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.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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."
*** 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."
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
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
*** "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."
*** 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!"
*** "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!"
Monday, September 19, 2011
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.
*** 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.
*** 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.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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
*** "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.
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.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
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.
*** 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."
*** 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."
*** "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."
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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
*** "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
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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."
*** 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."
*** 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."
*** 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."
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