New @ Wazoo - 12/20
Josh ritter - 2CD+DVD Live
Roy Harper- 2CD Retrospective
Throbbing Gristle- 2CD reissues
of all Titles
Fennesz+Sakamoto - "Flumina" 2CD
"Psychomania" -Cult Biker Sondtrack CD

NOW ON VINYL
Justice - 2LP + CD
Captain Beefheart-
"Doc At The radar Station"
& "Ice Cream For Crow"
Boddie Records- 5LP Set- Numero Group
Brazilian Nuggets Vol. 2
Gun Club - "Fire Of Love"

New @ Wazoo - 12/13

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Stage Whisper - 2CD Studio/Live
"We Bought A Zoo" - OST CD (Jonsi)
Smashing Pumpkins - Vinyl Reissues

We Have Plenty of CHRISTMAS
LPs, CDs, DVDs, Cassettes & VHS

We will have special Hours Of Business
during the holidays. They Are:
Sun. Dec.18th thru Fri. Dec 23rd - Noon to 6pm
Sat. Dec. 24th - 10am - 3pm
Christmas Day - CLOSED
Mon. Dec. 26th thru Fri. Dec. 30th - Noon to 6pm
Sat. Dec 31st - 10am - 6pm
New Year's Day - CLOSED
Mon. Jan. 2nd - CLOSED

New @ Wazoo - 12/06

Black Keys - "El Camino" - CD (LP Soon)
Amy Winehouse - "Lioness" CD
Roots - "Undun" - CD
Crystal Stilts - "Radiant Door" LP or CD

NOW ON VINYL
Brian Eno - "Small Craft On A Milk Sea"
Kate Bush - "50 Words For Snow"
Tallest Man On Earth - "Shallow Grave"

Added Value

"Bon Iver" CD & LP Now Available With Free DVD/Video Accompaniment for each song (While Supplies Last)

Wazoo "BOGO" Deal: Buy any CD For $5 & Up and choose a FREE CD from our large selection of Promos -- No Limit -- While supplies Last

Gift Certificates available

New @ Wazoo - 11/22

Kate Bush - "50 Words For Snow" CD
Thee Oh Sees - "Carrion Crawler" CD
Betty Wright & The roots - "The Movie" CD
Death Cab For Cutie - Remix CD EP
Childish Gambino - "Camp" CD

Reissues

Rolling Stones - "Some Girls" - DLX 2CD
The Who - "Quadrophenia" - 2CD DLX Edition
Olivia Tremor Control - "Black Foliage" - 2CD

Listen up! Here's what we will have on offer for Record Store Day - BLACK FRIDAY
ALL vinyl except where noted on sale @ 12PM , 11/25
for details Go To:
http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases

Beatles
4 x 7" Box Set

Pink Floyd
The Wall--Singles Box Set

Lennon, John
Imagine--40th Anniversary Box Set

Barrett, Syd
Mick Rock: Syd Barrett, The Photography of Mick Rock BOX SET in tin

Fear
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" 7"

Dylan, Bob
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? BOX SET 7"

Nirvana
Nevermind--The Singles 10" box

Soundgarden
Live on I-5--Before The Doors Soundcheck EP

Townshend,Pete
The Quadrophenia Demos Volume 1

Iron & Wine
Morning Becomes Eclectic

Black Keys
"Lonely Boy"

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blood Suger Sex Magik - RED VINYL

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Kiss My Amps Live

Doors, The
LA Woman singles box set

Wilco
Speak Into The Rose

Phish
Party Time

Phish
The White Tape

Cale, John
EP: Extra Playful CD

Boris
"New Album" - CD

Sharon Jones & DKs
Soul Time! CD & LP

Beach Fossils
Beach Fossils

Cornell, Chris
Songbook

Dr. Dog
"Warrior Man" 7"

PLEASE NOTE - Our hours for the Thanksgiving week have changed:
Wazoo Holiday Week Hours
Mon-Tues-Weds: Noon-6PM
Thurs: Closed
Friday: Noon-6PM
Sat: 10AM-6PM
Sun: Noon-6PM

New @ Wazoo - 11/15

Sigur Ros - "Inni" - 2CD+DVD or 3LP+DVD
Drake - "Take Care" CD
Betty Wright & The ROOTS - "The Movie" - CD
Kurt Vile - "Smokerings" DLX 2CD or "Outta Reach" Vinyl EP
Mikal Cronin (Oh Sees) - CD
Portishead - "Chase The Tear" - 12" Vinyl
Joker - "The Vision" - 2LP
King Krule - 12" or CDEP
White Denim - New Vinyl EP
James Blake - "Enough Thunder" 12" Vinyl
John Fahey - "1958-1965 The Fonotone Years" 5CD + Hardbound Book, w/ photos, essays, etc.

Not so new, but nonetheless worthy

Richmond Fontaine - "The High Country" - CD
Field - "Looping State Of Mind" - Back In stock on CD and now 2LP vinyl + CD
Atlas Sound - "Parallax" - Now On Vinyl
Jonathan Wilson - "Gentle Spirit" CD
Caretaker - "Perpetual Repetition Of Phrases" CD

reissues
Throbbing Gristle - "Second Annual Report" - 2CD or LP,
and "D.O.A. : Third And Final Report" - 2CD or LP
Jurgen Mueller - "Science Of The Sea" LP
Question Mark & The Mysterians - "Action" LP

From Africa
"Highlife Time Vol.2"- 2CD or 3 LP - Music of Nigeria and Ghana
"Bambara Mystic Soul" - Burkina Faso 1974-79 CD

...and other parts
Erkin Koray - "Mechul" LP (70s Turkish Psych)
Roedelius - "Wasser Im Wind" CD or LP

New @ Wazoo - 11/08

Atlas Sound - "Parallax" - CD
Supreme Dicks - 4CD "Complete"
Panda Bear - "Tomboy" - 4LP Expanded Box
Brian Eno/Rick Holland - New EP
Soft Moon - "Total Decay" Now on vinyl
Mike Patton - "The Solitude Of Prime Numbers" CD
Black Milk & Danny Brown - "Black & Brown" CD
Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here" 2CD Experience Edition
Oneohtrix Point Never - "Replica" - CD or LP
Cass McCombs - "Humor Risk" CD
Medeski,Martin,Wood & Scofield- Live CD
King Crimson - "Starless" -40th Anniv. CD/DVD-A
DJ Shadow - "Less You Know" now on LP
Real Estate - "Days" - Finally(!) on Vinyl
Dirty Projectors and Bjork - Mount Wittenberg Orca CD

Plus- Back In Stock
ALL - Wilco Vinyl
St. Vincent - "Strange Mercy" - CD & LP

New @ Wazoo - 11/01

Beach Boys - "Smile" DELUXE 2CD or 2LP
Decemberists - "Long Live The King" CD EP or 10" vinyl
Coldplay - "Mylo Xyloto" Now on LP
Wale - "Ambition" CD
Rustie - "Glass Swords" CD
Florence & The Machine "Ceremonials"
Lou Reed & Metallica- "Lulu" 2CD
Deertick "Divine Providence" - LP & CD
Soft Moon - "Total Decay" CD/EP
John Prine - "Singing Mailman"- 2CD (1970 Studio/Live)

Stragglers...

Here are a few tasty items that have found their way into the racks lately that may have escaped your notice. Not necessarily Brand New, but, we think, worthy of your attention. Titles and minimal descriptions will be provided. The rest is up to you. If your curiosity is piqued you may refer to your favorite source of info on das internet or stop by for a more full blown enticement.

Mark Hollis-S/T
reissue of 1998 solo LP from Talk Talk frontman.

Cave - "Neverendless"
now here on CD or LP

Jim Ford - "Harlan County"
reissue of overlooked gem of Country Soul from late Seventies

Father's Children - "Who's Gonna Save The World"
Unbelievably Numero Group provides us with one more unearthed, unreleased treasure from 1973 by this fine DC soul outfit

Laura Marling - "A Creature I Don't Know"
this is getting some of the best reviews we seen in a while. Apparently quite "a stunning fulfilment of early promise" say Record Collector. This 21-yr-old British chanteuse is definitely on the way up. LP or CD

Field - "Looping State Of Mind"
yet another band that seems to improve with each new release. "Minimal techno stylings" probably does it an injustice. Top notch

A Winged Victory For The Sullen - "S/T"
the group is comprised of a dude from Stars Of The Lid and Dustin O'Halloran. It was described as "pastoral". That usually floats our boat.

New @ Wazoo - 10/24

Tom Waits - "Bad As Me" - CD DLX 2CD or LP (w/CD)
Surfer Blood -"Tarot Classics" EP or CD
Justice - New CD (LP later)
Coldplay - New CD (LP later)
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday - 2CD Expanded
Bjork - Biophilia 2LP
Future Islands - "On The Water" CD
Popul Vuh - 'Revisited & Remixed" 2CD
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Now on 180g audiophile 2LP set

Local
new Macpodz CD/EP
George Bedard - New CD & several older titles


still holding
Primus - "Green Naugahyde" - CD or LP
Lots of Exotic foreign film music on CD


...and it's never too early for "A Very She & Him Christmas" on CD

New at Wazoo 10/11 & 10/18

Bjork - Biophilia CD (LP Soon)
Peter Gabriel - Live - Regular and 2CD Edition
Feist - Metals - CD & LP
DJ Shadow - "Les You Know" CD
Radiohead 2CD remixes of "King Of Limbs"
Mayer Hawthorne - New CD & LP
Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire CD (LP to follow)
Bonnie Prince Billy - Wolfroy Goes To Town - CD & LP
Zola Jesus - Conatus LP & CD
Jens Lekmans - New EP & 12"
AIDS Wolf - New LP
Tammar - New LP
Trust - Bulbform 12"
White Dog - Triturate LP
M83 - 2CD or 2LP
Real Estate - New CD
Cant (of Grizzly Bear) - LP & CD
Jane's Addiction - New CD
Kimya Dawson - Thunder thighs CD
J. Cole - Cole World CD

Reissues

Animal Collective - Danse Manatee LP
Dinosuar Jr. - First Three LPs
Minus The Bear - 2 early LPs
Dark Side of the Moon - CD, LP , 2CD and "Immersion" Box )CDs,DVDs, Scarf,Marbles, etc)

NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl - REGGAE, baby. Plus Minutemen.

v/a TREASURE ISLAND IN DUB LP
*** "Jamaican Recordings & sister label Kingston Sounds drop 180-gram vinyl pressings of vintage reggae, rocksteady and ska from the 1960's-1980's. Choice comp!

BEASTIE BOYS Paul's Boutique 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

FEIST Metals LP+MP3 / CD
*** *** "Astoundingly intimate, yet often exuberant; rife with transcendent & unforgettable pop gems -- a stunningly beautiful, sublime record."

KING TUBBY Dub From The Roots LP
*** "Some prime Tubby's material, with the King taking apart Cornell Campbell cut and feeding it through a head mashing matrix of echo and delay treatments with an unbridled voracity."

MINUTEMEN Double Nickels On The Dime 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK! And ho-lee shiiiiiiit! Do you own this yet? You have to do some serious time with this album.

MODEST MOUSE Good News For People Who Love Bad News 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

AUGUSTUS PABLO Ital Dub LP
*** "Fresh off the success of his album Rebel Rock Reggae, and about to enter the most prolific period of his career with legendary dub engineer King Tubby, this being their first collaboration."

LEE PERRY Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Corn Bread LP
LEE PERRY Super Ape LP
LEE PERRY Dub Treasures From The Black Ark LP
LEE PERRY Return Of Sound System Scratch: More Lee Perry's Dub Plate Mixes Vol. 2 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Classic albums & recent compilations slay so completely.

PRINCE JAMMY In Lion Dub Style LP
*** Dub tracks from Black Uhuru's first album "Love Crisis", from 1977!

YOUTH LAGOON The Year Of Hibernation LP
*** "Although the music seems somewhat dreamy upon first listen, the lyrics show a different side to the matter. Hidden beneath the melodies is a voice that is eerie yet nostalgic."

NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Bjork, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Feist, Radiohead & Jean-Claude Vannier

BJORK Biophilia CD
*** "Biophilia is the Icelandic singer and composer's most ambitious undertaking in her 20-year career. Someone actually said, 'To me, it feels like the birth of opera or the birth of cinema'."

BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY Wolfroy Goes To Town LP / CD
*** Yet another gemstone from WILL OLDHAM! And by gum, it was recorded in KENTUCKY. A bunch of people play on it -- all of them are prrrretty good musicians. Ah, music -- the nectar of life!

FEIST Metals LP+MP3 / CD
*** "Astoundingly intimate, yet often exuberant; rife with transcendent & unforgettable pop gems -- a stunningly beautiful, sublime record."

PETER GABRIEL New Blood CD
*** "New Blood is a continuum of Peter's previous Scratch My Back album - the song-swap project where he covered the songs of others, all to an orchestral backing."

GILBERTO GIL The Sound of Revolution 1968-69 CD
*** "The Sound of Revolution combines Gilberto Gil's brilliant 1968 and '69 Tropicalia albums, Frevo Rasgado and Cerebro Electronico; joyous, extraordinarily inventive pop. Two albums on one disc + 2 additional bonus tracks."

RADIOHEAD TKOL RMX 1234567 2xCD
*** "The double CD set brings together all 19 remixes that form the band's current 12" vinyl singles series."

13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS Headstone: Contact Sessions 2xCD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "The Contact Sessions were the first studio recordings by The 13th Floor Elevators, recorded in 1966, which never saw the light of day in those heady drug-filled days. Mono & stereo versions included!"

JEAN-CLAUDE VANNIER Electro Rapide CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Electro Rapide is a collection of rare & unreleased archive material from the vaults of Jean-Claude Vannier. Taken from the period before and during his revered creative period with Serge Gainsbourg, this is a mix of JCVs familiar trade-mark motifs from his coveted work for idiosyncratic French pop vocalists (Briggitte Fontaine, Claude Nougaro, Leonie, Anna St Clair) with the seldom heard experimental music for ballets, fashion shows as well as his infamous film music (such as the soundtracks for Cannabis & La Horse)."

JEAN-CLAUDE VANNIER Roses Rouge Sang CD
*** "A NEW album from JCV! The signature sound is there, complete with his brooding orchestral sweeps, pensive drum-drops, loudly plucked bass & biting clavinet."

NEW ARRIVALS: VINYL - Soul Jazz vinyl, Mogwai, Michael Yonkers, Sebadoh & more

v/a TROPICALIA: A Brazilian Revolution In Sound 2xLP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! Top notch collection of Tropicalia music with all the hitmakers: CAETANO VELOSO, TOM ZE, OS MUTANTES, GAL COSTA, GILBERTO GIL, & JORGE BEN. On SOUL JAZZ.

BLITZEN TRAPPER American Goldwing LP+MP3 / CD
*** "On American Goldwing, Blitzen Trapper let their loves and influences hard guitar rock, country picking and pawn-shop Casio aplomb hang out for all to see. You'll want to shotgun a beer in the shower!"

MEMORYHOUSE The Years 12"+MP3
*** "Five tracks that form a cohesive set of gorgeous, ethereal synth-pop songs, all of which are seeing their first release on CD or vinyl!"

MOGWAI Earth Division EP 12" / CD
*** "Scottish experimental-rock institution Mogwai follow up their Sub Pop debut with a more subdued side of Mogwai, with three quietly plaintive piano- and string-infused tracks, plus the fuzz-drenched haze of 'Drunk and Crazy'."

ARTHUR RUSSELL The World Of Arthur Russell 3xLP
*** "The first collected work of Arthur Russell feat. both classic tracks of Arthur Russell alongside impossible-to-find collectors tracks and private-press only jams." On SOUL JAZZ.

SEBADOH Bakesale: Deluxe Edition LP+MP3
*** BACK IN STOCK!

SHIMMERING STARS Violent Hearts LP+MP3 / CD
*** "Filtered through years of Spector records and awash in an echo chamber of dark reverb, Shimmering Stars specialize in crafting subtle, lilting pop for both bedroom loners and sock hop slow dancers alike."

MICHAEL YONKERS Microminiature Love LP+MP3
*** NOW ON VINYL! Includes four bonus jammers.

NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Wilco, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Mark McGuire, Mogwai, Madlib et al

v/a MESSAGE FROM THE TRIBE An Anthology Of Tribe Records: 1972-1976 CD+BOOK
*** RECOMMENDED "After Motown, the car industry & the advances of civil rights in the 1960s, came a decade of gov't abandonment, high unemployment, inner-city violence & urban decay. Tribe (Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Harold McKinney, Marcus Belgrave) was brought together to fight these negative forces, producing seminal deep jazz & funk albums." On SOUL JAZZ.

v/a TROPICALIA: A Brazilian Revolution In Sound 2xLP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! Top notch collection of Tropicalia music with all the hitmakers: CAETANO VELOSO, TOM ZE, OS MUTANTES, GAL COSTA, GILBERTO GIL, & JORGE BEN. On SOUL JAZZ.

BLINK 182 Neighborhoods CD
*** "The self produced 'Neighborhoods' reflects each band member's different point of view." Great!

BLITZEN TRAPPER American Goldwing LP+MP3 / CD
*** "On American Goldwing, Blitzen Trapper let their loves and influences hard guitar rock, country picking and pawn-shop Casio aplomb hang out for all to see. You'll want to shotgun a beer in the shower!"

DUM DUM GIRLS Only In Dreams CD
*** "A great leap forward for a gifted songwriter, blending deeply personal lyrics with a signature blend of '60s girl-gang pop, the primitive propulsion of the Cramps and the moody atmospherics of Mazzy Star."

BILL FRISELL All We Are Saying... CD
*** Consummate guitarist, composer and musical interpreter Bill Frisell has assembled a trusted ensemble to record his definitive take on the classic songs of John Lennon."

MADLIB Medicine Show No. 12 - Raw Medicine: Madlib Remixes CD
*** "Raw Medicine: Madlib Remixes - part mixtape, part beat tape, featuring a host of un-suspecting collaborators that run the gamut from thugs, street poets, star emcees and underdogs. We ain't naming names. 60 mins, 30+ tracks."

MARK MCGUIRE Get Lost LP / CD
*** NOW AVAILABLE ON CD! "A killer album from Mark McGuire of EMERALDS! More electronic elements than usual & even some voices, but still the unique blend of feel-good riffs, electric & acoustic loops and melodies that just stick in the head."

MOGWAI Earth Division EP 12" / CD
*** "Scottish experimental-rock institution Mogwai follow up their Sub Pop debut with a more subdued side of Mogwai, with three quietly plaintive piano- and string-infused tracks, plus the fuzz-drenched haze of 'Drunk and Crazy'."

NIRVANA Nevermind CD
NIRVANA Nevermind: Deluxe Edition 4xLP / 2xCD
*** REMASTERED! 2xCD & 4xLP versions include b-sides, Smart Studio sessions, boombox rehearsals, and BBC sessions.

PINK FLOYD The Dark Side Of The Moon CD
PINK FLOYD The Dark Side Of The Moon 2xCD
*** REMASTERED! 2xCD includes a live version of the entire album.

PINK FLOYD The Wall 2xCD
PINK FLOYD Wish You Were Here CD
*** REMASTERED!

SHIMMERING STARS Violent Hearts LP+MP3 / CD
*** "Filtered through years of Spector records and awash in an echo chamber of dark reverb, Shimmering Stars specialize in crafting subtle, lilting pop for both bedroom loners and sock hop slow dancers alike."

SPANK ROCK Everything Is Boring & Everyone Is a Fucking Liar CD
*** "Spank Rock took the road less traveled and stepped out on his own to record an album free of manipulation, full of creativity and home spun at the lab of master DJ/Producer Boys Noize."

WILCO The Whole Love CD / 2xCD
*** Perhaps you've heard of them! Someone tried to pay them a billion bucks but these guys won't stop making music! 2xCD version is in a snappy package, includes a bonus disc, and is LIMITED EDITION.

STEVEN WILSON Grace For Drowning 2xCD
*** "The new solo double-album from writer, producer & PORCUPINE TREE founder member Steven Wilson."

EVENTS - Ann Arbor Film Festival Retrospective Screening #1

ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL RETROSPECTIVE SCREENING #1 - Thursday, Sept. 22 @ Michigan Theater
*** "AAFF's 50th season launches with the first of a five-part Retrospective Screening Series, which presents influential and rare films. The first retrospective screening includes films by Alice Anne Parker (a.k.a. Anne Severson) that provoked a riot during its screening at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 1972."
Michigan Theater / 603 E. Liberty / Ann Arbor, MI / 7:30PM / $10 / FBOOK: http://on.fb.me/qUAa9t

NEW ARRIVALS: VINYL - Squarepusher, Clams Casino, Beastie Boys, Fennesz, Mount Kimbie, Mount Eerie & more

BEASTIE BOYS Hot Sauce Committee Part Two 2xLP+7"+MP3
*** NOW ON VINYL! Finally. Two white 180g LPs plus the download and a bonus 7". Apparently there's an iron-on in there too.

CLAMS CASINO Rainforest LP
*** "As the producer of some of Lil B & Soulja Boy's weirdest, most inventive beats, everyone is excited about the debut EP by Clams Casino! It's a record drenched in mysterious atmospherics, like a foggy memory of a far-off exotic place."

FENNESZ Seven Stars 10"
*** "New 4-track 10". Using acoustic and electric guitars, bass, synths and computers, Fennesz continues to engage and entrance us in equal measure. For the first time, Fennesz employs drums!"

HOWLIN' WOLF The Howlin' Wolf Album LP+POSTER
*** "The Howlin' Wolf Album was a radical experiment for a well-established artist: integrate electric instruments & psychedelic arrangements into Wolf's signature blues sound. It's a unique mix of traditional blues and electric rock elements."

MICHAEL HURLEY Fatboy Spring LP
*** "A full LP of never before released Hurley recordings from 1972-73! A laid back countryish album sure to please the hardcore Hurley fan and casual listener too. Deep and breezy."

KWJAZ Kwjaz LP
*** "The 'post-plastic sublime decomposed luxury grooves' tape-degraded gem of a mix tape on vinyl! Cloud-jazz passages, bouncy weirdo dub-funk vignettes, stretched-out syrupy synth stews, and smooth faux-Steely D soft-rock abstractions." On NOT NOT FUN.

LA VAMPIRES goes ITAL Streetwise EP
*** "Four-song 45 rpm EP of raw 90s-style body workouts by NNF head mistress LA Vampires & Brooklyn rhythm-head ITAL. Gritty dancefloor jams filtered through tape-hiss and graffiti'd concrete. Limited edition of 700." On NOT NOT FUN.

MARK MCGUIRE Get Lost LP
*** "Another killer album from Mark McGuire of EMERALDS! A few more electronic elements than usual & even some voices, but still the unique blend of feel-good riffs, electric and acoustic loops and melodies that just stick in the head."

MARIA MINERVA Cabaret Cixous LP
*** "Estonian Euro-beat enchantress Maria Minerva crafted a fresh 11-song dream ride down fascination street -- a gorgeous, gauzy thrill of cracked-crystal karaoke pop singles, full of the weird vision and hazed-out soulfulness." On NOT NOT FUN.

MOUNT EERIE Song Islands Vol. 2 2xLP+BOOK+MP3
*** INCREDIBLE PACKAGING ALERT! "Collecting non-album tracks by Phil Elverum's Mount Eerie spanning 2002 to 2009. Raw poems, acoustic guitar, wooden percussion, distorted punk instructionals, hundreds of voices singing. Unreleased + obscure 7" jams."

MOUNT KIMBIE Carbonated 2x12"
*** "The lead track plus two previously unreleased tracks plus remixes and more."

NEWWORLDAQUARIUM The Dead Bears 2xLP
*** "Reissue of the highly-acclaimed double LP! Obscure, ultra-fat discofied house tracks to spaced-out ambient soundscapes. Thick, thick! Enter the world of Newworldaquarium."

THE RAPTURE In The Grace Of Your Love 2xLP / CD
*** "Immerse yourself in waves of lyrical optimism & introspection among angular guitars & pulsing synthesizers, pounding drums & sweet rhythmical lullabies. This is the sound of The Rapture re-engaged and revitalized." On DFA.

ROEDELIUS Wasser Im Wind LP
*** "Ah, the Hans-Joachim Roedelius solo release most closely resembling Cluster. Wasser Im Wind sees Roedelius pumping the familiar sound of the Drummer One rhythm machine, drifting melodies, sounds emerging from the cosmos."

SILK FLOWERS Days Of Arrest EP+MP3
*** "Straying from the glossy veneer of their last LP, here's a much colder, hyper-focused work. Their raw jaggedness is refined into brittle columns, the sound of repetition and confinement, the dull ache of raw nerves."

OMAR SOULEYMAN Haflat Gharbia: The Western Concerts 2xLP / CD
*** "An hour of the best moments from Souleyman's Western tours, captured in striking fidelity and intensity. Syrian electrified folkloric dabke, Iraqi choubi and Arabic shaabi!"

SPANK ROCK Energy 12"
*** "The first single from Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A Fucking Liar ditches synthetic sheen to sample Can's 'Vitamin C.' Remixes by Jan Driver, Win Win and The Glimmers."

SQUAREPUSHER Shobaleader One EP
*** "Killer effort on the jazz-funk-electro tip -- the perfect soundtrack for a remake of Zabriskie Point. Heavy bass that slaps your flesh and some sunset vocoder. Remix by Mr. Oizo. Joint venture from Because, Ed Banger & Warp."

NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Grateful Dead, Opeth, Omar Souleyman, Clap Yr Hads, Tori + THIS MAY BE MY LAST TIME SINGING!

v/a ¡CHICAS!: Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974 CD
*** "From 1963 onwards, female ye-yé shook the Spanish society of the period -- a small revolution of customs dressed in a mini-skirt and playing at 45 rpm. Latin, rock & roll, twist, ye-yé, beat, garage, rhythm & blues, soul, etc."

v/a THIS MAY BE MY LAST TIME SINGING: Raw African-American Gospel On 45RPM 1957-1982 3xCD
*** RECOMMENDED "Fiery sanctified soul, heavy Pentecostal jams, drum machine gospel, slow-burning moaners, glorified guitar sermons & righteously ragged a cappela hymns! The music on this compilation was originally released on small label 45s, mostly in the 1960s and '70s. Compilerd by Mike McGonigal."

TORI AMOS Night Of Hunters CD
*** "Tori Amos's debut on Deutsche Grammophon Night of Hunters is a 21st century song-cycle, inspired by classical music from the last 400 years."

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH Hysterical CD
*** "Their first new album in more than three years finds the band at their most confident and creative. Chrome-plated licks, sheets of eddying synths & emotive motorik pulsebeats."

GRATEFUL DEAD Europe '72 Vol. 2 2xCD
*** "Recorded at various locations during the band's 22-show '72 tour, the collection captures the Dead in white-hot moments of improvisational revelry. The set includes an epic hour-plus jam that combines 'Dark Star' & 'The Other One'."

JAYHAWKS Mockingbird Time CD
*** "The Jayhawks once again push the envelope in songs and performances of rarefied dynamism and grace. The album's shapes and textures range from string-laden grandeur to widescreen vistas to streamlined 12-string jangle."

ERKIN KORAY Meçhul: Singles & Rarities CD
*** RECOMMENDED "A collection of rare tracks and lesser-heard singles recorded in Turkey between 1970-1977, culled from Koray's personal vinyl collection. One of the foremost global leaders of psychedelic, folk rock, pop and balladry."

OPETH Heritage CD
*** 'The doom-laden shade of occult-infused Scandinavian death metal charged with transcendent, emotional melodicism on this mind-boggling dense maze of tempo shifts, off-time signatures, percussive experimentation and warped rhythms."

OMAR SOULEYMAN Haflat Gharb 2xLP / CD
*** "An hour of the best moments from Souleyman's Western tours, captured in striking fidelity and intensity. Syrian electrified folkloric dabke, Iraqi choubi and Arabic shaabi!"

NEW ARRIVALS: VINYL - Restocks on wax, my baby!

v/a FLIPPER PSYCHOUT: Original Italian Library Music From The Vaults 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK! "Dig into the historical library catalog of Italy's Flipper Music -- a brilliant blend of obscure early '70s tracks: cinematic sound landscapes, space-age bachelor pad music (Italian style) & atmospheric, fuzzy psych-grooves."

JEFF BUCKLEY Grace LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! This probably won't be around long.

EMERALDS Does It Look Like I'm Here 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Critically acclaimed wicked album on heavyweight double LP.

BRIAN ENO Drums Between The Bells 2xLP
*** Perhaps you've heard of him! On WARP.

GUN CLUB Fire Of Love LP
*** RECOMMENDED Available again on heavyweight vinyl.

MODEST MOUSE Good News For People 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

JONAS REINHARDT Music For The Tactile Dome LP
*** RECOMMENDED BACK IN STOCK! "Nine technicolor fractals of glittering synthesizer skyways & master-crafted pulsing kosmische kraut terrariums. Heavy headphone communion. Art by Sean Patrick." On NOT NOT FUN.

RADIOHEAD The Bends 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

SUBLIME Sublime 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

SCOTT WALKER 4 LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! This won't be available for long -- the recent pressings of the first four albums seem to be going out of print.

NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Restocks on CD, my baby!

v/a R&B HIPSHAKERS Vol. 1 CD
*** RECOMMENDED BACK IN STOCK! "A raucous and potentially life-changing comp of '60s R&B compiled by DJ Mr. Fine Wine (WFMU) - crazy dances, guitar instrumentals, inspired forays into mind-altering whimsy and hook-filled, honest-to-goodness love songs."

EMERALDS Emeralds CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Taking the thick drone sound of 'Solar Bridge' into an even more abstract and strange place, this is an intense journey that drops you off in a place just beyond death. Field recording contributions from AARON DILLOWAY."

NATHANIEL MAYER I Want Love & Affection CD
*** RECOMMENDED "The first, only, complete and definitive anthology of Nathaniel Mayer's thumping R&B/soul primitivism -- 21 slices so frenetic that it's impossible to take sitting down. A Mayer 45 is an instant party." Most singles come from Detroit's own FORTUNE RECORDS.

NOVELLER Glacial Glow CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "Her most assured, accomplished statement to date, trading distortion & feedback for memorable melodies & a wider sonic palette. Icy shards from the heavens! Pulsing throbs! Creeping anxiety! Fleeting melancholy!"

PEAKING LIGHTS 936 CD
*** RECOMMENDED BACK IN STOCK! "Melodic gold dust, drift-dub haze, cool crate-digger grit, silky soul-jazz keys, tranced vocals, bass loops, drum loops & sneaky dub guitar -- a total groove-wave classic!" On NOT NOT FUN.

SCOTT WALKER 5 Easy Pieces 5xCD
*** "96 tracks across 5 themed CDs. Many rare & deleted tracks. Scott's soundtrack work collected on one CD for the first time. 56 page booklet of notes."

JUNIOR WELLS Hoodoo Man Blues (Expanded Edition) CD
*** "Considered to be one of the best blues albums of all time, this new edition feat. 17 performances: 12 songs from the original LP, 3 alternate takes plus 2 never-before-released performances."

ANDRE WILLIAMS Movin' On With Andre CD
*** RECOMMENDED Compiling some of Andre's most down & dirty, dark & funky soul tracks from the '60s for Fortune, Avin, Sport, Wingate, Ric-Tic, Checker & Chess. Featuring "Bacon Fat," "JailBait" & "The Greasy Chicken." MUST HAVE.

EVENTS - CAVE and Ann Arbor Film Festival

FRUSTRATIONS wsg CAVE and SKATE LAWS - Sunday, Sept. 18 @ Lager House
*** "Deeply insane fried skronk! Shirtless & scary! Live murder; run for the hills! Heavy psych + gnarly kraut reverberations = some kinda' trance-inducing monster sweating on your ascot! A sucker from Canned Heat shoves a pistol into a cop's mouth ala SST vibes."
Lager House / 1254 Michigan Ave / Detroit, MI / 9:30PM / $? / FBOOK: http://on.fb.me/oP2Acv

ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL RETROSPECTIVE SCREENING #1 - Thursday, Sept. 22 @ Michigan Theater
*** "AAFF's 50th season launches with the first of a five-part Retrospective Screening Series, which presents influential and rare films. The first retrospective screening includes films by Alice Anne Parker (a.k.a. Anne Severson) that provoked a riot during its screening at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 1972."
Michigan Theater / 603 E. Liberty / Ann Arbor, MI / 7:30PM / $10 / FBOOK: http://on.fb.me/qUAa9t

NEW ARRIVALS: Magazines - MILD VILNC!

MILD VILNC No. 2 MAG
MILD VILNC No. 3 MAG
*** Designed & published by Brian Case of DISAPPEARS. MILD VILNC is a quarterly broadsheet newsprint 'zine devoted to music and the arts. Interviews focus on process and purpose, with a slant towards the up and coming, the avant, and the icons." Also, it's FREE.

NEW ARRIVALS: Cassette - Bitchcopter + Skate Laws!

SKATE LAWS / BITCHCOPTER Purple Reign In Blood CS
*** 14 tracks in 20 minutes from some of Ann Arbor's gnarliest creeps! Shit gets weird, raw, wet & wild -- but no horseplay!! Pop it in & peel a layer off of your brain. Limited to 100 copies.

NEW ARRIVALS: VINYL - King Crimson, Puce Moment, Jimi, The Cramps

v/a BRASILIAN GUITAR FUZZ BANANAS 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK! "Following the success of Psych Funk 101, Brasilian Guitar, Fuzz Bananas should serve as a master class for those entranced by the funky, heavy psychedelic wonders of the Tropicalia movement and all that it spawned."

ADELE 21 LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

AIR Moon Safari LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

JAMES BLAKE James Blake 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

THE CRAMPS Smell Of Female LP
*** "Totally killer 1983 live album from the garage/punk pioneers -- one of the most renowned live albums of all time -- recorded when the band were in fine fettle, full flight and fantastic form."

DAFT PUNK Discovery 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

JIMI HENDRIX Hendrix In The West 2xLP / CD
*** "The definitive Hendrix live album has now been expanded to include five new performances. Deluxe 24-page booklet with rare photos."

KING CRIMSON In The Court Of The Crimson King LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! It's insane how many of these we'll sell.

PUCE MOMENT OST by Jonathan Halper 7"
*** Holy shit! The soundtrack to KENNETH ANGER's 'Puce Moment' film. It's crazy, man. Limited to an unholy 300 copies on a label as mysterious as the maker of the score. As Rough Trade says, "the songs are astonishingly post-modern and way ahead of their time . . . containing tape effects and a cosmic folk-pop sensibility that could only be matched by the late-great Syd Barrett."

ST. VINCENT Strange Mercy LP+MP3 / CD
*** "'Playful chanteuse [and] fearsome shredder' (NY Times) Annie Clark reveals 11 new tracks showcasing a gift for fusing the cerebral and the visceral, her melodically elegant arrangements packing hefty emotional punches."

WILD FLAG Wild Flag LP+MP3 / CD
*** "The members of Wild Flag have played in Sleater-Kinney, Helium, Quasi, The Minders, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks & more. All tracks were recorded live. This band rules so hard."

NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Wild Flag, Toro Y Moi, St Vincent, Primus, Neon Indian & more

AFRICAN HEAD CHARGE Voodoo Of The Godsent CD
*** "Voodoo Of The Godsent is the first new recording in five years from African Head Charge & it's a triumphant mix of dub, psychedelia, trance, afro and tribal rhythms that have given them their own unique place in contemporary music."

DAS RACIST Relax CD
*** "Pop-rap experimentalists Das Racist are back with their sprawling, visionary cyberdelic, Black Eyed Peas-ian epic tone poem. Feat. El-P, Vampire Weekend's Rostam, Yeasayer's Anand, Diplo and Detroit rap eccentric Danny Brown."

GIRLS Father Son Holy Ghost CD
*** "Girls return with a more spontaneous & stripped-down record. Father, Son, Holy Ghost is a gorgeous, largely minor-key record, enlivened by flashes of innocent pop and given depth by its wealth of influences and willingness to face sadness."

JIMI HENDRIX Hendrix In The West 2xLP / CD
*** "The definitive Hendrix live album has now been expanded to include five new performances. Deluxe 24-page booklet with rare photos."

JIMI HENDRIX Winterland CD
*** "Features never before released music from Jimi's unforgettable Winterland performances. Includes 24-page boolet with never before published photos from the performance."

NEON INDIAN Era Extrana CD
*** "Neon Indian is Alan Palomo, a brilliantly lucid 21-year-old synth-wizard. As Neon Indian, Palomo has made an art of leaving out the details and letting the world draw its own conclusions." Mmmm... okay!

PRIMUS Green Naugahyde CD
*** "Influential alternative rock icons Primus are back with their first album of brand new music since 1999's Antipop."

ST. VINCENT Strange Mercy LP+MP3 / CD
*** "'Playful chanteuse [and] fearsome shredder' (NY Times) Annie Clark reveals 11 new tracks showcasing a gift for fusing the cerebral and the visceral, her melodically elegant arrangements packing hefty emotional punches."

TORO Y MOI Freaking Out CD
*** "Freaking Out finds Toro Y Moi reveling in twenty minutes of boogie, roping in the heavy sounds of groups like the Gap Band and Mtume."

WILD FLAG Wild Flag LP+MP3 / CD
*** "The members of Wild Flag have played in Sleater-Kinney, Helium, Quasi, The Minders, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks & more. All tracks were recorded live. This band rules so hard."

EVENTS - CAVE and Ann Arbor Film Festival

FRUSTRATIONS wsg CAVE and SKATE LAWS - Sunday, Sept. 18 @ Lager House
*** "Deeply insane fried skronk! Shirtless & scary! Live murder; run for the hills! Heavy psych + gnarly kraut reverberations = some kinda' trance-inducing monster sweating on your ascot! A sucker from Canned Heat shoves a pistol into a cop's mouth ala SST vibes."
Lager House / 1254 Michigan Ave / Detroit, MI / 9:30PM / $? / FBOOK: http://on.fb.me/oP2Acv

ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL RETROSPECTIVE SCREENING #1 - Thursday, Sept. 22 @ Michigan Theater
*** "AAFF's 50th season launches with the first of a five-part Retrospective Screening Series, which presents influential and rare films. The first retrospective screening includes films by Alice Anne Parker (a.k.a. Anne Severson) that provoked a riot during its screening at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 1972."
Michigan Theater / 603 E. Liberty / Ann Arbor, MI / 7:30PM / $10 / FBOOK: http://on.fb.me/qUAa9t

NEW ARRIVALS: 7" & 10" Vinyl - Puce Moment!

PUCE MOMENT OST by Jonathan Halper 7"
*** RECOMMENDED Holy shit! The soundtrack to KENNETH ANGER's 'Puce Moment' film. It's crazy, man. Limited to an unholy 300 copies on a label as mysterious as the maker of the score. As Rough Trade says, "the songs are astonishingly post-modern and way ahead of their time . . . containing tape effects and a cosmic folk-pop sensibility that could only be matched by the late-great Syd Barrett."

NEW ARRIVALS: VINYL - Innergaze, Ice Cube, Beirut, Daft Punk & more

v/a BRASILIAN GUITAR FUZZ BANANAS 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK! "Following the success of Psych Funk 101, Brasilian Guitar, Fuzz Bananas should serve as a master class for those entranced by the funky, heavy psychedelic wonders of the Tropicalia movement and all that it spawned."

BEIRUT The Rip Tide LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL! "Beginning life as small melodies conceived on piano or ukulele, the results sound like they were recorded in a single session, with exciting rhythms matching the upbeat horns and contrasting the mournful strings. The style that emerged belongs uniquely & distinctly to Beirut."

DAFT PUNK Discovery 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK

DJ DIAMOND Flight Muzik 2xLP
*** "DJ Diamond has an unusual ear for unexpected sonic and rhythmic combinations within the footwork template: his samples are often so thoroughly edited that they become tiny, trance-inducing, techno-like stabs with neon synths and loose, effects-laden drums."

ICE CUBE Kill At Will EP
*** "A seven-track postscript to AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted and a booming car tape for short drives, this is why people thought gangsta rap was a good idea at the time. Includes two of the darkest, toughest, truest tracks Cube's ever done."

INNERGAZE Shadow Disco 12"
*** RECOMMENDED “Bump & fuzz and slo-mo vo-co’s based on a lifetime of nighttimes, the syrup n’ synth soundstage for romance, tragedy, and a rorschach of broken dreams, disco balls and cracked make-up mirrors where you can’t find your fur coat." On 100% SILK.

MADLIB Shades Of Blue 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK! "Madlib was afforded the opportunity to mine the crates of Blue Note & delivers remixes and brand spanking new interpretations of Blue Note classics."

RAINBOW VOMIT FAMILY BAND Warm Feelings LP
*** Hailed by FRED THOMAS as an "instant classic," here are ten tunes by PATRICK ELKINS & Co. including "Everything Smells Like Marijuana (To Me)."

THE RAPTURE In The Grace Of Your Love 2xLP / CD
*** "In the Grace of You Love exhibits a bold & euphoric sound that is definitively & distinctly like The Rapture. Immerse yourself as waves of optimism & introspection crash between angular guitars & pulsing synthesizers, pounding drums & sweet rhythmic lullabies."

NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Sun Araw, Junior Wells, Hella, Lil Wayne & more

v/a SEHORN'S SOUL FARM 2xCD
*** BACK IN STOCK! This thing is hot. "2 rare comps from Allen Toussaint’s Sansu label that revived the moribund New Orleans music scene of the 1960s, signing the cream of the city’s soul and R&B acts. Includes 18 previously uncollected bonus tracks."

BEIRUT The Rip Tide LP / CD
*** "Beginning life as small melodies conceived on piano or ukulele, the results sound like they were recorded in a single session, with exciting rhythms matching the upbeat horns and contrasting the mournful strings. The style that emerged belongs uniquely & distinctly to Beirut."

HELLA Tripper CD
*** "After a four year hiatus, legendary experimental duo Hella stripped back down to the original 2-piece lineup, featuring drummer Zach Hill and guitarist Spencer Seim, finding Hella in classic frenetic anthemic form."

LIL WAYNE Tha Carter IV CD
*** "Weezy is back! 'Tha Carter I'" features 3 #1 singles."

THE RAPTURE In The Grace Of Your Love 2xLP / CD
*** "In the Grace of You Love exhibits a bold & euphoric sound that is definitively & distinctly like The Rapture. Immerse yourself as waves of optimism & introspection crash between angular guitars & pulsing synthesizers, pounding drums & sweet rhythmic lullabies."

SUN ARAW Ancient Romans CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Heartfelt and marbled, this is documentation of the slow exit (the triumphal entry): moving the camera back 8 stages along the circumference of the circle to where the obverse is reverse, in order to celebrate the building of an edifice and then walk away from it in wisdom."

JUNIOR WELLS Hoodoo Man CD
*** "Hoodoo Man Blues is considered by most blues aficionados to be one of the best blues albums of all time. This re-issue contains 17 performances: the 12 songs from the original LP, 3 alt takes, 2 never-before-released performances, and one completely unissued song."

YACHT Shangri-La CD
*** "Shangri-La showcases an exponential evolution in songwriting and sharp, surreal hooks. Recorded in the Texas desert with no engineer, the duo employed a kaleidoscope of genres—ranging from disco to psychedelia, from krautrock to punk—all culminating in pure pop."

NEW ARRIVALS: Magazines - MILD VILNC!

MILD VILNC No. 2 MAG
MILD VILNC No. 3 MAG
*** Designed & published by Brian Case of DISAPPEARS. MILD VILNC is a quarterly broadsheet newsprint 'zine devoted to music and the arts. Interviews focus on process and purpose, with a slant towards the up and coming, the avant, and the icons." Also, it's FREE.

NEW ARRIVALS: Cassette - Bitchcopter + Skate Laws!

SKATE LAWS / BITCHCOPTER Purple Reign In Blood CS
*** 14 tracks in 20 minutes from some of Ann Arbor's gnarliest creeps! Shit gets weird, raw, wet & wild -- but no horseplay!! Pop it in & peel a layer off of your brain. Limited to 100 copies. Check some of the Skate Laws tracks here: http://soundcloud.com/skate-laws/sets/purple-reign-in-blood

NEW ARRIVALS: VINYL - Animal Collective, U.S. Girls, War On Drugs, Matt Valentine, Serge Gainsbourg & more

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Sung Tongs 2xLP+MP3
*** BACK IN PRINT! Now includes MP3s.

BITCHIN' BAJAS / FACEPLANT Split LP
*** "BITCHIN BAJAS is the solo analog synthscapes & organ tones from COOPER CRAIN of modern krautrock masters CAVE. FACEPLANT is the solo work of AARON COYES of PEAKING LIGHTS. Kraut-y, dubby, noisy, synthy."

BJORK The Crystalline Series (Matthew Herbert Remixes) 12"
BJORK The Crystalline Series (Serban Ghenea Remixes) 12"
BJORK The Crystalline Series (Omar Souleyman Versions) 12"
*** Yeah, doggy. LIMITED EDITION.

COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES Giving LP+MP3 / CD
*** "A 4-song, 28-minute eruption: the crashing waves of Rosenau's guitar, the pelting rain of Mueller's percussion, the vaporous breaths of Thomas Wincek's piano, and the rhythmic fabric woven by Jim Schoenecker (electronics), Daniel Spack (guitar), and Matthew Skemp (bass)."

DREAM SYNDICATE Days Of Wine & Roses LP
*** "Classic debut full-length album by the quintessential group of the ‘80s Paisley Underground scene recorded in Los Angeles during September 1982."

SERGE GAINSBOURG Gainsbourg Percussions LP
*** "Originally released in 1964, this record will totally blow you away -- this is Afrobeat with a capital A, all percussions and drums and in-your-face female backing singers all topped off by Gainsbourg's smoky and dark vocals."

SERGE GAINSBOURG Initials BB LP
*** "A second set of songs cut with the one and only BRIGITTE BARDOT. Initials B.B. sounds almost like a greatest hits of funky decadence. The sensuous melodies & gorgeous arrangements make the songs like little technicolor movies in sound."

ITAL Only For Tonight 12"
*** "Dancing in the light of a miracle: that’s the gift Ital keeps giving. A love song from an era gone, “Only For Tonight” is a tawdry affair with rhythm, fickle and free. There’s no ceiling to his dancefloor, no cap on his bottle of juice." AKA Daniel Martin-McCormick of MI AMI.

KUEDO Videowave 12"
*** "The Videowave EP collects early material & three remixes from the his Dream Sequence EP by Kuedo, a.k.a. Jamie Teasdale (formerly of the legendary dubstep duo Vex’d)."

LAKE Giving & Receiving LP / CD
*** "LAKE's newest LP soars with beautiful melodies & gentle, yet deliberate instrumentation. Some songs were born in a shed and have the creaky barn wood/fresh air sound to prove it."

LIGHT ASYLUM In Tension 12"
*** "An EP showcasing Light Asylum’s fluid synth pop attack that shifts elegantly from midtempo industrial dance to subliminal futureballads that are deceptively uplifting when considering LI’s relentless dark sheen." LIMITED.

MACHINEDRUM Sacred Frequency 12"
*** "The songs are light and sun-hued with psychedelic, colorful sounds and melodies. Clocking in at 160 BPM, they work with the rhythmic conventions of footwork and jungle. Lush, hazy ecstasy."

THE NATIONAL Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers LP+MP3
*** BACK IN STOCK!

PEACH MELBA Can't Let Go 12"
*** "Built on tracks THE JUAN MACLEAN felt were too 'house-y' to be included amongst the more song-oriented singles on a proper JM release, Peach Melba is Maclean's vehicle for releasing tracks legitimately close to classic Detroit techno & house in this age."

RAPTURE How Deep Is Your Love? 12"
*** "Set in the midst of a repeated piano house line, handclaps and a lightly buzzing synth drone, LUKE JENNER’s gospel inflected vocals, the song lifts at its chorus into a hard-to-forget trail of gently rising and falling notes. Remix by EMPEROR MACHINE."

MIKE SIMONETTI Capricorn Rising LP
*** "Italians Do It Better & Troubleman Unlimited head honcho MIKE SIMONETTI is pleased to present his first slice of original music, alternating between pulsating rhythms & atmospheric clouds. He blurs the lines between major, minor and motorik."

MIKE SIMONETTI & JOHNNY JEWEL Hollywood Seven 12"
*** "'Hollywood Seven' has been a dance floor weapon of MIKE SIMONETTI’s DJ sets for almost six years, one of those tracks people ask about the most. Perseo is happy to finally answer that question with this essential release."

ANGELO SPENCER World Garage LP
*** "Inspired by Bollywood, a trip to Morocco, and Serge Gainsbourg, Angelo Spencer's second full-length brings armloads of new instruments & the flavor of exotic locations to a compilation of songs that amount to more than just an album, but an experience of wildness."

US GIRLS Go Grey LP+MP3
*** "A fully realized excursion into a hazy alternate universe where pop vocals and muzzy scree fuse in harmony, conjuring ambient aerosols while luminous kaleidoscopes of sound sizzle, peak, and explode."

US GIRLS / SLIM TWIG Split LP
*** "Artform likened U.S. GIRLS to 'blunted Lee 'Scratch' Perry remixes of Cambodian Rocks covers of western pop' -- beloved soul & classic rock with strains of static & tape hiss. SLIM TWIG is a shape-shifting performer born from a twisted landscape of pop and experimental music, pulp literature and movie magic."

UMBERTO Prophecy Of The Black LP
*** “Early/mid-’80s new wave creep-scapes with plenty of eerie nightmare keyboard riffs & vintage witch-disco breakouts but the synths squelch with more of a neon retrofuturist bent & one brazenly feelgood soaring-into-the-sunset closing credits anthem."

MATT VALENTINE What I Became LP
*** "Elements of deep forest psychedelia brush against Crazy Horse guitar/vocal flourishes that explode to reveal volk-based form mayhem at its hickiest. It will soothe your savage breasts. It will turn your evil mother-in-law into a porpoise."

WAR ON DRUGS Slave Ambient LP+MP3
*** "A brilliant 47-minute sprawl of rock 'n' roll. Synthesizers fall where you might expect more electric guitars (and vice versa); country-rock sidles up to the warped extravagance of '80s pop. Part Spingsteen fever dream, part motorik anthem."

NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Tinariwen, Tame Impala, Fugs, Lake, Beirut & more!

BEIRUT The Rip Tide CD
*** "Beginning life as small melodies conceived on piano or ukulele, the results sound like they were recorded in a single session, with exciting rhythms matching the upbeat horns and contrasting the mournful strings. The style that emerged belongs uniquely & distinctly to Beirut."

JOHN CALE & TERRY RILEY Church Of Anthrax CD
*** RECOMMENDED BACK IN STOCK! The poppiest thing Terry Riley ever did. Classic Cale that's been available only on vinyl for the last several years.

COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES Giving LP+MP3 / CD
*** "A 4-song, 28-minute eruption: the crashing waves of Rosenau's guitar, the pelting rain of Mueller's percussion, the vaporous breaths of Thomas Wincek's piano, and the rhythmic fabric woven by Jim Schoenecker (electronics), Daniel Spack (guitar), and Matthew Skemp (bass)."

DOM Family Of Love CD
*** "Heaven-sent harmonies and hooks that are heavier than -- and about as colorful as -- DOM's pink paisley guitar. As unique as it is universal."

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Sky Full Of Holes CD
*** "Wise guys with flashes of empathy writing finely observed, neatly rhymed character studies set to sleekly produced pop-rock."

THE FUGS Tenderness Junction / It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! Two albums on one disc!

LAKE Giving & Receiving LP / CD
*** "LAKE's newest LP soars with beautiful melodies & gentle, yet deliberate instrumentation. Some songs were born in a shed and have the creaky barn wood/fresh air sound to prove it."

TAME IMPALA Innerspeaker LP / CD
*** NOW AVAILABLE DOMESTICALLY! And only about a year too late. "The album sounds like a mashup between The Beatles Sgt Pepper & Caribou's Andorra. A joyous summertime romp through fields of honeyed harmony and crispy good times."

TINARIWEN Tassili CD
*** "Gnarly Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. Features collaborations with Nels Cline, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone of TV On The Radio."

NEW ARRIVALS: 7" & 10" Vinyl - Eric Copeland of Black Dice + BARR

BARR The Song Is The Single 7"
*** RECOMMENDED We got a lifechanging single here! "We all know that rock and roll is the language of night but this got made in the day, it was bright."

ERIC COPELAND Whorehouse Blues 7"
*** "Eric Copeland is an experimental musician based in New York. He is a core member of Black Dice and this is his 5th PPM release! It's a brainbender!"

NEW ARRIVALS: VINYL - Restocks on wax, my baby!

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Feels LP+MP3
*** BACK IN STOCK! Reissue with 320kbps MP3s.

BON IVER Bon Iver LP+MP3
*** BACK IN STOCK! And going fast.

THE BOOKS Lemon Of Pink LP+MP3
*** BACK IN STOCK! Remastered reissue.

GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR F#A#(infinity) LP
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR Lift Yr Skinny Fists... 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK! F#A#(infinity) includes the flattened penny, photos, etc. Rules.

MODEST MOUSE Sad Sappy Sucker LP+MP3
MODEST MOUSE The Fruit That Ate Itself EP+MP3
*** BACK IN STOCK! Recently reissued, includes downloadales.

SUFJAN STEVENS Michigan 2xLP
SUFJAN STEVENS Illinois 2xLP
SUFJAN STEVENS The BQE LP+STUFF
SUFJAN STEVENS The Age Of Adz LP+MP3
*** BACK IN STOCK!

THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH The Wild Hunt LP+MP3
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird EP
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH The Tallest Man On Earth EP+MP3
*** BACK IN STOCK! All include MP3s.

NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Restocks on CD, my baby!

ARRINGTON DE DIONYSO Suara Naga CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!

HUMAN EYE They Came From The Sky CD
*** RECOMMENDED Detroit creeps!

PSYCHEDELIC HORESHIT Laced CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! I can't believe these guys don't get beat up at every show.

THE PSYCHIC PARAMOUNT II CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! Intense band.

THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH Shallow Grave LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

EVENTS - The Whip! + EL TOPO!!!

THE WHIP! - Friday, August 26 @ Elks Lodge
*** PSYCH ROCK & SOUL! R&B STOMPERS & INSTRUMENTAL KLANG! BLUES BUMPS & GIRL GROUP BOUNCE! The foot bruising party returns with DJs Forest Juziuk (HOTT LAVA) & Richie Wohlfeil (CONTACT). Dance, stomp & scream at the Detroit-meets-Ann Arbor-meets-Detroit party THE WHIP!!
Elks Lodge / 220 W Sunset / 10PM / $5 / FBOOK: http://on.fb.me/osAE5z

EL TOPO - Saturday, August 27 @ State Theatre
*** HOTT LAVA presents a "midnight special" -- Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1970 psychedelic western about an outlaw who battles mystical gunfighters before helping a bunch of deformed people escape a town run by degenerate religous fascists!
State Theatre / 220 S. State, A2 / $6 / MIDNIGHT / FBOOK: http://on.fb.me/pxJAuB

NEW ARRIVALS: DVD - Trash Humpers (again!!)

TRASH HUMPERS by Harmony Korine DVD+BOOK
*** RECOMMENDED BACK IN STOCK! While the title is by no means a misnomer, Trash Humpers is one of the most unpredictable & frightening films of all time! Is it the future of horror films? Certainly, the trailer must be seen to be believed! We sell this thing like hot cakes -- and for good reason!

NEW ARRIVALS: 7" & 10" Vinyl - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Pylon, Talk Normal, Yellow Fever

BONNIE PRINCE BILLY There Is No God / God Is Love 10"
*** "Summoning up two sides of the argument (to which there are more sides and more arguments too) in a neat flip of the platter, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy is back on the 10" parade route. Backing vocals by RACHEL KORINE and CASSIE BERMAN."

BONNIE PRINCE BILLY & THE CAIRO GANG Island Brothers / New Wonder 10"
*** "Two great songs with stunning artwork benefitting grassroots water purification systems. Special guest: ROB MAZUREK. Careful dynamics! Ballad styles!"

PYLON Cover + Remix 7"
*** DEERHUNTER covers “Cool” and CALVINIST (a.k.a. Sasha Frere Jones) remixes “Yo-Yo.”

TALK NORMAL Lone General 7"
*** Brooklyn superduo's first single for M'lady's! Double A-sided onslaught, light years ahead of all the squares, for reals. So brilliant.

YELLOW FEVER Bermuda Triangle 7"
*** First new music in years from YELLOW FEVER! Amazing preview of their debut full-length out later this year.

NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl - Noveller, T Rex, Townes Van Zandt, F'Lips, Mississippi Records

v/a IN THE STORM SO LONG LP+MAG
*** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED "A compilation of gospel songs from the Pitch/Gussman label. Raw & ragged 1960s & 1970s recordings made in Georgia. Most tracks have a heavy guitar sound with loads of reverb. At times haunting and at times joyous. Real rockin' homemade music by and for the people."

AIR Moon Safari LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Outsells any Air album by far.

BEIRUT Gulag Orkestar LP
BEIRUT The Flying Cup Club LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! New album post-haste!

BIG STAR 3rd LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

BLUES CONTROL Puff LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! Long unavailable on LP.

JEFF BUCKLEY Grace LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Get your makeout on.

DANGER MOUSE & DANIELE LUPPI Rome LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!

FLAMING LIPS Hear It Is LP
FLAMING LIPS Telepathic Surgery 2xLP
FLAMING LIPS In A Priest Driven Ambulance 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK! We haven't had these in a hot minute

FUNKADELIC America Eats Its Young LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

MINOR THREAT Out Of Step LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

JOANNA NEWSOM & THE YS STREET BAND s/t 12"
*** BACK IN STOCK!

NOVELLER Desert Fires LP
*** RECOMMENDED NOW ON VINYL! "Guitarist and filmmaker SARAH LIPSTATE (Rhys Chatham's Guitar Army, Glenn Branca's 100 guitar ensemble) takes a compositional evolutionary step from layered, loop-based drones to more expansive formal arrangements of swells, throbs, tones and shimmer."

PEAKING LIGHTS 936 LP / CD
*** RECOMMENDED BACK IN STOCK! "Melodic gold dust, drift-dub haze, cool crate-digger grit, silky soul-jazz keys, tranced vocals, bass loops, drum loops and sneaky dub guitar -- a total groove-wave classic!" Check this groovy video: http://vimeo.com/20580559 On NOT NOT FUN.

TY SEGALL Goodbye Bread LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

T REX Slider LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

TOWNES VAN ZANDT Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Holy smokes, this is a Wazoo bestseller!

NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Nascimento, Sehorn's Soul Farm, Richard Buckner, Kanye & Jay-Z

v/a SEHORN'S SOUL FARM 2xCD
*** "2 rare compilations from Allen Toussaint’s Sansu label that revived the somewhat moribund New Orleans music scene of the mid to late sixties, signing the cream of the city’s soul and R&B acts. Includes 18 previously uncollected bonus tracks."

RICHARD BUCKNER Our Blood CD
*** "Since 2006's Meadow, fans of Richard Buckner have been clamoring for new material and wondering what was keeping their hero from releasing the new songs he would perform on the road. Well, it's a long story!"

JAY-Z & KANYE WEST Watch The Throne CD
*** "Though shrouded in secrecy, the album has already been heralded a 'masterpiece' by those who have heard it, feat. production from The RZA, The Neptunes & Mike Dean. Feat. vox from Frank Ocean, Beyoncé, Curtis Mayfield & Mr. Hudson."

MILTON NASCIMENTO Clube Da Esquina 2xLP / CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Along with Lo Borges and arrangements from Eumir Deodato, Nascimento combines bossa nova with soul, pop, jazz, psychedelic & classical influences. A masterpiece on par with any of the classic releases from the more well-known Tropicalia movement."

NURSE WITH WOUND Who Can I Turn To Stereo 2xCD
*** "Remastered reissue of the 1996 classic expanded to feature the complete Stereo Wastelands -- a very limited and now out-of-print collection of musical debris from the Who Can I Turn To Stereo sessions."

PEAKING LIGHTS 936 LP / CD
*** RECOMMENDED BACK IN STOCK! "Melodic gold dust, drift-dub haze, cool crate-digger grit, silky soul-jazz keys, tranced vocals, bass loops, drum loops and sneaky dub guitar -- a total groove-wave classic!" Check this groovy video: http://vimeo.com/20580559 On NOT NOT FUN.

SPARKS The Seduction Of Ingmar Berman - LA Film Festival 2011 Edition CD
*** "Originally commissioned by Sweden's national public radio station Sveriges Radio to write and produce an original radio musical, Sparks created the musical fantasy based on the internationally acclaimed film director Ingmar Bergman."

13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS Headstone: Contact Sessions 2xCD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "The Contact Sessions were the first studio recordings by The 13th Floor Elevators, recorded in Texas in January and February 1966, which never saw the light of day in those heady drug-filled days. Mono & stereo versions included!"

NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl - Incredible haul of soul, jazz, psych & more!

AHMED ABDUL-MALIK Sounds Of Africa LP
*** "One of Malik's greatest combining both his modern & experimental sides, a mixture of off-key hardbop and odd instrumentation that includes cello, oud & percussion."

AFRICAN MUSIC MACHINE Black Water Gold LP
*** "Rolling basslines, spacey organ grooves, tight choppy guitar riffs & punchy horn blasts. Similar to Cymande but with less of the dub-heavy influences & more of a raw southern funk groove."

AFRO SOULTET Afrodesia LP
*** "The wildly diverse, heavily percussive global jazz, soul & exotica inspired Afrodesia from the late 60s combo Afro Soultet."

ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO Message To Our Folks LP
ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO Great Black Music A Jackson In Your House LP
*** "Two of the Art Ensemble Of Chicago's all-time classics! Out but rockin'."

DOROTHY ASHBY Afro-Harping LP
DOROTHY ASHBY The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby LP
*** "Two of the grooviest records ever – a sublime blend of African percussion, soulful orchestrations & Dorothy Ashby's amazing electric harp!"

MULATU ASTATKE Mulatu Of Ethiopia LP
*** "Killer blend of weird rhythms, sweet funk & dope vibes – and the grooves on the set are really unique – slow, snakey, and with a sinister, almost other-worldly feel." 180g.

DAVID AXELROD Songs Of Experience LP
DAVID AXELROD Earth Rot LP
DAVID AXELROD The Auction LP
DAVID AXELROD Messiah LP
DAVID AXELROD Heavy Axe LP
*** One of the most sampled composers in hip-hop, Axelrod's transcendent jazz is both extremely funky & snappy yet orchestral -- this music is insane. There's nothing like it. So unique, so catchy too.

RAY BARRETTO The Message LP
*** "One of Ray Barretto's hardest-hitting salsa albums of the 70s – a raw set of grooves that's less playful & in a more righteous mode."

BLACULA OST by Gene Page LP
*** "These tunes rank with the best blacksploitation work of the decade – hard and funky groovers."

BLOWFLY Zodiac Blowfly LP
*** Good lord. I don't know what to tell you. Look up the artwork.

WILLIE BOBO Let's Go Bobo! LP
*** "Recorded in 1964, drifting to a more high energy sound from more traditional cuban jazz & mainstream mambo to the more funky urban boogaloo with no musical chops lacking."

JAMES BROWN Hell LP
JAMES BROWN The Payback LP
*** Perhaps you've heard of him!

TERRY CALLIER What Color Is Love LP
*** Possibly the greatest album ever by the legendary Chicago soul singer Terry Callier!

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Safe As Milk LP
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) LP
*** Perhaps you've heard of this creep. LPs be rulin'.

JAMES CARR You Got My Mind Messed Up LP
*** "An incredible bit of southern soul." Dood's voice is so sweet. People marvel at the tunes.

CEYLIEB PEOPLE Tanyet LP
*** RECOMMENDED "A blend of fuzzy psychedelia with trippier influences from India & other points east, heavy drums & jamming guitar with lots of sitar, tamboura, and rootsy percussion! All instrumental and mind-expanding grooves."

CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND The Inner Mystique LP
*** "Mystically grooving psychedelia from Chocolate Watch Band – a heady mix of the psyche sounds of the era with some really groovy Eastern inspired spirals of sound!"

ALICE CLARK Alice Clark LP
*** "A really right-on sort of sound that's totally great, and way hipper than most 70s chart soul! Arrangements are by Ernie Wilkins, who brings in a touch of jazz."

BILLY COBHAM Spectrum LP
*** DJ classic from this jazz drummer.

DENNIS COFFEY Hair & Thangs LP
*** "Cracklin' drums & scratchy guitar jams from start to finish. A real treat for the breakbeat enthusiast."

ALICE COLTRANE Huntington Ashram Monastery LP
ALICE COLTRANE Eternity LP
ALICE COLTRANE Journey In Satchidananda LP
*** RECOMMENDED Holy lord, Alice Colrance is a religion. A harpist & pianist of the highest order, her jams = deep spirituality & stoned vibes. Serious, serious grooves. 180g.

DAVE "BABY" CORTEZ Soul Vibration LP
*** "A very weird record – and one of the most compelling albums ever cut by organ whiz Dave Baby Cortez! Pop soul instrumentals, the funky soul jazz of the early 70s, and some trippier sounds that have a wild spaced out feel."

CYMANDE Second Time Round LP
*** "The second album of dubby funk by the legendary Cymande! This monster funk combo had a totally unique sound, with rolling bassy-grooves, and a very nice stoner-funk feel."

DEMON FUZZ Afreaka! LP
*** "Messed-up funky jazz from an obscure early 70s UK group – and an album that really lives up to its trippy cover! Organ, sax, and spaced out drums – and the overall style is a mix of dub-heavy funk, Afro jazz, and a bit of jazz rock jamming!"

EAST NEW YORK ENSEMBLE DE MUSIC At The Helm LP
*** "An extremely righteous bit of soul jazz. The sound is loose and free – spiritually building in a manner that recalls the work of Ahmed Abdul Malik, Phil Cohran, and some of the AACM."

ELECTRIC PRUNES I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night LP
*** "Their scintillating debut!"

ETHIOPIAN QUINTET Afro-Latin Soul LP
*** "An incredible blend of New York Latin and some of the more Afro-styled grooves Mulatu explored more freely on his Ethiopian recordings. 180g.

EDDIE FISHER The Third Cup LP
EDDIE FISHER Eddie Fisher & The Next One Hundred Years LP
*** "Madly tripped out guitar funk & stripped down jazz with a small combo."

FUNKADELIC Funkadelic LP
FUNKADELIC Maggot Brain LP
FUNKADELIC Free Your Mind... LP
*** Perhaps you've heard of them!

MARVIN GAYE I Want You LP
*** Perhaps you've heard of him!

GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION Ain't-No-'Bout-A-Doubt-It LP
*** "One of the high points of Larry Graham's career – a hard-jamming set of guitar-based funk that forever put Graham Central Station on the map!"

HERBIE HANCOCK Fat Albert Rotunda LP
*** "Herbie breaks away from his straight jazz work with a harder, heavier sound than some of his straight electric ones." Oft-sampled, totally jammin'.

HARLEM UNDERGROUND Harlem Underground LP
*** "A mix of funky jazz and gritty soul put together with some really weird studio touches -- as mysterious as it is funky. George Benson, Dave Baby Cortez, Willis Jackson & Earl Williams."

RUFUS HARLEY Bagpipe Blues LP
*** "Don't be put off by the bagpipes -- Harley plays in a righteous soul jazz groove, using the instrument as a Coltrane-ish reed soloing vehicle, with sheets of hard blown sound as opposed to a corny Scottish sounding vibe."

WENDELL HARRISON An Evening With The Devil LP
*** "The groove is laidback and spacey, with some nice electric piano & good mellow solos that have a nice soulful vibe to them. Other parts of the album are a little bit more out & have a sharp edge to them." On TRIBE.

EDDIE HAZEL Jams From The Heart LP
*** "Legendary Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel is in fine form and really cuts loose on these tracks from a 1975 studio session on this mostly instrumental EP."

JOHN LEE HOOKER On Campus LP
*** "Electric blues from John Lee Hooker released in the mid 60s on Vee Jay – all Hooker originals that are riveting and soul shaking as you could hope for."

LEROY HUTSON Hutson II LP
*** "A complete masterpiece from the mighty Leroy Hutson."

THE INTRIGUES In A Moment LP
*** "The set brings together titles from the Intrigues' one and only album – initially issued on the tiny Yew label. Nice stuff – with a sound that bridges rawer Philly 60s group soul & later smoother work from the 70s."

WELDON IRVINE Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine) LP
WELDON IRVINE Spirit Man LP
*** "A moody blend of electric keys, heavy percussion, and some slight bits of jazzy solo work."

MELVIN JACKSON Funky Skull LP
*** "Jackson's bass is looped through all sorts of crazy effects, and the result is this amazing blend of avant garde playing and groovy rhythms that is beyond compare!" 180g.

WANDA JACKSON There's A Party Going On LP
*** Perhaps you've heard of this saucy firecracker! She can howl, she can yowl.

THE JB'S Doing It To Death LP
THE JB'S Breakin' Bread LP
*** James Brown's TIGHT AS HELL band.

JUJU A Message From Mozambique LP
JUJU African Rhythms LP
*** "Very much in kind of an Art Ensemble Of Chicago mode - with more 'out' soloing overall, mixed with some of the spiritual jazz leanings. Nice."

THE LAFAYETTE AFRO ROCK BAND Malik LP
*** "Lafayette Afro-Rock Band were a jazz-based super session group that created a heavy, dense, no compromise ghetto funk that has since been sampled by everyone from Public Enemy to Wreckz 'N' Effect."

DENISE LASALLE A Lady In The Street LP
*** Love this gal. Some vibe.

THE LAST POETS The Last Poets LP
*** The boys who invented rap!

YUSEF LATEEF Detroit LP
*** RECOMMENDED "Lateef's sweet blend of righteous jazz & soulful orchestrations, blending together strings and soul jazz with a hip approach that almost makes the record feel like an early blacksploitation soundtrack."

THE LATIN SOULS Boo-Ga-Loo & Shing-A-Ling LP
*** "Many of the cuts have a nicely dark undercurrent – a bit like the best work of Ralph Robles – but the harmonies give the record a somewhat more sincere feel too, with echoes of Joe Bataan in the mix."

THE LEBRON BROTHERS ORCHESTRA Psychedelic Goes Latin LP
*** "Latin definitely goes psychedelic on this one – burning through a cloud of smoke with a brilliant blend of soul, jazz, and the hipper rhythms of the Spanish Harlem scene."

MAGIC SAM West Side Soul LP
*** RECOMMENDED "A set of rough and ready blues tunes that would have played well on both sides of the tracks at the time."

SABU MARTINEZ Afro Temple LP
*** "The album mixes Latin grooves and hard funk in a way that's rarely been duplicated, and which has ensured Sabu a place in the funk hall of fame for all time!"

CURTIS MAYFIELD Roots LP
CURTIS MAYFIELD Back To The World LP
CURTIS MAYFIELD Live! 2xLP
*** Perhaps you've heard of him! 180g.

GWEN MCCRAE Rockin' Chair LP
*** The disco diva! She's slayin' it live, sweatin' hard on the LP sleeve.

JACK MCDUFF Sophisticated Funk LP
*** One of the best album covers of all time!

EUGENE MCDANIELS Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse LP
EUGENE MCDANIELS Outlaw LP
*** RIP. Wild & progressive albums from this former MOR singer. 180g.

JIMMY MCGRIFF Groove Grease LP
JIMMY MCGRIFF Electric Funk LP
*** A nice bit of funky organ work from Jimmy McGriff!

BLIND WILLIE MCTELL The Early Years 1927-1933 LP
*** He may be blind but the man could play!

MIGHTY TOMCATS Soul Makossa LP
*** Apparently this has the most jammin' version of "Soul Makossa" out there.

OS MUTANTES Jardim Eletrico LP
OS MUTANTES Os Mutantes LP
*** Hello! Long regarded as some of the very finest Brazilian pop psych. And for good reason.

SHUGGIE OTIS Inspiration Information LP
*** "1974 brainchild of guitar prodigy Shuggie Otis (son of Johnny Otis), the 19-year-old Otis spent three years in the studio generating this one-man opus. Multitracked rhythms recall the Meters embroidered with psychedelic filigree." 180g.

PARLIAMENT Trombipulation LP
*** Perhaps you've heard of them!

HARRY PARTCH Delusion Of The Fury 2xLP
HARRY PARTCH The World Of Harry Partch LP
*** This old coot made a bunch of his own instruments, scales & tones. Really wild, really happenin' stuff. These albums have been out-of-print & in demand for years.

LOUIE RAMIREZ Tipico LP
*** "In spite of the 2 boleros, I really see this album as a must have."

JIMMY REED I'm Jimmy Reed LP
*** "Jimmy Reed's debut LP was about as strong a first album as was heard in Chicago blues. Two-string boogie!"

GIL SCOTT-HERON Small Talk At 125th & Lenox LP
GIL SCOTT-HERON It's Your World LP
GIL SCOTT-HERON From South Africa To South Carolina LP
*** Perhaps you've heard of him! Prepare to have your ass kicked by this master wordsmith.

SONNY SHARROCK Monkey-Pockie-Boo LP
*** "This is one of Sonny Sharrock's rare early recordings, recorded in France shortly after he had been playing with Herbie Mann. The groove's kind of crazy."

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE There's A Riot Going On LP
*** Perhaps you've heard of him! On 180g vinyl.

ALAN SILVA & HIS CELESTIAL COMMUNICATION ORCHESTRA Luna Surface LP
*** "A group that includes Grachan Moncur III, Archie Shepp, Anthony Braxton, Malachi Favors, Dave Burrell, and Bernard Vitet. The group was one of the most successful meetings of the French and African-American avant gardes, 180g.

SKULL SNAPS Skull Snaps LP
*** "One of the most legendary funk albums of the 70s – a real gem through and through, and filled with a masterful blend of hard funk, sweet soul, and soaring group grooves."

LONNIE LISTON SMITH & THE COSMIC ECHOES Astral Traveling LP
*** RECOMMENDED "This album has the same swirling and ecstatic highs as Alice Coltrane's or Pharoah Sanders's music, reminiscent of classic Impulse! spiritual jazz sides." Endlessly listenable with a real stone-y vibe.

LONNIE LISTON SMITH & THE COSMIC ECHOES Expansions LP
*** A funkier set of tunes with incredible production work.

SRC s/t LP
*** "A heady brew of ripping guitars, burning Hammond, and massively pounding drums – all recorded with a slightly garagey edge."

SUN RA The Magic City LP
SUN RA The Solar-Myth Approach Vol. 1 LP
SUN RA Angels & Demons At Play LP
SUN RA Of Mythic Worlds LP
SUN RA Strange Strings LP
SUN RA Atlantis LP
SUN RA Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy LP
*** Perhaps you've heard of him! On 180g vinyl.

TIMMY THOMAS Why Can't We Live Together LP
*** Peculiar but excellent organ & drum machine one man soul band.

THE WATTS 103RD STREET RHYTHM BAND In The Jungle, Babe LP
*** "In The Jungle, Babe is filled with Funk flavor and Soul seasoning and features one of the most underrated Funk ensembles to slap down some grooves on black wax."

THE WATTS PROPHETS Rappin' Black In A White World LP
*** "Fusing music with jazz and funk roots with a rapid-fire, spoken word sound which established a strong tendency toward social commentary and a reputation for militancy."

RANDY WESTON African Cookbook LP
*** "Effusive, Pan-African melodies & generous percussion."

STEVE WONDER Music Of My Mind LP
*** Perhaps you've heard of him! On 180g vinyl.

LYMAN WOODARD ORGANIZATION Saturday Night Special LP
*** RECOMMENDED "A unique amalgamation of organ funk, sophisticated soul, and straight-ahead jazz recorded in Detroit, MI. Brilliant." On STRATA.

LARRY YOUNG Lawrence Of Newark LP
*** RECOMMENDED "The John Coltrane of the organ!" Incredible, fiery set of psychedelic jazz.

EVENTS - The Whip! + EL TOPO!!!

THE WHIP! - Friday, August 26 @ Elks Lodge
*** PSYCH ROCK & SOUL! R&B STOMPERS & INSTRUMENTAL KLANG! BLUES BUMPS & GIRL GROUP BOUNCE! The foot bruising party returns with DJs Forest Juziuk (HOTT LAVA) & Richie Wohlfeil (CONTACT). Dance, stomp & scream at the Detroit-meets-Ann Arbor-meets-Detroit party THE WHIP!!
Elks Lodge / 220 W Sunset / 10PM / $5

EL TOPO - Saturday, August 27 @ State Theatre
*** HOTT LAVA presents a "midnight special" -- Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1970 psychedelic western about an outlaw who battles mystical gunfighters before helping a bunch of deformed people escape a town run by degenerate religous fascists!
State Theatre / 220 S. State, A2 / MIDNIGHT / $6

NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl - Brian Eno, Neil Young, Zombies et al

BAD MEETS EVIL Hell: The Sequel LP
*** The team of Detroit MC's Eminem & Royce da 5'9 became a rap legend of unfulfilled promise. Now, a decade after they last recorded together, Eminem and Royce da 5'9 have revived Bad Meets Evil."

JAMES BLAKE James Blake 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS Criminal Minded LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!

BRIAN ENO Drums Between The Bells 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!

JOHN MAUS We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves CD
*** NOW ON VINYL! "Questing synthesizers, tense bass lines & drum machines provide the perfect backdrop for John's reverb-drenched vox. It's a world where the Germs jam with Jerry Goldsmith, Cabaret Voltaire relocate to Eternia & Josquin des Prez writes a new score for RoboCop."

MELLOWHYPE BlackenedWhite LP / CD
*** "Alternative hip-hop featuring Hodgy Beats and Left Brain from the collective Odd Future."

METALLICA Ride The Lightning LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! And still rulin' after so many years!

MUMFORD & SONS Sigh No More LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

NEIL YOUNG Harvest LP
*** Insane remastered deluxe edition thingamajig. Pretty impressive in person.

THE ZOMBIES Odyssey & Oracle LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Mellowhype, Ronettes, Motor City Drum Ensemble & more

ost WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS by Don Gere CD
*** RECOMMENDED "A stoned, country commune, lycanthropic Z-movie soundtrack welding motoric redneck funk with broken eastern promises. Imagine marrying Amon Düül 1 to Sandy Bull in a phoney black mass with Skip Spence and The Godz as bridesmaids."

AMON DUUL II Yeti CD
AMON DUUL II Phallus Dei CD
AMON DUUL II Tanz Der Lemming CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!

FRUIT BATS Tripper CD
*** "More of a solitary pursuit than his previous album, Tripper is a bittersweet meditation on hitting the road, leaving the familiar behind and reinventing yourself -- the album a reinvention itself."

MELLOWHYPE BlackenedWhite LP / CD
*** "Alternative hip-hop featuring Hodgy Beats and Left Brain from the collective Odd Future."

MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE DJ-Kicks CD
*** Dood rules so hard. Unbeatable 12"s with ridiculous sonics. This mix is long-awaited! "Look at the opening selections of this mix to get a glimpse of Motor City Drum Ensembles amazing ability to fuse totally disparate sound aesthetics into a coherent whole."

RONETTES Be My Baby: The Very Best CD
*** "With their sweet, polished harmonies, cat-eye makeup and beehive hairdos, The Ronettes added a tough, New York street flavor to the girl group model of the early 60s, quickly becoming Philles leading group."

COLIN STETSON New History Warfare 2: Judges CD
*** "Weaving a flow of arpeggiated swirls & chordal progressions while singing yearning melodic lines through the reed of his horn, Stetson's work is rooted in a pop sensibility, both harmonically and overall song structure." On CONSTELLATION.

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Join Us CD
*** "From inspired electronic excursions to blazing mind-crushers featuring their legendary barn-storming live band...They Might Be Giants is back."

EVENTS - the last ever Jury Duty! Plus FREE mix!

JURY DUTY - Friday, July 22 @ Elks Lodge
*** The last ever JURY DUTY! Disc jocks FOREST J. (HOTT LAVA), GEOFF P. (Mystery Party), and ROBERT W. (Ann Arbor Soul Club) do the pony & watusi with you, baby. Soul, R&B, boogie, disco, bounce, int'l & more. Free mix for the first 50 attendees!
Elks Lodge / 220 Sunset, A2 / 10:30PM / $5 / FBOOK: http://on.fb.me/p0BM5p

NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl - Ron Hardy, Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo, Bibio + amazing comps!

v/a FOLLOW ME DOWN: Vanguard's Lost Psychedelic Era (1966-1970) 2xLP
*** "Deep within the Vanguard Records vaults lies some of the craziest & most mysterious psychedelic rock music to come out of the '60s. This is the first time the Vanguard label has selected tracks from their best 'lost' psychedelic records & 45's."

v/a LONDON IS THE PLACE FOR ME: Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950-1956 2xLP
*** "Honest Jon's comp of Caribbean calypso that was crucial to the development of British swing and jazz music, ranging from social satire to sexual double-entendre, from voodoo to the most pressing issues of the day, from sporting events to competitive insult."

v/a WHERE THE SOUL OF MAN NEVER DIES: A Treasury Of Caucasian-American Gospel LP
*** "Compilation of rare white gospel spanning the years 1937-1977. Early country brother duo harmonies, gorgeous gospel bluegrass, and roaring Pentecostal pandemonium. Liner notes by Mike McGonigal."

BIBIO K Is For Kelson 12"
*** "K Is For Kelson is a limited 4 track 12" featuring an alternative version of the title track and 3 brand new songs. The track is a multi-instrumental smorgasbord, with Bibio (aka Stephen Wilkinson) playing every instrument -- including a bermibau, brandy glasses and a Chinese silk fan."

BORDEN / FERRARO / GODIN / HALO / LOPATIN Frkwys Vol. 7 LP+MP3
*** "FRKWYS Vol. 7 features pieces improvised by David Borden, James Ferraro, Samuel Godin, Laurel Halo, and Daniel Lopatin (ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, FORD & LOPATIN). Cosmically dense Fourth World freak out."

RON HARDY Music Box Classics Vol. 1 12"
RON HARDY Music Box Classics Vol. 2 12"
*** RECOMMENDED White label reissue of Ron Hardy's re-edit series. Chicago dance classics.

ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO 1st Album LP / CD
*** "Some of the most raw & psychedelic Afro sounds from arguably Africa's most innovative band. By building upon and modernizing the traditional rhythms of Vodoun, conforming to the Afrobeat sound of the time, incorporating Western styles and injecting a healthy Latin dose."

SEBADOH Bakesale LP
*** BACK IN PRINT! Remastered but still all screwy sounding. Choice!

WASHED OUT Within & Without LP+MP3+7" / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL! BONUS 7"! "Washed Out is the operational alias for Atlanta, GA's Ernest Greene recorded with Ben Allen who co-produced Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavillio & Deerhunter's Halcyon Digest."