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Jim picks: {{{Sunset}}} - The Glowing City CD (again) Dude really, really gets his Eno on.

Roy picks: Beachwood Sparks - Once We Were Trees CD Cosmic Californians channeling the ghosts of Gene Clark, Flying Burrito Bros, and Hearts and Flowers.

Paul picks: Guy Clark - Old No. 1 CD Re-issue of fantastic '75 debut by Texas troubadour and master song builder Guy Clark. A-list helpers include Ms. Emmylou, Rodney Crowell and a wee Steve Earle.

Angie picks: Band Of Annuals - Let Me Live CD My friend Mike told me to listen to these guys, and gal, and I haven't been able to listen to anything else since! LISTEN UP!

New Releases

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

Arbouretum/Pontiak
Split
PS, US A special LP-only split release by Arbouretum & their Baltimore friends Pontiak, Thrill Jockey's new signees making their label debut. Feat. new songs from each band as well as a handful of John Cale covers, w/ Arbouretum offering their rendition of "Buffalo Ballet," & Pontiak delivering a potent "The Endless Plain of Fortune" & a great new interpretation of "Mr. Wilson". The album was recorded at Pontiak's home studio in Warrenton, VA.
ThrillJockey
LP
$11.50

Armour, Douglas
The Light Of The Golden Day, The Arms Of The Night
PS, US And now for something different... Fulfilling the promise of his impeccable entry in our 7-inch series, THE SOCIAL CLUB, THE SOCIAL REGISTRY is proud to announce "The Light Of A Golden Day, The Arms Of The Night" -- the debut LP from Los Angeles located DOUGLAS ARMOUR. This album finds the artist expertly blending tons of our favorite poptones from days past to create a hyper-literate pastiche that's equal parts nostalgia and forward thinking. Echoing its title, the LP has a structure that plays off binary oppositions to create one of the most varied pop albums we've heard in a long time.
TheSocialRegistry-051
LP
$10.25

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

Astro/Hiroshi Hasegawa
Live At Muryoku Muzen Temple
PS, US Live At Muryoku Muzen Temple is limited to 500 copies with the first 100 on color vinyl. This is the companion release to the Astro CD titled The Echo At The Purple Dawn being released at the same time on Important Records. Astro, of course, is the analog/space project of Hiroshi Hasegawa of the legendary Japanese group C.C.C.C. This limited vinyl only release was created using ring modulator and vocals which are rare these days in Astro recordings. Cover art designed by Important. ASTRO is Hiroshi Hasegawa's solo project. He is a founding member of the Japanese noise group C.C.C. Born in 1963, Hasegawa began his improvisation with his voice and drums. In 1990, he made the group C.C.C.C. around the concept of improvised mass-noise with a very loud sound. Members included Mayuko Hino, Ryuichi Nagakubo, Fumio Kosakai. Hasegawa began his solo unit ASTRO with analog synthesizers in 1993 and continued playing in C.C.C.C. Though C.C.C.C. is no more, Hasegawa has continued with Astro and his numerous collaborations drifting between dreamy spaced out bliss and full on waterfalls of beautiful noise.
Important-198
LP
$17.75

Astro/Hiroshi Hasegawa
The Echo From The Purple Dawn
PS, US The Echo From The Purple Dawn is a brand new full length from C.C.C.C. member Hiroshi Hasegawa's solo project Astro. Using a battery of oscillators, ring modulators and field recordings Hasegawa has created an engaging and versitile album that masterfully drifts between spaced out analog dream drone and a more extreme form of harsher droning. As Astro Hasegawa is able to combine some of the harsher influence of C.C.C.C. into the world of analog space music to create the signature sounds of Astro. Included is a live track recorded at a festival at the Tokyo Keizai niversity organized by Tetsuo Kogawa. Cover art designed by Important. ASTRO is Hiroshi Hasegawa's solo project. He is a founding member of the Japanese noise group C.C.C.C. Born in 1963, Hasegawa began his improvisation with his voice and drums. In 1990, he made the group C.C.C.C. around the concept of improvised mass-noise with a very loud sound. Members included Mayuko Hino, Ryuichi Nagakubo, Fumio Kosakai. Hasegawa began his solo unit ASTRO with analog synthesizers in 1993 and continued playing in C.C.C.C. Though C.C.C.C. is no more, Hasegawa has continued with Astro and his numerous collaborations drifting between dreamy spaced out bliss and full on waterfalls of beautiful noise.
Important-197
CD
$12.25

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

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 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

Bass Communion
Molotov & Haze
PS, US Molotov And Haze is packaged in a deluxe tip-on style heavy-duty gatefold jacket with the cd slipped into a Japanese inner bag. Design by Carl Glover. Bass Communion is a project dedicated to Steven Wilson's recordings in an ambient, drone, and/or electronic vein. Most of the pieces are experiments in texture made from processing recordings of real instruments and field recordings. The atmosphere of the music has tended towards the dark and melancholic, but expressed with an almost Zen like beauty. More recently Wilson has also started working with a guitar and laptop configuration - the first material in this style is contained on this album.
Important-193
CD
$12.25

Bass Communion & Pig
Live In Mexico City
PS, US Limited edition of 500 copies and packaged in a deluxe screen printed jacket with a clear spot gloss print. There are 5 different cover color variations each limited to 100 copies and containing a different color of vinyl. Packaged, like all Important releases, in a handy resealable Japanese poly-bag. Printed by Neil Burke at Monoroid. Steven Wilson - guitar / laptop, andres solis - turntables, rogelio sosa - voice, daniel goldaracena - devices. Recorded live at laboratorio de arte alameda in mexico city on 27th feb 2008. Collaboration with the live action / improv group from Mexico City PIG. This will only be available on vinyl and is the companion release to the Bass Communion record Moltov And Haze being issued on Important Records simultaneously.
Important-194
LP
$22.75

Beck
Modern Guilt
PS, US At first glance, it seems like the teaming of Beck and Danger Mouse is a perfect pairing of postmodern pranksters, as neither musician has shaken the first impression he's made: for most, Beck is still seen as that ironic Loser, trawling through pop culture's junk heap, while Danger Mouse is the maverick of The Grey Album, the mash-up of the Beatles and Jay-Z that reads like a joke but doesn't play like one. Close listening to either man's body of work easily dispels these notions, as Beck has spent as much time mining the murky melancholia of Mutations as he has crafting neon freakouts like Midnite Vultures. He's made a career bouncing from one extreme to the other, occasionally revisiting the cut 'n' paste collage that would have seemed like a natural fit for the sample-centric Danger Mouse, but when he partnered with Danger Mouse in 2008, Beck's pendulum was swinging away from the Odelay aesthetic, as he spent two records on the lighter side, thereby dictating a turn toward the dark. As it happens, this is Danger Mouse's true forte, as his productions have almost uniformly been dark, impressionistic pop-noir, whether he's working with Damon Albarn on the Gorillaz or the Good, the Bad & the Queen, or collaborating with Cee-Lo as Gnarls Barkley (whose fluke hit "Crazy" had nasty rumbling undercurrents) or even blues-rockers the Black Keys. So, he turns out to be a perfect fit for Beck, just perhaps not in the way that many might expect, although the title of their album Modern Guilt should be a big tip-off that these ten tracks are hardly all sunshine and roses. Compared to the waves of grief on Sea Change, Modern Guilt trips easily, as this is a deft tapestry of drum loops, tape splices, and chugging guitars pitched halfway between new wave and Sonic Youth. This may not brood but it's impossible to deny its heaviness, either in its tone or its lyrics. Beck peppers Modern Guilt with allusions to jets, warheads, suicide, all manners of modern maladies, and if the words don't form coherent pictures, the lines that catch the ear create a vivid portrait of unease, a vibe that Danger Mouse mirrors with his densely wound yet spare production. As on his work with Albarn and the Black Keys, Danger Mouse doesn't impose his own aesthetic as much as he finds a way to make it fit with Beck's, so everything here feels familiar, whether it's the swinging '60s spy riff on "Gamma Ray," the rangy blues on "Soul of Man," the stiff shuffle of the title track, or the thick and gauzy "Chemtrails," which harks back to the sluggish, narcotic psychedelia of Mutations. Danger Mouse assists not only with execution but with focus, pulling in Modern Guilt at just over half an hour, which is frankly a relief after the unending sprawl of The Information and Guero. Its leanness is one of the greatest attributes of Modern Guilt, as every song stays as long as it needs to, then lingers behind in memory, leaving behind a collection of echoes and impressions. If anything, Modern Guilt may be just a little bit too transient, as it doesn't dig quite as deep as its subjects might suggest, but that's also par for the course for both Beck and Danger Mouse: they tend to prefer feel to form. Here, they deliver enough substance and style to make Modern Guilt an effective dosage of 21st century paranoia. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
DGC
LP
$13.99

Big China & Little Trouble
Black Blood
PS, US Intended to get all material back in print & away from collector prices, this compiles these original recordings w/ last
year's "Fur & Teeth" sessions, which were issued as a limited 3" CD in a jewel case that contained ancient shark teeth & bear fur. All selections have been remixed & mastered for maximum effect.
MagicBullet
CD5
$10.25

Big China & Little Trouble
Black Blood
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
MagicBullet
LP
$15.75

Black Kids
Partie Traumatic
PS, US Debut album produced by Bernard Butler (Suede. PITCHFORK: "Black Kids make catchy, tightly executed songs that put a memorable stamp on pop's classic themes."
AlmostGold
CD
$13.25

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

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

Blectum, Blevin
Gular Flutter
PS, US Breaking a 4 year silence w/ her strongest album yet, Blectum confirms her gift for making electronic music that is allergic to cliche. Threading field recordings & conversation across a lattice of tightly edited rhythm, this tricksy, elastic assemblage demonstrates just how personal, brave, & autonomous electronic music can still be. Some things are worth waiting for.
Aagoo
CD
$8.75

Bodies Of Water
A Certain Feeling
PS, US One year after the self-release of the acclaimed "Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink," BODIES OF WATER have created another full-length offering. "A Certain Feeling," their first record for SECRETLY CANADIAN, was written, arranged and recorded in David & Meredith Metcalf's house in the Northeast L.A. neighborhood of Highland Park. The strains that one can hear running through all of Bodies of Water's music are fully exhibited here; instantly familiar melodies, rich harmonic color, expansively deft arrangements, and compositions that ebb, flow, and double back on themselves in cathartic synchronicity. Though no two songs sound entirely similar, it's a cohesive that comes out feeling like the anthemic prog/gospel/psychedelic/kraut-tribal movie score that Ennio Morricone and Phil Spector never got around to collaborating on. The choral hugeness that typified "Ears Will Pop" still rears its emphatic head, only here it is more often held in reserve while we marinate in each movement before being pulled along into the next passage of the narrative. "A Certain Feeling" is the sound of a group carving out an ever-evolving, but distinct aesthetic niche for themselves The singing, playing, compositions, lyrical themes (obsessive meta-physicality/spiritual surrender/human frailty) are unmistakably theirs. "A Certain Feeling" is a step forward, but assuredly filled with the same beautiful urgency that we have come to expect from them.
SecretlyCanadian-177
LP
$11.50

Bodies Of Water
A Certain Feeling
PS, US One year after the self-release of the acclaimed "Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink," BODIES OF WATER have created another full-length offering. "A Certain Feeling," their first record for SECRETLY CANADIAN, was written, arranged and recorded in David & Meredith Metcalf's house in the Northeast L.A. neighborhood of Highland Park. The strains that one can hear running through all of Bodies of Water's music are fully exhibited here; instantly familiar melodies, rich harmonic color, expansively deft arrangements, and compositions that ebb, flow, and double back on themselves in cathartic synchronicity. Though no two songs sound entirely similar, it's a cohesive that comes out feeling like the anthemic prog/gospel/psychedelic/kraut-tribal movie score that Ennio Morricone and Phil Spector never got around to collaborating on. The choral hugeness that typified "Ears Will Pop" still rears its emphatic head, only here it is more often held in reserve while we marinate in each movement before being pulled along into the next passage of the narrative. "A Certain Feeling" is the sound of a group carving out an ever-evolving, but distinct aesthetic niche for themselves The singing, playing, compositions, lyrical themes (obsessive meta-physicality/spiritual surrender/human frailty) are unmistakably theirs. "A Certain Feeling" is a step forward, but assuredly filled with the same beautiful urgency that we have come to expect from them.
SecretlyCanadian-177
CD
$11.50

Boris
Smile
PS, US NOW ON DOUBLE VINYL! LIMITED!!! One of the most representative themes of this album hails from a distortion-drenched, psychedelic rhythmic barnburner. A distinctly characteristic transformation noted w/ this is the vocal styling, which is more melodic & captivating than ever before. His seamless delivery, knack for harmonies & consonance drive it into innovative horizons w/in the already-extensive Boris catalog.
SouthernLord
DLP
$20.75

Bragg, Billy
Mr. Love & Justice
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anti
LP
$15.50

Brian Jonestown Massacre
Just Like Kicking Jesus
PS, US New mini album that showcases 5 songs (4 never released before). The first track of this release, "Amazing Electric Cave (Learn To Speak Icelandic You Smug Shit Version)" features the vocals of Icelandic artist & film maker UNNUR ANDREA EINARSDOTTIR.
ARecords/12Tonar
CD5
$9.25

Broken Social Scene/Brendan Canning
Presents: Something For All Of Us
PS, US This is a truly genre-ambitious, progressive work. Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning finds himself free to experiment w/ a variety of sounds from hushed lo-fi acoustics, to blazing rock n roll, to psychedelic groove. Features his BSS band mates as well as Kevin Hearn, Liz Powell and Liam O'Neil. PITCHFORK: "Chock full of woozy sing-alongs and pulsing ballads, Brendan Canning's debut solo album suggests he's just as responsible for Broken Social Scene's life-affirming guitar pop as Kevin Drew."
Arts&Crafts
CD
$16.00

Broken Social Scene/Brendan Canning
Presents: Something For All Of Us
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Arts&Crafts
LP
$17.00

Broken Strings
S-T
PS, US One man and a cassette 4-track records an incredible collection of burnt-out power pop. Like Daniel Johnston fronting Times New Viking w/Greg Sage on guitar. Only 300 copies made in silver foil stamped jackets about to disappear back into the ether!
TruePantherSounds
LP
$14.25

Bud Shank Quartet
The Pacific Jazz Years
PS, UK The Original Bud Shank Quartet : The Pacific Jazz Years Alto sax star Bud Shank is one of the few surviving modern jazz musicians who truly justifies legendary status. One of the pioneers of 50s West Coast Jazz, California based Shanks career trajectory had him initially winning his spurs within the ranks of the big bands of Charlie Barnet and Stan Kentons historic Innovations Orchestra. With his buzz cut coiffeur, Hawaiian shirts, chinos and open top sports car, the ubiquitous Bud Shank epitomized West Coast cool. Aware of Charlie Parker, it was Lee Konitz, Paul Desmond, and to a lesser extent Benny Carter who caught Buds ear, and his tenure as lead alto sax in Stan Kenton s Orchestra, with Art Pepper on his left, kept Shanks permanently sharp.
GiantStepsRecordings-028
CD
$15.50

Buffalo Killers
Let It Ride
PS, US Drawing comparisons in sound to Blue Cheer, Cream, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Mountain & the Allman Brothers Band, the trio released their self-titled debut in 2007 to critical raves. "Let it Ride" is an album deeply rooted in their signature 60s psychedelic & 70s blues rock inspired sound.
Alive
CD
$13.50

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

Burke, Dan/Thomas Dimuzio
Upcoming Events
PS, US Further exploring the collaborative powers of Illusion Of Safety mastermind Dan Burke and prolific sound crafter Thomas Dimuzio, Upcoming Events is an unending spur of equal parts gorgeous and uncomfortably perplexing sound spread of 15 tracks. Crackles of electronic fire, tremolo-infused waves of sustained guitar, broken music boxes and found sounds among all other sorts of unfounded wails of gargantuan melancholy drone, Burke and Dimuzio's collaboration is a forceful collection of early industrial sound ruination combined with classic Krautrock ambiance of the Tangerine Dream/Cluster ilk reassuringly composed into something wholly modern and powerful.
NoFunProductions-32
CD
$12.25

Business Lady
Torture Footage
PS, US Wound up & looped guitar, bass, drums actionz from these Southern California warriors of silliness. Definitely melodic with a dark anthemic quality not seen since Mid- West pioneers MX-80 SOUND or somesuch. This is a limited release for Load Records but exists to erect a fitting Easter Island-stlyed " head" on your island. Definitly sharing certain kinship with the Silver Daggers blast of junk punk, but existing more as an island in the room temperature weirdness that is San Diego. Tune in to this fascinating document of a band with zonked songs & fabulous costumes. Or sleep through it & miss the 21st century. LIMITED TO 500
Load
CD
$12.50

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 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
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 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
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

California Oranges
Imperial Hearts
PS, US Our Sacramento, CA indie-pop all stars return with a gem of a pop/rock album full of hooky choruses, call and response guitars and a super tight power-pop rhythm section. A pow-pow-powerful good good feeling! Just as you'd expect from this seasoned music family. Bask in the summer sun with the fourth album from the golden state's California Oranges and a healthy dose of the sunshine power pop they're known for. Underlying the power is a healthy dose of pop: Delicately concocted, contemplative songs exploring life's ups and downs. The quintet has hit their stride on Imperial Hearts. The record features the same line up as their 2005 release Souvenirs: John Conley (Holiday Flyer), Verna Brock (Rocketship, Beanpole, Holiday Flyer, Sinking Ships), Ross Levine (Sinking Ships), Katie Haley (Holiday Flyer, Sinking Ships), and Matt Levine (Sinking Ships). The album was jointly produced by the California Oranges and Dana Gumbiner (Night Night, Deathray). Imperial Hearts was mixed by long time friend of the band, producer/engineer, Eric Stenman (Saves the Day, The Comas, The Cab). The California Oranges construct songs filled with, "soaring boy/girl harmonies, rapid-fire licks of squeaky clean and buzz saw dirty guitar work, consistently up-tempo beats, and melodies that would make tone deaf kitten haters want to sing along" --Popmatters. "Power pop has rarely sounded as sweet." --Treblezine. TRACK LIST: 1. Brand New Spine, 2. We've Got Time, 3. Travel Writer, 4. Anywhere USA, 5. I Still Hold On, 6. Silver Shoes, 7. Feel Better, 8. Waiting Is Slow, 9. I Told Grace, 10. Matter Of Consequence, 11. I Won't Let You Back In, 12. When I Sleep.
Darla-193
CD
$12.25

Canadians
A Sky With No Stars
PS, US Canadians' debut album A Sky With No Stars showcases this band's great ability to play catchy indie-pop anthems that are unforgettable & timeless.
Ghost
CD
$16.00

Capstan Shafts, The
Fixation Protocols
PS, US One-man-band masterminded by Dean Wells. An album that has grown from its lo-fi roots to a more maturely-crafted sound. His inclination towards brevity persists, w/nearly all the 22 lo-fi songs getting to the point in less than 2 minutes. The appealing homemade indie fuzz-rock is still replete w/ catchy melodies, perfect playful pop hooks, & classic rock guitar riffs. This album conjures early R.E.M. through a lysergic prism, Guided By Voices & Wire.
RainbowQuartz
CD
$13.50

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

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

Cluster
Sowiesoso
PS, US Moebius & Roedelius, released this, their fourth album in '76. Electronic rhythms combine w/ bubbling synths, piano & guitar to create sonic landscapes of pure bliss. Some of the greatest ambient electronic music ever, they were on the cutting edge of German space-rock, & pioneers whose influence can
still be felt today.
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

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

Cryptacize/Why?
Unusual Animals Vol. 4
PS, US This is the fourth in a series of vinyl-only releases. The series, entitled UNUSUAL ANIMALS, pairs ASTHMATIC KITTY roster artists with friends and sometimes-unlikely bedfellows. Each record includes a beautiful rendering of one of Mother Nature's stranger inhabitants by illustrator Jared Chapman. This limited-edition series expands the Asthmatic Kitty family to include some unexpected folks.
AsthmaticKitty-406
45
$3.75

CSS
Donkey
PS, US Brazil's CSS release their follow-up to 2006's "Cansei de Ser Sexy" ("I got tired of being sexy"). They've toured worldwide a number of times with the likes of Gwen Stefani, Ladytron, Klaxons, and Diplo, and played festivals from Coachella, Pitchfork, and Virgin to Reading, Benicassim, Roskilde, and beyond. "Donkey" is tough, street-ready, and recreates the frenetic energy of their live shows. Equal parts dance party, urban circus, and out-and-out chaos.
Subpop
CD
$12.50

CSS
Donkey
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$12.50

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

Dalton, Karen
Green Rocky Road: The Loop Tapes, Pine Street Recordings (ON SALE)
PS, US Never-released 1963 home recordings packaged in a CD gatefold Japanese mini-LP jacket. Discovered on the same reel-to-reel tapes that housed the Cotton Eyed Joe release. Remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Peter Mew. With 8-page booklet with beautiful, newly-unearthed photos of Karen Dalton from 1962-1963. Liner notes by Dick Weissman. The release of Green Rocky Road fills in the lacunae in the rightly romanticized mythos of the late folk music legend Karen Dalton and goes a long way in clarifying her crucial role in the evolution of modern acoustic music from 'folk' source materials. Includes a lengthy interview with Joe Loop who was Karen's friend and patron in the early 60's when he'd often book her into the coffee house he ran in Boulder CO. The new album features private recordings she made at his home while visiting (last year saw the release of live recordings from said coffee house). The only formal studio recordings made during Karen's lifetime -- released in 1969 and 1971 respectively -- were thoroughly dissected upon their recent re-release. As wonderful as these albums were, they captured Karen in relatively awkward circumstances. Green Rocky Road, along with last year's Cotton Eyed Joe, provide a rare glimpse of Karen Dalton circa 1962 and 1963 at her most pure, most powerful, and at ease. These recordings, released by Delmore Recordings (in association with the Megaphone label), document her unique artistry at the time she was profoundly influencing the likes of Fred Neil, Tim Hardin and Bob Dylan. PITCHFORK: "Green Rocky Road is a much different listening experience than Cotton Eyed Joe, which she performed specifically for the small crowd around her, who listen raptly and applaud heartily. If that release is public, then Green Rocky Road is pointedly private. Here Dalton entertains no one but herself. In addition to singing traditional ballads like "Nottingham Town" and "Skillet Good and Greasy", she runs through pensive versions of "Ribbon Bow" and "Katie Cruel", which would appear later on her first and second albums respectively. They have all the informality of someone thinking aloud, which suits her signature vocals perfectly. "Ribbon Bow" sounds careful and simmering, with Dalton reaching down into her lower register to sound uncharacteristically foreboding-- an approach that adds a bit of malice to the lyrics."
Delmore
CD
$16.25

Dark Meat/Diplo
Split
PS, US LIMITED TO 500!! On one side, Dark Meat cover Iggy Pop's classic jam "Success" & on the other side Diplo deconstructs it on a track entitled "Unsuccessful Space Jam."
Whirlychunk
45
$6.00

Dawn Chorus
Florida St. Serenade
PS, US 10 songs that crackle & sparkle with elements of indie pop, southern jangle pop, rock, & subtle hints of shoegaze. Recorded by Brian Paulson (Beck, Wilco, Superchunk)
FracturedDiscs
CD
$10.50

Dead Can Dance
The Serpent s Egg (Remastered | Super Audio CD)
PS, US Their fourth album, originally released in 1988. At the time of its release, Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard were in Spain writing and recording music for "El Nino De La Luna", a film in which Lisa also made her acting debut.
4AD
CD
$17.50

Dead Can Dance
Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun (Remastered | Super Audio CD)
PS, US Their third album, originally released in 1987. With record sales worldwide increasing, the band was reaching a wider audience than ever before.
4AD
CD
$17.50

Dead Can Dance
Garden Of The Arcane Delights (Remastered | Super Audio CD)
PS, US This four-track EP is packaged separately in a replica of its original sleeve with the SACD edition.
4AD
CD
$14.75

Dead Can Dance
Spleen And Ideal (Remastered | Super Audio CD)
PS, US The primarily experimental structure of their second album, released in 1986, dispelled any notion that the band deserved the post-Gothic label slapped on them by the music press. "Spleen And Ideal" defined a new richness of unification between voice and music, lyrics and structure.
4AD
CD
$17.50

Dead Can Dance
Aion (Remastered | Super Audio CD)
PS, US This 1990 release contains twelve songs recorded in Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard's own studio in southern Ireland.
4AD
CD
$17.50

Dead Can Dance
Into The Labyrinth (Remastered | Super Audio CD)
PS, US This 1993 release saw Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard embark on individual paths. While this record of all new material was considered a commercial breakthrough (it was 4AD's best-seller at a million copies worldwide and counting), it was also their most divided. They both wrote songs independent of one another, on separate continents.
4AD
CD
$17.50

Dead Can Dance
Spiritchaser (Remastered | Super Audio CD)
PS, US Their seventh studio album was released in 1996, and focused on the more percussive, tribal side of the group's music. It was their first studio album since 1993's "Into The Labyrinth".
4AD
CD
$17.50

Dead Can Dance
Toward The Within (Remastered | Super Audio CD)
PS, US Originally released in 1994, this record was an audio document of the band's 1993 sell-out world tour. Recorded at the Mayfair Theater in Santa Monica, CA, in front of an invited audience at the conclusion of the tour, the shows were also filmed with the intent of releasing a long form concert film. Includes twelve previously unrecorded Dead Can Dance tracks as well as material from their six previous studio albums.
4AD
CD
$17.50

Dead Can Dance
S-T (Remastered | Super Audio CD)
PS, US On their eponymous debut, released in 1982, they successfully harnessed a bewitching barrage of sounds, layering grinding guitars and even a dulcimer-like yang chin over a taut wash of percussion. Their range is staggering, as is their disciplined economy, with no song lasting more than four minutes or degenerating into formless cacophony.
4AD
CD
$17.50

Dead Dog
S-T
PS, US Dead Dog are young, punk and on Mauled By Tigers( they are the folks who put out the Vivian Girls full length that everyone wants.)
MauledByTigers
LP
$11.50

Difford, Chris
Last Temptation of Chris
PS, US Squeeze dude's latest solo outing.
Airline
CD
$15.75

Diplomats of Solid Sound
S-T
PS, US Featuring The Diplomettes! You can hear the band growing stronger in sophistication & depth as they further ingest the sounds of 60s soul, R&B & deep funk. In 2006 they asked 3 gifted soul sirens (SARAH CRAM, KATHERINE RUESTOW & ABIGAIL SAWYER) to join the group & the rest as they say is 'soul' history. This album is chocked full of irresistible funk & soul bombs ready to melt your heart or make you shake it on the dance-floor.
Pravda
CD
$12.75

DJ Donna Summer
Panther Tracks vol. 2
PS, UK About this release: He's back! It's been 2 years since Jason Forrest released his last full-length album, and 5 years since he's released as Donna Summer. So now he's back, this time with the slightly different moniker (DJ Donna Summer) and his first release for his own Cock Rock Disco label. Just as "Shamelessly Exciting" was a record that mixed different genres into a new mash of sampled sounds, "Panther Tracks" is a record comprised of different styles of dance music made solely with the intention to get people moving! From Booty to Breakcore, Happy Hardcore to Hardstyle, Techno to B'more Club Music, Forrest has it in there! Initially begun as a sort of remix record, "Panther Tracks" builds heavily on a variety of sampled heroes. One can hear Dj Chip and Dj Technics form the skeleton of more booty oriented tracks like "Peepers" and "Boomshakalaka". While some live recordings (on cassette) of old-school Uk Breakbeat Rave festivals by DJ Slipmat, Ratpack, and Ellis D are reconstructed to make new Breakcore styled dance tracks. Traces of Hardstyle, Techno and a whole lot of Breakcore yield such gems as "Party People", "Get Down" and "Rock Rock Rock". No style too hard or too cheesy to learn from, "Panther Tracks" is like the ultimate Rave; it's fun, slightly crazy, and will keep you dancing all night long.
CockRockDisco-16
12
$14.50

Doiron, Julie
Loneliest In The Morning
PS, US Originally released in 1997 by SUB POP, "Loneliest In The Morning" was Doiron's second solo release and her first release as JULIE DOIRON (having dropped the moniker Broken Girl). This re-issue comes complete with three bonus tracks: "Second Time" from split 7" with Snailhouse and the tracks "Who Will Be The One" and "Too Much" from the 7" release Doiron recorded with the Wooden Stars. "Loneliest In The Morning" - an album Pitchfork described as "catchy enough to knock Liz Phair upside the head" - is a critical piece to the Doiron catalog and given the wonderful relationship Doiron and JAGJAGUWAR have forged over the last decade, this re-issue is particularly significant.
Jagjaguwar-061
CD
$11.50

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

Dr. Dog
Easy Beat
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ParkTheVan
LP
$12.50

Dr. Dog
Fate
PS, US Fate" sees the Philadelphia-based quintet filtering the gamut of American popular music into its own idiosyncratic brand of blue-eyed, dilated-pupil soul. As ever, Dr. Dog makes magic from an enduring pop palette of intricate harmonies, shape-shifting melodies, and ramshackle audio ingenuity - all presented through the band's slightly skewed and utterly individualistic outlook. Dr. Dog have toured with Wilco, Strokes, Raconteurs, Black Keys, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Magic Numbers, Cold War Kids, and more.
ParkTheVan
CD
$14.00

Dr. Dog
Fate
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ParkTheVan
LP
$15.50

Drakkar Sauna
Wars and Tornadoes
PS, US A disc of Louvin Brothers covers. Gleefully dark with olden-time harmonies & musical arrangements.
Marriage
CD
$15.25

Dredd Foole
Kissing the Contemporary Bliss
PS, US For over 30 years troubadour wailer Dan Ireton, aka DREDD FOOLE, has called upon the spirit of 78 shellac blues n' psychedelic Stooges n' Velvets to fuel his guttural, pure soul ethos of the song. Whether solo or leading mass, Foole hints at the classic forms of Dylan's "Blood On The Tracks", Buckley's "Starsailor" and the celestial fug of Sun Ra's third-eye vision to create an approach untraveled yet increasingly influential (see: Six Organs of Admittance, Sunburned Hand of the Man). Produced in multi-dimensional spectrasound by Matt "MV" Valentine (Bummer Road, Tower Recordings), "Kissing The Contemporary Bliss" spans 50 miles of elbow room (it's a double CD) and kicks up the most outward bound and staggering approaches to Gus Cannon's "Walk Right In" and Robert Johnson's "Stones In My Passway" while offering ear-popping originals colored by Erika Elder's jug blowin' and Coot Moon's ecstatic, reverb dosed banjo. You'll hear nothing like this in 2008 or beyond. Packaged in a mini-LP-styled gatefold book with full color photos of The Foole in action.
FamilyVineyard-56
DCD
$14.25

Drive-By Truckers
Brighter Than Creation's Dark
PS, US Drive-By Truckers leader Patterson Hood wrote in a post on the band's website that 2007 "was supposed to be our year of taking it easy," but it doesn't seem to have worked out that way, and that's a good thing for everyone concerned. The songwriting bug seems to have bit the Drive-By Truckers sometime after the release of 2006's A Blessing and a Curse, and while that album was a bit short on top-shelf material (at least compared to the band's work since Southern Rock Opera), Brighter Than Creation's Dark is a dazzling return to form, delivering some of their finest, most eclectic, and most mature music to date. The album's strength is a pleasant surprise given the departure of guitarist and tunesmith Jason Isbell, who had become one of the group's most interesting writers, but founding members Hood and Mike Cooley have risen to the occasion with some excellent new songs, and bassist Shonna Tucker (who's also Isbell's ex-wife) steps forward as a composer and lead vocalist on this set with three great songs about broken hearts and the stuff that follows in their wake. Opening with "Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife," a song by Hood sung from the perspective of a man who has just died and wonders what will become of his family, Brighter Than Creation's Dark presents 19 portraits of folks struggling to make sense of an increasingly chaotic world, ranging from an alcoholic father ("Daddy Needs a Drink") and a family man struggling to hold onto a little piece of the American dream ("The Righteous Path") to a middle-aged guy whose gotten a little too used to being lonely ("Bob") and an illegal gun dealer running short on options ("Checkout Time in Vegas"). While the Truckers are still a great full-tilt hard rock band, Brighter Than Creation's Dark finds them slowing down and turning down a bit more than usual, and in this case it works well for them -- the homey twang of "Lisa's Birthday" and "I'm Sorry Huston" gives new guitarist and pedal steel player John Neff a chance to shine, and the light acoustic arrangement of "Perfect Timing" fits the lyrical portrait of a cheerfully flawed man just fine. And "That Man I Shot" is a blazing, troubling masterpiece in which a soldier home from Iraq can't tear away the memory of a man he killed in combat ("That man I shot, I didn't know him/I was just doing my job, maybe so was he"). It's a tale of the most human consequences of war that's built from equal portions of anger, confusion, and compassion, and it's hard to imagine any other band pulling off its fusion of Southern-fried street smarts and guitar-fueled thunder. It's one of several brilliant moments on Brighter Than Creation's Dark, and less than three weeks into 2008 it's hard not to escape the feeling that with this disc we may already have the best album of the year. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide
New West
DLP
$27.05

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

Electro Group
Historical Contest
PS, US Rewind to the early 90s - the heyday of the shoegaze scene. A little-known band from Sacramento called Graham Cracker Cyclone was all the hometown rage -- they were opening up for bands like Chapterhouse and Blur at the legendary Cattle Club. GCC featured Verna Brock (of California Oranges and Holiday Flyer Fame) along with Tim Jacobson and Ian Hernandez who went on to form Electro Group with Matt Hull. (Incidentally, Tim and Verna also played stints in Rocketship as well). Sometime toward the end of Graham Cracker Cyclone's days (1992-94), Electro Group was formed and the six songs featured here were written during that beautiful period. Four of these songs were released on hyper-limited demo cassettes from that period. The other two have never been released. After GCC split, they tried to find a new sound away from their Cure-influenced pop to a more distorted and dreamy sound. As with all Claire's Echo releases, this release is LIMITED to just 300 copies worldwide -- 200 copies on 180-gram black vinyl.
Claire'sEcho-004
12
$12.25

Eleh
Homage to the Square Wave
PS, US
Taiga-4
LP
$16.25

Elias and the Wizzkids
A Little Mess
PS, SWEDEN "A Little Mess is a jangly, bouncy celebration of the auditorily absurd. Harmonica, flute, howled lyrics and harmonized choruses crowd the album, which bears more in common with the lovelorn 1950s boy-girl group movement than their less accessible, cool as ice Svenska indie pop counterparts1. Indirectly addressing this disparity, their myspace banner announces, "We're though being cool." Lyrically, Elias and his beloved Wizzkids skew darker. When you're not on stage hosting a geek-filled love fest...well, sometimes life kinda sucks. The album tracks the slow, determined progression into adulthood and everything that makes you lose sleep along the way. You turn 24, and wonder where your job, house, wife and kids are. Naturally, steps are taken to rectify the situation. "The job" finds Elias forced to answer the eternal burning question: What the hell are you supposed to say/when they ask you to describe yourself in just three words? In "The Mermaid," Elias works on the lack of wife problem. However, things don't go as swimmingly as he'd hoped2. Despite being told there are many other fish in the sea, Elias moans, You were never a fish/no, you were a mermaid to me. Yeah, can't help you there dude, I'm still wearing waterwings. The album ends, if not with the answers on how to avoid this inevitable angst-filled rite of passage (although "The Dance" does make a good case for frolicking away the blues), then at least a temporary respite from that whole growing up thing. Elias tucks himself in at night, Wizzkids accompaniment slowly fading into the distance, and sighs, When you're lying in bed and not sleeping yet
and you can still feel the fresh taste of toothpaste, isn't it nice to turn out the lights and say goodnight? Yes. Yes it is. Just don't grow up too much before your next album, okay?" - Would-be-hipsters.com
Hybris-056
CD
$17.75

Elias and the Wizzkids
The Dance
PS, SWEDEN The Dance EP includes the single "The dance" and three exclusive tracks. "Elias & the Wizzkids' single "The Dance" starts out with Elias Åkesson singing about how much coffee and tea he's had to drink, which is pretty obvious from the song's jittery tempo, rushing strums, and caffeine-high piano. Only Maria Formgren's flute sounds like it's calm and collected, as if trying to keep this rowdy lot in line. "The Dance" might be called twee if it slowed down long enough; even the song's Decemberistic video features a footrace... that breaks into a soccer tournament... that breaks into a midfield dance party. Elias sings about trying to outrun some unnamed restlessness: he goes to a coffeehouse, he goes to a movie, he wanders around, he finally goes home and starts dancing his heart out. Even his neighbor's threats to call the police can't bring him down. Here's hoping he doesn't switch to decaf anytime soon." - Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork. "The best music for me supersedes genre and classification: anything that'll evoke good memories and hope and truth in me is worth my time, no matter what the setting or backdrop. Elias & the Wizzkids (MySpace) is one such band. I don't even want to describe these Swedish chaps with constraining words like swing and folk and soul (all of which would be accurate though, I guess). They're just special and precious, and that should be enough. Hold on to Elias & the Wizzkids. The four-piece sings charming songs about charming things with charming similes and metaphors with charming harmonies and harmonicas and driving bass lines to accompany the whole production. An utterly charming and endearing band, to say the least. This stuff sounds like it's decades old, maybe a lost artifact from the singin' folksy 60s or something. The cover of Oasis' "Wonderwall" is spectacular. It's a refreshing update -- in a very old way -- of the rather bland song (sorry Gallagher fans). I can't get enough of "The Dance," and "Autumn Leaves" is just so, so sweet ... I just want to lay on my bed and curl up, listening to it for the whole day. Coming from me, such complimentary words are rare: I'm not one to be taken in by something as soft and pretty as Elias & the Wizzkids' music, but I've become a sucker for these guys." - Nik Mercer, Bibabidi.com
Hybris-052
CD5
$8.25

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

Escovedo, Alejandro
Real Animal
PS, US It may be simplistic to describe Alejandro Escovedo's 2006 album The Boxing Mirror as a record inspired by the artist's brush with death, but given the record's back story -- it was recorded as Escovedo was recovering from a near-fatal bout with Hepatitis C -- it's hard not to imagine its brave and often dazzling creative ambition was fueled by Escovedo's knowledge that these could be his last words as a musician. Two years later, a healthier and stronger Escovedo returned to the studio to record his ninth studio album, Real Animal, and by comparison this is a leaner, more tightly focused session; in fact, this is the strongest rock album Escovedo has made since his 1997 album with Buick MacKane, The Pawn Shop Years. It's easy to tag Real Animal as a less ambitious and artful collection than The Boxing Mirror, but viewed on its own merits this ranks with the best and most powerful music of Escovedo's career. Like The Boxing Mirror, which was produced by John Cale, Real Animal was recorded with a producer who worked with some of Escovedo's primal influences, Tony Visconti, and his recordings with David Bowie and T. Rex doubtless helped him connect with Escovedo the smart but swaggering rocker in a way Cale did not; this set of songs is every bit as intelligent and emotionally resonant as Escovedo's best work, but it moves with a taut energy and insistent force that informs even the quieter, acoustic oriented numbers, such as the bluesy "People (We're Only Gonna Live So Long)," and the plaintive "Hollywood Hills." While Escovedo wrote the tunes on Real Animal with Chuck Prophet, the songs bear his stylistic hallmarks and melodic sensibilities throughout, and these stories are dotted with places and events from Escovedo's past -- discovering music as a kid ("Golden Bear"), his days as a San Francisco punk rocker ("Nun's Song"), flirting with the New York bohemian scene ("Chelsea Hotel '78"), and barnstorming with a rock & roll band ("Chip 'N' Tony"). Even when the cues to Escovedo's past aren't obvious, there's too much heart, soul, and blood in this music to not to have come directly from his heart, and he's seemingly incapable of singing from any other place, giving this music an emotional power that reaches down to the soul. If The Boxing Mirror was a work influenced by the shadow of mortality, Real Animal is an album about life -- both as survival and as the faces and moments that fill our days on this Earth. How many artists could make two masterpieces in a row that are so different? And how much do you want to bet that Escovedo still has one or two more records this good in him? ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide
Blue Note
DLP
$18.40

Espvall, Helena & Masaki Batoh
S-T
PS, US They are known to open-eared music listeners for their collaborations w/ artists like Ghost, Espers, Damon & Naomi, Fursaxa, Bert Jansch among others. This recording session was held in Tokyo in Dec. 2007. For instruments fans, this session might be a treasure. So many strings were used. 6 Swedish traditional tunes were reconstructed along w/ a classic Son House song.
DragCity
CD
$13.25

Espvall, Helena & Masaki Batoh
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
LP
$14.75

Fairport Convention
Liege & Lief
PS, US Originally released in '70, this is considered by many to be the paramount of British folk-rock. They roll through no less than 4 traditional British folk songs incl. an incredible reading of "Tam Lin" along w/ quality originals that pay tribute to & expand on their rich tradition.
4MenWithBeards
LP
$16.75

Familjen
Huvudet I Sanden
PS, SWEDEN Filled with playfulness, without rose-eyed 80s nostalgia, Familjen feels very modern. He blends naive 80's melodies, 90's beats and 00's glitches into a cohesive whole. That combined with his squealing 303's and subtle guitars makes it all sound like it was recorded tomorrow. "Huvudet I Sanden" is a remix album with remixes of various Familjen songs by 11 different dance floor geniuses including: 1. Familjen - Huvudet i sanden, 2. Kasper Bjørke - The danish super star!, 3. Krazy Fiesta - Party crew responsible for the amazing "Lip Gloss" remix, 4. Adam Tensta - The savior for Swedish Hip Hop!, 5. Mike Downey - This American prodigy living in Stockholm puts a German beat to it. So international., 6. Perfume Uniform - Acoustic guitars in electronic music? But of course! Excellent dreamy version., 7. The Field - Best selling debut album on Kompakt says it all. 2007 was The Fields year all over., 8. Pluxus - Familjen says this sounds like if you have smoked too much weed and just lie there vomiting your guts out. Nice one!, 9. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Already a legendary remix on the dance floors. Straight from STHLM subway. More than one have pointed out these guys as the future of techno., 10. Tomi Kiiosk - Hässleholm - Finland. Well yeah? Why not!, 11. DJ Wool - One half of NYC party machine The Glass. Glen Brady - king of the skate board, booze and hustle., 12. Kid in the Air - Admit you love euro dance.
Hybris-061
CD
$17.75

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

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

Faun Fables
Table Forgotten
PS, US This is the first taste in an ongoing series of projects by Dawn McCarthy on a theme that's been largely unexplored in recent times: the ageold practices of tending a home & its immediate impact upon our day to day lives. It is an invitation to return to our kitchens & homes w/ reverence, to enjoy a largely overlooked sanctuary in the modern age.
DragCity
CD
$11.00

Felix
La Vida Secreta
PS, CHILE Author pop, with simple and refined musical arrangements; convert this debut from the Argentinian songwriter Felix, "La Vida Secreta", in an absolute discovery. Felix recovers the capacity to compose intimates lyrics that are perfect partners for affable melodies that convert this debut in an essential work. His lyrics seems chronicles about a generation personal worries, and locate this songwriter in the first line of highlights musicians from his country like Coiffeur or Diosque, that update the face of the indie song in that latitudes.
Quemasucabeza-018
CD
$13.50

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

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

Forward, Russia!
Life Processes
PS, US A weighty prog-rock album this certainly is not, though; this is tumultuous modern rock, infused w/ the sort of spirit that some made At The Drive-In such a must-see live attraction, & likewise Les Savy Fav today.
Mute
CD
$15.25

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

Fucked Up
Year Of The Pig
PS, US Last year's limited edition 12-inch "Year Of The Pig", released on the Brooklyn label What's Your Rupture? is now available through Matador in three formats: 12-inch EP with download coupon and the two original tracks ("Year Of The Pig" and "Black Hats"); 7-inch single with "Year Of The Pig" edit and "Mustaa Lunta" with a special sleeve; CD EP with eight tracks - all the above songs plus two edits and B-sides of UK and Japanese 7-inches. This is not comforting music, but it's utterly engrossing and honest. Fucked Up have broken out of the hardcore ghetto and have rewritten the rules of the game.
Matador
CD
$7.00

Fucked Up
Year Of The Pig
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$8.75

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

Girls
Lust For Life b/w Morninglight
PS, US Ex-member of Holy Shit (the Ariel Pink one) goes out on his own and records a couple of mini masterpieces. The first single is two sides, two insanely compelling, righteously and messed up pop songs. Sounds range from Vaselines/Jesus and Mary Chain wall of noise to Elvis Costello-voiced revelations.
TruePantherSounds
45
$4.75

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

Hair Police
The Certainty of Swarms
PS, US First Full length release from hair police since 2005, and their most masterful yet, combining signature piercing vocals with walls of guitars, precise heavy electronics and thundering drums. The fusion of metal, noise rock, free jazz, industrial, and harsh electronics that makes up The Certainty of Swarms is the rare kind of heterogeneous concoction that is carefully matured, but never lost in pedestrian calculation. A blistering onslaught of metallic-fused noise-murk, Swarms is considered by the band to be one of their most complete statements to date, an aptly blindsiding and developed work drawing from all quarters of their craft.
NoFunProductions-39
CD
$12.25

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

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

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, PJ
Rid of Me
PS, US 1993's Rid Of Me, is an art-punk classic that pushes the genre, & w/ it the listener, to extremes. Alternating between searing noise/feedback & sparse open spaces, this is truly an emotional experience. As usual, legendary producer Steve Albini maximizes every sound & space, working w/ that exacting, mechanical precision that he has come to be known for, the perfect complement to her harsh, stark, disturbed songwriting.
Plain
LP
$16.75

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

Havana 3 A.M.
Havana 3 a.m.
PS, UK Reissue. A first time CD release for Havana 3a.m.'s self-titled 1991 album. The band formed by ex Clash bass player Paul Simonon, described as 'the coolest man ever to strap on a bass guitar ' conjures up a blend of Latino flavoring built on the solid base of Rockabilly. Their sound evokes images of Spaghetti Westerns, 1950's America and the heyday of Cuba's capital Havana all with a contemporary twist. The CD features the 12 original tracks from the album including the single "Reach The Rock" and other band favorites "Joyride", "Hey Amigo", "The Hardest Game" and "Blue Gene Vincent".
CherryRed-201
CD
$15.50

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

Hiawata!
Blacks On Blondes EP
PS, NORWAY Norwegian act Hiawata! is often compared to bands like Lemonheads, Belle & Sebastian, Television Personalities and other such greats. Blacks on Blondes is a fivetrack EP produced by Kenneth Ishak (Beezewax). Kenneth has brought the band closer to their heroes in Dinosaur Jr. and the Lemonheads, but not without letting go of their fetish for the Smiths and other UK acts. 75 OR LESS: "I welcome the '90s revival Hiawata! and a few other bands (Times New Viking, Wet Paint) are ushering in with their imperfect musicianship, bent vocals and inexhaustible energy. The five little songs on Blacks on Blondes remind me of the years before the internet made finding good music so easy, when the only real option was scouring mailorder catalogs and taking inexpensive risks. Their melody-rich guitar-heavy music would have fit nicely between Sebadoh and Built to Spill on mixtapes."
SellOut!Music
CD5
$7.50

High Places
03/07-09/07
PS, US This began as an experiment in collaboration: 2 people w/ diverse artistic backgrounds coming together to merge their skills, aesthetic tastes, & music-making approaches. The songs contain a fascinating range of aural layers: bells & bird calls over a wash of ocean waves; mallets hitting mixing bowls over treated guitar & glockenspiel; Mary's reflective vocals over Rob's inventive & infectious beats. This is a collection of tracks previously only available on 7'' vinyl & compilations. This is the first time these songs are all available on CD.
ThrillJockey
CD
$11.50

Hotpants Romance
It's a Heatwave
PS, US Three girls! Three years! Three chords! Hotpants Romance debut album 'It's a Heatwave' is shouty, shambolic, garage pop that wears its heart on its sleeve. On the 14th February 2005 Hotpants Romance formed two hours before their first gig, with a vow to play once a year on Valentines Day, after a storming two and a half song set the audience wanted more. The original plan was dropped in favour of playing anywhere and everywhere that Anyone would have them. The rest of 2005 had their first tape 'The Greatest Hits' was released on Manchester DIY label Soft Presents and the 50 copies quickly sold out. Gigs were played all around the UK with many amazing bands, winning over audiences with energetic and shambolic live shows. 2006 had Hotpants Romance playing more shows and releasing their demo EP titled "Lucky 6". In 2007 things started to really come together when the girls were able to tour with their post punk heroes the Nightingales, only to be followed by a support slot for the Ting Tings UK tour. In 2008 after a win on a horse called Purple Moon, Nightingale Robert Lloyd is able to release the first Hotpants Romance album on his Big Print label. 'It's a Heatwave' crashed into the world, catching the attention of music press and radio stations to great critical acclaim. The girls booked a short US East Coast tour with Christie and Emily. They are currently working on songs for a 7" on Cherryade Records in the UK, and getting ready for a performance at this years' Athens PopFest in Athens, Georgia, having their "It's a Heatwave" released on Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records in the states, and a 2 week South East US tour with new label-mates Cars Can Be Blue.
HHBTM-103
CD
$12.25

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

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