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9th of March 2012 Update (Sale Announcement)
at Redscroll Records
We’ve got everything set up for our 5th Anniversary & Record Store Day Celebration!
Check out the Facebook event page and stay tuned for all the developments. For instance, we’ll post up all the exclusive releases a day in advance (on April 20th) so you can see what we actually got in.
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Above Them “Are We A Danger To Ourselves”
Aficionado “When It Comes To Creation”
Allin, GG & The Murder Junkies “Terror In America: Live 1993”
Ancient Vvisdom “A Godlike Inferno (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)”
Bird, Andrew “Break It Yourself (+ D/L)”
Blakey, Art “Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers: Moanin’ (Blue Note 4003 Reissue)”
Blood Ceremony “Living With The Ancients (2LP Gatefold)”
Body Double “My Life (What You Need) Feat. Trevon”
Bon Iver “Towers (Featuring “Bruised Orange (Chain Of Sorrow)” [John Prine Cover] + D/L)”
Bowerbirds “The Clearing (Ltd. Ed. White Vinyl + D/L)”
Bright Eyes “A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995-1997 (2012 Vinyl Reissue 180 Gram + CD)”
Castle, Jennifer “Castlemusic”
Christian Mistress “Possession”
Crusades “The Sun Is Down And The Night Is Riding In”
Dan P. And The Bricks “Watch Where You Walk”
Dead Swans “Anxiety And Everything Else”
Decemberists, The “We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11 – 08.11)”
Dreamend “And The Tears Washed Me Wave After Cowardly Wave (PIC)”
Dunes “Noctiluca”
Earth “Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II”
Eleh “Homage to The Pointed Waveforms *Por Jose (Numbered /500)”
Elfin Saddle “Devastates (180 Gram + Art Print Poster + D/L)”
Elliott “False Cathedrals”
Falsini, Franco “Cold Nose: Colonna Sonora Del Film: <
Fort Romeau “Kingdoms”
Group Doueh “Zayna Jumma (Gatefold)”
Grouplove “Never Trust A Happy Song”
Hawkwind “Space Ritual Vol. 1: Recorded Live At Liverpool Stadium & Brixton Sundown (Gatefold 2LP)”
Human Teenager “Animal Husbandry”
I Hate Myself “3 Songs (O.D.B. Lightning Heart Rain Cover)”
Japanther “Beets, Limes & Rice (+ D/L)”
La Dusseldorf “La Dusseldorf (180 Gram)”
La Dusseldorf “Viva (180 Gram)”
Lucero “Women & Work”
Megafortress “Megafortress 12″ EP (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)”
Memoryhouse “The Slideshow Effect (+ D/L)”
Men, The “Open Your Heart (+ D/L – First 10 Copies We Have Come With A Limited Live WFMU CD)”
Miniature Tigers “Mia Pharaoh (180 Gram White Vinyl + D/L)”
Napolian “Rejoice 12″ EP (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)”
Neurosis “Demos / Rare (1986 – 1993)”
Nite Jewel “One Second Of Love (Ltd. Ed. White Haze Vinyl + D/L)”
None More Black “Loud About Loathing (+ D/L)”
Orange Goblin “A Eulogy For The Damned”
Pateras, Anthony “Errors Of The Human Body: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Gatefold 2LP)”
Polonaise “Trocadero”
Rice, Boyd “The Way I Feel (Red)”
Sam & Dave (Sam And Dave) “Hold On, I’m Comin’ (Reissue)”
School Of Seven Bells “Ghostory (+ D/L)”
Sleeping Giant “Sons Of Thunder”
Spoek Mathambo “Father Creeper”
Springsteen, Bruce “Wrecking Ball (180 Gram Vinyl + CD)”
Sutekh Hexen “Larvae (Gatefold)”
Terrorizer “Hordes Of Zombies”
Trust “TRST (180 Gram, + D/L)”
Various Artists “Tension: Spanish Experimental Underground 1980-1985 (Gatefold 2LP)”
Xiu Xiu “Always (180 Gram White Vinyl + Poster + D/L)”
Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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ECID “Werewolf Hologram (+ D/L)”
Kool Keith “Drugs (Remixes; SUGARS012)”
Markie, Biz “The Diabolical Biz Markie: The Biz Never Sleeps (2012 Reissue)”
Pharcyde, The “Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (2012 Reissue 2LP Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl)”
Young Jeezy “The Inspiration”
Electronic 12″s & LPs
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#.4.26 “Theatron / Remton / Morfon”
Addison Groove “Transistor Rhythm”
AnD “ADBF / BNGD / DST”
Blake, James “Love What Happened Here”
Bonobo “Black Sands Remixed (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)”
Captain Planet “Remixes/Remixed”
Clouds “Optic”
Conforce “24 EP”
Duplex “Below The Photic Zone”
Gesaffelstein “Conspiracy Remixes”
Hazylujah “Too Many Ghosts”
Hyetal “Searchlight”
Jagdstaffel 66 “Starfighter EP”
Jam City “The Courts (12″ Mix) / The Nite Life Ft. Main Attrakionz”
Karem, Uto “Take Control”
Krystal Klear “We’re Wrong / From The Start”
LAS “Memories (10″)”
LHF “EP3: Cities Of Technology”
Motor “Man Made Machine Feat. Martin L. Gore (Of Depeche Mode)”
Pusherman “Still Feel”
Spank Rock “Nasty Remixes (Feat. Big Freedia)”
Telefon Tel Aviv “The Birds”
Third Man, The “Future Tense / More Than One”
Various Artists “Anniversary Series Part 3: 2012 DKMNTL AS-5.3”
Vaz, Andy “Feelin’ Featurning Eva Soul”
ZZT “Work II”
7″s
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Chevron Swimmin’ “Lessons / I Remember”
Chimp Beams / Dub Nomads “Behind The Moon / Forgotten Dub (Ticklah Remix)”
Clusterfuck / Cojoba “Clusterfuck & Cojoba”
DJ Shiro “Pain / Ohmz”
DMX Krew “Do It All Nite / Worm Hole”
Downpresser “Age Of Ignorance”
Kid 606 / Posterboys Of The Apocalypse “$ Vol. 5”
M13 “Manifesto (13 HXC)”
Men, The “Think”
Muhsinah + Flying Lotus “Always (Smile) / Lose My Fuse”
Primary “Army Of Helaman”
Roots Manuva Meets Wrongtom “Jah Warriors Feat. Ricky Ranking”
Sick/Tired “Sick/Tired”
Vane Etten, Sharon “Leonard / Life Of His Own”
Various Production / Virus Syndicate “Apollo / Neva Argue”
Wonder Years, The “Won’t Be Pathetic Forever (Purple/White Third Pressing)”
Xabec “Pulses / Electric Mandala”
Xabec “Dark Massive”
Xbrainiax / Lettuce Vultures “Walking on Sunshine”
Zomby “A Devil Lay Here / Basquiat”
CDs
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Black To Comm “Earth”
Demdike Stare “Elemental (2CD)”
ECID “Werewolf Hologram”
Every Time I Die “Ex Lives (Deluxe)”
Jesu “Heartache & Dethroned (2CD)”
Men, The “Open Your Heart”
Monolake “Ghosts”
Nite Jewel “One Second Of Love”
Scuba “Personality”
Seasons “Radiophonic Workshop”
Various Artists “Jende Ri Palenge (2CD+DVD)”
Reviews
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AU Both Lights LP/CD
(Hometapes)
Luke Wyland and Dana Valatka make up the duo from Portland, Oregon known as AU. Long since there last LP in 2008, “Verbs,” AU returns with their third album, Both Lights. Experimenting with sounds, Both Lights has something for every listener, genre blending at its finest, from folk to jazz and pop to rock n’ roll. With energetic Wyland on keys and guitar and Valatka playing unique percussion, Both Lights is incredibly exciting with a new twist at every track. Appearances from saxophonist Colin Stetson (Bon Iver and Arcade Fire), and vocalist Holland Andrews, amongst many others add to the wide range of influences found on this album. Songs you will be playing over and over again include ‘Epic’ , ‘OJ’, their first single ‘Solid Gold’, ‘Why I Must’ and ‘Don’t Lie Down’. Forty minutes and eleven tracks later, AU will have you in a delightfully happy mood! Definitely pick up a copy of Both Lights when it comes out on April 3rd.
[Reviewer: Kyle]
The Saddest Landscape After The Lights LP/CD
(Topshelf Records)
“After The Lights” is the newest album from screamo pioneers The Saddest Landscape. After being a band for over a decade it’s safe to say these guys know how to keep this genre refreshing and exciting, and this new album is no exception. It consists of seven emotionally raw tracks that are as aggressive as they are depressed. Andy Maddox vocalizes the lyrics with an almost uncertain tone to his voice, making them frail at times, but extremely powerful and heartfelt. The guitars and drums really drive these feelings to the listener, demanding your attention. This is a serious ear grabber, and raises the bar for this new wave of screamo bands. Also, any band that opens up their live set with the intro of “Burning Fight” by Inside Out automatically gets a gold sticker in my mind.
[Reviewer: Sean]
Total Fucking Destruction Hater CD

(Translation Loss / Waylon Recordings)
This aptly named side project of Brutal Truth drummer Richard Hoak delivers 27 tracks of absolutely pummeling, exhausting grindcore in 27 minutes. The trio has an excellent handle on the chaos, musically sounding more like an out-of-control shredding machine than an organic group of humans. Thankfully, there’s plenty of variation thrown in as well, with tracks like “Everything You Need But Nothing You Want” and “Dudehammer” temporarily drifting into some genuinely melodic metal grooves. At 3 minutes and 10 seconds, the longest track “I Not Pose” stands out by incorporating slowed-down screams, lengthy guitar feedback and a spaced-out, almost tribal-sounding drum pattern. Another one of TFD’s strengths is their imagination, with head-spinning lyrics straight of a dystopian fantasy (“unlearning the unknown / crypto techno battle plans / war for the future / fought in never-never land.”) There’s also some intriguing commentary on their scene in general (“grind for the money / grind for the girls / grind for a voice / to shout against a silent world.”)
[Reviewer: Mark]
Various Artists IOTDXI 3LP+2CD
(R&S Records)
All right so here is another compilation of forward thinking electronic music from a label of such thought. Similar to the Hessle Audio compilation of last year in it’s bulk and and also in its quality. In fact, it includes one or three of the same artists. I appreciate that it includes exclusive tracks from all of the artists. The artists are Pariah, Space Dimension Controller, Airhead, Untold, Bullion, Blawan, The Chain, Klaus and Lone (one of the Pariah tracks is a Oneohtrix Point Never remix too, btw). Solid lineup contained in this one. This fits well as a soundtrack for filing while dancing or sitting and typing while dancing (never stop dancing or at least bobbing your head).
[Reviewer: Rick]
2nd of March 2012 Update
at Redscroll Records
LPs & 12″s
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Afro Funk “Body Music (West-African Made Funk & Afrobeat Circa ’75 + D/L)”
Ava Luna “Ice Level (+ D/L)”
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band “Merseytrout: Live At Rotters Club, Liverpool, October 29, 1980 (2LP Set)”
Caustic Christ “Can’t Relate”
Ceremony “Zoo (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl + D/L)”
Cheap Girls “Giant Orange (Ltd. Ed. 1st Press + D/L)”
Dinosaur L “Go Bang! #5 / Clean On Your Bean #1”
Every Time I Die “Exlives (+ CD)”
Falco’s, Tav Panther Burns (Tav Falco’s Panter Burns) “Behind The Magnolia Curtain / Blow Your Top (+ D/L)”
Ferocious Fucking Teeth “Ferocious Fucking Teeth (+ CD)”
Flower Travellin’ Band “Make Up (180 Gram)”
Frak “Muzika Electronic”
Goblin “Patrick (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film)”
Goblin “Contamination (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film)”
Houghton, Beth Jeans & The Hooves Of Destiny “Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose (180 Gram Deluxe Vinyl Edition + CD)”
Karantamba “Ndigal (2LP Gatefold)”
Lambchop “Mr. M (2LP With 4 Exclusive Tracks + D/L)”
Lobo, Edu “A Musica De Edu Lobo Por Edu Lobo Com A Participacao Do Tamba Trio (1965)”
Magnetic Fields, The “Love At The Bottom Of The Sea (+ D/L)”
Martin, Ian “Mechanical Rain”
No Neck Blues Band (NNCK) “YTIU”
OBN IIIs “The One And Only (+ D/L)”
Om “Live At Jerusalem (/3100)”
Profanatica “Sickened By The Holy Host (2LP 1 Black 1 White With Printed Plastic Inner Sleeves + A Eucharist, Yes, You Get The Sacrament With This To Blaspheme All Over)”
Sisters “Sisters”
Taking Back Sunday “Tell All Your Friends (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl + D/L)”
Tamba Trio “Avanco (1963)”
Tilts “Tilts (“Fancypants” Color + D/L)”
True Radical Miracle “Termites”
Useless Eaters “Cheap Talk: The Singles”
Various Artists “Listen, Whitey! The Sounds Of Black Power 1967-1974 (Bob Dylan, Gil Scot-Heron, John & Yoko, Last Poets, …)”
Various Artists “Jende Ri Palenge: People Of Palenque – Afro-Colombia (DVD+5LP Box Set)”
Walls “The Future Is Wide Open”
Warrior Kids “Les Enfants De L’Espoir…(30th Anniversary Press – 1st US Press)”
Weston “Got Beat Up”
White Wires, The “The White Wires”
Zahir, Ahmad “Volume 2 (Afghantistan 70’s Folk-Pop-Psychedelia)”
Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Die Antwoord “Ten$ion (+ D/L)”
Kool G. Rap & D.J. Polo “Live And Let Die (Remastered 2LP Set)”
Main Attrakionz “808s & Dark Grapes II”
Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Aardvarck “Anti Concept”
Andres, Dez (Dez Andres) “As We Rock On / A Time To Boogie”
Black Rain “Now I’m Just A Number: Soundtracks 1993-94”
Bouffmyhre, Hans “Easy Meat EP”
Claro Intelecto “Second Blood EP”
Conforce “Dystopian Elements EP”
Former Descent “My Life in The Box Of Ghosts EP”
Funcken, Roel (Roel Funcken) “Fes Bace”
Geeeman “Bang’t / Fire Extinguisher (Jack For Daze)”
Giorgio Gigli / Obtane “A Sad Wandering Dreamer In Contemporary Memory Architectures”
Halp “Tic Tac Toe (Feat. Kissey)”
Henning Baer “Drop Out EP”
Imugem Orihasam “Relation EP”
Joy Orbison & Boddika “Froth”
Lapalux “When You’re Gone (+ D/L)”
Mason, James “I Want Your Love (Original Mix And Longer Unreleased Edit)”
Mirto, Ralph “Chimera EP”
Morphosis “The TEPCO Report”
Nightjars “Nocturnal EP”
Owens, Robert “Sacrifice”
Planetary Assault Systems “Remixes | Silent Servant | The Black Dog”
Rauch, Roman “Birth Of Memory”
Recloose “Magic”
Shrubbn!! “Echos (2LP /666)”
Simoncino “WereHouse EP (+ Legowelt Remix)”
Skudge “Skudge Remixes Part 5 (Boddika, Cosmin TRG)”
Suicide, Warren (Warren Suicide) “World Warren Remixes (Moving Close Apart Apparate Remix / Hello Mom Oval Remix)”
Thorpe, Tony / Si Begg / Pempi “Globe Stepping 1”
Trent, Ron (Ron Trent) “Deep Down (Feat. Robert Owens + Mr. Fingers Remix)”
Van Hoesen, Peter “Transitional State”
Various Artists “Vintage Synth Technique (Shawn Rudiman, DJ T-1000, Loner.9, Wave Effect)”
Various Artists “Livin’ For The City EP (Broke One, JNI, Maxime F., SCR, The Black Madonna, Alec Carlsson)”
WhoMadeWho “Brighter (+ CD)”
Zum Goldenen Schwarm “Die Wolke (Staub)”
10″s
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Lotus Plaza / Nice Weekend “Come Back / Longest Days”
7″s
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Allo Darlin’ “Capricornia”
Authorities “Soundtrack For Trouble”
Beastie Boys / Santigold / Major Lazer “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win”
Bonnie Prince Billy “The B-Sides For Time To Be Clear”
Bonnie Prince Billy & Mariee Sioux “Bonnie & Mariee (2×7″)”
Cormans, Thee “Biker Bitch”
Daylight “Run For Cover Acoustic Series #3 (Sinking…)”
Evans The Death “Telling Lies / Morning Voice (Acoustic)”
Mockingbird “Wish Me Luck (Run For Cover Subscription Singles Series #4)”
OBN IIIs “OBN IIIs (Running On Fumes / Do My Thing / Mad / License Plate)”
Swamp Thing “Swamp Thing”
Swing Kids “Situations On Mars / Fake Teeth”
CDs
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Aelter “Dusk-Dawn / Follow You” (2xCD)
Caveman “Coco Beware”
Ceremony “Zoo”
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien “I Wish My Brother George Was Here (2012 Expanded Reissue)”
Earth “Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II”
Fort Romeau “Kindoms”
Ital “Hive Mind” (the LP will be here in another week)
KWJAZ “KWJAZ”
Lambchop “Mr. M”
Locrian & Mamiffer “Bless Them That Curse You”
Madlib “Madlib Medicine Show No. 13: Black Tape [X] Restricted 18+”
Maxilla Blue
Mouse On Mars “Parastrophics”
Negative Approach “Nothing…”
New Age Steppers “Love Forever”
Nurse With Wound “Creakiness And Other Misdemeanors”
Perfume Genius “Put Your Back N 2 It”
Sleigh Bells “Reign Of Terror”
Sutcliffe Jugend “Blue Rabbit”
Various Artists “Listen Whitey!”
Book
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Recipes for Disaster: Anarchist Cookbook
Reviews
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[Reviewer: Kyle][Note: This will be in on Tuesday.]
Main Attrakionz 808s & Dark Grapes II LP
[Reviewer: Rick]
Sleigh Bells Reign of Terror CD/LP
[Reviewer: Mark]
25th Of February 2012 Update
17th of February 2012 Update
at Redscroll Records
LPs & 12″s
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A New Spelling Of My Name “The Fraud And Folly Of Good Intentions”
Adam & The Ants (Adam And The Ants) “Peel Sessions “
All “She’s My Ex”
Annapurna Illusion / High Wolf “Annapurna Illusion / High Wolf”
Antilles “Antilles”
Antisect “Leeds 2.4.86”
Bad Weather California “Sunkissed (+ D/L)”
Battles “Dross Glop 2 (Remixes By The Alchemist, Shabazz Palaces, Kode 9)”
Billy No Mates “Duck, Duck, Goose! (+ D/L)”
Black Mountain “Black Mountain”
Black Sabbath “Volume One”
Bobby Browser “Just Brow”
Boy Sets Fire “This Crying, This Screaming My Voice Is Being Born”
Cement Stars “Form & Temper”
Cock Sparrer “Shock Troops”
Coleman III, John Wesley “The Last Donkey Show”
Consumers, The “All My Friends Are Dead (+ D/L)”
Creation “Creation (2012 Reissue)”
Ducky Boys “Chasing The Ghost”
Engineer “Crooked Voices (+ D/L)”
Field Music “Plumb (+ D/L)”
Flower Corsano Hejnowski “The Count Visits”
FNU Ronnies “Saddle Up”
Gang Of Four “Solid Gold (30 Year Anniversary Edition)”
Giffoni, Carlos “Evidence (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)”
Goblin “The Best Of Goblin (Fanclub Edition)”
Hamilton, Bobby “Dream Queen”
Harvey Milk “The Pleaser (2LP Gatefold)”
Hawkwind “In Search Of Space”
Ides Of Gemini / Vermapyre “Ides Of Gemini / Vermapyre”
Idiot Savant / Who’s My Saviour “Split (Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out)”
Johnson, Robert “King Of The Delta Blues Singers (180GRAM)”
Kiss “Electric Magic Live: East Lansing, MI. October 21 1974 (Fanclub Edition)”
Ladytron “Gravity The Seducer (Ltd. Ed. / Hand Numbered / Poster / + D/L)”
Lamb Of God “As The Palaces Burn”
Light Asylum “Shallow Tears (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)”
Loma Prieta “I.V. (+ D/L)”
Loma Prieta “Life/Less”
Maker “Mirrors”
Melchior, Dan “Excerpts (& Half-Speeds)”
Midnight “Satanic Royalty (Gray Vinyl)”
Mind Spiders “Meltdown (+ D/L)”
Mister Heavenly “Out Of Love (+ D/L)”
Moebius & Renziehausen “Ersatz (180 Gram)”
Monk, Thelonious “The Unique Thelonious Monk (2012 Reissue)”
Morne “Asylum”
No “Don’t Worry, You’ll Be Here Forever”
Patti Smith Group “Easter”
Pop Group, The “For How Much Longer (Import, Unofficial)”
Prinzhorn Dance School “Clay Class (+ D/L)”
Psychic Paramount “II”
Pyramids “Pyramids “
Ragan, Chuck “Los Feliz: Live At Tangiers In Los Feliz, CA With Friends And Neighbors On February 19, 2007”
Raglani / Outer Space “Raglani / Outer Space”
Ride “Going Blank Again (2LP At 45RPM)”
Rose, Frankie “Interstellar (+ D/L)”
Saddest Landscape, The “After The Lights (First Press)”
SFV Acid “Grown”
Silver Jews “The Natural Bridge”
Skinny Puppy “Back & Forth: Series Two”
Slava “Soft Control (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)”
Sonic Avenues “Television Youth (+ D/L)”
Strategy “Boxy Music EP”
Summer Vacation “Summer Vacation (+ D/L)”
Terry Malts “Killing Time (+ D/L)”
Tindersticks “The Something Rain (180 Gram + Art Print Poster + D/L)”
Tool “Lollapalooza: Live At Lollapalooza Irwindale CA USA 1993-08-07 (Fanclub Edition)”
Transistor Transistor “Ruined Lives (Gatefold)”
U2 “A Day Before Tomorrow: Live At Tiffany’s, Glasgow, Scotland 24.3.1983 (Limited Fanclud Edition)”
U2 “In The Name Of Love: Live At Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, November 21 1984 (Limited Fanclub Edition)”
Various Artists “Grey Area Vs. The Copyrights Vs. The Reveling Vs. Luther”
Various Artists “Qat, Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s From Yemen”
Voodoo Circle (Alex Beyrodt’s) “Broken Heart Syndrome “
VVLTVRE “Hang Me”
Whiskey & Co. “Leaving The Night Life (+ D/L)”
White Load “Wayne’s World III…”
Whitman, Keith Fullerton “Generators”
Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Gangrene (The Alchemist + Oh No) “Vodka & Ayahuasca (Feat. Kool G Rap, Roc Marciano, Prodigy, Evidence, Roc C)”
Professor Brian Oblivion “The Dark Realities Of The Moment (+ D/L)”
Electronic 12″s & LPs
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#.4.26. “Theatron”
19.454.18.5.25.5.18 “Horizontal Ground 01 (HG01)”
AnD “HG09”
Azari & III “Reckless (With Your Love) (Remix 12″)”
Bullion “Say Arr Ee / What Does She Know (10″)”
Chimp Beams “Slowly (2xLP)”
Cocherell, Joe “Who Are You / Where Do You Come From / Pala”
Darko Esser “Slightly Disturbed”
Dettmann, Marcel “Landscape”
Devine, Richard “RISP EP 2011”
Distance (DJ Distance) “Reboot / Bazurk”
DJ Madd “Deeply Feat. Lady Mardo / Riginal”
Flights Of Fancy “Love’s A Dancer / Tempo Of The Night”
G-Man + Rob Strobe “Acrophobia EP”
Joris Voorn Vs. Moby “After The After”
Klovn “Cover Up”
Landstrumm, Neil “Night Train”
LOL Boys “Moments In Heartbreak Marcus Mixx “Special Crème”
Model 500 “Control / The Messenger”
Moodyman “Classics Volume 1 (White Label)”
Mouse On Mars “Parastrophics (2LP Gatefold)”
My Best Fiend “In Ghostlike Fading (+ D/L)”
Omar S “High School Graffiti (2×12″ White Label)”
Omar S / Aaron “Fit” Siegel “Tonite (Feat. L’Renee)”
Orpheus “Path From Hades”
Pierre LX “Out 1 Reworks”
Raffertie “Mass Appeal”
Sei A “Flux”
Sei A “Frozen Flower “
Seuil “Fluctuat Nec Rgitur”
Shakarchi & Straneus “Something…”
Shlohmo “Vacation “
Skirt “HG10”
Speech Debelle “Freedom Of Speech (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)”
Unknown “Frozen Border 7”
Vakula “Slavic Mythology EP”
Various Artists “IOTDXI (3LP, 2CD R&S Comp.: Pariah, Space Dimension Controller, Untold, Blawan, Lone, Klaus…)”
Various Artists “Necessary Mayhem Future Cuts”
Vondelpark “Suana EP”
Wagner, Yan “Turmoil”
10″s
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Finest Dearest “Finest Dearest” (2×10″)
7″s
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Blatz “Cheaper Than The Beer”
Capitalist Casualties / Lack Of Interest “Capitalist Casualties / Lack Of Interest”
Damages “Love’s Labor”
Drainland / Enabler “Drainland / Enabler”
Filth “Live The Chaos”
Grin And Bear It “Grin And Bear It”
Holy Fever “Holy Fever”
Incendiary / Xibalba “Incendiary / Xibalba”
La Corde / Cat Party “La Corde / Cat Party”
Liles, Andrew “Honey Monster”
Rise & Fall “Deciever”
SONOIO “Scientist”
Straight No Chaser “Straight No Chaser”
Super Ape “Dar Party Hausen / Garfunkel”
Tall Black Guy “Mini Therapy Chops (45RPM)”
Traveling “End Of The Summer”
Troubled Coast “I’ve Been Thinking About Leaving You”
Truth Inside “Best Times”
Zig Zags “Scavenger”
CDs
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Bonobo “Black Sands Remixes”
Butane “Little Helpers Vol. 1”
Death in June “Take Care Hummingbird (Import 2CD)”
Dozer “In The Tail…”
Goatwhore “Blood For…”
Maker “Mirrors”
Orange Goblin “Eulogy For…”
Pallbearer “Sorrow And Extinction”
Sutcliffe Jugend “With Ex”
T.O.M.B. “Uag”
Various Artists “Robots Pres We Are Opilec (2CD)”
Witch Mountain “South Of Salem (/1000)”
Magazine/Fanzine
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ANP Quarterly V2#6 (FREE Magazine While They Last)
Building A Better Robot (Book)
Hardcore ABS
Maximum R’N’R #346
Partisan #1
Wire #337
Reviews
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Vermapyre as you might remember from my review of their split 7″ with Japan’s Parasite, is a mysterious black metal band from France & Belguim, which is the latest side project outlet for Dwid Hellion of Integrity fame. The sound is more streamlined here then on the 7″, this time Vermapyre concentrates more so on feedback & reverb driven noise with sparse drums slightly peppered with just a dash of black metal elements for flavor and esthetic appeal.
Ides Of Gemini are the real stand out on this record. These guys are a two piece from Los Angeles. The two songs presented here, “Martyrium of the Hippolyt,” & “Constantinople” are hauntingly beautiful. A rich guitar tone, slow pacing and a ghostly vocal approach. They’ve definitely found the perfect home for their full length that comes out in late May on Neurot Recordings.
[Reviewer: Josh]
Side note:Ten years ago, did anyone listening to the piles of screamo being released on Magic Bullet ever think that Charles Manson would ever be on that roster? I sure didn’t. [Josh]
Damien Jurado Maraqopa CD/LP
(Secretly Canadian)
Damien Jurado and producer Richard Swift team up once again on the new full length album, Maraqopa. In the 15th year of his career, it is evident that Jurado knows exactly what he is doing when it comes to making wonderful music. Maraqopa begins with ‘Nothing Is The News’ a psychedelic-blues jam, filled with echoing and abstract sounds contributing to an almost ‘classic rock’ tune. The album gets progressively less chaotic, as Jurado reverts to simple yet soulful folk songs that sound truly American. His gentle voice and powerful lyrical content seem to pull you deeper and deeper into a desolate landscape where life is simple; a reminder of a time that has long since passed. Songs ‘Reel to Reel’, ‘Working Title’, and ‘Mountains Still Asleep’ are especially wonderful, although Maraqopa is best listened to from start to finish; it has incredible replay value. Damien Jurado releases Maraqopa, his tenth studio album, on February 21st.
[Reviewer: Kyle]
Moholy-Nagy Like Mirage CD/LP
(Temporary Residence Ltd.)
With members from groups like Tarentel and The Drift, this San Francisco/Berlin trio’s gorgeous experimental and instrumental landscapes are to be expected. The synthesizer line creates a rich, warm and radiant atmosphere throughout, as if it represents the varying skies throughout the day. The additional instruments really help bring the ambience together: for example, the acoustic guitar radiates like both the Sun (“Sunday Brunch”) and the Moon (“Nightjar.”) Also, the resonant piano plays a vital role right from the start to complement the glowing synth on “Tears Of The Prophet.” On later songs like “Seagulls” and “Astronomy Is A Natural Science,” it especially dramatizes the feeling of gazing at an eternity-stretching sky. Thankfully, this is not merely a chill-out record, as songs like “Brute Neighbors” and “Homeless Comet” have a more mechanical ambience that sounds reminiscent of earlier electronic/Krautrock styles.
[Reviewer: Mark]









