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Other Music Update (February 1, 2012)
The Caretaker "Patience (After Sebald)" (HAFTW)
Just in! New LP from Leyland Kirby's Caretaker guise, featuring pieces he created to soundtrack a Grant Gee film of the same name. Here, Kirby samples and processes old, crackling 78s of Franz Schubert's works, including 1927's "Winterreise." Extremely limited pressing!
Buy $21.99 The Caretaker "Patience (After Sebald)" LP
Forsyth + Holtkamp "Early Astral" (Blackest Rainbow)
Powered by Krautrock-inspired guitar grooves, synthesizer and droning electronics, Peeesseye's Chris Forsyth and Mountains' Koen Holtkamp join forces and deliver two expansive tracks that that travel across a sun-scorched desert and into the cosmos.
Buy $21.99 Forsyth + Holtkamp "Early Astral" LP
[V.A.] "Tally Ho: Flying Nun's Greatest Bits"
A two-disc Flying Nun Records compilation, featuring 30 years of highlights from this quintessential New Zealand label, a la the Clean, Tall Dwarfs, the Bats, Dead C, the Chills, Chris Knox, the Verlaines and many, many more. Tally ho indeed!
Buy $14.99 Various "Tally Ho" CDx2
Cate Le Bon "CYRK" (TCG)
An oustanding album of fuzzy, modern psychedelic pop from this Welsh singer/songwriter and close associate of Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys.
Buy $13.99 Cate Le Bon "CYRK" CD
Buy $14.99 Cate Le Bon "CYRK" LP
Cloud Nothings "Attack on Memory" (Carpark)
Cloud Nothings' latest explodes of the grooves, with Dylan Baldi egged on by a furious rhythm section and pushed to the edge by Steve Albini's production. A great rock record that'll be laying fans flat on their backs from coast to coast.
Buy $13.99 Cloud Nothings "Attack on Memory" CD
Alex Chilton "Free Again: 1970 Sessions"
A must-hear for Chilton fans of recordings made at Ardent between his Box Tops days and Big Star. CD edition includes several unissued alternate vocal takes, mixes and demos.
Buy $15.99 Alex Chilton "Free Again" CD
Buy $24.99 Alex Chilton "Free Again" LP
The Sound "Jeopardy" (1972)
Reissues of the first two albums, 1980's "Jeopardy" and '81's "From the Lion's Mouth," by this highly underrated London post-punk band. Fans of Joy Division, the Bunnymen and the like won't want to miss.
Buy $14.99 The Sound "Jeopardy" CD
Buy $14.99 The Sound "From the Lion's Mouth" CD
[V.A.] "Pop Ambient 2012" (Kompakt)
The 11th installment of Kompakt's beloved "Pop Ambient" series, featuring 10 hypnotic, beatless tracks from label staples such as Wolfgang Voigt and Superpitcher, and new names like bvdub.
Buy $15.99 Various "Pop Ambient 2012" CD
Buy $19.99 Various "Pop Ambient 2012" LP+CD
Terry Riley "Aleph" (Tzadik)
Unearthed from the vaults, a wonderfully transcendent two-hour solo performance for just intonation keyboard from Terry Riley of his "All Night Flights," originally created for John Zorn's Aleph-Bet Sound Project for San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum.
Buy $21.99 Terry Riley "Aleph" CDx2
[V.A.] "West Indies Soul" (Trans Air)
Trans Air follows up the much-loved "West Indies Funk" comps with the first volume of "West Indies Soul," featuring 16 cuts of warm tropical ballads perfect for these cold days of winter.
Buy $15.99 Various "West Indies Soul" CD
Buy $17.99 Various "West Indies Soul" LP
[V.A.] "Istanbul 70" (Nublu)
A wicked collection of cosmic stoned grooves, where traditional Anatolian folk intermingles with synths, machine drums and '70s/'80s dancefloor sounds. Features cuts from Turkish luminaries like Ersen, Mogollar and more.
Buy $11.99 Various "Istanbul 70" CD
Gonjasufi "MU.ZZ.LE" (Warp)
Gonjasufi returns with a mini-album filled with his prismatic, dub-hop beat science that's as heady and sun-scorched as "As Sufi and a Killer," yet more concentrated.
Buy $13.99 Gonjasufi "MU.ZZ.LE" CD
Buy $19.99 Gonjasufi "MU.ZZ.LE" 10"x2
Chairlift "Something" (Columbia)
Now a duo, Chairlift follow-up "Does You Inspire You" and here their neon-hued electro-pop comes into clearer focus with Caroline Polachek's breathy melodies reaching new emotive depths over great, lush production.
Buy $12.99 Chairlift "Something" CD
Chrysta Bell + David Lynch "This Train" (La Rose)
A fantastic collaboration between David Lynch and the stunning-voiced Chrysta Bell, who together have created an otherworldly album of ghostly railroad blues. Recommended!
Buy $12.99 Chrysta Bell + David Lynch CD
Buy $37.99 Chrysta Bell + David Lynch LPx2
Karen Dalton "1966" (Delmore)
A supremely intimate recording that captures this enigmatic singer holed up in a mountain cabin one evening in 1966, playing music with partner Richard Tucker.
Buy $15.99 Karen Dalton "1966" CD
Buy $21.99 Karen Dalton "1966" LP+MP3
Michael Nyman "s/t" (MN Records)
Finally back in print. Released in '81 and produced by David Cunningham, this renowned composer's second album combines the refined charm of classical music with the exploratory nature and anything-goes spirit of post-punk. Recommended!
Buy $19.99 Michael Nyman "s/t" CD
[V.A.] "Bollywood Bloodbath" (Finders Keepers)
One of Finders Keepers' best releases to date, featuring 22 tracks of vintage Bollywood horror film music from some of the genre's biggest names, like Bappi Lahiri and RD Burman, as well as equally impressive lesser-knowns.
Buy $14.99 Various "Bollywood Bloodbath" CD
Tom Ze "Grande Liquidacao" (Mr. Bongo)
A long overdue reissue of Tom Ze's 1968 debut, "Grande Liquidacao" is filled with Tropicalia signatures like huge bursts of brass, wheezing organs and an electric rock feel. While not your typical record from this innovative Brazillian songwriter, it retains his skewed pop vision and is highly recommended.
Buy $17.99 Tom Ze "Grande Liquidacao" CD
Serge Gainsbourg "Histoire De Melody Nelson"
Incendiary deluxe edition of Gainsbourg's legendary album! Both sets include bonus tracks, instrumentals, and DVD with surround sound 5.1 mix of the album and documentary. Very limited box set comes with additional LPs and coffee-table book.
Buy $169.99 "Melody Nelson Box Set" CDx2+LPx2+DVD+BK
Buy $39.99 Serge Gainsbourg "Melody Nelson" CDx2+DVD
Daphne Oram "Oram Tapes: Vol. 1" (Young Americans)
Culled from over 400 reels of unheard tapes left by this unheralded sound innovator and founder of the BBC Radio Workshop, this 4LP box set delves into Oram's more experimental works, including drone-based pieces, music concrete edits, field recordings and soundtrack material.
Buy $48.99 Daphne Oram "The Oram Tapes: Vol. 1" LPx4
Andy Stott "Passed Me By/We Stay Together"
Andy Stott's two incredible vinyl double-packs from earlier this year are reissued on a 2-CD set, with an additional 25 minutes of never-before-released material. These records pretty much set the high bar for bass-heavy, rumbling, dub-infused techno.
Buy $22.99 Andy Stott "Passed Me By..." CDx2
Fennesz + Sakamoto "Flumina" (Touch)
The third collaborative effort between Ryuichi Sakamoto and Christian Fennesz, built around 24 short piano pieces written by Sakamoto. The music swells, recedes, pulses and fades in beautiful, haunting ways.
Buy $18.99 Fennesz + Sakamoto "Flumina" CDx2
[V.A.] "Bangs & Works Vol. 2" (Planet Mu)
Another breakthrough installment of "Bangs & Works," which showcases the raw, urban sounds of Chicago's footwork scene, some of the freshest, most adventurous electronic music of the new decade.
Buy $14.99 Various "Bangs & Works Vol. 2" CD
[V.A.] "I Have My Liberty!" (Dust-to-Digital)
Culled from live recordings made in 2008 inside the various churches of Accra, Ghana, "I Have My Liberty!" offers an intimate glimpse of these charismatic congregations, whose songs and sounds are an inspired fusion of American gospel and traditional African music.
Buy $15.99 Various "I Have My Liberty" CD
Kate Bush "50 Words for Snow" (Anti-)
A new album from Kate Bush is a rare treat, her latest being a hushed, mysterious and deeply poetic suite of songs which hang on a wintry theme, perfect for the impending chill.
Buy $15.99 Kate Bush "50 Words for Snow" CD
Korallreven "An Album By..." (Acephale)
A lush album of sunkissed electronic pop and gorgeous atmospheric detours from this Swedish duo which includes Daniel Tjader (the Radio Dept.) in its ranks. Guest appearances from Julianna Barwick and Victoria Bergsman.
Buy $12.99 Korallreven "An Album By..." CD
Jim Ford "Demolition Expert" (Bear Family)
Rare acoustic demos recorded in Jim Ford's living room, circa 1969. It's a great collection that marries songcraft with storytelling and is the most intimate peek that we've been offered yet into Ford's life.
Buy $22.99 Jim Ford "Demolition Expert" CD
King Krule "s/t EP" (True Panther)
Imagine if Biz Markie and Rick from The Young Ones formed a band and tried to sound like Aztec Camera! This one's currently in heavy rotation on our shop stereo.
Buy $6.99 King Krule "s/t" CD-EP
Buy $9.99 King Krule "s/t" 12"+MP3
King Midas Sound "Without You" (Hyperdub)
King Midas Sound's now-classic "Waiting for You" is re-imagined by this incredible list of talent that includes Nite Jewel, FlyLo, Kode9, Gang Gang Dance, Ras, Cooly G, T++, Green Gartside (Scritti Politti) and more.
Buy $16.99 King Midas Sound "Without You" CD
Cass McCombs "Humor Risk" (Domino)
Some of the strongest songs we've heard from Cass yet, who returns to his rockier pre-"Wits End" vibe. "Humor Risk" is stuffed to the brim with foreboding and venom, but also a sense of playfulness.
Buy $13.99 Cass McCombs "Humor Risk" CD
Buy $17.99 Cass McCombs "Humor Risk" LP+MP3
Vita Noctis "Against the Rule" (Dark Entries)
Dark Entries assembles this great 2LP collection of complete recordings from Belgium's Vita Noctis, whose haunting synthwave was influenced by early industrial pioneers. Also available: early-'80s demos from the UK's premier goth band, Danse Society.
Buy $22.99 Vita Noctis "Against the Rule" LPx2
Buy $17.99 Danse Society "Demos Vol. 1" LP