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Blue Sky On Mars (1997) is the sixth album by Alternative Rock musician Matthew Sweet, who emerged in 1991 as the leading figure of the American Power Pop revival. Like his British counterparts Teenage Fanclub, Sweet adhered to traditional songcraft, yet subverted the form by adding noisy post-punk guitar and flourishes of country-rock, resulting in an amalgam of the Beatles, Big Star, R.E.M., and Neil Young.
For the next five years, as Alternative Rock was the dominant commercial force in Rock & Roll, Sweet was a popular concert attraction, and his reputation as an alternative Pop singer/ songwriter was at its peak: his next two records, Altered Beast (1993) and 100% Fun (1995), were both critically acclaimed and relatively successful albums, with the latter reaching gold status
and making many year-end best-of lists. Running up to his sixth album Blue Sky On Mars, multi-instrumentalist Sweet worked with musicians and producers known for their work with Lou Reed, Richard Hell, Television, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Fleetwood Mac, and more.

Crazy Eyes is the sixth album by the country rock band
Poco. The album pays homage to Gram Parsons, as Richie Furay sings both the title track, which he wrote in honor of Parsons, and one of Parsons' own compositions, 'Brass Buttons'. The album was released just four days before Parsons' death on 19 September 1973. The third biggest-selling album in the group's history, Crazy Eyes is also the group's liveliest and most bracing work and contains some of their most soulful music. In short, it's the fruition of everything they'd been working toward for four years. Curiously, it's also one of a handful of examples of their use of outside help, including Chris Hillman on mandolin.

The Red Aunts were an all-female punk band that formed
in 1991 in Long Beach, California, when Terri Wahl (guitar
/ vocals) recruited friends Kerry Davis (guitar / vocals),
Debi Martini (bass / vocals), and Lesley Ishino (drums).
Their brand of unfiltered music is toxic, taking a sharp claw
to every riot grrrl cliché it can shred.
After five albums, several years of touring and a huge
fanbase, they called it quits in 1998. The ladies recently
decided it was time to wake people up and save the music
with their unique form of rock. Come Up for a Closer
Look is their 'Greatest Hits' compilation, a gatefold-sleeve
double-album complete with killer art and photos, plus liner
notes by Red Aunts fan Sasha Frere-Jones.
'The Red Aunts are nothing to mess with ... wonderfully
reckless rock.' —L.A. Times

Death by kowabunga bunga! Swami John Reis and The Blind
Shake pay tribute to the classic surf and rock 'n' roll instrumentals
of the 1960s and update the genre for today's more
extreme, modern surfer. Thirteen original modern surf compositions
create this tidal wave of booming tom toms, skronking
saxophones and a chaotic surge of guitars. Let this south swell
topple you, and may you be pinned in its undertow of reverb.
Swami John Reis uses a similar aggro guitar approach to his
playing in Hot Snakes and Night Marchers but allows the influences
of Omar Khorshid, The Ventures, Link Wray, Randy
Holden's Fender IV and forgotten instro combos rise to the surface
for air. Joining Swami is Minneapolis's The Blind Shake
(Goner Records, Castle Face), a bombastic power trio consisting
of guitar, baritone guitar and drums whose sound has
been described as 'muscular psych punk.' This collaboration
generates a symphonic wall of twang, amplifying the cinematic
sense of drama and tension with the addition of saxophone,
doumbek, piano, riq, vibraphone and piano. To capture the essence
of this vibe, some of the initial tracking was recorded under
Crystal Pier (San Diego) by Ben Moore utilizing a mobile
recording VW van.
Because of the intense rhythmic velocity achieved on many
of these tracks, Modern Surf Classics can also be recommended
to those interested in BMX, roller skateboarding, snowboarding
/ toboggan, fighting, yoga, car racing, military and most other
water activities (with the exception of SUP).

1. Sea Saw
2. Dune Rider
3. Brown Room
4. Kooks on the Face
5. Dry Suit
6. Poseidons Tears
7. Beach Leech
8. Zulu as Kono
9. The Lonely Sea Sweeper
10. Wet Greek
11. Hang 11
12. Over the Falls
13. Sets of Fire

Death by kowabunga bunga! Swami John Reis and The Blind
Shake pay tribute to the classic surf and rock 'n' roll instrumentals
of the 1960s and update the genre for today's more
extreme, modern surfer. Thirteen original modern surf compositions
create this tidal wave of booming tom toms, skronking
saxophones and a chaotic surge of guitars. Let this south swell
topple you, and may you be pinned in its undertow of reverb.
Swami John Reis uses a similar aggro guitar approach to his
playing in Hot Snakes and Night Marchers but allows the influences
of Omar Khorshid, The Ventures, Link Wray, Randy
Holden's Fender IV and forgotten instro combos rise to the surface
for air. Joining Swami is Minneapolis's The Blind Shake
(Goner Records, Castle Face), a bombastic power trio consisting
of guitar, baritone guitar and drums whose sound has
been described as 'muscular psych punk.' This collaboration
generates a symphonic wall of twang, amplifying the cinematic
sense of drama and tension with the addition of saxophone,
doumbek, piano, riq, vibraphone and piano. To capture the essence
of this vibe, some of the initial tracking was recorded under
Crystal Pier (San Diego) by Ben Moore utilizing a mobile
recording VW van.
Because of the intense rhythmic velocity achieved on many
of these tracks, Modern Surf Classics can also be recommended
to those interested in BMX, roller skateboarding, snowboarding
/ toboggan, fighting, yoga, car racing, military and most other
water activities (with the exception of SUP).

1. Sea Saw
2. Dune Rider
3. Brown Room
4. Kooks on the Face
5. Dry Suit
6. Poseidons Tears
7. Beach Leech
8. Zulu as Kono
9. The Lonely Sea Sweeper
10. Wet Greek
11. Hang 11
12. Over the Falls
13. Sets of Fire

While most of the T. Rex singles were issued in the UK in T. Rex Wax Co. housebags, in other territories, in Europe and beyond, the local
licensee record companies tended to create their own artwork. These rare picture sleeves have become very collectable.
So we have chosen twenty-four of the most interesting examples from around the world for this 7-inch singles box set, and have
included many more in the accompanying 20-page booklet.
Also included are two bonus singles by Big Carrot and Marc Bolan & Gloria Jones.

Ride A White Swan / Is It Love / Summertime Blues
Hot Love / Woodland Rock / The King Of The Mountain Cometh
Get It On / There Was A Time - Raw Ramp
Jeepster / Life's A Gas
Telegram Sam / Cadilac / Baby Strange
Metal Guru / Thunderwing / Lady
Children Of The Revolution / Jitterbug Love / Sunken Rags
Solid Gold Easy Action / Xmas Riff - Born To Boogie
20th Century Boy / Free Angel
The Groover / Midnight
Truck On (Tyke) / Sitting Here
Teenage Dream / Satisfaction Pony
Light Of Love / Explosive Mouth
Zip Gun Boogie / Space Boss
New York City / Chrome Sitar
Dreamy Lady / Do You Wanna Dance / Dock Of The Bay
Christmas Bop / Telegram Sam / Metal Guru
London Boys / Solid Baby
I Love To Boogie / Baby Boomerang
Laser Love / Life's An Elevator
The Soul Of My Suit / All Alone
Dandy In The Underworld / Groove A Little / Tame My Tiger
Celebrate Summer / Ride My Wheels
Crimson Moon / Jason B. Sad

BONUS SINGLES
BIG CARROT: Blackjack / Squint Eye Mangle
MARC BOLAN & GLORIA JONES: To Know You Is To Love You / City Port

'Dieses Album ist außergewöhnlich. Angus und Julia sind wirklich einzigartige Künstler. Sie sind authentisch und ehrlich und alles, was sie tun, kommt von Herzen. Ich habe noch nie zuvor mit solchen Menschen gearbeitet' - Rick Rubin

Das Album ist Angus & Julia in Reinform, aber es ist auch eine ganz neue Energie spürbar - eine Fülle und Dichte, die man nicht überhören kann. Aufgenommen wurde das Album im Herbst 2013 in Rick Rubins Shangri-La Studios in Malibu.

Bisher haben Angus und Julia insgesamt über eine halbe Million Alben in Australien verkauft. Ihr Debütalbum A Book Like This erreichte 2007 Platinstatus und der Nachfolger Down The Way erreichte vierfach Platin und gewann 2010 mehrere ARIA-Awards: Album Of The Year, Best Adult Alternative Album, Best Cover Art und Producer of the Year, sowie Single Of The Year für das dreimal mit Platin ausgezeichnete "Big Jet Plane". "Big Jet Plane" schaffte es außerdem auf #1 der Triple J Hottest 100 des Jahres, und erhielt den APRA Song Of The Year Award und den APRA Songwriters Of The Year Award.

Perhaps the most wildly extroverted performer in rock history regardless of race, color or creed, Screamin' Jay Hawkins has been the inspiration for countless performers over the last fifty years. This compilation collects rare cuts, unissued takes and hard to find recordings not included in his unmissable debut LP. Pressed in a limited edition of 300 numbered copies on black vinyl with red and yellow splatter.

a1. Why Did You Waste My Time
a2. No Hug No Kiss
a3. In My Front Room
a4. What That Is
a5. Take Me Back
a6. I Is
a7. I Put A Spell On You
b1. $10,000 Lincoln Continental
b2. Pauline
b3. Frenzy
b4. Person To Person
b5. There's Something Wrong With You
b6. Alligator Wine
b7. Armpit No. 6
b8. The Past

The Juliana Hatfield Three has reformed with the original lineup of Todd Philips (drums), Dean Fisher (bass), and Juliana Hatfield (guitar, vocals, keyboards, percussion) to release their sophomore album Whatever, My Love on American Laundromat Records. Recorded at Nuthouse Recording in Hoboken, NJ and co-produced by Hatfield and Tom Beaujour (Nada Surf, Guided By Voices, Minor Alps), the twelve songs on Whatever, My Love are gorgeous and punk, sleazy and sweet, unsentimental and funny. Hatfield, humble as always, acknowledges that, "We haven't totally reinvented the wheel or anything" with this new album and that the recordings exhibit "stuff I am sort of known for, I guess": a guitar-centric melodicism and lyrical examinations of emotional confusion. "But I am a lot more confident now than I was then with the first album. And I had more fun recording this one." Whatever, My Love comes 21 years after the trio's Become What You Are debuted on Atlantic Records. The 1993 album was an influential force of uncompromising, original guitar pop/rock and secured a permanent place in alternative rock history with the radio hits "My Sister" and "Spin The Bottle." With their new album, The Juliana Hatfield Three has in a sense responded to its former directive to "become what you are" by making an album that is exactly what it wants to be, identifiable in its acceptance--and celebration--of the eternally unknowable and unsolvable.

1. Invisible
2. Now That I Have Found You
3. Ordinary Guy
4. If Only We Were Dogs
5. I'm Shy
6. Dog On A Chain
7. If I Could
8. Push Pin
9. Blame The Stylist
10. I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands
11. Wood
12. Parking Lots

For Crow Jane Alley (2004), Willy DeVille was joined by members of the Chicano Rock band Quetzal, David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, and Peruvian Afro-Cuban jazz drummer Alex Acuña, among other prominent musicians. The album was produced by John Philip Shenale, the third album Shenale produced for DeVille.

Crow Jane Alley is a very respectable collection from this journeyman, starting off with the single 'Chieva' and continuing with DeVille's novel exploration of sound and clever merging of styles. This is the work of an artist who, after thirty plus years in the business still has the ability to surprise and delight his listeners. Uncut said, 'DeVille continues to excel at conjuring new tricks from old genres — Drifters-scented barrio pop, booming melodrama and accordion-laced trysts are rendered with verve and sensitivity [...] a welcome slice of swamp-pop heaven.'
DeVille begins Crow Jane Alley on a dubious note with 'Chieva', an ambivalent song about recovering from heroin addiction, but then turns his attention to romance and gets it all right. His renditions of Bryan Ferry's 'Slave To Love' and Jay and the Americans' 'Come A Little Bit Closer' bring their own drama and gravity to the material, while such homemade numbers as the convincingly authentic mojo-wielding 'Muddy Waters Rose Out of the Mississippi Mud,' the surging 'Right There, Right Then' and the rustic waltztime '(Don't Have a) Change of Heart' are small strokes of heartfelt majesty.

a1. Chieva
a2. Right There, Right Then
a3. Downside Of Town
a4. My Forever Came Today
a5. Crow Jane Alley (For Jack)
b1. Muddy Waters Rose Out Of The Mississippi Mud
b2. Come A Little Bit Closer
b3. Slave To Love
b4. (Don't Have A ) Change of Heart
b5. Trouble Comin' Every Day In A World Gone Wrong

LOVE ME - The British HMV Singles '56 - '57 is a stunning 12' album bringing together in chronological order, all of Elvis' electrifying and now highly collectible British HMV (His Masters Voice) singles released between March '56 and March '57. This special llimited edition of only 500 copies comes in a 180g vinyl format. When Elvis signed his new recording contract in November 1955, taking him from Sun Records in Memphis, to national music giant RCA Victor, nobody could have predicted the influence he would have on the course of popular music worldwide. Elvis' pioneering, early UK singles were released on EMIs, HMV label before being moved by British Decca over to RCA/RCA Victor in 1958. LOVE ME - The British HMV Singles '56 - '57, charts Elvis' meteoric rise in Britain. Featuring recordings from Elvis' Sun Records catalogue and the now legendary RCA '56 sessions, 16 pure Rock 'n' Roll gems, pre-army Presley at his very best! *** 500 Only Limited Edition ***
Quality 180g black vinyl, Printed colour inner sleeve, Liner notes, Stunning artwork, Contains all 8 singles from between March '56 to March '57 in chronological order.

EXCLUSIVE BLUE VINYL EDITION

From that headiest and heaviest of years, 1971, comes the lone release from this obscure US progressive hard rock group, Plum Nelly. Full of complex arrangements, jazzy flourishes, and great proto-metal guitar work, Deceptive Lines draw comparisons to everyone from The Allman Brothers to Floyd and Sabbath. Strong ballads are matched with hard psych epics and heavy guitar workouts. Poorly promoted and barely heard at the time of its initial release, this group of New Yorkers barely out of their teens could really cook and they deserve a lot more attention than they have previously been given. This reissue should fix that problem, and rescue another classic hard rock title from being lost to time!

A1 Deception
A2 Carry On
A3 The Demon
B1 Lonely Man's City
B2 Sail Away
B3 Never Done

01. Teenage Nosferatu Pussy (Live)
02. Superbeast (Live)
03. Living Dead Girl (Live)
04. Dead City Radio (Live)
05. Drum Solo (Live)
06. More Human Than Human (Live)
07. Sick Bubblegum (Live)
08. House Of 1000 Corpses (Live)
09. Meet The Creeper (Live)
10. Never Gonna Stop (Live)
11. Blitzkrieg Bop (Live)
12. Thunder Kiss '65 (Live)
13. Jesus Frankenstein (Live)
14. We're An American Band (Live)
15. Dragula (Live)
16. Demonoid Phenomenon (Live)
17. Pussy Liquor (Live)
18. Demon Speeding (Live)
19. Ging Gang Gong De Do Gong De Laga Raga (Live)

01. Along The Chasm
02. Gladstone
03. BC Trucker
04. Arvonia
05. One Last Shelter
06. The Canfield
07. Straight To The North
08. No. 227
09. The Little Sparrow
10. Twin Souls
11. Mantis

Rock n Roll is part of a test to undermine the morals of the youth of our nation. It is sexualistic, unmoralistic and brings people of both races together.'

So said the North Alabama White Citizens Council in the 50s, with perhaps their finest advert to the youth of America. What teenager wouldn't want to have their morals undermined in a sexualistic fashion This killer Rock n Roll vinyl set was compiled by Radio DJ and TV presenter Mark Lamarr, for Vee-Tone Records. Wild Streak Rock n Roll features 18 rare and obscure 50s rockers from a cross section of artists and labels, from majors to small independents. Featuring some of the wildest Rock n Roll ever laid to wax, from primitive indie rockers to high production major label releases.

*** 500 Limited Edition ***

*** Compilation and liner notes by Radio DJ & TV Presenter Mark Lamarr ***

Full colour inner sleeve with original 45 label shots

Features recordings from Link Wray, Andy Dio, Kenny Loran, Eddie Dugosh, Jerry Neal, Ronnie Self, Bobby Milano, plus many more.

1. You Don't Bug Me (Mark M122) - Terry Daly & The Nu-Tones
2. Doing All Right (Peak 1001) - Eddie Cash & The Cashiers
3. Life Begins At Four O'Clock (Challenge 59005) - Bobby Milano
4. Gotta Get To Memphis (Diva 1009) - Buddy Aldo
5. Bonnie Jean (Johnson 095) - Andy Dio
6. When Johnny Comes Sliding Home (Capitol 4511) - The Hollywood Vines
7. Top Man (Capitol 4305) - Kenny Loran
8. Be Bop A Doo (Primos 1006) - Dee Matt & The Fabulous Cenders
9. Mary Ann (Epic 9419) - Link Wray And The Wraymen
1. One Mile (Award 118) - Eddie Dugosh And The Redtops
2. Long Legged Linda (Hanover 4500) - The Kids From Texas
3. Knock, Knock, Knock (Knocking On My Door) (Mercury 71763)- Eddy Bell & The Bel-Aires
4. I Hates Rabbits (Dot 15810) - Jerry Neal aka Jerry Capehart (featuring Eddie Cochran)
5. Spark Plug (Challenge 59021) - Four Teens
6. Spark Plug (Crazy Beat! LP Sutton 322) - The Spark Plugs
7. Big Blon' Baby (Columbia 4-41166) - Ronnie Self
8. Weirdsville (Time APF2) - George Ross & The Red Tops
9. My Baby's Casual (Spangle 2011) - Sonny Flaharty

includes CD

Due to a long time growing interest into local 60s rock, most band stories, even of those who did put out rare and local records, have since been written. Not so with Connecticut band Catherine´s Horse. Their sole album dates from 1969 and was released only in an inner sleeve and no cover. Due to its rarity it is still a largely unknown release among today's record collectors and honoured with five stars in Hans Pokora's 1001 Record Collectors Dream Book'. But those who happen to be familiar with it, appreciate it for the fresh sound of the music and the clear production. That and the fact, that it's an amazing white blues rock album with a strong garage attitude provided by five high school students who never played professionally. The tracks are nearly all cover versions of classic, often moody blues tracks reminiscent of early Paul Butterfield Blues Band or Blues Project. The LP incl. long time standards such as Good Morning Little School Girl', Think Twice', One More Mile' or Can't Keep From Cryin' mixed with covers of Jimmy Brenstons' Rocket 88' or Jagger / Richards Good Times, Bad Times'. The only group original ''Sun Going Down'' hints at the talent and potential the band had and rounds off the groups effortless white electric bluesrock expertise. This Reissue comes with the originally intended coloured cover-art. The detailed insert has the band's history as related by original members Roger Goodspeed, Jay Geary and Putnam Smith, alongside rare photos and memorabilia. A 100% legit release and a must for late 60s rock collectors.

- Megarare local US 60s album
- Available for the first time in originally intended coverart
- five star Pokora LP from RC Dream Book 1001
- LP sized insert with complete history and pictures


500 copies only

A real event: Jac Berrocal has not released for 20 years. The legendary French trumpeter is back with its special atmosphere and feeling. Lot of guests too. Jacques "Jac" Berrocal (born 22 October 1946, Saint-Jean d'Angély) is a French trumpeter, singer and composer. He has been active since the 1970s in the independent and avant-garde music scene. He has released a few important albums, mainly on his own label d'Avantage. He also founded and performed in the group Catalogue. Berrocal has appeared too in several films

The Morning Dew are mainly known for their highly regarded 1970 psychedelic album recorded for Roulette Records. Between 1966 - 1969, the band had already established a live-and recording history as a local and regional garage and psychedelic band and along with The Blue Things, were one of Kansas' most exciting regional top-acts. This LP presents fourteen early recordings including the 1966 Audio House session, both their 1966/67 singles A´s & B´s for Fairyland Records and alternative versions on side one. Side two features the band's 1968 Fairyland summer sessions, which forged a complex psychedelic sound that culminated in a record deal with Roulette Records. This release covers the band's local years from 1966 - 69 and includes material never before released or unavailable on vinyl for years.

LP comes with an in-depth insert with a cache of photos and trivia tracing the genesis of a band that started as an instrumental group in 1963 and ended after their garage days as a now much respected psychedelic band.













(M] b5 Sing Out

Side A: MOTHER OF THE UNICORN is an alternative indie rock band based in Berlin, mixing melancholic vocal melodies, echoey guitars, choppy beats, cut and paste samples and warm fuzzy keyboards.

Side B: SLOW STEVE is an alternative psych pop project from Berlin, playing with fuzzy retro synths, hypnotic rhythms and trippy lo-fi visuals.

Wt Records takes another expected turn by releasing a mini LP of new wave tracks from Momentform. Check!
The first and most dj-able track, 'Momentform is Fake,' spans the gap between new wave and house with 707 rhythmic patterns and raw, unedited bass lines. 'Selected Works,' arguably the 'hit' song on the LP, with its melancholic vocals and juno arpeggio has a way of finding its way into your brain and staying there. 6 tracks of excellent melodies and melancholy angst make this a great record for listening from start to finish.

Electronic pop/rock band from Erfurt, Germany, are back with their 10th studioalbum!
Did you see this roadmovie Everything in it. Big love, a bit gunfire, more dust, less sun, these men with cigars in the mouth. The shoes are no longer shiny, the faces are dirty but interesting and the eyes are glowing in the dark. And in every sequence you hear these fast running baseline, the unique guitars and the voice you already recognized somewhere before. It's becoming quicker and you find yourself drumming with your fingers and banging your head while listening. You know this sound - Northern Lite is back. With 'TEN' they gave their album a simple name, a simple meaning. So many years, so many different musical experiments. But on this road trip you recognize: Whatever they do, wherever they take you - it is a hell of a ride and it's only going forward. Tracks like 'Peace of Mind' or 'Feel Like Dancing' catch you really from the beginning. The wheels are already hot, the fumes creeping slowly through the window. Too hot inside to close it now. Like in 'Johnny' the electronic vibes are coming directly and soft, to loose shape and melt down with voices and claps. 'Feels So Good' is lighting up the pictures with a beautiful girls chorus and 'Brand New Day' gives you the safety, that this will not be the last trip together. Where are you In the movie On the street It doesn't matter, it is ten to TEN.

"Dann mach' ich's halt allein ..." So in etwa dürfte ROB ZOMBIE gedacht haben, denn die Schaffenspause der WHITE ZOMBIEs nach dem '95er Album "Astro-Creep 2000" und der '96er Remix-Orgie "Superswingin' Sexy Sounds" dauert weiter an. Doch kann das notwendig gewordende Aussenden eines ersten Lebenszeichens an die vielen Anhänger dies- und jenseits des Atlantiks nur zu einem unter mehreren Gründen für diesen Alleingang zählen, förmlich hör- und fühlbar wird das Jucken in den Fingern und der Kehle des Ober-ZOMBIEs, so sehr haben es die 13 kurzweiligen, meist nach bekannten ZOMBIEschen Strickmustern komponierten Songs in sich. Nichts wird hier dem Zufall überlassen; stampfende, groovende Nummern wie "Superbeast", "Dragula" oder "Meet The Creeper" sind genau das, was man kennt und erwartet. Wirklich Neues also birgt die Scheibe nicht, die Sounds dagegen wurden der fortschreitenden Entwicklung angepaßt - auf bisher keinem WHITE ZOMBIE-Album war eine solche Anhäufung von tanzflächentauglichen Nummern zu finden. Ein Umstand, der für Herrn ZOMBIE spricht, gleichzeitig aber den Fortbestand seiner Band in Frage stellen dürfte.

After great collaborations with Robert Wyatt, PJ Harvey, Sergi Lopez, Miossec and Jeanne Moreau, Pascal Comelade is surprising us once again. He teams up with his the successful band that comes from Perpignan just like him : the French duo acclaimed by the Californian rock scene, Les Limiñanas. They succeed to produce a very good psychedelic rock album that will seduce all experimental Rock fans. Vital Sales Points: - Pascal Comelade is a multi-instrumentalist who released more than 26 albums in his career - His recent activities include: Concerts in Barcelona with more than 15 electric guitars, sound tracks for Cinema, Theatre and dance, performances in Museums of modern art, Book edition, and many others ... - The collaborations from Pascal Comelade go from Bob Wilson, Robert Wyatt, Faust, Jaume Sisa, Toti Soler, Jac Berrocal, to PJ Harvey - Lionel Liminana is a historic figure of the South of France Rock'n'roll, he is a celebrity in Perpignan - The Liminanas played all around Europe and USA. Their music is very broadcasted and used in synch (i.e: Gossip Girl). Jack White invited them in his Third Man studios

After great collaborations with Robert Wyatt, PJ Harvey, Sergi Lopez, Miossec and Jeanne Moreau, Pascal Comelade is surprising us once again. He teams up with his the successful band that comes from Perpignan just like him : the French duo acclaimed by the Californian rock scene, Les Limiñanas. They succeed to produce a very good psychedelic rock album that will seduce all experimental Rock fans. Vital Sales Points: - Pascal Comelade is a multi-instrumentalist who released more than 26 albums in his career - His recent activities include: Concerts in Barcelona with more than 15 electric guitars, sound tracks for Cinema, Theatre and dance, performances in Museums of modern art, Book edition, and many others ... - The collaborations from Pascal Comelade go from Bob Wilson, Robert Wyatt, Faust, Jaume Sisa, Toti Soler, Jac Berrocal, to PJ Harvey - Lionel Liminana is a historic figure of the South of France Rock'n'roll, he is a celebrity in Perpignan - The Liminanas played all around Europe and USA. Their music is very broadcasted and used in synch (i.e: Gossip Girl).

Editions Mego presents the first recordings by Edvard Graham Lewis released this century. Having made his name in legendary punk/experimental outfits Wire, Dome and He Said Lewis has developed an exceptional voice with ceaseless exploration of a wide variety of musical forms.

Sarcastic and obscure neo-italo-wave band Cristalli Liquidi once again steps into limelight with a third single on the equally mysterious Artifact imprint. Incubo Assoluto (which is Italian for "absolute nightmare" or so we are told) comes in a thick, pulsating synth mix as well as in a more straight and spread out version with just enough chugging guitar to mutate your dance moves from whirling disco dervish to robot rock. Lyrics are by Roberto "Freak" Antoni (known as frontman of 70s Italian punk band Skiantos who sadly passed away on february 12th this year). This is another ultra cool release on Bottin's Artifact label.

LP: Laser-Cut Outer Sleeve in Fulltone Bronze & Black, incl. full Color Insert, incl. mp3
The Summoner comes 4 years since the last Kreng album 'Grimoire'. Conjuring up the spirit of György Ligeti, the first half of the album is made entirely of 12 string players being directed to play around, make noisey clusters and crescendoes, moving you between Denial, Anger, Bargaining and Depression. In fact, The Summoner is the first Kreng album NOT made by hordes of samples. Music to really dig deep in to. Following into the second part of the album, twists and turns are taken and it's hard to know where exactly you are. The Summoning's haunting organs and smoke-filled chambers lead you in to an earth- shaking wall of guitars, drums and bass courtesy of Belgian doom band Amenra. Leaving you in a state of shock, the album closes in an incredibly heartfelt and quiet way with the fittingly named Acceptance.

At this point, it can justifiably be said that Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi have become one of the leading groups in experimental music. This, their sixth release, presents the entire second set of the trio's March 2013 concert at SuperDeluxe (the first set is available on Black Truffle as 'only   wanting to melt   beautifully away is it a lack   of contentment  that stirs affection   for those   things   said to be as of yet unseen'). While the first set of the evening saw the trio branching out into new instrumental configurations, here they return to their signature line-up of guitar, bass and drums. The LP begins abruptly, with one of the finest performances by the trio captured on record thus far already in full swing. Throughout the course of this 12 minute piece, O'Rourke and Ambarchi lay down a thudding meterless pulse, the impossible midway point of Milford Graves and motorik Krautrock, over which Haino unfurls a number of distinct strategies developed in his work since the 1980s: formless blurs of reverb-drenched guitar noise, looped pointillist fragments and wandering, dissonant lines obscured in clouds of distortion. Continuing Haino's habit of naming albums with phrases that seem to obliquely comment on the music they contain, it could definitely be said that this is music made by three people 'determined   to completely exhaust every bit   of this body  they've been  given'. Showing the trio at new heights, this track carries on in the spirit of some of Haino's greatest work: music made with the ingredients of rock that somehow manages to sidestep all of its forms and traditions while retaining and amplifying its fundamental power. If this track alone lays to rest concerns about whether the trio has exhausted the guitar/bass/drums format, the remainder of the record serves as a demonstration of the multitude of possibilities still available for their continued exploration. The three are now so in-tune with one another that almost anything can be integrated into their improvisations: in the slow-burning second piece, O'Rourke's heavily effected bass wanders from anti-music thuds to an almost funky passage with Ambarchi sounding not unlike Buddy Miles circa Hendrix's Band of Gypsys - it bespeaks the hours of listening to fusion and classic rock that continue to form an important part of O'Rourke and Ambarchi's musical personalities. The final piece is a continuous side-long performance that moves through a number of discrete episodes, from vocal and flute solos by Haino delicately accompanied by O'Rourke's sparse bass and Ambarchi's sizzling cymbals, to a final stumbling dirge over which Haino unleashes a stunning torrent of in-the-red guitar skree. Francis Plagne
Design by Stephen O'Malley with high quality live shots by Ujin Matsuo and stunning artwork by Norwegian noise legend Lasse Marhaug.

Truly one of the revolutionary early heavy metal albums. Virgin Killer helped define the Scorpions and their highly influential metallic sound. This 1976 album gave Scorpions worldwide recognition. Virgin Killer is full of heavy songs and exceptionally fast innovative guitar leads by Uli Jon Roth. The Jimi Hendrix comparisons are endless. Virgin Killer is required listening for rock enthusiasts.

Looking forward to your orders for Scorpions on 180g Virgin Vinyl... Now that's Special!

The Waterboys' long-awaited new album Modern Blues will be released on January
19th. The album was recorded in Nashville, produced by Mike Scott and mixed by the
great Bob Clearmountain.

Modern Blues is an electric, soulful, bold, freewheeling rock'n'roll record with a skinful of
killer new songs, some of which have been premiered live over the past few years. Ralph
Salmins, a mainstay on drums for the past four years, appears alongside the talismanic
Steve Wickham, who weaves a dizzying fuzz fiddle spell on several tracks. Fresh to the
ranks are Memphis keyboard player Brother' Paul Brown and David Hood, legendary
bassist from Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Additional lead guitars are played by 2013 US Waterboy Jay Barclay and Austin soul
guitarist Zach Ernst. Guest backing vocalists include southern soul legend Don Bryant. The
album cover is a green man photograph titled The King Of Weeds, by New York artists
Kahn and Selesnick.

Bloc Party will release their new album 'FOUR' on August 20th via Frenchkiss Records.
Produced by Alex Newport (Death Cab For Cutie, The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In), the album was recorded
and mixed in New York, and will mark the bands first full-length since 2008's acclaimed 'Intimacy'^

3 track EP of Nu Disco / SloMo style edits. 12' audiophile grade quality vinyl. {speed = 45rpm} Two Don Henley flips geared to get the party started and a jacking mid tempo Deep Disco number. Support from Ivory Boy / the Peanuts (Small World Disco Edits & Jazzman), Sleazy McQueen (Whiskey Disco & House Arrest), Ajello (Demo-Disc & NANG) and DJ DRM (Bastard Jazz).

Brand new album 34 OTO SANAYI' from Turkish psychedelic band based in Istanbul, offers you a unique and fabulous sound you've never heard before! The music will strike a blow to your head and your body then you will immediately find yourself surrounded by the rhythm. You'll feel the true passion even if you don't speak Turkish as there is no fake posing...

BaBa Zula is the face of modern Turkish Music, blending the sound of electric saz, dub and traditional shamanistic rituals into a hypnotic urban psychedelia. Poetry and theatrical aspects are also a plus... After several changes in the line-up since their formation in 1996, they recorded their 8th album. Studio album 34 OTO SANAYI' is recorded in 2014 in Istanbul with the current members Murat Ertel, Levent Akman, Can Aydemir, Özgür Cakirlar and Melike Sahin. The album also features Eren Devran Ertel, Elena Hristova and Periklis Tsoukalas as special guests.

180gr. Heavy Black Vinyl in gatefold sleeve, contains 50x70cm two sided poster, an insert with lyrics and postcard signed by the band members