Road Records newsletter - March 5th 2010

Welcome to this weeks Road Records newsletter.

The weeks seem to be flying by at the moment, hard to believe its March already, I have to stop telling people about albums that are coming out at the start of March, no wonder they look at me blankly.
It’s a new month so we have to pick a new album of the month, there have been a few contenders with Pavement coming closest but we decided to implement a new rule that the albums have to be brand new to be included. So apologies to Pavement [if you are reading this] but we did give you our album of the week instead. So this month we have gone for the truly beautiful new album from The Besnard Lakes, there is a full review below but we think you will love it. As a very special bonus to our album of the month subscribers we also have a bonus four track digital ep to give away with the cd, if you want to subscribe in the next week you will also receive this and an added extra bonus ten track cd sampler from our nice friends at the Out On A Limb label. The cd features five old tracks and five exclusive new recordings and comes in a personalised album of the month club sleeve, trust me you won’t find these anywhere else.
The Archie Bronson Outfit album has just arrived in today on vinyl, it comes pressed on heavyweight yellow vinyl and also features a digital download coupon [this is limited to only 500 copies].
Some nice new titles from the No Quarter label this week from Burning Star Core and also from Coconuts. Both Burning Star Core and Coconuts cds are only €10.99 for this week.
The Errors album “Come Down With Me” is now in stock on vinyl, limited to only 300 copies on Mogwai’s Rock Action label.
Gonjasufi is a brand new artist on the Warp label and his new album is on special this week for only €13.99 on cd and double lp.
The Kissaway Trail album is now in stock on the Bella Union label.
Fionn Regan has finally released his new album this week.
The new Tunng album is now in stock on vinyl and if you hurry up you will also get a bonus remix cd included.
The new White Hinterland album is well worth checking out if you get a chance, its on the Dead Oceans label and is on special offer this week for only €11.99 on cd and €13.99 on vinyl.
New Irish titles this week from George Worrall, John Shelly & The Creatures and a double cd compilation from Dun Laoghaire College of Further Education [DCFE]
The Soul Jazz reissue of the Tribe Records anthology is quite beautifully packaged, only €14.99 on both cd and double lp.
Oh yeah, I nearly forgot my list of vinyl albums that come with digital download coupons – Archie Bronson Outfit, Besnard Lakes, Burning Star Core and White Hinterland.

Congratulations to Adrian Crowley for winning the Choice Music prize this week, not just a talented songwriter but a real gent too.

That’s it from me for another week, see you next week when we should have some news on some Record Store Day exclusives coming out on the 17th of April. We should also be taking orders for the upcoming Redneck Manifesto album on the website early next week, this one is coming on cd and vinyl.

Adios !


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Album Of The Week
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Pavement-Quarantine the past [the best of pavement]-To longtime pavement fans a best of this band would include pretty much everything in their back catalogue, so the band have made your job easier by selecting their own personal favourite tracks for this wonderful 23 track collection. The band have recently returned from long time hibernation and are about to embark on a long awaited reunion tour. All the tracks for this new collection have been lovingly remastered and are all chosen by the band themselves. The album features a collection of classic singles, album tracks, early tracks and one rare obscure compilation track. These guys need little by way of introduction from me, but suffice to say they are quite possible one of the best [and most influential] indie rock bands to ever walk this planet. The full tracklisting for the album is gold soundz, frontwards, mellow jazz docent, stereo, in the mouth a desert, two states, cut your hair, shady lane / j vs s, here, unfair, grounded, summer babe [winter version], range life, date [w ikea], debris slide, shoot the singer [1 sick verse], spit on a stranger, heaven is a truck, trigger cut / wounded kite at 17, embassy row, box elder, unseen power of the picket fence and fight this generation. March 2010-Cd-Domino-€13.99

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Besnard lakes-The besnard lakes are the roaring night-The besnard lakes finally return after a three year hiatus with the long awaited follow up to the besnard lakes are the dark horse. The band were originally formed in 2001 by montreal based husband and wife pairing jace lasek and olga goreas, they released their previous album on the jag jaguwar label aswell, their first collection [volume one] was on the english label earworm way back in 2005. This is an album of true epic beauty sounding at times like a more rootsy rock take on shoegazing fronted by the beach boys. Its has to be said straight away though, that there is much more going on here than just a few simple comparisons, this is an album of truly expansive sounds. In fact, i cant think of many albums that make me think of fleetwood mac and my bloody valentine at the same time. Its got hints of seventies rock, both of the rootsy variety [ala neil young] and the more melodic [dare is say elo] with plenty of hefty guitar solo workouts thrown in. What this pair do though is take all those ingredients and make something both retro and totally original sounding, utterly infectious at times whilst also not afraid to rock out too. There are also moments that remind me of the blissful intimacy of the likes of mazzy star or even low with lots of hazy reverb drenched guitar sounds. They have hinted at greatness with the previous two albums but i really think they have achieved it with this new collection. March 2010-Cd-Jag jaguwar-€11.99

Besnard lakes-The besnard lakes are the roaring night [with bonus mp3 download]-The besnard lakes finally return after a three year hiatus with the long awaited follow up to the besnard lakes are the dark horse. The band were originally formed in 2001 by montreal based husband and wife pairing jace lasek and olga goreas, they released their previous album on the jag jaguwar label aswell, their first collection [volume one] was on the english label earworm way back in 2005. This is an album of true epic beauty sounding at times like a more rootsy rock take on shoegazing fronted by the beach boys. Its has to be said straight away though, that there is much more going on here than just a few simple comparisons, this is an album of truly expansive sounds. In fact, i cant think of many albums that make me think of fleetwood mac and my bloody valentine at the same time. Its got hints of seventies rock, both of the rootsy variety [ala neil young] and the more melodic [dare is say elo] with plenty of hefty guitar solo workouts thrown in. What this pair do though is take all those ingredients and make something both retro and totally original sounding, utterly infectious at times whilst also not afraid to rock out too. There are also moments that remind me of the blissful intimacy of the likes of mazzy star or even low with lots of hazy reverb drenched guitar sounds. They have hinted at greatness with the previous two albums but i really think they have achieved it with this new collection. The album comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. March 2010-Lp-Jag jaguwar-€12.99


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The Weekly Specials
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Archie bronson outfit-Coconut [with bonus dvd and mp3 download]-The archie bronson outfit return with their first new album since derdang derdang from 2006 [also on domino records]. The album was recorded in london and benton harbour in michigan with production by tim goldsworthy [dfa]. This is a truly superb slice of modern psychedelic garage pop / rock from this much underated english three piece. The band come across like some updated version of a long lost late sixties psychedelic pop band, full of wah wah laden guitar sounds and all manner of weird sound effects. At its heart is a collection totally infectious rock songs, one or two even bordering on something akin to psychedelic punk funk. The album is just full of short sharp blasts of guitar heavy psyche pop, managing to be both totally retro and highly original at the same time. Try to imagine some totally fuzzed up new wave take on the sounds of the late sixties with a little bit of early punk rock and a hint of bluesy swamp rock thrown in. Features ten songs clocking in at 40 minutes, this is probably one of their most direct albums to date. This limited edition version will come with a free bonus dvd featuring videos for every track on the album, most of them made by the band and some by artist friends and collaborators. The album is pressed on yellow vinyl and is limited to only 500 copies in total. Comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon included inside the sleeve too. March 2010-Lp-Domino-€16.99

Besnard lakes-The besnard lakes are the roaring night-The besnard lakes finally return after a three year hiatus with the long awaited follow up to the besnard lakes are the dark horse. The band were originally formed in 2001 by montreal based husband and wife pairing jace lasek and olga goreas, they released their previous album on the jag jaguwar label aswell, their first collection [volume one] was on the english label earworm way back in 2005. This is an album of true epic beauty sounding at times like a more rootsy rock take on shoegazing fronted by the beach boys. Its has to be said straight away though, that there is much more going on here than just a few simple comparisons, this is an album of truly expansive sounds. In fact, i cant think of many albums that make me think of fleetwood mac and my bloody valentine at the same time. Its got hints of seventies rock, both of the rootsy variety [ala neil young] and the more melodic [dare is say elo] with plenty of hefty guitar solo workouts thrown in. What this pair do though is take all those ingredients and make something both retro and totally original sounding, utterly infectious at times whilst also not afraid to rock out too. There are also moments that remind me of the blissful intimacy of the likes of mazzy star or even low with lots of hazy reverb drenched guitar sounds. They have hinted at greatness with the previous two albums but i really think they have achieved it with this new collection. March 2010-Cd-Jag jaguwar-€11.99

Besnard lakes-The besnard lakes are the roaring night [with bonus mp3 download]-The besnard lakes finally return after a three year hiatus with the long awaited follow up to the besnard lakes are the dark horse. The band were originally formed in 2001 by montreal based husband and wife pairing jace lasek and olga goreas, they released their previous album on the jag jaguwar label aswell, their first collection [volume one] was on the english label earworm way back in 2005. This is an album of true epic beauty sounding at times like a more rootsy rock take on shoegazing fronted by the beach boys. Its has to be said straight away though, that there is much more going on here than just a few simple comparisons, this is an album of truly expansive sounds. In fact, i cant think of many albums that make me think of fleetwood mac and my bloody valentine at the same time. Its got hints of seventies rock, both of the rootsy variety [ala neil young] and the more melodic [dare is say elo] with plenty of hefty guitar solo workouts thrown in. What this pair do though is take all those ingredients and make something both retro and totally original sounding, utterly infectious at times whilst also not afraid to rock out too. There are also moments that remind me of the blissful intimacy of the likes of mazzy star or even low with lots of hazy reverb drenched guitar sounds. They have hinted at greatness with the previous two albums but i really think they have achieved it with this new collection. The album comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. March 2010-Lp-Jag jaguwar-€12.99

Burning star core-Papercuts theater-The album features just one long piece broken into four separate movements. The album features a collection of sounds culled from over sixty live performances. Fronted by c spencer yeh and also featuring contributions from robert beatty, jerey lesniak, john rich, mike shiflet, trevor tremaine, lambsbread and mike connelly [hair police]. The album features a collection of harsh droning rock sounds, ambient metal and pure full on avant rock. Its incredibly intense stuff, darkly evil even with hints of everything from merzbow to yellow swans to lightning bolt. Its full of heavily treated guitar feedback, manipulated violin, tribal like percussion and all manner of electronic treatments. Fans of pure noise based avant rock will just love this, fans of melodic pop music definitely wont. March 2010-Cd-No quarter-€10.99

Burning star core-Papercuts theater [double vinyl with free mp3 download coupon]-The album features just one long piece broken into four separate movements. The album features a collection of sounds culled from over sixty live performances. Fronted by c spencer yeh and also featuring contributions from robert beatty, jerey lesniak, john rich, mike shiflet, trevor tremaine, lambsbread and mike connelly [hair police]. The album features a collection of harsh droning rock sounds, ambient metal and pure full on avant rock. Its incredibly intense stuff, darkly evil even with hints of everything from merzbow to yellow swans to lightning bolt. Its full of heavily treated guitar feedback, manipulated violin, tribal like percussion and all manner of electronic treatments. Fans of pure noise based avant rock will just love this, fans of melodic pop music definitely wont. The album comes in a heavy card gatefold sleeve and is pressed on double vinyl. Also comes with a free digital download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. March 2010-2lp-No quarter-€17.99

Coconuts-Coconuts-The debut album from this australian three piece on the no quarter label. The band features jordan redaelli, tim evans and daniel mitha, the album was recorded / mixed by mike fellows in new york. The album features a collection of darkly gothic like sounds, haunting blues dirges and throbbing avant rock. There are definitely elements of the doom like vibes of fellow australians the birthday party and also the likes of swans. The album features five lengthy slices of gothic blues like dirges, its full of haunting dark sounds drenched in reverb with lots of feedback driven guitar effects. At times it even sounds a bit like early sonic youth, maybe just a bit more sparse though. Its all very trance like with an almost tribal like feel about it. March 2010-Cd-No quarter-€10.99

Errors-Come down with me [limited to 300 copies]-Album number two from this epic post rock meets funky electronica outfit signed to the rock action label [run by mogwai]. Its an album of intricate post rock blended with lots of funky beats and lush synth vibes. Sounding at times like battles jamming with either daft punk or the chemical brothers with a bit of air thrown in for good measure. There are still plenty of those mogwai like guitar led moments on the album but this one definitely adds much more of an electro like feel, its almost like some updated post rock take on the space rock sounds of the late seventies. The album is limited to only 300 copies on vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve. March 2010-Lp-Rock action-€15.99

Gonjasufi-A sufi and a killer-The debut album from brand new artist gonjasufi on the warp label. Backed by a trio of the west coasts most renowned producers [namely mainframe, flying lotus and the gaslamp killer]. The album features a rather strange and new sounding almost psychedelic take on underground hip hop. At times it sounds like some long lost early seventies psyche folk record, full of middle eastern pop influences before gentle hip hop beats take control. Its probably an album that owes much to the producers too, its full of cleverly worked samples and looped sound effects. With a total of 19 tracks included this one plays more like a compilation of different artists at times, there are even some heavy guitar based tunes in here. Warp seem to always unearth these eclectic genre hopping artists with such ease, no other label does this kind of thing as well. March 2010-Cd-Warp-€13.99

Gonjasufi-A sufi and a killer [double vinyl]-The debut album from brand new artist gonjasufi on the warp label. Backed by a trio of the west coasts most renowned producers [namely mainframe, flying lotus and the gaslamp killer]. The album features a rather strange and new sounding almost psychedelic take on underground hip hop. At times it sounds like some long lost early seventies psyche folk record, full of middle eastern pop influences before gentle hip hop beats take control. Its probably an album that owes much to the producers too, its full of cleverly worked samples and looped sound effects. With a total of 19 tracks included this one plays more like a compilation of different artists at times, there are even some heavy guitar based tunes in here. Warp seem to always unearth these eclectic genre hopping artists with such ease, no other label does this kind of thing as well. Double vinyl pressing in a gatefold sleeve. March 2010-2lp-Warp-€13.99

Knife, the-Tomorrow in a year [double cd]-Brand new album from swedish outfit the knife, an opera based on the life of charles darwin. The music was made for the opera tomorrow in a year, commissioned by the danish performance group hotel pro forma. The album is based on the charles darwin book on the origin of the species. The album features a studio version of the opera, with some slight differences and variations on the original live score. The vocals are all handled by mezzo soprano kristina wahlin bomme, actor laerke bo winther and pop singer jonathan johanson. The piece was written in collaboration with mt sims and planningtorock. I must admit opera is not really my forte but this one here sounds nothing like opera of old. I suppose it would have to fall much more in to the modern avant garde side of opera music with lots of ambient electronic passages and moments of downbeat techno. Pressed on double cd with foldout poster booklet and comes in a three part foldout card sleeve.-2cd-Brille-€14.99

Message from the tribe-An anthology of tribe records 1972 to 1976-The tribe collective was formed in detroit in the early seventies by a group of like minded people using both music and art to fight against the negative forces of high unemployment and civil unrest. The collective featured people like phil ranelin, wendell harrison, harold mckinney and marcus belgrave. The collective produced some truly seminal deep jazz and funk albums along with their own tribe magazine. They have recently been brought back together by producer carl craig and to celebrate this the soul jazz label have decided to reissue this long out of print anthology. The album features tracks from david durrah, phil ranelin and tribe, doug hammond, marcus belgrave, the mixed bag ane wendell harrison. The album now comes expanded with tracks not featured on the original single vinyl edition. It also comes packaged with a free tribe magazine, reproduced specially for this release. Pressed on double vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve. March 2010-2lp-Soul jazz-€14.99

Message from the tribe-An anthology of tribe records 1972 to 1976-The tribe collective was formed in detroit in the early seventies by a group of like minded people using both music and art to fight against the negative forces of high unemployment and civil unrest. The collective featured people like phil ranelin, wendell harrison, harold mckinney and marcus belgrave. The collective produced some truly seminal deep jazz and funk albums along with their own tribe magazine. They have recently been brought back together by producer carl craig and to celebrate this the soul jazz label have decided to reissue this long out of print anthology. The album features tracks from david durrah, phil ranelin and tribe, doug hammond, marcus belgrave, the mixed bag ane wendell harrison. The album now comes packaged with a 60 page booklet featuring lots of extracts from the original tribe magazine and a limited edition postcard set. March 2010-Cd-Soul jazz-€14.99

New young pony club-The optimist-The second album from this giddy young indie pop outfit. The album this time was completely self produced and also self released. Features the most recent singles chaos and lost a girl. Its got all the ingredients of the first album with an added maturity about the sounds. Its still got plenty of uptempo electro pop sounds, punk funk and new wave but there is something a bit more complex about the overall fell. Its got a bit of that minimal disco vibes of bands of old like esg with the kind of heavy electro of ladytron. March 2010-Cd-The numbers-€13.99

New young pony club-The optimist-The second album from this giddy young indie pop outfit. The album this time was completely self produced and also self released. Features the most recent singles chaos and lost a girl. Its got all the ingredients of the first album with an added maturity about the sounds. Its still got plenty of uptempo electro pop sounds, punk funk and new wave but there is something a bit more complex about the overall fell. Its got a bit of that minimal disco vibes of bands of old like esg with the kind of heavy electro of ladytron. Pressed on heavyweight vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve. March 2010-Lp-The numbers-€13.99

Pavement-Quarantine the past [the best of pavement]-To longtime pavement fans a best of this band would include pretty much everything in their back catalogue, so the band have made your job easier by selecting their own personal favourite tracks for this wonderful 23 track collection. The band have recently returned from long time hibernation and are about to embark on a long awaited reunion tour. All the tracks for this new collection have been lovingly remastered and are all chosen by the band themselves. The album features a collection of classic singles, album tracks, early tracks and one rare obscure compilation track. These guys need little by way of introduction from me, but suffice to say they are quite possible one of the best [and most influential] indie rock bands to ever walk this planet. The full tracklisting for the album is gold soundz, frontwards, mellow jazz docent, stereo, in the mouth a desert, two states, cut your hair, shady lane / j vs s, here, unfair, grounded, summer babe [winter version], range life, date [w ikea], debris slide, shoot the singer [1 sick verse], spit on a stranger, heaven is a truck, trigger cut / wounded kite at 17, embassy row, box elder, unseen power of the picket fence and fight this generation. March 2010-Cd-Domino-€13.99

Tunng-And then we saw land [with bonus remix cd]-Brand new album from tunng on the full time hobby label, features the most recent single hustle. This is probably one of their most uptempo and freeflowing albums to date. Its got a much bigger kind of feel about it, still distinctly folk like at times but the scope of sounds on this one really is something new for tunng. As mentioned it is still an album deeply rooted in folk music, both english and american with plenty of laptop electronic trickery still going on too. This album does sound more like a full band effort compared to some of the more intimate previous collections, its almost folk pop like from time to time with the odd moment of something akin to choral folk. The album will come packaged with a bonus limited edition remix cd, exclusive to indie retailers like ourselves [only 1000 copies available in total]. March 2010-Lp-Full time hobby-€14.99

White hinterland-Kairos-The second full length album from this outfit fronted by songwriter casey dienel, her previous album phylactery factory came out in 2008 on the dead oceans label aswell. This time she is joined by alexis gideon and shawn w creedon, both adding a much more electronic feel to this collection. The previous collection was a much more haunting folky based affair but this one delves more into a kind of dubby electronic sound, her voice is still the one ingredient that makes the album special though. It almost has a kind of dubby electro pop feel about it, probably best described as ambient synth pop maybe. Its beautifully sparse, haunting and ethereal. March 2010-Cd-Dead oceans-€11.99

White hinterland-Kairos [with bonus mp3 download coupon]-The second full length album from this outfit fronted by songwriter casey dienel, her previous album phylactery factory came out in 2008 on the dead oceans label aswell. This time she is joined by alexis gideon and shawn w creedon, both adding a much more electronic feel to this collection. The previous collection was a much more haunting folky based affair but this one delves more into a kind of dubby electronic sound, her voice is still the one ingredient that makes the album special though. It almost has a kind of dubby electro pop feel about it, probably best described as ambient synth pop maybe. Its beautifully sparse, haunting and ethereal. The album comes with a free digital download coupon inside the sleeve. March 2010-Lp-Dead oceans-€13.99

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Afcgt-Afcgt-Afcgt on sub pop records is the meeting of two bands, namely a frames and climax golden twins. The album features a truly superb blend of noisy avant rock and rambling psyche rock. At times bursting at the seams with agressive post punk and fuzzed up guitar solos before drifting off into drone based passages of pure psychedlia. The album comes in a giant foldout card sleeve and is pressed on limited white vinyl. You also get a bonus 7 inch single inside the sleeve with comes presented as an exact replica of the bigger sleeve, its comes in a foldout poster card sleeve and is also pressed on limited white vinyl, now how cool is that. Its probably the best looking record of the week so far. March 2010-Lp-Sub pop-€13.99

Archie bronson outfit-Coconut [with bonus dvd and mp3 download]-The archie bronson outfit return with their first new album since derdang derdang from 2006 [also on domino records]. The album was recorded in london and benton harbour in michigan with production by tim goldsworthy [dfa]. This is a truly superb slice of modern psychedelic garage pop / rock from this much underated english three piece. The band come across like some updated version of a long lost late sixties psychedelic pop band, full of wah wah laden guitar sounds and all manner of weird sound effects. At its heart is a collection totally infectious rock songs, one or two even bordering on something akin to psychedelic punk funk. The album is just full of short sharp blasts of guitar heavy psyche pop, managing to be both totally retro and highly original at the same time. Try to imagine some totally fuzzed up new wave take on the sounds of the late sixties with a little bit of early punk rock and a hint of bluesy swamp rock thrown in. Features ten songs clocking in at 40 minutes, this is probably one of their most direct albums to date. This limited edition version will come with a free bonus dvd featuring videos for every track on the album, most of them made by the band and some by artist friends and collaborators. The album is pressed on yellow vinyl and is limited to only 500 copies in total. Comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon included inside the sleeve too. March 2010-Lp-Domino-€16.99

Besnard lakes-The besnard lakes are the roaring night-The besnard lakes finally return after a three year hiatus with the long awaited follow up to the besnard lakes are the dark horse. The band were originally formed in 2001 by montreal based husband and wife pairing jace lasek and olga goreas, they released their previous album on the jag jaguwar label aswell, their first collection [volume one] was on the english label earworm way back in 2005. This is an album of true epic beauty sounding at times like a more rootsy rock take on shoegazing fronted by the beach boys. Its has to be said straight away though, that there is much more going on here than just a few simple comparisons, this is an album of truly expansive sounds. In fact, i cant think of many albums that make me think of fleetwood mac and my bloody valentine at the same time. Its got hints of seventies rock, both of the rootsy variety [ala neil young] and the more melodic [dare is say elo] with plenty of hefty guitar solo workouts thrown in. What this pair do though is take all those ingredients and make something both retro and totally original sounding, utterly infectious at times whilst also not afraid to rock out too. There are also moments that remind me of the blissful intimacy of the likes of mazzy star or even low with lots of hazy reverb drenched guitar sounds. They have hinted at greatness with the previous two albums but i really think they have achieved it with this new collection. March 2010-Cd-Jag jaguwar-€11.99

Besnard lakes-The besnard lakes are the roaring night [with bonus mp3 download]-The besnard lakes finally return after a three year hiatus with the long awaited follow up to the besnard lakes are the dark horse. The band were originally formed in 2001 by montreal based husband and wife pairing jace lasek and olga goreas, they released their previous album on the jag jaguwar label aswell, their first collection [volume one] was on the english label earworm way back in 2005. This is an album of true epic beauty sounding at times like a more rootsy rock take on shoegazing fronted by the beach boys. Its has to be said straight away though, that there is much more going on here than just a few simple comparisons, this is an album of truly expansive sounds. In fact, i cant think of many albums that make me think of fleetwood mac and my bloody valentine at the same time. Its got hints of seventies rock, both of the rootsy variety [ala neil young] and the more melodic [dare is say elo] with plenty of hefty guitar solo workouts thrown in. What this pair do though is take all those ingredients and make something both retro and totally original sounding, utterly infectious at times whilst also not afraid to rock out too. There are also moments that remind me of the blissful intimacy of the likes of mazzy star or even low with lots of hazy reverb drenched guitar sounds. They have hinted at greatness with the previous two albums but i really think they have achieved it with this new collection. The album comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. March 2010-Lp-Jag jaguwar-€12.99

Burning star core-Papercuts theater-The album features just one long piece broken into four separate movements. The album features a collection of sounds culled from over sixty live performances. Fronted by c spencer yeh and also featuring contributions from robert beatty, jerey lesniak, john rich, mike shiflet, trevor tremaine, lambsbread and mike connelly [hair police]. The album features a collection of harsh droning rock sounds, ambient metal and pure full on avant rock. Its incredibly intense stuff, darkly evil even with hints of everything from merzbow to yellow swans to lightning bolt. Its full of heavily treated guitar feedback, manipulated violin, tribal like percussion and all manner of electronic treatments. Fans of pure noise based avant rock will just love this, fans of melodic pop music definitely wont. March 2010-Cd-No quarter-€10.99

Burning star core-Papercuts theater [double vinyl with free mp3 download coupon]-The album features just one long piece broken into four separate movements. The album features a collection of sounds culled from over sixty live performances. Fronted by c spencer yeh and also featuring contributions from robert beatty, jerey lesniak, john rich, mike shiflet, trevor tremaine, lambsbread and mike connelly [hair police]. The album features a collection of harsh droning rock sounds, ambient metal and pure full on avant rock. Its incredibly intense stuff, darkly evil even with hints of everything from merzbow to yellow swans to lightning bolt. Its full of heavily treated guitar feedback, manipulated violin, tribal like percussion and all manner of electronic treatments. Fans of pure noise based avant rock will just love this, fans of melodic pop music definitely wont. The album comes in a heavy card gatefold sleeve and is pressed on double vinyl. Also comes with a free digital download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. March 2010-2lp-No quarter-€17.99

Coconuts-Coconuts-The debut album from this australian three piece on the no quarter label. The band features jordan redaelli, tim evans and daniel mitha, the album was recorded / mixed by mike fellows in new york. The album features a collection of darkly gothic like sounds, haunting blues dirges and throbbing avant rock. There are definitely elements of the doom like vibes of fellow australians the birthday party and also the likes of swans. The album features five lengthy slices of gothic blues like dirges, its full of haunting dark sounds drenched in reverb with lots of feedback driven guitar effects. At times it even sounds a bit like early sonic youth, maybe just a bit more sparse though. Its all very trance like with an almost tribal like feel about it. March 2010-Cd-No quarter-€10.99

Dcfe music-Various artists [i love festival]-Double cd compilation of new irish music compiled by the people from the dun laoghaire college of further education [dcfe]. The album features a collection of 27 tracks split into two different sounding cds, one is dedicated to more guitar based rock sounds and the second one is simply called dance. The album features tracks from too many egos, kellie marie, kind hearts and coronets, ragdoll, only taking time, pure dynamite, heres to yesterday, neptune city, catarax lenny, the fundamental beats, rob curry and mary o dwyer,m mech angel, screefy, jack fitzpatrick, the fear, valiant hound, the housejacker, 8 minutes, soul city, send and return, andrew hersee, jonsen, kann, piotr sosna, mick o b and glen harford, psf and p starz. March 2010-2cd-Dcfe music-€9.99

Errors-Come down with me [limited to 300 copies]-Album number two from this epic post rock meets funky electronica outfit signed to the rock action label [run by mogwai]. Its an album of intricate post rock blended with lots of funky beats and lush synth vibes. Sounding at times like battles jamming with either daft punk or the chemical brothers with a bit of air thrown in for good measure. There are still plenty of those mogwai like guitar led moments on the album but this one definitely adds much more of an electro like feel, its almost like some updated post rock take on the space rock sounds of the late seventies. The album is limited to only 300 copies on vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve. March 2010-Lp-Rock action-€15.99

Gonjasufi-A sufi and a killer-The debut album from brand new artist gonjasufi on the warp label. Backed by a trio of the west coasts most renowned producers [namely mainframe, flying lotus and the gaslamp killer]. The album features a rather strange and new sounding almost psychedelic take on underground hip hop. At times it sounds like some long lost early seventies psyche folk record, full of middle eastern pop influences before gentle hip hop beats take control. Its probably an album that owes much to the producers too, its full of cleverly worked samples and looped sound effects. With a total of 19 tracks included this one plays more like a compilation of different artists at times, there are even some heavy guitar based tunes in here. Warp seem to always unearth these eclectic genre hopping artists with such ease, no other label does this kind of thing as well. March 2010-Cd-Warp-€13.99

Gonjasufi-A sufi and a killer [double vinyl]-The debut album from brand new artist gonjasufi on the warp label. Backed by a trio of the west coasts most renowned producers [namely mainframe, flying lotus and the gaslamp killer]. The album features a rather strange and new sounding almost psychedelic take on underground hip hop. At times it sounds like some long lost early seventies psyche folk record, full of middle eastern pop influences before gentle hip hop beats take control. Its probably an album that owes much to the producers too, its full of cleverly worked samples and looped sound effects. With a total of 19 tracks included this one plays more like a compilation of different artists at times, there are even some heavy guitar based tunes in here. Warp seem to always unearth these eclectic genre hopping artists with such ease, no other label does this kind of thing as well. Double vinyl pressing in a gatefold sleeve. March 2010-2lp-Warp-€13.99

John, shelly and the creatures-Dinosaur-The debut album from this belfast based outfit on the jsc label. John shelley and the creatures are a four piece outfit featuring kev carlisle, phil d'alton, ger gormley and walter thee goon. The album features a collection of melodic and very catchy alt rock sounds ranging from rootsy rock tinged ballads to some truly rocking indie vibes. Its got a lovely folky pop kind of feel about it from time to time. At time reminscent to the likes of the pixies or sugar with the quieter tunes reminding me of belle and sebastian [just a bit]. Comes in a three part foldout card sleeve. March 2010-Cd-Jsc-€12.99

Kissaway trail-Sleep mountain-The second album on the bella union label from this danish five piece. The album features a collection of infectiously catchy and very clever indie rock sounds. At times sounding a bit like arcade fire jamming with the flaming lips, its got a lovely psychedelic kind of vibe about full of totally euphoric guitar based indie rock. There is something beautifully uplifting about the album, could be something to do with all five members singing on most of the tracks. March 2010-Cd-Bella union-€17.99

Knife, the-Tomorrow in a year [double cd]-Brand new album from swedish outfit the knife, an opera based on the life of charles darwin. The music was made for the opera tomorrow in a year, commissioned by the danish performance group hotel pro forma. The album is based on the charles darwin book on the origin of the species. The album features a studio version of the opera, with some slight differences and variations on the original live score. The vocals are all handled by mezzo soprano kristina wahlin bomme, actor laerke bo winther and pop singer jonathan johanson. The piece was written in collaboration with mt sims and planningtorock. I must admit opera is not really my forte but this one here sounds nothing like opera of old. I suppose it would have to fall much more in to the modern avant garde side of opera music with lots of ambient electronic passages and moments of downbeat techno. Pressed on double cd with foldout poster booklet and comes in a three part foldout card sleeve.-2cd-Brille-€14.99

Message from the tribe-An anthology of tribe records 1972 to 1976-The tribe collective was formed in detroit in the early seventies by a group of like minded people using both music and art to fight against the negative forces of high unemployment and civil unrest. The collective featured people like phil ranelin, wendell harrison, harold mckinney and marcus belgrave. The collective produced some truly seminal deep jazz and funk albums along with their own tribe magazine. They have recently been brought back together by producer carl craig and to celebrate this the soul jazz label have decided to reissue this long out of print anthology. The album features tracks from david durrah, phil ranelin and tribe, doug hammond, marcus belgrave, the mixed bag ane wendell harrison. The album now comes expanded with tracks not featured on the original single vinyl edition. It also comes packaged with a free tribe magazine, reproduced specially for this release. Pressed on double vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve. March 2010-2lp-Soul jazz-€14.99

Message from the tribe-An anthology of tribe records 1972 to 1976-The tribe collective was formed in detroit in the early seventies by a group of like minded people using both music and art to fight against the negative forces of high unemployment and civil unrest. The collective featured people like phil ranelin, wendell harrison, harold mckinney and marcus belgrave. The collective produced some truly seminal deep jazz and funk albums along with their own tribe magazine. They have recently been brought back together by producer carl craig and to celebrate this the soul jazz label have decided to reissue this long out of print anthology. The album features tracks from david durrah, phil ranelin and tribe, doug hammond, marcus belgrave, the mixed bag ane wendell harrison. The album now comes packaged with a 60 page booklet featuring lots of extracts from the original tribe magazine and a limited edition postcard set. March 2010-Cd-Soul jazz-€14.99

New young pony club-The optimist-The second album from this giddy young indie pop outfit. The album this time was completely self produced and also self released. Features the most recent singles chaos and lost a girl. Its got all the ingredients of the first album with an added maturity about the sounds. Its still got plenty of uptempo electro pop sounds, punk funk and new wave but there is something a bit more complex about the overall fell. Its got a bit of that minimal disco vibes of bands of old like esg with the kind of heavy electro of ladytron. March 2010-Cd-The numbers-€13.99

New young pony club-The optimist-The second album from this giddy young indie pop outfit. The album this time was completely self produced and also self released. Features the most recent singles chaos and lost a girl. Its got all the ingredients of the first album with an added maturity about the sounds. Its still got plenty of uptempo electro pop sounds, punk funk and new wave but there is something a bit more complex about the overall fell. Its got a bit of that minimal disco vibes of bands of old like esg with the kind of heavy electro of ladytron. Pressed on heavyweight vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve. March 2010-Lp-The numbers-€13.99

Pavement-Quarantine the past [the best of pavement]-To longtime pavement fans a best of this band would include pretty much everything in their back catalogue, so the band have made your job easier by selecting their own personal favourite tracks for this wonderful 23 track collection. The band have recently returned from long time hibernation and are about to embark on a long awaited reunion tour. All the tracks for this new collection have been lovingly remastered and are all chosen by the band themselves. The album features a collection of classic singles, album tracks, early tracks and one rare obscure compilation track. These guys need little by way of introduction from me, but suffice to say they are quite possible one of the best [and most influential] indie rock bands to ever walk this planet. The full tracklisting for the album is gold soundz, frontwards, mellow jazz docent, stereo, in the mouth a desert, two states, cut your hair, shady lane / j vs s, here, unfair, grounded, summer babe [winter version], range life, date [w ikea], debris slide, shoot the singer [1 sick verse], spit on a stranger, heaven is a truck, trigger cut / wounded kite at 17, embassy row, box elder, unseen power of the picket fence and fight this generation. March 2010-Cd-Domino-€13.99

Regan, fionn-The shadow of an empire-The second album from irish singer songwriter fionn regan and the long awaited follow up to the end of history from 2007. The album was pretty much recorded and produced by regan himself this time, recorded at his own studios in wicklow. Its a slightly more robust rootsy rock kind of album compared to his folky debut, it pretty much features a full band throughout giving the album a more full sound overall. Its the kind of thing that falls somewhere between dylans early foray into electric folk and the rootsy americana of ryan adams. March 2010-Cd-Heave ho-€13.99

Tunng-And then we saw land [with bonus remix cd]-Brand new album from tunng on the full time hobby label, features the most recent single hustle. This is probably one of their most uptempo and freeflowing albums to date. Its got a much bigger kind of feel about it, still distinctly folk like at times but the scope of sounds on this one really is something new for tunng. As mentioned it is still an album deeply rooted in folk music, both english and american with plenty of laptop electronic trickery still going on too. This album does sound more like a full band effort compared to some of the more intimate previous collections, its almost folk pop like from time to time with the odd moment of something akin to choral folk. The album will come packaged with a bonus limited edition remix cd, exclusive to indie retailers like ourselves [only 1000 copies available in total]. March 2010-Lp-Full time hobby-€14.99

White hinterland-Kairos-The second full length album from this outfit fronted by songwriter casey dienel, her previous album phylactery factory came out in 2008 on the dead oceans label aswell. This time she is joined by alexis gideon and shawn w creedon, both adding a much more electronic feel to this collection. The previous collection was a much more haunting folky based affair but this one delves more into a kind of dubby electronic sound, her voice is still the one ingredient that makes the album special though. It almost has a kind of dubby electro pop feel about it, probably best described as ambient synth pop maybe. Its beautifully sparse, haunting and ethereal. March 2010-Cd-Dead oceans-€11.99

White hinterland-Kairos [with bonus mp3 download coupon]-The second full length album from this outfit fronted by songwriter casey dienel, her previous album phylactery factory came out in 2008 on the dead oceans label aswell. This time she is joined by alexis gideon and shawn w creedon, both adding a much more electronic feel to this collection. The previous collection was a much more haunting folky based affair but this one delves more into a kind of dubby electronic sound, her voice is still the one ingredient that makes the album special though. It almost has a kind of dubby electro pop feel about it, probably best described as ambient synth pop maybe. Its beautifully sparse, haunting and ethereal. The album comes with a free digital download coupon inside the sleeve. March 2010-Lp-Dead oceans-€13.99

Worrall, george-Action not progress-Eleven track debut album from this irish folk / blues singer songwriter, released on his own label. The album features eleven beautifully sparse traditional sounding folk / blues songs. Its almost like a mix of the traditional sounds of robert johnson and the more minimal vibes of someone like john fahey. There is a beautiful sparse kind of atmosphere about the album, its pretty much just one man and his guitar throughout. March 2010-Cd-Own label-€5.99

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Dcfe music-Various artists [i love festival]-Double cd compilation of new irish music compiled by the people from the dun laoghaire college of further education [dcfe]. The album features a collection of 27 tracks split into two different sounding cds, one is dedicated to more guitar based rock sounds and the second one is simply called dance. The album features tracks from too many egos, kellie marie, kind hearts and coronets, ragdoll, only taking time, pure dynamite, heres to yesterday, neptune city, catarax lenny, the fundamental beats, rob curry and mary o dwyer,m mech angel, screefy, jack fitzpatrick, the fear, valiant hound, the housejacker, 8 minutes, soul city, send and return, andrew hersee, jonsen, kann, piotr sosna, mick o b and glen harford, psf and p starz. March 2010-2cd-Dcfe music-€9.99

John, shelly and the creatures-Dinosaur-The debut album from this belfast based outfit on the jsc label. John shelley and the creatures are a four piece outfit featuring kev carlisle, phil d'alton, ger gormley and walter thee goon. The album features a collection of melodic and very catchy alt rock sounds ranging from rootsy rock tinged ballads to some truly rocking indie vibes. Its got a lovely folky pop kind of feel about it from time to time. At time reminscent to the likes of the pixies or sugar with the quieter tunes reminding me of belle and sebastian [just a bit]. Comes in a three part foldout card sleeve. March 2010-Cd-Jsc-€12.99

Regan, fionn-The shadow of an empire-The second album from irish singer songwriter fionn regan and the long awaited follow up to the end of history from 2007. The album was pretty much recorded and produced by regan himself this time, recorded at his own studios in wicklow. Its a slightly more robust rootsy rock kind of album compared to his folky debut, it pretty much features a full band throughout giving the album a more full sound overall. Its the kind of thing that falls somewhere between dylans early foray into electric folk and the rootsy americana of ryan adams. March 2010-Cd-Heave ho-€13.99

Worrall, george-Action not progress-Eleven track debut album from this irish folk / blues singer songwriter, released on his own label. The album features eleven beautifully sparse traditional sounding folk / blues songs. Its almost like a mix of the traditional sounds of robert johnson and the more minimal vibes of someone like john fahey. There is a beautiful sparse kind of atmosphere about the album, its pretty much just one man and his guitar throughout. March 2010-Cd-Own label-€5.99

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Callahan, bill-Rough travel for a rare thing [this album is released on the 12th of march]-Limited edition vinyl only release from bill callahan [aka smog]. The album is limited to only 500 copies on vinyl, there will be no cd release of this album. Its a double vinyl pressing and features live versions of our anniversary, diamond dancer, bowery, held, say valley maker, in the pines, cold blooded old times, rock bottom riser, let me see the colts, the well and bathysphere. The album was recorded live in melbourne in november of 2007 and features some gems from the smog back catalogue along with a few from his solo album woke in a whaleheart.-Lp-Sea note-€17.99

Long, vyvienne-Caterpillar sarabande [this album is released on the 12th of march]-Finally the debut full length album from irish singer / cellist vyvienne long. The much awaited follow up to her mini album birdtalk from 2006. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the by now famous track happy thoughts [featured on a recent tv advert]. Before going solo vyvienne is probably best known for her work with damien rice [both in the studio and live]. She seems to have been born with talent oozing from every finger, add that to the voice of an angel and you have one very very talented individual. She is probably best known for her cello work but she is also a mean piano player as you will her on several track on the album. The album features a truly beautiful mix of sultry chamber pop, kooky folk and string led laid back summery pop sounds. There are elements of the kind of kooky pop of the likes of either kate bush or bjork but this woman does have her own distinctive take on this kind of string led pop vibe. Its beautifully dramatic at times with extra added strings just adding to the overall orchestral feel to the album. Its definitely something a bit different to the general singer songwriter sound and a real understated gem it is too. The album comes superbly packaged in a lovely heavy card gatefold sleeve. - special preorder price, the album will normally retail at €18.99-Cd-Vivs music-€14.99

Pavement-Quarantine the past [this album will be in stock on the 12th of march]-To longtime pavement fans a best of this band would include pretty much everything in their back catalogue, so the band have made your job easier by selecting their own personal favourite tracks for this wonderful 23 track collection. The band have recently returned from long time hibernation and are about to embark on a long awaited reunion tour. All the tracks for this new collection have been lovingly remastered and are all chosen by the band themselves. The album features a collection of classic singles, album tracks, early tracks and one rare obscure compilation track. These guys need little by way of introduction from me, but suffice to say they are quite possible one of the best [and most influential] indie rock bands to ever walk this planet. The full tracklisting for the album is gold soundz, frontwards, mellow jazz docent, stereo, in the mouth a desert, two states, cut your hair, shady lane / j vs s, here, unfair, grounded, summer babe [winter version], range life, date [w ikea], debris slide, shoot the singer [1 sick verse], spit on a stranger, heaven is a truck, trigger cut / wounded kite at 17, embassy row, box elder, unseen power of the picket fence and fight this generation. This vinyl version comes pressed on double vinyl and comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album.-2lp-Domino-€15.99

White stripes-Under great northern lights [this album is released on the 12th of march]-In the summer of 2007 the white stripes embarked on a cross country canadian tour to accomplish their goal of performing in every province and territory across the expansive northern nation. Presented here is a unique documentation of that journey, providing a fascinating look into the on and off stage lives of the white stripes. The film first premiered at the toronto film festival in september 2009 and features a host of live performances ranging from traditional venues to all manner of strange locations including a bowling alley, a boat and a city bus. The album comes packaged with the film on dvd and also has a 16 track live cd featuring the bands highlights from the tour. The cd features lets shake hands, black math, little ghost, blue orchid, the union forever, ball and biscuit, icky thump, im slowly turning into you, jolene, 300 mph torrential outpour blues, we are going to be friends, i just dont know what to do with myself, prickly thorn but sweetly worn, fell in love with a girl, when i hear my name and seven nation army.-2cd-Xl-€14.99

White stripes-Under great northern lights [this album is released on the 12th of march]-In the summer of 2007 the white stripes embarked on a cross country canadian tour to accomplish their goal of performing in every province and territory across the expansive northern nation. The film first premiered at the toronto film festival in september 2009 and features a host of live performances ranging from traditional venues to all manner of strange locations including a bowling alley, a boat and a city bus. The tracks featured here are all taken from the film of the same name and feature some of the bands highlights from the tour. Limited edition double vinyl pressing, comes in a gatefold sleeve and is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. The album features a total of 16 tracks recorded live in canada in 2007. The album features lets shake hands, black math, little ghost, blue orchid, the union forever, ball and biscuit, icky thump, im slowly turning into you, jolene, 300 mph torrential outpour blues, we are going to be friends, i just dont know what to do with myself, prickly thorn but sweetly worn, fell in love with a girl, when i hear my name and seven nation army.-2lp-Xl-€17.99

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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

Beach house-Teen dream-Teen dream is the third album from this baltimore based outfit and the long awaited follow up to their stunning album devotion from 2008. The album was recorded in upstate new york in an old converted church called dreamland and was produced by chris coady [he has worked with the likes of tv on the radio, blonde redhead and yeah yeah yeahs]. It may only be january but this is an early contender already for the most beautiful / lush album of the year so far. The album carries on the folky americana themes of devotion and takes them to a whole new level, its a beautifully loose collection of sounds, full of spooky atmospherics which may have something to do with recording in a church. Its a truly amazing meeting of old and new sounds, rustic slide guitar seemlessly blending with the kind of woozy backwards guitars that my bloody valentine would be proud of. Its downbeat, intimate and truly expansive at the same time with an atmosphere that kind of reminds me a wee bit of mazzy star. If you liked devotion then prepared to be totally blown away by this one. January 2010-Cd-Bella union-€17.99

Bell x1-Flock-Album number 3 from dublin based outfit bell x1 and the follow up the music in mouth, features the single bigger than me and 10 other new tracks, tracklisting is reacharound, flame, rocky took a lover, he said she said, bad skin day, natalie, bigger than me, just like mr benn, my first born for a song, trampoline and lamposts, october 2005-Cd-Island-€10.99

Bell x1-Neither am i-The first bell x1 album finally available again, originally released in 2000 on the universal label, now available at mid price, features pinball machine, the money, man on mir, volcano, slowset, godsong, blue rinse baby, offshore, beautiful madness, face, little sister and deep, 12 track album-Cd-Universal music-€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-€13.99

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-€11.99

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-€21.99

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-€13.99

Johnston, daniel-Yip jump music-Originally released way back in 1983 this is long considered to be johnstons first proper full length release. The album was recorded on a portable cassette player at his home in texas. The album has now been digitally remastered and also comes with new packaging including a large fold out poster with lyrics and daniel johnston sketches. One of the finest collections of lo fi outsider music evern recorded. August 2009-Cd-Feraltone-€12.99

Lindstromm and christabelle-Real life is no cool-Norwegian based producer hans-peter lindstromm teams up with vocalist christabelle [aka isabell h sandoo] for this collection of totally sultry electro pop and funky late night disco sounds on the smalltown supersounds label. Its full of throbbing electro pop and seventies like disco vibes overlayed with christabelles sultry and oh so soulful vocals. A collection of highly hypnotic modern pop sounds. 2009-Cd-Smalltown supersounds-€12.99

Low anthem-Oh my god charlie darwin-The second full length album from the low anthem and their first for their new label bella union. The album features a rather beautiful collection of laid back rootsy folk sounds and the odd bit of full on barroom rootsy rock n roll. Its a hauntingly intimate collection of mostly acoustic based sounds with some lovely slide guitar and fiddle action. The album has a lovely rustic feel about it with some gentle country vibes comparable to the likes of whiskeytown and the alt country scene that followed them. Its also got hints of the likes of red house painters, my morning jacket and even elliott smith. Its one of those rare quiet gems thats both perfectly sombre and strangely uplifting at the same time. Comes in a lovely card gatefold sleeve. June 2009-Cd-Bella union-€13.99

May, imelda-Love tattoo [special irish only double cd version]-The debut album from this irish born rockabilly singer on the ambassador records label. The album features ten self penned tracks along with covers of wild about my lovin and its your voodoo working. This is some classic old school fifties rockabilly peppered with lots of early jazzy influences. Sounding a bit like wanda jackson fronting bill haleys band with just the odd hint of fourties jazz and some lovely sleazy burlesque influences. Features some totally rocking sounds along with the odd bit of late night jazz. This new version is an exclusive irish only release. Comes with a limited edition eight track live album.-Cd-Blue thumb records-€12.99

Midlake-The courage of others [limited 180 gram vinyl]-Midlake return with their first new full length album since the trial of van occupanther back in 2006. Its their third album to date and a darker more slow affair compared to their last outing [also on the bella union label]. The band features regular members tim smith, eric pulido, eric nichelson, paul alexander and mckenzie. Joining them on the album are stephanie dosen on vocals, max townsley on guitar, jesse chandler on harpsichord and fiona brice on violin. This is definitely an album that owes a fair bit to both the english psychedelic folk sound of the seventies and late sixties woodstock era folk rock thing. Its an album of both early folk / country rock and classic psychedelic folk. Its full of beautifully mellow, laid back hazy folk sounds with a lovely kind of loose campfire feel about it. There is also still plenty of that neil young like vibe carried on from their last outing, its a perfect blend of electric and acoustic sounds. I think long time fans will simply adore this one and they may well have won over a few new fans, particularly those who like their alt folk and rootsy americana. Limited edition 180 gram vinyl pressing. January 2010-Lp-Bella union-€20.99

Orchestre poly-rythmo de cotonou-Echos hypnotiques volume two [from the vaults of albarika store 1969 to 1979]-The second in a series of truly stunning recordings from this soul / funk collective from benin in africa. Released on the archive based analog africa label the album features an truly awesome collection of sounds from one of benins finest hidden secrets. Blending traditional vodoun rhythms to funk, salsa, soul and afro-beat. Sounds a little like some heavenly meeting of fela kuti, james brown and funkadelic. Its the most hypnotic kind of african soul / funk you are ever likely to hear featuring some truly stunning guitar interplay and sweet soul vocals. Complete with several brass and persussion members this is big band funk / soul at its very very finest. The album comes packaged in a deluxe card box with a massive 44 page full colour book featuring detailed liner notes and plenty of cool photos from the seventies. 2009-Cd-Analog africa-€18.99

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-€13.99

Soft pack-The soft pack-The debut album from this san diego based garage rock outfit formerly known as the muslims. The album features ten short sharp blasts of old school garage rock meets the early punk rock sounds of the seventies. Its full of fuzzed up and extremely catchy punk pop sounds, imagine the modern lovers fronted by iggy pop on a slighly more sixties garage pop like trip. I have to admit i am totally loving this album at the moment, its full of sunshine tinged garage rock and thats always good in my world. Its the kind of album i would imagine billy childish would have made had he been born near a beach in california. Clocking in at just over 32 minutes you just want to keep hitting the repeat button after each listen. January 2010-Cd-Heavenly recordings-€17.99

Soft pack-The soft pack-The debut album from this san diego based garage rock outfit formerly known as the muslims. The album features ten short sharp blasts of old school garage rock meets the early punk rock sounds of the seventies. Its full of fuzzed up and extremely catchy punk pop sounds, imagine the modern lovers fronted by iggy pop on a slighly more sixties garage pop like trip. I have to admit i am totally loving this album at the moment, its full of sunshine tinged garage rock and thats always good in my world. Its the kind of album i would imagine billy childish would have made had he been born near a beach in california. Clocking in at just over 32 minutes you just want to keep hitting the repeat button after each listen. January 2010-Lp-Heavenly recordings-€22.99

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-€17.99

Wavves-Wavvves-Wavves return with a blistering new collection of the most fuzzed up garage rock you are likely to hear all year round. The album, without the fuzz, kind of reminds of the mighty sounds of the pixies meets yo la tengo in a slightly garage rock style. What wavves then do to what is actually quite a catchy collection of songs is feed absolutely everything through the biggest fuzzbox imagineable. The end result is like some totally lo fi bedroom take on the beach boys meets the pixies recorded onto a cheap dictaphone cassette. After a few listens the noise becomes less obvious and you realise there are some truly awesome indie rock songs hidden underneath. Its kind of like hearing psychocandy by the jesus and mary chain all over again. Fans of yo la tengo and the pixies should give this one a bit of time. This version on the bella union label also comes with two extra bonus tracks. July 2009-Cd-Bella union-€13.99

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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.
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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. Join up now and you can order by either email or phone.
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Ordering Service – We can now offer you our new special ordering facility. We try to keep the catalogue down to items we have in stock in the store so we can supply your mail order as quickly as possible, but due to that there will always be titles not on the site that we can get in stock. If there is something you are looking for that you don't see on the catalogue, chances are we can order it in for you. If you would like us to order something in for you simply fill in the form on the website. We will get back to you and let you know how long it will take (normally only takes a week or so) and if that suits we can then place the order for you. Please understand that we cannot get rarities, deleted items or rare singles no longer in print. You can access the order form at - http://www.roadrecs.com/order.php.
This service is completely free of charge, you only pay the price of the record, nothing else.
Happy Shopping !
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Don’t forget we now carry a huge range of early Folk, Roots, Blues and Country titles which will be mixed in with all the other stock
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We are so modern around here and just to prove it you can now follow us on Twitter.
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Our website will now be updated every day now. We are going to keep the mailout to once a week, but if you want to check on stock coming in midweek then please check out the webpage for any early arrivals.
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Ticket Sales (Along with our usual list of tickets on sale here in the store we are also an official outlet for tickets.ie, anything you see listed on their site is available to purchase in the store)
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