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8th of June 2012 Update

8th of June 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records
LPs & 12″s
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Bags, The    “All Bagged Up: The Collected Works 1977-1980”
Blunt, Dean & Inga Copeland (Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland; Hype Williams)        “Black Is Beautiful: Ebony”
Brian Jonestown Massacre, The        “Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request (180 Gram 2LP Gatefold)”
Brown Sugar    “Brown Sugar Sings Of Birds And Racism”
Bukkake Boys    “Bukkake Boys”
DNTEL    “Aimlessness (+ CD)”
Evil Moisture    “Goo”
Future Of The Left    “Curses (Ltd. Ed. Heavy Vinyl)”
Halo, Laurel    “Quarantine”
Heavy Blanket (J Mascis And His Stoner Buddies)        “Heavy Blanket”
Hive Dwellers, The    “Hewn From The Wilderness”
Hot Chip    “In Our Heads (2LP + D/L)”
Hot Water Music        “Exister”
In My Eyes    “Nothing To Hide (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl + D/L)”
Iron Man    “Black Night”
J/B/M (JBM)    “Stray Ashes(+ D/L)”
Japandroids    “Celebration Rock (180 Gram White Vinyl + 20 Page Booklet + D/L)”
Lamb, Alan; Bradbury, Garry; Burraston, David; Ambarchi, Oren; Fox, Robin    “The WIRED Lab: WIRED Open Day 2009 (Gatefold 2LP)”
Le Bon, Cate    “CYRK (Ltd. Ed. White Vinyl + D/L)”
Miles, Wymond    “Under The Pale Moon (+ D/L; Guitarist Of Fresh & Onlys)”
Motion City Soundtrack       “Go (+ CD)”
Mum    “Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK (2012 Reissue 2LP Gatefold)”
Mum    “Early Birds: A Compilation Of Early Recordings, Rare Music And Forgotten Songs From “1998-2000 Or Thereabouts. (2012 Reissue 2LP Gatefold + 16 Page Booklet + D/L)
Octo Octa    “Oh Love”
Piche, Jean    “Heliograms”
Plankton Wat (Dewey Mahood Of Eternal Tapestry)        “Spirits “
POP ETC        “POP ETC (+ D/L)”
Russian Tsarlag        “Midnight At Mary’s House”
Spectrum    “Soul Kiss (Glide Divine) (180 Gram)”
Stereo Total    “Cactus Versus Brezel (+ Poster + CD)”
Susanna     “Wild Dog”
Tallest Man On Earth, The    “There’s No Leaving Now (+ D/L)” [First 5 copies we have come with a bonus 7″]
Tortoise    “Millions Now Living Will Never Die (2012 Reissue)”
Tucker, Alexander    “Third Mouth”
TV Buddhas    “Band In The Modern World”
Various Artists        “Eat The Dream: Gnawa Musica From Essaouira”
Various Artists        “Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol. 1 (Gatefold 2LP)”
Wet Hair    “Spill Into Atmosphere”
When Tigers Fight     “Death Songs”
Whips/Chains (Members Of Coliseum, Xerxes, Black God)        “Master/Slave (+ D/L)”
Whitman, Keith Fullerton    “Occlusions; Real-Time Music For Hybrid Digital-Analogue Modular Synthesizer”
Womack, Bobby    “The Bravest Man In The Universe (+ D/L)”
Young, The    “Dub Egg (+ D/L)”
Your Demise    “The Golden Age (180 Gram Color Vinyl, Gatefold)”
Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Banks, Azealia        “1991”
SPVCXXGHXZTPVRRP (Spaceghostpurrp; Raider Klan)        “Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles Of Spvcxxghxztpvrrp (+ D/L)”
Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Buzzin10    “Basement Mood / String Ting / Buzzin Twelve”
Clubroot    “Scars / Hellion”
Dro Carey    “Journey With The Heavy”
DVA    “Pretty Ugly (2LP)”
Ernestus, Mark        “Jeri-Jeri With Mbene Diatta Seck: Xale / Xale Rhythm / Daguagne”
Fanciulli, Mark        “Sacrifice”
Flight Facilities    “With You Feat. Grovesnor”
Four Tet    “Jupiters”
Gemmy        “Tales Of The Deep EP”
Harmonious Thelonious        “Ting Tong EP”
Hundred In The Hands, The    “Red Night (2LP Gatefold)”
Hunee        “Tide / Minnoch”
Kryptic Minds        “Aksum / When Two Paths Cross”
McKay, Harvey        “Pressure”
Modeselektor        “Modeselektion Vol.02 EP”
Parker, Mike        “Thermo”
Peralta, Austin / Sun Ra    “Views Of Saturn Vol. 2”
Robag Wruhme    “Leistenhans Zwo EP.”
SBTRKT        “Hold On Featuring Sampha (Holographic Sleeve!)”
Unknown Artist        “Untitled *UNHOERBAR – UHB06”
Various Production    “I’m Really Hot”
Visioneers    “Hipology (2LP)”
7″s
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Beautiful Ones, The    “Birth Of Desire”
Bridge And Tunnel    “Homecoming & Mixed/Media/Messages”
California X    “Sucker / Mummy”
Citizen / Turnover    “Citizen /// Turnover”
Double Negative (-/-)        “Hits”
Obey The Brave        “Ups And Downs”
Self Defense Family    “Self Immolation Family / World Virgins (+ D/L)”
Self Inflicted   “On Your Own”
Sense Field    “Beautiful, Beautiful”
Sense Field      “Fun Never Ends (/2000)”
Sense Field / Onelinedrawing    “Sensefield / Onelinedrawing”
White Guilt    “White Guilt”
Reviews
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Mount Carmel Real Women
 (Siltbreeze)[Buy Online from RSR]
This Columbus, Ohio trio sounds like they’re straight out of a dusty, sweltering barroom in the late 60s or early 70s: that’s how pure their brand of blues-rock sounds, right down to the guitar tuning and analog distortion. On their second record, they further refine their sound with just the right amount of roughness thanks to the twang-heavy guitar, high-energy drumming and spirited vocals. They’d fit the bill excellently with bands like ZZ Top, Humble Pie and The Allman Brothers Band; more recently, The Black Crowes and The White Stripes come to mind. The lyrical laments sound very genuine, such as dealing with the difficulty of finding “Real Women,” as well as the desire to “Be Somebody” else.
[Reviewer: Mark]
Sigur Rós Valtari
 (Parlophone) [Buy Online from RSR]
Once again, Iceland’s best-known ambient/post-rock quartet serves up an absolutely gorgeous record that sounds like it was extracted straight from their dreams. Like bassist Georg Hólm said in an interview, the album really does sound more electronic-based than some previous work; the synth, strings, piano and added choral vocals all make it feel like swimming through an endless realm of hauntingly beautiful subconscious thoughts. I have to admit that I have a weakness for this style: I love getting lost in these arrangements. For example, the first single “Ekki múkk” sounds nostalgic to an otherworldly degree thanks to its nuanced orchestral strings, drawn-out deep piano and comfortably beautiful vocals from Jónsi Birgisson. All of these elements come together to paint atmospheres that will vary for everyone – I envision late-day sunlight in a massive autumnal forest when I hear “Varúð;” one of several tracks (including “Ekki múkk,” undoubtedly) that really makes an out-of-tune-sounding piano’s resonance sound unbelievably intimate. Another highlight for me is “Dauðalogn,” which sounds like a wonder-filled ode to shimmering galaxies that stretch on forever.
[Reviewer: Mark]
Live Music

Live Music: King Tuff, Habibi, Medication, Jacques Le Coque 6-10-12

Live Music: King Tuff, Habibi, Medication, Jacques Le Coque 6-10-12
Intercambio = 756 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

This is a great spot and this event is another great opportunity to check it out. Dan Greene’s art will still be up and we have records for sale here. It’s an all ages venue and they serve refreshments.  Oh, and bands!

[Read on beyond the page break for sounds and such.]

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2nd of June 2012 Update

2nd of June 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Angel Witch    “As Above, So Below (Import; 2LP Gatefold)”
Aosoth    “Aosoth”
Artillery    “My Blood (180 Gram Ltd. Ed. Coloured Vinyl)”
Autopsy    “Mental Funeral (Gatefold)”
Avengers    “Avengers (180 Gram Reissue)”
Bathory    “Blood Fire Death”
Bathory    “Under The Sign Of The Black Mark”
Bathory    “The Return…”
Blackdeath    “Jesus Wept (/500)”
Bombay Royale    “You Me Bullets Love (+ D/L)”
Bones, Sean    “Buzzards Boy (+ D/L)”
Burzum    “Filosofem (2xLP, Gatefold)”
Burzum    “Hvis Lyset Tar Oss (2xLP, Gatefold)”
Carpathian Forest    “Bloodlust And Perversion (Gatefold White Vinyl)”
Chance, Bob    “It’s Broken!”
Clandestine Blaze    “Falling Monuments”
Clash, The    “Last Gang In Town: Rarities 1976-1984 (Unofficial)”
Cohran, Kelan Philip & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble    “Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble”
Cure, The    “Visions Of Domino”
Demoncy    “Joined In Darkness”
Disembowelment    “Transcendence Into The Peripheral (2xLP, Gatefold, Color)”
Dismember    “Like An Everflowing Stream (180gm 2xLP, Gatefold, Color)”
Drudkh    Eternal “Turn Of The Wheel (+ D/L)”
Eicher Spielt Noise Boys, Stephan    “Stephan Eicher Spielt Noise Boys”
Electric Wizard     “Black Masses (2LP Gatefold; Domestic Issue)”
Emperor    “Emperor (Wrath Of The Tyrant) (180gm 2xLP, Gatefold, Color)”
Enslaved    “Yggdrasill”
Enslaved    “Frost “
Father Befouled / Helcaraxe    “Ruination Of The Heavenly Communion (Red Vinyl)”
Frustration    “Relax “
Grass Widow    “Internal Logic “
Gravenhurst    “The Ghost In Daylight (+ D/L)”
Higgins, Gary    “Red Hash (Repressed LP + Bonus 7″)”
Hives, The    “Lex Hives An Album By The Hives (180 Gram)”
Hot Chip    “The Warning (Gatefold 2LP)”
In Aeternam Vale    “Dust Under Brightness (12″ EP)”
In Aeternam Vale    “DUB (Dust Under Brightness LP)”
incantation    “Blasphemous Creation”
Integrity    “Palm Sunday (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl + D/L RSD2012)”
Intelligence    “Crepescule With Pacman”
Ital / Magic Touch    “Magic Touch / Ital”
Joy Division     “Closer (Colour Vinyl; Unofficial)”
Kiss It Goodbye    “She Loves Me (Ltd. Ed. Color + D/L)”
Leckey, Mark    “Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore”
Led Zeppelin    “Led Zeppelin III (Unofficial)”
Led Zeppelin    “Led Zeppelin IV (“Runes” “Zofo” Unofficial)”
Led Zeppelin    “Led Zepplin II (Unofficial)”
Lemonade    “Diver (+ D/L)”
Liars    “WIXIW (Liars Sixth Album, Deluxe Edition 180 Gram Vinyl + CD)”
Mayhem    “De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (180gm, Gatefold, Color)”
Mayhem    “Deathcrush (180gm, Gatefold, Color)”
Megaton Leviathan    “MMIX (2009 Demo 12″ LP)”
Metallica    “The Black Demos”
Mortuary Drape    “Secret Sudaria (2xLP, Gatefold)”
Mortuary Drape    “All The Witches Dance”
Mutilation    “Remains Of A Ruined, Dead, Cursed Soul”
Mynabirds, The    “Generals (+ Poster + CD)”
Napalm Death    “Hatred Surge From Enslavement To Obliteration 1985-1986 Demos (Unofficial)”
Natural Child    “For The Love Of The Game”
Nice Face    “Horizon Fires”
Nightwish    “Imaginaerum ~Orchestral Version~ (Ltd. 180 Gram Clear 2LP Gatefold + Lyric Sheet)”
Noothgrush    “Erode The Person”
Noothgrush    “Failing Early Failing Often (2LP Gatefold)”
Obituary    “Darkest Day (2LP Gatefold)”
Oxes    “Bile Stbudy (+ D/L)”
Pearl Jam    “Xmas With Eddie: The Complete X-Mas Singles (Unofficial)”
Pharaohs, The    “Awakening (+ D/L)”
Pharaohs, The    “In The Basement (+ D/L)”
Pita    “Get Out”
Poison Idea    “Kings Of Punk (Colored Vinyl Ltd. Ed.)”
Poison Idea    “Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes L.P. (Colored Vinyl Ltd. Ed.)”
Primitive Weapons    “The Shadow Gallery (Clear Vinyl)”
Purity Ring    “Belispeak (12″ With Embossed Sleeve)”
Rayon Beach    “This Looks Serious (Family Ties Cover Art Rules!)”
Robinson Brotherhood, Chris    “Big Moon Ritual (2LP Gatefold)”
Samael    “Ceremony Of Opposites (Gatefold)”
Sigur Ros    “Valtari (Gatefold 2LP + D/L)”
Slayer    “Hell Awaits Demos 1984 (Unofficial Color Vinyl /500)”
Slayer    “Reign In Blood Demos (Unofficial)”
Sultan, Mark    “War On Rock N’ Roll”
Thompson, Mayo    “Corky’s Debt To His Father (LP + Bonus 7″)”
Various Artists    “Long Live Boogaloo: 22 Rare Latin Boogaloos Circa 1963-1972 (2LP Gatefold + D/L)”
Various Artists    “Space: 1999: An Original Television Soundtrack Recording Composed By Barry Gray”
Walkmen, The    “Heaven (+ D/L)”
Weisman, Chris    “Fresh Sip (2LP)”
Womack, Bobby    “The Bravest Man In The Universe (12″ Single)”
You Blew It!    “Grow Up, Dude”

Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Camp Lo    “Uptown Saturday Night (Official 2LP Reissue Remastered + Poster)”
Digital Underground    “Sex Packets”
Dub, Dave (Dave Dub)    “The Treatment (Gatefold 2LP + D/L)”
Jay-Z    “The Blueprint (Gatefold 2LP)”
La The Darkman    “Heist Of The Century”
Mad Cobra    “Hard To Wet, Easy To Dry”
MF DOOM    “Operation Doomsday: Silver Age Set (Remastered 2LP On “Gun Metal” Colored Vinyl)”
RJD2    “Deadringer (Remastered + 2 Previously Unreleased Songs)”
Sene.    “Brooklynknight. (Ltd. Ed. Purple/White Vinyl + D/L)”
Sonnymoon    “Sonnymoon (2LP Color Vinyl + D/L)”
Various Artists    “Lyricist Lounge Volume One (4LP; De La Soul, Mos Def, Q-Tip, Saul Williams, Talib Kweli, Zack De La Rocha, KRS-One, Last Emperor)”
Various Artists    “These Are The Breaks: 12 Sampled Selections From the Ubiquity Vaults”

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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A Made Up Sound    “Take The Plunge”
Aphex Twin    “The Aphex Twin Classics (2LP)”
Barker    “Like An Animal”
Blockhead    “Interludes After Midnight (2LP + D/L)”
Brackles    “No. 2”
Caprice    “Depths Revival EP”
Cassegrain & Tin Man    “Carnal”
CVBox    “Analog Amputations EP”
Data    “Making Simple Things Complex”
Die Roh    “Van Draft EP”
Dixon, Jack    “You Won’t Let Me EP”
DMX Krew    “East Side Boogie”
Dumont, Duke    “For Club Play Only”
Eprom    “Regis Chillbin”
Genius Of Time    “Drifting Back”
Girl Unit    “Club Rez EP (2×12″)”
Hundred In The Hands    “Keep It Low (6 Track Single Featuring Andy Stott, Optimo, Patten, DJ Twitch)”
Ill Blu    “Clapper”
Juk Juk    “Thinking Too Much”
Last Japan    “Ambush EP”
Moby    “The Poison Tree (David Lynch Remix) / Lie Down In Darkness (Photek Remix) (UK RSD Title)”
Moodyman    “Classics Volume 3 (White Label)”
Morphology    “Dalek Invasion”
Mungo’s Hi Fi    “Hire And Removal Refix (Ft. Eek-A-Mouse)”
Munk, Jonas    “Pan”
Negrot, Aerea    “Macuto”
Pariah    “Detroit Falls / Orpheus (10″)”
Rumpistol & Red Baron    “Floating (2LP)”
Schlachthofbronx    “Schlachthofbronx (2LP)”
Skrillex    “Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites: The Remixes”
Slugabed    “Time Team (3LP + D/L)”
Sonar Base    “We Attack At Dawn EP”
SP-X    “Stalker EP”
Svreca    “Vilna / Hagagatan (10″)”
Sweatson Klank    “Elevate Me”
Terje, Todd    “T.T. Re-Edits Vol. 8”
TMSV/DJ Madd    “Difference”
Tyrell, Alden    “Rush / Tntus”
Various Artists    “Nickel Ride”
Various Artists    “Repitch 000.1”
Various Artists    “In The Dark: The Soul Of Detroit”
Walls    “Coracle Remixe”
Walton    “All Night EP”
XI    “Joy Fear EP”
XXXY    “Bash EP”

7″s
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Band Of Mercy    “Conquest”
CocoRosie    “We Are On Fire / Tearz For Animals”
Coffins / Macabra    “In Quarantine With Death (Green Vinyl + Buttons + Large Insert /100)”
Cops    “Premonitions + 4”
Full Of Hell / Code Orange Kids    “Full Of Hell / Code Orange Kids”
Impaled Nazarene    “Goat Perversion (White)”
Impaled Nazarene    “Satanic Masowhore”
Intelligence With Kelley Stoltz, The    “(They Found Me In The Back Of) The Galaxy / Lake Of Dracula”
Kumbia Queers / Scream Club And Electrosesexual    “Scream Queens At the Kumbia Club”
Modeselektor with Thom Yorke    “This”
Pulling Teeth      “Witches Volume VI”
Spencer Blues Explosion, The Jon    “Gadzooks! / Tell Me That You Love Me (Jukebox Single)”
Tempest    “(Solace)”

CDs Non-Rock
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Brackles    “Brackles”
Drexciya    “Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller II (Deluxe DVD Size Packaging)”
El-P    “Cancer4Cure (Cancer For Cure)”
Keep Shelly In Athens    “In Love With Dusk / Our Own Dream”
Kool Keith    “Love And Danger”
Munk, Jonas    “Pan”

CDs Rock
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Black Cobra “Invernal”
Dawnbringer “Into The Lair Of The Sun”
Drudkh “Eternal Turn Of The Wheel”
Hot Chip “The Warning”
Ides Of Gemini “Constantinople”
Hooded Menace “Fulfill The Curse (Import)”
Marduk “Serpent Sermon”
My Bloody Valentine “Loveless (2CD Remaster)”
Sigur Ros “Valtari”
Walkmen, The “Heaven”

Reviews
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The Big Pink Future This

(4AD)
This London duo (Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell) serves up another record of passionate, synth-tinged indie-pop. With its high production values and enticing hooks, it’s easily accessible throughout – thankfully, though, they seasoned it with plenty of fuzzed-out effects throughout to make it especially resonant. For example, opening track “Stay Gold” and “Rubbernecking” have a powerfully jubilant, head-bobbing sound that should definitely appeal to fans of Sleigh Bells. Others, like “The Palace” and “Lose Your Mind,” reminded me of 80s pop with meticulous keyboard details and echo-y vocals. They’re great at conveying multiple moods; it’s particularly apparent when the record closes with the surprisingly melancholy “77.”
[Reviewer: Mark]

White Load Wayne’s World III b/w Godfather IV

(Load)
I’m impressed by how tight this Providence trio sounds, even when playing “black out drunk” as side two is described. Imagine hardcore punk (early Dwarves comes to mind) boiled down to its very essence: a raucous and just plain loud mix of quick-and-to-the-point songs with shouted vocals, a guitar that sounds thoroughly caked in mud and an eardrum-pounding beat that seldom takes a rest. Recorded at a place called “Vomit’s Hole,” side one sounds more “polished” (which I use in the absolute loosest sense of the word,”) while side two sounds the most “live,” primarily consisting of even-rougher versions of the tracks on side one. Needless to say, despite the obvious cliché of the sentiment, these guys truly do rock hard.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Music Review, Reviews, Update

26th of 2012 Update

26th of 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records
Real Art Ways is showing the film Marley this week (5/25 – 5/31). Click here to see a preview. It premiers tonight at 7 PM, and there will be a pre-film discussion / appetizer session starting at 6:30 with Fire & Ice.
We will also be closed on Monday due to Memorial Day. Go outside or visit a state park to celebrate. Enjoy it. ‘Merica.
LPs & 12″s
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Airbird        “Trust” (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)
Alaric / Atriarch    “Alaric / Atriarch Split”
Audioslave    “Out Of Exile” (Collector’s Ed. Blue Vinyl)
Burial Hex    “Blood Between Her Lakes”
Che    “Sounds Of Liberation”
Comus    “Out Of The Coma”
Cult, The    “Choice Of Weapon”
Data Romance    “Data Romance”
Drainolith    “Fighting”
Halo    “Degree Zero Point Of Implosion”
King Tuff    “King Tuff”
Mars Volta, The        “Scabdates” (2LP PIC Discs)
Mars Volta, The        “Noctourniquet” (Ltd Ed. 3D Inner Sleeve + 3D Glasses, Colored)
Nadler, Marissa        “The Sister”
Octo Octa    “LA Vampires By Octo Octa: Freedom 2K”
Peasant        “Bound For Glory”
Raajmahal    “Raajmahal” (/300 Silk Screened Cover: Carla Baker (Baba Yaga, Flower Orgy), Pat Murano (NNCK, Decimus) and Santa Wolanczyk (Flower Orgy))
Rain Drinkers    “Yesodic Helices”
Rudimentary Peni    “No More Pain E.P.” (+ Fold Out Poster)
Selecter, The    “Too Much Pressure”
Sharpe, Edward And The Magnetic Zeros    “Here”
Skints, The    “Part & Parcel (Import)”
Telescopes, The        “As Approved By The Committee”
Trapist        “The Golden Years”
Wreathes    “Wreathes” (Black Vinyl)
Wreathes    “Wreathes” (Color Vinyl)
Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Camp Lo        “Uptown Saturday Night” (Official 2LP Reissue Remastered + Poster)
Digital Underground    “Sex Packets”
Jay-Z    “The Blueprint” (Gatefold 2LP)
Killer Mike    “R.A.P. Music”
La The Darkman    “Heist Of The Century”
Mad Cobra    “Hard To Wet, Easy To Dry”
MF DOOM        “Operation Doomsday: Silver Age Set” (Remastered 2LP On “Gun Metal” Colored Vinyl)
RJD2    “Deadringer” (Remastered + 2 Previously Unreleased Songs)
Various Artists        “Lyricist Lounge Volume One” (4LP; De La Soul, Mos Def, Q-Tip, Saul Williams, Talib Kweli, Zack De La Rocha, KRS-One, Last Emperor)
Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Blockhead    “Interludes After Midnight” (2LP + D/L)
Brackles    “No. 2”
Caprice        “Depths Revival EP”
Ill Blu        “Clapper”
Moby    “The Poison Tree (David Lynch Remix) / Lie Down In Darkness (Photek Remix)” (UK RSD Title)
Slugabed    “Time Team” (3LP + D/L)
Walton        “All Night EP”
7″s
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Alabama Shakes    “Be Mine / You Ain’t Alone”
Babies, The    “My Name / The War”
Best Coast / Wavves    “Summer Is Forever” (/1500 Tour Press)
Curmudgeon    “Curmudgeon”
Samiam        ” I Am” (Colored Vinyl + D/L)
CDs
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My Bloody Valentine “Loveless” (2 CD Special Edition Remastered)
Reviews
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NZCA/LINES
(LoAF)
Hailing from London, Michael Lovett serves as the sole vocalist and instrumentalist for this lush, lively electropop project with a sound comparable to Hot Chip and Junior Boys. Citing R&B as a major influence – particularly from Timbaland’s production and Aaliyah’s work from her “Try Again” era – he incorporates several noticeable traits of the genre, such as multilayered vocals and moody-sounding keyboard lines.  The result is a catchy, breezy sound throughout. It’s particularly present on tracks like “Okinawa Channels,” which mixes calm vocals, old-school electronic synth and smooth strings, as
well as the particularly circuitous synth-laden chillout of “Work.” “Base64 Love” stands out as well: it sounds like an alluring romantic ballad with very unconventional lyricism (“if you’re out tonight / I’m formatting my hard drive / into FA1832 / but maybe we could play with the… ca-bles…”) The whole album is an interesting, well-played take on the electropop genre to say the least. 
[Reviewer: Mark]

Black Dice Mr. Impossible
(Ribbon Music)
On the sixth full-length from this well-established Brooklyn experimental group, it really does sound like a natural progression from 2009’s Repo. Black Dice’s past efforts have evolved from violent art-punk to strangely soothing ambience to oddly danceable experimentation: here, they settle on more abstract arrangements of repeating patterns that work in several ways. For example, opener “Pinball Wizard” relies on two halves: a freaky 4-note downtempo buzz backed by spooky synth in the first, and a highly-kinetic drum that seriously gets the ball rolling (no pun intended) in the second. The energetic and colorful “Pigs” is easily the most accessible yet fun track: it sounds like a chopped-and-screwed mix of punk rock and rhythmic electronic weirdness. Also, the eight-minute-plus “Carnitas” interestingly manages to sound both sleepy and busy, with new, free-structured sounds popping up both gradually and unpredictably. Once again, Black Dice manage to craft fascinating, drugged-out dream worlds –I look forward to seeing how they’ll further evolve in the future. 
[Reviewer: Mark]
give-away, Live Music

Give-Away: Ceremony, Living Laser, The Suicide Dolls 6/13

Give-Away: 

Screaming Females 
(Screaming Females canceled due to illness – another band may be added?)
at The Space (Hamden, CT)
June 13th 7PM All Ages $10
(Tickets Available Here – Manic Productions Show)
What do you have to do to win a pair of tickets to this show?
Here’s a hint:
http://youtu.be/9fvu951up_0

So, just come into the store and show us your patented mosh move (don’t knock into anything or we’ll have to disqualify you >:|) and the first great move we see will get the passes (if you come in and half-ass it we’ll wait for the next person to come in and demonstrate their style.).