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9th Of March 2013 Update

9th Of March 2013 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

 

LPs & 12″s
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A Winged Victory For The Sullen    “A Winged Victory For The Sullen”
Apollo Brown    “Clouds”
Belong    “Common Era”
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club    “Baby 81”
Black Sabbath    “Paranoid” (180 Gram Reissue)
Black Task    “Blacktask EP”
Blanche Blanche Blanche    “Wooden Ball”
Boy    “Mutual Friends”
Brown, Kev    “Songs Without Words Volume 1”
Bury Me Standing / Madeline Ferguson    “Bury Me Standing / Madeline Ferguson Split”
Calabrese    “The Traveling Vampire Show”
Carry On    “A Life Less Plagued”
Child, Anthony    “The Space Between People And Things”
Cinema Eye, The    “The Cinema Eye”
Cinema Eye, The    “A Complete Arsenal”
Civil Wars, The    “Unplugged On VH1”
Cliff, Jimmy    “Rebirth”
Coltrane, John & Cecil Taylor    “Coltrane Time”
Crystal Castles    “Crystal Castles (II)”
Dead C, The Vs Rangda    “The Dead C Vs Rangda”
Dead Moon    “Strange Pray Tell” (Mono)
Dead Moon    “Stranded In The Mystery Zone” (Mono)
Del Cielo    “Wish And Wait”
Dinosaur Jr.    “Beyond” (LP + 7″ + D/L)
Dump (James McNew Of Yo La Tengo)    “Superpowerless” (2LP Gatefold)
Endless Boogie    “Full House Head”
Enslaved    “Riitiir” (2LP, Color Vinyl)
Explosions In The Sky    “The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place”
Gentlemen And Their Ladies    “Party Time” (Reissue)
Gina X Performance    “Nice Mover” (1978 Electro Reissue)
Goldsmith, Jerry    “Poltergeist” (2LP Gatefold 180 Gram Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Gray Ghost    “Deep In The Shallow End”
Helmet    “Betty” (180 Gram Ltd. Ed. Coloured Vinyl)
Hemphill, Sid    “The Devil’s Dream: Alan Lomax’s 1942 Library Of Congress Recordings”
Herbcraft    “The Astral Body Electric”
Hoax    “Collected”
Hold Steady, The    “Stay Positive” (2LP Gatefold)
Holokaust    “Into The Void Of Oblivion”
Index For Potential Suicide    “The Newest Youth Rebellion”
Indian Summer    “Hidden Arithmethic”
K-Def    “One Man Band”
K-Holes    “Dismania” (+ D/L)
Kuti, Fela Ransome & The Koola Lobitos    “Recorded Live In 1966 At The Afro Spot In Lagos” (B187)
KVB, The    “Immaterial Visions”
Kyuss    “Wretch”
Lady Lamb The Beekeeper     “Ripely Pine” (+ D/L)
Litany For The Whale    “Dolores”
Mansell, Clint    “Stoker – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (+ D/L)
Mathematiques Modernes    “Les Visiteurs Du Soir” (1981 French New Wave Reissue)
Max Rebo Kids    “Ciphers”
Minus The Bear    “Menos El Oso”
Modern Baseball    “Sports” (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)
Mono    “You Are There”
Nas    “Illmatic (Deluxe)” (+ Double Sided Poster With Full Lyrics + Reproduction Double Sided Biography Sheet And Two Reproduction 8″x10″ Promo Shots)
Nico    “Desertshore” (180 Gram)
Nico    “Reiims Cathedral December 13th, 1974”
Nurt    “Nurt” (Remastered Polish Prog Rock From 1972 Ltd. Ed. /500 + D/L)
Off With Their Heads    “Home” (+ CD)
Otis, Shuggie    “Inspiration Information” (180 Gram)
Parker, Charlie    “Bird On 52nd Street” (Reissue)
Phillips, Esther    “Alone Again, Naturally” (Reissue)
Pop, Iggy    “The Idiot” (180 Gram)
Pretty Girls Make Graves    “Pretty Girls Make Graves”
Rats Into Robots    “A Column Of Smoke By Day, A Pillar Of Fire By Night”
Run For Your Fucking Life    “Run For Your Fucking Life”
Shout Out Louds    “Optica”
Skull Skull    “Viet Calm”
Sound City    “Real To Reel” (2LP, 180 Gram, + D/L)
Spazz    “Dwarf Jester Rising”
Spires    “Flowers & Fireworks”
St. Hood    “For The Dead”
Television    “Recorded Live At The Old Waldorf In San Francisco, 29th June, 1978” (B190)
Tigers Jaw    “Belongs To The Dead”
Trigger Effect    “Vsitis Maximus”
Upsetter, The Mighty (The Upsetters)    “Kung Fu Meets The Dragon” (180 Gram 2LP Gatefold Expanded Edition)
Various    “Eccentric Soul: The Dynamic Label” (NUMERO 043 2LP Gatefold)
Various    “The Devil Is Busy In Knoxville”
Volcano Choir    “Unmap” (+ D/L)
Volume Eleven    “Kotadelic Cytex”
Waxahatchee    “Cerulean Salt”
Woolen Men, The    “The Woolen Men” (+ D/L)
Wright, Winston    “The Liquidator Strikes Back” (Reggae Dub)
Yellow Swans    “Going Places” (No CD Repress)
Youth Lagoon    “Wondroud Bughouse”
Zooparty    “You Are Here”

Electronic LPs & 12″s
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Actress    “Silver Cloud”
Deadbeat    “The Infinity Dubs Vol 1”
Dear, Matthew    “Beams” (2LP, + D/L)
Dinky    “Take Me / Polvo”
Dixon, Terrence    “From The Far Future Pt. 2” (2LP)
Dumont, Duke    “For Club Play Only (Part 1)”
Ernestus, Mark Presents Jeri-Jeri    “Casamance / Sama Yaye”
FeroX    “Gargoyles EP” (Red)
Fort Romeau    “SW9”
Gesaffelstein    “Conspiracy Pt. II”
Gesaffelstein    “Conspiracy Remixes”
Hood, Robert    “Drive (The Age Of Automation)”
Kavinsky    “Outrun” (13 Tracks, Exclusive Images)
Polysick    “Daydream”
Ruff Sqwad    “RSMD”
SP:MC    “Trust Nobody / Future (Feat. Joker D)”
Surahn    “Watching The World”
Trago, Tom    “Use Me Again (And Again)”
Voigt & Voigt    “Die Zauberhafte Welt Der Anderen” (2LP + CD)
XX, The    “Chained (John Talabot & Pional Blinded Remix) / Fiction (Pearson Sound Remix)”
Zenker Brothers    “Lion In Mars”

10″s
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Boykins III, Jesse MeLo-X    “The Perfect Blues” (Jacques Greene Remix / Machinedrum Remix)
Orchid    “Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!”

7″s
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Effluxus    “Devoid EP”
Guided By Voices    “Islands”
Heratys    “Naen Punaista”
Hoax    “Caged”
Nomads / Treacherouskin    “Violent Fucking World”
Peeple Watchin’    “Peeple Watchin'”
Sic Alps    “Breadhead”

CDs
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Cave, Nick & The Bad Seeds    “Push The Sky Away”
Draft, The    “In A Millioin Pieces”
Enslaved    “Riitiir” (2CD)
Foals    “Holy Fire”
Magic Circle    “Magic Circle”
Sound City    “Real To Reel”
Wraetlic    “Alex Smoke Presents Wraetlic”

Cassette Tapes
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Bad Brains    “Bad Brains”
Blind Justice    “Demo”
Rival Mob, The    “Mob Justice”
Whirr    “Pipe Dreams”

DVDs
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Sound City – A Film By Dave Grohl About America’s Greatest Unsung Music Studio (+ 44 1/2 Minutes Of Bonus Material)

Reviews
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Atoms For Peace Amok

(XL)
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke formed the Los Angeles supergroup Atoms For Peace back in late 2009. He sings and plays both guitar and piano: the other members include Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea on bass, Radiohead producer Nigel Goodrich on synths and keyboards, Beck and R.E.M.’s Joey Waronker on drums and Brazilian Mauro Refosco on percussion. The group’s February 25 debut album Amok sounds more accessible than Yorke’s 2006 solo effort The Eraser: the intricately clicking, minimalist electronic arrangements are most reminiscent of that album’s singles  “Analyse” and “Harrowdown Hill.” Flea’s bass weaves surprisingly smoothly in the mix, sounding funky in a way that’s way more intricate than screamingly colorful. My favorite tracks include the darkly minimalist computer-blip-into-sunset-swell “Default” and the haunting, kinetic “Judge, Jury and Executioner.” More highlights for me include the lively electronic rainforest atmosphere of “Ingenue” and the juxtaposition of energetic percussion atop the stark funereal synth of “Unless.” Overall, this album is a promising sign for things to come from this project: experimental electronic rock that’s easy to get hooked on.
[Reviewer: Mark] [Note: We’re currently out of stock of the LPs, but expect to have some in mid-week.]

The Manic Low Songs For An Up Day

(Moonlight Graham)
This is certainly an unexpected project from Jack Grisham, who’s best known as a punk vocalist (T.S.O.L., The Joykiller, etc.) Here, he’s impressively skilled at nailing what reminds me of an 80s/90s pop-rock sound, conjuring memories of acts like The Romantics, Counting Crows and Barenaked Ladies. Grisham’s upbeat, well-rounded tunes use layers such as an acoustic guitar, organ and horns to make them even more memorable. The primary theme throughout is love and relationships, with my favorites including the twangy “Good Girls Come Home,” which uses some speedy vocals that reminded me of Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as the flying “Let Me Come Up,” exploring a relationship in which both he and she are “crazy,” but she wants babies and he wants love. An album this lively sounding should appeal to a large audience.
[Reviewer: Mark]

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1st Of March 2013 Update

1st Of March 2013 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records



LPs & 12″s
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A Day To Remember    “What Separates Me From You” (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl + D/L)
Alo Girl    “La Belle Epoque” (Ltd. Ed.)
Anenzephalia    “Kaltwelt”
Arbouretum    “Coming Out Of The Fog”
Atkins, Juan / Audiotech    “I Love You / Techno City”
Autechre    “Exai” (4LP)
B/B/S/    “Brick Mask” (+ D/L)
Badbadnotgood    “Flashing”
Bark Psychosis    “Hex” (180 Gram)
Beach Fossils    “Clash The Truth” (Gatefold + D/L)
Big Boys    “Where’s My Towel / Industry Standard” (2LP, 180 Gram)
Bird And Diz    “Bird And Diz” (180 Gram; Charlie Parker And Dizzy Gilespie)
Blue Hawaii    “Untogether” (+ D/L)
Bomba Estereo    “Elegancia Tropical” (2LP, 180 Gram, + D/L)
Brainbombs    “Obey”
Cave Singers, The    “Naomi” (+ D/L)
Chelsea Light Moving    “Chelsea Light Moving” (+ 7″)
Cohen, Chris    “Overgrown Path” (+ D/L)
Conforce    “Time Dilation EP”
Cooly G    “Playin Me”
Davis, Miles    “Birth Of The Cool” (180 Gram)
Davis, Miles    “Ascenseur Pour L’Echafaud (Lift To The Scaffold): Original Soundtrack” (180 Gram)
Dean Blunt    “Proibito” (+ D/L)
DJ Spoko    “Ghost Town EP”
D’Julz    “Special Day”
Durant    “The Dove Ultimatum EP”
Faki, Len    “BTX”
FaltyDL    “She Sleeps” (Feat. Ed MacFarlane)
FaltyDL    “She Sleeps (Remixes)” (Feat. Ed MacFarlane)
Feist “Metals”
Four Tet    “0181”
Frightened Rabbit    “Pedestrian Verse” (+ D/L)
Ghost    “Opvs Eponymovs” (Gatefold)
Gingy & Bordello    “Iron & Water Remixes”
Goblin    “Buio Omega: The Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”
Goblin    “Tenebre: Un Film Di Dario Argento – Musiche Di Simonetti, Pignatelli, Morante”
Half String    “Maps For Sleep 1991-1994” (2LP + D/L)
Hendrix, Jimi (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)    “Are You Experienced” (Numbered Ltd. Ed. Mono)
Hype Williams    “Find Out What Happens When People Stop Being Polite, And Start Getting Reel”
Inade    “Audio Mythology One”
Inspectah Deck    “Czarface” (2LP + Poster Produced By 7L)
Jasper TX    “An Index Of Failure”
Javelin    “Hi Beams”
Johnson, Syl    “Dresses Too Short”
Johnson, Syl    “Is It Because I’m Black”
Jucifer    “Nadir” (1994 Demo First Time On Vinyl)
K.U.K.L. (Bjork’s Punk Band)    “The Eye” (200 Gram DMM Ltd. Ed. Reissue)
King Midas Sound    “Waiting For You…”
Led Er Est    “The Diver” (+ D/L)
Legowelt    “Star Gazing EP” (Stargazing EP)
Lomovolokno / Sieren    “Finest Ego – Faces 12″ Series Vol. 4”
M.B.    “Regel” (Red Vinyl /199)
M.B.    “Neuro Habitat” (/199)
Magic Circle    “Magic Circle” (+ D/L)
Men, The    “New Moon” (+ D/L; First Copies Come With Bonus CD “Campfire Songs”)
Mitchell, Parris    “Life In The Underground” (2LP Ghetto House Classics)
Mo Kolours    “EP2: Banana Wine”
Morphology    “Information Paradox EP”
Murphy, Hakim    “Analog Schema”
Naomi Punk    “The Feeling” (+ Poster)
Quicksand    “Manic Compression” (Green Vinyl; Gatefold)
Ra Ra Riot    “Beta Love” (+ D/L)
Radiohead    “Supercollider / The Butcher”
Ritter, Josh    “The Beast In Its Tracks” (180 Gram + CD)
Rival Mob, The    “Mob Justice” (Gold Vinyl)
Saunders, Jesse    “On And On”
Shackleton    “Deadman”
Sha-Lor    “I’m In Love”
Shockwave Riderz    “Shockwave Riderz”
Simko, Kate    “Kabuki Drop EP” (Purple)
Ssion    “Bent” (+ D/L)
Submerse    “Algorithms And Ghosts” (Ltd. Vinyl Version + D/L)
Suuns    “Images Du Futur” (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl + D/L)
Swanson, Pete    “Punk Authority” (Ltd. Ed. EP + D/L /1000)
Tame Impala    “Innerspeaker” (Gatefold 2LP)
Thorofon    “Targets” (Fold Out Target Included)
Triad God    “NXB”
Truth & Yayne    “Dreams”
Ulfur    “White Mountain” (+ D/L)
Underworld    “Rez (Bassnectar Remix)” (Ltd. Ed. 180 Gram + D/L)
Various    “Elevate Vol. 1” (Outlaw Producer, VVV, Dylan C, Fbom)
Various    “Ouroboros”
Various    “Surinam! Boogie & Disco Funk From The Surinamese Dance Floors 76′ – 83′”
Various    “Deutsche Elektronische Musik 2: Experimental German Rock And Electronic Musik 1971-83 Record A”
Various    “Deutsche Elektronische Musik 2: Experimental German Rock And Electronic Musik 1971-83 Record B”
Xitsonga Dance    “Heke Heke / Hoza”
Yonkers, Michael With The Blind Shake    “Carbohydrates Hydrocarbons”
Young Dreams    “Between Places” (2LP)
Zombie Zombie    “Illuminations EP”

10″s
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Dirty Beaches    “Water Park OST”
Marley, Bob    “Soul Rebel / Sun Is Shining / Lively Up Yourself / Trench Town Rock” (Picture Disc)

7″s
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Altered Boys    “Altered Boys”
Anti-Flag / Hostage Calm    “Anti-Flag + Hostage Calm” (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)
Barwick, Julianna    “Pacing / Call” (Ltd. Ed. /750 + D/L)
Crow, Rob    “Per-Flexed” (Joyful Noise 2013 Flexi-Disc Series)
Normal, The    “Warm Leatherette”
Waterhouse, Nick    “Raina / Don’t You Forget It” (Feat. The Naturelles)
Wreck    “Nervous Wreck”
Yeasayer    “Fragrant World / No Bones (Helado Negro Remix)”

CDs
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Autechre    “Exai” (2CD Digipak)
Beach Fossils    “Clash The Truth”
Caul    “The Long Dust”
Deathstench    “Massed In Black Shadow”
DeMarco, Mac    “2”
Function    “Incubation”
Gnod    “Chaudelande”
How To Destroy Angels    “Welcome To Oblivion”
Maculatum    “The Nameless City”
Men, The    “New Moon”
Navicon Torture Technologies    “Your Suffering Will Be Legendary” (DVD Size Deluxe Packaging 2CD)
Pioulard, Benoit    “Hymnal”
Portishead    “Dummy”
Rival Mob, The    “Mob Justice”
Soft Moon    “Zeros”
Various    “Deutsche Elektronische Musik 2: Experimental German Rock And Electronic Musik 1971-83”

OTHER!
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Sigur Ros “Valtari Film Experiment” DVD

Review
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Dots Will Echo Drunk Is The New Sober / Stupid Is The New Dumb

(Asthmatic Kitty)
Formed over 20 years ago and having released albums in 1991 and 1996, this New Jersey duo consists of multi-instrumentalist Nick Berry and drummer Kurt Biroc, both singing and playing a style that’s not easily defined. Essentially it’s a sentimental, sloppy-yet-endearing sound that combines folk, country and indie rock, creating the atmosphere of a rustic, laid-back celebration with close friends. On this double-album, I enjoyed the slyly funky “Shitstorm” and “Seven Deadly Sins” a lot, as well as others like the acoustic “I’m A Monkey” and electric-rocking “Rocket Girls,” with spirited choruses that subconsciously beg for audience members to join in. More standouts include warm ballads such as “Peace In Your Life” and “Be A Friend,” using a violin to bring a nostalgic country sound together.
[Reviewer: Mark]

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22nd of February 2013 Update

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



LPs & 12″s
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Acteurs    “Acteurs”
Agitator    “Bleak”
Ampere    “Like Shadows”
Andy, Horace    “Pure Rankin”
Arctic Monkeys    “Favourite Worst Nightmare”
Astakask    “Aldrig En LP”
Atmosphere    “Overcast EP”
Atoms For Peace    “Amok” (+ D/L)
Atoms For Peace    “Amok” (Deluxe) (2LP, 180 Gram, + D/L)
Autre Ne Veut    “Anxiety” (+ D/L)
Clouds    “USB Islands”
Clouds    “USB RMX”
Destruction Unit    “Void”
Doiron, Julie And The Wooden Stars    “Julie Doiron And The Wooden Stars” (+ D/L)
Doldrums    “Lesser Evil” (+ D/L)
Down    “Down IV Part 1”
Drake, Nick    “Pink Moon”
Eat Skull    “III” (+ D/L)
Ellis, Alton    “Changes”
Endless Boogie    “Long Island” (+ D/L)
Everymen, The    “New Jersey Hardcore”
Follakzoid    “II” (+ D/L)
Get High    “Selected Vagrant Works 1996-1997”
Heiress    “Early Frost”
Howling Hex, The    “The Best Of The Howling Hex”
Iceage    “You’re Nothing” (+ D/L)
Inc.    “No World” (+ D/L)
Iron Maiden    “Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son” (Ltd. Ed. Picture Disc)
J Dilla    “The Shining” (2LP)
J Dilla    “Donuts” (Jay Dee Smile Cover)
Jesus And Mary Chain, The    “Barbed Wire Kisses (B-Sides And More)”
Jesus And Mary Chain, The    “The Sound Of Speed” (Second Compilation Of B-Sides And Rare Tracks; 1993)
Jesus And Mary Chain, The    “Stoned & Dethroned”
Jim Jones Revue, The    “Burning Your House Down”
JJ    “JJ No. 2” (+ D/L)
Kadavar & Aqua Nebula Oscillator    “White Ring” (2LP Gatefold)
Kavinsky    “Protovision: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ‘Outrun'”
Knife, The    “Deep Cuts” (2012 Reissue 2LP)
Koray, Erkin    “Elektronik Turkuler”
Koray, Erkin    “Arap Saci”
Leech    “Tusks”
Lenz    “Ways To End A Day”
Libaek, Sven    “(Ron & Val Taylor’s) Inner Space” (Soundtrack; Deluxe 180 Gram Collectors Edition Remastered)
Libaek, Sven    “Solar Flares” (Soundtrack / Australian Brass-And-Qasar Library Music)
Little John    “Reggae Dance (Special Request To All Music Lovers)”
Lusine    “The Waiting Room” (2LP + D/L)
Lust For Youth    “Chasing The Light”
Marr, Johnny    “The Messenger”
Masta Killa    “Selling My Soul”
Maston    “Shadows”
Maximillion Dunbar    “House Of Woo” (+ D/L With Bonus Tracks)
McCarthy, Dawn & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy    “What The Brothers Sang”
Metasplice    “Decant / Churn”
Mississippi Sheiks, The    “Complete Recorded Works Presented In Chronological Order: February 17 To June 10, 1930”
Mmoss    “Only Children” (+ D/L)
Night Marchers, The    “Allez! Allez!” (+ D/L)
No Doubt    “Return Of Saturn” (2LP)
Nomine    “Nomine’s Sound”
Novak, Jeffrey    “Baron In The Trees”
Oiltanker / No Tomorrow    “Oiltanker // No Tomorrow”
Paper Dragons    “Die To Please”
Perseus Traxx     “Tales From the Night Sky – Part 1”
Propagandhi    “How To Clean Everything”
Prurient / Nico Vascellari    “Jesus” (2LP /500)
Psychic Ills    “One Track Mind” (First Copies We Have Come With Bonus “Radar Eyes (The Godz)” 7″)
PVT    “Homosapien” (White Vinyl + D/L)
Q-Tip    “The Renaissance”
Rainbows Are Free    “Believers in Medicine”
Ranking Dillinger    “None Stop Disco Style”
Red Rack ‘Em    “Chirpsin'”
Rev, Martin    “Martin Rev” (1980 Solo Debut Reissue + D/L)
Rock, Pete    “PeteStrumentals” (2LP)
Rossen, Daniel (Of Grizzly Bear)    “Silent Hour / Golden Mile” (5 Song EP)
Russian Tsarlag / Secret Boyfriend    “Russian Tsarlag / Secret Boyfriend”
RVIVR    “Dirtywater”
Sea And Cake, The    “Nassau”
Sei A    “You Can Bring EP”
Society Nurse    “Society Nurse”
Sound, The    “All Fall Down”
Squirrel Bait    “Skag Heaven”
Squirrel Bait    “Squirrel Bait”
Stormshadow    “Set On Destroy”
STRFKR    “Miracle Mile” (Gatefold 2LP 180 Gram Cream-Colored Vinyl + Poster + D/L)
Swingin’ Utters    “Poorly Formed” (+ D/L)
Tropics    “Popup Cinema”
Various    “The Widow’s Joy: Eastern European Immigrant Dances In America, 1925-1930”
Various    “Stones Throw & Leaving Records Present: Dual Form” (+ D/L) (Sun Araw, Dntel, Julia Holter…)
Velvet Underground, The    “Loaded”
Vietnam    “An A.merican D.ream” (+ D/L)
Voodoo Glow Skulls    “Who Is, This Is?”
Williams, Lucinda    “Ramblin’ On My Mind”
Wilson, Steven    “The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)” (2LP, 180 Gram)
Witch    “Introduction”
Witch    “In The Past”
Wonder Years, The    “The Upsides” (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)
Wonder Years, The    “Sleeping On Trash: A Collection Of Songs Recorded 2005-2010” (+ D/L)
Woollen Kits    “Four Girls”
XXXY    “Got Me So”


7″s
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Dilloway, Aaron    “Stomach Pump”
Fireworks    “Adventure, Nostalgia And Robbery”
Goodtime Boys    “Every Landscape”
Guided By Voices    “Flunky Minnows / Jelly Pop Smiles”
Haynes, Gibby    “Paul’s Not Home” (Blue Series)
Iceage    “Ecstasy” (+ D/L)
Las Robertas    “Dissected Affair”
Lekman, Jens    “I Know What Love Isn’t / That’s The Way Love Is”
Nails    “Obscene Humanity”
Volunteers Park    “Volunteers Park”
Walker, Amy    “Discourse On Accents” (Green Series)
Wonder Years, The    “Manton Street” (Got 1 On Orange – Rest On Black)


CDs
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Atoms For Peace    “Amok”
Drumm, Kevin    “Tannenbaum” (2CD)
Iceage    “You’re Nothing”
Ill Bill    “The Grimy Awards”
Portal    “Vexovoid”
Voigt & Voigt    “Die Zauberhafte Welt Der Anderen”



Reviews
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Nude Beach  II

(Other Music)

Nude Beach is a Brooklyn-based trio specializing in a mix of straight-up rock ‘n’ roll, power pop and surf rock. Vocalist/guitarist/pianist/organist Chuck Betz, drummer/vocalist/percussionist Ryan Naideau and bassist Jimmy Shelton started out playing punk music back in their high school days living in Northport, New York. Since the formation of this current project in 2008, they’ve played a major role in their borough’s DIY scene; they’ve played in lofts and bars, self-financed releases and tours, and had numerous side-projects. On their sophomore full-length (written by Betz and re-pressed on the Other Music label after the original run of 500 sold out,) they dish out more nostalgic ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s-inspired summer-day-and-night rock, mostly dwelling on (expectedly) romantic themes. This album isn’t revolutionary or deeply philosophical, but it doesn’t need to be: it’s simply ten guitar-oriented feel-good songs drawing from artists (Tom Petty, The Replacements, etc.) and styles (roots, punk, etc.) that many people are familiar with, and the result works very well. My favorite tracks include the invigorating surf-tinged opener “Radio,” the moonlit-sounding ‘50s-style anthem “Keep It Cool” and the crooning thrill-ride “Cathedral Echoes.”
[Reviewer:Mark]


Wires Under Tension Replicant


(Western Vinyl)

This is the second album from this Bronx-based instrumental/experimental post-rock duo. Their innovative music could be a soundtrack for adventuring through a city of the future: Theo Metz drums the foundation for Christopher Tignor’s numerously layered synth and multi-instrumental loops, creating a sound reminiscent of Battles and Tortoise. It’s the kind of soundscapes that are fun to get lost in, particularly when they build to an epic grandeur, such as the orchestral swells in “Shoot Between Heartbeats” and “Crystal Beaches.” Tignor’s horns and violin go a long way to making the songs sound emotional and poetic. Variety is a major strength on songs like the seven-and-a-half minute “The Light Behind You Is Changing,” which goes from a reverb-ing guitar to horns, an organ and what sounds like an old-school video game backing it. It’s quite a trip.
[Reviewer: Mark]



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1st Of February 2013 Update

1st Of February 2013 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records


Hey, the Superbowl (not to mention the Puppy Bowl with Kitty Halftime and Hedgehog Cheerleaders) is on Sunday so you should take a look at this update now and get your preparations underway today and/or Saturday. We think the most important thing is the music for pre-gaming and post-gaming and half-timing and during-gaming. (Suggestion from Redscroll: during Beyonce’s performance listen to Solange at the same time or instead of.) Oh, and we are open regular hours Sunday (12-6PM) as usual.

LPs & 12″s
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Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.    “Iao Chant From The Melting Paraiso Underground Freak Out”
Against Me!    “Reinventing Axl Rose” (Picture Disc)
Ancient Shores / Cynarae    “Ancient Shores / Cynarae” (Ltd. Ed. Color + D/L)
Ancient Vvisdom (Ancient Wisdom)    “A Godlike Inferno”
Ancient Vvisdom (Ancient Wisdom)    “Deathlike” (+ D/L)
Avey Tare And Panda Bear (Animal Collective)    “Spirit They’re Gone Spirit They’ve Vanished” (+ D/L)
Battalion Of Saints    “Second Coming” (180 Gram)
Blaak Heat Shujaa    “The Storm Generation”
Boy Sets Fire    “This Crying, This Screaming, My Voice Is Being Born” (Ltd. Ed. Color)
Carter, Bo    “Banana In Your Fruit Basket: Red Hot Blues 1931-36” (180 Gram)
Coheed And Cambria    “The Afterman: Descension” (Turquoise Vinyl + CD)
Dillinger Four    “This Shit Is Genius: A Collection Of Assorted Songs From 1994-1997” (+ D/L)
Fuller, Blind Boy    “Truckin’ My Blues Away” (180 Gram)
Gehenna    “The War Of The Sons Of Light And The Suns Of Darkness” (Ltd. Ed. Color)
Gehenna    “Negotium Perambulans In Tenebris” (Ltd. Ed. Color)
Grouper    “The Man Who Die In His Boat”
Grouper    “Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill”
Head Of The Demon    “Head Of The Demon”
Holokaust    “Into The Void Of Oblivion”
Holopaw    “Academy Songs, Volume I.” (+ D/L)
How To Dress Well    “Love Remains” (+ D/L)
Howlin’ Wolf    “The Howlin’ Wolf Album Cadet Concept”
Hyun, Shin Joong & Yup Juns    “Shin Joong Hyun & Yup Juns” (Original Version; 180 Gram, Obi Strip)
JK Flesh / Prurient    “Worship Is the Cleansing Of The Imagination”
Joy Formidable, The    “Wolf’s Law” (+ D/L)
Jung Mi, Kim    “Now” (180 Gram, Obi Strip)
Left For Dead    “Devoid Of Everything” (Ltd. Ed. Color)
Local Natives    “Hummingbird” (Ltd. Ed. Color, Die-Cut Cover + D/L With Bonus Tracks + Poster)
Lonely Island, The    “Incredibad” (+ D/L)
Medusa    “First Step Beyond” (Chicago Dark Rock From 1975 Reissued With Mock-Velvet Gatefold)
Meggy    “Hide 4 Love EP”
Mice Parade    “Candela” (+ D/L)
Misfits    “Dead Alive!”
Monopoly Child Star Searchers    “The Garnet Toucan”
Mystical Weapons    “Mystical Weapson” (Greg Saunier Of Deerhoof And Sean Lennon + D/L)
Necros Christos    “Trivne Impvrity Rites Or The Grand Nine Cvltmysteries Of The Templvm Necromantorvm” (2LP Gatefold)
Neurosis    “Honor Found In Decay” (2LP Gatefold)
Pestdemon    “Helvetesljuset”
Phoenix Bodies    “Raise The Bullshit Flag”
Qluster    “Lauschen” (+ CD)
Radiohead    “I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings”
Starred    “Prison To Prison”
Stellar Om Source    Image Over Image”
Stetson, Colin & Mats Gustafsson    “Stones” (+ CD /500 First Edition)
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down    “We The Common”
Various    “Barbarella: Original Soundtrack Recording”
Various    “La Planete Sauvage” (Soundtrack; The Savage Planet)
Various    “I Want The Beatles To Play At My Art Center: Music From The Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Archives 1969-2012”
Vision Of Disorder    “The Cursed Remain Cursed” (180 Gram Ltd. Ed. Coloured Vinyl)
Von Haze    “Kar Dee Akk Ake”
Weekend Nachos    “Tow Things At Once: Torture EP / Bleed E.P.”
What If Gods Lie    “Third World”
Winterlong    “Five Songs By Winterlong” (10″)
Wooden Wand    “Bload Oaths Of The New Blues”
Zukie, Tapper (Tappa Zukie)    “M.P.L.A.”

Electronic / Dance LPs & 12″s
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Andrews, Guy / Untold    “Resistivity / Under”
Barker & Baumecker    “Remixes”
Dark Sky    “Myriam EP”
Dense & Pika    “Crispy Duck EP”
Greenspan, Jeremy / Laurie Spiegel    “Drums & Drums & Drums / Serius Shake”
Ital Tek    “Hyper Real EP” (+ D/L With Bonus Tracks)
Joy Orbison    “Ellipsis”
Justice    “Helix” (+ D/L)
Kahn    “Dread”
Pearce, Mickey    “Numb Nut (Soft Brain) / Socks Off”
Proxima    “Lie Detection / Brainstem”
Round One (Round 1)    “I’m Your Brother”
Round Two (Round 2)    “New Day”
Scuba    “Hardbody”
Sei A / FaltyDL    “Hyphen / Artemis”
Tunnidge    “Twenty12 / Orion / Take Flight”
Unknown Artist    “Soniculture Confidential 002”
Various    “Dovercourt EP”
Woolfy Vs. Projections    “Set Me Loose”
Youngsta    “Destruction / Poseidon”

7″s
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Deak Ferance / Roger Conrad    “Omaggio A Joe D’Amato E Marcello Giombini”
End Of A Year    “More Songs About Transportation And Intercourse”
God’s America    “Our Bones Will Bleach In The Sun” (Ltd. Ed. Color)
Hands    “I Want To Know / Exactly Sharp” (+ D/L)
How To Dress Well    “Ready For The World / Ready For The World (Twin Sister Remix)”
Kill Life    “Snake Kills Whole Family (W/ Dwid Helion Of Integrity)”
Primitive Weapons    “Primitive Weapons” (+ D/L)
Sweet Apple    “Wish You Could Stay (A Little Longer)” (Feat. Mark Lanegan)
Weekend Nachos    “Watch You Suffer” (Ltd. Ed. Color)


CDs

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Beatles, The    “Live At The BBC” (2CD)
Beatles, The    “Yellow Submarine (Deluxe Enhanced Remastered CD)”
Beatles, The    “Let It Be  (Deluxe Enhanced Remastered CD)”
Dilloway, Aaron / Kevin Drumm    “I Drink Your Skin”
Grouper    “Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill”
Grouper    “The Man Who Died On His Boat”
Harrison, George    “Early Takes Volume I”
Left For Dead    “Devoid Of Everything”
Ruff Sqwad    “White Label Classics”
Voivod    “Target Earth”

Reviews
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Brass Caskets / Cold Snap

(Redscroll)
This split seven-inch brings together two furious, up-and-coming hardcore bands from Connecticut. Both roar with elements of noise rock and post-hardcore, but each side’s unique aspects (not just musically, but lyrically as well) stand out the best. The four-piece Brass Caskets remind me the most of Refused, tackling issues involving government corruption, surveillance, secrets and truth suppression. Most importantly, the lyrics serve as a call to action to take the torch and continue questioning those in power, should anything unfortunate happen to the writer. Cold Snap is more abstract, using a spacey, noisy and drugged-out sound (reminding me more of Unsane) with lyrics filled with metaphors and poetic imagery. The themes include questioning one’s self and what sounds like a severely difficult relationship (“I am nothing but a splinter / under the skin of your existence.”) Both bands’ styles make this split an easy recommendation to anyone who likes hardcore.

[Reviewer: Mark] [Note: We swear we didn’t put Mark up to this. He did it of his own will. We swear!]

Taken by Trees Other Worlds

(Secretly Canadian)
Originally the lead singer for Swedish indie-pop octet The Concretes, Victoria Bergsman has been releasing albums for this solo experimental pop project since 2006. Upon listening to her third album, it’s not the least bit surprising that it was inspired by time spent in Hawaii: she uses a smooth-sounding mix of tropical instrumentation for this very laid-back sounding indie pop/world music experience. It feels like a summer spent relaxing on beaches and in rainforests, drifting through semi-conscious observations of places far from the urbanized world. Bergsman utilizes sliding steel guitars and percussion that ranges from punching and resonant to organic to straight-up steel drums (“Pacific Blue” is an excellent example of such, fusing ethereal pop with traditional island music.) Reggae fits the mix well, whether as a light, sporadic element (“Highest High”) or the complete, piano-based focus (“I Want You.”) It sounds especially interesting delivered with Bergsman’s otherworldly, layered voice.

[Reviewer: Mark]

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25th of January 2013 Update

25th of January 2013 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s______________________
Balance And Composure / Tigers Jaw    “Balance And Composure / Tigers Jaw” (+ D/L)
Batoh, Masaki    “Brain Pulse Music”
Bauhaus    “In The Flat Field” (Remastered)
Bauhaus    “Mask” (Remastered)
Big K.R.I.T.    “Live From The Underground”
Boris    “New Album”
Boris / Joe Volk    “Boris / Joe Volk”
Bowie, David    “Space Oddity: 40th Anniversary Limited Edition”
California X    “California X”
Carey, Tony    “Explorer And Yellow Power” (2LP Gatefold Blue Vinyl /1000)
Cheap Girls    “My Roaring 20’s”
Connells, The    “Darker Days”
Crazy Spirit    “Demo (2009)”
Deerhunter    “Microcastle” (2LP)
Deftones    “Koi No Yokan” (Gatefold)
Devine, Richard    “RISP EP 2011”
Eshete, Alemayehu    “Alemayehu Eshete”
Ex Cops    “True Hallucinations” (+ D/L)
Gamble, Lee    “Dutch Tvashar Plumes”
Haden, Petra    “Petra Goes TO The Movies” (+ CD)
Harms Way    “Isolation” (+ D/L)
Hot Water Music    “Live In Chicago” (30 Song 3LP + D/L)
Husker Du    “New Day Rising”
Husker Du    “Zen Arcade” (2LP)
Husker Du    “Flip Your Wig”
Indians    “Somewhere Else” (+ D/L)
Ironweed    “Your World Of Tomorrow”
Jurassic 5    “J5 Deluxe Re-Issue Bonus Tracks” (2LP)
Kerkar, Kesarbai    “Kesarbai Kerkar”
Keys, Bobby    “Bobby Keys” (180 Gram)
Lewis Connection, The    “The Lewis Connection”
Local Natives    “Hummingbird” (+ D/L)
Minutemen    “Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat”
Minutemen    “The Politics Of Time”
MXMXCI    “MXMXCI: Skogen, Flickan Och Flaskan”
New Order    “Lost Sirens”
Oliverwho Factory, The    “Take Me Away”
Quasimoto    “The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas”
Regents    “Antietam Afterparty” (+ D/L)
Robbie M.    “Let’s Groove”
Sculpture     “Slime Code”
Segall, Ty & Mikal Cronin    “Reverse Shark Attack” (+ D/L)
Sewer Election    “Vittra Sonder”
Sickness Of Snakes    “Nightmare Culture” (Boyd Rice, Geff Rushton, Peter Christopherson)
Slava    “Soft Control” (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)
Sleepers, The    “Painless Nights” (+ D/L)
Tegan And Sara    “Heartthrob” (+ CD)
Tomahawk    “Oddfellows” (+ D/L)
Toro Y Moi    “Anything In Return” (2LP Die Cut Sleeve + D/L)
Transit    “Stay Home” (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)
Various    “Studio One Ironsides”
Various    “Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Present: Lawless – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (180 Gram + 8 Page Booklet)
Various    “Taxi Driver / Original Soundtrack Recording” (180 Gram)
Vaura    “Selenelion” (2LP Gatefold + D/L)
Walkmen, The    “Bows + Arrows”
Watain    “Casus Luciferi” (Remastered + D/L)
Wilson, Renny    “Sugarglider”
Yo La Tengo    “Fade” (Standard Edition; The Deluxe Is Completely Sold Out Now + D/L MP3 & FLAC)

Electronic / Dance LPs & 12″s
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1991    “High Tech High Life”
Arcanoid    “Migration To Nowhere”
Drexciya    “Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller III” (+ D/L)
Dumont, Duke    “The Giver Remixes”
FaltyDL    “Hardcourage” (+ D/L)
Halo, Laurel    “Sunlight On The Faded”
Huckaby, Mike    “Baseline 88-89”
Mayer, Michael    “Mantasy Remixe 1”
Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory    “Elements Of Light” (+ D/L)
Parrish, Theo    “Dance Of The Medusa”
Population One    “The Return / It Has Begun”
Shifted    “Razors E.P.”
Space Dimension Controller    “Journey To The Core Of The Unknown Sphere”
Ugandan Methods    “A Cold Retreat”
Various    “Pop Ambient 2013” (+ CD)
Various    “MYOR Tropical Heat Volume 2”
Various    “Rocket Infinity: The Global Rise Of Rocking Music, 1942-62″ [10”]

7″s
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Alcoa    “Drowned” (Ltd. Ed. /1000)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti & Dam-Funk    “Baby (Donnie & Joe Emerson Cover)”
Captain, We’re Sinking    “Montreal” (White Vinyl)
Defeater    “Live On BBC Radio 1” (White Vinyl)
Empty Flowers    “Call A Priest / Ice On Wings (Remix By Crone)”
Harper, Ben W/ Charlie Musselwhite    “Don’t Look Twice / All That Matters Now”
Lower    “Someone’s Got It In For Me / But There Has To Be More”
M.F.P. (MFP)    “M.F.P.”
NOFX    “Xmas Has Been X’ed”
Segall, Ty    “Would You Be My Love / For Those Who Weep”
Soft Kill    “Seven Hundred” (Green/Black)
Strife    “Demo Days”
Touche Amore / Pianos Become The Teeth    “Gravity, Metaphorically / Hiding” (Aqua Blue)
Vaccine    “Dead Inside”

CDs
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A$AP Rocky (ASAP Rocky)    “Long.Live.A$AP”
Ash Borer    “Ash Borer”
Bucket Full Of Teeth    “I, II, III”
Death To Tyrants    “Wake Up And Be”
Death To Tyrants    “Castancambernos 1-11 I Am The Sea Two”
Doozer    “Kiss N’ Make Up”
Drexciya    “Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller III”
Dropkick Murphys    “Signed And Sealed In Blood”
Empty Flowers    “Six”
Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, The    “(Acoustic Sessions)”
Hatebreed    “The Divinity Of Purpose”
Jarboe    “Jarboe Presents: The Sweet Meat Love And Holy Cult – Mystagogue” (2CD)
LCD Soundsystem    “This Is Happening”
Mystical Weapons    “Mystical Weapons” (Greg Saunier Of Deerhoof And Sean Lennon)
Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory    “Elements Of Light”
Sensations’ Fix    “Music Is Painting In The Air (1974-1977)”
Sickness Of Snakes    “Nightmare Culture” (Boyd Rice, Geff Rushton, Peter Christopherson)
Sinaloa    “Father And Sons”
Tegan And Sara    “Heartthrob”
Various    “L.I.E.S. Presents: American Noise / Volume One” (2CD)
Weapon    “Embers And Revelations”
Yo La Tengo    “Fade”

Cassette Tape
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Pye Corner Audio    “The Ever-Present Hum”

Magazines
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Maximum Rock N Roll #357 (February)
Wire #348 (Oneohtrix Point Never Cover)

Reviews
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Bad Religion True North

(Epitaph)
These guys need no introduction, but here’s one anyway: formed in Los Angeles as a hardcore punk band over 30 years ago, Bad Religion has become one of the most influential and respected punk bands around. Their sound has evolved from gritty hardcore to soaring melodic punk, without losing any of their grip of socially conscious lyricism and fury. Most impressively, their sixteenth studio album True North further proves that they remain experts at conveying their messages with still-fresh-sounding punk anthems. The themes include battling despair through life’s struggles (the title track, “Hello Cruel World,” “Nothing to Dismay”) and greed in both religious institutions (“Robin Hood in Reverse”) and big business (“Land of Endless Greed.”) Even with such bleak subject matter, they maturely offer a message of hope, suggesting that it’s best to “focus on tomorrow” (“Past is Dead”) and “lend a helping hand” to your fellow person in a seemingly hopeless world (“Dept. of False Hope.”) When it comes to the past being dead, though, that thankfully doesn’t refer to them abandoning their raw roots entirely, with a particularly memorable ode to a phrase that any dissenter – with or without a Ph.D. – can use to quickly get a point across: “Fuck You.”
[Reviewer: Mark]

Ultraísta Ultraísta

(Temporary Residence Ltd.)
Sometimes called Radiohead’s “sixth member” for his production work with the band (as well as being a multi-instrumental member of Thom Yorke’s side-project Atoms for Peace,) Nigel Godrich further showcases his synth skills as part of this new Afrobeat-influenced electro-dance trio. Fellow producer Joey Waronker takes control of the highly kinetic, catchy drums while Parisian vocalist/fine artist Laura Bettinson lends her longingly affectionate and frequently multi-layered voice. Their infectious music sounds very lively throughout, like a pulsating Krautrock sun endless shifting the mood over a tribal dance circle, with the participants motioning you to join in. My favorites included the shining, fittingly hook-laden opener “Bad Insect” as well as the thoughtful, interestingly romantic “Our Song” and surprisingly downtempo, minimal piano-driven “Party Line.”
[Reviewer: Mark]

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