v/a A ORILLAS DEL MAGDALENA: Coastal Cumbias from Colombia's Discos Fuentes LP
*** "12 Cumbia gems -- call and response wailing, percussionists that play a measure then disappear, backwards accordions and a persistent, loping basslines -- released between the mid 1950s and the mid '70s on Discos Fuentes."
v/a AN ANTHOLOGY OF NOISE & ELECTRONIC MUSIC, Vol. 1 3xLP
*** Subtitled: First A-Chronology 1921-2001. "At last, the Sub Rosa label issues the highly-acclaimed Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music collection on vinyl -- 3LPs housed in a luxurious triple gatefold sleeve. Containing early and contemporary classics as well as pieces that had never been heard before." For more info, hit up:
http://www.subrosa.net/online/main_dr_catalogue_antho_detail.php?AlbumID=1
AMON DUUL II Phallus Dei LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! Remastered & all that too.
BEACH HOUSE Devotion LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
GUI BORATTO No Turning Back 12"
*** "Two remixes of Gui Boratto's 'No Turning Back,' off of his acclaimed Take My Breath Away by the Wighnomy Brothers and The Mole. This is truly deep."
NICK DEWITT Supernatural Punishment LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED "Instrumental far away land music not unlike some idea of lost Americana and Ennio Morricone. Beautiful. And it wouldn't be out of place if it was on the Eraserhead soundtrack. Amazing cover photos by Thatcher Keats. 300 pressed. Lavender vinyl."
THE FIELD Yesterday & Today 2xLP+CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
THE GEORGE-EDWARDS GROUP 38:38 LP
*** RECOMMENDED "An autumnal alien soundtrack recorded over 30 years ago in DETROIT CITY -- a haunting piece of music too heady for the Motor City hard rock scene, powered with multi-track tape recorders, processors and Moog synthesizers, flanging and phasing heavily with space effects and backwards loops, leaving a fair share of destroyed microphones and tape machines in their experimental wake."
HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 2xLP / CD
*** "With family roots running back Sun Ra and the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), teenage listening habits including NWA and Public Enemy, gigs with Mos Def and Erykah Badu, and a particularly incendiary show, HBE is one of the hottest and most individual bands around."
INNER SPACE Agilok & Blubbo LP
*** "The band that became CAN!! Collecting a couple ultra-obscure 7"s that hint at their later 'pop' brilliance, plus short cues and extended free jams from the soundtrack from 1969's underground film Agilok & Blubbo. Those familiar with Can's output will recognize some of the band's characteristic sound, albeit in an embryonic form."
KING MIDAS SOUND Dub Heavy - Hearts & Ghosts 12"
*** "This is a taste of King Midas Sound's (Roger Robinson and Kevin Martin aka The Bug) full length, Dub Heavy - Hearts & Ghosts, with 3 tracks dubbed into new versions."
MOUNT EERIE Black Wooden Ceiling Opening 10"+POSTER+CD
*** "Phil Elverum, Jason Anderson, and Kjetil Jenssen (prodigy drummer from Arctic Norway!) translated 10 or so songs of Mt. Eerie/The Microphones into a vastly heavier form. Half of the songs are never-before released, half are reinterpretations of previously-released soft songs."
PAVEMENT Brighten The Corners 4xLP+MP3
*** "Whoa nelly! The set contains 4 HQ-120 gram LPs in a heavy-duty matte-stock folding cardboard gatefold, a 16-page 12″ x 12″ full-color matte-stock booklet, b bonus tracks NOT ON THE CD plus a download card for all 48 tracks." For more info, hit up:
http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/06/08/pavement-brighten-deluxe-on-vinyl-june-23/
MARK PRITCHARD & OM'MAS KEITH Wind It Up 12"
*** "Bubbling, pressurized electrofunk and futuristic, off-beat synth-hop shuffle by Mark Pritchard (HARMONIC 313) and Om'Mas Keith (SA-RA CREATIVE PARTNERS). The results are huge."
WILCO Wilco (The Album) LP+CD
WILCO A.M. LP+CD
WILCO Summerteeth LP+CD
*** NOW ON VINYL! Includes full-length album on CD.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Africa Scream Contest, Ghostface, Islands and more
ost WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE LP / CD
*** "KAREN O composed the music to Where the Wild Things Are with Bradford Cox (Deerhunter), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather), Aaron Hemphill (Liars), Jack Lawrence (The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, The Greenhornes), Nick Zinner, (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and an untrained children's choir."
v/a AFRICAN SCREAM CONTEST: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds From Benin & Togo 70s CD+BOOK
*** RECOMMENDED "Delve into the forgotten raw and psychedelic Afro sounds from '70s Benin and Togo and experience the African Scream Contest! Benin is the birth place of Vodun (or, as it is known in the West, Voodoo), and some of the rhythms used during traditional rituals -- sakpata, sato, agbadja, tchenkoumé and many others -- were fused to soul and Latin music as early as the mid-'60s and later to funk."
v/a COSMIC BALEARIC BEATS, Vol. 2 2xCD
*** "The Eskimo label's second installment in a series dedicated to cosmic Balearic beats features 16 exclusive and unreleased tracks of beautiful, sun-kissed cosmic house, disco, funk and more, mixed for the ultimate slo-mo house party and including a bonus mp3-disc featuring the unmixed full-length versions of all the tracks."
v/a GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "The acclaimed 2004 compilation of underground folk music selected by DEVENDRA BANHART, expertly sequenced and paced, like one long, slow flow of a particularly rich vibe."
v/a LEGENDS OF BENIN CD
*** "Super-rare and highly danceable masterpieces recorded between 1969-1981 by four legendary composers from Benin -- a thick brew of agbadja, soul, cavacha, funk, Afrobeat, and Afro-Latin sounds all mixed in with heavy traditional rhythms. Enjoy the mind-blowing sounds of Benin." On ANALOG AFRICA.
v/a OPEN STRINGS: 1920s Middle Eastern Recordings- New Responses 2xCD
*** RECOMMENDED "A dazzling selection of virtuoso string-playing from Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Turkey, recorded in the 1920s and unheard ever since. Also included: a disc of newly-commissioned responses to the themes by underground luminaries such as SIR RICHARD BISHOP, SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE, VOICE OF THE SEVEN WOODS and more. Ancient, timeless and transcendent. Scorchers past and present, every one. For more info, hit up:
http://www.honestjons.com/label.php?pid=34152
v/a SIAMESE SOUL: Thai Pop Spectacular 1960s-1980s Vol. 2 CD
*** RECOMMENDED "1970s hard-grooved roots funk, hypnotic Luk Thung tracks from the Northeastern Thai countryside, 1960s rock & roll and 1980s groove anomalies. All cuts come heavily laced with electric organs and guitar, thick horn sections, the traditional khaen, driving bass and stunning vocal performances with a richness that can easily be called Thai soul music of the highest order."
v/a ELECTRIC PSYCHEDELIC SITAR HEADSWIRLERS, Vol. 6 CD
*** "A collection of '60s and '70s psych obscurities, all featuring the sitar. UK folk-psych, Turkish fuzz, echoed Eastern chants, radiant raga jams, lysergic Gregorian warbling, Swedish prog, the inevitable backwards sitar tidbits, tablas, crunchy drums and other delicacies."
v/a KOMPAKT TOTAL 10 2xCD
*** "Kompakt Total 10 promises to be one of the most diverse collections of tracks the label has ever brought forward: essential tunes from the Kompakt catalog and exclusive highlights from DJ KOZE, WOLFGANG VOIGT, and others."
v/a TRANSMISSIONS FROM SINAI CD
*** "Curated by OM's Al Cisneros, Transmissions From Sinai is a compilation of introspective, expansive 'metal' that stands out as flashes of color in the unified spectrum of blackness that dominates the genre plays like a companion piece to those albums." Featuring GROUPER, LICHENS, LINVAL THOMPSON, SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE, and J. MASCIS among others.
v/a WHERE YOU GONNA' GO? Motor City Garage Bands 1965-1969 CD
*** "Inside this package is over 75 minutes of electrifying music -- a fine batch of recordings, some of which are bonafide NUGGETS." Featuring THE TIDAL WAVEs, THE UNRELATED SEGMENTS and more.
ALICE IN CHAINS Black Gives Way To Blue CD
*** "The new Alice In Chains album Black Gives Way To Blue is the sound of a new beginning of a legendary band returning to life. Throbbing rockers."
NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS White Lunar 2xCD
*** "White Lunar is a selection of pieces taken from various motion pictures & documentaries for which Cave and Ellis have composed and recorded music. Disc 1 has the big themes, the orchestra and the songs; disc 2 is fractured, haunting, and sometimes badly behaved."
VIC CHESNUTT At The Cut CD
*** "At The Cut picks up where North Star Deserter left off, settling into what is arguably the most intimate, pensive and heartbreaking work of Vic Chesnutt’s career with no parallel to date."
CLUSTER & ENO Cluster & Eno CD
*** "Recorded and released in 1977, the first collaborative album by Brian Eno and Cluster is considered a seminal, defining work -- Indian sitar and tamboura, to synth warbles and airy tributes to Western groove, it is a rare glimpse at what happens when masters meet."
GHOSTFACE KILLAH Ghostdini: Wizard Of Poetry CD
*** "Ghostface sprinkles his trademark wit and charm over signature sample-based grooves and modern R&B tracks." Featuring MARY J. BLIGE, MISSY ELLIOTT, NE-YO, JOHN LEGEND, RAEKWON, METHOD MAN and more.
GROUP DOUEH Guitar Music from the Western Sahara CD
*** "Raw and unfiltered Saharawi music from the former colonial Spanish outpost of the Western Sahara, influenced by Western music (Jimi Hendrix, James Brown). Distorted, loud and unhinged with an impressive display of virtuosity and style with two female vocalists singing poetry of the Hassania language."
ISLANDS Vapors CD
*** "Nick Diamonds' polymorphous pop band, Islands, is back with their third studio album, Vapours." Ex-UNICORNS.
NUDGE As Good As Gone CD
*** "Nudge returns with a slow burning full-length of sounds: layer upon layer of synth, guitar and vocals are draped over skeletal pop structures and anchored by dub basslines born of resin-stained fingers." On KRANKY.
ON Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night CD
*** "Steven Hess (PAN AMERICAN) and French composer/producer Sylvain Chauveau handed an album over to Helge Sten aka DEATHPROD resulting in a haunted and trembling work of dark ambient drone."
PANSONIC & HAINO KEIJI Shall I Download A Blackhole And Offer It To You CD
*** "The musical duel/last waltz between stand-up Finnish electronic technicians Pansonic and Japanese guitar shaman, Haino Keiji. Drone and percussive rumbling vs. soaring guitar scrawl in a tooth-and-nail cage match."
HOPE SANDOVAL & THE WARM INVENTIONS Through The Devil Softly CD
*** "The definitive star of the Paisley Underground scene reignites her trademark sound in an epic journey across the 11 song slowcore album with Sandoval's sensuous, hypnotic voice in the forefront."
OMAR SOULEYMAN Highway to Hassake: Folk & Pop Sounds of Syria CD
*** "Souleyman is a Syrian musical legend with more than five-hundred studio and live-recorded cassette albums of classical Arabic mawal-style vocalization, high-octane Syrian dabke (the regional folkloric party music), Iraqi choubi and a host of Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish styles, among others. Often overdriven with phase-shifted Arabic keyboard solos and frantic rhythms, this collection offers a rare glimpse into Syrian street-level folk-pop and Dabke."
TO KILL A PETTY BOURGEOISIE Marlone CD
*** "Second album from a group exploring the union of the light and the dark, the sweetness of the female voice set against savory dissonance, searching for the fine balance between the calming and the equilibrium challenging." On KRANKY.
VOLCANO CHOIR Unmap CD
*** "The debut full-length from the collaboration between COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES and Justin Vernon of BON IVER."
WHY? Eskimo Snow CD
*** "Eskimo Snow offers a sung, sobering take on mortality that unfurls in lush waves of Americana and pop-infused psych-folk. A shadowy and sprawling piece as intimate in subject matter as it is handsome in timbre."
*** "KAREN O composed the music to Where the Wild Things Are with Bradford Cox (Deerhunter), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather), Aaron Hemphill (Liars), Jack Lawrence (The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, The Greenhornes), Nick Zinner, (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and an untrained children's choir."
v/a AFRICAN SCREAM CONTEST: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds From Benin & Togo 70s CD+BOOK
*** RECOMMENDED "Delve into the forgotten raw and psychedelic Afro sounds from '70s Benin and Togo and experience the African Scream Contest! Benin is the birth place of Vodun (or, as it is known in the West, Voodoo), and some of the rhythms used during traditional rituals -- sakpata, sato, agbadja, tchenkoumé and many others -- were fused to soul and Latin music as early as the mid-'60s and later to funk."
v/a COSMIC BALEARIC BEATS, Vol. 2 2xCD
*** "The Eskimo label's second installment in a series dedicated to cosmic Balearic beats features 16 exclusive and unreleased tracks of beautiful, sun-kissed cosmic house, disco, funk and more, mixed for the ultimate slo-mo house party and including a bonus mp3-disc featuring the unmixed full-length versions of all the tracks."
v/a GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "The acclaimed 2004 compilation of underground folk music selected by DEVENDRA BANHART, expertly sequenced and paced, like one long, slow flow of a particularly rich vibe."
v/a LEGENDS OF BENIN CD
*** "Super-rare and highly danceable masterpieces recorded between 1969-1981 by four legendary composers from Benin -- a thick brew of agbadja, soul, cavacha, funk, Afrobeat, and Afro-Latin sounds all mixed in with heavy traditional rhythms. Enjoy the mind-blowing sounds of Benin." On ANALOG AFRICA.
v/a OPEN STRINGS: 1920s Middle Eastern Recordings- New Responses 2xCD
*** RECOMMENDED "A dazzling selection of virtuoso string-playing from Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Turkey, recorded in the 1920s and unheard ever since. Also included: a disc of newly-commissioned responses to the themes by underground luminaries such as SIR RICHARD BISHOP, SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE, VOICE OF THE SEVEN WOODS and more. Ancient, timeless and transcendent. Scorchers past and present, every one. For more info, hit up:
http://www.honestjons.com/label.php?pid=34152
v/a SIAMESE SOUL: Thai Pop Spectacular 1960s-1980s Vol. 2 CD
*** RECOMMENDED "1970s hard-grooved roots funk, hypnotic Luk Thung tracks from the Northeastern Thai countryside, 1960s rock & roll and 1980s groove anomalies. All cuts come heavily laced with electric organs and guitar, thick horn sections, the traditional khaen, driving bass and stunning vocal performances with a richness that can easily be called Thai soul music of the highest order."
v/a ELECTRIC PSYCHEDELIC SITAR HEADSWIRLERS, Vol. 6 CD
*** "A collection of '60s and '70s psych obscurities, all featuring the sitar. UK folk-psych, Turkish fuzz, echoed Eastern chants, radiant raga jams, lysergic Gregorian warbling, Swedish prog, the inevitable backwards sitar tidbits, tablas, crunchy drums and other delicacies."
v/a KOMPAKT TOTAL 10 2xCD
*** "Kompakt Total 10 promises to be one of the most diverse collections of tracks the label has ever brought forward: essential tunes from the Kompakt catalog and exclusive highlights from DJ KOZE, WOLFGANG VOIGT, and others."
v/a TRANSMISSIONS FROM SINAI CD
*** "Curated by OM's Al Cisneros, Transmissions From Sinai is a compilation of introspective, expansive 'metal' that stands out as flashes of color in the unified spectrum of blackness that dominates the genre plays like a companion piece to those albums." Featuring GROUPER, LICHENS, LINVAL THOMPSON, SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE, and J. MASCIS among others.
v/a WHERE YOU GONNA' GO? Motor City Garage Bands 1965-1969 CD
*** "Inside this package is over 75 minutes of electrifying music -- a fine batch of recordings, some of which are bonafide NUGGETS." Featuring THE TIDAL WAVEs, THE UNRELATED SEGMENTS and more.
ALICE IN CHAINS Black Gives Way To Blue CD
*** "The new Alice In Chains album Black Gives Way To Blue is the sound of a new beginning of a legendary band returning to life. Throbbing rockers."
NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS White Lunar 2xCD
*** "White Lunar is a selection of pieces taken from various motion pictures & documentaries for which Cave and Ellis have composed and recorded music. Disc 1 has the big themes, the orchestra and the songs; disc 2 is fractured, haunting, and sometimes badly behaved."
VIC CHESNUTT At The Cut CD
*** "At The Cut picks up where North Star Deserter left off, settling into what is arguably the most intimate, pensive and heartbreaking work of Vic Chesnutt’s career with no parallel to date."
CLUSTER & ENO Cluster & Eno CD
*** "Recorded and released in 1977, the first collaborative album by Brian Eno and Cluster is considered a seminal, defining work -- Indian sitar and tamboura, to synth warbles and airy tributes to Western groove, it is a rare glimpse at what happens when masters meet."
GHOSTFACE KILLAH Ghostdini: Wizard Of Poetry CD
*** "Ghostface sprinkles his trademark wit and charm over signature sample-based grooves and modern R&B tracks." Featuring MARY J. BLIGE, MISSY ELLIOTT, NE-YO, JOHN LEGEND, RAEKWON, METHOD MAN and more.
GROUP DOUEH Guitar Music from the Western Sahara CD
*** "Raw and unfiltered Saharawi music from the former colonial Spanish outpost of the Western Sahara, influenced by Western music (Jimi Hendrix, James Brown). Distorted, loud and unhinged with an impressive display of virtuosity and style with two female vocalists singing poetry of the Hassania language."
ISLANDS Vapors CD
*** "Nick Diamonds' polymorphous pop band, Islands, is back with their third studio album, Vapours." Ex-UNICORNS.
NUDGE As Good As Gone CD
*** "Nudge returns with a slow burning full-length of sounds: layer upon layer of synth, guitar and vocals are draped over skeletal pop structures and anchored by dub basslines born of resin-stained fingers." On KRANKY.
ON Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night CD
*** "Steven Hess (PAN AMERICAN) and French composer/producer Sylvain Chauveau handed an album over to Helge Sten aka DEATHPROD resulting in a haunted and trembling work of dark ambient drone."
PANSONIC & HAINO KEIJI Shall I Download A Blackhole And Offer It To You CD
*** "The musical duel/last waltz between stand-up Finnish electronic technicians Pansonic and Japanese guitar shaman, Haino Keiji. Drone and percussive rumbling vs. soaring guitar scrawl in a tooth-and-nail cage match."
HOPE SANDOVAL & THE WARM INVENTIONS Through The Devil Softly CD
*** "The definitive star of the Paisley Underground scene reignites her trademark sound in an epic journey across the 11 song slowcore album with Sandoval's sensuous, hypnotic voice in the forefront."
OMAR SOULEYMAN Highway to Hassake: Folk & Pop Sounds of Syria CD
*** "Souleyman is a Syrian musical legend with more than five-hundred studio and live-recorded cassette albums of classical Arabic mawal-style vocalization, high-octane Syrian dabke (the regional folkloric party music), Iraqi choubi and a host of Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish styles, among others. Often overdriven with phase-shifted Arabic keyboard solos and frantic rhythms, this collection offers a rare glimpse into Syrian street-level folk-pop and Dabke."
TO KILL A PETTY BOURGEOISIE Marlone CD
*** "Second album from a group exploring the union of the light and the dark, the sweetness of the female voice set against savory dissonance, searching for the fine balance between the calming and the equilibrium challenging." On KRANKY.
VOLCANO CHOIR Unmap CD
*** "The debut full-length from the collaboration between COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES and Justin Vernon of BON IVER."
WHY? Eskimo Snow CD
*** "Eskimo Snow offers a sung, sobering take on mortality that unfurls in lush waves of Americana and pop-infused psych-folk. A shadowy and sprawling piece as intimate in subject matter as it is handsome in timbre."
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: DVD ))))) Brian Eno's 14 Video Paintings
BRIAN ENO 14 Video Paintings DVD
*** 14 Video Paintings is comprised of two separate works ("Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan" and "Thursday Afternoon") created in the early ‘80s by Brian Eno for art gallery exhibition only. Available for the first time on DVD, viewers are presented with a series of slowly evolving "video paintings," with "Thursday Afternoon" focusing on the human figure and "Mistaken Memories" on the Manhattan skyline. The music for "Thursday Afternoon" is a different version than what appears on Eno’s album of the same name, while the music that accompanies "Mistaken Memories" comes from two of his acclaimed ambient albums (On Land and Music For Airports) and features an unreleased track.
*** 14 Video Paintings is comprised of two separate works ("Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan" and "Thursday Afternoon") created in the early ‘80s by Brian Eno for art gallery exhibition only. Available for the first time on DVD, viewers are presented with a series of slowly evolving "video paintings," with "Thursday Afternoon" focusing on the human figure and "Mistaken Memories" on the Manhattan skyline. The music for "Thursday Afternoon" is a different version than what appears on Eno’s album of the same name, while the music that accompanies "Mistaken Memories" comes from two of his acclaimed ambient albums (On Land and Music For Airports) and features an unreleased track.
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Sub Pop reissues, Times New Viking, Amon Duul II and mo'!
AMON DUUL II Yeti 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL! Wicked, insane reissue of Amon Duul II's great Yeti album on double-vinyl. Don't sleep on it! Methinks it's a limited one.
MUDHONEY Superfuzz Bigmuff LP+MP3
MUDHONEY Mudhoney LP+MP3
MUDHONEY Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge LP+MP3
*** "First time on LP in years! Remastered from the original master tapes. Includes coupon for free download of the entire album."
SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE Diary 2xLP+MP3 / CD
SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE LP2 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** "First time on LP in years! Remastered from the original master tapes. Features 2 bonus tracks remixed by Brad Wood. Limited edition color vinyl. Includes coupon for free download of the entire album."
TIMES NEW VIKING Born Again Revisited LP / CD
*** "Known for shrouding their three-cornered pop constructions in clouds of tape hiss and buzzing noise, they told us they'd improved the recording quality by 25% and they have achieved exactly that. Whereas the master for the last album was a cassette, this time it was a VHS."
GERT WILDEN Schulmädchen Report LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! "Music from Schoolgirl Report & other music from sexy German films (1968-1972). Limited to 1000 copies.
*** NOW ON VINYL! Wicked, insane reissue of Amon Duul II's great Yeti album on double-vinyl. Don't sleep on it! Methinks it's a limited one.
MUDHONEY Superfuzz Bigmuff LP+MP3
MUDHONEY Mudhoney LP+MP3
MUDHONEY Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge LP+MP3
*** "First time on LP in years! Remastered from the original master tapes. Includes coupon for free download of the entire album."
SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE Diary 2xLP+MP3 / CD
SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE LP2 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** "First time on LP in years! Remastered from the original master tapes. Features 2 bonus tracks remixed by Brad Wood. Limited edition color vinyl. Includes coupon for free download of the entire album."
TIMES NEW VIKING Born Again Revisited LP / CD
*** "Known for shrouding their three-cornered pop constructions in clouds of tape hiss and buzzing noise, they told us they'd improved the recording quality by 25% and they have achieved exactly that. Whereas the master for the last album was a cassette, this time it was a VHS."
GERT WILDEN Schulmädchen Report LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! "Music from Schoolgirl Report & other music from sexy German films (1968-1972). Limited to 1000 copies.
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Ty Braxton of BATTLES, Polvo, Raekwon & a whole bunch of gems
TYONDAI BRAXTON Central Market CD
*** "BATTLES' multi-instrumentalist's full-length solo masterpiece was scored for a large ensemble & inspired by Igor Stravinsky, Bernard Hermann, Brian Eno, John Adams and Swans." BJORK and FOURTET effin' looooove this album.
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM Signal Morning CD
*** "Seven and a half years in the making, culled from hours of recorded material sculpted in at least seven different studios, the new CIRCULATORY SYSTEM album is an absolutely stellar document of song and sound. Featuring all the members of THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL, as well as JEFF MANGUM and JULIAN KOSTER of NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL."
KID CUDI Man On The Moon CD
*** "Kid Cudi is at the vanguard of a game-changing new generation of artists," said Universal Motown President Sylvia Rhone. "He crosses musical boundaries with an appeal that goes beyond genre, format, race, language, and culture. Cudi lives easily in the hip-hop, indie rock, pop, and R&B worlds - a diversity that shows in his innovative music and his all-embracing persona."
LE LOUP Family CD
*** "The musicians took an elemental approach to recording, capturing the organic sounds of their instruments before treating them with various effects. Certain melodic themes were added to multiple songs, linking the album together with their recurring motifs. The result is an album of experimental rock songs and campfire sing-alongs, set amidst swirling textures and murky production."
MONSTERS OF FOLK Monsters Of Folk CD
*** "Monsters of Folk is a collaboration of Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward- three of this generations most critically acclaimed voices and Mike Mogis , one of the most sought after producers working today.
MUM Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know CD
*** "The album is a much more laid back affair, more relaxed and quietly sad, sometimes sounding naively utopic, brimming with unusual sounds, this time much of the songs revolve around a lightly prepared piano, hammered dulcimer, a string quartet, marimbas, guitars, ukuleles and in the background of a few of the songs one can hear a parakeet singing with the piano."
PEARL JAM Backspacer CD
*** "Ninth album! Self-released! The music on the record features a sound influenced by Pop and New Wave."
POLVO In Prism CD
*** Mike Wolf says: ”There is not a thing on In Prism that they aren’t doing better than before: the sidewinder guitars and the mighty roar and the moody atmospheres and the psychedelic explosiveness; the writing, the singing, the words you can understand, the ones you can’t. Polvo has never sounded better."
RAEKWON Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II CD
*** "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II will produce the dish that true Hip Hop Fans have been salivating for many years." Production from RZA, ERIC SERMON, DR. DRE, PETE ROCK, MARLEY MARL, and J DILLA!
SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE Diary 2xLP+MP3 / CD
SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE LP2 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** "First time on LP in years! Remastered from the original master tapes. Features 2 bonus tracks remixed by Brad Wood. Limited edition color vinyl. Includes coupon for free download of the entire album."
TIMES NEW VIKING Born Again Revisited LP / CD
*** "Known for shrouding their three-cornered pop constructions in clouds of tape hiss and buzzing noise, they told us they'd improved the recording quality by 25% and they have achieved exactly that. Whereas the master for the last album was a cassette, this time it was a VHS."
*** "BATTLES' multi-instrumentalist's full-length solo masterpiece was scored for a large ensemble & inspired by Igor Stravinsky, Bernard Hermann, Brian Eno, John Adams and Swans." BJORK and FOURTET effin' looooove this album.
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM Signal Morning CD
*** "Seven and a half years in the making, culled from hours of recorded material sculpted in at least seven different studios, the new CIRCULATORY SYSTEM album is an absolutely stellar document of song and sound. Featuring all the members of THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL, as well as JEFF MANGUM and JULIAN KOSTER of NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL."
KID CUDI Man On The Moon CD
*** "Kid Cudi is at the vanguard of a game-changing new generation of artists," said Universal Motown President Sylvia Rhone. "He crosses musical boundaries with an appeal that goes beyond genre, format, race, language, and culture. Cudi lives easily in the hip-hop, indie rock, pop, and R&B worlds - a diversity that shows in his innovative music and his all-embracing persona."
LE LOUP Family CD
*** "The musicians took an elemental approach to recording, capturing the organic sounds of their instruments before treating them with various effects. Certain melodic themes were added to multiple songs, linking the album together with their recurring motifs. The result is an album of experimental rock songs and campfire sing-alongs, set amidst swirling textures and murky production."
MONSTERS OF FOLK Monsters Of Folk CD
*** "Monsters of Folk is a collaboration of Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward- three of this generations most critically acclaimed voices and Mike Mogis , one of the most sought after producers working today.
MUM Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know CD
*** "The album is a much more laid back affair, more relaxed and quietly sad, sometimes sounding naively utopic, brimming with unusual sounds, this time much of the songs revolve around a lightly prepared piano, hammered dulcimer, a string quartet, marimbas, guitars, ukuleles and in the background of a few of the songs one can hear a parakeet singing with the piano."
PEARL JAM Backspacer CD
*** "Ninth album! Self-released! The music on the record features a sound influenced by Pop and New Wave."
POLVO In Prism CD
*** Mike Wolf says: ”There is not a thing on In Prism that they aren’t doing better than before: the sidewinder guitars and the mighty roar and the moody atmospheres and the psychedelic explosiveness; the writing, the singing, the words you can understand, the ones you can’t. Polvo has never sounded better."
RAEKWON Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II CD
*** "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II will produce the dish that true Hip Hop Fans have been salivating for many years." Production from RZA, ERIC SERMON, DR. DRE, PETE ROCK, MARLEY MARL, and J DILLA!
SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE Diary 2xLP+MP3 / CD
SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE LP2 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** "First time on LP in years! Remastered from the original master tapes. Features 2 bonus tracks remixed by Brad Wood. Limited edition color vinyl. Includes coupon for free download of the entire album."
TIMES NEW VIKING Born Again Revisited LP / CD
*** "Known for shrouding their three-cornered pop constructions in clouds of tape hiss and buzzing noise, they told us they'd improved the recording quality by 25% and they have achieved exactly that. Whereas the master for the last album was a cassette, this time it was a VHS."
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Amanda Blank & Vivian Girls
AMANDA BLANK I Love You 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
VIVIAN GIRLS Everything Goes Wrong LP / CD
*** "Everything Goes Wrong is a longer, darker, moodier album than its predecessor. That said, the influences remain the same; Ramones, '60s girl groups, Surf, Indie Pop, etc."
*** NOW ON VINYL!
VIVIAN GIRLS Everything Goes Wrong LP / CD
*** "Everything Goes Wrong is a longer, darker, moodier album than its predecessor. That said, the influences remain the same; Ramones, '60s girl groups, Surf, Indie Pop, etc."
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) The Feelies, B-Music jams, Health, Jim O'Rourke, Squarepusher and the list goes on...
ost THE SOUND OF WONDER: The First Wave Of Plugged-In Pop At The Pakistani Picture House CD
*** "Rare electronic pop from the Lollywood vaults. 1973-1980. 15 untravelled currents of Space-Age Cinematic Surf and Urdu Funk!"
BLACK CROWES Before The Frost... CD
*** "11 new unreleased Black Crowes' studio songs."
DODOS Time To Die CD
*** "The slightly ramshackle sound of their breakthrough second album The Visitor is replaced with a perfectly produced mix of classic American College Rock and Indie Folk, recalling Phil Ek's previous clients The Shins."
DRIVE BY TRUCKERS The Fine Print CD
*** "A collection of oddities & rarities from 2003 to 2008."
THE FEELIES Crazy Rhythms CD
THE FEELIES The Good Earth CD
*** Contains download card with full album and bonus tracks.
HEALTH Get Color CD
*** "GET COLOR is an exuberant proclamation of noise, rock and electronic splendor from Los Angeles noise-wonders HEALTH. It's a celebration of sound; pretty, harsh, soft and basked in a blanket of ethereal vocals."
JAY Z The Blueprint 3 CD
*** "JAY-Z is the founder and chairman of Rocawear, co-owner of the NJ Nets, 40/40 Sports Clubs and co-owner of the skin care and beauty line Carol's Daughter."
MASERATI Passages CD
*** "Their rare and out-of-print vinyl releases on CD for the first time plus two unreleased bonus tracks and videos."
MUSE The Resistance CD
*** "With each successive album, they pushed the musical envelope with a fusion of progressive rock, electronica, and Radiohead-influenced experimentation, creating an emotive, passionate sound."
JIM O'ROURKE The Visitor CD
*** "Percolating banjos smooth electric leads organic kicking drum sounds the flickering of shakers to the left and right mellow but ominous woodwinds sounds that indicate vintage (before turning left and running out the door) sonic jokes sonic tear-jerkers sonic jerkoffs all wrapped in spacious yet subtle left to right placement of everything."
OS MUTANTES Haih CD
*** "First new studio recording in over 30 years... FROM THE BAND THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING."
PORCUPINE TREE The Incident 2xCD
*** "In turns haunting, desolate, hypnotic and euphoric, The Incident's centre-piece is the title track: a stunning 55-minute musical statement that breaks down into 14 separate and often diverse (though interlinked) vignettes.
SCIENCE FICTION DANCE PARTY Dance With Action! CD
*** "Mythical hi-fi / sci-fi fuzz reality courtesy of Germanic Meek-freaks Horst Ackerman & Heribert Thusek. Cybernetic 'costume-pop' from the KRAUTsider cosmonauts behind Dracula's Music Cabinet."
SQUAREPUSHER Solo Electric Bass 1 CD
*** "Squarepusher's excursions as a solo bass virtuoso will be immortalized forevermore with the release of this unedited live recording taken from one of his spellbinding solo bass performances in 2007."
VIVIAN GIRLS Everything Goes Wrong LP / CD
*** "Everything Goes Wrong is a longer, darker, moodier album than its predecessor. That said, the influences remain the same; Ramones, '60s girl groups, Surf, Indie Pop, etc."
YO LA TENGO Popular Songs 2xLP / CD
*** "This sprawling, ambitious album is a new culmination for a career that has been swinging upwards again since 2006. This is the definitive YO LA TENGO album and Matador's #1 priority this fall."
*** "Rare electronic pop from the Lollywood vaults. 1973-1980. 15 untravelled currents of Space-Age Cinematic Surf and Urdu Funk!"
BLACK CROWES Before The Frost... CD
*** "11 new unreleased Black Crowes' studio songs."
DODOS Time To Die CD
*** "The slightly ramshackle sound of their breakthrough second album The Visitor is replaced with a perfectly produced mix of classic American College Rock and Indie Folk, recalling Phil Ek's previous clients The Shins."
DRIVE BY TRUCKERS The Fine Print CD
*** "A collection of oddities & rarities from 2003 to 2008."
THE FEELIES Crazy Rhythms CD
THE FEELIES The Good Earth CD
*** Contains download card with full album and bonus tracks.
HEALTH Get Color CD
*** "GET COLOR is an exuberant proclamation of noise, rock and electronic splendor from Los Angeles noise-wonders HEALTH. It's a celebration of sound; pretty, harsh, soft and basked in a blanket of ethereal vocals."
JAY Z The Blueprint 3 CD
*** "JAY-Z is the founder and chairman of Rocawear, co-owner of the NJ Nets, 40/40 Sports Clubs and co-owner of the skin care and beauty line Carol's Daughter."
MASERATI Passages CD
*** "Their rare and out-of-print vinyl releases on CD for the first time plus two unreleased bonus tracks and videos."
MUSE The Resistance CD
*** "With each successive album, they pushed the musical envelope with a fusion of progressive rock, electronica, and Radiohead-influenced experimentation, creating an emotive, passionate sound."
JIM O'ROURKE The Visitor CD
*** "Percolating banjos smooth electric leads organic kicking drum sounds the flickering of shakers to the left and right mellow but ominous woodwinds sounds that indicate vintage (before turning left and running out the door) sonic jokes sonic tear-jerkers sonic jerkoffs all wrapped in spacious yet subtle left to right placement of everything."
OS MUTANTES Haih CD
*** "First new studio recording in over 30 years... FROM THE BAND THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING."
PORCUPINE TREE The Incident 2xCD
*** "In turns haunting, desolate, hypnotic and euphoric, The Incident's centre-piece is the title track: a stunning 55-minute musical statement that breaks down into 14 separate and often diverse (though interlinked) vignettes.
SCIENCE FICTION DANCE PARTY Dance With Action! CD
*** "Mythical hi-fi / sci-fi fuzz reality courtesy of Germanic Meek-freaks Horst Ackerman & Heribert Thusek. Cybernetic 'costume-pop' from the KRAUTsider cosmonauts behind Dracula's Music Cabinet."
SQUAREPUSHER Solo Electric Bass 1 CD
*** "Squarepusher's excursions as a solo bass virtuoso will be immortalized forevermore with the release of this unedited live recording taken from one of his spellbinding solo bass performances in 2007."
VIVIAN GIRLS Everything Goes Wrong LP / CD
*** "Everything Goes Wrong is a longer, darker, moodier album than its predecessor. That said, the influences remain the same; Ramones, '60s girl groups, Surf, Indie Pop, etc."
YO LA TENGO Popular Songs 2xLP / CD
*** "This sprawling, ambitious album is a new culmination for a career that has been swinging upwards again since 2006. This is the definitive YO LA TENGO album and Matador's #1 priority this fall."
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
((( EVENTS ))) Ann Arbor Soul Club, HOTT LAVA, Dark Matter!!
ANN ARBOR SOUL CLUB - Friday, September 4 @ BLIND PIG
*** The return of Robert Wells!! Robert Wells, Brad Hales, Breck Bunce & Aaron Anderson play the finest Northern Soul, r&b, modern, Motown, etc. you will never hear on the radio or pretty much anywhere else. Always, always a good time.
Blind Pig / 208 S. First, A2 / 9:30PM / $5
* Ann Arbor Soul Club on Facebook - www.facebook.com/pages/Ann-Arbor-Soul-Club/59084941493
* Ann Arbor Soul Club on MySpace - www.myspace.com/a2soulclub
HOTT LAVA wsg MOUNTAINS - Friday, September 11 @ YELLOW BARN
*** HL returns for a special appearance at Yellow Barn! The cream of contemporary & old school experimental film plus a performance by Thrill Jockey/Apestaartje artists MOUNTAINS! This time around it's earlier, cheaper, and more radical! Facebook event link: http://bit.ly/MUyuF
Yellow Barn / 416 W Huron, A2 / 8PM / $8
* Mountains:
http://www.staartje.com/
http://www.myspace.com/apestaartjemountains
DARK MATTER - Friday, September 11 @ YELLOW BARN
*** Forest Juziuk, Aaron Lindell, Robert Wells & Geoff Perrin pick up where Hott Lava leaves off & go on into the night. Psychedelic int'l hits, boogie, soul, r&b, cosmic jazz & more. It should be a wild night.
Yellow Barn / 416 W Huron, A2 / 11PM / $5 (or free if you attend HOTT LAVA)
*** The return of Robert Wells!! Robert Wells, Brad Hales, Breck Bunce & Aaron Anderson play the finest Northern Soul, r&b, modern, Motown, etc. you will never hear on the radio or pretty much anywhere else. Always, always a good time.
Blind Pig / 208 S. First, A2 / 9:30PM / $5
* Ann Arbor Soul Club on Facebook - www.facebook.com/pages/Ann-Arbor-Soul-Club/59084941493
* Ann Arbor Soul Club on MySpace - www.myspace.com/a2soulclub
HOTT LAVA wsg MOUNTAINS - Friday, September 11 @ YELLOW BARN
*** HL returns for a special appearance at Yellow Barn! The cream of contemporary & old school experimental film plus a performance by Thrill Jockey/Apestaartje artists MOUNTAINS! This time around it's earlier, cheaper, and more radical! Facebook event link: http://bit.ly/MUyuF
Yellow Barn / 416 W Huron, A2 / 8PM / $8
* Mountains:
http://www.staartje.com/
http://www.myspace.com/apestaartjemountains
DARK MATTER - Friday, September 11 @ YELLOW BARN
*** Forest Juziuk, Aaron Lindell, Robert Wells & Geoff Perrin pick up where Hott Lava leaves off & go on into the night. Psychedelic int'l hits, boogie, soul, r&b, cosmic jazz & more. It should be a wild night.
Yellow Barn / 416 W Huron, A2 / 11PM / $5 (or free if you attend HOTT LAVA)
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Tyvek, Mr. Bungle, The Smiths(!), Serge Gainsbourg & much, much more
v/a SITAR BEAT! Indian Style Heavy Funk Vol. II 2xLP
*** "A collection of some of the rarest, funkiest, most beat-heavy and best tracks recorded in India between the years of 1970 and 1984."
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI Like It Or Not EP
*** "Two exclusive tracks accompanying the single version of “Like It or Not.” Remix by EL GUINCHO."
BIZZY B Retrospective 3xLP / CD
*** "Bizzy B, master of the Amen, returns to Planet Mu with a retrospective featuring twelve of his ultimate classic plates from back in the day ('92-'94) plus two unreleased tracks from the same period."
BLUES CONTROL Local Flavor LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
VASHTI BUNYAN Just Another Diamond Day LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
BUTTHOLE SURFERS Brown Reason To Live EP
*** "This is where it all began for these acid casualty reality trippers -- their very first release from 1983 -- a 12" vinyl - 7-song EP, still as crazed and lysergic as ever!"
CAT POWER Dear Sir LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
CURRENT 93 Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain 2xLP+DVD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
DIPLO & BLAQSTARR Get Off 12"
*** "The song 'Get Off' plus bonus beats. Remix by JACK BEATS (the craziest electro wobble ever heard) and ROB3."
ERIC B & RAKIM Follow The Leader LP
*** REISSUED ON VINYL! Classic 2nd album.
SERGE GAINSBOURG & BRIGITTE BARDOT Bonnie & Clyde LP
*** "One of Gainsbourg’sÊfinest releases featuring a wide range of styles from moody, funky French-pop to barroom piano jazz, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, to the swinging ‘60s pop he was most known."
BRIAN GLAZE Green Living LP
*** "The new album by the original drummer in the BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE is a "best of" collection of moody, atmospheric home recordings, surprisingly cohesive album with a strong narrative arc."
KURT VILE Hunchback EP
*** "Oddly pleasant singing, in-the-red fingerpicking, twisting swells of feedback, totally POUNDING drums, and Krautlike-zen fill both sides of this record. Loud and proud, file next to your Neil, Faust, and Spacemen 3 records."
LOW Secret Name 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
MGMT Of Moons, Birds And Monsters Remix 12"
*** "Lost In Records drops a killer two-track remix 12-inch from red hot indie rock dance band MGMT." Remixes by SOFT ROCKS and HOLY GHOST."
MR. BUNGLE Mr. Bungle LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
THE SMITHS Meat Is Murder LP
THE SMITHS The Queen Is Dead LP
THE SMITHS The Smiths LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! It's about time. Back in print on super-fancy heavyweight vinyl. Don't miss out!
TY SEGALL Lemons LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
TYVEK Mary Ellen Claims 7"
*** "TYVEK’s attacks car culture (Side B) and the mass media's promotion of anti-psychotic drugs for the youth as a cure for demonic possession (Side A). The sound is distorted, all cheap old guitars and busted up drums, and the playing is usually teetering on the edge of ineptitude, at times falling off completely."
*** "A collection of some of the rarest, funkiest, most beat-heavy and best tracks recorded in India between the years of 1970 and 1984."
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI Like It Or Not EP
*** "Two exclusive tracks accompanying the single version of “Like It or Not.” Remix by EL GUINCHO."
BIZZY B Retrospective 3xLP / CD
*** "Bizzy B, master of the Amen, returns to Planet Mu with a retrospective featuring twelve of his ultimate classic plates from back in the day ('92-'94) plus two unreleased tracks from the same period."
BLUES CONTROL Local Flavor LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
VASHTI BUNYAN Just Another Diamond Day LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
BUTTHOLE SURFERS Brown Reason To Live EP
*** "This is where it all began for these acid casualty reality trippers -- their very first release from 1983 -- a 12" vinyl - 7-song EP, still as crazed and lysergic as ever!"
CAT POWER Dear Sir LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
CURRENT 93 Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain 2xLP+DVD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
DIPLO & BLAQSTARR Get Off 12"
*** "The song 'Get Off' plus bonus beats. Remix by JACK BEATS (the craziest electro wobble ever heard) and ROB3."
ERIC B & RAKIM Follow The Leader LP
*** REISSUED ON VINYL! Classic 2nd album.
SERGE GAINSBOURG & BRIGITTE BARDOT Bonnie & Clyde LP
*** "One of Gainsbourg’sÊfinest releases featuring a wide range of styles from moody, funky French-pop to barroom piano jazz, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, to the swinging ‘60s pop he was most known."
BRIAN GLAZE Green Living LP
*** "The new album by the original drummer in the BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE is a "best of" collection of moody, atmospheric home recordings, surprisingly cohesive album with a strong narrative arc."
KURT VILE Hunchback EP
*** "Oddly pleasant singing, in-the-red fingerpicking, twisting swells of feedback, totally POUNDING drums, and Krautlike-zen fill both sides of this record. Loud and proud, file next to your Neil, Faust, and Spacemen 3 records."
LOW Secret Name 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
MGMT Of Moons, Birds And Monsters Remix 12"
*** "Lost In Records drops a killer two-track remix 12-inch from red hot indie rock dance band MGMT." Remixes by SOFT ROCKS and HOLY GHOST."
MR. BUNGLE Mr. Bungle LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
THE SMITHS Meat Is Murder LP
THE SMITHS The Queen Is Dead LP
THE SMITHS The Smiths LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! It's about time. Back in print on super-fancy heavyweight vinyl. Don't miss out!
TY SEGALL Lemons LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
TYVEK Mary Ellen Claims 7"
*** "TYVEK’s attacks car culture (Side B) and the mass media's promotion of anti-psychotic drugs for the youth as a cure for demonic possession (Side A). The sound is distorted, all cheap old guitars and busted up drums, and the playing is usually teetering on the edge of ineptitude, at times falling off completely."
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Yacht, Arctic Monkeys, David Bazan, Reigning Sound
ARCTIC MONKEYS Humbug CD
*** "The album is stunning set of songs brimming with vim, vigor and new ideas, both heavier and lush than previous albums but still full of the Monkeys usual punch and vitality."
DAVID BAZAN Curse Your Branches CD
*** "Revered for his work fronting the influential group Pedro The Lion, Curse Your Branches is David Bazan's first full-length release under his own name. It's a flat-out masterwork by a modern American poet at the height of his powers."
BLITZEN TRAPPER Black River Killer CD
*** "The disturbing and great song title track plus 6 more songs that have been, up to now, only available as a CDR that Blitzen Trapper has been selling at their live performances for the past year or so."
TIM BUCKLEY Live At The Folklore Center, NYC - March 6, 1967 CD
*** "The earliest live recording of Buckley showcases an intimate, solo acoustic setting, highlighting his magical guitar playing and soaring vocal style.
DJ PAUL NICE Drum Library Vol. 1-5 2xCD
*** "The best-selling vinyl series for DJs and producers now available for the first time on CD. Ultra-hard and mega-rare drums compiled from every source imaginable. Drum Library is the ultimate drum connoisseur's compilation. Two CDs of over 100 Drum Breaks previously only available on vinyl."
JEGA Variance 2xCD
*** "Having last released an album nine years ago, Jega has finally completed his brand new record. Volume One is the light, with beautiful synth arpeggios battle with sampled flutes and organic hip-hop- and soul-inspired breaks. Volume Two is the darkness, altogether starker."
SAMARA LUBELSKI Future Slip CD
*** "Envision France Gall performing the songs of Sterling Morrison and Mo Tucker with Ralph Molina on drums. The show is at a loft across Bowery from CBGB’s and the only person in the audience at soundcheck is Jandek, cross-legged in the middle of the floor." Produced by THURSTON MOORE.
MATISYAHU Light CD
*** "While reggae is far from absent here, 'Light' covers a dizzying amount of stylistic ground, from hard-edged dancehall and ska-inflected New Wave to laidback pop-rock and acoustic folk-soul."
MEW No More Stories... CD
*** "A towering, masterpiece follow-up to the Danish experimental Dream-Pop trio's critically acclaimed breakthrough."
ROBERT POLLARD Elephant Jokes CD
*** Perhaps you've heard of him!
RADIOHEAD Kid A 2xCD
RADIOHEAD Amnesiac 2xCD
RADIOHEAD Hail To The Thief 2xCD
*** Perhaps you've heard of them! The internet is going crazy over them!
RAINBOW ARABIA Kabukimono CD
*** "Recorded between tours with fellow exotic spice beat-makers, Gang Gang Dance, RAINBOW ARABIA digs inspiration from Sublime Frequencies compilations and Neo-Gothic sub-culture."
REIGNING SOUND Love & Curses CD
*** "A return to the sound and style of 'Time Bomb High School,' Love and Curses strikes a balance between soulful rockers and beautiful ballads. The results are a rock 'n' roll album as near to perfection as any one is likely to hear this year."
SCREAMING FEMALES What If Someone Is Watching Their TV? CD
*** "SCREAMING FEMALES’ second album, previously self-released and only available directly from the band! This record defined their sound."
THE SEEDS Pushin' Too Hard: The Best Of... 2xCD
*** "49 garage-punk classics!"
SLEEP OF OLDOMINION Hesitation Wounds CD
*** "A mix of samples, live instrumentation, and a myriad of styles with more to offer the game than brag raps." Feat. DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN and GRAYSKUL.
LUKE VIBERT We Hear You CD
*** We Hear You is a genre-defying record that combines his idiosyncratic samples, sweetly strange melody, big bass and sloppy drums. On the album, Vibert connects the dots between Terry Riley, Dubstep Bass, Techno and Hip Hop. 13 tracks.
YACHT See Mystery Lights CD
*** "An intimate party record by a former member of THE BLOW, captured in widescreen Technicolor, mixing electro and post punk rhythms seamlessly."
*** "The album is stunning set of songs brimming with vim, vigor and new ideas, both heavier and lush than previous albums but still full of the Monkeys usual punch and vitality."
DAVID BAZAN Curse Your Branches CD
*** "Revered for his work fronting the influential group Pedro The Lion, Curse Your Branches is David Bazan's first full-length release under his own name. It's a flat-out masterwork by a modern American poet at the height of his powers."
BLITZEN TRAPPER Black River Killer CD
*** "The disturbing and great song title track plus 6 more songs that have been, up to now, only available as a CDR that Blitzen Trapper has been selling at their live performances for the past year or so."
TIM BUCKLEY Live At The Folklore Center, NYC - March 6, 1967 CD
*** "The earliest live recording of Buckley showcases an intimate, solo acoustic setting, highlighting his magical guitar playing and soaring vocal style.
DJ PAUL NICE Drum Library Vol. 1-5 2xCD
*** "The best-selling vinyl series for DJs and producers now available for the first time on CD. Ultra-hard and mega-rare drums compiled from every source imaginable. Drum Library is the ultimate drum connoisseur's compilation. Two CDs of over 100 Drum Breaks previously only available on vinyl."
JEGA Variance 2xCD
*** "Having last released an album nine years ago, Jega has finally completed his brand new record. Volume One is the light, with beautiful synth arpeggios battle with sampled flutes and organic hip-hop- and soul-inspired breaks. Volume Two is the darkness, altogether starker."
SAMARA LUBELSKI Future Slip CD
*** "Envision France Gall performing the songs of Sterling Morrison and Mo Tucker with Ralph Molina on drums. The show is at a loft across Bowery from CBGB’s and the only person in the audience at soundcheck is Jandek, cross-legged in the middle of the floor." Produced by THURSTON MOORE.
MATISYAHU Light CD
*** "While reggae is far from absent here, 'Light' covers a dizzying amount of stylistic ground, from hard-edged dancehall and ska-inflected New Wave to laidback pop-rock and acoustic folk-soul."
MEW No More Stories... CD
*** "A towering, masterpiece follow-up to the Danish experimental Dream-Pop trio's critically acclaimed breakthrough."
ROBERT POLLARD Elephant Jokes CD
*** Perhaps you've heard of him!
RADIOHEAD Kid A 2xCD
RADIOHEAD Amnesiac 2xCD
RADIOHEAD Hail To The Thief 2xCD
*** Perhaps you've heard of them! The internet is going crazy over them!
RAINBOW ARABIA Kabukimono CD
*** "Recorded between tours with fellow exotic spice beat-makers, Gang Gang Dance, RAINBOW ARABIA digs inspiration from Sublime Frequencies compilations and Neo-Gothic sub-culture."
REIGNING SOUND Love & Curses CD
*** "A return to the sound and style of 'Time Bomb High School,' Love and Curses strikes a balance between soulful rockers and beautiful ballads. The results are a rock 'n' roll album as near to perfection as any one is likely to hear this year."
SCREAMING FEMALES What If Someone Is Watching Their TV? CD
*** "SCREAMING FEMALES’ second album, previously self-released and only available directly from the band! This record defined their sound."
THE SEEDS Pushin' Too Hard: The Best Of... 2xCD
*** "49 garage-punk classics!"
SLEEP OF OLDOMINION Hesitation Wounds CD
*** "A mix of samples, live instrumentation, and a myriad of styles with more to offer the game than brag raps." Feat. DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN and GRAYSKUL.
LUKE VIBERT We Hear You CD
*** We Hear You is a genre-defying record that combines his idiosyncratic samples, sweetly strange melody, big bass and sloppy drums. On the album, Vibert connects the dots between Terry Riley, Dubstep Bass, Techno and Hip Hop. 13 tracks.
YACHT See Mystery Lights CD
*** "An intimate party record by a former member of THE BLOW, captured in widescreen Technicolor, mixing electro and post punk rhythms seamlessly."
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