Hello stranger!
It's Back!
If you came in last Wednesday looking for the new Animal Collective LP
and we were out, we are sorry. That one kind of took us (and
apparently Domino Records) by surprise. We knew it would be big (we
ordered more of it than any other new release vinyl we've ever had),
but had no idea it would be gone in a matter of hours. We hunted high
and low (mostly low) and found a few more copies that are now at each
store. If you want this record you better come and get it - we're not
sure when more are coming.
Restock Spectacular
In the last week we have restocked with some of our biggest orders
ever. If there was something you have been looking for and we could
not get it, it might be here now! Most exciting are some cool reggae
LPs and CDs from a new distributor, including a bunch of rad stuff from
the Soul/Jazz label. You'll also find some Dylan and Beatles LPs that
have been in short supply but high demand.
A Smattering of New Releases
13 January
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Late Of
The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel CD (Astralwerks)....
Debut
album from Castle Donington four piece. Formed in 2003, the band have
cultivated a cult and dedicated following with their unique and genre-bursting
style of glam, psych-synth and mind-bending Technicolour indie rock. If you've been shopping in the Norman store in the last two weeks - you've probably heard this one.
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This
Will Destroy You/Lymbyc Systym - Field Studies CD (Magic
Bullet)....
This
Will Destroy You contributed two brand new songs: the bombastic and menacing
"Brutalism & The Worship Of The Machine" and the heart-warming,
hypnotic "Freedom Blade." Lymbyc Systym unveiled three astonishing
studies in melody in musicality ("Processed Spirits,"
"Notations" and "Narita").
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The Vinyl zone…....
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Howlin Rain - Wild
Life LP (Three Lobed) ....
Two fifteen minute plus monster
jams. The first is an amazingly inspired and completely improvised wailing twin
guitar, rock meditation on Paul McCartney's "Wild Life." "Black
Sangria" rounds out the disc with a completely improvised piece covered in
heavy jazz fusion and free, Latin jazz rock overtones. ....
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King Khan & BBQ Show - Animal Party 7"+Book (Fat Possum) ....
Includes the tracks “Animal Party”
and “God of Raisins,” along with a 15-page coloring book with art by Mathieu
Trudel. ....
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Various Artists - Oh
Graveyard, You Can’t Hold Me Always LP (Mississippi) ....
Compilation of hard to find gospel
recorded in the 1960's and early 1970's. ....
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Young
Disciples - Eccentric Soul: Young Disciples 2xLP (Numero) ....
Now available on vinyl. By 1967, East St. Louis, IL, once
dubbed an "All American" city by the US Chamber Of Commerce, had
become St. Louis, MI's evil twin. Drug addiction, unemployment, and vicious
gang activity put a dark and heavy lid on a bi-state area that once cooked-up
world-changing talent by the likes of Chuck Berry, Josephine Baker and Miles
Davis. But both cities still spawned heroes, and Allen Merry was one of them.
Already a living legend for his early work with Ray Charles and Ike Turner,
Merry channeled his talent into teaching, forming the Young Disciples through
the South End Community Center to keep kids off the streets, out of the gangs
and into the studio, where young men and women spiraling downward could ride
the spiral groove upward on Merry's own Yodi, Gateway and Merry labels. Every
sweat-drenched recording included here emerged from this grass-roots
organization that changed, if not saved, lives.....
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(IMPORTANT: The following vinyl releases are subject to change. While
all were confirmed via WebAMI to be released on January 13, some may have since
been bumped or cancelled…)....
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Children
Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper LP (Fontana)....
Children
Of Bodom - Something Wild LP (Fontana)....
Children
Of Bodom - Tokyo Warhhearts: Live LP (Fontana)....
Limited edition picture discs -- now available.....
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Lemonheads - It’s
A Shame About Ray LP (Plain)....
Los Campesinos! - We
Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed LP (Arts & Crafts)....
M83 - Before
The Dawn Heals Us 2xLP+CD (Mute)....
M83 - Dead
Cities, Red Seas 2xLP+CD (Mute)....
M83 -
Saturdays = Youth 2xLP+CD (Mute)....
M83 -
Digital Shades Vol. 1 LP+CD (Mute)....
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante LP
(Plain)
This month's Full Tilt Boogie:
Noot D'Noot - Goofer DustNoot D'Noot, with their ever rotating and mutating orchestra, creates a
wholly original and satisfying psillicybin-laced stew. It's as if a
vintage Funkadelic jammed with Fela Kuti and Hawkwind, and the whole
shebang was remixed by Air.Belle & Sebastian - BBC SessionsThis lovingly mastered collection of Belle and Sebastian's radio
sessions for the BBC from 1996 to 2001 captures some glowing treasures.
At the time, the group rarely performed live, so all these songs are
noticeably different from the studio versions. A limited, deluxe,
double CD edition is available which includes an entire live show
broadcast on BBC Evening Session in mid-2001.The Fireman - Electric ArgumentsElectric Arguments is an eclectic and varied album consisting of 13
tracks recorded in 13 days. Each track was written and recorded in the
space of one day with Paul McCartney playing all instruments bar one track, which Youth plays guitar on. Paul and Youth
went into the studio with no plan or clear direction of how they wanted
the album to sound. The project took a life of its own and the results
will surprise anyone expecting to hear the previous sound of the band.The 88 - Not Only...But AlsoFounded in Los Angeles in 2002, The 88 have released three albums
including the most recent, Not Only…But Also. The band is best known
for their staggering 40+ music placements in film, television (Gossip
Girl, 90210, Grey's Anatomy) and advertising among others. Aside from
extensive touring in North America, they have appeared on numerous
national talk shows including Jimmy Kimmel and Last Call With Carson
Daly. The 88 are Keith Slettedahl, Adam Merrin, and Anthony Zimmitti.Bloc Party - IntimacyIntimacy is a fittingly up-close title for an album that is,
immediately, in-your-face and in-your-ear. Bloc Party's third album is
a thrillingly radical record, bristling with percussive innovation,
scorching riffs, orchestral sampledelia, and biting emotional candor.And a few shows we think are worth your while15 January -
The Ettes
w/ The Electric
Primadonnas &
Vultures Of Culture @
The Conservatory
16 January -
The Uglysuit
w/ The Non @
The Opolis
17 January -
Ali Harter
@ Galileo's
18 January -
Artist vs. Poet
@
The Opolis
19 January - Awol One (of The Shape
Shifters), Mine+Us & DJ
Hoppa, 8bit Cynics,
Jabee,
Dj Jafar & Quill (Jack
George) @
The Conservatory
xoxoxo,J,T,B,E,J,T,W,M Guestroom
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