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New Releases

13th Floor Elevators
Going Up: The Very Best Of The 13th Floor Elevators
PS, UK 2004 release, single CD best-of collection. "The 20 greatest mind-blowing highlights recorded for the International Artists label between 1966 and 1969 by the pioneering psychedelic rock group. Featuring the groundbreaking single, 'You're Gonna Miss Me,' other classics such as 'Fire Engine,' 'Slip Inside This House' and 'May The Circle Remain Unbroken,' plus the recently discovered nugget 'I Don't Ever Want To Come Down' and a manic version of Van Morrison's garage classic, 'Gloria.' Fronted by the truly eccentric and iconic Roky Erickson, The 13th Floor Elevators produced some of the most inventive and memorable music of the era. Their often-menacing drug-fuelled songs with a potent combination of R&B, folk-rock and Kinks/Stones punk and stoned lyrics based on a nihilistic hippy philosophy have brought them cult status ever since."
Charly
CD
$13.00

13th Floor Elevators
Easter Everywhere
PS, UK 2003 reissue. This enhanced re-issue includes 10 highly desirable bonus tracks in the form of live versions of 8 songs from the group's debut album, recorded in Texas & San Francisco, an instrumental version of "Levitation," as well as a previously unreleased studio gem, "I Don't Ever Want To Come Down."
Charly
CD
$15.75

A Smile and a Ribbon
Boy I Wish I Never Met
PS, US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a 9-song CD & 4-song 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. The Boy I Wish I Never Met is a pure P!O!P! album that draws influences from 1950's girl groups, 90's twee, and a whole lot of quirky personality. 13 bittersweet songs on CD and Vinyl. A limited edition pressing of 300 copies.
Shelflife
CD/45
$17.75

Airborne Toxic Event
S-T
PS, US These fixtures of the Silver Lake music scene, garnering comparisons to everyone from Modest Mouse & The Arcade Fire to the Clash & U2. The group's debut album was co-produced by Pete Min (Longwave, Ivy).
ShoutFactory
CD
$12.75

All That The Name Implies
S-T
PS, US This mellow collection of communal U.S. hippie folk was recorded in 1968 and went undiscovered for decades. Featuring male and female vocals, strummed 6 and 12-string acoustic guitars, congas, flute and tambourine, it's a lost gem that's bound to appeal to fans of stoned rural psychedelia. The songs range from touching ballads to whimsical ditties and a highly unusual medley in tribute to folk giant Fred Neil. It makes its CD debut here, and comes complete with all four sides of their equally-rare and obscure 45s.
Fallout
CD
$16.25

Ambarchi, Oren
A Final Kiss on Poisoned Cheeks
PS, US There is a vivid breadth to the guitar deconstructions of Australian OREN AMBARCHI. Sometimes his work takes a delicate lilt; it can also dive into dark and deep pools of sound when he joins cowl-core ensembles Sunn O))) (with Stephen O'Malley) and Burial Chamber Trio (with Greg Anderson). Whether with those bands, solo, or in collaboration with luminaries ranging from Mike Patton and John Zorn to Christian Fennesz, he consistently reroutes his instrument into zones of arch, alien abstraction. "A Final Kiss on Poisoned Cheeks" offers a dizzying gaze straight into a chasm of extreme frequencies - paint-peelingly high and bowel-churningly low - all set atop a sub-strata of menace, angst, and contemplative beauty.
TableOfTheElements-95
LP
$14.25

Ant Trip Ceremony, The
24 Hours [re-issue]
PS, US In 1968, a group of talented college students at Oberlin College formed a band and recorded their only album, 24 Hours. Pressed in scant quantity, this album would become a collector's item, selling for hundreds of dollars. Cicadelic Records is excited to release the complete album on CD with detailed liner notes and photos on the history of the band. The psychedelic sounds that emanate from this album will have listeners 'turn on, tune in, and drop out.' Originally Issued In 1968. 40th year anniversary release!
Cicadelic
CD
$11.25

Apache
Boomtown Gems
PS, US Described as Kiss meets The Ramones meets The New York Dolls, the albums sways & moves to the groove of that '70s glam/punk thing. Feat members of THE CUTS, PARCHMAN FARM, GHENGHIS TRON & others, this is simply a band of 4 dudes. The guitar player is some sorta reincarnation of Jimi Hendrix meeting Kurt Cobain in a dark club in NYC & the frontman, leading the charge...he is simply known as Apache.
Birdman
CD
$16.00

Apollo Sunshine
Shall Noise Upon
PS, US Double vinyl version! A celebration of darkness & light, love & death, friends & lovers. Feat. members of Drug Rug, Tulsa, Viva Viva.
HeadlessHeroes
DLP
$20.75

Arabian Blade
S-T (Cassette)
PS, US The stay-blazed team up of conneticut's chris donofrio and donovan fazzino get up in them guts with some comatose low blows spread out over twenty minutes. tones get deep in the earth, take a nap in the crust, and are discovered years later when they forget to wake up. bring a blanket and maybe a few coffin nails.(905)
905
CASS
$5.00

Arms
Kids Aflame (CD/DVD)
PS, US Inspired by a love of "sad/weird/insular genius types" like Neil Young, Stephin Merritt, & David Byrne, the music cloaks catchy tunes in fuzzy, echo-laden production & TODD GOLDSTEIN's melodramatic, crooned vocals. A true one-man band, he recorded this over a period of 3 years, playing all the instruments himself. A hazy, late-night mood runs deep in the record's 13 tracks w/ a surprise around every corner.
Melodic
CD/DVD
$16.25

Atlas Sound
Let the Blind Lead Those
PS, US VINYL VERSION. To make the 4 sides of the album complete, there are 6 NEW SONGS added!! One of the latest "true queer art punks" to emerge from the cracked pavement of southern suburban sprawl, this is the solo moniker of DEERHUNTER frontman/provocateur BRADFORD COX. This is, essentially, a bedroom album, a collage, mixing the garage rock & ambient electronic influences previously explored w/ Deerhunter in a new context, w/ newly explored recording techniques, mainly laptop based, learned w/ guidance from kranky artist Nudge's Brian Foote.
Kranky-114
DLP
$14.75

Atlas Sound
Atlas Shrugged
PS, US In March 2008, while ATLAS SOUND toured the U.S.A., chief Atlas Provocateur BRADFORD COX stopped off in Olympia, Wash. to lay down some tracks at the Dub Narcotic studio for this stellar Disco Plate release. Entirely off the cuff, Bradford made up the song on the spot, played all the instruments and improvised vocals. The session was engineered by CALVIN JOHNSON, who in his guise as Selector Dub Narcotic added his own flourishes, vocal and melodica, mixed the arresting B side "version". Another instant classic in our Dub Narcotic Disco Plate series of 7" 45 RPM records.
Krecords-113
45
$3.75

Avery, Eric
Help Wanted
PS, US Solo album from Jane's Addiction bassist, who's done some really awesome solo/collaboration stuff previously.
Dangerbird
CD
$15.00

Band Of Annuals
Let Me Live
PS, US An amazing combo of devastating heartbreaking alt-country earnestness and perfect pop-hook craftsmanship. This 6-piece Salt Lake City band will remind you of the likes of Ryan Adams, Magnolia Electric Co., Neko Case, Damian Jurado and many others. A+
KilbyRecords-007
CD
$13.75

Band Of Annuals
Repondez
PS, US First CD by SLC's premier alt country/pop band. Pop-tinged alt-folk with boy-girl harmonies topped off with pedal steel guitars, harmonicas and mandolins. Recommended if you like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Red House Painters, Ryan Adams.
KilbyRecords-005
CD
$13.75

Band, The
A Musical History [CD/DVD Box Set]
PS, US
Capitol
CD-BOX
$75.00

Barzelay, Eef
Lose Big
PS, US New solo album from founder and creative force of the much-loved alt-country combo Clem Snide and noted film score composer.
429Records
CD
$14.25

Belong
Same Places (Slow Version)
PS, US With "Same Places (Slow Version)," BELONG evinces a slow-motion transformation - plate tectonics, wired for sound. Aural mountains melt into seas; yet icy barrens yield to breathing jungles of detail. The single, sprawling track may evoke decay, dissolution and destruction, but underfoot are tendrils of inexplicable joy. Belong sings a lullaby of obliteration, and the paradox it embodies would make both Kevin Shields and Tony Conrad proud: crushing melancholia and shuddering euphoria, inexorably intertwined.
TableOfTheElements-96
LP
$14.25

Bitcrush
Shimmer and Fade
PS, US Originally released in 2005, 'Shimmer and Fade' was a limited time download EP from n5MD's sub-label En:peg Digital. Within its forty-eight minutes, bass and guitar arose from the background to a place of prominence and carried the EP's melodic content. This change in form represented an important period in the natural evolution of the Bitcrush sound, a time that found Mike Cadoo transitioning from his post-industrial and IDM beginnings found on Enarc to the more ambient/post-shoegaze direction of 'In Distance.' After years of requests to bring Shimmer and Fade back, n5MD has chosen to re-release it as a re-mastered CD which contains four extra tracks not found on the original EP. Limited to 1000, this release will serve as a time capsule of what was yet to come.
n5MD-160
CD
$12.00

Black To Comm
Fractal Hair Geometry
PS, GERMANY Black To Comm is the solo venture of Dekorder label boss Marc Richter. With two and a half albums released on his own label he has established himself as one of the most prolific drone artists out there with a forthcoming album on the American Digitalis label, a collaborative CD with Datashock on Ikuisuus, a 7" on the Irish Trensmat label and a collaboration with Xela in the works "Fractal Hair Geometry" is Richter's most refined and original work to date, picking up where the electrifying drone works of his monumental Double-LP left off. Like the last records this album is centered around recordings of a variety of vintage organs. While "Wir können leider..." often featured pure harmonium sounds and spacious recordings of chuch organ and mellotron, the new album opts for a more electronic, effects-laden sound, sending an old Farfisa Compact Deluxe and Casio SK-5 through an armada of analogue & digital effects pedals. The results are massive one-chord drones layered into dense & ecstatic, flickering & pulsating clusters of psychedelic electronic sound. Additional wordless vocal effects, hyperventilating & sizzling drum machines and hypnotic violin and guitar noises make for a hyperactive sound that never stands still even though most of the music is pure drones (sometimes consisting of more than 50 recording layers). Decidedly simple but gorgeous melodies shine through the mist from time to time, making a Black To Comm record always much more accessible than your average drone album. There's even a heavy 4/4 bass drum smuggled into a track dedicated to the late Leigh Bowery, one of the most enigmatic creative figures of the mid-80's UK club scene (and singer of Minty). Guests include Jonna Karanka (aka Kuupuu) on piano, Guido Möbius on trumpet and current Black To Comm (live) band members Renate Nikolaus on violin and Ulf Schütte (of Datashock, Aosuke, etc.) adding electronic sounds. Along the lines of the music, seminal German artist Oliver Ross has created a massive multi-layered neon-coloured collage artwork that is printed on special ultra-heavy cardboard stock.
Dekorder-027
LP
$16.25

Black To Comm
Fractal Hair Geometry
PS, GERMANY Black To Comm is the solo venture of Dekorder label boss Marc Richter. With two and a half albums released on his own label he has established himself as one of the most prolific drone artists out there with a forthcoming album on the American Digitalis label, a collaborative CD with Datashock on Ikuisuus, a 7" on the Irish Trensmat label and a collaboration with Xela in the works "Fractal Hair Geometry" is Richter's most refined and original work to date, picking up where the electrifying drone works of his monumental Double-LP left off. Like the last records this album is centered around recordings of a variety of vintage organs. While "Wir können leider..." often featured pure harmonium sounds and spacious recordings of chuch organ and mellotron, the new album opts for a more electronic, effects-laden sound, sending an old Farfisa Compact Deluxe and Casio SK-5 through an armada of analogue & digital effects pedals. The results are massive one-chord drones layered into dense & ecstatic, flickering & pulsating clusters of psychedelic electronic sound. Additional wordless vocal effects, hyperventilating & sizzling drum machines and hypnotic violin and guitar noises make for a hyperactive sound that never stands still even though most of the music is pure drones (sometimes consisting of more than 50 recording layers). Decidedly simple but gorgeous melodies shine through the mist from time to time, making a Black To Comm record always much more accessible than your average drone album. There's even a heavy 4/4 bass drum smuggled into a track dedicated to the late Leigh Bowery, one of the most enigmatic creative figures of the mid-80's UK club scene (and singer of Minty). Guests include Jonna Karanka (aka Kuupuu) on piano, Guido Möbius on trumpet and current Black To Comm (live) band members Renate Nikolaus on violin and Ulf Schütte (of Datashock, Aosuke, etc.) adding electronic sounds. Along the lines of the music, seminal German artist Oliver Ross has created a massive multi-layered neon-coloured collage artwork that is printed on special ultra-heavy cardboard stock.
Dekorder-027
CD
$17.75

Boredoms
Super Ae
PS, US
Birdman
CD
$15.00

Bossk
2
PS, US Following their 2006 debut release ".1," the group toured extensively w/an impressive list of bands, including Cult of Luna, The Ocean, Yndi Halda, & Baroness. Largely instrumental, this kicks in w/an almost stoner rock like groove, seamlessly moving into their characteristic rich ambient post-metal before climaxing w/ an upbeat vocal led closure.
EyeofSound
CD
$14.50

Bruni, Carla
Comme Si de Rien N'Etait
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The title of Carla Bruni's 2008 album, Comme Si de Rien N'Etait (As If Nothing Had Happened), is a good joke. After all, since her last album Bruni fell into a whirlwind romance with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and ended up marrying him and becoming the "First Lady" of France. That's a pretty big "something," and indeed it isn't often that the romance of a singer and a president is chronicled on record as it is here -- though you need to be fluent in French to catch the details, since only her cover of '50s pop classic "You Belong to Me" (which is a witty nod to a semi-scandalous trip the couple took to Egypt and other exotic locales before they were wed) is in English. You don't need to know exactly what's going on lyrically, because the intimate-sounding arrangements on the ballads and the light and breezy sound of the more uptempo tunes clue you in that there is romance in the air. Along with the nice arrangements, the best thing about the album is Bruni's intimate and sultry singing. She can purr like a Gainsbourg girl, strut sassily, or croon quite tenderly -- sometimes all within the same song. Most of the time she sounds like you always hoped a '60s French bombshell would sound but never quite did (think Bardot or Birkin). Not surprisingly, Bruni appears totally in control throughout the album, which could be down to her having written almost all of the songs herself, or could be down to her new position in the world. Whatever the reason, it makes for quite an improvement over her previous album, No Promises, and fulfills the promise of her charming debut, Quelqu'un M'a Dit. It is probably the best album released by a "First Lady," but beyond that, it's a pleasant, sometimes compelling album by a singer/songwriter with some stories to tell and a lovely way of telling them."
Downtown
CD
$17.00

Bug
London Zoo
PS, US In Gibson's Neuromancer, when Case & Molly meet the 2 surviving founders of Zion, there is talk of hearing a "mighty dub" in the Babel of tongues signaling the "final days." If indeed we're living in these "end times," as many predict, then there can be no more of an appropriate soundtrack for the coming apocalypse than this. Best start building the Marcus Garvey tug now.
NinjaTune
CD
$16.00

Byrds
Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde
PS, US A key transitional touchstone in The Byrds' fabled canon, 1969's Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde was the next stop in the band's pioneering country-rock trajectory and the first album by the post-Gram Parsons lineup. With leader Roger McGuinn at the helm of a stellar new edition of the band featuring guitar god Clarence White, drummer Gene Parsons, and bassist John York, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde sees The Byrds bridging the gap between the psychedelic flights of the group's mid-'60s albums and the down-home, country-based style developed only months earlier with Sweetheart of the Rodeo. In addition to containing strong McGuinn originals ("King Apathy III," "Old Blue"), more of the band's beloved interpretations of Bob Dylan classics ("This Wheel's on Fire" and a medley blending The Bard's "My Back Pages" with Jimmy Reed's "Baby, What You Want Me to Do"), and even a Gram Parsons collaboration (the bemusing "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man," which cleverly celebrates The Byrds' love of country music while simultaneously taking a dig at small-minded rednecks), Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde also boasts two tracks composed by McGuinn for the obscure, racy '60s cult movie Candy. Mastered from the original Columbia Records analog master reels, Sundazed's exact reproduction of the original LP will have Byrdmaniacs everywhere soaring to high heaven!
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Byrds
Sanctuary II
PS, US A new vinyl collection of rare Byrds recordings! With an emphasis on the group's instrumental prowess and exclusive interviews with Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and John York Sanctuary II collects outtakes and unissued material from the legendary Younger Than Yesterday, Notorious Byrd Bros. and Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde sessions. A High-Definition Vinyl pressing of forgotten gems!
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Byrds
Sanctuary IV
PS, US The Sanctuary spotlight shifts with volume IV to the Nashville sessions for the Byrds' landmark 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo. Spurred on by new member Gram Parsons, formerly of the International Submarine Band, the Byrds traveled to Nashville to fashion the innovative country/rock blend that's been part of American culture ever since. Sanctuary IV collects all of Parsons' vocal takes for the first time, as well as other outtakes and rehearsals which document the creation of an album unlike any other. First time on vinyl for all tracks; annotation by Byrds' Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and Kevin Kelley!!
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Byrds
Sanctuary III
PS, US Laden with outtakes, alternate versions and rarites from the Ballad of Easy Rider and Untitled sessions, the third volume of our Sanctuary series spotlights Clarence White's fretboard genius. Vinyl debut for all tracks; annotation by Roger McGuinn and John York!
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Byrds
Sanctuary
PS, US The ringing sound of the Byrds - a band that created at least three rock 'n' roll genres (folk-rock, raga-rock and country-rock) would make any red-blooded music fan reach for the nearest tambourine to beat the jingle-jangle daylights out of it. Sanctuary collects all of the best rarities, alternate takes and 45-only sides into one goose pimple-inducing package, guaranteed to make anyone with a pulse "Feel A Whole Lot Better." Most tracks have never before appeared on vinyl!
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Caldera Lakes
S-T (Cassette)
PS, US New born duo of eva aguila (kevin shields / gang wizard) and brittany gould (married in berdichev) lay down some of the most beautiful / hideous / beautiful again experimental music around. the two create juxtopositions of gently sung vocals with scrapyard convulsions layered overtop of each other with results that are next level hypnotic. covers printed on vellum paper. (905)
905
CASS
$5.00

Chrome
Chrome Box [deluxe 3CD boxset]
PS, US Retrospective, 55 tracks from Mr. Helios Creed and cohorts.
Cleopatra
CD-BOX
$23.00

Clear Light
S-T
PS, US
CollectorsChoice
CD
$14.50

Clear Light
S-T
PS, US Their psychedelia run amuck with twin drummers, creamy fuzz guitar and carnival-clatter keyboards, LA's Clear Light were a fixture on underground radio - most memorably with their heavy-on-the-paranoia "Mr. Blue." Our reissue of their rare self-titled 1967 Elektra debut, produced by Paul Rothchild, features a non-LP bonus track ("She's Ready To Be Free") and liner notes that tell Clear Light's story in full, vivid detail.
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Clinic
Funf
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$14.00

Clinic
Funf
PS, US Ten years of Clinic flipsides are joyously addled but have consistently given a reason to listen beyond the A-sides, covering acid punk to damaged hoedowns and any stops in between.
Domino
CD
$12.00

Cluster
Cluster '71
PS, US REPRESS! NOW ON LP!
4MenWithBeards
LP
$16.75

Cluster & Eno
S-T
PS, US REPRESS! NOW ON LP!
4MenWithBeards
LP
$16.75

Cock Esp/Suffering Bastard
Split
PS, US Brutal grind featuring a dual-bass assault of the highest gain & lowest frequency, complete w/ brain-rattling vocal violence & remorseless drum kit abuse vs. an ugly & unlistenable shrieking noise overload inspired by 1980's top 40 hits & the pure unadulterated hatred of mankind.
ApopRecords
10
$10.25

Coffins
Buried Death
PS, US On their 3rd, they are firmly established as the underground's leading purveyors of Neanderthal-paced doomed death metal. Named as one of the 25 most anticipated LPs by Decibel Magazine, this comes packaged in sturdy Stoughton printed mini-gatefold.
SouthernLord
CD
$14.00

Coldplay
Viva La Vida
PS, US When Coldplay sampled Kraftwerk on their third album, X&Y, it was a signifier for the British band, telegraphing their classicist good taste while signaling how they prefer the eternally hip to the truly adventurous; it was stylish window dressing for soft arena rock. Hiring Brian Eno to produce the bulk of their fourth album, Viva la Vida, is another matter entirely. Eno pushes them, not necessarily to experiment but rather to focus and refine, to not leave their comfort zone but to find some tremulous discomfort within it. In his hands, this most staid of bands looks to shake things up, albeit politely, but such good manners are so inherent to Coldplay's DNA that they remain courteous even when they experiment. With his big-budget production, Eno has a knack for amplifying an artist's personality, as he allows bands to be just as risky as they want to be -- which is quite a lot in the case of U2 and James and even Paul Simon, but not quite so much with Coldplay. And yet this gentle encouragement -- he's almost a kindly uncle giving his nephews permission to rummage through his study -- pays great dividends for Coldplay, as it winds up changing the specifics without altering the core. They wind up with the same self-styled grandiosity; they've just found a more interesting way to get to the same point. Gone are Chris Martin's piano recitals and gone are the washes of meticulously majestic guitar, replaced by orchestrations of sound, sometimes literally consisting of strings but usually a tapestry of synthesizers, percussion, organs, electronics, and guitars that avoid playing riffs. Gone too are simpering schoolboy ballads like "Fix You," and along with them the soaring melodies designed to fill arenas. In fact, there are no insistent hooks to be found anywhere on Viva la Vida, and there are no clear singles in this collection of insinuatingly ingratiating songs. This reliance on elliptical melodies isn't off-putting -- alienation is alien to Coldplay -- and this is where Eno's guidance pays off, as he helps sculpt Viva la Vida to work as a musical whole, where there are long stretches of instrumentals and where only "Strawberry Swing," with its light, gently infectious melody and insistent rhythmic pulse, breaks from the album's appealingly meditative murk. Whatever iciness there is to the sound of Viva la Vida is warmed by Martin's voice, but the music is by design an heir to the earnest British art rock of '80s Peter Gabriel and U2 -- arty enough to convey sober intelligence without seeming snobby, the kind of album that deserves to take its title from Frida Kahlo and album art from Eugene Delacroix. That Delacroix painting depicts the French Revolution, so it does fit that Martin tones down his relentless self-obsession -- the songs aren't heavy on lyrics and some are shockingly written in character -- which is a development as welcome as the expanded sonic palette. Martin's refined writing topics may be outpaced by the band's guided adventure, but they're both indicative that Coldplay are desperate to not just strive for the title of great band -- a title they seem to believe that they're to the manor born -- but to actually burrow into the explorative work of creating music. And so the greatest thing Coldplay may have learned from Eno is his work ethic, as they demonstrate a focused concentration throughout this tight album -- it's only 47 minutes yet covers more ground than X&Y and arguably A Rush of Blood to the Head -- that turns Viva la Vida into something quietly satisfying. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Capitol-16965
LP
$22.94

Correcto
S-T
PS, US Correcto is a Glaswegian super art-group collaboration that includes a member of Franz Ferdinand. They pen bittersweet songs about chocolate and girls that's equal parts Vaselines, The Kinks, and Pete Shelley after Howard Devoto split town. Inspired by the mundane, the fantastical, mawkish behavior, and hangovers, the result is an exemplary album of direct and unhampered songs.
Domino
CD
$13.00

Correcto
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$14.00

Curless, Dick
Tombstone Every Mile
PS, US Maine native Dick Curless had long recorded for regional labels when songwriter Dan Fulkerson approached him with "A Tombstone Every Mile," the tale of a reallife stretch of Maine highway often lethal to truckers. Released nationally in 1965, the song became a #5 single for Curless and this, his first album for Tower Records, soon reached the Top Twenty on Billboard's country album charts.
Sundazed
CD
$12.25

Curse of Company
Leo Magnets Joins A Gang
PS, US Singer/songwriter, designer and actor David Wiley Rennick, best known for producing two internationally celebrated albums as part of Dappled Cities, has turned his hand to a blend of myth, music and storytelling with his least democratic work to date, The Curse of Company. THE MUSIC draws on Rennick's multi-platform artistic practices to convey story on a massive scale, mixing the psychedelic influence of The Velvet Underground with Neil Young's scalding alt-rock and folk, and drawing on classic, coming-of-age storytelling that recalls a dizzying mix of The Odyssey, Blade Runner, 2001 and Apocalypse Now.
Dangerbird
CD
$15.00

Darker My Love
2
PS, US You turn it on. Turn it up. And the feedback-filled guitars of "Northern Soul" instantly wash over you like an old friend. The pounding rhythms get down into your bones, making it impossible to sit still. And those melodies...they stick with you for days. "Baby, you've got me talking words..." There's a new sheen at play here, courtesy of studio guru, Dave Cooley (Silversun Pickups, J Dilla), allowing the sunburnt harmonies to part through the sonic squall like an indie rock Moses. A sophomore record in every sense of the word.
Dangerbird
CD
$15.00

Days
Downhill
PS, US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a 5-song CD & 2-song 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. One of the most anticipated debuts of 2008, Downhill shows a band untroubled by anything common or earthbound; standing the test of time and standing for themselves.
Shelflife
CD/45
$17.75

DeVotchKa
A Mad and Faithful Telling
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anti
LP
$15.50

Doormouse
Stanley Yerkowski presents: Xylophone Jism as The Ridiculator
PS, UK So way, way, way back in 1994 Dan Doormouse first starting making hardcore techno in Milwaukee Wisconsin, then one day he stumbled upon a Sun Ra record and thus, "Breakcore" in the United States of America was born. He began the legendary Addict and Distort record labels soon after, and began releasing the most fucked up high intensity music the world has ever seen. The nephew of Lemme from motorhead (really, no shit!), Dan soon started performing solo and with his band Meat around Milwaukee in the Midwest of the US, gaining a massive following of renegades, speed freaks and social workers. Somehow, Mike Paradinas (Mu-ziq) took notice, and "Broken" was Dan's first major CD release in 2002 on the Planet Mu record label. But it comes as no surprise that the sorted and complex realities of Breakcore stardom (in this case of bottle of Jack Daniels, and some misplaced punches) made it difficult to continue with Planet Mu . Naturally, Dan finds a home here at Cock Rock Disco with "Stanley Yershonowski presents Xylophone Jism as The Ridiculator."
CockRockDisco-003
CD
$11.75

Droughter & Gnarly Sheen
Split (Cassette)
PS, US Two heads of the same beast, breathing fire and shitting smoke. droughter devours minds with a vocal shredding, feedback fucked wall of power that is hope enveloping and overloaded with eruptive hysteria. gnarly sheen changes things up with a dilated dronescape utilizing layers of lethargic currents. two reasons to put the entire ward on suicide watch.
905
CASS
$5.00

Duchesses
Estupet
PS, US This precocious all-girl quartet with an average age of 19 create a Medusa's head of sound; their influences range from Death In June to Kate Bush. The musical result is a motley collision of razorchainsaw guitars, sinister high school marching band drums, seasick rolling basslines, all heading into battle lead by a screaming banshee-girl-thing spitting acid & venomous bile. Don't be deceived by their youth & knee-highs.
ApopRecords
CD
$13.50

El Vez
Gospel Show In Madrid
PS, US El Vez isn't a conventional Elvis impersonator at all. He takes 50 years of popular music and knits it together to arrive at a revue style of ginormous proportions. T. Rex, The Jam, Iggy, U2 & Aerosmith all go under the thunder & into the blender. This DVD captures the magic and entertainment of Elvez live show, this time his "Gospel" show in Madrid in 2007.
Munster
DVD
$25.00

Elsinore
The General EP
PS, US New three-song EP from local acoustic folk/rock/alt-country heroes, just back from a 4-week US tour!
WordsAsWeapons
CD5
$4.25

Enduser
Bollywood Breaks
PS, GERMANY Repress Packaging: color 12" sleeve. Three tracks by Enduser, and remixes by LARVAE, MAD EP and LINE47. Originally released in October 2004, this 12" sold out very quickly. It was then re-released on CD, which also sold out. Here comes the long awaited repress of the 12", guaranteed to go very fast as well.
AdNoiseam-41
12
$11.50

Engine Down
From Beginning to End
PS, US After nearly a decade of making music, the group chose to play 1 final tour in the US, which is chronicled on this DVD. Contains over 3 hours of content, including a documentary, their entire last show, rare & unreleased tracks, music videos & photo galleries.
Lovitt
DVD
$15.75

Es
Sateenkaarisuudelma
PS, FINLAND Originally released as a 2LP by the (K-RAA-K)³ label in 2005, Sateenkaarisuudelma is Fonal label-head Sami Sänpäkkilä's fourth solo album under the name Es. The 2CD release is a trilogy containing three independent parts: "Sateenkaarisuudelma," "Maailmankaari" and "Pianokaari." Sateenkaarisuudelma was conceived from live songs performed on tour with Black Forest/Black Sea's Miriam Goldberg on cello, Jeffrey Alexander on guitar and effects, and Fursaxa's Tara Burke on vocals and keyboard. "Maailmankaari" I and II were recorded at Boston's WMBR radio station. Featuring rushing piano cadences and stabs, the sounds of burbling streams and static, softly chanting vocals, spectral, psychedelic ambience, dark koan/drones and endlessly looped guitar and electronics, this double album is a contemplative journey into a sound quite beyond freak-folk or Finnish quaintness. Other musicians include members of Kemialliset Ystävät, Kiila and Lau Nau.
Fonal-052
DCD
$20.50

Faint, The
Fasciinatiion
PS, US Their 1st album in 4 years through their own, newly-formed label. In certain ways, the album is the most mechanical & precise of the band's work: the vocals sound less human than ever before; the bass lines are more mangled, keyboards spiral & squeal out of control; electronic pings & stabs invade the melodies; the lyrical anxiety & disdain of previous albums pervades almost every song.
Blank.wav
CD
$12.00

Faint, The
Fasciinatiion
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Blank.wav
DLP
$17.25

Faraquet
Anthology 1997-1998
PS, US Began as a side project featuring SMART WENT CRAZY members DEVIN OCAMPO & JEFF BOSWELL. This is the re-issue of songs they had recorded for various singles & split releases. All songs have been re-mixed by DEVIN OCAMPO & re-mastered by CHAD CLARK.
Dischord
CD
$10.75

Faraquet
Anthology 1997-1998
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Includes MP3's.
Dischord
LP
$11.00

Flynn, Johnny
A Larum
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
LostHighway
DLP
$14.00

Flynn, Johnny
A Larum
PS, US A British lo-fi rock troubadour." What else about him? That's all we got. Debut album on Lost Highway.
LostHighway
CD
$10.00

Foster, Josephine
This Coming Gladness
PS, UK This is Colorado-based Josephine Foster's (Born Heller, The Supposed) debut release for Bo Weavil Recordings, and her third full-length album. This Coming Gladness is the highly-awaited follow-up to 2006's A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing on Locust. This Coming Gladness is transcendental fin de siècle songs from one of the great unsung voices and songwriters of our modern times. Josephine Foster unites rarely united royal realms: self-penned operatic art songs cast in freely-rendered blues with electric guitars and drums beating the path along with harp and piano flourishes. She has a voice that was trained for opera, but creaks like ancient mountain folk floating out from a dusty Victrola. She surpasses any "weird-folk" labelling through the sheer timelessness of her songcraft -- making baroque balladry sound new yet remembered from some not-too distant shared American past. Joining her on this recording is electric guitarist Victor Herrero and drummer Alex Nielson.
BoWeavil
CD
$16.25

Garnett, Gale and the Gentle Reign
S/T
PS, UK Like a lot of folk-pop performers who began their careers in the early- to-mid-'60s, by the end of the decade Gale Garnett seemed to have drifted into the rock and psychedelic scene, hooking up with the band The Gentle Reign to cut these two bizarre albums for CBS. Singer, journalist, actress (from cult 60s movie Mad Monster Party to My Big Fat Greek Wedding), star of Scopitones (check Youtube for some delights!), Gale Zoe Garnett is a marvel and a one-off. Listening to this album one has to wonder who is she taking on here? Bobby Gentry with her smoky voice and good looks, Grace Slick with her swooping rock stylings, or even Frank Zappa with the satirical tone and radio acting? Gale Garnett is a law unto herself. Rev-Ola is proud to bring you her two ndeservedly obscure late 60s albums with The Gentle Reign, a mere smidgen of the woman s immense and unique talent. ** Re-mastered in top Rev-Ola style by Norman Studio 3 Blake and with beautiful repackaging for a beautiful lady! ** Includes both amazing albums in their entirety! ** A must for all fans of out-there psych, sexy femme pop, avant-garde stylings and cult 60s artefacts!
Rev-Ola-257
CD
$15.50

Great Northwest
Widespread Reign of...
PS, US The 13 track album brims over with lush soundscapes; ambient modulations, pop melodies & slowcore pacing coalesce
seamlessly throughout the record. Lavish & haunting vocals woven with Brian's savvy wordplay complete the sonically induced mind altering experience. After the mixing session, Coates said warmly, "there's guitar, there's bass, there's drums, there's trombone, there's Leslie speakers, practice amps, Jew's Harps, drum loops, tambourines, ebows, harmonicas, pie tins, there's thought, there's love"
Kora
CD
$11.25

Guggenheim Grotto, The
...Waltzing Alone
PS, US The curiously named Guggenheim Grotto are a folk-pop trio from Dublin, Ireland, consisting of Kevin May (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Mick Lynch (vocals, guitar, bass, viola), and Shane Power (drums, keyboard). In 2003 May and Lynch began playing together in Dublin and soon recruited Power after he had done production work on their first EP, A Lifetime in Heat. The group's first full-length album, ...Waltzing Alone, followed and was self-released only in Ireland in September 2005. It was released in North America a year later through UFO Music. ~ Kenyon Hopkin, All Music Guide Deluxe hard bound book style packaging!
SHLC003
CD
$14.29

Halstead, Neil
Oh! Mighty Engine (ON SALE)
PS, US New solo album from Slowdive/Mojave 3 mainman... In the late '90s Neil fronted a band called Slowdive, and after a couple of really good records they split. From there Neil formed his current band Mojave 3, who have released 4 records to date with a few more to come, we hope. Hard to find 2 bands with more critical accolades, and at the core of those bands was Neil and his songwriting. Oh! Mighty Engine is the name of Neil's newest solo record. It is a record that can handle excessive listens and seems to absorb every mood. It is really hard to find a record that can make you happy, sad, and can make you laugh all at once. He writes songs that are very personal to him, and then allows space for everyone to take their own meaning away from his lyrics ("Go skies and thrones and wings. And poetry and things" from the song "Elevenses"). Neil is an old soul and his newest solo record is exactly who he is. Welcoming, warm, clever and kind.
Brushfire
CD
$13.50

Halstead, Neil
Oh! Mighty Engine
PS,US VINYL VERSION.
Brushfire
LP
$13.75

Hammer No More The Fingers
S-T
PS, US "Their sound is just straight up indie rock that's laced w/ energy and dipped in a vat of pure catchiness. Better yet, the trio also do enough to not actually sound like it's just three dudes pounding away on their instruments; there's a real sense of flexibility and confidence" -Side One/Track One. Stereogum's Band To Watch
PowerTeam
CD5
$7.00

Handsome Family
Songbook
PS, US Musical notation including chords, tabs, melody & lyrics for 21 HF songs! Compiled by Brett & Rennie for your delight. Songs include: Arlene, Drunk by Noon, Down in the Ground, Weightless Again, The Sad Milkman, I Know You Are There, No One Fell Asleep Alone, 24 Hour Store, The Bottomless Hole, After We Shot the Grizzly, All the Time in Airports, Tesla's Hotel Room & more!!
HandsomeFamily
BOOK
$11.00

Harvey Milk
Courtesy & Goodwill Toward Men (2006)
PS, US At times fragile, minimal, & achingly beautiful; other times it suffocates w/tar-black, crushingly heavy dirges that bend time. The tension that permeates the arrangements is exhausting. This is unprecedented, uneasy listening that walks the finest of lines between difficulty & beauty. Comes w/bonus disc w/entire live set.
Relapse
DCD
$15.00

Hatewave
Free Ringetones
PS, US Disgusting 4 track no-grind from poor white guys on meth and hoarse.
ApopRecords
CD
$13.50

Helm
Chrysalis (Cassette)
PS, US Three solo offerings from half of the birds of delay unit, luke younger. everything comes together in a sort of calming yet virulent way, like rivers of red and black filled with dead birds falling from the sky. chrysalis is sort of like a anodynic end to all things. one quick bite of the apocolypse that makes everything feel good. black on black covers.
905
CASS
$5.00

Hewhocorrupts
Microeconomics
PS, US Chicago's CEOs of corporate grind have returned w/ a high-yielding 7" that will knock your receptionists socks off. Released in 2007 as the infamous credit card shaped CD packaged in a wallet! On colored vinyl, full color folding jacket, w/ all of your credits & debits clearly detailed... pay your fucking bills!
GileadMedia
45
$6.50

Ida
My Fair, My Dark
PS, US The 12" includes a bonus track, is on 180 gram vinyl, and includes a free digital download
card.
Polyvinyl
12
$9.75

Ida
My Fair, My Dark
PS, US This seven song, 30 minute mini-album was recorded in a barn in Woodstock, while Ida was making their latest album, Lovers Prayers. The My Fair, My Dark EP features guest appearances by Levon Helm, Michael Hurley and Tara Jane ONeil. Includes covers of songs by John Martyn, Dolly Parton and Annie Briggs.
Polyvinyl
CD5
$8.75

Jack of Heart
San Francisco
PS, US LIMITED TO 500! Departing completely from the static-soaked, overdriven throb prerogative ofR theecior rpdrsevious bands, this is a new conglomeration of Piero from the FATALS & DEMON'S CLAWS, & Benji from the CRETEENS. Their sound takes off down the tender side of the switchblade, & erupts w/ such an unassuming immediacy that it's tough to pinpoint the first time it slithers through your head
Rob'sHouse
45
$5.25

Jandreus, Peter
The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk 1977-1987
PS, US Beautifully produced hardcover edition, 320 pages, full color. Kinda unbelievable in that same way that all "unbelievable" things are, I mean how does this book exist?! "Do you get nostalgic shivers down your spine when someone mentions the word punk? Are you a real geek when it comes to record collecting? Have you ever wondered what was out there -- deep in the underground of the Swedish punk scene? Then this book is for you! Find out everything you want to know about leading acts such as Ebba Grön, KSMB, Attentat, Anti Cimex, Mob 47, Asta Kask and Strebers. But also about every other band that ever released a record during the first ten years of punk music! In this book you will find all the facts: line-ups, home towns, biographies and complete, fully illustrated discographies with all sleeves depicted in full color. The discographies detail variations in vinyl pressings and covers, colored vinyl existence -- and just about everything else of interest for any serious collector of Swedish punk records. Finally, you get to see the full output from legendary bands such as Vicious Visions, Shas, Absurd, Kriminella Gitarrer, 57 KEZ, Kessler Jugend, Bad Boo Band and other similar acts. Over the years, early Swedish punk has obtained a cult reputation among music fans all over the world and some records will fetch ridiculously high prices at auctions. Those records were often pressed in a very small series by private labels. This book includes Premium Publishing's established price guide indication ratings, showing the current status among collectors for each and every entry! It has taken the author some ten years to collect the massive amount of information contained in this book. Premium Publishing is now very proud to present the definitive reference guide to all the recording acts during the first ten innovative years of the Swedish punk era!"
PremiumPublishing
BOOK
$52.00

Jason Crest
Collected Works of Jason Crest
PS, UK Now available again after being deleted since 2002, Collected Works Of Jason Crest collects the A and B sides of all five late 1960s singles by British psychedelic pop cults Jason Crest and adds six extraordinary demos that failed to see the light of day at the time. With a lavish 16-page booklet and tracks of the caliber of 'Turquoise Tandem Cycle' and the legendary 'Black Mass,' Collected Works Of Jason Crest is the definitive anthology of one of the most highly regarded British psych-pop bands of the era.
WoodenHill-006
CD
$20.50

Keith
The Adventures Of Keith
PS, UK Keith scored a massive worldwide hit in 1967 with the record 98.6, which featured on our release Keith Ain't Gonna Lie (RPM 273), and is the subject of an entire column in this months Mojo Magazine. We are pleased to present Keith s 1969 self penned LP, The Adventures of Keith, which is reissued for the first time, and is also on CD for the first time. A striking set which tells the story of a boy, Charley Cinders, who is born [Waiting to Be]; he's blind [Alone On The Shore]; the trials and tribulations he has to deal with [Marstrand, China Clipper, The Problem, Elea-Elea, Trixon's Election] and ultimately his own demise [Charley Cinders]. In production the music speaks loudly of Keith's British pop influences and the arrangements twist and turn in such a way that they could only be from a songwriter enthralled with Sgt Pepper. All of which explains why The Adventures Of Keith fell through the cracks in mainstream 1969 America, only to become a highly sought-after soft rock collectable in recent years. Full story inside from a new interview with Keith (aka Barry Keefer).
RPM-833
CD
$16.75

Kelley, Greg
Religious Electronics
PS, US Face melting electronics from Greg Kelley. This is not a Jazz record. Limited to 350 copies.
NoFunProductions-33
LP
$17.75

Krallice
S-T
PS, US hymns, it's a vitriolic & hypnotizing assault on the senses that brings to mind early Burzum, Nattens Madrigal-era Ulver, Gorgoroth & US legends Weakling. This is their unique vision- singular in the realm of US black metal today.
ProfoundLore
CD
$14.25

Kuryakin
Still Here
PS,US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a 5-song CD & 2-song 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. There's something to be said for pure and simple pop songs. Kuryakin pull influences from all the right places making "Still Here" a melodic masterpiece.
Shelflife
CD/45
$17.75

Lackthereof
Your Anchor
PS, US Lackthereof is the bedroom side-project of Danny Seim, best known as the incredibly talented and very tall drummer for the acclaimed band MENOMENA. This is the 9th record Seim's put out in the last 10 years & easily his most cohesive to date.
Barsuk
CD
$10.00

Landed
How Little Will It Take
PS, US Double disc compilation featuring a blown out bonus 3 inch bonus disc. On this release you get some compilation tracks, some new chapters in the band's history (the band has mutated into a breakcore booty crew with a mush mouthed grape ape singing!), a rerelease of the recently released "Time I Despise" 12", a 7 inch track & some sundry live material. Altogether a recommended affair for those looking at doing a little post graduate work on late 20th/early 21st century free range roving garbage rock of the highest order. Yes, they were contemporaries of many bands in Providence like Lighting Bolt, Arab on Radar & Six Finger Satellite. LIMITED TO 750
Load
DCD
$12.50

Late, The
Songs From The Family Tree
PS, UK Although harmony-based British soft rock act Unicorn didn't release their superb debut album, Uphill All The Way, until mid-1971, the core of the band had been playing together, principally as The Late, for several years. Taken from previously unreleased acetates and studio tapes, Songs From The Family Tree charts the group's hitherto undocumented progress from 1967 to 1969 as they slowly evolved from their original, Hollies-inspired psychedelic pop direction to create a more individual identity. With comprehensive liner notes, quotes and numerous photographs, Songs From The Family Tree is an essential item for Unicorn fans and admirers of late '60ss British pop alike." Includes a previously unreleased alternative mix.
WoodenHill-021
CD
$20.50

Lauten, Elodie
The Death of Don Juan
PS, US CD debut of this 1985 post-minimal landmark by Elodie Lauten. Lauten has been active in the downtown New York classical and punk scenes since moving from France in the 1970s. The Death of Don Juan is a breakthrough for its lyrical minimalism in combination with drama that actively engages a contemporary emotional experience. Originally self-produced and released as a small LP edition on her own label, it has been touted ever since by Kyle Gann, who adds notes to this edition, and was recently included on one of Alan Licht's Minimal Top Ten lists. Features performances by Arthur Russell and Peter Zummo.
UnseenWorlds-04
CD
$13.00

Leinonen, Ville
Suudelmitar
PS, FINLAND Originally released on CD by Poko Records in 2004, this is the debut full-length release by Ville Leinonen. This is a musical journey to the shores of imagined inner lands and to the Scandinavian forests of hopes and dreams. These songs are moments of beauty from nature, cities and villages. It's autumn in Finland. Freezing wind blows from Itämeri -- the sea. Rain washes the streets of Helsinki. Suudelmitar expresses knowing and understanding foreign cultures as they appear in common everyday life and music. Sweet and nostalgic flamenco-styled guitar and strident, trilling flute evoke a troubadour, street musician vibe. Bossa nova grooves are carefully orchestrated with horns and male and female jazz duets, and there's even a surprising sitar jam. Laid-back indie lounge for world travellers riding on a joyful breeze.
Fonal-053
CD
$16.25

Lights Out Asia
Eyes Like Brontide
PS, US Once a band has developed a sound that is undeniably theirs it can be difficult to push beyond those confines and expand the sound into new territory. Lights Out Asia set out to do just that and have succeeded in writing a record that was as much a sign of the times as it was an expansion of their aural bubble that has been their watermark. They have been called ethereal, post-shoegaze and sleep-rock, but on their third full length "Eyes Like Brontide" the band slides into a darker more ominous and less lucid dream than on previous efforts. The release is a stylistic shift from the sweet lullabies of their debut "Garmonia" (Sun Sea Sky) and the electronic drum driven post-shoegaze of 2007's "Tanks and Recognizers" (n5MD). The song dynamics on the album deserve special attention. For the first time in Lights Out Asia's history they have gone for broke with some of the most epic drum machine driven post-rock this side of the Pacific along with solemn disconnected passages of dream nourished sonic. The occasional floating vocal and dusty winding guitar they are known for are still present, but "Eyes Like Brontide" brings a whole new dimension to the Lights Out Asia ethos. Most importantly, the band has expanded upon its sound without throwing away the original blueprint or alienating its fan base. "Eyes Like Brontide" is recommended for fans of Hammock, Bitcrush, Robin Guthrie and Manual.
N5MD-161
CD
$12.00

Lollipop Shoppe, The
Just Colour
PS, UK One of the MUST HAVE Garage Rock classics! Originally known as The Weeds and featuring Fred "Deep Soul" Cole, The Lollipop Shoppe sound amazingly modern! After The Weeds signed to UNI Records, their new manager, the infamous "Lord" Tim Hudson, insisted they change their name to The Lollipop Shoppe to fit in with the current trend of bizarrely named bubblegum groups. The band's actual recordings are hardly bubblegum, but instead a mix of crunching garage rock and wild psychedelia. The album and its single, You Must Be a Witch, are period classics and still prized by collectors, though neither made the charts. The band opened for stars such as Janis Joplin and The Doors, and appeared in the biker movie Angels from Hell. They were to regroup as The Weeds once out of "Lord" Tim's clutches, and Fred Cole was to lead cult band Dead Moon. But it is for this, the classic Just Colour, that The Lollipop Shoppe are justly acclaimed.
Rev-Ola-256
CD
$15.50

Lord Dog Bird, The
The Lord Dog Bird
PS, US THE LORD DOG BIRD is the solo recording project of Colin McCann, guitarist for JAGJAGUWAR artists, WILDERNESS. While the band was on extended hiatus, McCann kept at it, documenting his feelings about life and music at home on his four track. The result is a gritty, tactile document of a time spent in self-exploration and flux.
Jagjaguwar-118
LP
$11.50

Lord Dog Bird, The
The Lord Dog Bird
PS, US THE LORD DOG BIRD is the solo recording project of Colin McCann, guitarist for JAGJAGUWAR artists, WILDERNESS. While the band was on extended hiatus, McCann kept at it, documenting his feelings about life and music at home on his four track. The result is a gritty, tactile document of a time spent in self-exploration and flux.
Jagjaguwar-118
CD
$11.50

Los Peyotes
Introducing Los Peyotes
PS, US Equal parts of Garage Punk, Tex-Mex and Surf, "Introducing Los Peyotes" is their UK album release and stands up to anything released by Los Saicos, Los Shakers or any other of the legendary sixties South American Garage Punks that inspired them. Surf-guitar, Tex-Mex, psychedelic garage-punk and rhythm'n'blues, that seems to have crossed time and space from the Buenos Aires of 1965. Track listing: El Corredor Quemado, Action, El Humo te Hace Mal, Vampiro, Scream, La Malvada Creacion del Dr Illusion, El Entierro de los Gatos, Psicosis, Back Come to Me, I Don't Mind, Serial Killer, Connection, No Puedo Hacerte Mia.
DirtyWater-1021
LP
$17.75

Love
Love Story
PS, US
StartProductions
DVD
$30.00

Lovely Little Girls
Glamorous Piles & Puffy Saddlebags
PS, US An epic six song journey of grotesque proportions. The CD also contains a ten minute video of an opulent live show featuring a gaggle of girls gagging on spagetti. Crotch sandwich cover painting by Gregory Jacobsen
ApopRecords
CD
$13.50

Lover!
Man in the Woods b/w Foxtail Madness
PS, US LIMITED TO 500! Rich Crook has already blazed a frightfully righteous pop pathway, sRhoewcocardssing the hidden songwriting talents he kept to himself w/ such notable bands as the Reatards, Lost Sounds, & Viva L'American Death Ray. Once his songs reached the surface in The Knaughty Knights, it was apparent that Crook needed his own vehicle to spread his pop sense to the outer limits of the rock'n roll underworld.
Rob'sHouse
45
$5.25

Lovin' Spoonful, The
Do You Believe In Magic
PS, US Magic was in the air in 1965 when the Lovin' Spoonful recorded their debut album, a delightful grab-bag of styles that lets you taste all of the ingredients of their patented "good time music" even as that timeless elixir was being brewed. Featuring the enduring hits "Do You Believe In Magic" and "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind," Do You Believe In Magic makes its long-awaited reappearance on LP, bolstered by four previously unissued bonus tracks.
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Machine Girl (a.k.a. Enduser and Line 47)
S/T
PS, GERMANY Re-mastered, re-cut and given a whole record on their own, the four tracks written by Enduser and Line 47 back in 2007 get a second life on Ad Noiseam. Ranging from the most aggressive and noisy breakcore to melodic, syncopated material, the material on this record shows both producers at the top of their form and still is, 5 years after their original release on Sonicterror, a pearl of the breakcore scene.
Adnoiseam-097
12
$11.50

Machinefabriek
Dauw
PS, GERMANY Machinefabriek is the alias for Rutger Zuydervelt currently residing in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Since 2004 Zuydervelt has unleashed an uncountable number of self-released 3"CD's (his format of choice) in lovingly designed sleeves (all made by himself). In the past years some of these releases have been compiled into amazing albums such as "Slaapzucht" on the Root Strata label, "Weleer" on Lampse, the "Cello Recycling" 10"/CD on Type Records and "Bijeen" on Kning Disk. Recent collaborations with Stephen Vietiello (on the 12K label), Freiband, Steinbrüchel and other likeminded artists have expanded the horizon veritably. Machinefabriek's music has been remixed by the likes of Xela, Lesser, Svarte Greiner, Alva Noto, Pita, Kim Cascone, Ben Frost, Black To Comm and others. Only few Machinefabriek material has been recorded specifically for an album release but these have always been stand-outs in the vast catalogue. Both "Marijn" on Lampse and "Ranonkel" on Burning World Records were classic recordings, squeezing a large amount of what people love about Zuydervelt's music into one album, at the same time giving him the space to expand on new ideas. Likewise "Dauw" is one of Zuydervelt's most subtle & quiet yet refined works. Mainly built around small but gorgeous melodies of piano and guitar playing and the crackling sound of dusty vinyl samples, these songs slowly build into intensive hymn-like angel choirs of sheer heavenly beauty. Zuydervelt's output often has drawn comparisons to the likes of Fennesz, Godspeed, Arvo Pärt, Basinski, Tim Hecker, Phillip Jeck, Mogwai and Earth, which is certainly not all wrong and some of these have been influences in the early stages of his career but he has since developed a strong and individual language all of his own. Mastered by Guiseppe Ielasi with elegant artwork by Zuydervelt himself; metallic print on grey cardboard stock.
Dekorder-029
CD
$16.25

Makoto, Kawabata
We Don't Know Where We Came From
PS, US LIMITED to 500 copies. Features ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE leader on both electric & acoustic guitars. First 100 jackets are printed in a shimmering silver ink. Remaining 400 are printed white on black.
Important
LP
$20.00

Mars Black
Stay Black
PS, US Brooklyn's Mars releases his follow-up to 2005's "Folks Music". "The album is what it says - it's black stayin' black, from start to finish. Fifteen tracks, no skits, just me talkin' about how s**t is and how I wish s**t was. I laugh, I cry, I struggle, and I overcome. Friends, family, business, love, and life. What more is there?"
TeamLove
CD
$12.50

McArdle, Shannon
Summer of the Whore
PS, US Soul-baring debut solo album from former Mendoza Line singer and songwriter.
BarNone
CD
$15.00

Memes
I Will Catch You (Cassette)
PS, US 905's first journey into non-noise band land, "i will catch you" is nine tracks of avant-pop music from leigh valley's memes. a reverb rich, aerial flooding of experimental jams that draw influences from sonic youth, animal collective, the turtles, and amps for christ. a blend of breezes and hurricanes spread out over thirty minutes. post 911 psychedelic. (905)
905
CASS
$5.00

Menstration Sisters
MA
PS, US Reissue of first LP (previously limited to 100 copies and released only in Australia) from this influential Australian rock/noise/insane/weirdness band. Like listening to Harry Pussy on some really bad acid. Limited to 500 copies.
NoFunProductions-29
LP
$17.75

Merzbow
Eucalypse
PS, US An ancient & intricate web of life has been disrupted, & native plants, insects & animals are being driven to extinction. Humans, who have long been a part of the local ecosystem, are adaptable & will survive, but the biodiversity of an entire region is under threat from a single exotic species. It is truly a eucalyptus apocalypse. Presented in a hand-crafted round wooden box w/ screenprinted swiveling lid. The box contains one CD & 4 round, full-color cards. Only 1000 copies of this handsome CD have been made.
Soleilmoon
CD
$27.00

Meters
Kickback
PS, US No city marches to a funkier beat than New Orleans, and no Crescent City band ever upheld the joyous second-line tradition with prouder panache than the Meters. Their eight classic 1969-1977 albums for Josie, Reprise, and Warner Bros.--all of them available on Sundazed--signaled a new and exciting era of Big Easy funk. Now it's time to dig a little deeper: Kickback--in essence, the Meters album that never was--gathers precious rarities from the Meters' mid-'70s Fire On The Bayou/Trick Bag period, including previously unissued gems, newly unearthed alternate versions, and a treasure trove of blistering funk sure to delight fans of the legendary group.
Sundazed
LP
$17.00

Methadrone
Final Skull (Cassette)
PS, US Methadrone was an early moniker of joe brietenbach, who now grows organic drones under the name of gallows. before he unplugged the laptop, a small amount of output made it's way into the public realm in the form a few splits (w/ yes collapse, dance wounds, and wether) a c20 ("the sun cocaine" on lovers tapes) and a collab 12" w/ wether (forthcoming in snakefork/blue sky writing). these are the remaining tracks that have been collecting virtual dust in some moldy folder. four sides, five shots. oscillating, slightly processed, chloroformed doses that blend mechanical rhythms and natural elements with each other. packaged in clamshell cases. (905)
905
2XCASS
$9.50

Michael Night
I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This
PS, UK "I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This" is the debut UK release for Dublin/Berlin beat combo Michael Knight and represents the logical progression in their ongoing musical argument that influences as diverse Beethoven, Bach and Bacharach can make compelling bedfellows. The result is 11 slices of the most irresistibly sophisticated pop music and, as further evidence of their genius, the album has been released with instrumental and vocal versions of each song. Imagine Modesst Mussorgsky backing Jens Lekman and you're halfway there. The presence of Brian O'Shaughnessy (The Clientele, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine) on mixing duties should give an indication of the sonic palette on offer: sweeping strings, haunting harmonies and dramatic mood swings. The Cd comes in a double Cd gatefold digipak, complete with liner notes & lyrics. REVIEWS: "Why Michael Knight aren't already huge is both baffling and beguiling; but sooner or later these songs will be discovered. I may as well say it in advance, then; I told you so". SoundsXP. "Supremely beautiful songs, which have a heart, a soul, a wry sense of humor and none of that upsetting necessity to make every lyrical couplet rhyme" In Dublin.
Yesboyicecream-11
CD
$17.75

Mirah
Old Days Feeling
PS, US This collection comes from a variety of sources, home recordings, hard to find foreign comps, out-of-print releases, & previously unreleased tracks. Features guests PHIL ELVERUM (MICROPHONES/MT. EERIE), KARL BLAU, & CALVIN JOHNSON. With her unmistakable voice, these lo-fi, experimental recordings are indicative of what has become her distinct sound. "Features all the objective elements of a useful rarities disc, but it's doubly valuable for reminding us of a Mirah that might've grown up too fast" - Pitchfork (7.5)
ModernRadio
CD
$10.50

Mojo
#178 (September 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Mudhoney
Live At El Sol
PS, US A "take-no-prisoners" performance of one of the best rock bands of the last 2 decades! Shot live in Madrid in 07' with 6 cameras & the band playin' the best and toughest hits of his career and a few of their most recent songs.
Munster
DVD
$25.00

Music Go Music
Reach Out
PS, US Like a bolt from Zeus, MUSIC GO MUSIC have struck again with their new 12" single, 'Reach Out.' This outing finds them exploring a darker side of pop music; the place where Deep Purple's brute force meets the Carpenter's tragic wistfulness, where Blondie's power-hooks cross melodic swords with Meat Loaf's drama-rock theatrics. They've expanded their palette considerably, yet the sound is unmistakably theirs, and the magic of it points the way to the light at the end of the tunnel. 'Reach Out' is the monologue of a would-be savior, offering to lift us from the pit of despair. It treks from Logan's Run ambience to proto-metal riffing to disco-gallop to TV detective funk and back again.
SecretlyCanadian-172
12
$9.00

Near The Parenthesis
L'Eixample
PS, US Near the Parenthesis follows up 2007's "Of Soft Construction" with "L'Eixample," Tim Arndt's most focused work to date. L'Eixample draws on inspiration gained during travels through Barcelona, Spain. Of particular interest was the innovative and sometimes peculiar modernist architecture of the L'Eixample district. In Catalunyan, L'Eixample literally means an extension, a strong symbolic parallel to the music found on Arndt's latest work which itself reflects an extension of the Near the Parenthesis' sound. While this collection begins where "Of Soft Construction" left off, it quickly migrates to an even calmer and more atmospheric experience. Through L'Eixample, Arndt has moved closer to an emotional apex and provides even greater melodic rewards.
n5MD-159
CD
$12.00

New York Dolls
A Hard Night's Day
PS, US Originally issued by Norton Records in 2000. "First time release of 21 live in the studio 1973 demo recordings from this influential NYC combo -- all from master tapes! Dig these primal studio demos of NY Dolls original classics like 'Looking For A Kiss' and 'Personality Crisis' and wild covers like Gary US Bonds' 'Seven Day Weekend' and Chuck Berry's 'Back In The USA,' all served up as only the Dolls ever could -- with enough raunchy romp and stomp to start a riot! These spring '73 sessions showcase the young band for the first time with drummer Jerry Nolan and feature the mauling antics of late, great guitar legend Johnny Thunders. Never issued until now and packaged with never seen photographs, boss notes, tons of class!"
Norton
CD
$13.00

Normanoak
Estra
PS, US NORMANOAK has another piece of vinyl to share with the world, a true follow up to last year's "A Double Gift of Tongues". This new album is called "Estra", named after a powerful horned goddess whom Normanoak has been busy invoking recently in small performance spaces around the country. Everything was recorded in his bedroom in Bloomington, Indiana, on three different tape machines. The music on "Estra" shows more variety than any of his previous efforts. Chugging rock songs burn up into soft, dark dirges that feature a uniquely made-up language code. Screaming minute-long hardcore songs fade into freaky, fucked instrumentals. There is even a song which curses the current state government, and their excessive logging of Normanoak's home forests of Southern Indiana. Throughout these 14 pieces, Normanoak takes on many personalities, such as his alter-ego Poisonoak. Over time the listener can begin to notice the shifts in perspective that the singer makes. Normanoak is more than just another musician. His work is pure sorcery at its most successful.
St.Ives-026
LP
$11.50

NRBQ
Interstellar Kustom Shop
PS, US Kustom Shop, it's a mindblowing ten-inch 33 1/3 RPM slab of wax by NRBQ 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 the 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 'n' roll. We had a thousand teenagers chanting along with us to 'Rocket #9." That stunning Sun Ra classic and his equally wonderful "Next Stop Mars"-extended experimental workouts that incorporate Adams' stellar originals "Venusian Sunset" and "Approach The Planet"-are guaranteed to send you clear out of this world!
Sundazed
10
$13.50

Oberst, Conor
Conor Oberst
PS, US themselves and to friends as The Mystic Valley Band. Members include Nate Walcott, Jason Boesel, Macey Taylor, Nik Freitas, and Taylor Hollingsworth. The result is his first solo album in thirteen years, following "Water" (1993), "Here's To Special Treatment" (1994), and "Soundtrack To My Movie" (1995). In that time, he's recorded and performed in Commander Venus, Park Ave., Desaparecidos, and most notably Bright Eyes, his main musical vehicle for the past decade.
Merge
CD
$14.00

Oberst, Conor
Conor Oberst
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
LP
$15.50

Oneida
Preteen Weaponry
PS, US "Preteen Weaponry" is part one of the "Thank Your Parents" triptych of ONEIDA releases. Oneida members past, present and future all contributed to this project. It reminds Oneida of what a live performance might sound like. It contains captured improvisational moments married with craft. You can consider it an introduction to their forthcoming triple album "Rated O", which is part two of the fore-mentioned triptych (to be released by Jagjaguwar in early 2009).
Jagjaguwar-125
LP
$14.25

Oneida
Preteen Weaponry
PS, US "Preteen Weaponry" is part one of the "Thank Your Parents" triptych of ONEIDA releases. Oneida members past, present and future all contributed to this project. It reminds Oneida of what a live performance might sound like. It contains captured improvisational moments married with craft. You can consider it an introduction to their forthcoming triple album "Rated O", which is part two of the fore-mentioned triptych (to be released by Jagjaguwar in early 2009).
Jagjaguwar-125
CD
$11.50

Oxford Collapse
Bits
PS, US They have a charming lack of guile, combined with a focus on the better of the 80s college rock cognoscenti and Trouser Press favorites. This record is the sound of fun turning into purpose, of a great band writing and playing their best songs, and knowing how great that feels. It's all heart and ingenuity, the joyous racket that connects C86 pop to the present.
Subpop
CD
$12.50

P.W. Long
God Bless The Drunkard's Dog
PS, US With this CD you get a handful of great stories, some secrets, a little insight & some damn fine guitar playing from former WIG frontman and Quarterstick Records recording artist P.W. Long.
Southern
CD
$15.25

Paavoharju
Laulu Laakson Kukista
PS, FINLAND VINYL VERSION. PITCHFORK: "Fursaxa/Cocteau Twins, B-movie soundtrack, Sigur Rós locked in an underground cavern with Slowdive, or perhaps Syd Barrett jamming with Incredible String Band beneath a waterfall."
Fonal-055
LP
$16.25

Paavoharju
Laulu Laakson Kukista
PS, FINLAND This is the highly-anticipated second full-length release on Fonal Records from Finland's Paavoharju, a collective formed around two brothers -- Lauri and Olli Ainala and their troupe of associates. The group is a collective project of ascetic born-again Christians. Laulu Laakson Kukista (A Song About Flowers of the Valley) evokes the sounds of raindrops falling on a sheet metal roof melting together with an old television's random dot-pattern noise. Backwards pianos, backwards vocals, tilted organ and baroque beats lean against sweeping operatic soundscapes and gossamer back-porch folk singalongs. Leena Uotila's soft voice echoes in empty, dusty rooms. Cat-owls gather to the skies, apple trees are blooming and waves rock a barrel against the pier. Suddenly all this started to form esoteric mildew to cassette's magnetic tape. Mind-bending devotional rock-opera from the deepest Finnish forests. THE ONION: "Paavoharju is part of an intriguing scene that subsists in Finland but seems to hail from a spirit world where the natural and the ethereal blur. The latest of several notable offerings from the Finnish label Fonal, Laulu Laakson Kukista finds the group studiously adrift, with impressionistic glimmers of sound (bird chirps, static, warbly chimes) situated within delicate songs that draw on everything from acoustic folk to the kind of smeary polyglot pop favored by Animal Collective and especially Gang Gang Dance. The group functions as a collective led by two born-again Christians, but the sounds they make suggest Christians of an extraordinarily mystical sort."
Fonal-055
CD
$16.25

Pacchu, Fricara
Stories of the Old
PS, FINLAND Includes a 7" vinyl and a 40-page full-color book. Fricara Pacchu started out as a rapper in The Backdoor Funkers, as a member of Slow Convulsion, Rorererot, Avarus, etc., but not until techno-rock-trio Maniacs Dream was Pacchu able to find his shattered inner plectrum. Hence, the music on this 7" is the consequence of using a plectrum. On his earlier cassette releases: "Where do you go after you've single-handedly destroyed the entire canon of recorded psychedelic musics? Into techno, apparently.
Fonal-051
45/BOOK
$16.25

Padden, Daniel
Pause for the Jet
PS, GERMANY Since 1995 Daniel Padden has been a member of Volcano The Bear, with several highly regarded album releases on Nurse With Wound's United Diaries label, Textile and Beta-Lactam Ring Records. After his move to Glasgow he started The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden as an outlet for his solo recordings with releases on Catsup Plate, Secret Eye and Textile. When The One Ensemble slowly metamorphosed into a band of its own, Padden started to record his solo output under his birth name, with last year's "The Isaac Storm" on the Ultra Exzema label being the first seminal result. Over the years Padden has developed a strong fascination for obscure musics from all over the world (re his recent "Epiphanies" article for The Wire magazine): mouth organ love-songs from Thailand, The Ramayana Monkey Chant from Bali, Khene pieces from Laos; so-called world music from Burundi to Bulgaria. Combining these interests with his love for British Folk and Art Rock (This Heat, Robert Wyatt), Kraut Rock (Faust), Free Jazz, the surreal collage techniques of Nurse With Wound and the odd humour of The Residents, he has developed a totally unique and highly personal musical vision without ever sounding overambitious or directionless. Gorgeous song-writing is seamlessly transformed into pure fuzz or string drones, suddenly interrupted by some improvised reeds or collapsing percussion, all within the blink of an eye, and never losing its natural flow, "Pause for the Jet" is already an auspicious aspirant for our "Record of the Year".
Dekorder-026
LP
$13.50

Padden, Daniel
Pause for the Jet
PS, GERMANY Since 1995 Daniel Padden has been a member of Volcano The Bear, with several highly regarded album releases on Nurse With Wound's United Diaries label, Textile and Beta-Lactam Ring Records. After his move to Glasgow he started The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden as an outlet for his solo recordings with releases on Catsup Plate, Secret Eye and Textile. When The One Ensemble slowly metamorphosed into a band of its own, Padden started to record his solo output under his birth name, with last year's "The Isaac Storm" on the Ultra Exzema label being the first seminal result. Over the years Padden has developed a strong fascination for obscure musics from all over the world (re his recent "Epiphanies" article for The Wire magazine): mouth organ love-songs from Thailand, The Ramayana Monkey Chant from Bali, Khene pieces from Laos; so-called world music from Burundi to Bulgaria. Combining these interests with his love for British Folk and Art Rock (This Heat, Robert Wyatt), Kraut Rock (Faust), Free Jazz, the surreal collage techniques of Nurse With Wound and the odd humour of The Residents, he has developed a totally unique and highly personal musical vision without ever sounding overambitious or directionless. Gorgeous song-writing is seamlessly transformed into pure fuzz or string drones, suddenly interrupted by some improvised reeds or collapsing percussion, all within the blink of an eye, and never losing its natural flow, "Pause for the Jet" is already an auspicious aspirant for our "Record of the Year".
Dekorder-026
CD
$16.25

Pantaleimon
Heart Of The Sun
PS, US "The whole thing started when Clodagh Simonds (Fovea Hex) asked if she could remix "Under The Water." Of course, I said yes. When she came back w/ such remarkable music & casually mentioned, 'Oh, why don't you ask a couple of other pals to do remixes?', it gave me the idea for this album." Feat. remixes by ANDREW W.K., STEPHEN O'MALLEY, LILIUM & more. Incl. previously unreleased tracks.
DurtroJnana
CD
$16.00

Parson Red Heads, The
Field Mouse Carnival (Extended Play)
PS, US
Yukon
CD5
$6.25

Parson Red Heads, The
Spaceland Presents: The Parson Red Heads at the Echo
PS, US
Kufala
CD
$16.00

Passenger
Wicked Man's Rest
PS, UK
CookingVinyl
CD
$13.75

Pia Fraus
Ten Remixes Of Yenissey
PS, ESTONIA TRACKLISTING: 01.FUTURE PILOT AKA - Yenissey vs Future Pilot AKA! 02.GALAKTLAN - Galayeni 03.INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - One Transition: Tundra Into Taiga 04.MIRABILIA - Yllar Lyndi Uued Püksikud 05.SEELAND - Yennesay/Seeland Reemix 06.PIA FRAUS - Niva Meets Yenissey 07.TEENAGE FANCLUB - Yenissey 08.3PEAD - Las Voolab 09.BILL WELLS - Yenissey 10.HIS NAME IS ALIVE - Forever 93. Pia Fraus had many international projects going on while releasing "After Summer", their last album which is produced by Glaswegian Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub). Now they are ready with remix compilation Ten Remixes of Yenissey, released by Seksound. Yenissey was first result from cooperation between Pia Fraus and Norman Blake. The band is very proud of this remix album, with remixes of all their favorites from all around the world.
Seksound-018
CD
$13.50

Pia Fraus/Ulrich Schnauss
Mute The Birds / Ships Will Sail SPLIT 7"
PS, ESTONIA LTD to 500 COPIES ONLY! 7" black vinyl. After well-received new album Pia Fraus comes with some new releases from indie label Seksound. They are happy of new split-single on 7" vinyl record by Pia Fraus and Ulrich Schnauss. After longtime friendship they have come to this split single, on one side is track by Pia Fraus which is produced by Ulrich Schnauss and other side has track by Ulrich Schnauss produced by Pia Fraus. Single is mastered at legendary Abbey Road Studio in London by Steve Rook (who's portfolio is full of our favorite indie albums).
Seksound-017
45
$11.00

Pilgrim Fathers
Short Circular Walks In The Hope Valley
PS, US Debut album from UK cosmic space rockers.
Undergroove
CD
$15.75

Pillars Of Heaven
Breeding Moths (Cassette)
PS, US Light bending, guitar gush from philadelphia peasant magician salvatore giorgi. side a, "the old ways", plays like newton's law of reciprocal actions laid onto magnetic tape. like levitating above overgrown fields until the skies fill with ash and everything is laid baron. side b, "gallows weed", is a (impressively recorded) live track from a house show in 2007. this should prove for once and all that even socially awkward, home-schooled hermits can emit feeling. (905)
905
CASS
$5.00

Primal Scream
Beautiful Future
PS, UK New 2008 import-only album from The Primals! PITCHFORK: "Beautiful Future is an especially rich title coming from a band with such a sloppy past, but its concise, laser-focussed 10-song tracklist-- bearing the pop-golden touch of producers Paul Epworth (Bloc Party, the Rapture) and Bjorn Yttling (Peter Bjorn and John, Lykke Li)-- suggests Primal Scream's latest high is sobriety. The opening title track features the most joyous, clear-headed melody they've sung since Screamadelica's "Movin' on Up", but in a much different dressing. Here, their Exile-era Stones influence yields to the cheeky glam of Sparks, from the jaunty piano riff, hand claps and ascending chorus, to Bobby Gillespie's wry commentary on middle-class privilege: "Congratulations/ You're living the dream/ In the dead heart of the control machine."
Warners
CD
$20.50

Prints
Just Thoughts
PS, US Quickly following their debut full-length, PRINTS return to stir the pot with a little more pop, their usual dose of psychedlia and an intoxicating amount of dance. Once again produced at home by multi-instrumentalists Zac Nelson and KENSETH THIBIDEAU, the songs here were originally conceived as b-sides for a proposed single for "Too Much Water" from the group's eponymous debut. By the time three new songs were completed, they stood too strong on their own to be pushed out as b-sides, so the decision was made to forfeit the single and instead offer the songs as a stand-alone EP. Meanwhile, DFA cofounder and Hercules and Love Affair producer Tim Goldsworthy fired up his new alter-ego Thee Loving Hand for an epic super-funk remix of a pair of Prints tracks, "Pretty Tick" and "Meditation" (featuring, among other things, the funk bass skills of !!!'s Tyler Pope). To top it off, acclaimed visual artist Toben Seymour directed an eye-popping video for "Too Much Water," which is included here on the Enhanced CD portion of the disc.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-137
CD
$9.00