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4 Guitars
Live At Luxx
PS, UK This was a rare quartet of guitars performance that
took place August 8 of 2001 in a now defunct club in Brooklyn
by Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Nels Cline and Carlos Giffoni.
Its a crystal clear multitrack recording that was later
mixed and mastered by producer Wharton Tiers. Infinite
possibilities are explored as the signature styles of each
of the group members create moments of tension, peace,
violence, and run trough every possible range of emotions.
psychedelic tunnels of sound echo trough endless guitar
lines, minimalism and maximalism both present in one moment,
there are no solos and no selfishness, as 4 combine to
create an unbelievable 40+ minute piece. A document of
pure sonic exploration of a moment in time that will never
be repeated by 4 of the most respected experimentalist
of our day. - Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo from Sonic
Youth. -Nels Cline (countless solo projects + member of
Wilco). - Carlos Giffoni (upcoming composer/improviser
from New York). - R
are live once in a lifetime. guitar quartet performance
from 4 of the most important/in demand experimental musicians.
- Mixed and mastered by producer Wharton Tiers.
Important-080
CD
$13.75
About
Bongo
PS, US RUTGER HOEDEMAEKERS began his debut album three
years ago and literally worked on it obsessively for a
majority of that time. Having dealt with four collapsed
lungs while producing it, Rutger makes good by creating
what will surely be one of this year's first major breakthrough
records. Straddling the realms of indie rock, electronica,
pure pop with a tiny pinch of breakcore, he's created a
masterful record full of songs that get stuck in your head,
full of tiny details you only hear after repeat listening.
But Bongo is far from another boring indie-tronica record.
It's got this slightly pissed-off edge while remaining
both literate and thoroughly gratifying. This intended
liveliness in the music does not come from letting the
computer do just "whatever." It comes from creating
every little note and sound by hand, like carefully painting
a portrait instead of snapping a Polaroid. He's already
been playing some of the best festivals in the Netherlands,
and has been winning f
istfuls of new fans at each show, expertly straddling the
line between rock show excitement and dance party ass shaking.
CockRockDisco-009
CD
$14.75
Amppez
Irony of a Sweet Fruit
PS, US Formed in 2000 in Shizuoka, Japan, Amppez plays
emotional balladic indie rock that has been dubbed "melancholic" by
critics in Japan. This is their 2nd full length 7 first
to be released in the US. The songs are lush and rolling
and soaked in effected guitars creating catch tunes that
retain the shoe gazer ethos. RIYL: My Bloody Valentine,
Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re, Shonen Knife, Bleach03, Sunny Day Real
Estate, Fugazi.
BentenTokyo-003
CD
$12.00
Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That's Not What I Am
PS, UK Musically, there are bits of The Stone Roses, What's
The Story Morning Glory, and Nevermind. As catchy as those
reference points are, it's the songwriting that has won
the band a fiercely dedicated following; a mix of the observational
storytelling of Davies and Weller crossed with the harsher
documentary eye of Mike Skinner of The Streets and "Ghost
Town" era Specials.
Domino(UK)-086
CD
$15.25
Ariel Kalma
Osmose
PS, US ARIEL KALMA's magical and weird Osmose originally
released in 1978 masterfully matches RICHARD TINTI's rainforest
field recordings with Ariel's left field minimalist compositional
ideas. Rather than simply relying on the rainforest sounds
providing a pleasant backdrop to the drones, the drones
interplay with the pitches of the natural sounds to create
melancholic, Popol Vuh like grandeurs. The natural chirps
and creaks blend with the music to become similar to ambient
loops themselves; such that their very tonal nature shifts
from being recognizable jungle sounds, frequently phasing
into blurred rhythmic elements under the electronic parts.
Osmose reminds that not only is the rainforest a place
of awe inspiring beauty, but it is also something very
dense and alien. Includes three previously unreleased tracks
from the same sessions, this reissue finally allows the
rainforest to live up to its natural state of untamed jungle.
Beta-LactamRing-01
CD
$14.75
Ass Ponys
Okra Years
PS, US Reissue of previously out of print material from
the early '90s. Catch the first glimpse of chief songwriter
Chuck Cleaver in his unique, rustictinged Midwestern psychedelia.
Collection of 24 tracks on 2 cds from 2 out of print LPs.
Not everything is included from the original releases 'cos
as the liner notes states..."The simple fact is we
don't care for some of them anymore."
ShakeIt
DCD
$15.00
Bad Religion
Live at the Palladium
PS, US Quarter-century-running Los Angeles punk legends
BAD RELIGION captured live in concert during a sold-out
two-night run at the Palladium in Hollywood, Fall 2005.
Thirty-one tracks that span the band's entire career, including
such rarely performed songs as a acoustic piano version
of"Cease." Includes bonus interviews, fan tributes,
rare TV footage (circa 1981-1983), and more.
Epitaph-86659
DVD
$16.50
Bayside
Live (CD + DVD)
PS, US A CD+DVD release capturing a special acoustic set
performed during the Never Sleep Again tour by BAYSIDE.
Eight tracks, including a cover of the Smoking Popes' "Megan" and
the brand new song "Winter."
Victory-293
CD
$14.00
Beatglider v Shinri
Beatglider v Shinri EP
PS, UK Indie slack-core stars, Beatglider released their
debut album in the late nineties, Beatglider quietly wove
their own path, securing an underground fan base before
coming to the attention of Dakota Records in 2001. Their
2nd album was recorded in Los Angeles with Tom Rothrock
(Beck, Elliott Smith, Badly Drawn Boy).Now the languid
five-piece are back with two new songs. East coast England
meets West coast USA, their music evoking memories of the
late-lamented Pavement, My Bloody Valentine and Galaxie
500, fused with their own brand of wistful melancholia.
Newcomers Shinri features members of the quietly acclaimed
post-rock collective Junkboy (the brothers Hanscomb, who
released their exceptional sophomore album, 'Lost Parade',
on Enraptured Records last summer) and emo-rock kings Cars
As Weapons (drummer Richie Harwood), with vocals by Jay
Thornton (who drew the stunning cover artwork). Shinri
have been working tirelessly on recordings of late, and
'Sever' and 'Corn Fields'
mark Shinri's debut recorded output. Their influences range
far and wide -such as Elliott Smith, & The Flaming
Lips to the more esoteric, pagan melodies of Bert Jansch,
Vashti Bunyan and The Incredible String Band - fusing these
ingredients together in their own inimitable style help
to make Shinri a tantalising prospect.
Enraptured-46
CD5
$12.75
Beautiful Girls
We're Already Gone
PS, US The US debut from Australian groove unit THE BEAUTIFUL
GIRLS. Twelve tracks of posi-rocking that combine "the
melodies of Ben Harper and the sheer power of Bob Marley." Released
by Cornerstone RAS, so you know it's Sublime approved.
CornerstoneRas-049
CD
$12.00
Below The Sea
Blame It On The Past
PS, CANADA New album from "important" Montreal
instrumental outfit. Review from ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "With
their third opus, Below the Sea have reached maturity.
Blame It on the Past can be approached and assessed on
its own terms, without the need to resort to post-rock
name-dropping. Once again, the band has grown in tightness
and musicianship. Original bassist Mathieu Lévesque
is out, replaced by Victor Meyer, who provides a stronger
anchor for Pascal Asselin's ever-changing drum patterns.
Patrick Lacharité's guitar work has also grown more
varied, with new effects (including some fine backwards
playing) and melodies that sound like a post-rocker tempted
by surf music. Blame It on the Past is a short album, but
its 40 minutes are put to excellent use. Each of the nine
tracks clocks in at somewhere between three and five minutes.
Short and to the point, they all focus on the theme at
hand. Surprisingly, this is done so without sacrificing
on atmospheres -- a key element of the post-
rock style. The trio proves that it is not necessary to
spend five minutes establishing a mood before diving into
the first guitar line. Tunes like "Anonymity," "As
Is," and "Light at Night" manage to lull
the listener into a gentle half sleep, treat him or her
to some exquisite melodies, include a few changes, and
bring him or her back to the real world, all within four
minutes. Even more importantly, these pieces leave a lasting
impression. After a few listens, you'll be whistling a
few of these in the shower. If post-rock as a style has
been accused of self-indulgence (sometimes rightfully so),
Below the Sea remedy the situation. Blame It on the Past
strips off the style's excesses and delivers it in radio-ready
chunks. If there is any justice in the music business,
this album will be the group's international ticket. Highly
recommended."
WhereAreMy-020
CD
$13.50
Bertolino, Paul
Inner Soundtrack
PS, US PAUL BERTOLINO's debut solo effort is the kind of
record that just can't help but make new friends with every
first-time listener. A mix of classic baroque pop, psych,
and power-pop, each track is a timeless example of pop-rock
songwriting at its very best, and is enough to hook the
most jaded music-lover. But this album is more than just
an exercise in mastery of boutique styles. This is an intimate
experience, an Inner Soundtrack, if you will. Just listen
to his sadly-sweet, pitch-perfect vocal sensibilities and
you can forget about coming out the other side. Put it
all together with arrangements that manage to be lush and
spatial without ever sounding slick or overproduced. Both
sides of your cranium will feel the love. Paul draws from
a well that incorporates the best elements of ballsy '60s
jangle-rock, '70s AM gold, and maybe even a pinch of Radio
Shack synth swagger. Almost in spite of that, it's songwriting
so solid and proprietary that it refuses to be picked apart
into its base elements.
AntennaFarm-515
CD
$12.75
Bizzy B
Science Volume 5 (2 x 10")
PS, US
PlanetMu-127
10
$14.75
Black Watch, The
The Hypnotizing Sea
PS, UK Thirteen new tracks from "the most criminally
under-appreciated indie band in America" (The Big
Takeover, USA). Possibly their strongest set of songs to
date, and certainly a modern day pop classic! This is the
bands first UK album release, and will hopefully go a long
way to helping them achieve the same repuation and adoration
in Europe as they have enjoyed for so long now in America.
PinkHedgehog
CD
$12.00
Blackshaw, James
O True Believers
PS, US When UK-native James Blackshaw plays his 12-string,
something spiritual takes place. This unassuming 23 year-old
is transformed into a guitar god whose name belongs alongside
the likes of Jack Rose, Steffen Basho-Junghans, and Glenn
Jones. Making instrumental, solo, acoustic music that remains
consistently interesting and moving is a difficult task.
Yet, time after time, Blackshaw hits out of the park, constantly
breaking boundaries in what could be conceived as a somewhat
limited medium. O True Believers is the latest in a string
of impressive releases, all with their own mood and inspiration.
An untrained musician living in the isolated suburban environs
of Greater London, Blackshaw draws inspiration not only
from the early Takoma Records roster, but from sources
as varied as the sublime film-work of Werner Herzog, the
books of Richard Brautigan and an endless amount of music:
free-jazz, 60's psych, drone, ethnic music and modern-day
composers, to name a few. He is also a
n enthusiastic runner, part-time poet and a keen reader
of books on Hindu and Sufi religion and mythology. Consisting
of mainly solo 12-string acoustic guitar, played in a finger-picked
style not too sissimilar to Robbie Basho, perhaps Blackshaw's
biggest inspiration, James Blackshaw has devised new tunings
and new techniques both of which are in full display on
O True Believers. In these part improvised and part written
songs, Blackshaw traverses between Eastern and Western
scales; simple and incredibly intricate picking patterns;
waves of fast, powerful rolls and glass-fragile harmonics.
The album is embellished with other instruments such as
the Hindustani tamboura and harmonium and a specially tuned
psaltery of Eastern-European origin called a Cymbala. Like
most of his previous work, O True Believers may be born
of a finite moment of hope in a sea of infinite sadness,
a fleeting moment of fragile beauty that extends beyond
it's physicality. Unlike past albums, the listener's f
eeling upon conclusion is more ambiguous: there is no happy
and immediate resolution, as if ghosts of the past will
find themselves resurfacing time and time again in the
future, an idea which is reflected in several reoccurring
themes within the songs themselves. Colourful ragas sit
next to mournful Fahey-esque refrains, triumphant mountaintop
marches besides almost neo-classical chord changes, endlessly
repeating until there is only transcendence. This is James
Blackshaw at his most vunerable and sincere and, with that,
there comes rare and wonderful qualities to his music:
truth and freedom. James Blackshaw has toured and collaborated
with artists such as Josephine Foster, Peter Wright, Taurpis
Tula, Ashtray Navigations in the UK and Europe and is due
to tour the US in the summer of 2006. James is also confirmed
and has contributed tracks to two forthcoming compilations
in 2006, which sees him alongside the likes of Six Organs
of Admittance, Marissa Nadler, Christina Carter, Jo
hn Fahey, Robbie Basho and Peter Lang.
Important-084
CD
$13.50
Boogie Down Productions
Best Of The B-Boy Sessions
PS, US They tracked down the original reel to reel master
tapes from the B-Boy Sessions circa 1985-87 & some
of the tracks were unearthed will melt your mind. Original & alternative
versions, megamixes, rare early tracks + much much more.
Many of the songs have never been on CD, released, or heard
by anyone outside of the B-Boy camp. Packaged in an 8 panel
wallet.
Traffic-3306
DCD
$17.00
Boyd,
Phil & the Hidden Twin
Self-Titled
PS, US A brand new album from PHIL BOYD, the songwriter,
singer and guitarist of turbulent Pittsburgh electronic-laden
rock band MODEY LEMON. An ode to moments spent alone amidst
the traveler's transience performed with acoustic guitars,
percussion and Boyd's sweet voice. For fans of Townes Van
Zant, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Neil Michael Hagerty, Cat Power,
and Neil Young.
FauxTotem-01
CD
$11.25
Boyracer
It's Not True Grit, It's Real Dirt
PS, US Boyracer have done it again, this time a new double
grooved single w 8 songs depending on where you drop the
needle you'll get either the electric or acoustic versions.
This is a 4 way split w/555, Parapop, Yellow Mica, & HHBTM.
The HHBTM version comes in a different sleeve.
HHBTM-068
45
$4.50
Brothers With Different Mothers, The
Daffodils and Devils
PS, JP Imagine a world where The Monkees were played by
The Stone Roses. From Manchester, UK, The Brothers With
Different Mothers love the vibe of the live stage, at the
same time being masters of pulling pop magic out of the
studio hat. "Daffodils and Devils" features 12
cuts, five of which appeared briefly on a self-released
album which quickly sold out in 2004. Opening track, the
brass-driven dancefloor bouncer "Rocktopussy" was
released as a single in the UK and gained play on both
the BBC and
Virgin Radio. It also attracted international attention,
gaining radio play as far away as Sweden, and winning fans
from around Europe. There are nods to the Stones, Supergrass,
CSNY and The Super Furry Animals, but with a sound and
attitude that is theirs alone, The Brothers distill their
own tasty brew. "Daffodils and Devils" is English
pop at its very best, refined yet fresh. You can dance
to it, sing along to it, dream to it. Legendary US producer
Kim Fowley says "The Brothers With Different Mothers
are wonderful...a 21st century variation on Aztec Camera
and Simon & Garfunkel...what they promised, TBWDM deliver...".
The Poptones website (Alan McGee's post Creation Records
label) made TBWDM their 'Download of the Week' recently
and said "The Brothers with Different Mothers have
taken up the DNA of the psychedelic prime minister of hippie-punk-rock-freakery
David Crosby and twisted and turned it into a completely
different m*therf*cker that is next to impossible not to
love..."
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Quince-030
CD
$14.25
Bullwackies All Stars
Dub Unlimited
PS, US Originally released on Senrab in '76 & feat.
a brilliant selections of 7''s & 12''s. Core rythm
tracks from Treasure Isle, Jamaica, then remixed by KING
TUBBY at the Sounds Umlimited studio in NYC. Feat. dub
versions of classic songs by the LOVEJOYS & WAYNE JARRET.
Wackies-36
DLP
$21.75
Buzzcocks
Trade Test Transmission
PS, US Stomping & well received come back album from
1993 that spawned 4 singles & a Top 50 rating by Q.
Incl. 6 bonus tracks both live & 12" singles.
Cast le-36188
CD
$14.00
Cars Can Be Blue
All the Stuff We Do
PS, US Simple, fun, catchy songs that combine bubblegum
pop w/a satirical, sometimes even NAUGHTY sense of humor.
Think Dressy Bessy w/Sarah Silverman singing, Tullycraft
meets Adam Sandler, Beat Happening meets Tenacious D.
HHBTM-069
CD
$11.00
Che
Sexy 70 - Music Inspired By The Brazilian Erotic Movies
of the '70s
PS, US A tribute to the sounds of older Brazilian porn
movies, done in a style that's really faithful to the original
sound of the '70s-a mode that's never too kitschy, never
just easy funk-but really well-done work with a tremendously
groovy sound. Producer CHE originally wanted to make a
compilation of the best music from '70s Brazilian pornochanchadas,
but found that the source material was in such bad shape
that he couldn't do the job right, so he headed into the
studio with a key group of musicians who really get the
original sound of the films, and who revel here in a hiply-jazzy
take on older grooves. The overall sound here is more jazzy
and bossa-based than some of the skunkier funk of '70s
US porno with echoes of Italian soundtrack work of the
same period. Instrumentation includes lots of keyboards
and vibes, and the sound could easily be passed off as
a '70s original.
VampiSoul
CD
$20.00
Citay
Self-Titled
PS, UK Out of San Francisco, Citay is a new project by
Ezra Feinberg, formerly of Piano Magic, in collaboration
with Tim Green from The Fucking Champs. Citay, named for
the way the word "city" is often sung, is a powerful,
elegiac blend of seemingly disparate musical elements.
Taking its cue from the dramatic song structures of 1970s
AM rock, Citay combines Led Zeppelin acoustic guitars and
organs with soaring guitar harmonies and lush, choral voices.
The influences of the early records of Mike Oldfield, Roy
Harper, John Fahey, and more recently the Japanese band
Ghost can be heard as well. Certain moments sound like
the long, baroque intros of Metallica songs (before the
metal takes over) while other moments unleash themselves
in triumphant builds and emotional landings. The sound
is rounded out by breezy, distinctly psych-ed vocal harmonies
of The Byrds and The Beach Boys, adding a blissed-out flavor
to the blend. The result is something entirely new. With
smoking Thin Lizzy dua
l leads and California vocal harmonies, Citay will soon
be enchanting the kids from the city to the country and
back again. After spending 6 years in the indie rat race
of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Ezra Feinberg moved to San Francisco
to record with Tim Green of The Fucking Champs, a veteran
of the SF scene who moved to the Bay Area after time in
Washington, D.C. as a member of that city's seminal punk
band The Nation Of Ulysseys. Feinberg and Green had been
friends for a while and enjoyed a mutual love of old psychedelic
and proto-metal records. Tired of asymmetrical haircuts
and hipsters talking about Gang Of Four all the time, Feinberg
arrived to the West Coast searching for those moments of
rock history that had fallen off the radar. Work on Citay
began in the fall of 2004. Accoring to Feinberg, "When
Citay started I had been thinking of acoustic Led Zep and
the first 2 Heart albums (Dreamboat Annie and Little Queen).
Also the drama throughout Queen II, and the trippy/spooky
Bla
ck Sabbath bongo songs where Ozzy's voice has tons of chorus
to make it kind of watery and lava-lamp-y. Led Zep, Heart,
and Sabbath are not really known for their acoustic moments,
and I hadn't heard anyone taking a cue from that stuff
and I felt like it was time someone tried to do something
new with those ideas... " Citay is produced by Tim
Green who has produced albums by Sleater-Kinney, Comets
On Fire, The Melvins, The Donnas, Bikini Kill, Trans Am,
and many others.
Important-071
CD
$12.50
Cluck, Diane
Black With Green Leaves / Macy's Day Bird
PS, US This deluxe double cd, priced the same as a single
disc, pairs up Diane Cluck's 2nd full length album Macy's
Day Bird with the ep titled Black With Green Leaves. Both
were originally was released by Diane in an elaborate tiny
handmade edtions. These are arguably Diane's most compelling,
immediate and striking records and it was these two recordings
that originally caught the ear of Important Records in
2001. Macy's Day Bird/Black With Green Leaves is highly
recommended to Diane's many new fans who picked up on her
after the release of Oh Vanille/Ova Nil in early 2005.
The attentive listener will find her hauntingly clear voice
weaving melodies of love, pain and city life through sparse
arrangements of piano, acoustic guitar and harmonium. This
material is newly restored/mastered by James Fei. Oh Vanille/Ova
Nil was recently given the status of No. 2 US Underground
album of 2005 by the UK's esteemed Mojo Magazine. "i
made these albums a few years ago for myself and friends
a
bout myself and friends. to me they're total fidelity recordings--
true documents of how i felt / what i experienced in a
particular time and place there. have been suggestions
that i rerecord to make the songs sound some version of
more appealing... but i'd rather keep flowing / playing
in the moment things come out right the first time even
if they are hard to look at / hear in that form those tend
to be the forms which teach me the most about myself /
the world...don't apologize for yrself! be a mess...be
whatever... these songs were important for me to make & record
if they're useful / helpful to other people i'm glad about
that !" - Diane Cluck. - This double cd is housed
in a deluxe gatefold cardboard sleeve of the highest quality
and priced modestly as a single cd. - Diane's previous
album on Important was met with much acclaim and Mojo magazine
elected it underground album of the month. - Diane Cluck
is recognized as a key figure in the downtown NYC folk
scene and has been
praised in the press by Devendra Banhart and many other
popular folksters. - Diane has toured Europe and the United
States extensively in the last few
years. - She appeared alongside Iron & Wine, Vertiver, Joanna Newsom, Six
Organs Of Admittance, White Magic, Matt Valentine, CocoRosie, Vashti Bunyan
and many more on the 2004 Golden Apples Of The Sun compilation in Arthur Magazine.
This collection was called "Essential" by Mojo Magazine. - Diane
has played with Cocorosie, Devendra Banhart, Genesis P-Orridge, Kimya Dawson,
Herman-Dune, Barry Bliss, Jeffrey Lewis and many more.
Important-078
DCD
$13.50
Colossal Yes
Acupulco Roughs
PS, US Debut solo work from COMETS ON FIRE drummer Utrillo
Kushner & featuring members of DRUNK HORSE & CUTS.
Pure & honest piano-based rock in the spirit of, uh,
Spirit, Badfinger, Procul Harum & The Band.
BaDaBing!-046
CD
$14.50
Comes With A Smile
#20
PS, UK
ZINE
$17.75
Curse Of The Birthmark
Welcome to the Hard Times...You're Late
PS, US The latest in grinding attack-noise rock action
from San Francisco's CURSE OF THE BIRTHMARK-WEASEL WALTER,
ERIC PARK, and SIMON PHILLIPS. Five screaming tracks for
fans of Arab On Radar and the shit on Load Records.
DeletedArt-014
12
$10.25
Cuts
From Here on Out
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Birdman-086
LP
$9.75
Cuts
From Here on Out
PS, US Third LP of "Nuggets"-drenched garage
rock glory. Matthew Smith of OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY produced
this perfect distillation of garage pop, proto- punk, power
pop, 70's glam & West Coast jangle.
Birdman-086
CD
$16.25
Damned
Neat Neat Neat-Anthology ( 3 x CD )
PS, US Complete collection of their punk roots incl. the
first punk single, "New Rose", their Stiff & Bronze
recordings & an album of live goodness full of irrepressible
Damned energy. Digitally remastered.
Castle-36197
CD
$24.50
Danielle Dax
Bad Miss M: Danielle Dax Live
PS, UK The first ever DVD to feature Britain's queen of
Psychedelia, Danielle Dax. A performer whose enigmatic
and experimental work reflected the strong influence of
Biblical mysticism and Middle Eastern musical textures,
Danielle Dax was born in Southend, England. She made her
musical debut in 1979 as the keyboardist in the seven-piece
Amy Turtle and the Crossroads; and then went on to front
the Lemon Kittens. Upon the Lemon Kittens's 1982 split,
Dax mounted a solo career. She debuted a year later with
Pop-Eyes, a true solo effort for which she wrote and performed
every song alone, even handling mixing and production duties
and distributing the record through her own Awesome label.
While her heavy makeup and colossal hair aligned her with
the thriving "Batcave" Goth scene, she steadfastly
avoided easy pigeonholing, even making the leap into film
with appearance's in Neil Jordan's adult fable The Company
of Wolves. Dax returned to music in 1984 with the Jesus
Egg That Wept EP, an
d went on to recruit a live band, emerging as a significant
concert draw; a series of singles including 1985's "Yummer
Yummer Man," 1986's "Where the Flies Are," 1988's "Cat-House" and
1989's "White Knuckle Ride" - each slightly more
commercial than the last - also established her as a force
on the independent charts, and after the success of 1987's "Inky
Bloaters" LP, she signed to Sire. "Bad Miss M" captures
a full show Danielle played in London at the height of
her mid-1980's solo success. Amongst the tracks featured
are UK Independent Chart Top Ten hit "Yummer Yummer
Man".
CherryRed-111
DVD
$24.25
Death from Above 1979
Heads Up
PS, US
Ache-009
LP
$12.50
DeathFrom Above 1979
Heads Up
PS, CA DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979's debut five song mini album
simultaneously destroys and pay homage to rock music. It's
populated with rock structure and hooks, yet the instrumentation
(bass guitar and drums only) and sheer volume sets it aside
from anything else the world has ever heard. The Canadian
duo had been gathering immense momentum with the release
of HEADS UP due to dedicated touring and amazing press
response, but this momentum has reached an entirely new
plateau with their release of YOU'RE A WOMAN, I'M A MACHINE
(VICE / LAST GANG / ACHE). "This is that album you
pop in, get a quick buzz off of, and then spend an hour
digging around in your music collection trying to find
something even half as cool to listen to. Aww god, it's
awesome. 9/10 " - Firesideometer. "This shit
is raw! So distorted you'll think someone poured a cup
of grit inside your CD player. DFA manage to sound both
melodic and harsh at the same time, kicking out a decidedly
rough set of punk jams that kick
and scream like a toddler having a tantrum." - Fracture "Organized
but unforgiving slabs of frantic bass and speedfreak drums
are topped with distorted vocals, occasionally giving way
for handclaps, vocoder voices and (sampled?) electro intros.
The pacing and intensity is relentless, but not at the
expense of melody and songs, allowing T.O.'s DFA to eloquently
out-run and out-heavy most of their fellow rock 'n' rollers.
9/10" - Montreal Mirror "These guys are refreshing,
they are loud as fuck, they sing about sluts and cocaine,
and at the same time it's pretty damn catchy. If I wasn't
so sure this would scare my mom, I'd almost be afraid to
like it, it's so catchy." - Buddyhead.
Ache-009
12
$12.00
Diskaholics
Live in Japan, v.1
PS, US "Live in Japan, v.1" documents a purchasing
trip made to Japan several years back from three folks:
Jim O'Rourke, Thurston Moore, and Mats Gustafsson. At once
concrete and Dark Star, with electronics and reeds interfering
with lift coefficient. You are not really quite ready for
this chicken fight, but put your bib on anyhow.
Load-086
CD
$16.00
Dislocation Dance
Music Music Music/Slip That Disc!
PS, UK 29 tracks. LTM is pleased to announce extended CD
reissues of both original albums by Dislocation Dance,
the cult indie-pop pioneers who recorded for the New Hormones
and Rough Trade labels. Dislocation Dance formed in Manchester
in late 1978, settling on a core line-up of Ian Runacres,
Paul Emmerson, Kathryn Way, Dick Harrison and Andy Diagram.
After making their live debut at the celebrated Factory
Club, the band released a series of inventive and eclectic
records on New Hormones (the label founded by the Buzzcocks),
including two albums in 1981 alone, Slip That Disc! and
Music Music Music. After touring the UK and North America
with the likes of Orange Juice and the Pale Fountains,
the band relocated to Rough Trade records for their second
full album, Midnight Shift, in 1983, which featured the
near-hits Show Me and Violette. The original group split
in 1984, with Runacres later founding several labels and
the band Brightside, and Andy Diagram joining a chart-bound
James
. Dislocation Dance reformed for a Japanese tour in June
2000, and a new album, Cromer, in 2005. This newly expanded
and remastered edition of Music Music Music /Slip That
Disc! features 74 minutes of music and no less than 29
tracks, including non album singles and b-sides. The booklet
features all-new artwork, as well as a detailed artist
biography.
LTM-2461
CD
$17.00
Dislocation Dance
Midnight Shift + Singles
PS, UK 19 tracks. LTM is pleased to announce extended CD
reissues of both original albums by Dislocation Dance,
the cult indie-pop pioneers who recorded for the New Hormones
and Rough Trade labels. Dislocation Dance formed in Manchester
in late 1978, settling on a core line-up of Ian Runacres,
Paul Emmerson, Kathryn Way, Dick Harrison and Andy Diagram.
After making their live debut at the celebrated Factory
Club, the band released a series of inventive and eclectic
records on New Hormones (the label founded by the Buzzcocks),
including two albums in 1981 alone, Slip That Disc! and
Music Music Music. After touring the UK and North America
with the likes of Orange Juice and the Pale Fountains,
the band relocated to Rough Trade records for their second
full album, Midnight Shift, in 1983, which featured the
near-hits Show Me and Violette. The original group split
in 1984, with Runacres later founding several labels and
the band Brightside, and Andy Diagram joining a chart-bound
James
. Dislocation Dance reformed for a Japanese tour in 2000,
and a new album, Cromer, in 2005. This newly expanded and
remastered edition of Midnight Shift features 74 minutes
of music and seven bonus tracks, including non-album singles
and b-sides and a Dennis Bovell dub mix of Show Me. The
booklet features all-new artwork, as well as a detailed
artist biography.
LTM-2463
CD
$17.00
DJ Shadow
Excessive Ephemera
PS, US Limited edition (1500 copies) of an alternate version
of the legendary "Entroducing" album...packaged
in a sleeve featuring an alternate photo from the same
session in the record shop. Tracks: "Best Foot Forward", "Building
Steam With a Grain of Salt" (w/o overdubs), "Number
Song" (CUT CHEMIST party mix), "Changeling" (original
demo excerpt), "Stem" (Cops 'n Robbers mix), "Soup", "Red
Bus Needs to Leave", "What Does Your Soul Look
Like" part 4, (all b-sides), "Mutual Slump" (w/o
overdubs), "Organ Donor" (extended overhaul), "Why
Hip Hop Sucks in '96" (alternate version), "Midnight
in a Perfect World" (GAB mix), "Napalm Brain" (original
demo beat), "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (PESHAY
remix), topped of with a sidelong live set recorded in
Oxford, England, October 30 1997.
Hip-O-5958
DLP
$30.50
Dolphin & the
Teknoist
Split
PS, US ...Csillag Alatt Szuletett". First appearance
on Planet Mu for Deathchant stalwarts Greg Dolphin and
Mike Teknoist revitalizing the gabber 'n' glitch genre
with their brutal 4/4 spazouts. However, both artists show
their feminine sides eventually, by using piano (Dolphin)
and strings (The Teknoist) to show that they're nice boys
at heart.
PlanetMu-128
12
$9.75
Dury, Ian
Reasons To Be Cheerful (2 x CD)
PS, US 2CD set contains 34 of his greatest tracks. Ian
Dury, like Ray Davies and Paul Weller was a very English
talent. The colorful, metropolis-inhabiting characters
like Billericay Dickie or Plaistow Patricia he sung about,
and the ever so cockney music hall accent he chose to sing
in, were a big part of that. But mostly, it was the detailed,
poetic way he cataloged English life and the melting pot
of musical styles he used to do so, from punk and funk
to jazz and rock'n'roll, which left no doubt that Dury's
work could only come from one place: the very heart of
England. So few were surprised when after his death Sir
Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Madness and more all lined
up to pay their respects with cover versions of some of
his best loved songs. You'll find plenty of them here,
in their original versions, culled from his entire career
from the mid-'70s with pub rockers Kilburn & The High
Roads through the golden years with the majestic Blockheads
right up to the last stud
io recordings at the start of the '90s. Tracks: 1. Wake
Up (CD01) 2. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 3. Sweet
Gene Vincent 4. My Old Man 5. What A Waste 6. Razzle In
MY Pocket 7. Rough Kids (Kilburn & The High Rds) 8.
The Roadette Song (Kilburn & The High Rds) 9. Pam's
Moods (Kilburn & The High Rds) 10. Hit Me With Your
Rhythm Stick 11. There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards
12. Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3 (12"version) 13.
Don't Ask Me 14. lnbetweenies 15. Superman's Big Sister
16. I Wanna Be Straight 17. Yes & No (Paula) 18. That's
Not All 19. Fucking Ada 20. Bus Drivers Prayer (CD02) 21.
Spasticus Autisticus (live) 22. Really Glad You Came (7")
23. Profoundly In Love With Pandora 24. Peter the Painter
25. Bit Of Kit 26. Poo-Poo In The Prawn 27. Poor Joey 28.
Jack Shit George 29. Bed 0' Roses No.9 30. Heavy Living
31. Mash it Up Harry 32. Books & Water 33. It Ain't
Cool 34. Dance Little Rude Boy.
MusicClub-765865
DCD
$17.00
Dusty Sound System
Days of Splendor, Nights of Horror
PS, US The debut release from DUSTY's (aka ROBIN BENNETT
of GOLDRUSH) ever-changing transatlantic rock'n'roll collective.
Eight tracks recorded in Los Angeles during last year's
unseasonable rain, while under the influence of a succession
of parties and a terrible cold. Includes backing from members
of THE WARLOCKS, BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, and THE TYDE.
For fans of Bright Eyes, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Grandaddy.
Truck-07
CD
$8.50
Eskju Divine
Fears EP
PS, SWEDEN New EP from Swedish bombastronauts Eskju Divine.
EP is the follow-up to the bands recent and brilliant full-length
album 'Come And Join Close Your Eyes...'. EP features "Fears" and "Hold
On To Yourself" from the album, an exclusive b-side,
and a special, heavy "Fears II".
Imperial
CD5
$4.75
Ferrari, Luc
Son Memorise
PS, US The second of three Sub Rosa releases of instrumental
works by one of the most legendary musical figures of the
twentieth century, whose work and aesthetic continues to
influence several generations of contemporary composers.
Includes the previously unreleased "Promenade Symphonique
dans un Paysage Musical" from 1976-78, the final "Presque
Rien #4" and a fresh reflection dating from the last
months of 2002, "Saliceburry Cocktail," a large-scale
composition exploring the idea of hideout, scrambled listening-a
tortuous entanglement of concrète and electronic.
SubRosa-252
CD
$15.50
Ferree, Benjy
Leaving The Nest
PS, US Maryland/District of Columbia songcrafter BENJY
FERREE delivers a debut album on Laris Kreslins' (Arthur
Magazine, Sound Collector) Box Theory imprint. Singing
about his own American experience, Feree delivers six tracks
of history, obsession and youth.
BoxTheory-004
CD
$9.50
Fort Dax
Diver's
PS, US Nigh-on three years after Folly and at least 18
moons since the John Peel session where the ideas were
first aired, DARREN DURHAM returns under the FORT DAX moniker
with his somewhat-overdue new album. Though noticeably
different in tone and hue to its predecessor and assuredly
darker, the album, as with previous Fort Dax releases,
remains firmly rooted in melody. Folly went on to be regarded
as an "ambient" work in certain quarters, but
Darren swears that this was largely due to the low-volume
mastering. Suffice it to say that Diver's contains less
of "those Vangelis synthesizers" and a sleeve
instruction to "play much louder." This time
around, there may also be other musicians involved, an
amount of real instrumentation, and at least one field
recording from the Bronte Country valley where he lives
and works.
VeryFriendly-014
CD
$14.75
Gang Gang Dance
Self-Titled
PS, US The debut album from the sound explorer's sound
explorers, New York's GANG GANG DANCE-members of CRANIUM,
SSAB SONGS, ANGELBLOOD, WHITE MAGIC, and the NEIL HAGERTY
and CASS McCOMBS bands. A swirling and intense blend of
eye-popping soundcraft spun with electronics, disjointed
and cycling rhythms, strange vocals, guitars, piano, harmonies,
and more.
Fusetron-032
LP
$15.75
GHQ
Cosmology of Eye
PS, US The first proper release from this head-spinning
acid/drone/raga crew that's been quietly haunting the Northeast
for a couple years now. For this album the band was MARCIA
BASSETT (DOUBLE LEOPARDS, HOTOGISU, ZAIMPH, UN, etc.),
STEVE GUNN, and PETE NOLAN (MAGIK MARKERS, VANISHING VOICE,
etc.). Heavily dosed trips into East Coast trance primitivism,
gushing with mantric meshes of strings and voice. Centered
around Bassett & Gunn's acoustic guitar freeflow, and
wrapped up in layers of hovering vocal mist, buzzing drones,
percussive clatter, and Nolan's subtle but massively psychedelic
electric guitar moves. Over five extended tracks things
slide along from bone rattling minimal vibrations, dip
into opiated folk beauty, and then blow things wide open
with a full side of fevered, acid soaked raga lift-off.
LP pressed on 180-gram virgin vinyl and packaged in a sweet
two-color letterpress printed heavy black artboard cover,
with a nice 8" x 10" photo insert shot by TOM
CARTER. Han
d-numbered edition of 850 copies.
TimeLag-031
CD
$25.00
Glaze, Brian
Let's Go to the Sea
PS, US Debut release from longtime member of BRIAN JONESTOWN
MASSACRE, produced by GRIS GRIS songwriter & guitarist
GREG ASHLEY. Uses the same '60's syrup that sweetened the
13th Floor Elevators "Easter Everywhere" w/the
added homemade sounds of BROTHER JT. Barrett-esque
Birdman-087
CD
$16.25
Hagen, Nina
Nina Hagen Band
PS, US Classic! 1. Tv-glotzer ( White Punks On Dope ) 2.
Rangehn 3. Unbeschreiblich 4. Auf'm Bahnhof Zoo 5. Naturtrane
6. Superboy 7. Heiss 8. Fisch Im Wasser 9. Auf'm Friedhof
10. Der Spinner 11. Pank.
Sony-731600
CD
$14.25
Hawthorne Heights
(Girl Cover) If Only You Were Lonely
PS, US The anticipated sophomore album from new rock heavyweights
HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS. A twelve-track firestorm of powerhouse
melodies, soaring emotions, tight rhythms, and bouncy riffs.
Includes a bonus DVD featuring a special episode of Victory
TV hosted by Hawthorne Heights' own J.T. The record has
been released in two different versions with different
artwork, catalog number, and barcode on each (music is
the same). Please specify preferences when ordering.
Victory-266
CD
$14.75
Hawthorne Heights
(Boy Cover) If Only You Were Lonely
PS, US The anticipated sophomore album from new rock heavyweights
HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS. A twelve-track firestorm of powerhouse
melodies, soaring emotions, tight rhythms, and bouncy riffs.
Includes a bonus DVD featuring a special episode of Victory
TV hosted by Hawthorne Heights' own J.T. The record has
been released in two different versions with different
artwork, catalog number, and barcode on each (music is
the same). Please specify preferences when ordering.
Victory-265
CD
$14.75
Hurray
Dreams, Not Soft Illusion
PS, US HURRAY is ZAK PREKOP, JOSH BRAND, PETE MANDRADJIEFF
and RICH ALDRICH. They hail from the hidden sectors of
New York City, and have released one 7-inch on the Skul
Record label and recently presented their first art show
at the Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery also of New York City.
This is their first full length recording and is a must
for fans of ambiguous, anomalous, and unobtrusive sound
creation whose mystery is not invoked by hyperbole, pseudo-mythology
or fake histories, but by giving full allowance to otherness
and seeking beauty by allowing it to happen, which often
means allowing it not to happen. Mishandled guitars, unknown
electronics, amplified percussives and various layers of
buzz coagulate and dissipate in measured restraint. I hesitate
to use blighted terms like "lowercase" music,
as Hurray shys not from some harsher territories and melodic
(if emaciated and ghostly) material sometimes drifts into
consciousness; two things I think of as contrasting w/the
more didac
tic, "European" music associated w/said term.
So, I'll avoid terminology and just say Im very glad to
know this record."-Greg Kelley
Fusetron-042
LP
$17.50
Jackson, Gordon
Thinking Back
PS, US GORDON JACKSON's rare 1969 LP can almost be called
a lost TRAFFIC album. Produced by DAVE MASON, it's a melodic
distillation of folk, pop and psychedelia featuring the
talents of STEVE WINWOOD, JIM CAPALDI, Mason, and CHRIS
WOODS. Also appearing are JIM KING and RIC GRECH (FAMILY),
JULIE DRISCOLL, THE BLOSSOM TOES, MEIC STEVENS, REG KING,
and others. A true lost classic, it is guaranteed to delight
music fans worldwide. Never previously available on CD,
and complete with bonus tracks. Mastered from the original
1/4-inch analog tapes.
Sunbeam-5001
CD
$18.25
Jam, The
Beat Surrender
PS, UK Import only collection features 14 tracks including,
'A Town Called Malice', 'That's Entertainment', 'Beat Surrender',
'All Mod Cons' and more. The Jam were the most popular
band to emerge from the initial wave of British punk rock
in 1977; along with the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and the
Buzzcocks, the Jam had the most impact on pop music. While
they could barely get noticed in America, the trio became
genuine superstars in Britain, with an impressive string
of Top Ten singles in the late '70s and early '80s. Tracks:
1. Beat Surrender 2. Town Called Malice 3. Pretty Green
4. That's Entertainment 5. The Gift 6. Carnaby Street 7.
Batman Theme 8. In The City 9. All Mod Cons 10. The Modern
World 11. When Youre Young 12. Funeral Pyre 13. Private
Hell 14. In The Midnight Hour.
UniversalUK-996182
CD
$13.50
Jam, The
Extras
PS, UK Pity the oft-neglected B-side. Often just a throwaway
track designed to back up but not supersede a band's 'official'
new release, by the time the single is filed away alphabetically,
it's usually forgotten by even the most zealous collector.
Unless of course the B-side is by seminal English mod revivalists
The Jam, in which case a closer listen is not only warranted,
but required. For The Jam packed their B-side songs with
more fire and brimstone than most bands did the A-sides.
Unfortunately the vinyl days of yore are but a memory.
Fortunately, EXTRAS collects most of the Jam's odds and
sods on disc for fans young and old. A bonus is Paul Weller's
always-eclectic taste in covers, which runs from the Who
("So Sad About Us") to the Beatles ("And
Your Bird Can Sing")to the godfather of soul himself
, Mr. James Brown ("I Got You [I Feel Good]").
EXTRAS is valuable not only as a chronology of the gems
that Weller was tossing off in his spare time, but as a
look at how truly ec
lectic the Jam were as a band. Tracks: 1. The Dreams Of
Children 2. Tales From The Riverbank 3. Liza Radley 4.
Move On Up 5. Shopping 6. Smithers-Jones 7. Pop Art Poem
8. Boy About Town 9. A Solid Bond In Your Heart 10. No
One In The World 11. And Your Bird Can Sing 12. Burning
Sky 13. Thick As Thieves 14. Disguises 15. Get Yourself
Together 16. The Butterfly Collector 17. The Great Depression
18. Stoned Out Of My Mind 19. Pity Poor Alfie / Fever 20.
But I'm Different Now 21. I Got You (I Feel Good) 22. Hey
Mister 23. Saturday's Kids 24. We've Only Started 25. So
Sad About Us 26. The Eton Rifles 27. DISGUISES 28. GET
YOURSELF TOGETHER 29. THE BUTTERFLY COLLECTION 30. THE
GREAT DEPRESSION 31. STONED OUT OF MY MIND 32. PITY POOR
ALFIE/FEVER 33. BUT I'M DIFFERENT NOW 34. I GOT YOU (I
FEEL GOOD) 35. HEY MISTER 36. SATURDAYS' KIDS 37. WE'VE
ONLY STARTED 38. SO SAD ABOUT US 39. THE ETON RIFLES.
UniversalUK-721302
CD
$15.25
Jam, The
Dig The New Breed
PS, US Import only reissue of this album originally released
in 1982 features live recordings from London, Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Reading and Birmingham all recorded between 1977
and 1982.
UniversalUK-760882
CD
$15.25
Jandek
Newcastle Sunday
PS, US
Corwood-783
CD
$13.75
Jel
Soft Money
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anticon-056
LP
$11.50
Jel
Soft Money
PS, US Highly anticipated solo album from producer behind
THEMSELVES, SUBTLE, and 13 & GOD. An ode to his first
real love, the SP1200 sampler, composed entirely of hand-picked
snippets from over 3 decades of hip hop. Feat. guests Steffi
Bohm of MS. JOHN SODA, Wise Intelligent of POOR RIGHTEOUS
TEACHERS, PEDESTRIAN & ODD NOSDAM.
Anticon-056
CD
$16.25
K Salvatore
Ashmadai
PS, US Two adepts of the sonic arts return with a morality
play in four sides. Gone are the appeals to the winged
serpent, the tree of life, or other past luminaries; these
days they can be seen in consort with only one: ASHMADAI.
It is said that Ashmadai is not to be feared. When you
say to it: "In truth thou art Ashmadai," it will
give you a wonderful ring. It will teach you geometry,
arithmetic, astronomy and mechanics. When questioned, it
answers truthfully. Released on two twelve inch 45 RPM
platters -wide grooves for maximum impact to the ear." The
latest from this mysterious NNCK offshoot.
Fusetron-048
DLP
$21.75
K. Salvatore
Ashmadai
PS, US
Fuse-048
DLP
$20.50
King, Anna
Back To Soul
PS, UK The James Brown Revue has included numerous 'feature'
female singers through the decades, from Tammy Montgomery(Terrell),
Sugar Pie DeSanto and Vicki Anderson to Yvonne Fair and
Lynn Collins, but while Mr Brown included most of these
ladies in 'live' LPs, and others had solo contracts with
his label, only Anna King enjoyed the privilege of James
Brown producing an album by her. It was 1963, and Brown
had just signed with Smash Records to score a big pop hit
with 'Out of Sight'. He noted the quality of Anna's voice,
had her sign with Smash and produced the "Back To
Soul" LP. The album includes Anna's distinctive versions
of several soul and blues hits and some Brown originals
written under various pseudonyms, plus a storming duet
with Bobby Byrd, 'Baby Baby Baby', which took her into
the R&B top 50 early in 1964 and 'bubbling under' the
Billboard Hot 100. Thus with Anna's stirring, soulful vocals,
a range of familiar songs, the support of the James Brown
Band and the product
ion skills of Mr Brown himself, "Back To Soul" was
a notable album release on UK Philips in 1964, though it
enjoyed but modest sales to the avid soul fans of the day.
Consequently it has long been a rare collectors' item,
a situation which will be remedied by its long-awaited
re-issue on Shout!. Member of the James Brown Revue. Album
produced by James Brown. Includes Songs written by James
Brown. Includes duet with Bobby Byrd. Collectable album,
never reissued or on CD before.
Shout!-24
CD
$14.75
La Peste
Better Off
PS, US One of the first, more abrasive & most musically
advanced of Boston's original '70s punk bands. This contains
tons of never before released tracks. They were masters
of the subtle, repeating riff & the open string drone,
marking the path followed in different ways, by bands like
U2, the Smiths & Husker Du.
BacchusArchives-1104
CD
$14.50
Lampshade
Let's Away
PS, GERMANY 'Let's Away' is the new beautifully twisted
album from Danish/Swedish outfit Lampshade. This second
album came to being under rather unique circumstances.
Life on the road, closing the year 2005 with concerts in
9 countries, and the fact that the band members live in
Sweden and Denmark, meant that 'Let's Away' by far was
created on the road, while new songs were arranged in the
tour bus and rehearsed on venues in e.g. Berlin, Amsterdam
and Oslo. The largest part of the songs on the album are
written by the charismatic lead singer rebekkamaria, and
the sound of the album was born in the crossing of the
band being partial to grandiose Nordic sound, singer/songwriter
music and Swedish pop music - an inspiration the two new
guitarists carry with them from their native country. In
this way the music stretch from light and obliging melodies
to rhythmically founded pop songs and grandiose beautifully
noisy explosions of sound. The title of the album is inspired
by Shakespeare
's Romeo and Juliet and reflects the narrative in the lyrical
universe that involves English, Danish and Swedish. One
of the guest-acts on the album is the American singer/songwriter
DAMIEN JURADO, who has released a great number of albums
on Sub Pop and Secretly Canadian.
Glitterhouse-
CD
$13.50
Lazy Farmer
Lazy Farmer
PS, US This 1975 ultra-rarity was released only in Germany.
Featuring the talents of band member and British guitar
legend WIZZ JONES as well as ex-COB member JOHN BIDWELL,
it's a haunting collection of beautifully-arranged folk
standards, original songs, along with a handful of glorious
cover versions. This release has been produced with the
full collaboration of the band, as originals are now highly
sought-after. This is the first chance to hear it without
paying hundreds of dollars.
Sunbeam-5005
CD
$18.25
Les Georges Leningrad
Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou
PS, US A reissue of the self-released Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde
Chou album from Montreal's most notorious post punks. Described
as a three-headed monster who perform "petrotechnical
rock," the band pushes the post-punk envelope with
their own blend of demented electro-noise-punk, augmented
by their own invented language. Includes a bonus track
not featured on the original release.
BlowTheFuse-002
LP
$11.50
Loop
A Gilded Eternity
PS, UK In the earliest days of both Spacemen 3 and Loop
the two were neck and neck. Two exciting new concept bands.
Loop stayed with the heavier, stoned-out Stooges/Hawkwind
sound and remained more obscure while SM3 gained much greater
notoriety. Discordant, elusive and utterly hypnotic, Loop
conjured a dark, trance-like spell that contrasted sharply
with the prevailing British pop music trends of their time.
Equal parts the Stooges, Can, and Hawkwind, in tandem with
fellow travellers Spacemen 3 they resurrected the concept
of space-rock for a new era, creating droning soundscapes
of bleak beauty and harsh dissonance.
BeggarsBanquet-894242
CD
$18.25
Lot Six
Get Baked On Youth Kulture
PS, US Boston's THE LOT SIX return with their heaviest
and most experimental record to date. Eight tracks that
combine DAVE VINCINI's visceral punk rock vocals with the
band's monster riffs, sprinkling piano and carnival-like
interludes in between. Previous release on Tarantula.
Plastic-004
LP
$14.75
Make Up
Untouchable Sound (Live)
PS, US Five years since they called it a day, their legend
had remained oddly un-reexamined. This does just that,
by adding a new chapter. The time: their final days. The
place: DC. With newly added 5th member ALEX MINOFF in tow,
the band ran down a number of their recent classics, dressed
up fresh psychedelic soul trappings. As live as it gets,
this might be the un-lost classic recording they have never
made.
SeaNote-013
CD
$14.50
Make Up
Untouchable Sound (Live)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SeaNote-013
LP
$14.50
Maniqui Lazer
I Learn Everything on TV
PS, MEXICO Hi-fi attitude compressed in lo-fi seconds twined
with noisy synthetic pop winks "Lazer punk" they
call it. What Alejandro Tonela (bass and keyboards), Valentin
Torres (keyboards) and Jung Sing (drums and vocals) have
been doing since the beginning of 2005, in the warm border
city of Mexicali, Mexico, is something far beyond "simple" punk.
This young musician's power combo, with a sinister humor
and electronic hints, roughly deconstruct rock music that,
until today, has grown a great legion of fans all over
the country. These three mannequins breakthrough the conventional
apparel, making you go wild and dance with music you're
not even supposed to dance to. Maniqui Lazer's album, produced
by Ruben Tamayo a.k.a FAX, is a perfect choice
for those who like XbXrX and Les Georges Leningrad.
SoundSister(Mexico)-03
CD
$11.75
Marley,
Bob & Wailers
One Love at Studio One
PS, US The cream of their earliest Coxsonne Dodd recordings
presented w/no overdubs & great liners. 9 bonus tracks.
Heartbeat 116617819-2
CD
$21.00
Matranga, Jonah
There's A Lot In Here (CD + DVD)
PS, US After recording with FAR, NEW END ORIGINAL, ONELINEDRAWING
and GRATITUDE, JONAH MATRANGA has taken it upon himself
to release a debut album for his diehard fans (which include
Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba and Linkin Park's
Mike Shinoda). The CD contains some of his greatest songs
and most rare recordings all in one place. The DVD features
two complete live shows, along with eleven videos, one
for each song off of the ONELINEDRAWING album The Volunteers
released on Jade Tree.
EqualVision-124
CD
$13.25
McBain, John
In-Flight Feature
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Duna-010
LP
$14.25
McBain, John
In-Flight Feature
PS, US Debut solo album by the former guitarist for MONSTER
MAGNET & WELLWATER CONSPIRACY. Joined by JON KLEIMAN
on drums on 3 tracks & TIM CRONIN on guitar, John creates
an ambitious, driving, sometimes ambient instrumental album.
Duna-010
CD
$16.25
Measles Mumps Rubells
Fantastic Success
PS, US The debut album from New York (by way of Washington,
DC) quartet MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA. Fronted by new vocalist
CHUCK BETTIS (METAMATICS, ALL SCARS, TRANCE, ARCADE), the
band whip up a storm of post-punk, disco, and dub action. "If
the Talking Heads was dance-punk's Nelson Mandela, Measles
Mumps Rubella is poised to become its Muhammad Ali."-The
Village Voice
DoublingCube-062
CD
$12.00
Meteors, The
Stampede
PS, US A special edition release for this classic 1984
Meteors album which was a Top 10 independent chart album.
The album will be presented in a limited edition digipack
with four rare bonus tracks. The Meteors are the undisputed
kings of psychobilly and this classic album is in demand
due to it being unavailable for a number of years. The
Meteors still tour around the world playing to an ever
growing fanbase. The album will be serviced to all psychobilly
websites and fanzines.
Anagram-043
CD
$14.75
Miller, Rhett
The Believer
PS, US New album from hunky OLD 97's singer. Addictively
tuneful & ardent vocals. (Not Argent).
VerveForecast
CD
$16.75
Mojo
Classic: The Rolling Stones (Vol. 1 Issue #12)
PS, UK
ZINE
$14.75
Moonkyte
Count Me Out
PS, US Yorkshire's MOONKYTE only made one album, and-though
it was supported by John Peel, who wrote the effusive sleeve
notes-it sank without a trace when it appeared on the tiny
Mother label in 1971. This is extremely rare folk-psychedelia
with originals changing hands for hundreds of pounds. Sunbeam
is giving it its first official reissue, showing it to
be a great lost British acid folk gem and an absolute treat
for all lovers of acid folk and psychedelia.
Sunbeam-5006
CD
$18.25
More, Beny
El Barbaro Del Ritmo!
PS, US Possibly the biggest star EVER in his native Cuba,
and a major player as a singer, songwriter and bandleader
throughout the Latin world. Beny was the amazing singer
on some of Perez Prado's biggest hits, the leader of his
own combos, AND a heart-throb superstar solo singer; he
dominated the world of Mambo singing from the 1940s onwards.
Beny More is in short, the greatest singer of popular music
Cuba has ever produced. Think Frank Sinatra or Nat "King" Cole
combined with Elvis and The Beatles and you'll get an idea
of how he's perceived in Cuba, especially by the older
generation which became the backbone of The Buena Vista
Social Club and how he should be regarded elsewhere. In
the 40 years since his death, no Cuban vocalist has emerged
to fill his shoes, and he remains as close as ever to the
hearts of the Cuban people. Few singers in this hemisphere
have consistently matched his interpretive gifts, vocal
virtuosity, and comfort with a range of styles. Mores genius
lay in
his effortless synthesis of two of the major currents of Cuban song -- Afro-Cuban
son and the Spanish-derived guajiro music of the Cuban countryside. He was
equally successful with boleros as with mambos and rumbas. Most important is
what he conveyed with his singing: a tenderness and direct emotional appeal
in his boleros, a hip-shaking exuberance in his mambos, and always from the
heart!
Rev-Ola-147
CD
$14.75
Mouthus
The Long Salt
PS, This album is a return to more abrasive and heavy Mouthus
territory after forays into acoustic instrumentation and,
yes, a Fleetwood Mac cover on their recent Troubleman full-length.
Free/tribal percussion spatter 'n clatter duels with endlessly
mutating three chord sludge-riffage beneath thick, poison
clouds of delayed-out vocal groan. Truly CHOCK full of
manic bad-mood energy but maybe psych-droney and resin-soaked
enough for the new crop of crunchier noise-heads to nod
to as well. Electric guitars strung with duct tape and
drums equipped with hundred-year old heads are jettisoned
into deep space and dynamited, combusting so vividly that
the afterimages soak our retinas with mandalas of interwoven
earthworms and beer funnels for hours afterwards. We pass
the savings on to YOU! The Long Salt also features Samara
Lubelski. "It's messy, beautiful and recalls all the
effects and variables of a psychedelic painting or a hyper-real
physical experience"- Brainwashed. "A bottomless
well of crashing jolts, roaring accelerations and rumbling
cacophany. Mouthus have enough wordless verbiage to fill
all the empty heads that could use it" The Wire.
Important-082
CD
$13.50
Nelson, Willie
Complete Ghost (3XCD)
PS, US Abbot, Texas' best known product is also one of
the greatest songwriters to ever spend time in Nashville
(or anywhere for that matter...). Sparse, intimate, direct...originally
from WILLIE NELSON's own vaults, this triple-CD collection
contains fifty-four songs on spanning from the early 1960
through the late 1970s. Own the complete Ghost series in
one box.
MaskedWeasel-30
CD
$35.00
Nethers
In Fields We Will Lie
PS, US Washington, DC's NETHERS play story-songs of doomed
canaries, heiresses hiding from plagues and parades of
the sea. Carried by NIKKI WEST's rich and powerful voice
and shaped by undercurrents of dread and joy, the band
deliver eleven beautiful and spectral songs that blend
pop, country and psych sounds. Released on Laris Kreslins'
(Arthur Magazine, Sound Collector) Box Theory label.
BoxTheory-005
CD
$13.00
Nine Black Alps
Everything Is
PS, US Follows their suprise hit EP w/a lethal dose of
rock n roll wizardry, eschewing the dancefloor & the
post punk revivalism coming from the UK recently. A blustering
cacophany of melody, guitar squalor, dramatic flair, propuslive
drums & shades of death & love . Produced by Rob
Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck).
Interscope
CD
$10.75
Out Out
Virtual Sound Images
PS, US Out Out returns with the first album of new material
in many years. Virtual Sound Images is a bit of a departure
from the more 'rock' aspects of Out Out; principally instrumental,
the record still shows the penchant for layers and textures
that have always been an Out Out signature, yet this time
around the guitars are gone and the beats take higher priority.
The result is a record worthy of both headphones and club
PAs. More lighthearted in spirit than earler Out Out works,
with clever use of dialogue snippets in tracks like "Learning
English In N.Y.C." and "Opto-Coupler", the
album is nicely contrasted with darker, yet still engergetic,
titles like "Forestry For The Thieves" and "Disconnect".
RadioValkyrie-002
CD
$10.75
Oxbow
Love That's Last
PS, US
HydraHead
CD
$14.25
Pedro
Fear & Resilience EP
Drastic remixes of the standout track from his S/T LP incl.
PREFUSE 73, CHERRYSTONE, DANGER MOUSE, HOME SKILLET & FOUR
TET's 21 min epic.
Mush-032
LP
$11.50
Pedro
Self-Titled
PS, US
Mush-240
LP
$11.50
Piano Magic
Incurable
PS, US World-exclusive to Important Records. New 4 track
EP. In stark contrast to last winter's "Opencast Heart
EP", "Incurable" brings to mind the mid-80's
4AD Records ethereal romanticism of This Mortal Coil, Cocteau
Twins & Dead Can Dance. It's a glacially produced,
though spiritually warm, set of songs which evoke beautiful,
though bleak, European Winter landscapes, lost causes & broken
hearts. Features guest vocals from Angele David-Guillou
(KLIMA).
Important-090
CD
$9.25
Piano Overload
Singles Collection 03 - 05
PS, US Full-length album from SCOTT HERREN (PREFUSE 73,
SAVATH+SAVALAS) as PIANO OVERLORD, and a collection of
singles recorded between 2003 and 2005. You get twelve
tracks, including an unreleased DIPLO ELECTRIC MANATEE
final mixdown of the cut "You Stole My Stereo Outro
(Fuck You For Fucking), and an exclusive BLU JEMZ/K. KING
instrumental of the same. CD version includes three bonus
remixes.
MoneyStudies-019
DLP
$14.75
Pig Exam
Contort Thin Cells
PS, US A vicious assault on the ears courtesy of New Zealand
sound shredder and shock-and-awe noise dealer LOREN CLEMENTS
under his PIG EXAM banner. Nothing dark, dreary, or mysterious
here, just the unadorned sound of getting shot in the face
by a police taser from short range. Twice.
SNSE-064
CD
$7.50
Plus Device
Body Heat
PS, US
Hefty-054
LP
$7.50
Plus Device
Body Heat
PS, US LIMITED EDITION, ONE-TIME PRESSING of 1000! Secret
project of an unknown duo. Electro-funk/electro-pop music
destined for instant cult classic status. Shades of electro-body-rock
legends are heard (Kraftwerk, Egyptian Lover, Afrika Bambaataa,
Herbie Hancock, etc), while more recent contemporaries
(Dopplereffekt, Japanese Telecom, Adult., Dexter, etc)
are also felt.
Hefty-054
CD
$7.50
Psychedelic Furs
Psychedelic Furs
PS, US Their debut reissued with liner notes. Moniker to
the contrary, the Psychedelic Furs bore little in common
with the concurrent "psychedelic revival" of
early-'80s British bands like Echo & the Bunnymen and
Teardrop Explodes. Instead, they married post-punk guitar
rock with an artier, Bowie-derived archness and a touch
of the Velvet Underground's atmospheric din. The guitars
of John Ashton and Roger Morris combine with Duncan Kilburn's
gloriously trashy sax to produce a wall of sound that's
involving but never overwhelming. Kudos for shaping this
gargantuan aural attack must go to producers Martin Hannett
and Steve Lillywhite.Over this transcendent racket, Richard
Butler lays down his precocious, 40-packs-of cigarettes
rasp. His world-weary, stream-of-consciousness poetics
color the proceedings considerably. Johnny Rotten's snotty
punk iconclasm is the building block for much of this album,
but the band's larger agenda is already being implemented.
Sony-
CD
$14.25
Purple Wizard Boy
BBQ
PS, US The second single from ass-shakin' NYC garage pop
demons, PURPLE WIZARD. Three pitch-perfct tracks, two of
which are sharp covers of Stax classics "BBQ" and "That's
My Guy." "Purple Wizard raunch not unlike the
Husbands or Delmonas or fellow Dixie-Cups fans the Gore
Gore Girls."-The Village Voice
Showandtell-008
45
$5.00
Red Carpet
The Noise Of Red Carpet
PS, JP Second album by the unsung heroes of Finnish indie
pop, now available in the US! Sharing two members with
jangle and shuffle meisters Ultrasport, Red Carpet's new
album is further testimony to the vitality of the (criminally
overlooked) pop scene currently bubbling under in Finland.
These 12 gorgeous, colorful songs are the perfect new discovery
for fans of everything from Nada Surf to Buffalo Springfield! "What
do you get when you cross the songwriting of Simon & Garfunkel
with the Red House Painters and have Teenage Fanclub play
the results? Red Carpet!" -recordoffice.net. "Finland's
#1 harmony pop group" -Rumba Music Magazine (Finland).
QuinceRecords-031
CD
$14.25
Rudolf Rocker
Rabbiting With Richard Dido
PS, UK Deadpan vocals, bossanova beats, big, distorted
guitars vs. insane keyboards, live drums layered on a detuned
drummachine... and whistling! Yes, welcome to the second
album from RUDOLF ROCKER. Their keyboard player happens
to be a member of BBC TV's cult comedy The League of Gentlemen
but this music speaks for itself-in its own bizarre language.
The late John Peel naturally championed their previous
album and singles which gave rise to reviews like: "An
extraordinary band...sound like Noel Coward sniffing glue" -Melody
Maker. "Situationist easy listening noise...a fine
selection of cheese cuts" NME. "Magazine playing
the James Last Orchestra" Event. Their songs examine
war, dead philosophers, items of percussion, big-chinned
celebrities and much much more. They're named after a Germanic
icon too which is why we say that Rudolf Rocker truly are
the old Franz Ferdinand!
Mook-17
CD
$14.25
Rum Diary
We're Afraid of Heights Tonight
PS, US Three songs into the RUM DIARY's new album, We're
Afraid Of Heights Tonight you might find yourself asking "Is
this the same band or a mix CD?" When the group set
out to record their latest release, they wanted to craft "an
album"-a true portfolio of songs with a unique variance
strung together by an uncommon thread. They questioned
the albums of today and pondered the classics of yesteryear.
They recruited PAUL JENKINS (BLACK HEART PROCESSION, THREE
MILE PILOT) and TIM MOONEY (AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB) to lend
a hand in the studio and after ten months hard work they
emerged with Heights, an album that guides listeners along
a narrow trail through valleys of dense fog, whispering
grasslands, and treacherous mountain passes.
DevilInTheWoods-094
CD
$14.25
Scarboro Aquarium Club
Black Swan Days
PS, UK Black Swan Days is the follow-up to Scarboro Aquarium
Club's acclaimed debut Poisoned. Like its predecessor,
this new album is mainly the work of Corey W Schmidt with
help from a few collaborators. Corey's passion for pop
music is again present in 12 songs that draw equally from
the folk songwriting of the 60s and 80s tecno-pop, with
references to such different artists as Scott Walker ('Blind
Like The Sun'), Roxy Music ('All Her Careful Plans'), Saint
Etienne ('Before The Morning Light') and the exotic legacy
of El Records ('The Queen Of The Beach'). But more than
anything, "Black Swan Days" is a contemporary
record which follows a tradition of devoted music artisans
that goes from Brian Wilson through Todd Rundgren to Stephin
Merrit of the Magnetic Fields, artists who understand the
pop craft as predominantly an individual process with the
aim to become universal.
BecalmedUK-102
CD
$16.00
Screamers
In A Better World
PS, US BACK IN PRINT!!! A two-disc collection of live,
demo, film, and video recordings from pioneering, first-wave
Los Angeles punk legends THE SCREAMERS. Forty tracks recorded
between 1977 and 1978 in such hotspots as The Whisky A-Go-Go
and the Mabuhay Gardens. Packaged in a jewel case with
a 28-page book packed with photos, flyers, graphics, and
press.
Xeroid-001
DCD
$18.25
Sex Pistols
The Great Rock N Roll Swindle
PS, US Originally released in 1979 as the soundtrack to
a documentary that marked the rocket rise and flaming crash
of the SexPistols, The Great Rock & Roll Swindle was
really Pistols' manager Malcolm McLaren's cinematic (and
vinyl) potshot at the music industry he despised. Engaged
in vicious legal battles with Johnny Rotten, Warner Brothers
Records and Virgin Records,
McLaren fought back in the only way he knew how, by raising
hell and documenting the whole bloody mess. By the time
The Great Rock & Roll Swindle was released, the punk-era
soap opera had ended: Sid Vicious was dead and Rotten had
formed Publi
