NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Group Bombino, Eels, Gainsbourg & Birkin, Nigeria Specials, !!! and more

v/a BRAZILIAN GUITAR FUZZ BANANAS 2xLP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!

v/a HORSE MEAT DISCO 2xLP / 2xCD
*** "Following the label's acclaimed 'disco not disco' and 'disco italia' releases during 2008- 9, strut teams up with one of london's leading disco collectives, horse meat disco, for their debut comp.

v/a MESSAGE FROM THE TRIBE 2xLP+BOOK / CD+BOOK
*** BACK IN STOCK!

v/a NIGERIA AFROBEAT SPECIAL CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!

v/a NIGERIA ROCK SPECIAL CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!

v/a PSYCH-FUNK 101 CD
*** RECOMMENDED An incredible compilation of late 1960s/early '70s obscure international psychedelic funk with an emphasis on the psychedelic, Psych-Funk 101 is a dark & awesome combo of fried organs, heavy bass, crack drummers, and mind-bending guitar.

v/a R&B HIPSHAKERS Vol 1: Teach Me To Monkey CD
*** RECOMMENDED "A raucous and potentially life-changing comp of '60s R&B compiled by renowned DJ Mr. Fine Wine ("Downtown Soulville," WFMU) encompassing crazy dances, intense guitar instrumentals, inspired forays into mind-altering whimsy, timeless odes to male horniness, and hook-filled, honest-to-goodness love songs."

v/a WATCH HOW THE PEOPLE DANCING: Unity Sounds From The London Dancehall, 1986-1989 2xLP / CD
*** "Staggering, exhilarating Jamaican avant‐gardism, inspired by Jammy's Sleng Teng explosion made by soundmen on a Casio and a drum machine, and facing down techno, hip-hop, breakbeat and rave. A Jamaican secession from London mastered by Moritz von Oswald from Basic Channel." On HONEST JON'S.

!!! (CHK CHK CHK) Strange Weather, Isn't It? CD
*** "!!!'s brooding yet somehow poppiest, most immediate record yet, texturally rich and filled with deep, galvanizing grooves with a dark undercurrent running through the record that acts as a counterpoint to the glittering surfaces."

COTTON JONES Tall Hours In The Glowstream CD
*** "Tall Hours finds Cotton Jones reigning in the songs, for a more succinct pop feel. The resulting sounds are rich and charmingly lo-fi, full of vivid imagery and gorgeous vocal harmonies."

MATTHEW DEAR Black City LP+CD / CD
*** "Black City is Matthew Dear’s third album on Ghostly International, and it’s his darkest and most engrossing work to date."

EELS Tomorrow Morning CD
*** "A bright and reflective piece conflicted by using the cold sound of electronic melodies and an array of loops and drum machines yet still positive and uplifting." Okay!

FENN O'BERG In Stereo CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!

SERGE GAINSBOURG & JANE BIRKIN Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg CD
*** "Digitally remastered edition of this 1969 sexually exaggerated classic from French singer, songwriter and entertainer Serge Gainsbourg and his muse, British vocalist and actress Jane Birkin."

GROUP BOMBINO Guitars From Agadez (Music of Niger) Vol. 2 CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Group Bombino is the latest salvo from the revolutionary Agadez music scene. One half of the album is an unplugged selection of songs sung among the dunes, camels and stars of the Tenere desert. The last five tracks demonstrate the electric fury of the full band, a melding of heavy, psychedelic guitar heroics with a raw, garage sound, back beat percussion, all swirling in extended trance rock moves."

PRINS THOMAS Prins Thomas 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** RECOMMENDED BACK IN STOCK! "Seven sprawling, ever-evolving, head-nodding, navel-gazing, body-moving, kraut-rocky, mind-mushing tracks, perfectly assembled for an hour-long trip, almost all of it played by the man himself."