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7th Of September 2012 Update

7th Of September 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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45 Grave     “Pick Your Poison”
Byrne, David & St. Vincent    “Love This Giant” (Gatefold; Out For Sale On Tuesday)
Chomp    “Buddha Jabba Mumma”
Dylan, Bob    “Tempest” (180 Gram + CD)
Enough    “Common Visions”
Enslaved    “Yggdrasill”
Forward    “What’s The Meaning Of Love? Singles Collection”
Genesis P-Orridge / Stan Bingo    “What’s History” (+ D/L)
Hardside    “2009-2011”
Harry Pussy    “One Plus One” (Gatefold 2LP)
Hopkins, Lightning    “Texas Blues Man” (+ D/L)
I Can See Mountains    “Hope You Never Get It” (+ D/L)
Kowalsky, Gregg With Jozef Van Wissem    “Movements In Marble And Stone”
Kuti, Fela    “Fela Ransome-Kuti And His Koola Lobitos”
Land    “Night Within”
Lorelei    “Enterprising Sidewalks” (+ D/L)
Loscil    “Sketches From New Brighton” (2LP Gatefold)
Melchior, Dan    “The Backward Path” (+ D/L)
Minus The Bear    “Infinity Overhead”
Mono    “For My Parents”
Mould, Bob    “Silver Age” (+ D/L)
Oh Sees, Thee    “Putrifiers II EP”
Pswingset    “All Our False Starts”
Red City Radio    “To The Sons & Daughters Of Woody Guthrie”
Residents, The    “Duck Stab” (+D/L)
Sam Bros. 5    “Sam Bros. 5 – With Daddy ‘Good Rockin’ Sam” (+ D/L)
Shiflet, Mike / Pet Swanson    “Bedside / College View”
Sick Fix    “Vexed”
Tower & The Fool, The    “How Long”
UV Race / Eddy Current Suppression Ring    “UV Race & Eddy Current Supression Ring Live At Missing Link” (+ D/L)
Verocai, Arthur    “Timeless: Arthur Vercai March 15, 2009” (2LP Gatefold)
XX, The    “Coexist” (Regular Edition Our For Sale On Tuesday – Deluxe LP Edition Has Been Delayed to a Sept. 25th Release)

Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Masta Ace Incorporated    “Slaughta House” (2LP)

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Dear, Matthew    “Beams” (2LP)
Dusk + Blackdown    “Dasaflex”
Fake, Nathan    “Steam Days” (+ D/L)
Lorn    “Weigh Me Down”
Mala    “Cuba Electronic / Calle F”
Tejada, John    “The Predicting Machine” (2LP 180 Gram + CD)
Toddla T    “Watch Me Dance: Agitated By Ross Orton & Pips” (+ D/L)
Woolfy Vs. Projections    “The Return Of Love” (+ CD)

7″s
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Bottom Out    “Mourning” (Red Vinyl + D/L)
Carridale    “The Wandering EP” (Purple Vinyl + D/L)
Cheap Time    “Other Stories / In This World”
Clear    “Demo”
Crucial Dudes / Shared Arms    “Crucial Dudes / Shared Arms” (+ D/L)
Dry Hump    “Dry Hump”
Eyehategod    “New Orleans Is The New Vietnam”
Full Of Hell / The Guilt Of…    “Full Of Hell / The Guilt Of…”
Miller, Roger (Mission Of Burma / Alloy Orchestra)    “Big Steam / Dream Interpretation”
Primitive Calculators    “Sick / Cunt”
Rodrigo & Gruff / Cate Le Bon    “Gold Medal Winner / Time Could Change Your Mind”
Segall, Ty    “The Hill / Mother Lemonade”
Shannon And The Clams    “Ozma / Muppet Babies”
Slugz    “Empty Space”
Young Prisms    “Apartment Song EP”

CDs Rock
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Byrne, David & St. Vincent    “Love This Giant” (Out For Sale On Tuesday)
Enemy Within, The    “As Long As I Can Walk, I’ll Step Out Of Line”
Horse Latitudes    “Awakening”
Mono    “For My Parents”
Oh Sees, Thee    “Putrifiers II EP”
Swans    “The Seer” (2xCD + DVD Special Edition)
XX, The     “Coexist” (Out For Sale On Tuesday)

CDs Non-Rock
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Alvarius B (Alan Bishop Of Sun City Girls)    “Alvarius B” (Legendary Solo 1998 2-CD Reissue)
Assembly Of Light Choir    “Assembly Of Light Choir”
Blu & Exile    “Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them”
Groundislava    “Feel Me”
JJ Doom    “Key To The Kuffs”
Lustmord    “Heresy / Heretic: The Sixtystone Edition” (2CD Deluxe Package)
Reks    “Rebelutionary”

Reviews
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Matthew Dear Beams

[Buy From RSR Online]
(Ghostly International)
Was born in Texas and moved to Michigan while he was a teenager.  In Michigan he was influenced by the Detroit Techno scene.  Dears style can be seen as glitch, techouse, and electronic avant- pop.  I believe Dears new album to have more of an electronic, indie, rock influence to it.  His newest album, Beams, has upbeat futuristic beats with dance floor ready tempos.  He companies his upbeat tempo and more than fun beats with his intense and deep lyrics that seem to be very personal to Dear.  This new album reminds me of a very upbeat and techno like TV on the Radio.  If TV on the radio was going to do a techno dance party on a spaceship, this is probably what it would sound like.  Dear’s music contradicts itself in many ways, which he believes to be his different personalities shining.  Dear’s music has changed very much throughout the years and this album is his most rock like album yet. Dear’s many personalities are seen as his “Beams”, hence the new album.  If you are ready to hop on the futuristic dance floor then Beams is a perfect album for you.
[Reviewer: Kacie]

Jeff Loomis Plains of Oblivion

(Century Media)
Best known for being the lead guitarist of the progressive/thrash/neo-classical metal band Nevermore, Loomis further demonstrates his incredibly advanced techniques on his second solo record. Like one would expect from him, he manages to pull off an epic scope with a combination of white-hot shredding and soaring licks to craft songs that really feel like they’re telling a story (opener “Mercurial” sets the mood excellently by employing both aforementioned elements.) The lightning-speed “Escape Velocity” is another favorite, with several blasting breakdowns to punctuate the face-melting guitar chords. The acoustic, medieval-sounding “Rapture” demonstrates his flexibility well, with an array of complex string techniques. Loomis didn’t accomplish this all alone, though: he features an impressive roster of guest guitarists for solos as well, including Attila Vörös from Hungary (“Requiem For The Living”) and Tony MacAlpine from the U.S. (“The Ultimatum”), as well as ex-Megadeth members Marty Friedman (“Mercurial”) and Chris Poland (“Continuum Drift.”) Though most of the tracks are instrumental, he also invites guest vocals from Christine Rhoades (“Tragedy And Harmony” and “Chosen Time”) and Insahn (“Surrender”) to further punctuate the feeling.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Mono For My Parents

[Buy From RSR Online]
(Temporary Residence Records)
Mono is a band from Japan that has been experimenting with post- rock/instrumental rock since 1999.  Mono is made up of electronics, strings, chorus, a pianist, and a saxophonist.  This new album by Mono reminds me of a much calmer more fine tuned Explosions in the Sky. Not to get confused that they are any better or worse than Explosions.  Mono’s instruments are just timed more particularly then that of Explosions and other Instrumental bands.  They are precise with their execution and because of this great harmonization the band sounds like a Japanese symphony.  While listening to the album I felt myself placing Mono in either a symphony hall or in a grungy rock hall.  Mono has moved into a brighter territory of music that is uplifting with their triumphant climaxes.  Their eruption of noise is much more tamed then past albums.  While listening to the album I felt as though I was watching a Japanese War movie (in slow motion).  The guitars feel as though they are melting out of the speakers and pouring into my ears. The album makes for a musically emotional roller coaster.  The light guitar repetitions along with the bombastic drums erupts into an uplifting climax in every song which makes the album somewhat soundtrack like.  This would be a perfect album to listen to on a long train ride home.
[Reviewer: Kacie]

Porcelain Raft Strange Weekend

[Buy From RSR Online]
(Secretly Canadian)
Rome-born and NYC-based Mauro Remiddi is a composer, songwriter and musician: after a 2010 EP, this is the first full-length from his current project. Although his original band, Sunny Day Sets Fire, focused on indie-pop, Porcelain Raft is all about dreamy, atmospheric electropop. His warm, ethereal and lo-fi sound can be attributed to a combination of his wistful, echoed vocals with a varied, driving drum machine, bright-sounding acoustic/electric guitars and a generous helping of sensual synth. The end result sounds quite refreshingly natural, which isn’t an easy feat for an album based mainly on numerous electronic effects. My favorites include the twinkling opener “Drifting In And Out,” with a head-bobbing rhythm to complement the shimmering, descending synth notes. “Unless You Speak From Your Heart” takes a similar kind of drum pattern, with a greater focus on an easily memorable melody. Acoustic-based “Picture” is another unique standout, with the sunny guitar backed by a chunky hip-hop sounding beat.
[Reviewer: Mark]

17th of August 2012 Update

17th of August 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Astatke, Mulatu Feat. Fekade Made Maskal     “Ethio Jazz”
Blanck Mass    “White Math / Polymorph” (+D/L)
Bloc Party    “Four” (180 Gram + D/L)
Contender    “Forever Came Calling”
Dead Can Dance    “Anastasis” (2LP Gatefold + D/L)
Dispatch    “Circles Around The Sun” (Gatefold)
Fell, Mark    “Sentielle Objectif Actualite” (2LP)
Flat Duo Jets, The    “Introducing”
Frost, Ben    “Theory Of Machines” (+D/L)
Herder    “Herder”
Hazlewood, Lee    “House Safe For Tigers (Ma Vart Hus Forskonas Fran Tigrar)”
Integrity    “Systems Overload”
James, Skip    “Greatest Of The Delta Blues Singers” (180 Gram)
Kleyn, Carol    “Takin’ The Time”
Locust, The    “Molecular Genetics From The Gold Standard Labs” (+ CD)
Love Below, The    “Every Tongue Shall Caress”
Lumerians    “Transmissions From Telos: Vol. IV”
McDowell, Fred & Furry Lewis    “When I Lay My Burden Down” (180 Gram)
Nihill    “Verdonkermaan” (2LP, /500)
Other Lives    “Tamer Animals – Atoms For Peace Remix / Other Side-Stuck Together Remix”
Seekers International    “The Call From Below”
Sherwood, Adrian    “Survival & Resistance” (2LP)
Shores    “Leavening” (+ D/L)
Six Organs Of Admittance    “Ascent”
Territory    “Sic Semper Tyrants”
Tropa Macaca    “Ectoplasma” (+D/L)
Vybz Kartel    “Kingston Story: Deluxe Edition” (Deluxe Edition 2LP Gatefold + D/L)
Worn In Red    “Banshees” (+ D/L)
Yamantaka / Sonic Titan    “YT//ST: Noh Wave Opera From The Beast Asian Diaspore”

Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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J. Rocc    “The Minimal Wave Tapes: J. Rocc Edits Volume 2”
J. Rocc    “The Minimal Wave Tapes: J. Rocc Edits Volume 1”
La Coka Nostra    “Masters Of The Dark Arts” (2LP + D/L)

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Allien, Ellen    “Take Me Out”
Blue Daisy X Unknown Shapes    “Bedtime Stories EP”
Fluxion    “Traces 3/3”
Jeremiah Jae    “Raw Money Raps” (2LP, + D/L)
Kennedy, Dom    “My Type Of Party”
Nguzunguzu    “Warm Pulse EP”
Phantom Ghost    “Pardon My English”
Physical Therapy    “Safety Net”
Tobias.    “Freeze / Perfect Sense”

7″s
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Converge / Napalm Death    “Converge / Napalm Death”
Narratives    “Hell Is Here”
Xiu Xiu    “Remixes”

CDs Rock
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Horse Latitudes “Awakening”
Nuclear Death Terror “Chaos Reigns”
Oiltanker “The Shadow Of Greed LP / Crusades 7″”
Poison Idea “The Fatal Erection Years 1983-1986”
Sleep “Dopesmoker”
Testament “Dark Roots Of Earth” (Deluxe CD + DVD)

CDs Non-Rock
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Cactus Channel, The    “Haptics”
d’Eon “LP”
JJ Doom “Key To THe Kuffs”
Leila “U+I”
Nguzunguzu “Warm Pulse EP”
Physical Therapy “Safety Net”
Ron Artiste (Roc ‘C’ And Chali2Na)    “R.I.D.S.”

Reviews
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A Place To Bury Strangers Worship

[Buy From RSR]
(Dead Oceans)
Originating in Brooklyn (and sometimes called “the loudest band in New York,”) this noise-rock trio sounds hell-bent on simulating the atmosphere of being lost alone in a bleak, massive and likely haunted industrial park. Oliver Ackermann’s distant, echoed vocals rise like clouds of dust off a machine of screeching guitars, tightly structured basslines and frequently mechanized-sounding drums (interestingly, six people took turns handling the drums and drum machine work throughout.) Thankfully, APTBS doesn’t blatantly try to freak people out; instead, they rely on a shoegaze-rooted sound, helping them sound even more focused in their ominous art as opposed to being unnecessarily confrontational. Their self-restraint is impressive, considering the aggressive nature of elements such as shrill, bracing feedback and numerous bursts of mysterious, ghostly noise throughout (opener “Alone,” for example, kicks it off nicely by offering a generous helping of said bursts.) They even manage to incorporate some heavenly dream-pop elements (“Dissolved,” “Slide”), which fit shockingly well.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Tindersticks The Something Rain

[Buy From RSR]
(Constellation)
On their ninth record, this British chamber pop/indie band performs a dignified-sounding, multi-layered experience that I’ve come to expect from the label. Employing guitar, bass, percussion, cello, glockenspiel, multiple brass instruments and more, they create a warm, room-filling sound that taps into a wide range of emotions. It kicks off with the nine-minute “Chocolate;” a spoken-word account of a romantic encounter with a surprise twist, backed by a mellow keyboard and eventually climaxing into some spirited sax. “Slippin’ Shoes” is a great example of moody jazz instrumentation built on a smooth, catchy structure. My favorites also included the memorable guitar-hook utilizing “Show Me Everything,” which starts out mellow and goes intense and passionate toward the end, and the fast-tempo “Frozen,” with deep, melancholy vocals and a huge variety of sensual instrument layers.
[Reviewer: Mark]

10th of August 2012 Update + Reviews

10th of August 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Afterhours    “Sleepwalker”
Ambarchi, Oren    “Sagittarian Domain”
Ambarchi, Oren    “Audience Of One” (2LP Gatefold)
Andrew Jackson Jihad / Ghost Mice    “Andrew Jackson Jihad / Ghost Mice”
Andrews, Michael    “Donnie Darko (Original Soundtrack)”
Ape School    “Junior Violence” (/500)
Apers, The    “The Apers”
Black Wine    “Hollow Earth”
Cactus Channel, The    “Haptics” (+ D/L)
Cage, John    “Empty Words (ParteIII)” (3LP Box Set)
Cesear, Austin    “Cruise Forever”
Channel 1    “Satta Dub”
Channel 1    “Full Charge Dub”
Dead C    “Harsh 70s Reality” (+ D/L)
Desire    “II” (Dreamy Ivory Vinyl)
Edwards, Nick    “Plekzationz” (2LP)
Harry Pussy    “Let’s Build A Pussy” (2LP, Gatefold)
Haxan Cloak    “…The Men Parted The Sea To Devour The Wayer” (/700)
Iron Lung    “Supersonic: Live At Supersonic July 25 2009”
Jansch, Bert    “L.A. Turnaround” (LP + CD)
Joyner, Simon    “Ghosts” (2LP Gatefold All Analog Recording + D/L [The Download Is Digital However])
Keys, Alicia    “Songs In A Minor” (2LP, 180 Gram)
Led Er Est    “May” (+ D/L)
Lynch, David & Alan R. Splet    “Eraserhead: Original Soundtrack Recording” (LP + 7″ Gatefold, 16 Page Booklet, + D/L)
Matt And Kim    “Sidewalks” (+D/L)
Merchandise    “(Strange Songs) In The Dark”
Moon Pool & Dead Band    “Human Fly”
Natural Assembly    “Arms Of Departure”
Neon Piss    “Neon Piss”
Nu Sensae    “Sundowning” (+ D/L)
Ormonde    “Machine” (Ltd. Ed. Printed Inner Sleeve + D/L)
Plastic Cross    “Grayscale Rainbows”
Reinhardt, Jonas    “Foam Fangs”
Roland Tings    “Milky Way”
Sod Hauler    “Sod Hauler” (/117 Limited Edition)
Taken By Trees    “Dreams” (+ D/L)
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats    “Blood Lust”
Various Artists    “Staring Into The sun: Ethiopian Tribal Music” (2LP Gatefold)
Various Artists    “Spiritual Jazz Volume 3: Modal, Esoteric And Ethereal Jazz From The European Underground 1963-1972” (2LP Gatefold)
White Hex    “Heat”
White Wires, The    “III” (+ D/L)
Williams, Gareth & Mary Currie    “Flaming Tunes”
Wye Oak    “Civilian” (+ D/L)

Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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J. Rocc    “Play This Too”
Onra    “Deep In The Night”
Strong Arm Steady & Statik Selektah    “Stereotype” (14 Track Album + D/L)
TBRCK    “EP #01” (Instrumental, Synth-Pop, Disco, Hip-Hop…)

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Cantu, D’Marc    “A New World” (2LP)
Footsie / DJ Tubby    “The Grey Area” (2LP)
Horaflora    “Craterellus Cornucopioides”
Kill Memory Crash    “American Automatic” (2LP)
Planetary Assault Systems    “Function 4 Remixes Episode 2”
Schirach, Otto Von    “Supermeng”
ZZT    “Rock The Peace” (Girl With “Party’s Over” Shirt On Cover)

7″s
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Babies, The    “Moonlight Mile / Places”
Narcs, The    “Long Hot Summer”
NOFX    “Ronnie & Mags”
Psychich Ills / Moon Duo    “Take Me With You / Zoned”
Woods    “Cali In A Cup / Give Your Light Off”

CDs Rock
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Ash Borer    “Cold Of Ages”
Deathspell Omega    “Drought”
Dicks    “Kill From The Heart”
Kelly, Scott & The Road Home    “The Forgiven Ghost In Me”
Om    “Advaitic Songs”

CDs Non-Rock
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Haxan Cloak    “…The Men Parted The Sea To Devour The Water” (Ltd /700)
Negro, Joey    “Go Go Get Down: Pure Ghetto Funk From Wasthington DC”
Nguzunguzu    “Warm Pulse EP”
Oram, Daphne / Andrea Parker    “Private Dreams And Public Nightmares”
Phemale “A Root Error” (CD-R In Zine-Like Packaging)

Reviews
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Phemale A Root Error CD-R/Zine

(Self-Release)
I’ve touted the talents of Phemale (formerly known as Female, but changed slightly in deference and respect to the techno artist veteran that also goes by Female) before. Phemale is a New Haven pop artist that could easily be lumped in with much of the revival of the cold minimal sound. This latest effort is perhaps the least minimal (far from Phil Spector however), but certainly not the least cold (one could argue, I suppose). These songs are good. They’ll be out on cassette soon as well if you don’t mind a little wait and that’s your prefered format. I really don’t need to speak too much more on this because you can listen to it all here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Female/A_Root_Terror
[Reviewer: Rick]

Leila U&I

[Buy Online From RSR]
(Warp)
Iranian-born and London-based electronic artist Leila Arab has been active since 1993, when she got her start working with Björk. Leila began releasing her own records five years later, and her newest full-length is as energetic as it is dark and experimental, with loads of vibrating laser synth, bleeps, bloops and buzzes amidst a wide variety of thick, scattered and downright challenging-to-describe beats. Personally, it reminded me the most of stuff like Daft Punk and Digitalism (though with a lot more experimentation at points.) The songs range from irresistibly kinetic and danceable (“Activate I,” “Welcome To Your Life”) to druggy and nebulous (“In Consideration”) and even outright rhythmic noise that reminds me of Merzbow’s Merzbeat album (“Interlace.”) Her solo instrumental tracks stand great on their own, but American-born and Berlin-based performance artist Mt. Sims adds even more scope by lending his spacey, echoed voice to six tracks.
[Reviewer: Mark]

3rd Of August 2012 Update

3rd Of August 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Alkerdeel    “Morinde”
Antlers, The    “Undersea” (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl Mastered At 45 RPM + CD)
Antony And The Johnsons    “Cut The World: Live With The Danish National Chamber Orchestra” (2×180 Gram + D/L)
Archers Of Loaf    “All The Nations Airports” (Remastered Reissue With New Cover Art, Clear Vinyl + D/L With 19 Bonus Tracks)
Archers Of Loaf    “White Trash Heroes” (Reamstered Reissue With New Cover Art, White Vinyl + D/L With 13 Bonus Tracks)
At The Drive-In    “In/Casino/Out” (Clear Vinyl)
Bjork    “Biophilia Remixes Part Four (Current Value Remixes)”
Bjork    “Biophilia Remixes Part Three (El Guincho / Hudson Mohawke Peaches And Guacamol Remixes)”
Bjork    “Biophilia Remixes Part Five (King Cannibal Remix / Alva Not Remodel)”
Bjork    “Biophilia Remixes Part Two (Death Grips Remixes)”
Black Past    “Pitch Black”
Burn Your Life Down    “Don’t Try EP”
Camera    “Radiate!” (LP+CD)
Cut Teeth    “Tele Vandalism”
Der Plan    “Geri Reig” (180 Gram)
Der Plan    “Normalette Surprise * 23 Elektronische Schlager” (180 Gram)
Dieb13 / Gustafsson / Siewert    “(Fake) The Facts”
Duck, Little Brother, Duck!    “Don’t Take Our Filth Away”
Dusted (Members Of Holy Fuck, Rituals, Final Fantasy)    “Total Dust”
Epsilons (Ty Segall Is A Member Of This Band)    “Killed ‘Em Deader’N A Six Card Poker Hand”
Fang Island    “Major” (Gatefold)
Fields, Lee & The Expressions    “Faithful Man (Instrumentals)”
Forward    “Just Go Forward To Death”
Holograms    “Holograms” (+ D/L)
Lost Sounds    “The Lost Lost Demos, Sounds, Alternate Takes & Unused Songs 1999-2004″ (LP+7”)
New Dawn, The    “There’s A New Dawn” (2012 Reissue Of Psych Classic From 1970 + D/L)
No Statik    “Everywhere You Aren’t Looking”
Nothington    “Borrowed Time”
Outer Space    “II”
Periphery    “Periphery II: This Time It’s Personal” (2LP, Gatefold)
Reality Crisis    “Not Bound By The Past, We Live In The Present”
Redd Kross    “Researching The Blues” (+ D/L)
Rush    “Clockwork Angels” (Gatefold 2LP + D/L)
Samothrace    “Reverence To Stone”
Slaves, The    “Spirits Of The Sun”
Soderqvist, Johan    “Let The Right One In (Original Soundtrack)” (+ Poster)
Sound, The    “From The Lions Mouth” (Gatefold)
Sound, The    “Jeopardy”
Spectre Folk    “The Ancient Storm” (+ D/L With 5 Bonus Tracks)
Uzala    “Uzala”
Various Artists    “Zendoni: Funk, Psychedelia And Pop From The Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation” (2LP)
Various Artists    “!Saoco! The Bomba And Plena Explosion In Puerto Rico 1954-1966” (3LP)
Wait, The    “Systematic”
Watson, Patrick    “Adventures In Your Own Backyard” (+ D/L)

Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Dr. No (Oh No)    “Dr. No’s Kali Tornado Funk”
Nas    “Life Is Good”
Oh No    “OhNoMite” (2LP)

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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A Made Up Sound    “Archive II” (+ D/L)
Astro Duo    “Teleporter” (/323)
Batsauce    “Starcr*ssed”
Bok Bok    “MJT (The Torture Track) / Riz MC – Dark Hearts (Bok Bok Dub)”
Deft    “Masquerade EP”
DMX Krew    “Decaying World”
Doshy    “Electrophilic EP”
Fear Ratio, The    “Skana”
Hands Up    “Alien-Talk Good”
Homework    “Conversation Piece”
IAMTHATIAM    “The Invisible”
Ikonika    “I Make Lists”
Joy Orbison & Boddika & Pearson Sound    “Faint / Nil (Reece) / Moist”
Kemp, Martin    “German Salad EP”
Konx-Om-Pax    “Regional Surrealism” (+ D/L)
Leonid Nevermind    “Third Kiss”
LOL Boys    “Changes”
Major Lazer    “Get Free (Feat. Amber Of Dirty Projectors)” (+ D/L)
Motor    “Hyper Lust (Feat. Billie Ray Martin)” (PIC 12″)
Polar Inertia    “Last Vehicle EP”
Powell    “Body Music EP”
Protect-U    “The Protect-U E.P.”
Rrose & Bob Ostertag    “The Surgeon General”
S_W_Z_K (Swayzak, SWZK)    “S_W_Z_K” (2LP)
Tropic Of Cancer    “Permissions Of Love”
Various Artists    “Kommand EP” (Chris Stanford, Dax J, Gareth Wild)
Walker & Kennedy    “3 Stacked Layers, From Macro To Meta”
Williams, Gareth    “Flaming Tunes”
Willits + Sakamoto (Willits & Sakomoto, Willits And Sakomoto)    “Ancient Future” (+ D/L)

7″s
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Big Nils    “Bitch Gutsssssss”
Blur    “The Puritan / Under The Westway”
Destructive New Age (DNA)    “Destructive New Age”
Direct Effect    “Forget The Rest”
Divine Fits    “My Love Is Real”
Leather    “Leather”
Necrocum / Seppuku    “Seppuku / Necrocum”
Out Crowd    “Just Us”

CDs Rock
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Archers Of Loaf    “All The Nations Airports” (2CD Remastered Reissue With Bonus Tracks)
Archers Of Loaf    “White Trash Heroes” (2CD Remastered Reissue With Bonus Tracks)
Evoken    “Atra Mors”
Fellwoods    “Wulfram”
Nachtmystium    “Silencing Machine”
Samothrace    “Reverence To Stone”
Valley Of Fear    “Valley Of Fear”

CDs Non-Rock
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Dr. No    “Dr. No’s Kali Tornado Funk”
Folkstorm    “Sweden”
Ocean, Frank    “Channel Orange”
Various Artists    “!Saoco! The Bomba And Plena Explosion In Puerto Rico 1954-1966”
Various Artists    “Zendoni: Funk, Psychedelia And Pop From The Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation”

Reviews
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Wye Oak Civilian

(Merge)
Named after Maryland’s state tree (which lived for centuries before being destroyed in a 2002 thunderstorm,) this Baltimore duo’s dreamy indie-folk transcends the image of just two people performing. Jenn Wasner handles the sensual lead vocals and electric or acoustic guitar, while Andy Stack does back-up vocals, drums and keyboards (often simultaneously, thanks to some creativity.) Their room-filling sound is luminous like streetlights competing with the darkness of night. The title track, for example, is a gorgeously somber lament with moving lyrics about loneliness (“I’m perfectly able to hold my own hand / but I still can’t kiss my own neck.”) My favorite tracks included that one and “Hot As Day,” which don’t hesitate to drift into sequences of loud, shimmering shoegaze that remains rooted in the memorable melodies and intriguing lyrics (“when the days run long and late / darkness gives me pause while I lie awake.”)
[Reviewer: Mark]

The Chap We Are Nobody

(Lo Recordings)
It’s easy to classify this London five-piece as electro-pop, with their tight synth-driven melodies and subdued vocals. Apparently it’s a big transition from their previous work’s more prankster-oriented nature: though their synthesized tunes are arranged in a poppy and cozy manner, their lyrical themes include disillusionment and ennui. Right from the playful opening track, the vocalists cite the “Rhythm King” for not only helping them not only escape from darkness, but also find their hearts. The title track shines amidst its curious bleakness (“leave you all behind / paying for my crime / see me now / now you don’t.”) It’s an interesting juxtaposition of energy and controlled frustration. My favorite was “Hands Free,” which relies on mantra-like singing that demands surrender and getting one’s life back – or death – backed by punk-infused guitar chords and cymbal-crashing.
[Reviewer: Mark]

13th Of July 2012 Update

13th Of July 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Baddat For Trubbel    “Det Har Ar Inte New York (Plus ISO 9004 EP)”
Baroness    “Yellow & Green” (2LP Gatefold)
Beak    “Beak >>” (II; 2LP; 2nd Album)
Carpenter, John    “Escape From New York”
Clean, The    “Odditties” (2LP Gatefold)
Cleaners From Venus    “Midnight Cleaners” (Remastered, 1st Time On Vinyl, + D/L)
Cleaners From Venus    “On Any Normal Monday” (Remastered, 1st Time On Vinyl, + D/L)
Cold World    “No Omega”
Crusaders Of Love    “Take It Easy… But Take It”
Cynarae    “Cynarae” (+ D/L)
Decibelios    “Oi!” (Spanish Oi From 1985; Ltd. Ed. 180 Gram)
Decimus    “#11”
Deep Listening Band    “Octagonal Polyphony”
Dicks    “These People” (First 1000 Copies Include “Peace?” 7″ + D/L For Both)
Dicks    “Kill From The Heart” (Band Authorized Reissue LP + D/L Including The “Hate The Police” 7″)
Djin Aquarian And Plastic Crimewave Sound    “Save The World”
Echo Lake    “Wild Peace”
Enabler    “All Hail The Void” (Gatefold)
Fay    “Din”
Friends    “Manifest!” (Gatefold + D/L)
Future Of The Left    “The Plot Against Common Sense”
Gatekeeper    “Exo” (Gatefold)
Gun Club, The    “Pastoral, Hide & Seek” (Gatefold Reissue)
Heatsick    “Deviation EP”
Homewrecker    “Worms And Dirt”  (+ D/L)
Icky Blossoms    “Icky Blossoms” (+CD)
In Aeternam Vale    “In Aeternam Vale”
Jeans Wilder    “Totally” (+ D/L)
JK Flesh (Justin K. Broadrick Of Godflesh, Techno Animal, Napalm Death….)    “Posthuman” (2LP Ltd. Ed. Hand Numbered /500)
Kluster    “Klopfzeichen” (180 Gram)
Lord Nelson    “Shango” (Ltd. Ed. Single Series + D/L)
Make Do And Mend    “Everything You Ever Loved” (Ltd. Edition First Press On Colored Vinyl + D/L)
Mares Of Thrace    “The Pilgrimage” (Noise Doom Duo; + CD)
Marilyn Manson    “Born Villain” (2LP 180 Gram Gatefold + D/L)
Martyrdöd    “Paranoia” (Gatefold)
Maus, John    “A Collection Of Rarities And Previously Unreleased Material” (Ltd. Ed. Hand Numbered /2500 + D/L)
Nazoranai    “Nazoranai” (2LP; Keiji Haino, Stephen O’Malley & Oren Ambarchi)
Sakamoto, Shintaro    “How To Live With A Phantom” (+ D/L)
Samiam    “(Billy)” (20th Anniversary Edition Gatefold Colored Vinyl + D/L)
Smashing Pumpkins    “Pisces Iscariot” (2LP 180 Gram Gatefold Remastered & Reissued)
Stereolab    “Mars Audiac Quintet” (2012 Reissue 2LP Gatefold)
Stereolab    “Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements” (2012 Reissue 2LP)
Teenage Bottlerocket    “Freak Out!” (+ D/L)
Timmy’s Organism    “Raw Sewage ROQ” (+ D/L)
Turquoise Days    “Alternative Strategies”
Twin Shadow    “Confess” (+ D/L)
Useless Children    “Post Ending / Pre Completion” (+ D/L)
Vainio, Mika / Kevin Drumm / Axel Dorner / Lucio Capece    “Venexia”
Various Artists    “Richard Sen Presents: This Ain’t Chicago – The Underground Sound Of UK House & Acid 1987-1991” (2LP Gatefold)
Various Artists    “Touch 33: Islands In-Between” (Indonesian Sounds Originally Released On Cassette In 1984)
Very Best, The     “MTMTMK” (+ D/L)

Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Various Artists    “Big Fun In The Big Town: 1986 Hip Hop Classics (Music That Inspired The Cult Film)” (+ Poster)

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Consequence    “Injunction / Chamber Music”
Digitalism    “DJ-Kicks” (2LP)
Field, The    “Looping State Of Mind Remixe” (Junior Boys, Blondes, Mohn)
Gingy & Bordello    “Iron & Water”
Kuedo    “Work, Live & Sleep In Collapsing Space”
LCD Soundsystem    “Throw”
Phase ([PHASE])    “Binary Opposition Reprocessed Part 1” (Sigha, Peter Van Hoesen)
Phase ([PHASE])    “Binary Opposition Reprocessed Part 2” (Planetary Assault System, Ctrl)
Shed    “The Killer” (2LP Gatefold)
Shigeto    “Lineage”
Squarepusher    “Ufabulum” (2LP, CD, D/L)

10″s
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Deadhead    “Deadhead”
Lurka    “Forgotten Ones”
Segall, Ty Band (Ty Segall Band)    “Slaughterhouse” (2×10″ + D/L)
Spent Flesh    “Spent Flesh”

7″s
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ACXDC    “The Second Coming”
Calculator    “New Forms”
Cheap Curls    “Jackie Oh / Message / In Your Arms”
Diat    “Pick A Line / No Accent”
Forward    “Devil’s Cradle EP”
June Brides, The    “Moon / Cloud”
King Dude    “Dungeon Doo-Wop”
Kontravoid    “Native State / Cut To Cleanse”
Midnite Snaxxx    “You Kill Me”
New Coke    “He Got Stabbed In The Throat / All I Want Is Your Sunshine”
Pharaoh    “This House Is Doomed” (+ D/L)
Pleasant Living    “Pleasant Living” (+ D/L)
Ra    “The Awakening”
Seven Sisters Of Sleep    “Seven Sisters Of Sleep (Sundown / High Priest / Slower Downer)” (7″ + CD + Poster + Patch)
Straightjacket Nation    “Nationalism” (+ D/L)
Swamps    “Seven Sides” (2×7″ + D/L)
Tidemouth    “What I Meant To Say” (+ D/L With Bonus Track)
Touche Amore      “Live On BBC Radio 1” (First Press Transparent Orange Or White Vinyl; + D/L)
Vices    “The Out Crowd Blues”
Wisdom In Chains    “Vigilante Saint” (+ D/L)
Zygadlo, Rudi    “Melpomene”

CDs Rock
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Altar Of Flies    “Let New Life Rise In The Face Of Death”
Dicks    “These People” (Classic 1985 LP + “Peace?” 7″ On One CD)
Dirty Projectors    “Swing Lo Magellan”
Dying Fetus    “Reign Supreme”
Funerary Call    “Fragments From The Aether”
Howling Wind, The    “Of Babalon”
Kreator    “Phantom Antichrist” (CD+DVD)
Nile    “At The Gate Of Sethu”
Nordvargr    “Pyrrhula”
Original Iron Maiden, The    “Maiden Voyage” (1960s-70s Blues Pysch Prog Hard Rock With Heavy Occult Leanings)
Pharaoh    “Bury The Light”
Vintersorg    “Orkan”

CDs Non-Rock
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Aesop Rock    “Skelethon”
Bianchi, Maurizio (M.B.)    “Symphony For A Genocide By M.B.”
Black Leather Jesus    “Torture Machinist”
Cenotype    “Origins Unfold”
Deathpile    “Final Confession”
Deathpile    “G.R.”
Deep Listening Band    “Great Howl At Town Haul”
Grunt    “Petturien Rooli”
Ondatropica    “Ondatropica” (2CD Deluxe Edition)
Satori    “Kanashibari”
Sutcliffe Jugend    “This Is The Truth”
Various Artists    “African Rhythms: Anthology”
Various Artists    “African Voices: Anthology”

Reviews
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Ty Segall Singles 2007-2010

[Buy From RSR Online]
(Goner)
Specializing in sharp lo-fi/psychedelic garage punk, this singer-guitarist-drummer has been releasing music since 2005 with bands like Epsilons, The Perverts and (most notably) Sic Alps. His solo output is the purest representation of his talent for rocking out, with this release compiling almost an hour of out-of-print and unreleased material. With such an abrasively produced sound, “shitgaze” is the genre tag that inevitably comes to mind. Like other acts that successfully use the style, though, Segall sounds refreshingly retro-tinged and analog as opposed to someone who just cranked up the bass boost (“Skin” is a shining example, with the organ’s sound capturing a mix of nostalgia and some tasty noise bursts.) My favorite tracks were high-intensity ones such as “Standing at the Station” demo, consisting of nothing but screamy, soaring heavy rock. I also enjoyed stuff like “Booksmarts,” which concludes it spooky surf-rock with total whirling chaos, while the second half of “Fuzzy Cat” is easily some of the most bracing, extreme-speed experimental punk I’ve ever heard.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Canon Blue Rumspringa

[Buy From RSR Online]
(Temporary Residence Ltd.)
On his sophomore record (named after the period when Amish adolescents choose to either stay in their communities or break off and go wild,) singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Daniel James has recruited almost 20 additional musicians to help bring his imaginative orchestral-pop visions into fruition. The most prominent sound throughout is the many strings, particularly in the beautiful, ambient closer “Andalusia (Davenport),” courtesy of the frequently Sigur Rós-collaborating quartet Amiina. From the spirited brass-driven opening of “Chicago (Chicago),” James showcases his passionate emotions from the get-go. Other tracks like the relaxed “Indian Summer (Des Moines)” and dramatic-turned-cathartic “A Native” (Madison)” feature great mixes of the sophisticated, elegant instrumentation with memorable pop hooks. The powerful “Heavy Heart (Minneapolis A”) shows his frustrated, somber side with “a crowd full of strangers / lifting your heavy heart.”
[Reviewer: Mark]