6th Of January 2012 Update

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

Happy new year, all! 1st update of the new year; a new year that will hold many more along with some other exciting news down the line.  We made the same promise last year and think we held up our end. Let’s do it again.

LPs & 12″s
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Apparat    “The Devil’s Walk”
Bird, Andrew    “Norman (O.S.T.)”
Blind Lemon Jefferson    “How Long, How Long Lasting Love”
Deathcharge    “Love Was Born To An Early Death”
Drastus    “Serpent’s Chalice-Materia Prima”
Elliott    “US Songs “
Great Big Pile Of Leaves    “Boom!”
Guided By Voices    “Let’s Go Eat The Factory (+D/L)”
K-Def    “Night Shift”
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas    “Rare Afro-Funk & Highlife: Ghana 1976”
Law, The    “None Escape”
Madvillain    “Madvilliany Instrumentals”
Morphine    “Cure For Pain”
Phantogram    “Nightlife”
Reuerorum Ib Malacht + Dodfodd    “URKAOS (2LP Gatefold + CD)”
Sleeping Bag    “Sleeping Bag”
Superlife    “Go Bananas (2×12″)”
Sureshot Symphony Solution, The & Friends    “A Good Look EP / Vocal”
Various Artists    “La Onda Vampi”
Various Artists    “Psych-Out Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”
Weapon    “From The Devil’s Tomb (2LP Gatefold)”
Winderen, Jana    “Debris”
Winged Victory For The Sullen, A    “A Winged Victory For The Sullen”

10″s
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Funereal Presence (Negative Plane Side Project)    “Funereal Presence”
Robinson, Chris (The Chris Robinson Brotherhood; Re: Black Crowes)    “The Chris Robinson Brotherhood”
TEETH    “Swarm Part Two”

CDs
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Blut Aus Nord “777 – Desancti…”
Cramps “Sacred Music”
House Of Low Culture “Soil”
Insomnium “One For Sorrow”
Midnight “Satanic Royalty”
Moss “Tombs Of The Blind”
Perry, Lee “Nu Sound”
Sloth “A Whole Other World Of…”
Stott, Andy “Unknown Exception”
Winehouse, Amy “Back to Black”

Cassettes
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59 Times The Pain
Bodyjar
Engine Kid “Angel Wings”
Engine Kid / Iceburn
Farside “Rigged”
Farside
No Fun At All
Sensefield “Building”
Sensefield “Killed For Less”
Sensefield
Shades Apart “Save It”
Shades Apart “Seeing Things”
Smile
Texas Is The Reason “Do You Know Who You Are?”
Texas Is The Reason
Iceburn “Heph…”
Whirpool “Liquid”
Whirpool

Reviews
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Crisis Hymns Of Faith LP (Reissue)
(La Vida Es Un Mus)
This is a reissued LP by a well enough known band that includes Douglas P. (Pre-Death In June). Post punk a la Joy Division or Wire or Television (which is a fun coincidence because the first song on here is “On T.V.”) or a bunch of other bands you can lump into this huge category of snotty brit-rock from the 70s and 80s. This is a repress that stays true to the original with the identical sleeve (with a different record label imprint being the notable difference) and with a black and white glossy insert with band pic on one side and a collage of pictures, written words and newspaper clippings on the other. I really feel like that’s all I need to write about this so yea, good record that I’m glad we now carry.
[Reviewer: Rick]

Spectrals Bad Penny CD/LP

(Slumberland Records)
Though it may sound like the work of a full band, Spectrals is a project from 21-year-old Louis Jones of Yorkshire, England – he wrote and provided vocals for all of the songs, and also played 9 of the 12 instruments featured. “Nostalgic” is a fitting descriptor for his brand of indie-pop-rock – he settles on a blend influenced by the 50s and 60s, with structures reminiscent of early rock ‘n’ roll and doo-wop, as well as guitars and synth creating a surf rock-vibe. Though the record does have a pretty comfortable “pop” element throughout, he isn’t afraid to be somber; his love life is a recurring theme, with topics such as the fear of settling down and “missing the chase” (Doing Time.) He also reflects by saying “love isn’t love until it hurts” (If I Think About The Magic Will It Go Away?) His vocal delivery is mellow throughout, making him sound quite content and experienced when it comes to dealing with romantic problems that could be gut-wrenching to others. On this record, he reaches a good balance between sounding true to the era he represents and being well-produced enough to be accessible to a wide audience.
[Reviewer: Mark]

30th Of December 2011 Update

30th Of December 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

Have a safe and happy new year!

We are closing early tomorrow/Saturday (12-31-11) at 6PM.

LPs & 12″s
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Burial Hex    “In Psychic Defense (Single Sided 12″)”
Burzum    “From The Depths Of Darkness (180 Gram Ltd. Ed. Coloured Vinyl)”
Dashboard Confessional    “The Shade Of Poison Trees (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)”
Death    “Leprosy (180 Gram Ltd. Ed. Coloured Vinyl)”
DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn / RP Boo    “DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn Meet Tsetsha Boys / RP Boo Meets Shangaan Electro”
Farflung    “A Wound In Eternity (Gatefold)”
Fruit Bats    “Echolocation (+ D/L)”
Give Up The Ghost    “Background Music (+ D/L 2011 Reissue)”
Give Up The Ghost    “We’re Down Til We’re Underground (+ D/L 2011 Reissue)”
Guilty Pleasures    “Summer Strange (Legendary “Lost” Album Recorded In 2000)”
Hammering The Cramps    “Hammering The Cramps”
Head on Electric    “Sleep Slaughter Sheep”
Headphones    “Headphones (Red Vinyl /1000 + D/L)”
High Dive     “High Dive”
London Diehards    “There’s Lies, Damn Lies And There’s…”
Lykke Li    “Youth Novels (2LP)”
OCS (Thee Oh Sees)    “Songs About Death & Dying Vol. 3 (Screen Printed Sleeves /700)”
Prince    Dance 4 Me (12″ Single With Remixes)”
Rise And Fall    “Hellmouth”
Samb, Herve & Daniel Moreno    “Kharit (2LP)”
Six Organs Of Admittance    “The Sun Awakens”
Stoned Ambassadors, The    “Bring You Down”
Teenage Moods    “Mood Ring (/300)”
Various Artists    “Thai Funk Volume One (2LP 70s Thai Funk + D/L With Bonus Material)”
Various Artists    “Thai Funk Volume Two (2LP Thai Funk + D/L With Bonus Material)”
Various Artists    “Lost Highway Tenth Anniversary (10 Standout Tracks From Ryan Adams, Lucinda \Williams, Hank Williams, …)”

Electronic LPs & 12″s
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Ateq    “Res”
Blawan    “Fram / Iddy”
Bok Bok & Tom Trago    “Night Voyage Tool Kit”
Byetone    “Symeta”
CV313    “Standingstill”
Deadmau5    “2012 Re-Edits (Green Vinyl)”
Demdike Stare    “Elemental 1 & 2 (4×12″)”
Digid    “Submerged EP”
DJ Duke    “Blow Your Whistle”
D’Marc Cantu    “Fallen  (2LP)”
Function    “Ember”
Green, Camilla    “Out Of Business”
Joker    “The Vision Instrumentals”
Kaspar    “Ode To The Ancients EP”
Linkwood    “Secret Value”
Locussolus (Harvey Pres)    “Tan Sedan (With Com Truise Remix)”
Milano    “The Fall (With Untold Remix)”
Mind Fair    “Kerry’s Scene (With Legowelt Remix)”
Monitors, The    “Control / Protection”
Nilsen, BJ    “Vinyl”
OVR    “Live In London”
Pacific Blue    “PCB 01 Remixes (Silent Servant, Rrose)”
Pillowtalk    “Far From Heaven”
Raiders Of The Lost ARP    “On And On”
Recondite    “Plangent #003”
Redhinho – Sibian & Faun    “Stay Together / I’m Sorry”
Redshape    “On Da Floor EP”
Ripperton    “City Lights (Featuring Van Hai)”
Rozzo    “Meta Tracks Vol. Three”
Shifted    “Telic / Solus / Image/Channel”
Tyson    “After You’re Gone (Remixes)”
VVV    “Across The Sea (2LP)”
Young Hunting    “The Night Of The Burning”

7″s
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Mugwumps “Down”
Ssssnakes / Slow Death
Riptides / Queers
Riptides / Dwarves

CDs
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Atlas Moth “An Ache…” (Back in stock!)
Black Keys “El Camino”
Forest Swords “Dagger Paths”

Book
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Murder In The Front Row

Reviews
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Crone Endless Midnight CD

(Translation Loss/Waylon Recordings)
This project is from former Isis bassist Jeff Caxide, along with several other band members helping with everything from the instrumentation to the artwork and layout. The result is a radical departure from a “metal” sound, instead focusing on rich, darkly beautiful electronic/drone soundscapes. Opener “What You Dream Of” is built around a sensual synth endless melting over a galaxy speckled with stars burning brightly. “Ghost City” is a bit more chilling, with a looping, mechanical-sounding sample simulating a barren atmosphere; however, it eventually returns to the soothing, strangely uplifting nebula essence of the previous track. “The Silver Hammer” sounds like a full-day trip through the vast, dark wilderness, and “Cellar Holes From A Lifetime Ago” feels like a morose, introspective late-night walk through a deserted city of the future. The title track closes the album with more celestial ambience, sweeping electronics, and thick, resonant guitar plucking. As distressing as an “endless midnight” concept may sound, this album doesn’t aim to make listeners feel downtrodden. Rather, it’s a step forward in songwriting maturity – an unexpectedly mellow journey through the darkest caverns of the mind.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Spazz La Revancha [Reissue] LP

(625 Thrash)
Here’s the second LP in a series of long out-of-print Spazz reissues; Crush Kill Destroy was re-released last December and Dwarf Jester Rising is coming back in the future, though when exactly is unknown. Originally released on the now-defunct Sound Pollution label in 1997, this record is another great example of how Spazz made the powerviolence genre fun. The endlessly buzzing guitar, rapid-fire drumming, and distinct floor-shakingly low-tuned bass was mixed with all three members’ shared vocal shouting – the result was a refreshingly intense-yet-tight sound. They strike the perfect balance between the unique fury of both hardcore punk and grindcore. Their razor-sharp wit remains strong, with poseur bashing, kung fu referencing, and Satan worshiping. There isn’t much more that needs to be said – these guys were smart enough to make something truly unique-sounding in a sea of similar-sounding bands.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Tomorrow: 2 Shows

Wednesday 12/28/2011 2 Shows at Redscroll
Tomorrow we have two events that you should check out.

 At 1PM there will be a free acoustic in store set by Connecticut’s
Make Do And Mend. The first 50 will also receive a gift bag that comes
with a wooden MDAM CREW dog tag. So get here early!
At 8PM, we bring you a night of noise performances by Different
Dentist, Reviver, & Toynbee Idea. FYI: Different Dentist is the solo
material by my brother and founding member of the Redscroll empire;
M.D. This will be his only east coast appearance before he heads back
to Oakland, CA to continue his work with Ratskin Records and Styrofoam
Sanchez.

Closed On Christmas Day / Reviews!

Happy Christmas! 
(We’re closed all Sunday. Normal hours resume on Monday.)

May Belsnickel bring upon you a multitude of glorious giftings.
 Here is a gift from us to you; more reviews!
Reviews:

1.6 Band The Checkered Past Of All Kings Present 7″
(Metastasis Records)
I’ve liked 1.6 Band since a friend made me a a really crappy quality mixtape with them on it about ten years ago. Originally these guys broke up in 1993, but got back together to play some shows and release this 7″. It came out back in 2010 but this was the first time I’ve gotten my hands on some physical copies. Most bands that break up and get back together fifteen or twenty years later can’t pull off the same energy or style as they did in their youth. Not 1.6 Band. These guys pick up right where they left off, pumping out 4 more solid math rock fused hardcore songs. The lyrics are quickly shot out at you in a completely non aggressive yell-talk. I would suggest them for anyone who likes Quicksand, Daughters, Fugazi or Serotonin. You can find used copies of their 1992 self titled full length all over the place for like six dollars, I suggest you pick that up too.
[Reviewer: Josh]

Odonis Odonis Hollandaze CD

(FatCat)
This Toronto-based band is the newest project from former Ten Kens guitarist Dean Tzenos. They play the kind of booming garage/noise-punk that echoes like it  was recorded in an airplane hangar. Though its lo-fi aesthetic should please fans of the “shitgaze” craze (Psychedelic Horseshit, Eat Skull, earlier Wavves, etc.,) it sounds like the main influence is 1980s stuff like Big Black, The Jesus Lizard, and Swans. Structurally, tracks like “White Flag Riot” share screeching guitars and repeating drum-blasts synonymous with that era. Other less-distorted tracks like “Seedgazer” and “Ledged Up” stay faithful to the style as well, because the lo-fi really does sound analog and natural for capturing a certain era. I can’t leave out the other genre that unmistakably takes center-stage: surf-rock. In an interview with exclaim.ca, Tzenos said that that’s the genre his dad chose to teach him when he first started playing guitar. The resulting sonic ruckus sounds great for catching a wave at an industrial park’s beachfront.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Sharps Injury / Disheveled 12″

(Thac0 Records)
Rhythmic noise holds a warm spot in my gut. When it hits me right it sends signals to my nerves that are electric. The first time I heard “Denogginizer” from Converter was one of those moments and the first time I heard whatever the first thing I heard from Winterkalte (and a few subsequent times) was like that. Protectors of Bass might have had the same effect. Since that time I have been dulled to it and crave more than that same formula (not that those were formulaic, but many others patterned themselves after them… you get it.).  Sharps Injury (Keef Baker) throws a wrench in the formula by slowing it down a bit, adding a layer of ambience/introspection and (dare I say) song structure (moments when the ambience float into the further background and other pieces of the song find prominence are nice, but when the transition to the next part of the song kicks in and then disappears that is ultimately the most satisfying). These aren’t dance floor fillers like “Denogginizer,” but it’s been 12 years since I first heard that and I really don’t want that in a new track. Hit me, let me get up and then hit me a few more times.  Disheveled (Greg Van Eck of Prometheus Burning) picks right up on the B-side and adds the nice nostalgic element of a treated vocal sample (“The mask is slipping.” I don’t know where it’s from, but it’s always been part of the charm to figure that out.). To be blunt, this side is really enjoyable on a more base level than the A side. It’s more akin to what came to be refered to as Power Noize than to what was originally called rhythmic noise. It’s pretty silly to keep splitting hairs about that though. It’s good and I enjoy the industrial aesthetic and the machine like qualities with the vocal samples. Play it loud for maximum damaging effect.
[Reviewer: Rick]

21st Of December 2011 Update

21st Of December 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

This week’s update comes a couple days early (Joy to the World). We might post some reviews up on Friday (might). We are expecting more orders in this week as well, but those will appear on the update next week.
 

We also have some early closings and one day of being closed in the next week and half:
Saturday, Christmas Eve: 12-5:30PM
Sunday, Christmas Day: CLOSED
Saturday, New Year’s Eve: 12-6PM

All other day’s are the regular scheduled hours of operation and whatnot (lots of whatnot).

LPs & 12″s
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Amen Ra    “Mass III (Gatefold 2LP)”
American Revolution, Thee    “Buddha Electrostorm”
Amoumine, Ali Ag    “Takamba (LP+7″)”
Anne    “Dream Punx “
Bastard Noise    “Skulldozer (Gatefold)”
Big Kids    “Phone Home”
Black Freighter    “Graves And Monuments (Gatefold)”
Black Witchery    “Inferno Of Sacred Destruction (Gatefold)”
Blake, James    “Enough Thunder”
Blasphemophager    “Return To Nuclear Hell “
Boris    “New Album (2LP Gatefold)”
Capsule    “No Ghost (+ CD)”
Crisis (Pre-Death In June Band)    “Hymns Of Faith (Reissue)”
Davis, Miles    “Dark Magus (180 Gram)”
Doom    “Doomed From The Start: The Demos’ Album”
Enforcers    “End Of Time”
Eno, Brian    “Small Craft On A Milk Sea (+ D/L)”
Goat Horn    “Storming The Gates”
Grup Estel    “Nadal (/500 180 Gram)”
H2O    “H2O”
Head Cat, The (Lemmy’s Rockabilly Band)    “Fool’s Paradise”
Indecision    “Unorthodox”
Jones, Eddie Lee And Family    “Yonder Go That Old Black Dog: Blues, Spirituals And Folksongs From Rural Georgia”
Krallice    “Diotima (180 Gram Gatefold 2LP)”
Last Match    “1997-1999”
Limp Wrist    “1st LP (Import Version)”
Low    “I Could Live In Hope (180 Gram)”
Madlib & Freddie Gibbs    “Thuggin'”
Manson, Charles    “Air (8 Previously-Unheard And Exclusive Songs)”
Morbosidad    “Profana La Cruz Del Nazareno (Gatefold)”
Pale Creation    “Twilight Haunt”
Parr, Charlie & The Black Twigg Pickers    “Glory In The Meeting House “
Phobia    “Loud Proud And Grind As Fuck”
Police & Thieves    “Fracturing”
Spazz    “La Revancha”
Spivs, Thee    “Black And White Memories”
Thou / Cower    “War Is The Force That Gives Us Meaning: A Two Part Analysis Of Personal And Inter-Personal Conflict.”
Van Hoen, Mark    “The Revenant Diary (Gatefold 2LP)”
Various Artists    “The Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History Of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79 (Part 1 – Original Colobian 78s) (+D/L 180 Gram 3LP Ltd. Ed.)”
Various Artists    “The Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History Of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79 (Part 2 – Original 45s And LP Cuts) (+D/L 180 Gram 3LP Ltd. Ed.)”
Wiccans    “Skullduggery”
Yelawolf    “Radioactive: Amazing And Mystifying Chemical Tricks”

Electronic LPs & 12″s
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Conforce    “Escapism (2LP)”
Daft Punk    “Homework (Gatefold; Import)”
Headhunter    “Clone / Projector”
J:Kenzo    “Ruffhouse (Feat. Rod Azlan) / Therapy”
Sharps Industry / Disheveled    “Crucify, Loop Brace / The Mask Is Slipping, I Live In This Hole”
Skream    “Skreamizm Vol. 6”
Stojan, N!co    “Callejera”
Various Artists    “Desolat X-Sampler (Hector & Alexkid, Danny Ocean, Funk E, Filsonik, Reboot…)”

7″s
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1.6 Band “The Checkered Past…”
End of a Year / Kids Explode
Face Reality
Hounds Of Hate “No Redemption”
Joy Division “An Ideal For Living (Unofficial)”
Mindless “Human Conditioning”
No Tolerance “No Remorse”
No Sir “Holy Land”
White Stripes (a whole bunch of ’em including the Xmas one)

CDs
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Bastard Noise “Our Earth’s Blood (5xCD)”

Book
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Voguing And The House Ballroom Scene Of New York City 1989-92 (Photos: Chantal Regnault; Introduction: Tim Lawrence; Soul Jazz Books)

UNDERGROUND MUSIC & CULTURE