New
Releases
808 State
Quadrastate
PS, US Reissue of this 1989 release incl. bonus tracks! Their rare
debut single from '88, "Let Yourself Go/Deepville" is incl.
here together w/ the inclusion of some other previously-unreleased
alternate versions & outtakes. It's the first time ever that these
tracks have been released on CD & the entire project has been
lovingly remastered, to the customary Rephlex high standards. This
still has a fresh sound; incredibly bouncy bass lines, pioneering
use of breakbeats & all the energy &
inspiration of analog-digital-hybrid jams. RECOMMENDED!!
Rephlex
CD
$18.00
Aethenor
Betimes Black Cloudmasses
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
VHF
LP
$16.00
Akiyama, Tetuzi
The Ancient Battle to Control Death
PS, US TETUZI AKIYAMA'S contribution to the WESTERN VINYL portrait
series is a departure in a career of departures. In addition to Akiyama's
trademark improvised, blues-infused, guitar work, The Ancient Balance
to Control Death also features intense multi-layered vocals. Much
like his guitar work, the vocals flow with a sharp primal urgency.
The end result is a collection of unique and tense Japanese blues
that could only have come from one of Japan's most distinct and creative
improvisers.
WesternVinyl-49
CD
$9.00
Armour, Douglas
The Light Of The Golden Day, The Arms Of The Night
PS, US And now for something different... Fulfilling the promise of
his impeccable entry in our 7-inch series, "The Social Club",
THE SOCIAL REGISTRY is proud to announce "The Light Of A Golden
Day, The Arms Of The Night" -- the debut LP from Los Angeles
located DOUGLAS ARMOUR. This album finds the artist expertly blending
tons of our favorite poptones from days past to create a hyper-literate
pastiche that's equal parts nostalgia and forward thinking. Echoing
its title, the LP has a structure that plays off binary oppositions
to create one of the most varied pop albums we've heard in a long
time.
TheSocialRegistry-051
CD
$11.50
Ascend
Ample Fire Within
PS, US A new collaborative musical project between Gentry Densley
(ICEBURN, EAGLE TWIN) & Greg Anderson (SUNN0))),GOATSNAKE, Engine
Kid). Both have been making music that has crossed paths several times
in the last 19 yrs. This re-visits some of the tones & moods of
their past works as well as traveling into uncharted territory all
done w/ the utmost focus on heaviness & power. Of particular note
is the vocal performance by Gentry Densley
SouthernLord
CD
$14.00
Ateleia/Benjamin Curtis
Baghdad Batterie
PS, US On "Baghdad Batterie", ATELEIA and BENJAMIN CURTIS
fuse splendidly, as perfectly synchronized audio alchemists, and when
they dip their axes in a vat of liquid electronica, the transmutation
is complete: thick, glistening beats throb and undulate, without a
tell-tale twang in sight. "Baghdad Batterie" is a fabulous
piece of laptop psychedelia, and certain to delight fans of Curtis
and Elliott's previous collaboration, the exhilarating SCHOOL OF SEVEN
BELLS EP, "Face to Face" on HIGH PLACES. The packaging of
this vinyl-only release is similarly spectacular. It's a one-sided,
12-inch LP, PRESSED ON CLEAR VINYL; the REVERSE IS LASER ETCHED with
an original illustration by acclaimed UK artist Savage Pencil, whose
credits include album art for The Fall, Big Black, and Sonic Youth.
It's a LIMITED-EDITION PRESSING,, so get it while you can - disks
from the label's original Guitar Series in 1993/1994 are now some
of Collectorville's must coveted treasures.
TableoftheElements-093
LP
$14.25
Beatles 4pc Kubrick Box Set
Can't Buy Me Love (Action Figures)
PS, JAPAN Taken from the classic animated look of the Fab Four (as
seen on the classic 1965 Saturday morning cartoon series on ABC),
this four-piece Kubrick boxed set features Paul, George, Ringo, and
John. Standing 3 inches tall, you can now hold The Beatles in the
palm of your hand eight days a week!
Kubrick
TOY
$40.00
Believer
May 2008
PS, US Two interviews with David Cross, the 2007 Believer book awards,
features on fear. Some new poems and lots of book reviews.
ZINE
$8.00
Bellrays
Hard, Sweet & Sticky
PS, US Combines the hard-driving raunch of their early garage-punk
recordings w/ the emotive dynamism of their more recent forays into
Curtis Mayfield meets-Gladys Knight style soul.
Anodyne
CD
$12.50
Big Takeover, The
#62 (R.E.M. Cover)
PS, US Interviews R.E.M. (cover) * Sex Pistols* Johnny Rotten * New
Pornographers, Pt. 2 * Band of Horses/Grand Archives * Nada Surf *
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks (Pavement) * Ray Davies (Kinks) *
The Pointed Sticks, Pt. 2 * 1977 L.A. punks The Flyboys * Paul Haig
of Josef K * Rock Writer V. Vale (Search & Destroy, RE/Search)
* Top 50 Reggae LPs, Pt. 1! * British Sea Power * My Morning Jacket
* Built to Spill * Radar Bros. * Kelley Stoltz * Nardwuar the Human
Serviette/Evaporators * The Trolleyvox * Helvetia * The Carter Administration
* Awesome Color
Editorials:
Rabid: Hey, I*m a Dad!*Musings * Ackerman: More Changes For Record
Labels * Sommer: On Hawkwind!
Live
Reviews: Agent Orange * Avengers * Big Star * Cat Power * Editors
* Stevie Jackson * Maximo Park * Mission of Burma * Naked Raygun *
New Model Army * Emma Pollock & American Music Club * Rogue Wave
* Sleepover Disaster * Spiritualized * T.S.O.L. * Mary Weiss * Astrid
Williamson * X * Neil Young * Zombies (original lineup reunion) *
Plugz/Eyes/Controllers/Skulls/Gears/Crowd/Deadbeats/Dogs etc.
Hundreds
of CD Reviews: Antietam * Black Watch * British Sea Power * Dead Boys
* Death Cab For Cutie * D.O.A.* Nick Drake * Echo & the Bunnymen
* For Against * Flying Burrito Bros. * Robert Forster * Idaho * Julie
Ocean * Kevin Kane * Nyles Lannon * Claudius Linton/Joe Higgs * Long
Blondes * Eric Matthews * Colin Meloy * Bob Mould * Willie Nelson
* New Model Army * New York Dolls * 999 * Pagans * Posies tribute
* Ramones * Raspberries * Red Button * Jimmy Reed * Replacements *
Edward Rogers * Ruts/Henry Rollins * Secret Shine * Shack * Simon
& Garfunkel * Sloan * Smiths * Chris Walla * Wedding Present and
more!
BigTakeover-62
ZINE
$4.25
Birushanah
Akai Yami
PS, US Summoning forth their mode of pounding tribal psychedelic hardcore,
this mixes traditional Japanese music stylings w/ sludgy, deliberate
riffage, grating & downright unruly vocals all pushed forth by
heavy as hell drumming. Epic, irate, & refreshingly original.
RIYL: Neurosis, Corrupted, Envy.
LevelPlane
CD
$13.25
Black Angels, The
Directions to See a Ghost
PS, US Vinyl version. Price to be confirmed.
LightInTheAttic
3LP
$27.25
Blackstrap
Steal My Horses and Run
PS, US Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, Blackstrap play blissful rock
& roll drenched in fuzzed out guitars. Steal My Horses and Run
conjures up hazy atmospheres that are equal parts Spiritualized, Primal
Scream and The Jesus & Mary Chain.
TeePee
CD
$15.00
Blank Dogs
In A Web & They Said b/w Stuck
PS, US
Daggerman
45
$4.75
Bonnie Prince Billy
Lie Down in the Light
PS, US The light that shines from this revelation is one we'll gladly
lie down in & serve evermore... Bright with guitars and harmonies,
Lie Down in the Light is a fresh new album from Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.
His vocals are at their most expressive, a judiciously dynamic and
tuneful performance. Behind and all around is a subtle backdrop of
percussive slaps and shakes, touches of keys and steel, loving harmony-vocal
arrangements and other sweet surprises that will send fans back to
their auto-erotic dungeons, fresh toys in hand. Lie Down in the Light
is the ever-searching soul of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.
DragCity
CD
$12.50
Bonnie Prince Billy
Lie Down in the Light
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
LP
$12.50
Boy Omega
The Grey Rainbow
PS, UK 7-song 2006 mini-album released by Stereo Test Kit.
StereoTestKit
CD
$11.00
Bredsky, Stove
Black Ribbon Award
PS, US Stove Bredsky (a.k.a. STOVETOP BREDSKY, STEEV BRAWDSKI, STEVE
BRODSKY) cranks out 18 tracks of melancholy melodiousness recorded
at Club Awesome in Somerville, MA. The songs w/in were all originally
written back in the '90s, when Brodsky was piloting the almighty,
ever-morphing CAVE IN.
HydraHead
CD
$12.50
Bust
#51
PS, US Special 15th Anniversary Issue!! AMY SEDARIS takes the cake
on the cover. Celebrate 15 years of Bust with Sedaris, Diablo Cody,
a look back at 15 years of the good, the bad, and the girly. Features
on needlework, lady magicians, fierce female MCs, and much more!
ZINE
$4.75
Castanets
Tendrils
PS, US This video document, created by MIA FERM, serves as a snapshot
of a particular moment in time surrounding RAPOSA and CASTANETS. It
is a meditative reflection on the mesmerizing motion of water, the
beauty of natural light, and the spontaneity of friends. Responding
to the thickness of the songs on "In The Vines", here the
songs are stripped bare and presented by new voices that further reveal
the lyrical beauty of Raposa's songwriting. It is equal parts home
movie (ala Jonas Mekas), Downtown 81, Pull My Daisy, and audio-visual
collage.
AsthmaticKitty-35
DVD
$12.25
Chenaux, Eric
Sloppy Ground
PS, US Second full length is Eric's strongest, most accessible and
dynamic work in years. A collection of beautifully fried love songs,
highly original in compositional approach and instrumental texture,
utterly complelling in lyrical content and delivery.
Constellation
CD
$15.25
Chenaux, Eric
Sloppy Ground
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Constellation
LP
$15.25
Christian Family Underground, The
For The Depth Of Your Union
PS, US Summer of '06 Family Underground (DK) recorded with Dave Nuss
of NNCK at Black Dirt Studios in the woods of upstate NY. The yield
was as characteristically unhinged as one might expect: sweeping electronic
sounds backed with wood and bone percussion spirit-conjure. However
also harvested was some new and especially tasty crop: sung and spoken
song, electric guitar/conga 'rock,' and an odd, ghostly sheen coating
the entire proceeding. Nuss comments on the session: 'I remember when
we were recording, momentarily leaving the studio and going out into
the night and feeling it thicken like a partition separating us from
this intense state of clear consciousness we had in the recording,
which was like... humankind's natural state. And then thinking about
Jesper from FU, an adopted Vietnamese living in DK, and how much he
resembles Michael Jackson, and realizing that across continents, no
man can be divided from himself. We had to make this music to provide
for us some fantasy of fulfillment that would carry us through the
weekend like rejuvenated suns born again climbing to heaven, after
being washed in the deepest, bluest sea...' Jacket by designer Susan
Cianciolo and screened inserts by Stellar, NL." Last copies.
Woodsist
LP
$13.00
Coalesce
012:2
PS, US COALESCE destroyed the mold of formulaic metallic-hardcore
in the mid '90s. On their landmark record (& swan-song at the
time), 1998's 0:12: Revolution in Just Listening, the band channeled
the turbulence of their break-up into their most urgent, honest, &
desperate songs to date. Fast-forward to 2008; on the eve of the second
coming of COALESCE 0:12 has been repackaged & remastered for the
next generation of heavy music connoisseurs. In the canon of heavy
music, certainly in the world of modern hardcore, there are few records
as crucial as 0:12
Relapse
CD
$13.25
Collections Of Colonies Of Bees
Six Guitars
PS, US COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES generated quite the (forgive
us) buzz, following the January release of their CD "Birds",
and deservedly so. Their sound is expansive, vast, and billowing;
full of ringing guitars, soaring in the best traditions of the Chatham/Branca
standoff; meanwhile, beneath the clouds sprawl dewy meadows of gently
rolling electronica. "Six Guitars" is just what its title
states, yet so much more. Wildly versatile drummer Jon Mueller follows
the rules by hammering on an electric guitar with mallets, enhancing
the Steve Reichian vibe (compare this with Mueller's face-melting
solo onslaught Metals, also released in January). The band sparkles
accordingly, lifting to a dazzling climax. It's epic minimalism in
exquisite registration, and the perfect selection to introduce the
TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS GUITAR SERIES (fans will be happy to hear that
Mueller is on deck with a solo contribution to the series as well).
Beyond the music, there's the similarly spectacular packaging. It's
a one-sided, 12-inch LP, PRESSED ON CLEAR VINYL; the REVERSE IS LASER
ETCHED with an original illustration by acclaimed UK artist Savage
Pencil, whose credits include album art for The Fall, Big Black, and
Sonic Youth. It's a LIMITED-EDITION PRESSING, so get it while you
can - disks from the label's original Guitar Series in 1993/1994 are
now some of Collectorville's must coveted treasures.
TableoftheElements-092
LP
$14.25
Dear Euphoria
S-T
PS, UK Dear Euphoria is the musical alias of Elina Johansson. Born
in Dalarna, Sweden, she wrote her first proper song on her father's
piano at the age of eight. ions. Musical Comparisons to; Cat Power,
Kate Bush and Regina Spektor are regularly and perhaps easily made.
The music of Dear Euphoria is the dark and the light, deep depths
and high heights. Sometimes raw, entirely honest, absolutely real.
This is Dear Euphoria.
BBC:
"Dear Euphoria's self-released debut album caused more shivers
than winter in her native Stockholm when it was released last year
... showcasing the Swedish Kate Bush in all her quiet majesty."
StereoTestKit
CD
$12.25
Delay, Vladislav
Anima
PS, US Originally released in 2001, incl. a previously-unreleased
alternate version. This is an opus of over 60 mins., a continuous
mix that reveals itself beyond audio design. He succeeds in developing
his new, atypical methods of production: rather than familiar electronic
traits of looping sounds, this continually develops in an organic
flow, thus giving the interpretation that perhaps the music is less
a digital excursion & more an instrumental development
Huume
CD
$18.00
Demian
S-T
PS, UK This lost hard-psych classic is in fact the second album by
Texan psych legends Bubble Puppy, who'd changed their name for legal
reasons. Recorded late at night at the celebrated Record Plant in
Los Angeles, it's a stupendous blend of tough rock riffs, pop hooks,
glorious melodies and biting psychedelic guitar, but was sorely under-promoted
on its original release in 1971, causing the band to splinter the
following year.
Fallout
CD
$16.25
Desolation Wilderness
Until Forever
PS, US DESOLATION WILDERNESS is the primary musical project of Nicolaas
Zwart. "Until Forever" was written, played, and recorded
by Nic in Summer of 2007, at DUB NARCOTIC STUDIO in Olympia, Washington;
during the late night sessions for his self- released full-length
album "Hey Someone". Nic played almost all the instruments
including the vibraphone, clarinet, glockenspiel, guitar, computer,
and synthesizer. On "4/4 Love Song" he enlisted his friends
Andrew Dorsett and Adam Oelsner to play Hammond Organ and Accordion,
respectively. "Goodbye Summer Girl" is the end of a story.
Saying a sudden goodbye to someone new to you who you were in love
with, and seeing her disappear out of the rear view mirror of your
car as you drive away; getting lost in the shimmering heat of a California
summer day. "Gloria" and "4/4 Love Song" have
no words, but they capture a mood you can get when watching fireworks
over a lake during twilight on the Fourth of July: everything you
see and do is imbued with the magic of fate and destiny.
Krecords-119
45
$3.75
DJ Spooky
Sound Unbound: Excerpts & Allegories from the Sub Rosa Audio Archives
(CD/DVD)
PS, US He once again remixes the complete Sub Rosa catalog. More groovy
& DJ-oriented, incl. some unpublished audio, important artists
& a big Wave Spectrum poster, this is the ultimate continuous
mix-up. Links artists as diverse as Marcel Duchamp, Vladimir Mayakovsky,
Antonin Artaud & Allen Ginsberg w/ stellar music from John Cage,
To Rococo Rot, Iannis Xenakis, Philip Glass, Carsten Nicolai &
more.
SubRosa
CD
$16.25
Druids of Stonehenge, The
S-T
PS, US "The unearthly, savage, Rolling Stones/Pretty Things-inspired
treatment of R&B classics as interpreted by The Druids of Stonehenge
on Sundazed 10" vinyl is a phenomenon that quite simply has to
be heard to be believed. When frontman David Budge cuts loose on such
familiar '60s staples as 'Who Do You Love,' 'I Put A Spell On You,'
'Pretty Thing' and 'Bald Headed Woman,' it's almost as though he's
being strangled by Bo Diddley's 'cobra snake necktie' with eyes popping,
cartoon-like, out of his skull. The New York-based Druids cut one
album after they'd moved to Los Angeles, but these six early sides,
tracked at famed Nola's Penthouse studios in Manhattan, are truly
the stuff of garage R&B legend!"
Sundazed
10
$11.25
El Madmo
S-T
PS, US Born of social ineptitude & an ageless belief in trick-or-treatery,
they offer escape, justice, karmic postulation, & that feeling
you get when you know something that no one else does. Starting out
as a garage band trapped in the basements of various hockey arenas,
theirs is a powerfully raw sound that could only be inspired by the
smell of Zamboni fuel & sweaty skates. Feat. NORAH JONES as punk
rock.
TeamLove
CD
$12.50
Explorers Club, The
Freedom Wind
PS, US Great indie rock bands have long made a habit of recasting
the music of our parents' youth. Turn on Dr. Dog, Olivia Tremor Control,
or the Black Angels for just a few examples of bands who make glorious
new music in classic molds. Now take the idea a step further. Take
the homage just far enough that you can imagine yourself experiencing,
say, THE BEACH BOYS in their prime, but with fresh songs not tempered
by a generation of Sweatin' to the Oldies. This is elation without
irony. This is THE EXPLORERS CLUB'S debut album, "Freedom Wind."
The Beach Boys are the obvious touchstone, but dig a bit deeper and
you'll hear flourishes of Paul McCartney, the Byrds, Emitt Rhodes,
ELO and doo-wop. Embracing a pop blueprint from a time when great
songs were played on the radio and everybody loved them all, the Explorers
Club has recorded the sweetest pop record you are likely to hear this
year. The Explorers Club are doing for the summer beach song what
Amy Winehouse has done for R&B or Sharon Jones for funk and soul,
what Antibalas have done for Afro-beat. They're reclaiming the classics
as their own, injecting them with life, and making music that that
transcends any era. This is how pop music is supposed to sound. Prepare
yourself. "Freedom Wind" is the soundtrack to the summer
of 2008.
DeadOceans-007
CD
$11.50
Explorers Club, The
Freedom Wind
PS, US Great indie rock bands have long made a habit of recasting
the music of our parents' youth. Turn on Dr. Dog, Olivia Tremor Control,
or the Black Angels for just a few examples of bands who make glorious
new music in classic molds. Now take the idea a step further. Take
the homage just far enough that you can imagine yourself experiencing,
say, THE BEACH BOYS in their prime, but with fresh songs not tempered
by a generation of Sweatin' to the Oldies. This is elation without
irony. This is THE EXPLORERS CLUB'S debut album, "Freedom Wind."
The Beach Boys are the obvious touchstone, but dig a bit deeper and
you'll hear flourishes of Paul McCartney, the Byrds, Emitt Rhodes,
ELO and doo-wop. Embracing a pop blueprint from a time when great
songs were played on the radio and everybody loved them all, the Explorers
Club has recorded the sweetest pop record you are likely to hear this
year. The Explorers Club are doing for the summer beach song what
Amy Winehouse has done for R&B or Sharon Jones for funk and soul,
what Antibalas have done for Afro-beat. They're reclaiming the classics
as their own, injecting them with life, and making music that that
transcends any era. This is how pop music is supposed to sound. Prepare
yourself. "Freedom Wind" is the soundtrack to the summer
of 2008.
DeadOceans-007
LP
$11.50
Family Underground
Black Hole
PS, US 2007 release. "Family Underground drenched the East Coast
of the USA in molten syrup last year and they toted along a tour CD-R
entitled Black Hole released by the fine folk of Secret Eye. Mega
bummed I didn't get to feel their magic live but I ordered that tour
disc post-haste. Man, when I got it, I was slain. I thought it was
their finest work to date so I had to invoke it on vinyl. I tapped
into the band's communication network and together we figured this
would make a killer double LP, definitely one for the record books.
So The Underground sent me a half hour of unreleased musics to fill
the vinyl sides to fruition. Holy Hannah, was I unprepared for A!
How well the new jams mind-melded with the other tracks. And B --
the superb variation of the entire work with paramount peaks and deep
arcane valleys. Get it and trip!" Limited to 500 copies on black
vinyl with full color gatefold jackets.
WeirdForest
LP
$20.50
Fisk, Steve & Ben Gibbard
Kurt Cobain About A Son
PS, US Hand numbered double-LP of the hauntingly beautiful score to
the powerful motion picture "Kurt Cobain About A Son". This
score follows Barsuk's 2007 release of the acclaimed film soundtrack.
Packaged in an embossed jacket with full-color sleeves, with a code
for a free MP3 download of the album. Composed by noted Northwest
musician and producer Fisk (produced Nirvana's "Blew" EP)
and Death Cab For Cutie frontman Gibbard, the score has been remixed
for stand-alone listening by Fisk, digitally re-mastered by Steve
Turnidge, and mastered for vinyl by Bob Weston. Note: neither the
soundtrack CD nor the score LP contains the music of Cobain or Nirvana.
Barsuk
LP
$23.00
Four Tet
Ringer EP
PS, US
Domino
12
$13.00
Free Kitten
Inherit
PS, US This reacquaints us w/all caps worthy rockergirls KIM GORDON
(SONIC YOUTH), JULIE CAFRITZ (PUSSY GALORE) & YOSHIMI (BOREDOMS).
On the disc, they're collapsed into the present. And it is our present
that is most effected by songs like "Erected Girl," which
reminds one of bossa nova rhythms run through a Kosher meat grinder.
And then there's "Free Kitten on the Mountain," which amounts
to a travelogue of sorts--but through a Lord Buckley-like subconscious
mind. IMPOSE MAGAZINE: "Holy sh!t, this is good. Are you surprised?
Free Kitten is Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) and Julie Cafritz (Pussy Galore)
on guitar/vocals and Yoshimi-P (Boredoms) on percussion... After eleven
years since their last full-length release, Free Kitten is more of
a project then a band, but their upcoming Inherit holds true to a
dirty 90s indie angst that seem lost to the current cultivated landscape
of indie artists making pop music. In that sense these tracks manage
to be both familiar and refreshing: Free Kitten aren't reinventing
what they already did 15 years ago, but they're adding beautiful music
to the heap of what's good about indie rock."
EcstaticPeace
CD
$10.00
French Kicks
Swimming
PS, US Band-produced new album features some of the quartet's most
melodic recordings to date. "An album that demands you attention
by revealing new sounds, notes & harmonies with each listen. By
capturing both the palpable and raw elements, the FKs have created
a complex yet sophisticated pop album."
Vagrant
CD
$13.75
Gil, Gilberto
The Sound Of Revolution 1968-69
PS, UK The Sound of Revolution combines Gilberto Gils brilliant 1968
and 69 Tropicalia albums, Frevo Rasgado and Cerebro Electronico; joyous,
extraordinarily inventive pop music made against a background of terrible
political unrest in Brazil and in the shadow of both imprisonment
and eventually exile both for Gil and his friend Caetano Veloso. The
1968 album is electrified by the meteoric Os Mutantes and both sets
arranged by Rogerio Duprat who contributes a range of totally original
textures and orchestration much as George Martin did with Strawberry
Fields and Sgt Pepper. Suffice to say, this combination of precocious
talent achieves a magical and historically important result. Tropicalia-Os
Mutantes-Rogerio Duprat-LSD-Revolution Gilberto Gil narrated recent
BBC4 documentary about Tropicalia.
El-142
CD
$15.50
Good Shoes
Think Before You Speak
PS, US "South London's Good Shoes venture into this crowded market
with a more streamlined pop take on new wave
herky-jerky-- an earnest young Buzzcocks to their rivals' the Clash,
the Jam, or XTC. 7.2"-Pitchfork. 14 tracks of Britpop perfection
from gang who've remixed Maximo Park and others.
Bril
CD
$12.25
Goto80
Made On Internet
PS, GERMANY Considering the global distribution of computer technology
for already over 30 years, the Demoscene and the related Chiptunes
music have never really had a high profile. Maybe that's because of
their non-commercial background, or because making obsolete digital
technology the center of cultural production is mostly an insider's
passion. Call it 'Geek-Art for Geeks.' In today's electronic music,
the sounds of Gameboy, C64, and other discarded game hardware have
gained cult status, propelled by an enthusiastic community. A key
character in this permanent dedication to chiptunes is Anders Carlsson
from Sweden. He has been an active member of the demoscene for almost
15 years and known under the name of GOTO80 for almost a decade. Always
driven by the everlasting challenge to compose music for the best
C64 demo. His knowledge of the sonic core of the C64, the legendary
SID-Chip, is awesome. Just as exceptional are his musical intuition
and his stylistic variety, combined with his technical skills. Made
On Internet brings together 11 of his recent works showing the full
scope of his production work.
Pingipung
CD
$17.00
Greiner, Svarte
Til Seters
PS, US Room Forever. Concept and art direction by Joshua Zucker. Photography
by Kurt Mangum. A Room Forever is an art project realized as a curated
series of limited edition 12" record LPs. Packaged in a custom-made
box with high quality digital C-print covers and letter pressed inserts,
each record features an original musical composition on one side and
a field recording on the other. Pressed in one-time editions of 300,
A Room Forever takes a unique and personal approach to the vinyl record
LP. Conceived as a physical manifestation of the Roadside Picnic Radio
podcast, the project draws upon the rich history and mythologies of
audio recording to produce a final object of art that will resonate
uniquely within each listener. More than anything, a room forever
is inherently about the act of listening." This album by Svarte
Greiner (previous releases on the Type label out of the UK, also as
one-half of Deaf Center) features one side of "acoustic doom"
music, the other of field recordings. This deluxe limited edition
LP series will feature Machinefabriek/Matt Davies and Koen Holtkamp
in the next upcoming volumes.
ARoomForever
LP
$25.00
Hair Police
Empty Quarter
PS, US LIMITED TO 1000. New 2007 recordings from the Beatty/Tremaine/Connelly
trio. Recorded in Ypsilanti, MI, Jan/March 2007
Troubleman
LP
$13.50
Half-Handed Cloud/Ariel Pink
Unusual Animals Vol. 3
PS, US This is the third in a series of vinyl-only releases. The series,
entitled UNUSUAL ANIMALS, pairs ASTHMATIC KITTY roster artists with
friends and sometimes-unlikely bedfellows. Each record includes a
beautiful rendering of one of Mother Nature's stranger inhabitants
by illustrator Jared Chapman. This limited-edition series expands
the Asthmatic Kitty family to include some unexpected folks.
AsthmaticKitty-405
45
$3.75
Hevoset
S-T
PS, GERMANY Hevoset is the duo of two of the most enigmatic individuals
of the Finnish Underground, namely Jan Anderzen and Jani Hirvonen,
both hailing from Tampere. Anderzen is ringleader of a mysterious
multitudinous beast known as Kemialliset Ystävät (Fonal
Records), a part-time member of Avarus and Islaja and records solo
as Tomutonttu (Ultra Exzema, Beta-Lactam Ring Records) with a new
album coming out on Dekorder this year (hopefully). Hirvonen is best-known
under his Uton monicker with two LP's on Dekorder and a stream of
releases on Last Visible Dog, Digitalis, Ruralfauna, Jewelled Antler,
Pseudo Arcana and his own Ikuisuus label. While most one-off meetings
between so-called experimental and improvising musicians often sound
like bad excuses for a few beers and endless jams this is quite the
opposite - a heavy weight championship finale of two likeminded whizkids
cross-fertilizing each other with idea after idea, leading to some
of the weirdest and quixotic recordings you will have heard of the
two. Everything you loved about Kemialliset Ystävät, Uton
and Tomutonttu is contained in Hevoset.....and more. Rural psychedelia,
out-of-tune plucked and strummed strings, overloaded organs and effect
pedals, Jani Hirvonen's sweet wordless vocals, ecstatic improvised
drone collages, bells, backward loops, jungle percussion and tons
of unidentifiable sounds and noises shaped into tight 4 - 6 minute
tracks. Extracts from a Foxy Digitalis review by Brad Rose: "This
is the music of people removed from civilization. It's like this is
some kind of ancient artifact. It grinds on your skull, but feels
so right. (Š) There are moments when the things that make Kemialliset
Ystävät and Uton great on their own come together in forested
harmony. In particular, on side A when Anderzén is droning
away on a keyboard and Uton is massaging your spinal cord with masochistic
feedback scrawl - it's hypnotic. These two artists are in a trance
here, channeling the sounds in their head. It's so fucking good. (Š.)This
is definitely a case where the sum is greater than the parts. Anderzén
and Uton are in top form here and fans of either solo project will
chew this up and consume it for months."
Dekorder-024
LP
$17.50
Hooker, D.R.
The Truth
PS, US One of the rarest U.S. psych albums, previously issued on CD
by Subliminal Sounds, now in a beautiful and legit 180 gram vinyl
LP reissue. The Truth, recorded in Connecticut in 1972, might very
well be the ultimate North American acid rock album, ever. No hype
here - just incredible music. Tempting as it is to exaggerate the
worth of such obscurities, The Truth deserves every plaudit that comes
its way, making it astonishing that there was no real band to speak
of. Instead, ten musicians are credited alongside the mysterious Donald
Hooker, who wrote, sang and played lead on the album. This is one
of those albums that keeps revealing new depths even when you've played
it a hundred times. Connecticut hippie-philosopher concocts homemade
lounge-psych masterpiece. True psychedelia! Includes a poster in a
limited edition of 500 copies.
SubliminalSounds
LP
$25.00
Indian Jewelry
Free Gold!
PS, US In 2006, several members of the INDIAN JEWELRY songwriting
and performance team found the bitch of fame licking them on the hand.
Blinded by vanity, easy fame, self love, and the internet, they went
into an early retirement. "Free Gold!" is Indian Jewelry's
first full-length in almost two years. It is also their most scathing
with dirty hooks, shape shifting grooves, and a lot of attitude. "Free
Gold!" is what people will desire. Look for them on tour this
spring and summer.
WeAreFree-004
CD
$11.50
Islands
Arm's Way
PS, US New album from former Unicorns folk. Montreal's Islands flower
from the same scene that gave us Arcade Fire and Wolf Parade. Their
Anti debut finds them in full command of a palette of classic pop
colorings, from the 70s rock heroics of "The Arm" to the
slinky cinematic pop of "I Feel Evil Creeping In".
Anti
CD
$15.25
Jay Reatard
Painted Shut b/w Screaming Hand
PS, US The second 7" in Jay Reatard's singles series for Matador
Records.
Matador
45
$3.75
Jay, Jeremy
A Place Where We Could Go
PS, US This is a debut album containing ten songs, but really it is
a cinematic escapade into the mind of a singular individual, JEREMY
JAY. "A Place Where We Could Go" is a statement of fiction
and fact, exploring the shadowy depths of an attitude: the romance
of life without the people and things that pull down the corners;
create your own world. This universe may have a fairy tale look; it
may be illuminated by streetlight. But it will definitely be a safe
haven for the exploration of dreams. Think vast landscapes of reverberating
storybook endings populated by the more charming characters from John
Hughes' movies. Jeremy Jay: dancing, singing and playing guitar. "A
Place Where We Could Go" is your hardcopy of the illusive, blonde,
Jeremy Jay moon-roof vista. Buena.
Krecords-187
LP
$10.25
Jay, Jeremy
A Place Where We Could Go
PS, US This is a debut album containing ten songs, but really it is
a cinematic escapade into the mind of a singular individual, JEREMY
JAY. "A Place Where We Could Go" is a statement of fiction
and fact, exploring the shadowy depths of an attitude: the romance
of life without the people and things that pull down the corners;
create your own world. This universe may have a fairy tale look; it
may be illuminated by streetlight. But it will definitely be a safe
haven for the exploration of dreams. Think vast landscapes of reverberating
storybook endings populated by the more charming characters from John
Hughes' movies. Jeremy Jay: dancing, singing and playing guitar. "A
Place Where We Could Go" is your hardcopy of the illusive, blonde,
Jeremy Jay moon-roof vista. Buena.
Krecords-187
CD
$11.50
Jennings, Mason
In the Ever (ON SALE)
PS, US Sixth album for Minneapolis singer-songwriter & debut on
Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records. Coming off his 2006 majorlabel bow,
Boneclouds, for Modest Mouse leader Isaac Brock's Epic-distributed
Glacial Pace label, Jennings retreated to a studio in the woods, where
he set himself up with a laptop and two microphones. The title comes
from his son talking about where he came from before he was born,
"Ya know dad, when I was in the Ever?' It continues his spiritual
journey, informed by his love of influences like Leadbelly, Mississippi
John Hurt, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash's American recordings and Led
Zeppelin, his favorite band of all time. "I just wanted to make
sure it's not re-enacted music," he says. "I have no use
for being a retro artist. I want to understand my past and come from
something." "Every time I hear a Mason Jennings album it
changes the way I see the world around me," says Jack.
Brushfire
CD
$13.75
Joan Of Arc
Boo Human
PS, US Done with the young and hungry rat-race of band-life, Joan
of Arc now exists at the pace their real lives allow. By combining
one week of studio time, a stack of songs and a sign-up sheet allowing
participants to drop in whenever they could, each track on Boo Human
is as wildly different and uniquely constructed as the groups who
produced them. The combination of 14 musicians whose previous collaborations
include Wilco, Iron & Wine, Bonnie Prince Billy, Beth Orton, and
Prefuse 73 yields a truly diverse record that is as intense as it
is intimate.
Polyvinyl
CD
$12.50
Joan Of Arc
Boo Human
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl
LP
$12.50
Julie Ocean
Long Gone and Nearly There
PS, US Makes a case for fast over fatuous, poppy over prog, &
concise over complicated. The record is underpinned by a taut, frenetic
energy reminiscent of Dag Nasty & The Descendents, is infused
with the casual chaos of primetime Guided By Voices & Pavement
& contains undeniable elements of sweet 60s pop coupled with the
searing melodicism of late 70s heroes The Jam & The Undertones.
The band consists of several well-known D.C. indie veterans including
guitarist/singer Jim Spellman (VELOCITY GIRL), ex-members of the SATURDAY
PEOPLE, GLO-WORM & SEVERIN
TranistofVenus
CD
$10.25
July Skies
The Weather Clock
PS, UK July Skies is the musical project of Antony Harding from Birmingham
UK, assisted by members of the band Epic45 (Antony worked on their
2006 album May Your Heart Be The Map) who have both previously received
airplay from the late John Peel and Rob Da Bank of BBC Radio 1 and
also by Verity Sharp of BBC Radio 3. Both bands are part of the truly
independent UK label collective Make Mine Music, who are heading towards
their 50th release in autumn 2008. The Weather Clock is July Skies
4th album and the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2004 album
The English Cold. Musically, think The Durutti Column, the sensitivity
of 80's indie bands like The House of Love, the guitar work of Maurice
Deebank (Felt) or Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins), Harold Budd, or even
a modern reference to British Sea Power if they 'didn't like rock
music'. The Weather Clock is inspired by a lost post-war Mid-20th
century Britain and a fixation with the design and architecture of
the period. The beauty in the newly built regimented housing estates
and clipped front gardens... It is the sound of the empty school hall
once the summer holidays had commenced....faded branch line summers
where steam met diesel.....the sound of the first swallows across
the fields on fresh dew drenched mornings in May.....the nothingness
of weekday afternoons with the lightness of a breeze through the window
and billowing curtains....hearing the distant sound of children playing
in fields far from the estate... the sound of BBC broadcasts closing
down and displaying the TV test card for the afternoon whilst the
country continued to work, play or learn....this is all the sound
of The Weather Clock. The album is released in CD digipack with 1950's
period artwork by Andersen M Studio. The first 350 copies ordered
from the Make Mine Music on-line shop come with a limited 7 track
ep of exclusive and alternative tracks.
MakeMineMusic-027
CD
$17.75
Justice Yeldham & The Dynamic Ribbon Device
Birthdays
PS, US Birthdays consists of two live sets by maverick amplified-glass
player Justice Yeldham, recorded during his & Keg's recent tour
of Europe. If you've never heard of the guy, you are in for a bloody
treat. Using concert-grade piano contact mics, he amplifies a sheet
of glass and plays it with his mouth and face, processing it with
pedals attached to his belt, usually barefooted. The results are unworldly,
and hearing it you would never imagine what created it, something
an Aussie could especially achieve. Like careening assaults of insect
spaceships, he transports the listener to other worlds of sound, ending
most often in a crash of the glass upon his head. Mastered by the
god-like Rasheed of Dubplates (Berlin), the record has been collaboratively
released in an edition of 600 copies across the world.
Anarchymoon
LP
$14.25
King Darves
The Sum Splits For The Blind Swimmer
PS, US The bedrock of King Darves' New Brunswick based concoction
is folk based, but he's not wearing a headband or singing of pixies
in the moss. This is somewhere between rolled cigs and the foggy vision
of Big Pink from somewhere on Jersey Avenue, or maybe a one-manned
Meat Puppets. This release will shock and please when the prettiest
sound of his deep, rich voice comes out of the headphones, and it'll
make you tap your toes and nod your head like a little girl.
DeStijl
CD
$12.50
Kluster
Kluster: 1969-71
PS, US 3 CD set. During their brief lifespan they recorded 3 LPs,
all of which are available here. "Klopfzeichen" & "Zwei-Osterei"
recorded in 1969 & 1970 respectively. "Eruption" was
a live recording of the band's last concert together in 1971. All
are amazing examples of pioneering ambient music feat. guitar, percussion,
keys, & cello heavily processed w/ echo, filters, & tape machines.
Contains liner notes.
Water
CD-BOX
$26.00
Lee, Okkyung
I Saw The Ghost Of An Unknown Soul
PS, US Anyone who has seen and heard Korean improviser/composer Okkyung
Lee blow collective minds with her supremely amazing cello noise,
energy, vibration, friction and true sound feeling music knows that
in a world of wild and mind-snapping improvisors, Okkyung is one of
the most exciting players to arrive down the rocky road in some time.
This LP contains some of her most deep and resonant, at once furious
and hushed string, bow and wood music recorded to date. Beautiful
and frightening, daring to be both." LP only.
EcstaticPeace
LP
$12.00
Left Banke, The
Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina
PS, SPAIN Labeled a 'Baroque rock' band, the Left Banke's output is
recommended to all fans of '60s pop, garage or beat, and has created
legions of fans since its release. Full of beautiful vocal harmonies,
incredible songwriting and very, very catchy melodies, this first
Left Banke album was, allegedly, the most expensive record produced
at that time. Created in New York by Michael Brown, son of a respected
musician, the Left Banke based their sound in their vocals and some
cleverly used orchestration and studio techniques, resulting in their
unique sound. Now reissued with remastered sound, respecting the original
artwork, and limited to only 500 copies, here's your chance to get
one of the key albums from the '60s!
Shasam
LP
$28.50
Leonhart, Michael
Hotel Music
PS, US "Hotel Music" is a pastiche of Serge Gainsbourg hooks,
bedroom drone, California Pop (by way of Van Dyke Parks), and Downtown
experiments. It is a musical portrait by MICHAEL LEONHART, session
player to the stars. It was written and recorded over the course of
a five-month stint (if a worldwide tour that long can be accurately
labeled a stint) playing horns with Steely Dan (yes, Steely Dan).
He passed his downtime on the road abusing various camera & cell
phone cameras, his portable sampler, laptop and whatever instruments
that happened to be within reach. The result is a more experimental
trip than his sadly under-heard pop masterpiece "The Ballad of
Minton Quigley" (2007, self-released). Leonhart has recorded
four solo records in as many years between Steely Dan and Lenny Kravitz
touring, as well as sessioning with such diverse artists as Brian
Eno, David Byrne, Slash, Steven Tyler and Wynton Marsalis.
St.Ives-24
LP
$11.50
Leukers, Antonia
Hasenlove
PS, GERMANY Picture-Disc LP (limited 300). "Hasenlove" is
the debut musical release of Hamburg visual artist Antonia Leukers.
She's a founding member of "Institut Hasenbart", a 10-piece
artist collective dedicated to a meta-scientific research of hares
and related social, zoological and aesthetical phenomena in reference
to the art world and pop culture. Leukers has previously created stitched,
sewed and animated sculptures while casually growing cucumbers, working
for a local in-vitro fertilization hospital and advising young people
on erotic issues as a German Dr. Ruth for a popular Online magazine.
Inspired by a journey to Island, hearing local travel guides spontaneously
interweaving their narrations with sudden outbursts of folklore chanting
and an encounter with Wolfgang Müller's (Die Tödliche Doris)
strategy of transforming and combining his pseudo-scientific, documentary
and social research into a musical and artistic performance she started
to elaborate her fellow artist's lectures with musical renditions.
As a passionate DIY home-recording artist she has soldered her own
microphones, used cheap toy instruments, game boys and minidisk recordings
of kitchen sounds to create her very own bricolage comic universe.
By recycling corny AOR mainstream Rock/Pop songs into some oddly disturbing
and wonderfully weird rabbit love songs with newly-made German lyrics
and combining these with some truly strange original compositions
(ranging from freeform collage to distorted techno to deranged singer/songwriter
stuff), she has created a musical love story in 7 parts. Spiritually
influenced by (though not really sounding alike) German "Neue
Deutsche Welle" artists such as Der Plan and theatrical and surreal
performance bands like The Residents her versions of popular love
songs sound like a teenage/female Andrew Lloyd Webber on bad acid.
This 1-sided vinyl-only picture-disc LP is a strictly limited edition
of 300 copies. Both the gorgeous design and ornamental etching on
the b-side have been done by fellow Hasenbart founding member Renate
Nikolaus.
Dekorder-023
LP
$21.50
Licht, Alan & Aki Onda
Everydays
PS, US Debut collaboration of New York artists and long-time duo partners
ALAN LICHT & AKI ONDA, whose combined history connects artists
straddling the pop and experimental worlds, including Fennesz, Loren
Connors, Takemura Nobukazu, Lee Ranaldo, and Toriko Nujiko. In the
past decade their montage-inspired solo work---Licht's permutational
guitar and tape pieces on Rabbi Sky and A New York Minute, Onda's
field recording recontextualizations on Bon Voyage! and Ancient &
Modern---has co-existed with their experimental sound/visual projects
Text of Light (Licht) and Cinemage (Onda). "Everydays" is
five grandly formed soundscapes that mix Onda's poetic/textural cassette
sounds and the rhythmic/lyrical pull of Licht's guitar. Morphing from
recognizable structures to dissonant hammered chunks and rapid cut-ups,
the album perfectly weaves their signature applications of sound diaries,
minimalism, grainy fidelity, looping and free blues into a dynamic
and ambitious statement.
FamilyVineyard58
CD
$11.50
Magic Bubble
S-T
PS, UK This lost pop-psych classic was made by Canadian brother and
sister Frank and Rita Rondell in 1969, along with a taut backing band.
Already staples of Toronto's underground, the siblings here showcase
a cross-section of material ranging from hard blues to folk-rock,
acid pop and an epic rendition of "Summertime." Boasting
fine guitar and organ work throughout, it's presented here complete
with both sides of their ultra-rare non-LP 45, making it an essential
purchase for all fans of light psychedelia.
Fallout
CD
$16.25
Man Man
Rabbit Habits
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anti
LP
$17.50
Mates Of State
Re-Arrange Us
PS, US On this release, the duo move beyond their trademark wall of
sound with additional instrumentation, including lush strings, guitar,
and horns to back up their already honed melodic songwriting.
Barsuk
CD
$12.50
Medium Medium
Hungry, So Angry
PS, UK Medium Medium were originally signed to Cherry Red in 1981
and were one of the first signings of then A&R man Mike Alway.
The band's first single, Hungry, So Angry caused quite an immediate
stir at club and alternative radio level, and created quite a buzz
around the band. The single was picked up by alternative radio in
the U.S. and featured for several weeks in the Billboard Alternative
Top 50 chart. The band recorded one album for Cherry Red, The Glitterhouse
which received consistently good reviews. However, the band broke
up in 1983 but were not forgotten as 'Hungry, So Angry' has been used
on many compilation CDs over the years, especially in the U.S. This
overdue CD re-press consists of 15 tracks and also includes the very
rare promo video of 'Hungry, So Angry; as an enhanced track.
CherryRed
CD
$17.00
Mudhoney
The Lucky Ones
PS, US Worldwide lovers of the finer things are rejoicing at the news
that Mudhoney, yep Mudhoney, is back in action in 2008 with The Lucky
Ones, the band's eighth full album in a mere 20 years of triumphant
rocking. Deliberately and aggressively raw, The Lucky Ones sounds
as lean and as full-on as any modern equivalent one cares to mention.
Recorded in a scant 3.5 days (including overdubs), Mudhoney went in
armed with a batch of new material expecting to spend a fair amount
of time getting it right. Bang-and bang again after some mixing-and
a new album was birthed in record time, faster than anything else
the band's done to date. The grand majority of these numbers were
intentionally written "from the rhythm up" instead of from
the riff and the lyrics down. The effect is to thrust out the bottom-end
rumble of drummer Dan Peters and bassist Guy Maddison, and to bring
about a cohesive whole not entirely ruled by The All Mighty Riff-although
you certainly don't have to look hard to find 'em. DUSTED MAGAZINE:
"The eleven tracks here are tight, raw, and marked by insistent
thumping rhythms and taught chunky riffs, laying the groundwork for
one of the band's most straight-ahead rock albums in years."
SubPop
CD
$12.50
Mudhoney
The Lucky Ones
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$12.50
Mudhoney
Superfuzz Bigmuff: Deluxe Edition
PS, US In 2008 both Sub Pop and Mudhoney are celebrating their 20th
anniversary. This is the deluxe, re-mastered edition of "Superfuzz
Bigmuff", containing the original EP in its correct running order,
singles, demos, and two blistering live recordings from 1988, all
re-mastered, or in some cases, mastered for the first time. From the
liner notes: "For all the play and worldwide attention several
Seattle-area bands got during the 1988-92 period, at the end of the
day...there was Mudhoney - and then there was everybody else...These
recordings were so life-affirming upon their release, connecting everything
great about the sixties (biker movies, fuzz boxes, old guitars, three-minute
songs) with the frothing, punk rock of the early 80s, that a whole
new 'style' of music was born. They called it grunge, but to me it
was amped-up, clear-the-room, ramalama rock...and it was about as
joyous and as fun a noise as anyone'd heard in years" (Jay Hinman)
SubPop
DCD
$15.00
Music Go Music
Light Of Love
PS, US MUSIC GO MUSIC have the simple syrup of pop extravagance running
through their veins. These arena-sized songs are composed with such
savage efficiency that you find yourself humming along before two
bars have gone by. They are as assured and crafted as ABBA and ELO's
best songs of '76, yet Music Go Music sounds fresh. They've exploded
the formulas from the inside out, sounding like a hundred others and
no one else. "Light of Love" is a true celebration of pop
music's potential - laying a thin sheen of magic over the world around
it, and making the tedious bits of the human experience a little less
so. "Light of Love" plays like the first three tracks of
a future Greatest Hits album. "Speak to me, darling in hushed
tones. Tell me your heart's true desire" sings Gala Bell on the
title track, equal parts Debbie Harry, Karen Carpenter, and Kate Bush.
Maybe it's the wonderfully layered vocals, maybe the rich synth textures,
maybe their impossibly uplifting nature, but there is something immediately
familiar about these songs. At first listen, we're inexorably drawn
into their sphere. For at least a moment, we are surrounded by the
halo of their refracted energy - we can bask in the light of love.
SecretlyCanadian-169
12
$9.00
Nana Grizol
Love It Love It
PS, US Main-songster THEO HILTON's book-open vocals & beautiful
fingerpicking are augmented w/a suitably eclectic array of instrumentation
from his crew, which includes a brass & winds section led by LAURA
CARTER & ROBBIE CUCCHIARO (NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL)
OrangeTwin
CD
$12.50
National
A Skin, A Night + The Virginia
PS, US This is a documentary about The National by French filmmaker
Vincent Moon, who followed the group during the creation of their
acclaimed 2007 release, "Boxer" (scanned over 116K). It's
an insightful and beautiful glimpse into the band's creative process.
The DVD is packaged with a separate disc, "The Virginia EP",
which contains twelve tracks of demos, a cover, live versions, a radio
session, and b-sides. On tour with REM and Modest Mouse this month.
Tracklist for "The Virginia EP": 1.You Done it Again, Virginia
/ 2.Santa Clara / 3.Blank Slate / 4.Tall Saint / 5.Without Permission
/ 6.Forever After Days /
7.Rest Of Years / 8.Slow Show / 9.Lucky You / 10.Mansion On The Hill
/ 11.Fake Empire / 12.About Today
BeggarsBanquet
DVD/CD
$17.00
New Age
All Around
PS, GERMANY One of the most eye-opening LP archival issues of 2007
is now also available on CD, with bonus tracks. Also including members
Mark Levinson and Bruce Langhorne. "This is what can be called
one of the major sensations in the raga influenced psychedelic/acid
folk field. Also some of the earliest recordings in this genre and
hitherto unreleased. After the release of the Light of Day album in
1966 the now legendary Pat Kilroy and Susan Graubard went on with
playing and creating music together. What you hear on this album is
what they recorded for Warner Brothers in the summer of 1967, a true
groundbreaking adventure of the highest order. They expanded in the
direction they started in 1966 and the result is far beyond and superior
to everything I heard from that time period before in this musical
style except for Tim Buckley. No wonder that it didn't come out at
that time because those recordings were for sure far too adventurous
for Warner Brothers and also for almost other leading music companies
at the time. Incredible -- and I mean INCREDIBLE raga influenced psychedelic/acid
folk with some of the best songwriting I know of with monstrous lyrics
and deep lead vocals. Also a wide range of instruments were played
like incredible raga-esque acoustic guitar, electric bass, Spanish
cowbells, bell tree, silver flute, bamboo flutes, viola, tamboura,
conga drums, tables, acoustic and electric bass and tambourine. Pat
Kilroy sadly died of Hodgkin's disease in December of 1967 at a very
young age. If this record had a proper release at the time, it would
be a major classic and a milestone today in the psychedelic history
book. This CD release contains six superb never before released bonus
tracks recorded at Warner Brothers Studios and KPFA-FM radio station
during 1967. Be ready for an incredible musical trip along with an
amazing, long and very intense story behind."
RedLounge
CD
$20.50
New Session People, The
Plays Famous Songs from Days Gone By
PS, US
Amarillo
CD
$12.50
Of Sinking Ships
S-T
PS, US NOW ON LP! LIMITED TO 500! Solo project of CHAD WALDRUP (HOPESFALL:
THE SATELLITE YEARS). His desire to create thoughtful & diverse
instrumental music, bred the thickly layered guitar work; filled w/invigorating
rhythmic patterns & a captivating melodic texture. RIYL Tristeza,
Tortoise, The Mercury Program.
GileadMedia
LP
$13.50
Old 97's
Blame It on Gravity [Deluxe] (With DVD, 2PC, Digipack Packaging)
PS, US
NewWest
DCD
$24.00
O'Rourke, Jim
Tamper
PS, US This reissue is a set of 3 acoustic instrumental compositions
recorded on analogue tape during the final days of the first digital
wave, when everyone but a certain young schoolboy in short pants were
looking towards CDs & DATs as the things of the future. Fools!
As sweet & virginal as all this sounds, we the listener find ourselves
straining to hear unvarnished acoustical sound throughout the album-
there's some of that here, but there's definitely some pixie dust
in Jim's methods.
DragCity
CD
$13.00
Osborne
S-T
PS, US This is a celebration of all that is good in American house
& techno music: past, present & future. This Lego-sculpting,
electron microscope-owning, Japanese speaking uber-producer puts the
joy of life & the art of making into his music. Todd fixes &
flies planes, has fabricated a video game kiosk out of hospital equipment,
& is finishing his hovercraft as we write this. We could call
him house music's MacGyver.
SpectralSound
CD
$16.25
Parachutes/Band In Box
Split
PS, UK Limited edition (500) vinyl-only release features three songs
each from Icelandic dream-poppers Parachutes (mixed by a Sigur Ros
guy and featuring strings by Amiina) and Swedish indie-poppers Band
In Box (featuring members of Burén).
Band
in Box
1. Icaria I
2. Lost And Foundland
3. Icaria II
10" vinyl
StereoTestKit
10"
$9.50
Parson Red Heads, The
Owl and Timber EP
PS, US
ParsonFarm
CD5
$7.00
Plastic Constellations
We Appreciate You
PS, US
FrenchKiss
CD
$13.25
Presets, The
Apocalypso
PS, US After two years studio silence, The Presets (Julian Hamilton
and Kim Moyes) return with their sophomore album, Apocalypso. Ranging
from expansive, emotive techno, to future pagan house and choral space
funk, Apocalypso demonstrates the band's undeniably canny knack for
welding hook-laden pop to the most singular and exciting sounds today.
Along the way The Presets have become one of Australia's most in-demand
live acts, and after two non-stop years touring the major festivals
of the world, they've managed to capture some of this energy in these
new recordings. Welcome to the world of Apocalypso.
Modular/Interscope
CD
$11.00
Pump Kinn & Don/Brian Miller & Kevin Shields
Virgin Passwords
PS, US So Cal noise Nor Cal. Recorded at the end of nearly 9 months
of touring, Virgin Passwords reflects a long evolution in sound and
concept for Brian Miller & Kevin Shields. A combination of mechanical
grindings and digital sweeps, mortal shovings and sudden transportations
into secret chambers hold the secrets of the Virgins themselves. The
Virgins that control the universe. The mafia of the cosmos. Beyond
the cliched metaphor of purity and straight to literally not having
sex at all. Because a Brian Miller & Kevin Shields performance
proves that a noise show can be (hyper)active, crowd-engaging and
knock everything to the floor without invoking angst and self-loathing.
In other words, without hate-fucking everyone. Virgins. Pump Kinn
& Don: 'Hijokaidan by DJ Screw.' One side apiece from each of
these duos of destruction." Limited to 300 copies with beautiful
DJ-style jackets designed by Aaron Winters at Abide Visuals.
WeirdForest
LP
$13.75
Rainman
S-T
PS, UK Originally released only in Holland, this is the first CD reissue
of the superb 1970 solo LP from Frank Nuyens aka Rainman -- the lead
guitarist of legendary Dutch blues/psych-rockers, Q65. A moody blend
of folk, pop and psychedelia, with some blazing guitar leads, the
album also features his Q65 bandmate Jay Baar, as well as Dick Beekman
(Cuby & The Blizzards), Francois Content (Swinging Soul Machine)
and other leading Dutch musicians on flute, vibes, congas and other
instruments. It's presented here complete with an ultra-rare bonus
track taken from his sole, non-LP 45, making it an essential purchase
for all fans of acid-tinged singer-songwriting.
Fallout
CD
$16.25
Raven
Back to Ohio Blues
PS, US Official master tapes, self-released reissue of this unknown
hard rock/pre-punk Ohio LP from 1975 (previously reissued and long
gone on the Rockadelic label). "The Back to Ohio Blues LP by
Raven (that's one man's pseudonym, not a band name) might be the ultimate
non-commercial '70s American rock record, unintentionally putting
the most ardent anarchist punk bands to shame." -hit-fi.com
Owl
CD
$8.50
Regina, Elis
The Voice Of Brazil
PS, UK Graced by the exquisite arrangements of Roberto Menescal, The
Voice of Brazil combines Elis Regina's masterful 1968 LP, Elis, Como
e Porque (Elis, How and Why) with recordings made a year later in
London where Menescal teamed with Peter Knight (of Moody Blues fame).
Although the flawless album she made in 1974 with Tom Jobim is regarded
internationally as one of the great treasures of Bossa Nova, almost
three decades after her death Elis remains one of the music world's
best-kept secrets, a truly great singer who deserves to be recognized
beyond her beloved Brazil. Stylistically, Elis Regina is part Dusty
Springfield, part Blossom Dearie, considered to be part of the Tropicalia
family.
El-143
CD
$15.50
Shindig
Shindig! Vol. 2, Issue 4 May-June 2008
PS, UK "The Dukes Of Stratosphear -- Join us on a bike ride to
the moon with XTC's alter egos. The San Francisco Scene: 1966 Featuring:
Syndicate Of Sound, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Great Society,
Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane.
Freakrock -- Beards, boots and fuzz: the music that time forgot; Blue
Ash -- US '70s power pop; The Story -- New father/son duo in acid
folk tradition; Bay Area Garage; Patrick The Lama's Esoteric Trips:
The 10 sacred monoliths of UK '70s folk-rock." 82 pages, full-color.
ZINE
$8.25
Skydog
Just Want To Make You Happy
PS, US 2001 re-issue. First re-release ever taken from the master
tapes of this insanely rare LP from Georgia made in 1974 in an edition
of 100. Wild & psychotic hippie progressive rock mixed with incredible
heavy fuzz psychedelic jammers. Monstrous orgies between the guitar
and Hammond organ and you can also find heavy eastern tunes woven
in the long guitars jams.
RedLounge
CD
$23.00
Sound Of Arrows
Danger!
PS, SWEDEN 9 song CD. Labrador is proud to present The Sound of Arrows
- the band that will lead Swedish pop into the next decade. With the
deepest love possible they gather sounds and samples from all over
and turn them into lush pop songs with exquisitely beautiful melodies.
The Sound of Arrows started as an experiment. They wanted to try making
a Christmas song by sampling a Children's choir from YouTube and build
a song around that. This was in the end of 2006. Due to the lack of
computer, and recording, knowledge it took several months to complete
it. The final version missed it's deadline, Christmas, with half a
year. But the song suggested what they wanted to do musically together
and marked the start of The Sound of Arrows. The Sound of Arrows is
a duo consisting of Stefan Storm and Oskar Gullstrand. Stefan Storm
had earlier been making house music in Panache while the other half,
Oskar Gullstrand, used to play in an orchestra but is now working
as a graphic designer and an animator. The members have both just
passed 20 years old and are originally from a place called Gävle
which by many is considered one of Sweden most boring towns. They've
now moved to Stockholm and only go back to Gävle to meet family
or record their songs in abandoned discotheques. Their 9-track debut
EP is an embrace of the timeless and the futuristic; a travel through
a new world of sights and sounds in Technicolor. The title track,
"Danger!" is an epic treat. It begins with a magical verse
that seems to float in space - just to explode in this spring's most
memorable chorus. The theme is a pleading warning to the naïve
that ends in revolt and hope. Strings, trumpets, glockenspiel and
synthesizers kills the cliché "less is more" once
and for all. "Danger!" is lovely pointer of where The Sound
of Arrows' special aesthetics will take them, and us, in the future.
Labrador-114
CD5
$11.00
Spirit
S-T
PS, US "The mega-rare mono version of the visionary debut album
by pivotal Los Angeles combo Spirit was only available for a brief
moment in early 1968. Featuring eye-opening mixes, our release is
an exact repro of the LP that introduced the world to Spirit classics
such as 'Fresh-Garbage' and 'Mechanical World.' This unique version
zeroes in on Randy California's tastefully-thundering guitar and the
jazz-infused drumming of Ed Cassidy -- and is sourced from the vintage
analog mono masters, completely untouched for over 35 years."
Sundazed
LP
$19.00
Subtle
Exiting ARM
PS, US 3rd full-length release from Bay Area sextet. Drawing from
a diverse palette of instruments: sampler, synth, guitar, cello, winds,
electronic and acoustic drums, and the unmistakable voice and prose
of doseone, the band fashions a self-sampled and live-mic'd honest
to genreless music. The adventurous pop group has collaborated with
the likes of Beck, Wolf Parade, Tunde Adepbumpe of TV on the Radio,
and much more. PITCHFORK: "ExitingARM is Subtle's "pop"
album. And by that they mean it's their most accessible album to date,
and an answer to a problem that's plagued them since they started:
How do you make something dense and personal, a body of work that
demands time and dedication-- and then hook a wide new audience, hang
onto their ears, and make them understand it? Their new album highlights
what's always been catchiest about Subtle's music: it's full of short,
fast bangers that you can enjoy out of the corner of your ear. But
scratch the surface, and you find something far gnarlier-- the most
intricate realization yet of the vision of frontman Doseone, a.k.a.
rapper, poet and visual artist Adam Drucker."
Lex
CD
$13.75
Sun Ra
The Universe Sent Me: The Lost Reel Collection Vol. 5
PS, US Imagine the suspense and anticipation one would feel when loading
a 1970s Sun Ra reel onto a deck for the first time in more that 30
years & not knowing what to expect. As the tape starts, familiar
sounds of the Arkestra begin to be heard from that magical time period
so long ago. There is a great sense of relief and accomplishment to
know music that laid dormant for far too long, and was from one of
the most original creators ever, would now be preserved for all to
finally hear. Volume 5 of "The Lost Reel Collection" features
music from two separate tapes. The first tape is from a 1972 short
recording at the Seaport Museum in New York City. The acoustics sound
like an outdoor concert. The featured track is Discipline 27-ll, which
is purely instrumental and may be the earliest recording of this particular
version. In 1973, Ra declamations like "Life is Splendid"
and "What Planet Is This?" were added on top of the music
theme. The second tape is from a 1973 recording in Paris, France .
Although the acoustics are quite different, it's a natural segue from
the Seaport Museum tape. Opening with the Discipline 27-ll theme and
the by-now more familiar declamation there which we title as "The
Universe Sent Me" with this release. The beauty of the "reed"
section is clearly heard during this track due to the apparent close
proximity of the tape machine and the microphone setup. Once again,
as with the first 4 volumes of "The Lost Reel Collection",
the listener is in for a real treat.
Transparency-305
CD
$14.00
Sun Ra All Stars
Zurich, West Berlin, Paris (5XCD)
PS, US 5 complete concerts from Milan, Zurich, West Berlin and Paris
during the autumn of 1983. Featuring SUN RA, LESTER BOWIE (Art Ensemble
of Chicago), DON CHERRY, MARSHALL ALLEN (Arkestra), JOHN GILMORE (Arkestra),
ARCHIE SHEPP, PHILLY JOE JONES (Miles Davis Quintet), and more!
Transparency-311
CD-BOX
$40.50
Tamba Trio
The Miraculous Tamba Trio
PS, UK Propelled by the extraordinary piano playing and arranging
skills of Luíz Eça, Tamba Trio are characterized by
their very original and highly attractive blending of left field Bossa
grooves and almost sacred vocal harmonies. Our program concentrates
on the years between 1962-66 and finds the group at an eclectic axis
of classical music, Bossa and Jazz and finding a brilliantly original
vocabulary. An important landmark in the evolution of modern Brazilian
music and far ahead of its time. Tamba Trio was the greatest Bossa
Nova group: an institution in Brazil and now becoming better known
internationally.
El-144
CD
$15.50
Thee Oh Sees
The Masters Bedroom Is Worth
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Tomlab
LP
$12.25
Unwed Sailor
Little Wars
PS, US DOUBLE VINYL VERSION!!!
BurntToast
DLP
$15.00
UTON
Straight Edge XXS
PS, GERMANY Limited 500. "Straight Edge XXS" is the 2nd
vinyl album by Finland's Uton released in a strictly limited edition
of 500 copies on the Dekorder label. It comes in a gorgeous full-colour
collage sleeve assembled by Hirvonen himself. While Uton's last Dekorder
album "Alitaju Ylimina" (and most of his other recorded
works respectively) are hazy lo-fi drone masterpieces for the most
part, this is a completely different affair. Recorded straight to
tape within one month, right after returning from a 6-month trip to
India, these songs (if you could call them songs) are completely out-of-this-world;
very short and crazed sketch-like pieces sounding like a Nonesuch
Explorer LP of long lost field recordings from an as yet unexplored
continent. Or is it World Music from an unknown planet recorded by
those Sublime Frequencies guys from mysterious short wave transmissions?
Well, it is all that and more. It is pure ecstatic expression channelized
through Psychedelia, Free Jazz, Noise and rural ancient Folk Music
from all over the world in a completely naked, predominantly acoustic
setting. One of the purest forms of music you could imagine; while
all the familiar Uton elements remain evident in a hazy backcloth.
Uton is the one-man project of Jani Hirvonen originally hailing from
Tampere. Hirvonen is one of the most active musicians of the Finnish
underground scene that has recently presented us the likes of Kuupuu,
Kemialliset Ystävät, Islaja, Paavoharju and Lau Nau and
a seemingly never-ending stream of beautiful and highly original record
releases. Uton has previously released dozens of CD's, CD-R's and
Cassettes on a myriad of labels including Jewelled Antler, Pseudo
Arcana, Last Visible Dog, Digitalis, Ruralfauna and his own Ikuisuus.
He has collaborated with Amon Dude (Avarus), Anla Courtis (Reynols),
Antony Milton (Black Boned Angel), Ben Reynolds, Peter Wright, Phil
Todd (Ashtray Navigations) and Jan Anderzen (Tomutonttu, Kemialliset
Ystävät) among others. The latter collaboration (under the
Hevoset moniker) is released on LP by Dekorder simultaneously.
Dekorder-025
CD
$17.50
Various
A Factory Night (Once Again) 15.12.2007
PS, UK 28 tracks. NTSC Region 0. LTM is pleased to present a DVD souvenir
of A Factory Night (Once Again), the memorable live event staged at
Plan K in Brussels in 15 December 2007 featuring live performances
by Section 25, Crispy Ambulance, The Names, Kevin Hewick and Peter
Hook. Shot in High Definition with five cameras and a digital stereo
soundtrack, the live section of the DVD features 2 hours of in-concert
highlights (28 tracks) from all four bands, as well as the encore
of the New Order classic Temptation by Section 25 and Peter Hook.
Bonus features on the NTSC format Region 0 DVD include poster and
photo galleries, as well as a rare 1981 television interview with
Annik Honore exploring the early history of Plan K, Factory Benelux
and Les Disques du Crepuscule. The 2007 event marked a return of these
several original Factory Records artists to the legendary Plan K venue
in Brussels after a gap of more than 25 years, during which the venue
(a former sugar refinery) had ceased staging live gigs. The event
was also a tribute to the late Anthony H. Wilson, the Factory founder
who died a few months earlier.
LTM-2519
DVD
$21.75
Various
Impala Eardrums: A Radium Sampler
PS, US For fifteen years, TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS has been the preeminent
source of avant audio, championing minimal, improvised, and outsider
musics of various spots and stripes. Now, as its influence radiates
outward, the label presents Radium, its "rock" imprint,
showcased here with "Impala Eardrums, A Radium Sampler".
While minimalist legend RHYS CHATHAM leads the way with a delightful
unreleased piece from his mid-80s archives, most of the other contributors
are younger folks, from a new generation of performers. It's a diverse
bunch, ranging from the raw Americana of MEGAFAUN and JONATHAN KANE,
to the humid, pulsating krautrock of ATELEIA and the spectral songcraft
of PAUL DUNCAN. NEPTUNE serves up its version of home-forged proto-clangor,
while COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES and SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS pour
forth in glistening, shimmering waves. Together, these eight tracks
- all previously unreleased on CD - have one thing in common: a resolute
will to march headlong into the untamed brambles and briar patches
of 21st-century sound.
TableOfTheElements-812
LP
$14.25
Various
Impala Eardrums: A Radium Sampler
PS, US For fifteen years, TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS has been the preeminent
source of avant audio, championing minimal, improvised, and outsider
musics of various spots and stripes. Now, as its influence radiates
outward, the label presents Radium, its "rock" imprint,
showcased here with "Impala Eardrums, A Radium Sampler".
While minimalist legend RHYS CHATHAM leads the way with a delightful
unreleased piece from his mid-80s archives, most of the other contributors
are younger folks, from a new generation of performers. It's a diverse
bunch, ranging from the raw Americana of MEGAFAUN and JONATHAN KANE,
to the humid, pulsating krautrock of ATELEIA and the spectral songcraft
of PAUL DUNCAN. NEPTUNE serves up its version of home-forged proto-clangor,
while COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES and SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS pour
forth in glistening, shimmering waves. Together, these eight tracks
- all previously unreleased on CD - have one thing in common: a resolute
will to march headlong into the untamed brambles and briar patches
of 21st-century sound.
TableOfTheElements-812
CD
$13.00
Various
Psychedelic Minds Vol. 1 (Heavy Underground 1967-71)
PS, GERMANY 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
Vss
Nervous Circuits (CD/DVD)
PS, US mastered and the DVD is loaded with select footage from the
band's history along with three additional full live sets. "While
there's nothing all that unique anymore about an indie rock band mixing
in a little electronics, there was something breathtakingly original
about The VSS - essentially a hardcore punk band - incorporating these
elements. The result was something organic and angry and intensely
human, but it was laced with a sharp, robotic edge" - Epitonic.com.
HydraHead
CD
$13.25
Wedding Present, The
El Rey
PS, US El Rey - the first new album in over three years from The Wedding
Present - was recorded in early 2008 in Chicago by Steve Albini. The
band returned from an eight-year hiatus in early 2005 with the release
of Take Fountain. This long-awaited album brought them back into the
spotlight with all the style and sophistication associated with a
legendary group, but fans were also pleased to see the band had lost
none of the growling angst with which they had burst onto the scene
with their 1985 debut, George Best. That intensity has been turned
up even further for the new album, El Rey, The Wedding Present's first
collaboration with the legendary Albini since the renowned Seamonsters
in 1991. Written while David Gedge was living in Los Angeles, El Rey
burns with West Coast sunlight; Hollywood seen through the eyes of
a gritty Northerner. Speaking about El Rey in Mojo magazine recently,
Gedge said: "I've been living in West Hollywood for the last
year or so, and while I'm not going to claim that this is my 'L.A.'
album, there are some references. I suppose the themes are lust, jealousy,
betrayal, regret, and obsession, super-heros the usual. We chose to
record with Steve this time because the new songs were sounding very
guitary and quite dark. It's been good.
As you'd imagine, really; Albini knows his stuff". The Wedding
Present will be touring North America in Fall 2008 with the line-up
of: David Gedge (guitar & vocals), Terry de Castro (bass), Graeme
Ramsay (drums), and Chris McConville (guitar).
Manifesto-43904
CD
$12.25
Windsor For The Derby
How We Lost
PS, US Despite the connotation of its title, "How We Lost"
is a celebratory album. It's a reflective record and, in its own way,
celebrates the WINDSOR FOR THE DERBY continuum that's been created
from their first release ("Calm Hades Float", 1996) to their
last ("Giving Up the Ghost", 2005). Each of these recordings
is a sequel to the next both in narrative and musically and as the
band's first two records ("Calm Hades Float" and "Minnie
Greutzfeldt") were re-released last year they found themselves
in constant dialogue about their body of work and the paths they'd
chosen. Also a part of that ongoing dialogue were the records that
the band finds itself consistently re-visiting (Swell Maps, Section
25, Psychic TV and much of the Factory Records catalog) and what makes
those recordings timeless and resonate in a personal way with the
band. The songs on "How We Lost" are reflections of those
records and those conversations. It's about the band and the ways
the band has changed over the years, the things they hold onto and
what's been left behind.
SecretlyCanadian-141
CD
$11.50
Windsor For The Derby
How We Lost
PS, US Despite the connotation of its title, "How We Lost"
is a celebratory album. It's a reflective record and, in its own way,
celebrates the WINDSOR FOR THE DERBY continuum that's been created
from their first release ("Calm Hades Float", 1996) to their
last ("Giving Up the Ghost", 2005). Each of these recordings
is a sequel to the next both in narrative and musically and as the
band's first two records ("Calm Hades Float" and "Minnie
Greutzfeldt") were re-released last year they found themselves
in constant dialogue about their body of work and the paths they'd
chosen. Also a part of that ongoing dialogue were the records that
the band finds itself consistently re-visiting (Swell Maps, Section
25, Psychic TV and much of the Factory Records catalog) and what makes
those recordings timeless and resonate in a personal way with the
band. The songs on "How We Lost" are reflections of those
records and those conversations. It's about the band and the ways
the band has changed over the years, the things they hold onto and
what's been left behind.
SecretlyCanadian-141
LP
$11.50
Forthcoming
Releases
1900s,
The
Everybody's Got A Collection (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 2008)
NO PS, US New 7" vinyl phonograph single from Chicago psych-pop
troupe, featuring two non-album tracks. White wax, black jacket, real
posh.
Parasol-039
45
$3.50
Abe Vigoda
Skeleton (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 8TH)
PS, US This is a twisted joy ride through the four boys' private party.
Soothing parts that remind you of Captain Beefheart & My Bloody
Valentine, or some punk w/ a haunting reggaeton pulse that makes you
move. When the record is done after a little more than 30 mins., you
are left feeling that there is something they are trying to tell you,
on second listen it smacks you in the face.
PostPresentMedium
CD
$11.50
Action Biker
Hesperian Puisto (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, SWEDEN It really is time for Action Biker's first solo album!
It has now been six years since she emerged as an artist doing fun
and popular live shows and releasing CD-R's in the indie pop scene
of Gothenburg, Sweden, which included people like Jens Lekman and
The Honeydrips. Since then, Sarah Nyberg Pergament has been involved
in other projects, such as Flow Flux Clan, Kissing Mirrors and The
Dreamers, whose record "Day For Night" has received great
acclaim from different places around the world. Over the years, Sarah
has also performed lots of Action Biker shows (some, as an opening
act for Le Tigre and The Embassy), contributed to recordings with
Lars Blek (The Field), Differnet and The Honeydrips, and all this
time, new recordings with Action Biker have popped up on compilations
and singles. In brief, when "Hesperian Puisto" finally is
released, it means the début of someone with a lot of experienceŠ
The record is named after the Hesperian park in Helsinki, Finland,
where Sarah lived for a while. She describes her music as baroque
on synthesizers. It is pop music built on complex naivety - altogether
very accessible music with distinct vocals and a crispy, sweet, analogue
sound. Two great-looking videos are also included on the CD. References
and Influences: Young Marble Giants, Broadcast, Dislocation Dance,
Moondog, Virna Lindt, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Antena, Francoise
Hardy, Saint Etienne, Brian Eno, Ghost Box, Stereolab, Fred Astaire,
Maurice Ravel, ESG, Komeda, Cluster, Flying Lizards, Syd Barrett,
The Passions, St Christopher, John Barry, Can, Human League, Colleen,
Marine Girls, Eric Dolphy, Telex, George Delerue, The Wake, Kraftwerk,
Lori & The Chameleons, Differnet.
FriendlyNoise-69
CD
$13.50
Architecture In Helsinki
Like it or Not EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 8TH)
PS, US The Australian sextet is back with their 3rd single from their
critically lauded new album Places Like This. The band has been on
a tear since the album's release in fall of 2007, selling over 25,000
copies in the US in under a year. On top of that, they made their
debut on the Billboard charts in the first week of release, peaked
at #3 on the CMJ Top 200, and sold out several clubs nationwide on
their fall 2007 tour. With the Like It or Not EP, the band finally
records "One Heavy February" and "Beef in Box,"
which are two long-time crowd favorites from their live shows, to
accompany the single version of "Like It or Not". To top
it off there is a "Like It or Not" remix by one of 2008
biggest buzz bands, El Guincho.
Polyvinyl-157
CD5
$7.25
ASS (Andreas Soderstrom Solo)
My Get Up And Go Just Got Up And Went (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, UK Very limited! Peering out between the mass of strings, hanging
like vines, there must have been a spark of childish curiosity. From
the giddy playfulness of youth all the way to the folk hinterland,
Andreas Soderstrom has been surrounded by instruments, exposed to
the sounds of his father's bazouki factory - an extraordinary mélange
of clattering noise and metallic melody. That natural inquisitiveness
has obviously paid off, and it surely can't be a coincidence that
a career in music beckoned. Trading under the pseudonym Ass - it stands
for Andreas Soderstrom Solo - for more than a decade he has been the
hitherto unknown man of Swedish pop, having played with the likes
of electro-pop priestess Jenny Wilson, digital folk stalwarts Tape,
offbeat folk-pop minstrel Blood Music, and Taken By Trees, the latest
incarnation of former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman. All that
will change with the release of 'My Get Up and Go Just Got Up and
Went', the second full-length album from Soderstrom under his Ass
moniker. Soderstrom plays all of the instruments found on this quietly
intoxicating 10-track record, the follow-up to his astonishingly assured,
eponymous debut - both released on Headspin Recordings. It finds him
hacking through the folk undergrowth, his fluid dynamic underpinning
a stark melancholy that simmers throughout. It's a real treat, and
a chance to hear the whispered charm of a subtly disarming performer.
To paraphrase George Clinton - free your mind, and Ass will follow...Very
Limited vinyl Edition of 500 copies in thick cardboard stock, lyric
insert and on purple wax.
StaticCaravan-167
LP
$19.00
Band In Box
This Fiction (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, UK Debut album from Swedish act featuring members of Buren.
StereoTestKit
CD
$12.25
Be Gulls
By the Beach (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Rad
LP
$14.25
Be Gulls
By the Beach (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US Sweeping and soaring music from the folks from LITTLE WINGS.
Rad
CD
$14.25
Black Sun Ensemble
Across the Sea of Id: The Way to Eden (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 8TH)
PS, US Quite possibly the final BSE release after an illustrious career
of nearly 25 years. It marks a return to the beloved semi-acoustic
style of their first few releases, and also - due to public demand!
- contains no vocals. It is a mixture of new readings of past tracks
& new compositions. The new material offers a singular, dreamy
vision of BSE's potentially final works. The two title tracks, Across
the Sea of Id and Eden Song, are reflective, yet hallucinatory explorations
into Jesus Acedo's unique compositional & melodic sensibility.
While Angel de la Guardia has a refined yet explosive rock swagger,
it is balanced by the meditation Perelandra & La Paz. The CD also
contains a video of the band performing the signature BSE piece "Dove
of the Desert"
CameraObscura
CD
$14.00
Brother Kite, The/Plumerai
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Track Listing: Plumerai "Vacant Eyes". The Brother
Kite "We Can Never Be Friends". LIMITED to 500 copies. Clear
vinyl in see-thru package. An idea hatched during the recording of
Plumerai's "Without Number" CD out on Silber Records. The
thought was to strip away the pedals and even electricity and release
a record that would simultaneously draw upon the band's ability to
evoke emotions and utilize one of the band's noted strengths; the
intimacy and power of Elizabeth Ezell's voice. After consideration
they sought out The Brother Kite to record a track for the flipside.
A Clairecords staple and another top-notch New England band known
for their shoegaze influences, they seemed like a perfect match for
the concept of stripping down their sound and writing an acoustic
track.. Plumerai's "Vacant Eyes" relies more heavily on
orchestration and layering of instruments such as acoustic guitar,
reed organ, violin (arranged and performed by Clara Kebabian) and
bells to accompany Ezell. While The Brother Kite's "We Can Never
Be Friends" is a more basic track with acoustic guitars and a
catchy vocal melody carrying the song. This stunning and beautiful
record comes on coke bottle-clear vinyl and is limited to 500 copies.
Clairecords-077
45
$5.25
Camper Van Beethoven
Popular Songs of Great Enduring Strength and Beauty (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JUNE 24TH)
PS, US
CookingVinyl
CD
$14.25
Carr, Derek
The Digital Space Race (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, IRELAND Derek Carr is one of Ireland's unsung heroes of soulful
techno. Derek has been making music for almost 2 decades now (if you
include his early experiments as a 14 year old with a Casio sampler).
Following many releases over the past 7 years on a wide variety of
electronic labels now comes his anticipated debut album for Psychonavigation
Records.. 'The Digital Space Race' compiles ten tracks of sublime
electronic music that can be enjoyed equally in the stoned privacy
of your home or on the dance floor. For fans of John Beltran,B12,The
Black Dog, Carl Craig... this is an essential record.
Psychonavigation-025
CD
$15.50
Chevelles, The
Barbarella Girl God (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Career retrospective plus new gear from this Aussie garage-pop
combo. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "14 of their most contagious numbers
along with a trio of new songs as proof positive that they've lost
none of their magic over the years. What really impresses about this
album, though, is how well the band's wide-ranging sound and style
are showcased. Garage pop is an easy tag for their music, but doesn't
really capture the diversity of influences and elements that infuse
their songs... From old-school to new-school punk, the band dances
back and forth in time, tripping into new wave, psychedelia, and power
pop along the way. The sound may be clean, a reflection of the Chevelles'
tightness, but even at their jangliest, the guitars are down and dirty,
the harmonies soaring, the melodies irrepressible, and the choruses
irresistible. All in all, the perfect introduction to this stellar
band."
WickedCool
CD
$12.25
Clientele, The
That Night, A Forest Grew (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
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
Cloudland Canyon/Lichens
Exterminating Angel (PRE-ORDER SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US This single 30-min. track (split into 2 parts on the LP version)
uses voice, guitar, samplers, & ARP synthesizer. Here are the
sounds accompanying a spacecraft that's a combination Death Star &
Taco Bell from the 70s filled w/ Mayan temples & pyramids populated
by large, snappily dressed
reptilian beings.
HolyMountain
LP
$16.00
Craig, Leighton
11 Easy Pieces (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, AUSTRALIA Since 1995, Brisbane resident Leighton Craig has etched
out a varied musical existence, from solo keyboard studies to an extensive
body of collaborative work. His solo works, which span delicate ambient
keyboard excursions through to site-specific live documents and most
recently song-based explorations, have mapped out a focus of tone,
duration and 'situations' for sound. On 11 Easy Pieces, his first
widely available solo LP, Craig offers an intimate yet robust collection
of works recorded on an array of cheap analogue keyboards, including
his instrument of choice the Casio MT40. Recorded to cassette at the
kitchen table between 2003-04, these recordings have been lovingly
toasted by valve tubes during mastering to reveal not only a true
sense of analog adventurousness inherent to Craig's mode of operation,
but also his ability to unveil a rare tonal richness from his instruments.
Leighton Craig casts out an audio net and collects together an essential
haul of tonal gradients, phased rhythm and collapsed chordal interplays.
11 Easy Pieces (and two somewhat less 'easy' works), is a warm collection
of distorted hymnals and blurred geometry - all of them visionary
in their purity and timbral sensibilities. "This is more than
Australian Music - this is Australia the musician." Sean Rabin,
The Australian "an organic exorcism of the trees...the music
of the earth...." Brad Rose, Foxy Digitalis. On Organ Notes "hazy
minimal organ tones ... feel good mind-body static. Turn up loud and
let it float." Eddie Flowers, Slippytown.
Room40-424
CD
$15.00
DJ Scotch Egg
Drumized (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Load
LP
$14.00
DJ Scotch Egg
Drumized (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Powerful cosmic energy using the simplest tools available:
4 Nintendo Gameboys & mixer. Not a noisy release by any means,
instead a fully activated set of lean muscular gabber pop music that
stares boldly into the sun with the jihad of a suicide vest full of
gummi bears. Drumized takes cues from older trad jazz, Earache era
gabber & some of your better ringtones.
Load
CD
$12.50
Durutti Column
Sunlight to Blue... Blue to Blackness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, UK "Sunlight to blue ... Blue to blackness" - This was
one of the more upbeat title suggestions for the very bare, back to
basics, reflective new album from The Durutti Column. Vini Reilly
has recorded under the name The Durutti Column since 1978 and has
a rich portfolio of work, releasing over 15 albums in this time, but
Reilly has been through some dark times the past year. In a conscious
response to his last two polished and studio based releases he has
created some sparse, simply beautiful 'sketches' as he once called
them, more reminiscent of his work from the early eighties. Many of
the pieces are simply instrumentals played on his Juan Montero flamenco
guitar, and he returns to 'Without Mercy' for the last track 'Grief'
and reinvents 'Never Known' from LC. This release also sees the debut
of a talented young pianist and singer, Poppy Morgan, who co-wrote
the melancholy Ananda as a duet with what Reilly dryly calls 'intrusive
guitar'. For the uninitiated, Vini was the first artist signed to
Manchester's influential Factory Records, co-wrote and played on Morrissey's
first solo album 'Viva Hate', and was heavily featured in the film
about Manchester music culture, '24 Hour Party People'. Ever critical
of Vini's voice, but ever a fierce champion of his talent, the late
Tony Wilson would surely appreciate this return of The Durutti Column.
Track listing: 1. Glimpse 2. Contact 3. Messages 4. So Many Crumbs
And Monkeys! 5. Ged 6. Never Known Version 7. Anada 8. Head Glue 9.
Demo For Gathering Dust 10. Wordless 11. Grief.
Kooky-027
CD
$17.75
Eat Skull
Sick to Death (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Leave it to the English to embellish a term like "shit-gaze."
No surprise that the greatest shit-gazer of all time was none other
than Samuel Coleridge, an avowed Brit who, plied full of laudanum,
would sit for hrs & stare at his bowel movements, writing copious
notes on their color, texture, etc. They are a quartet hailing from
Portland, Oregon, co-masterminded by Rob Enbom (Hospitals and Hole
Class) & another original Hospital, Rod Meyer (the greatest living
genius of punk)(--erm--uh--wha?!).
Siltbreeze
LP
$16.00
Endless Boogie
Focus Level (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
NoQuarter
DLP
$16.50
Endless Boogie
Focus Level (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US This NYC four-piece started out as an "old man hobby"
and turned into the best psychedelic rock 'n' roll band in the city
(maybe country, possibly world). Endless Boogie jam, then jam some
more. They lock in grooves so tight there's no escape - like entering
a black hole, that last second stretches out forever. The only thing
keeping them from living up to their name is the physics of the compact
disc. The perfect soundtrack to hot summer nights. Hanging out in
the basement. Smoking figs in the yard. The double LP is presented
in a deluxe old-style tip-on gatefold jacket and comes with a bonus
track and digital download coupon.
NoQuarter
CD
$13.25
Fairline Parkway
Memory of Open Spaces (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Limited Edition of 700 hand-numbered, die cut. Zachary Okun
& Raj Gadhia met in a quiet summer of college unemployment. Raj
recognized Zach as the guy in the back of the dusty university anthropology
lab who diligently slept through monkey documentaries, waking from
deep sleep only to angrily protest discernable differences in the
skull specimens forced upon the class every week. In this manner things
came to a head and they were graduated, just as they decided to have
a good run at actually thinking. Reeling in denial, the two began
recording together in 2002. They were promptly kidnapped by an enthusiastic
fan & ushered into a studio.
Kora
CD
$11.25
Fantasy Bar
Friday Afternoon Car (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, SPAIN Kieran, Diego, Jordi and Rubén used to be part of
Migala, probably one of the best Spanish bands ever. It's something
they won't try to hide. Now they are Fantasy Bar, whose debut album,
Friday Afternoon Car, takes their music -and influences ranging from
American Music Club to Nick Drake, Arab Strap to Neil Young...- into
enchanting new territories. Friday Afternoon Car is an album of nostalgia
and yearning for a brighter dawn; of harshness and tender feeling;
of hopes and of fears. Its 14 stately, slow-paced rock songs are suffused
with the beauty that lies just beneath the surface of existence. The
careworn yet compassionate vocals of Scottish songwriter Kieran Stephen
(ex-bassist with Los Planetas and Migala, bass guitar on El Hijo's
album "Las otras vidas", live musician with QZIOS) speak
of the emotions these four friends know so well: the persistence of
memories; friendship and wasted love; the knowledge, throughout it
all, that the good times can prevail. It's there from the first moments
of "Spiders", which opens Friday Afternoon Car: the story
of a bad dream called solitude, wrapped in gentle guitars and upbeat
but delicate drums. The album was recorded at Rock Soul Studios in
Madrid with the assistance of Carlos Torero, and features keyboards
and guitar by Abel Hernández (El Hijo, former singer and guitarist
of Migala) and electric guitar by Chris Bathgate (Sans Trauma, ex-Ganger,
who also used to play bass with Arab Strap). It takes its name from
an old British phrase that alludes to the belief that car-factory
workers lose interest toward the end of the week: as the brief liberation
of the weekend looms, everyday cares cease to matter. Friday Afternoon
Car invites the listener to enter the universe of these songs: to
discover a place to reflect and, above all, to feel. Fantasy Bar are:
Kieran Stephen (vocals, guitars, bass), Diego Yturriga (keyboards,
accordion and melodica), Jordi Sancho (bass, fender rhodes) and Rubén
Moreno (drums).
Acuarela-1085
CD
$13.50
Feelies, The
Crazy Rhythms [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, US Originally released in 1980 and featuring a noisy angular sound
that's somewhere between Krautrock, the Velvet Undergound, & New
Wave. Massively infuential to bands as wide-ranging as R.E.M. &
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. A post-punk classic back in print for the
first time in many years.
Water
CD
$14.00
Fleet Foxes
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$12.50
Fleet Foxes
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US Seattle's Fleet Foxes traffic in baroque harmonic pop. They
draw influences from the traditions of folk, pop, choral, gospel,
sacred harp singing, West Coast music, traditional music from Ireland
to Japan, film scores, and their NW peers. The subject matter ranges
from the natural world and familial bonds to bygone loves and stone
cold graves. "Supremely crafted and confident" - 8.7 - Pitchfork.
Subpop
CD
$12.50
Free Blood
Never Hear Surf Music Again (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US This two-piece Brooklyn band has more street cred than you
can shake a stick at, & for good reason. Consisting of Madeline
Davy (Octopi NYC) on the microphone & John Pugh (formally of !!!)
also on microphone. An unpredictable druggy number, a mangled hybrid
of Beatles-esque melodies fused angrily w/ a Butthole Surfers song.
"Quick & Painful" is a raucous affair that delivers
a swift kick to the jewels.
Rong/DFA
12
$8.00
Futureheads
This Is Not the World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US New album.
Megaforce
CD
$13.75
Gable
Seven Guitars With A Cloud Of Milk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Containing 18 tracks clocking in at just under 40 min. The
songs cover such diverse topics as group suicide, the state of urban
music, self-realization, cats, & drunk foxes, in the best tradition
of DIY bands like The Vaselines, Violent Femmes, & Beat Happening.
Loaf
CD
$16.00
Giffoni, Carlos
Zamuro (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Limited edition of 300 copies in a heavy stock screen-printed
jacket. Numbered. A Zamuro is a dark South American vulture of great
size. Zamuro is also a solo composition piece for portable synth and
analog filter. Side A on this LP is a live realization of this piece
recorded at the Compound in San Francisco in 2006 (Mastered by Lasse
Marhaug). Carlos composed and performed this piece live on several
tours in the US/Europe/Japan all trough out 2006 and 2007, if you
saw him live in those two years this is the piece he performed. This
was the most complete version of it that made it to tape. Side B is
a studio piece recorded live on a much larger modular synth, based
around the same theme, but with structural and tonal variations not
in the original composition. .This is pure psychedelic electronic
music.
Important-201
LP
$19.50
Harcourt, Ed
Beautiful Lie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Beautiful Lie is easily one of his most
accessible and listenable efforts. Yes, the hallmarks of his tortured
singer/songwriter status are still in place, as flagrant strings,
grandiose arrangements, and rampant-but-quality peer-mimicry rule
these 14 tracks. But even though his lyrics are sometimes overbearingly
dark and too many vampire metaphors abound, the music and songwriting
compare favorably to contemporary indie-centric, raspy-voiced artists
like Beck, the Eels, Sparklehorse, and Tom Waits. Harcourt dabbles
in many genres here, from acoustic folk to '70s style pop ballads
to rootsy psychedelia to experimental lounge, all the while rooting
the music's emotion in melodic piano... Beautiful Lie is an invigorating
and frequently gorgeous affair, essential for old fans and a good
place to start for newcomers."
Dovecote
CD
$15.00
Hefner
The Fidelity Wars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, UK 1999 was a special year for Hefner. The original Fidelity Wars
reached number one in the independent album charts, with its accompanying
single, cult favourite Hymn for the Cigarettes securing them the number
one place in the independent single charts. It was also the year that
saw Hefner working hard for John Peel, recording three sessions for
his show and having five entries in the Festive Fifty for '99. They
reached numbers two and three in the chart, only beaten to the number
one spot by the Cuban Boys! Fidelity Wars saw Hefner coming of age;
the rawness of songwriter Darren Hayman's earlier music and lyrics
developing into a more intelligent, observational style. Hymn for
the Alcohol, tells the tale of two alcoholics falling out of love,
accompanied by the sweet pedal steel of new member Jack Hayter. The
Weight of the Stars has the narrator memorising the contents of a
roll of camera film, which was lost on a one-night stand. Don't Flake
Out On laments upon the lost friends of our early twenties, accompanied
by the broken voice of ex-Raincoat Gina Birch and brass section. This
re-release of Fidelity Wars contains the original album plus an extra
29 rare and unreleased tracks including deleted EPs, b-sides, and
alternate versions.
Belka-05
DCD
$21.75
Helm, Levon
Dirt Farmer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US I'm so excited that this album will finally see the light of
day on vinyl.
Vanguard
LP
$22.00
Hercules and Love Affair
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, US
Mute
CD
$15.25
Holy Modal Rounders
Live in 1965 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US A rousing live album from the Rounders featuring songs spanning
their careers on both the ESP and Prestige labels.
A must have for any Rounders fan! Digipak.
ESPDisk
CD
$12.75
Hosaka, Akane
Niko Niko Denki Muzic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, FRANCE With her lunging rhythms and deliciously retro melodies,
Akane Hosaka catapults us into a world of gleeful wallabies and drummer-boy
monkeys. Her discovery of music came through song, and only later
led to instrumental experimentation. References to her early influences,
the 60s and 70s precursors of electropop are deliberate: there for
all to see. Raymond Scott, Perrey & Kingsley or Yellow Magic Orchestra.
Nevertheless her true inspiration is from the visual world and lies
in graphic forms and architectural fantasy: Keiji Ito, Archigram or
Bruno Munari. For her, these images evoke music that she then sets
about transcribing. Naturally reserved, she's a perfectionist in her
work. Seeing her in the studio is like watching a blacksmith in the
smithy, as she bends her music into the required shapes. Her compositions
are like pastel-colored soap bubbles in extra-bright Super 8.
Sonore-27
CD
$17.50
Isol/Zypce
Sima (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Digipak with 16 page booklet featuring the artist's illustrations.
Isol and Zypce present Sima, their latest collaboration. Isol: singer,
composer, ex-vocalist of the electronic pop band Entre Ríos,
singer with the baroque group The Excuse and member of the synthpop
American band Alsace Lorraine. She's also an internationally renowned
illustrator of books and printed media. For the first time, she composes
the melodies in the songs and writes their lyrics on this new record.
Zypce: musician, composer. In 1994 he released his CD Nuevo Muerto
(New Dead) on which he and his ensemble play his own works of contemporary
classical music tainted with industrial reminiscences, although these
categories are in fact very dubious labels. He has also composed music
for the film, dance and theatre in Argentina and abroad and has performed
his experimental compositions with pianist Adriana de los Santos,
among others in concert. He builds his own musical instruments and
has an extremely elaborate approach to the stage factor. On this CD
he composes and arranges the songs by being clearly faithful to his
peculiar aesthetics though approaching a pop song format, always with
very experimental results. Isol and Zypce are siblings, born and raised
in Buenos Aires, Argentina. About Sima: 11 tracks / Voice: Isol /
Instrumental arrangements: Zypce / Lyrics: Isol / Music: Isol - Zypce
(except "La primera vez" and "Vos me llamás",
by Dani Umpi - Adrián Soiza) / Artistic production: Zypce (in
"Vos me llamás": Zypce-Cecinini) / Mastering: Nicolás
Cecinini. Sima: f. abyss, precipice, crag, depth, chasm.
Darla-195
CD
$13.00
Jay Reatard
Singles 06-07 (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, US This is a collection of all his out-of-print material, re-mastered
by the Real Tard himself. It's finally possible to hear these gems
in one straight shot, remasterd (hence sounding better than ever),
without flipping over a pile of 7'' platters. Includes a DVD showcasing
some choice live performances.
InTheRed-151
CD/DVD
$17.00
Jay Reatard
Singles 06-07 (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
US,PS VINYL VERSION. Double-LP housed in a beautiful gatefold sleeve
InTheRed-151
DLP
$15.50
Jazkamer
Artbreaker (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, NORWAY Jazkamer is always dealing with different kinds of noise
& noise-music. This album has 58 tracks and is 17 minutes long!
This time the Jazkamers has gone as far with rock & punk as humanly
possible. We guess this is their homage to Japan's noisecore &
their love for early Boredoms, Melt Banana, Hanatarash & Zeni
Geva. But we don't know. Just listen for yourself.
SmalltownSuperjazz-135
CD
$15.25
Jennings, Mason
In the Ever (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Brushfire
LP
$13.75
Judys, The
Moo [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2008)
PS, US The original 'Moo' album finally re-issued on CD for the first
time! CD sports seven bonus tracks, mainman David Bean's "Modomusic"
EP. Released almost four years to the day after Washarama and following
an eighteen month hiatus, The Judy's Moo album has a slightly more
progressive sound: richer production values, fuller arrangements and
thicker harmonies. As the band returned to the stage in 1985, this
was the album that showed the band's maturity and development as songwriters
and musicians. The twelve songs on Moo, laced with solid-state irony,
well-placed cynicism and standard issue Judys' wit, show the band
at the peak of their creativity and acted as a springboard for their
live extravaganzas. The album was released with The Moo Tour - a month
of live performances across the state which included giant cereal
boxes, moving conveyer belts of milk cartons, and a dancing cow while
the band donned milkman uniforms. Critically acclaimed and fan-revered,
The Moo Album continues to be a milestone in Texas pop music.
WastedTalent
CD
$15.00
Judys, The
Land Of Plenty [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2008)
PS, US First ever official release for The Judys last album, recorded
but never released! In 1990, The Judy's set out to record a new album
with a new Judy's sound. Featuring the lineup that had been established
over a number of years the band, including Barbara Donaho (keyboards/guitars),
Lee Malone (bass), and Darwin Keys (drums), set out to explore new
horizons musically and thematically. Land of Plenty injected multi-layered
keyboards and guitars, stacked vocals, a gospel choir, and even a
bit of banjo into the band's palatte and sought to realize Bean's
vision of a new Americana musical landscape. Broad in its scope and
daring in its expansion of the band's definition of itself, Land of
Plenty was shelved when the group disbanded before the CD's release.
While a handful of copies have been given out, this is first time
this long sought-after project has been available to the general public.
WastedTalent
CD
$15.00
Ladytron
Velocifero (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US New album, their 4th full-length, fully transcends the boundaries
of electro-pop w/a fresh wave of distorted soul.
Nettwerk
CD
$17.75
Leone, Dominique
s/t (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, NORWAY Dominique Leone wears many hats, only a few faces &
has a hundred songs that you haven't heard. And yes, he's a him. He's
a songwriter, producer, singer, lover, fighter... scratch that, he's
one of a growing number of college-educated musical auteur with more
than a slight command of pop history & 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 &
strange chord progressions that still seem vaguely familiar. The music
is catchy but ambitious; crafted but not sterile; interesting but
not pretentious. It's just a lot of fucking fun.
Stromland-002
CD
$15.25
Lexie Mountain Boys
Sacred Vacation (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Everything that is good & bad about the things you think,
about the sound of your own voice as imagined in the mind of another
person, each sound you made alone & some made not for speaking
but for blaming. This is a minor document of soul noise diva karaoke,
collaborative cave-chanteuses rippling w/ roquefort vibes, & the
slippery wet nightgown that is her songsmithy.
Carpark
CD
$15.00
Lodger, The
Life is Sweet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Slumberland
LP
$14.25
Lodger, The
Life is Sweet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Still filled with gorgeous melodies & catchy tunes, but
is also deeper & more thoughtful, full of emotional peaks &
valleys. Rather than just chip in w/ an album of "more of the
same," they've paid extra attention to the arrangements, w/ 12-string
& acoustic guitars, lap steel, & violin adding crucial detail
& depth to the tunes
Slumberland
CD
$14.25
Love As Laughter
Holy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Epic/RedInk
LP
$12.75
Love As Laughter
Holy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, US The group's distinctive sound can only be described as a melting
pot of flavors of artists such as the Beach Boys, Jimmy Buffet, &
Neil Diamond.
Epic/RedInk
CD
$13.25
Low
You May Need A Murderer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US On several occasions in 2007, Dutch documentary maker David
Kleijwegt filmed the legendary chamber-rock trio. This is a portrait
of a band set against the scenery of modern day America, a country
that according to Low is rapidly becoming a third world country. This
high-standard documentary is more than an on-the-road movie or behind-the-scenes
video. It shows Sparhawk as the ambivalent main character in an intriguing
movie about religion, violence, questions of conscience &-whether
concealed or not-madness, that can also be seen as a touching love
story.
Soulmining
DVD
$15.75
LSD & The Search For God
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, US ON VINYL! This masterful collection of five lysergic-dipped,
guitar-based gems is delightfully reminiscent of the early Creation
Records sound. Turn it on & tune in to a psychedelic trip, where
swirling guitars & playfully flirtatious boy/girl vocals travel
through dreamy pop hooks & fuzzed out drones. Limited to 1000
DeepSpace
12
$12.00
Made Out Of Babies
Ruiner (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, US While the album retains the group's trademark ferocious hybrid
of PJ Harvey, Jesus Lizard & Big Black, it also finds the band's
musical exploration showcasing something unsettling & unique.
The End
CD
$15.50
Mae Shi
HLLLYH (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Really crazy prog rock from the LA band that
doesn't stop touring.
Yosada
LP
$19.00
Mammatus
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Named for the ominous clouds that are usually seen after the
worst of a thunderstorm has passed, they are a lean sludge machine
that shoots giant burritos (carne asada) from their instruments. They
have no known enemies in the natural world and share symbiotic relationships
with hamburgers, subgoths & dragons. Their album was mastered
by a wizard so mighty he has no name. They assure you that his abilities
far exceed those of any "terrestrial" engineer, for they
send the tapes back in time to be woven w/ spells of the nameless
one that were spoken of before rock could speak.
HolyMountain
LP
$16.00
Mann, Aimee
@#%&! Smilers(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US (Digipack Packaging) "I've always been drawn to dark,
eccentric personalities," says Los Angeles singer songwriter
Aimee Mann. On Smilers, her 7th solo CD, Mann presents thirteen exquisitely-crafted
new songs about the inner life of people living far from the bright
lights of success or fame.
SuperegoRecords
CD
$16.00
Melodyguild
Aitu (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Vocalist Suzanne Perry (LOVE SPIRALS DOWNWARDS) returns w/her
1st new collection of work in almost a decade w/this driving shoegazer/dream-pop
quartet. A must for lovers of Tearwave, Mira, Slowdive, My Bloody
Valentine, & Autumn's Grey Solace.
Projekt
CD5
$7.25
Midnight Juggernauts
Dystopia (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US This Melbourne based band was described by Rolling Stone US
as "David Bowie if his Berlin Trilogy was a collaboration w/
Kraftwerk & Faust."
Astralwerks
CD
$15.00
Mogwai
Young Team [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, UK The original album remastered and repackaged with an additional
CD of bonus tracks including phenomenal live performances from T In
The Park and Chemikal Underground's 5th Birthday Party; a BBC session
version of "R U Still In 2 It?" featuring Aidan Moffat;
a rare Spaceman 3 cover; a radio session track from WNYC and some
other stuff.
ChemikalUnderground
DCD
$15.75
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
My Brightest Diamond
A Thousand Shark's Teeth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US With this Brooklyn band's sophomore release, we're instantly
reminded of Shara Worden's reputation as one of indie music's most
vibrant, creative, and original voices. This record is charming, playful,
daring, foreboding, graceful, eclectic, exciting, and visceral. The
songs marry vast instrumentation - marimbas, harps, clarinets, French
horns, rabid guitars, vibraphones, and more - to create an unequaled
amalgamation of style and color. In a word, beautiful.
SPECIAL
PRE-ORDER PROMOTION: Pre-order this CD from Parasol and we'll send
you a unique coupon code for a free download of a free digital EP
featuring five alternate versions of album tracks plus one outtake.
AsthmaticKitty
CD
$11.50
My Brightest Diamond
A Thousand Shark's Teeth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PROMOTION: Pre-order this
LP from Parasol and we'll send you a unique coupon code for a free
download of a free digital EP featuring five alternate versions of
album tracks plus one outtake.
AsthmaticKitty
LP
$12.00
My Education
Bad Vibrations (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Showcases My Education's sonic flights as sharply honed, highly
melodic mini-epics. Layers of guitar swell & sway over propulsive
rhythms while viola spins yearning melodies ever skyward, sprinkled
with delicate color by vibraphone & keyboards. Book-ended by ambient
passages pillowing heavy-lidded acoustic strumming languid strings
& lap-steel, Bad Vibrations is certainly the finest summation
of My Education's highly textured & emotive music yet.
StrangeAttractors
CD
$12.50
My Morning Jacket
At Dawn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Gatefold double vinyl re-press limited to 1000. 142 gm, red
and gold color vinyl 2xLP in gatefold sleeve with matte finish. Their
beloved second record (2001). "At Dawn has an Ineffable magic
to it from start to finish, one that leads me to scour my brain for
words that could describe something that sounds so special. Anytime
a pop or rock song can give you chills, that's something. When a whole
album can do it that's something else entirely." -POPMATTERS.
TRACK LISTING: 1. At Dawn 2. Lowdown 3. The Way That He Sings 4. Death
Is My Sleazy Pay 5. Hopefully 6. Bermuda Highway 7. Honest Man 8.
X-mas Curtain 9. Just Because I Do 10. If It Smashes Down 11. I Needed
It Most
12. Phone Went West 13. Strangulation 14. Bonus track.
Darla-111-1
DLP
$19.00
My Morning Jacket
The Tennessee Fire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Gatefold double vinyl re-press limited to 1000. 142 gm, green
and blue color vinyl 2xLP in gatefold sleeve with matte finish. Their
fabulous debut album (1999). "Released to worldwide critical
acclaim, The Tennessee Fire provides proof (200 proof) that heartfelt
American music is alive and well and living in Kentucky. A must for
anyone who loves the sound of Alt-country mixed with wide open spaces."
-ALL MUSIC GUIDE. TRACK LISTING: 1. Heartbreakin Man 2. They Ran 3.
The Bear 4. Nashville To Kentucky 5. Old September Blues 6. If All
Else Fails 7. It's About Twilight Now 8. Evelyn Is Not Real 9. War
Begun 10. Picture Of You 11. I Will Be There When You Die 12. The
Dark 13. By My Car 14. Butch Cassidy 15. I Think I'm Going To Hell
16. Bonus track
Darla-089-1
DLP
$19.00
My Morning Jacket
This Is Not the World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US New album.
ATO/Red
CD
$13.75
N.E.R.D.
Seeing Sounds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US New album is a blistering mash-up of booming hip-hop beats
& rollercoastering rock riffs, rumbling crunk rhythms & scintillating
soul music.
StarTrak
CD
$15.00
Names, The
Nightshift/Live At Plan K 15/12/2007 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, UK 24 tracks live DVD by cult Factory Records band The Names,
including their December 2007 homecoming concert at legendary Brussels
(Belgium) venue Plan K. Shot in High Definition with five cameras
and a digital stereo soundtrack, the Plan K section of the DVD features
11 songs, including the classic singles Nightshift, Calcutta and The
Astronaut, as well as new tracks including I Am the Rain and Zeroes
(a tribute to their former producer Martin Hannett), and an encore
cover of the Magazine song The Light Pours Out of Me. These tracks
were taped at the memorable A Factory Night (Once Again) event at
Plan K staged on 15 December 2007, which also featured performances
by Section 25, Peter Hook, Crispy Ambulance and Kevin Hewick. The
120 minute DVD also features several vintage promo clips from 1980-82,
including shorts for Nightshift, Light and The Astronaut. An intimate
extra bonus feature is provided by Celebration, 9 songs recorded live
at a 2005 birthday party for singer/writer Michel Sordinia, at which
the band run through versions of a number of Names originals as well
as songs by Joy Division and Neil Young. Also available: Swimming
& Singles (LTMCD 2324), Spectators of Life (LTMCD 2320). Live
Au Plan K (Brussels) 15 December 2007: 1. Light 2. I Am The Rain 3.
Calcutta 4. Zeroes 5. The Astronaut 6. I Liked You Better When You
Were Dead 7. Nightshift 8. I Wish I Could Speak Your Language 9. Discovery
10. Friendly Fire 11. The Light Pours Out Of Me When We Were Kids:
12. Nightshift #1 13. Light 14. The Astronaut 15. Nightshift #2 Celebration
(2005): 16. My Funny Valentine 17. Nightshift 18. The Astronaut 19.
Calcutta 20. The Call Of Trains 21. Swimming 22. New Dawn Fades 23.
Luka 24. Cortez The Killer.
LTM-2522
DVD
$21.75
Nisennenmondai
Tori/Neji (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US Nisennenmondai means "Year 2000 Problem'' and is an instrumental
Japanese girl trio from Tokyo. Visits to Tokyo by
Lightning Bolt, Battles & No Age and others have unearthed these
three girls with the mammoth sound. With song titles such as This
Heat, Sonic Youth & Pop Group, one understand which musical territory
the band comes from, and if you ad Black Flag, DNA, Neu! & Pere
Ubu you are pretty close to Nisennenmondais sound. It's raw &
repetitive (post) punk instrumentals, at the same time as they are
wild groovy with a no wave/disco vibe to it. This is the first release
outside of
Japan & it contains the bands two EPs "Neji" and Tori"
released as one album with new cover design by Kim Hiorthoy
SmalltownSupersound
CD
$14.50
Notwist
The Devil, You + Me (Deluxe) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US The Notwist make music that's at once impossibly personal and
hugely inviting. This release is their most important and moving to
date, in the band's nearly 20 year career. Markus Acher's singular
voice surrounds you with all the comfort of familiarity, the euphoria
of re-acquaintance. It takes a while before the words and the scale
of the musical language sink in. The deluxe limited edition is a hard-bound
book with full color 24-page insert.
Domino
CD/BOOK
$15.50
Notwist
The Devil, You + Me (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US The Notwist make music that's at once impossibly personal and
hugely inviting. This release is their most important and moving to
date, in the band's nearly 20 year career. Markus Acher's singular
voice surrounds you with all the comfort of familiarity, the euphoria
of re-acquaintance. It takes a while before the words and the scale
of the musical language sink in.
Domino
CD
$11.50
Notwist
The Devil, You + Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$17.50
Odd Nosdam
Pretty Swell Explode (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US This inimitable producer returns with an enhanced 2-disc collection
(one album, one EP) of remixes, B-sides, videos, & original songs,
incl. 8 tracks entirely exclusive to this set. Here Nosdam compiles
the odds & ends created mostly around his last two fulllengths
(2005's Burner and last year's Level Live Wires), as well as a few
choice gems from bygone days. Accompanying these blasted sounds are
3 videos, also incl. a hidden unreleased version of Nosdam's Lee Perry-inspired
"Upsetter."
Anticon
DCD
$15.75
Osorezan
Mimidokodesuka (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
LP
$14.75
Osorezan
Mimidokodesuka (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US "Do you like Derek Bailey?" This was the question
posed to JIM O'ROURKE on his first meeting w/ bass-playing fury DARIN
GRAY. This is Jim on electric guitar & Darin on contrabass bonded
w/ CHRIS CORSANO, who's blown the free world on its tony ass w/ his
unbridled power, intensely collaborative nature & smooth stickwork
behind the kit. Recorded live at the Pit Inn in Tokyo during a 2005
residency.
DragCity
CD
$13.00
Paramount Styles
Failure American Style (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US This is the 1st solo outing from Scott McCloud (GIRLS AGAINST
BOYS). Feat. Richard Fortus (PSYCHEDELIC FURS/GUNS N' ROSES), Alexis
Fleisig (Girls Against Boys), & Angela McClusky. The sound of
dark forces gathering in a radiant club, at times intimate & at
others soaring, slow burns bend & swerve into panoramic lush walls
of sound.
Konkurrent
CD
$13.25
Pelt
Dauphin Elegies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, US This first new studio recording in three years picks up where
2005's Untitled CD leaves off-delivering massive slabs of heavy, all-acoustic
drone action.
VHF
CD
$14.25
Pentemple
0))) Presents (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US In May of 2007 thee mighty SUNN 0))) embarked on a Pacific
Rim tour that incl. performances in Australia & Japan. Upon arrival
in Sydney, Australia, they invited one of their favorite black metal
artists: STRIBORG over from Tasmania to collaborate w/ them during
their show. The results of this collaboration was a completely improvisational,
vicious audio & visual assault on the sold out, standing room
only audience! The whole event was recorded live to 24-track/multi-track.
Afterwards Ambarchi edited, sequenced & overhauled the EQ to make
it as brutal as possible. Strictly limited to 3,000 machine numbered
copies. It will NOT last long.
SouthernLord
CD
$14.00
Pollard, Robert
Robert Pollard Is Off To Business (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US With ten songs in 35 min. it's an extraordinary rock tour-de-force.
It sports Todd Tobias's cleanest & meanest production yet, giant
songs & riffs that pack a wallop, & arguably Pollard's finest
singing ever captured on record. Since freeing himself of a band in
2004, his albums have each had very distinct & varied flavors,
& his creativity has flowered.
GBV
CD
$16.00
Pollard, Robert
Robert Pollard Is Off To Business (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
GBV
LP
$17.25
Ponies In The Surf
See You Happy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Ponies In The Surf is quietly one of a kind. Siblings and self
proclaimed indie music nerds Alex & Camile live in Cambridge,
MA though they're originally from Bogota, Columbia. The Ponies build
perfect soft pop songs with elements Samba, Beatles, the more sophisticated
folk set, the Pop Vocal traditionalists and they're very much akin
to The Violent Femmes and Johnathan Richman in terms of song craft,
a subtle humor and vulnerability. The Ponies' work is uniquely comforting
and highly addictive. It is served with a rare passion and grace.
It evokes nostalgia for the above mentioned while remaining firmly
planted in its own special, almost timeless place. "After playing
in rock bands for some time, Alexander McGregor decided at some point
that he simply wanted to make some music that could even appeal to
his grandmother. Joined by his sister Camille, the duo plays stripped-down
folkish type music that sounds like it could have been created at
any point in the past 40 years yet still feels fresh." --ALMOST
COOL. "These powerfully quiet traditionalists perform folk songs
with a pan-American touch. It's only a shame that music this delicate
and warm doesn't garner more notice." -POPMATTERS
Darla-192
CD
$12.25
Pumice
Quo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, US As the title self-effacingly implies, Quo proffers a triumphant,
primo slice of past Pumiceisms: uncertain progressions, anomalous
structure, inimitable guitar buzz, sublime melancholy & distorted
vocals (crooned, spoken & moaned). Quo once more finds Pumice
cruising the convergence of pop, folk & noise strains with bona
fide inner mystique. Sputtering sub-underground skiffle aims for outer
zones, diamond cuts of nervous guitar with pesky hooks that sting
& tickle tread rough hewn punk turf, pop tangents charm with echoes
of the Kilgours or Chris Knox, and woozy synth blurts & drones
thread the patchwork patterns with Hulk-like grace.
SoftAbuse
CD
$11.50
Radiohead
Best Of [regular] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US 17 track retrospective, regular edition.
Capitol
CD
$18.75
Radiohead
Best Of [videos] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US All the band's critically acclaimed videos.
Capitol
DVD
$23.75
Radiohead
Best Of [expanded deluxe edition] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US Radiohead's first-ever career retrospective, this 2 disc Limited
Edition CD package includes 17 of the band's most popular tracks including
"Creep," "Karma Police," "High and Dry,"
"Fake Plastic Trees," and "Optimistic," plus a
bonus disc featuring 13 more standouts including tracks not featured
on Radiohead's prior studio albums. The Limited Edition package also
features an extended booklet and deluxe packaging.
Capitol
DCD
$25.00
Salas, Mikel
Bajo Las Estrellas (Beneath The Stars) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, SPAIN Acuarela releases the original soundtrack of "Bajo
las estrellas" [Under the stars] Félix Viscarret's debut
film (2008 Goya* for best Adapted Screenplay), starring Alberto San
Juan (2008 Goya for best Actor) and nominated for best Soundtrack
music by Mikel Salas with twilight western instrumentation. Surprising
bonus track by Flamenco big star, Enrique Morente, who sings the standard
classic "Stella by Starlight." *Goya is the equivalent of
the Oscars for films in Spanish language. "Bajo las estrellas"
starts, and we hear a ukulele, a xylophone; suddenly it bursts a fun
rogue melody, with an ubiquitous banjo and a persistent rhythm, as
if we were traveling in a ramshackle bus. We are entering the impossible
city of Estella (in Navarra, Spain), more imaginary than real, a world
fraught with losers who cling to any chance of leading a more 'normal'
life. Mikel Salas' music is that of iron, scrap metal and abandoned
caravans, rusting, with twilight western instrumentation and lo-fi
sound, a succession of instrumental landscapes, almost borderline
abstractions that travel along with Benito Lacunza (actor Alberto
San Juan) in his journey towards happiness, to the possibility of
a remote happiness. In previous conversations between the director
and the musician, it was much-discussed Daniel Lanois, and, above
all, his album "Shine". Félix Viscarret says that
Mikel Salas likes to get into a project before even shooting. But
the proper 'revelation' came when "Mikel faced the first editing
of the film. That's when we started talking about road music for our
peculiar road movie à la navarra, an industrial western, the
redemption story of an embarrassment guy, Benito Lacunza, who's going
to show us that behind his dirty appearance lies someone with a huge
heart." This is Acuarela's first published soundtrack. But it's
also almost like any other release this label has got us used to.
Almost folk, dark but flooded by rare cracks of light, intimate, warm,
sometimes funny and sometimes bleak. Mikel Salas has written and recorded
(by himself) the sound of how is traveling on roads filled with dust,
deep into the mists of the north, or bordering small towns. And to
conclude the record, a surprise: the voice of Enrique Morente and
his amazing, magical version of Victor Young's standard "Stella
by Starlight, filling the sky with stars.
Acuarela-1080
CD
$13.50
Saturday Knights
Mingle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, US Three-piece hip-hop/trailer park pop-punk band debut their
genre-busting full length. They present a dash os psych, Afro-funk,
old school style & a seductive collaboration with the DAP-KINGS.
Kim Thayil (SOUNDGARDEN) spazzes out on guitar on the mesmerizing
rock anthem "I Go" while Nirvana producer JACK ENDINO plays
drums on a pumped up new mix of underground radio hit "45."
LightInTheAttic
CD
$12.50
She & Him
Volume 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
LP
$15.50
Shit & Shine
Kuss mich, meine Liebe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Eight sprawling sonic puddles of Gibby's spittoon soaked puddle
juice emerge from the hot flaps of England's Shit &
Shine. Combing a dense percussive chug & a megaphoned fart helmet
the band emerges with a sound closest to the neck ache of powerful
metallic headbang & the
distorted totality of cheap speaker decay. The band has been known
to employ up to 16 separate drummers & 12 feet of vertical bass
amplification, so they are no strangers to erecting long standing
brown waves of sound, an onslaught of bass boomed rock totality
Load
CD
$12.50
Shit & Shine
Kuss mich, meine Liebe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Load
DLP
$15.75
Sic Alps
United (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US This merch table gem is a one sided 7" limited to 1000
copies. 500 on blue, 200 on red, 200 yellow and 100 on green. Contained
on this thick piece of love is a rockola version of Throbbing Gristle's
track United. This will be gone fast and won't be repressed.
Important-192
45
$5.50
Sirhan Sirhan
Blood (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US West Coast (San Diego, hmm) heaviosity, think Melvins meets
Black Flag.
Anodyne
CD
$13.00
Sleeping Years, The
We're Becoming Islands One by One (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, UK The Sleeping Years is the new project from Dale Grundle, formerly
of the Catchers. Now signed to innovative indie-label Rocket Girl,
the debut album "We're becoming Islands One by One", is
a gorgeous exploration of melody and melancholy. A gifted lyricist,
Dale's exquisitely crafted songs tell of people trying to stay connected
in a world seemingly designed to keep them apart. He is heavily influenced
by the language and culture of his home in Ireland, providing a distinct
character to this highly personal collection of songs. Born in Coleraine,
Northern Ireland to an Irish father and a Scottish mother, Dale started
his first band Catchers while at school. Their first single 'Cotton
Dress' came out on Setanta Records and became single of the week in
Melody Maker. Their debut album 'Mute' was recorded with Mike Hedges
in France. Catchers went on to tour with Pulp, Edwyn Collins, The
Divine Comedy, Dr. John and Oasis. Their second album 'Stooping to
Fit' was recorded by Nick Drake's arranger Robert Kirby. Dale started
his solo project The Sleeping Years with a trilogy of EPs in 2007,
'You and Me Against The World', 'Setting Fire to Sleepy Towns' and
'Clocks and Clones'. These were very well received and are very much
living proof that independent singles do sell-out. They also garnered
critical acclaim, featuring on BBC Radio 1's Introducing, the Guardian's
writer's play list and on the cover mount of Rolling Stone Magazine.
Songs have been heavily played on Gideon Coe's 6music show and on
French radio, having been championed by France's answer to John Peel,
Bernard Lenoir. 'We're becoming Islands One By One" is poised
to become an instant, yet timeless classic with a refreshingly dynamic
twist on acoustic song writing. Dale performs all vocals and guitars,
not to mention bass, Hammond organ, Rhodes piano and e-bow parts and
was joined by cellist Michelle So and Tom Page from Rothko on drums.
The Guardian: 'his voice breaks exquisitely between hope and despair
in songs that the acoustic guitar was invented for' Dazed and Confused:
'a one-man show that owes his lilting metaphysical lyricism to the
likes of Nick Drake, Elliot Smith and John Martyn. It's good to know
that there are people like him out there.
RocketGirl-51
CD
$15.50
Small Cities
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Three friends from the Twin Cities playing well-crafted songs
with nostalgic storylines & infectious refrains. The modest 3
piece outfit earned their wings in other Minneapolis bands like Wes
Burdine & The Librarians & by swimming in at least three of
Minnesota's ten thousand lakes.
CommonCloud
CD5
$6.00
Spiritualized
Songs in A&E [regular CD version] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Sixth studio album is an 18 track opus partially inspired by
Jason's hospitalization.
Spaceman/Universal
CD
$12.25
Steinski
What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Steinski has produced a variety of tracks & this Illegal
Art retrospective collects everything from his hip-hop narrative about
the Kennedy assassination to the 1998 remix of Afrika Bambaataa's
"Jazz" with Double Dee. Besides the completist archive,
the release will also includes the critically acclaimed "Nothing
To Fear: A Rough Mix," an hour-long mashup that was produced
for Solid Steel/BBC London, described by Salon as, "the closest
thing to a masterpiece the genre has yet produced" and perhaps
the most obvious precursor (along with The Lessons) to Girl Talk's
Night Ripper.
IllegalArt
DCD
$16.75
Storm of Light
And We Wept the Black Ocean Within (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Feat. Josh Graham, former member of RED SPAROWES & BATTLE
OF MICE. The esteemed guitarist/vocalist is joined on this recording
by bassist/vocalist Domenic Seita (ex-TOMBS, ex-Asea) & drummer
Pete Angevine of Satanized. Since then, rhythmic pugilist extraordinaire
Vinny Signorelli (UNSANE, ex-SWANS) signed on as 2nd drummer. This
is brutally hard-hitting.
Neurot
CD
$16.00
Storm of Light
And We Wept the Black Ocean Within (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Neurot
DLP
$18.75
Supergrass
Diamond Hoo Ha (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Recorded in Berlin's legendary Hansa studios over a 3 week
period w/ producer Nick Launay. This captures the energy & enthusiasm
of a band firing on all cylinders. To quote one review, "the
beefy, stomporific riffs are back on board". Feat. a handful
of rocking tracks debuted last summer when they were hand-picked as
main support for the Arctic Monkeys at their Old Trafford shows.
Astralwerks
CD
$13.00
Sweet Cobra
Forever (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, US A gritty, disgruntled ball of stoner rock frustration from
a group of hardcore guys w/ heavy hearts embracing their late 70's
groove rock influences to the fullest. W/a truly unique approach to
the genre, these tormented tracks are menacing, introspective &
engagine simultaneously. The mix of crusty hardcore, d-beat &
riff heavy rock draw comparisons to His Hero is Gone, Helmet, &
Mastodon. RIYL: Sword, High on Fire, Crowbar.
MetalBlade/Blackmarket
CD
$13.00
Syclops
I've Got My Eye On You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Little is known about the secretive trio. Despite the mystery,
this is an engaging record that reveals the full shamanic magic of
the trio; a mixture of dark intensity & subtle, crafted musicianship.
Soaking in the band's brooding undercurrent, the listener will have
to imagine where they find their inspiration; heavy metal riffs over
acid house? Playing folkloric instruments w/ old school analog synthesizers
in a Finnish laboratory?
DFA
CD
$16.00
Syclops
I've Got My Eye On You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DFA
DLP
$17.25
Tallest Man On Earth, The
Shallow Grave {PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 2008)
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
Tiersen, Yann
Tabarly (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, FRANCE LP + FREE CD. For the 10th anniversary of Eric Tabarly's
death, a famous skipper from Brittany (Northwest of France), the director
Pierre Marcel and Galatée Film release a biography of this
unsurpassed sailor on June, 11. Galatée Film did not hesitate
at all to suggest another exceptional Breton (from Brittany), i.e.
Yann Tiersen to compose the soundtrack of this outstanding film. As
usual, Yann Tiersen did not just make a music that illustrates the
film, but he made a full-fledged, independent, personal and powerful
music. Yann made an instrumental music that gives pride of place to
the piano and to the intimate melodies that will delight his biggest
fans. This record is a kind of bridge in the artist's evolution, from
his first loves to his new folk trend. Under this peaceful, mastered
and warm movie soundtrack, lays actually a new album. After Eric Zonca's
"la vie rêvée des anges", "Amélie
from Montmartre" and "Goodbye Lenin", Yann Tiersen
composed his fourth soundtrack and as the previous films, it is a
safe bet that it will be a success! The record has been initially
made for vinyl and the mastering has been made from this vinyl. The
sound is therefore warm and powerful.
Lcid'Ailleurs-048
LP
$20.25
Torche
Meanderthal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Copious hooks abound & psychedelic swarms of drone weave
throughout riff-wizardry on vinyl.
RoboticEmpire
LP
$18.75
Tractor Kings
Homesick (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 2008)
PS, US Long-awaited new album from reverb-drenched country rockers,
led by local icon Jacob Fleischli, who evokes both Lou Reed and Bob
Dylan in myriad ways. His new band backs him with a rootsy but grand
atmopheric sound, thanks to an evangelical pedal steel, equal parts
terrestrial and extra...terrestrial. Think "rural cathedral".
Recorded by Matt Talbott (Hum, Centaur) at Great Western Record Recorders.
Spur-CD-006
CD
$9.00
U.S. Christmas
Eat the Low Dogs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Neurot
LP
$14.25
U.S. Christmas
Eat the Low Dogs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US The music cannot be ignored. It hurts people, physically &
mentally. It stirs intense feelings of pain, frustration, loss, fear,
& occasionally euphoria. Snare drums rattle, amps hum & pop,
dogs bark in the background. But that's the way it always sounds,
& the band doesn't see any point in changing a method that works.
Many a drunken bystander has been drawn to the theremin's magic antennae.
Neurot
CD
$16.00
U2
War [expanded deluxe re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 22ND)
PS, US U2's first three albums have been remastered and will be released
by Universal on July 22nd. Following the remastered release of The
Joshua Tree last year, Edge has overseen a similar remastering of
Boy (1980), October (1981) and War (1983). All of which have been
remastered from the original audio tapes. Deluxe double version including
a disc of b-sides, live tracks and rarities. The packaging on all
three titles has been restored and expanded, with new liner notes
for each record, previously unseen photos and full lyrics, purportedly
housed in a book like Joshua Tree.
Island
DCD
$29.75
U2
Boy [expanded deluxe re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 22ND)
PS, US U2's first three albums have been remastered and will be released
by Universal on July 22nd. Following the remastered release of The
Joshua Tree last year, Edge has overseen a similar remastering of
Boy (1980), October (1981) and War (1983). All of which have been
remastered from the original audio tapes. Deluxe double version including
a disc of b-sides, live tracks and rarities. The packaging on all
three titles has been restored and expanded, with new liner notes
for each record, previously unseen photos and full lyrics, purportedly
housed in a book like Joshua Tree.
Island
DCD
$29.75
U2
October [expanded deluxe re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 22ND)
PS, US U2's first three albums have been remastered and will be released
by Universal on July 22nd. Following the remastered release of The
Joshua Tree last year, Edge has overseen a similar remastering of
Boy (1980), October (1981) and War (1983). All of which have been
remastered from the original audio tapes. Deluxe double version including
a disc of b-sides, live tracks and rarities. The packaging on all
three titles has been restored and expanded, with new liner notes
for each record, previously unseen photos and full lyrics, purportedly
housed in a book like Joshua Tree.
Island
DCD
$29.75
Ueno
Sui-Gin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, AUSTRALIA Ueno, along with his partner Saya, is one of the core
members of Tenniscoats, who've released a number of fantastic discs
of straight up melodic to the core sing-songing joy. 2007 saw the
release of Tenniscoat's 'Totemo Aimasho' for ROOM40 and 'Tan Tan Therapy'
for Häpna/Headz. In addition to his contributions to the Tenniscoats
mothership, Ueno has released a string of solo releases, most of which
explore his engaging approach to the guitar. 'Two Things Always Happen
Simultaneously' released in 2003 on Majikick as a cdr and then re-issued
two years later as a 'proper' Cd on Commune-Disc lays the foundations.
Whilst it is more explicitly a guitar record than what goes down on
Sui-Gin, the Fahey-esque finger-picking that would otherwise plant
him firmly within the Takoma school (Ueno's cat is not called 'Fahey'
without reason) is willfully offset by Ueno's technique of recording
multiple overdubs without recourse to the original. There might be
a little of that on 'Sui-Gin' (Japanese for mercury), too. Either
way, there is an ongoing slippage between intention and accident in
the complex mesh of notes, and Ueno sends himself further away from
any superficial 12-string Tacoma purism by plugging his guitar into
a moog ring-mod and completing erasing its original sound. What you
hear on 'sui-gin' is 9 tracks of alien beauty that sit somewhere between
Derek Bailey and Mouse on Mars' 'Instrumentals' lp. Takashi Ueno plays
12 string acoustic guitar & Moog ring modulator. "For an
instrument that when presented solo often brings to mind a clutter
of reference points, Ueno Takashi's playing is stubbornly his own
and (((hasunosu))) suggests we are hearing but the first offerings
of an increasingly vital proponent of contemporary Japanese guitar
composition." Signal To Noise.
Room40-428
CD
$15.00
Various
Gigantic: A Tribute To Kim Deal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US A tribute to one of the most influential and certainly one
of the coolest rock chicks of all time. This tribute is a pure labor
of love for the label and features indie-rockers from all over the
globe covering Kim's impressive body of work. Songs Kim's written
for The Breeders and The Amps are covered with utter reverence here.
Liner notes by Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Breeders). Mastered
by Sean Glonek (Frank Black, OK Go, Kristin Hersh, Dresden Dolls,
Mogwai). Produced by Joseph Spadaro (Dig For Fire - a tribute to Pixies,
Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity). Original
album art by David Yurchuk. Limited edition pressing. Tracklist: 01.
The She / WITCH HATS 02. Bragging Party / THE GERMAN ART STUDENTS
03. Cannonball / THE WHEELERS 04. Tipp City / TARA KING TH 05. Do
You Love Me Now / MELISSA GIBBS 06. Fortunately Gone / JULIE PEEL
07. Off You / FRANCINE 08. Doe / RIZZO 09. I Just Want To Get Along
/ DESCARTES A KANT 10. Invisible Man / THE NUEVOS 11. Safari / THE
DOUGLAS FIR 12. When I Was A Painter / LE TETSUO 13. Divine Hammer
/ THE MODIFIERS.
AmericanLaundromat-013
CD
$12.25
Various
Slendid Isolation (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, SWEDEN A collection of exclusive tracks from the Radio Dept.,
Testbild!, Most Valuable Players, Differnet, Action Biker, Viktor
Sjöberg, VED, Peter Jackson, Peter Nilsson, Redmalm, Enheten
för musik och melodi, Malkovic, Erik de Vahl, Band in a Box,
Flow Flux Clan, Robotboy, and Jian. Between January and December 2007
Friendly Noise released 18 mp3 singles offered as free downloads from
www.friendlynoise.se. From the start it was intended to be a one-year-long
project. The idea was simple: contributions chosen by us from our
extended family of old friends and new discoveries, usually two songs,
together with an introduction by the artists themselves and a picture
to illustrate and enhance, once or twice a month. This was meant as
a complement to our CD releases, and a chance to easily distribute
great songs, in cases where the album context isn't necessary. These
two ways of distribution aren't contradictory, they're related, as
we stated on our website. Soon we realized the series had become a
success, both when it came to the quality of the output and the amount
of interest generated. So "Splendid Isolation" - our third
compilation after "Friendly People Making Noise" (2003)
and "Are You Scared To Get Happy?" (2006) - is our way of
documenting the series through a selection of the songs and thus giving
them a more official kind of release. The record is also a celebration
of five years of Friendly Noise as a label. The order of the songs
on the record isn't chronological, it's instead our attempt to make
the record sound as good as possible as a whole. TRACKLIST: 1. Bognor
Regis (Peter Jackson) 2. (Jack) Lullaby (Viktor Sjöberg) 3. Rondo
(Most Valuable Players) 4. Stratoscope (VED) 5. Get Nowhere (Peter
Nilsson) 6. Hultviksvägen 7 (Peter Jackson) 7. The Bravest Person
I Know (Redmalm) 8. Shut Out (Flow Flux Clan) 9. September (Robotboy)
10. Hashish in Nizza (Peter Jackson) 11. Sol genom lövverket
(Enheten för musik och melodi) 12. En gång i Stockholm
(Testbild!) 13. Dedicated to Therese Holm (Testbild!) 14. 1959y (Malkovic)
15. Almost Close (Peter Jackson) 16. Open Night (Most Valuable Players)
17. Bachelor Kisses (The Radio Dept.) 18. Vinden susar i advent (Action
Biker) 19. Postojna (Peter
Jackson) 20. Whatever We Want (Erik de Vahl) 21. Leaving Smears (Band
in Box) 22. Just A Little Lovin' (Jian) 23. Curriculum Circular (Differnet)
FriendlyNoise-68
CD
$13.50
We Are Soldiers We Have Guns
Get Up, Get Out (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 1ST)
PS, UK WASWHG is Gothenburg, Sweden resident Malin Dahlberg (also
in Douglas Heart and Laurel Music), with help from an assortment of
musical friends. Regarded as one of Sweden's finest indie-pop vocalists,
this is a most potent display of Malin's vocal beauty and songwriting
talents. More powerful, more melodic and more immediate than before
- mix Cat Power with Jason Molina, Low with Architecture in Helsinki
and add the dark pop integrity of fellow Swede Stina Nordenstam. Most
surely; music to die for.
StereoTestKit
CD
$12.25
Weezer
S-T (The Red Album) [expanded deluxe edition] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JUNE 3RD)
PS,US Limited Deluxe Edition of their 2008 album features four bonus
tracks over the standard version and comes housed in a special digipak,
with a deluxe booklet containing lyrics, photos, liner notes and band
commentary on the songs. Weezer, one of the biggest and most influential
bands of the last decade will, for the third time in its six-album
history, release a self-titled album already being referred to by
people as The Red Album. Comprised of sessions produced by Rick Rubin,
Jacknife Lee and the band itself, the album is adventurous and undeniably
Weezer. The first single, the quirky and catchy 'Pork and Beans',
was recorded under the watch of the Irishman Lee and already a Modern
Rock smash hit.
Geffen
CD
$20.00
Weezer
S-T (The Red Album) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US New album.
Geffen
CD
$16.75
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
Winning
Could We Believe In Magic? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, CANADA Vancouver trio, Winnings sophomore full length is as dour
and uncomfortable as it is playful. Its a paradigm sprouted from the
seed of improvisation, but nurtured from a dark and claustrophobic
sentiment. Structurally, Could We Believe In Magic? has it's hands
in a variety of extremes. It runs the gamut, from an apparent abandonment
of traditional tempo and structure, to, at least comparatively, more
conventional composition. Last year's, This Is An For Cigarettes,
Winning's debut album, was a tangled and puzzling foray into rocks
most experimental corners, abandoning rhythm, and structure almost
completely; Only Magazine called it ...a clumsy acrobatic act beneath
the Big Top of punk rock. And Magic is, no doubt, a logical continuation
of such acrobatics; the most notable difference being much larger
occurrences of coherency. Melody and structure are gestured at; sometimes
completed, and sometimes spun quickly out of control. One may assume
that these moments of melody (are we bold enough to call them 'choruses?'),
would smooth out Winning's cumbersome disposition. But it is arguable
that the exact opposite is true. Much like how one warm day will make
the cold ones feel colder; these moments create a reference point
for normalcy. The pop insinuations on Magic are equally as baffling
as the free structured ones.
Ache-037
CD
$13.25
Wolf Parade
At Mount Zoomer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US Their second album for Sub Pop might just be this generation's
"Marquee Moon" or an indie rock "Chinese Democracy"
released thirty years early. Better though, to think of it as the
sound of a band edging forward into a wispy darkness, one hand reaching
out, the other firmly clutching the past.
Subpop
CD
$12.50
Wolf Parade
At Mount Zoomer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$12.50
Wooden Shjips
Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
HolyMountain
LP
$16.00
Wooden Shjips
Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Their earliest material was released on vinyl, pressed in small
quantities that were either free or hard to come by & are now
hopelessly out of print. Who are we to keep you away from the rush
of "Shrinking Moon for You"? Vol. 1 collects all the tracks
from the free 10'', the Dance, California 7'', & the
SOL 7''
HolyMountain
CD
$16.00
WRNLRD
Oneiromantical War (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Working with guitar, bass, fiddle, banjo, synths & samples;
Wrnlrd throws metal, industrial, noise, dark ambient & folk musics
into a blackened & bubbling cauldron. Wrnlrd records spontaneous,
wordless vocalizations & details the lyrics later, improvises
massed guitar tones, buries samples deep into the mix & brings
the disruptive & unpredictable elements of improvisation &
chance into recording. ONE TIME PRESSING OF 500 on 180 gram vinyl
in a gatefold jacket with metallic ink artwork. Comes with digital
download code.
FlingcoSoundSystem-01
LP
$21.75
Parasol
Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders
American Music Club “The Golden Age” CD $14.00
Baja
“Wolfhour” CD $12.25
Beach
House “Devotion” CD $14.25
Black
Angels “Better Off Alone” CD5 $3.50
Black
Angels “Better Off Alone” 45 $6.50
Black
Mountain “In The Future” DLP $12.25
Blood
Music “Sing A Song Fighter!” CD $17.00
Braid
“The Age Of Octeen” CD $10.00
Butterfly
Effect “IMAGO” CD $13.50
Carbonara,
Eric “Exodus Bulldornadius” CD $13.75
Celletti,
Alessandra “Way Out” CD $17.00
Club
8 “The Friend I Once Had + 6” CD $17.50
Club
8 “Club 8 + 2” CD $13.50
Club
8 “Spring Came, Rain Fell + 5” CD $17.50
Club
8 “Strangely Beautiful + 5” CD $17.50
Corndolly
“S/T” CD $7.50
DeVotchKa
“Supermelodrama” CD $15.00
Dick
Justice “Lasso Your Heart EP” 45 $0.50
Dolly
Rocker Movement, The “Purple Journey Into the Mod Machine”
CD $12.25
Dolly
Rocker Movement, The “Electric Sunshine” CD $12.25
Doubtful
Guest “Acid Sauna” CD $16.00
Final
Fantasy “He Poos Clouds” LP $12.25
Goldfrapp
“Seventh Tree” CD $16.00
Guapo
“Elixirs” CD $14.25
Harris,
Noah “The Sea & Age EP” CD5 $7.00
Helio
Sequence “Keep Your Eyes Ahead” LP $13.00
Helio
Sequence “Keep Your Eyes Ahead” CD $12.00
Holland,
Michael “Simple Truths and Pleasures” CD $15.00
Human
Bell “S-T” CD $14.00
Isis
“Holy Tears” CD5 $6.25
Japancakes
“Down The Elements” CD $9.00
Japancakes
“The Sleepy Strange” CD $12.25
Joy
Unlimited “Overground [re-issue]” CD $15.75
Laakso
“Västerbron & Vampires EP” CD5 $8.25
Laakso
“Mother, Am I Good Looking?” CD $14.25
Lightspeed
Champion “Falling Off The Lavender Bridge” CD $13.00
Lonely
Trailer “S/T: The Best Of Lonely Trailer” DCD $10.00
Lovecup
“Greefus Groinks and Sheet” CD $10.00
McCarthy,
Dawn & Bonny Billy “Wai Notes” CD $13.25
McGill,
Cameron & What Army “Hold On Beauty” CD $10.00
Mojack
“Under the Willow Tree” CD $14.00
Monkeywrench
“Gabriel's Horn” CD $16.00
Morricone,
Ennio “L'Alibi OST” CD $16.25
Mother
(aka Menthol) “Gold Record LP” CD $7.50
Mould,
Bob “District Line” CD $15.50
Mould,
Bob “District Line” LP $15.50
Mt.
St. Helens “Of Others” CD $8.50
Murder
In The Cathedral “Afraid Of...” CD $21.00
Nascimbene,
Mario “L'Eneide OST” CD $16.25
New
Colony Six, The “Sides” CD $15.50
Paint
It Black “New Lexicon” CD $13.25
Psycho
& the Birds “We've Moved” CD $14.25
Racer,
Kris “Has A Banner Year” CD5 $5.00
Radiohead
“In Rainbows” LP $17.50
Redwing
“Self-Titled [re-issue]” CD $15.75
Saviours
“Into Abaddon” CD $13.00
Sleep
Out “I Was Your Shroud” CD $8.50
Spiritualized
“Lazer Guided Melodies” CD $12.25
Spiritualized
“Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space” CD $12.25
Spiritualized
“Amazing Grace” CD $12.25
Stoltz,
Kelly “Circular Sounds” CD $13.00
Suishou
No Fune “Prayer for Chibi” DCD $17.25
Sunny
Day Sets Fire “Strange: Remix” CD $5.00
Takeovers
“Little Green Onion Man” CD5 $7.25
This
Will Destroy You “S-T” CD $13.50
Tindersticks
“Greatest Hits” CD $15.25
Various
“Trey Told 'Em” CD5 $8.50
Various
“Daisies OST” CD $20.50
Various
“Plum [10 x 7" boxset]” 45-BOX $40.00
Various
“Pillows & Prayers: Cherry Red Records 1981-1984 [3CD/1DVD]”
CD/DVD $38.00
Veloso,
Caetano “Irene” LP $22.50
VVEREVVOLF
GREHV “Zombie Aesthetics” CD $13.25
We're
All Gonna Die “Kiss the Ground, Curse the Sky” CD $11.00
White,
Jim “S-T” CD $11.75
Wolfgang
Dauner Quintet “The Oimels” CD $21.00
Woods
“How To Survive In The Woods” CD $13.25
Yellow
Moon Band, The “Maybach EP” 45 $7.75