Welcome to this weeks Road Records newsletter.
Here goes with our highlights from this week.
Album of the week goes to the brand new album from Colorado based Candy Claws. The album is released on the Irish label Indiecater Records and is definitely one for fans of Animal Collective / My Bloody Valentine, we simply love it here. I should also mention its on special offer for only €9.99 too.
The third in the series of limited edition Ash 7”s is now in stock, they won’t last very long.
Single of the week this week goes to the delightful new 7” from Jackie Oates. She covers the classic Sugarcubes track “Birthday” and manages to turn it into something like some long lost English folk song from the 70’s.
Lots of new additions to our classic vinyl section this week featuring the likes of Willie Nelson, The Carter Family, Lou Reed, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.
Kid Koala fans should check out his new psyche funk outfit The Slew with Dynomite D and members of Aussie rockers Wolfmother.
The new Channel One album is on special offer this week for only €13.99.
Another nice new Irish release featuring a collaboration between House Of Cosy Cushions and singer Katie Kim, the album comes in a lovely limited screenprinted card sleeve.
The new Girls single “Laura” is totally rocking our world here today.
Fans of Josef K [and Orange Juice] should look into the new album featuring former member Malcolm Ross, the album features his work with fellow Scottish outfit The Low Miffs.
Its not that long since the last Jason Molina album [as Magnolia Electric Co.] but the man is back with a new collection written with Centr-o-matic frontman Will Johnson. The albums on special for only €12.99 on cd and €14.99 on vinyl [vinyl comes with an mp3 download].
Fancy a bit of trippy psychedelic krautrock, then check out the limited vinyl only release from Jason Urick on the Thrill Jockey label.
The last of the Warp compilations to mark their 20th anniversary is out this week featuring eleven long lost gems from the likes of Autchre, Broadcast, Plaid and Seefeel.
Two lovely new miniature 3” cd releases from the Irish label Rusted Rail just in this week, features mini albums from Yawning Chasm and Agitated Radio Pilot. The both come in beautiful hand made card sleeves.
The recent Why album “Eskimo Snow” is now in stock on cd, sorry about the delay.
Bibio has just brought out a collection of songs to accompany his recent Ambivalence Avenue album. The album features four brand new tracks and 8 remixes from the album.
If you like your electronic music in the vein of Biosphere / Fennesz then may I draw your attention to the new album from Irish based musician Etp in collaboration with Sven Anderson. The album is called “Fluxus” and is one of nicest collections of ambient electronica we have heard in quite a while.
Former Grant Lee Buffalo frontman Grant-Lee Phillips has a brand new solo album out this week.
We have a few copies of the limited edition remix ep on Fortuna Pop from The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart now in stock.
The Adrian Crowley album “Season Of The Sparks” is back in stock at last, the album has now been reissued by the Chemikal Underground label this week.
I think that pretty much covers it for this week.
Have a good weekend and see you next week sometime.
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Live In Road Records– Here’s a list of all our upcoming live instores.
All shows are free and all are welcome.
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Noelie McDonnell will be launching his new album “Come Alive” this Saturday [7th November] at 2pm. The album will be on sale and if you ask really nicely I’m sure Noelie will sign them for you.
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Road Records weekly club night
We are now running a weekly sponsored club night in Hogans Bar.
Every Sunday night we will have special guests [friends, musicians, staff and customers] djing across the road in Hogans from 9pm to 12.30pm
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Christine Kelly will be looking her usual gorgeous self and playing records this week.
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Personal Shopper Service – We have now launched our personal shopper service, great for regular customers who want to streamline their online shopping experience, it couldn’t be easier than this.
http://www.roadrecs.com/information.php?start=2#19
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Gift Vouchers – You can now purchase gift vouchers directly from our website and we will post them out to your friend on your behalf.
http://www.roadrecs.com/stock/shopping.php3?start=1&action=4&artist=GIFT%20VOUCHER
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The Weekly Specials – Every week we will have a selected number of album on special offer, stricly first come first serve as numbers will be limited.
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Bibio-The apple and the tooth-This new collection from bibio on the warp label is more a companion piece to recent album ambivalence avenue than a brand new album. The album features four brand new tracks along with eight remixes of tracks from the album. The remixes are provided by clark, wax stag [aka friendly fires], eskmo, leatherette, the gentleman losers, line, keaver and brause and also one from bibio himself. The four new tracks are just the perfect accompaniment to ambivalence avenue, possibly even more electronic pop like but catchy as hell in a sultry indie folk kind of way. Try to imagine four tet but on a slighly more breezy seventies folk buzz. All we need now is a bit of sunshine to go along with this. My pick of the remixes would have to be the pure minimalism of gentleman losers. November 2009-Cd-Warp-€11.99
Candy claws-In the dream of the sea life-The debut physical release on irish label indiecater records, also home to some fantastic irish digital reissues and the mp3 hugger blog. Candy claws are an american based two piece, this is their debut full length which was originally self released on their own label. This is a truly beautiful collection of almost dreamlike mellow pop sounds, dont let the word pop put you off though, i use it in the good way. They almost remind me of the fuzzed up wall of noise of my bloody valentine and the melodic vocal harmonies of animal collective. Its a really beautifully melodic collection of layered sounds, shimmering guitars, lush synths and heaps of taped ocean sounds. I can kind of hear a bit of the intimate glitchy pop of the likes of mum from time to time too. Its a truly hypnotic and almost trance like listen seamlessly merging live instruments with lots of digital trickery, theres even some sultry hawaiian slide guitar action going on. This is one of those rare beauties that just appears every now and then out of the blue. Do yourself a favour if you like my bloody valentine, mum, cornelius, animal collective, morr music and dream pop, get yourself a copy of this one. November 2009-Cd-Indiecater records-€9.99
Flight of the concords-I told you i was freaky-The album features a selection of thirteen tracks taken from the second series of this hugely popular tv program. As you can imagine this album is all about the humorous vocal delivery and lyrics from the shows two main protagonists. The opening half of the album is pretty much dedicated to take on the sounds of modern chart based hip hop with were both in love with a sexy lady being a real highlight for me. The album comes in a limited editon cutout card sleeve, thankfully featuring a full lyric sheet inner booklet. November 2009-Cd-Sub pop-€13.99
Molina and johnson-Molina and johnson-Jason molina [songs ohia] must be one of the most prolific songwriters around at the moment, its not long since his last album as magnolia electric co and hes back with a new collaboration with will johnson from centr o matic. This is a truly stunning collection of sombre country and folk tinged sounds, beautifully rustic and downbeat. It kind of sounds like molina and johnson simply entered a room together and just played a string of songs live, its got a lovely raw live feel about. Its an album steeped in the sounds of old country and folk but this pair totally strip it down to its bare essentials with a lot of tracks just featuring guitar and piano. The two voices work so well together, both having just the right amount of that classic nashville drawl. An album that will very gently blow you away. November 2009-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99
Molina and johnson-Molina and johnson [with bonus mp3 download]-Jason molina [songs ohia] must be one of the most prolific songwriters around at the moment, its not long since his last album as magnolia electric co and hes back with a new collaboration with will johnson from centr o matic. This is a truly stunning collection of sombre country and folk tinged sounds, beautifully rustic and downbeat. It kind of sounds like molina and johnson simply entered a room together and just played a string of songs live, its got a lovely raw live feel about. Its an album steeped in the sounds of old country and folk but this pair totally strip it down to its bare essentials with a lot of tracks just featuring guitar and piano. The two voices work so well together, both having just the right amount of that classic nashville drawl. An album that will very gently blow you away. This vinyl version comes with a free mp3 download coupon. November 2009-Lp-Secretly canadian-€14.99
On fillmore-Extended vacation-Brand new album from multi instrumentalists glen kotche [wilco] and darin gray [dazzling killmen and brise glace]. This is the same rhythm section that backed jim o rourke on albums eureka, insignificance and halfway to a threeway. The album features a very jazzy collection of laid back exotica sounds, full of slide bass, vibraphone and all manner of weird found sounds. Its almost like some long lost collection of library music or incidental music made for tv shows in the sixties. A wonderfully intrigueing listen which sees exotic jazz and nature sounds meeting to create something totally new and original. November 2009-Cd-Dead oceans-€12.99
On fillmore-Extended vacation [with bonus mp3 download coupon]-Brand new album from multi instrumentalists glen kotche [wilco] and darin gray [dazzling killmen and brise glace]. This is the same rhythm section that backed jim o rourke on albums eureka, insignificance and halfway to a threeway. The album features a very jazzy collection of laid back exotica sounds, full of slide bass, vibraphone and all manner of weird found sounds. Its almost like some long lost collection of library music or incidental music made for tv shows in the sixties. A wonderfully intrigueing listen which sees exotic jazz and nature sounds meeting to create something totally new and original. The album comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon. November 2009-Lp-Dead oceans-€12.99
Slew, the-100%-Brand new psyche rock influenced outfit on the ninja tunes label featuring the many talents of kid koala and dynomite d. Kid koala, as you probably already know has released several album on the ninja tunes label. Dynomite d has remixed the likes of money mark and has also worked with the beastie boys. The pair are joined by the rhythm section from australian rock band wolfmother. The album features a big funky rock selection of seventies like psyche funk sounds meets the kind of hip hop rock of the beastie boys. This may sound a bit strange but it actually kind of sounds like early zeppelin meets parliament with the addition of some very clever turntable action. November 2009-Cd-Ninja tune-€13.99
Warp 20-Unheard [various artists]-An eleven track collection of secret treasures discovered in the warp vaults. These tracks were originally only available on vinyl as part of the massive warp 20 box set, thankfully due to fan pressure the label have seen fit to release them all on one handy cd also. The album features a selection of previously unreleased or rare tracks from boards of canada, plaid, autechre, elecktroids, clark, nightmares on wax, flying lotus, broadcast and seefeel. Obvious highlights would have to be the pre incunabula track from autechre, the boards of canada track seven forty seven and their cover of the nico track sixty forty. November 2009-Cd-Warp-€13.99
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Album Of The Week
Our favourite album this week
http://www.roadrecs.com/stock/shopping.php3?action=10&start=1&category=2.%20ALBUM%20OF%20THE%20WEEK
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Candy claws-In the dream of the sea life-The debut physical release on irish label indiecater records, also home to some fantastic irish digital reissues and the mp3 hugger blog. Candy claws are an american based two piece, this is their debut full length which was originally self released on their own label. This is a truly beautiful collection of almost dreamlike mellow pop sounds, dont let the word pop put you off though, i use it in the good way. They almost remind me of the fuzzed up wall of noise of my bloody valentine and the melodic vocal harmonies of animal collective. Its a really beautifully melodic collection of layered sounds, shimmering guitars, lush synths and heaps of taped ocean sounds. I can kind of hear a bit of the intimate glitchy pop of the likes of mum from time to time too. Its a truly hypnotic and almost trance like listen seamlessly merging live instruments with lots of digital trickery, theres even some sultry hawaiian slide guitar action going on. This is one of those rare beauties that just appears every now and then out of the blue. Do yourself a favour if you like my bloody valentine, mum, cornelius, animal collective, morr music and dream pop, get yourself a copy of this one. November 2009-Cd-Indiecater records-€9.99
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Album Of The Month
Every month we are going to pick an album that we think everyone should have in their collection, then go to our suppliers and get a big discount for you all, hope you like our choice –
http://www.roadrecs.com/stock/shopping.php3?action=10&start=1&category=3.%20ALBUM%20OF%20THE%20MONTH
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Flaming lips-The soft bulletin [double vinyl with bonus cd]-Limited edition double vinyl reissue of their classic album from 1999. The album comes pressed on two heavy slabs of 180 gram vinyl and comes presented in a card gatefold sleeve. The album also comes packaged with a bonus three track ep featuring outtakes from the album recording session. The bonus cd features 1000 ft hands, the captain and satellite of you. The original album features race for the prize, a spoonful weighs a ton, the spark that bled, the spiderbite song, buggin, what is the light, the observer, waitin for a superman, suddenly everything has changed, the gash, slow motion, feeling yourself disintegrate and sleeping on the roof. October 2009-2lp-Warner-€30.99
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New In This Week
New in stock items on sale at - http://www.roadrecs.com/stock/shopping.php3?start=1&action=1
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Agitated radio pilot-A field day ep-Limited edition 3 inch cd release in miniature hand made sleeve. Released on the irish label rusted rail, they put such care and attention into their miniature packaging. Features a field day, the heart is deceitful above all things, sorry finds you, from the ghost gum glades, far north and the drunken poet. The band features mainstay david colohan along with bean dolan, eddie keenan, gary morrison and loner deluxe. The album features a lovely rustic collection of laid back alt folk sounds with a somewhat dark sombre fell about it. Features lots of gently plucked acoustic instruments, scratchy droning sounds and some truly haunting strings. November 2009-Cds-Rusted rail-€7.50
Ash-C-The third single in the ongoing series dedicated to every letter of the alphabet. Limited edition one sided 7 inch release feating brand new track arcadia, the flip side is etched. A big slice of pumping rock n roll with that distinctive melodic pop sound that ash just seem to write in their sleep. November 2009-7"-Atomic heart records-€6.50
Bibio-The apple and the tooth-This new collection from bibio on the warp label is more a companion piece to recent album ambivalence avenue than a brand new album. The album features four brand new tracks along with eight remixes of tracks from the album. The remixes are provided by clark, wax stag [aka friendly fires], eskmo, leatherette, the gentleman losers, line, keaver and brause and also one from bibio himself. The four new tracks are just the perfect accompaniment to ambivalence avenue, possibly even more electronic pop like but catchy as hell in a sultry indie folk kind of way. Try to imagine four tet but on a slighly more breezy seventies folk buzz. All we need now is a bit of sunshine to go along with this. My pick of the remixes would have to be the pure minimalism of gentleman losers. November 2009-Cd-Warp-€11.99
Bibio-The apple and the tooth [limited to only 1000 copies]-This new collection from bibio on the warp label is more a companion piece to recent album ambivalence avenue than a brand new album. The album features four brand new tracks along with eight remixes of tracks from the album. The remixes are provided by clark, wax stag [aka friendly fires], eskmo, leatherette, the gentleman losers, line, keaver and brause and also one from bibio himself. The four new tracks are just the perfect accompaniment to ambivalence avenue, possibly even more electronic pop like but catchy as hell in a sultry indie folk kind of way. Try to imagine four tet but on a slighly more breezy seventies folk buzz. All we need now is a bit of sunshine to go along with this. My pick of the remixes would have to be the pure minimalism of gentleman losers. Limited to only 1000 copies on vinyl, comes in a really stunning gold embossed sleeve. November 2009-Lp-Warp-€16.99
Black cobra-Chronomega-Black cobra were formed in 2002 by rafa martinez from acid king and jason landrian from cavity. This is their third full length album and their very first for the southern lord label. This is definitely one for fans of the sludge like metal sounds of high on fire, sleep or even a bit of the melvins. Its totally rocking sludge metal but also has a somewhat tribal like feel about it, ok i will admit it then, they remind me quite a bit of early sepultura. November 2009-Cd-Southern lord-€17.50
Blue syndrome-Over and out-The debut album from this dublin based four piece outfit on the awkward turtle label. The album features a big blistering collection of uptempo grunge pop sounds coming across like foo fighters meets weezer. Its full of big fuzzed up guitar sounds and tons of melodic rock catchy choruses. Comes in a card digipack sleeve. October 2009-Cd-Awkward turtle records-€9.99
Buckley, jeff-Grace-The debut album from jeff buckley gets a well deserved vinyl reissue courtesy of the new reissue specialist label music on vinyl. The album has been beautifully remastered for this release and comes with all the original artwork including printed inner. The album is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vintyl too. The album was originally released in 1994 on the columbia label. Features mojo pin, grace, last goodbye, lilac wine, so real, hallelujah, lover you shouldve come over, corpus christi carol, eternal life and dream brother. November 2009-Lp-Music on vinyl-€18.99
Callaghan, sue-Not in love-The debut full length release from dublin based singer songwriter sue callaghan. Joing sue on the album are alan tully, sharon lyons, niamh roche, claudie boyle and lizzie o neill. The album features some lovely mellow laid back folky like pop sounds with lots of intimate ballads. November 2009-Cd-Own label-€11.99
Candy claws-In the dream of the sea life-The debut physical release on irish label indiecater records, also home to some fantastic irish digital reissues and the mp3 hugger blog. Candy claws are an american based two piece, this is their debut full length which was originally self released on their own label. This is a truly beautiful collection of almost dreamlike mellow pop sounds, dont let the word pop put you off though, i use it in the good way. They almost remind me of the fuzzed up wall of noise of my bloody valentine and the melodic vocal harmonies of animal collective. Its a really beautifully melodic collection of layered sounds, shimmering guitars, lush synths and heaps of taped ocean sounds. I can kind of hear a bit of the intimate glitchy pop of the likes of mum from time to time too. Its a truly hypnotic and almost trance like listen seamlessly merging live instruments with lots of digital trickery, theres even some sultry hawaiian slide guitar action going on. This is one of those rare beauties that just appears every now and then out of the blue. Do yourself a favour if you like my bloody valentine, mum, cornelius, animal collective, morr music and dream pop, get yourself a copy of this one. November 2009-Cd-Indiecater records-€9.99
Carter family-Im thinking tonight of my blues eyes-This album compiles the very beginning of one of the longest lasting groups of the history of american music. Active from 1927 to 1956, the legendary carter family were originally a trio and dug deeply in the musical tradition of their southwestern virginia, bringing to light a number of gospel and folk songs that made them superstars in their day and later went on to inspire many revival groups of the sixties and seventies. The album features 18 classic early tracks from the carter family, pressed on heavyweight vinyl and comes in a lovely card sleeve courtesy of the wonderful reissue specialist label monk records. November 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Channel one-Sound to light-The long awaited debut album from this dublin based outfit finally hits the shelves. The album comes in a lovely three part fold out card sleeve. The album is a great big lush collection of synth heavy new wave, post rock euphoria and throbbing electronica. Its got moments of that early new wave synth sound of new order meets the layered guitars of explosions in the sky or mogwai whilst also taking in a bit of the lush ambience of sigur ros. Its the kind of album that i can see radiohead fans loving, based in experimental rock with plenty of electronic touches and plenty of passages of pure beauty. November 2009-Cd-Own label-€13.99
Cluster and eno-Cluster and eno [180 gram reissue]-Originally recorded and released in 1977 this album features two heavyweights on the ambient and space rock scene, the album features a collection of ambient pieces composed by brian eno along with cluster members dieter moebius and hans joachim roedelius. This is some seriously beautiful ambient music, both haunting and rather trippy at the same time. Now reissued on 180 gram vinyl with printed inner sleeve. November 2009-Lp-4 men with beards-€23.50
Cocker, jarvis-Further complications-Limited edition double a sided single featuring further complications and girls like it too. Limited to only 300 copies on 7 inch. Both tracks were produced by shellac mainman steve albini. November 2009-7"-Rough trade-€4.50
Corcoran, mark-Moonlight is x raying the earth-Nine trck album produced by conway savage of bad seeds fame and recorded at tumbleweed studios in dundalk. The album feaures 8 brand new original songs and a cover of sea song originally performed by robert wyatt. The album features a rather haunting collection of mostly piano led laid back ballads with hints of country, folk and even the odd bit of chamber pop. Mark is joined on the album by conway savage on piano and sheika sullivan on violin. November 2009-Cd--€11.99
Crowley, adrian-Season of the sparks-The return of irish songwriter adrian crowley and the follow up to the stunning long distance swimmer album. The album was produced by stephen shannon and features guest spots from kevin murphy on cello, jarja gaynor on viola, thomas haugh on drums, emma smith on violin, cillian macdonnell on drums and arrangements from london based duo geese. Its a beautiful collection of laid back folky based sounds with some truly haunting pastoral string sounds and luscious church organs. Its perfect late night headphone music with touches of the modern folk sounds of james yorkston, the slow core of low and even the odd hint of leonard cohen. Its like honey for your ears. The album was released earlier this year on the tin angel label and now comes reissued on the ever reliable scottish label chemikal underground. November 2009-Cd-Chemikal underground-€11.99
Deaf joe harney-Forest fires ep [limited to only 20 copies]-Limited edition three track ep. This is one of the most beautifully presented releases we have seen in the shop all year. The ep comes in a hand made cloth sleeve, all hand stiched with print on the front and scorched edges. The pure love that went into the presentation of this release is worth the money alone. This ep is limited to only 20 copies, we have a total of only five. The ep features bellynoises, over and under and also a recurring dream. Words and music by joseph harney with jon haggis on drums. Features three very beautiful piano led ballads, sparse, dark and perfectly folky. November 2009-Cd-Own label-€6.99
Driftwood manor-Every light goes out eventually-Limited edition three track ep on the slow loris label from this irish based collective. Features the may floods came, every light goes out eventually and before it is time. The ep comes presented in a lovely hand made card sleeve. The ep opens up with twelve minutes of the finest droning psychedelic folk, full of low tuned vocal humming and sitar like sound effects. The second piece is another lengthy affair [just over eleven minutes] and features a sublime piece of piano minimalism underlayed with hazy droning sound effects, couldnt be more different from the opening track if it tried. The last piece is a shorter affair and features another beautifully delicate piece of modern psyche folk. November 2009-Cd-Slow loris-€4.99
Dybdahl, thomas-Thomas dybdahl-Norwegian based singer songwriter compared to the likes of nick drake and tim buckley. There are definitely plenty of nods towards that breezy seventies folk rock sound of old on this album with dybdahl bringing in plenty of country and rootsy rock influences to the mix. It actually kind of reminds me a bit of the country pop vibes of the likes of the pernice brothers with just maybe a little more of the seventies folk vibe thrown in. November 2009-Cd-Last suppa-€12.99
Etp and sven anderson-Fluxus-A truly gorgeous 50 minute piece of shimmering electronica built around alex north and jerry goldsmiths 1966 composition moon, the piece is based on a 40 second long intro to the score to whos afraid of virginia wolf. The piece features sven anderson and russell hart [scottish born and now residing in galway]. Its a wonderfully oscillating piece of mostly drone based sounds with lots of barely audible glitchy sound effects. Think of the sparse barren icy soundscapes of biosphere meets the kind of digital scratchy detritus of fennesz. Its one of those beautiful slow changing pieces that fans of the sounds of the kranky label will instantly fall in love with. Its definitely one of those rare beauties thats best appreciated on headphones, you will discover so much going on deep down in the mix this way. November 2009-Cd-Own label-€7.99
Flight of the concords-I told you i was freaky-The album features a selection of thirteen tracks taken from the second series of this hugely popular tv program. As you can imagine this album is all about the humorous vocal delivery and lyrics from the shows two main protagonists. The opening half of the album is pretty much dedicated to take on the sounds of modern chart based hip hop with were both in love with a sexy lady being a real highlight for me. The album comes in a limited editon cutout card sleeve, thankfully featuring a full lyric sheet inner booklet. November 2009-Cd-Sub pop-€13.99
Fuck buttons-Tarot sport-Fuck buttons return with a brand new andy weatherall produced album on the atp label. The album also features the mastering skills of one bob weston [shellac]. I have to say its taken me quite a while to warm to this new album, rave was never my thing so that was stumbling block number one. Its does take many listens to deep down within the many layers of this record before you discover a whole other world of fuzzed up krautrock, shoegazing and trance like space rock vibes. Weatherall really does seem to have taken the two worlds of techno rock and blissful shoegazing to create a sound that is truly original. Its full of euphoric synth sounds blended with some totally white noise like digital fuzz. Imagine if kraftwerk had stumbled upon early nineties rave music with kevin shields in tow. Limited edition double vinyl pressing, only 1000 copies availabel. November 2009-2lp-Atp recordings-€17.99
Fuck buttons-Tarot sport-Fuck buttons return with a brand new andy weatherall produced album on the atp label. The album also features the mastering skills of one bob weston [shellac]. I have to say its taken me quite a while to warm to this new album, rave was never my thing so that was stumbling block number one. Its does take many listens to deep down within the many layers of this record before you discover a whole other world of fuzzed up krautrock, shoegazing and trance like space rock vibes. Weatherall really does seem to have taken the two worlds of techno rock and blissful shoegazing to create a sound that is truly original. Its full of euphoric synth sounds blended with some totally white noise like digital fuzz. Imagine if kraftwerk had stumbled upon early nineties rave music with kevin shields in tow. November 2009-Cd-Atp recordings-€17.99
Ganglians-Monster head room-The woodsist labels comes up trumps yet again with this truly wonerful and joyous collection from ganglians. From the opening notes there are very obvious comparisons to the lush vocal harmonies of early beach boys albums but musically this is much more of a psychedelic pop record with plenty of nods back to the heyday of sixties garage pop. There are elements of the kind of psyche pop of animal collective but these guys also bring in hints of african guitar strumming to the mix. The album is drenched in sixties like reverb and has a lovely raw kind of analog feel about it. November 2009-Cd-Woodsist-€14.99
Girls-Laura-Taken from their rather superb self titled album, this single is limited to only 500 copies on heavyweight 7 inch vinyl. It also features a brand new track oh boy on the flip side. This is a superb piece of classic jangly indie pop with a little bit of sixties garage beat pop thrown in for good measure. Music like this was made to be on 7 inch. November 2009-7"-Fantasy trashcan-€5.99
Grand archives-Keep in mind frankenstein-The second album from this seattle based outfit on the sub pop label. The band is centred around songwriter mat brooke [from carissas wierd and band of horses]. The band also features jeff montano on bass, thomas wright on guitar and drummer curtis hall. Comes in a miniature card gatefold sleeve. Features a lovely mellow blend of americana tinged sombre pop sounds with lots of lush vocal harmonies, both haunting and joyous at the same time. November 2009-Cd-Sub pop-€12.99
Hendrix, jimi-Band of gypsys-The only official live band of gypsys album to be authorised by hendrix before his death. The album was recorded on new years eve at the fillmore east in 1969. Features the truly awesome lineup of jimi hendrix, buddy miles and billy cox. The album features who knows, machine gun, changes, power to love, message to love and we gotta live together. This reissue comes packaged in a perfect replica of the heavy card gatefold original. A truly awesome collection of four hendrix originals and two buddy miles penned tracks. November 2009-Lp-Classic records-€15.99
House of cosy cusions and katie kim-Self titled-Beautifully presented 12 track split release from house of cosy cusions and singer songwriter katie kim. The album comes in a really lovely screenprinted card sleeve. The album features a selection of haunting almost ambient like sounds, lots of swirling guitar sounds and droning synth effects. Katie kim adds her stunning voice to some of the more lush post rock like tracks, featuring some beautifully brushed drum sounds and intricate guitar picking. The album was pretty much recorded live in the studio and has a perfectly loose kind of flow to it from start to finish, it almost plays like one extended piece. November 2009-Cd-Own label-€9.99
Hurley, michael-Ida con snock-Recorded at levon helms woodstock based studios. The album features seven brand new original tracks along with five covers of classic fifties rock n roll and country tunes. Hurley is backed by new york based band ida throughout. This man has been making music as far back as the late sixties greenwich village folk scene, hard to believe he still hasnt received the kind of recognition he truly deserves. Hurley has always leaned more towards the weird side of american folk, a man with a very distinctive vocal delivery. The album features some truly superb alt folk sounds with plenty of rustic bluegrass influences, a real dream for lovers of the more old style traditional folk sound. November 2009-Cd-Gnomonsong-€15.99
James husband-A parrallax-Brand new side project from of montreal member jamey huggins. The album also features some help from fellow of montreal members dottie alexander and bp helium. This is an album of very catchy melodic kind of garage pop sounds, kind of reminds of the cleverly intricate sounds of guided by voices meets the sixties vibes of the beatles. Its full of really catchy clever little pop nuggets with lots of jangly guitar action and some superb multilayered vocal harmonies. The album comes packaged with a limited edtion cd of covers along with an mp3 download of a 16 track label samper. November 2009-2cd-Polyvinyl records-€13.99
James husband-A parrallax [limited to only 500 copies with bonus mp3 download]-Brand new side project from of montreal member jamey huggins. The album also features some help from fellow of montreal members dottie alexander and bp helium. This is an album of very catchy melodic kind of garage pop sounds, kind of reminds of the cleverly intricate sounds of guided by voices meets the sixties vibes of the beatles. Its full of really catchy clever little pop nuggets with lots of jangly guitar action and some superb multilayered vocal harmonies. Limited edition 180 gram vinyl pressing, only 500 copies available. The album also comes packaged with a free mp3 download of all tracks on the album along with a free bonus six track digital covers ep. November 2009-Lp-Polyvinyl records-€14.99
Joplin, janis-Pearl-A truly classic janis joplin solo album, originally released back in 1971. The album now comes reissued on heavy vinyl and comes with all the original artwork courtesy of the music on vinyl label. The album has now been remastered for this release and its got to be said it sounds totally amazing. The album features move over, cry baby, a woman left lonely, half moon, buried alive in the blues, my baby, me and bobby mcgee, mercedes benz, trust me and get it while you can. The band features brad campbell, clark peterson, ken pearson, john till adn richard bell. Guests include bobby womack, bobbie hall and sandra crouch. November 2009-Lp-Music on vinyl-€18.99
Landes, dawn-Sweetheart rodeo-Dawn landes returns with her new album for the cooking vinyl label. The album features a selection of beautifully crafted love songs themed around the ups and downs of rodeo life. A country tinged and rather intimate collection of songs ranging from rustic acoustic folk songs to a slightly more country pop like vibe. Kiind of falls somewhere between neko case, cat power and gillian welch. 2009-Cd-Cooking vinyl-€16.99
Le loup-Family-Le loup return with their second album, their first for hardly art [previous album was on memphis industries]. Its an album of trippy psychedelic folk, synth based space rock and tribal like percussive sounds. There are also hints of the multilayered choral like vocal sounds of bands like animal collective or grizzly bear, but these guys also add in lots of traditional acoustic folk instruments like banjo and mandolin. Featuring lots of trippy looping sound effects blended into some intricate live instruments, this is definitely an album that will appeal to fans of the likes of ariel pink and other such psychedelic avant folk artists. A real joy from start to finish. November 2009-Cd-Talitres records-€19.99
Loizeau, emily-Pays sauvage [limited edition with two bonus tracks]-The second album from this french singer songwriter, her first for the bella union label. This version comes with two bonus tracks facing a world of anger and that little something. The album features guest spots from moriarty, herman dune, thomas fersen and danyel waro. Its a really lovely collection of rustic and somewhat quirky folk pop sounds, full of dramatic orchestral sounds. A beautiful meeting of older traditional folk sounds and modern country roots with just the right amount of quirky french pop vibes. November 2009-Cd-Bella union-€15.99
Low miffs, the and malcolm ross-Malcolm ross and the low miffs-Young glasgow based post punk outfit the low miffs team up with underground indie pop legend malcolm ross [josef k, orange juice and aztec camera]. The album is a superbly catchy collection of jangly indie pop sounds with plenty of angular new wave and post punk hooks. For some reason the album kind of reminds me of the likes of television but on a slightly more indie pop trip, its actually not that far away from the orange juice sound either. Cleverly crafted, intricate and very catchy too. November 2009-Cd-Re action-€13.99
Melvins-Chicken switch-Fifteen track remix collection from the melvins on the ipecac label. Never ones to do things normally, the melvins gave the remixers involved a full albums worth of material and told them to pick and choose what they wanted to use. The album features remixes from the boredoms eye yamatsuka, christoph heemann, vvm, john duncan, matmos, lee ranaldo from sonic youth, merzbow, david scott stone, panacea, sunroof, kawabata makoto from acid mothers temple, farmersmanual, void manes, rlw and speedranch. November 2009-Cd-Ipecac-€17.99
Molina and johnson-Molina and johnson-Jason molina [songs ohia] must be one of the most prolific songwriters around at the moment, its not long since his last album as magnolia electric co and hes back with a new collaboration with will johnson from centr o matic. This is a truly stunning collection of sombre country and folk tinged sounds, beautifully rustic and downbeat. It kind of sounds like molina and johnson simply entered a room together and just played a string of songs live, its got a lovely raw live feel about. Its an album steeped in the sounds of old country and folk but this pair totally strip it down to its bare essentials with a lot of tracks just featuring guitar and piano. The two voices work so well together, both having just the right amount of that classic nashville drawl. An album that will very gently blow you away. November 2009-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99
Molina and johnson-Molina and johnson [with bonus mp3 download]-Jason molina [songs ohia] must be one of the most prolific songwriters around at the moment, its not long since his last album as magnolia electric co and hes back with a new collaboration with will johnson from centr o matic. This is a truly stunning collection of sombre country and folk tinged sounds, beautifully rustic and downbeat. It kind of sounds like molina and johnson simply entered a room together and just played a string of songs live, its got a lovely raw live feel about. Its an album steeped in the sounds of old country and folk but this pair totally strip it down to its bare essentials with a lot of tracks just featuring guitar and piano. The two voices work so well together, both having just the right amount of that classic nashville drawl. An album that will very gently blow you away. This vinyl version comes with a free mp3 download coupon. November 2009-Lp-Secretly canadian-€14.99
Nelson, willie-Red headed stranger-A pretty legendary willie nelson concept album from willie nelson originally released back in 1975. The album was based around the story of a preacher on the run after murdering his departed wife and her new lover. Its a really intimate almost solo recording from nelson, with just a barest of band accompanying him. An absolute essential collection for anybody serious about country / folk music from the seventies. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl and now also remastered specially for this release on the music on vinyl label. November 2009-Lp-Music on vinyl-€18.99
Oates, jackie-Birthday-Limited edition pressing of only 500 copies on the one little indian label. The track is a very unique cover of the classic sugarcubes track birthday. The ep comes with the track past caring on the flip side. Jackie oates has actually managed to turn the sugarcubes track into a traditional english folk song with lots of plucked harp and lush strings. I didnt think you could ever better the original but this sure comes close. November 2009-7"-One little indian-€4.50
Om-Live conference-Live recording of their legendary conference of the birds album. The album was recorded at a show in new york in september 2008. Features al cisneros on bass and vocals along with drummer emil amos. Al cisneros is an ex member of doom metal outfit sleep. The album features live versions of flight of the eagle and at giza. This is pretty much stoner sludge metal at its very finest, no guitars either, just drums and heavily distorted bass. Imagine early sabbath without guitars featuring a riff that could possible go on and on forever. The album comes beautifully presented in a big heavy card sleeve with a rectangular cutout in the front. Limited edition heavy vinyl pressing on the important label. November 2009-2lp-Important records-€26.99
On fillmore-Extended vacation-Brand new album from multi instrumentalists glen kotche [wilco] and darin gray [dazzling killmen and brise glace]. This is the same rhythm section that backed jim o rourke on albums eureka, insignificance and halfway to a threeway. The album features a very jazzy collection of laid back exotica sounds, full of slide bass, vibraphone and all manner of weird found sounds. Its almost like some long lost collection of library music or incidental music made for tv shows in the sixties. A wonderfully intrigueing listen which sees exotic jazz and nature sounds meeting to create something totally new and original. November 2009-Cd-Dead oceans-€12.99
On fillmore-Extended vacation [with bonus mp3 download coupon]-Brand new album from multi instrumentalists glen kotche [wilco] and darin gray [dazzling killmen and brise glace]. This is the same rhythm section that backed jim o rourke on albums eureka, insignificance and halfway to a threeway. The album features a very jazzy collection of laid back exotica sounds, full of slide bass, vibraphone and all manner of weird found sounds. Its almost like some long lost collection of library music or incidental music made for tv shows in the sixties. A wonderfully intrigueing listen which sees exotic jazz and nature sounds meeting to create something totally new and original. The album comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon. November 2009-Lp-Dead oceans-€12.99
Os mutantes-Haih or amortcedor-The sticker on the front of the sleeve states that this is the first new studio recording in over 30 years from the band that changed everything, hard to argue with that one isnt it. These guys are probably one of the most legendary brazilian bands of all time, they got back together for a one off reunion show in the barbican theatre in 2006 and obviously one thing led to another. Glad to report their sound is as eclectic as ever going from psychedelic rock to samba to sixties doo wop within the space of just one song. November 2009-Cd-Anti-€15.99
Pains of being pure at heart-Higher than the stars remixes-Limited edition three track remix ep from the pains of being pure at heart on the fortuna pop label. The ep features higher than the stars saint etienne visits lord spank remix, falling over dj downfall sprechenbann remix and higher than the stars skanfrom remix. November 2009-12"-Fortuna pop-€10.99
Pansonic with keiji haino-Shall i download a blackhole and offer it to you-Recorded live in concert in berlins volksbuhne on 15th of november 2007. Features sleeve artwork designed by stephen o malley [sunn o] and comes in a lovely four part foldout sleeve. This is pretty much a collaboration made in heaven for all lovers of noise and electronic distortion. Pansonic provide a truly evil backdrop for hainos random burst of devil like wordless howling. Sounding at times like a busy day in a metal fabrication shop, this really is extreme experimental noise at its very very finest. Its one of those love or hate albums, there really is no inbetween with this kind of thing. I have to say you really do get sucked in to the utter chaos going on, the anticipation of what haino is going to do next is worth it alone. November 2009-Cd-Blast first petite-€16.99
Phillips, grant lee-Little moon-The former frontman with grant lee buffalo returns with a brand new solo album, his first since strangelet in 2007. The album comes packaged with a bonus mp3 coupon featuring bonus material not found on the cd. The album features a selection of laid back downbeat rootsy rock sounds, this time featuring the addition of lots of brass and lush string sounds. Phillips is backed by jamie edwards, paul bryan, jay bellerose and sebastian aymanns. It may sound obvious but this one really reminds me of the older grant lee buffalo sound split between intimate acoustic ballads and some very very catchy rootsy pop sounds. November 2009-Cd-Yep roc-€19.99
Planet parade-Ghosts to people-The debut four track ep from this kildar based four piece. Features cut the cord, sunshine, play fair and holding fire. The ep was produced by graham hopkins [the frames and therapy]. The ep features a very euphoric collection of melodic indie rock sounds. November 2009-Cds--€3.99
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
Reigning sound-Love and curses-Its been five long years since we heard from greg cartwright and his reigning sound oufit now. Cartwright was one of the founding members of one our all time favourite garage rock outfits the oblivions. Recorded in two different studios in memphis and north carolina. This is another gem of an album from cartwright [he cant do anything wrong in our opinion], its a blistering collection of fuzzed up sixties garage rock and white boy rock n soul action. Imagine a bunch of snotty garage punkers recording for the motown label blended with a bit of late seventies post punk. It also gets wonderfully rootsy from time to time, try to imagine a punk rock springsteen. October 2009-Lp-In the red-€12.99
Renney, lucas-Strange glory-The debut solo album from lucas renney on the brille label. Lucas is the singer with golden virgins. The album was produced by cocteau twin and bella union head honcho simon raymonde. The album features members of midlake and also vocalist stephanie dosen. A lush and mellow collection of rustic folk and rootsy like sounds, darkly sombre and intimate. November 2009-Cd-Brille-€12.99
Restless dead-Live dead-The album features four lengthy instrumental tracks clocking in at a total of 34 minutes. The pieces are loosely based around a collection of solo pieces written by guitarist c joynes, recorded pretty much live to tape. Features four beautifully rambling pieces of guitar led folk like sounds with lots of added static hiss, field recordings and all manner of reverb laden background noise. Hypnotic in a james blackshaw kind of way but with lots of added droning noise and aural smog. Comes in a hand numbered paper sleeve, limited to only 60 copies. November 2009-Cd-Reverb worship-€7.99
Riptide movement-Alive inside-Two track ep from this dublin based bluesy rock sounding outfit. Featues alive inside and pale green eyes. The main track is a big guitar heavy slice of grunged up blues rock. November 2009-Cds-Own label-€1.99
Saving j-This city street-The debut album from this kilkenny based four piece grunge pop outfit. Features lots of catchy melodic rock sounds comparable to the likes of the foo fighters with a bit of the intricate guitar work of sugar thrown in. November 2009-Cd--€11.99
Slew, the-100%-Brand new psyche rock influenced outfit on the ninja tunes label featuring the many talents of kid koala and dynomite d. Kid koala, as you probably already know has released several album on the ninja tunes label. Dynomite d has remixed the likes of money mark and has also worked with the beastie boys. The pair are joined by the rhythm section from australian rock band wolfmother. The album features a big funky rock selection of seventies like psyche funk sounds meets the kind of hip hop rock of the beastie boys. This may sound a bit strange but it actually kind of sounds like early zeppelin meets parliament with the addition of some very clever turntable action. November 2009-Cd-Ninja tune-€13.99
Slew, the-100%-Brand new psyche rock influenced outfit on the ninja tunes label featuring the many talents of kid koala and dynomite d. Kid koala, as you probably already know has released several album on the ninja tunes label. Dynomite d has remixed the likes of money mark and has also worked with the beastie boys. The pair are joined by the rhythm section from australian rock band wolfmother. The album features a big funky rock selection of seventies like psyche funk sounds meets the kind of hip hop rock of the beastie boys. This may sound a bit strange but it actually kind of sounds like early zeppelin meets parliament with the addition of some very clever turntable action. November 2009-Lp-Ninja tune-€18.99
Thai beat a go go-Various artists-Finally available on vinyl. The almost legendary thai beat compilation gets a well deserved vinyl release from the subliminal sounds label. Limited to only 1000 copies worldwide and comes housed in a lovely gatefold sleeve. Features a collection of classic sounds from the sixties with a bit of everything including garage rock, surf rock, exotica, psyche rock and funk. Its a truly wonderful collection of sixties garage sounds, fuzzed up and oh so funky and sleazy too. Features pm pocket music, payom moodga, viachan maneechot, johnnys guitar, srueng santi, the viking band, the son of pm, the cat, der dong dang and paiboon. November 2009-Lp-Subliminal sounds-€24.99
Tu ki-Pre seed-Mix cd featuring a selection of 144 of his favourite records, all taken from original pressing collected from all over the world. Features a diverse collection of sounds taking in everything from hip hop to soul to reggae. Tu ki is a four time irish dmc champion and hugely respected turntablist, he also won the movida world mixing championships in 2007. November 2009-Cd-Choice cuts-€9.99
Urick, jason-Husbands [limited to 500 copies with bonus mp3 download]-Debut solo album from baltimore based songwriter jason ulrick [wzt hearts]. Limited edition vinyl pressing on the thrill jockey label, only 500 copies available. The album comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon. The album features a collection of reverb drenced drone based pieces slowly building into some kind of tripped out psychedelic noise. Its full of looping distorted guitar sounds, layered over each other repeatedly with lots of analog sounding synth vibes. This is drone based minimalism at its very finest, constantly changing but somehow still staying the same. Its an album that takes in little pieces of seventies krautrock minimalism and stretches every note to its longest point. Try it, you will be in a trance like state within minutes. November 2009-Lp-Thrill jockey-€12.99
Warp 20-Unheard [various artists]-An eleven track collection of secret treasures discovered in the warp vaults. These tracks were originally only available on vinyl as part of the massive warp 20 box set, thankfully due to fan pressure the label have seen fit to release them all on one handy cd also. The album features a selection of previously unreleased or rare tracks from boards of canada, plaid, autechre, elecktroids, clark, nightmares on wax, flying lotus, broadcast and seefeel. Obvious highlights would have to be the pre incunabula track from autechre, the boards of canada track seven forty seven and their cover of the nico track sixty forty. November 2009-Cd-Warp-€13.99
White shit-Sculpted beef-White shit is a brand new project masterminded by andy coronado [monorchid, skull kontrol and wrangler blues]. Coronado is joined by jared warren [big business and melvins] on vocals, cody willis [murder city devils, big business and melvins] on drums and julian peeke on bass. The album features a truly blistering collection of old school hardcore punk rock blended with a bit of the pure sludge metal of the melvins or big business themselves. Kind of reminds me a bit of blag flag or even the very early henry rollins solo material. Very very limited one side album on the post present label. November 2009-Lp-Post present-€13.99
Why-Eskimo snow-Why returns with his fourth album and the much awaited follow up to alopecia. This man gets further and further away from the early alt hip hop sounds of his first few albums with every new release. Yoni wolf returns with his most guitar driven collection to date, its very much a full band affair with josiah wolf, doug mcdiarmid, andrew broder and mark erickson featuring throughout. The album was produced by mark nevers, who also guests on some recordings. Its a lovely bright and breezy collection of almost folky like mellow rock sounds with wolfs almost spoken like vocal delivery harking back a wee bit to the older anticon days. Its all perfectly intricate at times with plenty of dramatic almost orchestral pop like moments. October 2009-Cd-Tomlab-€17.99
Yawning chasm-The shadow that is hidden-Limited edition 3 inch cd release in miniature hand made sleeve. Another beautifully presented release from this irish based label. The cd features six tracks from yawning chasm, which is basically a solo outing from mirakil whip member aaron m coyne. The album was recorded in early 2009 to four track cassette in galway. The album features a lovely rustic selection of weird folk sounds with hints of early psyche folk and intimate lo fi bedroom indie folk. November 2009-Cds-Rusted rail-€7.50
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Agitated radio pilot-A field day ep-Limited edition 3 inch cd release in miniature hand made sleeve. Released on the irish label rusted rail, they put such care and attention into their miniature packaging. Features a field day, the heart is deceitful above all things, sorry finds you, from the ghost gum glades, far north and the drunken poet. The band features mainstay david colohan along with bean dolan, eddie keenan, gary morrison and loner deluxe. The album features a lovely rustic collection of laid back alt folk sounds with a somewhat dark sombre fell about it. Features lots of gently plucked acoustic instruments, scratchy droning sounds and some truly haunting strings. November 2009-Cds-Rusted rail-€7.50
Blue syndrome-Over and out-The debut album from this dublin based four piece outfit on the awkward turtle label. The album features a big blistering collection of uptempo grunge pop sounds coming across like foo fighters meets weezer. Its full of big fuzzed up guitar sounds and tons of melodic rock catchy choruses. Comes in a card digipack sleeve. October 2009-Cd-Awkward turtle records-€9.99
Callaghan, sue-Not in love-The debut full length release from dublin based singer songwriter sue callaghan. Joing sue on the album are alan tully, sharon lyons, niamh roche, claudie boyle and lizzie o neill. The album features some lovely mellow laid back folky like pop sounds with lots of intimate ballads. November 2009-Cd-Own label-€11.99
Channel one-Sound to light-The long awaited debut album from this dublin based outfit finally hits the shelves. The album comes in a lovely three part fold out card sleeve. The album is a great big lush collection of synth heavy new wave, post rock euphoria and throbbing electronica. Its got moments of that early new wave synth sound of new order meets the layered guitars of explosions in the sky or mogwai whilst also taking in a bit of the lush ambience of sigur ros. Its the kind of album that i can see radiohead fans loving, based in experimental rock with plenty of electronic touches and plenty of passages of pure beauty. November 2009-Cd-Own label-€13.99
Corcoran, mark-Moonlight is x raying the earth-Nine trck album produced by conway savage of bad seeds fame and recorded at tumbleweed studios in dundalk. The album feaures 8 brand new original songs and a cover of sea song originally performed by robert wyatt. The album features a rather haunting collection of mostly piano led laid back ballads with hints of country, folk and even the odd bit of chamber pop. Mark is joined on the album by conway savage on piano and sheika sullivan on violin. November 2009-Cd--€11.99
Crowley, adrian-Season of the sparks-The return of irish songwriter adrian crowley and the follow up to the stunning long distance swimmer album. The album was produced by stephen shannon and features guest spots from kevin murphy on cello, jarja gaynor on viola, thomas haugh on drums, emma smith on violin, cillian macdonnell on drums and arrangements from london based duo geese. Its a beautiful collection of laid back folky based sounds with some truly haunting pastoral string sounds and luscious church organs. Its perfect late night headphone music with touches of the modern folk sounds of james yorkston, the slow core of low and even the odd hint of leonard cohen. Its like honey for your ears. The album was released earlier this year on the tin angel label and now comes reissued on the ever reliable scottish label chemikal underground. November 2009-Cd-Chemikal underground-€11.99
Deaf joe harney-Forest fires ep [limited to only 20 copies]-Limited edition three track ep. This is one of the most beautifully presented releases we have seen in the shop all year. The ep comes in a hand made cloth sleeve, all hand stiched with print on the front and scorched edges. The pure love that went into the presentation of this release is worth the money alone. This ep is limited to only 20 copies, we have a total of only five. The ep features bellynoises, over and under and also a recurring dream. Words and music by joseph harney with jon haggis on drums. Features three very beautiful piano led ballads, sparse, dark and perfectly folky. November 2009-Cd-Own label-€6.99
Driftwood manor-Every light goes out eventually-Limited edition three track ep on the slow loris label from this irish based collective. Features the may floods came, every light goes out eventually and before it is time. The ep comes presented in a lovely hand made card sleeve. The ep opens up with twelve minutes of the finest droning psychedelic folk, full of low tuned vocal humming and sitar like sound effects. The second piece is another lengthy affair [just over eleven minutes] and features a sublime piece of piano minimalism underlayed with hazy droning sound effects, couldnt be more different from the opening track if it tried. The last piece is a shorter affair and features another beautifully delicate piece of modern psyche folk. November 2009-Cd-Slow loris-€4.99
Planet parade-Ghosts to people-The debut four track ep from this kildar based four piece. Features cut the cord, sunshine, play fair and holding fire. The ep was produced by graham hopkins [the frames and therapy]. The ep features a very euphoric collection of melodic indie rock sounds. November 2009-Cds--€3.99
Riptide movement-Alive inside-Two track ep from this dublin based bluesy rock sounding outfit. Featues alive inside and pale green eyes. The main track is a big guitar heavy slice of grunged up blues rock. November 2009-Cds-Own label-€1.99
Saving j-This city street-The debut album from this kilkenny based four piece grunge pop outfit. Features lots of catchy melodic rock sounds comparable to the likes of the foo fighters with a bit of the intricate guitar work of sugar thrown in. November 2009-Cd--€11.99
Yawning chasm-The shadow that is hidden-Limited edition 3 inch cd release in miniature hand made sleeve. Another beautifully presented release from this irish based label. The cd features six tracks from yawning chasm, which is basically a solo outing from mirakil whip member aaron m coyne. The album was recorded in early 2009 to four track cassette in galway. The album features a lovely rustic selection of weird folk sounds with hints of early psyche folk and intimate lo fi bedroom indie folk. November 2009-Cds-Rusted rail-€7.50
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A hawk and a hacksaw-Deliverance-A hawk and a hacksaw return with their fourth album with the ever reliable hun hangar ensemble in tow again. The core duo of jeremy barnes and heather trost are in truly fine form on this mostly uptempo collection of eastern european folk sounds. The album features a collection of rearranged traditional eastern european folk songs along with a couple of compositions by trost and barnes themselves. Having previously backed up beirut this pair really know their way around some rather blistering folk sounds. Its a real fun filled collection of gypsy folk songs featuring some superb brass and acoustic instrumentation. June 2009-Lp-The leaf label-€18.99
Baker, chet-Chet baker and strings-This album was originally released way back in 1954 on the columbia jazz label. This new reissue comes with the original 12 track album along with 3 extra bonus tracks. Joining baker on this album are jack zoot sims on sax, jack montrose on sax, russ freeman on piano, joe mondragon on bass, shelly manne on drums and clifford bud shank on sax.-Cd-Columbia-€8.99
Baker, chet-Chet is back-Originally released in 1962 on the rca label. The album was recorded in italy featuring a host of young hot european based jazz musicians. Features well you wouldnt, these foolish things, barbados, star eyes, over the rainbow, pent up house, ballata in forma di blues adn blues in the closet. This new version comes with four extra bonus tracks backed by the legendary ennio morricone and his orchestra. 2003-Cd-Rca-€9.99
Blakey, art-Jazz messengers-Reissue of this classic six track album from 1956 on the columbia label. The album features donald byrd on trumpet, hank mobley on sax, art blakey on drums, doug watkins on bass and horace silver on piano. This was to be one of only four albums that horace silver cut with the jazz messengers before moving on to his solo work. Features infra rae, nicas dream, it you or no one, ecaroh, carols interlude, the end of a love affair. The album now comes with five extra bonus tracks not featured on the original version. 1997-Cd-Columbia-€9.99
Blue note plays-Billie holiday [various artists]-Eight track selection culled from different blue note albums released in the past. Features tracks from dexter gordon, miles davis, herbie nichols, clifford brown, ike quebec, sonny clark, freddie hubbard and lee morgan. 2006-Cd-Blue note-€9.99
Bob log iii-My shit is perfect-Bob log returns with his very distinctive brand of fuzzy rockin blues. Bob log is a one man band featuring slide guitar, kick drum and a microphone locked inside a motorcycle helmet. Sounding like a garage rock elvis presley meets the blues explosion there is only one man that can make records like this. Its based in old style blues and then fuzzed up to the max with tons of sixties garage rock like spirit. You really have to hear this to totally understand the madcap genius that is bob log but if you like a bit of funky garage blues with lots of top notch slide guitar action then look no further. June 2009-Lp-Voodoo rhythm-€16.99
Byrd, donald-Black byrd-Reissue of what once was blue notes best selling record, i am not sure of that is still true, not surprisingly then it was considered a sell out by byrd, the album is a landmark in jazz funk with byrd giving free reign on composition duties to larry mizell perhaps better known for his work with isaac hayes and curtis mayfield, originally released in 1972-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Cajun social music-Various artists-Reissue of this rather excellent collection of traditional cajun music from the smithsonian folkways label, the album was originally recorded and released in 1975 and features some fine rustic traditional music, highlights include nathan abshire, mark savoy and hector duhon, the album features a total of 13 tracks and comes with the original detailed liner notes inside, reissued in 1990-Lp-Smithsonian folkways-€9.99
Congos-Heart of the congos [deluxe edition]-This album was released way back in 1977. The album was produced by lee perry at black ark and is still seen as one of his finest productions to this day. The album is still hailed as one of the finest roots reggae albums of all time and after one listen you will see why. The album now comes pressed as a double vinyl edition with a full two sides of bonus material. The album features eleven bonus tracks not featured on the original pressing. The extra material features a collection of recordings from four different sessions made after the albums release. Features the congo ashanti session [1979], the image of africa sessions [1979], face the music sessions [1981] and the revival sessions [1999]. 2008-Lp-17 north parade-€18.99
Costello, elvis-Secret profane and sugarcane-Elvis costello returns with a new collection of country and folk tunes. The album was produced by t bone burnett during a three day session in sound emporium studios in nashville. Costello is joined by a host of highly regarded nashville guests including jerry douglas on dobro, stuart duncan on fiddle, mike compton on mandolin, jeff taylor on accordion and dennis crouch on double bass. The album features a collectiom of mainly acoustic based tunes taking a trip around the traditional sounds of american folk music incorporating blues, bluegrass and traditional country. Limited edition double vinyl pressing which also comes in a gatefold sleeve. July 2009-2lp-Hear music-€18.99
Davis, miles-Kind of blue-Universally known as one of the truly essential all time jazz albums this record was originally released in 1959 on the columbia label. The album features davis on trumpet along with cannonball adderley on alto sax, john coltrane on tenor sax, wynton kelly on piano, bill evans on piano, paul chambers on bass and jimmy cobb on drums. Features so what, freddie freeloader, blue in green, all blues, flamenco sketches and flamenco sketches alternate take.-Cd-Columbia-€9.99
Davis, miles-Live at the 1963 monterey jazz festival-Six track live session from the monterey jazz festival. Recorded on the 20th of september 1963 and produced by jimmy lyons. The set features waiting for miles, autumn leaves, so what, stella by starlight, walkin and the theme. Along with davis on trumpet the band also features george coleman on tenor sax, herbie hancock on piano, ron carter on bass and tony williams on drums.-Cd-Muf records-€9.99
Deacon, dan-Bromst-The return of this baltimore based one man noise making machine with his new album on the car park label. Its another superb collecton of full steam ahead gameboy like electro pop sounds which also sees deacon showing off his slightly softer side on some of the more downbeat tunes. Try to imagine animal collective or panda bear making sounds with an old atari computer with a host of cassette samples in tow. Throw in lots of cheesy casio keyboard sounds and you have one of the weirdest but more original electronic pop albums of the year so far. This man really has just put the fun back into electronic music again. June 2009-Cd-Carpark records-€17.99
Donaldson, lou-Blues walk-Much of the work of lou donaldson is as funky and blues influenced as you will hear in jazz, this is thanks to his straightforward playing and some incredible lineups he recorded and toured with over the years, this album is no exception with herman foster on piano, peck morrison on bass, dave bailey on drums and ray barretto on conga behind the saxophone of lou, features blues walk, move, the masquerade is over, play ray, autumn nocturne, callin all cats, originally released in 1958-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Green, al-Gets next to you-Solo album number 3 from al green and the follow up to green is blues, originally released on the right stuff in 1971, features willie mitchell producing and the hi rhythm section, features greens stunning version of the temptations classic track i cant get next to you.-Cd-Hi records-€9.99
Green, al-Gets next to you-Solo album number 3 from al green and the follow up to green is blues, originally released on the right stuff in 1971, features willie mitchell producing and the hi rhythm section, features greens stunning version of the temptations classic track i cant get next to you, features the original tracklisting and artwork, reissued 2004-Lp-Hi records-€13.99
Guthrie, woody-My dusty road [woodys roots]-The album features a superb collection of woody guthrie recordings made by moses asch and herbert harris for the stinson label. The tracks have all been beautifully restored specially for this vinyl release by the rounder label. Joing woody on several tracks are cisco houston and sonny terry. The album concentrates on some of his more folk based recordings [as opposed to the protest songs that he is best known for]. The album features a collection of woody guthrie originals and several older traditional folk standards. October 2009-Lp-Rounder records-€19.99
Jackson, milt and john coltrane-Bags and trane-Originally released way back in 1959 on the atlantic label. Features bags and trane, three little words, the night we called it a day, be bop and the late late blues, features milt jackson on vibraharp, john coltrane on sax, hank jones on piano, paul chambers on bass and connie kay on drums. Features some beautifully soothing smokey late night jazz sounds. This version also comes with three extra bonus tracks not featured on the original. 1988-Cd-Atlantic-€9.99
Jandek-Six and six-Originally released way back in 1981 this album has been out of print on vinyl for many many years now. This was jandeks second album and the follow up to ready for the house which was reissued on vinyl late last year also. The album features feathered drums, point judith, i knew you would leave, can i see your clock, wild strawberries, forgive me, hilltop serenade, youre the best one and delinquent words. 2009-Lp-Corwood-€22.99
Katie kim-Twelve-The debut solo album from this irish based singer katie sullivan. She was also a former vocalist with indie rock outfit dae kim along with former ten speed racer member terry cullen. This is a beautifully intimate collection of songs centred around sullivans beautifully husky voice. The album has a similar kind of intimacy to the likes of mazzy star with hints of the early aggression of pj harvey or the more folky based late night feel of cat power. The album features some lovely background instrumentation with subtle touches of slide guitar, brushed drums and mellow electronic effects. Its that kind of eclectic collection that reminds of the glory days of labels like 4ad and their collaborative this mortal coil projects. It really is a wonderful collection of laid back late night sounds featuring a voice to die for. The vinyl version came out in november of last year and finally we have some cd copies now. March 2009-Cd-Own label-€14.99
Katie kim-Twelve-The debut solo album from this irish based singer katie sullivan. She was also a former vocalist with indie rock outfit dae kim along with former ten speed racer member terry cullen. This is a beautifully intimate collection of songs centred around sullivans beautifully husky voice. The album has a similar kind of intimacy to the likes of mazzy star with hints of the early aggression of pj harvey or the more folky based late night feel of cat power. The album features some lovely background instrumentation with subtle touches of slide guitar, brushed drums and mellow electronic effects. Its that kind of eclectic collection that reminds of the glory days of labels like 4ad and their collaborative this mortal coil projects. It really is a wonderful collection of laid back late night sounds featuring a voice to die for. November 2008-Lp-Own label-€14.99
Lyons, marie-Soul fever-Classic underground soul album from way back in 1970 originally. Along with her solo career lyons was also a member of the james brown band and this was to be her first and only solo album. The album has a blend of pure motown soul and the more funky based vibes of james brown or even betty davis. Features see and dont see, daddys house, you used me, your thing aint no good without my thing, snake in the grass, your key dont fit anymore, fever, i dont want nobody to have it but you, well cry together, ill drown my tears, i want freedom and try me. Comes in the original sleeve artwork too-Lp-Deluxe-€13.99
Melady, fiona-The fear i fear-The debut full length album from this irish based singer songwriter released on her own label. Fiona was a former member of irish band turn and has recently worked with paddy casey and declan o rourke. The album features nine tracks of blissful and melodic indie pop and alt rock sounds. Its a big rush of almost grunge like pop sounds at times with the odd hint at folk pop and just good old fashioned clever melodic pop. Fans of both gemma hayes and cathy davey will love this one. October 2008-Cd-Own label-€11.99
Mingus, charlie-Tonight at noon-Released on the atlantic label way back in 1961. Features a collection of tracks from 2 sessions in 1957 and 1960. The sessions were originally out takes from the albums oh yeah and the clown. Features tonight at noon, invisible lady, old blues for walts torin, peggys blue skylight and passion of a woman loved. Comes in a card digipack sleeve-Cd-Atlantic-€9.99
Mobley, hank-The turnaround-Excellent jazz album on the blue note label from 1965, the album features tracks from two different sessions, the first session was recorded in 1963 with the second one coming from early 1965, features donaly byrd on trumpet, hank on sax, herbie hancock on piano, butch warren on bass and philly joe jones on drums, the 1963 sessions featured freddie hubbard on trumpet, hank on sax, barry harris on piano, paul chambers on bass and billy higgins on drums, american reissue-Lp-Blue note-€13.99
Monk, thelonious-Criss cross-This was monks second album for columbia records, originally released in 1963, monk is supported by a trio of bass, saxophone and drums and it is the saxophone of charlie rouse that dances along with the monks playing providing an incredible energy between the whole lineup, titles include hackensack, tea for two, criss cross, dont blame me, think of one and more. The album now also comes with three extra bonus tracks including two previously unreleased tracks.-Cd-Columbia-€9.99
Otis, shuggie-Freedom flight-Limited edition 180g vinyl pressing. Shuggies second album from 1972 originally on the epic label. This reissue features all the original artwork. Produced by his dad johnny otis. Features ice cold daydream, strawberry letter 23, sweet thang, me and my woman, someones always singing, purple and freedom flight. 2009-Lp-Sony music-€14.99
Parker, charlie-Bird at st nicks-The album was originally released on the ojc label, recorded live at the st nicholas arena in new york city more known for its boxing events than jazz dances back in the 1950s, although the performance was recorded on a home tape recorder the sound was nicely cleaned up and hence provides a pleasant journey back in time to the performance, parkers solo on confirmation and his performance on embraceable you where he accompanies himself are highlights here, features parker on sax, al haig on piano, roy haynes on drums, red rodney on trumpet and tommy potter on bass.-Cd-Jazz workshop-€9.99
Parliament-Mothership connection-Considered to be the greatest funk band of the seventies parliament featured legends george clinton and bootsy collins, this parliaments 4th album and originally released in 1976 on the casablanca label, features p funk, mothership connection, give up the funk and many more gems, still hailed today as one of the classic funk albums of all time-Lp-Casablanca-€13.99
Pickett, wilson-The wicked pickett-Originally released in 1966 on the atlantic label. The album features mustang sally, new orleans, sunny, everybody needs somebody to love, ooh poo pah doo, she aint gonna do right, knock on wood, time is on my side, up tight good woman, you left the water running, three time loser and nothing you can do.-Cd-Atlantic-€9.99
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
Terry, sonny and brownie mcghee-The essential sonny terry and brownie mcghee-A damn fine introduction to the joyous blues world of two of the finest performers of country and folk blues of all time. The album features a total of 40 remastered tracks spread over two cds. Featuring tons of their very distinctive uplifting whooping and hollering sounds this is a real joy from start to finish. With sonny terry on harmonica and brownie mcghee on guitars these guys were born entertainers and really knew how to whip up a storm with their live performances. 2009-2cd-Primo-€9.99
Volcano choir-Unmap [featuring bon iver]-Volcano choir is a brand new collaborative project between justin vernon [aka bon iver] and the collection of colonies of bees. This is their debut release for the jag jaguwar label. Bon iver fans should be warned this is a very different collection of sounds compared to his solo release for emma. This is a collection of almost psyche folk based sounds with heaps of added electronic tinkering, coming across like animal collective in a more folky mood. The album features some beautifully abstract almost ambient like passages reminiscent of fennesz meets a bit of four tet. September 2009-Cd-Jagjaguar-€12.99
Wonder, stevie-Hotter than july-Originally released on the motown label way back in 1980. This was probably wonders first foray into the world of disco sounds and features the classic single master blaster.-Cd-Motown-€9.99
Wonder, stevie-Innervisions-Originally released in 1973 on the motown label and still hailed as one of stevie wonders finest moments. Features too high, visions, living for the city, golden lady, higher ground, jesus children of america, all in love is fair, dont worry bout a thing and hes misstra know it all. 2000-Cd-Tamla motown-€9.99
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