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31 AUGUST 2010
>10 Years - Feeding The Wolves CD/LP (Universal)
New from the alt-metal band, for fans of Sevendust, Chevelle. Available in regular and Deluxe Editions. Deluxe Edition adds acoustic tracks.
>American Bang - American Bang CD/LP (Reprise)
American Bang’s self-titled, loud, sexy, and soulful major-label debut album captures all the amazing grace and guts of their deep musical roots and Southern accent.
>Autumn Offering - Autumn Offering CD (Victory)
New album from the Daytona, FL metalcore band.
>Bobby Bare Jr. - A Storm, A Tree, My Mother’s Head CD (Thirty Tigers)
For this record, Bobby Bare, Jr. again enlisted the help of Tom Blankenship, Patrick Hallahan and Carl Broemel (all of My Morning Jacket). After much rehearsal, the entire album was recorded in two days. “I figured after doing my last record in one day, that if I spent two days on this record, it's gonna sound twice as good, right?” says Bare.
>Bartley Brothers - Hit The Road CD (Rural Rhythm)
New album from the Georgetown, KY bluegrass band.
>Doug Benson - Hypocritical Oaf CD+DVD (Comedy Central)
Doug Benson (Super High Me) has amassed a huge following with lines like "I have HIV. But don't worry, I still get to draw four more Scrabble tiles." Don't be fooled by his laid-back delivery -- Doug is as sharp as comics come, and his jokes appeal to smokers and non-smokers alike.
>Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Junky Star CD/2xLP (Lost Highway)
Junky Star was written by Bingham and performed by his longtime band The Dead Horses, featuring Matt Smith (drums), Elijah Ford (bass) and Corby Shaub (guitar/mandolin). Producer T Bone Burnett created a recording environment that perfectly complimented the themes and textures of Bingham's reflective songwriting and gravelly voice.
>Carl Broemel - All Birds Say CD/LP (ATO)
An intimate collection from My Morning Jacket guitarist Carl Broemel. Think Ron Sexsmith, Neko Case, Neal Casal, Andrew Bird, Mose Allison, and early Boz Scaggs singing an orchestrated chorus of breezy ballads and waltzes.
>Cephalic Carnage - Misled By Certainty CD (Relapse)
Misled By Certainty heaps spasms of unpredictability onto their signature grinding death metal madness.
>Cindytalk - Up Here In The Clouds CD (Editions Mego)
The second installment in the new Cindytalk sound which started with last years The Crackle Of My Soul. Whereas Crackle was more of a blistering burner, Clouds has a fresher cooler sound to it, with longer tracks that slowly evolve in great patches of aural beauty.
>Clientele - Minotaur CD (Merge)
30-minute mini album featuring eight new tracks.
>Comeback Kid - Symptoms & Cures CD (Victory)
New album from the Canadian hardcore band.
>Miles Davis - Bitches Brew [40th Anniversary Legacy Edition] 2xCD+DVD (Sony)
Originally released in 1970, Bitches Brew became Davis' first gold album. This 40th Anniversary three-disc package offers the original album on two CDs plus rare bonus audio material and a DVD of the entire previously unreleased Copenhagen performance from November 4, 1969.
>Devil’s Brigade - Devil’s Brigade CD/LP (Hellcat)
Devil's Brigade is an all-star punk group featuring Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong of Rancid and DJ Bonebrake, drummer of X and The Knitters.
>Disturbed - Asylum CD/CD+DVD (Reprise)
David Draiman (vocals) declares, “This record shows a certain degree of maturation and enhanced complexity. Asylum is still identifiably Disturbed, but the evolution is clear. It preserves the elements of what we do but at a more advanced level.” Deluxe Edition adds two bonus live tracks and a DVD Decade Of Disturbed (documentary) and Disturbed Dissected.
>The Dollyrots - A Little Messed Up CD/LP (Blackheart)
Third album from the California alt-pop/punks.
>Dominant Legs - Young At Love And Life CD/10” (Lefse)
Sincere and dancey pop songs that tap into a sound that is at once naively sweet and self-consciously tragic.
>Fabolous - There Is No Competition 2 (Grieving Music Mixtape) CD (Def Jam)
Earlier this summer, Fabolous dropped arguably the best mixtape of 2010. The There Is No Competition 2 (Grieving Music) mixtape had the hip-hop scene buzzing with street anthems like "Body Ya" and "Body Bag" featuring Cam'ron & Vado. Now it is available to a wider audience via Def Jam.
>Film School - Fission CD/LP+MP3 (Hi-Speed Soul)
An album of clarity, energy, and change. One of the most notable differences on Fission is the more prominent vocal presence of bassist Lorelei Plotczyk.
>Bill Frisell - Beautiful Dreamers CD (Savoy Label Group)
Grammy-winning guitarist and composer Bill Frisell returns with a new project and a new ensemble, Beautiful Dreamers -- a trio consisting of Frisell on guitar, Eyyvind Kang on viola and Rudy Royston on drums.
>Golem - Orion Awakes CD (Lion Productions)
Epic early-to-mid-1970's instrumental psychedelic space-rock from the Pyramid Records archive. Heavy drums, jamming guitars and Hammond organ: in short, an amazing improvised free-form trip of impressive magnitude, on par with the music of Krautrock heavyweights like Neu! and Gila.
>Goo Goo Dolls - Something For The Rest Of Us CD (WB)
Ninth studio album.
>Jarrod Gorbel - Devil's Made A New Friend CD (Burning House Music)
Jarrod Gorbel performed for several years under the moniker The Honorary Title, a project that eventually evolved into a full-fledged quartet. Devil's Made A New Friend is Jarrod's debut full-length release under his own name.
>The Graduate - Only Ever Time CD (Razor & Tie Labratories)
“Throughout the eleven tracks, you hear tempos and vibes inspired by indie-rock, pop, and electronica. It’s a cornucopia of varying genres, thus giving the album an impactful and unique sound many acts will fail to emulate.” -- Absolutepunk
>Bruce Haack - Farad: Vocoder Music 1969-82 CD (Stone’s Throw)
“Like a number of his contemporaries, including Mort Garson, Gershon Kingsley, Beaver & Krause and Jean-Jacques Perry, Haack saw a spiritual dimension to the sounds coming out of his circuits. However, no one else expressed that vision in such complex terms.” -- Wire
>Heart - Red Velvet Car CD (Sony Legacy)
New album -- their first in six years.
>Hero Destroyed - Throes CD (Relapse)
New album from the Pittsburgh metal band.
>Peter Howell & John Ferdinando - Tomorrow Come Someday [Reissue] CD+DVD (Lion Productions)
Second release (1969) from the home studio of future BBC Radiophonic Workshop composer Peter Howell and his musical partner John Ferdinando, makers of legendary albums under the names Alice Through The Looking Glass, Ithaca, Agincourt, and Friends. This private press album was recorded as the soundtrack for an underground film production by (later to be) renowned television director Ian Hamilton.
>Infernaeon - Genesis To Nemesis CD (Prosthetic)
A devastating mix of blasphemous Floridian death metal and symphonic, sinister European black metal.
>Roy Jay - Fairfax Avenue CD (Rock Ridge)
Fairfax Avenue is laced with blues, roots rock, and groove-driven flavors, and features musical contributions from David Immergluck of Counting Crows on guitar and Rob Wasserman on bass (who co-founded Ratdog with Bob Weir and has played with Lou Reed and Neil Young).
>Lyfe Jennings - I Still Believe CD (Asylum)
New release from the platinum-selling R&B/soul singer/songwriter, producer and instrumentalist.
>Jenny & Johnny - I'm Having Fun Now CD/LP+CD (WB)
Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice have been collaborating on and off for years, each contributing to the other's solo records and live shows, but with this record they had a different intention: using their two voices in close harmony and playing practically every instrument themselves. The result is an eleven-song thirty-five minute blast of whip-smart rock & roll.
>Sammy Kershaw - Better Than I Used To Be CD (Big Hit)
New album from the multi-platinum country star.
>Leaves Eyes - Njörd [Special Fan Edition] 2xCD (Napalm)
Includes the original limited edition digipak of Njörd, as well as seven non-album tracks (three previously unreleased and four alternate versions) and the video to "My Destiny."
>Gerald Levert - The Best Of Gerald Levert CD (Rhino)
Fifteen of his greatest hits plus the unreleased single “Can It Stay.”
>Madlib - Medicine Show No. 8: Advanced Jazz CD (Madlib Medicine Show)
A step deeper than the Steve Kuhn and Weldon Irvine albums that he first enjoyed as he was first delving into his Yesterday’s New Quintet project Angles Without Edges in 2001.
>Nils Petter Molvaer - Hamada CD (Thirsty Ear)
Molvaer's most angry and darkest album up to date where he and his fellow musicians, Eivind Aarset and Audun Kleive leave the paths of ambient, electronica and improvisation and get the axe out to poach in the field of indie and 70s-prog-rock, before they cool it down to end the album on a more conciliatory note.
>Alan Moore - Unearthling [Deluxe Edition] 2xCD+2xLP (Lex)
Unearthing is an audio and visual project uniting legendary comic book writer Alan Moore, award-winning photographer Mitch Jenkins and a cast of high caliber musicians. This unique creation consists of an epic, bewitching story written and narrated by Moore set against a mesmerizing score from Crook & Flail, Stuart Braithwaite, Zach Hill, Justin K. Broadrick, Mike Patton and others.
>Cory Morrow - Brand New Me CD (Apex Music)
Cory Morrow is a consistent fixture on the Texas country music scene.
>Murderdolls - Women And Children Last CD/CD+DVD (Roadrunner)
New from the band led by Slipknot's drummer Joey Jordison. Special Edition version contains three bonus tracks and a DVD with a 20-minute concert (six songs), recorded at the Key Club in L.A.
>Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms [Reissue] CD (One Label)
Timely reissue (Neon Indian will be hitting the road with Prefuse 73) adds a few extras, including remixes from Toro Y Moi, The Antlers, YACHT, Javelin, DNTEL, and Bibio.
>Nightfall - Astron Black And The Thirty Tyrants CD (Metal Blade)
New album from the Greek metal band.
>Nosound - Sol29 [Reissue] CD+DVD (K-Scope)
Expanded reissue featuring digitally restored and analogue mastered audio from the original 2005 album plus three extra remastered tracks and a DVD featuring a brand new ten-minute video for “Sol29” plus three additional ambient/experimental audio/video tracks.
>Buck Owens - All-Time Greatest Hits CD (Time Life Entertainment)
Includes over a dozen #1 tracks plus many of his best-known songs that didn't reach as high on the charts, such as “Under Your Spell Again,” “Above & Beyond,” and “Crying Time” (originally a B-side, and later a big hit for Ray Charles).
>Papa Roach - Time For Annihilation CD (Eleven Seven Music)
A mix of new studio and live tracks
>Polock - Getting Down From The Trees CD (Nacional)
Polock is becoming renowned for their contagious hooks and melodies, having recently played major stages like premiere indie rock festival Primavera Sound and the MTV Winter Festival with Franz Ferdinand and Starsailor.
>Quest For Fire - Lights From Paradise CD/LP (Tee Pee/ADA)
Fusing hard space rock with the plodding primitive thud of fuzzed out garage, QFF set out with pure undeniable power to create their own contemporary take on classic rock and psychedelia.
>Calvin Richardson - America’s Most Wanted CD (Shanachie)
Calvin Richardson, as a singer/songwriter, is one of the finest soul/R&B artists on the scene today. He wrote Charlie Wilson's monster hit "There Goes My Baby" as well as hits for Angie Stone and himself and was nominated for a Grammy for his last album, The Facts Of Life -- his tribute to Bobby Womack.
>Philip Selway - Familial CD/LP+CD (Nonesuch)
Debut solo album from Radiohead drummer Philip Selway is a collection of sublimely fragile, haunting, and heartfelt songs that will surprise many -- and not only because drummers traditionally don't do this kind of thing. Familial is so persuasively good, it sounds like Selway has always been a singer/songwriter.
>Shadowgarden - Ashen CD (Napalm)
Gothic rock full of longing, tragedy, and melancholy.
>Brian Simpson - South Beach CD (Shanchie)
New album from the smooth jazz keyboardist. Highlights include the single "South Beach," a duet with George Duke on "Fire Sign" plus "Summer Song," featuring the acoustic guitar of Peter White.
>Sahara Smith - Myth Of The Heart CD (Playing In Traffic)
New album shepherded by T Bone Burnett and producer Emile Kelman. Myth Of The Heart features many of Burnett's first-call session players, including drummer Jay Bellerose, guitarist Marc Ribot, and bassist Dennis Crouch.
>Smith Westerns - Smith Westerns CD (Fat Possum)
Straddling the fine line between the misty-eyed feyness of Brett Smiley and Milk 'n' Cookies, with the slithering macho grunt of Marc Bolan's silk pajamas tied around Alvin Stardust's throat, Smith Westerns is nothing short of a modern summer classic power pop album.
>Sonny & The Sunsets - Tomorrow Is Alright CD (Fat Possum)
Vintage-style West Coast pop songs that tell sordid tales of distant travels, heavenly visions and otherworldly despair.
>Street Dogs - Street Dogs CD/LP (Hellcat)
A rabble-rousing, in-your-face punk rock record.
>Richard Thompson - Dream Attic CD/LP (Shout! Factory)
A collection of 13 brand-new songs recorded in front of live audiences during a February 2010 West Coast tour. By recording Dream Attic on stage, Thompson was able to capture the interaction between himself and his band members, who between them add acoustic guitar, mandolin, violin, sax, bass and drums into the mix.
>Tiesto - Kaleidoscope Remixed CD (Ultra)
A reworking of Kaleidoscope, his fourth artist album that includes a stunning collection of songs written and recorded in collaboration with a variety of music talents from the worlds of dance, pop and rock. Featured artists include Jónsi (Sigur Rós), Kele Okereke (Bloc Party), Nelly Furtado, Calvin Harris and Emily Haines (Metric), to name a few.
>The Tree People - It’s My Story CD/LP (Guerssen Records)
Oregon freak/psych folk pioneers return with a new album.
>Tristania - Rubicon CD (Napalm)
The Rubicon experience is centered on Mariangela Demurtas, whose unique voice majestically conquers both moving ballads and engrossing metal tracks.
>Tub Ring - Secret Handshakes CD (The End)
Tub Ring's vivid and colorful compositions mix the elements of rock and the synth driven “big beat manifesto” with those of an orchestra pit.
>Various Artists - Kompakt Total 11 2xCD/3xLP (Kompakt)
Annual compilation from the veteran German electronica imprint includes tracks by mainstays and newcomers alike: DJ Koze, Jürgen Paape, Ada, Heiko Voss, Superpitcher, Justus Köhncke, Mugwump, It´s A Fine Line, The Field, Sog, Jörg Burger, Michael Mayer, Gui Boratto, Iggor Cavalera, Jonas Bering, Coma, The Three Lions, Thomas Fehlmann.
>Various Artists - Yo Gabba Gabba! Music Is Awesome Volume 2 CD (Filter)
New compilation of songs featured on the popular kid’s show. Tracks by Weezer, Hot Hot Heat, Datarock, MGMT, Jimmy Eat World, The Apples In Stereo, The Ting Tings, and more.
>The Weepies - Be My Thrill CD/LP (Nettwerk)
14 tracks that crystallize the pair's organic acoustic sound and pop harmonies.
>Kirk Whalum - Everything Is Everything: The Music Of Donny Hathaway CD (Rendezvous)
There could be no better standard bearer for Hathaway's work than tenor saxophonist Kirk Whalum, whose work has similarly crossed the boundaries between R&B, gospel and jazz.
>Whodini - Whodini CD (Traffic)
Reissue of Whodini’s debut album, packaged in a mini paste-on style jacket replicating its original vinyl release. Includes the hits “The Haunted House Of Rock,” “Yours For A Night,” “Rap Machine” and “Magic's Wand.”
>Within The Ruins - Invade CD (Victory)
New album from the Massachusetts tech metal band.
>Woe Is Me - Number(s) CD (Rise)
Latest from the Atlanta, GA nu-metal band.
>The Word Alive - Deceiver CD (Fearless)
A challenging, genre-bending opus that fully showcases the considerable abilities of one of heavy rock’s true rising talents.

DVDs:
>Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen: Bird On A Wire DVD (Tony Palmer)
Originally released in 1972 and directed by celebrated British filmmaker Tony Palmer, Bird On A Wire follows Cohen on his 1972 European tour and contains 17 classic performances, four poems and tour footage.
>Jane’s Addiction - Live Voodoo DVD (Eagle Rock)
Filmed live on Halloween night 2009 at Voodoo Experience in New Orleans, Live Voodoo sees the reunion of the classic Jane's Addiction line-up of Perry Farrell (vocals), Stephen Perkins (drums), Eric Avery (bass) and Dave Navarro (guitar).

Vinyl:
>Black Crowes - Croweology 3xLP (Silver Arrow/Megaforce)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Double album of acoustic material.
>Boris - Absolutego 2xLP (Southern Lord)
>Boris - Amplifier Worship 2xLP (Southern Lord)
First time available on vinyl. Originally released in 2001, Absolutego is Boris’ debut, followed later that year with Amplifier Worship.
>Charred Walls Of The Damned - Charred Walls Of The Damned LP (Metal Blade)
Released earlier this year on CD -- now available on vinyl. An all-star metal outfit, Charred Walls Of The Damned is the brainchild of former Iced Earth drummer and Howard Stern Show radio personality Richard Christy.
>Grails - Burden Of Hope [Reissue] LP (Pamlico Sound Mailorder)
>Grails - Redlight [Reissue] LP (Pamlico Sound Mailorder)
Remastered reissues of 2003 and 2004 albums. This early material offers an intriguing glimpse of the genre-colliding experiments around the corner, w/ covers of tunes by Sun City Girls and Richard Thompson, as well as a guest appearance from Steve Mackay (The Stooges).
>Florence + The Machine - Lungs LP+MP3 (Universal Republic)
Vinyl version of the popular 2009 record -- now available.
>The Hives - Tarred And Feathered 7” (The Hives)
New EP from the Swedish garage-rockers is comprised entirely of covers, including "Civilization's Dying" by Zero Boys, "Early Morning Wake Up Call" by Flash And The Pan and "Nasty Secretary" by Joy Ryder And Avis Davis.
>Jon Hopkins - Remixes 12” (Domino)
Two remixes of Jon Hopkins tracks taken from his recent album, Insides. Includes a remix by Kieran Hebden (Four Tet).
>Kaskade - Dynasty 2xLP (Ultra)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. A collection of lush house tracks infused with vocal-laden melodies and addictive interludes.
>Milton Nascimento - Clube Da Exquina 2xLP (4 Men With Beards)
A landmark album -- and one that Milton cut with his "corner club," an elite group of musicians and songwriters from the early days of his career -- including greats like Lo Borges and Wagner Tiso.
>BJ Nilsen + Stillupsteypa - Space Finale 2xLP (Editions Mego)
The follow up to the well received Man From Deep River, Space Finale is another surreal slice of heavy listening from these legendary north Europeans. The tracks presented here are long form excursions into intense slabs atmospheric disturbance, melancholic fog and chattering melodies, as well as their legendary field recordings.
>No Age - Glitter 7”/12” (Sub Pop)
New single from the forthcoming album Everything In Between (due 9/28).
>Outrageous Cherry - Outrageous Cherry LP (Microfiche)
Reissue of legendary Detroit indie-pop/garage rockers 1994 debut. Primal VU style drumming, noisy guitars, catchy hook after catchy hook, a certain individual psychedelic sheen, and great songs. White-swirl vinyl.
>Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Soundsystem Scratch 2xLP (Pressure Sounds)
Subtitled: Lee Perry’s Dub Plate Mixes 1973 To 1979. In the mid-Seventies Lee “Scratch” Perry’s forward-looking productions at Black Ark studio anticipated remix culture and achieved a spaced-out otherness. This disc contains rarities including one-off dub mixes that were only ever aired on Jamaican sound systems.
>Bernard Purdie - Lialeh [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] LP (Light In The Attic)
Deluxe vinyl LP pressing of the soundtrack to the classic Blaxploitation porno film.
>Ratatat - Ratatat LP+MP3 (XL)
Ratatat’s debut album -- originally released in 2004 -- available for the first time on vinyl.
>She & Him - Thieves b/w I Knew It Would Happen This Way 7” (Merge)
Second single from She & Him's Volume Two backed with a non-album cut.
>Ween - God Ween Satan [Reissue] LP (Plain)
Originally released on Twin/Tone in 1990, God Ween Satan: The Oneness was the first album from the eclectic and eccentric duo.


24 AUGUST 2010
>!!! - Strange Weather, Isn't It? CD/2xLP (Warp)
Following in the footsteps of artists like David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Depeche Mode, who have flocked to Berlin in order to mainline the city's legendary dark energy, !!! traveled to the German capital to produce a record that is simultaneously brooding and somehow their poppiest, most immediate record yet.
>Antony & The Johnsons - Thank You For Your Love CDEP (Secretly Canadian)
Advance EP supporting the upcoming full-length Swanlights (due 10/12). Two original tracks as well as covers of Bob Dylan's "Pressing On" and John Lennon's "Imagine" in collaboration with avant-garde composer William Basinski.
>Apocalyptica - 7th Symphony CD/CD+DVD (Jive/R.E.D. Ink)
New release from the Finnish cello metal band. Deluxe CD+DVD edition includes additional tracks plus a bonus DVD.
>Bad City - Welcome To The Wasteland CD (Atlantic)
Bad City has created a stir around the Chicago underground with their riff-crazy brand of old-school hard rock.
>BARB - BARB CD (Yep Roc)
The mutant love child of southern hemisphere it-kids Liam Finn, Lawrence Arabia, Eliza-Jane Barnes, Connan Mockasin and Seamus Ebbs, BARB is what happens when five passionately creative friends lock themselves in a world-class studio for a month with no plans and plenty of wine.
>Bathory - Hammerheart [Reissue] CD (Plastic Head America)
Bathory turned the wheel of time backwards and ended up in an age and place nearer to their roots and origin with their fifth release -- originally released in 1990.
>Bathory - Twilight Of The Gods [Reissue] CD (Plastic Head America)
Originally released in 1991, Twilight Of The Gods experiments with the growing “Viking metal” style with an influx of classical music.
>Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime… Moi Non Plus [Reissue] CD/LP+7” (Light In The Attic)
Remastered edition of this 1969 classic from French singer, songwriter and entertainer Serge Gainsbourg and his muse, British vocalist and actress Jane Birkin. Vinyl includes a bonus 7” (with picture sleeve) featuring non-album single “La Chanson de Slogan” b/w “Orang Outan.”
>James Blackshaw - All Is Falling CD/LP+MP3 (Young God)
Comprised of one slowly evolving, shifting piece of music in eight parts, replete with swirling string cycles and wind instruments augmenting his extended pointillist flurries with clouds of sound, sometimes adding delicate counter-melodies but just as often feeding the implicit waves of overtones until they cascade in an all-enveloping onslaught.
>Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time CD/2xCD (Nuclear Blast)
Blind Guardian possess a track record and back catalogue of classic staples that perhaps only Iron Maiden can match. On At the Edge Of Time, the melodies are more organic whilst still maintaining the consistent quality and intrigue that the band weaves seamlessly throughout each track. Available in both regular and deluxe editions.
>BMX Bandits - Life Goes On [Reissue] CD (Cherry Red)
>BMX Bandits - Gettin’ Dirty [Reissue] CD (Cherry Red)
Digitally remastered and expanded editions of the Scottish band's 1993 and1995 albums.
>The Boxer Rebellion - Union CD (The Boxer Rebellion)
From the tribal-drum explosion of album opener “Flashing Red Light Means Go,” through the wintry atmospherics of enigmatic “The Gospel Of Goro Adachi” to live favorites “Evacuate” and “Semi-Automatic,” Union is an album that transcends convention in a seismic blast of unfettered invention.
>The Boxer Rebellion - Exits [Reissue] CD (The Boxer Rebellion)
Re-release of their debut album -- available for the first time in the US.
>Brad - Best Friends? CD (Junketboy/Monkeywrench Inc.)
Best Friends? was recorded in 2003 after the band's return from an Australian tour.
>Brilliant Corners - Somebody Up There Likes Me & Joyride [Reissue] 2xCD (Cherry Red)
Digitally remastered double CD set containing a pair of albums from the quirky British pop band, originally released in 1988 and 1989.
>Claudia Brucken - Love & A Million Other Things [Reissue] 2xCD (Cherry Red)
Digitally remastered and expanded double CD reissue of the 1991 solo album from Claudia Brucken, electronic pop siren and lead singer of Propaganda and Act.
>John Cage - Fontana Mix CD (El Records)
This edition of historic John Cage recordings features his first bona fide electronic piece, “Williams Mix,” consisting of a series of collages made up of over 600 tapes and assembled through I Ching principles and his own thrilling realization of the tape collage that is Fontana Mix.
>Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Hawk CD/LP (Vanguard)
Since departing the celebrated Scottish indie-pop outfit Belle & Sebastian in 2002, Isobel Campbell has built a singularly impressive body of work, one that contains several solo albums as well as critically acclaimed collaborations with former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan. Here they return with a gorgeous collection of atmospheric roots tunes.
>Capstan Shafts - Revelation Skirts CD (Rainbow Quartz)
Sly, charming pop songs rendered in big-screen Technicolor -- smart, catchy, unforgettable.
>S. Carey - All We Grow CD/LP (Jagjaguwar)
As a band member of Bon Iver, Sean Carey witnessed a flip of his formal training to step firmly into a worldwide-touring rock band. His performance degree in classical percussion and his love for jazz drumming prepared him for a central role in the inspiring force of the Bon Iver live show.
>Margaret Cho - Cho-Dependent CD/LP (Clownery Records)
Margaret Cho collaborates with artists such as Andrew Bird, Tegan And Sara, Jon Brion, Fiona Apple, Brendan Benson and others on a set of comedy songs.
>Christian Mistress - Agony & Opium CD/LP (20 Buck Spin)
Debut album from the Olympia, WA heavy metal outfit.
>Cluster - Live In Vienna CD (Important)
Originally released in 1980 -- now available for the first time on CD.
>Gabrielle Coen - Awakening CD (Tzadik)
Composer/saxophonist Gabrielle Coen is a household name on the Italian jazz scene. He is the founder of the noted ensemble Klezroym and has recorded two masterful CDs of Jewish music for Italian labels.
>Paul Collins - King Of Power Pop! CD/LP (Alive)
Collins (Nerves, Breakaways) is one of the originators of power pop. Features guest appearances by Wally Palmar of the legendary power pop hit-makers The Romantics, as well as pop icon Nikki Corvette.
>Cotton Jones - Tall Hours In The Glowstream CD/LP (Suicide Squeeze)
While Paranoid Cocoon found Cotton Jones lending itself to the occasional lengthy jam, Tall Hours In The Glowstream finds the band reigning in the songs, for a more succinct pop feel. The resulting sounds are rich and charmingly lo-fi, full of vivid imagery and gorgeous vocal harmonies.
>The Dandy Warhols - The Capitol Years 1995-2007 CD (Capitol)
Collects the best of the Dandy’s tenure on Capitol, plus a brand new track, “This Is The Tide.”
>Dead Confederate - Sugar CD/LP (Old Flame/Razor & Tie)
With an evolving approach and focused, streamlined sound, and a guest appearance from Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis, Sugar explores new styles beyond the aching, bleak psychedelia of the debut.
>Devil Wears Prada - Zombie CDEP (Ferret)
New EP from the Christian metalcore band.
>Ronnie Earl And The Broadcasters - Spread The Love CD (Stony Plain)
An all-instrumental blues guitar release.
>Eels - Tomorrow Morning CD/LP (E-Works)
Last in Mark Oliver Everett’s trilogy of concept albums. Deluxe CD version due next week (8/31).
>Efterklang - Tripper + Springer [Reissue] 2xCD (Leaf)
>Efterklang - Parade + Under Giant Trees [Reissue] 2xCD (Leaf)
Special double CD editions of the first two full-length Efterklang albums, together with their accompanying EPs. 2004’s Tripper is paired with the five-track Springer mini-album that preceded it in 2003, while watershed second album Parades is joined by the long out-of-print Under Giant Trees mini-album.
>Marty Ehrlich & Hankus Netsky - Fables CD (Tzadik)
Marty Ehrlich is one of jazz's most acclaimed contemporary multi-instrumentalists. Hankus Netsky is a renowned Jewish klezmer scholar, and founder of the Klezmer Conservatory Band.
>Electric Frankenstein - High Voltage Rock ‘N’ Roll: The Best Of Electric Frankenstein CD (Zodiac Killer)
Electric Frankenstein has been making some of the best high-energy punk-infused rock & roll for 20+ years. They have over 100 releases on 40 different labels, from every corner of the globe.
>Electric Frankenstein - Dead And Back CD (Nicotine)
Compilation from the New Jersey rockers collects one-off tracks from every hard to find compilation, split CD, 7” EP and bootleg.
>Electric Frankenstein Vs. The Hip Priests - Electric Frankenstein Vs. The Hip Priests CDEP (Zodiac Killer)
Each band offers up five tracks, including covers of each others' songs, as well as Electric Frankenstein covering a Kiss track and The Hip Priest's tackling a Stranglers classic.
>Fantasia - Back To Me CD (J Records)
Third album from the R&B singer -- features a guest appearance by Cee-Lo Green.
>Fennesz/Daniell/Buck - Knoxville CD/LP (Thrill Jockey)
Documents the collaboration between Christian Fennesz, David Daniell and Tony Buck for the 2009 Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN. Minimalist drum passages scatter over the top of textured layers of guitar and subsumed melodic sequences, eventually giving way to warm beds of evolving, tactile drones.
>Fitz & The Tantrums - Pickin' Up The Pieces CD/LP (Dangerbird/ADA)
Their recipe for success? Six killer musicians, five dapper suits, irresistible songs, one vintage organ and nonstop touring. “It only takes about two minutes and 54 seconds -- the length of single ‘Breakin’ The Chains Of Love’ -- to turn a hard-line skeptic into a rug-cutting fool." -- LA Weekly
>For All Those Sleeping - Cross Your Fingers CD (Fearless)
For fans of A Day To Remember, Saosin, Asking Alexandria.
>Goldmund - Famous Places CD (Western Vinyl)
Third full-length by composer Keith Kenniff (Helios) focuses on solo piano, mixing the delicate composition of composers such as Erik Satie and Harold Budd with a quiet and elegant simplicity.
>Grass Widow - Past Time CD/LP (Kill Rock Stars)
Influenced by similarly all-female punk and post-punk acts like The Neo Boys and Kleenex, Grass Widow also note Roy Wood's The Move and The Kinks as a major source for inspiration.
>The Heads - Relaxing With… [Reissue] 2xCD (Rooster)
Double disc reissue of UK heavy psych rock band's 1996 debut album. Relaxing With… takes its cues from The Stooges, MC5, Mudhoney, Pussy Galore, early Monster Magnet, but adds a distinctly British stamp with the drone and fuzz of Loop/Spacemen 3, the attitude of The Fall, and the space rock of early Hawkwind.
>Hototogisu - Floating Japanese Oof! Gardens Of The 21st Century CD (Important)
"True to the evocation of the duo's name, that of a Japanese songbird heralding the coming summer, the music plays with contemplative bliss and edged rock psychosis" - Byron Cole & Thurston Moore
>The Intelligence - Males CD (In The Red)
Sixth album from Seattle garage/post-punk band featuring members of Eat Skull, Mayyors, FM Knives and Karate Party. Buzz saw punk, DIY post-punk and ramshackle garage (as in played by The Fall -- not The Chesterfield Kings).
>JP, Chrissie & The Fairground Boys - Fidelity CD (Rocket Science)
An epic love story, albeit not a conventional one. Everything you need to know about the heartbreaking, but ultimately uplifting and fruitful relationship between The Pretenders’ leader Chrissie Hynde and Welsh singer-songwriter JP Jones is revealed on Fidelity.
>Kataklysm - Heaven’s Venom CD (Nuclear Blast)
Kataklysm have long been known for their perfectly crafted, intensely catchy, anthemic songs and their pummeling live shows.
>Land Of Talk - Cloak And Cipher CD/2xLP (Saddle Creek)
Land Of Talk's sophomore full-length marks an electric step forward for the band musically and sonically, establishing vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Elizabeth Powell as one of Canada’s most exciting new musical voices. Guests include members of Stars, Wintersleep, Besnard Lakes, Arcade Fire and Esmerine.
>Brad Laner - Natural Selections CD/LP (Hometapes)
A founding father of shoegaze and the man behind Medicine, Savage Republic, Electric Company and The Internal Tulips, Brad Laner returns with the follow-up to his 2007 psychedelic pop album Neighbor Singing.
>Jon Langford & Skull Orchard - Old Devils CD/LP+MP3 (Bloodshot)
Starting with the premise that for many, punk is roots music, Langford and his band evoke the British hippie folk re-inventions of Richard Thompson, a muscular barrelhouse Rockpile and Lennonesque orchestrations. Vinyl version contains download card with two bonus songs.
>Dylan LeBlanc - Pauper's Field CD/LP (Rough Trade)
On LeBlanc's debut album, a lost world is brought to life -- both in the carefully sculpted songs and rich well of country soul from which those songs emerge. Although the golden era of Alabama's fabled Muscle Shoals sound had passed by the time Dylan was born in 1990, his ancestral roots and family background (his father was a Shoals session player) connected him to one of the most significant sources in the rich tapestry of American music.
>Limes - Rhinestone River CD/LP (Goner)
Features contributions by Memphis scene stalwarts Ross Johnson, Paul Buchignani (Afghan Whigs, Bobo's backing band), Alicja Trout (Lost Sounds, River City Tanlines) and Bruce Saltmarsh ('68 Comeback, Porch Ghouls).
>Little Big Town - Reason Why CD (Capitol Nashville)
New album from the Platinum-selling country band.
>Magic Kids - Memphis CD/LP (True Panther Sounds)
Swelling and heartfelt baroque pop gems. “Their infectious upbeat music is instant sunshine.” -- Pitchfork
>Malevolent Creation - Invidious Dominion CD (Nuclear Blast)
New album from the extreme metal band.
>Dan Mangan - Nice, Nice, Very Nice CD/2xLP (Arts & Crafts)
“Combined with Mangan’s husky voice and themes of getting away from it all, homecomings and growing old, this is a reflective, philosophical, almost world-weary album at times.” -- The Line Of Best Fit
>Man’s Gin - Smiling Dogs CD (Profound Lore)
Man's Gin was born in Colorado when Cobalt multi-instrumentalist Erik Wunder and a friend took up their acoustic guitars and a bottle of cheap liquor and began writing lonely tributes to the drink in which they were drowning their sorrows.
>Mogwai - Burning/Special Moves CD+DVD/2xLP+MP3+DVD (Mogi LTD)
The first concert film from Glasgow, Scotland's post-rock stalwarts. Culled from footage shot during their April 2009 three-night stint at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, Burning was directed by Vincent Moon and Nataniel La Souanec and captures Mogwai's visceral live show in high-contrast black and white. Companion live record Special Moves adds extra songs that were not included in the film.
>Charlie Musselwhite - The Well CD (Alligator)
With musical flavors from Mississippi to Memphis to Chicago, The Well is steeped in the music of Charlie's youth -- country and city blues as well as rockabilly and gospel.
>Pale Sketcher - Jesu: Pale Sketches CD/LP+CD (Ghostly International)
Pale Sketcher is Justin K. Broadrick of Jesu. If Jesu the sound of the UK artist exorcising his demons, pummeling them into submission with tsunamis of guitar noise, Pale Sketcher is the sound that echoes through his head in the aftermath -- a haunting, lonely soundworld of distressed beats and hazy melancholia.
>Katy Perry - Teenage Dream CD (Capitol)
Third studio album from the pop singer/songwriter.
>Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard CD/CD+DVD/LP+MP3 (Barsuk/Redeye)
“In The Orchard, an album of transition, Ra Ra Riot continues to create beauty of its chamber pop soundscapes but the band appears to be in lyrical limbo when compared to its previous LP, The Rhumb Line -- and understandably so.” -- Indieshuffle.com. Limited deluxe edition includes a DVD with a beautiful 38-minute impressionist behind-the-scenes documentary on the writing and making of The Orchard.
>Royal Trux - Cat’s And Dogs [Reissue] CD/LP (Drag City)
1993 album takes the mulch of grunge, a lean stand of retro-soul, plumes of psychedelic vapor and flings it venomously as if owed to no one.
>Ruiners - Happy Birthday Bitch CD (Pravda)
A wild and fantastic beast; pure white lightning and sexy self-destruction. This 10-song blast of Detroit sleaze is filled with a lot of fuzzed out sounds, primitive drums and greasy bar room grit.
>The Sex Pistols - The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindle [Reissue] CD (Virgin)
CD replicates of the original vinyl release packaged in a gatefold digipak with original poster insert and stickers included.
>Ricky Skaggs - Mosaic CD (Skaggs Family)
New album from the veteran country/bluegrass superstar.
>Slowdive - Just For A Day [Reissue] 2xCD (Cherry Red)
Digitally remastered and expanded double CD edition of the British shoegaze outfit's 1991 debut featuring a disc of B-sides and a Peel session.
>Slowdive - Souvlaki [Reissue] 2xCD (Cherry Red)
Digitally remastered and expanded double CD edition of their 1993 album featuring a disc of B-Sides and a special mixes.
>Slowdive - Pygmallion [Reissue] 2xCD (Cherry Red)
Digitally remastered and expanded double CD edition of their 1995 album featuring a whole disc of previously unreleased demos.
>Soap & Skin - Lovetune For Vacuum CD (PIAS America)
The 13 deeply melancholic piano compositions that make up her debut album sometimes resemble crackling electronica under her unique vocals, which oscillate between a whisper and a scream.
>Soundtrack - Going The Distance CD (Water Tower)
Featuring tracks by The Boxer Rebellion, Generationals, Georgie James, Katie Herzig, Albert Hammond, Jr., The Cure, The Pretenders, Cat Power, Band Of Skulls, Eels, Passion Pit, The Replacements, Airborne Toxic Event and more.
>Stargazer - Great Work Of Ages CD (Profound Lore)
Stargazer plays death metal that leans toward the technical/progressive side of the genre, following in the footsteps of Atheist, Cynic, Pestilence and Gorguts.
>Thom Starr & The Galaxies - South Bay Surf Anthology 1963-1964 CD/2xLP (Sundazed)
Thom Starr was one of the most talented of surf music's first generation of guitar heroes. A legend on the original South Bay scene where the surf genre was created and nurtured, Starr wowed the crowds with his band The Galaxies, and made a handful of recordings that are revered by multiple generations of surf guitarists.
>Marty Stuart - Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions) CD (Sugar Hill)
As the album title denotes, Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions) was recorded in the legendary RCA Studio B in Nashville, where Stuart participated in his first-ever recording session at the age of 13 playing mandolin in Lester Flatt's band.
>The Sword - Warp Riders CD/LP (Kemado)
The band's first concept album is fittingly grand in scope both lyrically and in terms of musical craftsmanship.
>The Tallest Man On Earth - The Tallest Man On Earth [Reissue] CDEP (Dead Oceans)
The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave [Reissue] CD (Dead Oceans)
The Tallest Man On Earth released one of 2008's most powerful records, Shallow Grave,
an album that Pitchfork praised, calling Kristian Matsson "a natural-born folksinger, earnest, clever, and comforting."
>Tears Run Rings - Distance CD (Clairerecords)
The group has a talent for marrying hauntingly beautiful textures and pop melodies. On Distance, they have refined their lush, melancholy sound and set it to a beat informed by Factory Records.
>Terrapin Pond - Hello All Stations CD (Garden Gate)
Neo-psychedelic mastermind/producer Craig Morris (Thee American Revolution/Ideal Free Distribution/Apples In stereo) creates a beautiful fusion of garage-rock and Appalachian folk with friends, family and regional bluegrass musicians.
>Usher - Versus CD (LaFace)
9 tracks of new music released as an addendum to Raymond V. Raymond.
>Various Artists - My Country: Smash Hits In Support Of Fisher House CD (Stadium Entertainment)
Big & Rich, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, Jypsi, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Montgomery Gentry, Randy Houser, Rascal Flatts, Reba McEntire, Rodney Atkins and Trace Adkins offer some of their most popular tracks in an effort to help The Fisher House Foundation. This charity does the work of building and maintaining home-like facilities on military bases and hospital grounds, where both active and retired military personnel can live with their families, while undergoing medical treatment or rehabilitation.
>Venetian Snares - My So Called Life CD/2xLP (Timesig)
10 dizzying tracks mash up drum 'n' bass, jungle breaks, old school and rave.
>Dale Watson - Carryin’ On CD (E1 Music)
Recorded in Nashville, utilizing the talents of the original ”A Team” musicians that instrumentally shaped country music’s original sound, Watson delivers 14 self-penned songs that reflect on an era of music gone by.
>Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Rivers CD (The Control Group)
Wildbirds & Peacedrums' Rivers collects two previously vinyl-only 12” EPs on CD for the first time. Retina was recorded in Iceland with the 12-strong Schola Cantorum Choir (also featured on Björk's Medulla) in a church, with a deliberately live sound. Completed at the same time, but with a separate sonic character, Iris was recorded in Reykjavik by Ben Frost.
>Yair Yona - Remember [Reissue] CD (Strange Attractors)
Israel isn't exactly known as a hotbed for acoustic steel-string guitar music, but Yair Yona's reissue of Remember is simply some of the most genre-bending music for solo steel-string guitar since Sandy Bull first opened the doors in the ‘60s.
>John Zorn - Filmworks XXIV: The Nobel Prizewinner CD (Tzadik)
Called in at the last minute to score this bizarre and fascinating black comedy out of the Netherlands, Zorn responded to the stark black and white cinematography by turning in this intimate and moody score for piano trio.

DVDs:
>Electric Light Orchestra - Live: The Early Years DVD (Eagle Vision)
This DVD brings together three live concerts from the earlier part of the band’s career. The first is a four track excerpt from a show at Brunel University in 1973, the second a longer six track set filmed for the German TV series Rockpalast in 1974 and finally the Fusion concert from the New Victoria Theatre in London in 1976, filmed during the Face The Music tour.

Vinyl:
>Abe Vigoda - Throwing Shade 7” (Post Present Medium)
Glassy shards of chill wave pop, with synthesizers, sequencers and broody beats.
>Catalinas - Fun Fun Fun [Reissue] LP (Sundazed)
An all-star studio supergroup featuring legendary producer Terry Melcher, future Beach Boy Bruce Johnston, and fabled Wrecking Crew members Hal Blaine, Jerry Cole, Steve Douglas, Leon Russell, Billy Strange and Tommy Tedesco. Blue/yellow vinyl.
>The Challengers - Go Sidewalk Surfing! [Reissue] LP (Sundazed)
One of the first -- and best -- of the California surf combos. On this 1965 LP, The Challengers turned their attention to the booming sport of skateboarding. Red/yellow vinyl.
>Circle Pit - Bruise Constellation LP (Siltbreeze)
Seemingly born out of the tar and tobacco of Nellcote/Exile On Main Street-session blooze, Circle Pit ably finesse a torn and frayed sound that's as retro as it is original. Oozing raw talent and possessed with uncanny sensual/sexual osmosis, Bruise Constellation will have you believing it's the Summer Of '72 all over again (again).
>Coil Sea - Coil Sea LP (Thrill Jockey)
Collaborative and mostly improvised project led by Dave Heumann (Arbouretum, Human Bell).
>Jerry Cole & His Spacemen - Hot Rod Dance Party [Reissue] LP (Sundazed)
As one of the busiest and most versatile session guitarists of the '60s, Jerry Cole recorded with a litany of legends including Phil Spector, The Beach Boys, and The Byrds.
>Crystal Ark - Tangible Presence 12” (DFA)
Second 12” single from latest Gavin Russom (Black Meteoric Star) project.
>DJ Nate - Hatas Our Motivation 12” (Planet Mu)
The soulful "Ima Burn Him" unfolds at half-speed but adds double-time drum fills and a haunting vocal sample, "Back Down" offers robotic hip hop vibes, and the murky, chopped-to-hell "We Can Work This Out" is reminiscent of old rave.
>Doozer - Great Explorers LP (Siltbreeze)
Sophomore album from UK one-man band that bears an almost uncanny vocal resonance to past legend Syd Barrett, as well as a knack for cobbling together occasional found-tape narration with string-strum and hypnotic percussive plonk not unlike The Shadow Ring.
>Neil Hamburger - Hot February Night LP (Drag City)
Left for dead more than once in a career that has spanned literal decades, Neil Hamburger is back on top and waiting for that next wave that will supposedly pull him under again.
>Ikonika - Dckhdbtch 12” (Planet Mu)
In contrast to her recent album, these three new tracks have a sad, emotional quality and pared-down, minimal production that shares as much with techno as it does with dubstep.
>Imbogodom - Metallic Year LP (Thrill Jockey)
Otherworldly transmissions where improvisation gives way to mutated song forms and intricate soundscapes. A collection of eerie tracks where sound collage and unraveling songs present a haunted world of spooling atmospheres, warped instrumentation, and disembodied voices.
>The Knights Of The New Crusade - Knight Vision LP (Alternative Tentacles)
The Christian Rock scene is replete with slick, careerist bands whose lyrics gingerly tread on the ecumenical outskirts of religious allusions in an attempt to alienate as few mainstream rock consumers as possible. It's no wonder that The Knights Of The New Crusade, with their resolute unconcern for compromise (Matthew 16:26), became a flashpoint for contention in both the Christian and secular rock music worlds.
>Man Benu - Kindling LP (All Hands Electric)
Referencing the epic sweep of guitar-centric bands such as Come and Sonic Youth, and the pastoral psych-folk arrangements of Fairport Convention, Man Benu’s debut album opens as a grand vista of sound with syncopated marches, swelling cymbal washes, de-tuned guitar patterns, slides of lap steel and textural feedback, all providing a lysergic atmosphere for Bentley Anderson's smoky voice to drift through.
>Mirah - Gone Are All The Days 12” (K Records)
When it first appeared on (A)spera in 2009, "Gone Are All The Days" was a song of sorrow with a little swing and a bit of hope. Live performances of the track took the swing and added a disco beat; an energetic pulse that alleviates sadness with glittery energy and an empowered delivery.
>No Age - Glitter 7” (Sub Pop)
New single from the forthcoming album Everything In Between (due 9/28).
>Peter’s House Music - Jump 12” (All Hands Electric)
Equally inspired by early electronic music pioneers of the German variety such as Cluster's Roedelius, as well as the after hours DJ culture presently alive in NYC.
>Rhythm Rockers - Soul Surfin’ [Reissue] LP (Sundazed)
Part of the first wave of California surf bands, Rhythm Rockers were a regular attraction at Dick Dale's Rendezvous Ballroom in the formative days of the surf scene. Blue vinyl.
>Solar Bears - Inner Shine 12” (Planet Mu)
Solar Bears' music is a many-faceted soundworld that hangs together through a mix of the rich colors of Hip Hop inflected analogue electronica with touches of the shimmering neon synths of late '70s/early '80s Kosmiche music.
>Spirit Photography - Circle In The Fire LP (Aural Pleasures)
Featuring members of Christmas Island. Organic, brooding guitar explorations form dense walls of dark energies and a vicious post-punk swagger.
>Sword Heaven - Gone LP (Load)
Two-piece horror sound unit Sword Heaven clock in with their first "studio" recording -- a sweaty waterboarded masterpiece of claustrophobic proportions. Vinyl version available now -- CD due 9/7.
>Johnny Thunders - Sticks & Stones: The Lost Album 2xLP (Cleopatra)
Culled from the vaults, this compilation features the studio recordings that were to become a new Thunders album (cut short by his death in 1991) plus ultra rare acoustic sessions and live tracks -- never before released on vinyl.
>Trailblazer - Gut Reaction 7” (Moniker)
Lexington KY's Coleman Guyon (aka Trailblazer) delivers subterranean dance pop that builds on hypnotic layers in a wave of fuzzed electronics and gutted vocals. Relentless sparks, primitive drum taps, and droned hooks.
>Trumans Water - O Zeta Zunis LP (Asthmatic Kitty)
The vet American "spazz-rock"/"squiggle-core" quartet has been scarce in their native land in recent years: releases mostly on Euro-labels; touring almost exclusively overseas.
>The Vaselines - Sex With An X 7” (Sub Pop)
Lead single from the forthcoming album of the same name (due 9/14).


17 AUGUST 2010
>Trace Adkins - Cowboys Back In Town CD (Show Dog/Universal)
New album from the multi-Platinum country pop star -- available in regular and deluxe editions. Deluxe adds four additional tracks, including “Hillbilly Bone,” his collaboration with Blake Shelton.
>American Hi-Fi - Fight The Frequency CD (Hi-Fi Killers/The Ascot Club)
Boston rockers return with their fourth studio album.
>Antagonist - World In Decline CD (Prosthetic)
Summons the thrash of early Metallica, the groove of Pantera and the technical death metal of At The Gates.
>Antibalas - Who Is This America? [Reissue] CD (Ropeadope/Ryko)
Originally released in 2004, “this is deep funk Afrobeat, full of deep, fat horns, trancelike pumping bass, snaky guitars, and hypno-groove percussion. In addition to the orchestra, which numbers 14 pieces, the band adds another ten guests in various places and extrapolates its chunky, funky Afrobeat sound by grafting it onto Latin beats and, in the longer pieces, elliptical modal considerations.” -- Allmusic
>Arab Strap - The Week Never Starts Round Here [Reissue] 2xCD (Chemikal Underground)
>Arab Strap - Philophobia [Reissue] 2xCD (Chemikal Underground)
The Scottish band marked themselves out with their brooding sound and honest stories. Touching on disappointing trips to petrol stations, weekend watching of The Simpsons, and getting by in a world where the local pub can on occasion contain every girl you have ever slept with, Arab Strap presented a touching and gritty take on contemporary Scottish life. Here is a pair of reissues -- their 1996 debut and 1998 follow-up.
>Butch Baldassari/Van Manakas - Leavin’ Tennessee CD (Sound Art Recordings)
One of the last projects completed before Baldassari's untimely death, Leavin' Tennessee pairs the late master of the mandolin with longtime guitar picking colleague Manakas on an extra-long set of right-in-the-groove bluegrass instrumentals.
>BXI - Boris And Ian Astbury CD (Southern Lord)
Collaboration between Japanese phenometal trio Boris and British vocalist Ian Astbury, frontman for alt-rock band The Cult.
>Senator Robert Byrd - Mountain Fiddler CD (County)
Well known as the longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, the late Robert C. Byrd had another fascinating side: a love of fiddling that he acquired at an early age growing up in the mountains of West Virginia.
>Camu Tao - King Of Hearts CD (Fat Possum)
“In many ways King Of Hearts is a record of what could have been, a snapshot of an artist mid-evolution. In some ways it's a diary discovered in the belongings of a friend who passed away. Or maybe it's a scrapbook of a master inventor with only half of the schematics of some incredible new invention detailed inside. You don't need to see the invention fully realized in order to recognize the magnitude of the creative force behind the sketches.” -- EI-P
>Chief - Modern Rituals CD/LP (Domino)
“By mixing solid folk-rock numbers with the signature sound of California rock, plus beautiful vocal harmonies that will be appreciated during shows and concerts (chances of sing-alongs are high), Modern Rituals is a hopeful album with breakthrough potential.” -- Filter Magazine
>Darker My Love - Alive As You Are CD/LP (Dangerbird)
“The predominant influences here are the Beatles' Revolver, The Byrds' Notorious Byrd Brothers and a haze of post-1967, West Coast psychedelia.” -- The Guardian
>Matthew Dear - Black City CD/2xLP+CD (Ghostly International)
Black City can't be found on any map. It's a composite, an imaginary metropolis peopled by desperate cases, lovelorn souls, and amoral motives. Like most literary Gothams, Black City is a place to love and hate, as seedy as a nightclub's back room and as seductive as the promise of power.
>The Dollyrots - A Little Messed Up CD/LP (Blackheart Records)
Third album from the California alt-pop/punks. If there's one thing that experience can offer, it's learning from past missteps and building on the successes. And that's where the album title A Little Messed Up comes into play. It points to the idea that imperfections are all around and a natural part of human existence. No one's perfect and we're proud of that part of us, says vocalist/bassist Kelly Ogden.
>Drivan - Disko CD (Smalltown Supersound)
Drivan is a new band featuring Kim Hiorthøy. Although there are flourishes of Hiorthøy’s signature sound, Disko’s folk oriented and organic feel has the band drawing more from Swedish folk and ‘70s prog rock.
>Filter - Trouble With Angels CD (Rocket Science)
New album available in regular and deluxe editions. Deluxe adds four bonus tracks.
>Joe Firstman - Live At The Treehouse CD (Rock Ridge Music)
Firstman’s new album is not live in the sense of a traditional live album in front of an audience; rather, it was recorded in the studio (The Treehouse in Laurel Canyon outside L.A.) with Firstman playing and singing simultaneously to achieve a more live sound in the finished songs.
>David Gray - Foundling 2xCD (Downtown)
Foundling looks like the most gorgeous and minimalist musical tapestry that David Gray has ever created -- one that alternately suggests the early work of The Band, Randy Newman and Tom Waits, but without sounding remotely like a piece of nostalgia.
>Hambone - Conflagrations CD (MRI)
Nick 'Hambone' Hamstra is 27, white as a ghost, and sounds like Muddy Waters. He has made waves in the Louisville, KY blues scene for many years now and amazes folks as he typically plays all by himself and sounds as if he's lived in rougher life than most.
>Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier CD/LP (Columbia/Legacy)
New studio album from the legendary metal band, available in regular and deluxe editions. Deluxe adds exclusive bonus content in a special package. Also available on picture disc vinyl.
>Kem - Intimacy CD/CD+DVD (Motown)
Smooth grooves, powerful vocals, heartfelt lyrics, and just plain feel-good music best describe Kem's instantly recognizable sound. The Deluxe version of Intimacy contains a 30-minute bonus DVD with interviews, making of the record, and other great video content.
>Kings Of Asgard - Fi’mbulvntr CD (Metal Blade)
Features former members of Mithotyn, Falconer, Thy Primordial, Indungeon and Dawn.
>Knights Of The Abyss - Culling Of Wolves CD (Ferret Music)
Since 2005, the death metal outfit has toured with the likes of The Acacia Strain, Annotations Of An Autopsy, and Arsonists Get All The Girls.
>Thomas Köner - Nunatak/Teimo/Permafrost 3xCD (Type)
Considered classics of the dark ambient/drone genre, this box set collects Köner's seminal first three albums -- originally released between 1992 and 1993.
>Ray Lamontagne And The Pariah Dogs - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise CD/2xLP (RCA)
“On God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise, LaMontagne kicks his sound up a notch. It's nothing new -- after all, he has a near flawless track record to begin with. This time, through tweaks and experiments, he perfects his sound. It goes a little like this: breakup + bluegrass + blues. The B³ formula seems to fit him best.” -- Collegetimes
>Last Felony - Too Many Humans CD (Lifeforce)
New album from the Montreal death metal outfit.
>Lissie - Catching A Tiger CD (Fat Possum) “12-track collection of country-tinged radio rock (think late-‘60s, early-‘70s Laurel Canyon vibes, with more than a pinch of Fleetwood Mac, given a contemporary kick.” -- BBC
>Ted Lucas - Ted Lucas [Reissue] CD/LP (Riverman Music)
Although primarily known for this, his 1975 self-titled album (sometimes referred to as The OM Record), a legacy of hundreds of tapes decisively reveal one of the psychedelic era’s most criminally-overlooked talents. Lucas studied with Ravi Shankar and was the ”exotic instruments specialist” for Motown, playing sitar on many of their most famous productions.
>John Mayall - So Many Roads: An Anthology 1964-1974 4xCD (Hip-O)
74 tracks, all newly remastered from the original tapes. The 40-page booklet features extensive sleeve notes and rare and previously unseen photographs.
>Megan McCormick - Honest Words CD (Rykodisc)
On Honest Words, McCormick addresses aspects of love and longing with keen lyrical insight and astonishing guitar virtuosity.
>John Mellencamp - No Better Than This CD/LP (Rounder)
No Better Than This was recorded with Mellencamp and his band playing live in one room using a 55 year-old Ampex tape recorder and just one vintage microphone. Produced by T Bone Burnett.
>Ministry - MiXXXes Of The Molé CD (13th Planet)
Trance metal remix version of Ministry’s Bush-era album Houses Of The Molé (2004).
>Miss May I - Monument CD (Rise)
Borrowing from a wider range of genres, Monument touches upon parts of thrash merged with melody and metalcore.

>Moebius & Beerbohm - Strange Music [Reissue] CD/LP (Bureau B)
>Moebius & Beerbohm - Double Cut [Reissue] CD/LP (Bureau B)
Reissues of the first two collaborative albums from Kluster/Cluster and Harmonia guru Dieter Moebius and Gerd Beerbohm, originally released on Sky Records in 1982 and 1983, respectively.
>NOFX - Longest EP CD/LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
30 track collection spanning NOFX's first Fat Wreck Chords release The PMRC Can Suck On This to their latest Cokie The Clown.
>Orbs - Asleep Next To Science CD (Equal Vision)
Mixes high energy, ‘90s tinged space-rock with thunderous piano driven choruses, lush melodic textures, and quirky progressive rock passages and song structures.
>Return To Earth - Automata CD (Metal Blade)
Return To Earth's sophomore album and Metal Blade Records debut.
>Duke Robillard - Passport To The Blues CD (Stony Plain)
“To his credit, Robillard doesn’t rely on tired my-baby-left-me blues clichés. He deliberately set out to address the concerns of his own demographic -- middle-aged and middle class -- and modern life.” -- Blogcritics
>Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War Ina Babylon [Reissue] CD (Spectrum)
Originally released in 1976 -- along with The Heptones’ Party Time and Junior Murvin’s Police And Thieves, War Ina Babylon can be seen as part of a Black Ark/Lee Scratch Perry produced holy trinity.
>The Secret Handshake - Night & Day CD (Triple Crown)
Secret Handshake’s fusion of sugary pop hooks atop a host of samples and computer-enhanced effects have become their signature electronic-pop sound. Enter Night & Day, which holds fast to its title's pronouncement of seemingly polar opposites. The gripping melodies are still firmly in place but are influenced by the wide-ranging Motown scene of the '60s and '70s.
>Superchunk - No Pocky For Kitty [Reissue] CD/LP+MP3 (Merge)
Superchunk's Steve Albini-produced sophomore effort put the Chapel Hill kids on the map with huge guitars and perennial faves like "Skip Steps 1 & 3."
>Superchunk - On The Mouth [Reissue] CD/LP+MP3 (Merge)
Third proper full-length, recorded in L.A. with greaser/handyman/all-around good guy John Reis of Rocket From The Crypt... the plot thickens, the songs lengthen, with hits like "The Question Is How Fast" and "Precision Auto.”
>Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Let It Sway CD/LP+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
From the infectious "In Pairs" to the slow-burning "Stuart Gets Lost Dans Le Metro," Let It Sway takes cues from the band's quiet Broom-era bedroom recordings and couples them with the polished sound of Pershing to create a whole new aesthetic.
>Esperanza Spalding - Chamber Music Society CD (Heads Up)
Backed by drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and pianist Leo Genovese -- and inspired by the classical training of her younger years -- Esperanza creates a modern chamber music group that combines the spontaneity and intrigue of improvisation with sweet and angular string trio arrangements. The result is a sound that weaves the innovative elements of jazz, folk and world music into the enduring foundations of classical music.
>Taking Back Sunday - Live From Orensanz CD (WB)
The band performs live with new instrumentation: multiple drums, upright bass, piano and the beautiful string section Judgment Day.
>Thee Sgt. Major III - Idea Factory CD (Spark And Shine)
Led by former Fastbacks guitarist and producer Kurt Bloch, Thee Sgt. Major III’s debut full-length contains Bloch’s trademark wit, optimism and feisty schoolboy angst. Like taking a ‘60s pop music machine and stuffing it with The Who and some punk rock ala The Ramones.
>The Toadies - Feeler CD (Kirtland)
1997 album that was intended to be the follow-up to the critically acclaimed, Platinum-selling Rubberneck.
>Various Artists - Afro-Beat Airways - West African Shock Waves: Ghana & Togo 1972-1978 CD/2xLP (Analog Africa)
Organ-driven Afro-beat, cosmic Afro-funk and raw, psychedelic boogie. Vinyl edition features two extra tracks not available on the CD.
>Various Artists (Kaskade) - Electric Daisy Carnival Volume 1 CD (Ultra)
Mix featuring tracks from the worlds' best DJ's including Tiësto, Armin Van Buuren, Benny Benassi, Deadmau5 and more.
>Porter Wagoner - What Ain’t To Be Just Might Happen/Sings His Own [Reissue] CD (Omni)
Twofer reissue of Porter's two greatest LPs from the ‘70s, both full of stark autobiographical moments.
>Shannon Whitworth - Water Sound CD (Thirty Tigers)
The first thing that you notice about Shannon Whitworth is her voice -- smoky, elegant, a bit husky, patient at all the right moments and equally adept at the phrasing of a iazz chanteuse; it's no wonder she's garnered comparisons to singers from Patsy Cline to Billie Holiday, as well as contemporaries like Neko Case.
>Brian Wilson - Reimagines Gershwin CD (Disney Pearl Series)
Brian Wilson has re-recorded and re-imagined twelve classic songs from the Gershwin Brothers and collaborated on two new Wilson/Gershwin compositions. Free lithograph with purchase (while supplies last)!!!


DVDs:
>Insane Clown Posse - Big Money Rustlas DVD (Psychopathic)
The Insane Clown Posse in the Old West? That’s exactly what you’ll see in this comedy that stars the controversial rap/nu-metal group. When gambler Violent J starts wreaking havoc in the town of Mud Bug, sheriff Shaggy 2 Dope becomes determined to put an end to his reign of terror. With Twiztid, Jason Mewes, and Ron Jeremy.
>Slayer - Live Intrusion [Reissue] DVD (Sony Legacy)
Previously only available on VHS and out of print for years, Live Intrusion captures Slayer at their heaviest on their Divine Intervention tour in 1995.
>Slayer - Still Reigning [Reissue] DVD (Sony Legacy)
Filmed at the Augusta Civic Center on July 11, 2004, Still Reigning showcases Slayer’s 1986 album, Reign In Blood, played in its entirety with the four original band members.
>Slayer - War At The Warfield [Reissue] DVD (Sony Legacy)
Filmed at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco on December 7, 2001, War At The Warfield features tracks from God Hates Us All and more.


Vinyl:
>Best Coast - Sun Was High (So Was I) b/w So Gone/That’s The Way Boys Are 7” (Art Fag)
Super limited repress of three-track EP on orange vinyl.
>Lo Borges - Lo Borges [Reissue] LP (4 Men With Beards)
Originally released in 1972, Lo Borges' solo debut is a stunning piece of post-bossa nova Brazilian pop music. Combining influences ranging from soul, jazz, pop, psychedelic, and bossa nova with brilliant musicianship and wild arrangements, this is one of the finest Brazilian records of the 1970s.
>Brainticket - Psychonaut LP+CD [Reissue] (Lilith)
Vinyl reissue of the Swiss space-rock band’s 1972 album. Includes a copy on CD.
>Crocodiles - Sleep Forever 7” (Fat Possum)
Title track from their forthcoming album Sleep Forever (due 9/14). B-side is a medley of cover songs: Deee-Lite's "Groove Is In The Heart" and The Beach Boys' "California Girls."
>Ducktails/Dracula Lewis - Split LP (No Fun Productions)
Beautiful and terrifying cavern drone sounds from Dracula Lewis, with psychedelic spiraling melodies and electronic beats from Ducktails.
>Eels - Tomorrow Morning LP+7” (Cobraside/E Works)
Last in Mark Oliver Everett’s trilogy of concept albums. This vinyl version (available a full week before the CD!) features a 7" containing the four bonus tracks that will be a part of the deluxe CD package.
>Germs - Media Blitz LP (Vinyl Lovers)
Now available on vinyl. Rare tracks recorded in 1978 at L.A.’s Hong Kong Café and in 1979 at the legendary Whisky A Go Go, plus two rehearsals recorded at S.I.R. studios.
>Thomas Köner - Permafrost [Reissue] LP (Type)
Vinyl reissue of 1993 album -- the concluding chapter in Thomas Köner's seminal trilogy alongside Nunatak and Teimo.
>Alfredo Costa Monteiro - Cinq Bruissements: For Solo Accordion LP (No Fun Productions)
Very singular sounding accordion solo recording, at times like an array of bizarre analog electronics and at others like beautiful minimalist tape music.
>Ian Moore And The Lossy Coils - El Sonido Neuvo LP+MP3 (Spark And Shine Records)
Moore has created a lush pop introduction that follows the same Beatles-by-the-way-of-Big Star thread that has informed the best work of contemporaries like Wilco.
>Motörhead - Motörhead [Reissue] LP (Drastic Plastic)
Faithful, updated reproduction of 1987 release -- one of the greatest heavy metal records of all time. White vinyl.
>Parkway Drive - Deep Blue 2xLP (Epitaph)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. New album from the Australian metal band.
>Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Smashed Hits [Reissue] LP (Drastic Plastic)
Reissue of the 1987 post-punk album -- a collection of the finest tracks from their earlier releases. Similar to proto-gothic peers The Sisters Of Mercy, RLYL distinguish themselves by creating music less self-conscious of its dark motifs, more focused on simple melodies, and driven by its rhythms and personal themes, an essay of abstract sound that's surprisingly danceable.
>Reds And Blue - Son Of The Stars LP (Addenda)
A kaleidoscope of post-rock and psychedelic pop.
>The Rescues - Let Loose The Horses LP (Universal Republic)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Recalls the soaring emotions of Coldplay, the earthiness of Fleetwood Mac, the introspection of Death Cab For Cutie
>Sea Of Bees - Songs For The Ravens LP (Crossbill)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. “Songs For The Ravens reveals folk-tinged indie-pop that's so disarmingly sweet and guileless, so tender in its pleas for emotional connection that it can soften the hardest of hearts, or penetrate the toughest of filters.” -- LA Weekly
>Skysailing - An Airplane Carried Me To Bed LP (Universal)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Adam Young, the Minnesota-based mastermind behind chart-topping electro-pop project Owl City, releases an album of pre-Owl City songs.
>Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. Demos, Outtakes, And Alternate Mixes LP (Jungle Records)
A collection of alternate mixes from 1977 recorded at various studios, as well as two 1977 demo sessions recorded for EMI. Also features rare instrumental backing tracks of several songs, complete with studio banter which giving rare insight into one of the greatest punk albums of all time.
>Various Artists - High All The Time LP (Past & Present)
Gathers together fourteen of the best 1960s psychedelic obscurities you've never heard, from America and abroad, all drenched in fuzz, echo, feedback and any other effect you care to think of.
>Whitesand/Badlands - Blank Czech b/w Humans #1 7” (Riley Bushman)
"Blank Czech" is a seemingly labyrinthine affair that is typical of the band's complex and polyrhythmic methodology. Its varied parts hint alternately at psychedelia and at pop, without ever really embracing either. The B-side, "Humans #1," is both autumnal and rollicking.


10 AUGUST 2010
>10ft Ganja Plant - 10 Deadly Shots Vol. 1 CD (ROIR)
Their first all-instrumental album. “A fitting name for an absolute deadly medley of 10 original, classic-roots and rocksteady instrumentals where the tenor saxophone rides shotgun.” -- The Reggae Review
>Bernard Allison - The Otherside CD (CC Entertainment/Copycats)
Instead of ripping the 12 bar blues guitar riff over and over, the son of guitar legend Luther Allison creates soul, funk, R&B, and rock influenced tunes to showcase his great musicianship.
>Amorphis - Forging The Land Of Thou 2xCD+2xDVD (Nuclear Blast)
Audio and video footage from a show recorded in Finland, plus an entire set from 2009’s Summer Breeze Open Air festival in Germany. Bonus material includes a Tales From The 20 Years comprehensive documentary, all thirteen video clips from the band’s past and present and a photo gallery.
>Angel Hair - Pregnant With The Senior Class CD (Gravity)
Before the word "screamo" was a dirty and misused word within the underground scene, Angel Hair, alongside contemporaries Heroin, Rorschach, and Moss Icon, started a small, but incredible sub-genre of aggressive music. Forming in 1992 and lasting until 1995, members went on to such genre mainstays as The VSS, Red Sparowes, Year Future, and Subpoena The Past.
>Bitcrush - From Arcs To Embers CD (n5MD)
Remix album featuring Bersarin Quartett, Funckarma, Jatun, Near The Parenthesis, Port-Royal, Stripmall Architecture, Subtractivelad, Vanessa Van Basten, Winterlight and Worm Is Green.
>Bitter End - Guilty As Charged CD (Deathwish Inc)
Bitter End is a hardcore band from San Antonio, TX, influenced by the metallic New York hardcore bands of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.
>Black Label Society - Order Of The Black CD/2xLP (E1 Music)
New from Zakk Wylde’s metal quartet.
>Bonded By Blood - Exiled To Earth CD (Earache)
A sci-fi rooted thrash album about an underground movement of humans who seek to take Earth back from the Crong. The alien race had enslaved the planet and its people by using war, starvation, poverty and anarchy as distractive devices in the late 21st century.
>Bottomless Pit - Blood Under The Bridge CD/2xLP+CD (Comedy Minus One/Telemomo)
Formed in 2005 by erstwhile Silkworm members Tim Midgett and Andy Cohen, Bottomless Pit are joined by longtime friends Chris Manfrin (Seam) and Brian Orchard (.22). Blood Under The Bridge explores the awful and thrilling randomness of fate, with a hard fix on the future. It is affectionate and brusque, languid and bracing.
>Brother Clyde - Lately CD (Disney)
Billy Ray Cyrus’ new rock & roll band.
>The Budos Band - The Budos Band III CD//LP+MP3 (Daptone)
If the menacing album art, which features a cobra primed for the attack, is any indication of the music itself, we can expect an all out assault of the senses, with a tendency towards the venomous and psychedelic.
>R.L. Burnside - Rollin’ & Tumblin’ CD (Wolf Records)
Rollin' & Tumbin' includes 19 of R.L. Burnside's legendary songs, plus an interview.
>Burzum - Burzum/Aske [Reissue] CD (Plastic Head)
Originally released in 1992 and 1993, these are Burzum's earliest recordings.
>Burzum - Det Som Engang Var [Reissue] CD (Plastic Head)
Originally released in 1993, Det Som Engang Var (What Once Was) is the third album from Burzum.
>Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss [Reissue] CD (Plastic Head)
Originally released in 1994 -- Hvis Lyset Tar Oss (If The Light Takes Us) is the fourth album from Burzum.
>Burzum - Filosofem [Reissue] CD (Plastic Head)
Originally released in 1996, Filosofem is the final album released before Varg Vikernes was imprisoned.
>Kathryn Calder - Are You My Mother? CD (File Under Music)
New record by the most recent member of The New Pornographers. Are You My Mother? is a beguiling album that -- because of the wisdom and experience communicated by Kathryn Calder’s voice -- gives the illusion of being written by someone in the twilight of their years, while at the same time expressing the excitement and wonder of a young woman who is just finding her own voice.
>Colour Revolt - The Cradle CD/LP (Dualtone)
“Recalls the swooning guitar-driven romanticism of artists like Jeff Buckley and early Radiohead.” -- Pitchfork
>Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Horse Power CDEP/12” (Quite Scientific)
Embracing a quasi-psych mix of folk, hip-hop, drum programming and effervescent pop while still maintaining an emphasis on quality song writing, Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott worked from the top down on this EP, using drum machines and samplers, keeping the music danceable.
>Dreamend - So I Ate Myself, Bite By Bite CD/LP (Graveface)
New from Ryan Graveface of Black Moth Super Rainbow -- Dream End diverges from the synth-pop of Black Moth to take on a nightmarish folk sound that evokes the faded scenery of ghost towns and eerie midnight drives.
>George Duke - Déjà Vu CD (Heads Up)
Déjà Vu features a few more shades of straight-ahead and contemporary jazz than its predecessor Dukey Treats -- as evidenced by fine guest performances throughout the record by trumpeter Nicholas Payton, flutist Hubert Laws and saxophonist Bob Sheppard.
>Elsinore - Yes Yes Yes CD (Parasol)
Channeling the work of modern-day masters Ben Gibbard and Sufjan Stevens, songwriter Ryan Groff has crafted a batch of vivacious yet personal songs that joyfully soundtrack the simplistic bliss of life in the Midwest.
>Endless Wave - City Walls CD (Fort Point)
Boston trio Endless Wave takes an energized approach to shoegaze's extended wall of reverb, juxtaposing it against a backdrop of exuberant pop brilliance.
>Godflesh - Streetcleaner [Redux Edition] 2xCD (Earache)
Reissue of Godflesh’s seminal 1989 album with 12 previously unreleased tracks on second disc including live tracks, alternate mixes and demos.
>Hawkwind - Blood Of The Earth CD/LP (Plastic Head)
Hawkwind’s first new recording in five years takes the listener on a journey through the band's now classic mix of rock, doom driven poetry, whimsical mantras and imaginative opera.
>Landing On The Moon - We Make History Now CD (+1 Records)
Made up of luminaries from the burgeoning Omaha/Saddle Creek scene, Landing On The Moon is somewhat of a supergroup. They have shared the stage over the years with Portugal. The Man, Cursive, Vampire Weekend, Say Anything, and The Fray.
>Lights Out Asia - In The Days Of Jupiter CD (n5MD)
The wall-of-sound guitar riffs are somewhat dampened. The layer-upon-layer of rhythms and samples are now more unified. The soft vocals -- words amid a vortex of unpronounceable sounds -- are even shyer.
>Aynsley Lister - Tower Sessions CD (Manhaton)
11 tracks recorded in January 2010 at the Tower Winchester.
>Lost In The Trees - All Alone In An Empty House CD/LP (Anti)
Lost In The Trees merges dramatic symphonic elements with the soaring melodies of American folk and modern pop, creating a sound that is simultaneously intimate and sonically ambitious.
>Lovesliescrushing - girl. echo. suns. veils. CD (Projekt)
Space/ambient/drone progenitor Scott Cortez's guitar is processed nearly to the point of being unrecognizable, leaving behind veils of shimmery, droning bliss.
>John McLaughlin - My Goals Beyond [Reissue] CD (Douglas Records)
"The startling thing about this record is that it points the way toward two directions McLaughlin would take in the future -- exploring Indian music and the acoustic guitar -- and this while he was in the thick of the burgeoning electronic jazz-rock movement ... Throughout, McLaughlin's acoustic lines faultlessly straddle the line between the subcontinent and jazz, and the ethereal results still hold up beautifully today." -- All Music Guide
>Modest Mouse - The Moon And Antarctica [10th Anniversary Edition] CD (Epic)
Remastered reissue of Modest Mouse’s 2000 album. Record Store Day vinyl edition also still available.
>James Moody - Moody 4B CD (IPO)
“Some of the most enticing jazz of the year, written by one of the genre’s most engaging composers." -- Times Herald-Record
>Noblesse Oblige - Malady CD (Metropolis)
An occult concept album that cites the visual mysticism of Kenneth Anger, Aleister Crowley’s storytelling, and the morbid melancholy of Christina Rossetti’s poetry.
>On [Reworked By Fennesz] - Something That Has Form And Something That Does Not CD/LP (Type)
This is the third album from French composer/producer Sylvain Chauveau and Chicago-based percussionist Steven Hess (Haptic, Pan American) under their On moniker, continuing their excavation of abstracted experimental sounds. IDM/electonic pioneer Fennesz has treated the source sounds with a distinct lightness, allowing them to creak and breathe.
>Mike Posner - 31 Minutes To Takeoff CD (J Records)
MI-bred Mike Posner is not only a recent Duke University graduate but also an incredible producer/singer/songwriter. He has already built a devoted following by tirelessly touring, including dates on the Warped Tour. Mike calls his sound guiltless pop music.
>Proem - Enough Conflict CD (n5MD)
Eighth album by the IDM veteran mixes catchy melodic passages with some of his roughest beats since his debut Burn Plate No. 1.
>PVT - Church With No Magic CD/2xLP (Warp)
Formerly Pivot. Brooding, melancholic experimental pop -- an amalgam of rock synthesis, propulsive rhythms and huge melodic strength.
>Eli “Paperboy” Reed - Come & Get It CD/LP (Capitol)
An authentic throwback to R&B/soul of the '60s yet also fresh, accessible and modern. A progressive soul-revivalist with a broad appeal.
>Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry - Revelation CD/LP+CD (Megawave)
Revelation is the third in a series of collaborations with UK multi-instrumentalist Steve Marshall, following the controversial Scratch Came, Scratch Saw, Scratch Conquered and Grammy-nominated The End Of An American Dream.
>Run On Sentence - You, The Darkness, And Me CD (Hush)
“There are hints of New Orleans jazz, a smattering of old Southern spirituals, ghostly vibes and triumphant moments that give this album its unique flavor.” -- Oregon Live
>Blake Shelton - All About Tonight CD (WB)
Latest in Shelton’s “Six Pak” series.
>Stuff Smith - Five Fine Violins Celebrating 100 Years CD (Storyville)
Fantastic swinging jazz on violins -- most of this material has never been released, having recently been discovered in the Timme Rosenkrantz Archive.
>Soman - Noistyle CD (Metropolis)
Soman is one of Germany’s hottest exports in industrial dance music. Noistyle is a strong fusion of modern industrial beats and rhythms combined with the influence of warm melodic trance sounds.
>Soundtrack - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World CD/LP (ABKCO)
Features four new songs by Beck and tracks by Broken Social Scene, Beachwood Sparks, The Bluetones, The Rolling Stones and T.Rex.
>Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Extra Width/Mo Width [Reissue] 2xCD (Shout! Factory)
Double CD reissue edition pairs Extra Width (1993) and the rare Australian-only full-length LP Mo Width with non-LP singles and unreleased outtakes and live versions.
>Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Year One CD (Shout! Factory)
38-track compilation covering JSBX’s earliest recorded output, recorded in 1991 by Steve Albini and Kramer: the bootleg-LP-only A Reverse Willie Horton, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (aka The Caroline Album), the German-only Crypt Style, and the History Of Sex EP (Clawfist Records).
>Starflyer 59 - Changing Of The Guard CD (Tooth & Nail)
Following 2008’s Dial M, Starflyer 59 is back with ten new tracks that chronicle the ebb and flow of different phases in life.
>Streetsweeper Social Club - Ghetto Blaster CDEP/12” (Street Sweeper Social Club)
Features seven new recordings, including two covers that have become fan favorites during their live sets: MIA's "Paper Planes," and LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out." The EP also features an extended version of their single, "Promenade."
>Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill CD/LP (4AD)
Beachcomber’s Windowsill has taken more than five years to make; a labor of love that includes over a hundred different instruments: the chimes of a Dutch church bell, one Morse Code message and the sound of several carrots being chopped. "Stornoway's unpretentious and largely successful attempt to write songs with a literary sensibility and a melodic sophistication is to be applauded." -- Mojo
>Sundowner - We Chase The Waves CD/LP (Asian Man)
Solo project from The Lawrence Arms' Chris McCaughan.
>Thou - Summit CD (Gilead Media)
The ethics of true DIY punk and the sound of sludging, droning doom.
>Various Artists (Zero T) - FabricLive.52 CD (Fabric)
Zero T not only explores the full spectrum within drum & bass, but takes in a myriad of different influences in creating his forward-thinking, intricately textured and overtly musical sound. FabricLive.52 seamlessly connects the dots between the different facets of his sound with aplomb, moving through tempos and styles to create a beautifully crafted mix.
>Various Artists - Music Gets You High: Songs Of Graham Nash CDEP (Grassroots)
Follow-up EP to Be Yourself: A Tribute To Graham Nash's Songs For Beginners features songs from Nash's second solo album Wild Tales. Features: Dawes, Tyson Vogel (Two Gallants), Jonathan Wilson, Brendan Benson, and Bart Davenport.
>Various Artists - Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 1 CD (ZudRangMa)
Compilation of 18 rare ‘70s Thai pop, garage, and funk tracks.
>Various Artists - Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 2 CD (ZudRangMa)
The second volume in the Thai Funk series features more East-meets-West funk pollinations. Beautifully packaged in unique hand-stitched soft cloth sleeves.
>Various Artists - Luk Thung! Roots Of Thai Funk CD (ZudRangMa)
The third volume in the Thai Funk series collects more of Southeast Asia’s forgotten stars that balanced traditional sounds with reedy, fuzzy, funk & roll. Packaged in bamboo with a foldout poster.
>Ween - Quebec [Reissue] CD (Chocodog)
Reissue of Ween’s eighth album -- originally released in 2003. Vinyl reissue due 9/7.
>The Who - Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 2xCD (Eagle)
The Who's 1970 performance at the Isle Of Wight is considered one of their finest live shows ever recorded. The band performs most of Tommy, along with a number of their other hits, including "I Can't Explain," "My Generation" and "Magic Bus."

DVDs:
>Oddsac - A Visual Album by Animal Collective & Danny Perez - DVD+Book (Plexifilm)
DVD + 40-page hardcover art book in slipcover case. Co-conceived by and starring Animal Collective. Features an original score with new songs from the band and complex digital manipulation by Danny Perez, a debut filmmaker and visual artist known for his concert projections with Black Dice and Panda Bear. "A mind-frazzling piece full of vampire monks, demonic fakirs, & lengthy episodes of trance-inducing pattern loops. A confrontational and immersive experience." -- The Guardian

Vinyl:
>Autolux - Transit Transit LP (TBD)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. There is a notable sonic progression throughout Transit Transit: vintage synthesizers and manipulated ambience glue central song components together. Several tracks are built around piano, with all three members taking turns with lead vocals.
>Sebastian Blanck - Alibi Coast LP+MP3 (Rare Book Room Recordings)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. A founding member of Black Dice and accomplished painter, Sebastian Blanck has created a timeless, poeticized folk-pop recording reminiscent of Simon & Garfunkel. Features contributions by Caroline Polacheck (Chairlift) and Becky Stark (Lavender Diamond).
>Brian Jonestown Massacre - Take It From The Man! [Reissue] 2xLP (A Records)
HQ-180 color vinyl reissue of BJM’s 1996 album.
>Christie Front Drive - Christie Front Drive [Reissue] LP (Magic Bullet)
Vinyl reissue of seminal emo-rock album -- originally released in 1997.
>Cristal - Swedish Child/Trial 7”+MP3 (Flingco Sound System)
The Richmond, VA trio of sound processors have long been masters of austerity and restraint. Now their skills have been devoted to extended melodies and small gestures that add up to a truly moving recording. Includes a download code for the 40-minute full-length Homegoing, plus the two vinyl-only tracks.
>Crowded House - Intriguer LP (Fantasy)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Produced by Jim Scott (Wilco), this all-new recording brings together singer/guitarist and chief songwriter Neil Finn with original Crowded House bassist Nick Seymour and keyboardist/guitarist Mark Hart.
>Cut Chemist - Litmus Test LP (A Stable Sound)
New from the veteran turntablist featuring rare remixes, unreleased Jurassic 5 material and more.
>Embryo - Embryo’s Rache [Reissue] LP (Get Back)
One of the most significant bands to rise out of the Krautrock scene of the ‘70s, Embryo has since become synonymous with world music. Their second LP, Embryo’s Rache (1971), found the band in acid jazz/prog territory, with some nice Hammond, mellotron performances by Jimmy Jackson.
>Exile - AM/FM LP (Plug Research)
A collection of reworked, remixed, and new compositions featuring Alchemist, Evidence, Aloe Blacc, Shafiq Husayn, Samiyam, Blu, DJ Day, Fashawn, Free The Robots, and many more.
>Hawkwind - Live 1982 LP (Plastic Head)
17-track live album featuring guest appearances from sci-fi writer Michael Moorcock and Lemmy.
>Hawkwind - Text Of A Festival: Hawkwind Live 1970-2 LP (Plastic Head)
Includes the band’s first BBC session (circa 1970-‘71) and a live gig at Colchester Technical College in February 1971.
>Thee Headcoats - The Sound Of The Baskervilles LP (Vinyl Lovers)
The self-proclaimed "king of garage rock" Billy Childish acted as frontman to this band from 1989-2000. 15 raucous tracks of unabashed ineptitude from a secret pub gig in London, April 1995.
>Jessica Hoop - Hunting My Dress LP (Vanguard)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Hoop's music is a genre-bending, time-period-blurring mix of off-kilter pop, stark ballads and classic folk. “Hunting My Dress sounds like the sprouting of a wondrous new talent. Four stars.” -- The Guardian
>Integrity - VVe Are The End 7” (Magic Bullet)
Two exclusive new tracks and an etched B-side.
>King Midas Sound - Waiting For You 2xLP (Hyperdub)
Debut album from new duo comprised of London/Trinidad poet Roger Robinson and Kevin Martin (The Bug).
>Land Of Talk - Swift Coin b/w Lossless 7”+MP3 (Saddle Creek)
Canadian trio Land Of Talk hails from a long line of epic-leaning indie-rock acts that have emerged from Montreal’s fervent music scene, including the likes of the Arcade Fire, Stars, Islands, Plants And Animals and Wolf Parade (to name a few).
>Meshuggah - Alive 2xLP (Plastic Head)
Live performances from Swedish metal band recorded during their 2008 world tour.
>Night Gallery - Constant Struggle LP+MP3 (Rainbow Body)
Cinematic, goth-tinged synth-pop reminiscent of late-‘80s Depeche Mode, Clan Of Xymox, or Jean Michel Jarre with a shimmer of the Cocteau Twins.
>Obituary - Cause Of Death [Reissue] LP (Roadrunner)
>Obituary - World Demise [Reissue] LP (Roadrunner)
Vinyl reissues of the death metal band’s 1990 and 1994 albums.
>Punch Brothers - Antifogmatic LP+CD (Nonesuch)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. The arrangements on Antifogmatic range from intimate to boisterous and back; genre-wise, the band once again ventures where no string band has ever gone before.
>The Thermals - I Don’t Believe You 7” (Kill Rock Stars)
First single from upcoming record Personal Life (due 9/7).
>This Will Destroy You - Moving On The Edges LP (Magic Bullet)
Picture disc featuring two brand new, exclusive tracks.
>Thou/City Is A Tower - Dwell In The Darkness Of Thought & Drink The Poison Of Life LP (Init)
The doom metal of Thou is paired with the screamy-yet-catch post-hardcore of City Is A Tower on this limited split LP.
>Tubeway Army/Gary Numan - 78/79 Box Set 4xLP (Vinyl 180)
Remastered vinyl editions of Tubway Army’s first three albums, plus a bonus rarities LP.
>Whitesand/Badlands - Seeding The Clouds 2xLP (Magnetic Ghost)
“Seeding The Clouds is a portrait of darkness visible, composed of symphonies in miniature that stick to the ribs but never overbear, that illuminate but never blind. The care that forbade the band from severing a single song to crunch the album onto on e vinyl disc stares out at the world from a beautifully decorated sleeve, rings out from every groove.” -- citypages.com
>Wild Beasts - We Still Got The Taste Dancin’ On Our Tongues 10” (Domino)
Features the B-side "Through The Iron Gate," a Jon Hopkins remix of "Two Dancers (ii)" and a chilling acoustic version of "The Devil's Crayon."
>Woven Bones - I’ve Gotta Get b/w Hey Kid 7” (Hardly Art)
Pummeling swamp-garage, Wolman blues, angry acid trips, psyched-out noise pop and lovelorn snarls.


03 AUGUST 2010
>All Out War - Into The Killing Fields CD (Victory)
New album from the punk/metal band -- the first with new drummer Lou Medina from the prominent New York hardcore band Breakdown.
>Horace Andy - Serious Times CD (Groove Attack)
The Studio One veteran’s first new album in years.
>Arcade Fire - The Suburbs CD/2xLP+MP3 (Merge)
“Musically, The Suburbs 16 songs range from whimsically divergent to searingly intense, and race listeners through a complete amalgamation of everything that was excellent in Funeral and the Neon Bible. Other reviews have alluded to the album's length, but the sheer volume of the album points to the emotional sincerity of the band's effort. There's not one unnecessary moment on the record. A weighty lyrical concept requires room to breath, and Arcade Fire controls the oxygen, predictably taking it away at times.” -- Citizen Dick
>Autolux - Transit Transit CD/LP (TBD)
There is a notable sonic progression throughout Transit Transit: vintage synthesizers and manipulated ambience glue central song components together. Several tracks are built around piano, with all three members taking turns with lead vocals.
>The Black Crowes - Croweology CD/3xLP (Silver Arrow)
Acoustic versions of over 20 songs from their 20-year history. Includes a bonus clear vinyl 7” featuring non-album cuts “Boomer’s Story” and “Willin’” -- free with purchase (while supplies last)!!!
>Buckcherry - All Night Long CD (Eleven Seven Music)
A thoroughly rocking song cycle in the grand tradition of classic albums by Aerosmith, AC/DC and Kiss.
>Bun B - Trill O.G. CD (Rap-A-Lot)
Features appearances by Drake, Young Jeezy, Yo Gotti, Trey Songz, Pimp C, Tupac, and production by DJ Premier and the Justice League.
>Candy Claws - Hidden Lands CD/LP (Twosyllable)
Hidden Lands is a musical companion to Richard M. Ketchum's book, The Secret Life Of The Forest. To derive lyrics, the band borrowed paragraphs from the book and used translation software to translate them back and forth between English and Japanese until they equalized, finding very cool phrases along the way.
>Dash Rip Rock - Call Of The Wild CD (Alternative Tentacles)
Call Of The Wild is a Southern party record -- a tribute to all of the insane theme bands that played the Deep South bar circuit back in the '70s. It mixes Stax-era dirty soul and rootsy garage punk with funky country rock and low country shag.
>David Dondero - # Zero With A Bullet CD/LP (Team Love)
“Dondero's detailed descriptions are still the best thing about him. He's able to evoke a complete experiential landscape: suicide bridges, dark, cool churches, muddy rivers.” -- Pitchfork
>Dr. John & Lower 911 - Tribal CD (Savoy)
Featuring a track with Derek Trucks, Tribal is a unique spicy mix of New Orleans funk and blues with a spiritual and Native flavor with songs written by Dr. John and a few of his friends, including Allen Toussaint, the late Bobby Charles, and his ultra-funky band Lower 911.
>El-P - Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3 CD/2xLP (Gold Dust)
A fully realized suite of instrumentals that continues to exemplify the producer's versatile, otherworldly, futuristic and wholly original sonic worldview. A dark, dystopian sonic universe filled with ominous basslines and thumping, punishing drums.
>Esham - Suspended Animation CD (Aknu Media)
New from the Detroit rapper -- known for his hallucinogenic style of hip-hop which he refers to as "acid rap" which fuses rock-based beats and lyrics involving subjects such as death, drug use, evil, paranoia and sex.
>Fleshwrought - Dementia/Dyslexia CD (Metal Blade)
Fleshwrought is the brainchild of Animosity guitarist Navene Koperweis and Job For A Cowboy singer/songwriter Johnny Davy.
>Gaelic Storm - Cabbage CD (Lost Again Records)
Gaelic Storm brings influences from rock, bluegrass, Jamaican, African and Middle Eastern music that may surprise those expecting purely traditional Celtic music.
>Freddie Gibbs - Str8 Killa CDEP (Decon)
Freddie let loose last year with two independent mixtapes, The Miseducation Of Freddie Gibbs and the notable midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik -- the epic tome of street truths that put him on the cover of XXL’s Freshman Top 10 issue. "Guys like Freddie Gibbs are saving rap." -- Pitchfork
>Paul Gilbert - Fuzz Universe CD (Shrapnel)
Third all-instrumental album by guitarist Paul Gilbert, regarded internationally as a guitarist's guitarist.
>Gov't Mule - Mulennium 3xCD (Evil Teen)
Recorded live at The Roxy in Atlanta, GA on December 31, 1999.
>Svarte Greiner - Penpals Forever (& Ever) CD (Digitalis)
Stripped bare, white-knuckle sojourns through dark, haunted ambient sonic corridors. Chattering, looping guitar lines slowly build into aching piles of aural dissonance.
>Hammers Of Misfortune - August Engine [Reissue] CD (Metal Blade)
>Hammers Of Misfortune - Bastard [Reissue] CD (Metal Blade)
>Hammers Of Misfortune - Fields/Church Of Broken Glass [Reissue] CD (Metal Blade)
>Hammers Of Misfortune - Locust Years [Reissue] CD (Metal Blade)
A serious batch of reissues from the San Francisco-based, Celtic fantasy-style metal band.
>Horseback - Invisible Mountain CD (Relapse)
An intense, heavily psychedelic post-metallic kraut-rock journey. The guitars buzz, drone, and twang, the drums are powerful and tight, the instruments locked into slow burning build-ups with sparse brutal vocals rasping for breath.
>Sophie Hutchings - Becalmed CD (Preservation)
Debut album from the Australian pianist. Think Peter Broderick, Nils Frahm, or Rachel Grimes.
>Jade Warrior - Floating World [Reissue] CD (Esoteric)
>Jade Warrior - Waves [Reissue] CD (Esoteric)
Digitally remastered reissues of Jade Warrior’s 1974 and 1976 albums featuring restored artwork.
>jj - jj nº 2 CD (Secretly Canadian)
Available stateside for the first time. In the summer of 2009, Gothenburg, Sweden's jj quietly released one of the year's most critically-acclaimed albums. R&B and Balearic dub from the ghosts of lost lovers; pop as delicate as a fawn's nose across blades of frosted grass.
>Juvaliant - Inhuman Nature CD (Limb Music)
Debut album from Austria's most bombastic progressive metal newcomers.
>Lady Gaga - The Remix CD/LP (Interscope)
Remixes of Fame/Fame Monster hits by Stuart Price, Passion Pit, Richard Vission, and more.
>Lady Gaga - The Cherrytree Sessions CDEP (Interscope)
Three-track live EP featuring “Poker Face,” “Just Dance,” and “Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say).”
>Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust CD (Shout! Factory)
Los Lobos’ first collection of new original material in four years -- Tin Can Trust features powerful rock & roll, blistering blues, two Spanish-language tracks, and even a Grateful Dead cover.
>Luciano - United States Of Africa CD (VP Music Group)
“Devout crooner Luciano’s follow-up to 2008's Dean Fraser production Jah Is My Navigator takes the lyrical focus off his relationship with God to examine a wider range of topics. Boasting fairly rootsy rhythms courtesy of Maximum Sound’s Frenchie -- often with Sly & Robbie on drums and bass -- it’s more confrontational in its messages, calling out wrongdoers in all spheres of life.” -- BBC
>Katie Melua - The House CD (Motown)
Fourth studio album -- recorded at Air Studios in London and produced by William Orbit.
>Lloyd Miller/The Heliocentrics - Lloyd Miller/The Heliocentrics CD (Strut)
Following their award-winning collaboration with Ethio jazz godfather Mulatu Astake, pioneering UK collective The Heliocentrics resurfaces alongside another fascinating jazz enigma, ethno-musicologist, jazz maestro and multi-instrumental, Lloyd Miller.
>Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band - Where The Messengers Meet CD (Dead Oceans)
They are imperceptibly inching away from an angular style influenced by Modest Mouse and Wolf Parade, instead incorporating an epic sound recalling both the modern masters such as Arcade Fire and classic pioneers such as Pink Floyd.
>Neon Bastard - Meikhaus CD (Robotic Empire)
Debut release from New Zealand punk/sludge band. Alternating shredder and stoner riffs collide with blast-fueled drums, distorted bass and inhuman wails from some external dimension.
>Night Horse - Perdition Hymns CD/2xLP (Tee Pee)
Night Horse’s Perdition Hymns is an album made by fans of rock, for fans of rock. Produced and mixed by Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Pearl Jam, Isis), the record is a classic for current times, made up of all the peaks and valleys, textures and nuances that timeless records yield over repeated listens.
>Pippo Spera - A Buen Puerto CD (Lion Productions)
Lilting melodies, including a shimmering cover of Eduardo Mateo's "Mejor Me Voy," infused with an undercurrent of bossa nova and the drowsy, faded memory of sun-drenched islands.
>Poison Arrows - Newfound Resolutions CD/2xLP+MP3 (File 13)
70-minutes of unthinkable Baudelaire-inspired drama unfolds with a dark swagger. Features former members of Don Caballero and Atombombpocketknife, with appearances from Pall Jenkins (The Black Heart Procession), Brian Case (Disappears, Ponys) Mia Clarke (Electrelane) and others.
>Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R [Deluxe Edition] 2xCD (Interscope)
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of QOTSA’s seminal album, this deluxe package includes the complete original Rated R plus five B-sides and nine tracks from their live set at the 2000 Reading Festival.
>Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month - Your Wicked Man CD/LP (Shrimper/Soft Abuse)
Second solo album by half of Skygreen Leopards. The band's distinct take on art-pop forms re-imagines early efforts from Mekons, Nikki Sudden and John Cale as filtered through Californian folk-rock.
>Ola Belle Reed - Rising Sun Melodies CD (Smithsonian Folkways)
Ola Belle Reed's songs, extraordinary banjo playing and singing are the story of a woman's big voice and even bigger heart and music community she created. Her progressive mountain wisdom was a unique mix of mountain stories, experiences and keen insights on modern day life.
>Dax Riggs - Say Goodnight To The World CD (Fat Possum)
An alchemy of roots music, doom metal and glam-punk poetry. Riggs sounds like voodoo, feels like redemption and puts off heat like a burning oilrig.
>Secondhand Serenade - Hear Me Now CD (Glassnote)
Chart-topping emo rocker John Vesely returns with his third album.
>Shapes And Sizes - Candle To Your Eyes CD (Asthmatic Kitty)
“Shapes And Sizes kick into a different gear, moving from spastic Broken Social Scene territory to a darker, more subdued, elastic sound.” -- Consequence Of Sound
>Squeeze - Spot The Difference CD (XOXO)
“This 13th studio effort finds Squeeze back on their old ground, rerecording their old hits so faithful to their originals that they’re challenging listeners to spot the difference.” -- Prefixmag
>Swahili Blonde - Man Meat CD (Manimal Vinyl)
L.A. dance/funk/prog band -- featuring ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers’ guitarist John Frusciante -- blends the exotic dance-punk flow of Tom Tom Club and The Raincoats with the dark Germanic arrangements of Can and Neu!.
>Thieves And Villains - South America CD (Victory)
Thieves And Villains take the indie-rock vibe of Vampire Weekend, combine it with the childlike sense of wonder found in early Daniel Johnston, and add the quirkiness of Pinkerton-era Weezer.
>Various Artists - Book A Trip: Psych Pop Sounds Of Capitol Records CD (Now Sounds)
Collection of rare late '60s psych gems from the Capitol Records. Productions by the likes of David Axelrod collide with arrangements by Leon Russell and compositions by David Gates, Neil Young, and many others, proving why Capitol Records was the undisputed leader of pop during this pivotal era.
>Various Artists - I Love Funky 2xLP (Rinse)
Follow-up to Rinse's acclaimed I Love Dubstep compilation covers the full spectrum of Funky (a genre of electronic dance music from the UK that is heavily influenced by UK garage, electro house, broken beat, soca music, and Afrobeat). Artists include: Geeneus, Trackheadz, Wookie, Perempay & Dee, Todd Terry and more.
>Versus - On The Ones And Threes CD/2xLP+MP3 (Merge)
Versus’ first album in 10 years -- gritty yet melodic, serene yet explosive, and balanced on the brink in a way that has become somewhat of a lost art. Vinyl edition features an alternate sequence and two additional tracks.
>Wavves - King Of The Beach CD/LP (Fat Possum)
“In its quest for an endless summer, King Of The Beach wears its California lineage with pride. It's major-key and resplendently colored, owing as much to Orange County skate-punk as it does to the Beach Boys.” Best New Music [8.4] -- Pitchfork
>Wretched - Beyond The Gate CD (Victory)
Taking a page from each of the anthologies that Metallica, Megadeth, At The Gates, and Behemoth have written, Wretched has bound together their own unique volume of stylishly structured death / thrash metal masterpieces.

DVDs:
>Jonathan Dueck - In Transit Presents: 16mm DVD (Asthmatic Kitty)
20 short, beautiful, color saturated, hand-painted 16mm films created by Canadian artist Jonathan Dueck in collaboration with I Heart Lung, Chad VanGaalen, Deneir, and Son Lux. These films were created using old 16mm documentaries that Dueck was given when the Calgary Science Centre was purging itself of obsolete media. Part or all of the existing film was scratched/scraped off and layers of ink were painted, stamped, dripped, and splattered over top.

Vinyl:
>+/- - Holding Patterns [Reissue] 10” (Teenbeat)
Currently out of print on CD -- now available for the first time on vinyl. The New York based trio first invented their own dynamic fusion of pop and electronic music in 2001.
>Car Commercials - Prisoner Of Type 7”+MP3 (Soft Abuse)
Car Commercials explore the personal/loner side of DIY with their singular take on no-chord strum and mumble rock & roll alienation.
>Vic Chestnutt - About To Choke [Reissue] LP (Plain)
Originally released in 1996 -- About To Choke is an edgy slice of country-folk showing Chestnutt’s unique version of Americana that was usually several things at once: his craggy voice, raw honesty, an acoustic guitar (or a piano) and an outrageous imagination.
>Department Of Eagles - Archive 2003-2006 LP (American Dust)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. How DOE develop from college roommates goofing off with sampling software into the harbingers of an atmospheric and grandiose symphonic pop sound? Archive 2003-2006, comprised of lost recordings, provides the missing piece in this process.
>El Ten Eleven - El Ten Eleven LP+MP3 (Bar/None)
Vinyl edition of 2005 album. “Odd, atmosphreric Tortoise-style post rock from L.A. duo playing only bass and drums. Moody, nutritious!” -- Amoeba Music
>Fabulous Diamonds - Fabulous Diamonds II LP (Siltbreeze)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Sophomore release from the Australian skronk no-wave dub maestros. Recorded by Eddy Current Suppresion Ring's Mikey Young and mastered by Qua's Cornel Wilczek, the album further explores the band's fascination with stripped down On-U Sound productions, circular drumming patters, and hazy psychedelic keyboard lines.
>Four Tet - Angel Echoes Remixes 12” (Domino)
Remixes by labelmates Caribou and Jon Hopkins.
>Gate - Republic Of Sadness LP (Ba Da Bing!)
Comprises the apex of Michael Morley's (Dead C) various interests in one collection. His guitar and vocal drones permeate through looped beats and sounds, arriving at a sound that is not quite dance, not quite noise, not quite electronica and never ambient.
>Alastair Galbraith - Mass LP (Siltbreeze)
Broken guitars, percussive loops, backwards tracking, a (homemade) glass harmonium, lullabies, bagpipe thievery and the odd bit of fighting talk are just some of the many bricks laid here.
>The Love Language - Libraries LP (Merge)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. "Super-solid chug-along pop songs performed with an almost startling precision on all members' parts." -- Time Out New York
>Mad Caddies - Consensual Selections LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Fan-selected favorites collection.
>Metallica - Re-Load 2xLP/4xLP (WB)
1998 album -- now available on vinyl in standard (33 1/3) and audiophile (HQ-180/ 45 RPM) editions.
>The National - The National LP (Brassland/ADA)
Originally released on CD in 2001 -- now available for the first time on vinyl.
>Perfume Genius - Learning LP (Matador)
Learning features home recordings that bring to mind early Cat Power, Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens and Pink Moon-era Nick Drake. Mostly simple vocal and piano arrangements with minor-key melodies.
>School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire 2xLP (Vagrant)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. ''School Of Seven Bells slipped easily between epochs -- medieval polyphony, laptop sorcery, the rhythmic turmoil of Public Image Ltd.'s 1981 album, Flowers Of Romance -- with smart hooks and the Dehezas' alluring vocals, liberally greased with reverb.'' -- David Fricke, Rolling Stone
>Spoon - Kill The Moonlight [Reissue] LP+MP3 (Merge)
Spoon’s 2002 album -- now available in HQ-180 vinyl with MP3 download.


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>36 Crazyfists - Collisions And Castaways CD (Ferret Music)
New album from the Alaskan heavy metal unit.
>Angel Band - Bless My Sole CD (Appleseed)
Anyone who likes the "sigh-to-a-shout" vocal chops, lyrical grit and real deal instrumental abilities of the Dixie Chicks and Lucinda Williams (along with the soulful heart of Bonnie Raitt) will definitely be satisfied with Angel Band.
>Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare CD (WB)
Their first album since the death of drummer James “The Rev” Sullivan -- Nightmare was produced by Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Eminem).
>T.L. Barrett And The Youth For Christ Choir - Like A Ship (Without A Sail) [Reissue] CD/LP+7” (Light In The Attic)
Digitally remastered edition of this 1971 cult release from the pastor, musician and motivational speaker. Like A Ship (Without A Sail) saw Jesse Jackson Jr. ally Barrett channel his passionate love of music, determination to help keep children off the streets, and wholly engaging preaching (which attracted the likes of Earth, Wind & Fire and Donny Hathaway to his Mount Zion Baptist Church sermons) into a musical offering bolstered by Chess Records' sax hero/arranger Gene Barge and backed by a cast of music players including Richard Evans, Phil Upchurch and the rapturous vocals of the Youth For Christ Choir. Vinyl edition Includes rare bonus 7” "Jingle Bells Part 1 & 2."
>Beausolei - Laissez Les Bons Temp Rouler CD (Great American Music)
Laissez Les Bons Temp Rouler (Let The Good Times Roll) is Beausoleil's 37th Anniversary celebration recorded live in 2007 in Baton Rouge. The 18 tracks are a career retrospective and include songs previously unavailable on any Beausoleil disc.
>Karl Berger - Strangely Familiar: Miniatures 1-17 CD (Tzadik)
Composer, arranger, pianist, vibraphonist, conductor, and educator Karl Berger steps out on his own for a brilliant solo piano recital. Structured as a series of variations and etudes, these moody and spiritually charged compositions showcase Berger's unique and rarely heard piano stylings.
>Best Coast - Crazy for You CD/LP (Mexican Summer)
12-track, 29-minute collection of genuinely romantic, sandy jams. Hazy and dreamy pop perfect for summer.
>Betty And The Werewolves - Teatime Favourites CD (Damaged Goods)
A great mix of indie pop and punk/pop songs with great lyrics and boundless energy.
>The Blasters - The Blasters [Reissue] CD (Wounded Bird)
Originally released in 1982. The Blasters were a rock group out of Los Angeles, featuring brothers Dave and Phil Alvin.
>David Bromberg - Wanted Dead Or Alive/Midnight On The Water [Reissue] 2xCD (E1 Music)
Digitally remastered double CD set containing a pair of albums from the prolific, genre-defying folk/blues/jazz/bluegrass musician.
>Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey/Garvey’s Ghost [Reissue] CD (Hip-O Select)
Burning Spear's classic Island Records debut Marcus Garvey (1975) is paired with Garvey's Ghost (1976), the dub mix companion -- both remastered for their 35th anniversary.
>Eilen Jewell Presents Butcher Holler - A Tribute To Loretta Lynn CD (Signature Sound)
“Butcher Holler is named for the little Kentucky town where Loretta Lynn was raised. In this tribute to the country star we pay homage to her humble roots and straightforward, hard-hitting performance style.” -- Eilen Jewell
>Cab Calloway - We Cats Can Hep You CD (Varese Sarabande)
The best of Calloway’s radio performances from 1935-1949.
>Commander Cody - Rockpalast Blues Rock Legends Vol. 1 CD (SPV)
Rockpalast was, and remains, one of Germany's most popular music television shows since it debuted in 1974. Commander Cody was the guest on July 1, 1980.
>Robert Cray - Cookin’ In Mobile CD+DVD (Vanguard)
Live CD+DVD release from the singer/songwriter and world-renowned American blues guitarist. This is The Robert Cray Band's first-ever live DVD release.
>Cruel Hand - Lock & Key CD (Bridge Nine)
Full of just as many catchy, metallic riffs as mosh parts, Lock & Key is a heavy mix of influences including Madball, Leeway, Cro-Mags, Metallica, Suicidal Tendencies, and Obituary.
>Cut Chemist - Sound Of The Police CD/LP (A Stable Sound/Soul Kitchen)
“Sound Of The Police contains African and South American inspired music from around the world. I had the privilege of performing this set opening for Mulatu Astatke which was his very first Los Angeles appearance." -- Cut Chemist
>Cyanide Pills - Cyanide Pills CD (Damaged Goods)
Cyanide Pills is pure, British punk rock with a great pop sensibility. Think of The Boys, The Briefs, and The Dickies.
>Danger Radio - Nothing’s Gonna Hold Us Down CD (Doghouse)
Danger Radio is an alternative dance-rock band from Everett, Washington.
>Dean & Britta - 13 Most Beautiful Songs For Andy Warhol's Screen Tests CD (Double Feature)
Ex-Luna, Galaxie 500 members were commissioned by the Andy Warhol Museum to compose and perform songs for 13 Screen Tests -- short, silent portrait films made by Warhol in the mid-'60s.
>Decrepit Birth - Polarity CD (Nuclear Blast)
New from Santa Cruz, CA tech-death masters.
>Die Antwoord - 5 CDEP (Interscope)
New EP from South African electronic/hip-hop group.
>Dru Hill - InDRUpendence Day CD (Kedar Entertainment)
Fourth studio album -- Dru Hill’s first release with new member, Tao and their first album in eight years.
>Evans Blue - Evans Blue CD (FOF)
Third studio album from Canadian hard rock band.
>Lee Fields - Problems [Reissue] CD (Truth & Soul)
Originally released in 2002, Problems is Fields' second album of unadulterated James Brown worship aimed at the then burgeoning deep-funk revival scene.
>Jeremy Fogel And The Sheriffs - Exorcism CD (Tzadik)
Jeremy Fogel and his mad band of wandering Israelis hit their stride with this passionate reading of Rabbi Jesus' message to the world and how it has been diluted and distorted by greed, power, and ambition.
>Futurebirds - Hampton’s Lullabye CD (Autumn Tone)
Athens, GA’s newest musical export is now officially out of college and hitting the road with their debut record. Locally the band was reared on Drive-By Truckers, The Star Room Boys, Elephant Six, The Glands, and Dead Confederate.
>Eric Gales - Relentless CD (Blues Bureau)
New from the blues rock guitarist.
>Grasslung - Sincere Void CD (Root Strata)
Album opener “Scarred Hands We Drift” sets the tone, with lush waves of delayed notes that usher in the record’s various paths of gauzy atmospherics, piano drift, lost melodies and rhythms built from static.
>Earl Greyhound - Suspicious Package CD (Hawk Race)
“It’s sort of a shame that this sort of music doesn’t have the cachet or hipness it ought to right now. ‘70s hard rock revivalism doesn’t seem to be the taste these days, no matter how groovetastic or idiosyncratic this version of it might be. Earl Greyhound might not be fully in step with the times, but they end up sounding timeless, which can only serve them well.” [9/10] -- Pop Matters
>Jesca Hoop - Hunting My Dress CD (Vanguard)
Hoop's music is a genre-bending, time-period-blurring mix of off-kilter pop, stark ballads and classic folk. Includes a bonus five-track EP. “Hunting My Dress sounds like the sprouting of a wondrous new talent. Four stars.” -- The Guardian
>Incognito - Transatlantic RPM CD (Shanachie)
“Opening with a great version of Boz Scaggs' slinky ‘Lowdown,’ this is 70 minutes of seriously smooth, slap-bass soul and funk with cameos from Chaka Khan, Ursula Rucker, Leon Ware and more.” -- The Independent
>Ivoryline - Vessel CD (Tooth & Nail)
Produced by Aaron Sprinkle (Anberlin, The Almost), Vessels showcases a more mature and diverse Ivoryline than was heard on their previous record There Came A Lion.
>Jaill - That's How We Burn CD/LP (Sub Pop)
A somewhat sneaky, rarely sleazy group of guys from Milwaukee who play with undeniable guts. Recalling the glory of '90s lo-fi pop, these songs possess a sinewy tension honed from years of basement shows, and a palpable, gritty rock sense born of enduring cold Midwest winters.
>Tom Jones - Praise & Blame CD (Mercury Nashville)
This is Tom Jones going back to his roots on an album of gospel, blues, traditional and country songs, wearing his heart on his sleeve, emotionally raw. Guest artists include steel guitarist BJ Cole, keyboardist Booker T Jones, organist Chris Holland and background vocalists Gillian Welch, Alison Pierce, Dave Rawlings and Orin Waters.
>Seu Jorge - Seu Jorge And Almaz CD/2xLP (Now Again)
New album from Brazilian singer/actor Seu Jorge (City Of God, The Life Aquatic) with members of Nacao Zumbi.
>Jorma Kaukonen & Vital Parts - Rockpalast West Coast Legends Vol. 2 CD (SPV)
This Rockpalast show took place on November 29, 1980 at the Kleine Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany.
>Lachi - Lachi CD (Fanatic)
Born Mellissa Ulachi Ulanma Offoha and known to family and friends as Lachi, this Brooklyn-based singer and pianist is a songwriter of great emotional depth. Born visually impaired, Lachi was a complete shut in and almost clinically mute throughout school. Her mother noticed she was into music and bought her a keyboard at a young age. Afterwards, she would lock herself in her room and begin to write innumerable songs.
>La Gritona - Demasiado Tonto Para Los Ninos Listos Demasiado 2xCD (Tortuga)
La Gritona created ugly, brutal and emotionally intense music that was criminally under-appreciated when they were around. Luckily the material has been rescued from obscurity.
>Madlib/Yesterday’s New Quintet - Medicine Show 7: High Jazz CD (Madlib Medicine Show)
Madlib follows Brain Wreck Show with the seventh installment in his Madlib Medicine Show series, a jazz album with his Yesterdays New Quintet ensemble.
>Major Lazer - Lazers Never Die CDEP (Interscope)
New EP from producers Switch and Diplo. “On this concise and surprisingly fresh sounding EP, Major Lazer retain the sweat-soaked club feel that's curried them so much favor but also appeals to their perennial accessibility.” [7.8] -- Pitchfork
>Masada String Trio - Haborym: Book Of Angels Volume 16 CD (Tzadik)
Ten more tunes from the rich and inventive Book Of Angels featuring moody ballads, hypnotic grooves, intense burners, and of course the trademark lyricism.
>Menomena - Mines CD/2xLP+MP3 (Barsuk)
In the wake of brutal disagreements, unrelenting grudges and failed marriages (not to mention a world full of modern terrorism, natural disasters and economic collapse) Menomena is still standing, and has made an album that many are already saying defines the state of intelligent pop music one decade into the millennium.
>Miniature Tigers - Fortress CD/LP (Modern Art)
Critical darlings Morning Tigers return with a new album -- produced by Chris Chu of the Morning Benders. The first single "Gold Skull" was produced by Neon Indian.
>Miss TK And The Revenge - The Ocean Likes To Party Too CD/LP (Ernest Jenning)
Steeped in the vibe of the group's Ashbury Park beachfront digs, this is a bonfire beach party jam -- from the raunchy opening grooves of "Beachmaster" to the breezy convertible bounce of "Saturday" through the tweaked out electronics of "Shimmy Sha."
>Mystery Jets - Serotonin LP+MP3 (Rough Trade)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Echoes of ELO, 10CC, Fleetwood Mac and Supertramp rub up against the band’s own idiosyncratic, very British, psychedelic sensibility.
>Mark Olson - Many Colored Kite CD/LP+MP3 (Rykodisc)
New album from The Jayhawks co-founder. Many Colored Kite greets the listener with its earthy, neo-folk feel that encompasses classic and '60's British folk as well as the "desert country" that he has been associated with in the past.
>Red Wanting Blue - These Magnificent Miles CD (Fanatic)
Columbus, OH’s Red Wanting Blue has been touring the heart of America for over a decade. The band, led by Scott Terry and voiced by his gifted baritone, has self-released several records in that time and built a loyal following for its version of roots rock.
>Revamp - Revamp CD (Nuclear Blast)
After Forever vocalist Floor Jansen returns under a new guise. Revamp is bombastic, but with heavy riffing. Complex and pounding drums mix with melancholic strings while crazy synth-sounds mix with a beautiful choir.
>Rufio - Anybody Out There CD (Roc-A-Fella)
New from the California pop/punk outfit.
>Pete Seeger With The Rivertown Kids And Friends - Tomorrow’s Children CD (Appleseed)
Tomorrow’s Children is like a joyful town picnic featuring Pete as a global village elder, assembling his neighbors to appreciate their past and present, to celebrate their triumphs against environmental threats, to swap old and new stories, to appreciate the natural glories surrounding them and to make sure that the following generations "carry it on" -- the unifying spirit and power of music, the "folk process" of adapting or writing songs to respond to current situations.
>Sky Sailing (Owl City) - An Airplane Carried Me To Bed CD (Repubic)
Archival release from Adam Young, better known as Owl City.
>Slaughter And The Dogs - The Best Of CD (Cherry Red)
Best Of collection from one of the original '76 punk bands that supported The Sex Pistols, often cited as one of the godfathers of the Oi! movement.
>Slum Village - Villa Manifesto CD (E1 Music)
Slum Village's sixth studio (and reportedly final) album. “To be completely fair, it's surprising the group has stayed around this long considering the tragedy that has struck Slum Village. Aside from label changes and the typical industry bullshit, two of their founding members, J Dilla and Baatin, have died since the group formed in the '90s. Both will appear posthumously on Villa Manifesto along with De La Soul, Colin Munroe, DJ Khalil, Little Brother, and several others.” -- Prefixmag
>Soft Machine - Land Of Cockayne [Reissue] CD (Esoteric)
Digitally remastered edition Soft Machine’s 1981 release, the final album from the British prog/art rock band.
>Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band - Live At The Greek Theatre 2008 CD/DVD (Hip-O)
Ringo & His All-Starr Band performed their last show together at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on August 2, 2008. Also available on stand-alone DVD.
>Stone Breath - The Shepherdess And The Bone-White Bird 2xCD (Hand/Eye)
From fingerpicked acoustics to clawhammer banjo excursions, to the 20+ minute exaltation that is “The Shepherdess Of The Fiery Wheels,” Stone Breath manifest their best work to date, here in expanded form with the addition of an entire new album in collaboration with The Forest Beggars.
>Tech N9ne Collabos - The Gates Mixed Plate CD (Strange Music)
With an emphasis on enjoying life, The Gates Mixed Plate brings together a diverse set of notables including Jay Rock, Glasses Malone, Yukmouth, Devin The Dude and Stevie Stone, as well as the familiar Strange Music cohorts: Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun and Big Scoob.
>Thievery Corporation - Babylon Central CD+DVD (Eighteenth Street Lounge)
Double-disc package includes the film and the original motion picture soundtrack. Babylon Central is the directorial debut from Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation. The soundtrack includes tracks by: Thievery Corporation, Bad Brains, El Michaels Affair, Nostalgia 77, and more.
>Various Artists - Viva Negativa! A Tribute To The New Blockaders Volume III 2xCD (Important)
Third in a series of tributes to the pioneering UK noise group The New Blockaders. Includes exclusive tracks by Z'ev, The Haters, Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke, Wolf Eyes, Macronympha, AMK, Idea Fire Company, Daniel Menche, and more.
>Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn’t Stand The Weather [Reissue] 2xCD (Sony Legacy)
Digitally remastered and expanded double-disc Legacy Edition of the blues guitarist's 1984 album contains 16 previously unreleased tracks, studio outtakes and the live recording of Vaughan & Double Trouble's 1984 performance at the Spectrum in Montreal.
>J Roddy Walston & The Business - J Roddy Walston & The Business CD (Vagrant)
Rockin’ new band from Baltimore. Influences include: Mungo Jerry, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Harry Nilsson, The Band, Huey Lewis and the News, Charlie Roddy, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Marshall Crenshaw, Bearclaw, The Features, Leon Russell, Faces, and Queen.
>Christopher Willits - Tiger Flower Circle Sun CD/LP (Ghostly International)
Willits uses the language of ambient, dream pop, experimental electronic and Afro/Latin music to explore themes of love, connectivity and universal vibrations.

DVDs:
>The Builder - DVD (Jagjaguwar)
Following an Irish immigrant carpenter from coastal Queens to the Catskills and beyond, The Builder is an American existential portrait exploring the gulf between the idea of a thing and the thing itself. Having set off to the New York countryside to construct a reproduction of an early American cape house, the protagonist finds himself overcome by an inexplicable fatigue. Debts and expectations mount alongside the crudest and most naive of deceptions, that of both self and of family. As the chasm grows the Builder finds himself confronted by the unnerving ambivalence of the world around him.
>Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition [Reissue] DVD (Eagle Vision)
Pictures At An Exhibition was filmed at the Lyceum in London in December 1970. This new special edition, forty years on from when it was originally filmed, has the most complete version of the film available and is presented in the best possible sound and picture quality, complete with the original seventies psychedelic effects.
>Everything Is Terrible: 2Everything2Is2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift! - DVD (Everything Is Terrible)
The internet sensation video collective responsible for some of recent memory's most intriguing viral videos. From “Yogi Ogi Dogi,” the yoga farmer who teaches kids to stretch (creepily), to “Cat Massage” (just what you'd think), these guys are mining the VHS universe for all its best -- and worst. Prepare yourself for racist rabbits, singing babies, perfect killing machines, mid-‘90s beefcakes and much more, including the most adorable Antichrist the world has ever seen.
>Grateful Dead - At The Hollywood Festival North West England, 1970 DVD+CD (Ozit)
Very rare archive film footage of the first time the Grateful Dead performed in the UK. Plus, short clips of Free, Family, Screaming Lord Switch and his Heavy Friends, John Peel and crowd footage.
>I Need That Record: The Death (Or Possible Survival) Of The Independent Record Store - DVD (MVD)
A tour-de-force tale of greed, media consolidation, homogenized radio, big box stores, downloading, and technological shifts in the music industry told through candid interviews, crestfallen record store owners, startling statistics, and eye-popping animation. Featuring: Ian MacKaye, Noam Chomsky, Mike Watt, Thurston Moore, Lenny Kaye, Chris Frantz, Glenn Branca, Patterson Hood, Pat Carney, Legs McNeil, Bob Gruen, BP Helium, and many indie record stores across the US. “An elegy for a vanishing subculture... a lively, bittersweet film that examines -- with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection -- why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade.” -- Johnathan Perry, Boston Globe
>Oddsac - A Visual Album by Animal Collective & Danny Perez - DVD (Plexifilm)
A mind-frazzling piece full of vampire monks, demonic fakirs, and lengthy episodes of trance-inducing pattern loops. A confrontational and immersive experience.
>The Specials - 30th Anniversary Tour DVD (Blink TV)
Filmed at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in front of an adoring home crowd, the show was the biggest revival story of 2009 and the first time the band had been captured in concert for 28 years.
>Various Artists - We Fun: Atlanta GA Inside/Out DVD (MVD)
Bill Cody had been fighting off demands that he make a follow-up to his cult hit Athens, GA. Inside/Out since he filmed it in the ’80s. Then came a music renaissance of sorts in Atlanta and the opportunity to work with Silver Jew director Matt Robison. We Fun: Atlanta, GA Inside/Out was born. Featured bands include Black Lips, Deerhunter, King Khan & The Shrines, Mastodon, and The Selmanaires.
>John Zorn & Richard Foreman - Astronome: A Night At The Opera DVD (Tzadik)
Richard Foreman is one of the great geniuses of modern theatre and his 2009 staging of Astronome was one of his greatest works. For this DVD, ten performances were captured on film from hundreds of angles and edited by filmmaker Henry Hills, a longtime friend of Zorn and Foreman.

Vinyl:
>Acacia Strain - Wormwood LP (Prosthetic)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
>Amen Dunes - Murder Dull Mind 12” (Sacred Bones)
With the exception of "Diane" and the title track, all of these songs were recorded in one take and are completely improvisational. Although the songs have less structure than on the previous release on Locust, they are still every bit as miraculous. A bit less psych freak out with more of a dark folk vibe throughout.
>Bitters - Have A Nap Hotel 12” (Sacred Bones)
Toronto-based duo of Aerin Fogel and Ben Cook (F##ked Up, Young Governor) continue to merge their self-coined "cave pop" genre with elements of ‘50s melodies and dark post-punk instrumentals and a hint of flannel.
>Charles Burst - Famous Patient LP (Ernest Jenning)
Charles Burst is a songwriter from New York City, who, prior to launching a solo career, played drums and sang in the psychedelic rock quintet The Occasion. He continues to work as a freelance drummer, joining Julian Plenti, AC Newman, and Begushkin on recent albums and tours.
>Evan Caminiti - West Winds LP+MP3 (Three Lobed)
A discourse on solitude and cosmic exploration set primarily to an open tuned guitar, calling to mind Roy Montgomery, Hex-era Earth, and Popul Vuh.
>John Coltrane - My Favorite Things [Reissue] LP (Atlantic)
>John Coltrane - Coltrane’s Sound [Reissue] LP (Atlantic)
Vinyl reissues of two Coltrane classics -- originally released in 1961 and 1964, respectively.
>David Cross - Bigger And Blackerer 2xLP+DVD+MP3 (Sub Pop)
Recently released on CD -- now available on limited edition deluxe vinyl with gatefold jacket and black velvet sleeve.
>Drudkh - Estrangement LP+MP3 (Season Of Mist)
>Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells LP (Season Of Mist)
>Drudkh - Songs Of Grief & Solitude LP (Season Of Mist)
Now available on vinyl -- a trio of albums by the Ukrainian pagan black metal band -- originally released on CD in 2006-2007.
>Electric Bunnies - Pretty Joanna b/w I Swear I’ll Never Let You Go 7" (Sacred Bones)
A-side features a melody buried under layers of warm cascading fuzz and feedback. B-side is a downer-pop gem with four-part harmonies.
>Eminem - Recovery 2xLP (Aftermath/Interscope)
Now available on vinyl.
>Guano Padano - Guano Padano LP (Important)
Features guests Alessandro Alessandroni (renowned whistler for the immortal Ennio Morricone western soundtracks), Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart/Jeff Buckley guitarist), Chris Speed (clarinet player with Tim Berne and John Zorn), and legendary Italian singer Bobby Solo. A dreamy mixture of rock, psychedelia, folk, country, and jazz improvisations.
>Heater - God & Hair LP (Permanent Records)
Fast repetitive lo-fi punk rock jams with reverb-enhanced vocals -- great laidback, summertime, '90s-esque alt-pop vibes not too dissimilar from a less noisy Sonic Youth or Sebadoh.
>Tim Hecker - Haunt Me Haunt Me Do It Again 2xLP (Alien8)
Available on vinyl for the first time. Upon the original release of Haunt Me, Pitchfork scored it an impressive 8.6. Modern, glacial ambient with fuzzy melodies and soft glitch elements.
>LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening 2xLP (DFA)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
>Lone Wolf - Devil & I LP (Bella Union)
Although Leeds-based singer/songwriter Paul Marshall's debut album, Vultures, was a largely acoustic affair, his first under the Lone Wolf alter ego builds on this template to deliver a brooding band sound akin to Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Magnolia Electric Co. Critics have compared his wistful vocal style to Fleet Foxes, but with a darker twist.
>Mac Blackout - Don’t Let Your Live Die b/w Sometimes 7” (Sacred Bones)
A-side is a driving synth-driven tune that almost goes pop and might as well have been recorded on an NES. B-side is a mid-tempo dirge that goes beyond obvious comparisons to Helios Creed/Damon Edge and recalls labelmate Gary War and Mac's Daily Void.
>Matt Pond PA - The Dark Leaves LP+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
Recently released on CD -- now available on transparent Coke-bottle green vinyl. Includes a non-CD bonus track.
>Maximum Balloon - Tiger b/w Quantum Exit 7” (DGC/Interscope)
Not quite a solo album and not quite a side-project, Maximum Balloon features TV On The Radio guitarist David Andrew Sitek's beat-making, songwriting and collaborative production skills, authored with different singers he calls, "his favorite voices in the world." Full-length due August 24.
>Kate & Anna McGarrigle - The McGarrigle Hour 2xLP (Rykodisc)
Originally recorded in 1998, The McGarrible Hour features guest performances by Martha and Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Chaim Tannenbaum, and Lily Lanken.
>Menomena - Double Seven Inch 2x7” (Barsuk)
Four-track vinyl EP -- includes two exclusive non-LP tracks plus two alternate versions of tracks from Mines.
>Robert Randolph - We Walk This Road 2xLP (WB)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Produced by T Bone Burnet.
>R. Stevie Moore - Phonography LP (Sundazed)
Rolling Stone and Spin have proclaimed Phonography one of the most influential independent releases of the past 50 years. Lo-fi legend R. Stevie Moore built songs starting with a rhythm track (played on drums, furniture, or boxes) upon which he layered instrumental and vocal tracks in a primitive sound-on-sound technique.
>Ennio Morricone - Le Clan des Siciliens OST LP (Vadim Music)
Vinyl pressing of this 1969 soundtrack from master composer. Of all of Ennio Morricone’s contributions to Henri Verneuil films, Le Clan des Siciliens undoubtedly remains his most successful and fiercely beautiful.
>Still Flyin’ - A Party In Motion 12”+MP3 (Ernest Jenning)
San Francisco-based party ensemble Still Flyin' explores the repetitious grooves of krautrock though the lens of their sunny beach pop.
>Suzan - Home 7” (Downtown)
"Home" is a three minute blast of xylophone riffs, surf guitar and tom tome groves, brought to you by this boundlessly energetic all-girl band from Japan.


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>12 Stones - The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday CDEP (Wind-Up Records)
A set of solid rock tracks, featuring the single "We Are One," a fist-pumping ode to the men and women of America's military.
>Acacia Strain - Wormwood CD (Prosthetic)
Fifth album from the metalcore band.
>Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function CD (Metal Blade)
“Allegaeon are at times slightly more melodic than the rest of the technical pack, and at others slightly more brutal and groovy. Combining cutting-edge elements with the expected death metal staples packs Fragments Of Form And Function full of the things you crave from a release in this genre, but also full of things to discover.” -- thenewreview.net
>Asleep At The Wheel & Leon Rausch - It's A Good Day CD (Bismeaux Productions)
It's a match made in Western swing heaven as Ray Benson and Asleep At The Wheel team up with famed Texas Playboy Leon Rausch for their first-ever recording together.
>Big Head Todd And The Monsters - Rocksteady CD (Big Head Todd And The Monsters)
The essence of Big Head Todd And The Monsters -- a rootsy, emotionally direct variety of rock & roll that lends itself particularly well to a live setting -- has been winning fans since the band started playing together in high school. Rocksteady is the their eighth studio album.
>Black River - Black N Roll CD (Eagle Records)
Sophomore album from the all-star band consisting of Behemoth, Dimmu Borgir, Rootwater members.
>Sebastian Blanck - Alibi Coast CD/LP (Rare Book Room)
A founding member of Black Dice and accomplished painter, Sebastian Blanck has created a timeless, poeticized folk-pop recording reminiscent of Simon & Garfunkel. Features contributions by Caroline Polacheck (Chairlift) and Becky Stark (Lavender Diamond).
>Blood Revolt - Indoctrine CD (Profound Lore)
Debut album from this extreme metal outfit comprised of Primordial vocalist A.A. Nemtheanga, J. Read from Revenge/Conqueror, and C. Ross from Canadian extreme metal band Axis Of Advance.
>The Books - The Way Out CD/2xLP (Temporary Residence)
Over the course of three albums in nearly a decade's time, The Books have grown to become one of modern music's most genuine innovators. Creatively complex and truly unclassifiable, The Way Out continues their tradition of meticulous, existential songcraft, infusing the playfully surreal elements of previous albums with a humorous, childlike excitement.
>Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 3 (Gloria) [Reissue] CD (Atavistic)
Reissue of one of Branca’s earlier ”guitar army” pieces from 1983, Symphony No. 3 features Barbara Ess, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo and Michael Gira as ensemble members.
>Chimaira - Coming Alive CD+2xDVD (Ferret)
Live CD paired with two DVD's. DVD 1: Coming Alive -- a documentary featuring the “making of” and world tour for The Infection. DVD 2: Chimaira Christmas -- the entire live concert with 16 songs spanning the band’s career.
>Clutch - From Beale Street To Oblivion [Reissue] 2xCD (Weathermaker Music)
Digitally remastered and expanded double-disc edition of this 2007 album featuring upgraded artwork.
>Conan - Horseback Battle Hammer CD (Aurora Borealis)
Conan is a caveman battle doom trio from the grim North of England. They summon the heavy riff from the ungodly land and crush the skull of the unbeliever with their low-end doom assault. Waves of sludge and galloping crust passages overwhelm the unwary. RIYL: SunnO))).
>Sheryl Crow - 100 Miles From Memphis CD (A&M)
Seventh album -- features guest performances by Keith Richards and Justin Timberlake.
>Brian Culbertson - XII CD (GRP)
Twelve new songs that continue to reflect Culbertson’s broad-ranging musicality and mastery of intimate moods.
>Department Of Eagles - Archive 2003-2006 CD (American Dust)
Collection of archival material from Fred Nicolaus and Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear). Atmospheric and grandiose symphonic pop. Vinyl version due August 3.
>Early Man - Death Potion CD (The End)
When it comes to Early Man, the formula is simple: riffs that detonate on impact, a rhythm section on fire and vocals that soar to Mt. Olympus.
>Ender - This Is Revenge CD (Eulogy)
“Ender is a hardcore band from New Jersey, whom having only formed in May of 2009, have somehow managed to release one of the most promising and impressive debut albums I have heard from a band in sometime.” -- puregrainaudio.com
>Endless Boogie - Full House Head CD/2xLP (No Quarter)
Anchored by deep, heady grooves and epic guitar playing, Endless Boogie delivers seven fully realized studio tracks and one monumental rehearsal jam -- sounding comfortable and focused, not weighed down by any pretension.
>Fabulous Diamonds - Fabulous Diamonds II CD/2xLP (Chapter Music/Siltbreeze)
Sophomore release from the Australian skronk/no-wave dub maestros. Recorded by Eddy Current Suppresion Ring's Mikey Young and mastered by Qua's Cornel Wilczek, the album further explores the band's fascination with stripped down On-U Sound productions, circular drumming patters, and hazy psychedelic keyboard lines.
>Frazey Ford - Obadiah CD (Nettwerk)
Debut album from The Be Good Tanyas’ Frazey Ford. Obadiah is a collection of songs hand-carved by the hardships and exaltations of life, and stained with the rich colors of soul and folk music that fueled artists like Joni Mitchell, Ann Peebles, Neil Young, and Donny Hathaway. Vinyl version due August 24.
>Francis And The Lights - It'll Be Better CD (Cantora)
"Shimmering, complex nuggets of '80s-excess pop." -- Village Voice
>Frontier Ruckus - Deadmalls & Nightfalls CD (Ramseur)
“The twelve songs that make up Deadmalls & Nightfalls tell tales of outcasts, of society’s relics, and people on the fringes. Frontman and primary songwriter Matthew Milia’s voice is perfect for this type of music, sounding both young and world weary throughout the album.” -- examiner.com
>Git Some - Loose Control CD/LP (Alternative Tentacles)
Ex-Planes Mistaken For Stars. RIYL: Akimbo, Jesus Lizard, Drive Like Jehu, Black Flag.
>Jimmy Gnecco - The Heart CD/LP (Bright Antenna)
Debut album from Ours frontman. Though Jimmy plays every instrument on the album, it's his evocative, soulful voice that takes center stage -- a potent mix of intimacy, integrity and beautiful melancholy.
>The Goodnight Loving - The Goodnight Loving Supper Club CD/LP (Dirtnap)
The Goodnight Loving have become a Milwaukee institution, but unlike Laverne And Shirley or Pabst Blue Ribbon, they're still here adding to their legend. The Goodnight Loving Supper Club is another milestone in that legend, expanding on their already classic sound of country and folk-laced rock & roll by forging head-long into psychedelia, surf, spaghetti western, and anything else exotic enough to send your neurons into an electrified dance of pop induced pleasure.
>Grumbling Fur - Furrier CD (Aurora Borealis)
Gurmbling Fur was borne from a day long on improvisation in deep dark South London. A smattering of Fins and Englishmen chatter, chant, and chime as rail lines whistle and hash clouds billow. Swamped cavernous modes unravel into vistas of blissed kraut mantra and stilted metal drifts. RIYL: Circle, Mothlite, Guapo.
>Gyptian - Hold You CD (VP Music Group)
Gyptian is a reggae singer with R&B phrasing. Features this summer’s reggae hit “Hold You (Hold Yuh).”
>Paul Hardcastle - Jazzmasters VI CD (Trippin N’ Rhythm)
Billboard Magazine's 2008 Smooth Jazz Artist Of The Year, prolific producer/multi-instrumentalist Paul Hardcastle releases the sixth volume in his popular Jazzmasters series.
>High Confessions - Turning Lead Into Gold With High Confessions CD/LP (Relapse)
New group featuring Chris Connelly (Ministry, RevCo.), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), Sanford Parker (Minsk) and Jeremy Lemos (White/Light).
>Instruments Of Science & Technology - Music For Paradise Amor: Library Catalog Music Series CD/LP (Asthmatic Kitty)
Volume 7 of Asthmatic Kitty's Library Catalog Music Series presents the quirks and quarks of Richard Swift's Instruments Of Science & Technology alias. Swift eschews his usual vocals in favor of gorgeously frayed and exquisite analog electronics driven by clickety beats and bleepy rhythms. To achieve his charming sound he uses old tape machines and an old Mac in some attempt to reflect our modern tech-centric lifestyle.
>Daniel Johnston - Story Of An Artists 6xCD/6xLP (Munster)
Limited edition box set of Johnston’s very early cassette recordings -- 131 tracks total.
>K-X-P - K-X-P CD (Smalltown Supersound)
K-X-P is a drums, bass and synth trio from Helsinki, Finland, born out of the fire and ashes of the seminal Op:l Bastards and The Lefthanded, both led by Timo Kaukolampi (best known as Annie's main producer and co-writer who worked with her on "Don't Stop").
>Sunny Ledfurd - Greatest Hits 2003-2009 CD (Average Joe’s Entertainment)
“The first thing you need to know about Sunny Ledfurd is that he's not mainstream country music. The second thing to know is that he is country. But like any artist who's trying to carve out his own niche, Sunny Ledfurd makes music that is real to him, even if he can sing any song like a human jukebox.” -- roughstock.com
>Shawn Lee - Sing A Song CD/LP+MP3 (Ubiquity)
In addition to showcasing a love for ‘60s and '70s soul, Shawn Lee steers his latest musical mystery tour into psychedelic and cinematic territory over the course of twelve brand new cuts. Sing A Song is a summertime listen, packed with catchy motor city licks and space age songs.
>Lillian Axe - Deep Red Shadows CD (Love & War/MRI)
Widely respected but criminally overlooked, Lillian Axe has developed a distinctive sound between progressive rock and heavy metal. Specifically noted for their elaborate song structures and time signatures, they continue to embrace new styles and ideas on their tenth album.
>Charlie Louvin - Hickory Wind: Live At The Gram Parsons Guitar Pull Waycross, GA CD (Tompkins Square)
Recorded in September of 2009, Louvin returned to Waycross to pay tribute to Parsons as well as performing other Louvin Brothers songs Parsons either recorded or must have heard in his early years.
>Lower Dens - Twin-Hand Movement CD/LP (Gnomonsong)
Swarming guitar fuzz, bass waves, insistent drum throbs and Jana Hunter’s redolent, charred voice. Eleven tracks of post-punk drone pop.
>Mad Caddies - Consensual Selections CD (Fat Wreck Chords)
Fan-selected favorites collection. Vinyl version due August 3.
>Mahjongg - The Long Shadow Of The Paper Tiger CD/LP (K Records)
“The moves you’re going to bust to Mahjongg have yet to be created. Music this frenetic and intense requires a whole new repertoire of dances. The Chicago collective is always surprising... a sound fusion that demands attention and energy you didn’t know you had.” -- Bust Magazine
>Manowar & Friends - Magic: A Tribute To Ronnie James Dio CD (Megaforce/Magic Circle)
Ten-track Dio tribute album featuring Manowar, Holyhell, Metalforce, Magic Circle All Star Band, Awaken, Crosswind, Dean Cascione, Feinstein, Harlet and Jack Starr’s Burning Starr.
>Menace Ruine - Union Of Irreconcilables CD (Aurora Borealis)
Montreal duo's fourth album builds on previous work, the alchemical collision of black metal, walls of noise, mysticism, martial rhythms, and a medieval affinity for melody. RIYL: Nadja, Leviathan, Burzum.
>M.I.A. - XXXO The Remixes CD (XL)
Featuring Jay Z. Six remixes of the first single from /\/\ /\Y/\.
>Kristin Miltner - Music For Dreaming And Playing: Library Catalog Music Series CD/LP (Asthmatic Kitty)
Miltner is a composer, video installation artist, and sound designer who often performs music with customized software which she has designed to scan sound files while recording live input, allowing her to instantly restructure the sounds into sequenced arrays of units of varying lengths.
>Moondog/Gordon Jenkins/Morton Gould - New York City: Manhattan Fables CD (Righteous)
Digitally remastered collection featuring a trio of original albums about NYC. Moondog's super-rare on-street busking classic with all its strange chorale effects and odd street sounds is a true buried treasure. The original Views From Manhattan Tower, recorded in the mid-1950s, sees Gordon Jenkins paint a surreal vision of love and romance in the Big Apple. Finally, Morton Gould's strange homage to the non-stop, never sleeping island of Manhattan captures the mood and the melancholy of this infamous strip.
>Morbid Carnage - Night Assassins CD (Pulverized)
New album from the Hungarian thrash outfit.
>Mose Giganticus - Gift Horse CD (Relapse)
Driving, power riffs and low-end heaviness with expansive electronics, synth elements, and spirited attitude.
>Mountain Man - Made The Harbor CD/LP (Partisan)
“Made The Harbor, the trio’s debut, could embody any number of musical ideals -- warm Southern folk, pensive New England odes or soft Celtic hymns -- surprisingly expansive imagery for such a spare ensemble. Just three voices gliding in and out of each other over an acoustic guitar, this is as minimalist as the recent-years folk revival has gotten.” -- aquariumdrunkard.com
>Nadja/OvO - Life & Death Of A Was CD (Broken Spine)
Collaboration between Canadian experimental/drone/doom/ambient band Nadja and sludge Italian two-piece OvO.
>Nadja/Troum - Dominium Visurgis CD (Transgredient)
Improvised collaboration between German post-industrial/experimental drone pioneers Troum and Nadja.
>Oriol - Night & Day CD/LP (Planet Mu)
From drum 'n' bass and dubstep to the '70s fusion and experimentation of Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder to the lush house of Theo Parrish, Larry Hearrd and Recloose, Night & Day incorporates a wide variety of influences into a singular style that's exuberant and fresh.
>Piebald - Volume III 2xCD (Rise)
Features the album We Are The Only Friends We Have plus two B-sides from that studio session, unheard demos, and live songs.
>Portland Cello Project - Thousand Words CD (CD Baby)
PCP’s first all-instrumental album features collaborations with Rachel Blumberg (Decemberists, M Ward, Bright Eyes), and NYC beatboxer Adam Matta, as well as music from numerous contrasting genres.
>Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R [Deluxe Edition] 2xCD (Interscope)
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of QOTSA’s seminal album, this deluxe package includes the complete original Rated R plus five B-sides and nine tracks from their live set at the 2000 Reading Festival.
>Max Richter - Infra CD (Fat Cat)
With majestic, involved textures and fluent, sweeping melodies, Infra is an enigmatic and inherently intellectual understanding of harmonic complexities that compels and mesmerizes.
>Rick Ross - Teflon Don CD (IDJ/Slip N Slide)
New album featuring Jay-Z, Kanye West, Chrisette Michele, and Raphael Saadiq.
>Dan Sartain - Lives CD (One Little Indian)
New album from Alabama's Magic City-based lo-fi rockabilly troubadour. “Dan Sartain, born of fire and baptized in the tears of Johnny Cash, is the voice and soul of this generation's rock & roll youth.” -- NME
>Secret Cities - Pink Graffiti CD/LP (Western Vinyl)
By drawing on fractured psych, girl groups and minimalist composers, Secret Cities has conjured a kaleidoscopic, strangely moving whole out of disparate pieces. Distorted loops, drones, and thundering toms underpin distant voices. Pianos are pounded. Grainy acoustic guitars come through like AM transmissions received deep underground.
>Brian Setzer Orchestra - Don’t Mess With A Big Band: Live! 2xCD (Surfdog)
Double-disc live set recorded on his 2009 Japanese tour.
>Doug Snyder & Bob Thompson - Daily Dance CD (Lion Productions)
Fiery improvisations, seemingly influenced as much by Iggy Pop’s proto-punk moves as John Coltrane's whole "sheets of sound" ethos; the result is a mythical frenzy of distorted guitar and improvised drums, creating walls of psychedelic noise.
>Stereo Skyline - Stuck On Repeat CD (Columbia)
Debut album from the four-piece power pop band based out of Long Island, NY.
>Shannon Stevens - Shannon Stevens [Reissue] CD (Asthmatic Kitty)
Repress of Stevens’ 2000 debut. Includes new artwork plus two previously unreleased bonus tracks.
_Soundtrack - Eat Pray Love OST CD (Monkeywrench)
Music from the forthcoming motion picture featuring Neil Young, Marvin Gaye and the new single "Better Days" by Eddie Vedder.
>Terror Danjah - Power Grid CD/LP (Planet Mu)
Punchy eight-track double-EP of experimental grime.
>That Petrol Emotion - Babble [Reissue] CD (Cherry Red)
Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1987 album from the Irish alt-rock band adds a wealth of bonus tracks drawn from various B-sides and rarities.
>These United States - What Lasts CD (United Interest)
Written during the summer of 2009 after surviving a near drowning, songwriter Jesse Elliott’s themes take a decidedly darker turn from last year’s Everything Touches Everything.
>Kenseth Thibideau - Repetition CD (Temporary Residence)
Debut solo album from member of Pinback, Three Mile Pilot, and Tarentel. Inspired by an increasing obsession with the Can/Cluster/Harmonia/Tangerine Dream world of classic krautrock and European prog, Repetition fittingly centers around a series of circular melodies anchored by repetitive grooves and colored by swirling keyboards and understated vocals.
>Tokio Hotel - Humanoid City Live CD+DVD (Cherry Tree)
The German goth/pop band perform Humanoid City live in Milan.
>The Triffids - Wide Open Road: The Best Of The Triffids CD (Domino)
18-track hits collection from the legendary Australian post punk band.
>Various Artists - An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music Volume 6 2xCD (Sub Rosa)
The sixth and penultimate edition in Sub Rosa's ongoing assembly of crucial noise and electronic music looks at the period 1957-2010. 26 exclusive and original compositions including the work of Tzvi Avni, Joseph Nechvatal, Kohei Gomi/Pain Jerk, Stephen O'Malley, Dick Raaymakers, John Weise and Z'ev.
>Various Artists - World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia In 1970s Nigeria 2xCD/3xLP (Soundway)
Compilation of guitar-driven psychedelic music from Nigeria circa the early 1970s. 32 tracks of funk-laden grooves inspired by Jimi Hendrix, James Brown and more. Vinyl edition features bonus tracks not available on the CD.
>War From A Harlots Mouth/Burning Skies - Split CDEP/7” (Lifeforce)
Split release from two extreme hardcore/metal heavyweights.
>Wire - Send Ultimate 2xCD (Pink Flag)
Send Ultimate is an archaeology of Wire in the studio between 2000 and 2003 -- a period during which the band worked on new music for the first time in a decade.
>Woom - Muu’s Way CD/LP (Ba Da Bing!)
A wholly unique reinvention of pop likened to the quiet radicalism of Young Marble Giants, the devastating simplicity of early Velvet Underground, and the turbulent joy of contemporaries like Animal Collective, Tune-Yards and Micachu And The Shapes.
>Zero 7 - Record CD (Atlantic/WEA)
Retrospective featuring tracks and remixes from Zero 7’s previous four albums and a track from their very first EP that was originally released on limited vinyl.

DVDs:
>Rick Alverson - Builder DVD (Jagjaguwar)
Debut film from Spokane frontman. Features music by Bon Iver, Gregor Samsa, Pan American, Spokane, and Rovert Donne. A subtle, contemplative rendering reminiscent of the films of John Cassavetes and The Dardenne Brothers.
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Vinyl:
>Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot - The Son Of Chico Dusty 2xLP (Def Jam)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
>Eric Clapton - Journeyman [Reissue] 2xLP (Reprise)
Vinyl reissue of Clapton’s 1989 album.
>Coathangers - 143 b/w Arthritis Sux Remix 7”+MP3 (Suicide Squeeze)
Remixes from Dan Deacon and Judi Chicago.
>Cold Pumas - Beat Mystery b/w Party Drip 7” (Upset! The Rhythm)
Brighton band kicks up a no-wave riot on “Beat Mystery,” which has a certain echo-sodden danceability that's brimming with addictive charms. B-side “Party Drip” follows an equally smudgy garage trajectory, keeping the four-on-the-floor beats rolling while a dust cloud of guitar noise fills the air.
>Eric Copeland - Strange Days LP (Post Present Medium)
Member of Black Dice and Terrestrial Tones. Strange Days takes you on an intense journey with a barrage of samples, field recordings.
>Chris Cutler/Fred Frith/Thomas Dimuzio - Golden State LP (ReR)
Golden State was recorded in California in 1999 with guest Beth Custer (clarinet) on one track and carefully mastered by Tom Dimuzio in wide frequency, broad compass stereo.
>Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse - Present: Dark Night Of The Soul 2xLP+2xCD (Capitol/EMI)
Deluxe vinyl+CD box edition includes: 2xLPs, a copy of the album on CD, a bonus instrumental CD, poster, lobby cards and a 48-page 12x12 booklet.
>Darker My Love/Mocassin - Split 12” (I Hate Rock & Roll)
Split between L.A.'s Darker My Love and Denver's Moccasin. The ethos of psychedelia is alive and well in the new millennium, as exemplified by this rare record.
>Devo - Something For Everybody LP+CD (WB)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
>Dirty Three - She Has No Strings Apollo [Reissue] LP+MP3 (Touch & Go)
Vinyl reissue of Dirty Three’s 2003 album.
>Gogol Bordello - Trans-Continental Hustle LP (American)
Recently released on CD -- now available on HQ-180 vinyl.
>Hawkwind - Hawkwind [Reissue] LP (4 Men With Beards)
HQ-180 gatefold vinyl reissue of Hawkwind’s debut album -- originally released in 1970.
>Hex Dispensers - One Less Ghost b/w I’m A Ghost 7”+MP3 (Trouble In Mind)
The ghoulish garage gang of musical maniacs switch it up this time around on this ghost-themed single. The B-side rips and roars through a cover of fellow Texans The Occult Detective Club.
>Hospital Ships - Hold On 7” (Graveface)
New single from Jordan Geiger’s (Shearwater, Appleseed Cast, Minus Story) bedroom pop ensemble on pink wax with embossed cover. Hand-numbered ultra limited edition.
>Michael Hurley - First Songs LP (Folkways)
One of the most beloved cult figures of the Greenwich Village folk scene. Recorded in 1964 when he was only 22, First Songs proves that his charming, bumming, hippie, wino persona was fully formed at an early age.
>Indian Jewelry - Totaled LP (We Are Free)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Totaled comprises the swamp electro of 2003's We Are The Wild Beast, the nightmare throb of 2005's Invasive Exotics, and the sonic angel dream of 2008's Free Gold.
>Japandroids - Younger Us b/w Sex And Dying In High Society 7”+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
New Japandroids track backed with an X cover.
>Jeff The Brotherhood - Mellow Out b/w Heavy Days 7”+MP3 (Suicide Squeeze)
Two sweet and ripping tracks, highlighted with laser-light solos and melodic guitar hooks that phase through space.
>The Knights Of The New Crusade - Knight Vision LP (Alternative Tentacles)
The Christian rock scene is replete with slick, careerist bands whose lyrics gingerly tread on the ecumenical outskirts of religious allusions in an attempt to alienate as few mainstream rock consumers as possible. It's no wonder that The Knights Of The New Crusade, with their resolute unconcern for compromise, became a flashpoint for contention in both the Christian and secular rock music worlds.
>Majeure - Timespan Remixes LP (Temporary Residence)
Features remixes from Steve Moore (Zombi), Justin K Broadrick (Godflesh/Jesu) and Black Strobe.
>The National - Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers LP (Brassland)
The National’s sophomore album -- originally released in 2003 -- is available for the first time on vinyl.
>Night Beats - H-Bomb 7”+MP3 (Trouble In Mind)
This four-song EP will melt your brain with its mixture of druggy backbeats and blazing guitar work peppered with vocals that channel a screeching, howling Mark Bolan.
>Oriol - Coconut Coast 12” (Planet Mu)
12” vinyl pressing of single lifted from Barcelona-born, Britain-based producer Oriol Singhji's debut album Night & Day.
>Rachels - Selenography [Reissue] 2xLP+MP3 (Touch & Go)
Vinyl reissue of Rachel's fourth album. Recorded between 1997 and 1999, Selenography is a collection of songs that have been staples of the band's live shows.
>Radio Birdman - Radios Appear [Reissue] LP (4 Men With Beards)
Originally released in 1977, Radios Appear is the debut album from one of most important Australian bands of all time. Though they are often lumped in with the punk-rock sound of their contemporaries in London and New York, they actually owe more to the earlier sounds of Detroit, specifically The Stooges and the MC5.
>School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire 2xLP (Vagrant)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
>Shellac - Terraform [Reissue] LP+MP3 (Touch & Go)
Vinyl reissue of Shellac’s now-classic 1998 album.
>Sleigh Bells - Treats LP (Mom+Pop)
Recently released on CD -- now available on picture disc vinyl.
>Sterling Roswell - Psychedelic Ubik LP (Vinyl Lovers)
Vinyl edition of the critically acclaimed debut solo album -- originally released in 2004 -- by the enigmatic drummer of Spacemen 3. Psychedelic Ubik fuses atmospheric space pop with an acid-laced romp through the annals of rock & roll.
>Michael Rother - Flammende Herzen LP (4 Men With Beards)
Rother is half of the influential Krautrock group Neu! and a founding member of Kraftwerk.
>Saint Vitus - Live [Reissue] LP (Southern Lord)
Reissue of this essential album from the premiere American doom metal act of the '80s.
>Spur - Of The Moments LP (Drag City)
Spur represent full-tilt West Coast-style psychedelia, pouring on the fuzz with a laidback tunefulness that certainly gives outfits like Quicksilver Messenger Service, Relatively Clean Rivers and The Grateful Dead some competition.
>Sticks N Stones - Is It You? b/w Telling The Truth 7”+MP3 (Trouble In Mind)
Two slabs of sharp pop perfection. Lean and mean, slicing off riffs from ‘70s and ‘80s power pop with rapid-fire intensity that calls to mind early Cheap Trick.
>Johnny Thunders - Que Sera, Sera LP (Vinyl Lovers)
In 1985, after several years of drifting from live shos to after-hours parties, punk's Moses was shaken (briefly) out of his drug-induced stupor to cut a studio album.
>Toro Y Moi - Leave Everywhere 7” (Carpark)
Those thinking Toro Y Moi's sound is all about his debut full length Causers Of This might be in for a bit of a surprise. You'll find no electronic sounds or beats here. These songs have a classic early rock & roll feel to them with only electric guitar, bass, drums, and xylophone as the instrumentation.
>Tropical Sleep - (Hadita) Girl With A Diamond Tooth b/w Bury My Body 7”+MP3 (Trouble In Mind)
"(Hadita) Girl With A Diamond Tooth" is a stomping serenade to an orally bejeweled siren, while "Bury My Body" is a more laid-back love letter to someone close.”
>Various Artists - Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974 2xLP (Sublime Frequencies)
Stunning heavy rock, funk, soul, and pop classics from the Vietnam War-era.
>Various Artists - Welcome Home/Diggin' The Universe LP (Woodsist)
Songs by: Woods, Run DMT, White Fence, Fresh & Onlys, Mantles, Skygreen Leopards, Alex Bleeker, Moon Duo, City Center, Cause Co-Motion, Art Museums, Nodzzz and Ducktails. "The '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s are all there, bound together by shitty tape machines, reverb and easy chord changes, but melody is back and so is the joy of jamming a perfectly mangled pop song." -- Glenn Donaldson
>Yob - The Great Cessation 2xLP (Southern Lord)
Deluxe vinyl version of the 2009 album from the reunited doom metal band.
>Michael Yonkers - Goodbye Sunball [Reissue] LP (Secret Seven)
Vinyl reissue of the lost psych-folk LP by cult favorite Michael Yonkers. Privately released in 1974, Goodby Sunball was recorded at Yonkers' home studio a few years after Microminiature Love.
>Matthew Young - Traveler’s Advisory LP (Drag City)
Mixing a hammered dulcimer and a drum machine makes no logical sense. Taking your lyrics from instruction manuals is not a good idea. Covering Michael Hurley in 1986 is about as out of step with the times as you can get. Somehow this 25 year-old, 12th-century, folk-electronic album feels perfectly up to date and cooler than anything else you’ll hear this year.
>Richard Youngs - Beyond the Valley Of The Ultrahits LP (Jagjaguwar)
Among bright, hypnotic loops, Youngs' voice finds its inner Bowie. But let it be known: this collection of house-inspired gems displays much more than a capacity for pop emulation. It's a confirmation of Youngs' craft and prowess, no matter what terrain.
>Richard Youngs/Simon Wickham-Smith - 20 Years LP+3xCD (VHF)
Massive LP+3xCD set features the pair's first new LP in almost 15 years, plus three unreleased works recorded in the '90s.

Books:
>Bill Callahan - Letters to Emma Bowlcut Book (Drag City)
After years of writing songs and singing them into the space in front of him, Bill Callahan has written a book of fiction with a nameless protagonist to go out into that space as well. Letters To Emma Bowlcut is just that, collecting 62 letters from a boy to a girl.
>Yeti - Issue #9 Book+CD (Yeti)
192-page book plus a full-length CD, with a stunning orange and black cover courtesy of artist Lori D. CD includes all rare/unreleased music, including Indian music from 78s selected by Rob Millis plus three Pip Proud songs never before on CD. In the book, some very fun stuff including: photos and text forming a kind of tour diary by Dean Wareham, two archival interviews with Maryanne Amacher (electronics pioneer), and much more.

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>The Adicts - Life Goes On CD (People Like You/EMI)
2009 album from the veteran British punk outfit, still featuring all four original members.
>Admiral Radley - I Heart California CD/LP (The Ship)
New project from Jason Lytle and Aaron Burtch of Grandaddy, and Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Mury of Earlimart.
>Marc Almond - Variete CD/2xCD (SFE)
New release from the British pop vocalist best known as one-half of synth pop duo Soft Cell. Almond's first studio album of original self-written material for 10 years. Deluxe Edition adds a bonus CD containing acoustic versions of seven of the album's tracks.
>Autechre - Move Of Ten CDEP (Warp)
>Autechre - Move Of Ten Part One 12” (Warp)
>Autechre - Move Of Ten Part Two 12” (Warp)
On the heels of their most well received album in several years (Oversteps), experimental electronic music producers Autechre drop an EP of 10 new tracks. Also available across two separately sold 12” vinyl EPs.
>Backseat Dreamer - Colors Of Dreams They’re In You CD (Stickfigure)
Hypnotic lush textures with synthesizers, drum machines and layered vocals in a pop framework. Backseat Dreamer harkens back to the late-‘80s and early-’90s shoegaze scene while pushing toward the future with the use of live electronics and a swarm of dance beats.
>Blue Giant - Blue Giant CD/LP (Vanguard)
Features members of Viva Voce, The Decemberists, and Swords. Blue Giant combines the traditional sounds of American music -- country, bluegrass, and folk -- with driving, straight-ahead rock.
>Tracy Bonham - Masts Of Manhatta CD (Engine Room Recordings)
First new album by the Grammy-nominated artist in over 5 years. Featuring singles ''Devil's Got Your Boyfriend'' and ''Big Red Heart,'' Masts Of Manhatta was produced by Bonham herself.
>Boo Radleys - Giant Steps [Reissue] 3xCD (Cherry Red)
Digitally remastered and expanded triple-disc edition of the Britpop band's 1993 release including all of the album’s singles and B-sides.
>Bow Wow Wow - Bow Wow Wow 2xCD (Cherry Red)
Singles collection brings together the best cuts from the BMG years with B-sides and rare recordings.
>Brainticket - Psychonaut [Reissue] CD (Esoteric)
Brainticket - Celestial Ocean [Reissue] CD (Esoteric)
Digitally remastered editions of 1972 and 1973 albums from the German underground rockers.
>Peter Brotzmann And Chicago Tentet +1 - 3 Nights In Oslo 5xCD (Smalltown Superjazz)
Five-disc box set recorded over three nights in Oslo on February 19-21, 2009. This time out the Tentet +1 includes Mats Gustaffson, Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Joe McPhee, Johannes Bauer, Per Ake Holmlander, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang, and Paul Nilssen-Love.
>Capone-N-Noreaga - War Report 2 CD (EMI)
Long awaited and highly anticipated follow up to the Queen’s hip-hop duo’s 1997 classic, The War Report.
>Carissa’s Weird - They’ll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 CD (Hardly Art)
Retrospective compilation from much-beloved and sorely missed Seattle band, which featured members of Band of Horses, Grand Archives, S, and Sera Cahoone.
>Chatham County Line - Wildwood CD/LP (Yep Roc)
“Wildwood offers rich vocal harmonies reminiscent of such legendary pre-Americana outfits as Poco and Pure Prairie League, while the instrumental sound remains firmly rooted in traditional bluegrass and folk.” -- Goupstate.com
>Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting [20th Anniversary Edition] CD (Shout! Factory)
Remastered reissue of 1990 album featuring long out-of-print B-sides.
>Crowded House - Intriguer CD/CD+DVD/LP (Fantasy/Concord)
Produced by Jim Scott (Wilco), Intriguer brings together singer/guitarist and chief songwriter Neil Finn with original Crowded House bassist Nick Seymour and keyboardist/guitarist Mark Hart. Says Finn: "Intriguer is exotic in parts, traditional in origin. It may just be the best thing we've done." Deluxe Edition adds a bonus DVD of videos and live performances.
>Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse - Present: Dark Night Of The Soul CD/2xLP+MP3/2xLP+2xCD (Capitol/EMI)
This will stand as a tribute to Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous, who recently passed away. Featuring contributions by Flaming Lips, Julian Casablancas, Black Francis, Iggy Pop, David Lynch, James Mercer, and more. Also available: Regular and Deluxe Edition vinyl versions. Deluxe Edition includes an additional instrumental CD, 48-page book, lobby cards and a poster. Free lithograph with purchase -- while supplies last!
>Sandy Denny & The Strawbs - All Our Own Work CD (Witchwood Media)
These historic recordings have every claim to be called the first British folk-rock album, comprising all original material recorded in Copenhagen in July 1967. Fairport Convention first recorded in November 1967; they did not start recording with Sandy until June 1968.
>Devotionals - Devotionals CD/LP (Alive)
Devotionals is based around Tyson Vogel's (Two Gallants) guitar compositions, while Anton Patzner (Judgement Day) invigorates the space with his violin mastery. Mostly instrumental, the album gives a nod to Rachmaninov and John Fahey.
>Jerry Douglas - Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor CD (E1 Music)
On Southern Filibuster, Douglas has assembled a group of the most accomplished Dobro pickers in tribute to the legendary Tut Taylor -- one of the greatest of all country music instrumental voices.
>Drudkh - Estrangement [Reissue] CD (Season Of Mist)
Originally released in 2007, Estrangement saw the Ukrainians returning to their harsh black metal sound.
>Edenbridge - Solitaire CD/Deluxe CD+MP3 (Napalm)
A muliti-faceted kaleidoscope of heavy metal and power ballads featuring prominent use of violins and beautiful vocal lines. Deluxe version is packaged in a six-panel digipak and includes a download code for two bonus tracks.
>Flock Of Seagulls - Listen [Reissue] CD (Cherry Red)
Reissue of 1983 album featuring five bonus tracks.
>Nils Frahm/Anne Müller - 7fingers CD/LP (Hush)
Anne Müller bestows new freedoms upon herself and her instrument: loops, songs, landscapes, faults, and acoustic glitches find their place in her performance. Her collaboration with Nils Frahm dissolves into sound, combines into rhythm, becomes pulse and motion and sleep and acceleration.
>Furniture - Wrong People [Reissue] CD (Cherry Red)
Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the British band's 1986 debut album including nine bonus tracks. Best known for their 1986 single “Brilliant Mind,” Furniture were one of the most critically acclaimed acts on the independent scene before signing with Stiff Records.
>(Eliza) Gilkyson/(John) Gorka/(Lucy) Kaplansky - Red Horse CD (Red House)
Red Horse's sparse instrumentation allows these three distinctive voices to carry the magic of the music that is awash in great harmonies and songwriting.
>Grasscut - 1 Inch: _ Mile CD (Ninja Tune)
"Ghostly, weird and enveloping electronica." -- Sunday Times
>Great Big Sea - Safe Upon The Shore CD (Great Big Sea)
New album from veteran folk/pop outfit features guest contributions by Russell
Crowe, Canadian singer/songwriters Randy Bachman, Jeremy Fisher and Joel Plaskett.
>Randy Greif - Alice In Wonderland 5xCD (Soleilmoon)
An imaginative retelling of Lewis Carroll's classic story from the veteran experimental/ambient musician.
>Grief - Come To Grief [Reissue] CD (Willowtip)
Reissue of doom metal band’s 1995 album featuring new artwork and a bonus track.
>Cassidy Haley And The Sunshine Rebels - The Fool CD (Sunshine Rebel Records)
New album from L.A. singer/songwriter and clothing designer.
>Hellyeah - Stampede CD/CD+DVD (Epic)
New album from supergroup featuring members of Pantera, Mudvayne, Nothingface, and Damageplan. Deluxe Edition adds a DVD of live performances.
>Hot Toddies - Get Your Heart On CD/LP (Asian Man)
Fresh, engaging and altogether delightful bubble gum pop.
>Hurrah - Lost Album [Reissue] CD (Cherry Red)
Digitally remastered edition of this long lost album from the '80s guitar pop band.
>The Innocence Mission - My Room In The Trees CD (Badman)
With lyrics that often evoke feelings of solitude and images of the natural world, My Room In The Trees sonically progresses along the path begun with 2003's Birds Of My Neighborhood. Spacious and warmly grounded with baritone and nylon string guitars and upright bass, and lit from above by electric guitar and piano.
>In This Moment - A Star-Crossed Wasteland CD (Century Media)
“The great thing about In This Moment is the mix of aggression and melody. Maria Brink’s range is unlike any other female metal vocalist’s. The way she goes from melodic croon to hardcore scream in the blink of an eye… it’s pretty spectacular.” -- Smnnews.com
>Jammer - Jahmanji CD (Big Dada)
Jahmek Power (aka Jammer) is one of the true pioneeers of the grime scene, having worked with Dizzee Rascal, Wiley and Basement Jaxx.
>The Jetset - Swings & Roundabouts: The Very Best Of The Jetset 2xCD (Cherry Red)
Double-disc compilation from the groovy '80s pop combo. More influenced by The Monkees and Beatles bubblegum cards, The Jetset were lumped in with the British Mod scene of the early to mid-'80s.
>Just Surrender - Phoenix CD (Razor & Tie)
Phoenix finds the band creating a darker, heavier sound than on previous releases, although their hooky choruses and stick-in-your-head melodies are still in full effect.
>Korn - Korn III: Remember Who You Are CD/CD+DVD (Roadrunner)
Ninth studio album by the Platinum-selling metal band. Deluxe Edition includes three bonus tracks, a DVD featuring 10 in-studio videos and expanded artwork.
>Lonesome River Band - Still Learning CD (Rural Rhythm)
New album from the bluegrass band.
>The Love Language - Libraries CD (Merge)
Among the moments captured on Libraries are Spector-esque walls of reckless sound, cavernous drums, middle-school percussion, and moody swells of stringed instruments, all decorated hastily with stray leads that bleed beautifully over it all.
>Tony Lucca - Rendezvous With The Angels CD (Rock Ridge)
Influenced by the jazz/pop era of Steely Dan's Aja and the "Laurel Canyon" style of Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne, while maintaining a consistency of texture and tone that is purely Tony Lucca.
>Mad Sin - Burn & Rise CD (Century Media)
A mix of psychobilly, rockabilly, ‘50s rock & roll, country, punk and surf.
>The Maine - Black & White CD (Sire)
From unexpectedly dark pop gems like “Inside Of You” to nostalgic summertime ballads like “Growing Up,” each track on Black & White defies categorization.
>M.I.A. - /\/\ /\Y/\ CD/Deluxe CD/LP (XL)
New album featuring singles "Born Free" and "XXXO.” Deluxe version adds bonus tracks and lanticular cover.
>The Mission (UK) - Dum-Dum Bullets CD (SPV)
A new compilation of rare B-sides, previously unreleased demos, new songs left over from the God Is A Bullet sessions, and a brand-new dance remix of album cut “Dumb” by late-period guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite.
>Morcheeba - Blood Like Lemonade CD (PIAS America)
“Reunited again with original vocalist Skye Edwards, Morcheeba's Paul and Ross Godfrey have managed to re-locate the band's classic trip-hop chill-out vibe without sacrificing the growing eclecticism of albums like Charango and Dive Deep.” -- The Independent
>Matt Morris - When Everything Breaks Open CD (Interscope)
Co-produced by Justin Timberlake and Charlie Sexton, When Is Everything Breaks Open contains elements of rock, soul, pop and folk.
>My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Sinister Whisperz Volume One: The Wax Trax Years (1987-1991) CD/2xCD (Rustblade)
The first in a series of retrospective compilations, Sinister Whisperz features twelve of the most definitive TKK tracks from the band’s Wax Trax Records era. Also available as a Deluxe Edition featuring a bonus live disc.
>Mystery Jets - Serotonin CD/LP+MP3 (Rough Trade)
Serotonin sees the Mystery Jets mapping out entirely new musical territories with the synthesizer-fueled perfect pop of “Dreaming Of Another World” and “It’s Too Late,” which begins as an aching soft-rock ballad before unexpectedly heading somewhere infinitely weirder. In the dark, hallucinatory grind of vocalist Lorna Doone, you can hear echoes of ELO, 10CC, Fleetwood Mac and Supertramp rubbing up against the band’s own idiosyncratic, very British, psychedelic sensibility.
>New Politics - New Politics CD (RCA)
Debut album from the Brooklyn-based/Denmark-born rock band.
>Jerrod Niemann - Judge Jerrod & The Hung Jury CD (SME Nashville)
Jerrod Niemann may be a fresh voice on the country airwaves, but this Kansas native has already been making a name for himself, both as a performer and a respected songwriter, best known for co-writing Garth Brooks' #1 hit "Good Ride Cowboy."
>Norma Jean - Meridional CD (Razor & Tie)
New album revisits the abrasive and chaotic roots of classic Norma Jean while stretching out with moody, slow-burn jams.
>Nox Aurea - Ascending In Triumph CD (Napalm)
Heavy guitars and hypnotic keyboard passages meet both low-pitched growls and fragile female vocals to create overflowing doom-metal symphonies.
>Tim O’Brien - Chicken & Egg CD (Howdy Skies)
The thirteenth solo album from Grammy-winner Tim O'Brien mixes originals, collaborations, and a handful of outside compositions.
>Lee “Scratch” Perry - The Mighty Upsetter CD/LP (On-U Sound)
Lee Perry and Adrian Sherwood’s first new recording together in two decades.
>Lee "Scratch" Perry & Adrian Sherwood - Dub Setter CD/LP (On-U Sound)
10-track collection of heavyweight dubs comprised of both radical re-workings of Mighty Upsetter tunes alongside brand new material.
>Courtney Pine - Journey To The Urge Within [Reissue] CD (Cherry Red)
Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the British jazz musician's 1986 debut album including two bonus tracks.
>The Ready Set - I’m Alive, I’m Dreaming CD (Sire)
The Ready Set's debut album reflects the extent of this wunderkind's abilities -- he plays every instrument on the record, synthesizing a lifetime of influences into one remarkably diverse album. “I hate buying a twelve-song CD and having twelve of the same songs,” Witzigreuter laments. “So I made sure no one song on my album sounds like any other. There's pop stuff, techno, rock -- there's everything.”
>R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction [25th Anniversary Edition] 2xCD/LP (Capitol)
Lavishly expanded reissue of the band’s 1985 classic includes a bonus disc of previously unreleased demos (including three non-album tracks), packaged in a lift top box with postcards.
>Soilwork - The Panic Broadcast CD/CD+DVD (Nuclear Blast)
New album from the Swedish metal band. Deluxe Edition includes a bonus track and a DVD featuring extended studio footage, a high-definition drum video, and photo gallery.
>Steve Roach - Sigh Of Ages CD (Projekt)
New album from the ethno-ambient/drone pioneer explores the terrain between melodic electronic/ambient and modern minimalism.
>School Of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire CD/2xLP (Vagrant)
The dream-pop trio returns with their highly anticipated sophomore album.
>Mark Seelig - Disciple CD (Projekt)
Debut solo release from Steve Roach/Byron Metcalf collaborator. His bansuri flute and overtone mantra chants blend with occasional female vocals, tamboura drones, percussion from Metcalf, and analog synth drones from Roach.
>Sting - Symphonicities CD/LP (Deutsche Grammophon)
The companion CD to accompany Sting's highly anticipated world tour, which is underway and features the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.
>Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises CD (Caldo Verde)
An all-acoustic album, Admiral Fell Promises is played entirely by Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters) on nylon string guitar.
>Sun Ra Arkestra - Egypt Strut LP (Vinyl Lovers)
1983 compositions performed with the godfather of Egyptian jazz, percussionist Salah Ragab.
>Toyah - Dreamchild [Reissue] CD (Cherry Red)
Expanded reissue of Toyah’s 1994 ambient/ethereal/dance album features five bonus tracks.
>Various Artists - Local Customs: Lone Star Lowlands CD/LP (Numero)
The second in Numero's series of peeks into the world of regional studios hones in on Mickey Rouse's Lowland operation out of Beaumont, TX. The songs themselves run the gamut; Southern boogie rock, CSNY clones, British blues thunder, garage psych hangovers, Morricone-esque supper club instrumentals, yacht rock, and what can only be described as Bobby McPherin fronting the Velvet Underground.
>Various Artists - Putumayo Presents: A Tribute To A Reggae Legend CD (Putumayo)
A multi-genre Bob Marley tribute album -- features artists from around the world performing his most popular and best-loved songs.
>Various Artists - Turkish Freakout! CD (Bouzouki Joe)
The Western rock, psych, funk and jazz influences that began to be incorporated into traditional Turkish sounds during the late-‘60s and ‘70s can be heard here, as the Anadolu pop sound of Turkeyma balanced these new elements with the complex sounds and rhythms developed over many years.
>Paul Wall - Heart Of A Champion CD (Asylum)
New album includes guest appearances by: Jim Jones, Yelawolf and Raekwon, Bun B, Chamillionaire, Slim Thug, Devin The Dude and Lil' Keke.
>Darrell Webb Band - Bloodline CD (Rural Rhythm)
Darrell Webb has been an integral part of the Lonesome River Band (at age 19), J.D. Crowe & The New South, Rhonda Vincent And The Rage and Michael Cleveland And Flamekeeper over the past 20 years.
>Weep - Worn Thin CD (Projekt)
Sweeping choruses, horn-driven verses, and lush production work seamlessly blend with Weep's guitar and drum-driven sound. At times the listener is reminded of The Head On The Door-era Cure enjoying the strange bedfellow of Catherine Wheel or Placebo.
>Westworld - Beatbox Rock ‘N Roll: Greatest Hits [Reissue] CD (Cherry Red)
Reissue of Westworld’s 22-track hits collection, originally released in 1997. Beatbox Rock ‘N Roll features the 12 original tracks of their debut album Where The Action Is plus nine tracks from their unreleased follow-up Beatbox Rock 'N' Roll (not to be confused with this collection) and a version of their final RCA single “Dance On.”
>Otis Williams & His Charms - It’s A Treat: The King/De Luxe Recordings 1959-63 CD (Ace)
It's A Treat covers the last four years of the group's tenure with De Luxe/King, and finds the group comfortably coping with the evolution of doo-wop into early soul.
>Johnny Winter - Progressive Blues Experiment/Johnny Winter CD (Raven)
A pair of the blues/rock guitarist’s early albums -- both originally released in 1969 -- now available as a twofer.
>Peanut Butter Wolf - Straight To Tape 1990-1992 CD (PBW Classics)
“At this point in my rap music career, my goal was to make a Marley Marl In Control type compilation with all the rappers in San Jose I was meeting at the time. My situation was a lot different than Marley's though, mainly because he established a crew of rappers that all worked together (before Wu-Tang) and most of the rappers I worked with never even met each other."
>Y&T - Facemelter CD (King Japan/Zoom)
“Facemelter delivers deliberate hard rock that puts modern youngsters to shame (listen to the guitar solos and rhythm section). It's very cool, especially the fiery fret work.” -- Dangerdog.com
>Zero 7 - Record CD (Atlantic/WEA)
A retrospective collection of the last ten years with tracks and remixes from their previous four albums and a track from their very first EP that was originally released on limited vinyl.
>Zoroaster - Matador CD/LP (E1 Music)
Sophomore album from the Atlanta, GA sludge/doom/stoner metal band.
>Alabama - Setlist: The Very Best Of CD (Columbia Legacy)
>Blue Oyster Cult - Setlist: The Very Best Of CD (Columbia Legacy)
>Johnny Cash - Setlist: The Very Best Of CD (Columbia Legacy)
>Cheap Trick - Setlist: The Very Best Of CD (Columbia Legacy)
>Jefferson Airplane - Setlist: The Very Best Of CD (Columbia Legacy)
>Judas Priest - Setlist: The Very Best Of CD (Columbia Legacy)
>Kansas - Setlist: The Very Best Of CD (Columbia Legacy)
>Willie Nelson - Setlist: The Very Best Of CD (Columbia Legacy)
>Ted Nugent - Setlist: The Very Best Of CD (Columbia Legacy)
>Quiet Riot - Setlist: The Very Best Of CD (Columbia Legacy)
>REO Speedwagon - Setlist: The Very Best Of CD (Columbia Legacy)
A variety of major-label, budget “hits” collections -- now available.

DVDs:
>Don’t You Forget About Me: A Tribute To John Hughes - DVD (Phase 4)
Interspersed with interviews from those who worked with him, such as Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Andrew McCarthy, Don’t You Forget About Me follows a camera crew to Chicago as they try to score an interview with the isolated Hughes to illustrate his impact.
>The Mission (UK) – The Final Chapter 3xDVD (SPV Recordings)
Recorded during four sell-out nights at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London in early 2008, this three-disc set shows the band going out in a blaze of glory as they play through a back catalog of songs from their first four albums The First Chapter, God’s Own Medicine, Children and Carved In Sand.

Vinyl:
>Adai - Felo De Se LP (Cavity)
Fresh off a tour with Rosetta and Caspian. Recorded and produced by Matt Talbott (Hum).
>Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record 7x10” (Arts & Crafts)
Now available as a deluxe, ultra-limited edition 7x10”box set, each disc pressed on color vinyl.
>Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig LP+CD (Nonesuch)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
>Vic Chestnutt - About To Choke LP (Plain)
Vinyl version of Chestnutt’s only album for Capitol Records (originally released in 1996).
>Drudkh - Autumn Aurora LP+MP3 LP (Season Of Mist)
>Drudkh - The Swan Road LP+MP3 (Season Of Mist)
Vinyl reissues of the Ukrainian metal band’s 2004 and 2005 albums.
>Fang Island - Fang Island LP (Sargent House)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
>Brandon Flowers - Crossfire/On The Floor 10" (Island)
Special 10" from Killers frontman.
>Germs - Media Blitz LP (Vinyl Lovers)
Rare live tracks recorded in 1978 at L.A.'s Hong Kong Cafe and in 1979 at the legendary Whisky A Go Go, plus two rehearsals recorded at S.I.R. studios.
>Mississippi John Hurt - Blessed Be Thy Name (The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings) LP (Monk)
The only existing recordings prior to the early 1960s when he was "rediscovered" by blues revivalists. Today he is one of the most appreciated of the Delta blues musicians, perhaps because his unique style makes him particularly accessible to modern audiences.
>Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean LP (Monk)
His most popular tunes include, "Black Snake Moan," "Matchbox Blues" and his songs can often be considered veiled protest songs decrying the condition of the rural and urban poor.
>Jim Jones Revue - Jim Jones Revue LP (Punk Rock Blues)
Described as sounding like a car crash between Little Richard and The MC5. Features former lead singer of Sub Pop garage legends Thee Hypnotics.
>Seu Jorge - Everybody Love The Sunshine/Cirandar 12” (Now Again)
A Brazilian take on the Roy Ayers' classic "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" and the dark samba of Martinho da Villa and Joao de Aquino's "Cirandar." Also includes instrumental versions.
>Knut - Wonder LP (Conspiracy)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. A monolithic album falling somewhere between explosive hardcore, noise-rock, math-metal and psychedelia.
>Melvins/Isis - Split 12” (Hydra Head)
Two of the last studio tracks from a band now in their final days (Isis), and two songs from a band that will potentially outlive us all (Melvins).
>Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid 2xLP (Bad Boy)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
>Ennio Morricone - Escalation OST LP (Get Back)
Morricone's unique ability to use music to express the inner psyche of his films' protagonists is what makes his scores so unique. Here he teams up with fellow composer Bruno Nicolai, making Escalation one of his less minimal soundtracks, as both an orchestra and a choir is used.
>Jelly Roll Morton - Chant LP (Monk)
Recorded in Chicago in 1926-1927, these recordings are some of the finest examples of the "Hot" style.
>Ozric Tentacles - Curious Corn LP (Vinyl Lovers)
Finds the neo-psych space rockers rocking around the universe once again with a genre-defying mix of Eastern/African-influenced synth/glissando guitar-driven grooves.
>Panda Bear - Tomboy 7” (Paw Tracks)
Paw Tracks is excited to present the first in a series of limited edition 7” singles by Animal Collective's Panda Bear. There will be several limited singles total (on different labels), and each one will bring us closer and closer to the much anticipated release of the Tomboy full length.
>Charlie Poole - I'm The Man Who Rode The Mule ‘Round The World LP (Monk)
This influential singer and banjo player is often considered to be one of the fathers of bluegrass and one of country music's first stars. Although he did not write his own material -- relying mainly on minstrel, vaudeville and burlesque songs of the day -- his genius lay in his unique ability to rework a song to make it his own.
>Sandwitches - Duck, Duck, Goose! 12” (Empty Cellar)
Four heartbreaking acoustic lullabies including a rendition of Tim Cohen's (The Fresh & Onlys) "Rock Of Gibraltar" and Oscar-nominated Disney tune "Baby Mine" (tear-jerking scene from Dumbo).
>Sun City Girls - 330,003 Crossdressers From Beyond The Rig Veda 3xLP (Get Back)
Partly an ethno-surrealist take on places and forms known (Indonesian gamelan, Bollywood soundtracks, Polynesian folk, surf stylistics, and sci-fi thematics) and partly a stupefying surreal ethnography of places yet to be discovered.
>Superchunk - Digging For Something b/w February Punk 7” (Merge)
A-side is taken from the upcoming album Majesty Shredding and features guest vocals by John Darnielle (Mountain Goats). B-side is an exclusive track.
>Torche/Boris - Chapter Ahead Being Awake 10” (Hydra Head)
Torche, the burgeoning stoner/sludge/doom pop three-piece hailing from Miami meet Boris, the Japanese super-group known for their ability to approach and interpret any musical genre.
>Various Artists - Son House And The Other Great Delta Blues Singers 2xLP (Monk)
This 24-track collection of historic Delta blues recordings kicks off with 7 of Son House’s earliest recorded songs. The remaining 17 tracks feature some lesser-known Delta bluesmen, including: Rube Lacy, Garfield Akers, Joe Callicott, Jim Thomkins, Blind Joe (Willie) Reynolds, Kid Baley and Willie Brown.
>Vibrators - Punk: The Early Years LP (Vinyl Lovers)
The long-lived U.K. punk-rock group performs an extensive selection of covers of punk's most significant songs, including the Saints' "Stranded," the Damned's "New Rose," the Skids' "Into the Valley," and the Undertones' "Teenage Kicks."
>X - Under The Big Black Sun [Reissue] LP (Porterhouse)
Out of print for the last 15 years, now remastered and repressed on HQ-180 vinyl.


06 JULY 2010
>Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics CD (Rotten Records)
Before Acid Bath dismantled in 1997 they created their second and final full-length, Paegan Terrorism Tactics which further established the band's unique Southern hybrid of metal with a more melodic songwriting approach. Vinyl version due August 31.
>Ametsub - Nothings Of The North CD (Mille Plateaux)
One may describe the sound of his ambient/IDM/electronic/glitch works as nostalgic and melancholic while conveying beautiful and dark imagery.
>Big Boi - Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty CD/CD+DVD (Def Jam)
New solo project from Outkast member. Limited Deluxe Edition adds a DVD of videos. Vinyl version due July 20.
>Big Science - Skyscraper Sound CD/LP (AEMMP)
A significant work of sophisticated indie rock and new wave.
>The Builders And Butchers - Where The Roots All Grow [Live] CD (The Builders And Butchers)
Where The Roots All Grow captures the spirit of The Builders live at two sold out shows on one night in March of 2009 at Mississippi Studios.
>Capleton - I-Ternal Fire CD (V.P. Records)
“The fiery Neo-Rasta Capleton has long been one of reggae and dancehall’s most dependable DJs -- his extraordinary, incendiary delivery and powder keg lyrics putting his scorching brand on the big rhythms of the day. For six years all has been quiet on the album front, but this mellower yet still potent offering marks him as a master of his craft.” -- BBC Music
>The Cat Empire - Cinema CD (Velour)
A fusion of jazz, ska, funk and rock with heavy Latin influences from Melbourne, Australia’s eclectic six-piece.
>Cheap Trick - Budokan! Friday, April 28, 1978 CD+DVD (Sony Legacy)
Capturing the audience hysteria and combustible musical muscle that earmarked Cheap Trick’s historic Japanese concerts, Budokan! documents the band’s complete April 28th, 1978 performance on DVD and CD. The DVD presents historic footage of the concert, aired only once on Japanese TV -- the only existing visual record of the band in concert during a defining moment in their career. Bonus features include a new interview with the band plus two songs taped during Cheap Trick’s 30th Anniversary concert at Budokan in April 2008.
>Corpus Christi - A Feast For Crows CD (Victory)
The Ohio quintet is best known for their ability to create fast shredding guitar riffs, intimidating breakdowns, and spiritually captivating choruses.
>Current 93 - Baalstorm, Sing Omega CD (Coptic Cat)
New album legendary hallucinogenic psych/goth/folk collective includes contributions from Eliot Bates, James Blackshaw, John Contreras, Baby Dee, Andrew Liles, Melon Lies, Alex Neilson, Bea Taylor, Isabel Taylor and (of course) David Tibet.
>Delays - Star Tiger Star Ariel CD (Lookout Mountain)
New release from the British alt-rock quartet. Determined to strip their sound back, the band found inspiration in their hometown of Southampton and its melancholic history.
>Markus Detmer - 100 Jahre Einsamkeit: Markus Detmer Plays CD (Staubgold)
100 Jahre Einsamkeit is the 100th release on the Staubgold label, which was founded in Cologne 12 years ago. Owner and label manager Markus Detmer himself carefully selected the tracks on this compilation from the Staubgold back catalog.
>Dirty Little Rabbits - Dirty Little Rabbits CD (The End)
Dirty Little Rabbits is the brainchild of Shawn (Clown) Crahan, one of the founding members of Slipknot and also features Stella K (vocals), mid-‘90 s starlet from Stella Soleil.
>Five For Fighting - Slice CD (Wind-Up)
Recorded at The House Of Blues, Five For Fighting's first live release is sprinkled with captivating tales and stories behind many of singer/songwriter John Ondrasik's favorite songs.
>Blaze Foley - Dawg Years CD (Fat Possum)
“The name says Blaze Foley. He was a songwriter who ran with a gaggle of like-minded songwriters who fancied themselves as outlaws and renegades outside the orbit of recognized composers like Willie, Jerry Jeff, Fromholz, Nanci Griffith, Lyle, and Robert Earl. Their guiding light was Townes Van Zandt, the tortured soul who was as inspirational as any writer could be, but who was equally determined to live as an outsider.” -- joenickp.com
>Good Riddance - Capricorn One CD/LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
A comprehensive assemblage of singles, rarities, and unreleased tracks.
>Grand Magus - Hammer Of The North CD (101 Distribution)
New album from the Swedish metal trio.
>Al Green - Love Ritual [Reissue] CD (Fat Possum)
Reissue of Green’s 1992 album.
>Gurumaniax - Psy Valley Hill CD/LP (Bureau B)
Mani Neumeier has always relished working with the most diverse of musicians. That was the case in Guru Guru days, and it is very much the same today. For his latest project Gurumaniax, he teamed up with his old colleague Ax Genrich (Guru Guru guitarist from 1970-75) and the bass player Guy Segers (doyen of Belgian avant-garde rock, founder of the key band Univers Zero).
>Helstar - Rising From The Grave 2xCD+DVD (Metal Blade)
Recorded live at the Backstage Club in Houston, TX on December 25, 1989. Features original Helstar members James Rivera on vocals along with Larry Barrgan and Jerry Abarca. Added DVD contains the first authorized live video of the ‘80s power metal icons.
>How To Destroy Angels - How To Destroy Angels CDEP (The Null Corporation)
The first post NIN project of Trent Reznor featuring vocals from wife and ex-West Indian Girl Mariqueen Maandig and his regular collaborator Atticus Ros.
>Enrique Iglesias - Euphoria CD (Republic)
A star-studded affair featuring additional guest appearances by Usher and Akon, Euphoria is the first Enrique Iglesias album to feature songs in both Spanish and English.
>International Hello - International Hello CD/LP (Holy Mountain)
New release from the California psych monsters.
>Johnny Richter (Kottonmouth Kings) - Laughing CD (Suburban Noize)
Debut solo album from Kottomouth King member features fellow KK emcees Daddy X and The Dirtball.
>Ed Kowalczyk - Alive CD (Soul Whisperer)
Solo album from the lead singer/frontman/guitarist of ‘90s alt/rockers Live.
>Juvenile - Beast Mode CD (E1 Music)
New album from the multi-platinum rapper.
>Ted Lucas - Ted Lucas CD/LP (Riverman Music)
One of the psychedelic era’s most criminally overlooked talents, Lucas studied with Ravi Shankar and was the ”exotic instruments specialist” for Motown and played sitar on many of their most famous productions. He rubbed shoulders with Alice Cooper and Ted Nugent and every other major player on the Detroit scene.
>Macc & dgoHn - Some Sh!t Saaink CD (Rephlex)
Fans of more straight-up jungle and drum & bass may find Macc and dgoHn's frenetic approach to Amen-chopping and generally weird sounds and effects a little unorthodox, but listeners of high tempo dance music who like to be challenged should lap up the constantly morphing breakbeats and peculiar track structures.
>Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite CD/CD+DVD/LP (Capitol)
A divine collection of pop treasures and club-ready anthems. Special Edition adds a DVD featuring "All The Lovers" video and behind the scenes footage, an exclusive interview, live tracks, photo gallery and exclusive web content. Also available on picture disc vinyl LP.
>Muslimgauze - Iran [Reissue] CD (Soleilmoon)
Deluxe reissue of Muslimgauze’s 1988 CD debut -- lavishly repackaged.
>My Disco - Young/You CDEP (Blast First Petite)
A trio of songs from Melbourne, Australia-based group. Maximal minimalist disco a la New York 1970-something. Comes with the Steve Albini recording certificate of quality and authenticity.
>My Epic - Yet CD (Facedown)
Their humble and yet infectious work ethic and spirit has inspired bands and fans to care and think less of themselves and more of others. For their new album Yet, My Epic teamed up with producer Matt Goldman (Underoath, Anberlin, Copeland).
>North Sea - Bloodlines CD/LP (Type)
An album rooted in synthesis -- the kind of busted power electronics that emerged in the early ‘80s with Ramleh, Throbbing Gristle and Whitehouse -- Bloodlines is a gloriously spacious excursion, with fizzing radiophonic blips, drones and tones set against gongs, soundscapes and clanks.
>Pathology - Legacy Of The Ancients CD (Victory)
With themes ranging from alien abduction and the illuminati to the zombie apocalypse and the end of the world in 2012, Pathology promise Legacy Of The Ancients is ”their most brutal and heaviest work to date.”
>Picture Me Broken - Wide Awake CD (MRI)
Debut album from the Winners of the 2009 MTV Video Music Award for Best Breakout Bay Area Artist.
>Robert Pollard - Moses On A Snail CD (GBV Inc.)
12th album in two years from former Guided By Voices frontman. A collection of somber, more reflective Pollard compositions.
>Primordial - Spirit The Earth Aflame 2xCD (Metal Blade)
This Irish band has managed to establish their own territory, away from the clichés of the metal scene in general and the pagan scene in particular.
>Todd Terje - Remaster Of The Universe 2xCD (Permanent Vacation)
Contains Terje’s best remixes, his worst re-edits, half a dozen exclusive re-remixes plus much more.
>Thieves Like Us - Again And Again CD (Shelflife)
The songs reflect the mood of the band and focus particularly on failed relationships, alcoholism and the yearning for that perfect imaginary soul mate.
>The Tired & True - Scenarios CD (Eulogy)
New from Connecticut's pop punk powerhouse. For fans of New Found Glory, Saves The Day, The Starting Line and The Movie Life.
>Walter Trout - Common Ground CD (Mascot)
New from the legendary blues guitarist. Backing band consists of drummer Kenny Aronoff, bassist Hutch Hutchinson and pianist John Cleary.
>Jimmie Vaughan - Play Blues, Ballads & Favorites CD (Shout! Factory)
Blues-rock pioneer's tribute to the music that inspired him, with covers of songs by Little Richard, Jimmy Reed, Roy Milton, Roscoe Gordon and others.
>Via Audio - Animalore CD (Undertow Music)
Brooklyn indie-pop quartet whip up a melting pot of eccentric sounds songs infused with fairy tales, folklore, science fiction, romance, seduction, and adventure.
>White Ravens - Gargoyles And Weather CD (White Raven Music)
Rock & rollers White Ravens fill up more sonic space than most bands would dream of, and will continually surprise you with tempo breaks and changes.
>Wiitala Brothers - Bad Blood CD (Wiitala Brothers)
Could be qualified as minimalist indie pop/rock, but is something much more effective. Stark guitars and lingering vocals tend to waft around, electrifying the air with their simplicity.
>Kathryn Williams - The Quickening CD (One Little Indian)
'Without a doubt, one of the most authentic folk voices. A stunning, darkly sensual album.” [4 Stars] -- Q Magazine
>Woom - Muu’s Way CD (Ba Da Bing!)
Debut album from band featuring former members of Flying and Fertile Crescent. A wholly unique reinvention of pop likened to the quiet radicalism of Young Marble Giants, the devastating simplicity of early Velvet Underground, and the turbulent joy of contemporaries like Animal Collective, Tune-Yards and Micachu & The Shapes.

Vinyl:
>Marco Benevento - Between The Needles And The Nightfall LP (The Royal Potato…)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
>Loren Connors - Hell’s Kitchen Park [Reissue] LP (Enabling Works)
The first of a selection of Connors' typical and truly addictive guitar suites from the '90s -- reissued on HQ-180 vinyl.
>Ensemble Economique - Standing Still, Facing Forward LP (Amish)
Ensemble Economique is Brian Pyle of Starving Weirdos. With Standing Still, Facing Forward; Pyle provides the most mature realization of his compositional process, which utilizes found sounds, field recordings, and musical performance that he later meticulously edits, layers, and loops in the studio.
>Gavin Friday & Dave Ball/Thomas Brinkmann - Ghostrider 10” (Blast First Petite)
Blast First Petite continues to celebrate Alan Vega’s 70th birthday. Gavin Friday (Virgin Prunes) in this unique collaboration with David Ball (Soft Cell, The Grid) present a specially recorded, subtly re-coded, poptastic dancefloor shudder-fest version of Suicide's "Ghostrider." Thomas Brinkmann’s 2005 dancefloor twitch-out is teleported in to crash his own party. "Puss On Tha Time Warp" sees Alan Vega speed-dialing up car radio static with a jazz break.
>Thomas Fehlmann - Gute Luft Remixe 12” (Kompakt)
Remixes from Soulphiction and Move D.
>Ghost Of A Sabre Tooth Tiger - Jardin du Luxembourg b/w Comic Strip 7” (Chimera Music)
Recorded by bassist/producer Mark Ronson, “Jardin du Luxembourg finds Ronson, Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl emerging as a retro-sounding electric band. B-Side is a cover of Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot's 1967 recording "Comic Strip."
>Thomas Köner - Nunatak [Reissue] LP (Type)
Originally released in 1990. While the music can be described as "dark ambient," these soundscapes elicit a widescreen collection of images. Through careful and measured use of gongs (recorded in different rooms and underwater) as well as homemade wind instruments, Köner created an album that would become a cornerstone of the genre.
>Thomas Köner - Teimo [Reissue] LP (Type)
Originally released in 1992. Probably the most "tuneful" of Köner’s legendary triptych: the submerged drones that became his signature are tempered slightly on this album, to give a hallowed, mournful edge that has been echoed on so much of today's darker ambient music.
>Cyndi Lauper - Memphis Blues LP (Downtown)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
>Male - German For Shark LP+MP3 (Other Eccentricities)
Improv duo of Jon Krohn and Ben Mjolsness, along with a revolving cast of prominent Chicago avant-jazz and minimalist artists. Grey vinyl includes download code.
>Merzbow - Graft LP (Cold Spring)
Yet another album by the Japanese noise master, limited to 300 on lime-green vinyl.
>Ennio Morricone - Le Clan Des Siciliens [Soundtrack] LP (Vadim)
Vinyl LP pressing of this 1969 soundtrack from master composer.
>Nurse With Wound - Huffin’ Rag Blues LP (Dirter Promotions)
The first proper Nurse With Wound full-length to come along in quite a while is an album-length exploration of the exotica, kitschy swing and cutout-bin jazz genres that have long been an audio fetish for Steven Stapleton.
>Daphne Oram - Oramics 4xLP (Young Americans)
Extremely special artifact from the founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Daphne Oram. Some of the most important early electronic music ever made. Oram camped out at the BBC studios for nights on end splicing tapes and working with various modified machines to create her abstract soundscapes. Her "drawn-sound" technique was a process whereby strips of 35mm film would be manipulated before being fed into her homemade "Oramics" machine which would convert and "read" the film into sound.
>Parson Sound - Parson Sound 3xLP (Subliminal)
A spectacular archival package of primitive drone and minimalist rock/trance/psych from the Swedish underground.
>Peaches/Effi Briest/Alan Vega - Jonny/Universe/No Tomorrow 10” (Blast First Petite)
Blast First Petite continues to celebrate Alan Vega’s 70th birthday with three Vega tracks, including one by the man himself. Peaches strips it to the bone. Buffs it up. Pops an upper wearing a come-hither knife smile. Effi Briest: a sextet of nu-American female power souls summoning the sound of the Triple Goddess. (En)Chanted voices re-encode half-heard street mutterings. Hypnagogic mellow-trons swathe summer solar breezes.
>The Roots - How I Got Over 2xLP (Def Jam)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
>Tender Trap - Dansette Dansette LP (Slumberland)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Combines the harmonies, oohs, ahhs and sha-la-las of classic girl-group pop with the stripped-down beats and dirty guitars of the Shop Assistants and The Vaselines.
>Various Artists - Thai Beat A Go-Go Volume 3 LP (Subliminal Sounds)
Concentrates on Shadow music string bands, cosmic surf instrumentals, mad garage/beat, mystic go-go organs, wild guitar rave-ups and psychedelic mind-benders, exotic female singers, wild Moog funk, disco madness. Funky and soulful with extreme sensuality and emotions, surreal and groovy, all with a totally otherworldly Thai flavor.
>Wolfgang Voigt - Verwanderlung 12” (Kompakt)
Original version of the hypnotic minimal track "Verwandlung" as well as "Geduld" from the album Freiland Klaviermusik. Includes remix from DJ Koze.


29 JUNE 2010
>3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom [Deluxe Edition] CD+DVD (Century Media)
Deluxe Edition includes a bonus DVD featuring promotional videos, Fuel TV's Daily Habit live footage, interviews, various compiled web exclusives, and more.
>3OH!3 - Streets Of Gold CD/CD+DVD+Comic (Photo Finish)
New album features the lead single, “My First Kiss” (featuing Ke$ha). Special Edition CD+DVD in gold brick packaging includes a 30-minute documentary DVD, limited edition expanded artwork, a 16-page comic book, and a foldout poster.
>Anaal Nathrakh - Codex Necro/When Fire Rains Down From The Sky [Reissue] 2xCD (Earache)
The soundtrack for the Armageddon, the sonic essence of evil, hatred and violence. Two cult classic albums now sold together.
>And Hell Followed With - Proprioception CD (Earache)
12 tracks of heavier than Hell deathcore.
>Josephine Baker – J’Ai Deux Amours CD (Fuel 2000)
Chanteuse, cabaret star, and cause célèbre Josephine Baker is paid homage with this exhilarating collection of 18 of her classic songs and stirring music. Remastered from original recordings, J’Ai Deux Amours showcases the alluring, seductive, and individual sound that captivated Paris and flaunts Josephine Baker in all her glory.
>Alex Band – We’ve All Been There CD (AMB)
You may know Alex Band as the singer/songwriter behind the band The Calling. We’ve All Been There is his debut solo album.
>Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Rockpalast: Blues Rock Legend Vol. 2 CD (SPV Recordings)
Celebrating the late great blues legend, this CD captures Paul Butterfield and his band at their concert recorded on September 15th, 1978 for Germany's legendary TV program Rockpalast.
>Cactus - Music CD+DVD (Fuel 2000)
First album in 34 years. Being labeled “The American Led Zeppelin” is no doubt a hard alias to live up to. Whether or not Cactus were/are able to do that is irrelevant, because they don't receive much ridicule for it either. Although the band never really hit world-renowned status and fame, they still gained respect from the biggest names in rock music over the years, mainly for their explosive energy and sheer rock prowess.
>Candlemass – Ashes To Ashes CD+DVD (Nuclear Blast)
Ashes To Ashes boasts two full shows (one at Sweden Rock festival 2009, the other in Athens the same year) -- plus the Sweden Rock show on CD. The DVD also includes an in-depth band interview and two photo albums.
>Peter Case - Wig! CD/LP (Yep Roc)
Raucous and dirty electric blues rock from The Nerves/Plimsouls member.
>Charming Hostess - Bowls Project CD (Tzadik)
Exciting new recording by one of the most consistently creative and explorative ensembles working today. Based on inscriptions found on ancient Babylonian Jewish amulets, the texts speak of mysticism and magic, angels and demons, and the trials and joys of love and sex.
>Judy Collins - Paradise CD (Wildflower Records)
A collection of songs with universal themes, desires, and cries of a human being searching for paradise here on earth. Features special appearances by Joan Baez and Stephen Stills on two tracks.
>Eric Darius - On A Mission CD (Shanachie)
Eric Darius is a rising star on the smooth jazz scene. Though still in his early 20s, he has already garnered six Top 10 Smooth Jazz radio hits and spent more than 30 weeks on the Top 10 Billboard contemporary jazz charts.
>Delphic – Acolyte CD (Dangerbird)
Delphic are post-dance futurist nostalgics from Manchester who have managed to take repetitive beats and crisp electronics out of the underground to emerge as one of the UK’s most exciting new bands.
>DJ Rap - Synthesis CD (Ministry Of Sound)
Without a doubt the leading lady of electronic music, DJ Rap’s eclectic style ranges from drum n' bass and progressive house, to downtempo and rock.
>The-Dream - Love King CD (Def Jam)
Completing his Love trilogy, Love King is the follow up to Love Vs Money (2009) and Love/Hate (2008). Features the tracks “Love King” and “Make-up Bag.”
>Dwele - W.ants W.orld W.omen (W.W.W.) CD (E1 Music)
A collection of songs combining elements of both R&B and hip-hop to express his personal and political views as filtered through the turbulent economy and political climate of today.
>Emarosa - Emarosa CD (Rise Records)
Emarosa's anticipated follow up to their critically acclaimed debut album, Relativity.
>Alejandro Escovedo - Street Songs Of Love CD (Fantasy Records)
Escovedo’s Fantasy Records debut, Street Songs Of Love, is a 13-track celebration of survival, liberation and ultimate salvation.
>John Fogerty - Centerfield [25th Anniversary Edition] CD (Geffen)
Reissue of Fogerty’s classic -- remastered with bonus tracks.
>Adam Franklin And Bolts Of Melody - I Could Sleep for a Thousand Years CD/LP (Second Motion)
Third album from the former leader of the legendary band Swervedriver (and first with his long-time band Bolts Of Melody). Nestled somewhere between the feel of Big Star and Sonic Youth, I Could Sleep is a perfect balance of sweet harmonies and breezy guitars.
>Kenny G - Heart And Soul CD (Concord)
Heart And Soul returns Kenny to his R&B roots including tracks with guest artists Robin Thicke and Babyface.
>Jackie Greene - Till The Light Comes CD (429 Records)
Back from his most extensive tour to date, hitting up all the festivals, Jackie Greene delivers another gem proving his title as “prince of Americana.”
>Grip Weeds - Strange Change Machine 2xCD/2XLP (Rainbow Quartz)
An ambitious work drawing on a broad spectrum of influences -- acoustic, electric, psychedelic -- running the gamut from Clapton, Hendrix, vintage ‘70s Fleetwood Mac and Yes.
>Trevor Hall - Chasing The Flame (Live) CD (Vanguard)
16-song collection captures some of his most intense and uplifting live performances from the 2009-2010 national tour.
>Hamper McBee - The Good Old-Fashioned Way CD/LP (Drag City)
Collection of tracks from the legendary moonshiner, carnival barker, and ballad singer. The Good Old-Fashioned Way compiles the best of McBee's traditional ballads, affecting original compositions, and outlandish, sidesplitting stories of life on the carnival circuit, at the moonshine still, in the back of Sheriff Bill Malone's patrol car, and as Hamper McBee.
>Haste The Day - Attack Of The Wolf King CD/CD+DVD (Tooth & Nail)
New album available in two versions: Standard and Deluxe. Deluxe Edition features three bonus tracks including a cover of The Black Eyed Peas "Meet Me Half Way" and a documentary DVD with behind the scenes tour footage and music videos for "Stitches", "Madman" and more.
>Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix [Reissue] CD (Sony Legacy)
Reissue of 20 of Hendrix's best including ageless classics like "Purple Haze," "Little Wing," "Angel," plus Hendrix's live adaptation of "Star Spangled Banner" from the original 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair.
>Herbaliser – Herbal Tonic CD (Ninja Tune)
From the old school referencing ''Gadget Funk,'' through the spy theme atmospherics of ''The Missing Suitcase,'' the cartoon psychedelia of the previously unreleased ''March Of The Dead Things,'' and the epic reach of both ''Stranded On Earth'' (from 2008's Same As It Never Was) and the beautiful ''A Song For Mary,'' Herbal Tonic shows the musical mastery that a pair of hip- hop heads from South West London developed.
>Indigo Girls - Staring Down The Brilliant Dream 2xCD (Vanguard)
Features 31 songs, each selected by the Grammy-winning duo to capture the most memorable moments of their 2006-2009 live shows.
>Elmore James - The Best Of Elmore James Volume 2 CD (Great American Music)
A comprehensive 18-track collection of hits, rarities and B-sides.
>Knut - Wonder CD (Hydra Head)
New from Swiss math-metal outfit.
>The Main Street Gospel - Love Will Have Her Revenge CD (Tee Pee Records)
Columbus, OH trio mix psych-infused classic rock with dusty country vibes and dirt-stained blues.
>Rafi Malkiel - Water CD (Tzadik)
Born in Israel and now based in NYC, Rafi Malkiel is a composer/performer of remarkable creativity and versatility. Lyrical and edgy, Rafi is joined here by veteran choro master Anat Cohen and a large ensemble of horns and strings for a beautiful program of New Jewish originals. Lush, driving, and utterly delightful.
>Maps & Atlases - Perch Patchwork CD/LP+MP3 (Barsuk)
Melds the technicality of progressive music and the idiosyncrasies of art rock into a fascinating and oddly accessible sound all their own.
>No-Man - Wild Opera [Reissue] 2xCD (KScope)
No Man is Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree). This Deluxe Edition reissue of their 1996 album includes a bonus CD featuring a mini-album, B-sides and rarities.
>Oasis - Time Flies 1994-2009 3xCD+DVD (Columbia Legacy)
Deluxe four-disc edition includes both CDs from the recently released standard edition plus a third disc containing the last ever recorded Oasis live show from the Roundhouse, London - July 21,2009, and a DVD featuring all the UK promo videos, track by track audio commentary by the band and previously unreleased International videos.
>Papa Roach - To Be Loved: The Best Of Papa Roach CD (Geffen)
Features all eight of the band's Top 10 hits (including "Last Resort" and "Lifeline"), acoustic and live tracks, other favorites, and the never-before-released "Just Go (Never Look Back)."
>Parkway Drive - Deep Blue CD/CD+T-Shirt (Epitaph)
New album from the Australian hardcore/metal band. Deluxe Edition is packaged with high-quality, slim-fit Medium cotton T-shirt.
>Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Mojo [Special Edition] Blu-Ray Audio+MP3/2xLP+MP3 (Reprise)
Blue-Ray Audio Edition contains all 15 tracks from Mojo in high-resolution 48K/24 bit PCM stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound plus a code to download the album in one of three formats: 320kbs MP3, Apple Lossless, or FLAC. Also available on double-vinyl with MP3 download.
>Rhapsody Of Fire - Frozen Tears Of Angels CD (Nuclear Blast America)
With their mixture of melodic metal and elements of classical music influenced by film scores, Rhapsody Of Fire helped create the symphonic metal genre.
>Lee Ritenour - Lee Ritenour’s 6 String Theory CD (Concord)
Ritenour’s tribute to the guitar, 6 String Theory includes an all-star line-up featuring George Benson, BB King, Slash, Steve Lukather, John Scofield, Joe Bonamassa, Robert Cray and Vince Gill among many other superstars.
>Alasdair Roberts & Friends - Too Long In This Condition CD/LP (Drag City)
Too Long In This Condition stands at the deep well of traditional songs, ready to plunge the murky depths at any moment. Roberts circles the elders warily, with suspicion, fascination and adoration.
>Scissors Sisters - Night Work CD (Downtown Records)
The third album from the electro/dance/rock act. However, Night Work is a dance record but it's not all electronic.
>Spirit - Rockpalast: West Coast Legends Vol. 3 CD (SPV Recordings)
Considered one of the best concerts of the first Rockpalast era (1977-1986), this CD presents Randy California and his band, Spirit, at their best during the monumental March 5th, 1978 episode. This performance also features special guest Dickey Betts.
>Steel Train - Steel Train CD (Terrible Thrills)
The cover looks like it would be the second coming of the Ramones. Upon listening they are clearly power indie pop for the kids.
>Sun Dial - Reflector [Reissue] 2xCD (Shrunken Head)
Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the British psychedelic band's 1993 album including a plethora of bonus tracks.
>Toba Seydou Traore - Toba Seydou Traore CD (Yaala Yaala)
Malian musician Toba Seydou Traore became an apprentice to renowned musician Yoro Sidibe, satisfying listeners with his strong voice and trance inducing pulse of his deep six string dons ngoni.
>To Rococo Rot – Speculation CD/LP (Domino)
To Rococo Rot, the trio of Stefan Schneider and brothers Robert and Ronald Lippok, debuted just over a decade ago at the point where digital precision and instrumental abstraction were harnessed into new directions. Their sound is seemingly contradictory: instruments and technology, analog and digital, contemporary and primitive, detached and accessible.
>Vieux Farka Touré - Live CD (Six Degrees)
Not only does Vieux Farka Touré Live capture the excitement of Vieux’s World Cup performance, it confirms what tens of thousands of music fans around the world already know: Vieux Farka Touré’s live show is championship-caliber.
>Abdoulaye Traore - Abdoulaye Traore CD (Yaala Yaala)
Abdoulaye Traore of the Malian village Mountougoula recalls an early childhood of listening intently to his father’s hunter harp. He quickly learned to scrape the accompanying nègè, sing backing parts, and dance the blurred, rapid-fire footwork of Wasulu hunters. In 2008 he completed apprenticeship with his master, the legendary Yoro Sidibe. This CD is a reissue of Traore’s first seven cassettes.
>Various Artists - Unheard Ofs And Forgotten Abouts CD (Tomkin’s Square/Pawn Records)
An exciting collection of reissued recordings from Pawn Records founder Frank Fairfield’s personal 78’s collection. Unheard Ofs… provides a broad view of the "Gramophone era" specifically concerning the recording of vernacular music from around the world: from Atlanta to Kenya, from the ‘10s to the ‘60s.
>The Wallflowers - Looking Through You - Another Collection CD (Interscope)
A dozen tracks previously unavailable on the group's US albums. Includes songs recorded for soundtracks, acoustic takes, a cut from a Warren Zevon tribute album, a radio edit and bonus tracks previously heard only on foreign editions.
>Jimmy Webb - Just Across The River CD (E1 Music)
New album featuring collaborations with: Vince Gill, Billy Joel & Jerry Douglas, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Jackson Browne, Glen Campbell, Michael McDonald, Mark Knopfler, J.D. Souther, and Linda Ronstadt.
>Wolf Parade - Expo 86 CD/2xLP (Sub Pop)
Expo 86 was made quickly. The band started writing songs in November 2009, and recorded and mixed them at Montreal's Hotel2Tango with Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire's Funeral) in late February and early March of 2010.
>John Zorn - Goddess Music For The Ancient Of Days CD (Tzadik)
Continuing in the mystical tradition of In Search of the Miraculous, The Goddess is a stunning collection of odes in celebration of women in myth, magick, and ritual throughout the Ages. Expanding the ever-growing Alhambra ensemble with the searing guitar of Marc Ribot and the evocative harp of Carol Emanuel, the music takes on a lush orchestral sound and more than a touch of the feminine.

DVDs:
>Black Sabbath - Classic Albums: Paranoid DVD/Blu-Ray (Eagle Rock)
Throughout the 97 minutes of this documentary, original members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward, along with their original engineer, deliver the story behind Paranoid. Includes a comprehensive collection of interviews, archive videos, and 40 minutes of bonus features.
>The Doors - When You’re Strange DVD (Eagle Rock)
First ever feature documentary released on the Doors. Graced by the narration of Johnny Depp, this 90-minute presentation features never before seen rare archival film, pulled from their inception in 1966 to Morrison's passing in 1971. These snapshot scenes of the band's history is as much an intimate experience, as it is revealing.
>The Grateful Dead - Live At The Hollywood Festival North West England 1970 DVD+CD (Ozit)
A total of 17 live Grateful Dead tracks. Includes a bonus mixing desk recording of the of the live set on CD. The tracks on the CD are different to those on the DVD.
>Jandek - Portland Thursday DVD (Corwood)
Everybody knows one thing about Jandek: that nobody knows anything about Jandek. There is nothing but the music. Some find it off-putting or unlistenable at first, but to open ears it reveals great depth and breadth.
>Rush - Beyond The Lighted Stage 2xDVD (Zoe)
Double-DVD in deluxe packaging features over three hours of video, including a bonus disc of never-before-seen live performances, special features, and deleted scenes from the film. Also includes a 12-page color booklet of rare and unreleased photos is also included.

Vinyl:
>Africa Hitech - Hitecherous 2x12” (Warp)
Embodies its member's passions for an eclectic diaspora of electronic styles, from dub and acid to UK garage, grime, techno, house, and Jamaican dancehall. They stand at the intersection of all these styles and the result is a bass-fuelled manifesto.
>caP’n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology 2xLP+MP3 (Jade Tree)
Available on vinyl for the first time. The accompanying high quality digital download also includes 10 additional songs from the original CD release.
>Cocteau Twins - Box Set 1 4xLP (Vinyl 180)
Limited edition boxed set newly designed by 4AD's Vaughan Oliver. Includes remastered HQ-180 pressings of their first three albums: Garlands, Head Over Heels/Sunburst & Snowblind, and Treasure.
>Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles 2xLP (Universal/Republic)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Produced by Ethan Kath, tracks were recorded and written in contrasting environments around the world, including a church in Iceland, a self-built cabin in Ontario, and a garage behind an abandoned convenience store in Detroit.
>Ace Frehely - Ace Frehely [Reissue] LP (Island/Mercury)
Limited edition picture disc pressing of 1978 solo album from the original Kiss member.
>Mass Shivers - Contoured Heat LP (Drag City)
Consumed by beastly guitars, the songs on Contoured Heat are simply menacing. Opening cut “More Bumper Than A Body Shop” stabs jaggedly before diving into a heavy groove, drums drenched in sweat smelling of the dark days of Altamont. “(I’ve Got The Power)” bounces spryly, reminding you that “the crippled and the beaten get even,” before tearing you through to the eye of a sonic cyclone with its loops and solos shredding in a panorama of psychedelia.
>Mission Of Burma - Signal, Calls, And Marches [Reissue] LP+MP3 (Matador)
The original EP (containing "That's When I Reach For My Revolver"), plus both sides of the "Academy Fight Song" single and the two outtakes from the Definitive Edition. All remastered onto a single LP with MP3 coupon.
>Mission Of Burma - Vs [Reissue] LP+MP3 (Matador)
The complete 16-song original LP, including four bonus tracks available via download coupon.
>Monotonix - Fun Fun Fun b/w Try Try Try 7” (Drag City)
>Monotonix - Never Died Before b/w Lazy Boy 7” (Drag City)
Two new singles now available. Recorded by Steve Albini, Monotonix returns with more rock and a bottomless desire for good times. Their refusal to sit still, or even leave the drums in one place for more than a song or two, is a part of the Monotonix charm.
>Rasputina - Sister Kinderhook LP (Filthy Bonnet)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
>Gene Simmons - Gene Simmons [Reissue] LP (Island/Mercury)
Limited picture disc vinyl LP pressing of 1978 solo album from the original Kiss member.
>Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space [Reissue] 2xLP (Plain)
Deluxe HQ-180 double-vinyl LP repressing in deluxe packaging including reproductions of the original inner sleeves and insert. Recent Deluxe CD reissue received “Best New Reissue” [10.0] via Pitchfork.
>Paul Stanley - Paul Stanley [Reissue] LP (Island/Mercury)
Limited picture disc vinyl LP pressing of 1978 solo album from the original Kiss member.
>Suckers - Wild Smile LP (French Kiss)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. A cracked prism of indie pop, a buzz-stirring debut that causes spontaneous sing-alongs and a nagging need to seize the day.
>Trash Humpers - Original Soundtrack 7” (Drag City)
Soundtrack 7” for director Harmony Korine’s latest mangled motion picture opus, Trash Humpers, wrapped in a stained brown paper sack. When people look at the movie, they respond with their hearts and their minds. The soundtrack attempts to rectify this by appealing to people's feet.
>Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Iris 12” (The Control Group)
>Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Retina 12” (The Control Group)
Two limited edition 12" vinyl-only EP's from Sweden's exhilarating duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums. "Beautifully imaginative... magnificent" -- Pitchfork
>XTC - Apple Venus [Reissue] 13x7”+MP3 (Ape)
13x7” vinyl box set containing the complete XTC Apple Venus Volumes 1 and 2 recordings plus three bonus XTC tracks previously only available as digital downloads. Beautifully packaged in a square white box with the peacock feather motif varnished in gloss onto the box lid.

Books:
>Tesco Vee/David Simson - Touch And Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83 (Bazillion Points)
Touch And Go fanzine was the brainchild of Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson and was launched in Lansing, Michigan, in 1979. Major fanatics of the new punk happenings in the late