NEW RELEASES WEEK #26 JULY 2, 2013

JUNE 25 (WEEK #26)

1.    MATIAS AGUAYO-“VISITOR” (6/25) 

2.    ALELA DIANE-“ABOUT FAREWELL” (6/25) 

3.    JAY ARNER-“JAY ARNER” (6/25) (For years, Vancouver multi-instrumentalist Jay Arner has teamed up with others to translate the sounds in his head.He's fronted an indie rock band, played synthesizers and samplers in a pop duo, manned the drums for a piano-punk songwriter, and held down the bass in a eight-member collective. Along the way, he's also become a sought-after producer and remix artist, working out of Vancouver's legendary Hive Studios and recording acts like Mount Eerie, Apollo Ghosts, Rose Melberg, No Gold and many more.Now, finally, he is going it alone. Every sound on his eponymous debut album was self-recorded by Arner in his 72-square-foot practice space using a precariously perched desktop computer and his home recording gear. The sum of his many talents, these ten songs sizzle with DIY energy and encompass the scope of the songwriter's diverse resume.Opener "Midnight on South Granville" sets a dark tone with its coldly mechanical intro before flourishing into a lush post-punk synthscape that reflects Arner's love of analog electronics. Elsewhere, the bass-heavy pulse of "Broken Glass (In the Hall of Shattered Mirrors)" draws on '70s pseudo-funk, while "Wildest One" is an abrasive surge of distortion and "Don't Remind Me" is a soaring pop anthem that recalls classic Murderrecords songcraft. The lyrics are filled with self-doubt and wry cynicism, but don't expect confessional heartbreak--these timeless melodies and intricately wrought arrangements are filled with noisy pop sweetness, and there's not an acoustic guitar to be found.Given that Arner wrote, performed, recorded and mixed every note on the album, it's only fitting that it's self-titled. The cover artwork is a close-up photograph of the man's face. This is him at his most unfiltered and uncompromising, with only his musical whims to answer to."Jay Arner engages in some scuzzy, towering power-pop - an ode to emotional pain, smoldering guitars and a mile-long sludge of production that touches on a foreign era. Mostly, though, it's just a catchy summer jam that could form a perfect mixtape bridge.")

4.    BASS DRUM OF DEATH-“BASS DRUM OF DEATH” (6/25) 

5.    BLONDES-“SWISHER” (6/25) 

6.    BOSNIAN RAINBOWS-“S/T” (6/25) 

7.    LLOYD COLE-“STANDARDS” (6/25) 

8.    COUGH COOL-“29” (6/11) 

9.    THE COURTNEYS-“THE COURTNEYS” (6/7) 

10. DEVO-“HARDCORE VOL. 1 AND VOL. 2” (6/25) 

11. THE EVERYWHERES-“THE EVERYWHERES” (6/25) 

12. HUSKY-“HARD TO FIND” [EP] (6/25)

13. MATT JOHN-“THE KEYS” (6/25) 

14. KAROCEL-“PLAITED” (6/24) + “THIS ONE” [EP] 

15. DAVID KILGOUR & THE HEAVY 8’S-“CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS” (SINGLE) (6/25)

16. LIGHT HEAT-“LIGHT HEAT” (6/25) (Quentin Stoltzfus, formerly of Mazarin, has returned with a new exciting outfit called Light Heat! His debut album was assembled with with his friends The Walkmen as his backing band. Light Heat was recorded in his hometown of Philadelphia, PA and circles around influences such as The Byrds, Stereolab & Can.) 

17. LIGHTNING DUST-“FANTASY” (6/25) 

18. LOCRAIN-“RETURN TO ANNIHILATION” (6/25)

19. CHEYENNE MARIE MIZE-“AMONG THE GREY” (6/25)

20. MOOD RINGS-“VPI HARMONY” (6/25) 

21. MARK MULCAHY-“MARK J MULCAHY, I LOVE YOU” (6/25) 

22. OOOOO-“WITHOUT YOUR LOVE” (6/25)

23. OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW-“CARRY ME BACK TO VIRGINIA” [EP] (6/25) 

24. THE ORWELLS-“OTHER VOICES” [EP] (6/25) 

25. PALMS-“PALMS” (6/25) 

26. PIANO MAGIC-“HEART MACHINERY (A PIANO MAGIC RETROSPECTIVE, 2001-2008)” (2-CD) (6/23) 

27. POPNONAME-“CHANGE” (REMIXES) (6/25) 

28. PROSTITUTES-“CRUSHED INTERIOR” [EP] (6/25) 

29. ROSE WINDOWS-“THE SUN DOGS” (6/25) 

30. RUBY PINS-“RUBY PINS” (6/25) (On the excellent M’Ladys Records comes Ruby Pins, a side project of Grass Widow drummer Lillian Maring. This is a lot darker than Grass Widow for sure, full of detuned guitars and minor-key gloom — not unlike the kind of thing Rough Trade might have put out in its earliest years (a lot of this kind of reminds me of some lost, scuffed-up Joy Division demos or something, albeit topped with Marin’s morose alto). 

31. SELEBRITIES-“LOVELY THINGS” (6/25) 

32. SMITH WESTERNS-“SOFT WILL” (6/25) 

33. SPONGE-“STOP THE BLEEDING” (6/25) 

34. THE THREE O’CLOCK-“THE HIDDEN WORLD REVEALED” (COLLECTION) (6/25) + THE THREE O’CLOCK-“LIVE AT THE OLD WALDORF 1983” (4/23)

35. TOMORROW’S WORLD-“TOMORROW’S WORLD” (6/25) (File : AIR. Debut 2013 album from Jean-Benoit Dunckel's side project, teaming up with Lou Hayter from New Young Pony Club! Chic coldwave 'n' ethereal electro-pop, for fans of Suicide and The Horrors.) 

36. TREETOP FLYERS-“THE MOUNTAIN MOVES” (6/25) 

37. KT TUNSTALL-“INVISIBLE EMPIRE / CRESCENT MOON” (DELUXE EDITION) (6/25) 

38. UNCANNY VALLEY-“SPEAKING IN PROSTHETIC TONGUES” [EP] (6/25) 

39. VATICAN SHADOW-“SEPTEMBER CELL” (6/25) (DOMINICK FERNOW OF COLD CAVE & PRURIENT)

NEW RELEASES WEEK #25 JUNE 18, 2013

JUNE 18 (WEEK # 25)

1.    AUSTRA-“OLYMPIA” (6/18) 

2.    BEADY EYE-‘BE” (6/18)

3.    THE CHAMELEONS-“DREAMS IN CELLULOID” (A COLLECTION OF RARE RECORDINGS 2-CD WITH BONUS EP) (6/18)

4.    SLAID CLEAVES-“STILL FIGHTING THE WAR” (6/18) 

5.    DONNA THE BUFFALO-“TONIGHT TOMORROW & YESTERDAY” (6/18)

6.    DOUBLE DAGGER-“333” (6/11)

7.    EMPIRE OF THE SUN-“ICE ON THE DUNE” (6/18) 

8.    STEVE GUNN-“TIME OFF” (6/18)

9.    HELOISE & THE SAVOIR FAIRE-“DIAMOND DUST” (6/18) 

10. HIGH ON FIRE-“SPITTING FIRE LIVE VOL. 1 + VOL. 2” (6/18) 

11. HOSPITAL SHIPS-“DESTRUCTION IN YR SOUL” (6/18) 

12. HYETAL-“MODERN WORSHIP” (6/18) 

13. IAMAMIWHOAMI-“BOUNTY” (6/18) 

14. INNODE-“GRIDSHIFTER” (6/10)

15. THE MANTLES-“LONG ENOUGH TO LEAVE” (6/18) 

16. THE MERRYLEES-“FOR YOU B/W THE CORONER” (SINGLE) (6/17) 

17. NOT WAVING-“UMWELT” (6/17) (ALESSIO NATALIZIA FROM WALLS AND DISCO DRIVE)

18. THE SECRET HISTORY-“AMERICANS SINGING IN THE DARK” (6/18)

19. SIGUR ROS-“KVEIKUR” (6/18) 

20. JAMES SKELLY & THE INTENDERS-“LOVE UNDERCOVER” (6/18) (LEAD SINGER OF THE CORAL)

21. SPECTRALS-“SOB STORY” (6/18)

22. STAREAWAY-“NO LIFE IN THIS GHOST TOWN” (6/10) 

23. DAVID SYLVIAN-“WANDERMUDE” (6/18) 

24. TUNNG-“TURBINES” (6/18)

25. VACATION-“CANDY WAVES” (6/18) 

26. ZOMBY-“WITH LOVE” (2-CD) (6/18) 

27. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“TWITCH AND GLOAM: DARK SOUNDS FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST” (6/18) 

NEW RELEASES WEEK #24 JUNE 11, 2013

JUNE 11 (WEEK # 24)

1.    JOSEPH ARTHUR-“BALLAD OF BOOGIE CHRIST” (6/11)

2.    BLACK SABBATH-“13” (DELUXE EDITION) (6/11)

3.    BOARDS OF CANADA-“TOMORROW’S HARVEST” (6/11) 

4.    CHARLIE BOYER & THE VOYEURS-“CLARIETTA” (6/11) 

5.    BRITISH ELECTRIC FOUNDATION-“B.E.F. MUSIC OF QUALITY & DISTINCTION VOLUME THREE – DARK” (2-CD) (6/11) 

6.    CALEXICO-“SPIRITOSO” (6/11) (Spiritoso, the live orchestral recording made last year in Germany with Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien and Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg) 

7.    CAPTAIN, WE’RE SINKING-“THE FUTURE IS CANCELLED” (6/11)

8.    CASE STUDIES-“THIS IS ANOTHER LIFE” (6/11)

9.    CHATEAU MARMONT-“WIND BLOWS” [EP] (6/11) 

10. CSS-“PLANTA” (6/11)

11. DATE PALMS-“THE DUSTED SESSIONS” (6/11) (ON THRILL JOCKEY THIS IS THEIR 3^RD. WITH GREGG KOWALSKY WHO USED TO BE ON KRANKY)

12. MAURICE DEEBANK-“INNER THOUGHT ZONE” (6/11) (1972 brings us the reissue of the 1984 debut solo album from Maurice Deebank, original guitarist of Felt, which was originally released on the seminal Cherry Red imprint. In classic form that made the English pop group, Felt, have their signature sound Deebank carries the same style over in his “Inner Thought Zone” release. This CD is filled with plenty of soundscapes that create some great mental imagery.) ***Maurice Deebank recorded his instrumental solo debut for the seminal Cherry Red imprint in 1984 while still the guitarist in Felt, the pastoral English pop group led by the notorious eccentric Lawrence Hayward (best known simply as Lawrence). Felt's early albums Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty, The Splendour of Fear and Ignite the Seven Cannons and Set Sail for the Sun were marked by melancholy guitar interplay and a lofty pop sensibility, but Inner Thought Zone illustrates how significant Deebank's role was in crafting Felt's signature sound.Seven-minute album centerpiece "Silver Fountain of Paradise Square" and "Study No. 1" make beautiful use of supple arpeggios whimsically bent into cyclical structures in and around which Deebank weaves solos. His performance is nuanced and dynamic, undermining his own technical skill for the sake of expression, and it's easy to hear Inner Thought Zone as an exposition of the increasing introspection that led to his departure from Felt. Glistening chords, synthesizer flourishes and breezy plateaus of exaltation collide with the sense of loss and isolation generally explored by Deebank's peers in the post-punk era, but rarely with as much impeccable grace and finesse.

13. DOWNLOAD-“LINGAM” (6/11) 

14. JOHN FOXX-“METADELIC” (BOX SET) (6/11) 

15. GOLD PANDA-“HALF OF WHERE YOU LIVE” (6/11)

16. MICK HARVEY-“FOUR (ACTS OF LOVE)” 6/11)

17. I CAN MAKE A MESS-“ENOLA” (6/11)

18. JASON ISBELL-“SOUTHEASTERN” (6/11) 

19. JIMMY EAT WORLD-“DAMAGE” (6/11)

20. SIMON JOYNER & DENNIS CALLACI-“NEW SECRETS” (6/11) 

21. MILES KANE-“DON’T FORGET WHO YOU ARE” (6/11) 

22. THE LIMOUSINES-“HUSH” (6/11)

23. LUST FOR YOUTH-“PERFECT VIEW” (6/11)

24. MIXHELL-“SPACES” (6/11) (An ex-thrashmetal drummer, his DJ wife, Gui Boratto production, and contributions from Dillinger Escape Plan and LCD Soundsystem members amongst others)  

25. OVERSEAS-“OVERSEAS” (6/11) (The self-titled debut from indie supergroup Overseas is a dreamy waltz of foreboding and reconciliation, a coin flipping head over tails in spotlight slow motion, landing briefly on its edge before accepting that it s both sides at once if it s anything at all. Overseas is truly collaborative music made by old friends; Will Johnson of Centro-matic, David Bazan of Pedro the Lion, and brothers Matt and Bubba Kadane of Bedhead and The New Year. In these songs, you can hear them losing themselves in the moment, grabbing hold of fleeting ideas, holed up in the studio in the sweltering Texas night.) 

26. PEOPLE OF THE NORTH-“SUB CONTRA” (6/11) (MEMBERS OF KID MILLION & ONEIDA)

27. RODAN-“FIFTEEN QUIET YEARS” (6/11) 

28. RODELIUS SCHNEIDER-“TIDEN” (6/11) (FROM TO ROCOCO ROT, KLUSTER, HARMONIA, KREIDLER, MAPSTATION) 

29. SAFETY SCISSORS-“IN A MANNER OF SLEEPING” (6/11)

30. SCANNERS-“LOVE IS SYMMETRY” (6/11)

31. BOB SCHNEIDER-“BURDEN OF PROOF” (6/11)

32. SEAWORTHY + TAYLOR DEUPREE-“WOOD, WINTER, HOLLOW” (6/11) 

33. SETH-“HONEST TODDLER” (6/11)

34. THE SMITH WESTERNS-“SOFT WILL” (6/11)

35. SONNY & THE SUNSETS-“ANTENNA TO THE AFTERWORLD” (6/11) 

36. STIMMING-“STIMMING” (6/11)

37. SURFER BLOOD-“PYTHONS” (DELUXE VERSION) (6/11)

38. THESE NEW PURITANS-“FIELD OF REEDS” (6/11)

39. JOHN VANDERSLICE-“DAGGER BEACH” (6/11)

40. VISAGE-“HEARTS AND KNIVES” (6/11)

41. JAN ST WERNER-“BLAZE COLOUR BURN (FLIEPBLATTER CATALOGUE #1) (6/11) (FROM MOUSE ON MARS, LITHOPS & MICROSTORIA)

42. SAM WILLIS (FROM WALLS)-“WINTERVAL + REMIXES” (6/11) 

NEW RELEASES WEEK #23 JUNE 4, 2013

JUNE 4 (WEEK # 23)

1.    ANOUK-“SAD SINGALONG SONGS” (6/4) 

2.    BIG DEAL-“JUNE GLOOM” (6/4) 

3.    THE BUILDERS & THE BUTCHERS-“WESTERN MEDICINE” (6/4) 

4.    CAMERA OBSCURA-“DESIRE LINES” (6/4) 

5.    CITY AND COLOUR-“THE HURRY AND THE HARM” (6/4) 

6.    DAVE DAVIES-“I WILL BE ME” (6/4) 

7.    DISCLOSURE-“SETTLE” (6/4) 

8.    DIVINE FITS-“CHAINED TO LOVE B/W AINT’ THAT THE WAY” (SINGLE) (6/4) 

9.   NANCY ELIZABETH-“DANCING” (5/20)

10. EMPIRE OF THE SUN-“ALIVE” (REMIXES EP) (6/6) 

11. MELISSA FERRICK-“THE TRUTH IS” (6/4)

12. FILTER-“THE SUN COMES OUT TONIGHT” (6/4) 

13. FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS-“THE DAYS RUN AWAY” (6/4) 

14. ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER-“PERSONAL RECORD” (6/4) 

15. FUTURE BIBLE HEROES-“MEMORIES OF LOVE, ETERNAL YOUTH, AND PARTYGOING” (4-CD BOX SET) (6/4)

16. GRMLN-“EMPIRE” (6/4) 

17. DOROTHY HINDMAN / CRAIG HULTGREN-“HINDMAN: TAPPING THE FURNACE” (6/4) 

18. JON HOPKINS-“IMMUNITY” (6/4) 

19. HOT CHIP-“DARK AND STORMY” (SINGLE TRACK) (6/4) 

20. MATT JOHN-“KEYS” (6/4) 

21. KILLING JOKE-“THE SINGLES COLLECTION 1979-2012” (3-CD COLLECTION) (6/4)

22.  MEGADETH-“SUPER COLLIDER” (6/4) 

23. JOHN MELLENCAMP / T BONE BURNETT / STEPHEN KING-“GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY” (VARIOUS ARTISTS SOUNDTRACK) (6/4) 

24. THE OLMS-“THE OLMS” (PETE YORN’S NEW BAND) (6/4) 

25. PORTUGAL. THE MAN-“EVIL FRIENDS” (6/5) 

26. QUADRON-“AVALANCHE” (6/4) 

27. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE-“…LIKE CLOCKWORK” (6/4) 

28. RQTN-“PASSENGER” (6/4)

29. ROGUE WAVE-“NIGHTINGALE FLOORS” (DELUXE VERSION) (6/4) 

30. SHAMPOO BOY-“LICHT” (6/6) 

31. SPLASHH-“COMFORT” (6/4) 

32. JUNE TABOR-“QUERCUS” (6/4) 

33. DANIEL WOHL-“CORPS EXQUIS” (6/4) (JULIA HOLTER IS ON IT) 

34. THE WOODENTOPS-“BEFORE DURING AFTER: WOODENTOPS 1982-1992” (3-CD COLLECTION) (6/4)