Blonde Redhead
Blonde Redhead's noisy, dissonant guitars, alternate tunings, and quiet, stilted lyrics have often been compared to early Sonic Youth. After randomly meeting at an Italian restaurant in New York, Japanese art students Kazu Makino and Maki Takahashi and Italian twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace formed the band in 1993. The name was taken from a song by the '80s no wave band DNA. With Makino and Amedeo on guitars and vocals, Simone on drums, and Takahashi on bass, the band's chaotic, artistic rock caught the attention of Sonic Youth drum...[more]
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VINYL FORMAT. Their first album in four years! Blonde Redhead's style has evolved over their decade-long career to include everything from art-punk to '60s European pop to Serge Gainsbourg. But they've always had a sound that was uniquely their own -- you always know when Blonde Redhead is on the stereo. "Misery Is a Butterfly," their latest album, is as much of a creative leap forward from their last record as that record was from its predecessors. Throughout, the band's gently mournful economy of style is [ read more ]
LP $11.99
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VINYL FORMAT. As rich and densely layered as their last album, Misery Is A Butterfly, but the overall mood of wistfulness, melancholy, and regret has been replaced by one of mystical wonder and renewed energy. "It's art music and heart music, with equal appeal to a Serge Gainsbourg fan as to a Sonic Youth fan, without ever sounding like either act" - LA Times.
LP $11.99
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VINYL FORMAT! Recorded with Guy Picciotto from Fugazi, Blonde Redhead's third full-length for Touch and Go brings a '60s filmic French twist to their skewed pop sound. Eleven tracks, 40 minutes.
LP $13.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Their third record from March 1997. Their sound is as eclectic as their line-up. Two guitars, drums, and vocals. Simple in form, but complex in execution. Here they get help from Vern Unwound on bass.
LP $10.99
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VINYL FORMAT. 1998 7" featuring "Slogan" (a cover of a Serge Gainsbourg song), backed with "Limited Conversation."
7" $33.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Kazu Makino is from Japan and Simone and Amedeo Pace (twin brothers) are from Italy. The band name, Blonde Redhead, comes from a song by the band DNA, a New York City-based group that existed in the early '80's. A band the trio love and more. Now they're making music that's lovely and rocking and achy at the same time.
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VINYL FORMAT. Five tracks, 22 minutes. You get "En Particulier (French Version)," "Odiata Per Le Sue Virtu (Italian)," the unreleased "Di Chi E E Non E," Serge Gainsbourg's "Slogan," and " Four Damaged Lemons (Third Eye Foundation remix)."
LP $7.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Sonic Youth-inspired punk rock. "Symphony of Treble" b/w "Kasuality."
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