Welcome to this weeks Road Records newsletter.
I hope you are all in good form this week, got a lot of stuff to get through so lets get on with the action.
Another excellent compilation out this week from Irish label Psychonavigation, this one is curated by the superb An Taobh Tuathail radio show on RnaG.
Do Make Say Think are back with a brand new album this week, we only have vinyl copies so far but we will have some cds for you by next week, promise.
Another Irish release this week worthy of your attention comes from Drunken Boat, a nice bit of folky post rock for you.
The long overdue Kraftwerk reissues on vinyl are now in stock, pretty much every album they released, all remastered with beautiful new booklets.
Speaking of vinyl reissues, we have lots of new titles again this week in the classic vinyl section including the likes of Leonard Cohen, Incredible String Band, Blind Blake, Modern Lovers and Patti Smith.
The Island Records Post Punk box set is pretty good value at only €25.99 for three cds.
Psyche folk outfit Espers are back with a brand new album “III” this week, the cd comes in a lovely heavy card limited edition sleeve and the vinyl has a free mp3 download coupon.
Former Auteurs frontman Luke Haines has a new double cd out this week, its on special offer for only €17.99.
We have a few copies of the very limited clear vinyl 12” featuring remixes of tracks from the excellent Headless Heroes album “The Silence Of Love”, be warned as these won’t last long and I don’t think we will be able to get any more.
Remember Charlotte Hatherley [former Ash guitarist], well she’s back with her third solo album.
Morrissey has just released “Swords”, featuring a collection of b sides from the singles from his last three albums. Dylan here did suggest maybe it was the first of many themed albums based around various suburbs of Dublin, what a great idea that would be.
The Raincoats seminal debut album has just been reissued by their own label We Three.
The Sparklehorse / Fennesz collaboration “In The Fishtank” is finally in stock on vinyl now.
Think that’s about it from me for this week, I’m outta here.
Have a good week !
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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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Ian Pearse will be entertaining you all 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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Drunken boat-Plumb the depths-The return of this rather excellent post rock band [one man band should be] on say what you mean records. The band released an ep in 2007 [cut the engines raise the sails] also on the same label. Mainman brian walsh is this time joined by drummer / percussionist dror zur. This is a much more intense listen compared to the very laid back sounds of the debut ep. Its a collection of totally fuzzy post rock and slowcore sounds comparable at times to the meeting of slint and codeine. The album also has some beautifully rambling dirty three like passages with lots of looping intricate guitar action going on over almost jazz like brushed drum sounds. The album comes in a lovely screenprinted recycled card sleeve with printer inner poster. November 2009-Cd-Say what you mean records-€7.99
Fieldhead-They shook hands for hours [with limited free remix cd]-Fieldhead is an ambient electronic producer by the name of paul elam, he is also one half of fellow home assembly outfit the declining winter. To the best of my knowledge this is his debut full length at fieldhead and what a treat this is for fans of top quality mellow ambient electronica. This is the kind of aural treat that will sound like heaven to fans of boards of canada, four tet, biosphere, fennesz and even the more ambient side of dubstep [ala burial]. Its really is a most beautiful collection of ambient soundscapes and delicate textured hip hop. An album featuring the most delicate of beats falling somewhere between the mellow hip hop of four tet and the dubstep of burial. Its full of layered sounds which sees live instruments seamlessly merging with all manner of glitchy digital soundscapes. This is probably one of the finest ambient electronic albums we have heard all year here from a new label dealing in the very best electronic music coming out of the bradford area at the moment. The album also comes with a free bonus remix cd featuring remixes of tracks from the album by jasper tx, pausal, northerner, the declining winter, library tapes, matthew collings, james yates, yuri lugovskoy, seaworthy, machinefabriek and glissando. November 2009-2cd-Home assembly music-€10.99
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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-Embryonic-The flaming lips return with one of their most challenging and strangest collections in quite some time. The album is very much a collection of trippy rhythm led sounds with lots of tunes going way back to the hypnotic sounds of seventies krautrock. There is still plenty of their by now trademark psyche pop sounds but this is definitely an album that will get older fans of the band interested in their sound again. This is the most underground sounding album they have made in many years, and probably one of their finest in our opinion. Its full of hypnotic repetitive beats, psychedelic guitars and space rock like synth sounds. Its beautifully trippy and quite ambient at times. It really is a most wonderful collection of layered complex sounds at times building into thunderous noise before mellowing out into the most beautiful trippy psyche pop. 18 tracks spread over an hour there is something for all flaming lips fans but as i said its definitely one for older fans to reacquaint themselves with a band who never fail to challenge the listener. Features guest spots from karen o [yeah yeah yeahs], mgmt and german mathematician thorsten wormann. October 2009-Cd-Warners-€18.99
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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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Alan mx-Warpsichord-The debut album from alan mx, released on the smalltown america label. The first thing that hit me about this album is the amount of intricate studio trickery going on throughout, its full of the most clever use of looping and sampling effects, where sounds are almost repeating upon themselves. Some of it actually reminds me a bit of thom yorkes eraser album, its like some weird electro meets disjointed electronica hybrid. He has actually managed to merge mellow indie rock sounds with the kind of crazed electronic sounds of the likes of matmos, if that makes any sense to you. Its very very clever and highly enjoyable too. November 2009-Cd-Smalltown america-€12.99
An taobh tuathail-Volume 3-The third in this wonderful series curated by the superb radio show on rte radio na gaeltachta. An taobh tuathail is presented by cian o ciobhain and he deals with some of the most beautiful laid back folk and electronic sounds for this hugely important late night show. The album features tracks from loner deluxe, roshi feat pars radio. Essie jain, rsag. Factory kids, b movie lightning, rollers sparkers, miwon, circlesquare, jacaszek, them use them, mount kimbie, the caretaker, animal collective and peter and the wolf. Not only is this a great introduction to the radio show but its also a truly superb collection of late night electronica, weird folk and mellow post rock. November 2009-Cd-Psychonavigation-€9.99
Apse-Climb up-The return of this electronic tinged post rock outfit, this time on the atp label. The album features a rather catchy blend of synth heavy new wave like sounds, intricate post rock and some highly infectious electronic pop moments. At times a beautifully haunting meeting of sombre new wave and lush electronic pop with moments of pure synth driven euphoria. The album has some lovely dramatic instrumental passages sounding like some cinematic take on the meandering vibes of post rock. November 2009-Cd-Atp recordings-€17.99
Apse-Climb up [double vinyl with bonus mp3 download]-The return of this electronic tinged post rock outfit, this time on the atp label. The album features a rather catchy blend of synth heavy new wave like sounds, intricate post rock and some highly infectious electronic pop moments. At times a beautifully haunting meeting of sombre new wave and lush electronic pop with moments of pure synth driven euphoria. The album has some lovely dramatic instrumental passages sounding like some cinematic take on the meandering vibes of post rock. Comes in a big heavy card gatefold sleeve. Pressed on two slabs of 180 gram vinyl and also comes with a free mp3 download of all tracks. November 2009-2lp-Atp recordings-€17.99
Band on an island-The sound sweep-The debut album from this irish outfit on the firstborn is dead label [home to the mighty stef]. Thirteen track album with guest spots from the might stef, jinx lennon and claire prendergast. The album features some very catchy kind of rootsy melodic rock sounds blended with a bit of old style grunge rock. November 2009-Cd-The firstborn is dead recordings-€13.99
Blind blake-Back biting bee blues-Its fair to say we are dealing with one of the true blues legends here, a man seen by many as being the inventor of ragtime blues guitar. He died at the age of 40 and left a host of recorded material behind him, made at the time for the paramount label. The album features a selection of seventeen of his finest recordings [no dates or details attached for geeks like me but what the hell]. They have all been beautifully remastered thanks to the wonderful new reissue specialists monk records. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl too. November 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99
Blizzards, the-Domino effect [mini album]-Limited edition mini album featuring and another thing, trust me im a doctor, buy it sell it, the reason, you cant stop the domino effect and postcards. Features another blistering collection of catchy new wave meets euphoric indie rock sounds. November 2009-Cd-Universal-€9.99
Brown, ian-My way-The return of the former stone roses singer with his sixth solo album. Brown is reunited with producer / collaborator dave mccracken, they last worked together on fear. Its very much an album that goes back to the slighly more sleazy funky sound of the fear, its full of throbbing beats, electro like synth action and browns totally laid back almost spoken word vocal delivery. November 2009-Cd-Fiction-€19.99
Brown, ian-My way-The return of the former stone roses singer with his sixth solo album. Brown is reunited with producer / collaborator dave mccracken, they last worked together on fear. Its very much an album that goes back to the slighly more sleazy funky sound of the fear, its full of throbbing beats, electro like synth action and browns totally laid back almost spoken word vocal delivery. Pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. November 2009-Lp-Fiction-€21.99
Butthole surfers-Live pcppep-Six track live mini album from way back in 1984. The album was recorded live at the meridean in san antonio. Features cowboy bob, bar b q pope, dance of the cobras, the shah sleeps in lee harveys grave, wichita cathedral, hey and something. This reissue on the alternative tentacles label comes pressed on limited edition green vinyl. Psychedelic grunge rock at its more raw and primal the majority of tracks featured here came from their debut ep brown reason to live. 2009-12"-Alternative tentacles-€10.99
Carr, katy-Coquette-The third album from singer songwriter katy carr, a romantic and powerful collection of mellow pop songs themed around the world of the war time coquette. An album of mellow pop beauty with lots of dramatic string sounds, coming across like some modern day take on the sounds of wartime german cabaret and vaudeville musicals. The more string led sounds actually quite remind me of the most recent julie feeney album, full of dramatic twists and turns, all led by a string quartet. Quite a haunting mix of kooky traditional folk sounds, chamber pop and forties jazz. November 2009-Cd-Deluce recordings-€12.99
Cohen, leonard-Live at the isle of wight 1970-Limited edition double vinyl reissue of this legendary live recording from the isle of wight festival in 1970. Recorded at the height of a frenzied crowd disturbance at 2am in the morning and directly after hendrix has just left the stage. The album feautres the full show exactly as it happened. Features bird on a wire, so long marianne, you know who i am, lady midnight, they locked up a man, a person who eats meat, one of us cannot be wrong, the stranger song, tonight will be fine, hey thats no way to say goodbye, diamonds in the mine, suzanne, sing another song boys, the partisan, famous blue raincoat and seems so long ago nancy. Pressed on limited double heavy vinyl and comes in a lovely gatefold sleeve with photos and liner notes by steve berkowitz. November 2009-2lp-Music on vinyl-€24.99
Cold cave-Love comes close [with bonus mp3 coupon]-Matador reissue the debut album by cold cave, the first pressings on the heartworm label and long sold out now. The band features wesley eisold, caralee mcelroy [ex xiu xiu], dominick fernow [prurient] and sarah lipstate [parts and labor]. The album features a big throbbing selection of dark wave like electro sounds with plenty of nods towards the gothic like rumblings of joy division, the cure and even very early new order. Its full of darkly sombre synth led sounds, maybe with a touch of early depeche mode in there somewhere. The album comes packaged with a free mp3 download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. November 2009-Lp-Matador-€17.99
Dead flags-Anymore-Limited edition one track ep from this dublin based indie rock outfit. Coming across like a slightly more melodic indie rock sounding take on the likes of the strokes. November 2009-Cds-Own label-€1.00
Do make say think-Other truths [with free copy]-The sixth full length album from this canadian post rock outfit, probaly one of the longest running bands of their ilk too. Their debut came out on 1998 and they have stayed true to the instrumental sounds of post rock even since. The album features four lenghty excursions into the many different sounds of instrumental post rock, the opener is just a classic piece of hypnotic guitar driven music with hints of early krautrock thrown in. The album mellows out a little after that burst and actually heads into the territory of fellow labelmates godspeed you black emperor at times. The much more dubby ambient like second track features some truly trance like wordless chanting courtesy of the akron family and lullabye arkestra. This band always seem to have just that little something special when it comes to making this kind of music, there is a lot of it out there but these guys have always been one of the best. The album comes with a free cd copy inside the sleeve. As always with constellation the album also comes with some lovely printed inner sleeve artwork, this one comes with a lovely poster aswell. November 2009-Lp-Constellation-€23.99
Drunken boat-Plumb the depths-The return of this rather excellent post rock band [one man band should be] on say what you mean records. The band released an ep in 2007 [cut the engines raise the sails] also on the same label. Mainman brian walsh is this time joined by drummer / percussionist dror zur. This is a much more intense listen compared to the very laid back sounds of the debut ep. Its a collection of totally fuzzy post rock and slowcore sounds comparable at times to the meeting of slint and codeine. The album also has some beautifully rambling dirty three like passages with lots of looping intricate guitar action going on over almost jazz like brushed drum sounds. The album comes in a lovely screenprinted recycled card sleeve with printer inner poster. November 2009-Cd-Say what you mean records-€7.99
Espers-Iii [limited edition heavy card sleeve]-You sometimes wonder how this outfit find the time to get together under the espers banner, they all seem to do so much outside of the band. Meg baird has been busy with a solo career and collaborating with sharron kraus. Helena espvall has been working with ghost guitarist masaki batoh. Otto hauser moonlights as drummer with vetiver and greg weeks now runs his own label language of stone. Anyway, they have all managed to get together in the studio again and have come up with another truly haunting collection of psychedelic folk sounds like only espers know how. Yet again steeped in the sounds of traditional english folk music, this album features a lot more electric guitar work than previous outings. Its full of fuzzy psyche like guitar sounds and beautifully rambling acid folk influences. Comes in a really cool oversized card sleeve. November 2009-Cd-Wichita-€20.99
Espers-Iii [with bonus mp3 download]-You sometimes wonder how this outfit find the time to get together under the espers banner, they all seem to do so much outside of the band. Meg baird has been busy with a solo career and collaborating with sharron kraus. Helena espvall has been working with ghost guitarist masaki batoh. Otto hauser moonlights as drummer with vetiver and greg weeks now runs his own label language of stone. Anyway, they have all managed to get together in the studio again and have come up with another truly haunting collection of psychedelic folk sounds like only espers know how. Yet again steeped in the sounds of traditional english folk music, this album features a lot more electric guitar work than previous outings. Its full of fuzzy psyche like guitar sounds and beautifully rambling acid folk influences. The album comes with a free mp3 download of all tracks. November 2009-Lp-Wichita-€26.99
Fieldhead-They shook hands for hours [with limited free remix cd]-Fieldhead is an ambient electronic producer by the name of paul elam, he is also one half of fellow home assembly outfit the declining winter. To the best of my knowledge this is his debut full length at fieldhead and what a treat this is for fans of top quality mellow ambient electronica. This is the kind of aural treat that will sound like heaven to fans of boards of canada, four tet, biosphere, fennesz and even the more ambient side of dubstep [ala burial]. Its really is a most beautiful collection of ambient soundscapes and delicate textured hip hop. An album featuring the most delicate of beats falling somewhere between the mellow hip hop of four tet and the dubstep of burial. Its full of layered sounds which sees live instruments seamlessly merging with all manner of glitchy digital soundscapes. This is probably one of the finest ambient electronic albums we have heard all year here from a new label dealing in the very best electronic music coming out of the bradford area at the moment. The album also comes with a free bonus remix cd featuring remixes of tracks from the album by jasper tx, pausal, northerner, the declining winter, library tapes, matthew collings, james yates, yuri lugovskoy, seaworthy, machinefabriek and glissando. November 2009-2cd-Home assembly music-€10.99
Foster, josephine-Graphic as a star-Brand new album from folk singer josephine foster, now signed to the fire records label. The album features a total of twenty six short [ish] tracks based on the poems of emily dickenson, so as you can imagine happy fare it is not. Having said that it is a truly beautifully haunting collection of totally rustic folk sounds featuring just foster and her acoustic guitar. There is a lovely raw almost live in the studio feel about the album, the real standouts on the album are the odd acapello tunes. It kind of reminds me of those old classic albums that alan lomax used to produce, recording on the fly in peoples houses. A real rustic folk gem. November 2009-Cd-Fire records-€12.99
Furlong, conor-Playing with fire-Brand new album from irish singer songwriter conor furlong. The album is pressed on cdr and comes in a card sleeve. Ten track collection written, arranged, performed and produced by furlong himself. The album features a lovely blend of mellow indie rock sounds and shimmering guitar effects, melodic shoegazing pop would be a good way to describe it i think. November 2009-Cd-Own label-€9.99
Githead-Landing-The third full length album from this outfit fronted by former wire frontman colin newman. The band also features malka spigel [minimal compact], max franken [minimal copact] and robin rimbaud [aka scanner]. Another fine collection of layered complex sounds loosely based in synth heavy new wave sounds but also taking in bits of modern post rock and dubby electronica. There are even moments in here reminscent of the later wire sound with this new collection featuring a lot more guitars compared to the previous two. November 2009-Cd-Swim-€14.99
Glass ghost-Idol omen-Glass ghost are a brooklyn based duo featuring eliot krimsky and mike johnson. Both are former members of new york outfit flying, they were also involved in jazz outfit best of boston. This is their debut album as glass ghost and features help from luke temple [here we go magic], joan wasser [joan as a policewoman] and sharon von etten. The album features a collection of dubby like electronic sounds, coming across at times like a more avant garde massive attack meets the slightly kooky sounds of bjork. The album also takes in a bit of the more leftfield hip hop sounds of the likes of the anitcon label and dare i mention the psyche like beach boys kind of vibe of animal collective. November 2009-Cd-Western vinyl-€12.99
Haines, luke-21st century man [limited edition double cd]-Brand new album from the former auteurs frontman luke haines. He was also involved with baader meinhof and black box recorder, along with his recent book britpop and my part in its downfall. This version of the album comes in a card digipack sleeve and features the bonus disc achtung mutha. Tim weller plays drums with strings from vicky matthews and amy butterworth, apart from that haines provides all other sounds. It very much comes across like some kind of continuous concept album ranging from melodic indie pop to string led chamber pop to sounds reminscent of pink floyds the wall. November 2009-2cd-Fantastic plastic-€17.99
Hatherly, charlotte-New worlds-The third solo album from the one time guitarist with irish indie rockers ash. The album features a very catchy blend of totally rocking guitar based sounds and post punk riff action. The album features some really blistering rock sounds with even the odd hint of psyche, prog and glam rock thrown in for good measure. Its very much an album that sees hatherley express herself as a damn fine guitar player. November 2009-Cd-Little sister records-€17.99
Headless heroes-The remixes [limited edition clear vinyl]-Limited edition clear vinyl 12 inch featuring four remixes of tracks from the superb album the silence of love. Tunng remix their cover of jackson c franks classic blues run the game, james yuill remixes here before, jon hopkins takes on hey who really cares and finally the earlies remix their version of daniel johnsons true love will find you in the end. November 2009-Cd-Names-€7.99
Heat lightning-Deep heat-Very very limited five track vinyl only release on irish label stitchy press. The single comes pressed on coloured vinyl and comes in a screeenprinted sleeve. Features five slices of rustic rocking country blues sounds recorded live at home, just like it used to be in the old days, stick a band in front of a microphone and just let them rock. They actually remind me of a more uptempo garage rock sounding handsome family, maybe its the kind of sound that country loving married couples make everywhere. November 2009-7"-Stitchy press-€3.99
Incredible string band-The hangmans daughter-If you are looking for somewhere to start your incredible string band collection then this album [their third] seems to be the place to start. Released way back in 1968 and still deemed to be a stonewall classic. These guys are seen by many to be one of the most important acid folk outfits of all time and a real influence on the british folk rock scene in the seventies. The album features robin williamson, mike heron, dolly collins, rose simpson, david snell and licorice mckechnie. The album was produced by joe boyd and features koeeoaddi there, the minotaurs song, witches hat, a very circular song, mercy i cry city, waltz of the new moon, the water song, there is a green crown, swift as the wind and nightfall. Now reissued on 180 gram vinyl with all the original artwork. 2003-Lp-Sundazed-€17.50
Island records post punk box set-Out come the freaks [various artists]-Triple cd box set from the island label under the banner of post punk. The album comes packaged as three separate themed cd. Disc one is called from art rock to post punk and features roxy music, eno, john cale, nico, sparks, betty davis, derek and clive, eddie and the hot rods, ultravox, steel pulse, the slits, the b 52s and marianne faithfull. The second disc is post modern pop and features buggles, aswad, u2, cristina, grace jones, alan vega, pete shelley, jah wobble with holger czukay and jaki liebezeit, tom tom club, kid creole and the coconuts, was not was, coati mundi, material with nona hendryx, frankie goes to hollywood, malcolm x, propaganda and dagmar krausse. The last disc is titled beats and beyond and features steinski with mass media, julian cope, tone loc, act, the disposable heroes of hiphoprisy, pulp, bomb the bass, tricky, puressence, deus, the orb, earl brutus, morrissey, talvin singh and portishead. The box also comes with a massive 48 page booklet featuring a short piece about every artist included. November 2009-3cd-Island-€25.99
Johnson, nat and the figureheads-Roman radio-Nat johnson is the former singer / guitarist with monkey swallows the universe and this is her debut solo album, released on the damaged goods label. The band features fellow monkey swallows the universe member kevin gori, chris loftus [fury of the headteachers] and neil piper [champion kickboxer]. Not the normal kind of sound you would expect from the damaged goods label, this is much more of a melodic almost rootsy pop kind of affair. It actually kind of reminds me of a slightly rootsy sounding take on the likes of belly or juliana hatfield, its got to be said it is incredibly catchy stuff. There is even a bit of a neko case kind of feel about it from time to time. November 2009-Cd-Damaged goods-€14.99
Kraftwerk-Autobahn [digitally remastered]-Originally released in 1974. The album features the 23 minute version of autobahn along with kometenmelodie parts 1 and 2, mitternacht and morgenspaziergang, the main track autobahn is still seen by many as one of their all time finest moments and a track that went on to influence many different styles of electronic and club music. The album now comes digitally remastered and reissued on limited 180 gram heavy vinyl courtesy of mute records. The album comes with all new updated artwork including an amazing 12 inch sized full colour booklet inside the sleeve. November 2009-Lp-Mute-€25.99
Kraftwerk-Computer world [digitally remastered]-Originally released in 1981. The album features computer world parts one and two, pocket calcutor, numbers, computer love, home computer and its more fun to compute. The album has now been digitally remastered and is reissued by the mute label on limited edition 180 gram vinyl. The album comes packaged with all new updated artwork including a really lovely 12 inch sized full colour booklet. Its does actually sound all fresh and lovely, thanks to the digital remastering. November 2009-Lp-Mute-€25.99
Kraftwerk-Man machine [digitally remastered]-Originally released in 1978 on the capitol label. Features the robots, spacelab, metropolis, neon lights, the man machine and of course the massive hit single the model. The follow up to trans europe express, the album is considered by most to be the start of the synth pop movement. The album now comes digitally remastered on the mute label specially for this limited vinyl reissue. Comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. The album comes presented with all new artwork including a really cool 12 inch sized full colour book inside the sleeve. I have to admit i dont normally notice the difference in remastered ablums but this [and some of the other early albums] really do sound all new and fresh again. November 2009-Lp-Mute-€25.99
Kraftwerk-Techno pop [digitally remastered]-Originally released in 1986, an album that is sometimes called electric cafe. Features boom boom tschak, techno pop, musique non stop, the telephone call, house phone, sex object and electric cafe. The album has now been digitally remastered specially for this limited vinyl reissue on the mute label. The album comes pressed on heavy weight 180 gram vinyl. The package also includes all new updated artwork including a really beautiful 12 inch sized full colour book inside the sleeve. November 2009-Lp-Mute-€25.99
Kraftwerk-The mix [digitally remastered]-Originally released in 1991, the album features a collection of remixes of classic kraftwerk tracks. Features the robots, computer love, pocket calculator, dentaku, autobahn, radioactivity, trans europe express, abzug, metal on metal, home computer and music non stop. The album has now been digitally remastered specially for this limited vinyl reissue. Comes pressed on two heavy slabs of 180 gram vinyl. The package also comes with brand new updated artwork including a full 12 inch sized full colour booklet inside the sleeve. November 2009-2lp-Mute-€25.99
Kraftwerk-Tour de france [digitally remastered]-Originally released in 2003, it was their first album of new material in fifteen years. As the title suggests the album is very much themed around the famous cycling race. Features prologue, tour de france etape 1, tour de france etape 2, tour de france etape 3, chrono, vitamin, aero dynamik, titanium, elektro kardiogramm, lar forme, regeneration and tour de france. The album has now been digitally remastered specially for this reissue. The album comes pressed on double heavyweight 180 gram. The package also comes with brand new artwork featuring a stunning 12 inch sized full colour booklet. November 2009-2lp-Mute-€25.99
Kraftwerk-Trans europe express [digitally remastered]-7 track album from 1977 from one of the most influential electronic band of all time. Features trans europe express, metal on metal, the hall of mirrors, trans europe express, franz shubert, endless endless, abzug and showroom dummies. The album has now been digitally remastered specially for this limited edition reissue on the mute label. The album comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. The album also comes presented with all new artwork including a really lovely 12 inch sized full colour book inside the sleeve. The album does actually sound all new and fresh thanks to the remastering process used. November 2009-Lp-Mute-€25.99
Mariachi el bronx-El bronx-Mariachi el bronx is a brand new side project from los angeles based rockers the bronx. The band have now enlisted the assistance of guitarist vincent hidalgo [son of los lobos member david hidalgo]. The album also features percussion from alfredo ortiz [beastie boys and money mark]. Its pretty much an all acoustic affair, they are not joking when they say this is their all new mariachi band so dont be expecting them to break out into any of the familiar rock sounds that the bronx are well known for. This is the kind of album that fans of the mariachi sounds of calexico will fall head over heels in love with instantly. Full of uptempo and joyous traditional mariachi sounds. November 2009-Cd-Wichita-€15.99
Marvins revolt-Patrolling the heights-Danish based post punk meets math rock outfit return with their follow up to killec from 2007. This is their first release on irish based label the richter collective. Its an intricate blend of clever post rock, math rock and totally singalong melodic post punk sounds, dare i say there is even a bit of something akin to punk funk going on here. Its a great big blend of guitar heavy sounds featuring plenty of infectious post punk sounds before suddenly jolting into a drum led piece of math rock like madness. November 2009-Cd-The richter collective-€11.99
Marvins revolt-Patrolling the heights-Danish based post punk meets math rock outfit return with their follow up to killec from 2007. This is their first release on irish based label the richter collective. Its an intricate blend of clever post rock, math rock and totally singalong melodic post punk sounds, dare i say there is even a bit of something akin to punk funk going on here. Its a great big blend of guitar heavy sounds featuring plenty of infectious post punk sounds before suddenly jolting into a drum led piece of math rock like madness. November 2009-Lp-The richter collective-€11.99
Modern lovers-The modern lovers-Originally released way back in 1976 on the beserkley label. The album is basically a collection of what were deemed to be demo tracks produced by john cale [velvet underground]. For a bunch of demos these sound damn good to me and turned into one of their all time classic albums. Its also one of the finest early american punk rock albums of all time. Features ernie brooks, jerry harrison, david robinson and of course jonathan richman. The album features roadrunner, astral plane, old world, pablo picasso, she cracked, hospital, someone i care about, girl friend and modern world. Now reissued on 180 gram vinyl. November 2009-Lp-4 men with beards-€21.99
Morrissey-Swords-Swords features a collection of hard to find b sides, all hand picked by morrissy himself and available on one album for the first time. The album draws on a selection of the b sides taken from the albums you are the quary, ringleader of the tormentors, greatest hits and years of refusal. The album features a total of eighteen tracks, plenty of which are out of print at this stage now. Its kind of like a greatest hits of b sides and saves you having to buy all the singles to get them. November 2009-Cd-Polydor-€18.99
Morrissey-Swords [double vinyl]-Swords features a collection of hard to find b sides, all hand picked by morrissy himself and available on one album for the first time. The album draws on a selection of the b sides taken from the albums you are the quary, ringleader of the tormentors, greatest hits and years of refusal. The album features a total of eighteen tracks, plenty of which are out of print at this stage now. Its kind of like a greatest hits of b sides and saves you having to buy all the singles to get them. Limited edition double vinyl pressed, pressed on 180 gram heavy vinyl. Comes in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves and lyric sheet. November 2009-2lp-Polydor-€25.99
Prairie dawgs-The prairie dawgs-The prairie dawgs are a new dublin based bluegrass / roots outfit and this here is their debut twelve track album, released through their very own label. The album features a really uptempo collection of rocking acoustic folk sounds with plenty of old time bluegrass influences and just the odd touch of the truly joyous sounds of zydeco. From start to finish its kind of like a journey through the folk sounds of american music from the early parts of the century right up to the present day. I can even hear the odd bit of traditional irish in here, or maybe thats just because everytime i hear fiddle i think of trad music. Its a real goodtime fun collection. November 2009-Cd-Own label-€9.99
Rainbow arabia-Kabukimono-The second full length from this los angeles based couple danny and tiffany preston. Its more of a mini album really, featuring five brand new tracks and 2 remixes taken from their debut basta. Features ghosts on tape remix and brenmar remix. The album features a collection of synth heavy throbbing electro like pop sounds. At times it sounds like some very strange hybrid of mellow dubstep and electro tinged bollywood vibes, its quite surreal but also really really catchy at the same time. This is one for fans of the likes of gang gang dance, high places and coco rosie. November 2009-Cd-Manimal vinyl-€10.99
Raincoats, the-The raincoats-A truly seminal post punk album from the late seventies get a long overdue reissue, courtesy of the raincoats own label we three. The album was originally issued on the rough trade label back in 1979 and has since been regarded as one of the finest collections to come out of the post punk diy movement. The album has now been fully remastered from the original tapes. Features ana da silva, gina birch, palmolive and vicky aspinall. The album was produced by rough trade mainman geoff travis and mayo thompson. The album comes with the liner notes from the 1994 reissue by kurt cobain and new text from band members gina birch and ana da silva. This version also features an extra bonus track taken from their debut single fairytale in the supermarket. The cd also features an enhanced section with live footage and the video for fairytale in the supermarket. November 2009-Cd-Wethree-€13.99
Rio en medio-Frontier-The second album from santa fe based singer songwriter danielle stech homsy, her previous album was on devendra banharts gnomonsong label from 2007. The album features a truly hauning collection of kooky psyche folk sounds with hints of a more mellow bjork or juana molina. Its a superb blend of folky like singer songwriter sounds and kooky electronic trickery. Its the kind of kooky folk sound that may not sound like either joanna newsom or coco rosie but it will definitely appeal to fans of either, haunting ethereal and oh so kooky at the same time. November 2009-Cd-Manimal vinyl-€14.99
Simian mobile disco-Temporary pleasure-On this new collection james ford and james shaw have enlisted the help of guest vocalist on all but two of the tracks. The album features a collection of pulsating electro pop sounds with a real late eighties kind of retro fell. Guest vocalists on the album features gruff rhys [super furry animals], chris keating [yeasayer], beth ditto [gossip], jamie lidell [warp records], alexis taylor [hot chip], young fathers [black sugar records] and telepathe. 2009-Cd-Wichita-€17.99
Simian mobile disco-Temporary pleasure [with bonus mp3 download]-On this new collection james ford and james shaw have enlisted the help of guest vocalist on all but two of the tracks. The album features a collection of pulsating electro pop sounds with a real late eighties kind of retro fell. Guest vocalists on the album features gruff rhys [super furry animals], chris keating [yeasayer], beth ditto [gossip], jamie lidell [warp records], alexis taylor [hot chip], young fathers [black sugar records] and telepathe. The album comes with a free mp3 download of all tracks featured. October 2009-Lp-Wichita-€26.99
Slits, the-Cut [deluxe edition]-Brand new digitally remastered version of the debut slits album from 1979. All new deluxe edition which features the original ten track album and a massive 30 bonus tracks including recently discovered demo tapes, dub versions and long lost out takes. Features the two legendary john peel sessions recorded in 1977 and 1978 in full. The album now comes packaged with a 28 page booklet featuring all manner of rare photos, memorabilia and liner notes. The original album tracklisting was instant hit, so tough, spend spend spend, shoplifting, fm, newtown, ping pong affair, love und romance, typical girls and adventures close to home. November 2009-2cd-Island-€19.99
Smith, patti-Horses-A truly classic patti smith album from way back in 1975. Features the by now iconic photograph by robert mapplethorpe of patti smith on the front. Features richard sohl, lenny kaye, ivan kral and jay dee daugherty. The album also features guest spots from tom verlaine [television] and allen lanier [blue oyster cult]. Produced by john cale. Features gloria, redondon beach, birdland, free money, kimberly, break it up, land and elegie. The album now comes reissued on high quality 180 gram vinyl. November 2009-Lp-Music on vinyl-€18.99
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
Teeth mountain-Teeth mountain-A truly hypnotic album featuring four lengthy tribal like avant / psyche folk workouts. The album sounds like some kind of live tribal gathering featuring countless percussive sounds and all manner of droning string sounds. This baltimore collective certainly deal in a very drug induced kind of trance like sound, full of sixties psychedelic influences but all done with a much more modern almost alt rock kind of twist. The albums overall sound is topped off with a hint of middle eastern folk, courtesty of plenty of sitar like droning sounds. 2009-Lp-Shdwply records-€13.99
Tenor, jimi and tony allen-Inspiration information-What sounded to us like one of the strangest collaborations on paper has turned out to be one hell of a funky jazz meets afrobeat album. Recorded under the inspiration information banner curated by the strut label, the pair were locked into a studio for a week with a host of guest musicians and then subsequently mixed by jimi tenor in his studios in finland. Its a collection of totally hypnotic almost dubby like afrobeat sounds with plenty of jimi tenors avant jazz touches. Its got to be said it just wouldnt be anything near as good as this if it wasnt for the legendary drum sounds of tony allen [drummer with fela kuti]. November 2009-Cd-Strut-€16.99
Tenor, jimi and tony allen-Inspiration information [double vinyl with bonus mp3 download]-What sounded to us like one of the strangest collaborations on paper has turned out to be one hell of a funky jazz meets afrobeat album. Recorded under the inspiration information banner curated by the strut label, the pair were locked into a studio for a week with a host of guest musicians and then subsequently mixed by jimi tenor in his studios in finland. Its a collection of totally hypnotic almost dubby like afrobeat sounds with plenty of jimi tenors avant jazz touches. Its got to be said it just wouldnt be anything near as good as this if it wasnt for the legendary drum sounds of tony allen [drummer with fela kuti]. Pressed on double vinyl and also comes with a free mp3 download of all tracks from the album. November 2009-2lp-Strut-€23.99
Tolka-Tears ep-Six track mini album featuring arrested, acid sky, lay down, wasting, hei hei heimari and tears. Tolka is based around singer songwriter s murphy, born and raised on the northside of dublin, hence the reference to the tolka river. The album features a truly beautiful blend of sixties and seventies folk sounds with just some touches of dirty three like ambience. There are hints of the kind of dark sombre folk of the likes of nick drake blended with some really lovely string and brass sounds. November 2009-Cds-Own label-€9.99
Tricky-Maxinquaye [deluxe edition]-Deluxe reissue of trickys rather seminal debut album from way back in 1995. Its probably still one of the most highly regarded trip hop albums of all time and its got to said still sounds as fresh today. This package features the original twelve track debut on the first disc. The album now comes packaged with a bonus disc features all manner of b sides, remixes, out takes and three previously unreleased tricky remixes from 2009. The album features the stunning vocals of martina topley bird. The original album features overcome, ponderosa, black steel, hell is around the corner, pumpkin, aftermath, abbaon fat tracks, brand new youre retro, suffocated love, you dont, strugglin and feed me. November 2009-2cd-Island-€19.99
Trunk, johnny-Scrapbook-The second album from the man behind the truly eccentric but wonderful trunk record label. The album features twenty short pieces of pure ecclectic madness, what else would you expect the man behind trunk records to come up when making his own music. Its classic outsider music featuring psychedelic jazz, electronic funk, weird radiophonic like sound collages and all manner of minimal electronic sounds. To be honest its quite funky and very seventies like at times, it doesnt actually sound as strange as you might think. It actually quite reminds me of the kind of thing you would find on the likes of the finders keepers label. November 2009-Lp-Trunk-€16.99
Turpin, david-Haunted-The second album from david turpin and the follow up to the sweet used to be from last year. The album was produced by stephen shannon and also features contributions from cathy davey, conor o brien [the villagers] and strings by cora venus lunny. The album features another lush collection of laid back sultry electronic pop sounds. Its full of delicate beats, intricate piano sounds and lots of big lush synths. Its almost like some very laid back electro pop sound. November 2009-Cd--€13.99
Vicars, thee-Psychotic beat-Album number two from this very young english four piece on the dirty water label, a label dealing in some of the finest modern garage / psyche rock around at the moment. These guys have a true garage punk outlook to their sound, its all very sixties like but delivered with a real snotty urgency. Try to imagine some early kinks in a somewhat more rebellious mood meets the english beat sounds of the late sixties. This is one for fans of everything from the sonics right up to billy childish. November 2009-Cd-Dirty water-€12.99
Walker, peter-Long lost tapes [1970]-A collection of long long previously unreleased tracks from instrumental guitarist peter walker on the tompkins square label. Recorded at levon helms home studios in woodstock, the recordings were considered lost until walker himself found the original tapes recently. Walker is joined by maruga booker on trap and frame drums, perry robinson on clarinet, badal ray on tablas, rishi on bass and mark whitecage on flute. The album features six long instrumental tracks in a similar vein to the likes of john fahey or robbie basho, full of avant folk, indian and eastern european influences. Its a beautifully hypnotic collection of guitar led folk sounds, featuring some truly awesome guitar picking. Walker seems to have this amazing ability to go from avant garde drone like sounds to indian sitar led vibes with such ease. November 2009-Cd-Tompkins square-€16.99
Weezer-Ratitude-A brand new weezer album arrives in the shop and i get to thinking, do you really need me to describe what it possibly might sound like. You all know the weezer sound at this stage, well no prizes for guessing what this one might sound like. Its full of catchy fuzzed up college rock sounds full of indie rock and post punk nuances. I have to admit its ruined by the totally rubbish single cant stop the party featuring guest vocals from lil wayne, its probably one of the worst singles of the year so far. November 2009-Cd-Interscope-€19.99
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An taobh tuathail-Volume 3-The third in this wonderful series curated by the superb radio show on rte radio na gaeltachta. An taobh tuathail is presented by cian o ciobhain and he deals with some of the most beautiful laid back folk and electronic sounds for this hugely important late night show. The album features tracks from loner deluxe, roshi feat pars radio. Essie jain, rsag. Factory kids, b movie lightning, rollers sparkers, miwon, circlesquare, jacaszek, them use them, mount kimbie, the caretaker, animal collective and peter and the wolf. Not only is this a great introduction to the radio show but its also a truly superb collection of late night electronica, weird folk and mellow post rock. November 2009-Cd-Psychonavigation-€9.99
Band on an island-The sound sweep-The debut album from this irish outfit on the firstborn is dead label [home to the mighty stef]. Thirteen track album with guest spots from the might stef, jinx lennon and claire prendergast. The album features some very catchy kind of rootsy melodic rock sounds blended with a bit of old style grunge rock. November 2009-Cd-The firstborn is dead recordings-€13.99
Dead flags-Anymore-Limited edition one track ep from this dublin based indie rock outfit. Coming across like a slightly more melodic indie rock sounding take on the likes of the strokes. November 2009-Cds-Own label-€1.00
Drunken boat-Plumb the depths-The return of this rather excellent post rock band [one man band should be] on say what you mean records. The band released an ep in 2007 [cut the engines raise the sails] also on the same label. Mainman brian walsh is this time joined by drummer / percussionist dror zur. This is a much more intense listen compared to the very laid back sounds of the debut ep. Its a collection of totally fuzzy post rock and slowcore sounds comparable at times to the meeting of slint and codeine. The album also has some beautifully rambling dirty three like passages with lots of looping intricate guitar action going on over almost jazz like brushed drum sounds. The album comes in a lovely screenprinted recycled card sleeve with printer inner poster. November 2009-Cd-Say what you mean records-€7.99
Furlong, conor-Playing with fire-Brand new album from irish singer songwriter conor furlong. The album is pressed on cdr and comes in a card sleeve. Ten track collection written, arranged, performed and produced by furlong himself. The album features a lovely blend of mellow indie rock sounds and shimmering guitar effects, melodic shoegazing pop would be a good way to describe it i think. November 2009-Cd-Own label-€9.99
Prairie dawgs-The prairie dawgs-The prairie dawgs are a new dublin based bluegrass / roots outfit and this here is their debut twelve track album, released through their very own label. The album features a really uptempo collection of rocking acoustic folk sounds with plenty of old time bluegrass influences and just the odd touch of the truly joyous sounds of zydeco. From start to finish its kind of like a journey through the folk sounds of american music from the early parts of the century right up to the present day. I can even hear the odd bit of traditional irish in here, or maybe thats just because everytime i hear fiddle i think of trad music. Its a real goodtime fun collection. November 2009-Cd-Own label-€9.99
Tolka-Tears ep-Six track mini album featuring arrested, acid sky, lay down, wasting, hei hei heimari and tears. Tolka is based around singer songwriter s murphy, born and raised on the northside of dublin, hence the reference to the tolka river. The album features a truly beautiful blend of sixties and seventies folk sounds with just some touches of dirty three like ambience. There are hints of the kind of dark sombre folk of the likes of nick drake blended with some really lovely string and brass sounds. November 2009-Cds-Own label-€9.99
Turpin, david-Haunted-The second album from david turpin and the follow up to the sweet used to be from last year. The album was produced by stephen shannon and also features contributions from cathy davey, conor o brien [the villagers] and strings by cora venus lunny. The album features another lush collection of laid back sultry electronic pop sounds. Its full of delicate beats, intricate piano sounds and lots of big lush synths. Its almost like some very laid back electro pop sound. November 2009-Cd--€13.99
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Adams, ryan-Everybody knows ep-The ep opens up with everybody knows taken from the recent album easy tiger. The eight track ep also features two brand new tracks follow the lights and my love for you is real. Along with these the ep features blue hotel which was originally written for the willie nelson songbird album, a cover of the alice in chains track down in a hole, this is it cardinals version and live studio versions of if i am a stranger and dear john. Features a total of eight tracks. November 2007-12"-Lost highway-€8.99
Baker, chet-The best of chet baker sings-Nice priced collection of tracks for fans of the vocal led side of chet bakers recordings. The album features a collection of twenty classic tracks recorded between 1953 and 1956. Guest musicians on the sessions include russ freeman, joe mondragon, carson smith, jimmy bond, shelly manne, bob neel, peter littman and lawrence marable. The album features a mix of both studio and live recordings. Originally compiled by the pacific jazz label back in 1989.-Cd-Capitol-€9.99
Bell x1-Music in mouth-The new album from this irish rock outfit, 11 track album, new version of the album now featuring the single edit and the full length version of the single eve, august 2004-Cd-Island-€11.99
Benson, brendan-My old familiar friend-Brendan benson takes some time out from the ranconteurs to release his fourth solo album. The album features another fine collection of guitar based alt rock / pop sounds with lots of his trademark almost retro like rootsy rock influences. At times benson delves into the psychedelic world of sixties pop sounds coming on like some jangly pop take on the byrds crossed with the beatles. Its got to be said this man really does know how to write an infectiously catchy rock song, the album is packed with catchy hooks and memorable singalong choruses. August 2009-Cd-V2-€15.99
Black sabbath-Master of reality [180 gram vinyl reissue with bonus tracks]-Brand new deluxe reissue of this truly classic and seminal rock album. The album was originally released in 1971 and now comes fully remastered and pressed on two heavyweight slabs of 180 gram vinyl. The album comes complete with the original gatefold sleeve. The original album featured sweet leaf, after forever, embryo, children of the grave, orchid, lord of this world, solitude and into the void. Features tony iommi on guitars, ozzy osbourne on vocals, geezer butler on bass and bill ward on drums. This version now comes with an extra 7 bonus tracks featuring rare studio outtakes, alternate versions and previously unreleased tracks from the sessions. July 2009-2lp-Universal-€21.99
Black sabbath-Sabbath bloody sabbath [2009 remasters]-Brand new remastered edition which comes in a lovely gatefold sleeve. Features brand new liner notes from rock critic jerry ewing [classic rock and metal hammer]. The album was originally released in 1973. Reissued on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Features sabbath bloody sabbath, a national acrobat, fluff, sabbra cadabra, killing yourself to live, who are you, spiral architect and looking for today. 2009-Lp-Sanctuary records-€19.99
Black sabbath-Volume 4 [2009 remasters]-One of the truly classic sabbath album from way back in 1972. Now fully remastered and reissued in a lovely gatefold sleeve with new liner notes by rock critic malcolm dome [classic rock and metal hammer]. Features wheels of confusion, tomorrows dream, changes, fx, supernaut, snowblind, cornucopia, laguna sunrise, st vitus dance and under the sun. 2009-Lp-Sanctuary records-€19.99
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, american reissue which comes in the original sleeve-Lp-Columbia-€12.99
Boothe, ken-Youre no good-Features 12 classic soulful reggae tracks from one of the smoothest vocalists of all time, produced by bunny lee and compiled by the attack label, features youre no good, satamasagana, not for sale, artibella, aint that loving you, memories by the score, duke of earl, its gonna take a miracle, ive got the power, the train is coming, come running back and just want to say hello, october 2006-Lp-Attack gold-€13.99
Cave-Psychic psummer-Brand new album on important records from this chicago based krautrock obsessed outfit. The album features a collection of lenghty and trippy krautrock meets pure psyche rock sounds with a bit of everything from can to neu to hawkwind to stereolab and plenty more inbetween. Its very much an album driven by classic motorik drum patterns as big fuzzed up guitars and heavy analog synth sounds are layered over the top. Any fan of trippy krautrock will just adore this one. June 2009-Cd-Important records-€16.99
Cave-Psychic psummer-Brand new album on important records from this chicago based krautrock obsessed outfit. The album features a collection of lenghty and trippy krautrock meets pure psyche rock sounds with a bit of everything from can to neu to hawkwind to stereolab and plenty more inbetween. Its very much an album driven by classic motorik drum patterns as big fuzzed up guitars and heavy analog synth sounds are layered over the top. Any fan of trippy krautrock will just adore this one. June 2009-Lp-Important records-€18.99
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. The band features coleman on alto sax, donald cherry on cornet, charlie hadden on bass and billy higgins on drums.-Cd-Atlantic-€9.99
Coltrane, john-Ballads-This coltrane album was originally released in 1962 on the impulse label, features coltrane on sax, mccoy tyner on piano, jimmy garrison on bass and elvin jones on drums, this reissue comes in the original gatefold sleeve and features say it over and over again, you dont know what love is, too young to go steady, all or nothing at all, i wish i knew, whats new, its easy to remember and nancy with the laughing face-Lp-Impulse-€17.99
Count basie-Basie jam 3-Recorded in los angeles in 1976. Features bye bye blues, moten swing, i surrender dear and song of the islands. Along with basie on piano the band also featured benny carter on sax, louis bellson on drums, john heard on bass, eddie lockjaw davis on sax, joe pass on guitar, clark terry on trumpet and al grey on trombone. Now reissued on the pablo label.-Lp-Pablo-€11.99
Cribs, the-The new fellas-Edgy indie pop sounds, the second album from this wichita records outfit. Coming on like a snotty english sounding strokes with their jagged angular guitars and eighties art rock influences. Throw in a bit of punk rock attitude of the new york dolls too. Now available at mid price for a limited time-Cd-Wichita-€7.99
Davis, miles-Bags groove-Released in 1954 on the prestige label, features sonny rollins, milt jackson, thelonius monk, horace silver, percy heath and kenny clarke, side one was recorded in december 1954 and side two was from june 1954, features bags groove take one, take two, airegin, oleo, doxy, but not for me take one and two, us import reissue-Lp-Zyx music-€13.99
Drunken boat-Cut the engines raise the sails-Drunken boat are a new irish based two piece featuring brian walsh and simon brennan. These guys used looped guitars, vocals and laptop electronica to truly great effects on this debut album released through their own label. Its got elements of a slightly more folky sounding dave pajo aka papa m the way they use looped repetitive intricate guitar threads behind subtle vocals and plenty of computer based sounds. The album also features lots of the atmospheric background sounds that you would hear from labels like touch or expanding. The addition of cello and banjo towards the end gives the album a slightly more live organic feel. Really lovely stuff. November 2007-Cd-Say what you mean records-€4.99
Eshete, alemayehu-Ethiopian urban modern music volume two-Limited edition vinyl only pressing featuring a collection of this mans highlights from the much loved ethiopiques collections. The album features a collection of recordings made in the seventies. Features some truly funky jazz and soul sounds with a blend of both afrobeat and james brown like funk about it. The album has an incredibly hypnotic feel about the rhythms where jazz and africa funk merge. Its totally hip shaking stuff and eshete has one of those rare voices that is both soulful and totally primal at the same time. December 2007-Lp-L arome-€17.99
Fahey, john-Death chants breakdowns and military waltzes-A strange concept this one as fahey released this album twice and both are now featured here on one cd. The original version came out on the takoma label in 1963 and featured 12 stunning pieces of music from one of the greatest guitar pickers of all time. In 1967 fahey then went back in to the studio and rerecorded ten of the twelve songs for a brand new version of the album released the same year. The album was also released on the takoma label and under the same name. Stop me when you get confused by all this. Basically you get ten tracks repeated but they are both different versions and completely different recording sessions. Both albums have now been fully remastered and compiled on one album. Both albums are considered by many fahey experts to be two of his finest sessions from the sixties.-Cd-Takoma-€18.99
Finke, martin-Make daylight-Brand new eleven track album from this irish born songwriter. Its been a few years since we heard from mr finke and you can tell from this very intricate collection that he has been busy tinkering away in the studio with this wonderful new collection. The album features a very beautiful blend of intimate folk sounds and some perfectly chosen lush beats. At times the album kind of reminds me of a more folky based four tet as finke seamlessly blends the organic sounds of acoustic guitars with beautifully hypnotic beats. The more intimate acoustic based songs have a kind of nick drake meets elliott smith vibe about them with finke then adding in lots of scratchy looping sound effects in the background. Another perfectly formed gem from a very talented irish songwriter. April 2009-Cd-Parallel music-€12.99
Florence and the machine-Lungs-The debut album from florence welch on the island label. The album features a trio of producers with paul epworth, steve mackay and james ford from simian mobile disco all chipping in along the way. Its an album of truly kooky pop soujnds with plenty of fuzzed up indie rock influences. Imagine kate bush with a bit of the raw edge of early pj harvey, the kookiness of bjork and the piano led angry balladry of kate nash. Its got a bit of a sleazy kind of bluesy edge to it from time to time calling to mind some of the earlier white stripes albums. July 2009-Cd-Island-€19.99
Florence and the machine-Lungs-The debut album from florence welch on the island label. The album features a trio of producers with paul epworth, steve mackay and james ford from simian mobile disco all chipping in along the way. Its an album of truly kooky pop soujnds with plenty of fuzzed up indie rock influences. Imagine kate bush with a bit of the raw edge of early pj harvey, the kookiness of bjork and the piano led angry balladry of kate nash. Its got a bit of a sleazy kind of bluesy edge to it from time to time calling to mind some of the earlier white stripes albums. Comes in a card gatefold sleeve. July 2009-Lp-Moshi moshi-€25.99
Funkadelic-Cosmic slop-Classic funk album from 1973 on the westbound label from funkadelic. Features nappy dugout, you cant miss what you cant measure, march to the witches castle, lets make it last, cosmic slop, no compute, this broken heart, trash a go go and cant stand the train. This remastered cd version now also comes with an additional bonus track featuring shorter single edit of cosmic slop-Cd-Westbound records-€9.99
Funkadelic-Free your mind and your ass will follow-The second funkadelic album originally released in 1970 on the westbound label, this american vinyl reissue comes in the original gatefold sleeve and features all the original tracks, features the title track along with friday night august 14th, funky dollar bill, i wanna know if its good to you, some more and also eulogy and light, produced by the legendary george clinton-Lp-Westbound records-€13.99
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
Guns n roses-Appetite for destruction [180 gram vinyl with bonus mp3 download]-Limited edition vinyl reissue on lovely heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. This reissue also comes with a free bonus mp3 download of the entire album. This was their debut album from way back in 1987, hard to believe its over 20 years old now. Features all the original tracks and comes with the original inner sleeve. Features welcome to the jungle, its so easy, nighttrain, out ta get me, mr brownstone, paradise city, my michelle, think about you, sweet child o mine, youre crazy, anything goes and rocket queen.-Lp-Geffen-€21.99
Guthrie, woody-My dusty road [woodys greatest hits]-Here are many of woody guthrie's "greatest hits," along with the previously unissued "bad repetation." the sound quality of these 1944 songs is superb, taken from newly discovered original master recordings. Guitarist / singer cisco houston and harmonica player sonny terry accompany woody on many tracks. The album features a total of 13 beautifully remastered tracks, compiled by the ever reliable rounder records in a lovely replica sleeve. Features this land is your land, going down the road, talking sailor, philadelphia lawyer, hard travelin, jesus christ, the singing of reuben james, pretty boy floyd, grand coulee dam, nine hundred miles, going down the road, my daddy [flies a ship in the sky] and bad repetation. September 2009-Lp-Rounder records-€20.99
Harvey, pj-A woman a man walked by-Ten track album from pj harvey featuring long time collaborator john parish throughout. 2009-Cd--€19.99
Harvey, pj-The john peel sessions 1991 to 2006-The first time all these peel sessions have been compiled onto one album from pj harvey. Features tracks from her debut album dry in 1992 right up to sessions from uh huh her. Features a total of 12 tracks. Features oh my love, victory, sheela na gig, water, naked cousin, wang dang doodle, losing groun, snake, that was my veil, this wicked tongue, beautiful feeling and you come through. December 2006-Lp-Island-€22.99
Harvey, pj-White chalk-Pj harvey returns with possibly her most stripped down album in many many years. The album pretty much features just harvey behind the piano with just a little help here and there from long time collaborator john parish. Along with the barest of brush drums and some very faint string sounds there is nothing else to accompany harvey as she makes her way through eleven of her most intimate songs to date. Its probably the very first time that the comparisons to kate bush have actually been accurate as harvey finds her way around the vocal scale with such ease. A very beautifully raw album. Originally released in 2007 the album has now been reissued on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. 2009-Lp-Island-€22.99
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
Health-Get colour-Health return with their second album, their first for city slang. The album is another blistering collection of avant garde post punk, fuzzed up noise rock and pounding synth heavy krautrock vibes. Sounding at times like a great big jam session between the jesus and mary chain, suicide and my bloody valentine. Its a great big wall of sound with lots of reverb laden fuzzed up guitar sounds, wailing synths and almost tribal like minimal drum sounds. October 2009-Cd-City slang-€17.99
Health-Get colour [with bonus mp3 download]-Health return with their second album, their first for city slang. The album is another blistering collection of avant garde post punk, fuzzed up noise rock and pounding synth heavy krautrock vibes. Sounding at times like a great big jam session between the jesus and mary chain, suicide and my bloody valentine. Its a great big wall of sound with lots of reverb laden fuzzed up guitar sounds, wailing synths and almost tribal like minimal drum sounds. Limited edition 180 gram vinyl pressing which also comes with a bonus mp3 download of all tracks featured on the album. October 2009-Lp-City slang-€23.99
Jape-Ritual-The third solo album from jape aka richie egan who also doubles up as bass player with the redneck manifesto. The album features ten slices of wonderfully laid back electronic pop sounds with one or two more laid back folky based acoustic tunes thrown in. Its got the perfect blend of electronic beats, synth effects and live guitars so as to fall somewhere between blissful summer electronic pop and funky indie rock. Lovers of funky electro pop will love this as will fans of top quality new wave and indie pop. June 2008-Cd-V2-€15.99
Le bon, cate-My oh my-Welsh singer cate le bon provided vocals for the neon neon album last year and this debut solo album is released through the irony bored label. The label is run by gruff rhys from the super furry animals [and neon neon mainman]. The album features some beautifully mellow folky based sounds with lots of hints of classic old style psyche folk from the sixties. Its definitely one for the slightly kooky folks sounds of the likes of linda perhacs or vashti bunyan, its a wonderfully intimate collection with little bursts of electric psyche folk thrown in. September 2009-Cd-Irony bored-€15.99
Phoenix-Wolfgang amadeus phoenix-The return of this ultra cool and highly sophisticated french pop outfit with their new album on the v2 label. Its another fine collection of seventies tinged guitar pop sounds. Its damn near impossible not to get sucked in by these guys with their hook laden guitar pop coming across at times like some space rock take on the likes of elo mixed with the slightly glam pop sounds of some roxy music tunes. Its totally hip shaking and very clever at the same time without ever getting too cheesy. June 2009-Cd-V2-€15.99
Phoenix-Wolfgang amadeus phoenix [limited edition white vinyl pressing with free mp3 download]-The return of this ultra cool and highly sophisticated french pop outfit with their new album on the v2 label. Its another fine collection of seventies tinged guitar pop sounds. Its damn near impossible not to get sucked in by these guys with their hook laden guitar pop coming across at times like some space rock take on the likes of elo mixed with the slightly glam pop sounds of some roxy music tunes. Its totally hip shaking and very clever at the same time without ever getting too cheesy. Limited edition white vinyl pressing. The album also comes with a free mp3 download of all the tracks. June 2009-Lp-V2-€24.99
Rolling stones-Let it bleed [180 gram vinyl reissue]-Reissue on 180 gram vinyl featuring all the original artwork including the inner sleeve. This album was originally released in 1969 and features let it bleed, love in vain by robert johnson, midnight rambler, gimmie shelter, you got the silver, you cant always get what you want, live with me, monkey man and country honk. Remastered from the original analog sources for this vinyl reissue. The album features brian jones on just two tracks, he died several months before its release and was replaced by mick taylor on a few tracks in the studio. July 2009-Lp-Abkco-€19.99
Son volt-American central dust-Son volt return with a brand new album for the rounder label. The band now features original member jay farrar and dave bryson, andrew duplantis, chris masterson and mark spencer. The album also features eleanor whitmore on violin. No surprises on this one here with farrar returing to alt country roots, if anything this is a more raw and loose sounding record since the band was reformed in 2005. Its an album steeped in country roots tradition, featuring lots of sublime lap steel guitar playing and plenty of darkly sombre country sounds. November 2009-Cd-Rounder-€18.99
Soul messages from dimona-Numbero group presents [various artists]-Another killer collection of obscure funk and soul from the numero group. This one features a collection of recordings from the dimona region in israel made between 1975 and 1981. The core sounds came from a group of detroit and chigaco based musicians residing in the region. The highly detailed booklet included is full of lots of facts and retells the story how this music came to israel in the first place. The sounds included on the cd features some truly top quality soul and soulful funk sounds with a bit of everything from the energetic sounds of a james brown soundalike to some more laid back al green like soul. There is even a track calling to mind the pure soulful pop of the jackson five. Its like a soulful summer party in one neat package. Limited edition double vinyl pressing with detailed liner notes and a heavy card gatefold sleeve. August 2008-2lp-Numero group-€23.99
Soulsavers-Broken [double vinyl with bonus mp3 download]-The soulsavers return with their much anticipated follow up to its not how far you fall from 2007. As with the previous collection this album is all about the guest musicians as much as it is about the soulsavers themselves, in fairness its the guests that really make this album so special. Longtime collaborator mark lanegan provides vocals on no less than ten of the thirteen tracks whilst also co writing a fair few of them too. Other guest of note include jason pierce [siiritualized], mike patton, richard hawley, gibby haynes [butthole surfers], rosa agostino [red ghost], wendi rose, carmen smart adn tjae cole. The album features a bit of everything from laid back almost gospel like folk to pulsating electronic rock to fuzzed up stoner rock. Limited edition double vinyl pressing which also comes with a free mp3 download of all tracks featured on the album. October 2009-2lp-V2-€25.99
Van zandt, townes-Delta momma blues-This was van zandts fourth album and origanally came out way back in 1971 on the poppy label. The album features nine van zandt originals along with the opening cover of the old traditional tune ffv. A beautiful blend mixing up the intimate side of his sound with a few tracks featuring electric guitars and piano. Also features delta momma blues, only him or me, turnstyled junkpiled, tower song, come tomorrow, brand new companion, where i lead me, rake and nothin. This reissue now comes pressed on 180 gram vinyl courtesy of the fat possum label and features all the original artwork.-Lp-Fat possum-€17.99
Whitest boy alive-Rules [aka erlend oye]-The second album from this electro pop outfit fronted by ex kings of convenience vocalist erlend oye. The album features an infectiously catchy blend of laid back electro pop sounds, seventies disco and some weird king of guitar led house hybrid. Its all beautifully lush and quite laid back featuring lots of live funky bass, jazzy like guitar sounds and oyes sumptuous vocals. Its one of those albums that you really have to hear yourself to truly appreciate but i can imagine fans of the likes of air, phoenix and classic eighties electro pop truly loving this one. A perfect sunday afternoon laid back party album. April 2009-Lp-Bubbles records-€23.99
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