THE T.A.M.I. SHOW DVD
*** "Filmed just eight months after The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, The T.A.M.I. Show introduced rock n' soul youth culture to America in the first concert movie of the rock era. One of the rarest and most sought-after performance films from its time, the 1964 concert event featured future Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Rolling Stones, James Brown, Chuck Berry, The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Supremes and many other American and British Invasion hitmakers in their prime."
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl - White Stripes, Tropicalia jams, John Cale, Make-Up & more
v/a BRAZILIAN GUITAR FUZZ BANANAS 2xLP / CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Following the brilliant PSYCH FUNK 101, Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas is a master class for those entranced by the rarest & best funky, heavy psychedelic wonders of the Tropicalia psychedelia movement. You will recognize some of the labels contained here, but not the artists!"
v/a FREEDOM, RHYTHM & SOUND Vol. 1 2xLP
v/a FREEDOM, RHYTHM & SOUND Vol. 2 2xLP
*** Subtitled: Revolutionary Jazz & The Civil Rights Movement 1963-82.
THE BOOKS The Lemon Of Pink LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
JOHN CALE Paris 1919 LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! 180g. Fancy.
FUNKADELIC Funkadelic LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! 180g. Fancy.
MAKE UP Save Yourself LP
*** "Save Yourself is the psychedelic crown jewel for the ages. You can call it electric lapdance or gospedelic firestorm, this music is so for real, it just feels right. Right on."
MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE Raw Cuts 5 & 6 12"
*** "This is the long-awaited return of the Raw Cuts series, incl. the trademark MCDE 'hook' while the flip goes deep into late-night territory. Played and supported by Gilles Peterson, Simbad, Karizma, Alex From Tokyo, Jazzanova & many more."
PELT A Stone For Angus MacLise LP
*** "This session for harmonium, singing bowl, gong and esraj is one of the most ecstatic recordings in Pelt's vast oeuvre. Hints of Roscoe Holcomb's banjo & La Monte Young's well-tuned piano lurk deep in the two side-long slabs of aural bliss. Best heard behind a few bowls of your very best kif." Limited to 500.
PSYCHIC REALITY / LA VAMPIRES Split LP
*** "Definite off-the-grid mentalities prevail on this genre-dissolving split 12" between SF soul voyager Psychic Reality and So-Cal acid-jazz crate-digger LA Vampires. Inter-flowing songs of tone-float piano keys, bedroom drum machines, and white light amplifier vox. Trance-damaged and truth-seeking." Limited to 450.
TELEFON TEL AVIV Immolate Yourself 12"
*** "Second single from 'Immolate Yourself.' Remixes by THOMAS MULLER, MISS FITZ (aka Maayan Nidam), and BEN KLOCK."
WHITE STRIPES Under Great White Northern Lights LP
*** "The first-ever live album from White Stripes - 16 songs recorded at various stops on their Canadian tour PLUS a film by Emmett Malloy offers an insightful look into the very private and complex world that is White Stripes."
*** RECOMMENDED "Following the brilliant PSYCH FUNK 101, Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas is a master class for those entranced by the rarest & best funky, heavy psychedelic wonders of the Tropicalia psychedelia movement. You will recognize some of the labels contained here, but not the artists!"
v/a FREEDOM, RHYTHM & SOUND Vol. 1 2xLP
v/a FREEDOM, RHYTHM & SOUND Vol. 2 2xLP
*** Subtitled: Revolutionary Jazz & The Civil Rights Movement 1963-82.
THE BOOKS The Lemon Of Pink LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
JOHN CALE Paris 1919 LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! 180g. Fancy.
FUNKADELIC Funkadelic LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! 180g. Fancy.
MAKE UP Save Yourself LP
*** "Save Yourself is the psychedelic crown jewel for the ages. You can call it electric lapdance or gospedelic firestorm, this music is so for real, it just feels right. Right on."
MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE Raw Cuts 5 & 6 12"
*** "This is the long-awaited return of the Raw Cuts series, incl. the trademark MCDE 'hook' while the flip goes deep into late-night territory. Played and supported by Gilles Peterson, Simbad, Karizma, Alex From Tokyo, Jazzanova & many more."
PELT A Stone For Angus MacLise LP
*** "This session for harmonium, singing bowl, gong and esraj is one of the most ecstatic recordings in Pelt's vast oeuvre. Hints of Roscoe Holcomb's banjo & La Monte Young's well-tuned piano lurk deep in the two side-long slabs of aural bliss. Best heard behind a few bowls of your very best kif." Limited to 500.
PSYCHIC REALITY / LA VAMPIRES Split LP
*** "Definite off-the-grid mentalities prevail on this genre-dissolving split 12" between SF soul voyager Psychic Reality and So-Cal acid-jazz crate-digger LA Vampires. Inter-flowing songs of tone-float piano keys, bedroom drum machines, and white light amplifier vox. Trance-damaged and truth-seeking." Limited to 450.
TELEFON TEL AVIV Immolate Yourself 12"
*** "Second single from 'Immolate Yourself.' Remixes by THOMAS MULLER, MISS FITZ (aka Maayan Nidam), and BEN KLOCK."
WHITE STRIPES Under Great White Northern Lights LP
*** "The first-ever live album from White Stripes - 16 songs recorded at various stops on their Canadian tour PLUS a film by Emmett Malloy offers an insightful look into the very private and complex world that is White Stripes."
NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Bonnie 'Prince' Billie, White Stripes, She & Him, Autechre, Kleenex & more
v/a AFRO ROCK Vol. 1 CD
*** "A collection of rare & unreleased Afro-Beat quarried from across the continent. Includes music by Geraldo Pino, Steele Beauttah, K Frimpong, The Yahoos and Dackin Dakino."
v/a BRAZILIAN GUITAR FUZZ BANANAS 2xLP / CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Following the brilliant PSYCH FUNK 101, Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas is a master class for those entranced by the rarest & best funky, heavy psychedelic wonders of the Tropicalia psychedelia movement. You will recognize some of the labels contained here, but not the artists!"
v/a NIGERIA AFROBEAT SPECIAL: The New Explosive Sound In 1970s Nigeria 3xLP / CD
*** "Focusing on the big-band sound dominated by wailing saxophones, brass solos and relentless poly-rhythmic grooves, Nigeria Afrobeat Special delivers a no-nonsense collection of tracks that (bar one) have NEVER been re-issued outside of Nigeria."
v/a NIGERIA SPECIAL Vol. 2: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6 3xLP / CD
*** "The range of styles on Nigeria Special Volume 2 vary from highlife to Juju and Nigerian blues in the languages of Yoruba, Igbo, Bini and Ijaw. With a peppering of "Afro" experimentation, the same musical stew pervades volume 2 as its predecessor -- he emphasis continues to focus on the laid-back and mid-tempo feel found on volume 1."
AUTECHRE (Oversteps) CD
*** Autechre's latest work shows an oft-overlooked playfulness and a rarely mentioned musicality that comes to the fore, in what could be described as their most accessible work to date. Between the layers of cold digital pings and fuzzed out tones, there are true chord changes and warm soundscapes being built from the ground up.''
WILLIAM BASINSKI Vivian & Ondine CD
*** Yet another GORGEOUS, mesmerizing album from Basinski -- one long track culled from "a lunchbox of ancient tape-loops."
DAVID BEHRMAN Leapday Night CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Three pieces/suites, one involving Rhys Chatham & Ben Neill on trumpet & mutantrumpet, Fluxus mainstay Takeisha Kosugi (violin), and Behrman himself on electronics. Heavy period-synth float w/ bare accompaniment, thankfully just-pre DX-7." -- Hrvatski.
BESNARD LAKES The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night LP / CD
*** "Still helped by the Ghost of Beach Boys Past (more Dennis Wilson than Brian), The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night calls upon the influence of ELO and finer parts of the Alan Parsons Project, and more Peter Green Fleetwood Mac than Lindsay Buckingham. Dark bliss-out that folds the eerie guitar epics."
BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY & THE CAIRO GANG The Wonder Show Of The World CD
*** "This new album of songs is assembled with riffs and bits from EMMETT KELLY’s guitar and the lyricism of Bonnie’s heart. It’s a record made eye-to-eye in a room, close and careful, by and for a few men who wanted to be together, who wanted to make music that sounds as good to listen to as it did to make, and who in doing so forged something new in space, the wonder of you and of them." Feat. PHIL ELVERUM.
THE BUNDLES The Bundles LP / CD
*** "The Bundles is KIMYA DAWSON, JEFFREY LEWIS, JACK LEWIS, ANDREWS GRIFFEN, and KARL BLAU and their debut album is a delightful fusion of everything they have done on their own: tragic-comic folk narratives, friendly calls for bravery, and daffy multi-instrumentations. The result is an album that is able to be both snarky and tender, and vulnerable and confident at the same time."
CITAY Dream Get Together CD
*** "Many of the touchstones from Citay's previous work remain intact flourishes of Led Zeppelin, Eno/Fripp, Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, Popul Vuh and ELO can be heard throughout but a newfound swagger pushes Dream Get Together way over the top."
COCONUTS Coconuts CD
*** "Ugliness, despair, un-marketability: a sound rooted in inherent darkness, influenced by early-80's post-punk, no wave (fellow Australians The Birthday Party come to mind) and the bleakest of world-views. Homemade guitars + primitive drumming + killer harmonies."
DRIVE BY TRUCKERS The Big To-Do CD
*** New studio album!
DRUMMER Feel Good Together CD
*** A bunch of drummers got together (including the bespectacled skins-man of BLACK KEYS) and create a full-on champagne jam!
FENN O'BERG In Stereo CD
*** "After a 9-year hiatus, the legendary trio of Christian Fennesz, Jim O'Rourke and Peter Rehberg have returned with In Stereo, implementing a wider instrumental palette of analog and digital synthesis, guitar, piano, bass and percussion. A near-psychedelic audio blend, where it's impossible to determine who does what."
FOTHERINGAY Fotheringay CD
FOTHERINGAY Two CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!
FRIGHTENED RABBIT The Winter Of Mixed Drinks CD
*** "The Winter Of Mixed Drinks a collection of ambitious, moving, and gloriously accomplished songs more than meets this challenge."
GIGI Maintenant CD
*** "Capturing the spirit of the pop music that flooded the hit parade in the early 60's is a tall order, but Gigi's songs aren't content to be throwback-y pastiches or polka-dotted retro workouts but rather stand as attempts at working within a specific and incredibly rich tradition of pop music production."
GOLDFRAPP Head First CD
*** "Head First is Goldfrapp's most powerful trip to date, a speedy rush of synth optimism, euphoria, fantasy and romance. With life affirming lyrics and stellar production it lifts off at full tilt and takes us on a journey to the heart of 2010."
INFINITE BODY Carve Out The Face Of My God LP / CD
*** "INFINITE BODY casts aside harshness, transforming noise into a lush and bright planetary awakening. Drawing the harmony of the spheres into his brain and channeling it through his fingertips onto recorded medium INFINITE BODY causes sound to bloom where there once was only darkness!!!! Yes!"
jj jjn°3' LP / CD
*** "Destined to be the quintessential winter 2010 album -- a soft, red smear of blood on a field of fresh snow -- jj create R&B and balearic dub from the ghosts of lost lovers; pop as delicate as a fawn's nose across blades of frosted grass. It is the soundtrack for moontanned, apple-cheeked friends packed into the town square's tiniest tavern."
KLEENEX/LILIPUT Live Recordings, TV-Clips & Roadmovie CD+DVD
*** "This CD/DVD set is a testament to the live greatness of Kleenex/LiLiPut! Two full live sets (incl. unreleased songs), Roadmovie (the much rumored document of their '82 Euro tour), as well as live performances of the band on Swiss TV and a super-8 film created during Liliput tour, 1982."
JEAN-PIERRE MASSIERA Psychoses Discoïd (1976-1981) CD
*** "Jean-Pierre Massiera's career started with early '60s French beat groups spread through '70s disco into the '80s and beyond. Exclaim! mag said, 'Check out the low-brow vaudeville buffoonery, horror film kitsch, psychedelic organ vamps and high energy fuzz garage guitar all run back to back. Film noir soundtracks and bluesy jazz meet Zappa-esque rock absurdity and big band orchestrations around every corner.'"
BRAD MEHLDAU Highway Rider 2xCD
*** "A double-disc of original work by pianist and composer Brad Mehldau with producer Jon Brion, Mehldau's trio, and a chamber orchestra led by Dan Coleman. Mehldau also orchestrated and arranged the album's 15 pieces for the ensemble."
JOHN MUELLER Metals CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Percussionist Jon Mueller works with rhythms that come from gong frequencies, from vibrations of the bodies of bass drums, and the surprising sonorities that occur with the combination of these elements. Now he applies these techniques to Metals: a bold, all-percussion foray into heavy metal. No theatrical silliness here; just sheer exhilaration; the fundamental power of loud, organized, precise rhythms; ringing, heavy anti-melodies."
SHE & HIM Volume Two CD
*** "This time, the harmonies have grown more angelically layered, the string arrangements more dramatic, the songwriting even sharper and more confident. All songs (except 4 and 7) written by Zooey Deschanel. Produced by M. Ward."
SHOUT OUT LOUDS Work CD
*** "Stripped of the bells and whistles of previous efforts, the band does what they do best: writing and playing pop music that is 'nostalgic and angst-ridden, but ultimately life-affirming.'"
IVOR SLANEY Terror/Prey - The Original Unreleased Soundtrack Recording CD
*** "Compiled by Joel Martin of QUIET VILLAGE, these two scores include 35 unheard tracks full of shrill, nauseating swarms of minor-key, dark proto-synth wave, electronic hip-hop, dirty cabaret rock, wonky guitar stomp, cloying, murky piano and clarinet ballads, and some breakbeat-infused percussion-led groovers. Just as sinister and terrifying as the Dario Argento/Ennio Morricone soundtracks!"
WHITE STRIPES Under Great White Northern Lights CD
WHITE STRIPES Under Great White Northern Lights CD+DVD
*** "The first-ever live album from White Stripes - 16 songs recorded at various stops on their Canadian tour PLUS a film by Emmett Malloy offers an insightful look into the very private and complex world that is White Stripes."
*** "A collection of rare & unreleased Afro-Beat quarried from across the continent. Includes music by Geraldo Pino, Steele Beauttah, K Frimpong, The Yahoos and Dackin Dakino."
v/a BRAZILIAN GUITAR FUZZ BANANAS 2xLP / CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Following the brilliant PSYCH FUNK 101, Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas is a master class for those entranced by the rarest & best funky, heavy psychedelic wonders of the Tropicalia psychedelia movement. You will recognize some of the labels contained here, but not the artists!"
v/a NIGERIA AFROBEAT SPECIAL: The New Explosive Sound In 1970s Nigeria 3xLP / CD
*** "Focusing on the big-band sound dominated by wailing saxophones, brass solos and relentless poly-rhythmic grooves, Nigeria Afrobeat Special delivers a no-nonsense collection of tracks that (bar one) have NEVER been re-issued outside of Nigeria."
v/a NIGERIA SPECIAL Vol. 2: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6 3xLP / CD
*** "The range of styles on Nigeria Special Volume 2 vary from highlife to Juju and Nigerian blues in the languages of Yoruba, Igbo, Bini and Ijaw. With a peppering of "Afro" experimentation, the same musical stew pervades volume 2 as its predecessor -- he emphasis continues to focus on the laid-back and mid-tempo feel found on volume 1."
AUTECHRE (Oversteps) CD
*** Autechre's latest work shows an oft-overlooked playfulness and a rarely mentioned musicality that comes to the fore, in what could be described as their most accessible work to date. Between the layers of cold digital pings and fuzzed out tones, there are true chord changes and warm soundscapes being built from the ground up.''
WILLIAM BASINSKI Vivian & Ondine CD
*** Yet another GORGEOUS, mesmerizing album from Basinski -- one long track culled from "a lunchbox of ancient tape-loops."
DAVID BEHRMAN Leapday Night CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Three pieces/suites, one involving Rhys Chatham & Ben Neill on trumpet & mutantrumpet, Fluxus mainstay Takeisha Kosugi (violin), and Behrman himself on electronics. Heavy period-synth float w/ bare accompaniment, thankfully just-pre DX-7." -- Hrvatski.
BESNARD LAKES The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night LP / CD
*** "Still helped by the Ghost of Beach Boys Past (more Dennis Wilson than Brian), The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night calls upon the influence of ELO and finer parts of the Alan Parsons Project, and more Peter Green Fleetwood Mac than Lindsay Buckingham. Dark bliss-out that folds the eerie guitar epics."
BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY & THE CAIRO GANG The Wonder Show Of The World CD
*** "This new album of songs is assembled with riffs and bits from EMMETT KELLY’s guitar and the lyricism of Bonnie’s heart. It’s a record made eye-to-eye in a room, close and careful, by and for a few men who wanted to be together, who wanted to make music that sounds as good to listen to as it did to make, and who in doing so forged something new in space, the wonder of you and of them." Feat. PHIL ELVERUM.
THE BUNDLES The Bundles LP / CD
*** "The Bundles is KIMYA DAWSON, JEFFREY LEWIS, JACK LEWIS, ANDREWS GRIFFEN, and KARL BLAU and their debut album is a delightful fusion of everything they have done on their own: tragic-comic folk narratives, friendly calls for bravery, and daffy multi-instrumentations. The result is an album that is able to be both snarky and tender, and vulnerable and confident at the same time."
CITAY Dream Get Together CD
*** "Many of the touchstones from Citay's previous work remain intact flourishes of Led Zeppelin, Eno/Fripp, Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, Popul Vuh and ELO can be heard throughout but a newfound swagger pushes Dream Get Together way over the top."
COCONUTS Coconuts CD
*** "Ugliness, despair, un-marketability: a sound rooted in inherent darkness, influenced by early-80's post-punk, no wave (fellow Australians The Birthday Party come to mind) and the bleakest of world-views. Homemade guitars + primitive drumming + killer harmonies."
DRIVE BY TRUCKERS The Big To-Do CD
*** New studio album!
DRUMMER Feel Good Together CD
*** A bunch of drummers got together (including the bespectacled skins-man of BLACK KEYS) and create a full-on champagne jam!
FENN O'BERG In Stereo CD
*** "After a 9-year hiatus, the legendary trio of Christian Fennesz, Jim O'Rourke and Peter Rehberg have returned with In Stereo, implementing a wider instrumental palette of analog and digital synthesis, guitar, piano, bass and percussion. A near-psychedelic audio blend, where it's impossible to determine who does what."
FOTHERINGAY Fotheringay CD
FOTHERINGAY Two CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!
FRIGHTENED RABBIT The Winter Of Mixed Drinks CD
*** "The Winter Of Mixed Drinks a collection of ambitious, moving, and gloriously accomplished songs more than meets this challenge."
GIGI Maintenant CD
*** "Capturing the spirit of the pop music that flooded the hit parade in the early 60's is a tall order, but Gigi's songs aren't content to be throwback-y pastiches or polka-dotted retro workouts but rather stand as attempts at working within a specific and incredibly rich tradition of pop music production."
GOLDFRAPP Head First CD
*** "Head First is Goldfrapp's most powerful trip to date, a speedy rush of synth optimism, euphoria, fantasy and romance. With life affirming lyrics and stellar production it lifts off at full tilt and takes us on a journey to the heart of 2010."
INFINITE BODY Carve Out The Face Of My God LP / CD
*** "INFINITE BODY casts aside harshness, transforming noise into a lush and bright planetary awakening. Drawing the harmony of the spheres into his brain and channeling it through his fingertips onto recorded medium INFINITE BODY causes sound to bloom where there once was only darkness!!!! Yes!"
jj jjn°3' LP / CD
*** "Destined to be the quintessential winter 2010 album -- a soft, red smear of blood on a field of fresh snow -- jj create R&B and balearic dub from the ghosts of lost lovers; pop as delicate as a fawn's nose across blades of frosted grass. It is the soundtrack for moontanned, apple-cheeked friends packed into the town square's tiniest tavern."
KLEENEX/LILIPUT Live Recordings, TV-Clips & Roadmovie CD+DVD
*** "This CD/DVD set is a testament to the live greatness of Kleenex/LiLiPut! Two full live sets (incl. unreleased songs), Roadmovie (the much rumored document of their '82 Euro tour), as well as live performances of the band on Swiss TV and a super-8 film created during Liliput tour, 1982."
JEAN-PIERRE MASSIERA Psychoses Discoïd (1976-1981) CD
*** "Jean-Pierre Massiera's career started with early '60s French beat groups spread through '70s disco into the '80s and beyond. Exclaim! mag said, 'Check out the low-brow vaudeville buffoonery, horror film kitsch, psychedelic organ vamps and high energy fuzz garage guitar all run back to back. Film noir soundtracks and bluesy jazz meet Zappa-esque rock absurdity and big band orchestrations around every corner.'"
BRAD MEHLDAU Highway Rider 2xCD
*** "A double-disc of original work by pianist and composer Brad Mehldau with producer Jon Brion, Mehldau's trio, and a chamber orchestra led by Dan Coleman. Mehldau also orchestrated and arranged the album's 15 pieces for the ensemble."
JOHN MUELLER Metals CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Percussionist Jon Mueller works with rhythms that come from gong frequencies, from vibrations of the bodies of bass drums, and the surprising sonorities that occur with the combination of these elements. Now he applies these techniques to Metals: a bold, all-percussion foray into heavy metal. No theatrical silliness here; just sheer exhilaration; the fundamental power of loud, organized, precise rhythms; ringing, heavy anti-melodies."
SHE & HIM Volume Two CD
*** "This time, the harmonies have grown more angelically layered, the string arrangements more dramatic, the songwriting even sharper and more confident. All songs (except 4 and 7) written by Zooey Deschanel. Produced by M. Ward."
SHOUT OUT LOUDS Work CD
*** "Stripped of the bells and whistles of previous efforts, the band does what they do best: writing and playing pop music that is 'nostalgic and angst-ridden, but ultimately life-affirming.'"
IVOR SLANEY Terror/Prey - The Original Unreleased Soundtrack Recording CD
*** "Compiled by Joel Martin of QUIET VILLAGE, these two scores include 35 unheard tracks full of shrill, nauseating swarms of minor-key, dark proto-synth wave, electronic hip-hop, dirty cabaret rock, wonky guitar stomp, cloying, murky piano and clarinet ballads, and some breakbeat-infused percussion-led groovers. Just as sinister and terrifying as the Dario Argento/Ennio Morricone soundtracks!"
WHITE STRIPES Under Great White Northern Lights CD
WHITE STRIPES Under Great White Northern Lights CD+DVD
*** "The first-ever live album from White Stripes - 16 songs recorded at various stops on their Canadian tour PLUS a film by Emmett Malloy offers an insightful look into the very private and complex world that is White Stripes."
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
EVENTS - Magic City Soul Club + DARK MATTER
MAGIC CITY SOUL CLUB - Thursday, March 11 @ CLIFF BELL'S
*** Brad Hales & Robert Wells put on the best soul party in Detroit at the devastatingly handsome Cliff Bell's this Thursday night! $2 PBRs, kitchen open late, magnificent disco ball. Join us, won't you?
Cliff Bell's / 2030 Park Avenue, Detroit / 9PM / $5
DARK MATTER - Friday, March 12 @ ELKS LODGE
*** Forest Juziuk, Geoff Perrin (Strictly Modern), and Master Robert Wells (Ann Arbor Soul Club) select some choice rekkids in the int'l psych stomps, garage screams, soul struts, r&b bounce, latin steppers and "the funk" vein. Guaranteed to be a good time so sleep not!
More info (facebook event): http://bit.ly/b6NbVi
Elks Lodge / 220 W. Sunset, A2 / 10PM / $5
*** Brad Hales & Robert Wells put on the best soul party in Detroit at the devastatingly handsome Cliff Bell's this Thursday night! $2 PBRs, kitchen open late, magnificent disco ball. Join us, won't you?
Cliff Bell's / 2030 Park Avenue, Detroit / 9PM / $5
DARK MATTER - Friday, March 12 @ ELKS LODGE
*** Forest Juziuk, Geoff Perrin (Strictly Modern), and Master Robert Wells (Ann Arbor Soul Club) select some choice rekkids in the int'l psych stomps, garage screams, soul struts, r&b bounce, latin steppers and "the funk" vein. Guaranteed to be a good time so sleep not!
More info (facebook event): http://bit.ly/b6NbVi
Elks Lodge / 220 W. Sunset, A2 / 10PM / $5
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl - EVERYTHING by Pavement, Jimi Hendrix, Fucked Up & more!
BROKEN BELLS Broken Bells LP / CD
*** "Broken Bells is, James Mercer (THE SHINS) and DANGER MOUSE. Produced by Danger Mouse, the pair play all the instruments on the album."
ELIZABETH FRASER Moses 12"
*** "Limited edition UK 12" of this mysterious single from the former vocalist for Cocteau Twins. Swirling, archaic sounding choral samples amid dub rhythms and Eastern European accordion melodies."
FUCKED UP Couple Tracks 7"
*** Bonus single! Pick up the album, y'all!
FUCKED UP Couple Tracks 2xLP+MP3 / 2xCD
*** "25 songs from Fucked Up's many, many hard-to-find, uncollected 7"s and 12"s. All songs on full-length CD and LP for the first time! Also includes 5 totally unreleased tracks."
GIRLS Laura 7"
*** NEW!
JIMI HENDRIX Are You Experienced? LP
JIMI HENDRIX Axis: Bold As Love LP
JIMI HENDRIX Electric Ladyland 2xLP
JIMI HENDRIX Valleys Of Neptune LP
*** Yow! Remastered & all that jazz on fancypants vinyl. This stuff is going fast!
TED LEO The Brutalist Bricks LP+MP3 / CD
*** "TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS' fourth album is extraordinarily assured & wide ranging, exploring new ground for Ted, showcasing his singer-song writer side while remaining emotionally and energetically true to his punk roots."
PANTHA DU PRINCE Black Noise 2xLP
*** "Pantha Du Prince fuses house, techno, shoegazy electronica and psychedelic electro-acoustic soundscapes into music that is at once both beautiful and bewitching."
PAVEMENT Watery Domestic 12"
PAVEMENT Slanted & Enchanted LP+MP3
PAVEMENT Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain LP+MP3
PAVEMENT Wowee Zowee 1.5xLP+MP3
PAVEMENT Brighten The Corners LP+MP3
PAVEMENT Terror Twilight LP+MP3
PAVEMENT Quarantine The Past 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** Holy vinyl reissue! 120g vinyl PLUS mp3s. Sleep not, friends.
TYVEK Summer Burns 2x7"
*** BACK IN STOCK! Jams for days!
*** "Broken Bells is, James Mercer (THE SHINS) and DANGER MOUSE. Produced by Danger Mouse, the pair play all the instruments on the album."
ELIZABETH FRASER Moses 12"
*** "Limited edition UK 12" of this mysterious single from the former vocalist for Cocteau Twins. Swirling, archaic sounding choral samples amid dub rhythms and Eastern European accordion melodies."
FUCKED UP Couple Tracks 7"
*** Bonus single! Pick up the album, y'all!
FUCKED UP Couple Tracks 2xLP+MP3 / 2xCD
*** "25 songs from Fucked Up's many, many hard-to-find, uncollected 7"s and 12"s. All songs on full-length CD and LP for the first time! Also includes 5 totally unreleased tracks."
GIRLS Laura 7"
*** NEW!
JIMI HENDRIX Are You Experienced? LP
JIMI HENDRIX Axis: Bold As Love LP
JIMI HENDRIX Electric Ladyland 2xLP
JIMI HENDRIX Valleys Of Neptune LP
*** Yow! Remastered & all that jazz on fancypants vinyl. This stuff is going fast!
TED LEO The Brutalist Bricks LP+MP3 / CD
*** "TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS' fourth album is extraordinarily assured & wide ranging, exploring new ground for Ted, showcasing his singer-song writer side while remaining emotionally and energetically true to his punk roots."
PANTHA DU PRINCE Black Noise 2xLP
*** "Pantha Du Prince fuses house, techno, shoegazy electronica and psychedelic electro-acoustic soundscapes into music that is at once both beautiful and bewitching."
PAVEMENT Watery Domestic 12"
PAVEMENT Slanted & Enchanted LP+MP3
PAVEMENT Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain LP+MP3
PAVEMENT Wowee Zowee 1.5xLP+MP3
PAVEMENT Brighten The Corners LP+MP3
PAVEMENT Terror Twilight LP+MP3
PAVEMENT Quarantine The Past 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** Holy vinyl reissue! 120g vinyl PLUS mp3s. Sleep not, friends.
TYVEK Summer Burns 2x7"
*** BACK IN STOCK! Jams for days!
NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Pavement, Ted Leo, The Knife, Jimi, Gorillaz
v/a WESTBOUND DETROIT NORTHERN SOUL CD
*** "The late 60s, early 70s Northern soul side of the legendary Detroit indie label has been largely overlooked due to the funky nature of the successful acts like Ohio Players and Funkadelic. This comp rectifies! Feat. 'Maybe So, Maybe No' by the New Holidays!"
BRMC Beat The Devil's Tattoo CD
*** "Written & recorded in the same room where they wrote & recorded 'Howl.'" That should give you an idea of the album.
BROKEN BELLS Broken Bells LP / CD
*** "Broken Bells is, James Mercer (THE SHINS) and DANGER MOUSE. Produced by Danger Mouse, the pair play all the instruments on the album."
THE CHIEFTAINS San Patricio CD
*** "The musical souls of two nations, Ireland and Mexico, are movingly brought to life in San Patricio. The album features multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Ry Cooder."
JASON COLLETT Rat A Tat Tat CD
*** "Rat A Tat Tat is a remarkable and honest example of a storyteller documenting and soundtracking his experiences and surroundings with distinct and precise ability." Collett is also in BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE.
DAUGHTERS Daughters CD
*** "Daughters comes through with an untouchable new record absolutely snuffing out your now-so-surly being. You can't stop turning it up!" Alright!
FUCKED UP Couple Tracks 2xLP+MP3 / 2xCD
*** "25 songs from Fucked Up's many, many hard-to-find, uncollected 7"s and 12"s. All songs on full-length CD and LP for the first time! Also includes 5 totally unreleased tracks."
GORILLAZ Plastic Beach CD
*** "Five years on from the release of Demon Days, Murdoc Niccals and co. return with Plastic Beach, the furthest point from any landmass on Earth; the most deserted spot on the planet."
JIMI HENDRIX Axis: Bold As Love CD+DVD
JIMI HENDRIX Electric Ladyland CD+DVD
*** REISSUED! Remastered and all that too. Includes DVD 'making of' documentaries.
THE KNIFE + MT. SIMS + PLANNINGTOROCK Tomorrow, In A Year 2xCD
*** "These 90 minutes of opera by The Knife and their collaborators Mt.Sims and Planningtorock are sparked by the pioneer of natural selection Charles Darwin and his revolutionary evolutionary findings and writings in his book On The Origin of The Species." Crazy!
TED LEO The Brutalist Bricks LP+MP3 / CD
*** "TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS' fourth album is extraordinarily assured & wide ranging, exploring new ground for Ted, showcasing his singer-song writer side while remaining emotionally and energetically true to his punk roots."
LIARS Sisterworld CD
LIARS Sisterworld 2xCD
*** "Liars take inspiration from fringe characters lured to LA and the resulting subcultures and alternate spaces that they generate. Sisterworld is Liars own space, completely devoid of influence, somewhere remote from the false promises and discarded dreams amassed in LA to deal with loss of self to society."
HOLLY MIRANDA The Magician's Private Library CD
*** "Dreamy 10-track album was produced by Dave Sitek with Kyp Malone and Jaleel Bunton (all of TV ON THE RADIO), Eric Biondo and Stuart Bogie (ANTIBALAS), and Holly's long-time violinist, Marques Toliver."
PAVEMENT Quarantine The Past 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** "This remastered mid-priced, 23-track Greatest Hits collection, chosen by the band, ranges from 'Cut Your Hair' to nearly all their singles, some underrated album tracks, 3 choice pre-Matador cuts & more."
SHEARWATER The Golden Archipelago CD+BOOK
*** "Another album of mindblowingly beautiful, dense and ambitious excursions about man's impact on the natural world. This is an 'ALBUM album' packaged with a 50-page perfect-bound book of dossier of records, photos, regulations, and images on islands, displaced peoples, immigration records and more."
TITUS ANDRONICUS The Monitor CD
*** "Sort of a concept album about the Civil War feat. members of Ponytail, Wye Oak, Vivian Girls, and the Hold Steady. "
*** "The late 60s, early 70s Northern soul side of the legendary Detroit indie label has been largely overlooked due to the funky nature of the successful acts like Ohio Players and Funkadelic. This comp rectifies! Feat. 'Maybe So, Maybe No' by the New Holidays!"
BRMC Beat The Devil's Tattoo CD
*** "Written & recorded in the same room where they wrote & recorded 'Howl.'" That should give you an idea of the album.
BROKEN BELLS Broken Bells LP / CD
*** "Broken Bells is, James Mercer (THE SHINS) and DANGER MOUSE. Produced by Danger Mouse, the pair play all the instruments on the album."
THE CHIEFTAINS San Patricio CD
*** "The musical souls of two nations, Ireland and Mexico, are movingly brought to life in San Patricio. The album features multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Ry Cooder."
JASON COLLETT Rat A Tat Tat CD
*** "Rat A Tat Tat is a remarkable and honest example of a storyteller documenting and soundtracking his experiences and surroundings with distinct and precise ability." Collett is also in BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE.
DAUGHTERS Daughters CD
*** "Daughters comes through with an untouchable new record absolutely snuffing out your now-so-surly being. You can't stop turning it up!" Alright!
FUCKED UP Couple Tracks 2xLP+MP3 / 2xCD
*** "25 songs from Fucked Up's many, many hard-to-find, uncollected 7"s and 12"s. All songs on full-length CD and LP for the first time! Also includes 5 totally unreleased tracks."
GORILLAZ Plastic Beach CD
*** "Five years on from the release of Demon Days, Murdoc Niccals and co. return with Plastic Beach, the furthest point from any landmass on Earth; the most deserted spot on the planet."
JIMI HENDRIX Axis: Bold As Love CD+DVD
JIMI HENDRIX Electric Ladyland CD+DVD
*** REISSUED! Remastered and all that too. Includes DVD 'making of' documentaries.
THE KNIFE + MT. SIMS + PLANNINGTOROCK Tomorrow, In A Year 2xCD
*** "These 90 minutes of opera by The Knife and their collaborators Mt.Sims and Planningtorock are sparked by the pioneer of natural selection Charles Darwin and his revolutionary evolutionary findings and writings in his book On The Origin of The Species." Crazy!
TED LEO The Brutalist Bricks LP+MP3 / CD
*** "TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS' fourth album is extraordinarily assured & wide ranging, exploring new ground for Ted, showcasing his singer-song writer side while remaining emotionally and energetically true to his punk roots."
LIARS Sisterworld CD
LIARS Sisterworld 2xCD
*** "Liars take inspiration from fringe characters lured to LA and the resulting subcultures and alternate spaces that they generate. Sisterworld is Liars own space, completely devoid of influence, somewhere remote from the false promises and discarded dreams amassed in LA to deal with loss of self to society."
HOLLY MIRANDA The Magician's Private Library CD
*** "Dreamy 10-track album was produced by Dave Sitek with Kyp Malone and Jaleel Bunton (all of TV ON THE RADIO), Eric Biondo and Stuart Bogie (ANTIBALAS), and Holly's long-time violinist, Marques Toliver."
PAVEMENT Quarantine The Past 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** "This remastered mid-priced, 23-track Greatest Hits collection, chosen by the band, ranges from 'Cut Your Hair' to nearly all their singles, some underrated album tracks, 3 choice pre-Matador cuts & more."
SHEARWATER The Golden Archipelago CD+BOOK
*** "Another album of mindblowingly beautiful, dense and ambitious excursions about man's impact on the natural world. This is an 'ALBUM album' packaged with a 50-page perfect-bound book of dossier of records, photos, regulations, and images on islands, displaced peoples, immigration records and more."
TITUS ANDRONICUS The Monitor CD
*** "Sort of a concept album about the Civil War feat. members of Ponytail, Wye Oak, Vivian Girls, and the Hold Steady. "
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl - Joanna Newsom, Ween, Cambodian rock, Vashti, Mayer Hawthorne & more
v/a DENGUE FEVER Presents Electric Cambodia LP+MP3 / CD
*** RECOMMENDED! NOW ON VINYL! "1960s and '70s independent Cambodia was a period of artistic renaissance brought to a sudden end when the Khmer Rouge took control in 1975. Sadly, while many of the recordings of modern Cambodian rock and roll survived, most of the artists who created it did not. DENGUE FEVER has compiled their favorite Cambodian rock and roll from many different cassette tapes."
BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY Stay 7"
*** "On this, his twenty-somethingth single, BONNIE PRINCE BILLY does SUSANNA WALLUMROD for the second time in the last two years, recorded during the Beware recording sessions."
VASHTI BUNYAN Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
MAYER HAWTHORNE A Strange Arrangement Instrumentals 2xLP
*** Instrumental version of the popular album.
MOON DUO Moon Duo LP / CD
*** "S.F. duo Sanae Yamada and Erik Johnson (WOODEN SHJIPS) create a primordial and disorienting sonic stew inspired by John Coltrane and Rashied Ali, Silver Apples, Royal Trux, Moolah, Suicide, and Cluster. Eerie!"
JOANNA NEWSOM Have One On Me 3xLP / 3xCD
*** NOW ON VINYL! And it's in a BIG, fancy box.
WILL OLDHAM Joya LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
QUASI American Gong LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! Best reviews of their career. Featuring two (2) JICKS!!
REAL ESTATE Real Estate LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
KURT VILE Constant Hitmaker LP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! A slightly older release by one of our current favorites.
WEEN 12 Country Golden Greats LP
WEEN The Mollusk LP
WEEN White Pepper LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! Call off the eBay search -- reissued on fancy heavyweight vinyl. I hear The Pod is next.
ZOMBIES Odessey & Oracle LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Believe it, y'all!
*** RECOMMENDED! NOW ON VINYL! "1960s and '70s independent Cambodia was a period of artistic renaissance brought to a sudden end when the Khmer Rouge took control in 1975. Sadly, while many of the recordings of modern Cambodian rock and roll survived, most of the artists who created it did not. DENGUE FEVER has compiled their favorite Cambodian rock and roll from many different cassette tapes."
BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY Stay 7"
*** "On this, his twenty-somethingth single, BONNIE PRINCE BILLY does SUSANNA WALLUMROD for the second time in the last two years, recorded during the Beware recording sessions."
VASHTI BUNYAN Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
MAYER HAWTHORNE A Strange Arrangement Instrumentals 2xLP
*** Instrumental version of the popular album.
MOON DUO Moon Duo LP / CD
*** "S.F. duo Sanae Yamada and Erik Johnson (WOODEN SHJIPS) create a primordial and disorienting sonic stew inspired by John Coltrane and Rashied Ali, Silver Apples, Royal Trux, Moolah, Suicide, and Cluster. Eerie!"
JOANNA NEWSOM Have One On Me 3xLP / 3xCD
*** NOW ON VINYL! And it's in a BIG, fancy box.
WILL OLDHAM Joya LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
QUASI American Gong LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! Best reviews of their career. Featuring two (2) JICKS!!
REAL ESTATE Real Estate LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
KURT VILE Constant Hitmaker LP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! A slightly older release by one of our current favorites.
WEEN 12 Country Golden Greats LP
WEEN The Mollusk LP
WEEN White Pepper LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! Call off the eBay search -- reissued on fancy heavyweight vinyl. I hear The Pod is next.
ZOMBIES Odessey & Oracle LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Believe it, y'all!
NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Madlib x's 2, Ruby Suns, Rogue Wave, Sun rockabilly, Freeway & more
v/a SUN ROCKABILLY MELTDOWN 3xCD
*** "3xCD box set that contains 107 of the finest Rockabilly sides ever recorded culled from the hallowed vaults of Sun Records. Anyone who has thrilled to the sounds of Elvis Presley's Sun Sessions is guaranteed to enjoy these recordings."
FREEWAY & JAKE ONE The Stimulus Package CD
*** "Produced entirely by veteran G-Unit producer Jake One, The Stimulus Package showcases some of 'your favorite rapper's favorite rapper' Freeway's most dynamic and engaging work to date."
PETER GABRIEL Scratch My Back CD
PETER GABRIEL Scratch My Back 2xCD
*** "The first part of a series of song exchanges in which Gabriel and other leading artists reinterpret each other's songs." Feat. members of DURUTTI COLUMN, BOB EZRIN, and TCHAD BLAKE.
THE HOLMES BROTHERS Feed My Soul CD
*** "Glorious, rooty R&B, gospel, blues and country. Full of soul & surprises."
MADLIB Medicine Show No. 2: Flight To Brazil CD
*** Part two in a super-long series of mindbending Madlib mindbenders! Sleep not or forever feel lame!
MADLIB The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble: Miles Away CD
*** "Miles Away is a jazz fusion album, produced & arranged by Madlib, which has been tweaked and revised for over two years when it was first announced." More info & art: http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2010/01/the-last-electro-acoustic-space-jazz-miles-away
BOB MARLEY Exodus CD
*** Anniversary edition! Contains no "bogus tracks."
MOON DUO Escape LP / CD
*** "S.F. duo Sanae Yamada and Erik Johnson (WOODEN SHJIPS) create a primordial and disorienting sonic stew inspired by John Coltrane and Rashied Ali, Silver Apples, Royal Trux, Moolah, Suicide, and Cluster. Eerie!"
THE PLIMSOULS Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal CD
*** October 31,1981 Whisky A Go Go
ROGUE WAVE Permalight CD
*** "A punchy, deceptively effervescent set of classic, inward-looking Pop tunes highlighted with psychedelic guitars, synths, pastoral sound effects and intricate rhythms."
THE RUBY SUNS Fight Softly CD
*** "Not as wide-eyed or lighthearted as its predecessor, Ruby Suns new album remains beat-centric with scuzzy, digital melodies. McPhun's soulful upper-register croon, swallowed into the mix, replaces group chants and full-throated singalongs."
STARS OF THE LID Music For Nitrous Oxide CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! First album (+ bonus jams, I think).
KURT VILE Constant Hitmaker LP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! A slightly older release by one of our current favorites.
*** "3xCD box set that contains 107 of the finest Rockabilly sides ever recorded culled from the hallowed vaults of Sun Records. Anyone who has thrilled to the sounds of Elvis Presley's Sun Sessions is guaranteed to enjoy these recordings."
FREEWAY & JAKE ONE The Stimulus Package CD
*** "Produced entirely by veteran G-Unit producer Jake One, The Stimulus Package showcases some of 'your favorite rapper's favorite rapper' Freeway's most dynamic and engaging work to date."
PETER GABRIEL Scratch My Back CD
PETER GABRIEL Scratch My Back 2xCD
*** "The first part of a series of song exchanges in which Gabriel and other leading artists reinterpret each other's songs." Feat. members of DURUTTI COLUMN, BOB EZRIN, and TCHAD BLAKE.
THE HOLMES BROTHERS Feed My Soul CD
*** "Glorious, rooty R&B, gospel, blues and country. Full of soul & surprises."
MADLIB Medicine Show No. 2: Flight To Brazil CD
*** Part two in a super-long series of mindbending Madlib mindbenders! Sleep not or forever feel lame!
MADLIB The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble: Miles Away CD
*** "Miles Away is a jazz fusion album, produced & arranged by Madlib, which has been tweaked and revised for over two years when it was first announced." More info & art: http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2010/01/the-last-electro-acoustic-space-jazz-miles-away
BOB MARLEY Exodus CD
*** Anniversary edition! Contains no "bogus tracks."
MOON DUO Escape LP / CD
*** "S.F. duo Sanae Yamada and Erik Johnson (WOODEN SHJIPS) create a primordial and disorienting sonic stew inspired by John Coltrane and Rashied Ali, Silver Apples, Royal Trux, Moolah, Suicide, and Cluster. Eerie!"
THE PLIMSOULS Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal CD
*** October 31,1981 Whisky A Go Go
ROGUE WAVE Permalight CD
*** "A punchy, deceptively effervescent set of classic, inward-looking Pop tunes highlighted with psychedelic guitars, synths, pastoral sound effects and intricate rhythms."
THE RUBY SUNS Fight Softly CD
*** "Not as wide-eyed or lighthearted as its predecessor, Ruby Suns new album remains beat-centric with scuzzy, digital melodies. McPhun's soulful upper-register croon, swallowed into the mix, replaces group chants and full-throated singalongs."
STARS OF THE LID Music For Nitrous Oxide CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! First album (+ bonus jams, I think).
KURT VILE Constant Hitmaker LP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! A slightly older release by one of our current favorites.
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