NEW ARRIVALS
Friday, May 9th
Indie / Pop / Rock / Punk
Animal Collective "Water
Curses" CDep (Domino) 4 new tracks.
Bardot, Brigitte "BB" (book
+ CD) (Mediane Multimedia) Includes 40 page booklet with rare pictures
and biography.
Bulat, Basia "Touch the Hem of
His Garment" 7" (Rough Trade) 2 new non-album songs.
Clinic "Do It!" LP (Domino)
5th album, probably their best so far, now on vinyl.
Dylan, Bob "Another Side of
Dylan" LP (Sundazed) 180 gram re-issue, MONO
Dylan, Bob "The Times They Are
A-Changin'" LP (Sundazed) Dylan's third album re-issued, in MONO.
Last Shadow Puppets "Age of the
Understatement" CD/LP (Domino) Sweeping orchestral pop side project
of the Arctic Monkeys.
Man Man "Rabbit Habits" 2LP
(Anti) Their latest now on vinyl.
Mountain Goats "The Sunset
Tree" LP (4AD) 2005 full length, on vinyl for the first time.
Nematoads, The "Five Guns
West" CD (Deep Eddy Records) Instrumental spaghetti western (almost)
surf rock.
No Age "Nouns" CD/LP (Sub
Pop)Their Sub Pop debut release of lo-fi pop-folk-rock-noise from these
up and comers out of LA.
Ratatat "Shiller" 7"
(XL) The first single from Ratatat's forthcoming 3rd album.
Shearwater "Rooks" / The
Rainbow" 7" (Matador) limited 7" teaser for upcoming
album.
Experimental / Composers
Gaburo, Kenneth "Lingua II:
Maledetto/Antiphony VIII" CD (Pogus) Maldetto is Gaburo's piece from
1968, featuring 7 vocalists. Antiphony VIII (Revolution) is a piece from
1982 for percussionist and electronic tape. One of the most underrated
American composers of all time.
Mallander, J.O. "More Time -
Hits and Variations 1968-1970" CD (Anoema Records Finland) Known for
once being a member of the Finnish underground music-performance
collective "Sperm". This CD compiles pieces of music made from
mantra-like tape pieces and looped records, etc.
Ahmed, Ilyas "Between Two Skies
/ Towards The Night" 2CD (Digitalis) Digitalis re-issue.
Aranis "s/t" CD
neoclassical chamber music elements with the rhythmic drive and pulse of
rock and minimalism
Ctephin "Sigillum Dei" CD
dark ambient.
Nadja / Baker, Aidan / Leah Bukareff
CD (Die Stadt Germany) 3 long tracks, one each by Nadja and each
component member. I'm a fanboy so I'm excited.
Ratkje, Maja SK "River Mouth
Echoes" CD (Tzadik) Pretty insanely amazing compositions for voice
and electro-acoustics. The works here span several years of different
projects, including a short soundtrack and theatre pieces. Definitely not
your average dry academic music.
Seed, Mike "A Boy Mistaken For a
Crow" CD Dark eerie short folk songs.
Wickham-Smith, Simon "Love &
Lamentation"
CD (Pogus) Manipulating a recording of a nun's prayers, to create a new
post-modern prayer for the future.
IAMX "The Alternative" CD
(Metropolis) Sneaker Pimps founding member Chris Corner's first solo
album from 2006, now on Metropolis.
Hip-Hop
Coup, The "Genocide &
Juice" CD (Pendulum Records)
Reissue from 1994.
Ghostface Killah "More
Fish" LP (Def Jam) Last year's sequel to "Fishscale", now
available on wax.
Nobody Presents Blank Blue
"Western Water Music Vol. 2" CD (Ubiquity Records) Like many
hip-hop producers recently, Nobody has turned to a different style much
more reminiscent of David Axelrod and other '70s soul.
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra
"Miles of Styles" CD (Ubiquity Records) Post-modern world
influenced pop/funk/whatever... we keep categorizing it in hip-hop but
these are more like library albums, imaginary soundtracks to '70s chase
movies maybe.
Jazz
Coleman, Ornette "Art Of The
Improvisers" CD (Water) Same era and lineup as the "Twins"
LP, with the notable additions of Scott LaFaro and Jimmy Garrison on a
couple of tracks.
Coleman, Ornette "Twins" CD
(Water) Originally recorded in 1959 and not released until 1971, classic
quartet lineup.
Debich, Henryk "String
Beat" LP (Bureau B
Germany) Re-issue
of funky Polish grooves
Parker, Evan "Boustrophedon
(Transatlantic Art Ensemble)" CD (ECM) Live recordings from 2004 in
Munich, a new ensemble of 14 members including Roscoe Mitchell, Philipp
Wachsmann, Craig Taborn, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton and more. Massive
communications between the continents.
Taylor, Cecil "Nefertiti"
2CD (Revenant) Awesome, got this one back in finally. Not the best
recording in the world, but the performances are so blindingly great that
the rawness almost makes it better! Cecil in trio with Jimmy Lyons and
Sunny Murray from 1962.
Metal
Melvins "Gluey Porch
Treatments" CD (Ipecac) Classic 2nd album from 1987.
Pentagram "Turn To Stone"
CD (Peaceville) 79 minutes doom metal. Check it out awesome!
Skullflower "Desire for a Holy
War" CD (Utech Records) New album of roaring guitar feedback that
sounds like Mothra getting caught in a bug zapper.
Prog / Psych
Les Rallizes Denudes "Le 12
Mars 1977 a Tachikawa" 2CD (Over Level
France) A document of
extreme feedback and distressed guitar with Mizutani's detached vocals
laid over languid rhythms. Weird bootleg. Originally released by the band
in 1991, but originally recorded in 1978??? Probably the most expensive
and sought-after release of this band.
Pretty Things "Emotions /
Singles A's and B's" 2CD (Recall) Emotions was quite a strange album
from the Pretty Things. Very ballad-y, and probably influenced in part
during their time as library music composers, when they were known as the
Electric Banana. Singles are added as a bonus disc.
Pretty Things "S.F. Sorrow"
CD (Snapper UK) Single disc version, available again with 4 bonus tracks.
v/a "Love, Peace & Poetry - Chilean
Psychedelic Music" LP (QDK Media Germany) Glossy gatefold
heavy sleeve; 180 gram pressing; transparent red vinyl, 62 minutes. The
Love, Peace & Poetry series from QDK continues in Chile, with 17
tracks culled from some of the lost treasures of the psychedelic music
scene of the 7-year period between 1967-1973.
Reggae / Funk
Tapper Zukie "Rootsman
Connection" CD (Kingston Sounds UK) Amazing collection of rare
tracks culled from the Tappa Zukie vaults. Lots of tracks ranging
from mid-70's to early 80's.
Soul / Funk
Tetine "Let Your X's Be
Y's" CD (Soul Jazz) A wild debut album of baile-bass/punk-funk/new
wave from Brazil/London-based group Tetine (includes limited edition
bonus track CSS remix on CD).
v/a "New York Sound: From the East Coast to
the Future" CD (BGP) Roller boogie disco funk that's just
perfect for when you're doing that wicked double dutch style at the bus
stop.
Techno / Electronic
Alu "Autismenschen" CD
(CiP) New project by members of the Krautrock band Sand.
Four Tet "Ringer"
CD/12" (Domino) 4 fairly lengthy new tracks from Kieren Hebden.
Matmos "Supreme Balloon"
CD/2LP (Matador) A strange mixture of Super Mario Brothers video
game music, Dick Hyman, and an epic 20 minute piece that sounds like
early Kraftwerk or Cluster. Pretty great and very different from their
recent conceptual albums.
Nortec Collective"Tijuana Sound
Machine" CD (Nacional Records) A fusion of norteno and other Mexican
genres with techno-logy.
Skream "Rinse 02" CD (Rinse
FM UK) Newest DJ set for Rinse FM in London stars the young dubstep
prodigy, and features some of his own new productions plus versions of
tracks by most all the key players on the scene.
World
Amampondo "African
Classics" CD (Sheer Legacy) For 30 years now, the kings of South
African percussion.
v/a "Ayombe! The Heart of Colombia's Musica
Vallenata" CD (Smithsonian Folkways) 3 generations of
vallenato performers, playing a variety of styles like paseos, merengues,
sones, and puyas of their homeland.
Misc
Earles & Jensen "Just
Farr a Laugh, Vol. 1 and 2: The Greatest Prank Phone Calls Ever!"
2CD (Matador) Over 140 minutes of demented tomfoolery. 2 CDs and a
colossal 64 page booklet jammed with drawings, photos and long winded
liner notes.
DVD
Curtis Mayfield and The
Impressions: Movin' on Up 1965-1974 DVD (Hip-O Records) New
DVD chock full of uninterrupted live performances. Choice.
Print
Shindig! Vol. 2, Issue 4 May-June
2008 The psychedelic alter-ego's of XTC, The Sonics, Zombies, Blue Ash,
and the San Francisco scene of 1966.
Friday, May 2nd
Indie / Pop / Rock / Punk
Alexander's Dark Band "Music
to Stand By the Fireplace By" CD Local quirky symphonic pop, you can
catch them tonight (May 2) at Club Deville or at Lambert's on May
30.
Apples in Stereo "Electronic
Projects For Musicians" LP (Yep Roc) Now available on vinyl.
Awesome Color "Electric
Aborigenes" CD (Ecstatic Peace) Their latest.
Bauhaus "Go Away White"
CD First studio
recordings since 1983, supposedly done in one take live in the studio...
pretty rockin' either way.
Black Earth "That's Right We're
Goin' Ballz Deep" CD Local stoner rock hard core.
Black Moth Super Rainbow "Zodiac
Girls" 7" (Suicide Squeeze) Limited edition 7"
Boris "Smile" CD (Southern
Lord) Basically a continuation of the path they set out with
"Pink" - heavy but pretty, fairly concise song length, almost
pop music. As you can tell from the title, they must be feeling good
about the recent success.
Canopy "Canopy / Anopy" CD
(Autobus) Brand new offering from the local Autobus umbrella.
Chin Chin "s/t" CD
(Definitive Jux) Fusion of funk, soul, hip-hop, electronica, and
substantial pop hooks.
Frustration "s/t" CD (Manic
Depression) CD of their very hard to find first EP, with 2 bonus tracks
not included on their self-released 12-inch. Part of the French
"weird-wave" scene amongst the likes of Cheveu, Volt, and Ultra
Eczema.
Ghosts Of The Russian Empire
"The Mammoth" CD (Thirty Ghosts) Their latest and you can catch
them play at the shop on Saturday.
Gossip "Live in Liverpool"
LP plus CD/DVD (Kill Rock Stars)
Joy Division "Best
of" CD (Rhino / WEA) The 2CD set features
an interview with the band\u2019s late singer, Ian Curtis, and drummer Stephen
Morris, conducted by Richard Skinner. Also recordings from the
band\u2019s John Peel radio sessions in 1979, plus live recordings of
'Transmission' and 'She's Lost Control'.
Last, The "L.A. Explosion"
CD (Bomp) First time in stock.
Lowe, Nick "Jesus of
Cool" (Reissue) CD (Yep Rock)
Deluxe reissue. We have the vinyl in stock as well.
Magnetic Fields "Charm of the
Highway Strip" 180gram LP
(Merge) First time ever issued on vinyl.
Mono in VCF "s/t" CD
(Stylomusic) Psychedelic, cinematic and romantically dark music.
Polvo "Shapes" LP
Reissue of their last LP.
Portishead "Third" CD
(Island) First release in over 10 years, different and familiar at the
same time. Get a free 7" with purchase.
Spoon "A Series of Sneaks"
LP (Merge) 180 gram reissue with a free download.
Spoon "Girls Can
Tell" LP (Merge) 180 gram reissue with a free download.
Zeros "Don't Push Me
Around" LP/CD (Bomp) First time in stock.
Experimental / Composers
Riley, Terry "The Last Camel
in Paris" CD (Elision Fields) The Last Camel in Paris are second
generational, belonging to the Shri Camel family while manifesting their
own distinct shape and flavor.
Nadja "Thaumogenesis" CD
(Archive) A small 500 copy re-pressing of the Canadian duos 60+ min one
track epic studio work. Easily one of their best.
Sitaar Tah "Semimimimimin"
CD (Archive) 22 piece orchestra that provided the amazing musical
backdrop for Keiji Haino on the double disc archive release Animamima.
Limited to 700.
Hip-Hop
Dizzee Rascal "Maths +
English" CD (Definitive Jux) His 3rd album now available
domestically.
Santogold "s/t" CD
(Downtown) Catchy electro-pop.
Jazz
Furst, Ruben Lopez "Jazz
Argentino En La Univerisdad" 2LP (Vampi Soul) Ruben "Baby"
Lopez Furst is one of the most important pianists in the history of
Argentinean Jazz. A very beautiful record.
Quinteteplus "s/t" 2LP
(Vampi Soul) This Argentinian ensemble gets pretty out there for Latin
jazz, but definitely in a good way since the experiments succeed in this
case. This set contains the only studio album they ever released (1972)
plus a live set that was previously unreleased.
Prog / Psych
Acid Mothers Temple
"Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness" CD (Important
Records) Their new album.
Eloy "Floating" CD
(Caroline Records) 70's classic German prog rock. This album is a little
heavier.
Eloy "Inside" CD (Caroline
Records) 70\u2019s classic German prog rock
Jandek "Glasgow Friday" CD
(Corwood Industries) His new album.
Kluster "Admira" CD
(Important) Yes, these are finally available. Essential.
Kluster "Live in Wuppertal
1971" CD (Important) Yes, these are finally available.
Essential.
Los York's "El Viaje"
CD/2LP (Munster) The Peruvian band brings together their greatest tracks,
taken from four LPs and 25 singles, between 1966 and 1974.
Os Mutantes "A Divina Comedia Ou
Ando" LP (Vinyl Lovers) Now available on vinyl.
Simmons, Jeff "Lucille Has
Messed My Mind Up" LP (World In Sound UK) Reissue of this overlooked
artist on Zappa's Straight label back in the 60's.
Subway "s/t" CD (Guerssen
Records Spain) Weird psych-folk stuff from the 60's.
Sweet Smoke "Just a Poke /
Darkness to Light" CD (Caroline Records) German reissue of two 70s
rock albums . Originally released on Harvest. Digitally remastered
v/a "Blitzing the Ballroom: 20 UK Power
Glam
Incendiaries"
CD (Psychic Circle UK) Brand
new prog compilation containing rarities, compiled by legendary psych
musician and Psychic Circle label-head, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond).
Vajra "Live" CD (PSF Japan)
First live album by this all-star Japanese rock power trio, featuring Kan
Mikami and Keiji Haino. Though they improvise a lot within each song it's
pretty hard to tell since they work so well together.
Van Der Graaf Generator "Aerosol
Grey Machine" CD (Cargo Records) Remastered with bonus tracks. The
essential first record which has a slightly more proggy feel than what
was to come. A record to geek out on - and speaking of geekiness - we got
a big ole stack of used Gentle Giant LPs. Dweeb dweeb dweeb.
Reggae / Funk
Levy, Barrington "Teach The
Youth 1980-85" CD (VP Records) Compilation of the complete recorded
works of the legendary vocalist for The Mighty Two.
Soul / Funk
Bo, Eddie "In The Pocket
With Eddie Bo!: New Orleans Rock & Roll, R&B, Soul, and Funk
1955-2007" CD/2LP (Vampi Soul) This collection of works highlights
the New Orleans as perfomer, composer, and producer - past &
present.
Dells, The "Oh What a Night! The
Great Ballads" CD (Chess) Collection of 15 ballads the Dells
recorded for Chess Records between 1967 and 1974
Free Pop Electronic
Concept CD/LP
(Vampi Soul) 60s Euro psychedelic underground.Belgium-based Portuguese
soul brothers Tony & Waldo Lam (better know as Jess and James) join
forces with U.S. jazzman Scott Bradford and Arsene Souffriau
Marie Queenie Lyons "Soul
Fever" CDLP (Vampi Soul) One and only album ever cut by Marie
Queenie Lyons, who is best known for her rare funky 45s.
v/a "Jerome Derradji Presents: The American
Boogie Down" 2CD (BBE) Rare disco, soul & boogie.
Detroit vocal legend Paul Randolph featured on the mix, plus a 2nd disc
of the un-mixed originals.
Techno / Electronic
Droids "Star Peace" CD
(Repressed UK) 1978 synth heavy funk pop - the 70's Daft Punk!
Lidell, Jamie "Jim" CD/LP
(Warp) His latest now out.
Schlammpeitziger "Schwingstelle
Fur Rauschabzug" CD (Sonig) Deep frequencies and pulsating beats and
a net of intricately woven melodic lines.
Strategy "Music For
Lamping" CD (Audio Dregs
Recordings) Six years' worth of music that can roughly be called ambient
or meditative.
v/a "Ambient Not Not
Ambient" CD (Audio Dregs Recordings) A bargain priced
collection of outsider ambient works and blissed-out pop.
v/a "Mioku" CD (Controne
Bulgaria) Featuring Esem, Lackluster, Sektor, Polygon Ring, Folder and
more.
World
v/a "African Scream Contest -
Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds..." CD (Analog Africa
Germany) The title says it all. Can anyone really get enough of this? No.
You sure can't. Recommended.
v/a "Nigeria Rock
Special" CD (Soundway UK) Music of all styles from
Nigeria.Psychedelic Afro-rock and fuzz funk in 1970s, focusing more on
tracks with great guitar parts. Awesome as usual from this label.
Yoro Sidibe "s/t" CD (Yaala
Yaala) Another amazing chapter in the Yaala Yaala series this time from
the Wasulu region of Mali.
Shankar, Ravi "More Flowers Of
India" CD ( l UK) Amazing ragas
recorded in the mid to late 50's.
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Esquivel, Juan Garcia
"Mexico Days" CD ( l UK) Newly reissued on El
Records.
Vaughn, Ben "Designs in
Music" CD/LP (Vampi Soul) A vibrant snapshot of instrumental music's
past, present, and future. From the musician behind TV series "That
70s Show"and "Third Rock From the Sun" (?!?)
Welles, Orson "Your Obedient
Servant" CD ( l UK) Compelling radio dramas: The Hitch-hiker, The
Search for Henri Lefevre and Sredni Vashtar. Music composed by Bernard
Herrmann. Turn out the lights, drink some wine, and make movies inside
your brain.
DVD
Cooper, Alice "Good to See
You Again, Alice Cooper" DVD (Shout Factory) The ground breaking
tour. The five original members of the Alice Cooper group captured live.
The 1973 Billion Dollar Babies show was the first of its kind.
Deep Roots Music 3 : Money in My
Pocket/Ghetto Riddims DVD (Screen Edge) The final two installments of
this six part series on reggae music produced in the early eighties.
Hendrix, Jimi "Jimi Plays
Berkeley" DVD (MCA) Jimi Hendrix played two shows at Berkeley on 30
May 1970, which have long been both legendary and unreleased.
Iron Maiden "Live After
Death" DVD (Sony) After a ten year wait
Iron Maiden's classic home video release has finally been released on
DVD.
Kreator "At the Pulse of
Kapitulation- Live in East Berlin 1990" CD/DVD (Steamhammer Records
/ SPV) The concert features songs from Kreator's first four albums, which
were pure thrash. AWESOME
Led Zeppelin "Song Remains The
Same" 2DVD Deluxe (WEA) In stock for the first time.
Zappa, Frank "Dub Room
Special" DVD (Eagle Rock) Live performances by two very different
groups led by the late Frank Zappa are the main attraction of Dub Room
Special, a relatively rare DVD
Print
Wax Poetics #28 April/May 2008 Al
Green on the cover also featuring Q-Tip, Orlando Julius, Phil Ranelin,
and much more.
XLR8R #117 May 2008 15 year
anniversary special edition.
Friday, April 25th
Indie / Pop / Rock / Punk
Bragg, Billy "Mr. Love &
Justice" Regular CD (Anti) Classic soul, folk and country rather
than the mix of World music to celebrate multicultural Britain and
pub-rock.
Dark Meat "Universal
Indians" (expanded) 2LP (Vice) 17 piece hippie rock fest featuring
double drums, boundless guitars, massive horns, strings and ensemble
voices. Now available on vinyl and includes bonus materials.
Doyle, Daniel Francis / Koji Kondo
"History of Consideration" (+ CD) split 7" but the CD
included expands Daniel's songs to a mini-album of sorts. Check it.
Doyle, Daniel Francis "Who Are
Your Customers?" CD 7 tracks of homegrown organically quirky
rocksongs, originally recorded in late 2005.
El Perro Del Mar "From The
Valley To The Stars" CD/LP (The Control Group) Swedish pop/folk
singer Sarah Assbring, features members of the Gothenburg Symphony
Orchestra and the Gothenburg Symphonic Choir.
Flight of the Conchords
"s/t" CD/LP (Sub Pup) Are you a sucker for the New Zealand
accent? Well here's all the songs and more from the show.
Hamburger, Neil "Sings Country
Winners" CD/LP (Drag City) Yep, just what it sounds like, uh...
really not that much more to say about this. I like Neil Hamburger so I
like these songs, you might like it too... if you're like me.
Mekons "The Mekons Story
1977-1982" CD (Buried Treasure Records) Originally released in
1982. This 20 track CD includes outtakes, unreleased tracks,
alternate versions, B-sides, as well as a handful of live radio sessions
recorded between 1977 and 1982
Metallica "Kill Em
All" LP Bang that head that doesn't bang.
Monotonix "Body Language"
CD/LP (Drag City) Israeli hard-rock trio, AWESOME!!
Motorpsycho "Little Lucid
Moments" CD (Rune Grammofon) A combo of psychedelia, grunge,
ambient, garage, and pop to form a take on heavy music unique in their
native Norway.
Replacements "Hootenanny"
(deluxe) CD (Rhino) Re-mastered and re-issued
Replacements "Let it Be"
(deluxe) (Rhino) Re-mastered and re-issued
Replacements "Sorry Ma, Forgot
to Take Out the Trash" (deluxe) (Rhino) Re-mastered and
re-issued
Replacements "Stink"
(deluxe) CD (Rhino) Re-mastered and re-issued
Richman, Jonathan "Because Her
Beauty is Raw and Wild" CD (Vapor Records) Still walking to the beat
of his own drum, even on this his 20th album to date!
Sleepercar "West Texas" CD
(Doghouse Records) Basically a solo project from Jim Ward of Sparta and
At the Drive-In.
Sparks "Big Beat"
(remaster) CD (Island Germany) Brought in some nice remastered copies of
their early records which include bonus material and other goodies. All
at a nice price of $16.99. These will get you primed if you are heading
to London for their 20 date concert in May (performing all of their
albums in chronological order during the first twenty nights).
Sparks \u201cIndiscreet\u201d (remaster) CD
(Island Germany)
Sparks "Kimono My House"
(remaster) CD (Island Germany)
Sparks "Propaganda"
(remaster) CD (Island Germany)
Tokyo Police Club "Elephant
Shell" CD/LP (Saddle Creek) Toronto four-piece band with their
full-length on Saddle Creek.
Zedek, Thalia Band "Liars And
Prayers" CD (Thrill Jockey) For the new album, Liars and Prayers,
Thalia has expanded upon her touring band of the last few years of Daniel
Coughlin (drums) and David Curry (viola, trumpet) to fill out the sound
with the bass and piano of Winston Braman (Consonant, Sherperdess, Fuzzy)
and Mel Lederman (Victory at Sea).
Experimental / Composers
Dead Raven Choir "Cask
Strength Black Metal" 3LP (Weird Forest) Triple LP box of black
metal folk from nowhere and everywhere at the same time.
Dead Raven Choir "My Firstborn
Will Surely Be Blind" LP (Aurora Borealis
UK) Heavy psych-folk-avant-metal
doom from Poland.
Juno Reactor "Gods &
Monsters" CD (Metropolis) aka Ben Watkins, composer of the Matrix
soundtracks and several anime films. This is his 7th album as JR.
Hip-Hop
Atmosphere "When Life Gives
You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold" CD (Rhymesayers) Even darker
and more self-critical than many previous releases, and also one of the
best so far.
Coup, The "Kill My Landlord
[Explicit Content]" CD Socialist hip hop now reissued. A fave around
these parts.
Lyrics Born "Everywhere At
Once" CD (Anti) More of a soul album than hip hop at this point,
featuring his wife on vocals along with a full band.
Prog / Psych
Broughton, Edgar "In Side
Out" CD (EMI UK) With a voice like Peter Hammill and a band like T.
Rex, this 1972 album is stranger than the sum of its parts.
Broughton, Edgar "Oora" CD
(EMI UK) Originally released in May 1973 on Harvest Records. This was the
5th EBB album. Released in an elaborate sleeve designed by artist Barney
Bubbles. On this record, guests include: David Bedford (piano), Madeline
Bell (backing vocals).
Human Beast "Volume One" CD
(Sunbeam Records) UK psychedelic album from 1970
J Spaceman / Sun City Girls
"Mister Lonely" CD (Drag City) A very strange and atmospheric
score for what looks like a very strange new film by Harmony Korinne.
Love "Forever Changes" 2CD
Collector's Edition CD (Rhino / WEA) I LOVE this album! This
collector's edition includes a previously unreleased mix of the album,
demos, outtakes, and rarities. Also includes unpublished
interviews.
Reggae / Funk
Brooks, Cedric "Cedric Im
Brooks & the Light of Saba" 2LP (Honest Jon's Records UK) We
just noticed that we've never had this in on vinyl, so we corrected that
deficiency.
King Tubby "Meets the
Aggrovators at Dub Station" CD (Trojan) 12 completely beautiful dubs
directly from the master himself, then as if that isn't enough, there's
12 more bonus tracks that are all equally awesome. You'll have cymbals
flying in your brain.
Roots Radics & King Tubby
"More Dangerous Dub" CD (Greensleeves) Late '80s digital-ish
dub, but don't let that scare you because this is a really good set of
tracks most likely engineered by Tubby's proteges.
v/a "Basic Replay" CD
(Basic Replay) Compiling all but 2 of their 12" series, these are
all completely bad ass deep reggae, dancehall and digital dub tracks.
Soul / Funk
v/a "New Orleans Funk Volume
2" 3LP (Soul Jazz) Vinyl now in stock.
Techno / Electronic
2562 "Kameleon / Channel
One" 12" (Tectonic) I actually like a lot of Tectonic's singles
even more than Tempa or Boka on a consistent basis.
Ando "Habitat" CD
(Binemusic Germany) aka Taylor Deupree, 4 older tracks of his more dancey
side, polished and shined for 2008.
Bulbs "Light Ships" CD 7
explorations of the cracks and digital dust found between sounds and
their sources. Bulbs are from San Francisco but now live here in Austin.
Their recordings are completely unique and great, but seeing them live is
even more impressive. You can do just that on May 9th at the new ballet
building downtown.
Gultskra Artikler "Kasha Iz
Topora" CD (Miasmah UK) Now a solo project of Alexey Devyanin
(Stud), this entire album is based on a bizarre Russian fairy tale and
comes across as a combination of electroacoustic composition and dark
folk music.
I:Cube "Acid Tablet EP"
12" (Versatile France) Euro dance tracks
to "impair your nervous system".
Irkuk AKA Bulgari, Bogdan
"Everything Is Changing / The Laws of Physics" 12" (Soul
Jazz UK) Cosmic Italo-disco.
Jeck, Philip "Stoke" CD
(Touch UK) 2002 release now repressed. One of his most impressive
accomplishments, all the more amazing since he intentionally limited the
tools he had to work with - turntables, a Casio keyboard and portable CD
player.
Kode9 & the Spaceape
"Konfusion" 12" (Hyperdub) Vocal on the A-side,
instrumental on the other.
Moeller, Brendon "Elixir"
12" (Echochord Germany) 3 tracks of dub techno from Denmark, on one
of the best new labels carrying on in the tradition of Chain Reaction.
Peverelist "Infinity Is Now /
Junction" 12" (Tectonic) dub.... STEP!
Quantec "Subsurface
Structure" 12" (Echochord Germany) 3 more tracks of nice warm
dubby house music.
Print
Wire #291 May 2008 Wolfgang Voigt on cover, also featuring Kan
Mikami, Carl Craig, Dean Roberts, and more.
Friday, April 18th