Music Review, Reviews, Update

13th Of April 2012 Update

13th Of April 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records
We’re gearing up for our sale (sale starts Monday!) and for Record Store Day (next Saturday, April 21st, 2012). We’ve got our goody bags started and there’s a lot of goodness in there and some more yet to come.  One fun thing in there is a ticket good for entrance for 2 people to any Manic Productions show in the next 6 months. There are 10 bags that will get those. We got Mark of Manic Productions to tell you about them himself:
LPs & 12″s
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Alabama Shakes    “Boys & Girls (LP+7″ With B-Sides + D/L)”
Alkibar Gignor    “La Paix”
Alligators    “Time’s Up You’re Dead”
Anakrid    “A Monstrous Dose Of Poison”
AU    “Both Lights (+ D/L, Deluxe Jacket + Printed Inner Sleeve)”
Aufgehoben    “Fragments Of The Marble Plan (+ D/L)”
Barwick, Julianna    “Sanguine (Remastered Debut Album)”
Bear In Heaven    “I Love You, It’s Cool (Ltd. Ed. White Vinyl + D/L)”
Bishop, Sir Richard    “The Freak Of Araby”
Black Dice    “Mr. Impossible “
Black Francis (Frank Black)    “The Golem (+ D/L)”
Bola    “Volume 7 (Awesome Tapes From Africa + D/L)”
Breton    “Other People’s Problems (+ D/L)”
Bright Eyes    “Every Day And Every Night (2012 Vinyl Reissue + Full EP On CD)”
Bright Eyes    “Letting Off The Happiness (2012 Vinyl Reissue 180 Gram LP + CD)”
Carter Tutti Void    “Transverse (A Unique & Exclusive Collaboration By Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, & Nik Void)”
Choir Of Young Believers    “Rhine Gold (+ D/L)”
Coleman, John Wesley & Morgan Coy    “Nightmare On Silly Street”
Collage Culture    “Examining The 21ST Century’s Identity Crisis”
Control Unit    “The Fugitives”
Crucial Dudes    “61 Penn”
Damages    “Indignation”
Davis, Miles    “Pangaea (180 Gram 2LP Gatefold)”
Demdike Stare / Hype Williams    “Meets Shangaan Electro”
Doom    “Doomed Again”
Earle, Justin Townes    “Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now (+ D/L With Bonus Track)”
Earthless    “Sonic Prayer Jam (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)”
Eye    “Center Of The Sun (+ D/L /500)”
Fake Boys, The    “Pig Factory (Pink Translucent)”
Fields, Lee    “Faithful Man (+ D/L)”
Fireworks    “We Are Everywhere (1st Press W/ Flexi)”
First Aid Kit    “The Big Black & The Blue (180 Gram Vinyl + D/L)”
Ghost Thrower    “10 Songs”
Giana Factory    “Save The Youth (Ltd. Ed. + 20 Track D/L + Poster)”
Grave Babies    “GOTHDAMMIT (+ D/L)”
High On Fire    “De Vermis Mysteriis (2LP Gatefold)”
Hollows    “Vulture”
Iron Maiden    “En Vivo! (Ltd. Ed. Double Picture Disc Vinyl)”
Jones, Norah    “The Fall (Gatefold)”
Joyce Manor    “Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired”
Knapp, Sophia    “Into The Waves”
Krallice    “Orphan Of Sickness (All Songs Written By Orphan; In Memory Of Brendan Majewski)”
Lightships    “Electric Cables (Gerard Love Of Teenage Fanclub; 180 Gram + D/L)”
Lushlife    “Plateau Vision (+ D/L)”
Mad Scene    “Blip (+ D/L)”
Mauser    “Isolation EP”
Menche, Daniel    “Quanta Of Light”
Mickens, Sam    “Slay & Shake”
Midnight Souls    “Going Through The Motions”
Moonbell    “Moonbell (+ D/L With Bonus Track)”
Moonface    “With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery (+ D/L)”
Moonrises    “Moonrises”
Neptune    “MSG RCVD (+ D/L)”
Noun    “Holy Hell”
Nurse With Wound / Blind Cave Salamander    “Cabbalism “
Operation Ivy    “Energy (+ D/L)”
Prophecy Of Doom    “Total Mind War”
Radio Moscow      “3 & 3 Quarters”
Radio Moscow / Earthless / Premonition 13    “Radio Moscow / Earthless / Premonition 13: Electric Rock N’ Roll (Ltd. Ed. /1500)”
Rob    “Make It Fast, Make It Slow”
Ruby Fray    “Pith”
Schrader, Ed; Ed Schrader’s Music Beat     “Jazz Mind”
Screaming Females    “Ugly (2LP Gatefold)”
Shiflet, Mike    “Merciless”
Sic    “Thought Noises”
Skeletonwitch    “Beyond The Permafrost (Gatefold Reissue)”
Sparklehorse    “It’s A Wonderful Life (180 Gram + D/L)”
Sparklehorse    “Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain (180 Gram + D/L)”
Speedwolf     “Ride With Death”
Thieves Like Us     “Bleed Bleed Bleed (+ D/L)”
Torche    “Harmonicraft (Clear Vinyl + Custom Lollipop Slipmat + D/L)”
Toussaint, Allen    “Life, Love And Faith (180 Gram)”
Trampled By Turtles    “Stars And Satellites (180 Gram + D/L)”
U.V. P0P (UV Pop)    “No Songs Tomorrow (+ D/L With 3 Unreleased Songs)”
Various Artists    “Mondo Hollywood: Original Motion Picture Sound Track”
Various Artists    “Hells Angels On Wheels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”
Various Artists    “Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads And Dirges 1968-1974”
Various Artists    “Indonesia Screaming Fuzz: Java-Java Garage Stomp Indo-Rock Beat Surf Vol. 2”
Various Artists    “Are You With The Band? A Collection Of Female Fronted Pop-Punk (Black Rainbow, Slingshot Dakota, The Measure, PS Eliot, …)”
Venia    “Frozen Hands”
Votolato, Rocky    “Television Of Saints (Ltd. Ed. Red/Black Vinyl + D/L)”
Ward, M.    “A Wasteland Companion (+ D/L)”
Wexler, Mike    “Dispossession (Ltd. Ed. LP + D/L /1000)”
White Fence    “White Fence & Family/Perfume Vol. 1 (Of 2)”
Williams III, Hank (Hank III)    “Long Gone Daddy (LP + CD)”
Wino & Conny Ochs    “Labour Of Love (Latitudes Series /500)”
Wino & Conny Ochs    “Heavy Kingdom”
Woods / Amps For Christ    “Woods / Amps For Christ Split LP With 1 Collaborative Song (+ D/L)”
Wool     “Lunar Momento Lost Rancho Session I (180 Gram LP + 7″ + D/L)”
Zammuto    “Zammuto (Side Project Of The Books + D/L)”
Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Coles, Maya Jane    “DJ-Kicks  “
Fluxion    “Traces 2/3
Pillowtalk    “W+L Black Soul Edits”
10″s
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Lower Dens    “Brains / Propagation / Hours (Ltd. Ed. 10″ + D/L)”
Paisley, Doug    “Golden Embers “
7″s
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Bad Avice    “Do Not Resuscitate”
Caribbean, The    “The 65 Cent Dinner / Tonight, It’s Over”
Coathangers, The / Davila 666    “Smother / No Crees Que Ya Cansa (/750)”
Conelrad    “Slut & Slobs (Bezoar)”
Constantines / Feist    “Islands In The Stream / Trans Canada”
Copeland, Eric    “Get Along”
Davila 666    “Pa Que Vives”
Enabler / Yautja    “Enabler / Yautja”
Foster The People    “Broken Jaw / Ruby”
Front Line    “Basic Training E.P.”
GG King    “Joyless Masturbation (And Bag)”
Guided By Voices    “Jon The Croc”
High On Fire / Valient Thorr    “Speak In Tongues / Beast With A Billion Eyes (###/1,000 + D/L)”
Kicks    “The Secret”
Kurt Vile & Wino / Jennifer Herrema    “Kurt Vile & Wino / Jennifer Herrema Do Rolling Stones Cover Songs (###/1000 + D/L)”
La Otracina    “Skyblazer”
Newbury, Mickey / Callahan, Bill    “Heaven Help The Child”
Noun    “Noun (I Don’t Love Anybody)”
Parlamentarisk Sodomi / Laserguys    “Parlamentarisk Sodomi / Laserguys”
Stick Together    “Surviving The Times”
Vacuum    “Walking Slow / Born & Bled / Remember Breaking Up / Skulls”
Veronica Falls    “My Heart Beats / Killing Time”
Wymyns Prysyn    “Payday / Cat Pills / John Titors Blues”
Yohuna    “Revery”
CDs
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Grouper    “A | A (2xCD)”
High On Fire “De Vermis…”
Holter, Julia    “Tragedy”
Ivy League “2009-2011”
Joyce Manor “Of All Things…”
Le Super Borgou “Bariba…”
LHD (Left Handed Decision)    “Even Still (2xCD)”
Machinedrum    “Room(s) Extended (Deluxe 2CD Edition)”
Meshuggah “Koloss”
Night Birds “The Other…”
Occultation “Three And Seven”
Ufomammut “Oro: Opus Primum”
Various Artists    “Orchestre Super Borgou De Parakou: The Bariba Sound 1970-1976”
Various Artists    “Soul Cal: Funky Disco & Modern Soul 1971-1982 (BOOK+CD)”
Vektor “Outer Isolation”
Ward, M. “A Wasteland Companion”
DVD
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Lee Perry The Upsetter
Magazine/Fanzine
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Carducci, Joe “Life”
Feedback #5 & #9
Maximum RockNRoll #347 (IRON HAND)
Reviews
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Breton Other People’s Problems  CD/LP
 (Fatcat Records)
Breton, a four-piece electronic band from London, has released their first full-length album, Other People’s Problems. This album contains unique orchestral samples from the German composer, Hauschka, which are vigorously chopped up and lined with electronic beats and catchy synthesizer phrases. The lead singer Roman Rappak holds a high energy throughout the LP with a few exceptions on softer tunes, and has a similar sound to the guys from Bloc Party or the Kooks. There are elements of indie rock, hip-hop, and touches of dubstep throughout Other People’s Problems, which keeps the songs diverse, not knowing which kind of tune, will follow the last. Breton has achieved a fun album, with tunes like ‘Pacemaker’, ‘Wood and Plastic’ and ‘Jostle’.
[Reviewer: Kyle]
Ceremony Zoo CD/LP 
 (Matador Records)
Ceremony released their fourth studio album, Zoo, which is their first release with Matador Records. Zoo is quite different from the aggressive and violent material Ceremony has released in the past, which isn’t too surprising. Like their songs, Ceremony can be unpredictable, and their change in style from hardcore to more of an old school punk sound on Zoo seems only natural for the band. While the tempo has been slowed down on the album, there is still a raw energy that is gloomy yet satisfying. Songs like ‘Hysteria’, ‘Brace Yourself’ and ‘Video’ are especially good, although this album is best listened to as a whole. Zoo clocks in just over 35 minutes, and the album only gets better with each listen.
[Reviewer: Kyle]
Youth Lagoon The Year of Hibernation CD/LP
 (Fat Possum)
Boise, Idaho may not be synonymous with gorgeous, ethereal dream-pop, but 22-year-old Trevor Powers certainly helps build the foundation with his project’s debut record. His emotional, yearning and unique-sounding vocals echo in the distance of cozy guitar-and-bass (often blending together with a hypnotic synthesizer/piano) melodies. The sound comes full circle with an essence that glows like warm, fuzzy nostalgia – it’s an excellent example of how lo-fi can achieve beauty that studio-slick production values cannot. I really appreciated the down-to-earth lyrics as well, such as the laid-back assertive attitude in “Cannons” (“I have more dreams than you have posters of your favorite teams / you’ll never talk me out of this.”) The empowering, sunlit “Montana” is another high point – it builds from a dusty piano ambience into a wonderfully memorable crescendo with thoughtful lyrics (“there’s a spirit in Montana and in your chest, a soul / oh, what a soul…”)
[Reviewer: Mark]
SHOW REVIEW!
Last Friday, April 5th; there was a show at the West Haven American Legion, with performances by Daytrader, Code Orange Kids, Heavy Breath, Pentimento, Full of Hell, Birds in Row, and Night Owls. Bands from all over the place, including NY, PA, France, and of course CT, brought a diverse combination of sounds to the evening. From hardcore and screamo to melodic and pop punk, there was a little something for everyone. All the bands were solid, especially Code Orange Kids, Heavy Breath, and Birds in Row. Keep a look out for any band from this night’s line up, they bring the energy and they all rock. Check out their web pages:
[Show Reviewer: Kyle]