ROTARACT WINTER - Saturday, Dec. 19 @ Park Bar
*** Help Wayne State's Rotary Club meet a goal of 200 coats for kids in Detroit this winter. CHRIS BATHGATE, AL SCHEURMAN, and THE MOURNING VOICES play.
Park Bar / 2040 Park Ave, Detroit / 8:30PM
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: DVD ))))) Final Flesh!
FINAL FLESH by Vernon Chatman DVD
*** "NEW from Vernon Chatman, a co-creator of some of this millennium's most outre cable television programming (Wonder Showzen, Xavier: Renegade Angel) is a DVD destined to change the way we look at entertainment, pornography and probably the legal system. The resulting film is an epic narrative for our time -- a surreal, apocalyptic My Dinner With Andre. Existential, sublime and ridiculous, featuring unmistakeably porno production values and shudderingly unseasoned porno actors and actresses -- but no actual sex! If your spirit is willing -- the Flesh will freak you!"
*** "NEW from Vernon Chatman, a co-creator of some of this millennium's most outre cable television programming (Wonder Showzen, Xavier: Renegade Angel) is a DVD destined to change the way we look at entertainment, pornography and probably the legal system. The resulting film is an epic narrative for our time -- a surreal, apocalyptic My Dinner With Andre. Existential, sublime and ridiculous, featuring unmistakeably porno production values and shudderingly unseasoned porno actors and actresses -- but no actual sex! If your spirit is willing -- the Flesh will freak you!"
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Animal Collective, John Fahey, Benoit Pioulard, Vampire Weekend, Broadcast & more
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Fall Be Kind EP+MP3 / CD
*** "The Fall Be Kind EP features 5 brand new studio tracks that are every bit as lush and beautiful as those found on Merriweather. The year of Animal Collective continues.
BIG BLACK Songs About F*cking LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
BROADCAST & THE FOCUS GROUP Investigate Witch Cults... LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL! "BROADCAST and graphic artist JULIAN HOUSE (aka THE FOCUS GROUP) present a psychedelic album pulling in a unique sense of melody and love of library music, film scores, electronics and psych-pop colour."
CLUSTER Curiosum LP
*** "Cluster's 6th album, released on Sky Records in 1981, was to mark a departure to pastures new. A decidedly tranquil, almost melancholy album, this is Cluster music at its most serene, a sense of profound humility, stripped down and keenly focused on perfect shapes. This is Cluster's swan-song to the past."
DELTA 5 Mind Your Own Business 7"
*** "A post-punk classic first released in 1979, Delta 5's debut single, backed with a remix by post-punk hero Peter Hook, best known as the bass player for Joy Division and New Order."
JOHN FAHEY America 2xLP
*** "The complete America double album, released on vinyl for the first time ever. Originally released in 1971, America is one of the artistic high points of John Fahey's career. And yet, for nearly 30 years it was not heard in its entirety, as what was originally intended as a double album was pared down to a single LP. Limited edition of 3,000 numbered copies." 180 gram vinyl.
JAVELIN Lindsay Brohan EP
*** "Sounds range from broken dance jams to relaxed instrumental cut-ups, created with love on their MPCs. Long forgotten samples are chopped and re-assembled with drums, wooden recorders, old keyboards, handmade thumb pianos or whatever instruments are readily at hand. The result is a kind of mix tape fantasy where R&B impresarios, amateur booty bass producers and Andean flautists hold equal sway."
NICO Desertshore LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
BENOIT PIOULARD Lee 7"
*** "A two-song tribute to Lee Hazlewood & The Ink-Spots from Kranky artist Benoit Pioulard. Gorgeous & otherworldly, pairing rich, uncanny atmosphere with solid songwriting, these tunes are marked by a directness & clarity not found in his original compositions." Limited to 300 copies.
VAMPIRE WEEKEND Cousins 7"
*** "Vampire Weekend is back with the first single from the new album."
*** "The Fall Be Kind EP features 5 brand new studio tracks that are every bit as lush and beautiful as those found on Merriweather. The year of Animal Collective continues.
BIG BLACK Songs About F*cking LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
BROADCAST & THE FOCUS GROUP Investigate Witch Cults... LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL! "BROADCAST and graphic artist JULIAN HOUSE (aka THE FOCUS GROUP) present a psychedelic album pulling in a unique sense of melody and love of library music, film scores, electronics and psych-pop colour."
CLUSTER Curiosum LP
*** "Cluster's 6th album, released on Sky Records in 1981, was to mark a departure to pastures new. A decidedly tranquil, almost melancholy album, this is Cluster music at its most serene, a sense of profound humility, stripped down and keenly focused on perfect shapes. This is Cluster's swan-song to the past."
DELTA 5 Mind Your Own Business 7"
*** "A post-punk classic first released in 1979, Delta 5's debut single, backed with a remix by post-punk hero Peter Hook, best known as the bass player for Joy Division and New Order."
JOHN FAHEY America 2xLP
*** "The complete America double album, released on vinyl for the first time ever. Originally released in 1971, America is one of the artistic high points of John Fahey's career. And yet, for nearly 30 years it was not heard in its entirety, as what was originally intended as a double album was pared down to a single LP. Limited edition of 3,000 numbered copies." 180 gram vinyl.
JAVELIN Lindsay Brohan EP
*** "Sounds range from broken dance jams to relaxed instrumental cut-ups, created with love on their MPCs. Long forgotten samples are chopped and re-assembled with drums, wooden recorders, old keyboards, handmade thumb pianos or whatever instruments are readily at hand. The result is a kind of mix tape fantasy where R&B impresarios, amateur booty bass producers and Andean flautists hold equal sway."
NICO Desertshore LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
BENOIT PIOULARD Lee 7"
*** "A two-song tribute to Lee Hazlewood & The Ink-Spots from Kranky artist Benoit Pioulard. Gorgeous & otherworldly, pairing rich, uncanny atmosphere with solid songwriting, these tunes are marked by a directness & clarity not found in his original compositions." Limited to 300 copies.
VAMPIRE WEEKEND Cousins 7"
*** "Vampire Weekend is back with the first single from the new album."
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Animal Collective, Jon Mueller, Julianna Barwick & many EXCELLENT int'l comps!
v/a 5 YEARS OF HYPERDUB 2xCD
*** "Honoring past, present and future in equal measure, 5 is comprised of one disc of prior highlights, and one of freshly-composed material contributed by Hyperdub artists and close friends. Including an exclusive track by Burial especially for this compilation."
v/a AFRICA BOOGALOO: The Latinization Of West Africa 2xLP / CD
*** "Rocking the party and ramming the dancefloor is the first priority of this review of Latin styles in classic West African dance music, as it emerged with 1950s anti-colonialism, and ran on gloriously into the 70s."
v/a THE BYG DEAL CD
*** "Between 1968 and 1974, BYG might not have been the surefire code to financial fulfillment but the indelible contribution to experimental pop, free jazz, spiritual prog rock and total space music would continue to send positive vibrations through future generations of progressive pop." For more info, see:
http://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/discog_fkr025.html
v/a FREEDOM, RHYTHM & SOUND: Revolutionary Jazz & The Civil Rights Movement 1963-82 2xCD
*** RECOMMENDED "Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and the civil rights movement of the 1960s loom large as self-determination, economic power and musical freedom led to revolutionary jazz artists finding new paths -- both musical and economic. Concurrent with the emergence of the counter culture and underground rock movement in the 1960s and years before the D-I-Y cultural revolution of punk in the 1970s, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and others 'took control' of their own work by recording, releasing and distributing their own music themselves. This album features major artists as well as many hidden gems of records made on very small run cottage-industry jazz labels from this period -- the original DIY records!" Includes a 28-page booklet. For more info, see:
http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=17577
v/a PSYCH-FUNK 101 2xLP / CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Funky fuzzy psychedelic tracks from '60s and '70s Nigeria, Iran, Turkey, Russia, South Korean and other exotic countries. But these bands added their own, unique cultural flourishes. The result is mind-bending. Inspiring new investigations into shapes of rhythm."
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Fall Be Kind EP+MP3 / CD
*** "The Fall Be Kind EP features 5 brand new studio tracks that are every bit as lush and beautiful as those found on Merriweather. The year of Animal Collective continues.
JULIANNA BARWICK Florine CD
*** "Admired by Pitchfork & Dusted, Julianna Barwick's melodic vocal arrangements, layers and textures are fascinating and dizzying -- 'warm sunlight rendered into sound'."
CARL CRAIG The Album Formerly Known As... CD
*** "A completely remastered and reworked version of Detroit techno legend Carl Craig's seminal 1995 record Landcruising. Here, Craig reveals his old skool techno side, and features new track 'Sparkle,' as well as new ambient versions of 'Technology' and 'Home Entertainment.'"
JON MUELLER Physical Changes LP+CD+DVD
*** RECOMMENDED "Jon Mueller's mammoth new solo percussion work, Physical Changes, drives the idea of 'pummeling rhythms and frequencies' into oblivion over an elaborate, all-inclusive three format (LP/CD/DVD), as the sounds here are something to be felt as much as heard. Joined by the intense propulsion of James Plotkin (KHANATE), the textural chaos of FRED LONBERG-HOLM (Wilco, Brotzmann, Vandermark), Marcus Schmickler (Pluramon), Dan Burke (Illusion of Safety), Jim Schoenecker (COLLECTIONS OF COLOIES OF BEES) and the stunning landscape film work of DAVID DINNELL, Physical Changes reveals how complex and diverse heavy rhythm can be."
PAULINE OLIVEROS Four Electronic Pieces CD
*** "Sub Rosa presents Pauline Oliveros' early and definitive tape and electronic music of the late fifties and sixties -- all released for the first time ever! Tape pieces, sound as noise, variations on silence, systematic exploration of electronic sounds & more."
ORCHESTRE POLY-RHYTMO DE COTONOU Vol.2: Echos Hypnotiques CD+BOOK
*** Subtitled: From The Vaults Of Albarika Store 1969-1979. "Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo de Cotonou was one of Africa's most innovative groups, capable of playing any style of music, from traditional Vodoun rhythms to funk, sato, Latin, sakpata, psychedelia and Afro-Beat seamlessly. Those astonishing combinations can be heard here, all mixed into a heavy hypnotic sound -- Les Echos Hypnotiques."
*** "Honoring past, present and future in equal measure, 5 is comprised of one disc of prior highlights, and one of freshly-composed material contributed by Hyperdub artists and close friends. Including an exclusive track by Burial especially for this compilation."
v/a AFRICA BOOGALOO: The Latinization Of West Africa 2xLP / CD
*** "Rocking the party and ramming the dancefloor is the first priority of this review of Latin styles in classic West African dance music, as it emerged with 1950s anti-colonialism, and ran on gloriously into the 70s."
v/a THE BYG DEAL CD
*** "Between 1968 and 1974, BYG might not have been the surefire code to financial fulfillment but the indelible contribution to experimental pop, free jazz, spiritual prog rock and total space music would continue to send positive vibrations through future generations of progressive pop." For more info, see:
http://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/discog_fkr025.html
v/a FREEDOM, RHYTHM & SOUND: Revolutionary Jazz & The Civil Rights Movement 1963-82 2xCD
*** RECOMMENDED "Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and the civil rights movement of the 1960s loom large as self-determination, economic power and musical freedom led to revolutionary jazz artists finding new paths -- both musical and economic. Concurrent with the emergence of the counter culture and underground rock movement in the 1960s and years before the D-I-Y cultural revolution of punk in the 1970s, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and others 'took control' of their own work by recording, releasing and distributing their own music themselves. This album features major artists as well as many hidden gems of records made on very small run cottage-industry jazz labels from this period -- the original DIY records!" Includes a 28-page booklet. For more info, see:
http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=17577
v/a PSYCH-FUNK 101 2xLP / CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Funky fuzzy psychedelic tracks from '60s and '70s Nigeria, Iran, Turkey, Russia, South Korean and other exotic countries. But these bands added their own, unique cultural flourishes. The result is mind-bending. Inspiring new investigations into shapes of rhythm."
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Fall Be Kind EP+MP3 / CD
*** "The Fall Be Kind EP features 5 brand new studio tracks that are every bit as lush and beautiful as those found on Merriweather. The year of Animal Collective continues.
JULIANNA BARWICK Florine CD
*** "Admired by Pitchfork & Dusted, Julianna Barwick's melodic vocal arrangements, layers and textures are fascinating and dizzying -- 'warm sunlight rendered into sound'."
CARL CRAIG The Album Formerly Known As... CD
*** "A completely remastered and reworked version of Detroit techno legend Carl Craig's seminal 1995 record Landcruising. Here, Craig reveals his old skool techno side, and features new track 'Sparkle,' as well as new ambient versions of 'Technology' and 'Home Entertainment.'"
JON MUELLER Physical Changes LP+CD+DVD
*** RECOMMENDED "Jon Mueller's mammoth new solo percussion work, Physical Changes, drives the idea of 'pummeling rhythms and frequencies' into oblivion over an elaborate, all-inclusive three format (LP/CD/DVD), as the sounds here are something to be felt as much as heard. Joined by the intense propulsion of James Plotkin (KHANATE), the textural chaos of FRED LONBERG-HOLM (Wilco, Brotzmann, Vandermark), Marcus Schmickler (Pluramon), Dan Burke (Illusion of Safety), Jim Schoenecker (COLLECTIONS OF COLOIES OF BEES) and the stunning landscape film work of DAVID DINNELL, Physical Changes reveals how complex and diverse heavy rhythm can be."
PAULINE OLIVEROS Four Electronic Pieces CD
*** "Sub Rosa presents Pauline Oliveros' early and definitive tape and electronic music of the late fifties and sixties -- all released for the first time ever! Tape pieces, sound as noise, variations on silence, systematic exploration of electronic sounds & more."
ORCHESTRE POLY-RHYTMO DE COTONOU Vol.2: Echos Hypnotiques CD+BOOK
*** Subtitled: From The Vaults Of Albarika Store 1969-1979. "Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo de Cotonou was one of Africa's most innovative groups, capable of playing any style of music, from traditional Vodoun rhythms to funk, sato, Latin, sakpata, psychedelia and Afro-Beat seamlessly. Those astonishing combinations can be heard here, all mixed into a heavy hypnotic sound -- Les Echos Hypnotiques."
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) J Dilla, Tom Waits, Mayer Hawthorne, Dam Funk & more
BR GUNNA & J DILLA Dirty District Vol. 2 12"
*** "A MUST for any Dilla collector! J Dilla's "Do Ya Thang," where Dil offers a few of his most murderous verses over a neck breaking beat from then-unknown producer Black Milk. Plus 5 more tracks from BR Gunna's underrated release, with guest appearances from ELZHI, T3, MC BREED, FAT RAY, and THE DRAMATICS!"
DAM FUNK Burgandy City 12"
DAM FUNK Let's Take Off 12"
*** BACK IN STOCK!
EGON Curse Of The Evil Badger LP
*** "Re-issue of the classic break LP by world renowned DJ & Stones Throw's own Egon."
EL MICHELS AFFAIR Tribute To Black Moses LP
*** "Another exciting tribute / cover release, this time in recognition of the work of the lush arrangements of the late Black Moses, Mr. Isaac Hayes."
MAYER HAWTHORNE A Strange Arrangement 2xLP
MAYER HAWTHORNE Maybe So, Maybe No 12"
*** NOW ON VINYL!
J DILLA Wild 12"
J DILLA + FRANK & DANK Everybody Get Up 12"
J DILLA Fuck The Police 12"
J DILLA Welcome 2 Detroit 2xLP
J DILLA Ruff Draft 2xLP
J DILLA Donuts 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
MI AMI Cut Men / Out At Night 12"
*** RECOMMENDED "Mi Ami's Thrill Jockey debut is a brand new 12” comprised of two new tracks. Their most dynamic track to date, "Cut Men" is a blazing & even joyous raucous commentary on the alienation with American male/"dude" culture. The B-side is a heavy, deep, and oblique dub re-visioning of the A-side." Limited to 750.
JAMES PANTS Seven Seals LP / CD
*** "Seven Seals was made while reading mystical books and the book of Revelations, and inspired by being in the mood to start a cult. This is the cult's soundtrack."
JAMES PANTS All The Hits LP
*** "When not out touring the globe with his band, DJing nights in the Pacific Northwest, or running through the streets with Peanut Butter Wolf, James Pants has put together a journey into the genre-les domain typically classified as library music, made specifically for the visual medium."
JAMES PANTS We're Through 12"
*** "Peanut Butter Wolf's synth funk protege drops a jam from his debut plus three "Other Songs (Not on the Album)"!
TOM WAITS Glitter & Doom Live 2xLP+MP3 / 2xCD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
TOM WAITS Orphans 7xLP
*** HOLY SMOKES! The 7xLP, 180g ea. collection of Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards has dropped! 7 full length LPs, including 6 additional bonus tracks not on the CD, and a deluxe 12" booklet with lyrics. Too sweet to be ignored.
*** "A MUST for any Dilla collector! J Dilla's "Do Ya Thang," where Dil offers a few of his most murderous verses over a neck breaking beat from then-unknown producer Black Milk. Plus 5 more tracks from BR Gunna's underrated release, with guest appearances from ELZHI, T3, MC BREED, FAT RAY, and THE DRAMATICS!"
DAM FUNK Burgandy City 12"
DAM FUNK Let's Take Off 12"
*** BACK IN STOCK!
EGON Curse Of The Evil Badger LP
*** "Re-issue of the classic break LP by world renowned DJ & Stones Throw's own Egon."
EL MICHELS AFFAIR Tribute To Black Moses LP
*** "Another exciting tribute / cover release, this time in recognition of the work of the lush arrangements of the late Black Moses, Mr. Isaac Hayes."
MAYER HAWTHORNE A Strange Arrangement 2xLP
MAYER HAWTHORNE Maybe So, Maybe No 12"
*** NOW ON VINYL!
J DILLA Wild 12"
J DILLA + FRANK & DANK Everybody Get Up 12"
J DILLA Fuck The Police 12"
J DILLA Welcome 2 Detroit 2xLP
J DILLA Ruff Draft 2xLP
J DILLA Donuts 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
MI AMI Cut Men / Out At Night 12"
*** RECOMMENDED "Mi Ami's Thrill Jockey debut is a brand new 12” comprised of two new tracks. Their most dynamic track to date, "Cut Men" is a blazing & even joyous raucous commentary on the alienation with American male/"dude" culture. The B-side is a heavy, deep, and oblique dub re-visioning of the A-side." Limited to 750.
JAMES PANTS Seven Seals LP / CD
*** "Seven Seals was made while reading mystical books and the book of Revelations, and inspired by being in the mood to start a cult. This is the cult's soundtrack."
JAMES PANTS All The Hits LP
*** "When not out touring the globe with his band, DJing nights in the Pacific Northwest, or running through the streets with Peanut Butter Wolf, James Pants has put together a journey into the genre-les domain typically classified as library music, made specifically for the visual medium."
JAMES PANTS We're Through 12"
*** "Peanut Butter Wolf's synth funk protege drops a jam from his debut plus three "Other Songs (Not on the Album)"!
TOM WAITS Glitter & Doom Live 2xLP+MP3 / 2xCD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
TOM WAITS Orphans 7xLP
*** HOLY SMOKES! The 7xLP, 180g ea. collection of Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards has dropped! 7 full length LPs, including 6 additional bonus tracks not on the CD, and a deluxe 12" booklet with lyrics. Too sweet to be ignored.
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Neil Young, Clipse, Dam Funk, James Pants & more
BLAQ POET The Blaqprint 2xCD
*** "Rugged Queensbridge lyricism over an entire album's worth of DJ PREMIER beats, certain to be the defining moment. The bonus instrumental disc gives listeners an extra opportunity to soak in more legendary beats."
CLIPSE Til The Casket Drops CD
*** "Malice and Pusha T reunited with Pharrell Williams on Till the Casket Drops." Feat. KANYE WEST.
DAM FUNK Toeachizown 2xCD
*** "Toeachizown is a modern funk album, created in five distinct parts: LAtrik, Fly, Life, Hood, Sky, citing Juan Atkins, Prince & Dam himself as influences."
EL MICHELS AFFAIR Enter The 37th Chamber LP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "As a part of the same Brooklyn funk/soul revival led by groups like the Dap Kings, Budos Band, and Menahan Street Band, El Michels Affair delivers full instrumental reinterpretations of classic tracks by the Wu-Tang Clan."
J.ROCC Taster's Choice 1 CD
J.ROCC Taster's Choice 2 CD
*** "A vintage mix of hip hop, funk, and breaks from the funky president J.Rocc of the World's Famous Beat Junkies. The art of the DJ is elevated every time he graces a set of turntables."
JAMES PANTS Seven Seals LP / CD
*** "Seven Seals was made while reading mystical books and the book of Revelations, and inspired by being in the mood to start a cult. This is the cult's soundtrack."
PEANUT BUTTER WOLF 45 Live: A Classic Rap Mix CD
*** "Peanut Butter Wolf put together this PB Wolf personally hand picked the 18 classic Hip Hop cuts and blended them together for an insane mix of rap 45’s."
NEIL YOUNG Dreamin' Man Live '92 CD
*** "The complete live performance of Harvest Moon drawn from various solo acoustic shows he performed in 1992 before the album release."
*** "Rugged Queensbridge lyricism over an entire album's worth of DJ PREMIER beats, certain to be the defining moment. The bonus instrumental disc gives listeners an extra opportunity to soak in more legendary beats."
CLIPSE Til The Casket Drops CD
*** "Malice and Pusha T reunited with Pharrell Williams on Till the Casket Drops." Feat. KANYE WEST.
DAM FUNK Toeachizown 2xCD
*** "Toeachizown is a modern funk album, created in five distinct parts: LAtrik, Fly, Life, Hood, Sky, citing Juan Atkins, Prince & Dam himself as influences."
EL MICHELS AFFAIR Enter The 37th Chamber LP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "As a part of the same Brooklyn funk/soul revival led by groups like the Dap Kings, Budos Band, and Menahan Street Band, El Michels Affair delivers full instrumental reinterpretations of classic tracks by the Wu-Tang Clan."
J.ROCC Taster's Choice 1 CD
J.ROCC Taster's Choice 2 CD
*** "A vintage mix of hip hop, funk, and breaks from the funky president J.Rocc of the World's Famous Beat Junkies. The art of the DJ is elevated every time he graces a set of turntables."
JAMES PANTS Seven Seals LP / CD
*** "Seven Seals was made while reading mystical books and the book of Revelations, and inspired by being in the mood to start a cult. This is the cult's soundtrack."
PEANUT BUTTER WOLF 45 Live: A Classic Rap Mix CD
*** "Peanut Butter Wolf put together this PB Wolf personally hand picked the 18 classic Hip Hop cuts and blended them together for an insane mix of rap 45’s."
NEIL YOUNG Dreamin' Man Live '92 CD
*** "The complete live performance of Harvest Moon drawn from various solo acoustic shows he performed in 1992 before the album release."
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Nite Jewel, Michael Hurley, Andrew Bird, Pains of Being Pure at Heart & more
ANDREW BIRD Anonanimal 7"
*** "On the heels of Noble Beast, ANDREW BIRD delivers a collector’s edition 7-inch for the track “Anonanimal” featuring two alternative takes. Features the B-side cut “See the Enemy.”
BLAKROC Blakroc LP / CD
*** Wikipedia sez: "Blakroc is an upcoming rap rock collaboration album by Ohio-based blues rock band The Black Keys and several hip hop and R&B artists."
BRACKLES Rawkus 12"
*** two adventurous, Day-Glo tracks shamelessly built to drive people mad on the dancefloor. This new single recalls the eclectic nature of Brackles' DJ sets and his love of two-step garage.
BURNKANE You Know 12"
*** "Burnkane is a recent Planet Mu signing and a new artist morphing the dubstep template beyond recognition. Burnkane treats a typical pop format it until it's dubbed out into something strange and narcotic."
NEKO CASE Blacklisted LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
FALTY DL Bravery 2xLP / CD
*** "An impressive combination of melodic synths, glitzy garage samples, and complex programmed beats and effects. Plaintive synths, hiccupped vocals, big bass, jazzy chords, chicken-scratch guitar, dubbed-out vocals and sassy disco."
MICHAEL HURLEY Ida Con Snock LP / CD
*** "A new album of recordings sung and played by one of the last remaining ramblin' American folk troubadours, backed by IDA, recorded at Levon Helms' studio in Woodstock, NY. Seven originals and five loving covers of '50s rock 'n' roll, C&W, and vintage folk."
NITE JEWEL Want You Back 12"
*** "NITE JEWEL is a remarkable combination of revisionist Bronx pop and hazy musical impressionism." Deep bass, 1980s-style synth jams, warped ala ARIEL PINK.
PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART Come Saturday 7"
PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART Higher Than The Stars 7"
PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART Higher Than The Stars 12"
*** Can't stop! Won't stop!
THEM CROOKED VULTURES Them Crooked Vultures 2xLP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
TOM WAITS Mule Variations 2xLP
TOM WAITS Real Gone 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
*** "On the heels of Noble Beast, ANDREW BIRD delivers a collector’s edition 7-inch for the track “Anonanimal” featuring two alternative takes. Features the B-side cut “See the Enemy.”
BLAKROC Blakroc LP / CD
*** Wikipedia sez: "Blakroc is an upcoming rap rock collaboration album by Ohio-based blues rock band The Black Keys and several hip hop and R&B artists."
BRACKLES Rawkus 12"
*** two adventurous, Day-Glo tracks shamelessly built to drive people mad on the dancefloor. This new single recalls the eclectic nature of Brackles' DJ sets and his love of two-step garage.
BURNKANE You Know 12"
*** "Burnkane is a recent Planet Mu signing and a new artist morphing the dubstep template beyond recognition. Burnkane treats a typical pop format it until it's dubbed out into something strange and narcotic."
NEKO CASE Blacklisted LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
FALTY DL Bravery 2xLP / CD
*** "An impressive combination of melodic synths, glitzy garage samples, and complex programmed beats and effects. Plaintive synths, hiccupped vocals, big bass, jazzy chords, chicken-scratch guitar, dubbed-out vocals and sassy disco."
MICHAEL HURLEY Ida Con Snock LP / CD
*** "A new album of recordings sung and played by one of the last remaining ramblin' American folk troubadours, backed by IDA, recorded at Levon Helms' studio in Woodstock, NY. Seven originals and five loving covers of '50s rock 'n' roll, C&W, and vintage folk."
NITE JEWEL Want You Back 12"
*** "NITE JEWEL is a remarkable combination of revisionist Bronx pop and hazy musical impressionism." Deep bass, 1980s-style synth jams, warped ala ARIEL PINK.
PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART Come Saturday 7"
PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART Higher Than The Stars 7"
PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART Higher Than The Stars 12"
*** Can't stop! Won't stop!
THEM CROOKED VULTURES Them Crooked Vultures 2xLP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
TOM WAITS Mule Variations 2xLP
TOM WAITS Real Gone 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Radian, Blakroc, Black Devil Disco Club, Sean Patrick & more
THE ALIENS Luna CD
*** "Comprised of ex-Beta Band personnel and armed with a bottomless bag of psychedelically inclined rock and acid-dipped electronics, inspired by Sergio Leone and Serge Gainsbourg, Brian Eno and Brian Wilson, Larry David and Ol' Dirty Bastard."
BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB Strange New World Of Bernard Fevre CD
*** "In 1975, Bernard Fevre released The Strange World of Bernard Fevre: an album so far ahead of its time that people struggle to believe it was really recorded over 30 years ago. Fevre has once again unlocked his magical cabinet and made available new mixes of the original tracks, along with previously unheard compositions."
BLAKROC Blakroc LP / CD
*** Wikipedia sez: "Blakroc is an upcoming rap rock collaboration album by Ohio-based blues rock band The Black Keys and several hip hop and R&B artists."
FALTY DL Bravery 2xLP / CD
*** "An impressive combination of melodic synths, glitzy garage samples, and complex programmed beats and effects. Plaintive synths, hiccupped vocals, big bass, jazzy chords, chicken-scratch guitar, dubbed-out vocals and sassy disco."
MICHAEL HURLEY Ida Con Snock LP / CD
*** "A new album of recordings sung and played by one of the last remaining ramblin' American folk troubadours, backed by IDA, recorded at Levon Helms' studio in Woodstock, NY. Seven originals and five loving covers of '50s rock 'n' roll, C&W, and vintage folk."
NURSE WITH WOUND Space Music CD
*** "The sounds you are hearing are NOT marmots eating your tweeters, though you are best advised to apply volume lightly at first. STEVEN STAPLETON’s astral weeks have been spent distilling sounds into sipping moonshine. Celebrate the space escapade with chilled cocktails and green friends!"
SEAN PATRICK Yellowcake CD / DELUXE ED. CD
*** "An instinctual examination of pure sound... the simplicity of the human voice... a wordless evocation of mood, relying primarily on looped bells & whistles, as if demonstrating that a certain transcendence is possible through the deceptively simple act of repetition."
RADIAN Chimeric CD
*** "Radian's first album in years is not a polished album. It is raw, broken, dark at times, and much more free. Steady, multiple rhythms, layered on top of each other disappear into chaos and turn back into discreet structures in the next moment, with rock references executed with the precision of a sequencer; mutated, restructured."
DAVE SHARP'S SECRET SEVEN 7 CD
*** Secret Seven brings Jazz, World Music and Rock together with a grooving sound for all ears. Inspired by the Meters, Galactic, Zawinul Syndicate and the music of India and Africa, Secret Seven brings jazz and world music together for the masses.
*** "Comprised of ex-Beta Band personnel and armed with a bottomless bag of psychedelically inclined rock and acid-dipped electronics, inspired by Sergio Leone and Serge Gainsbourg, Brian Eno and Brian Wilson, Larry David and Ol' Dirty Bastard."
BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB Strange New World Of Bernard Fevre CD
*** "In 1975, Bernard Fevre released The Strange World of Bernard Fevre: an album so far ahead of its time that people struggle to believe it was really recorded over 30 years ago. Fevre has once again unlocked his magical cabinet and made available new mixes of the original tracks, along with previously unheard compositions."
BLAKROC Blakroc LP / CD
*** Wikipedia sez: "Blakroc is an upcoming rap rock collaboration album by Ohio-based blues rock band The Black Keys and several hip hop and R&B artists."
FALTY DL Bravery 2xLP / CD
*** "An impressive combination of melodic synths, glitzy garage samples, and complex programmed beats and effects. Plaintive synths, hiccupped vocals, big bass, jazzy chords, chicken-scratch guitar, dubbed-out vocals and sassy disco."
MICHAEL HURLEY Ida Con Snock LP / CD
*** "A new album of recordings sung and played by one of the last remaining ramblin' American folk troubadours, backed by IDA, recorded at Levon Helms' studio in Woodstock, NY. Seven originals and five loving covers of '50s rock 'n' roll, C&W, and vintage folk."
NURSE WITH WOUND Space Music CD
*** "The sounds you are hearing are NOT marmots eating your tweeters, though you are best advised to apply volume lightly at first. STEVEN STAPLETON’s astral weeks have been spent distilling sounds into sipping moonshine. Celebrate the space escapade with chilled cocktails and green friends!"
SEAN PATRICK Yellowcake CD / DELUXE ED. CD
*** "An instinctual examination of pure sound... the simplicity of the human voice... a wordless evocation of mood, relying primarily on looped bells & whistles, as if demonstrating that a certain transcendence is possible through the deceptively simple act of repetition."
RADIAN Chimeric CD
*** "Radian's first album in years is not a polished album. It is raw, broken, dark at times, and much more free. Steady, multiple rhythms, layered on top of each other disappear into chaos and turn back into discreet structures in the next moment, with rock references executed with the precision of a sequencer; mutated, restructured."
DAVE SHARP'S SECRET SEVEN 7 CD
*** Secret Seven brings Jazz, World Music and Rock together with a grooving sound for all ears. Inspired by the Meters, Galactic, Zawinul Syndicate and the music of India and Africa, Secret Seven brings jazz and world music together for the masses.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: DVD ))))) William S. Burroughs... and it's a mindbender!!
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS Thee Films 1950s-1960s DVD
*** RECOMMENDED Thee Films compiles all the films made by Burroughs, BRION GYSIN, and ANTHONY BALCH at the onset of the 1960s, from "relatively straightforward attempt(s) to capture the essence of Burroughs writing on film" to the cinematic representation of the cut up method." 120 minutes; 5.1 Audio/5.1 Surround Sound.
*** RECOMMENDED Thee Films compiles all the films made by Burroughs, BRION GYSIN, and ANTHONY BALCH at the onset of the 1960s, from "relatively straightforward attempt(s) to capture the essence of Burroughs writing on film" to the cinematic representation of the cut up method." 120 minutes; 5.1 Audio/5.1 Surround Sound.
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Sunn0))), Faust, Nation of Ulysses, Void
BRILLIANT COLORS Introducing LP / CD
*** "Brilliant Colors' debut album is as an undeniable contender for best pop record of 2009. Ten tracks of sharp, subtly catchy indie pop that finds struck between the crunch and drive of punk and the spiky DIY melodicism of early Rough Trade and Flying Nun bands."
BROTHER ALI Us 2xLP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
FAITH / VOID Split LP+MP3 / CD
*** RECOMMENDED Yeah!! Remastered & reissued on vinyl with a complete album download included. One of the best albums ever made?!? You bet!! Really tho', around these parts it's a VOID / FAITH split.
FAUST IV LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Reissued & really fancy.
GIRLS Album LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
NEIL LANDSTRUMM Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast 2xLP / CD
*** "Neil Landstrumm's minimal, psychedelic eight-song full-length Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast wires together dubstep and grime's modes and effects with a penchant for 8-bit melodies, bric-a-brac percussion, and a touch of rave's rude energy."
NATION OF ULYSSES Plays Pretty For Baby LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED Yeah!! Remastered & reissued on vinyl with a complete album download included. One of the best albums ever made?!? You bet!!
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL In The Aeroplane Over The Sea LP+MP3
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL On Avery Island LP+MP3
*** BACK IN STOCK! Now on 180g vinyl + full album download.
OM God Is Good LP / CD
*** "Om albums are rituals, personal convictions transcripted into verse. With careful microscopic increase, the energy grows through the four songs, leading towards moments that one could interpret…revelation? Oblivion? Awakening?"
SUNN0))) Monoliths & Dimensions 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!! And dang, it's beautiful!
TERROR DANJAH Industry Standard Pt. 4 12"
*** "Industry Standard Part 4 is a big EP from one of grime's foremost talents.
Brilliant synth-funk, grime meets trance in a computer game, & dubstep."
THEMSELVES Crowns Down 2xLP / CD
*** "A careful and vicious exhibition of mastered rap tactics and sampling ethics, Themselves' third album is a return to form and a honing of what's come before (Subtle, cLOUDDEAD) -- both the opus that these two were always meant to make, and the album that their hip-hop-obsessed teenaged selves always hoped to hear."
VLADISLAV DELAY Tummaa 2xLP / CD
*** "Tummaa marks a far more organic and live-sounding shift in this acclaimed musician's work, reflecting a renewed interest in jazz and acoustic performance. The results are jaw-dropping."
WHITE RAINBOW New Clouds 2xLP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
WHITE SHIT Sculpted Beef 12"
*** RECOMMENDED "White Shit is the mastermind of Andy Coronado (MONORCHID, WRANGLER BRUTES) along with Jared Warren (KARP, BIG BUSINESS, MELVINS), Cody Willis (MURDER CITY DEVILS, BIG BUSINESS, MELVINS), and TITS on bass. An absolute hardcore crossover faster than sludge piece of work."
WHY? Eskimo Snow LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
YACHT See Mystery Lights LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
*** "Brilliant Colors' debut album is as an undeniable contender for best pop record of 2009. Ten tracks of sharp, subtly catchy indie pop that finds struck between the crunch and drive of punk and the spiky DIY melodicism of early Rough Trade and Flying Nun bands."
BROTHER ALI Us 2xLP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
FAITH / VOID Split LP+MP3 / CD
*** RECOMMENDED Yeah!! Remastered & reissued on vinyl with a complete album download included. One of the best albums ever made?!? You bet!! Really tho', around these parts it's a VOID / FAITH split.
FAUST IV LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Reissued & really fancy.
GIRLS Album LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
NEIL LANDSTRUMM Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast 2xLP / CD
*** "Neil Landstrumm's minimal, psychedelic eight-song full-length Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast wires together dubstep and grime's modes and effects with a penchant for 8-bit melodies, bric-a-brac percussion, and a touch of rave's rude energy."
NATION OF ULYSSES Plays Pretty For Baby LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED Yeah!! Remastered & reissued on vinyl with a complete album download included. One of the best albums ever made?!? You bet!!
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL In The Aeroplane Over The Sea LP+MP3
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL On Avery Island LP+MP3
*** BACK IN STOCK! Now on 180g vinyl + full album download.
OM God Is Good LP / CD
*** "Om albums are rituals, personal convictions transcripted into verse. With careful microscopic increase, the energy grows through the four songs, leading towards moments that one could interpret…revelation? Oblivion? Awakening?"
SUNN0))) Monoliths & Dimensions 2xLP
*** NOW ON VINYL!! And dang, it's beautiful!
TERROR DANJAH Industry Standard Pt. 4 12"
*** "Industry Standard Part 4 is a big EP from one of grime's foremost talents.
Brilliant synth-funk, grime meets trance in a computer game, & dubstep."
THEMSELVES Crowns Down 2xLP / CD
*** "A careful and vicious exhibition of mastered rap tactics and sampling ethics, Themselves' third album is a return to form and a honing of what's come before (Subtle, cLOUDDEAD) -- both the opus that these two were always meant to make, and the album that their hip-hop-obsessed teenaged selves always hoped to hear."
VLADISLAV DELAY Tummaa 2xLP / CD
*** "Tummaa marks a far more organic and live-sounding shift in this acclaimed musician's work, reflecting a renewed interest in jazz and acoustic performance. The results are jaw-dropping."
WHITE RAINBOW New Clouds 2xLP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
WHITE SHIT Sculpted Beef 12"
*** RECOMMENDED "White Shit is the mastermind of Andy Coronado (MONORCHID, WRANGLER BRUTES) along with Jared Warren (KARP, BIG BUSINESS, MELVINS), Cody Willis (MURDER CITY DEVILS, BIG BUSINESS, MELVINS), and TITS on bass. An absolute hardcore crossover faster than sludge piece of work."
WHY? Eskimo Snow LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
YACHT See Mystery Lights LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Tom Waits, Neon Indian, LCD Sounsystem, Warp20 & more
v/a WARP20 (Unheard) CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Unreleased treasures from the Warp Records' vaults, songs by BOARDS OF CANADA, BROADCAST, AUTECHRE, FLYING LOTUS & more."
BRILLIANT COLORS Introducing LP / CD
*** "Brilliant Colors' debut album is as an undeniable contender for best pop record of 2009. Ten tracks of sharp, subtly catchy indie pop that finds struck between the crunch and drive of punk and the spiky DIY melodicism of early Rough Trade and Flying Nun bands."
DJ/RUPTURE & MATT SHADETEK Solar Life Raft CD
*** "A rich blend of bass, beats, and space, rocked by a tropical wind out of the west, the album is an arresting testament to the fruit that grows at the margins, free from genre orthodoxy and pulsing with gentle mutant energy."
FALTY DL Bravery 2xLP / CD
*** "An impressive combination of melodic synths, glitzy garage samples, and complex programmed beats and effects. Plaintive synths, hiccupped vocals, big bass, jazzy chords, chicken-scratch guitar, dubbed-out vocals and sassy disco."
HEAVY TRASH Midnight Soul Serenade CD
*** "JON SPENCER and MATT VERTA-RAY deliver a stunning, slightly darker, barrel-fermented and brilliantly matured portrait of love and devotion gone good, gone wrong and just gone. Guitars pulsate, ooze and percolate; Spencer croons and twangs, shakes and shudders with raw power and passion."
NEIL LANDSTRUMM Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast 2xLP / CD
*** "Neil Landstrumm's minimal, psychedelic eight-song full-length Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast wires together dubstep and grime's modes and effects with a penchant for 8-bit melodies, bric-a-brac percussion, and a touch of rave's rude energy."
LARGE PROFESSOR The LP CD
*** "LARGE PROFESSOR unleashes his highly anticipated solo debut originally shelved by Geffen Records in 1995/1996."
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 45:33 Remixes CD
*** "LCD Soundsystem's one-off Nike/iTunes collabo is lovingly & respectfully reinterpreted by some of dance music's most innovative players: Runaway, Prins Thomas, Riley Reinhold, Pilooski, and Theo Parrish."
NEON INDIAN Psychic Chasm CD
*** "Synthetic nostalgia, Dreampop lullabies, and grinding guitar noise orbiting around the themes of drug induced heartbreak, weary afternoons, and lost chances. A lush soundtrack to the deadbeat exploits of teenage ennui." 8.6 on Pitchfork.
OM God Is Good LP / CD
*** "Om albums are rituals, personal convictions transcripted into verse. With careful microscopic increase, the energy grows through the four songs, leading towards moments that one could interpret…revelation? Oblivion? Awakening?"
SHRINEBUILDER Shrinebuilder CD
*** "The first chapter in what promises to be an epic narrative. Shrinebuilder is the Justice League of underground heaviness: WINO of Saint Vitus & The Obsessed; AL CISNEROS of Om & Sleep; DALE CROVER of Melvins; SCOTT KELLY of Neurosis on guitar. And all four of them on vocals."
THEMSELVES Crowns Down 2xLP / CD
*** "A careful and vicious exhibition of mastered rap tactics and sampling ethics, Themselves' third album is a return to form and a honing of what's come before (Subtle, cLOUDDEAD) -- both the opus that these two were always meant to make, and the album that their hip-hop-obsessed teenaged selves always hoped to hear."
VLADISLAV DELAY Tummaa 2xLP / CD
*** "Tummaa marks a far more organic and live-sounding shift in this acclaimed musician's work, reflecting a renewed interest in jazz and acoustic performance. The results are jaw-dropping."
TOM WAITS Glitter & Doom Live 2xCD
*** "The best live show of 2008 distilled into 17 performances hand-picked by Waits. While Waits does dig into the vaults, G&D leans heavily on songs from his ANTI releases. Glitter and Doom Live will reside in the Waits catalog alongside earlier live albums like Nighthawks at the Diner and Big Time, both discs held on par with his classic studio releases by fans."
*** RECOMMENDED "Unreleased treasures from the Warp Records' vaults, songs by BOARDS OF CANADA, BROADCAST, AUTECHRE, FLYING LOTUS & more."
BRILLIANT COLORS Introducing LP / CD
*** "Brilliant Colors' debut album is as an undeniable contender for best pop record of 2009. Ten tracks of sharp, subtly catchy indie pop that finds struck between the crunch and drive of punk and the spiky DIY melodicism of early Rough Trade and Flying Nun bands."
DJ/RUPTURE & MATT SHADETEK Solar Life Raft CD
*** "A rich blend of bass, beats, and space, rocked by a tropical wind out of the west, the album is an arresting testament to the fruit that grows at the margins, free from genre orthodoxy and pulsing with gentle mutant energy."
FALTY DL Bravery 2xLP / CD
*** "An impressive combination of melodic synths, glitzy garage samples, and complex programmed beats and effects. Plaintive synths, hiccupped vocals, big bass, jazzy chords, chicken-scratch guitar, dubbed-out vocals and sassy disco."
HEAVY TRASH Midnight Soul Serenade CD
*** "JON SPENCER and MATT VERTA-RAY deliver a stunning, slightly darker, barrel-fermented and brilliantly matured portrait of love and devotion gone good, gone wrong and just gone. Guitars pulsate, ooze and percolate; Spencer croons and twangs, shakes and shudders with raw power and passion."
NEIL LANDSTRUMM Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast 2xLP / CD
*** "Neil Landstrumm's minimal, psychedelic eight-song full-length Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast wires together dubstep and grime's modes and effects with a penchant for 8-bit melodies, bric-a-brac percussion, and a touch of rave's rude energy."
LARGE PROFESSOR The LP CD
*** "LARGE PROFESSOR unleashes his highly anticipated solo debut originally shelved by Geffen Records in 1995/1996."
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 45:33 Remixes CD
*** "LCD Soundsystem's one-off Nike/iTunes collabo is lovingly & respectfully reinterpreted by some of dance music's most innovative players: Runaway, Prins Thomas, Riley Reinhold, Pilooski, and Theo Parrish."
NEON INDIAN Psychic Chasm CD
*** "Synthetic nostalgia, Dreampop lullabies, and grinding guitar noise orbiting around the themes of drug induced heartbreak, weary afternoons, and lost chances. A lush soundtrack to the deadbeat exploits of teenage ennui." 8.6 on Pitchfork.
OM God Is Good LP / CD
*** "Om albums are rituals, personal convictions transcripted into verse. With careful microscopic increase, the energy grows through the four songs, leading towards moments that one could interpret…revelation? Oblivion? Awakening?"
SHRINEBUILDER Shrinebuilder CD
*** "The first chapter in what promises to be an epic narrative. Shrinebuilder is the Justice League of underground heaviness: WINO of Saint Vitus & The Obsessed; AL CISNEROS of Om & Sleep; DALE CROVER of Melvins; SCOTT KELLY of Neurosis on guitar. And all four of them on vocals."
THEMSELVES Crowns Down 2xLP / CD
*** "A careful and vicious exhibition of mastered rap tactics and sampling ethics, Themselves' third album is a return to form and a honing of what's come before (Subtle, cLOUDDEAD) -- both the opus that these two were always meant to make, and the album that their hip-hop-obsessed teenaged selves always hoped to hear."
VLADISLAV DELAY Tummaa 2xLP / CD
*** "Tummaa marks a far more organic and live-sounding shift in this acclaimed musician's work, reflecting a renewed interest in jazz and acoustic performance. The results are jaw-dropping."
TOM WAITS Glitter & Doom Live 2xCD
*** "The best live show of 2008 distilled into 17 performances hand-picked by Waits. While Waits does dig into the vaults, G&D leans heavily on songs from his ANTI releases. Glitter and Doom Live will reside in the Waits catalog alongside earlier live albums like Nighthawks at the Diner and Big Time, both discs held on par with his classic studio releases by fans."
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
((( EVENTS ))) Markus Guentner, Ann Arbor Soul Club, Yo La Tengo
MARKUS GUENTNER + NOSPECTACE + FOREST JUZIUK - Friday, Nov. 20 @ SAVA'S
*** A rare U.S. appearance by MARKUS GUENTNER (Kompakt), supported by Detroit's NOSPECTACLE and FOREST JUZIUK (Dark Matter). An evening of "kosmiche disco" -- cosmic space vibrations of cosmic jazz, krautrock, dub, shoegaze & more at Sava's following Collapsing Borders - Einstürzende Grenze at University of Michigan's Duderstadt Center. For more info, consult:
http://bit.ly/Ro5NQ
Sava's / 216 S. State, A2 / 9PM / $5
ANN ARBOR SOUL CLUB - Friday, Dec. 3 @ BLIND PIG
*** 3 YEARS OF SOUL CLUB, if you can believe it! Along with WFMU/Daptone DJ MR. FINE WINE, Robert Wells, Brad Hales, Breck Bunce & Aaron Anderson will spin a super-fine selection of the rare & beautiful.
Blind Pig / 208 S. First, A2 / 9:30PM / $5
YO LA TENGO - Friday, Jan. 22 @ CROFOOT
*** "Yo La Tengo returns to Michigan supporting their 12th (or 14th, depending on what and how you count) album. An AWESOME live show, to be sure, methinks the top notch sound system at Crofoot will make it all worth it.
http://www.thecrofoot.com/events/879.html
Magic Stick / 1 South Saginaw, Pontiac, MI / Doors at 7:30PM / $17 (no fees!)
*** A rare U.S. appearance by MARKUS GUENTNER (Kompakt), supported by Detroit's NOSPECTACLE and FOREST JUZIUK (Dark Matter). An evening of "kosmiche disco" -- cosmic space vibrations of cosmic jazz, krautrock, dub, shoegaze & more at Sava's following Collapsing Borders - Einstürzende Grenze at University of Michigan's Duderstadt Center. For more info, consult:
http://bit.ly/Ro5NQ
Sava's / 216 S. State, A2 / 9PM / $5
ANN ARBOR SOUL CLUB - Friday, Dec. 3 @ BLIND PIG
*** 3 YEARS OF SOUL CLUB, if you can believe it! Along with WFMU/Daptone DJ MR. FINE WINE, Robert Wells, Brad Hales, Breck Bunce & Aaron Anderson will spin a super-fine selection of the rare & beautiful.
Blind Pig / 208 S. First, A2 / 9:30PM / $5
YO LA TENGO - Friday, Jan. 22 @ CROFOOT
*** "Yo La Tengo returns to Michigan supporting their 12th (or 14th, depending on what and how you count) album. An AWESOME live show, to be sure, methinks the top notch sound system at Crofoot will make it all worth it.
http://www.thecrofoot.com/events/879.html
Magic Stick / 1 South Saginaw, Pontiac, MI / Doors at 7:30PM / $17 (no fees!)
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Wolf Eyes, Trunk Records, Kompakt, Annie & more
v/a KOMPAKT TOTAL 10 3xLP / 2xCD
*** The Kompakt label's most-anticipated compilation release of the year reaches the double-digits with number 10. This diverse collection of solid-gold hit favorites is still standing and stronger than ever, coinciding with the Kompakt Total event.
v/a TUMBELE: Biguine, Afro & Latin Sounds From The French Caribbean, 1963-74 2xLP
*** "The scattering drums and soaring clarinets of the biguine ruled the airwaves and dancefloors of Martinique and Guadeloupe in the 1960s. This album showcases the vibrancy of the scene on the islands in the '60s and '70s -- a scene that would go on to develop the all-conquering sound of zouk in the '80s."
ANNIE Don't Stop LP / CD
*** "Both immediately listenable and utterly beguiling, this 'pop with strange edges' is mainstream and underground, all at once. Sometimes expressive, sometimes funny, but always totally fresh and utterly human, it's a twelve-course feast for the modern musical connoisseur -- a frenzied, but undeniably solid proposition, an effortless and organic blend with Annie center stage."
JIMMY EDGAR Funktion Of Your Love 12"
*** "Sweet chord stabs and laid-back laser sweep, dark acid tones, dirty vocals posturing over a sparse, razor-sharp 808 groove." Remixes by Edgar and SETH TROXLER.
TLAHOUN GESSESSE Ethiopian Urban Modern Music Vol. 4 LP
*** "Although he is still completely unknown to Western audiences, for Ethiopians, Tlahoun Gèssèssè is THE VOICE. The first-ever pan-Ethiopian star, he has embodied such nonstop unanimity since the end of the 1950s that is a role-model and a point of reference."
MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL Fred McDowell LP
*** "Reissue of the Arhoolie LP originally titled Fred McDowell - Volume 2. A beautiful set by the Mississippi blues legend. One of Fred's best. Intense Delta blues."
SIGUR ROS Gobbledigook 12"
*** "The spectacular opener on Sigur Rós' Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust remixed by fellow Icelanders Stephen Stephenson aka President Bongo (Gus Gus) and Jack Schidt, transforming the complex, polyrhythmic original into an exceptionally ethereal club track. Add'l remix by Thomas Fehlmann."
EDWARD WILLIAMS Life On Earth: Music From The 1979 BBC TV Series LP / CD
*** "This is the first-ever release of the beautiful music composed for the groundbreaking natural history program Life On Earth. The magical, twinkling ambient sounds of science, nature and music for jellyfish -- soundtrack music, hinting at classical & library music, touching on the avant-garde, with a strong ambient feel and an unusual timeless quality."
WOLF EYES Always Wrong LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! "Coming forth from the piles of tape loops and effects, the bulk of tables reeling with electronics have been shed. This clarity never sacrifices intensity as paradoxically this is the most organic of the full lengths but also the harshest and most dissonant."
*** The Kompakt label's most-anticipated compilation release of the year reaches the double-digits with number 10. This diverse collection of solid-gold hit favorites is still standing and stronger than ever, coinciding with the Kompakt Total event.
v/a TUMBELE: Biguine, Afro & Latin Sounds From The French Caribbean, 1963-74 2xLP
*** "The scattering drums and soaring clarinets of the biguine ruled the airwaves and dancefloors of Martinique and Guadeloupe in the 1960s. This album showcases the vibrancy of the scene on the islands in the '60s and '70s -- a scene that would go on to develop the all-conquering sound of zouk in the '80s."
ANNIE Don't Stop LP / CD
*** "Both immediately listenable and utterly beguiling, this 'pop with strange edges' is mainstream and underground, all at once. Sometimes expressive, sometimes funny, but always totally fresh and utterly human, it's a twelve-course feast for the modern musical connoisseur -- a frenzied, but undeniably solid proposition, an effortless and organic blend with Annie center stage."
JIMMY EDGAR Funktion Of Your Love 12"
*** "Sweet chord stabs and laid-back laser sweep, dark acid tones, dirty vocals posturing over a sparse, razor-sharp 808 groove." Remixes by Edgar and SETH TROXLER.
TLAHOUN GESSESSE Ethiopian Urban Modern Music Vol. 4 LP
*** "Although he is still completely unknown to Western audiences, for Ethiopians, Tlahoun Gèssèssè is THE VOICE. The first-ever pan-Ethiopian star, he has embodied such nonstop unanimity since the end of the 1950s that is a role-model and a point of reference."
MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL Fred McDowell LP
*** "Reissue of the Arhoolie LP originally titled Fred McDowell - Volume 2. A beautiful set by the Mississippi blues legend. One of Fred's best. Intense Delta blues."
SIGUR ROS Gobbledigook 12"
*** "The spectacular opener on Sigur Rós' Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust remixed by fellow Icelanders Stephen Stephenson aka President Bongo (Gus Gus) and Jack Schidt, transforming the complex, polyrhythmic original into an exceptionally ethereal club track. Add'l remix by Thomas Fehlmann."
EDWARD WILLIAMS Life On Earth: Music From The 1979 BBC TV Series LP / CD
*** "This is the first-ever release of the beautiful music composed for the groundbreaking natural history program Life On Earth. The magical, twinkling ambient sounds of science, nature and music for jellyfish -- soundtrack music, hinting at classical & library music, touching on the avant-garde, with a strong ambient feel and an unusual timeless quality."
WOLF EYES Always Wrong LP
*** NOW ON VINYL! "Coming forth from the piles of tape loops and effects, the bulk of tables reeling with electronics have been shed. This clarity never sacrifices intensity as paradoxically this is the most organic of the full lengths but also the harshest and most dissonant."
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) New releases from Trunk Records, Sublime Frequencies, kompakt & more
v/a KOMPAKT TOTAL 10 3xLP / 2xCD
*** The Kompakt label's most-anticipated compilation release of the year reaches the double-digits with number 10. This diverse collection of solid-gold hit favorites is still standing and stronger than ever, coinciding with the Kompakt Total event.
v/a PANAMA! 3: Calypso Panameño, Guajira Jazz & Cumbia Típica On The Isthmus 1960-75 2xLP / CD
*** "From bilingual calypsos to guajira jazz, from tropical guarachas to cumbia tamboreras, this collection presents more of the golden age of Panamanian music and the music of the combos nacionales on rare recordings that have never been released outside the isthmus until now."
v/a SINGAPORE A-GO-GO CD
*** RECOMMENDED "22 supercharged Singaporean '60s beat, pop and "off-beat cha-cha" classics compiled from original vinyl 45s. The vocals are sung in the dialects of Mandarin and Hokkien and they soar, with catchy hooks atop groovy, clever beats. There's plenty of electric guitar, organ and crazy percussion rocking and twisting behind it all, at times reaching quite a mad and freaky state of affairs." On SUBLIME FREQUENCIES.
ANNIE Don't Stop LP / CD
*** "Both immediately listenable and utterly beguiling, this 'pop with strange edges' is mainstream and underground, all at once. Sometimes expressive, sometimes funny, but always totally fresh and utterly human, it's a twelve-course feast for the modern musical connoisseur -- a frenzied, but undeniably solid proposition, an effortless and organic blend with Annie center stage."
BEAK Recordings 05/01/09 > 17/01/09 CD
*** "2009 debut album by PORTISHEAD producer and multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow. The band wrote their entire album over the course of one 12-day session." This is supposed to be CAN-like. Also, good.
DAVID BOWIE Space Oddity: 40th Anniversary Ed. 2xCD
*** "Special 40th Anniversary two CD edition of David Bowie's classic 1969 album released in a digipak with an extensive booklet featuring rare photographs, memorabilia, and sleeve notes."
RAY DAVIES The Kinks Choral Collection CD
*** "Often referred to as 'almost indisputably rock's most literate, witty and insightful songwriter,' Davies had the ambitious idea to collaborate with the 65-strong Crouch End Festival Chorus to create The Kinks Choral Collection.
EDAN Echo Party CD
*** "From the detail-obsessed mind of EDAN comes an astounding pastiche of dance, rapp, and funk that utilizes everything from turntables to tape echo, glockenspiel, to guitar, moog to kazoo."
FELT A Tribute To Rosie Perez CD
*** "Slug (Atmosphere) and Murs (Living Legends) reunite for their third release from moniker FELT. With the fresh addition of Aesop Rock (Def Jux) on production and unwavering love for those forgotten actresses who warmed their hearts."
GROUP DOUEH Treeg Salaam CD
*** "Group Doueh's new album blows hot and dusty from the infernal sand-swept dunes of the Western Sahara. Five tracks of brain-shifting, ecstatic brilliance. Salmou Baamar's (Doueh) guitar/tinidit runs explode in cosmic shrapnel, raining down on the temporal nodes of the listener's brain."
GROUP INERANE Guitars From Agadez (Music Of Niger) CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "Group Inerane is the now sound of the Tuareg Guitar Revolution -- rebel musicians of the Sahara. These ten tracks are a combination of amplified roots rock, blues, and folk in the local Tuareg styles, at times entering into full-on electric guitar psychedelia."
NORAH JONES The Fall CD
*** "Norah has taken a new direction, experimenting with different sounds and a new set of collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River's Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partners Jesse Harris & Richard Julian."
KID SISTER Ultraviolet CD
*** "Kid Sister, a highly anticipated new artist known for her genre defining Electro Club Rap, has a unique mixture of adorable feminism combined with edgy Chicago swagger supported by witty lyrics and unique beats."
JOHN MAYER Battle Studies CD
*** Perhaps you're heard of him!
SHACKLETON Three EPs CD
*** "Shackleton's maverick take on snaking, tribal percussion; hypnotic melodies against electronic screeeeeee; seriously deep bass-y low-end backing ring modulators and dubwise sensibilities doesn't fit into any easy categories. Three EPs is a milestone already."
SUPERSILENT 9 CD
*** "After the departure of drummer Jarle Vespestad, the remaining three members recorded two sessions with only Hammond organs. It's debatable whether anyone would figure out the instrumentation without prior knowledge. It's also fair to say that 9 as a whole goes a long way towards being the most avant-garde and otherworldly recording the band has done so far."
JONNY TRUNK Scrapbook LP / CD
*** "Second album from UK-based Trunk Records label-head, Jonny Trunk -- a curious, entertaining and quite bewildering mix of samples, piano, men with no throats, lesbians and a Japanese choir. It's kind of jazzy, hip-hoppy, filmic, and borders on novelty once in a while."
EDWARD WILLIAMS Life On Earth: Music From The 1979 BBC TV Series LP / CD
*** "This is the first-ever release of the beautiful music composed for the groundbreaking natural history program Life On Earth. The magical, twinkling ambient sounds of science, nature and music for jellyfish -- soundtrack music, hinting at classical & library music, touching on the avant-garde, with a strong ambient feel and an unusual timeless quality."
*** The Kompakt label's most-anticipated compilation release of the year reaches the double-digits with number 10. This diverse collection of solid-gold hit favorites is still standing and stronger than ever, coinciding with the Kompakt Total event.
v/a PANAMA! 3: Calypso Panameño, Guajira Jazz & Cumbia Típica On The Isthmus 1960-75 2xLP / CD
*** "From bilingual calypsos to guajira jazz, from tropical guarachas to cumbia tamboreras, this collection presents more of the golden age of Panamanian music and the music of the combos nacionales on rare recordings that have never been released outside the isthmus until now."
v/a SINGAPORE A-GO-GO CD
*** RECOMMENDED "22 supercharged Singaporean '60s beat, pop and "off-beat cha-cha" classics compiled from original vinyl 45s. The vocals are sung in the dialects of Mandarin and Hokkien and they soar, with catchy hooks atop groovy, clever beats. There's plenty of electric guitar, organ and crazy percussion rocking and twisting behind it all, at times reaching quite a mad and freaky state of affairs." On SUBLIME FREQUENCIES.
ANNIE Don't Stop LP / CD
*** "Both immediately listenable and utterly beguiling, this 'pop with strange edges' is mainstream and underground, all at once. Sometimes expressive, sometimes funny, but always totally fresh and utterly human, it's a twelve-course feast for the modern musical connoisseur -- a frenzied, but undeniably solid proposition, an effortless and organic blend with Annie center stage."
BEAK Recordings 05/01/09 > 17/01/09 CD
*** "2009 debut album by PORTISHEAD producer and multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow. The band wrote their entire album over the course of one 12-day session." This is supposed to be CAN-like. Also, good.
DAVID BOWIE Space Oddity: 40th Anniversary Ed. 2xCD
*** "Special 40th Anniversary two CD edition of David Bowie's classic 1969 album released in a digipak with an extensive booklet featuring rare photographs, memorabilia, and sleeve notes."
RAY DAVIES The Kinks Choral Collection CD
*** "Often referred to as 'almost indisputably rock's most literate, witty and insightful songwriter,' Davies had the ambitious idea to collaborate with the 65-strong Crouch End Festival Chorus to create The Kinks Choral Collection.
EDAN Echo Party CD
*** "From the detail-obsessed mind of EDAN comes an astounding pastiche of dance, rapp, and funk that utilizes everything from turntables to tape echo, glockenspiel, to guitar, moog to kazoo."
FELT A Tribute To Rosie Perez CD
*** "Slug (Atmosphere) and Murs (Living Legends) reunite for their third release from moniker FELT. With the fresh addition of Aesop Rock (Def Jux) on production and unwavering love for those forgotten actresses who warmed their hearts."
GROUP DOUEH Treeg Salaam CD
*** "Group Doueh's new album blows hot and dusty from the infernal sand-swept dunes of the Western Sahara. Five tracks of brain-shifting, ecstatic brilliance. Salmou Baamar's (Doueh) guitar/tinidit runs explode in cosmic shrapnel, raining down on the temporal nodes of the listener's brain."
GROUP INERANE Guitars From Agadez (Music Of Niger) CD
*** BACK IN STOCK! "Group Inerane is the now sound of the Tuareg Guitar Revolution -- rebel musicians of the Sahara. These ten tracks are a combination of amplified roots rock, blues, and folk in the local Tuareg styles, at times entering into full-on electric guitar psychedelia."
NORAH JONES The Fall CD
*** "Norah has taken a new direction, experimenting with different sounds and a new set of collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River's Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partners Jesse Harris & Richard Julian."
KID SISTER Ultraviolet CD
*** "Kid Sister, a highly anticipated new artist known for her genre defining Electro Club Rap, has a unique mixture of adorable feminism combined with edgy Chicago swagger supported by witty lyrics and unique beats."
JOHN MAYER Battle Studies CD
*** Perhaps you're heard of him!
SHACKLETON Three EPs CD
*** "Shackleton's maverick take on snaking, tribal percussion; hypnotic melodies against electronic screeeeeee; seriously deep bass-y low-end backing ring modulators and dubwise sensibilities doesn't fit into any easy categories. Three EPs is a milestone already."
SUPERSILENT 9 CD
*** "After the departure of drummer Jarle Vespestad, the remaining three members recorded two sessions with only Hammond organs. It's debatable whether anyone would figure out the instrumentation without prior knowledge. It's also fair to say that 9 as a whole goes a long way towards being the most avant-garde and otherworldly recording the band has done so far."
JONNY TRUNK Scrapbook LP / CD
*** "Second album from UK-based Trunk Records label-head, Jonny Trunk -- a curious, entertaining and quite bewildering mix of samples, piano, men with no throats, lesbians and a Japanese choir. It's kind of jazzy, hip-hoppy, filmic, and borders on novelty once in a while."
EDWARD WILLIAMS Life On Earth: Music From The 1979 BBC TV Series LP / CD
*** "This is the first-ever release of the beautiful music composed for the groundbreaking natural history program Life On Earth. The magical, twinkling ambient sounds of science, nature and music for jellyfish -- soundtrack music, hinting at classical & library music, touching on the avant-garde, with a strong ambient feel and an unusual timeless quality."
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
((( EVENTS ))) Markus Guentner (Kompakt) + nospectacle + Forest Juziuk (Dark Matter)
SONIC SUBLIMINAL - Friday, Nov. 20 @ SAVA'S
*** A rare U.S. appearance by MARKUS GUENTNER (Kompakt), supported by Detroit's NOSPECTACLE and FOREST JUZIUK (Dark Matter). An evening of "kosmiche disco" -- cosmic space vibrations of cosmic jazz, krautrock, dub, shoegaze & more at Sava's following Collapsing Borders - Einstürzende Grenze at University of Michigan's Duderstadt Center. For more info, consult:
http://bit.ly/nov20dude
Sava's / 216 S. State, A2 / 9PM / $5
*** A rare U.S. appearance by MARKUS GUENTNER (Kompakt), supported by Detroit's NOSPECTACLE and FOREST JUZIUK (Dark Matter). An evening of "kosmiche disco" -- cosmic space vibrations of cosmic jazz, krautrock, dub, shoegaze & more at Sava's following Collapsing Borders - Einstürzende Grenze at University of Michigan's Duderstadt Center. For more info, consult:
http://bit.ly/nov20dude
Sava's / 216 S. State, A2 / 9PM / $5
(( TICKET GIVEAWAY )) The Big Pink!
THE BIG PINK * CRYSTAL ANTLERS * JAVELINS - Saturday, Nov. 28 @ MAGIC STICK
*** "This London duo use gritty beats, droning guitars, abstract effects and dreamy vocals to create a soundscape that is arty yet tuneful. They have previously supported TV On The Radio, Crystal Castles and Klaxons." Shoot us an e-mail (wazoorecords at hotmail dot com) with "MUSIC FROM THE BIG PINK" in the subject line and you're in! For more info, consult:
http://www.myspace.com/musicfromthebigpink
http://www.majesticdetroit.com
Magic Stick / 4140 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI / 8PM / email!
*** "This London duo use gritty beats, droning guitars, abstract effects and dreamy vocals to create a soundscape that is arty yet tuneful. They have previously supported TV On The Radio, Crystal Castles and Klaxons." Shoot us an e-mail (wazoorecords at hotmail dot com) with "MUSIC FROM THE BIG PINK" in the subject line and you're in! For more info, consult:
http://www.myspace.com/musicfromthebigpink
http://www.majesticdetroit.com
Magic Stick / 4140 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI / 8PM / email!
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Light: On The South Side, King Khan & BBQ Show, Fuck Buttons & more
v/a LIGHT: On The South Side BOOK+2xLP
*** RECOMMENDED "Light: On The South Side gathers for the first time over 100 of Michael Abramson's photos taken on Chicago's south side in the late 70s. The 132-page hard back book features photos, an ephemera section, and an essay by Nick Hornby. Housed in a gorgeous slipcase with the 12X12 book is Pepper's Jukebox, a seventeen track compilation of the kind of funky Chicago blues heard from the stage and the Wurlitizer." Unreal packaging & we've got cheaper than anywhere else in town or online. For more info, consult: http://bit.ly/4Rthp
THE DOORS The Doors LP
THE DOORS Waiting For The Sun LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
FUCK BUTTONS Tarot Sport LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW Invisible Girl LP / CD
*** "Doo-Wop-laced, anthemic Garage Rock, exhibiting the duo's effortless fluency in Rock 'n' Roll's tenets and traditions, but as Mark Sultan (otherwise known as BBQ) notes, it also includes a song so vile that it cannot even be mentioned."
KINGS OF CONVENIENCE Declaration Of Dependence LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
*** RECOMMENDED "Light: On The South Side gathers for the first time over 100 of Michael Abramson's photos taken on Chicago's south side in the late 70s. The 132-page hard back book features photos, an ephemera section, and an essay by Nick Hornby. Housed in a gorgeous slipcase with the 12X12 book is Pepper's Jukebox, a seventeen track compilation of the kind of funky Chicago blues heard from the stage and the Wurlitizer." Unreal packaging & we've got cheaper than anywhere else in town or online. For more info, consult: http://bit.ly/4Rthp
THE DOORS The Doors LP
THE DOORS Waiting For The Sun LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
FUCK BUTTONS Tarot Sport LP
*** NOW ON VINYL!
THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW Invisible Girl LP / CD
*** "Doo-Wop-laced, anthemic Garage Rock, exhibiting the duo's effortless fluency in Rock 'n' Roll's tenets and traditions, but as Mark Sultan (otherwise known as BBQ) notes, it also includes a song so vile that it cannot even be mentioned."
KINGS OF CONVENIENCE Declaration Of Dependence LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Doom, King Khan & BBQ Show, King Crimson & more
TORI AMOS Midwinter Graces CD+DVD
*** "Midwinter Graces will find Tori reworking and expanding on classic carols as well as developing some of her very own seasonal tracks."
BLACK UHURU Black Sounds Of Freedom 2xCD
*** "Deluxe edition remastered Greensleeves classic PLUS the original 'Love Crisis' album AND Prince Jammy dub compilation
JULIAN CASABLANCAS Phrazes For The Young CD
*** Frontman of THE STROKES pens an album on the "arrogance and shortsightedness'' of humans -- a veritable modern day Oscar Wilde! Thanks for the scoop, Julian.
DEVO Q: Are We Not Men? CD
*** Remastered with bonus tracks! Essential! Produced by ENO.
DOOM Unexpected Guests CD
*** "Legendary hip-hop artist MF DOOM digs into his vast archives to mix together some of his all-time favorite productions, collaborations, guest appearances and rare tracks that have never been available before."
GIFT OF GAB Escape 2 Mars CD
*** "The Gift of Gab's second fully realized solo record including Brother Ali and Del The Funky Homosapien, and the record contains another progressive step in groundbreaking lyrical and structural delivery."
THE KILLERS Live From The Royal Albert Hall CD+DVD
*** "Now The Killers know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall." What does it mean!?! Buy this cd/dvd package & find out!!
KING CRIMSON In The Court Of The Crimson King CD+DVD
*** "40th Anniversary version with 5.1 surround sound mix, a new stereo mix, five previously unreleased tracks, and a DVD featuring both new mixes in high res stereo."
THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW Invisible Girl LP / CD
*** "Doo-Wop-laced, anthemic Garage Rock, exhibiting the duo's effortless fluency in Rock 'n' Roll's tenets and traditions, but as Mark Sultan (otherwise known as BBQ) notes, it also includes a song so vile that it cannot even be mentioned."
MELT-BANANA Lite Live Ver. 0.0 CD
*** This ain't your usual Melt-Banana!! Melt-Banana Lite has drums and vocals, but no guitars! Instead, the six string things have been replaced by samplers and synths!"
*** "Midwinter Graces will find Tori reworking and expanding on classic carols as well as developing some of her very own seasonal tracks."
BLACK UHURU Black Sounds Of Freedom 2xCD
*** "Deluxe edition remastered Greensleeves classic PLUS the original 'Love Crisis' album AND Prince Jammy dub compilation
JULIAN CASABLANCAS Phrazes For The Young CD
*** Frontman of THE STROKES pens an album on the "arrogance and shortsightedness'' of humans -- a veritable modern day Oscar Wilde! Thanks for the scoop, Julian.
DEVO Q: Are We Not Men? CD
*** Remastered with bonus tracks! Essential! Produced by ENO.
DOOM Unexpected Guests CD
*** "Legendary hip-hop artist MF DOOM digs into his vast archives to mix together some of his all-time favorite productions, collaborations, guest appearances and rare tracks that have never been available before."
GIFT OF GAB Escape 2 Mars CD
*** "The Gift of Gab's second fully realized solo record including Brother Ali and Del The Funky Homosapien, and the record contains another progressive step in groundbreaking lyrical and structural delivery."
THE KILLERS Live From The Royal Albert Hall CD+DVD
*** "Now The Killers know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall." What does it mean!?! Buy this cd/dvd package & find out!!
KING CRIMSON In The Court Of The Crimson King CD+DVD
*** "40th Anniversary version with 5.1 surround sound mix, a new stereo mix, five previously unreleased tracks, and a DVD featuring both new mixes in high res stereo."
THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW Invisible Girl LP / CD
*** "Doo-Wop-laced, anthemic Garage Rock, exhibiting the duo's effortless fluency in Rock 'n' Roll's tenets and traditions, but as Mark Sultan (otherwise known as BBQ) notes, it also includes a song so vile that it cannot even be mentioned."
MELT-BANANA Lite Live Ver. 0.0 CD
*** This ain't your usual Melt-Banana!! Melt-Banana Lite has drums and vocals, but no guitars! Instead, the six string things have been replaced by samplers and synths!"
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
((( EVENTS ))) Ann Arbor Soul Club, Eraserhead, Numero Group Eccentric Soul Revue!!
ANN ARBOR SOUL CLUB - Friday, Nov. 6 @ BLIND PIG
*** Robert Wells, Brad Hales, Breck Bunce & Aaron Anderson play the finest Northern Soul, r&b, modern, Motown, etc. you will never hear on the radio or pretty much anywhere else. Always, always a good time.
Blind Pig / 208 S. First, A2 / 9:30PM / $5
* Ann Arbor Soul Club on Facebook - www.facebook.com/pages/Ann-Arbor-Soul-Club/59084941493
* Ann Arbor Soul Club on MySpace - www.myspace.com/a2soulclub
ERASERHEAD - Saturday, Nov. 7 @ STATE THEATRE
*** HOTT LAVA is proud to present the return of the quintessential midnight movie -- ERASERHEAD!! Playing in Ann Arbor for the first time in years, David Lynch's epic first film is still unmatched in surrealist mindmelt.
State Theatre / 233 S. State, A2 / midnight / $6
* More info on Eraserhead & HOTT LAVA - www.hottlava.net
NUMERO GROUP ECCENTRIC SOUL REVUE - Sunday, Nov. 8 @ CROFOOT
*** A classic R&B cavalcade, Numero's Eccentric Soul Review hits the Crofoot Ballroom on Sunday, November 8th, with the totally explosive Syl Johnson, the silky smooth Notations, and the man with the voice like Domino sugar, Renaldo Domino, plus special guests Bobby Cook and Velma Perkins, a slide show, and an autograph line. JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound back all the acts.
Crofoot Ballroom / 1 S Saginaw St, Pontiac / 7PM / $20
* TICKETS AVAILABLE at WAZOO RECORDS! $20 + a chance to win a GIANT silkscreened poster!
* Crofoot info - www.thecrofoot.com/events/817.html
*** Robert Wells, Brad Hales, Breck Bunce & Aaron Anderson play the finest Northern Soul, r&b, modern, Motown, etc. you will never hear on the radio or pretty much anywhere else. Always, always a good time.
Blind Pig / 208 S. First, A2 / 9:30PM / $5
* Ann Arbor Soul Club on Facebook - www.facebook.com/pages/Ann-Arbor-Soul-Club/59084941493
* Ann Arbor Soul Club on MySpace - www.myspace.com/a2soulclub
ERASERHEAD - Saturday, Nov. 7 @ STATE THEATRE
*** HOTT LAVA is proud to present the return of the quintessential midnight movie -- ERASERHEAD!! Playing in Ann Arbor for the first time in years, David Lynch's epic first film is still unmatched in surrealist mindmelt.
State Theatre / 233 S. State, A2 / midnight / $6
* More info on Eraserhead & HOTT LAVA - www.hottlava.net
NUMERO GROUP ECCENTRIC SOUL REVUE - Sunday, Nov. 8 @ CROFOOT
*** A classic R&B cavalcade, Numero's Eccentric Soul Review hits the Crofoot Ballroom on Sunday, November 8th, with the totally explosive Syl Johnson, the silky smooth Notations, and the man with the voice like Domino sugar, Renaldo Domino, plus special guests Bobby Cook and Velma Perkins, a slide show, and an autograph line. JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound back all the acts.
Crofoot Ballroom / 1 S Saginaw St, Pontiac / 7PM / $20
* TICKETS AVAILABLE at WAZOO RECORDS! $20 + a chance to win a GIANT silkscreened poster!
* Crofoot info - www.thecrofoot.com/events/817.html
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Sufjan, OOIOO, Michael Hurley, Lucky Dragons & more
DAVID DANIELL & DOUGLAS MCCOMBS Sycamore LP+MP3 / CD
*** "The first album from David Daniell (SAN AGUSTIN, RHYS CHATHAM) and Douglas McCombs (TORTOISE, BROKEBACK) is a delicate tapestry of spacious and ethereal guitar lines woven into abstract, slow-burning, richly faceted and thickly psychedelic passages."
FACTUMS Flowers LP
*** "Flowers is dark and disturbing, bleak and ominous, spread over 22 tracks that fluctuate from sound collage and soundtrack-esque moments with more structure songwriting and flashes of the abrasive electropunk that has garnered well deserved comparisons to Chrome, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, and much of the early Wax Trax catalog."
HEALTH Get Color LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
MICHAEL HURLEY Parsnip Snips LP
*** "Culled from MICHAEL HURLEY’s unreleased output between his First Songs LP from 1964 and Armchair Boogie in 1972. All tracks feature just Michael and guitar. Absolutely beautiful folk music and, in the label’s opinion, one of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time."
LUCKY DRAGONS Open Power LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED On white vinyl, with poster. "Ecstatic magic music that completely transcends genres. Challenging stereotypes that electronic music is cold and sterile, Lucky Dragons' live show is a truly great celebration of the human spirit."
OOIOO Armonico Hewa LP+MP3 / CD
*** "Armonico Hewa is mind-melting tribal psychedelia, oddly spiritual and alarmingly urgent. OOIOO is an all-female outfit headed by Yoshimi, a founding member of Japanese experimental psych innovators Boredoms."
PONTIAK Sea Voids LP+MP3
*** "They spent many long nights, amps blazing into the summer darkness, drums echoing off the surrounding hills. They tuned the bass and the guitar down to B, cranked their amps and let the air open up." Limited to 1000!
SUFJAN STEVENS Seven Swans LP+7"
*** BACK IN STOCK! Plus 7".
THREE MILE PILOT Planets / Grey Clouds 7"
*** "An unusually upbeat and infectious slice of weird pop perfection plus a darker, sprawling gem recalling the band's earlier days."
JASON URICK Husbands LP+MP3
*** "Those well-versed in the Baltimore or experimental electronic music scenes might be familiar with his band WZT HEARTS. Husbands finds Urick at a crossroads where his ideas are becoming more fully realized, and while still experimental in nature, the songs are envisioned as an honest attempt at 'pop'. Ghosted, fragmented melodies, distorted tones and so forth."
*** "The first album from David Daniell (SAN AGUSTIN, RHYS CHATHAM) and Douglas McCombs (TORTOISE, BROKEBACK) is a delicate tapestry of spacious and ethereal guitar lines woven into abstract, slow-burning, richly faceted and thickly psychedelic passages."
FACTUMS Flowers LP
*** "Flowers is dark and disturbing, bleak and ominous, spread over 22 tracks that fluctuate from sound collage and soundtrack-esque moments with more structure songwriting and flashes of the abrasive electropunk that has garnered well deserved comparisons to Chrome, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, and much of the early Wax Trax catalog."
HEALTH Get Color LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL!
MICHAEL HURLEY Parsnip Snips LP
*** "Culled from MICHAEL HURLEY’s unreleased output between his First Songs LP from 1964 and Armchair Boogie in 1972. All tracks feature just Michael and guitar. Absolutely beautiful folk music and, in the label’s opinion, one of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time."
LUCKY DRAGONS Open Power LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED On white vinyl, with poster. "Ecstatic magic music that completely transcends genres. Challenging stereotypes that electronic music is cold and sterile, Lucky Dragons' live show is a truly great celebration of the human spirit."
OOIOO Armonico Hewa LP+MP3 / CD
*** "Armonico Hewa is mind-melting tribal psychedelia, oddly spiritual and alarmingly urgent. OOIOO is an all-female outfit headed by Yoshimi, a founding member of Japanese experimental psych innovators Boredoms."
PONTIAK Sea Voids LP+MP3
*** "They spent many long nights, amps blazing into the summer darkness, drums echoing off the surrounding hills. They tuned the bass and the guitar down to B, cranked their amps and let the air open up." Limited to 1000!
SUFJAN STEVENS Seven Swans LP+7"
*** BACK IN STOCK! Plus 7".
THREE MILE PILOT Planets / Grey Clouds 7"
*** "An unusually upbeat and infectious slice of weird pop perfection plus a darker, sprawling gem recalling the band's earlier days."
JASON URICK Husbands LP+MP3
*** "Those well-versed in the Baltimore or experimental electronic music scenes might be familiar with his band WZT HEARTS. Husbands finds Urick at a crossroads where his ideas are becoming more fully realized, and while still experimental in nature, the songs are envisioned as an honest attempt at 'pop'. Ghosted, fragmented melodies, distorted tones and so forth."
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