doors 20.00
Road dj's 20- 20.30
Cian Nugent 20.30-21.00
road dj's /changeover 21.00- 21.15
Patrick Kelleher 21.15. - 21.45
Road dj's /Changeover 21.45-22.00
Legion Of Two 22.00- 22.45.
Road Dj's /Changeover 22.45- 23.00
Female Hercules 23.00- 23.45
Changeover/dj's 23.45-00.00
Redneck Manifesto 00.00 followed by Road Dj's till 2.30
Please note - tickets will also be available on the door tonight
Friday, September 10, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Road Records Farewell Party
So a bit of good news for you from Road Records for a change.
It’s been a month now since we closed down the store, we are beginning to get used to life without the shop, still missing it like crazy to be honest but unfortunately neither of us can turn back time.
Before I let you read on I really must thank all the people at U:mack for their amazing efforts in putting this show together for us, trust me they have done literally everything on our behalf. It should be a real blast, Julie and myself will even consider spinning a few old gems on the night at some point.
U:mack present
Road Records Farewell Party
Featuring:
The Redneck Manifesto
Female Hercules
Legion Of Two
Patrick Kelleher and his Cold Dead Hands
Cian Nugent
& Road Records DJ’s
The Button Factory
Friday Sept. 10 2010
Doors 8pm till late
Tickets €16 From City Discs, Sound Cellar & online at www.tickets.ie/umack
On Friday, September 10th, U:mack are throwing a farewell party for Road Records. The Dublin record shop, which closed down last month, was an integral part of the Dublin underground music scene, and this night is an opportunity for bands, customers and the shops staff to come together for a massive goodbye party. It’s sad the shop has closed, but this party is going to be a lot of fun. Please come and help us send the guys off in style. The line up is awesome, and the party will run for 8pm until late. Thanks to Tickets.ie who will not be taking a booking fee for this event.
THE REDNECK MANIFESTO
Top of the shop’s staff wish list for this event, we’re delighted to have Ireland’s finest, The Rednecks headline the party. Their latest album ”Friendship”, released in March this year is by far the bands finest release to date. The band play the Electric Picnic the weekend before (Sept 3-Sept 5).
FEMALE HERCULES
Nineties Garage rock sensation Female Hercules make a very, very special one off reformation for this event. Always a serious party band, it’s a pleasure to have them on board. They’ll be joined on keyboards by John Hegarty, and on screeching lead guitar by rock n’ roll wild man, Moutpiece’s Gaz Le Rock.
LEGION OF TWO
Legion of Two is the latest project from Alan O'Boyle of Decal, where he is joined by veteran Dublin drummer David Lacey. Although Alan's work in Decal has always been notably eclectic, Legion of Two is far heavier than any of his previous work. Menacing loops ride huge waves of feedback, sounding like Black Flag riffs if Greg Ginn had been kicked out of the band and replaced by John Carpenter. Huge bass pulsates in precession with David Lacey's incredible pounding drumming locking into a room shaking Jesus Lizard style pounding groove.
PATRICK KELLEHER AND HIS COLD DEAD HANDS
Another staff favorite in Road, Patrick Kelleher’s music varies from brooding, tense electronica to jaunty acoustica to 8-bit dance-floor ditties to evocative, experimental pop but always with a twist of something ethereal or idiosyncratic.
CIAN NUGENT
21 year old virtuoso guitarist Cian Nugent is the most exciting new act to appear on the Irish music scene in recent years. Combining modern classical with Appalachian string band music, his music boasts an orchestrated and fully instrumented sound that is playful and eerie at the same time.
It’s been a month now since we closed down the store, we are beginning to get used to life without the shop, still missing it like crazy to be honest but unfortunately neither of us can turn back time.
Before I let you read on I really must thank all the people at U:mack for their amazing efforts in putting this show together for us, trust me they have done literally everything on our behalf. It should be a real blast, Julie and myself will even consider spinning a few old gems on the night at some point.
U:mack present
Road Records Farewell Party
Featuring:
The Redneck Manifesto
Female Hercules
Legion Of Two
Patrick Kelleher and his Cold Dead Hands
Cian Nugent
& Road Records DJ’s
The Button Factory
Friday Sept. 10 2010
Doors 8pm till late
Tickets €16 From City Discs, Sound Cellar & online at www.tickets.ie/umack
On Friday, September 10th, U:mack are throwing a farewell party for Road Records. The Dublin record shop, which closed down last month, was an integral part of the Dublin underground music scene, and this night is an opportunity for bands, customers and the shops staff to come together for a massive goodbye party. It’s sad the shop has closed, but this party is going to be a lot of fun. Please come and help us send the guys off in style. The line up is awesome, and the party will run for 8pm until late. Thanks to Tickets.ie who will not be taking a booking fee for this event.
THE REDNECK MANIFESTO
Top of the shop’s staff wish list for this event, we’re delighted to have Ireland’s finest, The Rednecks headline the party. Their latest album ”Friendship”, released in March this year is by far the bands finest release to date. The band play the Electric Picnic the weekend before (Sept 3-Sept 5).
FEMALE HERCULES
Nineties Garage rock sensation Female Hercules make a very, very special one off reformation for this event. Always a serious party band, it’s a pleasure to have them on board. They’ll be joined on keyboards by John Hegarty, and on screeching lead guitar by rock n’ roll wild man, Moutpiece’s Gaz Le Rock.
LEGION OF TWO
Legion of Two is the latest project from Alan O'Boyle of Decal, where he is joined by veteran Dublin drummer David Lacey. Although Alan's work in Decal has always been notably eclectic, Legion of Two is far heavier than any of his previous work. Menacing loops ride huge waves of feedback, sounding like Black Flag riffs if Greg Ginn had been kicked out of the band and replaced by John Carpenter. Huge bass pulsates in precession with David Lacey's incredible pounding drumming locking into a room shaking Jesus Lizard style pounding groove.
PATRICK KELLEHER AND HIS COLD DEAD HANDS
Another staff favorite in Road, Patrick Kelleher’s music varies from brooding, tense electronica to jaunty acoustica to 8-bit dance-floor ditties to evocative, experimental pop but always with a twist of something ethereal or idiosyncratic.
CIAN NUGENT
21 year old virtuoso guitarist Cian Nugent is the most exciting new act to appear on the Irish music scene in recent years. Combining modern classical with Appalachian string band music, his music boasts an orchestrated and fully instrumented sound that is playful and eerie at the same time.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Road Records is closing down
How do I begin a piece like this, without repeating everything I wrote nearly two years ago now.
I suppose I would have to say its with great sadness to inform you we are finally closing the doors of Road Records.
Its been a difficult two years since we first faced the prospects of closure and we have literally worked night and day to try and see if we could save the shop and make it a viable business again. The current economic situation in this country added to the many problems we faced in the past have finally caught up with us and we can no longer sustain this little shop.
This time, I am sad to say, there is no alternative for us, we have literally tried everything in our powers to keep this place operating and nothing has worked for us. It hasn’t been an easy decision to make, if anything its even more difficult than two years ago, we have had amazing support from people but nothing we do seems to work anymore.
With debts beginning to build again Julie and myself have finally decided that we cannot take any more risks personally and before things get any worse we will have to finally walk away from the shop for the last time.
I have to say I still have no regrets about the last 13 years, its been a real blast and a pleasure to be here over the years. We have met some amazing people and have become friends with some truly amazing bands. The level of support we have received since last year has been truly mindblowing but so much has changed economically since then that its just not possible to sustain such a small record shop like this anymore.
I am not going to give out about the music business this time around, its just one of those things and we have finally come to a stage where I think the days of the small indie store are numbered. It’s sad to have to admit that but this time I think its true, we can’t blame digital sales, illegal downloading etc, the world is a changing place and I can’t see any room in it for kooky little indie stores like ourselves.
We will be starting our closing down sale this Saturday [17th July] and everything will be on sale at a 25% reduction. We will be open for just one more week after that with the final day being Saturday 24th of July. Literally everything will be going on sale so if you want to pick up a cheap stereo, cash register or stapler, then do drop in.
We would both like to thank each and everyone of you for your support over the years, maybe we will catch up at some point in the future.
We would also like to thank all our wonderful staff from the last 14 years, in person they are – Dylan, Jonny, Jimmy, Gib, Colm, John, Chip and Aengus.
As for what we will do next, the honest answer is we really don’t know, hopefully we can pay off any debts we have and then at least we have a beautiful little baby boy to try and put a smile back on our faces.
Thanks & Adios
Dave and Julie
I suppose I would have to say its with great sadness to inform you we are finally closing the doors of Road Records.
Its been a difficult two years since we first faced the prospects of closure and we have literally worked night and day to try and see if we could save the shop and make it a viable business again. The current economic situation in this country added to the many problems we faced in the past have finally caught up with us and we can no longer sustain this little shop.
This time, I am sad to say, there is no alternative for us, we have literally tried everything in our powers to keep this place operating and nothing has worked for us. It hasn’t been an easy decision to make, if anything its even more difficult than two years ago, we have had amazing support from people but nothing we do seems to work anymore.
With debts beginning to build again Julie and myself have finally decided that we cannot take any more risks personally and before things get any worse we will have to finally walk away from the shop for the last time.
I have to say I still have no regrets about the last 13 years, its been a real blast and a pleasure to be here over the years. We have met some amazing people and have become friends with some truly amazing bands. The level of support we have received since last year has been truly mindblowing but so much has changed economically since then that its just not possible to sustain such a small record shop like this anymore.
I am not going to give out about the music business this time around, its just one of those things and we have finally come to a stage where I think the days of the small indie store are numbered. It’s sad to have to admit that but this time I think its true, we can’t blame digital sales, illegal downloading etc, the world is a changing place and I can’t see any room in it for kooky little indie stores like ourselves.
We will be starting our closing down sale this Saturday [17th July] and everything will be on sale at a 25% reduction. We will be open for just one more week after that with the final day being Saturday 24th of July. Literally everything will be going on sale so if you want to pick up a cheap stereo, cash register or stapler, then do drop in.
We would both like to thank each and everyone of you for your support over the years, maybe we will catch up at some point in the future.
We would also like to thank all our wonderful staff from the last 14 years, in person they are – Dylan, Jonny, Jimmy, Gib, Colm, John, Chip and Aengus.
As for what we will do next, the honest answer is we really don’t know, hopefully we can pay off any debts we have and then at least we have a beautiful little baby boy to try and put a smile back on our faces.
Thanks & Adios
Dave and Julie
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Road Records newsletter June 3rd 2010
Welcome to this weeks Road Records newsletter.
Another week and another which album will we pick as album of the week dilemma.
This week I have delegated the responsibily to Dylan, simply because I am useless at making decisions.
So to make a very long story short we have picked Here We Go Magic as this weeks album of the week here in the shop, Ariel Pink did come a very very close second but we have to respect the final decision made by Dylan. In fairness, both albums took me a few listens to really get into them but once they clicked with me I have to say I am truly loving both, sometimes I think the best albums don’t click the very first time you hear them. I am not even going to try and describe Here We Go Magic again, read the review and maybe have a listen for yourselves, I think you will enjoy it. The album is on special offer this week for only €12.99 so hopefully that will help with your decision to take a chance on it. We will have vinyl copies of the album in stock later today.
The Ariel Pink album is on special offer this week also, the cd is only €12.99 and the vinyl is €13.99.
The new Ash 7” is now in stock, we are up to the letter R now.
New album from Blitzen Trapper just out today on Sub Pop, its only €13.99 on cd and we should have some vinyl for you by next weekend.
A couple of early gems from avant rock noisemakers Dead C just reissued on vinyl this week and while I’m on the subject of classic vinyl reissues you should check out the first two Soft Machine albums, back in print on vinyl again at last.
Irish band Dark Room Notes have just re-released their debut full length album, the album has now been remastered and also comes on vinyl for the very first time.
Nice new Field Music 7” just in stock today featuring a cover of “Terrapin” by Syd Barrett on the flip side.
The recent Sage Francis album is now in stock on vinyl and comes with a download coupon.
The truly awesome Melvins are back with a brand new album this week, so far its on cd only, sorry folks but it looks like there is no vinyl pressing for this yet.
The rather lovely new Nina Nastasia album is on special offer this week on cd for only €12.99.
Brendan Perrry, he of Dead Can Dance fame, is back with his second solo album to date.
The Pierced Arrows album is now in stock on vinyl, if you are a Dead Moon fan then check this one out immediately.
A couple of nice new stoner rock albums out this week. First up is the new Mount Carmel album, reminding me of the Black Keys on a slightly more laid back buzz. And then there is the slightly more psyche tinged sounds of Sleepy Sun. Both come highly recommended by our stoner rock correspondent [that would be me].
Fans of classic early 70’s Afrobeat should check out the truly amazing reissue on the Soundway label by Ghanian outfit Sweet Talks.
The last in the series of five chronological collections from Hank Williams has just arrived in this week, another sweet gem on heavyweight vinyl featuring recordings made between 1950 and 1951.
I have already mentioned Soft Machine so I will also point you in the direction of the reissue of Robert Wyatt’s “His Greatest Misses” album on the Domino label. Worth it alone just for the version of Shipbuilding.
Right, thats it for another week, just want to say thanks to Dylan for picking album of the week this week and I hope you like his choice, can’t wait to see what he picks the week the Dinah Brand album comes out.
Adios
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Album Of The Week
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Here we go magic-Pigeons-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label. The first album was much more of a one man in his bedroom style affair compared to this full blown band affair. The sounds on this one are much more expansive and full but it still retains that kind of hypnotic almost krautrock pop like feel. Its an album of ever changing moods and sounds, at times sounding like some kind of krautrock / synth pop hybrid with elements of intricate post rock guitars before then heading into a beautiful lush world of almost space rock like ambience. There are also odd hints at something that would best be described as electronic punk funk, its kind of almost new wave but with a much more synth like slant to it. And then just to confuse you even more, by the time you hit the middle of this album you get a totally guitar led track that could easily be some long lost galaxie 500 outtake. I have to say i love when an album like this arrives in the shop, it genuinely refuses to be pigeonholed in any way, hence the title maybe and thats always a good thing in my opinion. Go ask your local shop if they have anything in the futuristic psyche pop no wave punk funk krautrock genre and they will finally be able to furnish you with a gem of a new album. June 2010-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99
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The Weekly Specials
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Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals]. This sounds very much like the first fully fledged all band affair, its a much bigger and maybe more cohesive sounding affair compared to some of the earlier lo fi bedroom style recordings. This is in fact a collection of purely blissful and very lush psychedelic pop sounds, try to imagine if the beach boys were around in the mid eighties making radio friendly pop music, then add in a healthy dose of psychedelia. Its infectiously catchy stuff, full of clever samples and all manner of studio trickery to tie it all together so well. At times you kind of get the feeling you have just tuned into some retro rock radio station, the sounds do actually change that much from track to track. There are some wonderful guitar driven seventies like tunes mingling in here amongst the more eighties like sounds. I can only presume calling the album before today has something to do with the overall retro like vibe going on. June 2010-Cd-4ad-€12.99
Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals]. This sounds very much like the first fully fledged all band affair, its a much bigger and maybe more cohesive sounding affair compared to some of the earlier lo fi bedroom style recordings. This is in fact a collection of purely blissful and very lush psychedelic pop sounds, try to imagine if the beach boys were around in the mid eighties making radio friendly pop music, then add in a healthy dose of psychedelia. Its infectiously catchy stuff, full of clever samples and all manner of studio trickery to tie it all together so well. At times you kind of get the feeling you have just tuned into some retro rock radio station, the sounds do actually change that much from track to track. There are some wonderful guitar driven seventies like tunes mingling in here amongst the more eighties like sounds. I can only presume calling the album before today has something to do with the overall retro like vibe going on. June 2010-Lp-4ad-€13.99
Blitzen trapper-Destroyer of the void-Blitzen trapper return with their fifth full length album, recorded in portland and released again on the sub pop label. The album features string arrangements by peter broderick and sister heather woods broderick. The album also features a guest vocal from singer alela diane on one track. The album features another lovely journey into the world of americana and american rootsy rock music, both old and new, with a bit of everything from country rock to some slightly more psyche tinged folk rock. Think of a slighly psyche tinged neil young, bob dylan, ryan adams, wilco and uncle tupelo. June 2010-Cd-Sub pop-€13.99
Here we go magic-Pigeons-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label. The first album was much more of a one man in his bedroom style affair compared to this full blown band affair. The sounds on this one are much more expansive and full but it still retains that kind of hypnotic almost krautrock pop like feel. Its an album of ever changing moods and sounds, at times sounding like some kind of krautrock / synth pop hybrid with elements of intricate post rock guitars before then heading into a beautiful lush world of almost space rock like ambience. There are also odd hints at something that would best be described as electronic punk funk, its kind of almost new wave but with a much more synth like slant to it. And then just to confuse you even more, by the time you hit the middle of this album you get a totally guitar led track that could easily be some long lost galaxie 500 outtake. I have to say i love when an album like this arrives in the shop, it genuinely refuses to be pigeonholed in any way, hence the title maybe and thats always a good thing in my opinion. Go ask your local shop if they have anything in the futuristic psyche pop no wave punk funk krautrock genre and they will finally be able to furnish you with a gem of a new album. June 2010-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99
Nastasia, nina-Outlaster-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise]. The album features a truly beautiful collection of sombre orchestral folk sounds, full of quirky almost psyche folk like influences. Its got a bit of the drama of early joanna newsom, the sparse folk of cat power and some of the haunting darkness of marissa nadler. This is definitely one for a quiet dark evening. June 2010-Cd-Fat cat-€12.99
Peter wolf crier-Inter-be-Inter-be is the debut album from this minneapolis based duo featuring peter pisano and brian moen. Pisano is a former member of wisconsin based quartet wars of 1812 whilst drummer brian moen was involved with laarks and amateur love. The album features a lovely rustic collection of folk based sounds, when i say folk we are dealing in the kind of area occupied by the likes of bon iver, fleet foxes etc. Its totally rustic folk but with wholly modern twist, including military like bass drum sounds and all manner of post rock like guitar picking action. June 2010-Cd-Jag jaguwar-€11.99
Peter wolf crier-Inter-be [with download coupon]-Inter-be is the debut album from this minneapolis based duo featuring peter pisano and brian moen. Pisano is a former member of wisconsin based quartet wars of 1812 whilst drummer brian moen was involved with laarks and amateur love. The album features a lovely rustic collection of folk based sounds, when i say folk we are dealing in the kind of area occupied by the likes of bon iver, fleet foxes etc. Its totally rustic folk but with wholly modern twist, including military like bass drum sounds and all manner of post rock like guitar picking action. The album comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. June 2010-Lp-Jag jaguwar-€12.99
Psychedelic sounds of sonic cathedral-Various artists [a tribute to roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators]-An all star tribute to psychedelic legend roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators. The album features 13 exclusive cover versions by many friends and associates of sonic cathedral including the black angels [featuring roky himself], dead meadows, darker my love, a place to bury strangers, sarabeth tucek, le volume courbe [featuring kevin shields from my bloody valentine], cheval sombre [featuring sonic boom], black acid [new band formed by richard fearless from death in vegas], the strange attractors, all the saints, lower heaven, hush arbors and i break horses. June 2010-Cd-Sonic cathedral-€10.99
Ratatat-Lp4-Rather cleverly named lp4, as its their fourth album for the xl label. Rumour has it that a lot of these tracks were first conceived around the same time as the recording of their previous album [lp3] back in 2008 and in fairness it does sound like the perfect continuation of the electronic funk sounds of their last offering. This twelve track collection of instrumentals features all manner of electronic funk sounds going right back to the early days of disco whilst also taking in a bit of electro pop and glam funk along the way. Its pure good time party music. June 2010-Cd-Xl-€13.99
Ratatat-Lp4-Rather cleverly named lp4, as its their fourth album for the xl label. Rumour has it that a lot of these tracks were first conceived around the same time as the recording of their previous album [lp3] back in 2008 and in fairness it does sound like the perfect continuation of the electronic funk sounds of their last offering. This twelve track collection of instrumentals features all manner of electronic funk sounds going right back to the early days of disco whilst also taking in a bit of electro pop and glam funk along the way. Its pure good time party music. Comes in a gatefold sleeve. June 2010-Lp-Xl-€14.99
Sartain, dan-Dan sartain lives-Dan sartain returns with his brand new album, recorded in the highly respected toe rag studios in london with the now legendary producer liam watson, giving everything that lovely warm authentic analog kind of vibe. Its a wondeful collection of retro like laid back rockabilly influenced sounds, featuring lots of voodoo like garage pop and link wray tinged sixties surf pop. Its wonderfully sleazy collection of laid back grooves with hints of everything from jon spencer to the dirtbombs to the oblivions. Fans of modern garage rock and surf tinged alt rock will be in heaven when they hear this, highly recommended to fans of billy childish, holly golightly, swamp rock, fifties rockabilly and sixties garage pop. June 2010-Cd-One little indian-€12.99
Weaver, jane-The fallen by watchbird-Brand new conceptual pop project fronted by jane weaver of misty dixon. The album features a rare appearence from wendy & bonnie [harmonic creators of sixties psyche teen pop rarity genesis], lisa jen [welsh folk singer and voice of candylion by gruff rhys], susan christie [philadelphian teen pop starlet from the late sixties], traditional bosnian singer behar and members of misty dixon. Its jane weavers fifth solo album and is released on finders keepers offshoot label bird records. Its a rather beautiful and strange collection of psychedelic electronic tinged folk pop sounds. Its haunting and ethereal but somewhat catchy at the same time, kind of reminds me of espers on a slightly more twee psyche pop buzz. June 2010-Cd-Finders keepers-€13.99
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New In This Week
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Angola prisoners blues-Various artists [180 gram vinyl]-Collection of material recorded by harry oster in the fifties at state prison in angoloa [louisiana]. These songs originally appeared on the cd only collection of the same name on the arhoolie label, but this stripped down version is the first time these tracks have been available on vinyl in many years. The original collection on arhoolie featured a total of 20 tracks recorded by oster at the prison, this vinyl release features just nine of those tracks and concentrates on the recordings of just three of those prisoners. The real gem of the pack are the four tracks from the legendary robert pete williams, after his release he went on to have a fairly successful career on the folk circuit in the 60's and 70's. The album also featues cuts from matthew maxey and robert guitar welch. The album comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Comes with a printed inner sleeve featuring lyrics for all the tracks and recording details. The album also features detailed liner notes by harry oster himself on the back of the sleeve. June 2010-Lp-Doxy-€15.99
Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals]. This sounds very much like the first fully fledged all band affair, its a much bigger and maybe more cohesive sounding affair compared to some of the earlier lo fi bedroom style recordings. This is in fact a collection of purely blissful and very lush psychedelic pop sounds, try to imagine if the beach boys were around in the mid eighties making radio friendly pop music, then add in a healthy dose of psychedelia. Its infectiously catchy stuff, full of clever samples and all manner of studio trickery to tie it all together so well. At times you kind of get the feeling you have just tuned into some retro rock radio station, the sounds do actually change that much from track to track. There are some wonderful guitar driven seventies like tunes mingling in here amongst the more eighties like sounds. I can only presume calling the album before today has something to do with the overall retro like vibe going on. June 2010-Cd-4ad-€12.99
Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals]. This sounds very much like the first fully fledged all band affair, its a much bigger and maybe more cohesive sounding affair compared to some of the earlier lo fi bedroom style recordings. This is in fact a collection of purely blissful and very lush psychedelic pop sounds, try to imagine if the beach boys were around in the mid eighties making radio friendly pop music, then add in a healthy dose of psychedelia. Its infectiously catchy stuff, full of clever samples and all manner of studio trickery to tie it all together so well. At times you kind of get the feeling you have just tuned into some retro rock radio station, the sounds do actually change that much from track to track. There are some wonderful guitar driven seventies like tunes mingling in here amongst the more eighties like sounds. I can only presume calling the album before today has something to do with the overall retro like vibe going on. June 2010-Lp-4ad-€13.99
Ash-R [physical world]-Ok folks, we are now up to the letter r in the ash series of alphabetical releases, that means we have only eight more left after this. This one features a brand new track physical world and comes with a lovely limited etching on the flip side. Limited edition heavy vinyl pressing in a lovely lurid pink sleeve. June 2010-7"-Atomic heart records-€6.50
Blitzen trapper-Destroyer of the void-Blitzen trapper return with their fifth full length album, recorded in portland and released again on the sub pop label. The album features string arrangements by peter broderick and sister heather woods broderick. The album also features a guest vocal from singer alela diane on one track. The album features another lovely journey into the world of americana and american rootsy rock music, both old and new, with a bit of everything from country rock to some slightly more psyche tinged folk rock. Think of a slighly psyche tinged neil young, bob dylan, ryan adams, wilco and uncle tupelo. June 2010-Cd-Sub pop-€13.99
Bustin out-Volume two [1982 new wave to new beat]-The second in a series of themed compilations from the future noise label, concentrating on the development of sounds from early new wave / post punk into new beat and punk funk. This album features a total of fifteen gems from the period around 1982, its pretty much all dedicated to the more electronic based side of new wave. The album features a wonderful cross section of sounds going the pure disco funk of esg to much more hard hitting sounds of the likes of front 242. Joining both of these outfits on the compilation are kie krupps, klein and mbo, man parish, gary numan, mark stewart and the fammia, dub syndicate, benjamin lew and steven brown, shriekback, colourbox, afrika bambaataa and the soulsonic force, chrish and cosey, portion control and pylon. The album comes packaged with a detailed full colour booklet with liner notes by kris needs. June 2010-Cd-Future noise music-€15.99
Capitals, the-Take everything-The debut three track ep from this young new dublin based indie rock outfit. Featuring singer / bassist evan dempsey [16], guitarist mark ryan [16] and drummer glen guerin [15] these guys dish up an explosive and youthful take on classic indie rock and post punk sounds, imagine the strokes with a slightly more classic rock slant. May 2010-Cds-I-nv-u records-€4.99
Dark room notes-We love you dark matter [remastered]-The debut album from this irish based four piece. Follows on from a couple of superb singles in the last few years. Features the truly infectious single love like nicotine along with 9 other slightly dark edged new wave tunes. These guys have a bit of the synth pop of new order, the fuzzed up guitar rock of bloc party, the reverb laden sounds of the cure and plenty of late eighties new wave. The album features a perfect blend of electronic beats, lush synths, big heavy guitars and pulsating live drums. The album now comes reissued and remastered on the bbe label. The album also comes with brand new updated artwork, which is completely different to the origian version on the gonzo label. May 2010-Cd-Bbe-€11.99
Dark room notes-We love you dark matter [remastered]-The debut album from this irish based four piece. Follows on from a couple of superb singles in the last few years. Features the truly infectious single love like nicotine along with 9 other slightly dark edged new wave tunes. These guys have a bit of the synth pop of new order, the fuzzed up guitar rock of bloc party, the reverb laden sounds of the cure and plenty of late eighties new wave. The album features a perfect blend of electronic beats, lush synths, big heavy guitars and pulsating live drums. The album now comes reissued and remastered on the bbe label. Now also available for the very first time on vinyl. The album also comes with brand new updated artwork, which is completely different to the origian version on the gonzo label. May 2010-Lp-Bbe-€14.99
Dead c-Clyma est mort / tentative power [double vinyl with free cd]-Recorded live in their practice room in port chalmers way back in 1992. The album comes described as a live album on may blogs and websites but in truth the only other person there apart from the band was tom lax of siltbreeze, the band did record the album live but obviously without an audience. The album was originally released by the band themselves as a kind of fake bootleg. This new reissue of the album now comes with a bonus record featuring a collection of hard to find non album tracks. Its a wonderfully chaotic collection of psychedelic like avant rock jams, rumour has it these guys have never performed a song the same way twice and personally we love them. Double heavyweight vinyl pressing in a big ultra heavy card gatefold sleeve. The album also comes with a free bonus cd which features all the tracks from both records. June 2010-2lp-Ba da bing-€30.99
Dead c-Max harris-Max harris captures the first recordings the dead c ever made, way back in january 1987. These tracks were originally released on cassette tape in an edition of only 21, so this is the first official vinyl release of these tracks. To quote the stick on the sleeve this album features two epic versions of max harris that will screw your head to the floor. These guys are probably one of new zealands finest noise rock outfits, starting out in 1987 with these recordings they wen't on to influence many bands in both the psyche rock and no wave genre. The album comes with a download coupon featuring a full download of the entire album. June 2010-Lp-Ba da bing-€21.99
Field music-Lets write a book-The second single to be taken from their truly wondeful album field music [measure] from earlier this year. The flip side features a brand new and exlusive cover of syd barrets famous track terrapin. Limited to only 300 copies on 7 inch vinyl. June 2010-7"-Memphis industries-€4.50
Francis, sage-Life [with download coupon]-Sage francis returns with a brand new album on the anti label. I think it would be fair to say this man has always been pushing the boundaries of what hip hop can and should sound like, he has always been one to try and work with musicians from outside to genre to try and bend / blend the divisions between rock and hip hop. On this album francis has enlisted producer brian deck to blend it all together. Guest musicians / songwriters on the album include jim becker and tim rutili from chicago outfit califone, ex grandaddy frontman jason lytle, chris walla from death cab for cutie, mark linkous of sparklehorse, joey burns and john convertino from calexico and devotchka. The album is pressed on double vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve. Comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon too. June 2010-2lp-Anti-€17.99
Goldfrapp-Head first [with free cd]-Goldfrapp returns with her fifth studio album to date on the mute label. Its another pulsating collection of electro pop tinged modern pop sounds, full of eighties synth based influences and lots of ambient pop like touches along the way. Its probably one of her catchiest albums to date too, the album is brimming with nine infectious dreamy pop songs. It kind of hints at times like the meeting of human league and st etienne, full of sultry electro pop, both retro and modern at the same time. The album comes packaged with a giant foldout poster and a full copy of the album on cd inside the sleeve. Comes in a lovely gatefold sleeve too. May 2010-Lp-Mute-€19.99
Here we go magic-Pigeons-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label. The first album was much more of a one man in his bedroom style affair compared to this full blown band affair. The sounds on this one are much more expansive and full but it still retains that kind of hypnotic almost krautrock pop like feel. Its an album of ever changing moods and sounds, at times sounding like some kind of krautrock / synth pop hybrid with elements of intricate post rock guitars before then heading into a beautiful lush world of almost space rock like ambience. There are also odd hints at something that would best be described as electronic punk funk, its kind of almost new wave but with a much more synth like slant to it. And then just to confuse you even more, by the time you hit the middle of this album you get a totally guitar led track that could easily be some long lost galaxie 500 outtake. I have to say i love when an album like this arrives in the shop, it genuinely refuses to be pigeonholed in any way, hence the title maybe and thats always a good thing in my opinion. Go ask your local shop if they have anything in the futuristic psyche pop no wave punk funk krautrock genre and they will finally be able to furnish you with a gem of a new album. June 2010-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99
King, albert-Born under a bad sign-Originally released as a series of singles by the stax label in the mid sixties, these tracks were culled from several sessions that albert king cut for the stax label with their legendary house band booker t & the mg's. King signed for the stax label in 1966 and rapidly set about cutting these blistering soulful blues classics, pretty much every one a gem. The original album featured eleven tracks and this new reissue on the sundazed label comes with two extra bonus cuts. Comes with all the original artwork with liner notes by bill dahl. The album features born under a bad sign, crosscut saw, kansas city, oh pretty woman, down don't bother me, the hunter, funk-shun, i almost lost my mind, personal manager, laundromat blues, as they years go passing by, the very thought of you and overall junction.-Lp-Sundazed-€21.99
Lcd soundsystem-Drunk girls-Features drunk girls along with holy ghost remix on the flip side. The first single to be lifted from the brand new album this is happening. Its a big fuzzy guitar heavy slice of glam rock tinged electronic funk. Infectiously catchy stuff sounding like david bowie in a distincly lcd soundsytem mood. May 2010-12"-Dfa-€5.99
Lcd soundsystem-Drunk girls-Features drunk girls and drunk girls [wooden shjips version] on the flip side. The first single to be lifted from the brand new album this is happening. Its a big fuzzy guitar heavy slice of glam rock tinged electronic funk. Infectiously catchy stuff sounding like david bowie in a distincly lcd soundsytem mood. May 2010-7"-Dfa-€4.50
Mantler-Monody-The album features a roster of guest musicians including sandro perri, ben gunning [local rabbit], jennifer mecija and anissa hart [the ohbijou string section], ryan driver and marcus quin [silt], ernest agbuya and matias rozenberg [the matias band], sam allison and teilhard frost [sheesham and lotus] as well as longtime backing vocalist dennis frey. Mantler is also a member of the matias band. The album also features brass arrangements on two tracks by owen pallett [final fantasy]. Its an album of smooth mellow almost seventies like soul sounds with hints at the laid back jazz rock of the likes of steely dan. At times it kind of reminds me of john martyn jamming with stevie wonder, full of soulful hammond organ and folk / jazz like sunshine rock sounds. Its beautifully laid back stuff, this could be perfect driving music in an open top car on a beautiful sunny day, so you will get to play it once a year in this country. June 2010-Cd-Tomlab-€17.99
Mantler-Monody-The album features a roster of guest musicians including sandro perri, ben gunning [local rabbit], jennifer mecija and anissa hart [the ohbijou string section], ryan driver and marcus quin [silt], ernest agbuya and matias rozenberg [the matias band], sam allison and teilhard frost [sheesham and lotus] as well as longtime backing vocalist dennis frey. Mantler is also a member of the matias band. The album also features brass arrangements on two tracks by owen pallett [final fantasy]. Its an album of smooth mellow almost seventies like soul sounds with hints at the laid back jazz rock of the likes of steely dan. At times it kind of reminds me of john martyn jamming with stevie wonder, full of soulful hammond organ and folk / jazz like sunshine rock sounds. Its beautifully laid back stuff, this could be perfect driving music in an open top car on a beautiful sunny day, so you will get to play it once a year in this country. June 2010-Lp-Tomlab-€18.99
Mccook, tommy and the aggrovators-Brass rockers [king tubby and bunny lee presents]-Reissue of this classic 1975 set of tunes from the legendary tommy mccook. Featuring the awesome production skills of king tubby, under the guidance of bunny lee. Tommy mccook was at one time the mainman in the skatalites and later went on to join the supersonics. According to the man himself [bunny lee] tubby did three original dub albums with tommy mccook, the first two were dub from the roots and the roots of dub, this here being the third in that legendary trio. The album now comes pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Features a dancing dub, a version i can feel with love, a loving melody, the mighty gates of goza, bongo man dub, true believer in dubs, the duke of dubs, the big boss boss of dubs, behold dis ya dub of class, dance with me, a gigantic dub and the gorgon of dub horns. If nothing else its worth it just for the astonishing song titles, thankfully the music is pretty awesome too. June 2010-Lp-Jamaican recordings-€16.99
Melvins-Bride screamed murder-As a long time fan of psychedelic sludge rock, there is no greater feeling than a brand new melvins album arriving in the shop. This is their third so far since enlisting the help of jared warren and coady willis from big business, overall they must be hitting nearly 20 albums at this stage. You will be happy to hear its pretty much business as usual at melvins central, another superbly sludge like and dirty collection of psychedelic stoner rock sounds with lots of trademark twists and turns. There is even a strange call & response style thing going on that actually sounds a bit like adam and the ants, if they had been a bunch of filthy stoner rockers though. I suppose the track everybody will go wild for is the truly awesome eight minute cover of my generation [the who], barely recognizable apart from the lyrics. If you dont already love the melvins then may i suggest you start now. June 2010-Cd-Ipecac-€17.99
Monkees, the-Birds bees and monkees-Originally released in 1968, this was the fifth full length album by the monkees. This reissue on the sundazed label features the original twelve track album along with two bonus tracks. Features dream world, aunties municipal court, we were made for each other, tapioca tundra, daydream believer, writing wrongs, i'll be back up on my feet, the poster, po box 9847, magnolia simms, valleri, zor and zam along with the bonus tracks i'm gonna try [previously unissued] and po box 9847 [previously unissued alternate mix].-Lp-Sundazed-€21.99
Mount carmel-Mount carmel-Blues rock power trio on the siltbreeze label. Features matthew reed, patrick reed and kevin shubak. This is the debut full length album from this columbus based outfit, recorded entirely on old analog equipment. Its a wonderfully enjoyable forty minutes of fuzzed up blues rock sounds, think somebetween early zeppelin, black sabbath and the black keys with just a hint of the early stoner rock sounds of kyuss thrown in for extra heaviness. Theres a lovely retro kind of vibe from the album, its full of fuzzed up heavy guitar workouts and lots of laid back hazy psyche blues vibes. June 2010-Cd-Siltbreeze-€17.99
Mount carmel-Mount carmel-Blues rock power trio on the siltbreeze label. Features matthew reed, patrick reed and kevin shubak. This is the debut full length album from this columbus based outfit, recorded entirely on old analog equipment. Its a wonderfully enjoyable forty minutes of fuzzed up blues rock sounds, think somebetween early zeppelin, black sabbath and the black keys with just a hint of the early stoner rock sounds of kyuss thrown in for extra heaviness. Theres a lovely retro kind of vibe from the album, its full of fuzzed up heavy guitar workouts and lots of laid back hazy psyche blues vibes. June 2010-Lp-Siltbreeze-€22.99
Nastasia, nina-Outlaster-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise]. The album features a truly beautiful collection of sombre orchestral folk sounds, full of quirky almost psyche folk like influences. Its got a bit of the drama of early joanna newsom, the sparse folk of cat power and some of the haunting darkness of marissa nadler. This is definitely one for a quiet dark evening. June 2010-Cd-Fat cat-€12.99
Perry, brendan-Ark-If you are not a long time dead can dance fan you are probably thinking to yourself, brendan who. This man has been making records with lisa gerrard under the dead can dance name for nearly three decades now, in fact they are probably one of the biggest selling acts of all time on the legendary 4ad label. Thats the end of the history lesson about brendan perry, apart from the fact that this is only his second solo album to date and it was all recorded here in ireland [we think he still lives here, so we like to think of him as our own at this stage]. Perry does pretty much everything on the album, right down to recording and production. Its a wonderfully expansive collection of sounds, mostly synth and keyboard driven with a lovely kind of space like ambience about it at times. Some of the tracks are mildly reminscent of his work with dead can dance but this one has a somewhat dubby like overall feel about it. Its introspective and dark at times, in fairness what else did you expect. June 2010-Cd-Cooking vinyl-€16.99
Peter wolf crier-Inter-be-Inter-be is the debut album from this minneapolis based duo featuring peter pisano and brian moen. Pisano is a former member of wisconsin based quartet wars of 1812 whilst drummer brian moen was involved with laarks and amateur love. The album features a lovely rustic collection of folk based sounds, when i say folk we are dealing in the kind of area occupied by the likes of bon iver, fleet foxes etc. Its totally rustic folk but with wholly modern twist, including military like bass drum sounds and all manner of post rock like guitar picking action. June 2010-Cd-Jag jaguwar-€11.99
Peter wolf crier-Inter-be [with download coupon]-Inter-be is the debut album from this minneapolis based duo featuring peter pisano and brian moen. Pisano is a former member of wisconsin based quartet wars of 1812 whilst drummer brian moen was involved with laarks and amateur love. The album features a lovely rustic collection of folk based sounds, when i say folk we are dealing in the kind of area occupied by the likes of bon iver, fleet foxes etc. Its totally rustic folk but with wholly modern twist, including military like bass drum sounds and all manner of post rock like guitar picking action. The album comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. June 2010-Lp-Jag jaguwar-€12.99
Pierced arrows-Descending shadows [with download coupon]-Long time fans of cult outfit dead moon will probably be well aware that this new project features husband and wife team of fred and toody cole along with new recruit kelly halliburton. This is the second album that i am aware of from pierced arrows, their previous album straight to the heart came out in 2008. The album features a classically raw collection of primal garage punk sounds breaking into all manner of swampy blues likes dirges from time to time. Imagine the cramps jamming with the birthday party in some old dusty sixties garage rock basement. The album also comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. May 2010-Lp-Vice music-€21.99
Psychedelic sounds of sonic cathedral-Various artists [a tribute to roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators]-An all star tribute to psychedelic legend roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators. The album features 13 exclusive cover versions by many friends and associates of sonic cathedral including the black angels [featuring roky himself], dead meadows, darker my love, a place to bury strangers, sarabeth tucek, le volume courbe [featuring kevin shields from my bloody valentine], cheval sombre [featuring sonic boom], black acid [new band formed by richard fearless from death in vegas], the strange attractors, all the saints, lower heaven, hush arbors and i break horses. June 2010-Cd-Sonic cathedral-€10.99
Ratatat-Lp4-Rather cleverly named lp4, as its their fourth album for the xl label. Rumour has it that a lot of these tracks were first conceived around the same time as the recording of their previous album [lp3] back in 2008 and in fairness it does sound like the perfect continuation of the electronic funk sounds of their last offering. This twelve track collection of instrumentals features all manner of electronic funk sounds going right back to the early days of disco whilst also taking in a bit of electro pop and glam funk along the way. Its pure good time party music. June 2010-Cd-Xl-€13.99
Ratatat-Lp4-Rather cleverly named lp4, as its their fourth album for the xl label. Rumour has it that a lot of these tracks were first conceived around the same time as the recording of their previous album [lp3] back in 2008 and in fairness it does sound like the perfect continuation of the electronic funk sounds of their last offering. This twelve track collection of instrumentals features all manner of electronic funk sounds going right back to the early days of disco whilst also taking in a bit of electro pop and glam funk along the way. Its pure good time party music. Comes in a gatefold sleeve. June 2010-Lp-Xl-€14.99
Sartain, dan-Dan sartain lives-Dan sartain returns with his brand new album, recorded in the highly respected toe rag studios in london with the now legendary producer liam watson, giving everything that lovely warm authentic analog kind of vibe. Its a wondeful collection of retro like laid back rockabilly influenced sounds, featuring lots of voodoo like garage pop and link wray tinged sixties surf pop. Its wonderfully sleazy collection of laid back grooves with hints of everything from jon spencer to the dirtbombs to the oblivions. Fans of modern garage rock and surf tinged alt rock will be in heaven when they hear this, highly recommended to fans of billy childish, holly golightly, swamp rock, fifties rockabilly and sixties garage pop. June 2010-Cd-One little indian-€12.99
Shepp, archie-Blase-Originally released way back in 1969 on the byg label now reissued on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl in a big heavy card gatefold sleeve. The album features my angel, blase, the is a balm in gilead, sophisticated lady and toureg. Joing shepp on the recordings are jeanne lee [vocals], chicago beau [harmonica], julio finn [harmonica], dave burrell [piano], malachi favors [bass], philly joe jones [drums] and lester bowie [trumpet]. Recorded in paris on the 16th of august 1969.-Lp-Byg-€14.99
Silent league-But you've always been-The third album from this brooklyn based psyche pop outfit [how many of these exist at this stage]. The band features a collection of musicians who have also been known to moonlight in mercury rev, arcade fire, beirut and leisure society. The album features a collection of rather joyous sounding psyche pop sounds, at times sounding like elo given a bit of a synth pop overhaul. Its also full of lush orchestral pop sounds, a totally laid back lazy summery collection of songs with little hints of everything from arcade fire to flaming lips and even the beach boys. The album comes packaged with a bonus ten track remix cd. Comes in a lovely four part foldout card sleeve too. June 2010-2cd-Something in construction-€17.99
Sleepy sun-Fever-The follow up to their album embrace, also released on the atp label. Sleepy sun are a san franciscan based psyche rock outfit. These guys deal in the more laid back side of psyche rock calling to mind the sounds of black mountain or brightblack morning light. Its very much an album owing a lot to the hazy summer sounds of seventies psyche rock with sleepy sun adding just the odd hint of avant rock and wigged out blues. At times sounding like a slighly more avant rock led zeppelin meets the kind of sleepy desert rock of kyuss. With a name like sleepy sun they are probably one of the most aptly named bands, i can imagine listening to this on a hazy summers evening. June 2010-Cd-Atp recordings-€17.99
Sleepy sun-Fever [with download coupon]-The follow up to their album embrace, also released on the atp label. Sleepy sun are a san franciscan based psyche rock outfit. These guys deal in the more laid back side of psyche rock calling to mind the sounds of black mountain or brightblack morning light. Its very much an album owing a lot to the hazy summer sounds of seventies psyche rock with sleepy sun adding just the odd hint of avant rock and wigged out blues. At times sounding like a slighly more avant rock led zeppelin meets the kind of sleepy desert rock of kyuss. With a name like sleepy sun they are probably one of the most aptly named bands, i can imagine listening to this on a hazy summers evening. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl and also comes with a free download coupon. June 2010-Lp-Atp recordings-€16.99
Soft machine-Soft machine-This set of songs recorded as demos back in 1967 rather rapidly became packaged together and became the soft machines legendary debut full length album the following year. The album features the original three piece line-up of robert wyatt, mike ratledge and kevin ayers. Ayers was then replaced by bassist hugh hopper the following year for their second album [volume two]. The album features hope for happiness, joy for a toy, hope for happiness [reprise], why am i so short, so boot if at all, a certain kind, save yourself, priscilla, lullabye letter, we did it again, plus belle qu une poubelle, why are we sleeping and box 25/4 lid. This reissue now comes pressed on 180 gram vinyl and features a perfect replica of the original heavy card gatefold sleeve.-Lp-Tapestry-€19.99
Soft machine-Volume two-The title may give it away, but in case you haven't noticed this was the second soft machine album, released way back in 1969. Roy ayers had left the band at this stage to be replaced by bassist hugh hopper making up the trio with regulars robert wyatt and mike ratledge. The album now comes reissued on 180 gram vinyl and features all the original artwork. The album features pataphysical introduction part one, a concise british alphabet part one, hibou anemone and bear, a concise british alphabet part two, hulloder, dada was here, thank you pierrot lunaire, have you ever been green, pataphysical introduction part two, out of tunes, as long as he lies here perfectly still, dedicated to you but you weren't listening, fire engine passing with bells clanging, pig, orange skin food, a door opens & closes and 10 30 returns to the bedroom.-Lp-Probe records-€13.99
Sun ra-Disco 3000-Recorded live in italy in 1978 featuring a totally pared down quartet of sun ra [keys], john gilmore [tenor sax], michael ray [trumpet] and luqman ali [drums] with some assistance from crumar mainman [synthesizer / rhythm box]. The album features disco 3000, third planet, friendly galaxy and dance of the cosmo-aliens. Comes with liner notes by michael ray along with a short piece by chris trent on the printed inner sleeve.-Lp-Kindred spirits-€13.99
Sweet talks-Kusum beat-The soundway label returns with another superb collection of vintage afro jams. Sweet talk were huge stars in their native ghana and featured well known vocalist ab crentsil and veteran guitarist smart nkansah. The band were the brainchild of jonathan abraham, the manager of talk of the town, a popular hotel in the port town of tema which is located just outside ghanas capitol city accra. The band were assembled by abraham as the house band for the hotel and almost instantly amassed a huge following. Blissfully hypnotic afro beat sounds with just a hint of early disco and american funk. It may be nearly 40 years old but this quite easily become the soundtrack to the summer months. June 2010-Lp-Soundway-€18.99
Weaver, jane-The fallen by watchbird-Brand new conceptual pop project fronted by jane weaver of misty dixon. The album features a rare appearence from wendy & bonnie [harmonic creators of sixties psyche teen pop rarity genesis], lisa jen [welsh folk singer and voice of candylion by gruff rhys], susan christie [philadelphian teen pop starlet from the late sixties], traditional bosnian singer behar and members of misty dixon. Its jane weavers fifth solo album and is released on finders keepers offshoot label bird records. Its a rather beautiful and strange collection of psychedelic electronic tinged folk pop sounds. Its haunting and ethereal but somewhat catchy at the same time, kind of reminds me of espers on a slightly more twee psyche pop buzz. June 2010-Cd-Finders keepers-€13.99
Williams, hank-Ramblin man [180 gram vinyl]-This is the fifth and final release in a series of chronological releases from the doxy label by hank williams. The album comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Features a collection of 18 tracks in total, recorded between 1950 and 1951. The sessions were all recorded at castle studios in nashville, culled from six different sessions in total. The album features dear john, just waitin', men with broken hearts, i can't help it [if i'm still in love with you], howlin at the moon, hey good lookin, my heart would know, the pale horse and his rider, a home in heaven, ramblin man, pictures from lifes other side, i've been down that road before, i dreamt about mama last night, i heard that lonesome whistle, crazy heart, half as much, id still want you and baby we're really in love. May 2010-Lp-Doxy-€15.99
Wray, link-Jack the ripper-Long out of print and rare collections of singles from link wray, originally compiled way back in 1963. The album now comes perfectly reproduced on the sundazed label, remastered from the original swan mono master tapes. Features all the original artwork including a very very youthful looking photograph link wray on the back. The album features mr guitar, my beth, deacon jones, steep trap, cross ties, jack the ripper, fat back, run chicken run, dinosaur, big ben, mash potato party ahd his most famous track rumble. Originally reissued by sundazed label in 2005 and its finally back in print again on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl.-Lp-Sundazed-€21.99
Wyatt, robert-His greatest misses-Limited edition reissue on the domino label of this hard to find collection of rarities from robert wyatt. The album was originally released as a japanese import in 2004 but has been out of print for many years now. The album features a collection of seventeen gems from robert wyatts back catalogue, including the much sought after track shipbuilding. Along with this you also get pla, worship, heaps of sheeps, free will and testament, im a believer, sea song, little red robin hood hit the road, solar flares, at last i am free, arauco, the age of self, alien, memories of you, muddy mouse [b], mister e and foreign accents. The album comes in a lovely card gatefold sleeve. June 2010-Cd-Domino-€13.99
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Capitals, the-Take everything-The debut three track ep from this young new dublin based indie rock outfit. Featuring singer / bassist evan dempsey [16], guitarist mark ryan [16] and drummer glen guerin [15] these guys dish up an explosive and youthful take on classic indie rock and post punk sounds, imagine the strokes with a slightly more classic rock slant. May 2010-Cds-I-nv-u records-€4.99
Dark room notes-We love you dark matter [remastered]-The debut album from this irish based four piece. Follows on from a couple of superb singles in the last few years. Features the truly infectious single love like nicotine along with 9 other slightly dark edged new wave tunes. These guys have a bit of the synth pop of new order, the fuzzed up guitar rock of bloc party, the reverb laden sounds of the cure and plenty of late eighties new wave. The album features a perfect blend of electronic beats, lush synths, big heavy guitars and pulsating live drums. The album now comes reissued and remastered on the bbe label. The album also comes with brand new updated artwork, which is completely different to the origian version on the gonzo label. May 2010-Cd-Bbe-€11.99
Dark room notes-We love you dark matter [remastered]-The debut album from this irish based four piece. Follows on from a couple of superb singles in the last few years. Features the truly infectious single love like nicotine along with 9 other slightly dark edged new wave tunes. These guys have a bit of the synth pop of new order, the fuzzed up guitar rock of bloc party, the reverb laden sounds of the cure and plenty of late eighties new wave. The album features a perfect blend of electronic beats, lush synths, big heavy guitars and pulsating live drums. The album now comes reissued and remastered on the bbe label. Now also available for the very first time on vinyl. The album also comes with brand new updated artwork, which is completely different to the origian version on the gonzo label. May 2010-Lp-Bbe-€14.99
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Clogs-The creatures in the garden of lady walton [this album is released on the 11th of june]-The return of this almost classical like quartet featuring bryce dessner and padma newsome from the national. The album also features guest vocals from sufjan stevens, my brightest diamond and matt berninger [the national].-Cd-Brassland-€12.99
Gaslight anthem-American slang [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Brand new album from this new jersey outfit on the side one dummy label. The album features recent singles american slang and the boxer. Its their first album since the 59 sound from 2008, the album is also produced by ted hutt again.-Cd-Side one dummy-€13.99
Gaslight anthem-American slang [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Brand new album from this new jersey outfit on the side one dummy label. The album features recent singles american slang and the boxer. Its their first album since the 59 sound from 2008, the album is also produced by ted hutt again.-Lp-Side one dummy-€14.99
Here we go magic-Pigeons [this album will be released on the 11th of june]-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label. The first album was much more of a one man in his bedroom style affair compared to this full blown band affair. The sounds on this one are much more expansive and full but it still retains that kind of hypnotic almost krautrock pop like feel. Its an album of ever changing moods and sounds, at times sounding like some kind of krautrock / synth pop hybrid with elements of intricate post rock guitars before then heading into a beautiful lush world of almost space rock like ambience. There are also odd hints at something that would best be described as electronic punk funk, its kind of almost new wave but with a much more synth like slant to it. And then just to confuse you even more, by the time you hit the middle of this album you get a totally guitar led track that could easily be some long lost galaxie 500 outtake. I have to say i love when an album like this arrives in the shop, it genuinely refuses to be pigeonholed in any way, hence the title maybe and thats always a good thing in my opinion. Go ask your local shop if they have anything in the futuristic psyche pop no wave punk funk krautrock genre and they will finally be able to furnish you with a gem of a new album. June 2010-Lp-Secretly canadian-€13.99
Horse feathers-Thistled spring [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Horse feathers return with their third full length album.-Cd-Kill rock stars-€13.99
Horse feathers-Thistled spring [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Horse feathers return with their third full length album.-Lp-Kill rock stars-€14.99
Nastasia, nina-Outlaster [this album will be released on the 11th of june]-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise]. The album features a truly beautiful collection of sombre orchestral folk sounds, full of quirky almost psyche folk like influences. Its got a bit of the drama of early joanna newsom, the sparse folk of cat power and some of the haunting darkness of marissa nadler. This is definitely one for a quiet dark evening. Limited to only 500 copies on vinyl and comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. June 2010-Lp-Fat cat-€14.99
Pernice brothers-Goodbye killer [this album is released on the 11th of june]-The pernice brothers finally return with their first full length album since live a little from way back in 2006. Brothers joe and bob pernice return with a brand new collection of originals, recorded in an attic in boston.-Cd-One little indian-€12.99
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Air-Moon safari-10 track album from french electronic outfit. Smooth electronic soundscapes with lots of vocorders and old synth sounds. Originaly released way back in 1998. Features la femme dargent, sexy boy, all i need, kelly watch the stars, talisman, remember, you take it easy, ce matin la, new star in the sky and le voyage de penelope-Lp-Virgin-€19.99
Beach house-Beach house-Limited edition reissue on vinyl of the debut beach house album from way back in 2006. The album was originally released on the carpark label and now comes fully remastered specially for this vinyl release. Its pressed on 180 gram vinyl and features all the original artwork including printed inner sleeve. The album features saltwater, tokyo witch, apple orchard, master of none, auburn and ivory, childhood, lovlier girl, house on the hill and heart & lungs. March 2010-Lp-Heart break beat-€18.99
Beastie boys-The mix up-This is the beasties 7th studio album, 12 tracks of totally instrumental grooves and workouts featuring the keyboards of longtime collaborator money mark and percussionist alfredo ortiz, the album is a completely live collection of sounds featuring no vocals or samples, its great to hear these guys going back to their roots with just drums, guitars and bass, the album features some rather excellent seventies funk sounds with hints of sixties psychedelic funk and even one track where the boys do a very very good job at some funky dub reggae, comes in a card gatefold sleeve, august 2007-Lp-Capitol-€19.99
Best coast-Something in the way-A rather deliciously fuzzed up slice of indie surf pop from the former pocahaunted member bethany cosentino on the post present label. It really is a heavenly slice of sixties bubblegum dream like pop meets the pure fuzz of early jesus and mary chain. The single also features wish he was you and the road [do you think she wrote that about us]. May 2010-7"-Post present music-€4.50
Big star-Radio city-This was big stars second album originally from 1974 and the first made without chris bell. Features alex chilton, andy hummel and jody stephens. Comes in a perfect replica heavy card sleeve. Features o my soul, life is white, way out west, whats goin ahn, you get what you deserve, mod lang, back of a car, daisy glaze, shes a mover, september gurls, morpha too and im in love with a girl. Reissue on the ardent label.-Lp-Ardent records-€18.99
Boggs, dock-Legendary singer and banjo player-Limited edition 180 gram vinyl reissue on the original folkways label. The album comes beautifully packaged in a replica of the original heavy card sleeve. I have to say i am really loving this new series of reissues from folkways, its just amazing to have some of these classic records available again, pristine pressings and superb sound quality. This collection was originally released back in 1963. The inner booklet features detailed liner notes with lyrics and information on boggs playing style. The album features a stunning collecton of traditional blues, country blues and appalachian folk learnt by boggs as far back as the early twenties. The majority of recordings were made by mike seeger during dock boggs revival in the sixties. October 2009-Lp-Smithsonian folkways-€18.99
Byrd, donald-Slow drag-Released on the blue note label back in 1967, the album is now reissued with the original gatefold sleeve and liner notes by nat hentoff. Features slow drag, secret love, books bossa, jelly roll, the loner and my ideal. Joining byrd on these sessions were sonny red on alto sax, decar walton on piano, walter booker on bass and billy higgins on drums [and vocals].-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Cole, ollie-We albatri-The debut solo album from the former singer with irish band turn. The album features a collection of brand new tunes written and arranged by cole himself. It really must be said this is a very different beast to his former band turn in pretty much every way possible. Its an album featuring some beautifully delicate ballads and lots of beatlesesque rock n roll sounds. Its full of infectiously catchy almost rootsy like pop sounds with even a couple of hints of the beach boys summery pop thrown in. March 2010-Cd-Emi-€14.99
Fools gold-Fools gold [with mp3 download coupon]-Los angeles based multicultural outfit finally drop their self titled debut album for the iamsound label. Spearheaded by luke top and lewis pesacov, both native israelis who emigrated to la at a young age. The album is like some kind of mini tour around the different musical cultures of the world. Obvious influences would be funky african music and traditional folk of the middle east. These guys also add in lots of guitar based alt rock influences, its ends up reminding me a bit of vampire weekend with more of a traditional feel. The album also comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album along with bonus remixes by sizzla judgement yard and acid girls. 2009-Lp-Iamsound records-€22.99
Funkadelic-Lets take it to the stage-Originally released in 1975 on the westbound label, this american reissue comes in the original gatefold sleeve, produced by george clinton, features good to your earhole, better by the pound, be my beach, no head no backstage pass, lets take it to the stage, get off your ass and jam, i owe you something good, stuffs and things, the song is familiar and atmosphere-Lp-Westbound records-€13.99
Goldfrapp-Head first-Goldfrapp returns with her fifth studio album to date on the mute label. Its another pulsating collection of electro pop tinged modern pop sounds, full of eighties synth based influences and lots of ambient pop like touches along the way. Its probably one of her catchiest albums to date too, the album is brimming with nine infectious dreamy pop songs. It kind of hints at times like the meeting of human league and st etienne, full of sultry electro pop, both retro and modern at the same time. March 2010-Cd-Mute-€15.99
Hayes, isaac-Hot buttered soul-One of the classic soul albums of all time, originally released back in 1969 on the fantasy label, american reissue on the stax label, features isaac taking on the classic tunes walk on by, by the time i get to phoenix and one woman, every track is just pure classic laid back soul with the bar kays providing all the music, 19 minutes of by the time i get to phoenix is simply pure bliss-Lp-Stax-€14.99
Hayes, isaac-The isaac hayes movement-Originally released in 1970, this was the third solo release from isaac hayes on the legendary stax label. The album features i stand accused, one big unhappy family, i just dont know what to do with myself and something. The album was produced by hayes himself and features arrangements by dale warren. The album now comes reissued on the enterprise label and features all the original artwork.-Lp-Enterprise records-€13.99
Jonsi and alex-Riceboy sleeps-Brand new side project fronted by sigur ros mainman jonsi along with graphic designer alex somers, he is the man who designed the artwork for the sigur ros album takk. The album features nine pieces of truly sublime mostly instrumental sounds which at times are almost borering on modern classical. Its full of swirling synth drone effects and shimmering guitar sounds with tons of lush strings courtesy of sigur ros collaborators amiina. It really is a rather beautiful collection of calming sounds with the kind of minimal ambience that sigur ros fans will adore from the first note. Its also an album that will definitely appeal to fans of the ambient sounds of the likes of brian eno and even to lovers of the touch label. Comes in a lovely card gatefold sleeve which of course was designed by alex somers. July 2009-Cd-Emi-€12.99
Kreidler-Mosaik 2014 [with free cd]-Brand new collection from this german electronic synth pop / post rock outfit now signed to the italic label. The band previously featured stefan schneider from to rococo rot but are now pared down to a three piece of thomas klein, andreas reihse and detlef weinrich. The album features some beautifully dubby synth based sounds falling somewhere between a more bass heavy kraftwerk and the kind of space age sounds of seventies space rock. There are also hints of late eighties synth pop in here but it falls much more on the dubby side of synth music. There are obvious references to some early krautrock, its very much an album that falls into the dubby ambient genre overall though. Limited edition vinyl pressing which comes with a full copy of the album on cd inside the sleeve. March 2010-Lp-Italic-€19.99
Las vegas grind-Volume three-Features a collection of sleazy stripjoint music from the fifties and sixties. Includes tracks from bob taylor, party rockers, favulous continentals, bikinis, originals, bobby summers, rob and don, gauchos, axcents, johnny and the baa baas, majestics, jack hammer, festers, sparkles, fabulous tempoes, bob bunny, capers, cozy cole, upsetters and space man and the rockets.-Lp-Crypt-€13.99
Last tycoons, the-The last tycoons-The debut album on irish based label the firstborn is dead recordings [home to the mighty stef]. The last tycoons are a five piece dublin based outfit doing a fine line in fuzzed up bluesy rock n roll. Sounding at times like a tom waits fronted rolling stones, the album is full of guitar heavy classic blues rock with plenty of old school southern rock influences thrown in. April 2010-Cd-The firstborn is dead-€9.99
London is the place for me-Volume 2-Calypso and kwela, highlife and jazz from young black london, if you dont possess part one of this amazing chronicle of calypso music from london in the early fifties then shame on you, you can always start at volume 2 and work back, a collection of stunning archival recordings covering early calypso and the jazz influence on its sounds, features a wonderfully detailed booklet too with some stunning photos, double vinyl in gatefold sleeve, july 2005-2lp-Honest jons-€18.99
Massive attack-Heligoland-Massive attack finally return after a lenghty seven year hiatus with their fifth studio album. As it with pretty much all massive attack albums its really all about the guests on the album. This one ticks all the right boxes with regulars martina topley bird and horace andy being joined by an all star lineup including damon albarn, tunde adebimpe [tv on the radio], guy garvey [elbow], adrian utley [portishead] and the pick of them [for me anway] hope sandoval of mazzy star fame. Its another superb collection of truly blissful electronic pop and classic trip hop sounds. March 2010-Cd-Virgin-€15.99
Mazzy star-So tonight that i might see [180 gram vinyl]-The second mazzy star album, originally released back in 1993 and featuring one of their all time classic tracks fade into you. Features the voice of hope sandoval and the guitar of dave roback. Now reissued on the plain recordings label and pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. The album also features bells ring, mary of silence, five string serenade, blue light, shes my baby, unreflected, wasted, into dust and so tonight that i might see. Its hard to pick a favourite out of their three albums but if forced to then this would be it for me. March 2010-Lp-Plain recordings-€22.99
Orton beth-Trailer park [180 gram vinyl]-The debut album from beth orton gets a long overdue vinly reissue courtesy of the plain recordings label. The album now comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. The album was originally released in 1996. Features she cries your name, tangent, dont need a reason, live as you dream, sugar boy, touch me with your love, how far, someones daughter, i wish i never saw the sunshine and galaxy of emptiness. Comes in a lovely old style heavy card sleeve too. April 2010-Lp-Plain recordings-€20.99
Parliament-Motor booty affair-Reissue of one of the later albums from the parliament catalgoue. This one was originally rleeased in 1978 on the casablanca label. Features mr wriggles, rumpofsteelskin, youre a fish and im a water sign, aqua boogie, one of those funky things, liquid sunshine, the motor booty affair and deep.-Lp-Casablanca records-€13.99
Reinhardt, django-From the ultraphone shelves-Features a collection of rare recordings made by reinhardt between 1934 and 1935. The tracks were recorded under the name quintette du hot club de france which reinhardt founded with french violinst stephane grappelli. The tracks were all cut for the parisian branch of the german ultraphone label. Features 16 early gems from a legendary jazz guitarist. The album features dinah, lady be good, i saw stars, lilly belle may june, sweet sue just you, confessin, swanee river, ultrafox, avalon, smoke rings, clouds, believe it beloved, chasing shadows, ive had my moments, some of these days and djangology. Comes in a really lovely card sleeve made to replicate all those classic 78s from the past. July 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Reinhardt, django-The last years of peace [1936 to 1937]-A collection of classic early recordings from the legendary jazz guitarist django reinhardt, collected on the rather superb new reissue specialist label monk records. Pressed on lovely 180 gram vinyl with quality retro looking card sleeve and inner labels. The album features a collection of recordings made with stephane grappelly and his hot four, quintette du hot club de france, marhel warlop and son orchestre along with a couple of solo outings. November 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Road records compilation-Record store day 2010 [limited to 200 copies]-Very very limited edition compilation featuring 15 brand new tracks from some of our favourite irish bands around at the moment. The cd comes housed in a recycled card sleeve, hand numbered and stamped, each sleeve has a different photographic print on the front. There are only 200 copies of this compilation in total. The album features brand new tracks from hounds, crumb, hunter gatherer, the spook of the thirteenth lock, patrick kelleher, moutpiece, children under hoof, st catherines home for lazy infants, richer than astronauts, weil rats, boys of summer, mumblin deaf ro, girls names, school tour and peter delaney. [please note - only one copy per customer]-Cd-Road records-€10.00
Scott heron, gil-Pieces of a man-This is probably the album that made gil scott heron most famous as opens with the track the revolution will not be televised, originally released in 1973 on rca records, other highlights include lady day and john coltrane, save the children, pieces of a man and home is where the hatred is, reissue on the flying dutchman label-Lp-Flying dutchman-€13.99
Sleep whale-Little brite-Sleep whale are based around joel north on guitar and cello along with bruce blay on violin and programming. This is a really beautifully collection of sounds incorprating sparse psyche folk, post rock and gentle electronica. Its sees the meeting of gently plucked acoustic guitars, looped found sounds and laptop electronica. At times it kind of reminds me of what john fahey would sound like jamming with four tet. There is also lots of lovely gentle post rock kind of vibes going on here too, at times reminscent of the likes of the dirty 3 or even the rachels on a slightly more avant folk like buzz. Limited edition green vinyl pressing. 2009-Lp-Western vinyl-€12.99
Standells-The live ones [wail live at michigan state university 1966]-Six blistering live tracks from this legendary la based garage punk outfit from the sixties. Prior to this release on thesundazed label none of these tracks have been previously available. The tracks have all been perfectly mastered at sundazed studios and come in all their mono glory. Along with their legendary 1966 hit dirty water the album also features mr nobody, why did you hurt me, why pick on me, gloria and sometimes good guys dont wear white. Originally released in 2001 and now reissued on 10 inch vinyl.-10"-Sundazed-€13.99
Voice of the seven thunders-Voice of the seven thunders [limited to only 1000 numbered copies]-Brand new project from rick tomlinson, formerly known as voice of the seven woods [twisted nerve]. The band features long time collaborator chris walmsley on drums and rory gibson on bass, so its pretty much voice of the seven woods with a new name and it must also be added, a totally brand new sound. Whilst his previous collections have been on the hypnotic psyche folk side of things this new album is pure electric psychedelic rock, full of wailing guitar solo action. It seems the band just plugged in all their electric guitars and let loose in the studios without any prior rehearsal of the tracks. What came out is some truly hypnotic psyche rock with hints of middle eastern folk, hendrix like guitar solo action. Try to imagine if hendrix and john fahey were one person, then this is what he would have come out with. Its truly blistering stuff with just the odd break for a moment of acoustic trance like folk picking. This limited edition vinyl pressing is limited to only 1000 numbered copies and comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. April 2010-Lp-Tchantinler recordings-€23.99
World is shaking-Cubanismo from the congo [1954 to 1955]-An exceptional collection of rare sounds from the congo courtesy of the always reliable honest jons label. These are the guys that brought us the stunning london is the place for me compilations too. The album is centred around a brand new fusion of sounds from the congo in the mid fifties as ex pats started to return with all these latin american imported 78s. As local bands began to incorporate these latin rhythms into their own sound this whole new sound was born. Its kind of a similar story to the days in jamaica when soul music was first introduced to early reggae recording artists. As ever with honest jons the album comes with a detailed booklet packed with information on the artists and this ever evolving sound. The album artwork also features some stunning old black and white photos from dancehalls back in the day. July 2009-2lp-Honest jons-€19.99
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Another week and another which album will we pick as album of the week dilemma.
This week I have delegated the responsibily to Dylan, simply because I am useless at making decisions.
So to make a very long story short we have picked Here We Go Magic as this weeks album of the week here in the shop, Ariel Pink did come a very very close second but we have to respect the final decision made by Dylan. In fairness, both albums took me a few listens to really get into them but once they clicked with me I have to say I am truly loving both, sometimes I think the best albums don’t click the very first time you hear them. I am not even going to try and describe Here We Go Magic again, read the review and maybe have a listen for yourselves, I think you will enjoy it. The album is on special offer this week for only €12.99 so hopefully that will help with your decision to take a chance on it. We will have vinyl copies of the album in stock later today.
The Ariel Pink album is on special offer this week also, the cd is only €12.99 and the vinyl is €13.99.
The new Ash 7” is now in stock, we are up to the letter R now.
New album from Blitzen Trapper just out today on Sub Pop, its only €13.99 on cd and we should have some vinyl for you by next weekend.
A couple of early gems from avant rock noisemakers Dead C just reissued on vinyl this week and while I’m on the subject of classic vinyl reissues you should check out the first two Soft Machine albums, back in print on vinyl again at last.
Irish band Dark Room Notes have just re-released their debut full length album, the album has now been remastered and also comes on vinyl for the very first time.
Nice new Field Music 7” just in stock today featuring a cover of “Terrapin” by Syd Barrett on the flip side.
The recent Sage Francis album is now in stock on vinyl and comes with a download coupon.
The truly awesome Melvins are back with a brand new album this week, so far its on cd only, sorry folks but it looks like there is no vinyl pressing for this yet.
The rather lovely new Nina Nastasia album is on special offer this week on cd for only €12.99.
Brendan Perrry, he of Dead Can Dance fame, is back with his second solo album to date.
The Pierced Arrows album is now in stock on vinyl, if you are a Dead Moon fan then check this one out immediately.
A couple of nice new stoner rock albums out this week. First up is the new Mount Carmel album, reminding me of the Black Keys on a slightly more laid back buzz. And then there is the slightly more psyche tinged sounds of Sleepy Sun. Both come highly recommended by our stoner rock correspondent [that would be me].
Fans of classic early 70’s Afrobeat should check out the truly amazing reissue on the Soundway label by Ghanian outfit Sweet Talks.
The last in the series of five chronological collections from Hank Williams has just arrived in this week, another sweet gem on heavyweight vinyl featuring recordings made between 1950 and 1951.
I have already mentioned Soft Machine so I will also point you in the direction of the reissue of Robert Wyatt’s “His Greatest Misses” album on the Domino label. Worth it alone just for the version of Shipbuilding.
Right, thats it for another week, just want to say thanks to Dylan for picking album of the week this week and I hope you like his choice, can’t wait to see what he picks the week the Dinah Brand album comes out.
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Here we go magic-Pigeons-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label. The first album was much more of a one man in his bedroom style affair compared to this full blown band affair. The sounds on this one are much more expansive and full but it still retains that kind of hypnotic almost krautrock pop like feel. Its an album of ever changing moods and sounds, at times sounding like some kind of krautrock / synth pop hybrid with elements of intricate post rock guitars before then heading into a beautiful lush world of almost space rock like ambience. There are also odd hints at something that would best be described as electronic punk funk, its kind of almost new wave but with a much more synth like slant to it. And then just to confuse you even more, by the time you hit the middle of this album you get a totally guitar led track that could easily be some long lost galaxie 500 outtake. I have to say i love when an album like this arrives in the shop, it genuinely refuses to be pigeonholed in any way, hence the title maybe and thats always a good thing in my opinion. Go ask your local shop if they have anything in the futuristic psyche pop no wave punk funk krautrock genre and they will finally be able to furnish you with a gem of a new album. June 2010-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99
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Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals]. This sounds very much like the first fully fledged all band affair, its a much bigger and maybe more cohesive sounding affair compared to some of the earlier lo fi bedroom style recordings. This is in fact a collection of purely blissful and very lush psychedelic pop sounds, try to imagine if the beach boys were around in the mid eighties making radio friendly pop music, then add in a healthy dose of psychedelia. Its infectiously catchy stuff, full of clever samples and all manner of studio trickery to tie it all together so well. At times you kind of get the feeling you have just tuned into some retro rock radio station, the sounds do actually change that much from track to track. There are some wonderful guitar driven seventies like tunes mingling in here amongst the more eighties like sounds. I can only presume calling the album before today has something to do with the overall retro like vibe going on. June 2010-Cd-4ad-€12.99
Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals]. This sounds very much like the first fully fledged all band affair, its a much bigger and maybe more cohesive sounding affair compared to some of the earlier lo fi bedroom style recordings. This is in fact a collection of purely blissful and very lush psychedelic pop sounds, try to imagine if the beach boys were around in the mid eighties making radio friendly pop music, then add in a healthy dose of psychedelia. Its infectiously catchy stuff, full of clever samples and all manner of studio trickery to tie it all together so well. At times you kind of get the feeling you have just tuned into some retro rock radio station, the sounds do actually change that much from track to track. There are some wonderful guitar driven seventies like tunes mingling in here amongst the more eighties like sounds. I can only presume calling the album before today has something to do with the overall retro like vibe going on. June 2010-Lp-4ad-€13.99
Blitzen trapper-Destroyer of the void-Blitzen trapper return with their fifth full length album, recorded in portland and released again on the sub pop label. The album features string arrangements by peter broderick and sister heather woods broderick. The album also features a guest vocal from singer alela diane on one track. The album features another lovely journey into the world of americana and american rootsy rock music, both old and new, with a bit of everything from country rock to some slightly more psyche tinged folk rock. Think of a slighly psyche tinged neil young, bob dylan, ryan adams, wilco and uncle tupelo. June 2010-Cd-Sub pop-€13.99
Here we go magic-Pigeons-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label. The first album was much more of a one man in his bedroom style affair compared to this full blown band affair. The sounds on this one are much more expansive and full but it still retains that kind of hypnotic almost krautrock pop like feel. Its an album of ever changing moods and sounds, at times sounding like some kind of krautrock / synth pop hybrid with elements of intricate post rock guitars before then heading into a beautiful lush world of almost space rock like ambience. There are also odd hints at something that would best be described as electronic punk funk, its kind of almost new wave but with a much more synth like slant to it. And then just to confuse you even more, by the time you hit the middle of this album you get a totally guitar led track that could easily be some long lost galaxie 500 outtake. I have to say i love when an album like this arrives in the shop, it genuinely refuses to be pigeonholed in any way, hence the title maybe and thats always a good thing in my opinion. Go ask your local shop if they have anything in the futuristic psyche pop no wave punk funk krautrock genre and they will finally be able to furnish you with a gem of a new album. June 2010-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99
Nastasia, nina-Outlaster-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise]. The album features a truly beautiful collection of sombre orchestral folk sounds, full of quirky almost psyche folk like influences. Its got a bit of the drama of early joanna newsom, the sparse folk of cat power and some of the haunting darkness of marissa nadler. This is definitely one for a quiet dark evening. June 2010-Cd-Fat cat-€12.99
Peter wolf crier-Inter-be-Inter-be is the debut album from this minneapolis based duo featuring peter pisano and brian moen. Pisano is a former member of wisconsin based quartet wars of 1812 whilst drummer brian moen was involved with laarks and amateur love. The album features a lovely rustic collection of folk based sounds, when i say folk we are dealing in the kind of area occupied by the likes of bon iver, fleet foxes etc. Its totally rustic folk but with wholly modern twist, including military like bass drum sounds and all manner of post rock like guitar picking action. June 2010-Cd-Jag jaguwar-€11.99
Peter wolf crier-Inter-be [with download coupon]-Inter-be is the debut album from this minneapolis based duo featuring peter pisano and brian moen. Pisano is a former member of wisconsin based quartet wars of 1812 whilst drummer brian moen was involved with laarks and amateur love. The album features a lovely rustic collection of folk based sounds, when i say folk we are dealing in the kind of area occupied by the likes of bon iver, fleet foxes etc. Its totally rustic folk but with wholly modern twist, including military like bass drum sounds and all manner of post rock like guitar picking action. The album comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. June 2010-Lp-Jag jaguwar-€12.99
Psychedelic sounds of sonic cathedral-Various artists [a tribute to roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators]-An all star tribute to psychedelic legend roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators. The album features 13 exclusive cover versions by many friends and associates of sonic cathedral including the black angels [featuring roky himself], dead meadows, darker my love, a place to bury strangers, sarabeth tucek, le volume courbe [featuring kevin shields from my bloody valentine], cheval sombre [featuring sonic boom], black acid [new band formed by richard fearless from death in vegas], the strange attractors, all the saints, lower heaven, hush arbors and i break horses. June 2010-Cd-Sonic cathedral-€10.99
Ratatat-Lp4-Rather cleverly named lp4, as its their fourth album for the xl label. Rumour has it that a lot of these tracks were first conceived around the same time as the recording of their previous album [lp3] back in 2008 and in fairness it does sound like the perfect continuation of the electronic funk sounds of their last offering. This twelve track collection of instrumentals features all manner of electronic funk sounds going right back to the early days of disco whilst also taking in a bit of electro pop and glam funk along the way. Its pure good time party music. June 2010-Cd-Xl-€13.99
Ratatat-Lp4-Rather cleverly named lp4, as its their fourth album for the xl label. Rumour has it that a lot of these tracks were first conceived around the same time as the recording of their previous album [lp3] back in 2008 and in fairness it does sound like the perfect continuation of the electronic funk sounds of their last offering. This twelve track collection of instrumentals features all manner of electronic funk sounds going right back to the early days of disco whilst also taking in a bit of electro pop and glam funk along the way. Its pure good time party music. Comes in a gatefold sleeve. June 2010-Lp-Xl-€14.99
Sartain, dan-Dan sartain lives-Dan sartain returns with his brand new album, recorded in the highly respected toe rag studios in london with the now legendary producer liam watson, giving everything that lovely warm authentic analog kind of vibe. Its a wondeful collection of retro like laid back rockabilly influenced sounds, featuring lots of voodoo like garage pop and link wray tinged sixties surf pop. Its wonderfully sleazy collection of laid back grooves with hints of everything from jon spencer to the dirtbombs to the oblivions. Fans of modern garage rock and surf tinged alt rock will be in heaven when they hear this, highly recommended to fans of billy childish, holly golightly, swamp rock, fifties rockabilly and sixties garage pop. June 2010-Cd-One little indian-€12.99
Weaver, jane-The fallen by watchbird-Brand new conceptual pop project fronted by jane weaver of misty dixon. The album features a rare appearence from wendy & bonnie [harmonic creators of sixties psyche teen pop rarity genesis], lisa jen [welsh folk singer and voice of candylion by gruff rhys], susan christie [philadelphian teen pop starlet from the late sixties], traditional bosnian singer behar and members of misty dixon. Its jane weavers fifth solo album and is released on finders keepers offshoot label bird records. Its a rather beautiful and strange collection of psychedelic electronic tinged folk pop sounds. Its haunting and ethereal but somewhat catchy at the same time, kind of reminds me of espers on a slightly more twee psyche pop buzz. June 2010-Cd-Finders keepers-€13.99
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Angola prisoners blues-Various artists [180 gram vinyl]-Collection of material recorded by harry oster in the fifties at state prison in angoloa [louisiana]. These songs originally appeared on the cd only collection of the same name on the arhoolie label, but this stripped down version is the first time these tracks have been available on vinyl in many years. The original collection on arhoolie featured a total of 20 tracks recorded by oster at the prison, this vinyl release features just nine of those tracks and concentrates on the recordings of just three of those prisoners. The real gem of the pack are the four tracks from the legendary robert pete williams, after his release he went on to have a fairly successful career on the folk circuit in the 60's and 70's. The album also featues cuts from matthew maxey and robert guitar welch. The album comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Comes with a printed inner sleeve featuring lyrics for all the tracks and recording details. The album also features detailed liner notes by harry oster himself on the back of the sleeve. June 2010-Lp-Doxy-€15.99
Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals]. This sounds very much like the first fully fledged all band affair, its a much bigger and maybe more cohesive sounding affair compared to some of the earlier lo fi bedroom style recordings. This is in fact a collection of purely blissful and very lush psychedelic pop sounds, try to imagine if the beach boys were around in the mid eighties making radio friendly pop music, then add in a healthy dose of psychedelia. Its infectiously catchy stuff, full of clever samples and all manner of studio trickery to tie it all together so well. At times you kind of get the feeling you have just tuned into some retro rock radio station, the sounds do actually change that much from track to track. There are some wonderful guitar driven seventies like tunes mingling in here amongst the more eighties like sounds. I can only presume calling the album before today has something to do with the overall retro like vibe going on. June 2010-Cd-4ad-€12.99
Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals]. This sounds very much like the first fully fledged all band affair, its a much bigger and maybe more cohesive sounding affair compared to some of the earlier lo fi bedroom style recordings. This is in fact a collection of purely blissful and very lush psychedelic pop sounds, try to imagine if the beach boys were around in the mid eighties making radio friendly pop music, then add in a healthy dose of psychedelia. Its infectiously catchy stuff, full of clever samples and all manner of studio trickery to tie it all together so well. At times you kind of get the feeling you have just tuned into some retro rock radio station, the sounds do actually change that much from track to track. There are some wonderful guitar driven seventies like tunes mingling in here amongst the more eighties like sounds. I can only presume calling the album before today has something to do with the overall retro like vibe going on. June 2010-Lp-4ad-€13.99
Ash-R [physical world]-Ok folks, we are now up to the letter r in the ash series of alphabetical releases, that means we have only eight more left after this. This one features a brand new track physical world and comes with a lovely limited etching on the flip side. Limited edition heavy vinyl pressing in a lovely lurid pink sleeve. June 2010-7"-Atomic heart records-€6.50
Blitzen trapper-Destroyer of the void-Blitzen trapper return with their fifth full length album, recorded in portland and released again on the sub pop label. The album features string arrangements by peter broderick and sister heather woods broderick. The album also features a guest vocal from singer alela diane on one track. The album features another lovely journey into the world of americana and american rootsy rock music, both old and new, with a bit of everything from country rock to some slightly more psyche tinged folk rock. Think of a slighly psyche tinged neil young, bob dylan, ryan adams, wilco and uncle tupelo. June 2010-Cd-Sub pop-€13.99
Bustin out-Volume two [1982 new wave to new beat]-The second in a series of themed compilations from the future noise label, concentrating on the development of sounds from early new wave / post punk into new beat and punk funk. This album features a total of fifteen gems from the period around 1982, its pretty much all dedicated to the more electronic based side of new wave. The album features a wonderful cross section of sounds going the pure disco funk of esg to much more hard hitting sounds of the likes of front 242. Joining both of these outfits on the compilation are kie krupps, klein and mbo, man parish, gary numan, mark stewart and the fammia, dub syndicate, benjamin lew and steven brown, shriekback, colourbox, afrika bambaataa and the soulsonic force, chrish and cosey, portion control and pylon. The album comes packaged with a detailed full colour booklet with liner notes by kris needs. June 2010-Cd-Future noise music-€15.99
Capitals, the-Take everything-The debut three track ep from this young new dublin based indie rock outfit. Featuring singer / bassist evan dempsey [16], guitarist mark ryan [16] and drummer glen guerin [15] these guys dish up an explosive and youthful take on classic indie rock and post punk sounds, imagine the strokes with a slightly more classic rock slant. May 2010-Cds-I-nv-u records-€4.99
Dark room notes-We love you dark matter [remastered]-The debut album from this irish based four piece. Follows on from a couple of superb singles in the last few years. Features the truly infectious single love like nicotine along with 9 other slightly dark edged new wave tunes. These guys have a bit of the synth pop of new order, the fuzzed up guitar rock of bloc party, the reverb laden sounds of the cure and plenty of late eighties new wave. The album features a perfect blend of electronic beats, lush synths, big heavy guitars and pulsating live drums. The album now comes reissued and remastered on the bbe label. The album also comes with brand new updated artwork, which is completely different to the origian version on the gonzo label. May 2010-Cd-Bbe-€11.99
Dark room notes-We love you dark matter [remastered]-The debut album from this irish based four piece. Follows on from a couple of superb singles in the last few years. Features the truly infectious single love like nicotine along with 9 other slightly dark edged new wave tunes. These guys have a bit of the synth pop of new order, the fuzzed up guitar rock of bloc party, the reverb laden sounds of the cure and plenty of late eighties new wave. The album features a perfect blend of electronic beats, lush synths, big heavy guitars and pulsating live drums. The album now comes reissued and remastered on the bbe label. Now also available for the very first time on vinyl. The album also comes with brand new updated artwork, which is completely different to the origian version on the gonzo label. May 2010-Lp-Bbe-€14.99
Dead c-Clyma est mort / tentative power [double vinyl with free cd]-Recorded live in their practice room in port chalmers way back in 1992. The album comes described as a live album on may blogs and websites but in truth the only other person there apart from the band was tom lax of siltbreeze, the band did record the album live but obviously without an audience. The album was originally released by the band themselves as a kind of fake bootleg. This new reissue of the album now comes with a bonus record featuring a collection of hard to find non album tracks. Its a wonderfully chaotic collection of psychedelic like avant rock jams, rumour has it these guys have never performed a song the same way twice and personally we love them. Double heavyweight vinyl pressing in a big ultra heavy card gatefold sleeve. The album also comes with a free bonus cd which features all the tracks from both records. June 2010-2lp-Ba da bing-€30.99
Dead c-Max harris-Max harris captures the first recordings the dead c ever made, way back in january 1987. These tracks were originally released on cassette tape in an edition of only 21, so this is the first official vinyl release of these tracks. To quote the stick on the sleeve this album features two epic versions of max harris that will screw your head to the floor. These guys are probably one of new zealands finest noise rock outfits, starting out in 1987 with these recordings they wen't on to influence many bands in both the psyche rock and no wave genre. The album comes with a download coupon featuring a full download of the entire album. June 2010-Lp-Ba da bing-€21.99
Field music-Lets write a book-The second single to be taken from their truly wondeful album field music [measure] from earlier this year. The flip side features a brand new and exlusive cover of syd barrets famous track terrapin. Limited to only 300 copies on 7 inch vinyl. June 2010-7"-Memphis industries-€4.50
Francis, sage-Life [with download coupon]-Sage francis returns with a brand new album on the anti label. I think it would be fair to say this man has always been pushing the boundaries of what hip hop can and should sound like, he has always been one to try and work with musicians from outside to genre to try and bend / blend the divisions between rock and hip hop. On this album francis has enlisted producer brian deck to blend it all together. Guest musicians / songwriters on the album include jim becker and tim rutili from chicago outfit califone, ex grandaddy frontman jason lytle, chris walla from death cab for cutie, mark linkous of sparklehorse, joey burns and john convertino from calexico and devotchka. The album is pressed on double vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve. Comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon too. June 2010-2lp-Anti-€17.99
Goldfrapp-Head first [with free cd]-Goldfrapp returns with her fifth studio album to date on the mute label. Its another pulsating collection of electro pop tinged modern pop sounds, full of eighties synth based influences and lots of ambient pop like touches along the way. Its probably one of her catchiest albums to date too, the album is brimming with nine infectious dreamy pop songs. It kind of hints at times like the meeting of human league and st etienne, full of sultry electro pop, both retro and modern at the same time. The album comes packaged with a giant foldout poster and a full copy of the album on cd inside the sleeve. Comes in a lovely gatefold sleeve too. May 2010-Lp-Mute-€19.99
Here we go magic-Pigeons-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label. The first album was much more of a one man in his bedroom style affair compared to this full blown band affair. The sounds on this one are much more expansive and full but it still retains that kind of hypnotic almost krautrock pop like feel. Its an album of ever changing moods and sounds, at times sounding like some kind of krautrock / synth pop hybrid with elements of intricate post rock guitars before then heading into a beautiful lush world of almost space rock like ambience. There are also odd hints at something that would best be described as electronic punk funk, its kind of almost new wave but with a much more synth like slant to it. And then just to confuse you even more, by the time you hit the middle of this album you get a totally guitar led track that could easily be some long lost galaxie 500 outtake. I have to say i love when an album like this arrives in the shop, it genuinely refuses to be pigeonholed in any way, hence the title maybe and thats always a good thing in my opinion. Go ask your local shop if they have anything in the futuristic psyche pop no wave punk funk krautrock genre and they will finally be able to furnish you with a gem of a new album. June 2010-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99
King, albert-Born under a bad sign-Originally released as a series of singles by the stax label in the mid sixties, these tracks were culled from several sessions that albert king cut for the stax label with their legendary house band booker t & the mg's. King signed for the stax label in 1966 and rapidly set about cutting these blistering soulful blues classics, pretty much every one a gem. The original album featured eleven tracks and this new reissue on the sundazed label comes with two extra bonus cuts. Comes with all the original artwork with liner notes by bill dahl. The album features born under a bad sign, crosscut saw, kansas city, oh pretty woman, down don't bother me, the hunter, funk-shun, i almost lost my mind, personal manager, laundromat blues, as they years go passing by, the very thought of you and overall junction.-Lp-Sundazed-€21.99
Lcd soundsystem-Drunk girls-Features drunk girls along with holy ghost remix on the flip side. The first single to be lifted from the brand new album this is happening. Its a big fuzzy guitar heavy slice of glam rock tinged electronic funk. Infectiously catchy stuff sounding like david bowie in a distincly lcd soundsytem mood. May 2010-12"-Dfa-€5.99
Lcd soundsystem-Drunk girls-Features drunk girls and drunk girls [wooden shjips version] on the flip side. The first single to be lifted from the brand new album this is happening. Its a big fuzzy guitar heavy slice of glam rock tinged electronic funk. Infectiously catchy stuff sounding like david bowie in a distincly lcd soundsytem mood. May 2010-7"-Dfa-€4.50
Mantler-Monody-The album features a roster of guest musicians including sandro perri, ben gunning [local rabbit], jennifer mecija and anissa hart [the ohbijou string section], ryan driver and marcus quin [silt], ernest agbuya and matias rozenberg [the matias band], sam allison and teilhard frost [sheesham and lotus] as well as longtime backing vocalist dennis frey. Mantler is also a member of the matias band. The album also features brass arrangements on two tracks by owen pallett [final fantasy]. Its an album of smooth mellow almost seventies like soul sounds with hints at the laid back jazz rock of the likes of steely dan. At times it kind of reminds me of john martyn jamming with stevie wonder, full of soulful hammond organ and folk / jazz like sunshine rock sounds. Its beautifully laid back stuff, this could be perfect driving music in an open top car on a beautiful sunny day, so you will get to play it once a year in this country. June 2010-Cd-Tomlab-€17.99
Mantler-Monody-The album features a roster of guest musicians including sandro perri, ben gunning [local rabbit], jennifer mecija and anissa hart [the ohbijou string section], ryan driver and marcus quin [silt], ernest agbuya and matias rozenberg [the matias band], sam allison and teilhard frost [sheesham and lotus] as well as longtime backing vocalist dennis frey. Mantler is also a member of the matias band. The album also features brass arrangements on two tracks by owen pallett [final fantasy]. Its an album of smooth mellow almost seventies like soul sounds with hints at the laid back jazz rock of the likes of steely dan. At times it kind of reminds me of john martyn jamming with stevie wonder, full of soulful hammond organ and folk / jazz like sunshine rock sounds. Its beautifully laid back stuff, this could be perfect driving music in an open top car on a beautiful sunny day, so you will get to play it once a year in this country. June 2010-Lp-Tomlab-€18.99
Mccook, tommy and the aggrovators-Brass rockers [king tubby and bunny lee presents]-Reissue of this classic 1975 set of tunes from the legendary tommy mccook. Featuring the awesome production skills of king tubby, under the guidance of bunny lee. Tommy mccook was at one time the mainman in the skatalites and later went on to join the supersonics. According to the man himself [bunny lee] tubby did three original dub albums with tommy mccook, the first two were dub from the roots and the roots of dub, this here being the third in that legendary trio. The album now comes pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Features a dancing dub, a version i can feel with love, a loving melody, the mighty gates of goza, bongo man dub, true believer in dubs, the duke of dubs, the big boss boss of dubs, behold dis ya dub of class, dance with me, a gigantic dub and the gorgon of dub horns. If nothing else its worth it just for the astonishing song titles, thankfully the music is pretty awesome too. June 2010-Lp-Jamaican recordings-€16.99
Melvins-Bride screamed murder-As a long time fan of psychedelic sludge rock, there is no greater feeling than a brand new melvins album arriving in the shop. This is their third so far since enlisting the help of jared warren and coady willis from big business, overall they must be hitting nearly 20 albums at this stage. You will be happy to hear its pretty much business as usual at melvins central, another superbly sludge like and dirty collection of psychedelic stoner rock sounds with lots of trademark twists and turns. There is even a strange call & response style thing going on that actually sounds a bit like adam and the ants, if they had been a bunch of filthy stoner rockers though. I suppose the track everybody will go wild for is the truly awesome eight minute cover of my generation [the who], barely recognizable apart from the lyrics. If you dont already love the melvins then may i suggest you start now. June 2010-Cd-Ipecac-€17.99
Monkees, the-Birds bees and monkees-Originally released in 1968, this was the fifth full length album by the monkees. This reissue on the sundazed label features the original twelve track album along with two bonus tracks. Features dream world, aunties municipal court, we were made for each other, tapioca tundra, daydream believer, writing wrongs, i'll be back up on my feet, the poster, po box 9847, magnolia simms, valleri, zor and zam along with the bonus tracks i'm gonna try [previously unissued] and po box 9847 [previously unissued alternate mix].-Lp-Sundazed-€21.99
Mount carmel-Mount carmel-Blues rock power trio on the siltbreeze label. Features matthew reed, patrick reed and kevin shubak. This is the debut full length album from this columbus based outfit, recorded entirely on old analog equipment. Its a wonderfully enjoyable forty minutes of fuzzed up blues rock sounds, think somebetween early zeppelin, black sabbath and the black keys with just a hint of the early stoner rock sounds of kyuss thrown in for extra heaviness. Theres a lovely retro kind of vibe from the album, its full of fuzzed up heavy guitar workouts and lots of laid back hazy psyche blues vibes. June 2010-Cd-Siltbreeze-€17.99
Mount carmel-Mount carmel-Blues rock power trio on the siltbreeze label. Features matthew reed, patrick reed and kevin shubak. This is the debut full length album from this columbus based outfit, recorded entirely on old analog equipment. Its a wonderfully enjoyable forty minutes of fuzzed up blues rock sounds, think somebetween early zeppelin, black sabbath and the black keys with just a hint of the early stoner rock sounds of kyuss thrown in for extra heaviness. Theres a lovely retro kind of vibe from the album, its full of fuzzed up heavy guitar workouts and lots of laid back hazy psyche blues vibes. June 2010-Lp-Siltbreeze-€22.99
Nastasia, nina-Outlaster-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise]. The album features a truly beautiful collection of sombre orchestral folk sounds, full of quirky almost psyche folk like influences. Its got a bit of the drama of early joanna newsom, the sparse folk of cat power and some of the haunting darkness of marissa nadler. This is definitely one for a quiet dark evening. June 2010-Cd-Fat cat-€12.99
Perry, brendan-Ark-If you are not a long time dead can dance fan you are probably thinking to yourself, brendan who. This man has been making records with lisa gerrard under the dead can dance name for nearly three decades now, in fact they are probably one of the biggest selling acts of all time on the legendary 4ad label. Thats the end of the history lesson about brendan perry, apart from the fact that this is only his second solo album to date and it was all recorded here in ireland [we think he still lives here, so we like to think of him as our own at this stage]. Perry does pretty much everything on the album, right down to recording and production. Its a wonderfully expansive collection of sounds, mostly synth and keyboard driven with a lovely kind of space like ambience about it at times. Some of the tracks are mildly reminscent of his work with dead can dance but this one has a somewhat dubby like overall feel about it. Its introspective and dark at times, in fairness what else did you expect. June 2010-Cd-Cooking vinyl-€16.99
Peter wolf crier-Inter-be-Inter-be is the debut album from this minneapolis based duo featuring peter pisano and brian moen. Pisano is a former member of wisconsin based quartet wars of 1812 whilst drummer brian moen was involved with laarks and amateur love. The album features a lovely rustic collection of folk based sounds, when i say folk we are dealing in the kind of area occupied by the likes of bon iver, fleet foxes etc. Its totally rustic folk but with wholly modern twist, including military like bass drum sounds and all manner of post rock like guitar picking action. June 2010-Cd-Jag jaguwar-€11.99
Peter wolf crier-Inter-be [with download coupon]-Inter-be is the debut album from this minneapolis based duo featuring peter pisano and brian moen. Pisano is a former member of wisconsin based quartet wars of 1812 whilst drummer brian moen was involved with laarks and amateur love. The album features a lovely rustic collection of folk based sounds, when i say folk we are dealing in the kind of area occupied by the likes of bon iver, fleet foxes etc. Its totally rustic folk but with wholly modern twist, including military like bass drum sounds and all manner of post rock like guitar picking action. The album comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. June 2010-Lp-Jag jaguwar-€12.99
Pierced arrows-Descending shadows [with download coupon]-Long time fans of cult outfit dead moon will probably be well aware that this new project features husband and wife team of fred and toody cole along with new recruit kelly halliburton. This is the second album that i am aware of from pierced arrows, their previous album straight to the heart came out in 2008. The album features a classically raw collection of primal garage punk sounds breaking into all manner of swampy blues likes dirges from time to time. Imagine the cramps jamming with the birthday party in some old dusty sixties garage rock basement. The album also comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. May 2010-Lp-Vice music-€21.99
Psychedelic sounds of sonic cathedral-Various artists [a tribute to roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators]-An all star tribute to psychedelic legend roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators. The album features 13 exclusive cover versions by many friends and associates of sonic cathedral including the black angels [featuring roky himself], dead meadows, darker my love, a place to bury strangers, sarabeth tucek, le volume courbe [featuring kevin shields from my bloody valentine], cheval sombre [featuring sonic boom], black acid [new band formed by richard fearless from death in vegas], the strange attractors, all the saints, lower heaven, hush arbors and i break horses. June 2010-Cd-Sonic cathedral-€10.99
Ratatat-Lp4-Rather cleverly named lp4, as its their fourth album for the xl label. Rumour has it that a lot of these tracks were first conceived around the same time as the recording of their previous album [lp3] back in 2008 and in fairness it does sound like the perfect continuation of the electronic funk sounds of their last offering. This twelve track collection of instrumentals features all manner of electronic funk sounds going right back to the early days of disco whilst also taking in a bit of electro pop and glam funk along the way. Its pure good time party music. June 2010-Cd-Xl-€13.99
Ratatat-Lp4-Rather cleverly named lp4, as its their fourth album for the xl label. Rumour has it that a lot of these tracks were first conceived around the same time as the recording of their previous album [lp3] back in 2008 and in fairness it does sound like the perfect continuation of the electronic funk sounds of their last offering. This twelve track collection of instrumentals features all manner of electronic funk sounds going right back to the early days of disco whilst also taking in a bit of electro pop and glam funk along the way. Its pure good time party music. Comes in a gatefold sleeve. June 2010-Lp-Xl-€14.99
Sartain, dan-Dan sartain lives-Dan sartain returns with his brand new album, recorded in the highly respected toe rag studios in london with the now legendary producer liam watson, giving everything that lovely warm authentic analog kind of vibe. Its a wondeful collection of retro like laid back rockabilly influenced sounds, featuring lots of voodoo like garage pop and link wray tinged sixties surf pop. Its wonderfully sleazy collection of laid back grooves with hints of everything from jon spencer to the dirtbombs to the oblivions. Fans of modern garage rock and surf tinged alt rock will be in heaven when they hear this, highly recommended to fans of billy childish, holly golightly, swamp rock, fifties rockabilly and sixties garage pop. June 2010-Cd-One little indian-€12.99
Shepp, archie-Blase-Originally released way back in 1969 on the byg label now reissued on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl in a big heavy card gatefold sleeve. The album features my angel, blase, the is a balm in gilead, sophisticated lady and toureg. Joing shepp on the recordings are jeanne lee [vocals], chicago beau [harmonica], julio finn [harmonica], dave burrell [piano], malachi favors [bass], philly joe jones [drums] and lester bowie [trumpet]. Recorded in paris on the 16th of august 1969.-Lp-Byg-€14.99
Silent league-But you've always been-The third album from this brooklyn based psyche pop outfit [how many of these exist at this stage]. The band features a collection of musicians who have also been known to moonlight in mercury rev, arcade fire, beirut and leisure society. The album features a collection of rather joyous sounding psyche pop sounds, at times sounding like elo given a bit of a synth pop overhaul. Its also full of lush orchestral pop sounds, a totally laid back lazy summery collection of songs with little hints of everything from arcade fire to flaming lips and even the beach boys. The album comes packaged with a bonus ten track remix cd. Comes in a lovely four part foldout card sleeve too. June 2010-2cd-Something in construction-€17.99
Sleepy sun-Fever-The follow up to their album embrace, also released on the atp label. Sleepy sun are a san franciscan based psyche rock outfit. These guys deal in the more laid back side of psyche rock calling to mind the sounds of black mountain or brightblack morning light. Its very much an album owing a lot to the hazy summer sounds of seventies psyche rock with sleepy sun adding just the odd hint of avant rock and wigged out blues. At times sounding like a slighly more avant rock led zeppelin meets the kind of sleepy desert rock of kyuss. With a name like sleepy sun they are probably one of the most aptly named bands, i can imagine listening to this on a hazy summers evening. June 2010-Cd-Atp recordings-€17.99
Sleepy sun-Fever [with download coupon]-The follow up to their album embrace, also released on the atp label. Sleepy sun are a san franciscan based psyche rock outfit. These guys deal in the more laid back side of psyche rock calling to mind the sounds of black mountain or brightblack morning light. Its very much an album owing a lot to the hazy summer sounds of seventies psyche rock with sleepy sun adding just the odd hint of avant rock and wigged out blues. At times sounding like a slighly more avant rock led zeppelin meets the kind of sleepy desert rock of kyuss. With a name like sleepy sun they are probably one of the most aptly named bands, i can imagine listening to this on a hazy summers evening. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl and also comes with a free download coupon. June 2010-Lp-Atp recordings-€16.99
Soft machine-Soft machine-This set of songs recorded as demos back in 1967 rather rapidly became packaged together and became the soft machines legendary debut full length album the following year. The album features the original three piece line-up of robert wyatt, mike ratledge and kevin ayers. Ayers was then replaced by bassist hugh hopper the following year for their second album [volume two]. The album features hope for happiness, joy for a toy, hope for happiness [reprise], why am i so short, so boot if at all, a certain kind, save yourself, priscilla, lullabye letter, we did it again, plus belle qu une poubelle, why are we sleeping and box 25/4 lid. This reissue now comes pressed on 180 gram vinyl and features a perfect replica of the original heavy card gatefold sleeve.-Lp-Tapestry-€19.99
Soft machine-Volume two-The title may give it away, but in case you haven't noticed this was the second soft machine album, released way back in 1969. Roy ayers had left the band at this stage to be replaced by bassist hugh hopper making up the trio with regulars robert wyatt and mike ratledge. The album now comes reissued on 180 gram vinyl and features all the original artwork. The album features pataphysical introduction part one, a concise british alphabet part one, hibou anemone and bear, a concise british alphabet part two, hulloder, dada was here, thank you pierrot lunaire, have you ever been green, pataphysical introduction part two, out of tunes, as long as he lies here perfectly still, dedicated to you but you weren't listening, fire engine passing with bells clanging, pig, orange skin food, a door opens & closes and 10 30 returns to the bedroom.-Lp-Probe records-€13.99
Sun ra-Disco 3000-Recorded live in italy in 1978 featuring a totally pared down quartet of sun ra [keys], john gilmore [tenor sax], michael ray [trumpet] and luqman ali [drums] with some assistance from crumar mainman [synthesizer / rhythm box]. The album features disco 3000, third planet, friendly galaxy and dance of the cosmo-aliens. Comes with liner notes by michael ray along with a short piece by chris trent on the printed inner sleeve.-Lp-Kindred spirits-€13.99
Sweet talks-Kusum beat-The soundway label returns with another superb collection of vintage afro jams. Sweet talk were huge stars in their native ghana and featured well known vocalist ab crentsil and veteran guitarist smart nkansah. The band were the brainchild of jonathan abraham, the manager of talk of the town, a popular hotel in the port town of tema which is located just outside ghanas capitol city accra. The band were assembled by abraham as the house band for the hotel and almost instantly amassed a huge following. Blissfully hypnotic afro beat sounds with just a hint of early disco and american funk. It may be nearly 40 years old but this quite easily become the soundtrack to the summer months. June 2010-Lp-Soundway-€18.99
Weaver, jane-The fallen by watchbird-Brand new conceptual pop project fronted by jane weaver of misty dixon. The album features a rare appearence from wendy & bonnie [harmonic creators of sixties psyche teen pop rarity genesis], lisa jen [welsh folk singer and voice of candylion by gruff rhys], susan christie [philadelphian teen pop starlet from the late sixties], traditional bosnian singer behar and members of misty dixon. Its jane weavers fifth solo album and is released on finders keepers offshoot label bird records. Its a rather beautiful and strange collection of psychedelic electronic tinged folk pop sounds. Its haunting and ethereal but somewhat catchy at the same time, kind of reminds me of espers on a slightly more twee psyche pop buzz. June 2010-Cd-Finders keepers-€13.99
Williams, hank-Ramblin man [180 gram vinyl]-This is the fifth and final release in a series of chronological releases from the doxy label by hank williams. The album comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Features a collection of 18 tracks in total, recorded between 1950 and 1951. The sessions were all recorded at castle studios in nashville, culled from six different sessions in total. The album features dear john, just waitin', men with broken hearts, i can't help it [if i'm still in love with you], howlin at the moon, hey good lookin, my heart would know, the pale horse and his rider, a home in heaven, ramblin man, pictures from lifes other side, i've been down that road before, i dreamt about mama last night, i heard that lonesome whistle, crazy heart, half as much, id still want you and baby we're really in love. May 2010-Lp-Doxy-€15.99
Wray, link-Jack the ripper-Long out of print and rare collections of singles from link wray, originally compiled way back in 1963. The album now comes perfectly reproduced on the sundazed label, remastered from the original swan mono master tapes. Features all the original artwork including a very very youthful looking photograph link wray on the back. The album features mr guitar, my beth, deacon jones, steep trap, cross ties, jack the ripper, fat back, run chicken run, dinosaur, big ben, mash potato party ahd his most famous track rumble. Originally reissued by sundazed label in 2005 and its finally back in print again on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl.-Lp-Sundazed-€21.99
Wyatt, robert-His greatest misses-Limited edition reissue on the domino label of this hard to find collection of rarities from robert wyatt. The album was originally released as a japanese import in 2004 but has been out of print for many years now. The album features a collection of seventeen gems from robert wyatts back catalogue, including the much sought after track shipbuilding. Along with this you also get pla, worship, heaps of sheeps, free will and testament, im a believer, sea song, little red robin hood hit the road, solar flares, at last i am free, arauco, the age of self, alien, memories of you, muddy mouse [b], mister e and foreign accents. The album comes in a lovely card gatefold sleeve. June 2010-Cd-Domino-€13.99
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Capitals, the-Take everything-The debut three track ep from this young new dublin based indie rock outfit. Featuring singer / bassist evan dempsey [16], guitarist mark ryan [16] and drummer glen guerin [15] these guys dish up an explosive and youthful take on classic indie rock and post punk sounds, imagine the strokes with a slightly more classic rock slant. May 2010-Cds-I-nv-u records-€4.99
Dark room notes-We love you dark matter [remastered]-The debut album from this irish based four piece. Follows on from a couple of superb singles in the last few years. Features the truly infectious single love like nicotine along with 9 other slightly dark edged new wave tunes. These guys have a bit of the synth pop of new order, the fuzzed up guitar rock of bloc party, the reverb laden sounds of the cure and plenty of late eighties new wave. The album features a perfect blend of electronic beats, lush synths, big heavy guitars and pulsating live drums. The album now comes reissued and remastered on the bbe label. The album also comes with brand new updated artwork, which is completely different to the origian version on the gonzo label. May 2010-Cd-Bbe-€11.99
Dark room notes-We love you dark matter [remastered]-The debut album from this irish based four piece. Follows on from a couple of superb singles in the last few years. Features the truly infectious single love like nicotine along with 9 other slightly dark edged new wave tunes. These guys have a bit of the synth pop of new order, the fuzzed up guitar rock of bloc party, the reverb laden sounds of the cure and plenty of late eighties new wave. The album features a perfect blend of electronic beats, lush synths, big heavy guitars and pulsating live drums. The album now comes reissued and remastered on the bbe label. Now also available for the very first time on vinyl. The album also comes with brand new updated artwork, which is completely different to the origian version on the gonzo label. May 2010-Lp-Bbe-€14.99
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Clogs-The creatures in the garden of lady walton [this album is released on the 11th of june]-The return of this almost classical like quartet featuring bryce dessner and padma newsome from the national. The album also features guest vocals from sufjan stevens, my brightest diamond and matt berninger [the national].-Cd-Brassland-€12.99
Gaslight anthem-American slang [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Brand new album from this new jersey outfit on the side one dummy label. The album features recent singles american slang and the boxer. Its their first album since the 59 sound from 2008, the album is also produced by ted hutt again.-Cd-Side one dummy-€13.99
Gaslight anthem-American slang [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Brand new album from this new jersey outfit on the side one dummy label. The album features recent singles american slang and the boxer. Its their first album since the 59 sound from 2008, the album is also produced by ted hutt again.-Lp-Side one dummy-€14.99
Here we go magic-Pigeons [this album will be released on the 11th of june]-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label. The first album was much more of a one man in his bedroom style affair compared to this full blown band affair. The sounds on this one are much more expansive and full but it still retains that kind of hypnotic almost krautrock pop like feel. Its an album of ever changing moods and sounds, at times sounding like some kind of krautrock / synth pop hybrid with elements of intricate post rock guitars before then heading into a beautiful lush world of almost space rock like ambience. There are also odd hints at something that would best be described as electronic punk funk, its kind of almost new wave but with a much more synth like slant to it. And then just to confuse you even more, by the time you hit the middle of this album you get a totally guitar led track that could easily be some long lost galaxie 500 outtake. I have to say i love when an album like this arrives in the shop, it genuinely refuses to be pigeonholed in any way, hence the title maybe and thats always a good thing in my opinion. Go ask your local shop if they have anything in the futuristic psyche pop no wave punk funk krautrock genre and they will finally be able to furnish you with a gem of a new album. June 2010-Lp-Secretly canadian-€13.99
Horse feathers-Thistled spring [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Horse feathers return with their third full length album.-Cd-Kill rock stars-€13.99
Horse feathers-Thistled spring [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Horse feathers return with their third full length album.-Lp-Kill rock stars-€14.99
Nastasia, nina-Outlaster [this album will be released on the 11th of june]-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise]. The album features a truly beautiful collection of sombre orchestral folk sounds, full of quirky almost psyche folk like influences. Its got a bit of the drama of early joanna newsom, the sparse folk of cat power and some of the haunting darkness of marissa nadler. This is definitely one for a quiet dark evening. Limited to only 500 copies on vinyl and comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. June 2010-Lp-Fat cat-€14.99
Pernice brothers-Goodbye killer [this album is released on the 11th of june]-The pernice brothers finally return with their first full length album since live a little from way back in 2006. Brothers joe and bob pernice return with a brand new collection of originals, recorded in an attic in boston.-Cd-One little indian-€12.99
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Air-Moon safari-10 track album from french electronic outfit. Smooth electronic soundscapes with lots of vocorders and old synth sounds. Originaly released way back in 1998. Features la femme dargent, sexy boy, all i need, kelly watch the stars, talisman, remember, you take it easy, ce matin la, new star in the sky and le voyage de penelope-Lp-Virgin-€19.99
Beach house-Beach house-Limited edition reissue on vinyl of the debut beach house album from way back in 2006. The album was originally released on the carpark label and now comes fully remastered specially for this vinyl release. Its pressed on 180 gram vinyl and features all the original artwork including printed inner sleeve. The album features saltwater, tokyo witch, apple orchard, master of none, auburn and ivory, childhood, lovlier girl, house on the hill and heart & lungs. March 2010-Lp-Heart break beat-€18.99
Beastie boys-The mix up-This is the beasties 7th studio album, 12 tracks of totally instrumental grooves and workouts featuring the keyboards of longtime collaborator money mark and percussionist alfredo ortiz, the album is a completely live collection of sounds featuring no vocals or samples, its great to hear these guys going back to their roots with just drums, guitars and bass, the album features some rather excellent seventies funk sounds with hints of sixties psychedelic funk and even one track where the boys do a very very good job at some funky dub reggae, comes in a card gatefold sleeve, august 2007-Lp-Capitol-€19.99
Best coast-Something in the way-A rather deliciously fuzzed up slice of indie surf pop from the former pocahaunted member bethany cosentino on the post present label. It really is a heavenly slice of sixties bubblegum dream like pop meets the pure fuzz of early jesus and mary chain. The single also features wish he was you and the road [do you think she wrote that about us]. May 2010-7"-Post present music-€4.50
Big star-Radio city-This was big stars second album originally from 1974 and the first made without chris bell. Features alex chilton, andy hummel and jody stephens. Comes in a perfect replica heavy card sleeve. Features o my soul, life is white, way out west, whats goin ahn, you get what you deserve, mod lang, back of a car, daisy glaze, shes a mover, september gurls, morpha too and im in love with a girl. Reissue on the ardent label.-Lp-Ardent records-€18.99
Boggs, dock-Legendary singer and banjo player-Limited edition 180 gram vinyl reissue on the original folkways label. The album comes beautifully packaged in a replica of the original heavy card sleeve. I have to say i am really loving this new series of reissues from folkways, its just amazing to have some of these classic records available again, pristine pressings and superb sound quality. This collection was originally released back in 1963. The inner booklet features detailed liner notes with lyrics and information on boggs playing style. The album features a stunning collecton of traditional blues, country blues and appalachian folk learnt by boggs as far back as the early twenties. The majority of recordings were made by mike seeger during dock boggs revival in the sixties. October 2009-Lp-Smithsonian folkways-€18.99
Byrd, donald-Slow drag-Released on the blue note label back in 1967, the album is now reissued with the original gatefold sleeve and liner notes by nat hentoff. Features slow drag, secret love, books bossa, jelly roll, the loner and my ideal. Joining byrd on these sessions were sonny red on alto sax, decar walton on piano, walter booker on bass and billy higgins on drums [and vocals].-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Cole, ollie-We albatri-The debut solo album from the former singer with irish band turn. The album features a collection of brand new tunes written and arranged by cole himself. It really must be said this is a very different beast to his former band turn in pretty much every way possible. Its an album featuring some beautifully delicate ballads and lots of beatlesesque rock n roll sounds. Its full of infectiously catchy almost rootsy like pop sounds with even a couple of hints of the beach boys summery pop thrown in. March 2010-Cd-Emi-€14.99
Fools gold-Fools gold [with mp3 download coupon]-Los angeles based multicultural outfit finally drop their self titled debut album for the iamsound label. Spearheaded by luke top and lewis pesacov, both native israelis who emigrated to la at a young age. The album is like some kind of mini tour around the different musical cultures of the world. Obvious influences would be funky african music and traditional folk of the middle east. These guys also add in lots of guitar based alt rock influences, its ends up reminding me a bit of vampire weekend with more of a traditional feel. The album also comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album along with bonus remixes by sizzla judgement yard and acid girls. 2009-Lp-Iamsound records-€22.99
Funkadelic-Lets take it to the stage-Originally released in 1975 on the westbound label, this american reissue comes in the original gatefold sleeve, produced by george clinton, features good to your earhole, better by the pound, be my beach, no head no backstage pass, lets take it to the stage, get off your ass and jam, i owe you something good, stuffs and things, the song is familiar and atmosphere-Lp-Westbound records-€13.99
Goldfrapp-Head first-Goldfrapp returns with her fifth studio album to date on the mute label. Its another pulsating collection of electro pop tinged modern pop sounds, full of eighties synth based influences and lots of ambient pop like touches along the way. Its probably one of her catchiest albums to date too, the album is brimming with nine infectious dreamy pop songs. It kind of hints at times like the meeting of human league and st etienne, full of sultry electro pop, both retro and modern at the same time. March 2010-Cd-Mute-€15.99
Hayes, isaac-Hot buttered soul-One of the classic soul albums of all time, originally released back in 1969 on the fantasy label, american reissue on the stax label, features isaac taking on the classic tunes walk on by, by the time i get to phoenix and one woman, every track is just pure classic laid back soul with the bar kays providing all the music, 19 minutes of by the time i get to phoenix is simply pure bliss-Lp-Stax-€14.99
Hayes, isaac-The isaac hayes movement-Originally released in 1970, this was the third solo release from isaac hayes on the legendary stax label. The album features i stand accused, one big unhappy family, i just dont know what to do with myself and something. The album was produced by hayes himself and features arrangements by dale warren. The album now comes reissued on the enterprise label and features all the original artwork.-Lp-Enterprise records-€13.99
Jonsi and alex-Riceboy sleeps-Brand new side project fronted by sigur ros mainman jonsi along with graphic designer alex somers, he is the man who designed the artwork for the sigur ros album takk. The album features nine pieces of truly sublime mostly instrumental sounds which at times are almost borering on modern classical. Its full of swirling synth drone effects and shimmering guitar sounds with tons of lush strings courtesy of sigur ros collaborators amiina. It really is a rather beautiful collection of calming sounds with the kind of minimal ambience that sigur ros fans will adore from the first note. Its also an album that will definitely appeal to fans of the ambient sounds of the likes of brian eno and even to lovers of the touch label. Comes in a lovely card gatefold sleeve which of course was designed by alex somers. July 2009-Cd-Emi-€12.99
Kreidler-Mosaik 2014 [with free cd]-Brand new collection from this german electronic synth pop / post rock outfit now signed to the italic label. The band previously featured stefan schneider from to rococo rot but are now pared down to a three piece of thomas klein, andreas reihse and detlef weinrich. The album features some beautifully dubby synth based sounds falling somewhere between a more bass heavy kraftwerk and the kind of space age sounds of seventies space rock. There are also hints of late eighties synth pop in here but it falls much more on the dubby side of synth music. There are obvious references to some early krautrock, its very much an album that falls into the dubby ambient genre overall though. Limited edition vinyl pressing which comes with a full copy of the album on cd inside the sleeve. March 2010-Lp-Italic-€19.99
Las vegas grind-Volume three-Features a collection of sleazy stripjoint music from the fifties and sixties. Includes tracks from bob taylor, party rockers, favulous continentals, bikinis, originals, bobby summers, rob and don, gauchos, axcents, johnny and the baa baas, majestics, jack hammer, festers, sparkles, fabulous tempoes, bob bunny, capers, cozy cole, upsetters and space man and the rockets.-Lp-Crypt-€13.99
Last tycoons, the-The last tycoons-The debut album on irish based label the firstborn is dead recordings [home to the mighty stef]. The last tycoons are a five piece dublin based outfit doing a fine line in fuzzed up bluesy rock n roll. Sounding at times like a tom waits fronted rolling stones, the album is full of guitar heavy classic blues rock with plenty of old school southern rock influences thrown in. April 2010-Cd-The firstborn is dead-€9.99
London is the place for me-Volume 2-Calypso and kwela, highlife and jazz from young black london, if you dont possess part one of this amazing chronicle of calypso music from london in the early fifties then shame on you, you can always start at volume 2 and work back, a collection of stunning archival recordings covering early calypso and the jazz influence on its sounds, features a wonderfully detailed booklet too with some stunning photos, double vinyl in gatefold sleeve, july 2005-2lp-Honest jons-€18.99
Massive attack-Heligoland-Massive attack finally return after a lenghty seven year hiatus with their fifth studio album. As it with pretty much all massive attack albums its really all about the guests on the album. This one ticks all the right boxes with regulars martina topley bird and horace andy being joined by an all star lineup including damon albarn, tunde adebimpe [tv on the radio], guy garvey [elbow], adrian utley [portishead] and the pick of them [for me anway] hope sandoval of mazzy star fame. Its another superb collection of truly blissful electronic pop and classic trip hop sounds. March 2010-Cd-Virgin-€15.99
Mazzy star-So tonight that i might see [180 gram vinyl]-The second mazzy star album, originally released back in 1993 and featuring one of their all time classic tracks fade into you. Features the voice of hope sandoval and the guitar of dave roback. Now reissued on the plain recordings label and pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. The album also features bells ring, mary of silence, five string serenade, blue light, shes my baby, unreflected, wasted, into dust and so tonight that i might see. Its hard to pick a favourite out of their three albums but if forced to then this would be it for me. March 2010-Lp-Plain recordings-€22.99
Orton beth-Trailer park [180 gram vinyl]-The debut album from beth orton gets a long overdue vinly reissue courtesy of the plain recordings label. The album now comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. The album was originally released in 1996. Features she cries your name, tangent, dont need a reason, live as you dream, sugar boy, touch me with your love, how far, someones daughter, i wish i never saw the sunshine and galaxy of emptiness. Comes in a lovely old style heavy card sleeve too. April 2010-Lp-Plain recordings-€20.99
Parliament-Motor booty affair-Reissue of one of the later albums from the parliament catalgoue. This one was originally rleeased in 1978 on the casablanca label. Features mr wriggles, rumpofsteelskin, youre a fish and im a water sign, aqua boogie, one of those funky things, liquid sunshine, the motor booty affair and deep.-Lp-Casablanca records-€13.99
Reinhardt, django-From the ultraphone shelves-Features a collection of rare recordings made by reinhardt between 1934 and 1935. The tracks were recorded under the name quintette du hot club de france which reinhardt founded with french violinst stephane grappelli. The tracks were all cut for the parisian branch of the german ultraphone label. Features 16 early gems from a legendary jazz guitarist. The album features dinah, lady be good, i saw stars, lilly belle may june, sweet sue just you, confessin, swanee river, ultrafox, avalon, smoke rings, clouds, believe it beloved, chasing shadows, ive had my moments, some of these days and djangology. Comes in a really lovely card sleeve made to replicate all those classic 78s from the past. July 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Reinhardt, django-The last years of peace [1936 to 1937]-A collection of classic early recordings from the legendary jazz guitarist django reinhardt, collected on the rather superb new reissue specialist label monk records. Pressed on lovely 180 gram vinyl with quality retro looking card sleeve and inner labels. The album features a collection of recordings made with stephane grappelly and his hot four, quintette du hot club de france, marhel warlop and son orchestre along with a couple of solo outings. November 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Road records compilation-Record store day 2010 [limited to 200 copies]-Very very limited edition compilation featuring 15 brand new tracks from some of our favourite irish bands around at the moment. The cd comes housed in a recycled card sleeve, hand numbered and stamped, each sleeve has a different photographic print on the front. There are only 200 copies of this compilation in total. The album features brand new tracks from hounds, crumb, hunter gatherer, the spook of the thirteenth lock, patrick kelleher, moutpiece, children under hoof, st catherines home for lazy infants, richer than astronauts, weil rats, boys of summer, mumblin deaf ro, girls names, school tour and peter delaney. [please note - only one copy per customer]-Cd-Road records-€10.00
Scott heron, gil-Pieces of a man-This is probably the album that made gil scott heron most famous as opens with the track the revolution will not be televised, originally released in 1973 on rca records, other highlights include lady day and john coltrane, save the children, pieces of a man and home is where the hatred is, reissue on the flying dutchman label-Lp-Flying dutchman-€13.99
Sleep whale-Little brite-Sleep whale are based around joel north on guitar and cello along with bruce blay on violin and programming. This is a really beautifully collection of sounds incorprating sparse psyche folk, post rock and gentle electronica. Its sees the meeting of gently plucked acoustic guitars, looped found sounds and laptop electronica. At times it kind of reminds me of what john fahey would sound like jamming with four tet. There is also lots of lovely gentle post rock kind of vibes going on here too, at times reminscent of the likes of the dirty 3 or even the rachels on a slightly more avant folk like buzz. Limited edition green vinyl pressing. 2009-Lp-Western vinyl-€12.99
Standells-The live ones [wail live at michigan state university 1966]-Six blistering live tracks from this legendary la based garage punk outfit from the sixties. Prior to this release on thesundazed label none of these tracks have been previously available. The tracks have all been perfectly mastered at sundazed studios and come in all their mono glory. Along with their legendary 1966 hit dirty water the album also features mr nobody, why did you hurt me, why pick on me, gloria and sometimes good guys dont wear white. Originally released in 2001 and now reissued on 10 inch vinyl.-10"-Sundazed-€13.99
Voice of the seven thunders-Voice of the seven thunders [limited to only 1000 numbered copies]-Brand new project from rick tomlinson, formerly known as voice of the seven woods [twisted nerve]. The band features long time collaborator chris walmsley on drums and rory gibson on bass, so its pretty much voice of the seven woods with a new name and it must also be added, a totally brand new sound. Whilst his previous collections have been on the hypnotic psyche folk side of things this new album is pure electric psychedelic rock, full of wailing guitar solo action. It seems the band just plugged in all their electric guitars and let loose in the studios without any prior rehearsal of the tracks. What came out is some truly hypnotic psyche rock with hints of middle eastern folk, hendrix like guitar solo action. Try to imagine if hendrix and john fahey were one person, then this is what he would have come out with. Its truly blistering stuff with just the odd break for a moment of acoustic trance like folk picking. This limited edition vinyl pressing is limited to only 1000 numbered copies and comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. April 2010-Lp-Tchantinler recordings-€23.99
World is shaking-Cubanismo from the congo [1954 to 1955]-An exceptional collection of rare sounds from the congo courtesy of the always reliable honest jons label. These are the guys that brought us the stunning london is the place for me compilations too. The album is centred around a brand new fusion of sounds from the congo in the mid fifties as ex pats started to return with all these latin american imported 78s. As local bands began to incorporate these latin rhythms into their own sound this whole new sound was born. Its kind of a similar story to the days in jamaica when soul music was first introduced to early reggae recording artists. As ever with honest jons the album comes with a detailed booklet packed with information on the artists and this ever evolving sound. The album artwork also features some stunning old black and white photos from dancehalls back in the day. July 2009-2lp-Honest jons-€19.99
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Ordering Service – We can now offer you our new special ordering facility. We try to keep the catalogue down to items we have in stock in the store so we can supply your mail order as quickly as possible, but due to that there will always be titles not on the site that we can get in stock. If there is something you are looking for that you don't see on the catalogue, chances are we can order it in for you. If you would like us to order something in for you simply fill in the form on the website. We will get back to you and let you know how long it will take (normally only takes a week or so) and if that suits we can then place the order for you. Please understand that we cannot get rarities, deleted items or rare singles no longer in print. You can access the order form at - http://www.roadrecs.com/order.php.
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Road Records newsletter May 27th 2010
Welcome to this weeks Road Records newsletter.
Its one of those rare heavenly type of weeks here in the shop this week, its not often we get two of our favourite bands releasing albums in the same week, but you have probably guessed already that its happened this week. Not only do we have a brand new Teenage Fanclub album for you but we also have a new Divine Comedy too. The poor record player in the shop is so confused at this stage with the amount of swapping around we are doing.
After much debating we have decided to give our album of the week to Teenage Fanclub, by much debating I mean that Dylan and myself just bullied everybody else and made the decision for them. The new album is called “Shadows” and comes out again on their own Pema label, the cd and vinyl are both €13.99 each for this week.
So our album of the week runner up spot goes to the Divine Comedy album “Band Goes The Knighthood” or should that have been “Bang Goes The Road Records Album Of The Week Spot, Thanks To Teenage Fanclub”. We have a limited amount of the double cd version in stock now and its only €13.99, the rather lovely vinyl in gatefold sleeve is also on special offer for only €16.99. We are also very excited to announce the Mr Divine Comedy himself, Neil Hannon, will be playing live in our little store this Saturday at 1pm. You are all very welcome to come and we will try and squeeze everybody in.
So how do I follow Teenage Fanclub and Divine Comedy !
Well lets see where to begin.
Lets start with some new Irish music, Boa Morte are back after a long long break with a brand new album this week. God Is An Astronaut return with another slice of lush post rock. The Rags have just released their debut album. Gavin Glass is a multi-instrumentalist you may have seen perform with Lisa Hannigan recently and he has just released a brand solo album. The rather lovely Walpurgis Family have a new album out this week on the Popical Island label. Band On An Island have just released a limited edition hand numbered 7” this week on First Born Is Dead records, only 100 copies in total available.
Fans of avant garde noise rock will simply adore this new Rangda album out this week on Drag City. The band features Ben Chasny, Chris Corsano and Richard Bishop. For wall to wall noise, it just doesn’t get any better than this one.
Oneida fans should check out this new band People Of The North, why ? I hear you ask, well its basically the same band with a different name.
The new Micah P Hinson album is now in stock on vinyl, its only €18.99 for a limited time.
I must say I am slowly getting a bit addicted to the new John & Jehn album at this stage, its definitely worth checking out if you get a chance.
Right, thats it for another week. I’m off to buy some fancy tea for our Divine Comedy instore, somehow its seems quite appropriate.
Have a good weekend and see you next week sometime.
Adios
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Album Of The Week
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Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Cd-Pema-€13.99
Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Lp-Pema-€13.99
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Villagers-Becoming a jackal-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. May 2010-Cd-Domino-€12.99
Villagers-Becoming a jackal [with download coupon]-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. Limited edition double vinyl pressing. The album features three sides of music and the fourth side is etched. The album also comes with a bonus download coupon. May 2010-2lp-Domino-€16.99
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Born ruffians-Say it-The second album from this toronto based outfit on the warp label. Features the singles what to say and sole brother. The album features a rather quirky and off kilter take on the classic sounds of post punk and indie rock. There are hints of the pixies disjointed guitar driven off kilter rhythms along with a voice reminscent of the violent femmes and bass heavy punk funk influences. Fans of the likes of arcade fire, tapes n tapes etc will love this for its raw and highly inventive take on underground rock. Its a really energetic rush of guitar heavy sounds with a really melodic sound at its core. May 2010-Cd-Warp-€12.99
Born ruffians-Say it [with download coupon]-The second album from this toronto based outfit on the warp label. Features the singles what to say and sole brother. The album features a rather quirky and off kilter take on the classic sounds of post punk and indie rock. There are hints of the pixies disjointed guitar driven off kilter rhythms along with a voice reminscent of the violent femmes and bass heavy punk funk influences. Fans of the likes of arcade fire, tapes n tapes etc will love this for its raw and highly inventive take on underground rock. Its a really energetic rush of guitar heavy sounds with a really melodic sound at its core. Comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Warp-€15.99
Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. The album comes presented in a lovely card gatefold sleeve with printed inner featuring all the lyrics. May 2010-Lp-Divine comedy records-€16.99
Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood [limited edition with bonus cd]-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. Limited edition double cd version, limited to 5000 copies in total and features an exclusive extra booklet and a bonus disc featuring material recorded live in france. May 2010-2cd-Divine comedy records-€13.99
Future islands-In evening air [with download coupon]-The debut full length album from future islands on the thrill jockey label. This album follows up their very limited in the fall mini album from earlier this year and and their previous full length wave like home from back in 2008. This is very much an album of hard to define sounds, at times fuzzed up electro pop and other times bass heavy new wave. Its full of throbbing electro like beats, scuzzy snyth action, heavily distorted guitar / bass and a vocalist that sounds like tom waits meets ian curtis. The album is pressed on very limited translucent orange vinyl and is limited to 1000 copies in total. Also comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Thrill jockey-€13.99
Hinson, micah p-And the pioneer saboteurs [double vinyl]-The fourth full length solo album from texas based singer songwriter micah p hinson. The album features string arrangements by eric bachmann and members of techanko, devotcha and crooked fingers. This is his first collection of new material since the red empire orchestra album back in 2008. The first thing you will notice about this collection is the truly lush orchestration involved, its quite a different beast to the totally stripped down sounds of the previous outing. The album kind of hints at times of a folk singer playing the spaghetti western soundtracks of ennio morricone with richard hawley and calexico hovering around in the background. Its a really beautiful meeting of rough rustic folk sounds and big blasts of strings and brass. There are also a couple longer tracks that go into some kind of weird almost psyche folk like noisy jams, almost sounding like bonnie prince billy jamming with godspeed you black emperor. Never one to rest on his laurels micah p has come up trumps yet again. Pressed on two beautiful slabs of heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Also comes in a gatefold sleeve. May 2010-2lp-Full time hobby-€18.99
Howard, rowland s-Pop crimes-Ex nick cave and lydia lunch collaborator and seminal guitar rowland s howards second solo album, recorded only months before his untimely death from liver cancer. I suppose he is probably best remembered as the guitarist with legendary australian outfit the birthday party. A perfectly formed collection of eight tracks, clocking in at just under forty minutes, the perfect length for any album in my opinion. The album features six original howard tracks along with covers of lifes what you make it [talk talk] and nothin [townes van zandt]. Howard is joined by mick harvey [bad seeds], jp shilo adn jonnine standish [ex hate rock trio]. Features some lovely dark hearted swamp blues like rootsy sounds, coming across like later nick cave with lots of added hammond organ. May 2010-Cd-Infectious-€12.99
Randazzo, elisa-Bruises and butterflies-Songwriter and clothing designer who has previously worked with the red krayola releases her debut solo album for the drag city label. Randazzo played violin and sang with the red krayola on several tours and has appeared on four of their albums to date. The album features a lovely collection of downbeat and somewhat haunting folk based sounds. Its an album that harks back a wee bit to the classic early seventies folk sound, its even got hints of the likes of judee sill or linda perhacs whilst also reminding me of the more modern ethereal folk sounds of the likes of espers or marissa nadler. May 2010-Lp-Drag city-€15.99
Rangda-False flag-Sir richard bishop, ben chasny and chris corsano create a glorious cacaphony as an instrumental avant garde super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. Sir richard bishop has released a couple of solo album whilst also being one of the founding memebers of the sun city girls, ben chasny is probably best known for his work as six organs of admittance and chris corsano is a bit of an all round legendary drummer on the avant garde / free rock scene. The album is going to be pure heaven for free-form avant rock fans out there, imagine a somewhat less structured lightning bolt with even more added white noise. Its a truly thunderous assault on the ears, at times breaking out into the most stunning guitar solo workouts before launching head first back into all manner of ear bleeding full on noise. On occasion the album does actually break down into some hauntingly beautiful moments [its true, i kid you not] sounding like some long lost john fahey electric guitar piece. May 2010-Cd-Drag city-€13.99
Rangda-False flag-Sir richard bishop, ben chasny and chris corsano create a glorious cacaphony as an instrumental avant garde super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. Sir richard bishop has released a couple of solo album whilst also being one of the founding memebers of the sun city girls, ben chasny is probably best known for his work as six organs of admittance and chris corsano is a bit of an all round legendary drummer on the avant garde / free rock scene. The album is going to be pure heaven for free-form avant rock fans out there, imagine a somewhat less structured lightning bolt with even more added white noise. Its a truly thunderous assault on the ears, at times breaking out into the most stunning guitar solo workouts before launching head first back into all manner of ear bleeding full on noise. On occasion the album does actually break down into some hauntingly beautiful moments [its true, i kid you not] sounding like some long lost john fahey electric guitar piece. May 2010-Lp-Drag city-€15.99
Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Cd-Pema-€13.99
Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Lp-Pema-€13.99
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Band on an island-Back disco-Limited edition 7 inch release from band on an island on the firstborn is dead label [home to the mighty stef]. Features back disco featuring claire prendergast and chelsea bards on the flip side. The single is limited to a measly 100 individually hand numbered copies, never to be repressed so get em while you still can. On the a side there is a special hand sprayed stenciled band on an island logo and the flip side features a hand drawn picture of the chelsea hotel sign, no two copies will ever be the same. The b-side of the single was recorded by the mighty stef himself in room 325 of the famous hotel chelsea and is dedicated to its great manager stanley bard. May 2010-7"-Firstborn is dead recordings-€4.99
Boa morte-The dial waltz-Hard to believe its been almost eight years since we last heard from this cork based outfit, we all thought they had broken up at this stage but thankfully i can report they are all alive and kicking. Their last album left us all here wanting more and its been a long long wait. Fronted again by the deep vocal tones of corma gahan the band also feaures paul ruxton [guitars / bass], bill twomey [guitars] and maurice hallissey [drums]. The album features a rather beautiful collection of downbeat slow core meets post rock sounds, think red house painters meets low and smog. Its a lovely sombre and intimate affair full of gently brushed drum sounds, strings and minimal post rock like guitar picking. Fans of fellow irishman adrian crowley will fall in love with this one instantly. Its one of those perfect late night bedtime albums, beautifully soothing stuff. May 2010-Cd-Kicking a can records-€13.99
Bobby and blumm-A little big-Singer / guitarist fs blumm teams up with swedish singer ellinor blixt for their second album under the bobby and blumm moniker. Their previous album everybody loves came out on the highly respected morr music label back in 2008. The album features eleven perfectly formed electronic pop gems. Its a beautiful blend of dual vocals, subtle guitar picking and the gentlest of beats. Its almost like some mellow late night electronic folk album, full of sounds that will excite all fans of the morr music label, lali puna etc. Its wonderfully intimate stuff, almost sounding like a totally stripped down stereolab in a slighly more sombre mood. Its a perfect lazy sunday afternoon album. May 2010-Cd-Sound of a handshake-€19.99
Born ruffians-Say it-The second album from this toronto based outfit on the warp label. Features the singles what to say and sole brother. The album features a rather quirky and off kilter take on the classic sounds of post punk and indie rock. There are hints of the pixies disjointed guitar driven off kilter rhythms along with a voice reminscent of the violent femmes and bass heavy punk funk influences. Fans of the likes of arcade fire, tapes n tapes etc will love this for its raw and highly inventive take on underground rock. Its a really energetic rush of guitar heavy sounds with a really melodic sound at its core. May 2010-Cd-Warp-€12.99
Born ruffians-Say it [with download coupon]-The second album from this toronto based outfit on the warp label. Features the singles what to say and sole brother. The album features a rather quirky and off kilter take on the classic sounds of post punk and indie rock. There are hints of the pixies disjointed guitar driven off kilter rhythms along with a voice reminscent of the violent femmes and bass heavy punk funk influences. Fans of the likes of arcade fire, tapes n tapes etc will love this for its raw and highly inventive take on underground rock. Its a really energetic rush of guitar heavy sounds with a really melodic sound at its core. Comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Warp-€15.99
Davis, miles-Miles davis quartet [1953 and 1954]-Composed of two different sessions on 180 gram vinyl by the doxy label. The first four tracks were recorded on 19th of may 1963 with the remaining four coming from a session on march 10th 1954. Features when the lights are low, tune-up, miles ahead, smooch, four, old devil moon, blue haze and ill remember april. Joining davis on the first session are john lewis [piano], charlie mingus [piano], percy heath [bass] adn max roach [drums]. On the second side the band were horace silver [piano], art blakey [drums] and percy heath [bass]. Originally compiled and reissued in 2008-Lp-Doxy-€15.99
Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. The album comes presented in a lovely card gatefold sleeve with printed inner featuring all the lyrics. May 2010-Lp-Divine comedy records-€16.99
Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood [limited edition with bonus cd]-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. Limited edition double cd version, limited to 5000 copies in total and features an exclusive extra booklet and a bonus disc featuring material recorded live in france. May 2010-2cd-Divine comedy records-€13.99
Doyle, matthew-A most unholy reminder-Limited edition five track ep featuring haunt you, youll never make it out of here alive, oh no the wolves are coming, o lord why are you running and folk on the road. Its very much an all solo affair from this dublin based singer songwriter, he writes, plays and records everything on here. The ep features a lovely rustic collection of old time acoustic folk sounds with hints of early dylan, townes van zandt and bonnie prince billys outings as palace brothers. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€4.99
Dylan, bob-The freewheelin bob dylan-The analogue mono version of this classic 1963 bob dylan album. Comes in the original sleeve and is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl too. Features blowin in the wind, girl from the north cuntry, masters of war, down the highway, bob dylans blues, a hard rains a-gonna fall, dont think twice its alright, bob dylans dream, oxford town, talkin world war iii blues, corrina corrina, honey just allow me one more chance and i shall be free. Comes with the original liner notes by nat hentoff. Reissued on the sundazed label.-Lp-Sundazed-€19.99
Evans, bill-Waltz for debby-Recorded live at the village vanguard in new york on the 25th of june 1961. Featuring bill evans [piano], scott lafaro [bass] and pual motian [drums]. The album features my foolish heart, waltz for debby, detour ahead, my romance, some other time and milestones. Now reissued on the fantasy label and comes with all the original artwork including the liner notes by joe goldberg.-Lp-Riverside records-€13.99
Fagan, simon-Outside looking in-The debut solo album from irish singer songwriter simon fagan on loose robe productions. The album features a lush collection of mostly folk based sounds, taking in a bit of everything from funky rock to jazz tinged folk rock along the way. The album falls somewhere between the modern americana of the likes of ryan adams and the more rootsy kind of laid back rock of josh ritter. May 2010-Cd-Loose robe productions-€12.99
Fred and bob-On a good day-The debut ep from this dublin based four piece new wave / indie rock outfit. Limited edition four track ep featuring gluey fingers, taken, blue and are you. The band features emma greenhalgh [vocals], sophia kansanniva [guitars], gil connor [bass] and neil farren [drums]. Features lots of fuzzed up indie rock guitar sounds and a vocalist that sounds like blondie in a particularly bad mood. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€4.99
Fujita, masayoshi and jan jelinek-Birds lake objects-Brand new collaboration between highly respected electronic producer jan jelinek and japanese percussionist / vibraphonist masayoshi fujita. The album features six lengthy and slow building pieces of music incorporating fujitas vibraphone, jelineks laptop wizardry and selected ambient location recordings. The end result is something strange but very very beautiful too. Sounding almost like some laid back avant garde electronic jazz at times, the album features lots of looping sound effects, hazy drone likes sounds and the truly hypnotic tones of fujitas vibraphone. Its beautifully psychedelic at times featuring lots of swirling reverb laden sound effects. Its almost ambient like at times but with so much going on deep in the mix you will find yourself getting slowly sucked in for 40 truly beautiful minutes. Comes in a deluxe hardback book style sleeve. May 2010-Cd-Faitiche-€18.99
Fujita, masayoshi and jan jelinek-Birds lake objects-Brand new collaboration between highly respected electronic producer jan jelinek and japanese percussionist / vibraphonist masayoshi fujita. The album features six lengthy and slow building pieces of music incorporating fujitas vibraphone, jelineks laptop wizardry and selected ambient location recordings. The end result is something strange but very very beautiful too. Sounding almost like some laid back avant garde electronic jazz at times, the album features lots of looping sound effects, hazy drone likes sounds and the truly hypnotic tones of fujitas vibraphone. Its beautifully psychedelic at times featuring lots of swirling reverb laden sound effects. Its almost ambient like at times but with so much going on deep in the mix you will find yourself getting slowly sucked in for 40 truly beautiful minutes. May 2010-Lp-Faitiche-€23.99
Future islands-In evening air-The debut full length album from future islands on the thrill jockey label. This album follows up their very limited in the fall mini album from earlier this year and and their previous full length wave like home from back in 2008. This is very much an album of hard to define sounds, at times fuzzed up electro pop and other times bass heavy new wave. Its full of throbbing electro like beats, scuzzy snyth action, heavily distorted guitar / bass and a vocalist that sounds like tom waits meets ian curtis. May 2010-Cd-Thrill jockey-€13.99
Future islands-In evening air [with download coupon]-The debut full length album from future islands on the thrill jockey label. This album follows up their very limited in the fall mini album from earlier this year and and their previous full length wave like home from back in 2008. This is very much an album of hard to define sounds, at times fuzzed up electro pop and other times bass heavy new wave. Its full of throbbing electro like beats, scuzzy snyth action, heavily distorted guitar / bass and a vocalist that sounds like tom waits meets ian curtis. The album is pressed on very limited translucent orange vinyl and is limited to 1000 copies in total. Also comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Thrill jockey-€13.99
Glass, gavin-Myna birds-The debut full lenth solo album from the man who has spent the last two years as multi-instrumentalist with lisa hannigan in her backing band, miss hannigan even makes the odd guest appearence on the album. The album was recorded in nashville featuring past and present members of the jayhawks, wilco and the black crowes. The album features a lovely rootsy collection of folky rock sounds, falling somewhere between the likes of josh ritter and ryan adams. Its full of country and nashville tinged rock sounds with lots of slide guitar and hammond organ action. May 2010-Cd-Orphan records-€15.99
God is an astronaut-Age of the fifth sun-The fifth full length studio album from this irish instrumental three piece post rock outfit on the revive label. Regular members torsten kinsella, niels kinsella and lloyd hanney are joined by pat o'donnell [guitars / keyboards], zachary dutton-hanney [drums / keyboards] and chris hanney [guitars]. Its another beautiful collection of somewhat ambient like post rock sounds, full of lush washes of string like synth sounds and slow building guitar noise. Think of the intricate guitar interplay of mogwai mixed with the more synth like post rock of bands like explosions in the sky. May 2010-Cd--€14.99
Golden triangle with the fresh and onlys-Split single-Limited edition vinyl only release on the hardly art label. Split single featuring two brand new tracks from each band. The single is limited to only 1000 copies worldwide. The first side features cold bones and jungle jim from golden triangle whilst the flip side features head of steam and im not myself today from the fresh and onlys. Golden triangle are a brooklyn based six piece outfit delivering some truly superb fuzzed up garage tinged indie rock, think of sixties garage rock covered by the shop assistants. The fresh and onlys have a sound deeply rooted in sixties garage pop also, with just a bit more of a surf pop like vibe going on. Superbly catchy stuff it must be said, both sides. May 2010-7"-Hardly art-€5.99
Higgs, daniel-Say god-Baltimore musician / artist daniel higgs returns with his first new solo album since atomic yggdrasil tarot from 2007. Daniel is probably best known for his work as frontman with lungfish, whose work on the dischord label spanned nearly three decades. Say god is an album made up of gospel songs and poems, assisted by david andrew sitek from tv on the radio. The album features a truly weird collection of spoken word, poetry readings and drone based avant garde psyche folk rumblings. I have to say this is about as weird as things get around here but its also an album that really does draw you in from start to finish. At times reminscent to some of john faheys more obscure recordings. Double cd in a card gatefold sleeve. May 2010-2cd-Thrill jockey-€16.99
Higgs, daniel-Say god [with download coupon]-Baltimore musician / artist daniel higgs returns with his first new solo album since atomic yggdrasil tarot from 2007. Daniel is probably best known for his work as frontman with lungfish, whose work on the dischord label spanned nearly three decades. Say god is an album made up of gospel songs and poems, assisted by david andrew sitek from tv on the radio. The album features a truly weird collection of spoken word, poetry readings and drone based avant garde psyche folk rumblings. I have to say this is about as weird as things get around here but its also an album that really does draw you in from start to finish. At times reminscent to some of john faheys more obscure recordings. Limited edition double vinyl pressing, comes in a big heavy card gatefold sleeve. Also comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-2lp-Thrill jockey-€15.99
Hinson, micah p-And the pioneer saboteurs [double vinyl]-The fourth full length solo album from texas based singer songwriter micah p hinson. The album features string arrangements by eric bachmann and members of techanko, devotcha and crooked fingers. This is his first collection of new material since the red empire orchestra album back in 2008. The first thing you will notice about this collection is the truly lush orchestration involved, its quite a different beast to the totally stripped down sounds of the previous outing. The album kind of hints at times of a folk singer playing the spaghetti western soundtracks of ennio morricone with richard hawley and calexico hovering around in the background. Its a really beautiful meeting of rough rustic folk sounds and big blasts of strings and brass. There are also a couple longer tracks that go into some kind of weird almost psyche folk like noisy jams, almost sounding like bonnie prince billy jamming with godspeed you black emperor. Never one to rest on his laurels micah p has come up trumps yet again. Pressed on two beautiful slabs of heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Also comes in a gatefold sleeve. May 2010-2lp-Full time hobby-€18.99
Howard, rowland s-Pop crimes-Ex nick cave and lydia lunch collaborator and seminal guitar rowland s howards second solo album, recorded only months before his untimely death from liver cancer. I suppose he is probably best remembered as the guitarist with legendary australian outfit the birthday party. A perfectly formed collection of eight tracks, clocking in at just under forty minutes, the perfect length for any album in my opinion. The album features six original howard tracks along with covers of lifes what you make it [talk talk] and nothin [townes van zandt]. Howard is joined by mick harvey [bad seeds], jp shilo adn jonnine standish [ex hate rock trio]. Features some lovely dark hearted swamp blues like rootsy sounds, coming across like later nick cave with lots of added hammond organ. May 2010-Cd-Infectious-€12.99
Indignant senility-Plays wagner part two-The second in a series of two limited edition vinyl releases on the type label from electronic producer pat maherr. Using a handful of dusty old wagner recordings he has stretched and distorted the hallowed tones of the original material into something indescribably dark and beautiful. It would be fair to say you will be struggling to find anything of the original recordings in here, most of it has been slowed down or reversed so much that its best approached as a totally unique piece of music. There are just odd hints of some kind of drone like string effects but most of the album features lots of biosphere like glitchy atmospherics. Its a classic piece of ambient music that the type label seem to be so good at sourcing for us. Its beautifully scratchy sounding stuff, almost like a score to some sci-fi horror movie from the past. May 2010-Lp-Type-€23.99
Jackson, milt and count basie-Big band volume one-Recorded on the 18th of january 1978 at group iv recording studios in hollywood. Features the comeback, basie, corner pocket, lady in lace, blues for joe turner, good time blues, lil darlin, big stuff and blue & sentimental. Features an all star line-up including count basie, milt jackson, butch miles, freddie green, john clayton, danny turner, bobby plater, eric dixon, charlie fowlkes, kenny hing, wayman reed, lyn biviano, sonny cohn, peter minger, billy hughes, mel wanzo, fred wesley and dennis wilson.-Lp-Pablo records-€11.99
Jackson, wanda-You know im no good-The legendary wanda jackson produced by jack white from the white stripes. Limited edition seven inch only release via jack whites own label third man records. Features a cover of you know im no good by amy winehouse and the johnny kidd and the pirates classic shakin all over. The single is pressed on a juke box style 7 inch with large centre hole, just for that classic retro like look. 2010-7"-Third man records-€7.99
John and jen-Time for the devil-The second album from french avant pop duo john and jehn. This is an album of much more wide ranging sounds, almost cinematic at times, compared to their self titled debut from 2008. Features a collection of sounds that delve into both dark electro pop and early new wave. Its an album of almost sultry like dark hearted alt pop sounds, at times calling to mind some of the early sounds of the 4ad label. Its beautifully strange at times too, with gentle electro pop like beats meeting big chunky bass riffs and jehns operatic like vocal delivery. There are bits of everything in here from the sultry pop of stereolab to the weird [but catchy] sounds of cocorosie. May 2010-Cd-Naive-€17.99
New york thrash-Various artists-A truly classic compilation of new york hardcore punk bands, originally released way back in 1982 and now reissued on roir label. Features 24 absolutely classic examples of the legendary new york hardcore sound from way back in its heyday. The original album only featured 22 tracks, this new reissue now features two extra bonus tracks by the stimulators. The album features tracks from the mad, kraut, heart attack, adrenalin od, fiends, nihilistics, undead, false prophets, bad brains, the beastie boys, stimulators and even worse. The album comes in the original gatefold sleeve with liner notes by tim sommer.-Lp-Roir-€14.99
People of the north-Deep tissue [with download coupon]-A band formed by kid millions and bobby matador of oneida back in 2003, the band can at times feature all members of oneida and at other times not. Such is the mystery that surrounds this album, there are no credits on the record anywhere so i am trusting the labels website for all my information. The album was recorded at the ocropolis in 2009 and features pretty much all members of oneida at some point or other, and believe me it sounds like it too. The album is probably more of a space / prog rock like affair compared to the more scuzzed up sounds of oneida, its very much an album deeply rooted in early krautrock and synth based space rock sounds. The album features just four rather lenghty and mind melting excurisions into the world of motorik hypnotic krautrock full of space age like minimalism and plenty of ear shredding noise. Limited edition vinyl only release on the jag jaguwar offshoot label brah records. Comes with a full download coupon featuring all four tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Brah records-€18.99
Pocahaunted-Make it real-Brand new album from the new look pocahaunted on the not not fun label. Apparently recorded barefoot, shirtless and direct to tape at green machine studios during the summer of 2009 by m geddes gengras, and featuring guest bamboo sax by jazzmaster alex gray [dreamcolour / deep magic]. Limited to only 500 copies on vinyl. This is very much a different beast to their earlier all out psychedelic shamanic like psyche folk rumblings. This one is a superb collection of totally dubbed up psychedelic almost pop like sounds full of tribal like beats, african tinged guitar picking and native american like chanting. Its kind of reminds me a little bit of what the slits would have sounded like with lee scratch perry at the controls. Its wonderfully trance like stuff with each track seamlessly melting into the next, it almost plays like on continuous piece to be honest. May 2010-Lp-Not not fun-€17.99
Rags, the-A national light-The debut full length album from this irish indie rock outfit on the grand cake label. The album features a blistering collection of fuzzed up guitar heavy indie rock and post punk sounds. Its got a bit of everything from nirvana like grunge rock to melodic post punk. Reminscent at times to a bit of early libertines meets the strokes, bristling with post punk anger and also plenty of catchy singalong choruses. May 2010-Cd-Grand cake recordings-€15.99
Randazzo, elisa-Bruises and butterflies-Songwriter and clothing designer who has previously worked with the red krayola releases her debut solo album for the drag city label. Randazzo played violin and sang with the red krayola on several tours and has appeared on four of their albums to date. The album features a lovely collection of downbeat and somewhat haunting folk based sounds. Its an album that harks back a wee bit to the classic early seventies folk sound, its even got hints of the likes of judee sill or linda perhacs whilst also reminding me of the more modern ethereal folk sounds of the likes of espers or marissa nadler. May 2010-Lp-Drag city-€15.99
Rangda-False flag-Sir richard bishop, ben chasny and chris corsano create a glorious cacaphony as an instrumental avant garde super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. Sir richard bishop has released a couple of solo album whilst also being one of the founding memebers of the sun city girls, ben chasny is probably best known for his work as six organs of admittance and chris corsano is a bit of an all round legendary drummer on the avant garde / free rock scene. The album is going to be pure heaven for free-form avant rock fans out there, imagine a somewhat less structured lightning bolt with even more added white noise. Its a truly thunderous assault on the ears, at times breaking out into the most stunning guitar solo workouts before launching head first back into all manner of ear bleeding full on noise. On occasion the album does actually break down into some hauntingly beautiful moments [its true, i kid you not] sounding like some long lost john fahey electric guitar piece. May 2010-Cd-Drag city-€13.99
Rangda-False flag-Sir richard bishop, ben chasny and chris corsano create a glorious cacaphony as an instrumental avant garde super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. Sir richard bishop has released a couple of solo album whilst also being one of the founding memebers of the sun city girls, ben chasny is probably best known for his work as six organs of admittance and chris corsano is a bit of an all round legendary drummer on the avant garde / free rock scene. The album is going to be pure heaven for free-form avant rock fans out there, imagine a somewhat less structured lightning bolt with even more added white noise. Its a truly thunderous assault on the ears, at times breaking out into the most stunning guitar solo workouts before launching head first back into all manner of ear bleeding full on noise. On occasion the album does actually break down into some hauntingly beautiful moments [its true, i kid you not] sounding like some long lost john fahey electric guitar piece. May 2010-Lp-Drag city-€15.99
Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Cd-Pema-€13.99
Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Lp-Pema-€13.99
Thomas, andrew-Between buildings and trees-The fourth solo album from new zealander andrew thomas, now on the kompakt label. Along with releasing his own solo albums thomas has also worked with signer and played on the skallander debut album released on the type label. This is an album of truly beautiful laid back ambient sounds, gently delving into the world of ambient pop from time to time. A collection of swirling, scratchy sound effects layered behind some rather gentle almost dubby like beats. Using a selection of source material taken from old cassettes the album has a lovely warm kind of tape hiss about it creating lovely looping drone effects. Its an album that definitely falls more into the ambient or ambient pop category. May 2010-Cd-Kompakt-€21.99
Tunng-Sashimi-Limited edition 7 inch pressing of this track taken from their most recent album and then we saw land. The single is limited to only 500 copies on heavyweight vinyl. The flip side is the winning mix from their soundcloud / drowned in sound competition to remix their previous single hustle [surehand remix]. May 2010-7"-Full time hobby-€4.50
Walpurgis family-Midsummer party-The walpurgis family is a new three piece indie pop outfit featuring jeroen saegeman [groom], wil mcdermot [groom] and ruan van vliet [groom], which is basically a new band featuring three members of groom if you add all the parts together, with special guests simone buda and neassa doherty. The album features a selection of beautifully intimate home recordings, just like all classic mellow indie pop should be made. It kind of reminds me a little bit of yo la tengo going all indie folk, maybe in a slightly more sombre mood with just a hint of belle and sebastian. Comes in a lovely big foldout card sleeve too. May 2010-Cd-Popical island-€9.99
Wintersleep-New inheritors-The return of this canadian based outfit with their first new full length album in nearly three years now. Its another uplifting collection of post rock tinged tinged indie rock anthems with a little bit of dark hearted new wave thrown in just to give things a little bit of edge. Features lots of intricate post rock like guitar action and gently rumbling new wave like indie rock. Parts of it kind of remind me of the cure, during their happier times with other moments calling to mind the slighly darker sounds of the national. May 2010-Cd-One four seven records-€15.99
Wolf, josiah-Jet lag-The debut solo album from why drummer joshiah wolf, mixed by younger brother yoni wolf [also of why and clouddead]. Its an album of almost psychedelic like sunshine indie pop sounds featuring all manner of live instruments. Its a very different sounding record compared to the slightly more hip hop tinged sounds of his band why. This one sounds at times like the flaming lips on a slightly smaller almost bedroom indie pop vibe. Its ever so slightly folk pop with lots of catchy psyche pop like influences too. Beautifully intimate at times with hints of the likes of grandaddy. May 2010-Cd-Anticon-€17.99
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Band on an island-Back disco-Limited edition 7 inch release from band on an island on the firstborn is dead label [home to the mighty stef]. Features back disco featuring claire prendergast and chelsea bards on the flip side. The single is limited to a measly 100 individually hand numbered copies, never to be repressed so get em while you still can. On the a side there is a special hand sprayed stenciled band on an island logo and the flip side features a hand drawn picture of the chelsea hotel sign, no two copies will ever be the same. The b-side of the single was recorded by the mighty stef himself in room 325 of the famous hotel chelsea and is dedicated to its great manager stanley bard. May 2010-7"-Firstborn is dead recordings-€4.99
Boa morte-The dial waltz-Hard to believe its been almost eight years since we last heard from this cork based outfit, we all thought they had broken up at this stage but thankfully i can report they are all alive and kicking. Their last album left us all here wanting more and its been a long long wait. Fronted again by the deep vocal tones of corma gahan the band also feaures paul ruxton [guitars / bass], bill twomey [guitars] and maurice hallissey [drums]. The album features a rather beautiful collection of downbeat slow core meets post rock sounds, think red house painters meets low and smog. Its a lovely sombre and intimate affair full of gently brushed drum sounds, strings and minimal post rock like guitar picking. Fans of fellow irishman adrian crowley will fall in love with this one instantly. Its one of those perfect late night bedtime albums, beautifully soothing stuff. May 2010-Cd-Kicking a can records-€13.99
Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. The album comes presented in a lovely card gatefold sleeve with printed inner featuring all the lyrics. May 2010-Lp-Divine comedy records-€16.99
Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood [limited edition with bonus cd]-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. Limited edition double cd version, limited to 5000 copies in total and features an exclusive extra booklet and a bonus disc featuring material recorded live in france. May 2010-2cd-Divine comedy records-€13.99
Doyle, matthew-A most unholy reminder-Limited edition five track ep featuring haunt you, youll never make it out of here alive, oh no the wolves are coming, o lord why are you running and folk on the road. Its very much an all solo affair from this dublin based singer songwriter, he writes, plays and records everything on here. The ep features a lovely rustic collection of old time acoustic folk sounds with hints of early dylan, townes van zandt and bonnie prince billys outings as palace brothers. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€4.99
Fagan, simon-Outside looking in-The debut solo album from irish singer songwriter simon fagan on loose robe productions. The album features a lush collection of mostly folk based sounds, taking in a bit of everything from funky rock to jazz tinged folk rock along the way. The album falls somewhere between the modern americana of the likes of ryan adams and the more rootsy kind of laid back rock of josh ritter. May 2010-Cd-Loose robe productions-€12.99
Fred and bob-On a good day-The debut ep from this dublin based four piece new wave / indie rock outfit. Limited edition four track ep featuring gluey fingers, taken, blue and are you. The band features emma greenhalgh [vocals], sophia kansanniva [guitars], gil connor [bass] and neil farren [drums]. Features lots of fuzzed up indie rock guitar sounds and a vocalist that sounds like blondie in a particularly bad mood. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€4.99
Glass, gavin-Myna birds-The debut full lenth solo album from the man who has spent the last two years as multi-instrumentalist with lisa hannigan in her backing band, miss hannigan even makes the odd guest appearence on the album. The album was recorded in nashville featuring past and present members of the jayhawks, wilco and the black crowes. The album features a lovely rootsy collection of folky rock sounds, falling somewhere between the likes of josh ritter and ryan adams. Its full of country and nashville tinged rock sounds with lots of slide guitar and hammond organ action. May 2010-Cd-Orphan records-€15.99
Rags, the-A national light-The debut full length album from this irish indie rock outfit on the grand cake label. The album features a blistering collection of fuzzed up guitar heavy indie rock and post punk sounds. Its got a bit of everything from nirvana like grunge rock to melodic post punk. Reminscent at times to a bit of early libertines meets the strokes, bristling with post punk anger and also plenty of catchy singalong choruses. May 2010-Cd-Grand cake recordings-€15.99
Walpurgis family-Midsummer party-The walpurgis family is a new three piece indie pop outfit featuring jeroen saegeman [groom], wil mcdermot [groom] and ruan van vliet [groom], which is basically a new band featuring three members of groom if you add all the parts together, with special guests simone buda and neassa doherty. The album features a selection of beautifully intimate home recordings, just like all classic mellow indie pop should be made. It kind of reminds me a little bit of yo la tengo going all indie folk, maybe in a slightly more sombre mood with just a hint of belle and sebastian. Comes in a lovely big foldout card sleeve too. May 2010-Cd-Popical island-€9.99
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Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals].-Cd-4ad-€12.99
Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals].-Lp-4ad-€13.99
Clogs-The creatures in the garden of lady walton [this album is released on the 11th of june]-The return of this almost classical like quartet featuring bryce dessner and padma newsome from the national. The album also features guest vocals from sufjan stevens, my brightest diamond and matt berninger [the national].-Cd-Brassland-€12.99
Gaslight anthem-American slang [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Brand new album from this new jersey outfit on the side one dummy label. The album features recent singles american slang and the boxer. Its their first album since the 59 sound from 2008, the album is also produced by ted hutt again.-Cd-Side one dummy-€13.99
Gaslight anthem-American slang [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Brand new album from this new jersey outfit on the side one dummy label. The album features recent singles american slang and the boxer. Its their first album since the 59 sound from 2008, the album is also produced by ted hutt again.-Lp-Side one dummy-€14.99
Here we go magic-Pigeons [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label.-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99
Here we go magic-Pigeons [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label.-Lp-Secretly canadian-€13.99
Horse feathers-Thistled spring [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Horse feathers return with their third full length album.-Cd-Kill rock stars-€13.99
Horse feathers-Thistled spring [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Horse feathers return with their third full length album.-Lp-Kill rock stars-€14.99
Nastasia, nina-Outlaster [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise].-Cd-Fat cat-€12.99
Nastasia, nina-Outlaster [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise]. Limited to only 500 copies on vinyl and comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl.-Lp-Fat cat-€14.99
Pernice brothers-Goodbye killer [this album is released on the 11th of june]-The pernice brothers finally return with their first full length album since live a little from way back in 2006. Brothers joe and bob pernice return with a brand new collection of originals, recorded in an attic in boston.-Cd-One little indian-€12.99
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Ashby, dorothy-The rubaiyat of dorothy ashby-This album was originally released by the cadet label way back in 1970 and is still regarded as one of ashbys finest recordings, the album features ashby on both harp and koto along with lenny druss on flute and oboe, stu katz on vibes, fred katz on kalimba, cliff davis on sax and cash mccall on guitar, the album was recorded by richard evans in chicago in late 1969, ashby has a very distinctive sound due to her being one of very few harpists working in the jazz scene of the late sixties, this album also sees ashby provide vocals on a couple of tracks giving the album a somewhat soulful feel, the jazzy instrumentals have a real hypnotic feel to them particularly on tracks like for some we loved when ashby moves over to the koto instrument, she also moves into some really lush lounge sounds on tracks likes dust when her beautiful voices comes to the fore again, this reissue comes in the original sleeve and features the original liner notes from yvonne daniels, 2007-Lp-Cadet records-€13.99
Astatke, mulatu-Ethio jazz [featuring fekade amde maskal]-Mulatu astatke is widely regarded as one of the leading lights of ethiopian jazz both old and modern. This collection was originally part of the legendary ethiopiques series and now gets a well deserved vinyl reissue. The album features nine very laid back pieces of african jazz and afro beat. The tracks featured here were originally released between 1969 and 1974. May 2008-Lp-L arome-€16.99
Bar kays-Soul finger-Originally released on the elektra label way back in 1967. This was actually the first and last album to feature the original lineup of james alexander [bass], jimmy king [guitar], ronnie caldwell [organ], phalon jones [sax], carl cunningham [drums] and ben cauley [trumpet]. The majority of the band were tragically killed later that year in a plane crash, the same one that accounted for otis redding too. These guys were originally the house band for memphis based labels stax and volt, backing a host of top vocalists recording in both studios. Its a classic collection of instrumental sixties soul / funk. The album features soul finger, knucklehead, with a childs heart, bar kays boogaloo, theme from hells angels, you cant sit down, house shoes, pearl high, i want someone, hole in the wall and dont do that. Now reissued in all its multicoloured glory with the original lner notes by none other than booker t.-Lp-Volt records-€13.99
Blakey, art and the jazz messengers-Africaine-A classic blue note reissue from way back in 1959. The album was actually recorded in 1959 but didnt get a full release until 1979. Features art blakey on drums, wayne shorter on sax, lee morgan on trumpet, walter davis on piano and jymie merritt on bass. The album features africaine, lester left town, splendid, haina, the midget and celine.-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Blind willie johnson-If i had my day id tear the building down-Texas born blind willie johnson is one of the finest bottlenck guitar players to have ever lived. This collection on the wonderful monk label features a selection of his recordings for the columbia label between 1927 and 1930. Features i know his blood can make me whole, jesus make up my dying bed, its nobodys fault but mine, mothers children have a hard time, dark was the night cold was the morning, if i had my way it tear the building down, im gonna run to the city of refuge, jesus is coming soon, lord i cant just keep from crying, keep your lamp trimmed and burning, let you light shine on me, god dont never change, bye and bye im goin to see the king, sweeter as the years roll by. November 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Boogaloo pow wow-Dancefloor rendezvous in young nuyorica [limited edition double vinyl]-This is one hell of a sleazy and damn fine collection of sixties sounds from the underground new york dancefloors featuring some rather excellent strip club jazzy boogaloo sounds. Its really raw and is so full of energy that is near impossible not to feel yourself moving to it in some way. By the time the seventies arrived this stuff had slowed down and turned into what we call lounge music but to hear it like this in its pure raw format will make you think again about lounge music. Sleazy vocals, howling trumpets and brass, jazzy guitar licks and huge big band explosions. If you are having a party soon then this is totally essential music to have on the stereo. Features people like machito, ray barretto, willie rosario, kako, joe loco, tito rodriguez, chuito velez and many more. Seventeen tracks in total from the always reliable honest jons label. Limited edition double vinyl pressing in a heavy card gatefold sleeve. July 2008-2lp-Honest jons-€23.99
Brown, james-There it is-Originally released in 1972, his second album for the polydor label at the time. The album features there it is [parts one and two], king heron, im a greedy man [parts one and two], who am i, talkin loud and sayin nothing, public enemy #1 [parts one and two], i need help [i cant do it alone] and never can say goodbye. Now reissued with all the original artwork.-Lp-Polydor-€13.99
Cary, tristram-Its time for tristan cary [limited edition clear vinyl pressing]-Tristram cary was born in oxford in 1925 and went on to be dubbed the father of electronic music. He set up the uk's first electronic music studio [londons ems] and worked for the bbc on many occasions. In 1955 he was commissioned to write the music for the new ealing movie the ladykillers and probably most famously was the man who provided the sound effects for the daleks when they first appeared in dr who in 1963. This album collects 32 rare pieces from the vaults, many of these are being released for the very first time. The pieces were written for various uses including exhibitions, sculpture and television. Pure heaven for collectors of weird early electronica and library recordings. Limited edition clear vinyl pressing. April 2010-Lp-Trunk-€16.99
Clark, sonny-Cool struttin-A reissue of the classic 1958 blue note album, the lineup boasted some considerable talent with jackie mclean, art farmer, paul chambers and philly joe jones, the highlight for most is the opening and title track which now stands as a preeminent jazz classic, but there is not a bad note on this albums four tracks, other titles include blue minor, sippin at bells and deep night-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Cocorosie-Grey oceans [limited edition blue vinyl]-Paris based sisters sierra and bianca cassidy return with their fourth full length album to date, their previous albums were on the thrill jockey label with this one on the pias france label. The album features another superbly kooky collection of electronic beats, live instrumentation and all manner or rustic old vinyl samples. The dual vocal sounds on the album are really what set these girls apart from other kooky psyche pop outfit out there. On one hand you have the classically trained voice of sierra sounding like an operatic version of liz fraser [cocteau twins] and then theres the much more rustic almost vaudeville souding voice of bianca, the diversity of the two sounds just works so so well together. These girls have the ability to work hip hop beats into old time piano ballads, haunting fairytale like folk into throbbing electronic pop and so much more. It really is like the meeting of two very different styles and its genuinely works so well. I think out of all four albums this is my favourite one so far. Limited edition blue vinyl pressing, comes in a gatefold sleeve too. April 2010-Lp-Pias-€13.99
Cohen, leonard-Songs of leonard cohen-The songs of leonard cohen gets a much overdue reissue treatment by the sundazed label. Features suzanne, master song, winter lady, the stranger song, sisters of mercy, so long marianne, hey thats no way to say goodbye, stories of the street, teachers and one of us cannot be wrong. Produced by john simon. Comes in all the original artwork.-Lp-Sundazed-€18.99
Coleman, ornette-Love call-Released on the blue note label back in 1968. The album features airborne, love call, open to the public and chekc out time. Joining coleman on the recordings were dewey redman on tenor sax, jimmy garrison on bass and elvin jones on drums. The album is now reissued in the original sleeve with liner notes on the back by leonard feather.-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Coleman, ornette-The shape of jazz to come-Still seen as one of the landmark freeform avant garde jazz record today, this album was originally released in 1959 on atlantic records, features lonely woman, eventually, peace, focus on sanity, congeniality and chronology, features coleman on alto sax, donald cherry on cornet, charlie hadden on bass and billy higgins on drums, american reissue on atlantic records-Lp-Atlantic-€13.99
Covay, don-See saw-A bit of a soul gem from way back in 1966 on the atlantic label, don covay used to be a member of the doo wop outfit the rainbows in the fifties, features the blistering self penned opener see saw along with the boomerang, everything gonna be everything, fat man, precious you, iron out the rough spots, please do something, i never get enough of your love, the usual place, a womans love, sookie sookie and mercy mercy, american reissue in the original sleeve-Lp-Atlantic-€13.99
Davey, cathy-The nameless-Irish singer songwriter returns with her brand new album on hammer toe records, her third album to date. The album comes rather beautifully presented in a deluxe [giant] foldout poster sleeve with printed paper wraparound holder. Along with tons of strings davey is joined by conor o brien [villagers] and neil hannon [divine comedy]. I must say this is a much more rustic, almsot live sounding record compared to her previous two records, its full of dramatic almost vaudeville like folk sounds which sees davey adding in lots of banjo on this album for the first time. Its a wonderfully kooky collection of sounds with davey plucking all sorts of influences to create something totally original. Its got a bit of everything from jazz to folk to vaudeville musical and plenty more. Could well be her finest and most varied collection to date. May 2010-Cd-Hammer toe records-€14.99
Donaldson, lou-Midnight creeper-Reissue of this classic blue note release from way back in 1968. The album comes pressed in all its gatefold sleeve glory with liner notes by reggie lavong. The band features donaldson on alto sax, blue mitchell on trumpet, george benson on guitar, lonnie smith on organ and leo morris on drums. Features midnight creeper, love power, elizabeth, bag of jewels and dapper dan.-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Dylan, bob-Bob dylan-Bob dylans very first album from way back in 1962. Released on the columbia label. Features youre no good, talkin new york, in my time of dyin, man of constant sorrow, fixin to die, pretty peggy o, highway 51, gospel plow, baby let me follow you down, house of the risin sun, freight train blues, song to woody and see that my grave is kept clean. Now reissued on the sundazed label on high quality 180 gram vinyl. 2009-Lp-Sundazed-€19.99
Elektronische musik-Soul jazz presents-Soul jazz presents a collection of experimental german rock and electronic musik from 1972 to 1983. I think it would be fair to say this is one of the most influential periods in the development of modern electronic music, the collection covers everything from motorik krautrock to space rock to ambient synthesizer music. I dont exagerate when i say there isnt a single bad track on this collection. The album features tracks from can, between, harmonia, gila, kollectiv, michael bundt, emak, popul vuh, conrad schnitzler, la dusseldorf, faust, neu, cluster, ibliss, dieter moebius, amon duul ii, ash ra temple, tangerine dream, roedelius and deuter. Comes with a highly detailed booklet and is housed in a lovely card outer jacket. May 2010-2cd-Soul jazz-€14.99
Elektronische musik-Soul jazz presents - part one-Soul jazz presents a collection of experimental german rock and electronic musik from 1972 to 1983. I think it would be fair to say this is one of the most influential periods in the development of modern electronic music, the collection covers everything from motorik krautrock to space rock to ambient synthesizer music. I dont exagerate when i say there isnt a single bad track on this collection. The album features tracks from can, between, harmonia, gila, kollectiv, michael bundt, emak, popul vuh, conrad schnitzler, la dusseldorf, harmonia, faust and neu. Double vinyl pressing. May 2010-2lp-Soul jazz-€14.99
Elektronische musik-Soul jazz presents - part two-Soul jazz presents a collection of experimental german rock and electronic musik from 1972 to 1983. I think it would be fair to say this is one of the most influential periods in the development of modern electronic music, the collection covers everything from motorik krautrock to space rock to ambient synthesizer music. I dont exagerate when i say there isnt a single bad track on this collection. The album features tracks from cluster, ibliss, dieter moebius, amon duul ii, popul vuh, ash ra temple, tangerine dream, roedelius, can and deuter. Double vinyl pressing in gatefold sleeve. May 2010-2lp-Soul jazz-€14.99
Ellington, duke-Far east suite-In 1963 duke eliington and his famed band went on a us state department world tour, after the tour ellington and his co-composer billy strayhorn wrote these swing based impressions of the far east, incredible that ellington still had creative desires at the age of 67, features tourist point of view, bluebird of delhi, isfahan, depk, mount harissa, blue pepper, agra, amad and ad lib on nippon, originally released in 1966-Lp-Rca-€13.99
Ellington, duke-The 1953 pasadena concert-Recorded at the pasadena civic auditorium on the 30th of march 1953. The album features the tatooed bride, diminuendo in blue / crescendo in blue, the hawk talks, monologue, so louis blues, vips boogie / jam with sam, without a song, do nothing til you hear from me, street blues, perdido and ellington melody. Features ray nance, willie cook, clark terry, cat anderson, britt woodman, quentin jackson, juan tizol, jimmy hamilton, russell procope, rick henderson, paul gonsalves, harry carney, wendell marshall, butch ballard, jimmy grissom and special guest oscar pettiford. Now reissued featuring all the original artwork with liner notes from stanley dance.-Lp-Gnp/crescendo-€13.99
Flying lotus-Cosmogramma [double vinyl with bonus download coupon]-Brand new album on the warp label from one of the most highly respected producers around at the moment. The album is the much anticipated follow up to the los angeles album from 2008. The album features a host of well known collaborators including thom yorke [radiohead], thundercat [sa ra], miguel atwood ferguson, ravi coltrane [son of alice and john], harp prodigy rebekah raff and returning vocalist laura darlington. Brand new album on the warp label from one of the most highly respected producers around at the moment. The album is the much anticipated follow up to the los angeles album from 2008. The album features a host of well known collaborators including thom yorke [radiohead], thundercat [sa ra], miguel atwood ferguson, ravi coltrane [son of alice and john], harp prodigy rebekah raff and returning vocalist laura darlington. The album features a totally futuristic journey into the world of modern instrumental hip hop, its full of jazzy undertones and almost seventies like hammond organ soul sounds. Its very much an album based around intricate beats with the music then layered around these ever changing rhythms. There are moments of blue note like jazz guitar, samba, dubstep and blissful ambience included. Its very much a producers album and one that will delight all fans of off kilter instrumental hip hop. The album is pressed on double vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve with bonus download coupon featuring all 17 tracks from the album. April 2010-2lp-Warp-€18.99
Gaye, marvin-Whats going on-Originally released in 1970 on the tamla motown label, limited vinyl reissue in the original gatefold sleeve, features whats going on, right on, wholy holy, inner city blues, whats happening brother, flyin high, save the children, god is love and mercy mercy me, reissue on tamla motown in 1998-Lp-Tamla motown-€14.99
Green, grant-Grants first stand-Grant greens debut for the blue note label, originally released back in 1961. The album features miss anns tempo, lullaby of the leaves, blues for willarene, babys minor lope, aint nobodys business if i do and a wee bit of green. The band features green on guitar, baby face willette on organ and ben dixon on drums. Now reissed on the blue note label featuring all the original artwork with liner notes by robert levin.-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Guthrie, woody-Dust bowl ballads-This is actually the very first record cut by guthrie after moving to new york in the early fourties. Cut for alan lomax as part of his work with the library of congress. The album was originally released as three separate 78prm records and was then compiled by the smithsonian label in 1964. Now reissued by the doxy label on 180 gram vinyl. The majority of tracks were recorded in april 1940 with just the last two coming from a session in may of the same year. The tracks are all solo recordings. October 2009-Lp-Doxy-€15.99
Ma rainey-Those dogs of mine-Ma rainey began recording for the paramount label in 1923, she was to become known as the mother of the blues, she was also one of the very first blues artists to record for the label. She began her singing career around 1896 in vaudeville and minstrel show, she was a fairly colourful character, shocking audiences with her odd lyrics and performances which at the time were deemed to be beyond the limits of decency for some. This album on the superb monk label compiles 19 of her classic recordings, made between december 1923 and august 1924. As ever with the monk label the tracks have been beautifully cleaned up for this vinyl only release and come on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. April 2010-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Male bonding-Nothing hurts-Nothing hurts is the sub pop debut and the first full length from dalston based trio male bonding. The band features robin silas christian [drums], john arthur webb [guitar / vocals] and kevin hendrick [bass / vocals]. The album features a fairly blistering collection of old school jangly indie rock, grunge pop and fuzzed up post punk. At times it kind of reminds me a bit of early nirvana [bleach] with a slightly more avant punk twist to it. The album also has lots of nods back towards the heavier side of jangly indie rock with plenty of choppy new wave tendencies. Its almost like a slightly more grunged up punky wedding present with bits of sixties garage surf thrown in, imagine dick dale fronting some fuzzed up indie rock band. With 13 tracks clocking in at just under thirty minutes this is pure bliss for guitar heavy indie rock fans, its the perfect length for this kind of album too, as soon as its finished you just want to hit the start button again. May 2010-Cd-Sub pop-€12.99
Mayfield, curtis-Theres no place like america today-Released in 1975 on the curtom label, the album is now reissued in all its bleak grim glory depicting the social divides in american society in the early fifties. The album features billy jack, when seasons change, so in love, jesus, blue monday people, hard times and love to the people. The album was recorded at the curtom studios in chicago. The band featured rich tufo on keyboards, lucky scott on bass, quinton joseph on drums, gary thompson on guitar, phil upchurch on guitar and henry gibson on conga-Lp-Curtom records-€13.99
Mazzy star-Among my swan [180 gram vinyl]-The third and final album from the superb mazzy star. Originally released in 1996, the album now comes reissued by plain recordings and is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. The album features hope sandoval on vocals, dave roback on guitars and a guest spot from william reid [jesus and mary chain]. Features disappear, flowers in december, rhymes of an hour, cry cry, take everything, still cold, all your sisters, ive been let down, roseblood, happy, umbilical and look down from the bridge. The album comes packaged with all the original artwork including printed inner sleeve. March 2010-Lp-Plain recordings-€21.99
Meters-Struttin-New orleans based funk outfit from the seventies and also backing backing band to the legendary allen toussaint, originally released in 1970 and their third album as the meters, their first album to really delve into vocal tracks with the chant along single chicken strut and their cover of jimmy webbs wichita lineman and lee dorseys ride your pony, also features their cover of ty hunters soulful single darling darling darling-Lp-Josie-€13.99
Monk, thelonious-Big band and quartet in concert-Originally released in 1963 on the columbia label. Recorded at the philharmonic hall in new york. Features i mean you, evidence, when its darkness on the delta, oska t, played twice, four in one and epistrophy. Now reissued featuring allthe original artwork with liner notes from ira gitler, robert shelton and george t simon.-Lp-Columbia-€13.99
National, the-High violet-The national finally return with their long awaited follow up to the boxer from 2007. The eleven new tracks were recorded at the bands own studios in brooklyn with some extra recording and mixing at tarquin studios in connecticut with peter katis. The album features another superb collection of dark hearted and sombre indie rock / new wave sounds full of brooding atmospherics and shimmering reverb laden guitar effects. For me their sound is still heavily rooted in the darker side of post punk ./ indie rock ala the cure, joy division or echo and the bunnymen which is then layered with tons of anthemic american rock influences. This album is awash with lush string sounds, it almost sounds like they are backed by a full orchestra at times. They are still one of the few bands out there who can make dark and brooding indie rock sound utterly uplifting. May 2010-Cd-4ad-€12.99
Newsom, joanna-Have one on me [triple cd box]-Not one for doing things in small measures, joanna newsom returns with her brand new album, her first since the lush orchestrated epic that was ys in 2006. This new one is a triple album, one for each year since ys [apparently]. The band features ys street band members ryan francesconi and neal morgan again. It would be fair to say after the lush orchestral washes of the van dyke parks scored last album this album has much more in common with her debut album [the mild eyed mender]. Its very much a stripped down sound again with newsom playing both piano and harp throughout. Its nice to see her going back to the sounds of the debut album, this one is all about her truly stunning voice again with just the barest of musical accompaniment. Its an album deeply rooted in traditional folk sounds, both english and american with plenty of nods back towards an old english victorian kind of vibe. If you are a novice to this womans overall sound then try to imagine a slightly more rustic sounding kate bush playing a harp, if anything newsom is even more kooky than that. This woman possesses one of the most distinctive voices around at the moment, there is no mistaking who you are listening to right from the first note. As ever its full of dramatic bursts of strings and piano, there is little else going on musically which really allows you to enjoy the truly wonderful lyrics this woman writes. Her songs are more like miniature short stories, there is nothing simple about the kind of songs this woman writes and that has always been something that makes you come back to her albums all the time. This is nothing short of beautiful, and believe me its not short but for such a long album its does seem to pass rather quickly. Its not often you can say this about a triple album but this is nothing short of perfect, just over two hours of pure bliss. The album comes packaged in a rather lavish heavy card box, each cd is individually packaged in a miniature card sleeve inside. There is also an extensive booklet with lyrics for all the tracks. February 2010-3cd-Drag city-€19.99
Newsom, joanna-Have one on me [triple vinyl box]-Not one for doing things in small measures, joanna newsom returns with her brand new album, her first since the lush orchestrated epic that was ys in 2006. This new one is a triple album, one for each year since ys [apparently]. The band features ys street band members ryan francesconi and neal morgan again. It would be fair to say after the lush orchestral washes of the van dyke parks scored last album this album has much more in common with her debut album [the mild eyed mender]. Its very much a stripped down sound again with newsom playing both piano and harp throughout. Its nice to see her going back to the sounds of the debut album, this one is all about her truly stunning voice again with just the barest of musical accompaniment. Its an album deeply rooted in traditional folk sounds, both english and american with plenty of nods back towards an old english victorian kind of vibe. If you are a novice to this womans overall sound then try to imagine a slightly more rustic sounding kate bush playing a harp, if anything newsom is even more kooky than that. This woman possesses one of the most distinctive voices around at the moment, there is no mistaking who you are listening to right from the first note. As ever its full of dramatic bursts of strings and piano, there is little else going on musically which really allows you to enjoy the truly wonderful lyrics this woman writes. Her songs are more like miniature short stories, there is nothing simple about the kind of songs this woman writes and that has always been something that makes you come back to her albums all the time. This is nothing short of beautiful, and believe me its not short but for such a long album its does seem to pass rather quickly. Its not often you can say this about a triple album but this is nothing short of perfect, just over two hours of pure bliss. The album comes packaged in a rather lavish heavy card box, each vinyl comes in its own individual sleeve inside too. There is also a 12 inch sized booklet with lyrics for all the tracks. February 2010-3lp-Drag city-€23.99
Oren ambarchi with jim o rourke and keiji haino-Tima formosa-Live recording of the debut performance of these three leading lights on the avant garde scene. Recorded at the playhouse in japan in january 2009. The album is broken down into three separate segments, spread out over a total of sixty minutes. The album feaures ambarchi on guitars, jim o rourke on piano and keiji haino on vocals / flute / drum machine. Features a selection of avant garde drone based ambience, jazz like piano tinkling and some truly haunting vocal effects from haino. April 2010-Cd-Black truffle-€21.99
Patton, charley-Electrically recorded [prayer of death]-A wonderful collection of rare recordings on the monk label from the legendary grandaddy of the delta blues. This selection was recorded on the 14th of june 1929. The album features some rare tracks patton recorded under two separate aliases. Features two tracks as the masked marvel and two as elder ja hadley. Pressed on heavy vinyl courtesy of the get back records offshoot label monk. The tracks have all been rather beautifully cleaned up and really have never sounded better. This music was always made to be listened to on vinyl so its very pleasurable to see it back on it original format again. May 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Rag and stomp-A retrospective on 1930s western swing [various artists]-Another wonderful collection of rare long lost gems from the past, unearthed by the high quality reissue label monk records. The album comes in a lovely retro brown card sleeve with printed inner sleeve featuring liner notes on the tracks. These tracks, recorded in the thirties and fourties, defined a sound we now call western swing. Its like a great big jazz swing party all wrapped up one on record. Features tracks from salty holmes, sweet violet boys, bob wills and his texas playboys, jimmie revard and his oklahoma playboys, cody fox and his yellow jackets, bob skyles and his skyrockets, the hi fliers, light crust doughboys, boy newman and his boys, rice brothers gang, adolph hofner and his san antonians and finally ted daffans texans. 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Redneck manifesto-Friendship-Brand new album from one of irelands very finest instrumental post rock outfits. Its hard to believe this is their first album in nearly six years now, the last album i am brazil was released way back in 2004, for some reason it just doesnt seem that long. The album was recorded in blackbox studios in france and is probably their first to really incorporate the keyboard sounds of fifth member neil o connor [aka somadrone]. Its definitely an album much more based on krautrock like rhythms, its still jam packed with intricate post rock guitar interplay but this one has a real motorik like groove provided by some sublime drum and bass action. If anything this album sounds more like the redneck manifesto jamming with can or neu, the lush analog synth sounds really do add a whole new dimension to their already rather complex sound. This truly is pure heaven for lovers of either intricate post rock or trance like krautrock from one of the finest in ireland [if not worldwide]. It may not have the same raw edge of their first album but i think you will find this is up there as one of their finest, if not their best so far. The album comes in a lovely embossed digipack sleeve. March 2010-Cd-The richter collective-€13.99
Reed, lou-Berlin [remastered edition]-Lou reeds third album which originally came out in 1973 tends to divide a lot of fans. Fans either love or hate this album. Its often described as either one of the most depressing or one of the most moving albums of all time but theres no denying its truly dark beauty. The all star lineup included the likes of jack bruce, steve winwood, ansley dunbar and tony levin along with producer and collaborator bob ezrin. The album is now reissued in its original sleeve complete with printed inner. The album has now been fully remastered for this new version on the music on vinyl reissue label. November 2009-Lp-Music on vinyl-€18.99
Ritter, josh-So runs the world away-So runs the world away is the brand new album from josh ritter on the irish label independent records. This is the fifth full length studio album from the idaho native. The album was recorded over a 15 month period at the great north sound society in maine, with extra additional recording at saltlands studios in brooklyn. So runs the world away continues ritter’s longtime collaboration with producer and keyboard player sam kassirer. Additionally the album sees the return of ritters core touring lineup of zack hickman, austin nevins and liam hurley. The album features another superb collection of somewhat upbeat rootsy americana, folk and country tinged sounds. It’s a beautifully melodic collection of sounds, infused with plenty of catchy rootsy pop like vibes, if anything its probably one of his most summery sounding collections in his five album career so far. The album comes in a lovely card digipack sleeve with full colour booklet featuring lyrics. April 2010-Cd-Independent records-€12.99
Scott-heron, gil-From south africa to south carolina-This was the second album that gil scott-heron made with procuder / composer brian jackson, first minute of a new day preceded this in 1975. This album was originally released back in 1976 on the tvt label and is now reissued featuring all the original artwork. Along with jackson the band also features bob adams [drums], danny bowens [bass], victor brown [vocals / bells / tambourine], adenola [congas], charlie saunders [conga], bilal sunni ali [harmonica] and barnett williams [percussion]. The album features johannesburg, a toast to the people, the summer of 42, beginnings [first minute of a new day], south carolina [barnwell], essex, fell together and lovely day.-Lp-Rumal gia records-€13.99
Shepp, archie-Yasmina a black woman [180 gram vinyl]-Recorded in august of 1969 in paris by tenor saxophonist archie shepp. The album features collaborations with art ensemble of chicago members lester bowie, roscoe mitchell and malachi favors on the twenty minute opener, yasmina. The album also features philly joe jones, art taylor, hank mobley and sunny murray. The album features just three tracks which are yasmina, sonnys back and body & soul. Comes in the original gatefold sleeve with notes by philippe carles.-Lp-Byg-€13.99
Sparklehorse and fennesz-In the fishtank-Recorded over the space of just two days back in december 2007. The album is released as part of the ongoing in the fishtank collaboration series by the konkurrent label. Its hard to believe its been three years since we have had a new addition to this truly wonderful series [last one was isis and aereogramme in 2006]. The idea behind the series is to lock two very different bands in a room together for a few days and let them come up with some original music together. The album features seven pieces which very much sound more like fennesz backed up by sparklehorse than anything else. Its full of his classic trademark scratchy sound effects as linkous and co add in some beautifully sparse instrumentation. Linkous also adds some delicate vocal sounds on a couple of tracks with the almost folk like vibes of if my heart really standing out for me. Absolutely beautiful stuff and real must for fennesz fans. November 2009-Lp-Konkurrnent-€13.99
Sun ra-Lanquidity [180 gram vinyl]-Reissue of this hard to find sun ra album from 1978, now on the philly jazz label. The album comes in the original silver sleeve and is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Features lanquidity, where pathways meet, thats how i feel, twin stars of thence and there are other worlds [they have not told you off]. The album was recorded at blank tapes in new york on the 17th of july 1978.-Lp-Philly jazz-€13.99
Surfer blood-Astro coast [red vinyl with mp3 download]-The debut album from this florida based indie rock outfit on the kanine label. Its a collection of somewhat blissful indie rock meets sixties surf pop. Try to imagine the likes of pavement or weezer jamming with the beach boys. Its full of clever indie rock sounds, complete with both jangly guitars and hints of shoegazing, then throw some of the vocal harmonies of the beach boys over the top of all that. Its a really happy feelgood kind of sound, drenched in reverb, at times kind of reminding me of some early pixies sounds for some reason. This could well become the soundtrack to the summer months. The album comes pressed on limited edition red vinyl and also features an mp3 download coupon. March 2010-Lp-Kanine-€21.99
Swing for a crime-Various artists-Another superb collection of sixties garage rock, sleazy jazz and exotica courtesy of the crypt label. Features a host of sixties sleaze interspersed with b movie film dialogue. Features tracks from the hollywood persuaders, patsy raye and the beatniks, johnny brown and the joy boys, ric gary, barney kessel, sy oliver, les baxter, bing day, the vikings, art van dam, cozy cole, linda burnette, the triumphs, the originals, the viscounts, nat kendrick and the swans, the royal jokers and tony rodelle larson.-Lp-Crypt records-€13.99
Twistin rumble-Volume three-The third part in this truly wonderful collection of sixties stripjoint sounds, features a collection of sleazy sounds from the mid to late sixties, you get a collection of mostly instrumental garage rock, garage soul, r n b, funk, surf rock, rockabilly, sleazy garage pop and brass led garage soul, its like one great big sixties basement party, artists include el pauling and the royalton, nick and the jaguars, lonnie brooks, hector and the eastmen, billy emerson, johnny rebb, joe williams, the upsetters, big al downing, howie casey, smokey johnson, ambrose donald, mickey baker, sonny day, big moose and the jams and finally poor boys, july 2007-Lp-Twistin rumble-€14.99
Villagers-Becoming a jackal [single]-The first single to be released from the brand new debut album of the same name. Features twenty seven strangers on the flip side. May 2010-7"-Domino-€4.99
Waits, tom-Rain dogs-Reissue of this classic tom waits album from way back in 1985 on the island label. The album features singapore, clap hands, cemetary polka, jockey full of bourbon, tango til theyre sore, big black mariah, diamonds and gold hang down your head, time, rain dogs, midtown, 9th and hennepin, gun street girl, union square, blind love, walking spanish, downtown train, bride of raindog and anywhere i lay my head.-Lp-Island-€16.99
Waters, muddy-Singing the blues [1954 to 1959]-By 1954 the father of chicago blues could be found supported by a host of famous names in his band. The recordings from this period feature the likes of little walter jacobs, willie dixon, fred below, francis clay, otis spann, james cotton, marcus johnson and jimmy rogers [all legends in their own right]. The album is pressed on two big heavy slabs of 180 gram vinyl and comes in a lovely gold printed sleeve. The majority of the tracks featured here were originally released as singles on the legendary chess label, with a few bonus outtakes and alternate versions thrown in. The album features im ready, smokestack lightning, young fashioned ways, mannish boy, trouble no more, forty days and forty nights, just to be with you, dont go no further, diamonds at your feet, i love the life i live i live the life i love, rock me, look what you done, got my mojo working, good news, evil, shes nineteen years old, close to you, walkin thru the park, blues before sunrise, lonesome road blues, take the bitter with the sweet, shes into something, southbound train and double trouble. March 2010-2lp-Doxy-€21.99
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Its one of those rare heavenly type of weeks here in the shop this week, its not often we get two of our favourite bands releasing albums in the same week, but you have probably guessed already that its happened this week. Not only do we have a brand new Teenage Fanclub album for you but we also have a new Divine Comedy too. The poor record player in the shop is so confused at this stage with the amount of swapping around we are doing.
After much debating we have decided to give our album of the week to Teenage Fanclub, by much debating I mean that Dylan and myself just bullied everybody else and made the decision for them. The new album is called “Shadows” and comes out again on their own Pema label, the cd and vinyl are both €13.99 each for this week.
So our album of the week runner up spot goes to the Divine Comedy album “Band Goes The Knighthood” or should that have been “Bang Goes The Road Records Album Of The Week Spot, Thanks To Teenage Fanclub”. We have a limited amount of the double cd version in stock now and its only €13.99, the rather lovely vinyl in gatefold sleeve is also on special offer for only €16.99. We are also very excited to announce the Mr Divine Comedy himself, Neil Hannon, will be playing live in our little store this Saturday at 1pm. You are all very welcome to come and we will try and squeeze everybody in.
So how do I follow Teenage Fanclub and Divine Comedy !
Well lets see where to begin.
Lets start with some new Irish music, Boa Morte are back after a long long break with a brand new album this week. God Is An Astronaut return with another slice of lush post rock. The Rags have just released their debut album. Gavin Glass is a multi-instrumentalist you may have seen perform with Lisa Hannigan recently and he has just released a brand solo album. The rather lovely Walpurgis Family have a new album out this week on the Popical Island label. Band On An Island have just released a limited edition hand numbered 7” this week on First Born Is Dead records, only 100 copies in total available.
Fans of avant garde noise rock will simply adore this new Rangda album out this week on Drag City. The band features Ben Chasny, Chris Corsano and Richard Bishop. For wall to wall noise, it just doesn’t get any better than this one.
Oneida fans should check out this new band People Of The North, why ? I hear you ask, well its basically the same band with a different name.
The new Micah P Hinson album is now in stock on vinyl, its only €18.99 for a limited time.
I must say I am slowly getting a bit addicted to the new John & Jehn album at this stage, its definitely worth checking out if you get a chance.
Right, thats it for another week. I’m off to buy some fancy tea for our Divine Comedy instore, somehow its seems quite appropriate.
Have a good weekend and see you next week sometime.
Adios
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Album Of The Week
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Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Cd-Pema-€13.99
Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Lp-Pema-€13.99
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Villagers-Becoming a jackal-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. May 2010-Cd-Domino-€12.99
Villagers-Becoming a jackal [with download coupon]-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. Limited edition double vinyl pressing. The album features three sides of music and the fourth side is etched. The album also comes with a bonus download coupon. May 2010-2lp-Domino-€16.99
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Born ruffians-Say it-The second album from this toronto based outfit on the warp label. Features the singles what to say and sole brother. The album features a rather quirky and off kilter take on the classic sounds of post punk and indie rock. There are hints of the pixies disjointed guitar driven off kilter rhythms along with a voice reminscent of the violent femmes and bass heavy punk funk influences. Fans of the likes of arcade fire, tapes n tapes etc will love this for its raw and highly inventive take on underground rock. Its a really energetic rush of guitar heavy sounds with a really melodic sound at its core. May 2010-Cd-Warp-€12.99
Born ruffians-Say it [with download coupon]-The second album from this toronto based outfit on the warp label. Features the singles what to say and sole brother. The album features a rather quirky and off kilter take on the classic sounds of post punk and indie rock. There are hints of the pixies disjointed guitar driven off kilter rhythms along with a voice reminscent of the violent femmes and bass heavy punk funk influences. Fans of the likes of arcade fire, tapes n tapes etc will love this for its raw and highly inventive take on underground rock. Its a really energetic rush of guitar heavy sounds with a really melodic sound at its core. Comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Warp-€15.99
Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. The album comes presented in a lovely card gatefold sleeve with printed inner featuring all the lyrics. May 2010-Lp-Divine comedy records-€16.99
Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood [limited edition with bonus cd]-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. Limited edition double cd version, limited to 5000 copies in total and features an exclusive extra booklet and a bonus disc featuring material recorded live in france. May 2010-2cd-Divine comedy records-€13.99
Future islands-In evening air [with download coupon]-The debut full length album from future islands on the thrill jockey label. This album follows up their very limited in the fall mini album from earlier this year and and their previous full length wave like home from back in 2008. This is very much an album of hard to define sounds, at times fuzzed up electro pop and other times bass heavy new wave. Its full of throbbing electro like beats, scuzzy snyth action, heavily distorted guitar / bass and a vocalist that sounds like tom waits meets ian curtis. The album is pressed on very limited translucent orange vinyl and is limited to 1000 copies in total. Also comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Thrill jockey-€13.99
Hinson, micah p-And the pioneer saboteurs [double vinyl]-The fourth full length solo album from texas based singer songwriter micah p hinson. The album features string arrangements by eric bachmann and members of techanko, devotcha and crooked fingers. This is his first collection of new material since the red empire orchestra album back in 2008. The first thing you will notice about this collection is the truly lush orchestration involved, its quite a different beast to the totally stripped down sounds of the previous outing. The album kind of hints at times of a folk singer playing the spaghetti western soundtracks of ennio morricone with richard hawley and calexico hovering around in the background. Its a really beautiful meeting of rough rustic folk sounds and big blasts of strings and brass. There are also a couple longer tracks that go into some kind of weird almost psyche folk like noisy jams, almost sounding like bonnie prince billy jamming with godspeed you black emperor. Never one to rest on his laurels micah p has come up trumps yet again. Pressed on two beautiful slabs of heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Also comes in a gatefold sleeve. May 2010-2lp-Full time hobby-€18.99
Howard, rowland s-Pop crimes-Ex nick cave and lydia lunch collaborator and seminal guitar rowland s howards second solo album, recorded only months before his untimely death from liver cancer. I suppose he is probably best remembered as the guitarist with legendary australian outfit the birthday party. A perfectly formed collection of eight tracks, clocking in at just under forty minutes, the perfect length for any album in my opinion. The album features six original howard tracks along with covers of lifes what you make it [talk talk] and nothin [townes van zandt]. Howard is joined by mick harvey [bad seeds], jp shilo adn jonnine standish [ex hate rock trio]. Features some lovely dark hearted swamp blues like rootsy sounds, coming across like later nick cave with lots of added hammond organ. May 2010-Cd-Infectious-€12.99
Randazzo, elisa-Bruises and butterflies-Songwriter and clothing designer who has previously worked with the red krayola releases her debut solo album for the drag city label. Randazzo played violin and sang with the red krayola on several tours and has appeared on four of their albums to date. The album features a lovely collection of downbeat and somewhat haunting folk based sounds. Its an album that harks back a wee bit to the classic early seventies folk sound, its even got hints of the likes of judee sill or linda perhacs whilst also reminding me of the more modern ethereal folk sounds of the likes of espers or marissa nadler. May 2010-Lp-Drag city-€15.99
Rangda-False flag-Sir richard bishop, ben chasny and chris corsano create a glorious cacaphony as an instrumental avant garde super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. Sir richard bishop has released a couple of solo album whilst also being one of the founding memebers of the sun city girls, ben chasny is probably best known for his work as six organs of admittance and chris corsano is a bit of an all round legendary drummer on the avant garde / free rock scene. The album is going to be pure heaven for free-form avant rock fans out there, imagine a somewhat less structured lightning bolt with even more added white noise. Its a truly thunderous assault on the ears, at times breaking out into the most stunning guitar solo workouts before launching head first back into all manner of ear bleeding full on noise. On occasion the album does actually break down into some hauntingly beautiful moments [its true, i kid you not] sounding like some long lost john fahey electric guitar piece. May 2010-Cd-Drag city-€13.99
Rangda-False flag-Sir richard bishop, ben chasny and chris corsano create a glorious cacaphony as an instrumental avant garde super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. Sir richard bishop has released a couple of solo album whilst also being one of the founding memebers of the sun city girls, ben chasny is probably best known for his work as six organs of admittance and chris corsano is a bit of an all round legendary drummer on the avant garde / free rock scene. The album is going to be pure heaven for free-form avant rock fans out there, imagine a somewhat less structured lightning bolt with even more added white noise. Its a truly thunderous assault on the ears, at times breaking out into the most stunning guitar solo workouts before launching head first back into all manner of ear bleeding full on noise. On occasion the album does actually break down into some hauntingly beautiful moments [its true, i kid you not] sounding like some long lost john fahey electric guitar piece. May 2010-Lp-Drag city-€15.99
Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Cd-Pema-€13.99
Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Lp-Pema-€13.99
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Band on an island-Back disco-Limited edition 7 inch release from band on an island on the firstborn is dead label [home to the mighty stef]. Features back disco featuring claire prendergast and chelsea bards on the flip side. The single is limited to a measly 100 individually hand numbered copies, never to be repressed so get em while you still can. On the a side there is a special hand sprayed stenciled band on an island logo and the flip side features a hand drawn picture of the chelsea hotel sign, no two copies will ever be the same. The b-side of the single was recorded by the mighty stef himself in room 325 of the famous hotel chelsea and is dedicated to its great manager stanley bard. May 2010-7"-Firstborn is dead recordings-€4.99
Boa morte-The dial waltz-Hard to believe its been almost eight years since we last heard from this cork based outfit, we all thought they had broken up at this stage but thankfully i can report they are all alive and kicking. Their last album left us all here wanting more and its been a long long wait. Fronted again by the deep vocal tones of corma gahan the band also feaures paul ruxton [guitars / bass], bill twomey [guitars] and maurice hallissey [drums]. The album features a rather beautiful collection of downbeat slow core meets post rock sounds, think red house painters meets low and smog. Its a lovely sombre and intimate affair full of gently brushed drum sounds, strings and minimal post rock like guitar picking. Fans of fellow irishman adrian crowley will fall in love with this one instantly. Its one of those perfect late night bedtime albums, beautifully soothing stuff. May 2010-Cd-Kicking a can records-€13.99
Bobby and blumm-A little big-Singer / guitarist fs blumm teams up with swedish singer ellinor blixt for their second album under the bobby and blumm moniker. Their previous album everybody loves came out on the highly respected morr music label back in 2008. The album features eleven perfectly formed electronic pop gems. Its a beautiful blend of dual vocals, subtle guitar picking and the gentlest of beats. Its almost like some mellow late night electronic folk album, full of sounds that will excite all fans of the morr music label, lali puna etc. Its wonderfully intimate stuff, almost sounding like a totally stripped down stereolab in a slighly more sombre mood. Its a perfect lazy sunday afternoon album. May 2010-Cd-Sound of a handshake-€19.99
Born ruffians-Say it-The second album from this toronto based outfit on the warp label. Features the singles what to say and sole brother. The album features a rather quirky and off kilter take on the classic sounds of post punk and indie rock. There are hints of the pixies disjointed guitar driven off kilter rhythms along with a voice reminscent of the violent femmes and bass heavy punk funk influences. Fans of the likes of arcade fire, tapes n tapes etc will love this for its raw and highly inventive take on underground rock. Its a really energetic rush of guitar heavy sounds with a really melodic sound at its core. May 2010-Cd-Warp-€12.99
Born ruffians-Say it [with download coupon]-The second album from this toronto based outfit on the warp label. Features the singles what to say and sole brother. The album features a rather quirky and off kilter take on the classic sounds of post punk and indie rock. There are hints of the pixies disjointed guitar driven off kilter rhythms along with a voice reminscent of the violent femmes and bass heavy punk funk influences. Fans of the likes of arcade fire, tapes n tapes etc will love this for its raw and highly inventive take on underground rock. Its a really energetic rush of guitar heavy sounds with a really melodic sound at its core. Comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Warp-€15.99
Davis, miles-Miles davis quartet [1953 and 1954]-Composed of two different sessions on 180 gram vinyl by the doxy label. The first four tracks were recorded on 19th of may 1963 with the remaining four coming from a session on march 10th 1954. Features when the lights are low, tune-up, miles ahead, smooch, four, old devil moon, blue haze and ill remember april. Joining davis on the first session are john lewis [piano], charlie mingus [piano], percy heath [bass] adn max roach [drums]. On the second side the band were horace silver [piano], art blakey [drums] and percy heath [bass]. Originally compiled and reissued in 2008-Lp-Doxy-€15.99
Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. The album comes presented in a lovely card gatefold sleeve with printed inner featuring all the lyrics. May 2010-Lp-Divine comedy records-€16.99
Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood [limited edition with bonus cd]-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. Limited edition double cd version, limited to 5000 copies in total and features an exclusive extra booklet and a bonus disc featuring material recorded live in france. May 2010-2cd-Divine comedy records-€13.99
Doyle, matthew-A most unholy reminder-Limited edition five track ep featuring haunt you, youll never make it out of here alive, oh no the wolves are coming, o lord why are you running and folk on the road. Its very much an all solo affair from this dublin based singer songwriter, he writes, plays and records everything on here. The ep features a lovely rustic collection of old time acoustic folk sounds with hints of early dylan, townes van zandt and bonnie prince billys outings as palace brothers. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€4.99
Dylan, bob-The freewheelin bob dylan-The analogue mono version of this classic 1963 bob dylan album. Comes in the original sleeve and is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl too. Features blowin in the wind, girl from the north cuntry, masters of war, down the highway, bob dylans blues, a hard rains a-gonna fall, dont think twice its alright, bob dylans dream, oxford town, talkin world war iii blues, corrina corrina, honey just allow me one more chance and i shall be free. Comes with the original liner notes by nat hentoff. Reissued on the sundazed label.-Lp-Sundazed-€19.99
Evans, bill-Waltz for debby-Recorded live at the village vanguard in new york on the 25th of june 1961. Featuring bill evans [piano], scott lafaro [bass] and pual motian [drums]. The album features my foolish heart, waltz for debby, detour ahead, my romance, some other time and milestones. Now reissued on the fantasy label and comes with all the original artwork including the liner notes by joe goldberg.-Lp-Riverside records-€13.99
Fagan, simon-Outside looking in-The debut solo album from irish singer songwriter simon fagan on loose robe productions. The album features a lush collection of mostly folk based sounds, taking in a bit of everything from funky rock to jazz tinged folk rock along the way. The album falls somewhere between the modern americana of the likes of ryan adams and the more rootsy kind of laid back rock of josh ritter. May 2010-Cd-Loose robe productions-€12.99
Fred and bob-On a good day-The debut ep from this dublin based four piece new wave / indie rock outfit. Limited edition four track ep featuring gluey fingers, taken, blue and are you. The band features emma greenhalgh [vocals], sophia kansanniva [guitars], gil connor [bass] and neil farren [drums]. Features lots of fuzzed up indie rock guitar sounds and a vocalist that sounds like blondie in a particularly bad mood. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€4.99
Fujita, masayoshi and jan jelinek-Birds lake objects-Brand new collaboration between highly respected electronic producer jan jelinek and japanese percussionist / vibraphonist masayoshi fujita. The album features six lengthy and slow building pieces of music incorporating fujitas vibraphone, jelineks laptop wizardry and selected ambient location recordings. The end result is something strange but very very beautiful too. Sounding almost like some laid back avant garde electronic jazz at times, the album features lots of looping sound effects, hazy drone likes sounds and the truly hypnotic tones of fujitas vibraphone. Its beautifully psychedelic at times featuring lots of swirling reverb laden sound effects. Its almost ambient like at times but with so much going on deep in the mix you will find yourself getting slowly sucked in for 40 truly beautiful minutes. Comes in a deluxe hardback book style sleeve. May 2010-Cd-Faitiche-€18.99
Fujita, masayoshi and jan jelinek-Birds lake objects-Brand new collaboration between highly respected electronic producer jan jelinek and japanese percussionist / vibraphonist masayoshi fujita. The album features six lengthy and slow building pieces of music incorporating fujitas vibraphone, jelineks laptop wizardry and selected ambient location recordings. The end result is something strange but very very beautiful too. Sounding almost like some laid back avant garde electronic jazz at times, the album features lots of looping sound effects, hazy drone likes sounds and the truly hypnotic tones of fujitas vibraphone. Its beautifully psychedelic at times featuring lots of swirling reverb laden sound effects. Its almost ambient like at times but with so much going on deep in the mix you will find yourself getting slowly sucked in for 40 truly beautiful minutes. May 2010-Lp-Faitiche-€23.99
Future islands-In evening air-The debut full length album from future islands on the thrill jockey label. This album follows up their very limited in the fall mini album from earlier this year and and their previous full length wave like home from back in 2008. This is very much an album of hard to define sounds, at times fuzzed up electro pop and other times bass heavy new wave. Its full of throbbing electro like beats, scuzzy snyth action, heavily distorted guitar / bass and a vocalist that sounds like tom waits meets ian curtis. May 2010-Cd-Thrill jockey-€13.99
Future islands-In evening air [with download coupon]-The debut full length album from future islands on the thrill jockey label. This album follows up their very limited in the fall mini album from earlier this year and and their previous full length wave like home from back in 2008. This is very much an album of hard to define sounds, at times fuzzed up electro pop and other times bass heavy new wave. Its full of throbbing electro like beats, scuzzy snyth action, heavily distorted guitar / bass and a vocalist that sounds like tom waits meets ian curtis. The album is pressed on very limited translucent orange vinyl and is limited to 1000 copies in total. Also comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Thrill jockey-€13.99
Glass, gavin-Myna birds-The debut full lenth solo album from the man who has spent the last two years as multi-instrumentalist with lisa hannigan in her backing band, miss hannigan even makes the odd guest appearence on the album. The album was recorded in nashville featuring past and present members of the jayhawks, wilco and the black crowes. The album features a lovely rootsy collection of folky rock sounds, falling somewhere between the likes of josh ritter and ryan adams. Its full of country and nashville tinged rock sounds with lots of slide guitar and hammond organ action. May 2010-Cd-Orphan records-€15.99
God is an astronaut-Age of the fifth sun-The fifth full length studio album from this irish instrumental three piece post rock outfit on the revive label. Regular members torsten kinsella, niels kinsella and lloyd hanney are joined by pat o'donnell [guitars / keyboards], zachary dutton-hanney [drums / keyboards] and chris hanney [guitars]. Its another beautiful collection of somewhat ambient like post rock sounds, full of lush washes of string like synth sounds and slow building guitar noise. Think of the intricate guitar interplay of mogwai mixed with the more synth like post rock of bands like explosions in the sky. May 2010-Cd--€14.99
Golden triangle with the fresh and onlys-Split single-Limited edition vinyl only release on the hardly art label. Split single featuring two brand new tracks from each band. The single is limited to only 1000 copies worldwide. The first side features cold bones and jungle jim from golden triangle whilst the flip side features head of steam and im not myself today from the fresh and onlys. Golden triangle are a brooklyn based six piece outfit delivering some truly superb fuzzed up garage tinged indie rock, think of sixties garage rock covered by the shop assistants. The fresh and onlys have a sound deeply rooted in sixties garage pop also, with just a bit more of a surf pop like vibe going on. Superbly catchy stuff it must be said, both sides. May 2010-7"-Hardly art-€5.99
Higgs, daniel-Say god-Baltimore musician / artist daniel higgs returns with his first new solo album since atomic yggdrasil tarot from 2007. Daniel is probably best known for his work as frontman with lungfish, whose work on the dischord label spanned nearly three decades. Say god is an album made up of gospel songs and poems, assisted by david andrew sitek from tv on the radio. The album features a truly weird collection of spoken word, poetry readings and drone based avant garde psyche folk rumblings. I have to say this is about as weird as things get around here but its also an album that really does draw you in from start to finish. At times reminscent to some of john faheys more obscure recordings. Double cd in a card gatefold sleeve. May 2010-2cd-Thrill jockey-€16.99
Higgs, daniel-Say god [with download coupon]-Baltimore musician / artist daniel higgs returns with his first new solo album since atomic yggdrasil tarot from 2007. Daniel is probably best known for his work as frontman with lungfish, whose work on the dischord label spanned nearly three decades. Say god is an album made up of gospel songs and poems, assisted by david andrew sitek from tv on the radio. The album features a truly weird collection of spoken word, poetry readings and drone based avant garde psyche folk rumblings. I have to say this is about as weird as things get around here but its also an album that really does draw you in from start to finish. At times reminscent to some of john faheys more obscure recordings. Limited edition double vinyl pressing, comes in a big heavy card gatefold sleeve. Also comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-2lp-Thrill jockey-€15.99
Hinson, micah p-And the pioneer saboteurs [double vinyl]-The fourth full length solo album from texas based singer songwriter micah p hinson. The album features string arrangements by eric bachmann and members of techanko, devotcha and crooked fingers. This is his first collection of new material since the red empire orchestra album back in 2008. The first thing you will notice about this collection is the truly lush orchestration involved, its quite a different beast to the totally stripped down sounds of the previous outing. The album kind of hints at times of a folk singer playing the spaghetti western soundtracks of ennio morricone with richard hawley and calexico hovering around in the background. Its a really beautiful meeting of rough rustic folk sounds and big blasts of strings and brass. There are also a couple longer tracks that go into some kind of weird almost psyche folk like noisy jams, almost sounding like bonnie prince billy jamming with godspeed you black emperor. Never one to rest on his laurels micah p has come up trumps yet again. Pressed on two beautiful slabs of heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Also comes in a gatefold sleeve. May 2010-2lp-Full time hobby-€18.99
Howard, rowland s-Pop crimes-Ex nick cave and lydia lunch collaborator and seminal guitar rowland s howards second solo album, recorded only months before his untimely death from liver cancer. I suppose he is probably best remembered as the guitarist with legendary australian outfit the birthday party. A perfectly formed collection of eight tracks, clocking in at just under forty minutes, the perfect length for any album in my opinion. The album features six original howard tracks along with covers of lifes what you make it [talk talk] and nothin [townes van zandt]. Howard is joined by mick harvey [bad seeds], jp shilo adn jonnine standish [ex hate rock trio]. Features some lovely dark hearted swamp blues like rootsy sounds, coming across like later nick cave with lots of added hammond organ. May 2010-Cd-Infectious-€12.99
Indignant senility-Plays wagner part two-The second in a series of two limited edition vinyl releases on the type label from electronic producer pat maherr. Using a handful of dusty old wagner recordings he has stretched and distorted the hallowed tones of the original material into something indescribably dark and beautiful. It would be fair to say you will be struggling to find anything of the original recordings in here, most of it has been slowed down or reversed so much that its best approached as a totally unique piece of music. There are just odd hints of some kind of drone like string effects but most of the album features lots of biosphere like glitchy atmospherics. Its a classic piece of ambient music that the type label seem to be so good at sourcing for us. Its beautifully scratchy sounding stuff, almost like a score to some sci-fi horror movie from the past. May 2010-Lp-Type-€23.99
Jackson, milt and count basie-Big band volume one-Recorded on the 18th of january 1978 at group iv recording studios in hollywood. Features the comeback, basie, corner pocket, lady in lace, blues for joe turner, good time blues, lil darlin, big stuff and blue & sentimental. Features an all star line-up including count basie, milt jackson, butch miles, freddie green, john clayton, danny turner, bobby plater, eric dixon, charlie fowlkes, kenny hing, wayman reed, lyn biviano, sonny cohn, peter minger, billy hughes, mel wanzo, fred wesley and dennis wilson.-Lp-Pablo records-€11.99
Jackson, wanda-You know im no good-The legendary wanda jackson produced by jack white from the white stripes. Limited edition seven inch only release via jack whites own label third man records. Features a cover of you know im no good by amy winehouse and the johnny kidd and the pirates classic shakin all over. The single is pressed on a juke box style 7 inch with large centre hole, just for that classic retro like look. 2010-7"-Third man records-€7.99
John and jen-Time for the devil-The second album from french avant pop duo john and jehn. This is an album of much more wide ranging sounds, almost cinematic at times, compared to their self titled debut from 2008. Features a collection of sounds that delve into both dark electro pop and early new wave. Its an album of almost sultry like dark hearted alt pop sounds, at times calling to mind some of the early sounds of the 4ad label. Its beautifully strange at times too, with gentle electro pop like beats meeting big chunky bass riffs and jehns operatic like vocal delivery. There are bits of everything in here from the sultry pop of stereolab to the weird [but catchy] sounds of cocorosie. May 2010-Cd-Naive-€17.99
New york thrash-Various artists-A truly classic compilation of new york hardcore punk bands, originally released way back in 1982 and now reissued on roir label. Features 24 absolutely classic examples of the legendary new york hardcore sound from way back in its heyday. The original album only featured 22 tracks, this new reissue now features two extra bonus tracks by the stimulators. The album features tracks from the mad, kraut, heart attack, adrenalin od, fiends, nihilistics, undead, false prophets, bad brains, the beastie boys, stimulators and even worse. The album comes in the original gatefold sleeve with liner notes by tim sommer.-Lp-Roir-€14.99
People of the north-Deep tissue [with download coupon]-A band formed by kid millions and bobby matador of oneida back in 2003, the band can at times feature all members of oneida and at other times not. Such is the mystery that surrounds this album, there are no credits on the record anywhere so i am trusting the labels website for all my information. The album was recorded at the ocropolis in 2009 and features pretty much all members of oneida at some point or other, and believe me it sounds like it too. The album is probably more of a space / prog rock like affair compared to the more scuzzed up sounds of oneida, its very much an album deeply rooted in early krautrock and synth based space rock sounds. The album features just four rather lenghty and mind melting excurisions into the world of motorik hypnotic krautrock full of space age like minimalism and plenty of ear shredding noise. Limited edition vinyl only release on the jag jaguwar offshoot label brah records. Comes with a full download coupon featuring all four tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Brah records-€18.99
Pocahaunted-Make it real-Brand new album from the new look pocahaunted on the not not fun label. Apparently recorded barefoot, shirtless and direct to tape at green machine studios during the summer of 2009 by m geddes gengras, and featuring guest bamboo sax by jazzmaster alex gray [dreamcolour / deep magic]. Limited to only 500 copies on vinyl. This is very much a different beast to their earlier all out psychedelic shamanic like psyche folk rumblings. This one is a superb collection of totally dubbed up psychedelic almost pop like sounds full of tribal like beats, african tinged guitar picking and native american like chanting. Its kind of reminds me a little bit of what the slits would have sounded like with lee scratch perry at the controls. Its wonderfully trance like stuff with each track seamlessly melting into the next, it almost plays like on continuous piece to be honest. May 2010-Lp-Not not fun-€17.99
Rags, the-A national light-The debut full length album from this irish indie rock outfit on the grand cake label. The album features a blistering collection of fuzzed up guitar heavy indie rock and post punk sounds. Its got a bit of everything from nirvana like grunge rock to melodic post punk. Reminscent at times to a bit of early libertines meets the strokes, bristling with post punk anger and also plenty of catchy singalong choruses. May 2010-Cd-Grand cake recordings-€15.99
Randazzo, elisa-Bruises and butterflies-Songwriter and clothing designer who has previously worked with the red krayola releases her debut solo album for the drag city label. Randazzo played violin and sang with the red krayola on several tours and has appeared on four of their albums to date. The album features a lovely collection of downbeat and somewhat haunting folk based sounds. Its an album that harks back a wee bit to the classic early seventies folk sound, its even got hints of the likes of judee sill or linda perhacs whilst also reminding me of the more modern ethereal folk sounds of the likes of espers or marissa nadler. May 2010-Lp-Drag city-€15.99
Rangda-False flag-Sir richard bishop, ben chasny and chris corsano create a glorious cacaphony as an instrumental avant garde super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. Sir richard bishop has released a couple of solo album whilst also being one of the founding memebers of the sun city girls, ben chasny is probably best known for his work as six organs of admittance and chris corsano is a bit of an all round legendary drummer on the avant garde / free rock scene. The album is going to be pure heaven for free-form avant rock fans out there, imagine a somewhat less structured lightning bolt with even more added white noise. Its a truly thunderous assault on the ears, at times breaking out into the most stunning guitar solo workouts before launching head first back into all manner of ear bleeding full on noise. On occasion the album does actually break down into some hauntingly beautiful moments [its true, i kid you not] sounding like some long lost john fahey electric guitar piece. May 2010-Cd-Drag city-€13.99
Rangda-False flag-Sir richard bishop, ben chasny and chris corsano create a glorious cacaphony as an instrumental avant garde super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. Sir richard bishop has released a couple of solo album whilst also being one of the founding memebers of the sun city girls, ben chasny is probably best known for his work as six organs of admittance and chris corsano is a bit of an all round legendary drummer on the avant garde / free rock scene. The album is going to be pure heaven for free-form avant rock fans out there, imagine a somewhat less structured lightning bolt with even more added white noise. Its a truly thunderous assault on the ears, at times breaking out into the most stunning guitar solo workouts before launching head first back into all manner of ear bleeding full on noise. On occasion the album does actually break down into some hauntingly beautiful moments [its true, i kid you not] sounding like some long lost john fahey electric guitar piece. May 2010-Lp-Drag city-€15.99
Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Cd-Pema-€13.99
Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Lp-Pema-€13.99
Thomas, andrew-Between buildings and trees-The fourth solo album from new zealander andrew thomas, now on the kompakt label. Along with releasing his own solo albums thomas has also worked with signer and played on the skallander debut album released on the type label. This is an album of truly beautiful laid back ambient sounds, gently delving into the world of ambient pop from time to time. A collection of swirling, scratchy sound effects layered behind some rather gentle almost dubby like beats. Using a selection of source material taken from old cassettes the album has a lovely warm kind of tape hiss about it creating lovely looping drone effects. Its an album that definitely falls more into the ambient or ambient pop category. May 2010-Cd-Kompakt-€21.99
Tunng-Sashimi-Limited edition 7 inch pressing of this track taken from their most recent album and then we saw land. The single is limited to only 500 copies on heavyweight vinyl. The flip side is the winning mix from their soundcloud / drowned in sound competition to remix their previous single hustle [surehand remix]. May 2010-7"-Full time hobby-€4.50
Walpurgis family-Midsummer party-The walpurgis family is a new three piece indie pop outfit featuring jeroen saegeman [groom], wil mcdermot [groom] and ruan van vliet [groom], which is basically a new band featuring three members of groom if you add all the parts together, with special guests simone buda and neassa doherty. The album features a selection of beautifully intimate home recordings, just like all classic mellow indie pop should be made. It kind of reminds me a little bit of yo la tengo going all indie folk, maybe in a slightly more sombre mood with just a hint of belle and sebastian. Comes in a lovely big foldout card sleeve too. May 2010-Cd-Popical island-€9.99
Wintersleep-New inheritors-The return of this canadian based outfit with their first new full length album in nearly three years now. Its another uplifting collection of post rock tinged tinged indie rock anthems with a little bit of dark hearted new wave thrown in just to give things a little bit of edge. Features lots of intricate post rock like guitar action and gently rumbling new wave like indie rock. Parts of it kind of remind me of the cure, during their happier times with other moments calling to mind the slighly darker sounds of the national. May 2010-Cd-One four seven records-€15.99
Wolf, josiah-Jet lag-The debut solo album from why drummer joshiah wolf, mixed by younger brother yoni wolf [also of why and clouddead]. Its an album of almost psychedelic like sunshine indie pop sounds featuring all manner of live instruments. Its a very different sounding record compared to the slightly more hip hop tinged sounds of his band why. This one sounds at times like the flaming lips on a slightly smaller almost bedroom indie pop vibe. Its ever so slightly folk pop with lots of catchy psyche pop like influences too. Beautifully intimate at times with hints of the likes of grandaddy. May 2010-Cd-Anticon-€17.99
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Band on an island-Back disco-Limited edition 7 inch release from band on an island on the firstborn is dead label [home to the mighty stef]. Features back disco featuring claire prendergast and chelsea bards on the flip side. The single is limited to a measly 100 individually hand numbered copies, never to be repressed so get em while you still can. On the a side there is a special hand sprayed stenciled band on an island logo and the flip side features a hand drawn picture of the chelsea hotel sign, no two copies will ever be the same. The b-side of the single was recorded by the mighty stef himself in room 325 of the famous hotel chelsea and is dedicated to its great manager stanley bard. May 2010-7"-Firstborn is dead recordings-€4.99
Boa morte-The dial waltz-Hard to believe its been almost eight years since we last heard from this cork based outfit, we all thought they had broken up at this stage but thankfully i can report they are all alive and kicking. Their last album left us all here wanting more and its been a long long wait. Fronted again by the deep vocal tones of corma gahan the band also feaures paul ruxton [guitars / bass], bill twomey [guitars] and maurice hallissey [drums]. The album features a rather beautiful collection of downbeat slow core meets post rock sounds, think red house painters meets low and smog. Its a lovely sombre and intimate affair full of gently brushed drum sounds, strings and minimal post rock like guitar picking. Fans of fellow irishman adrian crowley will fall in love with this one instantly. Its one of those perfect late night bedtime albums, beautifully soothing stuff. May 2010-Cd-Kicking a can records-€13.99
Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. The album comes presented in a lovely card gatefold sleeve with printed inner featuring all the lyrics. May 2010-Lp-Divine comedy records-€16.99
Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood [limited edition with bonus cd]-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. Limited edition double cd version, limited to 5000 copies in total and features an exclusive extra booklet and a bonus disc featuring material recorded live in france. May 2010-2cd-Divine comedy records-€13.99
Doyle, matthew-A most unholy reminder-Limited edition five track ep featuring haunt you, youll never make it out of here alive, oh no the wolves are coming, o lord why are you running and folk on the road. Its very much an all solo affair from this dublin based singer songwriter, he writes, plays and records everything on here. The ep features a lovely rustic collection of old time acoustic folk sounds with hints of early dylan, townes van zandt and bonnie prince billys outings as palace brothers. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€4.99
Fagan, simon-Outside looking in-The debut solo album from irish singer songwriter simon fagan on loose robe productions. The album features a lush collection of mostly folk based sounds, taking in a bit of everything from funky rock to jazz tinged folk rock along the way. The album falls somewhere between the modern americana of the likes of ryan adams and the more rootsy kind of laid back rock of josh ritter. May 2010-Cd-Loose robe productions-€12.99
Fred and bob-On a good day-The debut ep from this dublin based four piece new wave / indie rock outfit. Limited edition four track ep featuring gluey fingers, taken, blue and are you. The band features emma greenhalgh [vocals], sophia kansanniva [guitars], gil connor [bass] and neil farren [drums]. Features lots of fuzzed up indie rock guitar sounds and a vocalist that sounds like blondie in a particularly bad mood. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€4.99
Glass, gavin-Myna birds-The debut full lenth solo album from the man who has spent the last two years as multi-instrumentalist with lisa hannigan in her backing band, miss hannigan even makes the odd guest appearence on the album. The album was recorded in nashville featuring past and present members of the jayhawks, wilco and the black crowes. The album features a lovely rootsy collection of folky rock sounds, falling somewhere between the likes of josh ritter and ryan adams. Its full of country and nashville tinged rock sounds with lots of slide guitar and hammond organ action. May 2010-Cd-Orphan records-€15.99
Rags, the-A national light-The debut full length album from this irish indie rock outfit on the grand cake label. The album features a blistering collection of fuzzed up guitar heavy indie rock and post punk sounds. Its got a bit of everything from nirvana like grunge rock to melodic post punk. Reminscent at times to a bit of early libertines meets the strokes, bristling with post punk anger and also plenty of catchy singalong choruses. May 2010-Cd-Grand cake recordings-€15.99
Walpurgis family-Midsummer party-The walpurgis family is a new three piece indie pop outfit featuring jeroen saegeman [groom], wil mcdermot [groom] and ruan van vliet [groom], which is basically a new band featuring three members of groom if you add all the parts together, with special guests simone buda and neassa doherty. The album features a selection of beautifully intimate home recordings, just like all classic mellow indie pop should be made. It kind of reminds me a little bit of yo la tengo going all indie folk, maybe in a slightly more sombre mood with just a hint of belle and sebastian. Comes in a lovely big foldout card sleeve too. May 2010-Cd-Popical island-€9.99
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Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals].-Cd-4ad-€12.99
Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals].-Lp-4ad-€13.99
Clogs-The creatures in the garden of lady walton [this album is released on the 11th of june]-The return of this almost classical like quartet featuring bryce dessner and padma newsome from the national. The album also features guest vocals from sufjan stevens, my brightest diamond and matt berninger [the national].-Cd-Brassland-€12.99
Gaslight anthem-American slang [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Brand new album from this new jersey outfit on the side one dummy label. The album features recent singles american slang and the boxer. Its their first album since the 59 sound from 2008, the album is also produced by ted hutt again.-Cd-Side one dummy-€13.99
Gaslight anthem-American slang [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Brand new album from this new jersey outfit on the side one dummy label. The album features recent singles american slang and the boxer. Its their first album since the 59 sound from 2008, the album is also produced by ted hutt again.-Lp-Side one dummy-€14.99
Here we go magic-Pigeons [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label.-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99
Here we go magic-Pigeons [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label.-Lp-Secretly canadian-€13.99
Horse feathers-Thistled spring [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Horse feathers return with their third full length album.-Cd-Kill rock stars-€13.99
Horse feathers-Thistled spring [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Horse feathers return with their third full length album.-Lp-Kill rock stars-€14.99
Nastasia, nina-Outlaster [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise].-Cd-Fat cat-€12.99
Nastasia, nina-Outlaster [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise]. Limited to only 500 copies on vinyl and comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl.-Lp-Fat cat-€14.99
Pernice brothers-Goodbye killer [this album is released on the 11th of june]-The pernice brothers finally return with their first full length album since live a little from way back in 2006. Brothers joe and bob pernice return with a brand new collection of originals, recorded in an attic in boston.-Cd-One little indian-€12.99
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Ashby, dorothy-The rubaiyat of dorothy ashby-This album was originally released by the cadet label way back in 1970 and is still regarded as one of ashbys finest recordings, the album features ashby on both harp and koto along with lenny druss on flute and oboe, stu katz on vibes, fred katz on kalimba, cliff davis on sax and cash mccall on guitar, the album was recorded by richard evans in chicago in late 1969, ashby has a very distinctive sound due to her being one of very few harpists working in the jazz scene of the late sixties, this album also sees ashby provide vocals on a couple of tracks giving the album a somewhat soulful feel, the jazzy instrumentals have a real hypnotic feel to them particularly on tracks like for some we loved when ashby moves over to the koto instrument, she also moves into some really lush lounge sounds on tracks likes dust when her beautiful voices comes to the fore again, this reissue comes in the original sleeve and features the original liner notes from yvonne daniels, 2007-Lp-Cadet records-€13.99
Astatke, mulatu-Ethio jazz [featuring fekade amde maskal]-Mulatu astatke is widely regarded as one of the leading lights of ethiopian jazz both old and modern. This collection was originally part of the legendary ethiopiques series and now gets a well deserved vinyl reissue. The album features nine very laid back pieces of african jazz and afro beat. The tracks featured here were originally released between 1969 and 1974. May 2008-Lp-L arome-€16.99
Bar kays-Soul finger-Originally released on the elektra label way back in 1967. This was actually the first and last album to feature the original lineup of james alexander [bass], jimmy king [guitar], ronnie caldwell [organ], phalon jones [sax], carl cunningham [drums] and ben cauley [trumpet]. The majority of the band were tragically killed later that year in a plane crash, the same one that accounted for otis redding too. These guys were originally the house band for memphis based labels stax and volt, backing a host of top vocalists recording in both studios. Its a classic collection of instrumental sixties soul / funk. The album features soul finger, knucklehead, with a childs heart, bar kays boogaloo, theme from hells angels, you cant sit down, house shoes, pearl high, i want someone, hole in the wall and dont do that. Now reissued in all its multicoloured glory with the original lner notes by none other than booker t.-Lp-Volt records-€13.99
Blakey, art and the jazz messengers-Africaine-A classic blue note reissue from way back in 1959. The album was actually recorded in 1959 but didnt get a full release until 1979. Features art blakey on drums, wayne shorter on sax, lee morgan on trumpet, walter davis on piano and jymie merritt on bass. The album features africaine, lester left town, splendid, haina, the midget and celine.-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Blind willie johnson-If i had my day id tear the building down-Texas born blind willie johnson is one of the finest bottlenck guitar players to have ever lived. This collection on the wonderful monk label features a selection of his recordings for the columbia label between 1927 and 1930. Features i know his blood can make me whole, jesus make up my dying bed, its nobodys fault but mine, mothers children have a hard time, dark was the night cold was the morning, if i had my way it tear the building down, im gonna run to the city of refuge, jesus is coming soon, lord i cant just keep from crying, keep your lamp trimmed and burning, let you light shine on me, god dont never change, bye and bye im goin to see the king, sweeter as the years roll by. November 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Boogaloo pow wow-Dancefloor rendezvous in young nuyorica [limited edition double vinyl]-This is one hell of a sleazy and damn fine collection of sixties sounds from the underground new york dancefloors featuring some rather excellent strip club jazzy boogaloo sounds. Its really raw and is so full of energy that is near impossible not to feel yourself moving to it in some way. By the time the seventies arrived this stuff had slowed down and turned into what we call lounge music but to hear it like this in its pure raw format will make you think again about lounge music. Sleazy vocals, howling trumpets and brass, jazzy guitar licks and huge big band explosions. If you are having a party soon then this is totally essential music to have on the stereo. Features people like machito, ray barretto, willie rosario, kako, joe loco, tito rodriguez, chuito velez and many more. Seventeen tracks in total from the always reliable honest jons label. Limited edition double vinyl pressing in a heavy card gatefold sleeve. July 2008-2lp-Honest jons-€23.99
Brown, james-There it is-Originally released in 1972, his second album for the polydor label at the time. The album features there it is [parts one and two], king heron, im a greedy man [parts one and two], who am i, talkin loud and sayin nothing, public enemy #1 [parts one and two], i need help [i cant do it alone] and never can say goodbye. Now reissued with all the original artwork.-Lp-Polydor-€13.99
Cary, tristram-Its time for tristan cary [limited edition clear vinyl pressing]-Tristram cary was born in oxford in 1925 and went on to be dubbed the father of electronic music. He set up the uk's first electronic music studio [londons ems] and worked for the bbc on many occasions. In 1955 he was commissioned to write the music for the new ealing movie the ladykillers and probably most famously was the man who provided the sound effects for the daleks when they first appeared in dr who in 1963. This album collects 32 rare pieces from the vaults, many of these are being released for the very first time. The pieces were written for various uses including exhibitions, sculpture and television. Pure heaven for collectors of weird early electronica and library recordings. Limited edition clear vinyl pressing. April 2010-Lp-Trunk-€16.99
Clark, sonny-Cool struttin-A reissue of the classic 1958 blue note album, the lineup boasted some considerable talent with jackie mclean, art farmer, paul chambers and philly joe jones, the highlight for most is the opening and title track which now stands as a preeminent jazz classic, but there is not a bad note on this albums four tracks, other titles include blue minor, sippin at bells and deep night-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Cocorosie-Grey oceans [limited edition blue vinyl]-Paris based sisters sierra and bianca cassidy return with their fourth full length album to date, their previous albums were on the thrill jockey label with this one on the pias france label. The album features another superbly kooky collection of electronic beats, live instrumentation and all manner or rustic old vinyl samples. The dual vocal sounds on the album are really what set these girls apart from other kooky psyche pop outfit out there. On one hand you have the classically trained voice of sierra sounding like an operatic version of liz fraser [cocteau twins] and then theres the much more rustic almost vaudeville souding voice of bianca, the diversity of the two sounds just works so so well together. These girls have the ability to work hip hop beats into old time piano ballads, haunting fairytale like folk into throbbing electronic pop and so much more. It really is like the meeting of two very different styles and its genuinely works so well. I think out of all four albums this is my favourite one so far. Limited edition blue vinyl pressing, comes in a gatefold sleeve too. April 2010-Lp-Pias-€13.99
Cohen, leonard-Songs of leonard cohen-The songs of leonard cohen gets a much overdue reissue treatment by the sundazed label. Features suzanne, master song, winter lady, the stranger song, sisters of mercy, so long marianne, hey thats no way to say goodbye, stories of the street, teachers and one of us cannot be wrong. Produced by john simon. Comes in all the original artwork.-Lp-Sundazed-€18.99
Coleman, ornette-Love call-Released on the blue note label back in 1968. The album features airborne, love call, open to the public and chekc out time. Joining coleman on the recordings were dewey redman on tenor sax, jimmy garrison on bass and elvin jones on drums. The album is now reissued in the original sleeve with liner notes on the back by leonard feather.-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Coleman, ornette-The shape of jazz to come-Still seen as one of the landmark freeform avant garde jazz record today, this album was originally released in 1959 on atlantic records, features lonely woman, eventually, peace, focus on sanity, congeniality and chronology, features coleman on alto sax, donald cherry on cornet, charlie hadden on bass and billy higgins on drums, american reissue on atlantic records-Lp-Atlantic-€13.99
Covay, don-See saw-A bit of a soul gem from way back in 1966 on the atlantic label, don covay used to be a member of the doo wop outfit the rainbows in the fifties, features the blistering self penned opener see saw along with the boomerang, everything gonna be everything, fat man, precious you, iron out the rough spots, please do something, i never get enough of your love, the usual place, a womans love, sookie sookie and mercy mercy, american reissue in the original sleeve-Lp-Atlantic-€13.99
Davey, cathy-The nameless-Irish singer songwriter returns with her brand new album on hammer toe records, her third album to date. The album comes rather beautifully presented in a deluxe [giant] foldout poster sleeve with printed paper wraparound holder. Along with tons of strings davey is joined by conor o brien [villagers] and neil hannon [divine comedy]. I must say this is a much more rustic, almsot live sounding record compared to her previous two records, its full of dramatic almost vaudeville like folk sounds which sees davey adding in lots of banjo on this album for the first time. Its a wonderfully kooky collection of sounds with davey plucking all sorts of influences to create something totally original. Its got a bit of everything from jazz to folk to vaudeville musical and plenty more. Could well be her finest and most varied collection to date. May 2010-Cd-Hammer toe records-€14.99
Donaldson, lou-Midnight creeper-Reissue of this classic blue note release from way back in 1968. The album comes pressed in all its gatefold sleeve glory with liner notes by reggie lavong. The band features donaldson on alto sax, blue mitchell on trumpet, george benson on guitar, lonnie smith on organ and leo morris on drums. Features midnight creeper, love power, elizabeth, bag of jewels and dapper dan.-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Dylan, bob-Bob dylan-Bob dylans very first album from way back in 1962. Released on the columbia label. Features youre no good, talkin new york, in my time of dyin, man of constant sorrow, fixin to die, pretty peggy o, highway 51, gospel plow, baby let me follow you down, house of the risin sun, freight train blues, song to woody and see that my grave is kept clean. Now reissued on the sundazed label on high quality 180 gram vinyl. 2009-Lp-Sundazed-€19.99
Elektronische musik-Soul jazz presents-Soul jazz presents a collection of experimental german rock and electronic musik from 1972 to 1983. I think it would be fair to say this is one of the most influential periods in the development of modern electronic music, the collection covers everything from motorik krautrock to space rock to ambient synthesizer music. I dont exagerate when i say there isnt a single bad track on this collection. The album features tracks from can, between, harmonia, gila, kollectiv, michael bundt, emak, popul vuh, conrad schnitzler, la dusseldorf, faust, neu, cluster, ibliss, dieter moebius, amon duul ii, ash ra temple, tangerine dream, roedelius and deuter. Comes with a highly detailed booklet and is housed in a lovely card outer jacket. May 2010-2cd-Soul jazz-€14.99
Elektronische musik-Soul jazz presents - part one-Soul jazz presents a collection of experimental german rock and electronic musik from 1972 to 1983. I think it would be fair to say this is one of the most influential periods in the development of modern electronic music, the collection covers everything from motorik krautrock to space rock to ambient synthesizer music. I dont exagerate when i say there isnt a single bad track on this collection. The album features tracks from can, between, harmonia, gila, kollectiv, michael bundt, emak, popul vuh, conrad schnitzler, la dusseldorf, harmonia, faust and neu. Double vinyl pressing. May 2010-2lp-Soul jazz-€14.99
Elektronische musik-Soul jazz presents - part two-Soul jazz presents a collection of experimental german rock and electronic musik from 1972 to 1983. I think it would be fair to say this is one of the most influential periods in the development of modern electronic music, the collection covers everything from motorik krautrock to space rock to ambient synthesizer music. I dont exagerate when i say there isnt a single bad track on this collection. The album features tracks from cluster, ibliss, dieter moebius, amon duul ii, popul vuh, ash ra temple, tangerine dream, roedelius, can and deuter. Double vinyl pressing in gatefold sleeve. May 2010-2lp-Soul jazz-€14.99
Ellington, duke-Far east suite-In 1963 duke eliington and his famed band went on a us state department world tour, after the tour ellington and his co-composer billy strayhorn wrote these swing based impressions of the far east, incredible that ellington still had creative desires at the age of 67, features tourist point of view, bluebird of delhi, isfahan, depk, mount harissa, blue pepper, agra, amad and ad lib on nippon, originally released in 1966-Lp-Rca-€13.99
Ellington, duke-The 1953 pasadena concert-Recorded at the pasadena civic auditorium on the 30th of march 1953. The album features the tatooed bride, diminuendo in blue / crescendo in blue, the hawk talks, monologue, so louis blues, vips boogie / jam with sam, without a song, do nothing til you hear from me, street blues, perdido and ellington melody. Features ray nance, willie cook, clark terry, cat anderson, britt woodman, quentin jackson, juan tizol, jimmy hamilton, russell procope, rick henderson, paul gonsalves, harry carney, wendell marshall, butch ballard, jimmy grissom and special guest oscar pettiford. Now reissued featuring all the original artwork with liner notes from stanley dance.-Lp-Gnp/crescendo-€13.99
Flying lotus-Cosmogramma [double vinyl with bonus download coupon]-Brand new album on the warp label from one of the most highly respected producers around at the moment. The album is the much anticipated follow up to the los angeles album from 2008. The album features a host of well known collaborators including thom yorke [radiohead], thundercat [sa ra], miguel atwood ferguson, ravi coltrane [son of alice and john], harp prodigy rebekah raff and returning vocalist laura darlington. Brand new album on the warp label from one of the most highly respected producers around at the moment. The album is the much anticipated follow up to the los angeles album from 2008. The album features a host of well known collaborators including thom yorke [radiohead], thundercat [sa ra], miguel atwood ferguson, ravi coltrane [son of alice and john], harp prodigy rebekah raff and returning vocalist laura darlington. The album features a totally futuristic journey into the world of modern instrumental hip hop, its full of jazzy undertones and almost seventies like hammond organ soul sounds. Its very much an album based around intricate beats with the music then layered around these ever changing rhythms. There are moments of blue note like jazz guitar, samba, dubstep and blissful ambience included. Its very much a producers album and one that will delight all fans of off kilter instrumental hip hop. The album is pressed on double vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve with bonus download coupon featuring all 17 tracks from the album. April 2010-2lp-Warp-€18.99
Gaye, marvin-Whats going on-Originally released in 1970 on the tamla motown label, limited vinyl reissue in the original gatefold sleeve, features whats going on, right on, wholy holy, inner city blues, whats happening brother, flyin high, save the children, god is love and mercy mercy me, reissue on tamla motown in 1998-Lp-Tamla motown-€14.99
Green, grant-Grants first stand-Grant greens debut for the blue note label, originally released back in 1961. The album features miss anns tempo, lullaby of the leaves, blues for willarene, babys minor lope, aint nobodys business if i do and a wee bit of green. The band features green on guitar, baby face willette on organ and ben dixon on drums. Now reissed on the blue note label featuring all the original artwork with liner notes by robert levin.-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Guthrie, woody-Dust bowl ballads-This is actually the very first record cut by guthrie after moving to new york in the early fourties. Cut for alan lomax as part of his work with the library of congress. The album was originally released as three separate 78prm records and was then compiled by the smithsonian label in 1964. Now reissued by the doxy label on 180 gram vinyl. The majority of tracks were recorded in april 1940 with just the last two coming from a session in may of the same year. The tracks are all solo recordings. October 2009-Lp-Doxy-€15.99
Ma rainey-Those dogs of mine-Ma rainey began recording for the paramount label in 1923, she was to become known as the mother of the blues, she was also one of the very first blues artists to record for the label. She began her singing career around 1896 in vaudeville and minstrel show, she was a fairly colourful character, shocking audiences with her odd lyrics and performances which at the time were deemed to be beyond the limits of decency for some. This album on the superb monk label compiles 19 of her classic recordings, made between december 1923 and august 1924. As ever with the monk label the tracks have been beautifully cleaned up for this vinyl only release and come on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. April 2010-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Male bonding-Nothing hurts-Nothing hurts is the sub pop debut and the first full length from dalston based trio male bonding. The band features robin silas christian [drums], john arthur webb [guitar / vocals] and kevin hendrick [bass / vocals]. The album features a fairly blistering collection of old school jangly indie rock, grunge pop and fuzzed up post punk. At times it kind of reminds me a bit of early nirvana [bleach] with a slightly more avant punk twist to it. The album also has lots of nods back towards the heavier side of jangly indie rock with plenty of choppy new wave tendencies. Its almost like a slightly more grunged up punky wedding present with bits of sixties garage surf thrown in, imagine dick dale fronting some fuzzed up indie rock band. With 13 tracks clocking in at just under thirty minutes this is pure bliss for guitar heavy indie rock fans, its the perfect length for this kind of album too, as soon as its finished you just want to hit the start button again. May 2010-Cd-Sub pop-€12.99
Mayfield, curtis-Theres no place like america today-Released in 1975 on the curtom label, the album is now reissued in all its bleak grim glory depicting the social divides in american society in the early fifties. The album features billy jack, when seasons change, so in love, jesus, blue monday people, hard times and love to the people. The album was recorded at the curtom studios in chicago. The band featured rich tufo on keyboards, lucky scott on bass, quinton joseph on drums, gary thompson on guitar, phil upchurch on guitar and henry gibson on conga-Lp-Curtom records-€13.99
Mazzy star-Among my swan [180 gram vinyl]-The third and final album from the superb mazzy star. Originally released in 1996, the album now comes reissued by plain recordings and is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. The album features hope sandoval on vocals, dave roback on guitars and a guest spot from william reid [jesus and mary chain]. Features disappear, flowers in december, rhymes of an hour, cry cry, take everything, still cold, all your sisters, ive been let down, roseblood, happy, umbilical and look down from the bridge. The album comes packaged with all the original artwork including printed inner sleeve. March 2010-Lp-Plain recordings-€21.99
Meters-Struttin-New orleans based funk outfit from the seventies and also backing backing band to the legendary allen toussaint, originally released in 1970 and their third album as the meters, their first album to really delve into vocal tracks with the chant along single chicken strut and their cover of jimmy webbs wichita lineman and lee dorseys ride your pony, also features their cover of ty hunters soulful single darling darling darling-Lp-Josie-€13.99
Monk, thelonious-Big band and quartet in concert-Originally released in 1963 on the columbia label. Recorded at the philharmonic hall in new york. Features i mean you, evidence, when its darkness on the delta, oska t, played twice, four in one and epistrophy. Now reissued featuring allthe original artwork with liner notes from ira gitler, robert shelton and george t simon.-Lp-Columbia-€13.99
National, the-High violet-The national finally return with their long awaited follow up to the boxer from 2007. The eleven new tracks were recorded at the bands own studios in brooklyn with some extra recording and mixing at tarquin studios in connecticut with peter katis. The album features another superb collection of dark hearted and sombre indie rock / new wave sounds full of brooding atmospherics and shimmering reverb laden guitar effects. For me their sound is still heavily rooted in the darker side of post punk ./ indie rock ala the cure, joy division or echo and the bunnymen which is then layered with tons of anthemic american rock influences. This album is awash with lush string sounds, it almost sounds like they are backed by a full orchestra at times. They are still one of the few bands out there who can make dark and brooding indie rock sound utterly uplifting. May 2010-Cd-4ad-€12.99
Newsom, joanna-Have one on me [triple cd box]-Not one for doing things in small measures, joanna newsom returns with her brand new album, her first since the lush orchestrated epic that was ys in 2006. This new one is a triple album, one for each year since ys [apparently]. The band features ys street band members ryan francesconi and neal morgan again. It would be fair to say after the lush orchestral washes of the van dyke parks scored last album this album has much more in common with her debut album [the mild eyed mender]. Its very much a stripped down sound again with newsom playing both piano and harp throughout. Its nice to see her going back to the sounds of the debut album, this one is all about her truly stunning voice again with just the barest of musical accompaniment. Its an album deeply rooted in traditional folk sounds, both english and american with plenty of nods back towards an old english victorian kind of vibe. If you are a novice to this womans overall sound then try to imagine a slightly more rustic sounding kate bush playing a harp, if anything newsom is even more kooky than that. This woman possesses one of the most distinctive voices around at the moment, there is no mistaking who you are listening to right from the first note. As ever its full of dramatic bursts of strings and piano, there is little else going on musically which really allows you to enjoy the truly wonderful lyrics this woman writes. Her songs are more like miniature short stories, there is nothing simple about the kind of songs this woman writes and that has always been something that makes you come back to her albums all the time. This is nothing short of beautiful, and believe me its not short but for such a long album its does seem to pass rather quickly. Its not often you can say this about a triple album but this is nothing short of perfect, just over two hours of pure bliss. The album comes packaged in a rather lavish heavy card box, each cd is individually packaged in a miniature card sleeve inside. There is also an extensive booklet with lyrics for all the tracks. February 2010-3cd-Drag city-€19.99
Newsom, joanna-Have one on me [triple vinyl box]-Not one for doing things in small measures, joanna newsom returns with her brand new album, her first since the lush orchestrated epic that was ys in 2006. This new one is a triple album, one for each year since ys [apparently]. The band features ys street band members ryan francesconi and neal morgan again. It would be fair to say after the lush orchestral washes of the van dyke parks scored last album this album has much more in common with her debut album [the mild eyed mender]. Its very much a stripped down sound again with newsom playing both piano and harp throughout. Its nice to see her going back to the sounds of the debut album, this one is all about her truly stunning voice again with just the barest of musical accompaniment. Its an album deeply rooted in traditional folk sounds, both english and american with plenty of nods back towards an old english victorian kind of vibe. If you are a novice to this womans overall sound then try to imagine a slightly more rustic sounding kate bush playing a harp, if anything newsom is even more kooky than that. This woman possesses one of the most distinctive voices around at the moment, there is no mistaking who you are listening to right from the first note. As ever its full of dramatic bursts of strings and piano, there is little else going on musically which really allows you to enjoy the truly wonderful lyrics this woman writes. Her songs are more like miniature short stories, there is nothing simple about the kind of songs this woman writes and that has always been something that makes you come back to her albums all the time. This is nothing short of beautiful, and believe me its not short but for such a long album its does seem to pass rather quickly. Its not often you can say this about a triple album but this is nothing short of perfect, just over two hours of pure bliss. The album comes packaged in a rather lavish heavy card box, each vinyl comes in its own individual sleeve inside too. There is also a 12 inch sized booklet with lyrics for all the tracks. February 2010-3lp-Drag city-€23.99
Oren ambarchi with jim o rourke and keiji haino-Tima formosa-Live recording of the debut performance of these three leading lights on the avant garde scene. Recorded at the playhouse in japan in january 2009. The album is broken down into three separate segments, spread out over a total of sixty minutes. The album feaures ambarchi on guitars, jim o rourke on piano and keiji haino on vocals / flute / drum machine. Features a selection of avant garde drone based ambience, jazz like piano tinkling and some truly haunting vocal effects from haino. April 2010-Cd-Black truffle-€21.99
Patton, charley-Electrically recorded [prayer of death]-A wonderful collection of rare recordings on the monk label from the legendary grandaddy of the delta blues. This selection was recorded on the 14th of june 1929. The album features some rare tracks patton recorded under two separate aliases. Features two tracks as the masked marvel and two as elder ja hadley. Pressed on heavy vinyl courtesy of the get back records offshoot label monk. The tracks have all been rather beautifully cleaned up and really have never sounded better. This music was always made to be listened to on vinyl so its very pleasurable to see it back on it original format again. May 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Rag and stomp-A retrospective on 1930s western swing [various artists]-Another wonderful collection of rare long lost gems from the past, unearthed by the high quality reissue label monk records. The album comes in a lovely retro brown card sleeve with printed inner sleeve featuring liner notes on the tracks. These tracks, recorded in the thirties and fourties, defined a sound we now call western swing. Its like a great big jazz swing party all wrapped up one on record. Features tracks from salty holmes, sweet violet boys, bob wills and his texas playboys, jimmie revard and his oklahoma playboys, cody fox and his yellow jackets, bob skyles and his skyrockets, the hi fliers, light crust doughboys, boy newman and his boys, rice brothers gang, adolph hofner and his san antonians and finally ted daffans texans. 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Redneck manifesto-Friendship-Brand new album from one of irelands very finest instrumental post rock outfits. Its hard to believe this is their first album in nearly six years now, the last album i am brazil was released way back in 2004, for some reason it just doesnt seem that long. The album was recorded in blackbox studios in france and is probably their first to really incorporate the keyboard sounds of fifth member neil o connor [aka somadrone]. Its definitely an album much more based on krautrock like rhythms, its still jam packed with intricate post rock guitar interplay but this one has a real motorik like groove provided by some sublime drum and bass action. If anything this album sounds more like the redneck manifesto jamming with can or neu, the lush analog synth sounds really do add a whole new dimension to their already rather complex sound. This truly is pure heaven for lovers of either intricate post rock or trance like krautrock from one of the finest in ireland [if not worldwide]. It may not have the same raw edge of their first album but i think you will find this is up there as one of their finest, if not their best so far. The album comes in a lovely embossed digipack sleeve. March 2010-Cd-The richter collective-€13.99
Reed, lou-Berlin [remastered edition]-Lou reeds third album which originally came out in 1973 tends to divide a lot of fans. Fans either love or hate this album. Its often described as either one of the most depressing or one of the most moving albums of all time but theres no denying its truly dark beauty. The all star lineup included the likes of jack bruce, steve winwood, ansley dunbar and tony levin along with producer and collaborator bob ezrin. The album is now reissued in its original sleeve complete with printed inner. The album has now been fully remastered for this new version on the music on vinyl reissue label. November 2009-Lp-Music on vinyl-€18.99
Ritter, josh-So runs the world away-So runs the world away is the brand new album from josh ritter on the irish label independent records. This is the fifth full length studio album from the idaho native. The album was recorded over a 15 month period at the great north sound society in maine, with extra additional recording at saltlands studios in brooklyn. So runs the world away continues ritter’s longtime collaboration with producer and keyboard player sam kassirer. Additionally the album sees the return of ritters core touring lineup of zack hickman, austin nevins and liam hurley. The album features another superb collection of somewhat upbeat rootsy americana, folk and country tinged sounds. It’s a beautifully melodic collection of sounds, infused with plenty of catchy rootsy pop like vibes, if anything its probably one of his most summery sounding collections in his five album career so far. The album comes in a lovely card digipack sleeve with full colour booklet featuring lyrics. April 2010-Cd-Independent records-€12.99
Scott-heron, gil-From south africa to south carolina-This was the second album that gil scott-heron made with procuder / composer brian jackson, first minute of a new day preceded this in 1975. This album was originally released back in 1976 on the tvt label and is now reissued featuring all the original artwork. Along with jackson the band also features bob adams [drums], danny bowens [bass], victor brown [vocals / bells / tambourine], adenola [congas], charlie saunders [conga], bilal sunni ali [harmonica] and barnett williams [percussion]. The album features johannesburg, a toast to the people, the summer of 42, beginnings [first minute of a new day], south carolina [barnwell], essex, fell together and lovely day.-Lp-Rumal gia records-€13.99
Shepp, archie-Yasmina a black woman [180 gram vinyl]-Recorded in august of 1969 in paris by tenor saxophonist archie shepp. The album features collaborations with art ensemble of chicago members lester bowie, roscoe mitchell and malachi favors on the twenty minute opener, yasmina. The album also features philly joe jones, art taylor, hank mobley and sunny murray. The album features just three tracks which are yasmina, sonnys back and body & soul. Comes in the original gatefold sleeve with notes by philippe carles.-Lp-Byg-€13.99
Sparklehorse and fennesz-In the fishtank-Recorded over the space of just two days back in december 2007. The album is released as part of the ongoing in the fishtank collaboration series by the konkurrent label. Its hard to believe its been three years since we have had a new addition to this truly wonderful series [last one was isis and aereogramme in 2006]. The idea behind the series is to lock two very different bands in a room together for a few days and let them come up with some original music together. The album features seven pieces which very much sound more like fennesz backed up by sparklehorse than anything else. Its full of his classic trademark scratchy sound effects as linkous and co add in some beautifully sparse instrumentation. Linkous also adds some delicate vocal sounds on a couple of tracks with the almost folk like vibes of if my heart really standing out for me. Absolutely beautiful stuff and real must for fennesz fans. November 2009-Lp-Konkurrnent-€13.99
Sun ra-Lanquidity [180 gram vinyl]-Reissue of this hard to find sun ra album from 1978, now on the philly jazz label. The album comes in the original silver sleeve and is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Features lanquidity, where pathways meet, thats how i feel, twin stars of thence and there are other worlds [they have not told you off]. The album was recorded at blank tapes in new york on the 17th of july 1978.-Lp-Philly jazz-€13.99
Surfer blood-Astro coast [red vinyl with mp3 download]-The debut album from this florida based indie rock outfit on the kanine label. Its a collection of somewhat blissful indie rock meets sixties surf pop. Try to imagine the likes of pavement or weezer jamming with the beach boys. Its full of clever indie rock sounds, complete with both jangly guitars and hints of shoegazing, then throw some of the vocal harmonies of the beach boys over the top of all that. Its a really happy feelgood kind of sound, drenched in reverb, at times kind of reminding me of some early pixies sounds for some reason. This could well become the soundtrack to the summer months. The album comes pressed on limited edition red vinyl and also features an mp3 download coupon. March 2010-Lp-Kanine-€21.99
Swing for a crime-Various artists-Another superb collection of sixties garage rock, sleazy jazz and exotica courtesy of the crypt label. Features a host of sixties sleaze interspersed with b movie film dialogue. Features tracks from the hollywood persuaders, patsy raye and the beatniks, johnny brown and the joy boys, ric gary, barney kessel, sy oliver, les baxter, bing day, the vikings, art van dam, cozy cole, linda burnette, the triumphs, the originals, the viscounts, nat kendrick and the swans, the royal jokers and tony rodelle larson.-Lp-Crypt records-€13.99
Twistin rumble-Volume three-The third part in this truly wonderful collection of sixties stripjoint sounds, features a collection of sleazy sounds from the mid to late sixties, you get a collection of mostly instrumental garage rock, garage soul, r n b, funk, surf rock, rockabilly, sleazy garage pop and brass led garage soul, its like one great big sixties basement party, artists include el pauling and the royalton, nick and the jaguars, lonnie brooks, hector and the eastmen, billy emerson, johnny rebb, joe williams, the upsetters, big al downing, howie casey, smokey johnson, ambrose donald, mickey baker, sonny day, big moose and the jams and finally poor boys, july 2007-Lp-Twistin rumble-€14.99
Villagers-Becoming a jackal [single]-The first single to be released from the brand new debut album of the same name. Features twenty seven strangers on the flip side. May 2010-7"-Domino-€4.99
Waits, tom-Rain dogs-Reissue of this classic tom waits album from way back in 1985 on the island label. The album features singapore, clap hands, cemetary polka, jockey full of bourbon, tango til theyre sore, big black mariah, diamonds and gold hang down your head, time, rain dogs, midtown, 9th and hennepin, gun street girl, union square, blind love, walking spanish, downtown train, bride of raindog and anywhere i lay my head.-Lp-Island-€16.99
Waters, muddy-Singing the blues [1954 to 1959]-By 1954 the father of chicago blues could be found supported by a host of famous names in his band. The recordings from this period feature the likes of little walter jacobs, willie dixon, fred below, francis clay, otis spann, james cotton, marcus johnson and jimmy rogers [all legends in their own right]. The album is pressed on two big heavy slabs of 180 gram vinyl and comes in a lovely gold printed sleeve. The majority of the tracks featured here were originally released as singles on the legendary chess label, with a few bonus outtakes and alternate versions thrown in. The album features im ready, smokestack lightning, young fashioned ways, mannish boy, trouble no more, forty days and forty nights, just to be with you, dont go no further, diamonds at your feet, i love the life i live i live the life i love, rock me, look what you done, got my mojo working, good news, evil, shes nineteen years old, close to you, walkin thru the park, blues before sunrise, lonesome road blues, take the bitter with the sweet, shes into something, southbound train and double trouble. March 2010-2lp-Doxy-€21.99
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Ordering Service – We can now offer you our new special ordering facility. We try to keep the catalogue down to items we have in stock in the store so we can supply your mail order as quickly as possible, but due to that there will always be titles not on the site that we can get in stock. If there is something you are looking for that you don't see on the catalogue, chances are we can order it in for you. If you would like us to order something in for you simply fill in the form on the website. We will get back to you and let you know how long it will take (normally only takes a week or so) and if that suits we can then place the order for you. Please understand that we cannot get rarities, deleted items or rare singles no longer in print. You can access the order form at - http://www.roadrecs.com/order.php.
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