25th Of March 2011 Update

25th Of 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

No reviews today.

LPs & 12″s
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1994! / Spires “Spires / 1994!”
Araujo, Eduardo “A Onda E Boogaloo”
Askew, Ed “Imperfiction”
Babies, The “The Babies (+ D/L)”
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club “Live In London (Ltd. 3LP Set Recorded At London’s Forum 2010)”
Brown Recluse “Evening Tapestry (+ D/L)”
Columboid “We Were One”
Crude “Immortality”
Davila 666 “Tan Bajo (+ D/L)”
Gun Club, The “Lucky Jim”
Hell, Rene “The Terminal Symphony (+CD)”
Higgins, Gary “A Dream A While Back (Circa 1970-1971)”
Hype Williams “One Nation (/1000)”
Jaar, Nicolas “Marks & Angles”
James, Wendy “I Came Here To Blow Minds”
Johnson, Jack “On And On”
Last Poets, The “The Last Poets (Re-Issue)”
Last Poets, The “This Is Madness (Re-Issue)”
Last Poets, The “Oh My People (Re-Issue)”
Last Poets, The “Right On! (Soundtrack)”
Leo, Ted & The Pharmacists “Shake The Sheets (+ D/L)”
Memphis “Here Comes A City (180 Gram + D/L)”
Nuclear Family “Nuclear Family”
Oh Sees, Thee “Singles Collection Volume 1 And 2. “
Oi Polloi “In Defence Of Our Earth”
Parallel Dance Ensemble “Possessions And Obsessions”
Poison Idea “Feel The Darkness”
Puro Instinct “Headbangers In Ecstasy (Ltd. 2LP + D/L)”
Rosebuds, The “Life Like (+ D/L)”
Scott, Robert (The Clean, The Bats) “Ends Run Together (+ D/L)”
Sinaloa “Oceans Of Islands”
Spacemen 3 “Take Me To The Other Side”
Spectre Folk “Blackest Medicine Vol. II”
Thunders, Johnny “Some Hearts – The Last Album (1990) (+CD)”
UV Race, The “Homo (+ D/L)”
Various Artists “Folk And Pop Sounds Of Sumatra Vol. 1”
Various Artists “Studio One Scorcher Vol. 2 Instrumentals (Skatalites, Cedric Brooks, Jackie Mittoo, Dub Specialist…)”
Various Artists “Studio One Rub-A-Dub: Studio One In The 1970s (Lone Ranger, Freddie McGregor, The Ethiopian, Horace Andy…)”
Victims “… In Blood”
Yellowcard “When You’re Through Thinking Say Yes”

Electronic 12″s
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808 State “Narcossa”
Boxcutter “Allele / Other People”
Coki “Boomba”
D.O.K. “Chemical Planet”
Diplo “Riddimentary: Diplo Selects Greensleeves (Reggae)”
DJ Spinn “Man I Do It E.P.”
Field, The “From Here We Go Sublime”
Various Artists “Quality Street (Terror Danjah, Royal-T, SRC, Mr. Mitch)”

10″s
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Mondo Generator “III The EP (File Under: Queens Of The Stone Age)”

7″s
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Brainworms / Dynamite Arrows
Knapp, Sofia “Nothing To Lose”
Night Marchers “Thar She Blows”
Overnight Lows “Slit Wrist Rock N Roll”
Panda Bear “Surfers Hymn”
Yeh, CS “Blink Of An Eye”

CDs
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Agnostic Front “My Life My Way”
Belong “Common Era”
Blake, James “James Blake”
Eyehategod “Dopesick”
Psychedelic Aliens

DVDs
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Lemmy Kilmister: 49% Motherf#ck*r 51% Son Of A B!tch
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Iron Hand – Usurper Divine 7" (RSR010) Out Now!

Iron Hand Usurper Divine 7″
(RSR010)
Out Now!
(front)
(back)
We talked to our friends in Iron Hand a good while back about doing this 7″ with them.  The time is finally here.  A 7″ record with four righteous tracks of crust d-beat loving hardcore.  The band features current and past members of They And The Children, Estrogen Highs and Last Words (as well as a bunch of others).  Keep up to date with Iron Hand live dates on their blog. 

Iron Hand is a crust/d-beat hardcore band from Connecticut incorporating past and contemporary influences within the genre, such as Discharge, State Of Fear, and Crow.  Lyrically, the band addresses its sociopolitical criticisms while also taking opportunity to address personal introspection.

The most immediate and notable show is their record release.  It’s happening April 16, 2011 (which happens to be Record Store Day).

Iron Hand Usurper Divine 7″ (RSR010)
$4.50 (+ Shipping in the U.S.)

[International orders please email redscroll@gmail.com for quote.]

  Also available in the shop, of course!

Apologies to anyone who used the button attached to a large shipping quote. I’ve now attached a fixed shipping price ($2) for all of the U.S. If you’ve already paid with the higher shipping we will send you your 7″ with a couple bucks to refund the excess shipping amount. Thanks all.

18th Of March 2011 Update (+ Reviews)

18th of March 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records
LPs & 12″s
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Armalite “Armalite”
Axelrod, David “Messiah (Re-Issue)”
Bender, John “Plaster Falling”
Bill Cosby & His Puddin’ Pops “The Passion Of The Pops”
Bradley, Charles “No Time For Dreaming”
Chalk Circle “Reflection (+ D/L)”
Cohen, Leonard “Dear Heather”
Crime Desire “Alone In A Dream (EDIC II)”
Defeater “Empty Days & Sleepless Nights”
Dodos “No Color (+ D/L)”
Elders “Blind Rage”
Eleventh Dream Day “Riot Now!”
Friedberger, Matt “Meet Me In Miramas”
German Measles, The “A German Joke Is No Laughing Matter”
Ghost Mice “Europe”
Holly, Buddy “Buddy Holly (+ CD)”
Jaar, Nicolas “Space Is Only Noise”
Little Richard “Here’s Little Richard (+ CD)”
Lungfish “Pass And Stow (+ D/L)”
Mascis, J. (Dinosaur Jr.) “Several Shades Of Why (+ D/L)”
Medication “This Town (Gold Version)”
Mindset “Live Set (Live At The Champion Ship, November 21, 2009)”
Miret, Roger And The Disasters “Gotta Get Up Now (+ D/L 180 Gram)”
Moore, Thurston “VDSQ – Solo Acoustic Volume Five”
Motorhead “Overkill (180 Gram Ltd. Ed. Coloured Vinyl 3xLP)”
Nirvana “Live In Melbourne (Fan Club Edition/Unofficial)”
No Innocent Victim “Flesh And Blood”
Pink Floyd “Careful With That Axe (Unofficial)”
Reach The Sky “So Far From Home”
Rilo Kiley “Take Offs And Landings (180 Gram + D/L)”
Ringers “Curses”
Rise Against “EndGame (/1000 Indie Exclusive Clear Vinyl Die-Cut Sleeve)”
Rival Schools “Pedals”
Scott-Heron, Gil “Pieces Of A Man (180 Gram)”
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins “At Home With Screamin’ Jay Hawkins”
Screeching Weasel “First World Manifesto”
Silver Shampoo “Higher And Higher”
Soundtrack (MacDermot, Galt) “Cotton Goes To Harlem (Original Motion Picture Score)”
Soundtrack (The Cyrkle) “The Minx – Exactly What You Think She Is (Original Motion Picture Sound Track)”
Spiritualized “Pure Phase (180 Gram)”
Spiritualized “Lazer Guided Melodies (180 Gram)”
Strife “Truth Through Defiance: Unreleased And Rare Recordings”
Sylvers, Foster “Foster Sylvers”
Tape “Revelationes”
Throbbing Gristle “Second Annual Report”
Trembling Bells “The Constant Pageant”
Turbonegro “Apocalypse Dudes (Fan Club Edition)”
Various Artists “Cosmic Excursion: A Journey Into Deep Disco, Italo Electro & Proto-Techno”
Wipers “Silver Sail (Ltd. Ed.)”
Wipers “The Herd (Ltd. Ed.)”
Wolves & Thieves “11”
Wray, Link & The Wraymen “Link Wray & The Wraymen”
Electronic 12″s
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Addison Groove “Work It / Sexual”
Blake, James “Limit To Your Love [10″]”
DJ Madd / Matt-U “Arpz 3000 / Hidden”
Falty DL “Hip Love / Hip Love (Jamie Xx Remix)”
Funkystepz “Fuller / Hurricane Riddim”
Genetix “Hangin’ / Trigger Happy, Sci Tech”
KGB “Ghetto Blasta 2010”
L-Wiz “Straitjacket / 4.42 OZ”
Matt-U “Watchin’ U / Down With You, Magma”
MRK1 “Dirty Dubstep Music / Let Me Hear You”
Phaeleh “Falling”
TruTek “Crossrhodes / Mystery Machine (+CD)”
Untold “Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake Remix) / I Can’t Stop This Feeling (Pangaea Remix) [10″]”
7″s
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Agnostic Front “That’s Life”
Masakari “Eden Compromised”
OSS “Demo”
Royal Monsters “Blackwater”
Violation “Possessed”
Word For Word “Courage”
CDs
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Belong “Common Era”
Hecker, Tim “Mirages”
Off! “First Four EPs”
Suicidal Tendencies “Lights, Camera, Revolution”
DVDs
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“A History Lesson Part 1: Punk Rock In Los Angeles 1984 (The Meat Puppets, Redd Kross, The Minutemen, Twisted Roots)”
“The Residents’ Talking Light Presents Randy’s Ghost Stories”
Books
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Burian, Al “Things…”
Earles, Andrew “Husker Du: The Story Of The Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock”
Ekeroth, Daniel “Swedish SensationsFilms: A Clandestine History Of Sex, Thrillers, And Kicker Cinema”
Reviews
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Converge Jane Doe LP/CD
Equal Vision 61 / Deathwish Inc 172
Converge was way ahead of the curve when Jane Doe was originally released. It debuted in September 2001 when the country was in a very fragile state, and took a new approach at what they had already mastered. Before Jane Doe, Converge released a few albums that had limited structure but were very thrashy and abrasive, with a few surprises here and there. This was a turning point for them, because they seem to focus more on the melody and structure as opposed to the sheer chaos their earlier albums had, and progress even further with each album after Jane Doe. Originally released on Equal Vision, Jane Doe sold out pretty quickly and became a very sought after record. It wasn’t until 2010 that it was given a reissue by Deathwish Inc, singer Jake Bannon’s label. The reissue came in a slew of different colors listed below, and comes in a gatefold jacket with a thick booklet that includes lyrics and artwork. This is a must for any fan of the genre. Get it while it’s still in print.
150 – Red / Gold Swirl
440 – Clear Gold
1305 – Clear Red
2000 – White
550 – Clear Gold / White Swirl
560 – Clear Green
[Reviewer: Sean]

Crime Desire Alone In A Dream 12″EP
Gravity / Life’s A Rape Records
Crime Desire is a 3-piece band from California who play straight forward riff-driven hardcore punk. These guys have a bunch of records out (of print) at thispoint and this newest ep is complete with the staple gruff vocals & steady drum beat which you’ve come to expect, but then there are parts that make this unpredictable; guest vocals by Gitane Demone (Christian Death) & her daughter come in with wails, shrieks and muffled background noise. I like where this was headed and wish it was longer than just the 5 songs presented. I’m also really happy that in the year 2011, there is boundary pushing artsy hardcore worthy to be at least partially brought to us by the same label that gave us Heroin, Antioch Arrow, & Angel Hair. (FFO: Black Flag, F#cked Up, Failures)
[Reviewer: Josh]
Davila 666 Tan Bajo LP/CD
In The Red (ITR204)
Those devoted to any sect of garage, from the 60s to now, will be sure to appreciate what Puerto Rican rockers Davila 666 are doing on their latest album, “Tan Bajo” (“So Low”). This album rips from start to finish. After a brief opening track bearing the same name as the album, Davila 666 launch straight into “Obsesionao,” a song whose opening riff seems to have been lifted straight from some badass 60s spy film or like it could be a secret agent’s theme. “Noche De Terror” and “Patitas” are awesomely raucous party jams, while the band shows they can be tender, too, on “Yo Seria Otro,” one of their slower tunes. Overall, this album is really stellar, with no weak points to be found throughout its 14 tracks. And while yes, it is sung entirely in Spanish, language is certainly not a barrier to enjoyment here—you’ll probably even find yourself singing along.
[Reviewer: Caren]
Nicolas Jaar Space Is Only Noise LP/CD
Circus Company (CCS055)
Downtempo electronic music is the most concise way to describe this. Beyond that, the album runs a wide breadth from Arthur Russel styled weird folkish songs to trip-hop influenced head bobbers to ambient mood pieces. The instrumentation beyond the electronic base is quite varied. It’s a somber virtuous record and even further impressive considering Nicolas is a junior in college right now.
[Reviewer: Rick]

Vaccine Crimes in Blood 5”
Painkiller Records 033
Vaccine is a power-violence band from Massachusetts featuring members of Think I Care, Relics, Failures and Ampere. This 5” marks their third release and is about 2 minutes long. This record proves that a lot can be done and said in a very short amount of time. It’s 5 songs with topics ranging from political scum, to animal rights, to the BP oil spill, and it doesn’t slow down at all. It keeps up a fast and brutal pace for the entire release. My only gripe with this band is that all their releases are over in just a couple minutes. I know that demos are just supposed to give you a taste of the band, but I want more. Fingers crossed for an LP to come out soon.
[Reviewer: Sean]

Movin’ Like Bernie

Movin’ Like Bernie
In the movie Weekend at Bernie’s 2 Bernie (the cadaver) at one point is put under a voodoo spell that causes him to sort of dance and move about like some wacky not-so-disgusting zombie (without the taste for flesh).  He does a conga line at one point.  It’s zany.  Check it out:
Now somehow it took about 20 years for that to really hit home with someone and become a dance craze. I don’t question it as a dance craze in the slightest. I only question why it took so damn long!
That came out October 2010. It hit America by storm (over 2 million youtube hits!). One month later at the Blackout Sale at Redscroll Records I filmed a bunch of people movin’ like Bernie. A few months later and I’m finally getting around to putting it on the internet where it belongs.

11th of March 2011 Update

11th Of March 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records
Quick update about Record Store Day: Holy crap, it is fastly approaching.  I know it’s still a good month and 5 days away, but we’re already deep into preperations. Orders have gone out (more to come).  We’re organizing some great give-aways for the goodie bags (so you’re not just stuck with a bunch of promo material – last year was admittedly lackluster on that front and the reason we’re being pro-active about it ourselves.).  So, yea, get psyched! Don’t forget, our 4 Year Anniversary is on April 12th and it marks the beginning of the week long sale (20% Off Everything) and then Saturday, April 16th is Record Store Day (special hours that day only = 10AM-10PM).
(Reviews at the bottom. One by Rick.  Two by Josh.  None by Sean [SLACKER!].)
LPs & 12″s
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Akita / Gustafsson / O’Rourke    “One Bird Two Bird”
All Teeth    “Young Love”
Anchor    “The Singles Collected”
Baton Rouge    “Fragments D’Eux Memes”
Citizen Fish    “Goods”
Combat Wounded Veteran    “This Is Not An Erect, All-Red Neon Body (+ D/L)”
Cro-Mags    “The Age Of Quarrel (Deluxe Reissue Ltd. Ed. +3 Bonus Tracks)”
Cut/Copy    “Zonoscope (2LP)”
D. Charles Speer    “Arghiledes”
Eternal Tapestry    “Beyond The 4th Door”
Grails    “Deep Politics”
Handguns    “Don’t Bite Your Tongue (+ D/L)”
Hot Water Music    “Live At The Hardback “
Lykke Li    “Wounded Rhymes”
Mi Ami    “Dolphins”
Most Precious Blood     “DNR”
Mountain Man    “Grief (Ltd. Ed. Color)”
Parts & Labor    “Constant Future”
Patton, Charley    “Founder Of The Delta Blues (180 Gram Ltd. Ed.)”
Psychedelic Aliens, The     “The Psychedelic Aliens: Psycho African Beat Ghana 1969-1971”
R.E.M.    “Collapse Into Now “
Red Hot Chili Peppers    “Mother’s Milk (Ltd. Ed. 180 Gram Reissue)”
Soundtrack    “The Social Network (Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross)”
Soundtrack    “Vampyros Lesbos: Sexadelic Dance Party (Remastered + Bonus Tracks)”
Steinways, The    “Promise It’ll Never Happen Again”
Tegan And Sara    “So Jealous”
Twilight Singers    “Dynamite Steps (+ D/L)”
Until Your Heart Stops    “Errors”
Various Artists    “Berlin Super 80: Music Underground West Berlin 1978-1984”
X One Way X    “X One Way X (+ CDR)”
Electronic 12″s
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1000 Names    “Before Sunrise”
Kryptic Minds    “Can’t Sleep (Feat. Alys Be)”
Motor City Drum Ensemble    “1206-1207 (2×12″)”
Mount Kimbie    “Remix”
10″s
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Blake, James    “Limit To Your Love”
For The Worse    “For The Good For The Bad”
7″s
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Black Moth Super Rainbow “Zodiac Girls”
Brain Killer
Cold World / Strength For A Reason
Confines “Withdrawn”
Cross Rage
Culo “Toxic Vision”
End Of A Year
Fy Fan
Hot Water Music “#5”
Manipulation “2011”
Minus “Hard Feelings”
Naysayer “Down But Not Out”
Night Birds “Midnight Movies”
Nightlands “All The Way”
Nothing To Nothing “To…”
Poison Planet “Undermine”
Ritual “Kissing Pavement”
Rvivr “Derailer”
Small Black “Photojournalist”
Stop Breathing
Stripmines “Sympathy”
Violation “Possessed”
Wisdom In Chains “Pocono”
Wolf People “Silbury Sands”
Young Widows “Future Heart”
CDs
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Animals As Leaders
Children Of Bodom “Relentless Reckless (+ DVD)”
Hecker, Tim “Ravedeath, 1972”
Jaar, Nicholas “Space Is Only…”
Mamiffer “Mare Decen…”
Portal “Swarth” (Back in stock!)
Raekwon “Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang”
Reviews
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Cro-Mags The Age Of Quarrel LP 
(Deluxe Reissue Ltd. Ed. +3 Bonus Tracks) Mightier Than Sword Records
The Cro Mags changed the face of hardcore forever by perfectly fusing elements of hardcore with thrash-metal, inspiring thousands of bands who couldn’t hold a candle to the original. Singer-turned-author John Joseph’s lyrics are urgent, “I know there must be more than the struggle and strife Cause I’m looking for the answers and I need a clue Cause my mind’s so disturbed now what do I do?”.The Age Of Quarrel is a NYHC classic originally released in 1986 and arguably one of the most important hardcore albums of all time. This limited edition remastered 180 gram pressing comes as a gatefold and features three bonus demo tracks from 1984. 100 solid black, 400 clear red/solid black swirl, and 500 clear red = ONLY 1,000 PRESSED! (FFO: Bad Brains, Motorhead, Agnostic Front)[Reviewer: Josh]
Ritual Kissing Pavement 7″
Reflections Records
This two song single is a great introduction to Germany’s Ritual. These guys play emotional hardcore punk with gruffly screamed lyrics. Through the songs & six photograph booklet, “Kissing Pavement” seems to be a concept of sorts showing the balance between natural & urban elements. Limited to 500 copies. (FFO: Modern Life Is War, Burning Love, Blacklisted) [Reviewer: Josh]
Teams vs. Star Slinger Teams vs. Star Slinger LP
(Ltd. Ed. + D/L /2000) Mexican Summer Records
Star Slinger [UK] has been busy these last months making a name by dropping remix after remix.  As you might expect with such a deluge of material, none of it really stood out to me.  A lot of it good and some not really hitting me, it all gets lost in itself. Those aren’t physical releases though (with probable reason).  This release with Teams (the US counterpart who I’m honestly not familiar with beyond this) is a physical release. It’s three songs per side of a 12″ record (2×3=6 total). It’s not enough.  I keep looking for the second LP to put on so I can hear six more.  It doesn’t exist.  I end up playing it from the beginning again and loving it over and over (which is entirely appropriate – read on).  So, what Teams and Star Slinger do here is take some solid soul classics and some more recent R&B and run them up full of loops and drum hits and edits. Not exactly full on remixes and not what would classically be called a blend (but perhaps closer to that).  It retains the soul and impact of the original songs and drops them in a glitch-hop processor.  Head bobbing panty dropping jams (loving it over and over again, y’ dig?). [Reviewer: Rick]

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