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howdy all….

well, we are still recovering from record store day here, which you can see from the list below. tons of restocks coming in this week and next, as well as still receiving some late rsd releases. anyway, there’s still piles of records on the desk, so i won’t waste both of our time…..

…..pick of the week…..

*atom earth mother – ancient faith – alt vinyl – 2lp wood box
- not only a beautiful object, but an amazing slab of music as well. “atom earth mother: a solo project from one half of :zoviet*france: dedicated to the white goddess and inspired by the prehistoric antiquities in northumberland, primarily the enigmatic and beautiful ‘rock art’ that are known as ‘cup and ring’ marks, a form of symbolic language 4500+ years old, whose meaning has been lost in the mists of time. utilizing digital and analogue equipment and production technique, location recordings, found sound and employing experimentation as the creative tool, atom earth mother embarks on a sonic journey to the origins of our civilization and indeed our very being. ‘ancient faith’ is an album about love and faith, and although it started out as homage to the earth mother, it soon became a deeply personal story documenting the end of a love affair and the emotional aftermath. stunningly packaged in a wooden box with a hand branded conjoined ‘cup and ring’ marked design burnt into the front panel, and containing a photographic insert with two superb images of the antiquities that were the major inspiration, taken by the artist himself, this double vinyl has three sides of audio and a fourth side that contains an etching of a ‘cup and ring’ mark.” limited to 250 copies, sure to be gone fast.


…..new arrivals…..

black dog – tranklements – dust science – 3lp
- limited to 300 copies. the black dog have been gathering their thoughts, passions, and anger, reflecting it into their music, sometimes as part of a larger picture or concept, sometimes just focusing on one subject. tranklements is a body of work created as 16 unique and individual tracks. each one is its own little object, something created to externalize, explain and express the world the band find themselves in. it encompasses many thoughts, emotions and desires and there is an individual story and internal message behind each. they’ve all been discussed and fought for. however, the black dog don’t really want to explain them — they don’t expect those personal rationales to translate to others. they would rather you gaze upon the objects yourself and come to your own conclusions. nobody likes to be told what to think. in many ways, their work with the electronic supper club project has helped them to reconnect with many things and each other. the creative talent and desires of the younger generation have never gone away. the real underground is still as vibrant as ever, not lost to false values, over-sized egos and ladder-climbing brands. the black dog have always respected that energy and individuality that exists beyond the bland compliant mainstream. the truth is, they have always felt like the awkward outsiders.
cindy talk – a life is everywhere – editions mego – lp
- a life is everywhere is an ecstatic mix of rhythm, noise, drone, texture, and melody. simultaneously heartfelt and not for the faint-hearted. within their self-contained world, cindytalk continue the unique trajectory that has purveyed their career starting in 1982. this installment further explores the fearsome terrain that was initiated with previous editions mego releases such as the crackle of my soul and hold everything dear. throughout the six tracks on offer, the standard fair of music is run through serious level processes leaving, taking rhythm and sound to extreme limits while always retaining trace elements of their core. ringing bells are interrupted by artifacts from shredded sound-matter, euphoric chords are swamped by chopped rhythms which succumb to an endless storm of electronic bliss. utopia has never been so bold. the unique positioning of cindytalk’s output over a 30+ year period is a testament to the will to explore, unfettered by trend, taste and desire. this is unadulterated expression, a future music for those willing to confront the future as a viable option.
*loren connors – the departing of a dream – family vineyard – lp
-  ”vinyl reissue of master guitarist loren connors’ modern classic — the first of what would become a three volume series based loosely as tribute to miles davis’ “he loved him madly.” this album finds connors exploring slowly churned darkened hues — each collapsing onto themselves like echoes of miles’ muted trumpet and connors’ signature ghost melodies. since the late 1970s, connors’ use of haunted delta blues, minimalism and compositional underpinnings have become an avant-garde style synonymous to him. when the departing of a dream was released as a cd in 2002 it signaled a dramatic growth in connors’ sound by combining electric, acoustic and bass guitar with the unsettling ménage of subtle percussion and ambient hiss.”
crystal castles – iii – last gang – lp
- the third album from the canadian electronic/experimental/dance duo, the first of their albums to be produced entirely by band member ethan kath. ‘we wanted the album to sound like a completely different and new experience” says ethan. ‘we’d limit ourselves to one take on each song because we believe the first take is the rawest expression of an idea,” by ditching their old synthesizers and keyboards used on I and II, ethan enforced a ‘strictly no computers’ rule in the studio and began recording everything directly to tape. together the canadian duo has conjured up a collection of songs that are as raw as they are well rounded. as `(Ill)’ unfolds, each track will take you to greater heights and equal lows, as you enter the sometimes plagued and often polarized world that is crystal castles. recorded mostly in warsaw and berlin, the album also boasts the haunting and euphoric 5-minute mind-bender ‘plague’ that quickly caused a cyber-storm amongst fans and media when the band unveiled it via their soundcloud page this summer.
*rhodri davies – wound response – alt vinyl – lp
- back in stock!!! ltd edition of 350 copies on opaque vinyl housed in heavy 4 way silkscreened card sleeve. artwork by jean-luc guionnet. this album is the focus of a glowing feature whole page review in october 2012 issue of the wire and a track is on that issue’s wiretapper cd. “a frantic blowout..signals a quantum leapfrom the quiet corners of lower case improv”. clive bell, the wire
*demdike stare – testpressing #002 – modern love – 12″
- demdike stare presents #2 in their testpressing series. “grows without bound” is a noisy analog session resurrected from the burning embers of industrial and noise, harnessed into an unstable growl that makes room for a barely-there percussive stumble — think somewhere between vainio and nate young. “primitive equations” takes inspiration from the bare-boned, hyper-tense production of photek’s “ni – ten – ichi – ryu,” slugging out feral, steely noise and ‘ardcore torque forged by calloused hands and burning minds to cruel, propulsive effect.
merrell fankhauser & hms bounty – things – guerssen – lp
       - one of the all-time ’60s classics, coming out from the california desert of antelope valley where hms leader merrell fankhauser lived for a couple of years. this was released on uni in late 1968, and gosh it’s a killer! flower power psychedelia, great all original songs, this is one of those albums you shouldn’t miss under any circumstance. remastered sound, original artwork and an insert with liners by merrell and a great photo from his own archive.
flaming lips – the terror – warner – lp/cd
       - finally in tomorrow on vinyl!! the flaming lips have been in the news lately, but often it’s been for obnoxiously attention-grabby reasons. so it’s good to hear that they’re now returning to the business of releasing intense, freaked-out albums. in a press release, wayne coyne calls the album a ‘bleak, disturbing record’, and writes, “we were hopeless, we were disturbed and, i think, accepting that some things are hopeless’ or letting hope in one area die so that hope can start to live in another?? maybe this is the beginning of the answer.” – stereogum
heliocentrics – 13 degrees – now again – lp/cd
       - “the heliocentrics’ debut album, out there was a confounding piece of work. drawing equally from the funk universe of james brown, the disorienting asymmetry of sun ra, the cinematic scope of ennio morricone, the sublime fusion of david axelrod, pierre henry’s turned-on musique concrète, and can’s beat-heavy krautrock, out there pointed the way towards a brand new kind of psychedelia, one that could only come from a band of accomplished musicians who were also obsessive music fans. drummer malcolm catto and bassist jake ferguson are the heliocentrics’ masterminds and producers, and guitarist ade owusu, percussionist jack yglesisas, and keyboardist ollie parfitt hold constant presence within this ever-evolving ensemble. they have been playing together for over a decade and their collective drive is to find an individual voice. the heliocentrics search for it in an alternate galaxy where the orbits of funk, jazz, psychedelic, electronic, avant-garde, and ‘ethnic’ music all revolve around ‘the one.’ back at now-again with 13 degrees of reality, the heliocentrics have returned to develop this epic vision of psychedelic funk, while exploring the possibilities created by their myriad influences — latin, african, and more. thus, the electro-latin fusion of ‘descarga electronica’ sits next to weeping strings piled atop ‘collateral damage’s’ chunky rhythms, which passes undulating swing of ‘wrecking ball,’ a dirge as irresistibly funky as it is devastating. no surprise, then, that the heliocentrics have earned lifetime fans in the likes of questing spirits like madlib (with whom catto has collaborated on numerous yesterdays new quintet projects), dj shadow (both as a touring ensemble and in the studio), quantic, and ethiopian jazz giant mulatu astatke, with whom the heliocentrics recorded and released inspiration information 3, the fourth classic mulatu album — released nearly forty years after his other three. out there may have been one hell of an opening volley, but having spent some years in the wild running among mavericks like astatke and oriental jazz pioneer lloyd miller, the heliocentrics have realized that their strongest statements are made somewhere between the persistent fuzz of owusu’s distorted guitar, catto’s impossible syncopation and ferguson’s looping bass lines. 13 degrees of reality is one of the most distinctive musical statements you’ll hear all year.”
joy division – ymca – 2-8-79 – acme – lp
       - “first time official issue of this previously unissued classic and historical london live performance from 1979. recorded live in august 1979 as part of a series of four legendary post punk gigs that included throbbing gristle, echo & the bunnymen, red crayola, and cabaret voltaire. limited edition 180 gram vinyl comes complete with textured sleeve and a poster insert.”
my blood valentine – loveless – fan club – lp
       - grey area reissue of this classic album, which is much better than that new one… get it while you can!
svarte greiner – black tie – miasmah – lp
       - after two bone-chilling full-lengths for the type recordings imprint, erik k. skodvin has embarked on his first journey for his own miasmah label with black tie. while originally conceived as a soundtrack to an installation by norwegian artist marit følstad, skodvin uses this as a starting point to craft his most unnerving long-form pieces to date. split into two distinct movements, “black tie” and “white noise,” we are exposed to the yin and yang of skodvin’s patented acoustic doom, and all the gravitas that it might contain. “black tie” was the piece which ended up being used in the installation itself, and is the closest to skodvin’s established sound as it stops time around its creaking cello, plucked strings and whispering ambience. subtle and slow, the track blooms into a skeletal cloud of radio static and distortion before sinking back down to earth on those familiar moaning strings. with “white noise” however, skodvin takes us on a different journey, allowing panoramic synthesizer drones to take control while middle eastern strings chime in the distance. transcendent and disarming, skodvin manages to connect the dots between biosphere, thomas köner and of course deaf center and still emerge with something fresh and unexpected. more than simply an accompanying work to an installation, black tie is a crucial new chapter in the svarte greiner evolution, and one that should give a few clues as to what might come next.
t2 – 1971 – 72 – acme – lp
       - “unreleased studio recordings from 1971 and 1972 which were originally planned as an album release. if this had been released at the time, t2 would have certainly gone on to the big leagues of rock, joining free, deep purple, atomic rooster, etc. sadly, this was never released and so we are happy to present this previously unheard underground masterpiece. comes on 180 gram vinyl.”
uncle acid & the deadbeats – mind control – rise above – coloured 2lp
       - highly anticipated brand new studio album from one of the most talked about rock bands on the planet. recorded at the legendary chapel studios over an autumnal full moon using the finest western electrical technology, engineer jim spencer (bert jansch, robert wyatt) has perfectly captured the bands live sound of saturated fuzz, mind-bending riffs and 60′s vocal harmonies. it is a fact that uncle acid & the deadbeats have, in recent times, become one of the most talked about rock bands currently in existence. the fact that no one even knew what they looked like until very recently is testimony to the enigma that surrounds this terrifying, yet extremely melodically minded cult. it is another fact that they have become one of the most collectable bands on the planet, with first press vinyl editions of “blood lust” fetching up to and over 700 pounds (yes, british pounds!) on the collectors market. pretty remarkable for a record that is barely two years old. within it’s blood soaked grooves you will hear shocking tales of bizarre desert ceremonies, religious brainwashing and drug inspired mass slaughter! imagine the original alice cooper band jamming in a cell with early black sabbath and the stooges, whilst sitting on murder charges and you may get a glimpse into their fuzzed up world of exploding tube amps and cymbal smashing mayhem. however, this enticing act of musical manipulation is merely the icing upon a very sick cake.
*:zoviet*france: – 7.10.12 – alt vinyl – 7″+10″+12″
       - a minimalist repress of this classic release from 2012 which sold out globally in one day! “six months after the release of the limited edition ’7.10.12′ vinyl boxed set, alt.vinyl and :zoviet*france: are making the music from the album more widely available in a more conventional form. retaining the original 7-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch vinyl formats, the three discs are pressed in standard black vinyl and packaged together in plain black sleeves.”
*various – imaginational anthem vols 1-5 – tompkins square – 6cd
       - “since 2005, tompkins square label’s imaginational anthem compilations have featured some of the greatest acoustic guitarists in the world, with recordings spanning five decades. more than mere samplers, these albums have served as state-of-the-art dispatches from the front lines of the art form. imaginational anthem vols. 1-5 is a specially priced 6cd box set, limited to 999 copies, featuring the first five volumes in their originals packaging, plus an exclusive live bonus disc from william tyler (lambchop), entitled ‘elvis was a capricorn,’ not available in any other format.”

…..late record store day arrivals…..

*beak> – 0898/welcome to the machine – invada – 10″
david bowie – drive in saturday – emi – 7″ picture disc
burzum – burzum/aske – back on black – coloured lp
burzum – hvis lyset tar oss – coloured back on black – lp
burzum – det som engang var – coloured back on black – lp
burzum – filosofem – coloured back on black – lp
cannibal corpse – butchered at birth – back on black – lp picture disc
*nick drake – s/t – emi – lp
*the fall – sir william wray – cherry red – 7″
*barry gray – the cas carnaby five – silva screen – 7″ flexi & poster
*gza – liquid swords – get on down – 4lp boxset + chess set
francoise hardy – porquoi vous – emi – 7″
*hawkwind – urban guerilla – emi – 7″
*hawkwind – kings of speed – atomhenge – 7″
lee ‘scratch’ perry & the upsetters – chapter 1 – clocktower – 3×10″ box
*charlie poole with the highlanders – complete paramount & brunswick recordings – tompkins square – lp
*pussy galore – groovy hate fuck – shove – lp
rush – abc 1974 – rock classics – coloured 2lp
scientist – scientific dub – clocktower – 3×10″ box
slayer – hell awaits – back on black – coloured lp
slayer – show no mercy – back on black – coloured lp
vitamin string quartet – vsq plays sigur ros – cmh – lp

…..restocks…..

*alvarius b – baroque primitiva – abduction – cd
*ambarchi/haino/o’rourke – now… – black truffle – lp
bang – death of a country – rise above relics – lp
syd barrett – barrett – harvest – lp
syd barrett – the madcap cries – fan club – lp
black sabbath – paranoid – rhino – lp
black sabbath – s/t – rhino – lp
bon iver – for emma, forever ago – jagjaguwar – lp
bon iver – s/t – jagjaguwar – lp
bonobo – north borders – ninja tune – lp
boris – amplifier worship – southern lord – lp
*budos band – s/t – daptone – lp
nick cave & the bad seeds – the boatman’s call – mute – lp
civil wars – barton hollow – sensibility – lp
leonard cohen – my radio sweetheart – fan club – lp
leonard cohen – don’t touch that dial – fan club – lp
john coltrane – blue trane – blue note – lp
danger mouse – grey album – fan club – lp
dead weather – sea of cowards – thirdman – lp
j dilla – rebirth of detroit instrumentals – ruff draft – lp
julie doiron – so many days – aporia – lp
*bill fay – life is people – dead oceans – lp
*bill fay – time of the last persecution – 4 men with beards – lp
fleet foxes – s/t – sub pop – lp
bridgette fontaine – 13 chansons decadentes – emi – lp
*ben frost/daniel bjarnason – solaris – bedroom community – lp/cd
godspeed you black emperor – yanqui uxo – constellation – lp
grizzly bear – shields – warp – lp
grouper – dragging a dead deer up a hill – kranky – lp
hawkwind – warrior on the edge of time – united artists – lp
japandroids – celebration rock – polyvinyl – lp
japandroids – no singles – polyvinyl – lp
japandroids – post-nothing – polyvinyl – lp
*medusa – first step beyond – numero – lp
metz – s/t – sub pop – lp
thelonious monk – straight no chaser – music on vinyl – lp
thelonious monk & sonny rollins – s/t – original jazz classics – lp
my bloody valentine – things left behind – fan club – lp
nirvana – bleach – sub pop – lp
*daphne oram – oramics – young americans – 4lp
*ost – django unchained – mercury – 2lp
oval – 94diskont – thrill jockey – lp
pissed jeans – honeys – sub pop – lp
queens of the stone age – songs for the deaf – ipecac – 2lp
*rainforest spiritual enslavement – black magic cannot cross water – blackest ever black – lp
ramones – leave home – rhino – lp
ramones – rocket to russia – rhino – lp
ramones – road to ruin – rhino – lp
ramones – s/t – rhino – lp
smiths – hatful of hollow – rhino – lp
smiths – meat is murder – rhino – lp
smiths – louder than bombs – rhino – lp
smiths – strangeways… – rhino – lp
*stooges – s/t- rhino – lp
*andy stott – passed me by – modern love – 2×12″
*andy stott – we stay together – modern love – 2×12″
tool – anima – bmg – 2lp
*velvet underground – complete mono collection – sundazed – 5lp box
velvet underground – la cave – keyhole – lp
tom waits – night hawks at the diner – rhino – lp
tom waits – bone machine – island – lp
*wanda group – piss fell – opal tapes – lp
*bukka white – mississippi blues – 4 men with beards – lp
whitehorse – s/t – sixshooter – lp
wilco – sky blue sky – nonesuch – lp
wilco – being there – nonesuch – lp
wire – change becomes us – pink flag – cd
neil young – zuma – reprise – lp
neil young – harvest live – swinging dog – lp
neil young – live at massey hall – reprise – lp
neil young – live at fillmore east – reprise – lp
*various – forge your own chains – now again – lp
*various – nuggets – rhino – lp

thanks for listening…

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howdy all,

as usual, another short list paired with a short week. although last week saw so much new stuff come in that we could use the week off to catch up anyway. to aid in that, i’ve relisted some highlights from last week’s list for you…

don’t forget, coming up in 2 short weeks is the insanity that is RECORD STORE DAY…. on april 20th we’ll open the doors an hour early so all you vinyl hungry fiends can frantically try scoop up some of the cool record store day exclusive releases we’ll be receiving this year. if you haven’t seen the list yet, check it out (http://www.recordstoredaycanada.com/SpecialReleases) we’ve ordered lots of stuff… but no matter how much we order, there’s never enough to go around so plan to get out of bed a bit earlier and come on down early. of course there will be more on the go that day as well, but we just wanted to give you a head’s up that it’s almost upon us!

 …..pick of the week…..

*charles bradley – victim of love – daptone – lp/cd
- “bradley and writer/producer/multi-instrumentalist thomas ‘tnt’ brenneck returned to dunham studios and recorded the most exciting daptone release to date, victim of love. on this album, bradley moves past his heartaches and pain to the great promise of hope and love. though quite at home among the music that has affirmed daptone as the world’s #1 authority on soul music, victim of love proves to be a genre-bending masterpiece, picking up where the early ’70s temptations left off and edging boldly forward into psychedelic soul exploration.”

…..new arrivals…..

*black angels – indigo meadow – blue horizon – lp/cd
- once again the black angels prove themselves the undisputed avatars of contemporary psychedelic rock, simultaneously exalting the genre’s kaleidoscopic past as they thrust it further into the future. now a four-piece the band have brought new focus to their wide-ranging song craft, the righteous riffs and dogmatic drones gaining increased power as they fuel a more expansive emotional terrain. a 21st century trip as transcendent as any in the canon, indigo meadow masterfully affirms the black angels’ full-throttle commitment to the psychedelic ethos of creativity, community and boundless experimentation.
bonobo – the north borders – ninja tune – cd
- “it’s been almost three years since the release of bonobo’s masterful, mould-breaking black sands, an album that saw him touring a hypnotic live show across the world for well over a year. now, in 2013, he stands ready to take things up yet another notch. the north borders is a long stride forward – both a natural evolution and a continuation of the electronic palette of black sands. thematic, resonant, addictive and perfectly formed, it’s a thrillingly coherent statement piece.” vinyl in soon.
david bowie – the next day – columbia – lp+cd
- bowie’s 30th studio album and his first new album in 10 years. in recent years radio silence has been broken only by endless speculation, rumor and wishful thinking ….a new record…who would have ever thought it, who’d have ever dreamed it! after all david is the kind of artist who writes and performs what he wants when he wants…when he has something to say as opposed to something to sell. today he definitely has something to say. produced by long term collaborator tony visconti.
*john carpenter/alan howarth – they live ost – death waltz – lp
- for the score to one of his most iconic films, john carpenter and alan howarth created what can only be described as electronic blues. the score is recognisable as carpenter but has a slow and dusty pulsating western feel that really gives it a life of it’s own. the 1988 film follows a nameless drifter referred to as “nada”, who discovers the ruling class within the moneyed elite are in fact aliens managing human social affairs through the use of a signal on top of the tv broadcast, concealing their appearance and subliminal messages in mass media. another home run from the death waltz bullpen.
how to destroy angels – welcome oblivion – columbia – 2lp+cd
- how to destroy angels is a post-industrial collective featuring nine inch nails front man trent reznor, his wife mariqueen maandig and frequent collaborator atticus ross while rob sheridan is the group’s art director. the group is named after a 1984 coil single of the same name. welcome oblivion is the follow-up to the group’s 2010 self-titled ep and 2012′s an omen ep. the 15-song set features several tracks from the an omen ep. atticus ross has co-produced for nine inch nails, jane’s addiction, coheed and cambria and korn. in february of 2011, ross and reznor won the academy award for best original score for the social network soundtrack.
*stark reality – acting, thinking, feeling – now again – 6lp+7″
- “six lp set of psychedelic jazz, restored and remastered from the original tapes. this marks the first time that all of stark reality’s music will be available on vinyl. included is the entirety of their ajp-issued album the stark reality discovers hoagy carmichael’s music shop, their out-of-print 1969 lp (first issued on this label in 2003), the two sides of their big yellow 7″ single, the three part song ‘acting, thinking, feeling,’ and a series of unreleased tracks discovered by porter records’ luke mosling — issued here for the first time.” includes 16-page booklet with digital download card.
kurt vile – wakin’ on a pretty daze – matador – cd
- vinyl in soon, maybe tomorrow… kurt is slowly, quietly becoming one of the great american guitarists and songwriters of our time. this 69- minute double album is comprised of sweeping, expansive songs that are both very intimate and conversational. “wakin’ on a pretty daze” is a timeless record that would have sounded great 30 years ago, sounds great today, and will still sound great 30 years from now. beautifully produced by john agnello, the record is filled with hazy, swooning guitar lines and dreamy, beatific, and occasionally sardonic vocals. it is summed up by the staggeringly gorgeous 9-minute opener, “wakin on a pretty day”. the song is also the first video, directed by jonathan demme in the spirit of his landmark springsteen video “streets of philadelphia.” the record has other connections to kurt’s home town. steve powers (espo), the renowned philly street artist, painted the cover mural on an abandoned building near the northern liberties. the mural will be recreated in london, los angeles and new york. “kurt vile distills thousands of hours spent with classic american guitar music into one very singular and sublime vision.” – pitchfork.
wire – change becomes us – pink flag – cd
- in spring 2012, wire’s plan had been to review the rudimentary blueprints of songs that had never made it beyond a few live performances in 1979 and 1980 – a time when the band-members were in creative overdrive yet the band itself was disintegrating. the objective was to approach that unrealized work as a potential springboard for wire’s contemporary, forward-looking processes – a possible point of departure for new compositions. this took place with wire firing on all cylinders, as a four-piece studio entity again, the core line-up of newman, graham lewis and robert grey now enhanced by guitarist matthew simms. the source material became, in the classic wire tradition, something quite other than what it may have once been. colin newman’s songwriting and production on ‘change becomes us’ reimagines the past in ways that ultimately break any substantive connection with it, making entirely new pieces – and these songs themselves enact wire’s restless drive to become other, often thriving on a fundamental tension between opposing sonic characteristics.

…..restocks…..

autre ne veut – anxiety – software – lp
*syd barrett – madcap laughs – vinylisssimo – lp
beach boys – pet sounds – capitol – lp
beach house – s/t – heart break beat – lp
beastie boys – ill communication – emi – lp
*sir richard bishop – polytheistic fragments – drag city – lp
caravan – in the land of pink and grey – klimt – 2lp
*miles davis – on the corner – music on vinyl – lp
dead weather – horehound – thirdman – lp
dirty beaches – water park ost – a music – 10″
hum – you’d prefer an astronaut – src – lp
johnny marr – the messenger – new voodoo – lp/cd
*metallica – … and justice for all – elektra – lp
*pissed jeans – honeys – sub pop – lp/cd
*ty segall – twins – drag city – lp
elliott smith – s/t – kill rock stars – lp
stooges – fun house – rhino – lp
*sunn o))) – monoliths & dimensions – southern lord – lp
*talking heads – talking heads: 77 – rhino – lp
whitehorse – the fate of the depends on this kiss – six shooter – lp
various – sound city: reel to real – rca – lp

thanks for listening….

listen records

10443a – 124 street

edmonton, ab

t5n 1r7

780.732.1132

www.listenrecords.net

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…..pick of the week…..

*eleh – homage – taiga – 3lp box
- presenting a unified whole, the homage 3lp boxed set contains homage to the square wave, …sine wave and …pointed waveforms, all out-of-print until now. initially released separately in 2008, 2009 and 2012 respectively with custom letterpress jackets, this collection includes new retrospective artwork by john brien. each disc comes in its own one-color silkscreen jacket using the same blue, orange and green from the original editions; all housed in a rigid white satin-coated slipcase with spot varnish printing, hand-numbered out of 800. eleh, an artist who flourishes in restraint, uses a reduced sonic vocabulary to highlight delicate intricacies in a logical path toward harmonious satisfaction. the organization of hypnotic square waves, rippling sine waves and triangle/saw tooth waveforms is a discourse in the infinity, rather than the limits, of reduction. by employing a natural practice of balanced interpretation, eleh enables an individual reaction free of the clutter of white noise. here’s a sample off a previous release…. 

…..new arrivals…..

*49 americans – e pluribus unum – staubgold – lp
- first full-length album from 1980 by late ’70s/early ’80s uk diy super-group the 49 americans. the main instigator behind the 49 americans was andrew “giblet” brenner, who assembled a loose, disparate group of musical/non-musical practitioners as an experiment in equality and democracy. this democracy included david toop, steve beresford, max eastley, lol coxhill and peter cusack, nagand bendle of the door and the window, viv albertine of the slits, vivien goldman, giblet’s mum and many more. by the first lp, the sound of the 49 americans evolved into an off-kilter songwriting style similar to that of maher shalal hash baz, red crayola and early beat happening.
*dylan golden aycock – rise & shine – scissor tail – lp
- beautifully arranged and performed songs on the acoustic guitar that are expansive and limitless. there is something immensely satisfying about running into an album like ‘rise and shine’. six songs of immense weight and beauty, composed and performed sporadically on six and twelve string acoustic guitars, recorded and then cut onto x-rays from his father’s non-fatal heart attack. while comparisons to james blackshaw and bruce langhorne’s hired hand soundtrack aren’t off the mark, aycock remains his own man, proving along the way that the spirit of american folkers didn’t die out, but morphed into a more primitive, cinematic experience. truly stunning work from an up-and-coming artist and label.
devendra banhart – mala – nonesuch – lp
- banhart’s eighth studio album, was recorded in his then-home in los angeles. he and georgeson played most of the instruments themselves, using borrowed equipment and a vintage tascam recorder they’d found in a pawn shop.
karl bartos – off the record – bureau b – lp+cd
- well-known as one-quarter of the “classic” kraftwerk line-up, karl bartos’ new album is an audio-visual sensation. lost for many years, some of his early music has been re-conceived and re-contextualized in a thrilling modern setting. here’s the story: during kraftwerk’s heyday, karl bartos wrote — off the record — a secret acoustic diary. based on his musical jottings (rhythms, riffs, hooks, sounds, chords, and melodies) this is what he has come up with today — 12 brand-new, exciting, timeless songs. many of kraftwerk’s most influential rhythms and memorable melodies were actually conceived in his home studio. they would later be used on an unstoppable succession of hits from the düsseldorf band as they ascended to the lofty heights of popular music culture. as a major contributor to the man-machine (1978) and computer world (1981), bartos has had a decisive influence on kraftwerk’s music.
*big boys – where’s my towel/industry standard – modern classics – lp
- “skate punk (neé skate rock) may have been one of the defining sounds of southern california in the late ’80s/early ’90s, but its origins were in another time and place. it began, in fact, in post-outlaw country 1970s austin, texas. that’s where singer randy ‘biscuit’ turner, guitarist tim kerr, bassist chris gates, and drummer greg murray were mixing the prevailing trend of playing hard and fast with playing loose and funky. the big boys came from the same scene that spawned scratch acid, the dicks, and mdc, but stood out with music that ventured far beyond post-punk angularities and hardcore machismo. originally released on the wasted talent label, their debut album is a classic of american independent music.”
*black angels – indigo meadow – blue horizon – lp/cd
- once again the black angels prove themselves the undisputed avatars of contemporary psychedelic rock, simultaneously exalting the genre’s kaleidoscopic past as they thrust it further into the future. now a four-piece the band have brought new focus to their wide-ranging song craft, the righteous riffs and dogmatic drones gaining increased power as they fuel a more expansive emotional terrain. a 21st century trip as transcendent as any in the canon, indigo meadow masterfully affirms the black angels’ full-throttle commitment to the psychedelic ethos of creativity, community and boundless experimentation.
*james blackshaw & lubomyr melnyk – the watchers – important – lp
- “the watchers is a historic collaboration between lubomyr melnyk and james blackshaw. these new pieces are being released as a cd/lp with material exclusive to each format. lp is pressed in an edition of 500. “We set up, Lubomyr at the grand piano, me directly facing him with my 12-string guitar and began. i would retune at random between songs and together we would find interesting chord progressions, hints of melodies and ways in which to weave those immense overtones that lubomyr is able to generate on the piano with those of my guitar. no more than two takes per song. improvisation, spontaneous composition, whatever you want to call it. either way, it truly felt as if the piano and guitar were as one — inseparable, parts of a bigger whole, a means by which for two people to make one sound. it never felt forced and never less than engaging. lubomyr was always humble, jovial and open to ideas. the whole session lasted six hours.’” — james blackshaw
david bowie – the next day – columbia – lp+cd
- bowie’s 30th studio album and his first new album in 10 years. in recent years radio silence has been broken only by endless speculation, rumor and wishful thinking ….a new record…who would have ever thought it, who’d have ever dreamed it! after all david is the kind of artist who writes and performs what he wants when he wants…when he has something to say as opposed to something to sell. today he definitely has something to say. produced by long term collaborator tony visconti.
don caballero – gang banged with a headache, and live – joyful noise – lp
- the first ever live album from legendary instrumental juggernaut don caballero! a recently-unsurfaced “authorized bootleg” from the math rock founders. with material spanning from 1993′s “for respect” to songs that would end up on 2006′s “world class listening problem”, “gang banged…” includes a decade’s worth of quintessential don cab material. not much is known about the origins of the recording, but what we do know is (1) it was probably recorded in chicago, (2) it was probably recorded in 2003, (3) it fecking rules.
*califone – heron king blues – thrill jockey – lp
- “califone’s third album is back on vinyl for the first time since it sold out quickly upon release in 2004. heron king blues is pressed on high quality virgin vinyl and packaged in an lp jacket with a fully artworked inner sleeve. included for the first time is a free download coupon. for this recording the band set out to make a record like captain beefheart’s mirror man, entering the studio with a blank canvas and laying things down quickly. the resulting songs combine the bands more pop-oriented qualities alongside their more spaced out ethereal thoughts.”
*john carpenter/alan howarth – they live ost – death waltz – lp
- for the score to one of his most iconic films, john carpenter and alan howarth created what can only be described as electronic blues. the score is recognisable as carpenter but has a slow and dusty pulsating western feel that really gives it a life of it’s own. the 1988 film follows a nameless drifter referred to as “nada”, who discovers the ruling class within the moneyed elite are in fact aliens managing human social affairs through the use of a signal on top of the tv broadcast, concealing their appearance and subliminal messages in mass media. another home run from the death waltz bullpen.
dj koze – amygdala – pampa – lp
- amygdala is koze’s sgt. pepper’s. it’s an unreal 78-minute walk through koze’s mind, complete with moods, intensities, sounds and scenes as yet unheard of. it feels more like a double album, urging you to turn over and change the records time and time again. amygdala amazes with its sheer musicality, deepness and its ethereal sound design. nobody else could unite artists like caribou and dirk von lotzow, hildegard knef and matthew dear, ada and milosh in such an organic way and on one and the same record as koze did. there’s never been anything like it. in the true style of kosi kos, its all about the courage to dare, about letting voices resonate undisguised in all their authentic peculiarity. about creating truthfulness. how much can you cut out, when does the flame die down? on the other hand, under which circumstances could it even burn for ever?
dj sprinkles – where dancefloors stand still – mule musiq – lp
- 2lp sampler, featuring 9 tracks from the cd: a1. braxton holmes – 12 inches of pleasure (ron’s foreplay); a2. fingers inc. – never no more lonely; b1. sound mechanix – i can’t forget; b2. classic man – rapid winds; b3. gene farris – good feeling; c1. choo-ables – hard to get (b.t.’s massive groove); c2. understars – forest funk 1 nodamkkb mix; d1. lectroluv – if we try (ambient dub); d2. keys and tronics ensemble – calypso of house (paradise version)
winston edwards & blackbeard – at 10 downing street – dub conference – studio 16 – lp
- “a superb uk dub set produced by winston edwards and mixed by dennis ‘blackbeard’ bovell in the late ’70s. featuring tracks like ‘downing street rock’, ‘kensington palace rock’, ‘airport smuggling’, and ‘ronald biggs the great train robber’.”
lawrence english – lonely women’s club – important – lp
- “beautiful new work from lawrence english. pressed in an edition of 500 copies. lawrence english is composer, media artist and curator based in australia. working across an eclectic array of aesthetic investigations, english’s work prompts questions of field, perception and memory. english utilizes a variety of approaches including live performance and installation to create works that ponder subtle transformations of space and ask audiences to become aware of that which exists at the edge of perception.”
*fall of saigon – s/t – dark entries – lp
- the debut ep by fall of saigon. the band was born in 1981 when florence berthon (vocals), pascal comelade (organ, synthesizer) and thierry den (guitar, vocals) met at a concert in montpellier, france. they chose to the name the project fall of saigon after a song by uk post-punk act this heat. they self-released their debut ep in 1983 citing nico & the velvet underground, suicide and james joyce as influences. at the time the band formed, pascal comelade was an accomplished musician with instrumental sketches composed for the trio. the 6 songs on the ep were recorded in two stages. the songs were minimal: verse, chorus, no bridge, no intro. built on a simple spine, they create a feeling of space with just a voice and an organ or synthesizer melody. full of class and inventiveness, fall  of saigon are often compared to young marble giants due to the fragile, ephemeral quality of the songs. trough two years of existence, they only released one ep and 30 years later their subtle sound is an essential guidepost in post-punk history.
fotheringay – essen 1970 – thors hammer – lp
- “fotheringay was the legendary english folk group around singer sandy denny who died a long time ago. she had become well-known with the groups strawbs and fairport convention and was elected best british singer several times. at the end of 1969, she founded fotheringay together with four friends. they could immediately sign a contract with the island label. on friday, 23rd october 1970, they had a gig at the third essen pop & blues festival in the gruga hall. the concert was then recorded semi-professionally by the host. now, the tapes have been elaborately re-mastered by fotheringay guitarist jerry donahue who got the most out of the sound that was technically possible. lp in gatefold cover (with an lp-sized eight-page booklet in colour).”
*gila – bury my heart at wounded knee – garden of delights – lp
- “after the break-up of the first gila line-up and conny veit’s move from stuttgart to munich, the latter founded a new band, retaining the old name. instead of their former lengthy improvisations, their tracks were now tightly arranged. their only album, bury my heart at wounded knee, which was inspired by dee brown’s book of the same title and deals with the expulsion and extermination of native north americans, features three american indian lyrics (translated into english) and received good reviews without exception. the lp was released in 1973 on wea/warner bros., while in 1995 a really bad bootleg cd was released by germanofon, and in 2012 a bootleg lp on blue vinyl. on all these records the tracks are mistakenly in the wrong order. this has been corrected now. the vinyl re-issue is limited and numbered and comes with a four-page insert in lp size.”
gina x performance – nice mover – medical – lp
- medical records is proud to present the quintessential first album by gina x performance. gina x performance was composed of the charismatic gina kikoine (vocals/lyric) along with famous german producer/musician zeus b. held. released in 1978 on various labels including emi, nice mover has been out of print on vinyl since 1980. gina’s debut has been an internationally regarded electro/disco record with various tracks appearing on compilations throughout the years. the track “no g.d.m.” (a tribute to famous gay actor/writer/personality) was a club hit on both sides of the atlantic and remains a commonly heard track in dj sets to this very day. gina’s unmistakable and truly unique vocals and lyrics set this record apart from its contemporaries. tackling controversial subject matter such as transgenderism, exhibitionism, and other fetishes, this record has left a deep mark on the history of new wave and electro/disco.
*goat – world music – rocket – lp/cd
-  sale priced cd in the listening post! rocket recordings presents the debut album world music by the band goat. for those who are unaware, goat is a collective of musicians who hail from a small and very remote village called korpilombolo in deepest, darkest sweden. legend has it that for centuries, the inhabitants of the village of korpilombolo were dedicated to the worship and practices of voodoo, until their non-christian ways were discovered by the church and they were burned out by the crusaders, the survivors cursing the village over their shoulders as they fled. to this day, the now picturesque village of korpilombolo is still haunted by this voodoo curse; the power of the curse can be felt throughout the grooves of this goat record. the nine track album follows the underground success of the now sought-after 7″ goatman, which is also included in this selection. the band takes in many influences, from the afro-groove that is central to the album, through to head-nodding psych, post-punk, turkish rock, kraut repetition and astral folk.
*francoise hardy – s/t – doxy – lp
- “a seminal album of the french ye-ye era, françoise hardy’s self-titled debut (known in the us as the ‘yeh-yeh’ girl from paris!) was released shortly after her debut single ‘oh oh chéri’ in 1962. the success of this album, along with its hit ‘tous les garçons et les filles’, made the eighteen-year-old french bombshell a huge star in europe and an icon of the french fashion and music industries. along with other ye-ye girls of the sixties, like jane birkin, brigitte bardot, france gall, and sylvie vartan, hardy exuded a kind of sexy innocence that made french women the most liberated and the most desired in the world.”
hawkwind – leave no star unturned: cambridge january 1972 – dirter promotions – lp
-  dirter promotions presents on double vinyl a previously-unheard and unreleased live hawkwind show from the cambridge corn exchange in 1972. “though the tapes were listened to in the weeks after the show, lucas and kemp upgraded their recording equipment to half-inch a few months later and the quarter-inch reels disappeared, thought perhaps to be lost forever. fortunately, that wasn’t the case. in 1985, a reel was unearthed at spaceward studios, noted to contain the syd barrett element of the show plus ‘parts of the hawkwind and pink fairies sets,’ and in 2005 a second copy of the recordings was unearthed in a collection of tapes stored in gary lucas’ attic. it’s the lucas tape, via an appearance on the auction lists at bonhams in knightsbridge, which has enabled the release of this pivotal show. dirter promotions is very pleased to present these recordings, cleaned-up and remastered, enabling hawkwind’s dedicated fan base to experience the band in full flow, poised to fly high and fly far, making the very concept of space-rock their own in perpetuity.”
hickory wind – s/t – klimt – lp
- “before morphing into the excellent psych trio, b.f. trike, hickory wind (from evansville, indiana), released one brilliant, and extremely rare, country psych album in 1969. just 100 copies were pressed for the gigantic label, and originals have been known to change hands for a small fortune. the album features excellent vocals, plus an interesting mix of fuzz guitar, and droning organ, as well as some wonderfully melodic songs. this reissue also features four bonus tracks from the b.f. trike album session, recorded for rca records in nashville, tennessee in 1971. the b.f. trike album, however, remained in the vaults for 25 years, before it was finally uncovered and given its just recognition in the mid-nineties.”
how to destroy angels – welcome oblivion – columbia – 2lp+cd
- how to destroy angels is a post-industrial collective featuring nine inch nails front man trent reznor, his wife mariqueen maandig and frequent collaborator atticus ross while rob sheridan is the group’s art director. the group is named after a 1984 coil single of the same name. welcome oblivion is the follow-up to the group’s 2010 self-titled ep and 2012′s an omen ep. the 15-song set features several tracks from the an omen ep. atticus ross has co-produced for nine inch nails, jane’s addiction, coheed and cambria and korn. in february of 2011, ross and reznor won the academy award for best original score for the social network soundtrack.
hum – you’d prefer an astronaut – src – lp
- hum’s sonic universe is a solipsistic world that exists on its own terms, a maelstrom of sensations and colors, a thick metallic vortex of fuzztoned guitars with a silent core at the center like the eye of a hurricane – equal parts homegrown and high-tech. hum serves up a cacophony of overlapping harmonics and dense shards of electric guitars providing a counterpoint to matt talbott’s reflective tales. you’d prefer an astronaut is the champaign, il post-hardcore group’s third studio album. the 9-song set was first released in 1995 by rca records and serves as the band’s major label debut following the independently issued fillet show (1991) and electra 2000 (1993). the album hit the #1 slot on billboard’s heatseekers chart thanks to the breakout lead single, “stars” which exploded on radio, leading to subsequent tours with the smashing pumpkins and bush.
king tubby meets the upsetter – at the grass roots of dub – studio 16 – lp
- “one of the earliest dub albums (dating from 1975), with mixing credits shared by lee perry and king tubby. this is an essential 10 track dub set with crucial tracks like ‘king tubby & the upsetter at spanish town,’ ‘no justice for the poor,’ ‘blood of africa’ and ‘people from the grass roots’.”
lady – s/t – truth & soul – lp/cd
- all you have to do is listen to lady once, and you’ll remember – in case you forgot – why they call it soul music. the honesty, the aching sweetness, the raw power of these singers and their songs will remind you that nothing can move you as much, or touch you as deeply, as two women with amazing voices singing in tight harmony. lady is the new collaborative project by terri walker and nicole wray. this unexpected transatlantic pairing was born out of a shared love of soul music and the resulting album – also entitled “lady” is a modern day interpretation of the classic sounds pioneered by labels such as stax, atlantic, and motown. lady unites the mellowness and pop flair of 60s soul with the driving beat of hip-hop, and the silky rhythms of modern r&b. lady is an authentic original, drawing from the past to infuse the present with new power. prepare to take your hat off to lady. get ready to fall in love. there has never been, there will never be, anything else like it.
mathematiques modernes – les viditeurs du soir – medical – lp
- released in 1981 on the famous celluloid imprint, this masterpiece has been out of print since its initial pressing. this gem needs no introduction to fans who have enjoyed the classics from this era, representing a very diverse blend of new wave, almost progressive arrangements, baroque melodies, complex rhythmic structures, and plenty of so called “cold wave” sprinkled in. probably the most well known track, “disco rough” was a single and was later included on the popular comp, so young but so cold, underground french music 1977-1983.
*nurt – s/t – sound by sound – lp
- it was january of 1972 when nurt, a progressive rock band from poland, took part in a festival of avant-garde music, where the group won a recording session at studio m-1 at polish radio headquarters in warsaw. stepping into a radio studio was one of the limited ways of having an album recorded in communist poland, which restricted the evolution of rock music in eastern europe as it was seen as promoting the “american way”. the result of that session is this self-titled album containing the group’s first recordings that have ever been commercially released in 40 years, until now. this release holds a unique blend of radiant fuzz guitar, jazz-rock, and psychedelia recovered from the era of the east european iron curtain and re-mastered by sound by sound records from its original master tapes. sick soundz!
old komm – ventspils – discrepant – lp
- “старые комм” (loosely translated as “old komm”) are andrey kolmogorov and sergey gorsky, a musical duo hailing from the city of samara, russia. since meeting in the mid-’90s, the duo started translating their musical ideas by making industrial music using a mixture of field recordings, broken synths, found sound and, what became a constant motif on their output, church pipe organs — sergey’s father was a church organist of 40 years, giving the duo plenty of material to tamper with. isolated from any western influence and attention, the duo issued a handful of extremely limited releases on a now-defunct russian label (svarog records). the results were unique slabs of industrial music with strong nods to primitive techno, sound design, and noise music. for lack of an audience as well as poor distribution, the tapes were mostly handed out to friends and family until one reached the discrepant radar a couple of years back. today, discrepant presents an exclusive ep of their first work in years, constructed around the sounds recorded in the ex-usse baltic port city of ventspils, latvia. during a recent visit in 2010, the duo were inspired by the decaying post-industrial charm of the city and decided to re-activate their musical activities. pressed in an edition of 250 vinyl-only copies and packed in a luscious printed outer and inner sleeve with photography by sergey gorsky.
*prints of darkness – zindabad – ravi – lp
- this is the story of a sixties garage band…only this one was based in lahore, west pakistan, where there was a small american community and a funky school in an old british raj-era bungalow. six kids, synthesizing the current sounds of their homeland – animals, stones, zeppelin, the west coast ballroom groups – managed to become the best rock ‘n roll group in west pakistan. “raw, exciting and really quite excellent…fans of fuzz will find a feast of it on this set.” – mike stax (ugly things)
robbie m – let’s groove – people’s potential – lp
- the release of highly anticipated lost modern funk gems from the lead man of midnight express! new modern funk LP from the always trustworthy ppu family. robbie m, from the midnight express show band “danger zone” fame, finally releases tracks from his extensive ram music productions catalog. 10 titles total featuring 5 lost instrumental synth funk riders, and 5 classic club multi-tracks. over 40 minutes to smooth your evening, lay back on and vibe. robbie’s mood is infectious and delivers with every chord and melody. prepare yourself for “let’s groove”.
rza presents – shaolin soul selection vol 1 – soul temple – 3lp
- “dug out from the archives of stax records, this collection of deep soul has been personally curated by the rza himself. containing heavy cuts from such legends as isaac hayes, booker t & the mgs, albert king, the emotions, and many more, it’s not hard to see the genius and ideas these songs and artists inspire, and their influence on the very history of the wu-tang clan. a pinnacle as both a compilation of classic soul music, and a must-have for any wu-tang completist, this is an lp set not to be missed.”
*ravi shankar – three ragas – doxy – lp
- “three ragas, ravi shankar’s western debut (recorded in london in 1956), remains one of his finest albums ever recorded. although shankar was already an accomplished and well-known musician in India in 1956, he was still almost completely unknown in the west. the album, consisting of three ragas, was meant to be a kind of introduction to shankar’s music for the western listener. side a consists of ‘raga jog,’ an evening raga that ‘expresses the yearning of a longing soul,’ while side b consists of a morning devotional raga, ‘raga ahir bhairav,’ as well as a raga of the southern indian carnatic tradition, ‘raga simhendra madhyaman.’ also featuring chatur lal, one of the best tabla players of all time. includes liner notes. comes on 180 gram vinyl.”
*stark reality – acting, thinking, feeling – now again – 6lp+7″
- “six lp set of psychedelic jazz, restored and remastered from the original tapes. this marks the first time that all of stark reality’s music will be available on vinyl. included is the entirety of their ajp-issued album the stark reality discovers hoagy carmichael’s music shop, their out-of-print 1969 lp (first issued on this label in 2003), the two sides of their big yellow 7″ single, the three part song ‘acting, thinking, feeling,’ and a series of unreleased tracks discovered by porter records’ luke mosling — issued here for the first time.” includes 16-page booklet with digital download card.
supremes – meet the supremes – rumble – lp
- “the debut album by diana ross’ supremes originally came out in late 1962, right after motown’s boss berry gordy signed them and changed their name (the group was previously referred to as ‘the primettes’) and immediately before barbara martin left the band (which cost her being cut from the legendary ’3 on the barstools’ cover, and the loss of any royalties from the album). mainly a collection of their early singles, meet the supremes features pure soul gems like ‘i want a guy’, ‘buttered popcorn’, ‘(he’s) seventeen’ and many more little classics recorded by this quartet of seventeen year-olds who, although still far from the international star status they would soon achieve, helped pave the road to the definition of the classic ‘motown sound’.”
thors hammer – s/t – thors hammer – lp
- “thors hammer came from copenhagen, the danish capital. their music was a jazzy progressive rock with english lyrics. their one and only lp was released in 1971 and holds the sad record of being the most bootlegged lp in denmark. until now it can be found as cd editions on four illegal labels and as an illegal lp reprint. all these editions were made up very poorly. the now first legal vinyl re-issue is accompanied by a four-page insert in lp size, containing a detailed band history in german, english and danish language, a comprehensive discography including side and solo projects, cover and label reproductions, and band photographs. it is pressed on 180g vinyl and limited to 1000 numbered copies. it is the very first lp release of garden of delights’ sublabel thors hammer which, to honour this great band, was named after it. this label is destined for bands coming from outside the german-speaking countries.”
toy love – s/t – flying nun & captured tracks – 2lp
- “this 28-track double lp compilation collects all the a and b sides of the three toy love singles, plus the best demos from 1979, a live track, and even a radio jingle – all mastered for vinyl, straight from the original analogue tapes. housed in a gatefold jacket, a 24 page booklet accompanies the release with photos, ephemera, and commentary from toy love. the back cover features a sketched cartoon of an early toy love flyer drawn by chris knox. evolving from dunedin band the enemy, toy love had a brief but bright existence between january 1979 and september 1980. invoking the ghost of punk and the melody and creativity of ’60-’70s pop, they were peerless at a time when new zealand music was still struggling to imprint itself on the national consciousness. they became a model for local musicians around the country and inspired the birth of flying nun records — a label which many from the band went on to work with, including chris knox and alec bathgate with the tall dwarfs and paul kean with the bats. then, in 2005 flying nun released cuts, a double cd anthology of toy love material. electrifying and unmissable, toy love made an impact on all who saw then, and continue to do so around the world today.”
ike & tina turner – the soul of ike & tina – rumble – lp
- “well-known for her trademark legs, throaty voice, and boundless stage energy, tina turner was one of the sexiest and most popular international performers of the 20th century. ike turner, a well established seminal figure in the early years of rock & roll as both a performer and talent scout, met her one night in st. louis while he was performing with his ‘kings of rhythm’: she just grabbed the microphone and sang a b.b. king song, impressing Ike so immediately and overwhelmingly that he asked her to perform regularly with them. the rest is history: ike’s slick managing skills and songwriting, along with tina’s intensely energetic lead voice, three back-up ‘ikettes’ and a technically airtight eight-piece band produced a combination of country blues, rock and roll, ghetto rhythm and gospel passion that created a legend lasting 50 years. ‘it’s gonna work out fine, ‘ ‘i pity the fool, ‘ ‘i idolize you, and ‘tra la la la la.’ are just some of the r&b gems included in their 1960 astonishing debut album.”
twink – think pink – sunbeam – cd
- recorded in london in July 1969, and featuring members of tomorrow, the pretty things, the deviants, and tyrannosaurus rex, the legendary think pink is one of the hallowed relics of british underground rock. masterminded by john “twink” alder, who fully participated in this comprehensive reissue, it is presented here with detailed background notes, eight bonus tracks and rare pictures, making it truly essential for all fans of true psychedelia.
wavves – afraid of heights – warner – lp
- straight from the dungeons of l.a., wavves unleashes afraid of heights, the fourth album under the moniker and first on the mom + pop and warner bros. labels. now a duo consisting of guitarist nathan williams and bassist stephen pope, they sound bigger, brasher, and shockingly more professional than ever on afraid of heights which positions the band to take their rightful place amongst the pop-punk gods. the product of more than a year of writing and recording, afraid of heights expands the wavves sound while remaining true to the band’s original vision – it was created with absolutely no label involvement, a specter that nearly derailed king of the beach.
*witch – lazy bones – now again – lp
- “our comprehensive overview of zambia’s premier garage, psych, prog, funk, afro-rock ensemble witch… the band’s third album, lazy bones!!, is the band’s masterpiece — a dark, brooding psychedelic opus that makes equal use of wah-wah and fuzz guitars, that relies as heavily on the stomping feel of hard rock as it does the syncopation of funk.”
*witch – lukombo vibes – now again – lp
- “the band’s fourth album — recorded after the band toured with osibisa — makes use of traditional zambian rhythms and folk melodies alongside progressive rock movements. it is the most ‘afro-rock’ of witch’s oeuvre.”
*various – drop on down in florida: field recordings of african american traditional music 1977-1980 – florida folklife – 2lp
- based on four years of fieldwork throughout the state, the florida folklife program released the two-album, 27-track lp drop on down in florida: recent field recordings of afro-american traditional music in 1981. the album was intended to highlight african american music traditions for a statewide public audience, blues and sacred traditions in particular. dust-to-digital reissued this two lp set on cd in november 2012. the recordings include: one-string musician moses williams, four-shape-note sacred harp singing from an african american community, and the richard williams family in the blues and gospel-blues traditions. comes on 2 lps with a 24-page 11″x11″ booklet in a gatefold sleeve. includes 18 photographs and illustrations; new old stock from 1981, still in shrinkwrap, no signs of warping on multiple copies that have been opened.
various – dual form – stones throw – lp
- “collaborative release by stones throw and leaving records. leaving records is one of los angeles’ best, a hand-curated cassette label whose international reach belies its boutique status and diy style. naturally, dual form reflects the brightly burning light guiding leaving’s doings: an elevated level of experimentation combined with the twinning beliefs that art is sacred and music is magic. in a way, avant chanteuse julia holter provides this set’s mantra with her haunting cover of arthur russell’s ‘you and me both’ when she sings, ‘want to keep on doing.’ to that end, anticon founder odd nosdam delivers the booming but elegiac ‘sisters,’ postal service electrician dntel gets playful with ‘windy windy,’ psychedelic blueser sun araw discovers transcendence for ‘right off,’ and serengeti teams with matthewdavid for the far-out rap of ‘into the night.’ dual form could’ve easily been a retrospective of leaving records’ ‘greatest hits,’ but that’d be a disingenuous introduction to a label that’s always looking forward. all of the tracks on the album are new, original recordings. if the names gathered here look unfamiliar, it’d be a good time to start studying them.”
various – jim jam gems vol 1 – stag-o-lee – 10″
- start of a new series. limited edition with wild ’50s rhythm and gospel. teenage hoodlums in leather jackets standing on street corners, chewin’ gum and eyeing conspicuously every invader on their turf. revvin’ up the engine of a hopped-up ford, kissing in back alleys, flashin’ a flicknife in the dark — that’s the sound of a bad boy serenade. artists include: larry williams, connee boswell, tony casanova, du-droppers, little willie john, bobby lester, archibald, danny taylor, paul gayten and annie laurie and jive bombers.
various – jim jam gems vol 2 – stag-o-lee – 10″
- second volume in stag-o-lee’s jim jam gemsseries. brothers and sisters, swing out with hallelujah. we’ve all come together here to hear about good souls in full faith. to hear about sinners confessing their misled ways. to hear about the tellings of the good book, and to hear about beating the devil! feel the spirit driving into you like the rod of correction, sing, praise, and give the lord a handclap! artists include: rod willis, savannah churchill, lance fortune, laverne baker, otto bash, golden gate quartet, the chords, dorsey burnette, roy hogsed, and mahalia jackson.
various – sound city: reel to real – rca – lp
- all-new original album of music created exclusively for the new feature length documentary by dave grohl! featuring paul mccartney, stevie nicks, jim keltner, rick springfield, trent reznor, joshua homme, rick nielsen, lee ving, corey taylor, brad wilk, tim commerford & dave grohl! deep in the san fernando valley, behind the train tracks and amidst dilapidated warehouses, was rock n’ roll’s best kept secret. sound city, america’s greatest unsung recording studio, housed a legendary, one-of-a-kind recording console, and became the birth place to the seminal albums that defined 20th century music. fleetwood mac, neil young, rick springfield, tom petty, nirvana, amongst many others, all put magic to tape within these walls. It was rock ‘n’ roll hallowed ground.

…..restocks……

alt-j – an awesome wave – atlantic – lp
*amon duul ii – yeti – internation artists – lp
*syd barrett – madcap cries – fan club – lp
beatles – revolver – emi – lp
belle & sebastian – tigermilk – matador – lp
*captain beefheart – safe as milk – buddah – lp
*captain beefheart – trout mask replica – warner – lp
*nick cave – no more shall we part – mute – lp
chelsea light moving – s/t – matador – lp
sam cooke – mr. soul – music on vinyl – lp
sam cooke – night beat – music on vinyl – lp
d’angelo – voodoo – modern classics – lp
danger mouse – & jay z – the grey album – fanclub – lp
*betty davis – they say i’m different – light in the attic – lp
*miles davis – bitches brew – music on vinyl – lp
*demdike stare – elemental – modern love – 2cd
*demdike stare – tryptych – modern love – 3cd
desert sessions 3/4 – mans ruin – lp
desert sessions 5/6 – mans ruin – lp
j dilla – donuts – stones throw – lp
*dna – on dna – no – lp
*ensemble pearl – s/t – drag city – lp
*bill fay – s/t – 4 men with beards – lp
*luc ferrari – preque rein – recollection grm – lp
jonny greenwood – the master ost – nonesuch – lp
*lee hazlewood – lhi years – light in the attic – lp
*lee hazlewood – a house safe for tigers – light in the attic – lp
*arve henriksen – solidification – rune grammofon – 7lp
*jaylib – champion sound – stones throw – lp
kavinsky – outrun – record makers – lp
roland kirk – blacknuss – atlantic – lp
kyuss/queens of the stone age – split – mans ruin – lp
metric – old world underground – last gang – lp
ministry – land of rape and honey – music on vinyl – lp
nirvana – outcesticide 1 – fan club – lp
nirvana – outcesticide 2 – fan club – lp
nirvana – outcesticide 3 – fan club – lp
queens of the stone age – songs for the deaf – ipecac – lp
radiohead – in rainbows – tbd – lp
*pierre schaeffer – le triedre – recollection grm – lp
*silver apples – s/t – kapp – lp
*soundtrack – drive – invada – lp
tame impala – lonerism – modular – lp
tool – anima – fan club – lp
turbonegro – apocalypse dudes – mans ruin – lp
*robert turman – beyond painting – fabrecia – lp
u2 – zooropa – island – lp
*mv & ee – fuzzweed – three lobed – lp
*marcos valle – s/t – light in the attic – lp/cd
*marcos valle – vento sul – light in the attic – lp/cd
*marcos valle – previsao do tempo – light in the attic – lp/cd
vampire weekend – s/t – xl – lp
*wire – pink flag – 4 men with beards – lp
bobby womack – breavest man in the universe – xl – lp
xx – xx – xl – lp
neil young – home of the brave – fan club – lp
various – minimal wave tapes vol 1 – stones throw – lp
various – minimal wave tapes vol 2 – stones throw – lp
*various – sorrow come pass… – dust to digital – lp

howdy all,

happy spring! ugh. anyway, as i had hoped, due to last week’s monstrous list, this week’s news letter is, at least comparatively, brief. anyway, play safe, drive safe, build a snow man.

 …..pick of the week…..

*various – django unchained – mercury – lp
       - original soundtrack to the 2012 motion picture written and directed by quentin tarantino. the film stars jamie foxx, christoph waltz, leonardo dicaprio, kerry washington and samuel l. jackson. django (foxx) is a slave living in the deep south after having been separated from his wife broomhilda (washington). when django is held for a slave auction, dr. king schultz (waltz), a bounty hunter who poses as a dentist, frees django from his vicious masters, the speck brothers (james remar and james russo), and gives him the option of hunting down and killing the brittle brothers, a ruthless gang of killers whom only django has seen. in return, schultz will free django from slavery completely and help rescue broomhilda from the plantation of the charming but ruthless owner, calvin candie (dicaprio). as you may know, tarantino soundtracks are killer… you probably need this. killer morricone cuts and more. 

…..new arrivals…..

babysitter – eye – psychic handshake – lp
- for their debut full-length, ‘eye’, british columbia’s babysitter have compiled a forceful and catchy collection of raucous rock and roll. with its skewed take on anthemic grunge, the electrifying album is a welcome addition to a roster that includes genre-bending records by drainolith, red mass, sex church, tonstartssbandht, and the first two editions of yamantaka//sonic titan’s polaris prize short-listed yt//st. a punkish grunge-and-roll that recalls the wipers, archers of loaf, pavement, and neil young. now, with eye, the band’s adrenalized rock and roll has evolved into a mature statement on the revolutionary zeal that animates this fundamentally absurd pursuit.
cave singers – naomi – jagjaguwar – lp
- if every story is a story about love, what of suffering, surrender, and redemption? life says they’re in there too. along with traffic jams and dishes, jobs and sunsets and spilling all the red wine on the floor. all of it. naomi, the fourth record from northwestern mystics the cave singers, is a totem to these things: the every, any, all ways, always of life. written over the span of ten months and recorded in one, it bears a new and more expansive production style that captures the live performance energy the band has developed over the past five years. the 12-song set was engineered and produced at avast studios in seattle by phil ek (fleet foxes, built to spill, shins, modest mouse).
*jimi hendrix – are you experienced (mono uk version) – reprise – lp
- individually numbered mono pressing on 200 gram audiophile vinyl. the debut release from the jimi hendrix experience is widely regarded as the greatest, most influential debut release from any artist. are you experienced has long been acknowledged as one of the most influential rock albums of all time. there are, however, two distinctly different editions of this legendary album. the original version, prepared and sequenced by jimi and producer chas chandler, was issued throughout europe in may 1967. this album excludes the group’s first three uk singles. there has never been a mono release of this album in the us. this original monophonic mix has been transferred from the original master tapes by noted mastering engineer bernie grundman. grundman’s all analog mono mastering process helps to present the vitality of the original recording as accurately as possible.
*jimi hendrix – are you experienced (mono) – lp
- individually numbered mono pressing on 200 gram audiophile vinyl. the debut release from the jimi hendrix experience is widely regarded as the greatest, most infuential debut release from any artist. are you experienced has long been acknowledged as one of the most infuential rock albums of all time. the classic us edition of the album was only available in mono for a brief period after its original august 1967 release. this version features the classic fish-eye cover and includes such hits as ‘purple haze’ and ‘hey joe’. this original monophonic mix has been transferred from the original master tapes by noted mastering engineer bernie grundman. grundman’s all analog mono mastering process helps to present the vitality of the original recording as accurately as possible.
*jimi hendrix – axis: bold as love (mono) – reprise – lp
- individually numbered mono pressing on 200 gram audiophile vinyl. the sensational sophomore release of the jimi hendrix experience highlights hendrix’s own evolving musical experimentalism and acknowledges his early musical influences of soul and r&b. remastered from the original two-track mixdown master tapes, axis: bold as love’s 13-songs show the evolving trio as they neared the height of their career. features the seminal classics ‘spanish castle magic’, ‘little wing’, ‘castles made of sand’, and the classic easy rider anthem, ‘if 6 was 9′. the original monophonic mixes have been transferred from the original master tapes using grundman’s all analog mono mastering process.
hollerado – white paint – royal mountain – lp
- hollerado is a juno award nominated canadian indie rock band formed in 2007 and originally from ottawa, ontario, canada. “it’s been almost four years since hollerado released their debut full-length, record in a bag, as a digital download in 2009 (it was subsequently reissued). now, the fast-rising canadian power pop band have officially announced the follow-up. entitled white paint, it’s due out on february 2013 via the band’s own royal mountain records. like record in a bag, the new disc was produced by gus van go (the stills, rah rah, priestess). there’s no word as to exactly what the collection will sound like, but a press release promises an “impressively mature” 11 songs.” – exclaim.ca
the men – new moon – sacred bones – lp
- with their fourth full-length album to be released in as many years, the men proudly present the sweeping new moon, the most intensely personal and immersive installment yet. never content to draw on the same methods twice, nor to recline under the heel of expectation, the men quit the city in early 2012 to head for big indian, ny – transforming a remote catskills locale into a full-edged stray-dog studio home. entering with only the most skeletal sketches, the house was selected as an incubator for its technical limitations. familiar faces remain, the core of guitarists nick chiericozzi and mark perro, with drummer rich samis all returning from last year’s much-acclaimed open your heart. however, inroads have since been made to previously unreachable trails, as close friend and producer ben greenberg (pygmy shrews, hubble, zs) officially joins the ranks as bassist on paper, and full-bore, compositional partner in practice. in tandem, wayward brother kevin faulkner occupies his most substantial sphere to date, dreaming aloud on lap steel guitar. the men’s oft-cited commitment to their “no-one-is-frontman” maxim surely insists itself all the more emphatically here…so much so that it practically creates a new band in the process. this smiling observance induces a fresh fluidity amongst their roles and instrumentation, incorporating at various junctures piano, mandolin, harmonica, four-part vocal harmonies and even no-impact harsh noise. new moon is simultaneously an expansion of palette and a contraction of focus, hedged with as much leading dirge and ecstatic abandon, as it is genuine saccharine steel-string levity and an ever-tightening, no apologies pop concision. summarily, it is a love letter devoted in bowed humility to the grand continuum, exposing the hoax of the great divide. allegiances to the glowing patinas of detroit and san francisco, new york and nashville all abound, but ‘nostalgia’ is not her name. the band’s clear ethos is to revisit but never retread.
my bloody valentine – mbv – mbv – lp/cd
-  vinyl is on 180 gram with a gatefold sleeve and cd inserted in card a wallet to a cut inside the gatefold along with an 8 page booklet. yes!!! my bloody valentine are back, 22 years later, with one of the most highly anticipated releases of the year!!.. receiving rave reviews from all music publications!!
sam roberts – inhuman condition – paper bag – lp
- for the first time ever since its 2002 release, the inhuman condition is being released on vinyl. this six-song ep marked the breakthrough for canadian favourite sam roberts. the inhuman condition has reached certified gold status and sold over 50,000 copies to date, making it one of the most successful and bestselling ep’s by a canadian band in the history of canadian recorded music. the inhuman condition, was a heaven-sent prophecy from the classic-pop gods translated into street-level terms, and while there was no denying sam’s way with ultra-addictive melody, he also displayed astonishing breadth in just six tracks, from knockout power-pop punches (‘don’t walk away eileen) and moody folk mysticism (‘brother down,’ the official soundtrack of summer 2002) to extended psych-pop jams (‘where have all the good people gone?) and middle-finger-waving rockers (‘this is how i live’).
strokes – comedown machine – rca – lp
- the strokes announce their highly anticipated fifth studio album comedown machine. the strokes consist of julian casablancas (lead vocals), nick valensi (guitar), albert hammond, jr. (guitar), nikolai fraiture (bass) and fabrizio moretti (drums). the band has released four studio albums, is this it (2001), room on fire (2003), first impressions of earth (2006) and angles (2011) which have sold over 5 million albums worldwide. “they sound like themselves – those taut, rhythmical jabs, stabs of guitar underpinning julian casablancas’s dozily sighed vocals – but nothing like themselves at the same time. the shrill manga-pop of one way trigger, release as a free download at the end of january, is a perfect taster for the rest of the record. just as that song had people wondering if the strokes had discovered a-ha, there’s an ‘80s groove hip-swivelling its way right through the core of comedown machine. in their own dysfunctional way, the strokes sound like they’ve having fun.” – niall doherty, q magazine.
various – nippon girls – big beat – lp
- “nippon girls” is a celebration of the female side of japan’s 1960s pop scene. the lp comprises a dozen highlights from the cd of the same title issued on our big beat international logo a couple of years back, one of our recent top sellers. compiled by dj sheila burgel, a former tokyo resident, the “nippon girls” cd raised a few eyebrows here at ace hq, but girl-pop maven sheila knew what she was doing. the collection drew rave reviews, becoming something of a left-field hit with the club crowd and young hipster types.

…..restocks…..

sam cooke – night beat – music on vinyl – lp
*miles davis – bitches brew – music on vinyl – 2lp
j dilla – donuts – stones throw – lp
*ensemble pearl – s/t – drag city – lp/cd
allen ginsberg – first blues – ginsberg – lp
*hawkwind – space ritual – rock classics – lp
*tim hecker/daniel lopatin – instrumental tourist – software – lp/cd
*blind willie mctell – complete recorded works vol 1 – thirdman – lp
*charlie patton – complete recorded works vol 1 – thirdman – lp
pink floyd – dark side of the moon – emi – lp
pink floyd – wish you were here – emi – lp
radiohead – pablo honey – emi – lp
tegan & sara – heartthrob – warner – lp
*robert wyatt – dondestan – domino – lp
*robert wyatt – old rottenhat – domino – lp
*robert wyatt – rock bottom – domino – lp
*robert wyatt – schlep – domino – lp
chad van gaalen – infiniheart – flemish eye – lp
chad van gaalen – diaper island – flemish eye – lp
weakerthans – reconstruction site – epitaph – lp
*various – nuggets – rhino – lp
*various – personal space – chocolate industries – lp

thanks for listening….

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howdy all,

as promised last week, this week we’ve been flooded with new releases as well as tons of restocks. so, if that snow was keeping you from coming in today, perhaps this massive news letter will change your mind. i’ve been at this all day, and have piles of records to receive all around me, so i didn’t do much editing on this one, sorry.

…..pick of the week…..

*isengrind – the snowbringer cult – ba da bing – lp
*twinsistermoon – the snowbringer cult – ba da bing – lp
*natural snow buildings – the snowbringer cult – ba da bing – lp
- totally stoked that this set has finally been released on vinyl!!! “following up on 2012′s fearsome four-lp box set night coercion into the company of witches, ba da bing presents the second large-scale reissue of another obscurity from french duo natural snow buildings’s past. originally released on double-cd by the amazing students of decay in 2008, the snowbringer cult is a grandiose quadruple-album that combines mehdi ameziane’s and solange gularte’s solo projects, twinsistermoon and isengrind, on disc one and their collaboration as natural snow buildings on disc two. ba da bing is reissuing the original double-cd, along with vinyl versions for each of the three releases, all with interconnecting artwork. gularte’s isengrind centers on hypnotic soundscapes, floating woodwinds and chanted dirges. the airy sounds intermix and collide, sometimes building ominously, sometimes crashing together. it sounds gloriously like an imagined soundtrack to a banned ’70s italian horror film. ameziane’s twinsistermoon showcases the folk end of his sound. often graced with his soft counter tenor voice, the songs are like a sweet respite amidst the menace of minor keys. delicate acoustic guitar passages break for shifting drones before leading to ornate instrumentals. the natural snow buildings material on the second disc brings about an alternately luminous and perilous finish to the journey. here, the snowbringer cult reaches climactic points of intensity, following all the tension from disc one with grand payoffs. in all, this expansive work presents the most varied and nuanced sense of what fills the natural snow buildings cosmos.” 

*invisible hands – s/t – abduction – cd
- *******as a special bonus, especially for those who want to wait for the vinyl version, this cd is specially priced and purchase will enter you in a draw for a very special handmade invisible hands pillow!******* he invisible hands is the english translation of the band’s original egyptian arabic name: el ayadi el khafeyya. taking almost two years to create amidst an unusual and challenging backdrop, this is the brand new project of alvarius b. (alan bishop of sun city girls). eleven highly-crafted new songs projected through his typically dark lens of songwriting and a band of brilliant musicians from cairo, the premier, self-titled cd version of this album is the english language vocals edition (see below) delivered in ab’s patented sinister style; drenched in lovely psychedelic folk arrangements and vocal choruses with a nod to what could have potentially been an album that surfaced decades ago but instead found its way into the future superimposed over historic and tumultuous times in the center of the arab world. the group was established during the summer of 2011 and the album was recorded in cairo in may of 2012. band members include cherif el masri and aya hemeda (both former members of popular egyptian group eskenderella) with drummer magued nagati. on a handful of songs, several other players from the cairo scene are featured including sam shalabi (shalabi effect/land of kush) on oud and mohamed medhat on violin and viola. all tracks written and sung by alvarius b. in english. note: this is the english language cd version of the album. an arabic language cd version will only be available to purchase in the middle east. both english and arabic language versions will be available for digital download and both versions together will be available as a limited edition 2lp in the very near future. 

…..new arrivals…..

100 flowers – s/t – superior viaduct – lp
- 100 flowers (previously known as the urinals) were a power trio whose sole 1983 album is an enduring document of the southern california underground. based in crime-ridden ’80s los angeles against the backdrop of juvenile hardcore and vapid hard rock, 100 flowers crafted a sound that rests between the inspired bursts of the minutemen and the pastoral jangle of the dream syndicate with similarities to the equally oblique monitor and the gun club (who even included a urinals cover in their set). the trio wielded a gripping visual aesthetic and hyper-literate lyrical content that reflected their art-school backgrounds, while a ferocity and frustration borne out of their bleak urban environment permeates their songs.
ellen allien – lism – bpitch control – cd
- ellen allien’s new work lism is already being referred to as a milestone in the label’s history: rarely has an lp from the circle of bpc artists deviated so far from the club context as this one. the label boss has radically disposed of all established musical templates and created space for 45 minutes of sonic experiments that lie well beyond any functional paradigm — a highly emotional soundtrack for one’s “inner cinema,” but also a creative process with a considerable fun factor.
athanor – flashback – guerssen – lp
- chicago, early ’70s. greg herriges is obsessed with lennon, 12-string guitars, and far-out psychedelic sounds. rick vittenson is a beach boys-hollies-who fanatic who writes for crawdaddy! magazine. both had previously played in several garage college bands during the ’60s. combining their mutual love for ’60s music, athanor was born. with the help of top studio musicians, they recorded and self-released three 45s between 1973 and 1975 which are now highly sought-after by fans of obscure psychedelic pop. all of them are featured here in stellar sound taken from the master tapes along with previously-unreleased studio tracks and superb-sounding home demos (1973-1981), plus a new song recorded in 2006 in the same vein as their vintage recordings. athanor’s music features impressive songwriting and musicianship, a collision of beatlesque harmony vocals, rickenbacker and guild 12-string guitars, occasional fuzz-wah leads, fender rhodes, and studio effects. psychedelic proto power-pop highly recommended to anyone into lazy smoke, badfinger, only ones, emitt rhodes, rockin’ horse, or creme soda.
*batch – wait ’til tomorrow – anazitisi – lp
- “what a discovery and what an album! the minnesota music scene of the 60’s was an exciting and vibrant time. it was in this nurturing atmosphere that the beginnings of the batch were born. from the many songs recorded by the batch, we present now their more psychedelic efforts on this 11-track vinyl edition—all home recordings made on two-track tape-recorders between 1968 and early 1970; all carefully remastered from the original master-tapes. from the garage-pop ‘ha la la’ to the mind-blowing psychedelic ‘drifting’; from the acid underground sounds of ‘wait ’til tomorrow’ to the heavy ‘untangle your mind’; and from the guitar-pyrotechnics of ‘freedy coolchick’ to the grateful dead-esque ‘so sad,’ this batch album is a must for every psych-head, and will soon take its rightful place among lost us psychedelic jewels. raw and vital recordings of a band at the very moment of finding their freedom and independence. 500 copies.”
bizarros – complete collection 1976-80 – windian – lp
- unearthing their huge post-punk sound took a bit of time, attempting to bake original master tapes, developing original 30-plus year old film, and sifting through an akron ton of rare music, windian has put a large effort in bringing to the table a beyond quality double lp. these records span the short 5 years the band recorded music before calling it quits in 1980. from the singles released on the own band’s imprint clone records, to the scorching split ep with the tubber city rebels, the brutally amazing debut lp released on mercury records, live cuts, and even never before heard demos, this collection contains it all from a band cut short in their prime.
*nathan bowles – a bottle, a buckeye – soft abuse – lp
- hard to believe our planet had not yet been graced with nathan bowles solo recordings until now, but such is the case. after years of playing in celebrated ensembles, touring the world, and honing his skill on a host of instruments, bowles unveils his first solo effort: a bottle, a buckeye. the spacious, rollicking, meditative, and above all powerful record bridges the methods and constructs of his two most notable groups—the black twig pickers (old-time) and pelt (outer limits)—while inhabiting a space all its own..
*burmuda triangle – s/t – anazitisi – lp
- the first ever official vinyl reissue of this folk-psych gem from new york city, usa. originally released in 1977 by winter solstice, the group’s own label, this is a very rare album nowadays. it’s strange mixture of haunting melodic folk and dreamy psychedelia. both male and female vocals, by roger and wendy penney (who had also presented the extremely rare “roger & wendy” lp back in 1972), with autoharp, violin, percussion and sound effects (wah wah, fuzz, phaser, delay) offering a unique atmosphere. here’s how acid archives describes this fantastic album: truly bizarre folk-psych album that’s more enjoyable than a lot of “better” records. it feels like the songs are at a normal speed but the backing tracks are sped up. some of the melodies are pretty speedy too. spastic, cymbal-heavy drumming adds another layer of intrigue. this album is kind of a shock on first listen, because at least to these jaded ears it’s not often i discover something so original and bizarre.” this is truly a one of a kind album—you have to listen it to believe it!!!
*chelsea light moving – s/t – matador – lp/cd
- chelsea light moving is the new band from sonic youth’s thurston moore. featuring the backing talents of keith wood on guitar, samara lubelski on bass and john moloney on drums, the same band from thurston’s last solo album “demolished thoughts” — but this time it hits hard with rock n roll noise. the man himself describes the tracks as “chug & shred burners,” and they hit the usual mindblowing variety of rock-historical reference points and the primal clatter thurston’s pioneered for over two decades. the original chelsea light moving company actually moved people’s stuff, and was run by steve reich and philip glass.
*dead c vs rangda – split – ba da bing – lp
- two of the greatest bands of the present day, each composed of two guitarists and a drummer. every member’s name carries its own legendary status. richard bishop. ben chasny. chris corsano. michael morley. bruce russell. robbie yeats. fabricated empires have risen and been destroyed by the vast output of any one of these guys. finally, they come together on one release: a split lp between two supergroups. the dead c’s tracks are a gem of a find. the band uncovered recordings nestled in the back corner of their archives that they completely forgot existed. these tracks were under consideration for their seminal album eusa kills. the loose majesty found on that album comes to the fore here, with a group finding their wings right as they are set aflame. rangda recorded their two compositions at russian recording in bloomington, indiana. everything that brings these musicians together uncoils and commands. beats of silence underscore tangents that lead back to main themes and out again. it’s as though the years and years of playing under their collective belts has culminated in these glorious moments.
*dead moon – stranded in the mystery zone – mississippi – lp
- “maybe the hardest to find dead moon lp. all kinds of killer songs. another stone cold classic by the world’s greatest rock band. some call them the thinking man’s ac/dc and some call them the working man’s roky erickson but really there is nothing that compares to dead moon. they live in a world of their own — d.i.y on every imaginable level, brilliant song writing, perfect elemental stripped down playing, honest and intense vocals. it’s all here.”
*dead moon – strange prey tell – mississippi – lp
- “one of dead moon’s all time classics, filled with some of their catchiest and most rousing songs. rockers of the highest caliber such as ‘destination x,’ ‘fire in the western world,’ and ‘don’t look back’ as well as perfect ballads such as ‘you can’t do that’ and ‘out in the blues.’ an utter masterpiece of psychedelic rock straight from the heart.”
*nick drake – pink moon – universal – lp
- remastered from the original analogue master tapes by original sound engineer john wood at abbey road studios! pink moon, nick drake’s third and final album, was originally released on island records in 1972 and is the record that made him the cult figure he remains to this day. recorded in november of 1971, the beautifully spare 11-song set only features drake’s vocals, guitar, and piano. the music comes across as peaceful and unadulterated through its richly woven textures of tone and melody. although the story behind his music is undeniably tragic, what he left behind here is truly breathtaking. 180g vinyl in a gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeve.

*ensemble pearl – s/t – drag city – lp/cd
- cosmic heavy amplified rock drops and ripples, auras radiate and expand into cloudforms, through which lightning bolts. tides rise, the moons wax upon a place somewhere between link wray, hex-era earth and early tangerine dream. the echoes return, leaving a trail that blows and drifts, creating a separate piece. the metal of coils is the metal of the earth, the air… the meteoric and primal elements found in space. ensemble pearl reaches through the clouds and atmospheres and brings it all back down to the ground, to forge further creations for woman and man. this music production is inspired by rock from the classic era (’50s through ’70s) and acousmatic contemporary composition alike. ensemble pearl are atsuo, william herzog, michio kurihara and stephen o’malley.
*fortune teller – inner-city scream – anazitisi – lp
- “fuzzy underground album recorded back in 1978, and released as a private pressing of 500 copies. heavy at places, full of fuzz-guitar work with 60′s garage & british invasion influences and low-budget production (think of boa or shadrack chameleon albums) while a couple of songs have a wild and underground approach to rural rock. this album exists in a time warp. it’s from the midst of the first punk era, but sounds genuinely 60s garage the way no neo-garage band ever did. the fuzz guitars are ever-present, and the songs are pure garage pop and garage rock, rocking hard without ever sounding remotely “hard rock.” the sound is as cheap as can be, which only accentuates the coolness of the fuzz. despite some awkward singing, there are a lot of catchy melodies here, and i can imagine that baltimorians who discovered “nuggets” in the late 70s went nuts over this band. a few songs flirt with rural rock, but basically it’s teen-sounding angst, just as cool as their punk peers. [am] (taken from acid archives) 400 black vinyl edition.”
four tet – 0181 – text – lp
- previously-unreleased miscellaneous four tet recordings produced between 1997-2001.
jesse fuller – jazz, folk songs, spirituals & blues – doxy – lp
- recorded on in 1958 in los angeles, ca, jazz, folk songs, spirituals, & blues is a rare album by the one-man-band and well-known folk musician jesse fuller. although fuller always played music on the side, becoming a master of the 12-string guitar (between working for the railroads, lumber companies, or the circus), he did not make his first recording until 1955, when he was already 50 years old. frustrated by his inability to get a band together, fuller devised a way to play all the instruments himself, constructing a one-man band system that allowed him to sing and accompany himself on the twelve-string guitar, harmonica, kazoo, cymbals & a homemade instrument he called the ‘fotdella’ (played with the big toe of the right foot which hit pedals causing padded hammers to strike against the instrument’s six strings). this brilliant and unique album in the blues arena includes fuller’s rendition of traditional blues numbers like ‘take this hammer’ and ‘linin’ track’ as well as his own compositions like ‘fingerbuster’ and ’99 years’.
*justin greaves – devil’s business – death waltz – lp
- marking death waltz’s first foray into contemporary film music, the devil’s business was released to theaters and dvd in 2012, with a u.s. release happening late 2013. the film is a gritty low budget satanic gangster film that shares it’s dna with ben wheatley’s “kill list”. the score by justin greaves, the main protagonist of crippled black phoenix is a beautiful eerie listen, minimal yet epic and soaked in a smoky atmosphere that fits perfectly alongside the other releases in the death waltz canon.
habeas corpus – my roots… – anazitisi – lp
- “habeas corpus formed in athens, greece in 1977. originally a trio of guitar-bass-drums and occasionally, at some live gigs, a quartet with the addition of a keybordist/guitarist. at the end of 1981, all three members participated to the foundation of the more well-known band, syndromo and made an album for vertigo in 1982. habeas corpus’ music is instrumental and combines heavy progressive rock and jazz/fusion rock with classical and greek traditional tinges all around. this limited release, collects all their recorded material from 1980-82. strictly limited, to 150 hand-numbered copies, edition.”
*lee hazlewood – trouble is a lonesome town – light in the attic – lp/dlx lp/cd
- “light in the attic’s lee hazlewood archive series continues with an expanded reissue of lee hazlewood’s debut album. re-mastered from the original tapes, this is the first time trouble is a lonesome town has been available in its original mono mix since the 1960s. this is an essential purchase for hazlewood fans or anyone curious about the man before the mustache. originally released in 1963, trouble… finds the bohemian cowboy sketching out a vivid picture of a backwater place named trouble, where trouble with a small ‘t’ is never far away. ‘trouble is little and it’s lonesome,’ he says, on the title track, ‘you won’t find it on any map, but you can take three steps in any direction and you’re there.’ lee says plenty on the album. the first voice you hear is hazlewood’s spoken-word narration. it’s a format the singer-songwriter would revisit frequently, introducing his stirring songs with a touch fireside storytelling in the rich, texan drawl he’d tried hard to lose during years he was struggling to make it as an aspiring radio dj. each mini, pre-song poem seems to impart unexpected wisdom. indeed, if the record sounds remarkably wise and mature for a debut album, hazlewood was, of course, no spring chicken on making this debut. 34 years old at the time of the album’s release, he was already a seasoned producer, writer and publisher with dozens of hits under his belt and a few singles under his own name and more under the pseudonym ‘mark robinson’ — all of which are included here in this reissue.” also available as the super limited deluxe version which includes hazlewoods original screenplay!
sid hemphill – devil’s dream – mississippi – lp
- multi-instrumentalist, band-leader, and composer sid hemphill (1876-1961) was for decades the musical patriarch of the mississippi hill country. he and his band-comprised of alec “turpentine” askew, will head and lucius smith were fixtures at dances, picnics, and frolics throughout the right triangle formed by memphis, the delta, and the hill country. this lp features alan lomax’s first recording of blind sid in august 1942, near sledge, mississippi, where the hemphill band was appearing at a country picnic. by that date hundreds of commercial records had been made of the music of the delta, and the preponderance of those were of or relating to the blues form, with guitar or piano accompaniment. lomax’s recordings were the first made of the hill country’s local music, and contributed to a broader perspective of black vernacular instrumentation with their inclusion of the fiddle and banjo of the string band, the fife and drum ensemble, and the cane panpipes or “quills. This music is wild and loose and of a style seldom heard.
*homer – grown in usa – guerssen – lp
- with their roots traced in two legendary ’60s garage bands, the outcasts and the stoics, homer were without doubt one of the best psychedelic/hard-rock outfits from texas. grown in u.s.a. was their only album, released as a private pressing in 1970. rural psychedelic rock with early prog hints fuelled by stunning lead/dual guitar, melodic vocals and occasional mellotron. presented in a 2lp expanded edition including their early singles, which are prime examples of ’60s texan garage-psych, plus previously-unreleased studio demo tracks recorded at the same time as the album. newly remastered sound especially for this vinyl release, housed in a gatefold sleeve with detailed liner notes and rare pictures. 180 gram vinyl. “a texas private press classic that spans several early ’70s genres but still manages to sound like a coherent, personal work. a strongly played melodic rock trip somewhat like mother tuckers yellow duck.” –patrick lundborg, acid archives
*iasos – inter-dimensional music – wild sages – lp
- a remastered version of the 1975 classic made in 2010. inter-dimensional music is considered one of the first (and finest) records of the “new age” movement. iasos is heralded as a new age pioneer along with steven halpern. his music has been used by nasa and numerous laseriums around the world. fans include alan watts and r. buckminster fuller. we love iasos! iasos has performed music around the world and locally in northern california for decades. pressed on 180-gram colored vinyl. the first “new age” record, now remastered for 21st century vinyl.
guiseppi ielasi/kassel jaeger – parallel/grayscale – editions mego – lp
- parallel/grayscale is the first collaborative work between italian guitarist and composer giuseppe ielasi and french-swiss composer and electroacoustic musician kassel jaeger. it is comprised of two different improvisation sessions. the first one took place in paris, in october of 2011. the second happened in oreno, in june of 2012, after the first concert ielasi and jaeger performed together. the first session was a pure analog device improvisation, whereas the second one was more laptop-oriented. these two moments have been melted together, forming two different subtracts of the same material.
julie kent – character – leaf – lp
- opportunities for introspection have come few and far between for canadian-born, new york city-based cellist julia kent. recorded alone in her home studio, character develops the layering techniques kent brought to the fore on her previous solo material, the flow of intertwining cello motifs working as an external representation of competing internal meditations. in the past, the cellist adopted field recordings to accompany her playing; delay saw recordings taken from various airports as kent became fascinated by their ambience, while samples were taken from nature as she explored boundaries between electronic and organic sounds on green and grey. in character, their somewhat hidden nature is just as important, reflecting the need for introspection that drives the album. if her first two albums saw kent developing her individuality, character is perhaps the first time she’s had the courage to take what she’s learned and deliver an album of such depth and contemplative beauty.
jacob kirkegaard – conversion – touch – lp
- in collaboration with danish ensemble scenatet, kirkegaard’s two pieces “labyrinthitis” and “church” are here interpreted by classical instruments. the intention of this transformation into an instrumental score is to explore the musical dimension and potential of the sounds that were used in creating the original works. “church” originally consists of ambient recordings of an abandoned church inside the radioactive zone in chernobyl. “labyrinthitis” is a canon of oto-acoustic tones generated by the artist’s own ears. like most of kirkegaard’s sound works, both pieces are characterized by a strong focus on methodology, and by the artist’s wish to omit any deliberate emotional or “musical” intention.
krallice – years past – gilead – lp
- “krallice seem to be aiming for a greater level of obscurity in their work, from production to lyrics and song titles, which have not been published prior to the release of this vinyl edition. within the mix itself you can hear a stark difference from past albums, a move towards greater cohesiveness in their sound. this is particularly apparent in the vocals, which appear to be lower in the mix, helping to drive home the aforementioned hypnotic feel. and although nick mcmaster’s metal growls are still as prominent here as they were on diotima, the music itself has less of the up front ‘metal’ feel than it has in the past when nick’s vocals were present alongside mick barr’s signature screams.”

lady lamb & the beekeeper – ripely pine – ba da bing – lp
- more than anything, aly spaltro has 20,000 second-hand dvds to thank for her first album. despite being recorded at a proper studio in her recently adopted home of brooklyn, ripely pine showcases songs conceived during her tenure at bart’s & greg’s dvd explosion in brunswick, maine. spaltro worked the 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm shift. each night, after locking up, she’d walk past drama and horror, pull out her music gear from behind a wall of movies, and write and record songs until morning broke. she did this every day, drawing strength from the monotony of her routine and testing out multiple techniques, approaches and instrumentation. anger, confusion, love, happiness and sadness reigned, and the songs ran rampant, with little form or structure. isolated for those many hours, spaltro let melodies morph together, break apart and pair up.
*sven libaek – inner space – votary – lp
- sven libaek’s inner space is, simply put, one of the most legendary soundtrack recordings in the history of australian music. released in 1973, soundtracking a documentary series on underwater life by ron & valerie taylor, it now stands proud as a key album of ‘underwater music’, one of the most rightly and righteously revered fields within soundtrack and library music circles. endlessly inventive, gorgeously melodic, at times oceanic, at times amphibian, at other times in some mysterious pelagic zone, inner space sits proudly alongside such classic underwater osts and libraries as egisto macchi’s fauna marina, the sonoton underwater music series, the ittologia and biologia marina twin-set, and danielle patucchi’s men of the sea, alla scoperti del mare and uomini e squali. considered to be one of the unsung masters of australian film music, sven libaek composed for many australian films and tv series in 1960’s and 70’s. inner space is considered amongst his finest. featuring the best australian jazz musicians including don burrows, john sangster, george golla and errol buddle, they masterfully range from the incidental to the improvisational as they create a whirlpool of sublime aquatic jazz exotica. notably, in 2004 the soundtrack had a second lease on life when several tracks were used in the wes anderson film. ‘the life aquatic with steve zizzou’.
max load – s/t – bdr – lp
- max load was formed and began playing live shows around belleville in 1978. they soon were playing in st. louis as well, but they never would be treated as equals. they were often forced to play first, before much less competent bands, or dead last, when the st. louis crowd was anxious to get to the after-party. last often meant playing to an empty room, rather than being the coveted headlining spot. out shining most of the missouri bands around at the time, they released a scorching two song 45 (“x-rod” b/w “magazine sex”) in 1979 on their own label. it was mostly intended as a calling card to secure gigs, but some copies were sold locally and a few even distributed by bomp! records in ca. the band would go on to record studio demos in 1980 at the request of epic records and would commit countless songs to tape with their own 4-track recorder. they were also the only punk band in the area to pay attention to and be featured on the short-lived cable access tv show, street beat. although max load started out with a fairly traditional punk sound, by 1981 they started writing more post punk and art punk influenced material. this new direction can be heard on the included 4-track demos. like so many other bands, they never got that record deal or big break they were hoping for. by late 1982, most members had moved on to new projects and the band was gone by 1983. the max load release is comprised of all studio recordings from 1979-1983. the x-rod 45 is included, along with 22 never-before-released 8-track and 4-track demos. the package includes a 14-song lp, a 24-song cd and a dvd that features a 20-song live performance, recorded for cable access tv in 1981. the cd and dvd come with a title card in a protective sleeve that’s tucked inside the lp jacket, along with a double sided 11″x17″ insert featuring numerous photos, gig posters and extensive liner notes.
mind garage – a total electric happening – anazitisi – lp
- “mind garage, from west virginia, are well known for their two lps made for rca in 1969 and 1970. they began as a hard rock group in 1967, but soon had a unique rock and roll dream: this band, straight from the beer halls with their long hair, beards and wild clothing, was about to change rock and roll forever. they became the first rock band to bring their drums, amps, and guitars into church for a live rock and roll worship service. in 1968, with many such services under their belt, they were discovered in new york city’s greenwich village and dubbed “theo-rock” by the village voice. by 1969 they had signed with rca. after three years of persistent efforts, they had gone where no other bands had been before, taking “the raw sounds in rock music” and offered it to god in the form of an electric liturgy. playing in church after church, they cultivated an environment where rock could thrive, establishing in the process, christian rock, a completely new genre of music that has inspired untold millions worldwide. the lp which we now proudly present, contains the band’s very first single (privately released in 1968 on their own morning glory label), plus seven previously unreleased songs, which come from an acetate made for promo use that same year. in our opinion, these are their most psychedelic and eclectic efforts, from the very first days of the american psych scene. 400 copy vinyl edition.”
mogwai – les revenants ost – rock action – lp
- following on from the sold out limited edition 10″ ep released in january the les revenants soundtrack is the full release of 14 brand new recordings by mogwai taken from the critically acclaimed canal+ series. the album is released via our rock action records label.
motion sickness of time travel – perennials – boomkat – lp
- motion sickness of time travel makes fuzzy eyes for the dancefloor on her sublime debut for boomkat editions. the perennials is rachel evans’ eagerly-awaited follow-up to her eponymous lp for spectrum spools, channeling her celestial energies into concise and emotive ambient-pop arrangements on the cusp of progressive ’90s trance. taking in a handful of gorgeous songs ranging from pastoral instrumentals to strobing arpeggio surfers and sweeping mini bleep symphonies, she isolates a feeling or vibe hovering between the alien horizons of tangerine dream and laurie spiegel and the heart-aching cinematic yearn of angelo badalamenti and julee cruise at their best for david lynch. limited to 500 individually-numbered copies.
om – addis dubplate – drag city – 12″
- a special dub version of om’s “addis” from their advaitic songs album from the reigning king and queen of dub, alpha & omega. features the original version on the flip.
oneida – the human factor – limited appeal – 12″
- “another one to grab right now is oneida’s demented new 12″ live ep, which sports a single long track something like an ambulant n.y. no wave act playing the legendary stardust cowboy. catchy as ten bastards and compelling throughout, i certainly prefer oneida when they’re this sheerly cunted; heck, the brooding & obstinate tailout is like something of late queen elizabeth stuff. with only 480 copies out there-you should try and scoff one off the shelves pronto, tonto, or these suckers will quickly fade from sight.”-julian cope.

one st. stephen – s/t – anazitisi – lp
- “the first ever official reissue of this highly-rated and very rare us album. don l. patterson (aka one st. stephen) wrote the music and lyrics, was lead vocalist, played electric guitars, directed and produced the album ‘one st. stephen’ in march of 1975. the music was originally intended for a film don was developing with the working title ‘the devil’s reservation’. due to a famous jazz musician with the same name, don used the alias of one st. stephen. the music was recorded at the legendary owl studios (columbus, ohio), using the same 8-channel analog recording deck that was used to tape the audio at woodstock in 1969. because everyone who heard the lp wanted a copy, don pressed a very limited amount from queen city record company (cincinnati ohio). he also designed the album sleeve and label. the response by regional disc jockeys was phenomenal. the album got a lot of regional air play. a few months later, don was offered a recording contract from two major record companies in new york city. don was asked to tour. don was never interested in the world of rock and walked away from a music future. since then, the album has been sought by many record collectors around the world and bootlegged several times on cd and vinyl in europe. one of the finest examples of mid-70′s us psych-acid music. great vocals with some jim morrison “colour”, heavy and sometimes fuzzy acidelic guitar work and excellent musicianship overall. 400 vinyl edition.”
charlie parker – the immortal charlie parker – doxy – lp
- this collection of brilliant sides, all recorded in new york city for the savoy label from 1945-1948, represent the very apex of charlie parker’s career. several tracks feature bird’s all-star quintet, with a young miles davis (who was just 19 on ‘billie’s bounce’ and ‘thrivin’ on a riff’) on trumpet, max roach on drums and legendary bebop pianist buddy powell on piano. songs like ‘buzzy’ and ‘chasin’ the bird’ are also particularly significant because they represent some of the only existing recordings of powell and bird together.
purling hiss – water on mars – drag city – lp
- it takes balls to let purling hiss get in your face. their records are a half-corroded, screaming roar of high-end guitars crushed together, obliterating vocals and even drums with their singular assault. well, if you’ve got balls, get ready to swing ‘em. with water on mars, purling hiss have broken out of the basement, run through the bedroom and are out in the streets, blasting one of the great guitar albums in the past couple minutes. it’s a tumble of hits and ragers, sewing together nine new purling hiss celebration laments out of their usual patches of distortion, singing melodies and unexpected production hoohah-but this time the unexpected part is how the guitars gleam so precisely as they pile upon each other, how they work alongside of the rhythm section rather than avalanching it. water on mars is purling hiss’s first recording outside the fuzzy confines of mike polizze’s inner rock utopia, where the first three albums and ep were constructed in solitude with a home-recording setup. now there is a center to the hiss maelstrom, with polizze’s guitars slugging, sizzling and spiraling their way around the rhythm throb. polizze lyricises like a poet of the disaffected, shifting from aggro to slack and back over the course of a song; the production highlights the schiz by buffing the raw power into a streamlined blast, hitting down hard and covering a lot of ground in just over a half hour.
the spits – i & ii – slovenly – cs
-slovenly unleashes a brand new issue of their total classic first and second albums on what is perhaps the ultimate format for this kinda trippy budget skate punk: the always cool and highly portable cassette tape! it’s true, dude. the first side contains their debut album featuring such legendary hits as “sk8,” “black kar,” and “remote kontrol,” while side two is their arguably radder second album with the all time anthems “spit me out,” “let us play your party,” rat face,” take back the alley,” and alla that shit. you can now rock the spits I & II in your ghetto blaster on the bus, much to your friendly drivers’ and mongoloid passengers’ chagrin, blast it at your fave ditch, or record something better over it and draw on the j-card.
steve adamyk band – third – dirtnap – lp
- canada’s veteran punks the steve adamyk are back at it again, unleashing their third album, aptly titled, third. the last two years have taken sab on tour in europe (twice), to sxsw (twice), awesome fest, sled island and beyond. the formula is the same as always; bringing a punk edge to classic power-pop, with help from a strong modern garage influence. you could call it aggressive pop-punk, keeping it tight and far from over-produced. the formula is simple – no one is trying to re-invent the wheel. with that said, they’re staying clear of cheese and cliches. third is the band’s most solidified recording to date.
*sun city girls – eye mohini: singles volume 3 – abduction – cd
- volume 3 in the series of sun city girls singles, compilations, and rare tracks, consists of material recorded between the mid-1980s and early 1990s. much of this collection reflects the arabic guitar instrumental and acoustic pseudo-asian vocal folk styles of the band from the period when they recorded relentlessly. the 14 cuts vary wildly in scope yet maintain a consistent listening experience throughout, bridging a wide gap between the band’s second full-length lp grotto of miracles (track 3 — “gum arabic” — being the only true outtake from that recording session) in 1986 and the 1993 launch of the group’s abduction label after the band relocated from phoenix to seattle. all four tracks from the eye mohini single as well as all six tracks from the borungku si derita double single are included here, the latter featuring a vicious rehearsal version of esoterica of abyssynia with a rare captured occurrence of both bishop brothers playing electric guitars. the remaining two tracks from three fake female orgasms double single not included on volume 2 of this series are present with the extremely rare studio version of “kickin’ the dragon” from a triple 7″ box set released by an obscure bay area label in 1994. the disc is rounded out by a 10-minute live track from the heinz afterworld lounge in oakland from 1992 where scg closed the show with a heavy and ecstatic version of “the flower” from their torch of the mystics lp. as in the previous two volumes of this series, this cd is sequenced to play as a full album and is an excellent entry point for the non-initiated into a band that produced as diverse and intimidating a back catalog as any other entity in modern music.
pete swanson – punk authority – software – 12″
- following the devastating one-two punch of man with potential and pro style for type records, pete swanson returns to his deformed warehouse techno sound with punk authority. after leaving cornerstone us noise duo yellow swans, swanson made it his mission to pull apart the techno genre by the seams. this four track stomper for software recording co. is by far his most damaged solo offering to date. with a sly nod to police academy, punk authority launches into a barrage of debauched, regressive noise punctuated by the kind of beats you’d more readily expect to find on an underground resistance 12″ (and that’s as effortlessly engaging as it sounds). using a deceptively simple synthesizer/tape setup, swanson siphons his club constructions through a hoarse mix of saturation and overdrive, resulting in something aggressive yet effortlessly foot pushing. punk authority might have the kind of surface grit you’d expect to come across on a hand-painted cassette tape, but at its heart is a vomited pulse half-heard through a stuttgart toilet stall. swanson has successfully re-tooled a genre to fit his needs, and this punk authority is his chance to really crack his bare knuckles.
*chrissy zebby tembo – my ancestors – qdk – cd
- this might be the final chapter of qdk media’s releases from zambia (unless they find an unknown album which is as good as this one). chrissy zebby tembo is the drummer of the ngozi family. this time, the album is under his name and paul ngozi is his guitarist. this album is so great, qdk left the best for the last zam-rock release. wild fuzz guitars all over, african beats and extra-cool vocals — completely stoned music. people say it is easily one of the best african psychedelic rock albums ever recorded — raw, rough, with a gaping charm and tons of front-and-center fuzz guitar over basic, ultra-catchy rock/pop tunes reminiscent in style to the velvet underground. the songs are sung in english. original albums on chris edition are rare as gold dust.
thought forms – ghost mountain – invada – lp
- the album veers between two opposites, from brisk, scuzzy american garage-rock influenced numbers to brutal, anguished noise constructions of ethereal doom, where it feels like they’re tapping into a similar dark psyche to groups like godspeed you! black emperor and circle. with a psych slant too informing tracks like ‘afon’ and ‘burn me clean’ – where vocals are almost as though a ritualistic call to on high – the scope of ghost mountain’s sonic terrain is vast, the result of a varied approach to song writing where wholes form out of group jams or from the chrysalis of an idea presented by just one of the trio. it’s a clear move away from their debut album, though retaining the group’s penchant for creating vast atmospheres.
various – 20 jahre komp kollection – kompakt – 2cd
- on march 1st, 1993, kompakt opened the blue doors on gladbacher straße 36 for the very first time and thus, a new record store was born. two moves, a name change, almost exactly 500 publications and a staggering 20 years later, kompakt is still here and stronger than ever. that’s why throughout 2013, kompakt will celebrate 20 years of kompakt in all shapes and colors, including this exciting jubilee 2cd release jam-packed with floor favorites, towering chart-toppers and secret weapons from the rich history of one of germany’s most-loved labels. carefully pulled from kompakt’s extensive archives, this first entry in the 20 jahre kompakt kollektion series is in no way meant to be a “best of”: that would indeed be a task larger than life. rather than just going through the motions and assembling sales numbers, kompakt took a different road, simply compiling their proudest moments instead, classic records that defined their sound today. the label considers each track in this selection an electronic masterpiece, regardless of whether it reached out for the floor like justus köhncke’s “after 909″ or catered to the home-listening crowd like pluxus’ “transient.”
*various – the devil is busy in knoxville – mississippi – lp
- compilation of early gospel recordings spanning from 1927 – 1955. sanctified blues by the two gospel keys, mother mccollum, blind roosevelt graves, lottie bracey, sister o.m. terrell & rev. ib ware, beautiful slow country gospel by the anglin brothers & delmore brothers, intense vocal performances by the new gospel keys, elder richard briant & the silent grove baptist church congregation, and much more! all killer no filler compilation that rocks hard and gets deep and sad too. old school “tip on” cover. limited one time pressing.
*various – eccentric soul: dynamic label – lp/cd
- born out of the largesse created from rene & rene’s hot 100 tejano tornado “angelito,” dynamic records was but one of half a dozen labels run by san antonio music and real estate mogul abe epstein. his flagship group, the commands, took their afb circuit-honed chops up to the middle of the charts in 1966 with “no time for you,” paving the way for 20 other soulful singles over dynamic’s impressive two and a half year run. epstein’s open door policy led to a diverse cross section of the population converging inside his studio on general mcmullan drive, as whites, blacks, and latinos were swapped in and out of groups as needed. that melting pot mentality is well represented by the tonettes, little jr jesse & the teardrops, don & the doves, willie cooper & the webs, bobby blackmon & his soul express and doc & sal. compiled here are 21 (28 on the 2lp) of dynamic’s most intriguing sides, representing the first layer of a treasure trove of san antonio soul we’ll be unleashing over the coming year.

 …..restocks…..

*1991 – high tech high life – boomkat editions – lp
*13th floor elevators – psychedelic sounds of – sundazed – lp
arcade fire – funeral – merge – lp
arcade fire – the suburbs – merge – lp
dan auerbach – keep it hid – nonesuch – lp
*franco battiato – foetus – vinyl magic – lp
beastie boys – check your head – capitol – lp
black keys – el camino – nonesuch – lp
*broadcast – berberian sound studio – warp – lp
nick cave – dig lazarus dig – anti – lp
civil wars – barton hollow – sensibility music – lp
john coltrane – blue train – blue note – lp
*betty davis – s/t – light in the attic – lp
miles davis – four & more – mofi – lp
miles davis – kind of blue – legacy – lp
miles davis – birth of cool – pan american – lp
dj shadow – endtroducing – mo wax – lp
*john fahey – transcendental waterfall – 4 men with beards – box
florence & the machine – ceremonials – universal – lp
flying lotus – until the quiet comes – warp – lp
fucked up – david comes to life – matador – lp
*lee gamble – diversions 94-96 – pan – lp
jacco gardner – cabinet of curiosities – trouble in mind – lp
marvin gaye – what’s going on – motown – lp
marvin gaye – let’s get it on – tamala – lp
*ghost – tune in, turn on… – drag city – lp
*tim hecker – dropped pianos – kranky – lp
*tim hecker – an imaginary country – kranky – lp
*tim hecker – ravedeath 1972 – kranky – lp
howling hex – best of the howling hex – drag city – lp
*syl johnson – is it because i’m black – numero – lp
lcd soundsystem – this is happening – dfa – lp
*ivo malec – triola – recollection grm – lp
dawn mccarthey & bonnie ‘prince’ billy – what the brothers sang – drag city – lp
*marshall mcluhan – the medium is the massage – five day weekend – lp
*medusa – first step beyond – numero – lp
modest mouse – we were dead before the ship sank – epic – lp
neutral milk hotel – in the aeroplane over the sea – merge – lp
nirvana – nevermind – geffen – lp
the oh sees – castlemania – in the red – lp
the oh sees – putrifiers ii – in the red – lp
pavement – wowee zowee – matador – lp
pavement – slanted & enchanted – matador – lp
radiohead – in rainbows – tbd – lp
*rodriguez – coming from reality – light in the attic – lp
sabbath assembly – restored to one – anja – lp
sabbath assembly – ajna – lp
*ty segall – twins – drag city – lp
*ty segall & mikal cronin – reverse shark attack – in the red – lp
sigur ros – med suo i eyrum vio spilum – xl – lp
sigur ros – valtari – xl – lp
the smiths – hatful of hollow – rhino – lp
*soft machine – s/t – sundazed – lp
*sonic youth – daydream nation – goofin – 4lp box
sonic youth – murray street – goofin – lp
*sonic youth – s/t – goofin – lp
*sonic youth – sonic nurse – goofin – lp
the sound – jeopardy – 1972 – lp
the sound – from the lions mouth – 1972 – lp
stereolab – dots & loops – 1972 – lp
t rex – the slider – fat possum – lp
tegan & sara – hearth throb – warner – lp
traditional fools – s/t – in the redd – lp
weakerthans – left and leaving – epitaph – lp
weakerthans – live at burton cummings theater – epitaph – lp
white stripes – white blood cells – thirdman – lp
white stripes – elephant – xl – lp
white stripes – under great white northern lights – thirdman – lp
wilco – summer teeth – nonesuch – lp
xx – coexist – young turks – lp
thom yorke – the eraser – xl – lp
neil young – harvest – reprise – lp
various – eccentric soul: deep city label – numero – lp
various – good god! a gospel funk hymnal – numero – lp
various – good god! born again funk – numero – lp
*various – kassidat – dust to digital – lp

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