18th Of January 2013 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records
 

LPs & 12″s
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A$AP Rocky (ASAP Rocky)    “Long.Live.A$AP” (2LP Gatefold + D/L)
Addison Groove    “Adventures In Rainbow Country”
Anstam    “First Sprout EP”
Bambounou    “Cobe EP”
Beck, Thavius    “The Most Beautiful Ugly / The Heavans Bleed Sunshine” (2LP + D/L)
Big K.R.I.T.    “Return Of 4eva”
Blonde Redhead    “23” (+ D/L)
Brokeback    “Brokeback And The Black Rock”
Candlemass    “Nightfall” (Gatefold)
Cheap Girls    “Find Me A Drink Home”
Cheater Slicks    “Reality Is A Grape”
Connors, Loren    “A Fire” (180 Gram)
Converge    “All We Love We Leave Behind” (2LP)
Cox, Kenny    “Clap Clap! The Joyful Noise” (2LP /1000 Gatefold Cover)
Cults    “Cults”
Dear, Matthew    “Fighting Is Futile (Remixes)”
Dettmann, Marcel    “Linux / Ellipse”
Fields, Lee    “Let’s Talk It Over” (Deluxe Edition + D/L)
Flying Lotus    “Cosmogramma” (Gatefold + D/L)
Follakzoid    “II” (+ D/L)
Foxygen    “We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic” (+ D/L)
Gazelle Twin    “Mammal”
Hollow Earth    “We Are Not Humanity”
Holydrug Couple, The    “Noctuary” (+ D/L)
Hot Water Music    “Live In Chicago” (3LP)
Kouyate, Sekou Batourou    “Sekou Batourou Kouyate Et Sa Cora” (180 Gram
Kowalsky, Gregg With Jozef Van Wissem    “Movements In Marble And Stone”
Landing    “Wave Lair”
Latterman    “Turn Up The Punk, We’ll Be Singing”
Legendary Pink Dots, The    “Seconds Late For The Brighton Line” (30th Anniversary  Double LP + D/L)
Low    “Songs For A Dead Pilot”
Low Culture    “Screens”
Major Stars    “Decibels Of Gratitude”
Mountains    “Centralia”
National, The    “The Virginia EP”
Nightlands    “Oak Island” (+ D/L)
Nosaj Thing    “Home” (2LP + Poster & Sticker Ltd. Ed.)
Pants, James / Tom Noble    “Selected Sound Remixes Pt. 1”
Pavement    “Terror Twilight” (+ D/L)
Secret, The    “Agnus Dei”
Short Stories    “On The Way / Let It Go”
Suicide    “Suicide”
Swanson, Pete    “Man With Potential” (+ CD)
Synthetic ID    “Apertures”
Trampled By Turtles / Lucero    “Daytrotter Presents No. 4 Trampled By Turtles & Lucero” (180 Gram)
Various Artists    “Country Funk 1969 – 1975”
Various Artists    “L.I.E.S. Presents: American Noise / Volume One (Sampler)”
Various Artists    “Scattered Melodies: Korean Kavagum Sanjo From 78RPM Records”
Various Artists    “The Crying Princess: 78RPM Records From Burma”
Yo La Tengo    “Fade” (Deluxe) (LP + 7″, + D/L, Numbered) [As of just a few minutes ago we’re now out of this but should have the regular version and maybe some more deluxe copies in for Wednesday.]

10″s
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At The Drive In    “Vaya” (White Vinyl)
Dag Savage    “The Dag Savage EP”

7″s
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Men, The    “Electric B/W Water Babies”
XX, The    “Angels / Chained”

CDs
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A$AP Rocky (ASAP Rocky)    “Long.Live.A$AP”
Bucket Full Of Teeth    “I, II, III”
Death To Tyrants    “Wake Up And Be”
Death To Tyrants    “Castancambernos 1-11 I Am The Sea Two”
Doozer    “Kiss N’ Make Up”
Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, The    “(Acoustic Sessions)”
Mystical Weapons    “Mystical Weapons” (Greg Saunier Of Deerhoof And Sean Lennon)
Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory    “Elements Of Light”
Sensations’ Fix    “Music Is Painting In The Air (1974-1977)”
Sinaloa    “Father And Sons”
Various    “L.I.E.S. Presents: American Noise / Volume One” (2CD)
Weapon    “Embers And Revelations”
Yo La Tengo    “Fade”

Reviews
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Starring ABCDEFG-HIJKLMNOP-QRSTUV-WXYZ

(Northern Spy)
Describing their sound as “sparkle prog,” “sleepy core” and “kraut punk,” this Brooklyn five-piece (formed in 2008) takes experimental prog/punk to thrilling new levels. I can imagine it being the score for an art film about an apocalyptic circus: opener “the best” utilizes absolutely manic drumming, psyched-out guitar landscapes and a very diverse mix of colorful synth. Front-woman Clara Hunter’s ominously echoing, poetic vocals bring the sound together, with the next track “ie” focuses on loose, more jazz-like instrumentation atop a buzzing synth and fast drumming foundation. The third track proves to be the most relaxing, alternating between a flowery 60s-style electric organ pattern and breaks of gorgeous singing over a low-key guitar. They further demonstrate their diverse tastes on the epic “…7…,” which begins with guitars giving way to Middle Eastern-sounding orchestration, then flourishing into the loudly-rocking guitar, synth, drums and – eventually – Hunter’s luminous vocals. It’s certainly one of the most unique albums that I’ve heard in a while, particularly for its thrill-ride moments.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Matthew E. White Big Inner

(Hometapes / Spacebomb)
Born in Virginia and raised both there and in Manila, Philippines, White’s warm, laid-back indie-folk music sounds much more deeply rooted in the former.  On “One Of These Days,” he calmly croons his romantic reflections to the listener amidst an easy-going tempo of simply a guitar and drum, which soon gives way to blossoming strings, horns and a choir. The next track is my favorite: “Big Love” surprised me by starting with an Air-like rumbling bassline and piano before the catchy chorus and increasingly busy (including backing gospel-like vocals, congas and a saxophone) bring it to its climax. White explores religious themes without sounding polarizing or heavy-handed; in the closer “Brazos,” his repeated statements about Jesus being our Lord and friend could be interpreted in several different ways, but on “Gone Away,” he’s certainly sincere about respectfully asking his young cousin why he had to go up to Heaven too early. White has an open-minded perspective on both the rewards and challenges of life, and it’s refreshing to hear him convey it.
[Reviewer: Mark]

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11th of January 2013 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Adolescents    “Adolescents”
Afgrund    “The Age Of Dumb”
Algernon Cadwallader    “Parrot Flies”
Asta Kask    “Med Is I Magen”
Bebey, Francis    “African Electronic Music 1975-1982” (2LP)
Best Coast    “The Only Place” (+ D/L)
Black Sabbath    “Sabotage” (180 Gram)
Body/Head     “Body/Head”
Bong    “Mana – Yood – Sushai”
Catholic Discipline    “Underground Babylon”
Chariot, The    “One Wing”
Comadre    “Comadre”
Dad Punchers    “Dad Punchers” (+ D/L)
Dirty Projectors    “Rise Above” )+ D/L)
Eraas    “Eraas” (+ D/L)
Explosions In The Sky    “All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone” (2LP)
Extra Life    “Dream Seeds”
Eyehategod    “Take As Needed For Pain” (2LP)
Fast Asleep    “Fast Asleep”
Halo Benders, The    “God Don’t Make No Junk”
Holter, Julia    “Ekstasis” (2LP, + D/L)
J:Kenzo    “Ruffhouse (Feat. Rod Azlan) / Therapy”
Lopez, Martin Y Sus Estrellas    “Cocinando” (+ D/L)
LoveLiveLife + One (Love Live Life + One)    “Love Will Make A Better You” (180 Gram)
Manners    “Apparitions / Escapism”
Manpig    “The Grand Negative”
Math The Band    “Get Real”
Mindset    “Leave No Doubt
Moonface With Siinai    “Heartbreaking Bravery” (+ D/L)
Murder    “Fuckpunk” (Fuck Punk)
Neuroot    “Right Is Might”
Night Plane    “Heartbeat EP”
Off With Their Heads    “From The Bottom”
Passing Phases    “Endless Autumn” (+ D/L)
Saddest Landscape, The    “The Sound Of The Spectacle
Saddest Landscape, The    “Lift Your Burdens High For This Is Where We Cross”
Saul, Will & October    “Light Sleeper EP”
Spectre Folk    “The Ancient Storm”
Stars Of The Lid    “Ballasted Orchestra” (2LP, Gatefold)
This Will Destroy You    “Tunnel Blanket” (2LP + D/L)
Tiger & Woods    “Banana Balls EP”
Valle, Marcos    “Marcos Valle” (180 Gram)
Valle, Marcos    “Garra” (180 Gram)
Witch Cross    “Fit For Fight”

7″s
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5.6.7.8’s, The    “Sho-Jo-Ji (The Hungry Racoon) / Charumera Sobaya (The Soba Song)”
ACxDC    “He Had It Coming”
Ancient Filth    “Ancient Filth”
Black Mask    “Black Mask”
East Beast    “East Beast”
Incendiary / Xibalba    “Incendiary / Xibalba”
Night Plane    “Heartbeat”
Red Hot Chili Peppers    “Pink As Floyd / Your Eyes Girl”
Ritter, Josh    “Joy To You Baby”
Rupture / Brutal Truth    “Rupture / Brutal Truth”
Saddest Landscape, The    “Redefining Loneliness”
Shook Ones    “Slaughter Of The Insole”
Sterling Sisters, The    “Shallow Blood”
Storm, Tempest    “The Intimate Interview (By Jack White) / Advice For Young Women” (Bolt-A-Trope Picture Disc)
Washerwoman    “Washerwoman”
Wreck    “Reap What You Sow”

CDs
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Belzebong    “Sonic Scapes & Weedy Grooves”
Broadcast    “Berberian Sound Studio”
Ethernet    “Opus 2”
How To Dress Well    “Total Loss”
Loma Prieta    “I.V.”
Motorhead    “Ace Of Spades” (3 Bonus Tracks)
Yellow Stitches    “Good Times Violent Crimes”

Reviews
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Moebius + Tietchens Moebius + Tietchens

(Bureau B)
This abstract record is a collaborative work from two veterans of the German avant-garde electronic scene: they began their careers in 1970 and 1979, respectively. Born in Switzerland in 1944, Dieter Moebius has had numerous collaborative projects, such as Kluster with Conrad Schnitzler (renamed Cluster after Schnitzler left) and Harmonia with Michael Rother (both projects also featured Hans-Joachim Roedelius.) Asmus Tietchens – born in Germany in 1947 – has mainly worked solo, starting with musique concrète and later specializing in abstract sound collages. This is the first collaboration between the two men in 32 years, and it’s clear that they haven’t lost their talent for creating obtuse mechanical worlds. One of the shortest tracks – the two-and-a-half minute “Cremon” – kicks the album off with an intimidating atmosphere, sounding like the score for a massive, sprawling, abandoned factory wasteland. It transitions into the nearly 10-minute “Kattrepel,” primarily composed of ever-chugging bass punctuated by an extremely high-frequency tone. Later in the album, ten-and-a-half-minute “Lange Reihe” sounds like a bicycle ride with several alien insects dropping by. “Grimm” is one of my favorites for its busy atmosphere of multi-colored darkness, with buzzes and a fractured melody built on the infectious beat.
[Reviewer: Mark]

OMBRE Believe You Me

(Asthmatic Kitty)
Already established for their solo work, duo Helado Negro and Julianna Barwick have only known each other since 2009, but they already know how to create a wide-open sound that, at the very least, combines elements of Latin music and dream pop. On their debut together, Barwick’s harmonious, multi-layered vocals create the perfect ethereal ambience alongside Negro’s psych-folk instrumentation. A great demonstration of this is the first single “Cara Falsa,” which uses a tribal-sounding drum pattern, vibrantly warm synth and angelic vocals to sound like an endless sky over a peaceful desert. The two-part “Noche Brilla” opens and closes the album, with the first part using a guitar and horn to underscore Barwick’s heavenly vocals, while the second part is a straightforward acoustic ballad with the same voice – still ethereal – singing poetically romantic lyrics. One unique track, “Weight Those Words” relies on a tight, cozy acoustic sound with vocals from both: Negro’s traditional, down-to-earth Latin singing with Barwick’s distant “ahhh” voice chiming from above. Her circling voice also helps the piano-loop-based “Sense” come into fruition as pure otherworldly beauty.
[Reviewer: Mark]

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28th of December 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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Abductee S.D.    “Won’t Stand Down”
Acid Problem    “Acid Problem”
Altars    “Live On Pure Hate”
AnD    “Features / Vol 3”
Atkins, Juan    “Ohh La La / Electric Jungle / Impulse”
Aus-Rotten    “The Rotten Agenda”
Autarkeia    “Autarkeia”
Balance Of Terror    “A Better Tomorrow”
Band Name     “Breakfast”
Bestial Warlust    “Satan’s Fist: Demo ’96”
Bible Thumper    “Decimation”
Big Fiction    “Big Fiction”
Brain F=/= (Brain Flannel)    “Sleep Rough”
Brain Tumors    “Brain Tumors”
Burial    “Truant / Rough Sleeper”
Cloud Rat / The Oily Menace / Wolbachia    “Cloud Rat / The Oily Menace / Wolbachia”
Cloud Rat / Xtra Vomit    “Cloud Rat / Xtra Vomit”
Cocerell, Joe    “Commerce Above All Else / Foundation / Poptones”
Deep Sleep    “Turn Me Off”
Distal Ft. DJ Rashad    “Stuck Up Money”
Electric Funeral    “D-Beat Noise Attack / Make A Change”
Extinction Of Mankind    “Northern Scum”
Fishbone    “Crazy Glue” (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl)
Florence And Libby / We Were Skeletons / Kids / Paxton    “Florence And Libby / We Were Skeletons / Kids / Paxton”
Four Tet    “Jupiters (Happa Remix) / Lion (Jamie XX Remix)”
From Ashes Rise    “From Ashes Rise”
From Ashes Rise    “Silence”
Herbaliser, The    “There Were Seven” (2LP)
Hodge    “Dusted EP”
Hummingbird Of Death    “Skullvalanche”
Hummingbird Of Death / Titanarum    “Hummingbird Of Death Meets Titanarum”
In Aeternam Vale    “La Piscine”
Karenn    “(Untitled)” (Sheworks 004 2×12″)
Keys, Alicia    “Girl On Fire”
Kitty Little / Kiss Ups    “Kitty Little / Kiss Ups”
KRTS    “The Dread Of An Unknown Evil” (2LP)
Last Japan    “Ambush EP”
Legowelt    “The Paranormal Soul” (2LP + 10″)
Long Arm    “The Branches” (Deluxe Edition; 2LP)
Lower Dens    “Nootropics” (Gatefold 2LP + Poster + D/L)
MK Ultra / Seein’ Red    “MK Ultra / Seein’ Red”
Moodyman    “Tribute To The Soul…”
Moodyman    “Freaky Mother Remix”
Nasum    “Grind|Finale” (Colour Vinyl 4LP Set)
Oak & Bone    “Oak & Bone”
Old Apparatus    “Realise”
Old Apparatus    “Harem”
Palmer, Amanda & The Grand Theft Orchestra    “Theatre Is Evil”
Peace Or Annihilation    “Fear Control”
Raime    “Quarter Turns Over A Living Line”
Rational Animals    “Bock Rock Parade”
Rrose    “Wedge Of Chastity”
SHXCXCHCXSH    “RJRJRFFRJRJ” (Purple Vinyl)
Skirt    “Bitten By The Black Dog”
Skitsystem (Skit System)    “Gra Varld / Svarta Tankar”
Skitsystem (Skit System)    “Stigmata”
Songs For Moms    “I Used To Believe In The West”
State Poison    “State Poison”
Stripmines    “Crimes Of Dispassion”
These Needles    “These Needles”
TM404 + Morphosis    “The Morphosis Korg Response”
Vakula & Dusty Baron    “Autumn Leleka” (12″ + 7″)
Vatican Shadow    “It Stands To Conceal” (3LP)
ZZZZZ, The / Abdulla Rashim    “Radioactive Orchestra Remixed”

10″s
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Bleaching Agent    “Part Two”
Crow’s Foot    “Critical Condition”

7″s
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ACxDC    “The Second Coming” (White)
Big Eyes    “Back From The Moon”
Brain Tumors    “Brain Tumors”
Brown Sugar    “Luvly”
Canadian Rifle    “Facts.”
Cloud Rat / Autarkeia    “Cloud Rat / Autarkeia”
Figgs, The    “Casino Hayes”
Fucked Up    “Dance Of Death”
Fucked Up    “Police”
Globsters    “Rock + Roll Misery E.P.”
Grin And Bear It    “Grin And Bear It”
Herds    “Michigan”
Hip Cops    “In The Shadow Of A Grinding Death”
House Boat    “Processing Complaints”
Meat Mist / White Slaves    “Meat Mist / White Slaves”
Mellow Harsher    “Mellow Harsher”
Meth Mountain    “Monotony”
Nukkehammer    “Soviet Rust Belt E.P.”
Pig Heart Transplant / Endless Blockade    “Pig Heart Transplant / Endless Blockade”
Pukeoid    “Pukeoid” (Pink)
Rancid    “Ruby Soho”
Rat Storm    “Fractured”
Snowing    “Pump Fake / Scherbatsky”
Surrender    “There Is No War”
Tilly And The Wall    “Defenders / Defenders (Stag Hare Remix)”
Torche “Harmonslaught” (/1000)
Utah Jazz    “Utah Jazz”
Various    “Punx Don’t Drink”

Cassette
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Ensemble Economique    “Live In London”

CDs
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Cocteau Twins     “Victorialand”
White, Peter    “Perfect Moment”

Magazine
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ARTHUR! Newsprint Magazine #33

Reviews
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Black Moth Super Rainbow Cobra Juicy

(Rad Cult)
On their fifth full-length, this mysterious Pittsburgh-based experimental band further explores their well-established sound of sun-tinged, lo-fi neo-psychedelia. The most crucial elements of their wistful Candyland-on-acid atmosphere are the lush, colorful walls of synth paired with lead vocalist Tobacco’s lush, moody vocoder voice: both are omnipresent here yet again. Tracks such as opener “Windshield Smasher” and “Hairspray Heart” surprised me by setting a groovy rock-and-roll foundation, while “Psychic Love Damage” expresses light-headed romance with delicate strums gliding in a way that reminds me a bit of “Free Bird.” Sweetly textured songs such as “Like a Sundae” and “Dreamsicle Bomb” feel closer to the original, more synth-driven sound that feels like exploring lands made out of totally edible sweets. Closing track “Spraypaint” demonstrates the most resonant expression of love, emphasizing that “I can’t be without you” as the backing synth flourishes like sunlight filling a room.
[Reviewer: Mark]

PAWS Cokefloat!

(Fat Cat)
This Glasgow, Scotland-based trio’s debut full-length excellently captures their sunny, fittingly lo-fi garage rock. Right from the beginning, lead singer Phillip Taylor sings a catchy, reminiscent tribute to his mother whom he lost to cancer: though he’d “trade anything” to hear her voice again, he finds solace by repeating the sentiment that “life goes on.” The hard-rocking “Bloodline” explores the same theme by recalling that she stays alive because, along with advice, she gave him her nose and eyes. “Homecoming” uses cathartic sarcasm to thank someone ten years after high school, complete with revenge by means of a lead pipe to the teeth. These kinds of tracks let out sadness with youthful, fist-pumping energy; it’s much better than dwelling too much on trying to gain uncomfortable sympathy from others. Taylor, of course, is no stranger to realistic, relatable mood changes: for example, he ladles out slow-simmering angst on the acoustic ballad “Get Bent,” angrily directed toward a thoughtless, destructive father who just can’t seem to listen. He gets the most aggressive on the heavy, to-the-point “Winners Don’t Bleed,” primarily screaming to get someone to shut up.
[Reviewer: Mark]

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