NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Fleet Foxes, Bill Callahan, Soul Jazz, Tindersticks & more

v/a BRAZIL '70: AFTER TROPICALIA New Directions In Brazilian Music in the 1970s CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!

v/a DEUTSCHE ELEKTRONISCHE MUSIK: Experimental German Rock And Eletronick Musik 1972-83 2xCD
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v/a TROPICALIA: A Brazilian Revolution In Sound CD
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A CERTAIN RATIO Early 2xCD
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A HAWK AND A HACKSAW Cervantine LP / CD
*** "A record that gloriously connects a deep fascination with folk and gypsy groups of former Yugoslavia, Greece & Romania with the desert plains of the American Southwest not unlike Beirut or Calexico with a left-field edge."

AETHENOR En Form For Bla CD
*** NOW ON CD!

ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI Moment Bends CD
*** Hear ye, hear ye! There's a new AIH rekkid afoot!

BABIES Babies LP / CD
*** "Kevin Morby (WOODS), Cassie Ramone (VIVIAN GIRLS), Justin Sullivan and Nathan Starkmake roughed-up jewels cut from the same cloth as Hazlewood and Sinatra, The Velvet Underground and Nico, Pisces and Linda Bruner, and other dream marriages."

BEANS End It All LP / CD
*** "Lush, darkly tinted soundscapes from some of the most inspired names in contemporary production -- Four Tet, Clark, Tobacco, Son Lux, etc -- united by the inimitable flow and reborn swagger of Beans. The first Beans album to feature all guest production!"

BEASTIE BOYS Hot Sauce Committee Part Two CD
*** "The long-awaited eighth album from the Hip Hop/Rock trio."

BILL CALLAHAN Apocalypse LP / CD
*** "Essentially an ensemble recorded live in the studio, BILL CALLAHAN’s Apocalypse is the corpus delecti. Something happened here! If tape is like meat, this record is the whole hog! No cuts! Delectables and guts!"

CURRENT 93 Honeysuckle Æons CD
*** Honeysuckle Æons is the new album by hallucinatory gnostic supergroup Current 93. Current 93, who were as cool as flies and as real as rainbows, are now as perfect as planets: Eliot Bates, Baby Dee, Andrew Liles, Lisa Pizzighella, Armen Ra and David Tibet."

MATTHEW ROBERT COOPER Some Days Are Better Than Others OST CD
*** Matthew Cooper's spellbinding soundtrack to Some Days Are Better Than Others since before his creative breakthrough album, Similes (released under his more widely known Eluvium moniker) was even made."

DEERHOOF Friend Opportunity LP
*** BACK IN PRINT!

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY Take Care, Take Care, Take Care 2xLP / CD
*** "Explosions In The Sky take some of their greatest creative leaps yet, experimenting with layers of haunting, unplaceable sounds, euphoric vocals, classical guitar, body percussion, Japanese singing bowls and more."

FRESH & ONLYS Secret Walls 12" / CD
*** "The cavernous opening sounds of Secret Walls reveal the strong threads of hazy post-punk melancholy that have been woven throughout the band's moody and jangly guitar pop."

HAUSCHKA Salon Des Amateurs CD
*** "Salon des Amateurs finds Hauschka focusing on rhythmic possibilities of his own prepared piano, as well as his first recorded collaborations with kit drummers: the album is a thrillingly unique sonic achievement."

HIGH LLAMAS Talahomi Way CD
*** "In the course of their post-millennial albums, The High Llamas sound has shifted subtly into a more organic setting—gone are the slick, electric-band settings of their great ‘90s albums, giving the music a more intimate, personal resonance."

ETTA JAMES Who's Blue: Rare Chess Recordings Of The 60s & 70s CD
*** "Over 70 minutes of soul, R&B, funk and jazz gems! For each of her LPs that exists on CD, there is an equally good album not available in its entirety."

LITTLE SCREAM The Golden Record CD
*** "Little Scream weaves multiple genres into a sparkly and Jovian landscape, conjuring visions of receiving signals and painting portals through space over celestial echoes and otherworldly buzzes."

ROBERT POLLARD Space City Kicks LP / CD
*** "Space City Kicks, an eighteen-song compendium of Bee Thousand-sized sonic chunks that range from noisy pop to poppy noise but mostly just R-O-C-K. Pollard at his loosest and most free, conditions under which he very often produces his finest work."

PONYTAIL Do Whatever You Want All The Time LP / CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Like 'Ice Cream Spiritual,' the energy of Ponytail is still alive and full throttle, but on Do Whatever You Want All The Time there is a more sophisticated and experimental approach of the song. This is complex-intellectual pop."

ARTHUR RUSSELL The World Of Arthur Russell CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!

THOUSANDS The Sound Of Everything CD
*** "Born out of late-night graveyard experimentation, the duo's stark and original spin on modern folk music is one of the most gentle and serene recordings you're likely to ever hear: solely voices, guitars, and an array of environmental sounds."

THE TINDERSTICKS Claire Denis Film Scores 5xCD
*** RECOMMENDED 5xCD box set gathering all six of the Claire Denis soundtracks written and performed by Tindersticks or their members w/ four of the six soundtracks are previously unreleased. Comes in a slipcase box made from deluxe uncoated black paperboard with a custom die-cut window and metallic cover-print."

TUNE-YARDS w h o k i l l CD
*** "Garbus has applied the tUnE-yArDs live approach to her studio work but her tools have not changed. She's added more buttons and joints to those already being used & the opportunities exploited are evident in the album's dynamic range."