WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS Thee Films 1950s-1960s DVD
*** RECOMMENDED Thee Films compiles all the films made by Burroughs, BRION GYSIN, and ANTHONY BALCH at the onset of the 1960s, from "relatively straightforward attempt(s) to capture the essence of Burroughs writing on film" to the cinematic representation of the cut up method." 120 minutes; 5.1 Audio/5.1 Surround Sound.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Sunn0))), Faust, Nation of Ulysses, Void
BRILLIANT COLORS Introducing LP / CD
*** "Brilliant Colors' debut album is as an undeniable contender for best pop record of 2009. Ten tracks of sharp, subtly catchy indie pop that finds struck between the crunch and drive of punk and the spiky DIY melodicism of early Rough Trade and Flying Nun bands."
BROTHER ALI Us 2xLP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
FAITH / VOID Split LP+MP3 / CD
*** RECOMMENDED Yeah!! Remastered & reissued on vinyl with a complete album download included. One of the best albums ever made?!? You bet!! Really tho', around these parts it's a VOID / FAITH split.
FAUST IV LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Reissued & really fancy.
GIRLS Album LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
NEIL LANDSTRUMM Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast 2xLP / CD
*** "Neil Landstrumm's minimal, psychedelic eight-song full-length Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast wires together dubstep and grime's modes and effects with a penchant for 8-bit melodies, bric-a-brac percussion, and a touch of rave's rude energy."
NATION OF ULYSSES Plays Pretty For Baby LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED Yeah!! Remastered & reissued on vinyl with a complete album download included. One of the best albums ever made?!? You bet!!
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL In The Aeroplane Over The Sea LP+MP3
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL On Avery Island LP+MP3
*** BACK IN STOCK! Now on 180g vinyl + full album download.
OM God Is Good LP / CD
*** "Om albums are rituals, personal convictions transcripted into verse. With careful microscopic increase, the energy grows through the four songs, leading towards moments that one could interpret…revelation? Oblivion? Awakening?"
SUNN0))) Monoliths & Dimensions 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!! And dang, it's beautiful!
TERROR DANJAH Industry Standard Pt. 4 12"
*** "Industry Standard Part 4 is a big EP from one of grime's foremost talents.
Brilliant synth-funk, grime meets trance in a computer game, & dubstep."
THEMSELVES Crowns Down 2xLP / CD
*** "A careful and vicious exhibition of mastered rap tactics and sampling ethics, Themselves' third album is a return to form and a honing of what's come before (Subtle, cLOUDDEAD) -- both the opus that these two were always meant to make, and the album that their hip-hop-obsessed teenaged selves always hoped to hear."
VLADISLAV DELAY Tummaa 2xLP / CD
*** "Tummaa marks a far more organic and live-sounding shift in this acclaimed musician's work, reflecting a renewed interest in jazz and acoustic performance. The results are jaw-dropping."
WHITE RAINBOW New Clouds 2xLP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
WHITE SHIT Sculpted Beef 12"
*** RECOMMENDED "White Shit is the mastermind of Andy Coronado (MONORCHID, WRANGLER BRUTES) along with Jared Warren (KARP, BIG BUSINESS, MELVINS), Cody Willis (MURDER CITY DEVILS, BIG BUSINESS, MELVINS), and TITS on bass. An absolute hardcore crossover faster than sludge piece of work."
WHY? Eskimo Snow LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
YACHT See Mystery Lights LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
*** "Brilliant Colors' debut album is as an undeniable contender for best pop record of 2009. Ten tracks of sharp, subtly catchy indie pop that finds struck between the crunch and drive of punk and the spiky DIY melodicism of early Rough Trade and Flying Nun bands."
BROTHER ALI Us 2xLP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
FAITH / VOID Split LP+MP3 / CD
*** RECOMMENDED Yeah!! Remastered & reissued on vinyl with a complete album download included. One of the best albums ever made?!? You bet!! Really tho', around these parts it's a VOID / FAITH split.
FAUST IV LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Reissued & really fancy.
GIRLS Album LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
NEIL LANDSTRUMM Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast 2xLP / CD
*** "Neil Landstrumm's minimal, psychedelic eight-song full-length Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast wires together dubstep and grime's modes and effects with a penchant for 8-bit melodies, bric-a-brac percussion, and a touch of rave's rude energy."
NATION OF ULYSSES Plays Pretty For Baby LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED Yeah!! Remastered & reissued on vinyl with a complete album download included. One of the best albums ever made?!? You bet!!
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL In The Aeroplane Over The Sea LP+MP3
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL On Avery Island LP+MP3
*** BACK IN STOCK! Now on 180g vinyl + full album download.
OM God Is Good LP / CD
*** "Om albums are rituals, personal convictions transcripted into verse. With careful microscopic increase, the energy grows through the four songs, leading towards moments that one could interpret…revelation? Oblivion? Awakening?"
SUNN0))) Monoliths & Dimensions 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!! And dang, it's beautiful!
TERROR DANJAH Industry Standard Pt. 4 12"
*** "Industry Standard Part 4 is a big EP from one of grime's foremost talents.
Brilliant synth-funk, grime meets trance in a computer game, & dubstep."
THEMSELVES Crowns Down 2xLP / CD
*** "A careful and vicious exhibition of mastered rap tactics and sampling ethics, Themselves' third album is a return to form and a honing of what's come before (Subtle, cLOUDDEAD) -- both the opus that these two were always meant to make, and the album that their hip-hop-obsessed teenaged selves always hoped to hear."
VLADISLAV DELAY Tummaa 2xLP / CD
*** "Tummaa marks a far more organic and live-sounding shift in this acclaimed musician's work, reflecting a renewed interest in jazz and acoustic performance. The results are jaw-dropping."
WHITE RAINBOW New Clouds 2xLP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
WHITE SHIT Sculpted Beef 12"
*** RECOMMENDED "White Shit is the mastermind of Andy Coronado (MONORCHID, WRANGLER BRUTES) along with Jared Warren (KARP, BIG BUSINESS, MELVINS), Cody Willis (MURDER CITY DEVILS, BIG BUSINESS, MELVINS), and TITS on bass. An absolute hardcore crossover faster than sludge piece of work."
WHY? Eskimo Snow LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
YACHT See Mystery Lights LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Tom Waits, Neon Indian, LCD Sounsystem, Warp20 & more
v/a WARP20 (Unheard) CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Unreleased treasures from the Warp Records' vaults, songs by BOARDS OF CANADA, BROADCAST, AUTECHRE, FLYING LOTUS & more."
BRILLIANT COLORS Introducing LP / CD
*** "Brilliant Colors' debut album is as an undeniable contender for best pop record of 2009. Ten tracks of sharp, subtly catchy indie pop that finds struck between the crunch and drive of punk and the spiky DIY melodicism of early Rough Trade and Flying Nun bands."
DJ/RUPTURE & MATT SHADETEK Solar Life Raft CD
*** "A rich blend of bass, beats, and space, rocked by a tropical wind out of the west, the album is an arresting testament to the fruit that grows at the margins, free from genre orthodoxy and pulsing with gentle mutant energy."
FALTY DL Bravery 2xLP / CD
*** "An impressive combination of melodic synths, glitzy garage samples, and complex programmed beats and effects. Plaintive synths, hiccupped vocals, big bass, jazzy chords, chicken-scratch guitar, dubbed-out vocals and sassy disco."
HEAVY TRASH Midnight Soul Serenade CD
*** "JON SPENCER and MATT VERTA-RAY deliver a stunning, slightly darker, barrel-fermented and brilliantly matured portrait of love and devotion gone good, gone wrong and just gone. Guitars pulsate, ooze and percolate; Spencer croons and twangs, shakes and shudders with raw power and passion."
NEIL LANDSTRUMM Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast 2xLP / CD
*** "Neil Landstrumm's minimal, psychedelic eight-song full-length Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast wires together dubstep and grime's modes and effects with a penchant for 8-bit melodies, bric-a-brac percussion, and a touch of rave's rude energy."
LARGE PROFESSOR The LP CD
*** "LARGE PROFESSOR unleashes his highly anticipated solo debut originally shelved by Geffen Records in 1995/1996."
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 45:33 Remixes CD
*** "LCD Soundsystem's one-off Nike/iTunes collabo is lovingly & respectfully reinterpreted by some of dance music's most innovative players: Runaway, Prins Thomas, Riley Reinhold, Pilooski, and Theo Parrish."
NEON INDIAN Psychic Chasm CD
*** "Synthetic nostalgia, Dreampop lullabies, and grinding guitar noise orbiting around the themes of drug induced heartbreak, weary afternoons, and lost chances. A lush soundtrack to the deadbeat exploits of teenage ennui." 8.6 on Pitchfork.
OM God Is Good LP / CD
*** "Om albums are rituals, personal convictions transcripted into verse. With careful microscopic increase, the energy grows through the four songs, leading towards moments that one could interpret…revelation? Oblivion? Awakening?"
SHRINEBUILDER Shrinebuilder CD
*** "The first chapter in what promises to be an epic narrative. Shrinebuilder is the Justice League of underground heaviness: WINO of Saint Vitus & The Obsessed; AL CISNEROS of Om & Sleep; DALE CROVER of Melvins; SCOTT KELLY of Neurosis on guitar. And all four of them on vocals."
THEMSELVES Crowns Down 2xLP / CD
*** "A careful and vicious exhibition of mastered rap tactics and sampling ethics, Themselves' third album is a return to form and a honing of what's come before (Subtle, cLOUDDEAD) -- both the opus that these two were always meant to make, and the album that their hip-hop-obsessed teenaged selves always hoped to hear."
VLADISLAV DELAY Tummaa 2xLP / CD
*** "Tummaa marks a far more organic and live-sounding shift in this acclaimed musician's work, reflecting a renewed interest in jazz and acoustic performance. The results are jaw-dropping."
TOM WAITS Glitter & Doom Live 2xCD
*** "The best live show of 2008 distilled into 17 performances hand-picked by Waits. While Waits does dig into the vaults, G&D leans heavily on songs from his ANTI releases. Glitter and Doom Live will reside in the Waits catalog alongside earlier live albums like Nighthawks at the Diner and Big Time, both discs held on par with his classic studio releases by fans."
*** RECOMMENDED "Unreleased treasures from the Warp Records' vaults, songs by BOARDS OF CANADA, BROADCAST, AUTECHRE, FLYING LOTUS & more."
BRILLIANT COLORS Introducing LP / CD
*** "Brilliant Colors' debut album is as an undeniable contender for best pop record of 2009. Ten tracks of sharp, subtly catchy indie pop that finds struck between the crunch and drive of punk and the spiky DIY melodicism of early Rough Trade and Flying Nun bands."
DJ/RUPTURE & MATT SHADETEK Solar Life Raft CD
*** "A rich blend of bass, beats, and space, rocked by a tropical wind out of the west, the album is an arresting testament to the fruit that grows at the margins, free from genre orthodoxy and pulsing with gentle mutant energy."
FALTY DL Bravery 2xLP / CD
*** "An impressive combination of melodic synths, glitzy garage samples, and complex programmed beats and effects. Plaintive synths, hiccupped vocals, big bass, jazzy chords, chicken-scratch guitar, dubbed-out vocals and sassy disco."
HEAVY TRASH Midnight Soul Serenade CD
*** "JON SPENCER and MATT VERTA-RAY deliver a stunning, slightly darker, barrel-fermented and brilliantly matured portrait of love and devotion gone good, gone wrong and just gone. Guitars pulsate, ooze and percolate; Spencer croons and twangs, shakes and shudders with raw power and passion."
NEIL LANDSTRUMM Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast 2xLP / CD
*** "Neil Landstrumm's minimal, psychedelic eight-song full-length Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast wires together dubstep and grime's modes and effects with a penchant for 8-bit melodies, bric-a-brac percussion, and a touch of rave's rude energy."
LARGE PROFESSOR The LP CD
*** "LARGE PROFESSOR unleashes his highly anticipated solo debut originally shelved by Geffen Records in 1995/1996."
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 45:33 Remixes CD
*** "LCD Soundsystem's one-off Nike/iTunes collabo is lovingly & respectfully reinterpreted by some of dance music's most innovative players: Runaway, Prins Thomas, Riley Reinhold, Pilooski, and Theo Parrish."
NEON INDIAN Psychic Chasm CD
*** "Synthetic nostalgia, Dreampop lullabies, and grinding guitar noise orbiting around the themes of drug induced heartbreak, weary afternoons, and lost chances. A lush soundtrack to the deadbeat exploits of teenage ennui." 8.6 on Pitchfork.
OM God Is Good LP / CD
*** "Om albums are rituals, personal convictions transcripted into verse. With careful microscopic increase, the energy grows through the four songs, leading towards moments that one could interpret…revelation? Oblivion? Awakening?"
SHRINEBUILDER Shrinebuilder CD
*** "The first chapter in what promises to be an epic narrative. Shrinebuilder is the Justice League of underground heaviness: WINO of Saint Vitus & The Obsessed; AL CISNEROS of Om & Sleep; DALE CROVER of Melvins; SCOTT KELLY of Neurosis on guitar. And all four of them on vocals."
THEMSELVES Crowns Down 2xLP / CD
*** "A careful and vicious exhibition of mastered rap tactics and sampling ethics, Themselves' third album is a return to form and a honing of what's come before (Subtle, cLOUDDEAD) -- both the opus that these two were always meant to make, and the album that their hip-hop-obsessed teenaged selves always hoped to hear."
VLADISLAV DELAY Tummaa 2xLP / CD
*** "Tummaa marks a far more organic and live-sounding shift in this acclaimed musician's work, reflecting a renewed interest in jazz and acoustic performance. The results are jaw-dropping."
TOM WAITS Glitter & Doom Live 2xCD
*** "The best live show of 2008 distilled into 17 performances hand-picked by Waits. While Waits does dig into the vaults, G&D leans heavily on songs from his ANTI releases. Glitter and Doom Live will reside in the Waits catalog alongside earlier live albums like Nighthawks at the Diner and Big Time, both discs held on par with his classic studio releases by fans."
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
((( EVENTS ))) Markus Guentner, Ann Arbor Soul Club, Yo La Tengo
MARKUS GUENTNER + NOSPECTACE + FOREST JUZIUK - Friday, Nov. 20 @ SAVA'S
*** A rare U.S. appearance by MARKUS GUENTNER (Kompakt), supported by Detroit's NOSPECTACLE and FOREST JUZIUK (Dark Matter). An evening of "kosmiche disco" -- cosmic space vibrations of cosmic jazz, krautrock, dub, shoegaze & more at Sava's following Collapsing Borders - Einstürzende Grenze at University of Michigan's Duderstadt Center. For more info, consult:
http://bit.ly/Ro5NQ
Sava's / 216 S. State, A2 / 9PM / $5
ANN ARBOR SOUL CLUB - Friday, Dec. 3 @ BLIND PIG
*** 3 YEARS OF SOUL CLUB, if you can believe it! Along with WFMU/Daptone DJ MR. FINE WINE, Robert Wells, Brad Hales, Breck Bunce & Aaron Anderson will spin a super-fine selection of the rare & beautiful.
Blind Pig / 208 S. First, A2 / 9:30PM / $5
YO LA TENGO - Friday, Jan. 22 @ CROFOOT
*** "Yo La Tengo returns to Michigan supporting their 12th (or 14th, depending on what and how you count) album. An AWESOME live show, to be sure, methinks the top notch sound system at Crofoot will make it all worth it.
http://www.thecrofoot.com/events/879.html
Magic Stick / 1 South Saginaw, Pontiac, MI / Doors at 7:30PM / $17 (no fees!)
*** A rare U.S. appearance by MARKUS GUENTNER (Kompakt), supported by Detroit's NOSPECTACLE and FOREST JUZIUK (Dark Matter). An evening of "kosmiche disco" -- cosmic space vibrations of cosmic jazz, krautrock, dub, shoegaze & more at Sava's following Collapsing Borders - Einstürzende Grenze at University of Michigan's Duderstadt Center. For more info, consult:
http://bit.ly/Ro5NQ
Sava's / 216 S. State, A2 / 9PM / $5
ANN ARBOR SOUL CLUB - Friday, Dec. 3 @ BLIND PIG
*** 3 YEARS OF SOUL CLUB, if you can believe it! Along with WFMU/Daptone DJ MR. FINE WINE, Robert Wells, Brad Hales, Breck Bunce & Aaron Anderson will spin a super-fine selection of the rare & beautiful.
Blind Pig / 208 S. First, A2 / 9:30PM / $5
YO LA TENGO - Friday, Jan. 22 @ CROFOOT
*** "Yo La Tengo returns to Michigan supporting their 12th (or 14th, depending on what and how you count) album. An AWESOME live show, to be sure, methinks the top notch sound system at Crofoot will make it all worth it.
http://www.thecrofoot.com/events/879.html
Magic Stick / 1 South Saginaw, Pontiac, MI / Doors at 7:30PM / $17 (no fees!)
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Wolf Eyes, Trunk Records, Kompakt, Annie & more
v/a KOMPAKT TOTAL 10 3xLP / 2xCD
*** The Kompakt label's most-anticipated compilation release of the year reaches the double-digits with number 10. This diverse collection of solid-gold hit favorites is still standing and stronger than ever, coinciding with the Kompakt Total event.
v/a TUMBELE: Biguine, Afro & Latin Sounds From The French Caribbean, 1963-74 2xLP
*** "The scattering drums and soaring clarinets of the biguine ruled the airwaves and dancefloors of Martinique and Guadeloupe in the 1960s. This album showcases the vibrancy of the scene on the islands in the '60s and '70s -- a scene that would go on to develop the all-conquering sound of zouk in the '80s."
ANNIE Don't Stop LP / CD
*** "Both immediately listenable and utterly beguiling, this 'pop with strange edges' is mainstream and underground, all at once. Sometimes expressive, sometimes funny, but always totally fresh and utterly human, it's a twelve-course feast for the modern musical connoisseur -- a frenzied, but undeniably solid proposition, an effortless and organic blend with Annie center stage."
JIMMY EDGAR Funktion Of Your Love 12"
*** "Sweet chord stabs and laid-back laser sweep, dark acid tones, dirty vocals posturing over a sparse, razor-sharp 808 groove." Remixes by Edgar and SETH TROXLER.
TLAHOUN GESSESSE Ethiopian Urban Modern Music Vol. 4 LP
*** "Although he is still completely unknown to Western audiences, for Ethiopians, Tlahoun Gèssèssè is THE VOICE. The first-ever pan-Ethiopian star, he has embodied such nonstop unanimity since the end of the 1950s that is a role-model and a point of reference."
MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL Fred McDowell LP
*** "Reissue of the Arhoolie LP originally titled Fred McDowell - Volume 2. A beautiful set by the Mississippi blues legend. One of Fred's best. Intense Delta blues."
SIGUR ROS Gobbledigook 12"
*** "The spectacular opener on Sigur Rós' Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust remixed by fellow Icelanders Stephen Stephenson aka President Bongo (Gus Gus) and Jack Schidt, transforming the complex, polyrhythmic original into an exceptionally ethereal club track. Add'l remix by Thomas Fehlmann."
EDWARD WILLIAMS Life On Earth: Music From The 1979 BBC TV Series LP / CD
*** "This is the first-ever release of the beautiful music composed for the groundbreaking natural history program Life On Earth. The magical, twinkling ambient sounds of science, nature and music for jellyfish -- soundtrack music, hinting at classical & library music, touching on the avant-garde, with a strong ambient feel and an unusual timeless quality."
WOLF EYES Always Wrong LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! "Coming forth from the piles of tape loops and effects, the bulk of tables reeling with electronics have been shed. This clarity never sacrifices intensity as paradoxically this is the most organic of the full lengths but also the harshest and most dissonant."
*** The Kompakt label's most-anticipated compilation release of the year reaches the double-digits with number 10. This diverse collection of solid-gold hit favorites is still standing and stronger than ever, coinciding with the Kompakt Total event.
v/a TUMBELE: Biguine, Afro & Latin Sounds From The French Caribbean, 1963-74 2xLP
*** "The scattering drums and soaring clarinets of the biguine ruled the airwaves and dancefloors of Martinique and Guadeloupe in the 1960s. This album showcases the vibrancy of the scene on the islands in the '60s and '70s -- a scene that would go on to develop the all-conquering sound of zouk in the '80s."
ANNIE Don't Stop LP / CD
*** "Both immediately listenable and utterly beguiling, this 'pop with strange edges' is mainstream and underground, all at once. Sometimes expressive, sometimes funny, but always totally fresh and utterly human, it's a twelve-course feast for the modern musical connoisseur -- a frenzied, but undeniably solid proposition, an effortless and organic blend with Annie center stage."
JIMMY EDGAR Funktion Of Your Love 12"
*** "Sweet chord stabs and laid-back laser sweep, dark acid tones, dirty vocals posturing over a sparse, razor-sharp 808 groove." Remixes by Edgar and SETH TROXLER.
TLAHOUN GESSESSE Ethiopian Urban Modern Music Vol. 4 LP
*** "Although he is still completely unknown to Western audiences, for Ethiopians, Tlahoun Gèssèssè is THE VOICE. The first-ever pan-Ethiopian star, he has embodied such nonstop unanimity since the end of the 1950s that is a role-model and a point of reference."
MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL Fred McDowell LP
*** "Reissue of the Arhoolie LP originally titled Fred McDowell - Volume 2. A beautiful set by the Mississippi blues legend. One of Fred's best. Intense Delta blues."
SIGUR ROS Gobbledigook 12"
*** "The spectacular opener on Sigur Rós' Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust remixed by fellow Icelanders Stephen Stephenson aka President Bongo (Gus Gus) and Jack Schidt, transforming the complex, polyrhythmic original into an exceptionally ethereal club track. Add'l remix by Thomas Fehlmann."
EDWARD WILLIAMS Life On Earth: Music From The 1979 BBC TV Series LP / CD
*** "This is the first-ever release of the beautiful music composed for the groundbreaking natural history program Life On Earth. The magical, twinkling ambient sounds of science, nature and music for jellyfish -- soundtrack music, hinting at classical & library music, touching on the avant-garde, with a strong ambient feel and an unusual timeless quality."
WOLF EYES Always Wrong LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! "Coming forth from the piles of tape loops and effects, the bulk of tables reeling with electronics have been shed. This clarity never sacrifices intensity as paradoxically this is the most organic of the full lengths but also the harshest and most dissonant."
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) New releases from Trunk Records, Sublime Frequencies, kompakt & more
v/a KOMPAKT TOTAL 10 3xLP / 2xCD
*** The Kompakt label's most-anticipated compilation release of the year reaches the double-digits with number 10. This diverse collection of solid-gold hit favorites is still standing and stronger than ever, coinciding with the Kompakt Total event.
v/a PANAMA! 3: Calypso Panameño, Guajira Jazz & Cumbia Típica On The Isthmus 1960-75 2xLP / CD
*** "From bilingual calypsos to guajira jazz, from tropical guarachas to cumbia tamboreras, this collection presents more of the golden age of Panamanian music and the music of the combos nacionales on rare recordings that have never been released outside the isthmus until now."
v/a SINGAPORE A-GO-GO CD
*** RECOMMENDED "22 supercharged Singaporean '60s beat, pop and "off-beat cha-cha" classics compiled from original vinyl 45s. The vocals are sung in the dialects of Mandarin and Hokkien and they soar, with catchy hooks atop groovy, clever beats. There's plenty of electric guitar, organ and crazy percussion rocking and twisting behind it all, at times reaching quite a mad and freaky state of affairs." On SUBLIME FREQUENCIES.
ANNIE Don't Stop LP / CD
*** "Both immediately listenable and utterly beguiling, this 'pop with strange edges' is mainstream and underground, all at once. Sometimes expressive, sometimes funny, but always totally fresh and utterly human, it's a twelve-course feast for the modern musical connoisseur -- a frenzied, but undeniably solid proposition, an effortless and organic blend with Annie center stage."
BEAK Recordings 05/01/09 > 17/01/09 CD
*** "2009 debut album by PORTISHEAD producer and multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow. The band wrote their entire album over the course of one 12-day session." This is supposed to be CAN-like. Also, good.
DAVID BOWIE Space Oddity: 40th Anniversary Ed. 2xCD
*** "Special 40th Anniversary two CD edition of David Bowie's classic 1969 album released in a digipak with an extensive booklet featuring rare photographs, memorabilia, and sleeve notes."
RAY DAVIES The Kinks Choral Collection CD
*** "Often referred to as 'almost indisputably rock's most literate, witty and insightful songwriter,' Davies had the ambitious idea to collaborate with the 65-strong Crouch End Festival Chorus to create The Kinks Choral Collection.
EDAN Echo Party CD
*** "From the detail-obsessed mind of EDAN comes an astounding pastiche of dance, rapp, and funk that utilizes everything from turntables to tape echo, glockenspiel, to guitar, moog to kazoo."
FELT A Tribute To Rosie Perez CD
*** "Slug (Atmosphere) and Murs (Living Legends) reunite for their third release from moniker FELT. With the fresh addition of Aesop Rock (Def Jux) on production and unwavering love for those forgotten actresses who warmed their hearts."
GROUP DOUEH Treeg Salaam CD
*** "Group Doueh's new album blows hot and dusty from the infernal sand-swept dunes of the Western Sahara. Five tracks of brain-shifting, ecstatic brilliance. Salmou Baamar's (Doueh) guitar/tinidit runs explode in cosmic shrapnel, raining down on the temporal nodes of the listener's brain."
GROUP INERANE Guitars From Agadez (Music Of Niger) CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "Group Inerane is the now sound of the Tuareg Guitar Revolution -- rebel musicians of the Sahara. These ten tracks are a combination of amplified roots rock, blues, and folk in the local Tuareg styles, at times entering into full-on electric guitar psychedelia."
NORAH JONES The Fall CD
*** "Norah has taken a new direction, experimenting with different sounds and a new set of collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River's Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partners Jesse Harris & Richard Julian."
KID SISTER Ultraviolet CD
*** "Kid Sister, a highly anticipated new artist known for her genre defining Electro Club Rap, has a unique mixture of adorable feminism combined with edgy Chicago swagger supported by witty lyrics and unique beats."
JOHN MAYER Battle Studies CD
*** Perhaps you're heard of him!
SHACKLETON Three EPs CD
*** "Shackleton's maverick take on snaking, tribal percussion; hypnotic melodies against electronic screeeeeee; seriously deep bass-y low-end backing ring modulators and dubwise sensibilities doesn't fit into any easy categories. Three EPs is a milestone already."
SUPERSILENT 9 CD
*** "After the departure of drummer Jarle Vespestad, the remaining three members recorded two sessions with only Hammond organs. It's debatable whether anyone would figure out the instrumentation without prior knowledge. It's also fair to say that 9 as a whole goes a long way towards being the most avant-garde and otherworldly recording the band has done so far."
JONNY TRUNK Scrapbook LP / CD
*** "Second album from UK-based Trunk Records label-head, Jonny Trunk -- a curious, entertaining and quite bewildering mix of samples, piano, men with no throats, lesbians and a Japanese choir. It's kind of jazzy, hip-hoppy, filmic, and borders on novelty once in a while."
EDWARD WILLIAMS Life On Earth: Music From The 1979 BBC TV Series LP / CD
*** "This is the first-ever release of the beautiful music composed for the groundbreaking natural history program Life On Earth. The magical, twinkling ambient sounds of science, nature and music for jellyfish -- soundtrack music, hinting at classical & library music, touching on the avant-garde, with a strong ambient feel and an unusual timeless quality."
*** The Kompakt label's most-anticipated compilation release of the year reaches the double-digits with number 10. This diverse collection of solid-gold hit favorites is still standing and stronger than ever, coinciding with the Kompakt Total event.
v/a PANAMA! 3: Calypso Panameño, Guajira Jazz & Cumbia Típica On The Isthmus 1960-75 2xLP / CD
*** "From bilingual calypsos to guajira jazz, from tropical guarachas to cumbia tamboreras, this collection presents more of the golden age of Panamanian music and the music of the combos nacionales on rare recordings that have never been released outside the isthmus until now."
v/a SINGAPORE A-GO-GO CD
*** RECOMMENDED "22 supercharged Singaporean '60s beat, pop and "off-beat cha-cha" classics compiled from original vinyl 45s. The vocals are sung in the dialects of Mandarin and Hokkien and they soar, with catchy hooks atop groovy, clever beats. There's plenty of electric guitar, organ and crazy percussion rocking and twisting behind it all, at times reaching quite a mad and freaky state of affairs." On SUBLIME FREQUENCIES.
ANNIE Don't Stop LP / CD
*** "Both immediately listenable and utterly beguiling, this 'pop with strange edges' is mainstream and underground, all at once. Sometimes expressive, sometimes funny, but always totally fresh and utterly human, it's a twelve-course feast for the modern musical connoisseur -- a frenzied, but undeniably solid proposition, an effortless and organic blend with Annie center stage."
BEAK Recordings 05/01/09 > 17/01/09 CD
*** "2009 debut album by PORTISHEAD producer and multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow. The band wrote their entire album over the course of one 12-day session." This is supposed to be CAN-like. Also, good.
DAVID BOWIE Space Oddity: 40th Anniversary Ed. 2xCD
*** "Special 40th Anniversary two CD edition of David Bowie's classic 1969 album released in a digipak with an extensive booklet featuring rare photographs, memorabilia, and sleeve notes."
RAY DAVIES The Kinks Choral Collection CD
*** "Often referred to as 'almost indisputably rock's most literate, witty and insightful songwriter,' Davies had the ambitious idea to collaborate with the 65-strong Crouch End Festival Chorus to create The Kinks Choral Collection.
EDAN Echo Party CD
*** "From the detail-obsessed mind of EDAN comes an astounding pastiche of dance, rapp, and funk that utilizes everything from turntables to tape echo, glockenspiel, to guitar, moog to kazoo."
FELT A Tribute To Rosie Perez CD
*** "Slug (Atmosphere) and Murs (Living Legends) reunite for their third release from moniker FELT. With the fresh addition of Aesop Rock (Def Jux) on production and unwavering love for those forgotten actresses who warmed their hearts."
GROUP DOUEH Treeg Salaam CD
*** "Group Doueh's new album blows hot and dusty from the infernal sand-swept dunes of the Western Sahara. Five tracks of brain-shifting, ecstatic brilliance. Salmou Baamar's (Doueh) guitar/tinidit runs explode in cosmic shrapnel, raining down on the temporal nodes of the listener's brain."
GROUP INERANE Guitars From Agadez (Music Of Niger) CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "Group Inerane is the now sound of the Tuareg Guitar Revolution -- rebel musicians of the Sahara. These ten tracks are a combination of amplified roots rock, blues, and folk in the local Tuareg styles, at times entering into full-on electric guitar psychedelia."
NORAH JONES The Fall CD
*** "Norah has taken a new direction, experimenting with different sounds and a new set of collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River's Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partners Jesse Harris & Richard Julian."
KID SISTER Ultraviolet CD
*** "Kid Sister, a highly anticipated new artist known for her genre defining Electro Club Rap, has a unique mixture of adorable feminism combined with edgy Chicago swagger supported by witty lyrics and unique beats."
JOHN MAYER Battle Studies CD
*** Perhaps you're heard of him!
SHACKLETON Three EPs CD
*** "Shackleton's maverick take on snaking, tribal percussion; hypnotic melodies against electronic screeeeeee; seriously deep bass-y low-end backing ring modulators and dubwise sensibilities doesn't fit into any easy categories. Three EPs is a milestone already."
SUPERSILENT 9 CD
*** "After the departure of drummer Jarle Vespestad, the remaining three members recorded two sessions with only Hammond organs. It's debatable whether anyone would figure out the instrumentation without prior knowledge. It's also fair to say that 9 as a whole goes a long way towards being the most avant-garde and otherworldly recording the band has done so far."
JONNY TRUNK Scrapbook LP / CD
*** "Second album from UK-based Trunk Records label-head, Jonny Trunk -- a curious, entertaining and quite bewildering mix of samples, piano, men with no throats, lesbians and a Japanese choir. It's kind of jazzy, hip-hoppy, filmic, and borders on novelty once in a while."
EDWARD WILLIAMS Life On Earth: Music From The 1979 BBC TV Series LP / CD
*** "This is the first-ever release of the beautiful music composed for the groundbreaking natural history program Life On Earth. The magical, twinkling ambient sounds of science, nature and music for jellyfish -- soundtrack music, hinting at classical & library music, touching on the avant-garde, with a strong ambient feel and an unusual timeless quality."
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
((( EVENTS ))) Markus Guentner (Kompakt) + nospectacle + Forest Juziuk (Dark Matter)
SONIC SUBLIMINAL - Friday, Nov. 20 @ SAVA'S
*** A rare U.S. appearance by MARKUS GUENTNER (Kompakt), supported by Detroit's NOSPECTACLE and FOREST JUZIUK (Dark Matter). An evening of "kosmiche disco" -- cosmic space vibrations of cosmic jazz, krautrock, dub, shoegaze & more at Sava's following Collapsing Borders - Einstürzende Grenze at University of Michigan's Duderstadt Center. For more info, consult:
http://bit.ly/nov20dude
Sava's / 216 S. State, A2 / 9PM / $5
*** A rare U.S. appearance by MARKUS GUENTNER (Kompakt), supported by Detroit's NOSPECTACLE and FOREST JUZIUK (Dark Matter). An evening of "kosmiche disco" -- cosmic space vibrations of cosmic jazz, krautrock, dub, shoegaze & more at Sava's following Collapsing Borders - Einstürzende Grenze at University of Michigan's Duderstadt Center. For more info, consult:
http://bit.ly/nov20dude
Sava's / 216 S. State, A2 / 9PM / $5
(( TICKET GIVEAWAY )) The Big Pink!
THE BIG PINK * CRYSTAL ANTLERS * JAVELINS - Saturday, Nov. 28 @ MAGIC STICK
*** "This London duo use gritty beats, droning guitars, abstract effects and dreamy vocals to create a soundscape that is arty yet tuneful. They have previously supported TV On The Radio, Crystal Castles and Klaxons." Shoot us an e-mail (wazoorecords at hotmail dot com) with "MUSIC FROM THE BIG PINK" in the subject line and you're in! For more info, consult:
http://www.myspace.com/musicfromthebigpink
http://www.majesticdetroit.com
Magic Stick / 4140 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI / 8PM / email!
*** "This London duo use gritty beats, droning guitars, abstract effects and dreamy vocals to create a soundscape that is arty yet tuneful. They have previously supported TV On The Radio, Crystal Castles and Klaxons." Shoot us an e-mail (wazoorecords at hotmail dot com) with "MUSIC FROM THE BIG PINK" in the subject line and you're in! For more info, consult:
http://www.myspace.com/musicfromthebigpink
http://www.majesticdetroit.com
Magic Stick / 4140 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI / 8PM / email!
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Light: On The South Side, King Khan & BBQ Show, Fuck Buttons & more
v/a LIGHT: On The South Side BOOK+2xLP
*** RECOMMENDED "Light: On The South Side gathers for the first time over 100 of Michael Abramson's photos taken on Chicago's south side in the late 70s. The 132-page hard back book features photos, an ephemera section, and an essay by Nick Hornby. Housed in a gorgeous slipcase with the 12X12 book is Pepper's Jukebox, a seventeen track compilation of the kind of funky Chicago blues heard from the stage and the Wurlitizer." Unreal packaging & we've got cheaper than anywhere else in town or online. For more info, consult: http://bit.ly/4Rthp
THE DOORS The Doors LP
THE DOORS Waiting For The Sun LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
FUCK BUTTONS Tarot Sport LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW Invisible Girl LP / CD
*** "Doo-Wop-laced, anthemic Garage Rock, exhibiting the duo's effortless fluency in Rock 'n' Roll's tenets and traditions, but as Mark Sultan (otherwise known as BBQ) notes, it also includes a song so vile that it cannot even be mentioned."
KINGS OF CONVENIENCE Declaration Of Dependence LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
*** RECOMMENDED "Light: On The South Side gathers for the first time over 100 of Michael Abramson's photos taken on Chicago's south side in the late 70s. The 132-page hard back book features photos, an ephemera section, and an essay by Nick Hornby. Housed in a gorgeous slipcase with the 12X12 book is Pepper's Jukebox, a seventeen track compilation of the kind of funky Chicago blues heard from the stage and the Wurlitizer." Unreal packaging & we've got cheaper than anywhere else in town or online. For more info, consult: http://bit.ly/4Rthp
THE DOORS The Doors LP
THE DOORS Waiting For The Sun LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
FUCK BUTTONS Tarot Sport LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW Invisible Girl LP / CD
*** "Doo-Wop-laced, anthemic Garage Rock, exhibiting the duo's effortless fluency in Rock 'n' Roll's tenets and traditions, but as Mark Sultan (otherwise known as BBQ) notes, it also includes a song so vile that it cannot even be mentioned."
KINGS OF CONVENIENCE Declaration Of Dependence LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Doom, King Khan & BBQ Show, King Crimson & more
TORI AMOS Midwinter Graces CD+DVD
*** "Midwinter Graces will find Tori reworking and expanding on classic carols as well as developing some of her very own seasonal tracks."
BLACK UHURU Black Sounds Of Freedom 2xCD
*** "Deluxe edition remastered Greensleeves classic PLUS the original 'Love Crisis' album AND Prince Jammy dub compilation
JULIAN CASABLANCAS Phrazes For The Young CD
*** Frontman of THE STROKES pens an album on the "arrogance and shortsightedness'' of humans -- a veritable modern day Oscar Wilde! Thanks for the scoop, Julian.
DEVO Q: Are We Not Men? CD
*** Remastered with bonus tracks! Essential! Produced by ENO.
DOOM Unexpected Guests CD
*** "Legendary hip-hop artist MF DOOM digs into his vast archives to mix together some of his all-time favorite productions, collaborations, guest appearances and rare tracks that have never been available before."
GIFT OF GAB Escape 2 Mars CD
*** "The Gift of Gab's second fully realized solo record including Brother Ali and Del The Funky Homosapien, and the record contains another progressive step in groundbreaking lyrical and structural delivery."
THE KILLERS Live From The Royal Albert Hall CD+DVD
*** "Now The Killers know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall." What does it mean!?! Buy this cd/dvd package & find out!!
KING CRIMSON In The Court Of The Crimson King CD+DVD
*** "40th Anniversary version with 5.1 surround sound mix, a new stereo mix, five previously unreleased tracks, and a DVD featuring both new mixes in high res stereo."
THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW Invisible Girl LP / CD
*** "Doo-Wop-laced, anthemic Garage Rock, exhibiting the duo's effortless fluency in Rock 'n' Roll's tenets and traditions, but as Mark Sultan (otherwise known as BBQ) notes, it also includes a song so vile that it cannot even be mentioned."
MELT-BANANA Lite Live Ver. 0.0 CD
*** This ain't your usual Melt-Banana!! Melt-Banana Lite has drums and vocals, but no guitars! Instead, the six string things have been replaced by samplers and synths!"
*** "Midwinter Graces will find Tori reworking and expanding on classic carols as well as developing some of her very own seasonal tracks."
BLACK UHURU Black Sounds Of Freedom 2xCD
*** "Deluxe edition remastered Greensleeves classic PLUS the original 'Love Crisis' album AND Prince Jammy dub compilation
JULIAN CASABLANCAS Phrazes For The Young CD
*** Frontman of THE STROKES pens an album on the "arrogance and shortsightedness'' of humans -- a veritable modern day Oscar Wilde! Thanks for the scoop, Julian.
DEVO Q: Are We Not Men? CD
*** Remastered with bonus tracks! Essential! Produced by ENO.
DOOM Unexpected Guests CD
*** "Legendary hip-hop artist MF DOOM digs into his vast archives to mix together some of his all-time favorite productions, collaborations, guest appearances and rare tracks that have never been available before."
GIFT OF GAB Escape 2 Mars CD
*** "The Gift of Gab's second fully realized solo record including Brother Ali and Del The Funky Homosapien, and the record contains another progressive step in groundbreaking lyrical and structural delivery."
THE KILLERS Live From The Royal Albert Hall CD+DVD
*** "Now The Killers know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall." What does it mean!?! Buy this cd/dvd package & find out!!
KING CRIMSON In The Court Of The Crimson King CD+DVD
*** "40th Anniversary version with 5.1 surround sound mix, a new stereo mix, five previously unreleased tracks, and a DVD featuring both new mixes in high res stereo."
THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW Invisible Girl LP / CD
*** "Doo-Wop-laced, anthemic Garage Rock, exhibiting the duo's effortless fluency in Rock 'n' Roll's tenets and traditions, but as Mark Sultan (otherwise known as BBQ) notes, it also includes a song so vile that it cannot even be mentioned."
MELT-BANANA Lite Live Ver. 0.0 CD
*** This ain't your usual Melt-Banana!! Melt-Banana Lite has drums and vocals, but no guitars! Instead, the six string things have been replaced by samplers and synths!"
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
((( EVENTS ))) Ann Arbor Soul Club, Eraserhead, Numero Group Eccentric Soul Revue!!
ANN ARBOR SOUL CLUB - Friday, Nov. 6 @ BLIND PIG
*** 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
ERASERHEAD - Saturday, Nov. 7 @ STATE THEATRE
*** HOTT LAVA is proud to present the return of the quintessential midnight movie -- ERASERHEAD!! Playing in Ann Arbor for the first time in years, David Lynch's epic first film is still unmatched in surrealist mindmelt.
State Theatre / 233 S. State, A2 / midnight / $6
* More info on Eraserhead & HOTT LAVA - www.hottlava.net
NUMERO GROUP ECCENTRIC SOUL REVUE - Sunday, Nov. 8 @ CROFOOT
*** A classic R&B cavalcade, Numero's Eccentric Soul Review hits the Crofoot Ballroom on Sunday, November 8th, with the totally explosive Syl Johnson, the silky smooth Notations, and the man with the voice like Domino sugar, Renaldo Domino, plus special guests Bobby Cook and Velma Perkins, a slide show, and an autograph line. JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound back all the acts.
Crofoot Ballroom / 1 S Saginaw St, Pontiac / 7PM / $20
* TICKETS AVAILABLE at WAZOO RECORDS! $20 + a chance to win a GIANT silkscreened poster!
* Crofoot info - www.thecrofoot.com/events/817.html
*** 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
ERASERHEAD - Saturday, Nov. 7 @ STATE THEATRE
*** HOTT LAVA is proud to present the return of the quintessential midnight movie -- ERASERHEAD!! Playing in Ann Arbor for the first time in years, David Lynch's epic first film is still unmatched in surrealist mindmelt.
State Theatre / 233 S. State, A2 / midnight / $6
* More info on Eraserhead & HOTT LAVA - www.hottlava.net
NUMERO GROUP ECCENTRIC SOUL REVUE - Sunday, Nov. 8 @ CROFOOT
*** A classic R&B cavalcade, Numero's Eccentric Soul Review hits the Crofoot Ballroom on Sunday, November 8th, with the totally explosive Syl Johnson, the silky smooth Notations, and the man with the voice like Domino sugar, Renaldo Domino, plus special guests Bobby Cook and Velma Perkins, a slide show, and an autograph line. JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound back all the acts.
Crofoot Ballroom / 1 S Saginaw St, Pontiac / 7PM / $20
* TICKETS AVAILABLE at WAZOO RECORDS! $20 + a chance to win a GIANT silkscreened poster!
* Crofoot info - www.thecrofoot.com/events/817.html
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Sufjan, OOIOO, Michael Hurley, Lucky Dragons & more
DAVID DANIELL & DOUGLAS MCCOMBS Sycamore LP+MP3 / CD
*** "The first album from David Daniell (SAN AGUSTIN, RHYS CHATHAM) and Douglas McCombs (TORTOISE, BROKEBACK) is a delicate tapestry of spacious and ethereal guitar lines woven into abstract, slow-burning, richly faceted and thickly psychedelic passages."
FACTUMS Flowers LP
*** "Flowers is dark and disturbing, bleak and ominous, spread over 22 tracks that fluctuate from sound collage and soundtrack-esque moments with more structure songwriting and flashes of the abrasive electropunk that has garnered well deserved comparisons to Chrome, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, and much of the early Wax Trax catalog."
HEALTH Get Color LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
MICHAEL HURLEY Parsnip Snips LP
*** "Culled from MICHAEL HURLEY’s unreleased output between his First Songs LP from 1964 and Armchair Boogie in 1972. All tracks feature just Michael and guitar. Absolutely beautiful folk music and, in the label’s opinion, one of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time."
LUCKY DRAGONS Open Power LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED On white vinyl, with poster. "Ecstatic magic music that completely transcends genres. Challenging stereotypes that electronic music is cold and sterile, Lucky Dragons' live show is a truly great celebration of the human spirit."
OOIOO Armonico Hewa LP+MP3 / CD
*** "Armonico Hewa is mind-melting tribal psychedelia, oddly spiritual and alarmingly urgent. OOIOO is an all-female outfit headed by Yoshimi, a founding member of Japanese experimental psych innovators Boredoms."
PONTIAK Sea Voids LP+MP3
*** "They spent many long nights, amps blazing into the summer darkness, drums echoing off the surrounding hills. They tuned the bass and the guitar down to B, cranked their amps and let the air open up." Limited to 1000!
SUFJAN STEVENS Seven Swans LP+7"
*** BACK IN STOCK! Plus 7".
THREE MILE PILOT Planets / Grey Clouds 7"
*** "An unusually upbeat and infectious slice of weird pop perfection plus a darker, sprawling gem recalling the band's earlier days."
JASON URICK Husbands LP+MP3
*** "Those well-versed in the Baltimore or experimental electronic music scenes might be familiar with his band WZT HEARTS. Husbands finds Urick at a crossroads where his ideas are becoming more fully realized, and while still experimental in nature, the songs are envisioned as an honest attempt at 'pop'. Ghosted, fragmented melodies, distorted tones and so forth."
*** "The first album from David Daniell (SAN AGUSTIN, RHYS CHATHAM) and Douglas McCombs (TORTOISE, BROKEBACK) is a delicate tapestry of spacious and ethereal guitar lines woven into abstract, slow-burning, richly faceted and thickly psychedelic passages."
FACTUMS Flowers LP
*** "Flowers is dark and disturbing, bleak and ominous, spread over 22 tracks that fluctuate from sound collage and soundtrack-esque moments with more structure songwriting and flashes of the abrasive electropunk that has garnered well deserved comparisons to Chrome, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, and much of the early Wax Trax catalog."
HEALTH Get Color LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
MICHAEL HURLEY Parsnip Snips LP
*** "Culled from MICHAEL HURLEY’s unreleased output between his First Songs LP from 1964 and Armchair Boogie in 1972. All tracks feature just Michael and guitar. Absolutely beautiful folk music and, in the label’s opinion, one of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time."
LUCKY DRAGONS Open Power LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED On white vinyl, with poster. "Ecstatic magic music that completely transcends genres. Challenging stereotypes that electronic music is cold and sterile, Lucky Dragons' live show is a truly great celebration of the human spirit."
OOIOO Armonico Hewa LP+MP3 / CD
*** "Armonico Hewa is mind-melting tribal psychedelia, oddly spiritual and alarmingly urgent. OOIOO is an all-female outfit headed by Yoshimi, a founding member of Japanese experimental psych innovators Boredoms."
PONTIAK Sea Voids LP+MP3
*** "They spent many long nights, amps blazing into the summer darkness, drums echoing off the surrounding hills. They tuned the bass and the guitar down to B, cranked their amps and let the air open up." Limited to 1000!
SUFJAN STEVENS Seven Swans LP+7"
*** BACK IN STOCK! Plus 7".
THREE MILE PILOT Planets / Grey Clouds 7"
*** "An unusually upbeat and infectious slice of weird pop perfection plus a darker, sprawling gem recalling the band's earlier days."
JASON URICK Husbands LP+MP3
*** "Those well-versed in the Baltimore or experimental electronic music scenes might be familiar with his band WZT HEARTS. Husbands finds Urick at a crossroads where his ideas are becoming more fully realized, and while still experimental in nature, the songs are envisioned as an honest attempt at 'pop'. Ghosted, fragmented melodies, distorted tones and so forth."
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Mulatu, Nirvana, OOIOO, Silk Flowers & more
ost YO GABBA GABBA! Music Is Awesome CD
*** "Hit songs from the hit show!" Feat. THE SHINS, BIZ MARKIE, CHROMEO, THE ROOTS, OF MONTREAL and more.\
MULATU ASTATKE New York - Addis - London CD
*** "Vibraphone & keyboard player, master arranger & bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. This is the definitive Mulatu career retrospective covering his landmark 60s and 70s recordings."
BARONESS Blue Record CD
*** "Blue Record is an instant classic: gossamer melodies and striking, earnest riffs that have become the band's signature -- the most poignant moment in the BARONESS canon to date."
DAVID DANIELL & DOUGLAS MCCOMBS Sycamore LP+MP3 / CD
*** "The first album from David Daniell (SAN AGUSTIN, RHYS CHATHAM) and Douglas McCombs (TORTOISE, BROKEBACK) is a delicate tapestry of spacious and ethereal guitar lines woven into abstract, slow-burning, richly faceted and thickly psychedelic passages."
EL PERRO DEL MAR Love Is Not Pop CD
*** "El Perro Del Mar's third album is darker and the soundscape mysteriously groovy, recorded with Rasmus Hagg, one-half of the Swedish duo STUDIO."
ELECTRIC SIX Kill CD
*** "Electric Six wants big loud guitars and fuzz basses intertwined with the occasional r&b jam. They can go back to the skull-crushing guitars and disco grooves, but they will be cooked in an avant-garde reduction sauce."
KINGS OF CONVENIENCE Declaration Of Dependence CD
*** "The most adult, most mature, most gripping, most revealing album by The Whitest Boy Alive and his pal!"
LYLE LOVETT Natural Forces CD
*** "Lyle's unwavering songwriting alongside amazing songs from such Texas writers as Eric Taylor, Don Sanders,Tommy Elskes, David Ball, Vince Bell, Robert Earl Keen, and the legendary Townes Van Zandt."
MAHER SHALAL HASH BAZ C'est La Derniere 2xCD
*** "Tori Kudo, conductor and band leader, fuses stray elements of pop, folk, jazz, and experimental music into pieces of candid musical gestures -- 177 of 'em on this release -- at turns serene, dissonant, enchanting, crisp, spacious, and maddeningly catchy."
MOLINA & JOHNSON Molina & Johnson CD
*** "Two kindred songwriters cross paths unexpectedly one winter, gather a few friends, and commit the moment to tape."
NIRVANA Bleach: Deluxe Edition CD
*** "20th Anniversary! Nirvana's debut album remastered from the original tapes plus a never-before-release complete live performance from 2/9/90 & a 52-page booklet featuring many unseen photos."
NIRVANA Live At Reading CD
*** "For the first time! Experience the legendary concert - 24 tracks recorded August 30, 1992."
OOIOO Armonico Hewa LP+MP3 / CD
*** "Armonico Hewa is mind-melting tribal psychedelia, oddly spiritual and alarmingly urgent. OOIOO is an all-female outfit headed by Yoshimi, a founding member of Japanese experimental psych innovators Boredoms."
ROYCE DA 5'9" Street Hop CD
*** "Royce returns with Street Hop, his full-length rescue mission to show MCs how it is supposed to be done, executive produced by DJ PREMIER."
RUSSIAN CIRCLES Geneva CD
*** "Geneva is a linear, ruthlessly gorgeous album. There's barely a breath between tracks, but there's a rhyme and reason to its every nuance; no tangent is allowed to branch off without careful analysis of where it may lead...."
SILK FLOWERS Silk Flowers CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Silk Flowers play a percolating grid of swelling, anthemic keyboards, analog-heaven tap echo, crackling, sometimes dub-like rhythms, and carefully counterbalanced vocals that sounds like it was pressed from a worn out cassette."
WEEZER Raditude CD
*** Perhaps you've heard of them!
WHITE DENIM Fits 2xCD
*** Somebody on Amazon said, "White Denim does us all a favor and brings back RAWK and roll music."
*** "Hit songs from the hit show!" Feat. THE SHINS, BIZ MARKIE, CHROMEO, THE ROOTS, OF MONTREAL and more.\
MULATU ASTATKE New York - Addis - London CD
*** "Vibraphone & keyboard player, master arranger & bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. This is the definitive Mulatu career retrospective covering his landmark 60s and 70s recordings."
BARONESS Blue Record CD
*** "Blue Record is an instant classic: gossamer melodies and striking, earnest riffs that have become the band's signature -- the most poignant moment in the BARONESS canon to date."
DAVID DANIELL & DOUGLAS MCCOMBS Sycamore LP+MP3 / CD
*** "The first album from David Daniell (SAN AGUSTIN, RHYS CHATHAM) and Douglas McCombs (TORTOISE, BROKEBACK) is a delicate tapestry of spacious and ethereal guitar lines woven into abstract, slow-burning, richly faceted and thickly psychedelic passages."
EL PERRO DEL MAR Love Is Not Pop CD
*** "El Perro Del Mar's third album is darker and the soundscape mysteriously groovy, recorded with Rasmus Hagg, one-half of the Swedish duo STUDIO."
ELECTRIC SIX Kill CD
*** "Electric Six wants big loud guitars and fuzz basses intertwined with the occasional r&b jam. They can go back to the skull-crushing guitars and disco grooves, but they will be cooked in an avant-garde reduction sauce."
KINGS OF CONVENIENCE Declaration Of Dependence CD
*** "The most adult, most mature, most gripping, most revealing album by The Whitest Boy Alive and his pal!"
LYLE LOVETT Natural Forces CD
*** "Lyle's unwavering songwriting alongside amazing songs from such Texas writers as Eric Taylor, Don Sanders,Tommy Elskes, David Ball, Vince Bell, Robert Earl Keen, and the legendary Townes Van Zandt."
MAHER SHALAL HASH BAZ C'est La Derniere 2xCD
*** "Tori Kudo, conductor and band leader, fuses stray elements of pop, folk, jazz, and experimental music into pieces of candid musical gestures -- 177 of 'em on this release -- at turns serene, dissonant, enchanting, crisp, spacious, and maddeningly catchy."
MOLINA & JOHNSON Molina & Johnson CD
*** "Two kindred songwriters cross paths unexpectedly one winter, gather a few friends, and commit the moment to tape."
NIRVANA Bleach: Deluxe Edition CD
*** "20th Anniversary! Nirvana's debut album remastered from the original tapes plus a never-before-release complete live performance from 2/9/90 & a 52-page booklet featuring many unseen photos."
NIRVANA Live At Reading CD
*** "For the first time! Experience the legendary concert - 24 tracks recorded August 30, 1992."
OOIOO Armonico Hewa LP+MP3 / CD
*** "Armonico Hewa is mind-melting tribal psychedelia, oddly spiritual and alarmingly urgent. OOIOO is an all-female outfit headed by Yoshimi, a founding member of Japanese experimental psych innovators Boredoms."
ROYCE DA 5'9" Street Hop CD
*** "Royce returns with Street Hop, his full-length rescue mission to show MCs how it is supposed to be done, executive produced by DJ PREMIER."
RUSSIAN CIRCLES Geneva CD
*** "Geneva is a linear, ruthlessly gorgeous album. There's barely a breath between tracks, but there's a rhyme and reason to its every nuance; no tangent is allowed to branch off without careful analysis of where it may lead...."
SILK FLOWERS Silk Flowers CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Silk Flowers play a percolating grid of swelling, anthemic keyboards, analog-heaven tap echo, crackling, sometimes dub-like rhythms, and carefully counterbalanced vocals that sounds like it was pressed from a worn out cassette."
WEEZER Raditude CD
*** Perhaps you've heard of them!
WHITE DENIM Fits 2xCD
*** Somebody on Amazon said, "White Denim does us all a favor and brings back RAWK and roll music."
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