VINYL:
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO – Dark Side Of The Black Moon: What Planet Are We On?
More proggy psych from Acid Mothers Temple — mixes Pink Floyd with fuzzy wah guitars and cosmic sounds. Double LP includes an exclusive bonus D-side track.
Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
Double LP comes in beautiful litho-wrapped gatefold jackets and includes MP3 download.
Earth – Radio Live
Vinyl only release. Radio Live is comprised of two tracks from a live radio broadcast on KFJC (12/31/07) and two tracks from a live performance in Vienna on their 2008 European tour.
God Help The Girl – God Help The Girl
After the success of Belle And Sebastian’s most recent album, The Life Pursuit, band leader/singer/songwriter Stuart Murdoch decided to pursue the writing of a rock musical scored for female singers. After auditioning vocalists via Internet contests, he made his choices and, with all members of Belle And Sebastian backing him up, recorded this record. It combines the strengths of early Belle And Sebastian records in a broader musical palette, drawing equally on musicals, ‘60s girl groups, ‘80s indie, and classic pop. LP includes MP3 download.
Green Day – Know Your Enemy 7”
Ultra-limited edition 7” single features the non-album B-side “Hearts Collide”. We have a limited few remaining after Vinyl Saturday!
Patterson Hood – Murdering Oscar (and other love songs)
The second solo record from the leader of the Drive By Truckers. Most of his DBT band mates join him, along with Don Chambers, Will Johnson, and Scott Danbom from Centro-matic.
Grace Jones – Nightclubbing
180 gram reissue.
Of Montreal – For Our Elegant Castle 7”+MP3
The third single from Skeletal Lamping is backed with a remix by Depressed Buttons (Todd and Jacob of The Faint). Initial pressing is limited to 2000 copies on colored vinyl and includes digital download code with songs and bonus video.
Pavement – Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition 4xLP+MP3
Vinyl edition of the deluxe reissue of Brighten The Corners includes eight extra tracks not on the CD reissue, several of which are previously unreleased. Also includes material from the CD version: the re-mastered original twelve song album, ten non-album B-sides, ten outtakes, and fourteen live radio session tracks. Super deluxe M-Pak accordion style box set, 16-page, 12"x12" full color booklet, MP3 coupon, and huge essay by New Yorker critic Alex Ross.
R.E.M. – Murmur
R.E.M. – Reckoning
Rodriguez – Coming From Reality
Regina Spektor – Laughing With 7”
Regina Spektor – Far
Those Darlins – Those Darlins
After seducing live audiences nationwide while supporting artists as diverse as Dan Auerbach, Boss Hog, Wanda Jackson, Ida Maria and Deer Tick, Those Darlins quickly became the next "it" band at this year's SXSW.
Tortoise – Beacons Of Ancestorship LP w/MP3download
Their first new record in over five years, Beacons Of Ancestorship gives nods to techno, punk, electro, lo-fi noise, cut up beats, heavily processed synths, and mournful, elegiac dirges. In fewer words, it is exactly what you’d expect from Tortoise.
Allen Toussaint – Bright Mississippi
Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
HQ-180 vinyl reissue.
Wilco – You Never Know 7”
Ultra-limited edition 7” single includes the B-side “Unlikely Japan".
Wino – Punctuated Equilibrium LP+10”
This deluxe gatefold edition of Punctuated Equilibrium is manufactured on HQ-180 vinyl and features a bonus 10" with four brand new bonus tracks unavailable on the CD.
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson – Relator b/w I Don’t Know What To Do 7”
Ultra-limited 7” released ahead of their forthcoming collaborative album Break Up, due late-summer 2009.
Thou – Tyrant
Young Widows/Pelican split 7”
Third in the series.
Wolves In The Throne Room – Black Cascade
This article appears in Jun 17-23, 2009.