Music Review, Reviews, Update

22nd of June 2012 Update

22nd of June 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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2:54    “2:54”
A Place To Bury Strangers    “Worship (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl + D/L)”
Blues Control    “Valley Tangents”
Chain & The Gang    “In Cool Blood”
Circuit 7    “Video Boys”
Codeine    “Barely Real (2LP+CD)”
Dopamines, The    “Vices”
Eternal Tapestry     “Dawn In 2 Dimensions”
Futurisk    “Player Piano”
Ghost Mice    “All We Got Is Each Other”
Ilaiyaraaja    “Fire Star: Synth-Pop & Electro-Funk From Tamil Films 1985-1989”
Jukebox The Ghost    “Safe Travels (180 Gram 2LP + D/L With Bonus Material)”
Kilgour, David    “Here Come The Cars (+ D/L)”
Las Malas Amistades    “Maleza (Gatefold 2LP)”
Love Tan    “Miscellaneous Night Feelings”
Muldrow, Georgia Anne    “Seeds (Produced By Madlib; 2LP)”
No Joy    “Negaverse (/750 + D/L)”
Ruffcats, The    “The Essence Vol. 1 (Das Soloalbum Der Flo Mega Band!)”
S.F.V. Acid (SFV Acid)    “S.F.V. Acid #2”
Scheidt, Mike (Yob Guitarist/Vocalist)    “Stay Awake (Gatefold)”
Schnitzler, Conrad    “Blau (180 Gram)”
Schnitzler, Conrad    “Rot (180 Gram)”
Silver Jews    “Early Times 1990-1”
Sonic Youth    “A Thousand Leaves” 2LP
Spectrum    “The Light Is Dark Enough”
Suis La Lune    “Riala”
Various Artists    “Dabke: Sounds Of The Syrian Houran”
Various Artists    “Musique Fragile 02 (3LP, 3 Screen Printed Jackets, 3 Screen Printed Posters + D/L Ltd. /500)”
Von Oswald, Moritz Trio    “Fetch (Gatefold 2LP)”
Waterhouse, Nick    “Time’s All Gone”
Yo La Tengo    “Electr-O-Pura (120 Gram + D/L)”
Your Favorite Trainwreck    “Your Favorite Trainwreck”
Zummo, Peter    “Zummo With An X (Feat. Arthur Russell)”

Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Big K.R.I.T.    “ReturnOf4Eva: 3rd Coast Mississippi “
Big K.R.I.T.    “K.R.I.T. Wuz Here (Classic Mixtape Remastered + Bonus Track)”
Del The Funky Homosapien And Parallel Thought    “Attractive Sin (180 Gram Red Vinyl + D/L With Bonus Instrumentals)”
House Shoes    “The Time EP (Feat. Big Tone, Danny Brown & Jimetta Rose + Exclusive Instrumentals)”
House Shoes    “Let It Go (Feat. The Alchemist, Black Milk, Chali 2na, Guilty Simpson, Danny Brown, Med, Oh No, Roc Marciano And More + Liner Notes + D/L)”
P.O.S.    “Never Better (2LP Ltd. Ed. Clear Vinyl)”
Phonte (Little Brother)    “Charity Starts At Home (Gatefold 2LP Red Vinyl Hand Numbered Ltd. Ed.)”
Quasimoto    “Basic Instinct”
Valadez, Anthony    “Just Visiting”

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Acid Pauli    “MST”
AltarBoy    “Left Below”
Blomqvist, Jan    “Ink”
Cassegrain    “Plate EP”
Chicago Shags [Legowelt and Orgue Electronique (aka Macho Cat Garage)]    “The Family Album”
Cortex, Alex    “Oh Yeah / Oh Yeah (Tyree Cooper Remix)”
Deadmau5    “Maths”
DNTEL    “The Robag Wruhme Remixes”
Doc Daneekah    “Murdah Strings”
Dro Carey    “Leary Blips”
Fantastic Mr. Fox    “San’En EP (2×10″)”
Gacha    “Remember”
Ghosting Season    “A Muffled Sound Of Voices”
Haans, Guy    “Closer To The Peak”
Massacooramaan    “Dead Long Time EP”
Matt-U    “Wipe Em Out / Uncontrolled “
Monolake    “Plumbicon Versions II”
Paperclip People    “The Secret Tapes Of Dr. Eich (2LP 2012 Remastered Version Of Carl Craig’s 1996 Classic Ltd. Ed.)”
Pariah    “Rift / Signal Loss / Among Those Metal Trees”
San Proper    “Animal “
Submerse    “They Always Come Back EP”
Technasia    “Heart Of Flesh”
Teengirl Fantasy    “Motif / Eternal / Motif (Actress #! Remix)”
Trago, Tom    “Iris Remixes”
Various Artists    “Minutes In Ice (AnD, Blawan, Buck, Skirt…)”

7″s
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Ape School    “Marijuana’s On The Phone (Pretty Neat Packaging With This One)”
Honeydrum    “Stranger Calls 7″ + Do U Party? CD”
Iron & Wine    “One More Try”
Lilith     “Return”
NOFX    “My Stepdad’s A Cop And My Stepmom’s A Domme (Home Sweet Home)”
Porcelain Raft    “Drifting In And Out”
Reptile Youth    “Black Swan / Born White”
Slapshot    “I Believe”

CDs Rock
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Bloom, Kath    “Here I Am”
Horseback    “Half Blood”
Stark Raving Lulu    “Welcome To The Fun-O-Sphere!”
Yellow Stitches    “Good Times Violent Crimes”

CDs Non-Rock
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Baker, Aidan & ThisQuietArmy (This Quiet Army)    “Orange”
J. Dilla    “Rebirth Of Detroit”
Killer Mike    “R.A.P. Music”

Reviews
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Jacaszek Glimmer

(Ghostly International)
Michal Jacaszek is a Polish musician who, for about a decade, has been composing works of the ambient/modern classical persuasion. His latest record provides a very somber, reflective experience that turns out to be an experimental, nonconformist approach to both genres. To conceive the curiously ornate, subterranean-sounding atmosphere, Jacaszek primarily relies on acoustic/orchestral strings and unpredictable electronic tweaks. For example, opener “Goldengrove” primarily consists of several different clean-sounding string instruments and a metallophone on a foundation of eerie, sensual scratch loops. “Evening Strains To Be Time’s Vast” provides the most intense onslaught of whirling noise toward the end, but for most part, the songwriting is both abstract and mellow throughout. It’s certainly a fascinating take on the ambient genre.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Pterodactyl Spills Out

(Brah Records/Jagjaguwar)
Based in Brooklyn, these guys draw from several eras for the acid-infused lo-fi psych-pop on their third record. “School Glue” kicks it off with a mix of trippy Animal Collective-reminiscent jovialness and sunny guitar noise, eventually transitioning into the blissfully surf-tinged “Searchers” (later track “The Break” is just one of several great demonstrations of the style, like Wavves experimenting with an artsier sound.) Other tracks, such as the dark, slightly spooky “The Hole Night” and slow-simmering, resonant “Zombies,” give the purest reflection of morose pop psychedelia from the 60s (it reminds me of The Beatles’ more experimental endeavors and, tying into the latter track’s title, The Zombies.) Another standout close to the style is “Allergy Shots,” which mournfully repeats the phrase “the grass isn’t greener” amidst a downtempo bass and nonstop tambourine rhythm.
[Reviewer: Mark]
Music Review, Reviews, Update

15th of June 2012 Update

15th of June 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Aias    “A La Piscina”
Apple, Fiona    “The Idler Weel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (180 Gram + D/L)”
Atom Age    “The Hottest Thing That’s Cool”
Basho, Robbie    “The Seal Of The Blue Lotus (180 Gram)”
Bjork, Brant    “Jalamanta: 10 Year Anniversary Edition (24 Page Booklet Deluxe Gatefold)”
Brainworms    “Swear To Me”
Brandlmayr, Martin / Werner Dafeldecker / Christian Fennesz    “Till The Old World’s Blown Up And A New One Is Created (+ D/L)”
Brian Jonestown Massacre, The    “Aufheben (Gatefold 2LP)”
Celebrity Murders    “Time To Kill Space”
Chapman, Michael    “Plaindealer”
Coffinworm    “Great Bringer Of Night”
Cookie Duster    “When Flying Was Easy (Featuring Brendan Canning)”
Dead Hookers    “The Burial / The Rebirth”
Ensemble Economique    “Crossing The Pass, By Torchlight”
Finally Punk    “Casual Goths (Compiles All Out-Of-Print Material Plus 2 Previously Unreleased Songs + D/L With Tour Films And More)”
Funk Police    “How We Are Funk We Play”
Guided By Voices    “Class Clown Spots A UFO (+ D/L)”
Hammers Of Misfortune    “The August Engine”
Horrid Red    “Celestial Joy (/400)”
Intelligence, The    “Everybody’s Got It Easy But Me (+ D/L)”
Isis    “The Red Sea (Ltd. Ed. White/Black Vinyl + D/L)”
Kebab    “Life It’s A Joke / We Live In A System (Belgian Punk)”
Keszler, Eli / Keith Fullerton Whitman    “Eli Keszler / Keith Fullerton Whitman Split LP (NNA043)”
Lust For Youth    “Growing Seeds”
Monochrome Set, The    “Strange Boutique (180 Gram)”
Monochrome Set, The    “Love Zombies (180 Gram)”
Movie Star Junkies    “Junkyears: Rarities And Farm Recordings 2005-2007”
Murray, Brendan / Perispirit    “Brendan Murray / Perispirit”
New Bruises    “Chock Full Of Misery”
Oberst, Conor And The Mystic Valley Band    “One Of My Kind (180 Gram + DVD + CD)”
Old Baby    “Misunderstanding Human Behavior (+ D/L)”
Peaking Lights    “Lucifer (Ltd. Ed. /2000 + D/L)”
Potter, Grace & The Nocturnals    “The Lion The Beast The Beat (+ D/L)”
Power, Ryan    “I Don’t Want To Die (NNA044)”
Prizehog    “A Talking To (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)”
Pyramids With Wraiths    “Magpie & Raven (Clear Vinyl One Sided LP + D/L /350)”
Ramesses    “Possessed By The Rise Of Magik (2LP Gatefold)”
Relatives, The    “The Relatives”
Samiam    “Soar (20th Anniversary Ed. Gatefold Color Vinyl + D/L)”
Schnitzler, Conrad    “Zug: Reshaped And Remodeled By Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer (+ D/L With Bonus Tracks)”
Smashing Pumpkins    “Oceania (First Studio Album In 5 Years)”
Starving Weirdos    “The Path Of Lightning (Gatefold 2LP)”
Stop Breathing    “Stop Breathing”
Vatican Shadow    “September Cell”
Volcano!    “Pinata (Ltd. Ed. + CD)”
White Manna    “White Manna (+ D/L)”
White Stripes, The    “7 Nation Army (Unofficial)”
Witchfinder General    “Death Penalty (180 Gram Ltd. Ed. Coloured Vinyl)”
Zelienople    “The World Is A House On Fire”

Hip-Hop & Reggae 12″s & LPs
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Banks, Azealia    “1991”
B., Anthony    “Freedom Fighter (+ CD)”
Big Youth    “Screaming Target”
I-Roy    “Gussie Presenting IROY”
SPVCXXGHXZTPVRRP (Spaceghostpurrp; Raider Klan)    “Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles Of Spvcxxghxztpvrrp (+ D/L)”

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Cina    “Hanoi / Queen B. / Hanoi (Tim Paris Mix)”
Dear, Matthew    “Her Fantasy / Crimewaves / Her Fantasy (Tornado Wallace Remix)”
Drexciya    “Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller II (+ D/L)”
Goliath    “The Message Carriers”
Guido    “Flow Ft. Jay Wilcox”
Jam City    “Classical Curves (2LP Gatefold)”
Locked Groove    “Different Paths”
Maga Bo    “Quilombo Do Futuro Remixed”
Midland    “Placement Remix”
Nguzunguzu    “Mirage EP”
Protect-U    “Motorbike / Lawndog / Invisible Halo”
Superpitcher    “Moon Fever”
Thompson, Linval & Manasseh    “Show Babylon”
Truth & Yayne    “Dreams / Last Time”
Tyrell, Alden    “Touch The Sky Feat. Mike Dunn”
Various Artists    “Tall Black Guy Presents: Tempo Dreams Volume 1 (Teru, Chief, Tensei, Tall Black Guy, …)”
Various Artists    “Field 07”

7″s
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Brain Killer    “3”
Clutch    “Pigtown Blues (PIC Disc)”
Dead Moon    “Too Many People (Mono; Dead Moon 1987-2006)”
DeMarco, Mac    “Only You / Me & Mine”
Die Selektion    “Cladis (White Vinyl)”
Fresh & Onlys, The    “Yes Or No (Ltd. Numbered Ed. /500)”
Gold Panda    “Mountain / Financial District “
Koudede    “Guitars From Agadez Vol. 5”
Lakes    “Crossed With Leaves”
Lust For Youth / War (Var)    “The Glass House Etiquette”
Mazzy Star    “Common Burn / Lay Myself Down”
Moctar, Mdou    “Tahoultine / Tahoultine (Gulls Remix) [Sahel Sounds; Boomarm Nation]”
Post Teens    “The Heat”
Superchunk    “This Summer / Cruel Summer (/1300)”
Victims Family    “Have A Nice Day”

CDs Non-Rock
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Forest Swords    “Dagger Paths E.P.”
Lust For Youth    “Solar Flare”
Taylor, Ebo    “Appia Kwa Bridge”
Various Artists    “Frozen Border: Minutes In Ice (Skirt, Blawan, AnD, Dean Cole…)”

CDs Rock
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Beach Boys, The    “That’s Why God Made The Radio”
Crone    “Endless Midnight”
Die Selektion    “Die Selektion (Numbered /999)”
Friends    “Manifest!”
Grimes    “Geidi Primes”
Guided By Voices    “Class Clown Spots A UFO”
Kelly, Scott / Steve Von Till / Wino    “Songs Of Townes Van Zandt”
Liars    “WIXIW”
Off!    “Off! (First “Proper” Full Length)”
Serpent Throne    “White Summer Black Winter”
Sigur Ros      “Valtari”
Sutekh Hexen    “Behind The Throne”
Smashing Pumpkins    “Oceania”
Witch Mountain    “Cauldron Of The Wild”

Reviews
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Die Selektion Cladis

(Edition Gris)
This record starts with some ominous tones and a voice (in a language I do not understand) under a wall of static or possibly just rain; there is a thunder strike after the voice stops. The rain and thunder fade out as the side comes to an end. The B-Side again begins with some ominous tones and some distant rhythms. On this side that distant rhythm is a clue as to what Die Selektion really leaves you wanting more and more of – dark dance music. Some 4/4 beats and repetitious harmonic joy thrown in the mix (we all can’t be dark all of the time – even within the dark times; especially on joyous days as this when Josh and Jenn are being married!). I’m looking forward to a lot more from this relatively new group out of Germany (a group that includes “a classic trumpet”).
[Reviewer: Rick]

Extra Life Dream Seeds

(Northern Spy)
On their third full-length, this Brooklyn trio embarks on a truly ambitious journey of conceptual experimentation. Sounding like a mix of Renaissance, progressive, and math rock, the songs are theatrical and epic in scope. The primarily driving force is vocalist/synth player/acoustic guitarist Charlie Looker’s dramatic and poetic singing. From melancholy opener “No Dreams Tonight,” the running themes include God-fearing religiousness and childhood innocence, most strikingly in situations involving abuse (“Discipline For Edwin”) and death (“Ten Year Teardrop.”) It’s not easy to think of other albums to compare this to: the abstract lyrics, backed by music that ranges from chamber-reminiscent strings to thick, angular prog to creepy avant-garde minimalism, make for a very unique and surreal experience.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Rob Crow He Thinks He’s People

(Temporary Residence Ltd.)
Known as a singer and multi-instrumentalist in numerous bands (most notably Pinback,) Crow’s latest solo record will likely appeal to a wide audience. Properly describing it to those unfamiliar with his trademark style, though, requires some imagination (I have to admit that I haven’t heard much of his other material before this.) The title is a great indicator: his brand of electric/acoustic indie rock is self-deprecating and dark-humored, but delivered in a way that sounds comfortably organic and mellow instead of off-putting. His years of experience have paid off: he manages to sound both authentic and well-controlled about feelings of helpless on the slightly spooky “Tranked,” as well as not caring about “what any man says” about wearing “a dress for your services” on “So Way.” His sense of humor gets pretty blunt, particularly when he says he’d like to be there when annoying cellphone-users die and get put in body bags (“I’d Like To Be There.”) It’s refreshing that he isn’t afraid to say exactly what’s on his mind.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Update

8th of June 2012 Update

8th of June 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records
LPs & 12″s
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Bags, The    “All Bagged Up: The Collected Works 1977-1980”
Blunt, Dean & Inga Copeland (Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland; Hype Williams)        “Black Is Beautiful: Ebony”
Brian Jonestown Massacre, The        “Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request (180 Gram 2LP Gatefold)”
Brown Sugar    “Brown Sugar Sings Of Birds And Racism”
Bukkake Boys    “Bukkake Boys”
DNTEL    “Aimlessness (+ CD)”
Evil Moisture    “Goo”
Future Of The Left    “Curses (Ltd. Ed. Heavy Vinyl)”
Halo, Laurel    “Quarantine”
Heavy Blanket (J Mascis And His Stoner Buddies)        “Heavy Blanket”
Hive Dwellers, The    “Hewn From The Wilderness”
Hot Chip    “In Our Heads (2LP + D/L)”
Hot Water Music        “Exister”
In My Eyes    “Nothing To Hide (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl + D/L)”
Iron Man    “Black Night”
J/B/M (JBM)    “Stray Ashes(+ D/L)”
Japandroids    “Celebration Rock (180 Gram White Vinyl + 20 Page Booklet + D/L)”
Lamb, Alan; Bradbury, Garry; Burraston, David; Ambarchi, Oren; Fox, Robin    “The WIRED Lab: WIRED Open Day 2009 (Gatefold 2LP)”
Le Bon, Cate    “CYRK (Ltd. Ed. White Vinyl + D/L)”
Miles, Wymond    “Under The Pale Moon (+ D/L; Guitarist Of Fresh & Onlys)”
Motion City Soundtrack       “Go (+ CD)”
Mum    “Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK (2012 Reissue 2LP Gatefold)”
Mum    “Early Birds: A Compilation Of Early Recordings, Rare Music And Forgotten Songs From “1998-2000 Or Thereabouts. (2012 Reissue 2LP Gatefold + 16 Page Booklet + D/L)
Octo Octa    “Oh Love”
Piche, Jean    “Heliograms”
Plankton Wat (Dewey Mahood Of Eternal Tapestry)        “Spirits “
POP ETC        “POP ETC (+ D/L)”
Russian Tsarlag        “Midnight At Mary’s House”
Spectrum    “Soul Kiss (Glide Divine) (180 Gram)”
Stereo Total    “Cactus Versus Brezel (+ Poster + CD)”
Susanna     “Wild Dog”
Tallest Man On Earth, The    “There’s No Leaving Now (+ D/L)” [First 5 copies we have come with a bonus 7″]
Tortoise    “Millions Now Living Will Never Die (2012 Reissue)”
Tucker, Alexander    “Third Mouth”
TV Buddhas    “Band In The Modern World”
Various Artists        “Eat The Dream: Gnawa Musica From Essaouira”
Various Artists        “Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol. 1 (Gatefold 2LP)”
Wet Hair    “Spill Into Atmosphere”
When Tigers Fight     “Death Songs”
Whips/Chains (Members Of Coliseum, Xerxes, Black God)        “Master/Slave (+ D/L)”
Whitman, Keith Fullerton    “Occlusions; Real-Time Music For Hybrid Digital-Analogue Modular Synthesizer”
Womack, Bobby    “The Bravest Man In The Universe (+ D/L)”
Young, The    “Dub Egg (+ D/L)”
Your Demise    “The Golden Age (180 Gram Color Vinyl, Gatefold)”
Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Banks, Azealia        “1991”
SPVCXXGHXZTPVRRP (Spaceghostpurrp; Raider Klan)        “Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles Of Spvcxxghxztpvrrp (+ D/L)”
Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Buzzin10    “Basement Mood / String Ting / Buzzin Twelve”
Clubroot    “Scars / Hellion”
Dro Carey    “Journey With The Heavy”
DVA    “Pretty Ugly (2LP)”
Ernestus, Mark        “Jeri-Jeri With Mbene Diatta Seck: Xale / Xale Rhythm / Daguagne”
Fanciulli, Mark        “Sacrifice”
Flight Facilities    “With You Feat. Grovesnor”
Four Tet    “Jupiters”
Gemmy        “Tales Of The Deep EP”
Harmonious Thelonious        “Ting Tong EP”
Hundred In The Hands, The    “Red Night (2LP Gatefold)”
Hunee        “Tide / Minnoch”
Kryptic Minds        “Aksum / When Two Paths Cross”
McKay, Harvey        “Pressure”
Modeselektor        “Modeselektion Vol.02 EP”
Parker, Mike        “Thermo”
Peralta, Austin / Sun Ra    “Views Of Saturn Vol. 2”
Robag Wruhme    “Leistenhans Zwo EP.”
SBTRKT        “Hold On Featuring Sampha (Holographic Sleeve!)”
Unknown Artist        “Untitled *UNHOERBAR – UHB06”
Various Production    “I’m Really Hot”
Visioneers    “Hipology (2LP)”
7″s
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Beautiful Ones, The    “Birth Of Desire”
Bridge And Tunnel    “Homecoming & Mixed/Media/Messages”
California X    “Sucker / Mummy”
Citizen / Turnover    “Citizen /// Turnover”
Double Negative (-/-)        “Hits”
Obey The Brave        “Ups And Downs”
Self Defense Family    “Self Immolation Family / World Virgins (+ D/L)”
Self Inflicted   “On Your Own”
Sense Field    “Beautiful, Beautiful”
Sense Field      “Fun Never Ends (/2000)”
Sense Field / Onelinedrawing    “Sensefield / Onelinedrawing”
White Guilt    “White Guilt”
Reviews
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Mount Carmel Real Women
 (Siltbreeze)[Buy Online from RSR]
This Columbus, Ohio trio sounds like they’re straight out of a dusty, sweltering barroom in the late 60s or early 70s: that’s how pure their brand of blues-rock sounds, right down to the guitar tuning and analog distortion. On their second record, they further refine their sound with just the right amount of roughness thanks to the twang-heavy guitar, high-energy drumming and spirited vocals. They’d fit the bill excellently with bands like ZZ Top, Humble Pie and The Allman Brothers Band; more recently, The Black Crowes and The White Stripes come to mind. The lyrical laments sound very genuine, such as dealing with the difficulty of finding “Real Women,” as well as the desire to “Be Somebody” else.
[Reviewer: Mark]
Sigur Rós Valtari
 (Parlophone) [Buy Online from RSR]
Once again, Iceland’s best-known ambient/post-rock quartet serves up an absolutely gorgeous record that sounds like it was extracted straight from their dreams. Like bassist Georg Hólm said in an interview, the album really does sound more electronic-based than some previous work; the synth, strings, piano and added choral vocals all make it feel like swimming through an endless realm of hauntingly beautiful subconscious thoughts. I have to admit that I have a weakness for this style: I love getting lost in these arrangements. For example, the first single “Ekki múkk” sounds nostalgic to an otherworldly degree thanks to its nuanced orchestral strings, drawn-out deep piano and comfortably beautiful vocals from Jónsi Birgisson. All of these elements come together to paint atmospheres that will vary for everyone – I envision late-day sunlight in a massive autumnal forest when I hear “Varúð;” one of several tracks (including “Ekki múkk,” undoubtedly) that really makes an out-of-tune-sounding piano’s resonance sound unbelievably intimate. Another highlight for me is “Dauðalogn,” which sounds like a wonder-filled ode to shimmering galaxies that stretch on forever.
[Reviewer: Mark]
Live Music

Live Music: King Tuff, Habibi, Medication, Jacques Le Coque 6-10-12

Live Music: King Tuff, Habibi, Medication, Jacques Le Coque 6-10-12
Intercambio = 756 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

This is a great spot and this event is another great opportunity to check it out. Dan Greene’s art will still be up and we have records for sale here. It’s an all ages venue and they serve refreshments.  Oh, and bands!

[Read on beyond the page break for sounds and such.]

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2nd of June 2012 Update

2nd of June 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Angel Witch    “As Above, So Below (Import; 2LP Gatefold)”
Aosoth    “Aosoth”
Artillery    “My Blood (180 Gram Ltd. Ed. Coloured Vinyl)”
Autopsy    “Mental Funeral (Gatefold)”
Avengers    “Avengers (180 Gram Reissue)”
Bathory    “Blood Fire Death”
Bathory    “Under The Sign Of The Black Mark”
Bathory    “The Return…”
Blackdeath    “Jesus Wept (/500)”
Bombay Royale    “You Me Bullets Love (+ D/L)”
Bones, Sean    “Buzzards Boy (+ D/L)”
Burzum    “Filosofem (2xLP, Gatefold)”
Burzum    “Hvis Lyset Tar Oss (2xLP, Gatefold)”
Carpathian Forest    “Bloodlust And Perversion (Gatefold White Vinyl)”
Chance, Bob    “It’s Broken!”
Clandestine Blaze    “Falling Monuments”
Clash, The    “Last Gang In Town: Rarities 1976-1984 (Unofficial)”
Cohran, Kelan Philip & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble    “Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble”
Cure, The    “Visions Of Domino”
Demoncy    “Joined In Darkness”
Disembowelment    “Transcendence Into The Peripheral (2xLP, Gatefold, Color)”
Dismember    “Like An Everflowing Stream (180gm 2xLP, Gatefold, Color)”
Drudkh    Eternal “Turn Of The Wheel (+ D/L)”
Eicher Spielt Noise Boys, Stephan    “Stephan Eicher Spielt Noise Boys”
Electric Wizard     “Black Masses (2LP Gatefold; Domestic Issue)”
Emperor    “Emperor (Wrath Of The Tyrant) (180gm 2xLP, Gatefold, Color)”
Enslaved    “Yggdrasill”
Enslaved    “Frost “
Father Befouled / Helcaraxe    “Ruination Of The Heavenly Communion (Red Vinyl)”
Frustration    “Relax “
Grass Widow    “Internal Logic “
Gravenhurst    “The Ghost In Daylight (+ D/L)”
Higgins, Gary    “Red Hash (Repressed LP + Bonus 7″)”
Hives, The    “Lex Hives An Album By The Hives (180 Gram)”
Hot Chip    “The Warning (Gatefold 2LP)”
In Aeternam Vale    “Dust Under Brightness (12″ EP)”
In Aeternam Vale    “DUB (Dust Under Brightness LP)”
incantation    “Blasphemous Creation”
Integrity    “Palm Sunday (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl + D/L RSD2012)”
Intelligence    “Crepescule With Pacman”
Ital / Magic Touch    “Magic Touch / Ital”
Joy Division     “Closer (Colour Vinyl; Unofficial)”
Kiss It Goodbye    “She Loves Me (Ltd. Ed. Color + D/L)”
Leckey, Mark    “Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore”
Led Zeppelin    “Led Zeppelin III (Unofficial)”
Led Zeppelin    “Led Zeppelin IV (“Runes” “Zofo” Unofficial)”
Led Zeppelin    “Led Zepplin II (Unofficial)”
Lemonade    “Diver (+ D/L)”
Liars    “WIXIW (Liars Sixth Album, Deluxe Edition 180 Gram Vinyl + CD)”
Mayhem    “De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (180gm, Gatefold, Color)”
Mayhem    “Deathcrush (180gm, Gatefold, Color)”
Megaton Leviathan    “MMIX (2009 Demo 12″ LP)”
Metallica    “The Black Demos”
Mortuary Drape    “Secret Sudaria (2xLP, Gatefold)”
Mortuary Drape    “All The Witches Dance”
Mutilation    “Remains Of A Ruined, Dead, Cursed Soul”
Mynabirds, The    “Generals (+ Poster + CD)”
Napalm Death    “Hatred Surge From Enslavement To Obliteration 1985-1986 Demos (Unofficial)”
Natural Child    “For The Love Of The Game”
Nice Face    “Horizon Fires”
Nightwish    “Imaginaerum ~Orchestral Version~ (Ltd. 180 Gram Clear 2LP Gatefold + Lyric Sheet)”
Noothgrush    “Erode The Person”
Noothgrush    “Failing Early Failing Often (2LP Gatefold)”
Obituary    “Darkest Day (2LP Gatefold)”
Oxes    “Bile Stbudy (+ D/L)”
Pearl Jam    “Xmas With Eddie: The Complete X-Mas Singles (Unofficial)”
Pharaohs, The    “Awakening (+ D/L)”
Pharaohs, The    “In The Basement (+ D/L)”
Pita    “Get Out”
Poison Idea    “Kings Of Punk (Colored Vinyl Ltd. Ed.)”
Poison Idea    “Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes L.P. (Colored Vinyl Ltd. Ed.)”
Primitive Weapons    “The Shadow Gallery (Clear Vinyl)”
Purity Ring    “Belispeak (12″ With Embossed Sleeve)”
Rayon Beach    “This Looks Serious (Family Ties Cover Art Rules!)”
Robinson Brotherhood, Chris    “Big Moon Ritual (2LP Gatefold)”
Samael    “Ceremony Of Opposites (Gatefold)”
Sigur Ros    “Valtari (Gatefold 2LP + D/L)”
Slayer    “Hell Awaits Demos 1984 (Unofficial Color Vinyl /500)”
Slayer    “Reign In Blood Demos (Unofficial)”
Sultan, Mark    “War On Rock N’ Roll”
Thompson, Mayo    “Corky’s Debt To His Father (LP + Bonus 7″)”
Various Artists    “Long Live Boogaloo: 22 Rare Latin Boogaloos Circa 1963-1972 (2LP Gatefold + D/L)”
Various Artists    “Space: 1999: An Original Television Soundtrack Recording Composed By Barry Gray”
Walkmen, The    “Heaven (+ D/L)”
Weisman, Chris    “Fresh Sip (2LP)”
Womack, Bobby    “The Bravest Man In The Universe (12″ Single)”
You Blew It!    “Grow Up, Dude”

Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Camp Lo    “Uptown Saturday Night (Official 2LP Reissue Remastered + Poster)”
Digital Underground    “Sex Packets”
Dub, Dave (Dave Dub)    “The Treatment (Gatefold 2LP + D/L)”
Jay-Z    “The Blueprint (Gatefold 2LP)”
La The Darkman    “Heist Of The Century”
Mad Cobra    “Hard To Wet, Easy To Dry”
MF DOOM    “Operation Doomsday: Silver Age Set (Remastered 2LP On “Gun Metal” Colored Vinyl)”
RJD2    “Deadringer (Remastered + 2 Previously Unreleased Songs)”
Sene.    “Brooklynknight. (Ltd. Ed. Purple/White Vinyl + D/L)”
Sonnymoon    “Sonnymoon (2LP Color Vinyl + D/L)”
Various Artists    “Lyricist Lounge Volume One (4LP; De La Soul, Mos Def, Q-Tip, Saul Williams, Talib Kweli, Zack De La Rocha, KRS-One, Last Emperor)”
Various Artists    “These Are The Breaks: 12 Sampled Selections From the Ubiquity Vaults”

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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A Made Up Sound    “Take The Plunge”
Aphex Twin    “The Aphex Twin Classics (2LP)”
Barker    “Like An Animal”
Blockhead    “Interludes After Midnight (2LP + D/L)”
Brackles    “No. 2”
Caprice    “Depths Revival EP”
Cassegrain & Tin Man    “Carnal”
CVBox    “Analog Amputations EP”
Data    “Making Simple Things Complex”
Die Roh    “Van Draft EP”
Dixon, Jack    “You Won’t Let Me EP”
DMX Krew    “East Side Boogie”
Dumont, Duke    “For Club Play Only”
Eprom    “Regis Chillbin”
Genius Of Time    “Drifting Back”
Girl Unit    “Club Rez EP (2×12″)”
Hundred In The Hands    “Keep It Low (6 Track Single Featuring Andy Stott, Optimo, Patten, DJ Twitch)”
Ill Blu    “Clapper”
Juk Juk    “Thinking Too Much”
Last Japan    “Ambush EP”
Moby    “The Poison Tree (David Lynch Remix) / Lie Down In Darkness (Photek Remix) (UK RSD Title)”
Moodyman    “Classics Volume 3 (White Label)”
Morphology    “Dalek Invasion”
Mungo’s Hi Fi    “Hire And Removal Refix (Ft. Eek-A-Mouse)”
Munk, Jonas    “Pan”
Negrot, Aerea    “Macuto”
Pariah    “Detroit Falls / Orpheus (10″)”
Rumpistol & Red Baron    “Floating (2LP)”
Schlachthofbronx    “Schlachthofbronx (2LP)”
Skrillex    “Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites: The Remixes”
Slugabed    “Time Team (3LP + D/L)”
Sonar Base    “We Attack At Dawn EP”
SP-X    “Stalker EP”
Svreca    “Vilna / Hagagatan (10″)”
Sweatson Klank    “Elevate Me”
Terje, Todd    “T.T. Re-Edits Vol. 8”
TMSV/DJ Madd    “Difference”
Tyrell, Alden    “Rush / Tntus”
Various Artists    “Nickel Ride”
Various Artists    “Repitch 000.1”
Various Artists    “In The Dark: The Soul Of Detroit”
Walls    “Coracle Remixe”
Walton    “All Night EP”
XI    “Joy Fear EP”
XXXY    “Bash EP”

7″s
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Band Of Mercy    “Conquest”
CocoRosie    “We Are On Fire / Tearz For Animals”
Coffins / Macabra    “In Quarantine With Death (Green Vinyl + Buttons + Large Insert /100)”
Cops    “Premonitions + 4”
Full Of Hell / Code Orange Kids    “Full Of Hell / Code Orange Kids”
Impaled Nazarene    “Goat Perversion (White)”
Impaled Nazarene    “Satanic Masowhore”
Intelligence With Kelley Stoltz, The    “(They Found Me In The Back Of) The Galaxy / Lake Of Dracula”
Kumbia Queers / Scream Club And Electrosesexual    “Scream Queens At the Kumbia Club”
Modeselektor with Thom Yorke    “This”
Pulling Teeth      “Witches Volume VI”
Spencer Blues Explosion, The Jon    “Gadzooks! / Tell Me That You Love Me (Jukebox Single)”
Tempest    “(Solace)”

CDs Non-Rock
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Brackles    “Brackles”
Drexciya    “Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller II (Deluxe DVD Size Packaging)”
El-P    “Cancer4Cure (Cancer For Cure)”
Keep Shelly In Athens    “In Love With Dusk / Our Own Dream”
Kool Keith    “Love And Danger”
Munk, Jonas    “Pan”

CDs Rock
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Black Cobra “Invernal”
Dawnbringer “Into The Lair Of The Sun”
Drudkh “Eternal Turn Of The Wheel”
Hot Chip “The Warning”
Ides Of Gemini “Constantinople”
Hooded Menace “Fulfill The Curse (Import)”
Marduk “Serpent Sermon”
My Bloody Valentine “Loveless (2CD Remaster)”
Sigur Ros “Valtari”
Walkmen, The “Heaven”

Reviews
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The Big Pink Future This

(4AD)
This London duo (Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell) serves up another record of passionate, synth-tinged indie-pop. With its high production values and enticing hooks, it’s easily accessible throughout – thankfully, though, they seasoned it with plenty of fuzzed-out effects throughout to make it especially resonant. For example, opening track “Stay Gold” and “Rubbernecking” have a powerfully jubilant, head-bobbing sound that should definitely appeal to fans of Sleigh Bells. Others, like “The Palace” and “Lose Your Mind,” reminded me of 80s pop with meticulous keyboard details and echo-y vocals. They’re great at conveying multiple moods; it’s particularly apparent when the record closes with the surprisingly melancholy “77.”
[Reviewer: Mark]

White Load Wayne’s World III b/w Godfather IV

(Load)
I’m impressed by how tight this Providence trio sounds, even when playing “black out drunk” as side two is described. Imagine hardcore punk (early Dwarves comes to mind) boiled down to its very essence: a raucous and just plain loud mix of quick-and-to-the-point songs with shouted vocals, a guitar that sounds thoroughly caked in mud and an eardrum-pounding beat that seldom takes a rest. Recorded at a place called “Vomit’s Hole,” side one sounds more “polished” (which I use in the absolute loosest sense of the word,”) while side two sounds the most “live,” primarily consisting of even-rougher versions of the tracks on side one. Needless to say, despite the obvious cliché of the sentiment, these guys truly do rock hard.
[Reviewer: Mark]

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