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2015 #11: August
Tami Neilson
Dynamite!
Available September 4, 2015
The Phoenix Foundation
Memphis Industries
Give Up Your Dreams
New Zealand’sThe Phoenix Foundation are all set to return with their new and sixth studio album Give Up
Your Dreams. It’s a shrewd and vibrant reminder that in The Phoenix Foundation’s gloriously absurd world of
Technicolour pop, it’s the challenges you set yourself that reap the greatest rewards. “Give Up Your Dreams
could sound like a defeat but it represents something quite defiant, joyous and celebratory” exclaims cofrontman Samuel Scott of the record’s infectious rhythmic driven sound and optimistic feel. Channelling previous album Fandango’s beauteous side, but this time fuelled by a spit ball of irrepressible energy, Give Up
Your Dreams feels like the band’s most contemporary offering yet. With the new addition of drummer Chris
O’Connor, the album was written taking its lead from the rhythm section for the very first time; paving the
way for an all new creative process. “I was convinced we had to have a different sounding record,” explains
Scott’s counterpart singer/guitarist Lukasz Buda. “So we completely removed any trace of acoustic guitar.
It was important to leave room for the band to take it somewhere else and make way for a new vitality.”
Thematically and lyrically the group typically took inspiration from various of sources. The dazzling title-track
is a frank deglamourisation of life on the road spurred on by a conversation with dear friend, collaborator,
and fellow New Zealander Lawrence Arabia. The energetic ‘Mountain’ is the ultimate counterpoint; an afrokraut groove with layers of Television-inspired guitars and dreamscapes about the ‘money men’ controlling
the world. ‘Playing Dead’ nearly didn’t make it further than the cutting room floor but was revived thanks
to the photographs in a 1950s Time Life essay on the Ona people of Tierra Del Fuego in southern Chile and
their ghost rituals. Elsewhere in ‘Jason’ Luke sings about both the mother of his children and his ‘band wife’
(Samuel Scott) being struck down with sciatica and being reliant on string painkillers to function, touching
on the fear of ageing in the process. Album closer ‘Myth’ was inspired by the writings of St. Isidore of Seville
who in the 19th Century attempted to compile all human knowledge.
Release Date: Aug. 7, 2015
File Under: Rock-Pop
CD: 60146-0957-5
LP: MI0372
CD: $11.73
LP: $17.56
Worriers
CD UPC: 5060146095754
LP UPC: 5060146095778
Don Giovanni
Imaginary Life
Lauren Denitzio is a maven at writing pop-punk anthems. Playing music for over a decade – beginning
with the New Brunswick punk band The Measure {sa} – we had yet to see what Denitzio could accomplish
as a sole songwriter until recently. Worriers, the Brooklyn-based band fronted by Denitzio and joined by
friends, has released the 7” “Past Lives” on No Idea Records in 2011, the 12” EP “Cruel Optimist” on Don
Giovanni Records in 2013. This summer, Worriers brings us their finest work to date, with Laura Jane Grace
of Against Me! As producer, on their first full-length release Imaginary Life.
CD: 34457-6911-2
LP: DG102
CD: $12.70
LP: $14.50
Mighty Sam McLain &
Knut Reiersrud
CD UPC: 634457691124
LP UPC: 634457691117
ACT
Tears Of The World
Even Norwegians get the blues. On “Tears Of The World,” guitarist Knut Reiersrud and his band find themselves in the company of the Grammy-nominated, 72-year old vocalist Mighty Sam McClain, originally
from Louisiana. Together, they have dedicated themselves to the music of the deep south and have given
impressive proof that, when it comes to playing hard-driven R&B, soul or blues, it’s not where you come
from that’s important. On June 16, 2015 Mighty Sam McClain died. „Tears Of The World“ is his last album
and will remain as his legacy. The Blues- & Soulworld lost an outstanding artist.
File Under: Blues
CD: 14427-9033-2
LP: ACT9033-1
CD: $13.75
LP: $14.75
CD UPC: 614427903327
LP UPC: 614427903310
Arthur Comeau
P572
Prospare
Arthur Comeau, l’ex-beatmaker de génie de Radio Radio, poursuit son retour aux sources avec PROSPARE,
son deuxième album solo. Alors que tout le monde est Gone West, Comeau s’implante dans le sol néo-écossais et en tire son inspiration. Derrière ses consoles, il construit note par note les chemins de la prosparité
en assumant fièrement ses origines acadiennes et la beauté de sa langue. Son hip hop expérimental se
déploie en toute liberté au gré des vents et des marées; ici, personne n’est esclave des formules convenues
de l’industrie. PROSPARE, second volet d’un triptyque musical amorcé par ¾ (2014) et qui sera suivi par
Planête Clare (2016), sort en août accompagné d’un charmant mini-livre photos de 36 pages
Arthur Comeau, the genius ex-Radio Radio beat maker, continues the journey back to his roots with his
second solo album, PROSPARE. While everyone else is Gone West, Comeau has planted himself firmly in
the Nova Scotian soil from which he draws his inspiration. Behind his console, he builds the path to prosperity note by note, proudly upholding his Acadian origins and the beauty of its language. His experimental
hip hop unfurls freely to the winds and tides; here no one is a slave to the forced formulae of the industry.
PROSPARE, the second installment in a musical trilogy that started with ¾ (2014) and will finish with Planête
Clare (2016), will be released in August along with a charming 36 page photo booklet.
Release Date: Aug. 21, 2015 CD: 23339-1790-2
File Under: Hip-Hop
CD: $9.83
Klaus Paier & Asja Valcic
CD UPC: 623339179027
ACT
Timeless Suite
Accordion and cello. A rare combination, but no less remarkable is the sound of the Klaus Paier and Asja
Valcic duo. Is it jazz, classical or world music? Old, new or crossover? Whatever it is, the music is timeless,
intense, always surprising, and transcends genre borders.The quest for the perfect sound of accordion
and bandoneon led Klaus Paier to an entirely new, unique playing technique that allows his instrument to
breathe and gives him the space for unrivalled stylistic and improvisational freedom, and in no way does
Asja Valcic take a back seat. She plays her “cello, that can foot it like a double bass” with “an incredible
wealth of variations” (KulturSPIEGEL). In combination, this dream team displays “an unconventional beauty
for which we lack any comparison. Release Date: Aug. 7, 2015
File Under: Jazz-Classical
CD: 14427-9598-2
CD: $13.75
Iiro Rantala
CD UPC: 614427959829
ACT
My Working Class Hero
John Lennon would have been seventy-five on October 9th 2015. On “My Working Class Hero,” the Finnish
pianist Iiro Rantala pays tribute to this master of modern song. Rantala has demonstrated a particular gift for
making this kind of homage once before. His 2011 album “Lost Heroes” recaptured the spirit of a different
musical idol in each of its ten songs, and received the annual prize of the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik and an
ECHO jazz award, whilst Germany’s foremost broadsheet newspaper the FAZ proclaimed it as having “intelligence, humour, loads of feeling, unpredictable ideas and especially finely crafted piano playing.”In this
new John Lennon tribute, Rantala turns to the musician who is perhaps greatest of all of his ‘lost heroes’.
File Under: Jazz
CD: 14427-9597-2
CD: $13.75
CD UPC: 614427959720
Adam Baldych & Helge
Lien Trio
ACT
Bridges
The latest project of Adam Bałdycha “BRIDGES” is co-created together with the Norwegian team of Helge
Lien Trio, he performs a series of compositions written by Adam in 2014 specifically for this composition. “I
am very happy that I was able to create his new album in the company of Helge, Frode and Perr Oddvar
who are outstanding artists and gave my music features of their beautiful personalities. I thank them for it! “.
“In a noisy world that surrounds me, I have found peace as a remedy. Balancing on the verge of sound, I
found new opportunities for the creation of his music. In this state of consciousness, I could reach deep into
myself, listening to her natural voice. It is said, “there are things that can be said only in a whisper”.
File Under: Jazz
CD: 14427-9591-2
CD: $13.75
Sextile
CD UPC: 614427959126
Felte
A Thousand Hands
Los Angeles based Sextile have played three shows to date, one of which was opening for felte’s Ritual
Howls. The label hadn’t heard a single song up to that point, but were so mesmerized with the band’s raw
energy and tightly wound performance, they knew they had to work together. The band’s sound is an amalgam of The Jesus and Mary Chain, early Modern English, Christian Death, Coil, the post-punk era of Death
in June and the Cramps for good measure.
LP: FLT023
CD: $10.00
LP: $12.50
Primitive Race
CD UPC: 656605556321
LP UPC: 656605556314
Metropolis
Primitive Race
Rising forth from the primordial sonic stew of intensive collaboration, industrial supergroup PRIMITIVE RACE
stands ready to take their place as the pure evolution of Industrial Music – past, present and future. Evoking
the intensity, fury and excitement of Industrial First Wave, PRIMITIVE RACE brings together an all-star cast of
contributors – each of whom is a ‘missing link’ in the canon of industrial and EBM in their own. Conceived by
bassist, impresario and Lords Of Acid manager/executive producer Chris Kniker; PRIMITIVE RACE featuring
regular appearances from Graham Crabb (Pop Will Eat Itself), Erie Loch (LUXT, Blownload, Exageist), Mark
Gemini Thwaite (Peter Murphy, Tricky, Gary Numan). That core is joined by an all-star cast of contributors
including Tommy Victor (Prong, Ministry, Danzig), Dave “Rave” Ogilvie (Skinny Puppy, Jackalope), Kourtney
Klein (Combichrist, Nitzer Ebb), Mark “3KSK” Brooks (Warlock Pinchers d more!PRIMITIVE RACE have seen
the future of Industrial Music, and decided it looks much like the thundering, soul-searing past. Viva La
Evolution!
CD: 82388-0989-2
CD: $11.00
Slow Meadow
Album Art
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Available
CD UPC: 782388098922
Hammock
Slow Meadow
This music is kept deliberately quiet (which is not to say that there isn’t progression, there certainly is, just
quietly) and close to the chest. Slow Meadow is music for thinking. Self-reflection seems to be the intent
of “A Farewell Sonata,” with a plaintive and floating piano line evoking a mood of lost time, lost friends, lost
family, lost innocence.
CD: $12.70
CD UPC: 634457686328
Cocksure
Metropolis
Corporate Sting
Cocksure is Christopher J. Connelly (MINISTRY, REVOLTING COCKS, SONS OF THE SILENT AGE) & Jason
C. Novak (ACUMEN NATION, DJ? ACUCRACK, CZAR). “Corporate_Sting” delivers 10 punches to the face,
innovative industrial cum punk cum mega-mixx old school Doc Marten stompers, including a cover of a
classic 30-year old Severed Heads tune. Written and produced by Connelly and Novak at Cracknation Studios, “Corporate_Sting” lives low on the log of the seedy underbelly of society, taking aim at the exploiters,
the thieves, the dealers and the corruptors, cranking up the heavy drums and the dirty bass while raising
the ghost of classic Wax Trax!-era sounds, bathed in future horrors and catastrophe. Album includes a guest
“memo” written by Duane Swierczynski, published author of “Severance Package”, “The Blonde” and a
writer for the monthly Marvel Comics series Cable, plus photography by Black Pearl Photo. COCKSURE will
perform at Terminus Festival in Calgary CA (July 25).
File Under: Rock-Pop/Electronic LP: MET982
CD: $11.00
LP: $21.50
CD UPC: 782388098229
LP UPC: 782388098212
Chris James & Patrick Rynn
Album Art
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Available
Vizztone
Trouble Don’t Last
“Blues tradition has been central to the conceptual approach of vocalist/guitarist Chris James and bassist
Patrick Rynn ever since they joined forces in Chicago in 1990. They played with the likes of Junior Wells ,
Detroit Junior, and Dave Myers, and spent five years together in Sam Lay’s blues band. They’ve backed up a
who’s who of iconic Chicago Bluesmen and been hailed for their own recordings. But they’ve never stripped
their sound down on disc quite the way they do on TROUBLE DON’T LAST. Joined only by rock-solid drummer June Core (who has spent long stretches keeping time with Robert Jr. Lockwood and Charlie Musselwhite) and two of their favorite harmonica aces, longtime collaborator and fellow VizzTone artist Rob Stone
and new ally Aki Kumar, Chris and Patrick roar through raw-boned originals and well-chosen remakes,
every one of them resounding with real-deal intensity. “— Bill Dahl (from the liner notes).
CD: $12.70
Long Tall Deb Featuring
Colin John
CD UPC: 634457697928
Hammock
Streets Of Mumbai EP
Long Tall Deb and Colin John combine a genre-bending and refreshingly original sound on their new VizzTone EP STREETS OF MUMBAI. The richly-textured layers on these four tracks incorporate world influence
with a soul-blues base picked up on their travels throughout India, Nepal, Hawaii and the American South.
Together with a whip-smart band: Nate Hollman, organ; Melvin Powe, bass; and Jo El and Brandon Pettiford on drums, they have created forward-thinking, next-generation music crowned with an old soul. The
title track, inspired by their recent trip to India, is summed up in the line: “No better way to wake up than a
rickshaw ride at 4 a.m. on the streets of Mumbai”. The sound is complemented by the merging of eastern
influence and American Blues that is as hypnotic as it is unique. “Jailhouse” is a cheeky contemporary
rocking soul and Motown-influenced number about the non-negotiables in relationships. “Hole In My Heart”
is a classic rocker-in-the-making that warns the listener about the consequences of causing the recipient
grief. “Shine That Song Like Gold,” a collaboration with Grammy-winning lyricist Terry Abrahamson, tells the
story of the fabled “lost” Robert Johnson song. The sound is best described as the collective offspring of Tom
Waits, Martha & The Vandellas, Motown Rhythm Section, Keith Richards and Billy Gibbons (with David Lynch
and Jim Jarmusch filming.) Streets of Mumbai was produced and engineered by Michael Landolt (Maroon
5, O.A.R) at Curry House Records.
CD: $6.63
CD UPC: 769923201788
Monk Parker
Bronze Rat
How The Spark Loves The Tinder
Monk Parker releases his debut solo record “How The Spark Loves The Tinder” on the Bronze Rat label
(London/Berlin – home to The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Gemma Ray, Solex and more). Featuring over
30 musicians, it was recorded over a two-year period of illness & dislocaion following the breakup of his
previous band The Low Lows and Parker’s subsequent move to Austin TX.
LP: BRO44
CD: $10.71
LP: $14.50
Land Lines
CD UPC: 5051083088671
LP UPC: 5051083088688
Misra
The Natural World
Land Lines is an impossible decade, some gap in history where the tines of early electric pianos shimmer
in echo chambers, baroque cellos thrum minor chords, and modern percussive rhythms build with surgical
precision, all culminating in sparing, angular pop melodies that find new creative spaces in an otherwise
overpopulated musical landscape. Land Lines arose from the ashes of Matson Jones, when Martina Grbac,
Anna Mascorella, and Ross Harada regrouped and began crafting new songs. After releasing their self-titled
LP on Denver’s Cash Cow Records, Anna left the group to attend graduate school; James Han, who had
been recording and touring with Nathaniel Rateli and Gregory Alan Isakov, joined and helped shape the
new sonic direction of the band.In early 2014, Land Lines recruited Xandy Whitesel to record/mix and TW
Walsh (Suan Stevens, The Shins, David Bazan) to master a second LP, The Natural World. With sultry songs
that saunter, thrust, and linger, The Natural World is a treasure trove of heart breaking songs of love, loss,
and human nature and ushers in the next era of Land Lines’s sonic exploration.Land Lines has performed
at venues such as the Boulder Theatre and Red Rocks Amphitheater, and has shared the stage with artists
such as Devotchka, Nathaniel Rateli, Esme Patterson and Black Heart Procession. In 2015, ahead of their
debut on Misra Records, the band performed a show backed by the Colorado Symphony.
LP: MSR080
CD: $10.25
LP: $19.25
Young Bear
CD UPC: 802991598418
LP UPC: 802991598401
Canyon
Born To Sing
Born and bred in the Mandaree community on the Fort Berthold Reservation, Young Bear are heirs to the
mighty singing tradition of the Baker and Phelan families. As two-time world champions, they have established themselves as a thrilling new presence in the Pow-Wow arena with their thunderous original-style
singing and drumming.
Capturing their most powerful performance to date,this recordings features a full array of song varieties that
convey the strength of Young Bear’s capabilities. It contains sizzling contest songs and Intertribals, a Foot
Slide, two Jingle Dress Side-Steps, a Necklace Breaker song and a 150-year old honor song that celebrates
the war deeds of Chief Four Bears of the Hidatsa.
File Under: First Nations
CD: $11.73
CD UPC: 729337653429
NEW ON VINYL & CASSETTE
Please note that vinyl & cassettes are non-returnable.
All releases are in stock now unless noted otherwise.
Renny Wilson
Mint
Punk Explosion/Extension
For Renny Wilson, whose personality is equal parts avant-disco and infectious snotty punk, he’s made a go
of overcoming his angst by crafting pop-driven ditties informed by both Giorgio Moroder and Crass alike. Of
course, when he told us that some of his early work was resurfacing, we had to have a look at what exactly
that manifesto of teenage turmoil looked like, and the unlikely result was Punk Explosion/Extension. The
Renny Wilson Punk Explosion/Extension is the soundtrack to your summer. Whether your friends are urging
you to stay out all night, or you’re passing the time by reading the AK Press catalogue under candlelight, this
record is just as ready to dance as it is to give the neighbours a little something to freak out about.
Release Date: Immediate
File Under: Punk
LP: MRL157
LP: $13.50
Fake Tears
LP UPC: 773871015717
Mint
Nightshifting
Even before joining as Fake Tears, Larissa Loyva and Elisha May Rembold were already established singers
and songwriters in their own right. The former has released two spectral albums under the name Kellarissa,
has toured the world as a live member of Destroyer and How to Dress Well, and has played in past Mint
Records acts P:ano and the Choir Practice; the latter leads the folk-rock band the Lost Lovers Brigade and
is a member of Shimmering Stars. The pair first collaborated when Larissa joined the lineup of Lost Lovers,
and they continued to hone their chemistry during a stint as backup vocalists in the funky local ensemble
COOL TV. Upon signing with Mint, the ladies looked to label-mate Jay Arner to produce their debut album. In
just a handful of sessions, they built on top of their existing demo tracks, fleshing out their dual microKORG
playing using Jay’s collection of analog synths. The result is Nightshifting, a radiant collection of sparkling
electro-pop that is simultaneously spooky and infectious, nocturnal and pop-friendly.
File Under: Electro-Pop
LP: MRL160
LP: $13.50
House of 909
LP UPC: 773871016011
Cascine
The Children We Were
In 1997, London trio House of 909 released The Children We Were, an album of rolling deep house gems
that were as evocative as they were posh. The tracks were laced with vocals and the subject matter dealt
with youth....and leaving it. Over the years, Cascine developed an affinity for the record, connecting with
its softfocus approach to house music. This summer Cascine will reissue The Children We Were in deluxe,
limited vinyl form. The material has been remastered, the artwork redone and the record repackaged. It’s an
undeniably special body of work.
File Under: Electronic
LP: CSN056
LP: $11.73
Nick Diamonds
LP UPC: 639667198807
Manque Music
City Of Quartz (180g vinyl)
MANQUE
MUSIC
Nick Diamonds’ second LP, City Of Quartz, is a giant leap forward from his 2011 debut. Blending synthesizers, drum machines and his signature Spaghetti Western guitar licks, he has forged a sound that tips a hat
to perennial favorites like ENO and EOL, looks ahead to more contemporary artists like ESG and EMF, but still
has two feet firmly planted in his own entirely unique world, which he’s been creating with Islands, Mister
Heavenly and The Unicorns since 2003.
LP: MQ004
LP: $18.35
LP UPC: 634457689411
Soundtracks - OST
Death Waltz
The Hyena - The The
Death Waltz Recording Company are proud to bring you a modern classic from one of Britain’s most revered
bands. Directed by Gerard Johnson, HYENA is a breakneck thriller dealing with Police corruption in West
London with an incredibly atmospheric score by Matt Johnson aka The The. Following super-bent copper
Michael, HYENA highlights the dark and grimy side of being on the take, with none of the flash and glamour
usually seen in movies like this. The The – scoring their second movie with Gerard Johnson after TONY
– give the film an evocative soundtrack that weaves between seduction and horror. The score to HYENA
comes across like a fever dream; vignettes of hip-hop and house beats with incredible synthesizer melodies
laid on top, threatening electronic effects roaring like a Formula 1 car engine, even choral sections with
haunted vocals that show the inevitable influence of Vangelis. Instrumentation is eclectic, with electric and
acoustic guitars creating anticipation and dissonance while steel drums and Eastern strings subconsciously
illustrate the diversity of the area. Similarly, HYENA combines its musical influences to produce a score that
reflects the danger of Michael’s situation but also the exhilaration. No matter how you feel about corruption
or the police, HYENA is essential.
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Double album pressed on 140gm custom blue colour housed inside a 425 gsm leather look sleeve with an etching on side 4
Includes full colour booklet and an exclusive lobby card.
File Under: Horror Score
2xLP: DW39
2xLP: $39.00
Olivia Block
2xLP UPC: 5053760014942
NNA Tapes
Aberration Of Light
We’re proud to present brand new work from Chicago-based sound artist Olivia Block in the form of
“Aberration of Light.” An accomplished composer of electro-acoustic music, Block has premiered her
work all over the globe in the form of both solo and collaborative live performances, sound installations at highly-regarded art institutions, and lectures at academic establishments. This conceptually
inspired work was originally conceived in 2011 as a four-speaker soundtrack for a collaboration with
two expanded cinema artists using manipulated light from film-less 35mm projectors. For NNA’s 82nd
release, the artist offers us a 31-minute reworked version of this material for the cassette format. In
essence, this piece is as much about the absence of sound as much as the presence of it. Slowly
materializing from total silence, Block utilizes acoustic sounds, including various mechanical sound
recordings of 35mm projectors, blended with a palette of electronics to create intricately assembled
fields of sonic depth. The result is richly ominous without being overtly aggressive, as the compositional arc of the piece follows a swelling, almost respiratory motion of expanding and contracting. The
dynamic nature of Aberration of Light is enhanced by Block’s delicate use of white noise as a textural guide, calling attention to the acoustic sounds at its valleys, and overwhelming the listener with
ferocity and harshness at its peaks. As the piece progresses, harmonic tonalities begin to emerge,
reinforced by the use of clarinet and bass clarinet from fellow Chicagoan musicians James Falzone
and Jason Stein, respectively, seamlessly integrating themselves into the mass of electronics. The
quieter moments of the piece command deeper listening, to the point where the sounds of one’s own
listening environment become indistinguishable from the recording, calling to mind Cage’s ideas on
the impossibility of true silence. Block claims to bring an emotional element to her work which can be
both heard and felt through the delicacy and dynamic nature of the recording, further deepened by a
brilliant use of control, precision, power, and patience.
Release Date: Aug. 21, 2015 CS: NNA082CS
CS: $8.74
CS UPC: 634457697348
Wimps
Kill Rock Star
Super Me EP
Seattle, WA’s favorite garage punks WIMPS join the Kill Rock Stars family with their new 5-song cassette
EP Super Me! Wimps have spent the last few years gaining fans up and down the West Coast with their
insanely catchy songs and ridiculously fun live show and now they’re ready to take this shit to the next level!
CS: KRS604CS
CS: $7.10
The Silver Lake Chorus
CS UPC: 759656060431
Six Degrees
The Silver Lake Chorus
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!
When The Silver Lake Chorus began in January 2010, it wasn’t aiming for fame, record sales, or even a
single sold-out show. The plan was: get a bunch of singers together and make music, pure and simple. A
flyer for the very first open audition read, “We sing everything from Radiohead to Rihanna.” That anythinggoes vibe lasted about one rehearsal. Starting a chorus in Los Angeles meant access to a slew of highly
qualified vocalists, and as the bar for entry skyrocketed, the nature of the group quickly shifted from community chorus to professional-sounding ensemble. At the same time, establishing the chorus in Silver Lake
made the underlying aesthetic of the group organically skew in an indie direction. But it wasn’t until Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee hopped on board that the chorus’s already narrowing focus truly hit its mark.
Friends with a founding member, Lee heard the chorus sing their arrangement of Beck’s “Lonesome Tears”
at an early rehearsal and was blown away by how the song had been “reinvented into this massive Russian
Gregorian chant.” Immediately, he got an idea: instead of singing covers, Lee suggested the chorus take a
completely original indie rock approach to the ancient choral art form. He signed on to produce their debut
album and reached out to other artists and friends, asking them to write new music for the chorus. “Most
people would think they can’t approach Beck or Tegan and Sara, but as a songwriter, it’s such an honor to
have your song sung by someone else, especially twenty people with great voices. So I just started putting
it out there,” Lee remembers. Lee knew he could provide TSLC with “access to a level of songwriters who
could set this apart from other choral experiences,” and he was right. Songs soon poured in from artists
like Sia, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Aimee Mann, Tegan and Sara, The Bird and the Bee, Ben Gibbard, John
Roderick (The Long Winters), A.C. Newman (The New Pornographers), The Flaming Lips, and of course, Lee
himself.
File Under: Choir
LP: SIX1225
LP: $16.71
Holy Ghost Party
LP UPC: 657036122512
Ehse
Bayou Music
Holy Ghost Party is the Baltimore-based duo of Zachary Utz and Dave Jacober. Bayou Music, their first
release on Ehse Records, showcases the duo’s ability to improvise suspiciously-structured compositions.
Influenced equally by early 20th-century Delta Blues, 1970s kraut electronica, and Indian Ragas, Bayou
Music is blue collar psychedelia, a naïve but skilled mutation of single notes into swampy disarray. While the
music consists only of guitar, drums, and vocals, Bayou Music subverts the derivative cliches of “rock and
roll” by annihilating the analogue sounds with heavily distorted effects. The result is a mindless meltdown of
classic anti-riffing and instrumental indifference that drifts aimlessly downstream.
Release Date: Aug. 21, 2015 CS: EHSESS014CS
CS: $7.10
CS UPC: 634457696945
Patrick Higgins
Album Art
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NNA
Social Death Mixtape
The use of the word “mixtape” in the title of this release is no coincidence. New York City based composer
and performer Patrick Higgins has appointed NNA with a wholly original concept in the presentation of New
Music – a “mix” or sampling of personal experimentations spanning from 2009 to the present day, intended
specifically for the cassette format. Higgins, perhaps best known for his guitar work in avant-garde music
group Zs and production work with Future-Past Studios, is able to accurately demonstrate his versatility
as both a composer and performer through this diverse collection of recording studies. Very little territory
is left uncharted as Higgins makes use of piano, harpsichord, synthesizer, guitar, violin, sampler, computer
processing, and even group ensemble to communicate his unique musical vision. Bringing a genuinely
modern voice to composition, the artist draws on contemporary pop culture influence (underground art
rock, independent pop, noise) along with nods to 60’s minimalism (Riley, Glass, Meredith Monk) and classical Western electro-acoustic composition. The studies on this release range from the highly dissonant to the
more consonant as Higgins blends found sound and electro-acoustic texture with harmonic notes, creating
further originality by combining elements of improvisation with written score. Pieces like “Pattern Select”
blast apart with pointillistic, colorful synth programming that builds its power through the precise use of
dissonance, recalling the work of Babbitt, Boulez, and the French pioneers of early musique concrete. The
“Curves, Points, Lines” series of tracks demonstrates the inventive studio layering of unorthodox acoustic
instrument sounds, as Higgins dissects the intricacies of the various sounds made by the violin and rearranges them into something completely new. “Live At Oberlin” brings the music outside of the studio into the
arena of performance, as Higgins lends his abilities to a group improvisation setting, using guitar and laptop
to build new sonic worlds together with the Mivos Quartet on string instruments. “Social Death Mixtape”
succeeds at showcasing Higgins’ prowess not only as a musician, but as a generally well-rounded artist,
whether its as a composer and arranger, instrumentalist, live performer, electronic producer, or studio engineer. The experience of this release is further enhanced by the originality of creating an “audio sketchbook”
for the modern composer by tapping into one of the earliest and most classical essences of the cassette
tape medium - the “mix.”
Release Date: Aug. 21, 2015 CS: NNA083CS
CS: $8.74
Gurl Crush
CS UPC: 634457697447
Nina Pop
Serenity Calling
Nina Pop is proud to present “Serenity Calling…” the debut EP from Baltimore based artist Gurl Crush (real
name: Jenna Cecilia). On “Serenity Calling…” Cecelia connects the dots between the emotional freestyle
bass of classic like “Love You Down” by INOJ and more washed out tropical styles, all with an eye for pop
structure and melody.
Release Date: Aug. 21, 2015 CS: NPOP004CS
CS: $7.10
Ilhan Ersahin
CS UPC: 634457695443
Nublu
Afternoon In Rio
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!
Release Date: Aug. 21, 2015 LP: NUB026
File Under: Jazz
LP: $19.25
LP UPC: 634457683013
Various Artists
Father/Daughter
Faux Real II
“For the second straight year, Father/Daughter records is doing the Lord’s work, with the inexplicably Record
Store Day-rejected release Faux Real II: a compilation of label heavy-hitters and general friends of the family” – SPIN
LP: FD024
LP: $18.35
Pure Bathing Culture
Album Art
Not
Available
LP UPC: 634457676312
Father/Daughter
Pure Bathing Culture 12” EP
Daniel Hindman and Sarah Versprille began writing songs together in 2009 while living in Brooklyn, NY.
In 2011, the duo packed up their lives, moved to Portland, OR and realized that it was time to put a name
to the new project -- Pure Bathing Culture was born. Through various serendipitous connections, multiinstrumentalist and producer Richard Swift heard their early demos and immediately invited them to record
with him at his National Freedom studio in Cottage Grove, OR. Pure Bathing Culture’s S/T EP is an elegant
collection of four beautifully crafted songs, constructed with smooth melodies embodying the nostalgia of
soft soulful 80s pop but with a freshness all of their own.
12”: FD006
12”: $12.70
12” UPC: 634457602618

Tami Neilson - Outside Music

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