16th of December 2011 Update

16th of December 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records


Happy happy everyone. Once again, a final reminder that the ultimate opportunity to order any last minute gifts that we don’t have in stock is this weekend (Sunday night at the latest). You can call, stop in or email us with any inquiries. We got a ton of Poly Sleeves (bags) in this week for all those who might have been looking for them and we got a bunch of cleaning kits in as well.  Josh and I (Rick) finally picked it up on the review front this week too.




LPs & 12″s
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13th Floor Elevators “Rockius Of Levitatum (15 Live Tracks 1966-67; 180 Gram)”
Anger, Kenneth / Brian Butler “Technicolor Skull”
Bats, The “Free All The Monsters”
Blacc, Aloe “I Need A Dollar / Take Me Back”
Braids “Native Speaker (+ D/L)”
Brand New “Your Favorite Weapon (10 Year Anniversary Edition; Newly Remastered + D/L)”
Dalek I “Compass (+ Bonus Flexi-Disc Of Early B-Sides)”
Depeche Mode “Live At Crocs Night Club June 27, 1981”
Eddy Current Suppression Ring “So Many Things”
Extreme Noise Terror “A Holocaust In Your Head”
Extreme Noise Terror “Law Of Retaliation”
Georgia Sea Island Singers “Join The Band”
Grupo 2000 “El Destape”
Hecker, Tim “Dropped Pianos”
Jesus And Mary Chain, The “Walk And Crawl: Unreleased Tracks, Demos & B Sides “
La Dispute “Wildlife”
Lewlewal De Podor “Yiilo Jeam”
Los Campesinos! “Hello Sadness (+ D/L)”
Louvin Brothers, The “Satan Is Real (Reissue Remastered 180 Gram + D/L With Audio Commentary)”
Marley, Bob And The Wailers “African Herbsman (Reissue)”
Menche, Daniel “Guts: Abused And Thrashed Piano Guts”
Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The “The Magic Of Youth “
Modest Mouse “Good News For People Who Love Bad News (2LP)”
No UFO’s “Soft Coast”
Oh Sees, Thee / Total Control “Thee Oh Sees / Total Control”
Peaking Lights “Space Primitive”
PlanningToRock “Living It Out (Remix)”
Poison Idea “Blank Blackout Vacant”
Ranil Y Su Conjunto “Ranil’s Jungle Party (!Limited Edition!)”
Sapphire Slows “True Breath”
Segall, Ty “Singles 2007-2010”
Steel An’ Skin “Steel An’ Skin (Reissue)”
Stone Breath / Mike Seed With The Language Of Light “The Aetheric Lamp”
Various Artists “Music From Saharan Cellphones”
Various Artists “Last Time Around “
Wilco “Speak Into The Rose (Ltd. Ed. Red Vinyl; Record Store Day Black Friday)” 10″




Electronic LPs & 12″s
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1000 Names “Invisible Architect (2LP)”
Alixander III “Schlamm EP”
Analogue Cops, The & Blawan “Cursory EP”
Analogue Cops,The “The Purple EP”
Blawan “Peaches”
DJ Kaos “From Inside”
E.R.P. “Lunar Ruins”
Esposito, Ricardo & Michael Nadje “Nieves EP”
Factory Floor “Two Different Ways”
Goli & Ashburner “Get Up EP”
Grisha Lichtenberger “Graviton – CX (Rigid Transmission)”
Ital Tek “Gonga”
Keep Shelly In Athens “Campus Martius”
Marshal, Adam “Haze”
Nero “Crush On You (Remixes)”
Parker, Mike “Thermo”
Phoenecia “Brownout (2LP)”
Salva “Yellobone 12″ (W/ Shlohmo Remix)”
Various Artists “Bangs & Works Vol 2: The Best Of Chicago Footwork”
Various Artists “Midnight Circle Lullabies (MCDE, Marlow, XXXXX, …)”
Various Artists “Ghostek – Cryon / Ghostlight – Leaving For The City Of Saints / TH – Die (Ghostek Remix) / Ghostlight – Known All The Days”
Various Artists “5 Years Compilation (Part Three) (Architectural, DJ Faka Ideograma, Vladislav Delay, Sowing Paranoia)”
Various Artists “5 Years Compilation (Part Two) (Arcanoid, Ed Chamberlain, Trolley Route, Plant43)”




Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Damu The Fudgemunk “Kilawatt: Volume 1 (EP)”
Lau, Eric “Makin’ Sound”
Madlib “Medicine Show Twelve And Thirteen: Filthy Ass Remixes”
Maker & Joe Beats “Falcon By Design”
Nice, Paul (Paul Nice) “Drum Library Vol. 2 (/2,500)”
Sessions, Will “The Elmatic Instrumentals (180 Gram + D/L)”




7″s
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Big Troubles “She Smiles For…”
Biosphere “Mysterier”
Covergirl “Paris Burns”
Dive “Sometime”
Harding, M. “Repaired/…”
Heavenly Beat “Suday”
Joy Division “An Ideal For Living (Unofficial)”
Minks “Araby”
Moctar, Mdou “Tahoultine…”




CDs
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Antediluvian “Through The Cervix…”
Drexciya “Journey Of The Deep Sea (Deluxe)”
Segall, Ty “Singles 2007-2010”
Various Artists “Bangs & Works Vol. 2”
Wold “Freemasonry”




Reviews
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Collections of Colonies of Bees Giving CD/LP
(Hometapes)
This Wisconsin post-rock band is known for collaborating with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver to form Volcano Choir. Here, right from the opening track “Lawn,” CCB sound like they’re roaming freely on endless verdant meadows beneath a blue sky as far as the eye can see. Like Battles and Explosions in the Sky, they utilize their experimental style to explore gorgeous sound plateaus and, on this record, create a feel-good vibe instead of trying to sound overly “challenging.” The energetic drumrolls and sunshine-tinged guitar really help stimulate the atmosphere, creating an uplifting world that’s just fun to get lost in. It all culminates with the sunset-ready 9-minute finale “Vorms,” which includes plenty of cymbal-crashes, mood-evoking orchestral electronics, and an enthusiastic, twinkling piano-line.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Warsaw (Joy Division) Reaction LP
(A Rockville Production)
Before Joy Division was “Joy Division”, they were known for about 18 months as, “Warsaw”. They only played a handful of shows and recorded a five song demo before officially changing their name to avoid being confused with Warsaw Pakt. “Reaction” is an unofficial compilation, tracks one through eight were recorded live off the soundboard at Rock Garden (Middlesbrough U.K 14.9.1977), while tracks nine through thirteen were recorded at a rehearsal (Moss Road 1977). These recordings definitely capture a heavier, harder, and slower version of these guys then what’s displayed only a few months later on, “An Ideal For Living”. Ian Curtis is screaming, growling and not singing. The sound quality is very good and despite the colorfully violent review of the live gig provided on the back jacket, there is little crowd rowdiness present here in this recording. 
[Reviewer: Josh]

Salva Yellobone 12″
(Tall Corn Music)
This is where I’m at right now. Long playing singles with solid tracks. This is some serious electronic funk for the 2010s (as opposed to what I might think of from the 80s anytime the words electronic and funk are used together). It’s got the purple vibe that Joker coined with the second song of the A side having some nice Zapp sounding vocoder sounds (taking it back to the 70s to move forward from the 80s apparently – at least according to how I’m reviewing this).  The B side starts off nice and sweet with a track that gets some nice mixes of bass sounds intertwined with some house style vocal samplings. And it finishes with remixes by Shlohmo and the LOL Boys which are both worthy of club play (the hippest of clubs; no sarcasm implied).
[Reviewer: Rick]

Sina. (With Kelpe Gards From KC And Soosh)
 From Love To Dust 12″
(Project: Mooncircle)
Glitch-hop, trip-hop, and whatever other words you want to use for down tempo syncopation jams fit this (one could not deny the witchy aesthetic of the 12″ sleeve). The A side is three different tracks including the title track and the B side is three versions of the title track. It’s got some house-like qualities (clean production), but never enters into the uptempo 4/4 realm. Sweet estrogen filled vocal lines meander in and out of tracks (Creep perhaps comes to mind, but with less focus on the vocalist and more on just being chill). Wild woods environmental sounds (wood blocks, birds chirping, general ambience) hover just beneath the surface as well.  The A side finishes with a funk laden subdued Outkast sounding joint with a nice sugary synth line. The remixes are far enough away from the original and each other to keep it worth a listen through (rather than one at a time as if often meant with 12″ singles).
[Reviewer: Rick]

Manic Hanukkah Holiday Sale

Hanukkah Holiday Sale:
MANIC PRODUCTIONS TICKETS

To celebrate the holiday season Manic Productions are offering $2 OFF ALL CONCERT TICKETS starting at sundown on Tuesday, December 20 (1st night of Hanukkah) and ending Tuesday, December 27 (last night of Hanukkah) in person ONLY at Redscroll Records in Wallingford (our official ticket outlet). There will be a 4 ticket per show limit and, as usual, no service fees apply.

Thanks and Happy Holidays!
(via Mark of Manic Productions)

Store Hours:
Monday 12PM/Noon-6PM
Tuesday 12PM/Noon-8PM
Wednesday 12PM/Noon-8PM
Thursday 12PM/Noon-8PM
Friday 12PM/Noon-8PM
Saturday 12PM/Noon-8PM
Sunday 12PM/Noon-6PM
*CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY*

NOTE: Tickets for the Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) show are not available for discount and only on sale online and at the Shubert Theater box office.

Spotlight: NO!

Spotlight: NO!

NO! is the name of a punk rock band from Middletown, Connecticut. If you know your CT punk and aren’t familiar with these guys yet you might be familiar with their faces through some of the past bands they’ve been in (Rat Byte for instance). Carlo is also the dude we call when we have turntables we need repaired. He does a great job, so if you’re having some record player issues hit him up, 860-227-9599.

The music is fast paced melodic rock’n’roll punk. Vocally, and I know someone will take offense to this, but it reminds me of a less quirky Death By Stereo. I’ve heard more than a couple people say they belong on SST in the 80s (I’d add Alternative Tentacles to that statement). Makes sense to me. They have a very fun west coast 80s hardcore type slant (song “Can you dig it?” for instance).

 [moving camera shot of NO! in the secret location]

Trying to search for links for this band using google is a nightmare. Here’s a cheat sheet:
NO! on bandcamp
NO! on facebook

<p><p><a href=”http://notheband.bandcamp.com/album/can-you-dig-it”>Can You Dig It? by No</a></p></p>

 [Carlo of NO! with Devin over his shoulder] 

Gifting Holidaze

Gifting Holidaze
We’re here in the midst of the holiday season and gifting will be in full force soon enough as we all make preparations.  I hope this wording makes it sound very regimented and official.  The purpose of this post is just to suggest a few easy suggestions for people you might not know exactly what to get, but you know they like this store.  
Also, feel free to give your folks (or friends, acquaintances, etc.) a list that we can help them with.  We promise not to bite them.  In fact, we’ll help them find exactly what it is that’s on the list (or let them know when we can have the item in question in – hurry! We only have a couple more orders coming in before all the exchanges between loved ones goes down.). 
 We just had these new Gift Certificates designed by our friend Todd (Teaessare; the maker of our sign, designer of our stickers and a few shirts).  They came out great.  I think anyone would be psyched to see this (a little more psyched than our old plain old paper ones – of course, if you’re loved ones came in before today they got that so please be extra excited that they planned so far in advance for you. Rule of thumb: be excited about stuff.).
Record cleaning kits are always a nice idea for a new collector or even for an old collector of records who might not have one (or if their old one is now pretty grimey).  We have a couple to choose from.  Right now, this one pictured is the only one in stock.  We’ll have more (of both models we stock) in on Wednesday after 3PM.  
In the spirit of keeping up the maintenance of a record collection we also would suggest Poly Sleeves (bags) for any collection.  Keeping your records bagged is a simple way to keep the outer jackets intact (protection from dust, from friction wear, etc.).  We carry them in 4ML and 3ML weights (4ML being the thicker of the two and what we use to bag all used stuff and any unsealed new stuff).  We are currently out of stock of LP sizes right now (there’s been a big rush lately – perhaps other people knew what we’re telling you now).  We have 7″ bags in stock and we will have more LP sized ones in on Monday after 3PM.  
And second to lastly, we can’t not mention the fact that we sell record players.  Maybe you’re in the market for a new one or you know someone who is.  We sell the Numark TTUSB ($120) which is a great introductory turntable that also can be used to rip vinyl to your computer.  It comes with the software.  Josh owns one of these and likes it a lot.  If you’re looking to move to an introductory audiophile grade turntable we carry the Rega RP1 ($400).  It’s very no-nonsense and straightforward. It plays records and has virtually no mechanical noise to speak of. If you’ve seen the P1 model at the front of our shop (pictured below) and if you’ve heard it you might know exactly why we love it.  The RP1 is the update to the P1 (in case you didn’t get that). 
And books! Books! We carry books dealing in may aspects of music and some that are just left of center and have only tertiary musical connections.  
Happy non-denominational all-encompassing holidays to all!

9th of December 2011 Update

9th of December 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

Another busy week here at the shop. I think I’ve inadvertently left the new electronic stuff from last week in the mix with this update, but I think you can read some repeats with little injury. Just as a reminder, we do do Gift Certificates in case your family/friends are asking you what you want.  In fact, we just had a nice new design done for the Gift Certificates by Todd Rogers (Teaessare Design; same guy who’s done much work for us in the past including our stickers, sign and a few shirts).  I’ll probably do a tease of those once I have some printed on nice stock tomorrow.  Once again, our friend Mark has come through with a review which is nice because when we’re busy like this we tend to not get to even thinking about doing a review (thanks again, Mark). So, yea, onto the business of updating.

LPs & 12″s
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Alkaline Trio    “From Here To Infirmary (2011 Reissue)”
Bitch Magnet    “Bitch Magnet (3XLP)”
Childish Gambino    “Camp (Debut Album 180 Gram + Bonus Tracks + D/L)”
Cripple Bastards    “Frammenti Di Vita”
Dead Reptile Shrine    “The Sun Of Circles And Wood (Gatefold)”
Deardarkhead     “Oceanside 1991-1993”
Drake   “Take Care”
ELF    “ELF (PIC LP /2500)”
For Today    “Breaker”
Front Bottoms, The    “Slow Dance To Soft Rock / Grip N Tie (Gatefold 2×10″)”
Grateful Dead    “Built To Last (Gatefold 180 Gram)”
H20    “Don’t Forget Your Roots”
Junius / Rosetta    “Rosetta / Junius”
King Dude    “Love “
Kyuss    “… And The Circus Leaves Town (180 Gram Repress)”
Manson, Charles    “Trees (Installment #2 In The ATWA Series. All Songs Previously Unheard And Unreleased)”
Master Musicians Of Bukkake    “Twilight Of The Kali Yuga Tours: Live Totems U.S/U.K./Europe 2009-2011”
Minerva, Maria    “Sacred & Profane Love”
Nicely, Nick    “Elegant Daze: 1979-1986”
Parks, Van Dyke    “Arrangements Volume I (180 Gram)”
Pink Floyd    “The Dark Side Of The Moon (180 Gram + Stickers + Posters + D/L)”
Pop Group, The    “Y (Import Reissue; No Insert Poster)”
Pyramids / Horseback    “A Throne Without A King (LP+7″)”
Q And Not U     “No Kill No Beep Beep”
Reproach    “The Bitter End”
Servants, The    “Youth Club Disco”
Should    “A Folding Sieve”
Smashing Pumpkins    “Gish (180 Gram Metallic Cover Reissue)”
Souleyman, Omar    “Leh Jani (2LP)”
Stepehen Stephen / The Urxed    “Stephen Stephen / The Urxed”
Tallest Man On Earth    “Shallow Grave”
Various Artists    “World’s Funkiest Covers”
Various Artists    “Mungo’s HiFi: Sound System Champions (Top Cat, Ranking Joe, Tippa Irie, Soom T,…)”
Verbal Abuse    “Rocks Your Liver”
Winehouse, Amy    “Lioness: Hidden Treasures (180 Gram)”
Wives    “Roy Tapes”

Electronic LPs & 12″s
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A Made Up Sound    “Take The Plunge”
Al Tourettes    “Swan Sketch EP”
Andrews, Guy    “Shades / Textures”
Author    “Author (2LP)”
B.D.I.    “Decoded Messages Of Life & Love / New Robotics #17”
Ben Sun    “Path Of Non-Attachment”
Burial / Four Tet      “Moth”
Chloe    “Watch Out”
Cooly G    “Landscapes (Feat. Simbad) / It’s Serious (Feat. Karizma)”
Cowley, Abraham    “A Step Goodbye”
DMX Krew    “Cosmic Awakening EP”
Doubleheart    “Salsa Apocalypso”
DSCRD    “Discordance EP”
DVA    “Polyphonic Dreams”
Echelon Plan, The    “Black Dots In An Ocean Of White.”
Elliott, Ryan    “Kicking Up”
Flug 8    “Liebeslied”
Garcia, Simon    “Tears In Vain”
Gold Panda    “An Iceberg Hurled Northward Through Clouds”
Gold Panda    “DJ-Kicks”
GoldFFinch    “Red Mask”
Joash    “Mission RMX”
Karenn    “Sheworks001”
Kingdom    “Dreama”
KPLR    “KPLR”
Latecomer    “A Cosmic Cart”
Lazer Sword    “Sounds Sane / Klock (10″)”
Lenz, Adrian / Sandman    “Cover Me (Ol Oil’ Riddim) / No Prisoners”
LFO    “Frequencies (Reissue 2LP + D/L + 2 Bonus Tracks)”
Mangeblanc    “Tom-Tit Edits: On Our Way To?/Vishnu (10″)”
Mr Oizo    “Stade 2”
Ohara, Raz    “See It Coming”
Persian    “Existence Is Resistance (Ltd. Ed.)”
Raiders Of The Lost ARP    “Battlestar EP”
Raime    “Hennail”
Rrose    “Merchant Of Salt”
Rush, Dasha    “Relativismi”
Scuba    “DJ-Kicks”
Sepalcure    “Sepalcure”
Smallpeople    “Black Ice / Stellar / Little River”
Splits & Slits    “Hammering EP”
Stagga    “Wild For The Night”
Teebs    “Collections”
Terranova    “So Strong”
Tofu Productions    “Trabalhador / E Quake / Amega Furu / The Scream”
Tycho    “Dive (2LP)”
Various Artists    “KANN RSD: Record Store Day 05/11/2011 (Sun Glitters, Bender & Sevensol)”
Various Artists (Versalife / Matti Turunen)    “Abstract Forms: Combined EP V2.0 (/250)”
Wareika    “Floors”
Zomby    “Nothing (+ D/L)”

7″s
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Evens, The “Warble Factor”
Inside “Tokyo Straight Edge”
Manson, Charles “Inner Sanctum”
Mum “Gleoileg Jol”
This Will Destroy You “Black Dunes”
Tremors “Island Songs”
Twilight Sad, The “Sick”

CDs
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Delay, Vladislav “Vantaa”
FM3: HeXieFu (Buddha Box Related Project In Super Deluxe Packaging)
Monolith, Dave “Welcome”
Seahaven “Winter Forever”
Stott, Andy “Passed Me By / We Stay Together” (2CD)
Sweet Exorcist “RetroActivity”
Various “Original Cumbia” (2CD)
Various “Tresor 20th Anniversary (Mixed By Mike Huckaby)”

Magazine
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Maximum Rock N Roll #343

Review
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Moonface Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped CD/LP
(Jagjaguwar)
Moonface is a project from Canadian indie musician Spencer Krug, whose credits include Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown and Frog Eyes. Just as the title suggests, Krug’s organ takes center stage, creating a nostalgic 80s-electronic sound backed up by a looping drum machine and his emotional, resonant vocals. On this record, he crafts hypnotic atmospheres that sound suited for underwater levels in 8-bit video games, particularly in the jovial/droll-sounding opener “Return to the Violence of the Ocean Floor,” where the organ seems to complement an elegant coral reef formation. The big standout track is “Fast Peter,” which utilizes a very simple yet energetic and quick-paced hook that really creates a feeling of movement. Each of these five tracks is relatively lengthy (ranging six-and-a-half to eight minutes,) making it easier to focus on and absorb each landscape.
[Reviewer: Mark]

UNDERGROUND MUSIC & CULTURE