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21st Of January 2011 Update

21st of January 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Aethenor    “En Form For Bla”
Anderson, Marisa    “The Golden Hour”
Automelodi    “Automelodi”
Broken Bones    “Fuck You And All You Stand For!”
Carrier, The    “Blind To What Is Right”
Chrisma    “Chinese Restaurant (Re-Issue /500)”
Chrisma    “Hibernation (Re-Issue /500)”
Cleared    “Cleared”
Daughters Of The Sun    “Ghost With Chains”
Decemberists, The    “The King Is Dead (180 Gram + D/L)”
Deeep, The    “Muddy Tracks”
Ex, The    “Catch My Shoe”
Frank (Just Frank)    “The Brutal Wave”
Friedberger, Matt    “Napoleonette”
Funeral Pyre, The    “Vultures At Dawn”
Ghostface Killah     “Fishscale”
Ital    “Ital’s Theme”
Japanther    “Rock ‘N’ Roll Ice Cream”
Josefus    “Josefus (180 Gram Re-Issue)”
Kills    “Midnight Boom”
King Diamond    “Them”
Laurel Halo    “King Felix EP”
Led_Er_Est    “Dust On Common”
Lemuria    “Pebble”
Low Threat Profile    “Low Threat Profile”
Madlib    “Madlib Medicine Show #11 (Ltd. Ed. Screened Cover + Bonus 12″ Beats)”
Manley, Phil (Trans Am)    “Life Coach (+ D/L)”
Operation Ivy    “Unity:The Complete Collection”
Pearl Jam    “Live On Ten Legs”
Pist, The    “Live and Still Pist”
Queens Of The Stone Age     “Rated X”
Rage Against The Machine    “The Battle Of Los Angeles”
Sainte Catherines, The    “Fire Works”
Second Decay    “La Decadence Electronique (/500)”
Sigur Ros    “Von”
Skarhead    “Kickin’ It Oldschool”
Small Black    “EP”
Soundtrack    “The Wickerman: Original Soundtrack Album”
Stick To Your Guns    “The Hope Division””
Take Offense    “Tables Will Turn”
Thank You    “Golden Worry”
Tiny Tim    “Lost & Found 1963-1974”
Unearthly Trance / Suma    “Unearthly Trance / Suma”
Various Artists    “Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast Times & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979-1983”
Various Artists    “Ishilan N-Tenere: Guitar Music From The Western Sahel”
Various Artists    “Might Mike Lenaberg (Eccentric Soul Numero 011)”
White Fence    “Is Growing Faith”
Wright, Willie    “Telling The Truth (Numero 038)”
Xeno & Oaklander    “Vigils”
Xeno & Oaklander    “Sentinelle”

7″s
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Bodysnatchers
Buyer’s Remorse “A Thorough…”
Caravels
Gluttons
No Resistance / S.S.S.P.
Social Unrest “Songs For…”
Sun Ra “Not My Home (3×7″)”
Sworn In
Various Artists – Stones Throw Box Set (10×7″)

CDs
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Balam Acab “See Birds”
Decemberists “King Is Dead”
Electric Wizard “Black Masses”
Ex, The    “Catch My Shoe”
Ghost “Opus Eponymous”
Inquisition “Ominous Doctrines Of…”
Mitochondrian “Parasignosis”
Smith Westerns “Dye It Blonde”
Wire “Red Barked Tree”

Magazines
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ANP Quarterly V2 #5 (FREE)
Wire #324 February 2011
XLR8R #137 Jan/Feb 2011

CDs, compact discs, sale

Dollar Discs

DOLLAR DISCS! 
($1 CD Bins)
We have too many things for this small shop.  That’s really the only reason we’re doing this.  If we could hold onto back stock and not run out of room as quickly as we tend to then we’d surely hold out on these.  However, in this scenario, you win.  Sure, there is some stuff I am not sure why we have in the first place.

 There are also plenty of gems in here.  
The VSS (Feat. members of Angel Hair, The Red Sparowes, and a few more bands)
CT’s own Biartz (members of Call It Arson and a bunch of other bands in the area)
This band, Medication, is not the one from CT. I actually don’t know anything about this band, but I like the Medication from CT so I thought I’d mention it.
Members of Kungfu Rick went on to form HeWhoCorrupts.
And many more! (Use a big voice when reading that – go back and do it now if you need to.)

We’ve never done $1 CDs before and once these are gone who knows what we’ll do in the future (yes, the future).  Get ’em while they’re here.
Update

14th of January 2011 Update

14th of January 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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AntiProduct    “The Deafening Silence Of Grinding Gears”
Architecture In Helsinki    “Places Like This (180 Gram + D/L)”
Bassholes    “Archive Series – Vol. 7 … And Without A Name”
Bender, John    “Pop Surgery”
Black Sabbath    “Live At Hammersmith Odeon (/3000)”
Bloody Phoenix    “Death To Everyone”
British Sea Power    “Valhalla Dancehall (+ D/L)”
Broken Records    “Let Me Come Home (+ D/L)”
Cable    “Gutter Queen (Red Or Black Vinyl)”
Camera Obscura    “Horizons Of Suburbia”
Canadian Rifle    “Visibility Zero”
Caustic Christ    “Lycanthropy”
Davis, Melvin    “Detroit Soul Ambassador”
Deathly Fighter    “Completely Dusted”
Defecation    “Purity Dilution”
Disappears    “Guider”
Fall, The    “This Nation’s Saving Grace (Low Price Version)”
Forstella Ford / Life Detecting Coffins    “Life Detecting Coffins / Forstella Ford”
Gadget / Phobia    “Phobia / Gadget”
Gibson Bros.     “Build A Raft”
Hands Of Cain, The    “The Only Sound”
Hot Cross    “Fair Trades And Farewells (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)”
Hot Cross    “Risk Revival”
Iron Maiden    “Once Upon A Time: Recorded Live In Japan On Their 1981 Killer Tour”
Jack Sparrow    “Circadian P. 1”
Karate    “595”
KidCrash    “Snacks (Gatefold)”
Less Than Jake    “Greased”
Lisfrank    “Mask Rewind”
Love And Rockets    “Sorted! The Best Of Love And Rockets”
Macabre    “Human Monsters”
Nebula    “Peel Sessions [A BBC Recording]”
Oakeater / Mammifer    “Mammifer / Oakeater (Split 12″ /300)”
Pixies    “Wave Of Mutilation: Best Of Pixies”
Poeme Electronique    “The Echoes Fade (/500)”
Righteous Pigs    “Live And Learn”
Silicon Scientist, The    “Poly (LP) Bookmarks II (CD) (/500)”
Sigha    “Early Morning Lights”
Skit System    “Enkel Resa Till Rannstenen”
Slang    “Life Made Me Hardcore”
Smith, Elliott    “An Introduction To… (180 Gram + D/L)”
Sodom    “Agent Orange (Re-Release Incl. Bonus Tracks)”
Stranger Station    “Echoes In Infinity”
Toll, The    “The Toll”
Various Artists    “Funky Frauleins Vol. 2: Female Beat, Groove, Funk In Germany 1968-1981”
Various Artists    “Pop Ambient 2011 (Kompakt; +CD)”

10″s
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Floating Points Ensemble    “Post Suite / Almost In Profile”
Warhammer / Coffins    “Death By Metal”

7″s
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Agoraphobic Nosebleed “Glue That Binds”
Aus Rotten “F#ck Nazi Sympathy”
Backslider
Black September / Thou
Danzig “Who Killed Marilyn”
Desolation “Rest In Panic”
Ergs / Modern Machines “All The Hits”
Good Wife, The “The Good Wife”
Ice Nine “Nobody’s Son”
Lawrence Arms “Buttsweat & Tears”
Melt Banana “Initial T.”
Mixtapes / Direct Hit!
Mob 47 “Karvapen Attack”
Ramones “We Are Getting Out Of Here”
Rot Sh!t “Have You Scene Rot Sh!t”
Rot Sh!t “Your Welcome”
Shell Shock “Comics, Transformers, & Punk”
Unholy Grave “Charged CBGB”

CDs
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Cage, John “How To Get”
Death In June “The Phoenix Has Risen”
Fall, The “This Nation’s Saving Grace (3xCD Box Set)”
Freebass “It’s A Beautiful Life”
Gravewurm “Blood Of The Pentagram”
Manson, Charles “The Prison Tapes 85”
Sargeist “Let The Devil In”
Various Artists “The Anna Logue Years: 5th Anniversary Compilation [2005-2010]”
Various Artists “Chickens In Love: An Album To Benefit 826LA”
Various Artists    “Funky Frauleins Vol. 2: Female Beat, Groove, Funk In Germany 1968-1981”

Cassette
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Diet Cokeheads “Pro”

Magazines
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Hanging Like A Hex #18 (Cheap)

DVDs
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Black Metal: The Music Of Satan (Ltd. Ed.)
Slices #4-10 (FREE DVD ZINE)

Best Of, Rick

2010 At Length (Rick’s Favorite LPs)

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2010 at Length
(Rick’s Favorite LPs)
This is my list of favorite long players from 2010. As opposed to the EP list this one has some heavy hitters. There are also a few compilations on here. They are great comp’s and speak to the strength of the labels that released them and that had the insight to put such collections together. As I said last year, I will say again this year: there are still things that have come out in the past year that I’ve yet to hear or even fully digest. This represents how I feel right now and I have no doubt that a year from now I’ll still enjoy these.

Here are the LPs (Record, Download, Cassette and Compact Disc formats) that I’ve enjoyed the most from 2010 (alphabetical):

Black Breath “Heavy Breathing” (LORD114)

I don’t use the word “rips” pretty much ever if I’m not talking about something like paper or pants or some object actually ripping.  This album rips.  Gut wrenchin’, doom tinged, crusty hardcore lovin’ rockin’ metal.  It helped their case that Black Breath‘s set at Maryland Death Fest last year was one of my favorites. RIPS! 

The Body “All the Waters Of the Earth Turn To Blood” (AUM002 [LP], At A Loss [CD]) 

This 2-piece band has been around for a while (7 years?).  The first time I saw them was probably on a bill that our friend, Brian F. (Iron Hand), booked.  I’ve seen them countless times since.  They are an entirely crushing live band.  Walls of sound (literally – the amps are often stacked to the ceiling; picture Jamaican sound systems in halls and basements).  They’ve released a bunch of things (CDs, 7″s,…).  I even own a few of them.  They are good, but I honestly rarely revisit them.  This album sees The Body going all out.  There is a choir!  There’s chanting.  There’s lots of fun things.  It is huge.  Humongous.  This album will weigh on you in the best possible way.  It will release all of the oxygen from your lungs and drown you in its sound.  Full volume is not required, but I recommend it.  Slow, plodding, orchestrated suffocation.





Cccandy “Lonesome Berlin” (AV007 [LP Only])

 Cold wave minimal synth fuzz rock dance and chill tracks right out of Europe in the eighties.  Cccandy can keep me company in the darkest recesses.

Dead Fader “Corrupt My Examiner” (3BY3005 [CD Only])

 Label mate of Cloaks, Dead Fader is the PAL to their Winterkalte.  That is as good an analogy as I could possibly make and I realize it will be lost on many.  It’s distorto-beats on the 4×4 side of things.  There is syncopation and there are some off-time happenings, but mostly, these are distorted bangers.  Also brilliant motivation to do anything fast.

Hooded Menace “Never Cross The Dead” (DOOM031 [LP], PFL057 [CD])

 Look at this cover.  Brutal, right?  Br00tal, dewd!  I honestly don’t know how to write a review for this without being entirely corny.  This is the best straight up doom release this year (The Body isn’t straight up doom in my opinion so it steps to the side of that comment).  I wish I could’ve seen them already so I could comment on that, but I’ll hold out to the next Maryland Death Fest to see Hooded Menace (yes, I have my ticket).

The Present Moment “The High Road” (Self-Release [D/L], DSR010 [Ltd. CDr, Cassette])

This is the release I’ve hinted at that exists on this list as a download and breaks my rule about having to be a physical release to be on the year’s lists.  Yes, it came out as a very limited cassette and CDr, but I didn’t get either of those.  I listened to this through a digital player.  I listened to it a lot, in fact.  Before nabbing this off the internet (it’s up for a very respectable “pay what you want starting at zero” price here) I was pretty stuck on listening to early Ministry on repeat.  This picked up right where that left off.  It’s actually pretty varied.  There are angry loud industrial ragers and some synth-pop sensible mood tracks and variables in between.  I’ve caught wind of some more physical releases from this project coming down the line – keep your eyes (and ears) out. 

Salem “King Night” (IAM042)

 You’ve at least heard of this.  It’s gotten praise and it’s gotten panned.  These miscreants make music influenced by the music they grew up loving.  Screwed (and not really chopped), for sure.  Down-tempo hip-hop worshipping adventurous electronics.  This is the band that inspired a bevy of clones under the “witch house” guise (one they don’t really ascribe to).  Salem make inspired music.

Umberto “From The Grave” (PERM012 [LP], SM004 [Cassette & CDr]) & “Prophecy Of The Black Widow” (NNF212 [LP], SM020 [Cassette])

 Umberto is Matt Hill (also associated with Expo70).  With this project he explores the world of the giallo soundtrack; the world of Goblin (see: Gatekeeper summaries from my favorite EPs of 2010).  This is just really well done Italian Horror Disco.  These were both released in 2010 and are both worth revelling in. Revel.

Various Artists “Bangs & Works Vol. 1” (ZIQ290)

Juke! If you were to tell me you were into footwork tracks long before Planet Mu put out this compilation I would have a hard time believing you (there are a few people I know that might be exceptions).  Planet Mu put out a few juke 12″s and a full length (by DJ Nate) this past year (in fact, if this comp. didn’t come out I very likely would have put that DJ Nate album on this list).  When I heard this it was similar to the first time I heard a punk song as a kid.  “Where has this been all these years and how can I hear more?”  “Bangs & Works” gave me that answer I was looking for.

Various Artists “Future Bass” (SJR234)

It’s 2011.  We’re now fully engulfed the Information Age.  Things move at the speed of those tubes called the internet (that is a joke-like way of saying it, yes).  Musical movements come on in the blink of an eye (witch house) and can leave in that same blink.  Dubstep begot funky and wonky and whatever else myriad other micro-genres.  Frankly, I still just put it all under the simple dubstep umbrella still.  There’s a million types of metal too, but it’s all metal.  So, why not call all these things dubstep.  I do.  Soul Jazz just calls it Future Bass.  Actually, they call this compilation “Future Bass.”  That side-steps the issue completely.  Bravo.  Let’s just mash out on the dance floor of the future.

Various Artists “Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa” (HJR052)

 Remember what I said about footwork tracks and if you said you’d been a fan for a while?  Well, that goes tenfold for some Shangaan electro.  A huge thank you to Honest Jon’s Records for bringing these hyped up afro-beats with some fun production to my ears.  Thanks for inspiring many fun nights of dancing without inhibition with a few friends.  (Also notable: Father Manganyi “Ndzi Teke Riendzo” – a singular approach to Shangaan electro by a pastor on the more mellow side.)

That’s that for my favorites of last year.  And if you’re curious about the availability of any of these at the shop, please do ask.