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18th Of May 2012 Update

18th Of May 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Aeges    “The Bridge”
Airbird    “Trust”
Amateur Love    “It’s All Aquatic (+ D/L)”
American Cloud Songs    “Aum”
Balance & Composure    “Only Boundaries”
Birra, Ali    “Ammalele”
Birthmark    “Antib0dies (Nate Kinsella Of Make Believe And Joan Of Arc; Ltd. Ed. /1000 180 Gram White Vinyl + D/L)”
Blo    “Step Three”
Brooks, Roy & The Artistic Truth    “Black Survival”
Can    “Soon Over Babaluma (Unofficial)”
Can    “Delay 1968 (Unofficial)”
Can    “Limited Edition (Unofficial)”
Craft Spells    “Gallery (+ D/L)”
Creepoid    “Horse Heaven”
Dark Day     “Exterminating Angel “
Dark Funeral    “The Secrets Of The Black Arts (2LP Gatefold Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl Reissue)”
Dat Politics    “Blitz Gazer”
Dead Ending    “Dead Ending (1st 500 On Gold Vinyl)”
Desert Sessions,The    “Volume V: Poetry For The Masses (SeaShedShitheadByTheSheShore) / Vol. VI: Black Anvil Ego (Unofficial)”
Desert Sessions,The    “Vol. III: Set Co-Ordinates For The White Dwarf!!! / Vol. IV: Hard Walls And Little Trips (Unofficial)”
Desert Sessions,The    “Vol. I. Instrumental Driving Music For Felons / Vol. II. Status: Ships Commander Butchered (Unofficial)”
Doors, The    “Critique (Unofficial)”
Dope Body    “Natural History”
Drake, Nick    “Time Of No Reply: 10 Previously Unreleased Tracks, Including 7 Completely New Songs, Plus The 4 ‘Last Session’ Tracks. (Unofficial)”
E Town Concrete    “The Second Coming”
Elder    “Spires Burn / Release “
Exitmusic    “Passage (+ D/L)”
Exodus    “Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2LP Gatefold Reissue)”
Father Yod And The Source Family (Father Yod & The Source Family)    “The Thought Adjusters (2LP Gatefold)”
Fire & Ice     “Not Of This Earth”
Garbage    “Not Your Kind Of People (2LP 180 Gram + D/L With Bonus Material)”
Gotye    “Making Mirrors (Gatefold 2LP)”
Guantanamo Baywatch    “Chest Crawl”
Harrington Saints    “Pride & Tradition”
Inhalt    “Vehicle EP”
Into Another    “Into Another (Gold)”
Kuti, Fela    “Live In Detroit 1986 (Previously Unreleased Concert From Fox Theater – Fela Kuti & His Egypt 80 Band; Ltd. Ed. 4LP)”
Led Er Est    “Turritopsis Blues (10″)”
Lungfish    “A.C.R. 1999 (+ D/L)”
Maximin, Berangere    “No One Is An Island (Feat. Rhys Chatham, Fennesz, F. D. Oberland, R. Pinhas)”
Moss Icon    “Complete Discography (3LP + D/L + Complete Lyrics And Rare Photos)”
Mournful Congregation    “Weeping / An Epic Dream Of Desire (2LP Gatefold)”
OFF!    “OFF!”
O’Rourke, Jim    “Halfway To A Threeway”
Pelican    “Ataraxia / Taraxis”
Pink Floyd    “The Man And The Journey: Live At The Concert Gebouw, Amsterdam. 17TH September 1969 (Unofficial)”
Pixies    “Doolittle Demo’s (Unofficial)”
Possessed    “The Demos. 1984 1993 (Unofficial)”
Price, Seth    “Army Jacket”
Razor    “Armed And Dangerous (Unofficial)”
Royal Thunder    “CVI (2LP Gatefold)”
Russ, Eddie    “Fresh Out”
Saint Vitus    “Lillie: F-65 (+ D/L)”
Sarcofago    “I.N.R.I. “
Shipwrecked    “The Last Pagans”
Spectrals    “Bad Penny (+ D/L)”
Spiritualized    “Sweet Heart, Sweet Light. (Huh?) (2LP)”
Split Cranium    “Split Cranium”
Spooky Tooth    “The V.I.P.’S (Unofficial)”
Stephens, Shannon    “Pull It Together (+ D/L)”
Terror    “No Regrets No Shame: The Bridge Nine Days”
Toys That Kill    “Fambly 42”
Trans Upper Egypt    “North African Berserk”
Twitching Tongues    “Sleep Therapy”
Upsetters, The    “Return Of Django”
Various Artists    “The Cool-Aid Benefit Album (Deluxe 2LP Gatefold; 1970 Vancouver)”
Various Artists    “Remolino De Oro: Coastal Cumbias From Colombia’s Discos Fuentes 1961-1973”
Various Artists    “Ivory Coast Soul”
Various Artists    “A Orillas Del Magdalena: Coastal Cumbias From Colombia’s Discos Fuentes”
Vocoder    “Cuadro Sinoptico”
Wake, The    “Harmony (Ltd. Ed. 180 Gram)”
Wedding Songs    “Wedding Songs”
White Suns    “Sinews”
White, Simone    “Silver Silver”
Whitehorse    “Progression (Black/Blue Vinyl)”

Hip-Hop & Reggae 12″s & LPs
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Action Bronson & Statik Selektah    “Well Done (2LP)”
Atmosphere    “Sad Clown Bad Winter #11”
Atmosphere    “Sad Clown Bad Spring #12”
Busy Signal    “Reggae Dubb’N Again”
Damu the Fudgemunk    “Bright Side Remix. (10″)”
Gangrene (The Alchemist + Oh No)    “Odditorium (Ltd. Ed. 4 Song PIC 45RPM 12″)”
Jonti    “Sine & Moon (+ D/L)”
M.O.P.    “Sparta (Produced By The Snowgoons (2LP)”
Upsetters (Lee Scratch Perry And The Upsetters)    “Blackboard Jungle Dub”

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Aphex Twin    “Selected Ambient Works 85-92 “
Boo Williams    “Moving Rivers”
CFCF    “Exercises (180 Gram + CD)”
Clatterbox    “Semi-Automatic”
Cristalli Liquid (Bottin Presents)    “Volevi Una Hit”
Deadbeat / Daniel Tate    “Lazy Jane”
Djoko, William Kouam    “We Are Your Brothers & Sisters”
Giant Claw    “Haunted Planet”
Girls We Like    “D^BO (10″ Gatefold)”
Ilario Alicante    “Echotechno / Rouge Dub / Untitled Drop”
Innerspace Halflife    “Cosmology EP”
Israel, Alex    “Front Butt EP”
Italo Johnson    “Italo Johnson 5 (10″)”
JS    “The Dark Side Of The Earth EP”
Kuhrye-oo     “Human Rights / Give In (For The Fame) / Untitled / Temple”
Lovelock    “Maybe Tonight”
Moretti, Mario    “Past Present Perfect: Rampant Crime And Outta Space Violence”
NX1    “SR”
October (DJ October)    “Planet Of Minds / Singularity Jump”
Population One    “The Return”
Regis     “Ital / Surface / Lapal / Keep Planning”
Searle    “She Moves”
Secluded    “Hidden EP”
Special Request    “Deflowered”
Spy From Cairo Meets The Police, The    “S.O.S.”
Various Artists    “2012 DKMNTL AS-5.2 (Lone, Makam, Awanto 3)”
Various Artists    “BIAS JAMS – 1 “

7″s
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Ancient Astronauts    “Orion Nebula Remixes”
Bloody Gears    “Frozen Rain”
Cheap Girls    “Ruby”
End Of A Year / Segwei    “End Of A Year / Segwei”
English Singles    “Backstreet Pages”
Ex Cops    “You Are A Lion, I Am A Lamb”
Fall, The    “Night Of The Humerons”
Graf Orlock    “Los Angeles”
Here We Go Magic    “How Do I Know”
Host    “There’s Nothing Up There But Heavy Clouds”
O’Neil, Tara Jane (TJO)    “Sirena / Rainbow Connection”
Sissy Spacek    “Contretemps”
Spraynard    “Exton Square”
Stone Titan    “Stone Titan”
White Fence    “Green Balloon”

CDs
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Beastie Boys    “License To Ill”
Fostercare    “Altered Creature”
Ilaiyyaraaja    “Fire Star”
Royal Thunder    “CVI”
Saint Vitus    “Lillie: F-65 (Regular Ed.)”
Saint Vitus    “Lillie: F-65 (Deluxe Ed. With 1 Hour Bonus DVD Digipack)”
Shifted    “Crossed Paths”

Reviews
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Mind Spiders Meltdown

(Dirtnap)
It’s clear to see that vocalist/guitarist/synth player Mark Ryan hasn’t abandoned his catchy sound from when he fronted Denton, Texas’ The Marked Men. On the second full-length from this solo project, Ryan delves into more traditionally poppy, hook-laden and fittingly lo-fi garage-punk. The nostalgic, sunny driving-beat sound of tracks like the infectious opener “You Are Dead” and “On The Radio” wouldn’t sound out-of-place alongside The Ramones. I really enjoyed the organ/synth-driven sound on tracks like the ballad “More Than You” and dark, very retro sci-fi “Skull-Eyed” (the latter theme is appropriate because the band’s name, incidentally, comes from Fritz Leiber’s 1961 book The Mind Spider and Other Stories.) This builds up to the title track at the album’s closing: a dizzying, particularly “fried” sounding mix of the synth and organ going all over the place, backed by the guitars and drum comfortably chugging along.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Sewer Election Vittra Sönder

(Throne Heap)
Active since the early 2000s, this project from Dan Johansson has been one of Sweden’s best-known noise/experimental projects. The record’s title translates as “Disintegrate,” and judging by the uncompromising sound, it’s quite appropriate. “Att Falla” (“The Falling”) starts on a morose note with a drawn-out organ tone that vaguely sounds like a machine’s hum, setting the mood for an unsettling, cold industrial ambience. The tones eventually sound almost melodic amidst some unidentifiable screeches/growls peppered throughout. My favorite part is when it launches into the truly bracing and heavily amplified noise of what sounds like various metal objects crashing about in a storm, before concluding with more bizarre vocal loops that sound like human/animal hybrids. “Bilder Av Dig” (“Pictures Of You”) sounds even rougher, starting off with more musique concrete that incorporates a heavily distorted field recording and more warped voices. It climaxes with another brutal, overwhelming cataclysm of unrestrained crashing, smashing and outright mayhem – after all, the genre isn’t called “noise” for nothing. It’s just the kind of truly uneasy listening that I crave for unexplainable reasons.
[Reviewer: Mark]
Music Review, Reviews, Update

4th of May 2012 Update

4th of May 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Actress    “R.I.P. (2LP)”
Allo Darlin’     “Europe (+ D/L”)
Amps For Christ    “Circuits (2LP Gatefold)”
Aosoth    “Aosoth”
Arkhon Infaustus    “Orthodoxyn (French Black Metal)”
Ascension    “With Burning Tongues”
At The Gates    “Gardens Of Grief”
Barrow, Geoff / Salisbury, Ben    “Drokk: Music Inspired By Mega-City One “
Belzebong    “Sonic Scapes & Weedy Grooves”
Body, The & Braveyoung (The Body & Braveyoung)    “Nothing Passes”
Broadfield Marchers    “When The Lifted Connive”
Carey, S.    “Hoyas (+ D/L)”
Cheap Time    “Wallpaper Music (+ D/L)”
Christ Inversion    “Christ Inversion (Featuring Phil Anselmo Pre-Pantera)”
Countdown To Oblivion    “Discography (Gatefold Colored Vinyl)”
Cross Stitched Eyes    “Decomposition (+ D/L)”
Dark Angel     “Live Scars (Gatefold)”
Davis, Miles    “Round About Midnight (180 Gram)”
Del Rey, Lana    “Born To Die: The Remix EP (12″)”
Dignan Porch    “Deluded”
Dodsengel    “Dodsengel (Gatefold)”
Evans The Death    “Evans The Death (+ D/L)”
Farewood    “Farewood”
Fell Voices    “Fell Voices (Demo 2008 /367)”
Fischoff, Dave    “Winston Park”
Fu Manchu    “Godzilla’s / Eatin’ Dust”
God Equals Genocide    “Rattled Minds”
Gog    “In Our Architecture This Resounds”
Gogol Bordello    “Imagrinadiada”
Hancock, John (Of ANR)    “Antenna Death”
Here We Go Magic    “A Different Ship (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl + D/L)”
Hopkins, Clutchy    “The Storyteller”
Horns Of Happiness, The    “Weathering Alterations”
Horseback    “Half Blood”
Impetuous Ritual    “Relentless Execution Of Ceremonial Excrescence (Members Of Portal)”
Indian Summer    “Indian Summer (Clear 12″)”
Iron Man    “I Have Returned (U.S. Doom Metal)”
John Wilkes Booze    “The Heliocentric Views Of The John Wilkes Booze Pts. 1 & 2 “
Junior High    “Junior High (LP+CD)”
Jurado, Damien    “On My Way To Absence”
KTL    “V (Gatefold 2LP)”
Led Er Est    “The Diver (+ D/L)”
Lewis, Jerry Lee    “Third Man Live (4/17/2011)”
Linfinity    “Live At Marcata: Demos”
Locrian      “The Clearing (+ D/L)”
Locrian & Mammifer    “Bless Them That Curse You (2LP /550)”
Los Miticos Del Ritmo    “Los Miticos Del Ritmo (Cumbia Direct From Quantic’s Colombian Studio)”
Love Below, The    “Every Tongue Shall Caress (+ D/L)”
Marriages    “Kitsune”
Mayfair Set, The    “Young One”
Mean Jeans    “On Mars”
Medicine     “The Buried Life (2LP Gatefold + D/L With Bonus Material)”
Medicine     “Short Forth Self Living (2LP Gatefold + D/L With Bonus Material)”
Mercyful Fate    “Black Funeral, Black Rose: Portland, OR 10/20/1984 (Unofficial)”
Misery    “From Where The Sun Never Shines (2LP Gatefold)”
Moon Duo    “Mazes Remixed (+ D/L; Sonic Boom, Purling Hiss, Gary War, Psychic Ills, Cave…)”
Morbus Chron    “Sleepers in The Rift (Swedish Death Metal)”
Motion Sickness Of Time Travel    “Motion Sickness Of Time Travel (2LP Gatefold)”
Motley Crue    “Girls Girls Girls”
Music Go Music    “Light Of Love “
Naglfar    “Vittra (Swedish Melodic Black Metal)”
Natural Law    “Find The Flock”
Neon Trees    “Picture Show (Gatefold 2LP)”
No Faith    “No Faith”
Nuel    “Trance Mutation”
Okkervil River    “Don’t Fall In Love With Everyone You See.”
Paco Sala    “Ro-Me-Ro”
Papa    “A Good Woman Is Hard To Find”
Pennywise    “All Or Nothing (+ CD)”
Pentimento / Young English    “Pentimento & Young English Split”
Pharcyde, The    “Labcabincalifornia (Special Limited Edition Colored Vinyl 2LP Gatefold)”
Pye Corner Audio    “Black Mill Tapes Volumes 1&2 (2LP)”
Pyrolator    “Inland (180 Gram)”
Pyrolator    “Ausland (180 Gram)”
Radical Sons    “Throwing Knives”
Reveal    “Nocturne Of Eyes And Teeth (Black/Death/Thrash Formerly Known As Waster)”
Rivers, Boyd    “You Can’t Make Me Doubt”
Rosen, Sam Buck    “Dominant Mind”
Rossen, Daniel (Of Grizzly Bear)    “Silent Hour / Golden Mile (5 Song EP)”
Santigold    “Master Of My Make-Believe “
Schnitzler, Conrad    “Endtime: Mix Solos 00/830 (Gatefold 2LP)”
Shop Assistants    “Shop Assistants (180 Gram)”
Silversun Pickups    “Neck Of The Woods (2LP Gatefold)”
Sjoberg, Viktor    “Breakfast In America (Feat. Jens Lekman)”
Smiths, The    “Barbarism Begins At Home: Incomplete B-Sides Volume-One (Unofficial)”
Spacin’     “Deep Thuds (/320)”
Spiderwebs    “Brighton Beach (/255)”
Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras Meet The Congos    “Icon Give Thank / Icon Eye (LP + DVD + Poster + D/L)”
Talk Talk    “The Colour Of Spring (+ Extras On Audio DVD)”
Talk Talk    “Spirit Of Eden”
Television    “Television (180 Gram)”
Test House    “Bitemarks EP (+ D/L)”
Turing Machine    “What Is The Meaning Of What”
Van Zandt, Townes    “For the Sake Of The Song (+ D/L)”
Vandervelde, David    “The Moonstation House Band (+ D/L)”
Various Artists    “The Breakfast Club Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”
Various Artists    “Empire Records: The Soundtrack (Ltd. Ed. Gold Colored LP Individually Numbered)”
Various Artists    “The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond (Arcade Fire, Civil Wars, Taylor Swift, Kid Cudi, Decemberists, Low Anthem…)”
Various Artists    “Sticks Over My Shoulder (Selections From The George Mitchell Archive; Blues)”
Various Artists    “Bed Of Pain (Greek Rembetika/Folk/Mortika Music)”
War On Drugs, The    “Wagonwheel Blues (+ D/L)”
White, Jack    “Sixteen Saltines / Love Is Blindness (Playable Etching 12″)”
Wolf People     “Tidings (+ D/L)”
Zebu!    “Chill Wave”

10″s
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Engvaal    “En Utvilsom Makt (Black/Doom)”
Fair Ohs    “A Tribute To Paul Westerberg (8″)”
Min Kniv    “Av Aske”
Obolus    “Lament “
Scenic    “The Long Sun “

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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AD/S    “Transversal (Sigha & Ventress Remixes)”
Aeroplane    “We Can’t Fly: The Remixes”
Afrikan Sciences    “Boss Nova’s Second Pass EP”
Airhead    “Wait / South Congress (10″)”
Akufen    “Battlestar Galacticlown EP”
Aphex Twin    “Selected Ambient Works Volume II (2012 Reissue Gatefold 3LP)”
Baudazzi, Francesco (Obtane / Zooloft)    “The Black Nobility Of Venice And Genoa”
Berkovi, Justin    “Vice”
Boratto, Gui    “This Is Not The End Remix”
Bullion    “Love Me Oh Please Love Me”
Chube.Ka    “Press The Bass”
Claro Intelecto    “Reform Club (2LP)”
Dicicco, Tom    “Exit / Vent / High Ground”
Dieptepunt    “Feeling Deep Remixes”
Donor    “Ends Meet”
Dream 2 Science    “Dream 2 Science (Lost Nugget From The Innocent Days Of NYC House Music)”
Inspirescu, Petre    “Marcel Si Fiii”
Kiki & Chaim    “Love Kills! “
Kirkland, Mike James    “Luv N’ Haight Edit Series Vol. 1 (Feat. Nicolas Jaar; Colored Vinyl + D/L With Original Tracks Included)”
Lakker    “Arc E.P.”
Lone    “Galaxy Garden (2LP + CD)”
L-Vis 1990    “Club Constructions Vol. I”
Madteo    “Recast Feat. Sensational Remixes “
Martyn    “Hello Darkness”
Nyra    “UNO 10 EP (Includes Skudge Remix)”
Octave One    “Revisited Series 5”
October    “String Theory (Legowelt & Polarius Remixes)”
Omar S.    “O.M.A.R-S And L’Renee: S.E.X. The Remixes”
Orphx    “Hunger Knows No Law”
Phon.o    “Black Boulder (Gatefold 2LP)”
Plant42    “Dreams Of The Sentient City”
Rusko    “Songs (+ D/L)”
Sei A    “Speicher 71: Hawk Tone / Play My Mind”
Shifted    “Parallel Series 2”
Shifted    “Crossed Paths (2LP)”
Shingo2 & Chimp Beams    “ASDR (2LP)”
Stay+    “Fever (Durable Rubber 12″ Jacket – Seriously A Brilliant Thing!)”
Stiebler, Ernstalbrecht    “Ernstalbrecht Stiebler”
Synkro    “Broken Promise EP”
Urban Soul    “I Got This Feeling”
Various Artists    “2012 DKMNTL AS-5.5 (Redshape, Flexx…)”
Various Artists    “Palette EP (Imugem Orihasam, Myles Serge, Tomas Rubeck, Mattias Fridell; /250)”
Various Artists    “Jahtarian Dubbers Vol. 3 (Mikey Murka , Soom T, Monkey Marc, Disrupt…)”

7″s
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Adriano, Dan In The Emergency Room    “Dan Adriano In The Emergency Room”
Alert    “Find Your Way”
Beach Fossils    “Shallow / Lessons”
Break Away    “For Life”
Burning Love    “Black Widow”
Confuse    “Spending Loud Night (Ltd. Ed. Unofficial)”
Cookie Duster    “Two Feet Stand Up”
Diplo    “Express Yourself (Feat. Nicky Da B)”
DNF    “Hurt”
Grabbel And The Final Cut    “Get Your Feet Back On The Ground EP”
Hayvanlar Alemi    “Yekermo Sew (45RPM)”
JJ    “No. 4: Beautiful Life”
LSD    “Jast Last (Ltd. Ed. Unofficial)”
Nobunny    “La La La La Love You B/W Drei. Blondinen (/750 + D/L)”
Nugent, Cian    “Grass Above My Head / My War Blues”
Oscillation, The    “Waste The Day / No Place To Go”
Soom T / Monkey Marc    “Voice Of Dissent / Version”
Thou Shalt Suffer    “Open the Mysteries of Your Creation (Hand Numbered)”
United Youth (UY)    “Something 2 Prove”
Violens    “Totally True / Something Falling”
Wax Idols    “Schadenfreude / The Last Drop (+ D/L /500)”
White Stripes    “Lafayette Blues”
White Stripes    “Let’s Shake Hands”

CDs Rock
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Belzebong    “Sonic Scapes & Weedy Grooves”
Cerekloth    “Halo Of Syringes”
Hall, Nate    “A Great River”
Hazlewood, Lee    “The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes & Backsides (1968-71)”
Horseback “Half Blood”
KTL    “KTL V”
Mare    “Spheres Like Death”
Moss Icon    “Complete Discography”
Night Birds    “The Other Side Of Darkness”
Noothgrush    “Noothgrush”
Occultation    “Three & Seven”

OFF! “OFF!” (New One)
Pallbearer    “Sorrow And Extinction”
Pennywise “All Or Nothing”
Spiritualized    “Sweet Heart, Sweet Light. (Huh?)”
Swans    “The Burning World”

CDs Non-Rock
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Barrow, Geoff / Salisbury, Ben    “Drokk: Music Inspired By Mega-City One “
Biosphere    “Dropsonde”
Gudnadottir, Hildur    “Leyfou Ljosinu”
Lone    “Galaxy Garden “
Los Miticos Del Ritmo    “Los Miticos Del Ritmo”
Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras Meet The Congos    “Icon Give Thank / Icon Eye (CD+DVD + Poster)”
Various Artists    “Jahtarian Dubbers Vol. 3 (Mikey Murka , Soom T, Monkey Marc, Disrupt…)”

Magazine

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Maximum Rock N Roll #348

Reviews
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Ferocious Fucking Teeth Ferocious Fucking Teeth LP+CD

[buy from RSR online]
(Safety Meeting Records)
I first saw these guys open for PC Worship and Liturgy at Milford’s Daniel Street (R.I.P.) On their debut LP (recorded and engineered by Steve Albini, no less,) this New London quintet does a great job of providing Connecticut with more heavy “stoner doom”/noise rock (after all, we’re located between New York and Rhode Island: why must those two genres (particularly the latter) be so scarce here?) In addition to the screamed vocals and wailing guitar, they utilize two drum sets (clearly evident in the manically energetic bursts of “Mule” and circuitous patterns of “Don’t Go”) and a baritone guitar for maximum depth. Even though I’m typically drawn to fast tempos (“One Bright Light” is a great choice of an intense and headbang-perfect song to kick the record off with,) my favorite tracks are more drawn-out. They include “River,” “Fuck On A Weeknight” and “Putting The ‘O’ Back In Country,” which use seemingly laid-back riffs to build up from a slow-simmering sunset to pent-up aggression. 
[Reviewer: Mark]

Siskiyou Keep Away The Dead LP/CD

[buy from RSR online]
(Constellation Records)
On the second record from this Vancouver four-piece (formerly a duo,) it’s easy to categorize their rustic, warm-sounding acoustic ballads as “folk,” but they want listeners to think deeper than that. Although the songwriting structures may feel cozy, these aren’t a bunch of airy songs about enjoying nature. Singer-songwriter Colin Huebert truly “gets into” the emotions of his vocal role: he has “love to give… and give… and give” in the invigorating, instrumentally-swelling “Twigs And Stones,” which relies of plenty of interesting metaphors (“I am house built / out of twigs and stones / I am a house, but / I am not a home.”) Most memorably, he sounds legitimately shaken from both frustration and despondence on a fittingly dark cover of Neil Young’s “Revolution Blues” (“you never see us / ’cause we don’t come around / we got twenty five rifles / just to keep the population down.”) It’s a great demonstration of how emotional delivery can really drive the music’s point across.
[Reviewer: Mark]
Music Review, Reviews, Update

27th of April 2012 Update

27th Of April 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Amnesty    “Free Your Mind: The 700 West Sessions “
Batoh, Masaki    “Brain Pulse Music! (Masaki Batoh Of Ghost [Folk])”
Blackshaw, James    “Love Is The Plan The Plan Is Death”
Dirty Three    “Toward The Low Sun”
Ebony Rhythm Band    “Soul Heart Transplant: The Lamp Sessions (2LP Gatefold)”
Funkees, The    “Dancing Time: The Best Of Best Of Eastern Nigeria’s Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77 (180 Gram + D/L 2LP Gatefold)”
Hawthorne Headhunters    “Myriad Of Now (2LP)”
K-Holes    “Dismania”
Light Asylum    “Light Asylum”
Lower Dens    “Nootropics”
Noble, Steve & Stephen O’Malley    “St. Francis Duo (2LP)”
Omnivore    “Omnivore (+ D/L)”
Taylor, Ebo    “Twer Nyame”
Various Artists    “Banned In Czechoslovakia: Underground Praha Musical Activism Under Communism, 1975-90 (DG 307, The MCH Band, The Plastic People Of The Universe, Uz Jsme Doma…)”
Various Artists    “Metal Dance Ltd. Edition 12″ Single (John Carpenter, Alan Howarth, The Cage, Shock)”
Yeh / Wesseltoft / Courtis / Lee    “Cold/Burn (Anla Courtis, Okkyung Lee, C. Spencer Yeh, Jon Wesseltoft)”

Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Apollo Brown + OC    “Trophies (2LP Gatefold)”
Atmosphere    “Sad Clown Bad Summer Number 9”
Brown, Danny    “The Hybrid”
Brown, Danny    “XXX (+ Bonus XXXapellas 7″)”
Brown, Kev    “Random Joints (Clear Vinyl)”
Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf    “Big Shots (2LP)”
Dibia$e    “Looney Goons”
Sessions, Will    “Bobo Breaks”
Various Artists    “All The Breaks Vol. 1 (100 Breaks)”

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Aeroplane    “We Can’t Fly”
Kavinsky    “Nightcall”
Kwes    “Meantime EP”
Matador    “Spooks EP”
Siriusmo    “Dr. Beak’s Rantanplant”
Soul Clap    “Efunk: The Singles”
Stay+    “Dandelion (10″)”
Traveller, The    “A100 / BER / Bypass”

7″s
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Brotzmann / Van Hove / Bennink    “FMP S3 / Hanns Eisler Einheitsfrontlied”
Vainio, Mika    “Rasputin 3000 / Devil Arrives To Finspang”

CDs
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Actress    “R.I.P.”
Drexciya    “Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller (Deluxe DVD Size Packaging)”
Elzhi And Will Sessions    “Elmatic”
Luckyiam    “Time To Get Lucky”
M.C. Shan    “Q.B. O.G. The Best Of M.C. Shan”
Monolake    “Ghosts”
OvalDNA    “OVALDNA (35 Track Album By Oval + DVD-ROM)”
Reks    “Straight, No Chaster”
Scott-Heron, Gil & Jaime XX    “We’re New Here”
Zomby    “Dedication”
Zorn, John    “The Crucible”

Reviews
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EDM Night People CD/LP

(Western Vinyl)
Formerly known as Early Day Miners, this Bloomington, Indiana-based quartet does a great job of crafting post-rock atmospheres while maintaining a comfortable indie/alt-rock sound. It’s the perfect ambience for spending a mellow night of unwinding after a long day. The rich sounding emotional hooks in tracks like “Hold Me Down” and “Open Bar” are easy to follow and get engrossed in. One of my favorite tracks is the most experimental: the 8-and-a-half-minute “Milking The Moon” builds the most intricate, creative patterns by swirling into elements of post-punk, psychedelic and shoegaze before fading into sharp, wailing feedback. “Stereo/Video” is one of the most interesting standouts, sounding like new wave evolving into robust, modern indie with curious lyrics (“I hear voices on the stereo / I see faces on the video.”) “Temple Bar” is another high point with its male-and-female vocals and warm, passionate sound with corresponding lyrical themes (“you’re safe with me, my word is true / I wouldn’t mislead you.”)
[Reviewer: Mark]

Whitehorse Progression CD
 

(At A Loss Recordings)
For over seven years, this Melbourne five-piece has been dredging along with its uncompromising brand of ultra-sludgy doom metal. On top of the traditional guttural/screaming vocals and slow-simmered mix of drawn-out guitars and percussion, these guys aren’t afraid to crank up the caustic noise of heavy feedback and various other forms of crusty electronic decay. “Mechanical Disintegration” kicks it off by sounding like a malicious spirit rising from a massive, weathered and creaking machine. “Progression” and “Remains Unknown” transition into more scorched landscapes, backed by what sounds like unidentifiable screeches of tortured souls. “Control, Annihilate” is an interesting transition toward the end, mixing fast speed, slow speed and noise like “Progression” before it. Closing track “Time Worn Regression” has the most memorable, “catchy” melody structure, but layers of heavy static and feedback (most present and the beginning and end, with a constant atmospheric rumble throughout) help make it sound even more menacing. It’s quite a ride.
[Reviewer: Mark]
Music Review, Reviews, Update

13th Of April 2012 Update

13th Of April 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records
We’re gearing up for our sale (sale starts Monday!) and for Record Store Day (next Saturday, April 21st, 2012). We’ve got our goody bags started and there’s a lot of goodness in there and some more yet to come.  One fun thing in there is a ticket good for entrance for 2 people to any Manic Productions show in the next 6 months. There are 10 bags that will get those. We got Mark of Manic Productions to tell you about them himself:
LPs & 12″s
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Alabama Shakes    “Boys & Girls (LP+7″ With B-Sides + D/L)”
Alkibar Gignor    “La Paix”
Alligators    “Time’s Up You’re Dead”
Anakrid    “A Monstrous Dose Of Poison”
AU    “Both Lights (+ D/L, Deluxe Jacket + Printed Inner Sleeve)”
Aufgehoben    “Fragments Of The Marble Plan (+ D/L)”
Barwick, Julianna    “Sanguine (Remastered Debut Album)”
Bear In Heaven    “I Love You, It’s Cool (Ltd. Ed. White Vinyl + D/L)”
Bishop, Sir Richard    “The Freak Of Araby”
Black Dice    “Mr. Impossible “
Black Francis (Frank Black)    “The Golem (+ D/L)”
Bola    “Volume 7 (Awesome Tapes From Africa + D/L)”
Breton    “Other People’s Problems (+ D/L)”
Bright Eyes    “Every Day And Every Night (2012 Vinyl Reissue + Full EP On CD)”
Bright Eyes    “Letting Off The Happiness (2012 Vinyl Reissue 180 Gram LP + CD)”
Carter Tutti Void    “Transverse (A Unique & Exclusive Collaboration By Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, & Nik Void)”
Choir Of Young Believers    “Rhine Gold (+ D/L)”
Coleman, John Wesley & Morgan Coy    “Nightmare On Silly Street”
Collage Culture    “Examining The 21ST Century’s Identity Crisis”
Control Unit    “The Fugitives”
Crucial Dudes    “61 Penn”
Damages    “Indignation”
Davis, Miles    “Pangaea (180 Gram 2LP Gatefold)”
Demdike Stare / Hype Williams    “Meets Shangaan Electro”
Doom    “Doomed Again”
Earle, Justin Townes    “Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now (+ D/L With Bonus Track)”
Earthless    “Sonic Prayer Jam (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)”
Eye    “Center Of The Sun (+ D/L /500)”
Fake Boys, The    “Pig Factory (Pink Translucent)”
Fields, Lee    “Faithful Man (+ D/L)”
Fireworks    “We Are Everywhere (1st Press W/ Flexi)”
First Aid Kit    “The Big Black & The Blue (180 Gram Vinyl + D/L)”
Ghost Thrower    “10 Songs”
Giana Factory    “Save The Youth (Ltd. Ed. + 20 Track D/L + Poster)”
Grave Babies    “GOTHDAMMIT (+ D/L)”
High On Fire    “De Vermis Mysteriis (2LP Gatefold)”
Hollows    “Vulture”
Iron Maiden    “En Vivo! (Ltd. Ed. Double Picture Disc Vinyl)”
Jones, Norah    “The Fall (Gatefold)”
Joyce Manor    “Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired”
Knapp, Sophia    “Into The Waves”
Krallice    “Orphan Of Sickness (All Songs Written By Orphan; In Memory Of Brendan Majewski)”
Lightships    “Electric Cables (Gerard Love Of Teenage Fanclub; 180 Gram + D/L)”
Lushlife    “Plateau Vision (+ D/L)”
Mad Scene    “Blip (+ D/L)”
Mauser    “Isolation EP”
Menche, Daniel    “Quanta Of Light”
Mickens, Sam    “Slay & Shake”
Midnight Souls    “Going Through The Motions”
Moonbell    “Moonbell (+ D/L With Bonus Track)”
Moonface    “With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery (+ D/L)”
Moonrises    “Moonrises”
Neptune    “MSG RCVD (+ D/L)”
Noun    “Holy Hell”
Nurse With Wound / Blind Cave Salamander    “Cabbalism “
Operation Ivy    “Energy (+ D/L)”
Prophecy Of Doom    “Total Mind War”
Radio Moscow      “3 & 3 Quarters”
Radio Moscow / Earthless / Premonition 13    “Radio Moscow / Earthless / Premonition 13: Electric Rock N’ Roll (Ltd. Ed. /1500)”
Rob    “Make It Fast, Make It Slow”
Ruby Fray    “Pith”
Schrader, Ed; Ed Schrader’s Music Beat     “Jazz Mind”
Screaming Females    “Ugly (2LP Gatefold)”
Shiflet, Mike    “Merciless”
Sic    “Thought Noises”
Skeletonwitch    “Beyond The Permafrost (Gatefold Reissue)”
Sparklehorse    “It’s A Wonderful Life (180 Gram + D/L)”
Sparklehorse    “Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain (180 Gram + D/L)”
Speedwolf     “Ride With Death”
Thieves Like Us     “Bleed Bleed Bleed (+ D/L)”
Torche    “Harmonicraft (Clear Vinyl + Custom Lollipop Slipmat + D/L)”
Toussaint, Allen    “Life, Love And Faith (180 Gram)”
Trampled By Turtles    “Stars And Satellites (180 Gram + D/L)”
U.V. P0P (UV Pop)    “No Songs Tomorrow (+ D/L With 3 Unreleased Songs)”
Various Artists    “Mondo Hollywood: Original Motion Picture Sound Track”
Various Artists    “Hells Angels On Wheels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”
Various Artists    “Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads And Dirges 1968-1974”
Various Artists    “Indonesia Screaming Fuzz: Java-Java Garage Stomp Indo-Rock Beat Surf Vol. 2”
Various Artists    “Are You With The Band? A Collection Of Female Fronted Pop-Punk (Black Rainbow, Slingshot Dakota, The Measure, PS Eliot, …)”
Venia    “Frozen Hands”
Votolato, Rocky    “Television Of Saints (Ltd. Ed. Red/Black Vinyl + D/L)”
Ward, M.    “A Wasteland Companion (+ D/L)”
Wexler, Mike    “Dispossession (Ltd. Ed. LP + D/L /1000)”
White Fence    “White Fence & Family/Perfume Vol. 1 (Of 2)”
Williams III, Hank (Hank III)    “Long Gone Daddy (LP + CD)”
Wino & Conny Ochs    “Labour Of Love (Latitudes Series /500)”
Wino & Conny Ochs    “Heavy Kingdom”
Woods / Amps For Christ    “Woods / Amps For Christ Split LP With 1 Collaborative Song (+ D/L)”
Wool     “Lunar Momento Lost Rancho Session I (180 Gram LP + 7″ + D/L)”
Zammuto    “Zammuto (Side Project Of The Books + D/L)”
Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Coles, Maya Jane    “DJ-Kicks  “
Fluxion    “Traces 2/3
Pillowtalk    “W+L Black Soul Edits”
10″s
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Lower Dens    “Brains / Propagation / Hours (Ltd. Ed. 10″ + D/L)”
Paisley, Doug    “Golden Embers “
7″s
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Bad Avice    “Do Not Resuscitate”
Caribbean, The    “The 65 Cent Dinner / Tonight, It’s Over”
Coathangers, The / Davila 666    “Smother / No Crees Que Ya Cansa (/750)”
Conelrad    “Slut & Slobs (Bezoar)”
Constantines / Feist    “Islands In The Stream / Trans Canada”
Copeland, Eric    “Get Along”
Davila 666    “Pa Que Vives”
Enabler / Yautja    “Enabler / Yautja”
Foster The People    “Broken Jaw / Ruby”
Front Line    “Basic Training E.P.”
GG King    “Joyless Masturbation (And Bag)”
Guided By Voices    “Jon The Croc”
High On Fire / Valient Thorr    “Speak In Tongues / Beast With A Billion Eyes (###/1,000 + D/L)”
Kicks    “The Secret”
Kurt Vile & Wino / Jennifer Herrema    “Kurt Vile & Wino / Jennifer Herrema Do Rolling Stones Cover Songs (###/1000 + D/L)”
La Otracina    “Skyblazer”
Newbury, Mickey / Callahan, Bill    “Heaven Help The Child”
Noun    “Noun (I Don’t Love Anybody)”
Parlamentarisk Sodomi / Laserguys    “Parlamentarisk Sodomi / Laserguys”
Stick Together    “Surviving The Times”
Vacuum    “Walking Slow / Born & Bled / Remember Breaking Up / Skulls”
Veronica Falls    “My Heart Beats / Killing Time”
Wymyns Prysyn    “Payday / Cat Pills / John Titors Blues”
Yohuna    “Revery”
CDs
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Grouper    “A | A (2xCD)”
High On Fire “De Vermis…”
Holter, Julia    “Tragedy”
Ivy League “2009-2011”
Joyce Manor “Of All Things…”
Le Super Borgou “Bariba…”
LHD (Left Handed Decision)    “Even Still (2xCD)”
Machinedrum    “Room(s) Extended (Deluxe 2CD Edition)”
Meshuggah “Koloss”
Night Birds “The Other…”
Occultation “Three And Seven”
Ufomammut “Oro: Opus Primum”
Various Artists    “Orchestre Super Borgou De Parakou: The Bariba Sound 1970-1976”
Various Artists    “Soul Cal: Funky Disco & Modern Soul 1971-1982 (BOOK+CD)”
Vektor “Outer Isolation”
Ward, M. “A Wasteland Companion”
DVD
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Lee Perry The Upsetter
Magazine/Fanzine
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Carducci, Joe “Life”
Feedback #5 & #9
Maximum RockNRoll #347 (IRON HAND)
Reviews
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Breton Other People’s Problems  CD/LP
 (Fatcat Records)
Breton, a four-piece electronic band from London, has released their first full-length album, Other People’s Problems. This album contains unique orchestral samples from the German composer, Hauschka, which are vigorously chopped up and lined with electronic beats and catchy synthesizer phrases. The lead singer Roman Rappak holds a high energy throughout the LP with a few exceptions on softer tunes, and has a similar sound to the guys from Bloc Party or the Kooks. There are elements of indie rock, hip-hop, and touches of dubstep throughout Other People’s Problems, which keeps the songs diverse, not knowing which kind of tune, will follow the last. Breton has achieved a fun album, with tunes like ‘Pacemaker’, ‘Wood and Plastic’ and ‘Jostle’.
[Reviewer: Kyle]
Ceremony Zoo CD/LP 
 (Matador Records)
Ceremony released their fourth studio album, Zoo, which is their first release with Matador Records. Zoo is quite different from the aggressive and violent material Ceremony has released in the past, which isn’t too surprising. Like their songs, Ceremony can be unpredictable, and their change in style from hardcore to more of an old school punk sound on Zoo seems only natural for the band. While the tempo has been slowed down on the album, there is still a raw energy that is gloomy yet satisfying. Songs like ‘Hysteria’, ‘Brace Yourself’ and ‘Video’ are especially good, although this album is best listened to as a whole. Zoo clocks in just over 35 minutes, and the album only gets better with each listen.
[Reviewer: Kyle]
Youth Lagoon The Year of Hibernation CD/LP
 (Fat Possum)
Boise, Idaho may not be synonymous with gorgeous, ethereal dream-pop, but 22-year-old Trevor Powers certainly helps build the foundation with his project’s debut record. His emotional, yearning and unique-sounding vocals echo in the distance of cozy guitar-and-bass (often blending together with a hypnotic synthesizer/piano) melodies. The sound comes full circle with an essence that glows like warm, fuzzy nostalgia – it’s an excellent example of how lo-fi can achieve beauty that studio-slick production values cannot. I really appreciated the down-to-earth lyrics as well, such as the laid-back assertive attitude in “Cannons” (“I have more dreams than you have posters of your favorite teams / you’ll never talk me out of this.”) The empowering, sunlit “Montana” is another high point – it builds from a dusty piano ambience into a wonderfully memorable crescendo with thoughtful lyrics (“there’s a spirit in Montana and in your chest, a soul / oh, what a soul…”)
[Reviewer: Mark]
SHOW REVIEW!
Last Friday, April 5th; there was a show at the West Haven American Legion, with performances by Daytrader, Code Orange Kids, Heavy Breath, Pentimento, Full of Hell, Birds in Row, and Night Owls. Bands from all over the place, including NY, PA, France, and of course CT, brought a diverse combination of sounds to the evening. From hardcore and screamo to melodic and pop punk, there was a little something for everyone. All the bands were solid, especially Code Orange Kids, Heavy Breath, and Birds in Row. Keep a look out for any band from this night’s line up, they bring the energy and they all rock. Check out their web pages:
[Show Reviewer: Kyle]
Comedy, Music Review, Reviews, Update, video

6th Of April 2012 Update

6th Of April 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

We will be CLOSED on EASTER SUNDAY. Please enjoy the day as suggested in this quick blog entry earlier today.

Quick note about the upcoming Record Store Day (4/21/12) – we’ll be opening early (at 9AM this year) and we’ll have the full list posted the day before (if I can possibly do it earlier I will, but things probably won’t show up until the last minute).  Some releases have already been delayed and a few have been cancelled – that information can be found on the Record Store Day website. We’ll have more announcements and information posted here and through Twitter. Of course, it’s business as usual otherwise and we’re working as hard as ever to keep up and to keep you informed of what we have going on and what’s coming in. On to the update… right after this commercial interruption:

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LPs & 12″s
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Alligators    “Time’s Up You’re Dead”
AU    “Both Lights (+ D/L, Deluxe Jacket + Printed Inner Sleeve)”
Bear In Heaven    “I Love You, It’s Cool (Ltd. Ed. White Vinyl + D/L)”
Black Dice    “Mr. Impossible “
Bola    “Volume 7 (Awesome Tapes From Africa + D/L)”
Breton    “Other People’s Problems (+ D/L)”
Carter Tutti Void    “Transverse (LP + CD; A Unique & Exclusive Collaboration By Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, & Nik Void)”
Choir Of Young Believers    “Rhine Gold (+ D/L)””
Collage Culture    “Examining The 21ST Century’s Identity Crisis”
Damages    “Indignation”
Demdike Stare / Hype Williams    “Meets Shangaan Electro”
Earthless    “Sonic Prayer Jam (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)”
Fields, Lee    “Faithful Man (+ D/L)”
First Aid Kit    “The Big Black & The Blue (180 Gram Vinyl + D/L)”
Giana Factory    “Save The Youth (Ltd. Ed. + 20 Track D/L + Poster)”
Iron Maiden    “En Vivo! (Ltd. Ed. Double Picture Disc Vinyl)”
Marley, Bob    “Lee “Scratch” Perry Masters (Remixed/Remastered)”
Mickens, Sam    “Slay & Shake”
Midnight Souls    “Going Through The Motions”
Moonrises    “Moonrises”
Nurse With Wound / Blind Cave Salamander    “Cabbalism “
Rob    “Make It Fast, Make It Slow”
Sic    “Thought Noises”
Skeletonwitch    “Beyond The Permafrost (Gatefold Reissue)”
Thieves Like Us     “Bleed Bleed Bleed (+ D/L)”
Trampled By Turtles    “Stars And Satellites (180 Gram + D/L)”
U.V. P0P (UV Pop)    “No Songs Tomorrow (+ D/L With 3 Unreleased Songs)”
Various Artists    “Mondo Hollywood: Original Motion Picture Sound Track”
Various Artists    “Hells Angels On Wheels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”
White Fence    “White Fence & Family/Perfume Vol. 1 (Of 2)”
Wino & Conny Ochs    “Labour Of Love (Latitudes Series /500)”
Zammuto    “Zammuto (Side Project Of The Books + D/L)”

Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Cut Chemist    “Outro (Revisited) Featuring Blackbird”
Doomstarks (Doom & Ghostface)    “Victory Laps (Feat. Madvillainz Remix)”
Homeboy “Sandman    “Chimera EP”
Roddy Rod    “Oakwood Grain II (+ D/L For This And Volume One)”

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Burial / Four Tet    “Nova”
Devonwho    “Strangebrew (+ D/L)”
DJ Kaos    “Keep On Movin'”
Dream Continuum    “Reworkz E.P.”
Ekoplekz    “Westerleigh Works EP”
Elephant & Castle     “Transitions (Feat. Tuneyards & Rachel Fannan)”
Eleven Tigers    “Stableface / Stableface (Peverelist Remix)”
Funckarma Vs. Onionboy    “Rusty W / Kokon”
H. Mueller – DJ Stingray    “NRSB-11”
Host, The (Barry Lynn/Boxcutter)    “The Host (+ D/L)”
Ital    “Hive Mind (+ D/L)”
Laid Back    “Cosyland”
Lone    “Crystal Caverns 1991”
Mieux!    “Next Episode”
Parrish, Theo    “Capritarious 7 / Only The Beginning”
Roger, Franck    “Take You Up”
Schlachthofbronx    “Dirty Dancing (2LP + CD)”
Swindle & Silkie    “Unlimited / Pineapple”
Szczepanik, Nicholas    “We Make Life Sad”
Trackman Lafonte & Bonquiqui    “Fortunes Of The Lord / More Than A Cat Has Ever Seen / The Feeling The Force / Fascinating Facts”
Various Artists    “KETA004: Rioteer – Gabberism And The Subcultural Behaviour Pattern Trap”
Various Artists    “San Proper Skudge Silent Running 2012 DMNTL AS-5.4 Rattle (Station 2 Station) Anniversary Series Part 4”
Zundel, Mati    “Amazonico Gravitante”

7″s
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Best Coast    “Make You Mine (2×7″)”
Git Some (2 Members Of Planes Mistaken For Stars)    “Git Some (+ D/L)”
Hides    “Hides”
King Tuff    “Wild Desire (+ D/L /750)”
Lia Ices    “Wish You Were Here / Late Night”
Noose    “The War Of All Against All”
NY Hoods, The    “Demo 1986”
Oddisee    “Slow It Down / On Standby (Feat. YU) / Slow It Down (Inst.)”
Peace    “Peace”
Rations    “How Much Land Does A Man Need?”
Revenge / Hate Your Guts    “Watch The World Burn”
Schlachthofbronx    “Slowine / Dickie Riddim Feat. Warrior Queen”
Snowing    “Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit”
Title Fight    “Kingston”
White Woods    “Where Did You Go (+ D/L /500)”

CDs
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Addison Groove    “Transistor Rhythm”
Baker, Aidan    “Green & Cold”
Blood Of Heroes, The    “The Blood Of Heroes”
Bola    “Volume 7”
Borgore    “Borgore’s Misadventures In Dubstep (Various Artists)”
Carter Tutti Void    “Transverse (A Unique & Exclusive Collaboration By Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, & Nik Void)”
Com Truise    “Galactic Melt”
Deadmau5 Vs. Melleefresh    “Melleefresh Vs. Deadmau5 At Play”
Dial81    “Boxcar Portal”
Dr. John “Locked Down”
Front 242    “Geography”
High On Fire “De Vermis…”
Host, The (Barry Lynn/Boxcutter)    “The Host”
Les Momies De Palerme “Brulez Ce Coeur”
Lull & Beta Cloud & Andrew Liles    “Circadian Rhythm Reconfigured”
Meshuggah “Koloss”
Oneohtrix Point Never    “Replica”
Porter Ricks    “Biokinetics”
Tape    “Revelationes”
Trust “TRST”
Tycho    “Dive”
Various    “SuperiorBelly (Compilation)”
Various    “Sid Chip Sounds: The Music Of The Commodore 64”

Reviews
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Carter Tutti Void Transverse CD/LP

(Mute)(Buy Online From RSR)
This is a live album without live album trappings (no crowd noise, etc. – taken straight from the sound mix essentially). It’s got the Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti pair (of Throbbing Gristle and their own dealings) and Nik Void (Factory Floor). I was not at the Short Circuit Festival where this was recorded, but I imagine it was even more hypnotic and mesmerizing there and I long to play this at very high volumes so I can try to mock that experience as best I can. The whole thing flows seemlessly and when it ends it feels abrupt (though it is not) to be pushed back into the waking world (or maybe just stare at the cover until you press play again). 
[Reviewer: Rick]

Neptune msg rcvd CD/LP

(Northern Spy)(Buy Online From RSR)
It’s fascinating how musicians can exemplify their sound through the construction of their instruments: for example, classical performers lean toward exquisite designs. Boston’s Neptune represents noise rock’s jagged, rough elements excellently with instruments literally constructed from scrap metal (for example, not many music stores sell amplified gas cans or metal buckets.) The result is a very unconventional, dramatic vocal-laced sound right the beginning with the endlessly piercing build-up of “Luminous Skull.” It’s followed by the cold, nightmarish “Dark Report,” which is loaded with sharp guitars reminiscent of no wave and abrupt blasts of radio static. Another highlight is the eerily atmospheric “Negative Reversal,” complete with the same brand of bizarre poetry found in the earlier tracks (“let’s lift the curtain up / see how he operates / he’s made of medicine / an anesthetic.”) The most “accessible” track would be “Rpr,” with more traditional-sounding noise-rock patterns that wouldn’t sound out of place alongside acts like Sonic Youth and Boredoms. For the most part, though, it’s a very avant-garde journey for those who love challenging music.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Yamantaka // Sonic Titan YT//ST CD/LP

(Psychic Handshake)(Buy Online From RSR)
To put it in the most basic terms, this record comes from an experimental Montreal collective that includes members of Japanese-Scottish (Ruby Kato Attwood) and Chinese-Irish (Alaska B) descent. Their culture-mixing origins translate to their self-categorized “noh-wave” sound (that’s no typo – it refers to Japan’s Noh theater.) They manage to fuse elements from an impressive list of both Eastern and Western genres, including progressive rock, metal, psychedelia, noise, folk, opera and even pop. I was weary about seeing such a broad list, but I was very impressed with how they managed to pull it off in a truly one-of-a-kind rock opera.  I’d love to see the whole thing put to visuals, because it really does sound like an interesting epic. “Reverse Crystal // Murder of a Spider” is an easy choice of a favorite with its fuzzed-out guitar-fueled sound perfect for ascending a mountain. Another standout is “A Star Over Pureland,” which features red-hot Lightning Bolt-comparable shredding. It’s not all about heaviness, though: “Oak of Guernica” relies on gorgeous, mystical dream-pop ambience and “Hoshi Neko” utilizes passionate Japanese vocals, a driving beat and a hypnotic synth hook that all build to a shimmering climax before fading into a cloud of sound.
[Reviewer: Mark]