New
Releases
65 Days of Static
Distant and Mechanized Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties EP
PS, US New EP action, remixes and then some.
Monotreme
CD5
$9.25
65 Days of Static
The Fall of Math
PS, US New 2008 album.
Monotreme
CD
$17.00
Aethenor
Betimes Black Cloudmasses
PS, USHighly-anticipated 2nd album from Vincent De Roguin (SHORA),
Stephen O'Malley (SUNN0))),KTL), & Daniel O'Sullivan
(GUAPO). This is an atmospheric, constantly changing piece that encompasses
a mind-boggling array of different performance & processing techniques.
The deeply psychedelic & moving results present a soundstage that
is continually evolving, w/ new elements entering & leaving the
fray every couple of seconds.
VHF
CD
$14.25
Antietam
Opus Mixtum
PS, US Gatefold TRIPLE VINYL includes FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD and stunningly
beautiful art !!!
CarrotTop
3XLP
$20.00
Apparat
Things To Be Frickled
PS, US Compiling a fine collection of Sascha Ring aka Apparat's remix
work. A mega-showcase of current electronic music pioneers merging
& redefining ways of making music. CD1 showcases 11 giant mixes
he did for artists such as Paul Kalkbrenner (w/ Ellen Allien), Francesco
Tristano, Swayzak, Boys Noize, Lusine, Nathan Fake, Meteo/Thiel, Nitrada
& Raz Ohara plus an unreleased live re-version of "Let Your
Love Grow" by Moderat (a cooperation between Modeselektor &
Apparat) feat. the great Tikiman (aka Paul St. Hilaire). CD2 assembles
11 remixes done for Apparat plus several Apparat remix 12"s.
Shitkatapult
DCD
$22.50
Arca
On Ne Distinguait Plus Les Tetes
PS, FRANCE Arca is a French project initiated by Joan Cambon and Sylvain
Chauveau at the beginning of the year 2000. Arca is inspired by music,
cinema, literature, photographs, every day life sounds. Arca uses
"warm" electronic sounds, mixed with organic instruments,
rainy guitars and Sylvain's voice (since the third album) to draw
melancholic landscapes not so far from David Sylvian masterpieces.
Most of the songs are recorded and mixed at home by Joan Cambon. Sylvain
Chauveau made five solo albums: instrumental music based on sweet
harmonies of piano and strings. The latest one is "Down to the
bone", a record of Depeche Mode covers. He was also part of the
former projects Micro:mega and Watermelon Club.
Icid'Ailluurs-038
CD
$17.00
Awesome Color
Electric Aborigines
PS, US A power trio updated for the 2060's, noise provocateurs &
impressionists, ace players w/ punk rock flair, inspired citizens
of a small modernist nation of musical, visual, & literary outrage
on the outskirts of Brooklyn, or a rainbow amalgam of all of the above
at once.
EcstaticPeace
CD
$10.00
Baldwin, Nat
Most Valuable Player
PS, US Ten tracks of eerie, intense, neo-classical influenced pop
magic. Baldwin's third full length features his signature bowed double
bass & hallucinatory vocals crowning off-kilter pop epics &
sublime tone poems. It's quirky and neo-classically influenced &
tips it's hat to free jazz due to some unusual time signatures &
song structures but at it's core it's built on strong, powerful melodies
& hooks so it's been appealing to people who are normally a little
scared off by some of the strangeness of the Dirty Projectors &
others of that ilk.
BrokenSparrow
CD
$10.00
Belhom, Thomas
No Border
PS, FRANCE Today, whereas some dream of always more hermetic borders,
Thomas Belhom asserts his musician and world citizen's freedom on
a second album recorded between Munich, London, Nashville and Paris.
"No border" is the travelogue of a musician who loves encounters
and who cannot bear all that prevent them from happening. Thus his
tightrope walker's melodies have been enriched with trips and the
recordings of numerous musicians and friends' participation. Stuart
Stapples (Tinkersticks) - accompanied by Thomas on stage, after he
took part to the recording of his second album "Leaving songs"
- sings on the magnificent "South over the seven hills".
You can also hear Volker Zander (Calexico), who accompanied Amor Belhom
Duo on the double bass at the occasion of their last tour and Kim
Ohio (Mad River) - met at the time of Witches Valley, who sings along
with Thomas Belhom on three titles. One of the two instrumental tracks
of the album is even composed and interpreted by Viva Yazon, who is
also painter and from now on Thomas Belhom's wife, accompanied by
Paul Nihaus (Lambchop) and his so characteristic steel guitar.
Icid'Ailleurs-36
CD
$16.00
Belhom, Thomas
No Border
PS, FRANCE VINYL VERSION!!!
Icid'Ailleurs-36
LP
$17.50
Billy Zygote
Not Much
PS, US This music is rock candy, propulsive and lean, upbeat and fun!
The best thing we've heard since the twee pop band HEAVENLY! Amelia
Fletcher would be proud! 5 tracks: I Only Want To Love You, You're
So Mean, Go To Work, Monkey Banana, I Know It's A Good Idea...
BZ-001
CD5
$5.00
Blank Dogs
On Two Sides
PS, US LIMITED TO 1000! They are basically making pop songs despite
the fact that the lyrics are obscured & distorted almost beyond
the point of recognition. Sometimes sounding like Cure home demos
or lo-fi New Order, the band succeeds because underneath all the distortion
there are total pop hooks & awesome synth sounds.
Troubleman
LP
$13.50
Bobby & Blumm
Everybody Loves...
PS, US Bobby and Blumm is Sweden's Ellinor Blixt (aka Bobby Baby)
and Germany's F.S. Blumm, and this is their debut release for the
Morr Music label. Bobby tours with her band It's A Musical! and as
Bobby Baby and manages a pop-camp for teenage girls in Sweden and
Germany. Frank Schültge Blumm has been releasing records since
1998. His first full-length solo album came out on Morr Music in 2001(Mondkuchen),
and he is an author and producer of radio-plays. Their debut recording
features voices and pickings, guitar, keyboard, Swedish bag and other
biscuits. B&B try to give the wide world of pop some little turns
and unexpected changes with hiss and rustle, dreamy sound, soft and
fragile voices, purity and warmth. Everybody Loves... was recorded
50km north of Berlin in a little house at the edge of the forest in
a room with wooden walls and as a result, you will hear the crackling
sounds of shellac records, a caressing clothes-brush, some fingertips
on greaseproof paper, as well as swinging coat hangers on the night
train to Krakow, flat-wound strings on a big guitar and above all,
a gentle and silky voice. Bobby and Blumm feel the influence of the
following records: Stina Nordenstam, People Are Strange, Nico, Chelsea
Girl, Juana Molina, Tres Cosas, David Grubbs, Banana Cabbage, Potato
Lettuce, Onion Orange and The Best Of Burt Bacharach.
MorrMusic
CD
$15.00
Boris
Smile
PS, US One of the most representative themes of this album hails from
a distortion-drenched, psychedelic rhythmic barnburner. A distinctly
characteristic transformation noted w/ this is the vocal styling,
which is more melodic & captivating than ever before. His seamless
delivery, knack for harmonies & consonance drive it into innovative
horizons w/in the already-extensive Boris catalog. ALL MUSIC GUIDE:
"Boris change up the game plan yet again by releasing their first
vocal album -- there have been vocals on other sets, especially where
an entire side was one track, but this marks the first time that there
is nearly an album full of them. Smile picks up where Pink left off,
but is both more accessible and more extreme. The trio goes back to
the noise aesthetic here, but also embraces something approaching
noise pop in the process. They are still heavier than God fronting
Blue Cheer, but they don't forget that songs usually contain recognizable
melodies."
SouthernLord
CD
$14.00
Burial Hex
Intitations
PS, US Vinyl version, fancy "art-edition" with wrap around
silk screened sleeve on heavy -weight vinyl limited to 500.
AuroraBorealis
LP
$17.25
Cassius Clay
I Am The Greatest!
PS, UK Yep, it's no empty boast...as the Sportsman of the last, this,
or any other century does his thang in a hilarious and amazing collection
of standup, poetry and rapping, just prior to entering the history
books by becoming THE GREATEST EVER heavyweight champ of all time!
Well on his way to becoming the idol of boxing fans and kids worldwide,
and a role model to millions, the brash young Ali is as hilarious,
insightful, and wise as ever; a moment of history captured forever!
As a bonus, this CD includes the stunning take on Ben E. King's Stand
By Me, an idea conceived by the great Sam Cooke, where Ali shows he
could have been a contender in the charts too! In the specially prepared
stereo remix done exclusively for the RevOla release, it sounds stunning
** A stone RevOla classic available for the first time in a decade!
** Beautifully remastered in true RevOla style and with lovely packaging
as usual... ** With notes by Paul Gorman, author of the acclaimed
bible of pop style, "THE LOOK" ** A must for Boxing fans,
comedy fans, rap fans, poetry fans...and everyone who grew up when
Muhammed Ali was KING!
Rev-ola241
CD
$15.50
Child Ballads
Cheekbone Hollows
PS, US Featuring former JONATHAN FIRE EATER's vocalist, this is Stewart
Lupton's first release since the group disbanded in 1998. The EP features
the best of what fans have longed for: a blend of loose rollicking
poetic freestylings matched by swaggering grooves.
GypsyEyes
CD
$10.00
Chin Chin
S-T
PS, US From the opening to the closing they show their talent to raise
the excitement level in the room by several degrees mixing powerful
grooves w/ catchy melodies & smart lyrics. They also demonstrate
a knack for arrangements & more sophisticated settings.
DefinitiveJux
CD
$13.00
Cinematic Orchestra, The
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
PS, US On November 2nd 2007, Jason Swinscoe brought an enhanced line-up
of the Cinematic Orchestra, incorporating the 24 piece Heritage Orchestra
to this amazing venue and played to a sold-out crowd of more than
4000 people. With over 40 musicians onstage at times, Swinscoe and
his colleagues used the show as a unique opportunity to expand his
chamber pieces from both Ma Fleur and Everyday into intense, beautiful
and exquisitely realized epics which left the huge audience baying
for more.
DominoUS
CD
$14.00
Constantines
Kensington Heights
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Arts&Crafts
LP
$16.00
Constantines
Kensington Heights
PS, US 12 tracks in all, the lead-off single, "Hard Feelings",
has already received tremendous response from fans throughout North
America, since its release as a limited edition, white 7'' vinyl.
"The Constantines maintain a feverishly partisan dedication to
the wild delirium of rock n roll... air punchingly
anthemic." - NME
Arts&Crafts
CD
$15.00
Costello, Elvis & The Imposters
Monofuku
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
LostHighway
LP
$17.00
Creed, Martin
Ooh b/w Fuck Off & Words
PS, US He's one of the UK's most celebrated & controversial artists.
Often using existing materials or situations, his art work may seem
abstract & conceptual in nature but it simply represents a tangible
form of communication. Think Pink Flag-era Wire though less dour &
shot full of whimsy-- Rock from an artist- what a concept. White vinyl
limited to 600
SmartGuy
45
$7.50
Crosby, David
Voyage [Box Set] (3PC, Remastered, Boxed Set)
PS, US
Disc 1
1 Eight Miles High - 3:34
2 Renaissance Fair - 1:51
3 Everybody's Been Burned - 2:59
4 Wooden Ships - 5:27
5 Guinnevere [Alternate Mix] - 4:38
6 Long Time Gone - 4:17
7 Déjà Vu - 4:10
8 Almost Cut My Hair - 4:21
9 Tamalpais High (At About 3) - 3:31
10 Laughing - 5:24
11 Music Is Love - 3:21
12 Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves) - 5:56
13 What Are Their Names? - 4:11
14 I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here - 1:21
15 Where Will I Be? - 3:20
16 Page 43 - 2:55
17 Critical Mass - 1:20
18 Carry Me - 3:33
19 Bittersweet - 2:38
20 Naked in the Rain - 2:26
21 Dancer - 4:49
Disc 2
1 Shadow Captain - 4:31
2 In My Dreams - 5:11
3 Delta - 4:13
4 Compass - 5:27
5 Tracks in the Dust - 4:48
6 Arrows - 3:51
7 Hero - 4:37
8 Yvette in English - 5:53
9 Rusty and Blue - 7:30
10 Somehow She Knew - 7:05
11 Breathless - 5:16
12 Map to Buried Treasure - 5:33
13 At the Edge - 4:21
14 Through Here Quite Often - 4:00
15 My Country 'Tis of Thee - 1:57
Disc 3
1 Long Time Gone [#][Demo Version] - 4:32
2 Guinnevere [Alternate Mix][#] - 4:19
3 Almost Cut My Hair [#][Demo Version] - 5:22
4 Games [#][Demo Version] - 3:05
5 Déjà Vu [#][Demo Version] - 2:36
6 Triad [#][Demo Version] - 5:26
7 Cowboy Movie [Studio Version][#] - 10:57
8 Kids and Dogs [Unissued Song] - 6:58
9 Have You Seen the Stars Tonight? [Alternate Mix][#] - 3:06
10 The Lee Shore [Live][#] - 4:24
11 Traction in the Rain [Live][#] - 3:36
12 King of the Mountain [#][Demo Version] - 2:44
13 Homeward Through the Haze [Alternate Mix][#] - 4:22
14 Samurai [Studio Version][#] - 1:40
15 Climber [Studio Version][#] - 5:18
16 Dream for Him [Live][#] - 7:57
CD BOX
$52.00
Demons/Hatred
Split
PS, US LIMITED TO 500! Nate Young (WOLF EYES) performs solo as Hatred
& with Steve Kenney & Alivia Zivich in the visual music group
Demons.
Troubleman
LP
$13.50
Dillard & Clark
Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark
PS, US The '68 debut, originally released on A&M, from one of
the first & finest LA country-rock outfits. Comprised of Gene
Clark, hot on the heels of his departure from the BYRDS & Doug
Dillard, the virtuosic banjoist/guitarist of the Dillards. Feat. help
from fellow Byrd Chris Hillman, future Burrito Brother "Sneaky"
Pete Kleinow, & future Burrito/Eagle Bernie Leadon, this is an
absolutely essential piece of country-rock history, not to mention
an out & out masterpiece. Contains 3 extra tracks & liner
notes.
Water
CD
$14.25
Dizzee Rascal
Maths + English
PS, US It's easily Dizzee's most upfront & accessible record to
date: full on party tracks like "Flex" & "Bubbles"
have turned up the heat on UK dancefloors the more melancholic Mercury
Prize-winning debut might have cleared. While American influences
were vital to the evolution, the album never compromises its distinctively
British identity. Numbers. Words. He has presented a complete work
of art, which is the definition of education. "Where once he
growled his rhymes through gritted teeth or abortively gulped them
down altogether, now the beats let him breathe." -Blender
DefinitiveJux
CD
$15.00
DJ Hide/Dupuy & Bererian
Oumupo 5
PS, FRANCE Charles Berberian has already proved his love for music
in the recent "Playlist" (Naive) and "Night Buzz"
(Nocturne). The duo he's been making with Philippe Dupuy since the
mid-80s (they gather their talents for drawings and scenarios, an
uncommon distribution of tasks) has become a must in the world of
illustration, cartoons and comics, with the "Monsieur Jean"
series (Dupuis) but also with odder projects like "Le journal
d'un album" (L'association). They took on the Japanese DJ Hide
as a partner on this volume. As the "protégé"
of his fellow countryman DJ Krush (to be heard on OuMuPo 6!), he only
has a single solo album to his name ; and yet in this mix based on
short samples he offers a splendid deconstruction/reconstruction of
the numerous tracks he completely appropriates... to eventually create
a very personal work.
Icid'AilleurscollectionOumupo-05
CD
$15.00
DJ Krush/Killoffer
Oumupo 6
PS, FRANCE Abstract hip hop Japanese master DJ Krush offers a wonderful
opus. Using almost only instrumental parts, progressively introduces
his so characteristic own beats, and slowly makes us forget the rules
and original songs. He uses the most exotic sounds from the label
catalogue (E. Aldéa, Narcophony, T. Belhom, Bästard, D
Petitgand) and manages to develop his proper language to offer a record
that sounds like his own ones. Freedom by the constraints for our
great lessoning pleasure! The booklet is signed by Killoffer, one
of the creators of the independent publisher l'Association and of
the OuBaPo. He transcribes in 64 squares, and the same number of oubapian
collages, the chess game between the surrealist Marcel Duchamp and
the promoter of the Belgian chess association during the first Belgian
championship in 1923.
Icid'AilleurscollectionOumupo-06
CD
$15.00
Echo & the Bunnymen
Breaking the Back of Love
PS, US Echo & the Bunnymen's dark, swirling fusion of gloomy post-punk
and Doors-inspired psychedelia brought the group a basketful of British
hits throughout the '80s, while attracting a sizeable cult following
in the United States. Breaking The Back Of Love is a celebration of
their nearly 25 years together capturing the group' s most brilliant
moments. Lead singer McCulloch's signature swagger still captures
the urgency and poetry of Jim Morrison while Sergeant, whose musicianship
has improved vastly over the years, shines throughout the set. An
essential collection for those who have witnessed the splendor of
Echo live and a needed document of their great repertoire.
GreatAmericanMusic
CD
$13.50
Elbow
The Seldom Seen Kid
PS, US THE ONION AV CLUB: "Pegging Elbow's sound is tricky, and
not just because its members once unhelpfully referred to themselves
as "prog without the solos." Image-wise, they seemingly
strive to be as nondescript as possible. They're "anthemic,"
but nothing like U2 or Doves. They're gloomy, lyrically self-loathing
Brits, but not nearly eccentric enough to be Radiohead. They're genre-compression
machines - their fourth studio album takes unexpected cues from tango-but
they'll never have the flamboyance of David Bowie or Beck. Elbow is
just a band of smart, dedicated musicians whose expansive songs work
through lush instrumentation and diffuse structures to build ballads
without hooks, midway between Tindersticks' gloom and Guillemots'
flamboyance. Quintessential repeat-listen music... Tango or Led Zeppelin,
it all gets folded into an instrumental density few bands can match,
in the studio or otherwise. As ever with Elbow, the album is too long,
ever ready to make room for more lush melancholy. But beneath the
superficial drabness and gloom is a band as diverse as any of its
flashier contemporaries"
Geffen
CD
$11.00
Elliott, Matt
Drinking Songs
PS, FRANCE With "Drinking Songs", Matt Elliott confirms
the move he initiated w/"The Mess We Made" (Domino) &
turns over a new leaf. Well known for his dark, organic songs as Third
Eye Foundation, this experimenter also remixed Yann Tiersen's "La
Dispute" on the Ici d Ailleurs sampler & is known as a historical
figure in electronica, having started out w/Flying Saucer Attack &
AMP.
IciDailleurs-027
CD
$17.00
Elliott, Matt
Failing songs
PS, FRANCE Matt Elliott has rather an atypical course... He used to
work under the pseudo third eye foundation - emblematic figure of
the English electronic scene recognized for his atypical electro tinted
by drum' N bass. Since his first albums: "the mess we made"
(domino records) and "drinking song" (Ici d'ailleurs...),
Matt Elliott turns to compositions much more folk, forsaking the laptop
and the machines - which go until disappearing on "failing songs",
to return to more traditional instruments (guitar, piano, violin...).
To succeed to "drinking songs", because it's really about
songs, "failing songs" turns Matt Elliott into a true songwriter.
He assumes completely his voice and sings very personal and dark texts.
Songs whose subtle melodies contrast with the hardness of the words
because "Failing songs" is a hard failure report. Between
despair and cold anger, the texts talk about the liberal military
evolution of the world that the author rejects. The Titles are as
sublime as melancholic, bitter and sad, impressed by Slavic music,
Greek, and besides, sometimes punctuated of Spanish guitars, sometimes
close to Dimitri Chostakovitch or Pascal Comelade's sonorities at
his beginnings an artist that Matt however reveals not to know).
Icid'Ailleurs-037
CD
$16.25
Enos Slaughter
Beisbol
PS, US Three sided LP from the brainchild of David Shuford (NO NECK
BLUES BAND, D. CHARLES SPEER AND THE HELIX), Marc Orleans (SUNBURNED
HAND OF THE MAN, D. CHARLES SPEER AND THE HELIX) & Carter Thorton
(IZITITIZ, ZASHIKI WARASHI). Pressed on 180 gram RTI vinyl & packed
w/in a theme-appropriate sleeve w/two-sided full-color insert. Includes
CD version of the album. Limited to 679 copies!
TLR
DLP
$22.50
Esquivel, Juan Garcia
Mexico Days
PS, UK MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!! The King of Space-Age Pop, the
genius of Mexican composer-arranger Juan Garcia Esquivel lay in his
audacious instrumentation; his blending together of exotic sounds
from other cultures and experimentation with the new tonal palettes
that were becoming available in the mid-fifties period from which
these, his earliest commercial recordings, derived. Esquivel has been
proclaimed by Brian Wilson and by Simpsons creator Matt Groening,
"Who'd have thought that out of a genre as debased as easy listening
would come something so mind-curdling bizarre and beautiful."
This set comprises the first digital release of Esquivel s impossibly
rare first album Las Tandas de Juan Garcia Esquivel from 1957 coupled
with To Love Again; a collection of singles and 78s recorded in Mexico
between 1954-57. Tracklist: Tracklist: Collar De Perlas, Poupurri
Curiel, Medley, Goya Universidad, Una Y Otra Vez Sketch Glenn Miller,
Tren Nocturno, Nereidas, No Seas Asi, Capullito De Alheli, Bailando
Sabras, Politecnico Rock And Roll, To Love Again, Port-Au-Prince,
Amor, Moonlight Enchantment, Nightingale, Nocturnal, Jungle Drums,
Vereda Tropical, Hornblower's Serenade, Besame Mucho, Siboney, Nothing
Ever Changes My Love For You.
El-139
CD
$15.50
Father Moo & The Black Sheep
S-T
PS, UK Repressed! A UK-only issue of what was previously available
as a non-distributed CDR release on the Acid Mothers Temple CDR label
(later reissued as a very limited LP on Swordfish). Jewel case packaging,
with a completely unbelievable Yod-tribute sleeve. The music is in
the realm of tranquil drone-intensive freak outs (electronics, moaning
vocal sounds, processed murk), not at all in the rocking style of
Kawabata's well known Acid Mother's Temple ensemble. A sensational
artifact, presented to perfection.
Swordfish
CD
$17.00
Forster, Robert
Evangelist
PS, US Robert Forster's first album in 11 years, The Evangelist finds
the Go-Betweens co-founder as winsome and haunting as ever. Nearly
two years after the death of Grant McLennan, his fellow Go-Between
and writing partner of 30 years, Forster has produced an album that
is both wildly progressive and haunted by the ghost of his artistic
soul mate. "Demon Days," co-written with McLennan shortly
before he died, is an all too telling spine tingling journey into
oblivion. "Pandanus" and "Did She Overtake You?"
are lively juggernauts that delightfully reprise the rhythmic tensions
of Spring Hill Fair. "The Evangelist" is a wistful cousin
to "He Lives My Life" (from The Friends of Rachel Worth)
and "From Ghost Town" is a deeply personal and poignant
farewell to a lost brother. Throughout, The Evangelist is a masterpiece
of honesty and compassion.
YepRoc
CD
$16.50
Frightened Rabbit
Midnight Organ Fight
PS, US sharp wit combined with a gift for nailing the perfect guitar-pop
hook. Follow up to their limited debut "Sings the Greys"
the band recorded "Midnight" with Peter Katis (Spoon, Interpol)
in order to achieve the grandeur suited to the fervent ambition of
their new songs. The result is a huge step forward for the band sonically,
while they retain the acerbic, quirky lyrics they're becoming known
for. PITCHFORK: "Midnight Organ Flight is full of rousing barnburners
that flicker with soul, ballads that ache with masculine vulnerability,
and Frightened Rabbit's best song yet, opener "The Modern Leper".
Built on insistently downstroked guitars and drums that build from
a gallop to a thundering crash, this Pixies-go-acoustic track swells
with self-loathing. "Is that you in front of me/ Coming back
for even more of exactly the same?/ You must be a masochist/ To love
a modern leper on his last leg," sings Scott, and rarely has
a song with such anthemic, air-drum-worthy fills been shot through
with so much personal revulsion."
FatCat
CD
$13.25
Giant Robot
#53
PS, US Asian pop culture & beyond. This issue: James Jarvis, Stephen
Chow, music/book/ film reviews, colorful happy things & much more.
ZINE
$4.75
Goon Moon
Licker's Last Leg
PS, US A spooky & dirgy alignment of a sorted and celebrated bunch,
including Jeordie White(better known as Twiggy Ramirez from MARILYN
MANSON & current bassist of NINE INCH NAILS) and Chris Goss, record
producer for the likes of Kyuss & Queens of the Stone Age and
the frontman of desert rock band Masters of Reality. A true musical
potpourri, but there is no denying the recognizable sound of both
NIN & Queens of the Stone Age and the influences of the new folk
scene such as Devendra Banhart, Johanna Newsom & Deerhoof.
BlackDiamond
LP
$16.25
Hayden
In Field & Town
PS, US ..[T]the guy makes merciless stabs of self-parody. 'I don't
lock myself in a room and refuse to talk to my girlfriend for weeks
at a time,' Hayden says. 'I'm definitely not a sort of hermit, weirdo
character. I'm more the kind of guy who spends most of his day wasting
time and complaining about things,' he says, muffling a giggle. 'I
have long, long breakfasts, you know, from like noon until two at
least, then I start complaining.' There is some truth to the mythology;
over the course of his five stripped-back albums, his music and method
took on a solitary shape. Recorded in Desser's studio and in woods
north of Toronto, In Field and Town embodies this small-scale sensibility.
Yearning with the tender, minor-key minimalism of 2001's Skyscraper
National Park and the glowing acoustic arrangements of 2004's Elk-Lake
Serenade, the album pitches his oddly personal whimseys against an
intimate but complete instrumental backdrop. The pealing horns and
tumbling pop rhythms of Where and When, wrangling guitars and piano
of Did I Wake Up Beside You? are fine examples. . . But it's the wonderfully
arranged Lonely Security Guard, an oddly narrated ode to a neighbourhood
security guard told from the perspective of a would-be thief, which
typifies his peculiar songwriting charms. "I just really enjoy
coming up with a story that has a beginning, a middle and an end,"
he says. It's just that sometimes it's an end that you're not expecting.
Like this super friendly-looking security guard being a really tough
guy,' he laughs. 'I had a huge smile on my face when I came up with
that.''-- Dan Rule, theage.com
FatPossum
CD
$15.75
High On Fire
Art of Self Defense LP+7
PS, US REPRESSED!
TeePee
LP
$13.25
Hood, Robert
39
PS, US One of the founding fathers of Detroit's incomparable Underground
Resistance & the innovator behind hypnotic minimal techno. This
is simplified, intelligent music that moves & challenges at a
fast, unrelenting pace, imaginatively mimicking the feeling of Detroit
itself in all its industrial glory.
Fabric
CD
$17.00
I&Fused
Slow Eater
PS, FRANCE Autodidact, I&Fused is a genuine of sound machine.
As a musician multi-instrumentalist, singer, author, compositor and
producer, David Lavaysse seems not to want to stay or put himself
on a particular classification but he keeps on touching all kind of
styles with a sure ease. Like in his preceding albums, we finds in
slow eater a lot of instruments (clarinet, piano, machines, guitars,
percussions...) and compositions alternating between pop and electro,
passing by the folk music with some winks to the hip hop... Each title
is definitely produced with a smoothness and a rare elegance. I&Fused
is a typical example of what the alternative music is still able to
offer to us in France... I&Fused reveals us a personal and talented
vision of a universal sound, with his thousand and one facets, subtle,
light and fine.
0101-15
CD
$17.00
July
July
PS, UK Having started out as a skiffle act from Ealing and called
The Playboys they then became an R&B combo, The Tomcats. John
(Speedy) Keen, (Thunderclap Newman) was in them for a while and then
In 1966, The Tomcats went to Spain with a new line-up (one which become
the future July one). As Los Tomcats, they got in the charts with
four EPs, one of which was all in Spanish! They then returned to the
UK in 1968, still basing themselves in Ealing and changed their name
to July. As July, they recorded what later became one of the most
sought-after British psychedelic sixties albums of all time. One that
was originally released in the UK on Major Minor (MMLP/SMLP 29) in
1968 and also issued in USA/Canada on Epic (BN- 26416) and even released
in Brazil (Musidisc Hi Fi 2.177). The album s main appeal is its haunting
brand of psychedelia and Rev-Ola are delighted to announce that this
special CD issue has four bonus tracks. The gorgeous package is also
enhanced by a quantity of previously unpublished photographs and some
highly-informative CD booklet notes by 60s pop-sike expert David Wells.
Tony Duhig (guitarist) and John Field (keyboards, flute) went on to
be in Jade Warrior and Tom Newman later released solo albums on Virgin
and Decca. He also set up Branson's Manor Studios and engineered 'Tubular
Bells' I and II! TRACKS: 1. MY CLOWN 2. DANDELION SEEDS 3. JOLLY MARY
4. HALLO TO ME 5. YOU MISSED IT ALL 6. THE WAY 7. TO BE FREE 8. MOVE
ON SWEET FLOWER 9. CRYING IS FOR WRITERS 10. I SEE 11. A FRIENDLY
MAN 12. A BIRD LIVED BONUS TRACKS 13. MY CLOWN (MAJOR MINOR 45: MM580
1968) 14. DANDELION SEEDS 15. HELLO WHO S THERE (MAJOR MINOR 45: MM568
1968) 16. THE WAY
Rev-Ola-243
CD
$15.50
Kid Loco/Jean-Christophe Menu
Oumupo 4
PS, US It was inevitable (and to be hoped) that Jean-Christophe Menu,
already responsible for the collection's packaging, participates to
one of the volumes as the author. Along with the self-taught Menu
- the unforgettable "Meder" (Futuropolis), the series "Muno
Comix" (Cornelius) or autobiographic work like "Livret de
Phamille" (L'association), but also the recent lampoon "Plates-Bandes"
(L'association) - who would better match as a partner than the former
punk-activist Jean-Yves Prieur a.k.a. Kid Loco, who let himself be
tempted by hip-hop, reggae and eventually downtempo ? Master of rhythm
and melody, he affords a great fade-in fade-out overview of almost
the entire catalog of Ici d'Ailleurs.
!K7-04
CD
$15.00
Langhorne Slim
S-T
PS, US Reminiscent of old delta blues & vaudeville performers,
he's telling a story, & you want to be there for the ending. PASTE:
"Trades in big, countrified exaggerations, blowing up rural stereotypes
to delirious proportions, howling so hard you can practically see
the wheat bushels tumbling from his mouth."
Kemado
CD
$15.75
Lidell, Jamie
Jim
PS, US Jim will switch you on in the morning, move you on the dance-floor
& take you down in the small hours. It's a bold, promiscuously
diverse album, mixing up gospel grooves, sweetly sung & fiercely
passionate soul, delicately moving ballads, thumping early R &
B, synthed-up disco, & even a touch of 'hillbilly funk'. POPMATTERS:
"This old-fashioned, newly-polished soul music is pretty much
impossible to resist."
Warp
CD
$13.50
Lidell, Jamie
Jim
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Warp
LP
$16.50
Mad EP
Bass.hed
PS, GERMANY Probably one of the albums on Ad Noiseam which took the
longest to complete. Begun years ago, Mad EP's fourth full length
album sees this highly praised musician focus on low frequencies and
everything which comes with them. Syncopated beats, guest vocals by
Shadow Huntaz, MC Equivalant and others and the multi-instrumentation
which has made Mad EP famous are all brought back on this artists's
heaviest and most direct album to date.
AdNoiseam-090
CD5
$17.25
Make Believe
Going To The Bone Church
PS, US LIMITED COLOR VINLY. A record that is as musical as it is raw,
& as dense as it is simple. Vocally, Tim Kinsella is at his carnal
best, slipping in & out of chants, growls, yelps bolstered by
layers of backing vocals for the first time in the band's brief career.
All the while the band beats along, riffing acute & obtuse rhombuses
around him. Together they take the listener on a primitive & tribal
trip & create something haunting, hypnotic, pulsing &, most
importantly, original.
Flameshovel
LP
$14.50
Married Monk, The
Elephant People
PS, FRANCE "Never being where they are expected: this is what
seems to be the artistic catch phrase of The Married Monk. Unexpected
successor of The Belgian Kick, this fifth album is the music of Elephant
People, a pop opera that brings together emblematic figures of monstrosity.
For this occasion, the guitarist and singer Christian Quermalet, the
bass player Philippe Lebruman, the saxophonist Etienne Jaumet and
the new drummer Nicolas Courret (Bed, Headphone), who are playing
during representations, have prepared a soundtrack which is alternating
exhilarating songs and transitions spoken by the show's actors. Incomparable
French band pop singing in English, they have a strong fan base in
Europe.
Icid'Ailleurs-045
CD
$20.25
Matthews, Eric
Imagination Stage
PS, US Conscious craft drawn from a subconscious spark. Music conjured
from "a deeper, more mysterious place," as he puts it. Dream
pop in the truest sense of the phrase. "There's something new
& different that's happening to me creatively," Matthews
says. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Eric Matthews sounds rejuvenated on The
Imagination Stage, only his fifth album in a dozen years but the third
in relatively quick succession for the Empyrean label. But just when
fans could start to worry that too much of Matthews' work was flooding
the marketplace, he's broadened his palette, stretching the boundaries
and beginning to work in more intriguing shades. Sometimes it's with
a simple technique, as on the several instrumental passages that allow
listeners to focus on the clever arrangements (and not worry about
Matthews' usually similar-sounding vocals). But often it's the interwoven
arrangements, harmonies, and interesting instrument choices that make
The Imagination Stage such a wonderful record, encompassing everything
from a tastefully bashing drum kit to an analog drum program to the
type of subdued brass that has been a hallmark of Matthews' work since
he debuted in 1995."
Empyrean/Transit of Venus
CD
$12.75
Meneguar
The In Hour
PS, US Switching instruments and experimenting with recording techniques,
Meneguar has cooked up a totally unique (and surprising) record. The
In Hour channels the spontaneity and aesthetics of Swell Maps, the
pop hooks of the Zombies, and lyrical collage of Guided By Voices.
Everything was home recorded at their little Xanadu in Brooklyn, Rear
House, home base to Jeremy Earl's Woodsist label (Blues Control, Sic
Alps, Wooden Wand, Jana Hunter) and the changing roster of Meneguar's
alter egos (Woods, Shepherds). Only six months since their last record,
The In Hour represents a serious departure that still holds true to
the band's undeniable pop sensibility.
Woodsist
LP
$13.75
Millimetrik
Northwest Passage's New Era
PS, UK Pascal Asselin is a founder member of French Canadian dreampop
outfit Below the Sea and half of Anglo-Canadian duo Glider. Pascal
began recording under the name Millimetrik in 2003, uniting his love
of atmospheric ambient (Biosphere, Murcof) with hip-hop rhythms and
breaks. With his background as a drummer, Millimetrik's earlier albums
"Variety is the Spice of Life" and "Deeper Transmissions"
and "The Last Polar Bear on Earth" (all Statik Rek) featured
intricately programmed beats with the music creating an otherworldly
and often unsettling and chilly backdrop. Over the course of recent
releases, such as "Cities EP" and "I Am You Are Me;
Remixes and Unreleased" (both Make Mine Music), the atmospheres
have slowly thawed and melody has come increasingly to the fore. On
the new album "Northwest Passage's New Era", Pascal has
ventured even further down this path and the music has a sense of
emerging from darkness into the light. The intricately programmed
beats are still present, but the emphasis is firmly on melody and
structure, and the sound is rooted in hip-hop rather than ambient
music. Featuring guest appearances by Ulrich Schnauss and Port-Royal
amongst others, the album also sees the first vocals on a Millimetrik
release courtesy of Sean Heenan of Auburn Lull and Marie Jorge, whose
beautiful vocals grace the album's final track. With this new album,
Millimetrik has exceeded the already very high standards of previous
releases. "Northwest Passage's New Era" is a consistently
enjoyable, engaging and varied listen that Make Mine Music is proud
to release.
MakeMineMusic-039
CD
$17.75
Moscow Olympics
Cut The World
PS, SWEDEN The term "dreampop" got a new and wider meaning
when the Philippine quintet Moscow Olympics released their debut single
on Fraction Discs. Pop as a dream come true, two tracks that raise
their gaze off their shoes, stare into the skies and fill the unexpected
yet somehow eagerly awaited gap in your record collection - the one
between Blueboy's "Unisex" and The Wake's "Here Comes
Everybody". This now is their debut CD.
LavenderRecordings-003
CD
$13.50
Narcophony
Play the Residents
PS, FRANCE Narcophony is not done with visiting houses, haunted by
the memories of these last thirty years most frantic musicians. After
Nurse With Wound, they are getting down to the mind-expanding work
of the most phenomenal San Francisco pop combo: The Residents. Armed
with a number of musicians balanced around the duet made by Eric Aldéa
and Ivan Chiossone, with Christine Ott (collaborations with Radiohead,
Yann Tiersen... - Martenot's waves) , François Cuilleron (ex-Bästard-
guitars and violin) and Hasmig Fau (cello), Narcophony recycles 13
tracks chosen among the very first works of The Residents (from 1974
to 1985) with the same characteristic unrestrained energy of the avant-garde
band. Reached by the playfulness of contemporary Kraftwerk, the band
turns on an amazing switch from analogical to acoustic. Keeping most
of the patterns for the timeless Ondes Martenot (father of electronic
music), the band takes up the mischievous orchestrations with impulsive
strings and other intrusions of rare instruments. A weird masterstroke
that intensifies the most resourceful period of The Residents.
0101-013
CD
$17.00
Night Marchers
See You In Magic
PS, US Debut album from RFTC/Jehu dude! ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "John
Reis (aka Speedo) delivers exactly what you expect on every album
that bears his name. Pure, hard, fun, and nasty rock & roll action.
Rocket from the Crypt? Check. Drive Like Jehu? Check. The Sultans?
Check. Hot Snakes? Yep. New band the Night Marchers? You'd better
believe it. Teaming up with former Hot Snakes Gar Wood and Jason Kourkounis,
and Tommy Kitsos of CPC Gangbangs, Reis delivers an album of rampaging
hard rock that kicks hard and sticks with you like a monster hangover.
The sound of See You in Magic is probably closest to that of the Sultans.
The two bands share a light and nimble approach that RFTC lacked.
They were a knockout blow; the Night Marchers are more likely to jab
you in the solar plexus. Either way, by the end of the album you know
you've been in a fight. The guitars are taut and fierce, the drums
pounding but not overbearing, and the occasional shouted backing vocals
mix well with Reis' powerful everyman vocal delivery. Reis' skill
at crafting songs with hooky choruses has never deserted him and is
strong as ever here... Add the Night Marchers to Speedo's roll of
triumphs and feel free to rank See You in Magic as one of his finest
moments. It's really that good."
Vagrant
CD
$13.75
No Depression
#75
PS, US FINAL ISSUE EVER!! No Dep's Artist of the Decade: BUDDY MILLER
on cover. Features on Old 97's, Billy Bragg, Pinetop Perkins, James
McMurtry, Weepies & more. Plus all the other usual great stuff
you've come to expect from No Depression.
ZINE
$5.00
No Means No
The Day Everything Became Isolated & Destroyed
PS, US Bass led 3 piece from Canada, internationally acclaimed punk
band with an extensive back catalog, their own record label(Wrong)
& a die hard fan base. Reissue of the bands first release on Alternative
Tentacles, unavailabe for many years.
Wrong
LP
$16.25
Occasional Keepers, The
True North
PS, UK LTM present True North, the second album from The Occasional
Keepers, an ongoing studio collaboration between songwriters Bobby
Wratten (Field Mice, Trembling Blue Stars) and Carolyn Allen and Caesar
(The Wake). True North was recorded and produced by the Keepers with
Ian Catt (St Etienne) in London in February 2008. Guest musician Beth
Arzy (Aberdeen, Trembling Blue Stars) features on The Life Of The
Fields. Retaining plenty of acoustic, reflective elements from the
previous album, this release adds experimental, song-based pop touches
to great effect. Track listing: If The Ravens Leave/The Cricket Laced
Midnight/Town Of 85 Lights/Leave The Secret There Forever/The Life
Of The Fields/Factory Records/I've Realized/Snow And Feathers/Elsinore/A
Distant Piano On A Foggy Night. Praise for The Occasional Keepers:
"This Sarah supergroup lives up to the expectations that come
from such an important meeting of musical minds, and there's a real
synergy here" (Exclaim!); "Often the smallest touches have
the greatest impact, like dropping a bomb on a calm hillside"
(All Music Guide); "An album of rainy day melancholia and innocent
beauty" (Leonard's Lair); "Lovely bubble-bath pop and slo-mo
waltz" (Teletext). Also available: The Beauty of the Empty Vessel
(LTMCD 2439) (2005).
LTM-2511
CD
$17.00
Ponies In The Surf
See You Happy
PS, US Ponies In The Surf is quietly one of a kind. Siblings and self
proclaimed indie music nerds Alex & Camile live in Cambridge,
MA though they're originally from Bogota, Columbia. The Ponies build
perfect soft pop songs with elements Samba, Beatles, the more sophisticated
folk set, the Pop Vocal traditionalists and they're very much akin
to The Violent Femmes and Johnathan Richman in terms of song craft,
a subtle humor and vulnerability. The Ponies' work is uniquely comforting
and highly addictive. It is served with a rare passion and grace.
It evokes nostalgia for the above mentioned while remaining firmly
planted in its own special, almost timeless place. "After playing
in rock bands for some time, Alexander McGregor decided at some point
that he simply wanted to make some music that could even appeal to
his grandmother. Joined by his sister Camille, the duo plays stripped-down
folkish type music that sounds like it could have been created at
any point in the past 40 years yet still feels fresh." --ALMOST
COOL. "These powerfully quiet traditionalists perform folk songs
with a pan-American touch. It's only a shame that music this delicate
and warm doesn't garner more notice." -POPMATTERS
Darla-192
CD
$12.25
Portishead
Third
PS, US Long-awaited third release by seminal trip-hop band. Their
first in eleven years! PITCHFORK: "As radical reinventions go,
Third-- the first Portishead studio album since 1997-- is surprisingly
natural. Darker and bleaker lyrically than their previous work, Third
is a sort of re-debut-- the band's sound after it has excised every
possible remnant of trip-hop from it. [Best New Music]"
Mercury
CD
$15.00
Portishead
Third
PS, US VINYL VERSION. With free mp3 download ticket.
Mercury
LP
$14.00
Privacy
Without Mercy
PS, US LIMITED TO 300 HAND NUMBERED LP, WHICH INCLUDES A CD. Singer/songwriter
- Guitar and Voice alone. Really beautiful song writing, and an incredible
voice. Laurel started playing guitar, songwriting, and singing less
than a year ago. The key to Privacy's music working - she's not busy
trying to sound like anyone else or her influences. Just straight
contemporary folk songs that are beautifully written and delivered.
Truly these are beautiful songs.
Anthem
12
$10.00
Prurient/Sutcliffe Jugend
End of Autumn
PS, US SUPER DUPER LIMITED!!!
Troubleman
DLP
$16.75
Religious Knives
It's After Dark
PS, US Also on LP. Side project of husband & wife team of Mike
& Maya (DOUBLE LEOPARDS) but it slowly grew into a full time project.
They started out as a two piece, & over time added Nate from MOUTHUS
on drums & fiddled around w/ bass players until the full band
was realized. It's a true droney/psych/noise masterpiece in the making.
Truly, nothing sounds quite like this band.
Troubleman
DLP
$16.75
Reynolds, Ben
Two Wings
PS, US Glasgow, Scotland guitarist Ben Reynolds (ASHTRAY NAVIGATORS)
has been a prominent player in & contributor to the UK's fertile
underground psych/drone scene for many years. Reynolds puts his electric
guitars aside in favor of exploring expressionist acoustic steel string
terrain on his astonishing new solo recording. Entirely improvised,
Two Wings effortlessly weaves shimmering melodic lines together to
form spontaneous compositions of dazzling depth & clarity. Incorporating
a variety of pacing techniques with his fingerpicking style, Reynolds
explores a linearity that harkens back to the American ragas of Robbie
Basho, while exposing Middle Eastern influences much like the acoustic
trickery of Sir Richard Bishop.
StrangeAttractors
CD
$13.25
Shankar, Ravi
More Flowers of India
PS, UK With recordings made at least a decade before Psychedelia,
More Flowers of India showcases the beautiful, dreamlike art of Ravi
Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan and attests to the extraordinary influence
of Indian classical music on western culture. By the early Seventies,
both men had been signed to the Beatles' Apple label and thanks to
the revolution they spear-headed, the global musical landscape had
altered irrevocably. The Beatles, The Doors, The Byrds and John Coltrane
were amongst the many that came under the spell of these great masters
El-141
CD
$15.50
Shining
S-T
PS, NORWAY Double vinyl edition including both In The Kingdom Of Kitsch
You Will Be A Monster and Grindstone. Comes in a beautiful gatefold
sleeve designed by Kim Hiorthøy. Limited to 500 copies only.
RuneGrammofon
DLP
$25.00
Sinier, Raoul
Brain Kitchen
PS, GERMANY Announced with the "Huge Samurai Radish" single
and remix CD in December, Ra(oul Sinier)'s third studio album is follows
up and builds upon the material of his previous "Wxfdswxc2"
(released on Sublight). Intricate melodies, gritty undertones, imaginative
structures are thrown into a canvas of IDM and electronic hip-hop,
forming a tasty and tasty whole.
AdNoiseam-92
CD
$17.25
Skullflower
Desire for a Holy War
PS, US Limited edition of 750. First volume in the URSK Series. Three
panel jacket with original art by Stephen Kasner. SKULLFLOWER "Desire
for a Holy War" Desire for a Holy War is mayhem piled on top
of mayhem piled on top of squalls of caustic feedback. Furies spitting
oaths of shrouded vengeance from ancient tongues. Plague riders dealing
death on mounts of venomous ether, hooves pounding the wild earth.
Matthew Bower may have reached a watershed with last year's Abyssic
Lowland Hiss (Heavy Blossom) but it is with Desire that he has come
to conquer. Never has Skullflower sounded so severe or remorseless.
URSK SERIES. Utech Records has invoked a connate soul in visual artist
Stephen Kasner to develop a second fine art series of cd releases
for the label. The series will comprise nine volumes of 750 copies
each over the course of 2008 beginning in April. Kasner has committed
the bulk of his next year's output to painting original and exclusive
canvases. His subject matter has yet to be disclosed but the artist
has spoken in general terms of a new direction he wants to explore
in his work. A package unique to the series has been designed to highlight
Kasner's residuum and the accompanying music. The foundation of the
series is the belief that a visual device can bind a disparate body
of music in a meaningful way. The
genesis of this idea was first explored with photographer Max Aguilera-Hellweg
in 2007 and the result was Utech Record's acclaimed Arc Series. Fruit
borne from that venture has led to this stab at further examination.
Kasner immediately saw value in the theory and agreed to help cultivate
and refine it.
Utech-015
CD
$14.75
Sophia
Technology Won't Save Us
PS, US From lushly orchestrated instrumentals to pure pop-rock-noise
& a dark lyrical depth rarely found in today's music, this is
Robin Proper-Sheppard's (THE GOD MACHINE) most ambitious record to
date. The initial limited-edition version will be released as a double-CD
DigiPak including a 6 song bonus acoustic CD. BIG TAKEOVER: "I
say this every time Robin Proper-Sheppard graces the world with a
new album--and somehow it¹s always true--but this is the man¹s
best album to date, another slice of truth and beauty from the former
singer-guitarist for The God Machine... Here, Proper-Sheppard revisits
a range of dynamics, arrangements and moods from all phases of his
career, from Morricone-style instrumentals to funereal ballads to
strutting riff-rock. The lyrics pierce your head and heart, the melodies
stay with you long after the album has ended... Technology won¹t
save us from it, but the very human voice contained within these songs
just might."
Flowershop
DCD
$20.00
South
You Are Here
PS, US A sonic exploration of melody refracted through an eclectic
palate of disparate genres & atmospherics that blow by any &
all artificial distinctions. A record that lilts through swirling
psychedelic pop, electrifying dance beats & unhinged space rock.
BluhammockMusic
CD
$14.50
Spanish Prisoners
Songs to Forget
PS, US The debut record fronted by Leonid Maymind, influenced by the
areas that he has lived in from USSR controlled Latvia, to New Orleans
and to Brooklyn. Using an expansive arsenal of instruments ranging
from banjo, accordion, dobro, electronics, etc., the music conjures
up the quiet anger of Neil Young's "On the Beach" to Bob
Dylan's oft-discussed "Basement Tapes." Recorded along with
an extensive cast of collaborators such as Jack McKeever (RUFUS WAINWRIGHT),
Jim Diamond (WHITE STRIPES), and Todd Tobias of GUIDED BY VOICES.
ExitStencil
CD
$10.00
Spoon
A Series Of Sneaks
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
LP
$15.50
Spyweirdos
Epistrophy At Utopia
PS, GERMANY Greece's Spyweirdos, who received a lot of attention in
the recent years for his sharp and subtle glitchy electronica, pairs
up this time with the two improv / free jazz musicians John Mourjopoulos
and Floros Floridis. The three give birth to a surprisingly human,
warm and catchy game of clicks, horns and strings. Deep, abrasive,
but funky at parts: no surprise that the live rendition of this album
have received excellent reviews.
AdNoiseam-91
CD
$17.25
Strategy
Music for Lamping
PS, US Strategy's Paul Dickow has been a longtime cornerstone player
in Portland, Oregon's electronic and experimental music community.
He was once a drummer in the punk group Emergency, a keyboard player
in jazz/post-rock's Fontanelle, played drums and electronics in Nudge,
DJs eclectic disco and techno sets, and also remixes and produces
dance floor bangers as well as ambient, abstract pop expressions under
his solo moniker Strategy. He has built up a name releasing acclaimed
albums for Kranky and 12"s for labels such as ORAC (Seattle)
and Dreck (London) and also by founding the premier Cascadian freedom
music record label known as Community Library. For years Paul and
Audio Dregs have been comrades and collaborators and now we are proud
to bring you his latest offering that collects Strategy's rain-soaked
chill out recordings and slow motion filtered dubscapes. These are
the tracks rescued from the mornings after the dance parties and longer
compositions collected from his studio in moss covered corners of
green Cascadian forest caverns. "Music for Lamping contains six
years' worth of music that can roughly be called ambient - perhaps
"meditative" is a better word. All of this music combines
my interest in blurring/expanding/clouding processes--such as granular
synthesis, vocoding, and bucket-brigade delay--with happenstance sound
sources, such as field recordings or a favorite record sitting around
the studio. The earliest music dates to a 2002 CD that was never released,
entitled Strategy At Beacon Rock, which was intended as a 'gentle'
or 'atmospheric' treatment of plundered audio. The material from 2004
onwards dates to a period of soundwalks in my neighborhood of Northwest
Portland (a perfect strolling zone). Taken altogether, these pieces
form a traceable thread through my work where I use my usual raw materials
to reach a more liquid, spontaneous end result." -Paul Dickow
AudioDregsRecordings-068
CD
$12.25
Tape
Milieu Plus
PS, SWEDEN Reissue of their 2003 2nd full-length, w/ 4 new tracks
taken from the original sessions. When this album first came out,
it sounded like nothing else. Seemingly improvised but still so tenderly
composed, it took cues from both the most gentle free jazz & Brian
Eno's ideas of ambient music, but at the same time leaning against
both Swedish folk music & broken pop balladry. Now in a digipak
w/ new cover art.
Hapna
CD
$18.00
Tape
Opera Plus
PS, SWEDEN Opera Plus is a reissue of Tape's 2002 full-length debut
Opera (HAPNA 009CD), with three new tracks taken from the original
2002 sessions. Tape are Johan Berthling, Andreas Berthling and Tomas
Hallonsten: guitars, laptop, pedals, synthesizers, harmonium, melodica,
field recordings, percussion, harmonica, zither, piano, flute, bells,
glockenspiel, accordion, trumpet, paper, styrofoam, yongmei. As Stephan
Mathieu wrote at the time of this release, "Tape's music lives
at the intersection of a 21st century chamber music and an imaginary
folklore. Slowly passing by vast yellow rape fields and ancient, abandoned
factories, the music on my headphones seems to fit almost too perfectly.
The sun and nature are certainly core ingredients of Opera and its
slowly floating melodies carry the spirit of travel, not on an aircraft,
but submerged in a landscape instead." In the meantime, Tape
have distilled their sound with their albums such as Milieu, Rideau,
as well as collaborations with Tenniscoats more and more into an organic
song-like format. While all of them are excellent, Tape's essence
can be found in Opera. Listening to Opera again after almost six years,
it proves to be a truly great and timeless album. Now in a digipak
with new cover art.
Hapna
CD
$16.25
Thomas Function
Celebrations
PS, US
Alive
LP
$13.00
Thomas Function
Celebration
US, PS ALL MUSIC GUIDE: Thomas Function is an odd name for a band,
but then again, this is a pretty peculiar group. The garage band hails
from (sweet home) Alabama, and its ebullient take on the '60s is shot
through with Southern sensibility, from C&W to bluegrass, R&B
to the blues... The album bristles with energy and the songs are studded
with strong melodies and grand hooks, while the lyrics are much more
thoughtful and downbeat than one would expect. All in all, a lethal
combination."
Alive
CD
$15.25
Tickley Feather
S-T
PS, US This is Philadelphia's Annie Sachs. The album is a collection
of Late Night path finding sounds, gingerly home recorded using budget
electronics. Selected from the past 4 yrs, these songs are washed
in effects & demonstrate a barbaric yet meticulous instrumentation,
along w/ a paradoxically, otherworldly & natural vocal style.
The resulting sounds tell a secret that feels serendipitous.
PawTracks
CD
$15.00
Tong, Winston
In A Manner of Speaking (Best Of)
PS, UK LTM are pleased to present In A Manner Of Speaking (Best Of),
a collection of outstanding tracks by Winston Tong, the songwriter
and performance artist best known as frontman of the group Tuxedomoon.
Recorded between 1982 and 1990, the twelve tracks gathered on In A
Manner of Speaking include five tracks from Winston's acclaimed 1985
solo album Theoretically Chinese, produced by former Associate Alan
Rankine and featuring a stellar cast of guest musicians including
Jah Wobble, Steven Morris, Simon Topping and Dave Formula. Two are
in the form of dance remixes previously only available on an Italian
maxi single. This Best Of CD also features representative tracks from
Winston's other two solo albums Like The Others and Miserere, as well
as rare compilation tracks: covers of Duke Ellington's Prelude to
a Kiss, witty festive ditty The Twelve Days of Christmas, and Syd
Barrett's Late Night. Also included are two especially memorable Tong
songs recorded with Tuxedomoon, Albert Camus tribute The Stranger
and In A Manner of Speaking, the 1985 song later covered by Martin
Gore of Depeche Mode and more recently by Nouvelle Vague. As a result
of the Nouvelle Vague cover version, IAMOS has now become a standard,
featuring in the soundtracks of several high profile movies and television
shows, including A Mighty Heart, Sugar Rush, Fragile and Riviera.
The booklet features a detailed biography of Winston Tong, as well
as archive images. Winston Tong is alive and well and living in San
Francisco, where he continues to perform in live and theatre events.
LTM-2520
CD
$17.00
Various
An Taobh Tuathail
PS, IRELAND Psychonavigation Records latest project is a unique collaboration
with the world famous music program 'An Taobh Tuathail'. The plan
is to release a CD compilation of electronic music that perfectly
reflects the diverse music style of the radio show. So here it is
- A twelve-track CD compilation that has been painstakingly selected
by 'An Taobh Tuathail's' founder Cian Ó Cíobháin.
A beautiful blend of Ambient/Electronic sounds from some of the world's
finest producers. 'An Taobh Tuathail' has been broadcasting the cream
of underground music from around the globe on RTÉ Raidió
na Gaeltachta /ANOCHT FM since May 1999. These tunes include the spaced-out
psychedelic pop of Ariel Pink, sumptuous electronica from Felix Laband,
OST and Fug as well as demos from Galway-based artists Heftord &
Beatpoet, that have not been available anywhere else to now. "An
Taobh Tuathail Vol 1 is a continuation of Anocht FM's commitment to
showcasing new music from around the world", says Seán
Ó hEanaigh, head of programming at the station. "We are
confident that this CD will satisfy the show's current listeners and
will also attract new ears to the program". Tracklisting: 01.
Felix Laband - Down The Stairs 02. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti -
Every Night I Die At Miyagi's 03. Cane 141 - Sticky Lips 04. OST-
Socrates Dream 05. Fug - By Gadd 06. Phelan Sheppard - Weaving Song
07. United Bible Studies - Columba's Song 08. Anne Garner - Home (Dean
Honer Mix) 09. Beatpoet - Tao 10. Chequerboard - Konichiwa 11. Heftord
- Separation 12. Jimmy Behan - Gate 28
Psychonavigation-021
CD
$15.50
Various
Good Vibrations: The Punk Singles Collection
PS, UK 25 tracks showcasing the very best of of the legendary late
'70s Northern Ireland label Good Vibrations. This important release
features contributions from quintessential bands such as Rudi, the
Undertones, the Outcasts, Protex, the Moondogs and the Bankrobbers
(featuring Joby Fox who of course went on to join Energy Orchard with
another legend -- Bap Kennedy). Also includes previously unreleased
cuts by Shock Treatment and the Androids. This glorious package ends
with the man himself: the debut 45 from label owner/founder Terri
Hooley, backed up by Rudi and together they were Terri and The Terrors!
Artists include: Rudi, Victim, The Outcasts, The Undertones, X Dreamysts,
Protex, The Idiots, Spider, Ruefrex, The Tearjerkers, The Moondogs,
The Shapes, The Bankrobbers, The Bears, The Jets, Shock Treatment,
The Lids, The Androids, Terri & The Terrors.
Anagram
CD
$17.00
Various
Blitzing The Ballroom: 20 UK Power Glam Incendiaries
PS, UK As the '70s took hold of the UK, the colorful expectations
of the '60s had all but faded away. The Op Art, the psychedelics and
the Victorian militia had been replaced by the greys and browns of
geometric wallpaper, the three-day week and the oh-so dull Heath/Wilson
pendulum. Splashing a much-needed burst of posterpaint color around
came the movement that was to be known as glam-rock. No one minded
that its chief protagonists had been round the block a few times before:
Marc Bolan, Gary Glitter, Alvin Stardust, Mud, The Sweet, Roy Wood
and Slade had all been stomping around with varying degrees of success
for many years. Tottering precariously around on silver platforms,
made up like provocative pantomime dames, playing a strange drum-heavy
confection based on rock & roll mixed with nursery rhyme simplicity,
the pop world had its sparkling alternative to the head-nodding complexity
of the double concept album. Here's a collection of splendid glam
obscurities, all laced with a harder edge, as if to prove that, should
the need ever arise, these artistes could more than match their progressive
counterparts for rock sensibility. Twenty never-before comped glam-rock
sparklers specially compiled by legendary psych musician and Psychic
Circle label-head, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond). Shambles, Tiger,
Angel, True Adventure, Change, Stumpy, Union Express, Abacus, Paul
Ryder & Time Machine, Panther, Winston, Frenzy, Bullfrog, Pete
Dunton, Tim Dandy, Giggles, Stephen, Screemer, Sakkarin and Fynnius
Fogg.
PsychicCircler-7021
CD
$16.25
Various
Chaos Tea
PS, RUSSIA Features new tracks by all the main players of the fast
rising russian IDM and breakcore scene. Pressed loud on a heavy 2x12".
Tracklisting: A1. Mirra + Fay: Firefly A2. K1osk: Ttt A3. Totally
Normal: Wet Food B1. Arena: Knightrider B2. Inshizzo & Coas: Offroad
B3. Genetic: Revenge (Mendelayev remix) B4. Medved: Preved B5. Distima:
Attack C1. Psychobell: Melancholy C2. Iky Que: Pls Don't C3. Sex Is
Drug: Dream Hacking C4. Atarix: Drowning D1. Arx Kaeli: Outro D2.
Salfetky: Cats D3. Ar Muta: Lew Mnast D4. 25segments: Inee.
AcidSamovar-011
DLP
$23.00
Vincent, Gene
A Million Shades Of Blue
PS, UK Yes indeed! It's Sweet Gene Vincent! Do we need say more? What
else do you need to know? Oh, OK then! Back in the dear dead days
when singers of 30-ish weren't just about to form their first indie
band, GENE, the man who had wowed America, challenged Elvis, launched
Rock n Roll in Britain and France and inspired a generation, was seen
in his native land as a bit of a has-been...his audience was the French
arty intelligentsia and UK Teds...but there were still those who believed
in Gene...one was Kama Sutra, the New York label who brought us The
Lovin' Spoonful and Gene fanatics The Flamin' Groovies (and obliquely
The Shangri-Las too, but that's another story...) In 1969 and 1970
they put Gene in their newly acquired LA studio with the cream of
young session men to produce an album. Taking a cue from The Band,
Bob Dylan, The Sir Douglas Quintet, and possibly fellow not as old
as you might think rocker Dale Hawkins (who had just had an amazing
album out himself!) Gene rose to the occasion bigtime! Possibly one
of the most unexpected and astonishing albums of roots rock and Americana
is what we have here...with Gene as on good form as ever! ** Another
rediscovered forgotten classic from RevOla! ** Beautifully remastered
By the lovely Nick Robbins...in true RevOla style! ** Ditto goes for
artwork by Pepperbox! ** A must for anyone who ever had a heart...Gene
Vincent! Does it get any better?? TRACKS: 1. SUNSHINE 2. I NEED WOMAN'S
LOVE 3. SLOW TIMES COMIN' 4. DANSE COLINDA 5. GEESE 6. 500 MILES 7.
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC 8. IF ONLY YOU COULD SEE ME TODAY 9. A MILLION
SHADES OF BLUE 10. TUSH HOG 11. HOW I LOVE THEM OLD SONGS 12. HIGH
ON LIFE 13. NORTH CAROLINA LINE 14. YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU TRY 15.
OUR SOULS 16. THERE IS SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND 17. THE DAY THE WORLD
TURNED BLUE 18. BOPPIN' THE BLUES 19. LOOKING BACK 20. OH LONESOME
ME 21. THE WOMAN IN BLACK
Rev-Ola-242
CD
$15.50
Welles, Orson
Your Obedient Servant
PS, UK Orson Welles is a titantic figure in popular culture. Before
Kane, before Ambersons, The Lady From Shanghai and The Third Man;
Before Touch of Evil, his astounding Othello, Chimes At Midnight and
F for Fake, Welles created the sensational War of the Worlds broadcast
that terrified a nation of American radio listeners. While Hollywood
beckoned, Welles and his company, The Mercury Theatre continued to
produce compelling radio drama that still sounds extraordinary. Make
no mistake, if radio held sway over us like it did during its Golden
Age, much of Welles' work in the medium would be as venerated as Kane
or any of the other creative triumphs that were to follow. The Hitch-hiker
and the chilling Search for Henri Le Fevre were written by Lucille
Fletcher. Sredni Vashtar is the work of the inscrutable late nineteenth
century English writer, Saki The Music for all three performances
was composed by long-time Welles (and Hitchcock) collaborator Bernard
Herrmann
El-140
CD
$15.50
Zero
Joke Box
PS, FRANCE Obviously, Zëro's music has more to do with creativity
than with staying in the beaten path of rock with a specific identity.
It's as much Jack Berrocal and Gene Vincent playing a "Drag Queen
blues" under ecstasy and classic Devo's envigorating "Automotown
/ Space girl blues" as it is the krautrock by Can and Kraftwerk
in "Luna Park", an entertaining song which provokes an addictive
cerebral experience. You can also sense Neurotic Pavement, Eternally
Young Wankers Sonic Youth, and a bunch of other freaks, who, all off
the beaten path have constantly re-written the language of rock with
intelligence and singularity. Each title escapes from the previous
one, unclassifiable, escaping from the routine, leaving the listener
with a smile and a chuckle. The "Joke Box" is like the smirk
of an illusionist about to open his magic box. Pleasure and surprise
are always present. The name Zëro, perhaps without the humble
group member's realizing it, is well suited to the fact that their
music is at the origin of this genre of music. "Joke Box"
is a superb anthology.
Icid'Ailleurs-044
CD
$17.00
Zoroaster
S-T
PS, US Rises up from unfathomable depths, propelled by tsunamis of
doom, submerged in viscous sludge. Behold cyclopean concoctions such
as "Mons Venus" & "Defile," which steadily
castigate the senses w/well-varied bouts of grinding dirges &
hypnotic grooves, their often cyclical strumming through slothful
power chords appears so simple, yet also so devastating. By comparison,
the insistently pounding advance of "Bullwhip" may as well
be thrash metal - recalling sludge kings Eyehategod as much as the
other tracks do extreme doomsters like Sleep & Unearthly Trance.
Features an exclusive bonus track.
Kreation
LP
$14.25
Zoroaster
Dog Magic
PS, US A sonic barrage of amp-worshipping, guitar-driven, low-ended
doom metal. Mammoth punishment akin to Sleep, High on Fire, &
Grief. Like Sleep's "Jerusalem" w/the amplification of SunnO)))
w/a unique twist of its own. Whether they amp it up or slow it to
an ungodly crawl, it's fiercely oppressive.
Kreation
DLP
$19.00
Forthcoming
Releases
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Horsepower
Live: March 2001 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, US This intoxicating material becomes even more potent on stage,
making it a must-have release. Their instrumentation transforms the
usually lighthearted banjo & squeezebox into the loneliest choir
that accompanies the smoldering voice of David Eugene Edwards. This
will surely be welcomed w/ open arms, not w/ snipes about bludgeoning
dead equines.
AlternativeTentacles
CD
$17.00
18th Dye
Amorine Queen (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, DENMARK New album, their first in 13 years, from awesome Danish/German
outfit who had several amazing albums released by Matador in the 90s.
Half the album's up on their myspace page, check it out. With their
groundbreaking, catchy and consistently explosive rock 18TH DYE earned
great recognition in the international music press during the 90s.
They toured all over the US and Europe and left a name, which has
inspired a vast number of bands. With Amorine Queen 18TH DYE continue
their intensive work during the 90s. 18TH DYE doesn't just thrill
the fans from ten years ago, but also carry away a new audience -
a fact that's hard to miss at their recent concerts.
CrunchyFrog
CD
$16.25
1900s, The
Everybody's Got A Collection (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 2008)
NO PS, US New 7" vinyl phonograph single from Chicago psych-pop
troupe, featuring two non-album tracks. White wax, black jacket, real
posh.
Parasol-039
45
$3.50
A Flock of Seagulls
Story of a Young Heart [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY
13TH)
PS, US Remastered re-issue with 7 bonus tracks.
CherryPop
CD
$18.25
A.H. Kraken
S-T (LP/CD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Out of Metz, France comes this ugly & brutal noise-punk.
Their name is an amalgam of a facist dictator & a sea monster,
& their sound is a wild, intense blur of bludgeoning rhythms,
industrial clatter, scrapingguitars, & caterwauling vocals. Citing
influences as disparate PiL, Motorhead, US Maple, Suicide, Flipper,
The Shaggs, & Chrome.
InTheRed
LP
$14.25
Almond, Marc & Michael Cashmore
Gabriel and the Lunatic Lover (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, UK 1st in a series of collaborative releases. The duo sets to
music two poems by Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock, the extraordinary
19th-century gay writer whose bizarre life of decadence, drug-addiction,
alcoholism, & poetry; coupled w/ Satanic, vampiric, & Catholic
obsessions; led to his early death at the age of 36 in 1895. Beautiful
full-color digipak that contains previously unpublished paintings
of Almond by Russian artist Vania Soutavliov, a rare photograph of
the enigmatic Count, & the complete texts to both poems.
Durtro/Jnana
CD5
$9.25
Amebix
No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MAY 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION, BONUS 7".
AlternativeTentacles
LP/45
$14.25
Amebix
No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MAY 6TH)
PS, US These songs are collected officially for the first time. It
gathers the soughtafter cult releases No Sanctuary, Who's The Enemy,
& Winter. Some of these tunes are undisputed classics in the punk
world. Carefully remastered by Jello Biafra & George Horn. Tons
of original artwork was resurrected into a beautifully designed package
by long-time Alternative Tentacles collaborator and UK native John
Yates.
AlternativeTentacles
CD
$15.25
Animal Collective
Water Curses EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, US Water Curses sees the band's capacity for re-imaging their
constituent parts into ever more interesting and saturated shapes
go up by a giddy notch. All four tracks have a more stripped down
feel than their recent work, opener "Water Curses" takes
an unexpected rhythm and throws it up, down and sideways to produce
the sound of a smile. A technique that Animal Collective are now in
a position to call their own.
Domino
CD5
$7.00
Animal Collective
Water Curses EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Domino
12"
$9.50
Black Angels, The
Directions to See a Ghost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US From deep in the heart of Texas, armed with the home-grown
mantra "Turn On, Tune In, Drone Out," The Black Angels ring
real and rugged like a crimson full moon-lit night. Their self proclaimed
"Native American Drone 'N' Roll" genre has progressed from
communal living and the members' eclectic upbringings. This is heavy-duty
psychedelic rock with an incessant primitive beat that echoes the
spirit of the 13th Floor Elevators and early Stones. "Directions
To See A Ghost" is the second full-length album from Austin's
darkest droners. With tidal rhythms and rasping epics, "Directions
To See A Ghost" is a driving, psychedelic masterpiece that churns
through 72 minutes and 11 tracks. This highly anticipated follow-up
to the band's 2006 critically acclaimed debut will leave listeners
buzzing.
LightInTheAttic
CD
$13.75
Black Taj
Beyonder (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Second release by Dave Brylawski and Steve Popson, former members
of POLVO. Psychedelic hard rock revival reminicent of the twin guitar
attack of Thin Lizzy and the muscular riffing of early ZZ Top. For
fans of Awesome Color, Witch, and Dead Meadow.
Amish
CD
$13.25
Brakes
Tale of Two Cities (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, US New album. Members of BRITISH SEA POWER, ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE
& TENDERFOOT. Formed when drinking after a gig with The Lonesome
Organist.
Hyena
CD
$12.25
Byrne, Ciaran
Nine Lives Causeway (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, IRELAND 'Nine Lives Causeway' is the much-awaited follow up to
last years 'Galtrim' CD. More lush Ambient tracks from one of Ireland's
finest exponents of electronic music. Over the past year Ciaran has
been gathering rave reviews from the likes of Grand Nubian, Mixmaster
Morris and Irish synth pioneer, Roger Doyle. This promises to be another
superb release on the prolific Psychonavigation label.
Psychonavigation-024
CD
$15.50
Carrie
1981 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, MEXICO Carrie returns with her second album, 1981. This time around,
Carrie's sound is expanded beyond the folkie twee indie-tronica of
her first release, Honey Blue Star. Balancing lush and lo-fi sound
aesthetics, Carrie's folksy mannerisms go in between The Postal Service
and The Radio Dept. universes, landing in an unique and minimal melodic
pop. New member Pelvis joins Carrie and contributes sounds and backing
vocals to the album. 1981 was produced by Rubén Tamayo (Fax).
TRACKLISTING: 1. Take One 2. Feeding Little Dogs 3. Stumble 4. The
Wrong Way 5. Road Season 6. Japanese Coffee 7. 1981 8. Instrumental
9. Srita. Cometa 10. Pollock
StaticDiscos-026
CD
$12.25
Carrots, The
Beverly (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, SPAIN Limited edition.
Elefant-263
45
$8.25
Carrots, The
Doing Our Part (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, SPAIN Limited edition.
Elefant-261
45
$8.25
Cheap Time
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US
IntheRed
LP
$10.50
Cloudland Canyon/Lichens
Exterminating Angel (PRE-ORDER SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US This single 30-min. track (split into 2 parts on the LP version)
uses voice, guitar, samplers, & ARP synthesizer. Here are the
sounds accompanying a spacecraft that's a combination Death Star &
Taco Bell from the 70s filled w/ Mayan temples & pyramids populated
by large, snappily dressed reptilian beings.
HolyMountain
LP
$16.00
Cluster
Berlin 2007 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Berlin 2007 was a monumental performance for Cluster as it
marked the first time that they had peformed live in Berlin since
their 12 hour concert in the Galerie Hammer in the Europacenter in
1969. The performance was a massive success as a sold out crowd cheered
loudly for Cluster to return to the stage. Fortunately, the concert
was preserved for posterity & is proudly presented here. Both
Dieter Moebius & H.J. Roedelius play synthesizers & objects.
Important
CD
$13.25
Cosmologic
Eyes in the Back of My Eyes in the Back of My Head (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MAY 13TH)
PS, US Fourth album-but the first with wide distribution-by this amazingly
assured & swinging "free-bop" collective quartet, who
have been developing their unique take on modern jazz for a decade.
The group initially incorporated interpretations of music by Ornette,
Dolphy, Coltrane & others into their performances, but quickly
moved towards playing only original compositions. Central to the group's
sound is a commitment to developing challenging & original compositions.
The result is a band that pushes the envelope while remaining accessible
for over a decade. For fans of: Braxton's '70s quartets, John Carter-Bobby
Bradford group, Ornette, Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd Quartet, Vandermark
5. "More than impressive,"-The Wire
Cuneiform
CD
$13.75
Costello, Elvis & The Imposters
Monofuku (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, US
LostHighway
CD
$15.75
Creteens
4-Track Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE TBA)
PS, US 4 song EP from some French kid(s?) making with the Memphis-sound
garage-punk racket. The title cut and "Contaminated" are
definitely 'Teenage Hate'-esque. B-Side has an Oblivians cover &
a slower-style Fatals-ish long-titled bloozer. Recording is pretty
rough. Scums stats: 600 copies on baby- blue swirled vinyl.
Contaminated-009
45
$6.00
Cud
Elvis Belt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, UK Formed in Leeds in 1986, CUD went on to forge one of the more
interesting and indefinable sounds of the late 80s / early 90s indie
scene. Fusing a catchy pop sensibility with danceable grooves and
intelligent and often humorous lyrics, they soon became firm independent
favorites and began releasing records on Leeds based Reception Records
in 1987, very quickly catching the ear of John Peel and becoming a
regular fixture of his broadcasts. Three quality singles into their
career, the band secured a deal with Imaginary Records, where they
continued a fine run of singles and eventually released their debut
album. Capitalizing on the band's underground success, in June 1990
Imaginary followed this with this fantastic compilation of their early
releases, topping several independent charts in the process and further
establishing an already strong reputation. Some eighteen years later,
Elvis Belt is updated and reissued here by Cherry Red, together with
a wealth of rarities and unreleased tracks from those formative years
and beyond. This release features the original album in its entirety,
carefully remastered and now sitting comfortably alongside Elvis Handbag,
an additional disc conceived by the band as a sister album to the
original release and containing a number of further B-Sides, Peel
Session recordings and cover versions (including the band's legendary
take on Bohemian Rhapsody, previously only available on the ultra-rare
Alvin Lives in Leeds compilation). This release (along with two more
Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006's Rich and
Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007s well received re-issues
of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded the world
just how great this band were and generated a well deserved resurgence
in interest. A UK tour is scheduled for March to promote this and
its accompanying releases. TRACKS: ELVIS BELT 1. SLACK TIME 2. MAKE
NO BONES 3. TREAT ME BAD 4. PUNISHMENT REWARD 5. RELATIONSHIPS 6.
UNDER MY HAT 7. LOLA 8. URBAN SPACEMAN 9. ART 10. YOU'RE THE BOSS
11. ONLY (A PRAWN IN WHITBY) 12. HEY! WIRE 13. I'VE HAD IT WITH BLONDES
ELVIS HANDBAG 14. MIND THE GAP (PEEL SESSION) 15. EVERYBODY WORKS
SO HARD (PEEL SESSION) 16. BB COULDN T C (PEEL SESSION) 17. BOHEMIAN
RHAPSODY 18. MANCHESTER 19. PURPLE LOVE BALLOON (ORIGINAL VERSION)
20. POSSESSION (ORIGINAL VERSION) 21. REMEMBER WHAT IT IS THAT YOU
LOVE 22. MARJORIE 23. DOWN DOWN 24. MAGIC (1994 UNRELEASED SINGLE
VERSION) 25. SLIPAWAY (UNRELEASED SINGLE MIX) 26. BEFORE TOMORROW
27. JUDAS KISS.
CherryRed-355
DCD
$15.50
Cud
Leggy Mambo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, UK Following the release of their debut When In Rome, Kill Me
and 1990 s Elvis Belt compilation (CDMRED355), Leeds indie heroes
CUD set to work on their next album for Imaginary Records. Recorded
during the Summer of 1990, Leggy Mambo proved to be a step in all
the right directions, cementing the sound developed over their previous
releases and capitalizing on the band s pop sensibilities to provide
their most immediately accessible collection of songs to date. Produced
by XTCs Dave Gregory and released in October 1990, the album spawned
the well-received singles Robinson Crusoe and Magic (both of which
might have achieved greater success had they been released on a larger
label) and generated a huge amount of industry interest, eventually
leading to their signing with A & M the following year. This Cherry
Red Gold top Copy version of the album features the newly remastered
original disc, as well as a collection of demos and alternate versions,
all of which have been hand picked by the band themselves. This release
(along with two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails
of 2006 s Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007's well
received reissues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded
the world just how great this band were and generated a well deserved
resurgence in interest. A UK tour is scheduled for March to promote
this and it's accompanying releases. TRACKS: 1. NOW! 2. HEART 3. HEY,
BOOTS 4. LOVE IN A HOLLOW TREE 5. LOVE MANDARIN 6. NOT EXACTLY D.L.E.R.C.
7. ROBINSON CRUSOE 8. EAU WATER 9. CARL'S 115TH COACH TRIP NIGHTMARE
10. MAGIC 11. SYRUP AND SOUR GRAPES 12. BRAIN ON A SLOW TRAIN BONUS
TRACKS 13. ROBINSON CRUSOE (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 14. NOW! (PATCHBAY
SESSIONS DEMO) 15. EAU WATER (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 16. L.O.P.H.E.
(ROBINSON CRUSOE B-SIDE) 17. LOVE MANDARIN (ALTERNATIVE VERSION) 18.
MAGIC (DEMO MIX) 19. ROBINSON CRUSOE (DUNGEON DEMO).
CherryRed-356
CD
$15.50
Cud
Showbiz (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, UK Having departed the independent world and signed with A&M
in 1991, CUD proceeded to pursue the commercial success their previous
releases had hinted at with 1992's Asquarius. Following this, their
first hit album, proved to be the band s longest break between releases
(largely the result of some inter-label disharmony), but they eventually
emerged in 1994 with Showbiz. Recorded primarily in Scotland (at a
studio owned by Fish of Marillion fame, no less), this record saw
their sound mature and showcased a broader range of songwriting styles
than previous efforts. It was well received on its release in April
1994, garnering favorable reviews, and spawned two UK hit singles
in Neurotica and One Giant Love. Sadly, though, the album proved to
be the band's last officially released effort as the pressures of
life on a major and all that it entails took their toll on the band.
This remastered version also includes a number of B-Sides from the
album's single releases, as well as some unreleased out-takes and
demo versions, including material intended for their next album, which
hasn't seen the light of day before now. This release (along with
two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006's
Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007's well received
re-issues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded
the world just how great this band were. A UK tour is also scheduled
for March to promote this and it's accompanying releases. TRACKS:
1. SOMEBODY SNATCHED MY ACTION 2. ESP 3. WAVING AND DROWNING 4. STICKS
AND STONES 5. MYSTERY DEEPENS 6. SLIP AWAY 7. ONE GIANT LOVE 8
