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Best Coast [The Only Place]

May 15 street date. 'The Only Place' is the follow-up to BEST COAST's 2010 acclaimed 'Crazy For You' and finds the proudly Southern Californian duo of Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno maturing in both their sound and perspective. While 'Crazy For You' was a nostalgic tribute to teenage feelings, this new album finds front woman Cosentino transitioning into adulthood, with the feeling of uncertainty and self-doubt at the emotional center of the album. As with all of Best Coast's previous recordings, on 'The Only Place' Cosentino handles all songwriting, lyrics, vocals and rhythm guitar, while multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno plays lead guitar, bass and drums. What's new this time is their decision to work with producer and composer Jon Brion. A revered figure in the music world, Brion has collaborated with artists including Fiona Apple and Kanye West and created the scores for such films as 'Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind' and 'Punch-Drunk Love'. Recorded at Capitol Records' famed Studio B, 'The Only Place' features a cleaner and richer sound than other Best Coast releases. Intricate but never overworked, the biggest change from previous releases is how it showcases Cosentino's voice, this time letting it ring clear, unhidden by distortion and reverb.
Brian Jonestown Massacre [Aufheben]

May 15 street date. A brand new album by the BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, recorded in Berlin in Anton Newcombe's studio and the infamous East German Radio Station "Studio East". Original BJM member Matt Hollywood plays on the album, which also features Will Carruthers (Spacemen 3, Spritualized), Constatine Karlis (Dimmer) and Thibault Pesenti (Rockcandys) helping out Anton. 'Aufheben' brings the traditional Brian Jonestown Massacre sound mixed with eastern influences and brings it up to date with the benefit of all the additional weirdness that's been discovered in the past 40 years.
Calexico [Aerocalexico (2LP)]

May 22 street date. In November of 2011, Quarterstick Records released the limited edition box set—Road Atlas 1998-2011 , a collection of Calexico’s 8 self-released tour albums in vinyl format for the first time ever (previously only available at Calexico’s live concerts as CDs). Limited to 1,100 copies worldwide, the Road Atlas 1998-2011 box set sold out instantly and sent fans searching the internet and local record shops in hopes of acquiring a copy of their own. Now, in response to such HIGH fan demand, Quarterstick is happy to announce the release of each of the 8 individual tour albums. Each album includes a coupon for a MP3 download of the album and comes packaged in the same full color cover art and color inner sleeves as those in the box set.
Cornershop [Urban Turban: The Singhles Club]

May 22 street date. ‘Urban Turban’ is a walk through the hard-drive of Tjinder Singh's head – it’s a summer breeze with electronic sound, Swedish and French songstresses, Lancashire primary school singers, and a throwback to his Indian folk roots (or as he calls it, the pre-cursor to hip-hop itself). Whilst many other groups seem to have got themselves stuck in a time of austerity (for the past decade), Cornershop continue to showcase all they want, in their own time – it’s a longer route but one that has solid foundation and respect.The first single from ‘Urban Turban’ is ‘Milkin' It’, a track that charts down hip-hop’s pioneers, it features In Light of Aquarius on vocals.
English Beat [I Just can't Stop It (2CD/DVD)]

June 26 street date. Edsel Records is proud to announce its reissue programme of all three of the band’s albums, each in Deluxe 2 CD + DVD digipaks, featuring the original albums along with all the non-album A- and B-sides, the many 12" mixes and live tracks, as well as the best of their BBC radio sessions from John Peel, Mike Read and David Jenson’s shows. The DVDs feature the singles promo videos, Top Of The Pops performances and bonus appearances from ITV shows and documentaries. First album I Just Can’t Stop It”(1980, # 3) features the hits 'Tears Of A Clown', 'Hands Off... She’s Mine', 'Mirror In The Bathroom', 'Best Friend' and 'Stand Down Margaret' as well as 19 bonus tracks, including nine previously unreleased BBC radio sessions. The DVD features three promo videos, five TOTP appearances and a live performance recorded for ITV’s Alright Now. The booklet features an individual note especially written by Rhoda Dakar of The Bodysnatchers, along with the lyrics and photos, memorabilia and ephemera from the band’s own collection.
Guided By Voices [Class Clown Spots A UFO]

June 12 street date. The new GUIDED BY VOICES album is the best thing the band has recorded since the last album by the legendary Dayton, Ohio, rockers. That's not meant facetiously: the last thing Guided By Voices did was the rapturously received 'Let's Go Eat The Factory', and 'Class Clown Spots A UFO' ups the ante raised by that stellar effort, both in terms of recording fidelity (boring!) and songcraft (not boring!) One could argue there's more depth and variety here than on 'Alien Lanes', that there are better songs here than on 'Bee Thousand', but that's an argument no one's ever going to win, at least definitively. And this album is a win, by any definition. The sequencing of 'Class Clown' hearkens back to their landmark LP 'Alien Lanes'; songs bleed into each other, fade-outs segue into fade-ins, and short bursts of melodic rock jut against somber chamber pop. And we might as well tell you the band is about to finish their third record since reuniting, because you'll find out sooner or later. 'Bears For Lunch' is due in late November. But for now, enjoy the best thing since the last thing and until the next thing after that.
Heavy Blanket [Heavy Blanket]

May 15 street date. J MASCIS rounds up a couple partners-in-crime from his adolescence with an eye - and ear - towards shredding harder, wailing louder, and generally melting faces even more brutally than ever before. Stoner dirtbags cloaked in mystery, j's longtime buddies Pete Cougar and Johnny Pancake lay down the heavy rhythm base for j's massive licks and blistering guitar mastery. Ever wondered what 'Band Of Gypsies' would sound like if you mixed it up with Japanese hard psych and smoked it through a giant power bong? Well, now you know. Don’t say we didn't warn you.
Hogan, Kelly [I Like To Keep Myself In Pain]

June 5 street date. On her debut album for ANTI-, “singer’s singer” Kelly Hogan takes her vast experience working with Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Mavis Staples, Drive-By Truckers, The Mekons, and so many others, and molds that into something both new and instantly classic. I Like to Keep Myself In Pain finds Hogan curating an ambitious collection of songs, many written specifically for her, from a who’s who of indie songwriters, including M. Ward, Vic Chesnutt, The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt, The Mekons' Jon Langford, The Handsome Family, Freakwater's Catherine Irwin, John Wesley Harding, Robbie Fulks, Gabriel Roth, Robyn Hitchcock, and the aforementioned Andrew Bird. She is backed on the album by an all-star group of musicians: R&B legends Booker T Jones and James Gadson (Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, Beck), as well as talented young lions Gabriel Roth (of Daptone Records, The Dap-Kings) and Hogan's long-time collaborator Scott Ligon (of the newly resurrected NRBQ). The result is an album that captures the country-soul elegance of albums like Dusty In Memphis while updating the sound with a modern literary sensibility.
Kuti, Fela [Live in Detroit, 1986 (4LP)]

May 8 street date. Strut team up with New York’s Knitting Factory for the exclusive worldwide release of ‘Live In Detroit, 1986’, the first new Fela Kuti material to be issued since his final studio album, ‘Underground System’, in 1992. Recorded live at the Fox Theater in Detroit in November 1986, the concert marked a triumphant return to the USA for Nigeria’s Afrobeat master, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. The evening's audio recorder, Bob Teagan, claimed the '86 Fox Theater show to be Fela's best performance, "It was like seeing Bob Marley, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, and James Brown all rolled into one. Fela captured the revolution of Marley, the love of Marvin Gaye, he sung with a rare and exquisite charcoal voice like Sinatra but he would scream himself out and go hoarse by the end of the three hour marathon show. All the while he danced like Michael Jackson or a ballerina, and captivated the crowd with the showmanship of James Brown." The Detroit concert was part of Fela’s debut US tour with his Egypt 80 band and the recording finds them on strident form, showcasing all-new material in free-flowing extended workouts: ‘Just Like That’ recalls Fela’s memories of the Nigerian Civil War; ‘Confusion Break Bones’ (an update of his earlier track, ‘Confusion’), compares the present African situation to a permanent traffic jam at a town centre crossroads; ‘Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense’ swipes at the oyinbos (white men) forcing sham versions of democracy on Africa and allowing "democratic" rulers to line their own pockets at the expense of the people while foreign-owned multi-nationals are allowed to freely strip the continent of its natural resources; ‘Beasts Of No Nation’ reflects on Fela’s recent court case and imprisonment in Nigeria and, more widely, on the issues around Apartheid. The messages here resonate as powerfully as anything from Fela’s career.
Landreth, Sonny [Elemental Journey]

May 22 street date. For his first all-instrumental album, slide guitar master Sonny Landreth assembled an extraordinary group of musicians that included guest guitarists Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson, steel drum legend Robert Greenidge and members of the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra directed by Maestro Mariusz Smolij. With elements from many different musical influences – rock, blues, classical, zydeco, country, jazz and reggae – Landreth’s melodic and harmonically rich compositions shift seamlessly and astonishingly to make this his most diverse and adventurous work to date.
Mares Of Thrace [The Pilgrimage]

April 24 street date. 'The Pilgrimage' marks the Sonic Unyon metal debut by Calgary noise-doom duo MARES OF THRACE. Formed in 2009 by jazz-trained drummer Stef MacKichan and baritone guitarist Thérèse Lanz in their ongoing quest for musical supremacy, the band traveled from Alberta to Chicago's Engine Studios to record the follow up to their 2010 critically acclaimed debut album 'The Moulting' with producer Sanford Parker (Nachtmystium, Pelican, YOB). 'The Moulting' was the #1 most played metal album at Canadian college radio for the month of August 2010 and it ended 2010 as the 11th most played for the year. The writers of the Canadian metal zine Hellbound.ca also voted the album the best Canadian metal album of 2010. The ten tracks contained within 'The Pilgrimage' perfectly capture the intensity and fury that these two create together as a unit.
Oberst, Conor & The Mystic Valley Band [One Of My Kind (CD+DVD)]

May 15 street date. Phil Shaffart was not hired by Conor Oberst to make the film 'One Of My Kind'. He was hired to make sure the guitars stayed in tune. But Phil had a video camera with him as the Mystic Valley Band came together for the first time at Valle Mistico in Tepoztlan, Mexico in January of 2008 and so he started filming what he sensed was something special. "When I started filming, none of us had the intentions of turning what was being shot into a film", says Phil, "but the things we were seeing, feeling and capturing with the music proved to be inspiring in ways we were not prepared for". Later that year after touring for Conor's self-titled Merge album, the Mystic Valley Band went back into the studio where they recorded their follow-up release, 'Outer South'. All the while, Phil contined to film what was going on with the band, capturing the evolution of a group of musicians that started out as not much more than an idea for a different way to make a record and ended up being a fully realzied rock band. Team Love is proud to release the final version of the film 'One Of A Kind'. To accompany this, eleven songs are added from the outtakes of both Mystic Valley sessions on CD and 180 gram vinyl.
Peaking Lights [Lucifer]

June 19 street date. Lucifer is the third full length release from West Coast dub heroes Peaking Lights. The golden duo of Aaron Coyes and Indra Dunis continue to crystallize their mesmerizing sound and find new dimensions within. Lucifer also comes at a time of great transition for this married couple and it reflects the possibilities that they have found during this new life era, especially with the birth of their son, Mikko - a guiding muse for the album. Recorded in Brooklyn at Gary's Electric studio over the course of a month, Peaking Lights consider Lucifer a nocturnal version of their sound. It's slinkier and full of grooves. "To us this record is about play and playfulness, unconditional love, rhythms and pulses, creation and vibration," says Coyes. Lucifer is also Peaking Lights' most ambitious release to date in terms of its approach and scope. Through their studio experiments, the duo has managed to link their musical loves - dub, krautrock, analog electronic dance music, sound collages, pop music - all while maintaining cohesive songs. Lucifer was self-produced and engineered by Al Carlson (Yeasayer, Ford & Lopatin, OPN).
Public Image Limited [This Is PiL]

May 29 street date. Both formats previously solicited at a higher price but we have managed to negotiate better pricing - previous orders will be billed at the lower price. The first new album in 20 years from PUBLIC IMAGE LTD., self-funded by PiL and released on PiL's own label! All the new material was recorded in the UK last year at Steve Winwood's studio. Widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential bands of all time, PiL's music and vision earned them 5 UK Top 20 Singles and 5 UK Top 20 Albums. With a shifting lineup and unique sound, John Lydon has guided the band from their debut album 'First Issue' in 1978 through to 1992's 'That What Is Not', before a 17 year hiatus. John then resurrected PiL in 2009, playing live worldwide. Now after 20 years, yet another new and unique chapter is set to unfold in the shape of this new PiL material.
Segall, Ty & White Fence [Hair]

April 24 street date. TY SEGALL meets WHITE FENCE on the golden road to unlimited devotion! Known for rock 'n' roll both savage and incisive and pastorally acid- winged, Ty Segall and White Fence have collaborated on a set of songs that accelerate wildly from where we last found them. 'Hair' squares their guitar-fringed traffic with purple flashes, escalating every song before multiple explosions rock the frame during their penultimate joust, with Sean Presley and Mikal Cronin along for the frantic carpet ride. It unrolls from within and in between them and electricity takes many forms, plunging from rock trips to acoustic strollers to poppy reveries to freak-downs at side's end. 'Hair' gets tangled deep in clouds of guitars and drums and counter-riffs and percussion and NOISE, then pressed flat and combed back with vocal harmonies and compression.
Silver Jews [Early Times]

June 19 street date. The early music of Silver Jews is back in print for the first time in forever! Early Times presents all the songs remastered! The songs lodged here are the tracks from the original 7" EP 'Dime Map of the Reef' and the 12"EP The Arizona Record, documenting the telepathic counter-intuition between these singers who went into such specific different directions later in life. 'Trillion Story Walkup' aficionados and apologists know that there’s loads more from these muddy wells, enough so that we might well get around to another dose, another couple sides of Silver Jews early times before too long.
Skip The Foreplay [Nightlife]

May 1 street date. Known for their distinct musical style, which mashes up elements of dubstep and house with pop and metal-core, the ground-breaking Montreal - based band Skip the Foreplay has been electrifying audiences with their intoxicating blend of hardcore heaviness and dance floor energy since 2010. "Aside from having one of the greatest names in history, Skip The Foreplay are simply Satan's delivery system for music of mass destruction," offers Epitaph founder and President Brett Gurewitz. Skip The Foreplay has made a serious impression on audiences while appearing with the likes of Hollywood Undead, Lamb Of God, NOFX, and Alesana. The band toured with Falling In Reverse for a tour this January and February before spending the summer conquering America on the 2012 Warped Tour.
Sleep [Dopesmoker]

May 8 street date. Formed as a Bay Area hardcore/punk rock band called ASBESTOSDEATH, the band changed their musical direction and name and debuted as SLEEP with their 'Volume One' album in 1991. 1992's 'Sleep's Holy Mountain' followed and became a major inspiration to countless bands, and the unique sound and style of the record can be heard in many subsequent releases from all over the world. The album created such a humongous buzz that major label London Records signed the band. Unfortunately, the label lacked the vision necessary to actually follow through and release the album that Sleep recorded, mostly because it took the not-radio-friendly form of a single song - a 63 minute long ode to weed called "Dopesmoker". Sleep returned to the studio and edited the track down to 52 minutes and re-titled it "Jerusalem", but it was again rejected. London Records shelved the record and dropped the band, leading to their dissolution. In the aftermath of the breakup of the band, four versions of the album were released. The version of the album titled 'Dopesmoker' was released in 2003 by Tee Pee Records with a 63-minute running time. That version is the only version the band considers to be "authorized" and worthy of release. 'Dopesmoker' stands as one of the towering achievements in recent metal history - a mesmerizing, intoxicating, and incredibly complex song that is still unrivaled in the annals of (stoner) metal. Southern Lord is overwhelmingly ecstatic about the challenge of taking the reigns of one of the most important recordings in the history of Heavy Metal! The Lord version features brand new artwork by long time Sleep artist Arik Roper, who created something specifically special for the album's rebirth. The biggest difference between this new version and the old releases is the phenomenal remastering job, which enhances the original recording without changing it drastically. The epic opus sounds invigorated, more powerful with renewed clarity and all-around unbelievably mammoth. Also exclusive to the reborn version of 'Dopesmoker' is an unreleased live track of one of the best songs the band ever did, "Holy Mountain". The booklet features newly penned liner notes by the band helping shed some new light on this holy grail of a album.
Swans [We Rose From Your Bed With The Sun In Our Head (2CD)]

May 29 street date. Collection of live recordings from SWANS' recent live shows - strictly limited to 2000 copies for stores only! Precedes (and previews material from) the upcoming 'The Seer' 3LP/2CD due later this year. Note from Michael Gira: "thanks to all of you who attended the Swans shows during our recent tours. The experience, for us, was lifegiving and nourishing. The audiences were not only the largest with which we’ve ever been blessed, but the most genuinely connected and in tune with the sonic/psychic experience in which we all participate. Represented in these discs are the best recordings we could provide of the (ever-evolving) shows. If you choose to acquire this two-disc set, in my view it would behoove you to listen to the music at a generous volume level. This has absolutely nothing to do with an aggressive intent, as some mistakenly assume. Exactly the opposite, in fact. As with the live experience, it's all about immersion".
Toro Y Moi [June 2009]

April 24 street date. TORO Y MOI's first commercial release, the 'Blessa' single, introduced the world to Chaz Bundick's brand of introspective, atmospheric pop music, and while the A-side wound up laying the framework for his debut, 'Causers Of This', the backing track, "109", hinted at a side of his music having more in common with the oddball pop of Ariel Pink than any of 'Causers'' reference points. As it turns out, around the same time he was experimenting with music software and sampling, Bundick was recording a slew of short and sweet lo-fi tracks chronicling his version of college grad indecision. Now, after two albums, an EP, loads of tour dates, and a move to Berkeley, CA, these songs still mean a lot to him, and they're collected on the 10 track retrospective 'June 2009'. The limited edition 7" box set contains five 7" singles, digital download, sticker, and postcard.
Vintage Trouble [The Bomb Shelter Sessions]

April 24 street date. North American release for the debut album from this L.A. combo who has already garnered much sales success and critical acclaim in the UK! 'The Bomb Shelter Sessions', largely due to an April 2011 appearance on 'Later With Jools Holland', climbed into the top 50 of the official UK Top 100 albums chart last year. As well, the album ranked in the top 15 of the iTunes UK album chart and top 5 on Amazon UK's best selling digital albums. The band followed up by joining Brian May (Queen) and Kerry Ellis for a tour starting in early May 2011, and in June 2011 supported Bon Jovi on the UK leg of their 'The Circle Tour'. More recently, VINTAGE TROUBLE played for Paul Stanley at his 60th birthday party in January (Paul sang "You Shook Me" with 'em). As for 'The Bomb Shelter Sessions' - aiming to use mid-century soul music and recording techniques, the band used a three-day recording session with full takes to turn out 12 new songs two months into the project. It was aimed to produce a sound reminiscent of the days of vinyl records, sweaty juke joints, and the essence of the original soul movement. Vintage Trouble will appear on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' on April 25th - perhaps the same success for them will follow on our shores as a result of this upcoming TV appearance!?!
Ward, M. [A Wasteland Companion]

April 10 street date. In the three years since Portland, OR-based troubadour M. WARD released his last solo album - the universally lauded 'Hold Time' - he's toured the globe, released two albums as one half of Grammy-nominated duo SHE & HIM as well as one with the talented group of friends collectively know as MONSTERS OF FOLK. Inspired by his increasingly itinerant lifestyle, Ward set forth to create something of a musical travelogue on the highly anticipated sixth solo album, 'A Wasteland Companion'. Ward's honey-soaked vocals, deft finger-picking, innate sense of melody and beguiling lyrics have already cemented his reputation as one of America's true musical treasures and 'A Wasteland Companion' features some of the finest songwriting and most striking delivery of his career. The album also features the talents of Giant Sand's Howe Gelb, John Parish, Bright Eyes' Mike Mogis, Zooey Deschanel, and Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, to name a few.

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KTL "V" - PITCHFORK RATING: 8.1
(Editions Mego EMEGO120CD & EMEGO120LP - 2LP set)
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MOTION SICKNESS OF TIME TRAVEL - PITCHFORK RATING: 8.3
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