Tuesday, June 14, 2011

NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl - Segall, Oh Sees, Soft Moon, Madlib, Mount Eerie, Laurel Halo & more

BATTLES Gloss Drop 2xLP / CD
*** "It is true that Gloss Drop is a bewitching, entrancing album that defies both categorization and easy analysis. This is truly seismic shift from Mirrored, propelling them once more into uncharted territory.''

BEIRUT East Harlem 7"
*** New single!

BLACK PUS Primordial Pus LP
*** Brian Chippendale of LIGHTNING BOLT! "Insanely long saccharine loops are pushed, pulled, screwed and tattooed all over your face -- an enduring record of stone-etched brute pop is forged."

JAMES BLAKE James Blake 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Plus bonus tracks!

BLANK DOGS Collected By Itself 2xLP+MP3
BLANK DOGS Land & Fixed LP+MP3 / CD

*** "'Collected' compiles long out of print singles, EPs, cassette and compilation tracks from the BLANK DOGS archive. 'Land' is a 12-song album!"

LO BORGES Lo Borges LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

BOXCUTTER Dissolve LP
*** "Barry Lynn leaves Dubstep behind entirely to create an unpolished hue with keyboards, drum machine, echo, tape & even electric guitar while showing an affinity to Theo Parrish & even hypnagogic pop."

CRYSTAL STILTS In Love With Oblivion LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

MELVIN DAVIS Detroit Soul Ambassador LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!

DEATH Spiritual Mental Physical LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! A collection of

DESTROYER Ideas For Songs LP+MP3
*** "Remastered edition of a sixteen-track private press Destroyer 1997 cassette. Packaged with a fresh transfer of Welsh-born painter SYLVIA SLEIGH’s (1916-2010) original nude Bejar portrait artwork. Includes a free download."

FUNKADELIC Maggot Brain LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

GANG GANG DANCE Kamakura LP
*** "Utilizing avant garde sensibilities and cut-and-paste assemblies, GGD dump some awesome Middle Eastern percussion & keyboard stabs colliding with Far Eastern instrumentation, and elements of Western pop & dance."

LAUREL HALO Hour Logic LP
*** "Hour Logic is an ode to time leaping, designed to aid in moments of brain traffic and physical transit."

INVISIBLE CONGA PEOPLE In A Hole / Can't Feel 12"
*** "More dream-steeped than anything before it, relying on vintage & home made gear, darkened tones mingling with floating percussion and vocals processed to nearly melancholic depths." On DFA.

NICHOLAS JAAR Space Is Only Noise LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!

KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS Gorilla Rose LP+MP3 / CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Thirteen jams hitting ’60s Chicano rock, slip sliding rockabilly, teenage punkdom, mystic krautrock, baby-making sleaze, the best bad peyote trip you ever took and even a velvety call from the beyond. Flamboyant and inspired."

LA VAMPIRES & ZOLA JESUS Self-titled LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

JULIAN LYNCH Terra LP / CD
*** "Dood played in bands alongside future members of REAL ESTATE, TITUS ANDRONICUS and FAMILY PORTRAIT. Dog is studying Ethnomusicology and Anthropology. People like his music!"

MADLIB Medicine Show 1 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL! "A full 17-track hip hop album with original tracks and 'the OJ Simpson remixes' featuring GUILTY SIMPSON. There are two brief guest appearances by MED and J DILLA."

MOON POOL & DEAD BAND Patsy / Patsy (Jack Ruby Mix) 7"
*** "Oh shit! What happens when a dude from the SIGHTS/SSM hooks up with one of the geniuses behind noise-mongers WOLF EYES? Old-school Detroit techno jams, plain and simple. Analog synthesizers and sequencers to the max."

MOUNT EERIE Black Wooden LP
*** "Six songs referencing black metal recorded in 2007 at Southern Studios at the beginning of Mount Eerie's black metal infatuation. Limited edition of 1,000 copies."

MILTON NASCIMENTO Clube Da Esquina 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

NODZZZ Innings LP / CD
*** "14 discretely memorable songs in the band’s growing idiom -- neurotic power-pop antics and jangly, shambolic post-punk." On WOODSIST.

NOVELLER Glacial Glow LP / CD
*** "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! Feeting melancholy!"

THEE OH SEES Castlemania 2xLP / CD
*** "Castlemania is more low-key than previous Oh Sees records -- 'summer-y & poppy' with electric guitars jettisoned for acoustic, the normally echo-laden vocals a bit clearer. Happy pop melodies, sweet and somber tunes, psychedelic moves galore & more."

ROBERT POLLARD Lord Of The Birdcage LP / CD
*** "On Lord of the Birdcage, Pollard reverses his songwriting process, transforming a dozen previously written poems into songs. He’s never written in this fashion before, and his whimsical, surrealist lyrics take center stage."

TY SEGALL Goodbye Bread LP / CD
*** "TY SEGALL has his finger on it. A finger on it, digging into your vinyl. It’s 2011. Ty is 23. So, do we get the comedown record? Yes and massive.”—Andrew Loog Oldham, San Mateo, CA 2.17.11.

THE SOFT MOON Soft Moon LP / CD
*** "THE SOFT MOON channels both his punk upbringing and Afro-Cuban heritage to sculpt decidedly dystopian soundscapes for a new generation of torn romantics."

MATT SWEENEY & BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY Must Be Blind 10"
*** "The men of Superwolf have a new pair of songs on Drag City evoking the constant trickle of sweat & the madness of bodies crushed together on the street."

WEEKEND End Times 7"+MP3
*** "Power-pop interpreted by My Bloody Valentine, a sublime mix of melody and racket driven by relentless drums and a pummeling bass line. It could be straightforward pop with the insane, shredding feedback guitar."

WOODS Sun & Shade LP / CD
*** "Folk-rock, fuzz, tambourines, tapes and raw lunch pulled straight from the yard. Pop songs and other things: Sun and Shade."