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for the week of 20 MAY 2013...
Adult. – The Way Things Fall CD (Ghostly International)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. The Way Things Fall the Adult's first full length since 2007's Why Bother? is a record that sounds both focused and coherent, flowing with a conceptual ease.
Caribou – Stop Breaking My Heart [Reissue/2001] LP+CD (Leaf)
Caribou – Milk Of Human Kindness [Reissue/2005] LP+CD (Leaf)
It’s hard to believe it’s been twelve years since Dan Snaith released his first album as Manitoba back in the spring of 2001. In fact, April 2013 marks the tenth anniversary of his breakthrough album Up In Flames, still the biggest selling album in The Leaf Label’s history. To celebrate, Leaf is re-releasing his first three albums, making them available on vinyl for the first time in years.
(Up In Flames is due June 11.)
Crow 44 – Crow 44 LP (Stone’s Throw)
Crow 44 is aesthetically wedged somewhere between de-tuned surf breeze, lo-fi jams, and new age.
Dead Gaze – Dead Gaze LP (FatCat)
Such emotionally honest, hippy-laced lyrics bring to mind Yoshimi-era Flaming Lips, but the album covers a vast sonic terrain from thrashy pop-punk of Buzzcocks intensity to the tidal wash of "Future Love's & Sing Abouts," and the psychedelic swirl of "There's Time To Be Stupid." Sits comfortably alongside contemporaries such as Cloud Nothings, White Fence & Ty Segall.
Digable Planets – Blowout Comb [Reissue/1994] 2xLP (Modern Classics)
Double vinyl LP pressing of the 1994 sophomore album by Brooklyn-based hip-hop trio Digable Planets. Following the gold-selling commercial success of their debut, they here set out to prove their artistic prowess. This is intelligent, alternative Hip Hop that sounded like party music. Its lyrics are dense with wit, social commentary and politics -- and its original inner sleeve was modeled on the newspaper of the Black Panther movement.
Frightened Rabbit – Sing The Greys [Reissue/2006] LP (FatCat)
Vinyl reissue of Frightened Rabbit’s debut LP. For those only acquainted with the lush later works of the band, their first album will give insight into where those raw-nerve breakup ballads and biting pop songs got their start.
The Handsome Family – Wilderness LP+MP3 (Carrot Top)
Recently released on CD – now available on Regular and Deluxe vinyl. The deluxe version comes in a box with a 72-pg book, an 11x17" poster, and a six postcard set. Appalachian holler, psychedelic rock, Tin Pan Alley, and medieval ballads continue to inform The Handsome Family’s unique brand of Americana, while an affinity for parlor ballads and clawhammer banjo has crept in with Wilderness. This is haunting music in the most wonderful way–brilliant, emotionally charged and completely unique.
Komodina 3 – Komodina 3 LP (Slovenly)
Back in 2005 this Thessaloniki, Greece crew of degenerates records an album, makes 80 compact disc copies, and hand-delivers them to some local kooks. Fast forward to the present and this mysterious freak punk beater is finally getting the proper vinyl treatment. The disastrous, teeth-grinding missing link between The Penetrators King Of Basement Rock LP, The Rip Offs uber-classic Got A Record, and the current garage punk scene.
k-os – BLack On BLonde LP (Nettwerk)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Recorded at Hayden Christensen's deserted Laurel Canyon mansion, BLack On BLonde is comprised of two essential records: an album of rock tracks on which k-os sings and plays drums, guitar and bass, and an album of hip-hop jams. Featured guests include Black Thought of The Roots and Cory Hart.
Maninkari – Phantasmes 12” (Three Four)
Soundtrack to Thomas Pantalacci's film Phantasmes. Maninkari is an instrumental duet combining improvisation and original composition, with a hint on ambient, gloomy, minimalist, jazz, rock and surreal sounds that forms organic layers of ancestral, dark and repetitive tunes that blend percussion instruments, viola, cimbalom, keyboards, and samples to reach mysticism at its climax.
Om – Gethsemane Dubplate 12” (Drag City)
The second of two dub-inspired remix 12"s on Drag City for OM. Features "Gethsemane" from Advaitic Songs and "Garden Of Gethsemane" from Alpha & Omega.
Primus – Sailing The Seas Of Cheese [Reissue/1991] LP (Interscope)
HQ-200 audiophile vinyl reissue of Primus’ remastered 1991 debut. Deluxe and expanded double-disc (CD+DVD) version due June 11.
Public Enemy – 25th Anniversary Vinyl Collection 9xLP (Def Jam)
The Public Enemy 25th Anniversary Vinyl Collection celebrates a landmark 25 years since the band’s first release, bringing together the complete original Def Jam studio album catalogue on HQ-180 vinyl, in a limited edition box set.
Emeli Sandé – Our Vision [2012] LP (Capitol)
2012 debut album from the British singer/songwriter. She has written for a number of artists, including Cher Lloyd, Parade, Susan Boyle, Preeya Kalidas, Leona Lewis, Alesha Dixon, Cheryl Cole, and Tinie Tempah.
Sic Alps – She’s On Top 12” (Drag City)
She's On Top is a three-song 12" single, a B-12-booster shot extract straight from the heart of Sic Alps to the inner lining of your own poor broke-crippled ripcage ribself. This is how the other half lives, laughs and loves! It's fun and exciting, a picture from the airplane! Sic Alps are like you. They're your friends -- the better, smarter, faster, stronger ones!
Sqürl – EP 1 12”+MP3 (ATP Recordings)
Sqürl is a new trio comprised of Jim Jarmusch, Carter Logan, and Shane Stoneback. The group’s sound is slow, psychedelic, and atmospheric. Elements as diverse as the doom-laden instrumentalist drone of sunn O))) and Wooden Shjips, can be found as well as the classic Americana of Neil Young's Crazy Horse, and a hazy, distorted ‘50s country twang recalling nighttime Memphis.
The Virgins – Prima Materia b/w Island Girl 7”+MP3 (Cult)
The New York indie-darlings continue to channel the quintessential early downtown punk sound of Television or The Modern Lovers.
for the week of 13 MAY 2013...
10,000 Maniacs – Music From The Motion Picture LP (Org Music)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Music From The Motion Picture is the first studio album from 10,000 Maniacs in over a decade.
Atlas Genius – When It Was Now LP (WB)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Australian indie rockers Atlas-Genius turned heads last year with their debut single “Trojan.” “With a colorful groove, stirring beats and catchy melodies, it’s hard not to like them.” – Cause A Scene
Bass Drum Of Death – Shattered Me b/w Crawling After You 8” (Innovative Leisure)
The lead single from BDoD’s forthcoming eponymous LP (due June 25) captures the essence of his blown-apart pop music. Pressed on a custom 8" vinyl (part of the Innov8 series) with the backing Wavves-meets-Roky Erickson track "Crawling After You."
Bring Me The Horizon – Sempiternal 2xLP (Epitaph)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Fourth studio album by the British metalcore band.
Brown Bird – Fits Of Reason LP (Supply And Demand)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Fits Of Reason retains Brown Bird’s blues and American roots music foundations while exploring heavier territory with a more prominent display of the band's Middle Eastern, metal and psych-rock influences.
Candy Hearts – The Best Ways To Disappear 12” (Bridge Nine)
Candy Hearts’ sugary brand of punk-tinged indie delivers just the right amount of ‘90s nostalgia.
Christie Front Drive – CFD [Reissue/1993] LP (Magic Bullet)
20th anniversary remastered reissue of Christie Front Drive’s first LP, originally issued on Freewill Records in 1993. CD version due June 7. Color vinyl.
Cloakroom – Infinity LP+MP3 (Run For Cover)
Cloakroom channels the visceral vocals of David Bazan (Pedro The Lion), laid over quiet ethereal guitar hums that slowly grow into pounding walls of sound, at times bringing to mind a more stoned, yet delicate Jesu.
Cvlts – Realiser LP (Aguirre)
This Kansas post-hypnagogia psych enigma create a strange distillation of improvisation, keyboards, loops and field recordings. Song-length carpets of sound with the occasional attempt at dream pop.
The Dear Hunter – Migrant LP (Equal Vision)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Fifth album from the band led by Casey Crescenzo, formerly of post-hardcore outfit The Receiving End Of Sirens.
Discordance Axis – Jouhou [1997] LP (Hydra Head)
First time on vinyl for this 1997 release, which originally came one year before Nasum's Inhale/Exhale and four years before Pig Destroyer's Prowler In The Yard. An influential album, Jouhou signaled a sea change in world of grindcore.
Nick Drake – Bryter Later [Reissue/1970] LP (Motown/PGD)
An exact replica of the original 1970 release, pressed on heavyweight audiophile vinyl, and remastered from near-original master tapes by the album's original engineer John Wood. Packaged in a box containing the original shop poster, a smaller 'Live' poster/brochure and a reprint of Nick's handwritten set list used for his live appearances, together with reproductions of the master tape and box lids.
Drowningman – Busy Signal [Reissue/1999] LP (Hydra Head)
Drowningman’s debut full length is back in print on vinyl for the first time in 15 years.
Ekin Fil – Ekin Fil LP (Students Of Decay)
Operating out of Istanbul, Ekin Fil is the solo project of Turkish musician Ekin Üzeltüzenci. Her music first came to the ears of many by way of Language, a 2011 cassette release on the Root Strata label that presented listeners with a fractured, hazy sound-world in which half-remembered melodies and wraith-like vocals cohered into dark and hypnotic masses.
Henry Flynt – Graduation 2xLP (Superior Viaduct)
Henry Flynt took a highbrow approach to so-called lowbrow music. Combining sounds from his native North Carolina with an avant-garde sensibility honed in New York City’s loft scene in the 1960s, Flynt created what he describes as “new American ethnic music.” Shelved upon its completion in 1980, Graduation was not released until after the turn of the century. In 2013, it still sounds years ahead of its time.
Freescha – Kids Fill The Floor [Reissue/2001] 3xLP+MP3 (Attack9)
Limited triple-vinyl LP pressing of Freescha's 2001 debut album in a deluxe tip-on gatefold jacket. Includes a bonus 12" of previously unreleased material, an 18" x 24" fold-out poster, out-take artwork and a digital download package with MP3s, videos, ringtones, and wallpaper. Highly recommended melodic electronica for fans of Boards Of Canada or Casino Versus Japan.
The Gits – Second Skin 7” (Broken Rekids)
“Second Skin” was the Gits anthem and is perhaps their most powerful and popular song.
The pressing of this edition consists of 100 clear vinyl singles that were left over without covers from the ‘90s.
The Invisible Hands – The Invisible Hands 2xLP (Abduction)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. The Invisible Hands is a brand new project of Alvarius B in his patented sinister style; drenched in lovely psychedelic folk arrangements. This double-LP includes both the English and Arabic vocal versions of the record.
Chuck Johnson – Crows In The Basilica LP+MP3 (Three Lobed)
Johnson’s songs are based on raga improvisations and Chinese melodies, the Piedmont Blues of Carolina pioneer Elizabeth Cotten and the mountain guitar of Appalachian legend Roscoe Holcomb.
Magazine – Real Life [Reissue1978] LP (Vinilisssimo)
Vinyl reissue of punk band’s 1978 debut.
Major Lazer – Free The Universe LP (Secretly Canadian)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. New album from the Diplo-fronted Jamaican music homage features a star studded cast, including: Santigold, Vybz Kartel, Peaches, Wyclef Jean, Bruno Mars, Tyga, as well as Amber of Dirty Projectors and Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend, and more.
Man Or Astro-Man? - Analog Series Vol. 3 7” (Chunklet)
Man or Astro-Man? return with the third of three new 7"s, all preceding a new full length in 2013. Three tracks (including a non-album B-side) recorded by Steve Albini.
Sean McCann – Prelusion LP (Root Strata)
"Our Silhouette," which blankets the whole of the first side with jewel-like piano runs and distant fading synths, may be one of the artist's most elegant moves. The reverse holds two tracks of long-form organ/string plateaus that float elegantly in space, refracting light and sound in patterns around the head.
Daniel Menche – Marriage Of Metals LP (Editions Mego)
Marriage Of Metals is comprised of recordings of rare and ancient Gamelan gongs, heavily processed and extending the language of the Gamelan into brave new worlds.
Messages – Mirage LP (Root Strata)
Third full-length from NY drone duo, recorded in 2008 and unreleased until now. Mirage documents the duo's earliest long-form drone explorations and intonations. Mixing orbits of homemade acoustic instruments, electric drones and percussion, this is a humid transmission sent straight from the womb.
Mind Over Mirrors – High & Upon LP (Aguirre)
Jaime Fennelly plays his pump organ through a battery of oscillators and effects that extend and distort its tones to obtain in-the-red highs, chest-rattling mids, and low notes as bulbous and squeezable as a slightly underinflated inner tube. The end results are slow, constructive growing, repetitive melodies, and a warming wilderness of vivid harmonic depth.
Mpala Garoo – Ou Du Monde LP (Aguirre)
Wondrous, spaced-out and multi-layered electronics that float somewhere between Ducktails and Sean McCann. "Music crafted for the sunny and tropical paradises of our minds. Seasonal temperament is shared via magnetic vibes; we can all exist in the same balmy and tropical head-state no matter what our physical locale may be. Pure vibrations that ebb and flow on the appeal of tidal moons."
Slingshot Dakota – Dark Hearts LP (Topshelf)
Released late last year on CD – now available on vinyl. Slingshot Dakota is a two-piece in the likes of Mates of State whose blend of indie pop songs are full of hooks and passion.
Rod Stewart – Time 2xLP (Capitol)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Time is Rod Stewarts first album of new material in almost 20 years.
Tidal/Rambutan – Sound of The Future/Trapdoor To Infinity LP (Aguirre)
Two wonderful, long, straight-running drone pieces: Tidal blesses us with a Popol Vuh-esque ride to the future, while Rambutan contributes a beautiful accompanying magical piece to the B-side.
Various Artists – Five Days Married & Other Laments: Songs & Dance From Northern Greece 1928-1957 LP (Angry Mom Archives)
This collection of rare music from Northern Greece circa 1928-1958 ranges from plaintive, ancient dirges to hypnotic, droning dance pieces, accompanied by liner notes and lyric translations as well as original artwork by Robert Crumb.
We Were Skeletons – Blame And Aging LP (Top Shelf)
Released last year on CD – now available on vinyl. With the musical prowess and aggression of bands like Fugazi and Shotmaker, We Were Skeletons’ unique brand of technical, groovy, and emotional hardcore should appeal to long-time fans of the genre while still pushing its boundaries.
for the week of 06 MAY 2013...
Blackout Beach – Blues Trip LP+MP3 (Soft Abuse)
Blues Trip is Carey Mercer's (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) retooling of the album F##k Death from 2011. Almost a year later, Mercer and his blues trio (wife and Frog Eyes conspirator Melanie Campbell on drums and ex-Wolf Parade bassist Dante DeCaro) revisited the songs.
Django Django – Hi Djinx LP (Ribbon)
Hi Djinx is a remix album from the English/Scottish four-piece, and features contributions from Tom Furse, Adrian Sherwood, Chris Carter, Steve Mason and others.
English Singles – Ordinary Girls 7” (Slumberland)
English Singles are a staple of Sacramento, CA's excellent DIY pop/punk scene that mines a rich tradition of DIY pop that stretches from Swell Maps and The Television Personalities through to the McTells and the Sea Lions.
Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight: Expanded Edition 2xLP (Fat Cat)
Special double-LP edition of Frightened Rabbit’s sophomore album, packaged with their live album Quietly.
Liam Hayes - A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III (Music From The Motion Picture) LP+MP3 (Night Fever Music)
A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III features a score by Liam Hayes, who has made music under the name Plush since the early ‘90s. Liam was contacted by Coppola after the director became a huge fan. "I just got so absorbed by his music," Coppola recently told GQ (UK). The resulting affinity between director and musician has produced a highly imaginative, atmospheric, cinematic score. HQ-180 vinyl features seven bonus tracks not on the CD, including "Aguas De Marco" performed by Katheryn Winnick and Charlie Sheen.
Otis G. Johnson – Everything: God Is Love ‘78 LP (Numero)
For outsider gospel visionary and Detroit native Otis G. Johnson, the Holy Ghost was in the machine...in this case a rhythm-equipped Hammond organ. This album is a singular 1978 mid-fi document, which features android percussion against chords of Otis' own invention, possessed by minor tonality and frequent bum notes. Lifting it further are extemporaneous vocal homilies to the rapture, love, and everything, plus occasional "other" voicings that scratch at the periphery of the mix. Homespun gospel rarely entered this dirge-like, intuitive space, nor did it commonly achieve such a spectral and captivating hymn to its darkest conventions.
Mr. Dibbs – Deadworld Reborn LP (Rhymesayers)
Mr. Dibbs has become one of the most respected and innovative turntablist/DJ style producers in the game. Deadworld Reborn features a long list of artists and producers such as Brother Ali, The Black Keys, Grayskul, Murs, JEL, Skandal Da Ruckus Man, along with many more. Picture disc.
Numinous Eye – Clockwork Moon LP (No & Smile)
Comin’ on like Saucerful Of Secrets-era Pink Floyd mixed with Yahowha 13, Clockwork Moon ebbs and flows with psychedelic explorations of inner and outer space.
Symarip – Skinhead Moonstomp [Reissue/1970] LP (Secret)
HQ-180 vinyl reissue of the classic 1970 ska/reggae album.
Some Stranger – Some Stranger 12” (Robotic Empire)
Striking out from the wastelands between indie and experimental rock, Some Stranger emerges with an incredibly catchy debut release. Blissful, melodic vocals soar over a powerful and driving rhythm section and the guitars run through one of the largest vintage pedal collections in the world; the five haunting tracks are the work of seasoned veterans combining forces to yield amazing results.
von Grey - Live At Criminal Records 01.01.13 LP (Criminal Records)
Criminal Records is proud to present its series of live recordings starting with von Grey, a quartet of sisters from the Atlanta area. The young band recently performed an acoustic set on a cold and rainy New Year's Day, and this 12" vinyl record is the result of that in-store show. Even at their young age -- the oldest is eighteen, the youngest twelve -- von Grey are already accomplished road warriors, having toured coast to coast with Sarah McLachlan, Amanda Palmer, Lindsey Stirling, Cory Chisel and Company of Thieves, and they performed on Letterman just over a month after their show presented here.
for the week of 29 APRIL 2013...
Adventure – Weird Work LP (Carpark)
Weird Work remains in the same sonic space as Lesser Known but abandons its sing-alongs. It's the result of Adventure's 8-bit tendencies running free in an IDM landscape built on Aphex Twin and early Warp Records.
Bone Sickness – Alone In The Grave 12” (20 Buck Spin)
The maelstrom of death metal savagery Bone Sickness conjures on Alone In The Grave recalls Repulsion’s Horrified LP and early Master/Deathstrike recordings, and exhumes Napalm Death when still commanded by domineering, barbaric drummer Mick Harris. No Incantation worship or goats ’n’ gasmasks posing; just American death metal disfigured by grindcore.
Broderick & Broderick – Broderick & Broderick 10”+CD (Team Love)
Broderick & Broderick is internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer/songwriter Peter Broderick and his father Stephen Broderick. The self-titled release is comprised of six songs, mostly instrumental, with a vocal contribution by Peter's sister Heather Woods Broderick.
Child Bite – Vision Crimes/Monomania LP (Joyful Noise)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. This album collects Child Bite's two sibling EP's into one brutal package. For years, we have watched Child Bite change, contort, and rearrange itself in to the gnarly powerhouse that exists in its current period. Since the inception of their now steady relationship with JNR, the sounds have become more abrasive then their spastic avant-pop beginnings.
Loren Connors – The Departing Of A Dream [2002] LP (Family Vineyard)
Vinyl reissue of master guitarist Loren Connors' modern classic -- the first of what would become a three volume series based loosely as tribute to Miles Davis' He Loved Him Madly. This album finds Connors exploring slowly churned darkened hues each collapsing onto themselves like echoes of Miles' muted trumpet and Connors' signature ghost melodies.
Damon & Naomi - Wondrous World Of Damon & Naomi (Bootleg Edition) LP (20|20|20)
In 1995, Damon & Naomi went into the studio with Galaxie 500 producer Kramer to record their debut for Sub Pop. Not everything went according to plan, however; or rather, it turned out Kramer and Damon & Naomi each had a different plan for what should result. This version is comprised of different mixes and track sequence. Limited-edition vinyl pressing, with official bootleg art.
Dead Can Dance – In Concert 3xLP (PIAS)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Last year, Dead Can Dance embarked on a world tour behind Anastatis, their first album in 16 years. In Concert is a collection of live tracks taken from their massive trek.
Field Report – Field Report LP (Partisan)
Released last year on CD – now available on vinyl. Field Report is the creation of Chris Porterfield, who cut his musical teeth with Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and the members of Megafaun in the band DeYarmond Edison. The result is a haunting set of songs that’s crafty, lyrical, and poignant.
Gravetemple – Ambient/Ruin 2xLP (Ideologic Organ)
Gravetembple was formed in 2006 as a side-project of Sunn O))) by Oren Ambarchi, Stephen O'Malley and Attila Csihar. Elements of tape collage, concrete, and field recordings blend within a strong suite of heavy minimalist/maximalist music, black/death metal and drone.
Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - Musica Su Schemi [Reissue/1976] LP+MP3 (Superior Viaduct)
In the early 1970s, Franco Evangelisti assembled Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, a collective of Italian composers that included Ennio Morricone on trumpet. Gruppo aspired to revolutionize composition through group improvisation and — like their peer, Karlheinz Stockhausen — musique concrète, aleatory (controlled chance) techniques and early electronic music. One significant influence in the studio was their use of chess to define key parameters of their music.
Helado Negro – Invisible Life LP (Asthmatic Kitty)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Press play on Invisible Life and you lose your season. Roberto Lange AKA Helado Negro is talking to you in Spanish. He's talking to you, perhaps with more volume, in the language he's been teaching us all over the past three years through the lessons of the seductive full-length Canta Lechuza, the sub-narrative exploration EP Island Universe Story One, and the all-in collaboration, OMBRE, with Juliana Barwick. This immersive curriculum, paired with our own capacity for feeling, will make Invisible Life visible. At least as much Roberto Lange wants us to see of himself.
Koji – Crooked In My Mind LP (Run For Cover)
This is Koji’s most soulful and tuneful yet album yet. His voice brittle and bold all at the same time, tapping into the same poignancy Elliott Smith conjured at this best. Twanging acoustic guitar chimes with powerfully rhythmic drums and delicate, singing strings in a downright mesmerizing and moving way. CD version due May 14.
Rilo Kiley – Rkives 2xLP (Little Record Company)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Rkives is a collection of unreleased songs, B-sides, and rarities spanning Rilo Kiley's decade-
long career.
Panabrite – Sub-Aquatic Meditation LP (Aguirre)
Solo project of Norman Chambers, utilizing analog synthesis, vintage drum machines, various effects and occasional guitar. The outer space and the deep blue sea collide into two sides of spellbinding adventures reminiscent of the early work of Oneohtrix Point Never and Dolphins Into The Future.
Ty Segall + Chad & The Meatbodies - Ty Segall + Chad & Meatbodies: LAMC Vol. 7 7” (Famous Class)
Split between the San Francisco psych wunderkind Ty Segall and the heavy, groovy, psychedelic Chad & The Meatbodies.
Slava – Raw Solutions LP (Software)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Raw Solutions is the debut full-length by Slava. Following his 2012 EP Soft Control, Raw Solutions finds Slava exploring the darker, denser corners of Chicago House and Footwork in an ever-broadening context.
Songs: Ohia – Hecla & Griper [1998] LP (Secretly Canadian)
Secretly Canadian is proud to announce the 15th Anniversary reissue of a Songs: Ohia classic, the Hecla & Griper EP, now appearing for the first time on vinyl with previously unreleased bonus material.
Sorcerer – Step Pyramid/Universal Vision 12” (Catune)
Dan Judd (Windsurf) is Sorcerer. Side A's "Step Pyramid" works perfectly on dance floors keeping the melodies minimal, but with bright synth sounds and vocal cut up loops lock you into a breezing groove, and also features a remix by Traks Boys. Side B's "Universal Vision", also a DJ friendly cut, features vocals and synth, and a remix by The Beat Broker.
Whiles – Somber Honey LP+MP3 (Anyway)
Somber Honey displays frontman Joe Peppercorn’s strong sense of melody and sharp song craft, with orchestral arrangements courtesy of violinist Samantha Kim (Ghost Shirt). The album recalls hints of Colin Blunstone’s finest work, Eric Matthews and the pop sensibilities of Tommy Keene, early Cat Stevens and The Byrds.
Denison Witmer – Denison Witmer LP (Asthmatic Kitty)
Denison Witmer is Denison Witmer, a culmination of a story that started at the birth of independent music in the early 2000s. He began his career in 1998 with Safe Away. Three albums, dozens of hard, long tours, and several years later, Denison released his most popular record Are You a Dreamer? in 2005. The industry changed quickly though -- losing its focus on singer/songwriter folk music. Instead of bowing to the pressure to follow musical trends, Denison continued to refine his sound, becoming more confident in creating something subtle and sublime.
for the week of 22 APRIL 2013...
Trinidad James – Don’t Be S.A.F.E. LP (Def Jam)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Debut album from the up-and-coming rapper now on Def Jam, with his unique "New Atlanta" sound.
Waylon Jennings – Goin’ Down Rockin’ LP (Sundazed)
Released last year on CD – now available on vinyl. HQ-180 vinyl pressing of intimate final acoustic recordings by country music legend, originally recorded in 2002 before his death.
June Of 44 – Four Great Points [Reissue/1998] LP (QuarterStick)
Back in print on vinyl! The various members of June of 44 all tell tales of how this album was the "weirdest thing they have ever done" and how they, at different times, "left our bodies behind and looked down on the going on in the room," experimenting not only in songwriting, but also in instrumentation and recording. Violins, percussion, echoed effects, Fred's trumpet, and the sounds of a typewriter all work together in an earthy, cohesive sound.
Low & Dirty Three – In The Fishtank [Reissue/2004] 12” (Fishtank)
Low & Dirty Three collaborate on a truly amazing set of songs here -- the combination of Low's open, desolate sound and the melancholic yet folky violin of Dirty Three's Warren Ellis inspired Low to indulge in a more crooning way of singing and to add banjo to the works.
Mood Rings – Pathos y Lagrimas b/w 333 7” (Mexican Summer)
The lead single from Mood Rings’ forthcoming debut, VPI Harmony (due in June) on Mexican Summer, is a moody, sexy pop song cloaked in an air of mystery, but loaded with enough reverberant guitar hooks to soar the track skywards. They switch up the tone on B-side "333;" barbed, catchy guitar pop with psychedelic flourishes and a crunchy, fuzzed-out finish.
The Mourning Reign – Satisfaction Guaranteed LP (Sundazed)
Always mentioned in the same breath as the South Bay's hallowed trio-the Syndicate Of Sound, the Chocolate Watchband and Count Five-the Mourning Reign has been woefully under-represented on wax-until now.
No Warning – Ill Blood 2xLP (Bridge Nine)
Expanded vinyl edition of the Canadian hardcore band’s 2002 sophomore album.
Oneohtrix Point Never – Betrayed In The Octagon [Reissue/2007] LP+MP3 (Software)
Oneohtrix Point Never – Zones Without People [Reissue/2009] LP+MP3 (Software)
Oneohtrix Point Never – Russian Mind [Reissue/2009] LP+MP3 (Software)
Oneohtrix Point Never – Drawn And Quartered LP+MP3 (Software)
Oneohtrix Point Never – The Fall Into Time LP+MP3 (Software)
Following the success of the sold-out one-time release of Rifts in a 5xLP boxset, Software is presenting each LP for sale individually. Tracks originally released on tapes in 2009 on Catholic Tapes, Utmarken, NNA Tapes.
Tortoise & The Ex – In The Fishtank 5 [Reissue/1999] 12” (Fishtank)
Tortoise & The Ex morph into one behemoth of sound -- Tortoise working at a more introspective AND subdued level, adding layers and texture, with The Ex adding dynamics and tension.
for the week of 15 APRIL 2013...
1939 Ensemble – Howl & Bite LP (Jealous Butcher)
Comprised of percussionists Jose Medeles (Breeders) and David Coniglio, 1939 Ensemble generates a breeze that blows the drums, metal, wood and vibes in continual wind chime motion, before the drummers break the spell trying to top each other's cacophony. Consider it random precision through noise.
Felicia Atkinson - Visions/Voices 2xLP (Umor Rex)
An odd collection of subtly deranged and detuned musical instruments; a piano, a
Celtic harp, some guitars, keyboards, electronics, and a female voice deeply lost in the woods.
Avett Brothers – I And Love And You [Reissue/2009] 2xLP (American)
Back in print on vinyl!
Barbarossa – The Load 7” (Memphis Industries)
“Befitting for a day when the lonely need a pick-me-up, ‘The Load’ trudges along a seemingly hopeless avenue before the gentle but entirely uplifting chorus clenches a fist and shakes it adversity. Everything about the track screams inspirational movie montage; the bravery of its slow pace, deep seductive organ and chillingly repetitive synth line all provide stirring ingredients.” – The Line Of Best Fit
Bardo Pond – Ticket Crystals [Reissue/2006] 2xLP (Fire)
Vinyl reissue of 2006 album from Philadelphia's foremost purveyors of psychedelic space rock. Exemplifies the quintet's signature doom tempo, multi-layered drones while introducing a lighter pastoral feel. Double-LP with band new artwork.
Bibio - A Tout a l'Heure 7” (Warp)
First single from the forthcoming full length Silver Wilkinson (due May 14). Features exclusive B-side "Bequeath."
Black Label Society – The Blessed Hellride [2003] LP (Eagle Rock Entertainment)
Black Label Society – Mafia [2005] 2xLP (Eagle Rock Entertainment)
BLS’s fourth and sixth albums are now available on vinyl.
Caravels – Lacuna LP (Topshelf)
Caravels is a five-piece band from Las Vegas who play an interesting mix of post-hardcore, ‘90s screamo, and indie/emo.
Catholic Spray – Earth Slime LP (Born Bad)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Catholic Spray are weirdo garage punks from Paris. "A true delight for the trash surf lo-fi garage fans with a dark twisted noisy psychedelic taste." -- Audio Pleasures
Wild Billy Childish + Chatham Forts – All Our Forts Are With You 7” (Damaged Goods)
Another year and another name. This band is a little different to the recent stuff coming from Mr Childish, for a start he’s back on lead vocals, the sound is more akin to The Mighty Caesers/Headcoats with even a little of The Pop Rivets in there as well, a slightly angular, new wave approach.
Eric Church – Sinners Like Me LP (Capitol)
Vinyl pressing of the 2006 debut album from the country singer/songwriter.
Cosmonauts – If You Wanna Die Then I Wanna Die [2012] LP (Ayo Silver!)
Punk, rock & roll, and psychedelic music, reminding the contemporary big names of the style, such as Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Moon Duo, or The Growlers.
Deepchord – 10/11/12 [Reissue/2001] 3x12” (Echospace)
Triple marbled vinyl housed in individual color sleeves and double-wide spine jacket. Deepchord re-open their archive to reissue and remaster some of their rarest, most sought-after early emissions.
J Dilla – Anthem/Trucks 12” (Play Jay)
First single from Dilla's long lost vocal album, The Diary (which is due sometime this Spring). Clear vinyl.
Klaus Dinger - Japandorf LP (Groenland)
Although Neu! multi-intrumentalist and onetime Kraftwerk drummer Klaus Dinger passed away in 2008, some of his unreleased late-career work has been slowing seeing the light of day. This is the final installment in a trilogy of unheard album-length excursions helmed by Dinger — who's also made albums as La Düsseldorf — backed by a cast of Japanese experimental musicians.
Disappears – Kone 12”+MP3 (Disappears)
Disappears take 30 plus minutes to stretch out into the void, get abstract and make something that's rare these days -- music that asks the listener to listen. Two different versions of "Kone" (the B-Side "Edit" ends in a lock groove to infinity!) plus one new cut to boot.
DJ Rashad – Rollin’ 12” (Hyperdub)
Four future-facing but rootsy footwork constructions from Rashad, including collaborations with DJ Manny and DJ Spinn.
Eleh – Homage 3xLP (Taiga)
Presenting a unified whole, the Homage triple-LP boxed set contains Homage To The Square Wave, …Sine Wave and …Pointed Waveforms, all out of print until now. Initially released separately in 2008, 2009 and 2012 respectively with custom letterpress jackets, this collection includes new retrospective artwork by John Brien. Each disc comes in its own one-color silkscreen jacket using the same blue, orange and green from the original editions; all housed in a rigid white satin-coated slipcase with spot varnish printing hand-numbered out of 800.
The Electric Prunes/The Shadows Of Knight – All The King’s Horses b/w I Never Knew 7” (Stag-O-Lee)
Sneak preview from the upcoming Fuzztones tribute album In Fuzz We Trust. The Electric Prunes track features guest appearances by The Pretty Things, Sean Bonniwell (Music Machine) and Arthur Lee (Love). The Shadows Of Knight track features original Fuzztones member Elan Portnoy on guitar.
Expo 70 – Virtually From The Unknown LP (Sonic Mediations)
This release is from a quick live recording at FOKL in Kansas City, Kansas the week before the first annual KC Psychfest this past May. The three tracks that total 58 minutes were edited down to fit onto this vinyl release.
Fennesz – 17.02.12 2xLP+CD+DVD (Song Cycle)
Double-LP box set features Christian Fennesz performing in front of a live audience at the Marino Marini Museum in Florence, Italy in February 2012. The set also includes a 12-page photographic book, a CD-ROM with a virtual gallery of the museum and a DVD featuring the 1927 silent film Symphony Of A Great City by German filmmaker Walter Ruttmann Berlin.
Foxes in Fiction & Benoit Pioulard – Ground Glass 7” (Wool)
“A-side ‘Ground Glass’ is an aptly titled mood piece; the beatless song straddles the line between shoegaze and drone during its six minutes of gnarled sublimity, manifesting its essence with dense textures of distortion, limitless reverb, and slow-plucked bass notes." -- Pitchfork
Eddi Front – Meat 7” (Fat Possum)
Eddi Front is the moniker of Ivana Carrescia. There is an unmistakably noirish quality to her exquisitely poised ballads and her words, backed simply with shivering piano and guitar, are full of sweet menace. But her voice -- breathy and beguiling -- belies the force, and sometimes filth, of her lyrics. As an old-fashioned purist when it comes to building and recording a track, it means her songs are haunted with a creaking, dusty, old music hall quality.
Fuzz – Sleigh Ride 7” (In The Red)
Fuzz more than lives up to their name with a a sludgy, heavy, psyched-out proto-metal sound that is steeped in shredding fuzztone guitar. Comparisons to Blue Cheer, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Black Sabbath have been made and are not far off the mark.
Rory Gallagher – Blueprint [Reissue/1973] LP (Eagle Rock)
Vinyl reissue of the early-‘70s blues-rock classic.
The Grenadines – The Grenadines LP (Communicating Vessels)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Pure dream-drenched rock n roll cut through Southern lens.
Xander Harris – New Dark Age Of Love LP (Not Not Fun)
From the first shimmering hovercraft tones that kick off album opener "Night Fortress," the growth is glaring; gone is the slasher camp and horror tropes of Urban Gothic, replaced by sleek, streamlined post-industrial cold-wave dystopias.
Jim Haynes – The Wires Cracked LP (Editions Mego)
Haynes' sound work draws from shortwave radio static, electric field disturbances, controlled feedback manipulation, and numerous textural scrapings, manifesting broken minimalism of magnetic drones and volatile tactility.
Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Ngunga Yeti Fofa LP (Now Again)
Vinyl-only EP by the world/psych/funk ensemble.
Kings Of Leon – Youth And Young Manhood [Reissue/2003] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Kings Of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak [Reissue/2005] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Kings Of Leon – Because Of The Times [Reissue/2007] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
KOL’s first three albums are back in print on HQ-180 gatefold vinyl.
Kings Of Leon – Rarely LP (Sony Legacy)
Vinyl-only collection featuring rarities, live tracks and B-Sides from the King's Of Leon's first three albums, hand-picked by the band.
Kleenex Girl Wonder – Let It Buffer LP (This Will Be Our Summer)
New LP from 20-year-old NY-based pop/rock band who specialize in earworm-grade melodies and laureate-class multisyllabic-rhyme-bejewelled lyrics.
Alexander Lewis – A Luminous Veil LP (Blackest Ever Black)
Six tracks of heart-sore modern industrial and S-M techno.
Alan Licht – Four Years Older LP (Editions Mego)
Documents the development of a solo electric guitar piece that has been played for the last four years. The guitar is pushed to sound more like a suitcase synth, a church organ, a hornet's nest, and a malfunctioning PlayStation than a guitar per se.
Marquis de Tren & Bonny Billy – Solemns LP (Drag City)
Vinyl-only three-track EP. The 'Prince' and the Marquis (Mick Turner of Dirty Three) unfurled the scroll together, with Tren Brother Jim White (Dirty Three, Cat Power) rumbling and banging things and playing drums, and the Bonny gang crew of Van Campbell, Emmett Kelly and Angel Olsen added invaluable dimensions to the moments herein.
Steve Martin/Edie Brickell – Love Has Come For You LP (Rounder)
Although these new musical partners have already built widely-respected individual bodies of work, their inaugural duo effort is a substantial departure, for both artists. Love Has Come For You features 13 eloquently rootsy Martin/Brickell compositions that combine the former's inventive, expressive five-string banjo work with the latter's heart-tugging vocals and vivid, detail-rich lyrics. Guests include Esperanza Spalding, Waddy Wachtel, Nickel Creek alumni Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins, as well as the Steep Canyon Rangers. CD version due April 23.
Miles – Faint Hearted 2xLP (Modern Love)
Debut album proper from Miles Whittaker (Demdike Stare). Eight analog constructions veering from robust and stripped techno to washed-out jungle and ambient mutations.
Ashley Monroe – Like A Rose LP (WB)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Monroe has been creating music for more than half of her life -- attracting along the way kudos from such music world giants as Dolly Parton, Guy Clark, Vince Gill and Jack White.
Punch Brothers – Ahoy! 10” (Nonesuch)
This tour edition EP consists of five previously unreleased tracks recorded during the sessions for the group's 2012 LP, Who's Feeling Young Now?.
Quicksails – Mayville Dream LP (Spectrum Spools)
Ben Billington opens the LP with a concrete flutter before doing a complete 180 into a total color storm of melody and syncopated percussion.
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement – Black Magic Cannot Cross Water LP (Blackest Ever Black)
Two long-form, minimal synth/dark ambient compositions with field recordings. Sourced from a box of cassettes found at a market in Port Moresby, it was thought to be recorded by a group of Christian missionaries prior to their unexplained disappearance during the 1980s.
Gemma Ray – Down Baby Down LP (Bronzerat)
Recorded in a few days at Candy Bomber (ensconced in the former CIA headquarters wing of Berlin’s intimidating Tempelhof Airport), with a handful of musicians, namely Thomas Wydler (of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) on drums, Rory More on organ, and Wilhelm Stegmeier on bass, Down Baby Down is 30 minutes of largely instrumental compositions coated with choral enhancements and ominous yet beautiful vocal motifs. Gemma herself takes care of all vocal, guitar, piano, clavioline, glockenspiel, melodica and dulcimer duties.
The Replacements – Songs For Slim LP+MP3 (New West)
Songs For Slim is a fundraiser for former Replacements guitarist Slim Dunlap's medical costs. Members Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson reunited and recorded an original Slim Dunlap song plus three additional covers. Original Replacements drummer Chris Mars also recorded a Slim cover and all five tracks were combined on this vinyl-only EP.
Ring Them Bells – Ring Them Bells LP (Burnt Toast)
Ring Them Bells blend reverbed noisy guitars, driving drum beats and bass lines, and vocal pop melodies in the school of Jesus & Mary Chain, Spacemen 3, and Velvet Underground.
Rich Ristagno – What It Would Be Like To Be Rich LP (Drag City)
Initially intended as an autobiographical release in 1981, What Would It Be Like To Be Rich was to be an autobiographical concept album. Hiring local funk band Soular Flight, Ristagno's angsty delivery mixed with Soular Flight's disco tendencies seemingly anticipates industrial and techno, and reflects contemporaries like The Contortions or DNA. In reality, Ristagno remained blissfully ignorant, and cites influences such as Aerosmith, Fleetwood Mac, and the perennially influential Beatles.
The Sleepers – The Sleepers 7” (Superior Viaduct)
The Sleepers’ debut five-song EP, originally released in 1978, is one of the truly essential records to come out of California in the late ’70s. It is 100% punk in spirit and yet avoids every punk cliché.
Spacemen 3 – Performance [Reissue/1990] 2xLP (Fire)
Recorded in Amsterdam in 1988, the live Performance documents a set from the Perfect Prescription tour; the emphasis here is on the group's loud, noisy origins -- only the closing "Feel So Good" hints at the more subdued atmospheres and textures which emerged as their primary focus as they approached Playing With Fire. Orange vinyl.
Spacemen 3 – The Perfect Prescription [Reissue/1987] 2xLP (Fire)
HQ-180 baby blue vinyl pressing of Spacemen Three’s second album.
Strokes – All The Time b/w Fast Animals 7” (RCA)
New single lifted from Comedown Machine featuring non-album B-side “Slow Animals.”
Tenacious D – Tenacious D [12th Anniversary Edition] 2xLP (Epic)
Biting, sometimes base satire and humor populates this comedy-rock debut from actor-musician Jack Black and his band, Tenacious D, originally released in 2001 on CD and never-before available domestically on vinyl.
Thee Oh Sees – Floating Coffin LP (Castle Face)
"These songs occur in the mindset of a world that's perpetually war-ridden. Overall, it's pretty dark, and much heavier than our other albums" -- John Dwyer. CD version due April 23.
Tilth – Angular Music LP (Soft Abuse)
Through seven meditative pieces, the duo of Nathan McLaughlin (tapes, etc.) and Cody Yantis (guitar, etc.) take a trip into fatigue, informed first-hand by the conditions from which this music springs. Angular Music is inspired and provoked by Bill Dixon's idea of going to the center, and is one of the most engaging concrete works to emerge in years.
The Urinals – The Urinals [Reissue/1978] 7” (Superior Viaduct)
The Urinals – Another EP [Reissue/1979] 7” (Superior Viaduct)
The Urinals – Sex b/w Go Away Girl [Reissue/1980] 7” (Superior Viaduct)
Hailing from the late-’70s underground of Los Angeles, The Urinals were often called “the American Wire” for their graceful tension, wild energy and trademark brevity.
Various Artists - Harafin So: Bollywood Inspired Film Music From Hausa Nigeria LP (Mississippi/Little Axe)
First ever international release of film soundtrack tunes from Northern Nigeria -- where the film industry is modeled on Bollywood. Autotuned robotic vocals combine with frenetic drum machines and pitch bending synths for a singular hybrid of local styles and Indian influence. Featuring smash hits by Hausa superstars Fati Niger, Abubakar Sani, and the exuberant Sani Danja.
Various Artists – Jim Jam Gems Volume 1 10” (Stag-O-Lee)
Teenage hoodlums in leather jackets standing on street corners, chewin' gum and eyeing conspicuously every invader on their turf. Revvin' up the engine of a hopped-up Ford, kissing in back alleys, flashin' a flicknife in the dark -- that's the sound of a bad boy serenade. Artists include: Larry Williams, Connee Boswell, Tony Casanova, Du-Droppers, Little Will John, Bobby Lester, Archibald, Danny Taylor, Paul Gayten, and Annie Laurie.
Various Artists - Jim Jam Gems Volume 2 10” (Stag-O-Lee)
Another volume of wild '50s rhythm and gospel, with tracks by: Rod Willis, Savannah Churchill, Lance Fortune, Laverne Baker, Otto Bash, Golden Gate Quartet, The Chords, Dorsey Burnette, Roy Hogsed, and Mahalia Jackson.
Various Artists – The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver 2xLP (ATO)
Tribute album covers of Denver's most popular songs by a diverse group of artists including Dave Matthews, My Morning Jacket, Train, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and many others. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to The Wilderness Society in Denver's name. Free tote bag with purchase – while supplies last!
Vondelpark – Seabed LP (R&S)
“The UK R&B trio Vondelpark mix indie-pop vulnerability with sonic luxuriance. Arriving after a couple of EPs, their debut LP is the fullest realization of the project's immersive smoothness.” [7.8] – Pitchfork
Wareika Hill Sounds - No More War 10” (Honest Jon’s)
Hypnotic, thunderous, urgent, mystical, with dubwise bass drums embedding the Light Of Saba veteran's gorgeous trombone classicism.
Wild Smiles – Tangled Hair b/w Sweet Sixteen 7” (Invada)
Wild Smiles make the sort of fuzzy, fucked-up yet super-melodic rock that can trace its roots through alt legends J Mascis and Bob Mould, the immaculate power-pop of Teenage Fanclub and Big Star, all way back to the Velvet Underground and The Beach Boys.
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The Avett Brothers – Live, Volume 3 LP (American)
Released in 2010 CD – now available on vinyl. This electric performance was recorded on August 8, 2009 at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, NC.
The Civil Wars & T Bone Burnet – A Place At The Table LP (Sensibility Music)
The Civil Wars & T Bone Burnet team up for the soundtrack to the 2013 documentary, A Place At The Table. “The combination of The Civil Wars (Joy Williams and John Paul White) and T-Bone Burnett stands up with a dark, smoking feel. Although a few songs include vocals, many short instrumentals are incorporated as would be expected with most soundtracks. The hidden treasure here is to experience the artist’s talents in instrumentals. This includes Williams haunting play on piano and White’s slide guitar work, all accented by the deep blues guitar of Burnett.” – The Phantom Tollbooth
Fifth On The Floor – Ashes & Angels LP (eOne)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Fifth On The Floor's style of rowdy rock & roll is everything you’d expect from four Kentucky gentlemen. Their new album, Ashes & Angels was produced by Shooter Jennings. "Fifth On The Floor have positioned themselves as the next great Southern rock group." -- No Depression
Keaton Henson – Birthdays LP+CD (Anti)
Singer/songwriter Keaton Henson's second album Birthdays really is an album of two halves. It develops the hushed and emotionally frail sound found on his bedroom produced debut effort Dear. But crucially it introduces some explosive new elements, which as the title suggests really does sound as if Henson is now giving birth to the different sonic possibilities of his compositions. While it's still rather melancholy and shoe-gazing, Birthdays has a venomous streak waiting to emerge in its latter half that's worth sticking around for.” – Contact Music
Kids On A Crime Spree – Creep The Creeps b/w New Ex-Boyfriend 7” (Slumberland)
Punchy, handclap-driven power-pop of the very highest order, with a driving dance beat. "New Ex-Boyfriend" on the flip adds some minor-key drama and echoed surf guitar leads to the mix.
Kishi Bashi – It All Began With A Burst b/w Prologue 7” (Joyful Noise)
Kishi Bashi – Bright Whites b/w This Must Be The Place 7” (Joyful Noise)
Kishi Bashi – Manchester b/w A Sunday Smile 7” (Joyful Noise)
A three-part 7” series featuring singles from last year’s 151a, each backed with non-album B-sides.
Skaters – I Wanna Dance (But I Don’t Know How) b/w Armed 7” (WB)
“New wave bass beats mix with fuzzy guitars steeped in a ’77 sound here to create a wave of toe-tapping, arm-flailing rock music. The vocals pour out in an affected punk-rock sneer as the rhythms switch between unrestrained noise and anxious anticipation. The song is pure energy.” – All Things Go Music
Vampire Weekend – Diane Young b/w Step 7” (XL)
This single features two songs from Vampire Weekend's upcoming third album, Modern Vampires Of The City (due May 14).
A Whisper In The Noise – To Forget [2012] LP (Soulfood)
Lovers of slowcore and especially fans of Low will surely gravitate to the brooding and dark sounds of A Whisper In The Noise.
SUN KIL MOON – AMONG THE LEAVES 2xLP BLUE VINYL (Vinyl Films)
DESERTSHORE – DRAWING OF THREES ORANGE VINYL LP (Vinyl Films)
New, lovely LUNA music exclusives are in! Pick up Mark Kozelek's latest studio album (a 2-LP, blue vinyl, RTI pressing) and Desertshore's latest, at our shop! We are the only retail outlet with these RAD slabs of wax. 'Among The Leaves' has exclusive songs and both are very limited...
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Felicia Atkinson – Visions/Voices 2xLP+MP3 (Umor Rex)
Truly eerie soundscapes built with an odd collection of subtly deranged and detuned instruments; piano, Celtic harp, guitars, keyboards, electronics, and a female voice deeply lost in the woods.
Audacity – Finders Keepers 7”+MP3 (Suicide Squeeze)
Young brash power pop that is both aptly sunny and gritty -- a perfect blend of SoCal's good weather and endless concrete. Translucent green vinyl.
Beach House – Beach House [Reissue/2006] LP (We Are Free)
Beach House’s debut album is back in print on vinyl.
David Bowie – The Next Day 2xLP+CD (Columbia)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Includes three additional tracks plus bonus CD edition.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – And This Is Our Music [Reissue/2003] 2xLP (A. Records)
HQ-180 white vinyl with red and blue splatters.
Classixx – Holding On 7” (Innovative Leisure)
'90s disco meets 2013 electro on Jerome LOL's remix of Classixx latest single "Holding On." The reworked dance track offers an alternative to break dancing in favor of some fist pumping. Debut album Hanging Gardens, due May 14.
Colomach – Colomach [Reissue/1974] LP (Soundway)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Reissue of one of the rarest Afro-rock LPs ever made, originally released in 1974. Fusion of traditional music from the arid Sahel region of West Africa with raw "garagey" psych-rock that was honed playing alongside similar "cultural" bands of the era such as Hedzoleh Soundz and Edzayawa.
Keb Darge/Cut Chemist – Lost And Found: Rockabilly And Jump Blues [Reissue/2007] 2xLP (BBE)
“It would be easy to understand rockabilly fans raising an eyebrow when the beat-obsessed blokes at BBE put together a rock & roll compilation. Surprisingly though, Lost And Found: Rockabilly And Jump Blues resurrects a host of long-lost '50s jump tunes, with precious little overlap with music that already appears on CD. The two curators, Keb Darge and Cut Chemist (each takes one disc), provide copious notes on nearly every title, displaying a knowledge of the form that is formidable (especially in Darge's case).” -- AllMusic
Elephant – Skyscraper 7” (Memphis Industries)
Amelia Rivas' vocals swoon and swoop over a backdrop that twists familiar ‘50s doo-wop stylings into something new and alluring.
J.D. Emmanuel – Time Traveler 2xLP (Aguirre)
A collection of live material from the electronic wizard, including unreleased tracks. Assembled on his tour with Dolphins Into The Future through Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, Germany and Holland.
Fort Romeau – SW9 12” (Spectral Sound)
A warm and affectionate take on the sound of Chicago house, mixing thick analog pad sounds with a 4/4 kick that's insistent without ever being overpowering, skittering hi-hats and a beautifully uplifting vocal sample.
Grass Widow – Grass Widow 7”+MP3 (HLR)
Reissue of San Francisco trio's second release, originally out on Captured Tracks in 2009. Three originals plus a Urinals cover.
Gun Outfit – Hard Coming Down LP (Post Present Medium)
Slow burning dirge-y jams align the group with the most downbeat and darkened in die-folk.
Mary Lattimore – Withdrawing Room LP (Desire Path)
The nuanced notes of the harp strings sing and reverberate amid subtle electronics.
Merzbow/Mats Gustasfsson/Balazs Pandi – Cuts 2xLP (Rarenoise)
If jazz, as the eminent critic Whitney Balliet once wrote, is the ''sound of surprise,'' Cuts, an intensely cathartic, fiercely turbulent collaboration between Japanese noise purveyor Masami Akita (AKA Merzbow), Hungarian drummer Balazs Pandi and Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustasfsson, is the ''sound of shock and awe.''
Maria Minerva – Bless 12” (100% Silk)
Busting out with sweet ’n’ swingy single “Black Magick,” Minerva caters her classic la-la lyrics about an occult / joke-cult romance over a new waif, Schneider-esque pop-Rock Lobsta beat. “Space 4 U” slips echo-drone vocal monologues over a LaFace-style R&B booty bumper, while “Symbol of My Pleasure” sneers with a “Walk This Way” funk lick, both reminding fans of Minerva’s naughty/playful creep-creativities.
Mark Mulcahy – Low Birthweight Child b/w Cottage That We Rented Had A Name 7” (Tongue Master)
“The former Miracle Legion frontman has the kind of male voice you just don't hear anymore: breathy, acrobatic, sensual, utterly, rapturously in-touch." -- The Guardian
Painted Palms – Carousel bw/ Click7”+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
Lead track from their upcoming album, with exclusive B-side.
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – Rise Again [2011] 2xLP (M.O.D. Technologies)
The Upsetter celebrated his 75th year of life with the release of this 2011 album, which featured eleven new songs mixed and produced by Bill Laswell and featuring vocals by TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe, Ethiopian chanteuse Gigi Shibabaw and Jamaican toaster Hawk(man).
Pick A Piper – Pick A Piper LP (Mint)
Debut from Toronto group lead by Brad Weber (Caribou). Airy, polyrhythmic percussion, atmospheric sound design and loopy melodies.
Praxis – Profanation: Preparation For A Coming Darkness [2011] LP (M.O.D. Technologies)
Praxis’ 2011 album is now available on vinyl. Since 1992, the core trio of Praxis Buckethead (guitars), Bill Laswell (bass) and Brain (drums) has churned out an eclectic series of albums rooted in aggressive avant-rock improv with a healthy slab of hip-hop, psychedelic funk and space jazz thrown in.
Psychic Twin – Strangers 7”+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
Intensely personal, nervously rhythmic, and indebted to the '80s new-wave of Erin Fein's youth. White vinyl.
Quiet Evenings – Impressions LP (Aguirre)
Duo of Grant (Nova Scotian Arms) and Rachel (Motion Sickness Of Time Travel) Evans. Far from the realm of pure ambient drift, subtle forces build within their disarming restraint and provide a stunning balance between light and shade.
Restorations – LP2 LP+MP3 (Side One Dummy)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Sophomore album from Philadelphia indie rock band.
Sadistik – Flowers For My Father LP (Fake Four, Inc.)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Evolving his style to a more synthesized rendition of a signature cinematic Seattle sound, the new album displays a distinct combination of Sadistik's complex, vulnerable writing with textured, ambient production handled by the likes of Blue Sky Black Death and Kno of CunninLynguists. Guests include Cage, Deacon The Villain, and Astronautalis.
Spacemen 3 – Sound Of Confusion [Reissue/1986] LP (Fire)
Spacemen 3 – The Perfect Prescription [Reissue/1987] LP (Fire)
Spacemen 3 – Performance [Reissue/1990] LP (Fire)
HQ-180 vinyl reissues now available. “Spacemen 3 were psychedelic in the loosest sense of the word; their guitar explorations were colorfully mind-altering, but not in the sense of the acid rock of the '60s. Instead, the band developed its own minimalistic psychedelia, relying on heavily distorted guitars to clash and produce their own harmonic overtones; frequently, they would lead up to walls of distortion with overamplified acoustic guitars and synths. Often the band would jam on one chord or play a series of songs, all in the same tempo and key.” – AllMusic
Transmuteo – Transmuteo LP (Aguirre)
New age transmissions and hypnagogic meditations to soothe the mind and soul from Jonathan Dean and his group of musical and visual collaborators.
Tully – Loving Is Hard CD/LP (Chapter Music)
Reissue of third and final album from the Australian psychedelic icons, originally released in 1972. Features two bonus tracks from their one and only single, the sparse and somber 1971 release “Krishna Came/Lord Baba.”
White Woods – Big Talking b/w Corner Town 7”+MP3 (Suicide Squeeze)
White Woods is the alias for Julia Kugel (Coathangers). A-side takes the Coathangers attitude, unplugs it from the amps, and delivers its admonishment with a graceful AM radio vibe. B-side "Corner Town" conjures the sex and strut of David Lynch's pop-culture nods to the '50s.
Young Statues – Age Isn’t Ours LP+MP3 (Run For Cover)
New Jersey group expand on the atmospheric Americana inspired rock from their s/t full length. Theirs is a world of smart and sophisticated indie-pop.
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Capitol Cities – Capitol Cities LP (Capitol)
Los Angeles-based electro-pop duo Capital Cities isn't afraid to let the Southern California sunshine seep into their music. Synth-tastically bright, danceable and catchy, yet maintaining a depth that reflects the band's roots in San Francisco, Paris and Armenia.
Cult Of Luna – Vertikal LP (Density/Workhorse Music Group)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Sixth studio album from the Swedish powerhouse and first for Density/Workhorse. Vertikal is thematically influenced by the classic film Metropolis: a hypnotic backdrop of machinery and repetition. Vinyl version due February 5.
El Sportivo + The Blooz – Nights + Weekends 2xLP (White Iris)
Taking cues from the dark side of '70s country and rock & roll, Daron Hollowell's songs speak to dreams of escapism, lust for adventure and truth, and his ever-surreal perception of the world as it spins unsteadily around him.
Greg Ginn & The Royal We – Fearless Leaders LP (SST)
Decades after his Black Flag-days and in live performance, Ginn's one-man-band merges DJ aesthetics along with instrumentation including guitar, theremin, and synth. Dreamy and evolving instrumental electronic dance music.
Hum – You’d Prefer An Astronaut [Reissue/1995] LP+MP3 (Shop Radio Cast)
Limited edition white vinyl reissue of the third studio album by the Champaign, IL post-hardcore band. You’d Prefer An Astronaut was first released in 1995 by RCA as the band's major label debut.
Bob Irwin & The Pluto Walkers – Coffin Dragger b/w Arabesque 7” (Spinout)
Stomping, fuzztone-infected tribute to the legendary biker film soundtracks of decades past.
Land Lines – Land Lines LP (Learning Curve)
Land Lines is Martina Grbac (cello, vocal, percussion), Ross Harada (drums and percussion) and Anna Mascorella (cello, vocal, percussion).
Tim McGraw – Two Lanes Of Freedom 2xLP (Big Machine)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Tim McGraw's new record explains there are both kinds of freedom: country and western.
Brooke Waggoner – Originator LP (Ingrooves)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. “In the span of time between the release of my last album, Go Easy Little Doves, in 2009 and the beginning of production on Originator in 2011, I spent my time producing albums for other bands, writing music for short films, and playing piano in Jack White's all-female band, The Peacocks,” Brooke remarked. “It’s been a good time to ‘fill my well’ so to speak.” – Direct Current
Wild Belle – Isles LP (Columbia)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. A unique combination of bold songwriting, studio wizardry and late night vibes hailing from Chicago, IL.
for the week of 18 MARCH 2013...
100 Flowers – 100 Flowers [Reissue/1983] LP (Superior Viaduct)
100 Flowers (previously known as The Urinals) were a power trio whose sole 1983 album is an enduring document of the Southern California underground. Based in crime-ridden ’80s Los Angeles against the backdrop of juvenile hardcore and vapid hard rock, 100 Flowers crafted a sound that rests between the inspired bursts of The Minutemen and the pastoral jangle of the Dream Syndicate with similarities to the equally oblique Monitor and The Gun Club (who even included a Urinals cover in their set).
Atoms For Peace – Judge Jury And Executioner 12” (XL)
Limited edition 12" featuring a track from Atoms For Peace debut album and a non-album B-side “S.A.D.” with foil stamped embossed sleeve.
Harold Budd – Bandits Of Stature [2011] 2xLP (Darla)
On Bandits of Stature, the minimalist pianist/composer has created 14 elegantly simple, avant-garde string quartets, each with his own unique and subtle tension and abstraction and sometimes-pastoral but as-often otherworldly mood shining through.
R.L. Burnside – A Bothered Mind [2004] LP (Fat Possum)
First time available on vinyl.
Califone – Heron King Blues [Reissue/2004] LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Califone’s third album from 2004 is back on vinyl. Combines the bands more pop-oriented qualities alongside their more spaced out ethereal thoughts.
Cannibal Corpse – Tomb Of The Mutilated [Reissue/1992] LP (Metal Blade)
Limited edition picture disc repress of Cannibal Corpse’s third album.
Coathangers/Nu Sensae – Derek’s Song b/w Throw 7”+MP3 (Suicide Squeeze)
Derek's song" is a party-banger perfectly encapsulating the quartet's capacity for sharp hooks and jagged instrumentation. On Nu Sensae's contribution to the split, Brody McKnight unleashes foreboding guitar squalls while bassist/vocalist Andrewa Lukic rages like Kim Gordon at her most incendiary moments and Daniel Pitout beats his drums to a bloody pulp.
Dave Alvin – Ashgrove [2004] 2xLP (Yep Roc)
Alvin’s 2004 debut for Yep Roc is now available on vinyl.
Dead Skeletons – Dead Magick [2011] 2xLP (A. Records)
“From the opening drones, distorted organs and guitars wobbling from the effects of heavy-duty tremolo, 'Dead Mantra' is battle of life winning over death and the sonic palette that colours the struggle between fight and surrender is consistent throughout. In the middle of this hypnotic maelstrom come the otherworldly vocals. Bathed in echo and reverb, they attempt to find their way from a spiritual battleground that suggests a strange ambiguity over whether the desire for life can keep mortality away for just that bit longer. “ – thequietus.com. Color vinyl (one disc burgundy, the other blue).
Desecration/Possessed – Possessed/Desecration LP (Foad)
Picture disc gathers Possessed’s Demo 1991 for the very first time on vinyl adding a handful of bonus tracks that were completely unreleased and never heard before. Desecration’s side includes the early demos (“Psycho” and “Cowboys in bondage”) and some unreleased studio outtakes, recorded from 1985 to 1986, all this for the first time on vinyl.
Dinosaur Jr. – Now The Fall 7” (Jagjaguwar)
Two previously unreleased songs recorded during the I Bet On Sky sessions.
Dope Body – Saturday 7” (Drag City)
Refocusing on the sonic principles that they were striving for when they got their tight-ass sloppy shit together in the first place, Dope Body return with a two-song single acting as a snapshot of a band taking care of business in lean, road dog stance, ready to f##k or run, whatever happens first.
Fawn Spots/C#m Stain – Wedding Dress LP+MP3 (Bad Paintings)
Split LP from UK noise-drenched pop band Fawn Spots and California weirdo scuzz renegades C#m Stain.
Bill Fay – Time Of The Last Persecution [Reissue/1971] LP (4 Men With Beards)
HQ-180 vinyl reissue of Fay’s final album for the Deram label. Time Of The Last Persecution is an absolute classic of melancholy (borderline morbid) folk-rock that falls somewhere between Pearls Before Swine, Leonard Cohen, and a suicide prevention hotline.
The Fireworks – The Fireworks EP 7” (Shelflife)
Simple catchy songs with blistering squalls of feedback, sharp chiming guitars, rambunctious drums and bass, and Matthew and Emma's perfectly matched vocals. A beacon of hope in the saturated sea of "copycat" noise pop groups.
Eddie Gale – Eddie Gale’s Ghetto Music [Reissue/1968] LP (4 Men With Beards)
Eddie Gale – Black Rhythm Happening [Reissue/1969] LP (Four Men With Beards)
HQ-180 vinyl reissues of Gale's first two Blue Note albums. Both are a blend of funky grooves, a gospel street choir of singers and late '60s free form freak-outs. Recommended for fans of Sun Ra and Brother Ah, Coltrane's Love Supreme, and Max Roach's It's Time.
Hanni El Khatib – Family b/w Penny 7” (Innovative Leisure)
Two lead singles from the forthcoming sophomore LP, Head In The Dirt (due April 30).
Guided By Voices – Trash Can Full Of Nails b/w Build A Bigger Iceburg 7” (GBV Inc.)
Third single from the forthcoming album English Little League. Its propulsive, off-kilter rhythm underscores the melancholic melody, delivered with characteristic aplomb by songwriter Robert Pollard. Backed with a Tobin Sprout-penned psych-pop song called “Build A Bigger Iceberg,” which is solid advice.
Daniel Higgs – Beyond & Between LP (La Castanya Records)
On Beyond & Between, Higgs (Lungfish) sang and played banjo and was accompanied by Marc Clos at the vibraphone, marimba, flexatone, drum, tamborello, tamtam, gong, tar, bendir, timpani and vocals.
How To Destroy Angels – Welcome To Oblivion 2xLP+CD (Columbia)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. New album from the project of Trent Reznor, Mariqueen Maandig (Reznor’s wife), Rob Sheridan, and Atticus Ross.
Jacob Kirkegaard – Conversion LP (Touch)
Two pieces interpreted by classical instruments in collaboration with Danish ensemble Scenatet. Pieces include: "Church" from 4 Rooms and "Labyrinthitis" from Labyrinthitis.
Krallice – Years Past Matter [2012] 2xLP+MP3 (Gilead Media)
Fourth studio album from one of America’s best avant-garde black metal bands.
LCD Soundsystem – Yeah [Reissue/2004] 12” (DFA)
Originally released in 2004 on the heels of the massively successful singles “Losing My Edge” and “Give It Up,” LCD Soundsystem’s “Yeah” is a choice dance-rocker with everything one expects from the DFA hit factory—infectious baselines, killer disco beats and percussion, disaffected vocals and burning keyboards. Back in print on vinyl.
Las Ardillas – Linda Nina 7” (Slovenly)
Las Ardillas features members of Davila 666. There's a powerful undertow of nostalgia to their late ‘70s punk, proto-punk, and powerpop inspired songs. The lyrics soaked in classically unquiet desperation combined with full-throated vocal harmonies and darkly hooky choruses tap into everything that's been making teenagers around the world fall in love with punk for a long time.
Los Vigilantes – Mi Siento Azul 7” (Slovenly)
Three new sides from these Puerto Rican rock & rollers. "Mi Siento Azul" is a pure panty wetting pop scorcher with the sweetest vocals you'll ever hear from a pack of crusty Caribbean street rats. The flip side features the band cranking out a two minute juvenile delinquent punk rock workout.
Melt Yourself Down – Fix My Life 12” (Leaf)
Melt Yourself Down is a London supergroup of sorts, led by Acoustic Ladyland’s Pete Wareham (also a member of Polar Bear), alongside vocalist Kushal Gaya (Zun Zun Egui), Shabaka Hutchings (Sons Of Kemet, Heliocentrics), Tom Skinner (Hello Skinny, Mulatu Astatke), Ruth Goller (Acoustic Ladyland) and Satin Singh (Fela!, Transglobal Underground), and produced by Leafcutter John (Polar Bear).
Merzbow + Oren Ambarchi – Cat’s Squirrel LP (Black Truffle)
Live recording of performance in Campbelltown, Australia in May 2012. A massive wall of sound that moves from the cavernous to the blisteringly psychedelic, laying down shifting low-end structures over which pointillist details ricochet across the stereo field.
Fred Neil – Fred Neil [Reissue/1966] LP (4 Men With Beards)
Fred Neil – Sessions [Reissue/1967] LP (4 Men With Beards)
Fred Neil – The Other Side Of This Life [Reissue/1971] LP (4 Men With Beards)
HQ-180 vinyl reissues from the American folk music legend. Although the long, meandering, raga influenced Sessions is a bit perplexing at first, its rewards increase with each subsequent listening session. An under-rated LP from one of American folk's finest voices. The Others Side features a side of live recordings of some of his most lasting and well-known compositions as well as a side of studio sessions featuring Les McCann and Gram Parsons. May not be his most memorable album but it's still head and shoulders above most other singer/songwriter material of the era.
Obits – Refund b/w Suez Canal 7” (La Castanya Records)
Originally released on the Spanish label La Castanya to coincide with the band’s recent Spanish tour, this new Obits single features two excellent new songs, “Refund” and “Suez Canal,” available exactly nowhere else.
Om – Addis Dubplate 12” (Drag City)
First of two dub-inspired remix 12"’s.
Tijuana Panthers – Tony’s Song b/w One Way Ticket 7” (Innovative Leisure)
Tijuana Panthers fuse simple mid-‘60s rock & roll with the ‘80s gritty punk output that made the Long Beach area legend. Backed with a cover of the Nerves "One Way Ticket.”
Carmen Villain – Sleeper LP (Smalltown Supersound)
Released last week on CD – now available on vinyl. Let's get this out of the way first -- Carmen Villain used to be a very successful model. Her face has appeared on the covers of Vogue and Nylon, and high profile cosmetic ad campaigns. It turns out Carmen Hillestad (Carmen Villain) has been a spy in the house of fashion. Behind the scenes, she was channeling her frustrations into a set of songs with a defiantly DIY underground free-rock sound. Now she's stepping off the glossy page and emerging as a major new songwriting voice and multi-instrumentalist. With acid in her airbrush, she reminds us of This Heat, Bikini Kill, Sonic Youth, Royal Trux.
Vulgar Fashion – Vulgar Fashion LP (Handmade Birds)
Visceral-dark-analogue-night pop duo from Denton, TX.
Wampire – The Hearse b/w Das Modell 7”+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
"The Hearse" is a preview of Wampire's debut full-length, Curiosity (due May 14). B-side is a cover of Kraftwerk's "Das Modell." Purple vinyl.
Why? – Waterlines b/w The Water You Walk 7” (Anticon)
Limited edition tour 7” single featuring an unreleased B-side.
Witch – Lazy Bones [Reissue/1975] LP (Now Again)
Witch – Lukombo Vibes [Reissue/1976] LP (Now Again)
Archival reissues of garage-psych-funk Zamrock masterpieces.
Youthbitch – I’m In Love With Girls 7” (Dirtnap)
Portland, OR based four pieces that draws comparisons to the Exploding Hearts and deserves a vaunted spot next to Gentleman Jesse's self-titled debut in taxonomies of contemporary classics. Wired-up geeky garage/pop jams.
Frank Zappa – Finer Moments 2xLP (Zappa)
Released late last year on CD, this set of live recordings form the Mothers Of Invention recorded between 1967-1972 is now available on vinyl.
for the week of 11 MARCH 2013...
Acid Mothers Temple & Melting Paraiso UFO - Cometary Orbital Drive To 2199 2xLP (Nod And Smile)
Japan's ultimate psychedelic warriors revisit some of their older sounds. Contains three new versions of the AMT live staple, each taking the song to new stretches of space, including as close as they've ever come to dance/trance. CD verson due April 9.
Alcoa – Bone & Marrow LP (Bridge Nine)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Bone & Marrow is country-tinged with pop sensibilities and features upright bass, banjo, fiddle, pedal steel, piano/organ, and charming guy/girl dueling vocals.
Cyclopean – Cyclopean 12” (Mute)
Collaboration from Burnt Friedman, Jono Podmore and Can founding members Jaki Liebezeit and Irmin Schmidt.
Darondo - Luv N Haight Edit Series Vol. 5 12” (Ubiquity)
A certified banger with re-works of Luv N'Haight's legendary Darondo by beat wunderkinds Tall Black Guy and Dandy Teru.
GB (Gifted & Blessed) - Luv N Haight Edit Series Vol 4 12” (Ubiquity)
Features a rework of Harry Whitaker's Black Renaissance classic "Magic Ritual" by GB (Gifted & Blessed). The deep spiritual vibe of the original is present in the edit/remix but is transformed into an electronic, percussion-heavy beast.
Good For You – Life’s Too Short To Not Hold A Grudge LP (SST)
Punk guitar legend Greg Ginn (Black Flag, Gone) has come together with professional skateboarder and vocalist Mike Vallely (Mike V. And The Rats) to form Good For You, an abrasive high-energy, bare-bones grungy-punk duo.
Merle Haggard And The Strangers – Swinging Doors And The Bottle Let Me Down [Reissue/1966] LP (EMI)
Vinyl reissue of the #1 country album of 1966. Includes the hits "Swinging Doors" and "The Bottle Let Me Down."
Hey Ocean! – Is LP (Nettwerk)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Third album from the Vancouver-based trio. CBC Music called the single “Big Blue Wave,” with its infectious hook and captivating melodies, the band's crossover hit. Elsewhere on the record, "Make Up A New Dance" shimmies and shakes with a snappy guitar and propulsive beat, while the band beautifully captures longing on the poetic and poignant "Islands."
IASOS - Inter-Dimensional Music [Reissue/1975] LP (Wild Sages)
Inter-Dimensional Music is considered one of the first (and finest) records of the “new age” movement. Fans include Alan Watts and R. Buckminster Fuller.
Wanda Jackson – Rockin’ With Wanda [Reissue/1960] LP (EMI)
“Absolutely the best collection of Wanda Jackson's rockabilly recordings, including her key 1956-1960 singles – ‘Fujiyama Mama,’ ‘Mean Mean Man,’ ‘Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad,’ and others. Rockin' With Wanda is the leading candidate for the best female rock & roll album of the 1950s.” – All Music
Library Of Sands – Before Us LP (Wild Sages)
Solo music by Naynay Shineywater (Brightblack Morning Light) recorded in 2010 and 2011 in an Earthship in New Mexico as well as a tented-hut in the California desert. The album has been decribed by John Zorn as a "masterwork.”
Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox LP (Atlantic)
Released late last year on CD – now available on vinyl. For Unorthodox Jukebox, Mars and his songwriting/production team The Smeezingtons (Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine) partnered with heavyweight producers including Jeff Bhasker, Mark Ronson and Diplo.
Carlos Niño & Friends - Luv N Haight Edit Series Vol 3 12” (Ubiquity)
Features a re-work of the spiritual jazz classic "The Healer/Don't Break" by E.W Wainwright's African Roots Of Jazz.
Otis Redding – Lonely & Blue: The Definitive Soul Of Otis Redding LP (Fantasy)
Recently released on CD – now available on blue vinyl. A stunning album combining the soul legend's most poignant and heart-breaking ballads, including "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "These Arms Of Mine," "My Lover's Prayer," and more.
Rhye – Women LP (Universal Republic)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. L.A.-based duo Rhye formed under the guise of creating art inspired by classic beauty and honest emotion. Recorded in Copenhagen and Los Angeles, their sound brings together elements of their modern cultural aesthetics mixed with an homage to classic sensibilities; lush strings and melodies intertwined with simple electronic production and soft and sultry vocals – a marriage between refined decadence and modern elegance.
Kenny Rogers – The Gambler [Reissue1979]
Remastered HQ-180 vinyl reissue of the classic album that also doubles as a lifestyle.
Superdrag – Regretfully Yours [Reissue/1996] LP (Side One Dummy)
“In the glut of grungy power pop bands that flooded the mid-'90s, it was pretty easy to write off Superdrag as ‘just another rock band.’ The difference is that Superdrag is essentially a pop band, as Regretfully Yours proves. Most of the songwriting lives up to the promise of the album's saccharine-rush single, ‘Sucked Out’ -- full of hooks and tightly constructed.” -- AllMusic
The Upsetters – Kung Fu Meets The Dragon [Reissue/1975] 2xLP (Secret)
Kung Fu Meets The Dragon is a stone cold classic dub album. Recorded at Lee “Scratch” Perry's Black Ark studio and featuring Augustus Pablo as well the classic Upsetters, this one took dub to the next, otherwordly level in 1975. Now reissued on HQ-180 double vinyl with bonus tracks.
Various Artists [The Cinematic Orchestra] - Late Night Tales [2010] 3xLP+CD (Late Night Tales)
Released back in 2010, this edition has gone on to become one of the most successful albums in the series' 12-year history. Cut using the unique "half speed" mastering technique, this is the ultimate audiophile format, with each disc beautifully pressed disc is housed in a special anti static inner sleeve and comes with a special 30cm cover art print and the package also includes the original CD mixed disc and 12 page booklet.
Various Artists [MGMT] – Late Night Tales [2011] 2xLP+CD (Late Night Tales)
2011 collection curated MGMT features a recording exclusive to this release: a cover of the Bauhaus classic "All We Ever Wanted Is Everything". Also includes tracks by The Velvet Underground, Suicide and Julian Cope, Disco Inferno, The Durutti Column, The Chills, The Jacobites and Felt.
Veronica Falls – Teenage b/w Talk About You 7”+MP3 (Slumberland)
Lead single from their recent album Waiting For Something To Happen is backed with a non-album B-side, "Talk About You."
for the week of 04 MARCH 2013...
Autechre – EXAI 4xLP (Warp)
"As Autechre, Sean Booth and Rob Brown have produced some of the best electronic music of the past 20 years. Characterized from the beginning by gloom and intricacy, their sound has grown more complex and austere over time." – BBC
Apache Dropout – Magnetic Heads LP (Family Vineyard)
This is not a new Apache Dropout platter, but an archival sidestep into the Fugs n' fried view of their early beginnings. Before the Indiana trio cemented their unique red-level, distorto proto-punk they focused on a more obliterated bent on traditional forms. Fiddle, distortion and echo drive most of these songs, as sung by Sonny Blood, that tout distrust of banks, ballot uncertainties and magnetic heads.
Badbadnotgood – Flashing Lights 12” (Innovative Leisure)
Toronto musicians Matthew A. Tavares, Chester Hansen and Alex Sowinski first met in Humber College's Music Performance program, bonding over a common love for Odd Future, Gucci Mane and Lil B. This is their first physical release.
Julianna Barwick – Pacing 7” (Suicide Squeeze)
Two new compositions -- one vocal arrangement, one solo piano.
B/B/S/ - Half Moon 7” (Miasmah)
Three songs from trio of Miasmah label boss Erik Skodvin (Svarte Greiner, Deaf Center), experimental don Andrea Belfi, and metal stalwart Aidan Baker (Nadja). Like Supersilent, but rooted in metal instead of jazz.
Big Boys – Where’s My Towel/Industry Standard LP+MP3 (Modern Classics)
Reissue of the skate punk's 1981 debut.
Bloody Amateur – Bloody Amateur LP (Teenbeat)
Andy Comer (Prosiacs) began Bloody Amateur in late 2009 as a two-night stint by Andy at NYC's storied space, The Kitchen. It's a recording of dark and personal beauty -- spare and assertive, intricate and electric. RIYL: The Feelies, Colin Newman, Unrest, The Chills, Roy Montgomery and The Go-Betweens.
The Blue Angel Lounge – Narcotica [2010] LP (A. Records)
The Blue Angel Lounge (Hagen, Germany) re-release their second studio album on Anton Newcombe's A Records. While staying true to their Nico and Velvet Underground inspired colors, broader timeless inspiration of new wave, post punk, and shoegaze are accentuated throughout Narcotica.
BOY – Mutual Friends LP (Nettwerk)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. An intoxicating mixture to lift even the dullest day out of the doldrums and the direct result of the refreshingly lively and humorous personalities of the band members. BOY sing smart, sharply observed songs with catchy hooks and heartfelt lyrics.
John Carpenter/Alan Howarth – They Live 2xLP (Death Waltz)
For the score to one of his most iconic films, Carpenter and Howarth created what can only be described as electronic blues. They Live has a dusty, slow pulsating western feel that really does give it a life of its own. HQ-180 yellow vinyl.
Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind 2xLP (Deathwish Inc.)
2012 album now available on vinyl. All We Love continues to blaze a new path over 17 tracks of desperation led by the scathing guitar work of Kurt Ballou and tortured howls of frontman Jacob Bannon, creating what is being considered the best album of their legendary two decade long reign as kings of metallic hardcore.
Dead C Vs. Rangda – Dead C Vs. Rangda LP (Ba Da Bing!)
Split album between US and New Zealand "supergroups." Dead C tracks date to the late '80s and are outtakes from the sessions for their Eusa Kills album. Rangda tracks were recorded recently at Russian Recording in Bloomington, IN.
Deafheaven – Demo [2010] 12” (Sargent House)
In advance of their upcoming full-length slated for late 2013, Deafheaven's Demo has been remastered and is available for the first time on vinyl.
Falty DL – She Sleeps: Part 1 12” (Ninja Tune)
FaltyDL – She Sleeps: Part 2 12” (Ninja Tune)
New two-part single from Hardcourage features a collaboration with Friendly Fires’ vocalist Ed Macfarlane. Part 1 includes remixes by Gang Gang Dance and Ital, while Part 2 features remixes by Martyn and 2000 Black.
Fireworks – Lit Up! LP (Bang!)
This slab of brutally loud and distorted swamp-noise psychobilly conjures Pussy Galore covering The Scientists and The Cramps on a psycho bad trip of metallic, rusted scrap.
Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse LP (Atlantic)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Frightened Rabbit is one of the most acclaimed bands of the past decade, earning wide-ranging applause and a fervent international fan following with their emotionally exhilarating melodies and scathingly frank lyricism.
Ghost – Tune In Turn On Free Tibet [1999] 2xLP (Drag City)
Originally released in 1999 on CD – now available for the first time on vinyl. “What can one man do? Does he dare disturb the universe? Ghost insist ‘tune in, turn on, and do the nonviolent sabotage!’ Free Tibet while you're at it.”
Justin Greaves – Devil’s Business 2xLP (Death Waltz)
Dealth Waltz's first foray into new contemporary film music. The score by Greaves, the main protagonist of Crippled Black Phoenix, is a beautiful eerie listen, minimal yet epic and soaked in a smoky atmosphere.
Hair Police – Mercurial Rites LP (Type)
As dirt-sodden and gruesome as the band has ever sounded, Mercurial Rites marks an evolution in industrial noise without straying far from their original intentions. Tape-saturated bells and gongs push up awkwardly against pounding, funereal percussion and the kind of disembodied screams we last heard on '80s-era Whitehouse sides. While the result might terrify some, it re-affirms what made the noise scene so alluring in the first place.
Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced? [Mono] LP (Sony Legacy)
Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced? [UK Sequence/Mono] LP (Sony Legacy)
Jimi Hendrix – Axis: Bold As Love [Mono] LP (Sony Legacy)
HQ-200 gram mono pressings of these two Hendrix classics are now available.
Herbcraft – Astral Body Electric LP (Woodsist)
Once the isolationist bedroom-psych project of Matt Lajoie, Herbcraft has in recent years sprawled out in many different full-band incarnations — duo, trio, quartet, sextet — for tours and heady super-sessions at their HQ in Maine. Their third album finds the most enduring lineup of the band at its peak: songs half-composed, half-improvised, and played with freewheeling first-take intensity.
Lena Hughes – Queen Of The Flat Top Guitar LP (Tompkins Square)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Impossibly rare recordings by the legendary finger-picker. Notes by John Renbourn.
Syl Johnson – Total Explosion [Reissue/1976] LP (Hi Records/Fat Possum)
“During his eight-year stint with Hi Records, Johnson was in the shadows of both Al Green and Ann Peebles. His albums never flew off the shelves but he could be trusted to release two or three good singles a year. By 1975, Johnson's partnership with Hi Records started to yield even more success. As this album's predecessors had Johnson vacillating between being a romantic and a wretch, Total Explosion explores his unrepentant side with good results.” – AllMusic
Jon Mueller – Death Blues LP (Taiga)
The six songs that comprise Death Blues are each their own doorway to both a bold new musical statement from the renowned drummer/percussionist and an unprecedented journey into a conscious contemplation of death -- and the life that surrounds it. Released in tandem with a multi-part manifesto, Death Blues transcends its own existence as a 34-minute, earth-cracking rock album.
The Ouroboros - Ouroboros LP (Innovative Leisure)
The Ouroboros often represents self-reflexivity or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return, and other things perceived as cycles that begin anew as soon as they end. It can also represent the idea of primordial unity related to something existing in or persisting from the beginning with such force or qualities it cannot be extinguished.
Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – Two Weeks 7” (Critical Heights)
A shuddering feat of shaggy-dog jangle and perfectly bruised lyrics. B-side is a tale of unexpected betrayal, lost romance and falling out of love with sausages.
Survival Knife – Traces Of Me 7” (Sub Pop)
Debut release from two-thirds of Unwound. “Traces Of Me” pulls together elements of Drive Like Jehu/Hot Snakes, Black Flag's mid-period mathematical lurch, King Crimson and of course Unwound for a taut and catchy post-hardcore crunch.
The Thermals – More Parts Per Million [Reissue/2003] LP+MP3 (Sub Pop)
The Thermals – F##kin A [Reissue/2004] LP+MP3 (Sub Pop)
The Thermals – The Body, The Blood, The Machine [Reissue/2006] LP+MP3 (Sub Pop)
Vinyl reissues now available. New album, Desperate Ground, due April 16.
Underworld – Rez (Bassnectar Mix) 12” (OM)
Underworld’s "Rez" is remixed by Bassnectar.
Various Artists - CiTR Pop Alliance Vol. 3 LP (Mint)
CiTR’s Duncan McHugh (the host of CiTR FM’s Duncan’s Donuts) has recruited fourteen of Vancouver’s finest, including Jay Arner, Movieland, Korean Gut (RIP), Peace and more. Many songs are unreleased, and all proceeds from the release will go back to CiTR 101.9 FM — the birthplace of Mint Records.
Various Artists - RZA Presents: Shaolin Soul Selections Vol. 1 3xLP (Soul Temple)
Legendary soul from the vaults of Stax Records that inspired the classic sound of The Wu-Tang Clan. Heavy cuts from Isaac hayes, Booker T & The MGs, Albert King, The Emotions, and more.
Various Artists – West Of Memphis: Voices For Justice 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Voices For Justice is music from and inspired by the documentary West Of Memphis. Features tracks by: Henry Rollins (featuring Nick Cave and Warren Ellis), Lucinda Williams, Tonto’s Giant Nuts (Johnny Depp & co.) Marilyn Manson, Band Of Horses, Citizen Cope, Eddie Vedder, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, and more.
Woolen Men – Woolen Men LP (Woodsist)
Punk-influenced DIY music in the Pacific Northwest tradition of Dead Moon and The Wipers.
Savvas Ysatis + Taylor Deupree – Origin LP (12k)
Cryptic, noisy and warm, Origin searches for details in the layers.
for the week of 25 FEBRUARY 2013...
ATOMS FOR PEACE FOIL-STAMPED LTD. ED. PACKAGE 180G LP
No extra music, but the Stanley Donwood lino work is really stunning, this way...
The Ambulars – Dreamers Asleep At The Wheel LP (Salinas)
A dense record, thick with heartbreak, but bright with bits of indie-rock and power-pop that balance the brooding pop/punk of teenage hearts.
Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare [Reissue/2007] LP (WB)
Vinyl reissue of Arctic Monkeys sophomore album.
Bitchin Bajas – Krausened LP (Permanent)
New 12" from Cooper Crain of Cave and Dan Quinlivan formerly of Mahjongg. Two-side long pieces on this nearly 40-minute EP were written on their 2012 European tour. Recorded and mixed over three days by Bitchin Bajas at Minbal Studio in Chicago.
Casino Versus Japan – Go Hawaii [Reissue/2000] 2xLP (Wobblyhead)
A defining moment in the landscape of ‘90s ambient bedroom electronics: lush, warm, colorful, melodic, yet sometimes isolated and claustrophobic, and always deceptively simple. 13 years ago, when the now-antiquated compact disc was issued, Go Hawaii already felt sweetly nostalgic. Name-checked by several generations of underground shoegazers since, now it finally sees the proper Wobblyhead delivery in the form of a sublime double album.
Crooked Hooks – Safety Meeting 12" (Safety Meeting)
This Connecticut three-piece effortlessly channels the early Sabbath, Blue Cheer era of heavy, fuzzed out blues rock.
Diamond Version – EP3 12" (Frontiers)
The latest by the collaboration between Alva Noto and Byetone is the third in a series of five 12" EPs that bridge the gap between gallery and dancefloor. New LP due sometime this year.
Down – Down IV Part I: The Purple EP 12" (Down Records)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. The first in a series of four EP's marks the band's first studio release since 2007's Down III: Over The Under.
Nick Drake – Pink Moon [Reissue/1972] LP (Island)
HQ-180 virgin vinyl LP repressing of this 1972 album. Nick Drake's third and final album, many consider to be his finest moment, was a radical departure from his previous work, stripped of the lush orchestral arrangements, Pink Moon featured Drake alone on vocals, acoustic guitar and the occasional piano accompaniment.
Allen Ginsberg – First Blues [Reissue/1983] LP+MP3 (Allen Ginsberg Inc)
This seven-track vinyl release has returned complete with a recreation of the original newsprint insert of lyrics and liner notes. Original track arrangements by Bob Dylan, Arthur Russell, David Amram, The Clash, Anne Waldman, and, of course, Allen Ginsberg himself. Contains digital download of 17 bonus tracks.
The Hecks – Trust & Order 7" (Moniker)
Adorned as "Chicago's Best New Rock Duo" by the Chicago Reader, these critically acclaimed newcomers can't be contained by classification. Commonly connected with critical genres "garage" and "noise", Zach Hebert and Andrew Mosiman move beyond those confines to create winding pop gems that steadily shift between pulsating rhythms, unexpected fragments, and unrestrained feedback
Syl Johnson – Dresses Too Short [Reissue/1968] LP (Numero)
"Johnson's debut album was a decent but derivative mix of cheery, uptempo Southern soul, somewhat in the mold of Joe Tex." -- AllMusic
Syl Johnson – Is It Because I Am Black? [Reissue/1970] LP (Numero)
Coming hot on the heels of his first full-length, the self-proclaimed "most sampled artist of all time," released this groundbreaking black concept album. Throwing away the notion of a sophomore jinx, Syl delivered this politically charged document.
The Normal – Warm Leatherette [Reissue/1978] 7" (Mute)
Reissue of Mute’s first release. The track has been covered by many other artists including Grace Jones, Boyd Rice, Trent Reznor and Chicks On Speed.
Carmen Villian – Lifeissin 12" (Smalltown Supersound)
First single from Carmen Villain's Sleeper (with remix by Prins Thomas on the flip), due in March 2013. Villain draws on a lineage of sprawling, taboo-busting lo-fi rock: Sonic Youth, Royal Trux, Broadcast, Bikini Kill and The Stooges, while she equally admires the cut 'n' paste productions of J Dilla, Wu-Tang Clan and avant garde post-punkers This Heat.
for the week of 18 FEBRUARY 2013...
The Jesus And Mary Chain – Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides And More) and The Sound Of Speed
Two collections of B-sides, outtakes and rare tracks, originally released on CD in 1988 and 1993, respectively.
Actress – Silver Cloud 12” (Werkdiscs/Ninja Tune)
12" precedes his sequal to Hazyville, entitled Ghettoville, which is due sometime this year through Werkdiscs.
Aleister X – Half Speed Mastered LP+DVD (Nod & Smile)
Debut LP of decadent party jams produced by Andrew W.K. A mix of pop, dub, rap, goth and experimental music combined with one of the best lyricists in the game. CD version due March 5.
Boom Bip/Charlie White – Music For Sleeping Children 12” (Lex)
Music For Sleeping Children is an EP of dance based tracks, created around in-depth interviews of teenage girls.
Jesse Boykins III – Perfect Blues Remixes 12” (Ninja Tune)
If the original wasn't salivating enough, the remixes seal the deal. Jaques Greene further demonstrates his talents with a remix that can only be described as house-blues, or as simply brilliant. The melody bleeds through like sunlight between the clouds, Jesse's vocal all the more beautiful in its sudden exposure.
The Bug – Hardcore Lover 7” (Acid Ragga)
The Bug's Acid Ragga assault continues with the third single to drop on his 7" imprint. “Warrior Queen” on the A-side and a return for “Miss Red” on the flip. Yellow vinyl.
Casiokids – Skip I Natten/Offerdans LP (Splendour)
Casiokids returned with a catchy, dancy, beautiful synth pop offering on a limited edition 12" for their fall Norway tour. The songs are exclusive to this 12".
Chatham County Line –Speed Of The Whippoorwill [2006] LP (Yep Roc)
Originally released in 2006, Speed Of Whippoorwill continued the band's quest to unite their love for the power of rock with their faith in their home state's fine heritage of pure, engaging, traditional music.
Julie Doiron & The Wooden Stars – Julie Doiron & The Wooden Stars [2000] LP+MP3 (Jagjaguwar)
First time available on vinyl for this 2000 Juno award winning album. Combining elements of rock and jazz a la Joni Mitchell's early '70s work, Doiron somehow translated the coldness of the Canadian winter into one of the warmest and most tender records to be produced in the Eastern province in years.
DRGN King – Paragraph Nights LP (Bar None)
2012 album now available on vinyl. Singer/songwriter Dominic Angelella and hip-hop producer Ritz Reynolds are the masterminds behind Philly group DRGN KING. Discovering a mutual love of The Flaming Lips and Wu Tang, they set out on a song cycle that led to Paragraph Nights, their debut full length. Bruce Warren (WXPN/Paste) says, "This is otherworldly soulful pop for now people."
Eat Skull – III LP+MP3 (Woodsist)
Third album from Portland noise-pop band. A more psychedelic and perfectly circular outing then their previous classics of paranoid ecstasy Wild & Inside and Sick To Death. Somewhere in between the subatomic joy of Primal Scream's "Keep Your Dreams" and the desperate loneliness of Same Place The Fly Got Smashed-era Guided By Voices.
The Hookers – Horror Rises From The Tombs LP (Planetworks)
Legendary punk metal masters return with their first full-length in nearly a decade.
Ital Tek – Hyper Real 12” (Civil Music)
Dexterous dancefloor electronica, techy IDM-driven dubstep, glitch-hop, and post-dubstep forms.
Las Robertas – Dissected Affair 7” (Art Fag)
After a two-year absence, Costa Rica’s Las Robertas return with a new vinyl EP featuring two originals and a cover of “Foggy Eyes” by their heroes Beat Happening.
Leech – Tusks 12” (100% Silk)
Latest from the deconstructed dance alter-ego of Brian Foote (Nudge, Fontenelle). Approaches acid, teases techno and jumbled jazz.
Jens Lekman – I Know What Love Is Isn’t b/w That’s The Way Love Is 7” (Secretly Canadian)
Title track of his 2012 album is paired with an exclusive B-side cover of Ten City's "That's The Way Love Is."
Lust For Youth – Chasing The Light 12” (Sacred Bones)
What began as a lo-fi, atonal, bedroom synth drone project in 2009 has slowly but surely been evolving into a full frontal synth-pop assault.
Cass McCombs/White Magic – LAMC Vol. 6 7” (Famous Class)
The sixth release in the LAMC 7” series. The tracks will also available on the Famous Class bandcamp page with 100% of the digital proceeds going to the Ariel Panero Memorial Fund at VH1 Save the Music.
MV & EE – Fuzzweed LP+CD+MP3 (Three Lobed)
With each successive release, MV & EE strive to map new territory and to travel more distant orbits. It makes sense that this mission is their furthest reaching yet. While they’ve long been comfortable navigating the same planes as such cosmic explorers as Sun Ra and Alan Silva, Fuzzweed sees them planting their freak flag in the sorts of different galaxies where the atmospheres counterpoint the music of the spheres with the more earthbound plaints of the blues. Be sure to pop your LP cover under a blacklight to see some super-reactive hot pink ink.
Night Marchers – Allez Allez LP+MP3 (Swami)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Sophomore album from ex-members of Hot Snakes, Rocket From The Crypt, Drive Like Jehu, Delta 72, and Bardo Pond.
NOFX – 30th Anniversary Box Set 14xLP (Epitaph)
A deluxe LP collection of every studio album they have released, from 1988's Liberal Animation through 2012's Self Entitled. Included is the first release of all the tracks from the famous 7” of the Month Club, compiled on a double LP for this box set only. All packaged in a hardbound box.
Jeffrey Novak – Baron In The Trees LP (In The Red)
Second solo album from Cheap Time frontman. Shades of Syd Barrett, Ray Davies, Kevin Ayers, David Bowie and Sparks.
Public Enemy – Most Of My Heroes Still Don’t Appear On No Stamp 2xLP (Eastlink)
2012 album now available on vinyl. Eleven tracks laden with the sonic and word fury Public Enemy has been known for. Chuck D, Flavor Flav, DJ Lord, Professor Griff, the baNNed and S1WS all contribute.
Red Lamb – Red Lamb LP (Made In Germany)
New school rock produced by Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) featuring members of Anthrax and Nine Inch Nails.
Martin Rev – Martin Rev [Reissue/1980] LP (Superior Viaduct)
In 1980, shortly after Suicide’s second full-length, Martin Rev released his first solo album on preeminent No Wave label Infidelity (Lust/Unlust). Uninhibited by the trappings of a collaborator, Rev was freed to explore his most experimental and pop leanings with dirty synths, dark melodies and dreamlike textures, and produced a masterpiece of modern alienation that captures a uniquely New York landscape.
Shams – Piano Sound 12” (100% Silk)
The occasionally polarizing performer and producer does much more than just antagonize Brooklyn crowds with his party pranks; he also creates careful and caressing chill-out tracks for escapist addicts, comfort creeps, and hedonistic pleasure-seekers heaven bent to sway around the trance/dance floor. Better than a classic Café Del Mar compilation, “Piano Cloud” offers the sweet samplings of Balearic ambience mixed with the cheeky love-hangover of a disco-dance-Diana instrumental.
M. Ward – The Transfiguration Of Vincent LP [Reissue/2003]
Back in print on vinyl! Ward's third album that is clearly progressive while simultaneously sounding regressive, feeling dusty with age, and manifesting a genius that is pure and untempered.
Wartorn – Iconic Nightmare LP (Southern Lord)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Punishing, dark, political, metallic crust that completely devastates! For fans of Wolfbrigade, From Ashes Rise, Tragedy.
Paul Weller – Dragonfly b/w Portal To The Past 7” (Yep Roc)
Fourth single from Sonik Kicks. B-side is previously unreleased "Portal To The Past." Clear vinyl.
Wingdale Community Singers – Night Sleep Death LP (Blue Chopsticks)
Third full-length album finds the core trio of Hannah Marcus, Rick Moody, and David Grubbs augmented by a cast of effortlessly sympatico guests including Jolie Holland, Tanya Donnelly, and Oneida’s Kid Millions, and featuring lyrical content from Walt Whitman. Vinyl-only.
Witch – In The Past [Reissue/1974] LP (Now Again)
Archival reissue of the garage-psych Zamrock masterpiece.
for the week of 11 FEBRUARY 2013...
J DILLA DONUTS 7" BOX SET /GIBBY HAYNES THIRD MAN SERIES 7"
I'd love to stumble across the jukebox that racks these...
Steve Adamyk Band – Third LP+MP3 (Dirtnap)
You could call this aptly titled third LP from Canada's Steve Adamyk Band aggressive pop/punk, keeping it tight and far from over-produced. The formula is simple -- no one is trying to reinvent the wheel. With that said they're staying clear of cheese and cliches.
Battalion Of Saints – Second Coming [Reissue/1984] LP (Taang!)
Vinyl reissue of the masterful San Diego hardcore/punk/metal band’s 1984 release.
Blurt - Live In Berlin 10”+7” (Factory Benelux)
Vinyl reissue of the debut album by frenetic post-punk outfit Blurt, originally issued in 1981.
D.Y.S. – Brotherhood [Reissue/1983] LP (Taang!)
Brotherhood, the Boston hardcore classic debut album produced by legendary punk producer Lou Giordano, is back in print on vinyl.
Goodly Thousands – Honest b/w I Wish 7” (Shelflife)
Goodly Thousands draw inspiration from many of the beloved UK guitar pop groups of the mid-‘80s.
Green Day – ¡Tre!.LP (Reprise)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Third and final installment in their album trilogy ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tre!.
La Big Vic – Cold War LP (Underwater Peoples)
Cold War hones in on the power of a soulful hook without forfeiting the cosmopolitanism that made its predecessor so unique. The arrangements are more lush and crisper than ever. More grounded in hip-hop beats and melodic synth leads than its predecessor.
Led Zeppelin – Celebration Day 3xLP (Atlantic)
Now available on vinyl! On December 10, 2007, Led Zeppelin took the stage at London’s O2 Arena to headline a tribute concert for dear friend and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. What followed was a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band’s signature blues-infused rock ’n’ roll that instantly became part of the legend of Led Zeppelin.
Pantha Du Prince/The Bell Laboratory – Elements Of Light LP (Rough Trade/Matador)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Elements Of Light is a logical continuation of Pantha Du Prince's previous work, but the music does in no way constitute a walk down beaten paths. The result of this unusual project is an original piece, crafted in the intersection between electronic elements and classical composition.
Quitapenas – Mas Tropical b/w Que Te Pasa 7” (White Iris)
"My first live Quitapenas show was when they opened up for Fool's Gold at the Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park in downtown Los Angeles. They jammed backstage for hours before their set, jammed in the parking lot during the post-show load out, and then crashed my friend's party at midnight – set up in his living room and supplied the music for an all-night dance party! These are exactly the type of musicians I love to have in the White Iris studio…" – Lewis Pesacov
Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup [Reissue/1996] 2xLP (1972)
Stereolab – Dots And Loops [Reissue/1997] 2xLP (1972)
Emperor Tomato Ketchup mines the music of the '60s & early '70s, as the band employs Farfisas and Moogs, melodies from Bacharach and Hardy, soft-rock, bubblegum, dub and hip-hop sounds to augment their core influences of krautrock, punk, jazz and space rock. Dots And Loops is Stereolab's fifth studio album and the first to completely ditch the motorik drone that had been a trademark since their inception; predominated by lush lounge and jazz textures, it showcases the band's most complex set of rhythms yet.
tUnE-yArDs – tUnE-yArDs As Yoko 10” (Chimera Music)
tUnE-yArDs cover Yoko Ono's "We're All Water" and remix "Warrior Woman", with all proceeds to benefit charity. One-sided with etching on flip side.
Uncle Kracker – Midnight Special LP (Sugarhill)
2012 album – now available on vinyl. New album from the singer/songwriter who has made a comfortable transition from rock/hip-hop to roots/country over the course of his career.
a small sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 04 FEBRUARY 2013...
GROUPER – 'The Man Who Died in His Boat' and 'Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill' LPs (Kranky)
A new Liz Harris collection of older tracks (circa 2008) and a reissue of the seminal 'DADDUAH,' are on wax and quite luscious...
1991 – High Tech High Life LP (Boomkat Editions)
Vinyl version of 2012 album, originally released on cassette on Opal Tapes. 1991 is reminiscent of Boards of Canada, Oneohtrix Point Never, JD Emmanuel and the hauntological afterglow of Pye Corner Audio or Grouper's instrumentation.
Bad Indian – Are On The Other Side LP (CQ)
This Michigan band brings their brand of rust belt garage, psych, jangle and rock & roll over 13 tracks on their second full-length. ‘60s style punk rave-ups, organ laced c86 jangle, haunting ballads and psych freak-outs.
Bong – Mana-Yood-Sushai [2011] LP (Ritual Productions)
HQ-180 vinyl version of UK stoner rock/doom metal outfit's 2011 album.
Circuit Des Yeux – CDY3 10” (Magnetic South/Family Vineyard)
The focus remains Fohr's haunted, mournful melodies, where the edges of her voice twist toward inner conflict and white light aggression, and intricate feedback architecture of her guitar playing.
Matthew Dear – Fighting Is Futile 12” (Spectral Sound)
Third single off Beams, accompanied by four remixes from Seth Troxler, Kink, Benoit & Sergio, and Laid Back.
Gehenna – Negotium Perambulans In Tenebris [2000] LP+MP3 (A389)
Pure raw brutality, seething with primitive fury and laying waste with barbaric execution. For fans of Integrity, Infest and Hellhammer.
God’s America – Our Bones Will Bleach In The Sun 7”+MP3 (A389)
Crushing and abrasive powerviolence/grindcore from Las Vegas. For fans of Infest, Phobia, and Magrudergrind.
Adam Green/Binki Shapiro - Adam Green/Binki Shapiro LP (Rounder)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. With deceptively pretty arrangements that echo filigreed late-sixties folk-pop and an easygoing rapport between singers, this duets collaboration between Adam Green (Moldy Peaches) and Binki Shapiro takes just one listen to enchant. Both artists are notable figures among indie-pop fans, cherished for their off-kilter sensibility (him) and elegantly quirky style (her).
Gunman & The Holy Ghost – Things To Regret Or Forget LP (A. Records)
From The Third Sound frontman comes this gem of a solo album, melancholic songs that echo Spiritualized, religious dialogs and alt-country music.
Hank IV – Depravity’s Rainbow b/w Your Mind Is A Disco 7” (Holy Mountain)
Recorded in a lacerating hi-fidelity previously unheard on their other 7” singles, “Depravity’s Rainbow” is something of an alternate-universe rock ’n’ roll pop hit vista for Hank IV. But these songs aren’t any sort of gauzy or hazy faux-California summer jams—this is some straight up TV-MA-LSV sh!t and the screen’s inside your eyelids.
Haunted Hearts – Something That Feels Bad Is Something That Feels Good 7” (Zoo Music)
Debut single from lead members of Dum Dum Girls and Crocodiles. Sounds like a 50/50 split between the two.
J Dilla – 48 Hours Instrumentals 10” [Reissue/2003] (Delicious Vinyl)
Vinyl LP pressing of J. Dilla's beats used for the Frank-N-Dank album 48 Hours. This 2003 album was produced by the late J. Dilla and shelved for a decade.
J. Dilla – Music From The Lost Scrolls 1 10” (Delicious Vinyl)
Last year, Dilla’s estate announced plans to release more previously-unheard music from the dearly departed producer via a series of releases under the umbrella The Lost Scrolls. The release notes promise that “the beats are prime, vintage Dilla start to finish,” and that the songs also feature Dilla on the mic.
Ladyfinger (NE) – Errant Forms LP+CD (Saddle Creek)
Mixes early ‘70s classic rock with punk and hardcore of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. Available as a limited edition (of 500) LP, pressed on clear vinyl. LP jacket includes 3D elements which can be viewed with included glasses. LP also includes copy of entire album on CD. Recorded at ARC Studios by Matt Bayles (Minus the Bear, Cursive, Mastodon).
Left For Dead – Devoid Of Everything LP+MP3 (A389)
Collects Left For Dead’s entire studio recorded output from 1996-1997, taken from the original 1/4" multi track reels. Featuring members of legendary Canadian hardcore band Chokehold, whose members went on to form Cursed, The Swarm, Haymaker, Pick Your Side and Burning Love. CD version due February 19.
My Chemical Romance – Number Five 7” (Reprise)
The final of the five releases which features "Surrender The Night" and "Burn Bright”. These are unreleased tracks that were recorded prior to Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys.
Thee Open Sex – Thee Open Sex LP (Magnetic South/Family Vineyard)
With their first proper full length, Thee Open Sex approach the midwestern American alienation of Rocket From The Tombs as reductionists, aligning with German art rock robotics from the viewpoint of John Lydon.
Ugandan Methods – A Cold Retreat 12” (Boomkat)
Trio of noise techno neologisms by producers Regis and Ancient Methods.
Umberto – Confrontations LP (Not Not Fun)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Kansas City’s goblin king of neo-Giallo, brood-blooded dark fantasy soundtracking returns with his third official full-length, two years after the badass psychodrama of Prophecy Of The Black Widow.
UUVVWWZ – The Trusted Language LP+CD (Saddle Creek)
An avant-blues quartet from Lincoln, NE. The Trusted Language aspires to braid music theory with experimental poetry, which functions as a conduit toward a schizo-cultural critique and embodied project. Skronk-tastic.
Various Artists – Your Victorian Breasts 2xLP+MP3 (Three Four)
Collection of 20 unreleased tracks by the likes of Alastair Galbraith, Black To Comm, Arp, Pigeons, Ignats, Alvarius B, William Tyler, Supreme Dicks, Filipe Felizardo, Hamilton Yarns, and Circuit Des Yeux. It also hosts three new collective projects: Mendrugo (featuring Josephine Foster joining forces with husband Victor Herrero, Jose Luis Herrero, Jose Luis Rico and Takuhiko Nochimoto); Raajmahal, the reunion of Pat Murano (No-Neck Blues Band), Carla Baker, and Santa Wolanczyk; and Syracuse Ear, a first-class improv gathering featuring David Maranha, Chris Corsano, Manuel Mota, and Margarida Garcia.
Weekend Nachos – Watch You Suffer 7”+MP3 (A389)
Two brand new tracks from Chicago's reigning champions of hardcore/powerviolence. B-side exclusive to this single. For fans of Despise You, Infest, and Magrudergrind.
a small sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 29 JANUARY 2013...
>DUCKTAILS – The Flower Land LIMITED EDITION LP (Domino)
'The Flower Lane' is available in a deluxe LP edition that features an old-fashioned hand made letter pressed sleeve AND 180 gram heavyweight vinyl. This deluxe edition is limited to a pressing of only 300 copies. A non-letterpressesed, 180GM standard edition LP is also available.
Dicks – Peace? 7” (Alternative Tentacles)
The three-track Peace? 7” was the first release from the reconstituted Dicks and revealed the unit to be as intimidating as ever. Alternative Tentacles is proud to present this essential document of 1980s punk, remastered with love by Jello Biafra.
Dropout Patrol – Dropout Patrol LP (Exotic Fever)
Formerly the solo project of singer-songwriter Jana Sotzko from Berlin, Germany. First self-titled album after 10 years of existence finds Jana paired with three close friends to deliver an album full of beautifully interspersed pictures and personal observations.
Feeling Of Love - La Peur Est Un Illusion: Singles 2006-08 LP (Captcha)
Before this Metz, France combo was fully formed it was the work of one man, who cranked out 5 7"s in the space of two years. Later two more members were added and the group cut their first full-length album. This compilation is the story of those hard to find pieces of wax finally coalesced into one LP. Taking 12 tracks from five early singles and adding two unreleased songs this is a release for the completest or newcomer alike.
Fidlar – Fidlar LP+MP3 (Mom + Pop)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Any given song will give you a Germs influenced guitar solo, the catchy "Ooo's" and "Ah's" of the Misfits, and lyrics in the same family as Black Flag's Six Pack and TV Party. Surfier, faster, more fuzzed-out, more personal and a lot more drunk.
Hands – I Want To Know b/w Exactly Sharp 7” (White Iris)
Music like a rip tide, swirling in overlapping loops and riffs, slowly enveloping you. Often within the same song, they move from rock to synth-pop to skyrocketing stadium anthem.
Harouki Zombi – Objet Petit A 2x7”+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
Brainchild of Nina Barnes (Of Montreal) and Orenda FInk (Azure Ray). Four original tracks and two remixes. Purple vinyl.
Albert King – The Big Blues [Reissue/1962] LP (Sundazed)
Freddie King – Goes Surfin’ [Reissue/1963] LP (Sundazed)
HQ-180 vinyl from the original King mono masters.
The Kustom Kings – Kustom City U.S.A. [Reissue/1964] LP (Sundazed)
HQ-180 vinyl reissue of the long lost hot-rod classic featuring Bruce Johnston.
Led Zeppelin – Celebration Day 3xLP (Atlantic)
Now available on vinyl! On December 10, 2007, Led Zeppelin took the stage at London’s O2 Arena to headline a tribute concert for dear friend and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. What followed was a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band’s signature blues-infused rock ’n’ roll that instantly became part of the legend of Led Zeppelin.
The Lewis Connection – The Lewis Connection LP (Numero)
With insurance money from a recently overturned Buick Century, brothers Andre and Pierre Lewis went on a recording tear through the Twin Cities in '78, cutting a half-dozen songs in as many studios. Combining the astrosexuality of Parliament with the sophisticated flammability of Earth, Wind & Fire, their misspelled debut captures the Minneapolis Sound's founding fathers -- Prince among them -- at the paradigm-shifting confluence of funk, jazz, and pop for which the Land Of 10,000 Lakes is famed.
Lord Of The Isles – Gee Chic/Radio Lollipop 12” (Catune)
Born in Scotland, Neil McDonald (Lord Of The Isles) is a DJ/producer that suddenly rose up in the Disco/Balearic scene in 2010, with a bag full of original tracks and re-edits.
The Missing Links – The Missing Links [Reissue/1965] LP+7” (Sundazed)
HQ-180 vinyl reissue includes The Links Unchained, the band's mega-rare 1966 EP. “The best cuts, ‘Wild About You,’ ‘Some Kinda Fun,’ ‘You're Drivin' Me Insane,’ ‘Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut,’ and ‘Speak No Evil,’ are tremendous '60s punk, with blistering, feedback-ridden guitar and cord-shredding vocals.” – AllMusic
Om – Conference Of The Birds [Reissue/2006] LP (Holy Mountain)
Picture disc version! Comprised of two songs that build on their use of cyclical rhythm, riff and vocal intonation, Om’s 2006 album blends metal, chant, drone, dub and psychedelia.
Pantha Du Prince/The Bell Laboratory – Elements Of Light LP (Rough Trade/Matador)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Elements Of Light is a logical continuation of Pantha Du Prince's previous work, but the music does in no way constitute a walk down beaten paths. The result of this unusual project is an original piece, crafted in the intersection between electronic elements and classical composition.
Radar Brothers – Eight LP+CD (Merge)
Featuring an expanded band of brothers including Stevie Triechel and Be Hussey from The Illustrated Garden as well as new members Dan Iead (Cass McCombs, The Broken West) on guitar/pedal steel, Brian Cleary on keyboards and Ethan Walter on piano and synthesizers. Between the two keyboards and Iead and Putnam s guitars, the band orchestrates a swirling fervor that glides over Triechel and Hussey s rhythmic aggressions.
The See See – The Rain & The Snow b/w Snowdrop 7” (Sundazed)
Debut US single from prolific UK psych-pop ensemble -- a melancholic, gray sky entreaty to a fading love, laced with electric guitar filigrees, insistent organ and a stoic drumbeat bearing witness to heartbreak.
Simo – Shake It b/w AOH 7” (Sundazed)
Nashville-based power trio featuring multi-talented axeman J.D. Simo
>Castle Face and Friends – The Velvet Underground & Nico LP (Castle Face)
Full album cover of the classic Velvet Underground record, featuring reimaginations by Kelley Stoltz, Warm Soda, Ty Segall, Blasted Canyons (featuring Jeremy Cox of Royal Baths), White Fence, The Fresh & Onlys, Burnt Ones, The Mallard, Here Comes the Here Comes, K Dylan Edrich, and Thee Oh Sees!!! Limited to 1000 copies on Banana Yellow vinyl!
a small sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 22 JANUARY 2013...
A$AP Rocky – Long.Live.A$AP 2xLP (RCA)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. New album from the rising rapper features guest appearances by Schoolboy Q, Santigold, Joey Bada$$, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson and Big K.R.I.T. A$AP Rocky takes the reins as producer and co-producer on several tracks along with Danger Mouse, Jim Jonsin, Rico Love, Clams Casino, Skrillex, Hit-Boy and more. “BNM [8.5]” – Pitchfork
100 Flowers – 100 Flowers [Reissue/1983] LP (Superior Viaduct)
Vinyl reissue of underground L.A. classic originally released in 1983. Previously known as The Urinals). Rests between the inspired bursts of The Minutemen and the pastoral jangle of the Dream Syndicate with similarities to the equally oblique Monitor and The Gun Club.
At The Drive In – Vaya [Reisue/1999] 10” (Fearless)
Reissue of their seminal 1999 EP on white vinyl.
California X – California X LP (Don Giovanni)
Teetering between various pockets of the punk spectrum, California X draws influences from the worlds of noisy ‘80s Western Mass rock, fuzzy ‘90s garage pop, and classic post-hardcore SST sounds.
Loren Connors – A Fire LP (Family Vineyard)
Single-sided LP from the master guitarist. Recorded live in Philadelphia, this 23-minute piece follows in the style and visual presentation of the recent Red Mars CD. Instead of sculpting multilayer tape-recorded pieces, the NYC guitarist is expounding on spontaneous sound, either rattling screams from his Telecaster or bending the avant-garde blues style synonymous to him since the late ‘70s.
The Crystal Ark – The Crystal Ark 2xLP+MP3 (DFA)
Latest album from the collaborative, body-centric NY pop project of Gavin Russom and Viva Ruiz.
Deftones – Koi No Yokan LP (Reprise)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. “2012 Album Of The Year.” – Revolver Magazine
Detroit Cobras – Original Recordings: Singles & Unreleased 1995-1997 [2008] LP (Munster)
LP version of the singles and unreleased recordings circa 1995-1997 by garage-rock cover band.
German Shepherds – Music For Sick Queers LP+7”+MP3 (Superior Viaduct)
Vinyl reissue of the band’s only LP, originally released in 1985. Bonus 7" contains unreleased material. "A masterpiece of minimal synth combined with experimental and noisy synth punkish elements." -- Mutant Sounds
Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite – Get Up! LP (Stax/Concord)
A striking mix of blues, gospel, roots and R&B, Get Up! features ten vivid musical character studies, skillfully rendered in cinematic detail, all written or co-written by Harper. Vinyl version available now; standard CD and deluxe CD+DVD versions due next week.
Hinder – Welcome To The Freakshow LP (Republic)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. On Welcome To The Freakshow Hinder experiments with rock, pop and even a little country.
Hunx/Cassie Ramone – LAMC No. 5 7” (Famous Class)
The fifth release in the LAMC 7” Series.
The Imperial Dogs – This Ain’t The Summer Of Love b/w I’m Waiting For The Man 7” (Munster)
Reissue of this L.A. proto-punk band's posthumous single. Released in 1978 on fanzine Back Door Man's record label after Blue Oyster Cult had a hit with a cover of “This Ain't the Summer Of Love.”
Jasper TX – An Index Of Failure LP (Handmade Birds)
Final album from Swedish multi instrumentalist.
The Jesus And Mary Chain – Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides And More) [Reissue/1988] LP (1972)
The Jesus And Mary Chain – The Sound Of Speed [Reissue/1993] LP
Two collections of B-sides, outtakes and rare tracks, originally released on CD in 1988 and 1993, respectively.
Kid Rock – Rebel Soul 2xLP+CD (Atlantic)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl.
Kwes – Rollerblades b/w Rosab 7” (Warp)
Kwes calls his music “free pop”, explaining: “I feel my music fits around many heads of many sizes and mental dispositions.” “Rollerblades” fits this theme and is a song about lost young love. It's beautiful, catchy and is another insight into the musical mind of Kwes. B-side “Rosab” is a messed up, oneiric instrumental ode to his bike.
Lindstrøm - Vos-sako-rv 12” (Smalltown Supersound)
Second 12” from Lindstrøm’s acclaimed Smalhans release, featuring two Todd Terje edits on the flip side.
Los Mockers – I Wanna Go b/w My Baby [Reissue/1966] 7” (Munster)
Two self-penned tracks by the best beat/R&B band to come out of Latin America.
Men – Electric b/w Water Babies 7” (Sacred Bones)
Perfect introductory glimpse into their upcoming panoramic (due March 2013). Swelling their captivation with smudged Americana to untried new peaks, as a whole these sessions come down as reaffirmation that Men truly are the rare restless force, which pulses on regardless of era, affiliation or blessing.
Night Beats – H-Bomb 7” (Ayo Silver!)
Night Beats’ sound arises from the ashes of the rawest blues-men, mixes it up with Link Wray and Bo Diddley and parties with the Seeds and Black Lips.
Northern Portrait – Pretty Decent Swimmers 10” (Matinee)
4-track 10" on transparent blue vinyl from the adored Danish indie purists.
The Paper Chase – God Bless Your Black Heart [2004] 2xLP (Trost)
The Paper Chase – Now You Are One Of Us [2006] 2xLP (Trost)
HQ-180 vinyl versions of the band’s fourth and fifth albums, which were originally released on CD by Kill Rock Stars. The Paper Chase had a signature sound of strangled guitars, bombastic percussion, terror-stricken strings, bizarre samples and crashing pianos.
Jeffrey Lee Pierce – Six String Sermon [1980] 2xLP (Bang)
1980 solo recording from the Gun Club singer/songwriter/guitarist, on vinyl for the first time.
Martin Rev – Martin Rev [Reissue/1980] LP+MP3 (Superior Viaduct)
Rev (Suicide) explores his most experimental and pop leanings with dirty synths, dark melodies and dreamlike textures. Echoes other electronic forerunners such as Silver Apples and Kraftwerk, and foreshadows the work of Aphex Twin and Air.
Nails – Obscene Humanity 7” (Southern Lord)
Captures three of the most iconic tracks from the band's raging debut 12" EP of the same name, re-recorded by Kurt Ballou during the Unsilent Death sessions with their more modern, metallic, pulverizing low-end tonal attack.
Obnox – A Ragin’ In The Sun 7” (Anyway)
Some may look at A Ragin' In The Sun EP as another overgrown 7" with no direction, but in actuality, this record is simply a pop record that's been sprinkled with raw punk and a little hip-hop beat culture.
Pia Fraus – Silmi Island LP+CD (Shelflife)
Silmi Island is a celebration of Pia Fraus' ten-year history featuring 13 of their very best tracks from 1998-2008 and presented on limited vinyl. All tracks were completely re-recorded or remastered and appearing on vinyl for the very first time. Two bonus tracks are included on the CD -- including a My Bloody Valentine cover.
Jon Porras – Orilla Oscura LP (Immune)
Here Porras focuses on devotional solo guitar accompanied by manipulated tapes. Post-production was kept to a minimum so the tones, textures and colors could remain as they appeared. The album plays at 45 RPM for optimal sound quality.
Scientists – Swampland 2xLP (Bang!)
This double-LP from legendary Australian swamp blues band gathers together their greatest songs plus previously-unreleased demos and live recordings from the '80s.
Secret – Agnus Dei LP (Southern Lord)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Combines elements of crust/grind, primitive black metal, dark soundscapes and monolithic riffs to take the listener by the hand through a hallucinated trip towards a foggy and yet invisible tomorrow.
Ty Segall – Would You Be My Love b/w For Those Who Would Weep 7” (Drag City)
For the jukebox that is your life from the pinball machine of Ty Segall's brain, "Would You Be My Love" is the second single from Ty's titanic third album Twins.
Sleepers – Painless Nights [Reissue/1981] LP (Superior Viaduct)
San Francisco underground classic originally released in 1981. For fans of Flipper, Crime, Tuxedomoon, Toiling Midgets.
Soft Kill – Seven Hundred b/w Current 7” (Handmade Birds)
All new material from Tobias Grave (Blessure Grave) backed by a stellar collective of musicians including Max Avila (Atriarch).
Solar Year – Night & Day b/w Magic Idea 7” (Stratosfear)
Equal parts sound art and pop music, Solar Year emerged from the same creative community as Grimes, D'Eon and Tonstartssbandht. They use electronics and live resampling, creating otherworldly soundscapes -- hazy atmospheres that float between Nordic electro-pop, serene New Age reverie, and the liturgy of medieval monks.
Soundtrack – The Man With The Iron Fists 2xLP (Soul Temple)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Features all new, exclusive music from Wu-Tang Clan, Kanye West, The Black Keys, Corrine Bailey Rae, and Pusha T.
Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup [Reissue/1996] 2xLP (1972)
Stereolab – Dots And Loops [Reissue/1997] 2xLP (1972)
Emperor Tomato Ketchup mines the music of the '60s & early '70s, as the band employs Farfisas and Moogs, melodies from Bacharach and Hardy, soft-rock, bubblegum, dub and hip-hop sounds to augment their core influences of krautrock, punk, jazz and space rock. Dots And Loops is Stereolab's fifth studio album and the first to completely ditch the motorik drone that had been a trademark since their inception; predominated by lush lounge and jazz textures, it showcases the band's most complex set of rhythms yet.
Kurt Vile & The Violators – Hunchback LP+MP3 (Richie)
The timeless record of 2009 is back in an expanded version for 2013. Comes with download featuring bonus live material.
The Walkmen – Bows And Arrows [Reissue/2004] LP (WB)
Vinyl reissue of The Walkmen’s 2004 breakout album. Features “The Rat” and “Little House Of Savages.”
Various Artists - Crying Princess: 78 RPM Records From Burma LP (Sublime Frequencies)
Compiles rare Burmese 78 RPM records gathered by Robert Millis and Sublime Frequencies co-founder Alan Bishop during various trips to Burma (Myanmar). Spanning the years 1909-1960, these unique and ridiculously rare records feature early sides by Po Sein, vocal and harp music from 1929, "modern songs with electric guitar," and unique Burmese pop songs with piano.
Various Artists - Scattered Melodies: Korean Kayagum Sanjo LP (Sublime Frequencies)
A compilation of Korean kayagum sanjo music. Sanjo, meaning "scattered melodies," is a form of stylized improvisation developed in the 1890s originally for the Korean kayagum, a smaller distant cousin of the Japanese koto. Stark and haunting, falling in the gaps between folk and classical music, it employs a gradually increasing tempo, focused improvisation, elastic rhythms, and intense snaps and vibrato that seam to power through the hazy abstractions of the 78 RPM recorded technology.
Virals – Strange Fruit 7” (Zoo Music)
Latest EP from UK band fronted by former Lovvers vocalist Shaun Hencher. Channels old-fashioned Tom Petty/Badfinger-esque muscle-rock coupled with the power of classic '90s bands like Sugar.
FLAMING LIPS WITH YOKO ONO - SELF-RELEASED 12"
Our pals in OK have laid a few of the now hard-to-find FL/YO collab (featuring a Christmas song, no less).
No mail-order, at this time--best to pop by the shop, soon...
BURIAL – Truant / Rough Sleeper 12"
New 25-minute EP from the master of urban, widescreen noir...
a small sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 07/15 JANUARY 2013...
Arabrot – Mæsscr LP (Fysisk)
In their eleven years of existence noise rockers Arabrot have been an intangible and ever-changing orchestra. Throughout the years they've touched many a different field, but seldom as eerie as on Mæsscr. With pianos, pump organs and hissing, whispering vocals as main tools, Arabrot is molding a musical landscape that lugubriously signals sexuality, violence and morals.
Barreracudas – 7th Time Around 7” (Windian)
Atlanta power-poppers follow up their 2011 full-length release with two more dirt-meets-glam punkers.
Jeff Beck – Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop [Reissue/1989] LP (Friday Music)
Now available on HQ-180 vinyl. The Grammy Award winning masterwork pairs the guitar hero with this powerful duo of world-class musicians, Terry Bozio and Tony Hymas.
Big Boi – Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors LP (Def Jam)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Second solo release from one half of Outkast. Features guest appearances from Theophilus London, Little Dragon and Kelly Rowland, TI, and Ludacris.
Boris/Joe Volk – Split LP (Invada)
Billed as one story told two ways, the creative conjoining of sludgy Tokyo heck-raisers Boris and Bristol’s now quiet rioter Joe Volk is a weird one in innumerable ways.
Brothers Unconnected – Unrock The House 2xLP (Unrock)
Music by Alan and Richard Bishop -- the history and legacy of the legendary performance unit Sun City Girls. Comprised of an uncut live performance from Suedbahnhof in Krefeld, Germany 2011, Unrock The House contains tracks from SCG and complete spoken-word interludes. Housed in a gatefold sleeve with one black and one white vinyl album.
The Casket Lottery – Real Fear LP (No Sleep)Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. First album in over a decade from the legendary hardcore group. Featuring members of Coalesce, The Appleseed Cast and more.
Charlatan – Isolatarium LP (Type)
Analog electronics fractured into shards of techno and radiophonic experiments, courtesy of Brad Rose (North Sea, Digitalis). Dispensing with the jerky 808-led shimmer of its predecessor Triangles, Isolatarium makes its case with cold, digital synthesis and buried 4/4 pulses.
Cody Chesnutt – Landing On A Hundred 2xLP (Vibration Vineyard)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. An unvarnished collection of songs from the soul troubadour that alchemize his love of a multitude of styles: classic rock, R&B, pop, punk and gospel. Universally hailed as a thrilling new figure in music for his edgy, lo-fi debut, The Headphone Masterpiece, back in 2002.
Churchill’s – Churchill’s LP (Axix UK)
Classic 1969 Israeli psych record on deluxe HQ-180 vinyl. "Track after track, the album continues to astonish, delivering everything from electrifying psychedelic rock to evocative pop ballads." -- Ugly Things
Crazy Horse – Crazy Horse [Reissue/1971] LP (Reprise)
Reissue of the long out of print classic debut from Neil Young's backing band.
Crystal Castles – III LP (Casablanca)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. “Though the duo claims to have overhauled their recording process for (III), trading in all of their gear and disallowing the use of computers in the studio, the album couldn't be mistaken for the work of anyone else. It retains Ethan Kath's trademark staggered synths and Glass' acute wail still pierces through thick reverb. The music now conveys a sense of unease somewhere between waiting for the drugs to kick in and wanting to leave the club as soon as possible. [8.0]” – Pitchfork
Miles Davis – Miles Ahead [Mono/1957] LP (Sony Legacy)
Miles Davis – Porgy And Bess [Mono/1958] LP (Sony Legacy)
Miles Davis – Sketches From Spain [Mono/1960] LP (Sony Legacy)
Limited HQ-180 vinyl represses of the original mono mixes.
Deepchord – 07/08/09 3xLP (Echospace)
Remastered and available again in a gorgeous three-LP set. Many consider Deepchord to be the second wave of the "Basic Channel sound," coming years before the onslaught of imitators.
Diminished Men – Capnomancy LP (Abduction)
A collection of stark, exotic instrumentals full of high-tension energy and infected terror.
The Fuzz – This Time I Got A Reason b/w Fuzz’s Fourth Dream 7”+MP3 (Trouble In Mind)
Two addictive and ferocious slabs of doomy fuzzed-out rock & roll that break open the gates of Hades & lurch forward like rabid hounds of Hell. Both cuts are flaming embers of molten rock that evoke a serpentine head-banging and rage skyward on evil riffs like the red-headed stepchildren of Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Jerusalem and Wicked Lady.
Heavy Times – K-9 7” (Windian)
Following their rock-solid sophomore full-length Jacker for Hozac records, this single features the same harsh dual guitars with a surf punk underbelly.
The Herbaliser -There Were Seven LP (Department H)
It's the return of The Herbaliser, the seven strong lords of loopy, soundtrack inspired funk-infused hip-hop (or hip-hop-infused funk, depending on your perspective).
Incubus – S.C.I.E.N.C.E. [1997] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Incubus – Make Yourself [1999] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Incubus – Morning View [Reissue/2001] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Incubus – A Crow Left Of The Murder… [Reissue/2004] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
Incubus – Light Grenades [2006] 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
First time available on vinyl for several of these titles – all are HQ-180 double-LP remastered pressings.
JK Flesh/Prurient – Worship Is The Cleansing Of Imagination LP (Hydra Head)
It's only fitting that this meeting of minds, this exercise in mining new territories, and this bridging of a generational gap serves as the final release for the long-running art-metal label Hydra Head Records.
Liminanas - La Fille de la Ligne 15 b/w Mobylette 7” (Trouble In Mind)
Many have compared Liminanas to the almighty Serge Gainsbourg, The Velvet Underground, or modern acts like Stereo Total or Stereolab, as they are rooted in the rich French "chanson" tradition.
Major Stars – Decibels Of Gratitude LP (Twisted Village)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Major Star’s eighth full length is yet another lurching beast of a record for serious guitar-heads only.
Terry Malts – Living With The Human Race b/w Over 21 7” (Windian)
Fuzzed-out sonic heaters. B-side is a cover of Henry’s Dress’ "Over 21."
MC5 – Kick Out The Jams [Reissue/1968] LP (Elektra)
Recorded live at Detroit's Grande Ballroom in 1968, this relentless, aggressive classic offers the frenzy of politicized garage punks blasting through giant stacks: a blitzkrieg of hard rock ignited from the dueling guitars of Wayne Kramer and Fred Sonic Smith and of the throttled vocals of Rob Tyner.
Nite Lite – Megrez LP (Desire Paths)
Megrez exists somewhere between sci-fi soundtrack and being inside a music box. It's an aquatic, underwater sound as if the ocean were a seashell and through it we could hear the murmurs of invisible whales using sonar to mirror the deeps from our own aquariums.
Rev. Lewis Overstreet – There’s No Future In Gaining The World And Losing Your Soul 7” (Mississippi)
These two songs originally self-released in the 1970s are similar in sound to the previously reissued Arhoolie LP, with his signature driving guitar and fantastic back up singers. Revved up lo-fi gospel blues ‘n' roll.
Michael Pollard – Transitions 01 LP (Spectrum Spools)
Four studies in acousmatic sound and a piece produced from the pencil rubbing used for the front cover of this album. Written, produced and recorded by Michael Pollard in the time between June 2011 and October 2012 in a variety of locations. "Recording from a stereo hydrophone buried under the sand in a lake. Standing on top of the transducer, holding the MiniDisc recorder in my hand, & monitoring the feed w/ a pair of in-ear earphones, I slowly shifted my weight & the sand beneath my feet. My younger brother was on the shore throwing firecrackers into the water."
My Chemical Romance – Kiss The Ring b/w Make Room!!! 7” (Reprise)
The fourth release in MCR’s five single series, all which feature unreleased tracks recorded prior to Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys.
The Pyramids – Lalibela [Reissue/1973] LP (Disko B)
The Pyramids – Birth/Speed/Merging [Reissue/1976] LP (Disko B)The pinnacle of '70s cosmic, spiritual space-jazz.
Rah Rah - The Poet’s Dead LP (Hidden Pony)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. “The 10 songs contain all the hallmarks of classic Rah Rah. Brisk opener ‘Art And A Wife’ channels Neil Young at his most rocking, while ‘Dead Man’ features a diverse arrangement of strings and group vocals, and ‘I'm A Killer’ boasts retro-sounding electronic textures.” -- Exclaim
Omar Rodriguez Lopez – Octopus Kool Aid LP (Rodriguez Lopez Productions)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Finds ORL and company concentrating once more on electronics as opposed to guitar-based composition, a tendency encountered on 2010's Tychozorente, not to mention The Mars Volta’s recent game changer, Noctourniquet.
Said The Whale – Little Mountain LP (Hidden Pony/ELS)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Little Mountain is a multi-stylistic tour-de-force that ventures into everything from soaring, horn-laden cabaret (“The Reason”) to jaggedly syncopated rock (“We Are 1980”) and effervescent guitar pop (“Loveless”).
Santah – You’re Still A Lover LP+MP3 (Saki)
“Spawning from heartland of America’s Midwest, Chicago-based Santah know how to play off of their strengths by seamlessly blending quiet melodies with equally soft instrumentation to form a well-rounded sound.” – Paste
Solar Year – Night & Day b/w Magic Idea 7” (Stratosfear)
Solar Year is electronic music duo David Ertel and Ben Borden. Equal parts sound art & pop music, Solar Year emerged from the same creative community as Grimes, D'Eon and Tonstartssbandht. They use electronics and live resampling, creating otherworldly soundscapes - hazy atmospheres that float between Nordic electro-pop, serene new age reverie, and the liturgy of medieval monks.
Suns Of Guns – 5000 Watts 7” (Windian)
No website, no press shots, no bullsh!t. Bashing kinky soul sounds from this underground DC combo.
Tilly And The Wall – Love Riot (Remixes) 12” (Team Love)
Remix single from Heavy Mood features remixes from Distal and Cycad.
Voices From The Lake – Voices From The Lake 3x12” (Prologue Music)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. “Italian producers Donato Dozzy and Neel reinvent typical techno structures wholesale. In its seeming quest to map out rhythm to an unimaginable infinity, Voices From the Lake manages to be everything at once: It's some of the most inventive techno in ages, it's some of the prettiest ambient you'll hear on any German techno label, and it's a unique kind of entrancing that would feel hokey if it weren't so undeniably attractive. [8.2]” -- Pitchfork
SUFJAN STEVENS - SILVER & GOLD 6x12" BOX SET
Vinyl IS coming on the new Sufjan box! Check all the goodies: Five EPs on 6 vinyl discs, Christmas stickers, Temporary tattoos, A paper ornament, An apocalyptic pull-out poster, A 40-page Christmas songbook with vocal and piano reductions, A Christmas coloring book, Hallucinogenic photographs and psychedelic graphic design, Extensive liner notes...
a small sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 31 DECEMEBER 2012...
Action Beat – The Condition LP+MP3 (Truth Cult)
Though it would never be possible to capture the Action Beat live experience onto tape, The Condition is about a close as one can reasonably get from the comfort of one's own safe house and without risking possible death by guitarist.
Andrew Bird - Hands Of Glory LP (Mom + Pop)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Companion to Break It Yourself features a brand new original track, a pair of re-worked tracks from that album, and covers of songs by The Carter Family, The Handsome Family, Alpha Consumer and others. Pressed on orange and black vinyl.
Dragged Into Sunlight – Widowmaker LP (Prosthetic)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. UK's blackened death/doom metallers return with their sophomore album.
Heathered Pearls – Loyal LP (Ghostly International)
Debut from Polish-born Jakub Alexander's release under the Heathered Pearls moniker. This is a record that's full of delicate beauty. It embraces fragility and lightness, sounding entirely natural despite being created electronically.
Mean – Knowing LP (Midium)
Mean is a new project by acclaimed instrumentalists Jeff Boyle (Jakob) and H Walker (Kerretta, Avotor). Captured over a period of five years, Knowing contains hints of Jakob's mountainous crescendos and Kerretta's muscular groove. But Mean is a denser and more slow-burning affair than its predecessors.
The Rolling Stones – GRRR 5xLP (Abkco)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. 48 hits and two new tracks on five LPs.
Tilly & The Wall – Defenders 12” (Team Love)
Tilly & The Wall has re-emerged decidedly wiser and more mature, but with all its child-like exuberance intact, to offer musical and moral encouragement to these heavy times.
Atoms For Peace – Default 12” (XL)
Atoms for Peace features Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich, Mauro Refosco, Joey Waronker, and Flea. They came together by playing in support of Thom's Grammy nominated album The Eraser. The first single from the album is "Default" and it is presented here as a limited edition 12" single. Sleeve is foil stamped and embossed.
AC/DC – Live At River Plate 3xLP (Columbia)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Recorded in Buenos Aires in December 2009 when nearly 200,000 fans (over three sold-out nights) thunderously welcomed AC/DC back after a 13-year absence from Argentina.
Antiseen – Live In Austin TX LP+MP3 (Planetworks)
Antiseen roll over an enthusiastic crowd in Austin, TX in 2011.
Circle City Band – Circle City Band LP (Ubiquity)
"Magic" by the Circle City Band was a well known single in the ‘80s, loved by roller skaters and fans of BET alike, which used the track as it's theme song. Almost 30 years later, this a complete reissue of their S/T album including bonus tracks.
Dungeonesse – Drive You Crazy b/w Private Party 7” (Secretly Canadian)
Dungeonesse is a collaboration between writer/producer Jon Ehrens (White Life, Art Department) and singer Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Flock of Dimes).
Girls Names – New Life 12” (Slumberland)
The group's new direction is marked by a more progressive and expansive sound, feeding on the darker sides of Echo & The Bunnymen, Spacemen 3, and The Birthday Party. Features a dubbed-out JD Twitch Optimo remix on the B-side. Color vinyl.
CeeLo Green – The Lady Killer LP (Elektra)
Limited edition color vinyl, just in time for the holidays.
DVA – Fly Juice 2x12” (Hyperdub)
“The Fly Juice EP sees the producer return to more unambiguously dance floor fare, and the results—four brash house hybrids that look well beyond UK Funky for inspiration—are a pleasure to behold.” – Resident Advisor
Hand – Everybody’s Own LP (Golden Pavillion)
This melodic, progressive acid folk-rock album from '70s Switzerland blends the characteristic sounds of the British folk revival as represented by Donovan, Nick Drake and Pentangle, with the psychedelic vibe of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
Jawbreaker – Chesterfield King [Reissue/1992] 12” (Blackball)
Chesterfield King has been remastered by John Golden from the original tapes, and the increased sampling rate boosts some of the bottom end and midrange.
Limbeck – Already Gone b/w Skyway 7” (Side One Dummy)
New track paired with a cover of The Replacements classic tune “Skyway.”
Magic Touch + Sapphire - Slows b/w Just Wanna Feel 12” (100% Silk)
When two become one: “Just Wanna Feel” is gush-worthy, hype-topping, expectation-shattering, perfect house pop from blonde disco Don Magic Touch and heavenly weirdo wizardress Sapphire Slows.
Monopoly Child Searchers – The Garnet Toucan LP (Underwater Peoples)
“The intention in these works lies in finding a symbolic, exotic, animal to unleash a psycho-active environmental expression that leads one to an elaborate meeting with the natural world.”
Oneohtrix Point Never – Rifts 5xLP (Software)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Rifts incorporates synth prog, modern noise, early techno, drone, minimalism and computer music.
Only You – Applying Myself b/w Lonely Boy 7” (White Iris)
A starry-eyed combination of surf, soul, and pop.
Ossie – Ignore EP 12” (Hyperdub)
“Bouncing just below 130 bpm, ‘Ignore’ shows off Ossie's rhythmic prowess as he crafts a beat somewhere between a shuffle and a break while incorporating a handful of snare rolls and stutters to give it just a touch of funky swing.” – XLR8R
The Rolling Stones – Doom And Gloom 10” (ABCKO)
“Doom And Gloom” marks the first time that Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood have been in the studio together for seven years.
Adrian Sherwood – Recovery Time 12” (On-U Sound)
Earlier this year, Survival & Resistance marked Adrian Sherwood's first solo album in six years. Recovery Time is an EP built from the shattered pieces of that album, reworked to fit firmly into Adrian's notoriously banging DJ sets.
Ultraista – Smalltalk Remixes 12” (Ghostly International)
Ultraista is a new studio project featuring producer Nigel Godrich. Features two remixes of "Smalltalk" – one by Four Tet and the other by Matthew Dear.
Unwound – Live Leaves 2xLP+MP3 (Unwound)
The mighty Unwound return after an eleven-year hiatus with a collection of live recordings from their final tour for their swan song album proper Leaves Turn Inside You.
Van She – Idea Of Happiness LP (Modular)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Uplifting new album from the Sydney electro-pop exponents, their first full-length in four years.
Young Rival – Stay Young LP (Sonic Unyon)
If you value songwriting, melody and musicianly chops in their most timeless forms, you'll find much to love here.
a small sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 10/17 DECEMBER...
Action Beat – The Condition LP+MP3 (Truth Cult)
Though it would never be possible to capture the Action Beat live experience onto tape, The Condition is about a close as one can reasonably get from the comfort of one's own safe house and without risking possible death by guitarist.
Andrew Bird - Hands Of Glory LP (Mom + Pop)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Companion to Break It Yourself features a brand new original track, a pair of re-worked tracks from that album, and covers of songs by The Carter Family, The Handsome Family, Alpha Consumer and others. Pressed on orange and black vinyl.
Dragged Into Sunlight – Widowmaker LP (Prosthetic)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. UK's blackened death/doom metallers return with their sophomore album.
Heathered Pearls – Loyal LP (Ghostly International)
Debut from Polish-born Jakub Alexander's release under the Heathered Pearls moniker. This is a record that's full of delicate beauty. It embraces fragility and lightness, sounding entirely natural despite being created electronically.
Mean – Knowing LP (Midium)
Mean is a new project by acclaimed instrumentalists Jeff Boyle (Jakob) and H Walker (Kerretta, Avotor). Captured over a period of five years, Knowing contains hints of Jakob's mountainous crescendos and Kerretta's muscular groove. But Mean is a denser and more slow-burning affair than its predecessors.
The Rolling Stones – GRRR 5xLP (Abkco)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. 48 hits and two new tracks on five LPs.
Tilly & The Wall – Defenders 12” (Team Love)
Tilly & The Wall has re-emerged decidedly wiser and more mature, but with all its child-like exuberance intact, to offer musical and moral encouragement to these heavy times.
Atoms For Peace – Default 12” (XL)
Atoms for Peace features Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich, Mauro Refosco, Joey Waronker, and Flea. They came together by playing in support of Thom's Grammy nominated album The Eraser. The first single from the album is "Default" and it is presented here as a limited edition 12" single. Sleeve is foil stamped and embossed.
AC/DC – Live At River Plate 3xLP (Columbia)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Recorded in Buenos Aires in December 2009 when nearly 200,000 fans (over three sold-out nights) thunderously welcomed AC/DC back after a 13-year absence from Argentina.
Antiseen – Live In Austin TX LP+MP3 (Planetworks)
Antiseen roll over an enthusiastic crowd in Austin, TX in 2011.
Circle City Band – Circle City Band LP (Ubiquity)
"Magic" by the Circle City Band was a well known single in the ‘80s, loved by roller skaters and fans of BET alike, which used the track as it's theme song. Almost 30 years later, this a complete reissue of their S/T album including bonus tracks.
Dungeonesse – Drive You Crazy b/w Private Party 7” (Secretly Canadian)
Dungeonesse is a collaboration between writer/producer Jon Ehrens (White Life, Art Department) and singer Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Flock of Dimes).
Girls Names – New Life 12” (Slumberland)
The group's new direction is marked by a more progressive and expansive sound, feeding on the darker sides of Echo & The Bunnymen, Spacemen 3, and The Birthday Party. Features a dubbed-out JD Twitch Optimo remix on the B-side. Color vinyl.
CeeLo Green – The Lady Killer LP (Elektra)
Limited edition color vinyl, just in time for the holidays.
DVA – Fly Juice 2x12” (Hyperdub)
“The Fly Juice EP sees the producer return to more unambiguously dance floor fare, and the results—four brash house hybrids that look well beyond UK Funky for inspiration—are a pleasure to behold.” – Resident Advisor
Hand – Everybody’s Own LP (Golden Pavillion)
This melodic, progressive acid folk-rock album from '70s Switzerland blends the characteristic sounds of the British folk revival as represented by Donovan, Nick Drake and Pentangle, with the psychedelic vibe of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
Jawbreaker – Chesterfield King [Reissue/1992] 12” (Blackball)
Chesterfield King has been remastered by John Golden from the original tapes, and the increased sampling rate boosts some of the bottom end and midrange.
Limbeck – Already Gone b/w Skyway 7” (Side One Dummy)
New track paired with a cover of The Replacements classic tune “Skyway.”
Magic Touch + Sapphire - Slows b/w Just Wanna Feel 12” (100% Silk)
When two become one: “Just Wanna Feel” is gush-worthy, hype-topping, expectation-shattering, perfect house pop from blonde disco Don Magic Touch and heavenly weirdo wizardress Sapphire Slows.
Monopoly Child Searchers – The Garnet Toucan LP (Underwater Peoples)
“The intention in these works lies in finding a symbolic, exotic, animal to unleash a psycho-active environmental expression that leads one to an elaborate meeting with the natural world.”
Oneohtrix Point Never – Rifts 5xLP (Software)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Rifts incorporates synth prog, modern noise, early techno, drone, minimalism and computer music.
Only You – Applying Myself b/w Lonely Boy 7” (White Iris)
A starry-eyed combination of surf, soul, and pop.
Ossie – Ignore EP 12” (Hyperdub)
“Bouncing just below 130 bpm, ‘Ignore’ shows off Ossie's rhythmic prowess as he crafts a beat somewhere between a shuffle and a break while incorporating a handful of snare rolls and stutters to give it just a touch of funky swing.” – XLR8R
The Rolling Stones – Doom And Gloom 10” (ABCKO)
“Doom And Gloom” marks the first time that Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood have been in the studio together for seven years.
Adrian Sherwood – Recovery Time 12” (On-U Sound)
Earlier this year, Survival & Resistance marked Adrian Sherwood's first solo album in six years. Recovery Time is an EP built from the shattered pieces of that album, reworked to fit firmly into Adrian's notoriously banging DJ sets.
Ultraista – Smalltalk Remixes 12” (Ghostly International)
Ultraista is a new studio project featuring producer Nigel Godrich. Features two remixes of "Smalltalk" – one by Four Tet and the other by Matthew Dear.
Unwound – Live Leaves 2xLP+MP3 (Unwound)
The mighty Unwound return after an eleven-year hiatus with a collection of live recordings from their final tour for their swan song album proper Leaves Turn Inside You.
Van She – Idea Of Happiness LP (Modular)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Uplifting new album from the Sydney electro-pop exponents, their first full-length in four years.
Young Rival – Stay Young LP (Sonic Unyon)
If you value songwriting, melody and musicianly chops in their most timeless forms, you'll find much to love here.
SLEEPING BAG - WOMEN OF YOUR LIFE LTD COLORED VINYL LP
Bloomington-based Sleeping Bag have just released their second long-player on JN! We'll have the first pressing of Segedy & Co.'s 'Women Of Your Life' --limited to just 300 hand-numbered copies on "double mint" green vinyl, packaged in silk-screened jackets…
a small sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 26 NOVEMBER...
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Spacegirl And Other Favorites [Reissue/1996] LP (A. Records)
Back-in-print on HQ-180 green vinyl.
Neneh Cherry & The Thing – Cherry Thing Remixes 2x (Smalltown Supersound)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Remixes by Jim O'Rourke, Lindstrom, Prins Thomas, Merzbow, Four Tet, Kim Hiorthoy, Hortlax Cobra, Carmen Villain, Poole Blount Legacy, Nymph & Kurzmann.
Brian Eno – Lux 2xLP (Warp)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Eno expands upon the types of themes and sonic textures that were present on such classic albums as Music For Films, Music For Airports, and Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks. Eno sees it as a continuation of his “Music For Thinking” project that includes Discreet Music (1975) and Neroli (1993).
M. Geddes Gengras – Test Leads LP (Holy Mountain)
Known for his recent collaborative record with Sun Araw and The Congos, not to mention as a member of Robedoor, Pocahaunted and a host of other bands, M. Geddes Gengras steps out on his own for a proper full-length, operating under his god-given name, letting loose with two sides of sprawling synthscapes.
German Shepherds – Music For Sic Queers LP+7”+MP3 (Superior Viaduct)
First time reissue of only LP, originally released in 1985. Bonus 7" contains unreleased material. "A masterpiece of minimal synth combined w/ experimental & noisy synth punkish elements!" - Mutant Sounds.
Daniel Higgs – Say God [2010] 2xLP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Say God is an album of gospel songs and poems as presently received by Daniel Higgs. Recorded with the help and enthusiasm of David Andrew Sitek, who graciously provided Daniel Higgs with an environment in which to prosper and enjoy the adventure of recording, or, if you will, the ensnaring of songs as they migrate through time and mind, that they might be heard many places at once, with the singer absent.
Joan Of Arc – Joan Of Arc LP+MP3 (Joyful Noise)
Tim Kinsella (Cap'n Jazz, Owls) fills Side A with some of the most stripped-down, soulful songwriting of his career. In all, Joan Of Arc sees the group boiling down 17 years of experimentalism into its most basic and honest form.
King Midas Sound – Without You [2011] LP (Hyperdub)
Made up of Kevin Martin (AKA The Bug), spoken word performer Roger Robinson and vocalist Hitomi, King Midas Sound are known for a dark, cinematic style of bass music that Pitchfork called "zero-gravity lovers' rock." Martin curated Without You himself, and in doing so reached well beyond the confines of the UK club circuit, tapping the likes of Flying Lotus, Gang Gang Dance and Green Gartside, singer of the post-punk outfit Scritti Politti.
MMOSS – Only Children LP (Trouble In Mind)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. From the damp and misty woods of New Hampshire emerges the second full-length from psych jam warriors MMOSS. The songs here are a decidedly heavier trip, boasting feats of krautrock, cascading vocal harmonies, and expanded blasts of psychedelic mayhem.
NRBQ – Interstellar 10” (Sundazed)
A slab of wax that finds the revered fivesome latching onto the out-there New Thing jazz pioneered by intergalactic heroes Sun Ra & His Arkestra -- and riding the music to universes beyond and beyond. Cut live in 1970 at Cincinnati's Ludlow Garage and Clinton Hollow in upstate New York, “these revolutionary sounds,” says NRBQ mainman Terry Adams “opened up new possibilities in rock & roll.”
Plateaus – Plateaus LP (Art Fag)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. San Diego four-piece Plateaus craft maddeningly catchy burnout pop gems.
Profligate – Videotape 12” (Not Not Fun)
Debut from the burned-mind industrial vehicle of Noah Anthony (Night Burger). Videotape retains the eerie bleakness and concrete atmospheres of his previous project but sculpts them into more maximal, dynamic constructions.
Roche - A Night At The Haç 12” (100% Silk)
On “A Night at the Haç,” Bay Area Balearic boy Ben Winans’ keys converse the epic dialogue of classic house thematics: high notes begging romantic love; low notes daring physical freedom. Acid alien gears turn “Insider Outsider” into pivotless progression, straight ahead until the record breaks.
Roll The Dice Meets Pole – In Dubs 12” (Leaf)
Pole’s dramatic and harmonious reworks on In Dubs are worthy of the adopted dub reggae nomenclature and exhibit a similar warmth and analog physicality to that of Roll The Dice, so it’s a marriage made in heaven.
Slaves – Ocean On Ocean 2xLP (Helen Scarsdale Agency)
Hovering above the weighted disposition of doom and below the consolation of shoegaze, Slaves transmit a burdened grace that unfolds like a radiant mammal writhing in black water, and have drawn favorable comparisons to the likes of Grouper, Slowdive, Earth, and Barn Owl.
Sleepers – Painless Nights LP+MP3 (Superior Viaduct)
San Francisco underground classic originally released in 1981. For fans of Flipper, Crime, Tuxedomoon, Toiling Midgets.
Trashmen – A Souvenir Of Their Visit To New York 7” (Sundazed)
Features "Goofy Foot," "I Call Your Name," "Yellow Jacket," and "Wild Thing."
Trash Talk – 119 LP+CD (Odd Future)
Recently released on CD – now available on color vinyl. New album from the Sacramento-based hardcore/punk band.
Woollen Kits – Four Girls LP (Trouble In Mind)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Australia's Woollen Kits have the swagger and jangle of classic Flying Nun Records releases and the simplicity and directness of Beat Happening with a dash of late-‘80s underground rock.
THE BEATLES — VINYL LP REISSUES!
Released on 13 November, The Beatles catalog will finally be back in print!
Manufactured on 180-gram, audiophile quality vinyl with replicated artwork, the 14 albums return to their original glory with details including the poster in 'The Beatles' (The White Album), the 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band's' cutouts, and special inner bags for some of the titles. Each album will be available individually, as well as a lavish box set.
The box set (limited to 50,000 copies worldwide — you can reserve yours here) includes a book--authored by award-winning radio producer Kevin Howlett and features a dedicated chapter for each of the albums, as well as insight into the creation of the remasters and how the vinyl albums were prepared. The 12"x12" book showcases a wealth of photographs spanning The Beatles' recording career, including many images which were not included in the 2009 CD booklets.
The titles include The Beatles' 12 original UK albums, first released between 1963 and 1970, the US-originated 'Magical Mystery Tour,' now part of the group's core catalogue, and 'Past Masters,' 'Volumes One & Two,' featuring non-album A-sides and B-sides, EP tracks and rarities. With this release, The Beatles' first four albums make their North American stereo vinyl debuts. In 2013, the remastered albums will make their mono vinyl debuts.
a small sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 19 NOVEMBER...
Adult. – Resuscitation [Reissue/2001] 2xLP+MP3 (Ghostly International)
Resuscitation’s combination of crisp beats, squelch-laden synths and Nicola Kuperus' detached monotone sounded like a broadcast from the future, steeped in the analog synth sounds of forebears like Kraftwerk but possessed of an ultramodern sheen all its own.
Alchemist – Russian Roulette 2xLP (Decon)
Released last summer on CD – now availble on vinyl. First new Alchemist release since 2009's Chemical Warfare.
Autumn Owls – Between Buildings Toward The Sea LP (Epitonic)
Debut album from the Dublin trio expands upon the deep, rich textures and emotional depth of their critically successful first two EPs. "...explores a sonic atmosphere so filled with pathos you can't help but to close your eyes." -- Filter
The Avett Brothers – Four Thieves Gone: The Robbinsville Sessions 3xLP+MP3 (Ramseur)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Deluxe HQ-180 triple-LP set includes six unreleased tracks, three-panel gatefold jacket, custom inner sleeve art and complete album download.
Azita – Year LP+MP3 (Drag City)
These collaborative songs represent a kinder, gentler Azita -- almost childlike at times. Year is the closest anyone's gotten to Nilsson's The Point in a long time. Since Nilsson, probably! Vinyl-only.
Bachman & Turner – Live At The Roseland Ballroom, NYC 2xLP (Eagle Rock)
Reuniting at the end of 2009 Bachman & Turner released an eponymous album in 2010 and in November of that year performed at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City as part of their North American tour. This double live album was recorded at that show.
Bikini Kill – Bikini Kill [Reissue/1992] 12”+MP3 (Bikini Kill)
20th anniversary reissue of Bikini Kill’s debut 12" EP. Originally released in the fall of 1992, back in print for your children.
BLO – Phase II LP (Strawberry Rain)
Reissue of one of the most famous Afro rock albums from Nigeria.
Boys Noize – Out Of The Black 3xLP (Ingrooves)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. New album from German electronic music producer and DJ Alexander Ridha.
Crass – Yes Sir, I Will [Reissue/1983] LP (Crass)
Reissue of Crass' fifth album comes in original foldout poster sleeve. Originally released in April '83, Yes Sir, I Will was a howl full of vicious rage and fury, a scream of sorrow, a bitter requiem of betrayal and disenfranchisement.
Dinosaur Jr. – Chocomel Daze LP+MP3 (Merge)
Rare live recording from the You're Living All Over Me era, on vinyl for the first time.
FaltyDL – Straight & Arrow 12” (Ninja Tune)
FaltyDL makes pitch-perfect, beautiful, widescreen club music that works as well pumped from ear buds straight to your cerebral cortex as blasted from club sound systems. He's a technically gifted, subtle producer who understands that soul should never be sacrificed to tastefulness. Features a remix by Four Tet.
Faunts – Left Here Alone 12” (Friendly Fire)
Slow-motion shoegazers reborn as purveyors of luminous and deeply affecting electronic pop.
Fleetwood Mac – Tusk [Reissue/1979] 2xLP (WB)
Remastered and back in-print on vinyl.
Flock Of Dimes – (This Is Why) I Can’t Wear White b/w 15 7”+MP3 (French Kiss)
Third in a series of 7" singles from solo project of Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner.
Fontanelle – Vitamin F LP (Southern Lord)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Ten years since their last release, Fontanelle have conjured a burly fusion jazz sound that has been dubbed, "White Magnus." The black vinyl version of this sick-ass fuzzed out funk is limited to a one-time pressing of 1,000 copies.
The Gary – Remains LP (Sick Room)
Raw, impassioned, straight-from-the-heart garage rock intended to serve as the vehicle for the world-weary philosophies of the sage presiding over a dark corner of a half-forgotten barroom. Channeling equal parts Minutemen and Dead Moon, The Gary follow the tried-and-true Dischord formula: Loud, primitive music can be enlightened as well.
Graveyard – Lights Out LP (Nuclear Blast)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. New release from the Swedish retro-rock revivalists who have their own brand of beer in Sweden, have won a Swedish Grammy for Best Hard Rock album, and landed on three Billboard charts.
Gun Club – Divinity [Reissue/1991] LP (Bang!)
Reissue of extended version of the 1991 double EP from L.A.'s highly influential ‘80s-‘90s punk/blues progenitors.
Holiday Crowd – Sick Days 7” (Shelflife)
“Nostalgic nuances aside, it's a joy to listen to [Holiday Crowd] as we take some mini vacays in time, space, and swimsuit silhouettes." -- Plaid Magazine
H2O – Thicker Than Water [Reissue/1997] LP (Bridge Nine)
“On their second album, H2O tightens up its sound, dumping the ska experiments in favor of their love of melodic speed-punk and classic hardcore à la Minor Threat.” -- AllMusic
Rikki Illilonga – Sunshine Love LP (Now Again)
Archival reproduction of Zamrock classic from 1976. “ A loose, woozy African spinoff of The Velvet Underground, folk-rock and garage-rock that still didn't stint on the fuzz-tone." – The New York Times
Iron Maiden – Number Of The Beast [Reissue/1982] LP (UMe)
Special limited-edition picture disc.
Isis – Temporal 3xLP+DVD (Ipecac)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Temporal captures moments from throughout their lengthy career including alternate takes, demos and rarities. The DVD features five official music videos.
Letherette – Featurette 12” (Ninja Tune)
Drawing on Bangalter-inflected house but giving it a rumble and wing, Letherette make infectious, beat-driven music which is as fun and un-self-conscious as it is clever and technically cutting edge.
Linkin Park – Living Things LP (WB)
Recently release on CD – now available on vinyl.
Little Big Town – Tornado LP (Capitol)
Recently release on CD – now available on vinyl.
Lowtalker – The Marathon 12” (No Sleep)
Sophomore release from ex-members of Living With Lions, Misery Signals and Comeback Kid.
Jason Lytle/Sea Of Bees – Won’t Be Long b/w Get Up And Go 7” (Crossbill)
Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) and Sea Of Bees take turns covering one another's songs for this limited 7'' release.
Man Or Astro Man? – Analog Series Vol. 2 7” (Chunklet)
Man or Astro-Man? return with the second of three new 7"s, all preceding a new full length in 2013.
Dawn McCarthy/Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Christmas Eve Can Kill You 7” (Drag City)
Bonnie and Dawn McCarthy (Faun Fables) return again to ease your troubled mind with two cover tracks.
Monster Truck – Done F##k With The Truck Collection LP (Dine Alone)
Collects the Canadian band’s first two EPs.
Mynabirds – Body Of Work b/w In The Mouths Of Wolves 7” (Saddle Creek)
A standout track from the Generals LP is paired with a previously unreleased tune. Pressed on color vinyl.
P.O.D. – Murdered Love LP (Razor & Tie)
Recently released on CD – now available on color vinyl.
Gabriel Saloman – Adhere LP (Miasmah)
First proper album away from Yellow Swans, revealing a rich seam of ominous restraint and post-Cocteau Twins shimmering bliss.
Slash – Made In Stoke 24/7/11 3xLP (Eagle Rock Entertainment)
Recorded at the Victoria Hall in Stoke On Trent on July 24th, this concert marked Slash's return to the town in which he grew up.
Sleep – Dopesmoker [Reissue/2003] 2xLP (Southern Lord)
HQ-180 purple vinyl -- contains bonus track not available on CD version.
Smoking Popes – Born To Quit [1995] LP (Side One Dummy)
Reissue of their classic album, originally released in 1995 and never before available on vinyl.
Fred Thomas – Kuma LP (Ernest Jenning)
Solo LP from the frontman of Saturday Looks Good To Me and City Center. Thomas’s dusty, strange singing voice and often spare arrangements lean on a fragmented approach to folk music, melding weird electronic textures or production trickery with acoustic dirges or remotely hopeful looks into the future.
Various Artists – Raw Soul III 2xLP+7” (Now Again)
Rare and unreleased funk, jazz, soul and world-psych by Now-Again stalwarts Whitefield Brothers, Karl Hector & The Malcouns, and The Poets Of Rhythm.
Venom – Fallen Angels [2011] 2xLP (Spinefarm)
2011 album from Cronos and his mates -- their 13th album in a 30+ year career.
Wild Yaks – Million Years LP (Ernest Jenning)
13 songs of heartbreak and triumph with four Brooklyn wildmen singing their hearts and souls out.
Wye Oak – My Neighbor/My Creator [2010] LP+MP3 (Merge)
In between their acclaimed The Knot and shortly before the release of their critically heralded third album Civilian, Wye Oak released My Neighbor/My Creator, a vibrant EP that brims with melody and creative detours.
Zakk Wylde – Pride & Glory [2011] 2xLP (Armoury)
Released last year on CD – now available on vinyl. Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist Zakk Wylde's first self-fronted album.
BAD BRAINS - 'INTO'>>'BOOTLEG' VINYL LP EDITION OF 500
Bad Brains "Bootleg" Vinyl of "Into The Future" will be released a week (13 Nov) before the CD or D/L! Only 500 being made in three different colors – yellow, green and red...
a small sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 12 NOVEMBER...
Animal Collective – Applesauce 10” (Domino)
10" vinyl single features the new non-album b-side, “Crimson,” a live favorite from the band's recent shows.
William Basinski – The Disintegration Loops 9xLP+5xCD+DVD+Book (Temporary Residence)
First time on vinyl. Contains all four historic volumes, plus a pair of previously unreleased live orchestral performances, remastered from the original recordings and pressed onto virgin vinyl. Set also includes all of the remastered recordings on five-CDs, the extremely rare 63-minute The Disintegration Loops film on DVD, and a 144-page full-color coffee table book featuring rare photos taken during the making of The Disintegration Loops, and liner notes by Basinski, Antony, David Tibet (Current 93), and Ronen Givony (Wordless Music Series).
Bay Blue - Bay Blue LP (Anticon)
Self-titled and appropriately hued, Bay Blue is 35-year-old sample artist Matt Chang’s attempt to reconcile his hip-hop provenance with a much more encompassing grasp of 20th-century American music. From ancient ASR-10 springs jazz quartets, uptown blues duos, New Orleans big bands and other ensembles, what emerges is a landscape of bright tones and quick cuts, a triumph of sampling both painstaking and humanizing.
Darkstar - Timeaway 12” (Warp)
As Darkstar explain, “Timeaway” is a glance at their future: ''It's very much us, but us looking forward. It's off-kilter and processed and it bubbles and moves. We experimented sonically so much and I think what we ended up with is fitting not only to that time period and the experience of making this record but also to where we want to start from next time.''
dEUS - Keep You Close [2011] LP (PIAS America)
dEUS - Following Sea [2011] LP (PIAS America)
The Belgian alt-rock band’s sixth and seventh albums -- now available on vinyl. Keep You Close features a guest appearance from Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers) on two tracks.
The Doors - Live At Bowl ’68 2xLP (Rhino)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. On July 5th, 1968, The Doors took to the stage of the Hollywood Bowl for a concert that has since passed into legend.
EZLV - Selfish Beat 12” (100% Silk)
EZLV crafts playfully luxurious extended-mix radio hits from the bi-curious, bygone dance-meets-soul era. It’s Soundstream in song form, luscious and light, brought to juicy lime-life with cool-curated club samples, late-’70s horn porn and elegant DJ creationism.
The Front Bottoms - The Front Bottoms [2011] LP+MP3 (Bar None)
"If you have any love for the early punk style, garage band, mix tape, one-mic recordings like I do, then you better take two minutes to discover The Front Bottoms." -- Thevinyldistrict.com
Fury - Flying 7” (HoZac)
Two unissued '72 cuts by New York proto punk group Fury, fronted by a young Sonny Vincent, who would later lead the legendary Testors.
Philip Glass - Rework_ 2xLP (Kora)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. The idea for Rework came together during a conversation between Philip and his friend and new collaborator Beck. The pair recruited producer Hector Castillo to help assemble a collection of remixes of Glass' works by a list of critically acclaimed artists including Beck himself, Tyondai Braxton, Amon Tobin, Cornelius, Dan Deacon, Johann Johannsson, Nosaj Thing, Memory Tapes, Silver Alert, Pantha Du Prince, My Great Ghost and Peter Broderick.
Harmonic 313 – Lion 10”+MP3 (Warp)
Blending chaotic elements of air horns, drum rolls, and echoing vocals, Pritchard nods subtlety at dance hall and dub while maintaining the distinctive driving rhythms that have made him a staple for over 20 years.
Joanna Gruesome – Do You Really Wanna Know Whay Yr Still In Love With Me 7” (Happy Happy Birthday To Me)
Nothing is sacred and everything is permitted, even bliss, even love. In the space of five minutes, Joanna Gruesome veers from jangle to riot, from sweaters to torn stockings, from feedback to swoon. Boy-Girl high velocity terror-pop.
Heavy Times – I’m Single 7” (HoZac)
Three-track EP which further illustrates the kung fu grip this Chicago combo has on pop hooks and the on-the-brink-of-collapse punk animalism they use to deliver them. Features exclusive B-sides.
Karthala 72 – Diable Du Feu 12”+MP3 (Electric Cowbell)
The sound of a 1970's psychedelic freakout, only heavier. Seriously dark, driving funk meets Afrobeat. Karthala 72 are influeced by the traditional music of the Comoros, to Anatolian bazaar jazz to the more familiar beat of percussion led Afro-funk.
Sondre Lerche – It’s Never Meant To Be b/w Countdown 7” (Mona)
Most recent recording Sondre has produced to date b/w his version of Beyonce Knowles' "Countdown" -- an amazing take on the modern pop song.
Lilys/Big Troubles – Split 7” (Speakertree)
Kurt Heasley leader of Lilys, the shoegaze/dream pop visionary from the ‘90s teams up Brooklyn natives Big Troubles for this split. The A-side bares a self-described "Fela Kuti rocketship vibe". The B-side features Big Troubles' sweaping pop, which they say has always been heavily influence by Heasley.
Los Straitjackets – Jet Set 8x7”+MP3 (Yep Roc)
Box set containing eight unique 45s with bonus tracks and a download of all the tunes.
Mad Nana – My Two Kids b/w I’m Not Coming Here 7” (Soft Abuse)
Always shambly and shuffling and completely brilliant, Australia's Mad Nanna (Michael Zulicki and co.) chug like the Velvets on the A-side, "My Two Kids". On the flip, "I'm Not Coming Here", the trio conjure Jandek with an elongated, lonesome and sedate jam that feels barely harnessed by those involved.
Oneida - A List Of The Burning Mountains LP (Jagjaguwar)
Vinyl-only release from Brooklyn psych/noise/kraut godfathers.
People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz – Moon Magic 7” (Illegal Art)
Two tracks culled from the recently released The Keystone Cut Ups DVD.
Pernice Brothers – World Won’t End [2001] LP+MP3 (American Dust)
First-ever vinyl release for album widely considered as a defining moment in modern Americana and power pop.
Plateaus – Plateaus LP+MP3 (Art Fag)
San Diego four-piece Plateaus craft maddeningly catchy burnout pop gems. With noisy buzzsaw guitars and pounding drums underpinning tuneful bubblegum vocals, Plateaus is guaranteed to please fans of The Wipers, The Clean, Pavement and The Replacements.
Shoes - One In Versalles [Reissue/1976] LP (Numero)
Shoes - Black Vinyl Shoes [Reissue/1977] LP (Numero)
Shoes - Bazooka LP (Numero)
Shoes - Present Tense Demos LP (Numero)
“It may not have been the hip thing to do at the time, but Shoes carried on the pure pop traditions of the Beatles and the Raspberries during the late '70s and early '80s with a charming innocence and execution unmatched by the more derivative bands lumped into the category ‘power pop.’” -- AllMusic
Snowgoose - Harmony Springs LP (Ba Da Bing!)Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Debut album from Glasgow-based eclectic pop/folk rockers, featuring musicians behind the best of Scotland’s contemporary music output but fronted by a pure English female voice.
Soundtrack – Music From The Comedy: A Film By Rick Alverson LP (Jagjaguwar)
Jagjaguwar is proud to present the soundtrack from director Rick Alverson's provocative film The Comedy. Features tracks by GAYNGS, Gardens & Villa, William Basinski, Bill Fay, Donnie & Joe Joe Emerson, and more.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Swim And Sleep (Like A Shark) b/w Suggie Otis 7” (Jagjaguwar)
Timeless pop hooks are produced with a soft buzzsaw edge so that the effect is akin to Stevie Wonder producing Plastic Ono Band into Nuggets-like gems. New album due 2013.
Various Artists - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era (1965-1968) 2xLP (Rhino)
The quintessential collection of garage and psych rock from the big bang in the mid-to-late 60s -- now on HQ-180 vinyl.
Woven Hand – The Laughing Stalk LP+CD (Sounds Familyre)
One can't quite grab ahold of a singular style -- each note is informed by the royal heritages and traditions of punk, of country, of rock & roll, industrial. The hues and colors in the music are rich and deep.
MARGOT AND THE NUCLEAR SO AND SO'S - 'DUST OF RETREAT' VINYL LP
Remastered for vinyl (and includes a digital download), this is the first time 'Dust Of Retreat' has been available on LP! Grab yours now, in that this pressing is limited…
a small sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 05 NOVEMBER...
Adult. - Shari Vari b/w 122 Hours Of Fear 7” (Ghostly International)
Adult. return from a four-year hiatus with a new double A-side single. "122 Hours Of Fear," originally by the Screamers, sounds like it could have walked straight off the soundtrack to their own horror movie. Iconic Detroit techno track "Shari Vari" (originally by A Number Of Names), meanwhile, provides a link to the band's past.
Builders & The Butchers - Builders & The Butchers [2007] LP (Jealous Butcher)
Chock full of junk store percussion, is this to be considered inspired by call and response old time Gospel, or is it the Gospel for modern folk pop lovers?
A Burning Bus - Anti 7” (Harvest)
Legend Don Howland's latest musical address from his mountain compound -- an exhilarating blast of oppressive fear and hopelessness. With beloved bands like The Gibson Bros. and Bassholes, Howland spent over 25 years on the fringed, preaching his misanthropic sermons to a loud but minimalist blend of blues, garage, noise, lo-fi, and whatever else served his muse.
Califone - Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People [2002] 2xLP+MP3 (Jealous Butcher)
An expanded edition of a CD of the same name. That disc - originally issued by Glitterhouse in 2000 -- collected Califone’ first two EP's, plus two new songs. Four more songs -- unreleased outtakes from the final Red Red Meat recording sessions -- have been added here.
Tony & John Caro - Blue Clouds LP (Drag City)
Fans of the classic 1972 acid folk LP All On The First Day rejoice! Blue Clouds is a collection of the bands outtakes, rarities and live recordings spanning 1972-77. There are full band rockers here as well as quiet, stripped down home recordings, plus a little drum machine sprinkled among the folky whimsy. Even casual fans of ‘60s psychedelic folkiness will enjoy this odds & sods compilation, as it stands up as a "great lost album."
Deadhorse - Boil(ing) LP (Abyss)
Reissue of long out-of-print LP from Texas thrash legends.
Dirty Projectors - About To Die 12” (Domino)
The R&B influenced second single from Dirty Projectors 2012 album Swing Lo Magellan includes three new B-sides recorded during the album sessions.
DRGN King - Holy Ghost b/w Son Of Wolfman 7” (Bar None)
"This is otherworldly soulful pop for now people." -- Paste
Kevin Drumm - Relief LP (Editions Mego)
Once more, Chicago's finest delivers a devastating slab of emotionally charged noise. A 36-minute hypnotic rollercoaster ride through the depths of his unique palette of audio tactics. A haunting melody pinned to a bed of nails while it spins around the room.
Fieldhead - A Correction LP (Gizeh)
Previous comparisons to William Basinski, The Caretaker and Grouper. The familiar tape-hiss and scratchy, decaying atmospheres remain in place, but with A Correction, Paul Elam has managed to sculpt a vaster, more expansive palate of sounds.
Billy Gibbons/Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy/Matt Sweeny - Oh Well b/w Storms 7” (Drag City)
Two Billies is better than one -- and with a lite and greasy bowl of Fleetwood Mac to split between them, there is enough for all. Bonny Billy handles the "Storms," with lithe grace; Billy Gibbons' (Yes, from ZZ Top) deep into "Oh Well." Both sides featuring gun-swinger Matt Sweeney.
Robert Glasper Experiment - Black Radio 2xLP (Blue Note)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Black Radio is a future landmark album that boldly stakes out new musical territory and transcends any notion of genre, drawing from jazz, hip-hop, R&B and rock, but refusing to be pinned down by any one tag. Black Radio also features many of Glasper's famous friends, including: Erykah Badu, Bilal, Lupe Fiasco, Lalah Hathaway, Shafi q Husayn (Sa-Ra), KING, Ledisi, Chrisette Michele, Musiq Soulchild, Meshell Ndegeocello, Stokley Williams (Mint Condition), and yasiin bey (Mos Def).
Guerilla Toss - Jeffrey Johnson LP (Feeding Tube)
Post no-wave/post-punk angularity with harshtronics and masterfully screechy vocals by Kassie Carlson. Boston-based quintet hits with all the Dionysian power of a young Harry Pussy, squared and electronified.
Holy Sh!t - You Made My Dreams Come True LP (Fat Possum)
The mysterious group that once included Ariel Pink and Christopher Owens (Girls) is back with new material and a rumored full length on the way early next year. Fans of the band will instantly recognize the pristine guitar tones, Bowie-style arrangements and signature rhythms that only Matt Fishbeck is capable of.
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick 2xLP (EMI)
HQ-180 double-vinyl version features the original Thick As A Brick remixed, and the new Thick As A Brick 2.
Killer Mike - Reagan 7” (Williams Street)
The quintessential companion piece to Mike's critically acclaimed LP R.A.P. Music produced by El-P.
Liars - Brats 12” (Mute)
Second single from WIXIW. Includes remixes from Cadence Weapon (Tri Angle), and David Scott Scott Stone (ex-LCD Soundsystem).
Rikki Llilong & Musi-O-Tunya - Wings Of Africa LP (Now Again)
Archival reproduction of the first Zamrock album (1974). Late-‘60s San Francisco gone to Africa, with wah-wah rhythm facing Afrobeat horns and percussion and soul-rock 4/4 trading off with six-beat African rhythms.
Mad Music, Inc. – Mad Music, Inc. (Drag City/Yoga)
This album appeared in the Boston area in the late ‘70s without track titles, credits or contact information. Play the record and everything still becomes more unclear -- is this some mutant strain of new age jazz? A soundtrack? Is it a put-on? Or was there a greater purpose involved? The world may never know, but you may.
Mean Lady - Bop Bop 7” (Fat Possum)
“Bop Bop” rests somewhere between Erykah Badu, Animal Collective and Tune-Yards.
Metalocalypse: Dethklok - Dethalbum III LP (Williams Street)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Prepare for an onslaught of bone-crunching Nordic riffs that will force you to your knees.
Thurston Moore/John Maloney - Caught On Tape CD/LP (Feeding Tube)
Bonkers improv recordings. Moore is in full unhinged blaze-mode here, while Maloney rifles through his drum kit frantically, as though he was trying to destroy a rainbow with hammers.
Scout Niblett - No More Nasty Scrubs 7” (Drag City)
Double A-side 7” offering from Scout Niblett features covers of Janet Jackson's "Nasty" and TLC's "No Scrubs", in advance of her new album in early 2013.
Night Moves - Colored Emotions LP (Domino)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. The Twin Cities band has been named the area's "Best New Band" by the Minneapolis City Pages and were described by the Minneapolis Star Tribune as a "slow-grooving, neo-twangy, cosmically-baked band."
The Plain Steel - Folk ‘N’ Roll LP (Pilon)
Debut vinyl-only album featuring an eclectic blend of folk, rock & roll, and psychedelia.
Ratking - Wiki93 LP (XL)
Like the Beastie Boys and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ratking manage to mix youthful hardcore energy with pure, NY beats and rhymes in a post-hip-hop crew that could only exist in 2012.
Regal Degal – Veritable Who’s Who LP (Post Present Medium)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Draws from post-punk, krautrock, ‘60s psychedelic/freakbeat, ‘80s new wave and indie, and German minimal house.
Saturday Looks Good To Me - Sunglasses 7”+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
New lead singer Carol Catherine's smoky vocals glide over this surprisingly electronic-tinged track, with drum machines and synth-lines meeting frenzied saxophones and songwriter Fred Thomas' trademark wall-of-bedroom-sound arrangements and bittersweet melodies. Clear blue vinyl with download.
Sic Alps/Freakapuss – New Trawgs III b/w Here Today Here Tomorrow 7” (Drag City)
This is Freakapuss’s vinyl debut, full of guitar, congas, percussion and acid-tongued vocals. On the flip, Sic Alps treat us to an anthemic, sleek, self-assured, and nicely twisted cut.
Sweet Tea/Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears) 7”+MP3 (Light In The Attic)
Members of Black Angels and Heartless Bastards cover Wendy Rene’s "After Laughter Comes Tears." Color vinyl with download.
Prins Thomas Orkester - Oving 2x12” (Full Pupp)
Norwegian DJ/producer presents an album with his "orchestra" of friends and family. Features songs from his back catalog, reworked in proper jam-band format.
Tomutonttu/Oneohtrix Point Never – Likaiset Pilvet b/w Wayland Lincoln Border 7” (Alter)
Jan Anderzen dives deep into his archives and re-emerges with something new after a heavy editing session. OPN builds deep layers of warm sound from trance-like synth melodies. Released to celebrate their joint UK tour in May 2012.
T.Rex - Childlike Men 7” (Fly)
In 1970, record producer Tony Visconti presented Fly Records with a test acetate of T.Rex's “Ride A White Swan,” which became Fly's first release. It was Marc Bolan's breakthrough record in the UK, making T.Rex a household name. During T.Rex's two-year association with Fly, Bolan established himself in the American marketplace, recording some of his key tracks on American soil, with Visconti producing. 40 years later Tony and his son, Morgan Visconti, under their “T.Rex Regeneration” project banner, presented Fly with a “new” T.Rex track, “Childlike Men.” Red vinyl.
Vatican Shadow - Ornamented Walls LP (Modern Love)
Visceral, raw and intense material from Dominick Fernow (Prurient). Heavy, untamed industrial techno cassette music mixing live electronics and FM signals with track stems played and mixed off tape decks.
Zzebra - Zzebra [Reissue/1974] LP (Sireena)
HQ-180 reissue of the debut album by the British prog supergroup.
PETER BUCK VINYL-ONLY SOLO ALBUM
Peter Buck - Peter Buck LP (Mississippi)
First solo LP by none other than former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck. Believe it or not, released on vinyl only by Mississippi Records (no CD or download available anywhere). The LP was cut pure analogue -- straight from tape to disc. A real old fashioned freak out record filled with Stooges like crunchy guitar riffs, strange atmospheric sounds, far out dark lyrics and some catchy pop hooks here and there.
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Mahmoud Ahmed - Accompanied By Ibex Band LP (Mississippi)
Debut LP reissued for the first time on vinyl. Early hypnotic heavy songs by one of Ethiopia's greatest artists. Mahmoud's voice is one of the most powerful in the world and on this LP it is in full force. Part two in the Mississippi series of material culled from the monumental Ethiopiques CD series.
Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band/Rodriguez – I’ll Slip Away 7”+MP3 (Light In The Attic)
Charles Bradley tackles “I'll Slip Away” by Rodriguez. Dating back three years before his defining Cold Fact album, `I'll Slip Away' was the Sugarman's 1967 debut single for Impact Records. In Rodriguez's hands, it's shuffling, tropicalia-tinged folk. In Bradley's hands and backed by the inimitable Menahan Street Band, it's a vintage soul stomper. Color vinyl with download.
Daphni – Jiaolong 2xLP+MP3 (Merge)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. An album of shape-shifting, dancefloor-leaning tracks from Dan Snaith (Caribou).
FaltyDL - Straight & Arrow 12” (Ninja Tune)
Immersed in the old New York and Chicago sound yet creating a subtle and ultimately futuristic mash-up of sonics, FaltyDL takes his influences and makes them fresh. Includes a remix by Four Tet.
M. Geddes Gengras – Test Leads LP (Holy Mountain)
Solo full-length from member of/collaborator with Sun Araw, Robedoor, Pocahaunted, and L.A. Vampires. Sprawling synthscapes that call to mind Klaus Schulze's Dune album or perhaps the Dune soundtrack scored by Toto and Brian Eno, but will also appeal to fans of Conrad Schnitzler and Manuel Gottsching, as well as Robert Hampson (Loop, Main), Bill Laswell, Roger Eno and Nurse With Wound.
Golden Donna – Golden Donna LP (Not Not Fun)
Debut from the Madison, WI synthesizer artisan. A woozy mix of slick rhythm constructs and deep-space drift-symphonies.
Hospitality – Monkey b/w Drift 7”+MP3 (Merge)
Two new tracks from the Brooklyn band.
HTRK/Tropic Of Cancer – Part Time Punks Radio Transmissions 12” (Ghostly International)
Comparable to a fly-on-a-wall Peel Sessions, the critically acclaimed Part Time Punks radio show is the sound of the L.A. underground, run by local icon Michael Stock. Capturing both bands live at the radio headquarters during HTRK's first 2011 tour of the USA, flipping this vinyl sounds like two sides of the same cursed coin, and mirrors a high school dance playing an endless lustful waltz. BPMs bumped down to a psychic stalk.
The Invisible - Generational 12” (Ninja Tune)
Features a remix by Theo Parish.
JMII – Nueva York LP (100% Silk)
Emotional transcen-dance for post-party, religious rave rovers.
Mikael Jorgensen – ARMZ 7” (Odessa)
A synth-fueled instrumental space odyssey that rockets into the psychedelic “Lagrangian Points.” With synth leads that would make Air, Mouse on Mars and Stereolab proud, the melodies unfold as sonic textues blossom against the backdrop of the hypnotizing, motorik-on-codeine drumbeats.
King Crimson - Lizard [Reissue/1972] 2xLP+MP3 (Discipline Global Mobile)
HQ-200g pressing packaged in a gatefold a sleeve.
L.A. Vampires With Maria Minerva – Integration LP (Not Not Fun)
The meshing of Maria Minerva’s alienated pop constructs with L.A. Vampires’ degraded Byronic house births a cool niche catalog of unclassifiable style prototypes, from new wave apocalypto to Teutonic club dubs to Harajuku romance anthems. CD version due November 13.
My Chemical Romance - Boy Division b/w Tomorrow’s Money 7” (WB)
The first of five singles featuring unreleased tracks recorded prior to Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys.
Occultation - Three And Seven LP (20 Buck Spin)
Occultation creates music perfectly suited to this most undead time of year -- eerie, haunted, ghastly, reverberating hymns to double walkers and living portraits.
Pedro The Lion – It’s Hard To Find A Friend [Reissue/1998] LP+MP3 (Jade Tree)
Pedro The Lion –The Only Reason I Feel Secure [Reissue/1999] LP+MP3 (Jade Tree)
Pedro The Lion - Winners Never Quit [Reissue/2000] LP (Jade Tree)
Pedro The Lion – Control [Reissue/2002] LP+MP3 (Jade Tree)
Pedro The Lion - Achilles’ Heel [Reissue/2004] LP (Jade Tree)
Back in print on vinyl!
The Pineapple Thief - All The Wars LP (K-Scope)
Recently release on CD -- now available on vinyl. New album from the modern prog rockers.
Chuck Prophet – Castro Halloween b/w I Gotta Get Back 7” (Yep Roc)
The first physical single from Chuck's latest album Temple Beautiful is pressed on pumpkin-orange vinyl.
Rats On Rafts – Emma Sofia 7” (Louder Than War)
"Rats On Rafts play a tough, psychedelic, discordant guitar pop driven by a hard bass sound and some great melodies. If only John Peel was still alive today they would be doing a session for him every week." -- John Robb
Rites Wild – Ways Of Being LP (Not Not Fun)
Ways Of Being pairs tracks from out-of-print cassette releases with newer, previously unreleased material. Minimalist, Echoplexed swoon-songs that ride the ridge between vertical horizon raga rituals and young, marbled hypno-pop.
R. Ring - Fall Out & Fire b/w See 7” (Misra)
The Breeders’ Kelley Deal and Ampline’s Mike Montgomery teamed up to form R. Ring -- an unorthodox rock duo hailing from Dayton, OH and Dayton, KY respectively. Characterized primarily by voices, guitars and keys, R. Ring is sparse, chaotic, abrasive and lulling, often within the same song.
Saint Maybe –Things As They Are LP (Fort Lowell)
Saint Maybe is as much a journey as a band. They speed down highway 1960, hang a left at Psychedelic Boulevard and pull up in front of your house, unpacking memories of AM radio and raising signs to the future mapped out by the beat poets.
Sir Stephen – House Of Regalia LP (100% Silk)
The time-trippin', style-hoppin' virtual reality fantasy zone that is House Of Regalia delivers eight flava profiles to drop on yr tongue.
Soundtrack [John Carpenter/Alan Howarth] – Halloween II LP (Death Waltz)
Soundtrack [John Carpenter/Alan Howarth] – Halloween III: Season Of The Witch LP (Death Waltz)
Each is a tour de force of experimental synth tones with intense melodies and dark brooding mood pieces. Orange and black vinyl.
Ungdomskulen – Secrecy LP (Smalltown Supersound)
Bergen, Norway's Ungdomskulen maintains their "us against the world" mentality, pooling their bloody sweat and tears into a truly amazing rock album.
Various Artists – Eccentric Soul: Omnibus 45x7”+MP3 (Numero)
The mother of all rare 45 compilations and Numero's 45th release closes the first chapter of their decade of mapping the American soul diaspora. 45 7” singles, each with its own replica label and stylish custom sleeve, as well as a 108-page hardback clothbound book chocked-full of liner notes, band photos, ephemera, and indices. Housed in a vintage-style 45 carrying case in various colors. Includes download.
Various Artists - Hasabe LP (Mississippi)
A compilation of Ethiopian R&B from the golden era of Ethiopian music. Classic performances by Lemma Demissew, Tlahoun Gessesse, Sefu Yohannes, Bahta Gebre Heywet, Teshmore Meteku, Mahmoud Ahmed and Alameyahu Eshete. None have ever been released on vinyl before. This is the third LP in the continuing series of releases culled from the monumental Ethiopiques series.
The Velvet Underground – The Verge/MGM Albums 5xLP (Sundazed)
Five-LP box gathers the rare mono versions of the band's first three albums along with the superior mono version of Nico's Chelsea Girl and a definitive edition of the band's unfinished fourth album. Sourced from the original Verve/MGM analog reels and mastered by Bob Irwin.
Morgan Zarate - Broken Heart 12” (Hyperdub)
Contagious dubstep pop, featuring rising singer/songwriter/producer Stevie Neale on vocals.
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The Amazing - Gentle Stream [2011] LP+MP3 (Partisan)
Gentle Stream is widescreen, panoramic, horizon-reaching stuff. An elegantly constructed record of moody psychedelic majesty; it comes with a great dose of CSNY-style Laurel Canyon bliss. Its nine songs clock in at a luxurious 50 minutes, during which astral guitars intertwine in serpentine solos, horns blast rainbow melodies, and Gunrup's flute-like voice floats elegantly over the sunset sounds.
Auxes - Mehr! Mehr! Mehr! 7”+MP3 (Lovitt)
Brainchild of Dave Laney (Milemarker, Challenger). Rough comparisons to Wipers, Hot Snakes, Agent Orange, and pre-Rollins-era Black Flag.
Balmorhea - Stranger LP (Western Vinyl)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Balmorhea’s most forward-leaning album utilizes an expanded sonic palette including guitar loops, vibes, synthesizers, ukulele, and steel pan drums. "An exemplary experiment in restraint, lush with a slow-burning, wordless, and ambient Americana that manages to captivate while avoiding the histrionics of its post-rock forebears." -- The New Yorker
Blood Diamonds - Phone Sex 12” (4AD)
Long-awaited single from Blood Diamonds (aka Mike Diamond), featuring Claire Boucher (aka Grimes).
By The Sea - Dream Waters 7” (Shelflife)
Two tracks that evoke the soul of seminal ‘80s indie bands that helped inspire them. Two-tone color vinyl, limited to 100 hand numbered copies for North America. For fans of: Violens, Felt, Pale Saints. Recent shows with Veronica Falls, Memoryhouse, Still Corners.
John Cale - Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood LP (Domino)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood is an album that seems born out of John's mischievous youth. It is the result of sessions held at his L.A. studio with days experimenting with MPC's, pounding fists onto pianos, manipulating glitches and lots of signature viola drone. As a producer, John Cale has reached a new plateau here. He deftly manages to blend equal measures of chaos and beauty.
Cuckoo Chaos - Super Skeleton b/w Shanghaied 7” (White Iris)
Indie rock mathematicians convey the feelings of loss and loneliness through reverb and spiraling synth scales.
Deerhoof/Half Waif - LAMC No.4 7” (Famous Class)
Two exclusive tracks.
Fawn Spots - Spanish Glass 7” (Louder Than War)
When delivering hyperactive, effects drenched pop-ditties with the fever of the early SST bands, Fawn Spots’ often dramatic, always entertaining and ridiculously energetic live show is a must for fans of early college rock, ‘80s American punk and the lo-fi/noise resurgence of recent times.
Ben Frost - Steel Wound [2007] LP (Room40)
First-ever vinyl edition of this classic album from 2007. Packaged in a gorgeous matte cello-glazed sleeve.
Jose Gonzalez - Veneer [2006] LP+CD (Mute)
First time on vinyl! Veneer touches on an array of influences, from folk to classic pop to a dazzling spectrum of world music.
GRMLN - Explore 12” (Carpark)
Born in Kyoto, Japan and raised in Southern California, 19-year-old Yoodoo Park is the man behind indie rock outfit GRMLN. In the summer of 2010, in between sessions on his surfboard, Park began recording guitar-driven dream-pop in his garage to soundtrack the journeys in his car.
Wendell Harrison - Organic Dream LP+MP3 (Luv N Haight)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Arguably the best album legendary jazz musician cut in the ‘80s. Features the classic track “Love Juice.” It's quite a departure from the spiritual jazz he's best known for, instead dipping into modern soul and R&B territory.
Houndmouth - Houndmouth 12” (Rough Trade)
Houndmouth are four-piece roots rock band from New Albany, IN and Louisville, Kentucky.
InDreama - InDreama LP (Team Love)
An experiment in psychedelic soundscapes, pop music and visual performance.
Wanda Jackson - Unfinished Business LP (Sugarhill)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Jackson’s 31st studio album, produced by Justin Townes Earle.
King Tuff - Screaming Skull b/w Love Potion 7” (Sub Pop)
L.A.-via-Vermont garage/powerpop wunderkind King Tuff presents two brand new, non-album tracks.
Lazy - Party City 7” (Moniker)
The Kansas City collaborators play punk rock that's equal parts smart and gritty. Catchy, buzzing anthems evolve from jagged rhythmic chaos, as dark drones and found sound snippets populate percussive, gang-vocal boy/girl rave-ups.
Aaron Moore/Thierry Muller - Today Is Yesterday’s Tomorrow 2xLP+MP3 (Three Four)
Aaron Moore (Volcano The Bear, Invisible Sports) and Thierry Muller (Ruth) met at a shared gig in 2009, deciding to work together in the future. The variety of the instruments and the musical richness of those 74 minutes give you a hard time to put this record into any category. Alternately noisy, melodic, rock or ambient, this is an experimental record in the literal and figurative sense.
My Cat Is An Alien - Art Is A Tear Of Noise And Infinite Silence 2xLP (Discrepant)
Art Is A Tear... was composed with a totally new set of modified, deconstructed electronic devices, including a homemade double-bodied string instrument.
Myrninerest - Journey To Avebury 12” (The Spheres)
This beautiful addition to David Tibet’s loving tribute to Jhonn Balance (Coil) is a new soundtrack to Derek Jarman’s Journey To Avebury short -- Jhonn's favorite piece by the legendary filmmaker.
Negative Approach - Nothing Will Stand In Our
Way LP (Taang!)
Released earlier this year on CD -- now available on red
vinyl. This 53-track compilation collects all of Negative
Approach’s recorded material leading up to their 1983
debut.
BJ Nilsen/Stilluppsteypa - Goda Nott LP (Editions
Mego)
Collaborative release between
Icelandic experimental duo Stilluppsteypa and Sweden-born
BJ Nilsen.
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Jeremy 7” (Slumberland)
Covers of tracks from Magnetic Fields and East River
Pipe.
Jai Paul -
Jasmine 12” (XL)
A tantalizing, darkly-shaded slice of echo-pop that's
reminiscent of Daft Punk's Discovery
stunner
"Something About Us," Jai Paul's single is as sonically
disorienting as what preceded it, with a warped bass thud
and slinky, submerged synth lines gorgeously suffocating
JP's own chopped-up croon.
Propagandhi - Failed States LP (Epitaph)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. The
Canadian "progressive thrash" legends drop a new album
just in time for their politically engaged anthems to
form a soundtrack to that magical theatrical production
known as the US elections.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californiacation
[Reissue/1999] 2xLP (WB)
Now available on HQ-180 vinyl.
Residents - Eskimo [Reissue/1979] LP
(Cryptic Corp)
“The most rewarding, the most difficult, and the most
accomplished of all the Residents' albums, this was their
departure into the field of imaginary ethno-musicography
that they had begun on ‘Six Things to a Cycle’ on
Fingerprince.”
-- AllMusic
Soundtrack [Jonny Greenwood] - The Master OST LP
(Nonesuch)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Score
by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood to forthcoming
film from director Paul Thomas Anderson. Also includes
period-era songs by Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Stafford, Madisen
Beaty, and Helen Forrest.
Stepkids -
Stepkids 12” (Stone’s Throw)
Two new tracks and two new remixes, including one by
Yacht.
Twerps -
Work It Out 7” (Underwater Peoples)
Triple A-side single form Melbourne's pop chillers, their
first new release since their celebrated debut album of
last year, and perhaps their most polished effort yet.
The new 7" takes their warm jangle pop down a darker
path.
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Aeges
- Southern
Comfort b/w Stars 7” (The Mylene Sheath)
Aeges are the new breed of California's creative
drifters. Founded by Chicago-raised Larry Herweg
(Pelican), former Seattleite Mark Holcomb (Undertow,
Shift), multi-continent Kemble Walters (The Rise), and
the sole California native Tony Baumeister
(16).
Antibalas - Dirty Money b/w AWOL 7”
(Daptone)
"Dirty Money" is deeply rhythmic, tight with funky
guitars, warped farfisa organ, massive horns and a
call-and-response led by singer and percussionist Amayo.
Features non-album B-side.
Kevin Ayers – Joy Of A Toy [Reissue/1969]
LP (4 Men With Beards)
Debut solo album from bassist and principal songwriter of
Soft Machine, originally released in 1969 by Harvest.
With Ayers playing an impressive list of instruments and
bandmate Robert Wyatt on drums for most of the songs,
many of the tracks recall early Soft Machine, and feature
Ayers prog-pop songwriting sensibilities in full
force.
David Bazan – Fewer Moving Parts [2006]
LP (Barsuk)
Bazan’s first solo album, now available on vinyl. This
beautifully-packaged 10-song EP plays like a full-length,
and includes two different versions of five Bazan songs,
each recorded in a stripped-down acoustic version and
another version with full
instrumentation.
Black Sun Roof – Feral LP+CD (VHF)
Quiet since 2007's blistering Panzer Division Lou
Reed,
Black Sun Roof delivers a more introspective set here,
reaching back to the fuzzy, spacey sounds of releases
like the epic double-CD Bliss.
Includes a bonus CD with scarce and out-of-print material
from various Bower projects, plus one new
track.
Blank Realm – Go Easy LP (Siltbreeze)
An uncanny channeling of Missing-Links-styled
garage/psychedelia, Pere-Ubu-esque rustbelt trippery and
the experimental post-punk spasms of The
Work.
Bon Iver –
Beth/Rest 12” (Jagjaguwar)
Fourth single from Bon
Iver.
B-side is an alternate performance of "Beth/Rest"
recorded at Rare Book Room.
Califone –
Roomsound [2001] LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Debut album, on vinyl for the first time! Covers the same
rustic, slightly ramshackle back forty that Tim Rutili
has been ploughing through since his previous band Red
Red Meat. Only this time the tilled bedrock unveils the
most vividly colored, luring crop of songs he has ever
harvested. The sleepy, country-blues picking and autumnal
backwoods melodies are accented with striking splashes of
electronic tone color, obsolete keyboards and off-kilter
percussion. Deluxe custom silk-screened jacket with
download.
Caspian –
You Are The Conductor LP (Mylene Sheath)
Repress of debut EP on HQ-180 vinyl.
Cayucos –
Cayucas b/w Swimsuit 7” (Secretly Canadian)
A nod to ‘60s beach blanket pop gems and bonfire folk
songs.
The Connies – Full Round Roger LP (Radio
Galaxy)
Like the bastard love child of Eddie Cochran, Radio
Birdman and The Wipers on the Lazy Cowgirls. Pogo and
dance ready songs that draw from the best elements of
rock from the ‘50s through ‘80s.
Ex-Cult -
M.P.D. b/w Not Fun On The Beaches 7” (Goner)
Rising Memphis stars with members from many various
outfits, Ex-Cult (formerly Sex Cult) crams catchy punk
rock through the “we can do anything” mindset of pioneers
like the Urinals, Australia’s X or
Wire.
Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat [2006]
(Reprise)
2006 solo release by the Steely Dan front
man.
John Fahey – Voice Of The Turtle
[Reissue/1968] LP (4 Men With Beards)
Originally released in 1968 on his own Takoma label,
Fahey credits some of the compositions and performances
to the fictional guitarist Blind Joe Death, and some of
the songs are actually rumored to not be Fahey at all but
in fact obscure blues 78s. Whatever the case may be, it's
one of Fahey's most adventurous and beautiful
LPs.
Dan Friel – Valedictorian/Exoskeleton
12”+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Friel is one of the founding member of Parts & Labor.
Pure pop filtered through a layer of noise. Remixes from
Peaking Lights and Moss Of Aura (one-third of Future
Islands).
Guided By Voices - Everywhere Is Miles From
Everywhere 7” (GBV Inc.)
Limited edition vinyl single includes the non-LP B-side
“The World’s Getting Smaller” by Mitch
Mitchell.
Guided By Voices - Hangover Child 7” (GBV
Inc.)
Limited edition vinyl single includes the non-LP B-side
“Urchin Promise” by Tobin Sprout.
Guided By Voices - White Flag 7” (GBV Inc.)
Limited edition vinyl single includes the non-LP B-sides
“Casino Model” and “Zebra Film Negative” by Robert
Pollard.
John Wesley Harding And The English UK
– Making Love To
Bob Dylan b/w The Buzz 7” (Yep Roc)
John Wesley Harding wrote the words to ''Making Love To
Bob Dylan'' on a train from Seattle to Portland, and
emailed them to Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows,
Minus 5) the moment he was done. McCaughey emailed back:
''There is room in the world for this lyric!'' Months
later, McCaughey handed Harding a tune. Harding and The
English UK recorded the song, along with its matching
double A-side ''The Buzz'', one sunny afternoon in
Brooklyn.
Holy Ghost - It Gets Dark 12” (DFA)
Very limited and numbered edition of new 12” from DFA’s
Holy Ghost. Regular and instrumental versions of “It Gets
Dark” from forthcoming 2013 album.
Iron Maiden - Killers [Reissue/1981] LP
(Universal)
Heavyweight picture-disc vinyl
reissue.
Jukebox The Ghost – I Love You Always Forever
b/w Temptation 7” (Yep Roc)
Covers of Donna Lewis' "I Love You Always Forever" and
New Order's "Temptation."
Long Distance Poison - Signals To A Habitable Zone
LP+DVD (Fin)
Long Distance Poison have released compositions via
Thurston Moore's label Ecstatic Peace and Steve Moore's
imprint VCO. Signals To A Habitable
Zone features a visual
accompaniment by director Matthew Caron on
DVD.
Alfonso Lovo - La Gigantona [1976] LP
(Numero)
“Alfonso Lovo is an obscure Nicaraguan-born guitarist of
yesteryear whose now extant corpus consists of Latin jazz
flavored with a healthy dose of psychedelia.” --
Dusted
Mad Monk & Apache Dropout – My Wild Life 7” (Family
Vineyard)
Mad Monk is John Terrill, original member of the late
'70s new/no wave Dancing Cigarettes. This platter lines
up the Monk's two newest biographical orchestrations --
and a Velvet Underground bootleg favorite -- with the
freakbeat backup of Apache Dropout.
Mamiffer/Pyramids – Mamiffer/Pyramids [Split]
LP (Hydra Head)
Together they have forged a singular statement of pathos
and redemption, beauty and menace.
Maserati –
VII 2xLP (Temporary Residence)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. The
never-ending car chase continues.
Minamo + Lawrence English – A Path Less Travelled
[2010] LP+MP3 (Immune)
Collaboration between Japanese electro-acoustic quartet
and Australian composer and media artist. A compelling
union of Minamo's restrained instrumentalism and Lawrence
English considered sense of space and harmony. Collects
distant sonic smoke signals passed between one island and
another.
My Disco –
Wrapped Coast 12” (Temporary Residence)
A brain-bending slice of bleak mantra-rock that only they
can make inexplicably addictive. Coupled with two new
jams are remixes from Justin K Broadrick (Jesu) and
Factory Floor (DFA).
Natural Snow Buildings - Night Coercion Into The
Company Of Witches 4xLP+MP3 (Ba Da Bing!)
Night Coercion Into the
Company Of Witches is the first domestic release
by France’s mythic Natural Snow Buildings, a band revered
in experimental music circles despite self-releasing most
of their albums in ridiculously limited runs. They make
melodic, orchestrated, droning compositions with layers
of guitars, chants, woodwinds, percussive bells,
distortion and delay.
Willie Nelson – Heroes 2xLP (Yep
Roc)Recently released on CD – now
availble on vinyl. Many of the songs here -- some new
compositions, some covers, and some new takes on old
Willie classics -- take on a reflective, emotional
tone.
Old Man Gloom – Christmas LP (Hydra Head)
Members of Isis, Cave-In, and
Converge.
Peace –
The World Is Too Much With Us LP (Suicide Squeeze)
Connor's bass-lines menace and hypnotize. Mike's guitar
solos explode suddenly in wah-pedal freak-outs. Geoff's
tom-toms thud with a tribal intensity, and Dan's lyrics,
for which he's been referred to as Vancouver's "post-punk
poet laureate," alternate between images of defiant
despair and love-sick yearning.
A Place To Bury Strangers – And I’m Up b/w Don’t Stop
7” (Dead Oceans)
Highlight from the band's 2012 intense Worship, paired
with unreleased "Don't Stop." Interweaves threads of
krautrock, dream-pop and ‘80s goth without ever losing
the edge that is quintessentially
Strangers.
Police Teeth – Police Teeth LP
(Greyday/Latest Flame)
Flailing, wailing, and angular songwriting laden with
dark humor. Heavy, pushy, fist-pumping
anthems.
Iggy Pop & Zig Zags/Betty Davis – If I’m In Luck I Might Get
Picked Up 7”+MP3 (Light In The Attic)
L.A.-based scuzzy punks Zig Zags (Mexican Summer) team up
with Iggy Pop for a take on Betty Davis' "If I'm In Luck
I Might Get Picked Up." B-side features the original Dave
Cooley remaster from 2007. Color vinyl with
download.
Archie Powell & The Exports – Great Ideas In Action
LP+MP3 (Good Land)
Grafting prismatic power-pop and sardonic, dark looks at
the world outside into guileless songs with hooks
galore.
Sweet Cobra – Mercy [2010] LP (Hawthorne
St.)
2010 release finally available on vinyl! Think of an
unholy amalgamation of Karp, Leviathan-era
Mastodon, and Tragedy and you are on the right
track.
Times New Viking – Over And Over 12”+MP3
(Siltbreeze)
Mixes the primal panic-punk of their early days with the
sustained, keen pop sensibilities of their recent
releases.
Steffano Torossi – Feelings LP (Golden
Pavillion)
A delightful and cinematic groovy crime-jazz-funk album
filled with breaks and beats, deep bass, electric piano,
flutes, horn stabs, wah-wah guitars and exquisite string
arrangements reminiscent of Nino Nardini/Roger Roger's
Stringtonic's mindbenders but also Janko Nilovic at his
best.
Alexander Turnquist – Like Sunburned Snowflakes
LP (VHF)
Five minimalist compositions using only plucked harmonics
on a 12-string.
Various Artists – Contemporary Guitar
[Reissue/1966] (4 Men With Beards)
Originally released in 1966 on the Takoma label, this is
a compilation of solo acoustic guitar instrumentals from
folk and blues legends such as Bukka White, John Fahey,
and Robbie Basho as well as lesser known-s like Max Ochs
and Harry Taussig. An essential compilation of American
guitar solists.
Villages –
Theories Of Ageing LP (Bathetic)
Delicate floating synth atmosphere with open-tuned
acoustic guitar strums, banjo and piano slide in and out
of the spaces, creating an entirely enchanting, if a bit
haunting record. Takes on a level of ambient artistry
seen throughout the works of Labradford or Stars Of The
Lid.
Bukka White – Big Daddy [Reissue/1973]LP
(Sutro Park)
This 1973 release features some of bluesman’s last
recordings. Originally on Biograph, available for the
first time since its original release.
MUSE
- 'THE SECOND LAW'>>EARLY
STREET DATE EDITION!
Taking it back to the
excellent old-skool days, Muse is releasing their new
album, as a 2-LP vinyl set on 29 Sept., days before 'The
Second Law' is being offered on CD or D/L...
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 08
OCTOBER...
Allo
Darlin’ =
Northern Lights 7” (Slumberland)
The superbly jangly “Northern Lights” is the third single
from Allo Darlin’s second album Europe,
which was released in May.
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do
[Reissue/1995] 2xLP (1972)
Aphex
Twin -
Richard D. James Album [Reissue/1996] LP (1972)
HQ-180 vinyl reissues of Aphex Twin’s long-out-of-print
second and third LPs.
Big D And The Kid’s Table - Built Up From Nothing:
Strictly Dub 2xLP+MP3 (Side One Dummy)
Double-LP consisting of 17 dub interpretations of tracks
from the Big D And The Kids Table catalog including songs
from Strictly
Rude, Salem Girls
and
Fluent In
Stroll as well as other previously
unreleased songs.
Neneh Cherry & The Thing – Dream Baby Dream/Cashback
12” (Smalltown Supersound)
First remix 12" from Cherry Thing
containing Four
Tet's wonderful remix of Neneh Cherry & The Thing's
cover of "Dream Baby Dream" by Suicide, and Lindstrom
& Prins Thomas' remix of Neneh Cherry's own
"Cashback" track into a nine-minute disco
epic.
Dan Deacon - True Thrush b/w Believer 7”
(Domino)
First single from the recently released album
America,
featuring
non-album B-side.
Iris DeMent - Sing The Delta CD/LP
(Flariella)
DeMent’s first album of original material in 16
years, Sing The
Delta is uplifting and
heartbreaking, ripe with twang and soul. Dixie horns,
weeping slide guitar balladry and bright, Gospel-tinged
piano swirl as Iris contemplates religion, love and
family.
DJ Shadow - Reconstructed: The Best Of
DJ Shadow 2xLP (Hip-O Select)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl.
Collects tracks drawn from Shadow’s 20-year career --
from the early pre-Mo Wax days, right up to the present
and his most recent album, The Less You Know, The
Better, and two new songs.
djTRIO –
21 September 2002 LP+MP3 (Cuneiform)
A wild sonic collage from noted turntablists Christian
Marclay, Toshio Kajiwara, and DJ Olive.
Aaron Embry - Silent Prayers LP (Vagrant)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Debut
album from original member of Edward Sharpe & The
Magnetic Zeros. Embry has previously toured/recorded with
Willie Nelson, Daniel Lanois, Elliott Smith and
others.
Evans The Death – Catch Your Cold 7”
(Slumberland)
Second single from British indie pop five-piece's S/T
debut full-length. Features a non-LP
b-side.
Lavender Diamond - Incorruptible Heart LP
(Paracadute)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Turns
from soaring electro-pop to distantly showtuney eruptions
(featuring M. Ward on guitar) to simple
strums.
Sondre Lerche – Faces Down [Reissue/2002]
LP+MP3 (Mona)
Sondre Lerche – Two Way Monologue
[Reissue/2004] LP+MP3 (Mona)
Sondre Lerche – Duper Sessions
[Reissue/2006] LP+MP3 (Mona)
Sondre
Lerche –
Phantom Punch [Reissue/2007] LP+MP3
(Mona)
Vinyl
reissues featuring bonus tracks and rarities specific to
each album’s recording session.
Lightning Bolt - Oblivion Hunter LP (Load)
A collection of Lightning Bolt’s epic recording sessions
over the last few years. From the get-go the sound is
amped-up and free: bass sounds jump out of the speaker
cones that conjure up ears in alien propulsion systems,
nights in faraway wind tunnels, and brutal beatings at
Gitmo. Drums and assorted FX pop in and out with the
resolve of a finger quivering over the A-bomb button,
drunk on power.
MI-GU –
Choose The Light LP (Chimera Music)
MI-GU is Yuko Araki (drum / vocals) with Hirotaka
"Shimmy" Shimizu (guitar / producer). Araki & Shimizu
are also members of Cornelius group, Yoko Ono Plastic Ono
Band, If By Yes, and Brother's Sister's Daughter (with
Mike Watt).
Mount Moriah – Mount Moriah [2011] LP
(Merge)
Now on vinyl. Heather McEntire (of post-punk veterans
Bellafea) and Jenks Miller (of heavy-psych/metal outfit
Horseback) use this project as an outlet for their mutual
interest in classic American folk and rock music. With
nods to both classic folk-rock (Neil Young, Fleetwood
Mac, Carole King, Emmylou Harris) and their
contemporaries (Gillian Welch, My Morning Jacket, Fleet
Foxes), they challenge existing traditional folk music
forms with arrangements born from Miller's interest in
minimalism and sound texture.
No Doubt -
Push And Shove LP (Interscope)
Recently released on CD – now available on picture disc
vinyl. New album from No Doubt, their first since
2001's Rock
Steady. A supercharged blend of
ska-rock, dancehall, and electronic pop.
Nosaj Thing – Eclipse/Blue 10”
(Innovative Leisure)
A brilliantly confident and progressive statement of
intent, ''Eclipse/Blue'' is a thing of complex beauty,
its stunning melodious thick and distinct, echoed claps
driving an inspired escapism that could only have been
created by an artist named Nosaj Thing. Features vocals
from Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead).
Robert Pollard - Jack Sells The Cow LP (GBV
Inc.)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Even
for a guy whose famously abundant output makes a joke of
the word prolific, this has been a spectacularly
productive year for Robert Pollard. Jack Sells The
Cow is his second solo album in a
year that has already seen the release of two records by
the reunited Guided By Voices and will see yet a third
before it’s done, along with a fair amount of
touring.
Riff Raff - Tell ‘Em (Remix) b/w
Rhythms Of The Forest 7” (SomeOthaShipConnect)
Georgia Anne Muldrow remixes Riff Raff McGriff‘s “Tell
‘Em.”
Karriem Riggins - Together LP+MP3 (Stones
Throw)
Riggins is a jazz drummer, hip-hop producer, DJ, and
sometime rapper. He is a former member of the Ray Brown
Trio and Mulgrew Miller trio and currently appears in the
Diana Krall quartet. This release completes the
Alone
Together LP
duology.
Southern Shore - New World 12” (Cascine)
A 7-song mini album that's built on a bed of electronics,
break beats and Balearic breezes.
Substantial - Home Is Where The Art Is
2xLP (Mellow Music Group)
The DMV rapper Substantial has been ripping mics for
years. Starting with the self-made label U.V. Ink, he
began making his mark on the game.
Terror Danjah/Riko Dan - Dark Crawler 12” (Hyperdub)
“Dark Crawler” sees Terror Danjah drop punchy, manic
beats and claustrophobic stabs on this bloodthirsty grime
banger, with grime's original London Warlord Riko Dan
spitting patois menace of the kind that might make MI5
raise their terrorist threat levels.
Trop Tard - Ils Etaient 9 Dans
L'Obscurite LP (Sacred Bones)
One of the rarest, most sought after French coldwave
bands. The piercing shards of the simplistic guitar and
wicked bursts of electronics complement the ennui of the
vocals.
Various Artists - Rough Guide To Ethiopia
2xLP (World Music Network)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl.
Compiled by Francis Falceto, who also put together
the Ethiopiques
series, these 15
tracks are culled from that collection and other
single-artist releases to present a broad array of
Ethiopian music, much of it recorded before 1974. Here,
we go from the funky grooves of Wallias Band to the
smooth jazz style of Mogès Habtè to the warm balladry of
Girma Bèyenè to the Latin flavor of Fanayé Tesfayé to
traditional Ethiopian music.
Yoga –
Skinwalker LP (Holy Mountain)
Vinyl reissue of ridiculously limited 2008 cassette
release. "The strange combination of grim & Goblin,
the tripped-out fucked-up recording quality, the damaged
arrangements, the looped hypnotic quality, turn them into
something totally out there, most likely way too abstract
& psychedelic & deliriously lo-fi to appeal to
folks looking for grim, buzzing blackness, but for the
rest of you, if you can try to imagine some impossible
mix of Philip Jeck, Wold, Goblin, the Skaters & some
of the super weird EEE Records unblack bands, all
produced by John Maus & Ariel Pink, then you will
flip for this." -- Aquarius
Yo La Tengo - Stupid Things 12” (4AD)
The first music since 2009's Popular Songs
album, "Stupid
Things" is a different version of a song that appears on
their 2013 album. This also included a remix by EYE of
The Boredoms and an instrumental version.
AIMEE
MANN - 'CHARMER'>>SPINNING
WHEEL VERSION
Influenced by what Mann calls
the "super pop" of the ‘70s and ‘80s, Charmer
is her first
release since 2008's celebrated @#%&*!
Smilers, which the BBC called
"undeniably beautiful." Dig that wild
cover...
DEERHOOF
- 'BREAKUP SONG'>>FLEXI
BOOK EDITION!
We've got the new "Flexi
Book" from Joyful Noise and Deerhoof! Deerhoof's new
album 'Breakup Song' on is now available as a
spiral-bound, 12-page book containing each song on
'Breakup Song' (plus an
exclusive bonus song) on multi-colored,
single-sided square 7" Flexi Discs!
The
release is limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, and
includes instant MP3 download.
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 08 OCTOBER...
Badly
Drawn Boy - About A Boy OST [2002] LP
(XL)
Finally available on vinyl!
Basement Jaxx - Remedy [1999] 2xLP (XL)
One of the most assured, propulsive full-lengths the
dance world has seen since Daft Punk's
Homework.
A set of incredibly diverse tracks indebted to the raw
American house of Todd Terry and Masters At Work.
Includes six bonus tracks.
Black Seeds - Black Seeds/Sound Trek 2xLP
(Now Again)
Soul, funk and rock music recorded by US Army Servicemen
during the height of the Vietnam War and released as
albums by the US Army as recruitment
tools.
John Fahey - Transcendental Waterfall:
Guitar Excursions 1963 - 1967 6xLP (4 Men With Beards)
Six-LP collection draws from his best, and most
influential, period. Included in the set are:
Blind Joe
Death, Death
Chants, Breakdowns, &
Military Waltzes, The Dance Of Death &
Other Plantation Favorites, The Great Sand Bernardino
Birthday Party, The Transfiguration Of
Blind Joe Death, and Days Have Gone
By.
Also included are a T-shirt, poster, and a postcard, all
of which are housed in a deluxe box.
Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs - Sunday Run Me Over LP
(12th Street)
Sunday Run Me
Over finds the duo mining an
assortment of rootsy musical sources to create deeply
expressive, unmistakably personal tunes. CD version due
next week.
Horrid Red - Celestial Joy LP (Terrible)
“While that band is known for its violently propulsive
sound, Horrid Red was established to explore the more
elegant and arcane aspects of post-punk & pop.
Centered around grandiose bedroom productions of San
Franciscan Edmund Xavier & the incantations of Bunker
Wolf beamed in from Aachen, Germany, Horrid Red is in
full bloom for 2012.” -- Student
Driver
King Tuff - Screaming Skull b/w Love
Potion 7”+MP3 (Sub Pop)
Two non-album track from the L.A.-via-Vermont
garage/powerpop wunderkid. "Screaming Skull" is a
club-ready, guitar-driven dance hit, the B-side "Love
Potion" is a glammed-up rock anthem in classic Tuff
form.
Fela Kuti - Vinyl Box Set 2 6xLP
(Knitting Factory)
Collection includes Live With Ginger
Baker (1971), Roforofo
Fight (1972), Confusion
(1974),
Alagbon
Close (1974), He Miss Road
(1975),
and Na
Poi (1976). Also includes a
12-page full-color booklet with an essay by Ginger Baker
and album descriptions by the veteran British music
journalist Chris May.
Lovely Little Girls - Cleaning The Filth From A
Delicate Frame LP (Skin Graft)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. “It’s
a total package: challenging, dissonant, ever-changing
experimental rock, conceptually linked songs, and
ambitious themed stage productions.” -- Chicago
Reader
Matt & Kim - Lightning LP (Fader Label)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Matt
& Kim return with their fourth album. Energetic,
synth-laced, hook-packed pop. Features the singles "Let's
Go," and "Now."
R. Stevie Moore - Hearing Aid 2xLP
(Megaphone)
Double-LP collection of tracks from the lo-fi hero's deep
cassette archive with material ranging from the late '60s
to the early '80s.
Pole -
Waldgeschlchten 3 12” (Pole)
The third and final part of series. Again, a fundamental
element is the very specific drum-sound embedded in
complex dubby structures, seamlessly unified with the
warm and deep bass lines. The field recordings and sounds
fade away into echoes, grounded with massive
bass.
Lisa Marie Presley - Storm And Grace LP
(Universal)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. New
Americana-inspired album produced by T Bone
Burnett.
Damien Rice - Live At Fingerprints: Warts
And All [2007] LP (Vector)
First time available on vinyl.
Ringo Deathstarr - Mauve LP (Sonic Unyon)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Melody-heavy guitar pop for fans of My Bloody Valentine
and The Jesus & Mary Chain.
Sweet Apple - Elected b/w No Government
7” (Outer Battery)
Covers of songs from Alice Cooper and British punk cads
Anti-Pasti. Features J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr) and members
of Guided By Voices, Witch and Cobra Verde. Green
vinyl.
Thee Oh Sees/The Mallard - LAMC Vol. 3 7” (Famous
Class)
The LAMC series has bands putting out a split 7” in honor
of Ariel Panero. Panero created the Less Artists More
Condos New York concert series, which featured
up-and-coming bands. In that tradition, the LAMC series
will allow the chosen band to contribute an unreleased
track to Side A of the vinyl, while they will then
feature an up-and-coming group of their choice on Side
B.
TOPS -
Tender Opposites LP (Arbutus)
Released earlier this year on CD -- now available on
vinyl. Debut album from Montreal-based pop crew. They
have opened for John Maus, The Soft Moon, and Washed
Out.
Total Control - Scene From A Marriage
7”+MP3 (Sub Pop)
Australia's Total Control deliver a pair of exclusive
moody garage/post-punk cuts. The band is led by Daniel
Stewart (UV Race) and Mikey Young (Eddy Current
Supression Ring/Ooga Boogas).
US Maple -
Wanderer/Whoa Complains LP (Rococo)
US Maple was an American avant-garde rock band, formed in
1995 at Chicago's Northern Illinois University by former
members of Snailboy aka Shorty & The Mercury Players.
The band consists of Al Johnson (lead singer), Mark
Shippy (guitarist), Pat Samson (drums), and Todd Rittmann
(guitarist) -- who banded together with the intent of
becoming the deconstructionists of rock &
roll.
Woo/Night Jewel - Intensity b/w P.S. 7” (Drag
City)
Nite Jewel (Ramona Gonzalez) crashed the party a few
years back with the now classic Good
Evening, and returns with a side of
a moody mix of thick synth riffs and Frippertonic-like
guitar. Woo (Clive and Mark Ives) feature a pulsing sound
as distinctive as anything by Kraftwerk or
ESG.
Xiu Xiu -
Air Force [2006] LP+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
Available on vinyl for the first time.
Dwight Yoakam - 3 Pears LP
(WB)Recently released on CD --
now available on vinyl. Yoakam’s first all new studio
album in seven years, 3 Pears
features two
songs co-produced with Beck.
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 01
OCTOBER...
Allo
Darlin’ =
Northern Lights 7” (Slumberland)
The superbly jangly “Northern Lights” is the third single
from Allo Darlin’s second album Europe,
which was released in May.
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do
[Reissue/1995] 2xLP (1972)
Aphex
Twin -
Richard D. James Album [Reissue/1996] LP (1972)
HQ-180 vinyl reissues of Aphex Twin’s long-out-of-print
second and third LPs.
Big D And The Kid’s Table - Built Up From Nothing:
Strictly Dub 2xLP+MP3 (Side One Dummy)
Double-LP consisting of 17 dub interpretations of tracks
from the Big D And The Kids Table catalog including songs
from Strictly
Rude, Salem Girls
and
Fluent In
Stroll as well as other previously
unreleased songs.
Neneh Cherry & The Thing – Dream Baby Dream/Cashback
12” (Smalltown Supersound)
First remix 12" from Cherry Thing
containing Four
Tet's wonderful remix of Neneh Cherry & The Thing's
cover of "Dream Baby Dream" by Suicide, and Lindstrom
& Prins Thomas' remix of Neneh Cherry's own
"Cashback" track into a nine-minute disco
epic.
Dan Deacon - True Thrush b/w Believer 7”
(Domino)
First single from the recently released album
America,
featuring
non-album B-side.
Iris DeMent - Sing The Delta CD/LP
(Flariella)
DeMent’s first album of original material in 16
years, Sing The
Delta is uplifting and
heartbreaking, ripe with twang and soul. Dixie horns,
weeping slide guitar balladry and bright, Gospel-tinged
piano swirl as Iris contemplates religion, love and
family.
DJ Shadow - Reconstructed: The Best Of
DJ Shadow 2xLP (Hip-O Select)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl.
Collects tracks drawn from Shadow’s 20-year career --
from the early pre-Mo Wax days, right up to the present
and his most recent album, The Less You Know, The
Better, and two new songs.
djTRIO –
21 September 2002 LP+MP3 (Cuneiform)
A wild sonic collage from noted turntablists Christian
Marclay, Toshio Kajiwara, and DJ Olive.
Aaron Embry - Silent Prayers LP (Vagrant)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Debut
album from original member of Edward Sharpe & The
Magnetic Zeros. Embry has previously toured/recorded with
Willie Nelson, Daniel Lanois, Elliott Smith and
others.
Evans The Death – Catch Your Cold 7”
(Slumberland)
Second single from British indie pop five-piece's S/T
debut full-length. Features a non-LP
b-side.
Lavender Diamond - Incorruptible Heart LP
(Paracadute)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Turns
from soaring electro-pop to distantly showtuney eruptions
(featuring M. Ward on guitar) to simple
strums.
Sondre Lerche – Faces Down [Reissue/2002]
LP+MP3 (Mona)
Sondre Lerche – Two Way Monologue
[Reissue/2004] LP+MP3 (Mona)
Sondre Lerche – Duper Sessions
[Reissue/2006] LP+MP3 (Mona)
Sondre
Lerche –
Phantom Punch [Reissue/2007] LP+MP3
(Mona)
Vinyl
reissues featuring bonus tracks and rarities specific to
each album’s recording session.
Lightning Bolt - Oblivion Hunter LP (Load)
A collection of Lightning Bolt’s epic recording sessions
over the last few years. From the get-go the sound is
amped-up and free: bass sounds jump out of the speaker
cones that conjure up ears in alien propulsion systems,
nights in faraway wind tunnels, and brutal beatings at
Gitmo. Drums and assorted FX pop in and out with the
resolve of a finger quivering over the A-bomb button,
drunk on power.
MI-GU –
Choose The Light LP (Chimera Music)
MI-GU is Yuko Araki (drum / vocals) with Hirotaka
"Shimmy" Shimizu (guitar / producer). Araki & Shimizu
are also members of Cornelius group, Yoko Ono Plastic Ono
Band, If By Yes, and Brother's Sister's Daughter (with
Mike Watt).
Mount Moriah – Mount Moriah [2011] LP
(Merge)
Now on vinyl. Heather McEntire (of post-punk veterans
Bellafea) and Jenks Miller (of heavy-psych/metal outfit
Horseback) use this project as an outlet for their mutual
interest in classic American folk and rock music. With
nods to both classic folk-rock (Neil Young, Fleetwood
Mac, Carole King, Emmylou Harris) and their
contemporaries (Gillian Welch, My Morning Jacket, Fleet
Foxes), they challenge existing traditional folk music
forms with arrangements born from Miller's interest in
minimalism and sound texture.
No Doubt -
Push And Shove LP (Interscope)
Recently released on CD – now available on picture disc
vinyl. New album from No Doubt, their first since
2001's Rock
Steady. A supercharged blend of
ska-rock, dancehall, and electronic pop.
Nosaj Thing – Eclipse/Blue 10”
(Innovative Leisure)
A brilliantly confident and progressive statement of
intent, ''Eclipse/Blue'' is a thing of complex beauty,
its stunning melodious thick and distinct, echoed claps
driving an inspired escapism that could only have been
created by an artist named Nosaj Thing. Features vocals
from Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead).
Robert Pollard - Jack Sells The Cow LP (GBV
Inc.)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. Even
for a guy whose famously abundant output makes a joke of
the word prolific, this has been a spectacularly
productive year for Robert Pollard. Jack Sells The
Cow is his second solo album in a
year that has already seen the release of two records by
the reunited Guided By Voices and will see yet a third
before it’s done, along with a fair amount of
touring.
Riff Raff - Tell ‘Em (Remix) b/w
Rhythms Of The Forest 7” (SomeOthaShipConnect)
Georgia Anne Muldrow remixes Riff Raff McGriff‘s “Tell
‘Em.”
Karriem Riggins - Together LP+MP3 (Stones
Throw)
Riggins is a jazz drummer, hip-hop producer, DJ, and
sometime rapper. He is a former member of the Ray Brown
Trio and Mulgrew Miller trio and currently appears in the
Diana Krall quartet. This release completes the
Alone
Together LP
duology.
Southern Shore - New World 12” (Cascine)
A 7-song mini album that's built on a bed of electronics,
break beats and Balearic breezes.
Substantial - Home Is Where The Art Is
2xLP (Mellow Music Group)
The DMV rapper Substantial has been ripping mics for
years. Starting with the self-made label U.V. Ink, he
began making his mark on the game.
Terror Danjah/Riko Dan - Dark Crawler 12” (Hyperdub)
“Dark Crawler” sees Terror Danjah drop punchy, manic
beats and claustrophobic stabs on this bloodthirsty grime
banger, with grime's original London Warlord Riko Dan
spitting patois menace of the kind that might make MI5
raise their terrorist threat levels.
Trop Tard - Ils Etaient 9 Dans
L'Obscurite LP (Sacred Bones)
One of the rarest, most sought after French coldwave
bands. The piercing shards of the simplistic guitar and
wicked bursts of electronics complement the ennui of the
vocals.
Various Artists - Rough Guide To Ethiopia
2xLP (World Music Network)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl.
Compiled by Francis Falceto, who also put together
the Ethiopiques
series, these 15
tracks are culled from that collection and other
single-artist releases to present a broad array of
Ethiopian music, much of it recorded before 1974. Here,
we go from the funky grooves of Wallias Band to the
smooth jazz style of Mogès Habtè to the warm balladry of
Girma Bèyenè to the Latin flavor of Fanayé Tesfayé to
traditional Ethiopian music.
Yoga –
Skinwalker LP (Holy Mountain)
Vinyl reissue of ridiculously limited 2008 cassette
release. "The strange combination of grim & Goblin,
the tripped-out fucked-up recording quality, the damaged
arrangements, the looped hypnotic quality, turn them into
something totally out there, most likely way too abstract
& psychedelic & deliriously lo-fi to appeal to
folks looking for grim, buzzing blackness, but for the
rest of you, if you can try to imagine some impossible
mix of Philip Jeck, Wold, Goblin, the Skaters & some
of the super weird EEE Records unblack bands, all
produced by John Maus & Ariel Pink, then you will
flip for this." -- Aquarius
Yo La Tengo - Stupid Things 12” (4AD)
The first music since 2009's Popular Songs
album, "Stupid
Things" is a different version of a song that appears on
their 2013 album. This also included a remix by EYE of
The Boredoms and an instrumental version.
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Alarms
& Controls - 2-Song Single 7”+MP3
(Dischord/Mud Memory)
The post-punk trio flaunts its prog roots with two tracks
that sound like The Minutemen meeting Can. Includes
download with two additional songs.
Oren Ambarchi - Raga Ooty/Nilgiri Plateau
LP (Bo Weavil)
Three previously-unreleased works by the Australian sound
artist showcase the rawer side of his solo work between
2006-2011.
Oren Ambarchi - Audience Of One 2xLP
(Touch)
Released earlier this year on CD -- now available on
vinyl. A four-part suite which moves from throbbing
minimalism to expansive songcraft to ecstatic
free-rock.
Andrew W.K. - I Get Wet [2001] 2xLP
(Century Media)
Tenth Anniversary special deluxe vinyl edition. Infamous
for his bloody nose, famous for his high-life attitude,
beloved for his songs like, “Party Hard,” “We Want Fun,”
and “You Will Remember Tonight,” Andrew's true will is to
use all forms of entertainment to create feelings of pure
joy, fun, love, freedom, and
possibility.
Architecture In Helsinki - That Beep 12”+MP3
(Polyvinyl)
Previously released as a download-only single in 2008,
“That Beep” is now available on vinyl. The most
straightforward, ‘80s inspired pop tune the band has ever
created. Features three bonus tracks, including a
Radioclit remix.
The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter 2xLP
(Universal)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Produced by Rick Rubin and recorded in North Carolina and
Malibu, this new 12-song set follows the group's 2009
breakthrough release I And Love And
You.
Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour OF The
Bewilderbeast [Reissue/2000] LP (XL)
Vinyl reissue of BDB’s debut album, which won the Mercury
Prize. The Hour Of
Bewilderbeast surely isn't a traditional
pop album, but a continually beguiling trip through lo-fi
postmodern folk that draws as much from Harry Nilsson as
Beck.
The Bruisers - Cruisin’ For A Bruisin’
[2005] 2xLP (Taang!)
Features Al Barr of The Dropkick Murphys on vocals and
Johnny Rioux on guitar. Bruisers debut LP was originally
released on Patriot as a cassette-only release. Red
vinyl.
Chotto Ghetto - Sparkles LP (Asian Man)
Visceral hardcore punk with a Patton-esque experimental
metal twist. Features appearances from Mike Watt and
Laura Stevenson. Color vinyl.
Circuit Rider - Circuit Rider LP
(Numerophon)
A burnout biker psych masterpiece, originally recorded in
1980 (tho it feels like some lost set from the late ‘60s
or early ‘70s). Repressed directly from the tapes to
flawlessly restore the cigarette burns, Harley fumes, and
cocaine hangovers of the original ride. Included on the
Acid Archives list of Top 10 LPs “Most Likely To Be Owned
By A Serial Killer.”
Deep Listening Band - Needle Drop Jungle 2xLP
(Taiga)
Performed at their January 2011 residency in Seattle, and
now released on double-LP in celebration of Pauline
Oliveros’ 80th birthday. The brightest moments from what
have sadly become the last recordings of this exceptional
trio.
Diamond Version - EP1 12” (Mute)
Collaboration between Alva Noto and Byetone. This is the
first in a series of five 12" EPs. Full-length release
due in 2013. Diamond Version bridges the gap between
gallery and dancefloor.
Dusty Skull - Tossed And Lost b/w My Fang
7” (Outer Battery)
Dusty Skull is Rock. Upon listening to Dusty Skull for
the first time, many reference points come to mind. For
those close to the band these names have been thrown into
the mix: Pink Fairies, Thin Lizzy, Rory Gallagher and
Abrasive Wheels.
Eagle Twin - The Feather Tipped the
Serpent's Scale 2xLP (Southern Lord)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. For
fiends of Melvins, Earth and all things ridiculously
heavy. Includes bonus live track.
Ending People - Fill Your Lungs LP
(Hinterzimmer)
Dream-filled pop layered with new-wave inspired guitars
and droning synthesizers. A six-song journey through a
post-utopian maze of nostalgia and
mystery.
The Exploited - Totally Exploited: Best Of
The Exploited 2xLP (Taang!)
27-tracks including all their early 7” singles and key
tracks from the band’s heyday. Color
vinyl.
Fiend Without A Face - Fiend Without A Face LP
(Volcom)
A set of twangy, psychobilly rock from Mastodon
guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds'
alter-ego.
Flock Of Dimes - Curtain 7”+MP3 (Merge)
Solo project of Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner.
Frightened Rabbit - State Hospital LP
(Atlantic)
Outtakes from the band's sessions for their upcoming 2013
album with producer Leo Abraham.
Fu Manchu - Action Is Go [Reissue/1997]
2xLP (At The Dojo)
Reissue of the band's 1997 album for Mammoth records. The
first to feature drummer Brant Bjork (ex-Kyuss). Gatefold
packaging.
High On Fire - The Art Of Self Defense
2xLP (Southern Lord)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. The
band’s cult classic first recordings, remastered and
restored for vinyl.
Jamie Johnson - Living For A Song: Tribute
To Hank Cochran 2xLP (Mercury Nashville)
On this tribute album Johnson is joined by a wide array
of guests including: George Strait, Emmylou Harris, Merle
Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Ray Price, Vince Gill,
Willie Nelson, Leon Russell, Elvis Costello, Bobby Bare,
Asleep At The Wheel, Alison Krauss, Lee Ann Womack and
Ronnie Dunn. CD version due October
16.
The Killers - Battle Born 2xLP (Island)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. The
Killers are back with their first album since
2008's Day &
Age.
Diana Krall - Glad Rag Doll 2xLP (Verve)
New album -- available on vinyl one week before CD
release. Glad Rag Doll
is an
exhilarating and adventurous exploration of new sounds,
new instrumentation and new musicians. It stars a singer
and piano player, filled with mischief, humor and a
renewed sense of tenderness and
intimacy.
Miguel -
Kaleidoscope Dream LP (RCA)
Sophomore album from the Grammy-nominated
singer/songwriter. CD version due next
week.
Pauline Oliveros - Primordial/Lift 2xLP
(Taiga)
Previously-unreleased second performance from 9/25/10, in
celebration of her 80th birthday. Centered around a low
frequency oscillator, the group swirls cello, voice,
sampler, glass drones, e-guitar, violin and V accordion
into a molten mass dropped from outer space.
Rodriguez - Searching For Sugarman
[OST] 2xLP+MP3 (Light In The Attic)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Comprising tracks from Cold Fact
and its 1971
follow-up Coming
From
Reality, the music used in the
recent film is a fusion of gritty funk, political poetry
and blissful psych-folk.
Sensations’ Fix - Music Is Painting In The
Air (1974-1977) 2xLP (RVNG International)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Essential collection of new mixes and unreleased material
from Sensations' Fix, the cosmically conscious, defiantly
DIY enterprise of Franco Falsini and his band of
psychedelic renegades.
Slapshot -
Old Tyme Hardcore [Reissue/1997] 2xLP (Taang!)
The original vinyl version Slapshot's Old Tyme
Hardcore was a single pressing for the
European market and sold out in a
week.
The Sonics - Psycho b/w Maintaining My
Cool 7” (Sundazed)
The
Sonics -
Witch b/w Like No Other Man 7” (Sundazed)
The
Sonics -
You Got Your Head On Backwards b/w Love Lights 7”
(Sundazed)
Reissue of nerve-crushing singles from the garage-punk
legends, originally released by Jerden in 1966, in
faithfully reproduced full-color
sleeves.
Soundtrack [Johnan Soderqvist] - Let The Right One In LP
(Death Waltz)
First-ever release on vinyl. One of the most striking and
beautiful vampire movies in decades features a soundtrack
loaded with dark, brooding themes that still manage to be
achingly melancholic at the same time. White
vinyl.
Soundtrack [John Carpenter + Alan Howarth]
- Escape From New
York LP (Death Waltz)
Remastered for vinyl with six tracks that never made it
into the original film. Laden with brooding electronic
pulses, flashes of Krautrock and a healthy dose of nu
disco.
Barbara Streisand - Release Me LP (Columbia)
11 previously unreleased songs, spanning a cross-section
of Streisand’s career from 1963 to the present. CD
version due October 9.
Sundials -
When I Couldn’t Breathe LP (Asian Man)
‘90s influenced indie/punk in the vein of the The
Lemonheads, Pavement and Superchunk. Color
vinyl.
Sweater Girls - Sweater Girls Were Here...
LP (Happy Happy Birthday To Me)
Los Angeles' Sweater Girls got the beat. Sweater Girls
are living down on Infatuation Street. Sweater Girls are
a bright, Vitamin D-enriched ankle sock delight. Their
debut album, sounds like the band inhaled all three
packets of Fun Dip along with the sugar sticks. It is all
about spazzing out over love and loss, the jittery
adrenaline jag of youth.
Teengirl Fantasy - 7AM [2010] LP (True Panther
Sounds)
Vinyl reissue of Teengirl Fantasy’s 2010 debut. Nick
Weiss and Logan Takahashi clicked over a shared love of
classic house and techno records that prompted them to
make "some kind of dance music that wasn't just emulating
what we were hearing." The duo's music often forms out of
melodies, samples or concepts that through jamming and
improvisation organically materialize into full-fledged
compositions.
The Time Jumpers - The Time Jumpers LP
(Rounder)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Featuring Vince Gill, The Time Jumpers play country music
-- real country music -- at a time when few do,
revitalizing classics and adding new songs to the swing
and honky-tonk repertoire.
Various Artists - Indonesia Pop Nostalgia LP
(Sham Palace)
1970s - 1980s Indonesian pop, folk, rock, dance, pop and
children's songs from Java and Sumatra, culled from
cassettes and vinyl. Features synth-heavy, funked-out
rock grooves, space-age organ instrumentals, folky
mood-rock, and hybrid traditional/pop
mini-masterpieces.
Various Artists - Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar
2xLP (Sundazed)
Various
Artists -
More Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar 2xLP (Sundazed)
A rousing, roaring assortment of underground surf
classics and underappreciated gems.
Various Artists - Loving On The
Flipside: Sweet Funk And Beat-Heavy
Ballads 1969-1977 2xLP (Now Again)
“A meticulously cultivated selection of vintage funk and
soul. The liner notes to this volume are exhaustively
researched and provide a thorough background for each and
every band which is beneficial for future purchases. The
songs have been dubbed “sweet funk” and are some of the
most heart wrenching and joyous recordings that were
previously dismissed.” -- VentVox
Various Artists - Molam: Thai Country Groove
from Isan 2xLP (Sublime Frequencies)
Vinyl reissue of the long out-of-print classic originally
released in 2004 -- the first modern compilation of
electrified Molam recordings from the 1970s ever
presented outside Thailand.
Xibalba -
Hasa La Muerte 2xLP (Southern Lord)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. "A
lethal collision of brutal death metal, vicious hardcore
and oppressive sludge." RIYL: Crowbar, Disembodied,
Incantation.
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Califone
- Roomsound
[Reissue/2001] LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Vinyl reissue from the band formerly known as Red Red
Meat. Roomsound
recalls the best
of the No Depression school of indie-hick
moonshine.
Carlton Melton - Photos Of Photos 2xLP+MP3
(Agitated)
Third album from San Francisco heavy psych four-piece.
For fans of Bardo Pond, Parson Sound.
Margaret Cho & Neil Hamburger - I Drink b/w How Little Men
Care 7” (Drag City)
Margaret Cho is a comedian and actress who was nominated
for an Emmy this year for her work on the hit TV
show Drop Dead
Diva.
Neil Hamburger is known as "America's Funnyman," in some
places.
Howlin Rain - Till The Morning Comes 7”
(Agitated)
The group covers the classic Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter
song “Till The Morning Comes.”
JJ Doom -
Key To The Kuffs LP (Lex)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Producer Jneiro Jarelhas teams up with rapper MF Doom
with contributions from Damon Albarn and Beth Gibbons
(Portishead) among many others.
Legs -
AAAA The New Memphis Legs LP+MP3 (Goner)
Blood and beer-encrusted recordings from the epochal year
2000. With a setlist of Australian garage thudders from
the Ugly Things
compilation, a
mutant two-chord Doug Sahm song and simple, intense
originals, they were a short-lived, yet highly
entertaining Memphis club favorite, playing alongside
Reatards, Jeffrey Evans and other Memphis talents of the
time.
Liars -
They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top
[Reissue/2001] LP (Mute)
Liars
- They Were
Wrong, So We Drowned [Reissue/2004] LP (Mute)
Liars
- Drum’s Not Dead
[Reissue/2006] LP (Mute)
Liars
- Liars
[Reissue/2007] LP (Mute)
Vinyl reissues of Liars’ first four
albums.
Locrian/Christoph Heemann - Locrian/Christoph Heemann
LP (Handmade Birds)
Two powerful forces in sound manipulation collaborate on
one epic masterpiece.
Loop -
Heaven’s End [Reissue/1987] LP+MP3 (Reactor)
Reissue of British primal psych band's debut album, on
vinyl for the first time in over 20
years.
Night Beds - Even If We Try b/w You Were
Afraid 7” (Dead Oceans)
Debut single from the Nashville
singer/songwriter.
Pinkish Black - Pinkish Black LP (Handmade
Birds)
From the ominous cloud of post melodic sludge to the
raging fanaticism akin to the best moments of classic The
Birthday Party, Pinkish Black offer a true homage to the
album as entity. Their music is in turns abrasive,
turbulent, darkly melodic, and hauntingly beautiful. Fans
of Suicide, Magma, and Scott Walker should lend an
ear.
Rhyton -
Emerald Tablet LP+MP3 (Three Lobed)
Experimental/improv/psych trio feat. Dave Shuford (D
Charles Speer & The Helix, No Neck Blues Band), Jimy
SeiTang (Psychic Ills) and Spencer Herbst
(Messages).
Sam Prekop - Who’s Your New Professor
[Reissue/2005] LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Vinyl reissue of the second album from The Sea And Cake
frontman.
Sea Lions/Golden Grrrls - Split 7” (Night
School/Static Shock)
Skeletons - The Bus LP (Shinkoyo)
Recorded with upwards of 20 musicians from NYC's
underground avant-garde, pop and jazz scenes,
The
Bus incorporates string sections,
woodwinds, brass, and percussion, featuring members of
Tune-Yards, Nomo, Extra Life, and Little Women. White
vinyl.
Thank You - Mother’s Nose 7” (Thrill
Jockey)
An incandescent eruption of organized panic, propelled by
shimmering guitars, churning rhythms, and esoteric
chants. Opiated melodies float over beats more click than
clamor, coalescing into an Eno-esque soundscape of
harmonic waves and secret horizons.
Trash Talk - Awake 12” (True Panther
Sounds)
"Best New Music." -- Pitchfork
Two Gallants - The Throes [2004] 2xLP
(Alive)
Vinyl reissue of Two Gallant’s debut album. ''A
gloriously passionate, valorous, booze-stewed stumble.''
-- Mojo
Weezer -
The Lion And The Witch [2002] LP (Mobile Fidelity)
First time available on vinyl for this collectible live
EP from 2002.
Weezer -
Weezer (The Blue Album) [Reissue/1994] LP (Mobile
Fidelity)
The ultimate 90's geek-rock album on numbered,
limited-edition HQ-180 vinyl.
Paul Weller - The Attic b/w We Got A Lot
7” (Yep Roc)
Third single from Sonik
Kicks. B-side is the soulful,
previously unreleased song, "We Got A Lot." Orange vinyl.
THE
XX - 'COEXIST'>>DELUXE
EDITION LP
Comes in die cut gatefold sleeve on heavy card with 24
page booklet on rainbow mirror board. 180 gram vinyl with
digital download coupon and bonus visualizer.
THIS VERSION (the deluxe edition) of the
vinyl
has been delayed until 21 September.
RED
HOT CHILI PEPPERS - NINE 7" VINYL SINGLE
SERIES
RHCPs are releasing a nine 7" vinyl records, that will be
housed in a custom 3X3 recycled-plastic holder that will
function as a display on your wall. The vinyl singles
feature the art of Kelsey Brookes, and all nine covers
will combine into one single piece of artwork. Digital
downloads are included with each single. "Strange Man"
and "Long Progression" was followed by "Magpies" and
"Victorian Machinery"--both are out now. "Never Is a Long
Time" and "Love of Your Life" on Oct. 2. The
as-yet-announced titles for the forth, fifth, and sixth
releases will follow on Nov. 6, Dec. 4, and Dec. 18,
respectively, with the final singles expected early next
year.
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2
Chainz -
Based On A T.R.U. Story LP (Def Jam)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Debut
album from the hip-hop artist who gained attention via
several critically-acclaimed mixtapes and collaborations
with Kanye West, Drake, and Nicki Minaj.
Trey Anastasio - Scabbard 7” (ATO)
First single from the Phish frontman’s forthcoming
album Traveler
(due October 16).
John
Cage -
Shock 2xLP (EM)
Double-vinyl version of EM Records' John Cage
Shock
series, compiled
from the three CD releases. Performers include: David
Tudor, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Kenji Kobayashi, Yoko Ono and
John Cage.
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
[Reissue/1995] 2xLP (Virgin/Electrospective)
Vinyl reissue of the duo’s acclaimed 1995 debut.
Otis
Clay - I
Can’t Take It [Reissue/1977] LP (Fat Possum)
Otis Clay made most of his best-known records in Memphis
during the early '70s, but he's still universally hailed
as Chicago's deep soul king. In a city filled to
overflowing with legendary blues artists, Clay has become
the proud standard-bearer for Chicago's enduring soul
tradition.
Crass
- Stations Of The
Crass [Reissue/1978] LP+MP3 (Crass)
Crass
- Christ The
Album [Reissue/1982] 2xLP+MP3 (Crass)
Crass
- Ten Notes On A
Summer’s Day [Reissue/1986] LP+MP3 (Crass)
Punk rock classics back in print on vinyl.
Daft
Punk -
Daft Club [Reissue/2004] LP (Virgin/Electrospective)
14 track compilation of rare tracks and remixes,
including one previously unreleased track.
Ian
Drennan -
The Wonderful World 2xLP (Underwater People)
Sorrowful, active, and curious. A vast record that can be
enjoyed extensively by the emotionally attuned.
Duran
Duran -
Duran Duran [Reissue/1981] LP (Virgin/Electrospective)
Limited vinyl repress of Duran Duran’s debut album.
Hopewell
- Needle In The
Camel’s Eye b/w The King And The Canary 7” (Tee Pee)
Features Ride vocalist Mark Gardener on the cover of
Brian Eno's "Needle In The Camel's Eye."
Hot
Chip -
Made In The Dark [Reissue/2008] LP
(Virgin/Electrospective)
Made In The
Dark is Hot Chip's third
full-length release and the follow up to their critically
acclaimed album The
Warning.
Kassel
Jaeger -
Deltas LP (Editions Mego)
Fifth album from French-Swiss artist. Includes pieces
commissioned for performance at the Planetarium in
Poitiers, France, and another piece commissioned for
Ina-GRM's Retro/Actif at la Gaite Lyrique, Paris.
King
Cyst -
Real Pus#y LP (Underwater Peoples)
Luka Usmiani has built his songwriting on the shoulders
of his heroes from the 1970s Canterbury Scene.
Progressive legends Robert Wyatt and Kevin Ayers provide
the backdrop for the whimsical nature of both his tunes
and lyrics, and there is a healthy smattering of Syd
Barrett that barely bubbles over Usmiani's pot.
King
Tubby -
Meets Rockers Downtown 3x10” (Get On Down)
1976 collaboration between producer instrumentalist
Augustos Pablo & visionary dub engineer Osbourne
"King Tubby" Ruddock. 3x10" + 16pg book, housed in full
color hinged box secured with a magnetic clasp.
LCD
Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
[Reissue/2005] LP (Virgin/Electrospective)
Vinyl reissue of LCD Soundsystem’s 1995 debut.
Lindstrom
- Ra-Ako-St 12”
(Smalltown Supersound)
Extended edit backed with a remix by Todd Terje.
Man
Or Astro-Man? - Analog Series Vol. 1 7”
(Chunklet)
Man Or Astro-Man? return with their first new material in
well over a decade. This release jumpstarts a series of
singles that will culminate with a full length at the
beginning of 2013. Recorded by Steve Albini.
Massive
Attack -
Blue Lines [Reissue/1992] LP (Virgin/Electrospective)
Massive
Attack -
Protection [Reissue/1994] LP (Virgin/Electrospective)
Import-only vinyl LP represses of Massive Attack’s first
two albums.
My
Morning Jacket - Outta My System: Remixez y
Friends 12”+MP3 (ATO)
Remixes from Washed Out and Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio).
Instrumentals on the B-side.
N. Racker - Flock Toxicant LP (Pre-Cert
Home Entertainment)
Full of rumbling gloom, misery and arcane folk mystery,
think somewhere between sunn O))), The Haxan Cloak and
Morricone/Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza --
albeit with a distinctly Northern English slant.
Bernard
Parmegiani - L'Oeil Ecoute/Dedans-Dehors
LP (Recollection GRM)
Recollection GRM presents two pieces by
electronic/acousmatic composer, circa 1970 and 1977.
Raekwon
- Only Built For
Cuban Linx [Reissue/1995] 2xLP (Get On Down)
Has been cited and debated by many as the greatest
Wu-Tang solo project to date and remains a bullet point
in any discussion involving the greatest "cocaine rap" or
"street hop" albums of all time. Limited purple vinyl.
Rolling
Stones -
Some Girls: Live In Texas ’78 2xLP+DVD (Eagle Rock)
Double-vinyl+DVD reissue of the famed 1978 concert of the
Rolling Stones at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort
Worth, TX, on July 18, 1978.
Thought
Broadcast - Emergency Stairway LP
(Editions Mego)
Minimal synth and industrial mixed with dingy analog and
twisted dub.
Tom
Tom Club -
Downtown Rockers 2xLP (Nacional)
Tom Tom Club features Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of
Talking Heads. This is their first release of new
material in more than a decade. Effervescent, energetic
and upbeat fusion of hip-hop, reggae, Afrobeat and funk.
Various
Artists -
Bollywood Steel Guitar 2xLP (Sublime Frequencies)
A superb collection of famous Indian film tunes played
with steel guitars. Tracks run through the glory years of
Indian film music: 1962-1986.
Muddy
Waters/Rolling Stones - Live At The Checkerboard
Lounge 1981 LP+DVD (Eagle Rock)
Vinyl+DVD reissue of the famed 1981 concert of the
Rolling Stones with Muddy Waters at his Checkerboard
Lounge
CAT
POWER - 'SUN'>>LIMITED
INDEPENDENT RETAIL EDITION LP
'SUN' is the first new studio album from Cat Power in six
years and it receives lavish treatment: clear vinyl LP,
bonus 7", and a special cover--all exclusive to
independent retail! We'll have plenty...
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Doc
Boggs -
Vol. 2 [Reissue/1965] LP (Folkways)
Second release from this legendary folk/blues banjo
player, recorded in 1964. A mix of Appalachian folk and
African-American blues.
Casket Lottery - The Door 7” (No Sleep)
First new Casket Lottery material in over a
decade.
Celer - I,
Anatomy 2xLP (Drag City)
Vinyl-only release featuring artwork from Christoph
Heemann. I, Anatomy
culls the
All At Once
What Eternity Is and The Die That's
Caste EPs together in a single
edition as they were originally intended. A few stories,
mixed with tape loops, put together with no previous
purpose than having their own place and time make up this
album.
Alan Clapp & His Orchestra - Mixed Greens LP (Minty
Fresh)
Leading listeners on adventures in soundscapes and
songcraft sparkling with palpable energy, Clapp somehow
navigates Nashville pop, Rundgren-esque soft rock and
slick Eurodisco with a Brill Building songwriting prowess
that unifies his vision for the future of
pop.
Clark -
Fantasm Planes 12” (Warp)
Six-track 12" taken from the Iradelphic
sessions
featuring variations on album tracks as well as
completely unheard gems.
Elizabeth Cotten - Folksongs &
Instrumentals With Guitar [Reissue/1958] LP (Folkways)
Reissue of the first album from the late, legendary
folk/blues guitarist/singer/songwriter. Featuring her
oft-covered classic tune, "Freight Train" and her
idiosyncratic, self-taught upside-down left-handed guitar
playing style, this is an absolutely essential collection
from an American folk legend.
Kevin Coyne - Case History [Reissue/1971]
LP (4 Men With Beards)
Vinyl reissue of the debut solo release from bluesy
British singer/songwriter. Coyne spent much of the '60s
working with the mentally disabled, and his songwriting
is informed by a deep concern for the plight and
mistreatment of those who have been tossed off by
society.
Curren$y -
The Stoned Immaculate LP (WB)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Eighth
album from the New Orleans rapper. Features appearances
from Wale, Lil Wayne, Young Roddy, Trademark Da Skydiver,
Marsha Ambrosius, 2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa, Corner Boy P,
Pharrell, Estelle, Daz Dillinger, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke
DZA.
Nathan Ellis - Nathan Ellis 7” (No Sleep)
Solo release from the Casket Lottery
singer.
Entourage Music & Theatre Ensemble
- Entourage LP
(Folkways)
Formed in Baltimore, MD in the early 70s, The Entourage
Music and Theatre Ensemble played a kind of experimental,
ambient, new age, proto-world music, made to accompany
multimedia performance art pieces. This is the first of
two albums they released on Folkways, reissued lovingly
on vinyl in an exact replica of the original jacket and
booklet.
Every Hidden Color - Luz LP (Drag City)
Debut by the duo of Federico Durand and Nicholas
Szczepanik. Momentary narratives of the content of autumn
breathe like the next nap of an afternoon, simple in
their inspirational emotion, but symbolic in the whole
they form. Vinyl-only.
Feeding People - Island Universe 12”
(Innovative Leisure)
These teenagers from Orange County make some of the
heaviest music around, which sounds like Jefferson
Airplane meets Black Sabbath and featuring one of the
most powerful female voices in rock music since Janis
Joplin and Grace Slick. Beautiful ballads with a dose of
psychedelia.
Roscoe Holcomb - Close To Home
[Reissue/1975] LP (Folkways)
Close To Home
is the last album
released before Holcomb’s death in 1981. A coal miner and
farmer for much of his life, those struggles are
reflected in his sparse, haunting recordings. Featuring
only Holcomb on vocals, guitar, and banjo, this is a
beautiful collection of folk-blues and old-time ballads
including the epic "The Village
Churchyard."
Infantree - Hero’s Dose LP (Vapor)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. The
title track is a calling card for the album's tone and
temperament-dark and hypnotic, driving and
moody.
Lorn -
Weigh Me Down 12” (Ninja Tune)
Taken from his recent album Ask The
Dust,
“Weigh Me Down” is built of found sound before exploding
into a driving beat and waves of falling
chords.
Fred McDowell/Furry Lewis - When I Lay My Burden Down
LP (Sutro Park)
Lewis and McDowell were recorded in their homes in the
late ‘60s and Biograph lovingly originally released the
recordings as a split record.
Mission Of Burma/Wild Flag - What They Tell Me b/w Boom
7” (Fire)
Split featuring album tracks from both
artists.
Mr. Scruff - Be The Music 12” (Ninja
Tune)
''Be The Music'' and ''Nervous Energy'' eschew Swami
Scruff's cheeky sampling of yore and in its place put
rock hard rhythms built up into driving polyrhythmic
dance floor mania.
Pazy And The Black Hippies - Wa Ho Ha [Reissue/1979]
LP+MP3 (Secret Stash)
Originally released in 1978 on EMI Nigeria. Effectively
glides between highlife and Afrobeat.
Rick Ross - God Forgives I Don’t 2xLP
(Def Jam)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Features appearances from Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Drake
and the Maybach Music Group team (Meek Mill, Wale,
Omarion, Stalley).
Ty Segal -
The Hill b/w Mother Lemonade 7” (Drag City)
"The Hill" is the first single from Ty Segall's
forthcoming album Twins
(due October
9).
Charles “Cha Cha” Shaw - Into The Morning
[Reissue/1976] LP (Folkways)
Released in 1976, this is the debut recording from
trumpeter, Charles "Cha Cha" Shaw. Incorporating elements
of spiritual free jazz and post-bop, this is a beautiful
session from an under-heralded talent who recorded with
the likes of John Coltrane, Curtis Mayfield, Rashied Ali,
and more. Lovingly reissued on vinyl in an exact replica
of the original packaging.
Sleeping People - NOTRUF LP (Temporary
Residence)
Angular, dissonant riffs, mind-bending counterpoint
guitar interplay, and grooving, stop/start dynamics from
members of Pinback and Rumah Sakit. The major evolution
here is the hefty amount of patience and primal
repetition.
Soundtrack - The Dark Knight Rises 2xLP
(Water Tower Music)
Recently released on CD -- now available on HQ-180 vinyl.
Hans Zimmer's soundtrack to the blockbuster motion
picture.
Terror Danjah Featuring Riko Dan - Dark Crawler 12” (Hyperdub)
As a prelude to his second album for Hyperdub, due in
September, “Dark Crawler” sees Terror Danjah drop punchy,
manic beats and claustrophobic stabs on this bloodthirsty
grime banger, with grime's original London Warlord Riko
Dan spitting patois menace of the kind that might make
MI5 raise their terrorist threat
levels.
Trin Tran - Dark Rider LP (God/Drag
City)
Trin Tran's Dark Radar
is the first
release on the God label, which is a "Ty Segall Presents"
sort-of-deal. This is some vintage one-man robot punk
sh!t, but it all trails back into the early aughts, when
punk kids were unearthing old synths and working them
into the noise.
Bukka White - Big Daddy [Reissue/1973] LP
(Sutro Park)
This 1973 release features some of his last recordings.
Originally on Biograph, now available on vinyl for the
first time since its original release.
Wiley & Mark Pritchard - Scar b/w Money Man 12” (Big
Dada)
The founding father of grime and one of the UK's most
charismatic, enigmatic rappers joins forces with one of
electronica's leading lights.
POOR MOON - 'S/T'>>SPECIAL
LOSER GOLD-COLORED VINYL EDITION!
Poor Moon is a band comprised of longtime friends
Christian Wargo, Casey Wescott, and brothers Ian and
Peter Murray. And 'Poor Moon' is the title of their
full-length debut. Before there was a band or a record,
there was a series of songs forged by Christian Wargo
over several years. That's one of the things that makes
Poor Moon sound so special: this band grew out of the
songs, not vice-versa. The two men previously played
together in
Pedro the Lion and
Crystal Skulls; both are members of
Fleet Foxes. For the past few years, he
and the Murray brothers had been transfixed by the solo
recordings Wargo periodically shared with them. "We
wanted to be part of that in some way, to help out and be
creative."
Pick up this lovely album and get a FREE bonus
7", too...
STARS
- 'THE NORTH'>>'BOOTLEG'
VINYL LP EDITION OF 500
We'll have the Stars "bootleg vinyl" on 28 August (a week
before the album's actual release). The early vinyl
version of 'The North' is housed in a white sleeve that
is hand stamped and numbered to 500, as well as being
pressed on beautiful orange wax. The full art vinyl
released will be out on 04 Sept and will be pressed on
different color vinyl...
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 27
AUGUST...
Acid
House Kings - Advantage Acid House Kings
[Reissue/1998] LP (Labrador)
Acid
House Kings - Sing Along With Acid House
Kings [Reissue/2005] LP (Labrador)
HQ 180 vinyl reissues now available.
Acid
House Kings - Mondays Are Like Tuesdays
& Tuesdays Are Like Wednesdays [2002] LP (Labrador)
First time available on vinyl.
Cold Showers - Decay 7” (Art Fag)
Cold Showers is a four-piece post-punk band from Los
Angeles. Their first single for Art Fag Recordings,
limited to 1000 copies, follows their debut on Mexican
Summer and is a precursor to their upcoming album due out
on Dais Records.
Eleventh He Reaches London - The Good Fight For Harmony
LP (Hobbledehoy)
Remastered and on vinyl for the first time. Originally
released in 2005, this Perth combo's debut album sat atop
the local charts for months with pressings continually
selling out across the country. A unique band that draws
on inspiration from all corners -- it's an orchestra of
unease, an anti-manifesto of poetry and personal
history.
Entrance Band - Fine Flow 12” (Spiritual
Pajamas)
Fine Flow
showcases the
well-rehearsed trio in their finest and most diverse form
yet on four instrumental tracks clocking in at 34
minutes.
Mark Freehan - MF LP (Siltbreeze)
Solo album from former Harry P#ssy member. A lively mix
of guitar-based compositions steeped in modal harmonics
that explode into miasmic, aural waves, transporting
emanations of Phil Yost, Magical Power Mako, Michael
Chapman, and Hans Reichel into the mind
stream.
Harry P#ssy - Let’s Build A P#ssy
[Reissue/1988] 2xLP (Editions Mego)
Vinyl reissue of HP’s final album, originally released in
1988. An hour-long piece of Bill Orcutt time-stretching a
second of Adris Hoyo’s voice into a slow, shifting
drone.
Jimi Hendrix - Come On (Let The Good Times
Roll) b/w Calling All The Devil’s Children 7” (Sundazed)
Pairs two vintage Hendrix tracks, combining his visionary
reading of Earl King’s R&B classic “Come On (Let the
Good Times Roll)” alongside the Hendrix original “Calling
All The Devil’s Children.” Picture
sleeve.
Isley Brothers - Twist & Shout
[Reissue/1962] LP (Sundazed)
HQ-180 vinyl reissue of a raw, raucous R&B
gem.
Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again LP (Atlantic)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Debut
album from the London-based singer/songwriter and winner
of the prestigious BBC Sound of 2012 prize. Michael's
voice has often been compared to the likes of Bill
Withers.
The Knickerbockers - Jerk And Twine Time
[Reissue/1965] LP (Sundazed)
The
Fabulous Knickerbockers - Lies [Reissue/1966] LP
(Sundazed)
Although The Knickerbockers hailed from Bergenfield, NJ,
anyone listening to the radio in early 1966 would have
sworn that they were from Liverpool. That’s when the
band’s overpoweringly infectious signature tune “Lies”
stormed the AM airwaves, convincing many stateside
listeners that they were hearing a fab new Beatles
single. Mono editions.
Mars -
Live At Irving Plaza LP+MP3 (Feeding Tube)
Second volume of live recordings of the seminal no wave
legends -- recorded at their penultimate show, August 4,
1978.
Dave Matthews Band - Mercy b/w Gaucho 7” (RCA)
First single from the forthcoming album
Away From The
World (due September
11).
Pallbearer - Sorrow And Extinction 2xLP
(20 Buck Spin)
Released earlier this year on CD -- now available on
vinyl. A crushingly heavy and beautifully melancholy
piece of traditional doom metal.
Scientist - In The Kingdom Of Dub LP
(Important)
Scientist
- The Best Dub
Album In The World LP (Important)
Classic dub album remastered and reissued on vinyl for
the first time. Scientist began as King Tubby's protege
at Tubby's Drumalie Avenue Studios in Kingston
(essentially the birthplace of dub).
Spain -
The Blue Moods Of Spain [1995] 2xLP (Omnivore)
Spain
- She Haunts My
Dreams [1999] LP (Omnivore)
Spain
- I Believe
[2001] LP (Omnivore)
First time available on vinyl. Spain, the musical
brainchild of Josh Haden, released three albums in the
late 1990s into the early 2000s. The band featured his
sisters Tanya Haden (Silversun Pickups), Petra Haden
(Beck, That Dog), and drummer Joey Waronker (R.E.M.,
Beck, Smashing Pumpkins) among other players. HQ-180
color vinyl.
Various Artists - Gypnosis LP (Gypsy Farm)
Garage rock, scooby pop, and poppin’ punk compilation
from the Athens, GA based label Gypsy Farm. Features The
Rodney Kings, These Magnificent Tapeworms, The Humms,
Uncle Skunkle, The Ice Creams and Ghost Lights.
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 20 AUGUST...
Hasil
Adkins -
Evening Shadow Road LP (Nero’s Neptune)
Near the end of his life the wildest one-man-band to ever
live fell in love. Recorded in his West Virginia home
this is Hasil "Haze" at his most soulful and tender.
Includes a 24-page full color illustrated book by Amy
Krueger, who captured his heart.
Black Ace - Black Ace [Reissue/1960]
LP+MP3 (Arhoolie)
Lone LP from Fort Worth bluesman B.K. Turner, originally
released in 1960. One of the first bluesmen to play a
National steel guitar on his lap with a
slide.
The Cast Of Cheers - Family LP (Cooperative
Music)
Sophomore release from this Irish quartet. “Boisterous
and charming guitar-based oddities.” --
NME
Danny & The Darleans - Don’t Ask The Question 7”
(Mississippi)
Danny Kroha (Gories, Demolition Doll Rods) embraces his
garage punk roots, snarling and yelping like the bastard
son of Iggy and Lou, slinging a badass axe that'll peel
your earlobes off.
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis 2xLP (Play It
Again Sam)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. DCD’s
first new album since 1996's Spiritchaser.
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug: Live At The 9:30 Club
LP (Outer Battery)
Limited, vinyl-only release of Bug
performed in its
entirety at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, June 2011.
Green vinyl.
Matthew Friedberger - Solos 6xLP+MP3 (Thrill
Jockey)
Collects all six of Friedberger’s recent
instrument-themed releases: Napoleonette
(piano),
Meet Me In
Miramas (guitar), Old Regimes
(harp),
Cut It
Out (drums), Death-In-Life
(organ),
and Arrested On Charges Of
Unemployment (bass).
Tsege Mariam Gebru - Spielt Eigene Komposition
LP (Mississippi)
An Ethiopian nun who has dedicated her life to helping
others, Gebru has been composing and playing music on the
piano since the 1960s. Her music is a unique mix of
Western classical music vein of Erik Satie, Ethiopian
music and Religious Christian meditation
music.
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother Holding Company
[Reissue/1967] LP (Sony Legacy)
Big
Brother & The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
[Reissue/1968] LP (Sony Legacy)
Janis
Joplin - I
Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! [Reissue/1969] LP
(Sony Legacy)
HQ-180 vinyl reissues now available.
Lightning Hopkins - Texas Blues Man
[Reissue/1968] LP+MP3 (Arhoolie)
Some of the rawest and strongest recordings of Hopkins’
career.
Lindstrom - De Javu b/w No Release 12”
(Smalltown Supersound)
Third remix 12" for the dancefloors from
Six Cups of
Rebel, features remixes of "De
Javu" by Rub N Tug, and "No Release" by Owen Pallet
featuring Steve Kado.
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Delta Blues [Reissue/1964]
LP+MP3 (Arhoolie)
Arguably the greatest recordings of his career were the
two albums for Arhoolie, recorded at the height of the
blues revival in 1964-1965. This is the first of those
two and an absolutely stunning piece of delta blues
majesty.
Moon Duo/Psychic Ills - Zoned b/w Take Me With You
7” (Sacred Bones)
"Zoned" is hard charging burner which clearly indicates
how much Moon Duo ups the ante with every new release.
"Take Me With You" finds Psychic Ills locked into a deep
repetitive choogle put through the same fried VU meter
displayed on their Hazed Dream LP, yet clearly moving
toward a more straight ahead approach to
songwriting.
Myrrh -
Myrrh LP (Soft Abuse)
Sub-underground duo Myrrh have been calmly inducing heavy
feedback and thud beatitudes armed only with drums and
viola. Comparisons to Skullflower and Earth warranted
here, but with nary a puff of derivative
smoke.
Ombre -
Believe You Me LP (Asthmatic Kitty)
Collaboration between Julianna Barwick and Helado Negro.
Shows Barwick's clear, high harmonies and church choir
sensibilities melding well with Helado Negro's
rustic-Latin-psyche-folk meets
big-city-summer-blockparty. There's a very old school
jazzy soundtrack air to these
sessions.
Red Dons -
Auslander 7” (Dirtnap)
No frills punk rock featuring members of The Observers
and Clorox Girls.
The Sam Bros. 5 - The Sam Bros. 5 [Reissue]
LP+MP3 (Arhoolie)
Mostly coveted by collectors for the Chic-esque funk of
closing track "S.A.M." this is also high quality
traditional zydeco all the way through the rest of the
record.
Sigur Ros - Varud 10” (XL)
A two-track limited edition 10" released in conjunction
with Sigur Ros' national 2012 summer tour. "Varud” is
taken from their album Valtari.
Also included is an unreleased track entitled
"Logn."
Slim Twig - Sof’Sake LP (Paper Bag)
Although as idiosyncratic as ever, these new songs
showcase an interest in classic songwriting, a fondness
for psych-era Rolling Stones, an affinity with the queer
power pop of R. Stevie Moore.
Sundress -
California Dames b/w Pilot Wings 7” (White Iris)
A-side is a notably hooky and shimmering dream pop
number.
Swearin’ -
Swearin’ LP (No Idea)
12 songs of pop-punk and lo-fi that speeds along through
catchy sing-a-longs only to jar you with something just a
bit off-kilter.
Various Artists - Five Minutes To Midnight
10” (Mississippi)
Austere and intense gospel performances culled from a
variety of very small-label 7” singles. Lo-fi guitar
based recordings from the ‘60s and ‘70s that will put the
hairs on the back of your neck on end. No holds bared
songs that tackle the meat of the matter only -- birth,
love and death.
Big Joe Williams - Tough Times [Reissue/1961]
LP+MP3 (Arhoolie)
Playing a nine-string guitar of his own creation and
belting out the blues in his nearly incomprehensible
style, Tough Times
is an absolute
classic and one of the earliest releases on the legendary
Arhoolie label.
Xiu Xiu -
I Luv Abortion b/w Joey’s Song Remixes 7” (Bad Paintings)
Remixes from Deerhoof and Kid 606.
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 13 AUGUST...
Afterhours
- Sleepwalker LP
(Not Not Fun)
These four instrumentals slow-zoom like a surveillance
camera through shimmering tunnels, glowing skylines and
empty streets, rich with headphone harmonics and the gray
romance of isolation.
The Babies - Moonlight Mile b/w Places
7” (Woodsist)
The Babies’ new single is released in anticipation of
their upcoming full-length Our House On The
Hill (due out this Fall). Includes
non-album B-side.
Bob-B-Soxx And The Blue Jeans - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
[Reissue/1963] LP (Sundazed)
One of the most talented acts in Phil Spector's stellar
recording stable, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans featured
the great Darlene Love, one of Spector's favorite vocal
muses; Fanita James, who also sang alongside Love in the
ubiquitous studio vocal group the Blossoms; and Bob B.
Soxx himself, aka renowned singer Bobby Sheen, a legend
in West Coast R&B circles.
The Crystals - Twist Uptown [Reissue/1962]
LP (Sundazed)
The
Crystals -
He’s A Rebel [Reissue/1963] LP (Sundazed)
Mono vinyl reissues now available.
Culture -
Seven Sevens Clash 7x7” (VP)
Culture is one of the most famous groups from reggae's
classic era of the mid to late 1970s. Seven Sevens
Clash is a collection of seven of
the group's classic 7" singles presented together in a
numbered limited edition deluxe
package.
Dead C -
Harsh ‘70s Reality [Reissue/1992] 2xLP+MP3 (Siltbreeze)
To hear this 1992 album is to understand why one scribe
back in the day referred to their sound as "a garbage
truck backing over the abyss." A legendary release from a
legendary band.
Mark Feehan - MF LP+MP3 (Siltbreeze)
MF
is a lively mix
of guitar-based compositions steeped in modal harmonics
that explode into miasmic, aural waves, transporting
emanations of Phil Yost, Magical Power Mako, Michael
Chapman and Hans Reichel into the mind
stream.
The Field - Looping State Of Mind Remix
12” (Kompakt)
Features remixes by Junior Boys, Blones, and Mohn (Burger
and Voigt).
Freddie Gibbs - Str8t Killa [Picture Disc]
LP (Decon)
2010 album from the MC is now available on a
limited-edition picture disc.
Simon Joyner - Ghosts 2xLP+MP3 (Sing
Eunuchs)
The influence of dark, '60s and '70s private-press psych
and folk records, as well as the noisy, transcendent
music of New Zealand heroes like This Kind Of Punishment,
Alastair Galbraith and The Dead C are highlighted on this
experimental, full-band song-cycle.
Lindstrom - Call Me Anytime 12”
(Smalltown Supersound)
Second remix 12" from Six Cups Of Rebel
-- features remixes of "Call Me
Anytime" by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Oneohtrix
Point Never, and Mark McGuire.
The Locust - Molecular Genetics From The
Gold Standard Labs LP (Anti)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. 44
tracks of hard-to-find and out-of-print material from the
early years of the San Diego grindcore/speed/mathcore/new
wave band.
Moon Pool/Dead Band - Human Fly LP (Not Not Fun)
Latest EP of gutter-disco waveforms from Detroit duo of
Nate Young (Wolf Eyes) and Dave Shettler (The
Sights).
Ormonde -
Machine LP (Hometapes)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Succinct pop songs for fans of Emmit Rhodes'
Emmitt
Rhodes, Blonde Redhead's
Misery Is A
Butterfly, and The Cardigans'
Long Gone
Before Daylight.
Phenomenal Handclap Band - Form & Control LP
(Tummy Touch)
Released earlier this year on CD -- now available on
vinyl. PHB's ambitious new work takes their clever fusion
of international psych, soul, and cosmic disco a bold
step forward. Form &
Control finds the band once again
deftly mixing and matching seemingly disparate musical
genres, with a musical palette that now includes
prog-pop, new wave and modern leftfield
dance.
The Ronettes - ...Presenting The Fabulous
Ronettes Featuring Veronica [Reissue/1964] LP (Sundazed)
One originally released in 1964 on Phil Spector's
Phillies label, and considered by many to be the crown
jewel of the label's catalogue, representing the ultimate
expression of Phil Spector's girl-group ideal. Mono
edition.
Soundtrack (Michael Andrews) - Donnie Darko Original
Motion Picture Score [2001] LP+MP3 (Everloving)
First time on vinyl. Released shortly after 9/11,
Donnie
Darko has become a cult classic.
Michael Andrews scored the album in his studio of vintage
Moogs and electric vibraphones, and when the music budget
was capped delivered a humble piano and vocal ballad
covering the Tears for Fears track Mad World with his pal
Gary Jules.
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bag Of Bones b/w Black Mold
7” (Mom + Pop)
Two new songs from the forthcoming album
Meat &
Bone,
due in September.
Two Gallants - Broken Eyes b/w Dyin’
Crapshooters Blues 7”+MP3 (ATO)
The A-side ”Broken Eyes” is from their forthcoming
full-length The Bloom & The
Blight (due September 4). Exclusive
B-side is a cover of a Blind Willie McTell
song.
Why? - Sod
In The Seed 12”+MP3 (Anticon)
This six-song EP is a precursor to Why?’s fifth
full-length album (due this Fall).
Woods -
Cali In A Cup b/w Give Your Light Off 7” (Woodsist)
Woods’ latest single is released in anticipation of their
upcoming full-length Bend Beyond
(due out this
Fall). Includes non-album B-side.
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 06
AUGUST...
Ash
Borer -
Demo LP (Vendetta)
Vinyl reissue of a rare 2009 demo from the Cascadian
black metal band.
At The Drive-In - In/Casino/Out
[Reissue/1998] LP (Fearless)
Limited to 1,500 on clear vinyl.
Batillus/Whitehorse - Whitehorse/Batillus LP
(Vendetta)
Australia's Whitehorse deliever one long track of their
brutal corrupted influenced sludge/doom, filled with
strange noises. Batillus do two tracks of their cold
post-metal influenced doom, filled with synthnoises and
ultra-brutal vocals.
Between The Buried And Me - The Silent Circus
[Reissue/2003] LP (Victory)
Vinyl reissue of the metalcore band’s Victory Records
debut.
Bunalim -
Bunalim LP (Pharaway Sounds)
Fierce Turkish folk-flavored psychedelic fuzz-rock circa
1970-1972.
Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth LP (Hip-O Select)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Legendary reggae artist Jimmy Cliff is back with his
first album in 7 years.
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan 2xLP
(Domino)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Swing Lo
Magellan has both the handmade
intimacy of a love letter and the widescreen grandeur of
a blockbuster.
Diseno Corbusier - Alma De La Estrella
[Reissue/1986] LP (Vinilissimo)
Reissue of second album by Spanish avant-garde
electronics group. A marvel of sound craftwork that
gathers elements of industrial music, minimal techno and
vocal manipulation through a Dadaist and completely
personal approach.
Dead C -
Harsh ‘70s Reality [Reissue/1992] 2xLP+MP3 (Siltbreeze)
To hear this 1992 album is to understand why one scribe
back in the day referred to their sound as "a garbage
truck backing over the abyss." A legendary release from a
legendary band.
Divine Fits - My Love Is Real b/w I Was
Born In A Laundromat 7”+MP3 (Merge)
Divine Fits is: Britt Daniel (Spoon), Dan Boeckner (Wolf
Parade) and Sam Brown (New Bomb Turks). A-side taken from
their upcoming debut album (due August 28). Non-album
B-side is a cover of Camper Van
Beethoven.
Dusted -
Total Dust LP (Polyvinyl)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Dusted
features Holy F##k's Brian Borcherdt. Looking to explore
a different sound, Total Dust
resides in an
atmosphere that is sometimes melodic, sometimes haunting,
and always clouded by a fuzzy glow.
Adam Franklin & Bolts Of Melody/Heaven
- Split 7”
(Goodnight)
Swervedriver's Adam Franklin & Bolts Of Melody, and
new Brooklyn dream syndicate Heaven team
up.
Girls Names/Weird Dreams - Split 7”+MP3 (Slumberland)
Girls Names feed on the darker sides of Echo & The
Bunnymen, Spacemen 3, and The Birthday Party. Weird
Dreams charts a middle ground between the twisted buzz of
The Soft Boys and the pastoral vibes of Real Estate.
Pressed on blue vinyl.
Hi Rhythm - On The Loose LP (Hi
Records/Fat Possum)
Long out-of-print release from one of the best bands in
soul music. Features the classic guitar, organ and bass
combo of the Hodges brothers.
Home Blitz - Frozen Tracks 12” (Mexican
Summer)
Daniel DiMaggio keeps the rhythms crazier and the
feelings more nervous than ever, having fully adopted the
restless jangle of Hoboken '81, the working-class anger
of London's East End in the mid '70s and the starry-eyed
wonder of the Sunset strip in '78.
Chris Lee - Bury The Kings LP+MP3
(Vampire Blues)
Bury The
Kings falls somewhere between the
indie rock of Bon Iver, M. Ward or Vetiver, and the
polished pop of Daryl Hall or Jeff Buckley. Produced by
Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), who also appears on
drums.
Major Lazer - Get Free 12” (Downtown)
New single from Major Lazer, limited to 2000
copies.
Max Block - Air Ache In The Belly Of
The Leech LP+MP3 (Siltbreeze)
Complete works of '86-88 New Zealand band, either long
deleted or completely unreleased. Brain-splattering goo
of art-spaced, Pere-Ubu-seared crebellum, and frenetic,
Mars-fried medula oblongata.
Melody’s Echo Chamber - Crystallized 7” (Fat
Possum)
A-side features music produced and performed by Tame
Impala. B-side features a cover by Unknown Mortal
Orchestra.
Negative Standards - VI XI LP (Vendetta)
Raging hardcore from California.
Jonas Reinhardt - Foam Fangs 12” (100% Silk)
Four long-form cosmic Moroder-style
constellations.
Roland Tings - Milky Way 12” (100% Silk)
Like the satisfying first sip of soda water spritz,
Roland Tings's debut EP Milky Way
bubbles, barms
and beads through your body. Roland Tings is Rohan
Newman, a Melbourne producer who, like recent rubies Holy
Balm, Forces and Canyons, proves there's just more and
more greatness behind the great and powerful
Oz.
The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow
[Reissue/1984] LP (Rhino)
Digitally remastered edition of this 1984 compilation
from the legendary British quartet.
Spectre Folk - Ancient Storm LP+MP3
(Vampire Blues)
Doleful, spiraling psychedelic drones from Pete Nolan
(Magik Markers), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), Aaron
Mullan (Tall Firs) and Peter Meehan. Spectre Folk churn
out black seas of noise guitar, psych jams, no-fi
experiments and other interplanetary gunk. Includes
download with 5 bonus tracks.
Regina Spektor - What We Saw From The Cheap
Seats LP (Sire)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. “A
genuine oddball with a salty side, Regina Spektor
possesses a vocal style rangy enough to encompass sweet
nothings, animal noises, drum sounds and funny accents.
But for all her occasional flights of fancy -- or perhaps
because her unpredictability makes her sincerity more
disarming -- Spektor is a skilled sentimentalist whose
words summon universal feelings of love, hope,
disappointment and desire.” -- NPR
Terrible Truths - Lift Weights b/w Don Juan
7” (Mexican Summer)
Stunning young post-punk band from Australia. Simple,
ecstatic pop songs with a great intensity and rhythmic
drive.
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 30 JULY...
Anasazi
- I Saw The Witch
b/w Nuclear Paradise 7” (Sacred Bones)
Too tribal for punk, too angry for deathrock, the only
phrase that adequately describes this melding is "Attic
Noise."
The Antlers - Undersea 12” (Anti)
New four-song EP -- follows-up Burst Apart
(2011) and
Hospice
(2009).
Ape School - Marijuana's On The Phone
b/w Blame Mark Griffey 7” (Hometapes)
Spawned five years ago in the wake of former bands Lilys
and Holopaw (and while Johnson was playing alongside
fellow Philadelphians Kurt Vile and War on Drugs), Ape
School is aiming for a sonic apocalypse with
Junior
Violence (due August
7).
Balmorhea - Rivers Arms [2008] 2xLP
(Western Vinyl)
Limited edition vinyl version of 2008 debut with four
bonus tracks and updated artwork.
Black Twig Pickers - Whompyjawed 12+MP3 (Thrill
Jockey)
Nearly 25 minutes of old-time rollicking barn dance
numbers.
The Books - A Dot In Time
7xLP+DVD+USB+Book (Temporary Residence)
95 tracks total, including 45 rare and previously
unreleased tracks. DVD compiles every video ever made by
the group, including several previously only seen in live
concerts. Also included: 56-page picture book, and a
cassette-shaped USB flash drive containing every song in
high-quality MP3 format.
Caroline -
Verdugo Hills Remixes LP (Temporary Residence)
Features remixes from Eluvium, DNTEL, Mice Parade, Her
Space Holiday, and Manual.
Eric Copeland - Limbo LP (Underwater
People’s Records)
The core member of Black Dice’s solo work experiments
with ingenious torrents of sounds.
Foxygen -
Take The Kids Off Broadway LP (Jagjaguwar)
Foxygen is the raw, de-Wes Andersonization of the Rolling
Stones, Kinks, Velvets, Bowie that a whole mess of young
people desperately need.
John Wesley Harding - John Wesley Harding’s New
Deal [1996] LP (Yep Roc)
1996 album, originally release on Rhino, available on
vinyl for the first time.
Man Without Country - Foe LP (Cooperative Music)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. “All
in all Man Without Country have come up with an admirable
debut that stands out from the monotony of most current
electro pop bands. It is an album with catchy melodies,
beautiful soundscapes and meaningful lyrics.” --
indieisnotagenre
Pantera -
Great Southern Trendkill [Reissue/1996] 2xLP (Elektra)
Pantera
- Official Live:
101 Proof [Reissue/1997] 2xLP (Elektra)
Pantera
- Reinventing The
Steel [Reissue/2000] LP (Elektra)
HQ-180 vinyl reissues now available.
Six Organs of Admittance - Parson’s Blues 7” (Drag
City)
Joined by his erstwhile bandmates known as Comets On
Fire, Six Organs Of Admittance (Ben Chasny) goes into the
next phase with some heavy gravity boots on for the
single from his upcoming Fall 2012 release
Ascent.
TNGHT
- TNGHT 12”
(Warp)
Collabortation between producers Hudson Mohawke and
Lunice, who have emerged over the last three years as the
kings of a modern fusion of hip-hop and UK underground
dance music.
Various Artists - This Ain't Chicago: Richard
Sen Edits 12” (Strut)
This Ain't
Chicago looks back on the club scene
in England in the mid to late '80s, when DJs at places
like Shoom, Spectrum, The Hacienda and countless
warehouse parties were reinterpreting the sounds of acid
house coming from Chicago.
Matthew E. White - One Of These Days b/w Ain’t
That What Love Is 7” (Hometapes)
As a singer, White travels in the same pathways as Allen
Toussaint and Randy Newman: modest, soulful, personal,
and utterly confident.
White Hills - Live At Roadburn LP (Outer
Battery Records)
Domestic vinyl pressing from space rock kings White Hills
-- recorded live at the legendary Roadburn
Festival.
Neil Young - Americana 2xLP (Reprise)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. First
album with Crazy Horse in nearly 9 years. Also available
on high definition Blu-ray audio disc.
Fiery Furnaces - I’m Going Away
[Reissue/2009] LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Sam
Prekop -
Sam Prekop [Reissue/1999] LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Tortoise
- Tortoise
[Reissue/1994] LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Trans
Am -
Surrender To The Night [Reissue/1997] LP+MP3 (Thrill
Jockey)
Latest round of Thrill Jockey’s 20th anniversary vinyl reissues.
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 23 JULY...
Anasazi
- I Saw The Witch
b/w Nuclear Paradise 7” (Sacred Bones)
Too tribal for punk, too angry for deathrock, the only
phrase that adequately describes this melding is "Attic
Noise."
The Antlers - Undersea 12” (Anti)
New four-song EP -- follows-up Burst Apart
(2011) and
Hospice
(2009).
Ape School - Marijuana's On The Phone
b/w Blame Mark Griffey 7” (Hometapes)
Spawned five years ago in the wake of former bands Lilys
and Holopaw (and while Johnson was playing alongside
fellow Philadelphians Kurt Vile and War on Drugs), Ape
School is aiming for a sonic apocalypse with
Junior
Violence (due August
7).
Balmorhea - Rivers Arms [2008] 2xLP
(Western Vinyl)
Limited edition vinyl version of 2008 debut with four
bonus tracks and updated artwork.
Black Twig Pickers - Whompyjawed 12+MP3 (Thrill
Jockey)
Nearly 25 minutes of old-time rollicking barn dance
numbers.
The Books - A Dot In Time
7xLP+DVD+USB+Book (Temporary Residence)
95 tracks total, including 45 rare and previously
unreleased tracks. DVD compiles every video ever made by
the group, including several previously only seen in live
concerts. Also included: 56-page picture book, and a
cassette-shaped USB flash drive containing every song in
high-quality MP3 format.
Caroline -
Verdugo Hills Remixes LP (Temporary Residence)
Features remixes from Eluvium, DNTEL, Mice Parade, Her
Space Holiday, and Manual.
Eric Copeland - Limbo LP (Underwater
People’s Records)
The core member of Black Dice’s solo work experiments
with ingenious torrents of sounds.
Foxygen -
Take The Kids Off Broadway LP (Jagjaguwar)
Foxygen is the raw, de-Wes Andersonization of the Rolling
Stones, Kinks, Velvets, Bowie that a whole mess of young
people desperately need.
John Wesley Harding - John Wesley Harding’s New
Deal [1996] LP (Yep Roc)
1996 album, originally release on Rhino, available on
vinyl for the first time.
Man Without Country - Foe LP (Cooperative Music)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. “All
in all Man Without Country have come up with an admirable
debut that stands out from the monotony of most current
electro pop bands. It is an album with catchy melodies,
beautiful soundscapes and meaningful lyrics.” --
indieisnotagenre
Pantera -
Great Southern Trendkill [Reissue/1996] 2xLP (Elektra)
Pantera
- Official Live:
101 Proof [Reissue/1997] 2xLP (Elektra)
Pantera
- Reinventing The
Steel [Reissue/2000] LP (Elektra)
HQ-180 vinyl reissues now available.
Six Organs of Admittance - Parson’s Blues 7” (Drag
City)
Joined by his erstwhile bandmates known as Comets On
Fire, Six Organs Of Admittance (Ben Chasny) goes into the
next phase with some heavy gravity boots on for the
single from his upcoming Fall 2012 release
Ascent.
TNGHT
- TNGHT 12”
(Warp)
Collabortation between producers Hudson Mohawke and
Lunice, who have emerged over the last three years as the
kings of a modern fusion of hip-hop and UK underground
dance music.
Various Artists - This Ain't Chicago: Richard
Sen Edits 12” (Strut)
This Ain't
Chicago looks back on the club scene
in England in the mid to late '80s, when DJs at places
like Shoom, Spectrum, The Hacienda and countless
warehouse parties were reinterpreting the sounds of acid
house coming from Chicago.
Matthew E. White - One Of These Days b/w Ain’t
That What Love Is 7” (Hometapes)
As a singer, White travels in the same pathways as Allen
Toussaint and Randy Newman: modest, soulful, personal,
and utterly confident.
White Hills - Live At Roadburn LP (Outer
Battery Records)
Domestic vinyl pressing from space rock kings White Hills
-- recorded live at the legendary Roadburn
Festival.
Neil Young - Americana 2xLP (Reprise)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. First
album with Crazy Horse in nearly 9 years. Also available
on high definition Blu-ray audio disc.
Fiery Furnaces - I’m Going Away
[Reissue/2009] LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Sam
Prekop -
Sam Prekop [Reissue/1999] LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Tortoise
- Tortoise
[Reissue/1994] LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Trans
Am -
Surrender To The Night [Reissue/1997] LP+MP3 (Thrill
Jockey)
Latest round of Thrill Jockey’s 20th anniversary vinyl reissues.
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 16 JULY...
Black
Dice -
Rodriguez b/w Pissed In A Cave 7” (Ribbon Music)
The first single from Black Dice's recent album
Mr.
Impossible.
Sexton Blake - Plays The Hits [2007]
2xLP+MP3 (Polyvinyl)
First time available on vinyl. With covers ranging from
Elton John to LL Cool J, ELO to Milli Vanilli this album
is a perfect snapshot in time that shows how Josh Hodges
would go on to approach his own songs under the
Starf##ker moniker. HQ-180 clear gold vinyl with
download.
Break Anchor/All Eyes West - Sinking My Own Ship b/w Is
It the Music 7” (Side One Dummy)
A split 7" on white or blue vinyl featuring two songs
(Side A) from Break Anchor (Jay Navarro of The Suicide
Machines) and two songs (Side B) from All Eyes West
(members of Noise By Numbers).
Don Bryant - Precious Soul
[Reissue/1969] LP (Fat Possum)
Best-known as a staff songwriter under Willie Mitchell at
Hi Records and as the husband of Hi star Ann Peepbles,
Don Bryant was also a fine, underappreciated singer in
his own right.
Burning Love - Rotten Thing To Say LP
(Southern Lord)
To the uninitiated Burning Love is a group from Toronto
with a chip on their shoulder and electric blood in their
veins; their output a desperate, venomous and informed
rock & roll fury that sways and swaggers somewhere
between hardcore punk and the darker side of blues gone
wrong.
Dicks -
Peace? 7” (Alternative Tentacles)
Dicks
- Kill From The
Heart LP+MP3 (Alternative Tentacles)
Dicks
- These People LP
(Alternative Tentacles)
Proper reissues by the
beloved 1980s punk band.
Firehose -
Flyin’ The Flannel [Reissue/1991] LP (Org Music)
Back in print on vinyl.
Friends -
Manifest! LP (Fat Possum)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Heavier on the percussive end of things, less into
shoegaze and indie and more into rhythmic, sassy
funk-pop. ESG-style polyrhythmic post-disco on a
tropical-pop trip, with some Lykke Li in the
mix.
From Ashes Rise - Rejoice The End b/w Rage Of
Sanity 7” (Southern Lord)
Legendary punk/hardcore band that along with bands like
Tragedy and His Hero Is Gone have helped pioneer what is
defined as modern crust punk.
Future Islands/ Ed Schrader's Music Beat
- LAMC No. 2 7”
(Famous Class)
Second single in Famous Class’ LAMC
series.
Future Of The Left - The Plot Against Common
Sense LP (Xtra Mile)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Featuring the singles "Polymers Are Forever" and "Sheena
Is A T-Shirt Saleman" The Plot Against Common
Sense constitutes 49.8 minutes of
singing, shouting, slinking, smashing and (at times)
sobbing.
Gatekeeper - Exo LP (Hippos In Tanks)
New from the Brooklyn-via-Chicago horror disco duo. CD
version due September 25.
JK Flesh –
Posthuman 2xLP (3by3)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Resembles the darker side of Justin Broadrick’s sound
(circa Techno Animal, Godflesh, Greymachine) but
simultaneously contextualizes this within the unfamiliar
turf of the post-dubstep/industrial canon pushed by 3by3.
An album of soul-crushingly dark beats and bass, layered
with Broadrick's inimitable guitar and vocal fuzz,
providing a stark contrast to 2010's Palesketcher
output.
Kuedo -
Work Live & Sleep in Collapsing Space 12” (Planet Mu)
Latest single from producer Jamie Teasdale, formerly of
dubstep pioneers Vex’d. Feautures remixes from Laurel
Halo and Claude Speeed.
Fela Kuti - Live In Detroit 1986 12”
(Knitting Factory)
Live In Detroit 1986 is the first new Fela Kuti material
to be issued since his final studio album,
Underground
System, in 1992. Recorded live at
the Fox Theater in Detroit in November
1986.
Lali Puna - Silver Light 10” (Morr
Music)
Addendum to 2010’s Our
Inventions album, featuring remixes by
Cornelius, Baths, and Odd Nosdam.
LCD Soundsystem - Throw 12” (DFA)
Limited repress of LCD Soundsystem's cover of the Carl
Craig/Paperclip People classic
“Throw.”
Little Feat - Rooster Rag LP (Rounder)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. 15th
album of original material by the blues rock
veterans.
Make Do And Mend - Everything You Ever Loved
LP (Rise)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
They've toured with Hot Water Music, The Wonder Years,
and spent summers on the Vans Warped
Tour.
Marilyn Manson - Born Villain LP (Downtown)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. New
release from Marilyn Manson, inpired by the likes of
Killing Joke, Joy Division, Bauhaus and The Birthday
Party.
Martyrdod - Paranoia LP (Southern Lord)
While undeniably influenced by acts like Anticimex,
Bathory, and Totalitar, this Swedish crust punk horde
intertwines their crust roots with sinister, haunting
soundscapes and unique blackened riff
attacks.
Jimbo Mathus - Blue Light 10” (Big Legal
Mess)
From the proto garage rock of “Haunted John” to the
sideways-with-the-law Southern rock of “Blue Light” to
the dead-end gospel-fueled country weeper of “Burn the
Honky Tonk,” Mathus shows the diversity of his
vision.
Midnight Snaxxx - You Kill Me 7” (Goner)
“You Kill Me” delivers more sugar-rushed punk energy and
power pop hooks from these West Coast
women.
Mungolian Jetset - Smells Like Gasoline 12”
(Smalltown Supersound)
First single from forthcoming album (due August 21)
featuring remixes by Dan Lissvik of Studio fame and
Skatebaard.
Outer Space - Akashic Record (Events:
1986-1990) LP (Spectrum Spools)
John Elliott (Emeralds) moves on from the stripped-down,
primitive nature of the old into a more urgent, fractured
and aggressive set of reality-based
compositions.
Ty Segall Band – Slaughterhouse 2x10” (In
The Red)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Slaughterhouse
marks the first
time Segall has recorded with his touring band. For this
mini-album, the band turned their amps all the way up,
set their fuzz pedals on obliterate and commenced to kick
ass and take names.
Soulsavers - The Light The Dead See LP
(Mute)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Soulsavers is the music and production team of Rich
Machin and Ian Glover. The Light The Dead
See is the bands fourth studio
album and features vocals from Dave Gahan (Depeche
Mode).
Susanna -
Wild Dog LP (Susannasonata)
Guests include Emmett Kelly from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy's
band, and Jeremy Gara (Arcade Fire). Co-producer Helge
Sten (Deathprod) is typically credited with "space &
beyond" on one track.
Tar - Feel
This b/w Hell’s Bells 7”+MP3 (Chunklet)
Limited 7" featuring two previously unreleased songs:
"Feel This" (outtake from the Touch And Go album
Over &
Out)
and "Hell's Bells" (yep, the AC/DC
song).
Various Artists - BIPP: French Synth-Wave
1979/85 LP (Born Bad)
Compilation of early French synth-wave circa
1975-1985.
Various Artists - Buttons: Starter Kit 2xLP
(Numero)
Numero's entry-level power pop compilation features 20
songs from the original release, plus two bonus tracks,
and alternate liner notes. Artists include Tom’s Trend,
Colors, Treble Boys, Sponsors, Randy Winburn & Tommy
Rock, Luxury, Kids, Bats, and Tweeds.
Vladislav Delay - Espoo 12” (Raster-Noton)
Two conceptual, rhythm-intense tracks.
White Fence – Family Perfume Vol. 1-2
2xLP+MP3 (Woodsist)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. This
ain't your regular mutton-chop rock. This is freak your
f##king mom out 'cause she caught you naked in the
backyard blasting this sh!t rock. This is not a joke.
This is the hit factory. This is the eye. This is another
planet. And hurry up, ‘cause this perfume ain't available
at no Macy's.
Rudy Zygaldo - Melpomene 7” (Planet Mu)
New single from the dubstepper is a taste from the
forthcoming Tragicomedies
full-length.
a small sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 02
JULY...
Thin
Lizzy - S/T>Light
InThe Attic reissue LP
Deluxe gatefold "Tip-On"
jacket featuring both the original Decca and London album
covers, on 180-gram vinyl with liner notes by Kevin
"Sipreano" Howes--this rad reissue also includes bonus
over-sized 18″x24″ poster! Another superb job from team
LITA...
Sleep
- Dopesmoker>Southern
Lord reissue LP
A high watermark in both the stoner metal and doom metal
genres, this juicy pressing from Southern Lord is
a stunner.
We'll have just a few, of the limited-edition green vinyl
version, tucked in stock…
Madlib & Freddie Gibbs - Shame 12” (Madlib Invazion)
Contains vocals, instrumentals and two bonus beats.
Alessandro
Alessandroni - Prisma Sonoro LP
(Roundtable)
Exquisitely crafted Italian mood music; propulsive Bossa
infected with mild lysergic delirium.
Dana Buoy - Summe Bodies LP (Lefse)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Dream
pop record combining elements of Afro beats, synth pop
and what Buoy (Akron/Family) refers to as
"Tropicore."
DIIV –
Oshin LP (Captured Tracks)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. DIIV
craft a sound that is at once familial and frostbitten.
Indebted to classic kraut, dreamy Creation-records
psychedelia, and the primitive-crunch of late-‘80s
Seattle, the band walk a divisive yet perfectly fused
patch of classic-underground
influence.
Egisto Macci - Voix LP (Roundtable)
Exact replica of the mega rare 1975 LP. Haunting
masterpiece of choral/orchestral/avant/musique concrete
soundscapes from Ennio Morricone
collaborator.
Failure Face - Discography 1993-1996 LP
(Give Praise)
In your face and down your throat Florida
hardcore.
Guns N’ Roses - Use Your Illusion 1
2xLP+MP3 (Geffen)
Guns
N’ Roses -
Use Your Illusion II 2xLP+MP3 (Geffen)
HQ-180 gatefold vinyl reissues now
available.
Jazzanova – Funkhaus Studio Sessions LP
(Sonar Kollektiv)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. The
album shows core members Stefan Leisering and Axel
Reinemer teaming up with the seven studio musicians that
make up Jazzanova's touring band. Armed with an array of
acoustic and electronic instruments (synthesizers, sax,
flute, congas, ampli-celeste, etc.), the ensemble play
renditions of 14 Jazzanova tunes.
Madlib & Freddie Gibbs - Shame 12” (Madlib Invazion)
Contains vocals, instrumentals and two bonus
beats.
New Rides Of The Furious Swampriders - Back In The Saddle LP
(Sireena)
The Furious Swampriders is the name of an international
cooperation of independent artists. No matter if acoustic
guitar or synthesizer, if folk, punk, rockabilly, electro
or minimal beat. With The Walkabouts, 16 Horsepower,
Lydia Lunch, Debbie Harry, Nick Cave, The Perc, and
more.
Pharcyde -
Runnin’ 12” (Delicious Vinyl)
Red and blue split colored vinyl includes four non-album
versions, including the "Jay Dee Extended Mix" and two
non-album versions of "Drop."
Xavier Rudd - Spirit Bird 2xLP (Side One
Dummy)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Hypnotic ceremonial rhythms ease effortlessly into tender
folk songs. Gritty guitar blues sits perfectly alongside
entrancing yidaki passages.
Shigeto -
Huron River Drive 12” (Ghostly International)
"Huron River Drive" swells slowly from the simple chord
sequence of the intro into a lushly textured slice of
late-night atmospherics -- with a hint of jazz and
quietly tinkling electronic piano -- and then receding
back into the same sequence as the track draws to a
close.
Slavic Soul Party - Jackson 7” (Electric
Cowbell)
Throbbing funk grooves, fiery Balkan brass, Gypsy
accordion wizardry, and virtuoso jazz chops make this
combo NYC's official number one brass band for Balkan
Soul/Gypsy Funk.
Spent Flesh - Spent Flesh 10” (FDH)
Philadelphia, PA based raw and trashy punk. Fast,
precise, hard-hitting drums, loud distorted guitars that
flirt with chaotic, noisy effects compliment dynamic and
aggressive vocals that have just the right amount of snot
and grit.
Erika Spring - Erika Spring 7” (Cascine)
The debut EP by the Au Revoir Simone frontwoman is
utterly charming and suspiciously irresistible -- a
premium collection of five electronic pop
gems.
Teen Daze - All Of Us, Together LP
(Lefse)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
''Unlike a lot of these bedroom blurmongers, Teen Daze
seems in total control; his synths bleed into more
brilliant colors, his languid pace more purposeful, his
memory bank FDIC-insured, his vagueness earned by the
quality of his output.'' -- Pitchfork
Thin Lizzy - Thin Lizzy [Reissue/1971]
LP (Light In The Attic)
Vinyl reissue of Thin Lizzy’s 1971
debut.
Scott Walker - The Drift [Reissue/2006]
2xLP (4AD)
Scott Walker's massive, forbidding, modern classic
The
Drift is once again
available.
Yes - Open
Your Eyes [1997] LP (Sireena)
First time available on vinyl.
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 28 JUNE...
Codeine Numero Reissues!
The limited box set (only 1000 being made), as well as
the individual albums are now on the floor! Each LP has
the CD included...
Animal Collective - Honeycomb b/w Gotham 7”
(Domino)
New
single released in advance of their forthcoming
album Centipede Hz
(due in
September).
The
Beach Boys - That’s Why God Made The
Radio 7” (Capitol)
Includes instrumental version on the B-side.
Birdy
- Birdy LP (WB)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Debut
from the 15-year-old British/singer/songwriter’s
renditions of songs by Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, The
National, Phoenix, The Postal Service, and others.
Sir
Richard Bishop - Intermezzo LP (Ideologic
Organ)
A collection of various pieces for electric and acoustic
guitar.
Black
Wine -
Hollow Earth LP (Don Giovanni)
Pop/punk with a heavy influence of Devo, SST records, and
grunge.
Daughter
- His Young Heart
10” (Glassnote)
Daughter
- The Wild Youth
10” (Glassnote)
"Daughter masterfully blends fluttering,
heart-on-the-sleeve acoustic ballads with brooding,
ambient soundscapes..."
Lita
Ford -
Living Like A Runaway 2xLP (Steamhammer)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Eighth
studio album from the hard rock vixen and former Runaways
guitarist.
Eric
Lanham -
Sincere Interruption LP (Spectrum Spools)
Elements of late '90s-early '00s Mille
Plateaux/Warp-styled disjointed rhythms are bent into
surgically precise and meticulously pieced
concrete/electronic form, crammed with
information-overload situations and infinite variables to
one's listening perception.
Mats
Lindstrom - Mig LP (Ideologic Organ)
Linstrom is a Stockholm-based
experimental/electroacoustic composer/musician.
Mig
includes pieces
from live performance, as well as studio pieces and a
reconfigured tape piece.
Orca
Team -
Restraint LP (Happy Happy Birthday To Me)
Orca Team is Arctic surf, the music echoes minimalist
post-punk but within layers of reverb and unfocused
yearning. The melody slides down the neck of a bass
guitar while the drums and guitar fills the gaps; only
when necessary.
Jean
Piche -
Heliograms LP (Digitalis)
Reissue of this early computer music classic, recorded
between 1977-1980 -- one of the first albums to feature
music produced almost entirely with digital synthesizers.
Plant
And See -
Plant And See 7” (Paradise Of Bachelors)
First-ever reissue of this 1969 psych masterpiece by
North Carolina band led by legendary American Indian
songwriter Willie French Lowery (1944-2012).
Tex
Soul & The Bayonets - Uto Nwa/Osi Na Ngada 7”
(Academy LPs)
Unheard-of in the dance halls and on the radio waves of
Nigeria's principal metropolis of Lagos, he was a hero in
the Eastern city of Aba, where his prowess as the
consummate entertainer lived as the stuff of local
legend. Recorded in 1972 with his early soul group The
Bayonets.
Various
Artists (Groove Armada) - Late Night Tales: Music For
Pleasure LP (Azuli)
Recently release on CD -- now available on vinyl. Taking
a side step out of the usual Late Night
Tales timeline, Tom Findlay from
Groove Armada presents a special Music For
Pleasure selection of some of the
finest soulful pop music of the ‘70s and early ‘80s.
Various
Artists -
Staring Into The Sun: Ethiopian Tribal Music 2xLP
(Sublime Frequencies)
A contemporary survey of the tribal music of Ethiopia.
Audio examples ranging from remote tribes of the
Ethiopian highlands, the lower Omo and the Great Rift
Valley, to their electric analogues in the sweaty
beerhalls of Addis Ababa.
Peter
Zummo -
Zummo With An X [Reissue/1985] LP (Optimo Music)
Zummo was associated with the post-minimalist and
Downtown aesthetics, and he describes his music as
"minimalism plus a whole lot more." He plays the
trombone, valve trombone, euphonium, synthesizer, other
electronic instruments, and also sings.
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 21
JUNE...
HYPERDUB
for days...
This week sees key releases (and great pressings) from
Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland (aka Hype Williams), DVA,
and Laurel Halo...
Allo
Darlin’ -
Europe b/w Some People Say 7”+MP3 (Slumberland)
This
London-based four-piece creates perfect, sophisticated
pop gems.
Djin Aquarian And Plastic Crimewave Sound
- Save The World
LP (Prophase Music)
Aquarian (Yahowha 13) joins PCS in an epic psych crusade.
RIYL: Yahowha 13, Incredible String Band, No Neck Blues
Band.
Alejandro Escovedo - Big Station LP
(Fantasy/Concord)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. 12 new
tracks from the acclaimed Texas singer/songwriter/blues
rocker.
The dB’s -
Falling Off The Sky LP (Bar None)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. The
dB’s first new record in a quarter-century embodies the
same combination of infectious melodic craft, playful
sonic experimentation and barbed lyrical insight that
established them as key progenitors of the Southern
indie-rock explosion of the '80s.
El-P -
Cancer For Cure LP (Fat Possum)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. First
full length rap album since 2007's I'll Sleep When You're
Dead.
Guests include Killer Mike, Danny Brown, Mr. Muthaf##kin’
Exquire, and Paul Banks (Interpol).
Iron & Wine - Two Sides Of George 7”+MP3
(Suicide Squeeze)
Iron & Wine covers George Michael and Lowell George's
Little Feat on this ultra-limited edition
7".
June Brides – January Moon 7”
(Slumberland)
New single from 1980s English indie pop
originators.
Kylesa -
To Walk A Middle Course [Reissue/2005] LP (Alternative
Tentacles)
Kylesa
- Time Will Fuse
Its Worth [Reissue/2006] LP (Alternative Tentacles)
Vinyl LP reissues of the Kylesa’s second and third
albums, newly remastered by the band.
Pond –
Beard, Wives, Denim 2xLP (Modular)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. New
album from the Australian band featuring two members of
Tame Impala.
Porcelin Raft – Drifting In And Out b/w
Chain 7”+MP3 (Secretly Canadian)
Second single from the band’s debut album,
Strange
Weekend, featuring non-album
B-side.
SBTRKT -
Hold On 12” (XL)
Limited edition 12" with uber-deluxe lenticular sleeve.
Features non-album B-side and a remix of "Hold On" by
SiSiBakBak's Coldest Stare.
The Kyle Sowashes - Somebody LP+CD (Anyway)
Sowash readily admits his debt to indie rock’s golden age
-- Somebody
is a study in the
work of bands like Superchunk, Archers Of Loaf, Silkworm
and Pavement -- but he draws on those influences
judiciously. In other words, this is no tribute
album.
The Steep Canyon Rangers - Nobody Knows You LP
(Rounder)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Deft
musicianship, impeccable songwriting, distinctive vocals,
and creative arrangements are just some of the qualities
that set The Steep Canyon Rangers apart from the rest of
the pack. Unafraid to break the mold, whether taking the
unexpected musical turn or bringing home the surprising
lyric, it's no wonder that Steve Martin chose them as
just the right band to record and tour
with.
Stereolab - Transient Random-Noise
Bursts With Announcements [Reissue/1993] 2xLP (1972)
Stereolab
- Mars Audiac
Quintet [Reissue/1994] 2xLP (1972)
Stereolab’s second and third albums -- available
domestically on vinyl for the first
time.
Sutekh Hexen - Behind The Throne LP (Magic
Bullet)
San Francisco based experimental black
metal/noise/Satanism.
Tesico -
Tuscan Castle And Country Seat LP (Roundtable)
Exact replica of 1978 LP. Phenomenal
psychedelic/electronic/outsider library recording.
Imagine lyrical Moog oscillations drifting loosely over
baroque and hallucinogenic atmospheres, or alternatively,
think the DIY guitar jamming of the Velvet Underground
and Dream Syndicate mixed with the electronics of some
lesser-known Krautrock band.
Vibracathedral
Orchestra - Vibracathedral Orchestra
[Reissue/2004] 2xLP+DVD (VHF)Double-LP+DVD reissue of
impossible-to-find 2004 release by the England-based
drone ensemble.
Paul Weller – When Your Garden’s
Overgrown 7” (Yep Roc)
Features Noel Gallgher on bass guitar and tips its hat to
Syd Barrett.
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 14
JUNE...
Aidan
Baker -
Broken & Remade LP (Revolvermann)
A
vinyl reissue of a long out-of-print and hard to get 2007
CD release, Broken &
Remade is a strange mix of
post-rock, drone, glitch, jazz, and experimental
rock.
Busdriver - Superhands Mantra 12” (Fake
Four Inc.)
A spiraling death plunge into rap's blackened heart
featuring Aesop Rock.
Emika -
Chemical Fever 12” (Ninja Tune)
Killer outsider pop/techno hybrid with a remix by
Substance.
Eternal Tapestry - Drawn In 2 Dimensions
LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey)
Blistering psych rock filled with lyrical guitar soloing
and a caveman approach to rhythm -- an oddly euphoric
state where melancholia is blasted by ecstatic noise.
Translucent orange vinyl.
JBM -
Stray Ashes LP (Western Vinyl)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Songs
that are lyrically bittersweet but sonically optimistic,
with piano and strong accompaniments swelling alongside
the ubiquitous acoustic six-string.
John Mayer - Born And Raised 2xLP+CD
(Columbia)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. New
album from Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter. The
first single, "Shadow Days," Billboard calls "a gentle
and shimmering confluence of mellow Southern
rock."
The Minus 5 - The Minus 5 [2006] LP (Yep
Roc)
Vinyl reissue of 2005 album includes a 7'' featuring two
additional tracks and a digital download of
Gun
Sessions demos, outtakes, previously
unreleased tracks, rarities, and alternate
mixes.
Moss Icon - The Complete Discography
3xLP (Temporary Residence)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. In the
mid-late 1980s, Moss Icon pioneered a progressive, highly
emotive sound that stood in stark contrast to just about
everything even remotely considered punk-rock at the
time. In retrospect, they more resembled an inspired
marriage of the bleak post-punk leanings of Joy Division
with the raucous riffage of The Wipers, albeit
considerably less accessible thanks to Moss Icon's more
sinister tone, exploratory arrangements, and frontman
Jonathan Vance's almost stream-of-conscious
sociopolitical rampages.
Nadja/Galena - Konstruction LP (Adagio830)
Nadja's unique thumbprint shines strong mostly on the
B-side of this album, punishing guitar that scratches the
listeners itch for heavy, churning and an engulfing sonic
experience. The pallet is made thicker with additions of
accordion drone, bass, and cogent drum patterns. Galena
adds subtle synth and sustaining guitar lines that brew
to boil just below Nadja's set
threshold.
Conor Oberst And The The Mystic Valley Band
- One Of My Kind
2xLP (Team Love)
Recently released on DVD+CD -- now available on vinyl.
Phil Shaffart was not hired by Conor Oberst to make the
film One Of My
Kind.
He was hired to make sure the guitars stayed in tune. But
Phil had a video camera with him as the Mystic Valley
Band came together for the first time at Valle Mistico in
Tepoztlan, Mexico in January of 2008 and so he started
filming what he sensed was something
special.
Maggie Payne - AHH-AHH: Music For Ed
Tannenbaum's Technological Feets, 1984-1987 LP (Root
Strata)
Archival recordings on vinyl for the first time. Composed
on an Apple II computer and various early sampling
devices between 1984-1987. Populated with buoyant pulses,
graceful analogue swells, dense fog-like drones and
cascading rhythms that shift in space.
Pink Martini - Hang On Little Tomato
[2004] 2xLP (Heinz Records)
First ever vinyl release of classic second album with
four bonus cuts from the original
sessions.
SBTRKT -
Hold On 12” (XL)
Limited edition 12" with uber-deluxe lenticular sleeve.
Features non-album B-side and a remix of "Hold On" by
SiSiBakBak's (aka Thom Yorke) Coldest
Stare.
Sea Of Bees - Orangefarben LP (Team Love)
“It's hard to imagine packing more heartache into a
single record than Julie Ann Bee does on Orangefarben.
The album, her second full-length under the name Sea of
Bees, is a collection of intimate, sometimes
gut-wrenching love letters documenting the dissolution of
a passionate but doomed relationship.” --
NPR
Stereolab - Transient Random-Noise
Bursts With Announcements [Reissue/1993] 2xLP (1972)
Stereolab
- Mars Audiac
Quintet [Reissue/1994] 2xLP (1972)
Stereolab’s second and third albums -- available
domestically on vinyl for the first
time.
Sun Araw/M. Geddes Gengras/The Congos - Frkwys Vol. 9 LP (RVNG
International)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Sun
Araw and M.Geddes Gengras meet legendary dub reggae group
The Congos in St. Catherine, Jamaica. Includes a feature
film documenting the young musicians' time spent living
and learning The Congos way.
Superchunk - This Summer b/w Cruel
Summer 7”+MP3 (Merge)
First new single since the 2010 release of
Majesty
Shredding. B-side features the band's
own take on Bananarama's '80s hit "Cruel Summer."
Includes download for both tracks, plus an acoustic
version of "This Summer." White vinyl.
Victim’s Family - Have A Nice Day! 7”
(Alternative Tentacles)
The trio’s twisted and technical style is instantly
recognizable and their patented jazz/punk/funk/rock
approach has influenced and amazed many in their nearly
30 years as a band.
Vincas -
Blood Bleeds LP (Douchemaster)
Debut album draws immediate comparisons to The Birthday
Party and The Gun Club.
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sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 04
JUNE...
J
Dilla w/Danny Brown LIMITED EDITION
10"
Ruff Draft Records will release a Limited Edition 10"
Vinyl of J Dilla produced tracks. Side A will feature
"Jay Dee’s Revenge" w/ Danny Brown. Side B will feature
"Birthright" w/ Big Tone, Guilty Simpson and Finale.
3
Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal LP
(Century Media)
Recently released on CD --
now available on vinyl. 3 Inches Of Blood hail from
Vancouver, British Columbia and make their living playing
unapologetic, blistering heavy metal.
Brandlmayr/Dafeldecker/Fennesz - Till The Old World's Blown
Up & A New One Is Created LP (M=Minimal)
Martin Brandlmyar (Radian/Trapist/Kapitalband 1), Werner
Dafeldecker (Polwechsel, Autistic Daughters) and
Christian Fennesz on this record created a new kind of
cool jazz coupled with a big portion of New York School
(John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown and Christian
Wolff).
Caveman -
Coco Beware LP (Fat Possum)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Caveman was born in New York in January of 2010, when a
group of friends decided it was time to put aside their
boyhood ways and start being men. The sound they crafted
in that large, dark room is equal parts chamber pop,
dreamscape, and horror film score.
CocoRosie - We Are On Fire b/w Tearz
For Animals 7” (Touch & Go)
Recorded in the winter of 2011 in L.A. with Dave Sitek
(TV On The Radio) and early in spring of 2012 at the
band's home studio in Brooklyn with Antony Hegarty
(Antony And The Johnsons).
Matthew Dear - Her Fantasy 12” (Ghostly
International)
"Her Fantasy" is the second single to drop and lead
single from Beams
(due September
2012).
Drainolith - Fighting! LP (Spectrum
Spools)
An album of delusional blues -- littered with fractured
synth, feedback and seriously cryptic personal
content.
Gold Panda - Mountain b/w Financial
District 7” (Ghostly International)
First official release since 2010's uber successful
album, "Lucky Shiner." Gold Panda continues to forge
forward and explore new sounds within the style you have
come to love.
Heavy Blanket - Heavy Blanket LP (Outer
Battery)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. J
Mascis rounds up a couple partners-in-crime from his
adolescence (Johnny Pancake and Pete Cougar) with an eye
and ear towards shredding harder, wailing louder and
generally melting faces even more brutally than ever
before. Ever wonder what Band Of Gypsies would sound like
mixed with Japanese hard psych and smoked through a giant
power bong?
Lamb/Bradbury/Burraston/Ambarchi/Fox - Wired Open Day 2009 2xLP
(Taiga)
Vinyl-only release of performances by Alan Lamb, Garry
Bradbury, David Burraston Oren Ambarchi, and Robin Fox.
Captures The Wires event in Australia, exploring the
performative and sonic possibilities of this rural art
installation, pioneered by Alan Lamb in the
'70s.
Billy Martin/Wil Blades - Shimmy CD (The Royal Potato
Family)
The drummer in Medeski, Martin & Wood, Billy Martin,
releases a duo album packed with groovy slices of
back-to-the-basics Hammond jazz-funk paired with newcomer
organist Wil Blades. Vinyl version due June
5.
Metallica - So What b/w Through The
Never 7”+Magazine (WB)
Single plus 128-page magazine featuring exclusive live
and behind and the scenes photos from the four historic
nights at the Fillmore Theatre, post Fillmore interviews
with all four members of Metallica, a few of the fan
favorites who joined the band on stage, and a look behind
the scenes on how the shows came together.
Oberhoffer - Time Capsules II LP
(Glassnote)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Emotion is kind of the thing that drives the psychedelic
peppy pop created by the oft-effervescent Oberhofer. Like
the brain child of Brian Wilson and Descartes, he’s
fixated on the idea of his philosophically minded,
energetic melodic romps making people happy-mostly
because it s all he can bear to think
about.
Pye Corner Audio - Black Mill Tapes Volumes 1
& 2 2xLP (Type)
At times, the dusty soundscapes bring to mind the
flickering intro to mid-'60s Doctor
Who,
but at others, you're catapulted into a Dodge-driving,
neon-flecked US road movie circa 1979. It's an enviable
concoction of genres, with the muted 4/4 pulse of Theo
Parrish sitting happily alongside the wired electro of
The Other People Place and the cracked, home-spun
ambience of early Boards Of Canada.
Soulsavers - The Light The Dead See LP
(Mute)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Soulsavers is the music and production team of Rich
Machin and Ian Glover. The Light The Dead
See is the bands fourth studio
album, but the first to feature vocals from Dave Gahan
(Depeche Mode).
Suum Cuique - Ascetic Ideals LP (Modern
Love)
Analog noise/experimental project from Miles Whittaker
(Demdike Stare), at times recalling the work of Mika
Vainio, Eleh, and Maurizio Bianchi.
Summer Girlfriends - Shockwaves LP+MP3 (Addenda)
All girl garage pop. Lavender vinyl with
download.
Various Artists - Eat The Dream: Gnawa Music
From Essaouira LP (Sublime Frequencies)
Reissue of long out-of-print 1996 release. Raw Gnawa folk
music from the legendary family of Maallem Boubker
Ghania.
Various Artists - Soul 7 7x7” (Now Again)
14 rare and unreleased funk and soul tracks from the ‘60s
and ‘70s. Tracks from Billy Ball & The Upsetters,
Soul Seven, Booker T. Averheart, Bad Medicine, Ernie
& The Top Notes, Soul Commanders, and Soul
Vibrations.
Various Artists - South Bronx Teachings: A
Collection Of Boogie Down Productions 2xLP (Traffic)
In 1985, a young and homeless Lawrence Krisna Parker
(KRS-One) met social worker Scott Sterling (DJ Scott La
Rock) at a Bronx shelter. They hooked up with
(uncredited) producer Ced Gee from the Ultramagnetic MC’s
to cut "South Bronx" and "The Bridge Is Over," monumental
records which toppled the Queens-based Juice Crew and
forever cemented the Bronx's place in the history of
hip-hop.
The Walkmen - Heaven LP (Fat Possum)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. New
album produced by Phil Ek, best known for twiddling the
knobs for Fleet Foxes, Band Of Horses, Built To Spill and
others.
Watain -
Opus Diaboli 2xLP+2xCD+DVD (Soulfood)
Opus Diaboli
is a
commemoration of Watain’s 13-year anniversary and the
first ever DVD documentation of the Swedish black metal
legends.
Young Galaxy - Shoreless Kid 7” (Paper Bag
Records)
Two new ones from the Canuck dream pop outfit.
for the week
of 28 MAY...
Beck -
Third Man Records Blue Series Single
Beck makes his Third Man Records Blue Series debut! This
one-off single has two exclusive songs: "I Just Started
Hating Some People Today" b/w "Blue Randy" and will be
flying out the door...on the floor on Monday, 28
May.
Daytrader - Twelve Years LP (Rise)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Writing heartfelt songs in the vein of Jimmy Eat World,
Sunny Day Real Estate, and Hot Water Music, Daytrader
draw from the best aspects of turn of the century pop,
punk and emo.
Gay Anniversary - New In Class 10” (Slovenly)
This Greek crew screws a nervous fucking wreck of
hyper-speed Big Black/Rapeman style violent blur right
into your eyeballs.
Grass Widow - Internal Logic LP (HLR)
Third full-length from San Francisco post-punk/indie
trio.
Dave Hause - Heavy Heart 7”+MP3 (Jade
Tree)
Title track "Heavy Heart" and "Rankers And Rotters" are
followed by Dave Hause's renditions of The Promise Ring's
"Skips A Beat (Over You)" and Jets To Brazil's "Psalm" on
the B-side.
The Hundred In The Hands - Keep It Low 12” (Warp)
The first single from Red Night
(due June 12),
“Keep It Low” is a grinding jam that foregrounds the
sounds of timeless Industrial and Krautrock tracks,
whilst maintaining an undeniably affecting vocal
performance from singer Eleanore
Everdell.
Ill Blu -
Clapper 12” (Hyperdub)
Contrasts deceptively swinging claps and funky but
martial drums with crazy pitched up and down synth stabs
and shrieks that sound like psychotically angry
birds.
The Intelligence With Kelley Stolz - (They Found Me In The Back
Of) The Galaxy 7” (In The Red)
This single finds The Intelligence teaming up with San
Francisco singer/multi-instrumentalist Kelley Stoltz on
the A-side. The B-side is an otherwise unreleased
track.
The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet 2xLP
(Rodriguez Lopez Productions)
Recently released on CD -- now available on opaque blue
and orange vinyl housed in two full color 3D inner
sleeves with 3D glasses. While Noctourniquet
was, in typical
Mars Volta fashion, written by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and
Cedric Bixler-Zavala and produced by Rodriguez-Lopez, the
13-track album explores musical territories previously
uncharted in the duo's 20 or so years of creating music
together.
JD McPherson - Signs & Signifiers LP
(Rounder)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. From
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma comes JD McPherson, an artist with
an unaffected take on vital American music and a voice
that channels the spirit of Little Richard and James
Brown.
Pulp - It
[Reissue/1983] LP (Fire)
Pulp
- Freaks
[Reissue/1987] 2xLP (Fire)
Pulp
- Separations
[Reissue/1992] (Fire)
Pulp’s first three albums get the reissue treatment with
added bonus material.
Section 25 - From The Hip [Reissue/1984]
2xLP (Factory)
Produced by Bernard Sumner of New Order,
From The
Hip marked a bold step toward the
mainstream by the Blackpool quartet, combining smooth
synthpop with seamless electro beats. This double-LP
edition features the original FACT 90 album plus a bonus
12" 45rpm single coupling two versions of the seminal
single “Looking From A Hilltop.”
Benny Soebardja - Gut Rock [1977] LP
(Strawberry Rain)
Benny
Soebardja - Night Train [1978] LP
(Strawberry Rain)
Vinyl reissues from one of Indonesia's most underground
progressive guitarists.
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Gadzooks b/w Tell Me That
You Love Me (Jukebox Single #6) 7” (In The Red)
“Gadzooks” is an original that captures them at their
fractured, fuzzy, scuzzed-out best. The flip is a cover
of a James Brown B-side that the band has been playing
live since the ’90s but have only now gotten around to
recording.
Mark Sultan - War On Rock N’ Roll LP (In
The Red)
Mark Sultan (aka BBQ) is a one-man band and one of the
best crooners around. For this release, he declares war
on rock & roll music. He’s even written a manifesto
that’s included with this release so you know exactly
where he’s coming from.
Totimoshi - Avenger 12” (At A Loss)
Released in 2011 on CD -- now available on vinyl. For the
past 14 years Totimoshi have been pounding out it's own
brand of acid induced rhythmic Hendrix meets Dick Dale
rock.
Treasure Fleet - Cocamotion LP (Recess)
A mélange of mod and psych inspired indie rock. As a
whole it's a psych-pop trip through the history of rock
& roll. This new psych sound is punk's weird, dirty,
drugged-out answer to the folk-punk that's dominated the
scene for the last decade.
Vibracathedral Orchestra - Vibracathedral Orchestra
[Reissue/2004] 2xLP+DVD (VHF)Double-LP+DVD reissue of
impossible-to-find 2004 release by the England-based
drone ensemble.
Wild Hunt - Before The Plane Of Angles
LP (Kemado)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. A
conceptual piece that offers up a wide musical spectrum,
intuitively blending a number of metal sub-genres with
elusive, sonic textural overlays.
for the week of 08 MAY...
Beach House - Bloom>>SPECIAL
LOSER WHITE VINYL EDITION!
We have just a handful left and SP is sold-out! Once they
are gone, they are g o n e...
>Daytrader - Twelve Years LP (Rise)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Writing heartfelt songs in the vein of Jimmy Eat World,
Sunny Day Real Estate, and Hot Water Music, Daytrader
draw from the best aspects of turn of the century pop,
punk and emo.
>Gay Anniversary - New In Class 10” (Slovenly)
This Greek crew screws a nervous fucking wreck of
hyper-speed Big Black/Rapeman style violent blur right
into your eyeballs.
>Grass Widow - Internal Logic LP (HLR)
Third full-length from San Francisco post-punk/indie
trio.
>Dave Hause - Heavy Heart 7”+MP3 (Jade
Tree)
Title track "Heavy Heart" and "Rankers And Rotters" are
followed by Dave Hause's renditions of The Promise Ring's
"Skips A Beat (Over You)" and Jets To Brazil's "Psalm" on
the B-side.
>The Hundred In The Hands - Keep It Low 12” (Warp)
The first single from Red Night
(due June 12),
“Keep It Low” is a grinding jam that foregrounds the
sounds of timeless Industrial and Krautrock tracks,
whilst maintaining an undeniably affecting vocal
performance from singer Eleanore
Everdell.
>Ill Blu - Clapper 12” (Hyperdub)
Contrasts deceptively swinging claps and funky but
martial drums with crazy pitched up and down synth stabs
and shrieks that sound like psychotically angry
birds.
>The Intelligence With Kelley Stolz
- (They Found Me
In The Back Of) The Galaxy 7” (In The Red)
This single finds The Intelligence teaming up with San
Francisco singer/multi-instrumentalist Kelley Stoltz on
the A-side. The B-side is an otherwise unreleased
track.
>The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet 2xLP
(Rodriguez Lopez Productions)
Recently released on CD -- now available on opaque blue
and orange vinyl housed in two full color 3D inner
sleeves with 3D glasses. While Noctourniquet
was, in typical
Mars Volta fashion, written by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and
Cedric Bixler-Zavala and produced by Rodriguez-Lopez, the
13-track album explores musical territories previously
uncharted in the duo's 20 or so years of creating music
together.
>JD McPherson - Signs & Signifiers LP
(Rounder)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. From
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma comes JD McPherson, an artist with
an unaffected take on vital American music and a voice
that channels the spirit of Little Richard and James
Brown.
>Pulp -
It [Reissue/1983] LP (Fire)
>Pulp
- Freaks
[Reissue/1987] 2xLP (Fire)
>Pulp
- Separations
[Reissue/1992] (Fire)
Pulp’s first three albums get the reissue treatment with
added bonus material.
>Section 25 - From The Hip [Reissue/1984]
2xLP (Factory)
Produced by Bernard Sumner of New Order,
From The
Hip marked a bold step toward the
mainstream by the Blackpool quartet, combining smooth
synthpop with seamless electro beats. This double-LP
edition features the original FACT 90 album plus a bonus
12" 45rpm single coupling two versions of the seminal
single “Looking From A Hilltop.”
>Benny Soebardja - Gut Rock [1977] LP
(Strawberry Rain)
>Benny
Soebardja - Night Train [1978] LP
(Strawberry Rain)
Vinyl reissues from one of Indonesia's most underground
progressive guitarists.
>Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Gadzooks b/w Tell Me That
You Love Me (Jukebox Single #6) 7” (In The Red)
“Gadzooks” is an original that captures them at their
fractured, fuzzy, scuzzed-out best. The flip is a cover
of a James Brown B-side that the band has been playing
live since the ’90s but have only now gotten around to
recording.
>Mark Sultan - War On Rock N’ Roll LP (In
The Red)
Mark Sultan (aka BBQ) is a one-man band and one of the
best crooners around. For this release, he declares war
on rock & roll music. He’s even written a manifesto
that’s included with this release so you know exactly
where he’s coming from.
>Totimoshi - Avenger 12” (At A Loss)
Released in 2011 on CD -- now available on vinyl. For the
past 14 years Totimoshi have been pounding out it's own
brand of acid induced rhythmic Hendrix meets Dick Dale
rock.
>Treasure Fleet - Cocamotion LP (Recess)
A mélange of mod and psych inspired indie rock. As a
whole it's a psych-pop trip through the history of rock
& roll. This new psych sound is punk's weird, dirty,
drugged-out answer to the folk-punk that's dominated the
scene for the last decade.
>Vibracathedral Orchestra - Vibracathedral Orchestra
[Reissue/2004] 2xLP+DVD (VHF)Double-LP+DVD reissue of
impossible-to-find 2004 release by the England-based
drone ensemble.
>Wild Hunt - Before The Plane Of Angles
LP (Kemado)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. A
conceptual piece that offers up a wide musical spectrum,
intuitively blending a number of metal sub-genres with
elusive, sonic textural overlays.
Flaming
Lips - Heady Fwends
Last stocks are on the
52 floor, right now! Once they are gone, they are g
o n e...
Bassnectar – Vava Voom 2xLP (Amorphous)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. New
album featuring guest appearance by Lupe
Fiasco.
Black Tambourine – OneTwoThreeFour 2x7”+MP3
(Slumberland)
Four-song EP of Ramones covers is a one-off reunion
recording from beloved and influential noise-pop
pioneers.
Evan Caminit – Night Dust LP (Immune)
Since 2005 Evan Caminiti has explored the potential of
psychedelic guitar music informed by American traditions
and kosmische inspirations alike. With
Night
Dust,
Caminiti shifted the focus away from amplifier worship
and the desert themes his work is often associated with
to focus on texture, fractured dub techniques, and
spacious electric guitar compositions.
David Daniell & Doug McCombs – Versions 2xLP+MP3 (Thrill
Jockey)
Daniell is a member of San Agustin and has collaborated
with Loren Connors, Rhys Chatham, Tim Barnes, Thurston
Moore, Greg Davis, and Jonathan Kane. McCombs is a member
of Tortoise, Eleventh Dream Day, Pullman, and
Brokeback.
Dead Ending - Dead Ending 12”
(Alternative Tentacles)
Dead Ending is a no-frills, ’80s-hardcore-influenced band
featuring members of Rise Against, Alkaline Trio,
Articles of Faith and The Bomb.
DOA Feat: Jello Biafra - We Occupy 7” (Sudden Death)
The godfathers of hardcore DOA have teamed up with their
pal Jello Biafra to produce an anthem for our age. The
first single from the band’s new studio album We Come in
Peace, “We Occupy,” perhaps surprisingly to the
uninitiated, is an upbeat, ska-based tune, with plenty of
DOA rock guitar to power it along.
Guided By Voices - Class Clown Spots A U.F.O.
7” (GBV Inc.)
The single contains two B-sides, "Message From The Moon",
a Tobin Sprout number about the moon, clearly his
favorite subject, and a "home-fi" (even lower than
lo-fi!) version of "Worm w/ 7 Hearts" which has been
studio recorded for the forthcoming album
Class Clown
Spots A UFO (due June
12).
Japandroids – The House That Heaven Built
b/w Jack The Ripper 7” (Polyvinyl)
B-side is is a Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds cover. Clear
vinyl.
Lovesliescrushing – Shiny Tiny Stars LP
(Handmade Birds)
Contains both newly recorded tracks and "lost" tracks
meant for the very first album that have never surfaced
since being misplaced, making this record the ultimate
testament to the breadth, importance, and progression of
this pioneering band.
Obits –
Let Me Drink If I Want To b/w The City Is Dead 7” (Sub
Pop)
On this single, Obits have provided daring new
interpretations of well-loved near-standards by Mink
DeVille & The Kids.
Charlemagne Palestine & Janek Schaefer
– Day Of The
Demons LP (Desire Path)
Charlemagne Palestine, writhing in uncontrollable terror,
moves to ward off the demons for the sake of the listener
by howling through the void. Janek Schaefer bellies a
haven, a cocoon for the listener to hide in, to grasp
some semblance of life that remains and hold on to it
dearly. Bells chime ominously to help dispel the haunting
and are yet another stark reminder of the impending doom.
Flame-red vinyl.
Pellet Gun – Great Divide LP (Jealous
Butcher)
Great Divide
is the second
release from Pellet Gun and is the story of an errant
thought traversing a hazy dystopia. Rolling hills collide
with asphalt while buckling steel curls upon itself,
chasing dusty, swirling mirages, striding comfortably
between psychedelic freak fests and bombastic noise
pop.
Pinkish Black – Pinkish Black LP (Handmade
Birds)
From the ominous cloud of post melodic sludge to the
raging fanaticism akin to the best moments of classic The
Birthday Party, they offer a true homage to the album as
entity. Their music is in turns abrasive, turbulent,
darkly melodic, and hauntingly beautiful. Fans of
Suicide, Magma, and Scott Walker should lend an
ear.
Red Hot Chili Peppers – One Hot Minute
[Reissue/1995] LP (WB)
Repressed on limited edition red vinyl with 3D lenticular
cover.
Say Anything - Is Really A Boy [2004] LP
(Doghouse)
Say Anything’s 2004 debut, now available on vinyl for the
first time. Double gatefold LP includes the complete
album as well as a bonus track not found on the CD.
Limited edition white vinyl.
Esperanza Spalding – Radio Music Society 2xLP
(Heads Up)
Recently released on CD – now available on vinyl. It has
not taken Esperanza Spalding long to emerge as one of the
brightest lights in the musical world. Listeners familiar
with her stunning 2008 debut, Esperanza, and her
best-selling 2010 release Chamber Music
Society, were well aware that the
young bassist, vocalist and composer from Portland,
Oregon was the real deal, with a unique and
style-spanning presence, deeply rooted in jazz yet
destined to make her mark far beyond the jazz
realm.
Various Artists – Vinylacalypse LP+MP3
(AEMMP)
Vinyl-only compilation featuring cuts from The Ivorys,
Carbon Tigers, Minor Characters, Magic City, Beasty Eyes,
Secret Colours, George Swayne, Late In The Playoffs and
Hanna Ashbrook.
a small
sampling of vinyl titles, for the week of 23
MAY...
Burial
/ Four Tet collab is in!
New on Text, the Burial
/ Four Tet - "Nova" 12" will not last long. One shot
deal...
13th
Floor Elevators - Music Of The Spheres
8xLP+10”+Book (Snapper)
Three gatefold double and two single albums all pressed
on heavyweight vinyl.
Strictly limited to a maximum of 500 sets. Includes a new
36-page edition of Paul Drummond’s book
Sign Of The
Three Eyed Men in twelve-inch format, three
exclusive 3D lenticular prints of the key album’s
artworks, and a 10” EP containing the rare Bob Sullivan
mixes from The Psychedelic Sounds
Of...
The Body And The Braveyoung - Nothing Passes LP (At A
Loss)
Released in 2011 on CD -- now available on vinyl. A
layered but cohesive voyage through cavernous,
noise-laden tumult and chaos, ethereal horror-soundtrack
creepouts and even serene acoustic passages, exploring
new styles for both acts while still having elements of
each band's trademark style.
Chains Of Love - Strange Grey Days LP
(Manimal Vinyl)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. Nine
garage inspired slabs of pure Phil Spector meets early
‘80s post-punk via The Cramps or The Birthday
Party.
The Electric Flower - EP II 10”+MP3 (Narnack)
Guitarist/singer Imaad Wasif (ex-Yeah Yea Yeahs) and
drummer Josh Garza (Secret Machines) second release
features a cover of Scott Walker's "The Electrician."
Foil stamped white vinyl 10" EP with
download.
Ex Cops -
You Are A Lion, I Am A Lamb b/w The Millionaire 7” (Other
Music)
“Brooklyn’s Ex Cops has been getting substantial buzz and
it is easy to understand why with their combinations of
smooth sun-soaked vocals over jangly (with just the right
amount of crunch) guitars.” -- My Old Kentucky
Blog
Finally Punk - Casual Goths LP (M’lady’s
Records)
26 songs, compiling all three of Finally Punk’s singles,
plus two previously unreleased songs, both covers
(Nirvana and Prima Donnas). Lo-fi riot grrl, like someone
took the most exciting bits of 1977, 1992, and 2006 and
squashed them together.
Elle King - Good To Be A Man b/w No One
Can Save You 7” (Fat Possum)
Take a bit Johnny Cash's Southern style, mix it with the
softness of Jessica Lea Mayfield and perhaps some Billie
Holiday attitude and you've got a glimpse at the vocal
style of Elle King.
Cate Le Bon - Cyrk LP (The Control Group)
A force in songcraft, Cate Le Bon resides in Cardiffm
Wales's French quarter and befitting a songwriter who
only writes in the dark, her music is a heady and
personal Gallic stew of equal parts Nico, Malkmus and the
chronicler's own observations on the impossibility of
existence.
Locrian & Mamiffer - Bless Them That Curse You
2xLP (Utech)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Collaboration between two of the most respected and
forward-thinking bands in the experimental/progressive
music realm. Locrian craft epic waves of ambient noise
mixed with elements of black metal and soundscape drone.
Mamiffer blends neoclassical piano with ambient
electronic hums and reductionist metal
dirge.
Los Straitjackets - That ‘70s Single 7”
(Spinout)
The Straitjackets take the James Gang's funky riff and
jam out on "Surf #49," pairing it with a soulful Duane
Eddy-styled version of the Tony Joe White song "Rainy
Night In Georgia."
Moving Mountains - New Light 12” (Triple
Crown)
Consists of acoustic and re-interpreted versions of songs
that originally appeared on the ambient indie rock band's
2011 LP Waves
and their 2007
debut Pneuma.
Municipal Waste - The Fatal Feast
LP (Nuclear
Blast)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl.
Undisputed masters of the crossover genre, Richmond, VA’s
Municipal Waste return for their fifth full-length album
in their endless quest to bring the fury, bring the
laughs, and bring the party to obscene new
lows.
Prizehog -
A Talkin’ To 7” (Gravity)
People talk about cavemen beating wooly mammoths in
slow-motion -- Prizehog actually does it, without
bragging. Limited orange vinyl with hand-silkscreened
covers.
Lou Ragland - I Travel Alone 4xLP
(Numero)
Recently released on CD -- now available on vinyl. O'Jays
road manager, Don King prison chauffeur, window washer,
house painter, Ink Spot, Domino, producer, engineer,
label owner, guitorgan technician, and one-time steward
of a coveted Jet Magazine delivery route, Lou Ragland is
Cleveland's Eastside success story. Though suffocated by
Lake Erie's nitrate rich waters and the burning oil from
a Cuyahoga River fire, between 1967-1977 Lou Ragland
produced the most thoughtful, hopeful, and downright
soulful work to come out of the Forest City.
Sic Alps -
Pangea Globe 7” (Drag City)
“Sic Alps collect their heads after the lysergic madness
of the ‘Vedley’ 7" for a proper four-track guitar-pop
arrow.” -- Boomkat
Smog -
Forgotten Foundation [Reissue/1992] LP (Drag City)
Smog's (Bill Callahan) second album is available again on
vinyl for the first time in 15 years. Many new Smog fans
have never heard his early, home-recorded releases, which
present an entirely different kind of
Smog.
Sonic Boom - Spectrum [1990] LP
(Vinilissimo)
Sonic Boom’s (Spacemen 3’s Pete Kember) 1990 debut solo
album, on vinyl for the first time. A captivating, gentle
space-rock masterpiece, which includes amazing covers of
Doc Pomus' "Lonely Avenue" and Suicide's "Rock 'n' Roll
Is Killing My Life."
Spectrum -
Soul Kiss (Glide Divine) [1992] LP (Vinilissimo)
On vinyl for the first time -- one of the key albums of
the space rock/drone/ambient scene of the last 20 years.
Spectrum’s 1992 debut explored Sonic Boom's trademark
sound further into a soulful, blissed-out state and
stands as one of the highlights in his
discography.
Townes Van Zandt - For The Sake Of The Song
[Reissue/1968] LP (Fat Possum)
Vinyl reissue of the auspicious debut from the
influential singer/songwriter.
The Trypes - Music For Neighbors LP
(Acute)
The New Jersey towns of Haledon and Hoboken may not have
the same mythical status as Beatles Liverpool or Velvets
New York City, but in the early-‘80s, a group of high
school friends came together there to form a shifting
network of bands that would be referred to as "the stuff
of legend and cults." The Trypes emerged from this scene,
playing hauntingly beautiful, baroquely arranged
psychedelic rock music.
Vatican Shadow - Kneel Before Religious
Icons LP (Type)
Vatican Shadow is Dominick Fernow (Prurient). Behind a
wall of tape hiss, drum machine rhythms beat out memories
of early Ministry and AFX while sickly FM synthesizer
pads crawl and heave into the abyss.
Zomby -
Where Were You In ’92 [2008] LP (Cvlt)
Joker’s 2008 debut album, available for the first time on
vinyl. Instantly hailed as the rave album that was never
made in the early '90s, Where Were You In
’92 is a tumbling anthemic
barrage of lost mixtape masterpieces.
Just
in--new Mississippi Records
titles!
Heavy compilations of
hard to find gospel 7″s, rock n’ roll lp from maand
a compilation of anatolian & levantine 78′s
recorded between 1928 & 1952....
New
Burial is finally in!
The long-awaited new
single, "Kindred," is now in! Y E
S...
The
first shot from Sufjan, Son, and Serengti is now in the
rack...
Check out the collab beauty
of "Beak & Claw," on Anticon...
Second
Jack White solo 7" on TMR!
Dropping 20 March 2012,
this is the second look into the new Jack White solo
album-- and we'll have plenty! The B-side is a U2
cover...
>Alabama
Shakes - Be Mine b/w You Ain’t
Alone 7” (Third Man)
Two
live tracks from the your new, favorite band--recorded at
Third Man Records in Nashville.
This is the only
release out, from
AS, until their full-length drops 10 April...
>Demdike
Stare - Elemental Part 3: Rose
12” / Part 4: Iris 12” (Modern Love)
New
pair of 12"s slot into the Elemental
quad-gatefold
which came with parts 1 and 2. Some of Demdike Stare’s
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.
>The
Flaming Lips - Transmissions From The
Satellite Heart [Reissue/1992] 2xLP (WB)
>The
Flaming Lips - Hit To Death In The Future
Head [Reissue/1992] 2xLP (WB)
>The
Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
[Reissue/1995] 2xLP (WB)
>The
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
[Reissue/1999] 2xLP (WB)
>The
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink
Robots [Reissue/2002] 2xLP (WB)
HQ-180 vinyl reissues now available.
Jack
White solo 7" on TMR!
Dropping 07 Feb 2012,
this is the first look into the new Jack White solo
album-- and we'll have plenty! The B-side is a
non-lp track ("Machine Gun Silhouette") too...
Disco
Demands: A Special Collection Of Rare Dance Music
Volume One & Volume Two!
BBE collects all five
volumes of Al Kent’s culty disco compilation series.
Rare cuts for lovers of ‘70s dance music...
First
shot fire in the Joyful Noise 2012 FLEXI
series...
The first installment of
the JN Flexi Disc series is the track "Welcome Home"
from none other than
Lou Barlow!
Yes, that is THE Lou Barlow from Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh,
Folk Implosion, etc. And this is a crazy limited edition
song that won't be heard anywhere else. No Downloads,
limited to 500 only--this is where it is at...
Mississippi Records RE-UP...
Of course, it is
January--what else are we going to do, but order super
cool records from our pals out in Portland. The Grouper
is already gone--but stop by and dig into some of these
limited chestnuts above...
Vinyl
Christmas Selections
We have some lovely vinyl christmas titles that will warm
your nights and fill your stockings...
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.
Various Artists - Thai Funk: Zudrangma Volume
1 and 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.
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters / The Colour
And The Shape / There Is Nothing Left To Lose / One By
One /
In Your Honor / Skin And Bones (Sony Legacy)
Foo Fighters back catalogue -- some available on vinyl
for the first time!
Kurt
Vile - So Outta Reach 12”
(Matador)
New
6-track EP companion to Smoke Ring For My
Halo.
It's great, too...
Ryan
Adams - Ashes &
Fire,
Coldplay -
Milo Xyloto,
Chris Isaak - Beyond The Sun
Recently released on CD, these big sellers are now
available on vinyl!
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 acapellas, plus “The Preakness” and a
16pg booklet. All profits go to the American Cancer
Society.
Tracey
Thorn vs. The XX
Some
are calling
it the first recorded music, from EBTG, in 10 years.
This super-limited blue vinyl contains not only a
cover of The XX's "Night Time," but Ewan Pearson's
re-edit of Visionquest's "Swimming" remix, as well
as Charles Webster's remix of the track. We simply
dig it...
The
Smiths -
The Smiths Complete 8xLP (Rhino)
Limited 8xLP box set
containing 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).
Numero
label restock
Loads of juicy wax has
made its way back in! Come by and see how bada** the
Numero crew make it!
MARMOSET Wooden Vinyl Box Set
From
one of Indianapolis' finest, shimmering talents comes a
limited-edition (100 hand-numbered copies, housed in a
custom-built screen-printed wooden box) overview
containing vinyl pressings of all four Marmoset albums
('Today It's You,' 'Record In Red,' 'Florist Fired,' and
'Tea Tornado').
This lovingly assembled oeuvre also includes: digital
downloads of all four albums, a 40-page mini-booklet of
lyrics, interviews, and general weirdness from the band,
as well as four digital EPs of outtakes--totaling 24
unreleased bonus tracks! THIS SET IS ALMOST SOLD-OUT...
The
Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt 12"
The new 12" in
the killer FL series is here! Locals get first dibs--but,
if you would like us to email you, if we will have copies
leftover for worldwide mail order--hit us
HERE...
Grouper reissue and
a new
7"
The INCA
ORE/GROUPER SPLIT repress, with new b/w art is in as well
as the micro-pressed (150 copies) Water People Vinyl 7"on
Ballroom Marfa is in--certainly for a short time only...
NEW
SUB POP COLORED VINYL--THE LOSER
EDITION
Northwest is up to it again, offering us up
limited-edition colored vinyl for their current new
releases from Fruit Bats, Heavenly and Male Bonding!
We here at LUNA will have all the limited-edition color
goodness, in store, until the runs sell thru!
Bon
Iver -
Holocene/Come Talk To Me 12” (Jagjaguwar)
"Holocene" is the second single from Bon
Iver.
The B-side is a cover of Peter Gabriel's "Come Talk To
Me," which Bon Iver originally recorded as a swap, with
Gabriel recording "Flume" from For Emma, Forever
Ago.
Clams
Casino Instrumentals LP
Super dope,
downspeed instrumentals (once found on a CC mix tape) are
now out on vinyl only. Very limited and pretty fantastic!
Bjork
- The Crystalline
Series
Four 12" vinyl releases (featuring remixes by: Serban
Ghenea, Matthew Herbert, Omar Souleyman) of music from
Bjork's forthcoming album, 'Biophilia.' These are
super limited (only 500 each
worldwide)--hit us to hold...
NEWLY
REISSUED--ESSENTIAL MATADOR TITLES...
"Regular," 120 GRAM vinyl
reissues are now available of some of Matador's
best!
Belle
And Sebastian - Tigermilk [Reissue/1996]
LP+MP3 (Matador)
Belle
And Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister
[Reissue/1996] LP+MP3 (Matador)
Belle
And Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
[Reissue/1998] LP+MP3 (Matador)
Cat
Power -
What Would The Community Think [Reissue/1996] LP+MP3
(Matador)
Cat
Power -
The Covers Record [Reissue/2000] LP+MP3 (Matador)
Cat
Power -
Jukebox [Reissue/2008] LP+MP3 (Matador)
Guided
By Voices - Alien Lanes [Reissue/1995]
LP+MP3 (Matador)
Yo
La Tengo -
Painful [Reissue/1993] LP+MP3 (Matador)
Yo
La Tengo -
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out [Reissue/2000]
2xLP+MP3 (Matador)
INSTRUMENTAL
DAPTONE BEAUTY!
We love the practice of
releasing an instrumental LP, of a record that completely
gets under your skin, and hearing the tracks in a whole
new light--esp. when the musicians are from Sharon Jones
& the Dap-Kings, El Michels Affair, Antibalas and the
Budos Band! Three words: Stellar. Arrangement. Beauty...
MORE THIRD MAN MAGIC!
New TMR 7s in from Black Milk, Stephen Colbert, Chris
Thile & Michael Daves, and Seasick Steve! We should
also have a few Third Man LIVE LPs in next week...
Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs LP
Out of print, before it even hit the racks--we have
secured extra copies of this highly-collectable pressing!
The
Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73 12"
Guillermo
Scott Herren and the 'Lips? We are down. They are now in
stock and completely beautiful--but locals get first
dibs. If you would like us to email you, if we will have
copies leftover for worldwide mail order, hit us
HERE...
Radiohead
remixes 12"
The
first 12" has arrived and contains mixes from Caribou and
Jacques Green (for "Little By Little" and "Lotus
Flower"). The second 12", due mid-July, features mixes of
"Morning Mr. Magpie" by Nathan Fake, as well as two mixes
of "Bloom," by Mark Pritchard under his own name and his
nom-de-plume, Harmonic 313…
Wilco
- I Might b/w I
Love My Record Label 7"
Out 19 July, this is a nice way to kick off their
new record
label…
Check out
one of the first offerings on Software--a limited edition
by Ford & Lopatin, on 12" X-RAY picture disc--four
different versions/images exist! Software is a
collaboration/imprint of Brooklyn’s Mexican Summer with
computer cowboys Joel Ford (Tigercity) and Daniel Lopatin
(Oneohtrix Point Never), best known for their starry
partnership as the infamous, Games. We think you'll want
all four…
Hiss
Golden Messenger's 'Bad Debt' has caught our ears and
captured our decks! Micros-pressed vinyl (an edition of
100 only), along with a letter-pressed book. The
independent (UK) calls it "a thing of gentle charm and
unmistakable cosmic American beauty." You'll want it...
Grouper's (aka Liz
Harris) two new records ('Dream Loss' and 'Alien
Observer'--together, they're known as 'A
I A'), have just arrived at the shop. Only
1000 copies exist of each and our copies are almost
sold out! Run, don't walk...
It's been a good month
of finding vinyl gems--to that end, we should have a
few more copies of the hard-to-find Burial/Thom
Yorke/Four Tet collab 12" back in very soon...
>The
Flaming Lips with Neon Indian 12" (FL/WB)
We are super
stoked (and super fortunate) to have gotten our hands on
copies of the limited edition collaboration between The
Flaming Lips and Neon Indian.
In addition to the new, exclusive music, these gems are
printed on special colored vinyl (with Mr. Wayne Coyne
picking the colors himself) and no two copies looking
exactly the same. Completely rad.
Hats off to you, fellas--this is precisely the thought,
execution, and innovation that goes into making beautiful
artifacts!
Here's the EP's tracklist:
1. Is David Bowie Dead?
2. Alan's Theremin
3. You Don't Respond
4. Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth Part 2
>Birds
Of America - Nitewalker b/w Now I See It
7" (Crooked Arm)
Art
Don and LUNA pal, Nat Russell has constructed the next
chapter in the Birds Of America story.
Now in stock, all 300 numbered copies come in three
different covers and include: a descriptive insert
fold-out, an actual vinyl record, and a very cool
circular label that I, personally, love.
You can check it out (and other BOA magic)
HERE Or, hit the man up
himself HERE.
Viva la tangible object! Viva la oiseaux d'Amérique!
>Dow Jones And The Industrials - S/T 7" (HMR)
Dow
Jones and the Industrials were a punk band from West
Lafeyette, Indiana from the late 1970's until about 1981.
Their highly-sought after 7" is being reissued at the end
of March!
>Jorma
& Movie Bare (MARMOSET) - Lollipop Gold LP (St. Ives)
Formed from the mind-brain of
Marmoset songsmith Jorma Whittaker with a little help
from friends, this cauldron of material was brought into
light with a distinctly male/female, death/life,
able/unable articulation.
>Bonnie
'Prince' Billy And The Cairo Gang - Island Brothers b/w New
Wonder 10” (Drag City)
New
10” vinyl single from Bonny and his Cairo Gang, with all
profits from sales given to a Louisville-based
organization Edge Outreach, specifically to aid the
urgent needs currently in Haiti.
>The
Cure - Entreat Plus 2xLP
(Elektra)
Originally released as a promo disc in 1990, the
eight-track Entreat
-- recorded at
London's Wembley Arena in July 1989 -- was later released
commercially in Europe. This expanded vinyl edition
fleshes out the album to replicate a full live
performance of 1989's epic Disintegration,
with tracks remixed by Robert Smith.
>Kleenex/LiLiPUT
- 4LP Box
4xLP (Mississippi Records)
Released by Kill Rock Stars
on double CD, Kleenex/LiLiPUT
is now available
on vinyl. One of the most unique punk bands of our time,
hailed from Zurich, Switzerland. From '78-'80 Kleenex
gigged around, recorded two 7" singles and toured the UK
with such acts as Gang Of Four, The Swell Maps and The
Raincoats. In 1980, the group changed their name to
LiLIPUT.
NEW JOAN OF ARC IN AND ON COLOURED VINYL!
Joan Of Arc - Oh Brother 2xLP (Joyful
Noise)
Combination of four distinct albums recorded between
2004-2010, which were begun but never completed. Here,
Tim Kinsella has dispensed with words altogether,
choosing to break up and splice together various
recording sessions in a baroque, tessellating dreamscape
of noisy beauty.
'Oh Brother' is a vinyl/digital-only release, limited to
500 hand-numbered double LPs in gatefold jackets. Numbers
1 to 150 are on white vinyl.
NEW ST. IVES RELEASE (AKA FUTURE EBAY NUGGET)
Mike Adams At His Honest Height - Oscillate Wisely LP
The wit and candor of Roger Miller and Morrissey, the
faint inducing crooning of Roy Orbison and Chris Isaak,
the ethereal transcendence of Talk Talk and Starflyer 59,
the dash-pounding drive of Neu! and The Ramones, the pop
ingenuity of Badfinger and Big Star.
'WHITE
MAGIC' ONE PRESSING ONLY (OF 500 NO LESS) WHITE VINYL
LP...
We
have a handful of the Eric Berglund/The Tough Alliance
side-project, ceo, in on white vinyl--it also features a
super tricked-out embossed sleeve with spot lamination
overprint. I'd probably hurry...
MORE
THIRD MAN 'BLUE SERIES' IN AND COMING UP...
Wanda Jackson, Drakkar Sauna,
Elvira, Laura Marling...Jack is on to something. We
think...
>Tom Waits - Closing Time [Reissue] LP
(Elektra)
>Tom
Waits -
Heart Of Saturday Night [Reissue] LP (Elektra)
>Tom
Waits -
Nighthawks At The Diner [Reissue] LP (Elektra)
>Tom
Waits -
Small Change [Reissue] LP (Elektra)
HQ-180 vinyl reissues of Tom Waits’ first four albums,
originally released between 1973 and 1976.
>The White Stripes - De Stijl [Reissue] LP
(Third Man)
>The
White Stripes - White Blood Cells [Reissue]
LP (Third Man)
2000 and 2001 album by The White Stripes -- reissued on
HQ-180 vinyl.
CHEEPO
DECEMBERISTS 7" SINGLE AND A $2.00 OFF VOUCHER, TO BOOT…
Pick
up the super limited new 7" from The Decemberists (with
the non-lp track "Row Jimmy"), for only $2.00, and you'll
get a voucher for $2.00 off their new album! So, yes
savvy shopper, it is getting the single free!
THE SYL JOHNSON VINYL/CD/BOOK SET ON NUMERO...
Run, don't walk, to by the
'Complete Mythology' home archive. It really is the
shi*t...
NEW
TITLES ARE IN FROM MEXICAN SUMMER...
No
Joy drops first week of December.
GREAT
ROBERT WYATT REISSUES--DONE THE RIGHT WAY!
>Dondestan Revisited [Reissue]
LP+CD (Domino)
>Nothing
Can Stop Us [Reissue] LP+CD (Domino)
>Old
Rottenhat [Reissue] LP+CD (Domino)
>Rock
Bottom [Reissue] LP+CD (Domino)
>Ruth
Is Stranger Than Richard [Reissue] LP+CD (Domino)
“An enduring figure who came to prominence in the early
days of the English art rock scene, Robert Wyatt has
produced a significant body of work, both as the original
drummer for art rockers Soft Machine and as a radical
political singer/songwriter.” -- Allmusic
FOR
THE LOVE OF THE ARTIFACT...
You
have to give it up for label heads that still represent
with their love of image and ingenuity, when it comes to
properly releasing music.
The debut 12" single (in which the art is overprinted on
a paper innersleeve) from Montreal's
Flowers And Sea Creatures, on Buzzin' Fly, is an
usually fresh
combination of
unique vocals (Graham Baxter has one of those indelible,
melancholic voices that doesn't soon leave your head...)
along side moody, late-night songs and
instrumentation.
DON'T WAIT...
The
Dutch 180g reissue of the at-one-time super-limited vinyl
version of the Eddie Vedder-penned and performed film
soundtrack. Hurry, hurry...
OESB NEW RELEASES...
Another
great load of
vinyl-only releases, from one of the best labels emerging
of 2010!
OESB AND NEW MEXICAN SUMMER TITLES ARE
IN...
Only way to get the Julian
Lynch...
NEEDLE
fever? Yes, we do!
We've recently started
carrying an assortment of replacement cartridges and
needles. If you are having trouble finding a local
spot for your stylus needs--stop in (at
the
52)
and have us get you sorted out...
BEST COAST AND SURFER BLOOD RESTOCKS IN THIS
WEEK...
Don't sleep--they will
probably be gone by the weekend.
SOUTHERN LORD, BEDROOM COMMUNITY, AND GONER IN THIS WEEK,
TOO...
Danny's new arrivals section
is looking pretty deep!
ALONG WITH SWEETNESS FROM KANINE...
We dig The Depreciation
Guild!
MEXICAN SUMMER LIMITED EDITION VINYL
INCOMING...
We find that around here, the
titles on Mexican Summer, always fly off the shelves.
Numbered, limited, coloured vinyl--it's how we like it!
Don't sleep on getting those Real Estate and Washed Out
sides that have been commanding big $$ on ebay. New to
the fold is limited love from Fraction, Andrew Graham
& Swarming Branch, Kurt Vile (reissue), Pearl Harbor
(reissue), Eddy Current Supression Ring, and Fraction!
BAND OF HORSES DELUXE INDEPENDENT STORE VER-SHON!
INCLUDES:
>180G vinyl
>CD (slipcase)
>Download card of full album
>Collector's Edition poster
>10 High Quality Photos by Christopher Wilson
>All packaged in custom/limited edition box set
(cardboard)
This one is going
to be very, very limited. So, hit us to hold...
NEW THIRD MAN AND LITA ACTION NOW IN
STOCK...
Juicy 1000 copy repress of
The Raconteurs (with copper foil-blocking, no less) along
with the new Dead Weather 7", and swirl vinyl Smoke
Fairies are on the shelves, from TM. also the sick issue
of the Kris Kristofferson's publishing demos from the
late 60s/early 70s. Lovingly annotated and assembled,
goes without saying, by the LITA crew.
INCOMING GOODNESS...
Seemingly no one got the RSD
hand-screened 'Heaven Is Whenever' LP or the UK only
"Paperback Writer" / "Rain" 7", but come May, the wide
release of the HS will be available at LUNA, as well as
the stateside version of the first shot Beatles
vinyl
remastering. Both
are going to be limited, so hit us to hold...
'EXILE...' INCOMING GOODNESS...
This super deluxe package
includes a double vinyl LP set, a 30-minute documentary
DVD with footage from C**ksucker Blues, Ladies and
Gentlemen... the Rolling Stones and Stones in Exile, and
a 50-page collector's book with photos from the Exile
era.
Regarded as one of the greatest albums in rock 'n' roll
history and one of the most defining of the Stones'
catalogue. Also going to be limited, so
hit us to hold...
TOUR ONLY XX 12" IN NOW...
mr. lunatron picked up a
clutch of these sweet tour-only 12" at the The XX show in
bton! Exclusive mixes from Matthew Dear (VCR) and Jamie
XX (You Got The Love). Don't Sleep...
more PIC DISC & COLOURED VINYL
GOODNESS...
We just got restock on more classic titles, from Europe,
that are pressed on super nice/super rare coloured vinyl
and a clutch of titles pressed as picture discs (Joy
Division, MJ, Pink Floyd, to name a few). Stop by and
check out the love we have for: The Beatles (POUNDS OF
RESTOCK IN THIS WEEK), The Ramones, Stone Roses, Guns N
Roses (with the banned cover, no less), Nirvana, Pink
Floyd, 13th Floor Elevators and more...foto by
John Huffman.
MORE SWEET VINYL SPACE...
We
just took delivery of two new LP fixtures at the 52 (and
just did a MASSIVE clean out/restock at the annex last
month)!
Racks be filling up with more freshness, in the weeks to
come!
Looking for anything?
WHITE STRIPES MASSIVE PACKAGE
With
the release of the upcoming live WS document, 'Under
Great White Northern Lights,' Meg and Jack have a
full-format treat!
Dig
these deets and if you hit us to hold, you'll get it at a
special price!
The Limited Edition Box set contains:
>Overbox
Sturdy box wrapped in black with red lining and adorned
with UGWNL penguin emblem.
>Double
LP in Gatefold Jacket
Pressed on 180 gram vinyl, contains 16 live songs from
various shows in Canada during the tour, as well as
artwork unique to the box and an exclusive 6 panel
insert.
>Hardcover
Photography Book
208 page hardcover book containing photographs shot by
Autumn de Wilde on the Canadian tour.
>CD/DVD
Slipcase, Folder & Booklet
7 inch, 3 panel disc folder and 24 page bound book housed
in a sturdy black slipcase.
>Under
Great White Northern Lights DVD
92 minute documentary directed by Emmett Malloy
containing footage from the Canadian tour.
>Under
Nova Scotian Lights DVD
135 minute 10th anniversary show in Glace Bay, Nova
Scotia directed by Emmett Malloy.
>Under
Great White Northern Lights CD
First ever White Stripes live album available containing
16 live songs from various shows from the Canadian tour
in 2007.
>7 inch Colored Vinyl Single
Side A - Icky Thump (Live)
Side B - The Wheels On The Bus (Live)
>Silkscreened
Print
1 of 6 silk screened designs by Rob Jones based on a
photograph by Autumn de Wilde.
MAZZY STAR IS FINALY BACK ON VINYL, YES!
Nice
pressings, too!
THE PAVEMENT REISSUES ARE IN!
Brighten The Corners LP+MP3
(Matador)
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain LP+MP3 (Matador)
Slanted & Enchanted LP+MP3 (Matador)
Watery Domestic LP+MP3 (Matador)
Wowee Zowee LP+MP3 (Matador)
MARGOT AND THE NUCLEAR SO AND SO'S SELF-RELEASED 7"
SINGLE...
Is
back in stock! Two exclusive songs, only 1000 made--don't
sleep!
NEW SC DISTRO ACTION...
Hoquiam - Hoquiam LP (St.
Ives)
Hoquiam is Damien Jurado
(guitar and voice) and his brother Drake Jurado
(percussion and keyboard). Gothic folk, personal
narratives, and simple strong percussive elements define
the music.
Wolf People - Tidings LP (Jagjaguwar)
Stitched together in a style reminiscent of early Faust
or early Mothers Of Invention, the songs lay nestled in
snatches of field recordings, winding tapes, squealing
feedback, studio outtakes and the voices of dead
relatives. The tunes themselves are full of hissing
guitars, distorted blues harmonica, acid rock, mystical
flutes and crackling tape.
THE LATEST ROUND OF MEXICAN SUMMER RELEASES HAVE HIT THE
SHELVES!
These deluxe, numbered,
short-run pressings never
last long in the
racks--stop by soon!
NEW THIRD MAN 7" ACTION!
WANDA JACKSON - You Know I'm
No Good b/w Shakin' All Over
the
legendary Queen of Rockabilly doing a remake of Amy
Winehouse--produced by Jack White!
THE BLACK BELLES - What Can I Do b/w Lies
all girl garage rock band with a modern soul twist
discovered by Jack White.
BUY THE NEW YEASAYER EARLY!
Pick
up the vinyl for 'Odd Blood' two weeks before the CD and
digital release (attn: Labels--do more of
this)!
REAL ESTATE - LIVE ON THE RADIO LP (limited edition of 300!)
KILLER 10-song artifact from
one of the 2009 LUNA faves. Don't sleep...
SPOON
Written In Reverse b/w Mean Red Spider – PINK
VINYL
7-inch
Produced by the band,
"Written In Reverse," the first single from
'Transference,' is a seven-inch vinyl release featuring
the exclusive B-side "Mean Red Spider," which will not be
available digitally.
This limited edition 7-inch is pressed on pink
vinyl! Hit us to hold!
SECRET
STASH RECORDS
Looking to feed your deck a left-field selection? Need
just a bit of a break from your recent purchases? Check
out some of the titles from these guys; Reggae versions
of classic Jazz records, 60's "Adult" music from 60's
"Adult" films, lost 70's soundtracks with deep funk and
dialog. Nice palette cleansers...
NUMERO UP!
We are probably just on this
side of the line of obsession when we speak about the
truly inspiring Numero label, here at the shop. They do a
killer job with all of their found gem reissues, and
recently we have struck a deal with the Chicago-based
folks to not only get specially priced wax and CDs, but
we are also stocking their dope Numero Trading Card set,
the new (and almost out of print) Numero book 'Light: On
The South Side,' that also comes with 2-LPs, Twinight
shirts and 7"s and on it goes! Stop in and see what they
have cooking up for us next!
MUSIC MATTERS/BLUE NOTE REISSUES
LUNA is your Indianapolis resource for The Definitive 45
rpm Blue Note Reissue Series. Typically sold by
mail-order subscription only, the folks at Music Matters
were kind and confident enough to make us your only local
outlet for these 180 gram, superbly mastered, cut at 45
r.p.m. gems. Once they are gone, they are
gone...
+Kraftwerk
- Autobahn
LP (Caroline)
+Kraftwerk
- Man Machine
2xLP (Caroline)
+Kraftwerk
- Radioactivity
2xLP (Caroline)
+Kraftwerk
- Tour De France
2xLP (Caroline)
+Kraftwerk
- Trans Europe
Express 2xLP (Caroline)
Remastered HQ-180 represses now available.
+DUBLAB'S
SECONDHAND SURESHOTS: DVD, 12-INCH, SLIPMATS &
HAND-SCREENED SLEEVES--Secondhand Sureshots
(Deluxe Super Set)
DVD
Secondhand Sureshots the
film
RECORD
12-inch Picture Disc--original music
by Daedelus, J-Rocc, Nobody and Ras G, plus a megamix by
Kutmah
SLIPMATS
Left &
Right.
SLEEVES
Hand-screened gatefold LP sleeves individually
printed by Hit+Run
Here's the
short and sweet--will will have it in the shop the first
week of December...
Secondhand
Sureshots is a filmed experiment in creative sound
recycling. Dublab directors Bryan "Morpho" Younce &
Mark "frosty" McNeill sent beatmakers Daedelus, Nobody,
J.Rocc and Ras G on safari into L.A. thrift stores with
orders to make new music out of five finds while the
cameras filmed the whole process. The result is a
mini-documentary about putting new life into old vinyl.
Over 2 hours of footage, music & bonus material.
The Deluxe Super Set is a true sound and vision
experiment. Dublab scoured Southern California and
rescued 500 gatefold LP covers from dusty thrift store
bin obscurity. Our graphic friends at Hit+Run took the
covers and screen-printed them by hand, making new visual
masterpieces to house the first public release of
Secondhand Sureshots. Stuffed in this package is
all-exclusive material sampled and shredded into new
forms fine-tuned to blow your mind. We hope it inspires
you to make your own creative gems and
jams!
+TOM WAITS 7-LP 'ORPHANS' VINYL BOX
SET!
Only 1200
of these mad sets
are being produced. You get your pressings on 180 gram
vinyl, 6 bonus songs that were are not on the CD set (for
a grand total of 56 tracks), and a deluxe 12" lyric
book--all housed in a beautiful pull out case! Selling
briskly--hit us to
hold!
+EDDIE HINTON TRIBUTE 7" SINGLES!
Our bros at Shake It Records,
in Cinci, are putting out these killer tribute singles
for the mighty Eddie Hinton! First up in the series: Mr.
Greg Dulli and Drive By Truckers!
Check out what Patterson Hood had to say about these 7s
and the beauty of vinyl, in general:
Y'ALL:
We're pleased to be part of Shake It Records' Eddie
Hinton Tribute 45 Series. (Dangerous Highway). Eddie was
a long time resident of my hometown and a big part of the
Muscle Shoals recording legacy. He was the artist our
band collectively loves most. The series is largely to
raise awareness of Eddie's incredible musical legacy. It
is also to raise awareness of the fact that vinyl does
still exist (and in fact is one of the few sectors of the
troubled music industry that is actually growing). The
series' vinyl only release plan also enabled the man who
put it all together to reach across record company lines
and get artists whose labels might have otherwise
objected to their recording independently (It is much
easier to get permission and avoid a lot of legal paper
work if the label is told that this is a vinyl only
release).
There has been some bellyaching and complaining but I
feel that the point is being missed. Guess what? You can
actually still buy a turntable. You might be amazed how
inexpensive a good turntable is. I bought my Stanton T.90
for less than $300 and it has a USB port to download onto
my iPod (although being in my 40s, I haven't figured out
how to do that yet). Cooley doesn't own a iPod or
computer so he opted for the lesser expensive, but still
high quality Stanton without the USB port. I think it was
in the $200 range and sounds fantastic. I bought my wife
a small record player, like the ones they had in school
when we were kids, for $50 and it plays 33, 45, and 78s
and actually sounds pretty good. Once you own a
turntable, you'll be amazed at the fun you can have going
out and buying really cool records really cheaply. It
starts out as a hobby and can quickly become a passion or
obsession. Some older records may have some pops and
scratches, but they also have great bass (much better
than CDs) and there is nothing like the fun of spending
an evening playing records for your friends. We often
have a turntable on the bus and take turns DJing and
prowling local record stores for cool cheap vinyl.
(Buying vinyl also means more support for the locally
owned record retailers, which are far superior to the
mass market chains and NEED OUR SUPPORT!)
New records are often of a much higher quality than the
records we bought as kids. All of our vinyl releases are
on 180gm vinyl which sound amazing. We spare no expense
in our packaging and mastering and our vinyl releases are
the best sounding DBT releases available. (Plus the
packaging is much nicer). Our next album will be released
on vinyl with a CD included for downloading and mobility
purposes. (I released Murdering Oscar that way and nearly
1 out of 4 sales were in that format).
We took part in this project to urge folks to buy vinyl
and support this superior aspect of the recording
industry. I ordered my turntable online and it was
delivered within 5 days (with cartridge and stylus
included). So get with it and get to spinning them
records. It may be the best investment you make all year.
(Ask Santa!)
Yours, lovingly spinning at 45RPMs,
Patterson Hood
more PIC DISC & COLOURED VINYL
GOODNESS...
We just got restock on more classic titles, from Europe,
that are pressed on super nice/super rare coloured vinyl
and a clutch of titles pressed as picture discs (Joy
Division, MJ, Pink Floyd, to name a few). Stop by and
check out the love we have for: The Beatles (POUNDS OF
RESTOCK IN THIS WEEK), The Ramones, Stone Roses, Guns N
Roses (with the banned cover, no less), Nirvana, Pink
Floyd, 13th Floor Elevators and more...foto by
John Huffman.
+New Order - Brotherhood LP (Rhino)
+New
Order -
Low-Life LP (Rhino)
+New
Order -
Movement LP (Rhino)
+New
Order -
Power, Corruption & Lies LP (Rhino)
+New
Order -
Technique LP (Rhino)
HQ-180 vinyl reissues now available.
+Boris
- Japanese Heavy
Rock Hits Volumes 1-3 7” single series (Southern Lord)
This is the first of three 7'' to be released by Boris
before the year's end. SL has us hooked up to the
receiving machine! Hit us here
to hold!
+The Smiths - Meat Is Murder LP (Rhino)
+The
Smiths -
The Queen Is Dead LP (Rhino)
+The
Smiths -
The Smiths LP (Rhino)
+The
Smiths -
Strangeways Here We Come LP (Rhino)
Newly remastered audio by Frank Arkwright (overseen by
Johnny Marr, no less) and packaged in the original
sleeves with original labels and original inner bags,
pressed on high-quality HQ-180 vinyl.