HOTT LAVA III wsg CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO - Friday, February 5 @ YELLOW BARN
*** One-and-a-half hours of the brainbending, the hair raising, the beguiling & gnarly tempered with that mysterious & otherworldly SOMETHING. Mini-epics & contemporary monsters are the name of the game. Plus a performance by Thrill Jockey artists CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO!
Facebook event link: http://bit.ly/6r5PCx
Yellow Barn / 416 W Huron, A2 / 8PM / $8
ANN ARBOR SOUL CLUB - Friday, February 5 @ 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
EXPLODE INTO COLORS wsg Tyvek - Sunday, February 7 @ YELLOW BARN
*** Seriously, the best new band to hit the world in at least one calendar year is making their Michigan debut in Ann Arbor. Three thrilling females that sound a touch like Liquid Liquid will boil your blood. Detroit's excellent TYVEK plays + spins by Forest Juziuk & Brett Lyman.
Facebook event link: http://bit.ly/57IskK
Yellow Barn / 416 W Huron, A2 / 8PM / $5
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Thrill Jockey limited jams, Tape, Beach House & more
BEACH HOUSE Teen Dream LP+DVD+MP3 / CD+DVD
*** "Teen Dream gives voice to a full universe of unbridled imagination, and the manifestation of Teen Dream has been a welcomed and all-consuming obsession for Beach House the past 9-12 months." Vinyl includes free MP3 download.
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO Boca Negra LP+MP3 / CD
*** "Powerful grooves along with ambient sound structures, folk song simplicity and polyrhythmic bursts of energy with lyrical melodic vignettes. CUD is Rob Mazurek (Exploding Star Orchestra, Isotope 217) and Chad Taylor (Fred Anderson, Iron and Wine)."
JOAN OF ARC Don't Mind Control 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** "41+ members strong the Joan of Arc extended family comes together for 18 exclusive songs curated by Joan of Arc frontman Tim Kinsella. New songs by Tim Kinsella, Owen, Ghosts and Vodka (ex-Cap n Jazz), Euphone and many more. All bands feature members who have played in Joan of Arc at one time or another. Deluxe 2 x LP vinyl edition includes double gatefold cover, digital download of the album, and 18 x 24 poster. Limited edition of 500 on green vinyl.
LICHENS / LEXIE MOUNTAIN Split LP
*** "Electric guitar, loop pedals, voice, cut-ups & more make up two loooooong psychedelic-soul hollers from Robert A.A. Lowe's Lichens project and Alexandra Macchi, aka Lexie Mountain." Limited to 500 copies.
ROBERT A.A. LOWE & ROSE LAZAR Eclipses LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED "Rose Lazar's art graces the music of Robert A.A. Lowe (aka LICHENS). The music was recorded at home by Lowe utilizing semi-modular and polyphonic analogue synthesizers & it's beyond natural terrestrial landscapes into those slightly more cosmic or alien." Limited to 750 copies + free MP3 download.
MI AMI Towers Fall 12"
*** BACK IN STOCK! Using Shackleton's now-seminal 'Blood On My Hands' as a source/jumping-off point, Mi Ami take a lateral step away from the visceral punch of their live show, marrying slowly unfolding polyrhythmic grooves and washes of oceanic bass to a long-form synth-and-drum machines workout."
OOIOO Armonico Hewa LP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!
PIT ER PAT The Flexible Entertainer LP+MP3 / CD
*** Pit Er Pat is now a duo, recording live & incorporating electronic and acoustic drums seamlessly. The energy is high and exhilarating. Play it at high volume for the best listening results. The instrumentation is electric guitar, synthesizer, voices, kick drum, snare drum, crash cymbal, hi hat, MPC, melodica, conga and cuica."
TAPE Luminarium LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED "Taking cues both from pop, experimentalism and minimalism their sound has become recognized internationally and is clearly something of its own. Working intuitive, all by themselves, they created mini symphonies out of electronic sounds paired with a stunning melodic lyricism. With an array of electronic and acoustic instruments at hand they recorded at a small stone barn on the island of Öland, east of Sweden. Luminarium is Tape's fourth album and it was recorded in their Summa studio in Stockholm. The album was released on CD by Häpna in 2008. Immune is proud to release the album on vinyl for the first time."
TAPE & BILL WELLS Fugue LP
*** "TAPE joins legendary Scottish musician Bill Wells (Isobel Campbell, The National Jazz Trio Of Scotland). Tape have been playing their unique blend of pop, experimentalism, and minimalism since 2000." Limited to 900 copies + free MP3 download.
*** "Teen Dream gives voice to a full universe of unbridled imagination, and the manifestation of Teen Dream has been a welcomed and all-consuming obsession for Beach House the past 9-12 months." Vinyl includes free MP3 download.
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO Boca Negra LP+MP3 / CD
*** "Powerful grooves along with ambient sound structures, folk song simplicity and polyrhythmic bursts of energy with lyrical melodic vignettes. CUD is Rob Mazurek (Exploding Star Orchestra, Isotope 217) and Chad Taylor (Fred Anderson, Iron and Wine)."
JOAN OF ARC Don't Mind Control 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** "41+ members strong the Joan of Arc extended family comes together for 18 exclusive songs curated by Joan of Arc frontman Tim Kinsella. New songs by Tim Kinsella, Owen, Ghosts and Vodka (ex-Cap n Jazz), Euphone and many more. All bands feature members who have played in Joan of Arc at one time or another. Deluxe 2 x LP vinyl edition includes double gatefold cover, digital download of the album, and 18 x 24 poster. Limited edition of 500 on green vinyl.
LICHENS / LEXIE MOUNTAIN Split LP
*** "Electric guitar, loop pedals, voice, cut-ups & more make up two loooooong psychedelic-soul hollers from Robert A.A. Lowe's Lichens project and Alexandra Macchi, aka Lexie Mountain." Limited to 500 copies.
ROBERT A.A. LOWE & ROSE LAZAR Eclipses LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED "Rose Lazar's art graces the music of Robert A.A. Lowe (aka LICHENS). The music was recorded at home by Lowe utilizing semi-modular and polyphonic analogue synthesizers & it's beyond natural terrestrial landscapes into those slightly more cosmic or alien." Limited to 750 copies + free MP3 download.
MI AMI Towers Fall 12"
*** BACK IN STOCK! Using Shackleton's now-seminal 'Blood On My Hands' as a source/jumping-off point, Mi Ami take a lateral step away from the visceral punch of their live show, marrying slowly unfolding polyrhythmic grooves and washes of oceanic bass to a long-form synth-and-drum machines workout."
OOIOO Armonico Hewa LP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!
PIT ER PAT The Flexible Entertainer LP+MP3 / CD
*** Pit Er Pat is now a duo, recording live & incorporating electronic and acoustic drums seamlessly. The energy is high and exhilarating. Play it at high volume for the best listening results. The instrumentation is electric guitar, synthesizer, voices, kick drum, snare drum, crash cymbal, hi hat, MPC, melodica, conga and cuica."
TAPE Luminarium LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED "Taking cues both from pop, experimentalism and minimalism their sound has become recognized internationally and is clearly something of its own. Working intuitive, all by themselves, they created mini symphonies out of electronic sounds paired with a stunning melodic lyricism. With an array of electronic and acoustic instruments at hand they recorded at a small stone barn on the island of Öland, east of Sweden. Luminarium is Tape's fourth album and it was recorded in their Summa studio in Stockholm. The album was released on CD by Häpna in 2008. Immune is proud to release the album on vinyl for the first time."
TAPE & BILL WELLS Fugue LP
*** "TAPE joins legendary Scottish musician Bill Wells (Isobel Campbell, The National Jazz Trio Of Scotland). Tape have been playing their unique blend of pop, experimentalism, and minimalism since 2000." Limited to 900 copies + free MP3 download.
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Beach House, Animal Collective, Four Tet and so much more. Dang!
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Campfire Songs CD
*** "Paw Tracks is proud to present the reissue of Animal Collective's 2003 album Campfire Songs, a record not of songs sung around a campfire, but songs emerging from the fire itself."
BEACH HOUSE Teen Dream LP+DVD+MP3 / CD+DVD
*** RECOMMENDED "Teen Dream gives voice to a full universe of unbridled imagination, and the manifestation of Teen Dream has been a welcomed and all-consuming obsession for Beach House the past 9-12 months."
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO Boca Negra LP+MP3 / CD
*** "Powerful grooves along with ambient sound structures, folk song simplicity and polyrhythmic bursts of energy with lyrical melodic vignettes. CUD is Rob Mazurek (Exploding Star Orchestra, Isotope 217) and Chad Taylor (Fred Anderson, Iron and Wine)."
FOUR TET There Is Love In You CD
*** There Is Love In You is Four Tet's first full-length album in over four years and is his fifth album to date.
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG IRM CD
*** "What started as a brief recording session between Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck ended up to be the body of work that is IRM. Beck's role grew to encompass all aspects of the creative process. He worked seamlessly with Charlotte co-writing the lyrics and produced and mixed the recording."
PATTY GRIFFIN Downtown Church CD
*** "Downtown Church is a collection of Gospel-infused songs produced by longtime friend, bandmate and acclaimed producer Buddy Miller. Downtown Church brings to life Gospel songs that have influenced contemporary music in a way that only Patty Griffin can do."
JOAN OF ARC Don't Mind Control 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** "41+ members strong the Joan of Arc extended family comes together for 18 exclusive songs curated by Tim Kinsella. New songs by Tim Kinsella, Owen, Ghosts and Vodka (ex-Cap n Jazz), Euphone and many more. All bands feature members who have played in Joan of Arc at one time or another. Deluxe 2 x LP vinyl edition includes double gatefold cover, digital download of the album, and 18 x 24 poster. Limited edition of 500 on green vinyl.
LOS CAMPESINOS Romance Is Boring CD
*** "The ambitious 'fully realized' new album by Los Campesinos! is bigger, deeper, more complex and direct than anything Los Campesinos! has recorded to date. Added brass, strings, drum machines and electronics, and guest spots from the likes of Jamie Stewart (XIU XIU), and members of PARENTHETICAL GIRLS and THE DEAD SCIENCE, it is nothing if not ambitious."
MAGNETIC FIELDS Realism CD
*** "Realism is the flipside to the industrial pop of Distortion and its sound is as pristine as a plein-air painting. There are no drum kits to be heard, and the fascinatingly varied instrumentation - guitars, accordions, violins, cellos, tablas, banjos, tuba, even a smattering of mellifluous falling leaves - did not need to be plugged in."
PAT METHENY Orchestrion CD
*** "Metheny + a visionary team of inventors = a veritable made-to-order solenoid orchestra that includes, among other things, bass, pianos, percussion, marimbas, guitar-bots, and a mellifluous cabinet of carefully tuned bottles all controlled by Metheny." It sounds crazy. Look it up.
OWEN PALLETT Heartland CD
*** "The 3rd Final Fantasy full-length is a fully orchestral record, designed to exist simultaneously as an album, a 45-minute piece of orchestral music and a set of songs for looped violin and voice."
PIT ER PAT The Flexible Entertainer LP+MP3 / CD
*** Pit Er Pat is now a duo, recording live & incorporating electronic and acoustic drums seamlessly. The energy is high and exhilarating. Play it at high volume for the best listening results. The instrumentation is electric guitar, synthesizer, voices, kick drum, snare drum, crash cymbal, hi hat, MPC, melodica, conga and cuica."
Wazoo Records
336 1/2 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734.761.8686
wazoorecords@hotmail.com
wazoorecs.com
twitter.com/wazoorecords
myspace.com/wazoorecords
facebook.com/wazoorecords
*** "Paw Tracks is proud to present the reissue of Animal Collective's 2003 album Campfire Songs, a record not of songs sung around a campfire, but songs emerging from the fire itself."
BEACH HOUSE Teen Dream LP+DVD+MP3 / CD+DVD
*** RECOMMENDED "Teen Dream gives voice to a full universe of unbridled imagination, and the manifestation of Teen Dream has been a welcomed and all-consuming obsession for Beach House the past 9-12 months."
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO Boca Negra LP+MP3 / CD
*** "Powerful grooves along with ambient sound structures, folk song simplicity and polyrhythmic bursts of energy with lyrical melodic vignettes. CUD is Rob Mazurek (Exploding Star Orchestra, Isotope 217) and Chad Taylor (Fred Anderson, Iron and Wine)."
FOUR TET There Is Love In You CD
*** There Is Love In You is Four Tet's first full-length album in over four years and is his fifth album to date.
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG IRM CD
*** "What started as a brief recording session between Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck ended up to be the body of work that is IRM. Beck's role grew to encompass all aspects of the creative process. He worked seamlessly with Charlotte co-writing the lyrics and produced and mixed the recording."
PATTY GRIFFIN Downtown Church CD
*** "Downtown Church is a collection of Gospel-infused songs produced by longtime friend, bandmate and acclaimed producer Buddy Miller. Downtown Church brings to life Gospel songs that have influenced contemporary music in a way that only Patty Griffin can do."
JOAN OF ARC Don't Mind Control 2xLP+MP3 / CD
*** "41+ members strong the Joan of Arc extended family comes together for 18 exclusive songs curated by Tim Kinsella. New songs by Tim Kinsella, Owen, Ghosts and Vodka (ex-Cap n Jazz), Euphone and many more. All bands feature members who have played in Joan of Arc at one time or another. Deluxe 2 x LP vinyl edition includes double gatefold cover, digital download of the album, and 18 x 24 poster. Limited edition of 500 on green vinyl.
LOS CAMPESINOS Romance Is Boring CD
*** "The ambitious 'fully realized' new album by Los Campesinos! is bigger, deeper, more complex and direct than anything Los Campesinos! has recorded to date. Added brass, strings, drum machines and electronics, and guest spots from the likes of Jamie Stewart (XIU XIU), and members of PARENTHETICAL GIRLS and THE DEAD SCIENCE, it is nothing if not ambitious."
MAGNETIC FIELDS Realism CD
*** "Realism is the flipside to the industrial pop of Distortion and its sound is as pristine as a plein-air painting. There are no drum kits to be heard, and the fascinatingly varied instrumentation - guitars, accordions, violins, cellos, tablas, banjos, tuba, even a smattering of mellifluous falling leaves - did not need to be plugged in."
PAT METHENY Orchestrion CD
*** "Metheny + a visionary team of inventors = a veritable made-to-order solenoid orchestra that includes, among other things, bass, pianos, percussion, marimbas, guitar-bots, and a mellifluous cabinet of carefully tuned bottles all controlled by Metheny." It sounds crazy. Look it up.
OWEN PALLETT Heartland CD
*** "The 3rd Final Fantasy full-length is a fully orchestral record, designed to exist simultaneously as an album, a 45-minute piece of orchestral music and a set of songs for looped violin and voice."
PIT ER PAT The Flexible Entertainer LP+MP3 / CD
*** Pit Er Pat is now a duo, recording live & incorporating electronic and acoustic drums seamlessly. The energy is high and exhilarating. Play it at high volume for the best listening results. The instrumentation is electric guitar, synthesizer, voices, kick drum, snare drum, crash cymbal, hi hat, MPC, melodica, conga and cuica."
Wazoo Records
336 1/2 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734.761.8686
wazoorecords@hotmail.com
wazoorecs.com
twitter.com/wazoorecords
myspace.com/wazoorecords
facebook.com/wazoorecords
Friday, January 22, 2010
((( EVENTS ))) HOTT LAVA III wsg Chicago Underground Duo + Ann Arbor Soul Club
HOTT LAVA III wsg CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO - Friday, February 5 @ YELLOW BARN
*** One-and-a-half hours of the brainbending, the hair raising, the beguiling & gnarly tempered with that mysterious & otherworldly SOMETHING. Mini-epics & contemporary monsters are the name of the game. Plus a performance by Thrill Jockey artists CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO!
Facebook event link: http://bit.ly/6r5PCx
Yellow Barn / 416 W Huron, A2 / 8PM / $8
ANN ARBOR SOUL CLUB - Friday, February 5 @ 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
*** One-and-a-half hours of the brainbending, the hair raising, the beguiling & gnarly tempered with that mysterious & otherworldly SOMETHING. Mini-epics & contemporary monsters are the name of the game. Plus a performance by Thrill Jockey artists CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO!
Facebook event link: http://bit.ly/6r5PCx
Yellow Barn / 416 W Huron, A2 / 8PM / $8
ANN ARBOR SOUL CLUB - Friday, February 5 @ 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
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Neon Indian, Broken Bells, Oh Sees, SUNN0))), Ty Segall & more
BROKEN BELLS The High Road 7"
*** James Mercer of THE SHINS paired up with DANGER MOUSE & dropped what is probably not a Benny Goodman cover.
LINDSTROM & CHRISTABELLE Real Life Is No Cool LP / CD
*** "CHRISTABELLE (aka SOLALE) teams with LINDSTROM to create an edgy disco-pop album of structured chaos and hypnotic beats. Lindstrom provided the structure for Christabelle to let loose and improvise most of the lyrics on the spot while they jammed."
NEON INDIAN Psychic Chasms LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL
THEE OH SEES Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In LP
*** "Sounding a bit like The Mamas & The Papas run through a seriously bent garage blender, this record marked the first recorded appearance of the newly harder rocking version of the band and was immediately met with an enthusiastic response by fans and rock scribes."
PIXELTAN Yamerarena 12"
*** "Pixeltan's latest effort takes a page -- or at least a few notes -- from Larry Levan's Paradise Garage disco songbook, shows an appreciation for ESG, adds layers of dynamic percussive elements, and go from sweetly menacing to raw-throated screams in a moment's notice. Drummer Hisham Bharoocha formerly played with both Black Dice and Lightning Bolt, and Yoneta and bass player Devin Flynn are ex-members of Plate Tectonics."
Q&A Tumbling Cubes 12"
*** "A svelte piece of Detroit-inspired electro -- a lean charge where Mr. Fingers meets Telex and Carl Craig at the Hacienda -- and a taut piece of flabby dirty disco, a dark cavern of sinister cool that comes off like a Padded Cell edit of Patrick Adams remixed by Andrew Weatherall."
TY SEGALL & MIKAL CRONIN Reverse Shark Attack LP
*** TY SEGALL and MIKAL CRONIN bust out a ten-track delight of psychedelic danceable garage rock and effects-ridden psychedelia -- a mind-blowing explosion of loud guitars, pounding rhythms and signature vocal harmonies. The B-side is a single 10-minute Beatles-esque medley that starts off weird, gets mellow and folky, then explodes into a Ventures-induced headache of smashed drums and wildly vibrant surf guitars." 1,000 copies.
SUNN0))) Domkirke 2xLP
SUNN0))) Oracle LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
*** James Mercer of THE SHINS paired up with DANGER MOUSE & dropped what is probably not a Benny Goodman cover.
LINDSTROM & CHRISTABELLE Real Life Is No Cool LP / CD
*** "CHRISTABELLE (aka SOLALE) teams with LINDSTROM to create an edgy disco-pop album of structured chaos and hypnotic beats. Lindstrom provided the structure for Christabelle to let loose and improvise most of the lyrics on the spot while they jammed."
NEON INDIAN Psychic Chasms LP / CD
*** NOW ON VINYL
THEE OH SEES Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In LP
*** "Sounding a bit like The Mamas & The Papas run through a seriously bent garage blender, this record marked the first recorded appearance of the newly harder rocking version of the band and was immediately met with an enthusiastic response by fans and rock scribes."
PIXELTAN Yamerarena 12"
*** "Pixeltan's latest effort takes a page -- or at least a few notes -- from Larry Levan's Paradise Garage disco songbook, shows an appreciation for ESG, adds layers of dynamic percussive elements, and go from sweetly menacing to raw-throated screams in a moment's notice. Drummer Hisham Bharoocha formerly played with both Black Dice and Lightning Bolt, and Yoneta and bass player Devin Flynn are ex-members of Plate Tectonics."
Q&A Tumbling Cubes 12"
*** "A svelte piece of Detroit-inspired electro -- a lean charge where Mr. Fingers meets Telex and Carl Craig at the Hacienda -- and a taut piece of flabby dirty disco, a dark cavern of sinister cool that comes off like a Padded Cell edit of Patrick Adams remixed by Andrew Weatherall."
TY SEGALL & MIKAL CRONIN Reverse Shark Attack LP
*** TY SEGALL and MIKAL CRONIN bust out a ten-track delight of psychedelic danceable garage rock and effects-ridden psychedelia -- a mind-blowing explosion of loud guitars, pounding rhythms and signature vocal harmonies. The B-side is a single 10-minute Beatles-esque medley that starts off weird, gets mellow and folky, then explodes into a Ventures-induced headache of smashed drums and wildly vibrant surf guitars." 1,000 copies.
SUNN0))) Domkirke 2xLP
SUNN0))) Oracle LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Sun Ra!, RJD2, Lindstrom, Dengue Fever selects Cambodian rockrs
v/a BEARDED LADIES CD
*** Fifteen homegrown selections of forlorn and freakish female songsmiths from the past four decades. Includes music from WENDY & BONNIE, SUSAN CHRISTIE, BRIGITTE FONTAINE, JANE WEAVER, EMMA TRICCA, LIGHTS, and CATE LE BON.
v/a DENGUE FEVER Presents Electric Cambodia CD
*** RECOMMENDED "1960s and '70s independent Cambodia was a period of rapid modernization that not only influenced music, architecture, sculpture, painting, dance & cinema. For many, it was Cambodia's own artistic renaissance, a time pointing to a hopeful future brought to a sudden end when the Khmer Rouge took control in 1975 and brutally attempted to destroy any trace of modern society. Sadly, while many of the recordings of modern Cambodian rock and roll survived, most of the artists who created it did not. DENGUE FEVER has compiled their favorite Cambodian rock and roll from many different cassette tapes. The great music you'll find here is a testament to the spirit of a modern Cambodia that existed not so long ago, and should be remembered today."
v/a HARMONIC SERIES: A Compilation Of Works In Just Intonation CD
*** "The Harmonic Series is a compilation of musical works in Just Intonation created by three generations of contemporary composers who utilize this tuning system compiled to educate listeners about the origins and use of Just Intonation, as well as to portray the unique beauty of this tonal 'color palette,' which is heard by relatively few in the Western world and explored by even fewer. Although all the artists on the compilation work within the avant-garde/experimental genre, each artist lends something unique to the collection, and each employs a different approach toward how to utilize Just Intonation." Feat. PAULINE OLIVEROS, ELLEN FULLMAN, CHARLES CURTIS, MICHAEL HARRISON, GREG DAVIS, R. KEENAN LAWLER, Duane Pitre, THERESA WONG and ZACHARY JAMES WATKINS.
v/a SOFT SOUNDS FOR GENTLE PEOPLE Vol. 5 CD
*** "The fifth installment in Pet’s series featuring the loving sounds of California and beyond circa 1966-1969. Features twenty-one sunshiney tracks from STIX & STONZ, THE JOHNNYS, MOUSE, RAINY DAZE, PEOPLE, WELLS AND FARGO, THINGS TO COME, ROMAN CHARIOT, DELICATE BALANCE, BENTLEY ROAD, CHARTER MEMBERS, CARNIVAL, THE PHOENIX TROLLEY, MISTY MORN, DEVIL’S BRIGADE, SANDALS, LOLLIPOP FANTASY, FLOWER POT, CAPES OF GOOD HOPE, 1ST CENTURY, and FRATERNITY OF MAN."
LINDSTROM & CHRISTABELLE Real Life Is No Cool LP / CD
*** "CHRISTABELLE (aka SOLALE) teams with LINDSTROM to create an edgy disco-pop album of structured chaos and hypnotic beats. Lindstrom provided the structure for Christabelle to let loose and improvise most of the lyrics on the spot while they jammed."
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW Greetings From Wawa CD
*** First album reissued!
REAL ESTATE Real Estate CD
*** "REAL ESTATE waft in on vibes of hazy summers past, reveling in the fleeting waves of freedom that eked in once classes broke and the sun lingered a little longer over suburban roofs, lifting the most sun streaked moments from The Feelies and Yo La Tengo and filtering them through the kaleidoscope of memories aimless drives through parched neighborhood streets."
RJD2 The Colossus LP / CD
*** Fourth studio album from 'one of the few DJs who seems like an artist rather than just a record collector.'
TY SEGALL Ty Segall CD
*** "Classic ‘60s pop-meets-California surf to a fast tempo that pushes the boundaries of punk. While the lo-fi claustrophobia keeps the undercurrent harsh and real, the upbeat melodies and psychedelic, reverb-laden vocals keep it buoyant and hypnotic. Here, Ty Segall is truly a one-man band: he plays a bass drum with a tambourine duct-taped to the front and a hi hat with his feet, guitar with his hands, and sings simultaneously. The result is a “what you see is what you get” whirlwind of energy, best framed within a house party while under the influence."
SUN RA Interplanetary Melodies CD
SUN RA Rocket Ship Rock CD
SUN RA Second Stop Is Jupiter CD
*** "Norton took a rocket ride into the vaults of El Saturn Research and arrived back on Earth with a motherlode of unissued early R&B, doo wop, soul and general weirdness featuring SUN RA and his ARKESTRA backing a variety of artists. This series consists of two albums of “Doo Wop from Saturn and Beyond” and a set of totally twisted sides called Rocket Ship Rock featuring YOCHANAN, 'The Outer Space Vocalist.' Atomic outer space genius from yet another Norton turban headed star!"
*** Fifteen homegrown selections of forlorn and freakish female songsmiths from the past four decades. Includes music from WENDY & BONNIE, SUSAN CHRISTIE, BRIGITTE FONTAINE, JANE WEAVER, EMMA TRICCA, LIGHTS, and CATE LE BON.
v/a DENGUE FEVER Presents Electric Cambodia CD
*** RECOMMENDED "1960s and '70s independent Cambodia was a period of rapid modernization that not only influenced music, architecture, sculpture, painting, dance & cinema. For many, it was Cambodia's own artistic renaissance, a time pointing to a hopeful future brought to a sudden end when the Khmer Rouge took control in 1975 and brutally attempted to destroy any trace of modern society. Sadly, while many of the recordings of modern Cambodian rock and roll survived, most of the artists who created it did not. DENGUE FEVER has compiled their favorite Cambodian rock and roll from many different cassette tapes. The great music you'll find here is a testament to the spirit of a modern Cambodia that existed not so long ago, and should be remembered today."
v/a HARMONIC SERIES: A Compilation Of Works In Just Intonation CD
*** "The Harmonic Series is a compilation of musical works in Just Intonation created by three generations of contemporary composers who utilize this tuning system compiled to educate listeners about the origins and use of Just Intonation, as well as to portray the unique beauty of this tonal 'color palette,' which is heard by relatively few in the Western world and explored by even fewer. Although all the artists on the compilation work within the avant-garde/experimental genre, each artist lends something unique to the collection, and each employs a different approach toward how to utilize Just Intonation." Feat. PAULINE OLIVEROS, ELLEN FULLMAN, CHARLES CURTIS, MICHAEL HARRISON, GREG DAVIS, R. KEENAN LAWLER, Duane Pitre, THERESA WONG and ZACHARY JAMES WATKINS.
v/a SOFT SOUNDS FOR GENTLE PEOPLE Vol. 5 CD
*** "The fifth installment in Pet’s series featuring the loving sounds of California and beyond circa 1966-1969. Features twenty-one sunshiney tracks from STIX & STONZ, THE JOHNNYS, MOUSE, RAINY DAZE, PEOPLE, WELLS AND FARGO, THINGS TO COME, ROMAN CHARIOT, DELICATE BALANCE, BENTLEY ROAD, CHARTER MEMBERS, CARNIVAL, THE PHOENIX TROLLEY, MISTY MORN, DEVIL’S BRIGADE, SANDALS, LOLLIPOP FANTASY, FLOWER POT, CAPES OF GOOD HOPE, 1ST CENTURY, and FRATERNITY OF MAN."
LINDSTROM & CHRISTABELLE Real Life Is No Cool LP / CD
*** "CHRISTABELLE (aka SOLALE) teams with LINDSTROM to create an edgy disco-pop album of structured chaos and hypnotic beats. Lindstrom provided the structure for Christabelle to let loose and improvise most of the lyrics on the spot while they jammed."
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW Greetings From Wawa CD
*** First album reissued!
REAL ESTATE Real Estate CD
*** "REAL ESTATE waft in on vibes of hazy summers past, reveling in the fleeting waves of freedom that eked in once classes broke and the sun lingered a little longer over suburban roofs, lifting the most sun streaked moments from The Feelies and Yo La Tengo and filtering them through the kaleidoscope of memories aimless drives through parched neighborhood streets."
RJD2 The Colossus LP / CD
*** Fourth studio album from 'one of the few DJs who seems like an artist rather than just a record collector.'
TY SEGALL Ty Segall CD
*** "Classic ‘60s pop-meets-California surf to a fast tempo that pushes the boundaries of punk. While the lo-fi claustrophobia keeps the undercurrent harsh and real, the upbeat melodies and psychedelic, reverb-laden vocals keep it buoyant and hypnotic. Here, Ty Segall is truly a one-man band: he plays a bass drum with a tambourine duct-taped to the front and a hi hat with his feet, guitar with his hands, and sings simultaneously. The result is a “what you see is what you get” whirlwind of energy, best framed within a house party while under the influence."
SUN RA Interplanetary Melodies CD
SUN RA Rocket Ship Rock CD
SUN RA Second Stop Is Jupiter CD
*** "Norton took a rocket ride into the vaults of El Saturn Research and arrived back on Earth with a motherlode of unissued early R&B, doo wop, soul and general weirdness featuring SUN RA and his ARKESTRA backing a variety of artists. This series consists of two albums of “Doo Wop from Saturn and Beyond” and a set of totally twisted sides called Rocket Ship Rock featuring YOCHANAN, 'The Outer Space Vocalist.' Atomic outer space genius from yet another Norton turban headed star!"
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl ))))) Yeasayer, Tune--Yards, MF DOOM, Disappears & more
BEAT HAPPENING Jamboree LP
BEAT HAPPENING You Turn Me On LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
BLACK FLAG My War LP
BLACK FLAG Everything Went Black 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
CAMPFIRES Stormy Late Fall 7"
*** "Rugged, outdoorsy lo-fi pop anthems, tailor-made for sunny autumn days. These are the songs that were conjured up from somewhere in middle America, where you spend your nights loitering in your cabin smoking weed with a peeling Jim Morrison poster and faded Who banner, while your buddies try and banter out some tunes on homemade instruments. 500 pressed."
VIC CHESNUTT North Star Deserter 2xLP / CD
VIC CHESNUTT At The Cut LP+CD+POSTER / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!
DISAPPEARS Live Over The Rainbo LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED! Drawing on a combined reverence for reverb, heavy tremolo, delay and repetition, DISAPPEARS play minimal rock music inspired by everything from Krautrock to The Staples Singers to punk to CCR." Featuring members of 90 DAY MEN and THE PONYS. Colored vinyl / limited to 500 copies.
LUCKY DRAGONS Widows LP / CD
LUCKY DRAGONS Dream Island Laughing Language LP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!
MF DOOM Gaziillion-ear EP 12"
*** Remixes by THOM YORKE, DR. WHO DAT?, JNEIRO JAREL, and DAVE SITEK.
THE MICROPHONES The Glow Pt. 2 3xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
MOUNT EERIE Wind's Poem 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK! RECOMMENDED!
BENOIT PIOULARD Flocks 7"
*** Two long and gorgeous exclusive tracks (a song, "Maginot," and the dense ambient track "Alaskan Lashes") from KRANKY RECORDS' Benoit Pioulard, released on yellow vinyl by Windy & Carl. Limited! Don't sleep on this beautiful release.
TUNE-YARDS Bird-Brains LP+MP3
*** NOW ON VINYL!
VAMPIRE WEEKEND Contra LP+MP3 / 2xCD
*** Perhaps you've heard of them! These fellows have tightened that stuff up & are making it *happen* all over the U.S.A.
WHITE SHIT Sculpted Beef LP
*** 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."
YEASAYER Ambling Alp 12"
*** "A stand out from their recent live set w/ remixes by friends Memory Tapes and DJ/rupture."
BEAT HAPPENING You Turn Me On LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
BLACK FLAG My War LP
BLACK FLAG Everything Went Black 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
CAMPFIRES Stormy Late Fall 7"
*** "Rugged, outdoorsy lo-fi pop anthems, tailor-made for sunny autumn days. These are the songs that were conjured up from somewhere in middle America, where you spend your nights loitering in your cabin smoking weed with a peeling Jim Morrison poster and faded Who banner, while your buddies try and banter out some tunes on homemade instruments. 500 pressed."
VIC CHESNUTT North Star Deserter 2xLP / CD
VIC CHESNUTT At The Cut LP+CD+POSTER / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!
DISAPPEARS Live Over The Rainbo LP+MP3
*** RECOMMENDED! Drawing on a combined reverence for reverb, heavy tremolo, delay and repetition, DISAPPEARS play minimal rock music inspired by everything from Krautrock to The Staples Singers to punk to CCR." Featuring members of 90 DAY MEN and THE PONYS. Colored vinyl / limited to 500 copies.
LUCKY DRAGONS Widows LP / CD
LUCKY DRAGONS Dream Island Laughing Language LP / CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!
MF DOOM Gaziillion-ear EP 12"
*** Remixes by THOM YORKE, DR. WHO DAT?, JNEIRO JAREL, and DAVE SITEK.
THE MICROPHONES The Glow Pt. 2 3xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!
MOUNT EERIE Wind's Poem 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK! RECOMMENDED!
BENOIT PIOULARD Flocks 7"
*** Two long and gorgeous exclusive tracks (a song, "Maginot," and the dense ambient track "Alaskan Lashes") from KRANKY RECORDS' Benoit Pioulard, released on yellow vinyl by Windy & Carl. Limited! Don't sleep on this beautiful release.
TUNE-YARDS Bird-Brains LP+MP3
*** NOW ON VINYL!
VAMPIRE WEEKEND Contra LP+MP3 / 2xCD
*** Perhaps you've heard of them! These fellows have tightened that stuff up & are making it *happen* all over the U.S.A.
WHITE SHIT Sculpted Beef LP
*** 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."
YEASAYER Ambling Alp 12"
*** "A stand out from their recent live set w/ remixes by friends Memory Tapes and DJ/rupture."
((((( NEW ARRIVALS: CDs ))))) Vampire Weekend, Nick Cave, Collections of Colonies of Bees & more
NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS The Road OST CD
*** "Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have created an evocative score featuring violin and piano with beautiful fleeting melodies and eerie sound loops filled with terror and suspense. The threat of all-too-real cannibal gangs is heightened by disturbing loops and frenetic percussion. A small ensemble of wind instruments adds further scope. At key moments in the movie, scenes between the father and son are set to musical passages that are light, lyrical and elegiac."
RHYS CHATHAM An Angel Moves Too Fast To See CD
*** "RHYS CHATHAM altered the DNA of rock with an inspired amalgamation the textural intricacies of the avant-garde colliding with the visceral punch of electric guitar-slinging punk rock. Raucous and ecstatic, this sound energized the downtown New York scene throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, prefigured the No Wave movement and cast a huge influence over the subsequent work of many."
COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES Birds CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Collections of Colonies of Bees sweep in grandly, in billowing swarms of sound, bourn aloft on a thousand wings of minuscule, elegant detail. Guitars chime and soar; deft yet intensely focused percussion propels towards an inevitable dawn; covering it all is a gossamer veil of subtly nuanced electronica." These fellows are the band in VOLCANO CHOIR.
ELVIS COSTELLO Live At Hollywood High, June 4, 1978 CD
*** "First ever release of this historic 1978 concert! 20 songs, 11 previously unreleased."
ARRINGTON de DIONYSO Malaikat dan Singa CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Malaikat Dan Singa is a collection of throbbing, hallucinogenic, trance-inducing Indonesian-sung trans-utopian cosmic post-punk sounds from OLD TIME RELIJUN's Arrington de Dionyso. And you can dance to it."
DIRTY PROJECTORS Slaves' Graves & Ballads CD
*** "Slaves' Graves and Ballads presents classical and pop music's bodies-entwined, souls-commingled wedding, with extended families abiding. Contains shrubs-at-the-edge-of-the-lot imagery."
VAMPIRE WEEKEND Contra LP+MP3 / 2xCD
*** Perhaps you've heard of them! These fellows have tightened that stuff up & are making it *happen* all over the U.S.A.
*** "Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have created an evocative score featuring violin and piano with beautiful fleeting melodies and eerie sound loops filled with terror and suspense. The threat of all-too-real cannibal gangs is heightened by disturbing loops and frenetic percussion. A small ensemble of wind instruments adds further scope. At key moments in the movie, scenes between the father and son are set to musical passages that are light, lyrical and elegiac."
RHYS CHATHAM An Angel Moves Too Fast To See CD
*** "RHYS CHATHAM altered the DNA of rock with an inspired amalgamation the textural intricacies of the avant-garde colliding with the visceral punch of electric guitar-slinging punk rock. Raucous and ecstatic, this sound energized the downtown New York scene throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, prefigured the No Wave movement and cast a huge influence over the subsequent work of many."
COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES Birds CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Collections of Colonies of Bees sweep in grandly, in billowing swarms of sound, bourn aloft on a thousand wings of minuscule, elegant detail. Guitars chime and soar; deft yet intensely focused percussion propels towards an inevitable dawn; covering it all is a gossamer veil of subtly nuanced electronica." These fellows are the band in VOLCANO CHOIR.
ELVIS COSTELLO Live At Hollywood High, June 4, 1978 CD
*** "First ever release of this historic 1978 concert! 20 songs, 11 previously unreleased."
ARRINGTON de DIONYSO Malaikat dan Singa CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Malaikat Dan Singa is a collection of throbbing, hallucinogenic, trance-inducing Indonesian-sung trans-utopian cosmic post-punk sounds from OLD TIME RELIJUN's Arrington de Dionyso. And you can dance to it."
DIRTY PROJECTORS Slaves' Graves & Ballads CD
*** "Slaves' Graves and Ballads presents classical and pop music's bodies-entwined, souls-commingled wedding, with extended families abiding. Contains shrubs-at-the-edge-of-the-lot imagery."
VAMPIRE WEEKEND Contra LP+MP3 / 2xCD
*** Perhaps you've heard of them! These fellows have tightened that stuff up & are making it *happen* all over the U.S.A.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
((( EVENTS ))) Give coats to poor kids, willya'!?
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
*** 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
((((( 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!)
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