31 JANUARY 2012
>Alcest - Les Voyages de L'âme CD/LP (Prophecy)
Third album from the French shoegaze/atmospheric black metal band. “Alcest’s most accessible work to date doesn’t sacrifice the brilliant musicianship that the band has demonstrated over their past two recordings.” -- Pop Matters
>Oren Ambarchi – Audience Of One CD (Touch)
This four-part suite moves from throbbing minimalism to expansive song-craft to ecstatic free-rock.
>The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Out Of Frequency CD (BMG Chrysalis)
Danish pop group serves a symphonic collision of big pop hooks, soaring horn sections, retro-synth flourishes, and epic beats.
>Black Bananas – Rad Times Xpress IV CD/LP (Drag City)
New project from Jennifer Herrema (RTX).
>Blue Hawaii – Blooming Summer CD (Arbutus)
Featuring lead singer of Braids. "The beauty of this, the perfect care with which this album was crafted, transmits more pain and hurt and anger and sadness." -- Coke Machine Glow
>Buxton - Nothing Here Seems Strange CD/LP (New West)
Buxton is a five piece folk-rock ensemble from Houston, TX.
>Canyons - Keep Your Dreams CD (Modular)
Canyons is a psych-dance duo from Australia.
>Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas CD/LP+CD (Columbia)
Cohen’s first new album in 8 years.
>Damon & Naomi/Ghost – Damon & Naomi/Ghost CD/LP+7” (Drag City)
It was back in 1995 that Damon Krukowski andNaomi Yang first met Ghost. They felt an immediate kinship and soon plans were afoot to collaborate in some way -- but it wasn't until 2000 that they encountered Masaki Batoh and Michio Kurihara in the studio.
>Lana Del Rey - Born To Die CD (Interscope)
Del Rey calls herself the “gangsta Nancy Sinatra” and defines her genre as “Hollywood pop/ sadcore” a dramatic new loop for pop music. Her debut features the hit singles "Blue Jeans" and "Video Games."
>Mike Doughty - The Question Jar Show 2xCD (Snackbar)
For The Question Jar Show, Mike Doughty's audience wrote notes on scraps of paper, and put them in a jar on stage. Doughty and his droll, eccentric sidekick and cello player, Andrew "Scrap" Livingston, answered them between songs. When not answering questions, Doughty and Scrap played stripped down, rhythmically intense, and haunting version of Doughty's best songs.
>Candy Dulfer - Crazy CD (Razor & Tie)
A hot and sweet confection of jazz, funk, R&B, soul, pop, techno and more.
>Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie - The Touch Of Time CD (Rural Rhythm)
New album from one of the most influential musicians in bluegrass music.
>Ruthie Foster - Let It Burn CD (Blue Corn Music)
Soulful vocalist Ruthie Fosters latest work is a deeply intimate recording: a smoky mix of original songs coupled with inventive interpretations of an unexpected collection of covers ranging from Adele to Los Lobos, and from The Black Keys to Johnny Cash.
>Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - Country CD (Controlled Substance)
Country is a mix of the NY-based jam/reggae band’s most popular songs performed with an acoustic backbone as well as never before recorded material.
>Gotye - Making Mirrors CD/2xLP (Universal)
Belgian-Aussie artist Gotye (Wally de Backer) delivers a great art-pop album that delves into dub, Detroit-era Motown soul, stadium-sized politi-pop, synth-folk and world music.
>Hit The Lights - Invicta CD (Razor & Tie)
Fun-loving pop/punk.
>Hospitality - Hospitality CD/LP (Merge)
The angular, intricate, and intelligent compositions of Hospitality signal a sophisticated new pop voice. Singer Amber Papini's idiosyncratic songwriting coupled with the band's rich arrangements on their self-titled debut is recommended for fans of Camera Obscura and Twin Sister.
>Imperial Teen – Feel The Sound CD/LP (Merge)
ELO-like symphonic pop has become a touchstone for everyone from Justice to Cut Copy in recent years, but this makes it manifest through live instrumentation that possesses a Krautrock level of intuitive synchronicity and a desert island jukebox's sense of fun.
>Indian – Unquiet Sky CD (Partisan)
Raw and pure as punk, but some of the heaviest, darkest metal you will ever hear. "Everything a doom record should be. The bass tone is so perfect and intense that it could shake your body through a pair of headphones. The guitars bring Black Sabbath-esque fuzz down enough notches to kill a horse." -- Lambgoat.com
>The Internet - Purple Naked Ladies CD (Odd Future)
An Odd Future (OFWGKTA) side project featuring Syd Tha Kyd and Matt Martians.
>The Jealous Sound - A Gentle Reminder CD (Militia Group)
New album from the recently reunited indie/emo outfit.
>Keith Kenniff – Keith CD (Village Green)
Kenniff (Helios, Goldmund, Mint Julep) returns to his twinkling piano keys and the intensely atmospheric strings of his earlier solo work. A haunting and beautiful work that will appeal to fans of Max Richter, Johann Johannsson, Hauschka.
>Liberteer - Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees CD (Relapse)
Scathing anarcho-grind with triumphant passages and stirring riffs.
>Lightning Love – Girls Who Look Like Me CD (Quite Scientific)
Lightning Love's new EP is an amalgam of songs written at two different points in time -- songs about differences in the way you feel about things as time passes. Real Detroit's Best Indie Band of 2011.
>Lilacs & Champagne – Lilacs & Champagne CD/LP (Mexican Summer)
Members of Grails and Om, who have also played with Jandek, Damo Suzuki and Stephen Malkmus.
>Del McCoury - Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe CD (McCoury Music)
The Del McCoury Band's tribute to Bill Monroe.
>Metallica - Beyond Magnetic CDEP (WB)
Four leftover tracks from the Death Magnetic sessions.
>Neal Morgan - In The Yard CD (Neal Morgan/Drag City)
The second drum and voice album from Neal Morgan (Joanna Newsom/Bill Callahan). In The Yard finds the writer at the drum kit considering home, wandering his neighborhood to know and become known, calling out villains from his youth, swimming on tour, reaching out to loved ones and paying homage to the painter Philip Guston.
>Mr. Gnome – Madness In Miniature CD/LP+CD (El Marko)
This Cleveland boy/girl team evokes the dada bounce of Pere Ubu, while sometimes ambling into a toy-piano interlude or letting loose an anxious caterwaul over a Sabbath-wroth brick wall of riff. Nicole Barille's vocals live somwhere between Billie Holiday and Bjork.
>Zeena Parkins – Double Dupe Down CD (Tzadik)
This special compilation brings together the keyboardist/harpist/composer’s best compositions written for film.
>The Pines - Dark So Gold CD (Red House)
A distinct blend of dark, atmospheric indie-rock, folk and blues.
>Poison Idea – Darby Crash Rides Again: The Early Years CD (Southern Lord)
29 tracks from the band's earliest days. Included are the previously unreleased Boner's Kitchen demo (1981), Darby Crash Rides Again demo (1982), uncut live-on-the-air set from the 1983 KBOO radio benefit, and outtakes from the Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes recording session.
>Prinzhorn Dance School – Clay Class CD (DFA)
Sophomore album from UK indie/post-punk two-piece. Vinyl version due February 21.
>Tony Rice - The Bill Monroe Collection CD (Rounder)
A collection of Bill Monroe covers that Bluegrass musician Tony Rice recorded over a 15-year span with various musicians.
>Terry Riley – Aleph 2xCD (Tzadik)
Double-CD solo performance for just intonation keyboard. A modern classic from the godfather of minimalism.
>Gregory Rogrove - Piana CD+DVD (Knitting Factory)
Piana is a collection of sad pop songs for solo piano -- a set of tunes akin to the turn of the 20th century, French, impressionist piano music of Erik Satie and Claude Debussy.
>Soja - Strength To Survive CD/LP (ATO)
New from the D.C.-based reggae act.
>Ringo Starr - Ringo 2012 CD/CD+DVD (Hip-O)
Ringo Starr's 17th solo studio record -- available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds a bonus DVD featuring commentary and performance footage.
>Ts & The Past Haunts - Gone & Goner CD/LP (No Sleep)
Debut album from new band led by Piebald's Travis Shettel.
>Various Artists – Pop Ambient 2012 CD/LP+CD (Kompakt)
12th edition of layered, ambient soundscapes with brand new tracks from Wolfgang Voigt, Triola, Marsen Jules, Superpitcher, bvdub, Simon Scott, Loops Of Your Heart, and Magazine.
>Various Artists - Tally Ho! Flying Nun's Greatest Bits 2xCD (Flying Nun)
First-ever "best of" collection from renowned New Zealand label.
>Various Artists – The Total Groovy 4xCD (Drag City)
Four-disc box set contains the Groovy Records four titles: Pete Shelley's (Buzzcocks) Sky Yen, Free Agents’ 3.33, Sally Smmit (Sally Timms) & Her Musicians’ Hangahar, and the compilation Strange Men In Sheds With Spanners.
>Virgin Forest – Easy Way Out CD/LP (Partisan)
“Brooklyn's Virgin Forest is stick-to-your-ribs indie rock courtesy of 80% of Phosphorescent, fueled on Townes Van Zandt and heavy metal thunder. Their sophomore album (and first for Partisan), Easy Way Out mines similar Neil Youngish territory as Phospho, but is more Ragged Glory than Gold Rush, the restraint jettisoned over for some unrestrained rockers.” -- Village Voice
>Joe Louis Walker - Hellfire CD (Alligator)
With Hellfire, Joe Louis Walker takes his rightful place among legendary electric blues singer/guitarist/songwriters like B.B. King and Buddy Guy.
>Jamie Woon - Mirror Writing CD (Verve)
New from the dubstep producer and singer/songwriter featuring production by Burial.
>John Zorn – Mount Analogue CD (Tzadik)
The latest volume in Zorn's mystic series features Cyro Baptista’s fabulous quartet Banquet Of The Spirits augmented by the brilliant Kenny Wollesen on vibes.
DVDs + Blu-ray:
>Queen - Days Of Our Lives DVD/Blu-ray (Eagle Vision)
Features brand new interviews with the band and unseen archive footage (including their recently unearthed, first ever TV performance), Days Of Our Lives a compelling story of the band told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humor and painful honesty. 221 minutes.
Vinyl:
>Gene Ammons - Blue Gene [Reissue/1958] LP (Fantasy)
1958 release by saxophonist Gene Ammons with trumpeter Idrees Sulieman, baritonist Pepper Adams, pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Doug Watkins, drummer Art Taylor and Ray Barretto on congas.
>Black Cobra – Invernal LP (Southern Lord)
Released in 2011 on CD, the punk/hardcore-fueled sludge metal band’s latest is now available on vinyl.
>Doozer – Keep It Together LP (Woodsist)
Unlike past solo affairs, Keep It Together takes a more collaborative, group-based approach that includes contributions from 11 backing players. This results in an "all-enveloping sound" with "guitars, bass, piano and drums, slipping in to lift those harmonies, a string quartet and horns." There's also a tuba purchased from the Salvation Army featured.
>Robert Ellis - Photographs LP (New West)
Released in 2011 on CD -- now available on vinyl. The New York Times recently proclaimed that Ellis sounds “equally inspired by Jackson Browne and George Jones.”
>Golden Calves - Collection: Money Band + Century Band 2xLP (Woodsist)
Pre-Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice / Dead Machines.
>Hookworms – Hookworms LP (Gringo)
Classic 80'/90's style psych-rock from Leeds. Dense Wooden Shjips-esque grooves, echo drenched spiritual wailing and astral synth drone.
>Doug Jerebine – Is Jesse Harper LP (Drag City)
The late ‘60s were ripe with altered senses, and sensory induced -- and inducing -- guitar heroes taking their instruments to newfound sonic freedom. Is Jesse Harper is a perfectly realized testament from that era, a record that bubbles psychedelically with shuffling beats and active bass, ultimately defined by a fuzzy haze of dripping guitar leads backdropped against strident and arpeggiated riffs, chords, and slabs of rhythm.
>Ladytron – Witching Hour [2005] LP (Nettwerk)
First time available on vinyl. Infectious synth-pop raging with unbridled energy.
>Lonely Forest – Arrows LP (Trans)
Released in 2011 on CD – now available on vinyl. On Chris Walla’s (Death Cab For Cutie) Trans Records label.
>Magnetic Fields – Andrew In Drag 7”+MP3 (Merge)
A-side taken from the upcoming Love UnderTthe Sea (due March 2012). B-side, "When Next in Love I Fall," is a non-album track.
>Nomeansno – The Worldhood Of The World (As Such0 [Reissue/1995] 2xLP+MP3 (Wrong)
Long overdue reissue of the 1995 studio album, recut for double vinyl for improved fidelity.
>Sic Alps – Vedley 7” (Drag City)
Weaving like a fighter, floating not drunken but like a butterfly in a vat of sweet brine, Sic Alps bring you 23 of the nearest misses we've heard recently, each one lopped off, all strung out together, with one filtered through another, sighted shadowy through worn fabric, trapdoors leading to yet another, and another, where Sic Alps have conceived of an everything must go-go sale, a non-stop shaking fit of smears, blears, blues and ballads in medley form — no, what it is, is "Vedley."
>Sunn0))) - ØØ Void 2xLP (Southern Lord)
Reissued in 2011 on CD – now available on vinyl.
>Various Artists - Matador: Intended Play 2012 LP (Matador)
This vinyl sampler showcases new tracks and now-classics from Matador/True Panther circa 2011-12. Featuring unreleased tracks from: The Young, Ceremony, Lee Ranaldo, Perfume Genius, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Girls, Kurt Vile, Esben & The Witch, and Cold Cave.
24 JANUARY 2012
>Atomic Forest - Obsession CD/2xLP (Now Again)
Collected recordings of India's best-known psychedelic rock ensemble, and the story behind their genesis. Blistering, fuzzy rock and synth-lead funk from the mid-‘70s.
>Beat Connection - Surf Noir CD (Moshi Moshi)
Eight-track mini-album from the Seattle-based indie/electronic duo.
>Big Deal - Lights Out CD/LP (Mute)
Woozy, understated pop, drawing comparisons to The xx, Beach House, Sonic Youth and The Lemonheads.
>Bleubird - Cannonball CD (Fake Four, Inc.)
New from Minneapolis hip-hop group, produced by Astronautalis and Radical Face.
>Blessed By A Broken Heart - Feel The Power CD (Tooth & Nail)
New from the modern glam rock/metal band.
>Cardinal - Hymns CD/LP (Fire)
New album from the duo featuring Richard Davies and Eric Matthews. Well-crafted, layered orchestral pop, with Matthews' multi-instrumental talents enhancing Davies' sublime songwriting gems.
>Chairlift - Something CD (Columbia)
Sophomore album from the electro-rock duo, their first album since the departure of founding member Aaron Pfenning. Ethereal vocals paired with a driving force of infectious bass lines and dance-laden drum beats are relentless throughout the album’s eleven tracks.
>Michael Chapman - Rainmaker [1969] CD/LP (Light In The Attic)
Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1969 album from the British singer/songwriter. A true stylist in his own right, Chapman holds a middle line between John Martyn and Bert Jansch with the provocative electric rock of Martyn juxtaposed against the traditional folk so wonderfully espoused by Jansch.
>Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory CD/LP (Carpark)
Recorded in Chicago with Steve Albini, Cloud Nothing’s secnd full length showcases the growth they've experienced as a constantly touring band, opening the songwriting process up for more improvisation and input from the other band members.
>Joe Cocker - Hard Knocks CD (Savoy Label Group)
21st album featuring nine new songs and a cover version of the Dixie Chicks' "I Hope."
>Karen Dalton - 1966 CD/LP+MP3 (Delmore)
Newly unearthed rehearsal tape from 1966. This is Dalton at her most intimate and unfiltered -- solo on banjo and guitar, plus four duets with Richard Tucker.
>Madi Diaz - Plastic Moon CD (Small Horse)
Plastic Moon reflects Diaz’s lifelong attraction to songcraft as well as her deep-rooted affinity for contrasting types of music. One part pop music and one part organic Americana, the album is a hooky, confident collection of songs that is as heartbreaking in places as it is catchy in others, sometimes within the span of a single song.
>Dion - Tank Full Of Blues CD (Blue Horizon Ventures)
New blues-heavy album from the legendary singer/songwriter.
>The Doors - L.A. Woman [40th Anniversary Edition] 2xCD (Rhino/Elektra)
Double-disc reissue of The Door’s 1971 album. Includes the never-before heard “She Smells So Nice” along with a disc featuring alternate versions of album tracks.
>Expo 70 - Journey Through Astral Projection CD (Immune)
Justin Wright’s Expo 70 project has been pushing experimental, drone and Kosmiche Musik to new realms for nearly a decade now.
>Craig Finn - Clear Hearts Full Eyes CD/LP (Vagrant)
New solo album from The Hold Steady mainman.
>First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar CD/LP (Wichita)
New album sees the Swedish sisters duo exploring a bigger sound and more instrumentation than on their debut album ''The Big Black and the Blue'', but maintains the signature storytelling and harmonies they have become renowned for.
>Foxy Shazam - The Church Of Rock And Roll CD (EMI)
Fourth album from the soulful Cincinnati rockers.
>Gangrene - Vodka & Ayahuasca CD/LP (Decon)
New from the hip-hop duo comprised of The Alchemist and West Coast rapper Oh No. Features gurest appearances from Kool G Rap, Roc Marciano, Prodigy, Evidence, and Roc C.
>Ganjasufi - MU.ZZ.LE CD/2x10” (Warp)
MU.ZZ.LE’s downtempo strings, heartbreaking soul, reanimated hip-hop and crackling haunting vocal stylings are stitched as a running thread throughout each song like a patchwork quilt.
>Graffiti6 - Colours CD (Capitol)
A mélange of pop, psychedelia, R&B, and British northern soul.
>The Jerry Garcia Band - Keystone Berkeley: September 1, 1974 3xCD (Grateful Dead/WEA)
>The Jerry Garcia Band - Warner Theatre, March 18, 1978 2xCD (Grateful Dead/WEA)
>The Jerry Garcia Band - Lunt Fontanne, New York City October 15-30, 1987 3xCD (Grateful Dead/WEA)
>Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks Vol. 32--Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI 8/7/82 2xCD (Real Gone Music)
>Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks Vol. 33--Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, CA 10/9 & 10/76 4xCD (Real Gone Music)
Archival soundboard recordings from infamous Jerry Garcia Band/Grateful Dead live shows, each with their own culty back-story.
>Idiot Glee - Paddywhack CD (Moshi Moshi)
Lexington, KY’s James Friley assembles catchy pop songs by layering doo-wop-style vocal melodies over a seamless collage of samples and live instrumentation. Cover art by Robert Beatty (Hair Police).
>Imbogodom - And They Turned Not When They Went CD (Thrill Jockey)
Using live feeds from the Houses of Parliament’s bell Big Ben, Imbogodom create foreboding landscapes for obscure horror soundtracks where foley techniques of everyday objects turn into threatening phone calls from poltergeist entities trapped inside the warm mixing desk and dusty tape machines. Stretched, slowed, and warped source material takes us back to early electronic synthesis of magnetic tape whilst reveling in the endless possibilities thrown up from processes of analogue experimentation.
>Laura Gibson - La Grande CD/LP (Barsuk/Jealous Butcher)
La Grande (pronounced in the way of the American West, without any hint of French inflection -- ''luh grand'') is a town just east of the Wallowa Valley in northeastern Oregon where native Oregonian Laura Gibson found inspiration while writing the songs that would become her new album.
>The Holiday Crowd - Over The Bluffs CD/LP (Shelflife)
With style, wit and mellifluousness, The Holiday Crowd give proper nods to the once hallowed rock 'n' roll ideals of cool aesthetic and jangly melodies. Self-described as minimal and stripped-down, The Holiday Crowd's sound and lyrics arise from all manner of experience: summer afternoon camaraderie, introspective reveries and a few shapely "inspirations" along the way.
>Jazzanova - Upside Down CD/2x12” (Sonar Kollektiv)
Remix collection featuring fellow Berliner Henrik Schwarz, Ye:Solar and Ame to Atjazz and Mr. Scruff from the UK, Motor City Drum Ensemble from Cologne, Glasgow's Midnight Mauraders and Soldiers Of House from Pretoria in South Africa. Also available on two separately-sold 12” EPs.
>Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline CD/LP (Century Media)
New album available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe features a bonus DVD, guitar pick, die-cut logo sticker and a fold-out art poster.
>Lamb Of God - Resolution CD (Epic)
New album from the hard rock band boasts some of the most punk rock and bluesiest moments of the band's career.
>Leila - U & i CD/LP (Warp)
Fourth album from the avant-garde electronic producer Leila, who gained notoriety touring and engineering with Bjork.
>Maribel - Jezebel Jive 7” (Splendour)
Maribel hail from Norway and "Jezebel Jive" is quite unique. It starts off with a hip-hop beat, and then the guitars create this huge wall of sound and at the same time pull off these dark riffs. To compare very crudely, it's like My Bloody Valentine meets The Cure, with other influences chucked in.
>Tim McGraw - Emotional Traffic CD (Curb)
New album featuring the single “Felt Good On My Lips.” Also includes “Only Human” which features R&B vocalist Ne-Yo.
>Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun [Reissue/1985] CD (MVD Audio)
Up On The Sun has been expanded with five additional tracks, including very different demo versions of "Hot Pink," "Up On The Sun," and "Maiden's Milk," plus the previously unreleased "Embodiment Of Evil." Also includes the original extended instrumental of "Hot Pink."
>Ingrid Michaelson - Human Again CD (Mom + Pop)
Fifth album from the singer/songwriter -- available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds three bonus tracks. These darker, impassioned songs throw a wrench in Michaelson's reputation as the crafter of dainty love songs.
>Mighty Sparrow - Sparrowmania: Wit, Wisdom And Soul From The King Of Calypso 1962-1974 2xCD/2xLP (Strut)
This is a long overdue retrospective places Sparrow in his rightful position as a true Caribbean great, a cultural and social icon on a par with Fela Kuti in Nigeria or Miriam Makeba in South Africa.
>Moe. - What Happened To The La Las CD/2xCD/LP (Sugarhill)
Ten tracks of compact melodies, each textured by Moe.'s signature rock riffs and flourishes, and backed by a roller coaster ride of pulsing drums. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions, and on vinyl.
>Motörhead - Wörld Is Ours 1: Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else 2xCD+DVD (UDR)
Blistering live footage, interviews and some of the finest moments from the band's 2011 world tour. Also available on stand-alone Blu-ray.
>Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy CD/LP (Barsuk)
Nada Surf return with their sixth album.
>Kellie Pickler - 100 Proof CD (Sony Nashville)
Pickler is first and foremost a force of nature, a young woman who followed a restless, small-town dream of the heart to the front porch of the country music world.
>Plug - Back On Time CD/2xLP (Ninja Tune)
Archival mid/late-‘90s material from drum ‘n’ bass/kitschtronica innovator Luke Vibert.
>Pop. 1280 - The Horror CD/LP (Sacred Bones)
New York City muckmakers mine the dark chasms of punk and no-wave.
>Porcelain Raft - Strange Weekend CD/LP (Secretly Canadian)
Huge dream-pop, with melodies and synths billowing out in all directions. Remiddi's androgynous vapor of a voice weaves like a ghost between Nick Gilder and The Alessi Brothers, Julee Cruise and Judee Sill. In more contemporary terms, this stands confidently on a high hill between the sounds of M83 and Beach House.
>Matt Pryor - May Day CD/LP (Nightshoes Syndicate)
New solo album from the The Get Up Kids’ lead singer.
>Pyramids/Horseback - Throne Without A King CD (Hydra Head)
A sprawling beast of unique nature -- at once beguiling, terrifying and completely immersive. A more successful pairing of experimental-metal-drone-ambient-krautish-noise-rock collaborators you are unlikely to find, in our reality or any of its parallel relatives.
>Rhyton - Rhyton CD/LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Rhyton is an experimental/improv/psych trio based in Brooklyn that features Dave Shuford (D. Charles Speer and the Helix, No Neck Blues Band), Jimy SeiTang (Psychic Ills) and Spencer Herbst (Messages, Matta Llama).
>Maggie & Terre Roche - Seductive Reasoning [1975] CD (Real Gone)
Maggie and Terre Roche were fresh from singing backup on Paul Simon's 1973 album There Goes Rhymin' Simon when they went into the studio to record Seductive Reasoning with the same Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and production team (the Yardbirds' Paul Samwell-Smith and, on one track, Simon himself) that had made Rhymin' Simon.
>Rodrigo y Gabriela - Area 52 CD+DVD (ATO)
New studio album recorded in Havana with Cuban Orchestra.
>John K. Samson - Provincial CD/LP (Epitaph)
First official solo release from the former Propaghandi member and The Weakerthan’s frontman.
>Seal - Soul 2 CD (Reprise)
On his latest album, Seal brings his recognizable voice to tracks such as Rose Royce's “Wishing On A Star” and Bill Withers' “Lean On Me.”
>Martin Sexton - Fall Like Rain CDEP/12” (Kitchen Table)
The singer/songwriter continues to call for peace and unity on his new EP, which features a cover of Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth.”
>Skrillex - Bangarang CDEP (Atlantic)
New EP from the electronica star.
>Starving Weirdos - Land Lines CD/LP+MP3 (Amish)
The Weirdos’ most focused and structured release to date, with pieces that import a distinctly European flavor into the sound of what, until now, has been a uniquely Northern California form of sonic experimentation.
>Jason Urick - I Love You CD/LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
“Urick’s work blurs the line between abstract sound art and techno-pop. His laptop-based
constructions melt a rainbow of influences -- noise, rock, minimalism, dub -- into long, thick
sonic streams.” -- Pitchfork
>Various Artists - Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan 4xCD (Amnesty International)
Four-disc collection containing music from Patty Smith, Rise Against, Pete Townshend, Diana Krall, My Morning Jacket, Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Jackson Browne, Sugarland, Joan Baez, Flogging Molly, Joe Perry, Bad Religion and many others.
>Various Artists - Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Classics CD (Nublu)
14-track compilation featuring rock stalwarts Erkin Koray and Cem Karaca, to disco folksters Baris Manco, Nazan Soray, and psy-funkers Mogollar and Kamuran Akkor.
>Wiley - Evolve Or Be Extinct CD/LP (Big Dada)
New album from the master of the UK grime scene.
>Kendl Winter - The Mechanics Of Hovering Flight CD/LP (K Records)
Some songs are folk. Some are bluegrass. Some smack a bit more of country, wth twangy guitar and foot-stomping rhythm. Unwavering, at times haunting, reminiscent of the legendary Lucinda Williams.
>Wolf People - Tidings CD (Jagjaguwar)
Collects the band's UK-only, out of print 7”s, reconstructing the psych-rock gems with a seamless nest of field recordings and winding tape. "As much as Tidings rides high on it's own brand of sweaty juke-joint appeal, its finest moments are a grab bag of genre detours." -- Pitchfork
>Grace Woodroofe - Always Want CD (Modular)
This Australian indie-blues chanteuse's demo was placed in the capable hands of Ben Harper, by none other than the late great Heath Ledger, and it was love at first listen. Ben Harper quickly led her into the studio, and this debut self titled album was born.
DVDs + Blu-ray:
>Black Flag - Live DVD (Cherry Red)
55 minute live performance recorded in 1984. Songs include “Black Coffee,” “Rat's Eyes,” “My War,” and more.
>Al Di Meola - Morocco Fantasia DVD/Blu-ray (Inakustik)
Al Di Meola's 2009 appearance at the Moroccan music festival, featuring guests Peo Alfonsi (guitar), Fausto Beccalossie (accordion), Gumbo Ortiz (percussion), Victor Miranda (bass), Peter Kaszas (drums), Said Chraibi (oud), Abdellah Meri (violin) and Tari Ben Ali (percussion). 136 minutes.
>The Doors - Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman Blu-ray (Rhino/Elektra)
The story of the making of The Doors' last album with Jim Morrison, told through new interviews with the three surviving members: Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore. 94 minutes.
>Motörhead - Wörld Is Ours 1: Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else Blu-ray (UDR/EMI)
Blistering live footage, interviews and some of the finest moments from the band's 2011 world tour.
>Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry - The Upsetter: The Life And Music Of Lee Scratch Perry DVD (The Upsetter Films Ltd.)
A captivating, unparalleled exploration charting 70 years in the life of the godfather of reggae and the man behind Bob Marley, featuring music and archival footage spanning Perry's extensive career. 90 minutes.
>True West - The West Is History: Live At The House Of Blues DVD (Atavistic)
Propelled by the dual guitars of Richard McGrath and Russ Tolman and the soaring vocals of Gavin Blair, True West recorded only three albums in their 1980s heyday, none of which successfully captured the raw onstage power of the band. In addition to a five camera multitrack audio shoot from a 2007 House Of Blues reunion show, this set contains in their entirety two of the only three vintage True West shows known to have been videotaped. 140 minutes.
>U2 - From The Sky Down DVD/Blu-ray (Island)
In 2011, U2 returned to Hansa Studios in Berlin to discuss the making of Achtung Baby. From The Sky Down is a documentary film directed by Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim (It Might Get Loud, Waiting For Superman, An Inconvenient Truth). 141 minutes.
>Tom Waits - The Complete Review 2xDVD (Pride)
Double-disc documentary features interviews with Waits, live footage and rare photos. 178 minutes.
>Yardbirds - Performances DVD (IMV Blueline)
Rare live performances culled from a variety of sources. 55 minutes.
Vinyl:
>Ilyas Ahmed - With Endless Fire LP+MP3 (Immune)
Since 2005, Ilyas Ahmed has been blurring the folk/drone/raga/rock realms into a sound that is uniquely his own.
>The Apples In Stereo - Funtrick Noisemaker [Reissue/1995] LP (Yeproc)
Upon its original release in the spring of 1995, All Music Guide called The Apples In Stereo's debut full length ''one of those records that marks a sea change in musical attitudes.'' Fun Trick Noisemaker facilitated such a shift by moving the focus away from the sullen negativity of the grunge era, towards a sunnier, more psychedelic vision of rock music.
>Bardo Pond/Tom Carter - 4/23/03 2xLP+CD (Three Lobed)
2003 drone epic -- available on vinyl for the first time. Includes a copy of 4/25/03 on CD, which was recorded at Philadelphia’s Tritone two days after 4/23/03’s studio sessions.
>Beaters/Prize Pets - Split 12” (Palmist/Fat Cat)
Beaters hail from San Diego, California, and their homeland's sunny surf-drenched optimism figures not a bit into their "pre-apocalyptic" chemically-influenced dark synth squall.
On the flip, Nottingham UK's Prize Pets make guitar-driven agit-pop that's earned them comparisons to Flipper, The B-52s, The Cramps, and Joy Division.
>Burning Yellows/The Whines - Split 12” (Palmist/Fat Cat)
Burning Yellows and The Whines have both emerged from the always-fertile Portland, Oregon noise-rock scene. But while Burning Yellows bring a deconstructed, organ-centric sound to their variously disturbing lyrical excursions, The Whines are a guitar-driven power trio laying down thick swaths of tuneful psych-scuzz.
>Cleared - Breaking Day LP+MP3 (Immune)
New From the Chicago-based duo of Steven Hess and Michael Vallera. Elements of noise, drone, and psychedelia are filtered through a dark, unifying lens that ranges from relentless rhythmic assault to monolithic tonal sculpture. Dueling rhythms of drums and sampled percussion, walls of undulating soundscapes, and hypnotic guitar are deployed with heightened intensity and force.
>C.R.A.S.H. - War On All Fronts 7” (PPM)
New hardcore group featuring Brooks Headley (UOA, Born Against, Young Pioneers, Wrangler Brutes), Dean Spunt (Wives, No Age), Cundo Bermudez (Nazti Skinz, Wrangler Brutes), and Michelle Suarez (Mika Miko, Le Face).
>The Darcys - Aja 2xLP (Arts & Crafts)
An interpretation of the 1977 Steely Dan album.
>Diskjokke - Now Dance 7” (Splendour)
Diskjokke (aka Joachim Dyrdahl) brings us quirky, spaced-out and dubby mixture of house, Italo and disco.
>Duck Sauce - Big Bad Wolf 12” (Big Beat)
A-Trak and Armand Van Helden, dance music legends in their own right, but collectively known as Duck Sauce, produce another massive hit to follow their smash single “Barbara Streisand.”
>Matthew Friedberger - Arrested On Charges Of Unemployment LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
The sixth and final installment in Friedberger’s Solos series is comprised of double bass and vocals.
>Gauntlet Hair - My Christ 7” (Dead Oceans)
Instead of using reverb as a gauze, Gauntlet Hair uses its curvature and decay to form and push the melodies, to further shape the songs.
>Growlers/The Ludds - Split 12” (Palmist/Fat Cat)
Long Beach, CA's Growlers bring their brand of infectious, low-fi goth/surf stomp to this split with Leicester UK's Thee Ludds, whose frenzied "astral punk" has spent a good amount of time in the garage.
>The Maxines - Drugstore 7” (K Records)
Garage rock/fuzz pop with girl-group heart and surfer-boy swagger.
>MF Doom - Dime Box 7”+Puzzle (Metal Face)
The next component of Doom's Operation Doomsday reissue series. This set features a 7” picture disc of "Rhymes Like Dimes" with the look and feel of an oversized dime. Includes a 150 piece puzzle of the cover art.
>Cheyenne Marie Mize - We Don’t Need LP (Yep Roc)
Whimsical, haunting, twangy folk that’s dynamic and eschews the traditional alt country formula. Vinyl-only.
>My Best Friend - Higher Palms 7” (Warp)
My Best Friend is a five-piece group from New York who specialize in making hypnotic experimental indie music.
>Portraits - Portraits LP (Important)
Beautiful new full length LP featuring Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (Tarentel), Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras (Barn Owl), Lisa McGee (Higuma), Gregg Kowalsky and Marielle Jakobsons (Date Palms) and Maxwell Croy (En).
>Various Artists - Disco Demands: A Special Collection Of Rare Dance Music Volume One 2xLP (BBE)
Various Artists - Disco Demands: A Special Collection Of Rare Dance Music Volume Two 2xLP (BBE)
Collects all five volumes of Al Kent’s culty disco compilation series. Rare cuts for lovers of ‘70s dance music.
>War On Drugs - Come To The City b/w Don’t Fear The Ghost 7” (Secretly Canadian)
Single from 2011 album Slave Ambient. Contains non-album B-side.
>Richard Youngs - Core To The Brave LP (Root Strata)
Composed of what appears to be blown out bass and spastic drum rhythms, these tracks cascade into shimmering loops of distortion, their weight reaching a critical mass that often feels likes it’s on the verge of ecstatic collapse.
>Zomes - Improvisations LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Zomes is the solo work of Asa Osborne (Lungfish, The Pupils). On Improvisations, drum loops are replaced with a more obtuse drone bed pulsing not unlike a key on a harmonium that’s been taped down. The continually changing tones create a warm sea of sound that acts as a canvas for his melodic improvisations.
17 JANUARY 2012
>Aidan Baker - The Spectrum Of Distraction 2xCD (Robotic Empire)
Specifically designed to be played on shuffle and yield a completely unique experience each time. 96 tracks spanning two CDs. Backed here by an impressive array of notable drummers who've cut their teeth in the likes of Swans, Jesus Lizard, Slowdive, Killing Joke, Godflesh, Jesu -- hallucinatory dreamscapes weave into frantic noise into dubby passages into chilled-out jazz into psychedelic grooves into an oppressive industrial crunch into a hip-hop bop into almighty sludge dirges.
>Steve Aoki - Wonderland CD (Ultra)
New album from one of L.A.'s most well-known electro/house DJs. Features collaborations with Rivers Cuomo, Lil Jon, and others.
>Attack Attack! - This Means War CD (Rise)
Third album of pop/metal from the Warped Tour regulars.
>Jessie Baylin - Little Spark CD/LP (Thirty Tigers)
Baylin’s songs -- and her plangent voice -- carry a classic pop tone that evoke memories of the Brill Building and Laurel Canyon in the ‘70s while retaining a decidedly modern, empowered worldview.
>Big Pink - Future This CD/LP+MP3 (4AD)
“The Big Pink’s follow up to 2009’s A Brief History Of Love is an example of what UK electro-rock should be: thunderous, ’80s-style drumbeats, sleek keyboard grooves, and a selection of samples that you can’t help but nod your head to.” -- Playback:STL
>Black P#ssy - On Blonde CD/LP (Made In China)
If Hendrix had lived, he probably would have ended up recording Black P#ssy's On Blonde in 1971 as a kerosene-soaked hard rock warning against the commercial, pretentious pop overkill to come. It’s a trip fueled by the roar of a 1967-purchased bong in the back of a 1972 Nova.
>Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind Of Fix [2011] CD (A&M/Octone)
“[A Different Kind Of Fix] disembarks (for the better) from the pop of 2009’s debut, I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose, diving deep into the singer-songwriter vein of M. Ward and Conor Oberst with primarily all-acoustic tracks. This proved upon its release last year that the college-aged quartet weren’t just four boys who knew how to write catchy dance beats, but grown men who knew how to write compelling and emotive songs.” -- Pop Matters
>Buck Satan & 666 Shooters - Hell Paso: Bikers Welcome Ladies Drink Free CD (AFM)
Buck Satan is Al Jourgensen’s (of Ministry fame). His latest project is an ode to the late Buck Owens, and features Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick), Tony Campos (Static-X) and Mike Scaccia (Rigor Mortis, Ministry).
>Chick Corea/Eddie Gomez/Paul Motian - Further Explorations 2xCD (Concord Jazz)
The contributions of pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader Bill Evans to the language and appreciation of jazz continue to have a profound influence on musicians. Join master pianist Chick Corea as he leads original Evans alumni -- bassist Eddie Gomez and the late drummer Paul Motian -- on this double-disc live set.
>Jack DeJohnette - Sound Travels CD (E1)
DeJohnette is arguably one of the greatest living drummers in jazz -- member of the original Charles Lloyd Quartet, anchor of Miles Davis’s greatest fusion ensembles of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, and for more than a quarter-century a linchpin of the Keith Jarrett Standards Trio.
>Ani DiFranco - ¿Which Side Are You On? CD/2xLP (Righteous Babe)
11 new songs alongside a radically reworked rendition of the classic title song, famously popularized by Pete Seeger nearly five decades ago.
>Kathleen Edwards - Vogageur CD/LP+MP3 (Zoe/Rounder)
Fourth album from the acclaimed Canadian singer/songwriter. Produced by Justin Vernon (AKA Bon Iver) and featuring guest appearances by Vernon and Norah Jones.
>Enter Shikari - Flash Flood Of Colour CD (Hopeless)
Third album from the British post-hardcore band.
>Anthony Green - Beautiful Things CD/LP (Atlantic/Photo Finish)
Solo album from the lead-singer for the Philadelphia-based progressive punk act Circa Survive.
>Guided By Voices - Let’s Go Eat The Factory CD/LP+MP3 (GBV Inc.)
After a 15-year hiatus, the "classic lineup" of GBV finishes off its yearlong reunion tour with this album of 21 new songs, deliberately choosing to return to what Pollard calls the "semi-collegial" approach of iconic albums like Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes.
>Jesse Mae Hemphill - Feelin’ Good [Reissue/1987] LP (Sutro Park)
Quintessential recording from the “queen of Hill Country blues. Hemphill descended from a long line of blues greats, including her grandfather Sid Hemphill, who Alan Lomax recorded. “[a] hypnotic, mesmerizing record that successfully updates Delta blues.” -- AllMusic
>Howler - America Give Up CD/LP (Rough Trade)
"Howler is a delightfully disaffected surf-pop quartet... there's a high ceiling for these little punks." -- A.V. Club
>Cate Le Bon - Cyrk CD (The Control Group)
A collection of pop nuggets imbued with the playfulness of Faust and Syd Barrett and the tropical melodies of Os Mutantes. Existential word play and fuzz fused guitar lines tear through like an angry bee in a can.
>Shawn Lee’s Incredible Tabla Band - Tabla Rock CD/LP (Ubiquity)
UK producer and record collector Shawn Lee takes inspiration from the ‘70s cult/funk institution Incredible Bongo Band.
>Loincloth - Iron Balls Of Steel CD/LP (Southern Lord)
Instru-metal featuring rhythm section of Confessor. For fans of Don Caballero, Breadwinner, Dysrhythmia.
>Los Nombres - Los Nombres CD/LP (Numero)
One part War, two parts Santana, a dash of Motown, immersed in a rich Puerto Rican stock, the Nombres were the undisputed kings of Northern Ohio's rust-belt barrios. Following the explosions of brown-eyed and latin soul in L.A. and NYC, and with a voice that rivaled any on the Fania roster, Willie Marquez led the rotating cast of Latino teens through numerous underfunded recordings sessions, the lo-fi fruits of which are compiled here.
>Daniel Menche - Guts CD/2xLP (Editions Mego)
Abused and thrashed piano.
>Modern English - Mesh & Lace [Reissue/1981] CD (4AD)
Modern English - After The Snow [Reissue/1982] CD (4AD)
Modern English - Ricochet Days [Reissue/1984] CD (4AD)
While their hit “I Melt With You” pigeonholed Modern English as a one-hit wonder, their overall style was borne of obscure, dark post-punk, and eventually morphed into a dreamy brand of introspective dance-pop. Decades later, these albums are great examples of how early-4AD aesthetics loom large in work of current generation DIY new-wave/synthpop artists.
>Neverever - Shake A Baby CDEP/12”+MP3 (Slumberland)
New EP from this L.A. band mixes up classic pop influences like The Raspberries, Dwight Twilley and Phil Seymour, and ELO.
>Red Wanting Blue - From The Vanishing Point CD/2xLP (Fanatic)
New album from the Ohio alt-rock road warriors.
>Secrets - The Ascent CD (Rise)
New San Diego pop/punk quintet.
>Sonic Avenues - Television Youth CD/LP (Dirtnap)
Over-driven guitars, infectious harmonized melodies and blazing pop/punk on this sophomore LP from these Canadian misfits.
>The Sound - From The Lion’s Mouth [1981] CD (1972)
Post-punk pioneers' 1981 sophomore album, available in the states for the first time.
>Speilgusher - Spielgusher CD (Original Recordings)
Post-Minutemen group featuring Yuko Araki, Hirotaka Shimizu, Richard Meltzer and Mike Watt.
>Taylor Swift - Speak Now [Deluxe Edition] CD+DVD (Big Machine)
Deluxe Edition of the country/pop superstar's album includes six bonus tracks plus a bonus DVD.
>Mark Van Hoen - Revenant Diary CD/LP (Editions Mego)
Founding member of Seefeel. Van Hoen’s adroit juxtapositions of gauzy textures evoke the blurred luminescence of 16mm film and the rich, color-saturated hues of rediscovered Polaroid pictures. Expertly renders displaced memory daze in lushly melodic, gently delirious electronic sound.
DVDs + Blu-ray:
>Cage The Elephant - Live From The Vic In Chicago Blu-ray+CD (RCA/Red Ink)
Recently released on DVD -- now available on Blu-ray. The first ever live concert film from the Bowling Green, KY band. Bonus CD features the audio from the show. 120 minutes.
Vinyl:
>Cut Hands - Afro Noise 1 LP (Dirter Promotions)
Cut Hands - Afro Noise 2 LP (Dirter Promotions)
Released in 2011 on CD -- now available across two volumes on vinyl. New from Whitehouse's William Bennett -- a product of four years of crafting his collection of Congolese and Ghanaian percussion instruments into a head-busting, punishing Afro-trip.
>Deerhoof/Dave Bazan - Deebazan 7” (Polyvinyl)
David Bazan fronting Deerhoof? This 7" features David Bazan singing over a Deerhoof instrumental. The B-side sees Bazan's reworking of a Headphones track, "Gas And Matches."
>Deerhoof - Reveille [2002] LP+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
Now available on HQ-180 light blue vinyl with download.
>Demdike Stare - Elemental Parts 1 & 2 2x12” (Modern Love)
Some of their most dense, eerie and evocative pieces, leavened by an almost industrial sense of rhythmic structure and atmosphere-building that creates a jet-black aesthetic only intermittently illuminated by shards of light. Pitchfork calls it “witch house.”
>Fuxa - Our Lips Are Sealed b/w Crystal Blue 7” (Rocket Girl)
Cover of The Go-Go’s "Our Lips Are Sealed" features Sarah Peacock (Seefeel) on vocals. The flipside is a remix of a Dean & Britta song.
>Guided By Voices - Chocolate Boy 7” (GBV Inc.)
First single off the new album Let's Go Eat The Factory with exclusive non-LP B-side.
>Hawkwind - Leave No Star Unturned: Cambridge January 1972 LP (Dirter Promotions)
Previously unheard and unreleased live Hawkwind show from the Cambridge Corn Exchange in 1972. Recorded at the beginning of Hawkwind's mainstream breakthrough year, it features "classic” lineup: Dave Brock, Nik Turner, Lemmy, and Robert Calvert.
>Heartless - Hell Is Other People LP (Southern Lord)
Abrasive, dark and dirty metallic hardcore punk.
>Junior Kimbrough - You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough [2002] LP (Fat Possum)
First time available on vinyl. Quite possibly the most important blues guitarist of the second-half of the 20th century.
>Kings Of Leon - The Early Vinyl 7xLP (Sony)
Features the band's first three albums on gatefold double-LP, plus a single bonus LP with rare content, contained in a numbered lift-off box. The set also includes a 20-page book featuring liner notes by Rolling Stone writer Austin Scaggs along with rare art and photos from the band’s early years.
>Mickey Murray - People Are Together [1970] LP+MP3 (Secret Stash)
Throughout the sixties, Mickey Murray made a name for himself as a hard working entertainer viewed by many as a cross between James Brown and Otis Redding.
>No UFOs - Soft Coast LP (Spectrum Spools)
Purveyor of Kosmiche Trash, noxious electronics and deep, frazzled futurescapes.
>Daphne Oram - The Daphne Oram Tapes: Volume One 4xLP (Young Americans)
46 tracks of previously unreleased material from one of the most pioneering and genuinely experimental characters in electronic music history.
>Peaches - The Teaches Of Peaches [2000] LP (XL)
First time available on vinyl. “Peaches (Merrill Nisker) burst into transcontinental favor with her very particular brand of cocksure rapping and groovebox beats.” -- AllMusic
>Pharmacy - Dig Your Grave 7” (Kind Turkey)
Epic garage-pop gems that aren't obscured by mountains of fuzz, while staying true to their lo-fi aesthetic. Four track EP. “Art-punk tunes combined with earworm-worthy pop sensibilities and rhyming Seuss-like lyrics ready for blissful sing-alongs." -- Spin
>Richard Pinhas & Merzbow - Paris 2008 2xLP (Cuneiform)
Vinyl-only pressing of a November 12, 2008 concert by two of the biggest names in electronic and noise music.
>Frankie Rose - Know Me 7” (Slumberland)
First single of upcoming sophomore album Interstellar (February 21) with non-album remix on the B-side. You might know the name Frankie Rose from her association with The Knock Outs.
>Starf##ker - Jupiter [2009] 12” (Badman)
First time available on vinyl. 26-minute mini-album of dance-y upbeat tunes, including a cover of Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want To Have Fun.”
>Todd Terje - It’s The Arps 12” (Smalltown Supersound)
New 12” from the Norwegian producer is an experimental EP entirely based on the multi-faceted abilities of the ARP 2600, one of the finest analogue synthesizers ever built.
>Various Artists - Qat Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s From Yemen LP (Parlortone)
A collection of rare Yemeni 45 rpm vinyl singles from the ‘60s and ‘70s.
10 JANUARY 2012
>Alex Chilton - Free Again: The "1970" Sessions CD/LP (Omnivore Recordings)
Collects the first solo recordings by Chilton -- post-Box Tops/pre-Big Star. Includes previously unreleased material.
>Charlie Haden/Hank Jones - Come Sunday CD (Emarcy)
Two jazz legends team up for an unforgettable and moving album of classic spirituals.
>Kronos Quartet - The Music of Vladimir Martynov CD (Nonesuch)
Includes three works written for Kronos Quartet by leading Russian composer Vladimir Martynov.
>Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Ladysmith Black Mambazo And Friends 2xCD (Razor & Tie)
Career-spanning collection of LBM’s collaborations with some of the biggest names in music, including: Paul Simon, Emmylou Harris, Josh Groban, Taj Mahal, Natalie Merchant, Sarah McLachlan, Dolly Parton, Lou Rawls and many others.
>The Little Willies - For The Good Times CD/LP (Blue Note)
New from the country side-project led by Norah Jones.
>Van Morrison - Live On Air CD (IMV Blueline)
Compiles twelve classics recorded live for radio in 1973.
>Nightwish - Imaginaerium CD/2xCD (Roadrunner)
New album from the Finnish symphonic metal band -- available in Regular and Deluxe Editions. Deluxe adds a disc of instrumental versions.
>O’Brother - Garden Window CD/LP (Triple Crown)
“Hailing from Mastodon’s own Atlanta, GA, this monstrosity of monumental sonic awesome, easily mistaken for stoner metal in places, is not a unique snowflake. O’Brother has the brutality of Kylesa (‘Malum’), the swagger and panic of QOTSA (‘Lo’), and one could even swear there’s a jaunty ‘Pyramid Song’ piano piece unsubtly laced into Matthew Bellamy-esque vocals (‘Poison!’).” -- Consequence Of Sound
>Rebelution - Peace Of Mind CD/3xCD (87 Music/Controlled Substance)
Third album from the Santa Barbara reggae/roots-rock band. Triple-disc edition adds the full-length acoustic and dub (remixed by Easy Star’s Michael Goldwasser) versions of the album.
>Bill Ryder-Jones - If CD/LP (Domino)
Debut solo album from the founding member and lead guitarist from The Coral.
>Safety Suit - These Times CD (Universal)
Nashville’s Safetysuit arrived on the scene in 2008 with Life Left To Go and the hit single "Stay," which shot to No. 1 on the vote-generated VH1 Top 20 Countdown.
>Snow Patrol - Fallen Empires CD/CD+DVD/2xLP (Island)
Sixth album from the Glasgow, Scotland-based lush indie rock group. Available in Regular and Deluxe Editions. Deluxe features a DVD of the group live at the Royal Albert Hall.
>Various Artists (Brodinsky) - Fabriclive 60 CD (Fabric)
French DJ/ producer Brodinski has built his craft upon a broad bed of tastes. Over the last decade the self-confessed internet junkie has fed off everything from rap and indie to minimal and bass. This musical eclecticism shines through on Fabriclive 60, as the youngster exhibits both his youthful abandon and precocious maturity, with a blistering selection of electro, techno and house.
>Various Artists - Disco Demands: A Special Collection Of Rare Dance Music 5xCD (BBE)
Collects all five volumes of Al Kent’s culty disco compilation series. Rare cuts for lovers of ‘70s dance music.
>Yo Gotti - Live From The Kitchen CD (J-Records/RCA)
On his fifth album the Memphis-based MC collaborates with producers Cool & Dre, Drumma Boy, and J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, along with A-list rappers Lil Wayne and T.I.
DVDs + Blu-ray:
>Nirvana - Live At The Paramount Blu-ray (Geffen)
Recently released on DVD -- now available on Blu-ray. Fresh off the release of Nevermind, Nirvana took to the stage of Seattle's famed Paramount Theatre to an unwavering homecoming crowd. 72 minutes.
>Various Artists - Electric Daisy Carnival Experience DVD (Ultra)
Live concert documentary on the popular electronic music festival. 120 minutes.
Vinyl:
>Antiseen - Badwill Ambassadors [2004] LP+MP3 (Green Mist)
Antiseen’s 2004 album -- now available on vinyl. Includes three rare bonus tracks from out of print singles and a download card.
>Freestyle Fellowship - The Promise 2xLP (Decon)
Released in 2011 on CD -- now available on vinyl. New record from legendary West Coast hip-hop group.
>Guelewar - Touki Ba Banjul: Acid Trip From Banjul To Dakar LP (Kindred Spirits)
A unique mixture of western soul/funk with traditional and regional rhythms from Senegal.
>Calvin Keys - Shawn-neeq [Reissue/1971] 2xLP (Tompkins Square)
Originally released in 1971 on the influential Black Jazz label, Calvin Keys' debut is a stone cold classic.
>The Lemonheads - Hotel Sessions LP (Hall Of Records)
Documents a Sunday night that Evan Dando spent recording new songs with just an acoustic guitar (and some revealing commentary) in a hotel room in Bondi Beach, Australia.
>Morphine - Cure For Pain [1993] LP (Modern Classics Recordings)
First time available on vinyl. “Low-rock” and “F##k-rock” are two descriptors enigmatic Morphine frontman Mark Sandman used to describe his band's beat-inspired blues-jazz-rock holy racket.
>Mutemath - Odd Soul LP+CD (WB)
Released in 2011 on CD -- now available on vinyl. “For their third album Odd Soul, Mutemath take it back to the roots fusing blues and funk into the equation, without changing their dynamic. If anything it sounds fricken epic.” -- The Orange Press
>Parzival - Barock [Reissue/1973] LP (Sireena)
With their second (and unfortunately last) album, Parzival explored a more neo-folk sound heavily influenced by the British acid folks scene.
>Pusha T - Fear Of God II: Let Us Pray LP (Decon)
Released in 2011 on CD -- now available on vinyl. Solo debut project from half of the critically acclaimed hip-hop group Clipse. Project features appearances by Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, Jeezy, Tyler The Creator, Rick Ross, Diddy, 50 Cent, and others.
>Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magick [Reissue/1991] 2xLP (WB)
HQ-180 double-vinyl reissue of RHCP’s 1991 smash.
>Secret Fun Club - Skull With Antlers LP (Three-One-G)
With drums that call to mind Bonham (if he had preferred meth to booze) playing sides of beef and bass tones that alternate between motorcycle rumble and insectoid modulation and filtering, Skull With Antlers is forty-five minutes of doomy frenetic noise with occasional forays into quiet minimalism and copy-and-paste sound sculpture.
>Terror Danjah - U Make Me Feel 12” (Hyperdub)
Terror's crisp, asymmetric bed of stuttering drums reminds us of a time gone by when Timbaland's falter-funk R&B rhythm programming was an inspiration.
>Bjørn Torske - Oppkok 12” (Smalltown Supersound)
New 12” single lifted from Torske's 2011 album Kokning. Here, he gets remix treatment from DJ Harvey, fellow Norwegian Todd Terje and Italy's Crimea X.
>Ursula 1000 - Mondo Beyondo LP (ESL)
Released in 2011 on CD -- now available on vinyl. Ursula 1000 (aka multi-instrumentalist Alex Gimeno) sets his time machine for globetrotting mutant grooves for this collection of new originals. Features Fred Schneider of the B-52s, French avant-jazz singer Isabelle Antena, and Thievery Corporation chanteuse Natalia Clavier.
20 DECEMBER 2011
>Common - The Dreamer/The Believer CD (Think Common)
New independently released album from the hip-hop star, featuring guest appearances by Nas and John Legend.
>Roscoe Dash - J.U.I.C.E. CDEP (Geffen)
A balance of hip-hop, pop, and R&B rhythms from the Atlanta rapper.
>Kevin Hearn - Cloud Maintenance CD/LP (Celery Music)
New solo release from Barenaked Ladies member Kevin Hearn. The album features an appearance by Garth Hudson of The Band.
>Young Jeezy - TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition CD (Def Jam)
Jeezy’s new album is a raw chronicle of his rise from the mean streets of Atlanta to international stardom. Guests include T.I., Plies, and Lil Wayne.
13 DECEMBER 2011
>Charlotte Gainsbourg - Stage Whisper CD (Elektra)
Stage Whisper includes seven studio recordings and eleven live songs. Many of the studio tracks come from sessions for the Beck-produced 2010 album IRM.
>Gucci Mane/V-Nasty - Baytl CD (WB)
Off the heels of his first official Bricksquad collaboration release with labelmate Waka Flocka Flame, Gucci Mane presents a new “street mix.”
>Anthony Hamilton - Back To Love CD (RCA)New album from the R&B singer -- available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds four bonus tracks.
>The Marvelettes - Forever More: The Complete Motown Albums Volume 2 4xCD (Hip-O Select)
Collects the final four albums of their career (The Marvelettes, Sophisticated Soul, In Full Bloom and The Return Of The Marvelettes), plus 25 unreleased tracks.
>Nero - Welcome To Reality CD (Interscope)
Nero are a new electronic music act from London, England.
>Rammstein - Made In Germany CD/2xCD/2xCD+3xDVD (Vagrant)
The German industrial rock stalwarts have released six studio albums, two live albums, and three video albums to date. Made In Germany is a compilation of the band's greatest hits. Available in Regular single-disc, Deluxe double-disc, and Super Deluxe editions. Super Deluxe is packaged in a metal box and includes three DVDs.
>Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band - Live At The Iveagh Gardens 2xCD+DVD (Josh Ritter)
21-song live show recorded in Ireland July 2010.
>Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa - Mac & Devin Go Back To High School CD (Atlantic)
Original soundtrack to the motion picture starring rappers Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa.
>Soundtrack - We Bought A Zoo CD (Columbia)
Original soundtrack to the new motion picture, composed by Sigur Ros frontman/songwriter Jonsi.
>Wold - Freermasonry CD (Profound Lore)
Extreme Canadian band Wold, hailing from the vast, desolate prairies of the frozen northern wastelands, returns with a new album. Freermasonry is a raging blizzard of darkness and death whose harsh sounds of psychotic hypnosis are a haunting alien presence slowly waiting to reveal its true nature.
DVDs + Blu-ray:
>X - The Unheard Music: Silver Edition DVD/Blu-ray (Angel City Media)
X: The Unheard Music takes long, detailed, and often-funny look at the L.A. music scene of the late ‘70s and ‘80s and focuses on the group that critics had singled out as the leader of the underground pack. The Unheard Music is a documentary that combines live footage of the band and interviews with the four members (as well as their friends and families) with surreal music videos and montages of newsreel footage and vintage television commercials which help to illustrate X's uphill struggle against the music industry. 84 minutes.
Vinyl:
>Drake - Take Care LP (Cash Money)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Drake’s sophomore album features collaborations and production from Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Andr‚ 3000, Boi-1da, Noah 40 and others.
>Dia Frampton - Red LP (Universal Republic)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. New album from the runner up from the NBC show The Voice - Season 1. Originally a member of Meg & Dia with her sister, Dia is preserving her indie roots with her songwriting style.
>Freddie Gibbs And Madlib - Thuggin’ 12” (Madlib Invazion)
Gibbs' rough-hewn raps landing atop smoldering soul and jagged psychedelia. Contains vocals, instrumentals and two bonus beats.
>The Grateful Dead - Built To Last [Reissue/1989] LP (Friday Music)
HQ-180 vinyl pressing. Some 22 years after it began, The Dead's recording-studio odyssey drew to a close with this 1989 Arista LP.
>Tim Hecker - Dropped Pianos LP (Kranky)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Composed of sketch pieces recorded in 2010 for what would become Ravedeath, 1972, this is a peek behind the curtains into the working process of electronic composer extraordinaire Tim Hecker.
>Manatee - Single Player Class War 7” (Slumberland)
Limited-edition flexi release. Sharp blast of punk energy with a pop backbone.
>Lou Reed + Metallica - Lulu 2xLP (WB)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Originally the lyrics and musical landscape were sketched out by Lou for a theatrical production in Berlin, but after coming together with Metallica for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame concerts in New York in 2009 they knew they wanted to make more music together.
>Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Lost Treasures 2xLP (Universal Republic)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Posthumous collection of previously unreleased tracks, alternate versions of existing classics, as well as a couple of brand new compositions.
06 DECEMBER 2011
>Ólafur Arnalds - Living Room Songs CD/10”+MP3 (Erased Tapes)
Icelandic contemporary composer presents collection of songs originally composed and streamed live on the internet.
>Bassnectar - Divergent Spectrum CD (INgrooves)
Bassnectar continues to blend elements of drum-and-bass, dubstep, punk, hip-hop, death metal, abstract ambient, and trip-hop.
>Bitch Magnet - Bitch Magnet 3xCD/3xLP (Temporary Residence)
Complete anthology of seminal post-punk pioneers with eight rare and previously unreleased tracks. Includes the albums Star Booty (1988), Umber (1989), and Ben Hur (1990).
>The Black Keys - El Caminio CD/LP+CD (Nonesuch)
An exhilarating, stadium-sized sound produced by Danger Mouse with no-nonsense brilliance. The pace is fast, the mood is upbeat, the choruses are unfailingly addictive and made for shouting along.
>Black Truth Rhythm Band - Ifetayo CD/LP+7”+MP3 (Soundway)
Super-rare 1976 Afro-centric Caribbean album. Singer Oluko Imo went on to record with Fela Kuti and perform with members of Fela's Egypt 80 band.
>Chevelle - Hats Off To The Bull CD (Epic)
Sixth album from the Chicago alt-rock trio.
>Elvis Costello - The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook [Super Deluxe Edition] CD+DVD+10" (Hip-O)
Live box set, recorded over a two-night stand at The Wiltern in Los Angeles May 11-12, 2011. Each set is individually numbered with a special commemoration card autographed by Elvis Costello, and includes a 40-page hardcover book packed with candid photos, a tour diary of Costello's musings from each tour stop, a 20" x 30" concert tour poster and a limited edition postcard.
>The Cramps - File Under Sacred Music: Early Singles 1978-1981 CD/10x7” (Munster)
Compilation of The Cramps' early singles plus some rare tracks from 1978-1981. Released as a single CD and a limited-edition 7” vinyl box set.
>The Cure - Bestival Live 2011 2xCD (PIAS)
The Cure headlined the Isle Of Wight-based festival in September 2011, playing a 32-song, 2 ½ hour set.
>Anthony David - Location Location Location CD (E1)
New songs, remixes and live acoustic tracks from the R&B singer/songwriter.
>The Dead Milkmen - The King In Yellow CD (Quid Ergo)
The Dead Milkmen’s first in 15 years, King In Yellow contains lots of great, melodic pop/punk songs with their patented hilarious lyrics, plus some tracks that touch on darker subjects.
>Vladislav Delay - Vantaa CD (Raster-Noton)
A mixture of techno/dub and organic textures. The tracks oscillate between a decadent, greyish, post-industrial sound cloud and the intimate atmosphere of a vast and desolate Finnish landscape.
>Dome - 1-4+5 CD/5xLP (Editions Mego)
Complete recorded works in deluxe box sets. Dome was a forward-thinking, early-‘80s art rock band featuring Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis of Wire.
>The Fall - Ersatz G.B. CD (Cherry Red)
29th album from the Manchester alt-rock band fronted by the always-lovely Mark E. Smith.
>Fennesz + Sakamoto - Flumina 2xCD (Touch)
Third collaboration between Ryuichi Sakamoto (piano, laptop) and Christian Fennesz (guitar, laptop). Quiet, restful ambient piano and effected guitar drone.
>Fleetwood Mac - Preaching The Blues CD (Secret)
Live album from the post-Peter Green Fleetwood Mac with John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan.
>Dia Frampton - Red CD (Universal Republic)
New album from the runner up from the NBC show The Voice - Season 1. Originally a member of Meg & Dia with her sister, Dia is preserving her indie roots with her songwriting style.
>Giant Sand - Backyard BBQ Broadcast [Reissue/1996] CD (Fire)
Giant Sand - Cover Magazine [Reissue/2002] CD (Fire)
Giant Sand - It’s All Over The Map [Reissue/2004] CD (Fire)
Fire Records continues to roll out Giant Sand reissues in celebration of the band’s 25th anniversary.
>Jacaszek - Glimmer CD/LP (Ghostly International)
Jacaszeks creations are painstakingly crafted collages of electronic textures and baroque instrumentation, harpsichords being swarmed by woolly static one minute and pulled apart by billowing wind the next.
>Korn - The Path Of Totality CD/CD+DVD (Roadrunner)
Tenth album from the alt-metal band infuses dubstep into their sound. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe includes two bonus tracks plus a DVD featuring a live show and interview footage.
>La Barra De Chocolate - La Barra De Chocolate CD (Munster)
Garage, beat, psychedelia and the influence of Bob Dylan triangulate this brilliant portrait of late-‘60s Buenos Aires.
>LFO - Frequencies [Reissue/1991] CD/2xLP (Warp)
Originally released in 1991, Frequencies not only plays a crucial part in Warp's history -- but also represents a pivotal moment for the British rave movement.
>Nils Lofgren - Old School CD (Vision)
New album from the singer/songwriter/guitarist and member of the E Street Band.
>Loka - Passing Place CD (Ninja Tune)
Loka adventure through the outer reaches of psychedelia, jazz, and classical music.
>Meat Puppets - Out My Way [Reissue/1986] CD (MVD Audio)
>Meat Puppets - Mirage [Reissue/1987] CD (MVD Audio)
>Meat Puppets - Monsters [Reissue/1989] CD (MVD Audio)
Expanded reissues each featuring bonus tracks.
>Brad Mehldau/Larry Grenadier/Jorge Rossy - The Art of the Trio: Recordings 1996-2001 7xCD (Nonesuch)
With the release of The Art Of The Trio, Vol. 1 in 1997, Brad Mehldau solidified his standing as the preeminent pianist of a young generation of rising jazz musicians and struck out on what would become one of the more notable recording endeavors in jazz. In the years following, Mehldau, along with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy, released a series of recordings under The Art Of The Trio title.
>Merzbow - Lop Lop 2xCD (Rustblade)
On Lop Lop Merzbow takes a step in a new direction from his recent releases and focuses on manipulating sounds and harsh beats in a way meant to make a new mark on the face of his well-known style.
>The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Magic Of Youth CD/LP (Big Rig)
Ninth studio from the veteran ska/pop/punk band.
>Peter Murphy - The Secret Bees Of Ninth CD (Nettwerk)
Features B-sides from Peter Murphy's recent studio release Ninth.
>Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising CD (Mortal)
New album from the electronic pop pioneer.
>Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry - On-U Sound: Lee Scratch Perry Nu Sound & Version CD (On-U Sound)
Reworked, remixed and reinterpreted versions of eleven Adrian Sherwood-produced Lee Perry classics.
>Phish - Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 7xCD (Jemp)
Live set from three nights (November 21-23, 1997) in Massachusetts -- 45 tracks total.
>Primal Scream/MC5 - Black To Comm/Live at The Royal Festival Hall London 2xCD+DVD (Easy Action)
Features the complete performances by two of the world's best and most renowned rock & roll bands, captured in surround sound. Also available on stand-alone DVD.
>The Roots - Undun CD (Def Jam)
New concept album from the influential hip-hop group.
>Shakira - En Vivo Desde Paris CD/CD+DVD (Sony)
Live release from the Latin superstar -- available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds a DVD featuring behind-the-scenes documentary footage.
>Should - A Folding Sieve [Reissue/1995] CD/LP (Captured Tracks)
Originally released in 1995 under the name shiFt, A Folding Sieve was heavily influenced by Just For A Day-era Slowdive. Includes bonus tracks.
>sunn O))) ØØ Void [Reissue/2000] CD (Southern Lord)
ØØ Void was the second album recorded by sunn O))). At the time, core members Stephen O’ Malley and Greg Anderson were joined by guest bassist collaborator Stuart Dahlquist (Burning Witch, Goatsnake) along with contributions from violinist/vocalist Petra Haden and Pete Stahl (Goatsnake vocalist).
>Sweet Exorcist - Retroactivity 2xCD (Warp)
Features the whole Sweet Exorcist back catalogue on Warp, including Testone, Clonk and CCEP/CCCD as well as five additional unique bonus tracks including additional mixes and early demos. Pioneering early-‘90s electronica.
>Tender Forever - Where Are We From CD/LP (K Records)
The raw and syrupy swell of the vocal talents poured over the near wildness of the percussion holds fast to the balled up fists and clenched jaw of the lyrics.
>Thee American Revolution - Buddha Electrostorm [Reissue/2009] CD/LP (Fire)
Robert Schneider's (Apples in stereo) pop smarts can't be denied, and paired with Craig Morris, the duo conjured up a mighty tasty racket. This reissue features bonus tracks.
>Robin Thicke - Love After War CD (Geffen)
Fifth album from the R&B singer featuring guest appearances by Usher, Maxwell, Faith Evans, and Pharrell. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe includes three bonus tracks.
>Carl Thomas - Conquer CD (Verve Forecast)
New album from the R&B vocalist.
>Throbbing Gristle - Throbbing Gristle’s Greatest Hits [Reissue/1980] 2xCD/LP (Industrial)
Remastered reissue of this compilation originally released in 1980. CD version comes with a bonus disc of live recordings plus two previously-unreleased tracks.
>T-Pain - Revolver CD (RCA)
New release from the hip-hop superstar -- available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds three bonus tracks.
>Traffic Sound - Virgin [1969] CD (Munster)
This late-‘60s Latin rock band combined psychedelia, hard rock, a hint of progressive rock and a Latin tinge to create a personal, mighty sound full of details.
>Various Artists [Glee Cast] - Glee: The Music Season Three Volume 7 CD (Columbia)
Featured the Glee Cast’s mash-up of Adele's "Rumour Has It" and "Someone Like You," along with their interpretations of Michael Jackson's "Man In The Mirror," Beyonce's "Run The World (Girls)," and Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night."
>Various Artists [Gold Panda] - DJ Kicks CD (!K7)
Gold Panda’s installment of the ongoing DJ series mixes tracks by Gold Panda,
Melchior & Pronsato, Bok Bok, Drexciya, Muslimgauze, Pawel, Ramadanman, SND, Zomby, Closer Musik, Jan Jelinek, Brainiac, Matthewdavid, and others.
>Various Artists - Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland Ohio 3xCD (Numero)
The lovable lot at the Numero Group is at it again with another layer of American obscurity that will leave your jaw dropped and your ears hungry for more. The time is 1958 to 1993, the place is 12202 Union Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, home of the Boddie Recording Company, which issued nearly 300 LPs and 45s in its impressive run.
>Various Artists - Rangarang: Pre-Revolutionary Iranian Pop 2xCD/2xLP
Compilation of forgotten jewels from pre-revolutionary Iran. Varies from funky workouts and soulful pop to jazzy grooves and yearning ballads, all wonderfully and imaginatively produced and arranged.
>Various Artists - Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History Of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79 2xCD/3xLP/3xLP (Soundway)
Available on CD and across two separate volumes on vinyl.
>Various Artists - Warren Haynes Presents The Benefit Concert Vol. 4 2xCD (Evilteen)
The fourth volume in this series of the acclaimed benefit shows put together by Warren Haynes. Includes tracks from Robert Randolph, John Hiatt, Bob Weir, Gov't Mule, Jerry Joseph and many others.
>Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Lost Treasures CD (Universal Republic)
Posthumous collection of previously unreleased tracks, alternate versions of existing classics, as well as a couple of brand new compositions. Vinyl version due December 13.
>Wives - Roy Tapes CD/LP (Post Present Medium)
Wives is Dean Spunt and Randy Randall's band before No Age. Wound tight and energetically experimental, Roy Tapes slightly overdoses on melodic tendencies.
DVDs + Blu-ray:
>Primal Scream/MC5 - Black To Comm/Live at The Royal Festival Hall London DVD (Easy Action)
Features the complete performances by two of the world's best and most renowned rock & roll bands, captured in surround sound. 150 minutes.
>Various Artists - A Brief History In Moving Pictures: A Polyvinyl Music Video Collection DVD (Polyvinyl)
Polyvinyl celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2011. As part of looking back, they’ve compiled and curated this mammoth DVD compiling 60 music videos. 180 minutes.
Vinyl:
>Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See b/w Evil Twin 7” (Domino)
The third single from Arctic Monkey’s recent Suck It And See LP. Features non-album B-side "Evil Twin."
>AwolNation - Megalithic Symphony LP (Red Bull)
Released earlier this year on CD -- now available on vinyl. Debut album from the LA-based alt rock/hip-hop crew.
>Childish Gambino - Camp LP (Glassnote)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. A unique blend of hip-hop with multiple genres, combined with lyrical genius, Gambino has gone from a viral cult following to a mega sensation.
>William Fowler Collins - Resurrections Unseen LP (Type)
Howling field recordings are trapped between walls of tape hiss while white noise and twisted guitar suffers through overdub after overdub, leaving only the picked carcass of what was once a discernable sound. What remains are bleak, windswept textures, spine-chilling rituals and doom-laden ambience.
>Cooly G - Landscapes b/w It’s Serious 12” (Hyperdub)
Producer and singer Cooly G returns after a lengthy release hiatus with a new single for Hyperdub that's a taste of her seriously good forthcoming debut album Playing Me, due early next year.
>Dalek I - Compass Kum'pas [Reissue/1980] LP (Medical Records)
Originally released in 1980, this can best be described as a pastiche of passionate synth-pop and highly restrained post-punk. HQ-180 hot pink vinyl with bonus flexi-disc.
>Deardarkhead - Oceanside: 1991-1993 LP (Captured Tracks)
The New Jersey-based band’s sound perfectly blends post-punk guitar experimentalism with a heavy atmospheric dream-pop aura, similar to Pale Saints and Ride.
>Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt [Reissue/2004] 3xLP (Subliminal)
2004 album now in a triple LP box, presented with the correct vinyl mastering (was previously manufactured from digital master instead of analog, with several defects).
>Brian Eno - Small Craft On A Milk Sea [2010] 2xLP (Warp)
Eno’s 2010 collaboration with Leo Abrahams and Jon Hopkins -- now available on double-vinyl.
>Eskorbuto - Ya No Quedan Mas Cojones Eskorbuto a Elecciones 12” (Munster)
Reissue of 1986 cassette from one of the most influential punk bands in the Spanish and Latin American scenes.
>First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar 7” (Wichita)
First Aid Kit is Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg. The first single and title track to their sophomore album was recorded with producer Mike Mogis in Omaha, NE.
>Chris Forsyth - Dreams [Reissue/2009] LP (Family Vineyard)
Forsyth’s second solo album crosses freewheeling minimalist rock balladry and anarcho-improv surrealism with a fearless approach to beauty in a deeply psychedelic landscape. RIYL: Jack Rose, James Blackshaw, Jim O'Rourke.
>Free Agents - 33.3 LP (Drag City)
Named after it's original price, the Free Agents LP culls live performance tapes from a Tiller Boys show (Cookson, Eric Random and, when available, Pete Shelley) with additional recordings using tape loops, and feedback.
>Guided By Voices - Doughnut For A Snowman 7” (Fire)
New single features four B-sides. New album Let’s Go Eat The Factory due 1/17/12.
>Indignant Senility - Consecration Of The Whipstain 2xLP (Type)
Double-LP of wheezing industrial ambience that owes more to Iannis Xenakis and Lustmord than to the contemporary set. At times Consecration Of The Whipstain sounds like a decaying sound strip from a '30s suspense reel, with all the crackle and flicker you'd expect.
>Milt Jackson And Wes Montgomery - Bugs Meets Wes! [Reissue/1961] LP (Concord)
Milt Jackson was 38 when, in December 1961, he co-led this superb hard-bop date with the distinctive guitarist Wes Montgomery.
>Jesus Lizard - Club 2xLP (Chunklet)
Recorded live in Nashville on July 14, 2009 for their first stateside show in over ten years.
>Lady Gaga - Born This Way: The Remix 2xLP (Interscope)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Some of today's most prominent artists, DJs, and producers, including Zedd, Goldfrapp, Foster the People, Wild Beasts, The Weeknd & Ilangelo, Michael Woods, The Horrors, Guena LG, Gregori Klosman, Two Door Cinema Club, Metronomy, Hurts, Twin Shadow, and Sultan & Nedd Shepard, remix the singles from Born This Way.
>Lake - Gravel b/w Re-Grade 7” (K Records)
B-side is a remix from Selector Dub Narcotic (Calvin Johnson).
>The Locust - The Peel Sessions LP (Radio Surgery)
This is the Locust's Peel Session that was recorded in 2001 at the BBC studios. It marks the first recording with Gabe Serbian on drums, solidifying the line-up.
>Imelda May - Mayhem LP (Decca)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. New album from the Irish surf/blues/rockabilly songstress.
>Múm - Gleðileg Jól 7”+MP3 (A Number Of Small Things)
Two interpretations of conventional Icelandic Christmas songs. Slightly festive stuff yet melancholic, floating somewhere between pure naiveté and lucid kitsch. Includes download with a bonus track.
>Part Chimp/Torche - Split Tour EP 12” (Chunklet)
Part Chimp turn in two scorchers, "Dr. Horse," and "The Watcher," while Torche send a love letter to Guided By Voices, covering "Exit Flagger," "Unleashed! The Large Hearted Boy," and "Postal Blowfish."
>Joanne Robertson/Tom Greenwoood/Cunningham - Maybelle 7” (Fire)
These songs were formed from an inspired evening session of improvising and recording in London in June 2008.
>Rustie - Ultra Thizz 12” (Warp)
Special limited edition 12” featuring a new track “Dreamzz.” The flipside is etched with the Glass Swords and Rustie logo.
>Scratch DVA - Madness b/w Polyphonic Dreams 12” (Hyperdub)
Scratcha DVA -- producer, DJ and host of Rinse FM's flagship Breakfast Show -- showcases some of the breadth of his talent from his forthcoming Hyperdub debut album Pretty Ugly.
>Pete Shelley - Sky Yen [1974] LP (Drag City)
Sky Yen dates back to Pete Shelley's (Buzzcocks) college days, where he chaired an Electronic Music Society, playing records over the intercom during lunch hour. The material wasn't exactly easy listening/ambient style -- it was raw waves of oscillator tones, wildly leaping up and down and stretching out into a pair of 20-minute pieces.
>Stephen/Steven / The Urxed - Split LP (Post Present Medium)
The Urxed is the solo output from Rob Barber (High Places).
>Sally Smmit And Her Musicians - Hangahar [1980] LP (Drag City)
Hangahar is credited to Sally Smmit (Sally Timms of Mekons) And Her Musicians, with special guest Lindsay Lee. Claiming to be the soundtrack of the film Hangahar, the LP was inspired by a casual demonstration of a made-up sung language.
>sunn O)))/Nurse With Wound - The Iron Soul Of Nothing 2xLP (Ideologic Organ)
Finally available as a double-vinyl set, this is Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter's twist on sunn O)))'s ØØ Void. A vast, creepy sonic journey.
>The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave LP (Dead Oceans)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Swedish folksinger heavily influenced by early Bob Dylan.
>Teebs - Collections 1 LP (Brainfeeder)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. A selection of remixes, bonus tracks, and other exclusive material from the L.A. electronica producer. Melodic and slickly produced, Teebs has a unique and instantly lovable sound.
>Tailer Trash Tracys - Wish You Were Red b/w Engelhardt's Arizona 7” (Domino)
Features two standout tracks from the London-based lo-fi shoegaze duo’s debut album, to be released in early 2012.
>Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: Nickel & Penny Labels 2xLP (Numero)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Numero’s final release of 2011 took five years to assemble. Astute readers of previous liner notes may remember a section on acclaimed Chicago dusties DJ Richard Pegue in Eccentric Soul: Twinight’s Lunar Rotation. But for those who are more aurally connected to Numero, he’s brilliant arranger and producer on Renaldo Domino’s “Not Too Cool To Cry” and “Nevermore,” the Perfections “Why Do You Want To Make Me Sad” and “Which One Am I,” and Sidney Pinchback’s “Soul Strokes.” As soon as Twinight was done Numero approached Richard about doing a similar treatment for his Nickel and Penny concerns. He was immediately interested, but then again, Pichard Pegue was interested in everything. He died in the middle of working on this project, but we think he’d be pretty thrilled with the finished product.
29 NOVEMBER 2011
>Boris - New Album CD (Sargent House)
Boris has long been celebrated for their rare ability to reinterpret a multitude of esoteric musical genres into a sound uniquely their own. New Album finds the intrepid Japanese trio etching their own post-noise, extreme pop niche with their most accessible and melodic effort to date.
>Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon [Reissue/2001] CD (Razor & Tie)
2001 debut album from the post-hardcore band -- back in print.
>Kepi Ghoulie - I Bleed Rock & Roll CD/LP (Asian Man)
Bubblegum pop/punk in the vein of the Ramones-meets-The Dickies and a bit of T Rex from the Groovie Ghoulie.
>Gorillaz - Singles Collection 2001-2011 CD/CD+DVD/2xLP (Virgin)
Singles collection available in Regular and Deluxe Editions. Deluxe includes a DVD featuring an exclusive new documentary about the history of the band.
>Hot Chelle Ray - Whatever CD (Jive)
Hot Chelle Rae is a four-piece from Nashville on the brink of being the next big thing.
>Kyle Minogue - Aphrodite: Les Folies CD+DVD (Astralwerks)
Two hours of classic Kylie, capturing the energy, grandeur and extravagance of the massively acclaimed Aphrodite: Les Folies tour. Also available on stand-alone Blu-ray.
>Dan P & The Bricks - Watch Where You Walk CD/LP (Asian Man)
Ska band featuring Dan Potthaust (MU330) on lead vocals/guitar and members of Slow Gherkin.
>Silver Tongues - Black Kite CD/LP (Karate Body)
Louisville, KY indie band explores life's beautiful and harsh moments with an unblinking eye, all the while infusing a feeling that there will be a fortunate resolution.
>Smashing Pumpkins - Gish [Reissue/1991] CD/2xCD+DVD/2xLP (Virgin)
Available in Regular and Deluxe Editions. Deluxe features the remastered version of the original plus a bonus CD consisting of 15 previously unreleased or alternate versions of Gish era songs, a bonus DVD containing a previously unreleased 1990 live show from The Metro, six postcards featuring never-before-seen band photos and a 24-page booklet with lyrics, liner notes and track-by-track annotations by Billy Corgan.
>Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream [Reissue/1993] CD/2xCD+DVD/2xLP (Virgin)
Available in Regular and Deluxe Editions. Deluxe features the remastered version of the original album plus a bonus CD consisting of 17 previously unreleased or alternate versions of Siamese Dream era songs, a DVD containing a previously unreleased 1993 live show from The Metro, 13 postcards featuring original album collages and a 24-page booklet that includes lyrics, photos, liner notes and track-by-track annotations by Corgan.
>Trey Songz - Inevitable CDEP (Atlantic)
New EP from the R&B singer/songwriter.
>Richard Thompson - Strict Tempo [Reissue/1981] CD (Omnivore)
Strict Tempo is an instrumental album, on which Thompson plays everything apart from drums, which are handled by ex-Fairport drummer, Dave Mattacks. Material is mainly traditional jigs and reels, with an original Thompson song and a Duke Ellington cover.
>Various Artists (Dave Clarke) - Fabric60 CD (Fabric)
He may be known as The Baron Of Techno, a moniker given to him by John Peel, but Dave Clarke has an anarchist streak a mile wide and punk in his soul.
>Wooden Wand - Briarwood CD (Fire)
Briarwood represents the latest direction by an artist (James Jackson Toth, aka Wooden Wand) who continuously confounds, befuddles and challenges his loyal fans, but what do you expect from a guy with a tattoo on his wrist that says "What Would Neil Young Do?"
>Yes - In the Present: Live From Lyon 2xCD+DVD (Frontiers)
Live in Lyon, France, December 1, 2009. Includes a 55 minute DVD which, together with excerpts from the live performance, offers candid interviews and behind the scenes footage.
DVDs + Blu-ray:
>Adele - Live At Royal Albert Hall DVD+CD/Blu-ray+CD (Columbia)
Recorded September 22, 2011, Live At Royal Albert Hall features the full 90-minute concert performance, plus special behind the scenes footage shot throughout the day leading up to the concert. Also includes an exclusive live CD of the entire show. 108 minutes.
>Kyle Minogue - Aphrodite: Les Folies Blu-ray (Astralwerks)
Two hours of classic Kylie, capturing the energy, grandeur and extravagance of the massively acclaimed Aphrodite: Les Folies tour. Filmed at Kylie's triumphant O2 Arena show in London. Filmed at Kylie's triumphant O2 Arena show in London, this concert film was produced using a lavishly hi-tech multi-camera shoot. 155 minutes.
Vinyl:
>Captain Beefheart & Magic Band - Doc At The Radar Station [Reissue/1980] LP (4 Men With Beards)
>Captain Beefheart & Magic Band - Ice Cream For Crow [Reissue/1982] LP (4 Men With Beards)
Now available on HQ-180 vinyl. Doc At The Radar Station is considered by many fans to be one of his best albums and a strong comeback after Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller).
>Miles Davis - Dark Magus [Reissue/1974] LP (4 Men With Beards)
>Miles Davis - Agharta [Reissue/1975] LP (4 Men With Beards)
>Miles Davis - Pangaea [Reissue/1975] LP (4 Men With Beards)
A trio of acclaimed mid-‘70s albums by jazz legend -- now available on HQ-180 vinyl.
>John Fahey - Transcendental Waterfall: Guitar Excursions 1963-1967 6xLP (4 Men With Beards)
6xLP set drawing from his best, and most influential, period. Also included are a t-shirt, poster, and a postcard, all of which are housed in a deluxe box with stunning graphic design.
>Happy Refugees - Return To The Last Chance Saloon LP (Acute)
UK's Happy Refugees never fit in with the scene of early ‘80s British pop music and they knew it when they wrote "As far as music is concerned it is almost an overwhelming embarrassment to be associated with it in any way." It's hard to understand why a band this good didn't find a home on Rough Trade.
>Jane’s Addiction - Great Escape Artists LP (Capitol)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Spun through a kaleidoscope of tightly wound riffs, hypnotic harmonies, booming beats, and an unmistakable howl, The Great Escape Artist announces the beginning of the next chapter for the alternative rock torchbearers.
>Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness LP (Arts & Crafts)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Fourth album with tracks covering love, loss, heartbreak, football (always football).
>The Saints - Eternally Yours [Reissue/1978] LP (4 Men With Beards]
HQ-180 vinyl reissue of the second album from the legendary Brisbane punk band, originally released in 1978.
>Throwing Up - Mother Knows Best b/w Medicine 7” (What’s Your Rupture)
Throwing Up is the latest DIY noise attack sensations from East London. "Mother Knows Best" is hook-ridden, raw, lo-fi mayhem that sounds like a mixture of the Y-era Slits and a four-track Babes In Toyland demo.
>Touch People - Show Me Your Dimensions LP (Illegal Art)
Bears resemblance to artists such as Steve Reich, Battles, Dan Deacon, and Tortoise.
>Van Der Graaf Generator - H To He Who Am The Only One [Reissue/1970] LP (4 Men With Beards)
>Van Der Graaf Generator - Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other [Reissue/1970] LP (4 Men With Beards)
>Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts [Reissue/1971] LP (4 Men With Beards)
HQ-180 vinyl reissues of Peter Hammill's legendary British prog/space rock band.
>Various Artists - Thai Funk: Zudrangma Volume 1 2xLP (Light In The Attic)
>Various Artists - Thai Funk: Zudrangma Volume 2 2xLP (Light In The Attic)
Forgotten Thai pop, garage rock, funk, and disco tracks by a cross-section of local ‘60s-‘70s artists unknown outside of Southeast Asia.
22 NOVEMBER 2011
>A.C. - Old Testament 1988-1991 2xCD (Relapse)
Definitive collection of early material from the whirlwind noise-grinders.
>The Adverts - Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts [Reissue/1978] CD (Fire)
Reissue of the pioneering punk band’s debut includes and extra single and live bonus tracks.
>Antediluvian - Through the Cervix Of Hawwah CD (Profound Lore)
Canada’s Antediluvian is a cavernous death metal duo plying a psychotic and twisted take on the genre with a raw, avant-garde and progressive style.
>Behemoth - Demonica 2xCD (Metal Blade)
Demonica chronicles the earliest recordings from the Polish black metal band.
>Bleeding Knees Club - Virginity CD (Iamsound)
Gold Coast surf punk two-piece Bleeding Knees Club release their debut five-track EP. Think ‘50s style surf rock guitars, drinking, babes, beaches and youth.
>Mary J Blige - My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) CD/CD+DVD (Geffen)
10th studio album from Blige and official sequel to her 1994 album My Life. Features guest appearances from Swizz Beatz, Kanye West, The Underdogs, Jerry Wonda, Jay-Z and many others. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe edition includes four bonus tracks.
>Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow CD/LP (Anti)
50 Words For Snow includes seven tracks set against a background of falling snow, and features a number of special guest musicians including Elton John, Andy Fairweather (Low) and, on the title track, the British writer/broadcaster/raconteur Stephen Fry.
>Calexico - Selections From Road Atlas 1998-2011 CD (Quarterstick)
16 tracks from the Road Atlas 1998-2011 vinyl box set, hand picked by the band, offering a well rounded selection of songs spanning the 14 year history of tour-only CDs.
>Cloud Control - Bliss Release CD (Turnout)
“There's an appealing open-heartedness about the debut from Australian psychedelic poppers Cloud Control, a sense of wide-eyed, slightly fried wonder.” -- The Guardian
>Coalesce - Give Them Rope [Reissue/1997] 2xCD/2xLP (No Sleep)
Expanded edition of Coalesce’s 1997 debut adds Give Them Rope She Said V2.0 -- an alternate mix and master of the album.
>Chris Cornell - Songbook CD (Universal)
Live acoustic album from the vocalist and former frontman for Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple Of The Dog. Vinyl version due November 25 (Black Friday).
>Daughtry - Break The Spell CD (RCA)
New album from the band led by former American Idol Chris Daughtry, available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds four bonus tracks.
>Dead Skeletons - Dead Magick CD/2xLP (A Record)
Nascent Icelandic band with ties to The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
>Death Cab For Cutie - Codes And Keys Remix CDEP (Atlantic)
New companion EP to DCFC’s recent album.
>Desertshore - Drawing Of Threes CD (Caldo Verde)
Drawing Of Threes combines shimmering guitar notes, resonant piano, subtle distortion and noise with Mark Kozelek's (Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters) distinctive vocals.
>Doomtree - No Kings CD (Doomtree)
Sophomore album from the prolific pack of Minnesota musicians known for their explosive live shows, ferocious DIY ethic, and blatant disregard for the conventions of their genre. Features P.O.S, Dessa, Sims, Cecil Otter, Mike Mictlan, Lazerbeak, and Paper Tiger.
>James Durban - Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster CD (Wind-Up)
Debut album from American Idol finalist James Durbin.
>Eddy Current Suppression Ring - So Many Things CD/LP (Goner)
Collection of out-of-print singles, demo recordings and other hard-to-find material.
>Gnaw Their Tongues - Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus CD (Crucial Blast)
Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus -- roughly translated, “with blood and whip, we worship the dark” -- is an eight-song exploration of the copper-scented frenzy of the serial killer, the obsessive acts of death worship enacted by those who live on the edge of abyss, the rites and rituals of black cults.
>Good Luck - Without Hesitation CD/LP (No Idea)
RIYL: Superchunk, Ted Leo, Thermals.
>Michael Jackson - Immortal CD/2xCD (Epic)
The soundtrack to the Cirque Du Soleil production of Michael Jackson: Immortal takes a fresh, creative approach in redesigning and reimagining more than 40 of Michael Jackson's greatest original recordings into a compilation that allows listeners to experience his music in an entirely new way. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe includes seven additional tracks.
>King’s Daughters & Sons - If Then Not When CD (Chemikal Underground)
Hailing from Louisville KY, King's Daughters & Sons feature members of Rachel's, Shipping News, The For Carnation and Shannon Wright. Haunting, spare and at times explosively unsettling; part William Faulkner, part Led Zeppelin. Vinyl version due December 6.
>Korperschwache - Mywomanmywomanmyslave CD (Crucial Blast)
Going back to the mid-90’s, the obscure Austin, TX outfit Korperschwache (German for “organic decay”) has issued a steady stream of releases into the deep underground, landing somewhere between the early UK noise rock scene, the skull-rupturing power of Japan’s more extreme noise artists, the formless guitar crush of bands like Earth and the Melvins, and a filthy, blackened, low-fidelity underbelly that hints at mutated black metal.
>Lady Gaga - Born This Way: The Collections 2xCD+DVD (Interscope)
Gaga’s recent album Born This Way is fortified with a 14-track collection of remixes and a DVD containing the 130 minute concert video Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball At Madison Square Garden.
>Lady Gaga - Born This Way: The Remix CD (Interscope)
Some of today's most prominent artists, DJs, and producers, including Zedd, Goldfrapp, Foster the People, Wild Beasts, The Weeknd & Ilangelo, Michael Woods, The Horrors, Guena LG, Gregori Klosman, Two Door Cinema Club, Metronomy, Hurts, Twin Shadow, and Sultan & Nedd Shepard, remix the singles from Born This Way. Vinyl version due December 6.
>Adam Lambert - Be For Mercy CD (Colwel Platinum Ent.)
Collection of pre-American Idol recordings.
>Magazine - No Thyself CD/LP (Wire-Sound)
New (fifth) album from the post-punk band led by Howard Devoto and their first album of new material in 30 years.
>Matisyahu - Miracle CD (Thirty Tigers)
Holiday release from the Hasidic Jewish reggae/rap artist.
>James McCartney - The Complete EP Collection 2xCD (Engine Company)
This special two-disc set, produced by David Kahne and Paul McCartney, includes James's debut EPs in their entirety, along with an additional EP's worth of five never before released bonus tracks. “Strong pop hooks.” -- Rolling Stone
>Rhett Miller - The Interpreter: Live At Largo CD/LP (Maximum Sunshine)
A dozen live acoustic covers of some of Miller’s favorite songs by David Bowie, The Pixies, The Kinks, Elliott Smith and others.
>Mint Julep - Save Your Season CD (Village Green)
Second album from Keith (Helios/Goldmund) and Hollie Kenniff. For fans of M83, Beach House, Slowdive, Mazzy Star.
>Mobb Deep - Black Cocaine CDEP (Infamous)
New EP from the Queens hip-hop duo.
>Willie Nelson - Remember Me: Vol. 1 CD (R&J)
Remember Me: Vol. 1 is the first set in a series of brand new recordings from Willie Nelson, recorded with his long-time friend and acclaimed producer James Stroud. Nelson hand-selected many of his very favorite Billboard country and folk hits from the last ‘70 years for these special sessions.
>Nickleback - Here And Now CD (Roadrunner)
Seventh album from the Canadian hard rockers.
>Office Of Future Plans - Office Of Future Plans CD/LP+MP3 (Dischord)
Debut album from quartet featuring J. Robbins (guitar/vocals), Darren Zentek (drums), Brooks Harlan (bass/vocals) and Gordon Withers (cello/guitar).
>People Get Ready - People Get Ready CDEP/12” (Quite Scientific)
People Get Ready's self-titled EP has been described by some as a funky Twin Peaks or as a romp in the garden of strange delights. “...an experience beyond hearing music in a club or viewing a dance.” -- The New York Times
>Rihanna - Talk That Talk CD (Def Jam)
The sixth studio album from the R&B superstar, available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe features alternate artwork and four bonus tracks.
>The Rolling Stones - Some Girls [Reissue 1978/Deluxe Edition] 2xCD/3xCD/2xLP (Universal)
Digitally remastered deluxe editions of the Rolling Stones' 1978 masterpiece include bonus discs of previously unreleased recordings taped during the Some Girls sessions.
>Rush - Sector 1 5xCD+DVD (Mercury)
Contains the albums Rush, Fly By Night, Caress Of Steel, 2112, and All The World's A Stage, plus the DVD-Audio mix of Fly By Night.
>Rush - Sector 2 5xCD+DVD (Mercury)
Contains the albums A Farewell To Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, and Exit...Stage Left, plus the DVD-Audio mix of A Farewell To Kings.
>Rush - Sector 3 5xCD+DVD (Mercury)
Contains the albums Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, Hold Your Fire, and Show Of Hands, plus the DVD-Audio mix of Signals.
>Sea Lions - Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The Sea Lions But Were Afraid To Ask CD/LP (Slumberland)
Bustling with nervous energy and the desire to communicate, Sea Lions share a sense of urgency with great pop forebears like Subway Sect and Television Personalities -- earnestness combined with pop knowledge and punk suss.
>Ty Segall - Singles 2007-2010 CD/LP (Goner)
Jet-packing around the indie/garage cosmos for the last four years, Ty Segall has done too many singles and EPs and split records and shared records and albums and cassettes to count.
>Taylor Swift - Speak Now World Tour Live CD+DVD (Big Machine)
First live album from Swift includes favorites from Speak Now.
>The Thirteenth Assembly - Station Direct CD (Important)
Members have diverse backgrounds in classical, folk, rock, jazz, and the avant-garde.
>Throbbing Gristle - Bring You 20 Jazz Funk Greats [Reissue/1979] CD/LP (Industrial)
Throbbing Gristle - Heathen Earth: The Live Sound Of Throbbing Gristle [Reissue/1980] CD/LP (Industrial)
Remastered reissues now available. CD versions include a bonus disc of live recordings and remastered singles.
>Wayman Tisdale - The Wayman Tisdale Story CD+DVD (Rendezvous)
The Wayman Tisdale Story is a feature length documentary celebrating the life and legacy of the three-time All-American, Gold Medal Olympian, former NBA star and jazz musician who lost his two-year battle with bone cancer in May 2009.
>Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun - Wildfire CD (Latest Flame)
An indie-pop masterpiece of dichotomy: heights and depths, waves and crescendos, synths and breathy vocals, heavy rhythms and dark themes.
>Various Artists - I Have My Liberty! Gospel Sounds From Accra, Ghana CD (Dust-To-Digital)
The missing link between American gospel records by artists like Rev. Johnny L. Jones and traditional African artists like those featured on Opika Pende: Africa At 78 RPM.
>Various Artists - The Muppets [OST] CD (Walt Disney)
Includes new versions of "Rainbow Connection," "Mahna, Mahna," "Muppet Theme Song" and more, plus newly recorded songs written by Bret McKenzie (Flight Of The Conchords).
>Various Artists - O Brother Where Art Thou Bona Fide Rarities And Unreleased Tracks 2xLP (Lost Highway)
Features deep cuts from artists who appeared on the original soundtrack, including John Hartfford, The Fairfield Four, The Cox Family, etc., plus a smattering of some who did not (Colin Linden, Ed Lewis, and Van Dyke Parks).
>Voivod - To The Death 84 CD/LP (Alternative Tentacles)
Archive release from the metal veterans containing the previously unreleased To The Death demo-only album from January 1984.
>The Weakerthans - Fallow [Reissue/1997] CD/LP (Epitaph)
The Weakerthans - Left And Leaving [Reissue/2000] CD/LP (Epitaph)
Reissues now available. The Weakerthans is weepy music for punks.
>Wold - Badb CD (Crucial Blast)
Originally released on cassette in 2004 in a limited edition of 100 copies, Badb is one of the earliest releases from the Saskatchewan-based black metal/noise duo.
>Yelawolf - Radioactive CD (Shady)
After years of toiling in the rap chitlin circuit, the mixtape matrix and doing hooks for a spectrum of artists ranging from Juelz Santana to Slim Thug, Wolf broke out in grand fashion with his critically acclaimed independent release Trunk Muzik. Vinyl version due December 20.
>Yes - Yesshows [Reissue/1980] 2xCD (Friday Music)
Their long-out-of-print 19s80 live double-LP, newly remastered and expanded.
>Warren Zevon - Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School [Reissue/1980] CD (Friday Music)
Even as he battled alcoholism in the wake of Excitable Boy, Zevon produced an LP that won yet greater raves. This album of lovelorn songs and heavy rockers features guests Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley and Jackson Browne.
DVDs + Blu-ray:
>New York Dolls - Lookin’ Fine On Television DVD (MVD)
Rare live clips and interviews filmed by Bob Gruen and Nadya Beck in the heady days of the band's ascension in the ‘70s. Footage from early shows in NYC all the way to the TV studios, clubs and swimming pools of L.A. 73 minutes.
>The Rolling Stones - Some Girls Live In Texas ’78 DVD/Blu-ray (Eagle Rock)
The Rolling Stones 1978 tour of the US in support of that year’s Some Girls album is considered by fans to be one of their very best. By the time the band arrived in Texas in mid-July the album had hit the No.1 spot on the stateside charts. 85 minutes.
>Scratch: All The Way Live - DVD (MVD)
Shot in high definition, multi-track recorded, and executed for perfection, the greatest live performance DJ film to date. DJ Jazzy Jay starts the party off with old school jams, Z-Trip feeds you bangers and mash-ups, plus performances from Mix Master Mike, X-ecutioners, and live art by Shepard Fairey.
>Britney Spears - Live: The Femme Fatale Tour DVD/Blu-ray (RCA)
The Grammy-winning pop diva storms the stage with a fierce mix of fan-favorite hits and hot new tracks from her latest album, Femme Fatale, in this concert special taped before a sold-out crowd in Toronto.
Vinyl:
>311 - Grassroots [1994] LP (Brookvale)
311’s sophomore album is available on vinyl for the first time.
>Adanowsky - Amador LP (Everloving)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. The son of legendary psychedelic filmmaker
Alejandro Jodorowsky (Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre), Adan Jodorowsky is a polyglot who sings
in Spanish, French, and English.
>Arma Secreta - Dependent Lividity LP+MP3 (Makeshift Music)
A Memphis-based three piece with a sound and style that's best described as 21st century action rock. Wildly intricate drums thunderous guitar, rolling bass lines, and no mercy. Epic, cinematic, post-rock.
>Big Troubles - She Smiles For Pictures b/w Polyommatus Blue 7” (Slumberland)
The second single lifted from Big Trouble’s recent album Romantic Comedy.
>The Black Keys - Chulahoma [2006/Picture Disc] LP (Fat Possum)
HQ-180 vinyl picture disc edition now available.
>R.L. Burnside - Burnside On Burnside [2001] LP (Fat Possum)
First time available on vinyl. “The [then] 74-year-old singer/guitarist rocks out furiously for the better part of the set, evoking obvious predecessors such as Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker.” -- All Music
>Charles Caldwell - Remember Me [2004] LP (Fat Possum)
First time available on vinyl. The only official album from the late elder bluesman was originally released on CD a year after his death.
>Calexico - Road Atlas 1998-2011 12xLP+MP3 (Quarterstick)
A complete collection of Calexico's tour-only CDs available on vinyl for the first time.
>Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves [Reissue/1979] LP (Cleopatra)
Vinyl reissue of the 1979 debut by the pioneering experimental rock band.
>Kimya Dawson - Thunder Thighs 2xLP (Great Crap Factory)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Ex-Moldy Peaches singer/songwriter who garnered a lot of attention for the Grammy nominated and platinum-selling soundtrack to Juno. The album features guest performances by rapper/producer Aesop Rock plus members of The Strokes, Mountain Goats, and more.
>Deftones - White Pony [Reissue/2000] 2xLP (Maverick)
Vinyl reissue of Deftone’s third album, which incorporated elements of new wave, shoegaze and alternative metal influences.
>D.O.A./Potbelly - The Vagabond Sessions Split LP (Sudden Death)
D.O.A. pulls out all the stops with their comrades Potbelly, Oak Harbor, Washington’s fast-rising punk band.
>The Evens - Warble Factor/Timothy Wright 7” (Dischord)
Ian MacKaye plays baritone guitar and Amy Farina plays drums.
>FaltyDL - Atlantis 12” (Ninja Tune)
Over the course of four tracks, FaltyDL shows the range and grasp of rhythm, atmosphere and melody which have made him one of the most exciting producers in electronic music today.
>Ben Folds - Best Imitation Of Myself: A Retrospective 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Remastered from the original tapes, Best Imitation Of Myself brings together Ben Fold’s biggest hits, deepest catalogue fans favorites, hidden treasures and rarities. 18 tracks including three new songs.
>Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters [Reissue/1995] LP (Sony Legacy)
Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape [Reissue/1997] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose [Reissue/1999] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Foo Fighters - One By One [Reissue/2002] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor [Reissue/2005] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Foo Fighters - Skin And Bones [Reissue/2006] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Foo Fighters back catalogue -- some available on vinyl for the first time.
>Full Toilet - Full Toilet 7” (Sub Pop)
13-song 7” from angry young man Don Sheets.
>Hildur Guðnadóttir - Without Sinking [2009] LP (Touch)
Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir is a cellist and composer, best known for her collaborations with múm and guest appearances with Pan Sonic.
>Hollywood Undead - American Tragedy [Redux] CD (A&M)
Containing remixes of tracks from their hit album American Tragedy.
>The Hookers - Horror Rises From The Tomb LP (Green Mist)
The Hookers return from nearly four years of self-imposed exile to unleash their bloody brand of punk-metal.
>Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery - Bags Meets Wes! [Reissue/1961] LP (Fantasy)
Milt Jackson was 38 when, in December 1961, he co-led this superb hard-bop date with the distinctive guitarist Wes Montgomery.
>Junius/Rosetta - Split LP (The Mylene Sheath)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Limited edition split LP between long time friends, and new wave of American metal stalwarts, Junius and Rosetta.
>David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time 2xLP (PlAS America)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Visionary filmmaker David Lynch makes his solo debut with 14 original songs that spotlight him on guitar and vocals.
>J Mascis - Circle b/w I’ve Been Thinking 7” (Sub Pop)
A cover of Edie Brickell's "Circle" b/w an outtake from the Several Shades Of Why sessions.
>My Morning Jacket - Circuital [Deluxe] 2xLP+MP3+DVD (ATO)
The limited edition special package/box set contains a 12x12 hardcover book of lyrics and photos from the recording session, an archival quality lithograph of a Danny Clinch photo of the band, two green HQ-180 LPs, and an exclusive 30-minute documentary on DVD, all encased in a sturdy box with a lenticular image on the lid.
>Brett Netson - Simple Work For The Dead LP (The New Black)
Solo debut from the Built To Spill member. An epic personal playlist, veering off into unexpected and powerful territories, the words not so much heard as felt, imagery emerging upon repeated listening.
>Nirvana - Bleach [Reissue/1989] LP (Sub Pop)
Single-disc version of Nirvana’s recently remastered debut album from 1989.
>Phantom Works - Phantom Works LP (Sickroom)
Cooked up in '08 by three housemates and longtime friends in their Chicago home studio, a number of different influences help shape their sound. Midwest post-punk (Jesus Lizard, Tar) at the roots, a healthy dash of So-Cal freak out (RFTC, Hot Snakes) along with their own experimental herbs and spices all serve to create a potent, magical, high-energy witches' brew.
>Seapony - Sailing b/w I Saw You 7” (Hardly Art)
"Sailing" is a very mellow and pretty composition that drifts on a simple, sleepy melody, while the B-side is classic upbeat Seapony.
>Starkey - Open The Pod Bay Doors 12” (Ninja Tune)
Starkey's original grime and bass leaning productions can be heard throughout this new EP.
>The Strange Boys - Live Music LP (Rough Trade)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. “Texas skuzz-punks The Strange Boys made a move toward cleaning up its screechy R&B on last year's Be Brave, but the new Live Music is a whole other level of good behavior for the band. The record prominently features piano and even a ballad or two, though singer Ryan Sambol's love-it-or-hate-it vocals keep the Strange Boys on the drunk and unkempt side of pop” -- A.V. Club
>Various Artists - Lost Highway 10th Anniversary Box Set 20xLP (Lost Highway)
Uber-limited edition vinyl box set collects 20 albums spanning the label’s first decade in the industry.
>The Who - Quadrophenia [Reissue/1973] 2xLP (Geffen)
Digitally remastered double vinyl LP pressing of this 1973 concept album by the classic rock icons.
>Wye Oak - Strangers b/w Mother 7” (Merge)
Both tracks on this limited 7” are taken from the Onion A.V. Club's popular online "Undercover" video series.
15 NOVEMBER 2011
>Balloon Magic - Mornings CDEP (Shelflife)
Modern, energetic songs about love and longing, with ‘80s British rock and independent scenes as their main point of reference.
>Andrea Bocelli - Concerto: One Night In Central Park CD/CD+DVD (Decca)
Live album from the tenor with Céline Dion, Tony Bennett, Chris Botti, and David Foster. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds a bonus DVD.
>Greg Burk - The Path Here CD (482 Music)
The Rome-based pianist travels into his past, reuniting with old friends and revisiting several of his compositions on this tuneful album that is his most immediately accessible.
>Cabaret Voltaire - Johnny YesNo Redux 2xCD+2xDVD (Mute)
Peter Care's controversial short film, Johnny YesNo, was made in 1979. Its original soundtrack, recorded and produced by Cabaret Voltaire, was released as an album two years later. This Redux edition comprises the original film, a new re-imagining of the film alongside 140 minutes of bonus material and two CDs including new mixes by Richard H. Kirk plus exclusive tracks.
>Can - Tago Mago [40th Anniversary Edition] 2xCD (Mute)
40th Anniversary Edition of this Krautrock masterpiece features original UK artwork and a bonus CD featuring 50 minutes of unreleased live material from 1972.
>Caveman - Coco Beware CD/LP (Original Recordings Group)
Caveman’s sound is equal parts chamber pop, dreamscape, and horror film score.
>Ray Charles - Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles 5xCD (Concord)
106-song collection presents the A and B-sides of 53 singles, including eleven #1 hits, such Grammy Award winners "Hit The Road Jack," "Busted," "Georgia On My Mind," "I Can't Stop Loving You," "Crying Time," "America The Beautiful," and many more.
>Childish Gambino - Camp CD (Glassnote)
A unique blend of hip-hop with multiple genres, combined with lyrical genius, Gambino has gone from a viral cult following to a mega sensation. Vinyl version due December 6. Free patch with purchase -- while supplies last!
>Coliseum - Parasites CDEP/12” (Temporary Residence)
Parasites EP is the eight-song follow up and companion piece to Coliseum's third album, House With A Curse.
>Cross Canadian Ragweed - Box Of Weed 5xCD+DVD (Show Dog/Universal)
Limited box set from the roots/Americana quartet containing the five albums they recorded for Universal South (Cross Canadian Ragweed, Soul Gravy, Garage, Mission California and Happiness) plus a live DVD filmed at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, OK.
>Cynic - Carbon Based Anatomy CDEP (Season Of Mist)
6-song EP combines diverse influences from ‘70s-inspired prog rock to metal, tribal folk and futuristic alien shapes and sounds.
>Crystal Stilts - Radiant Door CDEP/12” (Sacred Bones)
Opening track "Dark Eyes" may be their strongest song to date, unshackling them from their fuzzy reputation, which, even at its heaviest, could never obscure one from this bands dexterous songcraft.
>Drake - Take Care CD (Cash Money)
Drake’s sophomore album features collaborations and production from Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Andr‚ 3000, Boi-1da, Noah 40 and others. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe includes bonus tracks.
>Goldmund - All Will Prosper CD/LP (Western Vinyl)
A collection of 14 traditional Civil War-era folk songs and one contemporary track.
>Gym Class Heroes - The Papercut Chronicles II CD (Fueled By Ramen)
Gym Class Heroes return with their fourth album, which includes the single "Stereo Hearts."
>Mary Halvorson And Jessica Pavone - Departure Of Reason CD (Thirsty Ear)
Guitarist Mary Halvorson and violist Jessica Pavone's have been likened to "an avant-garde Thelma and Louise, blazing a trail across the stylistic horizon like a 1966 Ford Thunderbird jerry-rigged from scraps of Eric Dolphy, Django Reinhardt, Appalachian gothic campfires, Charles Ives, and Hendrix-laced psychedelia."
>Steve Hauschildt - Tragedy And Geometry CD/2xLP (Kranky)
A gorgeous, flowing, floating world of postkosmische musik, Steve Hauschildt's (Emeralds) first widely available release, and his first major statement as a solo artist.
>Hypocrisy - Hell Over Sofia: 20 Years Of Chaos And Confusion 2xCD+DVD (Nuclear Blast)
A 20th anniversary retrospective of one of Sweden’s most iconic and influential death metal bands, recorded live at the Bluebox in Sofia, Bulgaria in February 2010.
>Korallreven - An Album By Korallreven CD/LP (Acephale)
A blissful journey through influences as far flung as Southern rap, dream pop, reggae, and minimal techno. Lush, dubbed-out instrumentals perfectly complement trance-pop vocal cuts.
>Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness CD/LP (Arts & Crafts)
Fourth album with tracks covering love, loss, heartbreak, football (always football).
>Moby - Destroyed [Deluxe Edition] 2xCD+DVD (Mute)
This Deluxe edition of Moby’s recent album adds a bonus CD and DVD.
>David Nail - The Sound Of A Million Dreams CD (MCA Nashville)
Sophomore album from the country vocalist.
>Odonis Odonis - Hollandaze CD (Fat Cat)
Hollandaze is a grimy, gum-splattered ménage of surf-gaze, punk and lo-fi, cut from twanging reverb and fuzz heavy guitars, thick, driving bass-and-drum machines and overdriven Hammond organ.
>The Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage: Animation Music, Vol. 1 [Reissue/1991] 2xCD (Cloud)
Remastered and expanded reissue of their ambitious, highly influential second album. Perfect symphonic pop songs in an elaborate tapestry of tape manipulation, free jazz and electronics. Bonus disc includes rare tracks including B-sides and live material.
>Pink Martini - A Retrospective CD (Heinz)
Featuring a kaleidoscope of favorites studded with a bevy of unreleased gems, this album is a eye-opening exploration of 15 exciting years in the life of America’s favorite little orchestra.
>Pterodactyl - Spills Out CD/LP (Jagjaguwar)
Brooklyn noise-punk mischief-makers Pterodactyl have mutated from their abrasive loft-show roots into a glorious, broken-pop juggernaut. The band's squealing, sweat-soaked art-bustle had rapidly put them alongside contemporaries like Oneida, These Are Powers and Parts & Labor, but Spills Out gently leads the trio towards the uplifting, wistful harmonies of '60s rockers like The Zombies, CSNY and the pre-acid Beatles.
>The Puppini Sisters - Hollywood CD (Decca)
New release from the British vocal trio who specialize in 1940s-style close harmony vocal music.
>R.E.M. - Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011 2xCD (WB)40-song career-spanning retrospective collects songs from R.E.M.'s entire back catalog, including the band's years on both the IRS label (1982-1987) and Warner Bros. Records (1988-2011). Includes three previously unreleased new songs.
>Nathan Salsburg - Affirmed CD/LP (No Quarter)
Salsburg's brambly rags and sundowner hymns incorporate an arch, bittersweet harmony that marks the best work of guitarists like Reverend Gary Davis, Ry Cooder, and Nic Jones.
>Sigur Ros - INNI 2xCD+DVD/2xCD+Blu-ray/3xLP+DVD (XL)
The definitive Sigur Ros live experience, comprised of a live album and a 75-minute concert film, capturing the last show before their well-documented “indefinite hiatus” at the end of 2008. Recorded over two nights at London's Alexandra Palace.
>Paul Simon - So Beautiful Or So What [Deluxe Edition] CD+DVD (Hear Music)
The second of two Deluxe Editions of Paul Simon’s recent album adds a bonus DVD of five tracks recorded earlier this year at Webster Hall, NYC.
>Slash - Made In Stoke 24/7/11 2xCD/2xCD+DVD (Eagle)
New live release from the guitar slinger, recorded at the Victoria Hall in Stoke On Trent on July 24th. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds a DVD.
>Soundtrack - Phantom Of The Opera [25th Anniversary Box Set] 4xCD+DVD (Decca)
This collection, overseen by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group, contains the original recording of The Phantom Of The Opera and its 2010 sequel, Love Never Dies, packaged in a collector's once-only design, and with the added bonus of an hour-long DVD including original music videos, rare interviews and performance footage.
>The Supremes - More Hits By The Supremes [Reissue/1965] 2xCD (Hip-O Select)
Includes mono and stereo mixes of the original album -- with the mono version on CD for the first time -- and features the #1 hits "Stop! In The Name Of Love" and "Back In My Arms Again," plus live recordings from the group's appearances supporting the album.
>Carter Tanton - Freeclouds CD/LP (Western Vinyl)
Carter Tanton (formerly known as Tulsa and current member of Lower Dens) has toured with The War On Drugs and Purling Hiss behind his full-length, Freeclouds. The album features the enchanting vocals of Boston dream-folk artist Marissa Nadler.
>Tegan And Sara - Get Along CD+DVD (WB)
This live album and three films offer a rare and intimate glimpse into the lives of widely celebrated songwriters.
>Various Artists (Glee Cast) - Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2 CD (Columbia)
The Glee Cast’s own festive renditions of Christmas staples as “Little Drummer Boy,” “Let It Snow,” “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” and “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
>Various Artists - This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2 CD/LP (Universal Republic)
12-song seasonal album contains festive originals by Jack Johnson, G. Love, Matt Costa, ALO, Money Mark, Zach Gill, Paula Fuga and Neil Halstead. Free Brushfire label sampler with purchase -- while supplies last!
>Wall Of Voodoo - Lost Weekend, The Best of Wall Of Voodoo: The I.R.S. Years CD (Varese Sarabande)
The first complete CD overview of Wall Of Voodoo, the popular Los Angeles art rock/alternative band whose musical legacy extends far beyond their '80s heyday.
>Webbie - Savage Life 3 CD (Trill Entertainment)
New album from the down south rapper.
>White Wizzard - Flying Tigers CD (Earache)
Sophomore album from the Phoenix-based Heavy Metal band.
>The Who - Quadrophenia [Deluxe Edition] 2xCD (Geffen)
The Who - Quadrophenia: The Director's Cut [Super Deluxe Edition] 4xCD+DVD+7” (Geffen)
Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1973 concept album by the British rock icons adds Pete Townshend's previously unheard demos including songs that didn't make it onto the original album. Super Deluxe version adds an exclusive eight track 5.1 surround sound DVD, a deluxe hard-back book, previously unseen personal notes, photographs, memorabilia and other exclusive material.
>Wim - Wim CD (Modular)
In the ‘80s this Norwegian composer started listening more and more to electronic artists such as Jean-Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream, becoming his biggest influences as he eventually started to play, write and produce his own songs.
>Betty Wright And The Roots - Betty Wright: The Movie CD (S-Curve)
14 earthy, funk-drenched soul anthems, all of which were co-written by Wright and co-produced by Ahimir "Questlove" Thompson of The Roots, and Angelo Morris. The album features guest performances by Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Joss Stone, and more.
Vinyl:
>Blackout Beach - F##k Death LP (Dead Oceans)
The longing in F##k Death is not romantic; these are deserter's songs, coward's songs.
>Fang Wizard - Pure Hex LP+MP3 (Teenbeat)
Debut from D.C. instrumentalists. Underlying each song is a strong sense of pop melody with an experimental backbone. Their sound has the mysteriousness of The Residents, the instrumental quirkyness of The Books, the melodic notes of The Velvet Underground, the badass-ness of Suicide, and the excitement of Captain Beefheart. Translucent vinyl.
>Blaze Foley - Clay Pigeons LP (Secret Seven)
Vinyl-only pressing of this career-spanning compilation from the country/roots singer/songwriter. Culled from numerous posthumous CD releases, Clay Pigeons marks the first-ever proper LP release by one of country music's most beautiful, yet oft unheard, voices.
>Hive Dwellers - Lynch The Swan b/w Dub The Swan 7” (K Records)
Calvin Johnson and his alternating collection of collaborators fuse baritone vocals with melodica for an awkwardly peppy groove sensation.
>Ice Choir - Two Rings 7” (Shelflife)
Brooklyn’s Ice Choir marries ‘80s synth pop to Romanticist lyrical influences. Intelligent, compelling pop music.
>Mastodon - The Hunter LP/2xLP (Reprise)
Recently released on CD -- now available on Regular and Deluxe (HQ-180/45 RPM) vinyl. Follow-up to 2009's critically embraced Crack The Skye.
>Pigeons - They Sweetheartstammers LP (Soft Abuse)
Pigeons have shifted into more dense, heady modes for their new record. Heavy doses of melody and dissonance dip into Broadcast and Meddle-era Pink Floyd territory, as well as more straightforward nods to Opal's Happy Nightmare Baby, Galaxie 500 and Brigitte Fontaine.
>The Pine Hill Haints - Tales Of Crime (Part 1) b/w Tales Of Crime (Part 2) 7” (K Records)
"Tales Of Crime (Part 1)" attempts to express the dirty south, the home of the blues, the ancient father to son craft of whiskey and aging gardening in the mountains, and a cynical history, smashed and destroyed by the modern era of green star capitalism.
>Suuns - Bambi b/w Red Song 7” (Secretly Canadian)
Stark and futuristic, these extended jams may or may not materialize as condensed versions on records to come.
>Twin Sister/The Luyas - Split 7” (Dead Oceans)
Both bands echnant with their space-age pop leanings.
>White Denim - Takes Place In Your Work Space 12”+MP3 (Downtown)
Special 12" EP by the Austin rock foursome. Four tracks on white vinyl.
>White Rainbow - The Making Of Thriller b/w The Making Of Star Wars 7” (K Records)
This marks a homecoming of sorts, with Forkner returning to Dub Narcotic Studio to work with life-long friend and one time studio-mentor Calvin Johnson.
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>200 Years - 200 Years CD/LP (Drag City)
New album from this duo comprised of Ben Chasny and Elisa Ambrogio. Sonically, it's basically Ben and Elisa with guitars, Elisa's voice, Ben's guitar alone, the breath of a harmonium, and the faintest strains of piano.
>65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway CD/LP (Monotreme)
US edition of the 2010 album from the post rock band features the Heavy Sky EP with guest vocals from Robert Smith.
>Aelter - Dusk-Dawn/Follow You Beloved 2xCD (Crucial Blast)
Double-disc collects the first two albums from Wolvserpent guitarist Blake Green's alter-ego. Dark, ethereal downer-pop influences fused with a malevolent black heaviness.
>Alva Noto - Univrs CD/2xLP (Raster-Noton)
“...rugged industrial barrages of beats, violent noise and occasional glassy tones. It's like Pan Sonic or Sleeparchive thrown through the corroded guts of Ted Hughes's Iron Man then fed into Bill Gates's nightmares...” -- Boomkat
>Angels & Airwaves - Love Album Parts One & Two 2xCD/2xCD+DVD (Rocket Science)
New release from alt rockers led by Blink 182's Tom DeLonge. Love Part Two, the band's fourth studio album, is being released alongside the release of the critically-acclaimed independent film, Love.
>Animals As Leaders - Weightless CD/LP (Prosthetic)
The group's genre-defying compositions have earned extensive praise -- Steve Vai called the band "the future of creative, heavy virtuoso guitar playing."
>Olof Arnalds - Olof Sings CD (One Little Indian)
On this covers album, the Icelandic songbird brings her own inimitable, intimate spin to classics by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Arthur Russell, Caetano Veloso, and Neil Diamond.
>As I Lay Dying - Decas CD (Metal Blade)
Best-of collection celebrating the San Diego metal band’s first ten years.
>Atlas Sound - Parallax CD/LP (4AD)
Third long player from the ever-expansive solo project from Bradford Cox of Deerhunter. Atlas Sound is not a "side-project," but rather a fully fleshed musical landscape chock-full of pop chronicles culled from sci-fi fever dreams and mid century rock.
>Baby Dee - Baby Dee Goes Down To Amsterdam 2xCD (Tin Angel)
Live recording for the Holland Festival of a performance at the Bimhuis. Here she performs on the Steinway D grand piano, accompanied by members of Current 93, Nurse With Wound, and Trembling Bells.
>Baleine 3000 - Tour Manager CD (Sonig)
The music of Baleine 3000 has a southern wind; one can feel the influences of Baile funk, African new beat or Miami old-school bass music.
>The Bees - Every Step’s A Yes CD/2xLP+CD (ATO)
Formerly A Band Of Bees. “Mellow and spaced-out. Paul Butler seems to have internalized the feel of bossa nova and samba. These songs showcase a gentle melodicism as akin to Gilberto Gil as it is to Pink Floyd's ‘Arnold Layne.’ I guess the simplest term for it would be psych-folk.” -- Pitchfork
>Beneath Oblivion - From Man To Dust CD/2xLP (Mylene Sheath)
Beneath Oblivion blend the hypnotic, churning crunch of Sleep and Electric Wizard with the raw, broken down contempt of Grief and Buzzoven, and the monolithic heaviness of Zoroaster and Yob with elements of Agalloch-esque folk-metal and Skepticism-esque funeral doom keys.
>Beware Of Safety - Leaves/Scars CD/2xLP (Mylene Sheath)
This is the first studio album by these post rock icons in nearly three years.
>Paul Byrom - This Is The Moment CD (Shanachie)
New album from this key member of PBS/Irish music phenomenon group Celtic Thunder.
>Judy Collins - Bohemian CD (Wildflower)
An album inspired by Collins’ recollections of the southern California scene of the 1960s.
>Chris Connelly - Artificial Madness CD (Relapse)
A meticulously crafted album of deeply expressive pop-tinged rock. Connelly (ex Ministry, Revolting C##ks, etc.) excels in making music running the gamut from stark to bombastic that is sincere and compelling.
>David Dallas - The Rose Tint CD (Duck Down)
“Though the accolades in his homeland have been plentiful, David Dallas was largely unknown to the American public prior to Kanye West featuring Dallas’ breakout ‘Big Time’ on his blog last year. With the Kanye bump in tow, Dallas rode the hype machine into the studio and emerged with The Rose Tint, a record chronicling the rapper’s unlikely journey to Harlem which is easily the most impressive Kiwi cultural export since Flight Of The Conchords.” -- Urb
>The Dear And Departed - Every Waking Moment CD (Equal Vision)
A fusion of rich, flowing vocal melodies and intricate harmonies, and bright, layered guitar work mixed with driving bass lines. Vocalist Dan Smith, a tattoo artist for over seven years, is a cast member of L.A. Ink.
>Dick Diver - New Start Again CD/LP (Chapter Music)
An intriguing combination of widescreen Australian sweep, '70s New York edge and '90s indie-rock scratch that transcends its influences to become truly honest and exciting. For fans of: Go-Betweens, Yo La Tengo, Television.
>Disco Inferno - The 5 EPs CD (One Little Indian)
One of the first wave of 'post-rock' acts, Disco Inferno combined avant-garde aesthetics with a basis in solid pop hooks, credibly depicting suburban alienation and national decay through embittered, intelligent lyrics.
>Disturbed - The Lost Children CD (Reprise)
Multi-platinum hard rock band Disturbed releases its first ever B-sides collection.
>DRC Music - Kinshasa One Two CD (Warp Records)
DRC Music is comprised of Damon Albarn, producers: T-E-E-D (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs), Dan The Automator, Jneiro Jarel, Richard Russell, Actress, Marc Antoine, Alwest, Remi Kabaka, Rodaidh McDonald and Kwes. Each of them has donated their time and waived all royalties to this work to raise funds for Oxfam.
>Dwarr - Starting Over CD/LP (Drag City/Yoga)
“An outsider in an already left-of-center genre, Duane Warr, better known by recording moniker Dwarr, began his journey into the annals of musical obscurity as a factory worker with dreams of making it big in Columbia, SC. His music is an eccentric combination of psychedelic rock and doom metal, drawing from influences like Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, and Pentagram to create an atmospheric and riff-oriented sound that was made all the stranger by occasional bursts of piano and saxophone.” -- All Music
>Brian Eno - Panic Of Looking CDEP/12” (Warp)
From the recordings that produced Drums Between The Bells -- Eno’s recent collaboration with British poet Rick Holland -- comes six new tracks that continue the exploration of how lyric and songwriting are perceived in the post-everything era.
>ESG - Come Away With Me [Reissue/1983] CD (Fire)
ESG - ESG [Reissue/1991] CD (Fire)
Reissue of the influential band’s first two albums. “It certainly wasn't by design that the South Bronx-based group ESG affected post-punk, no wave, hip-hop, and house music. They opened for Public Image Ltd. and A Certain Ratio, they released records on the same label as Liquid Liquid, they had their music sampled countless times, and they became a playlist staple at '70s dance clubs like the Paradise Garage and the Music Box.” -- All Music
>Favourite Sons - The Great Deal Of Love CD/LP (Low Rent Recordings)
Favourite Sons sees the return of xx-Rollerskate Skinny and Kid Silver frontman, Ken Griffin. Recorded with Mike Demming (known for his work on The Pernice Brothers Overcome By Happiness).
>Four Year Strong - In Some Way, Shape, Or Form CD/LP (Universal Republic)
Honest, heavy rock with a hearty dose of hardcore attitude and a touch of indie empathy.
>Ben Frost/Daniel Bjarnason - Solaris CD (Bedroom Community)
A symphonic suite inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris.
>Galerie Schallschutz - HAARP CD (Tesco Organization)
HAARP = High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program. This system has the capability to manipulate the environment to change weather patterns, disrupt global communication systems, disrupt human mental processes, negatively affect health and impact the earth's upper atmosphere in an unnatural and damaging way.
>Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds CD/CD+DVD/LP (Mercury)
Gallagher's first solo album/project since the 2009 split of multi-platinum band Oasis.
>Greg Ginn And The Royal We - We Are Amused CD (SST)
“On We Are Amused, Ginn delves into his own brand of electronica. Although the album will definitely feature the guitar artistry for which Ginn is known, it will also feature some different instruments, including a theremin, an electronic instrument that is basically an oscillator, where the person playing it controls the frequency with his or her hands.” -- CMJ
>Charlie Gracie - For The Love Of Charlie CD (Abkco)
Charlie Gracie, the legendary Philadelphia-born and raised first generation rock & roller whose 1957 hit "Butterfly" helped launch the fabled Cameo Records label, has never stopped recording and touring over the course of the past seven decades. For The Love Of Charlie is Gracie's first album of new material in over ten years.
>Jim Hall & Pat Metheny - Jim Hall & Pat Metheny [Reissue/1999] CD (Nonesuch)
Pat Metheny's 1999 duo collaboration with Jim Hall, whom Metheny has called the "father of modern guitar playing," features 17 tracks reissued for the first time on Nonesuch -- original tunes from each guitarist, several improvisations captured in the studio, plus six tunes recorded live in concert, including Gershwin's "Summertime."
>Heartless - Hell Is Other People CD (Southern Lord)
Heartless are an abrasive, dark and dirty metallic hardcore punk band from Pittsburgh, PA.
>Hubble - Hubble Drums CD/LP (Northern-Spy)
Equal parts shred-fi, cyber-dread, and fried psychedelia.
>Etta James - The Dreamer CD (Verve Forecast)
Etta's last studio recording as she has retired from the music business after more than 50 years.
>Keith Jarrett - Rio 2xCD (ECM)
On April 9, 2011 Keith Jarrett returned to South America for the first time in decades to perform three solo concerts. Inspired by the electrifying atmosphere, the pianist pulls a broad range of material from the ether: thoughtful/reflective pieces, abstract sound-structures, pieces that fairly vibrate with energy.
>Billy Joel - Piano Man [Legacy Edition] 2xCD (Sony Legacy)
Remastered reissue of Billy Joel’s 1973 album includes a bonus CD of an entire previously unreleased 1972 live radio concert.
>Chuck Johnson - Struggle Not A Thought CD/LP (Strange Attractors)
New acoustic album from the guitarist and former member of Spatula, Idyll Swords and Shark Quest. Johnson's full length debut is an album brimming with sparkling finger style compositions that are just as forward thinking and jaw dropping as any revered documents by the steel string compositional masters, both past and present.
>Joker - The Vision CD/LP (4AD)
The British electronica/dubstep wunderkind continues to playfully subvert pop conventions.
>Kaskade - Fire And Ice CD (Ultra)
Kaskade defines the signature San Francisco house sound, with his luscious productions and mixes being slices of shimmering house perfection.
>Alam Khan - Shades of Sarode CD (AMMP)
Son of the legendary Sarode Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, Alam was blessed to learn and live in the traditional stye of Guru and student. Ali Akbar Khan’s careful crafting and guidance shows in each note as well as in Alam’s imaginative way of expressing the ancient ragas passed down from the courts of Emperor Akbar by Mian Tansen in the 16th century.
>King Midas Sound - Without You CD (Hyperdub)
King Midas Sound released their enthralling debut album Waiting For You in November 2009. A hyper-modern nocturnal take on lovers rock, featuring delicate but sour electronic instrumentals topped with Roger Robinson's bitter-sweet falsetto and Kiki Hitomi’s fragile voice, it highlighted a hitherto less-exposed side of producer Kevin Martin’s musical evolution. For Without You Kevin Martin has sourced a pool of radical reinterpretations that follow somewhat in the tradition of reggae, in the same way that the original Waiting For You album did.
>Last Dominion Lost - The Tyranny Of Distance CD (Tesco Organization)
The music is more or less a follow up to classical SPK music like "Leichenschrei" -- hard aggressive screams, rhythms, and noise loops with a partly tribal touch. All produced with old analog equipment.
>Leviathan - True Traitor, True Whore CD (Profound Lore)
Leviathan is one of the most creative and prolific entities in the black metal genre.
>Lijadu Sisters - Danger [Reissue 1976] CD/LP (Knitting Factory)
The Lijadu Sisters debut album, Danger (originally released in 1976), is as funky and mellifluous as it gets, the twins gorgeous harmonies underpinned by a solid Afro-rock beat and framed by Biddy Wright's funky organ and guitar work.
>Like Moths To Flames - When We Don’t Exist CD (Rise)
New from the Ohio metalcore band.
>Lissie - Covered In Flowers CD (Fat Possum)
Lissie’s covers album recalls the huskiness of Stevie Nicks and the dreaminess of Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval.
>London Philharmonic Orchestra - The Greatest Video Game Music CD (X5 Music Group/Naxos)
Features classical orchestrations of the best-known video game themes including Mario Bros, Call Of Duty, The Legend Of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Halo, World Of Warcraft, Angry Birds and many more.
>The Louvin Brothers - Satan Is Real/Handpicked Songs 1955-1962 2xCD (Light In The Attic)
Long beloved of later musicians such as Gram Parsons, The Byrds, Wilco, The Louvin Brothers became the most lauded harmony team in country, influencing The Everly Brothers. Satan Is Real is their Southern Gothic masterpiece from 1959, an angelic combination of high lonesome country and dark southern gospel. On Handpicked Songs 1955-62, stars of country, rock, and folk pay homage by handpicking a track each for this brilliant compilation of archive recordings.
>Lunatic Soul - Impressions CD (K-scope)
New from the solo project from Riverside lead singer Mariusz Duda.
>David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time CD (PlAS America)
Visionary filmmaker David Lynch makes his solo debut with 14 original songs that spotlight him on guitar and vocals. Vinyl version due November 21.
>M+a - Things Yes CD/LP (Monotreme)
Create inventive, spirited electronic pop from Italy.
>Mazmoneth - Music By Mirrors CD (Din)
Music By Mirrors is beautifully produced and ranges from gorgeous ambient soundscapes to cool grooves with beguiling melodies.
>Cass McCombs - Humor Risk CD/LP (Domino)
Humor Risk is perhaps Cass' most upbeat album yet, showing him in a more optimistic mood, and could be seen as the happier, more hopeful sister record to Wit's End.
>Dean McPhee - Son Of The Black Peace CD (Blast First Petite)
First full-length of introspective, drifting instrumentals, masterfully played eclectic electric guitar and effects meanderings. Quiet-time music; summer fields and winter fire-tending. Future dub folk from an olde English tradition that no one can quite put their finger on.
>Mac Miller - Blue Slide Park CD (Rostrum)
Based out of Pittsburgh, PA, this hip-hopper is best known for his single "Donald Trump" and for his work with rap group The Ill Spoken.
>Mojack - Hijinks CD (SST)
Hijinks is the fifth CD from the instrumental group featuring Greg Ginn. A kinetic combination of driving grooves and guitar/sax interplay.
>Mournful Congregation - Book Of Kings CD (20 Buck Spin)
New album from the Australian doom metal band.
>Meshell Ndegeocello - Weather CD (Naive)
Weather finds the eclectic songwriter expanding on her iconic style, a lush album of intimate songwriting. Produced by Joe Henry, and featuring Benji Hughes and Chris Connelly.
>Randy Newman - Live In London CD+DVD (Nonesuch)
The 22-song London set features songs from throughout Newman's four-decade long career, including some of his best-known songs like "Short People," "Louisiana 1927," and "I Think It's Going To Rain Today," as well as newer songs such as "A Few Words In Defense Of Our Country" and "Laugh And Be Happy." An interview from the BBC broadcast also is included on the DVD.
>Oneohtrix Point Never - Replicas CD/LP (Software)
Replica is an electronic song cycle based around audio procured from TV ad compilations. These sample-based meditations are as lyrical as they are ecological, featuring re-purposed "ghost vocals" which serve as narration for Lopatin's signature amorphous, ambient passages.
>Orchestra Of Spheres - Nonagonic Now CD/LP (Fire)
Although distinctly their own, Orchestra Of Sphere’s sound draws on influences far and wide, with echoes of African rhythms, free jazz textures, electronic dance music, krautrock and Indonesian gamelan music.
>Owen - Ghost Town CD/LP (Polyvinyl)
Latest album from Mike Kinsella aka Owen. Kinsella is best known for his other bands American Football and Cap’n Jazz.
>Mike Patton - The Solitude Of Prime Numbers OST CD (Ipecac)
Mike Patton, moved by the Paolo Giordano novel The Solitude of Prime Numbers and having contributed music to the movie of the same name, has created a 16-track release that boasts some of the most contemplative and stirring music of his multi-faceted career, with Patton describing the release as a personal "sonic departure."
>Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry - Return Of Pipecock Jackxon [Reissue/1980] CD/LP (Honest Jon’s)
Reissue of groundbreaking album from the reggae and dub icon, originally released in 1980.
>Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here [Reissue/1975] 2xCD/2xLP (Capitol)
Features the original remastered album and a disc of additional material.
>Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here [Immersion Box] 2xCD+2xDVD+Blu-ray (Capitol)
The Immersion version features the classic studio album digitally remastered and presented as a limited edition high quality boxset featuring rare and unreleased audio and video material, plus a new 40-page oversized perfect-bound booklet, a book of original photographs edited by Jill Furmanovsky, exclusive merchandise and facsimile collectables.
>Pink Floyd - A Foot In The Door: The Best Of Pink Floyd CD (Capitol)
Best-of collection, released to coincide with the digitally remastered reissues of their entire studio catalog. Features their most popular tracks including “Comfortably Numb,” “Money,” “Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2” and more.
>Pink Martini & Saori Yuki - 1969 CD (Heinz)
In honor of the year of her debut release, Saori Yuki partnered with Pink Martini and producer Thomas M. Lauderdale to create a loving tribute to the music released in 1969. Featuring Japanese pop hits alongside internationally recognized tunes like Jorge Ben’s “Mas Que Nada” and “Puff The Magic Dragon.”
>Polinski - Labyrinths CD/LP (Monotreme)
A debut album of beats and noise from 65daysofstatic's Paul Wolinski.
>Pusha T - Fear Of God II: Let Us Pray CD (Decon)
New release from the MC and one-half of the hip-hop duo Clipse featuring production from production from Bangladesh, Pharrell and others.
>Quilt - Quilt CD/LP (Mexican Summer)
While their music is steeped in timeless qualities like the gorgeous harmonies on "Milo" or the twinkling guitar on "Utopian Canyon," the entire record is full of expansive, cinematic moments.
>Luke Roberts - Big Bells And Dime Songs CD/LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
"Luke Roberts' voice evokes both the great and lonesome Pacific Rail and the wild heart of the Brooklyn J/Z line." -- Thurston Moore
>Royal Trux - Singles Live Unreleased [Reissue/1997] 2xCD3xLP (Drag City)
Royal Trux was a band to which the word "definition" had no meaning. This 32-song bomb was dropped on a highly suspect America back in the early winter of 1997. Collected from 1988 to around the time they were signed to Virgin in 1994, this collection represents a living, breathing entity built of contradictions, rhythm, gleeful exploitation of limitations and clichés, the short con (and when you finally notice, they'd slip into the long one) and above all, total commitment.
>Rush - Rush: Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland DVD (Zoe)
The 26-song two-disc set includes the band's performance of the classic Moving Pictures in its entirety. Also available on stand-alone DVD.
>Schlammpeitziger - Vorausschauende Bebauung CD (Sonig)
Schlammpeitziger’s typical swarm of melodies is permeated with ghostly drifting strings and sub-bass, creating a new secretive and enchanted mélange. The beats are sharp and gripping; the cold, synthetic disco sound is a long way from the private intimacy of previous works.
>Walter Schreifels - An Open Letter To The Scene CD/LP (Mightier Than The Sword)
Debut solo album from this acclaimed singer/songwriter and former member of Youth Of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, Rival Schools and Quicksand.
>Skullflower - Carved Into Roses/Infinityland/Singles 3xCD (VHF)
Recorded together and originally conceived as a double-CD back in the dark ages of 1995, Carved Into Roses and Infinityland find the transitioning from the heavy riffs of Skullflower's early days to a more free-form sound that continues to drive Matthew Bower's many guises to this day.
>Soundtrack - Project Nim CD (Cinewax)
Score by Tindersticks founding member Dickon Hinchliffe. Latest film from Oscar-winning director James Marsh (Man On Wire).
>Soundtrack - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 CD (Atlantic)
Features new tracks from Christina Perri, The Joy Formidable, The Belle Brigade, Theophilus London, Mia Maestro, Iron & Wine, and others.
>Keith Sweat - ‘Til The Morning CD (E1)
New album from the R&B star.
>Tech N9ne Collabos - Welcome To Strangeland CD (Strange Music)
The 13th album from the rapper and the fourth in his Collabos series. Features collaborations with Prozak, Brotha Lynch Hung, Krizz Kaliko, Jay Rock, Mayday, 816 Boys and others.
>Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream CD/LP (In The Red)
New album captures the riot-sparking energy of their live show. While Castlemania was more of a vocal tirade, Carrion Crawler/The Dream is meant to pummel and throb.
>This Mortal Coil - This Mortal Coil 4xCD (4AD)
All three albums have been remastered from the original analogue studio tapes. Additionally there is a fourth album, Dust & Guitars, that compiles all the singles, including an unreleased one that was to have been part of the Rough Trade Singles Club and features the otherwise unavailable recording of Neil Young's "We Never Danced."
>Ure Thrall - Arabian Knightmares CD (Tesco Organization)
Arabian Knightmares is one man's effort to reflect the unfolding events of the current worldwide sectarian war in a series of harmonic constructs, utilizing actual sounds from the major events of the struggle (9/11, the Iraq War, etc.) to provide a historic point of reference. For fans of Muslimgauze, 23 Skidoo, Yen Pox, Voice Of Eye.
>Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report Of Throbbing Gristle [Reissue/1977] CD/LP (Industrial)
Throbbing Gristle - D.O.A.: Third And Final Report Of Throbbing Gristle [Reissue/1978] 2xCD/LP (Industrial)
Remastered reissues now available. CD versions include a bonus disc of live recordings and remastered singles.
>Total Control - Henge Beat CD (Total Control)
Members of Eddy Current Suppression Ring and UV Race. Contains just the right balance of abandon and discipline. For fans of Devo, Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire, Suicide, Swell Maps.
>Twerps - Twerps CD (Chapter Music)
Twerps have a fascination with New Zealand's 1980s Flying Nun era, as well as U.S. bands like The Feelies and Galaxie 500, but they also contain a kind of Australian pop timelessness that harks back to the Go-Betweens, Paul Kelly and the Sunnyboys.
>Various Artists - Air Texture Volume 1 2xCD (Air Texture)
New compilation series curated by bvdub and Andrew Thomas with tracks from Oneohtrix Point Never, Rafael Anton Irissari, Ian Hawgood, Klimek, Chihei Hatakeyama, Loscil, Biosphere, Markus Guentner, Leyland Kirby, Wolfgang Voigt, and Atlas Sound.
>Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: Nickel & Penny Labels CD (Numero)
Numero’s final release of 2011 took five years to assemble. Astute readers of previous liner notes may remember a section on acclaimed Chicago dusties DJ Richard Pegue in Eccentric Soul: Twinight’s Lunar Rotation. But for those who are more aurally connected to Numero, he’s brilliant arranger and producer on Renaldo Domino’s “Not Too Cool To Cry” and “Nevermore,” the Perfections “Why Do You Want To Make Me Sad” and “Which One Am I,” and Sidney Pinchback’s “Soul Strokes.” As soon as Twinight was done Numero approached Richard about doing a similar treatment for his Nickel and Penny concerns. He was immediately interested, but then again, Pichard Pegue was interested in everything. He died in the middle of working on this project, but we think he’d be pretty thrilled with the finished product. Vinyl version due November 21.
>Various Artists - Sonig Box Set 2xCD+DVD (Sonig)
For the last 14 years, the Sonig label, located on a quiet neighborhood street in the back office of the a-Musik record store in Cologne, Germany, has stood for uncompromising artistic freedom, absurd humor, hallowed seriousness and irrepressible individuality. The Sonig aesthetic has become an institution, a synonym for nonconformist stoicism in the pop business.
>Various Artists (Tim ‘Love’ Lee) - Fully Bearded: 15 Years Of Tummy Touch Records In Dub CD (Tummy Touch)
Tim ‘Love’ Lee chronicles the first 15 years of Tummy Touch, with an authentic and lovingly created dub album from across the labels catalogue.
>Various Artists - Ultra 2012 2xCD (Ultra)
Double-disc package includes the biggest dance/pop hits impacting now and through 2012 from several top artists, including the megha hit from Alexandra Stan "Mr Saxobeat," which is blowing up the charts.
>Laura Viers - Tumble Bee: Sings Folk Songs For Children CD/LP (Raven Marching Band)
Collection of folk songs for children covers a wide range of American folk songs, from early 20th century work songs to the ballads of Jimmie Rodgers, Woody Guthrie, Peggy Seeger and Harry Belafonte.
>Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo [Deluxe Edition] 2xCD (Matador)
Deluxe expanded edition includes a bonus disc featuring the new 6-track So Outta Reach EP.
>White Hills - Heads On Fire [Reissue/2007] CD (Rocket Recordings)
Reissue of the second album from the NY space-rockers.
>Wounded Lion - IVXLCDM CD/LP+MP3 (In The Red)
Second full-length from L.A. art-punk band, now with Lars Finberg (Intelligence, A-Frames).
>Zun Zun Egui - Katang CD/LP (Bella Union)
“ZZE's thing, in tracks such as ‘Katang’ and ‘Cowboy,’ is lumpy but nimble punk-funk, with African stylings leavening the Magic Band flavour: strident guitars colliding with the muscular spring of Juju music, and polyglot vocals.” -- The Independent
DVDs + Blu-ray:
>Kevin Coyne - 1979 Live At WDR-Studio L Cologne DVD (Blast First Petite)
Coyne remains one of the UK's greatest lost cult talents; one of John Peel's all-time favorite musicians, and an acknowledged artistic hero of contemporary talents as diverse as Will Oldham and John Lydon.
>John Fahey - 1978 Live At Audimax Hamburg DVD (Blast First Petite)
Shot live for TV by the legendary German music show Rockpalast this DVD represents the earliest example of a complete Fahey concert performance. The multi-camera filming features detailed close-ups of Fahey’s playing style giving fans a rare insight into what Pete Townsend has called the William Burroughs of the guitar.
>Rush - Rush: Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland DVD (Zoe)
An evening with Rush performing their classic hits and features the legendary Moving Pictures album, performed live in its entirety. 151 minutes. Blu-ray version due December 20.
Vinyl:
>9th Wonder - Wonder Years LP (Traffic)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. The former Little Brother member brings a star-studded cast to the album that includes Erykah Badu, Raekwon, Talib Kweli, Murs, Mac Miller, Saigon, Kendrick Lamar, Warren G, Big K.R.I.T, Pharoahe Monch, Marsha Ambrosius, Skyzoo, Big Remo, Rapsody, and former Little Brother groupmate Phonte Coleman.
>Peter Broderick - Old Time b/w Solace In Gala 7” (Erased Tapes)
“Serving as a taster for Peter Broderick’s forthcoming ‘Music for Confluence’ LP, ‘Old Time’ acts as a delicate and gorgeous look at one of our favourite purveyors of home-spun pop music.” -- Boomkat
>Tim Buckley - Dream Letter: Live In London 1968 2xLP (Manifesto)
Originally recorded in 1968, this is Buckley’s classic, critically acclaimed double live album. First released in 1990, it was a landmark in the re-discovery of the creative genius of Tim Buckley. Contains performances of "Morning Glory" and "Once I Was."
>Dissidented & Jil Jilala - Tanger Sessions 2xLP (Sireena)
Recorded in Morocco and Germany in collaboration between Dissidenten and Jil Jilala, the Tanger Sessions delivers a Zeppelin-esque mixture of oriental percussion and armies of guitars, which hit places other multicultural collaborations fail to reach.
>DJ Food - Magpies, Maps & Moons 12” (Ninja Tune)
Finishing the trilogy of EPs started in 2009 with One Man's Weird Is Another Man's World and The Shape Of Things That Hum, comes Magpies, Maps & Moons. Another five track 12'', wrapped in a poster cover by artist Henry Flint.
>DJ Shadow - The Less You Know, The Better 2xLP (Verve)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Joshua Paul Davis better known as DJ Shadow is back with a new album.
>Electric Flower - Electric Flower 10” (Narnack)
Collaboration between Imaad Wasif (Yeah Yeah Yeah’s) and Josh Garza (Secret Machines). Their sound is part motorik, part psychedelic with strains of post-punk, Japanese group sounds and East Indian drone.
>Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials 2xLP (Universal Republic)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Florence + The Machine’s new album is a rich tapestry that unpicks the conventions of classic pop, shoots them through a black hole and reconstitutes them into a multi-layered, future-primitive stomp.
>Matthew Friedberger - Death-In-Life LP (Thrill Jockey)
Death-In-Life is the fifth album released in Matthew Friedberger's 2011 six album series Solos, and is comprised of organ and Matt's vocals.
>The Hard-Ons With Neil Hamburger - American Exports 7”+MP3 (Alternative Tentacles)
First-ever US release of sought-after collectable single. Back in 2008, legendary Australian punk group The Hard-Ons teamed up with “America’s Funnyman” Neil Hamburger on reluctant vocals to create an improbable punk rock artifact. Color vinyl with download.
>Hive Mind - Elemental Disgrace LP (Spectrum Spools)
No blisscapes to be found here. No soaring latched arpeggios, no cosmic vistas. Not a single melody. This is two sides of ancestral ruin in its clearest presentation.
>Justice - Audio Video Disco 2xLP (Elektra)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. New club jams from the Ed Banger wonderkids.
>The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs Of Life [Reissue/1956] LP (Light In The Attic)
>The Louvin Brothers - Satan Is Real [Reissue/1959] LP (Light In The Attic)
>The Louvin Brothers - Handpicked Songs 1955-62 LP (Light In The Attic)
Long beloved of later musicians such as Gram Parsons, The Byrds, Wilco, The Louvin Brothers became the most lauded harmony team in country, influencing The Everly Brothers. Satan Is Real is their Southern Gothic masterpiece from 1959, an angelic combination of high lonesome country and dark southern gospel. On Handpicked Songs 1955-62, stars of country, rock, and folk pay homage by handpicking a track each for this brilliant compilation of archive recordings.
>Mannequin Men - Mannequin Men LP (Addenda)
Mannequin Men have charted a singular path that's taken them from spiky, garage-inflected post-punk to a blend of power pop, folk-rock, and no-frills rock.
>Noothgrush - Live For Nothing 2xLP (Southern Lord)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Noothgrush was well known for their consistently bludgeoning assault, played at slow as boiling tar tempos.
>Carlos Paredes - Guitarra Portuguesa [Reissue/ 1967] LP (Drag City)
>Carlos Paredes - Movimento Perpétuo [Reissue/1971] LP (Drag City)
Carlos Paredes was one of the greatest Portuguese guitarists, and a symbol of the Portuguese culture -- not simply a great composer, but one of the men behind the worldwide understanding of his instrument and his country.
>Alasdair Roberts & Karine Polwart/Drew Wright - Scottish Split 7” (Twos & Fews)
7” released in tandem with the comp Whaur The Pig Gaed On The Spree. The A-side of the single is Alasdair Roberts' own arrangement and performance (with renowned Scottish singer Karine Polwart) of "Captain Wedderburn's Courtship," a traditional ballad, while the flipside features another young and talented traditionally-minded Scots singer, Drew Wright, who turns in an interpretation of the classic Scots border ballad, "The Dowie Dens O Yarrow."
>Sandwitches - Pearl b/w Benny's Memory Palace 7” (Hardly Art)
Gothic Americana and tender misfit pop. Expect tempered echo chamber delay on one side and then bask in an incredible falsetto lift and drop on the flip.
>Ty Segall - Spiders b/w Cherry Red 7” (Drag City)
B-side is a cover of the Groundhogs almighty "Cherry Red."
>Skull Defekts - 2013-3012 12”+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Guests include Daniel Higgs and Zomes. A-side consists of three new songs, while the B-side is a reverse cut done on a Scully Lathe. The B-side is not only a reverse recording of the A-side, but literally plays backwards from the inside of the record to the outside.
>Slugabed - Sun Too Bright Turn It Off 12” (Ninja Tune)
Channels the energy of the best of today's bass music, through spacey bleeps and meditative melodies to explore the outermost reaches of electronic music.
>Various Artists - Whaur The Pig Gaed On The Spree: Scottish Recordings By Alan Lomax 1951-'57 LP (Twos & Fews)
Whaur The Pig Gaed On The Spree commemorates the 60th anniversary of Alan Lomax's first Scottish recordings and acknowledges their profound effect on Scotland's Folk revival with one of its most gifted heirs at the wheel: Drag City artist Alasdair Roberts. Curated by Roberts and produced in collaboration with the Alan Lomax Archive's Global Jukebox label, the record is a startlingly diverse portrait of Lowland traditional music and song: from gentle to rumbustious, hilarious to heartbreaking.
>Kurt Vile - So Outta Reach 12” (Matador)
New 6-track EP companion to Smoke Ring For My Halo.
>Walton - Walton 12” (Hyperdub)
Sam Walton is the 20-year-old Mancunian producer behind this Hyperdub debut, an EP exploring four original experiments with the funky house sound, always keeping the emphasis on energy.
>Chris Watson - Tren Fantasma: The Signal Man 12” (Touch)
>Yuck - Yuck [Bonus Disc] 2xLP (Fat Possum)
Includes an extra disc featuring six new tracks. This is a confident, wildly ambitious record, but also one which brims over with a ragged warmth and tenderness, tipping its hat at alt music heroes past such as East River Pipe, Dinosaur Jr. and Sparklehorse while at the same time retaining a unique identity entirely its own.
>Zambri - Glossolalia 12”+MP3 (Kanine)
Mixes experimental beats and dueling female vocals with captivating melodies to create unromantic love songs. Filled with gothic and avant-garde pop vocals, the songs might sound familiar, like a lost Siouxsie And The Banshees or Kate Bush classic, but they manage to bring it to an altogether new place.
>Zs - 33 2x7” (Northern Spy)
A dreamscape of thunderous bass and infectious rhythm.
01 NOVEMBER 2011
>Beach Boys - SMiLE Sessions 2xCD/5xCD+2xLP+2x7”/2xLP (Capitol/EMI)
With the full participation of original Beach Boys Al Jardine, Mike Love, and Brian Wilson, Capitol/EMI has collected and compiled the band's legendary 1966-'67 sessions for the never-completed SMiLE. Available as a double-disc edition and as a Deluxe box set. Deluxe adds a wealth of bonus material for the super fan.
>Justin Beiber - Under The Mistletoe CD/CD+DVD (Island)
Holiday album from the superstar available in Regular and Deluxe editons. The deluxe CD edition features four bonus tracks and includes 25 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage plus the video for "Pray."
>Black Milk/Danny Brown - Black And Brown! CD (Fat Beats)
Collaboration between the two celebrated Detroit hip-hoppers finds Danny Brown exclusively handling mic duties, with Black Milk showcasing his masterful production.
>Blouse - Blouse CD/LP (Captured Tracks)
“Blouse tags along the wave of dream pop, shoegaze, chill wave -- whatever you want to call it.” -- Twentyseven Views
>Susan Boyle - Someone To Watch Over Me CD (Columbia)
Boyle’s third album features covers of “Unchained Melody,” “Both Sides Now,” “Enjoy The Silence” and “Mad World,” as well as some originals.
>Brite Futures - Dark Past CD/LP (Turnout)
A youthful swaggering mix of synth-happy pop, rock, funk, disco, and new wave that the band likes to describe as "punk rock Abba disco Osmonds with chainsaws."
>Dave Brubeck - Their Last Time Out: The Unreleased Live Concert December 26, 1967 2xCD (Sony)
On December 26, 1967, the classic Dave Brubeck Quartet (Paul Desmond on alto sax, Joe Morello on drums, and Eugene Wright on bass) gave its final concert as a group.
>The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum: Complete Collection 3xCD+DVD (Triple Crown)
The Color Spectrum consists of songs inspired by the colors of the spectrum. The collection features collaborations with several producers and musicians, including Manchester Orchestra and Brendan Brown from The Receiving End Of Sirens.
>The Decemberists - Long Live The King CD/LP (Capitol)
New EP is a mostly-acoustic set of six Americana-based songs, recorded around the same time as The King Is Dead, and including their cover of The Grateful Dead’s "Row Jimmy."
>Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials CD (Universal Republic)
Florence + The Machine’s new album is a rich tapestry that unpicks the conventions of classic pop, shoots them through a black hole and reconstitutes them into a multi-layered, future-primitive stomp. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds four bonus tracks. Vinyl version due November 8.
>Girl In A Coma - Exits & All The Rest CD/LP (Blackheart)
“I wish Girl In A Coma had released an album when I was growing up in the 1970s. The band cranks its amps in the style of the classic-rock power trios I listened to back then, though it swaps out the testosterone with a sense of graceful defiance.” -- NPR
>Idle Warship - Habits Of Heart CD (Element 9)
A mash-up of influences, from soul to hip-hop to alternative to electronic.
>Insane Clown Posse - Featuring Freshness 2xCD (Psychopathic)
Collects tracks of the biggest guest spots and features of their career. The first disc “Family” contains tracks of ICP collaborating with their Psychopathic Records label mates Twiztid, Blaze, Boondox, ABK, DJ Clay and AMB. The second disc “Homies” includes tracks of ICP collaborating with Three 6 Mafia, Capital E, Ice T, O.D.B., Mack 10, Kid Rock, Snoop Dogg, Bryan Abrams, Tech N9ne, Bushwick Bill, Fresh Kid Ice, Fish N Grits, MC Breed, Vanilla Ice, Afro Man, Tone Tone, Big Hutch and Paris.
>Jethro Tull - Aqualung [40 Anniversary Special Edition] 2xCD/2xCD+DVD+LP (Capitol)
Digitally remastered and expanded reissue of the classic 1971 album. Disc One features a new, previously unreleased stereo mix of the album. Disc Two contains additional recordings from 1970-71 and includes unheard stereo mixes. Also available as a limited Super Deluxe Edition which adds a bonus DVD, a vinyl LP pressing and more.
>Carole King - A Holiday Carole CD (Hear Music)
Carole King's first ever holiday album.
>Krisiun - Great Execution CD (Century Media)
New album from the Brazilian three-piece death metal band.
>Miranda Lambert - Four The Record CD/CD+DVD (Sony Nashville)
Fourth album from the award winning country songbird. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions.
>Nellie McKay - Obligatory Villagers [Reissue/2007] CD/LP (Hungry Mouse)
From the cheeky ukulele-and-tap-shoes dance break in the middle of album opener “Mother Of Pearl” to the chorus of brain-hungry zombies on “Zombie,” Villagers finds Nellie and her collaborators at their most lively and rambunctious. Also available on vinyl for the first time.
>M.E.D. - Classic CD (Stone’s Throw)
The hip-hop artist’s sophomore album features collaborations with Aloe Blacc, Talib Kweli (“Classic”), Hodgy Beats (OFWGKTA), and with producers Madlib, Oh No and The Alchemist. Vinyl version due November 8.
>Megadeth - Th1rt3en CD (Roadrunner)
New album from the veteran hard rock band.
>Nils Petter Molvaer - Baboon Moon CD (Thirsty Ear)
Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer has his own very individual sound, influenced as much by the poetry of Scandinavian nature as by electronic calculation, and last but not least by colleagues like Miles Davis and Jon Hassell.
>Lou Reed + Metallica - Lulu 2xCD (WB)
Originally the lyrics and musical landscape were sketched out by Lou for a theatrical production in Berlin, but after coming together with Metallica for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame concerts in New York in 2009 they knew they wanted to make more music together.
>Slipknot - Iowa [Special Edition) 2xCD+DVD (Roadrunner)
This 10th Anniversary Special Edition includes the original Iowa album plus a bonus remix, the audio from the legendary "Disasterpieces" concert filmed in London in 2002. The DVD includes a brand new hour-long film by the M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan.
>The Soft Moon - Total Decay CDEP/LP (Captured Tracks)
“The title track ably walks the line between Factory Records ghost-moan postpunk and straight-up scary noise.” -- Stereogum
>Steel Panther - Balls Out CD/LP (Universal Republic)
New album from the retro-minded hair metal band.
>Tycho - Dive CD/2xLP (Ghostly International)
New album from the IDM composer and graphic artist (ISO50) extraordinaire.
>Tyrese - Open Invitaion CD (Voltron)
Fifth album from the R&B vocalist. Features guest appearances from Jay Rock, Rick Ross, Ludacris and Candace.
>U2 - Actung Baby [Reissue/1991] CD/2xCD/6xCD+4xDVD/4xLP (Island)
Reissue of U2’s 1991 smash, available in an array of editions. Deluxe double CD edition features the original album plus an additional 14 tracks including B-sides and remixes. Super Deluxe 10 disc edition includes the original album, the follow-up album, Zooropa, B-sides and re-workings of previously unheard material recorded during the Achtung Baby sessions; and four DVDs, including "From The Sky Down", Zoo TV, all the videos from Achtung Baby plus bonus material. Extremely limited 4xLP color vinyl pressing includes the original album plus seven bonus remixes.
>Various Artists - The Muppets: A Green And Red Christmas [Reissue/2006] CD (Walt Disney)
Expanded reissue of this 2006 holiday release coincides with the new motion picture The Muppets, and features new artwork and two additional tracks.
>Suzanne Vega - Close-Up 3: States Of Being CD (Cooking Vinyl)
The third installment in the singer/songwriter's four-part series which finds her acoustically reinterpreting portions of her back catalog.
>Wale - Ambition CD (WB)
The famed mixtape rapper's second legit release maintains his place as one of the best rappers under the radar.
DVDs + Blu-ray:
>Lindsey Buckingham - Songs From The Small Machine: Live In L.A. DVD/Blu-ray (Eagle Vision)
Filmed in high definition at an exclusive show at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills in April this year, Songs From The Small Machine captures Lindsey Buckingham showcasing tracks from his new studio album Seeds We Sow, songs from across his solo career, and Fleetwood Mac classics. 125 minutes.
>The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead Movie Blu-ray+DVD (Shout Factory)
The Grateful Dead Movie in a deluxe double-disc version, with the feature film on Blu-ray and a DVD loaded with an extensive slate of bonus features five hours of content in all. Co-directed by Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead Movie was originally released in 1977, and captures performances from five October 1974 shows at San Francisco s Winterland Ballroom.
>Michael Jackson - The Life Of An Icon DVD/Blu-ray (Universal)
New look into the King Of Pop’s fascinating life includes all-new interviews with his mother Katherine Jackson as well as siblings Tito and Rebbie Jackson, family, friends and music legends such as Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick and many more. 157 minutes.
Vinyl:
>Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire LP (PAX-AM/Capitol)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Ashes & Fire features guest turns from Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench as well as Norah Jones who contributes piano and backing vocals on several tracks.
>AM And Shawn Lee - Celestial Electric CD (ESL Music)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Two mates, one from L.A., the other from London create vintage grooves from ‘60s and ‘70s soundtracks in a 21st century style. RIYL: Air, Phoenix, Broken Bells, LCD Soundsystem.
>Boris - Black Original 12” (Catune)
"Black Original" introduces synthesizers and industrial beats into Boris’ expanding sound with remixes from 9dW and Luger E-Go.
>Coldplay - Milo Xyloto LP (Capitol)
Recently released on CD, Coldplay’s new album is now available on vinyl.
>The Fling - What I’ve Seen LP (Dangerbird)
Follow-up EP to The Fling’s 2010 debut full-length When The Madhouses Appear highlights the band’s lush guitar soundscapes and ethereal harmonies.
>Helmet - Meantime [1992] LP (Original Recordings Group)
Remastered and released for the first on vinyl. 1992 alterna-grunge/metal album produced by Steve Albini.
>Iced Earth - Dystopia LP (Century Media)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Tenth studio album from the Florida-based heavy metal band.
>Chris Isaak - Beyond The Sun LP (Vanguard)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Chris Isaak pays tribute Sun Records producer Sam Phillips by covering some of the artists he discovered, including: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis.
>Matt Pond PA - Emblems [2004] 2xLP (Polyvinyl)
Originally released in 2004, Emblems is Matt Pond PA’s fourth album. Now available on vinyl for the first time (HQ-180/color) including three bonus songs.
>Panda Bear - Tomboy 4xLP (Paw Tracks)
The original Tomboy LP on two LPs, the Tomboy single mixes on one LP and several Tomboy unreleased instrumentals and a capellas, plus “The Preakness” and a 16pg booklet. All profits go to the American Cancer Society.
25 OCTOBER 2011
>Aiden - Some Kind Of Hate CD (Victory)
New album from the Seattle goth punks.
>Alva-Noto/Ryuichi Sakamoto - With Ensemble Modern: UTP CD (Raster-Noton)
A synergetic mixture of electronic and natural sounds that is expanded by the potential of the classical instruments of Ensemble Modern.
>Sheryl Bailey/Vic Juris - Jazz Guitars Meet Hendrix CD/2xLP (Sundazed)
Renditions of Hendrix standards by two of today's most progressive and inventive guitarists.
>Banner Pilot - Heart Beats Pacific CD/LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
Banner Pilot is a punk band from Minneapolis, MN.
>The Barreracudas - Nocturnal Missions CD/LP (Douchemaster)
Somewhere between The Heartbreakers (Petty) and The Heartbreakers (Thunders), The Barreracudas find a shallow well of inspiration just deep enough to produce one of the biggest foot-tappers of the year. Nocturnal Missions blends elements of dirty '70s glam and the radio-friendliness of Dwight Twilley and Phil Seymour.
>The Bats - Free All The Monsters CD/LP (Flying Nun)
Eighth album from beloved New Zealand indie-pop veterans, which features members of The Clean, Toy Love, and The Builders.
>The Beets - Let The Poison Out CD/LP (Hardly Art)
All of the Beets elements are here; jangly acoustic guitar, simply captured sing-along lyrics about yourself, being free, not fitting in, and an undercurrent of restless energy.
>The Bevis Frond - The Leaving Of London CD/LP (Woronzow)
After a seven year gap Nick Saloman, the English guitar wizard and psychedelic renaissance man, is back with his twentieth studio album.
>Black Tusk - Set The Dial CD/LP (Relapse)
New from GA sludge/hardcore/metal outfit -- produced by Jack Endino.
>The Blues Project - Projections [Reissue/1966] CD (Sundazed)
The Blues Project was one of the most innovative and influential bands of the 1960s. Rising from the vibrant Greenwich Village music scene, the New York quintet created a visionary fusion of electric blues, folk-rock, jazz and psychedelia. This is a rare mono mix of their 1966 album.
>JC Brooks And The Uptown Sound - Want More CD/LP+MP3 (Bloodshot)
With a sound like a meeting between Otis Redding and The Stooges, Brooks erupts with raw emotion, harnessing the Uptown Sound's post-punk edge and delivering music ranging from sweaty on-the-one workouts, dance-punk booty shakers, garage rock thump humps, and aching R&B ballads.
>Michael Bublé - Christmas CD (Reprise)
Includes guest performances by Shania Twain on "White Christmas" and The Puppini Sisters on "Jingle Bells." Bublé also put his unique take on such classics as "Silent Night," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town."
>bvdub - Resistance Is Beautiful CD (Darla)
Brock Van Wey adds beats to loops this time and creates a record more active yet right in keeping with his solid body of ambient work.
>Cameras - In Your Room CD (Manimal Vinyl)
Atmospheric and cinematic, Cameras will strike a chord with fans of Bowie, The National, Radiohead, Cat Power and Mazzy Star.
>Carnifex - Until I Feel Nothing CD/LP (Victory)
New album from the San Diego-based deathcore band.
>Ray Charles - Complete Early Recordings 1949-1952 2xCD (JSP)
The light blues and jazz of Ray Charles' early recordings were heavily influenced by Nat King Cole, and Charles frequently recorded in a similar trio format.
>Circus Devils - Capsized! CD/LP (Happy Jack)
Once again, the Ohio trio lead by Robert Pollard defies and transcends musical genres with a strangely coherent blend of soft rock, aggressive stompers and creepy soundscapes.
>Kelly Clarkson - Stronger CD (RCA)
Fifth album from the winner of the first season of American Idol. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds four bonus tracks.
>A Classic Education - Call It Blazing CD (Lefse)
"Melding all sorts of influences ('90s indie rock, '80s Flying Nun, '60s baroque/psych), A Classic Education are just tight enough while retaining a bit of shambolic charm, sweeping romanticism." -- Brooklyn Vegan
>Coldplay - Milo Xyloto CD (Capitol)
New album now available -- vinyl version due November 1.
>Comet Gain - Howl Of The Lonely Crowd CD/LP (What’s Your Rupture)
Their influence remains a traceable and tangible thing; galvanizing iconic bands and musicians, from Bikini Kill and Make-Up to a younger generation like Male Bonding, Love is All, Veronica Falls, and Crystal Stilts.
>Craft - Void CD (Southern Lord)
New album from the Swedish black metal band. Vinyl version due November 8.
>Danava - Hemisphere Of Shadows CD/LP (Kemado)
Danava’s bombastic ‘70s sound melds blazing psych-metal with glam-rock flair.
>Dark Captain - Dead Legs & Alibis CD (Loaf)
Sophomore full-length moves beyond their psych-folk roots. For fans of Kings Of Convenience, Neil Young, and Grizzly Bear.
>Dead To Me - Moscow Penny Ante CD/LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
Third studio album from the punk rockers.
>Deer Tick - Divine Providence CD/LP+MP3 (Partisan)
From the band that's been both accurately and inaccurately labeled just about everything this side of Top 40 comes a true-to-form rock & roll record. More raw, real, and raucous than anything they have released to date.
>The Devil Makes Three - Stomp And Smash: Live At The Mystic Theatre CD/LP (Milan)
Laced with elements of ragtime, country, folk and rockabilly, the critically praised, drummer-less trio brings forth a genuine approach to acoustic music that is deeply steeped in rhythm.
>Dirty Projectors + Bjork - Mount Wittenberg Orca CD/LP (Domino)
A collaboration between the orchestral Brookyln group and the avant-pop princess... inspired by a whale sighting.
>Dntel - Life Is Full Of Possibilities [Reissue/2001] CD/2xLP+MP3 (Sub Pop)
“Now reissued with bonus material, this album is best remembered for birthing the Postal Service, via the Jimmy Tamborello and Ben Gibbard collaboration ‘The Dream Of Evan And Chan.’ A decade on, it offers a vision of how ‘experimental’ met ‘catchy’ in 2001. [8.8]” -- Pitchfork
>Thomas Dolby - A Map Of The Frozen City CD/2xCD (Lost Toy People)
First new album in 20 years featuring appearances by special guest artists Mark Knopfler, Regina Spektor, Natalie MacMaster, Bruce Woolley, Imogen Heap and Eddi Reader. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds a disc of instrumentals and bonus tracks.
>The Druids Of Stonehenge - Creation [1968] CD (Sundazed)
The Druids Of Stonehenge exemplified both the surly essence of teen garage-punk and the experimental spirit of psychedelia. The band formed in 1965 as a scrappy, R&B-influenced teen combo in the Rolling Stones/Pretty Things mold. By 1968, the Druids had fused psychedelia to their wild garage roots.
>Dub Trio - IV CD/LP (Roir)
“When listening to IV you can hear that 'dub', as a concept and less as a genre synonymous to reggae, is at the core of the music, and while listening you'll hear everything from metal to dubstep... there's even a prepared piano track,” says Dub Trio drummer Joe Tomino.
>El Rego - El Rego CD/LP (Daptone)
El Rego is a true legend of African soul music. Here for the first time on album are twelve of his greatest recordings from the late '60s and early '70s hand-picked by Daptone Records.
>James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual CD/LP (Hippos In Tanks)
16 swirly-pop concoctions.
>Fever Tree - Fever Tree [1968] CD (Sundazed)
Fever Tree's lone hit single, the haunting 1968 tribal anthem "San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)," perfectly captured the spirit of the psychedelic era.
>The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble - Mr. Machine CD/LP (!K7)
This experimental electronic/classical German trio has been expanded to a ten piece.
>Vince Gill - Guitar Slinger CD (MCA Nashville)
New album now available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds three bonus tracks.
>Goapele - Break Of Dawn CD (Decon)
Fourth studio album from Bay-area R&B/neo-soul vocalist after a five-year-long hiatus.
>Gringo Star - Count Yer Lucky Stars CD/LP (Gigantic)
"Slip somewhere between The Black Lips' chaos-infused compositions and MGMT's sing-along medleys." -- Paste
>Group Inerane - Guitars From Agadez Vol. 3 (Music Of Niger) CD (Sublime Frequencies)
CD reissue of the instantly sold-out LP from the Nigerian Tuareg guitar scorchers.
>Hammers Of Misfortune - 17th Street CD/LP (Metal Blade)
Fifth album from the San Francisco-based prog metal band.
>Hammock - Asleep In The Down Lights CD/LP+MP3 (Hammock Music)
Steve Kilbey and Tim Powles of The Church collaborate with ambient masters Hammock two of the four songs featured on this EP.
>Happy Jawbone Family Band - OK Midnight, You Win CD/LP (Feeding Tube)
Shambolic collective redolent of Triffids/Renderers vibes or other mountain-dwelling wackos.
>Hauschka/Hildur Guðnadóttir - Pan Tone CD (Sonic Pieces)
Pianist and cellist collaboration. The ineffable lightness that Bertelmann (Hauschka) brings to the table is a stark contrast to Guðnadóttir’s sinking darkness, and the collision of their unique styles creates a plethora of tones, shades and hues.
>Hired Hand - Hired Hand CD (Fake Four, Inc.)
Sole's Skyrider Band collaborate with folk singer Jim Wurster, drop the beat-heavy programing and pool their talents organically to make an album that showcases their collective love of classic rock, country and folk.
>HoneyHoney - Billy Jack CD/LP+CD (Lost Highway)
Twenty-something musicians Suzanne Santo and Ben Jaffe thread sweet melodies with big acoustic guitar sounds, percussive banjos and countrified fiddles.
>Howlin’ Wolf - Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 4xCD (Hip-O Select)
The 97 tracks on these four CDs (including many rarities) are simply the recordings that established a legend -- the crux of the reason The Wolf is celebrated by music fans of all stripes. Accompanying this music is a 45-page booklet filled with historic photos (many quite rare) and two sets of liner notes -- one focusing on Sam Phillips and The Wolf.
>Human Switchboard - Who's Landing In My Hangar?: Anthology 1977-1984 CD (Bar/None)
Ohio transplants who found their way into the NYC club scene of the early ‘80s, hugely influenced by The Velvet Underground. They worked up a batch of edgy post-punk rockers with battling boy/girl vocals before imploding. This collection is a must for anyone interested in the history of indie rock.
>Jedi Mind Tricks - Violence Begets Violence CD/LP (Enemy Soil)
Seventh studio album from the iconic independent hip-hop group.
>Junius - Reports From The Threshold Of Death CD/LP (Prosthetic)
Described by Rolling Stone as "a perfect hybrid of Neurosis and The Smiths," Junius have crafted their own distinctive style of genre-bending rock that's born of experiments in isolation and asceticism.
>Justice - Audio Video Disco CD (Elektra)
New club jams from the Ed Banger wonderkids.
>Toby Keith - Clancy’s Tavern CD (Show Dog-Universal)
New album -- available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds four bonus tracks.
>Kid Koala - Space Cadet CD+Book/LP+Book (Ninja Tune)
Graphic novel accompanied by a "still picture score" -- 15 original tracks, each underscoring a key scene in the book.
>King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black [40th Anniversary Series] CD+DVD (Discipline)
>King Crimson - Discipline [40th Anniversary Series] CD+DVD (Discipline)
Remastered editions of the prog rockers’ 1974 and 1981 albums -- each featuring a DVD audio disc with high fidelity mixes and bonus material.
>Kuedo - Severant CD/LP (Planet Mu)
Severant is in a sweet spot between the innately futurist synth soundtracks of Tangerine Dream and Vangelis and the emotionally ambivalent, materialist fantasies of groups like The Clipse.
>Andy Laster - Riptide CD (Tzadik)
New from the experimental clarinetist/saxophonist/composer.
>A Loss For Words - No Sanctuary CD/LP (Rise)
New from the Boston pop/punk band.
>The Mamas And The Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears [1966] CD (Sundazed)
In the years since its release, If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears has come to be regarded as one of the finest pop albums of the '60s, delivering such instant classics as "California Dreamin'," "Monday, Monday," and "Go Where You Wanna Go." Mono version.
>Laura Marling - A Creature I Don’t Know CD+DVD+LP (Ribbon)
This deluxe edition of her recent album features the album on CD and vinyl with a DVD featuring live versions of album tracks, the video for "Sophia" and short film. The vinyl version of the album comes with an anamorphic sleeve and guitar slide viewer.
>Raleigh Moncrief - Watered Lawn CD/LP+MP3 (Anticon)
Debut solo album from frequent Zach Hill collaborator, Marnie Stern live band member and engineer/co-producer of Dirty Projectors' Bitte Orca.
>Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More [Deluxe] 2xCD+DVD (Glassnote)
Limited deluxe edition includes the original album plus a bonus track and a 12-song live set recorded at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, plus a three-part DVD documentary.
>Nirvana - Nevermind [Super Deluxe] 4xCD+DVD (Geffen)
Features the original remastered album and accompanying studio and live B-sides, along with pre-Nevermind demos recorded at producer Butch Vig's Smart Studios, as well as boombox recordings of subsequent rehearsals. Also includes Devonshire Mixes: the album as produced and mixed by Vig as opposed to the commercially released final version produced by Vig and mixed by Andy Wallace, as well as a pair of previously unreleased BBC recordings, and more. DVD includes a Halloween 1991 live show from Seattle's Paramount Theatre and four music videos from Nevermind.
>Peggy Sue - Acrobats CD/LP (Yep Roc)
Peggy Sue call upon early influences like Sonic Youth and The Breeders to release the ferocity that had always been swimming just beneath the surface of their music.
>Phantogram - Nightlife CDEP (Barsuk)
New six-song EP from the indie-synth duo.
>John Prine - The Singing Mailman Delivers 2xCD (Oh Boy)
Specially priced double CD set of John Prine's earliest recordings, one year before his debut, with classic hits and one unreleased song. Both discs consist of recently unearthed tapes -- the first disc is a August 1970 recording for John recording songs that would make up his first album at the WFMT studios in Chicago. Disc Two is a live set from November 1970, featuring versions of many of the same songs, recorded during his residency at Chicago's Fifth Peg.
>Prurient - Time’s Arrow CD/LP (Hydra Head)
Prurient veer away from punishing noise, hitting a new trajectory where structured songs are shaped via a core of dark synths.
>Roots Manuva - 4everevolution CD/2xLP (Big Dada)
New 17-track album covers every style from wonky reggae through pop-funk, street spitting, straight up hip-hop, sung ballads and epic death-disco.
>Dianna Ross & The Supremes - 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1961-1969 3xCD (Motown)
On the occasion of the legendary R&B group's 50th anniversary, every single from the legendary Diana Ross & The Supremes is now in one package, featuring every A and B-side.
>Russian Circles - Empros CD/LP+MP3 (Sargent House)
Empros picks up where the anthemic riffs and melodies of 2009's Geneva left off and injects slithering rhythms amid skull-crushing heft with all the visceral intensity of Godflesh, Swans and Neurosis.
>Basya Schechter - Songs Of Wonder CD (Tzadik)
Blends Pharaoh's Daughter's soulful grooves and lush instrumentation with Basya's lovely voice and Heschel's powerful poetry.
>She And Him - A Very She And Him Christmas CD/LP (Merge)
Deschanel and Ward let the holiday tunes speak for themselves, oftentimes recording them with just acoustic guitar and vocals. Available on CD and on red vinyl.
>Paul Simon - Songwriter 2xCD (Sony Legacy)
A selection of songs, chosen by Simon, as the best of his decades-long creative output. Some of these are well-known hits and others less frequently heard, but all bear his distinct lyrical, melodic and rhythmic signature.
>Paul Simon - One Trick Pony [Reissue/1980] CD (Sony Legacy)
>Paul Simon - Hearts And Bones [Reissue/1983] CD (Sony Legacy)
>Paul Simon - Graceland [Reissue/1986] CD (Sony Legacy)
>Paul Simon - The Rhythm Of The Saints [Reissue/1989] CD (Sony Legacy)
Remastered reissues featuring rare bonus tracks.
>Scott Simon - Bunny CD/LP (Miasmah)
Second solo album from former Slowdive member. An inspired take on the blackened jazz and smoky Americana heard in Paris, Texas or Mulholland Dr. Occasionally Scott acknowledges his shoegazing past, nudging the sound towards the blurred haze of his former band, but even these moments are cavernous enough for us to imagine them oozing from a Midwestern jukebox in an abandoned suburban diner.
>Skinny Puppy - Hand Over CD (Synthetic Symphony)
New album from the industrial pioneers. This Canadian outfit broke new ground in electronic music, creating a dark and menacing sound that served as inspiration for Nine Inch Nails, Ministry and Marilyn Manson.
>Tony Sly - Sad Bear CD/LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
New solo album from the No Use For A Name frontman.
>Spectrals - Bad Penny CD/LP+MP3 (Slumberland)
Spectrals is 21-year-old Louis Jones. Mixing ingredients of pop, soul, doo-wop and garage rock ballads, it sounds vintage but current, while the Yorkshire lilt in Jones’s voice (a result of his hometown, Heckmondwike) places him firmly in the UK, rather than Detroit.
>Spits - Spits (5th Album) CD/LP (In The Red)
Mixes the synth work of early Devo with the best thug-punk grunt of the Ramones.
>The Strange Boys - Live Music CD (Rough Trade)
“ Texas skuzz-punks The Strange Boys made a move toward cleaning up its screechy R&B on last year's Be Brave, but the new Live Music is a whole other level of good behavior for the band. The record prominently features piano and even a ballad or two, though singer Ryan Sambol's love-it-or-hate-it vocals keep the Strange Boys on the drunk and unkempt side of pop” -- A.V. Club. Vinyl version due November 8.
>Star F##king Hipsters - From The Dumpster To The Grave CD/LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
12 new tracks expectedly span several genres including punk, ska, hip-hop, metal and folk, all wrapped in a hardcore shell.
>The Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense And Peppermints [1967] CD (Sundazed)
"A strangely compelling mix of psychedelia, sunshine pop, garage rock, and California harmony." -- All Music
>Mark Sultan - Whatever I Want, Whenever I Want CD/LP (In The Red)
New album from singer/songwriter Mark Sultan, better known as BBQ of The King Khan & BBQ Show. Sultan has been pounding out his own stew of R&B, rockabilly, garage, doo-wop, psychedelia, punk and whatnot since he was a mere child fronting Montreal's Spacesh!ts. Also available on two separately sold, expanded vinyl LPs: Whatever I Want and Whenever I Want.
>Surfer Blood - Tarot Classics CDEP/LP+DVD(Kanine)
New EP featuring remixes by Totally Sincere and Speculator. Deluxe vinyl version features bonus remixes by School Of Seven Bells and Allen Blickle and alternative mixes of the EP tracks by Sune Rose Wagner (The Raveonettes) in the download, along with live concert bootleg DVD.
>The Temptations - 50th Anniversary: Singles Collection 1961-1971 3xCD (Motown)
Every single from the legendary Temptations lineup through 1971 is now in one package. This 3xCD box set features every A and B side, from The Temptations very beginning to the moment original members Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams left the group.
>Touch People - Sound Expression CDEP (Illegal Art)
Darren Keen, aka Touch People, records guitars, drums, bass and keyboards and then assembles his compositions with experimental/modern production that is both visceral and cerebral. The resulting sound bears resemblance to artists such as Steve Reich, Battles, Dan Deacon and Tortoise.
>Christina Vantzou - No. 1 CD (Kranky)
Christina began composed No. 1 in isolation over a three-year period using synthesizers, samples, and voice, transforming the 45 minute single track into a score for a seven piece orchestra.
>Various Artists (Phil Spector) - Presents The Philles Album Collection 7xCD (Sony Legacy)
Brings together six pivotal albums from Phil Spector’s groundbreaking label. Each remastered mono album is presented in its entirety for the first time on CD. Packaged in mini-vinyl replica sleeves and housed in a deluxe box, these classic ‘60s albums showcase the label’s signature “Wall Of Sound” style. Also includes a bonus disc of B-sides.
>Various Artists (Neil Young) - The Bridge School Concerts: 25th Anniversary Edition 2xCD (Reprise)
Some of the biggest names in music are included on The Bridge School Benefit Concerts: 25th Anniversary Edition, performing rare, acoustic versions of songs, never heard anywhere else, to benefit The Bridge School. Features exclusive performances from Sheryl Crow, Thom Yorke, Norah Jones, No Doubt, Willie Nelson, Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews, Sonic Youth, and more.
Also available on stand-alone DVD.
>Various Artists - East Of Underground 3xCD/3xLP (Now Again)
Soul, funk and rock recorded by US Army Servicemen during the height of the Vietnam War and released as albums by the US Army as recruitment tools.
>Various Artists - Fac. Dance: Factory Records 12inch Mixes And Rarities 1980-1987 2xCD/2xLP (Strut)
Crucial compendium on Factory's lesser-known, dancefloor killers on two CDs. Includes tracks from Section 25, A Certain Ration, Durutti Column, New Order, Swamp Children and others.
>Various Artists - Opika Pende: Africa At 78 RPM 4xCD+Book (Dust To Digital)
100 tracks taken from rare 78rpm recordings of African music (1909 to mid-1960s), all available on CD for the first time. Comes with a 112-page softcover book with extensive notes, housed in a deluxe cloth slipcase.
>VNV Nation - Automatic CD (Anachron America)
New album from the industrial/electronic/dance project.
>Void - Sessions 1981-83 CD/LP+MP3 (Dischord)
Features the entire Hit & Run session along with the first Inner Ear demo (including the Flex Your Head cuts and the songs that ended up on the “Condensed Flesh” 7"), two out-takes from their second Inner Ear session, and a couple of live recordings. 34 songs.
>Tom Waits - Bad As Me CD/2xCD/LP+CD (Anti)
Waits’ first studio album of all new music in seven years. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe package includes a 40-page book and three bonus tracks.
>David S. Ware - Organica (Solo Saxophones Volume 2) CD (Aum Fidelity)
Two solo concerts recorded in 2010. The first is from March in Brooklyn, NY while the second was recorded live at the Umbrella Music Festival in Chicago in November. Both are presented here in their entirety.
>Chris Watson - El Tren Fantasma CD (Touch)
New album of field recordings from the veteran British ambient/experimental/avant garde artist.
>Brian Wilson - In The Key Of Disney CD (Disney)
Wilson re-imagines classics from the span of the Disney music catalogue, from "Heigh-Ho" and "Whistle While You Work" from Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs to "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3.
>Wolvhammer - Obsidian Plains CD (Profound Lore)
A vicious and unrelenting mix of black metal (à la Darkthrone, Celtic Frost / Hellhammer), sludge, crust and punk.
>Yo-Yo Ma/Stuart Duncan/Edgar Meyer/Chris Thile - The Goat Radio Sessions CD (Sony Masterworks)
Brings together four string virtuosos: world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinist Chris Thile.
>Zakarya - Greatest Hits CD (Tzadik)
This avant-klezmer quartet performs exciting and original New Jewish music.
DVDs + Blu-ray:
>Black Country Communion - Live Over Europe 2xDVD (J&R Adventures)
The double-DVD live set was filmed with 14 HD cameras and 5.1 surround sound during the band’s debut tour in the summer of 2011. Over three nights, performing in the German cities of Hamburg, Munich and Berlin, the 18-song set list hits on both of Black Country Communion’s albums. Blu-ray version due November 15.
>Ray Charles - Live In France 1961 DVD (Eagle)
The two concerts on this DVD were filmed at the Antibes Jazz Festival in July of 1961 when Ray Charles was at the peak of his powers. 111 minutes.
>Lydia Lunch - The Gun Is Loaded DVD (MVD)
In The Gun Is Loaded Lydia Lunch delivers a brutally frank manifesto in a journey through the heart of contemporary American darkness. Her poetic nihilism is set against a barrage of real-life street-action, scenery, news footage, and the deranged music of J. G. Thirlwell. 45 minutes.
>Medeski Martin & Wood - Fly In A Bottle DVD (Indirecto)
Taking a look into the minds and lives of Medeski Martin & Wood, drummer/percussionist Billy Martin directed the first feature film in the band's history. Working through a yearlong period of personal 16mm film and HD camcorder footage of MMW on the road and in the studio during the Radiolarians recordings, the film provides an extremely intimate portrait of the band. 60 minutes.
>Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam Twenty DVD (Columbia)
In honor of Pearl Jam’s twentieth anniversary, director and music journalist Cameron Crowe created a definitive portrait of the seminal band carved from over 1,200 hours of rarely and never-before-seen footage, plus 24 hours of recently shot concert and interview footage. 146 minutes. Blu-ray version due Jan 3.
>Lou Reed - Live Performances 1972 DVD (IMV Blueline)
Filmed in '72 for French television. 45 minutes.
>Various Artists (Neil Young) - The Bridge School Concerts 25th Anniversary Edition 3xDVD (Reprise)
Artists featured on the three-DVD set include Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Pearl Jam, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, The Who, Tom Petty, Simon And Garfunkel, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, and much more. Also includes a documentary on The Bridge School, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the concerts. 120 minutes.
Vinyl:
>3Ds - Hellzapoppin [Reissue/1992] LP (Flying Nun)
Reissue of the New Zealand indie rock band's 1992 debut album. Their upbeat, high-energy songs were a giant influence on bands like Superchunk and Pavement, and they culled melody out of noise in a manner only rivaled by Sonic Youth.
>Above Ground - Gone Awai [1983] LP+MP3 (Slumberland)
A fleeting yet no less important piece in the DIY Christchurch scene of the early '80s. Above Ground combined a ubiquitous and detached VU vibe and a smattering of early Modern Lovers keyboard angst with some kind of Sky Saxon/Seeds psychedelic mojo.
>The Bats - Daddy’s Highway [Reissue/1987] LP (Flying Nun)
One of the outstanding New Zealand albums of the 1980s, The Bats' 1987 debut possesses a quietly powerful sound that immediately tugs you in. From the lo-fi pop hook of "North By North" through the gentle drone of "Tragedy," The Bats’ quirky energy glows with shimmering harmonies, whispered vocals, reeling basslines and a sweet sense of despair.
>Blink 182 - Neighborhoods 2xLP+MP3 (Geffen)
Recently released on CD -- now available on limited edition blue and white marbled vinyl. Blink 182’s first new album in eight years.
>A.A. Bondy - Believers LP (Fat Possum)
Ten new songs by A.A. Bondy. They were conjured during and between dreams, in bare rooms, and on the late night streets of America.
>Cop Warmth - Die Slow 7” (In The Red)
The debut release from Houston, TX's newest noise rock mongers.
>Dan Deacon - Spiderman Of The Rings [2007] LP (Carpark)
First time on vinyl. There's a euphoric thrill to Deacon's squeaky, looped-out music. The opening tune "Woody Woodpecker" piles so many chintzy and cheesy elements together it should be the most annoying thing ever. But it's expertly crafted and kaleidoscopic, and it will only annoy people who hate fun.
>Dntel - Anywhere Anyone 12” (Sub Pop)
A pair of brand new remixes. One from Silent Servant & Regis of the Berlin techno collective Sandwell District. The other by MIA/Radiohead collaborator Pearson Sound, aka dubstep producer Ramadanman.
>Donovan Frankenreiter - Move By Yourself [Reissue/2004] LP (Lost Highway)
Frankenreiter's critically acclaimed album from 2004, reissued on clear vinyl.
>Feederz - Ever Feel Like Killing Your Boss? [Reissue/1983] LP (Broken Rekids)
Remastered reissue of the legendary and hard-to-catch punk rock classic from '83.
>Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords [Reissue/1995] 2xLP (Get On Down)
First time available on vinyl. “Often acclaimed as the best Wu-Tang solo project of all, Liquid Swords cemented the Genius/GZA's reputation as the best pure lyricist in the group -- and one of the best of the '90s.” -- All Music
>Gospel Music - How To Get To Heaven From Jacksonville LP (Kill Rock Stars)
Black Kids bassist Owen Holmes further develops his homespun lo-fi, layering toy piano, organ and banjo over jangly guitars, bouncy basslines and minimalist drums.
>Colleen Green - Green One 12”+MP3 (Hardly Art)
Green subscribes to the Ramones' grungy lessons and adds to them the laissez-faire cool of modern California stoner pop.
>High Wolf - Atlas Nation LP (Holy Mountain)
Prolific without wearing out his welcome, the guitarist and effects box manipulator sets loose fervid streams of fever-dream drones.
>King Midas Sound - Goodbye Girl (Kuedo Mix) b/w Earth A Kill Ya (Mala Mix) 12” (Hyperdub)
This new single features two of the most upfront tracks from King Midas Sound's forthcoming album project Without You, featuring re-voiced and re-versioned mutations of their debut album Waiting For You.
>The Magnetic Fields - Holiday [1994] LP+MP3 (Merge)
First time available on vinyl. The songs of Holiday are melodic and immediately accessible, but with a chilly tone and a predilection for odd noises and unexpected accents.
>Mouth Breathers - Anxiety 7” (In The Red)
Debut single from this four-piece punk rock band from Lawrence, KS. Two totally badass blasts of aggro pummel.
>Pale Saints - The Comforts Of Madness [Reissue/1990] LP (Original Recordings)
A fine example of early ‘90s shoegaze is back in print of vinyl. Back when 4AD was synonymous with dreamy, effects-laden pop music.
>Arthur Russell (Dinosaur L) - 24 -> 24 Musicdefinitive Sleeping Bag Recordings 4xLP (Get On Down)
Includes the original issue of Dinosaur L's 24 -> 24 Music with rare remixes and edits as well as two additional discs with Russell's other contributions to the Sleeping Bag label (Bonzo Goes To Washington, Felix, Sounds Of JHS 126 Brooklyn, and Indian Ocean).
>The Smiths - The Smiths Complete 8xLP (Rhino)
Limited 8xLP (HQ-180) box set containing digitally remastered editions of all eight Smiths albums: The Smiths (1984), Meat Is Murder (1985), The Queen Is Dead (1986), and Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) plus their sole live album Rank (1988) as well as the compilations Hatful Of Hollow (1984), The World Won't Listen (1987) and Louder Than Bombs (1987).
>Television Personalities - They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles [Reissue/1982] LP (1972]
>Television Personalities - The Painted World [Reissue/1984] LP (1972]
Comprised of early singles, demos, outtakes and unreleased tracks recorded between 1979 and 1982, They Could Have Been Bigger Than the Beatles was Television Personalities' third full-length. The Painted Word is a near-perfect collection of jangly, riffing guitars, organ chords, freaky tambourines and Velvet Underground-like drumming.
>Two Gallants - What The Toll Tells [Reissue/2006] LP+MP3 (Saddle Creek)
>Two Gallants - Two Gallants [Reissue/2007] LP+MP3 (Saddle Creek)
>Two Gallants - The Scenery Of Farewell [Reissue/2007] LP+MP3 (Saddle Creek)
A trio of vinyl reissues from the San Francisco lo-fi folk/indie rock duo.
>Various Artists - Lost Highway Tenth Anniversary LP (Lost Highway)
Vinyl sampler featuring The Soggy Bottom Boys, Ryan Adams, Lucinda Williams, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Lyle Lovett, Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll, and Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears.
>Gary Wilson - Forgotten Lovers LP (Feeding Tube)
First-ever vinyl edition of rare and unreleased material by '70s lounge-wave weirdo.
>Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage 2xLP (Southern Lord)
In contrast to the bleakly hypnotic architecture of 2008's Black Cascade, this expands into a more expansive and visionary territory. There is a stronger thread of Popul Vuh-inspired underworld synth-scapes and star-lit pulse woven with the intertwining guitar lines.
>Wye Oak - The Knot [2009] LP+MP3 (Merge)
Wye Oak's 2009 sophomore album is now available on vinyl. "[Wye Oak] turn standard indie-rock ballads into unusually evocative mood music." -- Rolling Stone
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>Alesana - A Place Where The Sun Is Silent CD (Epitaph)
“The album is a sonic interpretation of the 14th century poem Dante's Inferno, a dramatic account of one man's decent into hell, retold utilizing the group's striking mixture of thunderous aggression and heartfelt melody.” -- Noisecreep
>The Asteroid Shop - The Asteroid Shop CD (The Council)
The Asteroid Shop skims through the same vast sea as contemporaries Richard Hawley, Spiritualized and Richard Ashcroft and channeling, at once, the likes of Mazzy Star, early Pink Floyd, The Secret Machines and My Bloody Valentine.
>Jeff Beck - Live At B.B. King Blues Club & Grill [2003] CD (Friday Music)
For this special occasion at the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City, the audience was treated to the reunion of the Guitar Shop power trio of Jeff Beck (guitars), Terry Bozzio (drums) and Tony Hymas (keys).
>T Bone Burnett - T Bone Burnett Presents The Speaking Clock Revue - Live From The Beacon Theatre CD (Shout Factory)
In October 2010, producer T Bone Burnett organized an impressive group of musicians, dubbed The Speaking Clock Revue, and joined with Participant Media for concerts benefiting arts education. The Speaking Clock Revue was recorded at the Beacon Theater in New York, and featured a house band made up of musicians from many Burnett-produced recordings and led by music director and guitarist Marc Ribot.
>Class Actress - Reproacher CD/LP (Carpark)
Brooklyn's Class Actress put forth their debut longplayer, which features front person Elizabeth Harper’s winking coo darting about in the deep drums and lofty arpeggios, and her passion backed mostly with electronics, a style reminiscent of Yaz's Alison Moyet.
>Cradle Of Filth - Evermore Darkly CD+DVD (Nuclear Blast)
Live CD and documentary featuring copious footage of the band, both at work and enjoying some down time, as the they trawl through the Ukraine, Russia, Switzerland, Austria and Germany over the span of eight shows.
>Rob Crow - He Thinks He’s People CD/LP (Temporary Residence)
First album in over four years from the Pinback frontman. Imagine a math-rock XTC fronted by Elliott Smith, illuminating the quiet corners of life.
>Kimya Dawson - Thunder Thighs CD/2xLP (Great Crap Factory)
Ex-Moldy Peaches singer/songwriter who garnered a lot of attention for the Grammy nominated and platinum-selling soundtrack to Juno. The album features guest performances by rapper/producer Aesop Rock plus members of The Strokes, Mountain Goats, and more.
>Na Hawa Doumbia - La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol. 3 CD/LP (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
This early recording -- made in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1982 -- captures the dualities inherent in Doubmia's music from early on: a stripped-down, raw backdrop supported by warm sonics; feminist expressions of social issues imparted through stark refrains.
>Emery - Ten Years CD (Tooth & Nail)
A collection of the screamo band's most popular songs.
>Everlast - Songs Of The Ungrateful Living CD (Martyr Inc)
New from the singer/songwriter and founding member of House Of Pain and La Coka Nostra.
>Evile - Five Serpent’s Teeth CD (Earache)
Third album by thrash-revivalists.
>Forest Fire - Staring At The X CD/LP (Fat Cat)
Brings together swaggering, guitar-led breakdowns that recall NYC forebears Velvet Underground or Television with romantic, darkly insistent British new wave-styled pop; even Floyd-worthy extended space-outs make an appearance.
>Freestyle Fellowship - The Promise CD (Decon)
First new album in ten years from the L.A. hip-hop crew featuring crew comprised of Aceyalone, Myka 9, P.E.A.C.E., Self Jupiter and DJ Kiilu Grand.
>Brantley Gilbert - A Modern Day Prodigal Son CD (Valory)
New album from the country-rock singer/songwriter.
>Gauntlet Hair - Gauntlet Hair CD/LP (Dead Oceans)
Gauntlet Hair is a subtle refinement of the sounds we've come to associate with the band: the trunk-rattling bass; the ecstatic, tinny post-punk guitar; the din of ecstasy.
>Lalah Hathaway - Where It All Begins CD (Stax)
The in-demand R&B vocalist releases her sixth solo album.
>I Break Horses - Hearts CD/LP (Cooperative Music)
From Stockholm, Sweden -- a new shoegaze group influenced by My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and The Jesus And Mary Chain.
>Iced Earth - Dystopia CD (Century Media)
10th studio album from the Florida-based heavy metal band. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds two bonus tracks and a logo patch.
>Insomnium - One For Sorrow CD (Century Media)
Finnish heavy metal band recalls art-metal titans Cult Of Luna at one turn and brutal visionaries Amon Amarth at others.
>Chris Isaak - Beyond The Sun CD/2xCD (Vanguard)
Chris Isaak pays tribute Sun Records producer Sam Phillips by covering some of the artists he discovered, including: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis Available on Regular and Deluxe Editions. Deluxe adds an extra CD of material. Vinyl version due November 1.
>Etta James - Heart & Soul: A Retrospective 4xCD (Hip-O Select)
Being the first complete, extensive overview of Etta's career, Heart & Soul draws from her Modern, Argo, Chess, Warner Brothers, Fantasy, Island, Private Music and RCA Victor recordings, 1955 to 2008 -- the last year represented by a previously unreleased recording of Rodney Crowell's "Ashes By Now."
>Jane’s Addiction - The Great Escape Artist CD (Capitol)
Spun through a kaleidoscope of tightly wound riffs, hypnotic harmonies, booming beats, and an unmistakable howl, The Great Escape Artist announces the beginning of the next chapter for the alternative rock torchbearers.
>Joe - The Good, The Bad, The Sexy CD (Kedar)
New album from the R&B star.
>Jonti - Twirligig CD/LP (Stones Throw)
For fans of: Animal Collective, Caribou, Flying Lotus, Four Tet.
>Chris Joss - No Play No Work CD (ESL)
Frenchman Chris Joss is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist and autonomous studio producer. Having lived in London for most of the ‘90s, Joss digested the vibrant music scenes of the city while working as a sound engineer and playing bass and guitar in various bands.
>Key Losers - California Lite CD (P.W. Elverum And Sun)
Key Losers is a projected headed by Katy Davidson, formerly of Portland’s folky/twee garage-rock group Dear Nora.
>Mike James Kirkland (Mike And The Censations) - Don’t Sell Your Soul CD/LP (Luv N Haight)
Before the release of his seminal, socially-conscious, 1972 soul album, Hang On In There, a young Mike James Kirkland released a number of singles as Mike And The Censations. Here for the first time are all of his early-releases, along with some unreleased gems discovered on tapes.
>Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Smoking In Heaven CD (Verve)
From ska-tinged rock & roll crafted upon seductive trumpet solos, luau guitar riffs and exotic vocals, to boldly pulsating rhythms that connote ‘60s soul and blues, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis have created an album that is rooted in the past but remains entirely original.
>Shelby Lynn - Revelation Road CD (Everso)
Critically-praised, tough-minded alt-country indie queen handled the writing, recording, producing and arranging on this new stripped-down album she's calling her "most personal." Vinyl version features additional tracks not on the CD.
>Wynton Marsalis - Selections From Swinging Into The 21st CD (Sony Legacy)
Spans chamber music to studio and live dates with his septet, jazz and blues tributes, film music, scores for ballet, modern classical and orchestral works, to some bona fide swing.
>M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming 2cCD/2xLP (Mute)
Produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, NIN, The Mars Volta, Goldfrapp) Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming features contributions from Brad Laner (from ‘90s band Medicine) on guitar, Zola Jesus, and Saturdays=Youth vocalist Morgan Kibby.
>Moholy-Nagy - Like Mirage CD/LP (Temporary Residence)
Moholy-Nagy is the moniker of San Francisco/Berlin-based musicians Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (The Alps), Danny Paul Grody (The Drift) and Trevor Montgomery (Lazarus, The Drift). The trio is the founding members of Tarentel -- a group that helped inspired a decade's worth of widescreen ambient rock.
>Montgomery Gentry - Rebels On The Run CD (Average Joe’s Ent)
New from the country-rockers featuring the single "Where I Come From."
>My Brightest Diamond - All Things Will Unwind CD/LP (Asthmatic Kitty)
All Things Will Unwind is the third offering from Detroit based experimental pop chanteuse My Brightest Diamond, aka Shara Worden, known for her many collaborations with indie rock royalty (Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, David Bryne, The Decemberists, and The National).
>Original 7ven - Condensate CD (Sugar Hill)
14 brand new but instantly familiar Minneapolis funk songs by the band formerly known as The Time.
>Penguin Prison - Penguin Prison CD/2xLP (Downtown)
Penguin Prison has been described as Chic produced by James Murphy, or a collaboration between Prince and the Human League.
>Sandro Perri - Impossible Spaces CD/LP (Constellation)
Ronen Givony is a New York City music curator and writer and the following is excerpted from a text he wrote to accompany the release of Impossible Spaces: “After four years of writing, recording, and self-production, Impossible Spaces has delivered on the promise so abundantly present in Sandro Perri's earlier work; and with it, a synthesis of the experimental, electronic and singer/songwriter modes that have marked his evolution as an artist. On first listen, Impossible Spaces seems to position itself self-consciously as a collection of music about other music.”
>Psychic Ills - Hazed Dream CD/LP (Sacred Bones)
Since their formation in 2003 as a home-recording experiment, the Ills have evolved into a live band, in their element playing the extended jam. Musically, it also marks a departure from some of the band's more recent sonic explorations. The raga rumbles and synthesizer space-outs aren't gone all together; the singular blasted musical perspective of the Ills remains.
>Pucifer - Conditions Of My Parole CD/LP (Pucifer Entertainment)
Second album from the band fronted by Tool’s Maynard James Keenan.
>Pujol - Nasty, Brutish, And Short CD/10”+MP3 (Saddle Creek)
Garage pop with real hooks and a palpable DYI edge.
>Real Estate - Days CD/LP+MP3 (Domino)
A gorgeous suite of timelessly melodic, achingly melancholy pop songs. This is the next big step in the career of a uniquely close songwriting collective that feel more important with every release.
>Screaming Trees - Last Words: The Final Recordings CD (Sunyata)
Twelve years ago this legendary Seattle band went into the studio one last time. Recently, drummer Barrett Martin and long-time producer Jack Endino found the reels and transferred them to a digital format, bringing those final ten songs back to life.
>Gregory Scott Slay - Horsethief Beats/The Sound Will Find You CD/LP (Communicating Vessels)
Gregory Scott Slay, former drummer of Remy Zero, lost a life-long battle with Cystic Fibrosis on Jan 1, 2010. Slay played wrote, sang, and performed practically everything on Horsethief Beats -- an album that resembles Trent Reznor's dark funk and David Bowie's late-‘70s madness.
>The Smiths - The Smiths Complete 8xCD (Rhino)
Limited 8xCD box set containing digitally remastered editions of all eight Smiths albums: The Smiths (1984), Meat Is Murder (1985), The Queen Is Dead (1986), and Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) plus their sole live album Rank (1988) as well as the compilations Hatful Of Hollow (1984), The World Won't Listen (1987) and Louder Than Bombs (1987). Vinyl version due October 24.
>Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Tape Club CD/2xLP+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
A carefully curated 26-song collection that serves as the culmination of a decade's worth of unreleased tracks.
>Patrick Stump - Soul Punk CD/LP (Island)
Solo album from the lead singer of Fall Out Boy.
>Supreme Dicks - Breathing And Not Breathing 4xCD (Jagjaguwar)
A 4xCD set that includes both of the band's studio albums, The Unexamined Life (1993) and The Emotional Plague (1996), along with 1994's Workingman's Dick, a collection of early archival recordings, and the 1996 EP This Is Not A Dick, which has been fleshed out with rare and unreleased tracks.
>The Trophy Fire - Modern Hearts CD/LP (Greyday)
Recorded in Fremont and Oakland during breaks between two national tours with Dredg, Modern Hearts is broadly dynamic and fluid, as the band continues their tradition of powerful uptempo guitar and synth driven songs alongside much more delicate and intimate tracks.
>Various Artists (Four Tet) - Fabriclive 59 CD (Fabric)
“Fabriclive 59 sticks pretty consistently to one scene. But it's a restless scene built on a premise of constant reinvention: UK garage, which from the late 1990s to the early 2000s mutated from a simultaneously roughed-up and opulent take on house music to the fierce and rap-derived clang-and-bang of grime. [8.0] -- Pitchfork
>Victory And Associates - These Things Are Facts CD/LP (Greyday)
Rock that fits between Queens Of The Stone Age, The Thermals, In Utero-era Nirvana, Hot Snakes, and the more raucous elements of Cheap Trick and the Buzzcocks.
DVDs + Blu-ray:
>System And Station - Live At The Knife Shop DVD (Latest Flame)
The indie rock band takes the stage of a small nightclub in Portland, OR. 45 minutes.
Vinyl:
>ABBA - Ring Ring [Reissue/1973] LP (Polydor)
>ABBA - Waterloo [Reissue/1974] LP (Polydor)
>ABBA - ABBA [Reissue/1975] LP (Polydor)
>ABBA - Arrival [Reissue/1977] LP (Polydor)
>ABBA - Album [Reissue/1978] LP (Polydor)
>ABBA - Voulez-Vous [Reissue/1979] LP (Polydor)
>ABBA - Super Trouper [Reissue/1980] LP (Polydor)
>ABBA - Visitors [Reissue/1981] LP (Polydor)
Remember when you begged for the Swedish pop superstars’ entire discography to be reissued on vinyl? Your prayers have been answered.
>Acid House Kings Featuring Dan Treacy - Heaven Knows I Miss Him Now 7” (Labrador)
Features the cult hero Dan Treacy (Television Personalities). An indie pop marriage made in heaven.
>Miles Davis - In Person Friday And Saturday Nights At Blackhawk [Reissue/1961] LP (4 Men With Beards)
Miles Davis - Pangaea [Reissue/1975] 2xLP (4 Men With Beards)
Miles Davis - Agharta [Reissue/1975] 2xLP (4 Men With Beards)
HQ-180 vinyl reissues now available.
>DJ Shadow - The Less You Know, The Better 2xLP (Verve)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Joshua Paul Davis better known as DJ Shadow is back with a new album.
>DMZ - DMZ [Reissue/1978] LP (4 Men With Beards)
Originally released in 1978 on Sire Records, their first and only album never really fit into the punk/new-wave mold that was forced upon it. These dudes were more interested in the Sonics than the Sex Pistols and their goal was "fusing the sound of the Chocolate Watchband and The Stooges."
>Olivia Tremor Control - Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk At Cubist Castle [Reissue/1996] 2xLP+MP3 (Chunklet)
Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One [Reissue/1999] 2xLP+MP3 (Chunklet)
OTC’s first two albums, remastered from the original tapes with download codes featuring hours of hard-to-find previously unreleased material.
>Planningtorock - Living It Out 12” (DFA)
“Living It Out” -- perhaps the most unabashedly danceable song on Janine “Planningtorock” Rostron’s DFA debut album W—comes on (that is to say, seduces) in just the right ways. The song is all addictive disco, with synthesized string skitterings and Rostron’s voice purring out (she sounds like a futuristic Eartha Kitt here) a perfect melody that somehow gets even better at the chorus.
>Racebannon - Six Sik Sisters LP (Tizona)
Recently release on CD -- now available on vinyl. Midway between a deleted scene from River's Edge and the resurrection of Frankenstein to unleash havoc upon the villagers that put him under, the Racebannon sound is one of many disparate influences that blend seamlessly into one lethal cocktail of hatred and aggression, draped in a terrycloth of pure molten rock that is as unforgiving as it is pulse-quickening.
>Red Hot Chili Peppers - I’m With You 2xLP (WB)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Tenth album -- produced by Rick Rubin.
>Siskiyou - Keep Away The Dead LP (Constellation)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Barebones, folk-inflected rock music. Neil Young remains a clear touchstone, as do the pointed, starkly controlled arrangements and textures of contemporaries like Angels Of Light.
>Colin Stetson - Those Who Didn’t Run 12” (Constellation)
“Following on the brilliant album New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges, the Montreal saxophonist returns with a fine EP. [7.8] -- Pitchfork
>Supreme Dicks - The Unexamined Life [1993] 2xLP (Jagjaguwar)
>Supreme Dicks - The Emotional Plague [1996] LP (Jagjaguwar)
First time available on vinyl.
>Richard Swift - Walt Wolfman 12” (Secretly Canadian)
Conceived in the same spirit that gave us 2008's cult favorite Ground Trouble Jaw EP, these blown-out, basement R&B rippers are not for the faint of heart.
>Various Artists - Luz De Vida: Compilation To Benefit The Victims Of The Tucson Tragedy LP+MP3 (Fort Lowell)
This compilation is a response to the mass shooting which occurred on January 8th, 2011 near Tuscon, AZ. Features Calexico, Neko Case, Chango Malo, Dead Western Plains, Devotchka, Robyn Hitchcock, Jimmy Eat World, La Cerca, Tracy Shedd, Spoon, John Vanderslice, and more. Proceeds will benefit the Tucson Together Fund.
>Vis-à-vis - Obi Agye Me Dofo [Reissue/1977] LP (Continental/Secret Stash)
First proper vinyl reissue of the 1977 LP in its original Ghanaian form. The title track is very much in the mold of Frimpong's big hits and Kankyema shows how they could lock into a propelling funk groove with Superstar Yeboah's soulful vocals riding on top. The three tracks on side B show them as masters of spiraling, hypnotic highlife.
11 OCTOBER 2011
>3 - Ghost You Gave To Me CD (Metal Blade)
New album from the alt-rock/prog metal trio.
>Absu - Abzu CD (Candlelight)
Abzu is part two of a planned trilogy of recordings from mythological occult metal trio Absu. The first part Absu (2009) garnered an 8.2 rating from Pitchfork.
>Absurd - Life Beyond the Grave: 1992-1994 2xCD (Elegy)
Over two hours of German pagan black metal.
>Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire CD (PAX-AM/Capitol)
Ashes & Fire features guest turns from Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench as well as Norah Jones who contributes piano and backing vocals on several tracks. Vinyl version due November 1.
>Lauren Alaina - Wildflower CD (Mercury Nashville)
Sixteen-year-old Lauren was the runner-up on the tenth season of American Idol.
>Alaric - Alaric CD (20 Buck Spin)
Comprised of Bay Area punk vets from bands like Dead And Gone, Enemies, Cross Stitched Eyes and Noothgrush, Oakland’s Alaric came together to play dark, ’80s-inspired post-punk that sounds instantly familiar and completely unique. Vinyl version due October 25.
>Amebix - Sonic Mass CD/LP (Easy Action)
A dark, sprawling soundscape of majestic proportions, metal and richly gothic toned, of tribal drumbeats and soaring melodies.
>Ayshay - Warn-U CD/LP (Tri Angle)
"Fatima melts the candy down until it becomes pure, evenly distributed androgen synth goop. She does this all by cleverly navigating Krautrock, B-music, hypnagogic world, and proto-techno through digital lo-fi channels and the composite is intoxicating." -- Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never)
>Big Fresh - Money Chasers CD/LP (Garden Gate)
Take a yacht ride in space, with the new Big Fresh record blasting out of the portholes. More hooks than an android can compute. Post-modern pop formations. Sleek wave of swirling harmonies, horns and electronic bliss. Humming like a child with a crystal radio.
>Scott H. Biram - Bad Ingredients CD/LP+MP3 (Bloodshot)
"A tour-de-force of gutbucket guitar squabble, vocals so feral they'll make you lock your doors at night...goes down like a cocktail of whiskey, amphetamines and black-humored despair." -- L.A. Times
>Björk - Biophilia CD/2xLP+MP3 (Nonesuch)
The artistic and technological reach of Biophilia is nothing short of visionary. As New York Times critic Jon Pareles has put it, "Biophilia is a possible paradigm for the 21st-century album, one that welcomes the interactivity of the Internet and harnesses the power and flexibility of devices that incorporate video, audio and user control far beyond the play button."
>Black Cobra - Invernal CD (Southern Lord)
Punk/hardcore-fueled sludge metal.
>Bongolian - Bongos For Beatniks CD/LP (Blow Up)
A wildly eclectic fusion of funk/soul/beat/jazz/boogaloo.
>James Brown - The Singles Volume 11: 1979-1981 2xCD (Hip-O Select)
The Singles Vol. 11 closes a chapter on the in-depth series highlighting some of Brown’s rare singles.
>Butterscotch - Don’t You Know It’s Butterscotch [1970] CD (Angel Air/King Midas)
In 1970, having enjoyed considerable songwriting and production success via their AMMO production company, Chris Arnold, David Martin and Geoff Morrow formed Butterscotch, landing a UK top 20 hit with "Don't You Know."
>Caged Animals - Eat Their Own CD/LP (Lucky Number)
“... An indie kid raised in New Jersey and now resident in Brooklyn, who adores modern R&B as much as Pavement or Phil Spector.” -- BBC
>Johnny Cash - Bootleg Vol. III: Live Around The World 2xCD (Sony Legacy)
A collection of rare and unreleased live recordings -- a travelogue from his earliest days on the road during the ‘50s through to ‘70s.
>Casiokids - Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen CD/LP+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
New album sees the band experimenting with different recording techniques including live string arrangements and a collaboration with Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes.
>Charred Walls Of The Damned - Cold Winds On Timeless Days CD (Metal Blade)
Sophomore album from the heavy metal supergroup consisting of drummer Richard Christy (Death/Iced Earth), bassist Steve DiGiorgio, vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens and guitarist Jason Suecof.
>Cipher System - Communicate The Storms CD (Nuclear Blast)
New from the Swedish metal band.
>The Claudia Quintet +1 with Kurt Elling And Theo Bleckmann - What Is The Beautiful? CD (Cuneiform)
The Claudia Quintet is a brilliant New York band led by drummer and composer John Hollenbeck who recasts jazz in shimmering new shapes inflected by classical minimalism, new music, progressive rock and post-rock.
>John Coltrane - Evolution: The Road To Giant Steps 4xCD (Chrome Dreams)
With a track-list that includes some of the finest jazz of the ‘50s, played by Coltrane as part of bands led by Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Thelonious Monk, Red Garland and a host of other greats, as well as relevant cuts from the solo albums he recorded between '57 and '60 on the Prestige and Blue Note labels, the eclectic range of music presented here goes some way to illustrate how it was that John Coltrane came to compose and record his 1960 masterpiece.
>Corroded - Exit To Transfer CD (Ninetone)
“Corroded is from Sweden, which is unexpected given the brand of raw American bar rock they practice. There are influences galore and they’re easy to pick out, from Van Halen-kissed riffs to Alice In Chains-inspired vocal arrangements.” -- Blogcritics.org
>Crooked Fingers - Breaks In The Armor CD/LP+MP3 (Merge)
A cohesive and diverse set of songs with less adorned and more direct and affecting arrangements. Beautifully understated, artfully phrased, and ultimately a paean to perseverance.
>Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lenses Alien CD/LP (Barsuk)
“New York psych-rockers Cymbals Eat Guitars have been paying homage to ‘90s indie rock for several years now, but you can really hear the influence of bands like Pavement and Built To Spill in the band’s newest LP, Lenses Alien.” -- Paste Magazine
>Dean & Britta - 13 Most Beautiful [Limited Edition] CD (Double Feature)
Single-disc version of 2010 album, re-sequenced to match the running order of the live show that they have been performing over the past years.
>Der Blutharsch And The Infinite Church Of The Leading Hand/Aluk Todolo - A Collaboration CD (WKN)
A collaboration between French masters of psychedelic doom, Aluk Todolo, and Austria's Der Blutharsch.
>Electric Six - Heartbeats & Brainwaves CD (Metropolis)
Eighth album from the Detroit rockers. This time around the theme is rather existential: death.
>Richard Elliot - In The Zone CD (Artistry Music)
A grooving, funked-up, horn-splashed collection that finds the energized-as-ever tenor saxophonist paying homage to the pioneering instrumental artists of his formative years during the late ‘70s/early ‘80s.
>Emika - Emika CD/LP (Ninja Tune)
Emika’s music is inspired by dubstep from Bristol and London along with her love of the great universal pop song.
>Erasure - Tomorrow’s World CD/2xCD (Mute)
New album from the veteran synthpop duo, their first album in more than four years. Available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds a bonus CD featuring remixes and demos.
>Evanescence - Evanescence CD/CD+DVD (Wind-Up)
New album available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe includes bonus tracks plus a DVD.
>Piers Faccini - My Wilderness CD (Six Degrees)
"An exquisite singer/songwriter/guitarist with a beautiful voice. It's Joseph Spence meets Nick Drake meets Soundgarden." -- Ben Harper
>John Fahey - Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You: The Fonotone Years 1958-1965 5xCD+Book (Dust To Digital)
Features the earliest recordings by one of the most influential guitarists from the '60s and '70s. 115 tracks, most of which are available on CD for the first time with an 88-page hardback book.
>Fennesz - Seven Stars CD (Touch)
Using acoustic and electric guitars, bass, synths and computers, Fennesz continues to engage and entrance us in equal measure. Features Chicago-based drummer extraordinaire Steven Hess.
>The Field - Looping State Of Mind CD/2xLP (Kompakt)
“As that might suggest, Looping often strays far from the Field we know, into territory that recalls deep house, post-punk, shoegaze, noise-rock, and cosmic techno. Best New Music [8.5]” -- Pitchfork
>Five Finger Death Punch - American Capitalist CD/CD+DVD/LP (Prospect Park)
Third album from the rock/metal band, available in Regular and Deluxe editions. Deluxe adds a bonus CD featuring four remixes.
>Ben Folds - The Best Imitation Of Myself: A Retrospective CD/3xCD (Sony Legacy)
Available in two editions: single CD and 3xCD box set. The single disc version is an 18 track retrospective featuring re-mastered hits, fan favorites, alternate mixes and one b