Friday, November 28, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: DVD ))))) Kraftwerk and the late, great Arthur Russell!
KRAFTWERK And The Electronic Revolution DVD
*** 180 minutes in total, this documentary (and bonus features) covers the entire span of their career, beginning with their early group Organisatoin, to the "krautrock" work of their first couple records, to their most celebrated period in the mid-1970s and beyond.
ARTHUR RUSSELL Wild Combination: A Portrait Of... DVD
*** "Wild Combination is a visually absorbing portrait of seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art."
*** 180 minutes in total, this documentary (and bonus features) covers the entire span of their career, beginning with their early group Organisatoin, to the "krautrock" work of their first couple records, to their most celebrated period in the mid-1970s and beyond.
ARTHUR RUSSELL Wild Combination: A Portrait Of... DVD
*** "Wild Combination is a visually absorbing portrait of seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art."
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Deerhunter, Madlib, Invader & more
DEERHUNTER Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. LP+CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
INVADER / BOYWIFE split 7"
*** Whoa! Serious Ypsilanti hardcore insanity featuring Invader and Boywife (re: Invader minus T-Bone). Totally killer on a slightly more Stooges bent.
THE KILLERS Day & Age LP / CD
*** Perhaps you've heard of these mormon gents! This is their new platter!
MADLIB Beat Konducta Vol. 5: Dil Cosby Suite LP
*** Another installment in the popular Beat Konducta instrumental series. It's been said that 5 and 6 (Dil Withers Suite) are the finest of all. Featuring J.ROCC!
*** NOW ON VINYL!
INVADER / BOYWIFE split 7"
*** Whoa! Serious Ypsilanti hardcore insanity featuring Invader and Boywife (re: Invader minus T-Bone). Totally killer on a slightly more Stooges bent.
THE KILLERS Day & Age LP / CD
*** Perhaps you've heard of these mormon gents! This is their new platter!
MADLIB Beat Konducta Vol. 5: Dil Cosby Suite LP
*** Another installment in the popular Beat Konducta instrumental series. It's been said that 5 and 6 (Dil Withers Suite) are the finest of all. Featuring J.ROCC!
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Byrne & Eno, Kanye, Ween, Cuomo & mo'
DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO Everything That Happens Will Happen Today CD
*** Whoa nelly! The long-awaited-in-physical-form collabo from David Byrne and Brian Eno and it's a doooozy. These guys are like the Blues Brothers with better music and no sense of humor. Delicious!
COLDPLAY Prospekt's March EP CD
*** "8 new tracks including "Life in Technicolor II." "Glass of Water," and "Lost+" feat. JAY-Z."
RIVERS CUOMO Alone II: The Home Recordings CD
*** "Cuomo takes you on a guided tour of his brain with these 19 unreleased private recordings."
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Something About Airplanes 2xCD
*** "Deluxe 10th anniversary limited-edition reissue contains a bonus disc of DCfC's first-ever Seattle show from 1998."
FEIST The Reminder: Deluxe Edition 2xCD
*** The original album plus 9 bonus songs and 4 bonus videos on an enhanced CD.
THE FIREMAN Electric Arguments CD
*** Produced by PAUL MCCARTNEY and YOUTH. "The Fireman is no nickname -- simply a warm place in the head."
CHARLIE HUNTER Baboon Strength CD
*** 7-string guitar, keyboard and drums. Ladies and gentlemen, Charlie Hunter (and two other guys)!!
THE KILLERS Day & Age LP / CD
*** Perhaps you've heard of these mormon gents! This is their new platter!
REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE Revolutionary Ensemble CD
*** Deaturing LEROY JENKINS, SIRONE, and JEROME COOPER.
TEEGARDEN & VANWINKLE An Evening At Home With... CD
TEEGARDEN & VANWINKLE But Anyhow CD
*** NOW ON CD! "Teegarden & Van Winkle were a duo who issued two hard to find albums on the Atco label in 1969 and 1970. The duo consisted of David Teegarden (who later went on to work with Bob Seger) & Skip Knape."
WEEN At The Cat's Cradle, 1992 CD+DVD
*** 21 tracks from a '92 show, mostly GodWeenSatan, The Pod, and Pure Guava material and a pre-Mollusk "Buckingham Green." Bonus DVD of rare, live weirdness from 1991 & '92.
KANYE WEST 808s & Heartbreak CD
*** "Featuring the smash singes." A loving tribute to auto-tune!
*** Whoa nelly! The long-awaited-in-physical-form collabo from David Byrne and Brian Eno and it's a doooozy. These guys are like the Blues Brothers with better music and no sense of humor. Delicious!
COLDPLAY Prospekt's March EP CD
*** "8 new tracks including "Life in Technicolor II." "Glass of Water," and "Lost+" feat. JAY-Z."
RIVERS CUOMO Alone II: The Home Recordings CD
*** "Cuomo takes you on a guided tour of his brain with these 19 unreleased private recordings."
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Something About Airplanes 2xCD
*** "Deluxe 10th anniversary limited-edition reissue contains a bonus disc of DCfC's first-ever Seattle show from 1998."
FEIST The Reminder: Deluxe Edition 2xCD
*** The original album plus 9 bonus songs and 4 bonus videos on an enhanced CD.
THE FIREMAN Electric Arguments CD
*** Produced by PAUL MCCARTNEY and YOUTH. "The Fireman is no nickname -- simply a warm place in the head."
CHARLIE HUNTER Baboon Strength CD
*** 7-string guitar, keyboard and drums. Ladies and gentlemen, Charlie Hunter (and two other guys)!!
THE KILLERS Day & Age LP / CD
*** Perhaps you've heard of these mormon gents! This is their new platter!
REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE Revolutionary Ensemble CD
*** Deaturing LEROY JENKINS, SIRONE, and JEROME COOPER.
TEEGARDEN & VANWINKLE An Evening At Home With... CD
TEEGARDEN & VANWINKLE But Anyhow CD
*** NOW ON CD! "Teegarden & Van Winkle were a duo who issued two hard to find albums on the Atco label in 1969 and 1970. The duo consisted of David Teegarden (who later went on to work with Bob Seger) & Skip Knape."
WEEN At The Cat's Cradle, 1992 CD+DVD
*** 21 tracks from a '92 show, mostly GodWeenSatan, The Pod, and Pure Guava material and a pre-Mollusk "Buckingham Green." Bonus DVD of rare, live weirdness from 1991 & '92.
KANYE WEST 808s & Heartbreak CD
*** "Featuring the smash singes." A loving tribute to auto-tune!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: DVD ))))) Parliament & The Who
PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC Live 1976: The Mothership Connection DVD
*** "Give up the funk! This live DVD features GEORGE CLINTON, BOOTSY COLLINS, BERNIE WORRELL and co. in their prime!"
THE WHO At Kilburn 1977 2xDVD
*** "Deluxe 2xDVD set! Two landmark unreleased concerts, newly remastered ub high-definition 5.1 audio. Over 29 of their biggest hits -- over three hours of music!"
*** "Give up the funk! This live DVD features GEORGE CLINTON, BOOTSY COLLINS, BERNIE WORRELL and co. in their prime!"
THE WHO At Kilburn 1977 2xDVD
*** "Deluxe 2xDVD set! Two landmark unreleased concerts, newly remastered ub high-definition 5.1 audio. Over 29 of their biggest hits -- over three hours of music!"
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Belle & Sebastian, Dept. of Eagles, Fucked Up,
BELLE & SEBASTIAN The BBC Sessions 2xLP / CD / 2xCD
*** "This lovingly mastered collection of Belle and Sebastian's radio sessions for the BBC from 1996-2001 captures some glowing treasures. The band at the time rarely performed live, and all 14 songs are noticeably different from the studio versions where those exist." Includes FOUR TOTALLY UNRELEASED SONGS.
DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES In Ear Park 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL! No One Does It Like You
EL GUINCHO Alegranza LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
FUCKED UP Chemistry Of Common Life 2xLP+MP3
*** NOW ON VINYL! 180g audiophile pressing with FREE MP3 version of the album.
LOVE IS ALL A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night LP / CD
*** "The fanciful-anachro-charm of Love Is All has matured with the marriage of several members, kids and a true appreciate that love is all. A Hundred Things is a record about excitement, frustration, regret, disappointment and figuring out what's important in finding the relief of the morning's light at the end of a bad nights sleep."
MI AMI African Rhythms 12"
*** BACK IN STOCK! Check these fellows here: http://wazoorecords.blogspot.com/2008/06/recommended-mi-ami.html
NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Mass Romantic LP+MP3
*** NOW ON VINYL! 180g audiophile pressing with FREE MP3 version of the album.
JAY REATARD Matador Singles '08 LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! 180g audiophile pressing with FREE MP3 version of the album.
*** "This lovingly mastered collection of Belle and Sebastian's radio sessions for the BBC from 1996-2001 captures some glowing treasures. The band at the time rarely performed live, and all 14 songs are noticeably different from the studio versions where those exist." Includes FOUR TOTALLY UNRELEASED SONGS.
DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES In Ear Park 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL! No One Does It Like You
EL GUINCHO Alegranza LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
FUCKED UP Chemistry Of Common Life 2xLP+MP3
*** NOW ON VINYL! 180g audiophile pressing with FREE MP3 version of the album.
LOVE IS ALL A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night LP / CD
*** "The fanciful-anachro-charm of Love Is All has matured with the marriage of several members, kids and a true appreciate that love is all. A Hundred Things is a record about excitement, frustration, regret, disappointment and figuring out what's important in finding the relief of the morning's light at the end of a bad nights sleep."
MI AMI African Rhythms 12"
*** BACK IN STOCK! Check these fellows here: http://wazoorecords.blogspot.com/2008/06/recommended-mi-ami.html
NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Mass Romantic LP+MP3
*** NOW ON VINYL! 180g audiophile pressing with FREE MP3 version of the album.
JAY REATARD Matador Singles '08 LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! 180g audiophile pressing with FREE MP3 version of the album.
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Belle & Sebastian, Love Is All, New Order among other brilliant gems
88-KEYS The Death Of Adam CD
*** "Includes the single 'Stay Up (Viagra)' featuring KANYE WEST. Also features REDMAN, BILAL, KID CUDI, J*DAVEY, PHONTE and more."
BELLE & SEBASTIAN The BBC Sessions 2xLP / CD / 2xCD
*** "This lovingly mastered collection of Belle and Sebastian's radio sessions for the BBC from 1996-2001 captures some glowing treasures. The band at the time rarely performed live, and all 14 songs are noticeably different from the studio versions where those exist." Includes FOUR TOTALLY UNRELEASED SONGS. The limited, deluxe double CD contains an entire live show that was broadcast on BBC Evening Session in mid-2001. This includes ANOTHER FOUR TOTALLY UNRELEASED SONGS.
ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN Sunday At Devil Dirt CD
*** "An album of dust-bitten ballads and troubled wanderings, the sophomore album by Isobel Campbell (who wrote the material) and Mark Lanegan is even darker than its predecessor."
DIDO Safe Trip Home CD
*** "The stunning follow up to her two multi-platinum albums."
THE DOORS Live At The Matrix 1967 2xCD
*** "The fabled Doors Matrix recordings are finally here in all their glory."
LOVE IS ALL A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night LP / CD
*** "The fanciful-anachro-charm of Love Is All has matured with the marriage of several members, kids and a true appreciate that love is all. A Hundred Things is a record about excitement, frustration, regret, disappointment and figuring out what's important in finding the relief of the morning's light at the end of a bad nights sleep."
NEW ORDER Low-Life 2xCD
NEW ORDER Power, Corruption & Lies 2xCD
NEW ORDER Technique 2xCD
*** "Remastered and expanded 2xCD sets including the original classic album plus a second disc of non-album singles, 12" mixes, b-sides, and rarities."
THE SIGHT BELOW Glider CD
*** On GHOSTLY INT'L. "There’s a beating heart buried in the wintry landscape of Glider, a warm 4/4 pulse that enervates the album’s echoing, looped drones and pulls the listener swiftly through the snow. By pinning barely-there electronic beats to his wisps of guitar melody, the Seattle-based producer turns ambient music into a hybrid strain of breathtakingly intimate, small-scale dance music. A work of vertiginous sonic depth and exquisite melancholy: techno music for a dark winter’s night.”
MAX TUNDRA Parallax Error Beheads You CD
*** "An intricate mosaic of sounds and styles recognizable from the last thirty years of pop, rock, prog, disco, funk, techno, rap, metal, and soul AND MORE. One song can sometimes sound like seven different bands from totally different worlds playing at once. Just call it cosmic glitch-pop R&B."
*** "Includes the single 'Stay Up (Viagra)' featuring KANYE WEST. Also features REDMAN, BILAL, KID CUDI, J*DAVEY, PHONTE and more."
BELLE & SEBASTIAN The BBC Sessions 2xLP / CD / 2xCD
*** "This lovingly mastered collection of Belle and Sebastian's radio sessions for the BBC from 1996-2001 captures some glowing treasures. The band at the time rarely performed live, and all 14 songs are noticeably different from the studio versions where those exist." Includes FOUR TOTALLY UNRELEASED SONGS. The limited, deluxe double CD contains an entire live show that was broadcast on BBC Evening Session in mid-2001. This includes ANOTHER FOUR TOTALLY UNRELEASED SONGS.
ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN Sunday At Devil Dirt CD
*** "An album of dust-bitten ballads and troubled wanderings, the sophomore album by Isobel Campbell (who wrote the material) and Mark Lanegan is even darker than its predecessor."
DIDO Safe Trip Home CD
*** "The stunning follow up to her two multi-platinum albums."
THE DOORS Live At The Matrix 1967 2xCD
*** "The fabled Doors Matrix recordings are finally here in all their glory."
LOVE IS ALL A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night LP / CD
*** "The fanciful-anachro-charm of Love Is All has matured with the marriage of several members, kids and a true appreciate that love is all. A Hundred Things is a record about excitement, frustration, regret, disappointment and figuring out what's important in finding the relief of the morning's light at the end of a bad nights sleep."
NEW ORDER Low-Life 2xCD
NEW ORDER Power, Corruption & Lies 2xCD
NEW ORDER Technique 2xCD
*** "Remastered and expanded 2xCD sets including the original classic album plus a second disc of non-album singles, 12" mixes, b-sides, and rarities."
THE SIGHT BELOW Glider CD
*** On GHOSTLY INT'L. "There’s a beating heart buried in the wintry landscape of Glider, a warm 4/4 pulse that enervates the album’s echoing, looped drones and pulls the listener swiftly through the snow. By pinning barely-there electronic beats to his wisps of guitar melody, the Seattle-based producer turns ambient music into a hybrid strain of breathtakingly intimate, small-scale dance music. A work of vertiginous sonic depth and exquisite melancholy: techno music for a dark winter’s night.”
MAX TUNDRA Parallax Error Beheads You CD
*** "An intricate mosaic of sounds and styles recognizable from the last thirty years of pop, rock, prog, disco, funk, techno, rap, metal, and soul AND MORE. One song can sometimes sound like seven different bands from totally different worlds playing at once. Just call it cosmic glitch-pop R&B."
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: DVD ))))) Cornelius & Christmas On Mars
CORNELIUS Sensurround DVD+CD
*** "A superb CD/DVD deluxe package from one of Japan's finest recording artists & producers: Cornelius. Contains a CD of remixes, b-sides and exclusive tracks & a DVD that features the individual videos for each of the Senuous tracks."
THE FLAMING LIPS Christmas On Mars DVD
*** The single-disc DVD of The Flaming Lips fantastical film freakout. "Imagine if Stanley Kubrick, Frank Capra, and Jim Jarmusch got into a bar brawl and The Flaming Lips won." UNRATED.
*** "A superb CD/DVD deluxe package from one of Japan's finest recording artists & producers: Cornelius. Contains a CD of remixes, b-sides and exclusive tracks & a DVD that features the individual videos for each of the Senuous tracks."
THE FLAMING LIPS Christmas On Mars DVD
*** The single-disc DVD of The Flaming Lips fantastical film freakout. "Imagine if Stanley Kubrick, Frank Capra, and Jim Jarmusch got into a bar brawl and The Flaming Lips won." UNRATED.
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) A Certain Ratio, 12"s, MF DOOM, and more!
v/a FIGHT ON, YOUR TIME AIN'T LONG LP
*** On MISSISSIPPI. "Compilation of sanctified blues recorded between 1927-1934. Twelve songs of pure guitar-driven gospel. This slab is as melodic as it is rockin'. Featuring BUKKA WHITE, WILLIE MAE MORRIS, BO WEEVIL and more."
A CERTAIN RATIO Early 2xLP
*** On SOUL JAZZ. "Thee definitive anthology of ACR recordings from 1978-85. A Certain Ratio were the first group (alongside Joy Division) to sign to Manchester's infamous Factory Records in 1978. As purveyors of dance music in the aftermath of punk, A Certain Ratio led the field, mixing punk, funk and Latin percussion together to make a unique sound."
ATMOSPHERE You b/w Your Glass House 12"
*** New single!
BLACK MILK Give The Drummer Sum b/w The Matrix 12"
*** New single from Tronic featuring DJ PREMIER, PHAROAHE MONCH, and SEAN PRICE.
KAISER CHIEFS Off With Their Heads LP+7"
*** NOW ON VINYL!
MF DOOM Operation Doomsday 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
VIVIAN GIRLS Tell The World 7"
*** 3 tracks. "Irresistible mix of shoegaze, punk, and '60s girl-group sounds with beautiful reverb-drenched vocals."
*** On MISSISSIPPI. "Compilation of sanctified blues recorded between 1927-1934. Twelve songs of pure guitar-driven gospel. This slab is as melodic as it is rockin'. Featuring BUKKA WHITE, WILLIE MAE MORRIS, BO WEEVIL and more."
A CERTAIN RATIO Early 2xLP
*** On SOUL JAZZ. "Thee definitive anthology of ACR recordings from 1978-85. A Certain Ratio were the first group (alongside Joy Division) to sign to Manchester's infamous Factory Records in 1978. As purveyors of dance music in the aftermath of punk, A Certain Ratio led the field, mixing punk, funk and Latin percussion together to make a unique sound."
ATMOSPHERE You b/w Your Glass House 12"
*** New single!
BLACK MILK Give The Drummer Sum b/w The Matrix 12"
*** New single from Tronic featuring DJ PREMIER, PHAROAHE MONCH, and SEAN PRICE.
KAISER CHIEFS Off With Their Heads LP+7"
*** NOW ON VINYL!
MF DOOM Operation Doomsday 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
VIVIAN GIRLS Tell The World 7"
*** 3 tracks. "Irresistible mix of shoegaze, punk, and '60s girl-group sounds with beautiful reverb-drenched vocals."
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Numero Group, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Jorge Ben & more!
v/a BASIC CHANNEL CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!
v/a BASIC CHANNEL 2 CD
*** The first CD compilation of Basic Channel releases from 1995 became one of the quintessential electronic music compilations of all time. Now, in a total surprise move, a companion CD, Basic Channel 2, has been released -- featuring full-length versions of six of the label's landmark club tracks released on vinyl between 1993 and 1995. Stylistically, Basic Channel creates their own sub-genre of Detroit techno; slowly developing pulsations and abstractions with a heavy emphasis on post-dub processed crackles, blips and hiss -- the word 'seminal' was invented for moments just like this."
v/a TITAN: IT'S ALL POP! 2xCD
*** On NUMERO. "From 1978-1981 the Titan label issued only eight records, but over the years their tiny catalog has crawled to the top of power-pop want lists worldwide and appeared on scads of bootleg cassettes, building a legacy to rival L.A.’s Bomp or New York’s Ork."
JOHN BAKER The John Baker Tapes Vol. 1 CD
*** Subtitled: Soundtracks, Library, Home Recordings, Electro Ads - Rare & Unreleased Recordings 1954-1985.
JOHN BAKER The John Baker Tapes Vol. 2 CD
*** Subtitled: BBC Radiophonics - Rare & Unreleased Workshop Recordings 1963-1974.
JORGE BEN Jorge Ben CD
*** "A samba soul classic from the Tropicalia era. The tunes explode with an amazing sense of energy -- driven by Jorge's great guitar and a unique undercurrent of funk. This album set a whole generation on fire, and is probably still one of the most-copied moments of Ben's long career."
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW Drippers CD
*** "Limited edition scratch-n-sniff EP contains new and hard-to-find songs with a guest appearance by MIKE WATT." Nine tracks.
TRACY CHAPMAN Our Bright Future CD
*** "The new album includes 'Sing For You'."
FENNESZ Plus Forty Seven Degrees 56' 37" CD
*** "Originally released by Touch in 1999, this is Christian Fennesz's second full-length solo album. The album has been out-of-print for two years and was Fennesz's first solo album for Touch, preceding his breakthrough Endless Summer."
THE FLAMING LIPS Christmas On Mars DVD
*** The CD+DVD of The Flaming Lips fantastical film freakout, including the film and the original film score. "Imagine if Stanley Kubrick, Frank Capra, and Jim Jarmusch got into a bar brawl and The Flaming Lips won." UNRATED.
DAVY GRAHAM Folk, Blues & Beyond CD
*** "One of the most important recordings from the 1960s folk revival. Covers of traditional folk standards combine with interpretations of compositions by Bob Dylan, Charles Mingus and more for an eclecticism of repertoire that wasn't matched by many musicians of any sort in the mid-'60s."
DAVY GRAHAM & SHIRLEY COLLINS Folk Roots, New Routes CD
*** "Originally released in 1965 by Decca. An experimental recording bringing together Shirley's haunting traditional song with Davy's guitar improvisations. This album opened the door for Fairport Convention's Liege and Lief and Pentangle's debut."
JURASSIC 5 J5 Deluxe Reissue 2xCD+DVD
*** "3 disc deluxe set includes the debut album, a bonus CD with 15 rare tracks, and a DVD with over 1 hour of exclusive footage."
LUOMO Convival CD
*** "The Luomo project is nothing less than a great tragedian, holding a mirror before a music society that sometimes would like to hear less stories. Nevertheless, he finds the dance music medium most suitable for his pop explorations, which has earned marked respect for its wide-ranging catalog of unique no-frills releases, with Convivial certainly being no exception."
MEGAPUSS Surfing CD
*** Megapuss is Devendra Banhart, Greg Rogove (Priestbird), Fabrizio Moretti (The Strokes), Noah Georgeson, and Aziz Ansari. "A legitimate band of talented musicians, capable of effortlessly tossing off the finest in California-style tambourine jams" - Fader. "Please know this: they play pop songs."
THE SMITHS The Sound Of... CD
THE SMITHS The Sound Of... 2xCD
*** The very best of The Smiths curated by Morrissey & Marr. The single-disc has 23 newly remastered tracks and the double-disc has 45 newly remastered classics, b-sides and rarities.
MCCOY TYNER Guitars CD+DVD
*** ''Along with a trio of Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette, Tyner invited guitarists Bill Frisell, Derek Trucks, John Scofield, Marc Ribot, and banjoist Bela Fleck for a studio recording and DVD.''
v/a ECCENTRIC SOUL: THE YOUNG DISCIPLES CD
*** On NUMERO. "With nearly 80 local youths involved from both sides of the Mississippi, the Young Disciples (named for one of the area's most notorious gangs) encompassed solo acts, duos, male and female vocal groups, a massive horn section and a troupe of African dancers. Every sweat-drenched recording included here emerged from this grass-roots organization that changed, if not saved, lives."
*** BACK IN STOCK!
v/a BASIC CHANNEL 2 CD
*** The first CD compilation of Basic Channel releases from 1995 became one of the quintessential electronic music compilations of all time. Now, in a total surprise move, a companion CD, Basic Channel 2, has been released -- featuring full-length versions of six of the label's landmark club tracks released on vinyl between 1993 and 1995. Stylistically, Basic Channel creates their own sub-genre of Detroit techno; slowly developing pulsations and abstractions with a heavy emphasis on post-dub processed crackles, blips and hiss -- the word 'seminal' was invented for moments just like this."
v/a TITAN: IT'S ALL POP! 2xCD
*** On NUMERO. "From 1978-1981 the Titan label issued only eight records, but over the years their tiny catalog has crawled to the top of power-pop want lists worldwide and appeared on scads of bootleg cassettes, building a legacy to rival L.A.’s Bomp or New York’s Ork."
JOHN BAKER The John Baker Tapes Vol. 1 CD
*** Subtitled: Soundtracks, Library, Home Recordings, Electro Ads - Rare & Unreleased Recordings 1954-1985.
JOHN BAKER The John Baker Tapes Vol. 2 CD
*** Subtitled: BBC Radiophonics - Rare & Unreleased Workshop Recordings 1963-1974.
JORGE BEN Jorge Ben CD
*** "A samba soul classic from the Tropicalia era. The tunes explode with an amazing sense of energy -- driven by Jorge's great guitar and a unique undercurrent of funk. This album set a whole generation on fire, and is probably still one of the most-copied moments of Ben's long career."
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW Drippers CD
*** "Limited edition scratch-n-sniff EP contains new and hard-to-find songs with a guest appearance by MIKE WATT." Nine tracks.
TRACY CHAPMAN Our Bright Future CD
*** "The new album includes 'Sing For You'."
FENNESZ Plus Forty Seven Degrees 56' 37" CD
*** "Originally released by Touch in 1999, this is Christian Fennesz's second full-length solo album. The album has been out-of-print for two years and was Fennesz's first solo album for Touch, preceding his breakthrough Endless Summer."
THE FLAMING LIPS Christmas On Mars DVD
*** The CD+DVD of The Flaming Lips fantastical film freakout, including the film and the original film score. "Imagine if Stanley Kubrick, Frank Capra, and Jim Jarmusch got into a bar brawl and The Flaming Lips won." UNRATED.
DAVY GRAHAM Folk, Blues & Beyond CD
*** "One of the most important recordings from the 1960s folk revival. Covers of traditional folk standards combine with interpretations of compositions by Bob Dylan, Charles Mingus and more for an eclecticism of repertoire that wasn't matched by many musicians of any sort in the mid-'60s."
DAVY GRAHAM & SHIRLEY COLLINS Folk Roots, New Routes CD
*** "Originally released in 1965 by Decca. An experimental recording bringing together Shirley's haunting traditional song with Davy's guitar improvisations. This album opened the door for Fairport Convention's Liege and Lief and Pentangle's debut."
JURASSIC 5 J5 Deluxe Reissue 2xCD+DVD
*** "3 disc deluxe set includes the debut album, a bonus CD with 15 rare tracks, and a DVD with over 1 hour of exclusive footage."
LUOMO Convival CD
*** "The Luomo project is nothing less than a great tragedian, holding a mirror before a music society that sometimes would like to hear less stories. Nevertheless, he finds the dance music medium most suitable for his pop explorations, which has earned marked respect for its wide-ranging catalog of unique no-frills releases, with Convivial certainly being no exception."
MEGAPUSS Surfing CD
*** Megapuss is Devendra Banhart, Greg Rogove (Priestbird), Fabrizio Moretti (The Strokes), Noah Georgeson, and Aziz Ansari. "A legitimate band of talented musicians, capable of effortlessly tossing off the finest in California-style tambourine jams" - Fader. "Please know this: they play pop songs."
THE SMITHS The Sound Of... CD
THE SMITHS The Sound Of... 2xCD
*** The very best of The Smiths curated by Morrissey & Marr. The single-disc has 23 newly remastered tracks and the double-disc has 45 newly remastered classics, b-sides and rarities.
MCCOY TYNER Guitars CD+DVD
*** ''Along with a trio of Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette, Tyner invited guitarists Bill Frisell, Derek Trucks, John Scofield, Marc Ribot, and banjoist Bela Fleck for a studio recording and DVD.''
v/a ECCENTRIC SOUL: THE YOUNG DISCIPLES CD
*** On NUMERO. "With nearly 80 local youths involved from both sides of the Mississippi, the Young Disciples (named for one of the area's most notorious gangs) encompassed solo acts, duos, male and female vocal groups, a massive horn section and a troupe of African dancers. Every sweat-drenched recording included here emerged from this grass-roots organization that changed, if not saved, lives."
Thursday, November 6, 2008
(( RECOMMENDED )) top notch Michigan power-violence!!
THREATENER The Hammering, The Fastening, And The Bending Of Throats CD*** "A collection of all output by this 1000mph Michigan mayhem blast squad: EPs, Comps, Radio session plus extra tracks galore. Its pure mayhem, most songs 30 seconds or less - a total audio assault on the senses. This CD is the true definition of blurcore. Easily one of the best fastcore bands from the past decade - hold onto your meat sacks."
Upon hearing both Bad Brains and Minor Threat for the first time, it sounded as though only three tracks had passed by the cassettes' end. Eventually those records stopped being blurs and the spaces between songs became distinguishable. This is what separates those bands from Threatener. These brutal, claustrophobic, and short blasts could be listened to time and time over and they will always fuck you up.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: DVD ))))) J.B., C.M., and Tenacious D!
JEFF BUCKLEY Live In Chicago DVD
*** "A complete concert -- over 90 minutes long!" Buckley covers Nina Simone and the MC5!
CURTIS MAYFIELD Movin' On Up: The Music & Message DVD
*** "The definitive documentary on one of the most important artists and greatest groups of all time." Features performances from 1965 to 1973.
TENACIOUS D The Complete Masterworks 2 2xDVD
*** "Jack Black and Kyle Gass are the D! Includes concert, full-length documentary and more -- over 3 hours of footate on 2 DVDs!"
*** "A complete concert -- over 90 minutes long!" Buckley covers Nina Simone and the MC5!
CURTIS MAYFIELD Movin' On Up: The Music & Message DVD
*** "The definitive documentary on one of the most important artists and greatest groups of all time." Features performances from 1965 to 1973.
TENACIOUS D The Complete Masterworks 2 2xDVD
*** "Jack Black and Kyle Gass are the D! Includes concert, full-length documentary and more -- over 3 hours of footate on 2 DVDs!"
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Mi Ami, DFA singles, Illa J and more (and more)
v/a GHETTO PASS Ep 12"
*** brand new Baltimore club EP from T&A Records featuring DJ TECHNICS (remixing Radiohead!), TITTSWORTH, DJ SEGA, ROB THREEZY, JIM SHARP, and Finland's TOP BILLIN. Five stacked tracks in all.
v/a NOTWAVE SAMPLER Vol. 1 12"
v/a NOTWAVE SAMPLER Vol. 2 12"
*** "It's kinda like No Wave, but Not."
RYAN ADAMS Cardinology LP + 7" + MP3
*** NOW ON VINYL! Bonus 7" and alternate cover art too.
THE BAND The Band LP
THE BAND Music From Big Pink LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
HOLY GHOST Hold On (Mock & Toof Remixes) 12"
*** "Holy Ghost! return for a brief hello and label-mates Mock & Toof do two remixes, both quite different interpretations -- a playful stab at minimal techno and a psychedelic disco funk."
ILLA J We Here 12"
*** J DILLA's little brother rapping over DILLA's beats -- a taster for the upcoming album.
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Big Ideas 12"
*** "The edgy opening two minutes alone could serve as the score to a car chase, to the sudden explosion of choirs, blissful harmonies, and larger-than-life chorus." BABYTALK remixes.
JUAN MACLEAN Simple Life 12"
*** "An effective mixture of dark, arpeggiated synth and militant Italo disco drumming, with each bassline and chord change a step toward the light."
MI AMI Ark Of The Covenant 12"
*** RECOMMENDED "Heavy and frantic dub punk from San Francisco's Mi Ami, featuring two former members of Dischord's Black Eyes. A spacious exploration of 21st century paranoia and psycho-sexual body terror." Debut release from Lovers Rock. Limited to 500 copies.
MOCK & TOOF Underwater 12"
*** "A song so undeniably laid back and catchy, the duo calls it a 'cosmic sea shanty'. With its undeniable Madchester / Beta Band delivery, DFA decided it was more of an E Shanty, especially the dub on the flipside, which blends warm keys, euphoric piano, and a killer bass line."
OS MUTANTES Os Mutantes LP
*** "With the release of their debut LP in 1968, Os Mutantes cracked the already red hot Tropicalia scene wide open. Fusing traditional Brazilian music, psychedelia, rock and a good dose of pure experimentalism, they quickly became giants both in Brazil and in the outer fringes of pop music."
PANTHERS Goblin City (Holy Ghost! remixes) 12"
*** "Panthers used to play aggressive post hardcore before their style morphed into a somewhat sober version of anthemic stoner rock. 'Goblin City' is the lead track from their second record, The Trick (Vice, 2007)."
RADIOHEAD Ok Computer 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
RUNAWAY Brooklyn Club Jam 12"
*** New jam on DFA. "Brennan Green, a mastermind behind the booming NYC disco scene, delivers a can't-miss remix of the thumping, anthemic original."
SKATALITES Stretching Out Vol. 1 LP
*** "Crucial extended jam sessions recorded live at the Blue Monk Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica in Summer '83.
THE STREETS Everything Is Borrowed LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! Fourth album. "A return to form with cinematic storytelling and irresistible pop hooks."
YACHT Summer Song 12"
*** "Originally recorded as a love letter to tourmates LCD Soundsystem, and released for free online." Plus two exclusive tracks.
*** brand new Baltimore club EP from T&A Records featuring DJ TECHNICS (remixing Radiohead!), TITTSWORTH, DJ SEGA, ROB THREEZY, JIM SHARP, and Finland's TOP BILLIN. Five stacked tracks in all.
v/a NOTWAVE SAMPLER Vol. 1 12"
v/a NOTWAVE SAMPLER Vol. 2 12"
*** "It's kinda like No Wave, but Not."
RYAN ADAMS Cardinology LP + 7" + MP3
*** NOW ON VINYL! Bonus 7" and alternate cover art too.
THE BAND The Band LP
THE BAND Music From Big Pink LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
HOLY GHOST Hold On (Mock & Toof Remixes) 12"
*** "Holy Ghost! return for a brief hello and label-mates Mock & Toof do two remixes, both quite different interpretations -- a playful stab at minimal techno and a psychedelic disco funk."
ILLA J We Here 12"
*** J DILLA's little brother rapping over DILLA's beats -- a taster for the upcoming album.
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Big Ideas 12"
*** "The edgy opening two minutes alone could serve as the score to a car chase, to the sudden explosion of choirs, blissful harmonies, and larger-than-life chorus." BABYTALK remixes.
JUAN MACLEAN Simple Life 12"
*** "An effective mixture of dark, arpeggiated synth and militant Italo disco drumming, with each bassline and chord change a step toward the light."
MI AMI Ark Of The Covenant 12"
*** RECOMMENDED "Heavy and frantic dub punk from San Francisco's Mi Ami, featuring two former members of Dischord's Black Eyes. A spacious exploration of 21st century paranoia and psycho-sexual body terror." Debut release from Lovers Rock. Limited to 500 copies.
MOCK & TOOF Underwater 12"
*** "A song so undeniably laid back and catchy, the duo calls it a 'cosmic sea shanty'. With its undeniable Madchester / Beta Band delivery, DFA decided it was more of an E Shanty, especially the dub on the flipside, which blends warm keys, euphoric piano, and a killer bass line."
OS MUTANTES Os Mutantes LP
*** "With the release of their debut LP in 1968, Os Mutantes cracked the already red hot Tropicalia scene wide open. Fusing traditional Brazilian music, psychedelia, rock and a good dose of pure experimentalism, they quickly became giants both in Brazil and in the outer fringes of pop music."
PANTHERS Goblin City (Holy Ghost! remixes) 12"
*** "Panthers used to play aggressive post hardcore before their style morphed into a somewhat sober version of anthemic stoner rock. 'Goblin City' is the lead track from their second record, The Trick (Vice, 2007)."
RADIOHEAD Ok Computer 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
RUNAWAY Brooklyn Club Jam 12"
*** New jam on DFA. "Brennan Green, a mastermind behind the booming NYC disco scene, delivers a can't-miss remix of the thumping, anthemic original."
SKATALITES Stretching Out Vol. 1 LP
*** "Crucial extended jam sessions recorded live at the Blue Monk Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica in Summer '83.
THE STREETS Everything Is Borrowed LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! Fourth album. "A return to form with cinematic storytelling and irresistible pop hooks."
YACHT Summer Song 12"
*** "Originally recorded as a love letter to tourmates LCD Soundsystem, and released for free online." Plus two exclusive tracks.
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Deerhunter, Girl Talk, School Of Seven Bells, Tussle & then some
v/a NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING 2xCD
*** "A collection of tracks released by Berlin-based Supersoul Recordings -- krautrock, Italo disco, electro, Chicago house, and Detroit techno."
v/a NOTWAVE CD
*** "It's kinda like No Wave, but Not." "A (somewhat) new take on the early '80s underground of New York City's No Wave sound, featuring new, angular underground pop bands Quad Throw Salchow, Striplight, and Circuits from the UK, sinister techno and funk from NYC's Welcome Stranger and Free Blood, acid rock from LA's Non-Stop, No Wave gems from the legendary James Chance & The Contortions and the UK's Research, disco not disco from Freshro, abstract minimal funk from Rong's own Scotty Coats, and rhythm-heavy dance music from New Jersey's Mr. Chin."
DEERHUNTER Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. CD
*** "The highly anticipated follow-up to 2007’s Cryptograms. The album was recorded as a four-piece consisting of Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Joshua Fauver, and Moses Archuleta." Guest vocals by Cole Alexander of the BLACK LIPS.
DR. DELAY R.E.M. Sleep CD
*** RECOMMENDED WIZARD ROCK! R.E.M. Sleep is a wild, excellently mixed continuous DJ platter of slow-ish psych and psych-folk -- beats are there to be sure, but it's a bit chilled out. Can't recommend it enough! Includes tracks from CARAVAN, YESTERDAY’S CHILDREN, VOX DE, AESOP’S FABLES, CAN, BONNIWELL MUSIC MACHINE, and more.
FEELIES Only Life CD
*** "The third album, originally released in 1988, from one of New Jersey’s most influential and beguiling bands. This is first rate jangle-pop that is equal parts loosely structured and tightly wound. A timeless piece of trance-like guitar rock."
MORGAN GEIST Double Night Time CD
*** "After turning the dance music world on its head with METRO AREA and mining rare disco gems with the seminal obscure disco DJ mix Unclassics, Geist indulges in his own early influences and guilty pleasures: techno-pop, prog rock and pure electronic music." Guest vocals from Jeremy Greenspan of JUNIOR BOYS.
GIRL TALK Unstoppable CD
*** "Years of MTV crammed into a 12 track hyper-edited epic party album. With all genres covered, this release cuts up endless top 40 sources at a breakneck pace to create the perfect A.D.D. club mix, accurately capturing the energetic, rowdy, and non-stop fun nature of Girl Talk live."
EERO JOHANNES Eero Johannes 2xLP / CD
*** "EERO's Scandinavian Skweee music stretches from Italo to electro-funk, Miami bass to R 'n' B, and beyond." On PLANET MU.
KAISER CHIEFS Off With Their Heads CD+7"
*** New album!
LA DUSSELDORF La Dusseldorf CD
LA DUSSELDORF Viva CD
*** "Upon the breakup of legendary Krautrock duo NEU!, drummer Klaus Dinger formed La Düsseldorf in the mid-1970s. These albums are a staggering mix of Dinger's trademark motorik rhythms, glammy synths, pulsing organs, and urgent guitar work that create a sound that, at times, predates both punk and post-punk."
MERZBOW Dolphin Sonar CD
*** "This is an angry protest album full of beats, blasts and broken glass. Clattering smashes are pursued by by pulsing analog whirls like the heart of a dolphin being chased through the bloodied waters of Taiji."
QUINTRON Too Thirsty For Love LP / CD
*** 10th album. "Recorded live in a bizarre 2-track studio set deep in the heart of New Orleans now famous 9th Ward. Quintron's musical partner MISS PUSSYCAT plays maracas and sings backup."
ROOTS MANUVA Slime & Reason CD
*** "Slime & Reason looks back to the roots of 'the old Channel One, Studio One aesthetic.' Skanking carnival anthems, melancholy funk, electro-Bach rhythms and lo-fi gospel."
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS Alpinisms CD
*** On GHOSTLY. "Gentle guitars wrap around jagged beats; silky vocals hide behind grumpy, alien synthesizers and the resulting songs are effortlessly cohesive, and insidiously catchy. Elements of dream-pop, Afrobeat, IDM, and 4AD’s gauzier moments -- a soundtrack according to their own odd, beautiful logic."
SHINY TOY GUNS Season Of Poison 2xCD
*** New album with limited edition bonus disc.
NINA SIMONE Sings Billie Holiday / Gospel According to... CD
*** Two albums on one CD at what we in the business like to call the "nice price".
TUSSLE Cream Cuts CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Cream Cuts finds Tussle expanding upon it's krauty exploration of rhythm, mixing drums, bass & electronics with more color & complexity and pulsating psychedelia!"
WHITE/LIGHT Black Acts CD
*** "Chicago drrrr-oh-oh-oh-oh-ne dudes doing their psychedelic, electric, amplified, instrumental, noisy, makes-your-family-crazy music. This one's dark, as in Dario Argento-style spooky. Guitars and pedals and amps and analog synths and more pedals and more amps, until the shit sounds like it's gonna melt."
ZOMES Zomes CD
*** Asa Osborne of LUNGFISH. "An album full of beautiful loop-like melodies that effervesce while Osborne brings them to life. There is a cinematic quality to the material here that recalls "library music," East German Indianerfilmen soundtracks, and even Blues Control at their most humid.
*** "A collection of tracks released by Berlin-based Supersoul Recordings -- krautrock, Italo disco, electro, Chicago house, and Detroit techno."
v/a NOTWAVE CD
*** "It's kinda like No Wave, but Not." "A (somewhat) new take on the early '80s underground of New York City's No Wave sound, featuring new, angular underground pop bands Quad Throw Salchow, Striplight, and Circuits from the UK, sinister techno and funk from NYC's Welcome Stranger and Free Blood, acid rock from LA's Non-Stop, No Wave gems from the legendary James Chance & The Contortions and the UK's Research, disco not disco from Freshro, abstract minimal funk from Rong's own Scotty Coats, and rhythm-heavy dance music from New Jersey's Mr. Chin."
DEERHUNTER Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. CD
*** "The highly anticipated follow-up to 2007’s Cryptograms. The album was recorded as a four-piece consisting of Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Joshua Fauver, and Moses Archuleta." Guest vocals by Cole Alexander of the BLACK LIPS.
DR. DELAY R.E.M. Sleep CD
*** RECOMMENDED WIZARD ROCK! R.E.M. Sleep is a wild, excellently mixed continuous DJ platter of slow-ish psych and psych-folk -- beats are there to be sure, but it's a bit chilled out. Can't recommend it enough! Includes tracks from CARAVAN, YESTERDAY’S CHILDREN, VOX DE, AESOP’S FABLES, CAN, BONNIWELL MUSIC MACHINE, and more.
FEELIES Only Life CD
*** "The third album, originally released in 1988, from one of New Jersey’s most influential and beguiling bands. This is first rate jangle-pop that is equal parts loosely structured and tightly wound. A timeless piece of trance-like guitar rock."
MORGAN GEIST Double Night Time CD
*** "After turning the dance music world on its head with METRO AREA and mining rare disco gems with the seminal obscure disco DJ mix Unclassics, Geist indulges in his own early influences and guilty pleasures: techno-pop, prog rock and pure electronic music." Guest vocals from Jeremy Greenspan of JUNIOR BOYS.
GIRL TALK Unstoppable CD
*** "Years of MTV crammed into a 12 track hyper-edited epic party album. With all genres covered, this release cuts up endless top 40 sources at a breakneck pace to create the perfect A.D.D. club mix, accurately capturing the energetic, rowdy, and non-stop fun nature of Girl Talk live."
EERO JOHANNES Eero Johannes 2xLP / CD
*** "EERO's Scandinavian Skweee music stretches from Italo to electro-funk, Miami bass to R 'n' B, and beyond." On PLANET MU.
KAISER CHIEFS Off With Their Heads CD+7"
*** New album!
LA DUSSELDORF La Dusseldorf CD
LA DUSSELDORF Viva CD
*** "Upon the breakup of legendary Krautrock duo NEU!, drummer Klaus Dinger formed La Düsseldorf in the mid-1970s. These albums are a staggering mix of Dinger's trademark motorik rhythms, glammy synths, pulsing organs, and urgent guitar work that create a sound that, at times, predates both punk and post-punk."
MERZBOW Dolphin Sonar CD
*** "This is an angry protest album full of beats, blasts and broken glass. Clattering smashes are pursued by by pulsing analog whirls like the heart of a dolphin being chased through the bloodied waters of Taiji."
QUINTRON Too Thirsty For Love LP / CD
*** 10th album. "Recorded live in a bizarre 2-track studio set deep in the heart of New Orleans now famous 9th Ward. Quintron's musical partner MISS PUSSYCAT plays maracas and sings backup."
ROOTS MANUVA Slime & Reason CD
*** "Slime & Reason looks back to the roots of 'the old Channel One, Studio One aesthetic.' Skanking carnival anthems, melancholy funk, electro-Bach rhythms and lo-fi gospel."
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS Alpinisms CD
*** On GHOSTLY. "Gentle guitars wrap around jagged beats; silky vocals hide behind grumpy, alien synthesizers and the resulting songs are effortlessly cohesive, and insidiously catchy. Elements of dream-pop, Afrobeat, IDM, and 4AD’s gauzier moments -- a soundtrack according to their own odd, beautiful logic."
SHINY TOY GUNS Season Of Poison 2xCD
*** New album with limited edition bonus disc.
NINA SIMONE Sings Billie Holiday / Gospel According to... CD
*** Two albums on one CD at what we in the business like to call the "nice price".
TUSSLE Cream Cuts CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Cream Cuts finds Tussle expanding upon it's krauty exploration of rhythm, mixing drums, bass & electronics with more color & complexity and pulsating psychedelia!"
WHITE/LIGHT Black Acts CD
*** "Chicago drrrr-oh-oh-oh-oh-ne dudes doing their psychedelic, electric, amplified, instrumental, noisy, makes-your-family-crazy music. This one's dark, as in Dario Argento-style spooky. Guitars and pedals and amps and analog synths and more pedals and more amps, until the shit sounds like it's gonna melt."
ZOMES Zomes CD
*** Asa Osborne of LUNGFISH. "An album full of beautiful loop-like melodies that effervesce while Osborne brings them to life. There is a cinematic quality to the material here that recalls "library music," East German Indianerfilmen soundtracks, and even Blues Control at their most humid.
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