!!! (yes, that is the name of the band!...pronounce it "Chik Chik Chik," "Pow Pow Pow," "Uh, Uh, Uh," or any other repetitive sound times three) was formed in 1996 at a Sacramento, CA dance party. The seven members grew up together, playing various breeds of punk and experimental music, and gradually found themselves wanting more and more to play music in the vein of the stuff they were dancing to. The point, however, was not to simply mimic it; rather, !!! sought to reinvent the sounds of Chic, Bohannon, James Brown, and JB's, pumping them full of sweaty energy and an accomplished post-punk angularity. Which is not to say !!! are a punk band, nor a funk band for that matter. They are both. And neither. This is their debut full-length release, recorded incrementally over the course of the last six months. They have taken their time with it -- and it shows. "!!!" recalls the finer moments of The Clash (circa "Black Market"), A Certain Ratio, James Brown, The Meters, Liquid Liquid, Chic, Pigbag, and others...but it's probably accidental. The record sounds amazing, and the artwork is lush, vibrant, and totally at odds with all the other copycat filler clogging up record stores coast-to-coast. Features members with Outhud, and !!! frontman Nic was vocalist for the infamous Yah Mos.
CD Our Price: $13.99
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VINYL FORMAT. This is the second full-length album by Dave Huismans aka 2562, the follow-up to his roundly acclaimed debut, Aerial. Unbalance pushes both his creative talents, and the boundaries of dubstep, to another level entirely. This is an exceptional body of electronic music, and fully demonstrates 2562's adept ability to move through engaging soundscapes with both pin-point precision drum programming and innovative sample regeneration. 2562 is named after the postcode in The Hague, Netherlands where Huismans lives - a city detached from the main epicenters of dubstep, thus bringing both cultural distance and a uniquely diverse sound to the project. Unbalance sees 2562's vision of dubstep moving forward into previously-unexplored areas. Warmer than its predecessor, innovation and experimentation is still as evident as ever, as the influence of Theo Parrish and Flying Lotus meet with the deep end of Bristol bass music. With productions drawing inspiration from garage, dubstep, house, techno and broken beats - affiliations and collaborations have proliferated - killer remixes and one-offs have cemented the Dutchman firmly in the "A" list of contemporary production talent. Unbalance is impeccably built, and accessibly disposed: sheer dancefloor carnage is guaranteed. With this new album, 2562 breaks new ground - in moving away from the dub-techno associations of his earlier works, he creates a whole new world. From the outset, "Flashback" lets fly some of the face cards in Huismans' deck - the ample swell of swung garage informed by a new school sensibility, all grounded by that trademark giant bass presence. "Lost" reprises a familiar broken refrain in refixed mode, landing with a delightful low-end, almost junglist descent and a huge, mid-range melodic sustain - absolutely killer stuff. With "Like a Dream," the album really motors - squashed Mr. Fingers-style acid machinations inside wild bass and drum swing. Tear up the dub instructions, the diversity and breathtaking momentum of this fine album moves fleet of foot - like Usain Bolt over Berlin. 3xLP Our Price: $24.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Maybe it was his time in prison, or maybe it was simply his signing with Suge Knight's Death Row label. Whatever the case, 2Pac re-emerged hardened and hungry with All Eyez on Me, the first double-disc album of original material in hip-hop history. With all the controversy surrounding him, 2Pac seemingly wanted to throw down a monumental epic whose sheer scope would make it an achievement of itself. But more than that, it's also an unabashed embrace of the gangsta lifestyle, backing off the sober self-recognition of Me Against the World. Sure, there are a few reflective numbers and dead-homiez tributes, but they're much more romanticized this time around. All Eyez on Me is 2Pac the thug icon in all his brazen excess, throwing off all self-control and letting it all hang out -- even if some of it would have been better kept to himself. In that sense, it's an accurate depiction of what made him such a volatile and compelling personality, despite some undeniable filler. On the plus side, this is easily the best production he's ever had on record, handled mostly by Johnny J (notably on the smash "How Do U Want It") and Dat Nigga Daz; Dr. Dre also contributes another surefire single in "California Love" (which, unfortunately, is present only as a remix, not the original hit version). Both hits are on the front-loaded first disc, which would be a gangsta classic in itself; other highlights include the anthemic Snoop Dogg duet "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted," "All About U" (with the required Nate Dogg-sung hook), and "I Ain't Mad at Cha," a tribute to old friends who've gotten off the streets. Despite some good moments, the second disc is slowed by filler and countless guest appearances, plus a few too many thug-lovin' divas crooning their loyalty. Erratic though it may be, All Eyez on Me is nonetheless carried off with the assurance of a legend in his own time, and it stands as 2Pac's magnum opus. - All Music Guide LP Our Price: $24.99
VINYL FORMAT. "Rock n Roll Train" is the first taste of the upcoming Black Ice album, the first AC/DC album in 8 years. The album was recorded in Vancouver with producer Brendan O'Brien, who has previously worked on Bruce Springsteen's Magic. 7" Our Price: $6.99
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VINYL FORMAT. A cavalcade of analog synthesizers, organs, electric pianos, and processed voices populate Moon Safari, a thoroughly appealing, otherworldly debut album from Air. Where most of their dance contemporaries push the boundaries of trip-hop or jungle, Air blends Euro-dance with new wave. Any futuristic element on their album feels strangely outdated, since they're borrowed from the early '80s, which gives their music an odd, out-of-time feeling. The waves of gurgling synths beneath the spacious, colorful chords and melodies give the impression that the music is floating in space. For all the atmospherics and layers of synths, there's a distinct pop sense to Moon Safari that makes it accessible and damn near irresistible. LP Our Price: $15.99
VINYL FORMAT. Alberta Cross' ATO Records debut, Broken Side of Time, is a cathartic kaleidoscope of influences, from Depeche Mode to The Band. Grand in its volume and vast in vision, it is an inspired set of electric songs that finds the intersection between the Verve, My Morning Jacket and Neil Young.
Broken Side of Time serves as Alberta Cross' official introduction to the US, rounded out by guitarist Sam Kearney, drummer Austin Beede and keyboardist Alec Higgins. Recorded in Austin, produced by the band with Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Dead Confederate, Heartless Bastards) and mixed by John O'Mahoney (Depeche Mode, Coldplay, Kasabian) at Electric Lady Studios, the album melds propulsive, throbbing bass lines and crashing waves of guitar to a haunting, impassioned voice that can sound ancient and Appalachian. LP Our Price: $14.99
Alberta Cross' ATO Records debut, Broken Side of Time, is a cathartic kaleidoscope of influences, from Depeche Mode to The Band. Grand in its volume and vast in vision, it is an inspired set of electric songs that finds the intersection between the Verve, My Morning Jacket and Neil Young.
Broken Side of Time serves as Alberta Cross' official introduction to the US, rounded out by guitarist Sam Kearney, drummer Austin Beede and keyboardist Alec Higgins. Recorded in Austin, produced by the band with Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Dead Confederate, Heartless Bastards) and mixed by John O'Mahoney (Depeche Mode, Coldplay, Kasabian) at Electric Lady Studios, the album melds propulsive, throbbing bass lines and crashing waves of guitar to a haunting, impassioned voice that can sound ancient and Appalachian. CD Our Price: $12.99
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These album frames are the coolest way to display your favorite 12" records...like that limited-edition hand-silkscreened, etched Japanese import that you would never actually play.
VINYL FORMAT. Originally released in 2001, A Man Under the Influence cemented Alejandro's place as one of the premier performers and songwriters to call Texas, or anywhere for that matter, home. Alejandro remains the rare artist who can crawl inside themes of love and loss and redemption and explore them both intimately and personally. With unflinching conviction, Alejandro squares his shoulders and through his music faces up to all that life has to offer, for better or worse.
Includes the full-length Man Under the Influence, never before available on vinyl in the US, along with bonus tracks from Escovedo's EP Bourbonitis Blues and Bloodshot compilation tracks! 2xLP Our Price: $19.98
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Aluk Todolo are a recondite creature. Part okkult black metal fiend and part vindictive kraut menace. Somehow the doppelganger works and Finsternis proves for a second time there is brilliance in the absence of light. Dry, spare percussion grievously mines the scrapes, shrieks and shimmer of mutated guitar and bass. "Finsternis" is the German word for eclipse, mimetic of cyclic elements, phases and unphases, endless rebeginnings, broken circles and perfect circles. A dangerous, noxious coil of all things black. Edition of 750. CD Our Price: $16.99
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VINYL FORMAT. A lot of crazy shit can happen to a man when he goes solitary in a ramshackle Catskill Mountain home for an extended stretch of time - especially for a city kind of guy. But if Amen Dunes's twelve tracker Dia is one possible outcome of the guy alone-in-a-cabin- story, then a little tape saturated brain frying is something we should all live comfortably with because this is a batch of seriously raw and inspired loner psych grit that owes a debt to the DIY soundz of the George Brigmans of the world. That was 2006. These days the lone wolf behind Amen Dunes - Damon McMahon - calls a small two room apartment overlooking the Temple of Earth in North-Central Beijing home, where he watches old men fly kites and sing opera every morning. Who knows what'll come out of that. LP Our Price: $18.99
On the heels of the successful first edition (designed by Human Empire), the second installment of Vinyl is Forever features the design of renowned Swedish designer and illustrator Andreas Samuelsson. Known for working with cut paper collage mixed with watercolor and computer graphics, his ideas tend to turn into geometric forms, stylistic symbols and handwritten letters. All items are printed on 100% organic garments, custom tailored, custom dyed, and super limited edition.
Curated by Soundscreen Design. Vinyl is Forever is a quarterly series of limited edition apparel featuring exclusive designs from prominent artists and studios.
*Also available in crew neck and pullover hoodie.
Small Shirt Our Price: $22.99
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VINYL FORMAT. This double album serves well as an introduction point to Animal Collective, repackaging their first two releases which, whilst gathering a certain amount of critical acclaim in the US, had little or no distribution elsewhere. Described by TimeOut NY as "the discovery of the year...", the Collective's first offering was a stunning collaboration between Avey Tare and Panda Bear called Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished, released on their own label (Animal) in August of 2000. Chiming laments for a childhood's end, the album opens with the phrase "want to hear a secret, I know one," suggesting these secrets just might be buried deep within the flocks of high frequencies, electronic glitches, bleeps and swells that follow. The duo's approach is similar to Love's (circa Forever Changes), with Avey Tare's picked acoustic guitar flowing in perfect syncopation with Panda's tumbling drum kit. But the layers of tonal and atonal electronics that fatten the thinner pulse of the songwriter's vision make this album resemble something closer to modern electronic composition. The songs range from speedy patchwork pieces to slower piano melodies, a somehow coherent yet very fragile brand of psychedelic music. 2xLP Our Price: $43.99
Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of Hope There's Someone and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out!
VINYL FORMAT. On the second single from Antony & The Johnsons' I Am A Bird Now, Antony presents one of the strongest solo pieces in his staggeringly rich repertoire. The song "Hope There's Someone" is a rush of pure emotion, a true performance with every bit of hope, supplication, distress, horror, lament, agony, sorrow and accession, spanning the entire life-death experience. Two of the three songs are previously unreleased outtakes from the I Am A Bird Now sessions. 12" Our Price: $8.99
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A Christmas album from Meatwad, the brainless ball of bottom round. You'll hear classics such as "Santa Left a Booger in my Stocking," "Hark! The Herald Angel Raps" and Master Shake's holiday pledge, "I Sure Hope I Don't Beat Your Ass (This Christmas)" as well as "Jingle Bells," "Silent Night" and others. Have Yourself a Meaty Little Christmas will make the perfect holiday gift - what adolescent young man wouldn't want to wake up to a wad of meat in their stocking on Christmas morning? With twelve tracks, it's the gift that keeps giving. CD Our Price: $9.99
VINYL FORMAT. An intense spectacle even on record, this rather large ensemble hailing from Montreal is on a mission. Prepare to get caught up in it all! Look out below indeed...The Arcade Fire bring a theatricality, an intensity, an insanity, and a penchant for amazing hooks to their debut full-length release, "Funeral." You have never heard such energy, such beauty, and such emotion from such a young band. Fans of Neutral Milk Hotel, Broken Social Scene, and Roxy Music's first two albums will have a new favorite band, The Arcade Fire! LP Our Price: $14.99
VINYL FORMAT. The eagerly anticipated second album from Montreal's Arcade Fire exceeds all expectations. Neon Bible was written, produced, arranged, and performed by the Arcade Fire and recorded throughout 2006 in Quebec, New York, Budapest, and London with recording and engineering help from Markus Dravs (Bjork, Brian Eno) and Scott Colburn (Animal Collective, Sun City Girls). With string and orchestral arrangements by the band's own Owen Pallet (also Final Fantasy) and Regine Chassagne, Neon Bible is full of both half-assed punk rock mistakes and meticulously orchestrated woodwinds. Processed strings and mandolin. Quiet rumbles and loud rumbles. But mostly just eleven songs that the band thinks are really good! LP is double 180-gram audiophile quality with three sides of music and an etching on the fourth side. The LP also includes a coupon for a free MP3 download of Neon Bible. LP Our Price: $21.98
*This release is very limited! Only 1,000 copies pressed.
*24 page, saddle-stitched art 'zine.
*Printed on thick stock and encased in a 10" record jacket.
*Letter-pressed sticker featuring the artists signature around the spine.
*Each jacket is hand-numbered.
Daniel Higgs is a musician and artist from Baltimore, Maryland, who has been a contributor to the independent art and music community for nearly three decades. His artistic work ranges from musical records to books of poetry to visual collections of his drawing, painting and collage work.
Higgs is known primarily for his work as the sole lyricist and frontman of the band Lungfish, a four-piece juggernaut who has released over ten full lengths in their 20+ year career. In recent years, Higgs has released a number of solo outings including the record/book combination Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot. On much of his solo work, Higgs uses very varied instrumentation, including acoustic and electric guitar, upright pianos, banjo and Jews harp, and generally records entirely at home on cassette recorder.
Higgs has always worked in the mediums of music and art simultaneously, and for his Artist Music Journal Higgs mined his archives and notebooks from the past 10+ years. The original works were photographed to scale.
One of the last albums ever recorded at London's renowned Olympic Studios (The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who), Rewolf finds Asobi Seksu's core duo - vocalist Yuki Chikudate and guitarist James Hanna - affording listeners a new glimpse into songs spanning the band's entire career. Here, Asobi Seksu replaces its sonic layer of guitars with beautiful new arrangements achieved through the use of mostly acoustic instruments.
"This Brooklyn group's previous albums established them as shoegaze confectioners, molding candy swirls out of Yuki Chikudate's soaring, translucent voice and guitarist James Hanna's Kevin Shields - worshiping production. But here, Asobi Seksu so something My Bloody Valentine can't - leave Shields behind. 'Sing Tomorrow's Praise' and 'Me and Mary' evoke iciness over icing, with more expansive cool than insidious sweetness. And the duo's seasick guitar ('Layers'), ethereal synths ('Gliss'), and Japanese lyricism ('Meh No Mae') still provide plenty of geeky studio epiphanies." - SPIN CD Our Price: $10.99
New album from Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox's side project, Atlas Sound.
Cox on Logos: "My last album was a bedroom laptop type thing. Very introverted. Logos is an album that was recorded all over the world. It's not about me. There are collaborations with other musicians. The lyrics are not autobiographical. The view is a lot more panoramic and less close-up. I became bored with introspection. This was also the case with Deerhunter'S Microcastle LP, which was written during the same period.
[Logos is] a collection of songs. There is no "filler." There are little scrapbook details everywhere. Sasha Vine provided a double-tracked improvised violin part to "Attic Lights" which was recorded backstage at a Deerhunter/Sian Alice Group show in Brighton. It might be my favorite moment of the album. I played it for some younger friends of mine. They cringed. They wanted more songs like "Walkabout." Something with a big beat. I told them when they get older they will appreciate things like harmonicas and violins more.
Laetitia from Stereolab, who I idolized as a teenager and would later befriend on tour, contributed words and vocals to "Quick Canal." The song was originally about 15 minutes long. I had zero ideas for vocals and asked if she could give it a shot. Andy Ramsay took a dub of the original and recorded Laetitia's vocals at his Press Play studio in London. It was quite a treat to hear the finished product, now at an economical nine minutes.
Almost everything you hear on the album is a first take. This makes it almost like a "live album" where a band sets up in a studio and just rolls tape. There are songs on here I don't even remember recording." CD Our Price: $13.99
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