Road Records

Stage times for tonights show

2010-09-10T04:21:00.000-07:00

doors 20.00
Road dj's 20- 20.30
Cian Nugent 20.30-21.00
road dj's /changeover 21.00- 21.15
Patrick Kelleher 21.15. - 21.45
Road dj's /Changeover 21.45-22.00
Legion Of Two 22.00- 22.45.
Road Dj's /Changeover 22.45- 23.00
Female Hercules 23.00- 23.45
Changeover/dj's 23.45-00.00
Redneck Manifesto 00.00 followed by Road Dj's till 2.30

Please note - tickets will also be available on the door tonight

Road Records Farewell Party

2010-08-31T02:15:00.000-07:00

So a bit of good news for you from Road Records for a change.
It’s been a month now since we closed down the store, we are beginning to get used to life without the shop, still missing it like crazy to be honest but unfortunately neither of us can turn back time.

Before I let you read on I really must thank all the people at U:mack for their amazing efforts in putting this show together for us, trust me they have done literally everything on our behalf. It should be a real blast, Julie and myself will even consider spinning a few old gems on the night at some point.

U:mack present
Road Records Farewell Party

Featuring:
The Redneck Manifesto
Female Hercules
Legion Of Two
Patrick Kelleher and his Cold Dead Hands
Cian Nugent
& Road Records DJ’s
The Button Factory
Friday Sept. 10 2010
Doors 8pm till late
Tickets €16 From City Discs, Sound Cellar & online at www.tickets.ie/umack

On Friday, September 10th, U:mack are throwing a farewell party for Road Records. The Dublin record shop, which closed down last month, was an integral part of the Dublin underground music scene, and this night is an opportunity for bands, customers and the shops staff to come together for a massive goodbye party. It’s sad the shop has closed, but this party is going to be a lot of fun. Please come and help us send the guys off in style. The line up is awesome, and the party will run for 8pm until late. Thanks to Tickets.ie who will not be taking a booking fee for this event.

THE REDNECK MANIFESTO
Top of the shop’s staff wish list for this event, we’re delighted to have Ireland’s finest, The Rednecks headline the party. Their latest album ”Friendship”, released in March this year is by far the bands finest release to date. The band play the Electric Picnic the weekend before (Sept 3-Sept 5).

FEMALE HERCULES
Nineties Garage rock sensation Female Hercules make a very, very special one off reformation for this event. Always a serious party band, it’s a pleasure to have them on board. They’ll be joined on keyboards by John Hegarty, and on screeching lead guitar by rock n’ roll wild man, Moutpiece’s Gaz Le Rock.

LEGION OF TWO
Legion of Two is the latest project from Alan O'Boyle of Decal, where he is joined by veteran Dublin drummer David Lacey. Although Alan's work in Decal has always been notably eclectic, Legion of Two is far heavier than any of his previous work. Menacing loops ride huge waves of feedback, sounding like Black Flag riffs if Greg Ginn had been kicked out of the band and replaced by John Carpenter. Huge bass pulsates in precession with David Lacey's incredible pounding drumming locking into a room shaking Jesus Lizard style pounding groove.

PATRICK KELLEHER AND HIS COLD DEAD HANDS
Another staff favorite in Road, Patrick Kelleher’s music varies from brooding, tense electronica to jaunty acoustica to 8-bit dance-floor ditties to evocative, experimental pop but always with a twist of something ethereal or idiosyncratic.

CIAN NUGENT
21 year old virtuoso guitarist Cian Nugent is the most exciting new act to appear on the Irish music scene in recent years. Combining modern classical with Appalachian string band music, his music boasts an orchestrated and fully instrumented sound that is playful and eerie at the same time.

Road Records is closing down

2010-07-14T08:01:00.000-07:00

How do I begin a piece like this, without repeating everything I wrote nearly two years ago now.

I suppose I would have to say its with great sadness to inform you we are finally closing the doors of Road Records.
Its been a difficult two years since we first faced the prospects of closure and we have literally worked night and day to try and see if we could save the shop and make it a viable business again. The current economic situation in this country added to the many problems we faced in the past have finally caught up with us and we can no longer sustain this little shop.
This time, I am sad to say, there is no alternative for us, we have literally tried everything in our powers to keep this place operating and nothing has worked for us. It hasn’t been an easy decision to make, if anything its even more difficult than two years ago, we have had amazing support from people but nothing we do seems to work anymore.
With debts beginning to build again Julie and myself have finally decided that we cannot take any more risks personally and before things get any worse we will have to finally walk away from the shop for the last time.

I have to say I still have no regrets about the last 13 years, its been a real blast and a pleasure to be here over the years. We have met some amazing people and have become friends with some truly amazing bands. The level of support we have received since last year has been truly mindblowing but so much has changed economically since then that its just not possible to sustain such a small record shop like this anymore.

I am not going to give out about the music business this time around, its just one of those things and we have finally come to a stage where I think the days of the small indie store are numbered. It’s sad to have to admit that but this time I think its true, we can’t blame digital sales, illegal downloading etc, the world is a changing place and I can’t see any room in it for kooky little indie stores like ourselves.

We will be starting our closing down sale this Saturday [17th July] and everything will be on sale at a 25% reduction. We will be open for just one more week after that with the final day being Saturday 24th of July. Literally everything will be going on sale so if you want to pick up a cheap stereo, cash register or stapler, then do drop in.

We would both like to thank each and everyone of you for your support over the years, maybe we will catch up at some point in the future.

We would also like to thank all our wonderful staff from the last 14 years, in person they are – Dylan, Jonny, Jimmy, Gib, Colm, John, Chip and Aengus.

As for what we will do next, the honest answer is we really don’t know, hopefully we can pay off any debts we have and then at least we have a beautiful little baby boy to try and put a smile back on our faces.

Thanks & Adios
Dave and Julie

Road Records newsletter June 3rd 2010

2010-06-03T11:19:00.000-07:00

Welcome to this weeks Road Records newsletter.

Another week and another which album will we pick as album of the week dilemma.
This week I have delegated the responsibily to Dylan, simply because I am useless at making decisions.
So to make a very long story short we have picked Here We Go Magic as this weeks album of the week here in the shop, Ariel Pink did come a very very close second but we have to respect the final decision made by Dylan. In fairness, both albums took me a few listens to really get into them but once they clicked with me I have to say I am truly loving both, sometimes I think the best albums don’t click the very first time you hear them. I am not even going to try and describe Here We Go Magic again, read the review and maybe have a listen for yourselves, I think you will enjoy it. The album is on special offer this week for only €12.99 so hopefully that will help with your decision to take a chance on it. We will have vinyl copies of the album in stock later today.
The Ariel Pink album is on special offer this week also, the cd is only €12.99 and the vinyl is €13.99.
The new Ash 7” is now in stock, we are up to the letter R now.
New album from Blitzen Trapper just out today on Sub Pop, its only €13.99 on cd and we should have some vinyl for you by next weekend.
A couple of early gems from avant rock noisemakers Dead C just reissued on vinyl this week and while I’m on the subject of classic vinyl reissues you should check out the first two Soft Machine albums, back in print on vinyl again at last.
Irish band Dark Room Notes have just re-released their debut full length album, the album has now been remastered and also comes on vinyl for the very first time.
Nice new Field Music 7” just in stock today featuring a cover of “Terrapin” by Syd Barrett on the flip side.
The recent Sage Francis album is now in stock on vinyl and comes with a download coupon.
The truly awesome Melvins are back with a brand new album this week, so far its on cd only, sorry folks but it looks like there is no vinyl pressing for this yet.
The rather lovely new Nina Nastasia album is on special offer this week on cd for only €12.99.
Brendan Perrry, he of Dead Can Dance fame, is back with his second solo album to date.
The Pierced Arrows album is now in stock on vinyl, if you are a Dead Moon fan then check this one out immediately.
A couple of nice new stoner rock albums out this week. First up is the new Mount Carmel album, reminding me of the Black Keys on a slightly more laid back buzz. And then there is the slightly more psyche tinged sounds of Sleepy Sun. Both come highly recommended by our stoner rock correspondent [that would be me].
Fans of classic early 70’s Afrobeat should check out the truly amazing reissue on the Soundway label by Ghanian outfit Sweet Talks.
The last in the series of five chronological collections from Hank Williams has just arrived in this week, another sweet gem on heavyweight vinyl featuring recordings made between 1950 and 1951.
I have already mentioned Soft Machine so I will also point you in the direction of the reissue of Robert Wyatt’s “His Greatest Misses” album on the Domino label. Worth it alone just for the version of Shipbuilding.

Right, thats it for another week, just want to say thanks to Dylan for picking album of the week this week and I hope you like his choice, can’t wait to see what he picks the week the Dinah Brand album comes out.

Adios

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Album Of The Week
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Here we go magic-Pigeons-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label. The first album was much more of a one man in his bedroom style affair compared to this full blown band affair. The sounds on this one are much more expansive and full but it still retains that kind of hypnotic almost krautrock pop like feel. Its an album of ever changing moods and sounds, at times sounding like some kind of krautrock / synth pop hybrid with elements of intricate post rock guitars before then heading into a beautiful lush world of almost space rock like ambience. There are also odd hints at something that would best be described as electronic punk funk, its kind of almost new wave but with a much more synth like slant to it. And then just to confuse you even more, by the time you hit the middle of this album you get a totally guitar led track that could easily be some long lost galaxie 500 outtake. I have to say i love when an album like this arrives in the shop, it genuinely refuses to be pigeonholed in any way, hence the title maybe and thats always a good thing in my opinion. Go ask your local shop if they have anything in the futuristic psyche pop no wave punk funk krautrock genre and they will finally be able to furnish you with a gem of a new album. June 2010-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99

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The Weekly Specials
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Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals]. This sounds very much like the first fully fledged all band affair, its a much bigger and maybe more cohesive sounding affair compared to some of the earlier lo fi bedroom style recordings. This is in fact a collection of purely blissful and very lush psychedelic pop sounds, try to imagine if the beach boys were around in the mid eighties making radio friendly pop music, then add in a healthy dose of psychedelia. Its infectiously catchy stuff, full of clever samples and all manner of studio trickery to tie it all together so well. At times you kind of get the feeling you have just tuned into some retro rock radio station, the sounds do actually change that much from track to track. There are some wonderful guitar driven seventies like tunes mingling in here amongst the more eighties like sounds. I can only presume calling the album before today has something to do with the overall retro like vibe going on. June 2010-Cd-4ad-€12.99

Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals]. This sounds very much like the first fully fledged all band affair, its a much bigger and maybe more cohesive sounding affair compared to some of the earlier lo fi bedroom style recordings. This is in fact a collection of purely blissful and very lush psychedelic pop sounds, try to imagine if the beach boys were around in the mid eighties making radio friendly pop music, then add in a healthy dose of psychedelia. Its infectiously catchy stuff, full of clever samples and all manner of studio trickery to tie it all together so well. At times you kind of get the feeling you have just tuned into some retro rock radio station, the sounds do actually change that much from track to track. There are some wonderful guitar driven seventies like tunes mingling in here amongst the more eighties like sounds. I can only presume calling the album before today has something to do with the overall retro like vibe going on. June 2010-Lp-4ad-€13.99

Blitzen trapper-Destroyer of the void-Blitzen trapper return with their fifth full length album, recorded in portland and released again on the sub pop label. The album features string arrangements by peter broderick and sister heather woods broderick. The album also features a guest vocal from singer alela diane on one track. The album features another lovely journey into the world of americana and american rootsy rock music, both old and new, with a bit of everything from country rock to some slightly more psyche tinged folk rock. Think of a slighly psyche tinged neil young, bob dylan, ryan adams, wilco and uncle tupelo. June 2010-Cd-Sub pop-€13.99

Here we go magic-Pigeons-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label. The first album was much more of a one man in his bedroom style affair compared to this full blown band affair. The sounds on this one are much more expansive and full but it still retains that kind of hypnotic almost krautrock pop like feel. Its an album of ever changing moods and sounds, at times sounding like some kind of krautrock / synth pop hybrid with elements of intricate post rock guitars before then heading into a beautiful lush world of almost space rock like ambience. There are also odd hints at something that would best be described as electronic punk funk, its kind of almost new wave but with a much more synth like slant to it. And then just to confuse you even more, by the time you hit the middle of this album you get a totally guitar led track that could easily be some long lost galaxie 500 outtake. I have to say i love when an album like this arrives in the shop, it genuinely refuses to be pigeonholed in any way, hence the title maybe and thats always a good thing in my opinion. Go ask your local shop if they have anything in the futuristic psyche pop no wave punk funk krautrock genre and they will finally be able to furnish you with a gem of a new album. June 2010-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99

Nastasia, nina-Outlaster-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise]. The album features a truly beautiful collection of sombre orchestral folk sounds, full of quirky almost psyche folk like influences. Its got a bit of the drama of early joanna newsom, the sparse folk of cat power and some of the haunting darkness of marissa nadler. This is definitely one for a quiet dark evening. June 2010-Cd-Fat cat-€12.99

Peter wolf crier-Inter-be-Inter-be is the debut album from this minneapolis based duo featuring peter pisano and brian moen. Pisano is a former member of wisconsin based quartet wars of 1812 whilst drummer brian moen was involved with laarks and amateur love. The album features a lovely rustic collection of folk based sounds, when i say folk we are dealing in the kind of area occupied by the likes of bon iver, fleet foxes etc. Its totally rustic folk but with wholly modern twist, including military like bass drum sounds and all manner of post rock like guitar picking action. June 2010-Cd-Jag jaguwar-€11.99

Peter wolf crier-Inter-be [with download coupon]-Inter-be is the debut album from this minneapolis based duo featuring peter pisano and brian moen. Pisano is a former member of wisconsin based quartet wars of 1812 whilst drummer brian moen was involved with laarks and amateur love. The album features a lovely rustic collection of folk based sounds, when i say folk we are dealing in the kind of area occupied by the likes of bon iver, fleet foxes etc. Its totally rustic folk but with wholly modern twist, including military like bass drum sounds and all manner of post rock like guitar picking action. The album comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. June 2010-Lp-Jag jaguwar-€12.99

Psychedelic sounds of sonic cathedral-Various artists [a tribute to roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators]-An all star tribute to psychedelic legend roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators. The album features 13 exclusive cover versions by many friends and associates of sonic cathedral including the black angels [featuring roky himself], dead meadows, darker my love, a place to bury strangers, sarabeth tucek, le volume courbe [featuring kevin shields from my bloody valentine], cheval sombre [featuring sonic boom], black acid [new band formed by richard fearless from death in vegas], the strange attractors, all the saints, lower heaven, hush arbors and i break horses. June 2010-Cd-Sonic cathedral-€10.99

Ratatat-Lp4-Rather cleverly named lp4, as its their fourth album for the xl label. Rumour has it that a lot of these tracks were first conceived around the same time as the recording of their previous album [lp3] back in 2008 and in fairness it does sound like the perfect continuation of the electronic funk sounds of their last offering. This twelve track collection of instrumentals features all manner of electronic funk sounds going right back to the early days of disco whilst also taking in a bit of electro pop and glam funk along the way. Its pure good time party music. June 2010-Cd-Xl-€13.99
Ratatat-Lp4-Rather cleverly named lp4, as its their fourth album for the xl label. Rumour has it that a lot of these tracks were first conceived around the same time as the recording of their previous album [lp3] back in 2008 and in fairness it does sound like the perfect continuation of the electronic funk sounds of their last offering. This twelve track collection of instrumentals features all manner of electronic funk sounds going right back to the early days of disco whilst also taking in a bit of electro pop and glam funk along the way. Its pure good time party music. Comes in a gatefold sleeve. June 2010-Lp-Xl-€14.99

Sartain, dan-Dan sartain lives-Dan sartain returns with his brand new album, recorded in the highly respected toe rag studios in london with the now legendary producer liam watson, giving everything that lovely warm authentic analog kind of vibe. Its a wondeful collection of retro like laid back rockabilly influenced sounds, featuring lots of voodoo like garage pop and link wray tinged sixties surf pop. Its wonderfully sleazy collection of laid back grooves with hints of everything from jon spencer to the dirtbombs to the oblivions. Fans of modern garage rock and surf tinged alt rock will be in heaven when they hear this, highly recommended to fans of billy childish, holly golightly, swamp rock, fifties rockabilly and sixties garage pop. June 2010-Cd-One little indian-€12.99

Weaver, jane-The fallen by watchbird-Brand new conceptual pop project fronted by jane weaver of misty dixon. The album features a rare appearence from wendy & bonnie [harmonic creators of sixties psyche teen pop rarity genesis], lisa jen [welsh folk singer and voice of candylion by gruff rhys], susan christie [philadelphian teen pop starlet from the late sixties], traditional bosnian singer behar and members of misty dixon. Its jane weavers fifth solo album and is released on finders keepers offshoot label bird records. Its a rather beautiful and strange collection of psychedelic electronic tinged folk pop sounds. Its haunting and ethereal but somewhat catchy at the same time, kind of reminds me of espers on a slightly more twee psyche pop buzz. June 2010-Cd-Finders keepers-€13.99

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New In This Week
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Angola prisoners blues-Various artists [180 gram vinyl]-Collection of material recorded by harry oster in the fifties at state prison in angoloa [louisiana]. These songs originally appeared on the cd only collection of the same name on the arhoolie label, but this stripped down version is the first time these tracks have been available on vinyl in many years. The original collection on arhoolie featured a total of 20 tracks recorded by oster at the prison, this vinyl release features just nine of those tracks and concentrates on the recordings of just three of those prisoners. The real gem of the pack are the four tracks from the legendary robert pete williams, after his release he went on to have a fairly successful career on the folk circuit in the 60's and 70's. The album also featues cuts from matthew maxey and robert guitar welch. The album comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Comes with a printed inner sleeve featuring lyrics for all the tracks and recording details. The album also features detailed liner notes by harry oster himself on the back of the sleeve. June 2010-Lp-Doxy-€15.99

Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals]. This sounds very much like the first fully fledged all band affair, its a much bigger and maybe more cohesive sounding affair compared to some of the earlier lo fi bedroom style recordings. This is in fact a collection of purely blissful and very lush psychedelic pop sounds, try to imagine if the beach boys were around in the mid eighties making radio friendly pop music, then add in a healthy dose of psychedelia. Its infectiously catchy stuff, full of clever samples and all manner of studio trickery to tie it all together so well. At times you kind of get the feeling you have just tuned into some retro rock radio station, the sounds do actually change that much from track to track. There are some wonderful guitar driven seventies like tunes mingling in here amongst the more eighties like sounds. I can only presume calling the album before today has something to do with the overall retro like vibe going on. June 2010-Cd-4ad-€12.99

Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals]. This sounds very much like the first fully fledged all band affair, its a much bigger and maybe more cohesive sounding affair compared to some of the earlier lo fi bedroom style recordings. This is in fact a collection of purely blissful and very lush psychedelic pop sounds, try to imagine if the beach boys were around in the mid eighties making radio friendly pop music, then add in a healthy dose of psychedelia. Its infectiously catchy stuff, full of clever samples and all manner of studio trickery to tie it all together so well. At times you kind of get the feeling you have just tuned into some retro rock radio station, the sounds do actually change that much from track to track. There are some wonderful guitar driven seventies like tunes mingling in here amongst the more eighties like sounds. I can only presume calling the album before today has something to do with the overall retro like vibe going on. June 2010-Lp-4ad-€13.99

Ash-R [physical world]-Ok folks, we are now up to the letter r in the ash series of alphabetical releases, that means we have only eight more left after this. This one features a brand new track physical world and comes with a lovely limited etching on the flip side. Limited edition heavy vinyl pressing in a lovely lurid pink sleeve. June 2010-7"-Atomic heart records-€6.50

Blitzen trapper-Destroyer of the void-Blitzen trapper return with their fifth full length album, recorded in portland and released again on the sub pop label. The album features string arrangements by peter broderick and sister heather woods broderick. The album also features a guest vocal from singer alela diane on one track. The album features another lovely journey into the world of americana and american rootsy rock music, both old and new, with a bit of everything from country rock to some slightly more psyche tinged folk rock. Think of a slighly psyche tinged neil young, bob dylan, ryan adams, wilco and uncle tupelo. June 2010-Cd-Sub pop-€13.99

Bustin out-Volume two [1982 new wave to new beat]-The second in a series of themed compilations from the future noise label, concentrating on the development of sounds from early new wave / post punk into new beat and punk funk. This album features a total of fifteen gems from the period around 1982, its pretty much all dedicated to the more electronic based side of new wave. The album features a wonderful cross section of sounds going the pure disco funk of esg to much more hard hitting sounds of the likes of front 242. Joining both of these outfits on the compilation are kie krupps, klein and mbo, man parish, gary numan, mark stewart and the fammia, dub syndicate, benjamin lew and steven brown, shriekback, colourbox, afrika bambaataa and the soulsonic force, chrish and cosey, portion control and pylon. The album comes packaged with a detailed full colour booklet with liner notes by kris needs. June 2010-Cd-Future noise music-€15.99

Capitals, the-Take everything-The debut three track ep from this young new dublin based indie rock outfit. Featuring singer / bassist evan dempsey [16], guitarist mark ryan [16] and drummer glen guerin [15] these guys dish up an explosive and youthful take on classic indie rock and post punk sounds, imagine the strokes with a slightly more classic rock slant. May 2010-Cds-I-nv-u records-€4.99

Dark room notes-We love you dark matter [remastered]-The debut album from this irish based four piece. Follows on from a couple of superb singles in the last few years. Features the truly infectious single love like nicotine along with 9 other slightly dark edged new wave tunes. These guys have a bit of the synth pop of new order, the fuzzed up guitar rock of bloc party, the reverb laden sounds of the cure and plenty of late eighties new wave. The album features a perfect blend of electronic beats, lush synths, big heavy guitars and pulsating live drums. The album now comes reissued and remastered on the bbe label. The album also comes with brand new updated artwork, which is completely different to the origian version on the gonzo label. May 2010-Cd-Bbe-€11.99

Dark room notes-We love you dark matter [remastered]-The debut album from this irish based four piece. Follows on from a couple of superb singles in the last few years. Features the truly infectious single love like nicotine along with 9 other slightly dark edged new wave tunes. These guys have a bit of the synth pop of new order, the fuzzed up guitar rock of bloc party, the reverb laden sounds of the cure and plenty of late eighties new wave. The album features a perfect blend of electronic beats, lush synths, big heavy guitars and pulsating live drums. The album now comes reissued and remastered on the bbe label. Now also available for the very first time on vinyl. The album also comes with brand new updated artwork, which is completely different to the origian version on the gonzo label. May 2010-Lp-Bbe-€14.99

Dead c-Clyma est mort / tentative power [double vinyl with free cd]-Recorded live in their practice room in port chalmers way back in 1992. The album comes described as a live album on may blogs and websites but in truth the only other person there apart from the band was tom lax of siltbreeze, the band did record the album live but obviously without an audience. The album was originally released by the band themselves as a kind of fake bootleg. This new reissue of the album now comes with a bonus record featuring a collection of hard to find non album tracks. Its a wonderfully chaotic collection of psychedelic like avant rock jams, rumour has it these guys have never performed a song the same way twice and personally we love them. Double heavyweight vinyl pressing in a big ultra heavy card gatefold sleeve. The album also comes with a free bonus cd which features all the tracks from both records. June 2010-2lp-Ba da bing-€30.99

Dead c-Max harris-Max harris captures the first recordings the dead c ever made, way back in january 1987. These tracks were originally released on cassette tape in an edition of only 21, so this is the first official vinyl release of these tracks. To quote the stick on the sleeve this album features two epic versions of max harris that will screw your head to the floor. These guys are probably one of new zealands finest noise rock outfits, starting out in 1987 with these recordings they wen't on to influence many bands in both the psyche rock and no wave genre. The album comes with a download coupon featuring a full download of the entire album. June 2010-Lp-Ba da bing-€21.99

Field music-Lets write a book-The second single to be taken from their truly wondeful album field music [measure] from earlier this year. The flip side features a brand new and exlusive cover of syd barrets famous track terrapin. Limited to only 300 copies on 7 inch vinyl. June 2010-7"-Memphis industries-€4.50

Francis, sage-Life [with download coupon]-Sage francis returns with a brand new album on the anti label. I think it would be fair to say this man has always been pushing the boundaries of what hip hop can and should sound like, he has always been one to try and work with musicians from outside to genre to try and bend / blend the divisions between rock and hip hop. On this album francis has enlisted producer brian deck to blend it all together. Guest musicians / songwriters on the album include jim becker and tim rutili from chicago outfit califone, ex grandaddy frontman jason lytle, chris walla from death cab for cutie, mark linkous of sparklehorse, joey burns and john convertino from calexico and devotchka. The album is pressed on double vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve. Comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon too. June 2010-2lp-Anti-€17.99

Goldfrapp-Head first [with free cd]-Goldfrapp returns with her fifth studio album to date on the mute label. Its another pulsating collection of electro pop tinged modern pop sounds, full of eighties synth based influences and lots of ambient pop like touches along the way. Its probably one of her catchiest albums to date too, the album is brimming with nine infectious dreamy pop songs. It kind of hints at times like the meeting of human league and st etienne, full of sultry electro pop, both retro and modern at the same time. The album comes packaged with a giant foldout poster and a full copy of the album on cd inside the sleeve. Comes in a lovely gatefold sleeve too. May 2010-Lp-Mute-€19.99

Here we go magic-Pigeons-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label. The first album was much more of a one man in his bedroom style affair compared to this full blown band affair. The sounds on this one are much more expansive and full but it still retains that kind of hypnotic almost krautrock pop like feel. Its an album of ever changing moods and sounds, at times sounding like some kind of krautrock / synth pop hybrid with elements of intricate post rock guitars before then heading into a beautiful lush world of almost space rock like ambience. There are also odd hints at something that would best be described as electronic punk funk, its kind of almost new wave but with a much more synth like slant to it. And then just to confuse you even more, by the time you hit the middle of this album you get a totally guitar led track that could easily be some long lost galaxie 500 outtake. I have to say i love when an album like this arrives in the shop, it genuinely refuses to be pigeonholed in any way, hence the title maybe and thats always a good thing in my opinion. Go ask your local shop if they have anything in the futuristic psyche pop no wave punk funk krautrock genre and they will finally be able to furnish you with a gem of a new album. June 2010-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99

King, albert-Born under a bad sign-Originally released as a series of singles by the stax label in the mid sixties, these tracks were culled from several sessions that albert king cut for the stax label with their legendary house band booker t & the mg's. King signed for the stax label in 1966 and rapidly set about cutting these blistering soulful blues classics, pretty much every one a gem. The original album featured eleven tracks and this new reissue on the sundazed label comes with two extra bonus cuts. Comes with all the original artwork with liner notes by bill dahl. The album features born under a bad sign, crosscut saw, kansas city, oh pretty woman, down don't bother me, the hunter, funk-shun, i almost lost my mind, personal manager, laundromat blues, as they years go passing by, the very thought of you and overall junction.-Lp-Sundazed-€21.99

Lcd soundsystem-Drunk girls-Features drunk girls along with holy ghost remix on the flip side. The first single to be lifted from the brand new album this is happening. Its a big fuzzy guitar heavy slice of glam rock tinged electronic funk. Infectiously catchy stuff sounding like david bowie in a distincly lcd soundsytem mood. May 2010-12"-Dfa-€5.99

Lcd soundsystem-Drunk girls-Features drunk girls and drunk girls [wooden shjips version] on the flip side. The first single to be lifted from the brand new album this is happening. Its a big fuzzy guitar heavy slice of glam rock tinged electronic funk. Infectiously catchy stuff sounding like david bowie in a distincly lcd soundsytem mood. May 2010-7"-Dfa-€4.50

Mantler-Monody-The album features a roster of guest musicians including sandro perri, ben gunning [local rabbit], jennifer mecija and anissa hart [the ohbijou string section], ryan driver and marcus quin [silt], ernest agbuya and matias rozenberg [the matias band], sam allison and teilhard frost [sheesham and lotus] as well as longtime backing vocalist dennis frey. Mantler is also a member of the matias band. The album also features brass arrangements on two tracks by owen pallett [final fantasy]. Its an album of smooth mellow almost seventies like soul sounds with hints at the laid back jazz rock of the likes of steely dan. At times it kind of reminds me of john martyn jamming with stevie wonder, full of soulful hammond organ and folk / jazz like sunshine rock sounds. Its beautifully laid back stuff, this could be perfect driving music in an open top car on a beautiful sunny day, so you will get to play it once a year in this country. June 2010-Cd-Tomlab-€17.99

Mantler-Monody-The album features a roster of guest musicians including sandro perri, ben gunning [local rabbit], jennifer mecija and anissa hart [the ohbijou string section], ryan driver and marcus quin [silt], ernest agbuya and matias rozenberg [the matias band], sam allison and teilhard frost [sheesham and lotus] as well as longtime backing vocalist dennis frey. Mantler is also a member of the matias band. The album also features brass arrangements on two tracks by owen pallett [final fantasy]. Its an album of smooth mellow almost seventies like soul sounds with hints at the laid back jazz rock of the likes of steely dan. At times it kind of reminds me of john martyn jamming with stevie wonder, full of soulful hammond organ and folk / jazz like sunshine rock sounds. Its beautifully laid back stuff, this could be perfect driving music in an open top car on a beautiful sunny day, so you will get to play it once a year in this country. June 2010-Lp-Tomlab-€18.99

Mccook, tommy and the aggrovators-Brass rockers [king tubby and bunny lee presents]-Reissue of this classic 1975 set of tunes from the legendary tommy mccook. Featuring the awesome production skills of king tubby, under the guidance of bunny lee. Tommy mccook was at one time the mainman in the skatalites and later went on to join the supersonics. According to the man himself [bunny lee] tubby did three original dub albums with tommy mccook, the first two were dub from the roots and the roots of dub, this here being the third in that legendary trio. The album now comes pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Features a dancing dub, a version i can feel with love, a loving melody, the mighty gates of goza, bongo man dub, true believer in dubs, the duke of dubs, the big boss boss of dubs, behold dis ya dub of class, dance with me, a gigantic dub and the gorgon of dub horns. If nothing else its worth it just for the astonishing song titles, thankfully the music is pretty awesome too. June 2010-Lp-Jamaican recordings-€16.99

Melvins-Bride screamed murder-As a long time fan of psychedelic sludge rock, there is no greater feeling than a brand new melvins album arriving in the shop. This is their third so far since enlisting the help of jared warren and coady willis from big business, overall they must be hitting nearly 20 albums at this stage. You will be happy to hear its pretty much business as usual at melvins central, another superbly sludge like and dirty collection of psychedelic stoner rock sounds with lots of trademark twists and turns. There is even a strange call & response style thing going on that actually sounds a bit like adam and the ants, if they had been a bunch of filthy stoner rockers though. I suppose the track everybody will go wild for is the truly awesome eight minute cover of my generation [the who], barely recognizable apart from the lyrics. If you dont already love the melvins then may i suggest you start now. June 2010-Cd-Ipecac-€17.99

Monkees, the-Birds bees and monkees-Originally released in 1968, this was the fifth full length album by the monkees. This reissue on the sundazed label features the original twelve track album along with two bonus tracks. Features dream world, aunties municipal court, we were made for each other, tapioca tundra, daydream believer, writing wrongs, i'll be back up on my feet, the poster, po box 9847, magnolia simms, valleri, zor and zam along with the bonus tracks i'm gonna try [previously unissued] and po box 9847 [previously unissued alternate mix].-Lp-Sundazed-€21.99

Mount carmel-Mount carmel-Blues rock power trio on the siltbreeze label. Features matthew reed, patrick reed and kevin shubak. This is the debut full length album from this columbus based outfit, recorded entirely on old analog equipment. Its a wonderfully enjoyable forty minutes of fuzzed up blues rock sounds, think somebetween early zeppelin, black sabbath and the black keys with just a hint of the early stoner rock sounds of kyuss thrown in for extra heaviness. Theres a lovely retro kind of vibe from the album, its full of fuzzed up heavy guitar workouts and lots of laid back hazy psyche blues vibes. June 2010-Cd-Siltbreeze-€17.99

Mount carmel-Mount carmel-Blues rock power trio on the siltbreeze label. Features matthew reed, patrick reed and kevin shubak. This is the debut full length album from this columbus based outfit, recorded entirely on old analog equipment. Its a wonderfully enjoyable forty minutes of fuzzed up blues rock sounds, think somebetween early zeppelin, black sabbath and the black keys with just a hint of the early stoner rock sounds of kyuss thrown in for extra heaviness. Theres a lovely retro kind of vibe from the album, its full of fuzzed up heavy guitar workouts and lots of laid back hazy psyche blues vibes. June 2010-Lp-Siltbreeze-€22.99

Nastasia, nina-Outlaster-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise]. The album features a truly beautiful collection of sombre orchestral folk sounds, full of quirky almost psyche folk like influences. Its got a bit of the drama of early joanna newsom, the sparse folk of cat power and some of the haunting darkness of marissa nadler. This is definitely one for a quiet dark evening. June 2010-Cd-Fat cat-€12.99

Perry, brendan-Ark-If you are not a long time dead can dance fan you are probably thinking to yourself, brendan who. This man has been making records with lisa gerrard under the dead can dance name for nearly three decades now, in fact they are probably one of the biggest selling acts of all time on the legendary 4ad label. Thats the end of the history lesson about brendan perry, apart from the fact that this is only his second solo album to date and it was all recorded here in ireland [we think he still lives here, so we like to think of him as our own at this stage]. Perry does pretty much everything on the album, right down to recording and production. Its a wonderfully expansive collection of sounds, mostly synth and keyboard driven with a lovely kind of space like ambience about it at times. Some of the tracks are mildly reminscent of his work with dead can dance but this one has a somewhat dubby like overall feel about it. Its introspective and dark at times, in fairness what else did you expect. June 2010-Cd-Cooking vinyl-€16.99

Peter wolf crier-Inter-be-Inter-be is the debut album from this minneapolis based duo featuring peter pisano and brian moen. Pisano is a former member of wisconsin based quartet wars of 1812 whilst drummer brian moen was involved with laarks and amateur love. The album features a lovely rustic collection of folk based sounds, when i say folk we are dealing in the kind of area occupied by the likes of bon iver, fleet foxes etc. Its totally rustic folk but with wholly modern twist, including military like bass drum sounds and all manner of post rock like guitar picking action. June 2010-Cd-Jag jaguwar-€11.99
Peter wolf crier-Inter-be [with download coupon]-Inter-be is the debut album from this minneapolis based duo featuring peter pisano and brian moen. Pisano is a former member of wisconsin based quartet wars of 1812 whilst drummer brian moen was involved with laarks and amateur love. The album features a lovely rustic collection of folk based sounds, when i say folk we are dealing in the kind of area occupied by the likes of bon iver, fleet foxes etc. Its totally rustic folk but with wholly modern twist, including military like bass drum sounds and all manner of post rock like guitar picking action. The album comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. June 2010-Lp-Jag jaguwar-€12.99

Pierced arrows-Descending shadows [with download coupon]-Long time fans of cult outfit dead moon will probably be well aware that this new project features husband and wife team of fred and toody cole along with new recruit kelly halliburton. This is the second album that i am aware of from pierced arrows, their previous album straight to the heart came out in 2008. The album features a classically raw collection of primal garage punk sounds breaking into all manner of swampy blues likes dirges from time to time. Imagine the cramps jamming with the birthday party in some old dusty sixties garage rock basement. The album also comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. May 2010-Lp-Vice music-€21.99

Psychedelic sounds of sonic cathedral-Various artists [a tribute to roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators]-An all star tribute to psychedelic legend roky erickson and the 13th floor elevators. The album features 13 exclusive cover versions by many friends and associates of sonic cathedral including the black angels [featuring roky himself], dead meadows, darker my love, a place to bury strangers, sarabeth tucek, le volume courbe [featuring kevin shields from my bloody valentine], cheval sombre [featuring sonic boom], black acid [new band formed by richard fearless from death in vegas], the strange attractors, all the saints, lower heaven, hush arbors and i break horses. June 2010-Cd-Sonic cathedral-€10.99

Ratatat-Lp4-Rather cleverly named lp4, as its their fourth album for the xl label. Rumour has it that a lot of these tracks were first conceived around the same time as the recording of their previous album [lp3] back in 2008 and in fairness it does sound like the perfect continuation of the electronic funk sounds of their last offering. This twelve track collection of instrumentals features all manner of electronic funk sounds going right back to the early days of disco whilst also taking in a bit of electro pop and glam funk along the way. Its pure good time party music. June 2010-Cd-Xl-€13.99

Ratatat-Lp4-Rather cleverly named lp4, as its their fourth album for the xl label. Rumour has it that a lot of these tracks were first conceived around the same time as the recording of their previous album [lp3] back in 2008 and in fairness it does sound like the perfect continuation of the electronic funk sounds of their last offering. This twelve track collection of instrumentals features all manner of electronic funk sounds going right back to the early days of disco whilst also taking in a bit of electro pop and glam funk along the way. Its pure good time party music. Comes in a gatefold sleeve. June 2010-Lp-Xl-€14.99

Sartain, dan-Dan sartain lives-Dan sartain returns with his brand new album, recorded in the highly respected toe rag studios in london with the now legendary producer liam watson, giving everything that lovely warm authentic analog kind of vibe. Its a wondeful collection of retro like laid back rockabilly influenced sounds, featuring lots of voodoo like garage pop and link wray tinged sixties surf pop. Its wonderfully sleazy collection of laid back grooves with hints of everything from jon spencer to the dirtbombs to the oblivions. Fans of modern garage rock and surf tinged alt rock will be in heaven when they hear this, highly recommended to fans of billy childish, holly golightly, swamp rock, fifties rockabilly and sixties garage pop. June 2010-Cd-One little indian-€12.99

Shepp, archie-Blase-Originally released way back in 1969 on the byg label now reissued on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl in a big heavy card gatefold sleeve. The album features my angel, blase, the is a balm in gilead, sophisticated lady and toureg. Joing shepp on the recordings are jeanne lee [vocals], chicago beau [harmonica], julio finn [harmonica], dave burrell [piano], malachi favors [bass], philly joe jones [drums] and lester bowie [trumpet]. Recorded in paris on the 16th of august 1969.-Lp-Byg-€14.99

Silent league-But you've always been-The third album from this brooklyn based psyche pop outfit [how many of these exist at this stage]. The band features a collection of musicians who have also been known to moonlight in mercury rev, arcade fire, beirut and leisure society. The album features a collection of rather joyous sounding psyche pop sounds, at times sounding like elo given a bit of a synth pop overhaul. Its also full of lush orchestral pop sounds, a totally laid back lazy summery collection of songs with little hints of everything from arcade fire to flaming lips and even the beach boys. The album comes packaged with a bonus ten track remix cd. Comes in a lovely four part foldout card sleeve too. June 2010-2cd-Something in construction-€17.99

Sleepy sun-Fever-The follow up to their album embrace, also released on the atp label. Sleepy sun are a san franciscan based psyche rock outfit. These guys deal in the more laid back side of psyche rock calling to mind the sounds of black mountain or brightblack morning light. Its very much an album owing a lot to the hazy summer sounds of seventies psyche rock with sleepy sun adding just the odd hint of avant rock and wigged out blues. At times sounding like a slighly more avant rock led zeppelin meets the kind of sleepy desert rock of kyuss. With a name like sleepy sun they are probably one of the most aptly named bands, i can imagine listening to this on a hazy summers evening. June 2010-Cd-Atp recordings-€17.99

Sleepy sun-Fever [with download coupon]-The follow up to their album embrace, also released on the atp label. Sleepy sun are a san franciscan based psyche rock outfit. These guys deal in the more laid back side of psyche rock calling to mind the sounds of black mountain or brightblack morning light. Its very much an album owing a lot to the hazy summer sounds of seventies psyche rock with sleepy sun adding just the odd hint of avant rock and wigged out blues. At times sounding like a slighly more avant rock led zeppelin meets the kind of sleepy desert rock of kyuss. With a name like sleepy sun they are probably one of the most aptly named bands, i can imagine listening to this on a hazy summers evening. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl and also comes with a free download coupon. June 2010-Lp-Atp recordings-€16.99

Soft machine-Soft machine-This set of songs recorded as demos back in 1967 rather rapidly became packaged together and became the soft machines legendary debut full length album the following year. The album features the original three piece line-up of robert wyatt, mike ratledge and kevin ayers. Ayers was then replaced by bassist hugh hopper the following year for their second album [volume two]. The album features hope for happiness, joy for a toy, hope for happiness [reprise], why am i so short, so boot if at all, a certain kind, save yourself, priscilla, lullabye letter, we did it again, plus belle qu une poubelle, why are we sleeping and box 25/4 lid. This reissue now comes pressed on 180 gram vinyl and features a perfect replica of the original heavy card gatefold sleeve.-Lp-Tapestry-€19.99

Soft machine-Volume two-The title may give it away, but in case you haven't noticed this was the second soft machine album, released way back in 1969. Roy ayers had left the band at this stage to be replaced by bassist hugh hopper making up the trio with regulars robert wyatt and mike ratledge. The album now comes reissued on 180 gram vinyl and features all the original artwork. The album features pataphysical introduction part one, a concise british alphabet part one, hibou anemone and bear, a concise british alphabet part two, hulloder, dada was here, thank you pierrot lunaire, have you ever been green, pataphysical introduction part two, out of tunes, as long as he lies here perfectly still, dedicated to you but you weren't listening, fire engine passing with bells clanging, pig, orange skin food, a door opens & closes and 10 30 returns to the bedroom.-Lp-Probe records-€13.99

Sun ra-Disco 3000-Recorded live in italy in 1978 featuring a totally pared down quartet of sun ra [keys], john gilmore [tenor sax], michael ray [trumpet] and luqman ali [drums] with some assistance from crumar mainman [synthesizer / rhythm box]. The album features disco 3000, third planet, friendly galaxy and dance of the cosmo-aliens. Comes with liner notes by michael ray along with a short piece by chris trent on the printed inner sleeve.-Lp-Kindred spirits-€13.99

Sweet talks-Kusum beat-The soundway label returns with another superb collection of vintage afro jams. Sweet talk were huge stars in their native ghana and featured well known vocalist ab crentsil and veteran guitarist smart nkansah. The band were the brainchild of jonathan abraham, the manager of talk of the town, a popular hotel in the port town of tema which is located just outside ghanas capitol city accra. The band were assembled by abraham as the house band for the hotel and almost instantly amassed a huge following. Blissfully hypnotic afro beat sounds with just a hint of early disco and american funk. It may be nearly 40 years old but this quite easily become the soundtrack to the summer months. June 2010-Lp-Soundway-€18.99

Weaver, jane-The fallen by watchbird-Brand new conceptual pop project fronted by jane weaver of misty dixon. The album features a rare appearence from wendy & bonnie [harmonic creators of sixties psyche teen pop rarity genesis], lisa jen [welsh folk singer and voice of candylion by gruff rhys], susan christie [philadelphian teen pop starlet from the late sixties], traditional bosnian singer behar and members of misty dixon. Its jane weavers fifth solo album and is released on finders keepers offshoot label bird records. Its a rather beautiful and strange collection of psychedelic electronic tinged folk pop sounds. Its haunting and ethereal but somewhat catchy at the same time, kind of reminds me of espers on a slightly more twee psyche pop buzz. June 2010-Cd-Finders keepers-€13.99

Williams, hank-Ramblin man [180 gram vinyl]-This is the fifth and final release in a series of chronological releases from the doxy label by hank williams. The album comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Features a collection of 18 tracks in total, recorded between 1950 and 1951. The sessions were all recorded at castle studios in nashville, culled from six different sessions in total. The album features dear john, just waitin', men with broken hearts, i can't help it [if i'm still in love with you], howlin at the moon, hey good lookin, my heart would know, the pale horse and his rider, a home in heaven, ramblin man, pictures from lifes other side, i've been down that road before, i dreamt about mama last night, i heard that lonesome whistle, crazy heart, half as much, id still want you and baby we're really in love. May 2010-Lp-Doxy-€15.99

Wray, link-Jack the ripper-Long out of print and rare collections of singles from link wray, originally compiled way back in 1963. The album now comes perfectly reproduced on the sundazed label, remastered from the original swan mono master tapes. Features all the original artwork including a very very youthful looking photograph link wray on the back. The album features mr guitar, my beth, deacon jones, steep trap, cross ties, jack the ripper, fat back, run chicken run, dinosaur, big ben, mash potato party ahd his most famous track rumble. Originally reissued by sundazed label in 2005 and its finally back in print again on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl.-Lp-Sundazed-€21.99

Wyatt, robert-His greatest misses-Limited edition reissue on the domino label of this hard to find collection of rarities from robert wyatt. The album was originally released as a japanese import in 2004 but has been out of print for many years now. The album features a collection of seventeen gems from robert wyatts back catalogue, including the much sought after track shipbuilding. Along with this you also get pla, worship, heaps of sheeps, free will and testament, im a believer, sea song, little red robin hood hit the road, solar flares, at last i am free, arauco, the age of self, alien, memories of you, muddy mouse [b], mister e and foreign accents. The album comes in a lovely card gatefold sleeve. June 2010-Cd-Domino-€13.99

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Capitals, the-Take everything-The debut three track ep from this young new dublin based indie rock outfit. Featuring singer / bassist evan dempsey [16], guitarist mark ryan [16] and drummer glen guerin [15] these guys dish up an explosive and youthful take on classic indie rock and post punk sounds, imagine the strokes with a slightly more classic rock slant. May 2010-Cds-I-nv-u records-€4.99

Dark room notes-We love you dark matter [remastered]-The debut album from this irish based four piece. Follows on from a couple of superb singles in the last few years. Features the truly infectious single love like nicotine along with 9 other slightly dark edged new wave tunes. These guys have a bit of the synth pop of new order, the fuzzed up guitar rock of bloc party, the reverb laden sounds of the cure and plenty of late eighties new wave. The album features a perfect blend of electronic beats, lush synths, big heavy guitars and pulsating live drums. The album now comes reissued and remastered on the bbe label. The album also comes with brand new updated artwork, which is completely different to the origian version on the gonzo label. May 2010-Cd-Bbe-€11.99

Dark room notes-We love you dark matter [remastered]-The debut album from this irish based four piece. Follows on from a couple of superb singles in the last few years. Features the truly infectious single love like nicotine along with 9 other slightly dark edged new wave tunes. These guys have a bit of the synth pop of new order, the fuzzed up guitar rock of bloc party, the reverb laden sounds of the cure and plenty of late eighties new wave. The album features a perfect blend of electronic beats, lush synths, big heavy guitars and pulsating live drums. The album now comes reissued and remastered on the bbe label. Now also available for the very first time on vinyl. The album also comes with brand new updated artwork, which is completely different to the origian version on the gonzo label. May 2010-Lp-Bbe-€14.99

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Clogs-The creatures in the garden of lady walton [this album is released on the 11th of june]-The return of this almost classical like quartet featuring bryce dessner and padma newsome from the national. The album also features guest vocals from sufjan stevens, my brightest diamond and matt berninger [the national].-Cd-Brassland-€12.99

Gaslight anthem-American slang [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Brand new album from this new jersey outfit on the side one dummy label. The album features recent singles american slang and the boxer. Its their first album since the 59 sound from 2008, the album is also produced by ted hutt again.-Cd-Side one dummy-€13.99

Gaslight anthem-American slang [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Brand new album from this new jersey outfit on the side one dummy label. The album features recent singles american slang and the boxer. Its their first album since the 59 sound from 2008, the album is also produced by ted hutt again.-Lp-Side one dummy-€14.99

Here we go magic-Pigeons [this album will be released on the 11th of june]-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label. The first album was much more of a one man in his bedroom style affair compared to this full blown band affair. The sounds on this one are much more expansive and full but it still retains that kind of hypnotic almost krautrock pop like feel. Its an album of ever changing moods and sounds, at times sounding like some kind of krautrock / synth pop hybrid with elements of intricate post rock guitars before then heading into a beautiful lush world of almost space rock like ambience. There are also odd hints at something that would best be described as electronic punk funk, its kind of almost new wave but with a much more synth like slant to it. And then just to confuse you even more, by the time you hit the middle of this album you get a totally guitar led track that could easily be some long lost galaxie 500 outtake. I have to say i love when an album like this arrives in the shop, it genuinely refuses to be pigeonholed in any way, hence the title maybe and thats always a good thing in my opinion. Go ask your local shop if they have anything in the futuristic psyche pop no wave punk funk krautrock genre and they will finally be able to furnish you with a gem of a new album. June 2010-Lp-Secretly canadian-€13.99

Horse feathers-Thistled spring [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Horse feathers return with their third full length album.-Cd-Kill rock stars-€13.99

Horse feathers-Thistled spring [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Horse feathers return with their third full length album.-Lp-Kill rock stars-€14.99

Nastasia, nina-Outlaster [this album will be released on the 11th of june]-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise]. The album features a truly beautiful collection of sombre orchestral folk sounds, full of quirky almost psyche folk like influences. Its got a bit of the drama of early joanna newsom, the sparse folk of cat power and some of the haunting darkness of marissa nadler. This is definitely one for a quiet dark evening. Limited to only 500 copies on vinyl and comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. June 2010-Lp-Fat cat-€14.99

Pernice brothers-Goodbye killer [this album is released on the 11th of june]-The pernice brothers finally return with their first full length album since live a little from way back in 2006. Brothers joe and bob pernice return with a brand new collection of originals, recorded in an attic in boston.-Cd-One little indian-€12.99

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Air-Moon safari-10 track album from french electronic outfit. Smooth electronic soundscapes with lots of vocorders and old synth sounds. Originaly released way back in 1998. Features la femme dargent, sexy boy, all i need, kelly watch the stars, talisman, remember, you take it easy, ce matin la, new star in the sky and le voyage de penelope-Lp-Virgin-€19.99

Beach house-Beach house-Limited edition reissue on vinyl of the debut beach house album from way back in 2006. The album was originally released on the carpark label and now comes fully remastered specially for this vinyl release. Its pressed on 180 gram vinyl and features all the original artwork including printed inner sleeve. The album features saltwater, tokyo witch, apple orchard, master of none, auburn and ivory, childhood, lovlier girl, house on the hill and heart & lungs. March 2010-Lp-Heart break beat-€18.99

Beastie boys-The mix up-This is the beasties 7th studio album, 12 tracks of totally instrumental grooves and workouts featuring the keyboards of longtime collaborator money mark and percussionist alfredo ortiz, the album is a completely live collection of sounds featuring no vocals or samples, its great to hear these guys going back to their roots with just drums, guitars and bass, the album features some rather excellent seventies funk sounds with hints of sixties psychedelic funk and even one track where the boys do a very very good job at some funky dub reggae, comes in a card gatefold sleeve, august 2007-Lp-Capitol-€19.99

Best coast-Something in the way-A rather deliciously fuzzed up slice of indie surf pop from the former pocahaunted member bethany cosentino on the post present label. It really is a heavenly slice of sixties bubblegum dream like pop meets the pure fuzz of early jesus and mary chain. The single also features wish he was you and the road [do you think she wrote that about us]. May 2010-7"-Post present music-€4.50

Big star-Radio city-This was big stars second album originally from 1974 and the first made without chris bell. Features alex chilton, andy hummel and jody stephens. Comes in a perfect replica heavy card sleeve. Features o my soul, life is white, way out west, whats goin ahn, you get what you deserve, mod lang, back of a car, daisy glaze, shes a mover, september gurls, morpha too and im in love with a girl. Reissue on the ardent label.-Lp-Ardent records-€18.99

Boggs, dock-Legendary singer and banjo player-Limited edition 180 gram vinyl reissue on the original folkways label. The album comes beautifully packaged in a replica of the original heavy card sleeve. I have to say i am really loving this new series of reissues from folkways, its just amazing to have some of these classic records available again, pristine pressings and superb sound quality. This collection was originally released back in 1963. The inner booklet features detailed liner notes with lyrics and information on boggs playing style. The album features a stunning collecton of traditional blues, country blues and appalachian folk learnt by boggs as far back as the early twenties. The majority of recordings were made by mike seeger during dock boggs revival in the sixties. October 2009-Lp-Smithsonian folkways-€18.99

Byrd, donald-Slow drag-Released on the blue note label back in 1967, the album is now reissued with the original gatefold sleeve and liner notes by nat hentoff. Features slow drag, secret love, books bossa, jelly roll, the loner and my ideal. Joining byrd on these sessions were sonny red on alto sax, decar walton on piano, walter booker on bass and billy higgins on drums [and vocals].-Lp-Blue note-€13.99

Cole, ollie-We albatri-The debut solo album from the former singer with irish band turn. The album features a collection of brand new tunes written and arranged by cole himself. It really must be said this is a very different beast to his former band turn in pretty much every way possible. Its an album featuring some beautifully delicate ballads and lots of beatlesesque rock n roll sounds. Its full of infectiously catchy almost rootsy like pop sounds with even a couple of hints of the beach boys summery pop thrown in. March 2010-Cd-Emi-€14.99

Fools gold-Fools gold [with mp3 download coupon]-Los angeles based multicultural outfit finally drop their self titled debut album for the iamsound label. Spearheaded by luke top and lewis pesacov, both native israelis who emigrated to la at a young age. The album is like some kind of mini tour around the different musical cultures of the world. Obvious influences would be funky african music and traditional folk of the middle east. These guys also add in lots of guitar based alt rock influences, its ends up reminding me a bit of vampire weekend with more of a traditional feel. The album also comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album along with bonus remixes by sizzla judgement yard and acid girls. 2009-Lp-Iamsound records-€22.99

Funkadelic-Lets take it to the stage-Originally released in 1975 on the westbound label, this american reissue comes in the original gatefold sleeve, produced by george clinton, features good to your earhole, better by the pound, be my beach, no head no backstage pass, lets take it to the stage, get off your ass and jam, i owe you something good, stuffs and things, the song is familiar and atmosphere-Lp-Westbound records-€13.99

Goldfrapp-Head first-Goldfrapp returns with her fifth studio album to date on the mute label. Its another pulsating collection of electro pop tinged modern pop sounds, full of eighties synth based influences and lots of ambient pop like touches along the way. Its probably one of her catchiest albums to date too, the album is brimming with nine infectious dreamy pop songs. It kind of hints at times like the meeting of human league and st etienne, full of sultry electro pop, both retro and modern at the same time. March 2010-Cd-Mute-€15.99

Hayes, isaac-Hot buttered soul-One of the classic soul albums of all time, originally released back in 1969 on the fantasy label, american reissue on the stax label, features isaac taking on the classic tunes walk on by, by the time i get to phoenix and one woman, every track is just pure classic laid back soul with the bar kays providing all the music, 19 minutes of by the time i get to phoenix is simply pure bliss-Lp-Stax-€14.99

Hayes, isaac-The isaac hayes movement-Originally released in 1970, this was the third solo release from isaac hayes on the legendary stax label. The album features i stand accused, one big unhappy family, i just dont know what to do with myself and something. The album was produced by hayes himself and features arrangements by dale warren. The album now comes reissued on the enterprise label and features all the original artwork.-Lp-Enterprise records-€13.99

Jonsi and alex-Riceboy sleeps-Brand new side project fronted by sigur ros mainman jonsi along with graphic designer alex somers, he is the man who designed the artwork for the sigur ros album takk. The album features nine pieces of truly sublime mostly instrumental sounds which at times are almost borering on modern classical. Its full of swirling synth drone effects and shimmering guitar sounds with tons of lush strings courtesy of sigur ros collaborators amiina. It really is a rather beautiful collection of calming sounds with the kind of minimal ambience that sigur ros fans will adore from the first note. Its also an album that will definitely appeal to fans of the ambient sounds of the likes of brian eno and even to lovers of the touch label. Comes in a lovely card gatefold sleeve which of course was designed by alex somers. July 2009-Cd-Emi-€12.99

Kreidler-Mosaik 2014 [with free cd]-Brand new collection from this german electronic synth pop / post rock outfit now signed to the italic label. The band previously featured stefan schneider from to rococo rot but are now pared down to a three piece of thomas klein, andreas reihse and detlef weinrich. The album features some beautifully dubby synth based sounds falling somewhere between a more bass heavy kraftwerk and the kind of space age sounds of seventies space rock. There are also hints of late eighties synth pop in here but it falls much more on the dubby side of synth music. There are obvious references to some early krautrock, its very much an album that falls into the dubby ambient genre overall though. Limited edition vinyl pressing which comes with a full copy of the album on cd inside the sleeve. March 2010-Lp-Italic-€19.99

Las vegas grind-Volume three-Features a collection of sleazy stripjoint music from the fifties and sixties. Includes tracks from bob taylor, party rockers, favulous continentals, bikinis, originals, bobby summers, rob and don, gauchos, axcents, johnny and the baa baas, majestics, jack hammer, festers, sparkles, fabulous tempoes, bob bunny, capers, cozy cole, upsetters and space man and the rockets.-Lp-Crypt-€13.99

Last tycoons, the-The last tycoons-The debut album on irish based label the firstborn is dead recordings [home to the mighty stef]. The last tycoons are a five piece dublin based outfit doing a fine line in fuzzed up bluesy rock n roll. Sounding at times like a tom waits fronted rolling stones, the album is full of guitar heavy classic blues rock with plenty of old school southern rock influences thrown in. April 2010-Cd-The firstborn is dead-€9.99

London is the place for me-Volume 2-Calypso and kwela, highlife and jazz from young black london, if you dont possess part one of this amazing chronicle of calypso music from london in the early fifties then shame on you, you can always start at volume 2 and work back, a collection of stunning archival recordings covering early calypso and the jazz influence on its sounds, features a wonderfully detailed booklet too with some stunning photos, double vinyl in gatefold sleeve, july 2005-2lp-Honest jons-€18.99

Massive attack-Heligoland-Massive attack finally return after a lenghty seven year hiatus with their fifth studio album. As it with pretty much all massive attack albums its really all about the guests on the album. This one ticks all the right boxes with regulars martina topley bird and horace andy being joined by an all star lineup including damon albarn, tunde adebimpe [tv on the radio], guy garvey [elbow], adrian utley [portishead] and the pick of them [for me anway] hope sandoval of mazzy star fame. Its another superb collection of truly blissful electronic pop and classic trip hop sounds. March 2010-Cd-Virgin-€15.99

Mazzy star-So tonight that i might see [180 gram vinyl]-The second mazzy star album, originally released back in 1993 and featuring one of their all time classic tracks fade into you. Features the voice of hope sandoval and the guitar of dave roback. Now reissued on the plain recordings label and pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. The album also features bells ring, mary of silence, five string serenade, blue light, shes my baby, unreflected, wasted, into dust and so tonight that i might see. Its hard to pick a favourite out of their three albums but if forced to then this would be it for me. March 2010-Lp-Plain recordings-€22.99

Orton beth-Trailer park [180 gram vinyl]-The debut album from beth orton gets a long overdue vinly reissue courtesy of the plain recordings label. The album now comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. The album was originally released in 1996. Features she cries your name, tangent, dont need a reason, live as you dream, sugar boy, touch me with your love, how far, someones daughter, i wish i never saw the sunshine and galaxy of emptiness. Comes in a lovely old style heavy card sleeve too. April 2010-Lp-Plain recordings-€20.99

Parliament-Motor booty affair-Reissue of one of the later albums from the parliament catalgoue. This one was originally rleeased in 1978 on the casablanca label. Features mr wriggles, rumpofsteelskin, youre a fish and im a water sign, aqua boogie, one of those funky things, liquid sunshine, the motor booty affair and deep.-Lp-Casablanca records-€13.99

Reinhardt, django-From the ultraphone shelves-Features a collection of rare recordings made by reinhardt between 1934 and 1935. The tracks were recorded under the name quintette du hot club de france which reinhardt founded with french violinst stephane grappelli. The tracks were all cut for the parisian branch of the german ultraphone label. Features 16 early gems from a legendary jazz guitarist. The album features dinah, lady be good, i saw stars, lilly belle may june, sweet sue just you, confessin, swanee river, ultrafox, avalon, smoke rings, clouds, believe it beloved, chasing shadows, ive had my moments, some of these days and djangology. Comes in a really lovely card sleeve made to replicate all those classic 78s from the past. July 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99

Reinhardt, django-The last years of peace [1936 to 1937]-A collection of classic early recordings from the legendary jazz guitarist django reinhardt, collected on the rather superb new reissue specialist label monk records. Pressed on lovely 180 gram vinyl with quality retro looking card sleeve and inner labels. The album features a collection of recordings made with stephane grappelly and his hot four, quintette du hot club de france, marhel warlop and son orchestre along with a couple of solo outings. November 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99

Road records compilation-Record store day 2010 [limited to 200 copies]-Very very limited edition compilation featuring 15 brand new tracks from some of our favourite irish bands around at the moment. The cd comes housed in a recycled card sleeve, hand numbered and stamped, each sleeve has a different photographic print on the front. There are only 200 copies of this compilation in total. The album features brand new tracks from hounds, crumb, hunter gatherer, the spook of the thirteenth lock, patrick kelleher, moutpiece, children under hoof, st catherines home for lazy infants, richer than astronauts, weil rats, boys of summer, mumblin deaf ro, girls names, school tour and peter delaney. [please note - only one copy per customer]-Cd-Road records-€10.00

Scott heron, gil-Pieces of a man-This is probably the album that made gil scott heron most famous as opens with the track the revolution will not be televised, originally released in 1973 on rca records, other highlights include lady day and john coltrane, save the children, pieces of a man and home is where the hatred is, reissue on the flying dutchman label-Lp-Flying dutchman-€13.99

Sleep whale-Little brite-Sleep whale are based around joel north on guitar and cello along with bruce blay on violin and programming. This is a really beautifully collection of sounds incorprating sparse psyche folk, post rock and gentle electronica. Its sees the meeting of gently plucked acoustic guitars, looped found sounds and laptop electronica. At times it kind of reminds me of what john fahey would sound like jamming with four tet. There is also lots of lovely gentle post rock kind of vibes going on here too, at times reminscent of the likes of the dirty 3 or even the rachels on a slightly more avant folk like buzz. Limited edition green vinyl pressing. 2009-Lp-Western vinyl-€12.99

Standells-The live ones [wail live at michigan state university 1966]-Six blistering live tracks from this legendary la based garage punk outfit from the sixties. Prior to this release on thesundazed label none of these tracks have been previously available. The tracks have all been perfectly mastered at sundazed studios and come in all their mono glory. Along with their legendary 1966 hit dirty water the album also features mr nobody, why did you hurt me, why pick on me, gloria and sometimes good guys dont wear white. Originally released in 2001 and now reissued on 10 inch vinyl.-10"-Sundazed-€13.99

Voice of the seven thunders-Voice of the seven thunders [limited to only 1000 numbered copies]-Brand new project from rick tomlinson, formerly known as voice of the seven woods [twisted nerve]. The band features long time collaborator chris walmsley on drums and rory gibson on bass, so its pretty much voice of the seven woods with a new name and it must also be added, a totally brand new sound. Whilst his previous collections have been on the hypnotic psyche folk side of things this new album is pure electric psychedelic rock, full of wailing guitar solo action. It seems the band just plugged in all their electric guitars and let loose in the studios without any prior rehearsal of the tracks. What came out is some truly hypnotic psyche rock with hints of middle eastern folk, hendrix like guitar solo action. Try to imagine if hendrix and john fahey were one person, then this is what he would have come out with. Its truly blistering stuff with just the odd break for a moment of acoustic trance like folk picking. This limited edition vinyl pressing is limited to only 1000 numbered copies and comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. April 2010-Lp-Tchantinler recordings-€23.99

World is shaking-Cubanismo from the congo [1954 to 1955]-An exceptional collection of rare sounds from the congo courtesy of the always reliable honest jons label. These are the guys that brought us the stunning london is the place for me compilations too. The album is centred around a brand new fusion of sounds from the congo in the mid fifties as ex pats started to return with all these latin american imported 78s. As local bands began to incorporate these latin rhythms into their own sound this whole new sound was born. Its kind of a similar story to the days in jamaica when soul music was first introduced to early reggae recording artists. As ever with honest jons the album comes with a detailed booklet packed with information on the artists and this ever evolving sound. The album artwork also features some stunning old black and white photos from dancehalls back in the day. July 2009-2lp-Honest jons-€19.99

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Road Records newsletter May 27th 2010

2010-05-27T10:23:00.001-07:00

Welcome to this weeks Road Records newsletter.

Its one of those rare heavenly type of weeks here in the shop this week, its not often we get two of our favourite bands releasing albums in the same week, but you have probably guessed already that its happened this week. Not only do we have a brand new Teenage Fanclub album for you but we also have a new Divine Comedy too. The poor record player in the shop is so confused at this stage with the amount of swapping around we are doing.
After much debating we have decided to give our album of the week to Teenage Fanclub, by much debating I mean that Dylan and myself just bullied everybody else and made the decision for them. The new album is called “Shadows” and comes out again on their own Pema label, the cd and vinyl are both €13.99 each for this week.
So our album of the week runner up spot goes to the Divine Comedy album “Band Goes The Knighthood” or should that have been “Bang Goes The Road Records Album Of The Week Spot, Thanks To Teenage Fanclub”. We have a limited amount of the double cd version in stock now and its only €13.99, the rather lovely vinyl in gatefold sleeve is also on special offer for only €16.99. We are also very excited to announce the Mr Divine Comedy himself, Neil Hannon, will be playing live in our little store this Saturday at 1pm. You are all very welcome to come and we will try and squeeze everybody in.
So how do I follow Teenage Fanclub and Divine Comedy !
Well lets see where to begin.
Lets start with some new Irish music, Boa Morte are back after a long long break with a brand new album this week. God Is An Astronaut return with another slice of lush post rock. The Rags have just released their debut album. Gavin Glass is a multi-instrumentalist you may have seen perform with Lisa Hannigan recently and he has just released a brand solo album. The rather lovely Walpurgis Family have a new album out this week on the Popical Island label. Band On An Island have just released a limited edition hand numbered 7” this week on First Born Is Dead records, only 100 copies in total available.
Fans of avant garde noise rock will simply adore this new Rangda album out this week on Drag City. The band features Ben Chasny, Chris Corsano and Richard Bishop. For wall to wall noise, it just doesn’t get any better than this one.
Oneida fans should check out this new band People Of The North, why ? I hear you ask, well its basically the same band with a different name.
The new Micah P Hinson album is now in stock on vinyl, its only €18.99 for a limited time.
I must say I am slowly getting a bit addicted to the new John & Jehn album at this stage, its definitely worth checking out if you get a chance.

Right, thats it for another week. I’m off to buy some fancy tea for our Divine Comedy instore, somehow its seems quite appropriate.

Have a good weekend and see you next week sometime.

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Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Cd-Pema-€13.99

Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Lp-Pema-€13.99

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Villagers-Becoming a jackal-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. May 2010-Cd-Domino-€12.99

Villagers-Becoming a jackal [with download coupon]-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. Limited edition double vinyl pressing. The album features three sides of music and the fourth side is etched. The album also comes with a bonus download coupon. May 2010-2lp-Domino-€16.99

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Born ruffians-Say it-The second album from this toronto based outfit on the warp label. Features the singles what to say and sole brother. The album features a rather quirky and off kilter take on the classic sounds of post punk and indie rock. There are hints of the pixies disjointed guitar driven off kilter rhythms along with a voice reminscent of the violent femmes and bass heavy punk funk influences. Fans of the likes of arcade fire, tapes n tapes etc will love this for its raw and highly inventive take on underground rock. Its a really energetic rush of guitar heavy sounds with a really melodic sound at its core. May 2010-Cd-Warp-€12.99

Born ruffians-Say it [with download coupon]-The second album from this toronto based outfit on the warp label. Features the singles what to say and sole brother. The album features a rather quirky and off kilter take on the classic sounds of post punk and indie rock. There are hints of the pixies disjointed guitar driven off kilter rhythms along with a voice reminscent of the violent femmes and bass heavy punk funk influences. Fans of the likes of arcade fire, tapes n tapes etc will love this for its raw and highly inventive take on underground rock. Its a really energetic rush of guitar heavy sounds with a really melodic sound at its core. Comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Warp-€15.99

Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. The album comes presented in a lovely card gatefold sleeve with printed inner featuring all the lyrics. May 2010-Lp-Divine comedy records-€16.99

Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood [limited edition with bonus cd]-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. Limited edition double cd version, limited to 5000 copies in total and features an exclusive extra booklet and a bonus disc featuring material recorded live in france. May 2010-2cd-Divine comedy records-€13.99

Future islands-In evening air [with download coupon]-The debut full length album from future islands on the thrill jockey label. This album follows up their very limited in the fall mini album from earlier this year and and their previous full length wave like home from back in 2008. This is very much an album of hard to define sounds, at times fuzzed up electro pop and other times bass heavy new wave. Its full of throbbing electro like beats, scuzzy snyth action, heavily distorted guitar / bass and a vocalist that sounds like tom waits meets ian curtis. The album is pressed on very limited translucent orange vinyl and is limited to 1000 copies in total. Also comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Thrill jockey-€13.99

Hinson, micah p-And the pioneer saboteurs [double vinyl]-The fourth full length solo album from texas based singer songwriter micah p hinson. The album features string arrangements by eric bachmann and members of techanko, devotcha and crooked fingers. This is his first collection of new material since the red empire orchestra album back in 2008. The first thing you will notice about this collection is the truly lush orchestration involved, its quite a different beast to the totally stripped down sounds of the previous outing. The album kind of hints at times of a folk singer playing the spaghetti western soundtracks of ennio morricone with richard hawley and calexico hovering around in the background. Its a really beautiful meeting of rough rustic folk sounds and big blasts of strings and brass. There are also a couple longer tracks that go into some kind of weird almost psyche folk like noisy jams, almost sounding like bonnie prince billy jamming with godspeed you black emperor. Never one to rest on his laurels micah p has come up trumps yet again. Pressed on two beautiful slabs of heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Also comes in a gatefold sleeve. May 2010-2lp-Full time hobby-€18.99

Howard, rowland s-Pop crimes-Ex nick cave and lydia lunch collaborator and seminal guitar rowland s howards second solo album, recorded only months before his untimely death from liver cancer. I suppose he is probably best remembered as the guitarist with legendary australian outfit the birthday party. A perfectly formed collection of eight tracks, clocking in at just under forty minutes, the perfect length for any album in my opinion. The album features six original howard tracks along with covers of lifes what you make it [talk talk] and nothin [townes van zandt]. Howard is joined by mick harvey [bad seeds], jp shilo adn jonnine standish [ex hate rock trio]. Features some lovely dark hearted swamp blues like rootsy sounds, coming across like later nick cave with lots of added hammond organ. May 2010-Cd-Infectious-€12.99

Randazzo, elisa-Bruises and butterflies-Songwriter and clothing designer who has previously worked with the red krayola releases her debut solo album for the drag city label. Randazzo played violin and sang with the red krayola on several tours and has appeared on four of their albums to date. The album features a lovely collection of downbeat and somewhat haunting folk based sounds. Its an album that harks back a wee bit to the classic early seventies folk sound, its even got hints of the likes of judee sill or linda perhacs whilst also reminding me of the more modern ethereal folk sounds of the likes of espers or marissa nadler. May 2010-Lp-Drag city-€15.99

Rangda-False flag-Sir richard bishop, ben chasny and chris corsano create a glorious cacaphony as an instrumental avant garde super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. Sir richard bishop has released a couple of solo album whilst also being one of the founding memebers of the sun city girls, ben chasny is probably best known for his work as six organs of admittance and chris corsano is a bit of an all round legendary drummer on the avant garde / free rock scene. The album is going to be pure heaven for free-form avant rock fans out there, imagine a somewhat less structured lightning bolt with even more added white noise. Its a truly thunderous assault on the ears, at times breaking out into the most stunning guitar solo workouts before launching head first back into all manner of ear bleeding full on noise. On occasion the album does actually break down into some hauntingly beautiful moments [its true, i kid you not] sounding like some long lost john fahey electric guitar piece. May 2010-Cd-Drag city-€13.99

Rangda-False flag-Sir richard bishop, ben chasny and chris corsano create a glorious cacaphony as an instrumental avant garde super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. Sir richard bishop has released a couple of solo album whilst also being one of the founding memebers of the sun city girls, ben chasny is probably best known for his work as six organs of admittance and chris corsano is a bit of an all round legendary drummer on the avant garde / free rock scene. The album is going to be pure heaven for free-form avant rock fans out there, imagine a somewhat less structured lightning bolt with even more added white noise. Its a truly thunderous assault on the ears, at times breaking out into the most stunning guitar solo workouts before launching head first back into all manner of ear bleeding full on noise. On occasion the album does actually break down into some hauntingly beautiful moments [its true, i kid you not] sounding like some long lost john fahey electric guitar piece. May 2010-Lp-Drag city-€15.99

Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Cd-Pema-€13.99

Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Lp-Pema-€13.99

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Band on an island-Back disco-Limited edition 7 inch release from band on an island on the firstborn is dead label [home to the mighty stef]. Features back disco featuring claire prendergast and chelsea bards on the flip side. The single is limited to a measly 100 individually hand numbered copies, never to be repressed so get em while you still can. On the a side there is a special hand sprayed stenciled band on an island logo and the flip side features a hand drawn picture of the chelsea hotel sign, no two copies will ever be the same. The b-side of the single was recorded by the mighty stef himself in room 325 of the famous hotel chelsea and is dedicated to its great manager stanley bard. May 2010-7"-Firstborn is dead recordings-€4.99

Boa morte-The dial waltz-Hard to believe its been almost eight years since we last heard from this cork based outfit, we all thought they had broken up at this stage but thankfully i can report they are all alive and kicking. Their last album left us all here wanting more and its been a long long wait. Fronted again by the deep vocal tones of corma gahan the band also feaures paul ruxton [guitars / bass], bill twomey [guitars] and maurice hallissey [drums]. The album features a rather beautiful collection of downbeat slow core meets post rock sounds, think red house painters meets low and smog. Its a lovely sombre and intimate affair full of gently brushed drum sounds, strings and minimal post rock like guitar picking. Fans of fellow irishman adrian crowley will fall in love with this one instantly. Its one of those perfect late night bedtime albums, beautifully soothing stuff. May 2010-Cd-Kicking a can records-€13.99

Bobby and blumm-A little big-Singer / guitarist fs blumm teams up with swedish singer ellinor blixt for their second album under the bobby and blumm moniker. Their previous album everybody loves came out on the highly respected morr music label back in 2008. The album features eleven perfectly formed electronic pop gems. Its a beautiful blend of dual vocals, subtle guitar picking and the gentlest of beats. Its almost like some mellow late night electronic folk album, full of sounds that will excite all fans of the morr music label, lali puna etc. Its wonderfully intimate stuff, almost sounding like a totally stripped down stereolab in a slighly more sombre mood. Its a perfect lazy sunday afternoon album. May 2010-Cd-Sound of a handshake-€19.99

Born ruffians-Say it-The second album from this toronto based outfit on the warp label. Features the singles what to say and sole brother. The album features a rather quirky and off kilter take on the classic sounds of post punk and indie rock. There are hints of the pixies disjointed guitar driven off kilter rhythms along with a voice reminscent of the violent femmes and bass heavy punk funk influences. Fans of the likes of arcade fire, tapes n tapes etc will love this for its raw and highly inventive take on underground rock. Its a really energetic rush of guitar heavy sounds with a really melodic sound at its core. May 2010-Cd-Warp-€12.99

Born ruffians-Say it [with download coupon]-The second album from this toronto based outfit on the warp label. Features the singles what to say and sole brother. The album features a rather quirky and off kilter take on the classic sounds of post punk and indie rock. There are hints of the pixies disjointed guitar driven off kilter rhythms along with a voice reminscent of the violent femmes and bass heavy punk funk influences. Fans of the likes of arcade fire, tapes n tapes etc will love this for its raw and highly inventive take on underground rock. Its a really energetic rush of guitar heavy sounds with a really melodic sound at its core. Comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Warp-€15.99

Davis, miles-Miles davis quartet [1953 and 1954]-Composed of two different sessions on 180 gram vinyl by the doxy label. The first four tracks were recorded on 19th of may 1963 with the remaining four coming from a session on march 10th 1954. Features when the lights are low, tune-up, miles ahead, smooch, four, old devil moon, blue haze and ill remember april. Joining davis on the first session are john lewis [piano], charlie mingus [piano], percy heath [bass] adn max roach [drums]. On the second side the band were horace silver [piano], art blakey [drums] and percy heath [bass]. Originally compiled and reissued in 2008-Lp-Doxy-€15.99

Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. The album comes presented in a lovely card gatefold sleeve with printed inner featuring all the lyrics. May 2010-Lp-Divine comedy records-€16.99

Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood [limited edition with bonus cd]-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. Limited edition double cd version, limited to 5000 copies in total and features an exclusive extra booklet and a bonus disc featuring material recorded live in france. May 2010-2cd-Divine comedy records-€13.99

Doyle, matthew-A most unholy reminder-Limited edition five track ep featuring haunt you, youll never make it out of here alive, oh no the wolves are coming, o lord why are you running and folk on the road. Its very much an all solo affair from this dublin based singer songwriter, he writes, plays and records everything on here. The ep features a lovely rustic collection of old time acoustic folk sounds with hints of early dylan, townes van zandt and bonnie prince billys outings as palace brothers. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€4.99

Dylan, bob-The freewheelin bob dylan-The analogue mono version of this classic 1963 bob dylan album. Comes in the original sleeve and is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl too. Features blowin in the wind, girl from the north cuntry, masters of war, down the highway, bob dylans blues, a hard rains a-gonna fall, dont think twice its alright, bob dylans dream, oxford town, talkin world war iii blues, corrina corrina, honey just allow me one more chance and i shall be free. Comes with the original liner notes by nat hentoff. Reissued on the sundazed label.-Lp-Sundazed-€19.99

Evans, bill-Waltz for debby-Recorded live at the village vanguard in new york on the 25th of june 1961. Featuring bill evans [piano], scott lafaro [bass] and pual motian [drums]. The album features my foolish heart, waltz for debby, detour ahead, my romance, some other time and milestones. Now reissued on the fantasy label and comes with all the original artwork including the liner notes by joe goldberg.-Lp-Riverside records-€13.99

Fagan, simon-Outside looking in-The debut solo album from irish singer songwriter simon fagan on loose robe productions. The album features a lush collection of mostly folk based sounds, taking in a bit of everything from funky rock to jazz tinged folk rock along the way. The album falls somewhere between the modern americana of the likes of ryan adams and the more rootsy kind of laid back rock of josh ritter. May 2010-Cd-Loose robe productions-€12.99

Fred and bob-On a good day-The debut ep from this dublin based four piece new wave / indie rock outfit. Limited edition four track ep featuring gluey fingers, taken, blue and are you. The band features emma greenhalgh [vocals], sophia kansanniva [guitars], gil connor [bass] and neil farren [drums]. Features lots of fuzzed up indie rock guitar sounds and a vocalist that sounds like blondie in a particularly bad mood. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€4.99

Fujita, masayoshi and jan jelinek-Birds lake objects-Brand new collaboration between highly respected electronic producer jan jelinek and japanese percussionist / vibraphonist masayoshi fujita. The album features six lengthy and slow building pieces of music incorporating fujitas vibraphone, jelineks laptop wizardry and selected ambient location recordings. The end result is something strange but very very beautiful too. Sounding almost like some laid back avant garde electronic jazz at times, the album features lots of looping sound effects, hazy drone likes sounds and the truly hypnotic tones of fujitas vibraphone. Its beautifully psychedelic at times featuring lots of swirling reverb laden sound effects. Its almost ambient like at times but with so much going on deep in the mix you will find yourself getting slowly sucked in for 40 truly beautiful minutes. Comes in a deluxe hardback book style sleeve. May 2010-Cd-Faitiche-€18.99

Fujita, masayoshi and jan jelinek-Birds lake objects-Brand new collaboration between highly respected electronic producer jan jelinek and japanese percussionist / vibraphonist masayoshi fujita. The album features six lengthy and slow building pieces of music incorporating fujitas vibraphone, jelineks laptop wizardry and selected ambient location recordings. The end result is something strange but very very beautiful too. Sounding almost like some laid back avant garde electronic jazz at times, the album features lots of looping sound effects, hazy drone likes sounds and the truly hypnotic tones of fujitas vibraphone. Its beautifully psychedelic at times featuring lots of swirling reverb laden sound effects. Its almost ambient like at times but with so much going on deep in the mix you will find yourself getting slowly sucked in for 40 truly beautiful minutes. May 2010-Lp-Faitiche-€23.99

Future islands-In evening air-The debut full length album from future islands on the thrill jockey label. This album follows up their very limited in the fall mini album from earlier this year and and their previous full length wave like home from back in 2008. This is very much an album of hard to define sounds, at times fuzzed up electro pop and other times bass heavy new wave. Its full of throbbing electro like beats, scuzzy snyth action, heavily distorted guitar / bass and a vocalist that sounds like tom waits meets ian curtis. May 2010-Cd-Thrill jockey-€13.99

Future islands-In evening air [with download coupon]-The debut full length album from future islands on the thrill jockey label. This album follows up their very limited in the fall mini album from earlier this year and and their previous full length wave like home from back in 2008. This is very much an album of hard to define sounds, at times fuzzed up electro pop and other times bass heavy new wave. Its full of throbbing electro like beats, scuzzy snyth action, heavily distorted guitar / bass and a vocalist that sounds like tom waits meets ian curtis. The album is pressed on very limited translucent orange vinyl and is limited to 1000 copies in total. Also comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Thrill jockey-€13.99

Glass, gavin-Myna birds-The debut full lenth solo album from the man who has spent the last two years as multi-instrumentalist with lisa hannigan in her backing band, miss hannigan even makes the odd guest appearence on the album. The album was recorded in nashville featuring past and present members of the jayhawks, wilco and the black crowes. The album features a lovely rootsy collection of folky rock sounds, falling somewhere between the likes of josh ritter and ryan adams. Its full of country and nashville tinged rock sounds with lots of slide guitar and hammond organ action. May 2010-Cd-Orphan records-€15.99

God is an astronaut-Age of the fifth sun-The fifth full length studio album from this irish instrumental three piece post rock outfit on the revive label. Regular members torsten kinsella, niels kinsella and lloyd hanney are joined by pat o'donnell [guitars / keyboards], zachary dutton-hanney [drums / keyboards] and chris hanney [guitars]. Its another beautiful collection of somewhat ambient like post rock sounds, full of lush washes of string like synth sounds and slow building guitar noise. Think of the intricate guitar interplay of mogwai mixed with the more synth like post rock of bands like explosions in the sky. May 2010-Cd--€14.99

Golden triangle with the fresh and onlys-Split single-Limited edition vinyl only release on the hardly art label. Split single featuring two brand new tracks from each band. The single is limited to only 1000 copies worldwide. The first side features cold bones and jungle jim from golden triangle whilst the flip side features head of steam and im not myself today from the fresh and onlys. Golden triangle are a brooklyn based six piece outfit delivering some truly superb fuzzed up garage tinged indie rock, think of sixties garage rock covered by the shop assistants. The fresh and onlys have a sound deeply rooted in sixties garage pop also, with just a bit more of a surf pop like vibe going on. Superbly catchy stuff it must be said, both sides. May 2010-7"-Hardly art-€5.99

Higgs, daniel-Say god-Baltimore musician / artist daniel higgs returns with his first new solo album since atomic yggdrasil tarot from 2007. Daniel is probably best known for his work as frontman with lungfish, whose work on the dischord label spanned nearly three decades. Say god is an album made up of gospel songs and poems, assisted by david andrew sitek from tv on the radio. The album features a truly weird collection of spoken word, poetry readings and drone based avant garde psyche folk rumblings. I have to say this is about as weird as things get around here but its also an album that really does draw you in from start to finish. At times reminscent to some of john faheys more obscure recordings. Double cd in a card gatefold sleeve. May 2010-2cd-Thrill jockey-€16.99

Higgs, daniel-Say god [with download coupon]-Baltimore musician / artist daniel higgs returns with his first new solo album since atomic yggdrasil tarot from 2007. Daniel is probably best known for his work as frontman with lungfish, whose work on the dischord label spanned nearly three decades. Say god is an album made up of gospel songs and poems, assisted by david andrew sitek from tv on the radio. The album features a truly weird collection of spoken word, poetry readings and drone based avant garde psyche folk rumblings. I have to say this is about as weird as things get around here but its also an album that really does draw you in from start to finish. At times reminscent to some of john faheys more obscure recordings. Limited edition double vinyl pressing, comes in a big heavy card gatefold sleeve. Also comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-2lp-Thrill jockey-€15.99

Hinson, micah p-And the pioneer saboteurs [double vinyl]-The fourth full length solo album from texas based singer songwriter micah p hinson. The album features string arrangements by eric bachmann and members of techanko, devotcha and crooked fingers. This is his first collection of new material since the red empire orchestra album back in 2008. The first thing you will notice about this collection is the truly lush orchestration involved, its quite a different beast to the totally stripped down sounds of the previous outing. The album kind of hints at times of a folk singer playing the spaghetti western soundtracks of ennio morricone with richard hawley and calexico hovering around in the background. Its a really beautiful meeting of rough rustic folk sounds and big blasts of strings and brass. There are also a couple longer tracks that go into some kind of weird almost psyche folk like noisy jams, almost sounding like bonnie prince billy jamming with godspeed you black emperor. Never one to rest on his laurels micah p has come up trumps yet again. Pressed on two beautiful slabs of heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Also comes in a gatefold sleeve. May 2010-2lp-Full time hobby-€18.99

Howard, rowland s-Pop crimes-Ex nick cave and lydia lunch collaborator and seminal guitar rowland s howards second solo album, recorded only months before his untimely death from liver cancer. I suppose he is probably best remembered as the guitarist with legendary australian outfit the birthday party. A perfectly formed collection of eight tracks, clocking in at just under forty minutes, the perfect length for any album in my opinion. The album features six original howard tracks along with covers of lifes what you make it [talk talk] and nothin [townes van zandt]. Howard is joined by mick harvey [bad seeds], jp shilo adn jonnine standish [ex hate rock trio]. Features some lovely dark hearted swamp blues like rootsy sounds, coming across like later nick cave with lots of added hammond organ. May 2010-Cd-Infectious-€12.99

Indignant senility-Plays wagner part two-The second in a series of two limited edition vinyl releases on the type label from electronic producer pat maherr. Using a handful of dusty old wagner recordings he has stretched and distorted the hallowed tones of the original material into something indescribably dark and beautiful. It would be fair to say you will be struggling to find anything of the original recordings in here, most of it has been slowed down or reversed so much that its best approached as a totally unique piece of music. There are just odd hints of some kind of drone like string effects but most of the album features lots of biosphere like glitchy atmospherics. Its a classic piece of ambient music that the type label seem to be so good at sourcing for us. Its beautifully scratchy sounding stuff, almost like a score to some sci-fi horror movie from the past. May 2010-Lp-Type-€23.99

Jackson, milt and count basie-Big band volume one-Recorded on the 18th of january 1978 at group iv recording studios in hollywood. Features the comeback, basie, corner pocket, lady in lace, blues for joe turner, good time blues, lil darlin, big stuff and blue & sentimental. Features an all star line-up including count basie, milt jackson, butch miles, freddie green, john clayton, danny turner, bobby plater, eric dixon, charlie fowlkes, kenny hing, wayman reed, lyn biviano, sonny cohn, peter minger, billy hughes, mel wanzo, fred wesley and dennis wilson.-Lp-Pablo records-€11.99

Jackson, wanda-You know im no good-The legendary wanda jackson produced by jack white from the white stripes. Limited edition seven inch only release via jack whites own label third man records. Features a cover of you know im no good by amy winehouse and the johnny kidd and the pirates classic shakin all over. The single is pressed on a juke box style 7 inch with large centre hole, just for that classic retro like look. 2010-7"-Third man records-€7.99

John and jen-Time for the devil-The second album from french avant pop duo john and jehn. This is an album of much more wide ranging sounds, almost cinematic at times, compared to their self titled debut from 2008. Features a collection of sounds that delve into both dark electro pop and early new wave. Its an album of almost sultry like dark hearted alt pop sounds, at times calling to mind some of the early sounds of the 4ad label. Its beautifully strange at times too, with gentle electro pop like beats meeting big chunky bass riffs and jehns operatic like vocal delivery. There are bits of everything in here from the sultry pop of stereolab to the weird [but catchy] sounds of cocorosie. May 2010-Cd-Naive-€17.99

New york thrash-Various artists-A truly classic compilation of new york hardcore punk bands, originally released way back in 1982 and now reissued on roir label. Features 24 absolutely classic examples of the legendary new york hardcore sound from way back in its heyday. The original album only featured 22 tracks, this new reissue now features two extra bonus tracks by the stimulators. The album features tracks from the mad, kraut, heart attack, adrenalin od, fiends, nihilistics, undead, false prophets, bad brains, the beastie boys, stimulators and even worse. The album comes in the original gatefold sleeve with liner notes by tim sommer.-Lp-Roir-€14.99

People of the north-Deep tissue [with download coupon]-A band formed by kid millions and bobby matador of oneida back in 2003, the band can at times feature all members of oneida and at other times not. Such is the mystery that surrounds this album, there are no credits on the record anywhere so i am trusting the labels website for all my information. The album was recorded at the ocropolis in 2009 and features pretty much all members of oneida at some point or other, and believe me it sounds like it too. The album is probably more of a space / prog rock like affair compared to the more scuzzed up sounds of oneida, its very much an album deeply rooted in early krautrock and synth based space rock sounds. The album features just four rather lenghty and mind melting excurisions into the world of motorik hypnotic krautrock full of space age like minimalism and plenty of ear shredding noise. Limited edition vinyl only release on the jag jaguwar offshoot label brah records. Comes with a full download coupon featuring all four tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Brah records-€18.99

Pocahaunted-Make it real-Brand new album from the new look pocahaunted on the not not fun label. Apparently recorded barefoot, shirtless and direct to tape at green machine studios during the summer of 2009 by m geddes gengras, and featuring guest bamboo sax by jazzmaster alex gray [dreamcolour / deep magic]. Limited to only 500 copies on vinyl. This is very much a different beast to their earlier all out psychedelic shamanic like psyche folk rumblings. This one is a superb collection of totally dubbed up psychedelic almost pop like sounds full of tribal like beats, african tinged guitar picking and native american like chanting. Its kind of reminds me a little bit of what the slits would have sounded like with lee scratch perry at the controls. Its wonderfully trance like stuff with each track seamlessly melting into the next, it almost plays like on continuous piece to be honest. May 2010-Lp-Not not fun-€17.99

Rags, the-A national light-The debut full length album from this irish indie rock outfit on the grand cake label. The album features a blistering collection of fuzzed up guitar heavy indie rock and post punk sounds. Its got a bit of everything from nirvana like grunge rock to melodic post punk. Reminscent at times to a bit of early libertines meets the strokes, bristling with post punk anger and also plenty of catchy singalong choruses. May 2010-Cd-Grand cake recordings-€15.99

Randazzo, elisa-Bruises and butterflies-Songwriter and clothing designer who has previously worked with the red krayola releases her debut solo album for the drag city label. Randazzo played violin and sang with the red krayola on several tours and has appeared on four of their albums to date. The album features a lovely collection of downbeat and somewhat haunting folk based sounds. Its an album that harks back a wee bit to the classic early seventies folk sound, its even got hints of the likes of judee sill or linda perhacs whilst also reminding me of the more modern ethereal folk sounds of the likes of espers or marissa nadler. May 2010-Lp-Drag city-€15.99

Rangda-False flag-Sir richard bishop, ben chasny and chris corsano create a glorious cacaphony as an instrumental avant garde super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. Sir richard bishop has released a couple of solo album whilst also being one of the founding memebers of the sun city girls, ben chasny is probably best known for his work as six organs of admittance and chris corsano is a bit of an all round legendary drummer on the avant garde / free rock scene. The album is going to be pure heaven for free-form avant rock fans out there, imagine a somewhat less structured lightning bolt with even more added white noise. Its a truly thunderous assault on the ears, at times breaking out into the most stunning guitar solo workouts before launching head first back into all manner of ear bleeding full on noise. On occasion the album does actually break down into some hauntingly beautiful moments [its true, i kid you not] sounding like some long lost john fahey electric guitar piece. May 2010-Cd-Drag city-€13.99

Rangda-False flag-Sir richard bishop, ben chasny and chris corsano create a glorious cacaphony as an instrumental avant garde super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. Sir richard bishop has released a couple of solo album whilst also being one of the founding memebers of the sun city girls, ben chasny is probably best known for his work as six organs of admittance and chris corsano is a bit of an all round legendary drummer on the avant garde / free rock scene. The album is going to be pure heaven for free-form avant rock fans out there, imagine a somewhat less structured lightning bolt with even more added white noise. Its a truly thunderous assault on the ears, at times breaking out into the most stunning guitar solo workouts before launching head first back into all manner of ear bleeding full on noise. On occasion the album does actually break down into some hauntingly beautiful moments [its true, i kid you not] sounding like some long lost john fahey electric guitar piece. May 2010-Lp-Drag city-€15.99

Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Cd-Pema-€13.99

Teenage fanclub-Shadows-One of our all time favourite bands finally return with their first new album in nearly five years. The album is released again on their own pema label. The album features twelve brand new tracks including the recent single baby lee. What can i possibly say about a teenage fanclub album that you dont already now. The facts are it contains twelve classic slices of pure sunshine pop sounds, really is there anybody else better at this kind of jangly guitar music out there. Some of the tracks feature brass and strings, some of them dont. These guys are blessed with three of the finest songwriters around at the moment, not to mention three of the finest singers too. The album kind of sounds a bit like teenage fanclub, probably falling somewhere between grand prix and songs from northern britain. Basically its yet another superb collection, buy it and try not to smile from start to finish. May 2010-Lp-Pema-€13.99

Thomas, andrew-Between buildings and trees-The fourth solo album from new zealander andrew thomas, now on the kompakt label. Along with releasing his own solo albums thomas has also worked with signer and played on the skallander debut album released on the type label. This is an album of truly beautiful laid back ambient sounds, gently delving into the world of ambient pop from time to time. A collection of swirling, scratchy sound effects layered behind some rather gentle almost dubby like beats. Using a selection of source material taken from old cassettes the album has a lovely warm kind of tape hiss about it creating lovely looping drone effects. Its an album that definitely falls more into the ambient or ambient pop category. May 2010-Cd-Kompakt-€21.99

Tunng-Sashimi-Limited edition 7 inch pressing of this track taken from their most recent album and then we saw land. The single is limited to only 500 copies on heavyweight vinyl. The flip side is the winning mix from their soundcloud / drowned in sound competition to remix their previous single hustle [surehand remix]. May 2010-7"-Full time hobby-€4.50

Walpurgis family-Midsummer party-The walpurgis family is a new three piece indie pop outfit featuring jeroen saegeman [groom], wil mcdermot [groom] and ruan van vliet [groom], which is basically a new band featuring three members of groom if you add all the parts together, with special guests simone buda and neassa doherty. The album features a selection of beautifully intimate home recordings, just like all classic mellow indie pop should be made. It kind of reminds me a little bit of yo la tengo going all indie folk, maybe in a slightly more sombre mood with just a hint of belle and sebastian. Comes in a lovely big foldout card sleeve too. May 2010-Cd-Popical island-€9.99

Wintersleep-New inheritors-The return of this canadian based outfit with their first new full length album in nearly three years now. Its another uplifting collection of post rock tinged tinged indie rock anthems with a little bit of dark hearted new wave thrown in just to give things a little bit of edge. Features lots of intricate post rock like guitar action and gently rumbling new wave like indie rock. Parts of it kind of remind me of the cure, during their happier times with other moments calling to mind the slighly darker sounds of the national. May 2010-Cd-One four seven records-€15.99

Wolf, josiah-Jet lag-The debut solo album from why drummer joshiah wolf, mixed by younger brother yoni wolf [also of why and clouddead]. Its an album of almost psychedelic like sunshine indie pop sounds featuring all manner of live instruments. Its a very different sounding record compared to the slightly more hip hop tinged sounds of his band why. This one sounds at times like the flaming lips on a slightly smaller almost bedroom indie pop vibe. Its ever so slightly folk pop with lots of catchy psyche pop like influences too. Beautifully intimate at times with hints of the likes of grandaddy. May 2010-Cd-Anticon-€17.99

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Band on an island-Back disco-Limited edition 7 inch release from band on an island on the firstborn is dead label [home to the mighty stef]. Features back disco featuring claire prendergast and chelsea bards on the flip side. The single is limited to a measly 100 individually hand numbered copies, never to be repressed so get em while you still can. On the a side there is a special hand sprayed stenciled band on an island logo and the flip side features a hand drawn picture of the chelsea hotel sign, no two copies will ever be the same. The b-side of the single was recorded by the mighty stef himself in room 325 of the famous hotel chelsea and is dedicated to its great manager stanley bard. May 2010-7"-Firstborn is dead recordings-€4.99

Boa morte-The dial waltz-Hard to believe its been almost eight years since we last heard from this cork based outfit, we all thought they had broken up at this stage but thankfully i can report they are all alive and kicking. Their last album left us all here wanting more and its been a long long wait. Fronted again by the deep vocal tones of corma gahan the band also feaures paul ruxton [guitars / bass], bill twomey [guitars] and maurice hallissey [drums]. The album features a rather beautiful collection of downbeat slow core meets post rock sounds, think red house painters meets low and smog. Its a lovely sombre and intimate affair full of gently brushed drum sounds, strings and minimal post rock like guitar picking. Fans of fellow irishman adrian crowley will fall in love with this one instantly. Its one of those perfect late night bedtime albums, beautifully soothing stuff. May 2010-Cd-Kicking a can records-€13.99

Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. The album comes presented in a lovely card gatefold sleeve with printed inner featuring all the lyrics. May 2010-Lp-Divine comedy records-€16.99

Divine comedy-Bang goes the knighthood [limited edition with bonus cd]-The long awaited tenth album from the divine comedy. Fronted by the ever enigmatic neil hannon and released on his own label this time. This is his first divine comedy album since making the duckworth lewis method record last year with thomas walsh from pugwash. Its is amazingly enough also his first album as the divine comedy since victory for the comic muse back in 2006. Its been a long four year wait for long time fans of mr hannon but we will have to let him away with it, in fairness to him he has been busy with the duckworth lewis method. This is definitely an album that will tick all the right boxes for you divine comedy fans, its very much an album that sounds like it was written on piano this time, pretty much every track features piano as the lead instrument with plenty of lush orchestration then added in for extra drama and authenticity. Its another wonderful collection of distinctly divine comedy like chamber pop sounds with plenty of hannons almost vaudeville like twists and turns, not to mention the odd bit of sixties tinged scott walker like orchestral pop. Limited edition double cd version, limited to 5000 copies in total and features an exclusive extra booklet and a bonus disc featuring material recorded live in france. May 2010-2cd-Divine comedy records-€13.99

Doyle, matthew-A most unholy reminder-Limited edition five track ep featuring haunt you, youll never make it out of here alive, oh no the wolves are coming, o lord why are you running and folk on the road. Its very much an all solo affair from this dublin based singer songwriter, he writes, plays and records everything on here. The ep features a lovely rustic collection of old time acoustic folk sounds with hints of early dylan, townes van zandt and bonnie prince billys outings as palace brothers. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€4.99

Fagan, simon-Outside looking in-The debut solo album from irish singer songwriter simon fagan on loose robe productions. The album features a lush collection of mostly folk based sounds, taking in a bit of everything from funky rock to jazz tinged folk rock along the way. The album falls somewhere between the modern americana of the likes of ryan adams and the more rootsy kind of laid back rock of josh ritter. May 2010-Cd-Loose robe productions-€12.99

Fred and bob-On a good day-The debut ep from this dublin based four piece new wave / indie rock outfit. Limited edition four track ep featuring gluey fingers, taken, blue and are you. The band features emma greenhalgh [vocals], sophia kansanniva [guitars], gil connor [bass] and neil farren [drums]. Features lots of fuzzed up indie rock guitar sounds and a vocalist that sounds like blondie in a particularly bad mood. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€4.99

Glass, gavin-Myna birds-The debut full lenth solo album from the man who has spent the last two years as multi-instrumentalist with lisa hannigan in her backing band, miss hannigan even makes the odd guest appearence on the album. The album was recorded in nashville featuring past and present members of the jayhawks, wilco and the black crowes. The album features a lovely rootsy collection of folky rock sounds, falling somewhere between the likes of josh ritter and ryan adams. Its full of country and nashville tinged rock sounds with lots of slide guitar and hammond organ action. May 2010-Cd-Orphan records-€15.99

Rags, the-A national light-The debut full length album from this irish indie rock outfit on the grand cake label. The album features a blistering collection of fuzzed up guitar heavy indie rock and post punk sounds. Its got a bit of everything from nirvana like grunge rock to melodic post punk. Reminscent at times to a bit of early libertines meets the strokes, bristling with post punk anger and also plenty of catchy singalong choruses. May 2010-Cd-Grand cake recordings-€15.99

Walpurgis family-Midsummer party-The walpurgis family is a new three piece indie pop outfit featuring jeroen saegeman [groom], wil mcdermot [groom] and ruan van vliet [groom], which is basically a new band featuring three members of groom if you add all the parts together, with special guests simone buda and neassa doherty. The album features a selection of beautifully intimate home recordings, just like all classic mellow indie pop should be made. It kind of reminds me a little bit of yo la tengo going all indie folk, maybe in a slightly more sombre mood with just a hint of belle and sebastian. Comes in a lovely big foldout card sleeve too. May 2010-Cd-Popical island-€9.99

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Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals].-Cd-4ad-€12.99

Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Before today [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Brand new album from arial pinks haunted graffiti, his first for new label 4ad, following hot on the heels of the first single round and round. Ariel pink is based around los angeles native ariel rosenberg and backed by longtime collaborators haunted graffiti featuring kenny gilmore [keys / guitar / vocals], aaron sperske [drums / vocals] and tim koh [bass / vocals].-Lp-4ad-€13.99

Clogs-The creatures in the garden of lady walton [this album is released on the 11th of june]-The return of this almost classical like quartet featuring bryce dessner and padma newsome from the national. The album also features guest vocals from sufjan stevens, my brightest diamond and matt berninger [the national].-Cd-Brassland-€12.99

Gaslight anthem-American slang [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Brand new album from this new jersey outfit on the side one dummy label. The album features recent singles american slang and the boxer. Its their first album since the 59 sound from 2008, the album is also produced by ted hutt again.-Cd-Side one dummy-€13.99

Gaslight anthem-American slang [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Brand new album from this new jersey outfit on the side one dummy label. The album features recent singles american slang and the boxer. Its their first album since the 59 sound from 2008, the album is also produced by ted hutt again.-Lp-Side one dummy-€14.99

Here we go magic-Pigeons [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label.-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99

Here we go magic-Pigeons [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Here we go magic are a five piece band made up of member luke temple, kristina lieberson, michael bloch, jennifer turner and peter hale. This is their second full length album to date, their first album came out in 2009 on the american indie label western vinyl, this one comes courtesy of the secretly canadian label.-Lp-Secretly canadian-€13.99

Horse feathers-Thistled spring [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Horse feathers return with their third full length album.-Cd-Kill rock stars-€13.99

Horse feathers-Thistled spring [this album is released on the 11th of june]-Horse feathers return with their third full length album.-Lp-Kill rock stars-€14.99

Nastasia, nina-Outlaster [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise].-Cd-Fat cat-€12.99

Nastasia, nina-Outlaster [this album will be released on the 4th of june]-Nina nastasia returns with her first new album since the truly wonderful collaboration from 2007 with jim white from the dirty three. Recording once more with steve albini at electrical audio in chicago. Nina engaged los angeles instrumentalist and arranger paul bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. The album also features drummer jay bellerose [t-bone burnett / joe henry] and chicago based guitarist jeff parker [tortoise]. Limited to only 500 copies on vinyl and comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl.-Lp-Fat cat-€14.99

Pernice brothers-Goodbye killer [this album is released on the 11th of june]-The pernice brothers finally return with their first full length album since live a little from way back in 2006. Brothers joe and bob pernice return with a brand new collection of originals, recorded in an attic in boston.-Cd-One little indian-€12.99

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Ashby, dorothy-The rubaiyat of dorothy ashby-This album was originally released by the cadet label way back in 1970 and is still regarded as one of ashbys finest recordings, the album features ashby on both harp and koto along with lenny druss on flute and oboe, stu katz on vibes, fred katz on kalimba, cliff davis on sax and cash mccall on guitar, the album was recorded by richard evans in chicago in late 1969, ashby has a very distinctive sound due to her being one of very few harpists working in the jazz scene of the late sixties, this album also sees ashby provide vocals on a couple of tracks giving the album a somewhat soulful feel, the jazzy instrumentals have a real hypnotic feel to them particularly on tracks like for some we loved when ashby moves over to the koto instrument, she also moves into some really lush lounge sounds on tracks likes dust when her beautiful voices comes to the fore again, this reissue comes in the original sleeve and features the original liner notes from yvonne daniels, 2007-Lp-Cadet records-€13.99

Astatke, mulatu-Ethio jazz [featuring fekade amde maskal]-Mulatu astatke is widely regarded as one of the leading lights of ethiopian jazz both old and modern. This collection was originally part of the legendary ethiopiques series and now gets a well deserved vinyl reissue. The album features nine very laid back pieces of african jazz and afro beat. The tracks featured here were originally released between 1969 and 1974. May 2008-Lp-L arome-€16.99

Bar kays-Soul finger-Originally released on the elektra label way back in 1967. This was actually the first and last album to feature the original lineup of james alexander [bass], jimmy king [guitar], ronnie caldwell [organ], phalon jones [sax], carl cunningham [drums] and ben cauley [trumpet]. The majority of the band were tragically killed later that year in a plane crash, the same one that accounted for otis redding too. These guys were originally the house band for memphis based labels stax and volt, backing a host of top vocalists recording in both studios. Its a classic collection of instrumental sixties soul / funk. The album features soul finger, knucklehead, with a childs heart, bar kays boogaloo, theme from hells angels, you cant sit down, house shoes, pearl high, i want someone, hole in the wall and dont do that. Now reissued in all its multicoloured glory with the original lner notes by none other than booker t.-Lp-Volt records-€13.99

Blakey, art and the jazz messengers-Africaine-A classic blue note reissue from way back in 1959. The album was actually recorded in 1959 but didnt get a full release until 1979. Features art blakey on drums, wayne shorter on sax, lee morgan on trumpet, walter davis on piano and jymie merritt on bass. The album features africaine, lester left town, splendid, haina, the midget and celine.-Lp-Blue note-€13.99

Blind willie johnson-If i had my day id tear the building down-Texas born blind willie johnson is one of the finest bottlenck guitar players to have ever lived. This collection on the wonderful monk label features a selection of his recordings for the columbia label between 1927 and 1930. Features i know his blood can make me whole, jesus make up my dying bed, its nobodys fault but mine, mothers children have a hard time, dark was the night cold was the morning, if i had my way it tear the building down, im gonna run to the city of refuge, jesus is coming soon, lord i cant just keep from crying, keep your lamp trimmed and burning, let you light shine on me, god dont never change, bye and bye im goin to see the king, sweeter as the years roll by. November 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99

Boogaloo pow wow-Dancefloor rendezvous in young nuyorica [limited edition double vinyl]-This is one hell of a sleazy and damn fine collection of sixties sounds from the underground new york dancefloors featuring some rather excellent strip club jazzy boogaloo sounds. Its really raw and is so full of energy that is near impossible not to feel yourself moving to it in some way. By the time the seventies arrived this stuff had slowed down and turned into what we call lounge music but to hear it like this in its pure raw format will make you think again about lounge music. Sleazy vocals, howling trumpets and brass, jazzy guitar licks and huge big band explosions. If you are having a party soon then this is totally essential music to have on the stereo. Features people like machito, ray barretto, willie rosario, kako, joe loco, tito rodriguez, chuito velez and many more. Seventeen tracks in total from the always reliable honest jons label. Limited edition double vinyl pressing in a heavy card gatefold sleeve. July 2008-2lp-Honest jons-€23.99

Brown, james-There it is-Originally released in 1972, his second album for the polydor label at the time. The album features there it is [parts one and two], king heron, im a greedy man [parts one and two], who am i, talkin loud and sayin nothing, public enemy #1 [parts one and two], i need help [i cant do it alone] and never can say goodbye. Now reissued with all the original artwork.-Lp-Polydor-€13.99

Cary, tristram-Its time for tristan cary [limited edition clear vinyl pressing]-Tristram cary was born in oxford in 1925 and went on to be dubbed the father of electronic music. He set up the uk's first electronic music studio [londons ems] and worked for the bbc on many occasions. In 1955 he was commissioned to write the music for the new ealing movie the ladykillers and probably most famously was the man who provided the sound effects for the daleks when they first appeared in dr who in 1963. This album collects 32 rare pieces from the vaults, many of these are being released for the very first time. The pieces were written for various uses including exhibitions, sculpture and television. Pure heaven for collectors of weird early electronica and library recordings. Limited edition clear vinyl pressing. April 2010-Lp-Trunk-€16.99

Clark, sonny-Cool struttin-A reissue of the classic 1958 blue note album, the lineup boasted some considerable talent with jackie mclean, art farmer, paul chambers and philly joe jones, the highlight for most is the opening and title track which now stands as a preeminent jazz classic, but there is not a bad note on this albums four tracks, other titles include blue minor, sippin at bells and deep night-Lp-Blue note-€13.99

Cocorosie-Grey oceans [limited edition blue vinyl]-Paris based sisters sierra and bianca cassidy return with their fourth full length album to date, their previous albums were on the thrill jockey label with this one on the pias france label. The album features another superbly kooky collection of electronic beats, live instrumentation and all manner or rustic old vinyl samples. The dual vocal sounds on the album are really what set these girls apart from other kooky psyche pop outfit out there. On one hand you have the classically trained voice of sierra sounding like an operatic version of liz fraser [cocteau twins] and then theres the much more rustic almost vaudeville souding voice of bianca, the diversity of the two sounds just works so so well together. These girls have the ability to work hip hop beats into old time piano ballads, haunting fairytale like folk into throbbing electronic pop and so much more. It really is like the meeting of two very different styles and its genuinely works so well. I think out of all four albums this is my favourite one so far. Limited edition blue vinyl pressing, comes in a gatefold sleeve too. April 2010-Lp-Pias-€13.99

Cohen, leonard-Songs of leonard cohen-The songs of leonard cohen gets a much overdue reissue treatment by the sundazed label. Features suzanne, master song, winter lady, the stranger song, sisters of mercy, so long marianne, hey thats no way to say goodbye, stories of the street, teachers and one of us cannot be wrong. Produced by john simon. Comes in all the original artwork.-Lp-Sundazed-€18.99
Coleman, ornette-Love call-Released on the blue note label back in 1968. The album features airborne, love call, open to the public and chekc out time. Joining coleman on the recordings were dewey redman on tenor sax, jimmy garrison on bass and elvin jones on drums. The album is now reissued in the original sleeve with liner notes on the back by leonard feather.-Lp-Blue note-€13.99

Coleman, ornette-The shape of jazz to come-Still seen as one of the landmark freeform avant garde jazz record today, this album was originally released in 1959 on atlantic records, features lonely woman, eventually, peace, focus on sanity, congeniality and chronology, features coleman on alto sax, donald cherry on cornet, charlie hadden on bass and billy higgins on drums, american reissue on atlantic records-Lp-Atlantic-€13.99

Covay, don-See saw-A bit of a soul gem from way back in 1966 on the atlantic label, don covay used to be a member of the doo wop outfit the rainbows in the fifties, features the blistering self penned opener see saw along with the boomerang, everything gonna be everything, fat man, precious you, iron out the rough spots, please do something, i never get enough of your love, the usual place, a womans love, sookie sookie and mercy mercy, american reissue in the original sleeve-Lp-Atlantic-€13.99

Davey, cathy-The nameless-Irish singer songwriter returns with her brand new album on hammer toe records, her third album to date. The album comes rather beautifully presented in a deluxe [giant] foldout poster sleeve with printed paper wraparound holder. Along with tons of strings davey is joined by conor o brien [villagers] and neil hannon [divine comedy]. I must say this is a much more rustic, almsot live sounding record compared to her previous two records, its full of dramatic almost vaudeville like folk sounds which sees davey adding in lots of banjo on this album for the first time. Its a wonderfully kooky collection of sounds with davey plucking all sorts of influences to create something totally original. Its got a bit of everything from jazz to folk to vaudeville musical and plenty more. Could well be her finest and most varied collection to date. May 2010-Cd-Hammer toe records-€14.99

Donaldson, lou-Midnight creeper-Reissue of this classic blue note release from way back in 1968. The album comes pressed in all its gatefold sleeve glory with liner notes by reggie lavong. The band features donaldson on alto sax, blue mitchell on trumpet, george benson on guitar, lonnie smith on organ and leo morris on drums. Features midnight creeper, love power, elizabeth, bag of jewels and dapper dan.-Lp-Blue note-€13.99

Dylan, bob-Bob dylan-Bob dylans very first album from way back in 1962. Released on the columbia label. Features youre no good, talkin new york, in my time of dyin, man of constant sorrow, fixin to die, pretty peggy o, highway 51, gospel plow, baby let me follow you down, house of the risin sun, freight train blues, song to woody and see that my grave is kept clean. Now reissued on the sundazed label on high quality 180 gram vinyl. 2009-Lp-Sundazed-€19.99

Elektronische musik-Soul jazz presents-Soul jazz presents a collection of experimental german rock and electronic musik from 1972 to 1983. I think it would be fair to say this is one of the most influential periods in the development of modern electronic music, the collection covers everything from motorik krautrock to space rock to ambient synthesizer music. I dont exagerate when i say there isnt a single bad track on this collection. The album features tracks from can, between, harmonia, gila, kollectiv, michael bundt, emak, popul vuh, conrad schnitzler, la dusseldorf, faust, neu, cluster, ibliss, dieter moebius, amon duul ii, ash ra temple, tangerine dream, roedelius and deuter. Comes with a highly detailed booklet and is housed in a lovely card outer jacket. May 2010-2cd-Soul jazz-€14.99

Elektronische musik-Soul jazz presents - part one-Soul jazz presents a collection of experimental german rock and electronic musik from 1972 to 1983. I think it would be fair to say this is one of the most influential periods in the development of modern electronic music, the collection covers everything from motorik krautrock to space rock to ambient synthesizer music. I dont exagerate when i say there isnt a single bad track on this collection. The album features tracks from can, between, harmonia, gila, kollectiv, michael bundt, emak, popul vuh, conrad schnitzler, la dusseldorf, harmonia, faust and neu. Double vinyl pressing. May 2010-2lp-Soul jazz-€14.99

Elektronische musik-Soul jazz presents - part two-Soul jazz presents a collection of experimental german rock and electronic musik from 1972 to 1983. I think it would be fair to say this is one of the most influential periods in the development of modern electronic music, the collection covers everything from motorik krautrock to space rock to ambient synthesizer music. I dont exagerate when i say there isnt a single bad track on this collection. The album features tracks from cluster, ibliss, dieter moebius, amon duul ii, popul vuh, ash ra temple, tangerine dream, roedelius, can and deuter. Double vinyl pressing in gatefold sleeve. May 2010-2lp-Soul jazz-€14.99

Ellington, duke-Far east suite-In 1963 duke eliington and his famed band went on a us state department world tour, after the tour ellington and his co-composer billy strayhorn wrote these swing based impressions of the far east, incredible that ellington still had creative desires at the age of 67, features tourist point of view, bluebird of delhi, isfahan, depk, mount harissa, blue pepper, agra, amad and ad lib on nippon, originally released in 1966-Lp-Rca-€13.99

Ellington, duke-The 1953 pasadena concert-Recorded at the pasadena civic auditorium on the 30th of march 1953. The album features the tatooed bride, diminuendo in blue / crescendo in blue, the hawk talks, monologue, so louis blues, vips boogie / jam with sam, without a song, do nothing til you hear from me, street blues, perdido and ellington melody. Features ray nance, willie cook, clark terry, cat anderson, britt woodman, quentin jackson, juan tizol, jimmy hamilton, russell procope, rick henderson, paul gonsalves, harry carney, wendell marshall, butch ballard, jimmy grissom and special guest oscar pettiford. Now reissued featuring all the original artwork with liner notes from stanley dance.-Lp-Gnp/crescendo-€13.99

Flying lotus-Cosmogramma [double vinyl with bonus download coupon]-Brand new album on the warp label from one of the most highly respected producers around at the moment. The album is the much anticipated follow up to the los angeles album from 2008. The album features a host of well known collaborators including thom yorke [radiohead], thundercat [sa ra], miguel atwood ferguson, ravi coltrane [son of alice and john], harp prodigy rebekah raff and returning vocalist laura darlington. Brand new album on the warp label from one of the most highly respected producers around at the moment. The album is the much anticipated follow up to the los angeles album from 2008. The album features a host of well known collaborators including thom yorke [radiohead], thundercat [sa ra], miguel atwood ferguson, ravi coltrane [son of alice and john], harp prodigy rebekah raff and returning vocalist laura darlington. The album features a totally futuristic journey into the world of modern instrumental hip hop, its full of jazzy undertones and almost seventies like hammond organ soul sounds. Its very much an album based around intricate beats with the music then layered around these ever changing rhythms. There are moments of blue note like jazz guitar, samba, dubstep and blissful ambience included. Its very much a producers album and one that will delight all fans of off kilter instrumental hip hop. The album is pressed on double vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve with bonus download coupon featuring all 17 tracks from the album. April 2010-2lp-Warp-€18.99

Gaye, marvin-Whats going on-Originally released in 1970 on the tamla motown label, limited vinyl reissue in the original gatefold sleeve, features whats going on, right on, wholy holy, inner city blues, whats happening brother, flyin high, save the children, god is love and mercy mercy me, reissue on tamla motown in 1998-Lp-Tamla motown-€14.99

Green, grant-Grants first stand-Grant greens debut for the blue note label, originally released back in 1961. The album features miss anns tempo, lullaby of the leaves, blues for willarene, babys minor lope, aint nobodys business if i do and a wee bit of green. The band features green on guitar, baby face willette on organ and ben dixon on drums. Now reissed on the blue note label featuring all the original artwork with liner notes by robert levin.-Lp-Blue note-€13.99

Guthrie, woody-Dust bowl ballads-This is actually the very first record cut by guthrie after moving to new york in the early fourties. Cut for alan lomax as part of his work with the library of congress. The album was originally released as three separate 78prm records and was then compiled by the smithsonian label in 1964. Now reissued by the doxy label on 180 gram vinyl. The majority of tracks were recorded in april 1940 with just the last two coming from a session in may of the same year. The tracks are all solo recordings. October 2009-Lp-Doxy-€15.99

Ma rainey-Those dogs of mine-Ma rainey began recording for the paramount label in 1923, she was to become known as the mother of the blues, she was also one of the very first blues artists to record for the label. She began her singing career around 1896 in vaudeville and minstrel show, she was a fairly colourful character, shocking audiences with her odd lyrics and performances which at the time were deemed to be beyond the limits of decency for some. This album on the superb monk label compiles 19 of her classic recordings, made between december 1923 and august 1924. As ever with the monk label the tracks have been beautifully cleaned up for this vinyl only release and come on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. April 2010-Lp-Monk-€13.99

Male bonding-Nothing hurts-Nothing hurts is the sub pop debut and the first full length from dalston based trio male bonding. The band features robin silas christian [drums], john arthur webb [guitar / vocals] and kevin hendrick [bass / vocals]. The album features a fairly blistering collection of old school jangly indie rock, grunge pop and fuzzed up post punk. At times it kind of reminds me a bit of early nirvana [bleach] with a slightly more avant punk twist to it. The album also has lots of nods back towards the heavier side of jangly indie rock with plenty of choppy new wave tendencies. Its almost like a slightly more grunged up punky wedding present with bits of sixties garage surf thrown in, imagine dick dale fronting some fuzzed up indie rock band. With 13 tracks clocking in at just under thirty minutes this is pure bliss for guitar heavy indie rock fans, its the perfect length for this kind of album too, as soon as its finished you just want to hit the start button again. May 2010-Cd-Sub pop-€12.99

Mayfield, curtis-Theres no place like america today-Released in 1975 on the curtom label, the album is now reissued in all its bleak grim glory depicting the social divides in american society in the early fifties. The album features billy jack, when seasons change, so in love, jesus, blue monday people, hard times and love to the people. The album was recorded at the curtom studios in chicago. The band featured rich tufo on keyboards, lucky scott on bass, quinton joseph on drums, gary thompson on guitar, phil upchurch on guitar and henry gibson on conga-Lp-Curtom records-€13.99

Mazzy star-Among my swan [180 gram vinyl]-The third and final album from the superb mazzy star. Originally released in 1996, the album now comes reissued by plain recordings and is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. The album features hope sandoval on vocals, dave roback on guitars and a guest spot from william reid [jesus and mary chain]. Features disappear, flowers in december, rhymes of an hour, cry cry, take everything, still cold, all your sisters, ive been let down, roseblood, happy, umbilical and look down from the bridge. The album comes packaged with all the original artwork including printed inner sleeve. March 2010-Lp-Plain recordings-€21.99

Meters-Struttin-New orleans based funk outfit from the seventies and also backing backing band to the legendary allen toussaint, originally released in 1970 and their third album as the meters, their first album to really delve into vocal tracks with the chant along single chicken strut and their cover of jimmy webbs wichita lineman and lee dorseys ride your pony, also features their cover of ty hunters soulful single darling darling darling-Lp-Josie-€13.99

Monk, thelonious-Big band and quartet in concert-Originally released in 1963 on the columbia label. Recorded at the philharmonic hall in new york. Features i mean you, evidence, when its darkness on the delta, oska t, played twice, four in one and epistrophy. Now reissued featuring allthe original artwork with liner notes from ira gitler, robert shelton and george t simon.-Lp-Columbia-€13.99

National, the-High violet-The national finally return with their long awaited follow up to the boxer from 2007. The eleven new tracks were recorded at the bands own studios in brooklyn with some extra recording and mixing at tarquin studios in connecticut with peter katis. The album features another superb collection of dark hearted and sombre indie rock / new wave sounds full of brooding atmospherics and shimmering reverb laden guitar effects. For me their sound is still heavily rooted in the darker side of post punk ./ indie rock ala the cure, joy division or echo and the bunnymen which is then layered with tons of anthemic american rock influences. This album is awash with lush string sounds, it almost sounds like they are backed by a full orchestra at times. They are still one of the few bands out there who can make dark and brooding indie rock sound utterly uplifting. May 2010-Cd-4ad-€12.99

Newsom, joanna-Have one on me [triple cd box]-Not one for doing things in small measures, joanna newsom returns with her brand new album, her first since the lush orchestrated epic that was ys in 2006. This new one is a triple album, one for each year since ys [apparently]. The band features ys street band members ryan francesconi and neal morgan again. It would be fair to say after the lush orchestral washes of the van dyke parks scored last album this album has much more in common with her debut album [the mild eyed mender]. Its very much a stripped down sound again with newsom playing both piano and harp throughout. Its nice to see her going back to the sounds of the debut album, this one is all about her truly stunning voice again with just the barest of musical accompaniment. Its an album deeply rooted in traditional folk sounds, both english and american with plenty of nods back towards an old english victorian kind of vibe. If you are a novice to this womans overall sound then try to imagine a slightly more rustic sounding kate bush playing a harp, if anything newsom is even more kooky than that. This woman possesses one of the most distinctive voices around at the moment, there is no mistaking who you are listening to right from the first note. As ever its full of dramatic bursts of strings and piano, there is little else going on musically which really allows you to enjoy the truly wonderful lyrics this woman writes. Her songs are more like miniature short stories, there is nothing simple about the kind of songs this woman writes and that has always been something that makes you come back to her albums all the time. This is nothing short of beautiful, and believe me its not short but for such a long album its does seem to pass rather quickly. Its not often you can say this about a triple album but this is nothing short of perfect, just over two hours of pure bliss. The album comes packaged in a rather lavish heavy card box, each cd is individually packaged in a miniature card sleeve inside. There is also an extensive booklet with lyrics for all the tracks. February 2010-3cd-Drag city-€19.99

Newsom, joanna-Have one on me [triple vinyl box]-Not one for doing things in small measures, joanna newsom returns with her brand new album, her first since the lush orchestrated epic that was ys in 2006. This new one is a triple album, one for each year since ys [apparently]. The band features ys street band members ryan francesconi and neal morgan again. It would be fair to say after the lush orchestral washes of the van dyke parks scored last album this album has much more in common with her debut album [the mild eyed mender]. Its very much a stripped down sound again with newsom playing both piano and harp throughout. Its nice to see her going back to the sounds of the debut album, this one is all about her truly stunning voice again with just the barest of musical accompaniment. Its an album deeply rooted in traditional folk sounds, both english and american with plenty of nods back towards an old english victorian kind of vibe. If you are a novice to this womans overall sound then try to imagine a slightly more rustic sounding kate bush playing a harp, if anything newsom is even more kooky than that. This woman possesses one of the most distinctive voices around at the moment, there is no mistaking who you are listening to right from the first note. As ever its full of dramatic bursts of strings and piano, there is little else going on musically which really allows you to enjoy the truly wonderful lyrics this woman writes. Her songs are more like miniature short stories, there is nothing simple about the kind of songs this woman writes and that has always been something that makes you come back to her albums all the time. This is nothing short of beautiful, and believe me its not short but for such a long album its does seem to pass rather quickly. Its not often you can say this about a triple album but this is nothing short of perfect, just over two hours of pure bliss. The album comes packaged in a rather lavish heavy card box, each vinyl comes in its own individual sleeve inside too. There is also a 12 inch sized booklet with lyrics for all the tracks. February 2010-3lp-Drag city-€23.99

Oren ambarchi with jim o rourke and keiji haino-Tima formosa-Live recording of the debut performance of these three leading lights on the avant garde scene. Recorded at the playhouse in japan in january 2009. The album is broken down into three separate segments, spread out over a total of sixty minutes. The album feaures ambarchi on guitars, jim o rourke on piano and keiji haino on vocals / flute / drum machine. Features a selection of avant garde drone based ambience, jazz like piano tinkling and some truly haunting vocal effects from haino. April 2010-Cd-Black truffle-€21.99

Patton, charley-Electrically recorded [prayer of death]-A wonderful collection of rare recordings on the monk label from the legendary grandaddy of the delta blues. This selection was recorded on the 14th of june 1929. The album features some rare tracks patton recorded under two separate aliases. Features two tracks as the masked marvel and two as elder ja hadley. Pressed on heavy vinyl courtesy of the get back records offshoot label monk. The tracks have all been rather beautifully cleaned up and really have never sounded better. This music was always made to be listened to on vinyl so its very pleasurable to see it back on it original format again. May 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99

Rag and stomp-A retrospective on 1930s western swing [various artists]-Another wonderful collection of rare long lost gems from the past, unearthed by the high quality reissue label monk records. The album comes in a lovely retro brown card sleeve with printed inner sleeve featuring liner notes on the tracks. These tracks, recorded in the thirties and fourties, defined a sound we now call western swing. Its like a great big jazz swing party all wrapped up one on record. Features tracks from salty holmes, sweet violet boys, bob wills and his texas playboys, jimmie revard and his oklahoma playboys, cody fox and his yellow jackets, bob skyles and his skyrockets, the hi fliers, light crust doughboys, boy newman and his boys, rice brothers gang, adolph hofner and his san antonians and finally ted daffans texans. 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99

Redneck manifesto-Friendship-Brand new album from one of irelands very finest instrumental post rock outfits. Its hard to believe this is their first album in nearly six years now, the last album i am brazil was released way back in 2004, for some reason it just doesnt seem that long. The album was recorded in blackbox studios in france and is probably their first to really incorporate the keyboard sounds of fifth member neil o connor [aka somadrone]. Its definitely an album much more based on krautrock like rhythms, its still jam packed with intricate post rock guitar interplay but this one has a real motorik like groove provided by some sublime drum and bass action. If anything this album sounds more like the redneck manifesto jamming with can or neu, the lush analog synth sounds really do add a whole new dimension to their already rather complex sound. This truly is pure heaven for lovers of either intricate post rock or trance like krautrock from one of the finest in ireland [if not worldwide]. It may not have the same raw edge of their first album but i think you will find this is up there as one of their finest, if not their best so far. The album comes in a lovely embossed digipack sleeve. March 2010-Cd-The richter collective-€13.99

Reed, lou-Berlin [remastered edition]-Lou reeds third album which originally came out in 1973 tends to divide a lot of fans. Fans either love or hate this album. Its often described as either one of the most depressing or one of the most moving albums of all time but theres no denying its truly dark beauty. The all star lineup included the likes of jack bruce, steve winwood, ansley dunbar and tony levin along with producer and collaborator bob ezrin. The album is now reissued in its original sleeve complete with printed inner. The album has now been fully remastered for this new version on the music on vinyl reissue label. November 2009-Lp-Music on vinyl-€18.99

Ritter, josh-So runs the world away-So runs the world away is the brand new album from josh ritter on the irish label independent records. This is the fifth full length studio album from the idaho native. The album was recorded over a 15 month period at the great north sound society in maine, with extra additional recording at saltlands studios in brooklyn. So runs the world away continues ritter’s longtime collaboration with producer and keyboard player sam kassirer. Additionally the album sees the return of ritters core touring lineup of zack hickman, austin nevins and liam hurley. The album features another superb collection of somewhat upbeat rootsy americana, folk and country tinged sounds. It’s a beautifully melodic collection of sounds, infused with plenty of catchy rootsy pop like vibes, if anything its probably one of his most summery sounding collections in his five album career so far. The album comes in a lovely card digipack sleeve with full colour booklet featuring lyrics. April 2010-Cd-Independent records-€12.99

Scott-heron, gil-From south africa to south carolina-This was the second album that gil scott-heron made with procuder / composer brian jackson, first minute of a new day preceded this in 1975. This album was originally released back in 1976 on the tvt label and is now reissued featuring all the original artwork. Along with jackson the band also features bob adams [drums], danny bowens [bass], victor brown [vocals / bells / tambourine], adenola [congas], charlie saunders [conga], bilal sunni ali [harmonica] and barnett williams [percussion]. The album features johannesburg, a toast to the people, the summer of 42, beginnings [first minute of a new day], south carolina [barnwell], essex, fell together and lovely day.-Lp-Rumal gia records-€13.99

Shepp, archie-Yasmina a black woman [180 gram vinyl]-Recorded in august of 1969 in paris by tenor saxophonist archie shepp. The album features collaborations with art ensemble of chicago members lester bowie, roscoe mitchell and malachi favors on the twenty minute opener, yasmina. The album also features philly joe jones, art taylor, hank mobley and sunny murray. The album features just three tracks which are yasmina, sonnys back and body & soul. Comes in the original gatefold sleeve with notes by philippe carles.-Lp-Byg-€13.99

Sparklehorse and fennesz-In the fishtank-Recorded over the space of just two days back in december 2007. The album is released as part of the ongoing in the fishtank collaboration series by the konkurrent label. Its hard to believe its been three years since we have had a new addition to this truly wonderful series [last one was isis and aereogramme in 2006]. The idea behind the series is to lock two very different bands in a room together for a few days and let them come up with some original music together. The album features seven pieces which very much sound more like fennesz backed up by sparklehorse than anything else. Its full of his classic trademark scratchy sound effects as linkous and co add in some beautifully sparse instrumentation. Linkous also adds some delicate vocal sounds on a couple of tracks with the almost folk like vibes of if my heart really standing out for me. Absolutely beautiful stuff and real must for fennesz fans. November 2009-Lp-Konkurrnent-€13.99

Sun ra-Lanquidity [180 gram vinyl]-Reissue of this hard to find sun ra album from 1978, now on the philly jazz label. The album comes in the original silver sleeve and is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Features lanquidity, where pathways meet, thats how i feel, twin stars of thence and there are other worlds [they have not told you off]. The album was recorded at blank tapes in new york on the 17th of july 1978.-Lp-Philly jazz-€13.99

Surfer blood-Astro coast [red vinyl with mp3 download]-The debut album from this florida based indie rock outfit on the kanine label. Its a collection of somewhat blissful indie rock meets sixties surf pop. Try to imagine the likes of pavement or weezer jamming with the beach boys. Its full of clever indie rock sounds, complete with both jangly guitars and hints of shoegazing, then throw some of the vocal harmonies of the beach boys over the top of all that. Its a really happy feelgood kind of sound, drenched in reverb, at times kind of reminding me of some early pixies sounds for some reason. This could well become the soundtrack to the summer months. The album comes pressed on limited edition red vinyl and also features an mp3 download coupon. March 2010-Lp-Kanine-€21.99

Swing for a crime-Various artists-Another superb collection of sixties garage rock, sleazy jazz and exotica courtesy of the crypt label. Features a host of sixties sleaze interspersed with b movie film dialogue. Features tracks from the hollywood persuaders, patsy raye and the beatniks, johnny brown and the joy boys, ric gary, barney kessel, sy oliver, les baxter, bing day, the vikings, art van dam, cozy cole, linda burnette, the triumphs, the originals, the viscounts, nat kendrick and the swans, the royal jokers and tony rodelle larson.-Lp-Crypt records-€13.99

Twistin rumble-Volume three-The third part in this truly wonderful collection of sixties stripjoint sounds, features a collection of sleazy sounds from the mid to late sixties, you get a collection of mostly instrumental garage rock, garage soul, r n b, funk, surf rock, rockabilly, sleazy garage pop and brass led garage soul, its like one great big sixties basement party, artists include el pauling and the royalton, nick and the jaguars, lonnie brooks, hector and the eastmen, billy emerson, johnny rebb, joe williams, the upsetters, big al downing, howie casey, smokey johnson, ambrose donald, mickey baker, sonny day, big moose and the jams and finally poor boys, july 2007-Lp-Twistin rumble-€14.99

Villagers-Becoming a jackal [single]-The first single to be released from the brand new debut album of the same name. Features twenty seven strangers on the flip side. May 2010-7"-Domino-€4.99

Waits, tom-Rain dogs-Reissue of this classic tom waits album from way back in 1985 on the island label. The album features singapore, clap hands, cemetary polka, jockey full of bourbon, tango til theyre sore, big black mariah, diamonds and gold hang down your head, time, rain dogs, midtown, 9th and hennepin, gun street girl, union square, blind love, walking spanish, downtown train, bride of raindog and anywhere i lay my head.-Lp-Island-€16.99

Waters, muddy-Singing the blues [1954 to 1959]-By 1954 the father of chicago blues could be found supported by a host of famous names in his band. The recordings from this period feature the likes of little walter jacobs, willie dixon, fred below, francis clay, otis spann, james cotton, marcus johnson and jimmy rogers [all legends in their own right]. The album is pressed on two big heavy slabs of 180 gram vinyl and comes in a lovely gold printed sleeve. The majority of the tracks featured here were originally released as singles on the legendary chess label, with a few bonus outtakes and alternate versions thrown in. The album features im ready, smokestack lightning, young fashioned ways, mannish boy, trouble no more, forty days and forty nights, just to be with you, dont go no further, diamonds at your feet, i love the life i live i live the life i love, rock me, look what you done, got my mojo working, good news, evil, shes nineteen years old, close to you, walkin thru the park, blues before sunrise, lonesome road blues, take the bitter with the sweet, shes into something, southbound train and double trouble. March 2010-2lp-Doxy-€21.99

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Road Records newsletter May 21st 2010

2010-05-21T02:29:00.000-07:00

Welcome to this weeks Road Records newsletter.

As you can see I am back to my usual late ways again this week, but when you see the list of new titles and some older vinyl gems I think you will forgive me.

The Hold Steady album is finally here in stock on vinyl at last, its on special offer for only €13.99 this week.
The new album by Damien Jurado is now in stock, cd is €12.99 and the vinyl is €13.99 with download coupon.
Micah P. Hinson is back with a brand new album this week. Cd is €12.99 and the vinyl will be in stock next week sometime.
The Band of Horses album has just arrived in today
The new Bear In Heaven album is well worth your attention, its kind of psychedelic dream pop with a bit of prog.
Benni Hemm Hemm has left the Morr Music label and has a new mini album out this week on the Kimi label.
Camera Obscura take away our single of the week gong this week, no surprises there then. Obviously Julie would kill me if I didn’t give it to them.
The Byrds “Sweetheart Of The Rodeo” is back in print on vinyl again, the album has now been remastered by the Music On Vinyl label and is fully remastered too.
It’s a good week for fans of guitar driven mind melting psyche rock this week, not one but two truly amazing album out this week. Check out the new Cave album or the Magic Lantern, or take my advice and check them both out.
Karen Elson [famous model and wife of Jack White] has her debut solo album out this week and its actually rather good I must say.
Irish singer songwriter Alice Jago has just released her long awaited debut full length album this week.
You may remember we had some copies of the limited edition Patrick Kelleher 7” on Record Store Day, well its back in stock now and is finally officially released on the Irish label Skinny Wolves.
Two rather choice new reggae reissues just in the door today. First one comes from Prince Jammy on the Pressure Sounds label with King Tubby also vying for my attention with his classic 70’s dub album “Dub From The Roots” getting a well deserved reissue.
Mr. Mike Patton is back in action again this week with his brand new project “Mondo Cane”.
Avant noise rock fans will be excited to hear that Sightings are back with a new album this week on the Brah label [Jag Jaguwar offshoot label]
The Stornoway debut album is now in stock on cd and limited vinyl, both versions come with a free bonus 7” single while stock lasts.

We have had a fairly large shipment this week of classic older Jazz, Soul, Funk and Blues vinyl. You will find it all listed here but if you want to have look through it all in one easy location then try this link - http://www.roadrecs.com/stock/shopping.php3?action=10&start=1&category=CLASSIC%20VINYL
You will find all our classic vinyl titles listed here.
While I am on the subject of classic vinyl, a couple of new labels have come to our attention in the last few weeks and we will be building up our stock of both of these in the next month or two. For the moment check out a few samplers from them. First one is a Folk / Blues reissue specialist label called Mississippi - http://www.roadrecs.com/stock/shopping.php3?start=1&action=6&label=MISSISSIPPI
The other label of note this week is the Doxy label featuring a bit of everything from Jazz to Folk to Avant Garde - http://www.roadrecs.com/stock/shopping.php3?start=1&action=6&label=DOXY
I supose I should also mention our love of the Monk label too, their 180 gram reissues really are a thing of beauty, its pretty much all early Folk and Blues. http://www.roadrecs.com/stock/shopping.php3?start=1&action=6&label=DOXY

That’s it from me for this week.
If there is anything on the list you want put aside for collection then just drop me back an email and I will reserve it for you.

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Hinson, micah p-And the pioneer saboteurs-The fourth full length solo album from texas based singer songwriter micah p hinson. The album features string arrangements by eric bachmann and members of techanko, devotcha and crooked fingers. This is his first collection of new material since the red empire orchestra album back in 2008. The first thing you will notice about this collection is the truly lush orchestration involved, its quite a different beast to the totally stripped down sounds of the previous outing. The album kind of hints at times of a folk singer playing the spaghetti western soundtracks of ennio morricone with richard hawley and calexico hovering around in the background. Its a really beautiful meeting of rough rustic folk sounds and big blasts of strings and brass. There are also a couple longer tracks that go into some kind of weird almost psyche folk like noisy jams, almost sounding like bonnie prince billy jamming with godspeed you black emperor. Never one to rest on his laurels micah p has come up trumps yet again. May 2010-Cd-Full time hobby-€12.99

Magic lantern-Platoon-I must admit i was a bit late discovering this band but thankfully i am now up to speed with them. This is the brand new collection of blissed out psyche rock from magic lantern, the previous album came out on the woodsist label and this one here is on the not not fun label. The band features cameron stallone from sun araw and the album was produced by best coast member bobb bruno. The album features seven tracks of totally blissful and mind melting psychedelic / space rock with a certain eastern kind of feel about it. Its full of lenghty instrumental guitar based workouts, pure heaven for fans of stoner psyche rock [like me]. Its a beautifully sludgey collection of bluesy psyche rock sounds with hints of sixties psyche folk and all manner of seventies space rock vibes. Try to imagine hendrix fronting hawkwind whilst on the strongest acid available. May 2010-Cd-Not not fun-€17.99

Magic lantern-Platoon-I must admit i was a bit late discovering this band but thankfully i am now up to speed with them. This is the brand new collection of blissed out psyche rock from magic lantern, the previous album came out on the woodsist label and this one here is on the not not fun label. The band features cameron stallone from sun araw and the album was produced by best coast member bobb bruno. The album features seven tracks of totally blissful and mind melting psychedelic / space rock with a certain eastern kind of feel about it. Its full of lenghty instrumental guitar based workouts, pure heaven for fans of stoner psyche rock [like me]. Its a beautifully sludgey collection of bluesy psyche rock sounds with hints of sixties psyche folk and all manner of seventies space rock vibes. Try to imagine hendrix fronting hawkwind whilst on the strongest acid available. May 2010-Lp-Not not fun-€19.99

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Villagers-Becoming a jackal-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. May 2010-Cd-Domino-€12.99

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The Weekly Specials
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Elson, karen-The ghost who walks-The debut solo release from model turned singer / songwriter karen elson on the xl label. She was one of the founding members of new york based cabaret the citizens, and yes she is also married to jack white [white stripes]. The album features fellow cabaret cohort rachelle garniez, jack lawrence from dead weather, carl broemel from my morning jacket, jackson smith on guitars and jack white on drums / production. Because of her high profile modelling career and the fact she is married to jack white people will probably disregard this without hearing it, but in fairness this is a pretty good collection of lonesome country and folk sounds. Falling somewhere between the likes of neko case and cat power, the album features a collection of haunting folk ballads and some almost white stripes tinged country action. Not only can she write a decent country song but she has a wonderful voice too. Dont let your preconceptions get in the way of enjoying this rather surprisingly good record. May 2010-Cd-Xl-€13.99

Hinson, micah p-And the pioneer saboteurs-The fourth full length solo album from texas based singer songwriter micah p hinson. The album features string arrangements by eric bachmann and members of techanko, devotcha and crooked fingers. This is his first collection of new material since the red empire orchestra album back in 2008. The first thing you will notice about this collection is the truly lush orchestration involved, its quite a different beast to the totally stripped down sounds of the previous outing. The album kind of hints at times of a folk singer playing the spaghetti western soundtracks of ennio morricone with richard hawley and calexico hovering around in the background. Its a really beautiful meeting of rough rustic folk sounds and big blasts of strings and brass. There are also a couple longer tracks that go into some kind of weird almost psyche folk like noisy jams, almost sounding like bonnie prince billy jamming with godspeed you black emperor. Never one to rest on his laurels micah p has come up trumps yet again. May 2010-Cd-Full time hobby-€12.99

Hold steady-Heaven is whenever-Hold steady return with their brand new album on the rough trade label, produced by dean baltulonis who also worked on their previous two albums. The album was recorded in dreamland studios in upstate new york and wild arctic studios in queens. The album also marks the first recordings without recently departed keyboard player franz nicolay. The album also features a notable guest spot from none other than john reiss [aka speedo from rocket from the crypt etc]. This is definitely an album featuring a much bigger emphasis on gutar based rock n' roll compared to previous efforts, with the departure of nicolay there are obviously less keys involved in their sound. Its still a collection heavily steeped in retro like american rock action, there is still plenty of that springsteen influence going on but this one also has a somewhat more raw kind of barroom rock like vibe about it. Its got a much more live loose like feel about it, almost sounds like it could have been recorded live in the studio this time. May 2010-Lp-Rough trade-€13.99

Jurado, damien-Saint bartlett-Damien jurado returns with a brand new album on the secretly canadian label. Recorded with fellow labelmate richard swift at his studios in oregon. Its another fine collection of rootsy folk based sounds from jurado with richard swift production giving the overall sound a somewhat phil spector like feel, full of stripped down drum sounds and reverb laden keys. The album kind of makes me think of a more rootsy americana take on the early scott walker / walker brothers albums, its almost gospel like at times too. Comes in a lovely card gatefold sleeve. May 2010-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99

Jurado, damien-Saint bartlett [with download coupon]-Damien jurado returns with a brand new album on the secretly canadian label. Recorded with fellow labelmate richard swift at his studios in oregon. Its another fine collection of rootsy folk based sounds from jurado with richard swift production giving the overall sound a somewhat phil spector like feel, full of stripped down drum sounds and reverb laden keys. The album kind of makes me think of a more rootsy americana take on the early scott walker / walker brothers albums, its almost gospel like at times too. Comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all the tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Secretly canadian-€13.99

King salami and the cumberland three-14 blazin bangers-The debut full length album from king salami and the cumberland three on the always reliable dirty water label. You know what you are getting when you see the dirty water logo on the back of a record these days, its gotta be some form of raw primal garage rock and thankfully this one is no exception. This is one hell of a funky garage rock collection, its full of rock n' soul action, the kind of thing we have been lacking since the mighty dirtbombs stopped making records. Its full of that brass led kind of detroit garage rock action. The basic ingredients would be bo diddley, billy childish, dirtbombs, screaming jay hawkins and the brass band from sun studios. This is seriously good time garage rock with a real emphasis on getting your ass on the dancefloor. May 2010-Cd-Dirty water-€13.99

Stornoway-Beachcombers windowsill-The debut album on the 4ad label from this new oxford based outfit. Features the most recent single i saw you blink and their previous minor hit zorbing. This is one of those albums you are either going to love or hate within seconds of hearing the first track. I have to admit it takes a few listens to really get to grips with it but this is turning into one of those rare albums that gets better every time. Its very much an album based in old vocal based folk music, but given a very very modern twist. Its one part belle & sebastian and one part simon & garfunkel with lots of added indie pop influences. The album features some truly superb old time folk like vocal harmonies. Comes in a big heavy card gatefold sleeve and is pressed on 180 gram vinyl. May 2010 - comes with a bonus free 7 inch single featuring two tracks recorded live at the sheldonian in oxford.-Lp-4ad-€16.99

Stornoway-Beachcombers windowsill [limited edition digipack]-The debut album on the 4ad label from this new oxford based outfit. Features the most recent single i saw you blink and their previous minor hit zorbing. This is one of those albums you are either going to love or hate within seconds of hearing the first track. I have to admit it takes a few listens to really get to grips with it but this is turning into one of those rare albums that gets better every time. Its very much an album based in old vocal based folk music, but given a very very modern twist. Its one part belle & sebastian and one part simon & garfunkel with lots of added indie pop influences. The album features some truly superb old time folk like vocal harmonies. May 2010 - comes with a bonus free 7 inch single featuring two tracks recorded live at the sheldonian in oxford.-Cd-4ad-€13.99

Thorn, tracy-Love and its opposite [with download coupon]-The former singer with everything but the girl returns with her long awaited third solo album. Its been three long years for fans since her last solo outing out in the woods. This time she has returned to her independent roots and the album comes released on partner ben watts label strange feeling records. The album was produced by ewan pearson and features a little help from al doyle [hot chip], jens lekman and singer cortney tidwell. Its a beautifully sparse collection of folk like sounds, quite a lot of the album features just thorn and a piano. A perfectly intimate collection and her voice sounds as good as it ever has. Limited to only 1000 copies on vinyl. Also comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Strange feeling records-€14.99

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Alva noto-For 2-Four years after the release of his first dedicatory record [for] comes the follow up, cleverly titled for 2. The album features twelve rather beautiful pieces recored by carsten nicolai between 2003 and 2008. The pieces range in sound from his trademark kind of glitchy minimalism to something more akin to maybe the likes of steve reich or ruyichi sakamoto [whom he has worked with in the past]. The album is bordering on something like minimalist classical music at times with lots of looping repetitive string and woodwind samples. Its glitchy ambient electronic music with a lovely warmth about it which is kind of rare to say. May 2010-Cd-Line-€21.99

Armfield, paul-Blood fish and bone-This is the third solo album from singer songwriter paul armfield, his first since evermine way back in 2005. Recorded almost live to tape using a selection of old analog valve equipment, the album has a lovely warm rustic kind of front porch folk feel about it. Armfield is joined by long time sidekick / multi-instrumentalist jc grimshaw, adam kirk [joan baez], rachel gardener [flute] and percussionist rupert brown. Its a lovely collection of downbeat rustic folk sounds calling to mind the old seventies folk sounds of artists like tim buckley, tim hardin, john martyn and even nick drake. May 2010-Cd-Artfull sounds-€16.99

Band of horses-Infinite arms-Album number three from this rootsy americana rock outfit, their first since leaving the sub pop label too. The album features a lovely blend of retro sounding americana roots rock, blissful indie rock and the sunshine sounds of the beach boys. Hinting at everything from mercury rev to flaming lips to neil young and built to spill. This is slightly more laid back collection compared to their previous two collections, featuring plenty of country tinged ballad action with some stunning vocal harmonies. If you like your rootsy folk sounds in a similar vibe to the low anthem etc, then this one will be pure heaven to you. May 2010-Cd-Columbia-€14.99

Band of horses-Infinite arms [with download coupon]-Album number three from this rootsy americana rock outfit, their first since leaving the sub pop label too. The album features a lovely blend of retro sounding americana roots rock, blissful indie rock and the sunshine sounds of the beach boys. Hinting at everything from mercury rev to flaming lips to neil young and built to spill. This is slightly more laid back collection compared to their previous two collections, featuring plenty of country tinged ballad action with some stunning vocal harmonies. If you like your rootsy folk sounds in a similar vibe to the low anthem etc, then this one will be pure heaven to you. The album comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. Comes in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeve and a lovely glossy photographic 12 inch poster thingy. May 2010-Lp-Columbia-€24.99

Bear in heaven-Beast rest forth mouth-The latest installment in a long line of brooklyn based psychedlic dream pop like outfits, bear in heaven have been active since 2003 but this i have to admit is my first experience of them. Its an album that manages to seamlessy merge everything from eighties synth pop to flaming lips like psyche pop to pure seventies prog experimentalism. Its an album of totally widescreen sounds which sees big washes of shoegaze like guitars meets big chunky synths. There are some moments that really remind me of the recent besnard lakes album with maybe just a bit more of a psyche / prog like atmosphere. Its an album that slowly engulfs you and is particularly enjoyable too. May 2010-Cd-Hometapes-€17.99

Benni hemm hemm-Retaliate-Brand new mini album from this icelandic based avant folk singer, his previous album came out on the morr music label and this is his first all english collection. The album features five beatifully constructed sombre folk songs with a bit of everything from the likes of james yorkston right back to the dark folk of nick drake. Its a lovely loose feeling collection of mostly acoustic based songs, full of campfire like folk influences. May 2010-Cd-Kimi records-€11.99

Benni hemm hemm-Retaliate [with download coupon]-Brand new mini album from this icelandic based avant folk singer, his previous album came out on the morr music label and this is his first all english collection. The album features five beatifully constructed sombre folk songs with a bit of everything from the likes of james yorkston right back to the dark folk of nick drake. Its a lovely loose feeling collection of mostly acoustic based songs, full of campfire like folk influences. Limited edition 10 inch pressing which also comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. May 2010-Lp-Kimi records-€10.99

Byrds-Sweetheart of the rodeo-The classic 1968 album from the byrds. The album is widely considered to be the original and first record to be called country rock. The album features roger mcguinn, chris hillman and of course brand new member at the time gram parsons. This new reissue on the music on vinyl label comes with all the original sleeve artwork. Features the original tracklisting of you aint going nowhere, i am a pilgrim, the christian life, you dont miss your water, youre still on my mind, pretty boy floyd, hickory wind, one hundred years from now, blue canadian rockies, life in prison and nothing was delivered. The album has now been lovingly remasterd specially for this reissue and comes pressed on 180 gram vinyl too. May 2010-Lp-Music on vinyl-€18.99

Camera obscura-The nights are cold-Camera obscura present a limited edition single in honour of richard hawley, one of their favourite artists in the last few years. The first side features camera obscura covering hawleys track the nights are cold whilst the flip side features richard hawleys remix of the sweetest thing. This really is a thing of laid back pop beauty, then you all know how much we love camera obscura around here so what else would we say. May 2010-7"-4ad-€4.50

Cave-Pure moods ep-Chicago based psychedelic space rock outfit return with a new mini album on the drag city label, their previous album psychic psummer came out last year on the important label. Anyone lucky enough to have their hands on a copy of that album will snap this one up pretty quickly. The mini album features three extended psyche rock / space rock jams coming across like hawkwind meets can. Its full of krautrock like motorik beats overlayed with lots of trance like keyboard action and plenty of heavily distorted guitars and wah wah action. It really is a superb collection of trance like space rock sounds full of krautrock like grooves, sure to appeal to all fans of can, amon duul, loop and maybe even spacemen 3. May 2010-Lp-Drag city-€10.99

Copeland, eric-Doo doo run-Limited edition 7 inch only release on the post present music label from black dice and terrestial tones man eric copeland. Features doo doo run and fun dink death on the flip side. Its a typically bonkers slice of totally dubbed up psychedelic electronica coming on like some early bbc radiophonic experiment in the hands of lee scratch perry. The flip side sounds like some old piece of strip joint music at the wrong speed. The single comes packaged in a giant foldout poster sleeve. May 2010-7"-Post present music-€4.50

Druids of stonehenge-Creation-The druids of stonehenge were a rather youthful new york based garage / psyche band from new york. On the release of this, their first and only album, in 1969 their average age was around 21. The band formed in 1965 and by the time this album was released they had relocated to the west coast. The album features a damn fine collection of somewhat moody garage psychedelia, falling somewhere between early rolling stones and the chocolate watch band. The album has been out of print on vinyl for quite a long time and now comes reissued by the always reliable sundazed label. Pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Features six feet down, earthless, i put a spell on you, speed, bring it on home [cant get by alone], painted woman, pale dream, signed dc, forgot to begot, a garden where nothing grows and its all over now baby blue. May 2010-Lp-Sundazed-€18.99

Elson, karen-The ghost who walks-The debut solo release from model turned singer / songwriter karen elson on the xl label. She was one of the founding members of new york based cabaret the citizens, and yes she is also married to jack white [white stripes]. The album features fellow cabaret cohort rachelle garniez, jack lawrence from dead weather, carl broemel from my morning jacket, jackson smith on guitars and jack white on drums / production. Because of her high profile modelling career and the fact she is married to jack white people will probably disregard this without hearing it, but in fairness this is a pretty good collection of lonesome country and folk sounds. Falling somewhere between the likes of neko case and cat power, the album features a collection of haunting folk ballads and some almost white stripes tinged country action. Not only can she write a decent country song but she has a wonderful voice too. Dont let your preconceptions get in the way of enjoying this rather surprisingly good record. May 2010-Cd-Xl-€13.99

Fight on, your time aint long-Various artists-Originally released on the truly superb vinyl reissue specialist label mississippi records in 2008. The album is kind of considered a follow up to their previous compilation, life is a problem, the album features a beautiful collection of guitar based gospel blues. The original pressing of 1000 copies is now all sold out so thankfully the label have succumbed to the pressure and reissued it again. The album features a collection of hard to find recordings from 1927 to 1934. The tracks have all been beautifully remastered by a label who really do put a lot of love into this old music. Features a collection of real gems by bukka white, kid prince moore, bessie johnson, blind joe taggart, blind mamie forehand, bo weavil jackson, mother mccollum, edward clayborn, mcintorsh and edwards, alfred g karnes and louise & joseph. May 2010-Lp-Mississippi-€13.99

Graham, kenny and his satellites-Moondog and suncat suites-This is a very rare 1957 album that features jazz interpretations of moondog originals all performed by a great british jazz line up [featuring stan tracy] using exotic instruments and all engineered by a very young joe meek. This is the first time this album has been in print since its original release back in 1957. The album now comes reissued by the trunk label, who else but trunk could unearth such weirdness. Along with kenny graham and stan treacy the album also features the likes of phil seamen, danny moss and ivor slaney. The album features a total of 16 tracks, the first ten are from moondog suite and the following six from suncat suite. May 2010-Cd-Trunk-€17.99

Harrys gym-Harrys gym-The debut album from this norwegian outfit on the hype city label. The album features ten slices of totally sultry electronic pop sounds coming across like lali puna with more guitars or maybe even blonde redhead on a slightly more electronic buzz, lets say it falls somethere between lali puna and blonde redhead. Features a beautiful blend of pulstating crunchy electronic / synth action and lots of fuzzy hazy guitar sounds. A couple of tracks actually remind me a little bit of the knife, with just a slightly more indie rock like feel. May 2010-Cd-Hype city-€13.99

Henry, pierre-Haut voltage / coexistance-The 22 min. “haut-voltage” is a product of henry's collaboration with french coreographer maurice béjart, recorded in 1956 for one of bejart's stage productions, and featuring the vocals of henry himself.by 1958 henry had left pierre schaeffer's rtf and had begun working in his own private studio. “coexistence”, recorded in 1959, comes from this new period, when henry had begun to realize that in order for “musique concrète” to evolve, it would have to begin to use electronics. “coexistence” is one of henry's first attempts at bringing the two together. Two long out of print albums compiled on one record by the reissue label doxy. Pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl and comes in a high gloss picture sleeve. May 2010-Lp-Doxy-€16.99

Henry, pierre-Le voile d'orphee-Pierre henry's 1953 “veil of orpheus” is the first example of symphonic “musique concrète”, (the use of non-traditional sources and “real” sounds, like trains, dogs barking, footsteps, etc, in place of actual instruments and then electronically manipulating these sounds in new ways.), originally composed for an opera (“orpheus 53”, written with movement founder pierre schaeffer for the donauescliingen festival). Despite the quantum leaps made in the field of electronics over the past 50 years, this initial experiment still manages to convey its original importance. The piece uses “concrete sounds” much in the same way a traditional orchestra would use individual instruments. Besides two versions of “veil of orpheus” (the original 27 minute version and the second 15 minute version used in the maurice bejart-pierre henry ballet “orpheus”in 1958), there are two shorter pieces (“entity” and “spiral”), which evoke an unsettling search for meaning that is so often associated with henry's work. Pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl and comes in a high gloss picture sleeve. May 2010-Lp-Doxy-€16.99

Henry, pierre-Musique sans titre / spatiodynamisme-“musique sans titre”, composed in 1951 at the "studio d'essai" of the rtf, was one of henry's earliest attempts at “musique concrète”. “spatiodynamisme”, on the other hand, was based on the 1954 recordings of a nicolas schöffer sound-sculpture. Metallic parts, mirrors, lights and sounds emanating from a 50 meter building interacted with the environment and visitors. Henry recorded various grating and scraping sounds from the metallic sculpture and then manipulated them for this piece, which was influenced by italian futurist luigi russolo’s “l’arte dei rumori”. Pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl and comes in a high gloss picture sleeve. May 2010-Lp-Doxy-€16.99

Hinson, micah p-And the pioneer saboteurs-The fourth full length solo album from texas based singer songwriter micah p hinson. The album features string arrangements by eric bachmann and members of techanko, devotcha and crooked fingers. This is his first collection of new material since the red empire orchestra album back in 2008. The first thing you will notice about this collection is the truly lush orchestration involved, its quite a different beast to the totally stripped down sounds of the previous outing. The album kind of hints at times of a folk singer playing the spaghetti western soundtracks of ennio morricone with richard hawley and calexico hovering around in the background. Its a really beautiful meeting of rough rustic folk sounds and big blasts of strings and brass. There are also a couple longer tracks that go into some kind of weird almost psyche folk like noisy jams, almost sounding like bonnie prince billy jamming with godspeed you black emperor. Never one to rest on his laurels micah p has come up trumps yet again. May 2010-Cd-Full time hobby-€12.99

Hold steady-Heaven is whenever-Hold steady return with their brand new album on the rough trade label, produced by dean baltulonis who also worked on their previous two albums. The album was recorded in dreamland studios in upstate new york and wild arctic studios in queens. The album also marks the first recordings without recently departed keyboard player franz nicolay. The album also features a notable guest spot from none other than john reiss [aka speedo from rocket from the crypt etc]. This is definitely an album featuring a much bigger emphasis on gutar based rock n' roll compared to previous efforts, with the departure of nicolay there are obviously less keys involved in their sound. Its still a collection heavily steeped in retro like american rock action, there is still plenty of that springsteen influence going on but this one also has a somewhat more raw kind of barroom rock like vibe about it. Its got a much more live loose like feel about it, almost sounds like it could have been recorded live in the studio this time. May 2010-Lp-Rough trade-€13.99

Jago, alice-Born stubborn-The long awaited debut album from irish singer songwriter alice jago, released on her own label and produced by karl odlum. Jago is joined by a host of special guests / friends including the now legendary binzer on drums, karl odlum himself on all manner of things from guitars to percussion, paul moore on bass, jack maher on guitars, cormac curran on piano, bill blackmore on brass, michelle mason on cello and maria mason on violin. The album features a beautifully breezy collection of folk tinged alt pop sounds with hints of everything from rickie lee jones to gillian welch to the sundays. May 2010-Cd--€16.99

Jesus and mary chain-Darklands-In fairness to the two reid lads, they were never ever going to better their debut album psychocandy, so lets just consider this to be possibly their second best record. Thats the opinion of this particular fan, so lets just stick to the facts from now on, this is their second album and was originally released way back in 1987 on the blanco y negro label. Its an album with less white noise and more classic rock than its predecessor. Its still a damn fine record all the same, they just set the standard a little too high with their debut. Now pressed on 180 gram vinyl and comes with all the original artwork including printed inner sleeve with lyrics. May 2010-Lp-Plain recordings-€20.99

Jurado, damien-Saint bartlett-Damien jurado returns with a brand new album on the secretly canadian label. Recorded with fellow labelmate richard swift at his studios in oregon. Its another fine collection of rootsy folk based sounds from jurado with richard swift production giving the overall sound a somewhat phil spector like feel, full of stripped down drum sounds and reverb laden keys. The album kind of makes me think of a more rootsy americana take on the early scott walker / walker brothers albums, its almost gospel like at times too. Comes in a lovely card gatefold sleeve. May 2010-Cd-Secretly canadian-€12.99

Jurado, damien-Saint bartlett [with download coupon]-Damien jurado returns with a brand new album on the secretly canadian label. Recorded with fellow labelmate richard swift at his studios in oregon. Its another fine collection of rootsy folk based sounds from jurado with richard swift production giving the overall sound a somewhat phil spector like feel, full of stripped down drum sounds and reverb laden keys. The album kind of makes me think of a more rootsy americana take on the early scott walker / walker brothers albums, its almost gospel like at times too. Comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all the tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Secretly canadian-€13.99

Kelleher, patrick-Contact sports-Limited edition vinyl only release on the irish label skinny wolves. The single is limited to a total of only 300 copies and features a brand new track contact sports along with a new alalal remix on the flip side. The single is a really catchy slice of almost eighties like synth pop mingled with a bit of slightly dark hearted cold wave. May 2010-7"-Skinny wolves-€5.99

King salami and the cumberland three-14 blazin bangers-The debut full length album from king salami and the cumberland three on the always reliable dirty water label. You know what you are getting when you see the dirty water logo on the back of a record these days, its gotta be some form of raw primal garage rock and thankfully this one is no exception. This is one hell of a funky garage rock collection, its full of rock n' soul action, the kind of thing we have been lacking since the mighty dirtbombs stopped making records. Its full of that brass led kind of detroit garage rock action. The basic ingredients would be bo diddley, billy childish, dirtbombs, screaming jay hawkins and the brass band from sun studios. This is seriously good time garage rock with a real emphasis on getting your ass on the dancefloor. May 2010-Cd-Dirty water-€13.99

King tubby-Dub from the roots-One of the truly classic dub album from the mid seventies is finally given a well deserved vinyl reissue courtesy of the jamaican recordings label. This was one of a trio of truly classic and influential dub albums that kink tubby released around this period, the other two being the roots of dub and brass rockers. The album features fourteen totally essential dub tracks, they are all available on other compilations but this is definitely the best way to enjoy them all together. Feaures dub from the roots, iyahta, mine field, hijack the barber, african roots, double cross, eas of [arrows hi-fi], invasion, dub of a woman, dub on my mind, steeling, dub experience, declaration of dub and a truthful dub. May 2010-Lp-Jamaican recordings-€16.99

Konono no 1-Assume crash position-Is there anything more joyous on a summers day than a brand new collection from konono no 1. Fronted by their now legendary home made thumb pianos these guys have been delighting fans with their trance like brand of african rhythms since the late seventies. It took their congotronics album in 2005 on crammed discs to really gain the kind of mass appeal that this bunch truly deserve. This is a collection of music based very much in rhythm, its very musical but they wont mind me saying that this is music for dancing to, as much as anything else. The band seem to lock into a certain groove and just allow the thumb pianos to create a truly hypnotic and intricate vibe with their regular solo bursts. Add in lots of group vocal chanting and you have yet another truly superb collection from konono no 1. If you have ever seen this bunch live then you will already know this is something very special indeed. May 2010-Cd-Crammed discs-€20.99

Kristofferson, kris-Please dont tell me how the story ends-A really beautifully presented package from the light in the attic label, not just for kirstofferson fans but i think fans of all country and folk music will love this one. The tracks were originally pretty sparse versions of tracks that kristofferson wrote with the intention of having other artists cover them, hence the subtitle of the album [the publishing demos]. What you get are a collection of tracks that both kristofferson and many other artists made very very famous stripped right down to mostly just one man and his guitar [for most]. The album comes with a stunning sixty page booklet featuring lots of detailed liner notes and some fascinating hand written notes by kristofferson himself about the tracks. You may think this is just for kristofferson collectors but trust me, this is definitely one for fans of quality country / folk sounds. May 2010-Cd-Light in the attic-€19.99

Lisa o piu-Behind the bend-Brand new collection of haunting ethereal psyche folk from this swedish singer songwriter. Its a lovely collection of slightly rustic and old sounding psychedelic folk with plenty of nods towards the seventies british folk movement. An album of ever so slightly kooky campfire folk sounds with lots of intricate and rambling instrumental passages, complete with pastoral like flute sounds. At times similar to the likes of espers and their many offshoot projects with just a slight hint of the more victorian like vibes of joanna newsom. This woman possesses a stunningly haunting voice, almost operatic at times. May 2010-Cd-Subliminal sounds-€14.99

Lisa o piu-Behind the bend-Brand new collection of haunting ethereal psyche folk from this swedish singer songwriter. Its a lovely collection of slightly rustic and old sounding psychedelic folk with plenty of nods towards the seventies british folk movement. An album of ever so slightly kooky campfire folk sounds with lots of intricate and rambling instrumental passages, complete with pastoral like flute sounds. At times similar to the likes of espers and their many offshoot projects with just a slight hint of the more victorian like vibes of joanna newsom. This woman possesses a stunningly haunting voice, almost operatic at times. May 2010-Lp-Subliminal sounds-€19.99

Living sisters, the-Love to live-Los angeles based trio of very talented singer songwriters team up to make an album of truly beautiful retro pop. Featuring the vocal and songwriting talents of inara george [the bird and the bird], becky stark [lavender diamond] and eleni mandell. From the opening notes you could be forgiven for thinking you had accidentally put on an old vintage andrews sisters album, yes indeed its that retro. The good thing about it is that it works so very very well. You really do feel transported back to either the fifties or sixties, kind of depends on which song you listen to. The album veers between fifties doo wap vocal jazz and sixties motown girl groups. Its a beautifully mellow laid back affair and features some truly gorgeous all girl vocal harmonies. A lot of credit must go to producer sheldon gomberg for getting that authentic retro almost analog like sound from the sessions, its just ties all the tracks together perfectly. May 2010-Cd-Vanguard-€17.99

Magic lantern-Platoon-I must admit i was a bit late discovering this band but thankfully i am now up to speed with them. This is the brand new collection of blissed out psyche rock from magic lantern, the previous album came out on the woodsist label and this one here is on the not not fun label. The band features cameron stallone from sun araw and the album was produced by best coast member bobb bruno. The album features seven tracks of totally blissful and mind melting psychedelic / space rock with a certain eastern kind of feel about it. Its full of lenghty instrumental guitar based workouts, pure heaven for fans of stoner psyche rock [like me]. Its a beautifully sludgey collection of bluesy psyche rock sounds with hints of sixties psyche folk and all manner of seventies space rock vibes. Try to imagine hendrix fronting hawkwind whilst on the strongest acid available. May 2010-Cd-Not not fun-€17.99

Magic lantern-Platoon-I must admit i was a bit late discovering this band but thankfully i am now up to speed with them. This is the brand new collection of blissed out psyche rock from magic lantern, the previous album came out on the woodsist label and this one here is on the not not fun label. The band features cameron stallone from sun araw and the album was produced by best coast member bobb bruno. The album features seven tracks of totally blissful and mind melting psychedelic / space rock with a certain eastern kind of feel about it. Its full of lenghty instrumental guitar based workouts, pure heaven for fans of stoner psyche rock [like me]. Its a beautifully sludgey collection of bluesy psyche rock sounds with hints of sixties psyche folk and all manner of seventies space rock vibes. Try to imagine hendrix fronting hawkwind whilst on the strongest acid available. May 2010-Lp-Not not fun-€19.99

Nelson, willie-Country music-Brand new album from the legendary country singer willie nelson, his very first to collaborate with producer t bone burnett also. Strange for such a legend like willie nelson to call an album simply country music, but thats exactly what it is. The album sees nelson go right back to his roots again and finally make what could be called an album of country music. Its almost something akin to the johnny cash and rick rubin sessions with the producer contributing as much to the overall feel of the album. Nelson goes back and covers some old time classics, beautifully recorded by burnett using old vintage analog equipment. There is a lovely almost timeless kind of feel about the album, in fact its pretty hard to date it, these could easily be some long lost recordings from the earlier part of nelsons long career. Stripped down and rustic, this is a fine fine country album and its not often you can say that these days. May 2010-Cd-Rounder-€20.99

Neon plastix-Awesome moves-The debut album from neon plastix on the blow up label. The album features a big explosive blast of uptempo electro rock sounds, coming on like some long lost electro pop band from late eighties with a new found love of fuzzed up electric guitars. Its full of pop fuelled energy and a band that sound like they have a hell of a lot of fun making music in the studio. May 2010-Cd-Blow up-€13.99

Patton, mike-Mondo cane-Mike patton unveils his brand new mondo cane project on his own ipecac label, an italian rock meets orchestra hybrid. This is his first project since the reunion of his more famous project, faith no more last year. Recorded at a series of european performances including an outdoor concert in a northern italian piazza, the album features traditional italian pop songs as well as a rendition of ennio morricones deep down. Patton worked on the project with a full 30 piece orchestra and choir to create something totally unique. Sounding at times like some updated version of the lush french pop of serge gainsbourg meets some early walker brothers, this is definitely the one of the most accessible records patton has made in quite some time. A beautiful collection of orchestral pop songs with just enough weirdness to keep all his fans happy. May 2010-Cd-Ipecac-€17.99

Prince jammy-Strictly dub-Reissue of a rather obscure dub album that briefly surfaced in the early eighties on the us imprint jammys records and is now regarded as something of a minor masterpiece of jammys truly distinctive mixing style. The album now comes reissued by the pressure sounds label with liner notes from jeremy collingwood. The album features immigrant dub, basement dub, brooklyn dub, bqe dub, interboro dub, old country dub, 42nd street dub, 271 utica dub, bronx fashion dub and strictly dub. Produced and arranged by prince jammy. May 2010-Lp-Pressure sounds-€14.99

Redding, otis-Pain in my heart-Otis reddings debut album from way back in 1964. Originally released on the atlantic label. Features pain in my heart, the dog, stand by me, hey hey baby, you send me, i need your lovin, these arms of mine, louie louie, something is worrying me, security, thats what my heart needs and lucille. Now reissued with all the original artwork including liner notes on the back from bob altshuler.-Lp-Atco-€13.99

Riley, terry-Lisbon concert-A beautiful live recording of solo piano pieces from terry riley, recorded in lisbon [obviously] in 1995. This set of piano improvisations is a fine reflection of minimalist composer terry rileys lifelong study of indian music. The pieces were all recorded at the festival dos capuchos on the 16th of july, 1995. This is also the first time these pieces have been made available on vinyl, the album comes pressed on two slabs of 180 gram vinyl and features all ten tracks that appeared on the original cd release. The album features arica, negro hall, 15-16, havana man, island of never anger, peace dance, underworld arising, the ecstacy, the lake and mogolian winds. May 2010-2lp-Vinyl lovers-€23.99

Sightings-City of straw-The seventh full length studio album from this brooklyn based noise rock outfit, now on the jag jaguwar offshoot label brah records. Along with the likes of lightning bolt these guys have long been at the forefront of the avant garde noise rock scene. Their albums have ranged from pure white noise to discordant no wave in the past and this one is probably one of their more accessible so far. Influences from the likes of dead c, birthday party and jesus lizard begin to appear from the murky sludge from time to time, it would be fair to say this album features a collection of songs instead of just lengthy noise based workouts. Its still a fairly visceral affair, long time fans need not worry about that, full of heavily distorted guitar sounds and fuzzed up bass. It kind of reminds me of what oneida and lightning bolt would sound like jamming together. May 2010-Cd-Brah records-€17.99

Sightings-City of straw [with download coupon]-The seventh full length studio album from this brooklyn based noise rock outfit, now on the jag jaguwar offshoot label brah records. Along with the likes of lightning bolt these guys have long been at the forefront of the avant garde noise rock scene. Their albums have ranged from pure white noise to discordant no wave in the past and this one is probably one of their more accessible so far. Influences from the likes of dead c, birthday party and jesus lizard begin to appear from the murky sludge from time to time, it would be fair to say this album features a collection of songs instead of just lengthy noise based workouts. Its still a fairly visceral affair, long time fans need not worry about that, full of heavily distorted guitar sounds and fuzzed up bass. It kind of reminds me of what oneida and lightning bolt would sound like jamming together. Comes with a bonus download coupon feauring all tracks from the vinyl. May 2010-Lp-Brah-€18.99

Sleepy john estes-I aint gonna be worried no more [double vinyl]-A 24-song retrospective recorded between 1929-1937 in memphis, chicago and nyc, when tennessee native, sleepy john estes was at the height of his abilities. Despite the fact that estes wasn't the fastest or most technical blues guitarists out there, his distinct and emotional vocals, and uniquely relaxed style more than compensates for this, making him one of the genre's true geniuses. Estes, in fact, perhaps because he wasn't a guitar virtuoso, usually preferred to play in a group setting, and on these recordings he is often accompanied by great players like “yank” rachell on mandolin or hammie nixon on harmonica. He is also frequently accompanied by piano and sometimes second guitar. I ain't gonna be worried no more contains all of his best songs, including blues favorites like “the girl i love, she got long curly hair” (covered by led zeppelin), “drop down mama”, “milk cow blues” (covered by the kinks), and “someday baby blues” (covered by muddy waters, bob dylan). Pressed on double heavyweight 180 gram vinyl, its lacking a bit on liner notes but still the music itself speaks volumes. May 2010-2lp-Monk-€18.99

Stiff little fingers-Inflammable material-Reissue of the truly superb debut album from one of the finest exports this country has ever produced. When it comes to perfect punk rock / new wave debut albums, then this slice of pure aggression from 1979 is way up there near the top. The album now comes reissued on the 4 men with beards label and is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Features suspect device, state of emergency, here we are nowhere, wasted life, no more of that, barbed wire love, white noise, breakout, law and order, rough trade, johnny was, alternative ulster and closed groove. May 2010-Lp-4 men with beards-€20.99

Stornoway-Beachcombers windowsill-The debut album on the 4ad label from this new oxford based outfit. Features the most recent single i saw you blink and their previous minor hit zorbing. This is one of those albums you are either going to love or hate within seconds of hearing the first track. I have to admit it takes a few listens to really get to grips with it but this is turning into one of those rare albums that gets better every time. Its very much an album based in old vocal based folk music, but given a very very modern twist. Its one part belle & sebastian and one part simon & garfunkel with lots of added indie pop influences. The album features some truly superb old time folk like vocal harmonies. Comes in a big heavy card gatefold sleeve and is pressed on 180 gram vinyl. May 2010 - comes with a bonus free 7 inch single featuring two tracks recorded live at the sheldonian in oxford.-Lp-4ad-€16.99

Stornoway-Beachcombers windowsill [limited edition digipack]-The debut album on the 4ad label from this new oxford based outfit. Features the most recent single i saw you blink and their previous minor hit zorbing. This is one of those albums you are either going to love or hate within seconds of hearing the first track. I have to admit it takes a few listens to really get to grips with it but this is turning into one of those rare albums that gets better every time. Its very much an album based in old vocal based folk music, but given a very very modern twist. Its one part belle & sebastian and one part simon & garfunkel with lots of added indie pop influences. The album features some truly superb old time folk like vocal harmonies. May 2010 - comes with a bonus free 7 inch single featuring two tracks recorded live at the sheldonian in oxford.-Cd-4ad-€13.99

String of pearls-Various artists [jewels of the 78rpm era 1918 to 1951]-A compilation of rare international 78rpm recordings compiled by ian nagoski, the same man that brought us the truly wonder black mirror collection on the dust to digital label. Features fourteen tracks of calypso, indian vocal music, jewish cantoral, native american chants, turkish improvisation, chamber music from vietnam, serbian & ukranian dance music and much much more. The album was originally compiled by vinyl reissue specialist label mississippi records in 2009 and now comes reissued after an initial pressing of only 1000 copies. The album also comes with a lovely three page printed inner featuring highly detailed notes on all the artists involved, which believe me is rather helpful as i have never heard of any of them before. The artists featured are refik bey, ban-nhac than-kinb, rosa eskenazi, lord fly, john halik, la nina de los peines, shalom katz, amelita galli, nji raden hadji djoehla, zaki mourad, unknown chorus, unknown group, ustad abdul karim khan and reuben sarkisian. May 2010-Lp-Mississippi-€13.9

Thorn, tracy-Love and its opposite [with download coupon]-The former singer with everything but the girl returns with her long awaited third solo album. Its been three long years for fans since her last solo outing out in the woods. This time she has returned to her independent roots and the album comes released on partner ben watts label strange feeling records. The album was produced by ewan pearson and features a little help from al doyle [hot chip], jens lekman and singer cortney tidwell. Its a beautifully sparse collection of folk like sounds, quite a lot of the album features just thorn and a piano. A perfectly intimate collection and her voice sounds as good as it ever has. Limited to only 1000 copies on vinyl. Also comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Strange feeling records-€14.99

Vito-Monument-The second album from this welsh post rock outfit, released on the flower shop label, home to and run by former god machine frontman robin proper sheppard. Its a mostly instumental collection with just the odd track featuring some sparse vocals. Its an album of delicacy and raw energy, sounding at times like mogwai at their gentlest and explosions in the sky at their noisiest. The couple of tracks with vocals actually kind of remind me of their label owners original band, god machine, full of heartfelt emotion and raw noise. May 2010-Cd-Flower shop recordings-€13.99

Waits, tom-Real gone [double vinyl]-Features guests marc ribot, brain, casey waits, mark howard and les claypool, originally released in 2004 on the anti label, the album is finally back in print on vinyl again. Double vinyl pressing, comes with the original picture sleeve inners and heavy card gatefold sleeve. Features top of the hill, hoist that rag, sins of my father, shake it, dont go into that barn, hows it gonna end, metropolitan glide, dead and lovely, circus, trampled rose, green grass, baby gonna leave me, clang boom steam, make it rain and day after tomorrow.-2lp-Anti-€18.99

Walls-Walls [with free cd version inside]-Brand new sigining to the kompakt label. The band features members of allez allez and banjo or freakout. Its an album featuring a somewhat euphoric blend of modern electronic ambience, krautrock, electro, psyche pop and even the odd hint of old school trance. At times comparable to the likes of the field with just a hint of the pure odd psyche electronica of early animal collective. Its an album the pulses with throbbing beats from time to time before then entering passages of pure electronic experimentation ala early krautrock. At its most blissful its classic kompakt. The album comes package with a free cd version of the record inside the sleeve. May 2010-Lp-Kompakt-€24.99

We are the world-Clay stones-The debut album from this la based outfit on the manimal label. From what i hear these guys are rather a spectacle to see live, featuring a dance troupe and performance artists amongst other things, but i aint seen them so i will stick to the music. The best way i can even start to describe this album would be to use the phrase burlesque electro rock with hints of everything from dark industrial sounds to weird electronic psyche folk. Its a real mish mash of sounds and for some strange reason it all actually works really really well. There are moments that even sound like it could be either aphex twin or autechre gone all industrial rock. Intriguing, challenging and highly enjoyable all at the same time. May 2010-Cd-Manimal-€13.99

We are the world-Clay stones-The debut album from this la based outfit on the manimal label. From what i hear these guys are rather a spectacle to see live, featuring a dance troupe and performance artists amongst other things, but i aint seen them so i will stick to the music. The best way i can even start to describe this album would be to use the phrase burlesque electro rock with hints of everything from dark industrial sounds to weird electronic psyche folk. Its a real mish mash of sounds and for some strange reason it all actually works really really well. There are moments that even sound like it could be either aphex twin or autechre gone all industrial rock. Intriguing, challenging and highly enjoyable all at the same time. May 2010-Lp-Manimal-€16.99

Wilkins, robert-Thats no way to get along-Seminal american blues guitarist and vocalist robert wilkins (1896-1987) played on the memphis blues scene at the same time as furry lewis, son house, charley patton and memphis minnie, and was versatile in a range of styles, including ragtime, blues, minstrel and gospel. These recordings cover his early years as a recording artist, from his debut recording session for victor in 1928, which yielded the famous “rolling stone”, plus three more tracks, followed by 8 more tracks recorded for vocalion in 1929-30, which included the legendary “that's no way to get along / aka “prodigal son” (famously covered by the rolling stones). The final 5 tracks were recorded in jackson, mississippi in 1935 and feature a second guitar player and a spoons player, resulting in the production of another classic, “old jim canan's”. May 2010-Lp-Monk-€13.99

Williams, hank-Hank williams sings-This is one part in a collection of five albums on the reissue specialist label doxy that aims to represent a complete chronological retrospective of the man who revolutionized country music. The series features a collection of recordings made between 1946 and 1951. The album features a total of 15 stone cold classics from one of the best, if not the best, country singers of all times. The majority of tracks on this particular collection were recorded in 1952 with just the very first three coming from the previous year. The tracks were all recorded in castle studio in nashville and have all been lovingly remastered for these collections. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Features im sorry for you my friend, honky tonk blues, lets turn back the years, window shopping, jambalaya [on the bayou], settin the woods on fire, ill never get out of this world alive, you win again, i wont be home no more, be careful of stones that you throw, please make up your mind, i could never be ashamed of you, your cheatin heart, kaw-liga and take these chains from my heart. May 2010-Lp-Doxy-€15.99

Williams, hank-Honky tonkin-This is one part in a collection of five albums on the reissue specialist label doxy that aims to represent a complete chronological retrospective of the man who revolutionized country music. The series features a collection of recordings made between 1946 and 1951. The album features a total of 18 stone cold classics from one of the best, if not the best, country singers of all times. The track on this particular volume cover a period between 1947 and 1949, the majority of recordings are from castle studio in nashville with just four of them coming from a session in herzog studio in cincinnati. The album features my sweet love aint around, the blues come around, a mansion on the hill, ill be a bachelor til i die, therell be no teardrops tonight, lovesick blues, lost on the river, i heard my mother praying for me, lost highway, may you never be alone, dear brother, jesus remembered me, honky tonk blues, mind your own business, youre gonna change [or im gonna leave], my son calls another man daddy, wedding bells and ive just told mama goodbye. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl and comes in a full colour picture sleeve. May 2010-Lp-Doxy-€16.99

Yeh deadlies-Magazine [limited to only 250 copies]-Brand new single from this irish indie pop outfit. The single is a joint release between poltergeist records and fake indie label. The single is limited to a total of 250 copies, all copies are hand numbered and also come with a download of both tracks [coupon inside the sleeve]. The band have released two sold out eps prior to this single, so take my advice and get a copy of this as soon as you can. Its a superbly happy slice of classic fuzzed up indie pop, just like it should be really, bringing me right back to the heyday of that classic diy indie sound. The flip side is a much more laid back almost folky like affair, coming across like a more lo fi take on belle and sebastian. The band features padraig o reilly, jonny fun, david green, andy walsh, patrick daly and the former voice of the chicks annie tierney. May 2010-7"-Poltergeist-€4.99

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American yodelling-1911 to 1946--Cd-Trikont-€18.99

Back to peru-Volume two--2lp-Vampisoul-€23.99

Bobby and blum-A little big--Cd-Sound of a handshake-€19.99

Davis, miles-Miles davis quartet [1953 and 1954]--Lp-Doxy-€15.99

Dylan, bob-The freewheelin bob dylan-The analogue mono version of this classic 1963 bob dylan album. Comes in the original sleeve.-Lp-Sundazed-€19.99

Evans, bill-Waltz for debby [with scott lararo and paul motian]--Lp-Riverside records-€13.99

Fujita, masayoshi and jan jelinek-Birds lake objects--Cd-Faitiche-€18.99

Fujita, masayoshi and jan jelinek-Birds lake objects--Lp-Faitiche-€23.99

Future islands-In evening air-The debut full length album from future islands on the thrill jockey label. This album follows up their very limited in the fall mini album from earlier this year and and their previous full length wave like home from back in 2008.-Cd-Thrill jockey-€13.99

Future islands-In evening air [with download coupon]-The debut full length album from future islands on the thrill jockey label. This album follows up their very limited in the fall mini album from earlier this year and and their previous full length wave like home from back in 2008. The album is pressed on very limited translucent orange vinyl and is limited to 1000 copies in total. Also comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon featuring all tracks from the album.-Lp-Thrill jockey-€13.99

Golden triangle with the fresh and onlys-Split single-Limited edition vinyl only release on the hardly art label. Split single featuring two brand new tracks from each band. The single is limited to only 1000 copies worldwide. The first side features cold bones and jungle jim from golden triangle whilst the flip side features head of steam and im not myself today from the fresh and onlys.-7"-Hardly art-€5.99

Higgs, daniel-Say god-Baltimore musician / artist daniel higgs returns with his first new solo album since atomic yggdrasil tarot from 2007. Daniel is probably best known for his work as frontman with lungfish, whose work on the dischord label spanned nearly three decades. Say god is an album made up of gospel songs and poems, assisted by david andrew sitek from tv on the rario.-2cd-Thrill jockey-€16.99

Higgs, daniel-Say god [with download coupon]-Baltimore musician / artist daniel higgs returns with his first new solo album since atomic yggdrasil tarot from 2007. Daniel is probably best known for his work as frontman with lungfish, whose work on the dischord label spanned nearly three decades. Say god is an album made up of gospel songs and poems, assisted by david andrew sitek from tv on the rario.-2lp-Thrill jockey-€15.99

Indignant senility-Plays wagner part two-The second in a series of two limited edition vinyl releases on the type label from electronic producer pat maherr. Using a handful of dusty old wagner recordings he has stretched and distorted the hallowed tones of the original material into something indescribably dark and beautiful.-Lp-Type-€23.99

Jackson, milt and count basie-Big band volume one--Lp-Pablo records-€11.99

Jackson, wanda-You know im no good-The legendary wanda jackson produced by jack white from the white stripes. Limited edition seven inch only release via jack whites own label third man records. Features a cover of you know im no good by amy winehouse and the johnny kidd and the pirates classic shakin all over.-7"-Third man records-€7.99

John and jen-Time for the devil--Cd-Naive-€17.99

New york thrash-Various artists-Now reissued on vinyl by the roir label.-Lp-Roir-€14.99

Oren ambarchi with jim o rourke and keiji haino-Tima formosa-Live recording of the debut performance of these three leading lights on the avant garde scene. Recorded at the playhouse in japan in january 2009.-Cd-Black truffle-€21.99

People of the north-Deep tissue [with download coupon]--Lp-Brah records-€18.99

Pocahaunted-Make it real-Brand new album from the new look pocahaunted on the not not fun label. Apparently recorded barefoot, shirtless and direct to tape at green machine studios during the summer of 2009 by m geddes gengras, and featuring guest bamboo sax by jazzmaster alex gray [dreamcolour / deep magic]. Limited to only 500 copies on vinyl.-Lp-Not not fun-€17.99

Rangda-False flag-Sir richard bishop, ben chasny and chris corsano create a glorious cacaphony as an instrumental avant garde super-group exploring the edges of sound through improvisation and collaboration. Sir richard bishop has released a couple of solo album whilst also being one of the founding memebers of the sun city girls, ben chasny is probably best known for his work as six organs of admittance and chris corsano is a bit of an all round legendary drummer on the avant garde / free rock scene.-Cd-Drag city-€13.99

Thomas, andres-Between buildings and trees--Cd-Kompakt-€21.99

Trembling bells-Abandoned love--Lp-Honest jons-€20.99

Wolf, josiah-Jet lag--Cd-Anticon-€17.99

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A broken consort-Crow autumn-Brand new collection from english composer richard skelton under one of his many guises, a broken consort. This collection sees skelton using a broad palette of acoustic instruments including guitar, mandolin, piano, vi0lin and accordian. The album was originally released as two separate installments on his own label and now comes compiled onto one record by the tompkins square label. Some of the pieces have actually been reworked for this release and there are also one or two new pieces that didnt feature on the original cdr. The album now features a total of seven different pieces spread over a total of 44 minutes. Features some truly beautiful and hauntiing pieces of drone like neo classical sounds, mostly based around slow drawn out violin sounds, this kind of strikes me of the kind of thing john fahey would have made had he been a violinist instead of a guitar player. The sounds are beautifully scratchy, bordering on modern classical at times and then also calling to mind a more minimal dirty 3. This man just gets better with every release. March 2010-Cd-Tompkins square-€16.99

Astatke, mulatu-Mulatu of ethiopia-This album was originally released in 1972 on the worthy record label, mulutu is an ethiopian born sax player and has features quite a lot on the outstanding ethiopiques compilations, the sounds are deeply rooted in early sixties jazz and jazzy blues but with lots of laid back afro funk influences, features mulatu, mascaram setaba, dewel, kulunmanqueleshi, kasalefkut hulu, munaye and chifara, american reissue which comes in the original sleeve-Lp-Worthy records-€13.99

Blakey, art and the jazz messengers-A night in tunesia-For some strange reason art blakey and the jazz messengers released two album with the same name within two years of each other. This one originally came out in 1958 and features a collection of studio sessions from new york [recorded in april 1957], not to be confused with the blue note release from 1960. The album features blakey on drums, sam dockery on piano, jimmy de brest on bass, bill hardman on trumpet, john griffin on tenor sax and ferris bender on alto sax. The album features a night in tunisia, off the wall, theory of art, couldn't it be you and evans. The album now comes reissued on the bmg label and features the original artwork with liner notes on the back by nat hentoff-Lp-Bmg-€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

Blue note plays-Billie holiday [various artists]-Eight track selection culled from different blue note albums released in the past. Features tracks from dexter gordon, miles davis, herbie nichols, clifford brown, ike quebec, sonny clark, freddie hubbard and lee morgan. 2006-Cd-Blue note-€9.99

Boggs, dock-False hearted lovers blues-A beautiful collection of early recordings from the much underated banjo player dock boggs. The album features a selection of tracks recorded between 1927 and 1929. They have been beautifully restored by the monk label, fast becomming one of our favourite reissue specialists around here. Features some of the finest banjo led country blues sounds you are likely to hear from this period of american folk music. August 2009-Lp-Monk-€13.99

Broken bells-Broken bells-Brand new collaboration featuring james mercer from the shins and danger mouse. When i first head about this collaboration one thing that did not spring to mind was lush orchestral pop sounds, but overall that is exactly what this pair have come up with. Its not all just plain old orchestral pop though, dont worry, there is plenty of rootsy pop influences and that psyche tinged sound that the shins are pretty much famous for at this stage. I can only assume the kind of air like lush electronic sounds are the influence of danger mouse at the control desk. It must be said this is a real understated gem of an off kilter pop record full of summery fuzzy kind of psyche pop sounds, superbly produced and full of clever twists and turns along the way. March 2010-Cd-Columbia-€14.99

Buttshakers soul party-Volume three-Reissue of the third in this series of rare and obscure tracks from the fifties and sixties on mr luckee records. Features an awesome collection of soul, boogaloo and raw funk. Its the kind of thing that fans of the las vegas grind series on crypt records will simply love. The album features tracks from bernie hayes, alvin cash, billy sha, pervis lavawn and the commanders, the inclines, the soul invaders, the 7 sounds, benny poole, syl johnson, little royal, danny freeman, the soul superiors, the madmen and the dynamite eight.-Lp-Mr luckee records-€14.99

Byrd, donald-Ethiopian knights-Originally released back in 1971 on the blue note label. The album is now reissued featuring all the original artwork. The album features two fairly lenghty tracks the emperor [15.40] and the little rasti [17.44] along with the somewhat shorter track jamie [4.00]. The album was produced by george butler and features the likes of harold land, thurman green, bobby hutcherson, don peake, david walker, greg poree, william henderson iii, joseph sample, wilton felder and edward greene.-Lp-Blue note-€13.99

Coltrane, john-My favourite things-Originally released in 1960 on the atlantic label, recorded over the space of only 3 days in the studio and features steve davis on bass, elvin jones on drums, mcoy tyner on piano and coltrane on sax, 4 track collection featuring 3 gershin compositions my favourite things, summertime and but not for me, also features the cole porter classic everytime we say goodbye, american import reissue-Lp-Atlantic-€13.99

Crowley, adrian-Season of the sparks-The return of irish songwriter adrian crowley and the follow up to the stunning long distance swimmer album. The album was produced by stephen shannon and features guest spots from kevin murphy on cello, jarja gaynor on viola, thomas haugh on drums, emma smith on violin, cillian macdonnell on drums and arrangements from london based duo geese. Its a beautiful collection of laid back folky based sounds with some truly haunting pastoral string sounds and luscious church organs. Its perfect late night headphone music with touches of the modern folk sounds of james yorkston, the slow core of low and even the odd hint of leonard cohen. Its like honey for your ears. The album was released earlier this year on the tin angel label and now comes reissued on the ever reliable scottish label chemikal underground. November 2009-Cd-Chemikal underground-€9.99

Dylan, bob-Bob dylans greatest hits-Originally issued in 1967 this greatest hits collects tracks from his first seven albums. Features only ten songs but each one is a pure gem from dylans early career, features blowin in the wind, like a rolling stone, rainy day woman, times they are a changin, it aint me babe, mr tambourine man, i want you, subteranean homesick blues, just like a woman and non album track positively fourth street. Now reissed on the sundazed label and pressed on 180 gram vinyl.-Lp-Sundazed-€19.99

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-€19.99

Fahey, john-Selections by john fahey and blind joe death-This is in fact a reissue of the debut album from john fahey from 1964 with a different sleeve and one side of the album is credited to his alter ego blind joe death, this is a reissue on his own takoma label, features a selection of recordings from 1959 and 1964, these songs have only been available on the cd compilation the legend of blind joe death until now, reissued in 2005-Lp-Takoma-€13.99

Flex your head-Dischord records presents [various artists]-Flex your head was originally released back in january 1982 and was the first full length album released by the now legendary dischord records. The compilation features 32 tracks performed by 11 different dc area bands. The album has been unavailable on vinyl for many years now so its great to see dischord making it available once again. The album features tracks from teen idles, untouchables, state of alert, minor threat, government issue, youth brigade, red c, void, iron cross, artificial peace and deadline. Reissued on heavyweight green / yellow vinyl and comes with the original inner poster sleeve. March 2010-Lp-Dischord records-€13.99

Fools gold-Fools gold-Los angeles based multicultural outfit finally drop their self titled debut album for the iamsound label. Spearheaded by luke top and lewis pesacov, both native israelis who emigrated to la at a young age. The album is like some kind of mini tour around the different musical cultures of the world. Obvious influences would be funky african music and traditional folk of the middle east. These guys also add in lots of guitar based alt rock influences, its ends up reminding me a bit of vampire weekend with more of a traditional feel. 2009-Cd-Iamsound records-€16.99

Frolic diner-Volume two [various artists]-Definitely one for fans of the las vegas grind series and lovers of retro sixties stripjoint sleaze. Features tons of brass led fuzzy striptease music and garage rock exotica. Features tracks from danny bell and the bell hops, the scamps featuring ronnie starr, felix and his guitar with the hot peppers, jimmie maddin and the party makers, doc starkes and his night riders, roy milton and his orch, michael and the jesters, the zircons, johnny moore and his new blazers, the chargers, george young and the rockin bocs, the lancers, the tempomen, the majestics, ivan ward and the swingsters, the nite caps and finally the criterions.-Lp-Romulan records-€16.99

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-€15.99

Ghetto ska-Various artists-Excellent collection of early ska tunes either sung by or produced by theo beckford. Features his truly classic easy snapping track, produced by the legendary coxonne dodd [studio one]. The album also features some truly amazing early ska singles like flip flop and fly, mr downpressor, dont have a ticket dont worry, grudgeful people, ungrateful people, what a woe and boilerman. The album also features streets of glory by basil gabiddon, on your knees by frank cosmo, now your gone by shenley & ennette and come on my people by daniel johnson. The album comes pressed on high quality 180 gram vinyl. March 2010-Lp-Kingston sounds-€17.99

Green, al-Im still in love with you-Originally released in 1972 on the right stuff label, the follow up to lets stay together, features a stunning version of kris kristoffersons for the good times plus a beautifully slow melancholic version of roy orbisons oh pretty woman, limited reissue on the get back label-Lp-Get back-€17.99

I smell a rat-Early black rock n roll [#2 1949 to 1959]-Excellent collection of early american black rock n roll sounds compiled by the german based independent label trikont records. The album features a collection of mostly blues based artists and their early forays into a sound that was later called rock' n roll. The album comes with a highly detailed booklet with tons of info on all the artists and the recordings featured. The album features tracks from howlin wolf, big mama thornton, guitar slim, billy the kid emerson, johnny guitar watson, the coasters, chuck willis, tarheel slim, little esther phillips, robert hockwood jr, john lee hooker, junior wells, amos milburn, lonnie the cat, etta james, the 5 royales, little willie john, sister rosetta tharpe, big maybelle, sandra meade, bo diddley, sly fox, andre williams, rosco gordon, chuck berry and jimmy mccracklin. Pressed on double vinyl. March 2010-2lp-Trikont-€25.99

Jackie brown-Original sound track-Compiled for the quentin tarentino movie released in 1997. The album features some of the finest seventies soul / funk you are likely to find on any one album. Pretty much features total gems from start to finish with tracks from bobby womac, brothers johnson, bill withers, johnny cash, bloodstone, pam grier, foxy brown, randy crawford, the delfonics, the grass roots, minnie ripperton, the vampire sound inc and elliot eastons tiki gods.-Lp-A band apart-€13.99

Jam, the-This is the modern world [reissue with bonus tracks]-Reissue of this truly classic jam album from 1977. This reissue on the vinyl lovers label now comes with some of the extra bonus material that featured on the double cd reissue from last year which are taken from bbc sessions. Along with the orignal 12 track album this new version now features eight extra bonus cuts. Comes in a heavy card gatefold sleeve with lyrics printed on the inner. August 2008-Lp-Vinyl lovers-€13.99

Jawbox-For your own special sweetheart-Reissue of their classic album from way back in 1994. The album now comes with 3 extra bonus tracks taken from their savoury ep. The album also comes with a digital download coupon featuring all tracks from the record. The album has now been lovingly remastered by none other than bob weston of shellac fame. At the time of its original release this was the album that divided many longtime fans, it was their first album for the atlantic label having released two album previously on the dischord label. This was the third album to be released from one of the finest post punk / hardcore outfits, fronted by the now legendary [in my little world anyway] jay robbins. April 2010-Lp-De soto records-€14.99

Johannsson, johann-And in the endless pause there came the sound of bees-Brand new collection from modern classical composer johann johannsson on the type label. The album was composed by johannsson as a soundtrack for mark crastes award winning animated film varmints. There really is only one person around at the moment that can do this kind of neo classical meets glitchy electronica with such truly beautiful end results. The album is probably one of most dramatic pieces to date, even featuring a choir on some tracks. Its a truly amazing piece of orchestral music, it must be said this one definitely leans much more towards the strings keeping the digital treatments to a bare minimum. The album ranges from some harold budd like piano minimalism to some truly incredible bursts of widescreen orchestration, it sounds like johannsson has used a full orchestra on this one. I have to say this is probably one of his finest collections to date. March 2010-Cd-Type-€17.99

Lewis, furry-I will turn your money green [double vinyl]-One of the all time great bluesmen of the 1920's, furry lewis was one of the only bluesmen of his generation to achieve widespread fame with the blues revival of the sixties, after a recording hiatus of nearly three decades. He originally began his recording career way back in 1927 and this album features tracks from those very first sessions. The album is pressed on double heavyweight vinyl. Joining lewis of the first five tracks are landers waller and charles jackson, apart from that the rest of the tracks are all solo recordings. March 2010-2lp-Monk-€18.99

Mazzy star-She hangs brightly-The debut mazzy star album, originally released way back in 1990. It was the first time we heard the truly stunning voice of hope sandoval. The band was formed about a year previously by guitarist dave roback, sandoval joined his band opal at the time before then deciding to start a fresh project called mazzy star. Roback was also a member of rain parade in the past. The album still rates as one of the finest dreampop / slowcore albums of all time [obviously thats just my opinion] full of psychedelic fuzziness and almost rootsy like shoegazing vibes. The album is now reissued on beautiful heavyweight 180 gram vinyl and comes in a lovely heavy card sleeve. Features halah, blue flower, ride it on, she hangs brightly, im sailin, give you my lovin, be my angel, tast of blood, ghost highway, free and before i sleep. March 2010-Lp-Plain recordings-€20.99

Meters-Look ka py py-The second album from art nevilles new orleans soul funk outfit originally released in 1970, these used to work as backing band for allen toussaint who also produced this album for them, 12 track album in the original sleeve, the band features art neville, leo nocentelli, george porter and joseph modeliste, reissue on the josie label-Lp-Josie records-€13.99

Mingus, charles-The clown-Seen by many as a true masterpiece by charles mingus, this album from 1957 is now reissued on the atlantic label. Comes with all the original artwork along with a lenghty essay by nat hentoff on the back. The band features mingus on bass, curtis porter on sax, jimmy knepper on trombone, wade legge on piano and dannie richmond on drums. The album features haitian fight song, blue cee, reincarnation of a lovebird and the clown.-Lp-Atlantic-€13.99

Mingus, charles-Tijuana moods-Recorded in 1957 for bluebird but then shelved until 1962, new tijuana moods is one of charles mingus' most raucous and exciting sessions, recorded as an aural souvenir of his mexican vacation with drummer dannie richmond. At the time of its eventual release mingus himself described it as his best work, the back of the record features a large printed quote from his stating "this is the best record i ever made" and who are we to argue with that. The band features jimmy knepper [trombone], curtis porter [alto sax], clarence shaw [trumpet], bill triglia [piano], danny richmond [drums], frankie dunlop [percussion], ysabel morel [castinets] and lonnie elder [voices]. Recorded in new york in 1957 and features dizzy moods, ysabels table dance, tijuana gift shop, los mariachis and flamingo. Comes with all the original artwork including liner notes by martin williams-Lp-Rca-€13.99

Pelican-What we all come to need-Brand new album on the southern lord label from this mostly instrumental post rock meets doom metal outfit. The album features guest spots from ben verellen [helms alee, aaron turner [isis], greg anderson [sunn o / goatsnake] and allen epley [shiner]. The album features a thunderous collection of doom metal tinged post rock or should that now be post rock tinged doom metal, im not too sure anymore. Suffice to say these guys sound a little bit like isis, full of metal riff action with the kind of intricate guitar interplay of modern post rock. March 2010-Cd-Southern lord-€17.99

Pet lamb-Spent ep-Five track one sided mini album from one of dublins finest noise rock outfits in the past. This was their second ep on the now defunct blunt label. The album features insult to injury, fun with maggots, suck the grain, black mask and the bastard. This was originally released way back in 1993. These are all orignal pressing and not reissues-12"-Blunt-€2.99

Real estate-Real estate-New jersey based quartet on the wonderful woodsist label. The album features a truly superb blend of jangly guitar based eighties like indie pop and sixties garage psyche pop sounds, drenched in reverb with just the right amount of lo fi fuzziness. Its full of intricate guitar work, kind of reminds me of orange juice meets the byrds on a slightly more psychedelic buzz. This is a real gem of a jangly guitar driven pop album, full of infectiously catchy songs that just get better and better with every listen. Definitely one for fans of yo la tengo, girls, jesus and mary chain, pastels, sixties garage pop, c86 indie pop and surf pop. 2009-Cd-Woodsist-€15.99

Real estate-Real estate-New jersey based quartet on the wonderful woodsist label. The album features a truly superb blend of jangly guitar based eighties like indie pop and sixties garage psyche pop sounds, drenched in reverb with just the right amount of lo fi fuzziness. Its full of intricate guitar work, kind of reminds me of orange juice meets the byrds on a slightly more psychedelic buzz. This is a real gem of a jangly guitar driven pop album, full of infectiously catchy songs that just get better and better with every listen. Definitely one for fans of yo la tengo, girls, jesus and mary chain, pastels, sixties garage pop, c86 indie pop and surf pop. 2009-Lp-Woodsist-€18.99

Red sparrowes-The fear is excruciating-Brand new album from this los angeles based epic post rock outfit on the conspiracy label. Its been four years since we last heard from these guys, their last album every red heart shines toward the red sun came out on the neurot label. Featuring former memebers of isis, neurosis and pleasure forever, these guys deal in a kind of epic post rock, sometimes with a slightly metal like edge to it ala isis whilst also taking on board lots of intricate slide guitar action. Comparable at times to the likes of godspeed with maybe just a bit of slide guitar americana like sounds of the last few earth albums. Its full of intricate guitar interplay, darkly atmospheric and slowly building into a massive crescendo of pure fuzz. Also features some beautifully calming sections of desert like americana. April 2010-Cd-Conspiracy-€17.99

Rocksteady fever-Various artists-Features fourteen classic rocksteady cuts from the late sixties produced by bunny lee. Features tracks from roy shirley, uniques, delroy wilson, pat kelly, glen adams, lester sterling, raving ravers, dawn penn, winston samuels, bill gentles and cynthia richards. Totally essential collection of laid back soulful reggae sounds at its purest. May 2009-Lp-Kingston sounds-€13.99

Skip james-Jesus is a mighty good leader [180 gram vinyl]-Skip james was born in bentonia, mississippi in 1902 and began recording for the paramount label in the early thirties. He is probably best known for his rather unusual [at the time] three finger picking technique and high pitched voice, he was one of the earliest pioneers of a strain of the blues later to be known as bentonia. It is widely thought that he was also a major influnce on the legendary robert johnson. This collection on the monk label features a collection of some of his earliest recordings, though the lack of sleeve notes dont actually indicate when they were actually recorded. The tracks have all be beautifully remastered from the original 78rpm pressings, its got to be said the sound quality for such old recordings is truly superb. The album features a collection of 18 tracks pressed on lovely heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. 2010-Lp-Monk-€13.99

Sleepy john estes-Brownsville blues-Unreleased sessions from 1964, features 6 previously unreleased tracks from this legendary country blues and folk artist, this is essentially a collection of his early recordings for rca, victor and decca, an excellent introduction to a true original and one of the finest song storytellers, the pure simplicity of the music complements one of the most beautiful voices from this period of folk blues, compiled by delmark in 1992-Cd-Delmark-€12.99

Slint-Tweez-9 track album from 1989 featuring david pajo from papa m and brian mcmahon from the for carnation, a truly classic and highly influential album and probably one of the best albums of the era-Cd-Touch and go-€16.99

Sly and the family stone-Greatest hits-Originall released in 1970 between the release of stand and theres a riot goin on. Features tracks taken from the first 4 album which are whole new thing, stand, dance to the music and life, features i want to take you higher, everybody is a star, stand, life, fun, you can make it if you try, dance to the music, everyday people, hot fun in the summertime, m lady, sing a simple song and thank you. Remastered and reissued in 2007-Cd-Epic-€9.99

Spacemen 3-Perfect prescription [180 gram vinyl reissue]-At last a long overdue vinyl reissue of this truly classic spacemen 3 album, originally released way back in 1987. This was their second full length album, the debut sound of confusion came out the previous year. Along with sound of confusion and playing with fire this album makes up a trio of totally essential spacemen 3 albums. The album comes with all the original artwork and is packaged in a lovely retro heavy card sleeve. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl and comes with a printed inner sleeve too. Features take me to the other side, walkin with jesus, ode to street hassle, ecstasy symphony, transparent radiation [flashback], feel so good, things'll never be the same, come down easy and call the doctor. The band at the time featured sonic boom, jason pierce [now spiritualized], bassman and rosco. February 2010-Lp-Fire records-€20.99

Toro y moi-Causers of this-Brand new full length album from chaz bundick on the carpark label. Its the first release since the truly excellent blessa single [also on carpark] from 2009. Toro y moi is basically a one man band centred around south carolina native chaz bundick. The album kind of reminds me a bit of animal collective or panda bear on a totally blissed out seventies soul / funk buzz. Try to imagine animal collective, daft punk and stevie wonder all working on the one laptop. Its full of seventies disco soul sounds with lots of broken hip hop beats and looping backwards sampling. For some strange reason i cant stop thinking of scritti politti whilst listening to the album, there are certain tracks that really do remind me of them, with maybe just a bit more of a psychedelic twist. This is definitely an early contender for soundtrack of the summer [if we ever get one that is]. March 2010-Cd-Carpark records-€17.99

Travelling with my portable electric phonograph-Volume one-A rather strange sounding concept for a compilation at first glance, the album features a collection of jazz sounds from the fourties and fifties from both africa and india. But delve a bit deeper and you will notice the one thing both continents have in common is their attempts to gain independence from british colonialism. At the time both cultures were obviously influenced musically by british ex pats and in some way by the american jazz scene. This here compilation attempts to bring together some of the biggest names on the jazz scene from both continents, its a kind of alan lomax world tour compilation really. A lot of these bands would have been house bands in local hotels and social clubs. Its a fine example of two musical cultures meeting and merging into some quite original. March 2010-Lp-Monk records-€13.99

Twistin rumble-Volume two-The second part in this truly wonderful collection of sixties stripjoint sounds, features a collection of sleazy sounds from the mid to late sixties, you get a collection of mostly instrumental garage rock, garage soul, r n b, funk, surf rock, rockabilly, sleazy garage pop and brass led garage soul, its like one great big sixties basement party, artists include alex harvey, the ambertones, carl lattimore, bobby jackson, knight brothers, big bo and the arrows, the furys, clarence and calvin, higgs and wilson, ervin rucker, classie ballou, marvulus mickey, bowlegs, the el cobras, ken jones, merle spears, famour george and curtis knight, july 2007-Lp-Twistin rumble-€13.99

Villagers-On a sunlit stage-Limited edition 7 inch pressing. Features on a sunlight stage and transitional confessional. Each copy is hand numbered and they are limited to a total of only 1000 copies worldwide. Released on the irish based label any other city. The single also comes with a digital download coupon so you can download both tracks from the labels website. This is probably one of the most beautiful songs written by this very talented songwriter. Villagers is former immediate member conor o brien. This is his follow up to the truly superb hollow kind ep from earlier this year [also on any other city]. This is a sublime piece of intimate acoustic folk, kind of sounds like some long lost gospel folk song from the past complete with haunting vocal harmonies.-7"-Any other city-€4.99

Voice of the seven thunders-Voice of the seven thunders-Brand new project from rick tomlinson, formerly known as voice of the seven woods [twisted nerve]. The band features long time collaborator chris walmsley on drums and rory gibson on bass, so its pretty much voice of the seven woods with a new name and it must also be added, a totally brand new sound. Whilst his previous collections have been on the hypnotic psyche folk side of things this new album is pure electric psychedelic rock, full of wailing guitar solo action. It seems the band just plugged in all their electric guitars and let loose in the studios without any prior rehearsal of the tracks. What came out is some truly hypnotic psyche rock with hints of middle eastern folk, hendrix like guitar solo action. Try to imagine if hendrix and john fahey were one person, then this is what he would have come out with. Its truly blistering stuff with just the odd break for a moment of acoustic trance like folk picking. March 2010-Cd-Tchantinler recordings-€17.99

Wooden shjips-Volume two-Sick thirst presents the second compilation of hard to find wooden shjips tracks. Volume two digs deep to collect the bands sub pop and mexican summer singles, two self released european tour singles and a track from yeti magazine. Along with some live favourites the album also features savage covers of vampire blues by neil young and contact by serge gainsbourg. The album features another awesome collection of spaced out psyche rock sounds from wooden shjips, this will be a delight to some fans who can finally get their hands on some of these ultra rare gems. Try to imagine a more fuzzed up guitar heavy hawkwind with a bit of a psychedelic blues influence. These guys truly are one of the finest psyche / space rock outfits around at the moments. Definitely one for fans of quality stoner rock, psyche rock and guitar heavy space rock jams. April 2010-Cd-Sick thirst-€16.99

Wooden shjips-Volume two-Sick thirst presents the second compilation of hard to find wooden shjips tracks. Volume two digs deep to collect the bands sub pop and mexican summer singles, two self released european tour singles and a track from yeti magazine. Along with some live favourites the album also features savage covers of vampire blues by neil young and contact by serge gainsbourg. The album features another awesome collection of spaced out psyche rock sounds from wooden shjips, this will be a delight to some fans who can finally get their hands on some of these ultra rare gems. Try to imagine a more fuzzed up guitar heavy hawkwind with a bit of a psychedelic blues influence. These guys truly are one of the finest psyche / space rock outfits around at the moments. Definitely one for fans of quality stoner rock, psyche rock and guitar heavy space rock jams. April 2010-Lp-Sick thirst-€23.99

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Road Records newsletter May 13th 2010

2010-05-13T10:58:00.000-07:00

Welcome to this weeks Road Records newsletter.

I can’t believe its mid May already, where has the year gone so far.
I think it would be fair to say we are renaming this week as official Villagers week. The new album is out this week and we are so very excited about this one. Not only is he one of the nicest people you could ever meet but he has also made one of the finest debut albums we have heard in ages, not just from an Irish artist either. The album is on special offer this week for only €12.99 on cd and €16.99 on double vinyl, we will have lots of posters and stickers to give away on Friday to the first 30 / 40 people who buy the album.

Fancy a bit of weird ambient electronica, then look no further than the wonderful new Black Dog album “Music For Real Airports”
The new Lazer Cyrstal album is getting lots of spins here this week, maybe because it reminds us of a meeting between Kraftwerk and Trans Am.
The former singer with Everything But The Girl, Tracy Thorn, is finally back with a brand new solo album this week.
The New Breed is a new double cd featuring the best of new Irish contemporary music, featuring tracks from 41 different artists for only €17.99.
Jamie Lidell is back with a brand new album on the Warp label this week, cd and vinyl [with download] are now in stock.
The New Pornographers album “Together” is now in stock on vinyl, its only €13.99 and comes with a download coupon.
Also just arrived in on vinyl is the new Phosphorescent album “Heres To Taking It Easy” and guess what, it also comes with a download coupon. I wish they just all came with download coupons then it would save me having to write that all the time.
And to finish things off this week we are entering into the art world with a lovely collection of six limited edition postcards courtesy of Hi-Tone. This unique little set of postcards features six poster designs made for U:Mack shows from Dublin born graphic designer Niall McCormack, check out www.hightone.ie to see some of his work and then bag yourself a set of this lovely postcards.

Thats it from me for another week, see you next week sometime hopefully.

Have a good weekend !

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Villagers-Becoming a jackal-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. May 2010-Cd-Domino-€12.99

Villagers-Becoming a jackal [with download coupon]-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. Limited edition double vinyl pressing. The album features three sides of music and the fourth side is etched. The album also comes with a bonus download coupon. May 2010-2lp-Domino-€16.99

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Black dog-Music for real airports-Music for real airports is a response to the reality of occupying the semi-public space of an airport, and a contemporary reply to brian enos classic ambient work from the seventies. Much of the raw material on the album was recorded in airports over the last three years. While on tour, the black dog made 200 hours of field recordings, much of which was processed and combined with new music whilst waiting on the next flight. For an album that may sound rather odd on paper, this is a really beautiful collection of lush ambient electronica interspersed with all manner of found sounds. The two sources blend together almost seamlessly really, most of it is pure ambience with just the odd track featuring any kind of beats. Its the kind of thing that would fall between early orb, global communication, fennesz and biosphere. The album is limited to a measly 765 copies in total. May 2010-Cd-Soma-€12.99

Holy fuck-Latin-Holy fuck return with their brand new album on the young turks label. Recorded in a barn in rural ontario. In the past the band featured a rotating cast of musicians but this is pretty much the first one to feature their consistent touring lineup of mart schulz [drums], matt mcquaid [bass], brian borcherdt [effects / feedback] and graham walsh [effects / feedback]. This is the long awaited follow up to their previous album from 2007. The album features a pulsating blend of almost trans am like space rock sounds and motorik krautrock rhythms building up into some kind of indie rock meets early rave hybrid. Features lots of scuzzy analog keyboard sounds, full of distorted white noise. It kind of reminds me of trans am jamming with fuck buttons. The album comes packaged in a rather amazing sleeve featuring cut out letters on the front and heavy card gatefold sleeve. May 2010-Lp-Young turks-€16.99

Lazer crystal-Mcmlxxx-Chicago based spaced out krautrock obsessed outfit featuring mikael de graff [mahjonng] and josh johanpeter [cave, mahjonng and bobby conn]. Previous lazer crystal releases have been available as ultra limited hand crafted art projects so this is pretty much their proper debut full length album, courtesy of the thrill jockey label. The album features a rather superb collection of space age sounding krautrock vibes mixed with all kinds of eighties like electro pop influences. Kind of reminds me a little bit of kraftwerk jamming with trans am with a few members of the human league joining in from time to time. Its got a lovely dark electro pop kind of feel about it whilst also being full of psyche / space rock electronica. Futuristic pop music with a lovely retro haze about it. May 2010-Cd-Thrill jockey-€13.99

Lazer crystal-Mcmlxxx-Chicago based spaced out krautrock obsessed outfit featuring mikael de graff [mahjonng] and josh johanpeter [cave, mahjonng and bobby conn]. Previous lazer crystal releases have been available as ultra limited hand crafted art projects so this is pretty much their proper debut full length album, courtesy of the thrill jockey label. The album features a rather superb collection of space age sounding krautrock vibes mixed with all kinds of eighties like electro pop influences. Kind of reminds me a little bit of kraftwerk jamming with trans am with a few members of the human league joining in from time to time. Its got a lovely dark electro pop kind of feel about it whilst also being full of psyche / space rock electronica. Futuristic pop music with a lovely retro haze about it. The album is limited to only 1000 copies on vinyl and comes with different artwork to the cd version. Also comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Thrill jockey-€16.99

Lidell, jamie-Compass-Brand new album from singer jamie lidell on the warp label. The album features an almost all star cast of guests contributing with both beck and chris taylor [grizzly bear] at the helm on production duties. Both beck and chris taylor also play on the record along with dan rossen [grizzly bear], chris bear [grizzly bear], feist, brian lebarton [wilco], nikka costa and legendary drummer james gadson [worked with the likes of bb king, herbie hancock and martha reeves]. Its an album of quirky off centre modern funk / soul sounds with lots of kooky electronic and avant garde tangents. You can definitely hear the beck influence on certain tracks, its truly funky at times. This almost reminds me of what early stevie wonder would sound like jamming with aphex twin. May 2010-Cd-Warp-€13.99

Lidell, jamie-Compass [with download coupon]-Brand new album from singer jamie lidell on the warp label. The album features an almost all star cast of guests contributing with both beck and chris taylor [grizzly bear] at the helm on production duties. Both beck and chris taylor also play on the record along with dan rossen [grizzly bear], chris bear [grizzly bear], feist, brian lebarton [wilco], nikka costa and legendary drummer james gadson [worked with the likes of bb king, herbie hancock and martha reeves]. Its an album of quirky off centre modern funk / soul sounds with lots of kooky electronic and avant garde tangents. You can definitely hear the beck influence on certain tracks, its truly funky at times. This almost reminds me of what early stevie wonder would sound like jamming with aphex twin. The album comes with a bonus download coupon. May 2010-Lp-Warp-€15.99

Male bonding-Nothing hurts-Nothing hurts is the sub pop debut and the first full length from dalston based trio male bonding. The band features robin silas christian [drums], john arthur webb [guitar / vocals] and kevin hendrick [bass / vocals]. The album features a fairly blistering collection of old school jangly indie rock, grunge pop and fuzzed up post punk. At times it kind of reminds me a bit of early nirvana [bleach] with a slightly more avant punk twist to it. The album also has lots of nods back towards the heavier side of jangly indie rock with plenty of choppy new wave tendencies. Its almost like a slightly more grunged up punky wedding present with bits of sixties garage surf thrown in, imagine dick dale fronting some fuzzed up indie rock band. With 13 tracks clocking in at just under thirty minutes this is pure bliss for guitar heavy indie rock fans, its the perfect length for this kind of album too, as soon as its finished you just want to hit the start button again. Limited edition white vinyl pressing which also features a full download coupon. May 2010-Lp-Sub pop-€13.99

New pornographers-Together [with download coupon]-The new pornographers return with their fifth full length album, produced by the band and phil palazzolo in various studios including brooklyn, vancouver, woodstock and catskill. The album features twelve brand new tracks, nine written by ac newman and three from dan bejar. The band features the classic eight piece lineup of ac newman, dan bejar, john collins, neko case, kurt dahle, kathryn calder, todd fancey and blaine thurier. The album also features a couple of notable guest spots including annie clark [st vincent], zach condon [beirut], will sheff [okkervil river] and the dap kings horns. The album features a very catchy and somewhat complex collection of almost psychedelic like pop sounds with hints of everything from seventies soft rock to glam pop. Its intimate in a classic indie lo fi kind of way at times, particularly on the more piano led ballads whilst also taking in the kind of classic american pop sounds of she and him. The album comes in a gatefold sleeve and also features a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Matador-€13.99

Phosphorescent-Heres to taking it easy [with download coupon]-Matthew houck returns with his first new collection of songs since the album pride in 2007, his last album to willie featured an album made up entirely of willie nelson covers. This time houck is backed by his full touring band in the studio, pride was pretty much an all solo affair so the sound on this one is much bigger and probably more akin to the willie nelson covers album. Its still pretty much another collection of rustic country rock sounds, full of rootsy rock and classic old time country influences along the way. Its definitely got elements of that early neil young country rock vibe going on, there are even hints of the band and gram parsons in here. The album features some truly beautiful pedal steel guitar action [im a sucker for that sound] and lots of uplifting brass sounds. As far as big production sounds goes, its definitely his most ambitious album to date. If you are a fan of the modern rustic country tinged sounds of the likes of bonnie prince billy then this is definitely one for you. The album comes with a free download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Dead oceans-€13.99

Randazzo, elisa-Bruises and butterflies-Songwriter and clothing designer who has previously worked with the red krayola releases her debut solo album for the drag city label. Randazzo played violin and sang with the red krayola on several tours and has appeared on four of their albums to date. The album features a lovely collection of downbeat and somewhat haunting folk based sounds. Its an album that harks back a wee bit to the classic early seventies folk sound, its even got hints of the likes of judee sill or linda perhacs whilst also reminding me of the more modern ethereal folk sounds of the likes of espers or marissa nadler. May 2010-Cd-Drag city-€13.99

Thorn, tracy-Love and its opposite-The former singer with everything but the girl returns with her long awaited third solo album. Its been three long years for fans since her last solo outing out in the woods. This time she has returned to her independent roots and the album comes released on partner ben watts label strange feeling records. The album was produced by ewan pearson and features a little help from al doyle [hot chip], jens lekman and singer cortney tidwell. Its a beautifully sparse collection of folk like sounds, quite a lot of the album features just thorn and a piano. A perfectly intimate collection and her voice sounds as good as it ever has. May 2010-Cd-Strange feeling records-€11.99

Villagers-Becoming a jackal-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. May 2010-Cd-Domino-€12.99

Villagers-Becoming a jackal [with download coupon]-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. Limited edition double vinyl pressing. The album features three sides of music and the fourth side is etched. The album also comes with a bonus download coupon. May 2010-2lp-Domino-€16.99

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Action pause reaction-Rewind ep-Limited editon three ep featuring rewind, see the light of day and breaking under strain. The single comes pressed on a really cool looking miniature vinyl replica cd, it actually looks like a 7 inch shrunk down to fit into your cd player. The ep features a big guitar heavy slice of thunderous grunge rock meets post punk. The opening track kind of reminds me of nirvana jamming with therapy. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€3.99

Black dog-Music for real airports-Music for real airports is a response to the reality of occupying the semi-public space of an airport, and a contemporary reply to brian enos classic ambient work from the seventies. Much of the raw material on the album was recorded in airports over the last three years. While on tour, the black dog made 200 hours of field recordings, much of which was processed and combined with new music whilst waiting on the next flight. For an album that may sound rather odd on paper, this is a really beautiful collection of lush ambient electronica interspersed with all manner of found sounds. The two sources blend together almost seamlessly really, most of it is pure ambience with just the odd track featuring any kind of beats. Its the kind of thing that would fall between early orb, global communication, fennesz and biosphere. The album is limited to a measly 765 copies in total. May 2010-Cd-Soma-€12.99

Declining winter-Goodbye minnesota [limited to 250 copies]-The debut album from the declining winter, originally released on cd on the irish based label rusted rail [2008]. Richard adams is the declining winter and of course was previously a member of hood. Like his former band hood this is a really beautiful collection of live instruments, found sounds and touches of electronica. Thers are slight comparisons to the early dubby post rock of tortoise along with the more subdued intimate pop of postal service but adams also adds in lots of lo fi scratchy sound effects and heaps of crafty underground hip hop beats. Its a superbly wide ranging collection of sounds all held together with a certain rustic live feel. Its both highly intricate and hypnotic at the same time. A rare gem that you really shouldn't let pass you by. The album now comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl, this is the first time this album has been available on vinyl. Its limited to only 250 copies in total and also comes with an exclusive bonus track which didnt appear on the cd version. The album comes packaged in a lovely handmade card sleeve and also comes with its own unique hand stamped old used postcard, each copy has a different post card so no two copies will be the same. May 2010-Lp-Public house records-€18.99

Foals-This orient [part one]-Part one of a two part series of 7 inch singles. Features this orient and starky remix on the flip side. The track is taken from their most recent album total life forever. Its a rather quirky slice of post rock pop, for want of a better description. Its a wonderful slice of almost african tinged indie rock meets post rock, catchy as hell and distinctly foals like too. May 2010-7"-Transgressive-€4.50

Foals-This orient [part two]-Part two in a series of two different 7 inch singles. Features this orient and a chad valley remix of spanish sahara. The track is taken from their most recent album total life forever. Its a rather quirky slice of post rock pop, for want of a better description. Its a wonderful slice of almost african tinged indie rock meets post rock, catchy as hell and distinctly foals like too. May 2010-7"-Transgressive-€4.50

Francis, sage-Life-Sage francis returns with a brand new album on the anti label. I think it would be fair to say this man has always been pushing the boundaries of what hip hop can and should sound like, he has always been one to try and work with musicians from outside to genre to try and bend / blend the divisions between rock and hip hop. On this album francis has enlisted producer brian deck to blend it all together. Guest musicians / songwriters on the album include jim becker and tim rutili from chicago outfit califone, ex grandaddy frontman jason lytle, chris walla from death cab for cutie, mark linkous of sparklehorse, joey burns and john convertino from calexico and devotchka. May 2010-Cd-Anti-€15.99

Gayngs-Relayted-According to the press release that came with this record, the album was inspired by the music of 10cc and features an all star lineup including justin vernon [bon iver], mike noyce [bon iver], magafaun, solid gold, ivan howard [the rosebuds], pos and ryan olson. The all star lineup part is true and in fairness when you listen to the album itself you will soon realise that the first part is quite true too. They even go so far as to include a cover of the godley and creme 1985 hit single cry. So it would be fair to say this is an album that will definitely appeal to fans of laid back seventies and eighties funk pop and radio friendly aor. Whether its tongue in cheek or not, i am not really sure but you can make your own mind up. Personally its not a cup of tea i will be drinking too often. May 2010-Cd-Jag jaguwar-€12.99

Gayngs-Relayted [double vinyl with download coupon]-According to the press release that came with this record, the album was inspired by the music of 10cc and features an all star lineup including justin vernon [bon iver], mike noyce [bon iver], magafaun, solid gold, ivan howard [the rosebuds], pos and ryan olson. The all star lineup part is true and in fairness when you listen to the album itself you will soon realise that the first part is quite true too. They even go so far as to include a cover of the godley and creme 1985 hit single cry. So it would be fair to say this is an album that will definitely appeal to fans of laid back seventies and eighties funk pop and radio friendly aor. Whether its tongue in cheek or not, i am not really sure but you can make your own mind up. Personally its not a cup of tea i will be drinking too often. Limited edition double vinyl pressing, pressed on heavyweight vinyl and comes in a big old school gatefold sleeve. Also comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-2lp-Jag jaguwar-€14.99

Girls gone rockin-Various artists [75 fabulous femme rockers]-A collection of 75 totally rocking tunes from the fifties, featuring either solo artists or female fronted outfits. Compiled by the fantastic voyage label, the same people who brought us the wonderful let me tell you about the blues series recently. Triple cd box set with detailed booklet featuring lots of really cool photos too. The album comes in a four part fold out digi pack sleeve. Features some really top quality honky tonk, rockabilly and early rock n'roll sounds. May 2010-3cd-Fantastic voyage-€14.99

Hi tone postcards-A selection of six postcards-A beautiful little collection of six limited edition postcards courtesy of hi tone records, better known to his friends as graphic designer niall mccormack. A well known musician on the dublin music scene, niall was a member of jubilee in the past and can now be found on stage with richer than astronauts. He has been designing posters for u mack productions for many years now and this six postcard set features six of his favourite posters from the past. The set features perfect miniatures of his posters for mission of burma, shellac, dirty three, cocorosie, bob log iii and no means no. A really lovely unique little slice of memorabilia. There are not a lot of these knocking around so its first come first served.-Cd-Hi tone-€4.99

Holy fuck-Latin-Holy fuck return with their brand new album on the young turks label. Recorded in a barn in rural ontario. In the past the band featured a rotating cast of musicians but this is pretty much the first one to feature their consistent touring lineup of mart schulz [drums], matt mcquaid [bass], brian borcherdt [effects / feedback] and graham walsh [effects / feedback]. This is the long awaited follow up to their previous album from 2007. The album features a pulsating blend of almost trans am like space rock sounds and motorik krautrock rhythms building up into some kind of indie rock meets early rave hybrid. Features lots of scuzzy analog keyboard sounds, full of distorted white noise. It kind of reminds me of trans am jamming with fuck buttons. The album comes packaged in a rather amazing sleeve featuring cut out letters on the front and heavy card gatefold sleeve. May 2010-Lp-Young turks-€16.99

Hundred in the hands-This desert-Brand new mini album from this new signing to the warp label. The album features six brand new tracks. Limited to only 500 copies in total. The album features a breezy and totally laid back collection of slightly eighties electro pop tinged sounds. At times they kind of remind of either broadcast or stereolab in a slightly more electro pop / cold wave kind of mood. The album features lots of analog synth sounds, reverb laden guitar effects and devilishly sultry female vocals. Its almost like new wave meets electro pop. May 2010-Cd-Warp-€8.99

Hundred in the hands-This desert [with download coupon]-Brand new mini album from this new signing to the warp label. The album features six brand new tracks. Limited to only 250 copies in total. The album features a breezy and totally laid back collection of slightly eighties electro pop tinged sounds. At times they kind of remind of either broadcast or stereolab in a slightly more electro pop / cold wave kind of mood. The album features lots of analog synth sounds, reverb laden guitar effects and devilishly sultry female vocals. Its almost like new wave meets electro pop. Comes with a download coupon. May 2010-Lp-Warp-€9.99

Lafaro-Lafaro-The debut album from lafaro on the smalltown america label, home to fellow northern irish outfit and so i watch you from afar. Its a blistering collection of old school post hardcore sounds with just drums, guitars and big chunky distorted bass. Sounding like a big black / garage rock hybrid blended with the explosive sounds of girls against boys, jesus lizard and the likes of the cows and other am rep artists. Its a big filthy collection of sludge rock, grunge rock and post hardcore with just the odd nod towards the kind of intricate stop start sounds of math rock. May 2010-Cd-Small town america-€13.99

Lazer crystal-Mcmlxxx-Chicago based spaced out krautrock obsessed outfit featuring mikael de graff [mahjonng] and josh johanpeter [cave, mahjonng and bobby conn]. Previous lazer crystal releases have been available as ultra limited hand crafted art projects so this is pretty much their proper debut full length album, courtesy of the thrill jockey label. The album features a rather superb collection of space age sounding krautrock vibes mixed with all kinds of eighties like electro pop influences. Kind of reminds me a little bit of kraftwerk jamming with trans am with a few members of the human league joining in from time to time. Its got a lovely dark electro pop kind of feel about it whilst also being full of psyche / space rock electronica. Futuristic pop music with a lovely retro haze about it. May 2010-Cd-Thrill jockey-€13.99

Lazer crystal-Mcmlxxx-Chicago based spaced out krautrock obsessed outfit featuring mikael de graff [mahjonng] and josh johanpeter [cave, mahjonng and bobby conn]. Previous lazer crystal releases have been available as ultra limited hand crafted art projects so this is pretty much their proper debut full length album, courtesy of the thrill jockey label. The album features a rather superb collection of space age sounding krautrock vibes mixed with all kinds of eighties like electro pop influences. Kind of reminds me a little bit of kraftwerk jamming with trans am with a few members of the human league joining in from time to time. Its got a lovely dark electro pop kind of feel about it whilst also being full of psyche / space rock electronica. Futuristic pop music with a lovely retro haze about it. The album is limited to only 1000 copies on vinyl and comes with different artwork to the cd version. Also comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Thrill jockey-€16.99

Let me tell you about the blues-Atlanta [the evolution of atlanta blues]-Another release in this truly superb series of themed releases on the fantastic voyage label. This is the fifth in the series so far and it must be said they are pure heaven for fans of old time traditional blues music. There is nothing new or previously unreleased here but what you do get is three cds worth of pure quality in one very handy package, comes in a lovely four part foldout card digipack. The tracks are all sequenced pretty much in chronological order starting off in the early days back in 1924 and working all the way up to 1956. The album features a total of 75 recordings, far too may for me to start listing, but trust me its all essential stuff. May 2010-3cd-Fantastic voyage-€14.99

Lidell, jamie-Compass-Brand new album from singer jamie lidell on the warp label. The album features an almost all star cast of guests contributing with both beck and chris taylor [grizzly bear] at the helm on production duties. Both beck and chris taylor also play on the record along with dan rossen [grizzly bear], chris bear [grizzly bear], feist, brian lebarton [wilco], nikka costa and legendary drummer james gadson [worked with the likes of bb king, herbie hancock and martha reeves]. Its an album of quirky off centre modern funk / soul sounds with lots of kooky electronic and avant garde tangents. You can definitely hear the beck influence on certain tracks, its truly funky at times. This almost reminds me of what early stevie wonder would sound like jamming with aphex twin. May 2010-Cd-Warp-€13.99

Lidell, jamie-Compass [with download coupon]-Brand new album from singer jamie lidell on the warp label. The album features an almost all star cast of guests contributing with both beck and chris taylor [grizzly bear] at the helm on production duties. Both beck and chris taylor also play on the record along with dan rossen [grizzly bear], chris bear [grizzly bear], feist, brian lebarton [wilco], nikka costa and legendary drummer james gadson [worked with the likes of bb king, herbie hancock and martha reeves]. Its an album of quirky off centre modern funk / soul sounds with lots of kooky electronic and avant garde tangents. You can definitely hear the beck influence on certain tracks, its truly funky at times. This almost reminds me of what early stevie wonder would sound like jamming with aphex twin. The album comes with a bonus download coupon. May 2010-Lp-Warp-€15.99

Male bonding-Nothing hurts-Nothing hurts is the sub pop debut and the first full length from dalston based trio male bonding. The band features robin silas christian [drums], john arthur webb [guitar / vocals] and kevin hendrick [bass / vocals]. The album features a fairly blistering collection of old school jangly indie rock, grunge pop and fuzzed up post punk. At times it kind of reminds me a bit of early nirvana [bleach] with a slightly more avant punk twist to it. The album also has lots of nods back towards the heavier side of jangly indie rock with plenty of choppy new wave tendencies. Its almost like a slightly more grunged up punky wedding present with bits of sixties garage surf thrown in, imagine dick dale fronting some fuzzed up indie rock band. With 13 tracks clocking in at just under thirty minutes this is pure bliss for guitar heavy indie rock fans, its the perfect length for this kind of album too, as soon as its finished you just want to hit the start button again. Limited edition white vinyl pressing which also features a full download coupon. May 2010-Lp-Sub pop-€13.99

New breed, the-The best of new irish contemporary music [various artists]-Double cd comilation featuring a total of 41 tracks from the best of irish comtemporary music. The album features tracks from two door cinema club, codes, dark room notes, messiah j and the expert, oliver cole, the blizzards, fred, the laundry shop, delorentos, ham sandwich, republic of loose, mick flannery, the chapters, the minutes, the urges, the revellions, crayonsmith, declan o rourke, julie feeney, jerry fish and the mudbug club, le galaxie, the ambience affair, cathy davey, halves, subplots, halfset, stellarsound featuring ms paula flynn, roisin murphy, patrick kelleher, vyvienne long, the jimmy cake, lisa hannigan, new amusement, rarely seen above ground, and so i watch you from afar, bats, adebisi shank, heather, david kitt, valerie francis and the coronos. Its a damn fine cross section of what is happening in comtemporary music in ireland at this moment in time and also a wonderful way to introduce yourself to some new irish music, there has got to be a bit of something here for almost everybody. May 2010-2cd-Emi-€17.99

New pornographers-Together [with download coupon]-The new pornographers return with their fifth full length album, produced by the band and phil palazzolo in various studios including brooklyn, vancouver, woodstock and catskill. The album features twelve brand new tracks, nine written by ac newman and three from dan bejar. The band features the classic eight piece lineup of ac newman, dan bejar, john collins, neko case, kurt dahle, kathryn calder, todd fancey and blaine thurier. The album also features a couple of notable guest spots including annie clark [st vincent], zach condon [beirut], will sheff [okkervil river] and the dap kings horns. The album features a very catchy and somewhat complex collection of almost psychedelic like pop sounds with hints of everything from seventies soft rock to glam pop. Its intimate in a classic indie lo fi kind of way at times, particularly on the more piano led ballads whilst also taking in the kind of classic american pop sounds of she and him. The album comes in a gatefold sleeve and also features a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Matador-€13.99

Phosphorescent-Heres to taking it easy [with download coupon]-Matthew houck returns with his first new collection of songs since the album pride in 2007, his last album to willie featured an album made up entirely of willie nelson covers. This time houck is backed by his full touring band in the studio, pride was pretty much an all solo affair so the sound on this one is much bigger and probably more akin to the willie nelson covers album. Its still pretty much another collection of rustic country rock sounds, full of rootsy rock and classic old time country influences along the way. Its definitely got elements of that early neil young country rock vibe going on, there are even hints of the band and gram parsons in here. The album features some truly beautiful pedal steel guitar action [im a sucker for that sound] and lots of uplifting brass sounds. As far as big production sounds goes, its definitely his most ambitious album to date. If you are a fan of the modern rustic country tinged sounds of the likes of bonnie prince billy then this is definitely one for you. The album comes with a free download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Dead oceans-€13.99

Randazzo, elisa-Bruises and butterflies-Songwriter and clothing designer who has previously worked with the red krayola releases her debut solo album for the drag city label. Randazzo played violin and sang with the red krayola on several tours and has appeared on four of their albums to date. The album features a lovely collection of downbeat and somewhat haunting folk based sounds. Its an album that harks back a wee bit to the classic early seventies folk sound, its even got hints of the likes of judee sill or linda perhacs whilst also reminding me of the more modern ethereal folk sounds of the likes of espers or marissa nadler. May 2010-Cd-Drag city-€13.99

Shout out out out out-Reintegration time-Brand new album from this canadian synth pop / indie rock outfit on the normals welcome label. Its a big thunderous collection of sounds, taking in so many different genres at once that you dont really know what to call it. At times sounding like the meeting of seventies space rock and some kind of ambient rave hybrid before turning into air playing eighties synth pop. One thing it definitely is though, is a collection of rather catchy [cheesy] electronic pop songs that kind of make their way into your head and wont leave. May 2010-Cd-Normals welcome records-€15.99

Thorn, tracy-Love and its opposite-The former singer with everything but the girl returns with her long awaited third solo album. Its been three long years for fans since her last solo outing out in the woods. This time she has returned to her independent roots and the album comes released on partner ben watts label strange feeling records. The album was produced by ewan pearson and features a little help from al doyle [hot chip], jens lekman and singer cortney tidwell. Its a beautifully sparse collection of folk like sounds, quite a lot of the album features just thorn and a piano. A perfectly intimate collection and her voice sounds as good as it ever has. May 2010-Cd-Strange feeling records-€11.99

Villagers-Becoming a jackal-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. May 2010-Cd-Domino-€12.99

Villagers-Becoming a jackal [single]-The first single to be released from the brand new debut album of the same name. Features twenty seven strangers on the flip side.-7"-Domino-€4.99

Villagers-Becoming a jackal [with download coupon]-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. Limited edition double vinyl pressing. The album features three sides of music and the fourth side is etched. The album also comes with a bonus download coupon. May 2010-2lp-Domino-€16.99

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Action pause reaction-Rewind ep-Limited editon three ep featuring rewind, see the light of day and breaking under strain. The single comes pressed on a really cool looking miniature vinyl replica cd, it actually looks like a 7 inch shrunk down to fit into your cd player. The ep features a big guitar heavy slice of thunderous grunge rock meets post punk. The opening track kind of reminds me of nirvana jamming with therapy. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€3.99

Lafaro-Lafaro-The debut album from lafaro on the smalltown america label, home to fellow northern irish outfit and so i watch you from afar. Its a blistering collection of old school post hardcore sounds with just drums, guitars and big chunky distorted bass. Sounding like a big black / garage rock hybrid blended with the explosive sounds of girls against boys, jesus lizard and the likes of the cows and other am rep artists. Its a big filthy collection of sludge rock, grunge rock and post hardcore with just the odd nod towards the kind of intricate stop start sounds of math rock. May 2010-Cd-Small town america-€13.99

New breed, the-The best of new irish contemporary music [various artists]-Double cd comilation featuring a total of 41 tracks from the best of irish comtemporary music. The album features tracks from two door cinema club, codes, dark room notes, messiah j and the expert, oliver cole, the blizzards, fred, the laundry shop, delorentos, ham sandwich, republic of loose, mick flannery, the chapters, the minutes, the urges, the revellions, crayonsmith, declan o rourke, julie feeney, jerry fish and the mudbug club, le galaxie, the ambience affair, cathy davey, halves, subplots, halfset, stellarsound featuring ms paula flynn, roisin murphy, patrick kelleher, vyvienne long, the jimmy cake, lisa hannigan, new amusement, rarely seen above ground, and so i watch you from afar, bats, adebisi shank, heather, david kitt, valerie francis and the coronos. Its a damn fine cross section of what is happening in comtemporary music in ireland at this moment in time and also a wonderful way to introduce yourself to some new irish music, there has got to be a bit of something here for almost everybody. May 2010-2cd-Emi-€17.99

Villagers-Becoming a jackal-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. May 2010-Cd-Domino-€12.99

Villagers-Becoming a jackal [single]-The first single to be released from the brand new debut album of the same name. Features twenty seven strangers on the flip side.-7"-Domino-€4.99

Villagers-Becoming a jackal [with download coupon]-The debut album from irish songwriter conor o brien on the domino label. Conor is a former member of dublin indie rock outfit the immediate. The album features nine brand new tracks plus brand new recordings of the meaning of the ritual and pieces which both appeared on the hollow kind ep, released on irish indie label any other city last year. Quite simply this is one of the most accomplished debut albums we have heard from a local musician in quite some time, this young man is going to be around for some considerable time if this is anything to go by. The album features a superbly lush collection of heartfelt and emotionally charged almost folk like songs, both dark and totally uplifting at the same time. Its an album of almost orchestral like pop sounds at times with tons of beautiful string and brass elements included along the way. There are moments that kind of remind me of pure intimacy of early elliott smith with elements also of the classic songwriting sounds of labelmate cass mccombs. Its must be mentioned that this man possesses one of the finest voices i have heard in ages, equally happy with a low gentle whisper before hitting some soulful higher tones. From gentle folk to euphoric orchestral pop, this is an album that i can already see ending up in plenty of end of year polls. Sit back and relax for 45 minutes, you will the better for it afterwards. Limited edition double vinyl pressing. The album features three sides of music and the fourth side is etched. The album also comes with a bonus download coupon. May 2010-2lp-Domino-€16.99

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A guy called gerald-Tronic jazz [the berlin sessions]--Cd-Laboratory instinct-€15.99
Armfield, paul-Blood fish and bone--Cd-Artfull sounds-€16.99
Cave-Pure moods ep--Lp-Drag city-€10.99
Elektronische musik-Soul jazz presents-Soul jazz records presents their elektronische musik album, featuring a stunning lineup of groups including cluster, can, faust, popul vuh, neu, anom duul, harmonia, la dusseldorf, tangerine dream as well as a host of lesser known groups such as kollectiv, ibliss, between and more.-2cd-Soul jazz-€14.99
Elektronische musik-Soul jazz presents - part one-Soul jazz records presents their elektronische musik album, featuring a stunning lineup of groups including cluster, can, faust, popul vuh, neu, anom duul, harmonia, la dusseldorf, tangerine dream as well as a host of lesser known groups such as kollectiv, ibliss, between and more.-2lp-Soul jazz-€14.99
Elektronische musik-Soul jazz presents - part two-Soul jazz records presents their elektronische musik album, featuring a stunning lineup of groups including cluster, can, faust, popul vuh, neu, anom duul, harmonia, la dusseldorf, tangerine dream as well as a host of lesser known groups such as kollectiv, ibliss, between and more.-2lp-Soul jazz-€14.99
Harrys gym-Harrys gym-The debut album from this norwegian outfit on the hype city label.-Cd-Hype city-€13.99
King salami and the cumberland three-14 blazin bangers--Cd-Dirty water-€13.99
Legendary shack shakers-Agridustrial--Cd-Colonial knowledge-€16.99
Neon plastix-Awesome moves-The debut album from neon plastix onthe blow up label.-Cd-Blow up-€13.99
Vito-Monument-The second album from this welsh post rock outfit, released on the flower shop label, home to and run by former god machine frontman robin proper sheppard.-Cd-Flower shop recordings-€13.99
We are the world-Clay stones-The debut album from this la based outfit on the manimal label.-Cd-Manimal-€13.99
We are the world-Clay stones-The debut album from this la based outfit on the manimal label.-Lp-Manimal-€16.99

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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 i 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

Bonnie prince billy-The wonder show of the world [limited edition with free bonus 7 inch]-Will oldham returns with his brand new album on the domino label, joined again by longtime collaborator emmett kelly [lie down in the light, the letting go and beware]. The album also features guest spots from shahzad ismaily and phil elverum [mt eerie / microphones]. This man has been making some of the finest modern rustic folk / country music under many different names going way back to 1992 when he was using the name palace [palace brothers & palace music]. Having then gone on to release several albums under his own name will oldham, he does like to confuse fans with his many alter egos, this here album is his 12th or 13th [we think] as bonnie prince billy. Will oldham is an artist that seems to love recording albums with new bands each time he enters a studio so its always a bit of a surprise when a new one arrives, you just never know what sounds are going to hit you. This new album is definitely one of his most stripped down and sparse sounding records in quite a while, if fact most of it sounds like it was just him and emmett kelly in the studio. Its nice to see him back in this almost solo role, the songs are given lots of room to express themselves. The album features a rather stunning collection of rustic country tinged modern folk music, i suppose it would be fair to say there are hints of everything from johnny cash to early dylan in here whilst also taking a bit or a tour around the more traditional sounds of early american folk music from times past. This man does have a sound all his own though, there is no mistaking will oldham with anybody else, his voice is probably one of the most distinctive sounds we know of. This man just doesnt make bad records, they are always either really good or superb and we think this is one of his best in recent years. This limited edition version comes packaged in a plastic sleeve and features a very very limited edition 7 inch vinyl featuring two tracks that dont appear on the album itself. The 7 inch features midday and you win. April 2010-2cd-Domino-€17.99

Bonnie prince billy-The wonder show of the world [with bonus limited edition 7 inch]-Will oldham returns with his brand new album on the domino label, joined again by longtime collaborator emmett kelly [lie down in the light, the letting go and beware]. The album also features guest spots from shahzad ismaily and phil elverum [mt eerie / microphones]. This man has been making some of the finest modern rustic folk / country music under many different names going way back to 1992 when he was using the name palace [palace brothers & palace music]. Having then gone on to release several albums under his own name will oldham, he does like to confuse fans with his many alter egos, this here album is his 12th or 13th [we think] as bonnie prince billy. Will oldham is an artist that seems to love recording albums with new bands each time he enters a studio so its always a bit of a surprise when a new one arrives, you just never know what sounds are going to hit you. This new album is definitely one of his most stripped down and sparse sounding records in quite a while, if fact most of it sounds like it was just him and emmett kelly in the studio. Its nice to see him back in this almost solo role, the songs are given lots of room to express themselves. The album features a rather stunning collection of rustic country tinged modern folk music, i suppose it would be fair to say there are hints of everything from johnny cash to early dylan in here whilst also taking a bit or a tour around the more traditional sounds of early american folk music from times past. This man does have a sound all his own though, there is no mistaking will oldham with anybody else, his voice is probably one of the most distinctive sounds we know of. This man just doesnt make bad records, they are always either really good or superb and we think this is one of his best in recent years. The album is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Also comes with a very limited free bonus 7 inch single featuring midday and you win [not featured on the album itself]. April 2010-Lp-Domino-€16.99

Dum dum girls-I will be [limited coloured vinyl with mp3 download coupon]-The debut full length from the dum dum girls on the sub pop label. The band have previously released an ep on captured tracks, a 7 inch on hozac and an ep on zoo music. The album was recorded at home by main songwriter dee dee and was mixed with the help of richard gottehrer. The album features thirty minutes of superb retro indie rock action full of fuzzed up jangly guitar sounds with just the odd hint of sixties motown thrown in. Imagine the jesus and mary chain jamming with the shop assistants and the ronettes. Its got a lovely raw feel about it, full of reverb laden distorted guitars and stripped down drum sounds. Anyone into the sounds of the c86 era will just fall in love with this from the word go. Limited edition coloured marble effect vinyl pressing which also comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. March 2010-Lp-Sub pop-€13.99

Lambert, alan-Pteranodon-Alan lambert is an irish based electronic producer and short film maker. This album features two separate 20 minute long pieces. They are two very beautiful synth driven ambient pieces with hints of everything from jean michelle jarre, tangerine dream and klaus schultze. There is also an element of some early krautrock experimentalism akin to the likes of cluster or even harmonium. The album features pteranodon and also a bao a qu. July 2008-Cd-Metal dragon music-€9.99

Mason, steve-Boys outside [with bonus download coupon]-Brand new solo album from the former singer with the beta band, released on the domino records offshoot label double six. Along with singing / writing with the beta band mason has also worked under the name king biscuit time and black affair. The album was produced by richard x. Judging by the sleeve notes this is an album written and played entirely by mason himself, at least there is nobody else credited anywhere, so fair play to him for producing an album with such big scope and sound. It would be fair to say the sounds on the album are definitely very reminiscent of his work with the beta band, in particualy the legendary early releases known as the three eps. Its mildly psychedelic and somewhat funky in a kind of trip hop style at times. Its full of gentle trance like trip hop beats which mason then layers with lots of piano and hazy guitar effects. There is no mistaking the beta band influence on this album and that is never a bad thing in my opinion. Limited edtion vinyl pressing, comes in a lovely heavy card gatefold sleeve and is pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Also comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. April 2010-Lp-Double six-€18.99

Mee, gavin-Breech birth-The debut album from this irish based singer songwriter. Heavily influenced by the classic seventies folk sounds of the likes of nick drake, a bit of early dylan and vocally quite reminscent of the wonderful john martyn. A really lovely mellow laid back affair. The album was originally released back in 2006 but has been unavailable for quite some time now, it is now reissued and available to buy once again. 2010-Cd-Own label-€11.99

Pallett, owen [final fantasy]-Heartland-The artist formerly known as final fantasy returns with his third solo outing to date, he is now recording under his own name due to some stupid legal case taken against him for using the final fantasy name. His first album came out way back in 2005 [has a good home] and was followed by the exceptional second album he poos clouds in 2006. It may be nearly four years since his last album but its fair to say pallett has been busy with other projects in the meantime. Along with touring as a one man band pallett has also provided string arrangements for several bands including grizzly bear, arcade fire, beirut, last shadow puppets and mountain goats. This is his first album to be released on the domino label. This is an album of true orchestral beauty, probably one of the most lush collections your are likely to hear all year round. Known for his superb violin playing this album features what sounds to my ears like a full blown orchestra at times, full of dramatic string and horn bursts. Its an album the flows seamlessy through many genres with such each too. Sometimes you think you could be listening to some modern take on steve reich or phillip glass and before you know it things turn into some kind of indie broadway musical [ala sufjan stevens maybe]. Its highly intricate and joyously catchy at the same time, full of layered string sounds and palletts gentle almost hushed vocal delivery. Its one of those rare albums that comes up with something new each time you listen to it, sometimes classical pop and sometimes just pure classic quirky indie pop. Its got to be said this is something truly original. January 2010-Cd-Domino-€11.99

Redneck manifesto-Friendship-Brand new album from one of irelands very finest instrumental post rock outfits. Its hard to believe this is their first album in nearly six years now, the last album i am brazil was released way back in 2004, for some reason it just doesnt seem that long. The album was recorded in blackbox studios in france and is probably their first to really incorporate the keyboard sounds of fifth member neil o connor [aka somadrone]. Its definitely an album much more based on krautrock like rhythms, its still jam packed with intricate post rock guitar interplay but this one has a real motorik like groove provided by some sublime drum and bass action. If anything this album sounds more like the redneck manifesto jamming with can or neu, the lush analog synth sounds really do add a whole new dimension to their already rather complex sound. This truly is pure heaven for lovers of either intricate post rock or trance like krautrock from one of the finest in ireland [if not worldwide]. It may not have the same raw edge of their first album but i think you will find this is up there as one of their finest, if not their best so far. The album comes in a lovely embossed digipack sleeve. March 2010-Cd-The richter collective-€13.99

Scott-heron, gil-Im new here-The legendary gil scott-heron returns with his first new full length album in thirteen years. Assisted by producer and head honcho of xl recordings richard russell. Scott-heron is probably most famous for his truly legendary track the revolution will not be televised. The album features a total of fifteen tracks spread over 28 minutes, some almost pure spoken word with the barest of background music. The album features several covers including im new here by smog, me and the devil by robert johnson and ill take care of you by bobby bland. Its a beautifully soulful collection of sounds, actually reminds me a little of the massive attack tracks that featured horace andy in the past, gently funky but simply allowing to voice to carry each song. The production it must be said is just beautiful, its all very understated with gentle beats, strings and lush synths going about their business in the background. This album though, is all about this mans truly amazing voice, deep and menacing at tmes, heartfelt and soulful on others. Its a real joy and at only 28 minutes you will just keep hitting the repeat button for more, never has less is more been true. February 2010-Cd-Xl-€16.99

Tallest man on earth-The wild hunt-The second album from swedens kristian matsson, his first for the dead oceans label, his previous album the shallow grave came on out swedish indie label gravitation. It would be hard to review this album without at least mentioning the early sounds of bob dylan, his voice and delivery really are quite reminiscent of a young dylan in his prime. The album has a lovely rustic stripped down kind of feel about, sounds like it could easily have been recorded live on his front porch at times. Its a lovely collection of rustic old time folk sounds with maybe just a hint of the intimate folk vibes of the likes of bon iver, though this collection is certainly a much more uptempo foot stomping affair. April 2010-Cd-Dead oceans-€11.99

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Road Records weekly newsletter May 6th 2010

2010-05-06T10:17:00.000-07:00

Welcome to this weeks Road Records newsletter.

Another week another list, how are you today, feeling good I hope.
Lots of goodies for you this week.

This weeks album of the week goes the new National album “High Violet”, the album is on special offer for this week for only €12.99 on cd, we should have the limited edition coloured vinyl for you on Friday [tomorrow].
The new Phosphorescent album is on special offer this week for only €12.99 on cd.
I have to admit I though The Radar Brothers had disappeared off the face of the earth at this stage but alas they prove me wrong and release a brand new album this week on Chemikal Underground.
One of our favourite Irish singer / songwriters Cathy Davey is back with a brand new album, and in our opinion, her finest too.
If you fancy a bit of classic post punk / math rock then look no further than our very own Jogging for a quality slice of fuzzed up anger.
The new Unkle album is now in stock. The album comes as a normal cd for €16.99 and also a super deluxe version in hardback box with 32 page board book for €22.99.
Foals are back with their second album this week, the album is now in stock on cd and vinyl.
Dead Weather return with their second album in under two years, featuring the many talents of Jack White, Alison Mossheart, Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence.
Some nice new albums this week falling into the mellow late night electronica genre, my two personal picks come from Bitcrush on the N5MD label and Manual on the Make Mine Music label, the Manual album will also appeal to fans of a slighly more electronica led post rock sound, both albums are simply beautiful in their own gentle way.
The debut album from Mynabirds comes highly recommended if you want to treat yourself to a dose of folky gospel pop.
Coming on like the metting of Bjork and Joanna Newsom, the new album from Serafina Steer is a perfect slice of kooky electronic / folk music.
J. Mascis is back with a brand new band Sweet Apple, where does he find the time.
A couple of nice new vinyl reissues from the Atlantic label this week featuring Willie Nelson, David Crosby and Crosby Stills And Nash.
The recent Mono live album is now in stock on limited edition triple vinyl, also comes with the full concert on dvd inside the sleeve.
Dead Meadow are back with a deluxe double vinyl album, featuring live and new tracks.
Autamata frontman Ken McHugh is back with a brand new instrumental side project We Saw Heaven, and rather beautiful it is too.
Irish band Talulah Does The Hula are back with a brand new single, limited to only 250 hand numbered copies on cd.

Thats it, I’m signing off now so have a great weekend and hopefully see you around the shop over the weekend.

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National, the-High violet-The national finally return with their long awaited follow up to the boxer from 2007. The eleven new tracks were recorded at the bands own studios in brooklyn with some extra recording and mixing at tarquin studios in connecticut with peter katis. The album features another superb collection of dark hearted and sombre indie rock / new wave sounds full of brooding atmospherics and shimmering reverb laden guitar effects. For me their sound is still heavily rooted in the darker side of post punk ./ indie rock ala the cure, joy division or echo and the bunnymen which is then layered with tons of anthemic american rock influences. This album is awash with lush string sounds, it almost sounds like they are backed by a full orchestra at times. They are still one of the few bands out there who can make dark and brooding indie rock sound utterly uplifting. May 2010-Cd-4ad-€12.99

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Davey, cathy-The nameless-Irish singer songwriter returns with her brand new album on hammer toe records, her third album to date. The album comes rather beautifully presented in a deluxe [giant] foldout poster sleeve with printed paper wraparound holder. Along with tons of strings davey is joined by conor o brien [villagers] and neil hannon [divine comedy]. I must say this is a much more rustic, almsot live sounding record compared to her previous two records, its full of dramatic almost vaudeville like folk sounds which sees davey adding in lots of banjo on this album for the first time. Its a wonderfully kooky collection of sounds with davey plucking all sorts of influences to create something totally original. Its got a bit of everything from jazz to folk to vaudeville musical and plenty more. Could well be her finest and most varied collection to date. May 2010-Cd-Hammer toe records-€13.99

Harlem-Hippies [with download coupon]-Originally from tuscon arizona and now residing in the austin texas, this is their first release since signing to the matador label. Their previous, self released album, free drugs came out in 2008. I have to say this is just a classic collection of top quality fuzzed up sixties like garage rock meets post punk meets scratchy new wave. Ok there are lots of fuzzed up lo fi garage bands around at the moment but these guys really know how to knock out a quality tune underneath all the fuzz. They kind of remind me a little of maybe pavement or yo la tengo jamming with the kinks, with maybe just a bit more of a sixties garage pop slant to it. Sixteen tracks in 40 minutes, its fast and furious, damn good fun too. The album comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. May 2010-Lp-Matador-€14.99

Holy fuck-Latin [double cd version with bonus disc]-Holy fuck return with their brand new album on the young turks label. Recorded in a barn in rural ontario. In the past the band featured a rotating cast of musicians but this is pretty much the first one to feature their consistent touring lineup of mart schulz [drums], matt mcquaid [bass], brian borcherdt [effects / feedback] and graham walsh [effects / feedback]. This is the long awaited follow up to their previous album from 2007. The album features a pulsating blend of almost trans am like space rock sounds and motorik krautrock rhythms building up into some kind of indie rock meets early rave hybrid. Features lots of scuzzy analog keyboard sounds, full of distorted white noise. It kind of reminds me of trans am jamming with fuck buttons. May 2010 - the album comes with a bonus four track cd featuring the tracks grease fire, positive ghost, dr dr e and jungles. The bonus cd is limited to the first 1000 copies of the album and is only available through independents shops like ourselves.-2cd-Young turks-€12.99

Jogging-Minutes-The long awaited debut album from this dublin based three piece post punk outfit on the richter collective label. I suppose you could call these guys a bit of an underground supergroup on the dublin music scene considering they have either been in or worked with the likes of jape, jeff martin, goodtime john, coldspoon conspiracy, cap pas cap, guilty optics and crayonsmith in the past, its quite the cv when you think about it. The album features a truly wonderful blast of old school shouty post punk featuring lots of clever math rock and post rock nuances. Imagine shellac jamming with fugazi and the jesus lizard, dare i say it even reminds me a bit of our very own and now sadly departed giveamanakick. A really solid blast of classic avant punk, noisy as hell, just like it should be. May 2010-Cd-The richter collective-€13.99

Manual-Drowned in light-The first proper studio album from manual in nearly five years, excluding a collection of rarities and two minimalist ambient collections. This is also his very first album for the make mine music label, home to the likes of yellow 6, piano magic and library tapes. Manual is the work of one very talented musician / producer from denmark by the name of jonas munk and this man really does know how to blend the blissful shoegazing sounds of the late nineties with lush ambient electronica. At time reminscent of the likes of ulrich schnauss with hints of everything from cocteau twins to durutti column to ambient seventies space rock. There is even the odd hint of the dubby ambience of the likes of seefeel in here with lots of looping sound effects layered over classic ambient soundscapes. Its really is a beautiful collection, even dipping its feet into a sound that could be described as electronic post rock. A real understated gem. May 2010-Cd-Make mine music-€10.99

National, the-High violet-The national finally return with their long awaited follow up to the boxer from 2007. The eleven new tracks were recorded at the bands own studios in brooklyn with some extra recording and mixing at tarquin studios in connecticut with peter katis. The album features another superb collection of dark hearted and sombre indie rock / new wave sounds full of brooding atmospherics and shimmering reverb laden guitar effects. For me their sound is still heavily rooted in the darker side of post punk ./ indie rock ala the cure, joy division or echo and the bunnymen which is then layered with tons of anthemic american rock influences. This album is awash with lush string sounds, it almost sounds like they are backed by a full orchestra at times. They are still one of the few bands out there who can make dark and brooding indie rock sound utterly uplifting. May 2010-Cd-4ad-€12.99

Phosphorescent-Heres to taking it easy-Matthew houck returns with his first new collection of songs since the album pride in 2007, his last album to willie featured an album made up entirely of willie nelson covers. This time houck is backed by his full touring band in the studio, pride was pretty much an all solo affair so the sound on this one is much bigger and probably more akin to the willie nelson covers album. Its still pretty much another collection of rustic country rock sounds, full of rootsy rock and classic old time country influences along the way. Its definitely got elements of that early neil young country rock vibe going on, there are even hints of the band and gram parsons in here. The album features some truly beautiful pedal steel guitar action [im a sucker for that sound] and lots of uplifting brass sounds. As far as big production sounds goes, its definitely his most ambitious album to date. If you are a fan of the modern rustic country tinged sounds of the likes of bonnie prince billy then this is definitely one for you. May 2010-Cd-Dead oceans-€12.99

Radar brothers-The illustrated garden-Brand new album from the radar brothers on the chemikal underground label. Original member jim putnam has enlisted two members for his first new collection in two years. The band is now stripped right back to just a basic three piece with be hussey on bass and stevie treichel on drums. Its probably one of their more loose and poppy sounding albums to date, full of rootsy pop like sounds and classic american indie rock. It kind of reminds me of a more rootsy pop like pavement at times. May 2010-Cd-Chemikal underground-€11.99

Steer, serafina-Change is good change is good-Co produced by capitol k and benge, the album also features mercury nominees seb rochford [drums] and emma smith [violin]. This is one of those rare albums that is neither folk music nor electronic, but falling somewhere inbetween to create something rather haunting and rather unique. Steer is a classical harpist but the story goes that the harp was stolen somewhere in the middle of recording the album so needs must as they say and she carried on regardless. There are moments comparable to joanna newsome but with benge and capitol k adding lots of kooky electronic sound effects, there the comparisons end. Its full of kooky avant folk influences, quite trippy at times, almost reminiscent of bjork or even kate bush equiped with a laptop. May 2010-Cd-Static caravan-€11.99

Sweet apple-Love and desparation [limited red vinyl with download coupon]-Brand new outfit on the tee pee label featuring j mascis [dinosaur jr], tim parnin [cobra verde], john petkovi and dave sweetapple [witch]. It must be said that album is not quite as heavy as i would have expected from the lineup involved, instead its very much a collecton of guitar heavy power pop. There are some hints towards the early sounds of dinosaur jr but this album is more comparable to the instantly catchy power pop of bands like the foo fighters. Imagine green mind era dinosaur jr meets the earlier and slightly heavier side of the foo fighters. As you would imagine the album does feature some superb guitar riff action with just the odd hint at classic seventies american rock. Limited edition red vinyl pressing comes in a big heavy card gatefold sleeve and also features a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Tee pee-€14.99

Ted leo and the pharmacists-The oldest house-Very very limited edition 7 inch only release on the matador label. Specially released for record store day 2010, but yes we are only getting our copies now. The single features two track not featured on the new album the brutalist bricks. The flip side features north coast. We only have ten copies of this single in stock and we wont be able to get them in stock again so its first come first served and only one copy per customer.-7"-Matador-€4.50

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A band called wanda-Roses are still red-The debut six track mini album from this new galway based indie folk four piece. The ep features roses are still red, two by two, still havent learned, i see people, western lights and where has the day gone. Its a very catchy blend of acoustic pop sounds and rustic indie folk music, full of bouncy summery singalong tunes. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€6.99

Andrew wk-Close calls with brick walls / mother of mankind-Close calls with brick walls is not quite a brand new andrew wk album but more the long lost third album he released way back in 2006. The album originally only came out as a limited import in japan / korea and has never been released properly in europe until now. The album now comes completely repackaged and also features an extra bonus disc which didnt come with the original import. The bonus disc features a collection of rare and previously unreleased material recorded between 1999 and 2010, features a total of 21 tracks. The set now comes packaged in a card outer slipcase and features a 36 page booklet featuring photos and notes. May 2010-2cd-Steev mike-€14.99

Ariel pinks haunted graffiti-Round and round-Ariel pink make their 4ad debut with this new single round and round, possibly a taster from their new album which their are adding the final touches to at the moment. Its five minutes of classic psyche pop from ariel pink, if you are new to his sound then think of the beach boys gone all indie electronic pop. The single also features mistaken wedding on the flip side. Pressed on heavyweight vinyl. May 2010-7"-4ad-€4.50

Ash-P [insects]-We are now up to the letter p in this ongoing series of limited editoin 7 inch releases from ash. The single features insects on the a side and the flip side is etched. Pressed on limited heavyweight seven inch vinyl. May 2010-7"-Atomic heart records-€6.50

Best coast-Something in the way-A rather deliciously fuzzed up slice of indie surf pop from the former pocahaunted member bethany cosentino on the post present label. It really is a heavenly slice of sixties bubblegum dream like pop meets the pure fuzz of early jesus and mary chain. The single also features wish he was you and the road [do you think she wrote that about us]. May 2010-7"-Post present music-€4.50

Bitcrush-Of embers-This is the sixth full length release from mark cadoo under the bitcrush moniker. Cadoo is a former member of gridlock and has also released solo recordings under the name dryft. Along with all this he is also the founder of the highly respected n5md label. The album features a beautifully calming collection of lush ambient electronica and blissful almost shoegazing like post rock. The album features a truly lush blend of live drums, intricate post rock like guitar vibes and all manner of old school ambient synth sounds. Features lots of slow building mostly instrumental sounds with most of the tracks clocking in at the ten minute mark, giving them all plenty of time to develop. May 2010-Cd-N5md-€13.99

Crosby stills and nash-Self titled [180 gram vinyl reissue]-The debut album from this now legendary country rock trio. Originally released in 1969 on the atlantic label. This new reissue comes pressed on 180 gram vinyl and features the original gatefold sleeve and foldout inner [with lyrics]. The album features suite judy blue eyes, marrakesh express, guinnevere, you dont have to cry, pre road downs, wooden ships, lady of the island, helplessly hoping, long time gone and 49 bye-byes. May 2010-Lp-Atlantic-€17.99

Crosby, david-If only i could remember my name [180 gram vinyl reissue]-David crosbys debut solo album, originally released way back in 1971, hard to believe it would be another 18 years before he got around to making the second one. The album features a host of guests from the music scene at the time including the likes of jerry garcia, grace slick, neil young, graham nash, david frieberg, laura allen, paul kantner, phil lesh, joni mitchell, michael shrieve, mickey hart and many many more. The album features music is love, cowboy movie, tamalpais high, laughing, what are their names, traction in the rain, song with no words [tree with no leaves], orleans and id swear there was something there. Now reissued on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl and comes in the original gatefold sleeve. May 2010-Lp-Atlantic-€17.99

Davey, cathy-The nameless-Irish singer songwriter returns with her brand new album on hammer toe records, her third album to date. The album comes rather beautifully presented in a deluxe [giant] foldout poster sleeve with printed paper wraparound holder. Along with tons of strings davey is joined by conor o brien [villagers] and neil hannon [divine comedy]. I must say this is a much more rustic, almsot live sounding record compared to her previous two records, its full of dramatic almost vaudeville like folk sounds which sees davey adding in lots of banjo on this album for the first time. Its a wonderfully kooky collection of sounds with davey plucking all sorts of influences to create something totally original. Its got a bit of everything from jazz to folk to vaudeville musical and plenty more. Could well be her finest and most varied collection to date. May 2010-Cd-Hammer toe records-€13.99

Dead flags-Gentlemans club-The debut full length album from this irish indie rock outfit. Features their previous two singles o my love o my god and anymore. A collection of catchy melodic indie rock sounds, coming across a little bit like the strokes on a slightly more pop rock buzz. May 2010-Cd-International sexual hero records-€17.99

Dead meadow-Three kings [with download coupon]-Brand new album from stoner / psyche rock outfit dead meadown on the xemu label, the album consists of live material and five brand new studio tracks. The accompanying dvd features a full length concert movie. The album is pressed on double vinyl and comes in a super heavyweight card gatefold sleeve. The album also comes with two download coupons, one featuring all the tracks from the album itself and the other featuring extra bonus tracks. The album features a truly awesome collection of fuzzed up guitar heavy psyche rock, space rock and seventies groove rock sounds. There are hints of late sixties experimental psyche rock blended with a bit of everything from hawkwind to early floyd. At times sounding like spacemen 3 on a heavier psyche / prog rock buzz blended with the more guitar heavy sounds of loop. There are even moments on the album when you could question whether hendrix is actually dead or has he just been hiding away with this band all this time. May 2010-2lp-Xemu records-€21.99

Dead weather-Sea of cowards-Back with their second full length album, only a year after the first one, this veritable supergroup features the dual vocal talents of jack white [white stripes] and alison mossheart [the kills] backed by dean fertita [queens of the stoneage] and jack lawrence [the raconteurs]. The album features another guitar heavy collection of seriously groove heavy blues rock dirges. Whilst the previous album had a slightly garage blues like feel about it this one sounds more like some long lost early zeppelin collection. Its full of great big bone shaking blues rock rhythms overlayed by some truly sleazy vocal sounds courtesy of mossheart and white. If anything this is a more loose almost live sounding collection. May 2010-Cd-Third man records-€18.99

Excavated shellac-Strings [various artists]-This album features a collection of fourteen different compositions gathered together from all four corners of the world. Recorded and released on ultra rare 78rpm records between 1920 and 1950, the tracks have all been compiled by jonathan ward, the man behind the highly respected excavated shellac blog and longtime collector of rare 78rpm recordings. This is the third release on the dust to digital vinyl imprint, parlotone and focuses exclusively on ethnic music from all over the globe. The album comes with a lovely four page booklet featuring detailed liner notes on all the artists involved. Its a beautifully rustic collection of folk songs from all over the world, its like a short little journey around the world compiled onto one record. I must say the matering and sound quality of these old recordings really does sound amazing, top marks to the label for that. Without getting into all the details of the artists involved there are tracks here from armenia, india, bolivia, congo, vietnam, georgia, iran, paraguay, croatia, norway, japan, lebanon, uganda and turkey. May 2010-Lp-Parlotone-€14.99

Faithfield, rory-Songs for sooner-Brand new album from this australian born and longtime irish resident singer songwriter on the blind romantic label. Features some help from gavin murphy, nicky scott, bill shanley, johnny boyle, christian herzberger, john o brien, lorcan daly and ciaran byrne. The album features a collection of hazy summery folk pop sounds with the odd hint of melodic alt rock. May 2010-Cd-Blind romantic records-€13.99

Foals-Total life forever-The much anticipated second album from this oxford based alt rock outfit, its been two long years for devoted fans to have to wait since their debut antidote. The album features a truly infectious blend of post rock rhythms, indie rock and new wave punk funk. This one also seems to take a little journey into the slightly african like guitar tinkling of the likes of vampire weekend or fools gold. Plucking influences from all over the place the album hints at everything from talking heads to prince to seventies prog funk, but its all very modern and fresh at the same time. For want of a better phrase i would best described this is post rock punk funk. May 2010-Cd-Transgressive-€18.99

Foals-Total life forever-The much anticipated second album from this oxford based alt rock outfit, its been two long years for devoted fans to have to wait since their debut antidote. The album features a truly infectious blend of post rock rhythms, indie rock and new wave punk funk. This one also seems to take a little journey into the slightly african like guitar tinkling of the likes of vampire weekend or fools gold. Plucking influences from all over the place the album hints at everything from talking heads to prince to seventies prog funk, but its all very modern and fresh at the same time. For want of a better phrase i would best described this is post rock punk funk. May 2010-Lp-Transgressive-€17.99
Frank and walters-The parson-Limited edition one track radio promo single. This ep is officially released as a download only so we are the only shop you can buy an actual physical copy of the track. The ep comes in slimline paper sleeve and features three and a half minutes of pure frank and walters genius. Its an infectiously catchy slice of pure summery indie pop as only these three irish lads know how to do. May 2010-Cds-Fifa records-€1.99

Harlem-Hippies [with download coupon]-Originally from tuscon arizona and now residing in the austin texas, this is their first release since signing to the matador label. Their previous, self released album, free drugs came out in 2008. I have to say this is just a classic collection of top quality fuzzed up sixties like garage rock meets post punk meets scratchy new wave. Ok there are lots of fuzzed up lo fi garage bands around at the moment but these guys really know how to knock out a quality tune underneath all the fuzz. They kind of remind me a little of maybe pavement or yo la tengo jamming with the kinks, with maybe just a bit more of a sixties garage pop slant to it. Sixteen tracks in 40 minutes, its fast and furious, damn good fun too. The album comes with a download coupon featuring all tracks from the vinyl. May 2010-Lp-Matador-€14.99

Holy fuck-Latin [double cd version with bonus disc]-Holy fuck return with their brand new album on the young turks label. Recorded in a barn in rural ontario. In the past the band featured a rotating cast of musicians but this is pretty much the first one to feature their consistent touring lineup of mart schulz [drums], matt mcquaid [bass], brian borcherdt [effects / feedback] and graham walsh [effects / feedback]. This is the long awaited follow up to their previous album from 2007. The album features a pulsating blend of almost trans am like space rock sounds and motorik krautrock rhythms building up into some kind of indie rock meets early rave hybrid. Features lots of scuzzy analog keyboard sounds, full of distorted white noise. It kind of reminds me of trans am jamming with fuck buttons. May 2010 - the album comes with a bonus four track cd featuring the tracks grease fire, positive ghost, dr dr e and jungles. The bonus cd is limited to the first 1000 copies of the album and is only available through independents shops like ourselves.-2cd-Young turks-€12.99

Jogging-Minutes-The long awaited debut album from this dublin based three piece post punk outfit on the richter collective label. I suppose you could call these guys a bit of an underground supergroup on the dublin music scene considering they have either been in or worked with the likes of jape, jeff martin, goodtime john, coldspoon conspiracy, cap pas cap, guilty optics and crayonsmith in the past, its quite the cv when you think about it. The album features a truly wonderful blast of old school shouty post punk featuring lots of clever math rock and post rock nuances. Imagine shellac jamming with fugazi and the jesus lizard, dare i say it even reminds me a bit of our very own and now sadly departed giveamanakick. A really solid blast of classic avant punk, noisy as hell, just like it should be. May 2010-Cd-The richter collective-€13.99

Jung turks-Liber eth-The debut full length album from this irish based two piece. The album is kind of loosely based around the sounds of classical acoustic guitar and propulsive jazz like drum sounds, thats just for starters though. Its an ever evolving sound that can go from latin american folk to jazz rock at the drop of a hat. At times it sounds like some kind of skewed acoustic post rock thing blended with the kind of madness that is mike pattons fantomas project. Its an album with so many twists and turns that i could spend ages on each track. Its jazz, post rock, avant rock, folk and plenty more. A highly rewading listen it must be said. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€9.99

Manual-Drowned in light-The first proper studio album from manual in nearly five years, excluding a collection of rarities and two minimalist ambient collections. This is also his very first album for the make mine music label, home to the likes of yellow 6, piano magic and library tapes. Manual is the work of one very talented musician / producer from denmark by the name of jonas munk and this man really does know how to blend the blissful shoegazing sounds of the late nineties with lush ambient electronica. At time reminscent of the likes of ulrich schnauss with hints of everything from cocteau twins to durutti column to ambient seventies space rock. There is even the odd hint of the dubby ambience of the likes of seefeel in here with lots of looping sound effects layered over classic ambient soundscapes. Its really is a beautiful collection, even dipping its feet into a sound that could be described as electronic post rock. A real understated gem. May 2010-Cd-Make mine music-€10.99

Manual-Drowned in light [with free cd copy]-The first proper studio album from manual in nearly five years, excluding a collection of rarities and two minimalist ambient collections. This is also his very first album for the make mine music label, home to the likes of yellow 6, piano magic and library tapes. Manual is the work of one very talented musician / producer from denmark by the name of jonas munk and this man really does know how to blend the blissful shoegazing sounds of the late nineties with lush ambient electronica. At time reminscent of the likes of ulrich schnauss with hints of everything from cocteau twins to durutti column to ambient seventies space rock. There is even the odd hint of the dubby ambience of the likes of seefeel in here with lots of looping sound effects layered over classic ambient soundscapes. Its really is a beautiful collection, even dipping its feet into a sound that could be described as electronic post rock. A real understated gem. The vinyl comes with a free cd copy of the album inside the sleeve. May 2010-Lp-Make mine music-€17.99

Miracle bell-Light shape sound-The debut album from this kildare based three piece outfit. The album features a big uptempo happy slice of cathchy indie pop meets old school electro pop. Its got a little bit of the catchy punk funk of either lcd soundsystem or the rapture with plenty of retro sounding electro pop synth sounds thrown in. May 2010-Cd-Miracle bell records-€14.99

Mono-Holy ground [triple vinyl with dvd]-This album features a live recording of this one off show performed by this japanese post rock outfit in new york with a 24 piece orchestra. The album features some of the most dramatic and at times explosive instrumental post rock sounds you are likely to hear this side of godspeed you black emperor. The band mono have been making some of the finest intricate post rock for many years now but this one really sees them raise the bar with the inclusion of a full orchestra really given their sound a brand new dimension. With all the strings included on this album it hards not to find comparisons to the earlier sounds of godspeed, but dare i state the obvious and say there is also a beautiful orchestral element to the album that really makes it stand out as something altogether new. This triple vinyl version is limited to a total of only 3000 copies worldwide and comes packaged with the entire 90 minute live show on dvd inside the sleeve. The album also features a bonus track, follow the map, which does not feature on the cd version. The album also comes presented in a really beautiful three part card gatefold sleeve with lots of amazing photos from the concert. As an overall package it truly is a thing of beauty it must be said. May 2010-3lp-Temporary residence-€31.99

Mynabirds-What we loose in the fire we gain in the flood-The debut album on the saddle creek label from this new outfit fronted by the stunning voice of laura burhenn, former member of dc duo georgie james [the other half being john davis of q and not u]. The album was recorded by richard swift, who also contributes on several tracks and features a host of special guests including orenda fink [azure ray], aj mogis, tom hnatow [these united states] and nate walcott [bright eyes]. The album features a truly beautiful collection of rustic sounding gospel pop sounds, like some heavenly meeting of sixties motown pop and early roots rock. Its an album that harks back to the classic early country pop sounds of the likes of dusty springfield or bobbie gentry whilst also having a similar downbeat kind of dark atmosphere to the likes of mazzy star. The album also has a kind of joyous almost gospel like feel about it, like some modern gospel americana hybrid. Just one listen and you will be in love with this womans voice forever. May 2010-Cd-Saddle creek-€15.99

Mynabirds-What we loose in the fire we gain in the flood [with bonus download coupon]-The debut album on the saddle creek label from this new outfit fronted by the stunning voice of laura burhenn, former member of dc duo georgie james [the other half being john davis of q and not u]. The album was recorded by richard swift, who also contributes on several tracks and features a host of special guests including orenda fink [azure ray], aj mogis, tom hnatow [these united states] and nate walcott [bright eyes]. The album features a truly beautiful collection of rustic sounding gospel pop sounds, like some heavenly meeting of sixties motown pop and early roots rock. Its an album that harks back to the classic early country pop sounds of the likes of dusty springfield or bobbie gentry whilst also having a similar downbeat kind of dark atmosphere to the likes of mazzy star. The album also has a kind of joyous almost gospel like feel about it, like some modern gospel americana hybrid. Just one listen and you will be in love with this womans voice forever. The album comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all the tracks from the vinyl. May 2010-Lp-Saddle creek-€14.99

National, the-High violet-The national finally return with their long awaited follow up to the boxer from 2007. The eleven new tracks were recorded at the bands own studios in brooklyn with some extra recording and mixing at tarquin studios in connecticut with peter katis. The album features another superb collection of dark hearted and sombre indie rock / new wave sounds full of brooding atmospherics and shimmering reverb laden guitar effects. For me their sound is still heavily rooted in the darker side of post punk ./ indie rock ala the cure, joy division or echo and the bunnymen which is then layered with tons of anthemic american rock influences. This album is awash with lush string sounds, it almost sounds like they are backed by a full orchestra at times. They are still one of the few bands out there who can make dark and brooding indie rock sound utterly uplifting. May 2010-Cd-4ad-€12.99

Nelson, willie-Phases and stages [180 gram vinyl reissue]-180 gram vinyl reissue on the atlantic label. The album was originally released way back in 1974 and now comes with all the original artwork intact, featuring liner notes on the back from mr nelson himself. Its a proper old style concept album dealing with both the womans and mans perspective on the same relationship, which is slowly coming to an end. The album features phases and stages [theme], washing the dishes, walkin, pretend i never happened, sisters coming home, down at the corner beer joint, how will i know im falling in love again, bloody mary morning, no love around, i still cant believe youre gone, its not supposed to be that way, heaven and hell, pick up the tempo and phases and stages [theme]. May 2010-Lp-Atlantic-€17.99

Nelson, willie-Shotgun willie [180 gram vinyl reissue]-Originally released in 1973 on the atlantic label. Features 12 classic examples of country music exactly as country music should be. Features a classic backing band and mr nelsons voice is in top form. Possibly one of the finest albums this man has ever recorded. Features shotgun willie, whiskey river, sad songs and waltzes, local memory, slow down old world, stay all night [stay a little longer], devil in a sleepin bag, shes not for you, bubbles in my beer, you look like the devil, so much to do and a song for you. He has had many immitators and after listening to this you can see why. The album is now reissued on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl and comes with all the original artwork included. May 2010-Lp-Atlantic-€17.99

Our little secrets-Our little secrets-Our little secrets is the long awaited debut album from irish songwriter rhob cunningham. The album features many guests including the wonderful voices of lisa hannigan, cathy davey and jenny lindfors. The album features a really sweet collection of folky tinged mellow pop sounds full of dreamy piano led ballads and hints of rootsy americana. May 2010-Cd-Ols records-€12.99

Phantom dog beneath the moon-The trees the sea in a lunar stream [comes with a bonus cd]-Phantom dog beneath the moon are an irish two piece outfit featuring aaron hurley and scott mclaughlin. This is their first full length album so far, they have released two mini albums in the past, one for the rusted rail label and one for deserted village. The album features eight tracks of gentle intimate almost indie folk like sounds. At times they kind of remind me of low, on a slightly more acoustic buzz with lots of added string sounds. Its a collection of almost ambient like folk sounds, featuring lots of extended instrumental passages bordering on some kind of psyche folk take on the likes of the rachels. The album also comes with a free bonus 12 track cd featuring tracks from their previous releases, remixes and live versions. Comes in a lovely hand stamped recycled card sleeve. May 2010-Cd-Rusted rail-€9.99

Phosphorescent-Heres to taking it easy-Matthew houck returns with his first new collection of songs since the album pride in 2007, his last album to willie featured an album made up entirely of willie nelson covers. This time houck is backed by his full touring band in the studio, pride was pretty much an all solo affair so the sound on this one is much bigger and probably more akin to the willie nelson covers album. Its still pretty much another collection of rustic country rock sounds, full of rootsy rock and classic old time country influences along the way. Its definitely got elements of that early neil young country rock vibe going on, there are even hints of the band and gram parsons in here. The album features some truly beautiful pedal steel guitar action [im a sucker for that sound] and lots of uplifting brass sounds. As far as big production sounds goes, its definitely his most ambitious album to date. If you are a fan of the modern rustic country tinged sounds of the likes of bonnie prince billy then this is definitely one for you. May 2010-Cd-Dead oceans-€12.99

Q-Root to the fruit-Brand new album from irish singer / guitarist colm quearney on the strange vibe label. Along with making several solo albums colm is also a former member of irish rock band lir. Colm is joined by a host of local musicians on this new album including john boyle jr, graham hopkins, peter cheevers, robert malone, bill blackmore, steafano muscovi, david mcguinness, thomas walsh, laura sheeran, jenny lindfors, tadhg cooke, caoimhin o briain, jane murphy and ron cooney. The album features a blend of guitar heavy alt rock and rootsy tinged folk rock. May 2010-Cd-Strange vibe-€15.99

Radar brothers-The illustrated garden-Brand new album from the radar brothers on the chemikal underground label. Original member jim putnam has enlisted two members for his first new collection in two years. The band is now stripped right back to just a basic three piece with be hussey on bass and stevie treichel on drums. Its probably one of their more loose and poppy sounding albums to date, full of rootsy pop like sounds and classic american indie rock. It kind of reminds me of a more rootsy pop like pavement at times. May 2010-Cd-Chemikal underground-€11.99

Schreifels, walter-An open letter to the scene-Walter schreifels releases his debut solo album. His name may not be that familiar to you but if i mention the fact he was in youth of today, gorilla biscuits, quicksand and rival schools you may just start to pay attention, especially all you old school post punk fans out there. Now aged 39 walter lives with his wife and child in brooklyn, and yes he has mellowed out somewhat compared to his early punk rock days. Its an album that seems to draw its influence from both the classic sounds of american alt rock and early english post punk. Its a little bit rootsy rock at times, for some reason it kind of reminds me of jonathan richman jamming with elvis costello. Ten solid slices of laid back alt rock, it even features an almost acoustic cover of society suckers by agnostic front. May 2010-Cd-Big scary monsters-€10.99

Steer, serafina-Change is good change is good-Co produced by capitol k and benge, the album also features mercury nominees seb rochford [drums] and emma smith [violin]. This is one of those rare albums that is neither folk music nor electronic, but falling somewhere inbetween to create something rather haunting and rather unique. Steer is a classical harpist but the story goes that the harp was stolen somewhere in the middle of recording the album so needs must as they say and she carried on regardless. There are moments comparable to joanna newsome but with benge and capitol k adding lots of kooky electronic sound effects, there the comparisons end. Its full of kooky avant folk influences, quite trippy at times, almost reminiscent of bjork or even kate bush equiped with a laptop. May 2010-Cd-Static caravan-€11.99

Sweet apple-Love and desparation [limited red vinyl with download coupon]-Brand new outfit on the tee pee label featuring j mascis [dinosaur jr], tim parnin [cobra verde], john petkovi and dave sweetapple [witch]. It must be said that album is not quite as heavy as i would have expected from the lineup involved, instead its very much a collecton of guitar heavy power pop. There are some hints towards the early sounds of dinosaur jr but this album is more comparable to the instantly catchy power pop of bands like the foo fighters. Imagine green mind era dinosaur jr meets the earlier and slightly heavier side of the foo fighters. As you would imagine the album does feature some superb guitar riff action with just the odd hint at classic seventies american rock. Limited edition red vinyl pressing comes in a big heavy card gatefold sleeve and also features a download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Tee pee-€14.99

Talulah does the hula-Dont panic-The second single from this new irish indie pop outfit. The single comes in a lovely card hand numbered sleeve, limited to only 250 copies in total. Its a double a sided ep featuring brand new tracks dont panic and real friends, the ep also features cast aside brides remix of previous single bad boyfriend. Features an infectiously catchy blend of electro pop / new wave and all girl sixties bubblegum pop. May 2010-Cds-Own label-€2.99

Ted leo and the pharmacists-The oldest house-Very very limited edition 7 inch only release on the matador label. Specially released for record store day 2010, but yes we are only getting our copies now. The single features two track not featured on the new album the brutalist bricks. The flip side features north coast. We only have ten copies of this single in stock and we wont be able to get them in stock again so its first come first served and only one copy per customer.-7"-Matador-€4.50

Total abuse-Mutt-Brand new collection on the post present label from this american post hardcore sludge rock outfit. Its a totally blistering assault on the ears featuring a guitar heavy blend of old school post hardcore rock action mixed with the kind of sluge rock sounds of labels like amphetamine reptile and even early touch and go. Imagine the jesus lizard or killdozer in a really really bad mood blended with the earlier post hardcore sounds of the likes of black flag. The vinyl also comes with a bonus download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. May 2010-Lp-Post present-€13.99

Unkle-Where did the night fall-James lavelle and co return with their fifth album under the unkle moniker. These albums are always best approached as a collection of collaborative projects, much like the likes of the soul savers or massive attack. Unkle albums always have a long list of guests and this one doesnt differ in any way on that score. The album features contributions from mark lanegan, sleepy sun, black angels, gavin clark, autolux, elle j of dark horses, joel cadbury and katrina ford from celebration, thats just the ones i recognise. Its an album of constantly shifting sounds featuring some of the dubby ambience of the aforementioned massive attack and lots of electronic based space aged funk. May 2010-Cd-Surrender all-€16.99

Unkle-Where did the night fall [deluxe edition]-James lavelle and co return with their fifth album under the unkle moniker. These albums are always best approached as a collection of collaborative projects, much like the likes of the soul savers or massive attack. Unkle albums always have a long list of guests and this one doesnt differ in any way on that score. The album features contributions from mark lanegan, sleepy sun, black angels, gavin clark, autolux, elle j of dark horses, joel cadbury and katrina ford from celebration, thats just the ones i recognise. Its an album of constantly shifting sounds featuring some of the dubby ambience of the aforementioned massive attack and lots of electronic based space aged funk. This version comes rather beautifully presented in a heavy card outer box and comes with a bonus disc of instrumental versions. The box also comes with a huge 32 page board bound book featuring artwork by warren du preez and nick thornton jones. May 2010-2cd-Surrender all-€22.99

Von shakes-The routine-The debut album from this dublin based four piece rock outfit. The album follows on from their debut single of the same name from earlier this year. The album features a blistering collection of old school rock action blended with a bit of melodic post hardcore punk rock attitude. Its full of heavy guitar led rock action, kind of has a bit of a grunge pop like feel about it with hints of the euphoric rock sounds of the likes of muse. May 2010-Cd-I nv u records-€11.99

We saw heaven-We saw heaven-Brand new project fronted by autamata mainman ken mchugh. The album was written and recorded at his home studios in wicklow and features an all analog collection of instrumental sounds, even the synths used are all old school analog. Its a very different collection of sounds compared to his work as autamata, for starters there are no vocals on this album. This is very much an almost cinematic like collection of music, its almost like the soundtrack to a movie that is waiting to be made. Its a really beautiful collection of slightly post rock tinged sounds, almost classical at times and then others quite reminscent of early sigur ros. Its both haunting and rather joyous at the same time. Its one of those rare instrumental albums that would suit both a long summer drive and a dark winters evening by the fire. May 2010-Cd-Lefthand productions-€9.99

Woodenbox with a fistful of fivers-Home and the wildhunt-The debut album from this glasgow based folk rock outfit on the electric honey label. Fronted by singer / guitarist ali downer and backed by nick dudman [drums / vocals], fraser mckirdy [bass / organ / vocals], jordan croan [electric guitar / vocals], phil cardwell [trumpet] and sam evan [sax], collectively known as a fistful of fivers. The album features a rustic collection of folky / roots based laid back rock sounds with hints of everything from old time country to the spaghetti western soundtracks of ennio morricone. Imagine ryan adams jamming with king creosote with lots of added brass sounds. May 2010-Cd-Electric honey-€9.99

Yngve and the innocent-Nothing was delivered-Limited edition five track ep from singer songwriter yngve wieland backed by his live touring band the innocent. The ep features youve been released, when youre young, feel free, lower case g and pretending i had faith. Features a lovely melodic collection of rootsy pop sounds with hints of old time country and folk. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€6.99

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A band called wanda-Roses are still red-The debut six track mini album from this new galway based indie folk four piece. The ep features roses are still red, two by two, still havent learned, i see people, western lights and where has the day gone. Its a very catchy blend of acoustic pop sounds and rustic indie folk music, full of bouncy summery singalong tunes. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€6.99

Davey, cathy-The nameless-Irish singer songwriter returns with her brand new album on hammer toe records, her third album to date. The album comes rather beautifully presented in a deluxe [giant] foldout poster sleeve with printed paper wraparound holder. Along with tons of strings davey is joined by conor o brien [villagers] and neil hannon [divine comedy]. I must say this is a much more rustic, almsot live sounding record compared to her previous two records, its full of dramatic almost vaudeville like folk sounds which sees davey adding in lots of banjo on this album for the first time. Its a wonderfully kooky collection of sounds with davey plucking all sorts of influences to create something totally original. Its got a bit of everything from jazz to folk to vaudeville musical and plenty more. Could well be her finest and most varied collection to date. May 2010-Cd-Hammer toe records-€13.99

Dead flags-Gentlemans club-The debut full length album from this irish indie rock outfit. Features their previous two singles o my love o my god and anymore. A collection of catchy melodic indie rock sounds, coming across a little bit like the strokes on a slightly more pop rock buzz. May 2010-Cd-International sexual hero records-€17.99

Frank and walters-The parson-Limited edition one track radio promo single. This ep is officially released as a download only so we are the only shop you can buy an actual physical copy of the track. The ep comes in slimline paper sleeve and features three and a half minutes of pure frank and walters genius. Its an infectiously catchy slice of pure summery indie pop as only these three irish lads know how to do. May 2010-Cds-Fifa records-€1.99

Jogging-Minutes-The long awaited debut album from this dublin based three piece post punk outfit on the richter collective label. I suppose you could call these guys a bit of an underground supergroup on the dublin music scene considering they have either been in or worked with the likes of jape, jeff martin, goodtime john, coldspoon conspiracy, cap pas cap, guilty optics and crayonsmith in the past, its quite the cv when you think about it. The album features a truly wonderful blast of old school shouty post punk featuring lots of clever math rock and post rock nuances. Imagine shellac jamming with fugazi and the jesus lizard, dare i say it even reminds me a bit of our very own and now sadly departed giveamanakick. A really solid blast of classic avant punk, noisy as hell, just like it should be. May 2010-Cd-The richter collective-€13.99

Jung turks-Liber eth-The debut full length album from this irish based two piece. The album is kind of loosely based around the sounds of classical acoustic guitar and propulsive jazz like drum sounds, thats just for starters though. Its an ever evolving sound that can go from latin american folk to jazz rock at the drop of a hat. At times it sounds like some kind of skewed acoustic post rock thing blended with the kind of madness that is mike pattons fantomas project. Its an album with so many twists and turns that i could spend ages on each track. Its jazz, post rock, avant rock, folk and plenty more. A highly rewading listen it must be said. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€9.99

Miracle bell-Light shape sound-The debut album from this kildare based three piece outfit. The album features a big uptempo happy slice of cathchy indie pop meets old school electro pop. Its got a little bit of the catchy punk funk of either lcd soundsystem or the rapture with plenty of retro sounding electro pop synth sounds thrown in. May 2010-Cd-Miracle bell records-€14.99

Our little secrets-Our little secrets-Our little secrets is the long awaited debut album from irish songwriter rhob cunningham. The album features many guests including the wonderful voices of lisa hannigan, cathy davey and jenny lindfors. The album features a really sweet collection of folky tinged mellow pop sounds full of dreamy piano led ballads and hints of rootsy americana. May 2010-Cd-Ols records-€12.99

Phantom dog beneath the moon-The trees the sea in a lunar stream [comes with a bonus cd]-Phantom dog beneath the moon are an irish two piece outfit featuring aaron hurley and scott mclaughlin. This is their first full length album so far, they have released two mini albums in the past, one for the rusted rail label and one for deserted village. The album features eight tracks of gentle intimate almost indie folk like sounds. At times they kind of remind me of low, on a slightly more acoustic buzz with lots of added string sounds. Its a collection of almost ambient like folk sounds, featuring lots of extended instrumental passages bordering on some kind of psyche folk take on the likes of the rachels. The album also comes with a free bonus 12 track cd featuring tracks from their previous releases, remixes and live versions. Comes in a lovely hand stamped recycled card sleeve. May 2010-Cd-Rusted rail-€9.99

Q-Root to the fruit-Brand new album from irish singer / guitarist colm quearney on the strange vibe label. Along with making several solo albums colm is also a former member of irish rock band lir. Colm is joined by a host of local musicians on this new album including john boyle jr, graham hopkins, peter cheevers, robert malone, bill blackmore, steafano muscovi, david mcguinness, thomas walsh, laura sheeran, jenny lindfors, tadhg cooke, caoimhin o briain, jane murphy and ron cooney. The album features a blend of guitar heavy alt rock and rootsy tinged folk rock. May 2010-Cd-Strange vibe-€15.99

Talulah does the hula-Dont panic-The second single from this new irish indie pop outfit. The single comes in a lovely card hand numbered sleeve, limited to only 250 copies in total. Its a double a sided ep featuring brand new tracks dont panic and real friends, the ep also features cast aside brides remix of previous single bad boyfriend. Features an infectiously catchy blend of electro pop / new wave and all girl sixties bubblegum pop. May 2010-Cds-Own label-€2.99

Von shakes-The routine-The debut album from this dublin based four piece rock outfit. The album follows on from their debut single of the same name from earlier this year. The album features a blistering collection of old school rock action blended with a bit of melodic post hardcore punk rock attitude. Its full of heavy guitar led rock action, kind of has a bit of a grunge pop like feel about it with hints of the euphoric rock sounds of the likes of muse. May 2010-Cd-I nv u records-€11.99

We saw heaven-We saw heaven-Brand new project fronted by autamata mainman ken mchugh. The album was written and recorded at his home studios in wicklow and features an all analog collection of instrumental sounds, even the synths used are all old school analog. Its a very different collection of sounds compared to his work as autamata, for starters there are no vocals on this album. This is very much an almost cinematic like collection of music, its almost like the soundtrack to a movie that is waiting to be made. Its a really beautiful collection of slightly post rock tinged sounds, almost classical at times and then others quite reminscent of early sigur ros. Its both haunting and rather joyous at the same time. Its one of those rare instrumental albums that would suit both a long summer drive and a dark winters evening by the fire. May 2010-Cd-Lefthand productions-€9.99

Yngve and the innocent-Nothing was delivered-Limited edition five track ep from singer songwriter yngve wieland backed by his live touring band the innocent. The ep features youve been released, when youre young, feel free, lower case g and pretending i had faith. Features a lovely melodic collection of rootsy pop sounds with hints of old time country and folk. May 2010-Cd-Own label-€6.99

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Balmorhea-Constellations [with bonus mp3 download]-Brand new album from this austin texas based instrumental outfit on the western vinyl label. This mostly acoustic based outfit perfectly blend modern classical minimalism and expansive post rock. This album features a lot more piano based songs compared to the last collection rivers arms [2008]. Its the kind of album that fans of the likes of the rachels, godspeed and even dirty three will instantly fall in love with. I can also see fans of the modern classical sounds of the likes of max richter or johann johannsson really getting into this too. Its got a lovely blend of minimal piano layered with rustic strings and hints of the kind of guitar picking that john fahey would be proud of. Its an album of huge scope full of long passages of post apocalyptic like sounds whilst also taking in some truly beautiful moments of lush classical led post rock. Pressed on limited edition 180 gram vinyl and also comes with a bonus mp3 download coupon featuring all tracks from the album. March 2010-Lp-Western vinyl-€15.99

Beak-Recordings-Beak were formed in january 2009 by three bristol musicians namely billy fuller, matt williams and geoff barrow. Billy fuller was a member of fuzz against funk and has played with massive attack, robert plant and malakai in the past also. Matt williams records under the name team brick. Geoff barrow you will probably all know as one of the founding members of portishead. The band recorded the album under strick guidelines, all recordings were to be made live in one room with no overdubs, only using edits to create arrangements. The sounds on the album are very much something that will appeal to all fans of seventies krautrock and futuristic spacerock. There is plenty in here to excite fans of the likes of can or neu with lots of pulsating motorik rock led by old style analog keyboards. There is also plenty of a more modern post rock kind of vibe going on from time to time, at times reminscent of mogwai going all krautrock. Its pretty awesome stuff, sounding like some long lost gem from the late seventies. 2009-Cd-Invada-€14.99

Beautiful unit-European son-The debut solo album from former idiots guitarist and trust me im a thief head honcho brian mooney. The album was recorded in various darkened parts of dublin over the last 14 years so you can expect quite a variety of sounds on this one. The album goes right back to a previously unreleased idiots tracks and also features contributions from former idiot jimmy eadie throughout. Dylan phillips from pet lamb and dinah brand also guests. The album features a lovely downbeat collection of everything from squelchy electronic sound effects to mellow folk to beat driven indie rock. An album of beautifully eclectic lo fi indie rock. 20009-Cd-Trust me im a thief-€9.99

Childish, billy-Archive from 1959 [the billy childish story]-51 track compilation celebrating the rather lengthy career of billy childish. The album goes right back to his first band the pop rivets which he started in 1977. Along with his own solo career childish has been in some truly seminal garage rock and punk outfits throughout the years and this collection features some of the top cuts from those bands. Unlike the sub pop collection from a few years back this album just concentrates on music, so no poetry or spoken word here. The album features many tracks that have been out of print for years now and a couple of previously unreleased gems thrown in too. Features tracks from the buff medways, the mbes, the milkshakes, thee headcoats, the pop rivets, thee mighty caesars, jack ketch and the crowmen, kyra, the chatham singers, billy childish and the singing lions, the delmonas and billy childish solo. This man is probably one of the most important figures on the english garage rock and punk scene since the late seventies, a man who has always stayed true to his beliefs regardless of any trends. A truly superb overview of a very very prolific individual. Limited edition triple vinyl pressing which comes in a massive three part foldout gatefold sleeve. July 2009-3lp-Damaged goods-€21.99

Galaxie 500-Today [double cd reissue]-Limited edition deluxe double cd reissue on the domino label. This was the bands debut album, originally released in 1988 and features the original three piece lineup of dean wareham, damon krukowski and naimo yang. The album was produced by kramer and features flowers, pictures, parking lot, dont let our youth go to waste, temperatures rising, oblivious, its getting late, instrumental, tugboat and king of spain. The album now comes packaged as a double cd with lots of new updated liner notes. The bonus cd features the rykodisc compilation uncollected which features rarities, demos and unreleased outtakes. Limited to only 2000 copies in total. March 2010-2cd-Domino-€12.99

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. March 2010-2cd-Brille-€14.99

Lennon, jinx-Trauma themes idiot times-Irelands very own musical poet returns with possibly his strongest album to date. The album features another fine collection of insightful lyrics with plenty of his trademark humour and cynical darkness. Features sixteen slices of cutting edge poetic lyricism like only jinx lennon knows how. 2009-Cd-Septic tiger records-€14.99

Liars-Drums not dead limited version-Comes with a bonus dvd featuring 3 different films made for the entire album by julian gross, angus andrew and markus wambsganss, so basically you get 36 different videos for the album, these guys are up there with the likes of animal collective for their truly bizzare approach to songwriting with their use of weird electronic, tribal style drum beats, acid folk, vocal chanting and general psychedelic madness, a highly rewarding album but it does take a few listens to get to grips with it, february 2006-2cd-Mute-€12.99

Logikparty-Good hood-Ok so i should begin by saying this single review is going to be extremely biased, why, because the drummer in the band works here in road records and has threatened me with violence unless we make it single of the week. So anyway, this is the debut single from this new [ish] dublin based outfit, released on 7 inch only on their own label white plague reocrds. Limited to only 500 copies and it also comes with a free download coupon. The single is a rather superb slice of jerky post punk meets new wave noise. Imagine gang of four jamming with shellac with just a touch of the au pairs thrown in, its brilliantly jerky with lots of post punk anger in its delivery. The single also features the hypnotically funky track iodine on the flip side. March 2010-7"-White plague records-€4.99

Pet lamb-Tenderness-Dublin based alt rock outfit, think dinosaur junior meets royal trux, from way back in 1998, possibly pet lambs finest album-Cd-Blunt-€7.99

Pilotlight-The post war musical-The debut full length album from this london based [irish] outfit released through their own label. The album features a truly euphoric collection of post rock tinged indie rock sounds, imagine radiohead with a bit of the intricate meanderings of either mogwai or explosions in the sky. Its full of slow building guitar led sounds, some finally building up into thunderous explosions of pure fuzzed up guitar action. February 2010-Cd-Own label-€10.99

Planet parade-Ghosts to people-The debut four track ep from this kildar based four piece. Features cut the cord, sunshine, play fair and holding fire. The ep was produced by graham hopkins [the frames and therapy]. The ep features a very euphoric collection of melodic indie rock sounds. November 2009-Cds--€3.99

Plinth-Albatross-A rather interesting concept from english based composer michael tanner [aka plinth]. The album is based around his attempts at recreating the classic fleetwood mac albatraoss in its entirety, as the sleeve notes state, he tried, failed but created something very beautiful at the same time. Tanner is joined by aine o dwyer on harp, richard moult on piano and nick palmer on piano. The album features a truly beautiful collection of drone based sounds with lots of gentle electric guitar picking. Its almost like something i would imagine the likes of john fahey would come up with during the latter stages of his career, its full of long drawn out guitar notes and all manner of bowed and droning sound effects in the background. 2009-Cd-Truenote-€9.99

Prince jammy-Crowning of prince jammy-Possibly one of my personal all time favourite dub collections and one of the finest compilations to come from the awesome pressure sounds label. The album features a collection of jammy productions from the seventies and early eighties. Features a selectin of both vocal tracks and lenghty dub mixes. This is possibly one of the heaviest collections of seventies roots reggae you are likely to hear and an essential addition to any collection. The album comes pressed on double vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve with superbly detailed liner notes.-2lp-Pressure sounds-€16.99

Somadrone-Fuzzing away to a whisper-The debut full length album from dublins very own somadrone aka neil o connor aka keyboards and drone specialist with the redneck manifesto, double cd collection which comes with a 6 track second cd featuring the long out of print 10 inch only collection lets depart, the album is a really really fine collection of mellow deep electronica mixed with lots of live guitars, bass, strings and even vibraphone, as good as anything you will hear on the likes of the leaf label, lo recordings etc, late night electronica never sounded better, october 2005-Cd-Trust me im a thief-€9.99

To blacken the pages and korperschwache-A way dark-Cross atlantic collaboration between texas based korperschwache and dubliner paul mcaree [aka to blacken the pages]. The album features a thunderous collection of doom / drone metal and blissful shoegazing spread out over two cds. At times featuring pure drone based white noise akin to the likes of boris, sunn o or nadja whilst also taking in some of the more shoegazing sounds of either jesu or my bloody valentine. Its haunting, evil and blissfully euphoric all at the same time. Its probably one of the finest records i have heard in this genre in quite some time, highly recommended if you like your drone rock and avant garde noise. March 2010-2cd-Colony records-€9.99

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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.
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