21st of September 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Apache Dropout    “Bubblegum Graveyard”
Avett Brothers, The    “The Carpenter” (180 Gram 2LP Gatefold + D/L) (We only got 1 copy this week – supposedly the run was short and they are pressing more so hopefully next week for more of these. First one to get here gets it – no holds.)
Birds In Row    “You, Me & The Violence”
Black Keys, The    “BBC Sessions” (Unofficial; Black/White Vinyl)
Blank Dogs    “Land And Fixed” (+ D/L)
Carpenter, John    “John Carpenter’s ‘Prince Of Darkness'” (Original Soundtrack)
Crooked Hook    “Crooked Hook” (Ltd. Ed. Hand Numbered /95 + CD)
Cyril    “Saturday Night”
Dignan Porch    “Nothing Bad Will Ever Happen” (+ D/L)
Eagle Twin    “The Feather Tipped The Serpent’s Scale”
Efterklang    “Piramida” (Out Tuesday)
Frost, Ben    “Steelwound”
Fu Manchu    “The Action Is Go” (2LP Gatefold)
Giant Claw    “Mutant Glamour”
Grave    “You’ll Never See…”
Hand To Man Band, The    “You Are Always On Our Minds” (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl; Tim Barnes, John Dieterich, Thollem, Mike Watt)
Heavenly Beat    “Talent” (+ D/L)
Helio Sequence, The    “Negotiations” (2LP, Gatefold, + D/L)
Jimmy Eat World    “Bleed American” (180 Gram + D/L)
Joy Division    “The Sound Of Music” (2LP Unofficial)
Killers    “Battleborn” (2LP 180 Gram Red Vinyl Gatefold + 20 Page Oversize Book + Poster Ltd. Ed.)
Knelt Rote    “Insignificance”
Man Is The Bastard    “Thoughtless” (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)
Menomena    “Moms” (2LP, Gatefold, + D/L)
Midnight    “Complete And Total Hell” (2LP Gatefold)
Mindset     “Minset EP Collection”
Monochrome Set, The    “Early Recordings: 1975-1977 ‘White Noise'”
Mumford & Sons    “Babel” (180 Gram + D/L)
Nightsatan    “Midnight Laser Warrior”
Quicksand    “Slip” (2012 Reissue: Black Vinyl or Black/Red Vinyl or Yellow/Green Vinyl Options)
Raveonettes, The    “Observator” (+ D/L)
Robinson Brotherhood, The Chris (The Chris Robinson Brotherhood)    “Magic Door” (2LP Gatefold)
Sarcofago    “Decade Of Decay” (2LP Gatefold)
Sensations’ Fix    “Music Is Painting In The Air (1974-1977)” (2LP + 16 Page Booklet + D/L With Bonus Tracks)
Sirs    “Sirs”
Sisters Of Mercy, The    “Panic In Their Eyes” (Picture Disc)
Soft Pack, The    “Strapped” (Ltd. Ed. /2,000 + D/L + 7″)
Spektor, Regina    “What We Saw From The Cheap Seats”
Title Fight    “Floral Green”
Various Artists    “Harmony, Melody & Style Volume One: Lovers Rock In The UK 1975-1992”
Wallflowers, The    “Glad All Over” (180 Gram + CD)
White Hills / Farflung    “White Hills / Farflung”
XX, The    “Coexist” (Deluxe Limited Edition 180 Gram Vinyl + 24 Page Booklet)
Zombie Rave (Mater Suspiria Vision / ℑ⊇≥◊≤⊆ℜ [Doppelganger])    “First Flesh: DJ Copy”

Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Beck, Thavius    “The Most Beautiful Ugly” (2LP + D/L)
JJ Doom    “Key To The Kuffs” (2LP, + D/L)
Prince Paul    “Psychoanalysis: What Is It?” (2LP)

Reggae LPs
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Aggrovators    “Reggae Stones Dub”
King Tubby    “King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown”
King Tubby    “King Tubby’s ‘Rastafari Dub’ (1974-1979)”
Pablo, Augustus    “Dubbing In A Africa”
Pablo, Augustus    “Augustus Pablo Presents…. Ital Dub (Mixed By King Tubby (Dub Master))”

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Biome    “Two Way EP” (2×12″)
Daft Punk    “Daft Club”
Supreme Cuts    “Whispers In The Dark”(+ D/L)
Two Fingers (AKA Amon Tobin)    “Stunt Rhythms” (3xLP Blue Heavyweight Vinyl + D/L)

7″s
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Joy Division     “Atmosphere”
Mayfair Set, The    “Already Warm / Desert Fun”
Twitching Tongues    “Preacher Man”
Weekend Nachos      “Black Earth”
Wolf Whistle    “MA Glory”

CDs
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Animal Collective    “Centipede HZ” (Ltd. Ed. First Press CD)
Band Of Horses    “Mirage Rock”
Blind Dog    “Captain Dog Rides Again”
Broken    “Active Denial”
Bunkur    “Bludgeon”
Dissection    “The Somberlain”
Empty Flowers     “Six”
Farflung    “25,000 FT Per Second”
Fed Up!    “Live At CBGB”
Gaslamp Killer, The    “Breakthrough”
Impiety    “Ravage & Conquer”
Lowrider    “Ode To IO”
Nightbringer / Acherontas    “The Ruins Of Edom” (Digipack)
Sorhin    ” I Det Glimrande Morkrets Djup” (Digipack)
Wolfe, Chelsea    “Apokalypsis”
Wolves In The Throne Room    “Celestial Lineage”

Reviews
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The xx Coexist
[Buy From RSR Online]
(Young Turks)
The XX, a band from England was first heard with their self titled debut album.  With their unique sound, the XX was able to introduce us to a different type of indie rock/pop music.  The XX uses their soft voices to speak words that are deep and meaningful to many who listen as well as their hypnotic beats.  There is a sense of space that is felt while listening to the XX, they have a great depth to their sound.  They evoke emotion with every chord change and are able to be extremely expressive.  This new album Coexist, is exactly what I would have expected from the XX.  Coexist is even more precise, refined and moving than their first album. They were able to create such delicate longing music, that while listening to the album everything else seems to fade away. The XX have the ability to create music that glistens right out of the speakers.  I find myself swaying my head to the dreamy sounds of this album.  Overall, XX, you done good and I cannot wait to see what else you come up with.
[Reviewer: Kacie]

Bosse-de-Nage III
[Buy From RSR Online]
(Profound Lore)
Hailing from San Francisco, this black metal four-piece sounds more unique than one may expect. The elements from the genre are there: the vocals sound like tormented screams, the drums range from machine gun-fast to crawling slow, and a downtempo mood lingers. However, as the label puts it, “punk and early ‘90s indie art rock” influences play a big role as well. The resulting sound is very thoughtful, with a greater emphasis on abstract melodies than brute force: the atmosphere feels more like that of pulling back together after a violent storm than enduring it as it happens. The lyrics, in particular, focus more on poetically telling stories than rhyming (for example, opener “The Arborist” describes a bizarre garden where people are placed in wells to meditate and eventually form bonds with their trees.) That track has some of the most prominent black metal speed and technique on the album, but it’s clear that more post rock-minded guitar chords are brewing underneath. The new style really comes into fruition on the next track “Desuetude,” with an ever-changing tempo and multiple passages, including guitars that sound like sun shining through the clouds. It reminds me of other “outsider black metal” like Liturgy if they focused more on a post-rock/progressive sound, with intensity taking a back seat. There are plenty of slow-simmered songs that work excellently, particularly with the beautiful first half of the ten-and-a-half minute “The God Ennui,” which eventually builds back to hyper-speed intensity.
[Reviewer: Mark]

14th of September 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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2 Chainz    “Based On A T.R.U. Story” (2LP Gatefold)
Acid Problem    “Acid Problem”
Alvarius B. (Alan Bishop Of Sun City Girls)    “Alvarius B.” (2LP Reissue /400 Ltd. Ed.)
Antibalas    “Antibalas” (+ D/L)
Azure Ray    “As Above So Below”
Band Of Horses    “Mirage Rock” (Gatefold + Poster + D/L)
Ben Folds Five    “The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind” (180 Gram 2LP Gatefold + D/L)
Blue On Blue / Os Ovni    “Vision Imaginary”
Crypts    “Crypts”
Cult Of Youth    “Love Will Prevail” (+ D/L)
Dinosaur Jr.    “I Bet on Sky” (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl + D/L)
Dixon, Willie    “I Am The Blues Man” (180 Gram)
Easy Star All*Stars    “Thrillah (A Dub Take On Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’)” (2LP Gatefold)
Ein-St-Ein    “Varsavia”
Fennesz    “FA 2012”
Frak    “Prism”
Grizzly Bear    “Shields” (2LP Gatefold + D/L)
Hooded Menace    “Effigies Of Evil” (2LP Gatefold)
Lekman, Jens    “I Know What Love Isn’t” (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl + D/L)
Little Walter    “Hate To See You Go” (180 Gram)
Locrian & Christoph Heemann    “Locrian & Christoph Heemann”
Lymbyc System    “Symbolyst” (Gatefold + D/L)
Macka B    “Rasta Soldier”
Merzbow    “Merzbient” (18xLP 2xBox Set – It Is $355.00 In The Store And It Is Hefty)
Moore, R. Stevie    “Hearing Aid”
Negro, Joey And The Sunburst Band    “The Secret Life Of Us” (2LP Gatefold)
Neud Photo    “Kraftjerkz 012”
NOFX    “Self/Entitled” (+ D/L)
Northstar    “Is This Thing Loaded”
Oppenheimer    “Analysis”
O’Rourke, Jim    “ON #8 (Old News #8)” (2LP)
Polar Bear Club    “Live At The Montage”
Prekop, Sam    “Who’s Your New Professor”
Rangda    “Formerly Extinct”
Rhyton    “The Emerald Tablet”
S.Y.P.H.    “4.LP” (+ CD)
Schnitzler, Conrad / Andreas Reihse    “Con-Struct” (+ D/L With Bonus Tracks)
Sea And Cake, The    “Runner”
Sic Alps    “Sic Alps”
Sleepies    “Weird Wild World”
Sleeping People    “NOTRUF” (Ltd. Ed. /1000 + D/L)
Sorgini, Giuliano    “Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue” (Death Waltz Recording Co.)
Sun Araw    “The Inner Treaty”
Terror    “No Regrets No Shame: The Bridge Nine Days” (Grey Vinyl + D/L)
Trash Company, The    “Having Fun”
Treasure Fleet    Cocamotion (+ D/L)
Various Artists    “This Is How It Should Be Done Vol. 1” (+ CD; Green Street, LoopMaffia, Evil Needle…)
Various Artists    “Surinam! Boogie & Disco Funk From The Surinamese Dance Floors 76′ – 83′”
Waters, Muddy    “Sail On” (180 Gram)
Woods    “Bend Beyond” (Gatefold + D/L)

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Bell, Damon    “Nommo WL”
Bobby Tank    “Afterburn / Vorpheum”
Deadbeat    “Eight” (3LP)
Drvg Cvltvre    “Everything Oblivion EP”
Exaltics, The    “Node EP”
Exaltics, The    “The Exaltics Meets Morphology”
Huckaby, Mike    “Baseline 88-89”
Marter & Yony    “Spye EP”
Moodyman    “Picture This Sampler 2”
Moodyman    “Picture This Sampler 1”
Murphy, Hakim    “Wet Analog EP”
Obsolete Music Technology    “Relapse EP”
Old Apparatus    “Realise EP”
Parrish, Theo    “Urban 24”
Pursuit Grooves    “91 Fellows”
Pusherman    “Donuts EP”

10″s
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Innerspace Halflife    “Wind (Innerspace Halflife) / Phazzled (Ike Release)”
Porter, Glen    “The Devil Is A Dancer, The Piper Is A Madman”
Various Artists    “The Unified Field Issue 01″ (Magazine + 10” Clear Vinyl)

7″s
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Antibalas    “Dirty Money / A.W.O.L.”
Bug, The    “Can’t Take This No More” (Ft. Daddy Freddy)
Cho, Margaret & Neil Hamburger    “I Drink / How Little Men Care”
Coma Regalia / Capacities    “Coma Regalia / Capacities”
Crime    “Hot Wire My Heart / Baby You’re So Repulsive”
Harness    “Victim Of Suffering”
Howlin Rain    “When The Morning Comes / Collage”
Hunted Down    “Life’s Womb”
Lloyd, Martin    “L’Amant Electronique” (Hand Numbered Ltd. Ed.)
Man… Or Astro-Man?    “Analog Series 1”
Mob, The     “Back To Queens”
My Iron Lung    “Grief”
Night Beds    “Even If We Try / You Were Afraid”
Oh No / Doom    “3 Dollars” (5-Inch Vinyl)
Parasol    “Crush Season”
Red Hot Chili Peppers    “Magpies On Fire / Victorian Machinery”
Sea Lions / Golden Grrrls    “Sea Lions / Golden Grrrls”
Socialized Crucifixion    “More Than A Glance”
Soul Control    “Bore Core”
State Champs    “Overslept”
Vom    “Live At Surf City”
Wreck    “Reap What You Sow”

CDs Rock
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Dinosaur Jr.    “I Bet On Sky”
Ehnahre    “Old Earth”
Grave    “Endless Procession Of Souls”
Hooded Menace    “Effigies Of Evil”
How To Dress Well    “Total Loss” (First Few Copies Come With Bonus 7″ – The LP Was Delayed A Month)
Loomis, Jeff    “Plains Of Oblivion”
Pinkish Black    “Pinkish Black”
Woods    “Bend Beyond”
Yuppicide    “American Oblivion”

CDs Non-Rock
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Kid 606    “Lost In The Game”
Masta Ace & MF Doom    MA_DOOM: Son Of Yvonne
Sensations’ Fix    “Music Is Painting In The Air (1974-1977)”
Theologian    “Finding Comfort In Overwhelming Negativity” (DVD Size Box CD)
Zygadlo, Rudi    “Tragicomedies”

Books
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The Minus Times Collected: 20 Years / 30 Issues (Edited By Hunter Kennedy)(Contributors Include: Stephen Colbert, Brad Neely, Robert Frank, Dave Eggers…)

Reviews
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Landing Landing

(Geographic North)
Formed in 1998, this New Haven-based trio provides Connecticut with an ethereal blend of genres such as Krautrock, shoegaze and space rock. After six years of working on their latest album, the culmination of effort has paid off.  The shimmering synth dreamscapes and ornate guitars make me feel like I’m drifting through memories of surreal places. Landing creates gorgeous, transcendent ambience excellently with their uniquely mixed sound that shouldn’t be relegated to a single genre. Right from the beginning, “Finally” builds a massive wall of electronic glow to back the calm vocals, brisk drums and spacey guitar sounds. Another instant standout, the faster-tempo “Heart Finds The Beat,” emphasizes on nebula-echoing bass, airy female vocals and numerous other reverb effects for an atmosphere to get lost in. One more I particularly enjoyed is the very warm-sounding closer “Native Land,” with numerous “ahhhh” vocals used as a multilayered instrument, reminding me of Sigur Rós. For maximum effect, this album should be played extra-loud.
[Reviewer: Mark][Note: We don’t have this right now and if you know the band please tell them we’d like them to bring some by ;)]

Lee Ranaldo Between The Times & The Tides

(Matador)
Being one of Sonic Youth’s founding members, Ranaldo has taken a surprising turn on his latest album. It’s been promoted as his “first rock record,” which is fitting due to its pure, very accessible sound of… well, rock (specifically of the alternative/indie persuasion.) Even with the absence of avant-garde, he constructs downright great songs without abandoning his roots: his strong voice combined with his glowing guitar licks makes me imagine R.E.M. if they drew inspiration from Sonic Youth. The powerfully delivered seven-minute “Xtina As I Knew Her” serves as an excellent example of this: the somber, overcast atmosphere is crafted with layers of guitars that aren’t afraid to wander into a bit of controlled-yet-trippy dissonance. “Fire Island (Phases)” incorporates a huge variety of multi-tempo passages, drawing influences from not only Sonic Youth-style alt-rock, but also steel guitar-based country rock and 70s hard rock, among others. Another example of the steel guitar sounding refreshingly rich is on the longing acoustic ballad “Stranded,” with easily relatable lyrics (“I’ll be right there when you call / you know I love you best of all…”)
[Reviewer: Mark]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reviews
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Matthew Dear Beams

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

Jeff Loomis Plains of Oblivion

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

Mono For My Parents

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

Porcelain Raft Strange Weekend

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