Tuesday, May 26, 2009

((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) MF Doom, Mississippi Records, Drag City reissues

FEMS Go To A Party 7"
*** "DRAG CITY reissue of the 1982 single by early American hardcore punk band The Fems. Speed wasn't necessary in order to punk out and the intersection of angst and humor was a common crossroads for aspirant songwriters."

GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimest 2xLP / CD
*** NOW IN STOCK! Perhaps you heard of these guys. They aren't bad.

MF DOOM Born Like This 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!

BISHOP PERRY TILLIS In Times Like This LP
*** On MISSISSIPPI. "Born in 1919, PERRY TILLIS played his brand of rambling blues at a very early age until a revelation convinced him it was the devil's music and he began preaching the gospel. This LP is culled from 72 hours of cassette tapes recorded during the last 10 years of Tillis' life. Not for the faint of heart."

TWISTED WIRES One Night At The Raw Deal 12"
*** weluvmilk.com said, "It's Miami. It's night. You're in a convertible and maybe... Bette Midler is there? You be listening to this brooding, belligerent, open-top, ocean-drive, wind-in-your-hair eighties disco theme. So eighties, in fact, you keep expecting Governor Arnie himself to appear outside the window and start flexing his republican biceps in time with the kick drum."

((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Grizzly Bear, sunn0))), Black Moth Super Rainbow & more!

v/a BOOGALOO POW WOW: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica CD
*** RECOMMENDED "A scorching compilation which features the brilliant, hybrid array of styles which burned up Latino dancefloors during the '60s in New York. New rhythms like the pachanga, boogaloo, típico and salsa signalled significant changes in musical sensibility among a new generation. Raucous hand-clapping, the party exhortations, the back-beat drumming, the African-American street English -- the result was a crazy, motley style named after the African-American dance craze of the moment, the boogaloo."

v/a G-SPOTS: The Spacey Folk Electro-Horror Sounds of the Studio G Library CD
*** "Between 1969 and 1982, Studio G, one of the smallest, but finest UK music libraries, produced albums covering all major library music genres: horror, pop, industrial, children, jazz, and avant-garde. Simple but extremely effective compositions across a variety of genres, many employing heavy delay, reverb, echo boxes and early synthesis. G Spots begins with humble tracks with treated guitars and musical jaunts into outer space; we then move through jazz, easy-listening and oddball sounds into weird, dark and often quite unsettling future music. There are drifting synthesizer soundscapes, unsettling vocal tape-loops, even the odd bit of electro-voodoo."

v/a PHANTOM GUITARS: A Cool Collection of Twangin' Guitar Instrumentals from the UK 1961-1964 CD
*** RECOMMENDED "An excellent collection of ultra-obscure guitar instrumentals culled from a very short period in UK music history when there was no bigger band than The Shadows. With a brand of twanging melody borrowed from Duane Eddy and The Ventures, coffee bars, dancehalls and fairgrounds reverberated to the sound of Binson echo units and primitive Bigsby-esque tremelo arms."

v/a THAI BEAT A GO GO: Wild and Rockin' 60's Sounds From the Land of Smile! CD
*** "If you dug the highly popular Cambodian Rocks comps, you'll go crazy over the incredible and ultra rare recordings from Thailand in the 1960s. Red hot Thai curry rock n roll, cosmic instro surf bands, mad garage/beat bands, mystic go-go organ/wild guitar rave-ups, exotic female singers, extreme sensuality and emotions, surreal and groovy, all with a totally otherworldly Thai flavor."

AKRON/FAMILY Set 'Em Wild Set 'Em Free CD
*** "This is a new chapter for the band. Touching on everything from Fela Kuti to Sly and the Family Stone, this ain't the Akron/Family you think you know. As the album unfolds, Akron/Family's musical explorations are virtually without limits. Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free is the new psychedelic rock."

LES BAXTER Space Escapade CD
*** "Previously unavailable digitally, Space Escapade is the holy grail to Baxterites and students of the Exotica genre; showcasing all of the eclecticism and sensual orchestral effects that are Baxter's remarkable trademark. Also includes a program of extremely rare Les Baxter single A & B sides from the '50s."

BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC Dawn Of The Cycads 2xCD
*** "Initially a side project of MISSION OF BURMA, Roger Miller (ANN ARBOR!) and Martin Swope deployed keyboards, synths, guitar, and all manner of stuff to create astounding records pulling together elements as diverse as jazz, systems music, experimental music, classical, and rock, this is *real* art-rock."

BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW Eating Us CD
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW Eating Us CD in FUR BAG
*** "After a year of eerie, stilted silence, the sun shines and the shadows reappear: the first fully hi-fi BMSR record. Here, the merry cryptic band has added some new flavors to their already well-established rainbow of sounds, with even more dense layers of lushly complex orchestration, intensely rhythmic drumming from a live, human drummer, vocoder vocals that are anything but robotic, and thick, undulating bass tones."

BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE Smoking Acid CD
*** New! Still up to no good!

NICK CAVE The Firstborn Is Dead CD+DVD
NICK CAVE From Her To Eternity CD+DVD
NICK CAVE Your Funeral... My Trial CD+DVD
NICK CAVE Kicking Against The Pricks CD+DVD
*** NOW AVAILABLE! Remastered! DVDs include a 5.1 Surround mix as well as videos and bonus content.

DEATH SET Rad Warehouses To Bad Neighborhoods CD
*** "23-track collection of the band's super-deep super-brief back catalog -- drumbox beats, serrated-edge guitar, and keyboard hooks for longer than one might have thought. Massively fun, exhilarating, and strangely life-affirming."

ERSEN Ersen CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Ersen performed nearly all kinds of Turkish music forms in his life adventure -- rock, pop, folk, arabesque -- but in his early years (late '60s/early '70s) he was a successful psych-rock singer, working with names such as Kardaslar, Dadaslar, Mogollar, Üç Hürel."

GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimest 2xLP / CD
*** NOW IN STOCK! Perhaps you heard of these guys. They aren't bad.

CLUTCHY HOPKINS Music Is My Medicine CD
*** "Another piece of the Clutchy Hopkins puzzle -- a set of dusty, dubbed out Clutchy tracks. Take a pinch of Hopkins deep musical madness and add a sunshine-blessed dubbed-out twist!"

MARILYN MANSON The High End Of Low CD
*** "Marilyn Manson + Twiggy Ramirez will close the main stage at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, this July through August."

OBITS I Blame You CD
*** "More backward-looking and blues-based than anything in Rick Froberg's back catalog (DRIVE LIKE JEHU, HOT SNAKES). Swamp-fevered garage workouts, hints of punk minimalism and surf adventure, and fiendish, reverb-heavy jams."

PHOENIX Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix CD
*** "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is a career-defining album filled with the band's signature melding of synthetics and organics, sharp, danceable rhythms, infectious choruses with a considerable dose of aural panache and candy-colored pop sensibilities."

SPECTRUM vs. SILVER APPLES A Lake Of Teardrops CD
*** "Sonic Boom worked with the seminal '60s act Silver Apples on a six track mini album in 1998. A Lake Of Teardrops is a spellbinding trip into the minds of two of the finest experimental composers ever." Limited to 500.

SUNN0)))) Monoliths & Dimensions CD
*** RECOMMENDED "The core guitar duo plus a plethora of guest musicians, bringing the SUNN O))) sound to epic new levels. The band collaborated with composer Eyvind Kang on various acoustic ensembles, Oren Ambarchi, enigmatic Hungarian vocalist Attila Csihar and slow music godfather Dylan Carlson (Earth), as well as Julian Priester and new-music horn player Stuart Dempster." TOTALLY UNREAL.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Hey.... GRIZZLY BEAR (and pals)!

DEVENDRA BANHART Oh Me Oh My... LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimest 2xLP+MP3
*** Wholly smokes! G.B. returns with their long-awaited follow-up to Yellow House. The jury is out but the package is an effin' nice one. HEAVY vinyl (and it's on WARP so it's probably limited) plus the entire album in MP3. Don't sleep!

KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW What's For Dinner LP
*** "Two guys. One smashing a snare, bass drum and tambourine with his bare feet, molesting his guitar and singing like a possessed angel. The other spinning and howling like a freak and belting it out on his guitar like a savage. What does it all sound like? It sounds like five men."

MADLIB Shades Of Blue 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

MARK SULTAN Hold On 7"+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED "The BBQ half of the King Khan and BBQ Show presents two great songs in the psychedelia, doo-wop and garage vein. A cover of Joe Meek's 'I Hear a New World' Joe Meek’s is on the b-side. Yellow vinyl."

THE VASELINES Enter The... 3xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!

VENETIAN SNARES Filth 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!

((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Iron & Wine, Jarvis Cocker, Selda & more!

JARVIS COCKER Further Complications CD
*** "His second solo album, containing the more roughed up tunes Cocker has been peddling since parting with Pulp."
Bold
IRON & WINE Around The Well 3xLP / 2xCD
*** "Collecting songs ranging from out-of-print to never-before-released, Around the Well spans Iron and Wine’s earliest sessions which yielded the band’s debut through material recorded for 2007’s The Shepherd’s Dog."

KING GEEDORAH Take Me To Your Leader CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "MF DOOM returns with 13 tracks of beyond-this-world hip hop rocked with off-center beats, outerspace lizard grooves, and ill lyrics."

NURSE WITH WOUND She & Me Fall Together In Free Death CD
*** "Another super-freaked, avant-gone experience. Includes all the creepy, sex-vibed sounds and psyched-out grooves one would expect, as well as a few one wouldn't."

PASSION PIT Manners CD
*** "Redemption. Paranoia. Guilt. Brief glimpses of a better tomorrow cloaked in Pop hooks. A bird-flipping break from the blogosphere by a 21 year old with much more on his manic mind than girls, girls, girls. You know, important matters, like the end of the world and learning to love someone other than the man in the mirror."

SELDA Selda CD
*** RECOMMENDED Selda Bagcan's album of "space age, Anatolian, electronic, progressive-protest, psych-folk-funk-rock from the Middle East" is a radical political document from 1976 with unreal breaks & lots of fuzz guitar. Highly recommended.

JOHN ZORN Alhambra Love Songs CD
*** "Touching on the jazz/pop/funk trios of Vince Guaraldi and Ramsey Lewis, the single most charming CD in Zorn's entire catalog is a touching and lyrical ode to the San Francisco/Bay Area and the wonderful artists who have made it their home."

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Big Star, Alice Coltrane, Flying Lotus, Mr. Bungle & more

BIG STAR #1 Record LP
BIG STAR Radio City LP
BIG STAR Third LP
*** NOW IN STOCK! Big Star's gems on heavy vinyl.

ALICE COLTRANE Journey In Satchidananda LP
*** RECOMMENDED BACK IN STOCK!

ALEMAYEHU ESHETE Ethiopian Urban Music Vol. 2 LP
*** "One of the great voices of the heyday of swinging sixties modern Ethiopian music, Alèmayèhu is a star at the top level of the constellation that once lit up the wild nights in the capital."

JAIMIE FANATIC What's Happening To Ya'? 12"
*** "Released by DIPLO, this monster is the best parts of house, electro, fidget and a dash of hip-hop. Loved by djs like Switch, Laidback Luke, Armand Van Helden, Tommy Sunshine and so many more."

FLEET FOXES Mykonos 7"
*** New 7" on SUB POP. The A-side comes from The Sun Giant EP.

FLYING LOTUS 1983 LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

FLYING LOTUS & DECLAIME Whole Wild World 12"
*** The bi-polar vestal chosen by God to be his voice on earth and crazy-voiced West Coast badass emcee hooks up with the trendiest beat-monger of current times.

MR. BUNGLE Mr. Bungle LP
MR. BUNGLE Disco Volante LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! Super-fancy 180g pressings of the first two brainbending Bungles.

OS MUTANTES Mutantes LP
*** "The most blatantly psychedelic of their three albums with warped references to traditional Latin American music. Scuzzy psychedelic guitar work with an assortment of odd-sounding electronics, and samba dance rhythms."

((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Tori, chicha!, The Field, Jason Lytle, Sun City Girls & more!

v/a THE ROOTS OF CHICHA - Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru CD
*** RECOMMENDED "In the early 70s, Chicha music modeled itself on Colombian Cumbia music but replaced the accordion with surf guitars, and incorporated the psychedelic sounds of Farfisa organs and Moog synthesizers as well as Cuban Guajira,and the distinctive pentatonic scales of Andean melodies. This is the first ever Chicha compilation to be released outside of Peru."

TORI AMOS Abnormally Attracted To Sin CD
TORI AMOS Abnormally Attracted To Sin CD+DVD
*** ROLLING STONE says: "Her best album in years." "The captivating album, like many of her previous efforts, adhered to a strong conceptual theme, with Tori inhabiting multiple archetypal female personae."

BOB LOG III My Shit Is Perfect CD
*** "My Shit Is Perfect smells of past Doo Rag brilliance, finding Log showcasing his slide guitar virtuosity, unusual but butt-shaking polyrhythmic beatitude, and, as loved and expected, his demented take on humanity."

APOSTLE OF HUSTLE Eats Darkness CD
*** Member of BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE. This guy is pretty popular with the locals.

DIPLO Top Ranking CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "DIPLO spent almost as much time on this thing as some people do on albums. There are thirty-five tracks: exclusives, remixes, plus remixes from Switch, Mumdance, XXXchange and Radioclit, guest verses from Amanda Blank and Kid Cudi."

EMINEM Relapse CD
*** "Highly anticipated 2009 album from one of the most successful Rap artists in history. Yet another skillful collaboration with Dr. Dre."

THE FIELD Yesterday & Today CD
*** "The Field's first album was a soundtrack to the spit-shined airport of your dreams - faceless, futuristic, and fuzzy. Willner expands his palette, continuing the oblique sampling strategy while building up the rhythmic architecture."

JUANECO Y SU COMBO Masters Of Chicha CD
*** As featured on the excellent ROOTS OF CHICHA compilation (see above), "Elements of influence include the popularity of cumbia, the huayno of classic Andean folklore, and the exotic sound of rock and roll as epitomized by electric guitars, wah-wah and electronic organs.

JASON LYTLE Yours Truly, The Commuter CD
*** "GRANDADDY mastermind Jason Lytle returns with his first solo record; poignant, hopeful & spirited."

MUSTAFA OZKENT Genclik Ile Elele CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Regarded amongst hardened collectors of Turkish psych rock as The Daddy of all Turkish rarities, this record simply has to be heard to be believed and even then it's still literally unbelievable. Either these guys had time-machines or DJ Kool Herc had secret Eastern connections."

SAVATH & SAVALAS La Llama CD
*** On STONES THROW. "Catalan psych-folk album with minimal electronic sensibilities." A.K.A. PREFUSE 73 & co.

SUN CITY GIRLS Napoleon & Josephine (Singles Volume 2) CD
*** "This is the second of a multi-volume set of rare & long out-of-print singles, out takes, compilation, and unreleased tracks from Sun City Girls.

TYVEK Tyvek LP / CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Combining an uncanny channeling of The Urinals and early Mekons, Tyvek drops jaws to floors with solid acorns of repetitive punk/pop numbers that became oaks almost instantaneously. The inclusion of Damon (a.k.a. Teets of Puffy Areolas) brings in another sonic dimension and suddenly the band's set veers into a Velvet Underground-by-way-of-The Feelies stratosphere."

JOHN VANDERSLICE Romanian Names CD
*** "A pitch-perfect collection written and recorded with the utmost care and attention. A symphony of sounds both subtle and lush.

WHITE RABBITS It's Frightening CD
*** Follow-up to their mega-critically acclaimed album. Now sharing a label with Radiohead.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Death, Funkadelic, Arthur Russell & more!

BUTTHOLE SURFERS Brown Reason To Live LP
*** BACK IN PRINT! "The original 1983 7-song EP debut from these acid casualty reality trippers. Their first classic slab, and still as crazed and lysergic as ever!"

DEATH For The Whole World To See LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

FUNKADELIC Cosmic Slop LP
FUNKADELIC Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! 4 Men With Beards deliver hefty 180g slabs of classic albums.

HERE COMES A BIG BLACK CLOUD Black Mold 7"
*** "Portland's premier Sci-Fi-Billy quintet. Two tracks fueled with thumpin' bass, poundin' drums, howlin' vocals and spaced-out theremin licks to boot. Endorsed by the Mississippi Records stamp of approval."

KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY SPIDERS Dracula Boots LP / CD
*** RECOMMENDED "The premier voodoo guitarist for seminal sexy, swampy bands like GUN CLUB, NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, and THE CRAMPS returns to the psychedelic jungle with a stripped-down, no-frills set of garage, Chicano rock, juvenile delinquent rumble, fuzzy biker rock, and greasy rump-shakers."

JOHN ROBINSON & MF DOOM Who Is This Man? LP
*** "The prolific emcee JOHN ROBINSON teams up with his former Fondle 'Em label mate for Who Is This Man, produced entirely by the super villain MF DOOM."

ARTHUR RUSSELL Love Is Overtaking Me LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

WAVVES Wavvves LP
*** "When not watching Cops or drinking 40s in the park, NATHAN DANIEL WILLIAMS blogs on classic rap and records waves and waves of effortlessly great slack / crust / beach / punk compressed onto four-track cassette."

WOODS Songs Of Shame LP / CD
*** "Veering away from the lo-fi guerillas-in-the-mist sound of the past, Woods present both 90-second and ten-minute forays into skeletal psychedelia." Recommended by PITCHFORK.

((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Mulatu, Steve Earle, Themselves, Woods, Kid Congo & more!

MULATU ASTATKE & THE HELIOCENTRICS Inspiration Information Vol. 3 CD
*** RECOMMENDED "One of Africa's greatest and most innovative bandleaders, MULATU ASTATKE, with the next level musicianship of THE HELIOCENTRICS. Mulatu Astatke fused Western jazz and funk with traditional Ethiopian folk melodies. The Heliocentrics are inspired by a wide palette covering SUN RA, JAMES BROWN, DAVID AXELROD and all manner of psych, Afro and Eastern sounds."

CRYSTAL STILTS Alight Of Night CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Crystal Stilts' spectral twang 'n' echo avant-garage references spooked '60s Texas psych, gothic blues & punk howl, and post-punk minimalism."

STEVE EARLE Townes CD
*** "A 15-song set is comprised of songs written by Earle s friend and mentor, the late singer-songwriter, Townes Van Zandt."

JEREMY ENIGK Ok Bear CD
*** "OK Bear, the third full-length solo album from Jeremy Enigk (Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft), offers a surprising sense of intimacy while staying undeniably Enigk."

HOSPITALS Hairdryer Peace CD
*** "Intensely psychedelic and mixed for maximum hallucinations, this marks a pretty heavy departure from the HOSPITALS of old. Heavy tranced out riffs, weird pop, cracked folk, disorienting noise, paranoid vibes."

KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY SPIDERS Dracula Boots LP / CD
*** RECOMMENDED "The premier voodoo guitarist for seminal sexy, swampy bands like GUN CLUB, NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, and THE CRAMPS returns to the psychedelic jungle with a stripped-down, no-frills set of garage, Chicano rock, juvenile delinquent rumble, fuzzy biker rock, and greasy rump-shakers."

MARK KOZELEK Lost Verses Live CD
*** "Recorded live during the leader of Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon's acoustic tours, this 14 song set features songs primarily chosen from the Sun Kil Moon catalog but also includes solo and Red House Painter's material."

JOHN MARTYN Solid Air CD
*** One of Martyn's best!

CONOR OBERST Outer South CD
*** "While touring in support of last year's debut, Conor and The Mystic Valley Band began writing new songs -- thiss is the first album credited to this group."

THEE OH SEES Help CD
*** "John Dwyer of PINK AND BROWN, COACHWHIPS, and HOSPITALS draws straight, dark lines to both British psychedelic rock and the caveman thud while a Cramps-like appreciation for rockabilly lies not far below."

THEMSELVES The Free Houdini Mixtape CD
*** "Ten years after their debut & six years since their last LP, Themselves return with theFREEhoudini: one part aggressive rap mixtape, one part ANTICON posse reunion, it will reaffirm the crew's place in hip-hop history."

WOODS Songs Of Shame LP / CD
*** "Veering away from the lo-fi guerillas-in-the-mist sound of the past, Woods present both 90-second and ten-minute forays into skeletal psychedelia." Recommended by PITCHFORK.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Fugazi, Miles Davis and a bit more!

BEACH BOYS Pet Sounds LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Heavy-duty remastered vinyl.

MILES DAVIS Bitches Brew 2xLP
*** Remastered and on 180g vinyl!

DAN DEACON Bromst LP+MP3
*** NOW ON VINYL!

FUGAZI Repeater LP+MP3
*** BACK IN STOCK! Remastered too. Plus mp3s. KILLER.

KING KHAN & THE SHRINES What Is?! 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!

CARLOS NINO & MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON Suite For Ma Dukes EP
*** RECOMMENDED "CARLOS NINO and MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON have produced a four-song orchestral EP of music originally produced by JAMES "JAY DILLA" YANCEY. The pair performed the EP, along with other Dilla compositions, with a 36-piece orchestra at a live concert."

NOFX Frisbee LP+MP3
*** "25 years in, NOFX are still firing on all cylinders with the release of their 11th full-length, showcasing NOFX's limitless proficiency in crafting songs that simultaneously electrify and entertain."

TOSCA No Hassle LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!

((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Madlib, Moondog, Rodriguez, St. Vincent!

v/a DESTROY THAT BOY: More Girls With Guitars CD
*** IMPORT "A riot of bodacious girls with guitars, all-girl bands, femme frat-rock, axe-backed babes and similar females of the species. And you thought the Shangri-Las were a piece of work!"

BLIND PILOT Three Rounds And A Sound CD
*** Willamette Week said "[T]his band has songs coming out of its ears: deep, clever guitar-driven tunes fleshed out with soaring horn arrangements. Listening to and thinking about these songs has kept me awake at night lately."

FISCHERSPOONER Entertainment CD
*** "Fischerspooner are one of the most respected and successful crossover acts of the Electro renaissance, fusing fine art & pop culture, as in their renowned outsider pop shows bursting with stage effects in both art galleries and traditional concert halls."

BEN FOLDS Presents University A Capella CD
*** Ben Folds goes all-vocals with a bunch of teenagers. Do you like scat singing? There's some on here!

BEN HARPER White Lies For Dark Times CD
*** Ben Harper called up his old band and was like, "What's up?? I got the jones -- let's make another album together!" and they were like, "Yeah, sounds good."

ISIS Wavering Radiant CD
*** "While Wavering Radiant is finely structured, dynamically varied, and melodically developed, it's also unpredictable, expansive, and densely layered. It's simultaneously their most challenging and accessible music to date."

THE KILLS Keep On Your Mean Side CD
*** Re-released & expanded.

MADLIB Speto De Rua CD
*** "Lyrical, dirty and strikingly beautiful, Speto De Rua is one of six mixes made in Brazil, filled with jumps, cross referenced with Bossa, notated with Folkloric chants, pointed with Jazz."

MOONDOG Moondog + Moondog II CD
*** 2-on-1. Prepare to have your life changed!

NOMO Invisible Cities LP / CD
*** "Hot horns blaze through intersecting lines, heavy percussion drives the band down winding streets, the bass rumbles in some subterranean corridor. This record is informed by the band's ceaseless traveling to places both real and unreal."

PEACHES I Feel Cream CD
*** "The most pop-sounding Peaches album to date. The beats remain harsh and uncompromising, but with a new found melodic groove that has only been previously hinted at."

RODRIGUEZ Coming From Reality CD
*** "Digitally remastered and expanded reissue of his 1971 album. Coming From Reality is another treat for fans new and old, designed as Rodriguez's vision of a perfect Pop album. The reissue also includes three previously unreleased bonus tracks recorded in Detroit in 1972 with Cold Fact collaborators Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey, representing the last thing the trio ever did together."

OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ Cryptomnesia CD
*** "Cryptomnesia features Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Zach Hill (HELLA) on drums, Jonathan Hischke (Hella) on synth bass, Juan Alderete de la Pe¤a (THE MARS VOLTA) on bass guitar, and Cedric Bixler Zavala."

THE ROLLING STONES Sticky Fingers CD
THE ROLLING STONES Goat Head Soup CD
THE ROLLING STONES It's Only Rock And Roll CD
THE ROLLING STONES Black And Blue CD
*** REMASTERED and REISSUED in gorgeous jewel cases.

ST. VINCENT Actor CD
*** "Eleven masterfully arranged new songs with grander songwriting, the performances ever more confident and inspired. Before recording as St. Vincent, she was a member of The Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens' touring band, and she performed with Glenn Branca's guitar orchestra."

THE VASELINES Enter The... 2xCD
*** "The definitive triple LP/double CD collection, including new mixes and re-mastered versions of material previously available on 'The Way Of The Vaselines,' plus never-before-heard demos, and live recordings from 1986 in Bristol and 1988 in London."

TOM WAITS Romeo Is Bleeding: Live From Austin CD
*** "1978 live set from the eccentric and eclectic American singer/songwriter, recorded live in Austin. Includes 'On The Nickel', 'Romeo Is Bleeding' and more. Immortal."

YARDBIRDS Roger The Engineer CD
*** "The Yardbirds are often overlooked but their legacy has loomed large decades after their demise." Do the names Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page sound familiar?? This release includes both the stereo and radically different mono versions of the album, plus 7 bonus tracks.