt, Neasden soul queen Mari Wilson, funk contenders Shake/Shake, American retro diva Miss Cynthia Scott and ironic pop artists The Beautiful Americans. All these and more are featured on the wonderful label compilation A Young Person's Guide to Compact. Originally released as a double album in a bespoke limited edition box (copies now sell for over £1000), the album rounds up early singles on the label as well as key album tracks. Rarities include the non-album singles Model Agent and Young & Hip by Virna Lindt, and a live version of Rave by Mari Wilson, recorded at a Compact showcase in London in October 1981. The remastered 71 minute CD also features a deluxe 12 page booklet featuring original artwork and Compact ephemera from the box set, as well as detailed liner notes by Tot Taylor.
LTM-2488
CD
$17.00

Various
Hollywood Rock N' Roll
PS, UK Ace are delighted to present a special edition of one of their very early vinyl releases. The best-selling "Hollywood Rock'n'Roll" album now joins our esteemed Hip Pocket series, complete of course with replica LP packaging. With the original CD re-issue now commanding obscene prices on eBay and Amazon, this release is even more of a bargain than normal! 1. Blue Jeans - GLEN GLENN 2. Don't Push - DON DEAL 3. Everybody's Movin' - GLEN GLENN 4. Would You - GLEN GLENN 5. Goofin' Around - GLEN GLENN 6. I'm Glad My Baby's Gone Away - GLEN GLENN 7. Topsy Turvy - BEN JOE ZEPPA 8. Hollywood Party - DICK BUSCH 9. One Cup Of Coffee - GLEN GLENN 10. Great Shakin' Fever - DORSEY BURNETTE 11. She Will Come Back To Me - ALIS LESLEY 12. Ezactly - DICK BUSCH.
Ace-026
CD
$12.50

Various
Phil's Spectre III : A Third Wall Of Soundalikes
PS, UK The third and final volume of Phil Spector soundalikes is the equal of the previous two in every way. A beguiling blend of fan favorites that we couldn't find room for on earlier volumes and tracks that we have spent years trying to license for this series, Phil's Spectre III features many selections that have never been legally reissued, appearing here from master tapes rather than from rare and worn 45s. The CD also features several first time stereos, alternate and extended mixes and tracks that have hitherto stayed un-issued since their recording dates, over 40 years ago. The package features rare label shots and pix, and an authorative sleeve note from series co-compiler Mick Patrick. A series finale that finishes with not so much as a single gunshot as an almighty bang. Like Spector's own catalogue - and quite possibly like the man himself - it's "All Killer, No Filler"... 1. Who Am I - JERRY GANEY 2. That's The Way - THE KIT KATS 3. Look Of Love - LESLEY GORE 4. Sweet, Sweet Love - BOBBY SHEEN 5. I Love Him - THE CASTANETS 6. My Girl - JOHNNY CASWELL 7. 'Cause I Love Him - ALDER RAY 8. Gee, I'm Sorry Baby - THE SAPPHIRES 9. My One And Only, Jimmy Boy - THE GIRLFRIENDS 10. Is There Anything That I Can Do - THE ASHES 11. Big Man - BARBARA JACKSON 12. Yes Sir, That's My Baby - THE SATISFACTIONS 13. Usher Boy - MERRY CLAYTON 14. My Tears Will Go Away - THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS 15. Let the Good Times Roll - JUDY HENSKE 16. He Really Loves Me - DEBBIE ROLLINS 17. Goodbye Baby - MAUREEN GRAY 18. Young Boy Blues - DANIEL A STONE 19. He's Mine - ALICE WONDER LAND 20. Down By The Ocean - GEORGE 'N' SONNY SANDS 21. In My Lonely Room - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS 22. Close Your Eyes - BONNIE 23. When We Get Married - 1910 FRUITGUM COMPANY 24. The Way Of The Crowd - DAN FOLGER 25. It's The Little Things - SONNY AND CHER 26. Just A Fool - JERRY GANEY
Ace-1149
CD
$17.25

Verbose
Wonder
PS, JAPAN Verbose is UK based artist Allan Richmond and Wonder is his long awaited new full length album on Tokyo based label Moamoo. Following a debut album on Neo Ouija and a string of EPs on influential independent labels such as Cactus Island, Awkward Silence Recordings and Unlabel, Verbose returns in 2007 with a full length album featuring brand new material recorded during 2006 and 2007. A further departure / progression from the electronica of early releases, Wonder develops the themes introduced on the split ep with Maps and Diagrams on Awkward Silence Recordings. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes dark and chaotic, Wonder is a unique marriage of quiet and loud melancholia, undercurrents of electronica and hypnotic post rock - a soundtrack to loneliness, isolation and rejection. Musically inspired by diverse artists such as Autechre, Cult Of Luna, Mono, Mogwai and 65daysofstatic and adopting themes from an ongoing obsession with Japanese cinema and literature (Haruki Murakami in particular), Verbose takes another step towards defining his intended sound.
Moamoo-005
CD
$15.75

Watson Twins
Southern Manners
PS, US Ever since they mysteriously appeared to the world at large w/the lovely Miss Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley, well, the world hasn't been the same. Guest appearances on this disc include a cacophony of indie rock superstars, including Jenny Lewis, Brian Lebarton (Beck), & Russel Pollard (Sebadoh, Folk Implosion, & now in Earlimart), & J.Soda (Wifey, now in Jenny Lewis's band). EP co produced by the Watson Twins & Russel Pollard.
Junketboy
CD5
$9.25

Wingtip Sloat
Add This to Rhetoric
PS, US On this long planned (and frequently delayed) restoration of the Virginia trio's rare & out-of-print singles & compilation tracks from the early 90s, all 30 tracks make their 1st CD appearance, restoring 2 of the earliest VHF titles to print,along w/a wealth of other impossible-to-find gems, slashing rock sides that bristle w/ hooks & ear-catching weirdness.
VHF-057
CD
$13.25

Forthcoming Releases

Abe Vigoda
Animal Ghosts b/w All Day & Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 3RD)
PS, US Abe Vigoda drop a new slab of punky calypso ,tropical distorted dance punk, no wave hardcore intensity. Animal Ghosts is so irresistibly awesome that you will be bobbing your head & moving in that Bat Chain Puller, Sonic Youth way that only the 'Goda can.The B side isn't a throwaway on any scale, it is equally charged with new sounds that scape your face.
PostPresentMedium-012
45
$5.00

AMP
All of Yesterday Tomorrow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 3RD)
PS, UK 'All of Yesterday Tomorrow' is a collection of singles, non-album and compilation tracks, and unreleased material by Amp, the experimental music and sound collective. In its fifteen-year history, Amp - the "trans_European esoterrorists" - has become a towering antiestablishment in contemporary and experimental music. Comprised of the core duo of Richard Amp and singer Karine Charff, Amp has released music on a raft of renowned international record labels, including the seminal Kranky, Wurlitzer Jukebox, Darla Records and Space Age Recordings. The Amp collective operatives have been drawn from an equally enviable list of bands - from the legendary Third Eye Foundation, Flying Saucer Attack, Spiritualized and Julian Cope, to the distinguished Laika, Movietone, Gallon Drunk and Prolapse. 'All of Yesterday Tomorrow' compiles 38 tracks spanning over a decade of Amp's oeuvre - including 12 unreleased songs, versions and outtakes, the 10 tracks from the out of print 1998 singles album, 'Passé • Présent', and 16 more non_album, vinyl_only and compilation tracks.
Rroopp
3XCD
$24.50

Anderson, Laurie
Big Science [remastered, enhanced] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Re-issue treatment for LA's 1982 art-rock classic, includes the title track and surprising British chart-topper "O Superman". ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Big Science is a landmark release in the New York art scene of the '80s, and quite possibly the best art rock album of the decade."
Nonsuch
CD
$15.25

Anderson, Ryan
The Garden Path (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US Acoustic folk pop from a singer songwriter taking his songs to the people one living room at a time. Honest and pure.
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe-075
CD
$9.75

Art In Manila
Set The Woods On Fire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US After Azure Ray disbanded, member Orenda Fink put her energies into a solo record in 2005, called "Invisible Ones". Upon touring in support of that album with various
revolving band members, she chose the cream of the crop and formed a new group called Art Belle, then changed it to Art In Manila (a nod to radio host Art Bell's exodus to
the Phillipines). On this release, the band flirts playfully with genre wanderlust without ever abandoning cohesion. Moody slow-burners follow four-to-the-floor rockers that
butt up against serene ballads. A powerful debut.
SaddleCreek
CD
$12.25
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Bottom of the Hudson
Fantastic Hawk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Latest album updated the 90's bedroom indie rock 4-track sound to modern standards w/ sonics & arrangements tuned & tightened to reveal the beautiful song that always lies underneath. Spans the distance from classic indie sludge of Seesaw or Sebadoh to the sonic heights of timeless song giants like Robyn Hitchcock & Ray Davies. An album of stunning songcraft.
AbsolutelyKosher-066
CD
$14.50

Brunettes, The
Structure And Cosmetics (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US The Sub Pop debut by these New Zealand natives features breezy, effervescent, Shangri-Las-reminiscent pop. The backing band ranges from five to ten strong and incorporates the marimba, trumpet, alto and tenor sax, and more. "Structure & Cosmetics" retains the sweetly charming, sunbeam-drenched sound The Brunettes are known for, but adds a hint of darkness and drama in other tracks. They've played with the likes of The Shins, Rilo Kiley, The Postal Service, and Clap Your Hands Say
Yeah.
Subpop
CD
$12.50

Buffalo Tom
Three Easy Pieces (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US New album! Their first in 9 years!
Ammal/NewWest
CD
$16.00

Bunky & Jake
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, UK Andrea "Bunky" Skinner & Allan "Jake" Jacobs had been fixtures of New York's coffeehouse folk circuit for years when they finally made this debut album in '68. Having honed their talents alongside Bob Dylan, Fred Neil, Tim Hardin, Richie Havens, John Sebastian & countless others, their music is a winning combination of breezy tunes, sweet harmonies & tasteful fuzz guitar, making it the perfect soundtrack to a mellow summer's evening.
FalloutUK-2051
CD
$16.25

Carta
The Glass Bottom Boat (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 21ST)
PS, UK The fruits of a lengthy process involving an ever-changing line-up featuring a revolving door of San Francisco musicians, this is the long-awaited debut from Carta, now with settled personnel surrounding core member Kyle Monday. Engineered by Beulah's Eli Crews and featuring Sacha Galvagna and Jared Matt Greenberg (Charles Atlas) and Alexander Kort (Subtle)