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M.Ward releases his ninth solo album, 'What A
Wonderful Industry', via M.Ward Records, available on
CD and special edition clouded clear vinyl.
Over the last decade Ward has released a string of
acclaimed solo albums, as well as six LPs with Zooey
Deschanel in the duo She & Him. Ward is also a member
of the group Monsters Of Folk alongside My Morning
Jacket's Jim James, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Mike
Mogis, as well as a producer on albums for Mavis
Staples, Jenny Lewis and Carlos Forster.
Via Ward: 'This is a record inspired by people in the
industry I have known - heroes and villains in equal
measure. There's some beautiful moments when you
travel for a living, and I'm grateful for being part of an
industry that's taken me around the world so many
times - but you quickly learn there's a perfectly
imperfect balance of coldblooded and warm-blooded
animals in the zoo. This record visits the most
memorable characters. There's a lot of very inspirational
people I've had the pleasure to work with but there are
also a few I wish I'd never met. It all tragically ends
with an imaginary Griffin Millinspired murder ballad. This
album is a reminder to keep your friends close, your
enemies closer and don't let the ones that just need an
extra couple hours of therapy bring you down. Anyway I
hope you like it. All names have been changed to
protect the innocent.'
Recorded in Portland, OR, the album was produced by
M. Ward, engineered by Mike Coykendall and Adam
Selzer, mixed by Rob Schnapf and features guest vocals
from Jim James.

Fronted by Texan native Danny Lee Backwell, 'Myth Of A Man'
is Night Beats' fourth studio album and their second for
Heavenly Recordings, following the release of 'Who Sold My
Generation' in 2016.
While Blackwell has always fed off the musical legacy of his
Texas roots - Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, The
Red Krayola, The Black Angels and more paving the way for the
napalm-coated psych-rock headtrip of past albums - 'Myth Of A
Man' has him pulling from the surrogate wellspring of Nashville,
Tennessee.
In short, it's an album that holds its own next to the classics,
less of the bloodshot acid trip of 'Sonic Bloom' (2013) and 'Who
Sold My Generation' (2016 here, Blackwell has recalibrated
them, slowed them down just enough and allowed them the
space to breathe and exist as something new. It's the same
book, just a different chapter.
Written during a particularly destructive period of the band, the
album is populated by fallen angels, blood-sucking wanderers
and vindictive lovers - sketches of people the band has surely
come across during their cosmic roving through the
underground - but the character most present is Blackwell
himself. ''Myth Of A Man' can be summed up as a personal
display of vulnerability and guilty conscience,' he explains,
'Destroying the mythos of what it means to live and function in
society.'
With its bold steps forward, 'Myth Of A Man' serves as both a
takedown and reintroduction of the band as we know it - the
strongest evidence that you'll never be able to pin Night Beats
down.
LP pressed on red vinyl.

Following a series of highly acclaimed solo guitar albums,
'Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars' is Sarah Louise's most
fearless work to date. Louise broadens beyond folk forms,
turning streams of raw electric guitar into entire oceans of aural
texture.
Louise's rich playing is warped beyond recognition through
inventive synthesizing and digital manipulations. The innovative
songs mine components of the Appalachian folk music Louise is
steeped in, as well as spiritual jazz, contemporary classical and
new age, while drawing intensely personal inspiration from the
natural world.
Louise's daring blend of heartfelt stream of conscious playing
and bold studio processing demonstrate her unique ability to
craft poignant music regardless of what tools she uses. She
finds harmony rather than dissonance in synthesizing raw and
organic materials with the technological. Sections of electronic
bursts swell and ebb with a lifelike pulse, collapsing distinction
between the natural and artificial. Each piece inhabits its own
biosphere and Louise's guitar and voice act as the flora and
fauna. With 'Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars', Sarah Louise
has reimagined the limitations of guitar music to create a work
of sublime resplendence.
'Henson makes it easy to inhabit her intimate world, one where
the small wonders of the woods and the abounding melodic
possibilities of a 12-string guitar are complementary fractals.' -
NPR First Listen
'Sarah Louise doesn't just sing about the natural world. Sarah
Louise seems to be one with the natural world' - Paste
CD in 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package.
LP version pressed on virgin vinyl and packaged with an
artworked inner sleeve with free download coupon. Available
pressed on pink coloured vinyl and black vinyl.

Following a series of highly acclaimed solo guitar albums,
'Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars' is Sarah Louise's most
fearless work to date. Louise broadens beyond folk forms,
turning streams of raw electric guitar into entire oceans of aural
texture.
Louise's rich playing is warped beyond recognition through
inventive synthesizing and digital manipulations. The innovative
songs mine components of the Appalachian folk music Louise is
steeped in, as well as spiritual jazz, contemporary classical and
new age, while drawing intensely personal inspiration from the
natural world.
Louise's daring blend of heartfelt stream of conscious playing
and bold studio processing demonstrate her unique ability to
craft poignant music regardless of what tools she uses. She
finds harmony rather than dissonance in synthesizing raw and
organic materials with the technological. Sections of electronic
bursts swell and ebb with a lifelike pulse, collapsing distinction
between the natural and artificial. Each piece inhabits its own
biosphere and Louise's guitar and voice act as the flora and
fauna. With 'Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars', Sarah Louise
has reimagined the limitations of guitar music to create a work
of sublime resplendence.
'Henson makes it easy to inhabit her intimate world, one where
the small wonders of the woods and the abounding melodic
possibilities of a 12-string guitar are complementary fractals.' -
NPR First Listen
'Sarah Louise doesn't just sing about the natural world. Sarah
Louise seems to be one with the natural world' - Paste
CD in 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package.
LP version pressed on virgin vinyl and packaged with an
artworked inner sleeve with free download coupon. Available
pressed on pink coloured vinyl and black vinyl.

Rock Action announce the signing of British alt.
rock legends Swervedriver with the release of their
brand new album 'Future Ruins'.
The record presents a band moving with realtime
and real-life vitality, showcasing new tricks
alongside classic hallmarks. 'Future Ruins' exhibits
Swervedriver's fabled widescreen escapism but
with a tension that echoes the sleeve image of
Coney Island in skeletal monochrome, like a post
mortem photograph of a failed utopia.
Heavyweight vinyl with digital download code.

If TEEN's 2016 album Love Yes was a bursting, harmony-infused synthpop thesis on embracing love, then its follow-up, the even more joyous and melodic Good Fruit, is its opposite, a look at what happens after love fades. The Lieberson sisters—Teeny, Lizzie, and Katherine—have, with their fourth album, crafted a dynamic, hook-stuffed take on the oft-trodden breakup album; as on prior releases, there are frequent meditations on death, capitalism, and womanhood.

The sisters—and Boshra AlSaadi, a longtime TEEN member who left a year into songwriting to focus on her own music—spun together Good Fruit in a few places, over roughly a year, as they aimed to break free of the notorious write-record-tour cycle. At a week-long session in Montreal in February 2017, they began working on 'Radar,' a Lizzie-penned ballad that explores a previously unmentioned formative trauma. Another Montreal week in April 2017 birthed a large chunk of Good Fruit, and a five-day expedition in upstate New York led to 'Putney,' a slinky, bassy bop that deals with how projected ideals and personal fantasy play into sex and misogyny.

'Runner' came last, arising from an environment where the sisters surely feel the most comfortable: New York, the city where they've lived for over a decade. Perhaps the album's most bursting, beatific, synth-driven track, 'Runner,' which reflects on fleeing a relationship as a partner wants to become closer, jelled just before the album was completed, in an NYC home studio belonging to TEEN collaborator Miles Francis.

While recording Good Fruit, the sisters employed a self-described 'reductive approach,' strove to create space within their songs, and, for their first time, self-produced the album (save a few co-productions from Francis, who also played on some songs). These techniques explode the glistening, sprinting glamour of 'Only Water,' a deceptively upbeat number about death and the loss of a loved one. They inform Good Fruit's handful of ballads too, including 'Pretend,' which rings with a vast, unsettling static fuzz even as Lizzie beautifully recounts the disappointment of realizing a partner wasn't all she'd built them up to be.

When love fades, TEEN soars. 'A lot of what ties Good Fruit in...is forging new paths for ourselves and letting go of old ways of doing things,' Teeny says. The band's intentional amendments to its longtime formula have resulted in its most mature, nuanced, and exhilarating statement yet.

Made available again for 2019, Yo La Tengo's 2003
album 'Summer Sun' sees the band exploring the
sunny landscapes of summer, in every imaginable
mode of music.
Double LP.

Pavo Pavo is the recording project of Oliver Hill and
Eliza Bagg. On their acclaimed 2016 debut, 'Young
Narrator In The Breakers', Eliza's effervescent
soprano was compared to 'a lovelorn alien
reaching out from the farthest reaches of the
galaxy' (Pitchfork) and the elegant, symphonic
arrangements were described as 'weightless pop
that sounds like it was beamed down from a
glimmering utopian future' (Stereogum).
'Mystery Hour', the band's second album, is a
focused, widescreen development. Channelling the
narrative drama of Oliver and Eliza's changing
relationship, it is an uncategorizable record that's
both maximal and compact, a fever dream filled
with cinematic imagery and rooted in acute
emotion, written as the two were separating after
a six-year relationship.
LP format includes digital download code.

Fourth album from the acclaimed Belgian quintet.
'Fever' follows the band's self-imposed hiatus, a
break that saw frontmen and writing partners Jinte
Deprez and Maarten Devoldere pursuing different
individual interests from both a personal and
creative perspective that has ultimately led the
band to fashion their most cohesive album to date.
On reconvening the band had no plans, just a
simple desire to better their previous works and to
further the band's story. Both primary songwriters
agreed on a less serious vision leaning towards a
looser, refreshed sound - less melancholic but
retaining their unerring ability to create a hook
laden armoury.
LP formats pressed on 180g vinyl with digital
download card.

The story of Seattle's rise to global rock supremacy in the late 80s and early 90s
begins with Green River. Made up of Jeff Ament (bass), Mark Arm (guitar/vocals),
Bruce Fairweather (guitar), Stone Gossard (guitar) and Alex Shumway (drums), the
quintet put out three 12's and a 7' single during its brief existence.
Green River's influence on Seattle's music scene spread far and wide thanks to the
members' dispersion into bands including Pearl Jam, Mudhoney and Love Battery, as
well as the punk glam sludge rock songs they left behind. 'By '83, '84, there was
definitely a movement that was happening within hardcore, like Black Flag slowing
down for My War,' says Arm. 'The Replacements and Butthole Surfers were rearing
their heads, and they're very different bands, but they're not hardcore - the
Replacements are pretty much straight-up rock, and Butthole Surfers were God
knows what. Sonic Youth's Bad Moon Rising was around, and a lot of really
interesting post-hardcore things were happening.'
Green River, formed in 1984, were part of that evolution, with a sound that
straddled a lot of different genres - blues, punk, bloozy straight-ahead rock. The
mini-LP 'Dry As A Bone' - which came out in 1987 - and the band's lone full-length
'Rehab Doll' - which came out in 1988 - were released as a single CD with a few
bonus cuts, including their sneering cover of David Bowie's 'Queen Bitch' and their
marauding version of Dead Boys' 'Ain't Nothin' to Do', in 1990 - but they've been
unavailable on vinyl for years.
Now, these slices of Seattle music history are not only back in print, they're
accompanied by items from the vaults that had been forgotten about for decades.
'Dry As A Bone' was recorded at Jack Endino's Reciprocal Recording in 1986 and it
shows the band in furious form, with Arm's yowl battling Fairweather and Gossard's
ferocious guitar playing on 'This Town' and 'Unwind' opening as a slow bluesy grind
then jump-starting itself into a hyperactive chase. The deluxe edition includes Green
River's cuts from the crucial Seattle-scene compilation 'Deep Six', as well as long-lost
songs that were recorded to the now-archaic format Betamax.
'Rehab Doll', recorded largely at Seattle's Steve Lawson Studios., bridges the gap
between the taut, punky energy of 'Dry As A Bone' and the bigger drums and thicker
riffs that were coming to dominate rock in the late 80s. This new edition of 'Rehab
Doll' includes a version of 'Swallow My Pride' recorded to 8-track at Endino's
Reciprocal Recording, which features a more accurate depiction of how the band
sounded when they played live. 'When I listen to these mixes, I think, 'This is how
we actually sounded - this is the kind of energy we had,'' says Shumway.
Green River's place in American music history is without question but these
recordings paint a more complete picture of the band - and of rock in the mid to late
80s, when punk's faster-and-louder ideals had begun shape-shifting into other ideas.
CDs in digipack with 12-page booklet. 2LP formats in gatefold jacket with custom
dust sleeve and digital download code.

'learning To Cope With Cowardice', The Groundbreaking Debut
Solo Album By Visionary Post Punk Iconoclast Mark Stewart, Is To Be Given A Definitive Reissue Alongside 'the Lost Tapes', A Newly Discovered Cache Of Unreleased Material.
'learning To Cope With Cowardice' Is Released On Double Cd,
Double Vinyl With Digital Download Code And Separately As
Digital Download Albums. 'learning To Cope With Cowardice' Is A Vital Chapter In The Legacy Of Mark Stewart & The Maffia, A Project That Would Prove To Be A Revolutionary Benchmark For Many, From The Innovators Of The 'bristol Sound' (the Wild Bunch, Smith & Mighty, Tricky, Massive Attack) Through To The Likes Of Trent Reznor And Nine Inch Nails. Collected Together This Set Realizes An Expansive Restoration Of One Of Stewart's Most Audacious Statements. As It Was In The Early 1980s So It Is Now, 'learning To Cope With Cowardice' Is A Masterwork Of Mutant Design And A Rude Awakening Of Extraordinary Bite.
Mark Stewart Himself Perceives 'the Lost Tapes' As A Document
That Now Possesses A Storied Significance: it Was A Real
Adventure Discovering This Forbidden History, A Twisted Tale Of
Muswell Hillbillies, French Pirates And A Dutch Schizophrenic
Doctor Doing Psychic Archaeology.' Whilst Adrian Sherwood
Describes These Works As Characteristic Of A Distinct Primitivism: ('the Lost Tapes' Represent) The Early Childhood Of The Songs Before Mark And Me Conducted Frenzied, Scorched Earth, Slash And-burn, Twenty Hour Mental, Manic Editing Sessions At Crass' Studios That Led To Birthing The Finished Album.'

Recorded in Hollywood in a mere three days at the end of 1982 - oddly enough aided by the presence of Joe Strummer who was in the studio the first day of recording - Defy the System is California punk group ANTI's second album, considered by most to be at least as astonishing as their debut. Partly played by John Carthy from Alley Cats on Drums, and originally released on the New Underground label, this was the second and last chapter in ANTI's history, right before singer Danny Dean went on to form his later band EASTER with Social Distortion's Mike Ness on guitar. This is pure early '80s California punk rock in the vein of BAD RELIGION or T.S.O.L. An absolute masterpiece now represented on vinyl, with original artwork and insert, for the first time in 35 years.

Limited edition clear blue colored vinyl! Sharon Van Etten's Remind Me Tomorrow comes four years after Are We There, and reckons with the life that gets lived when you put off the small and inevitable maintenance in favor of something more present. Throughout Remind Me Tomorrow, Sharon Van Etten veers towards the driving, dark glimmer moods that have illuminated the edges of her music and pursues them full force. With curling low vocals and brave intimacy, Remind Me Tomorrow is an ambitious album that provokes our most sensitive impulses: reckless affections, spirited nurturing, and tender courage. The songs on Remind Me Tomorrow have been transported from Van Etten's original demos through John Congleton's arrangement. Congleton helped flip the signature Sharon Van Etten ratio, making the album more energetic-upbeat than minimal-meditative. The songs are as resonating as ever, the themes are still an honest and subtle approach to love and longing, but Congleton has plucked out new idiosyncrasies from Van Etten's sound. For Remind Me Tomorrow, Van Etten put down the guitar. The album shows a magnetism towards new instruments: piano keys that churn, deep drones, distinctive sharp drums. It was "reverb universe" she says of the writing. There are intense synths, a propulsive organ, a distorted harmonium. The breadth of Van Etten's passions (musical, emotional, otherwise), of new careers and projects and lifelong roles, have inflected Remind Me Tomorrow with a wise sense of a warped-time perspective. This is the tension that arches over the album, fusing a pained attentive realism and radiant lightness about new love.

"La Tène is back with a double invitation to its third full length LP.
The hurdy-gurdy/harmonium/percussions trio welcomes two bagpipes (cabrettes and 23' to be exact), and a combo of string instruments (12-string guitar and electric bass).

Beyond the instrumentation, we're looking at a gang of high esteemed guests: Jacques Puech, Louis Jacques, Guilhem Lacroux and Jérémie Sauvage, whom works are given their due credit (with the La Novià collective and its multiple variations, the France group, Super Parquet, the Standard-In-Fi label, etc.), are at ease with fuelling the traditional ball dance floor (literally in its wooden meaning) as well as questioning it, confortable with sparking dance moves as well as pushing instruments and their sound to their ultimate limits.

La Tène's music doesn't alter itself, it is always at the conjuncture between obsessive repetition and fragmented traditional music, hence developing a mineral depth on an obstinate pulse. Where one hears an instrument, its mirror unburdens until the confusion. One lies breathless, only whishing the end becomes an eternal resumption."

Limited Colored Edition - 1000 Copies

Arguably one of the most acclaimed and loved bands of the past 20 years, by both fans and their musical peers alike, The Beta Band formed in St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1996. Innovative and singular, their unique musical and aesthetic approach to everything they did set them far apart from their musical contemporaries. Together for a relatively short period of time, the three albums and three EPs they released between 1996 and 2004 would nonetheless help define them as one of the most exciting and cherished bands of their generation. 'Heroes to Zeros' is the third and final studio album by The Beta Band released in 2004. It was mixed by famed producer Nigel Godrich and rose to number 18 in the UK charts.

Born from a carte blanche at Cave12 in Geneva in October 2016, TOUT BLEU is the solo'project of SIMONE AUBERT (guitarist in MASSICOT / drummer and singer in HYPERCULTE) which has developed into a trio, accompanied by the electronics of the Stakhanovist musician POL, and the deeply ample & masterful electrified violin played by AGATHE MAX.

Simone explores with her first album, a sort of atmospheric no-wave, a pre-rock invitation of travel and introspection. Simone's voice, reminiscent of Siouxie, Anne Clark or Nico arises on mesmerizing sound texture and calls as much to a new collective meaning than a crying out, a desperate shout alone, far from all, in the middle of the forest. The result is an all-encompassing music, dark, tense but full of sweetness and nourished with hope.'

Finally on vinyl: the successful album of Pentatones with singer Delhia de France,
as high-quality double-12inch with gatefold sleeve, and special artwork,
including the hits "The Beast" and "Ghost .
Produced by Robot Koch

*SHIPS FOR 11TH JAN*Angelic milk, the Saint Petersburg based project from Sarah Persephona, is back with their long-awaited debut album DIVINE BIKER LOVE. After a few Bandcamp-only releases angelic milk signed with PNKSLM Recordings in 2015 for the release of the IDK How single, which immediately brought them the attention of the likes of Stereogum, SPIN, KEXP, BrooklynVegan and many more. Their first studio recordings, the Teenage Movie Soundtrack EP, arrived the following summer to continued acclaim, before the band retreated to the studio to work on the debut album. Two years later the band emerged with DIVINE BIKER LOVE, a distinct collection of songs where Persephona's grunge pop sensibilities meets influences from shoegaze and dream pop, as well as hard rock - a collection of songs that couldn't have been made by any other band.

London based Chemtrails, led by the musical and romantic partnership of Mia Lust and Laura Orlova, is back with their new EP Cuckoo Spit, less than a year after the release of their acclaimed debut album Calf of the Sacred Cow. After releasing two digital-only EPs in 2016 and 2017 and receiving the attention of the likes of Stereogum, The Line of Best Fit, DIY and GoldFlakePaint, the band quickly delivered the debut album - and now the prolific duo is back with a brand new EP. Their strongest collection of tracks yet, Cuckoo Spit finds the band at their catchiest, while also mixing up their lo-fi home recordings with some studio flair.

Dass seine Musik in keine der gängigen Musikindustrie-Schubladen passt, hört Torre Florim, Sänger,
Texter und Frontgitarrist von De Staat ständig. Er entgegnet nur: - Sorry, aber wir können nichts
Anderes - Und für mich ist das genau die Art Musik, die wir machen müssen...'
Er muss sich nicht entschuldigen. De Staat sind eine Rockband im besten Sinne. Sie überwinden die
Grenzen und liefern ein berauschendes, gar schwindelerzeugendes Spektrum an Genres in ihrem
epischen fünften Studioalbum Bubble Gum, welches am 18. Januar 2019 über Caroline International
erscheint. Nicht dass wir etwas anderes von ihnen gewohnt wären; Es liegt in ihrer DNA seit Tag eins..
Über Bubble Gum: 'Wie immer wenn ich schreibe, kommt der Punkt, an dem ich ein Thema erkenne',
reflektiert Torre. - Und dieses Mal stellte sich heraus, dass sich fast jeder Song - auf unterschiedliche
Art und Weise - mit dem Gefühl befasst, sich in einer Blase, einer Bubble, zu befinden. Es ist fast eine
Religion, wie die Menschen immer mehr an diese individuelle Blase glauben: Sie bekommen die
Informationen, die sie wollen, allem anderen können sie sich bequem verschließen.'

Die Sängerin und Songwriterin Maggie Rogers wird am 18.01.2019 ihr Debütalbum - Heard It In A Past
Life' veröffentlichen. Ihre neuste Single - Light On' ist ein Brief an ihre Fans, in dem sie ihre Gefühle
über die zwei vergangenen Jahre ihres Lebens wiederspiegelt. Maggie wird als Support-Act die Band
Mumford & Sons auf ihrer Tour durch Nordamerika unterstützen.

Repress!

Sleaford Mods are one of the most important, politically charged and thought-provoking duos currently making their mark on the UK music scene and beyond. They are now poised to release their fifth studio album entitled 'Eton Alive' in February 2019. The album, which features 12 new tracks from the prolific artists, was recorded in Nottingham.
The record will be the first released on Jason and Andrew's newly formed label 'Extreme Eating' and their first album since parting ways with Rough Trade Records.

'Eton Alive speaks for itself really. Here we are once again in the middle of another elitist plan being digested slowly as we wait to be turned into faeces once more. Some already are, some are dead and the rest of us erode in the belly of prehistoric ideology which depending on our abilities and willingness, assigns to each of us varying levels of comfort that range from horrible to reasonably acceptable, based on contribution. So after the digestive system of the Nobles rejects our inedible bones we exit the Arse of Rule, we fall into the toilet again and at the mercy of whatever policies are holding order in the shit pipe of this tatty civilisation. It is here our flesh regenerates as we rattle into another form, ready, and ripe for order'.
- Jason Williamson

Arguably one of the most acclaimed and loved bands of the past 20 years, by both fans and their musical peers alike, The Beta Band formed in St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1996. Innovative and singular, their unique musical and aesthetic approach to everything they did set them far apart from their musical contemporaries. Together for a relatively short period of time, the three albums and three EPs they released between 1996 and 2004 would nonetheless help define them as one of the most exciting and cherished bands of their generation. Released in 1999, the album The Beta Band' followed the critically acclaimed compilation The Three E.P.'s' (1998). With high anticipation for The Beta Band, the band originally planned to record the album in four separate continents, but financial constraints slimmed the recording locations down, however, the album was still recorded in a variety of locations and pulling inspiration from sources as diverse as Jamaican reggae, Disney's movie The Black Hole' and Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart".

Disguised as the meandering outpourings of vacant
thought and activity dialed simultaneously from zero and
ten. Formed in the cauldron of a fevered mistake resolute.
Surrounded by ignorance, dis-interest, and the attention of
the carefully self-selected. Recorded and burned through a
thousand galaxies of dust and doubt and endless infinite
wonder, transforming both time and space. Forever exiled
to the very bottom of the world to reflect on the struggling
desperate pile above. Recognizing any contribution
as miniscule and insignificant when placed within the
greatness of the other, the dominant insolent preening
satisfied, continually shouting the pre-eminence of the first
world order.
The latest by The Dead C—Rare Ravers: it's a long
player.

Dave Grohl bezeichnete die vier Briten als die beste Band, die jemals im Vorprogramm von Foo
Fighters zu sehen war.
In nur wenigen Jahren haben The Struts es geschafft, zur Lieblingsband etlicher Rocklegenden und
-ikonen zu avancieren: So konnten die UK-Glamrock-Erneuerer nicht nur im Vorprogramm von The
Rolling Stones, The Who oder auch Guns N' Roses auftreten, sondern wurden darüber hinaus auch
von Mötley Crüe persönlich ausgewählt, um die allerletzten Konzerte der Band zu eröffnen. Dave
Grohl bezeichnete die Band um Mastermind Luke Spiller gar als die beste Band, die jemals im
Vorprogramm von Foo Fighters zu sehen war. Nachdem sie 2016 ihr Debütalbum Everybody Wants
vorgelegt haben, melden sich The Struts nun mit ihrem zweiten Album zurück: YOUNG &
DANGEROUS. Ein treffender Titel und ein Album, mit dem sie ihren Ruf als eine der aufregendsten,
leidenschaftlichsten Rockbands unserer Zeit ein für alle Mal zementieren.
Auf Young & Dangerous konzentrieren sich The Struts auf Mitsinghymnen mit fetten Riffs, die sie
zuletzt in so vielen Stadien und Arenen rund um den Globus vom Stapel gelassen haben.
Eingefangen haben sie diesen Sound mit ihren Produzenten Butch Walker (Weezer, Panic! At the
Disco) und Sam Hollander (Fitz and the Tantrums, Neon Trees): das Resultat wie ein
Glamrock-Update anno 2018.

Why ist eine US-amerikanische Indie-Rock-Band mit Hip-Hop- und Folk-Einflüssen aus Berkeley,
Kalifornien. Gründer, Frontmann und Songschreiber von Why ist Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf. Er nutzte den
Bandnamen erstmals 2001. Zwei Jahre später veröffentlichte er solo als Why eine EP und das Album
"Oaklandazulasylum". Erst seit der Veröffentlichung von "Elephant Eyelash" (2005) tritt Why als Gruppe auf.
Nach fünf Jahren Pause erschien mit "Moh Lhean" 2017 das sechste Studioalbum der Formation. Zwei
Monate später hatte sie ein Stelldichein im Hauptquartier von Third Man Records in Nashville. Der Auftritt des
Quartetts im legendären Blue Room wurde wie üblich direkt mitgeschnitten. "Live At Third Man Records"
enthält neun Songs, nur drei davon stammen von "Moh Lhean" - "Proactive Evolution", "One Mississippi" und
"The Barely Blur" -, die anderen von früheren Alben. Insofern darf man die LP auch als inoffizielle
Hitsammlung verstehen.

Combine a single-malt voice, an acoustic guitar, songs from the heart and a touch of magic, and you have the music of Mari Mana.
Her music possesses that nostalgic familiarity and that fresh wonder at the same time.
Her performance is a unique and enchanting expression of wise melancholy and a poetic love for life.

Mari Mana was born and raised in Berlin. She wrote her first songs in the year 2000, and since 2008 has taken her performances to various concerts and festivals worldwide.
With arrangements consisting of strings, bass, drums and electronic elements, arranged and produced together with Mo Stern, we present Mari Mana’s music for the first time on vinyl.

The songs 'Floating' and 'Find Me' are influenced by Soul, Folk and Electronic Music, and feature various international musicians, including Alex Trebo (ITA), Timo Lassy (FIN), Marlene Schuen (ITA), Lee Caspi (ISR) and Natasha Jaffe (USA).

East Village, formed by brothers Martinand Paul Kelly evolved from Episode Four releasing their their debut EP 'Cubans In The Bluefields' on Sub Aqua records in 1988. They toured extensively and released 3 more singles before splitting in 1991. One of the finest guitar pop bands from the late 80s, early 90s. Their legacy lives on through the posthumously released classic 'Drop Out'.
Issued in a picture sleeve for the first time. This release uses the artwork for the original 12' release. Pressed on Blue Vinyl and includes an exclusive postcard.

Originally released on 7' in 1982 on Operation Twilight, this reissue uses the Benoi^t Hennebert cover art that was used for the Les Disques du Cre´puscule 12' release.
The songs on this, the band's debut single are the equal of anything Postcard, Rough Trade and the like were putting out at the time. Prime songwriting dressed up in carefree acoustically-minded pop, what's not to like
At the end of 1982 the group signed to Virgin and went on to release the acclaimed albums Paci c Street and From Across the Kitchen Table. Praised as 'our greatest songwriter' by NME, Michael Head went on to form Shack in 1987 with brother John.

Family is a sometimes great, if big, notion. Hard to sustain, most often dysfunctional. At LDDLM, we do not put pressure on anyone, and certainly not ourselves. But bounds are sometimes tightened, some artists we would never consider ours, but most certainly as closed friends.

This is the 3rd EP (a house record) by Antoine Harispuru aka GOLDEN BUG but the first, excitement renewed, in company of IN FIELDS.

They push the boundaries of GB's trademark ghost funk on this EP: BONES features once again Diego Hdez for a smacked out yet epic pop number (we would not call it shoegaze). CRACKS dissolves its ethnic funk into pure psychedelia, SHAKES dubbing itself out into oblivion. All in all, 3 strong bongs. Finally FANTASTIC TWINS (Hippie Dance/Optimo/Microdosing) builds her own wall of sound, expanding BONES into a mind bending prison.

Turn on, tune in, never drop out.

One of the top drummers in the Israeli scene, Tel-Aviv based songwriter and producer BEÃTFÓØT launches his solo project with the powerful new EP De Vibez, a fanciful gutter-glam cross between stoner-acid-pop and 90's-garage-punk. Side A contains some stunning originals alongside a surprising cover of a melancholic oldie by the legendary german singer Nico. Side B be the remixes: the first, a colorful club-driven remix by Garzen Records head honchos & electronic duo Red Axes, followed by a groovy down tempo drone version by the mesmerizing Smagghe & Cross.

After releasing their first EP Fuse, Cranes expanded to a four-piece band and recorded Self-Non-Self. The increased textures and drum slams showing their improvements. The dark sounds are a combination of industrial and post-punk music. 'One From The Slum' is an instrumental piece and one of the highlights of this versatile record. Alison Shaw's lonely voice is setting the tone on this breathtaking album. She's singing with deeper tones on a track like the industrial 'Focus Breathe'. The re-release bonus tracks include the live song 'Reach' and the rough and doomy 'Nothing In The Middle, Nothing At The End'.

Siblings Alison and Jim Shaw formed the band Cranes back in 1989. They recorded several successful albums, including 1991s Wings of Joy and 1994s Loved.

Self-Non-Self limited 30th anniversary edition of 1.000 individually numbered copies is pressed on coloured (black & pink mixed) vinyl.

- 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
- 1989 DEBUT-ALBUM
- EXPANDED EDITION, FEAT. BONUS TRACKS 'REACH' (LIVE) AND 'NOTHING IN THE MIDDLE, NOTHING AT THE END'
- LIMITED 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF 1.000 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED COPIES ON BLACK & PINK MIXED VINYL

I am Kloot is the second album of the band by the same name. Their music is haunting, melodic and smooth. This second piece yielded five singles, including the hits 'Life in a Day' and '3 Feet Tall'. It's much more than just a standard rock album as it's expanse their dark and fractured sound. Songs like 'From Your Favourite Sky' and 'Proof' are just brilliant and shows how they developed after their first release from two years earlier. It's all a bit more streamlined than before but that's the strength of the band. John Bramwell is a fine songwriter who created this beautiful marvel.

I am Kloot was as one of the most interesting bands of its time. Formed from the ashes of The Mouth they stood up and released some very successful releases.

The album is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on transparent vinyl.

- 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
- GATEFOLD SLEEVE
- INCLUDING INSERT
- LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED COPIES ON TRANSPARENT VINYL

Limited Lenticular 10y Anniversary Edition w/ heavyweight vinyl, printed inner sleeve + digital companion album of unreleased demoes and outtakes from the album

Late of the Pier announce a special 10th anniversary edition of their cult debut album Fantasy Black Channel, produced by Erol Alkan and released in 2008 to great acclaim. Fittingly, the reissue - released on a limited lenticular sleeve, pressed on to heavyweight vinyl and accompanied by a digital companion album of unreleased demoes and outtakes from the album recording sessions. It's set for release through Alkan's Phantasy Sound label, landing in stores on January 18th, 2019.

LOTP (Sam Eastgate, Andrew Faley, Ross Dawson and Sam Potter) were a band of inter-dimensional musicians who landed in the late noughts, whose wild journey took them from the quiet North West Leicestershire countryside to the stages of Coachella, Tokyo and beyond, touring with the likes of Soulwax and Justice. Their music was a mutant take on pop that described the chaos of being a teenager by looking forwards and backwards over and over again until the present moment started to make sense. Following the release of Fantasy Black Channel they put out singles 'Blueberry' and 'Best In The Class' in 2010, picking up fans from Mike Skinner to Dave Grohl along the way. Talking in a 2014 interview, Grohl exclaimed, 'They blew my fucking mind. They're called Late of the Pier. They made one record and disappeared. They use crazy computers and then they rock and it sounds like dubstep for one minute, then it's a crazy prog thing, and it's like, 'Wow'.'

Arts & Crafts will release the 6th studio album from Said The Whale's. The JUNO-winning trio of Tyler Bancroft (vocals/guitar), Ben Worcester (vocals/guitar) and Jaycelyn Brown (keyboards) specialize in the rich harmonies of California pop, crunchy guitars rooted in the lineage of Pacific Northwest indie rock, and naturalistic lyrics inspired by the water and mountains of their hometown of Vancouver. The album is titled 'Cascadia', a bioregion of western North America that runs along the Cascade mountain range. Meant to mimic the look of a tourism website, the landing page features a number of fan activations such as a 1-800 information line, an ambassador program, a streaming activation highlighting the music of the region, and much more.

'You Can' stares directly into the haze and the strobes of the transformative night-out documented throughout Gabe Gurnsey's debut LP, 'Physical'. Undoubtedly one of the record's most outright hedonistic moments, 'You Can' finds Gabe cheekily intoning an invitation to dance, get high, or both, assisted by a deeply trippy sonic atmosphere and a seductive, twilight bassline.

In the spirit of classic extended edits, the 'Extended Dub' version unpicks and expands on each of these elements, retaining the solid groove of the original while transforming it into a heady dancefloor tool. A staple of electro for the past two decades, The Hacker meanwhile continues his recent hot streak with his remix of 'You Can'. Firmly executed with his usual cyber-militancy, his simple but effective reimagining is littered with elasticated synth stabs, urgent oscillations and an audible desire to transform Gurnsey himself into a man-machine.

Emerging like an ornate relic of disenchanted youth, Austin-based power trio Grivo unleashes their ominously trudging sound with the debut full length Elude out November 9, 2018. Combining slow, methodical hooks and warm tube amplifiers, Grivo's massive tones artfully re-establish the link between heavy guitars and downtempo pop to yield a potently encompassing experience. Utilizing effects as an active compositional element, Elude's infectious riffs are brilliantly crafted and paced to allow the saturated guitars and bruising low-end to fully bloom. Within the tidal sound waves and bleak timbre, Grivo forges a distinctive personal connection that challenges the modern definitions of doom metal and shoegaze.

Born and raised in small-town Michigan, Grivo is led by guitarist/vocalist Timothy Heck who founded the band with his brother and drummer Matthew. The Heck brothers have shared a life-long musical partnership, starting as jazz-obsessed teenagers before diving into the punk and hardcore scenes of the Midwest in their early twenties. After years of intensive touring, they sought new inspiration and slower tempos, opting to relocate to Austin in 2015. Timothy adopted a reserved and accessible approach to songwriting, evoking empathy through minor key signatures while constructing intricate walls of auditory mass. Towing a thin line between genres, Grivo is careful never to fully commit to any style or tradition, allowing for broad crossover appeal.

Elude's lyrics portray the harsh recognition of the distance between longing and embrace. Candid songs such as 'C.A.' and 'Burnout' eloquently articulate the pain of unrequited desire and derive sympathy from chorusladen guitar flourishes. On songs like 'Cave,' Timothy's vocals and guitar leads form a unified voice, often singing into and out of one another to gracefully embellish the melody. Grivo's chord progressions are composed at the perfect emotional pitch, allowing energy and tension to naturally build and melt into an intoxicating release. The dense fuzz tones on 'Room' and 'Opia' are brutal, searing the guitar stops into piercing feedback and grinding the edges off the bass lines. This multi-layered use of effects is an essential part of Grivo's arrangement and identity, orchestrating an expansive variety of color and expression. The cohesive mood enveloping the nine dirges of Elude creeps along at a hypnotic tempo, luring the listener into the addictive malaise and subtle complexities of Grivo.

The first release on The Golden Filter's brand new label, 4GN3S (pronounced 'Agnes') is The Golden Filter 'Talk Talk Talk', along with three remixes. The original version first appeared as Dixon's closing track at the beginning of the summer. The Golden Filter channeled the artists they grew up listening to in the 80s - Siouxsie, Human League, The Glove, Talk Talk, New Order, Xymox, Lene Lovich, and Cabaret Voltaire all wrapped up into one perfect analog dance pop song, but with it's heavy beat, it completely works on the dance floor as much as in the headphones. LA's Cooper Saver (DFA, Permanent Vacation, ESP Institute) provides the dance floor fire with his absolute banger of a remix. The very first play for this was by Avalon Emerson at Coachella '18, then it went on to get rinsed all summer by Ben UFO, A^me, Dixon, Roi Perez, Moxie, Hunee, Marvin & Guy, Job Jobse, Fort Romeau, B. Traits, Solomun, and more. It's pretty much been proven impossible to stay still when the breakbeats kick in! Fantastic Twins (Hippie Dance / Optimo Music), is the guise of Julienne Dessagne, originally from Paris and now based in Berlin. She provides a tripped out rework that forays into unexpected twists and turns, but still retains her trademark analog psychedelic dancefloor vibes. Kasper Bjørke (hfn, Eskimo, Correspondant) teams up with Colder (Output) for an epic take on Talk Talk Talk, following up their collaborative EP on Throne Of Blood. Minimal and hypnotic, dubbed out vocal snippets fly in and out of a one- note entrancing bassline in this strung out 10-plus minute remix.