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New Releases

Abe Vigoda/Mikaela's Fiend
Split
PS, US 2 high points of the West Coast all ages underground are joined on this release, the return of ZUM MEDIA's stellar vinyl team ups. ABE VIGODA have toured the US multiple times, earning accolades from all corners & spreading their hybridized tropical punk. Now that their debut on the PPM label is outta print, you might want to snag this now! MIKAELA'S FIEND have been wowing basements & youth centers since forming as teenagers in 2003. Pressing of 500
ZumMedia
45
$5.25

Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno
Pink Lady Lemonade: You're From Outer Space
PS, UK This really could be AMT's first 'summer album.' Unlike previous Cosmic Inferno albums this one doesn't reach in the red status often -- it's more out there, like they've gone back to their mountain retreat and taken too much mushroom tea perhaps. But when it does finally soar, Kawabata's guitar has never sounded so alive. The first AMT&TCI studio recordings since the addition of Pikachu, drummer and vocalist with Osaka grenade-girl duo Afrirampo. The popular AMT standard 'Pink Lady Lemonade' showcases a 21st century acid rock update on the '60s San Francisco psychedelic sound. On 'Pink Lady Lemonade - You're From Space,' the Cosmic Inferno crew give PLL a new lease of life and reinvent it as a trippy/chilled out monster. As it rolls on, they sing, adding new riffs and taking it to the stars and back. It's like hearing it for the first time all over again.
RiotSeason
CD
$18.25

Ahmed, Ilyas
The Vertigo of Dawn
PS, US CD version of the limited edition LP. Packaged in a matching fabric textured, golden hued, mini lp style gatefold cover with black & blood red printing, plus insert &
woven Japanese inner sleeve.
TimeLag
CD
$13.50

All Girl Summer Fun Band
Looking Into It
PS, US A stunning NEW pop album filled w/the band's signature crunch-fuzz guitars & dead-on melodic sense.
AGSFBMusic
CD
$13.75

Apache Beat
Blood Thrills
PS, US Bringing the same rugged post-rock swagger, AB refine their signature sound on this sophomore single. Stomping dirges of Nick Cave and the exacting delicacy of legendary Krautrock forbears Cluster. Intricate avant-rock made complete by assured, pinpoint guitarwork and serpentine synth lines. VERY LIMITED!
SummerLovers
45
$6.00

Apollo Sunshine
Shall Noise Upon
PS, US A celebration of darkness & light, love & death, friends & lovers. Featuring members of Drug Rug, Tulsa and Viva Viva. PITCHFORK: "In the age of the mp3, you have to like a band that respects your attention span and ability to sit through a 38-minute album, giving you something that works as a whole beyond its considerable highlights. Apollo Sunshine does that on their third LP, turning out an eclectic and thoughtfully sequenced running order that runs the gamut from pastoral folk to distorted-everything blues-punk to Latin-tinged indie pop to orchestral interludes. It's indie rock that wants to be and is a dozen things at once, and the band members have the songs to make it work."
HeadlessHeroes
CD
$14.25

Asunder
Works will Come Undone
PS, US A monument of crushing & moving artistic funeral-death doom. Massive, elegant, experimental, brimming with godsend epic heaviness, & captured on pure analog via legendary producer Billy Anderson (Neurosis, Melvins, Mr. Bungle, High On Fire)
Kreation
LP
$16.00

Bang! Bang!
Industry
PS, US 5th release from Chicago band reminicent of CBGB's era Blondie mixed w/ CSS & the Raveonettes. The group returns w/ a reinvention of their signature sound & spits back w/ a heavier, sludgier vibe.
Morphius
CD
$9.25

Barn Owl
From Our Mouths A Perpetual Light
PS, US Since first bearing witness to Barn Owl's mythically desolate amplifier alchemy last year, we've been rabid fans/fanatics. But like lots of badass bands, BO are a rolling stone, heavy on the transformation tip, and the BO of today is an altered beast from the one that folkily fingerpicked Bridge To The Clouds and their self-titled disc way back when. And in case we're not being clear: this is a beautiful thing. From Our Mouths A Perpetual Light burns with the sun-dead majesty of a Death Valley burial ground, all wasted waterless expanse and cracked earth smoke blowing in the dry wind. Heavy western drone revelations bleed into forlorn guitar drift, downcast percussion plods across the plain, a skull on its side lies in the sands. Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras have somehow flawlessly evolved Barn Owl into a blazing new universe, and From Our Mouths is the first mission statement from their new spectral/aesthetic outpost, a stunning and timeless eight-song suite of grim cinematic electricity. Tune in, drop dead, rot on. In swank matte jackets with 'four-armed demon warrior-yogi' artwork by the band. Edition of 435.
NotNotFun
LP
$15.75

Belle And Sebastian
Dear Catastrophe Waitress
PS, US Repress! Double-LP in gatefold sleeve.
RoughTrade
DLP
$26.00

Black Angels
Doves
PS, US Side A features the album version of Doves while Side B offers Doves in G Minor.
LightInTheAttic
45
$6.25

Blau, Karl
Nature's Got Away
PS, US "Nature's Got Away" made it to tape fresh off of a tour in Spring 2007 where KARL BLAU traveled to Japan and performed with some of his biggest musical influences: namely Tori Kudo (Maher Shalal Hash Baz), Reiko Kudo, Nikaido Kazumi, the Moools, Tennis Coats, and Arrington DeDionyso (of K Records, Old Time Relijun). Written on the road and recorded at "home" at the beloved Dub Narcotic Studio by Karl Blau accompanied mainly by: Olympians-- Peter Dolan (Chin-Up Merryweather), and members of LAKE: Lindsay Shief, Eli Moore, Mark Morrison, Micah Davis-Wheeler, Andrew Dorsett, and Ashley Eriksson; with also Portland folks Nate Ashley and Greg Olin (Graves); and Seattle's Steve Moore (Earth, Sunn0)))))).
Krecords-192
LP
$10.25

Blitzen Trapper
Furr
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$13.00

Blitzen Trapper
Furr
PS, US Furr is the fourth record by Portland sextet Blitzen Trapper and the follow-up to last year's highly acclaimed Wild Mountain Nation. Written in the gaps of the group's frenetic touring schedule and recorded mostly in a hoary old telegraph building close by the Willamette River, the new record refines and expands on the far-ranging yet distinctive songcraft that lies at the heart of Blitzen Trapper's unique appeal.
Subpop
CD
$13.00

Boduf Songs
How Shadows Chase the Balance
PS, US This album is a further step away from the "folk" label, which never seemed all that appropriate to Mathew's work in any case. If you record solo w/ an acoustic guitar the description is somewhat inevitable. But the results might more rightly be construed as "acoustic death metal" considering the themes of death, alienation, fear, hatred & isolation that are his forte, as well as his affinity for gothic imagery.
Kranky
CD
$12.25

Boy 8 Bit
Suspense Is Killing Me
PS, US This is the label run by Mr. Popularity DIPLO! 3 orig. trks, by BOY 8 BIT & a remix by NYC producer/DJ star DROP THE LIME.
MadDecent
12
$7.50

Bridez
Fake Blood Jacket
PS, US Trash brat lo-fi fuzzed out noise pop brewings from California. "...Channels a range of muddy garage, early Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Royal Trux, Redd Kross and even bits of early Hole." -Heeb Magazine
GiftedChildren
CD
$10.25

Brightblack Morning Light
Motion To Rejoin
PS, US Haunting, beautiful, and weird in equal doses, Brightblack's second album for Matador was recorded entirely under solar power. Deeper and heftier than their much loved 2006 self-titled LP, this record recalls musicians as diverse as Lee Perry, Bob Dylan, My Bloody Valentine, Neil Young, and Otis Redding, with sounds ranging from folk to gospel to experimental electronics. "Ethereal, lovely...a narcotic, blues-infused sound that recalls Mazzy Star and Morcheeba" - Rolling Stone. "Sounds like The Band in a coma" - Spin.
Matador
CD
$13.25

Brightblack Morning Light
Motion To Rejoin
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$14.50

Broderick, Peter
Home
PS, US Unlike his previous piano & string-based recordings, this is a collection of folk songs based around layers of vocals & guitars.
Hush
CD
$13.25

Budd, Harold/Clive Wright
A Song For Lost Blossoms
PS, US A new record of ambient melody and transcendental mood portals from minimalist/modernist master Harold Budd and friend guitarist/composer/producer Clive Wright. A Song For Lost Blossoms nicely builds on both artists' previous ambient work. A Song For Lost Blossoms was recorded live and in studio at different locations including the artists' homes, at REDCAT (Roy E. Disney Concert and Theater), Los Angeles, and Clive Wright's Desert Sky Studio, Joshua Tree, CA. These recordings represent the very best of Harold and Clive's work together over the period 2004 to 2006. Artist and friend Anna LaCazio reads her poem, "A Song for Lost Blossoms", the title track. Harold Budd is recognized as "The Godfather of Ambient Music". His works are the cornerstones of the modern minimal and ambient canon. Clive Wright is a founding member of the platinum selling pop/rock band Cock Robin and has worked as writer, producer and guitarist with Human Drama, Tears for Fears members, Montell Jordan, The Black Eyed Peas and Peter Gabriel. Budd and Wright met as residents of the beautiful and remote Southern California desert community of Joshua Tree. With only just a little imagination one can easily hear the influence of the Southern California desert environment; the sounds of its stark beauty, serene quiet and otherworldly presence. Cover art painting by Billy Al Bengston. Mastered by Eric Ryan, Ravenswork with similar EQ settings as Harold's classics The White Arcades and Lovely Thunder.
Darla-198
CD
$12.25

Burkett, Joshua
Where's My Hat?
PS, US A lucky few got to hear this little gem as the tiny self released cdr edition, but here's the real deal. An absolutely lovely album and surely Joshua's finest dose yet. Oozing with a perfectly warm lo-fi bedroom glow, and full of joshua's most direct & achingly melancholy song forms. The kind of record you'll want to spin again & again to soothe a busy mind. Packed in a mini lp style heavy artpaper gatefold cover with full color art, Japanese woven inner sleeve, etc. edition of 1000 copies.
TimeLag
CD
$12.25

Bust
#53
PS, US SARAH SILVERMAN on cover! Feature on funny girls Margaret Cho, Kristen Schaal & Silverman. Learn how to make your own jam & make your own cheese; girly bike rides; guitar goddess Marnie Stern; Sri Lankan travel tips; Michelle Obama drama; guide to green entertaining; fall fashion & more!
ZINE
$4.75

Cage, John
Composition In Retrospect
PS, US 2008 reprinting, originally published in 1993. Paperback, 184 pages. "Written in his characteristic 'mesostics' (linked lines of prose poetry), Composition In Retrospect is a statement of methodology in which John Cage examines the central issues of his work: indeterminacy, nonunderstanding, inconsistency, imitation, variable structure, contingency. Finished only shortly before his death in 1992, Composition In Retrospect completes the documentation of Cage's thought that began thirty years earlier with his classic collection Silence. Given Cage's vigilant attention to the present, the text can serve as an introduction and invitation to his work as much as a summary or conclusion. Also included in this volume (as Cage requested) is 'Themes and Variations,' a 1982 piece inspired by friends and heroes such as Jasper Johns, Buckminster Fuller, Marcel Duchamp, and Erik Satie. Together these two works make for a book that is both a testament to the artists Cage admired, and a clear statement of his own ars poetica."
ExactChange
BOOK
$14.25

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Town Topic
PS, US The "Town Topic" EP is the soundtrack to video artist and photographer Laurel Nakadate's debut feature film, "Stay The Same Never Change." Laurel commissioned CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE'S Owen Ashworth to proved all of the music for "Stay The Same Never Change", right down to the character's ring tones. The "Town Topic" EP consists of thirteen short instrumental pieces, book-ended by tow vocal tracks that were recorded specifically for the film. This EP also collects tracks from two limited, vinyl-only EPs (the "Town Topic" 7", released by OIB Records in Brighton, England, and STSNC Instrumentals 7", released by People In A Position To Know Recordings, Inc. in Olympia, WA), plus one bonus track, the previously unreleased "Lesley Gore on the Tami Show (instrumental)."
Tomlab-122
CD5
$7.50

Celestial
Crystal Heights
PS, SWEDEN "You never dream about tomorrows, you only you only dream about yesterdays. There and back again, there and back again..." This is the anticipated second album from Celestial, the work of Swede Andreas Hagman. The album is filled with beautiful pieces of dreamy pop, jangly guitars, ace melodies and vocals from heaven. We believe this release will be loved by those who appreciate the essence of Creation and Sarah Records, Swedish pop, The Field Mice, Ride, Trembling Blue Stars, My Favorite, Language of Flowers and Camera Obscura. The wonderful vocals on the recordings belong to Malin Dahlberg (Douglas Heart, Laurel Music, We Are Soldiers We Have Guns) and Ulrika Nymark (Northern Fields). While first album "Dream On" draw resemblance to C86, JAMC or a sun kissed Ride the new album shows a band changing towards a slightly cleaner sound-scape still cherishing their old 7" singles.
MusicIsMyGirlfriend-016
CD
$12.25

Chairlift
Does You Inspire You
PS, US That twee-sweet little electro-pop song in Apple's new iPod commercials (for the Nano-Chromatic) is Chairlift's "Bruises". Order up! While the trio frequently shares the live stage w/groups like Yeasayer & MGMT, their sound is wholly unique to the scene, but still kind comparisons to Sweden's The Knife abound. Fronted by Caroline Polachek, whose soulful vocals bring to mind both Kate Bush & Chan Marshall, the band artfully fuses whimsical electro-pop w/folk & tasteful psychedelic imagery.
Kanine
CD
$11.00

Che
Sounds of Liberation
PS, US VINYL REPRESS! Soulful syncopated rhythms of sun drenched high desert weirdness... sounds skither from behind the bleached stucco & crumbling cinderblocks to crawl across the parched asphalt of your mind. The debut release of this great Desert Rock supergroup feat. DAVE DINSMORE (UNIDA) on bass, ALFREDO HERNANDEZ (KYUSS) on drums & BRANT BJORK (FU MANCHU, KYUSS) on guitar & vocals. Was originally released on the late, great Man's Ruin label way back when.
LowDesertPunk
LP
$12.50

Chop Chop
Screens
PS, US Catherine Cavanagh will tell you that her reasons for making a new album are personal and will firmly deny that the new songs are a "response" to Christina Aguilera's latest two-disc statement. Catherine is Chop Chop's singer, songwriter and [instrument-player]. She got help on this album from a few drunk, wayward Boston musicians she lured into her attic studio for an occasional session. Catherine's band mates are Chris Cupcake who plays bass, Carlos Cola XXII on drums, and CC Moniker on guitar. "Screens" is the name of Chop Chop's new album. Like its predecessor, the songs combine pop, rock, and electronica, with influences ranging from the 1930s to the Bee Gees to Run DMC. This time around, quaintly analog instruments like the French horn, a keymonica, and a toy Zylophone have been tossed into the mix alongside cranky, craggy digital synthesizers and electric guitars. Screens will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you dance, it will haunt you and mysteriously force its way to the beginning of your iPod shuffle queue.
Archenemy-34
CD
$12.25

Christmas Decorations
Far Flung Hum
PS, US The third album finds the group again broadening the palette used in their unique take on modern experimental electronic music. The sound is both warmly present & otherworldly, think early Zoviet France or maybe Asmus Teichens remixing a Finnish folk collective. Acoustic banjo & pump organ drones meld w/ pedal-processed ethnic percussion, subtly treated guitar washes, & pointillistic analog synthesis, to create deep compositions that chart unexpected terrain & reveal new layers upon each listen.
Wodger
LP
$18.25

Chunklet
#20
PS, US CHUNKLET is back in 2008! Issue 20 of the reviled yet loved mag & this is easily the best to date. Feat. interviews w/ comedians ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, PAUL F. TOMPKINS & JON GLASER. Also has extensive articles on a Rock Journalist Application Form, Drug Use, Rockopoly (Chunklet's answer to Monopoly), Whirlyball (with quotes and photos of Death Cab for Cutie, Arcade Fire, The Shins, Mogwai, The Black Lips and countless others), Subliminal Frequencies (a label with Sun City Girls connections) and countless, countless other articles! All original content. No reviews. No interviews w/ boring musicians.
ZINE
$10.00

Cloudland Canyon/Mythical Beast
Harvest Hunt
PS, US This fair pairing has been in the wings for a few years now by our count, but tripped things come to those who wait, so better late-as-shit than never. Cloudland Canyon have been spanning geographies (Brooklyn, Germany, Memphis) and genres (Krautrock, drone, psych-pop) since at least 2002, but only recently has their technological studio-sorcery began to gather steam and affect the more far-flung populations (powered in no small part by their partnership with Kranky Records). Anyone who's gotten lost in CC's latest, Lie In Light, knows this duo is currently at the pinnacle of their potency, and their offering here ('Harvest Hunt') is a fantastic mechanical motorik ascent into symphonic hypnosis. Comparisons to classic Teutonic psych outfits of yesteryear are warranted but inadequate: this is music of today, for tomorrow. On the flip, beloved Not Not Fun in-laws Mythical Beast return to the vinyl spotlight with two luminous soul meditations conjured during the past winter's grey maze of days. Both ballads burn with Corinne's voice-for-the-voiceless defiance, wind-draped and incensed by Jeremiah and Aaron's subtle electric string energies. Naked music for open spaces, empty skies, endless nights. High-audio 45 RPM LPs (NNF's first!) in matte-jackets with cloud-skull artwork by Blackblack beauty Diva Dompe. Edition of 415.
NotNotFun
12
$13.75

Cold War Kids
Loyalty to Loyalty
PS, US Second release by Cold War Kids following the success of their acclaimed album "Robbers and Cowards".
Downtown
CD
$15.25

Cope, Julian
Copeulation
PS, UK "Issued for the first time as a DVD collection, the videos of Julian Cope and Teardrop Explodes display some seminal moments of genius and English pop/rock history. This collection tracks ten years in the life of Julian Cope, through times when he burnt out, rose again, burnt out, and then rose again -- showing why he got the epithet 'flawed genius.' Beginning with his work as part of legendary UK rock band The Teardrop Explodes and continuing onto his highly successful solo career -- the DVD charts the extraordinary musical and personal journey that Cope experienced during the period. Many believe that he was a weirdo pretending to be normal -- but the theory of a normal guy pretending to be sub-normal and displaying genius is more than borne out by the contents of this DVD. These are the complete works of an enigma." Running time: 60 mins. 5.1 Surround Sound, NTSC format, Region-free.
CherryRed
DVD
$18.75

Co-Pilgrim
Pucker Up Buttercup
PS, AUSTRALIA Sparkling & beautiful down beat pop gem from British troubadour Mike Gale. Co-Pilgrim was started in August of 2005 by Mike Gale following the demise of his former band Black Nielson. 'Pucker Up Buttercup was released on Low Transit Industries across Australia in March of 2007. The album received glowing reviews and substantial airplay. Gale had been toying with the idea of adding a female vocalist/guitarist for a while so when he met Alysia Manceau at one of her former bands shows in Melbourne he decided to ask if she'd be interested in joining Co-Pilgrim. Alysia Manceau is a self taught musician who began playing guitar at the age of five. After Studying film and television at RMIT in Melbourne she realised that her true passion in life was music. Writing and performing locally in Melbourne since 2000 as a solo artist, Her formidable underground reputation as one of Melbournes most unique singers and guitarists led to her becoming a founding member in Alternative Country/Rock and Roll band Ned And The Meds. Luckily for Gale, Manceau agreed to take up his offer of joining Co-Pilgrim formally and the two have been working together since, indeed, such was the pairs belief in their new found unison that Gale moved into Manceau's sharehouse in order to live and breath together with the music they create, which is a beautiful blend of folk and country, with emphasis on space and harmonies. The newly strengthened Co-Pilgrim have been performing frequently around Melbourne for the past six months as well as recording a demo CD of future single and album material.
LowTransitIndustries-039
CD
$13.50

Cotton Jones Basket Ride
The River Strumming
PS, US COTTON JONES BASKET RIDE is the new band fronted by singer-songwriter Michael Nau (former frontman of PAGE FRANCE). "The River Strumming" is a delightful slab of fuzzed-out dream folk that thumps with a musical heartbeat in a manner not dissimilar to that of forward thinking modern-day shamen like Will Hart and Brightblack Morning Light. This album completed itself, so to speak, forming in pieces over a six month span while the band was working on its debut full-length "Paranoid Cocoon" (to be released in late 2008). Nau and company initially set out to make a cohesive record, and made just the opposite. Some songs were recorded on one machine in December, finished on another machine in March, destroyed in April, then attached to another song in May. Likewise, it fits so well with the sort of records that ST. IVES is in love with releasing - the three-legged dogs of the world, the records that don't quite fit elsewhere, barely even within an artist's own body of work. "The River Strumming" is limited to 300 vinyl copies in hand-made packaging - each LP hand-wrought (as all St. Ives releases are) by the band itself - and is not expected to remain in stock long.
St.Ives-19
LP
$11.50

Culteral Amnesia
Press My Hungry Button
PS, GERMANY "A selection of the best work of Cultural Amnesia spanning 1980-1983. Includes remastered tracks from their three released cassette albums and from compilations. Nearly half the tracks are previously unreleased, including pieces from two unfinished late albums that the band consider amongst their strongest songs."
VinylOnDemand-045
DLP
$32.50

Danielson Famile
Tri-Danielson!!! (Alpha/Omega)
PS, US September marks the beginning of a season in which we look back upon and celebrate some of our favorite DANIELSON titles from a rich back catalog that has spanned over a decade. This epic journey of retrospection begins with the vinyl reissues of "Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block" and "Fetch The Compass Kids" (both being released on SECRETLY CANADIAN) and "Tri-Danielson!!! (Alpha/Omega)" (being released on SOUNDS FAMILYRE). In addition to being back in print for the first time since 2001, these reissues have some unique attributes such as: "Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block" is now available as a 2x12" LP format (as opposed to the 2x10" format in which it debuted) and includes 4 bonus songs from a live WFMU session from 1996. "Tri Danielson!!! (Alpha/Omega)" has been partially remixed and fully remastered and makes its vinyl return dressed up in a brilliant new gatefold jacket along with a very special bonus track. Remember this is just the kick off of a busy season for Danielson, so stay tuned.
SoundsFamilyre-01
DLP
$14.25

Danielson Famile
Fetch the Compass Kids
PS, US
SecretlyCanadian-045
LP
$11.50

Danielson Famile
Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block
PS, US
SecretlyCanadian-042
DLP
$14.25

Dead Confederate
Wrecking Ball
PS,US THE ONION AV CLUB: "Dead Confederate's Wrecking Ball sounds like Bleach-era Nirvana covering My Morning Jacket. (That's a good thing.) The Georgia band stirred up some buzz in January with its self-titled EP, a strained, aching redefinition of roots-rock that hinted at something bigger and better. Consider Wrecking Ball the fulfillment of that promise: Howling with impassioned anger about various bleak, gloomy subjects, Hardy Morris masters a musical tension that's reminiscent of Kurt Cobain (especially on the pounding "Goner" and frantic "Start Me Laughing"), with undeniably catchy riffs surging through his band's noise. And while the psychedelic, echoing alt-country guitar should appeal to early MMJ fans, Dead Confederate is considerably more baleful and abrasive... Dead Confederate's alt-country/grunge hybrid doesn't just feel like a compelling debut, it feels like a compelling new genre."
Razor&Tie
CD
$12.25

Death In June
The World That Summer 1986-2006
PS, UK Available separately for the first time are the six bonus songs from The World That Summer, re-recorded in 1989 and 2006. These tracks were last seen for a few short weeks in 2006 as the second disc in the 2CD stone box edition of the 20th Anniversary Edition of The World That Summer. This edition is presented in a simple but elegantly finished cardboard sleeve.
Ner
CD
$11.25

Del Reys, The
Savage Instrumental
PS, US Surf, garage and big beat instrumental waycoolery featuring Ric Menck! The California Del Reys Of The San Fernando Valley, or simply The Del Reys, as they're known to fans, formed in 2005 over a mutual love for rockin' instrumental music. They have been labeled a "surf group" by the media, but don't strictly adhere to a reverb-drenched, tidal wave of sound. Instead, the Del Reys include elements of fuzz, garage rock, heavy British blues, 50's rock & roll, and even country & western into their eclectic approach. The band consists of Tony Marsico (Cruzados, Matthew Sweet, Martini Kings), Ric Menck (Velvet Crush, Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs), and Pete Phillips (Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, Six Finger Satellite). Their debut album was recorded on a cheap 2 track recorder because they wanted to achieve a "trashy, primitive" sound similar to their biggest idols, Link Wray & the Wray Men. The Del Reys are intent on a basic, no frills approach that rocks hard, but they also have a romantic side.
Ric-Tone
CD
$14.00

Dora Flood
Dream Out Your Window
PS, US New album from West Coast psych-dream-shoegazers. Over the course of their 6 lps and 1 ep, the band dora flood has produced some of the most notable shoegazing dream-pop to come out of the United States. Their brand new effort, Dream out Your Window, is perhaps the band's most enchanting album distilling years of psychedelic rock and dreamy, melodic pop into an aural elixir so potent, it is sure to leave you on Cloud 9. With praise coming from discerning music magazines like Big Takeover, Skyscraper, Losing Today and Ptolemaic Terrascope, it is no wonder that audiences leave their shows feeling that they witnessed something of a secret, psychedelic phenomenon. These live close encounters, as well as their classic studio work, leave listeners with bold memories of pounding grooves, lush orchestration, and melodies so timeless that they take up residence in the heads of those fortunate enough to cross their path.
Self-Released
CD
$13.00

Dungen
4 (ON SALE)
PS, US Extends the acclaimed Swedish outfit's sound past psychedelia into something far more rare. Moving beyond mere stylistic concerns, this finds Gustav Ejstes' focus on the extremes of their sound separating into two entities. Blazing, raw guitar workouts have their own time & place, but now, so do strirringly orchestrated, jazz-cooled compositions w/cinematic undertones.
Kemado
CD
$12.25

Earth
The Bees Made Honey In the Lion's Skull
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Special 180 gram, ultra-deluxe vinyl version. LIMITED TO 5000!
SouthernLord
DLP
$20.00

Elephant Micah
Hindu Windmills
PS, US Digital version of the out of print LP. As far as we're concerned Elephant Micah should have been a household name for years now. Stripped of all superfluous sound, and presented with the sort of stark realness that creates a deeply psychedelic mood without being in the least bit overt. Recorded direct to hand held cassette recorder using only acoustic guitar and vocals, with just sparse backing from a little percussion, cello, electric piano and double-tracked vocals, the gauzy overdubs of past releases have all but vanished here. At the same time the lyrical depth & intimacy have easily doubled, creating some of the most affecting country-tinged melancholy you will ever lay ears on. Heavy mini-lp-style craft paper gatefold cover with elusive, ghostly two color offset printing, plus a double sided fold out insert & woven Japanese inner sleeves.
TimeLag
CD
$12.00

Emaciator
Coveting
PS, US Misery wears many masks, but Tulare, California fatalist Jon Borges has etched his mark on most of them. For at least half a decade, he's pursued increasingly suicidal tendencies under his Pedestrian Deposit guise (which is currently on hiatus), splicing subdued loops of morbid beauty against savage canyons of harsh noise histrionics. Lately, though, he's been straying more and more from this aggressive exercise in contrasts in favor of his Emaciator alias, which draws from the same dark wellspring of bitter memories and bipolar rage but, instead of unleashing it in grand frenzies, bottles everything up inside until it seeps out of the pores. Early efforts/cassettes retained a strain of buzzing nausea reminiscent of his PD days, but the last 12 months have witnessed a complete abandonment of any ties to the past. Times are still bleak, sure, but the grey prisms of brooding ambience Borges now conjures and slowly collapses convey a depth of mood and subtlety far surpassing simple signifiers like indifference, resentment, or remorse. Coveting collects together five exquisite Emaciator compositions (including two particularly riveting songs that were debuted live at Echo Curio) for a harrowing 40 minutes of troubled solace, crisscrossing suicide guitar lines, and entranced self-reflection. Meditation is a myth; desire does not sleep. Black vinyl LPs in shrinkwrapped jackets with photography and layout by Borges. Mastered by Pete Swanson, edition of 430
NotNotFun
LP
$15.75

Ewers, Suki
Kind of Hazy
PS, UK Former member of Opal and Mazzy Star. After performing for several years with Anemone, a band once touted as the missing link in the country music/dream pop connection, Suki spent the last couple of years in the studio working with Joe Kennedy on a set of nine songs. These were eventually sent off to be mixed & masterd by Kramer. The result is hazy, bittersweet pop in the vein of Galaxie 500 & Felt. The songs are at once dreamy & enigmatic yet immediately accessible. Suki manages to evoke much of the same delicately pretty gloominess as Opal while adding her own serenely melodic warmth. "A female-fronted The Clientele with a slightly more American brand of melancholy." -Filter Magazine.
MindExpansion-2020
CD
$13.00

Fitt
Hawk Eye
PS, US The Fitt out of Pittsburgh, PA have released their second EP and it is as powerful as a train derailment. 6 songs brutally smashed onto and into this 7". All of them grinding, crushing, and churning like a tornado of rock n roll. Pat's gravely voice keeps grating like an axe on a grinding wheel. The Fitt have only gotten heavier, a mix of punk, rock, with a huge hint of Fudge Tunnel noise. This ep comes with a download card for the six songs from Fizzkicks.com
BigNeck
45
$5.50

Flaherty, Paul
Aria Nativa
PS, US "Aria Nativa" is more than PAUL FLAHERTY'S third solo saxophone album; it merges rhapsodic avant garde music, patriotic dream verse, and mortality into a frighteningly pure work of audio, visual and literary sledge. Recorded during a pair of 2007 performances, its four pieces capture lifeblood in stunning detail from foot stomps to gut hollers and crowd roars as Flaherty's free power blues dips into the well of wretchedness and raises with fists of mirth. It's the sorta record that splays naked the artist for all: equal parts wise ass and universal vision. From his early 1970s woodshedding through a dozen plus albums each with drum buddies Randall Colburne and Chris Corsano, and collaborators Bill Nace, Wally Shoup and Sunburned Man of the Hand, Flaherty remains a total wildcat - on and off the alto/tenor horns. For this LP his massive tonal craft is equally matched by Ken Hill's gorgeous cover shot of a snow blown grave and "No More America" - Ken DelPonte's epic poem that spans nearly five decades and fills the back jacket, framing the atmosphere the music was recorded under. Each 500 copies contain a download coupon for MP3 version of the album that includes a bonus track of "No More America" read by the author.
FamilyVineyard-57
LP
$12.50

Fotheringay
Fotheringay 2
PS, UK This is what would have been -- and now IS -- the second release for UK folk-rock legends Fotheringay, including all members Sandy Denny, Pat Donaldson, Trevor Lucas, Gerry Conway, and Jerry Donahue. These are the original recordings from 1970. Fotheringay remain one of the great might-have-beens of British music. They lasted less than a year, and released just one album, but their disappearance robbed the early '70s scene of a group of musicians capable of taking folk-rock to new heights of subtlety and musicianship. Now, the nine songs on that debut album; assumed for almost four decades to be their sole testament, are joined by the eleven that would have constituted a follow-up. Sadly, they broke up during the recording sessions for their second album. Incredibly, all the tapes survived in various record company archives. Thirty-eight years later, the surviving members of the group have mixed all the material to finally complete this remarkable album. When originally released, the debut album went straight into the Top Twenty in both Melody Maker and NME, and is now an acknowledged classic recording of British folk-rock. It is very, very rare that musicians get the chance to complete a project begun 38 years earlier. The second Fotheringay album has been eagerly awaited by all fans of Sandy Denny, British folk-rock, and by pretty much everyone in general.
Fledg'ling
CD
$16.25

Frazier Chorus
Sue
PS, UK Frazier Chorus hailed from Brighton and consisted of Tim Freeman, Michelle Allardyce, Kate Holmes and Chris Taplin (Holmes is now one half of electro/pop outfit Client along with ex-Dubstar singer Sarah Blackwood). Their finest hour, "Sue" is now expanded with all of the accompanying b-sides from the singles Sloppy Heart, Dream Kitchen and Typical! The release also includes their unique take on the Sex Pistols anthem Anarchy In The UK, along with Spoonhead, which is available for the first time on CD, plus extended mixes of Dream Kitchen, Typical!, and Forty Winks. The accompanying booklet includes lyrics to all of the songs, along with new liner notes from singer/songwriter Tim Freeman. Freeman is the brother of acclaimed comedy actor Martin Freeman, whose character Tim in The Office was based on his sibling a fact of which he is actually quite proud! TRACKS: 1. DREAM KITCHEN 2. STORM 3. FORTY WINKS 4. HA HA HAPPINESS 5. SLOPPY HEART 6. LIVING ROOM 7. SUGAR HIGH 8. FORGETFUL 9. TYPICAL 10. SKI HEAD 11. LITTLE CHEF 12. ANARCHY IN THE UK 13. STRING 14. BORN WITH A HEADACHE 15. DOWN 16. SPOON HEAD BONUS TRACKS:::::: 17. DREAM KITCHEN EXTENDED MIX 18. TYPICAL EXTENDED MIX 19. FORTY WINKS EXTENDED MIX
CherryRed-371
CD
$14.25

Friendly Fires
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
XL
LP
$13.00

Friendly Fires
S-T
PS, US One of the most exciting bands from the UK. Last year's super limited 7-inch "Paris" was judged the single of the week in both the NME and The Guardian for its deft combination of clattering percussion and a blissed out, hum along hook. Other songs on this release contain driving punk funk grooves with unstoppable pop melodies, joyous vocals, wonky waltz-like rhythms, and My Bloody Valentine atmospherics. It's all the more impressive when you consider the band recorded this entirely themselves on a laptop.
XL
CD
$12.00

Fuck Buttons
Colours Move
PS, US This is the second single to be released from Fuck Buttons' highly-acclaimed Street Horrrsing. "Sweet Love For Planet Earth" is remixed by Andrew Weatherall, a respected DJ/record producer who first came to prominence through his remixes of The Happy Mondays, New Order, My Bloody Valentine, etc., in the early '90s. He is also a self-proclaimed Fuck Buttons fan: "Like listening to Fripp and Eno in 1973 through a pair of massive speakers that have been slashed with a carving knife."
ATP
12
$8.75

Gasman
Superlife
PS, US 9th album from this Portsmouth, UK, musician/producer. This album is full of beatless, electronic lullabies & other moments where majestic synth notes are paired w/ '90s trance. Another winner from the GASMAN's trademark "Gaylord" sound.
PlanetMu
CD
$16.00

Genghis Tron
Board Up the House Remixes Vol. 1
PS, US The inaugural album in the ambitious "Board Up The House Remixes" SERIES opens with ZOMBI'S Steve Moore expanding the very beginning of "Board Up The House" into a sprawling European film noir soundtrack; Jesu's Justin K Broadrick takes the schizophrenic grind of "Colony Collapse" and transforms it into a dirty booty-bass track just screaming for a Missy Elliott hook; Rob Crow incidentally pioneers Mariachi-core by adding some Spanish guitar and festive vocals to "Things Don't Look Good"; and Eluvium reimagines the 10-minute closer "Ergot" as an outer space funeral dirge for the 24th Century. Packaged in a jacket featuring "remixed" album art by Jon Beasley, this pressing is a limited edition of 1,000 copies on a special colored vinyl that corresponds to the artwork. Future volumes in this series will be released by Lovepump United, Anticon, Crucial Blast and Relapse Records.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-142
12
$11.50

Golden Smog
Stay Golden, Smog
PS, US First-ever compilation from the alt-rock supergroup - boasing members from SOUL ASYLUM, THE JAYHAWKS, WILCO, UNCLE TUPELO & THE REPLACEMENTS. Features 16 seminal classics & two previously-unissued tracks.
Rhino
CD
$16.25

Grubbs, David
Optimist Notes The Dusk
PS, US "A step into the void" is how Grubbs (GASTR DEL SOL) describes his first solo album since 2004. Here Grubb's presents five longish songs & one eleven-minute instrumental floor rumbler, and the album can't be said to fall in either a pop or experimental genre. Much like Gastr Del Sol's recordings, arrangements take their own sweet, otherworldly time to unfold, and you're likely to discover that the undertow is stronger than you reckoned & that you wind up a
disorienting distance from where you began.
DragCity
CD
$13.25

Grubbs, David
Optimist Notes The Dusk
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
LP
$14.75

Hayes, Gemma
Hollow Of Morning
PS, US Co-produced by long-time cohort & collaborator David Odlum, who worked w/Gemma on her Mercury-nominated debut, "Night on My Side," this is a ten-track filigree of melody & subtle harmonic rhythms. It's a sparkling album awash w/melody & poignant turns of phrase. An independent flare shot into the night sky that is both searching & illuminating. Guests include KEVIN SHIELDS (MBV) & PAUL NOONAN (BELL XI).
SecondMotion
CD
$14.50

Herrman, Bernard
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
PS, UK Published in 1932, some 17 years before George Orwell's equally dystopian 1984, Brave New World was prompted by Aldous Huxley¹s visit to the United States and his shock at the all-embracing commercialization he encountered. Set in the 26th century, the book depicts a world in which the masses are socially engineered and subconsciously indoctrinated for their roles in society, and kept docile and content by a combination of drugs (Soma), promiscuous sex, synthesized Muzak and mindless entertainment (the Feelies). Solitary pursuits such as reading are discouraged in favor of group activities, while the nuclear family has been replaced by the Hatcheries and Conditioning Centres that control every aspect of the period between artificial conception and childhood. This extraordinary musical radio production of Huxley¹s masterpiece attracted a suitably stellar cast of performers including the author himself in the role of narrator and the great film composer Bernard Hermann. A titan of cinema now remembered for such undisputed masterpieces as Citizen Kane, Psycho and Taxi Driver. Here, his palette was necessarily constrained by budgetary considerations, but he nevertheless deployed his slender resources - organ and percussion instruments - with typical ingenuity. In the first part of the programme we hear eight cues of Bernard Herrmann¹s original score followed by the original radio production in it¹s entirety with Herrmann¹s music as broadcast by the CBS Radio Workshop in January and February. TRACKS: 1-9: Brave New World Original Score Composed and Conducted by Bernard Herrmann 10: Brave New World - Part One Narrated by Aldous Huxley Original Score Composed and Conducted by Bernard Herrmann 11: Brave New World - Part Two Narrated by Aldous Huxley Original Score Composed and Conducted by Bernard Herrmann
El-154
CD
$14.25

High Places
S-T
PS, US The debut album following on the heels of their singles CD collection on Thrill Jockey Recs, which was highlighted as 'Best New Music' by PITCHFORK. HIGH PLACES is MARY PEARSON & ROB BARBER. The duo has an "exquisite corpse" style of songwriting where they exchange ideas back & forth, challenging one another's expectations, pushing songs to new places, or more aptly, new heights. They gravitate toward the organic over the electronic, and that natural aesthetic adds warmth & intimacy to the recordings. Huge press buzz from New York Times, Tokion, Fader, Plan B, Tiny Mix Tapes, Stereogum, Paste, Venus, etc. Both the CD & LP versions are presented in old-style tip-on gatefold jackets
ThrillJockey
CD
$14.00

High Places
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey
LP
$13.25

Howling Hex
Earth Junk
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
LP
$14.75

Howling Hex
Earth Junk
PS, US All-new, all-different record. An electric country-pop hoedown for small ensemble (featuring circus organ), as minimal & repetitive as all rock & roll while creating a bit of curiosity and perplexity, Howling Hex are convinced that they owe the audience something of value for their money - Earth Junk! This album is a ramble in the dappled sunlight of the American southwest, twisted metallic folk-art in the ever-changing breeze, an offering to all nations.
DragCity
CD
$13.25

I Heart Lung
Interoceans
PS, US On 'Interoceans", I HEART LUNG blends first-take methods with Oblique Strategies: carefully composed, meticulously recorded pieces rooted in improvisation, revised and augmented over time. The results are a compelling vision of chaos and beauty as Chris Schlarb's electric guitar drones and Tom Steck's free-jazz drumming hold and flutter with shimmering acoustic guitars, soaring pedal steel and beautifully captured field recordings. When Kris Tiner's trumpet follows Nels Cline's electric sitar three minutes into "Interoceans II," it's like Don Cherry's loving spirit doting on universal music drones.
AsthmaticKitty-408
CD
$11.50

Jesus & Mary Chain, The
Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities
PS, US 4 x CD boxset, 80 tracks total, made of awesome.
Rhino
CD-BOX
$61.00

Kalinich, Stephen John
A World Of Peace Must Come
PS, US Long lost psych poetry album by legendary Beach Boys song-writer, and co-produced by Brian Wilson at his home in 1969. Deluxe booklet features liner notes by Beach Boys archivist Alan Boyd, unseen photos, archival material, and full lyrics.
LightInTheAttic-039
CD
$14.75

Kidnappers
Ransom Notes & Telephone Calls
PS, US Reissue of this 2003 LP by these German folks.
FDH
LP
$11.25

Kiss The Anus of A Black Cat
Nebulous Dreams
PS, US Minimalist instrumentation & hypnotic ultra-dramatic vocals are wrapped in equal parts doom-ridden heresy, while the percussion is stripped down of hazy emotions & stretched into a pure vessel of magical strength. A divine doom folk/rock cloud that shares apocalyptic interests w/such visionaries as Current 93, Woven Hand, Richard Youngs & Comus.
Conspiracy
CD
$16.75

Kiss The Anus of A Black Cat
Nebulous Dreams
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Conspiracy
LP
$16.75

Kool DJ Dust
The Disco Opera
PS, SWEDEN The unbelievable Disco Opera, starring Kool Dj Dust. Dust has sampled and edited together super obscure material into perfect disco rocks, which he dramaturgically arranges into a galactic drama, visualized as a comic strip. Bringing to mind Idjut Boys, Pilooski, Rune Lindbaek and Radio Soulwax, Dust's just as unique, crate digging genius and party manic but with a disco flavor to it that will roll like a mirror ball around the globe. A Kool Dj Dust mix will be on Beats In Space in September. Support from Tim Sweeney (DFA), Erol Alkan, Aeroplane, Tode Terje, Tensnake, Skull Juice, Rune Lindbaek etc.
Service-033
CD
$16.25

Langhorne Slim
When The Sun's Gone Down [expanded re-issue]
PS, US Re-issue of the critically acclaimed debut - repackaged w/a bonus disc containing 5 previously unreleased tracks.
Narnack
DCD
$14.25

La's, The
S-T
PS, US Originally released in 1990 on the Go! Discs label, this self titled debut is a tasty nugget of classic British pop (Kinks, Small Faces) matched w/ the post punk jangle of groups like the Smiths & XTC.
Plain
LP
$16.00

Lewis, Jenny
Acid Tongue
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DLP with CD.
WB/WEA
DLP/CD
$23.75

Lewis, Jenny
Acid Tongue
PS, US Femme fatale Jenny Lewis has never sounded so passionate and her songs never so hard-hitting and acerbic as on her aptly titled solo disk, Acid Tongue. The album follows 2006's Rabbit Fur Coat (which Spin named among the best albums of that year) and a series of acclaimed albums with indie rock fave Rilo Kiley. Featuring collaborations with She & Him's M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel, plus Elvis Costello and Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes, Acid Tongue proves to be wicked good.
WB/WEA
CD
$14.25

Liars
Leopard On My Right
PS, US 2 new EXCLUSIVE songs on a picture 7" and rare 4 song live footage on DVD, all in one package.
HeartFast
45/DVD
$17.00

Loto Ball Show
Levy On The Eyeway
PS, US Fronted by Loto Ball (aka Hopeless) of The Phantom Limbs, which just finished a tour w/ Silver Apples. "Loto is one of the most talented & demented frontcreatures in all of underground rock. Loto Ball Show borders on 'Exotica'- but thankfully without the "Lounge" damage. As a painter & a musician, everything he touches seems to turn into a Lio strip. I will always be fascinated."-JELLO BIAFRA Comes w/ digital download.
GiftedChildren
LP
$13.50

Lymbyc Systym
Love Your Abuser Remixed
PS, US LYMBYC SYSTYM'S has made many new friends in the last year and a half as they've toured in support of their MUSH RECORDS debut, "Love Your Abuser". They've asked some of those friends - The Album Leaf, The One AM Radio, Daedelus, This Will Destroy You, and Back Ted-N-Ted - to remix some of the material from their album. In addition Mush Records' Black Country Bibio and Austinite Reference turn in masterful reworkings. Each artist adds their unique touches to Lymbyc Systym's already epic source material, Working simultaneously as a companion piece to 2007's Love Your Abuser and as a compelling album on its own, Love Your Abuser Remixed is further testament to Lymbyc Systym's powerful presence in the instrumental music scene.
Mush-261
CD
$9.00

Lynn, Terry
Kingstonlogic 2.0
PS, US Terry Lynn comes to Last Gang Records by way of Waterhouse; an impoverished are of Kingston, Jamaica. Her sound is as penatrating as her message, Daft Punk meets Marley meets Malcolm X.
LastGang
CD
$14.25

Magnetophone
Wires And Traps
PS, UK Magnetophone are Birmingham natives Matt Huish Saunders and John Hanson. Friends since childhood; as boys they would often be found under water, weighed down by bricks and playing Stylophones. Displaying a gift for linguistic manipulation which has continued to sustain their career, they named this ritual the "Alpha Beti Bon-Tempi Underwater Electro-Hydro Sound-Fusion" About Wires and Traps EP Magnetophone bring their unique vision of electronic music to First Fold with this carefully structured EP, each track features a different acoustic instrument as a musical base, created as melancholic Steve Reich inspired arpeggios, the songs then build up with ever changing vocal phases, swirling synthetic sounds and expanding melodies, that culminate into the finely crafted electronica we have come to expect from Magnetophone.
FirstFold-005
CD
$15.50

Mancini, Henry
The Versatile Henry Mancini
PS, UK Henry Mancini s first album, a languid and vastly superior piece of exotica initially released in 1957 as Driftwood and Dreams re-issued here for the first time on compact disc in both stereo and the original beautiful mono version. For these historic sessions, Mancini recruited the renowned Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida, to bring a distinctly tropical feel that would have been beyond the reach of even the most seasoned American player and to add a crucial touch of the other-worldly, the soprano Loulie "Lulu" Jean Norman, whose wordless vocals would later achieve global recognition on the theme from Star Trek. Donald Fagen called Henry Mancini the "High Priest of Hollywood Cool", and this masterful album is full of stylish Mancini motifs that anticipate such future triumphs as Moon River, Baby Elephant Walk, The Days of Wine and Roses, The Pink Panther and The Party. High quality bonus material includes The Four Freshmen's exquisite recording Mancini s What s It Gonna Be, written for the film Rock, Pretty Baby, the rare Mancini single of instrumental material from the same movie, Hot Rod and Big Band Rock and Roll, and another Hank composition Cha Cha Cha for Gia from Four Girls in Town. TRACKS: 1. POINCIANA (MONO) 2. BALI HAI (MONO) 3. FLAMINGO (MONO) 4. THE WHISPERING SEA (MONO) 5. RETURN TO PARADISE (MONO) 6. THE NAKED SEA (MONO) 7. THE BREEZE AND I (MONO) 8. DRIFTWOOD AND DREAMS (MONO) 9. MOON OF MANAKOORA (MONO) 10. SLEEPY LAGOON (MONO) 11. EBB TIDE (MONO) 12. OFF SHORE (MONO) 13. POINCIANA (STEREO) 14. BALI HAI (STEREO) 15. FLAMINGO (STEREO) 16. THE WHISPERING SEA (STEREO) 17. RETURN TO PARADISE (STEREO) 18. THE NAKED SEA (STEREO) 19. THE BREEZE AND I (STEREO) 20. DRIFTWOOD AND DREAMS (STEREO) 21. MOON OF MANAKOORA (STEREO) 22. SLEEPY LAGOON (STEREO) 23. EBB TIDE (STEREO) 24. OFF SHORE (STEREO) 25. WHAT S IT GONNA BE (PERFORMED BY THE FOUR FRESHMEN) 26. HOT ROD (FROM THE FILM ROCK, PRETTY BABY) 27. BIG BAND ROCK AND ROLL (FROM THE FILM ROCK PRETTY BABY) 28. CHA CHA CHA FOR GIA (FROM THE FILM FOUR GIRLS IN TOWN)
El-155
CD
$14.25

Marmoset
Record In Red
PS, US MARMOSET'S "Record In Red" is full of apples and cherries. With this, their second full-length, Marmoset have released a near masterwork of pop pleasure. Indeed, the 13 songs on "Record In Red" vary widely in style and sound, ranging from the Church-like acoustic stylings of "Golden Cloak" and "Torn Cup, Fly Up Above", the FAITH-era Cure tone of "Walking Thru The Lake", the moody pop melodies resembling Richard Davies' work with the Moles, the haunting confessional of "December 4th", the epic dementia of "Summertime Is Easy", to the Kim Deal inspired "Frendamine". Every song is decidedly different than the one before, but the album hangs together with a neurotic thread so fine that it's completely invisible to the gallery.
SecretlyCanadian/JoyfulNoise-035
LP
$12.25

Mason Proper
Olly Oxen Free
PS, US Five dudes from Michigan named for an obscure phrase relating to Freemasonry. Met up w/ producer Chris Coady (TV ON THE RADIO, YYY's, BLONDE REDHEAD) to make this record.
Dovecote
CD
$12.00

Mercury Rev
Snowflake Midnight/Strange Attractor
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! The new album and the full-length instrumental companion piece, 'Strange Attractors', pressed on 180 gram wax. PITCHFORK: "They've pulled a Kid A by turning down Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak's guitars, breaking down lyrics into mantric incantations, pulling the drumsticks out of Jeff Mercel's hands, and immersing themselves in electronic programming (spurred by experiments with an image/music randomizer program) in an effort to make Mercury Rev, well, more mercurial... More than anything, the clicked-and-cut beats and fidgety sound effects are symbolic of the band's reignited sense of adventure and mischief."
YepRoc
DLP
$18.25

Mercury Rev
Snowflake Midnight (ON SALE)
PS, US Swirling atmospherics and mantra-like lyrics abound on Mercury Rev's newest work Snowflake Midnight. Recorded almost exclusively in the band's Catskills, N.Y. laboratory, Snowflake Midnight sees MR continue experiments with laser harps, ad-hoc computer programs and random note generators resulting in a record that moves with grace between avant garde and traditional pop sensibilities. Standout tracks "Butterfly's Wing" and "Senses on Fire" exhibit the emphasis on letting the music define itself, as free as possible from human interference. Zooming in at nearly any magnification, Snowflake Midnight appears to be a resplendent fractal folding in upon itself, into something continually new, unpredictable and spontaneous, and yet so subtly self-aware, that it never fails to resemble itself as a whole. FYI: The band will be gibving away a bonus instrumental album entitled Strange Attractors on their website beginning 9/30. MOJO MAGAZINE: "A snowflake; a raindrop; a butterfly's wing: such are the micro-details via which Mercury Rev get macro here. If the dizzying existential frisson of Holes from Deserter's Songs left you wobbly, parts of Snowflake Midnight might have a similarly tectonic effect on your psyche."
YepRoc
CD
$13.75

Michna
Magic Monday
PS, US Adrian Michna found his way as a DJ under his EGG FOO YOUNG alias, earning him an URB "Next 100" nod in the process. Production gigs for Bonde do Role & Diplo followed, allowing Michna to put his deftness at both the drum machine & the trombone to good use, creating tracks out of dense blankets of sound & texture. Apart from the tightly woven musical amalgam of hip-hop, booty & electro, it's the detailed process that makes Michna's debut album move. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of the album is its rich element of musicality; in an era when hip-hop tracks have devolved into two-note keyboard loops, songs like "Skunk Walk" live up to their name with full-bodied funk & live horns. When Ghostly owner, Sam Valenti IV, asked Adrian which samples to clear, Adrian replied, "What samples?"
GhostlyInternational
CD
$10.50

Mogwai
The Hawk Is Howling
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! HQ 180 vinyl in gatefold sleeve with MP3 coupon.
Matador
LP
$20.00

Mogwai
The Hawk Is Howling
PS, US Mogwai's sixth album continues to showcase the fiercely layered guitars and dynamics of their classic work, and features a new array of rhythms and melodies. These hint more than ever before at their electronic and metal influences. Not only do they remain masters of the eloquently stretched guitar phrase, but they've also expanded the syntax to include a new, almost beat-driven sound.
Matador
CD
$13.50

Mogwai
The Hawk Is Howling {Deluxe CD/DVD}
PS, US Limited deluxe CD+DVD in gatefold digipak includes video for "Batcat", directed by Dominic Hailstone (Aphex Twin), plus the Vincent Moon (The National) short film about Mogwai, "Before It Sounds". Mogwai's sixth album continues to showcase the fiercely layered guitars and dynamics of their classic work, and features a new array of rhythms and melodies. These hint more than ever before at their electronic and metal influences. Not only do they remain masters of the eloquently stretched guitar phrase, but they've also expanded the syntax to include a new, almost beat-driven sound.
Matador
DCD
$17.00

Monkey
Journey to the West
PS, US Blur mainman Damon Albarn with fellow Gorillaz brainstormer Jamie Hewlett tackle a legendary Chinese legend and create a modern "rock" opera. PITCHFORK: "After two top-selling albums created under the guise of a cartoon band, artist and designer Jamie Hewlett and Blur's Damon Albarn followed Gorillaz with, no shit, Monkey. The simian in question is the lead character in Journey to the West, one of China's oldest and most endearing stories, a tale originally written in the late 16th century that's considered one of the country's four great novels. Oh and, with the help of director Checn Shi-Zeng, Albarn and Hewlett adapted it into a modern opera. On paper these ideas-- audacious, uncommercial, completely uncool-- should bomb. But Albarn has always had a conceptual bent to his projects, and after successfully acting as a conduit between African and Western music, heading a supergroup that actually worked, and the shock success of Gorillaz, it might be time to stop underestimating him."
XL
CD
$13.25

Moon Upstairs
Guarding The Golden Apple
PS, US On double gatefold LP. "The Moon Upstairs have pulled off a difficult feat, bringing together disparate, yet connected, styles & making something cohesive w/ their own individual stamp on it. If you give this album a bit of a chance, the songs will get under your skin & stay with you & that's the best trick of all."-Dusted Magazine
GiftedChildren
LP
$16.75

Nagisa Ni Te
Yosuga
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Jagjaguwar-129
LP
$18.25

Nagisa Ni Te
Yosuga
PS, US It's been four years since the release of NAGISA NI TE'S previous album "Dream Sounds", and now - after much work - their seventh album "Yosuga" has been completed. JAGJAGUWAR is once again very proud to deliver the band's most recent work to North America and Europe. "Yosuga" also marks the first time that Jagjaguwar has released a Nagisa Ni Te title on vinyl (not to mention the still popular compact disc format!). The Japanese duo of Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda deliver an album that consists of both beautiful arrangements and soft melodies. Yosuga - the meaning of which refers to the source or grounds upon which the body and mind rely - is one of Nagisa Ni Te's finest efforts.
Jagjaguwar-129
CD
$11.50

Nelson, Willie
Stardust [expanded re-issue]
PS, US At the height of outlaw country, Willie Nelson pulled off perhaps the riskiest move of the entire bunch. He set aside originals, country, and folk and recorded Stardust, a collection of pop standards produced by Booker T Jones. Well, it's not entirely accurate to say that he put away country and folk, since these are highly idiosyncratic interpretations of "Georgia on My Mind," "All of Me," "Moonlight in Vermont," and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," blending pop, country, jazz, and folk in equal measures. It's not that Willie makes these songs his own, it's that he reimagines these songs in a way that nobody else could, and with his trusty touring band, he makes these versions indelible. It may be strange to think that this album, containing no originals from one of America's greatest songwriters, is what made him a star, and it continues to be one of his most beloved records, but it's appropriate, actually. Stardust showcases Nelson's skills as a musician and his entire aesthetic -- where there is nothing separating classic American musical forms, it can all be played together -- perhaps better than any other album, which is why it was a sensation upon its release and grows stronger with each passing year. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Sony
CD
$12.25

NRBQ
Scraps
PS, US The wildly eclectic New Rhythm & Blues Quintet, better known to its worldwide legion of adoring fans as NRBQ (or just the Q!), is the only band on the planet that can play rockabilly, bar-band blooze, Beatles sound-alikes and Sun Ra-style free jazz in the same set and remain standing. By the time keyboardist Terry Adams, vocalist Frank Gadler, bassist Joey Spampinato, drummer Tom Staley and fabulous new guitarist Al Anderson released Scraps, their wonderful second album in 1972, they had relocated from Florida to New Jersey-and, like their name says, they were actually a quintet for the only time in their career. From the infectious "Howard Johnston's Got His Ho-Jo Working" to the loveably understated "Magnet," Scraps is loaded with NRBQ classics that lived up to the eye-popping press garnered by their self-titled 1969 debut.
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

O'Hagan, Sean & Jean Pierre Muller
Musical Paintings Vol. 1 BOOK+CD
PS, US 96 page hardcover book that catalogs images from the first two art installations from O'Hagan & Muller, "Waterloo to Waterloo" and "The Musical Wheel." Additionally, the book contains an enhanced CD with the musical material from both shows as well as a computer version of "The Musical Wheel." Muller's colorful contemporary pop-art visual commentaries are accompanied by O'Hagan in fullest 20th century soundtrack mode - multi layered, yet light compositions twisted with electronic rhythms & modulations. Together, they create an engaging, thought-provoking A/V experience, whether viewed in the gallery or in front of the speakers at home.
DragCity-377
CD
$16.50

Ovo
Croce Via
PS, US A darker slant than their previous full length, OvO's guitars scrape & drums pound but the organic crunch & high fidelity of this release will convince you that this is music taken further & harder. An avant masterpiece, it takes cues from the tar covered hordes wearing jean jackets & introduces a very natural middle finger of wigginess. Stefania Pendretti's vocals soar for the sky & rest like a golden piece of corn in the steaming morass of dunt. Guitar undulates like a wriggling eel, with Bruno Dorella's drums providing crunching headburn.
Load
CD
$12.50

Ovo
Croce Via
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Load
LP
$12.50

Papa November
Book One/Azmaveth
PS, UK About Papa November The name Papa November comes from a now inactive short-wave radio numbers station that features the voice of a girl repeating the words Papa November between blasts of discordant noise, equally, blasts of short-wave noise, radio crackle and radio drones permeate Papa November's music. Papa November, as a musical project, was started by Stuart Tonge in 1997, who was inspired by a desire to create his own language in sound. Stuart set to work, enlisting the efforts of Katy Acquaye who wrote the lyrics, sang and co-produced most Papa November releases between 2001 and 2006. Papa November has released music on Static Caravan, Speedowax and Bearos records. Papa November currently concerns itself with creating soundtracks to imaginary dystopias. Papa November's album debut for First Fold is inspired by the apocryphal Book of Azmaveth. The story is divided into twelve parts over six chapters. In response Papa November created twelve instrumental pieces to complement the structure of the book. The music serves as a kind of dark soundtrack to the long forgotten dystopian world that Azmaveth inhabits.
FirstFold-004
CD
$15.50

Peppermint Rainbow, The
Will You Be Staying After Sunday?
PS, UK Baltimore quintet The Peppermint Rainbow scored a US Top 10 hit in 1969 with the super-groovy Will You Be Staying After Sunday. Produced by Green Tambourine hit maker Paul Leka, the album that followed featured 10 more slices of juicy bubblegum pop including a second Top 10 smash, Don t Wake Me Up In The Morning, Michael . The band cut two further singles both added here but by late 69 it was all over as the sound of love faded from the airwaves. ** First time on CD in the UK for this bubblegum classic! ** Re-mastered by Norman I ll ave you Butler Blake! ** Liner notes by pop-meister supreme Duglas T Stewart! ** Lovely packaging by Pepperbox! ** Essential for all fans of US bubblegum, harmony pop and just plain full-on grooviness!
Rev-ola-263
CD
$14.25

Peter Bjorn And John
Seaside Rock (ON SALE)
PS, US *VERY*LIMITED* vinyl-only release, in stock, in quantity! Includes coupon to download the tracks for free. As homage to Peter Bjorn And John's respective Swedish hometowns, they wanted to feature the voice and dialect from each of the three areas they grew up in. So, apart from the instrumental soundtrack to the lonely childhood of northern Scandinavia, you can also hear three monologues about some sort of seaside. The stories are read by a real saxophone player from Norsjo, a grandfather from Vika and the hairdresser Siw from Pitea.
AlmostGold
LP
$20.50

Phantom Buffalo
Take To The Trees
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! "Packaged in a lovely heavy weight '60s style gatefold cover with elaborate full color art by the band, plus an insert. Pressed on 180gm bright red vinyl. Hand numbered limited edition of 300 copies."
TimeLag
LP
$26.00

Phantom Buffalo
Take To The Trees
PS, US "Well, its been a damn long time since we released their debut album Shishimumu back when they were called The Ponys, but we sure are happy there's finally a proper follow-up, even if it took six years to happen. If anything, the long wait says something to the greatness & humility of the band; never bending to commercial concerns, ego, hype, or changing trends & changing times. In fact, Take To The Trees picks up just about right where Shishimumu left off all those years back, another little nugget of timeless psychedelic pop perfection. Of course, there is a new level of maturity and depth to the songwriting here, but there's still plenty of slightly naive & youthful charm. And to be certain, the world these guys create is just as surreal now as its always been. Musically, things come together just right, with thick, swirling, chiming triple electric guitar textures, spot-on drumming, liquid but powerful bass, gurgling moog, acoustic strumming, accordion, and sweet soaring fuzz-tones. Vocals hover as high & sweet as ever, harmonizing, doubling, and layering heavenly. The mood of the album floats through drifting fragile melancholy, quirky pop, crunchy psychedelic rockers and anthemic rave-ups, often all within the same track. Beautifully recorded, but never over polished...just the way a great pop record should be. So forget all pretense, folks, maybe not freak folk enough for Kill Rock Stars ain't such a bad thing at all. Packaged in a mini LP style gatefold cover, with folded insert & woven Japanese inner sleeve. Edition of 1000."
TimeLag
CD
$13.00

Pixies, The
Trompe le Monde [vinyl re-issue]
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
4AD
LP
$15.00

Pixies, The
Bossanova [vinyl re-issue]
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
4AD
LP
$15.00

Polysics
We Ate the Machine
PS, US Polysics return to the US following the success of their 2007 debut "Polysics or Die!!! Vista." Formed in 1998 and named after the 'Polysix' model of a Korg synthesizer, Polysics is a frenetic, high-energy new wave band born out of the awe-inspiring stimulation of Tokyo, Japan. Over the course of nearly a decade, Polysics have built an impressive discography. If you don't love fun, crazy Japanese rock, you're a damn liar.
MySpace
CD
$14.25

Proper, Mason
Olly Oxen Free
PS, US
Dovecoat
CD
$12.00

Quinn, Donovan & The 13th Month
S/T
PS, US Donovan's steadily growing reputation as a first rate darkly romantic penman (thanks to contributions to The Skygreen Leopards & solo as Verdure) has culminated with his latest endeavor. Rather than aping or ducking genres, Quinn has crafted a bright spectrum of songs best described as 'American.' Xian folk, languid indie pop, VU cool, loner country & west coast psych are touchstones, with Quinn's singular lyrical abilities & taste for sun-baked song steadily at the fore. Ever the flower bed romantic, Quinn has - at the risk of over-simplification - written a classic "break-up record;" albeit filtered through surrealistic tenderness & riddled with red herrings & feelings of betrothal. Though not exactly lost in a sea of scarves, Quinn is indebted to the vulnerability, humor & bitterness present in the works of Ronnie Lane, Skip Spence, Nikki Sudden & Basement Tapes-era Dylan.
SoftAbuse-028
CD
$11.50

Ratatat
Shempi
PS, US
XL
12
$5.00

Real Tuesday Weld, The
The London Book of the Dead
PS, UK These were made for Cargo UK Collective stores only and are limited to 500 copies. Already ripping it up with rave reviews and radio on the other side of the Atlantic (New York Public Radio's JOHN SCHAFFER's ALBUM OF THE YEAR), The Real Tuesday Weld's first conventional album in the UK since their critical hit 'I Lucifer' (an Independent, Times and Telegraph album of the week) is an extraordinary sonic collage of electronic rhythms, spoken word, bluegrass, violins, woodwind, and harmonized crooner vocals. A further flowering of the band's trademark 'Antique Beat' sound - the album's unique combination of old shellac sounds vintage radio transmissions and glitchy electronics provide a setting for lyrical concerns of life, love, dreams and death. Future single "Last Words' is the signature song in the upcoming indie classic: 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' starring 'Juno's' Michael Serra' and three of the videos made to accompany the album have already been given special features on Youtube. The limited special edition version of the album will contain a hardbound 40-page color book of extraordinary commissioned collages by the artist Catherine Anyango. Look out for reviews in, among others, Flux, Notion, Mojo, Word and national press in Sept/Oct.
AntiqueBeat-665
CD
$21.00

Record Collector
#354 (October 2008)
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Replacements, The
Please To Meet Me [remaster, expanded re-issue]
PS, US Their fifth full-length and second for a major label, Pleased To Meet Me was also the band's first following the official departure of guitarist Bob Stinson, part of the legendary founding line-up that also included lead singer and songwriter Paul Westerberg, Chris Mars (drums) and Tommy Stinson (bass). Rhino's newly REMASTERED & EXPANDED edition of this 1987 album classic features the original 11-song set plus 12 rare bonus tracks, half of them previously unreleased. The album was recorded in Memphis, TN with producer Jim Dickinson (whose association with Big Star forged the connection with the 'Mats). Memorable tracks include "Alex Chilton," "The Ledge," "I Don't Know," "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Hardly Wait." Among the dozen bonus rarities are a previously unreleased alternative version of "Alex Chilton" and previously unissued demos for "Valentine," "Bundle Up," "Empty As My Heart," "Time Is Killing Us" and "Kick It In." Also similarly re-issued: Sorry Ma..., Stink, Let It Be, Hootenanny, Tim, All Shook Down and Don't Tell A Soul.
Rhino/Ryko
CD
$17.75

Replacements, The
All Shook Down [remaster, expanded re-issue]
PS, US A stripped-down, largely acoustic set first released in 1990, was their last album for the label, and proved to be their final one as a band as well. While it features lead singer and songwriter Paul Westerberg still making music with his fellow founding members Chris Mars (drums) and Tommy Stinson (bass), the album is generally considered to be essentially Westerberg's inaugural solo effort. Rhino's new edition features the original 13-song set remastered plus 11 bonus tracks, including 8 previously unreleased rarities. Stand-out tracks include "Sadly Beautiful," "Merry Go Round" and the title track. Among the 11 bonus cuts are 8 previously unissued demos, including ones for "Sadly Beautiful," "Happy Town," "When It Began" and "One Wink At A Time." Also similarly re-issued: Sorry Ma..., Stink, Let It Be, Hootenanny, Tim, Please To Meet Me and Don't Tell A Soul.
Rhino/Ryko
CD
$17.75

Replacements, The
Don't Tell A Soul [remaster, expanded re-issue]
PS, US The band's third album for Sire features three-quarters of the legendary founding line-up of lead singer and songwriter Paul Westerberg, Chris Mars (drums) and Tommy Stinson (bass) - Slim Dunlap replaces original guitarist Bob Stinson, who departed after 1985's Tim. Rhino's new edition of this 1989 classic - which Rolling Stone called "an audacious album"- features the original 11-song set remastered plus 8 bonus tracks, including three previously unreleased rarities. Highlights include "I'll Be You," a #1 Billboard modern rock track and the band's first single to chart on the Hot 100, along with album opener "Talent Show," "Achin' To Be" and "Back To Back." Among the 8 bonus tracks are "Date To Church" with Tom Waits and previously unissued finds including a demo for "Talent Show" and an alternate mix of "We'll Inherit The Earth." Also similarly re-issued: Sorry Ma..., Stink, Let It Be, Hootenanny, Tim, Please To Meet Me and All Shook Down.
Rhino/Ryko
CD
$17.75

Replacements, The
Tim [remaster, expanded re-issue]
PS, US After emerging from and defining the Minneapolis music scene of the early 1980s and issuing a series of seminal releases on Twin/Tone, The Replacements signed to Sire Records mid-decade. The first of their four now-classic full-lengths for the label, TIM was also the band's last album fueled by the legendary original line-up of lead singer and songwriter Paul Westerberg, Chris Mars (drums) and brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson (guitar and bass, respectively). Rhino's newly edition of this 1985 tour de force features the original 11-song set remastered plus 6 previously unreleased bonus tracks. Produced by original Ramones drummer Tommy Erdelyi, TIM is #136 on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time". Highlights include "Bastards Of Young," "Hold My Life," "Kiss Me On The Bus" and "Left Of The Dial." Previously unissued bonus rarities include three tracks recorded at a 1985 session with Westerberg's idol, Alex Chilton, among them an electric outtake of "Can't Hardly Wait." Also similarly re-issued: Sorry Ma..., Stink, Let It Be, Hootenanny, Please To Meet Me, All Shook Down and Don't Tell A Soul.
Rhino/Ryko
CD
$17.75

Replacements, The
Please To Meet Me [remaster, vinyl re-issue]
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Original album remastered on 180 gram virgin vinyl.
Rhino/Ryko
LP
$17.75

Replacements, The
Tim [remaster, vinyl re-issue]
PS, US VINYL VERSION!! The original album remastered on 180 gram virgin vinyl.
Rhino/Ryko
LP
$17.75

Rev, Martin
Les Nymphes
PS, US Instrumentalist in the legendary duo SUICIDE.
File13
CD
$13.50

Richter, Max
24 Postcards in Full Colour
PS, US With his fourth album, Berlin-based MAX RICHTER further cements his status as one of the leading lights of modern composition. "24 Postcards In Full Colour" is a dazzling conceptual exercise of great beauty and emotional resonance. Each of the album's 24 tracks is a classically-composed ringtone, an evocative miniature whose theme, though fully developed, hints at a larger piece; thus Richter explores the fugitive nature of memory through reprises and repetition throughout this intriguing album. With a sonic pallette consisting of string quintet, solo piano, 16-track 2-inch tape, transistors, found shortwave radio, vinyl clicks, dust, scratches and rumble, and acoustic guitars, Richter's latest effort is both beautifully detailed and sonically rich.
FatCatRecords-1307
CD
$11.50

Rokes, The
Let's Live For Today: The Rokes In English 1966-68
PS, UK The Rokes were Brits who went to Italy in 1963 and became one of the biggest bands in the land for the rest of the decade. They chalked up numerous Italian language hits and recorded four albums as well as becoming an enormous live draw and TV favorites. However, scattered across those albums were a number of English language songs that somehow came off sounding like a Euro-tinged blend of The Beatles, Hollies, Kinks and Pretty Things. In 67, The Rokes released the first English language version of Let s Live For Today, a song they d already cut in Italian. It went on to become a huge US hit in the hands of The Grass Roots and was covered by scores of bands. Rollicking beat gems like No No No and Ride On slowly morphed into more sophisticated fare such as the sitar-drenched Ripe Apples and the sinister psychedelic rocker When The Wind Arises , both of which were released in the UK in a belated attempt to break them here. Here, for the first time on CD, are virtually all of The Rokes English language recordings from 1966 to 1968. ** Re-mastered by Nick Robbins in the usual exemplary style! ** In-depth liner notes by 60s beat fiend Stefan Granados and features lots of rare photos and memorabilia! A must for all lovers of 60s beat, pop and psych.
Rev-ola-262
CD
$14.25

Romance of Young Tigers
I Have Supped Full Of Horrors
PS, US A lot of bands can shove a wall of sound in your face. Plenty of bands have a guy or two who is technically "amazing." Very few bands can unite both into an engrossing, captivating listen... & even fewer can do so w/o percussion. It is in this rare air that the group hovers high above the glut of instrumental rock to inundate listeners in recent times.
MagicBullet
CD
$13.50

RSAG (Rarely Seen Above Ground)
Organic Sampler
PS, IRELAND RSAG aka Jeremy Hickey is a multi-instrumentalist who records, performs and produces all his own material. The 'Organic Sampler', which is musically many steps further and sideways, and the genesis of the new visual experience - sound and vision hand in hand - a multi-media rock and roll cornucopia; the future is here - look and listen.
Psychonavigation-026
CD
$15.50

Rundgren, Todd
Arena
PS, US New album from genius dude.
HiFiRecordings
CD
$12.00

Serena-Maneesh
S-M Backwards
PS, NORWAY While working on their new album, Serena-Maneesh & Smalltown Supersound wanted to give you a glimpses of the early days. Tweaked & all beautifully pushed to the red. Most of the material on this double album was released as two EPs prior to the self titled debut; "Zuruck" & "Fixxations", both on Honeymilk, covering the time 1999-2003. This is the first time the material has been released outside of Norway. In addition to the original EP material this double album also contains new re-wrappings/mixes, videos & much more, over 80 minutes of Serena-Maneesh.
SmalltownSupersound-143
DCD
$21.75

Shedd, Tracy
Cigarettes & Smoke Machines
PS, US Tracy's helpful reminder on the opening track from her latest album of smart, pointed pop is a direct & economic assertion backed by sharp musicianship & just the right amount of reverb. Cigarettes & Smoke Machines, is Shedd's most accomplished record in a career that has now spanned four full-lengths. A fan of artists that drape their vocals in various shrouds (My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, The Jesus & Mary Chain), Tracy decided that she never really wanted her vocals up front, an edict that permeated her previous recordings. Now, Shedd lets go & we benefit from vocal performances that establish the arresting emotional core of her latest record.
Teenbeat-442-2
CD
$11.50

Shirks
Dangerous
PS, US The Shirks are bringing punk rock back to Washington D.C.. They play revved up, rock n' roll, and all their songs are as catchy as any anthemic punk song ever was. While the song structure strikes a resemblance to the Saints, their songs are performed with an intensity more akin to the Devil Dogs or Teengenerate. This EP comes with a download card for the three songs from Fizzkicks.com
BigNeck
45
$5.50

Silver Jews
S-T
PS, US From behind closed doors since 1992, the Silver Jews released a series of popular music records that earned the group dedicated fans all over the world. But being a Silver Jews fan always meant accepting you'd never live to see the day your favorite band would take the stage. Then in 2006, after five albums & fifteen years, David Berman decided to change all that. The band toured across America & Europe, all the way to Israel, playing these, their first forty shows, to a widespread outpouring of joy. SILVER JEW is a simple document of one of those stops, whereupon the band played two shows in Tel Aviv, and spent a profound afternoon in Jerusalem. All Region.
DragCity
DVD
$14.75

Smithson, Dawn
Earth Machine
PS, UK Former bassist & vocalist with space-rockers JESSAMINE, Dawn returns with her second solo album. Guests Ray Raposa (Castanets), Bill Herzog (SUNN O))), Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter), David Farrell (Southerning, Locate, Module), & Jussi Brightmore (Chrome Hoof, 1000 Pets,) add extra grit, grain & space, creating a heady cocktail of sounds. Where Smithson's first album was wounded & tentative in it's approach, Earth Machine is strong & sure of it's footing. Where there was deep melancholy with a glimmer of hope in the former, the latter reaches it's winding paths out to further hills & valleys, encompassing a wide range of emotion. Songs seem to tell one long story as they segue into one another. From the rounded nylon string guitar picking & gurgling synths to the pure feedback drones & sometimes Floydian electric guitar, Earth Machine has real continuity & a strong sense of being a true "album".
MindExpansion-2030
CD
$11.75

Specimens, The
Jazz Brutus
PS, Australia The most useful aspect of Terry Opie's Catholic Education was the time his teacher brought a Black Sabbath record to class to prove it wasn't satanic. Hmmm, he thought, I'm not so sure. He showed it to three other specimens, who took it all in and eventually they formed a mind-blowing band, specializing in nefariously loud sound. Their debut was good, but it was with their second album (2004's The Quick and The Deaf), that critics shat themselves. "Straining amps to near combustion!" spat Kerrang. "Feels that it could jump out of your speakers and whack you one!" shrieked Faster Louder. Third album Jazz Brutus flexes even more sonic muscle. Saintly pure punk, blazing riff rock with weird, ancient riffs exploding like Blue Oyster Cult and a title track that is ferociously original psychedelia. 'I'm a Believer' sounds like Sebadoh after years performing at knifepoint, emerging from some generic suburban outpost like a Phoenix. Some tips: Do not listen to this album while operating heavy machinery. Do not attempt to control a wrecking ball, do not get behind a speedboat or handle electric kitchen utensils. 'Jazz Brutus' is what results when a whole lot of speed and mayhem impact upon Melbourne like a meteorite. "The Specimen's have written one of the more destructive and unique garage records in the last five years, one that takes the aggression of Detroit garage with the melody of Birdman.
LowTransitIndustries-050
CD
$13.50

Standard
Swimmer
PS, US The album is centered on Tim Putnam's emotive disarming vocals/guitar, Jay Clarke's beautiful constructed keyboards/piano, & Rob Oberdorfer & Robby Duncan's accompanying rhythmic movements, at once minimal & full. Like their previous albums, it is a slow burn that, over time, reveals a dark, poetic, innovative body of work that is hard to ignore.
PartisanRecords
CD
$13.75

Stravinsky, Igor
Octet To Orpheus The Neo-Classical Stravinsky
PS, UK Of all the major composers of the 20th century, none was more warmly embraced by the world of rock music than Stravinsky. Along with Edgard Varese, he was the principal influence on the compositions of Frank Zappa, while numerous avant-garde and progressive rock bands - among them Yes, who would take the stage to the accompaniment of The Firebird - proclaimed him their guiding light. The obvious reasons for this are his pioneering use of powerful and unusual rhythms, his music's lack of sentimentality, its waspish wit, its anti-authoritarianism - not to mention the composer's love of good whisky - all found obvious counterparts in the rock lifestyle, even if his meticulous approach to discipline did not. If history makes Stravinsky sound like a daunting and intimidating musical figure - a composer to be approached with fear and reverence rather than any expectation of pleasure - then the gorgeous music contained here will prove a more than useful corrective. The centerpiece of the compilation is the premier recording of Stravinsky¹s beautiful and enigmatic score for the ballet Orpheus. The set also includes Stravinsky's remarkable forays into film, Ode, and jazz, the Ebony Concerto, performed by the Woody Herman Orchestra. All the recordings are conducted by Igor Stravinsky. TRACKS: 1-10: Octet for Wind Instruments (1922- 23 revised 1952) Conductor Igor Stravinsky 11-13: Ode (1943) The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York Conductor Igor Stravinsky 14-16: Ebony Concerto (1945) Woody Herman and his Orchestra Conductor Igor Stravinsky 17: Rag-time for Eleven Instruments (1918) Conductor Igor Stravinsky 18-21: Suite No.1 for Small Orchestra (1917-25) Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana Conductor Igor Stravinsky 22: Rag-time for Eleven Instruments (1918) Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana Conductor Igor Stravinsky 23-33: Orpheus - Ballet in Three Scenes (1947) The RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Conductor Igor Stravinsky
El-153
CD
$14.25

Sun Araw
Beach Head
PS, US Debut vinyl full-length by Magic Lantern guitarist, Cameron Stallones. Gorgeous, tripped-out coastal melodies, psychedelic luau vibes, outsider grooves. In Fried Island collage jackets, plus an 11x11 full-color insert.
NotNotFun
LP
$15.75

Sun Ra
Live At The Electric Circus/Newport
PS, US 121 minutes total from the Electric Circus in NYC, 1968 and the Newport Jazz Festival, 1969.
Transparency-308
DCD
$15.50

Sun Ra
Untitled Recordings
PS, US A previously unknown Quintet recording with SUN RA, JOHN GILMORE, MILFORD GRAVES, ANDREW CYRILLE and DON MOYE from the Prospect Park band shell in Brooklyn, June 1985. As bonus material, includes two fantastic and intimate recordings from "The House of Ra" in Philadelphia from '73 and '78. Also includes six never-before-seen photos of Sun Ra.
Transparency-309
CD
$14.00

Tabaco
Desintegracion
PS, US 2002 release. "2CD set from mastertapes, 16 bonus tracks. The complete recording session to this album. This legendary, almost impossible to get album was recorded in Barcelona in 1971 in the same studios (GEMA) as the rare and great counterpart Pan Y Regaliz. The album was released as a local pressing with a few hundred copy's only. The music is stunning heavy psychedelic rock with a monstrous wah wah fuzz guitar and mixed with some of the most psychotic spaced-out sound effects ever."
RedLounge
DCD
$23.00

Tape Op
#67
PS, US New issue of the #1 recording magazine! In this issue: T BONE BURNETT on Plant, Krauss & Recording Love, KEVIN KILLEN on U2's Unforgettable Fire & Peter Gabriel's So, NINO MOSCELLA-The Rural Funkmaster, gear reviews, recording tips, CD reviews and so much more.
ZINE
$4.00

Ten Kens
Ten Kens
PS, US TEN KENS combine raw vocal delivery, driving rhythms, and heavy, reverb-laden guitars with idiosyncratic song structures, creating a fresh, immediate sound. Like avant-indie contemporaries Liars and Black Heart Procession, or predecessors like Sonic Youth or Mudhoney, Ten Kens' sonic ambition never comes at the expense of songcraft; layers of noise bolster, rather than undermine, their memorable melodies.
FatCatRecords-069
CD
$11.50

Terror Bird
Shame Is On Your Side
PS, US Debut 7" features sublime tracks of dreamy, perfect indie-pop that belie lyrics that'll chill you to the Ubonnliem. iRteIYdL: Kate Bush, Martika, Lykke Li, Cocteau Twins. LIMITED TO 400 COPIES ON VIRGIN WHITE VINYL.
SummerLovers
45
$6.00

Toadies
No Deliverance
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Kirtland
LP
$13.50

Tough Alliance, The
New School
PS, US A thrilling showcase of TTA's early, rough-hewn experimentations w/ pop song structure. These songs, while having plenty of TTA's trademark sonic sweep & grandeur, feature more straight-up raw electro-pop hinting strongly at their later works. Anthemic, riotous, & subversive, but slyly & understatedly so. So crucial.
SummerLovers
CD
$12.00

Tough Alliance, The
New Chance
PS, US New album from Swedish duo, deconstructing pop from the brains down. PREFIX MAG: "The Tough Alliance's glowing sophomore full-length, A New Chance, opens with a brief call to prayer, which frames the rest of the album in the proper context: Band members Eric Berglund (who handles the singing) and Henning Fürst (who does the music) view pop music as totemic as religion. But that doesn't mean they're not above screwing with the formula. A New Chance is as much about deconstructing and reassembling great pop music as it is worshipping it."
Modular
CD
$11.00

Traffic
Live At Santa Monica
PS, US It is without doubt fortunate that Island & Columbia filmed Traffic at the 3000 seat Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1972, when the band had just released their definitive album, John Barleycorn Must Die. A beautifully shot concert film, there are endless camera angles and close-ups of performers from virtually every perspective imaginable. An absolute classic for the first time on DVD!
CherryRed
DVD
$18.50

Transmission
Sublimity
PS, UK This is one amazing ride from a four-headed creative monster on heat that manages to blend musical beauty, torrential passion and sheer malevolence, sometimes in the space of one track...First sound on opening track Albion is Youth's unmistakable heaving bass before Big Paul Ferguson steams in with the heaviest drums in the business. Once the original Killing Joke rhythm section is underway on a crunching post-punk funk vamp, Simon Tong's guitar appears in shrapnel clusters lashed by Tim Bran's unearthly synth. Musical fireworks might be expected from a line-up like this and Sublimity, the second album by Transmission, doesn't disappoint. The pedigree is impeccable: Youth's production credentials, his time with Paul in the Joke before ahead-of-its-time super funk ensemble Brilliant. Simon's stint in the Verve line-up which made Urban Hymns then Gorillaz and Damon Albarn and Paul Simenon's The Good, The Bad & The Queen. Dreadzone co-founder Tim Bran plays with Subsonar and The Orb. The group started gestating after Youth and Simon became friends during the Urban Hymns sessions, which the former co-produced. Tim entered the fray then, Paul in Spring 2005 after he met Youth at a Malicious Damage party and heard some demos. Three months later they recorded debut album Beyond Light in three days at London's legendary Olympic studios.
MaliciousDamage-636
CD
$16.25

TV On the Radio
Dear Science (DELAYED)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Geffen
LP
$13.75

TV On the Radio
Dear Science
PS, US New album.
Geffen
CD
$15.00

Twin Crystals
S-T
PS, US Vancover band brings the noise of hope amidst squalor, art amidst chaos. Known for their full-on, mUunslicmuliater,d pummeling post rock dirges & a decidedly focused assault of jagged synths, almost sexual guitar textures, & ingenious song structures; nothing less than breathtaking. Make no mistake: these dudes are no co-op jam-band chancers bashing one out - this is the fucking resurrection.
SummerLovers
45
$6.00

U2
Under A Blood Red Sky [re-issue]
PS, US The original album remastered.
Island
CD
$12.25

U2
Under A Blood Red Sky [expanded deluxe re-issue]
PS, US The band's legendary 1983 live album remastered plus a bonus DVD of the entire Red Rocks concert with 5 previously unreleased songs, a director's commentary, digitally re-graded pictures and a 5.1 mix. First time on DVD! Housed in a book like the other deluxe re-issues.
Island
CD/DVD
$28.50

USA Is A Monster
Space Program
PS, US Buttery synth & elaborate vocal harmonies combine to levitate hairpieces at least a little bit. This is the perfect synthesis
of their pastoral wanderings circe their second record & the punk spunk of the first & third full lengths. The band is still a NY two piece tribe of Native American obsessed truth salesmen. Their take on rock embraces proggy synth tones, elaborate harmonies & jaw dropping drum & guitar that is no accident, and can be seen in ragged glory when they come to your local rock hole this fall.
Load
CD
$12.50

USA Is A Monster
Space Program
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Load
LP
$12.50

Various
Teaism
PS, UK Teaism is a compilation featuring a diverse range of artists, who each created a unique song based around the theme of music inspired by the art and culture of tea. An idea conceived and curated by Stefan Panczak (aka Inch-time), Teaism binds together 15 disparate tracks by a hand-picked selection of artists. From the opening gambit of Max de Wardener's Kettle Song, which chimes and charms, through to Cibelle's sashaying Mr & Ms Grey, the pivotal theme evokes a sense of reverie; a kaleidoscopic gamut of ideas brewed to concoct a heady mix of electronica, jazz, musique concrete-style cut-ups, cinematic tones and avant-garde composition. These all contribute towards what is a glistening patchwork of sounds and atmospheres; each of them different, yet with thematic and sonic undercurrents which unite them. Contained within are stately melodies from the likes of Lord Jim, spooky sound collages from Serafina Steer, the fresh-faced ambience of Inch-time and the shadowy electronic sounds of the Break-ups. There's also a digital folk-pop nugget from Tunng, nestling comfortably in the middle of the tracklisting, which embodies their lust for samples and found sounds, forged into absorbingly twisted shapes. This is immediately contrasted with root70's freewheeling jazz, while the likes of Carlos y Gaby and Oblong provide elegant and slow-building melodies, with AM/PM and Qua throwing glitches, clicks and whirs into the mix. Tying all of these strands together, Teaism takes the differing outlooks and arrangements and coaxes them into a cohesive whole, where a multitude of patterns and textures rub shoulders with each other and never sound out of place. Tea is capable of doing so many things: you can drink it to relax or inject much-needed impetus at the start of the day; it can accompany deep thought or fervent chat. It's this array of contradictions, or multiple purposes, which offers so many appealing possibilities. Likewise, the myriad sounds collected on Teaism represent their fair share of contrasts as well. At times warm and delicate, followed by moments of brooding intensity, this electronica-led compilation flits between different nuances, all the while remaining deft and magical. Teaism is available as a limited edition CD and features original artwork by Roy Ananda.
StaticCaravan-154
CD
$15.50

Various
I Gotta Be Me: 20 Garage Missiles From The USA Who Needs Tomorrow Vol. 2
PS, UK It's been some time since the Psychic Circle label examined the crazed cave paintings of U.S. '60s garage, but now they're back with a skull-clubbin', hair-pullin', loin-cloth full of spear-hurlin' fury. As far as can be ascertained, none of these little beasts have previously appeared on CD compilations, so sit back and be pummelled into submission. Hopefully, you'll find some new pleasures within. First came fire, then came the wheel, and then came garage. You'll hear a child actor get very strange, a slab of evil fuzz from a bunch of French Canadians, a Cleveland DJ going all psychedelic on record, plus a whole lot more. It's primitive, but it's beautiful. Compiled by legendary psych musician and Psychic Circle label-head, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond). Artists include: Group Axis, Kevin Coughlin, Les Hou-Lops, Dee Jay & The Runaways, Jack Eden, Bobby Simms & The Simmers, The Sound Investment, The Bay Ridge, Blue Wood, Bobby Comstock, Southbound Freeway, Dick "Wilde Childe" Kemp, The In Crowd, The Reflektions, The Movers, The Outcasts, Bobby St. Clair, The Outsiders, King Charles & The Counts, and Hex.
PsychicCircle
CD
$16.25

Various
The Clock Machine Turns You On: Volume 2
PS, UK After kicking off with Killing Joke's seminal early single Turn To Red, and Bloodsport pummeling the Sex Pistols' Bodies they weave together the dubbed and dreamy [Youth & Simon Tong's new Transmission project, Analogue Mindfield, SMARTYR - with the late Paul Raven RIP, Norway's N.I.C. with former PiL guitarist Keith Levene, Teledubgnosis from the USA, Sweden's Beatundercontrol], surreal-acoustic [South London blues-picker Bob Meyer, ethereal folkstress Nina Walsh, Canola Tenderfoot], audacious oddities [Caned & Able, Belka & Strelka, Japan's The Sun Paulo] and more familiar names like Shriekback, Headcount and The Orb from the Orbsessions series. There's also a taste of things to come with the Paterson soul chant of H.F.B.'s High Five Brother [Malicious Monitor] and Vertical Smile - Youth's explosive new disco-punk outfit. The set is a stunning affirmation of a label which has stuck to its guns and released what it damn well wants, flying the flag for the original independent spirit and relentlessly throwing up stunning musical cross-pollinations shot through with dub, guts and a healthy dose of humour and madness. This is one malicious clock that shows no sign of winding down. SIDE TICK [CD1] killing joke: turn to red, transmission: glade, bloodsport: bodies, headcount: control, killing joke: are you receiving, the orb: ba'albek, vertical smile: explode, analogue mindfield: guernica dub [subsonar mix], beatundercontrol: electroshocker dub, transit kings: japanese cars [burning do'nuts mix], teledubgnosis: the resurrection machine, analogue mindfield: cosmic dancehall [maya jane coles mix], canola tenderfoot: first come first served, bob meyer: escondedo, transit kings: the last lighthouse keeper, belka & strelka: tico SIDE TOCK [CD2] caned & able: soul clap, analogue mindfield: be careful out there, necessary intergalactic cooperation: driftin' ,shriekback: bittersweet, the sun paulo: who i am, transmission: albion, SMARTYR: dark mother dub, belka & strelka: i'll be your anything [dub mix], rootmasters: janis joplin's mum, the orb: sail high frequency bandwidth: high five brother [malicious monitor], nina walsh: bright lights & filthy nights belka & strelka: eternalunlimitedfree, shriekback: waterbaby, caned & able: orchestra, beatundercontrol: departure.
MaliciousDamage-635
DCD
$15.25

Various
I'll Give You My Heart , I'll Give You My Heart The Cherry Red Singles Collect ion 1978-1983 8xCD
PS, UK Cherry Red Records marks its 30th Anniversary in style with this lavish celebratory 8-Disc / 185 track Long Box Set. Chronologically plots 61 Single / EP A & B sides from 1978 to 1983. Features 24 tracks from the U.K. Top 50 Indie Chart including 12 Top 20 & 2 #1 Hits. Includes hits by Dead Kennedys, The Monochrome Set, Eyeless In Gaza, The Runaways, Marc Bolan, Everything But The Girl, Robert Wyatt and many more. A comprehensive 78 page booklet plots the story of Cherry Red Records and details many rare 7 & 12 picture sleeves. Features extensive interviews conducted by Alex Ogg with fly-on-the-wall accounts from label founders and band members.
CherryRedBox-4
CD/BOX
$101.25

Virot, Francois
Yes or No
PS, US This collection of yelps & piquant guitar strums heralds the arrival of New World freak folk on the continent. Modest but not at all mousy, the breathy vocals in the left channel collide w/ warbled squeals doubling down the right side. Modern spookiness w/ one man sounding like Frank Black & Brian Wilson singing a duet, reminding the listener that folk music is rooted in harmony & dissonance, beauty & death.
Frenetic
CD
$13.00

Vivian Girls
S-T (ON SALE)
PS, US Behold the Vivian Girls. Just as their alluring name only became passed around mere months ago, this group of three upstart New York females have taken the noisy pop mantra and dipped it in pure gold, right out of the gate. With their debut 7" on their very own Plays With Dolls Records label already sending out waves of panic and adoration to the outer limits of the underground pop contingent, they have become the newest breakout sirens of the New York loft-pop brigade. Within seconds of hearing their seductive three-part girl group vocal harmonies lushly interwoven with chest-pounding rhythms of beautiful feedback, it's obvious that their songs are hard to resist, especially if you find yourself keen on the mid-80s noise pop conglomerate of Jesus & Mary Chain, The Vaselines, Black Tambourine, and Shop Assistants. The echo-filled songs resonate with such sweetness and provocative noise, that it culminates into a wall of beautiful vocals interplayed with a simple yet timeless beat that will have no problem crossing over genre lines and warming up to virtually anyone with an ounce of good taste. Vivian Girls don't aim to break new ground, but the sheer innocence of their sound in this seething underground world of blistering sonic competition is as refreshing as a wet slap in the face, and the way they create such epically elemental songs out of two or three common chords that everyone has laying right in front of them is positively something you can't go on without. Swirling guitars topped with sweetly angelic voices is practically a can't-miss concoction, so with this kind of potential mass-appeal under their wings, don't be surprised to see your nosy neighbors and attention-starved friends to chime in with unabashed praise as In The Red Records has the good sense to snatch up the 'Girls with a proper reissue of their debut album right here, right now, and add a distinct brightness to one of the most important years of modern music. (Todd Killings)
InTheRed
CD
$13.00

Vivian Girls
S-T (DELAYED)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
InTheRed
LP
$10.50

Votolato, Rocky
A Brief History
PS, US Some of his earliest solo recordings, available on vinyl for the first time. LIMITED TO 1000.
GileadMedia
10"
$13.75

Walker, Scott
Til The Band Comes In
PS, US In discussions of Scott Walker's body of work 1970's 'Til The Band Comes In is unfairly left out or, even worse, derided as excruciatingly saccharine. However, the first ten songs on this album, all Walker originals, are on par with his finest work on classic albums Scott 3 and Scott 4. While the covers that close out the album (with the notable exception of "It's Over") do feel like additions that reek of label pressure, it shouldn't detract from the rest of the record. Scott Walker's fifth solo album is a fine example of the early work from one of pop music's most idiosyncratic geniuses, reissued on CD for the first time domestically.
Water
CD
$14.00

Walkmen
You & Me
PS, US The Walkmen took a working holiday from their usual sound on their remake of Harry Nilsson's Pussy Cats and, to a lesser extent, on the Dylan-goes-Latin vibe of A Hundred Miles Off, but they return to more familiar territory on You & Me. Quite literally, too: the band revisited the same studio where they laid down Bows + Arrows for some of this album's sessions. However, travel is one of You & Me's major themes, with beaches, holidays, and provinces placing these songs all over the map. That plays perfectly into the Walkmen's uncanny ability to conjure specific places in their music: "Donde Esta La Playa," from its turista title to its deconstructed surf guitars to lyrics like "there is still sand in my suitcase/there is still salt in my teeth," plays like blurry but vivid memories -- and proof that not everything that happens on vacation stays on vacation. Grotto-like reverb gives "Postcards from Tiny Islands"' riotous guitars a nostalgic twinge only heightened by small but telling details like "the bar band and their sorry songs." The Walkmen also travel through different sounds on You & Me: "Red Moon"'s gentle acoustic guitars and brass give it a subtly Latin feel, while "Canadian Girl"'s dreamy warmth suggests a vintage soul single that's been tucked away for decades in a forgotten jukebox. You & Me's return to the Walkmen's usual shadowy, introspective moodiness feels like a cloud covering the sun, especially after the drunken wake of Pussy Cats. Fortunately, that cloudiness suits these songs, particularly "On the Water," a darkly pretty ballad lit by faintly shimmering keyboards, and "In the New Year," which sets a bruised melody to jubilant organ swells that only sound more poignant together. Despite a few louder moments like "Seven Years of Holidays (For Stretch)"'s shambling waltz and "Blue Route"'s gut-punching drums, You & Me delves deeply into the evocative ballads that have made the band fascinating since Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone. The album closes with a trio of them, with the spare jangle of "New Country" and "If Only It Were"'s final declaration "I'll die in dreams of you" ending You & Me on a somberly sweet note. This may or may not be the Walkmen's prettiest album, but it's certainly their loneliest. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
Gigantic
CD
$12.50

Way Of The Cross
Mind of the Dolphin
PS, US In the Spring of 2007, a tour commenced from Latvia to Holland called 'Way Of The Cross: On The Path Of The Ninefold Muse,' titled from Robert Graves' book, The White Goddess. The tour spanned Polish clubs, Dutch radio, Berlin galleries, and the Latvian beach; Mind of the Dolphin documents the music spawned at these stops. WOTC members include Dave Nuss (NNCK), Stellar OM Source, The Skaters, Jan Anderzen (Kemialliset Ystävät), Kuupuu, Mik Quantius (Embryo), and Tiitus Petajaniemi and Jari Koho (Uton, Keijo). 'The White Goddess is far more than a long-discredited pagan deity. She is still alive, and her worship takes many strange forms both inside and outside the conventions of Western morality. In particular, she continues as the Ninefold Muse, patroness of the white magic of poetry.
Phoenix
LP
$15.75

Wee
You Can Fly On My Aeroplane
PS, US The 2nd in a trilogy of Columbus, Ohio soul albums to be issued on Numero's Asterisk imprint comes from the twisted pen & mind of Norman Whiteside. This is firmly ensconced in 'Innervisions'-era Stevie Wonder, w/ nary a trace of his work as a writer for Bill Moss' Capsoul label a few yrs prior. Smooth, sexy, & synthy, its a peerless sprawling psychedelic soul concept album. The original 9 song LP has been expanded to nineteen, incl. 7 previously unreleased panty soakers.
Asterisk/Numero
CD
$13.25

Wee
You Can Fly On My Aeroplane
PS, US Now available finally on wax of this recent Asterisk joint (sister-label of Numero Group)! Luscious DLP vinyl version!
Asterisk/Numero
DLP
$19.00

West, Keith
Excerpts From: Groups & Sessions 1965-1974
PS, UK Keith West is best remembered as the voice behind the legendary Grocer Jack single and 'Excerpt From A Teenage Opera' became a champion of both the pop charts and the '60s psychedelic lifestyle. Away from the pin-up-mags Keith also made a serious impression on the underground scene with Tomorrow and enjoyed a wonderful and varied career. This compilation charts his progress through the 1960s and into the '70s with a remarkable collection of rare and previously un-issued tracks. Ranging from Four+One, the In Crowd -- with guitarist Steve Howe (who, when they became Tomorrow, wrote two songs for the cult '60s thriller Blow Up, which appear here for the very first time) -- to both 'Teenage Opera' singles. Lavishly illustrated with a full pull-out poster-booklet, this gorgeous CD receives a keenly awaited re-press.
RPM
CD
$17.00

Woods Family Creeps
S-T
PS, US Newest incarnation of NYC's wondrous Woods, as the trio of Jeremy Earl, Jarvis Taveniere, and G Lucas Crane. For sure the finest yet from these folks... lysergic & infectiously bent acidfolk mashed into Faust IV style electronically dosed pop grooving, all awash in odd studio effects, motorik percussion, cracked fuzz, unique vocal gush, twisted lyrics, and burning psych jams... plus enough sweet hooks to get yr next freakout party moving right. hell yes, its a wicked one. Packed in a mini lp style heavy gatefold cover with full color art, Japanese woven inner sleeve, etc. edition of 1000 copies.
TimeLag
CD
$13.00

Wray, Link
White Lightning: Lost Cadence Sessions '58
PS, US The kids of 1958 loved 'em, and their first single for Cadence Records shot up the charts like a label owner's dream. This is the fantastic and fiery album that was supposed to have been released as a follow-up to one of the all-time great instrumental classics, the ultra-menacing "Rumble." But faster than you can say "Drag Race," everyone-Cadence label-owner Archie Bleyer included-was talking about this new threat to the morals of American youth. That's why Link and his boys were off the imprint, and this album of prime distorto-guitar-crunch cool remained unreleased for nearly 50 years. Well here it is, and it's every bit as dirty and dangerous as you would expect! Numbered, limited edition of 1,000 copies on high-definition vinyl.
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

XX Teens
Welcome to Goon Island
PS, US 2008 debut album from the intriguing and mysterious British Electronic act. Somewhat of a metaphor for Britain, Welcome To Goon Island is born from the great British Art School tradition; vivid, interesting, expansive and far-reaching, an aesthetic that seeps into everything they do from their other-worldly videos via intriguing photos to extra curricular activities such as training dogs to dance. Yet such apparent frippery shouldn't disguise their uncanny ability to pen rather fine songs, as Welcome To Goon Island attests. The album was produced by with Ross Orton (Fat Truckers, MIA, Bromheads Jacket, Kid Acne) in Sheffield at the end of 2007. A joyous and innovative record which rumbles, rolls and swings. 11 tracks.
Mute
CD
$15.25

Forthcoming Releases

23 Skidoo
Seven Songs + Singles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, UK Expanded reissue on CD by seminal post-punk group 23 Skidoo. Initially active between 1979 and 1987, 23 Skidoo released a series of genre-defining records fusing post-punk, dub, industrial, world and hip-hop styles. Singles include Last Words, Tearing Up The Plans, Coup and Language. Albums include Seven Songs, The Culling Is Coming and Urban Gamelan. In 2000 the group returned with a self-titled album, 23 Skidoo, and remain hugely influential. Originally released on Fetish Records in February 1982, the mini album Seven Songs topped the indie charts and established 23 Skidoo as a groundbreaking commercial force. "Intoxicating - one of the most exciting records I've heard since Unknown Pleasures" (Paul Morley, NME, 1982); "23 Skidoo conceived of funk as a sinister energy, and Seven Songs still sounds bloodcurdlingly intense" (Simon Reynolds, Rip It Up & Start Again, 2005). Digitally remastered, this extended CD includes seven bonus tracks from the singles Last Words and Tearing Up The Plans. The booklet also features a detailed history of the elusive group, with contributions from Skidoo members past and present.
LTM-2528
CD
$17.00

A Cuckoo
Destination Unknown (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US "There is something reassuringly old fashioned about A Cuckoo, a singular individual who dwells on the Yorkshire Moors and has a fixation with sepia-toned Edwardiana, music boxes and the like... MOJO would like to add that we hope that A Cuckoo's forthcoming album will be available on 78. It would seem impolite if it wasn't." - MOJO By the age of 17 A Cuckoo had already played in respected UK bands Blue Aeroplanes and House of Love. In his early 20s he started to create and produce his own music. In the meantime he ended up working nearly full time as a composer for the BBC, which is where he "learnt how to orchestrate and paint sonic pictures." Quietly A Cuckoo began putting some of the rough ideas that he was developing up on MySpace. The page quickly began to gather a list of complimentary comments and was visited by A Girl called Eddy (former Le Grand Magistery recording artist, currently signed to Anti), who asked what the situation was with the release of his material. "Um, they're only rough snippets!" replied A Cuckoo, so A Girl Called Eddy put him in touch with Matthew Jacobson from Le Grand Magistery who insisted he finish the album so he could release it. The result is 'Destination Unknown'. A magical and dusty esoteric mix of styles that seems to effortlessly project a work of humble yet visionary compositions and poetry. Filled with music boxes, accordions, mandolins, bells, a quartet, acoustic guitars, and endless melody. "Great songs" - Chris Difford of Squeeze
LeGrandMagistery-045
CD
$12.25

A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Scribble Mural Comic Journal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH )
PS, US NEW PRESSING on new label. PITCHFORK 8.0! Using mandolins, banjos, noise, samplers & all of the normal band instruments, Philadelphia's ASDIG adds lush female vocals & dance-y rhythms to make dreamy pop music. Distorted guitars alongside Robin & Lauren's vocals trading off phrase for phrase glisten for thirteen storied track. It succeeds in marrying ASDIG's love of indie rock & languid atmosphere, recalling the best aspects of Slowdive's Souvlaki & early Aphex Twin.
Notenuf-001
CD
$12.25

Abshire, Ariel
Exclamation Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Darla Records hasn't been this excited about a new release by a new Pop/Americana artist since My Morning Jacket's first record. Ariel performs her original songs live at venues across Austin, Texas -- by herself and with music legend Alvin Crow. Her voice can be heard on soundtracks for films by Robert Rodriguez and Trevor Romain, and she is the youngest female singer to perform before thousands at the Austin Music Awards. Music critic Margaret Moser has compared her voice to that of Brenda Lee and Lou Ann Barton. Ariel has been called the "authentic foil to Britney Spears," by National Geographic's Traveler Magazine. This young woman was born to sing. TRACKLISTING: 1. Exclamation Love 2. Goddamn New Mexico 3. Nervous 4. I Didn't Know People Could Do That 5. Unknown Encounter 6. Thin Skin 7. Spots 8. Hotel Hallway 9. Subscriptions and Lies 10. Picking Up 11. Everybody Does
Darla-214
CD
$12.25

Acorn
Tin Fist (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US After releasing 2008's critically acclaimed "Glory Hope Mountain," the band returns with a 6 song EP, which runs the stylistic gamut from brooding art-folk numbers to unabashedly joyous rock freak outs.
PaperBag
CD5
$7.50

Adams, Ryan & Cardinals
Cardinology (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US New one from Ryan Adams and his band the Cardinals.
LostHighway
CD
$15.00

Adams, Ryan & Cardinals
Cardinology (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
LostHighway
LP
$17.00

Alps
III (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The band's first studio album but, as the name implies, its third overall, III finds the members of the Alps in good creative health -- perhaps not surprising for a slew of performers who regularly make their name with other projects like Tarentel and ARP, but the trick for any such project lies in its members knowing how to meet in the middle. On this level III is a good success, clearly balancing out solo and improvisational elements with gentle structure on a series of (mostly) instrumentals, equal parts feedback drone/zone and slow, steady melodies and rhythms. It's very much an album placing itself in a larger tradition -- Pink Floyd at their most creative, especially with soundtrack work (not for nothing would one song here be called "Echoes"), and similarly Popul Vuh, and those are simply two of the most obvious references."
Type
CD
$17.00

Amplifier Machine
Her Mouth Is An Outlaw (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Amplifier Machine began in 2002 with James Dixon (Swordfish, Supagroop, James Dixon) on guitar, Korg & piano, Seth Rees (The Spheres, This Is Your Captain Speaking, I Want A Hovercraft, Seth Rees) on drums, violin, samples, piano & guitar and Alex Jarvis (Automatic, Black Cab, Registered Nurse, Alex Jarvis) on guitar & drums, with the intention of combining their songwriting talents. Something about getting three solo artists together, or maybe something about what rehearsing for so long in a freezing Collingwood warehouse does to the brain, caused the pop-bred members of Amplifier Machine to spiral out into a peculiar music of inquisitive, atmospheric, half-improvised mini-epics. Amplifier Machine is a self-described experiment inanemocratic process and near-improvisation (anemocracy = rule by whim or the wind). Through earnest discussion and endless unending jams, Amplifier Machine came upon The Rule: that when the other two members have settled, it's your turn to change. The Rule was found to be useful, not only in musical terms, but also as a strategy in discussion, advocacy for the devil, and reducto absurdums. Each members' musical approach is informed by knowledge of various artistic processes, including: visual art, drama, the written word, carpentry and car maintenance. Thus, in music and in discussion, Amplifier Machine tends to start with a thesis, then to spiral out into varying antitheses, to arrive at some sort of synthesis. At least, that's the idea. Somewhat of a departure, in terms of sound, for 12k, Her Mouth Is An Outlaw breezes darkly languid chords over a post-rock-meets-experimental structure that is decidedly lacking in micro-electronics. These echoes reach for new 12k-heights while the spirit of ambience and space remain familiar.
12K-1049
CD
$12.25

Antony & The Johnsons
Another World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Antony and the Johnsons have emerged with a new album, The Crying Light, which shall be released January 2009. "Another World" is a five-song EP which shall precede said new album. On "Another World", Antony lists the things he treasures about the natural world, and then expresses how much he will miss them. "Another World" is hypnotic and affecting, as well as timely. The EP Another World also includes "Shake That Devil". Part exorcism and part Shangri La, Antony calls out shape-shifting perpetrators, and banishes them one by one. Two other songs, "Crackagen" and "Sing For Me" are pastoral and surreal. Finally the epic "Hope Mountain" closes the EP; an episodic narrative set after a flood; people gather on a mountain to witness the emergence of a holy girl.
SecretlyCanadian-193
CD5
$7.50

Antony & The Johnsons
Another World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
SecretlyCanadian-193
12"
$10.50

Asobi Seksu
Me & Mary b/w Breathe Into Glass (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH)
PS, US As their captivating live show attests, Asobi Seksu have outgrown the comparisons to My Bloody Valentine and others, and are finally realizing their potential as one of New York's greatest bands.
Polyvinyl
45
$6.25

Bastien, Pierre
Visions of Doing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Well known for his orchestra of musically gifted robots. Driven by electric motors, the machines deliver stuttering rhythmic loops. These unsteady tempos constantly fluctuate, imbuing the songs w/an emotional & honest quality not found in much of today's loop-based music. The 9 tracks have been selected from his soundtracks to Karel Doing's films.
WesternVinyl-053
CD
$11.50

Beatnik Filmstars
The Purple Fez 72 Club Social (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, UK After years of lo-fi pop madness, Beatnik Filmstars move effortlessly away from their past, and into a new mellower ' Americana ' direction. The humor in the lyrics Beatniks fans have come to know and love, is still there, although there is a, perhaps, darker overall feel. Country tinged twangy guitars, Hammond Organs, Accordions and Harmonicas, replace some of the more experimental noise pop of the past, and songs such as 'Hospital Ward' and 'Sweet Bird Of Sorrow' you could easily imagine someone such as Will Oldham covering. And the slow building- burner 'Nurse My Head' has an almost Spiritualized feel. There are still one or two rockier numbers, but even these have a warmer laid-back vibe going on. And although it is a big step away from their lo-fi poppier past, it still sounds like no one but themselves. This could be your album of the year. Laid-back, blissed out and gorgeous.
InternationalLo-FiUnderground-001
CD
$13.50

Black Time
Double Negative (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US 3rd full-length album from London garage punk trio, BLACK TIME, who have carved a hefty reputation for themselves over the past few years through scattered tours across Europe & the US, numerous LTD ED 7-inch records, 2 dense yet danceable long-player albums, & a manifesto that, among other things, espouses "fuck & rage" & the "heavy vampire sound." Calls to mind equal parts Messthetics & 'Back From The Grave' compilations. This is the absinthe you've been wanting to drink. "...makes labelmates Pussy Galore & the Black Lips sound positively polished by comparison."-LA WEEKLY
InTheRed
CD
$14.25

Blithe Sons, The
The Great Orthochromatic Wheel (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US The Great Orthochromatic Wheel is The Blithe Sons first full-length release since 2004. In the years since the California duo of Loren Chasse and Glenn Donaldson may have traversed poppy fields and swam to aqua cities though mostly they've remained active with their Jewelled Antler offshoots: Ov, Of, and Child Readers (Chasse ) or Skygreen Leopards and Flying Canon (Donaldson) and both in Thuja. These five songs combine nature's melodic pull and minimalist songs forms summoned by a miniature orchestra of eclectic instruments. Each LP side flaunts a different depth of the Sons, one recorded outdoors and the other inside. The indoor set consists of slow-motion ballads built on hymn-like organ, nylon string guitar, analog drum machine & stark percussion. The outdoor side offers a web of exotic wind-instruments & battery-powered electronics reverberating in a cavernous hall cut in the side of a sea-cliff. Each 500 copies contain a download coupon for a free MP3 version of the album. The Blithe Sons have released five other full-length albums since 2001 for Family Vineyard, Chocolate Monk and Jewelled Antler. In 2007 the Sons curated the sixth volume of Music Fellowship's triptych series bringing together Pekko Kappi and Claypipe for a three-way split
CD.
FamilyVineyard-62
LP
$12.50

Bookish, Simon
Everything/Everything (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US An unpredictable and dramatic "big band song cycle about science and information", Everything/Everything is a new departure for Simon Bookish, being his first album for TOMLAB. Additionally, whilst previous Simon Bookish releases have been informed by the sounds of digital synthesizers, Everything/Everything does away with them entirely to focus on live instruments. Scored for an ensemble dominated by saxophones, brass, piano, harp and Far sa organ, it features luminaries from both the jazz and experimental classical music scenes. Whilst this is almost certainly his most pop oriented release to date, Everything/Everything, as it's name suggests, nds room for moments of racing Philip Glass minimalism, lop-sided disco, expressionist cabaret, and even an eery ambient interlude. Lyrically, the album's concept is "the - good of information" in our modern age, taking in chemistry and ecology, language and art, sometimes surreal, sometimes humorous, sometimes provocative, a weird blur of fact and action, delivered in Bookish's distinctive English eccentric vocal. It's only natural that Simon Bookish would want to tackle this chaos of stuff, since 'Simon Bookish' is the pseudonym of London-based composer Leo Chadburn, whose diverse recent work has included everything from sound-art installations in Bregenz, Austria, improvisation and guest spots with Leafcutter John and Polar Bear's Seb Rochford, and computer music for contemporary dance at the Royal Opera House to an acclaimed appearance with the National Theatre as "The Singer" in Brecht's "Caucasian Chalk Circle".
Tomlab-121
CD
$12.25

Briggs, Anne
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Originally released in 1971. She was a huge influence on the entire British folk-rock movement, especially other female singers such as Sandy Denny, Jacqui McShee, & Maddy Prior. This album is a strong collection of traditional folk songs & original material & one of the most important releases of the British folk revival.
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Briggs, Anne
Time Has Come (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Originally released in 1971. This album feat. many self-penned numbers as well as a few contemporary covers w/ Briggs playing guitar & bouzouki. Briggs only released two albums & a handful of singles/EPs before retiring from the music business making this reissue an important document of the British folk revival.
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Brun, Ane
Changing of the Seasons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS,US New album from Norwegian songstress.
Sidecho
CD
$11.00

California Oranges
Imperial Hearts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Our Sacramento, CA indie-pop all stars return with a gem of a pop/rock album full of hooky choruses, call and response guitars and a super tight power-pop rhythm section. A pow-pow-powerful good good feeling! Just as you'd expect from this seasoned music family. Bask in the summer sun with the fourth album from the golden state's California Oranges and a healthy dose of the sunshine power pop they're known for. Underlying the power is a healthy dose of pop: Delicately concocted, contemplative songs exploring life's ups and downs. The quintet has hit their stride on Imperial Hearts. The record features the same line up as their 2005 release Souvenirs: John Conley (Holiday Flyer), Verna Brock (Rocketship, Beanpole, Holiday Flyer, Sinking Ships), Ross Levine (Sinking Ships), Katie Haley (Holiday Flyer, Sinking Ships), and Matt Levine (Sinking Ships). The album was jointly produced by the California Oranges and Dana Gumbiner (Night Night, Deathray). Imperial Hearts was mixed by long time friend of the band, producer/engineer, Eric Stenman (Saves the Day, The Comas, The Cab). The California Oranges construct songs filled with, "soaring boy/girl harmonies, rapid-fire licks of squeaky clean and buzz saw dirty guitar work, consistently up-tempo beats, and melodies that would make tone deaf kitten haters want to sing along" --Popmatters. "Power pop has rarely sounded as sweet." --Treblezine. TRACK LIST: 1. Brand New Spine, 2. We've Got Time, 3. Travel Writer, 4. Anywhere USA, 5. I Still Hold On, 6. Silver Shoes, 7. Feel Better, 8. Waiting Is Slow, 9. I Told Grace, 10. Matter Of Consequence, 11. I Won't Let You Back In, 12. When I Sleep.
Darla-193
CD
$12.25

Car Commercials
Eric's Diary (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Car Commericals are generally uncomfortable; probably shifty-eyed loners that barely leave the basement. Their brand of
strictly personal suburban ooze was borne deep within the recesses of New Jersey, just east of I-95. More specifically, this music springs from inside that unspeakable zone deep within the mind where feelings get very messy. Eric's Diary is the second LP release from Car Commericals, following the out-of-print Judy's Dust LP (Cenotaph) from early 2008. Those confounded by Judy's Dust will be pleased to know that Eric's Diary is where things get...weird. Breath deep,and prepare to scratch yr head faster than you can say 'Home Blitz.' LP limited edition of 200 with full color paste-on sleeves.
SoftAbuse
LP
$13.50

Carter, Christina
Original Darkness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Within the songs of Original Darkness, Carter confronts loneliness, self doubt, inadequacy & desire. She bares these emotions in a sometimes tender, sometimes forceful, sometimes pleading voice, a voice in which you can hear her vulnerability, her trepidation. Christina's words, and the mournful sound of them, stirs a melancholy that is supported & framed by her gently plucked guitar notes, notes that echo the sadness in the world she sings of, as
well as the words she sings.
Kranky
CD
$12.25

Castanets
City of Refuge (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US An uneasy, asymmetric weave of sung songs, chants, electronic noise solos & spaghetti-western guitar interludes. The album suggests a film soundtrack, w/overture, mood-setting & plot-development songs, intermission, character studies, & themes of resolution & reconciliation. Guest appearances by JANA HUNTER, SUFJAN STEVENS, Dawn Smithson (JESSAMINE, SUNN O))))), & SCOTT TUMA.
AsthmaticKitty
CD
$14.25

Castanets
City of Refuge (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
AsthmaticKitty
LP
$11.50

Catfish Haven
Devastator (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
SecretlyCanadian
LP
$11.50

Catfish Haven
Devastator (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US SPIN MAGAZINE: "The group's blues-infused ballads & boozy trots possess equal amounts of backwoods authenticity & cosmopolitan flair. They may harvest most of their mojo from south of the Mason-Dixon but they bleed metropolitan w/undeniable garage-grime charm & power-pop arrangements reminiscent of the Strokes"
SecretlyCanadian
CD
$11.50

Ceremony/Screem Vinyl Image
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Ceremony bring their arsenal of shoegaze guitar mayhem to the forefront on their songs: dark but catchy, & very, very loud. Screen Vinyl Image make striking music that combines elements of minimalist electro & beautiful guitar pop. Expect layers of keyboards, ambient noise & pulsating drum beats w/ rich dark vocals. Excellent showcase of two of the best shoegaze/indie bands going in the US today. Comes packed w/ CD version too.
CustomMadeMusic
10"/CD
$10.50

Clash, The
Live at Shea Stadium (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Recorded at New York's Shea Stadium in 1982, Live at Shea Stadium captures the band at the peak of its powers and on devastating form. Bristling with energy and attitude, Live at Shea Stadium is destined to feature alongside James Brown at the Apollo, The Who at Leeds and Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison as one of the greatest live recordings of all time! The Clash, opening for The Who on their farewell tour of the US, played two nights at the legendary Shea Stadium (October 12th and 13th of 1982). Despite being the support act, the New York Post reported "there were as many Clash fans on those nights as Who fans."
Epic
CD
$16.25

Connors, Loren
The Moon Last Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US The Moon Last Night perfectly captures the complex and contemporary guitar style of Loren Connors - totally desolate yet wound in echoy, rich black clouds that weep of Mississippi ghost blues and chiming strings. This two-part suite combines the artist's love of choral music, Giacinto Scelsi and the naked Venusian guitar style he evangelized across a string of private press LPs in the late 1980s. Conjured solely from a Fender six-string and reverb effects, solitary notes swirl and loft gently from distant points before collecting into booming clusters. Recorded in Connors' Brooklyn apartment during the winter of 2008, the rustles of clothes and a creaking chair appear throughout. Like a kaleidoscope or the cover art itself - a 1973 painting by Connors - subterranean layers of composition and melodic streams are uncovered in each listen. Pressed in an edition of 500 one-sided translucent yellow LPs Connors has released over 50 albums since his 1978 debut, and since 1999 he has recorded over two dozen solo and collaborative albums with Suzanne Langille, John Fahey, David Grubbs, Christina Carter, Jandek, and Jim O'Rourke.
FamilyVineyard-61
LP
$12.50

Crooked Fingers
Forfeit/Fortune (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US 5th album from former ARCHERS OF LOAF singer ERIC BACHMANN. LIMITED TO 1000 copies on white vinyl. Includes download coupon & a non-CD bonus track, "La Maleta Fea," a brand new version of a song that appeared previously on a Merge Records compilation. NEKO CASE appears on the album-closing duet "Your Control"
ForeignLeisure
LP
$13.50

Crystal Antlers
EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Touch & Go signed them and will re-release their astounding debut EP. "Merging psych, garage, lo-fi, prog, and countless other influences, the group easily maintains consistency despite a complete inability to be pinned to any specific movement or trend" - Pitchfork. "Unashamed, unafraid, gritty hot-mess melodies that take cues from The Stooges, Joe Cocker, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and Ozzy Osbourne" - LA Weekly. "Long Beach's Crystal Antlers have mastered the art of thrash, that combustible build-up of noise and melody that so many others have tried to harness, only to fail in a miserable pool of fuzzy annoyance" - OC Weekly.
Touch&Go
CD5
$7.00

Crystal Antlers
EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Touch&Go
12
$8.75

Danielson
Our Givest (Remix) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US
SecretlyCanadian-191
45
$4.75

Darling Downs
From One to Another (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US "A record of spare, tender songcraft, whose delicate shifts in tone make the simple alt.country tag inadequate. A brave
move for both, brilliantly pulled off. 4 stars."-Uncut. The DDs stand out as the most unlikely of collaborations between longtime members of the fertile Australian rock scene. While it is not at alll insane to imagine the driving force behind SCIENTISTS, BEASTS OF BOURBON & SURREALISTS, KIM SALMON, working with DIED PRETTY's energetic frontman and songwriter RON PENO, the improbable happens when you consider the result that might flow from such a teaming. What are the odds that these two towering figures of Australian music, famous for swaggering, noisy, swampy punk rock (Salmon) & soaring pop rock (Peno) would concoct such a perfect loveletter to American country folk? Armed only with Kim Salmon's custom Cole Clark acoustic guitar and Peno's singular voice & vision, The Darling Downs crafted an almost impossible album: a record of nuanced beauty, a subtle masterpiece that unfolds like a dahlia with each successive spin, giving the listener something new & unexpected at every helping. All from two guys & one pristine guitar. At times Peno channels the spirit of Appalachian folk's high lonesome sound, complete with yips, yelps & howls, while elsewhere his (improvised?!) vocals are hypnotically understated, almost delicate-- threatening to disappear into thin air before crashing down like thunder. Supporting Peno's acrobatic vocal brilliance is Salmon's equally understated, elegant guitar playing, perhaps the most restrained of his career, made all the more stunning when you know the fireworks & growl of which he is capable & for which he is famous. Salmon showcases not only his versatility but playing of such surprisingly refined grace that it defines the album as one of the best listens of 2006. An album of profound subtlety. "With Salmon often infusing the guitar lines with deft lilts & melodies, grasping each song is sometimes as difficult as interpreting a smoke signal in a storm, the ever-shifting qualities of the music making it difficult to categorize. The experience mesmerizes."-The Age (AU).
CarrotTop
CD
$11.50

Darling Downs
From One to Another (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
CarrotTop
LP
$11.50

Datsun, The
Smoke & Mirrors (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US New album from New Zealand throwback garagerockers.
CookingVinyl
CD
$13.75

Davis, Greg & Sebastien Roux
Merveilles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, GERMANY Greg Davis and Sébastien Roux are back with their second collaborative album following the acclaimed release "Paquet surprise". "Merveilles", translated from the French word as wonderland, describes the album very fitting as the songs have a very illustrative quality. Where the previous album relied a bit more on sweet melodies and quick changes "Merveilles" explores different sound worlds in depth and illuminates a terrain of diverse emotional scenarios. Silent passages of field recordings are combined with subtle harmonic layers, interrupted by sudden noise eruptions and contrasted by folk like guitar melodies and very concrete sounds, often leaving the listener wondering what the origin of this tone might be. It is a pleasure to have a documentary of this interesting collaboration in which both musicians are able to realize their grown individual expertise. Sébastien Roux, working at the IRCAM and well known for his success in continuing the French line of music concrete in a new and contemporary way, clearly helps to establish the abstract narrative form of this record with arrangements of cut and edited pieces of concrete recordings. The influence of Greg Davis, often described as the anchor figure in the forming of the laptop folk scene, is clearly audible in melodic guitar lines and the construction of dense harmonic drones. But the strength of this collaboration is the fact that Greg Davis and Sébastien Roux combine their musical ideas creating a very unique approach of their own. This record clearly combines elements of serious and popular music in a highly thoughtful and contemporary way, widening the edges of by now established stylistic fields that Davis and Roux once helped to define. "Merveilles" consists of edits of live recordings made during a tour through Europe and the US in 2005 - it is the pleasant proof that electronic music of such richness in detail can be played and composed live.
Ahornfelder-12
CD
$16.25

Dead C
Secret Earth EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US
BaDaBing!
CD5
$9.00

Deerhoof
Offend Maggie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
KillRockStars
LP
$13.25

Deerhoof
Offend Maggie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US New album.
KillRockStars
CD
$13.25

Deerhunter
Nothing Ever Happened (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US The first salvo in a barrage of Deerhunter related noise this fall is this two song single that precedes the release of the Microcastle full length. Side A is the unabashed rocker from the album, while the flip side is the demo version of another album track. This is a limited edition one-time pressing release.
Kranky
45
$5.50

Deerhunter
Microcastle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Kranky
LP
$11.50

Deerhunter
Microcastle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Highly anticipated follow-up to 2007's Cryptograms album which launched the band into the stratosphere of hype. Microcastle was recorded over the course of a week at Rare Book Studios in Brooklyn, New York with Nicolas Verhes in April of '08. The album was recorded as a four-piece consisting of Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Joshua Fauver & Moses Archuleta. "Saved by Old Times" features a vocal collage by Cole Alexander of the Black Lips, and the album also features two songs with lead vocals by guitarist Lockett Pundt, "Agoraphobia," & "Neither of Us, Uncertainly".
Kranky
CD
$12.25

Department Of Eagles
In Ear Park (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US and expansive album; an intimate collection of songs. Much of the material Daniel brought to this record draws on memories of his father who died in 2007, and to whom "In Ear Park" is dedicated. Many of Fred's contributions relate to similar themes of nostalgia and mortality, giving the album an elegiac feel at times. "In Ear Park" is also full of joyous moments, lush production, and concise songwriting. "Department Of Eagles make scratchy, lo-fi Casio-pop with hooks as big as arena anthems" - New York Magazine.
4AD
CD
$13.25

Dungen
4 (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Kemado
LP
$16.25

Earthless
Live At Roadburn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeePee
LP
$16.50

Earthless
Live At Roadburn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US The heavy psychedelic trio Earthless was featured at the annual Roadburn Festival in Holland - a celebration of tube-driven distortion, crackling electric guitars, and the many fans who come to celebrate the mighty riff. Earthless embodies the event's essence, and this year, they wound up on the main stage in front of 2,000 fans, filling the time slot of the headlining band with a 90 minute visual mind and audio massacre. Told of the recordings, the band decided it was the most honest document they could offer; caught in their natural environment: the live show. The result is a double LP and CD masterpiece.
TeePee
CD
$13.25

El Guincho
Alegranza (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
XL
LP
$17.50

El Guincho
Alegranza (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US El Guincho is Pablo Diaz-Reixa, born in Spain. This release is a mix of afro-beat percussion, calypso harmonies, psych tropicalia, world music samplers, doo wop, trance repetition, underwater pop, steel drums, and island feeling plus club oriented song structures, uptempo beats, and exotica production. "An exultant one-man carnival of sound" - Uncut. "Music that makes you feel like you've entered a higher state of consciousness" - Dazed & Confused.
XL
CD
$13.25

Envy/Jesu
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Over 37 minutes of newly recorded music from two forward-looking bands who are entering a new phase. Envy's three songs are even more diverse than previous classics, while Jesu mastermind JUSTIN K. BROADRICK wrote, recorded, mixed, & produced his two tracks at Avalanche from January-May 2008
Conspiracy
LP
$16.75

Final Solution
Brotherman OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Continuing a tradition that began w/ "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" & culminated w/ "Shaft" & "Superfly", this was a blaxploitation film set to hit screens in 1975. Before even one ft of film was shot, the plug was pulled & the movie was cancelled. Dragged around for 30 yrs by songwriter CARL WOLFOLK, the tapes of his life's work have finally been mixed. This deluxe set is housed in the standard slipcase w/ a plush bk detailing the known history of the film & the group behind the music. Great, funky, fun melodies throughout!
Numero
DLP
$19.00

Flaming Lips, The
Christmas On Mars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US "A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips" DVD features the 86-minute motion picture, interviews with band members and a featurette called 'From Drawings to a Movie: Inside Wayne's Endless Yellow Notepad', which explores the genesis of the film.
Warners
DVD
$18.00

Flaming Lips, The
Christmas On Mars [deluxe edition] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US "A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips" Deluxe edition DVD features the 86-minute motion picture, interviews with band members and a featurette called 'From Drawings to a Movie: Inside Wayne's Endless Yellow Notepad', which explores the genesis of the film. Bonus CD is the film's soundtrack, which we think is all unreleased material. CD tracklist: 01 Once Beyond Hopelessness / 02 The Distance Between Mars and the Earth -- Part One / 03 The Horrors of Isolation: The Celestial Dissolve, Triumphant Hallucination, Light Being Absorbed / 04 In Excelsior Vaginalistic / 05 Your Spaceship Comes From Within / 06 Suicide and Extraordinary Mistakes / 07 The Distance Between Mars and the Earth -- Part Two / 08 The Secret of Immortality: This Strange Feeling, This Impossible World / 09 The Gleaming Armament of Marching Genitalia / 10 The Distress Signals of Celestial Objects / 11 Space Bible With Volume Lumps / 12 Once Beyond Hopelessness
Warners
DVD/CD
$25.00

French Impressionists, The
Amelia Rosselli (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, UK LTM is pleased to announce a brand new CD album by The French Impressionists, the modernist ensemble associated with Postcard Records and Les Disques du Crepuscule. The French Impressionists first emerged in 1981 via the Postcard Records School, when founder/pianist Malcolm Fisher made his first recordings with members of Aztec Camera and The Jazzateers. A more permanent line-up released A Selection of Songs on Les Disques du Crepuscule, as well as Christmas single Santa Baby, and found lasting success in Japan. In 2007 the group, now based in Milan ( Italy ), released a well-received new album, Fête. For the third French Impressionists album, Malcolm Fisher has joined forces with gifted Italian singer Sara Cicenia, setting the poems of Amelia Rosselli to original piano music. Born in Paris in 1930, Amelia Rosselli was the daughter of anti-fascist resister Carlo Rosselli, assassinated by Mussolini's agents. She spent her life studying ethnomusicology and taking part in the cultural life of postwar Italy as a literary translator and poet, the latter work marked by bold verbal combinations and deliberate linguistic error. She committed suicide in Rome in February 1996. The deluxe booklet features a selection of original images by Malcolm Fisher, and the text of several of the poems. The duo will tour the Rosselli material in Italy later this year.
LTM-2523
CD
$17.00

Frightened Rabbit
Liver! Lung! FR! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Liver! Lung! FR! is Frightened Rabbit at their very best - live. The intimate, mostly-acoustic set documented here was recorded in July 2008 in Glasgow and mixed by Mice Parade's Adam Pierce. Among other surprises, special guests pop up here and there: James Graham from The Twilight Sad contributes vocals to an incredible version of "Keep Yourself Warm," while Glasgow scene staple Ross Cook adds rollicking mandolin to "Old Old Fashioned." The stripped-down instrumentation brings singer Scott Hutchison's vocal delivery - now wrenching, now soaring - to the fore, showcasing the emotive lyrics and memorable melodies that have earned the band their passionate following.
FatCatRecords-083
CD
$9.00

Fucked Up
Get Young (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Kings of punk and hardcore Fucked Up return with a mammoth 12" single, second in a series of records based on the Chinese Zodiac. Year of the Pig is an 18 minute 34 second long prog-punk masterpiece featuring lush piano and organ arrangements by Max Danger (The Deadly Snakes) and guest vocals by Toronto's Jennifer Castle. Year of the Pig starts with gentle guitar and soothing organ before heading into darker territory with gruff male vocals offset by Castle's angelic singing and a meandering bass line. It's not until a full 7 and a half minutes in that the track explodes into a keith moon-esque drum workout, which is followed by a one note neu trick that builds up to a thrash attack. It's 'The Wall' as written and recorded by Poison Idea.
WYR
12
$8.00

Fucked Up
The Chemistry Of Common Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$17.50

Fucked Up
The Chemistry Of Common Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US The second record from Toronto's hardcore wunderkinds is a dense, orchestral effort containing an expansive epic about the mysteries of birth, death, and the origins of life. Merging elements of hardcore songwriting with up to 70 tracks of guitars, organs, winds, and vocals, the songs are iconoclastic and startling, with Pink Eyes' growling vocals front and center. Though Fucked Up remain punks at heart, if quixotically diverse ones, they have created a great, weird, heavy record that stubbornly sticks in your brain and your heart. HQ 180 vinyl in gatefold sleeve with MP3 coupon.
Matador
CD
$13.25

Gang Gang Dance
Saint Dymphna (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Named after the patron saint of outsiders, taboo subject matter and general disorder, Gang Gang Dance have completed Saint Dymphna - a stunning follow-up to the critically acclaimed God's Money. After a three years of complex and sporadic recording, complete with jetsetting, breakdowns, a Whitney Biennial appearance, plus the Retina Riddim DVD+CD and RAWWAR EP, the band have yielded a true masterpiece in The Social Registry canon. We couldn't be happier to throw this one out and let the world become enamored again.
TheSocialRegistry-050
CD
$11.50

Giant Sand
Provisions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
YepRoc
DLP
$18.25

Girl Talk
Feed The Animals (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Pittsburgh artist Gregg Gillis (a.k.a. Girl Talk) has scrupulously created music from samples for over eight years. His fourth album on the Illegal Art label, Feed the Animals, continues his sonic evolution towards his party-infested live show and steps even closer towards a creation that is centered on pop musicality rather than attention-deficit sample splicing. Girl Talk has been known to underground audiences for several years, but it wasn't until 2006 that Gillis crossed over and caught the attention of a larger audience. With Rolling Stone, SPIN, Blender, Pitchfork, and even Beck including Night Ripper in their "best albums of 2006" lists, Girl Talk has gone on to be booked by major festivals (Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Virgin, All Points West, Pitchfork, DEMF, etc.), and solicited for remixes (Beck, Thrill Jockey, Tokyo Police Club, Grizzly Bear, Simian Mobile Disco, Peter Bjorn & John, TeddyBears, and Of Montreal). And with roughly 200 live shows over the last couple of years, Gillis has consistently played larger venues to capacity crowds (every date on his 2007 North American tour with Dan Deacon sold out). PRESS QUOTES: "One endlessly entertaining mega mash-up" - Rolling Stone "Gillis' craft is stunning and his tastes are exquisitely diverse" - Blender "A masterpiece that employs an estimated 300 samples" - SPIN "Massively recommended ... the voracious music fan's dream" --- Pitchfork "Media assassins Illegal Art come forth with yet another brilliant Girl Talk record." - XLR8R "Sounds like your favorite mash-up DJ after about 11 espressos" - Entertainment Weekly "Mashes together booty-shaking rap, iconic indie rock, and, uh, ABBA" - MTV.com.
IllegalArt-117
CD
$14.25

Glissade
Further (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US Limited to 500! The band's sometimes drone-y, always distortion-heavy sounds are reminiscent of the haze- induced vibes of bands like Flying Saucer Attack, Spacemen 3 or early Spectrum. This limited vinyl version has been completely remixed by the band & also includes the stellar 'Burned in Blue' EP, long out of print & newly remixed as well - all housed in a heavy, gatefold jacket. 14 hypnotic, blissed-out, instrumental space jams from North Carolina's finest psychedelic shoegazers.
DeepSpace
DLP
$19.50

Grails
Doomsdayer's Holiday (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
TemporaryResidence
DLP
$14.25

Grails
Doomsdayer's Holiday (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Their darkest, heaviest record yet! Delivers on the promises made by their previous albums, taking equal pride in smoky psychedelics & mountain-ascending riffs. This finds their already-broad palette continually expanding w/70s European film noir & cosmic free jazz explorations to compliment the Middle Easters psychedelic folk-metal the group is known for.
TemporaryResidence
CD
$11.50

Gregory & the Hawk
Moenie & Kitchi (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Project of Meredith Godreau, a native New Yorker w/a captivating voice that hovers between windchimes & church bells, & an undeniable gift for gently insistent melodies & earnest metaphor. She has a gift for emotive acoustic pop that places her squarely w/in the tradition upheld by artists like Susan Christie, Elliott Smith, & Regina Spektor.
FatCat
CD
$11.50

Grouper & Inca Ore
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, SPAIN The sound Liz Harris projects on her records under the moniker Grouper has been said to be deceptively simple, but truly emotional. Layers of vocals processed again and again through loop delays and chains of effects that create gorgeous whirlpools of chants, guitar drones and tape noise, all full of something unique, pure and powerfully beautiful. The kind of magic Harris manages to inject into her recordings is something Eva Saelens knows about quite well, as Inca Ore she has also sung and produced music with a touch of wilderness and witchery. Liz and Eva compiled twenty minutes of unreleased material each on both sides of a C40 recorded at home, a recording that Acuarela now re-releases on CD with new cover art and remastered sound.
Acuarela-1086
CD
$13.50

Guthrie, Robin
3:19 Bande Originale Du Film (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Limited edition of 3000 in digipak. 3:19 is the title of the original soundtrack recording by Robin Guthrie for the acclaimed Spanish film of the same name. This is the former Cocteau Twins Guitarist's second soundtrack following Mysterious Skin and it features all the trademark Guthrie, ethereal soundscape you'd expect. This time, however, Robin has added piano, just a bit a strings and a few sound effects that nicely communicate the film's mood.
Darla-213
CD
$13.00

Harvey Milk
My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Could Be (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY! LTD ED OF 500 ONLY!! 2LP vinyl reissued for the 1st time in over 10 yrs, their debut album is finally available once again. This is ground zero for one of the 90s last true cult bands; now legendary for churning ghostly wailings, unearthly bellows, & gentle whispers together into one soaring, crawling, ugly & beautiful blend of brilliance. An essential listening for all fans of hard & heavy post-rock. Comes w/ 12x12 insert. Don't sleep on this!
Chunklet
DLP
$20.50

Hauschka
Ferndorf (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLER OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Dusseldorf-based pianist & composer Voker Bertelmann's 4th full-length. Where his previous album comprised primarily of solo recordings of his "prepared" piano (w/a few electronic & instrumental overdubs), this is a more expansive & fully-realized effort. At once nostalgic, optimistic, & weighty, w/deft melody sparkling among percussion & drive, this carries an evocative richness & depth throughout its quick-paced, often light-hearted compositions.
FatCat
CD
$11.50

Her Space Holiday
XOXO, Panda & The New Kid Revival (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Loose & carefree arrangements of guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, shakers, glockenspiel, & drums lay the foundation for vocal storytelling sing-a-longs.
Mush
CD
$9.00

Hitchcock, Robyn
Luminous Groove [8 x LP boxset] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Limited!
YepRoc
LP-BOX
$88.00

Hototogisu
Pale Fatal Sister (DELAYED: PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Limited edition of 700 copies. Double LP pressing housed in a gatefold jacket. Being a Nabokovian and visceral garden of delights, a musical evocation of memory and desire spread over four sides of vinyl. The sound is conjured forth from dark wells to be birthed, twisting and screaming in silver winds. Recorded at Black Dirt Studios, over an intensive three day period of hermetic isolation, whilst snow blanketed the surrounding fields, this work is both more detailed and conjures a heavier, more brooding occult atmosphere and sound, than any previous Hototogisu release.
Important-210
DLP
$24.50

Hush Arbors
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US 43 minutes of blissed out forest folk that also finds itself knee-deep in organic drones. Keith Wood's high-pitched voice is the focal point which the music swirls around, & these songs emanate from the cosmos like a cathartic release from the sky. But don't be fooled, despite these cosmic aspirations this is music straight from the earth, covered in bark & soaked in soil.
Digitalis
CD
$8.50

Hyvonen, Frida
Silence Is Wild (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
SecretlyCanadian-184
LP
$11.50

Hyvonen, Frida
Silence Is Wild (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US Having come out of a year of isolation, Frida Hyvönen paired up once again with Swedish producer Jari Haapalainen in Stockholm's famous Atlantis studio and made her second full-length Silence Is Wild. Whereas Hyvönen's 2006 debut Until Death Comes was lean and percussive with her distinctive oompah-styled piano and direct lyrics, Silence Is Wild stretches her voice across lush arrangements of piano, strings, choirs, and synths. Piano-based antecedents and contemporaries such as Carole King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Plush, and Antony and the Johnsons generally feel like appropriate touchstones for discussing the Swedish singer-songwriter's recorded work. Lyrically, however, Hyvönen is in more open waters, as she forges her own stylistic path as a songwriter. On Silence is Wild, Hyvönen continues to take an utterly modern approach to classic songwriting forms: blending the confessional with the fictional; mixing wit with a sexuality that shifts from the refined to the raw; all the while using language which dances effortlessly between the timeless and the contemporary, referencing high art and pop culture in a transcendent manner which masterfully puts Hyvönen at the top of a new international class of singer-songwriters.
SecretlyCanadian-184
CD
$11.50

I Am Robot And Proud
Uphill City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Limited edition of 1000 color vinyl with free album download. I Am Robot And Proud is the name Toronto native Shaw-han Liem works under to create his singular brand of hypnotic, beguiling electronic pop music. Uphill City is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up to his very popular 2006 album The Electricity in Your House Wants to Sing. Like the previous record, Uphill City is electronic pop music that energizes the listener and refreshes the ear yet Shaw-han's skill as clever pop composer has grown even more mesmerizing.
Darla-215
LP
$15.00

I Am Robot And Proud
Uphill City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US I Am Robot And Proud is the name Toronto native Shaw-han Liem works under to create his singular brand of hypnotic, beguiling electronic pop music. Uphill City is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up to his very popular 2006 album The Electricity in Your House Wants to Sing. Like the previous record, Uphill City is electronic pop music that energizes the listener and refreshes the ear yet Shaw-han's skill as clever pop composer has grown even more mesmerizing. Shawn-han says the theme of the new record is that of struggle and achievement in the big city. IARAP is syncopated multi-instrumental rhythms and playful, repetitive multi-dimensional melodies -- just the elixir your head needs. Shaw-Han mixes acoustic instrumentation; piano, guitar and drums seamlessly with his unique electronic keyboard sounds and percussive elements. This isn't difficult, experimental IDM that pulls the listener off the left side of the dial. This is complex composition that manages to simply delight. It's an exciting sound that gives one the feeling of flying fast & free through a heavenly modern green world of pop, beauty, and sunshine. Your brain chemicals are sure to be balanced after the first minute into the title track. "Since the 2006 album, i have done some traveling and playing shows around the world and visiting many cities. Its interesting for me to see how everyone is living in different ways but there are still similarities. In English, the word "Uphill" has a kind of a double meaning. It can be positive like "things are looking up", or it can mean something is very difficult like "uphill battle". I thought the city was like a symbol for the challenges that happen in your life." --Shaw-han Liem
Darla-215
CD
$12.25

Ida
I Know About You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH)
PS, US On their second full-length, Ida absolutely shines. The duo of Dan Littleton and Elizabeth Mitchell are joined by Michael Littleton (Blood on the Wall) on drums. IKAY finds Ida discovering the recognizable voice that has defined their 15-year career. Double gatefold 2xLP 180-gram vinyl with printed innersleeves includes digital download code.
Polyvinyl
DLP
$16.50

Ida
Ten Small Paces (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH)
PS, US Ida's third record pieces together a scrapbook of an album, a total of 15 tracks recorded in almost as many places. Some four-track, some studio, and some bedroom tracks find their home on this beautiful album that led to Ida's work with Capital Records. Double gatefold 180-gram vinyl with printed innersleeves includes digital download code.
Polyvinyl
DLP
$14.50

Ida
Tales of Brave Ida (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH)
PS, US Tales of Brave Ida is marked by spare yet clean production and is a stunning debut thatís an absolute essential for Ida fans one and all. Recorded in 1993, ToBI is a drumless effort featuring the duo of Dan Littleton and Elizabeth Mitchell and was written during the time of Mitchell's collaborations with Lisa Loeb. Double gatefold 2xLP 180-gram vinyl with printed innersleeves includes digital download code.
Polyvinyl
DLP
$16.50

I'm From Barcelona
Who Killed Harry Houdini (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US New album, about face...march!
Mute
CD
$15.25

International Jetsetters
Heart Is Black EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US "Honey-dipped 60's melodies drenched in oceanic swells of guitar noise..." - Oxford Bands, UK International Jetsetters is an Oxford based five piece. The band was formed in March 2007 by singer and guitarist Mark Crozer (The Jesus And Mary Chain) and bass player Bert Audubert. The line-up also features drummer Loz Colbert (The Jesus And Mary Chain, Ride), lead guitarist Paul Crozer, and vocalist Fi McFall. The Jetsetters have been best described by the British press (Nightshift Magazine) as "an amalgamation of everything that was great about indie rock, when that term actually meant something. From the narcotic fuzz of Spacemen 3 to the insistent jangle and drone of The Wedding Present, and lifted spaceward by singer Fi McFall's ethereal vocals, they're dark and dreamy but they rock like bastards." "Heart Is Black" is International Jetsetters debut six-song release. The EP blasts into the stratosphere with the full throttle, melodic guitar buzz, of "Inside Out" followed swiftly by the rhythm heavy groove of "Inside Yourself". "Never Slows Down" and "My Redemption" showcase Fi McFall's range as a singer. The low, breathy tones of the opening verses gradually ascend to pulsating choruses where she resonates like a siren. The title track "Heart is Black" strums and thumps with a dark atmospheric burn. The disc closes with a bit of a twist - A glaring early version of "Never Slows Down". International Jetsetters "Heart Is Black" CDEP hits quick and begs for repeated listens. It's a nice glimpse into what's in store from Oxford, UK's latest export.
PlantingSeeds-057
CD5
$9.75

Isis
Not in Rivers But in Drops (DELAYED: PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Another single culled from the 2006 release "In the Absence of Truth." This single will feature a live version, recorded in Sept. of '06 at in Washington DC, a music video and a remix version of the song.
Ipecac
CD5
$6.00

Japanese Motors
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Vice
LP
$13.25

Japanese Motors
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Japanese Motors are the most exciting band to emerge from Orange County since the heyday of Social Distortion and TSOL. They're known around Southern California for the insane, all night blowouts they put on as much as for the driving, raucous garage pop they set the partying to. The music is as sun-baked and laid-back as their coastal environs and rife with positive imagery.
Vice
CD
$12.00

Japanther
Tut Tut, Now Shake Ya Butt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Keeping their tradition of contrast alive the lads have teamed up w/ Penny Rimbaud (CRASS) & released a record of punk songs & poetry. On the surface, that might sound like an odd combination, but this thing is truly a wild romp 'round Africa, the Bronx, San Pedro & Brooklyn, complete w/ faeries, bicycles & a few cans of spray paint. Their infectious, free spirited trash hasn't let up a teeny bit, it's just gotten more focused & rad somehow.
WantageUSA
LP
$12.50

Jarboe
Mahakali (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Featuring Phil Anselmo (PANTERA), Attila (MAYHEM), Colin Marston (BYLA), Kevin Hufnagel (BYLA) & Josh Graham (NEUROSIS,
A STORM OF LIGHT).
TheEnd
CD
$14.50

Jay Reatard
Matador Singles 08 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US For the six months leading up to this release, Matador has put out a limited edition 7-inch by Memphis boy wonder Reatard. Each generated more attention, but was released in a progressively more limited run, starting with 3,500 copies for the first and ending with 400 copies for the sixth. This package collects all six (excluding the Deerhunter track on #4), plus one extra song. Each tune is a perfect snarling pop-punk gem. "In this short span of time, Reatard has cranked out more memorable songs than some acts do in their whole careers" - Pitchfork.
Matador
CD
$13.25

Jay Reatard
Matador Singles 08 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$14.75

Joan of Arc
My Summer-Long High Wipeout (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH)
PS, US "My Summer-Long High Wipeout" is Joan of Arc at their best; "The Surrender" is an alternate version from the ones on JOA's latest full-length Boo Human; "A Man Needs A Maid" is a Neil Young Harvest cover. This 7" includes a digital download code for all three songs.
Polyvinyl
45
$4.00

Judys, The
Moo [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE 2008)
PS, US The original 'Moo' album finally re-issued on CD for the first time! CD sports seven bonus tracks, mainman David Bean's "Modomusic" EP. Released almost four years to the day after Washarama and following an eighteen month hiatus, The Judy's Moo album has a slightly more progressive sound: richer production values, fuller arrangements and thicker harmonies. As the band returned to the stage in 1985, this was the album that showed the band's maturity and development as songwriters and musicians. The twelve songs on Moo, laced with solid-state irony, well-placed cynicism and standard issue Judys' wit, show the band at the peak of their creativity and acted as a springboard for their live extravaganzas. The album was released with The Moo Tour - a month of live performances across the state which included giant cereal boxes, moving conveyer belts of milk cartons, and a dancing cow while the band donned milkman uniforms. Critically acclaimed and fan-revered, The Moo Album continues to be a milestone in Texas pop music.
WastedTalent
CD
$15.00

Judys, The
Land Of Plenty [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2008)
PS, US First ever official release for The Judys last album, recorded but never released! In 1990, The Judy's set out to record a new album with a new Judy's sound. Featuring the lineup that had been established over a number of years the band, including Barbara Donaho (keyboards/guitars), Lee Malone (bass), and Darwin Keys (drums), set out to explore new horizons musically and thematically. Land of Plenty injected multi-layered keyboards and guitars, stacked vocals, a gospel choir, and even a bit of banjo into the band's palatte and sought to realize Bean's vision of a new Americana musical landscape. Broad in its scope and daring in its expansion of the band's definition of itself, Land of Plenty was shelved when the group disbanded before the CD's release. While a handful of copies have been given out, this is first time this long sought-after project has been available to the general public.
WastedTalent
CD
$15.00

Kemialliset Ystavat/Sunroof
Split Series #19 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Kemialliset Ystävät (it translates as 'chemical friends') are a loose collective from Tampere in southern Finland. Existing in dialogue amongst (and beyond) the hugely creative, diverse microcosm of the Finnish scene including artists like Avarus, Lau Nau, Es, Paavoharju, Islaja, Anaksimandros, and labels like Fonal, 247 Laatijaa, and Lal Lal Lal, Kemialliset Ystävät has become an influential node on the outsider noise/folk/ psych underground, finding international acclaim. Almost entirely self-taught and using a bewildering array of instruments and approaches, their sonic arsenal includes detuned guitars, bass, traditional / vernacular instrumentation (mandolins, balalaikas, etc.) hand percussion, all manner of electronic instruments, effects, toys and circuit-bent items, treated samples and vinyl manipulation. Playfully taking their own unique and unpredictable path, they have layered and fused together traditional Finnish (at times almost medieval-sounding) instrumentation and melodies with avant-garde electronics, psychedelic folk/rock, noise, electro-acoustic, and percussive tribal rhythms, creating a sense of ritualistic magic and flexible, group-mind improvisation, with the whole often subjected to brutal and precise editing.
FatCatRecords-76
LP
$11.50

King Tuff
Was Dead (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US King Tuff is the brainchild of Kyle Thomas (Witch, Feathers). This is a most pleasing daydream of a record, one that straddles the line between partying and napping. It's the sound of one man's honest and unbridled supreme lifestyle concerning only TV, snacks, and personal expression via lazy and fuzzy-feeling power-pop rock 'n' roll.
TeePee
LP
$14.00

Kossoff With Black Cat Bones, Paul
Paul's Blues (DELAYED: PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, UK This double CD contains the earliest known recordings of the UK's Paul Kossoff (Free), whose tragic death at 25 in 1976 robbed the rock world of one of its finest-ever blues guitarists. Taped at rehearsals with Black Cat Bones in London in 1967, the raw, lo-fi tracks find the teenaged Kossoff already a master of his instrument. Accompanied by musicians including Derek and Stuart Brookes (later to form the legendary Leaf Hound), and featuring a guest appearance from Paul Rodgers (later to form Free with Kossoff), the recordings are of considerable historical importance. They are released here for the very first time, along with a booklet featuring rare photographs, full liner notes and an introduction from the band's drummer, Frank Perry, making the album an essential purchase for all serious rock fans.
Sunbeam
DCD
$22.25

Koster, Julian
The Singing Saw At Christmastime (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
LP
$15.50

Koster, Julian
The Singing Saw At Christmastime (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Julian Koster (The Music Tapes, Neutral Milk Hotel) presents a new holiday classic. Join The Singing Saw Orchestra as they unite saws both young and old in an enchanting celebration of traditional Christmas songs. 180 gram LP includes a coupon for an MP3 download of the entire record.
Merge
CD
$13.25

Lake
Oh, The Places We'll Go (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US "Oh, the places we'll go! Oh, we don't actually know!" The title track lyrics, with a nod to Dr. Seuss, have a wide-eyed, wondrous feeling, (and a hint of agnosticism) which finds itself popping up throughout the record. On their first K release, LAKE crafts up-beat, dance-able, psychedelic, uniquely sincere and unaffected pop songs, ranging from the jubilant, echoey, post-soul groove of Heaven to the sweet, polyrhythmic Green Arrows-inspired Bad Dream. Recorded at home, largely on cassette 8-track, this album, actually LAKE's third, has a slightly lo-fi, homemade feel as well showing evidence of their influence from prolific artists Karl Blau and R. Stevie Moore. Oh, the Places We'll Go represents a new direction for LAKE - more synthesizers, more up-beat, rhythmically-based songwriting - but it is also in keeping with their aesthetic, with contributing horn players and percussionists, male and female singers, group harmonies, sweet melodies and homespun production. LAKE's core membership is Ashley Eriksson, Eli Moore, Lindsay Schief, Andrew Dorsett, and Markly Morrison, a group of long-time friends based in Olympia, WA. The members of the band came from Washington, the Los Angeles area, and the Midwest but soon found themselves drawn together in the inspiring forests of the Pacific Northwest, and thus LAKE was born. Each is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in their own right, and contributing melodies and complementing one another's strong points has become the process for LAKE's intimately nurtured songwriting.
Krecords-196
LP
$10.25

Lambchop
OH (ohio) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Change is a subtle thing in Lambchop's world; Kurt Wagner is simply a great believer in the natural pace of life. Lambchop have evolved, adapted, and tested themselves over their long career and "OH (Ohio)" follows this pattern in typically oblique but deeply satisfying ways.
Merge
CD
$14.00

Land Of Talk
Some Are Lakes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SaddleCreek
LP
$14.00

Land Of Talk
Some Are Lakes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US This album encompasses a great deal with very little, an aesthetic in stark contrast to orchestral pop and digi-tweaked indie chic. These songs set a perfect bridge from the jangling dissonance and ferocious doubled voicings of the band's debut, to the road-weathered clarity and reflection singer/songwriter Elizabeth Powell has now begun to own so fully.
SaddleCreek
CD
$12.50

La's, The
S-T [deluxe expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, UK 2008 digitally remastered deluxe two CD edition of the Liverpool band's first (and so far only) album. Alongside the original album on Disc One, there are six previously unreleased session recordings, including 'That'll be The Day', the Buddy Holly cover they recorded for BBC2's The Late Show. Disc Two gathers together material that tells the story of the lengthy and convoluted recording process that preceded the release of the album as the band moved from one producer to the next in search of an elusive sound that never quite materialised. Most of the material on this disc has never been released before and includes the Mike Hedges sessions, the only producer that they recorded the whole album for. This is a definitive presentation of a classic album and will be beautifully packaged in artwork redesigned by the band's original artwork designer, Simon Ryan. 38 tracks.
Universal
DCD
$28.50

Leone, Dominique
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US This first pressing is limited to 500 copies with 200 on color vinyl. Dominique Leone wears many hats, only a few faces and has a hundred songs that you haven't heard. In fact, but for his best buddies and the fine folks of Feedelity, very few people have heard more than a peep from him. And yes, he's a him. If you read internet record reviews, you may have seen his name around, though if you hate record reviewers, please don't hold that against him. The truth is, he's a songwriter, producer, singer, lover, fighterÖscratch that, he's one of a growing number of college-educated musical auteurs with more than a slight command of pop history and theory chops, and writing songs for joyous, infatuated people. Perhaps some of them are a bit over stimulated. Perhaps some of them just like good melodies and strange chord progressions that still seem vaguely familiar. Dominique is a "classically trained" musician from Texas who currently operates out of San Francisco. He lists Brian Wilson, Claude Debussy, Andy Partridge, Randy Newman, Glenn Gould, ABBA, Miles Davis, Olivier Messiaen, and Magmaís Christian Vander as personal heroes. He thinks Julie Mehretu is the bomb.
Important-219
DLP
$23.00

Lindstrom
Where You Go I Go Too (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US VINYL!! LP edits done by PRINS THOMAS. Well known for his epic & ultra melodic disco, it might come as a surprise that this album only contains three long tracks, with the opening track being almost 29 minutes long! But when you listen to this album, you hear that it is still very much Lindstrom... just more Lindstrom-- bigger, longer, more epic & more melodic.
SmalltownSupersound
DLP
$18.75

Lineland
Logos For Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US For a split second the actuality of language stood only to bear witness and inspire the sonic structures of love being erected around me, and in this moment I believed in principle of purpose. Only when English was interjected did I sense the imposing future and separate out the soundscape of this melodic passing clan from the music streaming through the speakers. Logos for Love presenting a variety of acoustic instrumentation pressed into each other with modern blips and squiggles like a structure of so much brightly colored modeling clay with an illuminated jeweled interior, embracing the ancient rhythms and language over the impeding future. Malcolm Felder creates streamlined, discretely layered electronic music informed by a taste for left-field pop ranging from Bruce Haack to Bollywood, Hüsker Dü to George Jones. After moving to Queens in 1998, he began composing as Lineland, borrowing the name of a one-dimensional realm described in Flatland, the Victorian sci-fi novel by Edwin A. Abbott. Initial fourtrack Casio recordings grew into the album Pavilion (Audio Dregs 2003) over a three-year period, during which Felder expanded the material using music software on the home-built Dynavox 2000 computer and a growing array of vintage keyboards and novelty instruments. Songs have appeared on a few compilations and in several short independent films, including Back and Forthby James and Jeff Israel.
AudioDregsRecordings-070
CD
$12.25

Love Is All
A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US A full three years since their debut (which was re-released a couple times and then remixed), the fanciful-anachro-charm of Love Is All has matured with the marriage of several members, kids and a true appreciate that love is all. The new album harnesses the same raw energy and music which captured our hearts, but this time magnifies it through the complex emotions & experiences the band has struggled with. Years in the works, A Hundred Things is a record about excitement, frustration, regret, disappointment & figuring out what's important in finding the relief of the morning's light at the end of a bad nights sleep.
WhatsYourRupture?
CD
$11.50

Machine Fabriek & Stephen Vitiello
Box Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Rutger and Stephen sort of accidentally met through e-mail. A simple note regarding an ordering question for a CD led to an enthusiastic e-mail conversation and climaxed in a musical collaboration. This all happened in a very short period, both musicians being very inspired by the concept of "exchange," as a means to cross space and time -- Rutger living in the Netherlands and Stephen in Virginia. Most of the time, when (electronic) musicians work together it's a matter of swapping digital files. In this case they decided to do something different and sent each other a box full of (mostly non-musical, or musically non-functional) objects and recordings, with the "assignment" to make music with those objects and all as source materials. As the titles tell, we're talking about an egg cutter, thumb piano, a broken kraakle box, rice, chocolate sprinkles, old cassette tapes, a broken 7" record, etcetera, etcetera. Both musicians made two of their own solo tracks with the box they received, and the last track was done together by Rutger adding sounds and processing to a piece started by Stephen. For Rutger/ Machinefabriek this is part of his most delicate work. For Stephen, it was a new and extremely enjoyable form of long-distance collaboration. Machinefabriek: Rutger Zuydervelt, better known as Machinefabriek, lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Started as Machinefabriek in 2004, he released 40+ small run home-made cdr's as well as work for Type Records, Lampse, Digitalis, Staalplaat (Mort Aux Vaches) and now 12K. A double remix cd was released in 2007, with interpetations by Alva Noto, Pita, Mitchell Akiyama, Xela, Gert-Jan Prins and many more. Collaborations (live or recording) include Steinbrüchel, Jasper TX, Wouter van Veldhoven, Simon Nabatov, Frans de Waard, Aaron Martin and Peter Broderick. Stephen Vitiello: Stephen Vitiello is a sound and media artist based in Richmond, VA. CD releases include Bright and Dusty Things (New Albion), Listening to Donald Judd (Sub Rosa) and Untitled/Exchange, a collaborative CD with Michael J. Schumacher (A Question of Re-Entry). Solo exhibitions of Vitiello's sound installations, photographs and drawings have been presented at The Project, NY, Museum 52, London, the Texas Gallery, Houston, TX and Diapason, NYC. Group exhibitions include the 2002 Whitney Biennial and the 2006 Biennial of Sydney. Over the last 18 years, Stephen has collaborated with numerous musicians and artists including Scanner, Pauline Oliveros, Andrew Deutsch, Julie Mehretu and Tony Oursler.
12K-1048
CD
$12.25

Manual
Confluence (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Confluence is Danish producer Jonas Munk's third installment in his series of ambient albums, following the much loved The North Shore from 2003 and Bajamar from 2006. Unlike Munk's better known work, which centers around electronica and shoegazing aesthetics as well as a love of 1980s production techniques, these ambient works are completely without beats, or even time signatures, and are delicately constructed out of slowly evolving streams of guitar that has been processed into oblivion and back. But even compared to the standard set by the two aforementioned albums, Confluence is surprisingly dark and minimalist. These eight new compositions move slowly and seamlessly, like the ebb and flow of the
changing tide, with subtle layering and filtering providing the essential means of movement.
Darla-216
CD
$12.25

Margot & Nuclear So and So's
Not Animal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US New album.
Epic
CD
$13.00

Margot & Nuclear So and So's
Not Animal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. 180 gram wax plus download card.
Epic
DLP
$21.00

Max, Agathe
The Silver String (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US The transformative debut from this French violinist. At times her work approaches the supersonic escape velocity of Tony Conrad; elsewhere, she introduces delicate repeating threads, then slowly weaves them into a fabric of vast, billowing sound more reminiscent of Steve Reich. A remarkably accessible collection of tracks, one that bridges the gaps between minimalism, post-classicism, the avant garde, krautock, & plain old-fashioned pop - there's even a nod to the High Lonesome Raga as filtered through Henry Flynt.
TableOfTheElements/Xeric
CD
$13.00

Melodium
Cerebro Spin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Melodium speaks; there starts a romantically slow game of pong between the hemispheres of brain. The sound speeds. I listen, and there is harmony now between the players, and reluctance towards competition. They play on. Melodically Melodium speaks. Faster, onward towards the polyrhythmic rally! All praise repetitive motion, be stilling thus Zen. The tones of play fashion an energetic path, a melodic relation of right and left. Only when Melodium pauses for a breath do I remember moments can be filled with splitting silence; that I am here and this is somewhere other then the pong game of my mind. Keep speaking. Melodium is the moniker of Laurent Girard, a rather prolific electronic musician from Nantes, France with an obsession for melodies. Weaving bits of guitar, piano, synthesizer, flute or bits of voice and texture to create patterns in sound and small personal soundtracks that are at once somber, while retaining a feeling of sunny optimism. Golden waves of sound with rough-hewn edges that sound both dreamy and melancholic and simultaneously warm and shiny.
AudioDregsRecordings-071
CD
$12.25

Mental Overdrive
You Are Being Manipulated (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Norwegian producer/DJ/live act Per Martinsen is back in the studio hot seat with a new album under his Mental Overdrive alias. Already a long time part of the Norwegian dance sound his new opus 'You Are Being Manipulated' sees him develop even more with a melody driven electro/acid/disco/house sound all of his own. Featuring his anthemic cover version of Iron Maiden's 'Run to the Hills', the much hyped art/ebay experiment of 'Elephantastic' which was originally planned as a one bid buys the masters sale & recent singles 'The Rage' & 'Spooks' Per Martinsen is back to show us how its done.
SmalltownSupersound
CD
$14.50

Midori Hirano
Klo:yuri (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH )
PS, JAPAN The intricate fusion of the piano, strings, and electronics created a structural beauty reminiscent of chamber music in her first album "LushRush." The album founded upon her musical sophistication foretold a new generation of music and was best illustrated by listeners as "post classical." Almost two years since then, Noble is happy to once again release an album by Midori Hirano in her 2nd album, "Klo;yuri". Midori's murmuring vocal heard only in a few of the songs in her previous album are back again in almost half of the tracks with a slightly stronger voice in comparison to the last. The artist worked alone on almost everything from the composition to remix in her previous album. This time, Hiromits Shoji of Soundworm has taken on the mix and mastering to bring tenfold the depth and strength to the album with his unique musical structuring. The tingling excitement of improvisation and the spiritual melody like sacred music...the fragile but thoughtful voice and suggestive lyrics like an ancient European... Midori Hirano's new album is a woven fabric of originality that proves the artistic maturation of the artist and her sounds with its deep stoicism and beauty is awaiting for you to enter its labyrinth of sound.
Noble-1235
CD
$16.25

Molina, Juana
Un Dia (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US The fifth release from Argentinean artist Molina is a brave departure from her previous work. It's every bit as personal and intimate, but pronounced with rhythms and with bold low end added to the mix. A hypnotic record, restless, alive with melodies that surface imperceptibly before burrowing into your brain. The tracks are informed by an ever-shifting and polymorphous sense of groove. The rhythms flow over and inside each other, played out on wood and cymbal and bombo leguero, and woven from electronic glitches. David Byrne, NPR, and The NY Times are some of her many supporters.
Domino
CD
$14.00

Moonbabies, The
Take Me to the Ballroom EP (DELAYED PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2008)
PS, SWEDEN The second single from their latest album 'Moonbabies at the Ballroom' released last Summer on our Hidden Agenda imprint. Features the exquisite title track plus two previously unreleased gems: "Flip-Top Boxer" and "Crispin Glover".
Startracks/Hidden Agenda
CD5
$2.00

Moore, Daniel Martin
Stray Age (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US The debut by Kentucky's Moore is a folk record, evoking certain feelings, but there's a gentle approach to its sound and the way Daniel's voice phrases his words. Joe Chiccarelli (The Shins, U2, The White Stripes) took on co-production, recording, and mixing duties. "Stray Age" is rich with understated complexities that take you to places Nick Drake and Neil Halstead do.There's a soft swing in the vocals reminiscent of Chet Baker. But what separates Moore from the pack is he's looking forward; he wants to go places and we're finding him right in that moment.
Subpop
CD
$12.50

Mount Eerie
Lost Wisdom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US This finds Phil Elverum in a more collaborative mode than usual, working with two legends of music & kindred spirits, JULIE DOIRON & FRED SQUIRE. Elverum & Doiron share vocal duties, making an album of dark pop duets. Quite beautiful.
PWElverum&SunLtd
CD
$12.25

New Radiant Storm Kings
Drinking In The Moonlight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Northampton, MA/New York city indie rockers New Radiant Storm King deliver the tightest, hookiest and most diverse record in their distinguished career. Recorded over six months in deep, rural Massachusetts, Drinking in the Moonlight proves once again that guitarists/vocalists Peyton Pinkerton and Matt Hunter along with bassist Caleb Wetmore and drummer J.J. O'Connell write some of the most imaginative and memorable American rock. Approaching their twentieth year as a band, NRSK have gracefully matured as song smiths while retaining their prowess at crafting unconventional yet infectious melodies. Drinking in the Moonlight is a sonic mix of urban and rural, sporting distorted yet wiry pop with a marked focus on narrative within their song writing -- trademarks gratifying to longtime fans. Time spent in other bands (Pinkerton in The Silver Jews and The Pernice Brothers; Hunter in J. Mascis & The Fog and The Wharton Tiers Ensemble) has honed the Pinkerton/Hunter attack musically and lyrically. Over the course of thirteen songs, Drinking in the Moonlight addresses topics as varied as random street violence, infidelity and subsequent pregnancy, exorbitant winter heat bills and even an open condemnation of organized religion (Thank God -Ed). Drinking in the Moonlight was recorded with longtime NRSK engineer Mark Alan Miller (Cordelia's Dad, J. Mascis & The Fog) at his Slaughterhouse Studios in Westhampton, MA. NRSK will tour Fall 2008. TRACKS: 1) Soporific Slump - A few more pints and then back to your place on 1st Avenue. 2) Undignified - Hopefully you can convince everyone that you actually are being your natural self - and have been lying up until just now. 3) Senseless - If a random act of brutal violence changed your life for the better, how would you explain it to anyone? To yourself, even? 4) Islander - She could never handle the mainland for more than a few days at any given time. 5) Little Ice Age - Sometimes the idea of summer seems both impossible and absurd. 6) Anything Can Happen - And usually does, if you're lucky (or not). 7) New Paltz Waltz - Instrumental levity. 8) Eight Steps Closer - Slouching towards Echo Park, with a cosmo in her hand. 9) After the After Hours - Guns, drugs and hipsters - in way over their heads. 10) Midnight Comes - Time horizons always seem to stretch into forever on a first date. 11) Eraser - Lick your wounds and don't look back for a second. 12) Clouds Cover Everything - Are you really sure that your memories are totally your own? 13) Fall Prey - The world is flat. The sun revolves around it. We've progressed on so many fronts save one.
Darla-201
CD
$12.25

Notwist
Boneless (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Heightening the stunning experimental pop of The Notwist's latest opus, "The Devil, You + Me", comes this 7-inch. Side A includes the piano-driven pocket pop masterpiece, "Boneless" in all its album version glory. Side B features a sunny, tropical remix by Animal Collective's own Panda Bear. A vinyl exclusive, featuring two of independent music's most progressive and respective artists.
Domino
45
$4.50

O'Death
Broken Hymns, Limbs & Skin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Kemado
LP
$17.50

O'Death
Broken Hymns, Limbs & Skin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US "The starkness & spiritual purity of Appalachian folk, the noisemongering of punk & the rowdy theatricality of Tom Waits. With quiet pluckings of banjo & angry, anarchic hollers, its songs jumble the sacred & profane" - NY Times
Kemado
CD
$13.50

Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: David Barnes T-Shirt
(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Original design by David Barnes
printed on an ultra soft blue American Apparel tri-blend short sleeve track shirt. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download.
Polyvinyl
TS
$20.00

Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: Gemini Tactics Tote Bag (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Sturdy natural canvas tote bag, approx 15" x 15" with deep handles and two-sided print by Gemini Tactics. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download.
Polyvinyl
MISC
$17.50

Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: David Barnes Tote Bag (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Sturdy black canvas tote bag, approx 15" x 15" with deep handles and original print by David Barnes. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download.
Polyvinyl
MISC
$17.50

Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Skeletal Lamping absolutely delivers. It's a complicated and dense thrill ride packed with slinky grooves that demand a physical response. It's unpredictable, completely unique, and epic. And while of Montreal's albums have always been epic, Skeletal Lamping is an unprecedented achievement that will be talked about for years.
Polyvinyl
CD
$14.00

Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: Gemini Tactics Wall Decal Set (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Deluxe removable and repositionable wall decal set contains over 50 pieces of original art by Gemini Tactics; covers one large wall. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Packaged flat in a clear poly bag, 12.5" X 12.5" (LP sized)
Polyvinyl
MISC
$31.00

Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: David Barnes Wall Decal Set (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Deluxe removable and repositionable wall decal set contains over 50 pieces of original art by David Barnes; covers one large wall. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Packaged flat in a clear poly bag, 12.5" X 12.5" (LP sized)
Polyvinyl
MISC
$31.00

Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: Gemini Tactics T-Shirt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Original design by Gemini Tactics printed on an ultra soft orchid color American Apparel tri-blend short sleeve track shirt. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download.
Polyvinyl
TS
$20.00

Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: Button Set (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Set of nine 1.25" buttons designed by David Barnes and Gemini Tactics. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Packaged on a 5"x7" card in a clear
poly bag.
Polyvinyl
MISC
$23.00
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Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping Collection: Gemini Tactics Lantern (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Collapsible 10" x 12" hanging paper lantern with original art by Gemini Tactics. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Packaged flat in a clear poly bag.
Polyvinyl
MISC
$17.50

Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl
LP
$21.75

Panthers
Goblin City (Holy Ghost! Remixes) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Ex-Troubleman group & anthemic stoner rock act PANTHERS commissioned remixes for their single "Goblin City," the lead trk from their 2nd album, 'The Trick' (Vice, 2007). Around the release of that album, they asked HOLY GHOST! & RUN-ROC (aka DJ McNany) to execute respective remixes of this single. The remixes are properly released here together on vinyl. Holy Ghost! deliver one of the most relentlessly snappy disco dubs in quite some time, while Run-Roc concocted an excellent, old school acid house remix.
DFA
12
$8.00

Paramount Styles
Failure American Style (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US This is the 1st solo outing from Scott McCloud (GIRLS AGAINST BOYS). Feat. Richard Fortus (PSYCHEDELIC FURS/GUNS N' ROSES), Alexis Fleisig (Girls Against Boys), & Angela McClusky. The sound of dark forces gathering in a radiant club, at times intimate & at others soaring, slow burns bend & swerve into panoramic lush walls of sound.
Konkurrent
CD
$13.25

Park Hotell
Free For Friends (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2008)
PS, SWEDEN Park Hotell come from Luleå in Northern Sweden and they've been sneaking around the indie-scene for a while now. The members have played with both Mattias Alkberg BD and The Bear Quartet. In October Park Hotell will release their debut album. It was recorded in the Hives' Studio Gröndahl earlier this year. Demon producer Jari Haapalainen (Bear Quartet guitarist and producer for Ed Harcourt, Concretes and Camera Obscura) produced and played the drums, and the twin sisters Johanna and Miriam E. Berhan from Taxi Taxi! sang the backing-vocals. A bit less fuzzy-wuzzy and a bit more streamlined and jet-propelled these new recordings offer guitars that recalls Kevin Shields riding tempos stolen from The Wedding Present.
UltraRadio
CD
$14.00

Parks, Cale
Sparklace (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH)
PS, US A little over a year since the release of Aloha and White Williams drummer Cale Parks' solo debut album Illuminated Manuscript comes Sparklace. There is a stark contrast between the two albums. Sparklace stands as a more immediate album than its predecessor focusing on songs with a pop structure whereas Parks' previous output was more ambient and minimalisitc. Recorded in his home, every sound is original. If there is a drum sample, it is from Parks' drum set. The vibraphone is sampled as well. To say Parks has found his voice, is to miss the point. Rather, the sound of Sparklace is singular and electronic with born digital sounds. There is no wasted space, not a snare out of place. Listen carefully as it settles in, fragile but not
without momentum.
Polyvinyl
CD
$12.50

Parts & Labor
Receivers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Brooklyn noise-punk outfit Parts & Labor has dramatically altered their wall-of-sound: Their fourth album, Receivers, finds P&L focusing on open spaces, longer movements, expansive arrangements and loftier goals. On eight epic tracks, Receivers showcases the band's catchiest and darkest moods to date, reveling in a growing dynamic sensibility only hinted at in their previous work. Though they've maintained their love affair with glitchy oscillations and anthemic vocals, they are now utilizing the full possibilities of a band that was once a scrappy punk trio, and now a mature art-rock quartet. It's is a heady mix of psych, noise, and pop influenced by the arty minimalism of Wire, the surreal pop of early Eno, and even the spaced out psychedelia of Dark Side-era Pink Floyd.
Jagjaguwar-133
CD
$11.50

Pioulard, Benoit
Temper (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US The double LP vinyl version of this release also includes the Precis album, issued on vinyl for the first time.
Kranky
DLP
$14.75

Pioulard, Benoit
Temper (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Composed throughout a yr that involved graduation from university & a cross-continental relocation, its 16 tracks arose in specific periods of intense creative energy. W/ soft-edged vocals & a broad palette of instruments that lately incl. harmonium & cello, he constructs diverse arrangements that skirt the borders of pop w/ beautiful, detailed atmospheres.
Kranky
CD
$12.25

Plagenhoef, Scott and Ryan Schreiber
The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US In The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present, by Scott Plagenhoef and Ryan Schreiber. Pitchfork offers up their take on the 500 best songs of the past three decades. Focusing on indie rock (Arcade Fire, The Shins), hip hop (Public Enemy, Jay-Z), electronic (Daft Punk, Boards of Canada), pop (Madonna, Justin Timberlake), metal (Metallica, Boris), and experimental underground music (Suicide, Boredoms), it features all-new essays and reviews written with the sharp wit and insight for which the site is known. Kicking it off in 1977 with the birth of punk and independent music, The Pitchfork 500 runs chronologically, with each chapter representing a distinct period and offering a narrative of how the musical landscape of the day influenced its artists. The book opens with David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk, and Brian Eno, the "art-rock godfathers" who set the tone and tenor for the next thirty years, and wraps up in the present, when bands connect with new audiences through social networking sites and prime-time TV placements -- and when a single mp3 can turn a niche indie artist into a global sensation. Sidebars like "Yacht Rock," "Runaway Trainwrecks," "Nanofads," and "Career Killers" call out some far-from-classic musical trends and identify the guiltiest offenders. Softcover, 224 pages.
PitchforkMedia
BOOK
$13.00

Plinth/Textile Ranch
The Rest, I Leave To The Poor (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, UK A postal collaboration between Plinth (Mike Tanner) and Textile Ranch (Glen Johnson of Piano Magic). This 44 minute piece may structurally resemble a classical composition - divided as it is into several interlocking stanzas - but it's difficult to place it comfortably within the realm of modern music. If anything, 'The Rest....' evokes the otherworldly, fantastical obsessions of the Victorians (Conan Doyle, Lear, Grandville, Wellcome, etc) through means of meticulously manipulated instrumentation, samples and voice. Plinth, of course, is no stranger to Victoriana. In 2007, the Dorset based multi-instrumentalist and founder of the Dorset Paeans record label released, 'Plays Victorian Machine Music' - an EP made up entirely from sounds generated by antiquated parlor machines and music boxes.
MakeMineMusic-051
CD
$16.25

Polvo
Cor-Crane Secret (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US The first of many critically acclaimed albums from the Chapel Hill guitar rock innovators who ruled the 90's with an iron, artfully de-tuned fist. 1992's "Cor-Crane Secret" is an ambitious debut, showcasing what would become a signature approach to rock music: tweaked, sprawling in scope, and adorned by serpentine melodies straddling the border where east meets west. A classic; long out of print on vinyl.
Merge
LP
$12.00

Pompeii
Nothing Happens For A Reason (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US The follow-up to their debut, "Assembly". Imagine if you somehow found a way to release your heartfelt admissions and fears with grace and intelligence. Enter Austin quintet Pompeii, whose subtly haunting indie rock anthems are laden with smart, soaring instrumentals and just the right amount of discretion. A harmonic masterpiece filled with grand symphonic nuances.
Eyeball
CD
$12.50

Pop Levi
Never Never Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH)
PS, US 2008 sophomore album from this Pop (no pun intended) singer/songwriter and former Ladytron member, probably the only contemporary musician in the world beloved of both Jarvis Cocker and Noel Gallagher. Recorded entirely in Hollywood at Quincy Jones' old studio, Westlake, where both Thriller & Off The Wall were laid down, Mr. Levi has returned with an album about the madness of love - 100% autobiographical, 100% clever, 100% dumb, 100% unique. And that's giving 400% already. From transitional rockers like 'Wannamama' and 'Oh God,' Pop spreads his wings, relying on a production flare, which makes the record feel fresh and slick as well as charmingly hi-lo-fi. 'Never Never Love' shows that while he hasn't abandoned the dynamics of the Rock group he has also been steeping himself in contemporary R&B. Flamboyant, utterly self-confident, completely his own man and so uninterested in the back and forth of fashion that everything he makes is an instant classic, Pop Levi is in the building. Bow down and give thanks.
Counter
CD
$15.25

Preston, Joe & Daniel Menche
Cerberic Doxology (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Dualdisc. Anthem Records is pleased to present Cerberic Doxology, a single piece statement from Joe Preston and Daniel Menche, and an epic tome carved from some form of primordial stone. As an album containing a regular CD audio side in addition to a DVD audio/video side, this release breathes life musically and visually on three different planes of existence. Firstly, as a 25 minute audio recording, which is born of a vocal chant evocation from both Joe and Daniel, of which layers expand, contract, and weave within each other in an otherworldly, mysterious dronescape, in a way that feels like a moment of mystical/mythical creation akin to Gyorgy Ligeti's introduction to the monolith in the film 2001 (or Ash Williams' mispronunciation of the Necronomicon and its results, if you prefer). Secondly (on side 2 of this CD/DVD dualdisc), as DVD audio, specifically mastered for this intent, which enables the absolute full range of the recordings high and lows to be acutely present, and thus expanding an already head shrinking experience. And thirdly, as the DVD audio with a full-length video, culled from footage of the mysterious landscape of the Pacific Northwest, exhibiting its terrain, volcanic activity and atmospheric disturbances, from obscure locations throughout the region, in addition of footage of Sam Hill's Stonehenge memorial located in southeastern Washington State. Combined with the unusually forceful subtleties of the audio makes this an experience to behold a multitude of occasions, with different effect, depending on one's mind-frame. Cerberic Doxology is presented as a CD/DVD Dualdisc, packaged within a standard CD jewel case, with a large front sticker stating each artist's name and affiliation, along with a clear descriptor of the format's regular CD as well as DVD capabilities.
Anthem-0801
CD/DVD
$12.75

Pretty & Nice
Get Young (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Ten tracks of sharp-toothed, heavily armed, brashly anthemic pop songs without an aural snag to be found. "This Boston-via-Vermont foursome infuses thrill-crazed power pop with the mad-noisy, chimp-like energy of juvie-hardened teenage degenerates" - Boston Phoenix. "Energetic guitar rock that sounds like Gang Of Four and early Joe Jackson doing battle with a colossal Japanese robot. Insouciant, fidgety, and with pop chops to burn, P&N seem destined to leave a fresh welt on rock 'n' roll's well-scarred hide" - Seven Days.
HardlyArt
CD
$11.00

Quinn, Donovan & The 13th Month
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION, includes CD too.
SoftAbuse-028
LP
$13.75

Reed, Lou
Berlin OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US
Matador
CD
$13.25

Reed, Lou
Berlin OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
DLP
$20.00

Religious Knives
The Door (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Consisting of members of Double Leopoards, Mouthus, etc, RK has been an active 4-piece for a little more than a year now. They have presided over a pair of twelve-inches, a couple of collections of out of print singles, long gone burns & one full-length. Here they traced a path away from the clamour they once knew, bathing slight guitars, interlocking vocals & solemn basslines in reedy organs, recalcitrant modular synths & spare Kraut repetition. The seemingly tin eared would call it noise, but in these 8 hands such a set plays as anything but, instead a (cough) syrupy stroll in search of the ghosts of rock's classicist past.
EcstaticPeace
CD
$12.00

Richter, Max
24 Postcards in Full Colour (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
US, PS VINYL VERSION. Limited to 500.
FatCatRecords-1307
DLP
$12.25

Rig 1
Above The Tree Line West Of The Periodic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Rig 1 explores the sounds that are noticeably absent from hip-hop, sonic mud pots, guitars, Acieeed 303 late 80's gurgle, and layers of sound that toss Spaceman 3, Mercury Rev, Too Short, and Timothy Leary into one rolled up and lit up endeavor.
TeamLove
CD
$12.50

Riles, Zak
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Riles' (GRAILS) creative contributions to the group are immeasurable, & can be heard clearly on this self-titled debut solo outing. In fact, some of the pieces on this record have been reinterpreted into Grails favorites. On these rocky shores come crashing waves of Sandy Bull, Mogolar, Deuter, Popol Vuh, & the Ventures while Persian breeze drifts by wafting the melodies of Hossein Alizadeh.
Important
CD
$13.25

Risil
Non Meters Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Important
DLP
$23.25

Risil
Non Meters Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US A collective of musicians that are all connected to each other in some form or fashion. Their membership includes
Guillermo Herren (PREFUSE 73, SAVATH & SAVALAS), Zach Hill (HELLA), Tyondai Braxton (BATTLES), John McEntire (TORTOISE), Alejandra Deheza (SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS), & Eva Puyuelo Muns (SAVATH & SAVALAS)
Important
CD
$13.25

Rosebuds, The
Life Like (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
LP
$15.50

Rosebuds, The
Life Like (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US The fourth full-length from this Raleigh, NC band is a return to more organic territory, barely a year after releasing the synth-heavy dance pop of 2007's "Night Of The Furies". Guest appearances by Portastatic's Matthew McCaughan, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, and Ashley Stove's Jim Brantley. 180 gram LP comes with free MP3 download coupon.
Merge
CD
$14.00

Runaway
Brooklyn Club Jam (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Debut DFA release from Brooklyn-based duo comprised of minimal-techno auteur MARCOS CABRAL (Trapez) & disco gadabout JACQUES RENAULT (Editions Disco), w/ remix work under their collective belt for Moby & LCD Soundsystem. BRENNAN GREEN, a fixture behind the booming NYC disco scene, offers a can't-miss remix of the thumping, anthemic original.
DFA
12
$8.00

Schaeffer, Janek
Extended Play [Triptych for the child survivors of war and conflict] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US LIMITED EDITION 600. LINE is proud to release the latest audio work from British composer and installation artist Janek Schaefer based on his installation of the same title. Installation Reviews: "a piece to return to again and again... haunting and lulling" [The Wire, UK] "so inspirational, and in many ways very spiritual" [Gerry Turvey] "I was so deeply touched by your piece" [Mandeep Kaur Samra] Red is the colour of Life, of Death, and of Love. Scarlett, my first child, was born in 2005, and since then I have been very aware of how lucky we all are. have been constantly comparing this to the fact that my mother was born in Warsaw in 1942 - the epicenter of World War II. How opposite can two beginnings be? This inspired me to produce the Extended Play installation, which continuously and positively celebrates hope and new beginnings, for child survivors in all situations around the world. The original idea for the composition came from learning about the 'Jodoform' system of secret musical messages that were broadcast by the BBC Service, during music they played was given a particular meaning, which was interpreted by Polish Underground. Discovered from the original Jodoform logbook, that the lovely Polish folk song 'Tango Lyczakowskie', was broadcast on the day my mother was born. Song describes how children in 1918, had been forced to take up arms, in defense of their town. From this tune, chose a short rising musical phrase, and with my arranger Michael Jennings, developed a ten-minute score. Each of the three solo parts was then recorded separately, edited, and cut onto vinyl. In the gallery, 3 x Cello EP's, 3 x Piano EP's, and 3 x Violin EP's are played at either 33, 45, or 78rpm using nine retro record players. These play continuously, and each was modified to stop playing briefly in response to the audience moving around the exhibition. This has the effect of changing and extending the composition, so that it is never the same again.
Line-036
CD
$12.25

School of Seven Bells
Alpinisms (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Alpinism is an electronically enhanced pop record of dizzying highs & claustrophobic lows, whose painstaking conception shows in its detail-laden crevices. On the album's best tracks-the polyrhythmic dream-pop of "Face to Face in High Places," the nervous shimmer of "My Cabal," the menacing lilt of "Iamundernodisguise"-Curtis constructs layers of shoegazing, moire-patterned guitars, while Alejandra & Claudia Deheza intertwine their near-identical voices like the fingers of praying hands. Throughout, the whole heavenly affair is tethered to the ground with a glitchy, tribal thwomp. Technology collides with cryptic religious imagery and good, old-fashioned rock music.
GhostlyInternational
CD
$10.50

Skelton, Richard
Marking Time (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US A new beginning for Richard, which finds him at his most direct and intimate, slowly turning on relatively bare textures of bowed strings, piano & guitar. A meditation on loss & the passing of time, its measure of transcendence accumulates in instrumental passages that work like gestures drifting towards a sense of space both rich & real. The Wire writes: Richard's music "inhabits landscapes - both physical & emotional - etched with memory & loss"
Preservation
CD
$15.50

Slaraffenland
Sunshine EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US
HomeTapes
CD5
$8.25

Slomo
Bog (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US This hones the ritual clatter of their first album, 2005's The Creep, into a more cumbersome affair, ever heading downwards into the Northern Underworld upon slurries of unsignposted mung. Core duo Holy McGrail & Howard Marsden once again create a lumpy bed of bass-heavy synthesizer & guitar drones while Arch-drude Julian Cope provides a coda to the proceedings w/the recital of his poem Land, written especially for this album.
Important
CD
$13.25

Spinto Band
Moonwink (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US The Spinto Band interlace rich, textured guitars, unconventional orchestration, and multiple-part vocal harmonies into exciting new avenues of indie pop. The music is at once outlandish, kinetic, and luminous, while still restrained in a way that pays homage to the classic pop song, bringing to mind a contemporary coagulum of The Beatles, Berlin, and Bowie.
ParkTheVan
CD
$13.25

Spinto Band
Moonwink (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ParkTheVan
LP
$14.75

Starflyer 59
Dial M (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US New album!
Tooth&Nail
CD
$14.00

Stern, Marnie
This Is It And I Am It And You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Stern's second release is a pop record for an alternate dimension, where hooks and choruses are sent careening through a cracked kaleidoscope. It's also deeply personal compared to the conceptual leanings of her previous work. One of Venus magazine's "Greatest Female Guitarists Of All Time", Spring 2008 issue. Nominated for "Female Artist Of The Year" in the 2008 Plug Music Awards.
KillRockStars
CD
$13.25

Stern, Marnie
This Is It And I Am It And You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
KillRockStars
LP
$13.25

Submerged
Violence As First Nature (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH)
PS, US Violence as First Nature delivers brutal new tracks (Homicide Bomber, Consciousness) alongside the best of Submerged on 12" vinyl (including Servant, Corrupt Souls, Dirty Bomb and more). Features collaborations with and remixes from Bill Laswell, Technical Itch, Scorn, and more.
OhmResistance
CD
$12.25

Swarm
Still At War (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Philly's premier drum n' bass crew steps up to the plate with this double CD album and mix, combining hip hop, dancehall and old skool jungle influences into a melting pot of dynamic beats. Created by Mason, DStar, Trust, MC Armanni, and MC Sharpness, Gasm's Still at War is a powerful collection of urban anthems, Philly street-style. TRACKLIST: CD 1: ALBUM 1. Mason & Dstar feat. Mental Sharp - Still at War 2. Trust - Saving Grace 3. Mason & Noah D - The Product 4. Dstar - Roll Callz 5. Dstar - Just How Blind 6. Mason - Devil's Poem 7. Dstar - 2Rude! 8. Mason feat. Mental Sharp - Premise 9. Mason - Jump the Fuck Up 10. Dstar - Fist Extra Artillery 11. Trust feat. Mental Sharp - P.H.I.L.L.Y VIP 12. Mason feat. MC Sharpness - Runnin' It Proper 13. Noah D - Cool and Deadly CD2: MIX 1. Swarm - Intro 2. Mason & Dstar Feat. Mental Sharp - Still at War 3. Perpetuum - Fate of a Legend 4. Mason - Devil's Poem 5. Dstar - Evilution 6. Ixis - Smash to Bits 7. Dstar - Marshal Law 8. Mason - Rada 9. Dstar - 2Rude! 10. Mason & Dstar vs. Infiltrata & Focus - Burgandy 11. Mason feat. Mental Sharp - Premise 12. Dstar - Ya Sexy Gal 13. Mason - A&B 14. Dstar - 40K 15. Mason & Dstar vs. Infiltrata - Ricochet 16. Mason feat. Sharpness - Runnin' It Proper 17. Dstar - Fist (A Special Dedication) 18. Chino - Rush 19. Perpetuum - 10s 20. Mason & Dstar vs. Focus - The Big Shutdown 21. Mason & Noah D -The Product 22. Dstar - Just How Blind 23. Mason feat. Mental Sharp - Breakout 24. Mason - Jump the Fuck Up 25. Trust feat. Audio Angel - Only You 26. Noah D - Cool and Deadly 27. Trust feat. Audio Angel - Saving Grace 28. Dstar - Roll Callz
Gasm/OhmResistance-001
DCD
$13.75

Tallest Man On Earth, The
Shallow Grave (PRE-ORDER: DELAYED, SALEABLE TBA)
PS, SWEDEN Incredible new album, Pitchfork approved. If you thought the EP was great, just wait until this arrives. Folk album of the year? Price to be confirmed, it might be better, it won't be worse. PITCHFORK: "While it's understandable to be skeptical of another skinny dude with a mustache, a guitar, and a worn-out copy of The Anthology of American Folk Music, the more time you invest in Shallow Graves, the more you'll realize how unusually memorable it is. Ultimately, Shallow Graves transcends comparison-- which is saying an awful lot, given the popularity of its prototype-- and Matsson is a natural-born folksinger, earnest, clever, and comforting."
Gravitation
CD
$13.00

Technical Itch
You Need Therapy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPT. 9TH)
PS, US Technical Itch is the legendary drum n bass artist behind the worldwide phenomenon "THERAPY SESSIONS" club night. From London to Moscow to Philadelphia to Mexico City, Therapy Sessions is unrivaled for the sounds of the heaviest drum n bass music. Technical Itch is the godfather of the movement, with albums on Moving Shadow, and collaborations with Dieselboy, Dylan, Gein, and more. This mix is a stunning representation of the Technical Itch live set - 28 tracks packed into 80 minutes, masterful set programming with peaks, valleys, and change ups into rock and metal, highlighting the flexibility and integration of drum n bass into the musical landscape. Brutal, passionate, and perfect, this is at the level of the best mix output of Dieselboy.
OhmResistance-9M
CD
$13.00

These Are Powers
Terrific Seasons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Originally released in 2007, "Terrific Seasons" is THESE ARE POWERS' first full-length album. "Terrific Seasons" takes off with a punk-like ferocity, recalling the halcyon days of Silver Apples and Throbbing Gristle. It is a poly-rhythmic, frantic, unconventional work that finds THESE ARE POWERS utilizing border-line conventional song structures to harness their abstract sounds. From the urgency of opener "You Come With Nothing" to the anthemic croon of "Little Sisters of Beijing," the distant and sinister meditative sounds of "Drawing Water" and to the sprawling jams of "Pizza Master Ice Cream Palace," the band covers a tremendous amount of ground throughout their debut.
DeadOceans
CD
$11.50

These Are Powers
Taro Tarot (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US "Taro Tarot" is the finest document of THESE ARE POWERS' prowess to date. Following the departure of original drummer Ted McGrath, Chicagoan Bill Salas brings together the bands' musical ideas concisely and cohesively in just over 20 minutes. It is no easy feat, but on "Taro Tarot", These Are Powers demonstrate to the world the power they wield. The low end undercurrent emanating from Noecker's sub bass tones is like no sound you have ever heard from the four stringed instrument, while the tribal and primitive rhythm of "Chipping Ice" shows that while this band's music is known to be a heavy sonic excursion, you can also fucking dance to it. The frequency-analyzed sounds of "Cockles" are a thing of beauty, while "Twin Remains" shares a melodic sensibility with SST-era Sonic Youth. These Are Powers pack an eclectic infinity into these six tracks, channeling far-flung musical ideas with their undeniable intuitive sense into an epic, focused statement. Upon one listen to "Taro Tarot" you will realize These Are Powers have arrived.
DeadOceans
CD
$9.50

These Arms Are Snakes
Tail Swallower And Dove (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US TAAS move through ten songs with the cracked grace of bolted lightning, rolling and leveling, seeking a space to storm into. The result is more a coherent whole album than a cycle of individual songs. From the textural depth of the keyboards and guitar tones to the vocal delivery, the attention to detail is incredible. LP comes as pink vinyl and white vinyl with pink splatter, along with MP3 coupon for free digital download.
SuicideSqueeze
CD
$12.50

These Arms Are Snakes
Tail Swallower And Dove (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SuicideSqueeze
LP
$14.00

Various
Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US By 1967, East St. Louis, Illinois, once dubbed an "All American" city by the US Chamber Of Commerce, had become St. Louis, Missouri's evil twin. Unemployment, drug addiction & vicious gang activity put a dark & heavy lid on a bi-state area that once cooked-up world-changing talent by the likes of Chuck Berry, Josephine Baker & Miles Davis. But both cities still spawned heroes, and ALLEN MERRY was one of them. Already a living legend for his early work w/ Ray Charles & Ike Turner, Merry channeled his talent into teaching, forming the YOUNG DISCIPLES through the South End Community Center to keep kids off the streets, out of the gangs & into the studio, where young men & women spiraling downward could ride the spiral groove upward on Merry's own YODI, GATEWAY & MERRY labels. W/ nearly 80 local youths involved from both sides of the Mississippi, the YOUNG DISCIPLES (named after one of the area's most notorious gangs) encompassed solo acts, duos, male & female vocal groups, a massive horn section & a troupe of African dancers. Every sweat-drenched recording incl. here emerged from this grass-roots organization that changed, if not saved, lives. LP forthcoming
Numero
CD
$15.75

Wee Scary Beasties
Creepy Lullabies (2X7") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US BOO! The Beasties are back with a new collection of tunes that will help pull the cobwebs right out of your ears. But don't let the name fool you; Chicago's kiddie band crew more regularly known as the Wee Hairy Beasties follow up their 2006 Bloodshot Records debut album, "Animal Crackers," with a treat just in time for your Halloween sweet tooth. WEE SCARY BEASTIES-led by MEKONS JON LANGFORD and SALLY TIMMS with the incredible vocal prowess of KELLY HOGAN (Neko Case, Pine Valley Cosmonauts) and the mighty jug band talents of front porch old-timey blues band DEVIL IN A WOODPILE-have formed their own record label, WEE BEATZ, to bring you a second dose of kid-friendly tunes that adults will love too. WSB get in the holiday groove with the sweet and spooky "CREEPY LULLABIES," a double 7" that will haunt the dreams of both parents and kids alike. This adorably eerie two single set tells nighttime stories about lonely vampires, monsters busting a move, and a super-rocking punk jumper about a veggie-patch dweller named Pumpkinhead! Listeners beware: the closing lullaby and Wee Scary Ending will make the werewolves howl from miles away. There are songs with a spooky finger-popping flavor, fresh ghoul-filled harmonies, a secret special message to listeners and as always, Devil in a Woodpile's bright and bouncy instrumentationwashboard, slide guitar, thumping upright bass, clarinet and harmonica-percolates like the best Harman-Ising cartoon bug band that ever was.
WeeBeatz
45
$8.25

Week That Was, The
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH)
PS, US 2008 debut album from the British Electro Pop outfit, chiefly Field Music dude David Brewis' big brother, and featuring contributions from Field Music colleagues. Musically the record is an expansive tribute, paying direct (and indirect) homage to the wildly ambitious Linn Drum and Fairlight experiments of Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, and Tin Drum-era Japan. Fused with typically detailed arrangements and a sense of drama, this makes The Week That Was a brain-shattering, 32-minute epic, straying far outside the conventions of most indie-guitar music.
MemphisIndustries
CD
$15.25

Whisper in the Noise
Dry Land (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH)
PS, US Self described "orchestral garage rock'" band from Hanska, Minnesota give an extremely humble & personal touch to gorgeous, string-laden rock music. Pretty, melancholic, sad & charming. for fans of Low, Arcade Fire, Guided by Voices.
ExileOnMainstream-030
CD
$13.50

White Hinterland
Luniculaire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST)
PS, US Luniculaire. It sounds French, but it is in fact a word invented byWhite Hinterland, taking parts of French words "lunaire" (lunar) and "funiculaire" (funicular, as in railway) to form the title of their second release. This EP is a highly ambitious recording containing five songs all sung in French, and it expands upon the wide palette of musical ideas heard onWhite Hinterland's debut, Phylactery Factory. Featuring two original songs, plus covers of songs made famous by Serge Gainsbourg, Brigitte Fontaine and Françoise Hardy,White Hinterland feels right at home amid the musical tradition laid out by these legends. From the opening groove of "Requiem Pour Un Con," it is obvious thatWhite Hinterland is exploring a plethora of musical ideas on Luniculaire. The funky rhythms and scorching guitar of the Gainsbourg classic captures the spirit of the original, but it's Casey Dienel's vocals that make this so special. Hearing Dienel sing in French is a revelation - without the distraction of English words you hear what a powerful instrument her voice is.White Hinterland's "Chant de Grillon" explores a wider range of sonic textures, many created by the layered guitar work of Alexis Gideon, while the spooky and atmospheric "Mon Ami La Rose" (originally made popular by Hardy) is subtle and beautiful. The original version of "J'ai 26 Ans" was performed by Brigitte Fontaine with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and here Dienel plays the role of Fontaine while her band toys with flourishes of African rhythms and Eastern drones. Throughout Luniculaire, and especially on "J'ai 26 Ans" and "Requiem Pour Un Con,"Matt Meyer's percussion work is sublime - he layers an array of strange sounds and noises, while maintaining the heavy groove throughout. The EP's closer, "Lunirascible" has Dienel's voice at the center, and like Julie Tippetts, Elizabeth Fraser or contemporary ScottWalker, Dienel offers vocals meant not to deliver words, but simply tones, melody and texture. Like some groovy, strange and psychedelic artifact clamored about by crate-digging record collectors, Luniculaire is more than just an EP. It is a testament toWhite Hinterland's deep musical vision and a taste of the greatness to come.
DeadOceans-020
CD5
$7.50

Williams, Lucinda
Little Honey (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US New album.
LostHighway
CD
$15.75

Windy & Carl
Songs For the Broken Hearted (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Kranky
DLP
$15.00

Windy & Carl
Songs For the Broken Hearted (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Most everyone has experienced love as well as heartbreak. These 10 songs are interpretations of those emotions that run the gamut from pain, anger & longing, to warmth, admiration & joy. This fall, they will have been together for 19 yrs. And in these sounds you get a sense of what love encompasses, how there can be bliss in any oasis, & trouble in any paradise, the highs & the lows, the reality of time & depth of emotion that go into any relationship that has lasted so long.
Kranky
CD
$12.25

Women
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Now available from Jagjaguwar! Sometimes light & spacious, at other times eerie & dense w/ an ominous weight, this debut flirts w/ the noisy beauty of the Velvet Underground & effortlessly toys w/ the intricacy & playfulness of Deerhoof as crude percussion beats out a pulsing tattoo of clatter. Members have played & toured as part of Chad VanGaalen's band & 2 members moonlight w/ Absolutely Kosher artists Azeda Booth.
JagJaguwar
CD
$11.50

Women
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Now available from Jagjaguwar! Includes digital download codes.
Jagjaguwar
LP
$11.50

Yacht
Summer Song (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH)
PS, US Debut DFA release from Portland, OR-based artist(s) YACHT. Here we get the song "Summer Song," a love letter to tourmates LCD Soundsystem. Besides the single, this also feat. 2 brand new, previously unreleased trks - all acting as a preview of the 2009 forthcoming full-length 'See Mystery Lights' for DFA. As with all other DFA vinyl, you need this omprised of minimal-techno auteur MARCOS CABRAL (Trapez) & disco gadabout JACQUES RENAULT (Editions Disco), w/ remix work under their collective belt for Moby & LCD Soundsystem. BRENNAN GREEN, a fixture behind the booming NYC disco scene, offers a can't-miss remix of the thumping, anthemic original.
DFA
12
$8.00

Yo! Majesty
Futuristically Speaking (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US The Tampa, FL duo's debut full-length finds them partnered with a wide array of producers including Basement Jaxx, Sunship, Radio Clit, Dee Kline, CLP, Mercedes, and Hard Feelings UK. The end result is brutally honest southern party music that challenges you to confront your assumptions about daily life, hip-hop, and what it takes to make it every day and still have a good time.
Domino
CD
$12.50

Yo! Majesty
Futuristically Speaking (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$19.25

Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders

Big China & Little Trouble “Black Blood” CD5 $10.25

Black Devil Disco Club “Eight Oh Eight” CD $17.25

Boris “Smile” DLP $20.75

Boss Martians “Pressure in the SODO” CD $14.75

Broken Strings “S-T” LP $14.25

Bud Shank Quartet “The Pacific Jazz Years” CD $15.50

Burke, Dan/Thomas Dimuzio “Upcoming Events” CD $12.25

Dead Dog “S-T” LP $11.50

Drive-By Truckers “Brighter Than Creation's Dark” DLP $27.05

Escovedo, Alejandro “Real Animal” DLP $18.40

Gas “Nah Und Fern” CD-BOX $30.25

Girls “Lust For Life b/w Morninglight” 45 $4.75

Gunn, Steve “Sundowner” CD $11.00

Hair Police “The Certainty of Swarms” CD $12.25

Havana 3 A.M. “Havana 3 a.m.” CD $15.50

Hayman, Darren “Great British Holiday Songs EPs (CD+DVD)” CD/DVD $29.75

Henske, Judy & Jerry Yester “Farewell Aldebaran” CD $16.25

Hiawata! “Blacks On Blondes EP” CD5 $7.50

High Places “03/07-09/07” CD $11.50

Hood, Graham “Empty Pocket Blues: The Life & Music of Clive Palmer” BOOK $25.00

Horton, Robert & Tom Carter “Steeljaguar Rocket” CD $8.50

Hotpants Romance “It’s a Heatwave” CD $12.25

Le Peuplier De Simon “Cheers To The Seasons” CD $10.00

Left Banke, The “Too” LP $26.00

Meneguar “The In Hour” CD $12.00

Moondog “Viking of Sixth Avenue” CD $18.00

Moonsorrow “Tulimyrsky” CD5 $9.50

Mouse Rocket “Pretty Loud (LP/CD)” LP $12.00

Oddfellows Casino “The Absence of Birds” CD5 $15.00

Parsons, Gram “GP” LP $13.00

Shizuka “Live/Traditional Aesthetics” CD $19.25

Simmons, Jeff “Straight Years: Naked Angels/Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up” DCD $25.00

Sinthetix “Gateway” DCD $13.25

Strange Boys “Woe Is You And Me” 45 $4.25

Supersister “Present from Nancy” CD $19.00

Supersister “Pudding en Gisteren” CD $19.00

Supersister “Iskander” CD $19.00

Tan Or Boil “Seamstress in a Suitcase” CD $15.50

Vapnet “Plötsligt händer det inte” CD5 $4.25

Vapnet “Döda Fallet” CD $17.75

Parasol New Arrivals • September 30, 2008
Hey there, We’re going to keep it short and sweet today because this here update is crammed with goodies that will most definitely keep your brain stimulated. All right, let's get this party started, shall we? Highlights include: Wee, Apollo Sunshine, Real Tuesday Weld, Emaciator, Sun Araw and oh, so many more. Until then, Roy
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Parasol Mail Order Pick of the Week
	The Del Reys "Savage Instrumental" CD $13.00 (Ric-Tone) Trashy, instrumental-surf-garage-bigbeat-primitivism from Los Angeles trio The Del Reys, featuring Camp Burlesque mastermind Tony Marsico, Velvet Crush/Matthew Sweet drummer Ric Menck and guitarist Peter Phillips from Six Finger Satellite. Debut album features fuzz-slathered originals plus a couple Link Wray covers, a Mancini vamp and, duh, the Batman Theme. Think Wray, Ventures, Sonics, Dick Dale, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, etc.
Roy's Vinyl Pick of the Week
	Peter Bjorn And John "Seaside Rock" LP+download $20.50 (Almost Gold) Limited, vinyl-only (with download ticket, naturally) instrumental travelogue/sojourn from acclaimed Swedish trio, who explore Sweden's seashore via varied musical motif and spoken word (in various Svensk dialects). A "bonus release" falling between Writer's Block and before whatever the heck comes next!
Thrillsville: Parasol staff's weekly picks
Jim picks: The Replacements - Tim [remaster, expanded re-issue] CD Angie picks: Vivian Girls - Self-Titled CD Geoff picks: The Jesus & Mary Chain - Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities CD Box Roy picks: Peter Bjorn And John "Seaside Rock" LP+download $20.50 (Almost Gold)
New Releases Abe Vigoda/Mikaela's Fiend Split PS, US 2 high points of the West Coast all ages underground are joined on this release, the return of ZUM MEDIA's stellar vinyl team ups. ABE VIGODA have toured the US multiple times, earning accolades from all corners & spreading their hybridized tropical punk. Now that their debut on the PPM label is outta print, you might want to snag this now! MIKAELA'S FIEND have been wowing basements & youth centers since forming as teenagers in 2003. Pressing of 500 ZumMedia 45 $5.25 Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno Pink Lady Lemonade: You're From Outer Space PS, UK This really could be AMT's first 'summer album.' Unlike previous Cosmic Inferno albums this one doesn't reach in the red status often -- it's more out there, like they've gone back to their mountain retreat and taken too much mushroom tea perhaps. But when it does finally soar, Kawabata's guitar has never sounded so alive. The first AMT&TCI studio recordings since the addition of Pikachu, drummer and vocalist with Osaka grenade-girl duo Afrirampo. The popular AMT standard 'Pink Lady Lemonade' showcases a 21st century acid rock update on the '60s San Francisco psychedelic sound. On 'Pink Lady Lemonade - You're From Space,' the Cosmic Inferno crew give PLL a new lease of life and reinvent it as a trippy/chilled out monster. As it rolls on, they sing, adding new riffs and taking it to the stars and back. It's like hearing it for the first time all over again. RiotSeason CD $18.25 Ahmed, Ilyas The Vertigo of Dawn PS, US CD version of the limited edition LP. Packaged in a matching fabric textured, golden hued, mini lp style gatefold cover with black & blood red printing, plus insert & woven Japanese inner sleeve. TimeLag CD $13.50 All Girl Summer Fun Band Looking Into It PS, US A stunning NEW pop album filled w/the band's signature crunch-fuzz guitars & dead-on melodic sense. AGSFBMusic CD $13.75 Apache Beat Blood Thrills PS, US Bringing the same rugged post-rock swagger, AB refine their signature sound on this sophomore single. Stomping dirges of Nick Cave and the exacting delicacy of legendary Krautrock forbears Cluster. Intricate avant-rock made complete by assured, pinpoint guitarwork and serpentine synth lines. VERY LIMITED! SummerLovers 45 $6.00 Apollo Sunshine Shall Noise Upon PS, US A celebration of darkness & light, love & death, friends & lovers. Featuring members of Drug Rug, Tulsa and Viva Viva. PITCHFORK: "In the age of the mp3, you have to like a band that respects your attention span and ability to sit through a 38-minute album, giving you something that works as a whole beyond its considerable highlights. Apollo Sunshine does that on their third LP, turning out an eclectic and thoughtfully sequenced running order that runs the gamut from pastoral folk to distorted-everything blues-punk to Latin-tinged indie pop to orchestral interludes. It's indie rock that wants to be and is a dozen things at once, and the band members have the songs to make it work." HeadlessHeroes CD $14.25 Asunder Works will Come Undone PS, US A monument of crushing & moving artistic funeral-death doom. Massive, elegant, experimental, brimming with godsend epic heaviness, & captured on pure analog via legendary producer Billy Anderson (Neurosis, Melvins, Mr. Bungle, High On Fire) Kreation LP $16.00 Bang! Bang! Industry PS, US 5th release from Chicago band reminicent of CBGB's era Blondie mixed w/ CSS & the Raveonettes. The group returns w/ a reinvention of their signature sound & spits back w/ a heavier, sludgier vibe. Morphius CD $9.25 Barn Owl From Our Mouths A Perpetual Light PS, US Since first bearing witness to Barn Owl's mythically desolate amplifier alchemy last year, we've been rabid fans/fanatics. But like lots of badass bands, BO are a rolling stone, heavy on the transformation tip, and the BO of today is an altered beast from the one that folkily fingerpicked Bridge To The Clouds and their self-titled disc way back when. And in case we're not being clear: this is a beautiful thing. From Our Mouths A Perpetual Light burns with the sun-dead majesty of a Death Valley burial ground, all wasted waterless expanse and cracked earth smoke blowing in the dry wind. Heavy western drone revelations bleed into forlorn guitar drift, downcast percussion plods across the plain, a skull on its side lies in the sands. Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras have somehow flawlessly evolved Barn Owl into a blazing new universe, and From Our Mouths is the first mission statement from their new spectral/aesthetic outpost, a stunning and timeless eight-song suite of grim cinematic electricity. Tune in, drop dead, rot on. In swank matte jackets with 'four-armed demon warrior-yogi' artwork by the band. Edition of 435. NotNotFun LP $15.75 Belle And Sebastian Dear Catastrophe Waitress PS, US Repress! Double-LP in gatefold sleeve. RoughTrade DLP $26.00 Black Angels Doves PS, US Side A features the album version of Doves while Side B offers Doves in G Minor. LightInTheAttic 45 $6.25 Blau, Karl Nature's Got Away PS, US "Nature's Got Away" made it to tape fresh off of a tour in Spring 2007 where KARL BLAU traveled to Japan and performed with some of his biggest musical influences: namely Tori Kudo (Maher Shalal Hash Baz), Reiko Kudo, Nikaido Kazumi, the Moools, Tennis Coats, and Arrington DeDionyso (of K Records, Old Time Relijun). Written on the road and recorded at "home" at the beloved Dub Narcotic Studio by Karl Blau accompanied mainly by: Olympians-- Peter Dolan (Chin-Up Merryweather), and members of LAKE: Lindsay Shief, Eli Moore, Mark Morrison, Micah Davis-Wheeler, Andrew Dorsett, and Ashley Eriksson; with also Portland folks Nate Ashley and Greg Olin (Graves); and Seattle's Steve Moore (Earth, Sunn0)))))). Krecords-192 LP $10.25 Blau, Karl Nature's Got Away PS, US "Nature's Got Away" made it to tape fresh off of a tour in Spring 2007 where KARL BLAU traveled to Japan and performed with some of his biggest musical influences: namely Tori Kudo (Maher Shalal Hash Baz), Reiko Kudo, Nikaido Kazumi, the Moools, Tennis Coats, and Arrington DeDionyso (of K Records, Old Time Relijun). Written on the road and recorded at "home" at the beloved Dub Narcotic Studio by Karl Blau accompanied mainly by: Olympians-- Peter Dolan (Chin-Up Merryweather), and members of LAKE: Lindsay Shief, Eli Moore, Mark Morrison, Micah Davis-Wheeler, Andrew Dorsett, and Ashley Eriksson; with also Portland folks Nate Ashley and Greg Olin (Graves); and Seattle's Steve Moore (Earth, Sunn0)))))). Krecords-192 CD $11.50 Blitzen Trapper Furr PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Subpop LP $13.00 Blitzen Trapper Furr PS, US Furr is the fourth record by Portland sextet Blitzen Trapper and the follow-up to last year's highly acclaimed Wild Mountain Nation. Written in the gaps of the group's frenetic touring schedule and recorded mostly in a hoary old telegraph building close by the Willamette River, the new record refines and expands on the far-ranging yet distinctive songcraft that lies at the heart of Blitzen Trapper's unique appeal. Subpop CD $13.00 Boduf Songs How Shadows Chase the Balance PS, US This album is a further step away from the "folk" label, which never seemed all that appropriate to Mathew's work in any case. If you record solo w/ an acoustic guitar the description is somewhat inevitable. But the results might more rightly be construed as "acoustic death metal" considering the themes of death, alienation, fear, hatred & isolation that are his forte, as well as his affinity for gothic imagery. Kranky CD $12.25 Boy 8 Bit Suspense Is Killing Me PS, US This is the label run by Mr. Popularity DIPLO! 3 orig. trks, by BOY 8 BIT & a remix by NYC producer/DJ star DROP THE LIME. MadDecent 12 $7.50 Bridez Fake Blood Jacket PS, US Trash brat lo-fi fuzzed out noise pop brewings from California. "...Channels a range of muddy garage, early Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Royal Trux, Redd Kross and even bits of early Hole." -Heeb Magazine GiftedChildren CD $10.25 Brightblack Morning Light Motion To Rejoin PS, US Haunting, beautiful, and weird in equal doses, Brightblack's second album for Matador was recorded entirely under solar power. Deeper and heftier than their much loved 2006 self-titled LP, this record recalls musicians as diverse as Lee Perry, Bob Dylan, My Bloody Valentine, Neil Young, and Otis Redding, with sounds ranging from folk to gospel to experimental electronics. "Ethereal, lovely...a narcotic, blues-infused sound that recalls Mazzy Star and Morcheeba" - Rolling Stone. "Sounds like The Band in a coma" - Spin. Matador CD $13.25 Brightblack Morning Light Motion To Rejoin PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Matador LP $14.50 Broderick, Peter Home PS, US Unlike his previous piano & string-based recordings, this is a collection of folk songs based around layers of vocals & guitars. Hush CD $13.25 Budd, Harold/Clive Wright A Song For Lost Blossoms PS, US A new record of ambient melody and transcendental mood portals from minimalist/modernist master Harold Budd and friend guitarist/composer/producer Clive Wright. A Song For Lost Blossoms nicely builds on both artists' previous ambient work. A Song For Lost Blossoms was recorded live and in studio at different locations including the artists' homes, at REDCAT (Roy E. Disney Concert and Theater), Los Angeles, and Clive Wright's Desert Sky Studio, Joshua Tree, CA. These recordings represent the very best of Harold and Clive's work together over the period 2004 to 2006. Artist and friend Anna LaCazio reads her poem, "A Song for Lost Blossoms", the title track. Harold Budd is recognized as "The Godfather of Ambient Music". His works are the cornerstones of the modern minimal and ambient canon. Clive Wright is a founding member of the platinum selling pop/rock band Cock Robin and has worked as writer, producer and guitarist with Human Drama, Tears for Fears members, Montell Jordan, The Black Eyed Peas and Peter Gabriel. Budd and Wright met as residents of the beautiful and remote Southern California desert community of Joshua Tree. With only just a little imagination one can easily hear the influence of the Southern California desert environment; the sounds of its stark beauty, serene quiet and otherworldly presence. Cover art painting by Billy Al Bengston. Mastered by Eric Ryan, Ravenswork with similar EQ settings as Harold's classics The White Arcades and Lovely Thunder. Darla-198 CD $12.25 Burkett, Joshua Where's My Hat? PS, US A lucky few got to hear this little gem as the tiny self released cdr edition, but here's the real deal. An absolutely lovely album and surely Joshua's finest dose yet. Oozing with a perfectly warm lo-fi bedroom glow, and full of joshua's most direct & achingly melancholy song forms. The kind of record you'll want to spin again & again to soothe a busy mind. Packed in a mini lp style heavy artpaper gatefold cover with full color art, Japanese woven inner sleeve, etc. edition of 1000 copies. TimeLag CD $12.25 Bust #53 PS, US SARAH SILVERMAN on cover! Feature on funny girls Margaret Cho, Kristen Schaal & Silverman. Learn how to make your own jam & make your own cheese; girly bike rides; guitar goddess Marnie Stern; Sri Lankan travel tips; Michelle Obama drama; guide to green entertaining; fall fashion & more! ZINE $4.75 Cage, John Composition In Retrospect PS, US 2008 reprinting, originally published in 1993. Paperback, 184 pages. "Written in his characteristic 'mesostics' (linked lines of prose poetry), Composition In Retrospect is a statement of methodology in which John Cage examines the central issues of his work: indeterminacy, nonunderstanding, inconsistency, imitation, variable structure, contingency. Finished only shortly before his death in 1992, Composition In Retrospect completes the documentation of Cage's thought that began thirty years earlier with his classic collection Silence. Given Cage's vigilant attention to the present, the text can serve as an introduction and invitation to his work as much as a summary or conclusion. Also included in this volume (as Cage requested) is 'Themes and Variations,' a 1982 piece inspired by friends and heroes such as Jasper Johns, Buckminster Fuller, Marcel Duchamp, and Erik Satie. Together these two works make for a book that is both a testament to the artists Cage admired, and a clear statement of his own ars poetica." ExactChange BOOK $14.25 Casiotone For The Painfully Alone Town Topic PS, US The "Town Topic" EP is the soundtrack to video artist and photographer Laurel Nakadate's debut feature film, "Stay The Same Never Change." Laurel commissioned CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE'S Owen Ashworth to proved all of the music for "Stay The Same Never Change", right down to the character's ring tones. The "Town Topic" EP consists of thirteen short instrumental pieces, book-ended by tow vocal tracks that were recorded specifically for the film. This EP also collects tracks from two limited, vinyl-only EPs (the "Town Topic" 7", released by OIB Records in Brighton, England, and STSNC Instrumentals 7", released by People In A Position To Know Recordings, Inc. in Olympia, WA), plus one bonus track, the previously unreleased "Lesley Gore on the Tami Show (instrumental)." Tomlab-122 CD5 $7.50 Celestial Crystal Heights PS, SWEDEN "You never dream about tomorrows, you only you only dream about yesterdays. There and back again, there and back again..." This is the anticipated second album from Celestial, the work of Swede Andreas Hagman. The album is filled with beautiful pieces of dreamy pop, jangly guitars, ace melodies and vocals from heaven. We believe this release will be loved by those who appreciate the essence of Creation and Sarah Records, Swedish pop, The Field Mice, Ride, Trembling Blue Stars, My Favorite, Language of Flowers and Camera Obscura. The wonderful vocals on the recordings belong to Malin Dahlberg (Douglas Heart, Laurel Music, We Are Soldiers We Have Guns) and Ulrika Nymark (Northern Fields). While first album "Dream On" draw resemblance to C86, JAMC or a sun kissed Ride the new album shows a band changing towards a slightly cleaner sound-scape still cherishing their old 7" singles. MusicIsMyGirlfriend-016 CD $12.25 Chairlift Does You Inspire You PS, US That twee-sweet little electro-pop song in Apple's new iPod commercials (for the Nano-Chromatic) is Chairlift's "Bruises". Order up! While the trio frequently shares the live stage w/groups like Yeasayer & MGMT, their sound is wholly unique to the scene, but still kind comparisons to Sweden's The Knife abound. Fronted by Caroline Polachek, whose soulful vocals bring to mind both Kate Bush & Chan Marshall, the band artfully fuses whimsical electro-pop w/folk & tasteful psychedelic imagery. Kanine CD $11.00 Che Sounds of Liberation PS, US VINYL REPRESS! Soulful syncopated rhythms of sun drenched high desert weirdness... sounds skither from behind the bleached stucco & crumbling cinderblocks to crawl across the parched asphalt of your mind. The debut release of this great Desert Rock supergroup feat. DAVE DINSMORE (UNIDA) on bass, ALFREDO HERNANDEZ (KYUSS) on drums & BRANT BJORK (FU MANCHU, KYUSS) on guitar & vocals. Was originally released on the late, great Man's Ruin label way back when. LowDesertPunk LP $12.50 Chop Chop Screens PS, US Catherine Cavanagh will tell you that her reasons for making a new album are personal and will firmly deny that the new songs are a "response" to Christina Aguilera's latest two-disc statement. Catherine is Chop Chop's singer, songwriter and [instrument-player]. She got help on this album from a few drunk, wayward Boston musicians she lured into her attic studio for an occasional session. Catherine's band mates are Chris Cupcake who plays bass, Carlos Cola XXII on drums, and CC Moniker on guitar. "Screens" is the name of Chop Chop's new album. Like its predecessor, the songs combine pop, rock, and electronica, with influences ranging from the 1930s to the Bee Gees to Run DMC. This time around, quaintly analog instruments like the French horn, a keymonica, and a toy Zylophone have been tossed into the mix alongside cranky, craggy digital synthesizers and electric guitars. Screens will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you dance, it will haunt you and mysteriously force its way to the beginning of your iPod shuffle queue. Archenemy-34 CD $12.25 Christmas Decorations Far Flung Hum PS, US The third album finds the group again broadening the palette used in their unique take on modern experimental electronic music. The sound is both warmly present & otherworldly, think early Zoviet France or maybe Asmus Teichens remixing a Finnish folk collective. Acoustic banjo & pump organ drones meld w/ pedal-processed ethnic percussion, subtly treated guitar washes, & pointillistic analog synthesis, to create deep compositions that chart unexpected terrain & reveal new layers upon each listen. Wodger LP $18.25 Chunklet #20 PS, US CHUNKLET is back in 2008! Issue 20 of the reviled yet loved mag & this is easily the best to date. Feat. interviews w/ comedians ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, PAUL F. TOMPKINS & JON GLASER. Also has extensive articles on a Rock Journalist Application Form, Drug Use, Rockopoly (Chunklet's answer to Monopoly), Whirlyball (with quotes and photos of Death Cab for Cutie, Arcade Fire, The Shins, Mogwai, The Black Lips and countless others), Subliminal Frequencies (a label with Sun City Girls connections) and countless, countless other articles! All original content. No reviews. No interviews w/ boring musicians. ZINE $10.00 Cloudland Canyon/Mythical Beast Harvest Hunt PS, US This fair pairing has been in the wings for a few years now by our count, but tripped things come to those who wait, so better late-as-shit than never. Cloudland Canyon have been spanning geographies (Brooklyn, Germany, Memphis) and genres (Krautrock, drone, psych-pop) since at least 2002, but only recently has their technological studio-sorcery began to gather steam and affect the more far-flung populations (powered in no small part by their partnership with Kranky Records). Anyone who's gotten lost in CC's latest, Lie In Light, knows this duo is currently at the pinnacle of their potency, and their offering here ('Harvest Hunt') is a fantastic mechanical motorik ascent into symphonic hypnosis. Comparisons to classic Teutonic psych outfits of yesteryear are warranted but inadequate: this is music of today, for tomorrow. On the flip, beloved Not Not Fun in-laws Mythical Beast return to the vinyl spotlight with two luminous soul meditations conjured during the past winter's grey maze of days. Both ballads burn with Corinne's voice-for-the-voiceless defiance, wind-draped and incensed by Jeremiah and Aaron's subtle electric string energies. Naked music for open spaces, empty skies, endless nights. High-audio 45 RPM LPs (NNF's first!) in matte-jackets with cloud-skull artwork by Blackblack beauty Diva Dompe. Edition of 415. NotNotFun 12 $13.75 Cold War Kids Loyalty to Loyalty PS, US Second release by Cold War Kids following the success of their acclaimed album "Robbers and Cowards". Downtown CD $15.25 Cope, Julian Copeulation PS, UK "Issued for the first time as a DVD collection, the videos of Julian Cope and Teardrop Explodes display some seminal moments of genius and English pop/rock history. This collection tracks ten years in the life of Julian Cope, through times when he burnt out, rose again, burnt out, and then rose again -- showing why he got the epithet 'flawed genius.' Beginning with his work as part of legendary UK rock band The Teardrop Explodes and continuing onto his highly successful solo career -- the DVD charts the extraordinary musical and personal journey that Cope experienced during the period. Many believe that he was a weirdo pretending to be normal -- but the theory of a normal guy pretending to be sub-normal and displaying genius is more than borne out by the contents of this DVD. These are the complete works of an enigma." Running time: 60 mins. 5.1 Surround Sound, NTSC format, Region-free. CherryRed DVD $18.75 Co-Pilgrim Pucker Up Buttercup PS, AUSTRALIA Sparkling & beautiful down beat pop gem from British troubadour Mike Gale. Co-Pilgrim was started in August of 2005 by Mike Gale following the demise of his former band Black Nielson. 'Pucker Up Buttercup was released on Low Transit Industries across Australia in March of 2007. The album received glowing reviews and substantial airplay. Gale had been toying with the idea of adding a female vocalist/guitarist for a while so when he met Alysia Manceau at one of her former bands shows in Melbourne he decided to ask if she'd be interested in joining Co-Pilgrim. Alysia Manceau is a self taught musician who began playing guitar at the age of five. After Studying film and television at RMIT in Melbourne she realised that her true passion in life was music. Writing and performing locally in Melbourne since 2000 as a solo artist, Her formidable underground reputation as one of Melbournes most unique singers and guitarists led to her becoming a founding member in Alternative Country/Rock and Roll band Ned And The Meds. Luckily for Gale, Manceau agreed to take up his offer of joining Co-Pilgrim formally and the two have been working together since, indeed, such was the pairs belief in their new found unison that Gale moved into Manceau's sharehouse in order to live and breath together with the music they create, which is a beautiful blend of folk and country, with emphasis on space and harmonies. The newly strengthened Co-Pilgrim have been performing frequently around Melbourne for the past six months as well as recording a demo CD of future single and album material. LowTransitIndustries-039 CD $13.50 Cotton Jones Basket Ride The River Strumming PS, US COTTON JONES BASKET RIDE is the new band fronted by singer-songwriter Michael Nau (former frontman of PAGE FRANCE). "The River Strumming" is a delightful slab of fuzzed-out dream folk that thumps with a musical heartbeat in a manner not dissimilar to that of forward thinking modern-day shamen like Will Hart and Brightblack Morning Light. This album completed itself, so to speak, forming in pieces over a six month span while the band was working on its debut full-length "Paranoid Cocoon" (to be released in late 2008). Nau and company initially set out to make a cohesive record, and made just the opposite. Some songs were recorded on one machine in December, finished on another machine in March, destroyed in April, then attached to another song in May. Likewise, it fits so well with the sort of records that ST. IVES is in love with releasing - the three-legged dogs of the world, the records that don't quite fit elsewhere, barely even within an artist's own body of work. "The River Strumming" is limited to 300 vinyl copies in hand-made packaging - each LP hand-wrought (as all St. Ives releases are) by the band itself - and is not expected to remain in stock long. St.Ives-19 LP $11.50 Culteral Amnesia Press My Hungry Button PS, GERMANY "A selection of the best work of Cultural Amnesia spanning 1980-1983. Includes remastered tracks from their three released cassette albums and from compilations. Nearly half the tracks are previously unreleased, including pieces from two unfinished late albums that the band consider amongst their strongest songs." VinylOnDemand-045 DLP $32.50 Danielson Famile Tri-Danielson!!! (Alpha/Omega) PS, US September marks the beginning of a season in which we look back upon and celebrate some of our favorite DANIELSON titles from a rich back catalog that has spanned over a decade. This epic journey of retrospection begins with the vinyl reissues of "Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block" and "Fetch The Compass Kids" (both being released on SECRETLY CANADIAN) and "Tri-Danielson!!! (Alpha/Omega)" (being released on SOUNDS FAMILYRE). In addition to being back in print for the first time since 2001, these reissues have some unique attributes such as: "Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block" is now available as a 2x12" LP format (as opposed to the 2x10" format in which it debuted) and includes 4 bonus songs from a live WFMU session from 1996. "Tri Danielson!!! (Alpha/Omega)" has been partially remixed and fully remastered and makes its vinyl return dressed up in a brilliant new gatefold jacket along with a very special bonus track. Remember this is just the kick off of a busy season for Danielson, so stay tuned. SoundsFamilyre-01 DLP $14.25 Danielson Famile Fetch the Compass Kids PS, US SecretlyCanadian-045 LP $11.50 Danielson Famile Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block PS, US SecretlyCanadian-042 DLP $14.25 Dead Confederate Wrecking Ball PS,US THE ONION AV CLUB: "Dead Confederate's Wrecking Ball sounds like Bleach-era Nirvana covering My Morning Jacket. (That's a good thing.) The Georgia band stirred up some buzz in January with its self-titled EP, a strained, aching redefinition of roots-rock that hinted at something bigger and better. Consider Wrecking Ball the fulfillment of that promise: Howling with impassioned anger about various bleak, gloomy subjects, Hardy Morris masters a musical tension that's reminiscent of Kurt Cobain (especially on the pounding "Goner" and frantic "Start Me Laughing"), with undeniably catchy riffs surging through his band's noise. And while the psychedelic, echoing alt-country guitar should appeal to early MMJ fans, Dead Confederate is considerably more baleful and abrasive... Dead Confederate's alt-country/grunge hybrid doesn't just feel like a compelling debut, it feels like a compelling new genre." Razor&Tie CD $12.25 Death In June The World That Summer 1986-2006 PS, UK Available separately for the first time are the six bonus songs from The World That Summer, re-recorded in 1989 and 2006. These tracks were last seen for a few short weeks in 2006 as the second disc in the 2CD stone box edition of the 20th Anniversary Edition of The World That Summer. This edition is presented in a simple but elegantly finished cardboard sleeve. Ner CD $11.25 Del Reys, The Savage Instrumental PS, US Surf, garage and big beat instrumental waycoolery featuring Ric Menck! The California Del Reys Of The San Fernando Valley, or simply The Del Reys, as they're known to fans, formed in 2005 over a mutual love for rockin' instrumental music. They have been labeled a "surf group" by the media, but don't strictly adhere to a reverb-drenched, tidal wave of sound. Instead, the Del Reys include elements of fuzz, garage rock, heavy British blues, 50's rock & roll, and even country & western into their eclectic approach. The band consists of Tony Marsico (Cruzados, Matthew Sweet, Martini Kings), Ric Menck (Velvet Crush, Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs), and Pete Phillips (Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, Six Finger Satellite). Their debut album was recorded on a cheap 2 track recorder because they wanted to achieve a "trashy, primitive" sound similar to their biggest idols, Link Wray & the Wray Men. The Del Reys are intent on a basic, no frills approach that rocks hard, but they also have a romantic side. Ric-Tone CD $14.00 Dora Flood Dream Out Your Window PS, US New album from West Coast psych-dream-shoegazers. Over the course of their 6 lps and 1 ep, the band dora flood has produced some of the most notable shoegazing dream-pop to come out of the United States. Their brand new effort, Dream out Your Window, is perhaps the band's most enchanting album distilling years of psychedelic rock and dreamy, melodic pop into an aural elixir so potent, it is sure to leave you on Cloud 9. With praise coming from discerning music magazines like Big Takeover, Skyscraper, Losing Today and Ptolemaic Terrascope, it is no wonder that audiences leave their shows feeling that they witnessed something of a secret, psychedelic phenomenon. These live close encounters, as well as their classic studio work, leave listeners with bold memories of pounding grooves, lush orchestration, and melodies so timeless that they take up residence in the heads of those fortunate enough to cross their path. Self-Released CD $13.00 Dungen 4 (ON SALE) PS, US Extends the acclaimed Swedish outfit's sound past psychedelia into something far more rare. Moving beyond mere stylistic concerns, this finds Gustav Ejstes' focus on the extremes of their sound separating into two entities. Blazing, raw guitar workouts have their own time & place, but now, so do strirringly orchestrated, jazz-cooled compositions w/cinematic undertones. Kemado CD $12.25 Earth The Bees Made Honey In the Lion's Skull PS, US VINYL VERSION. Special 180 gram, ultra-deluxe vinyl version. LIMITED TO 5000! SouthernLord DLP $20.00 Elephant Micah Hindu Windmills PS, US Digital version of the out of print LP. As far as we're concerned Elephant Micah should have been a household name for years now. Stripped of all superfluous sound, and presented with the sort of stark realness that creates a deeply psychedelic mood without being in the least bit overt. Recorded direct to hand held cassette recorder using only acoustic guitar and vocals, with just sparse backing from a little percussion, cello, electric piano and double-tracked vocals, the gauzy overdubs of past releases have all but vanished here. At the same time the lyrical depth & intimacy have easily doubled, creating some of the most affecting country-tinged melancholy you will ever lay ears on. Heavy mini-lp-style craft paper gatefold cover with elusive, ghostly two color offset printing, plus a double sided fold out insert & woven Japanese inner sleeves. TimeLag CD $12.00 Emaciator Coveting PS, US Misery wears many masks, but Tulare, California fatalist Jon Borges has etched his mark on most of them. For at least half a decade, he's pursued increasingly suicidal tendencies under his Pedestrian Deposit guise (which is currently on hiatus), splicing subdued loops of morbid beauty against savage canyons of harsh noise histrionics. Lately, though, he's been straying more and more from this aggressive exercise in contrasts in favor of his Emaciator alias, which draws from the same dark wellspring of bitter memories and bipolar rage but, instead of unleashing it in grand frenzies, bottles everything up inside until it seeps out of the pores. Early efforts/cassettes retained a strain of buzzing nausea reminiscent of his PD days, but the last 12 months have witnessed a complete abandonment of any ties to the past. Times are still bleak, sure, but the grey prisms of brooding ambience Borges now conjures and slowly collapses convey a depth of mood and subtlety far surpassing simple signifiers like indifference, resentment, or remorse. Coveting collects together five exquisite Emaciator compositions (including two particularly riveting songs that were debuted live at Echo Curio) for a harrowing 40 minutes of troubled solace, crisscrossing suicide guitar lines, and entranced self-reflection. Meditation is a myth; desire does not sleep. Black vinyl LPs in shrinkwrapped jackets with photography and layout by Borges. Mastered by Pete Swanson, edition of 430 NotNotFun LP $15.75 Ewers, Suki Kind of Hazy PS, UK Former member of Opal and Mazzy Star. After performing for several years with Anemone, a band once touted as the missing link in the country music/dream pop connection, Suki spent the last couple of years in the studio working with Joe Kennedy on a set of nine songs. These were eventually sent off to be mixed & masterd by Kramer. The result is hazy, bittersweet pop in the vein of Galaxie 500 & Felt. The songs are at once dreamy & enigmatic yet immediately accessible. Suki manages to evoke much of the same delicately pretty gloominess as Opal while adding her own serenely melodic warmth. "A female-fronted The Clientele with a slightly more American brand of melancholy." -Filter Magazine. MindExpansion-2020 CD $13.00 Fitt Hawk Eye PS, US The Fitt out of Pittsburgh, PA have released their second EP and it is as powerful as a train derailment. 6 songs brutally smashed onto and into this 7". All of them grinding, crushing, and churning like a tornado of rock n roll. Pat's gravely voice keeps grating like an axe on a grinding wheel. The Fitt have only gotten heavier, a mix of punk, rock, with a huge hint of Fudge Tunnel noise. This ep comes with a download card for the six songs from Fizzkicks.com BigNeck 45 $5.50 Flaherty, Paul Aria Nativa PS, US "Aria Nativa" is more than PAUL FLAHERTY'S third solo saxophone album; it merges rhapsodic avant garde music, patriotic dream verse, and mortality into a frighteningly pure work of audio, visual and literary sledge. Recorded during a pair of 2007 performances, its four pieces capture lifeblood in stunning detail from foot stomps to gut hollers and crowd roars as Flaherty's free power blues dips into the well of wretchedness and raises with fists of mirth. It's the sorta record that splays naked the artist for all: equal parts wise ass and universal vision. From his early 1970s woodshedding through a dozen plus albums each with drum buddies Randall Colburne and Chris Corsano, and collaborators Bill Nace, Wally Shoup and Sunburned Man of the Hand, Flaherty remains a total wildcat - on and off the alto/tenor horns. For this LP his massive tonal craft is equally matched by Ken Hill's gorgeous cover shot of a snow blown grave and "No More America" - Ken DelPonte's epic poem that spans nearly five decades and fills the back jacket, framing the atmosphere the music was recorded under. Each 500 copies contain a download coupon for MP3 version of the album that includes a bonus track of "No More America" read by the author. FamilyVineyard-57 LP $12.50 Fotheringay Fotheringay 2 PS, UK This is what would have been -- and now IS -- the second release for UK folk-rock legends Fotheringay, including all members Sandy Denny, Pat Donaldson, Trevor Lucas, Gerry Conway, and Jerry Donahue. These are the original recordings from 1970. Fotheringay remain one of the great might-have-beens of British music. They lasted less than a year, and released just one album, but their disappearance robbed the early '70s scene of a group of musicians capable of taking folk-rock to new heights of subtlety and musicianship. Now, the nine songs on that debut album; assumed for almost four decades to be their sole testament, are joined by the eleven that would have constituted a follow-up. Sadly, they broke up during the recording sessions for their second album. Incredibly, all the tapes survived in various record company archives. Thirty-eight years later, the surviving members of the group have mixed all the material to finally complete this remarkable album. When originally released, the debut album went straight into the Top Twenty in both Melody Maker and NME, and is now an acknowledged classic recording of British folk-rock. It is very, very rare that musicians get the chance to complete a project begun 38 years earlier. The second Fotheringay album has been eagerly awaited by all fans of Sandy Denny, British folk-rock, and by pretty much everyone in general. Fledg'ling CD $16.25 Frazier Chorus Sue PS, UK Frazier Chorus hailed from Brighton and consisted of Tim Freeman, Michelle Allardyce, Kate Holmes and Chris Taplin (Holmes is now one half of electro/pop outfit Client along with ex-Dubstar singer Sarah Blackwood). Their finest hour, "Sue" is now expanded with all of the accompanying b-sides from the singles Sloppy Heart, Dream Kitchen and Typical! The release also includes their unique take on the Sex Pistols anthem Anarchy In The UK, along with Spoonhead, which is available for the first time on CD, plus extended mixes of Dream Kitchen, Typical!, and Forty Winks. The accompanying booklet includes lyrics to all of the songs, along with new liner notes from singer/songwriter Tim Freeman. Freeman is the brother of acclaimed comedy actor Martin Freeman, whose character Tim in The Office was based on his sibling a fact of which he is actually quite proud! TRACKS: 1. DREAM KITCHEN 2. STORM 3. FORTY WINKS 4. HA HA HAPPINESS 5. SLOPPY HEART 6. LIVING ROOM 7. SUGAR HIGH 8. FORGETFUL 9. TYPICAL 10. SKI HEAD 11. LITTLE CHEF 12. ANARCHY IN THE UK 13. STRING 14. BORN WITH A HEADACHE 15. DOWN 16. SPOON HEAD BONUS TRACKS:::::: 17. DREAM KITCHEN EXTENDED MIX 18. TYPICAL EXTENDED MIX 19. FORTY WINKS EXTENDED MIX CherryRed-371 CD $14.25 Friendly Fires S-T PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! XL LP $13.00 Friendly Fires S-T PS, US One of the most exciting bands from the UK. Last year's super limited 7-inch "Paris" was judged the single of the week in both the NME and The Guardian for its deft combination of clattering percussion and a blissed out, hum along hook. Other songs on this release contain driving punk funk grooves with unstoppable pop melodies, joyous vocals, wonky waltz-like rhythms, and My Bloody Valentine atmospherics. It's all the more impressive when you consider the band recorded this entirely themselves on a laptop. XL CD $12.00 Fuck Buttons Colours Move PS, US This is the second single to be released from Fuck Buttons' highly-acclaimed Street Horrrsing. "Sweet Love For Planet Earth" is remixed by Andrew Weatherall, a respected DJ/record producer who first came to prominence through his remixes of The Happy Mondays, New Order, My Bloody Valentine, etc., in the early '90s. He is also a self-proclaimed Fuck Buttons fan: "Like listening to Fripp and Eno in 1973 through a pair of massive speakers that have been slashed with a carving knife." ATP 12 $8.75 Gasman Superlife PS, US 9th album from this Portsmouth, UK, musician/producer. This album is full of beatless, electronic lullabies & other moments where majestic synth notes are paired w/ '90s trance. Another winner from the GASMAN's trademark "Gaylord" sound. PlanetMu CD $16.00 Genghis Tron Board Up the House Remixes Vol. 1 PS, US The inaugural album in the ambitious "Board Up The House Remixes" SERIES opens with ZOMBI'S Steve Moore expanding the very beginning of "Board Up The House" into a sprawling European film noir soundtrack; Jesu's Justin K Broadrick takes the schizophrenic grind of "Colony Collapse" and transforms it into a dirty booty-bass track just screaming for a Missy Elliott hook; Rob Crow incidentally pioneers Mariachi-core by adding some Spanish guitar and festive vocals to "Things Don't Look Good"; and Eluvium reimagines the 10-minute closer "Ergot" as an outer space funeral dirge for the 24th Century. Packaged in a jacket featuring "remixed" album art by Jon Beasley, this pressing is a limited edition of 1,000 copies on a special colored vinyl that corresponds to the artwork. Future volumes in this series will be released by Lovepump United, Anticon, Crucial Blast and Relapse Records. TemporaryResidenceLtd.-142 12 $11.50 Golden Smog Stay Golden, Smog PS, US First-ever compilation from the alt-rock supergroup - boasing members from SOUL ASYLUM, THE JAYHAWKS, WILCO, UNCLE TUPELO & THE REPLACEMENTS. Features 16 seminal classics & two previously-unissued tracks. Rhino CD $16.25 Grubbs, David Optimist Notes The Dusk PS, US "A step into the void" is how Grubbs (GASTR DEL SOL) describes his first solo album since 2004. Here Grubb's presents five longish songs & one eleven-minute instrumental floor rumbler, and the album can't be said to fall in either a pop or experimental genre. Much like Gastr Del Sol's recordings, arrangements take their own sweet, otherworldly time to unfold, and you're likely to discover that the undertow is stronger than you reckoned & that you wind up a disorienting distance from where you began. DragCity CD $13.25 Grubbs, David Optimist Notes The Dusk PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DragCity LP $14.75 Hayes, Gemma Hollow Of Morning PS, US Co-produced by long-time cohort & collaborator David Odlum, who worked w/Gemma on her Mercury-nominated debut, "Night on My Side," this is a ten-track filigree of melody & subtle harmonic rhythms. It's a sparkling album awash w/melody & poignant turns of phrase. An independent flare shot into the night sky that is both searching & illuminating. Guests include KEVIN SHIELDS (MBV) & PAUL NOONAN (BELL XI). SecondMotion CD $14.50 Herrman, Bernard Aldous Huxley's Brave New World PS, UK Published in 1932, some 17 years before George Orwell's equally dystopian 1984, Brave New World was prompted by Aldous Huxley¹s visit to the United States and his shock at the all-embracing commercialization he encountered. Set in the 26th century, the book depicts a world in which the masses are socially engineered and subconsciously indoctrinated for their roles in society, and kept docile and content by a combination of drugs (Soma), promiscuous sex, synthesized Muzak and mindless entertainment (the Feelies). Solitary pursuits such as reading are discouraged in favor of group activities, while the nuclear family has been replaced by the Hatcheries and Conditioning Centres that control every aspect of the period between artificial conception and childhood. This extraordinary musical radio production of Huxley¹s masterpiece attracted a suitably stellar cast of performers including the author himself in the role of narrator and the great film composer Bernard Hermann. A titan of cinema now remembered for such undisputed masterpieces as Citizen Kane, Psycho and Taxi Driver. Here, his palette was necessarily constrained by budgetary considerations, but he nevertheless deployed his slender resources - organ and percussion instruments - with typical ingenuity. In the first part of the programme we hear eight cues of Bernard Herrmann¹s original score followed by the original radio production in it¹s entirety with Herrmann¹s music as broadcast by the CBS Radio Workshop in January and February. TRACKS: 1-9: Brave New World Original Score Composed and Conducted by Bernard Herrmann 10: Brave New World - Part One Narrated by Aldous Huxley Original Score Composed and Conducted by Bernard Herrmann 11: Brave New World - Part Two Narrated by Aldous Huxley Original Score Composed and Conducted by Bernard Herrmann El-154 CD $14.25 High Places S-T PS, US The debut album following on the heels of their singles CD collection on Thrill Jockey Recs, which was highlighted as 'Best New Music' by PITCHFORK. HIGH PLACES is MARY PEARSON & ROB BARBER. The duo has an "exquisite corpse" style of songwriting where they exchange ideas back & forth, challenging one another's expectations, pushing songs to new places, or more aptly, new heights. They gravitate toward the organic over the electronic, and that natural aesthetic adds warmth & intimacy to the recordings. Huge press buzz from New York Times, Tokion, Fader, Plan B, Tiny Mix Tapes, Stereogum, Paste, Venus, etc. Both the CD & LP versions are presented in old-style tip-on gatefold jackets ThrillJockey CD $14.00 High Places S-T PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! ThrillJockey LP $13.25 Howling Hex Earth Junk PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DragCity LP $14.75 Howling Hex Earth Junk PS, US All-new, all-different record. An electric country-pop hoedown for small ensemble (featuring circus organ), as minimal & repetitive as all rock & roll while creating a bit of curiosity and perplexity, Howling Hex are convinced that they owe the audience something of value for their money - Earth Junk! This album is a ramble in the dappled sunlight of the American southwest, twisted metallic folk-art in the ever-changing breeze, an offering to all nations. DragCity CD $13.25 I Heart Lung Interoceans PS, US On 'Interoceans", I HEART LUNG blends first-take methods with Oblique Strategies: carefully composed, meticulously recorded pieces rooted in improvisation, revised and augmented over time. The results are a compelling vision of chaos and beauty as Chris Schlarb's electric guitar drones and Tom Steck's free-jazz drumming hold and flutter with shimmering acoustic guitars, soaring pedal steel and beautifully captured field recordings. When Kris Tiner's trumpet follows Nels Cline's electric sitar three minutes into "Interoceans II," it's like Don Cherry's loving spirit doting on universal music drones. AsthmaticKitty-408 CD $11.50 Jesus & Mary Chain, The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities PS, US 4 x CD boxset, 80 tracks total, made of awesome. Rhino CD-BOX $61.00 Kalinich, Stephen John A World Of Peace Must Come PS, US Long lost psych poetry album by legendary Beach Boys song-writer, and co-produced by Brian Wilson at his home in 1969. Deluxe booklet features liner notes by Beach Boys archivist Alan Boyd, unseen photos, archival material, and full lyrics. LightInTheAttic-039 CD $14.75 Kidnappers Ransom Notes & Telephone Calls PS, US Reissue of this 2003 LP by these German folks. FDH LP $11.25 Kiss The Anus of A Black Cat Nebulous Dreams PS, US Minimalist instrumentation & hypnotic ultra-dramatic vocals are wrapped in equal parts doom-ridden heresy, while the percussion is stripped down of hazy emotions & stretched into a pure vessel of magical strength. A divine doom folk/rock cloud that shares apocalyptic interests w/such visionaries as Current 93, Woven Hand, Richard Youngs & Comus. Conspiracy CD $16.75 Kiss The Anus of A Black Cat Nebulous Dreams PS, US VINYL VERSION. Conspiracy LP $16.75 Kool DJ Dust The Disco Opera PS, SWEDEN The unbelievable Disco Opera, starring Kool Dj Dust. Dust has sampled and edited together super obscure material into perfect disco rocks, which he dramaturgically arranges into a galactic drama, visualized as a comic strip. Bringing to mind Idjut Boys, Pilooski, Rune Lindbaek and Radio Soulwax, Dust's just as unique, crate digging genius and party manic but with a disco flavor to it that will roll like a mirror ball around the globe. A Kool Dj Dust mix will be on Beats In Space in September. Support from Tim Sweeney (DFA), Erol Alkan, Aeroplane, Tode Terje, Tensnake, Skull Juice, Rune Lindbaek etc. Service-033 CD $16.25 Langhorne Slim When The Sun's Gone Down [expanded re-issue] PS, US Re-issue of the critically acclaimed debut - repackaged w/a bonus disc containing 5 previously unreleased tracks. Narnack DCD $14.25 La's, The S-T PS, US Originally released in 1990 on the Go! Discs label, this self titled debut is a tasty nugget of classic British pop (Kinks, Small Faces) matched w/ the post punk jangle of groups like the Smiths & XTC. Plain LP $16.00 Lewis, Jenny Acid Tongue PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DLP with CD. WB/WEA DLP/CD $23.75 Lewis, Jenny Acid Tongue PS, US Femme fatale Jenny Lewis has never sounded so passionate and her songs never so hard-hitting and acerbic as on her aptly titled solo disk, Acid Tongue. The album follows 2006's Rabbit Fur Coat (which Spin named among the best albums of that year) and a series of acclaimed albums with indie rock fave Rilo Kiley. Featuring collaborations with She & Him's M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel, plus Elvis Costello and Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes, Acid Tongue proves to be wicked good. WB/WEA CD $14.25 Liars Leopard On My Right PS, US 2 new EXCLUSIVE songs on a picture 7" and rare 4 song live footage on DVD, all in one package. HeartFast 45/DVD $17.00 Loto Ball Show Levy On The Eyeway PS, US Fronted by Loto Ball (aka Hopeless) of The Phantom Limbs, which just finished a tour w/ Silver Apples. "Loto is one of the most talented & demented frontcreatures in all of underground rock. Loto Ball Show borders on 'Exotica'- but thankfully without the "Lounge" damage. As a painter & a musician, everything he touches seems to turn into a Lio strip. I will always be fascinated."-JELLO BIAFRA Comes w/ digital download. GiftedChildren LP $13.50 Lymbyc Systym Love Your Abuser Remixed PS, US LYMBYC SYSTYM'S has made many new friends in the last year and a half as they've toured in support of their MUSH RECORDS debut, "Love Your Abuser". They've asked some of those friends - The Album Leaf, The One AM Radio, Daedelus, This Will Destroy You, and Back Ted-N-Ted - to remix some of the material from their album. In addition Mush Records' Black Country Bibio and Austinite Reference turn in masterful reworkings. Each artist adds their unique touches to Lymbyc Systym's already epic source material, Working simultaneously as a companion piece to 2007's Love Your Abuser and as a compelling album on its own, Love Your Abuser Remixed is further testament to Lymbyc Systym's powerful presence in the instrumental music scene. Mush-261 CD $9.00 Lynn, Terry Kingstonlogic 2.0 PS, US Terry Lynn comes to Last Gang Records by way of Waterhouse; an impoverished are of Kingston, Jamaica. Her sound is as penatrating as her message, Daft Punk meets Marley meets Malcolm X. LastGang CD $14.25 Magnetophone Wires And Traps PS, UK Magnetophone are Birmingham natives Matt Huish Saunders and John Hanson. Friends since childhood; as boys they would often be found under water, weighed down by bricks and playing Stylophones. Displaying a gift for linguistic manipulation which has continued to sustain their career, they named this ritual the "Alpha Beti Bon-Tempi Underwater Electro-Hydro Sound-Fusion" About Wires and Traps EP Magnetophone bring their unique vision of electronic music to First Fold with this carefully structured EP, each track features a different acoustic instrument as a musical base, created as melancholic Steve Reich inspired arpeggios, the songs then build up with ever changing vocal phases, swirling synthetic sounds and expanding melodies, that culminate into the finely crafted electronica we have come to expect from Magnetophone. FirstFold-005 CD $15.50 Mancini, Henry The Versatile Henry Mancini PS, UK Henry Mancini s first album, a languid and vastly superior piece of exotica initially released in 1957 as Driftwood and Dreams re-issued here for the first time on compact disc in both stereo and the original beautiful mono version. For these historic sessions, Mancini recruited the renowned Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida, to bring a distinctly tropical feel that would have been beyond the reach of even the most seasoned American player and to add a crucial touch of the other-worldly, the soprano Loulie "Lulu" Jean Norman, whose wordless vocals would later achieve global recognition on the theme from Star Trek. Donald Fagen called Henry Mancini the "High Priest of Hollywood Cool", and this masterful album is full of stylish Mancini motifs that anticipate such future triumphs as Moon River, Baby Elephant Walk, The Days of Wine and Roses, The Pink Panther and The Party. High quality bonus material includes The Four Freshmen's exquisite recording Mancini s What s It Gonna Be, written for the film Rock, Pretty Baby, the rare Mancini single of instrumental material from the same movie, Hot Rod and Big Band Rock and Roll, and another Hank composition Cha Cha Cha for Gia from Four Girls in Town. TRACKS: 1. POINCIANA (MONO) 2. BALI HAI (MONO) 3. FLAMINGO (MONO) 4. THE WHISPERING SEA (MONO) 5. RETURN TO PARADISE (MONO) 6. THE NAKED SEA (MONO) 7. THE BREEZE AND I (MONO) 8. DRIFTWOOD AND DREAMS (MONO) 9. MOON OF MANAKOORA (MONO) 10. SLEEPY LAGOON (MONO) 11. EBB TIDE (MONO) 12. OFF SHORE (MONO) 13. POINCIANA (STEREO) 14. BALI HAI (STEREO) 15. FLAMINGO (STEREO) 16. THE WHISPERING SEA (STEREO) 17. RETURN TO PARADISE (STEREO) 18. THE NAKED SEA (STEREO) 19. THE BREEZE AND I (STEREO) 20. DRIFTWOOD AND DREAMS (STEREO) 21. MOON OF MANAKOORA (STEREO) 22. SLEEPY LAGOON (STEREO) 23. EBB TIDE (STEREO) 24. OFF SHORE (STEREO) 25. WHAT S IT GONNA BE (PERFORMED BY THE FOUR FRESHMEN) 26. HOT ROD (FROM THE FILM ROCK, PRETTY BABY) 27. BIG BAND ROCK AND ROLL (FROM THE FILM ROCK PRETTY BABY) 28. CHA CHA CHA FOR GIA (FROM THE FILM FOUR GIRLS IN TOWN) El-155 CD $14.25 Marmoset Record In Red PS, US MARMOSET'S "Record In Red" is full of apples and cherries. With this, their second full-length, Marmoset have released a near masterwork of pop pleasure. Indeed, the 13 songs on "Record In Red" vary widely in style and sound, ranging from the Church-like acoustic stylings of "Golden Cloak" and "Torn Cup, Fly Up Above", the FAITH-era Cure tone of "Walking Thru The Lake", the moody pop melodies resembling Richard Davies' work with the Moles, the haunting confessional of "December 4th", the epic dementia of "Summertime Is Easy", to the Kim Deal inspired "Frendamine". Every song is decidedly different than the one before, but the album hangs together with a neurotic thread so fine that it's completely invisible to the gallery. SecretlyCanadian/JoyfulNoise-035 LP $12.25 Mason Proper Olly Oxen Free PS, US Five dudes from Michigan named for an obscure phrase relating to Freemasonry. Met up w/ producer Chris Coady (TV ON THE RADIO, YYY's, BLONDE REDHEAD) to make this record. Dovecote CD $12.00 Mercury Rev Snowflake Midnight/Strange Attractor PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! The new album and the full-length instrumental companion piece, 'Strange Attractors', pressed on 180 gram wax. PITCHFORK: "They've pulled a Kid A by turning down Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak's guitars, breaking down lyrics into mantric incantations, pulling the drumsticks out of Jeff Mercel's hands, and immersing themselves in electronic programming (spurred by experiments with an image/music randomizer program) in an effort to make Mercury Rev, well, more mercurial... More than anything, the clicked-and-cut beats and fidgety sound effects are symbolic of the band's reignited sense of adventure and mischief." YepRoc DLP $18.25 Mercury Rev Snowflake Midnight (ON SALE) PS, US Swirling atmospherics and mantra-like lyrics abound on Mercury Rev's newest work Snowflake Midnight. Recorded almost exclusively in the band's Catskills, N.Y. laboratory, Snowflake Midnight sees MR continue experiments with laser harps, ad-hoc computer programs and random note generators resulting in a record that moves with grace between avant garde and traditional pop sensibilities. Standout tracks "Butterfly's Wing" and "Senses on Fire" exhibit the emphasis on letting the music define itself, as free as possible from human interference. Zooming in at nearly any magnification, Snowflake Midnight appears to be a resplendent fractal folding in upon itself, into something continually new, unpredictable and spontaneous, and yet so subtly self-aware, that it never fails to resemble itself as a whole. FYI: The band will be gibving away a bonus instrumental album entitled Strange Attractors on their website beginning 9/30. MOJO MAGAZINE: "A snowflake; a raindrop; a butterfly's wing: such are the micro-details via which Mercury Rev get macro here. If the dizzying existential frisson of Holes from Deserter's Songs left you wobbly, parts of Snowflake Midnight might have a similarly tectonic effect on your psyche." YepRoc CD $13.75 Michna Magic Monday PS, US Adrian Michna found his way as a DJ under his EGG FOO YOUNG alias, earning him an URB "Next 100" nod in the process. Production gigs for Bonde do Role & Diplo followed, allowing Michna to put his deftness at both the drum machine & the trombone to good use, creating tracks out of dense blankets of sound & texture. Apart from the tightly woven musical amalgam of hip-hop, booty & electro, it's the detailed process that makes Michna's debut album move. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of the album is its rich element of musicality; in an era when hip-hop tracks have devolved into two-note keyboard loops, songs like "Skunk Walk" live up to their name with full-bodied funk & live horns. When Ghostly owner, Sam Valenti IV, asked Adrian which samples to clear, Adrian replied, "What samples?" GhostlyInternational CD $10.50 Mogwai The Hawk Is Howling PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! HQ 180 vinyl in gatefold sleeve with MP3 coupon. Matador LP $20.00 Mogwai The Hawk Is Howling PS, US Mogwai's sixth album continues to showcase the fiercely layered guitars and dynamics of their classic work, and features a new array of rhythms and melodies. These hint more than ever before at their electronic and metal influences. Not only do they remain masters of the eloquently stretched guitar phrase, but they've also expanded the syntax to include a new, almost beat-driven sound. Matador CD $13.50 Mogwai The Hawk Is Howling {Deluxe CD/DVD} PS, US Limited deluxe CD+DVD in gatefold digipak includes video for "Batcat", directed by Dominic Hailstone (Aphex Twin), plus the Vincent Moon (The National) short film about Mogwai, "Before It Sounds". Mogwai's sixth album continues to showcase the fiercely layered guitars and dynamics of their classic work, and features a new array of rhythms and melodies. These hint more than ever before at their electronic and metal influences. Not only do they remain masters of the eloquently stretched guitar phrase, but they've also expanded the syntax to include a new, almost beat-driven sound. Matador DCD $17.00 Monkey Journey to the West PS, US Blur mainman Damon Albarn with fellow Gorillaz brainstormer Jamie Hewlett tackle a legendary Chinese legend and create a modern "rock" opera. PITCHFORK: "After two top-selling albums created under the guise of a cartoon band, artist and designer Jamie Hewlett and Blur's Damon Albarn followed Gorillaz with, no shit, Monkey. The simian in question is the lead character in Journey to the West, one of China's oldest and most endearing stories, a tale originally written in the late 16th century that's considered one of the country's four great novels. Oh and, with the help of director Checn Shi-Zeng, Albarn and Hewlett adapted it into a modern opera. On paper these ideas-- audacious, uncommercial, completely uncool-- should bomb. But Albarn has always had a conceptual bent to his projects, and after successfully acting as a conduit between African and Western music, heading a supergroup that actually worked, and the shock success of Gorillaz, it might be time to stop underestimating him." XL CD $13.25 Moon Upstairs Guarding The Golden Apple PS, US On double gatefold LP. "The Moon Upstairs have pulled off a difficult feat, bringing together disparate, yet connected, styles & making something cohesive w/ their own individual stamp on it. If you give this album a bit of a chance, the songs will get under your skin & stay with you & that's the best trick of all."-Dusted Magazine GiftedChildren LP $16.75 Nagisa Ni Te Yosuga PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Jagjaguwar-129 LP $18.25 Nagisa Ni Te Yosuga PS, US It's been four years since the release of NAGISA NI TE'S previous album "Dream Sounds", and now - after much work - their seventh album "Yosuga" has been completed. JAGJAGUWAR is once again very proud to deliver the band's most recent work to North America and Europe. "Yosuga" also marks the first time that Jagjaguwar has released a Nagisa Ni Te title on vinyl (not to mention the still popular compact disc format!). The Japanese duo of Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda deliver an album that consists of both beautiful arrangements and soft melodies. Yosuga - the meaning of which refers to the source or grounds upon which the body and mind rely - is one of Nagisa Ni Te's finest efforts. Jagjaguwar-129 CD $11.50 Nelson, Willie Stardust [expanded re-issue] PS, US At the height of outlaw country, Willie Nelson pulled off perhaps the riskiest move of the entire bunch. He set aside originals, country, and folk and recorded Stardust, a collection of pop standards produced by Booker T Jones. Well, it's not entirely accurate to say that he put away country and folk, since these are highly idiosyncratic interpretations of "Georgia on My Mind," "All of Me," "Moonlight in Vermont," and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," blending pop, country, jazz, and folk in equal measures. It's not that Willie makes these songs his own, it's that he reimagines these songs in a way that nobody else could, and with his trusty touring band, he makes these versions indelible. It may be strange to think that this album, containing no originals from one of America's greatest songwriters, is what made him a star, and it continues to be one of his most beloved records, but it's appropriate, actually. Stardust showcases Nelson's skills as a musician and his entire aesthetic -- where there is nothing separating classic American musical forms, it can all be played together -- perhaps better than any other album, which is why it was a sensation upon its release and grows stronger with each passing year. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Sony CD $12.25 NRBQ Scraps PS, US The wildly eclectic New Rhythm & Blues Quintet, better known to its worldwide legion of adoring fans as NRBQ (or just the Q!), is the only band on the planet that can play rockabilly, bar-band blooze, Beatles sound-alikes and Sun Ra-style free jazz in the same set and remain standing. By the time keyboardist Terry Adams, vocalist Frank Gadler, bassist Joey Spampinato, drummer Tom Staley and fabulous new guitarist Al Anderson released Scraps, their wonderful second album in 1972, they had relocated from Florida to New Jersey-and, like their name says, they were actually a quintet for the only time in their career. From the infectious "Howard Johnston's Got His Ho-Jo Working" to the loveably understated "Magnet," Scraps is loaded with NRBQ classics that lived up to the eye-popping press garnered by their self-titled 1969 debut. Sundazed LP $17.00 O'Hagan, Sean & Jean Pierre Muller Musical Paintings Vol. 1 BOOK+CD PS, US 96 page hardcover book that catalogs images from the first two art installations from O'Hagan & Muller, "Waterloo to Waterloo" and "The Musical Wheel." Additionally, the book contains an enhanced CD with the musical material from both shows as well as a computer version of "The Musical Wheel." Muller's colorful contemporary pop-art visual commentaries are accompanied by O'Hagan in fullest 20th century soundtrack mode - multi layered, yet light compositions twisted with electronic rhythms & modulations. Together, they create an engaging, thought-provoking A/V experience, whether viewed in the gallery or in front of the speakers at home. DragCity-377 CD $16.50 Ovo Croce Via PS, US A darker slant than their previous full length, OvO's guitars scrape & drums pound but the organic crunch & high fidelity of this release will convince you that this is music taken further & harder. An avant masterpiece, it takes cues from the tar covered hordes wearing jean jackets & introduces a very natural middle finger of wigginess. Stefania Pendretti's vocals soar for the sky & rest like a golden piece of corn in the steaming morass of dunt. Guitar undulates like a wriggling eel, with Bruno Dorella's drums providing crunching headburn. Load CD $12.50 Ovo Croce Via PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Load LP $12.50 Papa November Book One/Azmaveth PS, UK About Papa November The name Papa November comes from a now inactive short-wave radio numbers station that features the voice of a girl repeating the words Papa November between blasts of discordant noise, equally, blasts of short-wave noise, radio crackle and radio drones permeate Papa November's music. Papa November, as a musical project, was started by Stuart Tonge in 1997, who was inspired by a desire to create his own language in sound. Stuart set to work, enlisting the efforts of Katy Acquaye who wrote the lyrics, sang and co-produced most Papa November releases between 2001 and 2006. Papa November has released music on Static Caravan, Speedowax and Bearos records. Papa November currently concerns itself with creating soundtracks to imaginary dystopias. Papa November's album debut for First Fold is inspired by the apocryphal Book of Azmaveth. The story is divided into twelve parts over six chapters. In response Papa November created twelve instrumental pieces to complement the structure of the book. The music serves as a kind of dark soundtrack to the long forgotten dystopian world that Azmaveth inhabits. FirstFold-004 CD $15.50 Peppermint Rainbow, The Will You Be Staying After Sunday? PS, UK Baltimore quintet The Peppermint Rainbow scored a US Top 10 hit in 1969 with the super-groovy Will You Be Staying After Sunday. Produced by Green Tambourine hit maker Paul Leka, the album that followed featured 10 more slices of juicy bubblegum pop including a second Top 10 smash, Don t Wake Me Up In The Morning, Michael . The band cut two further singles both added here but by late 69 it was all over as the sound of love faded from the airwaves. First time on CD in the UK for this bubblegum classic! Re-mastered by Norman I ll ave you Butler Blake! Liner notes by pop-meister supreme Duglas T Stewart! Lovely packaging by Pepperbox! ** Essential for all fans of US bubblegum, harmony pop and just plain full-on grooviness! Rev-ola-263 CD $14.25 Peter Bjorn And John Seaside Rock (ON SALE) PS, US VERYLIMITED* vinyl-only release, in stock, in quantity! Includes coupon to download the tracks for free. As homage to Peter Bjorn And John's respective Swedish hometowns, they wanted to feature the voice and dialect from each of the three areas they grew up in. So, apart from the instrumental soundtrack to the lonely childhood of northern Scandinavia, you can also hear three monologues about some sort of seaside. The stories are read by a real saxophone player from Norsjo, a grandfather from Vika and the hairdresser Siw from Pitea. AlmostGold LP $20.50 Phantom Buffalo Take To The Trees PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! "Packaged in a lovely heavy weight '60s style gatefold cover with elaborate full color art by the band, plus an insert. Pressed on 180gm bright red vinyl. Hand numbered limited edition of 300 copies." TimeLag LP $26.00 Phantom Buffalo Take To The Trees PS, US "Well, its been a damn long time since we released their debut album Shishimumu back when they were called The Ponys, but we sure are happy there's finally a proper follow-up, even if it took six years to happen. If anything, the long wait says something to the greatness & humility of the band; never bending to commercial concerns, ego, hype, or changing trends & changing times. In fact, Take To The Trees picks up just about right where Shishimumu left off all those years back, another little nugget of timeless psychedelic pop perfection. Of course, there is a new level of maturity and depth to the songwriting here, but there's still plenty of slightly naive & youthful charm. And to be certain, the world these guys create is just as surreal now as its always been. Musically, things come together just right, with thick, swirling, chiming triple electric guitar textures, spot-on drumming, liquid but powerful bass, gurgling moog, acoustic strumming, accordion, and sweet soaring fuzz-tones. Vocals hover as high & sweet as ever, harmonizing, doubling, and layering heavenly. The mood of the album floats through drifting fragile melancholy, quirky pop, crunchy psychedelic rockers and anthemic rave-ups, often all within the same track. Beautifully recorded, but never over polished...just the way a great pop record should be. So forget all pretense, folks, maybe not freak folk enough for Kill Rock Stars ain't such a bad thing at all. Packaged in a mini LP style gatefold cover, with folded insert & woven Japanese inner sleeve. Edition of 1000." TimeLag CD $13.00 Pixies, The Trompe le Monde [vinyl re-issue] PS, US VINYL VERSION. 4AD LP $15.00 Pixies, The Bossanova [vinyl re-issue] PS, US VINYL VERSION. 4AD LP $15.00 Polysics We Ate the Machine PS, US Polysics return to the US following the success of their 2007 debut "Polysics or Die!!! Vista." Formed in 1998 and named after the 'Polysix' model of a Korg synthesizer, Polysics is a frenetic, high-energy new wave band born out of the awe-inspiring stimulation of Tokyo, Japan. Over the course of nearly a decade, Polysics have built an impressive discography. If you don't love fun, crazy Japanese rock, you're a damn liar. MySpace CD $14.25 Proper, Mason Olly Oxen Free PS, US Dovecoat CD $12.00 Quinn, Donovan & The 13th Month S/T PS, US Donovan's steadily growing reputation as a first rate darkly romantic penman (thanks to contributions to The Skygreen Leopards & solo as Verdure) has culminated with his latest endeavor. Rather than aping or ducking genres, Quinn has crafted a bright spectrum of songs best described as 'American.' Xian folk, languid indie pop, VU cool, loner country & west coast psych are touchstones, with Quinn's singular lyrical abilities & taste for sun-baked song steadily at the fore. Ever the flower bed romantic, Quinn has - at the risk of over-simplification - written a classic "break-up record;" albeit filtered through surrealistic tenderness & riddled with red herrings & feelings of betrothal. Though not exactly lost in a sea of scarves, Quinn is indebted to the vulnerability, humor & bitterness present in the works of Ronnie Lane, Skip Spence, Nikki Sudden & Basement Tapes-era Dylan. SoftAbuse-028 CD $11.50 Ratatat Shempi PS, US XL 12 $5.00 Real Tuesday Weld, The The London Book of the Dead PS, UK These were made for Cargo UK Collective stores only and are limited to 500 copies. Already ripping it up with rave reviews and radio on the other side of the Atlantic (New York Public Radio's JOHN SCHAFFER's ALBUM OF THE YEAR), The Real Tuesday Weld's first conventional album in the UK since their critical hit 'I Lucifer' (an Independent, Times and Telegraph album of the week) is an extraordinary sonic collage of electronic rhythms, spoken word, bluegrass, violins, woodwind, and harmonized crooner vocals. A further flowering of the band's trademark 'Antique Beat' sound - the album's unique combination of old shellac sounds vintage radio transmissions and glitchy electronics provide a setting for lyrical concerns of life, love, dreams and death. Future single "Last Words' is the signature song in the upcoming indie classic: 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' starring 'Juno's' Michael Serra' and three of the videos made to accompany the album have already been given special features on Youtube. The limited special edition version of the album will contain a hardbound 40-page color book of extraordinary commissioned collages by the artist Catherine Anyango. Look out for reviews in, among others, Flux, Notion, Mojo, Word and national press in Sept/Oct. AntiqueBeat-665 CD $21.00 Record Collector #354 (October 2008) PS, UK ZINE $10.25 Replacements, The Please To Meet Me [remaster, expanded re-issue] PS, US Their fifth full-length and second for a major label, Pleased To Meet Me was also the band's first following the official departure of guitarist Bob Stinson, part of the legendary founding line-up that also included lead singer and songwriter Paul Westerberg, Chris Mars (drums) and Tommy Stinson (bass). Rhino's newly REMASTERED & EXPANDED edition of this 1987 album classic features the original 11-song set plus 12 rare bonus tracks, half of them previously unreleased. The album was recorded in Memphis, TN with producer Jim Dickinson (whose association with Big Star forged the connection with the 'Mats). Memorable tracks include "Alex Chilton," "The Ledge," "I Don't Know," "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Hardly Wait." Among the dozen bonus rarities are a previously unreleased alternative version of "Alex Chilton" and previously unissued demos for "Valentine," "Bundle Up," "Empty As My Heart," "Time Is Killing Us" and "Kick It In." Also similarly re-issued: Sorry Ma..., Stink, Let It Be, Hootenanny, Tim, All Shook Down and Don't Tell A Soul. Rhino/Ryko CD $17.75 Replacements, The All Shook Down [remaster, expanded re-issue] PS, US A stripped-down, largely acoustic set first released in 1990, was their last album for the label, and proved to be their final one as a band as well. While it features lead singer and songwriter Paul Westerberg still making music with his fellow founding members Chris Mars (drums) and Tommy Stinson (bass), the album is generally considered to be essentially Westerberg's inaugural solo effort. Rhino's new edition features the original 13-song set remastered plus 11 bonus tracks, including 8 previously unreleased rarities. Stand-out tracks include "Sadly Beautiful," "Merry Go Round" and the title track. Among the 11 bonus cuts are 8 previously unissued demos, including ones for "Sadly Beautiful," "Happy Town," "When It Began" and "One Wink At A Time." Also similarly re-issued: Sorry Ma..., Stink, Let It Be, Hootenanny, Tim, Please To Meet Me and Don't Tell A Soul. Rhino/Ryko CD $17.75 Replacements, The Don't Tell A Soul [remaster, expanded re-issue] PS, US The band's third album for Sire features three-quarters of the legendary founding line-up of lead singer and songwriter Paul Westerberg, Chris Mars (drums) and Tommy Stinson (bass) - Slim Dunlap replaces original guitarist Bob Stinson, who departed after 1985's Tim. Rhino's new edition of this 1989 classic - which Rolling Stone called "an audacious album"- features the original 11-song set remastered plus 8 bonus tracks, including three previously unreleased rarities. Highlights include "I'll Be You," a #1 Billboard modern rock track and the band's first single to chart on the Hot 100, along with album opener "Talent Show," "Achin' To Be" and "Back To Back." Among the 8 bonus tracks are "Date To Church" with Tom Waits and previously unissued finds including a demo for "Talent Show" and an alternate mix of "We'll Inherit The Earth." Also similarly re-issued: Sorry Ma..., Stink, Let It Be, Hootenanny, Tim, Please To Meet Me and All Shook Down. Rhino/Ryko CD $17.75 Replacements, The Tim [remaster, expanded re-issue] PS, US After emerging from and defining the Minneapolis music scene of the early 1980s and issuing a series of seminal releases on Twin/Tone, The Replacements signed to Sire Records mid-decade. The first of their four now-classic full-lengths for the label, TIM was also the band's last album fueled by the legendary original line-up of lead singer and songwriter Paul Westerberg, Chris Mars (drums) and brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson (guitar and bass, respectively). Rhino's newly edition of this 1985 tour de force features the original 11-song set remastered plus 6 previously unreleased bonus tracks. Produced by original Ramones drummer Tommy Erdelyi, TIM is #136 on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time". Highlights include "Bastards Of Young," "Hold My Life," "Kiss Me On The Bus" and "Left Of The Dial." Previously unissued bonus rarities include three tracks recorded at a 1985 session with Westerberg's idol, Alex Chilton, among them an electric outtake of "Can't Hardly Wait." Also similarly re-issued: Sorry Ma..., Stink, Let It Be, Hootenanny, Please To Meet Me, All Shook Down and Don't Tell A Soul. Rhino/Ryko CD $17.75 Replacements, The Please To Meet Me [remaster, vinyl re-issue] PS, US VINYL VERSION. Original album remastered on 180 gram virgin vinyl. Rhino/Ryko LP $17.75 Replacements, The Tim [remaster, vinyl re-issue] PS, US VINYL VERSION!! The original album remastered on 180 gram virgin vinyl. Rhino/Ryko LP $17.75 Rev, Martin Les Nymphes PS, US Instrumentalist in the legendary duo SUICIDE. File13 CD $13.50 Richter, Max 24 Postcards in Full Colour PS, US With his fourth album, Berlin-based MAX RICHTER further cements his status as one of the leading lights of modern composition. "24 Postcards In Full Colour" is a dazzling conceptual exercise of great beauty and emotional resonance. Each of the album's 24 tracks is a classically-composed ringtone, an evocative miniature whose theme, though fully developed, hints at a larger piece; thus Richter explores the fugitive nature of memory through reprises and repetition throughout this intriguing album. With a sonic pallette consisting of string quintet, solo piano, 16-track 2-inch tape, transistors, found shortwave radio, vinyl clicks, dust, scratches and rumble, and acoustic guitars, Richter's latest effort is both beautifully detailed and sonically rich. FatCatRecords-1307 CD $11.50 Rokes, The Let's Live For Today: The Rokes In English 1966-68 PS, UK The Rokes were Brits who went to Italy in 1963 and became one of the biggest bands in the land for the rest of the decade. They chalked up numerous Italian language hits and recorded four albums as well as becoming an enormous live draw and TV favorites. However, scattered across those albums were a number of English language songs that somehow came off sounding like a Euro-tinged blend of The Beatles, Hollies, Kinks and Pretty Things. In 67, The Rokes released the first English language version of Let s Live For Today, a song they d already cut in Italian. It went on to become a huge US hit in the hands of The Grass Roots and was covered by scores of bands. Rollicking beat gems like No No No and Ride On slowly morphed into more sophisticated fare such as the sitar-drenched Ripe Apples and the sinister psychedelic rocker When The Wind Arises , both of which were released in the UK in a belated attempt to break them here. Here, for the first time on CD, are virtually all of The Rokes English language recordings from 1966 to 1968. Re-mastered by Nick Robbins in the usual exemplary style! In-depth liner notes by 60s beat fiend Stefan Granados and features lots of rare photos and memorabilia! A must for all lovers of 60s beat, pop and psych. Rev-ola-262 CD $14.25 Romance of Young Tigers I Have Supped Full Of Horrors PS, US A lot of bands can shove a wall of sound in your face. Plenty of bands have a guy or two who is technically "amazing." Very few bands can unite both into an engrossing, captivating listen... & even fewer can do so w/o percussion. It is in this rare air that the group hovers high above the glut of instrumental rock to inundate listeners in recent times. MagicBullet CD $13.50 RSAG (Rarely Seen Above Ground) Organic Sampler PS, IRELAND RSAG aka Jeremy Hickey is a multi-instrumentalist who records, performs and produces all his own material. The 'Organic Sampler', which is musically many steps further and sideways, and the genesis of the new visual experience - sound and vision hand in hand - a multi-media rock and roll cornucopia; the future is here - look and listen. Psychonavigation-026 CD $15.50 Rundgren, Todd Arena PS, US New album from genius dude. HiFiRecordings CD $12.00 Serena-Maneesh S-M Backwards PS, NORWAY While working on their new album, Serena-Maneesh & Smalltown Supersound wanted to give you a glimpses of the early days. Tweaked & all beautifully pushed to the red. Most of the material on this double album was released as two EPs prior to the self titled debut; "Zuruck" & "Fixxations", both on Honeymilk, covering the time 1999-2003. This is the first time the material has been released outside of Norway. In addition to the original EP material this double album also contains new re-wrappings/mixes, videos & much more, over 80 minutes of Serena-Maneesh. SmalltownSupersound-143 DCD $21.75 Shedd, Tracy Cigarettes & Smoke Machines PS, US Tracy's helpful reminder on the opening track from her latest album of smart, pointed pop is a direct & economic assertion backed by sharp musicianship & just the right amount of reverb. Cigarettes & Smoke Machines, is Shedd's most accomplished record in a career that has now spanned four full-lengths. A fan of artists that drape their vocals in various shrouds (My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, The Jesus & Mary Chain), Tracy decided that she never really wanted her vocals up front, an edict that permeated her previous recordings. Now, Shedd lets go & we benefit from vocal performances that establish the arresting emotional core of her latest record. Teenbeat-442-2 CD $11.50 Shedd, Tracy Cigarettes & Smoke Machines PS, US Tracy's helpful reminder on the opening track from her latest album of smart, pointed pop is a direct & economic assertion backed by sharp musicianship & just the right amount of reverb. Cigarettes & Smoke Machines, is Shedd's most accomplished record in a career that has now spanned four full-lengths. A fan of artists that drape their vocals in various shrouds (My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, The Jesus & Mary Chain), Tracy decided that she never really wanted her vocals up front, an edict that permeated her previous recordings. Now, Shedd lets go & we benefit from vocal performances that establish the arresting emotional core of her latest record. Teenbeat-442-1 LP $13.75 Shirks Dangerous PS, US The Shirks are bringing punk rock back to Washington D.C.. They play revved up, rock n' roll, and all their songs are as catchy as any anthemic punk song ever was. While the song structure strikes a resemblance to the Saints, their songs are performed with an intensity more akin to the Devil Dogs or Teengenerate. This EP comes with a download card for the three songs from Fizzkicks.com BigNeck 45 $5.50 Silver Jews S-T PS, US From behind closed doors since 1992, the Silver Jews released a series of popular music records that earned the group dedicated fans all over the world. But being a Silver Jews fan always meant accepting you'd never live to see the day your favorite band would take the stage. Then in 2006, after five albums & fifteen years, David Berman decided to change all that. The band toured across America & Europe, all the way to Israel, playing these, their first forty shows, to a widespread outpouring of joy. SILVER JEW is a simple document of one of those stops, whereupon the band played two shows in Tel Aviv, and spent a profound afternoon in Jerusalem. All Region. DragCity DVD $14.75 Smithson, Dawn Earth Machine PS, UK Former bassist & vocalist with space-rockers JESSAMINE, Dawn returns with her second solo album. Guests Ray Raposa (Castanets), Bill Herzog (SUNN O))), Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter), David Farrell (Southerning, Locate, Module), & Jussi Brightmore (Chrome Hoof, 1000 Pets,) add extra grit, grain & space, creating a heady cocktail of sounds. Where Smithson's first album was wounded & tentative in it's approach, Earth Machine is strong & sure of it's footing. Where there was deep melancholy with a glimmer of hope in the former, the latter reaches it's winding paths out to further hills & valleys, encompassing a wide range of emotion. Songs seem to tell one long story as they segue into one another. From the rounded nylon string guitar picking & gurgling synths to the pure feedback drones & sometimes Floydian electric guitar, Earth Machine has real continuity & a strong sense of being a true "album". MindExpansion-2030 CD $11.75 Specimens, The Jazz Brutus PS, Australia The most useful aspect of Terry Opie's Catholic Education was the time his teacher brought a Black Sabbath record to class to prove it wasn't satanic. Hmmm, he thought, I'm not so sure. He showed it to three other specimens, who took it all in and eventually they formed a mind-blowing band, specializing in nefariously loud sound. Their debut was good, but it was with their second album (2004's The Quick and The Deaf), that critics shat themselves. "Straining amps to near combustion!" spat Kerrang. "Feels that it could jump out of your speakers and whack you one!" shrieked Faster Louder. Third album Jazz Brutus flexes even more sonic muscle. Saintly pure punk, blazing riff rock with weird, ancient riffs exploding like Blue Oyster Cult and a title track that is ferociously original psychedelia. 'I'm a Believer' sounds like Sebadoh after years performing at knifepoint, emerging from some generic suburban outpost like a Phoenix. Some tips: Do not listen to this album while operating heavy machinery. Do not attempt to control a wrecking ball, do not get behind a speedboat or handle electric kitchen utensils. 'Jazz Brutus' is what results when a whole lot of speed and mayhem impact upon Melbourne like a meteorite. "The Specimen's have written one of the more destructive and unique garage records in the last five years, one that takes the aggression of Detroit garage with the melody of Birdman. LowTransitIndustries-050 CD $13.50 Standard Swimmer PS, US The album is centered on Tim Putnam's emotive disarming vocals/guitar, Jay Clarke's beautiful constructed keyboards/piano, & Rob Oberdorfer & Robby Duncan's accompanying rhythmic movements, at once minimal & full. Like their previous albums, it is a slow burn that, over time, reveals a dark, poetic, innovative body of work that is hard to ignore. PartisanRecords CD $13.75 Stravinsky, Igor Octet To Orpheus The Neo-Classical Stravinsky PS, UK Of all the major composers of the 20th century, none was more warmly embraced by the world of rock music than Stravinsky. Along with Edgard Varese, he was the principal influence on the compositions of Frank Zappa, while numerous avant-garde and progressive rock bands - among them Yes, who would take the stage to the accompaniment of The Firebird - proclaimed him their guiding light. The obvious reasons for this are his pioneering use of powerful and unusual rhythms, his music's lack of sentimentality, its waspish wit, its anti-authoritarianism - not to mention the composer's love of good whisky - all found obvious counterparts in the rock lifestyle, even if his meticulous approach to discipline did not. If history makes Stravinsky sound like a daunting and intimidating musical figure - a composer to be approached with fear and reverence rather than any expectation of pleasure - then the gorgeous music contained here will prove a more than useful corrective. The centerpiece of the compilation is the premier recording of Stravinsky¹s beautiful and enigmatic score for the ballet Orpheus. The set also includes Stravinsky's remarkable forays into film, Ode, and jazz, the Ebony Concerto, performed by the Woody Herman Orchestra. All the recordings are conducted by Igor Stravinsky. TRACKS: 1-10: Octet for Wind Instruments (1922- 23 revised 1952) Conductor Igor Stravinsky 11-13: Ode (1943) The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York Conductor Igor Stravinsky 14-16: Ebony Concerto (1945) Woody Herman and his Orchestra Conductor Igor Stravinsky 17: Rag-time for Eleven Instruments (1918) Conductor Igor Stravinsky 18-21: Suite No.1 for Small Orchestra (1917-25) Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana Conductor Igor Stravinsky 22: Rag-time for Eleven Instruments (1918) Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana Conductor Igor Stravinsky 23-33: Orpheus - Ballet in Three Scenes (1947) The RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Conductor Igor Stravinsky El-153 CD $14.25 Sun Araw Beach Head PS, US Debut vinyl full-length by Magic Lantern guitarist, Cameron Stallones. Gorgeous, tripped-out coastal melodies, psychedelic luau vibes, outsider grooves. In Fried Island collage jackets, plus an 11x11 full-color insert. NotNotFun LP $15.75 Sun Ra Live At The Electric Circus/Newport PS, US 121 minutes total from the Electric Circus in NYC, 1968 and the Newport Jazz Festival, 1969. Transparency-308 DCD $15.50 Sun Ra Untitled Recordings PS, US A previously unknown Quintet recording with SUN RA, JOHN GILMORE, MILFORD GRAVES, ANDREW CYRILLE and DON MOYE from the Prospect Park band shell in Brooklyn, June 1985. As bonus material, includes two fantastic and intimate recordings from "The House of Ra" in Philadelphia from '73 and '78. Also includes six never-before-seen photos of Sun Ra. Transparency-309 CD $14.00 Tabaco Desintegracion PS, US 2002 release. "2CD set from mastertapes, 16 bonus tracks. The complete recording session to this album. This legendary, almost impossible to get album was recorded in Barcelona in 1971 in the same studios (GEMA) as the rare and great counterpart Pan Y Regaliz. The album was released as a local pressing with a few hundred copy's only. The music is stunning heavy psychedelic rock with a monstrous wah wah fuzz guitar and mixed with some of the most psychotic spaced-out sound effects ever." RedLounge DCD $23.00 Tape Op #67 PS, US New issue of the #1 recording magazine! In this issue: T BONE BURNETT on Plant, Krauss & Recording Love, KEVIN KILLEN on U2's Unforgettable Fire & Peter Gabriel's So, NINO MOSCELLA-The Rural Funkmaster, gear reviews, recording tips, CD reviews and so much more. ZINE $4.00 Ten Kens Ten Kens PS, US TEN KENS combine raw vocal delivery, driving rhythms, and heavy, reverb-laden guitars with idiosyncratic song structures, creating a fresh, immediate sound. Like avant-indie contemporaries Liars and Black Heart Procession, or predecessors like Sonic Youth or Mudhoney, Ten Kens' sonic ambition never comes at the expense of songcraft; layers of noise bolster, rather than undermine, their memorable melodies. FatCatRecords-069 CD $11.50 Terror Bird Shame Is On Your Side PS, US Debut 7" features sublime tracks of dreamy, perfect indie-pop that belie lyrics that'll chill you to the Ubonnliem. iRteIYdL: Kate Bush, Martika, Lykke Li, Cocteau Twins. LIMITED TO 400 COPIES ON VIRGIN WHITE VINYL. SummerLovers 45 $6.00 Toadies No Deliverance PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Kirtland LP $13.50 Tough Alliance, The New School PS, US A thrilling showcase of TTA's early, rough-hewn experimentations w/ pop song structure. These songs, while having plenty of TTA's trademark sonic sweep & grandeur, feature more straight-up raw electro-pop hinting strongly at their later works. Anthemic, riotous, & subversive, but slyly & understatedly so. So crucial. SummerLovers CD $12.00 Tough Alliance, The New Chance PS, US New album from Swedish duo, deconstructing pop from the brains down. PREFIX MAG: "The Tough Alliance's glowing sophomore full-length, A New Chance, opens with a brief call to prayer, which frames the rest of the album in the proper context: Band members Eric Berglund (who handles the singing) and Henning Fürst (who does the music) view pop music as totemic as religion. But that doesn't mean they're not above screwing with the formula. A New Chance is as much about deconstructing and reassembling great pop music as it is worshipping it." Modular CD $11.00 Traffic Live At Santa Monica PS, US It is without doubt fortunate that Island & Columbia filmed Traffic at the 3000 seat Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1972, when the band had just released their definitive album, John Barleycorn Must Die. A beautifully shot concert film, there are endless camera angles and close-ups of performers from virtually every perspective imaginable. An absolute classic for the first time on DVD! CherryRed DVD $18.50 Transmission Sublimity PS, UK This is one amazing ride from a four-headed creative monster on heat that manages to blend musical beauty, torrential passion and sheer malevolence, sometimes in the space of one track...First sound on opening track Albion is Youth's unmistakable heaving bass before Big Paul Ferguson steams in with the heaviest drums in the business. Once the original Killing Joke rhythm section is underway on a crunching post-punk funk vamp, Simon Tong's guitar appears in shrapnel clusters lashed by Tim Bran's unearthly synth. Musical fireworks might be expected from a line-up like this and Sublimity, the second album by Transmission, doesn't disappoint. The pedigree is impeccable: Youth's production credentials, his time with Paul in the Joke before ahead-of-its-time super funk ensemble Brilliant. Simon's stint in the Verve line-up which made Urban Hymns then Gorillaz and Damon Albarn and Paul Simenon's The Good, The Bad & The Queen. Dreadzone co-founder Tim Bran plays with Subsonar and The Orb. The group started gestating after Youth and Simon became friends during the Urban Hymns sessions, which the former co-produced. Tim entered the fray then, Paul in Spring 2005 after he met Youth at a Malicious Damage party and heard some demos. Three months later they recorded debut album Beyond Light in three days at London's legendary Olympic studios. MaliciousDamage-636 CD $16.25 TV On the Radio Dear Science (DELAYED) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Geffen LP $13.75 TV On the Radio Dear Science PS, US New album. Geffen CD $15.00 Twin Crystals S-T PS, US Vancover band brings the noise of hope amidst squalor, art amidst chaos. Known for their full-on, mUunslicmuliater,d pummeling post rock dirges & a decidedly focused assault of jagged synths, almost sexual guitar textures, & ingenious song structures; nothing less than breathtaking. Make no mistake: these dudes are no co-op jam-band chancers bashing one out - this is the fucking resurrection. SummerLovers 45 $6.00 U2 Under A Blood Red Sky [re-issue] PS, US The original album remastered. Island CD $12.25 U2 Under A Blood Red Sky [expanded deluxe re-issue] PS, US The band's legendary 1983 live album remastered plus a bonus DVD of the entire Red Rocks concert with 5 previously unreleased songs, a director's commentary, digitally re-graded pictures and a 5.1 mix. First time on DVD! Housed in a book like the other deluxe re-issues. Island CD/DVD $28.50 USA Is A Monster Space Program PS, US Buttery synth & elaborate vocal harmonies combine to levitate hairpieces at least a little bit. This is the perfect synthesis of their pastoral wanderings circe their second record & the punk spunk of the first & third full lengths. The band is still a NY two piece tribe of Native American obsessed truth salesmen. Their take on rock embraces proggy synth tones, elaborate harmonies & jaw dropping drum & guitar that is no accident, and can be seen in ragged glory when they come to your local rock hole this fall. Load CD $12.50 USA Is A Monster Space Program PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Load LP $12.50 Various Teaism PS, UK Teaism is a compilation featuring a diverse range of artists, who each created a unique song based around the theme of music inspired by the art and culture of tea. An idea conceived and curated by Stefan Panczak (aka Inch-time), Teaism binds together 15 disparate tracks by a hand-picked selection of artists. From the opening gambit of Max de Wardener's Kettle Song, which chimes and charms, through to Cibelle's sashaying Mr & Ms Grey, the pivotal theme evokes a sense of reverie; a kaleidoscopic gamut of ideas brewed to concoct a heady mix of electronica, jazz, musique concrete-style cut-ups, cinematic tones and avant-garde composition. These all contribute towards what is a glistening patchwork of sounds and atmospheres; each of them different, yet with thematic and sonic undercurrents which unite them. Contained within are stately melodies from the likes of Lord Jim, spooky sound collages from Serafina Steer, the fresh-faced ambience of Inch-time and the shadowy electronic sounds of the Break-ups. There's also a digital folk-pop nugget from Tunng, nestling comfortably in the middle of the tracklisting, which embodies their lust for samples and found sounds, forged into absorbingly twisted shapes. This is immediately contrasted with root70's freewheeling jazz, while the likes of Carlos y Gaby and Oblong provide elegant and slow-building melodies, with AM/PM and Qua throwing glitches, clicks and whirs into the mix. Tying all of these strands together, Teaism takes the differing outlooks and arrangements and coaxes them into a cohesive whole, where a multitude of patterns and textures rub shoulders with each other and never sound out of place. Tea is capable of doing so many things: you can drink it to relax or inject much-needed impetus at the start of the day; it can accompany deep thought or fervent chat. It's this array of contradictions, or multiple purposes, which offers so many appealing possibilities. Likewise, the myriad sounds collected on Teaism represent their fair share of contrasts as well. At times warm and delicate, followed by moments of brooding intensity, this electronica-led compilation flits between different nuances, all the while remaining deft and magical. Teaism is available as a limited edition CD and features original artwork by Roy Ananda. StaticCaravan-154 CD $15.50 Various I Gotta Be Me: 20 Garage Missiles From The USA Who Needs Tomorrow Vol. 2 PS, UK It's been some time since the Psychic Circle label examined the crazed cave paintings of U.S. '60s garage, but now they're back with a skull-clubbin', hair-pullin', loin-cloth full of spear-hurlin' fury. As far as can be ascertained, none of these little beasts have previously appeared on CD compilations, so sit back and be pummelled into submission. Hopefully, you'll find some new pleasures within. First came fire, then came the wheel, and then came garage. You'll hear a child actor get very strange, a slab of evil fuzz from a bunch of French Canadians, a Cleveland DJ going all psychedelic on record, plus a whole lot more. It's primitive, but it's beautiful. Compiled by legendary psych musician and Psychic Circle label-head, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond). Artists include: Group Axis, Kevin Coughlin, Les Hou-Lops, Dee Jay & The Runaways, Jack Eden, Bobby Simms & The Simmers, The Sound Investment, The Bay Ridge, Blue Wood, Bobby Comstock, Southbound Freeway, Dick "Wilde Childe" Kemp, The In Crowd, The Reflektions, The Movers, The Outcasts, Bobby St. Clair, The Outsiders, King Charles & The Counts, and Hex. PsychicCircle CD $16.25 Various The Clock Machine Turns You On: Volume 2 PS, UK After kicking off with Killing Joke's seminal early single Turn To Red, and Bloodsport pummeling the Sex Pistols' Bodies they weave together the dubbed and dreamy [Youth & Simon Tong's new Transmission project, Analogue Mindfield, SMARTYR - with the late Paul Raven RIP, Norway's N.I.C. with former PiL guitarist Keith Levene, Teledubgnosis from the USA, Sweden's Beatundercontrol], surreal-acoustic [South London blues-picker Bob Meyer, ethereal folkstress Nina Walsh, Canola Tenderfoot], audacious oddities [Caned & Able, Belka & Strelka, Japan's The Sun Paulo] and more familiar names like Shriekback, Headcount and The Orb from the Orbsessions series. There's also a taste of things to come with the Paterson soul chant of H.F.B.'s High Five Brother [Malicious Monitor] and Vertical Smile - Youth's explosive new disco-punk outfit. The set is a stunning affirmation of a label which has stuck to its guns and released what it damn well wants, flying the flag for the original independent spirit and relentlessly throwing up stunning musical cross-pollinations shot through with dub, guts and a healthy dose of humour and madness. This is one malicious clock that shows no sign of winding down. SIDE TICK [CD1] killing joke: turn to red, transmission: glade, bloodsport: bodies, headcount: control, killing joke: are you receiving, the orb: ba'albek, vertical smile: explode, analogue mindfield: guernica dub [subsonar mix], beatundercontrol: electroshocker dub, transit kings: japanese cars [burning do'nuts mix], teledubgnosis: the resurrection machine, analogue mindfield: cosmic dancehall [maya jane coles mix], canola tenderfoot: first come first served, bob meyer: escondedo, transit kings: the last lighthouse keeper, belka & strelka: tico SIDE TOCK [CD2] caned & able: soul clap, analogue mindfield: be careful out there, necessary intergalactic cooperation: driftin' ,shriekback: bittersweet, the sun paulo: who i am, transmission: albion, SMARTYR: dark mother dub, belka & strelka: i'll be your anything [dub mix], rootmasters: janis joplin's mum, the orb: sail high frequency bandwidth: high five brother [malicious monitor], nina walsh: bright lights & filthy nights belka & strelka: eternalunlimitedfree, shriekback: waterbaby, caned & able: orchestra, beatundercontrol: departure. MaliciousDamage-635 DCD $15.25 Various I'll Give You My Heart , I'll Give You My Heart The Cherry Red Singles Collect ion 1978-1983 8xCD PS, UK Cherry Red Records marks its 30th Anniversary in style with this lavish celebratory 8-Disc / 185 track Long Box Set. Chronologically plots 61 Single / EP A & B sides from 1978 to 1983. Features 24 tracks from the U.K. Top 50 Indie Chart including 12 Top 20 & 2 #1 Hits. Includes hits by Dead Kennedys, The Monochrome Set, Eyeless In Gaza, The Runaways, Marc Bolan, Everything But The Girl, Robert Wyatt and many more. A comprehensive 78 page booklet plots the story of Cherry Red Records and details many rare 7 & 12 picture sleeves. Features extensive interviews conducted by Alex Ogg with fly-on-the-wall accounts from label founders and band members. CherryRedBox-4 CD/BOX $101.25 Virot, Francois Yes or No PS, US This collection of yelps & piquant guitar strums heralds the arrival of New World freak folk on the continent. Modest but not at all mousy, the breathy vocals in the left channel collide w/ warbled squeals doubling down the right side. Modern spookiness w/ one man sounding like Frank Black & Brian Wilson singing a duet, reminding the listener that folk music is rooted in harmony & dissonance, beauty & death. Frenetic CD $13.00 Vivian Girls S-T (ON SALE) PS, US Behold the Vivian Girls. Just as their alluring name only became passed around mere months ago, this group of three upstart New York females have taken the noisy pop mantra and dipped it in pure gold, right out of the gate. With their debut 7" on their very own Plays With Dolls Records label already sending out waves of panic and adoration to the outer limits of the underground pop contingent, they have become the newest breakout sirens of the New York loft-pop brigade. Within seconds of hearing their seductive three-part girl group vocal harmonies lushly interwoven with chest-pounding rhythms of beautiful feedback, it's obvious that their songs are hard to resist, especially if you find yourself keen on the mid-80s noise pop conglomerate of Jesus & Mary Chain, The Vaselines, Black Tambourine, and Shop Assistants. The echo-filled songs resonate with such sweetness and provocative noise, that it culminates into a wall of beautiful vocals interplayed with a simple yet timeless beat that will have no problem crossing over genre lines and warming up to virtually anyone with an ounce of good taste. Vivian Girls don't aim to break new ground, but the sheer innocence of their sound in this seething underground world of blistering sonic competition is as refreshing as a wet slap in the face, and the way they create such epically elemental songs out of two or three common chords that everyone has laying right in front of them is positively something you can't go on without. Swirling guitars topped with sweetly angelic voices is practically a can't-miss concoction, so with this kind of potential mass-appeal under their wings, don't be surprised to see your nosy neighbors and attention-starved friends to chime in with unabashed praise as In The Red Records has the good sense to snatch up the 'Girls with a proper reissue of their debut album right here, right now, and add a distinct brightness to one of the most important years of modern music. (Todd Killings) InTheRed CD $13.00 Vivian Girls S-T (DELAYED) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! InTheRed LP $10.50 Votolato, Rocky A Brief History PS, US Some of his earliest solo recordings, available on vinyl for the first time. LIMITED TO 1000. GileadMedia 10" $13.75 Walker, Scott Til The Band Comes In PS, US In discussions of Scott Walker's body of work 1970's 'Til The Band Comes In is unfairly left out or, even worse, derided as excruciatingly saccharine. However, the first ten songs on this album, all Walker originals, are on par with his finest work on classic albums Scott 3 and Scott 4. While the covers that close out the album (with the notable exception of "It's Over") do feel like additions that reek of label pressure, it shouldn't detract from the rest of the record. Scott Walker's fifth solo album is a fine example of the early work from one of pop music's most idiosyncratic geniuses, reissued on CD for the first time domestically. Water CD $14.00 Walkmen You & Me PS, US The Walkmen took a working holiday from their usual sound on their remake of Harry Nilsson's Pussy Cats and, to a lesser extent, on the Dylan-goes-Latin vibe of A Hundred Miles Off, but they return to more familiar territory on You & Me. Quite literally, too: the band revisited the same studio where they laid down Bows + Arrows for some of this album's sessions. However, travel is one of You & Me's major themes, with beaches, holidays, and provinces placing these songs all over the map. That plays perfectly into the Walkmen's uncanny ability to conjure specific places in their music: "Donde Esta La Playa," from its turista title to its deconstructed surf guitars to lyrics like "there is still sand in my suitcase/there is still salt in my teeth," plays like blurry but vivid memories -- and proof that not everything that happens on vacation stays on vacation. Grotto-like reverb gives "Postcards from Tiny Islands"' riotous guitars a nostalgic twinge only heightened by small but telling details like "the bar band and their sorry songs." The Walkmen also travel through different sounds on You & Me: "Red Moon"'s gentle acoustic guitars and brass give it a subtly Latin feel, while "Canadian Girl"'s dreamy warmth suggests a vintage soul single that's been tucked away for decades in a forgotten jukebox. You & Me's return to the Walkmen's usual shadowy, introspective moodiness feels like a cloud covering the sun, especially after the drunken wake of Pussy Cats. Fortunately, that cloudiness suits these songs, particularly "On the Water," a darkly pretty ballad lit by faintly shimmering keyboards, and "In the New Year," which sets a bruised melody to jubilant organ swells that only sound more poignant together. Despite a few louder moments like "Seven Years of Holidays (For Stretch)"'s shambling waltz and "Blue Route"'s gut-punching drums, You & Me delves deeply into the evocative ballads that have made the band fascinating since Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone. The album closes with a trio of them, with the spare jangle of "New Country" and "If Only It Were"'s final declaration "I'll die in dreams of you" ending You & Me on a somberly sweet note. This may or may not be the Walkmen's prettiest album, but it's certainly their loneliest. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide Gigantic CD $12.50 Way Of The Cross Mind of the Dolphin PS, US In the Spring of 2007, a tour commenced from Latvia to Holland called 'Way Of The Cross: On The Path Of The Ninefold Muse,' titled from Robert Graves' book, The White Goddess. The tour spanned Polish clubs, Dutch radio, Berlin galleries, and the Latvian beach; Mind of the Dolphin documents the music spawned at these stops. WOTC members include Dave Nuss (NNCK), Stellar OM Source, The Skaters, Jan Anderzen (Kemialliset Ystävät), Kuupuu, Mik Quantius (Embryo), and Tiitus Petajaniemi and Jari Koho (Uton, Keijo). 'The White Goddess is far more than a long-discredited pagan deity. She is still alive, and her worship takes many strange forms both inside and outside the conventions of Western morality. In particular, she continues as the Ninefold Muse, patroness of the white magic of poetry. Phoenix LP $15.75 Wee You Can Fly On My Aeroplane PS, US The 2nd in a trilogy of Columbus, Ohio soul albums to be issued on Numero's Asterisk imprint comes from the twisted pen & mind of Norman Whiteside. This is firmly ensconced in 'Innervisions'-era Stevie Wonder, w/ nary a trace of his work as a writer for Bill Moss' Capsoul label a few yrs prior. Smooth, sexy, & synthy, its a peerless sprawling psychedelic soul concept album. The original 9 song LP has been expanded to nineteen, incl. 7 previously unreleased panty soakers. Asterisk/Numero CD $13.25 Wee You Can Fly On My Aeroplane PS, US Now available finally on wax of this recent Asterisk joint (sister-label of Numero Group)! Luscious DLP vinyl version! Asterisk/Numero DLP $19.00 West, Keith Excerpts From: Groups & Sessions 1965-1974 PS, UK Keith West is best remembered as the voice behind the legendary Grocer Jack single and 'Excerpt From A Teenage Opera' became a champion of both the pop charts and the '60s psychedelic lifestyle. Away from the pin-up-mags Keith also made a serious impression on the underground scene with Tomorrow and enjoyed a wonderful and varied career. This compilation charts his progress through the 1960s and into the '70s with a remarkable collection of rare and previously un-issued tracks. Ranging from Four+One, the In Crowd -- with guitarist Steve Howe (who, when they became Tomorrow, wrote two songs for the cult '60s thriller Blow Up, which appear here for the very first time) -- to both 'Teenage Opera' singles. Lavishly illustrated with a full pull-out poster-booklet, this gorgeous CD receives a keenly awaited re-press. RPM CD $17.00 Woods Family Creeps S-T PS, US Newest incarnation of NYC's wondrous Woods, as the trio of Jeremy Earl, Jarvis Taveniere, and G Lucas Crane. For sure the finest yet from these folks... lysergic & infectiously bent acidfolk mashed into Faust IV style electronically dosed pop grooving, all awash in odd studio effects, motorik percussion, cracked fuzz, unique vocal gush, twisted lyrics, and burning psych jams... plus enough sweet hooks to get yr next freakout party moving right. hell yes, its a wicked one. Packed in a mini lp style heavy gatefold cover with full color art, Japanese woven inner sleeve, etc. edition of 1000 copies. TimeLag CD $13.00 Wray, Link White Lightning: Lost Cadence Sessions '58 PS, US The kids of 1958 loved 'em, and their first single for Cadence Records shot up the charts like a label owner's dream. This is the fantastic and fiery album that was supposed to have been released as a follow-up to one of the all-time great instrumental classics, the ultra-menacing "Rumble." But faster than you can say "Drag Race," everyone-Cadence label-owner Archie Bleyer included-was talking about this new threat to the morals of American youth. That's why Link and his boys were off the imprint, and this album of prime distorto-guitar-crunch cool remained unreleased for nearly 50 years. Well here it is, and it's every bit as dirty and dangerous as you would expect! Numbered, limited edition of 1,000 copies on high-definition vinyl. Sundazed LP $17.00 XX Teens Welcome to Goon Island PS, US 2008 debut album from the intriguing and mysterious British Electronic act. Somewhat of a metaphor for Britain, Welcome To Goon Island is born from the great British Art School tradition; vivid, interesting, expansive and far-reaching, an aesthetic that seeps into everything they do from their other-worldly videos via intriguing photos to extra curricular activities such as training dogs to dance. Yet such apparent frippery shouldn't disguise their uncanny ability to pen rather fine songs, as Welcome To Goon Island attests. The album was produced by with Ross Orton (Fat Truckers, MIA, Bromheads Jacket, Kid Acne) in Sheffield at the end of 2007. A joyous and innovative record which rumbles, rolls and swings. 11 tracks. Mute CD $15.25 Forthcoming Releases 23 Skidoo Seven Songs + Singles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH) PS, UK Expanded reissue on CD by seminal post-punk group 23 Skidoo. Initially active between 1979 and 1987, 23 Skidoo released a series of genre-defining records fusing post-punk, dub, industrial, world and hip-hop styles. Singles include Last Words, Tearing Up The Plans, Coup and Language. Albums include Seven Songs, The Culling Is Coming and Urban Gamelan. In 2000 the group returned with a self-titled album, 23 Skidoo, and remain hugely influential. Originally released on Fetish Records in February 1982, the mini album Seven Songs topped the indie charts and established 23 Skidoo as a groundbreaking commercial force. "Intoxicating - one of the most exciting records I've heard since Unknown Pleasures" (Paul Morley, NME, 1982); "23 Skidoo conceived of funk as a sinister energy, and Seven Songs still sounds bloodcurdlingly intense" (Simon Reynolds, Rip It Up & Start Again, 2005). Digitally remastered, this extended CD includes seven bonus tracks from the singles Last Words and Tearing Up The Plans. The booklet also features a detailed history of the elusive group, with contributions from Skidoo members past and present. LTM-2528 CD $17.00 A Cuckoo Destination Unknown (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US "There is something reassuringly old fashioned about A Cuckoo, a singular individual who dwells on the Yorkshire Moors and has a fixation with sepia-toned Edwardiana, music boxes and the like... MOJO would like to add that we hope that A Cuckoo's forthcoming album will be available on 78. It would seem impolite if it wasn't." - MOJO By the age of 17 A Cuckoo had already played in respected UK bands Blue Aeroplanes and House of Love. In his early 20s he started to create and produce his own music. In the meantime he ended up working nearly full time as a composer for the BBC, which is where he "learnt how to orchestrate and paint sonic pictures." Quietly A Cuckoo began putting some of the rough ideas that he was developing up on MySpace. The page quickly began to gather a list of complimentary comments and was visited by A Girl called Eddy (former Le Grand Magistery recording artist, currently signed to Anti), who asked what the situation was with the release of his material. "Um, they're only rough snippets!" replied A Cuckoo, so A Girl Called Eddy put him in touch with Matthew Jacobson from Le Grand Magistery who insisted he finish the album so he could release it. The result is 'Destination Unknown'. A magical and dusty esoteric mix of styles that seems to effortlessly project a work of humble yet visionary compositions and poetry. Filled with music boxes, accordions, mandolins, bells, a quartet, acoustic guitars, and endless melody. "Great songs" - Chris Difford of Squeeze LeGrandMagistery-045 CD $12.25 A Sunny Day In Glasgow Scribble Mural Comic Journal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH ) PS, US NEW PRESSING on new label. PITCHFORK 8.0! Using mandolins, banjos, noise, samplers & all of the normal band instruments, Philadelphia's ASDIG adds lush female vocals & dance-y rhythms to make dreamy pop music. Distorted guitars alongside Robin & Lauren's vocals trading off phrase for phrase glisten for thirteen storied track. It succeeds in marrying ASDIG's love of indie rock & languid atmosphere, recalling the best aspects of Slowdive's Souvlaki & early Aphex Twin. Notenuf-001 CD $12.25 Abshire, Ariel Exclamation Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US Darla Records hasn't been this excited about a new release by a new Pop/Americana artist since My Morning Jacket's first record. Ariel performs her original songs live at venues across Austin, Texas -- by herself and with music legend Alvin Crow. Her voice can be heard on soundtracks for films by Robert Rodriguez and Trevor Romain, and she is the youngest female singer to perform before thousands at the Austin Music Awards. Music critic Margaret Moser has compared her voice to that of Brenda Lee and Lou Ann Barton. Ariel has been called the "authentic foil to Britney Spears," by National Geographic's Traveler Magazine. This young woman was born to sing. TRACKLISTING: 1. Exclamation Love 2. Goddamn New Mexico 3. Nervous 4. I Didn't Know People Could Do That 5. Unknown Encounter 6. Thin Skin 7. Spots 8. Hotel Hallway 9. Subscriptions and Lies 10. Picking Up 11. Everybody Does Darla-214 CD $12.25 Acorn Tin Fist (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US After releasing 2008's critically acclaimed "Glory Hope Mountain," the band returns with a 6 song EP, which runs the stylistic gamut from brooding art-folk numbers to unabashedly joyous rock freak outs. PaperBag CD5 $7.50 Adams, Ryan & Cardinals Cardinology (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US New one from Ryan Adams and his band the Cardinals. LostHighway CD $15.00 Adams, Ryan & Cardinals Cardinology (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! LostHighway LP $17.00 Alps III (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The band's first studio album but, as the name implies, its third overall, III finds the members of the Alps in good creative health -- perhaps not surprising for a slew of performers who regularly make their name with other projects like Tarentel and ARP, but the trick for any such project lies in its members knowing how to meet in the middle. On this level III is a good success, clearly balancing out solo and improvisational elements with gentle structure on a series of (mostly) instrumentals, equal parts feedback drone/zone and slow, steady melodies and rhythms. It's very much an album placing itself in a larger tradition -- Pink Floyd at their most creative, especially with soundtrack work (not for nothing would one song here be called "Echoes"), and similarly Popul Vuh, and those are simply two of the most obvious references." Type CD $17.00 Amplifier Machine Her Mouth Is An Outlaw (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Amplifier Machine began in 2002 with James Dixon (Swordfish, Supagroop, James Dixon) on guitar, Korg & piano, Seth Rees (The Spheres, This Is Your Captain Speaking, I Want A Hovercraft, Seth Rees) on drums, violin, samples, piano & guitar and Alex Jarvis (Automatic, Black Cab, Registered Nurse, Alex Jarvis) on guitar & drums, with the intention of combining their songwriting talents. Something about getting three solo artists together, or maybe something about what rehearsing for so long in a freezing Collingwood warehouse does to the brain, caused the pop-bred members of Amplifier Machine to spiral out into a peculiar music of inquisitive, atmospheric, half-improvised mini-epics. Amplifier Machine is a self-described experiment inanemocratic process and near-improvisation (anemocracy = rule by whim or the wind). Through earnest discussion and endless unending jams, Amplifier Machine came upon The Rule: that when the other two members have settled, it's your turn to change. The Rule was found to be useful, not only in musical terms, but also as a strategy in discussion, advocacy for the devil, and reducto absurdums. Each members' musical approach is informed by knowledge of various artistic processes, including: visual art, drama, the written word, carpentry and car maintenance. Thus, in music and in discussion, Amplifier Machine tends to start with a thesis, then to spiral out into varying antitheses, to arrive at some sort of synthesis. At least, that's the idea. Somewhat of a departure, in terms of sound, for 12k, Her Mouth Is An Outlaw breezes darkly languid chords over a post-rock-meets-experimental structure that is decidedly lacking in micro-electronics. These echoes reach for new 12k-heights while the spirit of ambience and space remain familiar. 12K-1049 CD $12.25 Antony & The Johnsons Another World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Antony and the Johnsons have emerged with a new album, The Crying Light, which shall be released January 2009. "Another World" is a five-song EP which shall precede said new album. On "Another World", Antony lists the things he treasures about the natural world, and then expresses how much he will miss them. "Another World" is hypnotic and affecting, as well as timely. The EP Another World also includes "Shake That Devil". Part exorcism and part Shangri La, Antony calls out shape-shifting perpetrators, and banishes them one by one. Two other songs, "Crackagen" and "Sing For Me" are pastoral and surreal. Finally the epic "Hope Mountain" closes the EP; an episodic narrative set after a flood; people gather on a mountain to witness the emergence of a holy girl. SecretlyCanadian-193 CD5 $7.50 Antony & The Johnsons Another World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. SecretlyCanadian-193 12" $10.50 Asobi Seksu Me & Mary b/w Breathe Into Glass (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH) PS, US As their captivating live show attests, Asobi Seksu have outgrown the comparisons to My Bloody Valentine and others, and are finally realizing their potential as one of New York's greatest bands. Polyvinyl 45 $6.25 Bastien, Pierre Visions of Doing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Well known for his orchestra of musically gifted robots. Driven by electric motors, the machines deliver stuttering rhythmic loops. These unsteady tempos constantly fluctuate, imbuing the songs w/an emotional & honest quality not found in much of today's loop-based music. The 9 tracks have been selected from his soundtracks to Karel Doing's films. WesternVinyl-053 CD $11.50 Beatnik Filmstars The Purple Fez 72 Club Social (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, UK After years of lo-fi pop madness, Beatnik Filmstars move effortlessly away from their past, and into a new mellower ' Americana ' direction. The humor in the lyrics Beatniks fans have come to know and love, is still there, although there is a, perhaps, darker overall feel. Country tinged twangy guitars, Hammond Organs, Accordions and Harmonicas, replace some of the more experimental noise pop of the past, and songs such as 'Hospital Ward' and 'Sweet Bird Of Sorrow' you could easily imagine someone such as Will Oldham covering. And the slow building- burner 'Nurse My Head' has an almost Spiritualized feel. There are still one or two rockier numbers, but even these have a warmer laid-back vibe going on. And although it is a big step away from their lo-fi poppier past, it still sounds like no one but themselves. This could be your album of the year. Laid-back, blissed out and gorgeous. InternationalLo-FiUnderground-001 CD $13.50 Black Time Double Negative (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US 3rd full-length album from London garage punk trio, BLACK TIME, who have carved a hefty reputation for themselves over the past few years through scattered tours across Europe & the US, numerous LTD ED 7-inch records, 2 dense yet danceable long-player albums, & a manifesto that, among other things, espouses "fuck & rage" & the "heavy vampire sound." Calls to mind equal parts Messthetics & 'Back From The Grave' compilations. This is the absinthe you've been wanting to drink. "...makes labelmates Pussy Galore & the Black Lips sound positively polished by comparison."-LA WEEKLY InTheRed CD $14.25 Blithe Sons, The The Great Orthochromatic Wheel (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US The Great Orthochromatic Wheel is The Blithe Sons first full-length release since 2004. In the years since the California duo of Loren Chasse and Glenn Donaldson may have traversed poppy fields and swam to aqua cities though mostly they've remained active with their Jewelled Antler offshoots: Ov, Of, and Child Readers (Chasse ) or Skygreen Leopards and Flying Canon (Donaldson) and both in Thuja. These five songs combine nature's melodic pull and minimalist songs forms summoned by a miniature orchestra of eclectic instruments. Each LP side flaunts a different depth of the Sons, one recorded outdoors and the other inside. The indoor set consists of slow-motion ballads built on hymn-like organ, nylon string guitar, analog drum machine & stark percussion. The outdoor side offers a web of exotic wind-instruments & battery-powered electronics reverberating in a cavernous hall cut in the side of a sea-cliff. Each 500 copies contain a download coupon for a free MP3 version of the album. The Blithe Sons have released five other full-length albums since 2001 for Family Vineyard, Chocolate Monk and Jewelled Antler. In 2007 the Sons curated the sixth volume of Music Fellowship's triptych series bringing together Pekko Kappi and Claypipe for a three-way split CD. FamilyVineyard-62 LP $12.50 Bookish, Simon Everything/Everything (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US An unpredictable and dramatic "big band song cycle about science and information", Everything/Everything is a new departure for Simon Bookish, being his first album for TOMLAB. Additionally, whilst previous Simon Bookish releases have been informed by the sounds of digital synthesizers, Everything/Everything does away with them entirely to focus on live instruments. Scored for an ensemble dominated by saxophones, brass, piano, harp and Far sa organ, it features luminaries from both the jazz and experimental classical music scenes. Whilst this is almost certainly his most pop oriented release to date, Everything/Everything, as it's name suggests, nds room for moments of racing Philip Glass minimalism, lop-sided disco, expressionist cabaret, and even an eery ambient interlude. Lyrically, the album's concept is "the - good of information" in our modern age, taking in chemistry and ecology, language and art, sometimes surreal, sometimes humorous, sometimes provocative, a weird blur of fact and action, delivered in Bookish's distinctive English eccentric vocal. It's only natural that Simon Bookish would want to tackle this chaos of stuff, since 'Simon Bookish' is the pseudonym of London-based composer Leo Chadburn, whose diverse recent work has included everything from sound-art installations in Bregenz, Austria, improvisation and guest spots with Leafcutter John and Polar Bear's Seb Rochford, and computer music for contemporary dance at the Royal Opera House to an acclaimed appearance with the National Theatre as "The Singer" in Brecht's "Caucasian Chalk Circle". Tomlab-121 CD $12.25 Briggs, Anne S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Originally released in 1971. She was a huge influence on the entire British folk-rock movement, especially other female singers such as Sandy Denny, Jacqui McShee, & Maddy Prior. This album is a strong collection of traditional folk songs & original material & one of the most important releases of the British folk revival. 4MenwithBeards LP $16.75 Briggs, Anne Time Has Come (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Originally released in 1971. This album feat. many self-penned numbers as well as a few contemporary covers w/ Briggs playing guitar & bouzouki. Briggs only released two albums & a handful of singles/EPs before retiring from the music business making this reissue an important document of the British folk revival. 4MenwithBeards LP $16.75 Brun, Ane Changing of the Seasons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS,US New album from Norwegian songstress. Sidecho CD $11.00 California Oranges Imperial Hearts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Our Sacramento, CA indie-pop all stars return with a gem of a pop/rock album full of hooky choruses, call and response guitars and a super tight power-pop rhythm section. A pow-pow-powerful good good feeling! Just as you'd expect from this seasoned music family. Bask in the summer sun with the fourth album from the golden state's California Oranges and a healthy dose of the sunshine power pop they're known for. Underlying the power is a healthy dose of pop: Delicately concocted, contemplative songs exploring life's ups and downs. The quintet has hit their stride on Imperial Hearts. The record features the same line up as their 2005 release Souvenirs: John Conley (Holiday Flyer), Verna Brock (Rocketship, Beanpole, Holiday Flyer, Sinking Ships), Ross Levine (Sinking Ships), Katie Haley (Holiday Flyer, Sinking Ships), and Matt Levine (Sinking Ships). The album was jointly produced by the California Oranges and Dana Gumbiner (Night Night, Deathray). Imperial Hearts was mixed by long time friend of the band, producer/engineer, Eric Stenman (Saves the Day, The Comas, The Cab). The California Oranges construct songs filled with, "soaring boy/girl harmonies, rapid-fire licks of squeaky clean and buzz saw dirty guitar work, consistently up-tempo beats, and melodies that would make tone deaf kitten haters want to sing along" --Popmatters. "Power pop has rarely sounded as sweet." --Treblezine. TRACK LIST: 1. Brand New Spine, 2. We've Got Time, 3. Travel Writer, 4. Anywhere USA, 5. I Still Hold On, 6. Silver Shoes, 7. Feel Better, 8. Waiting Is Slow, 9. I Told Grace, 10. Matter Of Consequence, 11. I Won't Let You Back In, 12. When I Sleep. Darla-193 CD $12.25 Car Commercials Eric's Diary (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Car Commericals are generally uncomfortable; probably shifty-eyed loners that barely leave the basement. Their brand of strictly personal suburban ooze was borne deep within the recesses of New Jersey, just east of I-95. More specifically, this music springs from inside that unspeakable zone deep within the mind where feelings get very messy. Eric's Diary is the second LP release from Car Commericals, following the out-of-print Judy's Dust LP (Cenotaph) from early 2008. Those confounded by Judy's Dust will be pleased to know that Eric's Diary is where things get...weird. Breath deep,and prepare to scratch yr head faster than you can say 'Home Blitz.' LP limited edition of 200 with full color paste-on sleeves. SoftAbuse LP $13.50 Carter, Christina Original Darkness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US Within the songs of Original Darkness, Carter confronts loneliness, self doubt, inadequacy & desire. She bares these emotions in a sometimes tender, sometimes forceful, sometimes pleading voice, a voice in which you can hear her vulnerability, her trepidation. Christina's words, and the mournful sound of them, stirs a melancholy that is supported & framed by her gently plucked guitar notes, notes that echo the sadness in the world she sings of, as well as the words she sings. Kranky CD $12.25 Castanets City of Refuge (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US An uneasy, asymmetric weave of sung songs, chants, electronic noise solos & spaghetti-western guitar interludes. The album suggests a film soundtrack, w/overture, mood-setting & plot-development songs, intermission, character studies, & themes of resolution & reconciliation. Guest appearances by JANA HUNTER, SUFJAN STEVENS, Dawn Smithson (JESSAMINE, SUNN O))))), & SCOTT TUMA. AsthmaticKitty CD $14.25 Castanets City of Refuge (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. AsthmaticKitty LP $11.50 Catfish Haven Devastator (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. SecretlyCanadian LP $11.50 Catfish Haven Devastator (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US SPIN MAGAZINE: "The group's blues-infused ballads & boozy trots possess equal amounts of backwoods authenticity & cosmopolitan flair. They may harvest most of their mojo from south of the Mason-Dixon but they bleed metropolitan w/undeniable garage-grime charm & power-pop arrangements reminiscent of the Strokes" SecretlyCanadian CD $11.50 Ceremony/Screem Vinyl Image Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Ceremony bring their arsenal of shoegaze guitar mayhem to the forefront on their songs: dark but catchy, & very, very loud. Screen Vinyl Image make striking music that combines elements of minimalist electro & beautiful guitar pop. Expect layers of keyboards, ambient noise & pulsating drum beats w/ rich dark vocals. Excellent showcase of two of the best shoegaze/indie bands going in the US today. Comes packed w/ CD version too. CustomMadeMusic 10"/CD $10.50 Clash, The Live at Shea Stadium (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Recorded at New York's Shea Stadium in 1982, Live at Shea Stadium captures the band at the peak of its powers and on devastating form. Bristling with energy and attitude, Live at Shea Stadium is destined to feature alongside James Brown at the Apollo, The Who at Leeds and Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison as one of the greatest live recordings of all time! The Clash, opening for The Who on their farewell tour of the US, played two nights at the legendary Shea Stadium (October 12th and 13th of 1982). Despite being the support act, the New York Post reported "there were as many Clash fans on those nights as Who fans." Epic CD $16.25 Connors, Loren The Moon Last Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US The Moon Last Night perfectly captures the complex and contemporary guitar style of Loren Connors - totally desolate yet wound in echoy, rich black clouds that weep of Mississippi ghost blues and chiming strings. This two-part suite combines the artist's love of choral music, Giacinto Scelsi and the naked Venusian guitar style he evangelized across a string of private press LPs in the late 1980s. Conjured solely from a Fender six-string and reverb effects, solitary notes swirl and loft gently from distant points before collecting into booming clusters. Recorded in Connors' Brooklyn apartment during the winter of 2008, the rustles of clothes and a creaking chair appear throughout. Like a kaleidoscope or the cover art itself - a 1973 painting by Connors - subterranean layers of composition and melodic streams are uncovered in each listen. Pressed in an edition of 500 one-sided translucent yellow LPs Connors has released over 50 albums since his 1978 debut, and since 1999 he has recorded over two dozen solo and collaborative albums with Suzanne Langille, John Fahey, David Grubbs, Christina Carter, Jandek, and Jim O'Rourke. FamilyVineyard-61 LP $12.50 Crooked Fingers Forfeit/Fortune (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US 5th album from former ARCHERS OF LOAF singer ERIC BACHMANN. LIMITED TO 1000 copies on white vinyl. Includes download coupon & a non-CD bonus track, "La Maleta Fea," a brand new version of a song that appeared previously on a Merge Records compilation. NEKO CASE appears on the album-closing duet "Your Control" ForeignLeisure LP $13.50 Crystal Antlers EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Touch & Go signed them and will re-release their astounding debut EP. "Merging psych, garage, lo-fi, prog, and countless other influences, the group easily maintains consistency despite a complete inability to be pinned to any specific movement or trend" - Pitchfork. "Unashamed, unafraid, gritty hot-mess melodies that take cues from The Stooges, Joe Cocker, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and Ozzy Osbourne" - LA Weekly. "Long Beach's Crystal Antlers have mastered the art of thrash, that combustible build-up of noise and melody that so many others have tried to harness, only to fail in a miserable pool of fuzzy annoyance" - OC Weekly. Touch&Go CD5 $7.00 Crystal Antlers EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Touch&Go 12 $8.75 Danielson Our Givest (Remix) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US SecretlyCanadian-191 45 $4.75 Darling Downs From One to Another (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US "A record of spare, tender songcraft, whose delicate shifts in tone make the simple alt.country tag inadequate. A brave move for both, brilliantly pulled off. 4 stars."-Uncut. The DDs stand out as the most unlikely of collaborations between longtime members of the fertile Australian rock scene. While it is not at alll insane to imagine the driving force behind SCIENTISTS, BEASTS OF BOURBON & SURREALISTS, KIM SALMON, working with DIED PRETTY's energetic frontman and songwriter RON PENO, the improbable happens when you consider the result that might flow from such a teaming. What are the odds that these two towering figures of Australian music, famous for swaggering, noisy, swampy punk rock (Salmon) & soaring pop rock (Peno) would concoct such a perfect loveletter to American country folk? Armed only with Kim Salmon's custom Cole Clark acoustic guitar and Peno's singular voice & vision, The Darling Downs crafted an almost impossible album: a record of nuanced beauty, a subtle masterpiece that unfolds like a dahlia with each successive spin, giving the listener something new & unexpected at every helping. All from two guys & one pristine guitar. At times Peno channels the spirit of Appalachian folk's high lonesome sound, complete with yips, yelps & howls, while elsewhere his (improvised?!) vocals are hypnotically understated, almost delicate-- threatening to disappear into thin air before crashing down like thunder. Supporting Peno's acrobatic vocal brilliance is Salmon's equally understated, elegant guitar playing, perhaps the most restrained of his career, made all the more stunning when you know the fireworks & growl of which he is capable & for which he is famous. Salmon showcases not only his versatility but playing of such surprisingly refined grace that it defines the album as one of the best listens of 2006. An album of profound subtlety. "With Salmon often infusing the guitar lines with deft lilts & melodies, grasping each song is sometimes as difficult as interpreting a smoke signal in a storm, the ever-shifting qualities of the music making it difficult to categorize. The experience mesmerizes."-The Age (AU). CarrotTop CD $11.50 Darling Downs From One to Another (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! CarrotTop LP $11.50 Datsun, The Smoke & Mirrors (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US New album from New Zealand throwback garagerockers. CookingVinyl CD $13.75 Davis, Greg & Sebastien Roux Merveilles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, GERMANY Greg Davis and Sébastien Roux are back with their second collaborative album following the acclaimed release "Paquet surprise". "Merveilles", translated from the French word as wonderland, describes the album very fitting as the songs have a very illustrative quality. Where the previous album relied a bit more on sweet melodies and quick changes "Merveilles" explores different sound worlds in depth and illuminates a terrain of diverse emotional scenarios. Silent passages of field recordings are combined with subtle harmonic layers, interrupted by sudden noise eruptions and contrasted by folk like guitar melodies and very concrete sounds, often leaving the listener wondering what the origin of this tone might be. It is a pleasure to have a documentary of this interesting collaboration in which both musicians are able to realize their grown individual expertise. Sébastien Roux, working at the IRCAM and well known for his success in continuing the French line of music concrete in a new and contemporary way, clearly helps to establish the abstract narrative form of this record with arrangements of cut and edited pieces of concrete recordings. The influence of Greg Davis, often described as the anchor figure in the forming of the laptop folk scene, is clearly audible in melodic guitar lines and the construction of dense harmonic drones. But the strength of this collaboration is the fact that Greg Davis and Sébastien Roux combine their musical ideas creating a very unique approach of their own. This record clearly combines elements of serious and popular music in a highly thoughtful and contemporary way, widening the edges of by now established stylistic fields that Davis and Roux once helped to define. "Merveilles" consists of edits of live recordings made during a tour through Europe and the US in 2005 - it is the pleasant proof that electronic music of such richness in detail can be played and composed live. Ahornfelder-12 CD $16.25 Dead C Secret Earth EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US BaDaBing! CD5 $9.00 Deerhoof Offend Maggie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. KillRockStars LP $13.25 Deerhoof Offend Maggie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US New album. KillRockStars CD $13.25 Deerhunter Nothing Ever Happened (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US The first salvo in a barrage of Deerhunter related noise this fall is this two song single that precedes the release of the Microcastle full length. Side A is the unabashed rocker from the album, while the flip side is the demo version of another album track. This is a limited edition one-time pressing release. Kranky 45 $5.50 Deerhunter Microcastle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Kranky LP $11.50 Deerhunter Microcastle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US Highly anticipated follow-up to 2007's Cryptograms album which launched the band into the stratosphere of hype. Microcastle was recorded over the course of a week at Rare Book Studios in Brooklyn, New York with Nicolas Verhes in April of '08. The album was recorded as a four-piece consisting of Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Joshua Fauver & Moses Archuleta. "Saved by Old Times" features a vocal collage by Cole Alexander of the Black Lips, and the album also features two songs with lead vocals by guitarist Lockett Pundt, "Agoraphobia," & "Neither of Us, Uncertainly". Kranky CD $12.25 Department Of Eagles In Ear Park (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US and expansive album; an intimate collection of songs. Much of the material Daniel brought to this record draws on memories of his father who died in 2007, and to whom "In Ear Park" is dedicated. Many of Fred's contributions relate to similar themes of nostalgia and mortality, giving the album an elegiac feel at times. "In Ear Park" is also full of joyous moments, lush production, and concise songwriting. "Department Of Eagles make scratchy, lo-fi Casio-pop with hooks as big as arena anthems" - New York Magazine. 4AD CD $13.25 Dungen 4 (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Kemado LP $16.25 Earthless Live At Roadburn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! TeePee LP $16.50 Earthless Live At Roadburn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US The heavy psychedelic trio Earthless was featured at the annual Roadburn Festival in Holland - a celebration of tube-driven distortion, crackling electric guitars, and the many fans who come to celebrate the mighty riff. Earthless embodies the event's essence, and this year, they wound up on the main stage in front of 2,000 fans, filling the time slot of the headlining band with a 90 minute visual mind and audio massacre. Told of the recordings, the band decided it was the most honest document they could offer; caught in their natural environment: the live show. The result is a double LP and CD masterpiece. TeePee CD $13.25 El Guincho Alegranza (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! XL LP $17.50 El Guincho Alegranza (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US El Guincho is Pablo Diaz-Reixa, born in Spain. This release is a mix of afro-beat percussion, calypso harmonies, psych tropicalia, world music samplers, doo wop, trance repetition, underwater pop, steel drums, and island feeling plus club oriented song structures, uptempo beats, and exotica production. "An exultant one-man carnival of sound" - Uncut. "Music that makes you feel like you've entered a higher state of consciousness" - Dazed & Confused. XL CD $13.25 Envy/Jesu Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US Over 37 minutes of newly recorded music from two forward-looking bands who are entering a new phase. Envy's three songs are even more diverse than previous classics, while Jesu mastermind JUSTIN K. BROADRICK wrote, recorded, mixed, & produced his two tracks at Avalanche from January-May 2008 Conspiracy LP $16.75 Final Solution Brotherman OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Continuing a tradition that began w/ "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" & culminated w/ "Shaft" & "Superfly", this was a blaxploitation film set to hit screens in 1975. Before even one ft of film was shot, the plug was pulled & the movie was cancelled. Dragged around for 30 yrs by songwriter CARL WOLFOLK, the tapes of his life's work have finally been mixed. This deluxe set is housed in the standard slipcase w/ a plush bk detailing the known history of the film & the group behind the music. Great, funky, fun melodies throughout! Numero DLP $19.00 Flaming Lips, The Christmas On Mars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH) PS, US "A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips" DVD features the 86-minute motion picture, interviews with band members and a featurette called 'From Drawings to a Movie: Inside Wayne's Endless Yellow Notepad', which explores the genesis of the film. Warners DVD $18.00 Flaming Lips, The Christmas On Mars [deluxe edition] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH) PS, US "A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips" Deluxe edition DVD features the 86-minute motion picture, interviews with band members and a featurette called 'From Drawings to a Movie: Inside Wayne's Endless Yellow Notepad', which explores the genesis of the film. Bonus CD is the film's soundtrack, which we think is all unreleased material. CD tracklist: 01 Once Beyond Hopelessness / 02 The Distance Between Mars and the Earth -- Part One / 03 The Horrors of Isolation: The Celestial Dissolve, Triumphant Hallucination, Light Being Absorbed / 04 In Excelsior Vaginalistic / 05 Your Spaceship Comes From Within / 06 Suicide and Extraordinary Mistakes / 07 The Distance Between Mars and the Earth -- Part Two / 08 The Secret of Immortality: This Strange Feeling, This Impossible World / 09 The Gleaming Armament of Marching Genitalia / 10 The Distress Signals of Celestial Objects / 11 Space Bible With Volume Lumps / 12 Once Beyond Hopelessness Warners DVD/CD $25.00 French Impressionists, The Amelia Rosselli (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, UK LTM is pleased to announce a brand new CD album by The French Impressionists, the modernist ensemble associated with Postcard Records and Les Disques du Crepuscule. The French Impressionists first emerged in 1981 via the Postcard Records School, when founder/pianist Malcolm Fisher made his first recordings with members of Aztec Camera and The Jazzateers. A more permanent line-up released A Selection of Songs on Les Disques du Crepuscule, as well as Christmas single Santa Baby, and found lasting success in Japan. In 2007 the group, now based in Milan ( Italy ), released a well-received new album, Fête. For the third French Impressionists album, Malcolm Fisher has joined forces with gifted Italian singer Sara Cicenia, setting the poems of Amelia Rosselli to original piano music. Born in Paris in 1930, Amelia Rosselli was the daughter of anti-fascist resister Carlo Rosselli, assassinated by Mussolini's agents. She spent her life studying ethnomusicology and taking part in the cultural life of postwar Italy as a literary translator and poet, the latter work marked by bold verbal combinations and deliberate linguistic error. She committed suicide in Rome in February 1996. The deluxe booklet features a selection of original images by Malcolm Fisher, and the text of several of the poems. The duo will tour the Rosselli material in Italy later this year. LTM-2523 CD $17.00 Frightened Rabbit Liver! Lung! FR! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Liver! Lung! FR! is Frightened Rabbit at their very best - live. The intimate, mostly-acoustic set documented here was recorded in July 2008 in Glasgow and mixed by Mice Parade's Adam Pierce. Among other surprises, special guests pop up here and there: James Graham from The Twilight Sad contributes vocals to an incredible version of "Keep Yourself Warm," while Glasgow scene staple Ross Cook adds rollicking mandolin to "Old Old Fashioned." The stripped-down instrumentation brings singer Scott Hutchison's vocal delivery - now wrenching, now soaring - to the fore, showcasing the emotive lyrics and memorable melodies that have earned the band their passionate following. FatCatRecords-083 CD $9.00 Fucked Up Get Young (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Kings of punk and hardcore Fucked Up return with a mammoth 12" single, second in a series of records based on the Chinese Zodiac. Year of the Pig is an 18 minute 34 second long prog-punk masterpiece featuring lush piano and organ arrangements by Max Danger (The Deadly Snakes) and guest vocals by Toronto's Jennifer Castle. Year of the Pig starts with gentle guitar and soothing organ before heading into darker territory with gruff male vocals offset by Castle's angelic singing and a meandering bass line. It's not until a full 7 and a half minutes in that the track explodes into a keith moon-esque drum workout, which is followed by a one note neu trick that builds up to a thrash attack. It's 'The Wall' as written and recorded by Poison Idea. WYR 12 $8.00 Fucked Up The Chemistry Of Common Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Matador LP $17.50 Fucked Up The Chemistry Of Common Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US The second record from Toronto's hardcore wunderkinds is a dense, orchestral effort containing an expansive epic about the mysteries of birth, death, and the origins of life. Merging elements of hardcore songwriting with up to 70 tracks of guitars, organs, winds, and vocals, the songs are iconoclastic and startling, with Pink Eyes' growling vocals front and center. Though Fucked Up remain punks at heart, if quixotically diverse ones, they have created a great, weird, heavy record that stubbornly sticks in your brain and your heart. HQ 180 vinyl in gatefold sleeve with MP3 coupon. Matador CD $13.25 Gang Gang Dance Saint Dymphna (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Named after the patron saint of outsiders, taboo subject matter and general disorder, Gang Gang Dance have completed Saint Dymphna - a stunning follow-up to the critically acclaimed God's Money. After a three years of complex and sporadic recording, complete with jetsetting, breakdowns, a Whitney Biennial appearance, plus the Retina Riddim DVD+CD and RAWWAR EP, the band have yielded a true masterpiece in The Social Registry canon. We couldn't be happier to throw this one out and let the world become enamored again. TheSocialRegistry-050 CD $11.50 Gang Gang Dance Saint Dymphna (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Named after the patron saint of outsiders, taboo subject matter and general disorder, Gang Gang Dance have completed Saint Dymphna - a stunning follow-up to the critically acclaimed God's Money. After a three years of complex and sporadic recording, complete with jetsetting, breakdowns, a Whitney Biennial appearance, plus the Retina Riddim DVD+CD and RAWWAR EP, the band have yielded a true masterpiece in The Social Registry canon. We couldn't be happier to throw this one out and let the world become enamored again. TheSocialRegistry-50 LP $12.25 Giant Sand Provisions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! YepRoc DLP $18.25 Girl Talk Feed The Animals (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Pittsburgh artist Gregg Gillis (a.k.a. Girl Talk) has scrupulously created music from samples for over eight years. His fourth album on the Illegal Art label, Feed the Animals, continues his sonic evolution towards his party-infested live show and steps even closer towards a creation that is centered on pop musicality rather than attention-deficit sample splicing. Girl Talk has been known to underground audiences for several years, but it wasn't until 2006 that Gillis crossed over and caught the attention of a larger audience. With Rolling Stone, SPIN, Blender, Pitchfork, and even Beck including Night Ripper in their "best albums of 2006" lists, Girl Talk has gone on to be booked by major festivals (Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Virgin, All Points West, Pitchfork, DEMF, etc.), and solicited for remixes (Beck, Thrill Jockey, Tokyo Police Club, Grizzly Bear, Simian Mobile Disco, Peter Bjorn & John, TeddyBears, and Of Montreal). And with roughly 200 live shows over the last couple of years, Gillis has consistently played larger venues to capacity crowds (every date on his 2007 North American tour with Dan Deacon sold out). PRESS QUOTES: "One endlessly entertaining mega mash-up" - Rolling Stone "Gillis' craft is stunning and his tastes are exquisitely diverse" - Blender "A masterpiece that employs an estimated 300 samples" - SPIN "Massively recommended ... the voracious music fan's dream" --- Pitchfork "Media assassins Illegal Art come forth with yet another brilliant Girl Talk record." - XLR8R "Sounds like your favorite mash-up DJ after about 11 espressos" - Entertainment Weekly "Mashes together booty-shaking rap, iconic indie rock, and, uh, ABBA" - MTV.com. IllegalArt-117 CD $14.25 Glissade Further (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH) PS, US Limited to 500! The band's sometimes drone-y, always distortion-heavy sounds are reminiscent of the haze- induced vibes of bands like Flying Saucer Attack, Spacemen 3 or early Spectrum. This limited vinyl version has been completely remixed by the band & also includes the stellar 'Burned in Blue' EP, long out of print & newly remixed as well - all housed in a heavy, gatefold jacket. 14 hypnotic, blissed-out, instrumental space jams from North Carolina's finest psychedelic shoegazers. DeepSpace DLP $19.50 Grails Doomsdayer's Holiday (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. TemporaryResidence DLP $14.25 Grails Doomsdayer's Holiday (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Their darkest, heaviest record yet! Delivers on the promises made by their previous albums, taking equal pride in smoky psychedelics & mountain-ascending riffs. This finds their already-broad palette continually expanding w/70s European film noir & cosmic free jazz explorations to compliment the Middle Easters psychedelic folk-metal the group is known for. TemporaryResidence CD $11.50 Gregory & the Hawk Moenie & Kitchi (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Project of Meredith Godreau, a native New Yorker w/a captivating voice that hovers between windchimes & church bells, & an undeniable gift for gently insistent melodies & earnest metaphor. She has a gift for emotive acoustic pop that places her squarely w/in the tradition upheld by artists like Susan Christie, Elliott Smith, & Regina Spektor. FatCat CD $11.50 Grouper & Inca Ore Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, SPAIN The sound Liz Harris projects on her records under the moniker Grouper has been said to be deceptively simple, but truly emotional. Layers of vocals processed again and again through loop delays and chains of effects that create gorgeous whirlpools of chants, guitar drones and tape noise, all full of something unique, pure and powerfully beautiful. The kind of magic Harris manages to inject into her recordings is something Eva Saelens knows about quite well, as Inca Ore she has also sung and produced music with a touch of wilderness and witchery. Liz and Eva compiled twenty minutes of unreleased material each on both sides of a C40 recorded at home, a recording that Acuarela now re-releases on CD with new cover art and remastered sound. Acuarela-1086 CD $13.50 Guthrie, Robin 3:19 Bande Originale Du Film (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Limited edition of 3000 in digipak. 3:19 is the title of the original soundtrack recording by Robin Guthrie for the acclaimed Spanish film of the same name. This is the former Cocteau Twins Guitarist's second soundtrack following Mysterious Skin and it features all the trademark Guthrie, ethereal soundscape you'd expect. This time, however, Robin has added piano, just a bit a strings and a few sound effects that nicely communicate the film's mood. Darla-213 CD $13.00 Harvey Milk My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Could Be (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY! LTD ED OF 500 ONLY!! 2LP vinyl reissued for the 1st time in over 10 yrs, their debut album is finally available once again. This is ground zero for one of the 90s last true cult bands; now legendary for churning ghostly wailings, unearthly bellows, & gentle whispers together into one soaring, crawling, ugly & beautiful blend of brilliance. An essential listening for all fans of hard & heavy post-rock. Comes w/ 12x12 insert. Don't sleep on this! Chunklet DLP $20.50 Hauschka Ferndorf (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLER OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Dusseldorf-based pianist & composer Voker Bertelmann's 4th full-length. Where his previous album comprised primarily of solo recordings of his "prepared" piano (w/a few electronic & instrumental overdubs), this is a more expansive & fully-realized effort. At once nostalgic, optimistic, & weighty, w/deft melody sparkling among percussion & drive, this carries an evocative richness & depth throughout its quick-paced, often light-hearted compositions. FatCat CD $11.50 Her Space Holiday XOXO, Panda & The New Kid Revival (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Loose & carefree arrangements of guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, shakers, glockenspiel, & drums lay the foundation for vocal storytelling sing-a-longs. Mush CD $9.00 Hitchcock, Robyn Luminous Groove [8 x LP boxset] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Limited! YepRoc LP-BOX $88.00 Hototogisu Pale Fatal Sister (DELAYED: PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US Limited edition of 700 copies. Double LP pressing housed in a gatefold jacket. Being a Nabokovian and visceral garden of delights, a musical evocation of memory and desire spread over four sides of vinyl. The sound is conjured forth from dark wells to be birthed, twisting and screaming in silver winds. Recorded at Black Dirt Studios, over an intensive three day period of hermetic isolation, whilst snow blanketed the surrounding fields, this work is both more detailed and conjures a heavier, more brooding occult atmosphere and sound, than any previous Hototogisu release. Important-210 DLP $24.50 Hush Arbors S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US 43 minutes of blissed out forest folk that also finds itself knee-deep in organic drones. Keith Wood's high-pitched voice is the focal point which the music swirls around, & these songs emanate from the cosmos like a cathartic release from the sky. But don't be fooled, despite these cosmic aspirations this is music straight from the earth, covered in bark & soaked in soil. Digitalis CD $8.50 Hyvonen, Frida Silence Is Wild (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. SecretlyCanadian-184 LP $11.50 Hyvonen, Frida Silence Is Wild (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH) PS, US Having come out of a year of isolation, Frida Hyvönen paired up once again with Swedish producer Jari Haapalainen in Stockholm's famous Atlantis studio and made her second full-length Silence Is Wild. Whereas Hyvönen's 2006 debut Until Death Comes was lean and percussive with her distinctive oompah-styled piano and direct lyrics, Silence Is Wild stretches her voice across lush arrangements of piano, strings, choirs, and synths. Piano-based antecedents and contemporaries such as Carole King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Plush, and Antony and the Johnsons generally feel like appropriate touchstones for discussing the Swedish singer-songwriter's recorded work. Lyrically, however, Hyvönen is in more open waters, as she forges her own stylistic path as a songwriter. On Silence is Wild, Hyvönen continues to take an utterly modern approach to classic songwriting forms: blending the confessional with the fictional; mixing wit with a sexuality that shifts from the refined to the raw; all the while using language which dances effortlessly between the timeless and the contemporary, referencing high art and pop culture in a transcendent manner which masterfully puts Hyvönen at the top of a new international class of singer-songwriters. SecretlyCanadian-184 CD $11.50 I Am Robot And Proud Uphill City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Limited edition of 1000 color vinyl with free album download. I Am Robot And Proud is the name Toronto native Shaw-han Liem works under to create his singular brand of hypnotic, beguiling electronic pop music. Uphill City is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up to his very popular 2006 album The Electricity in Your House Wants to Sing. Like the previous record, Uphill City is electronic pop music that energizes the listener and refreshes the ear yet Shaw-han's skill as clever pop composer has grown even more mesmerizing. Darla-215 LP $15.00 I Am Robot And Proud Uphill City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US I Am Robot And Proud is the name Toronto native Shaw-han Liem works under to create his singular brand of hypnotic, beguiling electronic pop music. Uphill City is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up to his very popular 2006 album The Electricity in Your House Wants to Sing. Like the previous record, Uphill City is electronic pop music that energizes the listener and refreshes the ear yet Shaw-han's skill as clever pop composer has grown even more mesmerizing. Shawn-han says the theme of the new record is that of struggle and achievement in the big city. IARAP is syncopated multi-instrumental rhythms and playful, repetitive multi-dimensional melodies -- just the elixir your head needs. Shaw-Han mixes acoustic instrumentation; piano, guitar and drums seamlessly with his unique electronic keyboard sounds and percussive elements. This isn't difficult, experimental IDM that pulls the listener off the left side of the dial. This is complex composition that manages to simply delight. It's an exciting sound that gives one the feeling of flying fast & free through a heavenly modern green world of pop, beauty, and sunshine. Your brain chemicals are sure to be balanced after the first minute into the title track. "Since the 2006 album, i have done some traveling and playing shows around the world and visiting many cities. Its interesting for me to see how everyone is living in different ways but there are still similarities. In English, the word "Uphill" has a kind of a double meaning. It can be positive like "things are looking up", or it can mean something is very difficult like "uphill battle". I thought the city was like a symbol for the challenges that happen in your life." --Shaw-han Liem Darla-215 CD $12.25 Ida I Know About You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH) PS, US On their second full-length, Ida absolutely shines. The duo of Dan Littleton and Elizabeth Mitchell are joined by Michael Littleton (Blood on the Wall) on drums. IKAY finds Ida discovering the recognizable voice that has defined their 15-year career. Double gatefold 2xLP 180-gram vinyl with printed innersleeves includes digital download code. Polyvinyl DLP $16.50 Ida Ten Small Paces (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH) PS, US Ida's third record pieces together a scrapbook of an album, a total of 15 tracks recorded in almost as many places. Some four-track, some studio, and some bedroom tracks find their home on this beautiful album that led to Ida's work with Capital Records. Double gatefold 180-gram vinyl with printed innersleeves includes digital download code. Polyvinyl DLP $14.50 Ida Tales of Brave Ida (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH) PS, US Tales of Brave Ida is marked by spare yet clean production and is a stunning debut thatís an absolute essential for Ida fans one and all. Recorded in 1993, ToBI is a drumless effort featuring the duo of Dan Littleton and Elizabeth Mitchell and was written during the time of Mitchell's collaborations with Lisa Loeb. Double gatefold 2xLP 180-gram vinyl with printed innersleeves includes digital download code. Polyvinyl DLP $16.50 I'm From Barcelona Who Killed Harry Houdini (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US New album, about face...march! Mute CD $15.25 International Jetsetters Heart Is Black EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US "Honey-dipped 60's melodies drenched in oceanic swells of guitar noise..." - Oxford Bands, UK International Jetsetters is an Oxford based five piece. The band was formed in March 2007 by singer and guitarist Mark Crozer (The Jesus And Mary Chain) and bass player Bert Audubert. The line-up also features drummer Loz Colbert (The Jesus And Mary Chain, Ride), lead guitarist Paul Crozer, and vocalist Fi McFall. The Jetsetters have been best described by the British press (Nightshift Magazine) as "an amalgamation of everything that was great about indie rock, when that term actually meant something. From the narcotic fuzz of Spacemen 3 to the insistent jangle and drone of The Wedding Present, and lifted spaceward by singer Fi McFall's ethereal vocals, they're dark and dreamy but they rock like bastards." "Heart Is Black" is International Jetsetters debut six-song release. The EP blasts into the stratosphere with the full throttle, melodic guitar buzz, of "Inside Out" followed swiftly by the rhythm heavy groove of "Inside Yourself". "Never Slows Down" and "My Redemption" showcase Fi McFall's range as a singer. The low, breathy tones of the opening verses gradually ascend to pulsating choruses where she resonates like a siren. The title track "Heart is Black" strums and thumps with a dark atmospheric burn. The disc closes with a bit of a twist - A glaring early version of "Never Slows Down". International Jetsetters "Heart Is Black" CDEP hits quick and begs for repeated listens. It's a nice glimpse into what's in store from Oxford, UK's latest export. PlantingSeeds-057 CD5 $9.75 Isis Not in Rivers But in Drops (DELAYED: PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Another single culled from the 2006 release "In the Absence of Truth." This single will feature a live version, recorded in Sept. of '06 at in Washington DC, a music video and a remix version of the song. Ipecac CD5 $6.00 Japanese Motors S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Vice LP $13.25 Japanese Motors S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Japanese Motors are the most exciting band to emerge from Orange County since the heyday of Social Distortion and TSOL. They're known around Southern California for the insane, all night blowouts they put on as much as for the driving, raucous garage pop they set the partying to. The music is as sun-baked and laid-back as their coastal environs and rife with positive imagery. Vice CD $12.00 Japanther Tut Tut, Now Shake Ya Butt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Keeping their tradition of contrast alive the lads have teamed up w/ Penny Rimbaud (CRASS) & released a record of punk songs & poetry. On the surface, that might sound like an odd combination, but this thing is truly a wild romp 'round Africa, the Bronx, San Pedro & Brooklyn, complete w/ faeries, bicycles & a few cans of spray paint. Their infectious, free spirited trash hasn't let up a teeny bit, it's just gotten more focused & rad somehow. WantageUSA LP $12.50 Jarboe Mahakali (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Featuring Phil Anselmo (PANTERA), Attila (MAYHEM), Colin Marston (BYLA), Kevin Hufnagel (BYLA) & Josh Graham (NEUROSIS, A STORM OF LIGHT). TheEnd CD $14.50 Jay Reatard Matador Singles 08 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US For the six months leading up to this release, Matador has put out a limited edition 7-inch by Memphis boy wonder Reatard. Each generated more attention, but was released in a progressively more limited run, starting with 3,500 copies for the first and ending with 400 copies for the sixth. This package collects all six (excluding the Deerhunter track on #4), plus one extra song. Each tune is a perfect snarling pop-punk gem. "In this short span of time, Reatard has cranked out more memorable songs than some acts do in their whole careers" - Pitchfork. Matador CD $13.25 Jay Reatard Matador Singles 08 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Matador LP $14.75 Joan of Arc My Summer-Long High Wipeout (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 18TH) PS, US "My Summer-Long High Wipeout" is Joan of Arc at their best; "The Surrender" is an alternate version from the ones on JOA's latest full-length Boo Human; "A Man Needs A Maid" is a Neil Young Harvest cover. This 7" includes a digital download code for all three songs. Polyvinyl 45 $4.00 Judys, The Moo [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE 2008) PS, US The original 'Moo' album finally re-issued on CD for the first time! CD sports seven bonus tracks, mainman David Bean's "Modomusic" EP. Released almost four years to the day after Washarama and following an eighteen month hiatus, The Judy's Moo album has a slightly more progressive sound: richer production values, fuller arrangements and thicker harmonies. As the band returned to the stage in 1985, this was the album that showed the band's maturity and development as songwriters and musicians. The twelve songs on Moo, laced with solid-state irony, well-placed cynicism and standard issue Judys' wit, show the band at the peak of their creativity and acted as a springboard for their live extravaganzas. The album was released with The Moo Tour - a month of live performances across the state which included giant cereal boxes, moving conveyer belts of milk cartons, and a dancing cow while the band donned milkman uniforms. Critically acclaimed and fan-revered, The Moo Album continues to be a milestone in Texas pop music. WastedTalent CD $15.00 Judys, The Land Of Plenty [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2008) PS, US First ever official release for The Judys last album, recorded but never released! In 1990, The Judy's set out to record a new album with a new Judy's sound. Featuring the lineup that had been established over a number of years the band, including Barbara Donaho (keyboards/guitars), Lee Malone (bass), and Darwin Keys (drums), set out to explore new horizons musically and thematically. Land of Plenty injected multi-layered keyboards and guitars, stacked vocals, a gospel choir, and even a bit of banjo into the band's palatte and sought to realize Bean's vision of a new Americana musical landscape. Broad in its scope and daring in its expansion of the band's definition of itself, Land of Plenty was shelved when the group disbanded before the CD's release. While a handful of copies have been given out, this is first time this long sought-after project has been available to the general public. WastedTalent CD $15.00 Kemialliset Ystavat/Sunroof Split Series #19 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Kemialliset Ystävät (it translates as 'chemical friends') are a loose collective from Tampere in southern Finland. Existing in dialogue amongst (and beyond) the hugely creative, diverse microcosm of the Finnish scene including artists like Avarus, Lau Nau, Es, Paavoharju, Islaja, Anaksimandros, and labels like Fonal, 247 Laatijaa, and Lal Lal Lal, Kemialliset Ystävät has become an influential node on the outsider noise/folk/ psych underground, finding international acclaim. Almost entirely self-taught and using a bewildering array of instruments and approaches, their sonic arsenal includes detuned guitars, bass, traditional / vernacular instrumentation (mandolins, balalaikas, etc.) hand percussion, all manner of electronic instruments, effects, toys and circuit-bent items, treated samples and vinyl manipulation. Playfully taking their own unique and unpredictable path, they have layered and fused together traditional Finnish (at times almost medieval-sounding) instrumentation and melodies with avant-garde electronics, psychedelic folk/rock, noise, electro-acoustic, and percussive tribal rhythms, creating a sense of ritualistic magic and flexible, group-mind improvisation, with the whole often subjected to brutal and precise editing. FatCatRecords-76 LP $11.50 King Tuff Was Dead (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US King Tuff is the brainchild of Kyle Thomas (Witch, Feathers). This is a most pleasing daydream of a record, one that straddles the line between partying and napping. It's the sound of one man's honest and unbridled supreme lifestyle concerning only TV, snacks, and personal expression via lazy and fuzzy-feeling power-pop rock 'n' roll. TeePee LP $14.00 Kossoff With Black Cat Bones, Paul Paul's Blues (DELAYED: PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, UK This double CD contains the earliest known recordings of the UK's Paul Kossoff (Free), whose tragic death at 25 in 1976 robbed the rock world of one of its finest-ever blues guitarists. Taped at rehearsals with Black Cat Bones in London in 1967, the raw, lo-fi tracks find the teenaged Kossoff already a master of his instrument. Accompanied by musicians including Derek and Stuart Brookes (later to form the legendary Leaf Hound), and featuring a guest appearance from Paul Rodgers (later to form Free with Kossoff), the recordings are of considerable historical importance. They are released here for the very first time, along with a booklet featuring rare photographs, full liner notes and an introduction from the band's drummer, Frank Perry, making the album an essential purchase for all serious rock fans. Sunbeam DCD $22.25 Koster, Julian The Singing Saw At Christmastime (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Merge LP $15.50 Koster, Julian The Singing Saw At Christmastime (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Julian Koster (The Music Tapes, Neutral Milk Hotel) presents a new holiday classic. Join The Singing Saw Orchestra as they unite saws both young and old in an enchanting celebration of traditional Christmas songs. 180 gram LP includes a coupon for an MP3 download of the entire record. Merge CD $13.25 Lake Oh, The Places We'll Go (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US "Oh, the places we'll go! Oh, we don't actually know!" The title track lyrics, with a nod to Dr. Seuss, have a wide-eyed, wondrous feeling, (and a hint of agnosticism) which finds itself popping up throughout the record. On their first K release, LAKE crafts up-beat, dance-able, psychedelic, uniquely sincere and unaffected pop songs, ranging from the jubilant, echoey, post-soul groove of Heaven to the sweet, polyrhythmic Green Arrows-inspired Bad Dream. Recorded at home, largely on cassette 8-track, this album, actually LAKE's third, has a slightly lo-fi, homemade feel as well showing evidence of their influence from prolific artists Karl Blau and R. Stevie Moore. Oh, the Places We'll Go represents a new direction for LAKE - more synthesizers, more up-beat, rhythmically-based songwriting - but it is also in keeping with their aesthetic, with contributing horn players and percussionists, male and female singers, group harmonies, sweet melodies and homespun production. LAKE's core membership is Ashley Eriksson, Eli Moore, Lindsay Schief, Andrew Dorsett, and Markly Morrison, a group of long-time friends based in Olympia, WA. The members of the band came from Washington, the Los Angeles area, and the Midwest but soon found themselves drawn together in the inspiring forests of the Pacific Northwest, and thus LAKE was born. Each is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in their own right, and contributing melodies and complementing one another's strong points has become the process for LAKE's intimately nurtured songwriting. Krecords-196 LP $10.25 Lake Oh, The Places We'll Go (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US "Oh, the places we'll go! Oh, we don't actually know!" The title track lyrics, with a nod to Dr. Seuss, have a wide-eyed, wondrous feeling, (and a hint of agnosticism) which finds itself popping up throughout the record. On their first K release, LAKE crafts up-beat, dance-able, psychedelic, uniquely sincere and unaffected pop songs, ranging from the jubilant, echoey, post-soul groove of Heaven to the sweet, polyrhythmic Green Arrows-inspired Bad Dream. Recorded at home, largely on cassette 8-track, this album, actually LAKE's third, has a slightly lo-fi, homemade feel as well showing evidence of their influence from prolific artists Karl Blau and R. Stevie Moore. Oh, the Places We'll Go represents a new direction for LAKE - more synthesizers, more up-beat, rhythmically-based songwriting - but it is also in keeping with their aesthetic, with contributing horn players and percussionists, male and female singers, group harmonies, sweet melodies and homespun production. LAKE's core membership is Ashley Eriksson, Eli Moore, Lindsay Schief, Andrew Dorsett, and Markly Morrison, a group of long-time friends based in Olympia, WA. The members of the band came from Washington, the Los Angeles area, and the Midwest but soon found themselves drawn together in the inspiring forests of the Pacific Northwest, and thus LAKE was born. Each is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in their own right, and contributing melodies and complementing one another's strong points has become the process for LAKE's intimately nurtured songwriting. Krecords-196 CD $11.50 Lambchop OH (ohio) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Change is a subtle thing in Lambchop's world; Kurt Wagner is simply a great believer in the natural pace of life. Lambchop have evolved, adapted, and tested themselves over their long career and "OH (Ohio)" follows this pattern in typically oblique but deeply satisfying ways. Merge CD $14.00 Land Of Talk Some Are Lakes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! SaddleCreek LP $14.00 Land Of Talk Some Are Lakes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US This album encompasses a great deal with very little, an aesthetic in stark contrast to orchestral pop and digi-tweaked indie chic. These songs set a perfect bridge from the jangling dissonance and ferocious doubled voicings of the band's debut, to the road-weathered clarity and reflection singer/songwriter Elizabeth Powell has now begun to own so fully. SaddleCreek CD $12.50 La's, The S-T [deluxe expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, UK 2008 digitally remastered deluxe two CD edition of the Liverpool band's first (and so far only) album. Alongside the original album on Disc One, there are six previously unreleased session recordings, including 'That'll be The Day', the Buddy Holly cover they recorded for BBC2's The Late Show. Disc Two gathers together material that tells the story of the lengthy and convoluted recording process that preceded the release of the album as the band moved from one producer to the next in search of an elusive sound that never quite materialised. Most of the material on this disc has never been released before and includes the Mike Hedges sessions, the only producer that they recorded the whole album for. This is a definitive presentation of a classic album and will be beautifully packaged in artwork redesigned by the band's original artwork designer, Simon Ryan. 38 tracks. Universal DCD $28.50 Leone, Dominique S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US This first pressing is limited to 500 copies with 200 on color vinyl. Dominique Leone wears many hats, only a few faces and has a hundred songs that you haven't heard. In fact, but for his best buddies and the fine folks of Feedelity, very few people have heard more than a peep from him. And yes, he's a him. If you read internet record reviews, you may have seen his name around, though if you hate record reviewers, please don't hold that against him. The truth is, he's a songwriter, producer, singer, lover, fighterÖscratch that, he's one of a growing number of college-educated musical auteurs with more than a slight command of pop history and theory chops, and writing songs for joyous, infatuated people. Perhaps some of them are a bit over stimulated. Perhaps some of them just like good melodies and strange chord progressions that still seem vaguely familiar. Dominique is a "classically trained" musician from Texas who currently operates out of San Francisco. He lists Brian Wilson, Claude Debussy, Andy Partridge, Randy Newman, Glenn Gould, ABBA, Miles Davis, Olivier Messiaen, and Magmaís Christian Vander as personal heroes. He thinks Julie Mehretu is the bomb. Important-219 DLP $23.00 Lindstrom Where You Go I Go Too (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US VINYL!! LP edits done by PRINS THOMAS. Well known for his epic & ultra melodic disco, it might come as a surprise that this album only contains three long tracks, with the opening track being almost 29 minutes long! But when you listen to this album, you hear that it is still very much Lindstrom... just more Lindstrom-- bigger, longer, more epic & more melodic. SmalltownSupersound DLP $18.75 Lineland Logos For Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US For a split second the actuality of language stood only to bear witness and inspire the sonic structures of love being erected around me, and in this moment I believed in principle of purpose. Only when English was interjected did I sense the imposing future and separate out the soundscape of this melodic passing clan from the music streaming through the speakers. Logos for Love presenting a variety of acoustic instrumentation pressed into each other with modern blips and squiggles like a structure of so much brightly colored modeling clay with an illuminated jeweled interior, embracing the ancient rhythms and language over the impeding future. Malcolm Felder creates streamlined, discretely layered electronic music informed by a taste for left-field pop ranging from Bruce Haack to Bollywood, Hüsker Dü to George Jones. After moving to Queens in 1998, he began composing as Lineland, borrowing the name of a one-dimensional realm described in Flatland, the Victorian sci-fi novel by Edwin A. Abbott. Initial fourtrack Casio recordings grew into the album Pavilion (Audio Dregs 2003) over a three-year period, during which Felder expanded the material using music software on the home-built Dynavox 2000 computer and a growing array of vintage keyboards and novelty instruments. Songs have appeared on a few compilations and in several short independent films, including Back and Forthby James and Jeff Israel. AudioDregsRecordings-070 CD $12.25 Love Is All A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH) PS, US A full three years since their debut (which was re-released a couple times and then remixed), the fanciful-anachro-charm of Love Is All has matured with the marriage of several members, kids and a true appreciate that love is all. The new album harnesses the same raw energy and music which captured our hearts, but this time magnifies it through the complex emotions & experiences the band has struggled with. Years in the works, A Hundred Things is a record about excitement, frustration, regret, disappointment & figuring out what's important in finding the relief of the morning's light at the end of a bad nights sleep. WhatsYourRupture? CD $11.50 Machine Fabriek & Stephen Vitiello Box Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US Rutger and Stephen sort of accidentally met through e-mail. A simple note regarding an ordering question for a CD led to an enthusiastic e-mail conversation and climaxed in a musical collaboration. This all happened in a very short period, both musicians being very inspired by the concept of "exchange," as a means to cross space and time -- Rutger living in the Netherlands and Stephen in Virginia. Most of the time, when (electronic) musicians work together it's a matter of swapping digital files. In this case they decided to do something different and sent each other a box full of (mostly non-musical, or musically non-functional) objects and recordings, with the "assignment" to make music with those objects and all as source materials. As the titles tell, we're talking about an egg cutter, thumb piano, a broken kraakle box, rice, chocolate sprinkles, old cassette tapes, a broken 7" record, etcetera, etcetera. Both musicians made two of their own solo tracks with the box they received, and the last track was done together by Rutger adding sounds and processing to a piece started by Stephen. For Rutger/ Machinefabriek this is part of his most delicate work. For Stephen, it was a new and extremely enjoyable form of long-distance collaboration. Machinefabriek: Rutger Zuydervelt, better known as Machinefabriek, lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Started as Machinefabriek in 2004, he released 40+ small run home-made cdr's as well as work for Type Records, Lampse, Digitalis, Staalplaat (Mort Aux Vaches) and now 12K. A double remix cd was released in 2007, with interpetations by Alva Noto, Pita, Mitchell Akiyama, Xela, Gert-Jan Prins and many more. Collaborations (live or recording) include Steinbrüchel, Jasper TX, Wouter van Veldhoven, Simon Nabatov, Frans de Waard, Aaron Martin and Peter Broderick. Stephen Vitiello: Stephen Vitiello is a sound and media artist based in Richmond, VA. CD releases include Bright and Dusty Things (New Albion), Listening to Donald Judd (Sub Rosa) and Untitled/Exchange, a collaborative CD with Michael J. Schumacher (A Question of Re-Entry). Solo exhibitions of Vitiello's sound installations, photographs and drawings have been presented at The Project, NY, Museum 52, London, the Texas Gallery, Houston, TX and Diapason, NYC. Group exhibitions include the 2002 Whitney Biennial and the 2006 Biennial of Sydney. Over the last 18 years, Stephen has collaborated with numerous musicians and artists including Scanner, Pauline Oliveros, Andrew Deutsch, Julie Mehretu and Tony Oursler. 12K-1048 CD $12.25 Manual Confluence (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US Confluence is Danish producer Jonas Munk's third installment in his series of ambient albums, following the much loved The North Shore from 2003 and Bajamar from 2006. Unlike Munk's better known work, which centers around electronica and shoegazing aesthetics as well as a love of 1980s production techniques, these ambient works are completely without beats, or even time signatures, and are delicately constructed out of slowly evolving streams of guitar that has been processed into oblivion and back. But even compared to the standard set by the two aforementioned albums, Confluence is surprisingly dark and minimalist. These eight new compositions move slowly and seamlessly, like the ebb and flow of the changing tide, with subtle layering and filtering providing the essential means of movement. Darla-216 CD $12.25 Margot & Nuclear So and So's Not Animal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US New album. Epic CD $13.00 Margot & Nuclear So and So's Not Animal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. 180 gram wax plus download card. Epic DLP $21.00 Max, Agathe The Silver String (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US The transformative debut from this French violinist. At times her work approaches the supersonic escape velocity of Tony Conrad; elsewhere, she introduces delicate repeating threads, then slowly weaves them into a fabric of vast, billowing sound more reminiscent of Steve Reich. A remarkably accessible collection of tracks, one that bridges the gaps between minimalism, post-classicism, the avant garde, krautock, & plain old-fashioned pop - there's even a nod to the High Lonesome Raga as filtered through Henry Flynt. TableOfTheElements/Xeric CD $13.00 Melodium Cerebro Spin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Melodium speaks; there starts a romantically slow game of pong between the hemispheres of brain. The sound speeds. I listen, and there is harmony now between the players, and reluctance towards competition. They play on. Melodically Melodium speaks. Faster, onward towards the polyrhythmic rally! All praise repetitive motion, be stilling thus Zen. The tones of play fashion an energetic path, a melodic relation of right and left. Only when Melodium pauses for a breath do I remember moments can be filled with splitting silence; that I am here and this is somewhere other then the pong game of my mind. Keep speaking. Melodium is the moniker of Laurent Girard, a rather prolific electronic musician from Nantes, France with an obsession for melodies. Weaving bits of guitar, piano, synthesizer, flute or bits of voice and texture to create patterns in sound and small personal soundtracks that are at once somber, while retaining a feeling of sunny optimism. Golden waves of sound with rough-hewn edges that sound both dreamy and melancholic and simultaneously warm and shiny. AudioDregsRecordings-071 CD $12.25 Mental Overdrive You Are Being Manipulated (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Norwegian producer/DJ/live act Per Martinsen is back in the studio hot seat with a new album under his Mental Overdrive alias. Already a long time part of the Norwegian dance sound his new opus 'You Are Being Manipulated' sees him develop even more with a melody driven electro/acid/disco/house sound all of his own. Featuring his anthemic cover version of Iron Maiden's 'Run to the Hills', the much hyped art/ebay experiment of 'Elephantastic' which was originally planned as a one bid buys the masters sale & recent singles 'The Rage' & 'Spooks' Per Martinsen is back to show us how its done. SmalltownSupersound CD $14.50 Midori Hirano Klo:yuri (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH ) PS, JAPAN The intricate fusion of the piano, strings, and electronics created a structural beauty reminiscent of chamber music in her first album "LushRush." The album founded upon her musical sophistication foretold a new generation of music and was best illustrated by listeners as "post classical." Almost two years since then, Noble is happy to once again release an album by Midori Hirano in her 2nd album, "Klo;yuri". Midori's murmuring vocal heard only in a few of the songs in her previous album are back again in almost half of the tracks with a slightly stronger voice in comparison to the last. The artist worked alone on almost everything from the composition to remix in her previous album. This time, Hiromits Shoji of Soundworm has taken on the mix and mastering to bring tenfold the depth and strength to the album with his unique musical structuring. The tingling excitement of improvisation and the spiritual melody like sacred music...the fragile but thoughtful voice and suggestive lyrics like an ancient European... Midori Hirano's new album is a woven fabric of originality that proves the artistic maturation of the artist and her sounds with its deep stoicism and beauty is awaiting for you to enter its labyrinth of sound. Noble-1235 CD $16.25 Molina, Juana Un Dia (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US The fifth release from Argentinean artist Molina is a brave departure from her previous work. It's every bit as personal and intimate, but pronounced with rhythms and with bold low end added to the mix. A hypnotic record, restless, alive with melodies that surface imperceptibly before burrowing into your brain. The tracks are informed by an ever-shifting and polymorphous sense of groove. The rhythms flow over and inside each other, played out on wood and cymbal and bombo leguero, and woven from electronic glitches. David Byrne, NPR, and The NY Times are some of her many supporters. Domino CD $14.00 Moonbabies, The Take Me to the Ballroom EP (DELAYED PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2008) PS, SWEDEN The second single from their latest album 'Moonbabies at the Ballroom' released last Summer on our Hidden Agenda imprint. Features the exquisite title track plus two previously unreleased gems: "Flip-Top Boxer" and "Crispin Glover". Startracks/Hidden Agenda CD5 $2.00 Moore, Daniel Martin Stray Age (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US The debut by Kentucky's Moore is a folk record, evoking certain feelings, but there's a gentle approach to its sound and the way Daniel's voice phrases his words. Joe Chiccarelli (The Shins, U2, The White Stripes) took on co-production, recording, and mixing duties. "Stray Age" is rich with understated complexities that take you to places Nick Drake and Neil Halstead do.There's a soft swing in the vocals reminiscent of Chet Baker. But what separates Moore from the pack is he's looking forward; he wants to go places and we're finding him right in that moment. Subpop CD $12.50 Mount Eerie Lost Wisdom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US This finds Phil Elverum in a more collaborative mode than usual, working with two legends of music & kindred spirits, JULIE DOIRON & FRED SQUIRE. Elverum & Doiron share vocal duties, making an album of dark pop duets. Quite beautiful. PWElverum&SunLtd CD $12.25 New Radiant Storm Kings Drinking In The Moonlight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Northampton, MA/New York city indie rockers New Radiant Storm King deliver the tightest, hookiest and most diverse record in their distinguished career. Recorded over six months in deep, rural Massachusetts, Drinking in the Moonlight proves once again that guitarists/vocalists Peyton Pinkerton and Matt Hunter along with bassist Caleb Wetmore and drummer J.J. O'Connell write some of the most imaginative and memorable American rock. Approaching their twentieth year as a band, NRSK have gracefully matured as song smiths while retaining their prowess at crafting unconventional yet infectious melodies. Drinking in the Moonlight is a sonic mix of urban and rural, sporting distorted yet wiry pop with a marked focus on narrative within their song writing -- trademarks gratifying to longtime fans. Time spent in other bands (Pinkerton in The Silver Jews and The Pernice Brothers; Hunter in J. Mascis & The Fog and The Wharton Tiers Ensemble) has honed the Pinkerton/Hunter attack musically and lyrically. Over the course of thirteen songs, Drinking in the Moonlight addresses topics as varied as random street violence, infidelity and subsequent pregnancy, exorbitant winter heat bills and even an open condemnation of organized religion (Thank God -Ed). Drinking in the Moonlight was recorded with longtime NRSK engineer Mark Alan Miller (Cordelia's Dad, J. Mascis & The Fog) at his Slaughterhouse Studios in Westhampton, MA. NRSK will tour Fall 2008. TRACKS: 1) Soporific Slump - A few more pints and then back to your place on 1st Avenue. 2) Undignified - Hopefully you can convince everyone that you actually are being your natural self - and have been lying up until just now. 3) Senseless - If a random act of brutal violence changed your life for the better, how would you explain it to anyone? To yourself, even? 4) Islander - She could never handle the mainland for more than a few days at any given time. 5) Little Ice Age - Sometimes the idea of summer seems both impossible and absurd. 6) Anything Can Happen - And usually does, if you're lucky (or not). 7) New Paltz Waltz - Instrumental levity. 8) Eight Steps Closer - Slouching towards Echo Park, with a cosmo in her hand. 9) After the After Hours - Guns, drugs and hipsters - in way over their heads. 10) Midnight Comes - Time horizons always seem to stretch into forever on a first date. 11) Eraser - Lick your wounds and don't look back for a second. 12) Clouds Cover Everything - Are you really sure that your memories are totally your own? 13) Fall Prey - The world is flat. The sun revolves around it. We've progressed on so many fronts save one. Darla-201 CD $12.25 Notwist Boneless (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Heightening the stunning experimental pop of The Notwist's latest opus, "The Devil, You + Me", comes this 7-inch. Side A includes the piano-driven pocket pop masterpiece, "Boneless" in all its album version glory. Side B features a sunny, tropical remix by Animal Collective's own Panda Bear. A vinyl exclusive, featuring two of independent music's most progressive and respective artists. Domino 45 $4.50 O'Death Broken Hymns, Limbs & Skin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Kemado LP $17.50 O'Death Broken Hymns, Limbs & Skin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US "The starkness & spiritual purity of Appalachian folk, the noisemongering of punk & the rowdy theatricality of Tom Waits. With quiet pluckings of banjo & angry, anarchic hollers, its songs jumble the sacred & profane" - NY Times Kemado CD $13.50 Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping Collection: David Barnes T-Shirt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Original design by David Barnes printed on an ultra soft blue American Apparel tri-blend short sleeve track shirt. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Polyvinyl TS $20.00 Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping Collection: Gemini Tactics Tote Bag (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Sturdy natural canvas tote bag, approx 15" x 15" with deep handles and two-sided print by Gemini Tactics. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Polyvinyl MISC $17.50 Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping Collection: David Barnes Tote Bag (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Sturdy black canvas tote bag, approx 15" x 15" with deep handles and original print by David Barnes. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Polyvinyl MISC $17.50 Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Skeletal Lamping absolutely delivers. It's a complicated and dense thrill ride packed with slinky grooves that demand a physical response. It's unpredictable, completely unique, and epic. And while of Montreal's albums have always been epic, Skeletal Lamping is an unprecedented achievement that will be talked about for years. Polyvinyl CD $14.00 Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping Collection: Gemini Tactics Wall Decal Set (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Deluxe removable and repositionable wall decal set contains over 50 pieces of original art by Gemini Tactics; covers one large wall. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Packaged flat in a clear poly bag, 12.5" X 12.5" (LP sized) Polyvinyl MISC $31.00 Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping Collection: David Barnes Wall Decal Set (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Deluxe removable and repositionable wall decal set contains over 50 pieces of original art by David Barnes; covers one large wall. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Packaged flat in a clear poly bag, 12.5" X 12.5" (LP sized) Polyvinyl MISC $31.00 Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping Collection: Gemini Tactics T-Shirt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Original design by Gemini Tactics printed on an ultra soft orchid color American Apparel tri-blend short sleeve track shirt. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Polyvinyl TS $20.00 Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping Collection: Button Set (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Set of nine 1.25" buttons designed by David Barnes and Gemini Tactics. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Packaged on a 5"x7" card in a clear poly bag. Polyvinyl MISC $23.00 ' Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping Collection: Gemini Tactics Lantern (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Collapsible 10" x 12" hanging paper lantern with original art by Gemini Tactics. Includes Skeletal Lamping 320 kbps MP3 album download. Packaged flat in a clear poly bag. Polyvinyl MISC $17.50 Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Polyvinyl LP $21.75 Panthers Goblin City (Holy Ghost! Remixes) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Ex-Troubleman group & anthemic stoner rock act PANTHERS commissioned remixes for their single "Goblin City," the lead trk from their 2nd album, 'The Trick' (Vice, 2007). Around the release of that album, they asked HOLY GHOST! & RUN-ROC (aka DJ McNany) to execute respective remixes of this single. The remixes are properly released here together on vinyl. Holy Ghost! deliver one of the most relentlessly snappy disco dubs in quite some time, while Run-Roc concocted an excellent, old school acid house remix. DFA 12 $8.00 Paramount Styles Failure American Style (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH) PS, US This is the 1st solo outing from Scott McCloud (GIRLS AGAINST BOYS). Feat. Richard Fortus (PSYCHEDELIC FURS/GUNS N' ROSES), Alexis Fleisig (Girls Against Boys), & Angela McClusky. The sound of dark forces gathering in a radiant club, at times intimate & at others soaring, slow burns bend & swerve into panoramic lush walls of sound. Konkurrent CD $13.25 Park Hotell Free For Friends (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2008) PS, SWEDEN Park Hotell come from Luleå in Northern Sweden and they've been sneaking around the indie-scene for a while now. The members have played with both Mattias Alkberg BD and The Bear Quartet. In October Park Hotell will release their debut album. It was recorded in the Hives' Studio Gröndahl earlier this year. Demon producer Jari Haapalainen (Bear Quartet guitarist and producer for Ed Harcourt, Concretes and Camera Obscura) produced and played the drums, and the twin sisters Johanna and Miriam E. Berhan from Taxi Taxi! sang the backing-vocals. A bit less fuzzy-wuzzy and a bit more streamlined and jet-propelled these new recordings offer guitars that recalls Kevin Shields riding tempos stolen from The Wedding Present. UltraRadio CD $14.00 Parks, Cale Sparklace (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 4TH) PS, US A little over a year since the release of Aloha and White Williams drummer Cale Parks' solo debut album Illuminated Manuscript comes Sparklace. There is a stark contrast between the two albums. Sparklace stands as a more immediate album than its predecessor focusing on songs with a pop structure whereas Parks' previous output was more ambient and minimalisitc. Recorded in his home, every sound is original. If there is a drum sample, it is from Parks' drum set. The vibraphone is sampled as well. To say Parks has found his voice, is to miss the point. Rather, the sound of Sparklace is singular and electronic with born digital sounds. There is no wasted space, not a snare out of place. Listen carefully as it settles in, fragile but not without momentum. Polyvinyl CD $12.50 Parts & Labor Receivers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Brooklyn noise-punk outfit Parts & Labor has dramatically altered their wall-of-sound: Their fourth album, Receivers, finds P&L focusing on open spaces, longer movements, expansive arrangements and loftier goals. On eight epic tracks, Receivers showcases the band's catchiest and darkest moods to date, reveling in a growing dynamic sensibility only hinted at in their previous work. Though they've maintained their love affair with glitchy oscillations and anthemic vocals, they are now utilizing the full possibilities of a band that was once a scrappy punk trio, and now a mature art-rock quartet. It's is a heady mix of psych, noise, and pop influenced by the arty minimalism of Wire, the surreal pop of early Eno, and even the spaced out psychedelia of Dark Side-era Pink Floyd. Jagjaguwar-133 CD $11.50 Parts & Labor Receivers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Brooklyn noise-punk outfit Parts & Labor has dramatically altered their wall-of-sound: Their fourth album, Receivers, finds P&L focusing on open spaces, longer movements, expansive arrangements and loftier goals. On eight epic tracks, Receivers showcases the band's catchiest and darkest moods to date, reveling in a growing dynamic sensibility only hinted at in their previous work. Though they've maintained their love affair with glitchy oscillations and anthemic vocals, they are now utilizing the full possibilities of a band that was once a scrappy punk trio, and now a mature art-rock quartet. It's is a heady mix of psych, noise, and pop influenced by the arty minimalism of Wire, the surreal pop of early Eno, and even the spaced out psychedelia of Dark Side-era Pink Floyd. Jagjaguwar-133 LP $12.25 Pioulard, Benoit Temper (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US The double LP vinyl version of this release also includes the Precis album, issued on vinyl for the first time. Kranky DLP $14.75 Pioulard, Benoit Temper (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Composed throughout a yr that involved graduation from university & a cross-continental relocation, its 16 tracks arose in specific periods of intense creative energy. W/ soft-edged vocals & a broad palette of instruments that lately incl. harmonium & cello, he constructs diverse arrangements that skirt the borders of pop w/ beautiful, detailed atmospheres. Kranky CD $12.25 Plagenhoef, Scott and Ryan Schreiber The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH) PS, US In The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present, by Scott Plagenhoef and Ryan Schreiber. Pitchfork offers up their take on the 500 best songs of the past three decades. Focusing on indie rock (Arcade Fire, The Shins), hip hop (Public Enemy, Jay-Z), electronic (Daft Punk, Boards of Canada), pop (Madonna, Justin Timberlake), metal (Metallica, Boris), and experimental underground music (Suicide, Boredoms), it features all-new essays and reviews written with the sharp wit and insight for which the site is known. Kicking it off in 1977 with the birth of punk and independent music, The Pitchfork 500 runs chronologically, with each chapter representing a distinct period and offering a narrative of how the musical landscape of the day influenced its artists. The book opens with David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk, and Brian Eno, the "art-rock godfathers" who set the tone and tenor for the next thirty years, and wraps up in the present, when bands connect with new audiences through social networking sites and prime-time TV placements -- and when a single mp3 can turn a niche indie artist into a global sensation. Sidebars like "Yacht Rock," "Runaway Trainwrecks," "Nanofads," and "Career Killers" call out some far-from-classic musical trends and identify the guiltiest offenders. Softcover, 224 pages. PitchforkMedia BOOK $13.00 Plinth/Textile Ranch The Rest, I Leave To The Poor (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, UK A postal collaboration between Plinth (Mike Tanner) and Textile Ranch (Glen Johnson of Piano Magic). This 44 minute piece may structurally resemble a classical composition - divided as it is into several interlocking stanzas - but it's difficult to place it comfortably within the realm of modern music. If anything, 'The Rest....' evokes the otherworldly, fantastical obsessions of the Victorians (Conan Doyle, Lear, Grandville, Wellcome, etc) through means of meticulously manipulated instrumentation, samples and voice. Plinth, of course, is no stranger to Victoriana. In 2007, the Dorset based multi-instrumentalist and founder of the Dorset Paeans record label released, 'Plays Victorian Machine Music' - an EP made up entirely from sounds generated by antiquated parlor machines and music boxes. MakeMineMusic-051 CD $16.25 Polvo Cor-Crane Secret (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US The first of many critically acclaimed albums from the Chapel Hill guitar rock innovators who ruled the 90's with an iron, artfully de-tuned fist. 1992's "Cor-Crane Secret" is an ambitious debut, showcasing what would become a signature approach to rock music: tweaked, sprawling in scope, and adorned by serpentine melodies straddling the border where east meets west. A classic; long out of print on vinyl. Merge LP $12.00 Pompeii Nothing Happens For A Reason (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US The follow-up to their debut, "Assembly". Imagine if you somehow found a way to release your heartfelt admissions and fears with grace and intelligence. Enter Austin quintet Pompeii, whose subtly haunting indie rock anthems are laden with smart, soaring instrumentals and just the right amount of discretion. A harmonic masterpiece filled with grand symphonic nuances. Eyeball CD $12.50 Pop Levi Never Never Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH) PS, US 2008 sophomore album from this Pop (no pun intended) singer/songwriter and former Ladytron member, probably the only contemporary musician in the world beloved of both Jarvis Cocker and Noel Gallagher. Recorded entirely in Hollywood at Quincy Jones' old studio, Westlake, where both Thriller & Off The Wall were laid down, Mr. Levi has returned with an album about the madness of love - 100% autobiographical, 100% clever, 100% dumb, 100% unique. And that's giving 400% already. From transitional rockers like 'Wannamama' and 'Oh God,' Pop spreads his wings, relying on a production flare, which makes the record feel fresh and slick as well as charmingly hi-lo-fi. 'Never Never Love' shows that while he hasn't abandoned the dynamics of the Rock group he has also been steeping himself in contemporary R&B. Flamboyant, utterly self-confident, completely his own man and so uninterested in the back and forth of fashion that everything he makes is an instant classic, Pop Levi is in the building. Bow down and give thanks. Counter CD $15.25 Preston, Joe & Daniel Menche Cerberic Doxology (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Dualdisc. Anthem Records is pleased to present Cerberic Doxology, a single piece statement from Joe Preston and Daniel Menche, and an epic tome carved from some form of primordial stone. As an album containing a regular CD audio side in addition to a DVD audio/video side, this release breathes life musically and visually on three different planes of existence. Firstly, as a 25 minute audio recording, which is born of a vocal chant evocation from both Joe and Daniel, of which layers expand, contract, and weave within each other in an otherworldly, mysterious dronescape, in a way that feels like a moment of mystical/mythical creation akin to Gyorgy Ligeti's introduction to the monolith in the film 2001 (or Ash Williams' mispronunciation of the Necronomicon and its results, if you prefer). Secondly (on side 2 of this CD/DVD dualdisc), as DVD audio, specifically mastered for this intent, which enables the absolute full range of the recordings high and lows to be acutely present, and thus expanding an already head shrinking experience. And thirdly, as the DVD audio with a full-length video, culled from footage of the mysterious landscape of the Pacific Northwest, exhibiting its terrain, volcanic activity and atmospheric disturbances, from obscure locations throughout the region, in addition of footage of Sam Hill's Stonehenge memorial located in southeastern Washington State. Combined with the unusually forceful subtleties of the audio makes this an experience to behold a multitude of occasions, with different effect, depending on one's mind-frame. Cerberic Doxology is presented as a CD/DVD Dualdisc, packaged within a standard CD jewel case, with a large front sticker stating each artist's name and affiliation, along with a clear descriptor of the format's regular CD as well as DVD capabilities. Anthem-0801 CD/DVD $12.75 Pretty & Nice Get Young (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Ten tracks of sharp-toothed, heavily armed, brashly anthemic pop songs without an aural snag to be found. "This Boston-via-Vermont foursome infuses thrill-crazed power pop with the mad-noisy, chimp-like energy of juvie-hardened teenage degenerates" - Boston Phoenix. "Energetic guitar rock that sounds like Gang Of Four and early Joe Jackson doing battle with a colossal Japanese robot. Insouciant, fidgety, and with pop chops to burn, P&N seem destined to leave a fresh welt on rock 'n' roll's well-scarred hide" - Seven Days. HardlyArt CD $11.00 Quinn, Donovan & The 13th Month S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US VINYL VERSION, includes CD too. SoftAbuse-028 LP $13.75 Reed, Lou Berlin OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Matador CD $13.25 Reed, Lou Berlin OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Matador DLP $20.00 Religious Knives The Door (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Consisting of members of Double Leopoards, Mouthus, etc, RK has been an active 4-piece for a little more than a year now. They have presided over a pair of twelve-inches, a couple of collections of out of print singles, long gone burns & one full-length. Here they traced a path away from the clamour they once knew, bathing slight guitars, interlocking vocals & solemn basslines in reedy organs, recalcitrant modular synths & spare Kraut repetition. The seemingly tin eared would call it noise, but in these 8 hands such a set plays as anything but, instead a (cough) syrupy stroll in search of the ghosts of rock's classicist past. EcstaticPeace CD $12.00 Richter, Max 24 Postcards in Full Colour (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) US, PS VINYL VERSION. Limited to 500. FatCatRecords-1307 DLP $12.25 Rig 1 Above The Tree Line West Of The Periodic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Rig 1 explores the sounds that are noticeably absent from hip-hop, sonic mud pots, guitars, Acieeed 303 late 80's gurgle, and layers of sound that toss Spaceman 3, Mercury Rev, Too Short, and Timothy Leary into one rolled up and lit up endeavor. TeamLove CD $12.50 Riles, Zak S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US Riles' (GRAILS) creative contributions to the group are immeasurable, & can be heard clearly on this self-titled debut solo outing. In fact, some of the pieces on this record have been reinterpreted into Grails favorites. On these rocky shores come crashing waves of Sandy Bull, Mogolar, Deuter, Popol Vuh, & the Ventures while Persian breeze drifts by wafting the melodies of Hossein Alizadeh. Important CD $13.25 Risil Non Meters Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Important DLP $23.25 Risil Non Meters Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US A collective of musicians that are all connected to each other in some form or fashion. Their membership includes Guillermo Herren (PREFUSE 73, SAVATH & SAVALAS), Zach Hill (HELLA), Tyondai Braxton (BATTLES), John McEntire (TORTOISE), Alejandra Deheza (SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS), & Eva Puyuelo Muns (SAVATH & SAVALAS) Important CD $13.25 Rosebuds, The Life Like (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Merge LP $15.50 Rosebuds, The Life Like (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US The fourth full-length from this Raleigh, NC band is a return to more organic territory, barely a year after releasing the synth-heavy dance pop of 2007's "Night Of The Furies". Guest appearances by Portastatic's Matthew McCaughan, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, and Ashley Stove's Jim Brantley. 180 gram LP comes with free MP3 download coupon. Merge CD $14.00 Runaway Brooklyn Club Jam (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Debut DFA release from Brooklyn-based duo comprised of minimal-techno auteur MARCOS CABRAL (Trapez) & disco gadabout JACQUES RENAULT (Editions Disco), w/ remix work under their collective belt for Moby & LCD Soundsystem. BRENNAN GREEN, a fixture behind the booming NYC disco scene, offers a can't-miss remix of the thumping, anthemic original. DFA 12 $8.00 Schaeffer, Janek Extended Play [Triptych for the child survivors of war and conflict] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US LIMITED EDITION 600. LINE is proud to release the latest audio work from British composer and installation artist Janek Schaefer based on his installation of the same title. Installation Reviews: "a piece to return to again and again... haunting and lulling" [The Wire, UK] "so inspirational, and in many ways very spiritual" [Gerry Turvey] "I was so deeply touched by your piece" [Mandeep Kaur Samra] Red is the colour of Life, of Death, and of Love. Scarlett, my first child, was born in 2005, and since then I have been very aware of how lucky we all are. have been constantly comparing this to the fact that my mother was born in Warsaw in 1942 - the epicenter of World War II. How opposite can two beginnings be? This inspired me to produce the Extended Play installation, which continuously and positively celebrates hope and new beginnings, for child survivors in all situations around the world. The original idea for the composition came from learning about the 'Jodoform' system of secret musical messages that were broadcast by the BBC Service, during music they played was given a particular meaning, which was interpreted by Polish Underground. Discovered from the original Jodoform logbook, that the lovely Polish folk song 'Tango Lyczakowskie', was broadcast on the day my mother was born. Song describes how children in 1918, had been forced to take up arms, in defense of their town. From this tune, chose a short rising musical phrase, and with my arranger Michael Jennings, developed a ten-minute score. Each of the three solo parts was then recorded separately, edited, and cut onto vinyl. In the gallery, 3 x Cello EP's, 3 x Piano EP's, and 3 x Violin EP's are played at either 33, 45, or 78rpm using nine retro record players. These play continuously, and each was modified to stop playing briefly in response to the audience moving around the exhibition. This has the effect of changing and extending the composition, so that it is never the same again. Line-036 CD $12.25 School of Seven Bells Alpinisms (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US Alpinism is an electronically enhanced pop record of dizzying highs & claustrophobic lows, whose painstaking conception shows in its detail-laden crevices. On the album's best tracks-the polyrhythmic dream-pop of "Face to Face in High Places," the nervous shimmer of "My Cabal," the menacing lilt of "Iamundernodisguise"-Curtis constructs layers of shoegazing, moire-patterned guitars, while Alejandra & Claudia Deheza intertwine their near-identical voices like the fingers of praying hands. Throughout, the whole heavenly affair is tethered to the ground with a glitchy, tribal thwomp. Technology collides with cryptic religious imagery and good, old-fashioned rock music. GhostlyInternational CD $10.50 Skelton, Richard Marking Time (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US A new beginning for Richard, which finds him at his most direct and intimate, slowly turning on relatively bare textures of bowed strings, piano & guitar. A meditation on loss & the passing of time, its measure of transcendence accumulates in instrumental passages that work like gestures drifting towards a sense of space both rich & real. The Wire writes: Richard's music "inhabits landscapes - both physical & emotional - etched with memory & loss" Preservation CD $15.50 Slaraffenland Sunshine EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US HomeTapes CD5 $8.25 Slomo Bog (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US This hones the ritual clatter of their first album, 2005's The Creep, into a more cumbersome affair, ever heading downwards into the Northern Underworld upon slurries of unsignposted mung. Core duo Holy McGrail & Howard Marsden once again create a lumpy bed of bass-heavy synthesizer & guitar drones while Arch-drude Julian Cope provides a coda to the proceedings w/the recital of his poem Land, written especially for this album. Important CD $13.25 Spinto Band Moonwink (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US The Spinto Band interlace rich, textured guitars, unconventional orchestration, and multiple-part vocal harmonies into exciting new avenues of indie pop. The music is at once outlandish, kinetic, and luminous, while still restrained in a way that pays homage to the classic pop song, bringing to mind a contemporary coagulum of The Beatles, Berlin, and Bowie. ParkTheVan CD $13.25 Spinto Band Moonwink (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! ParkTheVan LP $14.75 Starflyer 59 Dial M (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US New album! Tooth&Nail CD $14.00 Stern, Marnie This Is It And I Am It And You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Stern's second release is a pop record for an alternate dimension, where hooks and choruses are sent careening through a cracked kaleidoscope. It's also deeply personal compared to the conceptual leanings of her previous work. One of Venus magazine's "Greatest Female Guitarists Of All Time", Spring 2008 issue. Nominated for "Female Artist Of The Year" in the 2008 Plug Music Awards. KillRockStars CD $13.25 Stern, Marnie This Is It And I Am It And You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! KillRockStars LP $13.25 Submerged Violence As First Nature (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US Violence as First Nature delivers brutal new tracks (Homicide Bomber, Consciousness) alongside the best of Submerged on 12" vinyl (including Servant, Corrupt Souls, Dirty Bomb and more). Features collaborations with and remixes from Bill Laswell, Technical Itch, Scorn, and more. OhmResistance CD $12.25 Swarm Still At War (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Philly's premier drum n' bass crew steps up to the plate with this double CD album and mix, combining hip hop, dancehall and old skool jungle influences into a melting pot of dynamic beats. Created by Mason, DStar, Trust, MC Armanni, and MC Sharpness, Gasm's Still at War is a powerful collection of urban anthems, Philly street-style. TRACKLIST: CD 1: ALBUM 1. Mason & Dstar feat. Mental Sharp - Still at War 2. Trust - Saving Grace 3. Mason & Noah D - The Product 4. Dstar - Roll Callz 5. Dstar - Just How Blind 6. Mason - Devil's Poem 7. Dstar - 2Rude! 8. Mason feat. Mental Sharp - Premise 9. Mason - Jump the Fuck Up 10. Dstar - Fist Extra Artillery 11. Trust feat. Mental Sharp - P.H.I.L.L.Y VIP 12. Mason feat. MC Sharpness - Runnin' It Proper 13. Noah D - Cool and Deadly CD2: MIX 1. Swarm - Intro 2. Mason & Dstar Feat. Mental Sharp - Still at War 3. Perpetuum - Fate of a Legend 4. Mason - Devil's Poem 5. Dstar - Evilution 6. Ixis - Smash to Bits 7. Dstar - Marshal Law 8. Mason - Rada 9. Dstar - 2Rude! 10. Mason & Dstar vs. Infiltrata & Focus - Burgandy 11. Mason feat. Mental Sharp - Premise 12. Dstar - Ya Sexy Gal 13. Mason - A&B 14. Dstar - 40K 15. Mason & Dstar vs. Infiltrata - Ricochet 16. Mason feat. Sharpness - Runnin' It Proper 17. Dstar - Fist (A Special Dedication) 18. Chino - Rush 19. Perpetuum - 10s 20. Mason & Dstar vs. Focus - The Big Shutdown 21. Mason & Noah D -The Product 22. Dstar - Just How Blind 23. Mason feat. Mental Sharp - Breakout 24. Mason - Jump the Fuck Up 25. Trust feat. Audio Angel - Only You 26. Noah D - Cool and Deadly 27. Trust feat. Audio Angel - Saving Grace 28. Dstar - Roll Callz Gasm/OhmResistance-001 DCD $13.75 Tallest Man On Earth, The Shallow Grave (PRE-ORDER: DELAYED, SALEABLE TBA) PS, SWEDEN Incredible new album, Pitchfork approved. If you thought the EP was great, just wait until this arrives. Folk album of the year? Price to be confirmed, it might be better, it won't be worse. PITCHFORK: "While it's understandable to be skeptical of another skinny dude with a mustache, a guitar, and a worn-out copy of The Anthology of American Folk Music, the more time you invest in Shallow Graves, the more you'll realize how unusually memorable it is. Ultimately, Shallow Graves transcends comparison-- which is saying an awful lot, given the popularity of its prototype-- and Matsson is a natural-born folksinger, earnest, clever, and comforting." Gravitation CD $13.00 Technical Itch You Need Therapy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPT. 9TH) PS, US Technical Itch is the legendary drum n bass artist behind the worldwide phenomenon "THERAPY SESSIONS" club night. From London to Moscow to Philadelphia to Mexico City, Therapy Sessions is unrivaled for the sounds of the heaviest drum n bass music. Technical Itch is the godfather of the movement, with albums on Moving Shadow, and collaborations with Dieselboy, Dylan, Gein, and more. This mix is a stunning representation of the Technical Itch live set - 28 tracks packed into 80 minutes, masterful set programming with peaks, valleys, and change ups into rock and metal, highlighting the flexibility and integration of drum n bass into the musical landscape. Brutal, passionate, and perfect, this is at the level of the best mix output of Dieselboy. OhmResistance-9M CD $13.00 These Are Powers Terrific Seasons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Originally released in 2007, "Terrific Seasons" is THESE ARE POWERS' first full-length album. "Terrific Seasons" takes off with a punk-like ferocity, recalling the halcyon days of Silver Apples and Throbbing Gristle. It is a poly-rhythmic, frantic, unconventional work that finds THESE ARE POWERS utilizing border-line conventional song structures to harness their abstract sounds. From the urgency of opener "You Come With Nothing" to the anthemic croon of "Little Sisters of Beijing," the distant and sinister meditative sounds of "Drawing Water" and to the sprawling jams of "Pizza Master Ice Cream Palace," the band covers a tremendous amount of ground throughout their debut. DeadOceans CD $11.50 These Are Powers Taro Tarot (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US "Taro Tarot" is the finest document of THESE ARE POWERS' prowess to date. Following the departure of original drummer Ted McGrath, Chicagoan Bill Salas brings together the bands' musical ideas concisely and cohesively in just over 20 minutes. It is no easy feat, but on "Taro Tarot", These Are Powers demonstrate to the world the power they wield. The low end undercurrent emanating from Noecker's sub bass tones is like no sound you have ever heard from the four stringed instrument, while the tribal and primitive rhythm of "Chipping Ice" shows that while this band's music is known to be a heavy sonic excursion, you can also fucking dance to it. The frequency-analyzed sounds of "Cockles" are a thing of beauty, while "Twin Remains" shares a melodic sensibility with SST-era Sonic Youth. These Are Powers pack an eclectic infinity into these six tracks, channeling far-flung musical ideas with their undeniable intuitive sense into an epic, focused statement. Upon one listen to "Taro Tarot" you will realize These Are Powers have arrived. DeadOceans CD $9.50 These Arms Are Snakes Tail Swallower And Dove (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US TAAS move through ten songs with the cracked grace of bolted lightning, rolling and leveling, seeking a space to storm into. The result is more a coherent whole album than a cycle of individual songs. From the textural depth of the keyboards and guitar tones to the vocal delivery, the attention to detail is incredible. LP comes as pink vinyl and white vinyl with pink splatter, along with MP3 coupon for free digital download. SuicideSqueeze CD $12.50 These Arms Are Snakes Tail Swallower And Dove (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! SuicideSqueeze LP $14.00 Various Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US By 1967, East St. Louis, Illinois, once dubbed an "All American" city by the US Chamber Of Commerce, had become St. Louis, Missouri's evil twin. Unemployment, drug addiction & vicious gang activity put a dark & heavy lid on a bi-state area that once cooked-up world-changing talent by the likes of Chuck Berry, Josephine Baker & Miles Davis. But both cities still spawned heroes, and ALLEN MERRY was one of them. Already a living legend for his early work w/ Ray Charles & Ike Turner, Merry channeled his talent into teaching, forming the YOUNG DISCIPLES through the South End Community Center to keep kids off the streets, out of the gangs & into the studio, where young men & women spiraling downward could ride the spiral groove upward on Merry's own YODI, GATEWAY & MERRY labels. W/ nearly 80 local youths involved from both sides of the Mississippi, the YOUNG DISCIPLES (named after one of the area's most notorious gangs) encompassed solo acts, duos, male & female vocal groups, a massive horn section & a troupe of African dancers. Every sweat-drenched recording incl. here emerged from this grass-roots organization that changed, if not saved, lives. LP forthcoming Numero CD $15.75 Wee Scary Beasties Creepy Lullabies (2X7") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US BOO! The Beasties are back with a new collection of tunes that will help pull the cobwebs right out of your ears. But don't let the name fool you; Chicago's kiddie band crew more regularly known as the Wee Hairy Beasties follow up their 2006 Bloodshot Records debut album, "Animal Crackers," with a treat just in time for your Halloween sweet tooth. WEE SCARY BEASTIES-led by MEKONS JON LANGFORD and SALLY TIMMS with the incredible vocal prowess of KELLY HOGAN (Neko Case, Pine Valley Cosmonauts) and the mighty jug band talents of front porch old-timey blues band DEVIL IN A WOODPILE-have formed their own record label, WEE BEATZ, to bring you a second dose of kid-friendly tunes that adults will love too. WSB get in the holiday groove with the sweet and spooky "CREEPY LULLABIES," a double 7" that will haunt the dreams of both parents and kids alike. This adorably eerie two single set tells nighttime stories about lonely vampires, monsters busting a move, and a super-rocking punk jumper about a veggie-patch dweller named Pumpkinhead! Listeners beware: the closing lullaby and Wee Scary Ending will make the werewolves howl from miles away. There are songs with a spooky finger-popping flavor, fresh ghoul-filled harmonies, a secret special message to listeners and as always, Devil in a Woodpile's bright and bouncy instrumentationwashboard, slide guitar, thumping upright bass, clarinet and harmonica-percolates like the best Harman-Ising cartoon bug band that ever was. WeeBeatz 45 $8.25 Week That Was, The S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 26TH) PS, US 2008 debut album from the British Electro Pop outfit, chiefly Field Music dude David Brewis' big brother, and featuring contributions from Field Music colleagues. Musically the record is an expansive tribute, paying direct (and indirect) homage to the wildly ambitious Linn Drum and Fairlight experiments of Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, and Tin Drum-era Japan. Fused with typically detailed arrangements and a sense of drama, this makes The Week That Was a brain-shattering, 32-minute epic, straying far outside the conventions of most indie-guitar music. MemphisIndustries CD $15.25 Whisper in the Noise Dry Land (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH) PS, US Self described "orchestral garage rock'" band from Hanska, Minnesota give an extremely humble & personal touch to gorgeous, string-laden rock music. Pretty, melancholic, sad & charming. for fans of Low, Arcade Fire, Guided by Voices. ExileOnMainstream-030 CD $13.50 White Hinterland Luniculaire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US Luniculaire. It sounds French, but it is in fact a word invented byWhite Hinterland, taking parts of French words "lunaire" (lunar) and "funiculaire" (funicular, as in railway) to form the title of their second release. This EP is a highly ambitious recording containing five songs all sung in French, and it expands upon the wide palette of musical ideas heard onWhite Hinterland's debut, Phylactery Factory. Featuring two original songs, plus covers of songs made famous by Serge Gainsbourg, Brigitte Fontaine and Françoise Hardy,White Hinterland feels right at home amid the musical tradition laid out by these legends. From the opening groove of "Requiem Pour Un Con," it is obvious thatWhite Hinterland is exploring a plethora of musical ideas on Luniculaire. The funky rhythms and scorching guitar of the Gainsbourg classic captures the spirit of the original, but it's Casey Dienel's vocals that make this so special. Hearing Dienel sing in French is a revelation - without the distraction of English words you hear what a powerful instrument her voice is.White Hinterland's "Chant de Grillon" explores a wider range of sonic textures, many created by the layered guitar work of Alexis Gideon, while the spooky and atmospheric "Mon Ami La Rose" (originally made popular by Hardy) is subtle and beautiful. The original version of "J'ai 26 Ans" was performed by Brigitte Fontaine with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and here Dienel plays the role of Fontaine while her band toys with flourishes of African rhythms and Eastern drones. Throughout Luniculaire, and especially on "J'ai 26 Ans" and "Requiem Pour Un Con,"Matt Meyer's percussion work is sublime - he layers an array of strange sounds and noises, while maintaining the heavy groove throughout. The EP's closer, "Lunirascible" has Dienel's voice at the center, and like Julie Tippetts, Elizabeth Fraser or contemporary ScottWalker, Dienel offers vocals meant not to deliver words, but simply tones, melody and texture. Like some groovy, strange and psychedelic artifact clamored about by crate-digging record collectors, Luniculaire is more than just an EP. It is a testament toWhite Hinterland's deep musical vision and a taste of the greatness to come. DeadOceans-020 CD5 $7.50 Williams, Lucinda Little Honey (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US New album. LostHighway CD $15.75 Windy & Carl Songs For the Broken Hearted (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Kranky DLP $15.00 Windy & Carl Songs For the Broken Hearted (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Most everyone has experienced love as well as heartbreak. These 10 songs are interpretations of those emotions that run the gamut from pain, anger & longing, to warmth, admiration & joy. This fall, they will have been together for 19 yrs. And in these sounds you get a sense of what love encompasses, how there can be bliss in any oasis, & trouble in any paradise, the highs & the lows, the reality of time & depth of emotion that go into any relationship that has lasted so long. Kranky CD $12.25 Women S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Now available from Jagjaguwar! Sometimes light & spacious, at other times eerie & dense w/ an ominous weight, this debut flirts w/ the noisy beauty of the Velvet Underground & effortlessly toys w/ the intricacy & playfulness of Deerhoof as crude percussion beats out a pulsing tattoo of clatter. Members have played & toured as part of Chad VanGaalen's band & 2 members moonlight w/ Absolutely Kosher artists Azeda Booth. JagJaguwar CD $11.50 Women S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Now available from Jagjaguwar! Includes digital download codes. Jagjaguwar LP $11.50 Yacht Summer Song (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US Debut DFA release from Portland, OR-based artist(s) YACHT. Here we get the song "Summer Song," a love letter to tourmates LCD Soundsystem. Besides the single, this also feat. 2 brand new, previously unreleased trks - all acting as a preview of the 2009 forthcoming full-length 'See Mystery Lights' for DFA. As with all other DFA vinyl, you need this omprised of minimal-techno auteur MARCOS CABRAL (Trapez) & disco gadabout JACQUES RENAULT (Editions Disco), w/ remix work under their collective belt for Moby & LCD Soundsystem. BRENNAN GREEN, a fixture behind the booming NYC disco scene, offers a can't-miss remix of the thumping, anthemic original. DFA 12 $8.00 Yo! Majesty Futuristically Speaking (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US The Tampa, FL duo's debut full-length finds them partnered with a wide array of producers including Basement Jaxx, Sunship, Radio Clit, Dee Kline, CLP, Mercedes, and Hard Feelings UK. The end result is brutally honest southern party music that challenges you to confront your assumptions about daily life, hip-hop, and what it takes to make it every day and still have a good time. Domino CD $12.50 Yo! Majesty Futuristically Speaking (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Domino LP $19.25 Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders Big China & Little Trouble “Black Blood” CD5 $10.25 Black Devil Disco Club “Eight Oh Eight” CD $17.25 Boris “Smile” DLP $20.75 Boss Martians “Pressure in the SODO” CD $14.75 Broken Strings “S-T” LP $14.25 Bud Shank Quartet “The Pacific Jazz Years” CD $15.50 Burke, Dan/Thomas Dimuzio “Upcoming Events” CD $12.25 Dead Dog “S-T” LP $11.50 Drive-By Truckers “Brighter Than Creation's Dark” DLP $27.05 Escovedo, Alejandro “Real Animal” DLP $18.40 Gas “Nah Und Fern” CD-BOX $30.25 Girls “Lust For Life b/w Morninglight” 45 $4.75 Gunn, Steve “Sundowner” CD $11.00 Hair Police “The Certainty of Swarms” CD $12.25 Havana 3 A.M. “Havana 3 a.m.” CD $15.50 Hayman, Darren “Great British Holiday Songs EPs (CD+DVD)” CD/DVD $29.75 Henske, Judy & Jerry Yester “Farewell Aldebaran” CD $16.25 Hiawata! “Blacks On Blondes EP” CD5 $7.50 High Places “03/07-09/07” CD $11.50 Hood, Graham “Empty Pocket Blues: The Life & Music of Clive Palmer” BOOK $25.00 Horton, Robert & Tom Carter “Steeljaguar Rocket” CD $8.50 Hotpants Romance “It’s a Heatwave” CD $12.25 Le Peuplier De Simon “Cheers To The Seasons” CD $10.00 Left Banke, The “Too” LP $26.00 Meneguar “The In Hour” CD $12.00 Moondog “Viking of Sixth Avenue” CD $18.00 Moonsorrow “Tulimyrsky” CD5 $9.50 Mouse Rocket “Pretty Loud (LP/CD)” LP $12.00 Oddfellows Casino “The Absence of Birds” CD5 $15.00 Parsons, Gram “GP” LP $13.00 Shizuka “Live/Traditional Aesthetics” CD $19.25 Simmons, Jeff “Straight Years: Naked Angels/Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up” DCD $25.00 Sinthetix “Gateway” DCD $13.25 Strange Boys “Woe Is You And Me” 45 $4.25 Supersister “Present from Nancy” CD $19.00 Supersister “Pudding en Gisteren” CD $19.00 Supersister “Iskander” CD $19.00 Tan Or Boil “Seamstress in a Suitcase” CD $15.50 Vapnet “Plötsligt händer det inte” CD5 $4.25 Vapnet “Döda Fallet” CD $17.75