UPDATE! hey we're still here! Summer's heat is fading and Fall is round the bend, and we're bringing in the goods for you to bring home and covet...here's a sampling of the good stuff that we feel you need...

we got in a wack of SOUL JAZZ essentials, such as:

Studio One Scorcher Vol.1 & 2
Dynamite! Dancehall Style Vol.1 & 2
Box Of Dub - Dubstep & Beyond

Afro Beat Madness! -
Pax Nicholas and The Netty Family
V/A Legends Of Benin

and...
Circle X - Dijon '79 [real deal No wave legends]
Fire! [off kilter pop from the rune grammofon label]
Genocide Organ - Live In Japan [the German masters of modern power electronics, we have these available on both the limited vinyl and CD/DVD]
Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series Vol.1 Boxset [amazing sampler of the heavies in 20th century avante-garde. Cage/Stockhausen/AMM/MEV. whoa]
Burial Hex - Four Tone Poems Of Orlog [amazing ritual drone]
Pink Noise - Alpha [new offering from these noise pop savants]
lot's of crazy new tapes for the lands of weird!

plus always lots of essential used CD and LPs

TICKETS! we're happy to be carrying tickets for POP MONTREAL. get your passes here and enter to win a contest which will essentially pay your way there. woooooo.... and we're also carrying tix for HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE [going fast!]

and be sure to check us out at the 1st Annual Ottawa Community Record Show [Sunday Sept.26th from 2 to 7pm @250 Somerset] we'll be maning a table there, loaded with INSANITY.

We've got some great new releases in stock thanks to the cool folks at Campaign for Infinity (www.myspace.com/campaignforinfinity - check 'em out!), who were awesome enough to swing by this weekend and drop off some tapes & vinyl with us. Here are some of our favourites:

V/A - World's Lousy Vol. 8 LP (Great compilation featuring Blank Dogs, Times New Viking, Tyvek, Vivian Girls, and lots of other rad stuff. We only have one copy left!)
Red Mass - s/t 12" (badass Mtl group featuring ex-members of CPC Gangbangs)
Pink Noise - Gilded Flowers tape
The Ether - Die Rococo Die! tape
Ultrathin - Endless Summer II tape
+ many more!

Lots of great new stock in this week - here are some of our current favourites:

V/A - Panama! 2 CD: Latin Sounds on the Isthmus 1967-1977 (Soundway)
Oneida - Rated O CD
V/A - The World is Shaking: Cubanismo From The Congo, 1954-1955 CD/LP (Honest Jon's)
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm LP
Moss - Tombs of the Blind Drugged 10"
Kiila - Tuota Tuota CD (Fonal)
CPC Gangbangs - Billy Does Drugs 7"
+ more!

And don't forget to check out the show we're hosting on Sunday, July 25 with Normal Love (Brooklyn/Philly) and Kingdom Shore (Ottawa). Doors are at 7:00, music starts at 8:00, and it is $7 at the door. Please come and join us for an evening of great music from these two acclaimed acts - we'd love to see you there!

Hey everyone,

We've got some great new stuff in this week, including a whole bunch of great compilations of long-lost gems from some of our favourite reissue labels. If you dig Latin, samba, soul, or summertime jams in general, check these out. They're all recommended listening! Here are some of our choice new releases that are currently in stock:

V/A - Panama! 2 CD: Latin Sounds on the Isthmus 1967-1977 (Soundway)
V/A - Black Rio 2: Original Samba Soul 1968-1981 CD (Strut)
Oneida - Rated O CD
V/A - The World is Shaking: Cubanismo From The Congo, 1954-1955 (Honest Jon's)
Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble - The Moment's Energy CD
The Action - Complete Punk Recordings 1977-78 CD (great vintage Ottawa punk - classic!)

And if those weren't great enough, we've also got some copies of the latest releases from our new pals Mt. Analogue and the Stolen Organ Family Band. These two sweet groups from out west played a seriously fun in-store show here last week and were kind enough to leave a few copies of their albums with us. Check out the Mt. Analogue 'Gold AK' cassette and the Stolen Organs' 'Horse Treats' CD while we've still got some left!

We've got a special in-store performance happening on Sunday, July 5th. There was a spur of the moment venue change, and we're pleased to host this unique event featuring some great out-of-town talent. Lineup includes:

METALUX [Hanson/Load/5RC] Brooklyn/Baltimore
BILL NACE [Ecstatic Peace!] Boston
DREAMCATCHER [American Tapes] Montreal

Doors open @ 7pm, show time @ 8pm
This will be a pay what you can event, this probably falls on your pay week, so don't be fickle w/yr nickles. Plus donations of $8 or more get a free Fluorescent Friends CDR of your choice!

Here's the latest batch of summer jams that we've got in stock. Check 'em out!

Tortoise - Beacons of Ancestorship CD/LP
James Ferraro - Clear LP
V/A - Dub Echoes CD/LP
Kode 9 & the Spaceape - Memories of the Future CD
Blank Dogs - Waiting 7"
The Visitors - Tropic of Cancer 7" (local)
Bastardator - Children of Technology 7" (local)
V/A - Rail Band 3: Dioba CD
John Zorn - Stolas CD
+ more!

Lots of great new stock in this week - here's a sample of recent arrivals at the shop:

Tara Jane O'Neil - A Ways Away CD
DD/MM/YYYY - Black Square LP
Flower-Corsano duo - The Four Aims LP
Think About Life - Family CD
Torngat - La Petite Nicole CD
Fucked Corpse - Denim Outta Here/Your Ass Is Next In Line cassingle
Grand Trine/Holy Cobras - split cassette
Robert Hampson - Vectors CD
John Zorn - Alhambra Love Songs CD
Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange CD
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us CD
+ so much more!

We've also got in a whole bunch of awesome (and rare!) used noise & experimental cassettes in stock right now, as well as some really great local tapes from the good dudes at Bruised Tongue... check 'em out!

We've got a whole bunch of great new stock in this week - here's a sample of new music we're spinning in the shop these days:

Japandroids - Post-Nothing LP
Clues - s/t LP
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest LP
Mika Miko - We Be Xuxa CD
Savath Y Savalas - La Llama CD
Tosca - No Hassle CD
Liar's Rosebush - Thank-You Machines CD (great local electronic)
Giant Hand - Coming Home CD (local singer-songwriter)

We've also got in a whole bunch of awesome (and rare!) used noise & experimental cassettes in stock right now... check 'em out!