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New Releases

18th Dye
Amorine Queen
PS, DENMARK New album, their first in 13 years, from awesome Danish/German outfit who had several amazing albums released by Matador in the 90s. Half the album's up on their myspace page, check it out. With their groundbreaking, catchy and consistently explosive rock 18TH DYE earned great recognition in the international music press during the 90s. They toured all over the US and Europe and left a name, which has inspired a vast number of bands. With Amorine Queen 18TH DYE continue their intensive work during the 90s. 18TH DYE doesn't just thrill the fans from ten years ago, but also carry away a new audience - a fact that's hard to miss at their recent concerts.
CrunchyFrog
CD
$16.25

924 Gilman Street
S-T
PS, US Punk notables JELLO BIAFRA, IAN MACKAYE, LARS FREDERICKSON & MATT FREEMAN (RTAeNnCtaIcDle) among others lend their perspective, while live footage of bands as diverse as OPERATION IVY, SCREECHING WEASEL, PINHEAD GUNPOWDER, PANSY DIVISION, FLESHIES, AGAINST ME!, TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS, etc. show the synergy of band, audience, & venue that makes this a special place. The feat film is 86 mins long, & incl a short film as well as surround sound & classroom versions of the audio.
AlternativeTenticles
DVD
$17.25

Adasiewicz, Jason
Rolldown
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
482Music
LP
$16.25

AIDS Wolf
Cities of Glass
PS, US "Easily one of the best bands in the city right now. Discordance still rules their roost, but more prog is rearing its head--that both teases & startles" - Montreal Mirror
SkinGraft
CD
$14.25

AIDS Wolf
Cities of Glass
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
LovePumpUnited
DLP
$18.75

Alps, The
III
PS, UK Although III might be the third album from San Francisco trio The Alps, it marks their first studio-based record and a fresh direction for the psychedelic supergroup. Made up of Tarentel mainman Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, ex-Tussle member Alexis Georgopoulos (better known as ARP), and ex-Troll member Scott Hewicker, there is a deft amount of skill on display as the three rip through eight tracks of sizzling spiritual bliss. Comparisons here are easy to bring up -- Popol Vuh, Ennio Morricone and Serge Gainsbourg spring to mind for starters, as the band toss and tangle through thick drum breaks and reverberating, sun-drenched guitar lines. III feels like a lost soundtrack to some crumbling Italian surrealist classic with its pounding bass lines and swirling synths. The finest excesses of progressive rock and the leanest intricacies of the psychedelic folk scene have been splashed together with a distinct, dusty funk overlook to produce something which is totally out of time. The Alps show us that there's more to psychedelia than meets the eye.
Type
LP
$17.75

Alvarez, Lesser, Gonzalez
Why Is Bear Billowing
PS, US A couple years ago, Baltimore's Alvarez was playing stripped down electro-pop (60s French chanteuse style) in the band Cache Cache. Other projects include playing guitar in the drone-tinged country-folk group The Tall Grass, as well as an electronic side project called The Ruby Stallion Ensemble. On this release, Lesser and his acoustic guitar craft some of the prettiest folk tunes you'll hear this year. He delivers his songs with a sense of whimsical earnestness, and has garnered comparisons to Nick Drake, John Fahey, and Donovan.
Carpark
CD
$13.00

Arab On Radar
Sunshine for Shady People
PS, US An ingenious plague, Arab on Radar was genetically engineered to avoid easy detection. Operating under the guise of a musical group, the band traveled via an underground network. Their music was a sonic assault as they toured from city to city. For Shady People is a document, alive and rootless, showing a band that has no semblance to daddy's "Rock 'n' Roll" The story of this band will infect you.
ThreeOneG
DVD
$15.75

Asteroid #4
These Flowers of Ours
PS, US Rooted deep in psychedelic music, specifically that of the 1960's & early 1990's British bands, A4 has never shied away from wearing their influences firmly on their sleeves. Dabbling in everything from Anglo-induced guitar pop to the "Cosmic American" sounds of vintage L.A. country.
CommitteetoKeepMusicEvil
CD
$14.50

Autistic Daughters
Uneasy Flowers
PS, GERMANY Released on CD in March of 2008 on Kranky, Uneasy Flowers is the second album by New Zealand's Autistic Daughters, the intercontinental trio of Dean Roberts (guitar, vocals), Martin Brandlmayr (percussion, computer) and Werner Dafeldecker (guitar, bass). It is also the fourth in a series of records in which Roberts, having begun in more abstract territory in New Zealand's mid-1990s "free noise" ferment, has embraced song, lyric and voice as vessels for topographic and psychoanalytic tracings of the impacts of territory and nomadism on the subject. This is reflected by the shape-shifting nature of the outfit: while Autistic Daughters (whose name comes from a lyric from their first record Jealousy And Diamond) are resolutely a trio, they also work in cinematic format, with ancillary players behind the trio's complex, worm-turning arrangements: in this instance, Chris Abrahams of The Necks, Martin Siewert and Valerio Tricoli. With Uneasy Flowers, Roberts traces the internal and external workings of one protagonist: or, rather, a protagonist who "contains multitudes," a Whitmanian figure that dissolves the unified self. Rather, this character, "Rehana," embodies multiplicity and fragmentation in order to both a) address loss and b) aim toward transfiguration, transcendence. There are traces in the lyrics -- traces of addiction and desire, myth and transformation -- that are obliquely reflected in the music's structure, its uneasy tension between the pop song (the "moment") and experiment (the "process"). In some ways, it reminds of the structural, loop-based cinema of figures like Malcolm LeGrice: taking one moment and stretching it, the better to capture its nuances and to draw out all the repressed material caught in the mise-en-scène, the hidden, cloaked content that erupts when your world spirals out of your control and gets caught in webs of interpersonal politic. The move from intimacy to the capture of the "greater picture" enacted by both lyric and music here resembles a camera dollying out, a shift of perspective unsettling for its vertigo-inducing qualities. Experimental deconstructionism within a pop framework that is contemplative, well-crafted, and gracefully unsettling.
Staubgold
CD
$16.25

Barr, Brad
The Fall Apartment: Instrumental Guitar
PS, US This is guitarist Brad Barr's solo debut, The Fall Apartment: Instrumental Guitar. As a member of Northeast-based band The Slip, Brad's guitar prowess has always been notable, but his true gifts and distinct musical voice are on full display throughout this solo guitar album. A heady set of original compositions is complimented by such diverse covers as Maria La O by legendary Cuban musician Ernesto Lecuona, Kurt Cobain's 'Heart Shaped Box,' and Le Trio Ferret's 'Gin Gin.' The introspective tone of the album recalls such autumnal, overlooked loner guitar gems as Lenny Breau's Cabin Fever or Richard Crandell's In The Flower Of Our Youth, while staking out a thoroughly modern approach to solo guitar here in the late '00s.
TompkinsSquare
CD
$12.00

Bass Communion & Pig
Live In Mexico City
PS, US Limited edition of 500 copies and packaged in a deluxe screen printed jacket with a clear spot gloss print. There are 5 different cover color variations each limited to 100 copies and containing a different color of vinyl. Packaged, like all Important releases, in a handy resealable Japanese poly-bag. Printed by Neil Burke at Monoroid. Steven Wilson - guitar / laptop, andres solis - turntables, rogelio sosa - voice, daniel goldaracena - devices. Recorded live at laboratorio de arte alameda in mexico city on 27th feb 2008. Collaboration with the live action / improv group from Mexico City PIG. This will only be available on vinyl and is the companion release to the Bass Communion record Moltov And Haze being issued on Important Records simultaneously.
Important-194
LP
$23.00

Bauer, Matt
The Island Moved In the Storm
PS, US A series of overlapping narratives inspired by the story of a young woman found dead in Kentucky in 1968. The songs explore what it means to be home and to be lost, what it means to pass from life to death. The arrangements are sparse and haunting, dark and beautiful.
LaSocieteExpedion
CD
$11.50

Beach Boys
Pet Sounds
PS, US Get 'em while you can!
Capitol
LP
$20.00

Biosphere
Substrata 2
PS, UK 2001 release, repressed! "Biosphere's 2nd release for Touch after Cirque is a double CD in digipak designed by Jon Wozencroft. The release consists of: CD1 -- Substrata: Originally released in 1997 on All Saints Records, this remastered version of Substrata contains 11 tracks with a total length of 55:20. '...by many (the undersigned included) considered to be the finest ambient album of the 1990s'. CDTwo -- Man with a Movie Camera: Contains 9 tracks, total length 53:32. The first 7 tracks consist of the soundtrack to Man with a Movie Camera [Verdov, USSR 1929], originally commissioned for the Tromsø International Film Festival in 1996, released here for the first time. The last 2 tracks, 'Endurium' and 'The End of the Cyclone', were originally released on the limited edition Japanese version of Substrata in 1997 -- they have never before been released outside Japan."
Touch
DCD
$17.75

Black Nielson
Current Sunlight
PS, AUSTRALIA Beautiful 2005 album from now defunct British troubadours. Mike now plays in LTI band Co-pilgrim. At just under 5 years since the inception of the band, Black Nielson has established an impressive reputation, both on record and as a live act. The modest level of success achieved by the band can be traced in a steady trajectory from noble beginnings on the south coast of England, formed by principle songwriter Michael Gale... And that trajectory shows no sign of abating.
LowTransitIndustries-022
CD
$13.50

Black President
S-T
PS, US For Los Angeles-based soul-inflected punk band all it took was one song, penned by guitarist & founder Charlie Paulson (GOLDFINGER) titled "Last Fucking Hope," to light the fuse on a whole new musical powderkeg. With the addition of Christian Martucci (CHELSEA SMILES & Dee Dee Ramone's band), Roy Mayorga (NAUSEA & SOULFLY) and east-coast hardcore veteran Jason Christopher the band plays aggressive music that acknowledges American 60s soul. Look for the band to explode on Vans Warped Tour 08 & to tour extensively throughout 2008
CobraMusic
CD
$12.00

Boddicker
Big Lionhearted & The Galant Man
PS, AUSTRALIA Quirky debut album from teen prodigy co-written & recorded by Brain Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine). "A rambling, rollicking and spikey vision of Americana, indie-rock and blues... brilliant" ROLLING STONE - 3 1/2 stars "Touched by a beautiful naievity and innocence, this is where all pop music originated from. Worth seeing where Boddicker can go with it" THE CITY HUB
LowTransitIndustries-059
CD
$13.50

Boredoms
Voaltz/Relerer [Limited Edition]
PS, JAPAN Going quick!!!
RhythmRepublic
12
$19.00

Boston Spaceships
Brown Submarine
PS, US ROBERT POLLARD (Guided By Voices) returns w/ members of GBV, TAKEOVERS, DECEMBERISTS, JICKS, etc. for an album that rocks hard in the vein of Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, Wire, & the dBs. This is pure pop punk w/ a few moments of subtle prog flourishes & acoustic strums & finds Pollard charged up & singing his ass off.
GuidedByVoicesInc
CD
$15.25

Boston Spaceships
Brown Submarine
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
GuidedByVoicesInc
LP
$17.00

Bound Stems
Family Afloat
PS, US This expresses a crucial personal transition & a collective one. While BOUND STEMS quit their day-jobs to tour relentlessly throughout 2006 in support of their previous album (one that garnered praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Alternative Press, URB & Chicago Tribune), the band returned home ready for new challenges, & made the communal decision to return to the more stable life of work weeks & strong roots. It was a choice that also ultimately made the concept of home central to this 2008 album. The songs sound like preparation: the family has grown now, to include new ones being formed in Chicago. But there's no settling down in these songs: family life is raw & confusing, as uncomfortable & unexpected & rewarding as crucial.
Flameshovel
CD
$13.25

Bound Stems
Family Afloat
PS, US LTD ED 180gm LP vinyl. 500 total pressing (250 black/250 orange). Includes digital download code.
Flameshovel
LP
$13.25

Braid
Frame & Canvas
PS, US These guys toured so much they should be the poster boys for Rand McNally. Seminal album that defined a genre and cemented Braid's legacy - Frame and Canvas has been out of print on LP for several years. LP is on premium 180 gram vinyl and
includes a digital download code.
Polyvinyl-018
LP
$12.50

Brimstone Howl
We Came in Peace
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Alive
LP
$13.50

Brimstone Howl
We Came in Peace
PS, US Described by NME as "Beatles-headed psych-nerds w/a taste for razor sharp snake-rock". Despite it's cryptic title this is another fun explosion of fuzz & American-gothic chit-chatter, w/"weird fictional adventure stories, & beginner blues guitar lessons from mongoloids," as they like to describe it. Includes bonus track not on the vinyl.
Alive
CD
$13.50

Broadfield Marchers
Inevitable Continuing
PS, US Psychedelic power pop gems likened to early R.E.M.-meets-Pink Floyd. These short & succinct songs (many under two minutes) are ethereal, sophisticated, & filled w/pop craftsmanship.
RainbowQuartz
CD
$13.50

Brokaw, Chris
Canaris
PS, US Solo album by CHRIS BROKAW (past & present bands incl. COME, CODEINE,
PULLMAN, FFLASHLIGHTS, DIRTMUSIC, THURSTON MOORE & THE NEW WAVE BANDITS, THE NEW YEAR). This is Chris' 5th album & was recorded in June 2008 in both Hoboken, NJ & Cambridge, MA. This is an instrumental album entirely for solo acoustic guitar - the 1st half "straight acoustic," while the 2nd half is acoustic plugged into amps & pedals. Feat. a cover of Vlad Tepes' 13 min. epic "Drink the Poetry of Celtic Disciple" - as well as the title track, an 18 min. drone/feedback piece. Overall, kinda reminds us John Fahey and Pullman.
CapitanRecords
CD
$14.00

Broken West
Now Or Heaven
PS, US Their sophomore full-length originates from home - the longing to get there and all that comes from being there. Each song is a maturation from the band's debut. The familiar catchy melodies are still there, as are the sublime harmonies and wry guitars, but "Now Or Heaven" is infused with a deeper, more serious perspective of the world.
Merge
CD
$14.00

Cale, John
Process OST
PS, US Originally released in 2005, Process is an original soundtrack recording by John Cale and marks the beginning of his creative relationship with avant-garde filmmaker CS Leigh. The film, featuring Beatrice Dalle and Guillaume Depardieu, was described by Variety as being "one of the most adventurous works" screened at 2004's Berlinale," with Leigh displaying "a take-no-prisoners arthouse rigor." With Cale being "no stranger to taking music in experimental directions" (Rolling Stone), the coming together of director and composer was a natural and inspired union. Leigh explains: "When I was working on Process in the earliest stages I knew I wanted to work with Cale. He has made groundbreaking contributions to difficult cinema and understands the architecture of film sound better than anyone I know. Cale gives you more than music. He gives you a sound landscape that permeates every frame and resounds beyond the borders." Cale's work for Process is a haunting, discordant collection of mostly solo piano pieces, described by the Edinburgh International Film Festival catalog as being a "menacing and incendiary score." Cale has created a sound that perfectly compliments the radical approach of CS Leigh, of whom Le Figaro writes: "His aesthetic sense is taken to extremes. His incisive images disturb, shock. You cannot stay indifferent watching Process." Continuing in this vein, the soundtrack is at once ominous, provocative yet poignant.
Syntax
CD
$16.25

Calexico
Carried to Dust
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Quarterstick
LP
$14.00

Calexico
Carried to Dust
PS, US There's always been intrigue & adventure at the heart of CALEXICO. Since the beginning (now 18 yrs together), they have constantly imbued their music w/ an unparalleled sense of drama, calling upon the myths & iconography of the American West & its Spanish speaking neighbor Mexico. Equal parts Sergio Leone, Larry McMurtry, Carlos Fuentes & Cormac McCarthy. Their most varied & strongest work to date. Guest appearances by SAM BEAM (IRON & WINE), DOUG MCCOMBS (TORTOISE), & PIETA BROWN. Tons of press slated from Uncut, Spin, Paste, Filter, tons more. Digipak CD.
Quarterstick
CD
$14.25

Callers
Fortune
PS, US The 11 songs here channel a temporal sense of place & hope over despair. W/the wounded perseverance of Karen Carpenter & the vulnerable, tough-as-nails courage of Heart's Ann Wilson, SARA LUCAS' voice is rich & unforgettable. RYAN SEATON's guitar work is equally engaging, as he masterfully delivers beautiful & unusual chords, gritty distortion, & even intricate flourishes that call to mind the ever-impressive Tinariwen.
WesternVinyl-52
CD
$11.50

Camp, Greg
Defektor
PS, US Camp is best known as the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum songwriter/guitarist of Smash Mouth. He pulls out all the stops on his new solo album with fourteen shiny new songs, spanning such influences as 60s pop, surf, garage, spaghetti western soundtracks, rock 'n' roll, new wave, and funk.
BarNone
CD
$12.50

Can
Out of Reach
PS, US
Cleopatra
CD
$16.00

caUSE co-MOTION
I Lie Awake
PS, US Following a series of increasingly rad singles on labels like What's Yr Rupture? and the band's own Can't Cope, caUSE co-MOTION! bring their patented reverb-happy pop to Slumberland and it just fits like a glove. Like their previous records, I Lie Awake is produced to crash-boom-bang perfection by Tim Barnes (Rogers Sisters, Sonic Youth). A blazing chaos of jangle, clatter, and thump - busted strings and broken hearts. Hummable tunes to scratch that TVPs/Pastels/Comet Gain itch, with more than a dash of 14 Iced Bears and Desperate Bicycles in there too. Three doses of pure DIY pop pleasure, straight from the garage to your ears, feet and heart. caUSE co-MOTION! have been playing at gigs and parties around NYC and across the country since 2002, sharing stages with folks like Love Is All, Tyvek and Vivian Girls while developing their unique sound and a rabid, enthusiastic group of fans. I Lie Awake might be their most concentrated blast yet, and is an ideal taster for the compilation CD featuring all of the bands singles, due out on Slumberland later this fall.
Slumberland
45
$5.25

Chambers, Don & Goat
Zebulon
PS, US Don Chambers and Goat dispenses with gimmickry, but its lyrics and arrangements are well prepared for a level field...it marks Chambers as a dukes-up purveyor of eerie sincerity" - Flagpole Magazine. "...sounds like Tom Waits if he'd grown up in the north Georgia mountains" - Nashville Scene.
WarmElectronic
CD
$12.00

Chemical Brothers
Brotherhood [deluxe expanded retrospective]
PS, US Fifteen-track "Best Of", includes two new tracks. Second disc is ten tracks from their series of DJ test pressings called Electronic Battle Weapon.
Astralwerks
DCD
$25.00

Chemical Brothers
Brotherhood [retrospective]
PS, US Fifteen-track Best Of includes more recent offerings and two new tracks, block rockin' beats galore.
Astralwerks
CD
$17.75

Chisel, Cory & the Wandering Sons
Cabin Ghosts EP
PS, US Major-label debut EP for awesome Midwest band featuring Parasol duo Elanors. Six songs serve as a teaser to their upcoming full-length. Based in Appleton, WI with his band, The Wandering Sons, Chisel's six song EP, "Cabin Ghosts" reflects the inspiration of his upbringing with a spare Americana-saturated sound that is its own exquisite blend of folk-country and Delta blues. With his voice full of soul and longing, Chisel's expressive vocals and the Sons' loosely orchestrated, impeccable playing emerge fully formed yet somehow familiar and as confident in its sonics as in its lyrical echoes of existential grace and mystery.
RCA/BlackSeal
CD5
$5.25

Chunklet
#20
PS, US The final installment in a trilogy of EP's recorded for Acuarela. This is the most commercial & (shockingly) danceable thing they've ever recorded. Part Bacharach, part Television, part Orange Juice, the E.P. shares the pristine clarity, light & shade of 'God Save the Clientele', but adds a new element of summer pop perfection. This is the group as a hazily remembered 1970s cartoon series, all distanced off-key colours; imaginary summer hits, radio waves
beamed in from a dream-discotheque.
ZINE
$10.00

Clientele, The
That Night, A Forest Grew
PS, SPAIN This is the third, and last, of a trilogy of E.P.s the Clientele have recorded for Acuarela. They have always used the Acuarela E.P.s as a way to stretch out between albums, to create a through-the-looking-glass version of the band that shadows the better-known history of their albums. 'Ariadne' experimented with drones and minimalism; 'The Lost Weekend' stretched the foggy sound of their debut to epic proportions. In contrast "That Night, a Forest Grew' is the most commercial and -shockingly- danceable thing they've ever recorded. Part Bacharach, part Television, part Orange Juice, the E.P. shares the pristine clarity, light and shade of 'God Save the Clientele', but adds a new element of summer pop perfection. This is The Clientele as a hazily remembered 1970s cartoon series, all distanced off-key colors; imaginary summer hits, radio waves beamed in from a dream-discotheque.
Acuarela-067
CD5
$8.25

Coil/The New Blockaders/Vortex Campaign
The Melancholy Mad Tennant
PS, US Limited edition of 500 copies. Limited edition of 500 copies on 180 gram vinyl. Originally released on cassette in 1984 and then on cd in an edition of 500. In 1984 Vortex Campaign invited Coil and The New Blockaders to collaborate. The result, unofficially referred to as "Dolbied", was released on cassette in an edition of 50. The release has since gone on to become legendary, showcasing two of the most influential groups in the scene at the early stages of their development. "The Melancholy Mad Tenant" is an authorized release, sanctioned by all three groups. Formed in 1983 the output of Coil has ranged from the avant-garde, to experimental neoclassical, to extended excursions into pure electronica. Many bands and composers have cited Coil as an influence. Coil were mainly a studio group, but in 2000 they commenced a successful series of tours that proved to be extremely remarkable events. The New Blockaders began in 1982 with the release of the debut LP "Changez Les Blockeurs" which is cited by many as a defining moment in the history of noise music. TNB have gone on to influence a generation of artists from Japanese noise-maestro Merzbow to noise punks Wolf Eyes.
Important-189
LP
$25.75

Collins Beat, Paul
Ribbon of Gold
PS, US Produced by Chips Kiesby (Hellacopters, Nomads) Ribbon of Gold features 10 new songs from pop's illegitimate son, Paul Collins. After a 12 year recording silence, Paul Collins re-surfaced with Flying High, recorded at home with his new comrade in arms, guitar slinger Octavio Vinck and what would become the start of his new Spanish band. Flying High was a simple affair sporting songs that spanned Paul's musical career and landscape, from the Beat-ish power chords of Rock n Roll Shoes and More Than Yesterday, to the all out melodic pop of Helen to the roots rocking Will You Be A Women the record encompasses all the facets of Paul's writing ability, showcased with a simple and straight forward production style.
GetHip
CD
$14.25

Colourmusic
f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13
PS, US Basing their work on Newton's color theories, Oklahoma's highly conceptual Colourmusic are ready to conquer the world with their full-length debut. MERRY SWANKSTER: "An energetic display of high-octane indie rock mixed with heavy theatrics."
GreatSociety
CD
$13.75

Coltrane, John
Love Supreme (Remastered)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Impulse
LP
$13.50

Conifer
Crown Fire
PS, US Though Conifer has received quite a bit of critical praise they've somehow managed to live off the grid for the past six years. With "Crown Fire", Conifer is finally getting the exposure they deserve. Mixing post-rock, kraut-rock, metal and pschychedlia they have created this relentlessly driving and hypnotic masterpiece. Crown Fire's only vocals are from Oxbow's Eugene Robinson fronting the albums final 13 minute epic. Conifer has been writing primarily instrumental music with a lawless take on the styles from which they've taken cue. New content is found by way of augmenting brutality and suspense with time. Conifer seems to reckon with the notions of bands like Enemymine, Mogwai, or Grails while taking an approach toward their music that's entirely meditative (as opposed to premeditated). Minimal, ethereal passages are narcotically lengthened and crescendos of distortion are sustained well beyond the boundaries adhered to by many of their peers.
Important-209
CD
$13.00

Cornelius
Sensurround & B-Sides
PS, US DVD version of the wonderful Sensuous, including videos that have been used in the live shows of the latest tour, short films directed by Tsujikawa Koichiro, Takagi Masakatsu and Groovisions. Additionally, a bonus audio CD is included, bringing you the b-sides & remixes from the Sensuous project. Includes a rare collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto, remixes by Prefuse 73 and The Books, plus a capella versions by Petra Haden.
Everloving
DVD/CD
$24.50

D+
What is Doubt For?
PS, US KARL BLAU, Phil Elverum (MT. EERIE/MICROPHONES) & Bret Lunsford (BEAT HAPPENING) return w/their 6th proper release that continues further down their path of minimalism.
Knw-Yr-Own
CD
$14.75

Dawson, Kimya
Alphabutt
PS, US K is proud to announce the release of KIMYA DAWSON'S new studio album, "Alphabutt". Set for a September 9th release, "Alphabutt" is a collection of children's songs written by Dawson along with a number of her musical friends and their children. Hailed by the likes of Rolling Stone, NPR, Blender and Pitchfork, as a seriously talented wordsmith, Dawson successfully leads a group of children in this sunny and energetic batch of songs with plenty of fun in the form of snapping fingers, clapping hands and stamping feet. "Alphabutt" follows up the highly successful soundtrack, "JUNO", which featured many of Dawson's songs. Like Dawson's previous releases, "Alphabutt", succeeds by being tender and vulnerable, silly and raw while maintaining the intimacy and sense of community that has become so special to both fans and critics. Clocking in at 27 minutes, "Alphabutt" effortlessly showcases Dawson's powerful talent for storytelling.
Krecords-193
CD
$11.50

Dead Science
Villainaire
PS, US A majestic, ornate & soaring collection of pos-ounk avant-pop. A brilliant song cycle driven by layers fo vibrato-laden voice, dark lyricism & sterling guitar work. Guest vocals by Craig Wredren(SHUDDER TO THINK).
Constellation
CD
$15.25

Dead Science
Villainaire
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Constellation
LP
$17.00

Dear, Matthew
Dog Days: The Robsoul Remixes
PS, US The Robsoul Remixes is a cross-continental project that mines the connections between Matthew Dear's precision techno-pop and the French label's expansive funk. DJ Sneak engineers "Dog Days" into an ebullient house romper. Robsoul boss Phil Weeks revives the unforgettable disco string sweeps of the original and stretches them tight against a crackling, frog-hiccup loop. Finally, Chris Carrier presents an upbeat, verdant minimal track, building micro-clips of bongo strikes and hi-hat hisses around seductive fades and vocal stutters.
SpectralSound
12
$11.50

Desveaux, Angela
Mighty Ship
PS, US Follow up release to her 2006 debut. This album borrows its title from a traditional folk ballad about the Titanic, but it also refers to DESVEAUX's Grandmother, which whom she is very close & who sadly lost her 1st husband at sea. Ever since the release of her debut album & after much touring w/ Bruce Cockburn, Archer Prewitt, Califone & Howe Gelb - Desveaux is now a much more confident bandleader, which is apparent on this album. It is a bold step for her - the song writing is assured &, as always, her voice & range takes center stage - very much influenced & informed by artists like Chrissy Hynde, Wayne Coyne, Neil Young, Gillian Welch & Lucinda Williams.
ThrillJockey
CD
$14.00

Desveaux, Angela
Mighty Ship
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey
LP
$11.50

Die Kreuzen
October File [vinyl re-issue]
PS, US Vinyl version of this classic Touch and Go release, incl. MP3 download code. Remember that flannel shirt movement in the 90s? This is what those guys were listening to.
TouchAndGo
LP
$11.00

Die Kreuzen
S-T [vinyl re-issue]
PS, US Vinyl version of this classic Touch and Go release, incl. MP3 download code. Their self-titled debut is considered one of the most seminal hardcore records of the early 80s and has been unavailable on vinyl for thirteen years.
TouchAndGo
LP
$11.00

Donkeys, The
Living On The Other Side
PS, US If THE DONKEYS' backstory contains those top-down cars and suntanned utopian surf tableaus, it also contains the malaise and the escape fantasies familiar to all suburban kids of the 80s and 90s. Part of this magic comes from the fact that there's no artifice to the Donkeys' songs, from the matter-of-fact breakup blues of "Boot on the Seat" to the playful recollections of a late, drunken night narrated on "Nice Train." These are everyday lives in the postmodern world expressed with a deep respect for classic songs from the 70s through the 90s -- for spacey grooves and soulful, jangly swagger -- that elevates the subject matter beyond the ordinary. "Living on the Other Side", the band's second album, is not meant to hit you over the head with a flamboyant single - instead, imagine Ray Davies jamming with the Byrds, or a Gene Clark-fronted Buffalo Springfield -- and you'll get a sense of the tradition that informs this band.
DeadOceans-14
LP
$11.50

Dressy Bessy
Holler and Stomp
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Transdreamer
LP
$15.75

Dressy Bessy
Holler and Stomp (ON SALE)
PS, US New album! Dressy Bessy, Return To Classic Form This Fall With Their Fabulous Fourth LP Holler And Stomp. Combining uber-indie sensibilities mixed with bombastic style, the band remains inspirational, hook-laden and upbeat. 13 songs will have you dancing and singing in seconds. Driven by vocalist Tammy Ealom and guitarist John Hill (who also moonlights in Apples In Stereo), along with groove-meisters Rob Greene on bass and Craig Gilbert on drums Dressy Bessy bring a sense of style and uniqueness to the rock world. ROLLING STONE: "Denver's Dressy Bessy are devo-tees of the same kind of retropop sound as Apples in Stereo and the New Pornographers, a hook-y, Sixties-derived jangle filtered through a knowing indie-rock sensibility."
Transdreamer
CD
$14.25

Drones
The Minotaur + A Brief Retrospective
PS, UK The Drones present the first single, "The Minotaur" off their highly-anticipated fourth album, Havilah. "The Minotaur" is a lusty and brutal blitz that over three and-a-half minutes, manages to draw the historical line between ancient Greek mythology and current-day time-wasting. A half-salute to modern-day sloth, and the painful decisions our future leaders face. The EP also includes another track from the new album alongside two tracks from Wait Long By The River... and two tracks from Gala Mill.
ATP
LP
$12.25

Dungen
Satt Att Se [LIMITED EDITION 12" VINYL]
PS. SWEDEN Dungen presents a brand new 12" that extends the acclaimed Swedish outfit's sound even further. Beats surging forth, stirring orchestration with cinematic undertones and atmospheric changes that highlight their trademark evolutionary sound. This lush pop portrait laced with orange sunshine guitar flash stands as one of the most fully-realized moments of Dungen's career. 1,000 copies in a hand-numbered, vinyl-only limited edition release.
SubliminalSounds
12
$15.00

Durrett, Liz
Outside Our Gates
PS, US Produced and arranged by indie rock icon, Eric Bachmann (Archers Of Loaf, Crooked Fingers, Azure Ray), "Outside Our Gates" represents a sonic leap forward for Liz Durrett. Her spare, acoustic downbeats have been supplanted by a more textured and diverse orchestra of sounds. A virtual cacophony of instruments are here (strings, wurlitzers, accordions, grand space pianos, and marching drums) and Bachmann's score somehow harmonizes them seamlessly to provide the perfect setting for Liz's near stream of consciousness writings and soft, pitch-perfect voice. Additional performances by Vic Chesnutt, Brian Causey (Man Or Astro-Man?), Amanda Kapousouz (Tin Cup Phrophette), and members of Ham1.
WarmElectronic
CD
$13.00

Eleh
Floating Frequencies/Intuitive Synthesis Volume 3
PS, US Deluxe pressing of 500 copies packaged in letterpressed covers designed by Important and printed by 23rd Parallel. Mastered by James Plotkin. Hand numbered/hand assembled. Eleh's Intuitive Synthesis/Floating Frequencies Volume 3 is the third release in their Intuitive Synthesis series (Volume 2 was released over a year ago) and it is being released simultaneously with an Eleh/Pauline Oliveros split release. Both are limited edition and LP only. Meticulously minimal analog drone. Eleh was formed to specifically to pay tribute to early experimental minimalist pioneers especially La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Eliane Radigue, Pauline Oliveros and Charlemagne Palestine. Using an enormous vintage modular analog synthesizer, a battery of glowing HP tube test oscillators and occasionally guitar/piano, Eleh creates highly minimal and deeply spiritual pure analog drone music with emphasis on the physical ultra-low end. Incorporating tones as low as .05 hz (well below the range of human hearing) Eleh is as much of a physical experience as it is an audio one. This engaging record was created as a tool for meditation and to be heard/felt correctly the listener must be sitting with ears at speaker height at least 7 feet away from the speakers. Volume reveals detail.
Important-207
LP
$18.00

Eleh/Pauline Oliveros
Split
PS, US Eleh: The Beauty Of The Steel Skeleton Pauline Oliveros: Drifting Depths Important Records quite pleased to be presenting this split release consisting of two new drone works from Pauline Oliveros and Eleh. Oliveros, an early American minimalist who has pioneered the technique of Deep Listening, has created a new work exlcusively for this release. Drifting Depths is a new improvised piece made on a harmonica being processed through Pauline's Expanded Instrument System. Eleh's side, also exclusive to this vinyl only release, is super slow melodic drone full of stillness, tension & relief. Vinyl only, handmade and handassembled letterpressed jackets. Limited edition. A central figure in post-war electronic art music, Oliveros is one of the original members of the San Francisco Tape Music Center (along with Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, Terry Riley, and Anthony Martin), which was the resource on the U.S. west coast for electronic music during the 1960s. The Center later moved to Mills College, where she was its first director, and is now called the Center for Contemporary Music. Oliveros often improvises with the Expanded Instrument System, an electronic signal processing system she designed, in her performances and recording. Eleh was formed to specifically to pay tribute to early experimental minimalist pioneers especially La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Eliane Radigue, Pauline Oliveros and Charlemagne Palestine. Using an enormous vintage modular analog synthesizer, a battery of glowing HP tube test oscillators and occasionally guitar/piano, Eleh creates highly minimal and deeply spiritual pure analog drone music with emphasis on the physical ultra-low end. Incorporating tones as low as .05 hz (well below the range of human hearing) Eleh is as much of a physical experience as it is an audio one. This engaging record was created as a tool for meditation and to be heard/felt correctly the listener must be sitting with ears at speaker height at least 7 feet away from the speakers. Volume reveals detail.
Important-206
LP
$18.00

Ergs
Hindsight is 20/20, My Friend
PS, US Mammoth, monstrous 33 song singles comp from one of the most beloved bands in today's pop underground. Many tracks appear here properly mixed/mastered for the first time.
Dirtnap
CD
$12.00

Ergs
Hindsight is 20/20, My Friend
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Dirtnap
DLP
$17.25

Fisher, Morgan
The Hybrid Kids 1+2: Two Collections of Classic Mutants
PS, UK Before Miniatures, there was Hybrid Kids. Take a collection of classics by musical behemoths The Beatles, Kate Bush, The Sex Pistols, The Righteous Brothers, Brotherhood Of Man and suchlike, and perform them in a style as diametrically opposite to the original as one can imagine. Therein lies the manifesto that brought the world the wonderfully twisted take on pop music that is Hybrid Kids. Being the first album recorded in Fisher s own Pipe Studios (actually his Notting Hill bedsit, fact fans), Hybrid Kids was conceived as a compilation album featuring a variety of spoof 'bands' hailing from the very real but somewhat obscure Peabody (a town in Kansas, USA) each would perform their own take on a well known number, with wildly unpredictable results. Equally predictably, when the self styled Collection Of Classic Mutants was announced and discussed in the press, a large number of hipsters and music buffs believed every word and eagerly anticipated its release Phrases such as terrifying work of genius, downright creepy and nearly obscene were commonplace in reviews of the record, and it quickly passed into folklore as a work of unique originality and the kind of sonic experimentation rarely applied to such mainstream material. A true classic a fact highlighted by the media interest in its imminent reissue in combination with its equally intriguing sister album. So, having caused something of a stir with a warped compilation of material performed by non-existent acts from a far off town nobody had ever heard of, where does one go next? The answer, in retrospect, seems obvious the tried and tested Christmas album, performed by the self same Hybrid Kids. Claws (released a year after its predecessor), saw Morgan tackle such Xmas favorites as Deck The Halls, Good King Wenceslas and Happy Xmas (War Is Over) in his own inimitable style, with equally unorthodox results. Perhaps not one to play when Granny drops by for her pre Xmas lunch glass of sherry, but definitely something any discerning audio adventurer should find a few moments for amongst their festive celebrations. Both albums are accompanied by bonus tracks and have been retouched for 2008 by Morgan himself.
CherryRed
DCD
$18.25

Free Blood
Royal Family
PS, US ONLY A HANDFUL IN STOCK - ORDER ASAP! Released on the RONG MUSIC label (DFA offshoot label)... the 2nd in a series of 3 12''s from this new Brooklyn 2 piece consisting of MADELINE DAVY (Octopi NYC) & JOHN PUGH (formerly of !!!). The flip, "Grumpy," incl. tuff cello stabs & screeching vocal effects over a raucous disco break. Warped & funky is one way to describe it. UK disco DJ & re-edit legend GREG WILSON closes the single w/ his own take on the track.
Rong/DFA
12
$8.00

Gentleman Jesse
S-T
PS, US The wait is over, ladies and gentlemen. Douchemaster Records is overwhelmed with excitement to offer the debut self-titled album from GENTLEMAN JESSE & HIS MEN. This album features thirteen tracks of pop perfection with slick and warm production that only DAVE RAHN can achieve. If you even kind of liked the "I Don't Wanna Know" single, this record is essential for you.
Douchemaster
CD
$11.00

Giant Robot
#55
PS, US Asian pop culture & beyond. This issue:Anime Explosion, Angry Management, Shanghai Surprise, The Wanderer, Dirty Hands, Saelee Oh & much more. Get your culture on.
ZINE
$4.75

Girls
Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No
PS, US 10 more tracks of twitchy, keyboard driven poppy post punk!
Dirtnap
CD
$12.00

Girls
Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Dirtnap
LP
$11.00

Girls Against Boys
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby [vinyl re-issue]
PS, US Vinyl version of this classic Touch and Go release, incl. MP3 download code. "Avoiding the clichés of early-90s indie rock for its own surly, charismatic edge, Girls Against Boys here kicked out the jams like nobody's business...A comparison to Flipper could be made, but instead of the generally slow, death-march tempos of that act, Girls Against Boys always keep moving a dark death dance" - All Music Guide.
TouchAndGo
LP
$11.00

Great Depression
Forever Altered
PS, US A lush & well-produced psychedelic-tinged intricate beauty. Layered, rich structures support well-crafted melodies & a warm & embracing sound. The tone is still generally blissful & sombre, though w/a definite injection of melodic pop energy, particularly on the charging title track. Their chamber-pop & shoegaze influences lend them comparisons to early Spiritualized, MBV & Radiohead, though pop sensibilities & Todd Casper's own impressive production talents make their varied approach entirely cohesive.
Fire
CD
$14.50

Growing
All The Way
PS, US "All The Way", the debut full-length from GROWING on THE SOCIAL REGISTRY, concludes a epic trip. Through six tracks Kevin Doria and Joe DeNardo complete the conceptual arc initiated on their 2006 album, "Color Wheel". If we still bought into genres, we would say that this record finally achieves a perfect balance of noise and pop, yet what we can say is that you'll potentially hum melodies long after your headphones are out. Recorded by Barry London at his Ocropolis Studio during the 2007-08 winter, "All The Way" sounds like some sort of frozen urban chaos taking place at a superclub on another planet.
TheSocialRegistry-065
LP
$12.25

Gutz
S-T
PS, US Analog 8-track recording captures their artistic vision and the energy indicative of their live shows. This band started with a shared love of the Jam and the Stranglers, and ended up with a 3-piece horn section, soulful backing vocals, Moog, Wurlitzer, & pipe organs adding warmth to tightly-crafted bounce.
BNSSessions
CD
$8.75

Hacienda
Loud is the Night
PS, US This Mexican-American quartet blends a raw yet sophisticated style of pop music w/harmonies reminiscent of the Beatles & Beach Boys. A beautiful collection of songs played w/integrity & soul to spare, & while the band is aware of its 60's influences, the music here is far from derivative, & the finished product is modern pop music performed w/ genuineness & taste.
Alive
CD
$13.50

Hi-Fi's, The
Snakes And Hi-Fis
PS, UK One of the finest examples of the beat-bands-go-bonkers syndrome, Snakes and Hi-Fis was released in Germany in mid-1967 by exiled British group The Hi-Fi's. Long established as an expensive, highly sought-after rarity on the worldwide beat/psych collectors market, this first-ever, band-authorized reissue is bolstered by no less than fourteen bonus tracks (many previously unreleased) from the same time frame. With extensive liner notes and some fabulous previously unpublished photos, this is the definitive release of a wonderful album.
WoodenHill
CD
$21.00

Hold Steady
Stay Positive
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Vagrant
DLP
$22.00

Holy Ghost
Hold On (Mock & Toof Remixes)
PS, US This is 2 individuals, Nicholas Millhiser & Alexander Frankel (AUTOMATO), & is a product of their obsessions w/ analog synthesizers, rare disco, & ancient production techniques. A brief hello while they complete their debut album & prep a new single for DFA. Label-mates MOCK & TOOF hold up their end of the remix trade w/ two mixes- a playful stab at minimal techno & psychedelic disco funk!
DFA
12
$8.00

Horse Feathers
House With No Home
PS, US 2nd album from HORSE FEATHERS and w/ this they have distilled their sound into a brilliant statement of minimalist Americana. Precisely arranged strings & acoustic guitar step cautiously in & around Justin's haunting vocal lines. An album infused w/ rare power & emotion. His previous, debut release received an enthusiastic respone, incl. a nomination for the Plug Awards 'Americana Album of the Year.' Fans of Iron & Wine, Fleet Foxes, Nick Drake, etc.
should take note.
KillRockStars
CD
$13.25

Horse Feathers
House With No Home
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
KillRockStars
LP
$13.25

Ices, Lia
Necima
PS, US Debut album from singer/pianist featured in the LIVING BRIDGE compilation. A release from her classical training matched w/ her long love of prose, literature and letter writing. Featuring instrumentation such as gems horn, Columbian hand drum, and White-album era electric guitar. Appearances by David Miller (FIERY FURNACES), Andy Macleod (WHITE MAGIC) and Robbie Lee (LOVE AS LAUGHTER).
RareBookRoom
CD
$12.75

I'm Not Jim
You Are All My People
PS, US A collaboration between Walter Salas-Humara of the SILOS and lyrics by author JONATHAN LETHEM. "You Are All My People floats through a woozy middle ground between The Mountain Goats' storytelling economy and art-pop's habit of letting convention loose with the wind. Wandering through a forest of burned-out pop songwriting, folk simplicity and avant-garde stretches, I'm Not Jim hangs together not from a tightly built central idea, but by its ability to have so much fun playing around." -Aversion
Bloodshot
CD
$12.75

Isis
Not in Rivers But in Drops
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

Jackie-O Motherfucker
Freedomland
PS, UK In the late summer of 2006, Jackie-O Motherfucker- the infamous, shape-shifting, free rock constellation- were in their hometown of Portland OR. Preparing for a cross-country tour of the USA when it was discovered that two of the four touring members, at the time, could not make the trip, due to financial situations, and problems getting away from jobs and domesticity. After some discussion, and re-grouping, they decided to continue on with the tour, and placed a call to Eva Salens (Inca Ore) who was doing agricultural work in the hills of Humboldt County, Ca. She eagerly accepted the challenge of conspiring with the group, lending her considerable skills as a vocalist, and it was decided that they would all meet at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, where the group were scheduled for their first appearance supporting the Dirty Three. There they would begin- unrehearsed in this formation, and in front of a large audience. The plans to perform material from their newest release "flags of the sacred harp" were scraped, and the band launched into a free form set of improvised trance inducing, punk inspired, psychedelic rock, which became the framework of the new music they would develop together over the next few years. With a backpack full of California's finest, the newly created touring group- consisting now of Eva Salens, Tom Greenwood, Danny Sasaki, and Nick Bindeman, continued on to Los Angeles, over the deserts, and through America. Freedomland, is a document of this trip, as well as another American tour, which the same band set off on the following spring... the record consists of location recordings, captured live, and mastered in the UK. The songs were created from the spirit of improvisation- and honed true by performing nightly in dive bars, music halls, and art galleries across America. The music is a testament to creation, brave and searching, and an endorsement of the abstraction that lies hidden in the footprints of all great music... Salens' vocal delivery is raw and honest, the words flow from conversations, to streams of sub-conscious conjuring, and prayer. Guitars alternately soar into cloud-scapes, and battle like free-jazz saxophones, propelling the group into new terrain nightly, while the percussion of Danny Sasaki alternates between exploratory and dead-solid motoric. The collection was edited by Tom Greenwood, from dozens of live recordings, and captures a rare moment in the bands long, and confusing history. It is truly the music of everyday life- birthed each night in a new form, from musicians who put great faith in each other, under awesome strain at times, to project modern music, with soul.
VeryFriendly-045
CD
$16.25

James
Hey Ma
PS, US New album! AMG: "Hey Ma is such an extension of the band's signature sound that it's possible to think no time has passed at all, yet that isn't quite accurate. Not that the band went out on a low note, but James do sound revitalized, energized by the time apart and, perhaps more importantly, sounding connected to the time at hand, making music for a world in turmoil that needs more voices of protest and hope."
Decca
CD
$14.25

Jesu
Why Are We Not Perfect?
PS, US On this five track EP, Justin Broadrick has set aside the heavy foundation of pounding guitars prevalent in past recordings and brought to the fore elements of texture and melody. "...Broadrick has layered so many blurps, wooshes, and digital gnarls throughout each song, they take on a life of their own" - Decibel. "Dripping heavy, cascading walls of sound" - Spin.
HydraHead
CD5
$10.00

Jurado, Damien
Caught In The Trees
PS, US "Caught In the Trees" marks the dawn of a new era for DAMIEN JURADO. It may not be a huge departure from some of his past albums musically, but lyrically Jurado has taken a giant leap forward and there is no turning back. Best known for his dark yet fragile first person fictional tales, Jurado now unlocks the door and invites us into his own enigmatic world with an energy and intensity that is all consuming. Jurado took a full year to make this record, longer than ever before, as he ran away from and eventually found himself in his own songs. He subsequently found refuge in sharing the songs with his closest friends and bandmates, Eric Fisher and Jenna Conrad. Having walked alongside him through this most challenging journey, the songs that came out of it are as much theirs as his. Jurado, Fisher, and Conrad collaborated on the compositions - some much more rocking than Jurado fans are used to, but ever as intense - and pulled in producers Kory Kruckenberg and Casey Foubert to contribute their own unique stylings. Recording started in the summer months and the sweltering heat, and wrapped in the freezing temps of winter. (It is clear on first listen that two distinct seasons are represented through "Caught In the Trees" - an accidental metaphor perhaps?) There was laughter and there was introspection, and the result is a record that Jurado loyalists will find was worth the wait. And perhaps a reason to listen for those who have yet to give this bedraggled storyteller a chance.
SecretlyCanadian-175
LP
$11.50

Khazad Doom
Cherry Town
PS, US "Recorded in 1967 prior to the legendary Level 6 1/2 album, this is a brilliant album of fantasy Beatles-esque garage psychedelia. The whole package sounds and looks brilliant."
Hallucinations
CD
$13.00

Killdozer
Twelve Point Buck [vinyl re-issue]
PS, US Vinyl version of this classic Touch and Go release, incl. MP3 download code. Killdozer began an epic thirteen-year career in the early 80s, starting out as a harsh underground trio combining elements of primitive country blues with distorted Birthday Party style antics. By 1991, they had evolved into a slower, more experimental style of musical drudgery, still always keeping with their wrong side of town meets Communist Manifesto lyrics.
TouchAndGo
LP
$11.00

Kjersem, Hilde Marie
A Killer For That Ache
PS, NORWAY This is the first solo release for Norway's singer/songwriter Hilde Marie Kjersem. Kjersem was born and brought up in the northwest coastal town of lesund, with seven brothers and sisters and a father with a passion for science fiction and Kenny Rogers. Like many of her young contemporaries in Norway, she studied at the Music Conservatory. She has released two albums, Red Shoes Diary (2004) with her now-disbanded TUB Quartet and Twelve O'Clock Tales (2005), a duo album of standards with jazz guitarist Jon Eberson. The last couple of years, she has worked on A Killer For That Ache, the first proper album under her own name. Far from being a jazz album or your typical melancholy Nordic singer-songwriter album, Kjersem names some of her inspirations to be David Lynch, Roger Rabbit, Finn Graff (legendary Norwegian newspaper illustrator), Danny Elfman, Robert Wyatt, José Saramago, Kate Bush and Tim Burton. With her present band, including Shining main-man Jørgen Munkeby, she has delivered some stunning performances that have been extremely well-received in the Norwegian press. A Killer For That Ache can be called a concept album of sorts, in the way that Kjersem sets out to critique the media by stepping into various disguises and characters using comments, facts, lies, repetitions, assumptions, exaggerations, humor, irony and absurd observations on things that might have happened, things that never happened and things that never will. Not surprisingly, the result is an eclectic selection of songs that are completely indescribable. Let us just say it is pop music with many twists, making it a dramatic, beautiful, mysterious, seductive, intricate, fascinating and unique musical ride. Hilde Marie Kjersem (vocals, keyboards, autoharp), Jørgen Munkeby (saxophones, clarinets, flute, guitar, vocals), Torbjørn Folke Zetterberg (bass, guitars, banjo, Moog, Rhodes, vocals), Sjur Miljeteig (trumpet, vocals), Peder Kjellsby (drums, percussion, piano).
RuneGrammofon
CD
$16.25

Kossoff With Black Cat Bones, Paul
Paul's Blues
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

LA JR
17 Animales
PS, SPAIN The best unheralded Spanish (or European?) band of all times, LA JR, are led as usual by Frank, Rafa and Borja as the ultimate Dadaist-pop ensemble. There is no exact definition for the word 'dada' and there are no exact words to describe the multifariousness of LA JR. "17 animales" is a work of dark atmospheric lounge, trance Kraut-Rock groove or just anti-jazz-folk, as we like to name it: THIS is to music what assemblage is to art; an overlaying of diverse, motley materials; it sounds like porcelain, wood, glass and it squeaks even though it doesn't sound like squeaking. Pendulum-like piano playing, husky basses, humming from the tide of the keyboards, every element bursts into bubbles. "17 animales" an ultra contemporary album about Death, Sex and the slight possibility of turning Life into Art and back again.
Acuarela-1088
CD
$13.50

Laika & the Cosmonauts
Cosmopolis
PS, US Praised equally by surf god Dick Dale & Ministry's Al Jourgensen, they are some of modern music's most vibrant explorers. This is a surf, rock & jazz fueled trip through the past 20 years of Laika's career & includes material never before released in the U.S. Renowned for the technical prowess of their fuzz-drenched, tremolo-happy surf rock, this sounds like a 50s sci-fi film soundtrack interpreted by David Gilmour.
YepRoc
CD
$12.00

Lair of the Minotaur
War Metal Battle Master
PS, US Uncensored video loaded with special features & live performances. Warning: contains graphic violence & nudity.
SouthernLord
DVD
$13.50

Lili Z
The Two Of Us
PS, US After previous achievements with Volt, The Splash Four, The No-Talents, and her past collection of home tapes, Lili Z. comes back with fifteen new 8-track cassette living room recordings. Twisted into shapes that vaguely resemble seam-bursting garage punk, the songs' (thirteen originals and reworkings with Lili Z. lyrics of a Bela Bartok piece and an old Rondos chestnut) charm lies in their unpredictability. Sometimes it's a little late-'70s punk rock, sometimes it's catchy, metronome-like electropunk, sometimes it's pure guitar noise freakouts, and sometimes it's experimental tooling around. B.ut most of all, it's pure Lili Z., recorded at home at her most intimate.

A sort of musical diary, The Two of Us comes with a stunning, full-color gatefold sleeve of Lili's collages and meticulous illustrations for each song. This vinyl edition is limited to 1000.

"Dark-sounding but maintaining a ... playful energy, blazingly fast at times yet with plenty of ... slow-simmer brooding and crawling. Lili's made a better sounding record in her home than most full bands could hope to achieve in a studio."
--Terminal Boredom

"Lili knocks out fifteen new tracks of sophisticated raw minimalism, carefully balancing menacing rip-saw guitar and pulverizing drum machine crashes with intricate songs
InTheRed
LP
$12.00

Little Teeth
Child Bearing Man
PS, US A record of growls, squeaks, sing-along choruses, complex wordplay, and made-up words, tied together with bluegrass mandolin, banjo, accordion, rock 'n' roll drums, guitar, and the wildcat snarls of female vocalist Dannie Murrie. "Child Bearing Man" is commanding, emotionally and musically conflicted, and utterly moving. RIYL: Black Dice, Deerhoof, The Muppets, The Carter Family.
AbsolutelyKosher
CD
$13.25

Louvin, Charlie
Steps To Heaven
PS, US Features 10 traditional gospel classics including 2 Louvin Brothers songs. The release will be followed by Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs. Both albums were produced, recorded and mixed by Mark Nevers (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Andrew Bird, Bobby Bare Sr.). Instead of hanging back at age 81, Charlie has instead chosen to challenge himself. Steps To Heaven was recorded live with a gospel choir comprised of three sisters, journeyman gospel pianist Derrick Lee, and Chris Scruggs, adding doghouse bass and electric guitar. Louvin had never recorded with black gospel musicians before, and in doing so discovered a new musical path. Charlie remarks, 'I did things on the gospel record I had no idea I could do. I'd be thinking along the way, 'How can I do things I've never done before?' And I did it.' 2007 saw Louvin celebrate his 80th birthday amidst a swirl of activity around the release of his first studio album in ten years, Charlie Louvin. Grammy-nominated for 'Best Traditional Folk Album,' the disc features George Jones, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Will Oldham, and Elvis Costello, among others. Charlie toured and recorded with Lucinda Williams, made a video for the song 'Ira,' released a field recording of one of his many in-store performances, Live at Shake It Records, played over 100 concert dates sharing stages with Ryan Adams and Neko Case, appeared on giant festivals like Bonnaroo and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and placed a medallion around Emmylou Harris' neck inducting her into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Charlie's self-titled album earned 4 out of 5 stars in Uncut and MOJO magazines, and sparked a bevy of great press and renewed interest in his fascinating career.
TompkinsSquare
CD
$13.00

Lovely Sparrows
Bury The Cynics
PS, US "Top-notch, tastefully polished indie-pop might not be the first thing that springs to mind when you think of the hip little oasis that is Austin; The Lovely Sparrows are working to change this" - Harp. "[Shawn Jones'] thoughtful observations about the fiery - yet oftentimes suppressed - manner in which we wrestle with our emotions is Cat Stevens-y and blissfully rakish" - Daytrotter. RIYL: Paul Simon, Belle And Sebastian, Destroyer, Neutral Milk Hotel, Cat Stevens, The Microphones.
RebelGroup
CD
$13.00

Low Lows, The
Shining Violence
PS, US
Misra
CD
$15.00

Maniac's Dream
Zanzibar
PS, US Finland is the epicenter of collective music-making. Under the name Maniac's Dream, members of a variety of Finnish bands such as Avarus, Fricara Pacchu, Kemialliset Ystävät, and more come together to create blown-out free rock (not your typical stoner guitar jams). Their unique/bizarre approach to music-making constantly questioning the construction/deconstruction of sound creates songs at times recalling the electro-acoustic clatter drone of Avarus crossed with tribal rhythms and intergalactic guitar zones. Total sonic freedom with a punk ethos directly influenced by a trip to Zanzibar prior to recording this record (which is a reissue of the long sold-out tape originally released on Lal Lal Lal in 2006). In an edition of 450 records on light blue vinyl with printed labels and full color pro-printed fold-over sleeves with art by Benjamin Bergman and an insert.
Arbor
LP
$13.00

Maquiladora
St. Cecilia's Drowning: Ritual Of Hearts & White Sands Revisited
PS, SPAIN Maquiladora's create songs from a sense of place. Eric Nielsen, Bruce McKenzie and Phil Beaumont (with occasional guests of Black Heart Procession, Modest Mouse and The God Machine) approach music from all sides, a sound which conjures up moods of the deserts and oceans providing a landscape that is both familiar and remotely distant. Acuarela is pleased to release a new take on Maquiladora's early works on St. Cecilia's Drowning - White Sands And Ritual Of Hearts Revisited. A re-mastered collection of songs recorded between 1995 and 2002, including nine previously unreleased songs, which present a graceful invitation into the musical journey of this reclusive band. ERASING CLOUDS WHITE SANDS: 1. Prostitute Song // 2. Julian // 3.Happy Day // 4. Little Miss R. C. // 5. Ankle // 6. So Far Away // 7. Itchy Song // 8. Termez 1936 // 9. Mr. Grey // 10. Bueno Mis Amigos // 11. Cousin // Bonus Tracks: 12. Light of the Rain // 13. Itchy Song (Live at VPRO) // 14. 12 Steps // 15. A/part // 16. After All RITUAL OF HEARTS: 1. The Secret // 2. Ritual of Hearts // 3. Heaven // 4. Sweet Afton // 5. I'm In Love // 6. A Vow // 7. Sound Of Rain // 8. Dream Of Snakes // 9. Chinese Girl // 10. Avow // 11. She's More Beautiful To Me Than Water And Pure // 12. Static Hum // Bonus Tracks: 13. So Young // 14. Buddy // 15. Boatman's Mantra // 16. Mexico D.F.
Acuarela-1083
DCD
$15.00

Marling, Laura
Alas I Cannot Swim
PS, US LTD ED deluxe 180gm vinyl w/ excl. bonus live CD of music not available on the reg CD version. At just 17-yrs-old, this former small town girl doesn't merely sing about what's to be expected from someone her age - love, lust & romance. The futility of religion, self-loathing & human psychology are also common themes. "An ethereal platinum blonde who's both thoughtful & mournful, she's an old, haunted soul in a teenager's body."-ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Astralwerks
DLP
$22.50

Maserati
Inventions Remixes
PS, US Last year Georgia's MASERATI ended a four-year absence with "Inventions For The New Season", a delirious soundtrack for late-night cityscapes and never-ending car chases. The first album featuring new drummer Jerry Fuchs (LCD Soundsystem, !!!, The Juan Maclean), Inventions quite literally reinvented Maserati as a motorik psych-rock band with a disco ball for a kick drum. It makes sense, then, that Maserati have commissioned a pair of remixes by two producers most likely to shove their songs onto the dancefloor feet-first. Side A finds THEE LOVING HAND (Tim Goldsworthy of The DFA, Hercules and Love Affair) stripping "The World Outside" to almost nothing, reimagining it as a vintage European disco track from the ground up. Starting with a steady, far-off kick drum and a rogue, in-your-face hi hat, the song's seemingly disparate parts eventually lock into the kind of dirty disco that has made Goldsworthy a club legend. Equally club-friendly, !!!'s JUSTIN VAN DER VOLGEN brushes away the grit of the original "Inventions" and painstakingly buffs it to a shine as slick as black ice. The side-long trance mix maintains the sweaty atmosphere of the original, but removes the top-down drive in favor of a midnight jog. Strictly limited to a one-time pressing of 1,000 copies, "Inventions Remixes" is both an addendum to the successful reboot of Inventions For The New Season, as well as a testament to the broad spectrum of influences that flow in and out of Maserati's music.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-136
12
$11.50

Mates Of State
My Solo Project
PS, US The LP version of My Solo Project has been out of print for many years and is a must have for any Mates of State fan with a turntable. Originally released in 2000, My Solo Project remains the definitive Mates of State album to own. LP is on premium 180 gram vinyl and includes a digital download code.
Polyvinyl
LP
$12.50

McArdle, Shannon
Summer of the Whore [import version]
PS, AUSTRALIA Beautiful a slightly uncomfortable country pop bliss from ex Mendoza Line singer/song writer.
LowTransitIndustries-062
CD
$13.50

Mendoza Line, The
30 Year Low / Final Reflections Of The Legendary Malcontent [import version]
PS, AUSTRALIA Recorded just before the split of lead songwriters Shannon McArdle & Timothy Bracy's marriage, 30 Year Low marks the end of their relationship, the band & is their most crushingly beautiful record to date. Includes a second disc full of rarities, live tracks & covers from the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Arab Strap & Bob Dylan. "A cracker of an album... The New York-based southerners feel lived in yet ripple with freshness" Sydney Morning Herald "The Mendoza Line add another impressive release to their stable" Xpress "Full of Light and Full of Fire is their first release to absolutely nail it - with just the right balance between passion and power... This is an album soaked in American history both musical and political, fuelled by a burning flame and a desire for something more" Rolling Stone "This is the sweet sad music of humanity my dear, the beguiling melody heard in the distance while the whole shithouse goes up in flames" Inpress "Full Of Light And Full of Fire is The Mendoza Line's most consistent, poignant and rewarding album to date and, if you haven't heard them before, a damn good place to start" dB "The tender, cigarettes and alcohol soaked voices of Shannon McArdle and Timothy Bracy suggest that their hearts have often been tentatively stuck back together, and their sorrow is perfectly underpinned throughout the album by a soulful mixture of acoustica and synth" BMA "Clutch Bright Eyes in one hand, Holly Golightly in another, smoosh in a bunch of other particularly arty, indie-country swaggers and voila! The Mendoza Line. They'll awaken your eyes to much light; a skerrick of hope may be left in your ignorant, cynical adolescent blood after listening to them" Tearaway.
LowTransitIndustries-045
DCD
$13.50

Mendoza Line, The
Full Of Light And Full Of Fire [import version]
PS, AUSTRALIA Their 8th & most critically acclaimed record, from the Georgia via New York alt. country band. Full Of Light & Full Of Fire saw The Mendoza Line hit their stride & balance the perfect mix of rock, pop & beauty.
LowTransitIndustries-033
CD
$13.50

Milosh
iii
PS, US Milosh makes music for the mind, body & spirit. Introspective, intimate, sensual electro-folk steeped in perfumed melancholy & luscious romance. Combining beats, samples, guitars, strings & the most silken falsetto voice since prime-time Smokey Robinson, the third Milosh album iii takes the listener on an emotional journey through an exquisitely beautiful musical landscape. The tracks on iii combine the best of both Milosh's cerebral electronica & soulful singer-songwriter sides, stirring deep
emotions with lush arrangements, honeyed vocals & delicately deconstructed beats. From the softly weeping strings of "Another Day" to the weightless, airy melancholy of "Gentle Samui," many of these tracks come in various shades of blue.
PlugResearch
CD
$10.00

Mogwai
Batcat
PS, US A taster from the upcoming full-length, "The Hawk Is Howling", and Mogwai's first album in nearly three years. Limited edition, specially packaged EP containing the song "Batcat" from the album, plus two non-album B-sides: "Stupid Prick Gets Chased By The Police And Loses His Slut Girlfriend" and "Devil Rides". The latter features the vocals of legendary psychedelic Texan Roky Erickson. "A sonically cinematic experience that will leave the listener feeling at once elated and emotionally drained" - Alternative Press.
Matador
12
$9.00

Mojo
#179 (October 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK FREE CD!: THE WHITE ALBUM RECOVERED - DISC #2. The Beatles' 1968 masterpiece re-imagined by the likes of The Neil Cowley Trio, Sarabeth Tucek, Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, The Ruby Suns, My Brightest Diamond and Gemma Ray. PLUS! A bonus track from a very, very special guest indeed!

QUEEN: As they gear up for the release of their first new studio album since the death of Freddie Mercury, MOJO's Mark Blake looks back on Queen's globe-conquering late-'70s/early-'80s reinvention. Cue extreme decadence, endless hit singles, that disco album and some of the most iconic facial furniture in rock history.

THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS: Alex Turner and Miles Kane have put their day jobs on hold in order to pursue a new symphonic sound that has wowed listeners everywhere. MOJO's Tom Doyle catches up with the dynamic duo of British pop to discover exactly where it all went right.

DAVID GILMOUR: In this month's MOJO Interview, we head to the Sussex farmhouse of one of Britain's bona fide guitar geniuses to talk solo endeavours, early influences and his current thoughts on that band Pink Floyd.

BON IVER: With one of the albums of the year already under his belt, Justin Vernon has found himself delivering his version of Old, Weird America to an increasingly devoted audience. MOJO's Gabe Soria travels to Wisconsin to meet 2008's most celebrated wandering minstrel.

THE FUGS: Rock 'n' roll deviants, political warriors, peddlers of smut and unrelenting in their quest for truth and the justice, Ed Sanders and his band of idealistic troubadours were on a mission to set '60s America on fire. Michael Simmons dives into their treacherous tale.

ZINE
$10.50

Mommyheads, The
You're Not a Dream
PS, US
BladenCountry
CD
$15.75

Morrissey
Greatest Hits
PS, GERMANY VINYL VERSION!!!
Decca
LP
$17.00

Mother Mother
O My Heart
PS, US Vancouver group's follow up to 2007's debut "Touch Up." Known for their rich vocal harmony, deeply poetic lyricism and dynamic instrumentation; co-produced by Howard Redekopp (NEW PORNOS, TEGAN & SARA).
LastGang
CD
$14.25

Muslims
S-T
PS, US Hot new garage-rock 4-piece out of San Diego drawing comparisons to Modern Lovers and Velvet Underground. This 7-song 12"" includes a CD copy of the album featuring bonus tracks "Nightlife", "Bright Side," & "Extinction." The vinyl jackets & sleeves were silk screened by the band & the jackets were shot by a former NYC Police Officer. Wild. RIYL: Black Lips LIMITED!
1928Recordings
12
$12.00

My Morning Jacket
Acoustic Citsuoca: Live at the Startime Pavilion
(Extended Play)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
AtoRecords
12
$10.50

Mystick Krewe Of Clearlight
Mystick Krewe Of Clearlight
PS, US This group formed in 1996 as an instrumental side project led by Jimmy Bower and Joe Lacaze of the New Orleans sludge metal group Eyehategod, and also included members of fellow Big Easy metal units Crowbar and Down. The goal was to separate the pummeling nihilistic dirge of Eyehategod and create an outlet for the improv music they absorbed growing up in New Orleans, whether it be jazz, soul, funk, or rock. This is their self-titled debut, originally released in 2000, back in print for a limited time on purple vinyl. "Down to earth southern soul blues mixed with prog rock the likes of Crimson, early Yes, and some seriously fast runs" - Stoner Rock.
TeePee
LP
$13.25

Nebulo
Avutma
PS, GERMANY Avutma is the latest release by Nebulo after the album Kolia, two remixes for architect and Hecq, and even freely available Nebulo ringtones. The outstanding French artist Thomas P. with this CD has created a closed opus that might be seen as a concept album in which the listener has to decide what the concept is. Nebulo's subtle approach forms a complex fictitious scenery by using seemingly minimal resources that are more visible than ever. Electronically treated instruments like organ and piano, combined with synth layers and modified beats generate tempers that range from surreal to melancholic or even nearly frightening. Listening to 'Avutma' is like walking in a dimly lit basement never knowing what's behind the next curve, and who or what is actually casting these shadows on the walls... Nebulo's trademark, a connection between ambience, idm, clicks'n'cuts and postmusique- concrète collages is presented here once again. As a reviewer wrote: 'surreal dreamscapes painted with tears and sometimes even blood' - Avutma might be the soundtrack of today's grand guignol.
Hymen-68
CD
$16.25

New Estate
Is It Real?
PS, AUSTRALIA 2005 album from Melbourne indie elite featuring members of Sleepy Township & Jaguar is Jaguar.
LowTransitIndustries-056
CD
$13.50

New Year
New Year
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Quarterstick
LP
$15.00

New Year
New Year
PS, US Feat. ex-members of BEDHEAD. This is the culmination of 4 yrs of song-writing & a year of recording. Lyrically, these 10 songs address the interlocked themes of lost time, frustrated desire, and the need for others. For a band that made innovative use of 3 guitars, almost half the songs here are built around piano - it is the careful sequence of the songs that brings the story the lyrics tell together. Jewel box CD w/ obi sleeve.
Quarterstick
CD
$14.25

Nightmares On Wax
Thought So
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Warp
LP
$20.00

Nonagon
No Sun
PS, US Nonagon is a three-piece punk rock band that was formed in the early aughts and practices in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. The band is comprised mostly of Tony Aimone (who used to be in The Blue Meanies, Taylor, and The J. Davis Trio), Robert Gomez (who was in Der Lugomen and is one-oneth of Martian Law), and John Hastie (who used to be in Jumpknuckle). They play loud and abrasive rock with varying time signatures and screamy vocals and they love to play live shows but are never quite sure how to dress for them. Nonagon's debut EP, No Sun, was recorded in Chicago at Electrical Audio with Greg Norman and mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Services. The packaging was designed by Robert Gomez and printed at The Bird Machine with the assistance of Jay Ryan and Sara Parker.
Self-Released
CD5
$7.00

Noyes Brothers, The
Sheep From Goats
PS, UK The Boutique Label presents the first ever CD reissue of Sheep From Goats by The Noyes Brothers, originally released in 1980 on the highly collectible Object Music label. The Noyes Brothers were Steve Solamar of cult band Spherical Objects and Steve Miro, who also recorded as a solo artist for Object. The album (a double set) as recorded between October 1979 and May 1980 at Graveyard Studios, and contain 100 minutes of experiments and improvisations, ranging from Eno-esque electronics to improvisation and side-long excursions such as A Good Question and It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time. Released in July 1980 in a limited edition of 1000 copies, it sounds like little else recorded before or since. Pioneering Manchester label Object Music ceased operations in 1981, after Steve Solamar resolve a lifelong contradiction by becoming a woman. As part of this process Solamar even destroyed his own master tapes, and since then the Object catalogue has languished in undeserved obscurity (with the exception of The Passage). However an Object anthology has now been released as part of the Auteur Labels series on LTM, as well as the complete Spherical Objects back catalogue on CD. The artist formerly known as Steve Solamar is alive and well, and lives a happy spiritual and musical life. Steve Miro resides in Glastonbury.
Boutique-6615
DCD
$18.50

Of Montreal
Id Engager
PS, US Of Montreal's critical breakthrough Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? catapulted the band to the upper echelon of indie stardom. The album landed on over 30 major year-end lists including Paste, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and Associated Press. A year later, of Montreal are back with Skeletal Lamping. "Id Engager," the debut single from Skeletal Lamping, provides an early sneak peak to one of 2008's most anticipated albums. This limited pressing 7" includes an exclusive non-album B-side as well as a free digital download of the songs.
Polyvinyl-161
45
$3.50

Oil Tasters
S-T
PS, US Originally issued by Lexicon Devil in 2005. The Oil Tasters only existed between the years 1980-1983 and managed to release two 7"s and an LP in their lifetime. Out-of-print for well over 20 years, Lexicon Devil stepped up to the plate in an attempt to reintroduce this mighty Milwaukee juggernaut back into the general public with a CD compiling all their long-deleted catalog. A three-piece with the unusual line-up of bass/vocals (Richard LaValliere), saxophone (Caleb Alexander) and drums/backing vocals (Guy Hoffman), Oil Tasters set the Milwaukee scene alight in their day with their trailblazing mix of Dada-esque smart-arse lyricism, avant-garde jazz rhythms and skittering, punk-rock energy which blended together to produce a unique, unprecedented sound. Both Richard and Guy had spent time in the late '70s in The Haskels, Milwaukee's original punker outfit, and when that band called it a day, they decided to take a less orthodox musical approach. Roping in friend Caleb Alexander on saxophone (who actually learnt his trade from another '70s Milwaukee habituate and wildman, James Chance aka James White/Black of The Contortions) and inspired by a strange mixture of old Dixieland jazz, Coltrane and post-punk a la Public Image Ltd., they created something really different from the then-emerging cookie-cutter punk scene. Sonically, you could throw a few names around: in Oil Tasters one can hear traces of John Lydon's snarl in the way LaValliere barks out his sarcastic tomes; the menacing, angular punk-funk-jazz of the Minutemen, especially so in the meaty, Watt-ish bass lines; and the Dada art-rock styling of Pere Ubu ca. '81/'82. This release comprises both of their self-released 7"s and their subsequent LP released on Joe Carducci's excellent Thermidor label (they were actually recommended to Carducci by his good friend, Jello Biafra), all of which have been newly remastered at Dex Audio in Melbourne from the original reels which, funnily enough, had spent the last 5 years collecting dust on the shelves of none other than Henry Rollins' office. Huh? The CD reproduces the front cover of the original LP, contains an 8-page booklet with liner notes from longtime fan Keith Brammer (of Die Kreuzen/Boy Dirt Car) and Richard LaValliere himself, a plethora of band flyers and photos and a full 40 minutes of surrealist, one-of-a-kind post-punk.
LexiconDevil
CD
$12.25

Okkervil River
The Stand Ins
PS, US OKKERVIL RIVER's new full-length album "The Stand Ins" is the sequel to 2007's critically acclaimed "The Stage Names", which Pitchfork praised as "Šone of the year's best," and The New York Times proclaimed, "This band's musical arsenal keeps getting fuller." "The Stand Ins" was recorded in Austin and produced by longtime collaborator Brian Beattie and Okkervil River. The album features 11 songs and includes the track "Lost Coastlines," on which SHEFF and recently departed JONATHAN MEIBURG of Shearwater share a duet on the joys and hardships of trying to keep the band together. Of the process Will Sheff explains, "We had so many songs we were excited about that we briefly threw around the idea of just putting out a double record. Instead, we decided to take a group of songs that fit with each other and turn that into "The Stage Names", setting the rest aside for a future release, a "The Stage Names" sequel." "The Stand Ins" is that sequel, part two of a staggered double album. Like artist William Schaff's embroidered artwork, which depicts what's happening underneath The Stage Names' front-cover quicksand hand,The Stand Ins picks up exactly where Part One left off but also delves deeper into the story and theme of "The Stage Names". It is a full-length, fleshed-out, deeply ambitious labor of love.
Jagjaguwar-124
LP
$11.50

O'Rourke, Jim
Despite The Water Supply
PS, UK American musician and producer Jim O'Rourke continues the Touch Sevens 7" vinyl-only limited edition series with an epic, two-part track recorded at Tokyo's Steamroom, May 2008. This series is a non-digital statement that cannot be applied to digital formats -- the sonic texture, the use of a locked groove, the A & the B. The label chose not to specify the RPM, encouraging listeners to experiment with playback options and personal preferences. Artwork and photography by Jon Wozencroft.
Touch
45
$6.75

Orphans
Everybody Loves You When You're Dead
PS, US The debut release from this up-and-coming Southern California band who aim to put the danger back into punk rock. Often described as a female-fronted version of the Germs, the band rips it up in the style of the early Dangerhouse bands like Legal Weapon and the Bags.
UnitySquad
LP
$10.00

Orso
Ask Your Neighbor
PS, US Building on the success of their previous release, which earned nearly universal acclaim & saw the band support Califone on extended domestic & Italian tours, their hypnotic mix of tenor banjos, soft organs, muted brass, & calm harmonies are in full force on the majestic new album.
Contraphonic
CD
$14.75

Palms
It's Midnight in Honolulu
PS, US Debut album from group featured in the LIVING BRIDGE compilation. A worldly boy/girl duo that live in New York and
Berlin, respectively, met first in London to colaborate. The music echoes of German artists like Faust and Klaus Schulze, as well as traces of the Velvet Underground and My Bloody Valentine.
RareBookRoom
CD
$12.75

Parenthetical Girls
Entanglements
PS, US ((LP has been postponed)) Portand, Oregon's PARENTHETICAL GIRLS have traded in their small-screen sincerity for a bold and blustering Technicolour - a lush, longing and lusty celluloid schmaltz they call "Entanglements". An orchestral song-cycle of grand sonic ambition, "Entanglements" is an eleven-song, linear narrative of ascendancy, adolescent sexuality, quantum mechanics, consent and other moral ambiguities! Borrowing string-swept sentimentality from the likes of Van Dyke Parks, Scott Walker, Jack Nitzsche, and Burt Bacharach, "Entanglements" draws colourful lines across the expanse between these orchestral pop antiquities and the more formidable strains of modern classical composers - its hues distantly reminiscent of names like Krzystof Penderecki, Philip Glass, and Gavin Bryars.
Tomlab-120
CD
$12.25

Pegboy
Strong Reaction [vinyl re-issue]
PS, US Vinyl version of this classic Touch and Go release, incl. MP3 download code. This is such an amazing album. Total summer jams that never go bad. Griptape cuttin' music for sure.
Quarterstick
LP
$11.00

Perhacs, Linda
Parallelograms
PS, SPAIN VINYL VERSION!!!
Guess-026
LP
$25.00

Pivot
O Soundtrack My Heart
PS, US Pivot is a rare combination of the emotive and cerebral, harnessing the raw garage energy of three explosive musicians along-side intensive studio production. Part prog-warrior, part slacker geek, the band's music and approach provide something much needed in the world of music. Pivot's sound exudes an omnipresent sense of melodrama and what can only be described as a sort of 'apocalyptic joy.' For fans of The Talking Heads and Vangelis.
Warp
CD
$13.75

Plush
Fed
PS, UK Six years after its Japan-only release on the After Hours label, Broken Horse is thrilled to announce the first European release of the much-talked-about but seldom-heard Fed, the second album by Liam Hayes' Plush. Since Plush's debut 7", Three Quarters Blind Eyes / Found A Little Baby was released to universal praise in 1994 on Drag City, the tale of Plush has been one mostly concerned with the promise of new recordings, scrapped sessions, rumor and speculation concerning Hayes' quest to match the songs in his head with the recordings in his hand. What has been vastly overlooked is the music. It was four years before Drag City released Plush's debut album, More You Becomes You. Few albums can be described as being truly unique, but More You Becomes You is, without doubt, one of those albums that can actually put in a serious bid for that description. While a full-blown orchestral pop album was indeed planned, Hayes instead delivered a uniquely minimal set of intimate piano & vocal ballads, which somehow managed to present a unique, first-take feel despite the incredible attention to detail Hayes applied to the performances and recordings that had actually taken place. Although upon completion Hayes found himself without a label in either the US or Europe, the artistic success of the album could not be denied. Throughout its 14 tracks, from the roaring opening track 'Whose Blues' to the epic 'No Education' to the pop-masterpiece 'Born Together' to the closing lullaby 'The Woods,' Fed remains spectacularly melodic and inventive throughout. Upon its Japanese release, Uncut called the album 'the dazzling symphonic album he always threatened to produce,' whilst Rolling Stone called it a 'soulful symphonic masterpiece' suggesting that its non-domestic release was further proof of the decline of American culture.`
BrokenHorse
CD
$18.25

Pontiak
Sun on Sun
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey
LP
$11.50

Pontiak
Sun on Sun
PS, US 2nd album from PONTIAK, following up their debut 'Valley of the Cats' released on their Fireproof label. This also follows close on the heels of their great split LP w/ Arbouretum. The band is made up of 3 brothers from the Blue Ridge farm country of Virginia - their music is swaggering guitar rock that staddles the line between power trio & something far more expansive in sound & scope. "(Their) ominous, portentous music straddles a wide sonic rift valley, w/ references that stretch from the southern latitudes fo Spain's Viaje A800 to the northern majesty of Black Sabbath & Harvey Milk via the Doors"-Julian Cope. CD version comes in 4 panel digipack.
ThrillJockey
CD
$13.00

Pop Will Eat Itself
Now for a Feast [expanded 2003 re-issue]
PS, US The original 14 song collection plus 9 bonus tracks! AMG: "Not so much an album as a collection of early singles and EPs, Now for a Feast! doesn't waste any time, packing in 14 songs within 24 minutes. Though the speed and brevity of the songs would seem to suggest that early Pop Will Eat Itself would be Ramones freaks, the group actually feels a bit looser than the brothers did, at least originally. Part of the reason is the production, which, if anything, resembles the undifferentiated wash of early Jesus & Mary Chain rather than the slashing punch of classic punk. Some tunes cut through that murk reasonably well, including the band's semi-theme song, "Oh Grebo I Think I Love You," and "B-B-B-Breakdown." Songs like "The Black Country Chainstore Massacreee" and "There's a Psychopath in My Soup" show that the band's sense of humor is front and center, but Pop Will Eat Itself doesn't really feel like a joke band (certainly not in the early Barenaked Ladies sense). Clint Mansell's lyrics are downright sweet and silly at points -- thus "Monogamy," which is as merry a declaration on the subject as could be imagined -- and his singing is actually probably the clearest part of any of the individual recordings. His style is practically casual instead of declarative, which is perhaps all for the better on the one song with mean-spirited sentiments, "Sick Little Girl." The same sort of poppy, slightly drunk singalong style that the band's hometown friends/rivals the Wonder Stuff were known for defines the whole feel of the album (not surprising given how members of both were in earlier bands together). Earlier roots of another sort surface thanks to the final song, a downright giddy cover of Hawkwind's "Orgone Accumulator," which exchanges space rock for silly fun that Slade wouldn't be uncomfortable with."
Castle
CD
$12.25

Portastatic
Some Small History
PS, US A double-disc of rarities, collecting B-sides, compilation tracks, EPs, fanzine vinyl, and previously unreleased material recorded between 1990 and 2007.
Merge
DCD
$14.00

Praveen & Benoit
Songs Spun Simla
PS, US It's all in the wires. Praveen Sharma and Thomas Meluch (aka Benoît Pioulard) have met only a handful of times and have never resided in the same city, but over the course of two-plus years they have been quietly assembling Songs Spun Simla, a brief but luminescent collection of pieces driven by Praveen's inventive arrangements and Benoît's lush vocal harmonizing. Praveen released his remarkable debut Backed by Spirits on the now-defunct Neo Ouija imprint just as Benoît emerged with the Enge EP on Michigan's Moodgadget label in early 2005. Through mutual contacts they found that each was an admirer of the other's work, and the seeds for a casual collaboration were sown. Not long after, Praveen returned from a profound journey through his family's native India with a minidisk full of field recordings and voices, forming the basis of opener "The Tunnel is Still There". As he continued creating new songs with an ever-expanding palette of instruments and digital effects, Benoît arranged lyrics and harmonies, driven by the unfamiliarity and excitement of the process. Various ideas arose concerning the fate of these works, but once a record's worth had been amassed, their friends at Music Related expressed interest in a proper release. Songs Spun Simla is named in honor of the village in India from which Praveen's family originates - it's inseparable from his musical inspirations yet still distant and shaped largely by memory. His compositions exist on a fitting scale, then; from the stunning, expansive lead-in of "Death as a Man" to the incredibly detailed percussion of "To Scale", there's a sense of worldliness, history and nostalgia placed in a crucible with technology and innovation. Much like a travelogue, the six movements of Songs Spun Simla abut soaring highs with passages of quiet, intimate beauty to create a deeply affecting whole. Praveen Sharma has been making music for most of his life, and has contributed releases to AI, Neo Ouija, and Expanding Records. He also runs Percussion Lab, a hub for underground electronic music and exclusive DJ sets, in addition to being an avid live performer and event organizer in New York City. Thomas Meluch (aka Benoît Pioulard) began playing piano at age five and has been recording music and field sounds with various devices for nearly as long. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he recently finished the follow-up album to the highly acclaimed Précis (2006) for the indie stalwarts at Chicago's Kranky.
MusicRelated-021
CD
$11.50

PRE/AIDS Wolf
Live Dates
PS, US Uncovered at Austrian customs, this bootleg 7" single has been seized by Skin Graft Records for lawful distribution. Originated in Russia by the rogue record label Sinraft Records, this comes in a full color 8-page calendar of compromising band photos.
SkinGraft
45
$7.00

Prurient
Cocaine Death
PS, US Since the inception of both Prurient and the Hospital Productions label, cassette releases have been an essential format for the communication and participation in the industrial/noise culture. For Prurient, these cassette releases contain some of the most visceral and beloved works in the Prurient catalog. Cocaine Death is a compilation of three of Prurient's finest Hospital cassette releases as well as two unreleased tracks. The previously released material forms a triptych exploring the relationship between futile pleasure, substance and escape; escape being a myth. Cocaine Death (originally C-10 packaged in an envelope, limited to 46 copies) is perhaps the most sought after of the recent Prurient cassettes. The content is based on the glamour and destruction of toxic night life. The B-side features guest vocals from FFH and continues the themes with the addition of bondage. This material is a considered classic modern Prurient. Caribbean Overdose (originally a C-10, packaged in a standard shell package and limited to 100 copies) explores a different but strangely direct topic of the sexual reproductive life of plants. There is nothing common or typical about the sounds and direction of this material. Further examination into the life of scientific advancement and education. Tylenol Murders (originally a C-10, packaged in an oversized envelope and limited to 10 copies) takes the sounds and concepts of the aforementioned releases and expands the sounds to further limits of cracked static, strained vocals and strange melodic loops. This sought after limited material is seeing the light on this release to most Prurient listeners for the first time. This collection of cassette material is perhaps the biggest clue in the development of Prurient. This is where the edges blur and advancements reveal themselves. When Prurient material is released in the ether its shock-waves often take on a life of their own. For the first time, listeners of all levels can revel in their abstract longing and tension. For the diehards, two unreleased tracks of Prurient. There's a reason why these releases continue to live on long after the cassettes disappear. This CD shows the power and depth of Prurient in the cassette world. For those whose spindles still spin and those who have moved on, Cocaine Death shows revelation. Digipack CD with 16 page booklet.
HospitalProductions
CD
$13.75

Radiohead
Pablo Honey
PS, US Only a few in stock, order ASAP!
Capitol
LP
$20.00

Radiohead
The Bends
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Capitol
LP
$19.00

Radiohead
O.K. Computer
PS, US Only a few in stock, order ASAP!
Capitol
DLP
$25.25

Radiohead
Kid A (2X10")
PS, US
Capitol
10
$25.25

Radiohead
Hail To the Theif
PS, US Only a few in stock, order ASAP!
Capitol
DLP
$25.25

Rafter
Sweaty Magic
PS, US "Sweaty Magic" is the ultimate booty cap to Summer Oh-Eight's globally-warmed love-exhaust festival. Listeners taking a break from the floor to get another organic mojito-flavored energy drink might hear swirls of Tom Zé, Prince, Clipse, Zapp & Roger, Mr. Fingers, and D'Angelo staying up late in some non-exclusive beach rave with glowing extraterrestrial energy spheres.
AsthmaticKitty-43
CD5
$5.50

Raglani
Of Sirens Born
PS, US Beginning tentatively & uneasily, these 5 pieces progress through expansive phases of grandeur & menace, shipwrecking before washing ashore on a new world. At the core of the work is the idea of the imaginary vista; high, keening drones issue from the heart of unknown rivers, populated on all sides by fantastically twittering creatures & alien flora, drawing the listener on with the hint of exotic treasure, hidden w/in forbidding & impossible jungles.
Kranky
CD
$12.25

Rainbow Arabia
Basta
PS, US The band consists of Danny & Tiffany Preston (formerly of FUTURE PIGEON & PINK GRENADE) who haveR meacroriredds American experimental dance music w/ a heavy dose of Middle Eastern influence.
ManimalVinyl
CD
$5.75

Rainer Maria
Look Now Look Again
PS, US This Polyvinyl classic has been out of print on LP for nearly a decade. Look Now Look Again set the high standard for which Rainer Maria will always be viewed. LP is on premium 180 gram vinyl and includes a digital download code.
Polyvinyl
LP
$12.50

RE: UP
Issue #16
PS, US Inside the mind of Hunter S. Thompson, Boom box bike gangs, Fashion for the ages, Swedish rap supreme, Mapei's first U.S. interview, more!
REUP-016
ZINE
$5.50

Relatively Clean Rivers
S-T
PS, UK Former Beat Of The Earth leader Phil Pearlman assembled Relatively Clean Rivers in the early '70s and eventually released this excellent rural rock album in 1975. Although Pearlman's first recorded effort was a surf/hot rod 45 entitled Chrome Reversed Rails which appeared on the Fink label in the mid-'60s, it was with Beat Of The Earth that he began to forge a distinctive musical voice. The band was one of the earliest-known experimental bands with a sound reminiscent of their East Coast counterparts, The Velvet Underground, whose influence is often discernable on Relatively Clean Rivers. That said, RCR is recognized by those fortunate enough to have heard it as one of the very finest albums of the era, with a clearly-defined American sound akin to The Grateful Dead in all their American Beauty pomp or CSNY circa Déjà Vu. An album highly recommended to anyone even remotely interested in '70s West Coast music or simply great music in general. This numbered, limited edition CD is housed in a unique gatefold card wallet -- 1000 copies only.
Phoenix
CD
$16.25

Report Suspicious Activity
Destroy All Evidence
PS, US Their 2nd album to date, VIC BIONDI (Articles of Faith, Alloy, Jones Very) began this project as a productive mTeenatnasc tloe schannel his political rage: a one-off project that grew into a band as musicians were recruited, songs written, & shows played. The band now boasts an impressive lineup w/ J. ROBBINS (Jawbox, Burning Airlines), DARREN ZENTEK (Kerosene 454), & ERIK DENNO (Kerosene 454). In terms of songcraft & political heft, they can duke it out w/ the best of Reaganera political punk. "This isn't just a political hardcore record: there is a sense of melody & honesty that is lacking in music these days." -WEEKLY DIG
AlternativeTentacles
CD
$14.25

Rhinos
In Rhi-Fi
PS, US Sweden's supreme masters of jangle pop.
RainbowQuartz
CD
$13.50

Sabu
The World Of Sabu
PS, UK Selar Shaik Sabu made his first film appearance in 1937 as a 12-year-old orphan, having landed the title role in Elephant Boy purely by chance after being plucked from Indian obscurity by a British location crew. His rise to international stardom was swift and dramatic with leading roles in Alexander Korda's productions The Thief of Bagdad and Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. But by the time he appeared in Powell & Pressburger's Black Narcissus in 1947 that stardom was already guttering, and during the remaining 16 years of his tragically short life he was obliged to accept increasingly minor roles that mostly traded on former glories. Yet during those ten extraordinary years Sabu illuminated the screen in a way that remains without precedent. The renowned Hungarian film composer Miklos Rozsa wrote the scores for The Thief of Bagdad and Kipling's Jungle Book. Our edition restores them to the catalogue for the first time in decades. Sabu narrates the Jungle book to Rozsa's music in character as Mowgli. The result is charming. The recordings were originally released as a set of four 78 rpm discs in 1940. The first ever film soundtrack album Black Narcissus is classic Powell and Pressburger; The Archers at the height of their powers. A triumph of artistry in cinema to which Sabu contributes the memorable role of the young general.
El-151
CD
$15.50

Sailboats Are White
Turbo
PS, AUSTRALIA As completely incidental as it may seem, the acronym for Sailboats Are White is in fact SAW. Coincidence? Perhaps, but it's also a pretty accurate musical description. You see, saws are used to cut through things like bone, metal and possibly wood, likewise though, Sailboats' music is just as fierce, cutting and destructive to the senses as say, a lumberjack's saw would be to a maple tree.
LowTransitIndustries-040
CD
$13.50

School of Seven Bells
Half Asleep
PS, US Ex-member of Secret Machines & On!Air!Library! Touring with M83 in November. With this 7", School of Seven Bells stylishly split the difference between shoegazing introspection & stargazing dream pop. "Half Asleep" starts with a compact, propulsive throb & gradually expands outward, adding layers of milky-blue synthesizer, bottomless guitar from Benjamin Curtis, and the angelic, harmonized coos of sisters Alejandra & Claudia Deheza-it's a potent combination of earthbound noise & weightless beauty, found at the height of a mountaintop. Eerie B-side "Caldo" spins a simple melody (sung in English & Spanish) into a medieval hymn from another planet. LIMITED pressing of the vinyl!
GhostlyInternational
45
$5.00

Scorces
I Turn Into You
PS, US "Most musical matters seem to cycle through rise/crash wave patterns of popularity and lately it seems that the duo formation is for some reason at the crest of its particular prevalence/relevance. Perhaps it has something to do with the faster psychic communion that births between a pair (versus a 5+ gang-style band). Or maybe it's just to save on gas money. Either way, very few fringe duos have succeeded in so fully utilizing the witchy, wordless, and wondrous bond of the twosome formation as Scorces' twin figureheads Christina Carter (also of Charalambides, Bastard Wing, etc.) and Heather Leigh Murray (Taurpis Tula, CEO of Volcanic Tongue, more). Their early incarnation as East Texas fried-folk loners instantly struck a chord in clued-in heads for both its bold formless experimental moods as well its instantly gripping emotional power. Their 2003 masterpiece on Eclipse, Vivre Avec La Bete, captured their magic craft perfectly, and in retrospect has definitely cast a heavy influence over a whole host of today's underground's voice-based lonesome drifters. So it is with amplified honor that we offer up this latest tome of spells unearthed from the Scorces' vaults: I Turn Into You. Nearly 70 minutes of pedal-steel guitar tendrils, basement dust, whispered melodies, enchanted strings thrummed against the quiet, and possibly the planet's single most intense dual free-crooning chemistry sprawled across four spectral sides of black vinyl. All tracks were recorded several years ago back at Charalambides HQ in Houston, TX by psych-guitar journeyman Tom Carter, and they've aged like oil paintings (cracking, majestic, immense). Housed in embossed, metallic ink jackets designed by Marcia Bassett (with a racy poem by the Scorces' ladies on the back), plus an 11x11 insert with info and a live shot. Edition of 500."
NotNotFun
DLP
$24.00

Shaky Hands
Lunglight
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
KillRockStars
LP
$13.25

Shaky Hands
Lunglight
PS, US In their hometown of Portland, Oregon, the SHAKY HANDS are the one band that virtually everyone agrees on. Well respected & critically adored for their instantly recognizable, earthy-meets-explosive sound & for putting on really good shows. Their 2nd album here proves them to be evolving at remarkable speed, at times reminiscent of Talking Heads & the Doors. In a world of throwaway pop, this quintet has built itself from the ground up, naturally & beautifully.
KillRockStars
CD
$13.25

Shindig
Shindig! Vol. 2, Issue 6 Sept-Oct 2008
PS, UK "Cover: Marc Bolan 1969-70 -- Egos, unicorns and jugband psychedelia, the early years of Marc Bolan and Tyrannosaurus Rex. Rikki Rooksby looks at their involvement with the Notting Hill Gate hippie scene and Bolan's final pre-fame recordings. The Youngbloods -- The New York folk-rockers who soundtracked the hippie dream. Slade -- Drummer Don Powell answers 20 questions and Ian O'Sullivan reappraises the 1974 movie Slade In Flame. John Kongos -- Adventures in pop-psych. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band -- Part two of our in-depth story. Buffalo -- Hard rock '70s band from Australia. Freak Rock -- A-Z of weird and heavy sounds from the early '70s."
ZINE
$8.25

Soares, Tony
Native Clays
PS, US Featuring the art of Tony Soares, this film is a beautiful journey through the ancient Native American process of paddle and anvil pot making. Every step is documented from digging the clay, making the pot, painting the pot and finally firing the pot in an open pit. The resulting images are a unique learning tool for the students of this lost art. Tony proudly builds pots using authentic methods right down to creating fire with a stick and working in a Native American environment. Features music throughout by Carl Roessler, Clive Wright and Harold Budd with narration by Anna LaCazio. Run time 1 hour 18 minutes.
DesertSkyMusic-007
DVD
$19.50

Social Junk
Concussion Summer
PS, US "The greater Midwest 'hood is responsible for so much of the U.S.'s most living music it seems like lately. Out here on the West we tend to get a bit blissed and burnt and, conversely, Eastern sea-boarders can fall into a condensed consciousness that sometimes doesn't translate well to those outside their bubble. But in the middle country, there's often a rawness that's honest and real and really clears the ears/mind, and for our tastes Ashland, Kentucky's Social Junk are champs of this direct, red-blooded approach. Somewhere between the Bible Belt brutality of Sword Heaven and Tusco Terror and the sticky southern electronics of Pax Titania or even recent Wet Hair, SJ navigate an interesting interzone, boiling together ominous loops, mangled sax, heavy riffs, various vocal moods (pissed, lost, aggro, angelic), militant tribal drumming, and a mess of electric atmospheres into something genuinely gripping and wholly their own. And right on the eve of both a behemoth bi-coastal tour (six weeks long!) and a brave re-location to CA's Bay Area, we are amped-as-shit to announce their vinyl debut after a million killer limited tapes and splits. Concussion Summer rumbles through noisy drum circles, hypnotic thrash, and even a couple creepy ballads, with Noah Anthony and Heather Young's co-dependent chemistry channeled into eight concise hybrid pieces of perfect/classic JUNK. High-time, and fully worth the wait. See them soon. Black vinyl LPs in jackets with artwork by Hair Police's Robert Beatty. Edition of 435."
NotNotFun
LP
$15.50

Sonic Youth & Mats Gustafsson & Merzbow
Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth
PS, US This installment of Sonic Youth's series of experimental and mostly instrumental releases is available in a CD-only edition on the band's own SYR label. Andre Sider af Sonic Youth presents the complete "Other Sides of Sonic Youth" improvised live performance from the 2005 Roskilde Festival in Denmark, featuring Sonic Youth (with Jim O'Rourke) and guests Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and Japanese sound artist Masami Akita (a.k.a. Merzbow). The single piece performed was a structured improvisation which for 60 minutes added and subtracted musicians one by one until only Akita was left onstage. Black Sabbath followed.
SYR
CD
$10.00

Spherical Objects
Further Ellipses / No Man's Land
PS, UK The Boutique Label presents the first ever reissues by cult Manchester band Spherical Objects, active between 1978 and 1981 and the core group on the highly collectible Object Music label. Formed by singer, songwriter and dj Steve Solamar in 1978, Spherical Objects produced a unique brand of what early champion Paul Morley termed 'existentialist psychedelia'. Their third album, Further Ellipses, appeared in 1980 and featured a new, short-lived line-up of the group. The fourth and final album, No Man's Land, was released on Object in October 1981. The band only played occasional live gigs, and preferred instead to concentrate on recording albums, releasing no less than four in as many years. Spherical Objects (and the Object label) ceased operations in 1981, after Steve Solamar resolve a lifelong contradiction by becoming a woman. As part of this process Solamar even destroyed his own mastertapes. Since then his music has rarely been heard, and the Object(s) catalogue has languished in undeserved obscurity. However an Object anthology has now been released as part of the Auteur Labels series on LTM, which includes rare non-album singles by Spherical Objects and its members. The artist formerly known as Steve Solamar is alive and well, and lives a happy spiritual and musical life.
Boutique-6616
CD
$17.00

Spherical Objects
Past & Parcel / Elliptical Optimism
PS, UK The Boutique Label presents the first ever reissues by cult Manchester band Spherical Objects, active between 1978 and 1981 and the core group on the highly collectible Object Music label. Formed by singer, songwriter and dj Steve Solamar in 1978, Spherical Objects produced a unique brand of what early champion Paul Morley termed 'existentialist psychedelia'. Their first album, Past & Parcel, appeared in August 1978 and predated releases on other Manchester post-punk labels such as Factory. The second album, Elliptical Optimism, was released on Object in October 1979. The band only played occasional live gigs, and preferred instead to concentrate on recording albums, releasing no less than four in as many years. Spherical Objects (and the Object label) ceased operations in 1981, after Steve Solamar resolve a lifelong contradiction by becoming a woman. As part of this process Solamar even destroyed his own master tapes. Since then his music has rarely been heard, and the Object(s) catalogue has languished in undeserved obscurity. However an Object anthology has now been released as part of the Auteur Labels series on LTM, which includes rare non-album singles by Spherical Objects and its members. The artist formerly known as Steve Solamar is alive and well, and lives a happy spiritual and musical life.
Boutique-6614
CD
$17.00

Steinbruchel
Mit Ohne
PS, US Limited edition: 500. Order now as this is limited and will not be reissued. Mit Ohne is a sound documentation of an audio/visual installation by Yves Netzhammer and Steinbrüchel. The installation entitled "The feeling of precise instability when holding things" was part of the group exhibition "Wohnträume/Wohnräume" exhibited from 26.07. to 28.09.2003 at the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich, Switzerland. The audio sections by Steinbrüchel where composed in sync with the visuals by Yves Netzhammer and succeed in translating and supporting the poetic vibrancy and slow morphing movements of the 3d rendered animation. For the exhibition an atmospheric fragile and detailed work was created involving a three-part projection and multichannel sound that conveys an abstract audio and visual approach to the environment surrounding us and the concept of a room itself. Each audio track takes the listener into a new form of "room" and simple patterns of single tones are layered into dense movements surrounding the listener's space. The crystalline polished sounds form a highly precise environment that interacts with particles of melodies searching for space to breathe. Between the tracks there are no pauses that give the dedicated listener the feeling of being moved suddenly from one room to the other. Space and silence are sensitively woven into each other while forming an atmospheric and organic surrounding. Through the sound the feeling in every room changes from dark to bright, from large to small, from lonely to crowded, from silent to loud. Ralph Steinbrüchel, born in 1969, studied Communication Design at Central Saint Martins School in London, where he acquired a Masters of Arts and Design with distinction. He now lives and works as a musician and graphic designer in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2002 his composition "zwischen.raum" [Domizil, Zurich, 2002] was distinguished with the Max Brand Award for Electronic Music [phonoTAKTIK.02 Festival, New York].
12K-2010
CD5
$9.00

Stott, Andy
Unknown Exception
PS, UK Subtitled: Selected Tracks Vol. 1. This is the second CD release from Manchester's Andy Stott for the Modern Love label, since his 2005 debut, Merciless. This is the first-ever collection of some of Andy Stott's standout vinyl-only releases, remastered by Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin. Andy Stott has developed a unique sound since his debut on Modern Love -- his first demos for the label were heavily influenced by the square bass line techno variations of Claro Intelecto, a longtime friend, mentor, and eventually label-mate and collaborator. His first release, Replace featured a mixture of disciplines that took in elements of Detroit techno and Chicago house and fast found favor with the likes of Kompakt, De:Bug magazine and DJ Lawrence, who fell for Stott's intuitive, warm melodies and padded percussion. From that point on, Stott has continued to shift and adapt his sound to take in ever disparate influences, from the driving techno of Dave Clarke's Red series through to Basic Channel through to dubstep, garage and the minimalism of classic Sähkö. This chameleon-like quality has set Stott apart from his contemporaries, gaining him interest from all quarters of the electronic music scene, championed by Mary Anne Hobbs (recording two sessions for her show), and playing to increasingly large audiences (including several shows at Berghain's legendary Panorama Bar, the Sonar Festival, Bloc Weekend and countless others). His inspired shifts from traditional techno blueprints through to the bottom-heavy signatures of dubstep and the steppers arrangements of garage have also placed him at the forefront of the dubstep/techno hybrid sounds that have started to dominate the electronic music scene in 2008 alongside the likes of Martyn, Peverelist and T++. This compilation brings together selected tracks dating back to Andy Stott's debut in 2005 and reaches all the way to his most recent material in 2008. Tracks feature here from his most captivating EPs and stream through his fascination with deep, almost uncontainable bass lines and ever-inventive percussive shifts.
ModernLove
CD
$14.25

Subaudible Hum
Everything You Heard is True
PS, AUSTRALIA Dark & brooding debut alt. rock masterpiece from this critically acclaimed Melbourne band. In late 2005 SubAudible Hum released their debut full-length album entitled "Everything You Heard Is True". It was a dark, venomous abrasion on the guitar format that also managed to make time for sprawling sonic scenery and downbeat, melancholic intricacy. The record gained SubAudible Hum immediate national radio rotation including a spot on Triple J's Next Crop campaign. SubAudible Hum write from that mysterious void between emotive art and didactic thesis. The subject matter is always of paramount importance but never at the expense of listening pleasure, in fact SubAudible Hum may just have found the harmonious middle ground between the two. Any modern day themes of global politics, dirty economics, fundamental agendas, and social degradation are always communicated with music, never using it as a soapbox. Stepping into 2006 SubAudible Hum have a whole new take. Having purged much of their structural and self-imposed stylistic constraints the SubAudible Hum sound is now less definable than ever. Their sophomore effort "In Time For Spring, On Came The Snow" swings from drawn-out orchestral opuses to quasi-UK indie trash to dam bursting, almost trip hop anthems. With this release, as always, SubAudible Hum are exploring every crevasse of their musical ambitions. "An extremely impressive Melbourne debut" Beat - Andrew Ramadge. "21st century disillusionment expressed in the form of grinding guitars, marching drums, an astounding, impassioned voice, and a bass tone that can only be classified as heave machinery, this is the sound Fritz Lang surely had in mind when he created his Metropolis" Beat - Today is the day "Single Of The Week" - Daniel Z "Describing the voice as a mash of Jeff Buckley, Thom Yorke & Iggy Pop. SubAudible Hum, big, deep and melancholic without ever crossing over into self-indulgence" Lucky - Matty B "A profoundly eclectic first release fluently melding the emotional with the intellectual... a work of undeniable brilliance" Inpress - Shane O'Donohue
LowTransitIndustries-017
CD
$13.50

Subaudible Hum
In Time for Spring, On Came the Snow
PS, AUSTRALIA Critically acclaimed sophomore album from Melbourne experimental pop outfit. Features hit singles "Sugarcoat", "All For The Caspian" & "Aaron's Western Assault".
LowTransitIndustries-044
CD
$13.50

Subaudible Hum
All for the Caspian
PS, AUSTRALIA Deluxe single feating radio faves "Sugarcoat" & "All For The Caspian". Features a live track & remixes from New Yorks Secret Frequency Crew & Gordon McQ from The Avalanches. In late 2005 SubAudible Hum released their debut full-length album entitled "Everything You Heard Is True". It was a dark, venomous abrasion on the guitar format that also managed to make time for sprawling sonic scenery and downbeat, melancholic intricacy. The record gained SubAudible Hum immediate national radio rotation including a spot on Triple J's Next Crop campaign. SubAudible Hum write from that mysterious void between emotive art and didactic thesis. The subject matter is always of paramount importance but never at the expense of listening pleasure, in fact SubAudible Hum may just have found the harmonious middle ground between the two. Any modern day themes of global politics, dirty economics, fundamental agendas, and social degradation are always communicated with music, never using it as a soapbox. Stepping into 2006 SubAudible Hum have a whole new take. Having purged much of their structural and self-imposed stylistic constraints the SubAudible Hum sound is now less definable than ever.
LowTransitIndustries-043
CD5
$8.25

Summer Suns, The
Greatest
PS, AUSTRALIA RESTOCKED! After more than a decade in hibernation, THE SUMMER SUNS return with a much requested and highly anticipated CD compilation of classic power pop and folk rock which was originally vinyl only on labels such as Waterfront, Easter, Bus Stop, Get Hip, Parasol, and House Of Wax. Formed in Perth by singer/songwriter Kim Williams, THE SUMMER SUNS had a revolving door line-up that featured most of that town's best pop players including Dom Mariani, Martin Moon, Joe Algeri et al plus guests such as Kim Salmon. In the years 1986-96 the band released several vinyl singles, two LPs, and one EP. After many years in denial, Williams at last accepted that he is, in fact, a genius and began putting the comp together before he could change his mind. 22 TRACKS!
SummerSuns-001
CD
$12.50

Tecumseh
Avalanche & Inundation
PS, US The LP version of Tecumseh's Avalanche And Inundation is pressed in an edition of 500 copies with the first 200 on color vinyl. Heavy drone/heavy meditation. Be inside the sounds. Formed in 2004, Tecumseh creates drone metal of the heaviest variety although with more forward movement than some of their peers and with the addition of cold electronic hiss. Using 2 basses, electronics, percussion and guitar Tecumseh wrap themselves and their listeners in a warm sonic meditative slow motion blanket woven from their skilled use of sound and space. Avalanche And Inundation was recorded in the winter of 2008 with Jeremy Romagna (Yellow Swans, Trees, Silentist). " This is the perfect metallic drifting off music, almost like they've discovered some new genre, sludge-ambient, doom-age, whatever you decide to call it, it's pretty amazing, and fans of all things slow motion,downtuned and yes, heavy will dig this big time." Aquarius "The sound is sludgy and the pace snail-like but subtle. Within its monochrome scheme of blackness, and yet more blackness as its slow, slow, riffs unfurl there are small variations in tone. Such is the hermetically sealed inwardly directed feel of Tecumseh's sound thatthese tiny variations are like tiny rafts in an otherwise empty sea. And in the end the listening experience isn't some feat of endurance but strangely calming, it's blackness like a vast lake of crude oil with only the faintest of ripples disturbing it's surface." The Wire
Important-211
CD
$13.00

Tex La Homa
Little Flashes Of Sunlight On A Cold Dark Sea
PS, SPAIN Departing from the more electronic oriented sounds on previous albums by Tex la Homa, Little Flashes Of Sunlight On A Cold Dark Sea is a collection of eleven acoustic songs featuring Matt Shaw on every instrument, mainly guitar and piano. After releasing six exclusive tracks (which were a prelude to the sound of this last record) entitled Into Timeless Shadows a couple of years ago, Acuarela is proud to present the fourth album by Tex la Homa, an approach towards a more intimate and personal side of his music.
Acuarela-1087
CD
$13.50

Thee Oh Sees
The Masters Bedroom Is Worth
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Tomlab
LP
$12.25

Tindersticks
The Hungry Saw
PS, US The North American edition of the release that came out in Europe in April 2008 features revised artwork, lyric booklet. While cloaked in the inimitalby beautiful, tempered melancholy & delicate irony that has marked the band's past releases, this new album bristles with renewed energy, focus, experimentation & even playfulness.
Constellation
CD
$15.25

Tindersticks
The Hungry Saw
PS, US VINYL VERSION. 180 gram vinyl.
Constellation
LP
$17.00

Toral, Rafael
Space Solo 1
PS, US Originally released on CD by Staubgold side-label Quecksilber in 2007, Space Solo 1 is Rafael Toral's second release in his ongoing Space Program, a venturesomely bold series of recordings. Internationally-acclaimed for his experimental drone and ambient guitar work, the Space Program is completely divergent from his past output. Equipped with handmade instruments, Toral's project is a performance-based discipline, which he calls "post-free jazz electronic music." Following the Space Program's inaugural release, Space, Space Solo 1 presents a raw exploration of a select few instruments Toral designed for the series. In contrast to Space, which consists of thoughtfully layered recordings from various live and studio performances, Space Solo 1 presents unaccompanied instruments traveling through unfamiliar territories where sounds exist in their singularity. The result grabs at the listener to stay alert, tiptoeing around silent moments, increasingly mounting tension and inspiring awe. As each instrument hints at a particular language belonging only to itself, Toral's masterful playing is revealed as an instinctual process. Space Solo 1 is 44 minutes of otherworldly splashing, ripping, beeping, hissing, etc. An indefinite number of sounds carefully coaxed from unique instruments, drawing a blurry line between ancestral and futuristic. Now available on LP through Taiga, this deluxe audiophile version was mastered direct to metal, pressed on 200 gram transparent red virgin vinyl and is presented in a limited edition of 500 copies. The jacket was cleanly designed by Helder Luís at No Type, featuring the Rui Toscano drawing from the CD version printed on reversed stock with a pantone red flood in the pocket.
Taiga
LP
$15.00

Toral, Rafael
Space
PS, US Originally released on CD in 2006 by the Staubgold label, Taiga presents the deluxe 2LP version of Rafael Toral's Space, including one bonus track. This is a 2007 release from one of the most impressive new vinyl-only labels in the world. After over 15 years of drone and ambient work based around guitar and electronics, Rafael Toral has set off on a radically new mission. Leaving the guitar behind, Toral has equipped himself with instruments such as a Theremin-controlled white noise generator, amplified coil spring percussion, and a random pulse width modulation oscillator. With these, he has launched his jazz-fueled craft through Earth's atmosphere, into outer space. The resulting voyage is one where the sounds created recall the blast of a ray gun, the gurgle of a velociraptor, the rush of a primordial geyser, all seasoned with a vintage analog appeal and interspersed with meditative moments of silence. Toral's new approach to music, entitled the Space program, runs counter to his career thus far by focusing on performance instead of composition. The foundation and fundamental release of the program is Space. Using live and in-studio performances from 2004 and 2005, Toral designed Space as "an orchestral environment for electronic instruments." Following Space, the program continues with releases from the Space Solo series, documenting performances of individual instruments played unaccompanied, and the Space Elements series, featuring various collaborators while Toral focuses on a single piece of equipment. With previous releases by Toral on such respected labels as Touch, Table of the Elements and Ecstatic Peace, this exciting album by Toral is coincidentally Taiga's inaugural release as well as that of the Space program. It is presented here in a limited edition of 500 copies on direct-metal mastered 200 gram virgin vinyl. This version includes all of the original audio from the CD plus a previously-unreleased 17-minute vinyl-only bonus track, "Space Study 1.3," a live duet with percussionist César Burago. Packaged in a gatefold jacket designed by Helder Luís with spot metallic printing, the album boasts the Daniel Malhão photograph from the CD version expanded across the entire outside in UV gloss, an essay by Toral printed inside on reversed stock and the pockets flooded black.
Taiga
DLP
$19.50

Torrini, Emiliana
Me And Armini
PS, US hugely ambitious pop record with Emiliana's soaring voice center stage, bolstered by a rich gamut of musical styles. From the summery skank of the title track to the surging, breathless single "Jungle Drum" to the yearning, spine-tingling "Big Jumps", "Me And Armini" is a truly sublime album. Torrini sings the song at the end credits for "The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers", and she wrote two #1 hits for Kylie Minogue. Produced by Dan Carey (Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip). "Ms. Torrini's voice is warm and whispery and appealingly unpredictable" - NY Times.
RoughTrade
CD
$13.25

Trees
Lights Bane
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
20BuckSpin
LP
$17.25

Tricky
Knowle West Boy
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$16.50

Tricky
Knowle West Boy
PS, US Tricky is back with an album named after the Bristol neighborhood where he grew up. It details the travels and travails of his youth, resulting in an eclectic aural history of his diverse upbringing. He reaches into post-punk, Two-Tone, reggae, hip-hop, and pop, twisting them into surreal songscapes. Tricky uses his astonishingly eclectic band and a host of great undiscovered singers to create the most varied and accessible set of his career.
Domino
CD
$13.00

Tucker, Alexander
Portal
PS, US This is UK-based Alexander Tucker's third release for ATP Recordings. "Portal is a work of such unparalleled bewitching splendor, that any rote comparisons would read like hyperbole, thus doing it a great disservice. Even Tucker's previous albums Old Fog (2005) and Furrowed Brow (2006) seem like stepping stones in the wake of Portal. But if we must draw comparisons, then let's say Chicago musician/composer/innovator Jim O' Rourke; both are unparalleled in their pairing of the 20th century avant-garde techniques of composers like Stockhausen and Steve Reich with the archaic sounding free-folk of John Fahey, Robbie Basho and Loren Connors. The late Karlheinz Stockhausen envisaged music where "instead of very precisely formed single notes there are little complexes... little crystalline blooms that pass through a register form." During Portal, Tucker's finger-picked guitar lines become indistinguishable from the more traditional string arrangements and voice. These melodic clusters interweave like the paths incurved by a figure skater. This is still to say nothing of Tucker's voice, which sounds as if it is emanating from a ghost channel on an ancient mixing desk rather than sung on top of the epochal arrangements. It's a voice comparable perhaps to Meddle-era David Gilmour or John Martyn on Solid Air. These are big claims of course, but then Portal is a work of such extraordinary majesty that even trying to surmise it in words seems like a heresy. If you disagree after listening, then I'm sorry to inform you that you are spiritually dead." --Tony F. Wilson; Portal clearly shows that Tucker has even further honed his droning looped guitar technique with ever more mesmerizing effect, adding strings, vibes, bells and a sorcerer's range of well-placed, far-out effects.
ATP
CD
$14.25

Tucker, Mark
In The Sack
PS, US There seems to be two truisms I keep to: ONE - By and large, when an album is described as 'loner / psych / real people' it isn't going to be as good as I hope, and TWO - The Residents suck. Generally these hold true for me, maybe you too, and often I'll look suspiciously at descriptions like that. But then I remember, hey the first few Residents records are pretty damn amazing, and hell, the Kenneth Higney and Moolah records are pretty great too. But when I have a need for the real people sound, the first record I reach for is Mark Tucker's In The Sack. Although better known for his Batstew record, which is pretty relative, this album is no slouch. The cast of characters is familiar, upright piano, backwards vocals, rants, ravings, life savings. But here it's damn cheap; hell you should buy a few for friends, I'm going to! Mark Tucker is very mean on the piano and the best backwards vocalist I've ever heard, he knows more than blues progressions, this guy is writing pop symphonies. If David Ackles or bootleg Brian Wilson is your bag, this one is gonna rip the sack open (you can take that literally or apply it to Coley style allusion). Comparisons to the first Residents record are not far off, but I truly prefer Tucker's record, and it wouldn't be out of place in a spin with Moolah, Bruce Haacks kids records, Song Cycle and Horrific Child." - Jim O'Rourke, Brooklyn 04.
Destijl
CD
$12.50

Tweak Bird
Reservations
PS, US 7-track mini-album debut from LA by-way-of Illinois brother duo of Caleb and Ashton Bird. Produced under the helm of the impressive production team Deaf Nephews (Melvins' Dale Crover and Altamont's Toshi Kasai), the duo's debut is a sweeping seven-song intro to a band exploring the depths of heavy experimental, progressive, and psych-infused rock. A sort of musical Armageddon that's constantly on the horizon, looming out of the unabated, swirling fuzz.
Volcom
CD5
$7.00

Unbunny
Sensory Underload: Uncertain Trks 1996-2008 (ON SALE)
PS, US Cohesive and near-comprehensive new collection of Unbunny EPs, singles, rarities and unreleased including their outtaprint Typist EP originally released by Important Recs. Many tracks appear on CD for the very first time. TRACKLIST: 1. "The Path" from Typist EP / 2. "Queen of Nothing" from Book and Roll EP / 3. "Water and the Spanish Tongue" (unreleased version) / 4. "Versatech" from Book and Roll EP / 5. "untitled" from Book and Roll EP / 6. "X" from Typist EP / 7. "untitled" from Book and Roll EP / 8. "Mandi" from split 7" w/Milkweed / 9. "Landscape Typing" from Typist EP / 10. "Every Saturday" from For Nervous Plants EP / 11. "Now or Never" from For Nervous Plants EP / 12. "Emily" (unreleased) / 13. "Dental Hygienist" from Awful Bliss comp / 14. "Ginger Tussle" from Typist EP / 15. "We're All Gonna Die" from Potown records comp / 16. "She'll Bring You Down" from Book and Roll EP / 17. "Viva la White Bread" (unreleased) / 18. "untitled" from Typist EP
AHiddenAgendaRecord-091
CD
$9.00

Uncut
#137 (October 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Under the Radar
#23
PS, US JENNY LEWIS on the cover. Features: "The Protest Issue Appendix", FUJIYA & MIYAGI, DEERHUNTER, OF MONTREAL, THE VERVE. Articles on POP LEVI, GIRL TALK, OKKERVIL RIVER, JAMES, TINDERSTICKS, DUNGEN, WIRE, music reviews & more!
ZINE
$3.75

United Nations
S-T
PS, US Masked thrashers make metal presidential again. United Nations is a power-violence grind-core band reminiscent of mid- nineties groups such as Orchid and Reversal of Man. The group features prominent members of two bands you love, one band you hate and a few you never heard of.
Eyeball
CD
$15.00

VanGaalen, Chad
Soft Airplane (ON SALE)
PS, US Recalling Neil Young at his most fragile and plaintive, and Thurston Moore at his most resolved and vital, Chad's emotive vocals anchor these songs while tackling the pervasive themes of death and dreams with an unexpected air of certainty and hope that is far from ominous - instead, it's luminous. Through a complex interplay of guitar, drum beats, loops, samples, found sounds, unorthodox percussion, xylophones, distortion, synthesizers, accordions, and more, Chad has made an album that sounds bigger than one man.
CALGARY FFWD: "Local favourite Chad VanGaalen hasn't left his bedroom on his latest album, Soft Airplane, but it sounds like he might have moved out of the basement. Make no mistake, Soft Airplane is still thoroughly a Chad VanGaalen album - his usual lo-fi esthetic is in full force, his signature falsetto still hauntingly wavers and he's still obsessed with death, dreaming and '90s nostalgia - it's just more fully formed than anything he's done before."
Subpop
CD
$12.00

Various
Cocoon Morphs Tokyo
PS, GERMANY The Cocoon label presents the Cocoon Morphs Tokyo CD, previously released exclusively in Japan. Presenting exclusive work by artists of the highest Cocoon-caliber, Cocoon Morphs Tokyo also celebrates the aesthetic partnership between world-renowned German photographer and artist Andreas Gursky and Cocoon-head Sven Väth. Gursky has published a cycle of large-sized pictures with "cocoon" as the central theme: the "Cocoon" pictures reference current club culture, with Gursky using the big techno events Cocoon stages as inspiration. The architectural frame of his work refers to the design of the CocoonClub in Frankfurt. The spatial concept was developed by Väth, together with the design agency 3deluxe. In Gursky's cover art, you can see the idealized approach to the original CocoonClub in all its fervent glory. Here, excellent electronic music meets the work of the most important contemporary German artist worldwide -- again, Cocoon explores new frontiers and combines art forms of the 21st century. Artists include: Gerber & Kalbata, Tiefschwarz, Pig & Dan, Väth vs. Rother, Schneider & Galluzzi, Ricardo Villalobos, David K, and Patrick Zigon.
Cocoon
CD
$16.25

Various
Cosmarama: Blow Your Cool Vol. 2: 20 Top Prog/Psych Behemoths from the UK and Europe
PS, UK Seems like only yesterday (probably because it was) that the Psychic Circle label explored some of the uncharted depths of British and European psycho-prog on the first volume of Blow Your Cool. Well, here's another voyage into that dazzling star system. Once again, legendary psych musician and Psychic Circle label-head, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond) has pulled in tracks from the UK and across Europe, and once again, this series will thrill you with as-yet unheard treasures from the patchouli-scented vaults of freaked musical excess. You'll find a splendid UK three-piece band who only issued records on the Continent, and then you'll find another! You'll meet the band who would evolve into the German prog monsters, Wind. There's an Irish show-band illustrating that the prog scene had not passed them by, plus an Essex band who released music on their own label, and a whole lot more besides. Swoon! Artists include: Distant Jim, Carriage Company, Kingdom, The Tower, Back Street Band, Big Wheel, Bismarck, CWT, Silence, Ginger Ale, Pussy, Tenderfoot Kids, Electric Food, Mr. Albert Show, The Petards, Castle Farm, The Pebbles, Corporal Gander's Fire Dog Parade, Chips, and Richard St. Clair & Forum.
PsychicCircle
CD
$16.25

Various
Cosmic Balearic Beats Vol. 1
PS, BELGIUM The Eskimo label presents the first volume in a series dedicated to cosmic Balearic beats. This trans-global intergalactic funk odyssey starts with Stratus' disco-fied, cowbell ringin'. The duo is comprised of Mat Anthony and Martin Jenkins, respected producers and remixers who have re-worked the music of Serge Gainsbourg, Kylie, Playgroup and Calexico, amongst others. We then hook up with Phoreski aka Neil Dunn who also runs his own Fat Fuk Records while having his disco-cake and eating it as Richard Gateaux. Coyote then get in on the action as veteran DJs Timm Sure and Ampo, right before Solar Disco label-head Maelstrom presents his exclusive cosmic disco vision. Homerun sees the guitar-playing, electronic producer Laurent Grauwels hark to his '80s roots, while Bottin takes it back with his blend of '70s disco, early '80s electro, and horror-disco. Rubber Room (aka Disco Devil label runners Skinny Joey and Ferre) deliver one of the standout tracks on the compilation with the superb Italo-infected "Cockroach" and Massimiliano Pagliara continues the strong Italo influence with his collection of analogue synths and drum machines. Spektrum are one of the more well-known names popping up on this exclusive compilation and here we see DJ Cosmo get to grips with the gorgeous vocal refrain of "Fit Together." Then we have Lullabies In The Dark get their lips around an ice cold, staccato funk-filled number while Igor Skafar aka Ichisan gets his retro-futuristic-space-funk together. Things round off in fine style as the fast-rising duo of Sasha Crnobrnja and Alex Gloor aka In Flagranti present some rolling disco-funk against the stunning, slo-mo, chord-laden funk of Lovelock. Roll down the windows, turn the stereo up and let the cosmic Balearic beats flood in.
Eskimo
CD
$16.25

Various
Mister Foe Original Soundtrack
PS, US "Mister Foe" is a magical story of redemptive love, loss, and life on the rooftops of Edinburgh. Young Hallam (Jamie Bell from "Billy Elliot") is almost over the sudden death of his mother when he begins to suspect that his stepmother may have had a hand in her death. Fleeing his family for Edinburgh, his obsessions take a dangerous (and comic) turn as he falls in love with a girl who happens to look like his mother. The soundtrack is comprised entirely of music from the Domino Records roster of artists and features an exclusive Franz Ferdinand track, "Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow". Other stars include Sophia Myles ("Extras"), Ciaran Hinds ("There Will Be Blood"), Ewen Bremner ("Trainspotting"), and Claire Forlani ("For Your Consideration").
Domino
CD
$8.00

Various
Auteur Labels: Object Music
PS, UK 27 tracks. LTM present a new volume in the ongoing compilation series Auteur Labels, here profiling cult Manchester imprint Object Music. Active between 1978 and 1981, pioneering Manchester post-punk label Object Music was founded by songwriter and deejay Steve Solamar to release records by his own group, Spherical Objects. Their first album, Past & Parcel, arrived in August 1978. Object soon began releasing records by other artists, many of them active in the Manchester Musicians' Collective. After singles by Spherical Objects, the Passage, Steve Miro, Grow Up, Contact and others, in 1979 the label took the unusual step of concentrating on albums, releasing 7 in 12 months. However Object Music ceased operations in 1981 after Steve Solamar corrected a lifelong contradiction and became a woman. Auteur Labels: Object Music compiles tracks from singles released between September 1978 and July 1980, as well as select album tracks. Tracklist: SPHERICAL OBJECTS the kill; SPHERICAL OBJECTS the knot; STEVE MIRO & THE EYES dreams of desire; STEVE MIRO & THE EYES queen of the sea; GROW UP river; GROW UP stay awake; GROW UP 10 minutes; ALTERNOMEN UNLIMITED façade; WARRIORS martial time/martial law; STEVE MIRO up and about; STEVE MIRO smiling in reverse; SPHERICAL OBJECTS seventies romance; SPHERICAL OBJECTS sweet tooth; CONTACT fascinated by time; CONTACT nite time; THE PASSAGE troops out; THE PASSAGE my one request; MANCHESTER MEKON the cake shop device; IQ ZERO insects; GROW UP joanne; GROW UP swept away; GROW UP GGGDADGADADAD; STEVE SOLAMAR forewarned; THE NOYES BROTHERS the mutant; THE NOYES BROTHERS decision time; ALTERNOMEN UNLIMITED connections.
LTM-2527
CD
$17.00

Various
Oh, Run Into Me, But Don't Hurt Me!: Female Blues Singers - Rarities 1923-1930
PS, US The Sub Rosa label presents a collection of works from obscure and forgotten female blues singers. These voices have survived, through hardship and death, through the dark years of The Great Depression, when profoundly sincere and ferociously ironic blues were at their peak. However, this selection does not constitute a theme-based anthology: it is simply a few little-known female blues singers whose ambiguous leanings, double-entendres, and uncompromising crudeness had been censored by the propriety of their times ruled by sanctimonious prudishness and despicable segregation. These women were expressing a radically new form, or perhaps an ancient, primitive one that plumbs the depths of a universal heartache. Featuring Lucille Bogan, Virginia Liston, Lil Johnson, Margaret Johnson, Monette Moore, Margaret Carter, Jenny Pope, Lena Henry, Anna Jones, Rosa Henderson, Coletha Simpson, Martha Copeland, Ivy Smith and Memphis Minnie.
SubRosa
LP
$14.25

Various
Girls Rock!
PS, US CD release will coincide w/the release of the DVD of the film - a docmentary that captures the Rock & Roll CamFepm fomr eGirls that has revolutionized the way that girls & young women encounter & participate in music. Music from artists including PALACE, SONIC YOUTH, SLEATER-KINEEY, GOSSIP, LOW, RAINER MARIA & VIVA VOCE.
CherchezLa
CD
$13.75

Various
Notwave
PS, US RONG MUSIC (sub-label of DFA) has compiled a (somewhat) new take on the early 80s underground of New York City's No Wave sound. They've even coined a new sub-genre: "Notwave" documenting an updated version of one of the most influential periods in New York's musical history alongside some early classics. Feat. new, angular underground pop bands QUAD THROW SALCHOW, STRIPLIGHT & CIRCUITS, sinister techno & funk from NYC's WELCOME STRANGER & FREE BLOOD, acid rock from LA's NON-STOP, No Wave gems from the legendary JAMES CHANCE & THE CONTORTIONS & THE RESEARCH, disco not disco from FRESHRO, abstract minimal funk from Rong's own SCOTTY COATS, & rhythm-heavy dance music from MR. CHIN.
Rong/DFA
CD
$14.25

Various
Psychedelic Minds Vol. 1 (Heavy Underground 1967-71)
PS, US The international bands on this selection represent impressively the boiling point of the short living worldwide psychedelic rock movement between 1967-71 -- the years when garage punk evolved into heavy psychedelic rock with its wider soundscapes and complex improvisations. Volume 1 contains a dozen 45-rpm songs by lost psychedelic messengers (eight US bands and from Germany, Peru, France each one). The groups included are: Blackrock, Sound Machine, Yesterday's Obsession, Mastermind, Sangre Mexicana, Bhagavad Gita, Protein Bros, Purple Canteen, Los Nuevos Shains, Blow Mind and the A & B-side of legendary Dirty Filthy Mud. About half of the songs are previously unreissued and appear in stunning sound quality and 12p. poster-booklet. Certainly a piece of wax for Dr. Leary's students: 'Turn on, Tune in, Listen again!' To be continued.
WorldInSound
CD
$18.25

Verdure
Cross & Satellite Station [re-issue]
PS, AUSTRALIA An official reissue of the Cross & Satellite Station CDR from Bay Area psychster DONOVAN QUINN (SKYGREEN LEOPARDS, JEWELLED ANTLER COLLECTIVE). An eclectic blend of acid-folk sounds and ideas, delivered with strong songwriting, great pop hooks, aching, lo-fi vocals, strummed guitars, loops, organ, scattered percussion and samples, and an occasional burst of fuzzed-guitar. For fans of Tyrannosaurus Rex, Skip Spence's Oar, Nikki Sudden/Epic Soundtracks, Jandek, and the like. Australian import.
LexiconDevil
CD
$12.25

Viarosa
Send for the Sea
PS, US An eleven song "noir opera" that more deeply reveals the mystical vision of UK vocalist-songwriter Richard Neuberg and his bandmate-companions over the past six years. They are experts in roiling guitars, bittersweet viola & screaming lap steel, among the usual rock instrumentation. Viarosa's ability to express themselves in unique ways both lovely & grotesque earned them the fandom of REM, which asked them to open for the mega-band in Dublin at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin. They have also toured & played shows with Midlake, Robyn Hitchcock, Joan As A Policewoman & Alejandro Escovedo.
Tarnished
CD
$11.00

Vibracathedral Orchestra
My Gate's Open, Tremble By My Side
PS, AU A CD reissue of VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA's My Gate's Open, Tremble By My Side album originally released in 1999 as an LP by Roaratorio in an edition of 250 copies. Includes all the monolithic sheets of organic, repetitive drones and subtle rhythm and groove explorations of the original along with three bonus tracks recorded during the same sessions. Australian import.
LexinconDevil-012
CD
$12.25

Villa-Lobos, Heitor
Nonetto (An Impression Of The Whole Of Brazil)
PS, UK Precocious and full of wonderment, the Nonetto and Quatuor, written by Villa-Lobos in 1924 and 1921 respectively, are surely two of the unsung minor masterpieces of the early 20th Century. In its fusion of pagan rhythms and chanting with the brittle harmonies of the avant-garde, Nonetto brings to mind Stravinsky's Les Noces and Prokofiev's Scythian Suite. Yet the piece is also characterized by a freewheeling playfulness more suggestive of jazz and folk music than the concert hall. Those coming at the piece from a rock perspective are also likely to hear an uncanny foreshadowing of the more considered music of Frank Zappa. Quatuor (for flute, harp, celesta, alto saxophone and women¹s voices) is a thoroughly magical work also; a combination of dense, even knotty, harmonies and unashamed sensuality: Heitor Villa-Lobos is one of the best-kept secrets in music. This edition restores to print two historic performances of the Nonetto and Quatuor from 1941 and 1957 combining them with a set of exquisite Villa-Lobos guitar works performed by the great masters Andrés Segovia, Julian Bream and Laurindo Almeida.
El-150
CD
$15.50

Vivian Girls
I Can't Stay
PS, US The latest release by Brooklyn's VIVIAN GIRLS has arrived in the form of this handsome two-song seven inch single featuring two incredible brand new songs exclusive to this release. By now their praises have been sung from Terminal Boredom to Pitchfork to the New York Times. This is one case where you can believe the hype--this is GREAT stuff.
InTheRed
45
$4.75

Volcano!
Paperwork
PS, US Arriving in 2005 w/ an exclamatory bang, sporting an electrifying live set & an audacious debut album ('Beautiful Seizure'), VOLCANO! cast an eye over the parameters of rock & exponentially expanded them into unknown regions. After a 2-year hiatus, the Chicago trio strides onward w/ a new bounce in their step, & a new cohesive flow to their songs. 'Paperwork' is leaner & more considered than before; nearly everything begins w/ simple pop structures which are subsequently torn apart. The ragged, feverish dissonance & bright spaciousness of AARON WITH's guitar has much in common with Deerhoof or Dirty Projectors, but this time, more attention is focused on the beats & rhythms.
Leaf
CD
$15.25

War Tapes
S-T
PS, US wave and post punk. Have shared stages w/ Shiny Toy Guns, Moving Units and the Bravery and was even mentioned as one of the Smashing Pumpkins' new favorite bands. Oh boy!
Sarathan
CD5
$7.25

Woodhands
Heart Attack
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PaperBag
DLP
$22.00

Woodhands
Heart Attack
PS, US An electro-pop duo w/ a retlentlessly energetic live show & a total disdain for anything but balls to the wall, dirty,
sexy dance parties. The buzz has been built almost entirely on their live show, and have been dubbed "as close to a two-headed indie Timberlake as it gets.
PaperBag
CD
$13.75

Woven Hand
Ten Stones
PS, US In the words of Robert Browning, WOVENHAND heralds "another greater, wilder country" on "Ten Stones". From the jarring folk of "White Knuckle Grip", to the eerie bossa nova of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars", to the fiery foot-stomper "Not One Stone", the album forms a song-cycle that is singular in its breadth and eclecticism. Flanked by the haunting strains of the bandoneón and the drones of the double bass, Edwards' lyrical inversions stitch symbols into a tapestry of peaceable and hellish imagery-horsetails, honeybees, and bird wings meet flaming battles and barbed wire to proclaim sin's devastation and the sweetness of redemption. The music of Wovenhand is utterly unique, dizzying those who encounter it, with turnings and lashings of shadow and light.
SoundsFamilyre-20
LP
$11.50

Woven Hand
Ten Stones
PS, US New Woven Hand album from David Eugene Edwards, former leader for 16 Horsepower. In the words of Robert Browning, WOVENHAND heralds "another greater, wilder country" on "Ten Stones". From the jarring folk of "White Knuckle Grip", to the eerie bossa nova of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars", to the fiery foot-stomper "Not One Stone", the album forms a song-cycle that is singular in its breadth and eclecticism. Flanked by the haunting strains of the bandoneón and the drones of the double bass, Edwards' lyrical inversions stitch symbols into a tapestry of peaceable and hellish imagery-horsetails, honeybees, and bird wings meet flaming battles and barbed wire to proclaim sin's devastation and the sweetness of redemption. The music of Wovenhand is utterly unique, dizzying those who encounter it, with turnings and lashings of shadow and light.
AVERSION: "The thirtysomething singer returns with a sound so world-weary and cunningly insightful, you'd swear Edwards had been honing his craft since that whale barfed up Jonah. Returning to the dark and unwieldy matters of sin, redemption and Man's struggle to stay on the straight and narrow, Ten Stones is spiritual without being expressly religious. Edwards wraps his ten tales of mankind's struggle with his own nature in everything from nearly iconic semi-Biblical imagery (bees, birds) and an almost voodoo-like appropriation of symbology from the modern world (barbed wire, cast-off feathers). Every note he sings is borne of equal parts fire and brimstone, high plains dust and Denver smog, electric guitar and church organ."
SoundsFamilyre-20
CD
$11.50

Yeti
Issue #6 BOOK+CD
PS, US In the book, a lengthy and oral history of the New Zealand pop band THE CLEAN, an interview with GLASS CANDY, a chat with comedian KRISTEN SCHAAL, wo some of you may know from her role as the 'groupie' in Flight of the Conchords, an archival interview with SUN CITY GIRLS, an interview with PHILIP COHRAN, one time Arksetra member and fabulous jazz-funk composer, rare photos by ROBERT FRANK, recent photos by JUDY LINN & much more. On the accompanying cd: rare and UNRELEASED tracks from the CLEAN & SUN CITY GIRLS, as well as people covering them (CRYSTAL STILTS, DEVENDRA BANHART, PANTHER), plus PHILIP COHRAN, NO AGE, COLLECTION OF COLONIES OF BEES and more.
CD/BOOK
$10.75

Young Widows
Old Wounds
PS, US Arriving two years after their debut, Settle Down City, "Old Wounds" completes YOUNG WIDOWS' transformation into a top-shelf rock band firing on all cylinders. Forging the best parts of Nirvana, The Jesus Lizard, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Fugazi and The Melvins, "Old Wounds" is a series of dynamic, thoughtful tunes anchored by cavernous that will certainly push most speakers to their breaking point. For the unique production, the band reunited with uber-producer friend (and Converge guitarist) Kurt Ballou, who had been eager to experiment with recording the band in multiple environments, with the intent of capturing the definitive take of each song for the final cut of the album. Feeling most at home when they're not at home, they brought Ballou along on tour to record all of their live shows. In addition, they recorded multiple sets in their rehearsal space, and another set at Ballou's Godcity Studios in Boston, MA. After tediously combing through a dozen hours of recordings, they compiled and mixed the album. The result is a bonafide classic, overflowing with the sweaty euphoria of a great live show, and the high replay value of a perfectly sequenced, well-produced rock record.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-138
LP
$11.50

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

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

All Girl Summer Fun Band
Looking Into It (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US A stunning NEW pop album filled w/the band's signature crunch-fuzz guitars & dead-on melodic sense.
AGSFBMusic
CD
$13.75

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

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

Belle And Sebastian
Dear Catastrophe Waitress (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US Repress! Double-LP in gatefold sleeve.
RoughTrade
DLP
$26.00

Blau, Karl
Nature's Got Away (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

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

Blitzen Trapper
Furr (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$13.00

Blitzen Trapper
Furr (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US The fourth record by this Portland, OR sextet is the follow-up to last year's highly acclaimed "Wild Mountain Nation".
Subpop
CD
$13.00

Boduf Songs
How Shadows Chase the Balance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
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

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

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

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

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Town Topic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

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

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

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

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

Chairlift
Does You Inspire You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
PS, US 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

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

Co-Pilgrim
Pucker Up Buttercup (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

Crystal Antlers
EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US "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

Danielson Famile
Tri-Danielson!!! (Alpha/Omega) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US
SecretlyCanadian-045
LP
$11.50

Danielson Famile
Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SecretlyCanadian-042
DLP
$14.25

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

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
$17.00

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

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

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

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 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

Dora Flood
Dream Out Your Window (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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
$13.75

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

Dungen
4 (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Special 180 gram, ultra-deluxe vinyl version. LIMITED TO 5000!
SouthernLord
DLP
$20.00

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

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

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

Ewers, Suki
Kind of Hazy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

Flaherty, Paul
Aria Nativa (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

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
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

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

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

Genghis Tron
Board Up the House Remixes Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

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

Golden Smog
Stay Golden, Smog (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

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

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

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

Grubbs, David
Optimist Notes The Dusk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
LP
$14.75

Grubbs, David
Optimist Notes The Dusk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

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

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

Hayes, Gemma
Hollow Of Morning (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
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

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

High Places
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey
LP
$13.25

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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

Howling Hex
Earth Junk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
LP
$14.75

Howling Hex
Earth Junk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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 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

I Heart Lung
Interoceans (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

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

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

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

Jesus & Mary Chain, The
Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
PS, US 4 x CD boxset, 80 tracks total.
Rhino
CD-BOX
$61.00

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

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

Kalinich, Stephen John
A World Of Peace Must Come (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
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

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

Kiss The Anus of A Black Cat
Nebulous Dreams (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Conspiracy
LP
$16.75

Kiss The Anus of A Black Cat
Nebulous Dreams (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

Kool DJ Dust
The Disco Opera (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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
$17.25

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 VINYL VERSION!!!
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

Langhorne Slim
When The Sun's Gone Down [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US Re-issue of the critically acclaimed debut - repackaged w/a bonus disc containing 5 previously unreleased tracks.
Narnack
DCD
$14.25

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

Lewis, Jenny
Acid Tongue (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US New album from Rilo Kiley lady, features collaborations with M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel, Elvis Costello, and Chris Robinson among others.
WB/WEA
CD
$14.25

Lewis, Jenny
Acid Tongue (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DLP with CD.
WB/WEA
DLP/CD
$23.75

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

Lymbyc Systym
Love Your Abuser Remixed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

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 VINYL VERSION. 180 gram wax plus download card.
Epic
DLP
$21.00

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

Marmoset
Record In Red (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

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

Mercury Rev
Snowflake Midnight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
YepRoc
DLP
$18.25

Mercury Rev
Snowflake Midnight (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! HQ 180 vinyl in gatefold sleeve with MP3 coupon.
Matador
LP
$20.00

Mogwai
The Hawk Is Howling {Deluxe CD/DVD} (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

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

Nagisa Ni Te
Yosuga (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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
LP
$18.25

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

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

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

Ovo
Croce Via (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Load
LP
$12.50

Ovo
Croce Via (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
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

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

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

Peter Bjorn And John
Seaside Rock (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US *VERY*LIMITED* vinyl-only release, we'll do our damnedest! 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

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

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

Pixies, The
Bossanova [vinyl re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
4AD
LP
$15.00

Pixies, The
Trompe le Monde [vinyl re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
4AD
LP
$15.00

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

Proper, Mason
Olly Oxen Free (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US
Dovecoat
CD
$12.00

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

Quinn, Donovan & The 13th Month
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

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

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

Replacements, The
Tim [remaster, expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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."
Rhino/Ryko
CD
$17.75

Replacements, The
Please To Meet Me [remaster, expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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."
Rhino/Ryko
CD
$17.75

Replacements, The
Tim [remaster, vinyl re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!! The original album remastered on 180 gram virgin vinyl.
Rhino/Ryko
LP
$17.75

Replacements, The
Please To Meet Me [remaster, vinyl re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Original album remastered on 180 gram virgin vinyl.
Rhino/Ryko
LP
$17.75

Replacements, The
All Shook Down [remaster, expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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."
Rhino/Ryko
CD
$17.75

Replacements, The
Don't Tell A Soul [remaster, expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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."
Rhino/Ryko
CD
$17.75

Rev, Martin
Les Nymphes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
PS, US Instrumentalist in the legendary duo SUICIDE.
File13
CD
$13.50

Richter, Max
24 Postcards in Full Colour (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

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

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

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

Serena-Maneesh
S-M Backwards (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

Silver Jews
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

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

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

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

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

Ten Kens
Ten Kens (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

These Are Powers
Taro Tarot (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US These Are Powers make music like cashmere lightning. 6 new jams born in a Chicago summer & recorded during a Brooklyn Halloween. Testament to a new musical community w/William Salas II, aka Brenmar.
DeadOceans
CD
$9.50

These Are Powers
Terrific Seasons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Tight, cyclical, incrementally shifting grooves smeared w/spectral guitar & banshee vocals. Upends traditional stylistic expectations of acts operating w /in the noise-punk continuum. Arbiters of "ghost-punk"-an expansion & evolution into the emotional resonance of repetition of the unfamiliar.
DeadOceans
CD
$11.50

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

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

Tough Alliance, The
New Chance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
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

TV On the Radio
Dear Science (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Geffen
LP
$13.75

TV On the Radio
Dear Science (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US New album.
Geffen
CD
$15.00

U2
Under A Blood Red Sky [expanded deluxe re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
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
$30.00

U2
Under A Blood Red Sky [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
PS, US The original album remastered.
Island
CD
$12.25

USA Is A Monster
Space Program (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Load
LP
$12.50

Various
Teaism (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH)
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

Vivian Girls
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 3RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
InTheRed
LP
$10.50

Vivian Girls
S-T (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 3RD)
PS, US Breakout sirens of the New York loft-pop brigade who dish out seductive three-part vocal harmonies lushly interwoven w/ chest-pounding waves of beautiful feedback. RIYL the Jesus & Mary Chain, the Vaselines and the Shop Assistants. Pitchfork recommended.
InTheRed
CD
$13.00

Votolato, Rocky
A Brief History... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD)
PS, US Some of his earliest solo recordings, available on vinyl for the first time. LIMITED TO 1000.
GileadMedia
10"
$13.75

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

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

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

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

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

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

6blocc “Analog Clash” CD $14.00
Animal Collective “Peacebone” 12 $7.00
Believer “July/August 2008” ZINE $9.25
Black Ghosts “S-T” CD $11.50
Buffalo Tom “Three Easy Pieces” LP $18.00
Colours “Love Heals: The Complete Recordings” CD $15.50
Davis, Link “Gumbo Ya-Ya - The Best Of 1948-58” CD $15.50
Detroit Cobras “Original Recordings” LP $13.75
Dream Magazine “#8” ZINE $7.25
Elephant 9 “Dodo Voodoo” CD $18.00
Etziony, Yair “Flawed” CD $16.25
Feral Children “Second/Last Frontier” CD $12.25
Funckarma “Dubstoned EP” 12 $10.75
Giant Robot “#54” ZINE $4.75
Green, Kathe “Run’ the Length Of Your Wildness” CD $15.50
Greene, Burton “Bloom in Commune” CD $12.75
Grimm, Joe “Brain Cloud” CD $16.25
Ikeda, Ken “Mist on the Window” CD $16.25
Leila “Blood, Looms, & Blooms” CD $13.00
Logan, Giuseppi “Quartet” CD $0.00
Martha And The Muffins “Danseparc” CD $15.50
Mason, Dave & Cass Elliot “Self-Titled” CD $15.50
Opitope “Hau” CD $16.25
Pacific! “Reveries” CD $16.00
Peanut Butter Conspiracy “For Children Of All Ages” CD $15.50
Ruhlmann, Mathieu & Celer “Mesoscaphe” CD $16.25
Telepathic Butterflies “Breakfast in Suburbia” DLP $18.25
Totem “Live at Birdland” CD $12.75
Virgin Passages “Distance” CD $14.50
Woodbox Gang “Drunk as Dragons” CD $16.00
Xiu Xiu “Women As Lovers” LP $13.25
Yamamoto, Eri “Duologue” CD $12.50
Ystavat, Kemialliset “Harmaa Laguuni” CD $13.00

Parasol New Arrivals • September 16, 2008
Hey friends, Yes indeed, it's about that time to hip you to the jam-packed releases that have graced our walls early this week. It just so happens that a little birdie told me that Unbunny's "Sensory Underload: Uncertain Trks 1996-2008" disc will be arriving at Parasol HQ today and let me tell you sumthin, that there anticipation's killing me. I also heard through the grapevine that it has been a while since you've done something nice for yourself. How can this possibly be true? Why don’t give yourself a treat, give yourself a laugh, apologize to your pocketbook later, and put the mundane tasks of daily life on pause for a spell. Need a nudge in the right direction? All right, let us tackle this one together, shall we? Be sure to check the following off of your list: Unbunny, Mogwai, Vivian Girls, Noagon, Arab On Radar, Conifer, and Raglani. Word is bond, Roy
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Parasol Mail Order Pick of the Week
	Unbunny "Sensory Underload: Uncertain Trks 1996-2008" CD $9.00 (A Hidden Agenda Record) Parasol Label Group Presents: Took a couple years but we've finally got this long-awaited Unbunny release delivered. While Jarid del Deo tours Europe and gets the next Unbunny record imaginated we're thrilled to have this truly cohesive and near-comprehensive new collection of Unbunny EPs, singles, rarities and previously unreleased recordings spanning the last dozen years, including the out-of-print Typist EP! Many tracks here appear on handy compact disc for the very first time. *Visit the Sensory Underload* release page for a free mp3.**
Roy's Vinyl Pick of the Week
	Maniac's Dream "Zanzibar" LP $13.00 (Arbor) Finland is the epicenter of collective music-making. Under the name Maniac's Dream, members of a variety of Finnish bands such as Avarus, Fricara Pacchu, Kemialliset Ystävät, and more come together to create blown-out free rock (not your typical stoner guitar jams). Their unique/bizarre approach to music-making constantly questioning the construction/deconstruction of sound creates songs at times recalling the electro-acoustic clatter drone of Avarus crossed with tribal rhythms and intergalactic guitar zones. Total sonic freedom with a punk ethos directly influenced by a trip to Zanzibar prior to recording this record (which is a reissue of the long sold-out tape originally released on Lal Lal Lal in 2006). In an edition of 450 records on light blue vinyl with printed labels and full color pro-printed fold-over sleeves with art by Benjamin Bergman and an insert.
Thrillsville: Parasol staff's weekly picks
Jim picks: Motorpsycho - Little Lucid Moments CD Angie picks: Tractor Kings - Homesick CD I can't stop listening to this! ROY picks: Vivian Girls "I Can't Stay" 45
New Releases 18th Dye Amorine Queen PS, DENMARK New album, their first in 13 years, from awesome Danish/German outfit who had several amazing albums released by Matador in the 90s. Half the album's up on their myspace page, check it out. With their groundbreaking, catchy and consistently explosive rock 18TH DYE earned great recognition in the international music press during the 90s. They toured all over the US and Europe and left a name, which has inspired a vast number of bands. With Amorine Queen 18TH DYE continue their intensive work during the 90s. 18TH DYE doesn't just thrill the fans from ten years ago, but also carry away a new audience - a fact that's hard to miss at their recent concerts. CrunchyFrog CD $16.25 924 Gilman Street S-T PS, US Punk notables JELLO BIAFRA, IAN MACKAYE, LARS FREDERICKSON & MATT FREEMAN (RTAeNnCtaIcDle) among others lend their perspective, while live footage of bands as diverse as OPERATION IVY, SCREECHING WEASEL, PINHEAD GUNPOWDER, PANSY DIVISION, FLESHIES, AGAINST ME!, TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS, etc. show the synergy of band, audience, & venue that makes this a special place. The feat film is 86 mins long, & incl a short film as well as surround sound & classroom versions of the audio. AlternativeTenticles DVD $17.25 Adasiewicz, Jason Rolldown PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! 482Music LP $16.25 AIDS Wolf Cities of Glass PS, US "Easily one of the best bands in the city right now. Discordance still rules their roost, but more prog is rearing its head--that both teases & startles" - Montreal Mirror SkinGraft CD $14.25 AIDS Wolf Cities of Glass PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! LovePumpUnited DLP $18.75 Alps, The III PS, UK Although III might be the third album from San Francisco trio The Alps, it marks their first studio-based record and a fresh direction for the psychedelic supergroup. Made up of Tarentel mainman Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, ex-Tussle member Alexis Georgopoulos (better known as ARP), and ex-Troll member Scott Hewicker, there is a deft amount of skill on display as the three rip through eight tracks of sizzling spiritual bliss. Comparisons here are easy to bring up -- Popol Vuh, Ennio Morricone and Serge Gainsbourg spring to mind for starters, as the band toss and tangle through thick drum breaks and reverberating, sun-drenched guitar lines. III feels like a lost soundtrack to some crumbling Italian surrealist classic with its pounding bass lines and swirling synths. The finest excesses of progressive rock and the leanest intricacies of the psychedelic folk scene have been splashed together with a distinct, dusty funk overlook to produce something which is totally out of time. The Alps show us that there's more to psychedelia than meets the eye. Type LP $17.75 Alvarez, Lesser, Gonzalez Why Is Bear Billowing PS, US A couple years ago, Baltimore's Alvarez was playing stripped down electro-pop (60s French chanteuse style) in the band Cache Cache. Other projects include playing guitar in the drone-tinged country-folk group The Tall Grass, as well as an electronic side project called The Ruby Stallion Ensemble. On this release, Lesser and his acoustic guitar craft some of the prettiest folk tunes you'll hear this year. He delivers his songs with a sense of whimsical earnestness, and has garnered comparisons to Nick Drake, John Fahey, and Donovan. Carpark CD $13.00 Arab On Radar Sunshine for Shady People PS, US An ingenious plague, Arab on Radar was genetically engineered to avoid easy detection. Operating under the guise of a musical group, the band traveled via an underground network. Their music was a sonic assault as they toured from city to city. For Shady People is a document, alive and rootless, showing a band that has no semblance to daddy's "Rock 'n' Roll" The story of this band will infect you. ThreeOneG DVD $15.75 Asteroid #4 These Flowers of Ours PS, US Rooted deep in psychedelic music, specifically that of the 1960's & early 1990's British bands, A4 has never shied away from wearing their influences firmly on their sleeves. Dabbling in everything from Anglo-induced guitar pop to the "Cosmic American" sounds of vintage L.A. country. CommitteetoKeepMusicEvil CD $14.50 Autistic Daughters Uneasy Flowers PS, GERMANY Released on CD in March of 2008 on Kranky, Uneasy Flowers is the second album by New Zealand's Autistic Daughters, the intercontinental trio of Dean Roberts (guitar, vocals), Martin Brandlmayr (percussion, computer) and Werner Dafeldecker (guitar, bass). It is also the fourth in a series of records in which Roberts, having begun in more abstract territory in New Zealand's mid-1990s "free noise" ferment, has embraced song, lyric and voice as vessels for topographic and psychoanalytic tracings of the impacts of territory and nomadism on the subject. This is reflected by the shape-shifting nature of the outfit: while Autistic Daughters (whose name comes from a lyric from their first record Jealousy And Diamond) are resolutely a trio, they also work in cinematic format, with ancillary players behind the trio's complex, worm-turning arrangements: in this instance, Chris Abrahams of The Necks, Martin Siewert and Valerio Tricoli. With Uneasy Flowers, Roberts traces the internal and external workings of one protagonist: or, rather, a protagonist who "contains multitudes," a Whitmanian figure that dissolves the unified self. Rather, this character, "Rehana," embodies multiplicity and fragmentation in order to both a) address loss and b) aim toward transfiguration, transcendence. There are traces in the lyrics -- traces of addiction and desire, myth and transformation -- that are obliquely reflected in the music's structure, its uneasy tension between the pop song (the "moment") and experiment (the "process"). In some ways, it reminds of the structural, loop-based cinema of figures like Malcolm LeGrice: taking one moment and stretching it, the better to capture its nuances and to draw out all the repressed material caught in the mise-en-scène, the hidden, cloaked content that erupts when your world spirals out of your control and gets caught in webs of interpersonal politic. The move from intimacy to the capture of the "greater picture" enacted by both lyric and music here resembles a camera dollying out, a shift of perspective unsettling for its vertigo-inducing qualities. Experimental deconstructionism within a pop framework that is contemplative, well-crafted, and gracefully unsettling. Staubgold CD $16.25 Barr, Brad The Fall Apartment: Instrumental Guitar PS, US This is guitarist Brad Barr's solo debut, The Fall Apartment: Instrumental Guitar. As a member of Northeast-based band The Slip, Brad's guitar prowess has always been notable, but his true gifts and distinct musical voice are on full display throughout this solo guitar album. A heady set of original compositions is complimented by such diverse covers as Maria La O by legendary Cuban musician Ernesto Lecuona, Kurt Cobain's 'Heart Shaped Box,' and Le Trio Ferret's 'Gin Gin.' The introspective tone of the album recalls such autumnal, overlooked loner guitar gems as Lenny Breau's Cabin Fever or Richard Crandell's In The Flower Of Our Youth, while staking out a thoroughly modern approach to solo guitar here in the late '00s. TompkinsSquare CD $12.00 Bass Communion & Pig Live In Mexico City PS, US Limited edition of 500 copies and packaged in a deluxe screen printed jacket with a clear spot gloss print. There are 5 different cover color variations each limited to 100 copies and containing a different color of vinyl. Packaged, like all Important releases, in a handy resealable Japanese poly-bag. Printed by Neil Burke at Monoroid. Steven Wilson - guitar / laptop, andres solis - turntables, rogelio sosa - voice, daniel goldaracena - devices. Recorded live at laboratorio de arte alameda in mexico city on 27th feb 2008. Collaboration with the live action / improv group from Mexico City PIG. This will only be available on vinyl and is the companion release to the Bass Communion record Moltov And Haze being issued on Important Records simultaneously. Important-194 LP $23.00 Bauer, Matt The Island Moved In the Storm PS, US A series of overlapping narratives inspired by the story of a young woman found dead in Kentucky in 1968. The songs explore what it means to be home and to be lost, what it means to pass from life to death. The arrangements are sparse and haunting, dark and beautiful. LaSocieteExpedion CD $11.50 Beach Boys Pet Sounds PS, US Get 'em while you can! Capitol LP $20.00 Biosphere Substrata 2 PS, UK 2001 release, repressed! "Biosphere's 2nd release for Touch after Cirque is a double CD in digipak designed by Jon Wozencroft. The release consists of: CD1 -- Substrata: Originally released in 1997 on All Saints Records, this remastered version of Substrata contains 11 tracks with a total length of 55:20. '...by many (the undersigned included) considered to be the finest ambient album of the 1990s'. CDTwo -- Man with a Movie Camera: Contains 9 tracks, total length 53:32. The first 7 tracks consist of the soundtrack to Man with a Movie Camera [Verdov, USSR 1929], originally commissioned for the Tromsø International Film Festival in 1996, released here for the first time. The last 2 tracks, 'Endurium' and 'The End of the Cyclone', were originally released on the limited edition Japanese version of Substrata in 1997 -- they have never before been released outside Japan." Touch DCD $17.75 Black Nielson Current Sunlight PS, AUSTRALIA Beautiful 2005 album from now defunct British troubadours. Mike now plays in LTI band Co-pilgrim. At just under 5 years since the inception of the band, Black Nielson has established an impressive reputation, both on record and as a live act. The modest level of success achieved by the band can be traced in a steady trajectory from noble beginnings on the south coast of England, formed by principle songwriter Michael Gale... And that trajectory shows no sign of abating. LowTransitIndustries-022 CD $13.50 Black President S-T PS, US For Los Angeles-based soul-inflected punk band all it took was one song, penned by guitarist & founder Charlie Paulson (GOLDFINGER) titled "Last Fucking Hope," to light the fuse on a whole new musical powderkeg. With the addition of Christian Martucci (CHELSEA SMILES & Dee Dee Ramone's band), Roy Mayorga (NAUSEA & SOULFLY) and east-coast hardcore veteran Jason Christopher the band plays aggressive music that acknowledges American 60s soul. Look for the band to explode on Vans Warped Tour 08 & to tour extensively throughout 2008 CobraMusic CD $12.00 Boddicker Big Lionhearted & The Galant Man PS, AUSTRALIA Quirky debut album from teen prodigy co-written & recorded by Brain Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine). "A rambling, rollicking and spikey vision of Americana, indie-rock and blues... brilliant" ROLLING STONE - 3 1/2 stars "Touched by a beautiful naievity and innocence, this is where all pop music originated from. Worth seeing where Boddicker can go with it" THE CITY HUB LowTransitIndustries-059 CD $13.50 Boredoms Voaltz/Relerer [Limited Edition] PS, JAPAN Going quick!!! RhythmRepublic 12 $19.00 Boston Spaceships Brown Submarine PS, US ROBERT POLLARD (Guided By Voices) returns w/ members of GBV, TAKEOVERS, DECEMBERISTS, JICKS, etc. for an album that rocks hard in the vein of Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, Wire, & the dBs. This is pure pop punk w/ a few moments of subtle prog flourishes & acoustic strums & finds Pollard charged up & singing his ass off. GuidedByVoicesInc CD $15.25 Boston Spaceships Brown Submarine PS, US VINYL VERSION. GuidedByVoicesInc LP $17.00 Bound Stems Family Afloat PS, US This expresses a crucial personal transition & a collective one. While BOUND STEMS quit their day-jobs to tour relentlessly throughout 2006 in support of their previous album (one that garnered praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Alternative Press, URB & Chicago Tribune), the band returned home ready for new challenges, & made the communal decision to return to the more stable life of work weeks & strong roots. It was a choice that also ultimately made the concept of home central to this 2008 album. The songs sound like preparation: the family has grown now, to include new ones being formed in Chicago. But there's no settling down in these songs: family life is raw & confusing, as uncomfortable & unexpected & rewarding as crucial. Flameshovel CD $13.25 Bound Stems Family Afloat PS, US LTD ED 180gm LP vinyl. 500 total pressing (250 black/250 orange). Includes digital download code. Flameshovel LP $13.25 Braid Frame & Canvas PS, US These guys toured so much they should be the poster boys for Rand McNally. Seminal album that defined a genre and cemented Braid's legacy - Frame and Canvas has been out of print on LP for several years. LP is on premium 180 gram vinyl and includes a digital download code. Polyvinyl-018 LP $12.50 Brimstone Howl We Came in Peace PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Alive LP $13.50 Brimstone Howl We Came in Peace PS, US Described by NME as "Beatles-headed psych-nerds w/a taste for razor sharp snake-rock". Despite it's cryptic title this is another fun explosion of fuzz & American-gothic chit-chatter, w/"weird fictional adventure stories, & beginner blues guitar lessons from mongoloids," as they like to describe it. Includes bonus track not on the vinyl. Alive CD $13.50 Broadfield Marchers Inevitable Continuing PS, US Psychedelic power pop gems likened to early R.E.M.-meets-Pink Floyd. These short & succinct songs (many under two minutes) are ethereal, sophisticated, & filled w/pop craftsmanship. RainbowQuartz CD $13.50 Brokaw, Chris Canaris PS, US Solo album by CHRIS BROKAW (past & present bands incl. COME, CODEINE, PULLMAN, FFLASHLIGHTS, DIRTMUSIC, THURSTON MOORE & THE NEW WAVE BANDITS, THE NEW YEAR). This is Chris' 5th album & was recorded in June 2008 in both Hoboken, NJ & Cambridge, MA. This is an instrumental album entirely for solo acoustic guitar - the 1st half "straight acoustic," while the 2nd half is acoustic plugged into amps & pedals. Feat. a cover of Vlad Tepes' 13 min. epic "Drink the Poetry of Celtic Disciple" - as well as the title track, an 18 min. drone/feedback piece. Overall, kinda reminds us John Fahey and Pullman. CapitanRecords CD $14.00 Broken West Now Or Heaven PS, US Their sophomore full-length originates from home - the longing to get there and all that comes from being there. Each song is a maturation from the band's debut. The familiar catchy melodies are still there, as are the sublime harmonies and wry guitars, but "Now Or Heaven" is infused with a deeper, more serious perspective of the world. Merge CD $14.00 Cale, John Process OST PS, US Originally released in 2005, Process is an original soundtrack recording by John Cale and marks the beginning of his creative relationship with avant-garde filmmaker CS Leigh. The film, featuring Beatrice Dalle and Guillaume Depardieu, was described by Variety as being "one of the most adventurous works" screened at 2004's Berlinale," with Leigh displaying "a take-no-prisoners arthouse rigor." With Cale being "no stranger to taking music in experimental directions" (Rolling Stone), the coming together of director and composer was a natural and inspired union. Leigh explains: "When I was working on Process in the earliest stages I knew I wanted to work with Cale. He has made groundbreaking contributions to difficult cinema and understands the architecture of film sound better than anyone I know. Cale gives you more than music. He gives you a sound landscape that permeates every frame and resounds beyond the borders." Cale's work for Process is a haunting, discordant collection of mostly solo piano pieces, described by the Edinburgh International Film Festival catalog as being a "menacing and incendiary score." Cale has created a sound that perfectly compliments the radical approach of CS Leigh, of whom Le Figaro writes: "His aesthetic sense is taken to extremes. His incisive images disturb, shock. You cannot stay indifferent watching Process." Continuing in this vein, the soundtrack is at once ominous, provocative yet poignant. Syntax CD $16.25 Calexico Carried to Dust PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Quarterstick LP $14.00 Calexico Carried to Dust PS, US There's always been intrigue & adventure at the heart of CALEXICO. Since the beginning (now 18 yrs together), they have constantly imbued their music w/ an unparalleled sense of drama, calling upon the myths & iconography of the American West & its Spanish speaking neighbor Mexico. Equal parts Sergio Leone, Larry McMurtry, Carlos Fuentes & Cormac McCarthy. Their most varied & strongest work to date. Guest appearances by SAM BEAM (IRON & WINE), DOUG MCCOMBS (TORTOISE), & PIETA BROWN. Tons of press slated from Uncut, Spin, Paste, Filter, tons more. Digipak CD. Quarterstick CD $14.25 Callers Fortune PS, US The 11 songs here channel a temporal sense of place & hope over despair. W/the wounded perseverance of Karen Carpenter & the vulnerable, tough-as-nails courage of Heart's Ann Wilson, SARA LUCAS' voice is rich & unforgettable. RYAN SEATON's guitar work is equally engaging, as he masterfully delivers beautiful & unusual chords, gritty distortion, & even intricate flourishes that call to mind the ever-impressive Tinariwen. WesternVinyl-52 CD $11.50 Camp, Greg Defektor PS, US Camp is best known as the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum songwriter/guitarist of Smash Mouth. He pulls out all the stops on his new solo album with fourteen shiny new songs, spanning such influences as 60s pop, surf, garage, spaghetti western soundtracks, rock 'n' roll, new wave, and funk. BarNone CD $12.50 Can Out of Reach PS, US Cleopatra CD $16.00 Can Out of Reach PS, US Cleopatra CD $16.00 caUSE co-MOTION I Lie Awake PS, US Following a series of increasingly rad singles on labels like What's Yr Rupture? and the band's own Can't Cope, caUSE co-MOTION! bring their patented reverb-happy pop to Slumberland and it just fits like a glove. Like their previous records, I Lie Awake is produced to crash-boom-bang perfection by Tim Barnes (Rogers Sisters, Sonic Youth). A blazing chaos of jangle, clatter, and thump - busted strings and broken hearts. Hummable tunes to scratch that TVPs/Pastels/Comet Gain itch, with more than a dash of 14 Iced Bears and Desperate Bicycles in there too. Three doses of pure DIY pop pleasure, straight from the garage to your ears, feet and heart. caUSE co-MOTION! have been playing at gigs and parties around NYC and across the country since 2002, sharing stages with folks like Love Is All, Tyvek and Vivian Girls while developing their unique sound and a rabid, enthusiastic group of fans. I Lie Awake might be their most concentrated blast yet, and is an ideal taster for the compilation CD featuring all of the bands singles, due out on Slumberland later this fall. Slumberland 45 $5.25 Chambers, Don & Goat Zebulon PS, US Don Chambers and Goat dispenses with gimmickry, but its lyrics and arrangements are well prepared for a level field...it marks Chambers as a dukes-up purveyor of eerie sincerity" - Flagpole Magazine. "...sounds like Tom Waits if he'd grown up in the north Georgia mountains" - Nashville Scene. WarmElectronic CD $12.00 Chemical Brothers Brotherhood [deluxe expanded retrospective] PS, US Fifteen-track "Best Of", includes two new tracks. Second disc is ten tracks from their series of DJ test pressings called Electronic Battle Weapon. Astralwerks DCD $25.00 Chemical Brothers Brotherhood [retrospective] PS, US Fifteen-track Best Of includes more recent offerings and two new tracks, block rockin' beats galore. Astralwerks CD $17.75 Chisel, Cory & the Wandering Sons Cabin Ghosts EP PS, US Major-label debut EP for awesome Midwest band featuring Parasol duo Elanors. Six songs serve as a teaser to their upcoming full-length. Based in Appleton, WI with his band, The Wandering Sons, Chisel's six song EP, "Cabin Ghosts" reflects the inspiration of his upbringing with a spare Americana-saturated sound that is its own exquisite blend of folk-country and Delta blues. With his voice full of soul and longing, Chisel's expressive vocals and the Sons' loosely orchestrated, impeccable playing emerge fully formed yet somehow familiar and as confident in its sonics as in its lyrical echoes of existential grace and mystery. RCA/BlackSeal CD5 $5.25 Chunklet #20 PS, US The final installment in a trilogy of EP's recorded for Acuarela. This is the most commercial & (shockingly) danceable thing they've ever recorded. Part Bacharach, part Television, part Orange Juice, the E.P. shares the pristine clarity, light & shade of 'God Save the Clientele', but adds a new element of summer pop perfection. This is the group as a hazily remembered 1970s cartoon series, all distanced off-key colours; imaginary summer hits, radio waves beamed in from a dream-discotheque. ZINE $10.00 Clientele, The That Night, A Forest Grew PS, SPAIN This is the third, and last, of a trilogy of E.P.s the Clientele have recorded for Acuarela. They have always used the Acuarela E.P.s as a way to stretch out between albums, to create a through-the-looking-glass version of the band that shadows the better-known history of their albums. 'Ariadne' experimented with drones and minimalism; 'The Lost Weekend' stretched the foggy sound of their debut to epic proportions. In contrast "That Night, a Forest Grew' is the most commercial and -shockingly- danceable thing they've ever recorded. Part Bacharach, part Television, part Orange Juice, the E.P. shares the pristine clarity, light and shade of 'God Save the Clientele', but adds a new element of summer pop perfection. This is The Clientele as a hazily remembered 1970s cartoon series, all distanced off-key colors; imaginary summer hits, radio waves beamed in from a dream-discotheque. Acuarela-067 CD5 $8.25 Coil/The New Blockaders/Vortex Campaign The Melancholy Mad Tennant PS, US Limited edition of 500 copies. Limited edition of 500 copies on 180 gram vinyl. Originally released on cassette in 1984 and then on cd in an edition of 500. In 1984 Vortex Campaign invited Coil and The New Blockaders to collaborate. The result, unofficially referred to as "Dolbied", was released on cassette in an edition of 50. The release has since gone on to become legendary, showcasing two of the most influential groups in the scene at the early stages of their development. "The Melancholy Mad Tenant" is an authorized release, sanctioned by all three groups. Formed in 1983 the output of Coil has ranged from the avant-garde, to experimental neoclassical, to extended excursions into pure electronica. Many bands and composers have cited Coil as an influence. Coil were mainly a studio group, but in 2000 they commenced a successful series of tours that proved to be extremely remarkable events. The New Blockaders began in 1982 with the release of the debut LP "Changez Les Blockeurs" which is cited by many as a defining moment in the history of noise music. TNB have gone on to influence a generation of artists from Japanese noise-maestro Merzbow to noise punks Wolf Eyes. Important-189 LP $25.75 Collins Beat, Paul Ribbon of Gold PS, US Produced by Chips Kiesby (Hellacopters, Nomads) Ribbon of Gold features 10 new songs from pop's illegitimate son, Paul Collins. After a 12 year recording silence, Paul Collins re-surfaced with Flying High, recorded at home with his new comrade in arms, guitar slinger Octavio Vinck and what would become the start of his new Spanish band. Flying High was a simple affair sporting songs that spanned Paul's musical career and landscape, from the Beat-ish power chords of Rock n Roll Shoes and More Than Yesterday, to the all out melodic pop of Helen to the roots rocking Will You Be A Women the record encompasses all the facets of Paul's writing ability, showcased with a simple and straight forward production style. GetHip CD $14.25 Colourmusic f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13 PS, US Basing their work on Newton's color theories, Oklahoma's highly conceptual Colourmusic are ready to conquer the world with their full-length debut. MERRY SWANKSTER: "An energetic display of high-octane indie rock mixed with heavy theatrics." GreatSociety CD $13.75 Coltrane, John Love Supreme (Remastered) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Impulse LP $13.50 Conifer Crown Fire PS, US Though Conifer has received quite a bit of critical praise they've somehow managed to live off the grid for the past six years. With "Crown Fire", Conifer is finally getting the exposure they deserve. Mixing post-rock, kraut-rock, metal and pschychedlia they have created this relentlessly driving and hypnotic masterpiece. Crown Fire's only vocals are from Oxbow's Eugene Robinson fronting the albums final 13 minute epic. Conifer has been writing primarily instrumental music with a lawless take on the styles from which they've taken cue. New content is found by way of augmenting brutality and suspense with time. Conifer seems to reckon with the notions of bands like Enemymine, Mogwai, or Grails while taking an approach toward their music that's entirely meditative (as opposed to premeditated). Minimal, ethereal passages are narcotically lengthened and crescendos of distortion are sustained well beyond the boundaries adhered to by many of their peers. Important-209 CD $13.00 Cornelius Sensurround & B-Sides PS, US DVD version of the wonderful Sensuous, including videos that have been used in the live shows of the latest tour, short films directed by Tsujikawa Koichiro, Takagi Masakatsu and Groovisions. Additionally, a bonus audio CD is included, bringing you the b-sides & remixes from the Sensuous project. Includes a rare collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto, remixes by Prefuse 73 and The Books, plus a capella versions by Petra Haden. Everloving DVD/CD $24.50 D+ What is Doubt For? PS, US KARL BLAU, Phil Elverum (MT. EERIE/MICROPHONES) & Bret Lunsford (BEAT HAPPENING) return w/their 6th proper release that continues further down their path of minimalism. Knw-Yr-Own CD $14.75 Dawson, Kimya Alphabutt PS, US K is proud to announce the release of KIMYA DAWSON'S new studio album, "Alphabutt". Set for a September 9th release, "Alphabutt" is a collection of children's songs written by Dawson along with a number of her musical friends and their children. Hailed by the likes of Rolling Stone, NPR, Blender and Pitchfork, as a seriously talented wordsmith, Dawson successfully leads a group of children in this sunny and energetic batch of songs with plenty of fun in the form of snapping fingers, clapping hands and stamping feet. "Alphabutt" follows up the highly successful soundtrack, "JUNO", which featured many of Dawson's songs. Like Dawson's previous releases, "Alphabutt", succeeds by being tender and vulnerable, silly and raw while maintaining the intimacy and sense of community that has become so special to both fans and critics. Clocking in at 27 minutes, "Alphabutt" effortlessly showcases Dawson's powerful talent for storytelling. Krecords-193 CD $11.50 Dawson, Kimya Alphabutt PS, US K is proud to announce the release of KIMYA DAWSON'S new studio album, "Alphabutt". Set for a September 9th release, "Alphabutt" is a collection of children's songs written by Dawson along with a number of her musical friends and their children. Hailed by the likes of Rolling Stone, NPR, Blender and Pitchfork, as a seriously talented wordsmith, Dawson successfully leads a group of children in this sunny and energetic batch of songs with plenty of fun in the form of snapping fingers, clapping hands and stamping feet. "Alphabutt" follows up the highly successful soundtrack, "JUNO", which featured many of Dawson's songs. Like Dawson's previous releases, "Alphabutt", succeeds by being tender and vulnerable, silly and raw while maintaining the intimacy and sense of community that has become so special to both fans and critics. Clocking in at 27 minutes, "Alphabutt" effortlessly showcases Dawson's powerful talent for storytelling. Krecords-193 LP $10.25 Dead Science Villainaire PS, US A majestic, ornate & soaring collection of pos-ounk avant-pop. A brilliant song cycle driven by layers fo vibrato-laden voice, dark lyricism & sterling guitar work. Guest vocals by Craig Wredren(SHUDDER TO THINK). Constellation CD $15.25 Dead Science Villainaire PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Constellation LP $17.00 Dear, Matthew Dog Days: The Robsoul Remixes PS, US The Robsoul Remixes is a cross-continental project that mines the connections between Matthew Dear's precision techno-pop and the French label's expansive funk. DJ Sneak engineers "Dog Days" into an ebullient house romper. Robsoul boss Phil Weeks revives the unforgettable disco string sweeps of the original and stretches them tight against a crackling, frog-hiccup loop. Finally, Chris Carrier presents an upbeat, verdant minimal track, building micro-clips of bongo strikes and hi-hat hisses around seductive fades and vocal stutters. SpectralSound 12 $11.50 Desveaux, Angela Mighty Ship PS, US Follow up release to her 2006 debut. This album borrows its title from a traditional folk ballad about the Titanic, but it also refers to DESVEAUX's Grandmother, which whom she is very close & who sadly lost her 1st husband at sea. Ever since the release of her debut album & after much touring w/ Bruce Cockburn, Archer Prewitt, Califone & Howe Gelb - Desveaux is now a much more confident bandleader, which is apparent on this album. It is a bold step for her - the song writing is assured &, as always, her voice & range takes center stage - very much influenced & informed by artists like Chrissy Hynde, Wayne Coyne, Neil Young, Gillian Welch & Lucinda Williams. ThrillJockey CD $14.00 Desveaux, Angela Mighty Ship PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! ThrillJockey LP $11.50 Die Kreuzen October File [vinyl re-issue] PS, US Vinyl version of this classic Touch and Go release, incl. MP3 download code. Remember that flannel shirt movement in the 90s? This is what those guys were listening to. TouchAndGo LP $11.00 Die Kreuzen S-T [vinyl re-issue] PS, US Vinyl version of this classic Touch and Go release, incl. MP3 download code. Their self-titled debut is considered one of the most seminal hardcore records of the early 80s and has been unavailable on vinyl for thirteen years. TouchAndGo LP $11.00 Donkeys, The Living On The Other Side PS, US If THE DONKEYS' backstory contains those top-down cars and suntanned utopian surf tableaus, it also contains the malaise and the escape fantasies familiar to all suburban kids of the 80s and 90s. Part of this magic comes from the fact that there's no artifice to the Donkeys' songs, from the matter-of-fact breakup blues of "Boot on the Seat" to the playful recollections of a late, drunken night narrated on "Nice Train." These are everyday lives in the postmodern world expressed with a deep respect for classic songs from the 70s through the 90s -- for spacey grooves and soulful, jangly swagger -- that elevates the subject matter beyond the ordinary. "Living on the Other Side", the band's second album, is not meant to hit you over the head with a flamboyant single - instead, imagine Ray Davies jamming with the Byrds, or a Gene Clark-fronted Buffalo Springfield -- and you'll get a sense of the tradition that informs this band. DeadOceans-14 LP $11.50 Donkeys, The Living On The Other Side PS, US If THE DONKEYS' backstory contains those top-down cars and suntanned utopian surf tableaus, it also contains the malaise and the escape fantasies familiar to all suburban kids of the 80s and 90s. Part of this magic comes from the fact that there's no artifice to the Donkeys' songs, from the matter-of-fact breakup blues of "Boot on the Seat" to the playful recollections of a late, drunken night narrated on "Nice Train." These are everyday lives in the postmodern world expressed with a deep respect for classic songs from the 70s through the 90s -- for spacey grooves and soulful, jangly swagger -- that elevates the subject matter beyond the ordinary. "Living on the Other Side", the band's second album, is not meant to hit you over the head with a flamboyant single - instead, imagine Ray Davies jamming with the Byrds, or a Gene Clark-fronted Buffalo Springfield -- and you'll get a sense of the tradition that informs this band. DeadOceans-14CD CD $11.50 Dressy Bessy Holler and Stomp PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Transdreamer LP $15.75 Dressy Bessy Holler and Stomp (ON SALE) PS, US New album! Dressy Bessy, Return To Classic Form This Fall With Their Fabulous Fourth LP Holler And Stomp. Combining uber-indie sensibilities mixed with bombastic style, the band remains inspirational, hook-laden and upbeat. 13 songs will have you dancing and singing in seconds. Driven by vocalist Tammy Ealom and guitarist John Hill (who also moonlights in Apples In Stereo), along with groove-meisters Rob Greene on bass and Craig Gilbert on drums Dressy Bessy bring a sense of style and uniqueness to the rock world. ROLLING STONE: "Denver's Dressy Bessy are devo-tees of the same kind of retropop sound as Apples in Stereo and the New Pornographers, a hook-y, Sixties-derived jangle filtered through a knowing indie-rock sensibility." Transdreamer CD $14.25 Drones The Minotaur + A Brief Retrospective PS, UK The Drones present the first single, "The Minotaur" off their highly-anticipated fourth album, Havilah. "The Minotaur" is a lusty and brutal blitz that over three and-a-half minutes, manages to draw the historical line between ancient Greek mythology and current-day time-wasting. A half-salute to modern-day sloth, and the painful decisions our future leaders face. The EP also includes another track from the new album alongside two tracks from Wait Long By The River... and two tracks from Gala Mill. ATP LP $12.25 Dungen Satt Att Se [LIMITED EDITION 12" VINYL] PS. SWEDEN Dungen presents a brand new 12" that extends the acclaimed Swedish outfit's sound even further. Beats surging forth, stirring orchestration with cinematic undertones and atmospheric changes that highlight their trademark evolutionary sound. This lush pop portrait laced with orange sunshine guitar flash stands as one of the most fully-realized moments of Dungen's career. 1,000 copies in a hand-numbered, vinyl-only limited edition release. SubliminalSounds 12 $15.00 Durrett, Liz Outside Our Gates PS, US Produced and arranged by indie rock icon, Eric Bachmann (Archers Of Loaf, Crooked Fingers, Azure Ray), "Outside Our Gates" represents a sonic leap forward for Liz Durrett. Her spare, acoustic downbeats have been supplanted by a more textured and diverse orchestra of sounds. A virtual cacophony of instruments are here (strings, wurlitzers, accordions, grand space pianos, and marching drums) and Bachmann's score somehow harmonizes them seamlessly to provide the perfect setting for Liz's near stream of consciousness writings and soft, pitch-perfect voice. Additional performances by Vic Chesnutt, Brian Causey (Man Or Astro-Man?), Amanda Kapousouz (Tin Cup Phrophette), and members of Ham1. WarmElectronic CD $13.00 Eleh Floating Frequencies/Intuitive Synthesis Volume 3 PS, US Deluxe pressing of 500 copies packaged in letterpressed covers designed by Important and printed by 23rd Parallel. Mastered by James Plotkin. Hand numbered/hand assembled. Eleh's Intuitive Synthesis/Floating Frequencies Volume 3 is the third release in their Intuitive Synthesis series (Volume 2 was released over a year ago) and it is being released simultaneously with an Eleh/Pauline Oliveros split release. Both are limited edition and LP only. Meticulously minimal analog drone. Eleh was formed to specifically to pay tribute to early experimental minimalist pioneers especially La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Eliane Radigue, Pauline Oliveros and Charlemagne Palestine. Using an enormous vintage modular analog synthesizer, a battery of glowing HP tube test oscillators and occasionally guitar/piano, Eleh creates highly minimal and deeply spiritual pure analog drone music with emphasis on the physical ultra-low end. Incorporating tones as low as .05 hz (well below the range of human hearing) Eleh is as much of a physical experience as it is an audio one. This engaging record was created as a tool for meditation and to be heard/felt correctly the listener must be sitting with ears at speaker height at least 7 feet away from the speakers. Volume reveals detail. Important-207 LP $18.00 Eleh/Pauline Oliveros Split PS, US Eleh: The Beauty Of The Steel Skeleton Pauline Oliveros: Drifting Depths Important Records quite pleased to be presenting this split release consisting of two new drone works from Pauline Oliveros and Eleh. Oliveros, an early American minimalist who has pioneered the technique of Deep Listening, has created a new work exlcusively for this release. Drifting Depths is a new improvised piece made on a harmonica being processed through Pauline's Expanded Instrument System. Eleh's side, also exclusive to this vinyl only release, is super slow melodic drone full of stillness, tension & relief. Vinyl only, handmade and handassembled letterpressed jackets. Limited edition. A central figure in post-war electronic art music, Oliveros is one of the original members of the San Francisco Tape Music Center (along with Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, Terry Riley, and Anthony Martin), which was the resource on the U.S. west coast for electronic music during the 1960s. The Center later moved to Mills College, where she was its first director, and is now called the Center for Contemporary Music. Oliveros often improvises with the Expanded Instrument System, an electronic signal processing system she designed, in her performances and recording. Eleh was formed to specifically to pay tribute to early experimental minimalist pioneers especially La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Eliane Radigue, Pauline Oliveros and Charlemagne Palestine. Using an enormous vintage modular analog synthesizer, a battery of glowing HP tube test oscillators and occasionally guitar/piano, Eleh creates highly minimal and deeply spiritual pure analog drone music with emphasis on the physical ultra-low end. Incorporating tones as low as .05 hz (well below the range of human hearing) Eleh is as much of a physical experience as it is an audio one. This engaging record was created as a tool for meditation and to be heard/felt correctly the listener must be sitting with ears at speaker height at least 7 feet away from the speakers. Volume reveals detail. Important-206 LP $18.00 Ergs Hindsight is 20/20, My Friend PS, US Mammoth, monstrous 33 song singles comp from one of the most beloved bands in today's pop underground. Many tracks appear here properly mixed/mastered for the first time. Dirtnap CD $12.00 Ergs Hindsight is 20/20, My Friend PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Dirtnap DLP $17.25 Fisher, Morgan The Hybrid Kids 1+2: Two Collections of Classic Mutants PS, UK Before Miniatures, there was Hybrid Kids. Take a collection of classics by musical behemoths The Beatles, Kate Bush, The Sex Pistols, The Righteous Brothers, Brotherhood Of Man and suchlike, and perform them in a style as diametrically opposite to the original as one can imagine. Therein lies the manifesto that brought the world the wonderfully twisted take on pop music that is Hybrid Kids. Being the first album recorded in Fisher s own Pipe Studios (actually his Notting Hill bedsit, fact fans), Hybrid Kids was conceived as a compilation album featuring a variety of spoof 'bands' hailing from the very real but somewhat obscure Peabody (a town in Kansas, USA) each would perform their own take on a well known number, with wildly unpredictable results. Equally predictably, when the self styled Collection Of Classic Mutants was announced and discussed in the press, a large number of hipsters and music buffs believed every word and eagerly anticipated its release Phrases such as terrifying work of genius, downright creepy and nearly obscene were commonplace in reviews of the record, and it quickly passed into folklore as a work of unique originality and the kind of sonic experimentation rarely applied to such mainstream material. A true classic a fact highlighted by the media interest in its imminent reissue in combination with its equally intriguing sister album. So, having caused something of a stir with a warped compilation of material performed by non-existent acts from a far off town nobody had ever heard of, where does one go next? The answer, in retrospect, seems obvious the tried and tested Christmas album, performed by the self same Hybrid Kids. Claws (released a year after its predecessor), saw Morgan tackle such Xmas favorites as Deck The Halls, Good King Wenceslas and Happy Xmas (War Is Over) in his own inimitable style, with equally unorthodox results. Perhaps not one to play when Granny drops by for her pre Xmas lunch glass of sherry, but definitely something any discerning audio adventurer should find a few moments for amongst their festive celebrations. Both albums are accompanied by bonus tracks and have been retouched for 2008 by Morgan himself. CherryRed DCD $18.25 Free Blood Royal Family PS, US ONLY A HANDFUL IN STOCK - ORDER ASAP! Released on the RONG MUSIC label (DFA offshoot label)... the 2nd in a series of 3 12''s from this new Brooklyn 2 piece consisting of MADELINE DAVY (Octopi NYC) & JOHN PUGH (formerly of !!!). The flip, "Grumpy," incl. tuff cello stabs & screeching vocal effects over a raucous disco break. Warped & funky is one way to describe it. UK disco DJ & re-edit legend GREG WILSON closes the single w/ his own take on the track. Rong/DFA 12 $8.00 Gentleman Jesse S-T PS, US The wait is over, ladies and gentlemen. Douchemaster Records is overwhelmed with excitement to offer the debut self-titled album from GENTLEMAN JESSE & HIS MEN. This album features thirteen tracks of pop perfection with slick and warm production that only DAVE RAHN can achieve. If you even kind of liked the "I Don't Wanna Know" single, this record is essential for you. Douchemaster CD $11.00 Giant Robot #55 PS, US Asian pop culture & beyond. This issue:Anime Explosion, Angry Management, Shanghai Surprise, The Wanderer, Dirty Hands, Saelee Oh & much more. Get your culture on. ZINE $4.75 Girls Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No PS, US 10 more tracks of twitchy, keyboard driven poppy post punk! Dirtnap CD $12.00 Girls Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Dirtnap LP $11.00 Girls Against Boys Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby [vinyl re-issue] PS, US Vinyl version of this classic Touch and Go release, incl. MP3 download code. "Avoiding the clichés of early-90s indie rock for its own surly, charismatic edge, Girls Against Boys here kicked out the jams like nobody's business...A comparison to Flipper could be made, but instead of the generally slow, death-march tempos of that act, Girls Against Boys always keep moving a dark death dance" - All Music Guide. TouchAndGo LP $11.00 Great Depression Forever Altered PS, US A lush & well-produced psychedelic-tinged intricate beauty. Layered, rich structures support well-crafted melodies & a warm & embracing sound. The tone is still generally blissful & sombre, though w/a definite injection of melodic pop energy, particularly on the charging title track. Their chamber-pop & shoegaze influences lend them comparisons to early Spiritualized, MBV & Radiohead, though pop sensibilities & Todd Casper's own impressive production talents make their varied approach entirely cohesive. Fire CD $14.50 Growing All The Way PS, US "All The Way", the debut full-length from GROWING on THE SOCIAL REGISTRY, concludes a epic trip. Through six tracks Kevin Doria and Joe DeNardo complete the conceptual arc initiated on their 2006 album, "Color Wheel". If we still bought into genres, we would say that this record finally achieves a perfect balance of noise and pop, yet what we can say is that you'll potentially hum melodies long after your headphones are out. Recorded by Barry London at his Ocropolis Studio during the 2007-08 winter, "All The Way" sounds like some sort of frozen urban chaos taking place at a superclub on another planet. TheSocialRegistry-065 LP $12.25 Growing All The Way PS, US "All The Way", the debut full-length from GROWING on THE SOCIAL REGISTRY, concludes a epic trip. Through six tracks Kevin Doria and Joe DeNardo complete the conceptual arc initiated on their 2006 album, "Color Wheel". If we still bought into genres, we would say that this record finally achieves a perfect balance of noise and pop, yet what we can say is that you'll potentially hum melodies long after your headphones are out. Recorded by Barry London at his Ocropolis Studio during the 2007-08 winter, "All The Way" sounds like some sort of frozen urban chaos taking place at a superclub on another planet. TheSocialRegistry-065 CD $11.50 Gutz S-T PS, US Analog 8-track recording captures their artistic vision and the energy indicative of their live shows. This band started with a shared love of the Jam and the Stranglers, and ended up with a 3-piece horn section, soulful backing vocals, Moog, Wurlitzer, & pipe organs adding warmth to tightly-crafted bounce. BNSSessions CD $8.75 Hacienda Loud is the Night PS, US This Mexican-American quartet blends a raw yet sophisticated style of pop music w/harmonies reminiscent of the Beatles & Beach Boys. A beautiful collection of songs played w/integrity & soul to spare, & while the band is aware of its 60's influences, the music here is far from derivative, & the finished product is modern pop music performed w/ genuineness & taste. Alive CD $13.50 Hi-Fi's, The Snakes And Hi-Fis PS, UK One of the finest examples of the beat-bands-go-bonkers syndrome, Snakes and Hi-Fis was released in Germany in mid-1967 by exiled British group The Hi-Fi's. Long established as an expensive, highly sought-after rarity on the worldwide beat/psych collectors market, this first-ever, band-authorized reissue is bolstered by no less than fourteen bonus tracks (many previously unreleased) from the same time frame. With extensive liner notes and some fabulous previously unpublished photos, this is the definitive release of a wonderful album. WoodenHill CD $21.00 Hold Steady Stay Positive PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Vagrant DLP $22.00 Holy Ghost Hold On (Mock & Toof Remixes) PS, US This is 2 individuals, Nicholas Millhiser & Alexander Frankel (AUTOMATO), & is a product of their obsessions w/ analog synthesizers, rare disco, & ancient production techniques. A brief hello while they complete their debut album & prep a new single for DFA. Label-mates MOCK & TOOF hold up their end of the remix trade w/ two mixes- a playful stab at minimal techno & psychedelic disco funk! DFA 12 $8.00 Horse Feathers House With No Home PS, US 2nd album from HORSE FEATHERS and w/ this they have distilled their sound into a brilliant statement of minimalist Americana. Precisely arranged strings & acoustic guitar step cautiously in & around Justin's haunting vocal lines. An album infused w/ rare power & emotion. His previous, debut release received an enthusiastic respone, incl. a nomination for the Plug Awards 'Americana Album of the Year.' Fans of Iron & Wine, Fleet Foxes, Nick Drake, etc. should take note. KillRockStars CD $13.25 Horse Feathers House With No Home PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! KillRockStars LP $13.25 Ices, Lia Necima PS, US Debut album from singer/pianist featured in the LIVING BRIDGE compilation. A release from her classical training matched w/ her long love of prose, literature and letter writing. Featuring instrumentation such as gems horn, Columbian hand drum, and White-album era electric guitar. Appearances by David Miller (FIERY FURNACES), Andy Macleod (WHITE MAGIC) and Robbie Lee (LOVE AS LAUGHTER). RareBookRoom CD $12.75 I'm Not Jim You Are All My People PS, US A collaboration between Walter Salas-Humara of the SILOS and lyrics by author JONATHAN LETHEM. "You Are All My People floats through a woozy middle ground between The Mountain Goats' storytelling economy and art-pop's habit of letting convention loose with the wind. Wandering through a forest of burned-out pop songwriting, folk simplicity and avant-garde stretches, I'm Not Jim hangs together not from a tightly built central idea, but by its ability to have so much fun playing around." -Aversion Bloodshot CD $12.75 Isis Not in Rivers But in Drops 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 Jackie-O Motherfucker Freedomland PS, UK In the late summer of 2006, Jackie-O Motherfucker- the infamous, shape-shifting, free rock constellation- were in their hometown of Portland OR. Preparing for a cross-country tour of the USA when it was discovered that two of the four touring members, at the time, could not make the trip, due to financial situations, and problems getting away from jobs and domesticity. After some discussion, and re-grouping, they decided to continue on with the tour, and placed a call to Eva Salens (Inca Ore) who was doing agricultural work in the hills of Humboldt County, Ca. She eagerly accepted the challenge of conspiring with the group, lending her considerable skills as a vocalist, and it was decided that they would all meet at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, where the group were scheduled for their first appearance supporting the Dirty Three. There they would begin- unrehearsed in this formation, and in front of a large audience. The plans to perform material from their newest release "flags of the sacred harp" were scraped, and the band launched into a free form set of improvised trance inducing, punk inspired, psychedelic rock, which became the framework of the new music they would develop together over the next few years. With a backpack full of California's finest, the newly created touring group- consisting now of Eva Salens, Tom Greenwood, Danny Sasaki, and Nick Bindeman, continued on to Los Angeles, over the deserts, and through America. Freedomland, is a document of this trip, as well as another American tour, which the same band set off on the following spring... the record consists of location recordings, captured live, and mastered in the UK. The songs were created from the spirit of improvisation- and honed true by performing nightly in dive bars, music halls, and art galleries across America. The music is a testament to creation, brave and searching, and an endorsement of the abstraction that lies hidden in the footprints of all great music... Salens' vocal delivery is raw and honest, the words flow from conversations, to streams of sub-conscious conjuring, and prayer. Guitars alternately soar into cloud-scapes, and battle like free-jazz saxophones, propelling the group into new terrain nightly, while the percussion of Danny Sasaki alternates between exploratory and dead-solid motoric. The collection was edited by Tom Greenwood, from dozens of live recordings, and captures a rare moment in the bands long, and confusing history. It is truly the music of everyday life- birthed each night in a new form, from musicians who put great faith in each other, under awesome strain at times, to project modern music, with soul. VeryFriendly-045 CD $16.25 James Hey Ma PS, US New album! AMG: "Hey Ma is such an extension of the band's signature sound that it's possible to think no time has passed at all, yet that isn't quite accurate. Not that the band went out on a low note, but James do sound revitalized, energized by the time apart and, perhaps more importantly, sounding connected to the time at hand, making music for a world in turmoil that needs more voices of protest and hope." Decca CD $14.25 Jesu Why Are We Not Perfect? PS, US On this five track EP, Justin Broadrick has set aside the heavy foundation of pounding guitars prevalent in past recordings and brought to the fore elements of texture and melody. "...Broadrick has layered so many blurps, wooshes, and digital gnarls throughout each song, they take on a life of their own" - Decibel. "Dripping heavy, cascading walls of sound" - Spin. HydraHead CD5 $10.00 Jurado, Damien Caught In The Trees PS, US "Caught In the Trees" marks the dawn of a new era for DAMIEN JURADO. It may not be a huge departure from some of his past albums musically, but lyrically Jurado has taken a giant leap forward and there is no turning back. Best known for his dark yet fragile first person fictional tales, Jurado now unlocks the door and invites us into his own enigmatic world with an energy and intensity that is all consuming. Jurado took a full year to make this record, longer than ever before, as he ran away from and eventually found himself in his own songs. He subsequently found refuge in sharing the songs with his closest friends and bandmates, Eric Fisher and Jenna Conrad. Having walked alongside him through this most challenging journey, the songs that came out of it are as much theirs as his. Jurado, Fisher, and Conrad collaborated on the compositions - some much more rocking than Jurado fans are used to, but ever as intense - and pulled in producers Kory Kruckenberg and Casey Foubert to contribute their own unique stylings. Recording started in the summer months and the sweltering heat, and wrapped in the freezing temps of winter. (It is clear on first listen that two distinct seasons are represented through "Caught In the Trees" - an accidental metaphor perhaps?) There was laughter and there was introspection, and the result is a record that Jurado loyalists will find was worth the wait. And perhaps a reason to listen for those who have yet to give this bedraggled storyteller a chance. SecretlyCanadian-175 LP $11.50 Jurado, Damien Caught In The Trees PS, US "Caught In the Trees" marks the dawn of a new era for DAMIEN JURADO. It may not be a huge departure from some of his past albums musically, but lyrically Jurado has taken a giant leap forward and there is no turning back. Best known for his dark yet fragile first person fictional tales, Jurado now unlocks the door and invites us into his own enigmatic world with an energy and intensity that is all consuming. Jurado took a full year to make this record, longer than ever before, as he ran away from and eventually found himself in his own songs. He subsequently found refuge in sharing the songs with his closest friends and bandmates, Eric Fisher and Jenna Conrad. Having walked alongside him through this most challenging journey, the songs that came out of it are as much theirs as his. Jurado, Fisher, and Conrad collaborated on the compositions - some much more rocking than Jurado fans are used to, but ever as intense - and pulled in producers Kory Kruckenberg and Casey Foubert to contribute their own unique stylings. Recording started in the summer months and the sweltering heat, and wrapped in the freezing temps of winter. (It is clear on first listen that two distinct seasons are represented through "Caught In the Trees" - an accidental metaphor perhaps?) There was laughter and there was introspection, and the result is a record that Jurado loyalists will find was worth the wait. And perhaps a reason to listen for those who have yet to give this bedraggled storyteller a chance. SecretlyCanadian-175 CD $11.50 Khazad Doom Cherry Town PS, US "Recorded in 1967 prior to the legendary Level 6 1/2 album, this is a brilliant album of fantasy Beatles-esque garage psychedelia. The whole package sounds and looks brilliant." Hallucinations CD $13.00 Killdozer Twelve Point Buck [vinyl re-issue] PS, US Vinyl version of this classic Touch and Go release, incl. MP3 download code. Killdozer began an epic thirteen-year career in the early 80s, starting out as a harsh underground trio combining elements of primitive country blues with distorted Birthday Party style antics. By 1991, they had evolved into a slower, more experimental style of musical drudgery, still always keeping with their wrong side of town meets Communist Manifesto lyrics. TouchAndGo LP $11.00 Kjersem, Hilde Marie A Killer For That Ache PS, NORWAY This is the first solo release for Norway's singer/songwriter Hilde Marie Kjersem. Kjersem was born and brought up in the northwest coastal town of lesund, with seven brothers and sisters and a father with a passion for science fiction and Kenny Rogers. Like many of her young contemporaries in Norway, she studied at the Music Conservatory. She has released two albums, Red Shoes Diary (2004) with her now-disbanded TUB Quartet and Twelve O'Clock Tales (2005), a duo album of standards with jazz guitarist Jon Eberson. The last couple of years, she has worked on A Killer For That Ache, the first proper album under her own name. Far from being a jazz album or your typical melancholy Nordic singer-songwriter album, Kjersem names some of her inspirations to be David Lynch, Roger Rabbit, Finn Graff (legendary Norwegian newspaper illustrator), Danny Elfman, Robert Wyatt, José Saramago, Kate Bush and Tim Burton. With her present band, including Shining main-man Jørgen Munkeby, she has delivered some stunning performances that have been extremely well-received in the Norwegian press. A Killer For That Ache can be called a concept album of sorts, in the way that Kjersem sets out to critique the media by stepping into various disguises and characters using comments, facts, lies, repetitions, assumptions, exaggerations, humor, irony and absurd observations on things that might have happened, things that never happened and things that never will. Not surprisingly, the result is an eclectic selection of songs that are completely indescribable. Let us just say it is pop music with many twists, making it a dramatic, beautiful, mysterious, seductive, intricate, fascinating and unique musical ride. Hilde Marie Kjersem (vocals, keyboards, autoharp), Jørgen Munkeby (saxophones, clarinets, flute, guitar, vocals), Torbjørn Folke Zetterberg (bass, guitars, banjo, Moog, Rhodes, vocals), Sjur Miljeteig (trumpet, vocals), Peder Kjellsby (drums, percussion, piano). RuneGrammofon CD $16.25 Kossoff With Black Cat Bones, Paul Paul's Blues 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 LA JR 17 Animales PS, SPAIN The best unheralded Spanish (or European?) band of all times, LA JR, are led as usual by Frank, Rafa and Borja as the ultimate Dadaist-pop ensemble. There is no exact definition for the word 'dada' and there are no exact words to describe the multifariousness of LA JR. "17 animales" is a work of dark atmospheric lounge, trance Kraut-Rock groove or just anti-jazz-folk, as we like to name it: THIS is to music what assemblage is to art; an overlaying of diverse, motley materials; it sounds like porcelain, wood, glass and it squeaks even though it doesn't sound like squeaking. Pendulum-like piano playing, husky basses, humming from the tide of the keyboards, every element bursts into bubbles. "17 animales" an ultra contemporary album about Death, Sex and the slight possibility of turning Life into Art and back again. Acuarela-1088 CD $13.50 Laika & the Cosmonauts Cosmopolis PS, US Praised equally by surf god Dick Dale & Ministry's Al Jourgensen, they are some of modern music's most vibrant explorers. This is a surf, rock & jazz fueled trip through the past 20 years of Laika's career & includes material never before released in the U.S. Renowned for the technical prowess of their fuzz-drenched, tremolo-happy surf rock, this sounds like a 50s sci-fi film soundtrack interpreted by David Gilmour. YepRoc CD $12.00 Lair of the Minotaur War Metal Battle Master PS, US Uncensored video loaded with special features & live performances. Warning: contains graphic violence & nudity. SouthernLord DVD $13.50 Lili Z The Two Of Us PS, US After previous achievements with Volt, The Splash Four, The No-Talents, and her past collection of home tapes, Lili Z. comes back with fifteen new 8-track cassette living room recordings. Twisted into shapes that vaguely resemble seam-bursting garage punk, the songs' (thirteen originals and reworkings with Lili Z. lyrics of a Bela Bartok piece and an old Rondos chestnut) charm lies in their unpredictability. Sometimes it's a little late-'70s punk rock, sometimes it's catchy, metronome-like electropunk, sometimes it's pure guitar noise freakouts, and sometimes it's experimental tooling around. B.ut most of all, it's pure Lili Z., recorded at home at her most intimate. A sort of musical diary, The Two of Us comes with a stunning, full-color gatefold sleeve of Lili's collages and meticulous illustrations for each song. This vinyl edition is limited to 1000. "Dark-sounding but maintaining a ... playful energy, blazingly fast at times yet with plenty of ... slow-simmer brooding and crawling. Lili's made a better sounding record in her home than most full bands could hope to achieve in a studio." --Terminal Boredom "Lili knocks out fifteen new tracks of sophisticated raw minimalism, carefully balancing menacing rip-saw guitar and pulverizing drum machine crashes with intricate songs InTheRed LP $12.00 Little Teeth Child Bearing Man PS, US A record of growls, squeaks, sing-along choruses, complex wordplay, and made-up words, tied together with bluegrass mandolin, banjo, accordion, rock 'n' roll drums, guitar, and the wildcat snarls of female vocalist Dannie Murrie. "Child Bearing Man" is commanding, emotionally and musically conflicted, and utterly moving. RIYL: Black Dice, Deerhoof, The Muppets, The Carter Family. AbsolutelyKosher CD $13.25 Louvin, Charlie Steps To Heaven PS, US Features 10 traditional gospel classics including 2 Louvin Brothers songs. The release will be followed by Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs. Both albums were produced, recorded and mixed by Mark Nevers (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Andrew Bird, Bobby Bare Sr.). Instead of hanging back at age 81, Charlie has instead chosen to challenge himself. Steps To Heaven was recorded live with a gospel choir comprised of three sisters, journeyman gospel pianist Derrick Lee, and Chris Scruggs, adding doghouse bass and electric guitar. Louvin had never recorded with black gospel musicians before, and in doing so discovered a new musical path. Charlie remarks, 'I did things on the gospel record I had no idea I could do. I'd be thinking along the way, 'How can I do things I've never done before?' And I did it.' 2007 saw Louvin celebrate his 80th birthday amidst a swirl of activity around the release of his first studio album in ten years, Charlie Louvin. Grammy-nominated for 'Best Traditional Folk Album,' the disc features George Jones, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Will Oldham, and Elvis Costello, among others. Charlie toured and recorded with Lucinda Williams, made a video for the song 'Ira,' released a field recording of one of his many in-store performances, Live at Shake It Records, played over 100 concert dates sharing stages with Ryan Adams and Neko Case, appeared on giant festivals like Bonnaroo and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and placed a medallion around Emmylou Harris' neck inducting her into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Charlie's self-titled album earned 4 out of 5 stars in Uncut and MOJO magazines, and sparked a bevy of great press and renewed interest in his fascinating career. TompkinsSquare CD $13.00 Lovely Sparrows Bury The Cynics PS, US "Top-notch, tastefully polished indie-pop might not be the first thing that springs to mind when you think of the hip little oasis that is Austin; The Lovely Sparrows are working to change this" - Harp. "[Shawn Jones'] thoughtful observations about the fiery - yet oftentimes suppressed - manner in which we wrestle with our emotions is Cat Stevens-y and blissfully rakish" - Daytrotter. RIYL: Paul Simon, Belle And Sebastian, Destroyer, Neutral Milk Hotel, Cat Stevens, The Microphones. RebelGroup CD $13.00 Low Lows, The Shining Violence PS, US Misra CD $15.00 Maniac's Dream Zanzibar PS, US Finland is the epicenter of collective music-making. Under the name Maniac's Dream, members of a variety of Finnish bands such as Avarus, Fricara Pacchu, Kemialliset Ystävät, and more come together to create blown-out free rock (not your typical stoner guitar jams). Their unique/bizarre approach to music-making constantly questioning the construction/deconstruction of sound creates songs at times recalling the electro-acoustic clatter drone of Avarus crossed with tribal rhythms and intergalactic guitar zones. Total sonic freedom with a punk ethos directly influenced by a trip to Zanzibar prior to recording this record (which is a reissue of the long sold-out tape originally released on Lal Lal Lal in 2006). In an edition of 450 records on light blue vinyl with printed labels and full color pro-printed fold-over sleeves with art by Benjamin Bergman and an insert. Arbor LP $13.00 Maquiladora St. Cecilia's Drowning: Ritual Of Hearts & White Sands Revisited PS, SPAIN Maquiladora's create songs from a sense of place. Eric Nielsen, Bruce McKenzie and Phil Beaumont (with occasional guests of Black Heart Procession, Modest Mouse and The God Machine) approach music from all sides, a sound which conjures up moods of the deserts and oceans providing a landscape that is both familiar and remotely distant. Acuarela is pleased to release a new take on Maquiladora's early works on St. Cecilia's Drowning - White Sands And Ritual Of Hearts Revisited. A re-mastered collection of songs recorded between 1995 and 2002, including nine previously unreleased songs, which present a graceful invitation into the musical journey of this reclusive band. ERASING CLOUDS WHITE SANDS: 1. Prostitute Song // 2. Julian // 3.Happy Day // 4. Little Miss R. C. // 5. Ankle // 6. So Far Away // 7. Itchy Song // 8. Termez 1936 // 9. Mr. Grey // 10. Bueno Mis Amigos // 11. Cousin // Bonus Tracks: 12. Light of the Rain // 13. Itchy Song (Live at VPRO) // 14. 12 Steps // 15. A/part // 16. After All RITUAL OF HEARTS: 1. The Secret // 2. Ritual of Hearts // 3. Heaven // 4. Sweet Afton // 5. I'm In Love // 6. A Vow // 7. Sound Of Rain // 8. Dream Of Snakes // 9. Chinese Girl // 10. Avow // 11. She's More Beautiful To Me Than Water And Pure // 12. Static Hum // Bonus Tracks: 13. So Young // 14. Buddy // 15. Boatman's Mantra // 16. Mexico D.F. Acuarela-1083 DCD $15.00 Marling, Laura Alas I Cannot Swim PS, US LTD ED deluxe 180gm vinyl w/ excl. bonus live CD of music not available on the reg CD version. At just 17-yrs-old, this former small town girl doesn't merely sing about what's to be expected from someone her age - love, lust & romance. The futility of religion, self-loathing & human psychology are also common themes. "An ethereal platinum blonde who's both thoughtful & mournful, she's an old, haunted soul in a teenager's body."-ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Astralwerks DLP $22.50 Maserati Inventions Remixes PS, US Last year Georgia's MASERATI ended a four-year absence with "Inventions For The New Season", a delirious soundtrack for late-night cityscapes and never-ending car chases. The first album featuring new drummer Jerry Fuchs (LCD Soundsystem, !!!, The Juan Maclean), Inventions quite literally reinvented Maserati as a motorik psych-rock band with a disco ball for a kick drum. It makes sense, then, that Maserati have commissioned a pair of remixes by two producers most likely to shove their songs onto the dancefloor feet-first. Side A finds THEE LOVING HAND (Tim Goldsworthy of The DFA, Hercules and Love Affair) stripping "The World Outside" to almost nothing, reimagining it as a vintage European disco track from the ground up. Starting with a steady, far-off kick drum and a rogue, in-your-face hi hat, the song's seemingly disparate parts eventually lock into the kind of dirty disco that has made Goldsworthy a club legend. Equally club-friendly, !!!'s JUSTIN VAN DER VOLGEN brushes away the grit of the original "Inventions" and painstakingly buffs it to a shine as slick as black ice. The side-long trance mix maintains the sweaty atmosphere of the original, but removes the top-down drive in favor of a midnight jog. Strictly limited to a one-time pressing of 1,000 copies, "Inventions Remixes" is both an addendum to the successful reboot of Inventions For The New Season, as well as a testament to the broad spectrum of influences that flow in and out of Maserati's music. TemporaryResidenceLtd.-136 12 $11.50 Mates Of State My Solo Project PS, US The LP version of My Solo Project has been out of print for many years and is a must have for any Mates of State fan with a turntable. Originally released in 2000, My Solo Project remains the definitive Mates of State album to own. LP is on premium 180 gram vinyl and includes a digital download code. Polyvinyl LP $12.50 McArdle, Shannon Summer of the Whore [import version] PS, AUSTRALIA Beautiful a slightly uncomfortable country pop bliss from ex Mendoza Line singer/song writer. LowTransitIndustries-062 CD $13.50 Mendoza Line, The 30 Year Low / Final Reflections Of The Legendary Malcontent [import version] PS, AUSTRALIA Recorded just before the split of lead songwriters Shannon McArdle & Timothy Bracy's marriage, 30 Year Low marks the end of their relationship, the band & is their most crushingly beautiful record to date. Includes a second disc full of rarities, live tracks & covers from the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Arab Strap & Bob Dylan. "A cracker of an album... The New York-based southerners feel lived in yet ripple with freshness" Sydney Morning Herald "The Mendoza Line add another impressive release to their stable" Xpress "Full of Light and Full of Fire is their first release to absolutely nail it - with just the right balance between passion and power... This is an album soaked in American history both musical and political, fuelled by a burning flame and a desire for something more" Rolling Stone "This is the sweet sad music of humanity my dear, the beguiling melody heard in the distance while the whole shithouse goes up in flames" Inpress "Full Of Light And Full of Fire is The Mendoza Line's most consistent, poignant and rewarding album to date and, if you haven't heard them before, a damn good place to start" dB "The tender, cigarettes and alcohol soaked voices of Shannon McArdle and Timothy Bracy suggest that their hearts have often been tentatively stuck back together, and their sorrow is perfectly underpinned throughout the album by a soulful mixture of acoustica and synth" BMA "Clutch Bright Eyes in one hand, Holly Golightly in another, smoosh in a bunch of other particularly arty, indie-country swaggers and voila! The Mendoza Line. They'll awaken your eyes to much light; a skerrick of hope may be left in your ignorant, cynical adolescent blood after listening to them" Tearaway. LowTransitIndustries-045 DCD $13.50 Mendoza Line, The Full Of Light And Full Of Fire [import version] PS, AUSTRALIA Their 8th & most critically acclaimed record, from the Georgia via New York alt. country band. Full Of Light & Full Of Fire saw The Mendoza Line hit their stride & balance the perfect mix of rock, pop & beauty. LowTransitIndustries-033 CD $13.50 Milosh iii PS, US Milosh makes music for the mind, body & spirit. Introspective, intimate, sensual electro-folk steeped in perfumed melancholy & luscious romance. Combining beats, samples, guitars, strings & the most silken falsetto voice since prime-time Smokey Robinson, the third Milosh album iii takes the listener on an emotional journey through an exquisitely beautiful musical landscape. The tracks on iii combine the best of both Milosh's cerebral electronica & soulful singer-songwriter sides, stirring deep emotions with lush arrangements, honeyed vocals & delicately deconstructed beats. From the softly weeping strings of "Another Day" to the weightless, airy melancholy of "Gentle Samui," many of these tracks come in various shades of blue. PlugResearch CD $10.00 Mogwai Batcat PS, US A taster from the upcoming full-length, "The Hawk Is Howling", and Mogwai's first album in nearly three years. Limited edition, specially packaged EP containing the song "Batcat" from the album, plus two non-album B-sides: "Stupid Prick Gets Chased By The Police And Loses His Slut Girlfriend" and "Devil Rides". The latter features the vocals of legendary psychedelic Texan Roky Erickson. "A sonically cinematic experience that will leave the listener feeling at once elated and emotionally drained" - Alternative Press. Matador 12 $9.00 Mojo #179 (October 2008) [Magazine + CD] PS, UK FREE CD!: THE WHITE ALBUM RECOVERED - DISC #2. The Beatles' 1968 masterpiece re-imagined by the likes of The Neil Cowley Trio, Sarabeth Tucek, Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, The Ruby Suns, My Brightest Diamond and Gemma Ray. PLUS! A bonus track from a very, very special guest indeed! QUEEN: As they gear up for the release of their first new studio album since the death of Freddie Mercury, MOJO's Mark Blake looks back on Queen's globe-conquering late-'70s/early-'80s reinvention. Cue extreme decadence, endless hit singles, that disco album and some of the most iconic facial furniture in rock history. THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS: Alex Turner and Miles Kane have put their day jobs on hold in order to pursue a new symphonic sound that has wowed listeners everywhere. MOJO's Tom Doyle catches up with the dynamic duo of British pop to discover exactly where it all went right. DAVID GILMOUR: In this month's MOJO Interview, we head to the Sussex farmhouse of one of Britain's bona fide guitar geniuses to talk solo endeavours, early influences and his current thoughts on that band Pink Floyd. BON IVER: With one of the albums of the year already under his belt, Justin Vernon has found himself delivering his version of Old, Weird America to an increasingly devoted audience. MOJO's Gabe Soria travels to Wisconsin to meet 2008's most celebrated wandering minstrel. THE FUGS: Rock 'n' roll deviants, political warriors, peddlers of smut and unrelenting in their quest for truth and the justice, Ed Sanders and his band of idealistic troubadours were on a mission to set '60s America on fire. Michael Simmons dives into their treacherous tale. ZINE $10.50 Mommyheads, The You're Not a Dream PS, US BladenCountry CD $15.75 Morrissey Greatest Hits PS, GERMANY VINYL VERSION!!! Decca LP $17.00 Mother Mother O My Heart PS, US Vancouver group's follow up to 2007's debut "Touch Up." Known for their rich vocal harmony, deeply poetic lyricism and dynamic instrumentation; co-produced by Howard Redekopp (NEW PORNOS, TEGAN & SARA). LastGang CD $14.25 Muslims S-T PS, US Hot new garage-rock 4-piece out of San Diego drawing comparisons to Modern Lovers and Velvet Underground. This 7-song 12"" includes a CD copy of the album featuring bonus tracks "Nightlife", "Bright Side," & "Extinction." The vinyl jackets & sleeves were silk screened by the band & the jackets were shot by a former NYC Police Officer. Wild. RIYL: Black Lips LIMITED! 1928Recordings 12 $12.00 My Morning Jacket Acoustic Citsuoca: Live at the Startime Pavilion (Extended Play) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! AtoRecords 12 $10.50 Mystick Krewe Of Clearlight Mystick Krewe Of Clearlight PS, US This group formed in 1996 as an instrumental side project led by Jimmy Bower and Joe Lacaze of the New Orleans sludge metal group Eyehategod, and also included members of fellow Big Easy metal units Crowbar and Down. The goal was to separate the pummeling nihilistic dirge of Eyehategod and create an outlet for the improv music they absorbed growing up in New Orleans, whether it be jazz, soul, funk, or rock. This is their self-titled debut, originally released in 2000, back in print for a limited time on purple vinyl. "Down to earth southern soul blues mixed with prog rock the likes of Crimson, early Yes, and some seriously fast runs" - Stoner Rock. TeePee LP $13.25 Nebulo Avutma PS, GERMANY Avutma is the latest release by Nebulo after the album Kolia, two remixes for architect and Hecq, and even freely available Nebulo ringtones. The outstanding French artist Thomas P. with this CD has created a closed opus that might be seen as a concept album in which the listener has to decide what the concept is. Nebulo's subtle approach forms a complex fictitious scenery by using seemingly minimal resources that are more visible than ever. Electronically treated instruments like organ and piano, combined with synth layers and modified beats generate tempers that range from surreal to melancholic or even nearly frightening. Listening to 'Avutma' is like walking in a dimly lit basement never knowing what's behind the next curve, and who or what is actually casting these shadows on the walls... Nebulo's trademark, a connection between ambience, idm, clicks'n'cuts and postmusique- concrète collages is presented here once again. As a reviewer wrote: 'surreal dreamscapes painted with tears and sometimes even blood' - Avutma might be the soundtrack of today's grand guignol. Hymen-68 CD $16.25 New Estate Is It Real? PS, AUSTRALIA 2005 album from Melbourne indie elite featuring members of Sleepy Township & Jaguar is Jaguar. LowTransitIndustries-056 CD $13.50 New Year New Year PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Quarterstick LP $15.00 New Year New Year PS, US Feat. ex-members of BEDHEAD. This is the culmination of 4 yrs of song-writing & a year of recording. Lyrically, these 10 songs address the interlocked themes of lost time, frustrated desire, and the need for others. For a band that made innovative use of 3 guitars, almost half the songs here are built around piano - it is the careful sequence of the songs that brings the story the lyrics tell together. Jewel box CD w/ obi sleeve. Quarterstick CD $14.25 Nightmares On Wax Thought So PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Warp LP $20.00 Nonagon No Sun PS, US Nonagon is a three-piece punk rock band that was formed in the early aughts and practices in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. The band is comprised mostly of Tony Aimone (who used to be in The Blue Meanies, Taylor, and The J. Davis Trio), Robert Gomez (who was in Der Lugomen and is one-oneth of Martian Law), and John Hastie (who used to be in Jumpknuckle). They play loud and abrasive rock with varying time signatures and screamy vocals and they love to play live shows but are never quite sure how to dress for them. Nonagon's debut EP, No Sun, was recorded in Chicago at Electrical Audio with Greg Norman and mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Services. The packaging was designed by Robert Gomez and printed at The Bird Machine with the assistance of Jay Ryan and Sara Parker. Self-Released CD5 $7.00 Noyes Brothers, The Sheep From Goats PS, UK The Boutique Label presents the first ever CD reissue of Sheep From Goats by The Noyes Brothers, originally released in 1980 on the highly collectible Object Music label. The Noyes Brothers were Steve Solamar of cult band Spherical Objects and Steve Miro, who also recorded as a solo artist for Object. The album (a double set) as recorded between October 1979 and May 1980 at Graveyard Studios, and contain 100 minutes of experiments and improvisations, ranging from Eno-esque electronics to improvisation and side-long excursions such as A Good Question and It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time. Released in July 1980 in a limited edition of 1000 copies, it sounds like little else recorded before or since. Pioneering Manchester label Object Music ceased operations in 1981, after Steve Solamar resolve a lifelong contradiction by becoming a woman. As part of this process Solamar even destroyed his own master tapes, and since then the Object catalogue has languished in undeserved obscurity (with the exception of The Passage). However an Object anthology has now been released as part of the Auteur Labels series on LTM, as well as the complete Spherical Objects back catalogue on CD. The artist formerly known as Steve Solamar is alive and well, and lives a happy spiritual and musical life. Steve Miro resides in Glastonbury. Boutique-6615 DCD $18.50 Of Montreal Id Engager PS, US Of Montreal's critical breakthrough Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? catapulted the band to the upper echelon of indie stardom. The album landed on over 30 major year-end lists including Paste, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and Associated Press. A year later, of Montreal are back with Skeletal Lamping. "Id Engager," the debut single from Skeletal Lamping, provides an early sneak peak to one of 2008's most anticipated albums. This limited pressing 7" includes an exclusive non-album B-side as well as a free digital download of the songs. Polyvinyl-161 45 $3.50 Oil Tasters S-T PS, US Originally issued by Lexicon Devil in 2005. The Oil Tasters only existed between the years 1980-1983 and managed to release two 7"s and an LP in their lifetime. Out-of-print for well over 20 years, Lexicon Devil stepped up to the plate in an attempt to reintroduce this mighty Milwaukee juggernaut back into the general public with a CD compiling all their long-deleted catalog. A three-piece with the unusual line-up of bass/vocals (Richard LaValliere), saxophone (Caleb Alexander) and drums/backing vocals (Guy Hoffman), Oil Tasters set the Milwaukee scene alight in their day with their trailblazing mix of Dada-esque smart-arse lyricism, avant-garde jazz rhythms and skittering, punk-rock energy which blended together to produce a unique, unprecedented sound. Both Richard and Guy had spent time in the late '70s in The Haskels, Milwaukee's original punker outfit, and when that band called it a day, they decided to take a less orthodox musical approach. Roping in friend Caleb Alexander on saxophone (who actually learnt his trade from another '70s Milwaukee habituate and wildman, James Chance aka James White/Black of The Contortions) and inspired by a strange mixture of old Dixieland jazz, Coltrane and post-punk a la Public Image Ltd., they created something really different from the then-emerging cookie-cutter punk scene. Sonically, you could throw a few names around: in Oil Tasters one can hear traces of John Lydon's snarl in the way LaValliere barks out his sarcastic tomes; the menacing, angular punk-funk-jazz of the Minutemen, especially so in the meaty, Watt-ish bass lines; and the Dada art-rock styling of Pere Ubu ca. '81/'82. This release comprises both of their self-released 7"s and their subsequent LP released on Joe Carducci's excellent Thermidor label (they were actually recommended to Carducci by his good friend, Jello Biafra), all of which have been newly remastered at Dex Audio in Melbourne from the original reels which, funnily enough, had spent the last 5 years collecting dust on the shelves of none other than Henry Rollins' office. Huh? The CD reproduces the front cover of the original LP, contains an 8-page booklet with liner notes from longtime fan Keith Brammer (of Die Kreuzen/Boy Dirt Car) and Richard LaValliere himself, a plethora of band flyers and photos and a full 40 minutes of surrealist, one-of-a-kind post-punk. LexiconDevil CD $12.25 Okkervil River The Stand Ins PS, US OKKERVIL RIVER's new full-length album "The Stand Ins" is the sequel to 2007's critically acclaimed "The Stage Names", which Pitchfork praised as "Šone of the year's best," and The New York Times proclaimed, "This band's musical arsenal keeps getting fuller." "The Stand Ins" was recorded in Austin and produced by longtime collaborator Brian Beattie and Okkervil River. The album features 11 songs and includes the track "Lost Coastlines," on which SHEFF and recently departed JONATHAN MEIBURG of Shearwater share a duet on the joys and hardships of trying to keep the band together. Of the process Will Sheff explains, "We had so many songs we were excited about that we briefly threw around the idea of just putting out a double record. Instead, we decided to take a group of songs that fit with each other and turn that into "The Stage Names", setting the rest aside for a future release, a "The Stage Names" sequel." "The Stand Ins" is that sequel, part two of a staggered double album. Like artist William Schaff's embroidered artwork, which depicts what's happening underneath The Stage Names' front-cover quicksand hand,The Stand Ins picks up exactly where Part One left off but also delves deeper into the story and theme of "The Stage Names". It is a full-length, fleshed-out, deeply ambitious labor of love. Jagjaguwar-124 LP $11.50 Okkervil River The Stand Ins PS, US OKKERVIL RIVER's new full-length album "The Stand Ins" is the sequel to 2007's critically acclaimed "The Stage Names", which Pitchfork praised as "Šone of the year's best," and The New York Times proclaimed, "This band's musical arsenal keeps getting fuller." "The Stand Ins" was recorded in Austin and produced by longtime collaborator Brian Beattie and Okkervil River. The album features 11 songs and includes the track "Lost Coastlines," on which SHEFF and recently departed JONATHAN MEIBURG of Shearwater share a duet on the joys and hardships of trying to keep the band together. Of the process Will Sheff explains, "We had so many songs we were excited about that we briefly threw around the idea of just putting out a double record. Instead, we decided to take a group of songs that fit with each other and turn that into "The Stage Names", setting the rest aside for a future release, a "The Stage Names" sequel." "The Stand Ins" is that sequel, part two of a staggered double album. Like artist William Schaff's embroidered artwork, which depicts what's happening underneath The Stage Names' front-cover quicksand hand,The Stand Ins picks up exactly where Part One left off but also delves deeper into the story and theme of "The Stage Names". It is a full-length, fleshed-out, deeply ambitious labor of love. Jagjaguwar-124 CD $11.50 O'Rourke, Jim Despite The Water Supply PS, UK American musician and producer Jim O'Rourke continues the Touch Sevens 7" vinyl-only limited edition series with an epic, two-part track recorded at Tokyo's Steamroom, May 2008. This series is a non-digital statement that cannot be applied to digital formats -- the sonic texture, the use of a locked groove, the A & the B. The label chose not to specify the RPM, encouraging listeners to experiment with playback options and personal preferences. Artwork and photography by Jon Wozencroft. Touch 45 $6.75 Orphans Everybody Loves You When You're Dead PS, US The debut release from this up-and-coming Southern California band who aim to put the danger back into punk rock. Often described as a female-fronted version of the Germs, the band rips it up in the style of the early Dangerhouse bands like Legal Weapon and the Bags. UnitySquad LP $10.00 Orso Ask Your Neighbor PS, US Building on the success of their previous release, which earned nearly universal acclaim & saw the band support Califone on extended domestic & Italian tours, their hypnotic mix of tenor banjos, soft organs, muted brass, & calm harmonies are in full force on the majestic new album. Contraphonic CD $14.75 Palms It's Midnight in Honolulu PS, US Debut album from group featured in the LIVING BRIDGE compilation. A worldly boy/girl duo that live in New York and Berlin, respectively, met first in London to colaborate. The music echoes of German artists like Faust and Klaus Schulze, as well as traces of the Velvet Underground and My Bloody Valentine. RareBookRoom CD $12.75 Parenthetical Girls Entanglements PS, US ((LP has been postponed)) Portand, Oregon's PARENTHETICAL GIRLS have traded in their small-screen sincerity for a bold and blustering Technicolour - a lush, longing and lusty celluloid schmaltz they call "Entanglements". An orchestral song-cycle of grand sonic ambition, "Entanglements" is an eleven-song, linear narrative of ascendancy, adolescent sexuality, quantum mechanics, consent and other moral ambiguities! Borrowing string-swept sentimentality from the likes of Van Dyke Parks, Scott Walker, Jack Nitzsche, and Burt Bacharach, "Entanglements" draws colourful lines across the expanse between these orchestral pop antiquities and the more formidable strains of modern classical composers - its hues distantly reminiscent of names like Krzystof Penderecki, Philip Glass, and Gavin Bryars. Tomlab-120 CD $12.25 Pegboy Strong Reaction [vinyl re-issue] PS, US Vinyl version of this classic Touch and Go release, incl. MP3 download code. This is such an amazing album. Total summer jams that never go bad. Griptape cuttin' music for sure. Quarterstick LP $11.00 Perhacs, Linda Parallelograms PS, SPAIN VINYL VERSION!!! Guess-026 LP $25.00 Pivot O Soundtrack My Heart PS, US Pivot is a rare combination of the emotive and cerebral, harnessing the raw garage energy of three explosive musicians along-side intensive studio production. Part prog-warrior, part slacker geek, the band's music and approach provide something much needed in the world of music. Pivot's sound exudes an omnipresent sense of melodrama and what can only be described as a sort of 'apocalyptic joy.' For fans of The Talking Heads and Vangelis. Warp CD $13.75 Plush Fed PS, UK Six years after its Japan-only release on the After Hours label, Broken Horse is thrilled to announce the first European release of the much-talked-about but seldom-heard Fed, the second album by Liam Hayes' Plush. Since Plush's debut 7", Three Quarters Blind Eyes / Found A Little Baby was released to universal praise in 1994 on Drag City, the tale of Plush has been one mostly concerned with the promise of new recordings, scrapped sessions, rumor and speculation concerning Hayes' quest to match the songs in his head with the recordings in his hand. What has been vastly overlooked is the music. It was four years before Drag City released Plush's debut album, More You Becomes You. Few albums can be described as being truly unique, but More You Becomes You is, without doubt, one of those albums that can actually put in a serious bid for that description. While a full-blown orchestral pop album was indeed planned, Hayes instead delivered a uniquely minimal set of intimate piano & vocal ballads, which somehow managed to present a unique, first-take feel despite the incredible attention to detail Hayes applied to the performances and recordings that had actually taken place. Although upon completion Hayes found himself without a label in either the US or Europe, the artistic success of the album could not be denied. Throughout its 14 tracks, from the roaring opening track 'Whose Blues' to the epic 'No Education' to the pop-masterpiece 'Born Together' to the closing lullaby 'The Woods,' Fed remains spectacularly melodic and inventive throughout. Upon its Japanese release, Uncut called the album 'the dazzling symphonic album he always threatened to produce,' whilst Rolling Stone called it a 'soulful symphonic masterpiece' suggesting that its non-domestic release was further proof of the decline of American culture.` BrokenHorse CD $18.25 Pontiak Sun on Sun PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! ThrillJockey LP $11.50 Pontiak Sun on Sun PS, US 2nd album from PONTIAK, following up their debut 'Valley of the Cats' released on their Fireproof label. This also follows close on the heels of their great split LP w/ Arbouretum. The band is made up of 3 brothers from the Blue Ridge farm country of Virginia - their music is swaggering guitar rock that staddles the line between power trio & something far more expansive in sound & scope. "(Their) ominous, portentous music straddles a wide sonic rift valley, w/ references that stretch from the southern latitudes fo Spain's Viaje A800 to the northern majesty of Black Sabbath & Harvey Milk via the Doors"-Julian Cope. CD version comes in 4 panel digipack. ThrillJockey CD $13.00 Pop Will Eat Itself Now for a Feast [expanded 2003 re-issue] PS, US The original 14 song collection plus 9 bonus tracks! AMG: "Not so much an album as a collection of early singles and EPs, Now for a Feast! doesn't waste any time, packing in 14 songs within 24 minutes. Though the speed and brevity of the songs would seem to suggest that early Pop Will Eat Itself would be Ramones freaks, the group actually feels a bit looser than the brothers did, at least originally. Part of the reason is the production, which, if anything, resembles the undifferentiated wash of early Jesus & Mary Chain rather than the slashing punch of classic punk. Some tunes cut through that murk reasonably well, including the band's semi-theme song, "Oh Grebo I Think I Love You," and "B-B-B-Breakdown." Songs like "The Black Country Chainstore Massacreee" and "There's a Psychopath in My Soup" show that the band's sense of humor is front and center, but Pop Will Eat Itself doesn't really feel like a joke band (certainly not in the early Barenaked Ladies sense). Clint Mansell's lyrics are downright sweet and silly at points -- thus "Monogamy," which is as merry a declaration on the subject as could be imagined -- and his singing is actually probably the clearest part of any of the individual recordings. His style is practically casual instead of declarative, which is perhaps all for the better on the one song with mean-spirited sentiments, "Sick Little Girl." The same sort of poppy, slightly drunk singalong style that the band's hometown friends/rivals the Wonder Stuff were known for defines the whole feel of the album (not surprising given how members of both were in earlier bands together). Earlier roots of another sort surface thanks to the final song, a downright giddy cover of Hawkwind's "Orgone Accumulator," which exchanges space rock for silly fun that Slade wouldn't be uncomfortable with." Castle CD $12.25 Portastatic Some Small History PS, US A double-disc of rarities, collecting B-sides, compilation tracks, EPs, fanzine vinyl, and previously unreleased material recorded between 1990 and 2007. Merge DCD $14.00 Praveen & Benoit Songs Spun Simla PS, US It's all in the wires. Praveen Sharma and Thomas Meluch (aka Benoît Pioulard) have met only a handful of times and have never resided in the same city, but over the course of two-plus years they have been quietly assembling Songs Spun Simla, a brief but luminescent collection of pieces driven by Praveen's inventive arrangements and Benoît's lush vocal harmonizing. Praveen released his remarkable debut Backed by Spirits on the now-defunct Neo Ouija imprint just as Benoît emerged with the Enge EP on Michigan's Moodgadget label in early 2005. Through mutual contacts they found that each was an admirer of the other's work, and the seeds for a casual collaboration were sown. Not long after, Praveen returned from a profound journey through his family's native India with a minidisk full of field recordings and voices, forming the basis of opener "The Tunnel is Still There". As he continued creating new songs with an ever-expanding palette of instruments and digital effects, Benoît arranged lyrics and harmonies, driven by the unfamiliarity and excitement of the process. Various ideas arose concerning the fate of these works, but once a record's worth had been amassed, their friends at Music Related expressed interest in a proper release. Songs Spun Simla is named in honor of the village in India from which Praveen's family originates - it's inseparable from his musical inspirations yet still distant and shaped largely by memory. His compositions exist on a fitting scale, then; from the stunning, expansive lead-in of "Death as a Man" to the incredibly detailed percussion of "To Scale", there's a sense of worldliness, history and nostalgia placed in a crucible with technology and innovation. Much like a travelogue, the six movements of Songs Spun Simla abut soaring highs with passages of quiet, intimate beauty to create a deeply affecting whole. Praveen Sharma has been making music for most of his life, and has contributed releases to AI, Neo Ouija, and Expanding Records. He also runs Percussion Lab, a hub for underground electronic music and exclusive DJ sets, in addition to being an avid live performer and event organizer in New York City. Thomas Meluch (aka Benoît Pioulard) began playing piano at age five and has been recording music and field sounds with various devices for nearly as long. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he recently finished the follow-up album to the highly acclaimed Précis (2006) for the indie stalwarts at Chicago's Kranky. MusicRelated-021 CD $11.50 PRE/AIDS Wolf Live Dates PS, US Uncovered at Austrian customs, this bootleg 7" single has been seized by Skin Graft Records for lawful distribution. Originated in Russia by the rogue record label Sinraft Records, this comes in a full color 8-page calendar of compromising band photos. SkinGraft 45 $7.00 Prurient Cocaine Death PS, US Since the inception of both Prurient and the Hospital Productions label, cassette releases have been an essential format for the communication and participation in the industrial/noise culture. For Prurient, these cassette releases contain some of the most visceral and beloved works in the Prurient catalog. Cocaine Death is a compilation of three of Prurient's finest Hospital cassette releases as well as two unreleased tracks. The previously released material forms a triptych exploring the relationship between futile pleasure, substance and escape; escape being a myth. Cocaine Death (originally C-10 packaged in an envelope, limited to 46 copies) is perhaps the most sought after of the recent Prurient cassettes. The content is based on the glamour and destruction of toxic night life. The B-side features guest vocals from FFH and continues the themes with the addition of bondage. This material is a considered classic modern Prurient. Caribbean Overdose (originally a C-10, packaged in a standard shell package and limited to 100 copies) explores a different but strangely direct topic of the sexual reproductive life of plants. There is nothing common or typical about the sounds and direction of this material. Further examination into the life of scientific advancement and education. Tylenol Murders (originally a C-10, packaged in an oversized envelope and limited to 10 copies) takes the sounds and concepts of the aforementioned releases and expands the sounds to further limits of cracked static, strained vocals and strange melodic loops. This sought after limited material is seeing the light on this release to most Prurient listeners for the first time. This collection of cassette material is perhaps the biggest clue in the development of Prurient. This is where the edges blur and advancements reveal themselves. When Prurient material is released in the ether its shock-waves often take on a life of their own. For the first time, listeners of all levels can revel in their abstract longing and tension. For the diehards, two unreleased tracks of Prurient. There's a reason why these releases continue to live on long after the cassettes disappear. This CD shows the power and depth of Prurient in the cassette world. For those whose spindles still spin and those who have moved on, Cocaine Death shows revelation. Digipack CD with 16 page booklet. HospitalProductions CD $13.75 Radiohead Pablo Honey PS, US Only a few in stock, order ASAP! Capitol LP $20.00 Radiohead The Bends PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Capitol LP $19.00 Radiohead O.K. Computer PS, US Only a few in stock, order ASAP! Capitol DLP $25.25 Radiohead Kid A (2X10") PS, US Capitol 10 $25.25 Radiohead Hail To the Theif PS, US Only a few in stock, order ASAP! Capitol DLP $25.25 Rafter Sweaty Magic PS, US "Sweaty Magic" is the ultimate booty cap to Summer Oh-Eight's globally-warmed love-exhaust festival. Listeners taking a break from the floor to get another organic mojito-flavored energy drink might hear swirls of Tom Zé, Prince, Clipse, Zapp & Roger, Mr. Fingers, and D'Angelo staying up late in some non-exclusive beach rave with glowing extraterrestrial energy spheres. AsthmaticKitty-43 CD5 $5.50 Raglani Of Sirens Born PS, US Beginning tentatively & uneasily, these 5 pieces progress through expansive phases of grandeur & menace, shipwrecking before washing ashore on a new world. At the core of the work is the idea of the imaginary vista; high, keening drones issue from the heart of unknown rivers, populated on all sides by fantastically twittering creatures & alien flora, drawing the listener on with the hint of exotic treasure, hidden w/in forbidding & impossible jungles. Kranky CD $12.25 Rainbow Arabia Basta PS, US The band consists of Danny & Tiffany Preston (formerly of FUTURE PIGEON & PINK GRENADE) who haveR meacroriredds American experimental dance music w/ a heavy dose of Middle Eastern influence. ManimalVinyl CD $5.75 Rainer Maria Look Now Look Again PS, US This Polyvinyl classic has been out of print on LP for nearly a decade. Look Now Look Again set the high standard for which Rainer Maria will always be viewed. LP is on premium 180 gram vinyl and includes a digital download code. Polyvinyl LP $12.50 RE: UP Issue #16 PS, US Inside the mind of Hunter S. Thompson, Boom box bike gangs, Fashion for the ages, Swedish rap supreme, Mapei's first U.S. interview, more! REUP-016 ZINE $5.50 Relatively Clean Rivers S-T PS, UK Former Beat Of The Earth leader Phil Pearlman assembled Relatively Clean Rivers in the early '70s and eventually released this excellent rural rock album in 1975. Although Pearlman's first recorded effort was a surf/hot rod 45 entitled Chrome Reversed Rails which appeared on the Fink label in the mid-'60s, it was with Beat Of The Earth that he began to forge a distinctive musical voice. The band was one of the earliest-known experimental bands with a sound reminiscent of their East Coast counterparts, The Velvet Underground, whose influence is often discernable on Relatively Clean Rivers. That said, RCR is recognized by those fortunate enough to have heard it as one of the very finest albums of the era, with a clearly-defined American sound akin to The Grateful Dead in all their American Beauty pomp or CSNY circa Déjà Vu. An album highly recommended to anyone even remotely interested in '70s West Coast music or simply great music in general. This numbered, limited edition CD is housed in a unique gatefold card wallet -- 1000 copies only. Phoenix CD $16.25 Report Suspicious Activity Destroy All Evidence PS, US Their 2nd album to date, VIC BIONDI (Articles of Faith, Alloy, Jones Very) began this project as a productive mTeenatnasc tloe schannel his political rage: a one-off project that grew into a band as musicians were recruited, songs written, & shows played. The band now boasts an impressive lineup w/ J. ROBBINS (Jawbox, Burning Airlines), DARREN ZENTEK (Kerosene 454), & ERIK DENNO (Kerosene 454). In terms of songcraft & political heft, they can duke it out w/ the best of Reaganera political punk. "This isn't just a political hardcore record: there is a sense of melody & honesty that is lacking in music these days." -WEEKLY DIG AlternativeTentacles CD $14.25 Rhinos In Rhi-Fi PS, US Sweden's supreme masters of jangle pop. RainbowQuartz CD $13.50 Sabu The World Of Sabu PS, UK Selar Shaik Sabu made his first film appearance in 1937 as a 12-year-old orphan, having landed the title role in Elephant Boy purely by chance after being plucked from Indian obscurity by a British location crew. His rise to international stardom was swift and dramatic with leading roles in Alexander Korda's productions The Thief of Bagdad and Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. But by the time he appeared in Powell & Pressburger's Black Narcissus in 1947 that stardom was already guttering, and during the remaining 16 years of his tragically short life he was obliged to accept increasingly minor roles that mostly traded on former glories. Yet during those ten extraordinary years Sabu illuminated the screen in a way that remains without precedent. The renowned Hungarian film composer Miklos Rozsa wrote the scores for The Thief of Bagdad and Kipling's Jungle Book. Our edition restores them to the catalogue for the first time in decades. Sabu narrates the Jungle book to Rozsa's music in character as Mowgli. The result is charming. The recordings were originally released as a set of four 78 rpm discs in 1940. The first ever film soundtrack album Black Narcissus is classic Powell and Pressburger; The Archers at the height of their powers. A triumph of artistry in cinema to which Sabu contributes the memorable role of the young general. El-151 CD $15.50 Sailboats Are White Turbo PS, AUSTRALIA As completely incidental as it may seem, the acronym for Sailboats Are White is in fact SAW. Coincidence? Perhaps, but it's also a pretty accurate musical description. You see, saws are used to cut through things like bone, metal and possibly wood, likewise though, Sailboats' music is just as fierce, cutting and destructive to the senses as say, a lumberjack's saw would be to a maple tree. LowTransitIndustries-040 CD $13.50 School of Seven Bells Half Asleep PS, US Ex-member of Secret Machines & On!Air!Library! Touring with M83 in November. With this 7", School of Seven Bells stylishly split the difference between shoegazing introspection & stargazing dream pop. "Half Asleep" starts with a compact, propulsive throb & gradually expands outward, adding layers of milky-blue synthesizer, bottomless guitar from Benjamin Curtis, and the angelic, harmonized coos of sisters Alejandra & Claudia Deheza-it's a potent combination of earthbound noise & weightless beauty, found at the height of a mountaintop. Eerie B-side "Caldo" spins a simple melody (sung in English & Spanish) into a medieval hymn from another planet. LIMITED pressing of the vinyl! GhostlyInternational 45 $5.00 Scorces I Turn Into You PS, US "Most musical matters seem to cycle through rise/crash wave patterns of popularity and lately it seems that the duo formation is for some reason at the crest of its particular prevalence/relevance. Perhaps it has something to do with the faster psychic communion that births between a pair (versus a 5+ gang-style band). Or maybe it's just to save on gas money. Either way, very few fringe duos have succeeded in so fully utilizing the witchy, wordless, and wondrous bond of the twosome formation as Scorces' twin figureheads Christina Carter (also of Charalambides, Bastard Wing, etc.) and Heather Leigh Murray (Taurpis Tula, CEO of Volcanic Tongue, more). Their early incarnation as East Texas fried-folk loners instantly struck a chord in clued-in heads for both its bold formless experimental moods as well its instantly gripping emotional power. Their 2003 masterpiece on Eclipse, Vivre Avec La Bete, captured their magic craft perfectly, and in retrospect has definitely cast a heavy influence over a whole host of today's underground's voice-based lonesome drifters. So it is with amplified honor that we offer up this latest tome of spells unearthed from the Scorces' vaults: I Turn Into You. Nearly 70 minutes of pedal-steel guitar tendrils, basement dust, whispered melodies, enchanted strings thrummed against the quiet, and possibly the planet's single most intense dual free-crooning chemistry sprawled across four spectral sides of black vinyl. All tracks were recorded several years ago back at Charalambides HQ in Houston, TX by psych-guitar journeyman Tom Carter, and they've aged like oil paintings (cracking, majestic, immense). Housed in embossed, metallic ink jackets designed by Marcia Bassett (with a racy poem by the Scorces' ladies on the back), plus an 11x11 insert with info and a live shot. Edition of 500." NotNotFun DLP $24.00 Shaky Hands Lunglight PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! KillRockStars LP $13.25 Shaky Hands Lunglight PS, US In their hometown of Portland, Oregon, the SHAKY HANDS are the one band that virtually everyone agrees on. Well respected & critically adored for their instantly recognizable, earthy-meets-explosive sound & for putting on really good shows. Their 2nd album here proves them to be evolving at remarkable speed, at times reminiscent of Talking Heads & the Doors. In a world of throwaway pop, this quintet has built itself from the ground up, naturally & beautifully. KillRockStars CD $13.25 Shindig Shindig! Vol. 2, Issue 6 Sept-Oct 2008 PS, UK "Cover: Marc Bolan 1969-70 -- Egos, unicorns and jugband psychedelia, the early years of Marc Bolan and Tyrannosaurus Rex. Rikki Rooksby looks at their involvement with the Notting Hill Gate hippie scene and Bolan's final pre-fame recordings. The Youngbloods -- The New York folk-rockers who soundtracked the hippie dream. Slade -- Drummer Don Powell answers 20 questions and Ian O'Sullivan reappraises the 1974 movie Slade In Flame. John Kongos -- Adventures in pop-psych. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band -- Part two of our in-depth story. Buffalo -- Hard rock '70s band from Australia. Freak Rock -- A-Z of weird and heavy sounds from the early '70s." ZINE $8.25 Soares, Tony Native Clays PS, US Featuring the art of Tony Soares, this film is a beautiful journey through the ancient Native American process of paddle and anvil pot making. Every step is documented from digging the clay, making the pot, painting the pot and finally firing the pot in an open pit. The resulting images are a unique learning tool for the students of this lost art. Tony proudly builds pots using authentic methods right down to creating fire with a stick and working in a Native American environment. Features music throughout by Carl Roessler, Clive Wright and Harold Budd with narration by Anna LaCazio. Run time 1 hour 18 minutes. DesertSkyMusic-007 DVD $19.50 Social Junk Concussion Summer PS, US "The greater Midwest 'hood is responsible for so much of the U.S.'s most living music it seems like lately. Out here on the West we tend to get a bit blissed and burnt and, conversely, Eastern sea-boarders can fall into a condensed consciousness that sometimes doesn't translate well to those outside their bubble. But in the middle country, there's often a rawness that's honest and real and really clears the ears/mind, and for our tastes Ashland, Kentucky's Social Junk are champs of this direct, red-blooded approach. Somewhere between the Bible Belt brutality of Sword Heaven and Tusco Terror and the sticky southern electronics of Pax Titania or even recent Wet Hair, SJ navigate an interesting interzone, boiling together ominous loops, mangled sax, heavy riffs, various vocal moods (pissed, lost, aggro, angelic), militant tribal drumming, and a mess of electric atmospheres into something genuinely gripping and wholly their own. And right on the eve of both a behemoth bi-coastal tour (six weeks long!) and a brave re-location to CA's Bay Area, we are amped-as-shit to announce their vinyl debut after a million killer limited tapes and splits. Concussion Summer rumbles through noisy drum circles, hypnotic thrash, and even a couple creepy ballads, with Noah Anthony and Heather Young's co-dependent chemistry channeled into eight concise hybrid pieces of perfect/classic JUNK. High-time, and fully worth the wait. See them soon. Black vinyl LPs in jackets with artwork by Hair Police's Robert Beatty. Edition of 435." NotNotFun LP $15.50 Sonic Youth & Mats Gustafsson & Merzbow Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth PS, US This installment of Sonic Youth's series of experimental and mostly instrumental releases is available in a CD-only edition on the band's own SYR label. Andre Sider af Sonic Youth presents the complete "Other Sides of Sonic Youth" improvised live performance from the 2005 Roskilde Festival in Denmark, featuring Sonic Youth (with Jim O'Rourke) and guests Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and Japanese sound artist Masami Akita (a.k.a. Merzbow). The single piece performed was a structured improvisation which for 60 minutes added and subtracted musicians one by one until only Akita was left onstage. Black Sabbath followed. SYR CD $10.00 Spherical Objects Further Ellipses / No Man's Land PS, UK The Boutique Label presents the first ever reissues by cult Manchester band Spherical Objects, active between 1978 and 1981 and the core group on the highly collectible Object Music label. Formed by singer, songwriter and dj Steve Solamar in 1978, Spherical Objects produced a unique brand of what early champion Paul Morley termed 'existentialist psychedelia'. Their third album, Further Ellipses, appeared in 1980 and featured a new, short-lived line-up of the group. The fourth and final album, No Man's Land, was released on Object in October 1981. The band only played occasional live gigs, and preferred instead to concentrate on recording albums, releasing no less than four in as many years. Spherical Objects (and the Object label) ceased operations in 1981, after Steve Solamar resolve a lifelong contradiction by becoming a woman. As part of this process Solamar even destroyed his own mastertapes. Since then his music has rarely been heard, and the Object(s) catalogue has languished in undeserved obscurity. However an Object anthology has now been released as part of the Auteur Labels series on LTM, which includes rare non-album singles by Spherical Objects and its members. The artist formerly known as Steve Solamar is alive and well, and lives a happy spiritual and musical life. Boutique-6616 CD $17.00 Spherical Objects Past & Parcel / Elliptical Optimism PS, UK The Boutique Label presents the first ever reissues by cult Manchester band Spherical Objects, active between 1978 and 1981 and the core group on the highly collectible Object Music label. Formed by singer, songwriter and dj Steve Solamar in 1978, Spherical Objects produced a unique brand of what early champion Paul Morley termed 'existentialist psychedelia'. Their first album, Past & Parcel, appeared in August 1978 and predated releases on other Manchester post-punk labels such as Factory. The second album, Elliptical Optimism, was released on Object in October 1979. The band only played occasional live gigs, and preferred instead to concentrate on recording albums, releasing no less than four in as many years. Spherical Objects (and the Object label) ceased operations in 1981, after Steve Solamar resolve a lifelong contradiction by becoming a woman. As part of this process Solamar even destroyed his own master tapes. Since then his music has rarely been heard, and the Object(s) catalogue has languished in undeserved obscurity. However an Object anthology has now been released as part of the Auteur Labels series on LTM, which includes rare non-album singles by Spherical Objects and its members. The artist formerly known as Steve Solamar is alive and well, and lives a happy spiritual and musical life. Boutique-6614 CD $17.00 Steinbruchel Mit Ohne PS, US Limited edition: 500. Order now as this is limited and will not be reissued. Mit Ohne is a sound documentation of an audio/visual installation by Yves Netzhammer and Steinbrüchel. The installation entitled "The feeling of precise instability when holding things" was part of the group exhibition "Wohnträume/Wohnräume" exhibited from 26.07. to 28.09.2003 at the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich, Switzerland. The audio sections by Steinbrüchel where composed in sync with the visuals by Yves Netzhammer and succeed in translating and supporting the poetic vibrancy and slow morphing movements of the 3d rendered animation. For the exhibition an atmospheric fragile and detailed work was created involving a three-part projection and multichannel sound that conveys an abstract audio and visual approach to the environment surrounding us and the concept of a room itself. Each audio track takes the listener into a new form of "room" and simple patterns of single tones are layered into dense movements surrounding the listener's space. The crystalline polished sounds form a highly precise environment that interacts with particles of melodies searching for space to breathe. Between the tracks there are no pauses that give the dedicated listener the feeling of being moved suddenly from one room to the other. Space and silence are sensitively woven into each other while forming an atmospheric and organic surrounding. Through the sound the feeling in every room changes from dark to bright, from large to small, from lonely to crowded, from silent to loud. Ralph Steinbrüchel, born in 1969, studied Communication Design at Central Saint Martins School in London, where he acquired a Masters of Arts and Design with distinction. He now lives and works as a musician and graphic designer in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2002 his composition "zwischen.raum" [Domizil, Zurich, 2002] was distinguished with the Max Brand Award for Electronic Music [phonoTAKTIK.02 Festival, New York]. 12K-2010 CD5 $9.00 Stott, Andy Unknown Exception PS, UK Subtitled: Selected Tracks Vol. 1. This is the second CD release from Manchester's Andy Stott for the Modern Love label, since his 2005 debut, Merciless. This is the first-ever collection of some of Andy Stott's standout vinyl-only releases, remastered by Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin. Andy Stott has developed a unique sound since his debut on Modern Love -- his first demos for the label were heavily influenced by the square bass line techno variations of Claro Intelecto, a longtime friend, mentor, and eventually label-mate and collaborator. His first release, Replace featured a mixture of disciplines that took in elements of Detroit techno and Chicago house and fast found favor with the likes of Kompakt, De:Bug magazine and DJ Lawrence, who fell for Stott's intuitive, warm melodies and padded percussion. From that point on, Stott has continued to shift and adapt his sound to take in ever disparate influences, from the driving techno of Dave Clarke's Red series through to Basic Channel through to dubstep, garage and the minimalism of classic Sähkö. This chameleon-like quality has set Stott apart from his contemporaries, gaining him interest from all quarters of the electronic music scene, championed by Mary Anne Hobbs (recording two sessions for her show), and playing to increasingly large audiences (including several shows at Berghain's legendary Panorama Bar, the Sonar Festival, Bloc Weekend and countless others). His inspired shifts from traditional techno blueprints through to the bottom-heavy signatures of dubstep and the steppers arrangements of garage have also placed him at the forefront of the dubstep/techno hybrid sounds that have started to dominate the electronic music scene in 2008 alongside the likes of Martyn, Peverelist and T++. This compilation brings together selected tracks dating back to Andy Stott's debut in 2005 and reaches all the way to his most recent material in 2008. Tracks feature here from his most captivating EPs and stream through his fascination with deep, almost uncontainable bass lines and ever-inventive percussive shifts. ModernLove CD $14.25 Subaudible Hum Everything You Heard is True PS, AUSTRALIA Dark & brooding debut alt. rock masterpiece from this critically acclaimed Melbourne band. In late 2005 SubAudible Hum released their debut full-length album entitled "Everything You Heard Is True". It was a dark, venomous abrasion on the guitar format that also managed to make time for sprawling sonic scenery and downbeat, melancholic intricacy. The record gained SubAudible Hum immediate national radio rotation including a spot on Triple J's Next Crop campaign. SubAudible Hum write from that mysterious void between emotive art and didactic thesis. The subject matter is always of paramount importance but never at the expense of listening pleasure, in fact SubAudible Hum may just have found the harmonious middle ground between the two. Any modern day themes of global politics, dirty economics, fundamental agendas, and social degradation are always communicated with music, never using it as a soapbox. Stepping into 2006 SubAudible Hum have a whole new take. Having purged much of their structural and self-imposed stylistic constraints the SubAudible Hum sound is now less definable than ever. Their sophomore effort "In Time For Spring, On Came The Snow" swings from drawn-out orchestral opuses to quasi-UK indie trash to dam bursting, almost trip hop anthems. With this release, as always, SubAudible Hum are exploring every crevasse of their musical ambitions. "An extremely impressive Melbourne debut" Beat - Andrew Ramadge. "21st century disillusionment expressed in the form of grinding guitars, marching drums, an astounding, impassioned voice, and a bass tone that can only be classified as heave machinery, this is the sound Fritz Lang surely had in mind when he created his Metropolis" Beat - Today is the day "Single Of The Week" - Daniel Z "Describing the voice as a mash of Jeff Buckley, Thom Yorke & Iggy Pop. SubAudible Hum, big, deep and melancholic without ever crossing over into self-indulgence" Lucky - Matty B "A profoundly eclectic first release fluently melding the emotional with the intellectual... a work of undeniable brilliance" Inpress - Shane O'Donohue LowTransitIndustries-017 CD $13.50 Subaudible Hum In Time for Spring, On Came the Snow PS, AUSTRALIA Critically acclaimed sophomore album from Melbourne experimental pop outfit. Features hit singles "Sugarcoat", "All For The Caspian" & "Aaron's Western Assault". LowTransitIndustries-044 CD $13.50 Subaudible Hum All for the Caspian PS, AUSTRALIA Deluxe single feating radio faves "Sugarcoat" & "All For The Caspian". Features a live track & remixes from New Yorks Secret Frequency Crew & Gordon McQ from The Avalanches. In late 2005 SubAudible Hum released their debut full-length album entitled "Everything You Heard Is True". It was a dark, venomous abrasion on the guitar format that also managed to make time for sprawling sonic scenery and downbeat, melancholic intricacy. The record gained SubAudible Hum immediate national radio rotation including a spot on Triple J's Next Crop campaign. SubAudible Hum write from that mysterious void between emotive art and didactic thesis. The subject matter is always of paramount importance but never at the expense of listening pleasure, in fact SubAudible Hum may just have found the harmonious middle ground between the two. Any modern day themes of global politics, dirty economics, fundamental agendas, and social degradation are always communicated with music, never using it as a soapbox. Stepping into 2006 SubAudible Hum have a whole new take. Having purged much of their structural and self-imposed stylistic constraints the SubAudible Hum sound is now less definable than ever. LowTransitIndustries-043 CD5 $8.25 Summer Suns, The Greatest PS, AUSTRALIA RESTOCKED! After more than a decade in hibernation, THE SUMMER SUNS return with a much requested and highly anticipated CD compilation of classic power pop and folk rock which was originally vinyl only on labels such as Waterfront, Easter, Bus Stop, Get Hip, Parasol, and House Of Wax. Formed in Perth by singer/songwriter Kim Williams, THE SUMMER SUNS had a revolving door line-up that featured most of that town's best pop players including Dom Mariani, Martin Moon, Joe Algeri et al plus guests such as Kim Salmon. In the years 1986-96 the band released several vinyl singles, two LPs, and one EP. After many years in denial, Williams at last accepted that he is, in fact, a genius and began putting the comp together before he could change his mind. 22 TRACKS! SummerSuns-001 CD $12.50 Tecumseh Avalanche & Inundation PS, US The LP version of Tecumseh's Avalanche And Inundation is pressed in an edition of 500 copies with the first 200 on color vinyl. Heavy drone/heavy meditation. Be inside the sounds. Formed in 2004, Tecumseh creates drone metal of the heaviest variety although with more forward movement than some of their peers and with the addition of cold electronic hiss. Using 2 basses, electronics, percussion and guitar Tecumseh wrap themselves and their listeners in a warm sonic meditative slow motion blanket woven from their skilled use of sound and space. Avalanche And Inundation was recorded in the winter of 2008 with Jeremy Romagna (Yellow Swans, Trees, Silentist). " This is the perfect metallic drifting off music, almost like they've discovered some new genre, sludge-ambient, doom-age, whatever you decide to call it, it's pretty amazing, and fans of all things slow motion,downtuned and yes, heavy will dig this big time." Aquarius "The sound is sludgy and the pace snail-like but subtle. Within its monochrome scheme of blackness, and yet more blackness as its slow, slow, riffs unfurl there are small variations in tone. Such is the hermetically sealed inwardly directed feel of Tecumseh's sound thatthese tiny variations are like tiny rafts in an otherwise empty sea. And in the end the listening experience isn't some feat of endurance but strangely calming, it's blackness like a vast lake of crude oil with only the faintest of ripples disturbing it's surface." The Wire Important-211 CD $13.00 Tecumseh Avalanche & Inundation PS, US The LP version of Tecumseh's Avalanche And Inundation is pressed in an edition of 500 copies with the first 200 on color vinyl. Heavy drone/heavy meditation. Be inside the sounds. Formed in 2004, Tecumseh creates drone metal of the heaviest variety although with more forward movement than some of their peers and with the addition of cold electronic hiss. Using 2 basses, electronics, percussion and guitar Tecumseh wrap themselves and their listeners in a warm sonic meditative slow motion blanket woven from their skilled use of sound and space. Avalanche And Inundation was recorded in the winter of 2008 with Jeremy Romagna (Yellow Swans, Trees, Silentist). " This is the perfect metallic drifting off music, almost like they've discovered some new genre, sludge-ambient, doom-age, whatever you decide to call it, it's pretty amazing, and fans of all things slow motion,downtuned and yes, heavy will dig this big time." Aquarius "The sound is sludgy and the pace snail-like but subtle. Within its monochrome scheme of blackness, and yet more blackness as its slow, slow, riffs unfurl there are small variations in tone. Such is the hermetically sealed inwardly directed feel of Tecumseh's sound thatthese tiny variations are like tiny rafts in an otherwise empty sea. And in the end the listening experience isn't some feat of endurance but strangely calming, it's blackness like a vast lake of crude oil with only the faintest of ripples disturbing it's surface." The Wire Important-211 LP $16.25 Tex La Homa Little Flashes Of Sunlight On A Cold Dark Sea PS, SPAIN Departing from the more electronic oriented sounds on previous albums by Tex la Homa, Little Flashes Of Sunlight On A Cold Dark Sea is a collection of eleven acoustic songs featuring Matt Shaw on every instrument, mainly guitar and piano. After releasing six exclusive tracks (which were a prelude to the sound of this last record) entitled Into Timeless Shadows a couple of years ago, Acuarela is proud to present the fourth album by Tex la Homa, an approach towards a more intimate and personal side of his music. Acuarela-1087 CD $13.50 Thee Oh Sees The Masters Bedroom Is Worth PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Tomlab LP $12.25 Tindersticks The Hungry Saw PS, US The North American edition of the release that came out in Europe in April 2008 features revised artwork, lyric booklet. While cloaked in the inimitalby beautiful, tempered melancholy & delicate irony that has marked the band's past releases, this new album bristles with renewed energy, focus, experimentation & even playfulness. Constellation CD $15.25 Tindersticks The Hungry Saw PS, US VINYL VERSION. 180 gram vinyl. Constellation LP $17.00 Toral, Rafael Space Solo 1 PS, US Originally released on CD by Staubgold side-label Quecksilber in 2007, Space Solo 1 is Rafael Toral's second release in his ongoing Space Program, a venturesomely bold series of recordings. Internationally-acclaimed for his experimental drone and ambient guitar work, the Space Program is completely divergent from his past output. Equipped with handmade instruments, Toral's project is a performance-based discipline, which he calls "post-free jazz electronic music." Following the Space Program's inaugural release, Space, Space Solo 1 presents a raw exploration of a select few instruments Toral designed for the series. In contrast to Space, which consists of thoughtfully layered recordings from various live and studio performances, Space Solo 1 presents unaccompanied instruments traveling through unfamiliar territories where sounds exist in their singularity. The result grabs at the listener to stay alert, tiptoeing around silent moments, increasingly mounting tension and inspiring awe. As each instrument hints at a particular language belonging only to itself, Toral's masterful playing is revealed as an instinctual process. Space Solo 1 is 44 minutes of otherworldly splashing, ripping, beeping, hissing, etc. An indefinite number of sounds carefully coaxed from unique instruments, drawing a blurry line between ancestral and futuristic. Now available on LP through Taiga, this deluxe audiophile version was mastered direct to metal, pressed on 200 gram transparent red virgin vinyl and is presented in a limited edition of 500 copies. The jacket was cleanly designed by Helder Luís at No Type, featuring the Rui Toscano drawing from the CD version printed on reversed stock with a pantone red flood in the pocket. Taiga LP $15.00 Toral, Rafael Space PS, US Originally released on CD in 2006 by the Staubgold label, Taiga presents the deluxe 2LP version of Rafael Toral's Space, including one bonus track. This is a 2007 release from one of the most impressive new vinyl-only labels in the world. After over 15 years of drone and ambient work based around guitar and electronics, Rafael Toral has set off on a radically new mission. Leaving the guitar behind, Toral has equipped himself with instruments such as a Theremin-controlled white noise generator, amplified coil spring percussion, and a random pulse width modulation oscillator. With these, he has launched his jazz-fueled craft through Earth's atmosphere, into outer space. The resulting voyage is one where the sounds created recall the blast of a ray gun, the gurgle of a velociraptor, the rush of a primordial geyser, all seasoned with a vintage analog appeal and interspersed with meditative moments of silence. Toral's new approach to music, entitled the Space program, runs counter to his career thus far by focusing on performance instead of composition. The foundation and fundamental release of the program is Space. Using live and in-studio performances from 2004 and 2005, Toral designed Space as "an orchestral environment for electronic instruments." Following Space, the program continues with releases from the Space Solo series, documenting performances of individual instruments played unaccompanied, and the Space Elements series, featuring various collaborators while Toral focuses on a single piece of equipment. With previous releases by Toral on such respected labels as Touch, Table of the Elements and Ecstatic Peace, this exciting album by Toral is coincidentally Taiga's inaugural release as well as that of the Space program. It is presented here in a limited edition of 500 copies on direct-metal mastered 200 gram virgin vinyl. This version includes all of the original audio from the CD plus a previously-unreleased 17-minute vinyl-only bonus track, "Space Study 1.3," a live duet with percussionist César Burago. Packaged in a gatefold jacket designed by Helder Luís with spot metallic printing, the album boasts the Daniel Malhão photograph from the CD version expanded across the entire outside in UV gloss, an essay by Toral printed inside on reversed stock and the pockets flooded black. Taiga DLP $19.50 Torrini, Emiliana Me And Armini PS, US hugely ambitious pop record with Emiliana's soaring voice center stage, bolstered by a rich gamut of musical styles. From the summery skank of the title track to the surging, breathless single "Jungle Drum" to the yearning, spine-tingling "Big Jumps", "Me And Armini" is a truly sublime album. Torrini sings the song at the end credits for "The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers", and she wrote two #1 hits for Kylie Minogue. Produced by Dan Carey (Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip). "Ms. Torrini's voice is warm and whispery and appealingly unpredictable" - NY Times. RoughTrade CD $13.25 Trees Lights Bane PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! 20BuckSpin LP $17.25 Tricky Knowle West Boy PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Domino LP $16.50 Tricky Knowle West Boy PS, US Tricky is back with an album named after the Bristol neighborhood where he grew up. It details the travels and travails of his youth, resulting in an eclectic aural history of his diverse upbringing. He reaches into post-punk, Two-Tone, reggae, hip-hop, and pop, twisting them into surreal songscapes. Tricky uses his astonishingly eclectic band and a host of great undiscovered singers to create the most varied and accessible set of his career. Domino CD $13.00 Tucker, Alexander Portal PS, US This is UK-based Alexander Tucker's third release for ATP Recordings. "Portal is a work of such unparalleled bewitching splendor, that any rote comparisons would read like hyperbole, thus doing it a great disservice. Even Tucker's previous albums Old Fog (2005) and Furrowed Brow (2006) seem like stepping stones in the wake of Portal. But if we must draw comparisons, then let's say Chicago musician/composer/innovator Jim O' Rourke; both are unparalleled in their pairing of the 20th century avant-garde techniques of composers like Stockhausen and Steve Reich with the archaic sounding free-folk of John Fahey, Robbie Basho and Loren Connors. The late Karlheinz Stockhausen envisaged music where "instead of very precisely formed single notes there are little complexes... little crystalline blooms that pass through a register form." During Portal, Tucker's finger-picked guitar lines become indistinguishable from the more traditional string arrangements and voice. These melodic clusters interweave like the paths incurved by a figure skater. This is still to say nothing of Tucker's voice, which sounds as if it is emanating from a ghost channel on an ancient mixing desk rather than sung on top of the epochal arrangements. It's a voice comparable perhaps to Meddle-era David Gilmour or John Martyn on Solid Air. These are big claims of course, but then Portal is a work of such extraordinary majesty that even trying to surmise it in words seems like a heresy. If you disagree after listening, then I'm sorry to inform you that you are spiritually dead." --Tony F. Wilson; Portal clearly shows that Tucker has even further honed his droning looped guitar technique with ever more mesmerizing effect, adding strings, vibes, bells and a sorcerer's range of well-placed, far-out effects. ATP CD $14.25 Tucker, Mark In The Sack PS, US There seems to be two truisms I keep to: ONE - By and large, when an album is described as 'loner / psych / real people' it isn't going to be as good as I hope, and TWO - The Residents suck. Generally these hold true for me, maybe you too, and often I'll look suspiciously at descriptions like that. But then I remember, hey the first few Residents records are pretty damn amazing, and hell, the Kenneth Higney and Moolah records are pretty great too. But when I have a need for the real people sound, the first record I reach for is Mark Tucker's In The Sack. Although better known for his Batstew record, which is pretty relative, this album is no slouch. The cast of characters is familiar, upright piano, backwards vocals, rants, ravings, life savings. But here it's damn cheap; hell you should buy a few for friends, I'm going to! Mark Tucker is very mean on the piano and the best backwards vocalist I've ever heard, he knows more than blues progressions, this guy is writing pop symphonies. If David Ackles or bootleg Brian Wilson is your bag, this one is gonna rip the sack open (you can take that literally or apply it to Coley style allusion). Comparisons to the first Residents record are not far off, but I truly prefer Tucker's record, and it wouldn't be out of place in a spin with Moolah, Bruce Haacks kids records, Song Cycle and Horrific Child." - Jim O'Rourke, Brooklyn 04. Destijl CD $12.50 Tweak Bird Reservations PS, US 7-track mini-album debut from LA by-way-of Illinois brother duo of Caleb and Ashton Bird. Produced under the helm of the impressive production team Deaf Nephews (Melvins' Dale Crover and Altamont's Toshi Kasai), the duo's debut is a sweeping seven-song intro to a band exploring the depths of heavy experimental, progressive, and psych-infused rock. A sort of musical Armageddon that's constantly on the horizon, looming out of the unabated, swirling fuzz. Volcom CD5 $7.00 Unbunny Sensory Underload: Uncertain Trks 1996-2008 (ON SALE) PS, US Cohesive and near-comprehensive new collection of Unbunny EPs, singles, rarities and unreleased including their outtaprint Typist EP originally released by Important Recs. Many tracks appear on CD for the very first time. TRACKLIST: 1. "The Path" from Typist EP / 2. "Queen of Nothing" from Book and Roll EP / 3. "Water and the Spanish Tongue" (unreleased version) / 4. "Versatech" from Book and Roll EP / 5. "untitled" from Book and Roll EP / 6. "X" from Typist EP / 7. "untitled" from Book and Roll EP / 8. "Mandi" from split 7" w/Milkweed / 9. "Landscape Typing" from Typist EP / 10. "Every Saturday" from For Nervous Plants EP / 11. "Now or Never" from For Nervous Plants EP / 12. "Emily" (unreleased) / 13. "Dental Hygienist" from Awful Bliss comp / 14. "Ginger Tussle" from Typist EP / 15. "We're All Gonna Die" from Potown records comp / 16. "She'll Bring You Down" from Book and Roll EP / 17. "Viva la White Bread" (unreleased) / 18. "untitled" from Typist EP AHiddenAgendaRecord-091 CD $9.00 Uncut #137 (October 2008) [Magazine + CD] PS, UK ZINE $10.25 Under the Radar #23 PS, US JENNY LEWIS on the cover. Features: "The Protest Issue Appendix", FUJIYA & MIYAGI, DEERHUNTER, OF MONTREAL, THE VERVE. Articles on POP LEVI, GIRL TALK, OKKERVIL RIVER, JAMES, TINDERSTICKS, DUNGEN, WIRE, music reviews & more! ZINE $3.75 United Nations S-T PS, US Masked thrashers make metal presidential again. United Nations is a power-violence grind-core band reminiscent of mid- nineties groups such as Orchid and Reversal of Man. The group features prominent members of two bands you love, one band you hate and a few you never heard of. Eyeball CD $15.00 VanGaalen, Chad Soft Airplane (ON SALE) PS, US Recalling Neil Young at his most fragile and plaintive, and Thurston Moore at his most resolved and vital, Chad's emotive vocals anchor these songs while tackling the pervasive themes of death and dreams with an unexpected air of certainty and hope that is far from ominous - instead, it's luminous. Through a complex interplay of guitar, drum beats, loops, samples, found sounds, unorthodox percussion, xylophones, distortion, synthesizers, accordions, and more, Chad has made an album that sounds bigger than one man. CALGARY FFWD: "Local favourite Chad VanGaalen hasn't left his bedroom on his latest album, Soft Airplane, but it sounds like he might have moved out of the basement. Make no mistake, Soft Airplane is still thoroughly a Chad VanGaalen album - his usual lo-fi esthetic is in full force, his signature falsetto still hauntingly wavers and he's still obsessed with death, dreaming and '90s nostalgia - it's just more fully formed than anything he's done before." Subpop CD $12.00 Various Cocoon Morphs Tokyo PS, GERMANY The Cocoon label presents the Cocoon Morphs Tokyo CD, previously released exclusively in Japan. Presenting exclusive work by artists of the highest Cocoon-caliber, Cocoon Morphs Tokyo also celebrates the aesthetic partnership between world-renowned German photographer and artist Andreas Gursky and Cocoon-head Sven Väth. Gursky has published a cycle of large-sized pictures with "cocoon" as the central theme: the "Cocoon" pictures reference current club culture, with Gursky using the big techno events Cocoon stages as inspiration. The architectural frame of his work refers to the design of the CocoonClub in Frankfurt. The spatial concept was developed by Väth, together with the design agency 3deluxe. In Gursky's cover art, you can see the idealized approach to the original CocoonClub in all its fervent glory. Here, excellent electronic music meets the work of the most important contemporary German artist worldwide -- again, Cocoon explores new frontiers and combines art forms of the 21st century. Artists include: Gerber & Kalbata, Tiefschwarz, Pig & Dan, Väth vs. Rother, Schneider & Galluzzi, Ricardo Villalobos, David K, and Patrick Zigon. Cocoon CD $16.25 Various Cosmarama: Blow Your Cool Vol. 2: 20 Top Prog/Psych Behemoths from the UK and Europe PS, UK Seems like only yesterday (probably because it was) that the Psychic Circle label explored some of the uncharted depths of British and European psycho-prog on the first volume of Blow Your Cool. Well, here's another voyage into that dazzling star system. Once again, legendary psych musician and Psychic Circle label-head, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond) has pulled in tracks from the UK and across Europe, and once again, this series will thrill you with as-yet unheard treasures from the patchouli-scented vaults of freaked musical excess. You'll find a splendid UK three-piece band who only issued records on the Continent, and then you'll find another! You'll meet the band who would evolve into the German prog monsters, Wind. There's an Irish show-band illustrating that the prog scene had not passed them by, plus an Essex band who released music on their own label, and a whole lot more besides. Swoon! Artists include: Distant Jim, Carriage Company, Kingdom, The Tower, Back Street Band, Big Wheel, Bismarck, CWT, Silence, Ginger Ale, Pussy, Tenderfoot Kids, Electric Food, Mr. Albert Show, The Petards, Castle Farm, The Pebbles, Corporal Gander's Fire Dog Parade, Chips, and Richard St. Clair & Forum. PsychicCircle CD $16.25 Various Cosmic Balearic Beats Vol. 1 PS, BELGIUM The Eskimo label presents the first volume in a series dedicated to cosmic Balearic beats. This trans-global intergalactic funk odyssey starts with Stratus' disco-fied, cowbell ringin'. The duo is comprised of Mat Anthony and Martin Jenkins, respected producers and remixers who have re-worked the music of Serge Gainsbourg, Kylie, Playgroup and Calexico, amongst others. We then hook up with Phoreski aka Neil Dunn who also runs his own Fat Fuk Records while having his disco-cake and eating it as Richard Gateaux. Coyote then get in on the action as veteran DJs Timm Sure and Ampo, right before Solar Disco label-head Maelstrom presents his exclusive cosmic disco vision. Homerun sees the guitar-playing, electronic producer Laurent Grauwels hark to his '80s roots, while Bottin takes it back with his blend of '70s disco, early '80s electro, and horror-disco. Rubber Room (aka Disco Devil label runners Skinny Joey and Ferre) deliver one of the standout tracks on the compilation with the superb Italo-infected "Cockroach" and Massimiliano Pagliara continues the strong Italo influence with his collection of analogue synths and drum machines. Spektrum are one of the more well-known names popping up on this exclusive compilation and here we see DJ Cosmo get to grips with the gorgeous vocal refrain of "Fit Together." Then we have Lullabies In The Dark get their lips around an ice cold, staccato funk-filled number while Igor Skafar aka Ichisan gets his retro-futuristic-space-funk together. Things round off in fine style as the fast-rising duo of Sasha Crnobrnja and Alex Gloor aka In Flagranti present some rolling disco-funk against the stunning, slo-mo, chord-laden funk of Lovelock. Roll down the windows, turn the stereo up and let the cosmic Balearic beats flood in. Eskimo CD $16.25 Various Mister Foe Original Soundtrack PS, US "Mister Foe" is a magical story of redemptive love, loss, and life on the rooftops of Edinburgh. Young Hallam (Jamie Bell from "Billy Elliot") is almost over the sudden death of his mother when he begins to suspect that his stepmother may have had a hand in her death. Fleeing his family for Edinburgh, his obsessions take a dangerous (and comic) turn as he falls in love with a girl who happens to look like his mother. The soundtrack is comprised entirely of music from the Domino Records roster of artists and features an exclusive Franz Ferdinand track, "Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow". Other stars include Sophia Myles ("Extras"), Ciaran Hinds ("There Will Be Blood"), Ewen Bremner ("Trainspotting"), and Claire Forlani ("For Your Consideration"). Domino CD $8.00 Various Auteur Labels: Object Music PS, UK 27 tracks. LTM present a new volume in the ongoing compilation series Auteur Labels, here profiling cult Manchester imprint Object Music. Active between 1978 and 1981, pioneering Manchester post-punk label Object Music was founded by songwriter and deejay Steve Solamar to release records by his own group, Spherical Objects. Their first album, Past & Parcel, arrived in August 1978. Object soon began releasing records by other artists, many of them active in the Manchester Musicians' Collective. After singles by Spherical Objects, the Passage, Steve Miro, Grow Up, Contact and others, in 1979 the label took the unusual step of concentrating on albums, releasing 7 in 12 months. However Object Music ceased operations in 1981 after Steve Solamar corrected a lifelong contradiction and became a woman. Auteur Labels: Object Music compiles tracks from singles released between September 1978 and July 1980, as well as select album tracks. Tracklist: SPHERICAL OBJECTS the kill; SPHERICAL OBJECTS the knot; STEVE MIRO & THE EYES dreams of desire; STEVE MIRO & THE EYES queen of the sea; GROW UP river; GROW UP stay awake; GROW UP 10 minutes; ALTERNOMEN UNLIMITED façade; WARRIORS martial time/martial law; STEVE MIRO up and about; STEVE MIRO smiling in reverse; SPHERICAL OBJECTS seventies romance; SPHERICAL OBJECTS sweet tooth; CONTACT fascinated by time; CONTACT nite time; THE PASSAGE troops out; THE PASSAGE my one request; MANCHESTER MEKON the cake shop device; IQ ZERO insects; GROW UP joanne; GROW UP swept away; GROW UP GGGDADGADADAD; STEVE SOLAMAR forewarned; THE NOYES BROTHERS the mutant; THE NOYES BROTHERS decision time; ALTERNOMEN UNLIMITED connections. LTM-2527 CD $17.00 Various Oh, Run Into Me, But Don't Hurt Me!: Female Blues Singers - Rarities 1923-1930 PS, US The Sub Rosa label presents a collection of works from obscure and forgotten female blues singers. These voices have survived, through hardship and death, through the dark years of The Great Depression, when profoundly sincere and ferociously ironic blues were at their peak. However, this selection does not constitute a theme-based anthology: it is simply a few little-known female blues singers whose ambiguous leanings, double-entendres, and uncompromising crudeness had been censored by the propriety of their times ruled by sanctimonious prudishness and despicable segregation. These women were expressing a radically new form, or perhaps an ancient, primitive one that plumbs the depths of a universal heartache. Featuring Lucille Bogan, Virginia Liston, Lil Johnson, Margaret Johnson, Monette Moore, Margaret Carter, Jenny Pope, Lena Henry, Anna Jones, Rosa Henderson, Coletha Simpson, Martha Copeland, Ivy Smith and Memphis Minnie. SubRosa LP $14.25 Various Girls Rock! PS, US CD release will coincide w/the release of the DVD of the film - a docmentary that captures the Rock & Roll CamFepm fomr eGirls that has revolutionized the way that girls & young women encounter & participate in music. Music from artists including PALACE, SONIC YOUTH, SLEATER-KINEEY, GOSSIP, LOW, RAINER MARIA & VIVA VOCE. CherchezLa CD $13.75 Various Notwave PS, US RONG MUSIC (sub-label of DFA) has compiled a (somewhat) new take on the early 80s underground of New York City's No Wave sound. They've even coined a new sub-genre: "Notwave" documenting an updated version of one of the most influential periods in New York's musical history alongside some early classics. Feat. new, angular underground pop bands QUAD THROW SALCHOW, STRIPLIGHT & CIRCUITS, sinister techno & funk from NYC's WELCOME STRANGER & FREE BLOOD, acid rock from LA's NON-STOP, No Wave gems from the legendary JAMES CHANCE & THE CONTORTIONS & THE RESEARCH, disco not disco from FRESHRO, abstract minimal funk from Rong's own SCOTTY COATS, & rhythm-heavy dance music from MR. CHIN. Rong/DFA CD $14.25 Various Psychedelic Minds Vol. 1 (Heavy Underground 1967-71) PS, US The international bands on this selection represent impressively the boiling point of the short living worldwide psychedelic rock movement between 1967-71 -- the years when garage punk evolved into heavy psychedelic rock with its wider soundscapes and complex improvisations. Volume 1 contains a dozen 45-rpm songs by lost psychedelic messengers (eight US bands and from Germany, Peru, France each one). The groups included are: Blackrock, Sound Machine, Yesterday's Obsession, Mastermind, Sangre Mexicana, Bhagavad Gita, Protein Bros, Purple Canteen, Los Nuevos Shains, Blow Mind and the A & B-side of legendary Dirty Filthy Mud. About half of the songs are previously unreissued and appear in stunning sound quality and 12p. poster-booklet. Certainly a piece of wax for Dr. Leary's students: 'Turn on, Tune in, Listen again!' To be continued. WorldInSound CD $18.25 Verdure Cross & Satellite Station [re-issue] PS, AUSTRALIA An official reissue of the Cross & Satellite Station CDR from Bay Area psychster DONOVAN QUINN (SKYGREEN LEOPARDS, JEWELLED ANTLER COLLECTIVE). An eclectic blend of acid-folk sounds and ideas, delivered with strong songwriting, great pop hooks, aching, lo-fi vocals, strummed guitars, loops, organ, scattered percussion and samples, and an occasional burst of fuzzed-guitar. For fans of Tyrannosaurus Rex, Skip Spence's Oar, Nikki Sudden/Epic Soundtracks, Jandek, and the like. Australian import. LexiconDevil CD $12.25 Viarosa Send for the Sea PS, US An eleven song "noir opera" that more deeply reveals the mystical vision of UK vocalist-songwriter Richard Neuberg and his bandmate-companions over the past six years. They are experts in roiling guitars, bittersweet viola & screaming lap steel, among the usual rock instrumentation. Viarosa's ability to express themselves in unique ways both lovely & grotesque earned them the fandom of REM, which asked them to open for the mega-band in Dublin at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin. They have also toured & played shows with Midlake, Robyn Hitchcock, Joan As A Policewoman & Alejandro Escovedo. Tarnished CD $11.00 Vibracathedral Orchestra My Gate's Open, Tremble By My Side PS, AU A CD reissue of VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA's My Gate's Open, Tremble By My Side album originally released in 1999 as an LP by Roaratorio in an edition of 250 copies. Includes all the monolithic sheets of organic, repetitive drones and subtle rhythm and groove explorations of the original along with three bonus tracks recorded during the same sessions. Australian import. LexinconDevil-012 CD $12.25 Villa-Lobos, Heitor Nonetto (An Impression Of The Whole Of Brazil) PS, UK Precocious and full of wonderment, the Nonetto and Quatuor, written by Villa-Lobos in 1924 and 1921 respectively, are surely two of the unsung minor masterpieces of the early 20th Century. In its fusion of pagan rhythms and chanting with the brittle harmonies of the avant-garde, Nonetto brings to mind Stravinsky's Les Noces and Prokofiev's Scythian Suite. Yet the piece is also characterized by a freewheeling playfulness more suggestive of jazz and folk music than the concert hall. Those coming at the piece from a rock perspective are also likely to hear an uncanny foreshadowing of the more considered music of Frank Zappa. Quatuor (for flute, harp, celesta, alto saxophone and women¹s voices) is a thoroughly magical work also; a combination of dense, even knotty, harmonies and unashamed sensuality: Heitor Villa-Lobos is one of the best-kept secrets in music. This edition restores to print two historic performances of the Nonetto and Quatuor from 1941 and 1957 combining them with a set of exquisite Villa-Lobos guitar works performed by the great masters Andrés Segovia, Julian Bream and Laurindo Almeida. El-150 CD $15.50 Vivian Girls I Can't Stay PS, US The latest release by Brooklyn's VIVIAN GIRLS has arrived in the form of this handsome two-song seven inch single featuring two incredible brand new songs exclusive to this release. By now their praises have been sung from Terminal Boredom to Pitchfork to the New York Times. This is one case where you can believe the hype--this is GREAT stuff. InTheRed 45 $4.75 Volcano! Paperwork PS, US Arriving in 2005 w/ an exclamatory bang, sporting an electrifying live set & an audacious debut album ('Beautiful Seizure'), VOLCANO! cast an eye over the parameters of rock & exponentially expanded them into unknown regions. After a 2-year hiatus, the Chicago trio strides onward w/ a new bounce in their step, & a new cohesive flow to their songs. 'Paperwork' is leaner & more considered than before; nearly everything begins w/ simple pop structures which are subsequently torn apart. The ragged, feverish dissonance & bright spaciousness of AARON WITH's guitar has much in common with Deerhoof or Dirty Projectors, but this time, more attention is focused on the beats & rhythms. Leaf CD $15.25 War Tapes S-T PS, US wave and post punk. Have shared stages w/ Shiny Toy Guns, Moving Units and the Bravery and was even mentioned as one of the Smashing Pumpkins' new favorite bands. Oh boy! Sarathan CD5 $7.25 Woodhands Heart Attack PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! PaperBag DLP $22.00 Woodhands Heart Attack PS, US An electro-pop duo w/ a retlentlessly energetic live show & a total disdain for anything but balls to the wall, dirty, sexy dance parties. The buzz has been built almost entirely on their live show, and have been dubbed "as close to a two-headed indie Timberlake as it gets. PaperBag CD $13.75 Woven Hand Ten Stones PS, US In the words of Robert Browning, WOVENHAND heralds "another greater, wilder country" on "Ten Stones". From the jarring folk of "White Knuckle Grip", to the eerie bossa nova of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars", to the fiery foot-stomper "Not One Stone", the album forms a song-cycle that is singular in its breadth and eclecticism. Flanked by the haunting strains of the bandoneón and the drones of the double bass, Edwards' lyrical inversions stitch symbols into a tapestry of peaceable and hellish imagery-horsetails, honeybees, and bird wings meet flaming battles and barbed wire to proclaim sin's devastation and the sweetness of redemption. The music of Wovenhand is utterly unique, dizzying those who encounter it, with turnings and lashings of shadow and light. SoundsFamilyre-20 LP $11.50 Woven Hand Ten Stones PS, US New Woven Hand album from David Eugene Edwards, former leader for 16 Horsepower. In the words of Robert Browning, WOVENHAND heralds "another greater, wilder country" on "Ten Stones". From the jarring folk of "White Knuckle Grip", to the eerie bossa nova of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars", to the fiery foot-stomper "Not One Stone", the album forms a song-cycle that is singular in its breadth and eclecticism. Flanked by the haunting strains of the bandoneón and the drones of the double bass, Edwards' lyrical inversions stitch symbols into a tapestry of peaceable and hellish imagery-horsetails, honeybees, and bird wings meet flaming battles and barbed wire to proclaim sin's devastation and the sweetness of redemption. The music of Wovenhand is utterly unique, dizzying those who encounter it, with turnings and lashings of shadow and light. AVERSION: "The thirtysomething singer returns with a sound so world-weary and cunningly insightful, you'd swear Edwards had been honing his craft since that whale barfed up Jonah. Returning to the dark and unwieldy matters of sin, redemption and Man's struggle to stay on the straight and narrow, Ten Stones is spiritual without being expressly religious. Edwards wraps his ten tales of mankind's struggle with his own nature in everything from nearly iconic semi-Biblical imagery (bees, birds) and an almost voodoo-like appropriation of symbology from the modern world (barbed wire, cast-off feathers). Every note he sings is borne of equal parts fire and brimstone, high plains dust and Denver smog, electric guitar and church organ." SoundsFamilyre-20 CD $11.50 Yeti Issue #6 BOOK+CD PS, US In the book, a lengthy and oral history of the New Zealand pop band THE CLEAN, an interview with GLASS CANDY, a chat with comedian KRISTEN SCHAAL, wo some of you may know from her role as the 'groupie' in Flight of the Conchords, an archival interview with SUN CITY GIRLS, an interview with PHILIP COHRAN, one time Arksetra member and fabulous jazz-funk composer, rare photos by ROBERT FRANK, recent photos by JUDY LINN & much more. On the accompanying cd: rare and UNRELEASED tracks from the CLEAN & SUN CITY GIRLS, as well as people covering them (CRYSTAL STILTS, DEVENDRA BANHART, PANTHER), plus PHILIP COHRAN, NO AGE, COLLECTION OF COLONIES OF BEES and more. CD/BOOK $10.75 Young Widows Old Wounds PS, US Arriving two years after their debut, Settle Down City, "Old Wounds" completes YOUNG WIDOWS' transformation into a top-shelf rock band firing on all cylinders. Forging the best parts of Nirvana, The Jesus Lizard, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Fugazi and The Melvins, "Old Wounds" is a series of dynamic, thoughtful tunes anchored by cavernous that will certainly push most speakers to their breaking point. For the unique production, the band reunited with uber-producer friend (and Converge guitarist) Kurt Ballou, who had been eager to experiment with recording the band in multiple environments, with the intent of capturing the definitive take of each song for the final cut of the album. Feeling most at home when they're not at home, they brought Ballou along on tour to record all of their live shows. In addition, they recorded multiple sets in their rehearsal space, and another set at Ballou's Godcity Studios in Boston, MA. After tediously combing through a dozen hours of recordings, they compiled and mixed the album. The result is a bonafide classic, overflowing with the sweaty euphoria of a great live show, and the high replay value of a perfectly sequenced, well-produced rock record. TemporaryResidenceLtd.-138 LP $11.50 Young Widows Old Wounds PS, US Arriving two years after their debut, Settle Down City, "Old Wounds" completes YOUNG WIDOWS' transformation into a top-shelf rock band firing on all cylinders. Forging the best parts of Nirvana, The Jesus Lizard, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Fugazi and The Melvins, "Old Wounds" is a series of dynamic, thoughtful tunes anchored by cavernous that will certainly push most speakers to their breaking point. For the unique production, the band reunited with uber-producer friend (and Converge guitarist) Kurt Ballou, who had been eager to experiment with recording the band in multiple environments, with the intent of capturing the definitive take of each song for the final cut of the album. Feeling most at home when they're not at home, they brought Ballou along on tour to record all of their live shows. In addition, they recorded multiple sets in their rehearsal space, and another set at Ballou's Godcity Studios in Boston, MA. After tediously combing through a dozen hours of recordings, they compiled and mixed the album. The result is a bonafide classic, overflowing with the sweaty euphoria of a great live show, and the high replay value of a perfectly sequenced, well-produced rock record. TemporaryResidenceLtd.-138 CD $11.50 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 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 All Girl Summer Fun Band Looking Into It (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US A stunning NEW pop album filled w/the band's signature crunch-fuzz guitars & dead-on melodic sense. AGSFBMusic CD $13.75 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 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 Belle And Sebastian Dear Catastrophe Waitress (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US Repress! Double-LP in gatefold sleeve. RoughTrade DLP $26.00 Blau, Karl Nature's Got Away (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 Blau, Karl Nature's Got Away (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 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 Blitzen Trapper Furr (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Subpop LP $13.00 Blitzen Trapper Furr (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US The fourth record by this Portland, OR sextet is the follow-up to last year's highly acclaimed "Wild Mountain Nation". Subpop CD $13.00 Boduf Songs How Shadows Chase the Balance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) 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 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 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 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 Casiotone For The Painfully Alone Town Topic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 Castanets City of Refuge (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. AsthmaticKitty LP $11.50 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 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 Catfish Haven Devastator (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. SecretlyCanadian LP $11.50 Chairlift Does You Inspire You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) PS, US 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 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 Co-Pilgrim Pucker Up Buttercup (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) 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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 Crystal Antlers EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US "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 Danielson Famile Tri-Danielson!!! (Alpha/Omega) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US SecretlyCanadian-045 LP $11.50 Danielson Famile Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! SecretlyCanadian-042 DLP $14.25 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 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 $17.00 Deerhoof Offend Maggie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US New album. KillRockStars CD $13.25 Deerhoof Offend Maggie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. KillRockStars LP $13.25 Deerhunter Microcastle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 28TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Kranky LP $11.50 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 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 Dora Flood Dream Out Your Window (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 $13.75 Dungen 4 (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Kemado LP $16.25 Dungen 4 (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) 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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Special 180 gram, ultra-deluxe vinyl version. LIMITED TO 5000! SouthernLord DLP $20.00 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 Earthless Live At Roadburn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! TeePee LP $16.50 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 Ewers, Suki Kind of Hazy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 Flaherty, Paul Aria Nativa (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 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 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 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 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 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 Genghis Tron Board Up the House Remixes Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 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 Golden Smog Stay Golden, Smog (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 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 Grails Doomsdayer's Holiday (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. TemporaryResidence DLP $14.25 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 Grubbs, David Optimist Notes The Dusk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DragCity LP $14.75 Grubbs, David Optimist Notes The Dusk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 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 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 Hayes, Gemma Hollow Of Morning (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) 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 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 High Places S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! ThrillJockey LP $13.25 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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 Howling Hex Earth Junk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DragCity LP $14.75 Howling Hex Earth Junk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 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 I Heart Lung Interoceans (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 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 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 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 Jesus & Mary Chain, The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) PS, US 4 x CD boxset, 80 tracks total. Rhino CD-BOX $61.00 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 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 Kalinich, Stephen John A World Of Peace Must Come (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) 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 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 Kiss The Anus of A Black Cat Nebulous Dreams (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Conspiracy LP $16.75 Kiss The Anus of A Black Cat Nebulous Dreams (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 Kool DJ Dust The Disco Opera (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 $17.25 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 VINYL VERSION!!! 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 Langhorne Slim When The Sun's Gone Down [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US Re-issue of the critically acclaimed debut - repackaged w/a bonus disc containing 5 previously unreleased tracks. Narnack DCD $14.25 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 Lewis, Jenny Acid Tongue (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US New album from Rilo Kiley lady, features collaborations with M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel, Elvis Costello, and Chris Robinson among others. WB/WEA CD $14.25 Lewis, Jenny Acid Tongue (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DLP with CD. WB/WEA DLP/CD $23.75 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 Lymbyc Systym Love Your Abuser Remixed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 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 VINYL VERSION. 180 gram wax plus download card. Epic DLP $21.00 Margot & Nuclear So and So's Not Animal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US New album. Epic CD $13.00 Marmoset Record In Red (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 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 Mercury Rev Snowflake Midnight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! YepRoc DLP $18.25 Mercury Rev Snowflake Midnight (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) 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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! HQ 180 vinyl in gatefold sleeve with MP3 coupon. Matador LP $20.00 Mogwai The Hawk Is Howling {Deluxe CD/DVD} (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 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 Nagisa Ni Te Yosuga (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 LP $18.25 Nagisa Ni Te Yosuga (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 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 Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Polyvinyl LP $21.75 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 Ovo Croce Via (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Load LP $12.50 Ovo Croce Via (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) 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 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 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 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 Peter Bjorn And John Seaside Rock (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VERYLIMITED* vinyl-only release, we'll do our damnedest! 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 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 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 Pixies, The Bossanova [vinyl re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION. 4AD LP $15.00 Pixies, The Trompe le Monde [vinyl re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION. 4AD LP $15.00 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 Proper, Mason Olly Oxen Free (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US Dovecoat CD $12.00 Quinn, Donovan & The 13th Month S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 21ST) PS, US VINYL VERSION, includes CD too. SoftAbuse-028 LP $13.75 Quinn, Donovan & The 13th Month S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 Reed, Lou Berlin OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Matador DLP $20.00 Reed, Lou Berlin OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Matador CD $13.25 Replacements, The Tim [remaster, expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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." Rhino/Ryko CD $17.75 Replacements, The Please To Meet Me [remaster, expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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." Rhino/Ryko CD $17.75 Replacements, The Tim [remaster, vinyl re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION!! The original album remastered on 180 gram virgin vinyl. Rhino/Ryko LP $17.75 Replacements, The Please To Meet Me [remaster, vinyl re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Original album remastered on 180 gram virgin vinyl. Rhino/Ryko LP $17.75 Replacements, The All Shook Down [remaster, expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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." Rhino/Ryko CD $17.75 Replacements, The Don't Tell A Soul [remaster, expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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." Rhino/Ryko CD $17.75 Rev, Martin Les Nymphes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) PS, US Instrumentalist in the legendary duo SUICIDE. File13 CD $13.50 Richter, Max 24 Postcards in Full Colour (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 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 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 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 Serena-Maneesh S-M Backwards (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 Silver Jews S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 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 Stern, Marnie This Is It And I Am It And You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! KillRockStars LP $13.25 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 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 Ten Kens Ten Kens (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 These Are Powers Taro Tarot (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US These Are Powers make music like cashmere lightning. 6 new jams born in a Chicago summer & recorded during a Brooklyn Halloween. Testament to a new musical community w/William Salas II, aka Brenmar. DeadOceans CD $9.50 These Are Powers Terrific Seasons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US Tight, cyclical, incrementally shifting grooves smeared w/spectral guitar & banshee vocals. Upends traditional stylistic expectations of acts operating w /in the noise-punk continuum. Arbiters of "ghost-punk"-an expansion & evolution into the emotional resonance of repetition of the unfamiliar. DeadOceans CD $11.50 These Arms Are Snakes Tail Swallower And Dove (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! SuicideSqueeze LP $14.00 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 Tough Alliance, The New Chance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) 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 TV On the Radio Dear Science (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Geffen LP $13.75 TV On the Radio Dear Science (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US New album. Geffen CD $15.00 U2 Under A Blood Red Sky [expanded deluxe re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) 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 $30.00 U2 Under A Blood Red Sky [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) PS, US The original album remastered. Island CD $12.25 USA Is A Monster Space Program (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) 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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Load LP $12.50 Various Teaism (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 30TH) 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 Vivian Girls S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 3RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! InTheRed LP $10.50 Vivian Girls S-T (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 3RD) PS, US Breakout sirens of the New York loft-pop brigade who dish out seductive three-part vocal harmonies lushly interwoven w/ chest-pounding waves of beautiful feedback. RIYL the Jesus & Mary Chain, the Vaselines and the Shop Assistants. Pitchfork recommended. InTheRed CD $13.00 Votolato, Rocky A Brief History... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 23RD) PS, US Some of his earliest solo recordings, available on vinyl for the first time. LIMITED TO 1000. GileadMedia 10" $13.75 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 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 Windy & Carl Songs For the Broken Hearted (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 14TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Kranky DLP $15.00 Women S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Now available from Jagjaguwar! Includes digital download codes. Jagjaguwar LP $11.50 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 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 6blocc “Analog Clash” CD $14.00 Animal Collective “Peacebone” 12 $7.00 Believer “July/August 2008” ZINE $9.25 Black Ghosts “S-T” CD $11.50 Buffalo Tom “Three Easy Pieces” LP $18.00 Colours “Love Heals: The Complete Recordings” CD $15.50 Davis, Link “Gumbo Ya-Ya - The Best Of 1948-58” CD $15.50 Detroit Cobras “Original Recordings” LP $13.75 Dream Magazine “#8” ZINE $7.25 Elephant 9 “Dodo Voodoo” CD $18.00 Etziony, Yair “Flawed” CD $16.25 Feral Children “Second/Last Frontier” CD $12.25 Funckarma “Dubstoned EP” 12 $10.75 Giant Robot “#54” ZINE $4.75 Green, Kathe “Run’ the Length Of Your Wildness” CD $15.50 Greene, Burton “Bloom in Commune” CD $12.75 Grimm, Joe “Brain Cloud” CD $16.25 Ikeda, Ken “Mist on the Window” CD $16.25 Leila “Blood, Looms, & Blooms” CD $13.00 Logan, Giuseppi “Quartet” CD $0.00 Martha And The Muffins “Danseparc” CD $15.50 Mason, Dave & Cass Elliot “Self-Titled” CD $15.50 Opitope “Hau” CD $16.25 Pacific! “Reveries” CD $16.00 Peanut Butter Conspiracy “For Children Of All Ages” CD $15.50 Ruhlmann, Mathieu & Celer “Mesoscaphe” CD $16.25 Telepathic Butterflies “Breakfast in Suburbia” DLP $18.25 Totem “Live at Birdland” CD $12.75 Virgin Passages “Distance” CD $14.50 Woodbox Gang “Drunk as Dragons” CD $16.00 Xiu Xiu “Women As Lovers” LP $13.25 Yamamoto, Eri “Duologue” CD $12.50 Ystavat, Kemialliset “Harmaa Laguuni” CD $13.00