NEW ARRIVALS

Friday, June 19th

Indie / Pop / Rock / Punk

Amazing Baby "Rewild" CD
Birds Of Avalon "Uncanny Valley" CD (Volcom)
Brosseau, Tom "Posthumous Success" CD (FatCat)
Busdriver "Jhelli Beam" LP (Anti)
Case, Neko "Middle Cyclone" 2LP (Anti)
Deer Tick "Born on Flag Day" CD/LP (Partisan Records)
Deerhunter "Rainwater Cassette" 12" (Kranky)
Dinosaur Jr. "Farm" (Deluxe Edition) 2CD / 2LP (Jagjaguwar)
Dream Theater "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" CD
Foreign Born "Last Choice" CD/LP (Secretly Canadian)
God Help The Girl "s/t" CD (Matador)
Hillbilly Herald "S/T" CD (Urbas Music)
Landy "Eros and Omissions" CD (Nine Yard Records)
Mars Volta '"Octahedron" CD
Native Window "s/t" CD
Niobe "Blackbird's Echo" CD/LP (Tomlab)
Of Montreal "For Our Elegant Caste" 7" (Polyvinyl)
Patterson Hood "Murdering Oscar and Other Love" CD
Push-Pull "Between Noise and the Indians" CD
Ride "OX4 The Best of" 2LP
Royal City "s/t" CD/LP (Asthmatic Kitty)
Spektor, Regina "Far" CD (Warner)
Spinnerette "s/t" CD
Sunset Rubdown "Dragonslayer"CD/2LP (Jagjaguwar)
Subhumans "From The Cradle To The Grave" LP (Bluurg)
Subhumans "Unfinished Business" CD
Tortoise "Beacons of Ancestorship" CD/LP (Thrill Jockey)
Units "History Of The Units: The Early Years 1977-1983"CD (Community Library UK)
v/a "Boston Underground" CD (Moulty)
Yorn, Pete "Back And Forth" CD Free CDep with purchase
Young Widows / Pelican "Young Widows Split Series" 7" (Temporary Residence)

Composers / Experimental

Cardew, Cornelius "Treatise" (Keith Rowe, Oren Ambarchi) LP (Planam Italy)
Connors, Loren "The Curse of Midnight Mary"LP (Family Vineyard)
Daryl Shawn "Rentintwain" CD
Daryl Shawn "Repetitive Miniatures" CD
Es "Kesmaan Lapset" LP (Fonal Finland)
Kiila "Tuota Tuota" LP (Fonal Finland)
Rosenholm, Eleanoora "Vainajan Muotokuva"LP (Fonal Finland)
VNV Nation "Of Faith Power and Glory" CD

Metal

Earth "Radio Live" LP (Southern Lord)
Gore "Hart Gore / Mean Man's Dream" LP (Southern Lord)
Pelican "Ephemeral" LP (Southern Lord)
Wolves in the Throneroom "Black Cascade" LP (Southern Lord)
Zombi "s/t" LP (Wabana)

Prog / Psych

Cluster "Grosses Wasser" LP (Bureau B)
Henry Cow "Leg End" CD (Recommended UK)
v/a "Pentecostes Vibrations" LP (Hundergrum Spain) Spanish Xian Garage Psych & Beyond 1969-1979

Soul / Funk

Green, Al "Greatest Hits" LP (Fat Possum)
Green, Al "I'm Still in Love With You" LP (Fat Possum)
Green, Al "Let's Stay Together" LP (Fat Possum)

Techno / Electronic

Fenn O'Berg "Magic & Return" 2CD (Editions Mego)
King Midas Sound "Dub Heavy - Hearts & Ghosts"12" (Hyperdub UK)
Levan, Larry "The Final Nights Of Paradise/ Disk 1 Of 5"12" (Garage)
Levan, Larry "The Final Nights Of Paradise/ Disk 2 Of 5"12" (Garage)
Lichtenberger, Grischa "Ununbium: ~Treibgut"12" (Raster-Noton)
Pinch & Moving Ninja / Peverlist "Tectonic Plates Volume 2 - False Flag/Junktion (Shed Remix)"12" Tectonic (UK)
v/a "My Favorite Things Vol. 2" CD Mule Electronic (Germany)

World

Rail Band "Belle Epoque Volume 1: Soundiata" 2CD (Sterns Africa)
Rail Band "Belle Epoque Volume 2: Mansa" 2CD (Sterns Africa)
v/a "Legends Of Benin" CD (Analog Africa Germany) Amazing and just incredible.
v/a "The World Is Shaking: Cubanismo From The Congo, 1954-55" 2LP (Honest Jon's)

DVD

v/a "Dub Echoes" DVD (Soul Jazz)
Mohammed Jimmy Mohammed Trio & Han Bennink DVD (Buda Records)
Punk In London DVD
"Rockers" Now on Blu-ray

Friday, June 5th

Indie / Pop / Rock / Punk

Au Revoir Simone "Still Night, Still Light" CD (Our Secret Record Co) Produced by Thom Monahan (Vetiver, Little Joy) and recorded in various studios between Brooklyn,NY, and Los Angeles. Features songs written by all three ladies.
Black Moth Super Rainbow "Eating Us" CD (Graveface) Marks the first "modern studio" effort from the mysterious and experimental band from Pittsburgh.
Blackshaw, James "The Glass Bead Game" CD (Young God) Blackshaw is joined on this record by Joolie Wood (Current 93, Simon Finn) and John Contreras (Baby Dee and Current 93).
Blank Dogs "Under and Under" CD (In the Red) Blank Dogs' latest with various artists from the Brooklyn music scene (including members of the Crystal Stilts and Vivian Girls) among others, contribute this time around
Blank Dogs "Waiting" 7" (In the Red) Featuring two exclusive tracks.
Cause Co-Motion "Because Because Because" 12" (Slumberland) Fired by a love of classic pop and a punkish devotion to short songs.
Cheap Time "Woodland Drive / Penny" 7" (In the Red) Two brand new studio tracks from this Nashville based pop-punk-glam-bubblegum band.
Cosmos "Jar Of Jam Ton Of Bricks" LP (Happy Jack Rock Records) Robert Pollard's new collaboration with Richard Davies.
Costello, Elvis "Secret Profane and Sugarcane" CD (Hear Music) Produced by T Bone Burnett and joined by highly regarded traditional American country music and Bluegrass musicians.
Girl in a Coma "Trio BC" CD (Blackheart Records) Second album by this trio from San Antonio who are playing Emo's this Saturday.
Hasunuma, Shuta "Pop Ooga Plus" LP (Western Vinyl) Shuta Hasunuma lets loose an endless array of gorgeous and restless rhythms and melodies.
King Khan & The Shrines "What Is?" LP ()Vice Vinyl available again thanks to Vice.
Liechtenstein "Survival Strategies" CD/10" (Slumberland) Swedish female trio who are the kind the band that every indie kid's younger sister wishes she had started.
Little Girls "Thrills" LP (Mexican Summer) Limited edition of 500 copies.
Lo-fi Nil "Nothing Grew This Season" CD Extremely melancholy folk in a similar vein as Elliott Smith or Nick Drake. Sitting on the porch watching the rain.
Manikin "Stop the Sirens" LP (Super Secret Records) Local band's new release.
Ponytail "Kamehameha" LP (Gaarden) On vinyl for the first time ever, exclusively from Gaarden records, 2006 debut album by Baltimore's hyper-punk-pop ensemble.
Rancid "Let the Dominoes Fall" 2CD/DVD / CD (Epitaph) Deluxe and regular edition available. The band's seventh packed with the usual two-minute bursts of aggression
Revelators, The "Let a Poor Boy Ride" LP (Crypt Records) Lost record from 1998, featuring our own local hero and frequent one-man band Mr. John Schooley!
Russell, Arthur "Is It All Over My Face" 12" (Slow to Speak) An unbelievably sweet pressing of some of the best Arthur Russel stuff on a 12" EP. The sound quality is top-notch. Limited edition. Get these soon, 'cause they'll be gone.
Shallows A.D. "Alien Nation" CD Local band's new release, tape saturated with guitar overload and drum machines for an aggressively good time.
Thee Oh Sees "Zork's Tape Bruise" LP (Kill Shaman) Contains home recordings, demos and noise sounds. The CD piece contains everything they ever released on vinyl only (Intellignce split, Peanut Butter Over, etc.).
Thomas Function "Celebration" LP (Alive) From Alabama, with severe songs full of anger, clarity and bourbon.
Tillis, Bishop Perry "In Times Like These" LP (Mississippi) This LP is culled from 72 hours of cassette tapes recorded during the last 10 years of Tillis' life. Extremely lo-fi gospel with Tillis playing guitar and singing into a boombox.
Traditionalists / Secret Chiefs "Le Mani Destre Recise Degli Ultimi Uomini" CD/LP (Mimicry) 5th full length from the band made up of Mr. Bungle members minus Mike Patton.
Wooden Shjips "Contact" LP (Mexican Summer) Limited to 500 in various color sleeves. Covering Serge Gainsbourg's "Contact"
v/a "Not Given Lightly: A Tribute to the Giant Golden Book of New Zealands Alternative Music" 2CD (Morr Music) Morr Music's compilation paying tribute to New Zealand indie-pop with modern-day reinterpretations of tracks from Jean Paul Sartre Experience, The Chills,, Tall Dwarfs, The Bats, Graeme Jeffries, The Clean, Peter Jefferies, and more.

Composers / Experimental

Reich, Steve "Four Organs / Phase Patterns" CD (Felmay Records) A recording of four tracks of organ that represent Reich's experiments in phase shifting. Slightly rythmic pulsing compliments the sometimes disorienting wash of sound.
Riley, Terry "Persian Surgery Dervishes" 2CD (Felmay Records) 2 discs of his beautiful keyboard and electronics improvs, these performances can hold their own with most of the best Indian classical music. Part 1 is from Los Angeles 1971, 2nd is from France 1972. Highest possible recommendation.
Hampson, Robert "Vectors" CD (Touch UK) Formerly known as "Loop" and "Main." This is his first solo album proper. This 16 channel piece had it's debut performance on the Acousmonium - GRM's speaker orchestra - at Salle Olivier Messiaen, Maison de Radio in Paris.

Jazz

Cherry, Don & Latif Khan "Music / Sangam" LP (Heavenly Sweetness Holland) Re-Issue. Originally recorded in 1978, this one-day session between trumpeter Don Cherry and Indian percussionist Latif Khan.
Flower-Corsano Duo "Four Aims' CD/LP (VHF) The Four Aims is the much-anticipated second full-length by the long-running duo of Mick Flower and Chris Corsano. The two have toured and recorded frequently, expanding their range to include a mind-boggling array of free sound.
v/a "Spiritual Jazz" CD (Now Again) Songs from prison bands, Egyptian big bands, high school jazz ensembles, African musicians gigging with free jazz legends, and African American jazz heroes

Prog / Psych

Cortes, Lula "Rosa De Sangue" CD (Time-Lag Records) Deluxe first ever reissue of this Brazilian private press monster rarity. Originally custom pressed in 1980, 'Rosa De Sangue' is the closing chapter of the amazing Recife psychedelic movement that flourished & centered around the work of Lula Cortes. Lula created an album simply overflowing with ideas. Along with his power trio backing, he was further assisted by many old friends dropping in, including, among many others: Alceu Valenca, Flaviola, Ze De Flauta & Paulo Rafael. With hints of the past era and of things to come, it is a truly wild audio experience, covering many styles & moods. From crazed ethno folkrock, to magical, gentle, jungle folk psych zones, to hard hitting, coke dusted fuzz rock, to insane mutant disco dance floor groove.
Mandrake Memorial "Medium" LP (Wah Wah Records Spain) Their 2nd album from 1969. Their sound was starting to incorporate more experimental elements. There was still a heavy pop vibe, but they would morph into a different beast altogether by the time of their next album.
Mandrake Memorial "Puzzle" LP (Wah Wah Records Spain) Their third and final LP. It's also their undisputed masterpiece. Bizarre psych rock with mellow jazzy tones and homemade electronics thrown in for good measure. The M.C. Escher artwork on the sleeve matches the sounds therein. Originally released in 1970.
Mirrors "Something That Would Never Do" LP (Velvet Times Records) Totally crucial and long overdue vinyl comp of much of the Mirrors 70's material. The Mirrors were Cleveland contemporaries of Pere Ubu and the Electric Eels and featured such luminaries as Craig Bell (ex Rocket From the Tombs), Jim Jones (later of Easter Monkeys and Pere Ubu), Michael Weldon (went on to publish the essential Psychotronic magazine and books) and Paul Marotta (Styrenes) and they oozed velvety cool from every pore. For a long time their only release was a mega rare 7" (both sides here) on Hearthan records (David Thomas of Pere Ubu's label) and some of this stuff was on that great Scat triple 10" from years back and some was on that great Overground CD, but all of it has needed to be back on the human format for ages. Highest recommendation.
Pisces "A Lovely Sight" CD (Numero Group) A studio band operating out of Rockford, Illinois in the late 60's that churned out seriously damaged pop. This Numero-created "album" is the best of their unreleased material and three 45's for the Vincent label.
Trad Gras Och Stenar "Homeless Cats" CD (Subliminal Sounds Sweden) Brand new album by this incredible Swedish pscychedelic / experimental band that is still going strong for over 40 years!
v/a "Acid Dreams Testament" CD (Past & Present UK) Finally available on CD again, this legendary compilation of 1960s American psychedelic punk was one of the very first albums of it's sort ever assembled. Featuring numerous legendary 45's, (including the absolutely stellar and berserk 1967 Laurie single by Balloon Farm "Question Of Temperature," the Swamp Rats' basement-fuzz version of "Louie Louie," and the pre-Pentagram outfit Macabre with the truly sinister "Be Forewarned") as well as some utter obscurities, it is presented here with remastered sound and a full booklet, including liner notes and rarely-seen pictures, making it a genuinely essential addition to any self-respecting garage connoisseur's collection.

Reggae

Lee Perry vs The Moody Boyz "God Smiled (The Moody Boyz Remix) / Dub Take" 12" (On-U Sound) Get 'em while they're here. Limited pressing of 300 copies. Dubstep style. Released on the great"On U Sound" label. For fans of extreme bass.
v/a "Dub Echoes" 2CD/3LP (Soul Jazz) A lightning journey through dub, featuring Jamaican originators such as King Tubby, Lee Perry, Prince Jammy and Bunny Lee alongside electronic futurists and dubstep artists such as Kode9, Harmonic 313 (Warp), IV (Hyperdub) as well as hip-hop pioneer Roots Manuva and original junglist Congo Natty.

Soul / Funk

Nite-Lighters "Analysis" CD (Dusty Groove) The fifth, final and funkiest album ever from The Nite-Liters. An amazing batch of tracks that rivals the best work by the JBs or The Meters.
Rodriguez "Coming From Reality" LP (Light in the Attic) Vinyl now in stock. The final record Rodriguez recorded for the Sussex label in 1971. Unearthed, once again, by Light In The Attic, it's another treat for fans new and old. Vinyl features old-school tip on die-cut jacket, liner notes, lyrics, and 180 gram vinyl, plus bonus 7 inch featuring "Can't Get Away" & "Street Boy" - two previously unreleased tracks, recorded circa 1972 w/ Mike Theodore & Dennis Coffey.
v/a "Eccentric Soul: Smart's Palace" LP (Numero Group) Between 1963-1975, Smart's Palace club held court for the entire Wichita, Kansas soul scene. Collected here for the first time is the story and songs that came out of this thriving, if not totally unknown scene. Features tracks by Theron & Darrell, Baby Neal, Chocolate Snow, L.T. & the Soulful Dynamics, Fred Williams & the Jewels Band, and The Hard Road, on labels like Solo, Kanwic, Vantage, and Lee-Mac. Includes 28-page booklet and collectable Numero Group trading card.

Soundtracks

Shaw Brothers "Kung Fu Super Sounds" LP (De Wolfe Music Library UK) Unreleased Soundtracks from the De Wolfe Music Library as Featured in the Shaw Brothers Martial Arts Movies 1976-1984 brings together for the very first time a wild selection of music as used in those classic 70's and 80's Shaw Brothers Martial Arts Movies - all of which originated from the De Wolfe Music library.
v/a "Beat at Cinecitta Vol 1" LP (Crippled Dick Hot Wax) Now reissued on vinyl. A sensual homage to the most raunchy,erotic film from the vaults of Italian 60's and 70's cinema. Composers featured are Bruno Nicolai, Riz Ortolani, Roberto Pregadio, and more. A must for any lounge / cinema music fan.
Wilden, Gert "Schoolgirl Report" LP (Crippled Dick Hot Wax) Now reissued on vinyl. Groovy tunes from the 60's for German sex films.

Techno

Ada "Adaptations - Mixtape #1" CD (Kompakt) aka Berlin based Michaela Dippel brings together a collection of her new and unreleased music and works with Booka Shade, Tobias Thomas, Michael Mayer, Raz Ohara and others.
DJ Hell "Teufelswerk" 2CD (Gigolo) With assistance from Peter Kruder of Kruder & Dorfmeister, Christian Prommer, and Anthony Rother. Detroit and Chicago grooves battle the ghosts of Kraftwerk, Neu! and DAF with notable vocal contributions from Bryan Ferry and P. Diddy.
Faltydl "To London" 12" (Ramp UK) New 3 track 12".
N-Type "Dark Matter / HP Sauce" 12" (Black Acre UK) Check it, a couple new singles from one of the best dubstep DJs on the scene.
N-Type "Technophobe/Five Knuckle Shuffle" 12" (Wheel & Deal UK)
Pan Sonic "Kulma" CD (Mute) Brought in a couple of class Pan Sonic titles.
Pan Sonic "Vakio" CD (Mute)
Scuba "Klinik / Hundreds And Thousands" 12" (Hot Flush) The dubstep /techno amalgamation has continued to gather pace in recent months and the A side of HF022, 'Klinik,' encapsulates this collision of genres perfectly. Rolling beats, syncopated variations, crushing sub and cavernous synths collide in what has been a staple of Scuba's acclaimed DJ sets recently.
v/a "Milky Disco 2: Let's Go Freak Out!" 2CD (Lo Recordings UK) Nicely priced compilation of space disco for the 21st century. Featuring luminaries and a few lesser knowns - Kerrier District, Soft Rocks, Black Devil Disco Club, Glass Candy, and Rune Lindbaek just for starters.
v/a "Musique Pour Statues Menhirs" 2CD (Arbouse Recordings) A project with the Archaeological Museum of Rodez featuring: Christian Fennesz, Parlour, Benoit Pioulard, Sylvain Chauveau, Mapstation, Melodium, Mira Calix, and many others.
v/a "Tectonic Plates Volume 2" 2CD (Tectonic UK) A super cool compilation of dubstep plates from the cream of the crop - Skream, Loefah, Digital Mystikz, and more. Plus a 2nd disc DJ set of those tracks and more mashed and mixed.

World

v/a "Panama! 2: Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical and Calypso Funk on the Isthmus 1967-77" CD Soundway Soundway presents the second volume in their Panama! series, showcasing the unique tropical music created in Panama during the fertile decades of the 1960s and 1970s.
v/a "Open Strings: 1920s Middle Eastern Recordings- New Responses" 2CD (Honest Jon's) This is the fourth release in Honest Jon's series of albums exploring the earliest 78's held in the EMI Hayes Archive. Open Strings is a dazzling selection of virtuoso string-playing from Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Turkey, all recorded in the 1920s, and pretty much unheard ever since. In addition, Open Strings includes a disc of newly-commissioned responses to the themes in this music by underground luminaries committed to the drone such as Sir Richard Bishop of legendary Sun City Girls, renown West Coast psych-guitarist Ben Chasny aka Six Organs Of Admittance, UK folk-guitarist Rick Tomlinson aka Voice Of The Seven Woods, and Western Massachusetts' raga-inspired duo, MV And EE.

DVD

Buckley, Jeff "Grace Around the World" DVD (Sony Legacy) A special limited-edition DVD/CD deluxe package of "Grace Around The World" (108 min) and also contains the one-hour documentary "Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley" and unreleased live performances circa 1994-95.
Smart Pills "Hong Kong Cafe 1979" DVD Shot by chance at the legendary venue in Chinatown, Los Angeles. The show contains eleven original songs and three covers, Little Richard's "The Girl Can't Help It," Chuck Berry's "Around and Around," and the Coasters' "Poison Ivy" .

Print

Signal To Noise Issue #54 Sonic Youth on the cover, along with Sunn O))), Pontiak, Bell Orchestre, Frank Orchestre, a look at Istanbul and more.
Waxpoetics #35 June/July 2009 Roger Troutman and Booker T. Jones on the cover. Features on El Michels Affair, Broken Keys, STS9, Glass Candy, Lord Finesse, Ralph MacDonald, Booker T. Jones, Byron Lee, Mahavishnu Orchestra, E.Z. Mike Simpson, Def Jef, Roger Troutman, Analog Out. and more.
Wire #304 June 2009 Ornette Coleman on the cover. Features on Bora Yoon, Arrington de Dionyso, Graham Lambkin, Invisible Jukebox with Andy Moor (from The Ex), Comus, and more.