JANUARY 21, 2014
(WEEK #4)
1.
AGAINST
ME!-“TRANSGENDER DYSPHORIA BLUES” (1/21)
2.
ALCEST-“SHELTER”
(DELUXE EDITION) (1/21) ('Shelter' is the fourth album by contemporary shoegazers Alcest, the
destination of a long creative musical journey into vast new territories. More
than ever, the French outfit embraces the dreamy guitar textures of shoegaze
and blends it with the sweetness of British band Cocteau Twins - dream pop
pioneers of the mid to late 80's era, epic, soundtrack-like melodies and
progressive song structures. The album, which also features a guest appearance
from Slowdive's Neil Halstead, was recorded at Sundlaugin Studio, Iceland, with
Sigur Rós producer Birgir Jón Birgisson who masterfully gave
"Shelter" its light and ethereal sound. The deluxe edition includes a
second disc featuring the track 'Into The Waves' and is packaged with a 48 page
hardcover book.)
3.
ARCADE
FIRE-“HER” (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING) (1/21)
4.
BIG UPS-“EIGHTEEN HOURS OF STATIC” (1/21)
(IMPORT)
5.
TOM BROSSEAU-“GRASS PUNKS” (1/21) (Grass Punks is Tom Brosseau's first solo release
in 5 years and his 7th studio album to date. Themes of the album include the
emptiness of a false dream, loyalty, betrayal and perseverance. It was recorded
and produced by Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek) in a room in a house near the 101
Freeway in Hollywood, California 2011-2012. Since 2010, Brosseau has also
performed with Becky Stark and John C. Reilly in John Reilly & Friends, a
band devoted to the current American folk music revival, whose members also
include Dan Bern, Willie Watson, Greg Leisz, Jerry Roe and Sebastian Steinberg.
In 2011, Reilly and Brosseau recorded a 7'' vinyl single entitled John &
Tom that was produced by Jack White for Third Man Records. Also available
on bone colored 180 gram vinyl.)
6.
BILL CALLAHAN-“HAVE FUN WITH GOD” (IMPORT
DUB ALBUM) (1/28)
7.
GRAHAM COLTON-“LONELY ONES” (1/21)
8.
DOG BITE-“TRANQUILIZERS” (1/21)
9.
NICK DRAKE-“TUCK BOX” (5-CD BOX SET)
(1/21)
10. EAST
INDIA YOUTH-“TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER” (1/21)
11. ECHOLOGIST-“STORMING
HEAVEN” (1/21)
12. ELIZABETH
& THE CATAPULT-“LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED” (1/21)
13. SOPHIE
ELLIS-BEXTOR-“WANDERLUST” (1/21) (IMPORT)
14. ERAAS-“INITIATION”
(IMPORT) (1/21)
15. NIR
FELDER-“GOLDEN AGE” (1/21)
16. PAUL
HAIG-“AT TWILIGHT” (2-CD IMPORT COLLECTION) (1/21)
17. HARD WORKING AMERICANS-“HARD
WORKING AMERICANS” (1/21) (2014 debut album from this 'supergroup' consisting
of Todd Snider (vox), Dave Schools of Widespread Panic (bass), Neal Casal of
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood (guitars/vox), Chad Staehly of Great American
Taxi (keys) and Duane Trucks of King Lincoln and of the Trucks family lineage
(drums). Hard Working Americans features 11 tracks written by a range of
artists that include Randy Newman, Lucinda Williams, Kevin Gordon, Hayes Carll,
Kevn Kinney (Drivin' `N Cryin'), Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings, Brian
Henneman (The Bottle Rockets), Will Kimbrough, Tommy Womack, Kieran Kane, Chuck
Mead (BR5-49), Don Herron and Frankie Miller (Elizabeth Cook). The album was
produced by Dave Schools and Todd Snider. Special guests include John Popper
and John Keane. The album was recorded at Bob Weir's TRI Studios is San Rafael,
CA, mastered by Bob Ludwig and mixed by John Keane.)
18. THE
HIDDEN CAMERAS-“AGE” (1/21)
19. I BREAK HORSES-“CHIAROSCURO”
(1/21)
20. JEREMY
JAY-“ABANDONED APARTMENTS” (1/21)
21. DAMIEN JURADO-“BROTHERS AND
SISTERS OF THE ETERNAL SUN” (DELUXE 2-CD EDITION) (1/21)
22. KYE
KYE-“FANTASIZE” (1/21)
23. LA
HONDA-“I SEE STARS” (1/21) (First ever recordings by multi
platinum selling singer "Rumer" I See Stars', is the debut album from
La Honda, an album of previously-unreleased material from lead-singer Sarah
Joyce (now better known as the multi- platinum selling Rumer), song-writing
guitarist Malcolm Doherty, drummer Dave Roberts and bassist Mark-George Brown.
Twelve years after recording the album the original multi-track tapes were
found and Malcolm and Sarah have remixed the songs with acclaimed producer
Brian O'Shaugnessy (Primal Scream, Felt) and mastered the album at legendary
Abbey Road Studios. A couple of the multi-track tapes were either missing or
recorded over, so the album contains desk mixes that were left exactly as they
were at the time. Most of the songs are original songs written by Malcolm, but
the album also includes a cover of The Flaming Lips 'Moth In the Incubator' and
Baxendale's 'Music For Girls'. The final track on the album, the aptly titled
'The One That Got Away' was co-written by Sarah herself (her first composition)
and provided a glimpse of the song-writing talent emerging in this young woman
later to be internationally recognised as Rumer. The result, 'I See Stars', is
a beautifully-constructed, admittedly naive set of songs, inspired by the
wide-eyed optimism of the 60s, and the equally-halcyon days of its band
members.)
24. MENACE
BEACH-“LOWTALKER” [EP] (1/21)
25. CHRIS
MILLS AND THE DISTANT STARS-“ALEXANDRIA” (1/21) (Born out of a chance meeting in the Scandanavian wilderness,
Alexandria is the latest album by songwriter CHRIS MILLS and his new
backing band, THE DISTANT STARS. Recorded in NYC, Olso and Chicago, and mixed
by Grammy winning engineer RYAN FREELAND (Joe Henry, Tift Merritt, Ray La
Montague), Alexandria braves distance, dark seas and a haunted tape machine to
deliver nine emotionally start and romantic tales, where echoes of the past
become a map to the wild, unknown future.)
26. MOGWAI-“RAVE TAPES” (1/21)
27. THURSTON
MOORE & MATS GUSTAFFSON-“VI AR ALLA GUDS SLAVAR” (1/21) (Vi Aer Alla Guds Slavar is the latest missive from the long-running
duo pairing of Mats Gustafsson (The Thing, Peter Broetzmann Chicago Tentet,
etc.) and Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth, Chelsea Light Moving, Dream/Aktion Unit,
etc.). The recordings presented here are continuous excerpts taken from the
heavyweight, high-volume duo sets that topped off each night of their two-day
residency at Cafe OTO in September 2012. Mats mostly plays a selection of
amplified table-top electronics as well as some knotty soprano saxophone at the
beginning of the second side, while Thurston offers a fine example of the kind
of liminal intensity he is capable of generating from his guitar, complete with
the lowfrequency/octave-doubling dive-bombs that have had us replace the
speakers in our Fender Twin twice since he relocated to London in 2013. The
title Vi Aer Alla Guds Slavar translates as "We Are All Slaves Under
God," and is taken from the painting by Edward Jarvis that also serves as
the three-color screenprint for the LP sleeve. Printing by Patrick Wells at
Heavyrock on archival quality card stock. Mixed by Robert Harder. Mastered by
Andreas "Lupo" Lubich at Calyx. Pressed on high-quality 180 gram
vinyl at Record Industry in The Netherlands. First pressing of 1,000 copies.)
28. JACK
NAME-“LIGHT SHOW” (1/21) (Maybe I can start by saying a little
bit about JACK NAME. He is the only guy I know who can crush a joint by his
lonesome and then look you right in the eye (and I consider myself an expert)
and you would never suspect that he's not floating right along in the here and
now. He is ahead ... the wheels are always turning unaffected by drugs, time or
space. I met him first through White Fence, where he stood on a laptop
generating noise along with guitar through, what is supposedly, an original homemade
Grateful Dead speaker cabinet. How much good energy can one dude generate? Jack
Name is a rare entity and a genius story/songsmith and I am envious as hell
that GOD? Records is putting this out and not Castleface. Whiffs of young Brian
Eno, Gary Numan, Chrome, ELO, Bruce Haack, even Richard O'Brien (a la
"Rocky Horror") and Stefan Wul stain the sleeves of this story, but
it's still wholly original and cooked at home so it's as honest as it is good
for you. The sounds are a dense and ever-shifting beastt-just an absolutely
put-you-on-the-floor headphone record. The narrative holds as much significance
as the sound; hopefully there will be a lyric sheet so teenagers ripe for a
push in the right direction can follow along, pink-eyed, with their index fingers..."-John
Dwyer 2013 (COACHWHIPS, HOSPITALS, THEE OH SEES)
29. DOUG
PAISLEY-“STRONG FEELINGS” (1/21)
30. PANGAEA-“FABRICLIVE
73” (1/21)
31. STEVE
ROACH-“LONG NIGHT” (1/21)
32. SEPTEMBER
GIRLS-“CURSING THE SEA” (1/21) (IMPORT)
33. THEE SILVER MT ZION MEMORIAL
ORCHESTRA-“FUCK OFF GET FREE WE POUR LIGHT ON EVERYTHING” (1/21)
34. TOGETHER
PANGEA-“BADILLAC” (1/21) (together PANGEA began with lead singer-songwriter
William Keegan recording songs on a 4-track tape machine as a teenager. The
band truly began to take shape when Danny Bengston joined on bass, Erik Jimenez
on drums and later Cory Hanson on lead guitar. They began performing at CalArts
and house parties in the Santa Clarita valley in 2008, soon venturing to house
shows and DIY spaces throughout the West Coast. These initial grassroots tours
were followed by shows at iconic LA venues such as The Echo, Echoplex, the
Troubadour and The Roxy, as well as trips to Austin for SXSW. Their debut
recording was 2010's cassette-only 'Jelly Jam,' released by Seattle-based label
Lost Sound Tapes. Their second album 'Living Dummy' was co-released on LP in
the summer of 2011 by Burger Records and The Smell's label Olfactory. 'Living
Dummy' was followed up by the 'Killer Dreams EP' in early 2012. Pangea have
played shows with Wavves, The Black Lips, FIDLAR, Ty Segall, Mikal Cronin, King
Kahn and the Shrines, Nobunny, Redd Kross, Guitar Wolf, The Strange Boys, and
many more. Now signed to Harvest Records, together PANGEA released their
7-inch, 'Snakedog', in August 2013. Debut album will be released January 21,
2014.)
35. WARPAINT-“WARPAINT”
(1/21)
36. WHITE
DENIM-“PRETTY GREEN” [EP] (1/21)
37. WILD
CUB-“YOUTH” (DELUXE EDITITON) (1/21) (2012/2014)
38. YOUNG
THE GIANT-“MIND OVER MATTER” (1/21)
