Date: May 29th 2010

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Dear reader/customer/companion:

As you may have noticed, it has been more than a few fortnights since our last update. However, we've still been acquiring new tunes for your old fashioned CD players and turntables, and slinging merch left and right. So don't forget about us, k? Just cos you don't hear from us don't mean we don't wanna hear from you!

So yep, here are all the new treats that have rolled in for the past 60-80 days or whatever. Hopefully it won't be so long between updates next time, but I do my best.

Float on,
Dan / Tonevendor
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** RECOMMENDED **

FAUNS-s/t 2xLP (Deep Space Recordings-$18.99)
First pressing of 500 copies on black (300 copies) and pink (200 copies) vinyl. Absolutely gorgeous and stunning stuff from Bristol, paying 100% pure homage to early 90s shoegaze (Slowdive, MBV, Chapterhouse, etc) with breathy female vocals, hazy keyboards, reverby guitars. The gentler side of dreampop as opposed to overdriven guitars. Totally blissful, and one of the best albums of the genre in some time!
Initially a three piece in 2007, The Fauns are now firmly established as a live six piece fronted by vocalist Alison Garner.
Last year the band released their highly acclaimed debut album "The Fauns" on Laser Ghost Recordings and have been promoting it with both electric and acoustic shows. Early versions of their tracks have appeared on "The Secret Garden" and "Just Like A Daydream" compilations.
As their profile grows The Fauns have received air play from BBC Radio 6's Steve Lamacq and have recorded an acoustic session for BBC Radio Bristol Introducing.
The Fauns have played alongside legendary bands such as The Telescopes, The Durutti Column and The Pastels and were remixed by Robert Hampson from Loop. They continue to get high profile support slots recently playing an after show for Snow Patrol.
They are currently recording material for a follow up album which is due in September. 2010 will see many more dates around the UK and a European tour with The Telescopes lined up for the autumn.

MAKARAS PEN-s/t CD (Projekt-$14.99)
Makaras Pen walks the line between shoegaze and indie rock with a strong dynamic of crushing guitars and delicate female vocals. Doug White - founder, guitarist and songwriter from Projekt's now disbanded Tearwave - gathers a new group of fantastic musicians to continue the sonic journey he began just a few years ago. Building on Tearwave's sound and shoegaze elements made popular in the late 80's and early 90's by bands like Lush, Slowdive, and the Cocteau Twins, Makaras Pen adds the twists and turns of an aggressive indie rock band creating an electric, intense and startlingly fresh new perspective on these genres.
On their self-titled debut, Makaras Pen crafts 11 songs with creative heartfelt lyrics and passionate vocals from Emma Willis, walls of wailing guitars from Doug White and Jon Nemi, lush melodic bass lines from Val Hill and textured driving drums from Dennis Caswell.
Emma's lyrics delve into the darker side of failed relationships, yearning to set oneself free, leaving harmful situations and looking towards a better future. At times the euphoria of a new situation intertwines with anticipation of the failure to come. Emma refrains from a weak, victim's perspective, instead using the process to develop autonomy and independence as she searches for new inspiration in life. With so much more to Emma than a pretty girl with a beautiful voice, she commands the listener's attention, bringing a personal style that pulls the listener along for the ride.
Jeff Kandefer from Clairecords' dream pop / shoegaze band The Daysleepers provides guest vocals on "Envy and Lust." Doug recorded and produced all of The Daysleepers CDs, so it was a natural fit to incorporate Jeff's distinct, instantly recognizable vocals into Makaras Pen's music.
Makaras Pen invokes a variety of emotions on this journey of sound with highs and lows of thought and perspective.

SUNFLOWER CONSPIRACY / AIRIEL PROJECT ONE-There's Always An Ending Before a Beginning CD (Urinine-$7.99)
WAREHOUSE FIND! Some of the earliest recorded material from shoegaze darlings AIRIEL (2 tracks from 1997), as well as some of the only tracks on CD by mid-90's Indianapolis dreampoppers The Sunflower Conspiracy. Two tracks each, way way WAY out of print. Very few available, dude.


** LES COMPACT DISQUES **

CARIBOU-Swim CD (Merge-$13.99)
After the startling infectiousness of Andorra, Swim is a more complex, multi-layered affair - ripe w/ fascinating rhythms, instrumentation, & vocals

SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU-Singular Forms, Sometimes Repeated CD (Type-$14.99)
It is hard to believe that five years have passed since French composer Sylvain Chauveau's last "proper" album. Of course, there have been re-issues peppering the years since Down To The Bone, as well as more than a few collaborations and soundtrack appearances, but Sylvain has purposefully waited to allow his ideas to come to fruition. The Depeche Mode songs he had explored on Down To The Bone had given him ideas he felt he needed to explore, and Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated) is his attempt at an album of "songs." In many ways, this album is constructed the way albums used to be -- it is compact and filled with vocal hooks and melodies, yet Sylvain has deconstructed the musical forms he grew up listening to and reduced them to their base level. Vocal snippets fall through the stereo field and his signature piano motifs splutter and cough through processed digital hiccups. As Carsten Nicolai and Ryuichi Sakamoto deconstructed classical music, Sylvain attempts here to st
udy and dissolve the roots of popular music. Each piece feels like it could have started as a 3-minute pop sing-along before the accompaniments were stripped away and the component parts reduced to merely a backbone. Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated) is a daring and challenging listening experience. The widescreen theatrics of Sylvain's previous work have all but disappeared, leaving an album that is stark and incredibly beautiful. It is an album rooted in a love of art and music, both minimal and mainstream and celebrates Sylvain's influences. One listen might only reveal surface details, but listen again and you will find much, much more.

COCOROSIE-Grey Oceans CD (Sub Pop-$12.99)
CocoRosie are two American-born sisters, Sierra and Bianca, who started making music together in Paris in 2003. Their first album, La Maison de Mon Rêve, was released in 2004 and their second album, Noah’s Ark, followed in 2005. Their third and, to now, most recent album, The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn, came out in 2007. All three of these albums were released worldwide on Touch and Go Records and earned positive critical acclaim both overseas and at home.
The nomadic duo (currently and temporarily residing in New Mexico) spent much of 2008 writing and recording in Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Berlin, New York, and Paris, finding amazing and diverse musicians to collaborate along the way. The result is their 11-song Sub Pop debut, Grey Oceans

DUM DUM GIRLS-I Will Be CD (Sub Pop-$12.99)
I Will Be is the debut full-length by the Dum Dum Girls. Produced by Dee Dee and Richard Gottehrer (Strangeloves, Voidoids, Blondie, The Go-Gos and, more recently, The Raveonettes), I Will Be is neither lo-fi nor too polished. Just under thirty minutes with eleven songs, it’s a short tribute to love, fun and the classic pop form of the ’60s girl groups and early punk rockers.

SHARRON KRAUS / MEG BAIRD / HELENA ESPVALL - Leaves From Off The Tree CD (Bo Weavil-$15.99)
New repress of a previously sold-out 2006 release. Bo' Weavil releases Leaves From Off The Tree: a three-way project of Sharron Kraus, Meg Baird (Espers) & Helena Espvall (Espers). This is a beautiful recording of traditional folk material, with the most stunning singing and arrangements of some of England and Appalachia's finest songs. The songs on this record were recorded after many an evening swapping songs (and beers!) in Fishtown, Philadelphia, where Sharron had moved from her native England, and Meg and Helena were already installed. Meg and Sharron both had traditional music backgrounds and would meet up and teach each other Appalachian and English ballads, and improvise harmonies and alternate melodies. At some point, Helena was invited along and her voice and cello added a rich new layer. All nine songs were recorded live in one afternoon, so as to capture the relaxed atmosphere of the group's gatherings.

MALE BONDING-Nothing Hurts CD (Sub Pop-$12.99)
Emerging from the fertile D.I.Y. rock scene in Dalston, a gentrification-proof London neighborhood with ample "lo-fi" bands and Turkish restaurants, noise-pop trio Male Bonding plays fast. Nothing Hurts, the band's first full-length, gets it done in half an hour, and most songs clock in at around two minutes. But, there's much more to Male Bonding than high-speed, high-impact punk. If you will know their velocity, you will remember their melodies. Every song on Nothing Hurts, whether a clipped, snarling rock anthem ("All Things This Way," "Crooked Scene," "Pumpkin") or something more foggy and contemplative ("Franklin," "Worse to Come"), carries a hook that's immediate and permanent. Nothing Hurts was recorded in the fall of 2009 in New York and mixed and mastered by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound.

MY EDUCATION-Sunrise CD (Strange Attractors Audio House-$11.99)
Comprised of pieces from the band's original score for F.W. Murnau's 1927 silent masterpiece "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans", My Education has discovered the perfect forum for which to flex their compositional muscles, achieving ever-transcendent musical heights in the process. This original score was perfected over the last two years through live scoring to the film, performed at sold out shows throughout the USA. Just as the music provides new context to the film as a live accompaniment, Sunrise flashes brightly from the speakers, sparking vivid & lush imagery for the listener. Finding parallels to the timeless soundtracks-as-albums Popol Vuh composed for a number of Werner Herzog's films - music with such visual distinction that it went on to become both synonymous with the screen and the band's legacy - Sunrise leaps out of the speakers & onto celluloid with confident grace, distinguishing itself as My Education's most diverse & mature release yet.

THE NATIONAL-High Violet DELUXE EDITION CD (4AD-$11.99)
High Violet is the highly anticipated follow up to 2007's Boxer. Singer Matt Berninger said of the album in an interview: "I don't think it sounds anything like Alligator, but it's less restrained than Boxer, that's for sure. I don't quite scream my head off in the way I did with "Mr. November", but I do think it's cathartic. Boxer was all tension without a whole lot of release. This builds a lot of those same kinds of tensions, but I think there's at least a little bit of bloodletting in this one. I'm trying to sing out and higher a little more, and the melodies move around a little more. When we started this record, I worked on melodies before I worked on lyrics. A lot of my melodies are sort of in a limited chanting, murmuring range, which has always worked for me. But I was trying to work on melodies this time much harder than I ever have in the past, and I think that alone has made the songs feel like they release more. I don't know; we're talking about abstract things.
There's a lot of yelling on this record, but not quite the guttural, psychotic screams that were on songs like "Abel" and "Mr. November". I also think this record moves faster. I think it's going to be a longer record than Boxer, but hopefully it's going to feel shorter. The songs have much more momentum, somehow. It's less stately, a little more. . . Catchy is not quite the word, but I think this record will be fun to drive to. Hard to tell, though."

NEW PORNOGRAPHERS-Together CD (Matador-$11.99)
You know the deal - ac newman and neko case, plus some other dudes, all jamming together on some new tunes that will rock yr socks.

SEABEAR-We Built A Fire LIMITED EDITION 2xCD ($18.99)
LIMITED EDITION version, including the While The Fire Dies EP as a bonus disc. This is the second full-length album by Iceland's Seabear. Defying its humble beginnings as the lo-fi solo project of singer/multi-instrumentalist Sindri Már Sigfússon, Seabear has morphed into a rambling experimental/indie/folk septet. Joining Sigfússon (whose unassisted musings are now released via his Sin Fang Bous moniker, which just made Rolling Stone call him the "Icelandic Beck") are Gudbjörg Hlin Gudmundsdottir, Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir, Halldór Ragnarsson, Örn Ingi Ágústsson, Kjartan Bragi Bjarnason and Sóley Stefánsdóttir -- all working in a wide range of solo-, band- (Kimono, Skakkamanage) and visual art projects in their own right. For We Built A Fire, all members of the band had equal input in the writing process, thereby creating Seabear's first real collective album. While Sigfússon's unmistakable voice remains the centerpiece, the new joint approach is reflected in songs like "I'll Bu
ild You A Fire," where the whole band joins in on vocals. While retaining their signature simplistic and addictive naive indie-folk, the band have branched out stylistically to include elements of straight-up indie rock, intense balladry and even some country twang. There is something instantly familiar about Seabear's songs that resonates with fans and critics alike. Despite scant promotion and airplay behind their debut album release, 2007's The Ghost That Carried Us Away (MORR 076CD), their songs and animated videos were a social media hit generating millions of plays. It's a very Icelandic DIY setup -- their music is recorded by the band in their basement studio with its apple carton-covered walls. All artwork and videos are hand-made by Sindri's partner and band mate Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir.

SERENA-MANEESH-S-M 2: Abyss In B-Minor CD (4AD-$11.99)
'It's hardly controversial to claim that Serena Maneesh is the brainchild of the musically über-potent Emil Nikolaisen. Perhaps initially best known as the drummer/main ideologue of celebrated glam-punk outfit Silver, Nikolaisen has most certainly been around the block. He is a man of extremes; despite his relatively young age (he was born in 1977), he gained some serious band experience in the '90s during his brief stint as a guitarist with Christian extreme metal band Extol, and as a drummer for the sunny jangle pop group the Loch Ness Mouse. This almost bipolar musical condition also reflects strongly in his Serena Maneesh compositions, with darkness and light, noisy dissonance and bright harmonies constantly battling for control.
Circa 2000 and on, Silver was his main focus and took up much of Nikolaisen's time, intensely touring Europe. When Serena Maneesh emerged with their first EP, 2002's Fixations, they did attract quite a lot of attention, but were all-to-quickly branded as retro-loving neo-shoegazers by their native press, and invariably compared with the Velvet Underground and My Bloody Valentine. Although playing sporadic live shows, the main focus was still on Silver in the early 2000s. Their next release ? another EP, this time compiling their earlier recordings, the aptly titled Zurück ? did not appear until 2005. While this release failed to set the world on fire, things were clearly starting to happen: Emil Nikolaisen had already resigned as drummer for Silver after finishing their successful debut album, this in order to focus entirely on Serena Maneesh.
Their long-awaited, eponymous 2005 debut album was an impressive piece of work, recorded in various locations; from Oslo and Stockholm to New York City and Chicago, over a period nearing half-a-year. Since the indie underground knows few national boundaries in the 2000s, and since Serena Maneesh made a record of international stature, they managed to make an impression outside their native Norway, eventually allowing them to play renowned venues in the U.S. and tour Europe with the Dandy Warhols. While Serena Maneesh is clearly a complex studio work, the group were rapidly becoming a great live band in their own right. The fine instrumentalists of the sometimes seven- or eight-man strong live band made sure their sound never lacked in sonic grandeur, while the by-then poncho-clad, mustache-sporting main man himself and his younger sister, bassist/vocalist and Christa Päffgen-lookalike Hilma Nikolaisen, were striking focal points.' - Anders Kaasen, All Music Guide

SHE & HIM-Volume Two CD (Merge-$14.99)
What began as a fascinating, no-strings-attached collaboration on 2008's Volume One has evolved into a bona fide, touring band, and She & Him are here to stay. Zooey Deschanel and Matt Ward are a comfortable and complementary musical pair; hearing them again on Volume Two feels like getting together with two old friends. This time, the harmonies have grown more angelically layered, the string arrangements more dramatic, the songwriting even sharper and more confident. All songs (except 4 and 7) written by Zooey Deschanel. Produced by M. Ward.

WINDMILLS-Drug Autumn EP CD (Matinee-$5.99)
For some reason, we never had this in the database, though we've had it in stock for forever. Go figure...
New four-song masterpiece from Southend-On-Sea's finest export...their first release since January's well-received debut album Edge of August. From the hip-shaking, beat happening la la la la la's of "Everything Is New Each Day" to the driving guitars of "Are We Still Where We Were" to the haunting melodies of "Drug Autumn" and "Want," the Windmills deliver sublime English guitar pop perfect for fans of the Go Betweens, Weather Prophets, East Village, or Bodines

VARIOUS ARTISTS-Casual Nostalgia Fest: Sub Pop 20 CD (Sub Pop-$8.99)
We at Sub Pop Records celebrated our 20th anniversary in 2008 with, among other things, a 2-day music festival July 12th and 13th at Marymoor Park, somewhat unimaginatively called SP20. We've collected here some of our favorite performances from the SP20 festival. Sub Pop will be donating all of the profits from the sale of this CD to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Tracklisting: 1. Green River: "Leech" 2. Wolf Parade: "Fine Young Cannibals" 3. The Vaselines: "Dying for It" 4. Obits: "Run" 5. Les Thugs: "Dirty White Race" 6. Eric's Trip: "Smother" 7. Beachwood Sparks: "You Take the Gold" 8. Blitzen Trapper: "Furr" 9. Flight of the Conchords: "Carol Brown" 10. Iron & Wine: "Woman King" 11. Constantines: "Why I Didn't Like August '93" 12. Seaweed "Baggage" 13. Grand Archives: "Dig That Crazy Grave" 14. Low: "Silver Rider" 15. The Helio Sequence: "Lately" 16. Kinski: "The Wives of Artie Shaw" 17. Pissed Jeans: "Caught Licking Leather" 18. Mudhoney: "The Open Mind" 19. Comets on Fir
e: "Dogwood Rust"


** YE OLDE TYME VINYL **

-- The following few titles are described in the CD section above --

CARIBOU-Swim 2xLP (merge-$21.99)
SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU-Singular Forms, Sometimes Repeated LP (Type-$18.99)
COCOROSIE-Grey Oceans LP (Sub Pop-$15.99)
DUM DUM GIRLS-I Will Be LP (Sub Pop-$14.99)
MALE BONDING-Nothing Hurts LP (Sub Pop-$14.99)
THE NATIONAL-High Violet 180g 2xLP (4AD-$15.99)
NEW PORNOGRAPHERS-Together 180G LP (Matador-$14.99)
SEABEAR-We Built A Fire LP ($16.99)
SERENA-MANEESH-S-M 2: Abyss In B-Minor LP (4AD-$12.99)
SHE & HIM-Volume Two 180g LP (Merge-$17.99)


Plus these other jamz, kickin' it to yr earlobes:

ALBUM LEAF - There Is A Wind 12" (Sub Pop-$9.99)
There are a scant very few copies of this title left over from Record Store Day 2010 release -- ONLY ONE COPY PER CUSTOMER!!
The "There Is a Wind" 12" features 2 new tracks ("Landing in Snow" and "Resonations") and 2 alternate takes on songs from the popular 2010 A Chorus of Storytellers album (an acoustic version of "There Is a Wind" and the Jamuel Saxon sunburnt remix of "Falling from the Sun"). 1. There Is a Wind (Acoustic) 2. Landing in Snow 3. Resonations 4. Falling from the Sun (Jamuel Saxon sunburnt remix)

ALPS-Le Voyage LP (Type-$18.99)
LP version. Still comprised of the core threesome of Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (Tarentel), Alexis Georgopoulos (ARP) and Scott Hewicker (Troll), The Alps return to Type in full force for their fourth sprawling long-player. Buoyed by the praise lavished upon its predecessor III, the band were adamant that Le Voyage would be bigger, brighter and better than anything in their catalog to date, and Type reports that they have been successful in their quest. The sun-bleached European movie soundtrack sentiment that underpinned their previous records is still here in full force, but it comes rolled up in something defiantly more psychedelic, and in turn more unpredictable. Sewn together by vignettes which bring to mind Delia Derbyshire's Radiophonic hiccups or Luc Ferrari's tape collage, the band have put together an album which genuinely takes you on a journey. Surely it can't be a mistake calling the album Le Voyage then, a title which simultaneously brings to mind the work of Serge Gai
nsbourg and Alejandro Jodorowsky -- something deeply visual but effortlessly beautiful. With propulsive, break-heavy rhythms sure to appeal to any diggers out there and a blissful, sunny outlook to wipe the frown from the faces of all you dour experimental types, Le Voyage is a crack of light in a dark room. A mysterious record, it is punctuated by the same energy that gave us space rock and psychedelia, and while the band are quick to demonstrate their wide-ranging musical knowledge, there is something incredibly unique about their sound. This is not a lazy soundtrack to a film which might never be made, rather, Le Voyage is a journey for the listener and one you will want to take over and over again.

AVI BUFFALO-s/t LP (Sub Pop-$14.99)
Avi Buffalo is the adopted name of Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg, an 18 year-old singer/songwriter and guitarist from Long Beach, CA. Avi Buffalo is also the name of the band he formed with friends and like-minded collaborators Sheridan Riley (drums), Arin Fazio (bass) and Rebecca Coleman (keyboards and vocals). It (Avi Buffalo) is also the name of his/their debut full-length album

BEACH HOUSE-Zebra 12" (Sub Pop-$13.99)
There are a scant very few copies of this title left over from Record Store Day 2010 release -- ONLY ONE COPY PER CUSTOMER!!
The "Zebra" 12" features 2 new tracks ("The Arrangement" and "Baby") and 2 alternate takes on songs from the popular 2010 Teen Dream album (a UK radio edit of "Zebra" and the Cough Syrup remix of "10 Mile Stereo"). CD+DVD/2xLP+DVD. 1. Zebra (UK Radio Edit) 2. The Arrangement 3. Baby 4. 10 Mile Stereo (Cough Syrup Remix)

BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW-Eating Us 180g LP (Graveface-$21.99)
PACKAGED IN COMPLETELY FOIL-COATED STOUGHTON TIP-ON JACKET

TRISTRAM CARY-It's Time For Tristram Cary LP (Trunk-$16.99)
Subtitled: Works For Film, Television, Exhibition & Sculpture. The Trunk label presents one of the most important, innovative, influential and almost-forgotten artists of all time, British/Australian electroacoustic composer, Tristram Cary. Without Tristram's inventions and musical experiments, Dr. Who would sound very different. We'd have no VCS3 synthesizers, no Brian Eno, no crazy electronics for Pink Floyd, etc. This is a retrospective of the composer's work, including some of his unreleased experimental music as well. The third son of famed novelist Joyce Cary, he had a keen interest in music, science and electronics. He studied at Trinity College and served as a radar operator in the Royal Navy as war broke out. After the war, he began building an electronic music studio (the first of its kind in the UK), experimenting with discarded military equipment. By 1954, he was earning a living as a composer, and in 1955 got the job of writing all the music for a new Ealing movi
e, The Ladykillers. He worked for the BBC on many occasions, most infamously creating the music and otherworldly effects for the Dr. Who Daleks seven part series in 1963. In 1967, he founded the Royal College Of Music Electronic Studio, wrote the groundbreaking music for Hammer's Quatermass And The Pit, and in 1969 along with Peter Zinovieff and David Cockerell founded EMS (Electronic Music Studios), the UK's first ever synthesizer company. Their first major products included the VCS3 synthesizer, the suitcase Synthi and the Delaware, equipment that became the modern musical tools of their times. On demonstration tour in Australia he was offered further work, and moved to Adelaide in 1974 where he worked at the University under a number of different musical titles. He left in 1986 and returned to composing, and in 1991 received the Medal Of The Order Of Australia for services to Australian music. He carried on developing sound, consulting and composing for the rest of his life. This is the first time much of Tristram Cary's musical output has been issued, and it includes his music made for sculpture, for the 1969 Expo, compositions he made for Olivetti using their office equipment and a choir, electronics he devised for Casino Royale, classical music he produced for documentaries and curious effects he developed for films about money and design. It shows he was equally comfortable working in classical compositions, with electronics or working in a concrète style.

THE CLEAN-Mister Pop LP (Morr Music-$16.99)
European-only vinyl edition; CD is licensed to Merge in North America. In 1978, The Clean were the seeds of New Zealand punk, their influence resonating not only in New Zealand but also around the world. Their sound is completely theirs but draws on everything from the psychedelic paste of Syd Barrett/early Floyd to vintage Velvets propulsiveness to almost everything else under the sun. They created both full studio sound and lo-fi recordings before, during, and after the various waves of the 4-track revolution, making both recording modes work with no loss of the band's identity. As far as other influences, you can hear Arthur Lee, Shirley Collins, and the Rolling Stones, among others, but it's never a kind of forced appropriation; while some bands seem to say, "Look at my record collection," in the case of The Clean, it's organic, seamless, and inimitable. Mister Pop sees The Clean continue the great pop pastiche. Circus ragas, gorgeously hazy sunset anthems, and the somet
imes-loose Dada approach to wordsmithery continue right alongside "proper" lyrical forays, and a few Autobahn-referential instro moments to boot ("Tensile"). Bob's love of pastoral UK folk has brought some added weight into the overall Clean equation, as does David's Eastern and African guitar jones, though all this has always fit in with -- and still constitutes -- the total basis of The Clean sound journey.

COCO ROSIE-Lemonade 7" (Sub Pop-$5.99)
The A-side to this limited-edition single is an edit of one of the stand-out tracks from the new CocoRosie album Grey Oceans and the B-side is the band's cover of the Beach Boys' classic "Surfer Girl." Grey Oceans, CocoRosie's Sub Pop debut (and fourth full-length album overall) will be released on May 11, 2010.
There are a scant very few copies of this title left over from Record Store Day 2010 release -- ONLY ONE COPY PER CUSTOMER!!

JOHN COLTRANE-Wells Fargo LP (Doxy-$21.99)
"These recordings from March 13, 1958 see a 32-year-old John Coltrane playing an obscure date with little known jazz trumpeter / flugelhorn player, Wilbur Harden. These recordings made at the legendary Van Gelder studios also include Tommy Flanagan on piano, Doug Watkins on bass and Louis Hayes on drums (while the 2 bonus tracks feature Curtis Fuller on trombone, Ali Jackson on bass, Howard Williams on piano, and Arthur Taylor on drums).The immensely talented, but equally obscure Harden appeared on several Yusef Lateef and Curtis Fuller records for Savoy as well as leading his own sessions in the late fifties, only to drop out of the jazz scene entirely by 1960 due to health problems (and finally pass away in 1969). In fact, Harden was a great composer and a pioneer on the flugelhorn and all the tracks on this album are Harden compositions. Coltrane, as history has shown, fared much better, and during this period was just on the cusp of super-stardom. He was busy playing arou
nd NYC with Thelonious Monk, and had recently rejoined the Miles Davis sextet, and it would not be long before Coltrane would begin leading his own sessions, soon becoming a household name in jazz. 2 bonus tracks previously not included in the original album."

EFTERKLANG-I Was Playing Drums 7" (4AD-$4.99)
1st single from Efterklang's new album with and exclusive b-side.

THE FALL-Your Future Our Clutter LP (Domino-$17.99)
Your Future Our Clutter is The Fall at their most rampant, most forward moving, bone-shaking best. With nine tracks that rock like raw fury, we see The Fall heading into their next decade with the same intensity with which they started.

FNS-FNS LP (Miasmah-$18.99)
The latest addition to the Miasmah roster is Oslo-based musician FNS aka Fredrik Ness Sevendal. A veteran of the Oslo experimental scene, Sevendal has been associated with several bands over the years: DEL, Slowburn and Kobi. Additionally, his previous work has involved collaborations with Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple), Mitsuru Tabata (Zeni Geva, Marble Sheep), Mark Francombe (ex-Cranes guitarist), and Bill Wood (1/3 Octave Band). For his Miasmah debut, FNS treats the listener to a spectacular excursion into the world of psych-folk instrumentals, with a collection of semi-improvised multi-layered pieces, primarily for acoustic and electric guitar and voice. These lo-fi home recordings capture a sense of astral travel, though explorations into drone, raga-styled melodies and layers of guitar feedback. The immediate allure of FNS' spectral sound is in the understated nature of the performances -- it recalls the magnetic interplay between Tom & Christina Carter's work
in Charalambides, the playful free noise of Sunburned Hand Of The Man, the ethereal blues of Loren Connors, and a variety of subtle but undeniable influences from the '70s progressive UK folk scene. FNS' sound is a sorrowful sound -- a death-fuzz, a hazy, wailing wall of cavernous guitars, doom freak-out and swirling psychedelia, melded into one then drowned in echo and haze. FNS fires forth cosmic transmissions for the mind and spirit -- the result is nothing short of an aural treat. Audio mastered by Helge Sten aka Deathprod.

FUCKED UP-Daytrotter Sessions 7" (Matador-$6.99)
"Fucked Up's history with vinyl is long and celebrated (by us). Every time we do an interview, one of the first questions (still) is about the amount of 7"'s we've done (more than 35). We created the band out of a devotion to collecting rare punk aesthetics. Damian and Jonah still finesse their record collections like sports cars. While some of us have moved on to an extent (my Sunday so far: Chelsea vs Arsenal, Fiorentina vs Roma, Penguins vs Capitals, Canadiens vs Bruins, Saints vs Colts), Fucked Up and Records will probably also be somewhat entangled.
Record stores are a big part of why we are a band at all. When we were all younger kids, we used to treat the few cool record stores in Toronto like they were libraries. We all started our record collections at Full Blast, started to go to Rotate This when we could tolerate "non-punk" records being in the same room as Assuck 12"'s, all started working at Who's Emma a while later, and finally started going to Ric's Collectibles in the near-suburbs when we got too jaded to deal with the back rooms and behind the counter areas where the rare stuff had started to migrate. We started to make friends and enemies on the scene in attempts to score stuff. You'd call up your friend if you found something they were looking for, and you'd try to fill up your bag if there was stuff you knew someone who had punked you was looking for. On boxing day you'd see everyone you knew on the bus trying to get to every store in the city looking for stuff half off.
Record collecting is already so close to those dismal and dark solitary pleasures, the secret obsession you keep in your basement away from your visitors, if you ever get any. When that documentary "Vinyl" came out, we all got shocked a bit. Collection records can easily turn into a depressing lonely quest. It's record stores that help to legitimize it as somewhat of a social activity. Even though its kind of like having an AA meeting at a liqour store, at least in a store you're out an about, the owner is your friend, you'll maybe get a deal. Better that than going through the 19th page on your "kbd" ebay search at 4 in the morning on a Saturday.
Somehow we've never participated in Record Store Day before. We've done lots of instores all over the world, and have had to stop at stores to shop in probably every record store in the free world. This year we decided to do something special for RSD, because we think it's important. This April you'll be able to leave your house and go to a record store and get this cool record. We decided to use our 7" as a tribute to a bunch of cool stores in the US. Ten stores will each be featured with their own cover artwork, using pictures that they sent in to us. The 7" is just gonna be the two daytrotter songs from couple tracks, plus one that isn't on the CD ("Crooked Head")." - Fucked Up

FURSAXA-Mycorrhizae Realm LP (ATP Recordings-$17.99)
"Fursaxa is Tara Burke. Formerly a member of the Siltbreeze band UN, Tara started her Fursaxa project in 1999 after UN disbanded. Since then Fursaxa has released six full length albums on the Acid Mothers Temple label, Ecstatic Peace, Time Lag, Eclipse, Last Visible Dog, and ATP. In addition there have been 3 self released CD-Rs and a CD on her own Sylph recordings. In the summer of 2008 Fursaxa started recording her seventh full length record Mycorrhizae Realm at Hexham Head studio in Philadelphia. This studio recording is a first, as all of the previous releases have been recorded at home on a four track. In addition to recording, Fursaxa has played live music at venues in the US, UK, and Europe, touring with Bardo Pond, Black Forest/Black Sea, Christina Carter, Jack Rose, Spires That in The Sunset Rise, and Brightblack Morning Light to name a few. Over the last couple of years Fursaxa has been collaborating more and more with other musicians as well. Espers member Helena E
spvall and Tara have a duo called Anahita, and Sharron Kraus and Tara have the duo Tau Emerald. And in September of 2006 Fursaxa became part of The Valerie Project, which was a live soundtrack for the 1970 Czech film Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders. Tara really enjoyed playing with these musicians and decided to engage Greg Weeks, Mary Lattimore, and Helena Espvall, all fellow Valerians, for her next album. Greg recorded the album at his studio, Mary played harp on 4 songs and also co-wrote 2 of the songs, and Helena played cello on 3 songs. It is an exercise in symbiosis."

GO FIND-Everybody Knows It's Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight LP (Morr Music-$16.99)
This is the third full-length album from Belgium's Dieter Sermeus aka The Go Find. Everybody Knows It's Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight is a more up-tempo album on which the band continues to refine and build upon their familiar sound: dreamy indie-pop songs built around swirling synths, acoustic guitars and Dieter's distinct voice. Musically, the band pays tribute to some of their obvious and not so obvious influences. It's no surprise that they used to listen to Pavement in the '90s, but an ode to the smooth and sophisticated sound of Roxy Music is a refreshing new turn. The album was recorded over a period of six months in Brussels and Antwerp, each song built on a base of acoustic guitars and drums. The production is loaded with warm and melodic instrumentation, which provides the perfect background for the lyrics. Also notable are backing vocals by Mintzkov's Lies Lorquet and a duet with new talent, Karo. This album will leave you with a warm and fuzzy feeling, making yo
u want to go back to those first days of falling in love in high school.

GOLDEN TRIANGLE / FRESH AND ONLYS - Split 7" (Hardly Art-$5.99)
This split 7" features two new tracks each (4 tracks total) from Golden Triangle and The Fresh & Onlys, all exclusive to this release. 1000 copies made with 300 on green vinyl.

KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES-Moondog LP (Trunk-$15.99)
Trunk presents a very rare 1957 album featuring British jazz interpretations of Moondog originals. The exceptional jazz line-up includes Stan Tracey, and the recording is made all the more extraordinary because of the exotic instruments used. And to top it all off, this 1957 recording was also engineered by a very young Joe Meek. This is the first time this fabulous album has been issued since its release 53 years ago. By 1956, the early New York street recordings of the great Moondog had just reached British shores. His primitive percussive sounds struck a new nerve with many artists and musicians, none more so that fine London jazzman Kenny Graham. He was so inspired, that he decided to bring together a band of top-notch jazzers and pay his very own musical homage. The result is this exceptionally rare and unique 1957 album of Moondog cover versions (Moondog Suite) and Graham's very own complimentary compositions (Suncat Suite). Engineered by a young Joe Meek and starring S
tan Tracey, Phil Seamen, Danny Moss, Ivor Slaney, soaring vocalists and a host of strange instruments, this was a truly unique cocktail of sound and musical vision. There is no other recording that would ever bring together Moondog, British jazz and Joe Meek. And the result is an exotic, ethereal and timeless album that will inspire, haunt, beguile and charm for many years to come. Beautiful period color sleeve, CD comes with a 6-page concertina booklet, complete with the original 1957 sleevenotes, and a biography of Kenny Graham.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY-Shampoo 7" (Sub Pop-$5.99)
There are a scant very few copies of this title left over from Record Store Day 2010 release -- ONLY ONE COPY PER CUSTOMER!!
Two brand-new and exclusive tracks for Record Store Day 2010 from Kyle "King Tuff" Thomas' Happy Birthday. Both of these tracks, like those of Happy Birthday's self-titled March 2010 debut album, were recorded and mixed at Kyle's home studio.

RAFAEL ANTON IRRISSARI-Reverie LP (Immune-$14.99)
"Immune is proud to announce the release of Reverie, a brand new mini-LP release from Seattle-based Rafael Anton Irisarri. These are the first new recordings from Irisarri since the Hopes And Past Desires 7" EP released in early 2009. Reverie features two brand new compositions, 'Lit A Dawn' and 'Embraced' on Side A and an amazing side-long interpretation of the Arvo Pärt classic 'Für Alina' on Side B. Irisarri has long been a student and listener of Arvo Pärt's approach to composition and has always been profoundly inspired by Part's tintinnabuli style. While working on a special 'Day of the Dead' performance in 2009 for the Seattle Art Museum, Irisarri decided to perform some Arvo Pärt pieces with pianist Kelly Wise. While Wise performed 'Fur Alina' on piano, Irisarri took some liberties with the piece and added new arrangements for drone guitar and electronics. The performance inspired Irisarri to return to his home studio and create new compositions to accompany the 'Für
Alina' piece. Reverie features piano, drone, electronics, and bowed/treated guitar. Irisarri began experimenting with guitar bowing techniques on the Hopes And Past Desires release and continues the approach here." On clear vinyl.

JOHANN JOHANNSSON-And In The Endless Pause There Came The Sound Of Bees LP (Type-$18.99)
Vinyl-only release for now. It probably wouldn't surprise most, but the Type label was originally formed with soundtracks in mind. The moody music that usually accompanied their favorite independent films was a starting point for the label, so it seems perfect that nearly seven years on, they are going back to their roots, if you like, with this album from acclaimed Icelandic musician/composer/producer Jóhann Jóhannsson. Jóhannsson emerged on the influential Touch label with the genre-defining Englabörn (TO 052LP) album in 2002, and since then, he has gone from strength to strength, becoming one of the most important figures in post-classical music. With two towering records for the 4AD label, it was only a matter of time before he was asked to record a film soundtrack, and And In The Endless Pause There Came The Sound Of Bees is the result. An accompaniment to Marc Craste's animated film Varmints, this is a collection of achingly beautiful orchestral work balanced on a bed o
f Jóhannsson's patented electronics. Surprisingly, however, the film itself is not intrinsic to the enjoyment of the music; Jóhannsson's score stands alone perfectly as a haunting collection of tracks. As with most soundtracks, the album is made up of a selection of repeating themes which appear and disappear throughout the record; Jóhannsson manages to approach this with such subtlety you can't always even tell that a familiar theme is drifting in and out of each track. The clouds of ambience and growls of synthesizer that underpin the lilt of the orchestra are crucial to the record and give a similar warmth similar to what made Englabörn so very special. These pieces are memorable and deeply moving, and within one listen you could almost visualize the film itself -- or at least a home made version. Soundtrack or not, Jóhannsson has created yet another peerless collection of electronic/post-classical vignettes you won't be forgetting any time soon.

JONSI-Go LP (XL-$14.99)
Jónsi has spent more than a decade writing epic compositions with Sigur Rós, creating some of the finest, most acclaimed albums of the last ten years. The choice to make an album of solo recordings came together as a solution to a backlog of songs Jónsi had written that didn't seem to fit within the Sigur Rós context. Go is a different beast entirely. Ecstatic, dramatic and alive, it features Jónsi's signature vocals throughout, with the majority of the songs sung in English.

LALI PUNA-Remember 7" (Morr Music-$6.99)
Morr Music brings you this perfect appetizer of Lali Puna's fourth album, Our Inventions (MORR 098CD/LP). "Remember" is the album's most jubilant track, perfectly recalling the extrovert tendencies of Faking The Books (MORR 044CD/LP). Mastered at Abbey Road Studios, this track has the kind of clever arrangements and haunting melodies that truly make a hit. "Remember" was heavily requested when it was streamed on various web sites like Pitchfork.com, and it has received heavy rotation on many radio stations. Also includes a non-album track.

LALI PUNA-Our Inventions LP (Morr Music-$16.99)
LP version with printed inner sleeve and MP3 download coupon. This is the fourth full-length album by Germany's Lali Puna. More than half a decade has elapsed since the release of Faking The Books (MORR 044CD/LP), but the band's impact on the climate of electronic rock music remains palpable. Along with sister-group The Notwist, this Weilheim quartet have helped map out the musical landscape for modern, experimentally-minded pop music, and Our Inventions finds Lali Puna continuing to push the frontiers of their medium. "Rest Your Head" serves as a perfectly poised re-introduction to the band and all they've become. Initiated by waves of glassy pulsations and warm, swelling synths, the song has the feel of a reverse-lullaby -- gently winding its way through reposeful melodies, guided by the welcoming whisper of Trebeljahr's vocal until the final third kicks in with drum machine hits. While Faking The Books, with its vibrant riffs and extroverted tendencies, had the sound of a
record begging to be played live, Our Inventions exhibits the hallmarks of an album spun from intensive studio-bound introspection. Two of the most explosive and ebullient songs here -- "Remember" and "Everything Is Always" -- confirm so much of what's special about Lali Puna: all the elements are at once precision-engineered and delivered with absolute heartfelt conviction; perhaps never before have such jubilant pop hooks been so meticulously and fastidiously crafted, yet you can always hear the soul behind these machines. The final song is a collaboration with the Yellow Magic Orchestra's Yukihiro Takahashi. The version appearing here is an alternate rendering of the track that appeared on Takahashi's Page By Page. The sublime, virtuoso electronic arrangements of Our Inventions directly lock onto the record's recurrent key themes, depicting a world inundated with technology and consumed by a fixation on progress -- simultaneously passing commentary on this state of affairs and overcoming it. Members: Valerie Trebeljahr (keyboards, vocals); Christoph Brandner (also of Tied & Tickled Trio) (drums); Christian Heiß (keyboards); Markus Acher (The Notwist) (keyboards).

TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS-The Oldest House 7" (Matador-$4.99)
Special, limited edition release for Record Store Day 2010. Two brand new, never-released, rockers from TL/RX, not included on 'The Brutalist Bricks'. Packaged in a classic dubplate style.

PAVEMENT-Slanted and Enchanted 120g LP (Matador-$9.99)
PAVEMENT-Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 120g LP (Matador-$9.99)
PAVEMENT-Wowee Zowee 120g 2xLP (Matador-$12.99)
PAVEMENT-Brighten the Corners 120g LP (Matador-$9.99)
PAVEMENT-Terror Twilight 120g LP (Matador-$9.99)
PAVEMENT-Watery Domestic 120g 12" (Matador-$8.99)
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SIMON SCOTT-Navigare LP (Miasmah-$18.99)
LP version, featuring exclusive vinyl track "Dissolving Memories." This is the debut full-length release by the UK's Simon Scott. Scott has had a notable musical past: in the early '90s he was the drummer for the renowned shoegaze band Slowdive. Upon leaving Slowdive, he formed the more electronic-based group Televise. He also set up his own label, Kesh Recordings, and has so far released titles by the likes of Hannu, Sebastian Roux, Aus and Mark Templeton. More recently, Scott has been involved in several diverse projects, including his work as a member of Seavault (with Antony Ryan from Isan), and collaborations with Machinefabriek, Jasper TX and Emmanuele Errante. With Navigare, there are shades of Scott's previous output and musical interests, but as a whole, the album marks a bold new direction. Navigare opens with "Introduction Of Cambridge," a shimmering wall of sound, its ethereal tones and slow-burning drones gradually drawing closer and closer, creating gorgeous up
lifting melodies and textures. The processed guitar combined with gentle swathes of interference and underlying rhythms echoes the processes of Chain Reaction's productions as much as it does the screeching, arcing feedback lines of Kevin Shield's guitar work. Navigare shares an affinity with the melodic content of Fennesz's work, the dark beauty of Tim Hecker's sound, and houses elements of the restraint found in Andrew Chalk's drone compositions. What really devastates here is Scott's ability to merge ambient passages with such memorable melodic cycles, taking the simplest of ideas and building on them, generating murky hooks and submerged "riffs." Scott explores textures using a variety of instruments including sitar, violin, cello, and flute, merging them with excerpts from field recordings; it all sounds so effortless. The looping rhythms and slow guitars rise and grow, at times approaching something oppressive; select pieces such as "Flood Inn" house an underlying weight, comparable to Justin K. Broderick's Jesu and Final projects. Perhaps the hazy drums, bass and guitar drift of "The ACC" presents the most recognizable of stylistic qualities from Scott's back catalog; a groove that recalls the Souvlaki-era sound in all its glory, re-imagined in a new, darker and more expansive form. Additionally, a guest appearance from label mate Jasper TX, a vocal contribution from Moskitoo, and a track co-written with Rafael Anton Irisarri, adds even more depth to Scott's already ambitious vision.

SEABEAR-The Ghost That Carried Us Away LP+7" (A Number of Small Things-$19.99)
Originally released by Morr Music in 2007, now re-released on vinyl by sub-label A Number Of Small Things, also including the sold-out 2007 Teenage Kicks vinyl 7". This is the debut release by Iceland's Seabear. The Ghost That Carried Us Away flatters in a rather unobtrusive way: fragile hymns of nonchalant casualness, created by Sindri Már Sigfússon. Guitars, piano, his almost bashful and yet present voice -- themes of nature, mortality and love from Iceland's musical heartland, Reykjavik. There's a violinist with her voice in the clouds, Gudbjörg Hlin Gudmundsdóttir (violin, vocals, harmonica) and Orn (guitar, lapsteel). Other members include Eiki, Orvar, Gudni and Dóri: one plays the flugelhorn, the slide-guitar and upright-bass, one belongs to the live line-up of Sigur Rós and another is part of the sensational Múm. Some are stage members of Benni Hemm Hemm's band. Sigfusson invited them into his small studio, placed them in front of the only microphone and let them thin
k about his musical thoughts. He likes the notion and the feeling of lo-fi, and for the recording of the drums, only three microphones were used. The result is reminiscent of the reduced stereo recordings of the 1960s. "Libraries" is tiny and gigantic, unobtrusive and exciting at the same time -- a song like blinking into the most beautiful sunrise. A tumbling piano, swinging drums and melancholy melodies. "Hands Remember" includes murmuring vocals and two violins. In "Summer Bird Diamond," birds twitter to the sounds of an old banjo and glockenspiel. It is almost like a chamber folk radio play. And "Seashell" at last, is a pocket symphony, arranged around jumping drums.

SO COW-Meaningless Friendly LP (Tic Tac Totally-$13.99)
Smart power-pop with a dexterity to go epic at times, So Cow stretches over Home Blitz territory and a bit of Gizmo-land, but with the lyrical content going from sweetly innocent to starkly profound to goofball quirky humor. Hitting on the charms and character that make the Television Personalities tick. These new songs constantly find themselves running wild with ideas in a natural A.D.D. whirlwind, but with a sharp and focused skill. So Cow glues spasms of noise and off-kilter parts to a pop skeleton, weighing it down, giving it arthritis, then making it into an entirely new beast many times. Too fluid to be dry or drawn out epics, but too epic to be trite pop

SURFER BLOOD-Astro Coast LP (Kanine-$14.99)
When you think of West Palm Beach, what comes to mind? Probably not anthemic, bombastic, life-affirming indie pop. Enter Astro Coast, the debut album from West Palm's Surfer Blood. While still in their early 20s, they have penned an album that even the most hook-laden power pop band would rightfully be jealous of.

TALIBAM! & ALAN WILKINSON-Dem Ol' Apple Pie Melodies LP (Bo Weavil-$23.99)
LP release. Determined to continue collaborating with revolutionary blitzkrieg musicians in perpetuity, Brooklyn's Talibam! (Matt Mottel and Kevin Shea) were set up on a blind date with Alan Wilkinson by Bo' Weavil Recordings for a London basement show in May 2008. Like a late '60's Sadean love-in ripe with Joycean epiphanies, Talibam! heard in Wilkinson's tone the strength and grit of a fine British pint served cool and fresh... a perfect energy to swing-bounce their roly-poly hieroglyphic dance mayhem. A second gig happened in fall 2008, followed by this recording in winter 2009. If Talibam! and Wilkinson were a rugby team, they'd be in first place, trouncing competitors with more riff-hard tenacity and more powerful/declarative end-zone dances. Balancing contradictory cultural fragments into a psychedelic yin and yang power drive of glitch emission, sprezzatura horns, Zarathrusta organ drone launch, and sayanora-rama drum spills, Wilkinson, Mottel, and Shea turn animatroni
c nihilists into veritable musicological sexphorisms -- they cut the tension on the dancefloor like that abrupt liminal point between peace and footsie, between donuts and bagels, between lizards and turtles. These three dangerously handsome myriad-men from the future have materialized mixed signals into sharp-fanged foreign accents on this red-eye voyage to vinyl metropoly, a 2-sided ecosystem of Gatsby-killer morph-prov entitled Dem Ol' Apple Pie Melodies. Limited edition of 350 hand-numbered copies. Lavish heavyweight matte sleeve with insert, designed by Damien Beaton.

TUNE YARDS-Real Live Flesh 7" (4AD-$5.99)
Following mass critical acclaim for her debut album, Bird-Brains, 4AD release the monumental lo-fi R&B jewel from Tune-Yards, 'Real Live Flesh', backed with a new track entitled 'Youth', on February 8, 2010.
Coinciding with a return to Europe following Merrill Garbus's triumphant set of dates with Dirty Projectors, the track – available both as a limited 7" and download - is the perfect showcase of both her bold pop sensibility with a staunch DIY aesthetic and one of the highlights from the bonus edition of Bird-Brains.

MARK VAN HOEN-Where is the Truth LP (City Centre Offices-$15.99)
Mark Van Hoen bought his first synthesizer and tape recorder in 1981, and immediately began making electronic music with influences from Brian Eno and Cabaret Voltaire. Most recordings were made at his home studio, but others were made at the radio stations he worked at during the '80s. As a contemporary of Aphex Twin, he was signed in 1993 on R&S Records as Locust. Listening to what he's done in the past over various labels from R&S, Touch, 4AD and now City Centre Offices, it's clear that it's time for Van Hoen's music to be up for critical reappraisal. He is a greatly admired and influential composer and performer that has inspired many other musicians. Recorded in London UK and Brooklyn, USA and finished in his recording studio in Woodstock, New York, this album is more than just a mere collection of tracks. A life-changing discovery and enlightenment is expressed in this rich, dense and emotive album. While working through the red tape involved in emigrating from the UK t
o the USA, he discovered quite by chance that his identity and childhood family life contained the dark secret of a covered up adoption. His life-long sense of displacement started to make sense and the cathartic voyage that ensued is explored in this album. More collaborative than his previous solo works, Where Is The Truth includes contributions from other musicians including Neil Halstead (Slowdive, Mojave 3) and Julia Frodahl (Edison Woods). Reliant not only on Mark's familiar brooding electronic tones, it features more electro-acoustic sounds than in previous releases. Interestingly, this album also consolidates many of the styles and sounds Mark has explored on previous albums, as a solo artist, collaborator and producer. Where Is The Truth sees Mark Van Hoen entering a new phase.

WOVEN BONES-Minus Touch LP (Zoo Music-$13.99)
White vinyl. Dark, fuzzed, primitive, foot-stomping garage rockabilly shot through w/ J&MC, VU, & the Damned

VARIOUS ARTISTS-Ecstatic Music of the Jemaa El Fna LP (Sublime Frequencies-$25.99)
For centuries, the Jemaa El Fna (Rendezvous of the Dead) has remained the stage for one of the most spectacular social forums on the planet. By day, this central square in the city of Marrakesh, one of Morocco's great imperial cities, fosters a kaleidoscope of entertainment for its local inhabitants; storytellers, acrobats, magicians and snake charmers all create intriguing displays of bewitching spectacle. As the sun sets, the evening grows frantic with the pulse of the crowd; it is then that the night musicians set up. Free from the restrictions and expectations of light entertainment for a tourist crowd, these musicians manifest ecstatic performances that animate the audience and players alike. The groups represented on this album; Troupe Majidi, Amal Saha, and Mustapha Mahjoub, are working and carrying the torch of their musical heroes nightly in the square. These songs come from the repertoire of Morocco's greatest musical exports: Nass El Ghiwane, Lemchaheb, Jil Jilala,
Larssad, and many others from the Chaabi (Moroccan popular music) canon and are given a raw, emotional and fiery interpretation. Instruments are powered by car batteries and blown out through megaphone speakers. These recordings represent a rare opportunity to hear this music at such close proximity taking in all the power and passion of the performances. The raw fidelity captures an unflinching immersion of what is simply some of the greatest street music on earth. Recorded by Hisham Mayet in 2005, a few of these performances were featured in his film Musical Brotherhoods From The Trans-Saharan Highway. This collection also contains tracks not present in the film for a more potent snapshot of the ecstatic Jemaa El Fna. Limited edition LP comes in a beautiful full-color gatefold jacket with photos of the musicians and liner notes by Hisham Mayet.

VARIOUS ARTISTS-Fragments From A Work In Progress LP (4AD-$8.99)
Special Record Store Day 2010 release, highlighting some forthcoming material currently in-the-works on the 4AD roster. Contains unreleased tracks from Blonde Redhead, Big Pink, Gang Gang Dance, Ariel Pink, & Tune Yards.

VARIOUS ARTISTS-Not Given Lightly: A Tribute to the Giant Golden Book Of New Zealand's Alternative Music Scene 3xLP (Morr Music-$25.99)
Gatefold triple LP version. Morr Music presents a compilation paying tribute to the great, highly-influential New Zealand indie-pop bands of the 1980s, whose steadfast DIY aesthetic paved the way internationally for the future development of all modern indie bands to follow. In New Zealand, the archetype of what was called indie-pop was established. Labels such as Flying Nun, Xpressway, IMD and Corpus Hermeticum rose up in response to punk, and bands such as The Clean, The Chills and Tall Dwarfs helped forge what would be called the "Dunedin Sound," characterized by jangly guitar, straight-ahead bass lines and no-nonsense drums. Because of New Zealand's isolation, new music from the UK and U.S. only trickled in sometimes years after the fact, and out of the earnest desire of a passionate few to create an autonomous Kiwi scene (and the disinterest of overseas major labels), punk, pop, etc., was born in garages and pressed on screen-printed 7"s out of ingenuity and necessity. E
veryone knew each other, everyone played in each other's bands, and everyone was influenced by each other's sound -- simple, lo-fi, untouched and singular, and completely apart from the rest of the world. There was promise in songs like "Not Given Lightly" by legendary scenester and The Enemy and Toy Love founding member, Chris Knox or "Pink Frost" by The Chills, and it was eventually heard by compatriots in the U.S. -- Pavement, Yo La Tengo and Sonic Youth referred to New Zealand's alternative music scene directly. In Germany, artists as well as heads of labels adapted a similar DIY model. Markus Acher, who is part of this compilation with Lali Puna, played together with Graeme Jefferies (Nocturnal Projections, This Kind Of Punishment, The Cakekitchen). Suddenly, lo-fi was everywhere. The Morr Music label would not have been thinkable without this DIY-idea. Not Given Lightly features modern-day reinterpretations of seminal tracks from Jean Paul Sartre Experience, The Chills, The Verlaines, Tall Dwarfs, Chris Knox, The Bats, Graeme Jeffries, The Clean, Peter Jefferies, Robert Scott, and David Kilgour, played by Lali Puna, People Press Play, Tarwater, It's A Musical, B.Fleischmann, The Go Find, Guther, The Wooden Birds, Butcher The Bar, Sin Fang Bous, Borko, Masha Qrella, Saroos, American Analog Set, Bobby & Blumm, Contriva, Isan, and Electric President. Other artists include: Benni Hemm Hemm, Radical Face, Seabear, Surf City, Seavault, and Populous

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MOUNTAIN GOATS-Life Of The World To Come DVD (4AD-$19.99)
Record Store Day 2010 release, and instantly out of print. One per customer. A Rian Johnson film, 50 min live film + 45 min Q&A. DVD limited to 2000 copies.

TAPE OP-Issue #76 MAG $5.00
Your guide to creative recording offers features on studio engineers/producers/musicians BEN ALLEN, KURT BALLOU, MAC MCCAUGHAN, ALAN EVANS, GURF MORLIX, and BRAD AVENSON, along with articles on DIY reverb, drum recording, transformers, and schematics. Also included are the usual pro tips and gear and music reviews.

TAPE OP-Issue #77 MAG $4.50
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GOD MACHINE-Scenes From The Second Storey CD (Fiction-$19.99)
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