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12th Of April 2013 Update / We’re 6 Years Old Today!

12th Of April 2013 Update / We’re 6 Years Old Today!
at Redscroll Records

 


 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! We are 6 years old today. We opened our doors on April 12, 2007 and it has been pretty incredible to see what this store has become with all of your support. So, thank you and we’ll continue to keep pushing to be better each year than we were the year before (or today better than yesterday even).
Nate Even Made Us Some Birthday Cards!

[The party in question is the ongoing party that is our store! So, you know, not formal and only occasionally raucous.]

LPs & 12″s
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76% Uncertain    “Hunka Hunka Burnin Log” (1989 Still In Shrink Wrap)
Alt-J    “An Awesome Wave” (+ D/L)
Atheist    “Jupiter” (Picture Disc)
Black Flag    “The Process Of Weeding Out”
Blake, James    “Overgrown” (2LP 180 Gram Gatefold)
Bradley, Charles    “Victim Of Love” (+ D/L)
Brigman, George    “Jungle Rot” (Punk Blues Baltimore 1975)
C.I.A.    “God, Guts, Guns And More”
Can    “Horrortrip In The Paperhouse” (Unofficial)
Captain Beefheart    “Bat Chain Puller” (Unofficial)
Clash, The    “Ties On The Line” (Unofficial)
Colomach    “Colomach” (/500 + D/L)
Crass    “Stations Of The Crass” (2LP)
Damned, The    “… At The BBC” (Unofficial)
Dangerous Boys Club (DBC)    “Pris” (+ D/L)
Dawes    “Stories Don’t End” (+ D/L)
Disco Doubles    “Demons (Darshan Jesrani Mixes)”
Django Unchained    “Django Unchained Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (Blood Splattered 180 Gram Vinyl 2LP Gatefold)
Dresden    “Too Many Skeletons” (1986 Still In Shrink Wrap)
Dutch Uncles    “Out Of Touch In The Wild” (+ D/L)
Early Graves    “Red Horse” (+ D/L)
Eno, Brian    “The BBC Sessions” (Unofficial)
Ensemble Skalectrik    “Trainwrekz”
Ethiopians, The    “Freedom Train”
Evol    “Proper Head”
Flaming Lips, The    “The Terror” (2LP Gatefold)
Gammelsaeter, Runhild    “Amplicon” (Singer Of Thorr’s Hammer; Clear Record With Perforated Center Hole You Must Punch With Your Turntable Spindle – Well That’s What The Release Suggests Anyhow)
Ghost B.C.    “Infestissumam” (Red Vinyl + D/L)
Ghostface Killah    “Adrian Younge Presents Twelve Reasons To Die”
Ghostface Killah    “Adrian Younge Presentano Dodici Ragioni Per Morire (Strumentale) ” (Instrumentals)
Havok    “Time Is Up” (Numbered/1000)
Hiss Golden Messenger    “Haw” (+ D/L)
Iron & Wine    “Ghost On Ghost” (+ CD)
J Dilla    “Anthem / Trucks” (Clear Vinyl)
King Of Dub     “King Of Dub”
Lansing-Dreiden    “The Dividing Island” (Numbered/500)
Latest, The    “The Latest” (Screened Fold Over Cover)
Masked Intruder    “Masked Intruder” (+ D/L)
Meek, Joe (Producing Various Artists)    “From Beyond The Grave” (Unofficial)
Milk Music    “Cruise Your Illusion”
Minutemen    “Project: Mersh”
Mmoss    “Only Children”
Mudhoney    “Vanishing Point” (+ D/L)
Os Mutantes    “The Sixth Finger: Singles, Rarities And Outakes 1965.1968”
Punch Brothers    “Ahoy!” (10″)
Replacements, The    “Songs For Slim”
Seizure    “Seriously Delirious” (1990 Still In Shrink Wrap)
Smaldone, Micah Blue    “The Ring Of The Rise”
Smiths, The    “Panic!” (Unofficial)
Spiegel, Laurie    “The Expanding Universe”
Tenacious D    “Tenacious D: 12th Anniversary Edition” (180 Gram 2LP Gatefold + D/L With Bonus Track)
Thrice    “Anthology” (Box Set 4LP)
U Roy    “Hold On Rasta”
Various    “Music For Dancefloors: The KPM Music Library” (2LP Gatefold + 2CD)
Various    “Gasatanka / Flipside Records Presents, Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Number 3” (Still In Shrink Wrap)
Velvet Underground, The    “Prominent Men” (Unofficial)
Viking Moses!    “The Parts That Showed”
Violent Femmes    “Good Ideas” (Unofficial)
Violet Vil    “Lapidas Y Cocoteros” (Pink/Black Vinyl + D/L)
Ware, Jessi    “Devotion”
White Fang    “High Expectations”
White Fence    “Cyclops Reap / Pink Gorilla”
Young Statues    “Age Isn’t Ours” (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)

Electronic/Dance LPs & 12″s 
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Advent, The    “The Advent ‘D Sector’ EP”
Altarboy    “Anyone But You”
Analogue Cops, The    “Heavy Hands” (2LP)
Bonobo    “The North Borders.” (+ D/L)
Commanchee’s Revenge    “Tetrahedron”
Darondo Featuring Tall Black Guy & Dandy Teru    “I Don’t Want To Leave / Untrue”
Deadboy    “Blaquewerk”
DMX Krew    “Broken SD140 Part II”
Emptyset    “Material”
Graciela Maria    “Olvido”
Headless Ghost    “Frontend EP”
Kahn    “Kahn” (2×12″)
Kanji Kinetic & Company    “Assimilate”
Kolortown    “Sound Is Coming Part III”
Lapalux    “Nostalchic” (2LP 180 Gram + D/L)
Lewis, Alexander    “A Luminous Veil”
Lost Trax    “Hidden Agenda”
LX One & Youngsta    “Responsibility / No Cure”
Miles    “Faint Hearted”
OliverWho Factory, The    “You Just Don’t Know”
Omar S    “Triangulam Australe”
Pittsburgh Track Authority    “Pittsburgh Track Authority” (Rotating Souls)
Recondite    “EC10”
Romare    “Love Songs: Part One”
Sweatson Klank    “You, Me, Temporary”
Swindle    “Airmiles”
Various    “Reworks” (Redose-1; Morphine Records 2012)

7″s
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Cave, Nick And The Bad Seeds    “The Ballad Of Robert Moore And Betty Coltrane” (/300)
Cold Cave    “Oceans With No End” (Couple Different Variations Of Blue Colors)
FilosofischeStilte    “Poly EP” (Numbered /200)
Grabbies    “Shut Up & Learn Live”
Jackson, Wanda    “Funnel Of Love / Whirlpool”
Nirvana    “… And The Rest-BBC Sessions”
Strokes, The    “All The Time”
Tall Black Guy    “Mini Therapy Chops”

CDs
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Baker, Aidan    “Already Drowning”
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club    “Specter At The Feast”
Flaming Lips, The    “The Terror”
Ghost B.C.    “Infestissumam” (Deluxe Jewel Case Edition)
Ghost B.C.    “Infestissumam” (Regular Digipak Case Edition)
Merzbow    “Takahe Collage” (Long Case)
Seven Sisters Of Sleep    “Opium Morals”
Shadetek, Matt    “The Empire Never Ended”
Three Loco    “!Three Loco!”
Ultrademon    “Seapunk”
Wolf Eyes    “No Answer-Lower Floors”

Cassette Tapes
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Dattilo, Joe    “Silence… With Noise”
Shot In The Head    “Demo”
Terminator 2    “Terminator 2” (Band Is Named T2; This  Has No Affiliation With The Movie)

Reviews
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Ape School Junior Violence 
(Hometapes)
A well-known figure in Philadelphia’s music scene, Michael Johnson uses his second full-length to expand on the late-80s/early-90s neo-psychedelia sound, which included bands like Mercury Rev and The Boo Radleys. He uses a rotating lineup of musicians to build up a wall of melodic synth, with the resulting songs drawing elements from genres such as psychedelic rock, alt-rock and New Wave. In addition to sunny risers such as opener “A New Low! It Sucks Itself!” and “Cocaine & Guns ASAP,” the comfortably cool 80s-flashback songs are my personal favorites. The drifting ambient dream “Beneficiary (Don’t Blame Me)” and richly radiant memory “Weak in the Teeth” made me feel the most at home, almost like I was reliving an era I was too young to remember.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Efterklang Piramida

(4AD)
To get inspiration for their fourth album, this Danish indie-rock group spent nine days at an unexpected location: the former Russian coal mining community of Pyramiden, located on Norway’s northernmost archipelago and active for most of the 20th century. They captured over a thousand field recordings there, which they later expertly interspersed with instruments such as synth, piano and brass to create a subdued but very emotion-rich, moody sound. Right from the start of the haunting opener “Hollow Mountain” is an ancient-sounding melody created by lightly tapping a huge, hollow metal cylinder found on the settlement, soon joined by a mournfully angelic dirge, Casper Clausen’s far-reaching baritone, and synth and brass to complete the feeling. The lost-love lament “Apples” continues with a more dramatic, personal direction, telling someone to “run away” to be forgotten. One particular surprise is “Between The Walls,” starting out electronic as elegant-sounding glitch and swelling into a grand synth/brass ensemble.
[Reviewer: Mark]

The Story So Far What You Don’t See

(Pure Noise)
On their sophomore release, The Story So far have progressed their musical ability and sound as a band. What You Don’t See is a logical progression musically from their previous release, which is a breathe of fresh air for listeners who feel like bands change their sound too much between albums. This record is an honest confession by vocalist Parker Cannon and how he feels. Unlike many bands in the pop punk genre who sing about generic break-ups and skateboarding, The Story So Far provide a genuine and personal feel about how it feels to be in a band at their level of success, while also singing about love and loss that listeners can relate to. The Story So Far are swiftly rising in popularity in this new wave of pop punk bands including The Wonder Years and Man Overboard. After the release of their previous album, Under Soil & Dirt, this band has blown up in this scene and listening to their sophomore album it is easy to tell that this is not a fluke.
Suggested Tracks: Stiffled, Right Here, Empty Space, All Wrong
[Reviewer: Nate]

As ever, if you’re viewing from a non-drivable distance please check what we have for sale (these titles and more) at http://www.discogs.com/seller/Redscroll.

5th of April 2013 Update

5th of April 2013 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

 


LPs & 12″s
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100 Flowers    “100 Flowers” (Debut LP By The Band AKA The Urinals + D/L)
Beatles, The    “The Decca Tapes” (LP + CD)
Bestial Mouths / Deathday    “Bestial Mouths / Deathday” (+ D/L)
Birkin, Jane & Serge Gainsbourg    “Je T’Aime… Moi Non Plus” (Gatefold)
British Sea Power    “Machineries Of Joy”
Calder, Alex    “Time” (+ D/L)
Caravels    “Lacuna” (Gatefold)
Carpenter, John    “Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers” (Distributor’s Warehouse Find!)
Catholic Spray    “Earth Slime” (+ D/L)
Church Whip    “Psychedelic Nightmare”
Classixx    “Holding On”
Cold War Kids    “Dear Miss Lonelyhearts” (+ D/L)
Cough / Windhand    “Reflection Of The Negative”
Cyclist, The    “Bones In Motion” (2LP + D/L)
Daega Sound    “State”
Dehnert, Mike    “Roulement EP” (Purple)
Demonologists / Gnaw Their Tongues    “Demonologists / Gnaw Their Tongues”
Descendents    “Somery”
Dusky    “Henry 85 EP”
Ensemble Pearl    “(Ensemble Pearl)” (Stephen O’Malley, Atsuo, Michio Kurihara, William Herzog)
Feeling Of Love, The    “Reward Your Grace” (+ D/L)
Fidlar    “Fidlar” (+ D/L)
Fixmer, Terence    “Psychik EP”
Folkeiis    “Hate Rebel Blood Stain”
Ghxst    “EvilWickedDesire” (+ D/L)
Graf Orlock / Greyskull    “Graf Orlock / Greyskull”
Grave Babies    “Crusher” (+ D/L)
Great American Ghost    “Great American Ghost”
Greaves, Justin    “The Devil’s Business” (Soundtrack, Movie Directed By Sean Hogan)
Hard Skin    “On The Balls”
Hard Skin    “Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear”
Harvey, PJ    “Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea” (Fan Club Edition)
Heterotic    “Love & Devotion” (+ D/L)
Hierophant    “Great Mother: Holy Monster”
Howarth, Alan    “Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers” (Distributor’s Warehouse Find!)
Hundredth    “Revolt”
In Camera    “IV Songs + II”
Jewels Of The Nile    “Pleasure” (+ D/L)
Jonsi    “Go” (Jonsi Of Sigur Ros; + D/L)
Knife, The    “Shaking The Habitual” (3LP 180 Gram + 2 Artwork Posters + CD)
Lansing -Dreiden    “The Incomplete Triangle” (Ltd. Ed. Numbered /500 + D/L)
Lansing -Dreiden    “A Sectioned Beam” (Ltd. Ed. Numbered /500 + D/L)
Liminanas, The    “Crystal Anis”
Mann, Chico    “Same Old Clown (Ft. Kendra Morris)”
Mass    “Labour Of Love”
Merchandise    “Totale Nite”
Minerva, Maria    “Bless”
Modern Life Is War    “My Love. My Way.” (Clear Red)
Mohammad    “Som Sakrifis”
My Gold Mask    “Leave Me Midnight”
No Joy    “Wait To Pleasure” (Ltd. Ed. /2,000 + D/L)
O13    “Time Wave Zero” (+ D/L)
Phosphor    “Youth & Immortality” (+ D/L)
Postal Service, The    “Give Up” (3LP Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition Remastered + 15 Bonus Tracks, 2 Brand New Songs + D/L)
Powell    “Untitled” (Black Label; RAVE002)
Present Moment, The    “The High Road” (Picture Disc)
Present Moment, The    “Loyal To A Fault”
Schwarz, Henrik    “Take Words In Return (Remix)”
Seven Sisters Of Sleep    “Opium Morals” (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)
Sharpe, Edward & The Magnetic Zeros    “Up From Below” (2LP Gatefold)
Shrine, The    “Primitive Blast” (+ D/L)
Silver Jews    “Starlite Walker”
Sleeparchive    “A Man Dies In The Street Pt. 1”
Solyst    “Lead” (LP + CD)
Swingin’ Utters    “Poorly Formed”
Sword, The    “Apocryphon” (/100 On Pink 2LP + CD)
Tense (//Tense//)    “Memory”
Treasure Fleet    “Future Ways”
Tresors    “Pleine Lune” (2LP + D/L)
Trinity    “20 In” (2LP Blue & Green Vinyl + D/L)
Tyler, The Creator    “Goblin” (2LP Gatefold)
U.S. Girls    “G.E.M.” (+ D/L)
Universe People    “Go To The Sun” (45 RPM; Jo Claxton, Kellie Payne, Dave Ramm)
Various    “Four Old Seven Inches On A Twelve Inch” (Teen Idles / State Of Alert / Government Issue / Youth Brigade)
Various    “London Is The Place For Me 5: Latin, Jazz, Calypso & High Life From Young Black London” (2LP Gatefold)
Various    “London Is The Place For Me 6: Mento, Calypso, Jazz & High Life From Young Black London” (2LP Gatefold)
Velvet Elvis    “In Deep Time” (+ D/L)
Vile, Kurt    “Wakin On A Pretty Daze” (2LP Gatefold + D/L Regular Edition)
Vile, Kurt    “Wakin On A Pretty Daze” (2LP Gatefold + D/L Deluxe Edition Numbered, Blue Vinyl + Espo Stickers!)
Voivod    “Target Earth” (2LP 180 Gram Gatefold)
Von Oswald Trio, Moritz    “Fetch” (2LP Gatefold)
Xander Harris    “Snow Crash” (Purple Vinyl)
Yellow Swans    “At All Ends”

10″s
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DJ Format    “Spaceship Earth / Terror”
Mukunguni    “New Recordings From Coast Province, Kenya” (2×10″ + CD)
Oxygen    “Gone Diggin'”
Tense (//Tense//)    “Consume”

7″s
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Barren Girls    “Hell Hymns”
Cisneros, Al     “Teresa Of Avila / Levitation Dub” (OM)
Cohen, Leonard    “The Future / Suzanne”
Emperor Zero    “Mental Health Café / Hispaniola”
Guided By Voices    “Xeno Pariah” (Ltd. /1000 + D/L)
Livids    “(Some Of Us Have) Adrenalized Hearts”
Neon Piss    “Close The Door / Burn”
Nice, Paul / Masta Ace    “BK We Don’t Play”
Pleasure Leftists    “Pleasure Leftists”
Shrine, The    “Olympic Airstream / Mirror Fits Like A Glove”
Shrine, The    “Napalm + Hellride”
Time The Mute / Old Phoebe    “Kingfisher Bluez Christmas Single 2012” (/250)
Touche Amore / The Casket Lottery    “Touche Amore / The Casket Lottery ” (Color Vinyl; Crafty Packaging)
Vampire Weekend    “Diane Young / Step
Various    “Wake Up Dead Volume One” (Curmudgeon, Sex Prisoner, The Repos…)
Xiu Xiu    “Quagga / Thylacine” (/300)
Young Widows / Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy     “Young Widows Split Series 1 Of 4”
Young Widows / Melt-Banana    “Young Widows Split Series 2 Of 4”
Young Widows / My Disco    “Young Widows Split Series 4 Of 4”
Zen Mystery Fogg    “Raccoon / Detour” (/250)

CDs
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Bebey, Francis    “African Electronic Music 1975-1982”
Blake, James    “Overgrown”
Evil Conduct    “Working Class Anthems”
Heterotic    “Love & Devotion”
Knife, The    “Shaking The Habitual” (2CD Edition + Expanded Packaging + Additional Artwork On 2 Posters)
Milk Music    “Cruise Your Illusion”
Tense (//Tense//)    “Memory”
Vile, Kurt    “Wakin On A Pretty Daze”
Virgins, The    “The Virgins”
Xander Harris    “The New Dark Age Of Love”



Cassette Tapes
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April In The Orange    “In The Mirror Under The Moon” (/100; C-42)
Creation VI    “Pantheophania” (/100; C29)
Lefterna    “Not Here (if anywhere)/ Degredation-Obsession” (/100; C-40)
M. Geddes Gengras    “Re-Vision” (/100; C-35)
Rambutan    “Typhoon Shapes” (/100; C-37)

Reviews
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Nate Hall A Great River

(Neurot)
This solo debut serves as a bit of a departure from the psych rock/sludge metal hybrid that Hall sings and plays in the North Carolina-based band U.S. Christmas. It’s not a complete change, though, as he focuses on a stripped-down version the expansive folk-rock that he also showcases with the band. Both intimate acoustic and soaring electric guitars play roles in the grandeur of his rustic soundscapes, with opener “The Earth In One Cell” serving as a great example. His dark, introspective lyrics focus primarily on nature metaphor-fueled life observations, including the emotions experienced as a musician wandering the world (“Raw Chords”) Tracks 4 and 8 demonstrate the most dramatic comparison with two versions of an instrumental called “Night Theme;” a pensive, somber acoustic one and a druggy, dream-like electric one.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Peace The World Is Too Much With Us

(Suicide Squeeze)
On their sophomore record, this Vancouver post-punk band sounds focused and energetic amidst Dan Geddes’ yearning, spoke-sung vocals, similar to The Fall. It kicks off with the very sunny-sounding “Your Hand in Mine,” fueled by upbeat drumming and triumphant, satisfied delivery of the song’s title. The other songs share the same tireless, enthusiastic flow, such as “The Perp Walk,” sung in a cool-sounding, detached way (I’ve lived all my life / now it’s gone…”) The bass plays a noticeably heavy role toward the end, particularly when it sets the foundation for the noisily epic “Winterhouse” and very sinister, rising-like-smoke “Free Time.” Another standout – “Black Cocaine” – features vocals that sound particularly close to an old-school post-punk revival, even when they consist of little more than the title repeated.
[Reviewer: Mark]

As ever, if you’re viewing from a non-drivable distance please check what we have for sale (these titles and more) at http://www.discogs.com/seller/Redscroll.

29th of March 2013 Update

29th of March 2013 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

We will be closed for Easter Sunday – March 31st, 2013.  
Easter Sunday will also be the last day to enter our contest. We’re giving away four $50 Gift Certificates. Details here: 6th Anniversary And Record Store Day Sale Contest

LPs & 12″s
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Agnostic Front    “Victim In Pain” (Clear Vinyl)
Akitsa / Ash Pool    “Ripped From Death, Forced To Live, And Die Again”
Alkaline Trio    “My Shame Is True” (+ CD)
Ancestors    “III”
Beach House    “Beach House”
Besnard Lakes, The    “Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO” (+ D/L)
Big Star    “3rd” (180 Gram)
Birds In Row    “You, Me & The Violence” (+ D/L)
Black Angels, The    “Indigo Meadow” (180 Gram Gatefold + D/L + 20 Page Booklet)
Bleached    “Ride Your Heart” (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl + D/L)
BonaDish    “The Zaragoza Tapes: 1981-1982” (+ D/L)
Bowie, David    “The Next Day” (2LP Gatefold 180 Gram + CD)
Crimson Glory     “Strange And Beautiful” (Sealed Finds)
Dark Sky    “Confunktion / Double U”
Death Cab For Cutie    “Plans” (180 Gram 2LP)
Deceased    “Supernatural Addiction” (Gatefold)
Deltron 3030    “Deltron 3030” (2LP)
Denouncement Pyre    “Almighty Arcanum” (Gatefold)
DJ Koze    “Amygdala” (2LP Gatefold + 7″ + D/L)
DJ Koze    “La Duquesa / Burn With Me”
Dusky    “Nobody Else EP”
Earth (Pre-Black Sabbath) / Flying Hat Band    “Earth / Flying Hat Band – Coming Of The Heavy Lords”
Edwards, Winston & Blackbeard    “Dub Conference: Winston Edwards & Blackbeard At 10 Downing Street”
Eno, Brian    “Discreet Music” (Unofficial)
Factory Floor    “Remix Volume 1”
Fay, Bill    “Bill Fay” (180 Gram)
Fitzgerald, George    “Child Remixes EP”
Foster, Sylvi    “If Are You…”
Foundation    “Hang Your Head” (+ D/L)
Futurisk    “Lonely Streets”
Gun Outfit    “Hard Coming Down”
Hawkwind    “Leave No Star Unturned” (Live Ltd. Ed. 180 Gram 2LP Gatefold)
Heavy Breath    “The E.P.s” (Red/Clear)
Hendrix, Jimi    “People, Hell And Angels” (The Authorized Hendrix Family Edition)
Howlin’ Wolf    “Message To The Young”
Implodes    “Recurring Dream”
In Flagranti    “Best Of Dissimilated By-Products 2011-2012”
Integrity    “Thee Destroyer” (Pre-Order Version With Patch, Sticker And CD)
Integrity 2000    “Integrity 2000”
Iron Lung    “White Slave Test” (2LP Gatefold + D/L)
Iron Reagan    “Worse Than Dead” (Ltd. Ed. Color)
Kavinsky    “Teddy-Boy EP” (Includes Testarossa)
Kavinsky    “1986”
Kopp, Hermann    “Nekronology: Music From Jork Buttgereit’s Nekromantik, Nekromantik 2, And Der Todesking” (Soundtrack)
Krystal Klear    “Addiction Feat. Jenna G”
Living Eyes    “Who Will Remain?” (White Vinyl + D/L First Press)
Martin, Daphne Lee    “Moxie”
Master    “Master”
Moff, Jar    “Commercial Mouth”
Morrissey    “Live At Wolverhampton 1988” (First Solo Concert Recording; Unofficial)
My Bloody Valentine    “MBV” (Gatefold)
New Order    “Peel Sessions” (Unofficial)
NightBitch    “Chainmaker” (Numbered /250 Single Sided 12″ EP)
Orchid    “Chaos Is Me”
Pillowfight    “Pillowfight” (Dan The Automator And Emily Wells)
Pop Group, The    “Don’t Sell Your Dreams” (2LP Fan Club Edition)
Ringworm    “Justice Replaced By Revenge” (RSD 2012 Ltd. Ed. Color)
S.A.M.     “Nangijala / Nangilima”
Sightings    “Terribly Well” (+ D/L)
Smoking Popes    “Born To Quit” (+ D/L)
Suffocation    “Pinnacle Of Bedlam” (Ltd. Ed. Gatefold Orange/Black Splatter Vinyl)
Transit    “Young New England” (Ltd. Ed. First Pressing On Colored Vinyl + CD)
Various    “Psych Funk 101 World Psychedelic Funk Classics” (Gatefold 2LP)
Various    “Spiritual Jazz Volume 4: Americans In Europe” (3LP Gatefold + D/L)
Veruca Salt    “Resolver”
Walker, Scott    “2” (180 Gram)
Walker, Scott    “3” (180 Gram Gatefold)
Yelle    “L’Amour Parfait”

10″s
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ACxDC / Sex Prisoner / Magnum Force    “Antichrist Demoncore / Magnum Force / Sex Prisoner Split 10″”
Anselmo, Philip H. & The Illegals / Warbeast    “War Of The Gargantuas”
Covered In Sand    “Heaven’s Gate” (10″ + 7″)
Death In June    “Peaceful Snow” (2×10″ Picture Disc Vinyl)
Death In June    “The Snow Bunker Tapes” (2×10″ Picture Disc VinyL)
Death In June    “The Snow Bunker Tapes” (2×10″ Clear VinyL)
J Dilla    “The Lost Scrolls Vol. 1”
Lowtec    “Port Carbon” (2×10″)
Of The Wand And The Moon    “Live At The Lodge Of Imploded Love”
Oram, Daphne / Dissevelt, Tom    “Electronic Sound Patterns / Electronic Movements”
Pulse Code Modulation    “Hagakure”
Sovereign    “Rehersal 1995” (/500)
Various    “Drumbreaks: Original Break Beats”
Wareika Hill Sounds    “No More War EP”

7″s
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Audacity    “Finders Keepers” (+ D/L)
Death Camp    “Teenage Nightmare EP”
Hesitation Wounds    “Hesitation Wounds” (+ D/L Oxblood Vinyl First Press)
Hierophant    “Son Of The Carcinoma” (White Vinyl)
Notations, The    “That Girl / This Time I’m For Real”
Raw Nerve    “Every Problem Solved” (Big Hole 45, White Vinyl, Deluxe Booklet And Heavy Weight Jacket)
Signs Of The Time    “Hurts So Bad / I Think Of You”
Stereo Total    “We Don’t Wanna Dance / Pixelize Me”
Trauma    “10 Song EP”
White Woods    “Big Talking / Corner Town” (+ D/L Ltd. Ed. /500)
Wild Child    “WC – Wild Child”

CDs
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Black Angels, The    “Indigo Meadow” (+ 20 Page Booklet)
Clutch    “Earth Rocker”
Eyehategod    “In The Name Of Suffering”
Fake Babies    “Fake Babies”
Grimes    “Halfaxa” (Digipak)
Iron Lung    “White Slave Test” (2CD)
KEN Mode    “Entrench”
Martin, Daphne Lee    “Moxie”
Reign Supreme    “Sky Burial”

Reviews
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U.S. Girls GEM

(FatCat)
Despite this glitzy glam-pop project’s plural, American-sounding name, Toronto-born Meghan Remy is essentially the sole member, taking command with her striking, high-pitched singing voice. On her fourth album, she clearly demonstrates her interest in the music of both indie rock and girl groups, creating what sounds like a curious re-imagining of the emotions experienced while living the high life. The sound mostly has a somewhat dark aura throughout, kicking off with the cavernous, synth-driven “Another Color,” showcasing her loud, emotional and echoed voice. The driving, ever-bedazzled “Work From Home” is a unique standout in its memorable simplicity; after it ends, it jumps into a cover of Brock Robinson’s “Jack,” which is likely the most cool-flowing, head-bobbing song about Jack the Ripper to exist. Remy shows her versatility by tackling country-rock as well, successfully putting an interesting spin on Billy Joe Royal’s “Down In The Boondocks.”
[Reviewer: Mark]

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22nd Of March 2013 Update

22nd Of March 2013 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records


 

LPs & 12″s
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Abhorer    “Upheaval Of Blasphemy” (Picture Disc + Poster + Booklet Zine)
Abhorer    “Zygotical Sabbatory Anabapt” (Picture Disc)
Beat Happening    “Beat Happening”
Belzebong    “Sonic Scapes & Weedy Grooves”
Black Bug    “Reflecting The Light”
Black Deer    “Trail Of Tears”
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club    “Specter At The Feast” (2LP Gatefold)
Body, The    “The Body (Eponymous)” (180 Gram)
Califone    “Heron King Blves”
Chrome    “Half Machine Lip Moves”
Cold War Kids    “Dear Miss Lonelyhearts” (White Sleeve Stamped And Handnumbered /500)
Cooper, Alice    “Asesino” (Fan Club Edition)
Dazzle    “In The Disco / Play It / Explain”
Deathpile    “G.R.” (Green Vinyl)
Depeche Mode    “Heaven” (Single)
Depeche Mode    “Delta Machine” (Gatefold 2LP + D/L)
Dur-Dur Band    “Volume 5” (+ D/L)
Eleh    “Homage” (3LP Box Set)
Fashawn    “Boy Meets World” (2LP Produced By Exile)
Fashawn    “Champagne & Styrofoam Cups” (2LP)
Fol Chen    “The False Alarms” (+ D/L)
Gardner, Jacco    “Cabinet Of Curiosities” (+ D/L)
Horro Vacui    “In Darkness You Will Feel Alright”
Hot Snakes    “Suicide Invoice”
How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck If A Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood?    “How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck If A Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood?”
Hum    “You’d Prefer An Astronaut”
Inter Arma    “Sky Burial” (Gatefold 2LP)
Iron Mind    “Hell Split Wide Open” (Mint Green Vinyl Gatefold)
Iron Reagan    “Demo 2012”  (Green /1500)
Isengrind    “The Snowbringer Cult” (+ D/L 1/4 LP Set)
Jerusalem In My Heart    “Mo7it Al-Mo7it”
Kent, Julia    “Character” (Ex-Rasputina, Antony And The Johnsons; Ltd. Ed. + CD)
Kilt    “Santa Muerte” (+ D/L)
Kirkegaard, Jacob    “Conversion”
K-X-P (KXP)    “Easy EP”
K-X-P (KXP)    “II” (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)
Lust For Youth    “Saluting Rome”
Mercyful Fate    “Mercyful Fate (Nuns Have No Fun)” (Fan Club Edition)
Movie Star Junkies    “Son Of The Dust” (+ CD)
Mushy    “Breathless”
Nadja    “Dagdrom”
Nails    “Abandon All Life”
Natural Snow Buildings    “The Snowbringer Cult” (2LP Gatefold + D/L 3/4 LP Set)
Night Sins    “New Grave”
Nordreich    “Verschlungene Pfade”
Oh Sees, Thee    “Sucks Blood”
Okkervil River    “The Stage Names” (+ D/L)
Om    “Advaitic Dubplate” (Two Dubplates By Alpha & Omega)
Pentagram    “If The Winds Would Change” (Clear Vinyl – First Come First Serve On This; Probably Won’t Be Able To Restock)
Phosphorescent    “Muchacho” (+ D/L)
Pierre, L.     “The Island Come True By L. Pierre” (Ltd. 2LP + D/L)
Pioulard, Benoit    “Hymnal”
Possessed / Desecration    “The Martyr’s Wake / Cowboys In Bondage” (Picture Disc)
Prince Paul    “Psychoanalysis: What Is It?” (2LP)
Prostitutes    “Crushed Interior”
Protomartyr    “No Passion All Technique” (+ D/L)
Purling Hiss    “Water On Mars”
Raconteurs, The    “Broken Boy Soldiers”
Ramones    “Ramones” (180 Gram)
Raspberry Bulbs    “Finally Burst / Lone Gunman”
Russian Tsarlag    “Liquid Nails”
Sarcofagus    “Live In Studio 1979” (Gatefold)
Scorpion Violente    “The Rapist”
Stone Breath    “Spear Of Flame, Horse Of Air”
Strokes, The    “Comedown Machine” (180 Gram + D/L)
Swans    “My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky” (+ D/L)
TwinSisterMoon    “The Snowbringer Cult” (+ D/L 2/4 LP Set)
Various    “All The Breaks Vol. 3 (100 Breaks)”
Various    “The RZA Presents: Shaolin Soul Selection Volume 1 – Legendary Soul From The Vaults Of Stax Records That Inspired The Classic Sound Of The Wu-Tang Clan”
Various    “Screen Themes: Original Soundtracks And Themes”
Violence Conjugale    “Violance Conjugale”
Wavves    “Afraid Of Heights” (+ CD)
White Hex    “Heat”
Wild Belle    “Isles” (+ CD)

Electronic/Dance LPs & 12″s
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65D Mavericks, The    “Estrangement Of The Past” (Clear Vinyl)
Aim    “Flight 602” (2LP)
Amit    “Acid Trip / Don’t Forget Your Roots (Feat. Rani)”
Antigone    “Forbidden Galaxy EP”
Bambounou    “Full Of Feelings”
Bernadi, Marco    “Tryptych ’76”
Bottin & Rodion    “One For All” (Blue Splash Vinyl)
Burial / Four Tet    “Nova”
Cocolores    “Take Your Shirt Off”
Coma    “My Orbit”
Conforce    “Time Dilation EP”
Dusk + Blackdown    “Dasaflex”
Groundislava    “Feel Me”
Infiniti    “The Remixes Part 1/3” (Clear Red)
Kryptic Minds    “Can’t Sleep” (2×12″ Generic Sleeve)
Kryptic Universe    “Shtum 002”
LCD Soundsystem    “Yeah” (Maxi-Single-12″)
Les Sins    “Grind / Prelims”
L-Vis 1990    “Circuits”
Martyn    “Newspeak EP”
Murphy, Hakim    “Analog Schema”
Neurotic Drum Band    “Cardboard Wings” (/420)
Parrish, Theo / Carl Craig    “Falling Up”
Population One    “The Return”
Radionasty    “Clave To The Rhythm EP”
Raudive    “Obsession EP”
Rocketnumbernine And Four Tet    “Roseland / Metropolis”
Shifted    “The Cold Light [Part 2/2]”
Simoncino, Nick Anthony    “Animal”
Spooky    “Coolie Joyride EP”
Third Man, The    “Double Dawn”
Vleuten, Maarten Van Der    “Internaut EP”
Xosar    “Nite Jam”

7″s
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Action Swingers    “Miserable Life / Losing My Cool”
Broken Cross    “Anti-Human Life”
Case Studies    “Villain / Dull Knife”
Civ    “All Twisted”
Coathangers, The / Nu Sensae    “Derek’s Song / Throw” (+ D/L)
Dinosaur Jr.     “Now The Fall / Ricochet”
Dope Body    “Saturday”
Guided By Voices    “Trash Can Full Of Nails” (/1,000 + D/L)
Integrity    “Love Is… The Only Weapon” (+ D/L)
Rvivr    “Belebend”
Sandra Plays Electronics    “Her Needs” (Numbered Ltd. Ed.)
Sundials / Tatlins Tower    “Sundials / Tatlins Tower”
Why?    “Waterlines / The Water You Walk”

CDs
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Blue    “York”
Bowie, David    “The Next Day”
Circulation Of Light    “Acheiropoeita”
Death In June    “Snow Bunker Tapes” (The Original Guitar/Totenpop Versions Of “The Peaceful Snow” Album)
Drexciya    “Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller II”
Greaves, Justin    “The Devil’s Business” (Original Soundtrack)
Jerusalem In My Heart    “Mo7it Al-Mo7it”
Kinit Her    “Storm Of Radiance”
My Bloody Valentine    “MBV”
Trinity    “20 In” (Hardcase CD)
Various    “Khat Thaleth – Third Line: Initiative For The Elevation Of Public Awareness” (Arab Rap In The Wake Of Revolutions)
Virginmarys, The    “King Of Conflict”

Magazine
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Wax Poetics Issue 54

Cassette Tapes
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Believer / Law    “Contrition”
Black Light    “Black Light”
Cannibal Movie    “Mondo Music” (C30)
Decimus    “Decimus” (A: Polydipsia B: Psittacosis)
Desastrious    “Loekr Inn Niflheim”
Eitarnora    “Murmurations”
El Michels Affair    “Enter The 37th Chamber: Music Inspired By The Wu-Tang” (Red Cassette 216/300)
Furdurke    “Furdurke”
Krid    “Krid”
Lens    “Oneiricist Dubs”
Nord    “Dood”
Nord    “Black Dimensions”
Nord    “Waarwel”
Shiny Black Mater    “Eat, Drink, And Be Merry”
Smiths, The    “The Smiths”

Reviews
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Youth Lagoon Wondrous Bughouse

(Fat Possum)
On his sophomore record, Boise-raised Trevor Powers once again sounds far removed from a state associated with potato fields: this time, his fuzzy, blissful and psychedelic dream-pop sounds much more colorful and busy than the mellowed-out, watching-the-clouds-go-by fantasy realm that was 2011’s The Year of Hibernation. First single “Dropla,” for example, goes straight to the playful hook and Powers’ uniquely precocious voice, repeating “you’ll never die” like a child not yet bruised by the harsh realities of life. My favorite is easily the epic five-minute “Pelican Man,” using synth, piano and drums to take off and soar with curious lyrics apparently about being haunted by past mistakes. He again uses an out-of-tune-sounding piano to its full potential in “Attic Doctor,” creating what sounds like a summer-night waltz in Toyland. It’s great that he was smart enough to expand on his sound instead of choosing to make the same thing again.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Slug Guts Playin’ in Time With the Deadbeat

(Sacred Bones)
This Australian sextet showcases a harsh, fried-out post-punk/noise-rock sound on their third album, particularly shaped by a brutal year of arrests, violence and death while on tour. Their harsh, echoed-out sound is drawn from fellow Aussie post-punk bands like The Birthday Party and feedtime, with opening track “Scum” sounding like a midnight surf jam in a rough part of town, haunted by wailing sax spirits dropping by unexpectedly. Others such as the rough pounding “Black Sports” and spooky, creeping title track further help progress the grimy-alleyway atmosphere at an exclamatory volume.
[Reviewer: Mark]

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15th Of March 2013 Update

15th Of March 2013 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

 

LPs & 12″s
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Alkaline Trio    “Maybe I’ll Catch Fire”
And So I Watch You From Afar    “All Hail Bright Futures”
Atoms For Peace    “Judge Jury And Executioner” (Embossed Cover)
Banhart, Devendra    “Mala” (Gatefold 2LP + 7″ + Poster + CD)
Bartos, Karl    “Off The Record” (+ CD)
Bedlam    “Demos Anthology 1968-70” (The Cozy Powell Beginnings)
Black Dog, The    “Darkhaus Vol. 1: Council Flat Emptiness”
Black Pus    “All My Relations” (Brian Chippendale Of Lightning Bolt)
Can    “Ege Bamyasi”
Cash, Johnny    “American Rarities: Heart Of Gold” (Fan Club Edition)
Casket Lottery, The    “Real Fear” (+ D/L)
Cro-Mags    “Age Of Quarrel: Before The Quarrel – Recorded November 2, 1984 And February 16, 1985” (Unofficial Version)
Daphni    “Cos Ber Zam – Ne Noya (Daphni Mix) / Yes, I Know / Jiao”
Doors, The    “Lizard In The Studio: First Time Ever, Full Studio Version (Stereo)”
Dub Spencer & Trance Hill    “In Dub Remixes By Victor Rice” (Live)
Fall, The    “1978 Peel Sessions / 1978 Live/Demo” (Fan Club Edition)
Fawn Spots / Cum Stain    “Wedding Dress”
Ferraro, James    “Sushi”
Foals    “Holy Fire”
Foot Village    “Make Memories” (+ D/L)
Function     “Incubation” (2LP)
Gism    “Detestation” (Unofficial Version)
Good For You (Greg Ginn And Mike Vallely)    “Life Is Too Short To Not Hold A Grudge”
Green, Colleen    “Sock It To Me” (+ D/L)
Guru, The    “Native Sun” (Local Boys!)
Hardy, Francoise    “Francoise Hardy”
Haynes, Jim    “The Wires Cracked”
Hazlewood, Lee    “Trouble Is A Lonesome Town” (2LP Gatefold)
How To Destroy Angels    “Welcome Oblivion” (Trent Reznor Of Nine Inch Nails; 2LP Gatefold 180 Gram + 2 Vinyl Exclusive Tracks + CD)
Huckaby, Mike    “The Tresor EP”
Ielasi, Giuseppe / Kassel Jaeger    “Parallel / Grayscale”
KH ( Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet)    “The Track I’ve Been Playing That People Keep Asking About And That Joy Used In His RA Mix And Daphni Played On Boiler Room”
Krallice    “Years Past Matter” (2LP Gatefold)
Kruder And Dorfmeister    “The K&D Sessions ™” (4LP Unofficial Import)
Kyuss / Queens Of The Stone Age    “Kyuss / Queens Of  The Stone Age” (Fan Club Edition)
Led Zeppelin    “Before The West Was Won: Live At The Fillmore West” (Unofficial)
Led Zeppelin    “Riverside Blues” (Fan Club Edition)
Locust    “You’ll Be Safe Forever”
Low    “The Invisible Way” (Produced By Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy; + D/L)
Main    “Ablation”
Melvins    “Electroretard” (Fan Club Edition)
Mercyful Fate    “Walking Back To Hell” (Fan Club Edition)
Monster Magnet    “Powertrip” (2LP Gatefold)
Motion Sickness Of Time Travel    “The Perennials” (Numbered /500)
New Amsterdams, The    “Outroduction”
Palma Violets    “180” (180 Gram + D/L)
Pearl Jam    “The First Coming” (Fan Club Edition)
Pearl Jam    “Self Pollution Radio: D.J. Eddie At The Mic” (Fan Club Edition)
Pearl Jam    “Eddie Sings The Blues (A Collection Of Cover Versions)” (Fan Club Edition)
Primus    “Green Naugahyde” (2LP Green Vinyl 45 RPM + CD)
Riley, Terry    “Terry Riley In C”
Rival Mob, The    “Mob Justice” (Red Vinyl)
Roedelius    “Selbstportrait Vol. III: Reise Durch Arcadien” (180 Gram)
Rolling Stones, The    “On the Rocks (A Night With Jack Daniels)” (2LP Fan Club Edition)
Rolling Stones, The    “From Hillside To Woodstock (We Miss You Bill)”
Rolling Stones, The    “Dancing With Mr. J. Live At Wembley Empire Pool London 10.9.1973 Early Show” (2LP Fan Club Edition)
Rolling Stones, The    “Specialty Of The House” (Fan Club Edition 2LP)
Schnauss, Ulrich    “A Long Way To Fall” (2LP Gatefold + D/L)
Skinny Puppy    “Back And Forth Series Two” (2LP Fan Club Edition)
Skream    “Skreamizm Vol. 7″ (3×12”)
Stern, Marnie    “The Chronicles Of Marnia” (+ D/L)
Stone Roses, The    “The Stone Roses” (Fan Club Edition)
Stornoway    “Tales From Terra Firma” (+ D/L)
Stygian Stride    “Stygian Stride” (Jimy Seitang Of Rhyton And Psychic Ills)
Superdrag    “Regretfully Yours”
They Might Be Giants    “Nanobots”
Tiberio, D.    “Lie EP”
Timberlake, Justin    “The 20/20 Experience” (2LP Gatefold)
Turbonegro    “Apocalypse Dudes” (Fan Club Edition)
Waits, Tom    “The Black Rider” (Fan Club Edition)
We Were Skeletons    “Blame & Aging”
Winehouse, Amy    “Amy Winehouse At The BBC” (Fan Club Edition)
Young, Neil      “On The Beach” (Fan Club Edition)
Zedek, Thalia Band    “VIA”

10″s
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Vulgar Fashion    “Vulgar Fashion”
LAS    “Zaikedelic / Preaching”

7″s
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Big Eyes    “Demo 2010”
Black Keys, The / RZA    “The Baddest Man Alive” (The Man With The Iron Fist)
Bridge And Tunnel    “Loss Leaders” (White Vinyl)
Stooges, The    “Down On The Street: I Feel Alright [1970]”
Stooges, The    “1969: Real Cool Time”
Touche Amore / La Dispute    “Searching For A Pulse / The Worth Of The World”

CDs
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Allien, Ellen    “LISm” (Soundtrack)
Invisible Hands, The    “The Invisible Hands” (Alvarius B / Alan Bishop / Sun City Girls; Egyptian Group)
Kozelek, Mark    “Like Rats”
Proxy    “Music From The Eastblock Jungles” (2CD)
Sun City Girls    “Eye Mohini (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 3)”
Various    “It Came From Connecticut”
Various    “Night Slugs AllStars Volume 2”

Cassette Tapes
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Arabian Blade    “Perpetuate Myself” (/100)
Colorguard    “Channels” (/100)
Eriksen, Jon    “The Pale Light” (/100)
Goblin    “Live In Concert / Italian TV Appearances”
Mercyful Fate    “Ancient Evil” (Unofficial)
Merzbow    “Merzbow’s Lost Paradise”
NightBitch    “Peculiar Worship” (Cassette Single Sealed White Case)
Slumber Room    “Slumber Room EP” (Oversize Packaging)
Various    “The Legend Of Hell House 1973: Electric Music And Sound Effects” (Unofficial)
Various    “Goat Worship Compilation: The Gates of Hell Vol. 1”
Various    “Goat Worship Compilation: Black Mass Caroling Vol. 2”
Various    “Giallo… KILLS!” (It’s Exactly What It Sounds Like)
Various    “Main Titles From Unreleased Horror Scores” (It’s Also Exactly What It Sounds Like)
Various    “Wild Things: Jamie Gillis & Traci Lords 1985”

Magazines
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WIRE #350 (With CD) Magazine
The Convivial Hermit Black Metal, Noise And Other… Fan Zine #4-#6

Reviews
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Spazz Dwarf Jester Rising [Reissue]

(625 Thrash)
This re-press completes a recent trilogy of Spazz reissues, which started with 1999’s Crush Kill Destroy and then 1997’s La Revancha.  On their 1994 debut full-length, this influential California powerviolence band expectedly showcases their most raw sound (which is, of course, exactly how a hybrid of punk and grindcore should sound.) They maintained a consistent sound throughout their discography, perfecting it to become powerviolence’s most-imitated band: machine-gun drumming, monolithic bass, buzzing guitar and multiple shouted vocals. It also showcases their simultaneously well-written and furious lyrics from the start, with a primary running theme stressing the importance of thinking for one’s self and questioning societal norms. Awesome.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Megafaun Megafaun

(Hometapes)
On their fourth full-length, this North Carolina-based psych-folk trio plays through a wide tapestry of sound for over an hour. A very laid-back sound dominates the experience, with mellow acoustic instruments and vocals reminiscent of country – particularly on tracks such as opener “Real Slow” and “You Are The Light.” However, they also throw in some unique variety by alternating with several other songs that truly fit the “freak folk” label. The tracks that stand out the most with that quality include the jovial extraterrestrial carnival transitioning into a brief epic in “Serene Return” and the metallic drone/rustic guitar hybrid of “Postscript.” It’s certainly an interesting concoction of both the familiar and the otherworldly.
[Reviewer: Mark]

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