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Fugazi
In On The Killtaker
Dischord Records
CD, LP
dis70
2009-06-30
Ian MacKaye: vocals & guitar Guy Picciotto: vocals & guitar Joe Lally: bass Brendan Canty: drums Recorded At: Inner Ear Studios Produced By: Ted Nicely and Fugazi
Track: Smallpox Champion

Minor Threat
First Demo Tape
Dischord Records
7", CD
dis140
2009-06-30
Ian MacKaye: vocals Lyle Preslar: guitar Brian Baker: bass Jeff Nelson: drums Recorded At: Inner Ear Produced By: Minor Threat and Skip Groff Mixed By: Ian Mackaye and Don Zientara in 2001
Track: Seeing Red (version)

Subhumans
EP-LP (Reissue)
Bluurg Records
CD, LP
07079
2009-07-14
Bluurg records are proud to announce the forthcoming reissues of the Subhumans back catalogue. Remastered and presented in a deluxe digipack with all original artwork, these re-releases give you...

Subhumans
29:29 Split Vision (Reissue)
Bluurg Records
CD, LP
07080
2009-07-14
Bluurg records are proud to announce the forthcoming reissues of the Subhumans back catalogue. Remastered and presented in a deluxe digipack with all original artwork, these re-releases give you...

Toman
Where Wolves Wear Wolf Wear
Graveface
LP
grave044
2009-07-14
Where Wolves Wear Wolf Wear is a story about wild salmons, horny bears, unfortunate fishermen, angry lords, a dressed shepherd, a bored owl, a tricky locksmith an even trickier tailor and some...

Nancy Wallace
Old Stories
Midwich Records
CD
mdw01
2009-07-21
Her debut solo release, the Young Hearts EP from 2005, saw Nancy's appeal reach a wider audience with its canny marrying of disco anthems to a folk sound. It won the hearts of everyone who heard it...

L'Acephale
Malefeasance
Aurora Borealis
2 X LP, CD
aro32
2009-07-21
In the wake of their polarising first AB release, Mord und Totschlag , L'ACEPHALE return with Malefeasance, a lengthy and complex affair that further explores their fascinations and strikes headlong...

Silvester Anfang
Sylvester Anfang II
Aurora Borealis
2 X LP, CD
aro35
2009-07-21
All things must evolve, and given time even the unicellular organisms dwelling in ocean's deepest fathoms may shift form and take to the skies. In celebration of the mysteries of evolution, Aurora...

Alabaster Suns
Alabaster Suns
Iron Pig
CD
rpg03
2009-07-21
ALABASTER SUNS is the new band rising from the ashes of the much celebrated Capricorns (Rise Above Records). The band features K A Williams on guitar and vocals and Nathan Perrier on drums with new...

The Owl Service w/Alison O'Donnell
The Fabric Of Folk
Midwich Records
LP
mdw03
2009-07-21
The story of this release goes back to a brief exchange between Owl Service main man Steven Collins and Alison O'Donnell (of the legendary Irish prog-folk group Mellow Candle) on a social networking...

Drakkar Sauna
20009
Marriage Records
LP
na
2009-08-18


Mount Eerie
Wind's Poem
P.W. Elverum & Sun Ltd.
2 X LP, CD
na
2009-08-18


Dragon Turtle/Goodnight Stars Goodnight Air
Dragon Turtle/Goodnight Stars Goodnight Air Split 12inch
La Societe Expeditionnaire
LP
na
2009-08-18


Glorytellers
Atone
Southern Records
CD, LP
na
2009-09-22


Recent Releases

Minor Threat
Salad Days
Dischord Records
7"
dis15
2009-05-19
Ian MacKaye vocals Lyle Preslar guitar Brian Baker bass Jeff Nelson drums Recorded At Inner Ear Studios Mixed By Jeff Nelson, Lyle Preslar, and Don Zientara
Track: Stumped

Black Eyes
Black Eyes
Dischord Records
CD, LP
dis135
2009-05-19
Hugh: vocals, bass Daniel: vocals, guitar Dan: drums Jacob: bass Mike: drums Recorded At: Inner Ear Mastered By: Chad Clark at Silver Sonya
Track: Deformative

Clues
Clues
Constellation
CD, LP
cst057
2009-05-19
This is the wondrous debut record from Clues. Co-founders Alden Penner and Brendan Reed have been quietly nurturing this project in Montreal since the demise of their respective bands, Unicorns and Les Angles Morts. As a member of the short-lived...
Track: from Clues

Elfin Saddle
Ringing For The Begin Again
Constellation
CD, LP
cst059
2009-05-19
Elfin Saddle is the musical project co-founded by Jordan McKenzie and Emi Honda. Partners in life and in art, Jordan and Emi have been building a wonderful body of visual, installation and video art that combines organic living materials with found...

Marginal Man
Identity
Dischord Records
LP
dis13
2009-05-19
Marginal Man was formed in 1983 after the break-up of Artificial Peace, a seminal dc hardcore punk band. Featuring former APmembers Steve Polcari, Pete Murray, and Mike Manos, and joined with Kenny Inouye and Andre Lee, Marginal Man released one...

Subhumans
The Day The Country Died (Reissue)
Bluurg Records
CD, LP
07075
2009-05-26
Bluurg records are proud to announce the forthcoming reissues of the Subhumans back catalogue. Remastered and presented in a deluxe digipack with all original artwork, these rereleases give you another chance to hear one of the original UK punk bands...

Subhumans
From The Cradle To The Grave (Reissue)
Bluurg Records
CD, LP
07077
2009-05-26
Bluurg records are proud to announce the forthcoming reissues of the Subhumans back catalogue. Remastered and presented in a deluxe digipack with all original artwork, these re-releases give you another chance to hear one of the original UK punk...

Black Moth Super Rainbow
Eating Us
Graveface
CD
grave045
2009-05-26
After a year of eerie, stilted silence, the sun shines and the shadows reappear. Black Moth Super Rainbow has crept from the forests and cities to make Eating Us, their dark bubblegum freakout for 2009. The first fully hi-fi BMSR record, Eating Us...
Track: Born On A Day The Sun Didn't Rise

The Lava Children
The Lava Children
Graveface
CD, LP
grave042
2009-05-26
The Lava Children is Sherri West and Taylor Clark, two Okies who've been living in sin since 1996. And with their self-titled debut mini-LP, out May 26th on Graveface, they've created eerie masterpieces that bring about feelings of nostalgia...

Tartufi
Nests Of Waves And Wire
Southern Records
2 X LP, CD
28155
2009-05-26
This San Francisco duo, much praised for their aweinspiring live sets and loop-heavy soundscapes, have taken their sonic vision to the next level. After three years of experimentation within their performance, both on-stage and in the studio, the...

Lewis And Clarke
Light Time EP
La Societe Expeditionnaire
LP
lse013
2009-05-26
Light Time is a subtle and powerful 12" vinyl exercise in it's own flaws, weaknesses and strength of purpose. Side A's two tracks act as one piece of transitional music; confrontational and satisfying with the softest abandon of self-awareness...
Track: Petrified Forest

The Antikaroshi
Crushed Neocons
Exile on Mainstream
CD
eom039
2009-06-09
CRUSHED NEOCONS is ANTIKAROSHI´s debut album. 9 songs in length THEA (g, voc, keys), NTIK (bg, keys) and AROSHI travel through emotional landscapes, break out, catch back together, get focussed, swim in melodies and crawl through disharmonics – and...
Track: Downtown

Wormsblood
In The Stars
Aurora Borealis
LP
aro34
2009-06-09
Hailing from grim Wisconsin, WORMSBLOOD have honed their craft since 2002 on solstice and eclipse. They create BLOOD SORCERY = Progressive Blackened Stenchcore. In The Stars is a tumultuous sonic cauldron overflowing with elements of true metal...

K11
Voices From Thelema
Aurora Borealis
CD
aro29
2009-06-09
K11 is a project of Italian sound/installation artist Pietro Riparbelli that deals with the world of radio signals, trans-communication and other invisible phenomena, to create a dimension where the only sound sources are signals from shortwave radio...

Tune-Yards
Bird-Brains
Marriage Records
LP
mar055
2009-06-09
Merrill came from parents who sewed their lives together with music, and at age seven she proceeded to hum her way through days. She hummed her way through the family record collection: Old Timey fiddling, Revolver, Django. She hummed her way through...
Track: from Bird-Brains

Atavist
II: Ruined
Aurora Borealis
2 X LP
aro33
2009-06-09
Having toured extensively in the UK with both SUNN O))) and Khanate around 2004 - 2006, the band were stalwarts of the growing extreme doom scene, and were widely hailed as the next great UK hope. The self-titled debut album was one of its kind...

Heavy Winged
Shaking, Waking
Aurora Borealis
LP
aro36
2009-06-09
Aurora Borealis is proud to present long-time faves HEAVY WINGED on limited vinyl with the 'Shaking, waking' LP. The band have been consistently impressing us since we first heard them back in 2006 and we are very happy to have snagged them for...

Various Artists
BIPPP - French Synth Wave 1979-1985
Born Bad Records
LP
bb002
2009-06-09
Increasingly detached from the original punk formula, the modern and arty youth of the early eighties set itself to jettison a MOVEMENT that had lost much of the nihilistic and exhilarating energy of its halcyon days, stuck, as it was, in an...

Subhumans
Time Flies/Rats (Reissue)
Bluurg Records
CD, LP
07076
2009-06-16
Bluurg records are proud to announce the forthcoming reissues of the Subhumans back catalogue. Remastered and presented in a deluxe digipack with all original artwork, these re-releases give you another chance to hear one of the original UK punk...

Subhumans
Worlds Apart (Reissue)
Bluurg Records
CD, LP
07078
2009-06-16
Bluurg records are proud to announce the forthcoming reissues of the Subhumans back catalogue. Remastered and presented in a deluxe digipack with all original artwork, these re-releases give you another chance to hear one of the original UK punk...

Burial Hex/Zola Jesus
Burial Hex/Zola Jesus Split LP
Aurora Borealis
LP
aro37
2009-06-16
Aurora Borealis is very proud to release this split LP by two of Wisconsin's finest exports, BURIAL HEX and ZOLA JESUS. Burial Hex presents two works here, following up on the critically acclaimed Initiations CD and 2LP of 2008. The first track...

Pope Joan
Hot Water, Lines And Rickety Machines
O.I.B. Records
CD
oib06
2009-06-23
Pope Joan are a 4-piece avant-pop band based out of Brighton, with a focus on fusing pop with punk. Now releasing their debut mini-album Hot Water, Lines and Rickety Machines on Brighton-based label One Inch Badge Records (O.I.B Records); Pope Joan...

Mount Eerie
Dawn (Book + CD)
Buenaventura Press
Book
bpb19
2009-06-23
The music of “Mount Eerie” and “The Microphones” has always been a very personal, almost voyeuristic, view inside the mind of Phil Elverum. Dawn is an archival core sample from an intensely creative period of Elverum’s life, the winter of 2002/2003...

White Magic
New Egypt
Latitudes
CD, LP
21513
2009-06-23
2007 was a fantastic year for White Magic seeing the release of their second EP Dark Stars - following their first full-length Dat Rosa Mel Apibus, both to critical praise. Their combination of folk, blues, country and supernatural psychedelia...

Pseudo Nippon
Edamame Freakout
O.I.B. Records
7"
oib12
2009-06-23
Pseudo Nippon is a man from Pala Pala world where music is of hi kick and utter super joy for enter ears. He make sound like cheap, so cheap that again joy enter ear, with little toy keyboard and little vibraphone but big big big beat like an...

Future Islands
Feathers And Hallways
Upset! The Rhythm
7"
utr27
2009-06-23
With this brand new double A-side single - their first material as a focussed three-piece - Future Islands allow us to glimpse some of the poetic grandeur and heartfelt melody that their forthcoming second album is readying. Fast becoming the most...

Bird Names
Sing The Browns
Upset! The Rhythm
CD
utr29
2009-06-23
Officially the band's fifth full-length album 'Sings The Browns' is typical in its scope. Escaping the acute lo-fidelity of previous efforts this record takes you to places which you never see coming. It is a sky's the limit album scribbled in...

T.I.T.S.
Second Base
Upset! The Rhythm
LP
utr24
2009-06-23
'Second Base' is the band's sophomore release, following on from their split album debut with Leopard Leg. It's an album that draws similarly from metal and doom, but in which individual songs are stripped down to an icy core. Chanted vocals...

Boduf Songs
The Strait Gait
Latitudes
CD, LP
21521
2009-06-23
"I first became acquainted with Boduf Songs when I starting working at Southern. I remember being handed a bunch of new releases to familiarise myself with. The Lion Devours The Sun was one of them and it blew me away. Soon after hearing that I...

Various Artists
Pick Up The Mic
Planet Janice Films
DVD
pfj001
2009-06-23
PICK UP THE MIC is the definitive film about the world of queer hip-hop. Shot over a three-year period in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Houston, and even the Ozarks, the film captures the birth of the “homohop” movement and...

NoMeansNo
One
Wrong
CD
19532
2009-06-23


NoMeansNo
Wrong
Wrong
CD
19542
2009-06-23


NoMeansNo
Mama
Wrong
CD
19543
2009-06-23


NoMeansNo
Small Parts Isolated And Destroyed
Wrong
2 X LP, CD
19546
2009-06-23


NoMeansNo
0 plus 2
Wrong
2 X LP, CD
19547
2009-06-23