Music Review, Reviews, Update

13th of January 2012 Update

13th of January 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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AC/DC    “From The Vaults (Unofficial)”
Algernon Cadwallader    “Parrot Flies”
Amebix    “Knights Of The Black Sun”
Antisect    “In Darkness, There Is No Choice.”
Aus Rotten    “The Rotten Agenda”
Bass Communion     “Cenotaph”
Big Star    “3RD”
Big Star    “Radio City”
Breakdown    “Blacklisted”
Cage, John / Fox, Terry (John Cage & Terry Fox)    “HIGHFIDELITY (High Fidelity; Artists’ Records In The Marzona Collection)”
Cave, Nick And The Bad Seeds    “Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Ritz Stockholm, April 23, 1987 (Unofficial)”
Church Of Synth, The    “The Church Of Synth (+ D/L With Bonus Material)”
Cidron, Juan Manuel    “Patagon (Ltd. Ed. /500; Inner Sleeve With Text & Photo)”
Cooper, Alice    “Asesino (Unofficial)”
Cough & The Wounded Kings    “An Introduction To The Black Arts (Gatefold)”
Cut Hands    “Afro Noise 1: Volume 1 “
Doors, The    “Live In Pittsburgh Civic Arena May 2, 1970 (Unofficial)”
Dylan, Bob    “Good As I Been To You (Unofficial)”
Electric Wizard    “Electric Wizard (Gatefold)”
Ericson, Roky (Roky Erickson)    “”Outtakes From” All That May Do My Rhyme”, Arlyn Studios, Austin, Tx., October 1993 – April 1994; Live With The Aliens December 9, 1975, River City, Fairfax, California (Unofficial)”
Esplendor Geometrico    Desarrollos Geometricos (Ltd. Ed. /700; Includes Exclusive Tracks)”
Exodus    “Bonded By Blood”
Haack, Bruce / Miss Nelson    “The Way Out”
Haack, Bruce / Miss Nelson    “The Electronic Record For Children”
Hank III (Hank Williams III)    “Live & In Person With His Damn Band (Recorded Live In St. Petersburg, Florida, US, Oct 22 – 2006)”
Harvey, PJ    “The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 (A BBC Recording)”
Hellacopters, The    “Supershitty To The Max! (Unofficial)”
Hello Fever    “Broken Lines (Debut Full Length)”
Killing Joke    “Extremeties, Dirt, And Various Expressed Emotions (Reissue, Gatefold 2LP)”
Kim Phuc    “Copsucker”
Louvin Brothers    “Tragic Songs Of Life”
McDowell, Fred    “The Alan Lomax Recordings”
Memory As Perfection / Scent Of Human History    “Memory As Perfection / Scent Of Human History”
Mutemath    “Odd Soul”
Neutral Milk Hotel    “Neutral Milk Hotel: NMH Vinyl Box Set”
Sewer Election    “Vittra Sonder”
Thursday    “No Devolucion”
Transit    “Keep This To Yourself”
Tyme. X Tujiko    “GYU”
Various Artists    “Soul Safari Presents Township Jive & Kwela Jazz (1940-1960)”
Various Artists    “Subway Salsa: The Montuno Records Story (Record Mart)”
Venice Dawn (Adrian Younge Presents)    “Something About April”
Young, Neil    “Eldorado”

Hip-Hop LPs & 12″s
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Black And Brown    “Black And Brown! Instrumentals”
Blu & Exile    “Below The Heavens: In Hell Happy With Your New Imaginary Friend (Ltd. Ed. Hand Numbered Gatefold 2LP)”
J-88 (Slum Village)    “Best Kept Secret (Produced By Jay Dee / Remixes By Madlib)”
K-Def    “Night Shift”
Madvillain    “Madvilliany Instrumentals”

Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Borderline    “Borderline”
Gesaffelstein    “Conspiracy Pt. II”
Hey Today!    “Talk To Me”
Hulkkonen, Jori    “SWOT”
Instinct / Killa & Instinct    “Revolt / Drones Mix”
Kowton V Dusk    “Kowton V Dusk EP”
MIKEQ (Mike Q)    “Let It All Out”
Modeselektor     “Evil Twin (Pic)”
Motor City Drum Ensemble    “Basement L.O.V.E. (DJ-Kicks)”
Ollivierra, Tony    “Nangka EP”
Sei A     “Lazers”
Seiji    “Seiji5: Frustratin / Face Up”
T.O.M. Project    “Renaissance”
Telemachus    “The Sheltering Sky”
Terror Danjah    “U Make”
Twilite Tone, The    “Mean Machine”
Various Artists    “5 Years Compilation (Part Five) “
Various Artists    “5 Years Compilation (Part Four)”
Villa Nah    “Midnight Versions”

7″s
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Acephalix    “Acephalix”
Against Me!    “Crime As Forgiven By”
Armalite    “Humungous”
Astaroth    “Satanispiritus”
Bare Wires    “Don’t Ever Change”
Big Troubles    “She Smiles For Pictures”
Brain F    “Restraining Order”
Brain F    “So Dim”
Caustic Christ    “No Love”
Cheap Girls / Noise By Numbers    “My Wandering Days Are Over / Between Planets”
Chimp Beams / Marter & Yony    “Lumber / Level 13”
Curmudgeon    “Human Ouroboros”
Cvlts / Virgin Spirit    “Time Debt / Bathed in White”
Discharge    “State Violence State Control”
Discharge    “Realities Of War”
Discharge    “Never Again”
Discharge    “Fight Back”
Discharge    “Decontrol”
Dive    “Human / Big Joke”
Dwarves / Riptides    “Stillborn In The USA”
Evens    “Evens”
Fatal Birth    “Fatal Birth”
Fireworks    “Bonfires”
Girls    “Lawrence (Heartshaped)”
Heavenly Beat    “Faithless”
Joy Division    “An Ideal For Living”
Kidcrash / L’Antietam    “Heavy Nugs And Heady Chugs”
Medicine    “Time Baby 2 / Miss Drugstore”
Mugwumps    “Do Time With”
No Sir    “Holy Land”
Queers / Riptides    “Buy It You Scum”
Self Defense Family    “I’m Going Through Some Shit”
Single Spy, Thee    “Ok Corral / In Clay. In Cloud”
Speak & The Spells    “She’s Dead / Brianna / Caleb Pink”
SSSSnakes / Slow Death    “SSSSnakes / Slow Death”
Trash Talk    “Shame”

CDs
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Bastard Noise “Our Earth’s Blood” (5xCD)
Ernest Gonzales “Natural Traits”
Andrew Liles “Long Shadows”
Scar Symmetry “Pitch Black”
Tombs “Path Of Totality”

Books
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The Primal Screamer

Reviews
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Bringers of Disease Gospel of Pestilence CD

 
(Translation Loss / Waylon Recordings)
The members of this Dayton, Ohio metal quintet came together from varying backgrounds, including Mouth of the Architect’s post-metal and Acheron’s straightforward death/black/thrash metal. The latter style is the primary influence audible on this EP. They deliver what one should expect from the genres: screamed vocals, aggressive blast-beats, chords with tremolo picking, and an unmistakable sense of despair throughout. “Doomed To Flames” kicks right into action with high-speed rage, followed by the even more-downtrodden “Your Prayers Remain Unheard;” it starts with a slower, doom-influenced sound, before launching back into intervals with speed ranging from medium to blisteringly fast. “Our Final Reward In Hell” strikes a good balance between the white-hot aggression of the opening track and the more-subdued parts of the second, managing to pull off the record’s most memorable hooks. Closing track “A Plague To End All Plagues” is the longest, trudging through one final wasteland of doom, with an abrupt and brief return to speed halfway through.
[Reviewer: Mark]

Cut Hands Afro Noise 1 Volume 1 LP

(A Dirter Release)
Cut Hands is William Bennett’s (Whitehouse) self described and album titled afro noise project. Volume 1 and Volume 2 are being released currently (we should have vol. 2 shortly) and they are collections of this projects work to this point. Truthfully, it’s not all that noisey considering his past works. It’s welcome. It’s jungle sci-fi soundtrack-type music. Polyrhythms and stabs of dissonance definitely make it more noisey than Fela Kuti for instance and these are not pieces meant for easy digestion by someone looking for afro-funk.  There is no funk here. There is however a mean beat with some meaner instrumentation (non-instrumentation). Foetus might come to mind without the whimsy and plus more afrocentric bases. So, while you won’t find this as the soundtrack to the Venture Brothers (I don’t think it’s a good fit like Foetus is) you might soon find it in an early-John-Carpenter-like jungle sci-fi action adventure movie. Let that movie play in your head.
[Reviewer: Rick]
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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]
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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]

Out And About, secret show

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.
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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)

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