Mon Apr 6 2009
Land Of Kush
- Against The Day
- 2xLP
- Constellation
- CST058-1
5 tracks, 60 minutes.Complex, intense but accesible. An hour of genre-defying music marrying middle-eastern, north African and western influences.
Owl Service and Alison O'Donnell
- The Fabric Of Folk
- LP
- Midwich Records
- WYND003EP
5 tracks,21 minutes.A collision between two ages of folk rock. The Owl Service is joined by Alison O'Donnell of Mellow Candle for a stunning collaboration.
Lotus Plaza
- The Floodlight Collective
- LP | CD
- Kranky
- KRANK129
10 tracks, 45 minutes. Lockett Pundt of Deerhunters first solo album is an expansive meditation on the modern history of the pop song.
Tim Hecker
- An Imaginary Country
- 2xLP | CD
- Kranky
- KRANK130
12 tracks,48 minutes. At times less overtly aggresive. This music backs off from the void of immensity in favour of a terrain of lushness and warmth.
Mon May 4 2009
Bird Names
- Sing The Browns
- LP | CD
- Upset the Rhythm
- UTR029
13 tracks, 47 minutes. A moody pop album scribbled in loose intuitive musicianship, self produced with imagination and inspiration. This album demands obsessive listening.
Sons Of Noel and Adrian
- Rivers EP
- 7"
- O.I.B. Records
- OIB015
3 tracks,11 minutes. Limited 7 inch from the Brighton based progressive folk troubadours. A stunning collection of dark folk-noir tracks.
the pAper chAse
- Someday This Could All Be Yours Vol.1
- CD
- Southern Records
- 28154-2
10 tracks, 47 minutes. The fifth full-length from this Dallas-based avant-rock group. A concept piece about natural disasters, full of dissonance and beauty.
Weedeater
- God Luck And Good Speed
- LP | CD
- Southern Lord
- SUNN82
9 tracks 39 minutes. Third album for the thunderous swampdoomers + their first for Southern Lord. In short this album is filthy, furious and fucking amazing! Pass the bong.
Future Islands
- Feathers And Hallways
- 7"
- Upset the Rhythm
- UTR027
2 tracks, 7 minutes. Bittersweet new wave pop at its finest. This 7 inch is a perfect glimpse of their poetic grandeur and heartfelt melody.
Stars of the Lid
- Carte De Viste SOTL 2008
- CD
- Stars Of The Lid
- SOTL01
9 tracks. A highly limited, self-released tour CD. Contains rare and unreleased tracks from right across their career. A must have a collection for fans.
White Magic
- New Egypt
- LP | CD
- Latitudes
- GMT013
1 track 11 minutes. The champions of repetition, looping and feedback and apocalyptic balladry work their magic on another fine Latitudes release. Not to be missed.
Mon May 18 2009
Tartufi
- Nests Of Waves And Wire
- CD
- Southern Records
- 28155-2
7 tracks, 56 minutes. The San Francisco duo produce a lush and weighty mix of compositional sensibilities and sonic capabilities. A refreshing breach in the realm of pop.
Current 93
- Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain
- 2xLP | CD
- Coptic Cat
- NIFE004LP
8 tracks,53 minutes. Their most unique, unpredictable and powerful album to date. An amazing and bizarre cast of talents joins David Tibet on this beautiful record.
Silvester Anfang
- Sylvester Anfang II
- 2xLP | CD
- Aurora Borealis
- ABX035
10 tracks, 82 minutes. The 2nd album for this mind expanding Flemish band, back with a fuller sound more reminiscent of Krautish dope jams than ever before.
Elfin Saddle
- Ringing For The Begin Again
- CD
- Constellation
- CST059-2
9 tracks, 41 minutes. A slowly evolving brew of acoustic guitar, chugging chords, ambient drumming and melodic sensibility. Enter their enchanted environment.
Elfin Saddle
- Ringing For The Begin Again
- LP
- Constellation
- CST059-1
9 tracks, 41 minutes. A slowly evolving brew of acoustic guitar, chugging chords, ambient drumming and melodic sensibility. Enter their enchanted environment.
Clues
- Clues
- LP
- Constellation
- CST057-1
11 tracks, 43 minutes. Offering up a highly original, highly satsifying and intensely committed definition of indie rock, this yields one undeniable tune after the next.
Clues
- Clues
- CD
- Constellation
- CST057-2
11 tracks, 43 minutes. Offering up a highly original, highly satsifying and intensely committed definition of indie rock, this yields one undeniable tune after the next.
Iceburn
- The Power Of The Lion
- 2xLP
- Southern Lord
- SUNN98
7 tracks, 77 minutes.Iceburn were originaly formed in 1991 by Gentry Densley(Ascend). This is their most electrifying and experimental release, now finally on vinyl.
Sunn O)))
- Monoliths And Dimensions
- CD
- Southern Lord
- SUNN100
4 Tracks, 53 minutes. Their 7th studio album, this is a practice in density, gravity and momentum.1 and a half years in the studio has produced their most intense work to date.
Heavy Winged
- Shaking, Waking
- LP
- Aurora Borealis
- ABX036
2 tracks, 41 minutes. Improvised guitar and bass drone, underpinned with sparse percussive elements and dappled with the rays of ethereal melodies.
Mon Jun 1 2009
Celan
- Halo
- CD
- Exile On Mainstream Records
- EOM041
11 tracks, 51 minutes. The explosive masterpiece that only happens when a classically trained composer meets noise rock and they decide to tear the boundary walls down.
Eagles of Death Metal
- Heart On
- LP
- Ipecac Records
- IPC111
14 tracks, 47 minutes. The vinyl version of Heart On is a limited edition with a bonus red vinyl 7 inch. Rock 'n' roll at its dirtiest.
Karate
- Karate
- LP | 12" | CD
- Southern Records
- 18534-1
9trks, 38mins. Karate's '95 eponymous debut as a three piece is more than a vital footnote. See how the seeds of their majesty germinate on classic tracks Gasoline and Bad Tattoo.
Boduf Songs
- The Strait Gait
- 12" | CD
- Latitudes
- GMT021V
2 tracks, 22 minutes. Recorded specially for the Latitudes series. Art work designed by Mat Sweet himself. Ltd to 1000 copies.
Gregg Kowalsky
- Tape Chants
- CD
- Kranky Records (AP)
- KRANK131
7 tracks, 50 minutes.Gregg returns with his second album for Kranky, and a switch from laptop experiments to analogue sounds and lo-fi tape looping.
L'Acephale
- Malefeasance
- 2xLP | CD
- Aurora Borealis
- ABX032
6 tracks, 80 minutes. A lengthy and complex affair that further explores their fascinations and strikes headlong into the darkest of musical vistas.
Pseudo Nippon
- Edamame Freakout
- 7"
- O.I.B. Records
- OIB012
4 tracks, 12 minutes. The one-man J-Pop extraodanaire brings us this 7 inch full to the brim with big beats, electro gabba and cosmic vibrato.
Mon Jun 15 2009
Burial Hex and Zola Jesus
- Burial Hex / Zola Jesus
- LP
- Aurora Borealis
- ABX037
3 tracks, 40 minutes. A split LP featuring two of Wisconsins finest exports. Burial Hex's 'horror electronics' meet Zola Jesus' dark and menacing electronica.
Alabaster Suns
- Alabaster Suns
- CD
- Iron Pig
- RPG03
5 tracks, 30 minutes. Debut release from new band formed from the ashes of the much celebrated Capricorns. Brutal, heavy and startlingly progressive.
Tim Hecker
- Harmony In Ultraviolet
- 2xLP
- Kranky Records (AP)
- KRANK102
15 trks, 50 mins. Sixth album from electronic avatar Hecker, foreboding abstract pieces of spectral noise and rumbling su b-bass, like the fissures in the earth swallowing you whole.
Mon Jun 29 2009
Thou
- Tyrant
- LP
- Southern Lord
- SNN97LP
5 tracks,45 minutes. Long out of print album, now available on deluxe 180g vinyl. Sludge, doom and hardcore come together in one perfect amalgam.
Dianogah
- Battle Champions
- LP | 5"CD | CD
- Southern Records
- 18578-1
2nd Album and the first for Southern Records. 11 tracks 37.14 minutes. produced by Steve Albini. CD and 180gm virgin vinyl pressing.
Wino
- Punctuated Equilibrium
- 2xLP | CD
- Southern Lord
- SUNN99LP
10 tracks, 42 minutes. First solo album from underground cult guitar hero Wino. His six-string virtuosity is matched perfectly with his soulful vocals and powerful lyrics.
Antisect
- In Darkness There Is No
- CD
- Southern Records
- 18524-2
46 min, 12 tracks. Originally released in 1984, this vinyl has been out of stock for eons. Legendary Anarcho band right up there with Crass (Feeding of the 5000) and Crucifux.
