NEW RELEASES WEEK #46 NOVEMBER 12, 2013

NOVEMBER 12 (WEEK #46)

1.    CHANTAL ACDA-“LET YOUR HANDS BE MY GUIDE” (11/12) 

2.    ANAMANAGUCHI-“ENDLESS FANTASY” (11/12) 

3.    AZARI & III-“BODY LANGUAGE 13” (11/12)

4.    BASIC HOUSE-“OATS” (11/12) (Basic House is the solo electronics project of Stephen Bishop, a mainstay of the DIY scene in the UK's North East and the brain behind the label Opal Tapes. Bishop works with equipment both rudimentary and highly technical which become aligned together without bias to create a singular sound that focuses on decay, stagnation and apathy towards clichés within the current climate of electronic music. Oats is his new full-length record with six deep compositions woven together to create seamless transitions between them. "AR II" opens the record with fragile and haunted electronics before developing into something almost melodic with an imposing 4/4 kick. "Child Confession" follows with dead electronic hums, whispered samples and a sluggish half-speed techno thud which gives way to a collage of cruddy noise and scalpel-sharp bursts of clatter and a crude non-rhythmic bass pulse before ending in the buzzing maelstrom of "Interiors," which is equal parts Florian Hecker and Andy Stott at his most visceral. "Est Oan" begins the second half of the record ominously with slightly absurd farmyard groans that eventually melt into hypnotic machine music. The industrial lurch of "B.G. Feathers" is the closest Bishop comes on this side to hitting anything resembling a groove and instead evokes the grinding power of Maurizio Bianchi's best '80s material.)

5.    BOOKA SHADE-“EVE” (11/12)

6.    BOY GEORGE-“THIS IS WHAT I DO” (11/12) 

7.    COKE WEED-“BACK TO SOFT” (11/12) 

8.    CONTROL-“TRANSGRESSION” (11/12) 

9.    TANYA DONELLY-“SWAN SONG SERIES” (VOL.1 & VOL. 2) (11/12) 

10. TANYA DONELLY-“SWAN SONG SERIES VOL. 3” (11/12) 

11. EMPTYSET-“RECUR” (11/12) 

12. GIRLS IN HAWAII-“EVEREST” (DELUXE EDITION BONUS DISC) (11/12) 

13. GIRLS IN HAWAII-“MISSES” [EP] (11/12) 

14. GRIZZLY BEAR-“SHIELDS: B-SIDES” (EXPANDED 2-CD EDITION) (11/12)

15. THE HUNT-“THE HUNT BEGINS” (2009/2013 RELEASE ON SACRED BONES) (11/12)

16. KEANE-“THE BEST OF KEANE” (2-CD) (11/12) 

17. STEVE KILBEY & MARTIN KENNEDY-“YOU ARE EVERYTHING” (U.S. EDITION) (11/12) 

18. THE KILLERS-“DIRECT HITS” (DELUXE EDITION) (11/11)

19. KILN-“MEADOW: WATT” (11/12)

20. CATE LE BON-“MUG MUSEUM” (11/12) 

21. LOS CAMPESINOS-“NO BLUES” (11/12) 

22. MANSIONS-“DOOM LOOP” (11/12) 

23. NOVELLER-“NO DREAMS” (11/12)

24. GARY NUMAN-“SPLINTER: SONGS FROM A BROKEN MIND” (DELUXE EDITION DEMOS BONUS DISC) (11/12) 

25. THE OPIUM CARTEL-“ARDOR” (11/12) 

26. PSAPP-“WHAT MAKES US GLOW” (11/11) 

27. RECONDITE-“HINTERLAND” (11/12) 

28. KATEY SAGAL-“COVERED” (11/11) 

29. SAPPHIRE SLOWS-“ALLEGORIA” (11/12) 

30. SONGS OHIA-“MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC COMPANY CO.” (DELUXE 2-CD REISSUE) (11/12)

31. STORNOWAY-“YOU DON’T KNOW ANYTHING” (11/12) 

32. SWANS-“NOT HERE / NOT NOW” (LIVE 2012 / 2-CD) (11/12) 

33. SWEARIN’-“SURFING STRANGE” (11/12) 

34. MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNA HOFFS-“UNDER THE COVERS, VOL. 3” (11/12)

35. JOHN TALABOT-“DJ-KICKS” (COMPILATION SERIES) (11/12) 

36. THROWING MUSES-“PURGATORY / PARADISE” (11/11) 

37. VERONICA FALLS-“SIX COVERS” (VOL. 2) (11/12) 

38. WOODEN SHJIPS-“BACK TO LAND” (11/12) 

39. YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN-“UZU” (11/12)