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Advantage
Elf Titled
PS, US This follow-up to their 2004 self-titled debut is
an 8-bit instrumental Nintendo cover record, recorded in
big fat analog. The Advantage are serious dudes who rock
with good intentions.
5RueChristine
CD
$14.50
Ahleuchatistas
What You Will
PS, US Third album from this amazing avant-technical, post-Beefheart,
improv-core, math-metal, art-damage, punk-rock, power trio
formed in February, 2003, Ahleuchatistas are a guitar/bass/drums
trio from Asheville, NC whose music is a cutting cultural
critique and a joyous musical experience. Their sound is
as stripped down as it can be - they use no effects whatsoever
- and they combine elements of punk rock, post-electronic,
progressive rock mathrock, fusion, and minimalism. They
have released two acclaimed records, but What You Will
is their first release with significant distribution. They
have gained a significant reputation very quickly for their
powerful and precise live shows. 3 QuickTime movies of
the band in concert, playable on your Mac or PC, which
captures a taste of their staggering live performances!
For fans of: Captain Beefheart, Don Caballero, Fantomas,
Hella, Minutemen, Ruins.
Cuneiform-221
CD
$13.75
Akimbo
Forging Steel & Laying Stone
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
AlternativeTentacle-344
LP
$10.00
Akimbo
Forging Steel & Laying Stone
PS, US s They have built layers upon layers to their fortress
of rock, buttressed by a string of releases, culminating
in their 5th album. Former members of TIGHT BROS FROM WAY
BACK WHEN & HOMO ERADICUS. It's a 12 song epic that
expands the reach of their dominance over Northwest rock/hardcore.
AlternativeTentacle-344
CD
$13.75
Andrew WK
Who Knows
PS, US Enigmatic AWK at the peak of the hedonistic hysteria.
Incl. bonus material interviews, tour footage, fan tribute,
outtakes, antics.
MVD-4478
DVD
$14.75
Antony And The Johnsons
You Are My Sister
PS, US ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS breakthrough album "I
Am A Bird Now" has certainly touched fans and critics
alike. His second full-length - released in February -
stands as one of the most globally acclaimed albums of
2005. The album's latest single is the anthemic and heart-rending "You
Are My Sister", presented as a duet between Antony
and BOY GEORGE. Together these two vocalists climb to the
highest peak of emotional vulnerability providing for the
listener one of the most touching and uncanny duets of
the past decade. It's heartbreaking when Antony sings, "You
are my sister / we were born / so innocent, so full of
need / there were times we were friends / but times I was
so cruel / at night I'd asked for to watch me as I sleep".
With soaring and world-weary intensity, Boy George utterly
commands the refrain: "You are my sister / and I love
you / may all of your dreams come true." In "You
Are My Sister," the pair sing from the depths of their
hearts for the world. This extended single also includes
three new, unreleased songs recorded during the "I
Am A Bird Now" sessions.
SecretlyCanadian-130
12
$8.25
Apparitions
As This is Futuristic
PS, US Described as "The Pixies on ecstacy" -City
Beat Cincinnati, OH & "manic, feverish, and damn
near irresistible" -Splendid -Chicago, IL. Two distinct
lead vocalists & a three-guitar sonic assault that
is dynamic, angular & full of wiry tension. Featured
on MTV, charted on CMJ, shared bills w/ notable groups
such as The Features, Cat Power, The Standard & Califone.
Engaging lyrics & jangle-hooked melodies. Unique brand
of golden pop rock, wrapping dystopian riddles,
whimsical stories & spastic social commentary in sugary
melodies & swampy harmonic bliss.
Machine-751
CD
$13.75
Ariel Pink
House Arrest
PS, US Hit after hit sorta like if you listened to your
friend's boombox mix tape from Top 40 radio from 1985.
Appetizer for new album summer '06
PawTracks-008
CD
$16.00
Ariel Pink
House Arrest
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PawTracks-008
LP
$12.00
Artery
Into The Garden: An Artery Collection
PS, UK Artery are one of the great lost bands of the post-punk
era. They were widely acknowledged to be Sheffield's answer
to Joy Division. Regularly championed by the likes of Jarvis
Cocker of Pulp as the steel city's finest export, until
now Artery have been denied the career appraisal they so
richly deserve. This collection is headed by the much admired,
hugely atmospheric 'Into The Garden', voted fourth best
record of 1981 by listeners to John Peel's show. It also
draws on highlights from their cult 1983 LP One Afternoon
In A Hot Air Balloon and the mini-album Oceans. The recordings
feature later Mission guitarist Simon Hinkler as well as
the unique presence of singer Mark Gouldthorpe, one of
the most incisive lyricists and volatile frontmen of the
era. The package is completed with exclusive remixes and
never before officially released tracks, as well as full
sleeve notes and track annotation.
CherryRed-296
CD
$14.75
Ash, Daniel
Come Alive
PS, UK Daniel Ash has one of the most impressive resumes
in rock history. With Love And Rockets, he fashioned such
alternative staples as "No New Tail to Tell," "Ball
of Confusion," and the 1989 Top Five smash "So
Alive." "Go," the massive 1984 club hit
by his Tones On Tail project, has been featured in such
movies as Grosse Pointe Blank, and is continually featured
in TV and radio commercials. Moby sampled and used the
title for his track GO and Fun Lovin Criminals sampled
other Ash material. And let us not forget his role in influential
band Bauhaus, and the immortal 1979 single "Bela Legosi's
Dead." In 2002 Daniel toured playing tunes from through
out his career, many of which he hadn't played live in
years. The result of which is 'Come Alive', fifteen live
songs that follow Daniel's illustrious career up until
now. With the triumphant Bauhaus performance at Coachella
2005 and rumors of additional reunion shows, count on Daniel
Ash to keep innovating and delivering music that is far
from the main stream.
Psychobaby-12
CD
$17.00
Atomic Rooster
Devil's Answer (6X7")
PS, UK VINYL VERSION!!!
Earmark-41052
45
$41.50
Atomic Rooster
Devil's Answer (6XCD)
PS, UK The first five UK singles by the Roosters (1970-1972)
plus a 1973 Crane/Farlowe collaboration.
Earmark-41052
CD
$41.50
Bad Dudes
S/T
PS, US Ex-MIRACLE CHOSUKE (Dim Mak) & ex-FRIENDS IN
THE MOUNTAINS. There's still the spastic melodies & the
attention to danceable beats & the synthesizers, but
they have tweaked these melodies & multiplied them
at a frenetic pace to match a beat structure that doesn't
so much try to be chaotic, as just slightly beyond the
reach of your rational capability. They use their music
to rock the sense back into you.
OneCellRecords-006
LP
$11.00
Bananaskin
Countryside Has Opened Our Tired Eyes
PS, JP Bananaskin is a six-piece pop outfit from northern
Finland, Oulu. Their journey in the world of the popmusic
started in 1998. Their first album "Sometimes The
World Is Too Loud" was the first co-operation with
the producer Ian Catt from London. He put the band to another
level within his magic fingers and good sense of the popmusic.
He has been working with the band Saint Etienne ever since
they started. Ian Catt produced and recorded Bananaskin's
first album and it was out in August 2003. This brand new
album Countryside Has Opened My Tired Eyes is also produced
by Ian Catt and it includes original Bananaskin music just
like before but for the very first time they wanted to
do a cover song, which is "Lotta Love" by legendary
Neil Young. On a leading role in a band is the singer Mari
Rautio. Her personal voice reminds a little bit of the
lady singers like Cardigans, Isobel Campbell, Astrud Gilberto
and Suzanne Vega. His husband Timo Rautio writes all the
songs (words and music). They believe in their original
and own songs and style. Countryside Has Opened My Tired
Eyes has its own theme and motif, you'll get it after listening
the record. We must understand sometimes that slow train
will get you there just the same. That's the tip!
Rosemary-005
CD
$14.75
Beatings
Holding On To Hand Grenades
PS, US Intelligent, guitar-driven art-rock, hailing back
to the 80's/90's heyday of college music. Neither punk
nor alternative. Melancholic lyrics, scream-sung counterpoint
harmonies & hair-raising guitar leads front a pummeling,
thunderous rhythm section that swings unexpected shifts
in tempo & turns songs on a dime. Compared to Hüsker
Dü,Mission of Burma and the Pixies for their erratic
guitar work & abrasive vocal stylings.
Midriff-007
CD
$12.75
Benny Profane
Trapdoor Swing / Dumb Luck Char
PS, UK 22 tracks. A reissue CD by Benny Profane, the cult
Liverpool alt.pop band who released two albums and a slew
of singles between 1986 and 1990. Singer/guitarist Dave
Jackson and bassist Becky Stringer formed The Room in 1979,
perennial John Peel favourites who released three albums.
Benny Profane formed from the ashes of The Room in 1985,
featuring Jackson and Stringer with guitarist Robin Surtees
and drummer/guitarist Joseph McKechnie, ex-The Passage.
Benny Profane cut two albums, Trapdoor Swing (1989) and
Dumb Luck Charm (1990), both of which attracted much critical
acclaim despite arriving in the midst of the baggy 'Madchester'
trend of the time. This newly remastered CD features both
albums in full, and includes stand out single tracks such
as Rob a Bank, Hey Waste of Space and the Ian Broudie-
produced Skateboard to Oblivion. The CD closes with two
bonus tracks from the first BP demo in 1985, featuring
Will Sergeant of Echo and the Bunnymen guesting on guitar.
Contemporary reviews compared Benny Profane with The Fall,
the Bunnymen and the Velvet Underground, and praised: "Benny
Profane leave 95% of the competition looking dim and tongue-tied" (Melody
Maker); "Another brilliant four-piece from Liverpool
on a long, loud, disturbing trip" (NME); "Deftly
executed, edgy, Northern guitar pop" (Music Week).
Trapdoor Swing / Dumb Luck Charm offers 22 tracks in total,
all remastered and with running time of 76 minutes. The
booklet includes images and a detailed band history by
Dave Jackson. In 1991 the band became Dust, and in 1995
Dead Cowboys, who continue to record today.
LTM/Boutique-6613
CD
$17.00
Black Hollies
Tell Me What You Want
PS, US Debut 45 from new Psych/Blues/Mod project featuring
members of RYE COALITION. Only 500 pressed on white vinyl. "The
best band currently making the rounds in NYC. "What
You Want," (is) the only song in recent memory that
wouldn't stick out like a sore, indie-rock thumb on Nuggets."-L
Magazine.
Ernest Jenning-020
45
$5.25
Black Widow
Come To The Sabbat (5X7")
PS, US Vinyl version
Earmark-41053
45
$39.50
Black Widow
Come To The Sabbat (5XCD)
PS, US This luxury box set contains the history of the
band's singles. Featuring their only three 45s as the much
rumored and acclaimed devilish prog hard rock combo, Black
Widow, plus the beginning of it all, their only single
as Pesky Gee! (the band from whose ashes BW were originated
in 1970) and the theatrical Rocky Horror-esque end of the
legacy, here represented in the only single by Agony Bag,
recorded in 1976 by former BW flutist/saxophonist Clive
Jones and drummer Clive Box.
Earmark-41053
CD
$39.50
Blau, Karl
Beneath the Waves
PS, US While KARL BLAU's presence has been heard for years
on numerous K RECORDS releases by THE MICROPHONES, LITTLE
WINGS, WOLF COLONEL, D+, and on the INVISIBLE SHIELD compilation; "Beneath
Waves" is his first full-length solo album for K.
The past few years have found Karl recording and touring
in Europe and North America with Nonesuch artist LAURA
VEIRS, both as a band member and opening act. Meanwhile,
Blau has toured solo, started his Kelp Monthly label and
organized What the Heck fest in Anacortes, WA. Four years
ago Karl Blau's critically acclaimed "Clothes Your
I's" (Knw-yr-Own) ranked #2 on RICHIE UNTERBERGER's "Rolling
Stone" top ten and received extensive college radio
airplay. Now resurfacing as bandleader with "Beneath
Waves," Blau's inner artist can no longer remain in
the shadows. "Beneath Waves" is his most powerful
work to date and he's ready to take the world by storm
all on his own; KARL BLAU! Karl Blau is a gifted vocalist,
multi-instrumentalist and producer/visionary who collaborates
brilliantly with artists both inside and outside of himself.
Constant touring, insanely prolific recording and his monthly
outpouring of handmade music in idiosyncratic packages
(KELP! Monthly) is evidence of his HUGE work ethic. "Beneath
Waves" was recorded at The Department of Safety in
Anacortes by DAVE MATTHIES (THE GIFT MACHINE) and produced
by Karl Blau himself. Laura Veirs appears on a number of
tracks, as does Karl's brother Eddy, Nate Ashley and Dave
Matthies.
Krecords-174
CD
$12.75
Blau, Karl
Beneath the Waves
PS, US While KARL BLAU's presence has been heard for years
on numerous K RECORDS releases by THE MICROPHONES, LITTLE
WINGS, WOLF COLONEL, D+, and on the INVISIBLE SHIELD compilation; "Beneath
Waves" is his first full-length solo album for K.
The past few years have found Karl recording and touring
in Europe and North America with Nonesuch artist LAURA
VEIRS, both as a band member and opening act. Meanwhile,
Blau has toured solo, started his Kelp Monthly label and
organized What the Heck fest in Anacortes, WA. Four years
ago Karl Blau's critically acclaimed "Clothes Your
I's" (Knw-yr-Own) ranked #2 on RICHIE UNTERBERGER's "Rolling
Stone" top ten and received extensive college radio
airplay. Now resurfacing as bandleader with "Beneath
Waves," Blau's inner artist can no longer remain in
the shadows. "Beneath Waves" is his most powerful
work to date and he's ready to take the world by storm
all on his own; KARL BLAU! Karl Blau is a gifted vocalist,
multi-instrumentalist and producer/visionary who collaborates
brilliantly with artists both inside and outside of himself.
Constant touring, insanely prolific recording and his monthly
outpouring of handmade music in idiosyncratic packages
(KELP! Monthly) is evidence of his HUGE work ethic. "Beneath
Waves" was recorded at The Department of Safety in
Anacortes by DAVE MATTHIES (THE GIFT MACHINE) and produced
by Karl Blau himself. Laura Veirs appears on a number of
tracks, as does Karl's brother Eddy, Nate Ashley and Dave
Matthies.
Krecords-174
LP
$11.25
Bong-Ra
Soldaat Van Oranje
PS, US Soldaat Van Oranje...the Soldier of Orange. BONG-RA
The dreaded Dutchman launches his hardest and deadliest
sonic ammunition so far... His previous release 'I Am The
God Of Hellfire' on Very Friendly records searched the
realms of head-nodding downtempo hardcore breakbeat rave...only
to see this album blasting shrapnel like a motherfucking
sound grenade. Dark and twisted is the theme of this album,
a rave gone sour by bad Speed or XTC. The usual trademark
Bong-Ra punching through the dancefloor orientated tracks.
Soldaat Van Oranje is influenced by past, future and present
in The Netherlands, using themes, samples and melodies
which are in someway related to BONG-RA's homeland, be
it the persecuted satanic 'Goatriders' from the Middle
Ages, up and till the recent Islamic fundamentalist attacks.
Not forgetting Holland's finest musical creation...Gabber...yes...Gabber!
Sublight-1201
CD
$13.50
Brotherhood Of Electricity
Self-Titled
PS, US The debut 7-inch from this Austin, Texas/Seattle,
Washington-based band featuring ALEX CUERVO (BLACKTOP,
GOSPEL SWINGERS, NOW TIME DELEGATION). Recorded in 2004
by TIM KERR, who also plays bass on the band's cover of
Negative Approach's "Nothing."
SuperSecret-14
45
$5.00
Burst
Origo
PS, US Sweden's brightest metal-core hopefuls plow headlong
into eternity with their sophomore effort. With flowing
grace force of conviction,the lush layers of sound crush & caress
in equal measure. Fragile melodic vocals intertwine w/
explosive screams, & waves of guitar weave songs as
expressive elaborate as human emotion itself. These songs
exude class & the confidence of a band poised for greatness
Relapse-6657
CD
$14.50
Busch, Birdie
The Ways We Try
PS, US Debut from Philly singer/songwriter "has the
warmth, feeling & atmosphere of the best of the classic
records in your collection. Was recorded in reverse from
most albums here the instruments follow the voice & two
guitars lead the rhythm, w/bass & drums chasing off
kilter meters, & piano & organ coloring the lyrics & adding
width & depth to the melodies.
Bar/None-178
CD
$16.50
Cage, John
Piano Works 7
PS, US Margaret Leng Tan performs "Chess Pieces," "Sonatas & "Interludes
for Prepared Piano" & Vittorio Rieti performs "Chess
Serenade."
Mode-158
DVD
$26.50
Calling All Monsters
The Traps That Work Best
PS, US Rock and Roll will never be declared a dead artistic
expression as long as bands like SF's Calling All Monsters
arrive, adept in subverting, contorting, and shaping the
mediums' language to a seemingly new, revitalizing call
to arms. Calling All Monsters shows a clear love of the
loud rock guitar, joining influences such as the pop rhythmic
strum of England's The Wedding Present to the Archers of
Loaf's lo-fi spiked aggression, all the while maintaining
their own sound in an endearing, unpredictable manner. "The
Traps That Work Best" is a perfect example of the
band's slanted, enchanted guitar pop underscored with a
tight rhythmic tension where guitarist/vocalist Matthew
Troy's (ex-Track Star) voice can be heard wistful, gainfully
competing with clashing instruments led by a melodic rhythm
section emphasized by bassist John Nespeco's endlessly
alluring choices outside the expected realm of the four
string. It is however, guitarist Bill Chartier's intuitive
creativity alternating between sparse prickly notes, feedback,
and a fierce jagged chording that gives Calling All Monster's
its signature as one of the more exciting bands in recent
years to emerge from the American Underground. While "The
Traps That Work Best" may be the debut album for Calling
All Monsters, Matthew Troy, the bands lead singer and songwriter,
certainly isn't new to San Francisco's indie music scene.
For over 10 years, Matthew co-fronted and wrote songs for
the popular indie trio Track Star, whose celebrated releases, "Communication
Breaks" (Die Young Stay Pretty/Sub Pop) and "Lion
Destroyed The Whole World", (Better Looking) endeared
the band to thousands of fans and have made them favorite
sons of San Francisco.
Turn-016
CD
$10.75
Can
DVD
PS, US Reissue of 2004 3 disc box loses the bonus CD but
keeps the classic documentary, plus Can Free Concert, Eno
tribute video, notes, photogallery & 5.1 mixes of Can
tracks
Mute-9311
DVD
$22.00
Carbon 14
Issue #27 (+CD)
PS, US Philadelphia's Carbon 14 returns with another issue
dedicated to rock, smut, art, and rasslin'. This time in
you get features on DAVE BURKE, RUDY RAY MOORE, RENEE BOSLER,
THE DAMNED, JUSTICE HOWARD, GLUECIFER, and more. Includes
a bonus CD with a spotlight on Arizona rockin' with JEFF
DAHL, HELL ON WHEELS, WHISKEY BITCH, and others.
Carbon14-27
ZINE
$6.00
Carrie
Honey Blue Star
PS, US Re-press. This one's been going crazy since featured
on the Global Hit segment of The World (NPR) by Marco Werman
three weeks ago. Split release from Static Discos (Mexico)
and Dearstereofan (Spain) labels. A collection of warm
electronic folk songs, full of dreamy tones and true avant
tweenes. Carrie's breathy voice takes us close to the worlds
of Piana, Stina Nordenstam and Tujiko Noriko, as she strums
her guitar alongside a basic print of electronic sounds.
Her honey voice floats into an unforgettable pool of soft
melodies, cushioned beats and childlike wonder, as Carrie
truly displays a unique sensibility that brings us close
to a world full of love and humor. Carrie, Laura B. from
Guadalajara México, is one of the young leading
artists in a new wave of sounds coming from Mexico. Her
music has appeared in samplers from electronica indie labels
in her country, such as Abolipop and Soundsister, and her
demo caught the attention of many journalists and radio
stations in Mexico and Spain that immediately praised her
simple but sweet electronic songs sung in English. 'Honey
Blue Star' is Carrie's debut album, produced with Ruben
Tamayo.
StaticDiscos-009
CD
$13.50
Casiotone For The Painfullly Alone
Young Shields
PS, Uk *OWEN ASHWORTH finally jettisons the confines of
lo-fi minimalism for an expanded production palette, teaming
up with JHEREK BISCHOFF (DEAD SCIENCE, DEGENERATE ART ENSEMBLE)
for the ride. "Young Shields" is a driving, menacing
anthem with its cold synths, frantic drum machines, and
pulsing bass undermined by Ashworth's signature monotone-a
brilliantly bitter narrative that stands as the most confident
and sinister track in the Casiotone songbook. The single's
B-side is an electro reworking of of Prince's "When
You Were Mine," which features guest vocals from XIU
XIU's CARALEE McELROY, and somehow manages to sound giddy
and gloomy at the same time. The CD version includes two
beautifully retrofitted CFTPA classics from their sold
out Alphabet Series 7-inch-"Roberta C" and "The
Subway Home."
Tomlab-064
45
$7.25
Castro, Nick
Further From Grace
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Eclipse-053
LP
$13.75
Cat Power
The Greatest
PS, US This is not a greatest hits album, despite the title.
It contains all-original songs written by Chan Marshall
(professionally known as Cat Power), and features the great
Memphis session musicians Teenie Hodges on guitar, Leroy
Hodges on bass (Al Green, Hi Rhythm Section), drummer Steve
Potts, and more. The combination of Marshall's superbly
evocative and flexible voice plus some of the greatest
Southern soul players, has produced a masterpiece. These
songs explore themes of Southern loss, longing, and marginality.
Matador
CD
$14.50
Cat Power
The Greatest
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$11.75
Catfish Haven
Please Come Back
PS, US CATFISH HAVEN took its name from the rural trailer
park nestled on the southern tip of Missouri where the
trio's singer and main songwriter, GEORGE HUNTER, spent
his early childhood. His father is a welder and, as with
many trades, you must go where the work is. So the family
packed up and left Catfish Haven for a Chicago suburb.
It was there as a teenager that Hunter met future bandmates
MIGUEL CASTILLO and RYAN FARNHAM. Their friendship was
born out of a mutual love of skateboarding and music. After
a few months and a move into the city, the three-piece
stormed Chicago with a self-financed CD, complete with
handmade beer box covers, to begin spreading the gospel
of "The Haven". Word travels fast in the Windy
City's music scene, and soon Catfish Haven had intrigued
enough people to be invited to play alongside the likes
of MY MORNING JACKET, DANIEL JOHNSTON, KINGS OF LEON and
ZWAN, flooring audiences with the raw intensity of their
live set. Akin to guitarists/vocalists like BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
and JOHN FOGERTY, Hunter, a howling crooner with gravel
in his honey-sweetened voice (a la SAM COOKE), is known
to strike his acoustic while stomping through each number.
Castillo's pounding bass grooves are heightened when joined
by Farnham's forceful, yet tasteful, drumming. Consider
this: howling + pounding = smooth. An improbable equation
that Catfish Haven has managed to make work. So this is
it. The guys in Catfish Haven are who they are; there's
no room for pretension here. They play their hearts out
for anyone who will listen 'cause they've got a love for
music that drives them. And every note they play is intended
to recapture those magical moments back at Catfish Haven.
SecretlyCanadian-134
CD5
$8.25
Charlottes, The
Liar: Best Of The Charlottes
PS, UK The Charlottes were formed in Huntington in Cambridgeshire
in 1988 and were usually tagged alongside the likes of
The Primitives and The Darling Buds of the post C86 era,
but sonically were more attuned to the fx driven wall of
sound pioneered by My Bloody Valentine. Their debut single
'Are you happy now,' received much support from the fanzines
of the time [House of Dolls, Pop Eats Anarchy] and was
said to be a twee classic by Dave Simpson of Melody Maker.
They were signed to Subway Records in February 1989 and
this resulted in the mini album 'Love Happy'. Steve Lamacq
of the NME gave the album 9 out 10 and declared The Charlottes
to be 'altogether more sexy than Kylie'. Just as impressed
John Peel interviewed the band for his Cambridgeshire show
and they later recorded a 4 track session for him at Radio
1 which was repeated. The band split from Subway and signed
a deal with Cherry Red, their first release being the EP
'Liar'. This was promoted by a short tour and the making
of a video which received exposure from MTV's more alternative
shows. In December 1990 Simon Scott left the Band to join
Slowdive who were on the Creation label. Cherry Red then
released the existing tracks the band had recorded under
the title 'Things come Apart'[1991]. The Charlottes left
behind a small but impressive legacy; this release includes
all their studio recordings. Tracks: 1/ ARE YOU HAPPY NOW,
2/ COLD, 3/ STUBBORN, 4/ SEE THE DANGER SHINE, 5/ EVERYTHING
TO ME, 6/ IN MY HAIR, 7/ LOVE HAPPY, 8/ LOVE IN THE EMPTINESS,
9/ BE MY RELEASE, 10/ COULD THERE EVER BE, 11/ LIAR, 12/
PRAYER SONG, 13/ SEE ME FEEL, 14/ BY MY SIDE, 15/ MAD GIRLS
LOVE SONG, 16/ BEAUTIFY, 17/ LOVE IN THE EMPTINESS [ALT
VERSION], 18/ WERE GOING WRONG, 19/ BLUE, 20/ VENUS.
CherryRed-295
CD
$14.75
Checkers
Running With Scissors
PS, US The second album from power-pop rockers THE CHECKERS
is an ambitious explosion of new sounds and flavors. The
album opens with a song called "Invitation" that
sounds like something Pink Flag-era Wire might play if
Joan Jett decided to front the band, and ends with a song
called "Bass Wolf," a dark and delicious tribute
to the late bassist of Japan's Guitar Wolf that includes
one of the Checker's most impressive riffs. In between,
the music flashes by fast and furious in shades of blue
and gray, stomping the pop like nobody's business.
Teenacide-009
CD
$11.00
Cherry Point
Night of the Bloody Tapes
PS, US Compiled from three years of cassette releases,
Night of the Bloody Tapes provides a shattering drive-in
experience of unrelenting horror and harsh noise nightmares.
Equally fueled by Fangoria magazine, import laserdiscs,
third generation VHS bootlegs, damaged contact mics and
DOD death metal distortion, THE CHERRY POINT has set the
ultimate bait in the trap of terror. Four tracks, over
40 minutes of static walls, electronic jabs and junk crashes.
Contains material originally from the long deleted split
tapes with Ahlzagailzehguh, Black Sand Desert, Luasa Raelon,
Nkondi, Andy Ortmann, Pedestrian Deposit, The Rita, and
more. Mixed & mastered by JOHN WIESE (BASTARD NOISE,
SISSY SPACEK, etc.).
Pacrec-
CD
$7.50
Chop Chop
Self-Titled
PS, US Chop Chop is Catherine Cavanaugh with a rotating
cast of characters and this records is hella awesome. It's
so awesome that we are putting it out, and unlike most
of the releases we put out, it's actually someone else's
band, and not secretly one of us. Okay, Rick appears on
one song, Aubrey mixed it and Seth has been known to pop
up at live shows, but Chop Chop is Catherine's gig, and
it's an amazing one. A truly unique sound, a unique outlook
on songwriting and pop, and a compellingly personal outlook
that keeps all of us perpetually obsessed with this record.
Christy Cheng, Carla Ceruzzi and Dave Picariello also make
appearances on several songs on Keys, Bass and Conga respectively.
Archenemy-029
CD
$6.25
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
S/T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
CYHSY-001
LP
$13.75
Clearlake
Amber
PS, US 2000's debut, "Lido" sparked a sell-out
UK tour and won plaudits from all sorts of stellar peers
and heroes. 2003's "Cedars" established them
in the US and Canada, along with a two-month visit that
included dates with Stereolab and The Decemberists. This
is the follow-up. From mesmeric to buzzy Byrdsy rush to
Kinksy oomph to countrified lament, it's their wildest,
deepest, most surprising album so far. Produced by Clearlake's
Jason Pegg with Steve Osborne (U2) and Jim Abbiss (DJ Shadow,
Arctic Monkeys).
Domino
CD
$13.75
Cluster
Cluster '71
PS, On the outer edge of German space rock, Cluster '71
stands as a testament to minimalist "cosmische" music.
The three untitled tracks composed and performed by MOEBIUS
and ROEDELIUS are exploratory, ever-changing pieces with
focuses on guitar distortion and synthesizer wails, though
each goes far beyond. This album deserves the many accolades
it's been given, and holds up as an early landmark in the
history of beatless ambience.
Water-160
CD
$15.25
Cluster
Cluster '71
PS, US On the outer edge of German space rock, Cluster
'71 stands as a testament to minimalist "cosmische" music.
The 3 untitled tracks composed and performed by Moebius
and Roedelius are exploratory, ever-changing pieces with
focuses on guitar distortion and synthesizer wails, though
each goes far beyond. This album deserves the many accolades
it's been given, and holds up as an early landmark in the
history of beatless ambience.
Water-160
CD
$15.25
Coldcut
Man in a Garage (Picture Disc)
PS, US Ultra limited 7" pic disc. ORDER NOW FOR ANY
HOPE OF FILL...
Ninja Tune-7176
45
$8.25
Coldcut
Man in a Garage
PS, US
Ninja Tune-2176
12
$8.25
Connors, Loren
Sails
PS, US To accompany guitarist LOREN CONNORS (nee MAZZACANE)
is to discover a strange and forgotten America, then venture
irreversibly beyond. Connors is frequently pegged as an
avant bluesman, and the blues are never far from the surface
of his art -- but what a shimmering surface it is! The
brevity and lyricism of his improvisations bear the mark
of haiku; the floating, expressionist tones reflect the
influence of MARK ROTHKO; and as he conjures keening Celtic
wails, Connors offers himself as medium to the ghosts of
New York City Past. With "Sails", Connors enters
the third decade of such intimate explorations. In the
course of these two discs, we pass through saturated phrasings,
slowly undulating drones, doldrumic introspection and squalls
of white noise. The penultimate highlight is a duet with
Connors' aesthetic compadre, the late, great JOHN FAHEY.
It's an intuitive and seemingly predestined meeting of
two enlightened fellow-travelers: wily Fahey as the Dr.
Livingstone of raw Americana to Connors' indefatigable
Stanley. For his own part, Connors can evoke more clarity
and purity in a short cluster of notes than most of his
shred-happy contemporaries can muster in a lifetime --
and with Fahey's passing, he may be justifiably considered
this country's greatest living guitarist. Ultimately, Loren
Connors path, while not for the timid, is one of unspeakable
treasure: a journey to the heart of brightness; a quest
to penetrate a Terra Incognita of the soul.
TableoftheElements-089
DCD
$15.50
Conrad, Tony
Fantastic Glissando
PS, US It's 1969, and TONY CONRAD wants to take you Higher.
Celebrated for the thrilling roar of his amplified violin,
Conrad is a founding father of 'minimalism' and a giant
in the American soundscape. Now Conrad's own Audio ArtKive
imprint presents the first in a series of releases that
reveal the wild breadth of his 40-year career, including
field recordings, piano compositions, film soundtracks
and more. "Fantastic Glissando" (1969) is a series
of (d)evolving electronic compositions created with sine-wave
oscillators. The instrumentation is different, but the
effect is typical Conrad: soaring, aggressively textured
and jet-engine massive. This first-time CD release contains
an extra ten-minute bonus track not included on the original
LP version.
TableoftheElements-082
CD
$14.25
Curve
Gift
PS, UK 'You get nothing for being ahead of your time but
if there's a bright side to all this, it's that the duo's
creative hunger has remained intact. Tunes such as the
yearning Hung Up and the power-chord-laden Gift stand shoulder
to shoulder with their critically acclaimed Doppelganger
album, while the more reflective Perish improves upon it.'--Q,
4 out of 5. "Your playing small doesn't serve this
world." Nelson Mandela At last the much anticipated
studio album from Curve, the respected and groundbreaking
British duo of Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia, is here in
a pretty little package. Yet as with all things pretty
on the outside, you never know what's on the inside. With
'Gift', the group's first official release since 1998's
major label debut Come Clean (Universal), you'll hear an
aural assault of Toni's confident and gorgeous vocals matched
by their own densely perfected production alongside Dean's
signature bass playing. Songs range from the soul degrading
'My Tiled White Floor' and electro-rousing 'Gift' to the
album's first hard-driving single, 'Hell Above Water';.'My
Bloody Valentine's' Kevin Shields plays guitar on two forceful,
unforgettable tracks, 'Want More Need Less' and 'Perish',
a song Curve says may well be their best ever. Sleazy,
electronically savvy, fierce, dreamy and impenetrable describe
the musical passages of their most recent work, produced
by Toni, Dean and Ben Grosse (Filter, Soak, Book of Love),
who also mixed the album.
Artful
CD
$17.00
Daedelus
Axe Murderation Remixes (2 x 12")
PS, US Renowned abstract hip hop and electronica DAEDELUS
(Mush, Plug Research, Eastern Developments) returns with
a brand new exclusive track-"Axe Murderation"-and
a collection of remixes from some of electronic music's
best and brightest. The song features a theme with a short
recording of a girl rhapsodizing about her grievances and
nefarious intentions with reference to dogs, and the remixers-VENETIAN
SNARES, EIGHT FROZEN MOLECULES, PHTHALOCYANINE, NAVY WARSHIP,
JASON POTRATZ, and GERALD WENZEL-build upon it.
Phthalo-045
12
$17.00
Delta 5
Singles And Sessions - 1979-81
PS, US Part of the Leeds/UK art/music scene in the late
'70s that launched The Gang Of Four and The Mekons, Delta
5 was signed to Rough Trade after only a few months in
existence, and released their first single, "Mind
Your Own Business/Now That You've Gone" in 1979. BBC
host and producer John Peel requested the band do a "Sessions" gig
for him and they were officially on their way. Relentless
touring with The Gang Of Four, Echo And The Bunnymen, B52s,
The Specials, The Teardrop Explodes, and U2 put the group
on the map. They continued until various members departed
in 1981, when they recorded one last single and broke up
in 1982. This release contains long unavailable material
as well as the never before released Peel Sessions.
KillRockStars
CD
$14.50
Diskaholics Anonymous
Weapons of Ass Destruction
PS, US ...Destruction. Trio consisting of the less than
anonymous THURSTON MOORE (gtr) & JIM O'ROURKE (synth)
(SONIC YOUTH) & Swedish free jazz legend MATS GUSTAFSSON
(sax, electronics). Avant/punk/noise/free jazz. Moore's
guitar will make you think of NY in the 80's and Sonic
Youth around the time of "Bad Moon Rising." O'Rourke's
laptop was last heard on Wilco's monumental "Less
Than You Think" on A Ghost Is Born. Mats Gustafsson
sounds like Albert Ayler playing punk rock. The result
of these three titans clashing together is an intense blow-out.
Raw, grandiose & brutally beautiful. Rec. live in Sweden
in 2002.
Smalltown Superjazzz-091
CD
$16.00
DJ Quick
Trauma-Regular
PS, US
MadScience-13
LP
$15.25
DJ Quik
Trauma-Instrumental
PS, US Latest from producer of 2Pac, Dr. Dre & Snoop
Dogg feat. B-REAL (CYPRESS HILL), NATE DOGG, THE GAME & AMG,
CHINGY, WYCLEF JEAN, LUDACRIS, JODECI, TI.
MadScience-14
CD
$19.00
DJ Quik
Trauma-Instrumental
PS, US
Mad Science-15
LP
$15.25
Downey, Mike
Adventure, Bless, and Don't Be Sorry
PS, US The debut solo album from former WOLFIE, NATIONAL
SPLITS, and NEW CONSTITUTION songwriter MIKE DOWNEY. The
album features twelve acoustically grounded compositions
that dabble in the worlds of cut-and-paste glitch and lone-wolf
crooning, but never lose their focus, heartfelt simplicity
or crafty lyricism.
Recordhead-085
CD
$13.25
Duffy, Stephen & The Lilac Time
Keep Going
PS, UK Stephen Duffy's new album Keep Going received the
best reviews of his career including: 'The opening track,
Home, may well be the most beautiful song written this
year. As always the best music is to be found on the margins
- please explore.' 5/5 The Times Magazine. 'Really quite
moving, as hipster obsolescence always is. As are the semi-acoustic
arrangements that frame his lamentations. He hasn't given
up yet and nor should you.' 4/5 The Independent On Sunday.
'Stephen, I do believe this is the finest album of yours
I've heard yet.' Sunday Telegraph. 'Another lovely folk-rock
record from one of music's most underrated misfits.' 4/5
The Times. 'Rare candour, telling details and sparse but
exciting arrangements bring out the best in Duffy's wounded
but resolute confessionals. Wake up and smell the Lilacs.'
4/5Daily Mirror. 'Duffy is a craftsman who combines easy-going
pop tunes with a piercing turn of phrase. This is an album
that pop fans will fall in love with.' 4/5The Mail On Sunday.
'I can't imagine you not loving this' Word. 'Thank goodness
somebody still releases this stuff.' Time Out. 'This album
is wonderful.' The Spectator. 'Keep Going is up there with
his best. Another smash from Duffy's should-be-hit factory.'
The Sunday Times. 'Songs from Keep Going sit easily amongst
his best.' The Guardian.
Psychobaby-001
CD
$17.00
Durrett, Liz
Mezzanine, The
PS, US In contrast to Liz's previous work, her second release
is a surprisingly hi-fi affair. Gone are the hissing ghosts
and unsure echoes that once haunted and obscured her recordings.
Her voice and guitar are the focus here, and she performs
with more energy, determination, and flat out rawness than
ever before. These eleven songs cover a lot of ground.
Produced by Vic Chesnutt and engineered by Andy Baker (Macha,
Japancakes, Glands).
Warm
CD
$12.50
Durutti Column
Keep Breathing
PS, UK Written and played almost entirely by Vini Rielly,
the album is built out of ideas generated over the last
year and was inspired by African hip hop, traditional Jewish
music (Kletzer) and 1930's piano music by Art Tatum. The
12 tracks were created over 3 months in a room 'not much
bigger than a broom cupboard' using only one microphone
and whatever time and equipment Reilly and the album's
programmer Ben Roberts had spare. This inventiveness adds
to the richness of Reilly's amazing 'honey wrapped in sandpaper'
guitar playing. The gorgeous song 'Maggie' samples a school
choir he heard on the BBC 14 years ago, while other tracks
such as the defiant 7 minute long love song, 'Let Me Tell
You Something' are just as powerful and reflective, showing
the positive frame of mind Vini was in when making the
record. The new album is more polished and less haphazard
than his previous efforts and Durutti Column have also
committed to touring it extensively in 2006, with a live
band consisting of Kier Stewart who has produced The Fall,
Badly Drawn Boy and Elbow, the now legendary Bruce Mitchell
on drums and John Metcalf on viola. Track listing: Nina,
It's Wonderful, Maggie, Helen, Neil, Big Hole, Let me Tell
You Something, Lunch, Gun, Tuesday, Agnus Dei, Waiting.
Artful-52
CD
$17.00
Durutti Column
Someone Else's Party
PS, UK Recorded on an 8-track Porta-studio this lovely
record coaxes opulent atmospherics out of wierd, homemade
sounds. Bass drums made from thumping a book, vocal samples
from south America set to Dancehall beats, this inventiveness
adds to the richness of Vini Reilly's fantastic guitar
sounds & the most personal lyrics of his career. "This
is the 1st album that I actually think is worth putting
out in the world" -Mr. Vini Reilly
Artful-
CD
$17.00
East River Pipe
What Are You On?
PS, US This sixth release (and first new East River Pipe
record since 2003's "Garbageheads On Endless Stun")
is another magical, intimate album, one that continues
to justify Rolling Stone's claim that F.M. Cornog is "one
of our generation's great eccentric songwriters".
Fans of SMOG, Mercury Rev, and My Morning Jacket should
take notice of Cornog's mastery.
Merge
CD
$14.50
Edward Ka-Spel
A Red Long Ladder To The Moon
PS, US NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! A magnificent electro-color
journey, some of which would not seem out of place in an
adventurous club setting, from LEGENDARY PINK DOTS leader
EDWARD KA-SPEL. Dark, sweet and cosmic, the album may be
a superior choice for what SETI sends out as signals to
the universe. Surely orbiting ETs like a good dose of head
music now and again. Until the ETs answer, however, we
Ts can enjoy a little taste of Ka-Spel's slo-mo trip through
the stars. Headphones are go.
MT-090
DLP
$21.75
Elected
Sun, Sun, Sun
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SubPop
LP
$11.75
Elected
Sun, Sun, Sun
PS, US The rope-strong, luminous follow-up to their critically
acclaimed 2004 debut, "Me First". Recorded while
singer/songwriter Blake Sennett was on tour with his other
band, Rilo Kiley, the album is propelled by the kind of
unsettled, exploratory impetus that's only native to the
American open road. While portions of the album were recorded
in studios, Sennett recorded and produced the majority
of his creations in environments he was passing through.
The dichotomy between feeling completely at home and at
the same time homeless on the road fuels Sennett's biting,
reflective lyricism and grand, sweeping compositions.
SubPop
CD
$13.75
Electric President
S/T
PS, US Ten songs that interpret pop as an ocean of impressions & sensations & surf.
Stripped, immediate & at the same time interwoven w/
euphonic choirs.
MorrMusic-062
CD
$17.00
Electric President
S/T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
MorrMusic-062
LP
$17.00
Elevator Drops, The
Episode One
PS, US The Archenemy Record Company is proud to announce
the long-awaited release of Epidose 1, the long lost prequel
album by the late, great boston band, The Elevator Drops.
During their existence, the Elevator Drops were known as
one of Boston's best bands, mixing rock, new wave and experimental
in a way that at the time seemed completely unheard of.
Think the Faint's Dance Macabre, only five years earlier.
Maybe they were too ahead of their time, but they all seem
to be getting by in the world, even if their band didn't
achieve the rock stardom they so richly deserved. And now,
we've finally gotten our grubby hands on the start of it
all - the songs that got them signed to a major, and put
them on the road for a year of their life.
Archenemy--026
CD
$6.25
Erik Satie
Vexations
PS, UK Written by eccentric French composer Erik Satie
in 1893, the extraordinary score for Vexations is just
three lines long, yet a complete performance (840 repetitions)
may last for anything between 14 and 28 hours. First performed
under the supervision of John Cage in 1963, this radical
yet enigmatic work is now recognized as a significant milestone
in avant-garde music. This meditative 70 minute recording
features 40 repetitions of the motif, performed by Alan
Marks on piano. The recording was produced by Thomas Wilbrant.
Some credit Vexations with occult numerical meaning, others
as 'Satie's greatest prank' or a 'poor man's Ring of the
Nibelung'. Curiously, despite the almost infinitely repetitive
nature of the piece, the central 18 note motif is notoriously
hard to remember. Indeed no single pianist has yet been
able to negotiate a complete performance of all 840 repetitions.
By performing 40 repetitions over 70 minutes, Marks provides
a relatively concise introduction. Digitally recorded,
the CD also features detailed liner notes by Stephen Whittington.
Salon-2389
CD
$17.00
Ester Drang
Rocinate
PS, US On their third full-length, Ester Drang catapult
even further into their patented synth-dripped rhythms,
throbbing percussion, rising horns, and post-grazer grandeur,
having as much in common with Brian Eno's mournful drone
as they do The Notwist's passionate textures. A beautiful
ensemble of tracks that prove songs not only have the power
to elevate or to infiltrate, but when properly strung together,
can be as transcendent as they are moving.
JadeTree
CD
$14.50
Everlovely Lightningheart
Cusp
PS, US This collaborative is an entity capable of producing,
perverting, destroying, distributing, stealing, and selling
a vast and sprawling array of existing as well as unheard
of forms of cultural products and concepts. Their performances
range from serene to chaotic. Including anywhere from two
to a dozen performers, each is a truly unique experience.
They've played shows with Isis, These Arms Are Snakes,
Pelican, Bastard Noise, and more. As well as playing the
conventional club circuit, they've also been included as
part of several museum and art collective events. They
document every performance with audio, video, and photography,
creating an extensive library of work. "Cusp" is
beautiful in its chaos and simplicity. It is a humbling
and sad composition, the sort of sadness that tunes the
listener into the physical state of humanity.
HydraHead
CD
$13.75
Excepter
Sunbomber
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
5RueChristine
12
$8.75
Excepter
Sunbomber
PS, US This EP serves as a launching pad into the visionary
plane of the modern-day barnstormer. Excepter is a synthetic
protest band engineered to erase cultural distinctions
through polarized confusion. They're damaged where Black
Dice are experimental, and primitive and impulsive where
Animal Collective are whimsical. This is full-fledged ambient
house, maybe calypso but who's counting, unafraid of its
reggae roots, too. A band to watch.
5RueChristine
CD5
$8.75
Faunts
High Expectations/Low Results
PS, US Hauntingly beautiful & defiantly hopeful, they
create perfect music for the twilight hour between wake & sleep.
This album weaves together shimmering walls of pink noise
with dreamy, langourous guitar, gently treated vocals & swimmingly
beautiful melodies. Think Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Slowdive,
etc. & you'll be on the right track.
FriendlyFire-002
CD
$12.75
Film School
S/T
PS, US Film School is a band with impressively eclectic
influences (Pink Floyd, The Who, obscure electronica, metal,
drone, alternative '80s), a grandiose collective musical
history, and a healthy bout of critical acclaim. "Wonderfully
off-kilter pop songs" - NME. "As their name implies,
Film School creates sounds with a cinematic eye...This
four-song EP is a compact 23-minute trip that proves this
San Francisco quintet have serious dibs on becoming leaders
if Haight-Ashbury is ever to rise again" - CMJ. Rave
live reviews in the NME and The Fly followed their UK visit
in September 2004, supporting TV On The Radio. The Sunday
Times Culture Magazine hailed them as one of the new bands
that "should be huge", and Music Week included
them in their rundown of the "eleven buzz bands on
the brink of greater things."
BeggarsBanquet
CD
$14.50
Four Tet
Everything Ecstatic Parts I & II
PS, US Take the mesmerizing aural experience of Four Tet's
acclaimed "Everything Ecstatic" and couple it
with ten new film shorts commissioned specifically for
the ten musical pieces and you get this synapse-fusing
new DVD release. Bonus disc includes 35 minutes of brand
new music, and some radical rethinks of material from "Everything
Ecstatic", which together represent a current snapshot
of Kieran's ever-changing musical thinking.
Domino
DCD
$15.25
Foxx, John
Crash And Burn
PS, UK Line-Up: John Foxx, Louis Gordon. Info: Chorley-born
art student Foxx founded Ultravox! in 1975, working with
Brian Eno on the band's self-titled debut a few months
before the ambienteer joined forces with David Bowie. Ultravox!
were Britain's first synthesizer rock band, fusing elements
of Krautrockers such as Can, Neu! and Kraftwerk with the
English art school heritage of Roxy Music. Foxx left the
band in 1979 and a year later released the primitive, stark
electro-pop classic, Metamatic, featuring his first solo
hit, Underpass. On this album he developed a form of urban,
European blues, which would later influence Detroit techno
and UK dance acts such as Bomb The Bass's Tim Simenon who
collaborated with Foxx on their Nation 12 project at the
end of the '80s. More recently Dave Clarke and Adult. have
also declared themselves as fans. In the '80s the introspective
Englishman designed a personal, romantic style, expressed
on albums such as The Garden ('81), The Golden Section
('83) and In Mysterious Ways ('85), but also through painting,
graphic design, book jackets and his own, as yet unfinished
novel, The Quiet Man. In 1995 he made a characteristically
low-key return with a new album, Shifting City, described
by Stephen Merritt of The Magnetic Fields as 'one of the
best albums of the nineties'. he releases his latest solo
album, Crash And Burn, which he recorded with Mancunian
electronic genius Louis Gordon. Crash And Burn is an edgier
record than Foxx's previous album, 2001's The Pleasures
Of Electricity which concentrated on achieving a sense
of rare intimacy in the pretty arrangements. This time
around Foxx & Gordon have dreamt up fresh twists on
Moroder pop, Kraftwerk (the tough-sounding She Robot),
electronic-ballads (Smoke and the sleazy croon of Once
In A While) and even analogue-fuelled industrial rock (the
title-track). The album also opens with one of Foxx's career
bests, Drive, a pounding techno-pop track with an oddly
emotional lyric, while Sex Video is set to fire-up in electro
clubs any day now. Biog: John Foxx was born in Chorley,
Lancashire in the north of England. A child intellectual,
reading the manifesto's of the Futurists aged 9, a career
in the arts beckoned as Foxx enrolled at the Royal College
of Art in London before forming the band Ultravox. After
3 albums, including one produced by the now legendary Brian
Eno, Foxx left in '79. His first solo disc, Metamatic,
was issued in 1980 through his own label metal beat, with
Virgin handling distribution. With the exception of some
bass, the sound was completely synthetic. It became his
biggest selling album, featuring the single "Underpass." A
livelier album, The Garden, followed a year later. Named
after the studio where it was recorded and which Foxx would
frequent for the next few years. The opening "Europe
After the Rain" is perhaps his finest moment. The
Garden also included a version of the "Lord's Prayer
(Pater Noster)" sung in Italian to a disco beat! Initial
copies came with a booklet entitled Church, complete with
Foxx's photomontage images, poems and lyrics. 1983's The
Golden Section was one of the few Foxx releases produced
by an outsider, Zeuss B. Held. As with The Garden it peaked
slightly lower down at 27. If that was a shame, it was
nothing compared to the shock of his fourth and final album
for sometime, In Mysterious Ways, charting at number 85
on its release in 1985. Two singles featured, both failed
to chart despite the usually stunning Foxx illustrations
on the sleeve, especially on "Stars on Fire." After
this John Foxx vanished, his name bearing 'whatever happened
to..' conversations. On the sleeve notes for 1992's compilation
Assembly, Foxx hinted he was totally disinterested in the
mid-eighties music scene. He spent his time lecturing (helping
shoot the video to techno band LFO's debut namesake single),
illustrating book covers and collaborated with Bomb the
Bass mainman Tim Simenon on the short lived project Nation
12. In 1997 Foxx re-appeared almost as mysteriously as
he had disappeared with two new albums: Cathedral Oceans
and Shifting City (with Louis Gordon). The former was primarily
ambient in nature and namechecked musician Harold Budd
who, during an interview, cited Foxx 'a fantastic artist.
Metamatic-5
CD
$17.00
Frankel
Chatterbox
PS, US The latest from Los Angeles-based lithium pop troubadour
FRANKEL. Utilizing piano and acoustic guitar and drawing
on influences such as Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, the Beatles,
and Syd Barrett, Frankel delivers melancholic tales with
dynamic vocals, creative effects, and strong musicianship.
ThreeRing-010
CD
$8.25
Full Moon Partisans
Get It Out
PS, US Drawing on guitarist/singer SERGEY YASHENKO's Soviet
roots, the FULL MOON PARTISANS sound like nothing else.
It's a complete mystery what the hell they're going for,
but somehow Tom Waits, the Mekons, Crime & the City
Solution, and the Talking Heads all come to mind. But to
truly get anywhere describing the weird hobo/punk/folk
sounds on their self-titled debut full-length CD, one would
still need to mention the Russian lyrics and the almost
Velvets-y pop songs that pop up through the inspired mess
spilling out of the twelve tracks. They've been touted
recently on Fat Cat Records' website, and their shambling
hobo/punk/folk shows have been drawing crowds around San
Francisco for a couple years now.
FullMoonPartisans-
CD
$9.25
Future Sound Of London
Amorphous Androgynous: The Otherness
PS, UK File under: Dance. Line-Up: Gary Cobain, Brian Dougan.
Info: 'This other worldly masterpiece is so far out you
need a telescope to see it.' 8 out of 10 NME. 'An epic
that manages to be moving, hilarious and monolithically
impressive...the sound is like a beam of white light from
heaven.'6 out of 5 (this mark goes all the up to 6...Its
one better.) --MUZIK. 'The most prog rock album since Air's
Moon Safari' --THE OBSERVER. 'The Otherness is madly wonderful'
4 out of 5 THE GUARDIAN. 'To be heard is to be believed.
The aural equivalent of a triple fudge, double-chocolate
cake with gold dust icing.' 5 out of 5 SEVEN. 'A modern
psychedelic classic' MOJO. 'A mystical cosmic voyage of
sonic and cultural experimentation via lush, enveloping
atmospheres' --Q. 'With its exotic cosmic oozescapes, the
obvious comparisons are The Beatles, 'Space Oddity' era
Bowie, The Doors and Beefheart who was the walrus again?
--THE INDEPENDENT. Biog: First recognized as the dance
duo behind the club hits "Stakker" (as Humanoid)
and "Papua New Guinea," Future Sound of London
later became one of the most acclaimed and respected international
experimental ambient groups, incorporating elements of
techno, classical, jazz, hip-hop, electro, industrial,
and dub into expansive, sample-heavy tracks, often exquisitely
produced and usually without easy precursor. Notoriously
enigmatic and often disdainful of the press, the group's
Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans worked their future-is-now
aesthetic into a variety of different fields, including
film and video, 2- and 3-D computer graphics and animation,
the Internet, radio broadcast, and, of course, recorded
music. Although they usually disdain their earlier work
as play-for-pay club fare not representative of their later
musical vision, many of the thematic concerns of their
earlier 12"s and their first, heavily dance-oriented
LP, Accelerator, followed them into their later work. Usually
filed under ambient, that work is often much more than
that, drawing from the history of experimental electronic
music with a relentlessness that has helped to push the
calmer elements of that genre's reputation into decidedly
more difficult directions. The pair also grew in repute
as remixers, obliterating tracks by Curve, Jon Anderson,
David Sylvian and Robert Fripp, and Apollo 440, and rebuilding
pieces of almost majestic complexity with the remnants.
The duo's works of the mid- to late '90s -- Lifeforms,
ISDN, and Dead Cities -- were important stopping points
on the road of rabid hybridization characteristic of post-rave
European experimental electronica (ambient, jungle, trip-hop,
ambient dub, etc.), and the pair's somewhat punk rock attitude
(despite their success) did much to underscore the scene's
underground roots. After a lengthy hiatus marked by rumors
of mental illness and a cottage lifestyle, Cobain and Dougans
returned in 2002 with The Isness, a record heavily influenced
by '60s and '70s psychedelia.
FutureSoundofLondon-106
CD
$17.00
Go-Betweens
That Striped Sunlight Sound (CD + DVD)
PS, US "Twenty-seven years into their career, they
remain one of rock's most pleasurable hand-me-down discoveries" -Entertainment
Weekly. LiveDVD/CD package loaded with goodies for their
fans. DVD includes a 90-minute full-band concert in their
hometown of Brisbane, Australia, plus, an hour-long intimate,
acoustic performance where Grant McLennan & Robert
Forster share songs & stories about writing the music
that has made them the quintessential cult band.
YepRoc-2081
DVD
$18.00
Golden Dogs, The
Everything In 3 Parts
PS, US Canada's next big thing play infectious, adrenaline-charged
music, energized by their hyperactive leader/songwriter
Dave Azzolini. Their compositions are created from a palate
dripping with McCartney-isms, odes to XTC and Elvis Costello,
plus other cross-decade references too diverse for any
retro tag. A pure blast of blissed-out pop/rock with endless
infectious harmonies and a ridiculous amount of energy.
Funzalo
CD
$14.50
Gossip
Standing In The Way Of Control
PS, US The first thing that strikes you is the rhythm.
The Gossip have been making punks dance since they debuted
five years ago, long before dance punk existed. Soulful
and jagged, you can hear everything from Dischord to Motown.
The vocals resonate with the confidence of the lyrics,
asking people to hold on just a little bit longer, reassuring
youth that there are others out there, and spitting in
the face of all who say otherwise. Their third album was
recorded by Guy Picciotto (Fugazi). This is the sound of
a band destroying and surpassing all expectations placed
on them.
KillRockStars
CD
$15.25
Gourds
Heavy Ornamentals
PS, US The Gourds welcome you back to their porch for another
drink from the jug & another helping of critic-confounding
musical gumbo. Infectious blend of rock, country, Zydeco,
soul, Tex-Mex, folk & blues. Flanked by a full van
of guitars, violins, banjos & accordions. "The
Gourds are strange even when they're
serious" -Blender.
ElevenThirty-7006
CD
$16.25
Gown
Sacred Mountains
PS, US Gown is from the islands of British Columbia Canada,
and spent an entire year living on one such island alone
with his dog and 3 or more goats. If rock and its subforms
are based on blues forms then Gown is hatched from sea
shanties and the sea in general. It swirls and eddies like
the sea trapped in a cove before finding it's way to the
ocean in the form of massive swells before becoming waves
crashing on the rocks. It is a journely and far from perfect,
but the misteps sparkle and gleam with all the beauty that
surrounds us. This LP was recorded over the course of one
month in Florence, Mass after a 2 month tour across the
USA, playing in a duo with Christina Carter. Gown and Christina
also contributed a side the My Cat Is An Alien split LP/CD
series and have a CD coming out on Foxy Digitalis/Digitalis
Industires. Gown is also involved in a trio with Thurston
Moore and Pete Nolan (MAGIK MARKERS) called BARK HAZE.
Limited to 600, w/hand painted original covers.
EcstaticPeace-95
LP
$12.75
Gris Gris
For The Season
PS, US A companion EP to GREG ASHLEY and company's For
The Season full length featuring a special acoustic version
of the song "Pick Up Your Raygun," along with
three exclusive tracks not available elsewhere.
Birdman-085
45
$4.25
Growing
Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of Light
PS, BACK IN PRINT ON VINYL!!! The second full-length album
from heavy-duty sound pushers GROWING, the loudest quiet
band you'll ever hear. Now recording as a duo, the band
takes their expansive instrumental palette and pushes it
with feedback, hiss and static manipulation, wringing out
waves of delay from their amps while retaining an earthbound
mastery of crushing riffage. Mixed by REX RITTER (JESSAMINE,
FONATANELLE, SUNN).
Animal Disguis 050
DLP
$24.25
Hellacopters
Rock & Roill Is Dead [domestic]
PS, US Domestic issue for The Hellacopters' latest rock
action. Incl. guests from THE HIVES & SOUNDTRACK OF
OUR LIVES. Incl. 2 bonus tracks & 2 videos NOT ON IMPORT
Liquor&Poker-015
CD
$15.25
His Name Is Alive
Detrola
PS, US After four years away, WARN DEFEVER's latest album
rides the fine line between sweet dreams & nightmarish
visions & harkens back to HNIA's most acclaimed early-mid
90's period ("Mouth by Mouth" & "Stars
on ESP").
SilverMountain
CD
$14.75
Hollingsworth, Taylor
Tragic City
PS, US "Taylor Hollingsworth and his band are sloppy
and wild in the mode of The Stooges or The MC5 (or The
Rolling Stones at their worst), which are likely models,
yet this band's overall tone often recalls bands such as
The Only Ones or The Heartbreakers. If they played fast
and hard instead of loose and slinky, they could even be
The Saints. A lot of the sloppiness is salvaged, or accented,
by white-hot guitar runs that take the sound into Johnny
Thunders territory, by way of Billy Gibbons. Vocals, for
the most part, remain in the more disturbing/intriguing
range of Peter Perret and Nikki Sudden, so you can see
why it is difficult to accept this band's approach as just
a happy accident" - Black & White.
Brash
CD
$13.75
Hooker, William/Renaldo Lee
The Celestial Answer
PS, US As individual performers, WILLIAM HOOKER and LEE
RANALDO are explosive. As collaborators, they are thermonuclear.
A kinetic, avant percussionist and poet, Hooker is one
of New York's most important band leaders, having fronted
groups that included DAVID MURRAY and DAVID S. WARE. Ranaldo
leads the improv supergroup TEXT OF LIGHT, whose fluid
membership includes Hooker, as well as CHRISTIAN MARCLAY,
TIM BARNES and MISSION OF BURMA's ROGER MILLER - and of
course, he's a co-founder of the indefatigably experimental
SONIC YOUTH. With "The Celestial Answer," Hooker
and Ranaldo have created a work of blindingly brilliant,
elemental force. Rays of white guitar noise penetrate clouds
of analog synth; molten drumming blasts across free-form
poetics. The dynamic is beautiful and inspired - a simple
cold-fusion of intuitive interaction and boundless sonic
freedom. These are thoughtful and emotionally attuned artists.
Open your ears and they'll take you on a soaring voyage
through an ecstatic firmament, into the howling mouth of
infinity.
TableoftheElements-102
CD
$14.25
I.A. Bericochea
Sueno
PS, SPAIN After his hypnotizing releases on M_nus, Richie
Hawtin's celebrated minimal and maximal avant dance label, "Sueño" is
the second album from Madrid based I.A. Bericochea. "Sueño" is
a work of concentrated quality and depth, forty minutes
of rare beauty that is seldom heard in an electronic music
album; a sophisticated listen that is danceable and full
of squandering emotions that bring a sweet shudder to the
ear. "Sueño", meaning 'dream' in Spanish,
is a perfect audio example of how blood weights more than
water. Fans of Murcof, Fax and all things that are beautiful,
dark, dreamy and minimal should not miss on this captivating
release. Mastered by Stefan Betke (Pole & ~Scape). "I.A.
Bericochea's music, a profoundly thinned-out minimal techno
that's more absent than present, offers the profoundest
kind of intense listening, grounded with bass that reverberates
deep in the body and graced with white noise that seems
to graze the very surface of the ear drum, like summer
grasses brushing against weathered cement" XLR8R. "Bericochea
brings just enough emotional edge and sonic vibrancy to
his dry minimalist beats and deep quavering bass patterns
to give them a stealthy, unsettling life of their own.
His compositions seem to come out of nowhere, accumulating
an undeniable presence that lingers on long after the final
shudder" THE WIRE.
Rojo-001
CD
$13.50
James, Randy
No Tree
PS, US "No Tree, the debut CD from Randy James. This
is definately a well written rock record! Very clever lyrics,
great hooks & lots of in your face guitars. From heart
felt ballads: Two Worlds Collide & Taste of Love (Not
a Thirst For Blood), to the well executed raunchy rock
like Slither. Classic & classy with some real tasty
trash...I love it!" Jennifer Harlow, Q-Entertainment
WaxApple
CD
$12.00
Jel
WMD/All Around
PS, The lead single from the upcoming Soft Money album
finds JEL fusing black nationalist rap with indie rock
tunefulness. "WMD" features WISE INTELLIGENT's
(POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS) vocals and some scratching from
JOE QUIXX. "All Around" features STEFFI BOHM
from Morr Music's MS. JOHN SODA over Jel's dense, driving
beat work.
Anticon-0057
12
$7.25
Johnson, Richard Leo
Legend of VernonMcAlister
PS, US Touted by Playboy as "the most innovative guitarist
since Jimi Hendrix," and by 20th Century Guitar as "mind-boggling!",
Richard Leo Johnson's style is marked by startling speed,
complexity and hauntingly unfamiliar harmonies. After over
a decade of being on the road, performing concerts and
guitar clinics and work-shops, Richard was discovered by
Blue Note, who released albums in 1999 and 2000, gathering
extreme critical praise. Here Richard has traded in his
double-neck acoustic for a well-worn, 1930s National Duolian
steel-bodied guitar. Richard was inspired by this unique
instrument and its sounds to try something different from
any of his other albums. A CD of deep beauty and innovation,
created with just this one old guitar, some simple electronic
and tape effects, and Richard's talents. Richard's music
is singularly beautiful, but it also is not afraid to have
a 'bite' and it will appeal both to the new generation
of fans discovering edgier solo acoustic guitar music of
people like Derek Bailey, Steffen Basho-Junghans and Jack
Rose, as well as to fans of acoustic guitar geniuses such
as Robbie Basho, John Fahey, Michael Hedges, John McLaughlin,
Steve Tibbetts and Ralph Towner. "The sonic equivalent
of exploding stained glass
windows."-San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Cuneiform-222
CD
$13.75
Joyner, Simon
Yesterday Tomorrow & In Between
PS, US
Sing,Eunuchs!-03
DLP
$15.00
Joyner, Simon
Heaven's Gate
PS, US
Sing,Eunuchs!-02
LP
$9.75
Joyner, Simon
Songs For the New Year
PS, US
Sing,Eunuchs!-01
LP
$9.75
Jurado, Damien/Dolorean
"
Traded for Fire" b/w "Ghost of David"
PS, US To celebrate their 2005 European Tour and years
of mutual admiration, DAMIEN JURADO and DOLOREAN released
a split 7-inch that was originally available only at shows
overseas. The 'A' side features Damien Jurado's cover of
Dolorean's "Traded for Fire". Side 'B' is Dolorean's
version of Jurado's classic "Ghost of David" track.
It is a LIMITED RELEASE OF JUST 600 COPIES.
SecretlyCanadian-139
45
$4.25
Karacter
Self-Titled
PS, US The Archenemy Record Company is happy to announce
the release of Karacter's self-titled debut album. Brought
to you by the team behind Freezepop and Lifestyle, Karacter
takes the ideas behind their "primary projects" one
step further back, by exploring their earliest influences
late '70's synthesizer pop. Calling on inspirations like
Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, the electronic works of Eno
and Bowie, the earliest works of Human League, Depeche
Mode, Simple Minds, and OMD, Karacter harkens back to a
time when technology had not yet overshadowed musical and
lyrical ideas, and when the artistry of those acts was
not hemmed in by concerns of commercial viability. Incomparable
to today's "new new wave" groups, Karacter has
a different outlook. "We went back to our earliest
influences, music we had lost track of over time. Music
defined by its technological limitations, not created in
128 track modern studios. We embraced tape and hiss, and
of course, stayed in touch with early analog synthesizers
and rhythm units, which have always been a cornerstone
of our work," group frontman Sean Drinkwater offers.
Archenemy-027
CD
$9.00
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds
Philosophy and Underwear
PS, US The debut release from this new New York City-based
band led by none other than KID CONGO POWERS. As the title
may lead one to believe, the album is a highbrow, and often
humorous, viewpoint of a tough and sleazy low life world
Kid's character's inhabit. Herbert Hunke's 1940's Times
Square in "Johnny," Shakespeare's Richard III's
unrequited loves haunt modern guys in "Richard Three," S&M
leather men's inner struggles in "Even Though Your
Leather is Cliché," or the post 9/11 breakup
of a relationship in "The Weather The War." Although
heady, and heavy subjects, the music is a mélange
of stomping soul swagger, angular no wave, glam-era Lou
Reed celebrations and New York stories. Guitars scream
like banshees, drums swing from the rafters, basslines
snake charm, and electronics reference more Roxy Music
Eno than the over exhausted electroclash. Mixed with Kid's
casual laconic and resonant talk/sing style, whether dueling
with a LITTLE ANNIE or doing it solo, Kid gives heartfelt
performances.
Transsolar-029
LP
$14.75
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds
Philosophy and Underwear
PS, US The debut release from this new New York C
