JANA HUNTER - 'BLANK UNSTARING HEIRS OF DOOM'

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• GONG01CD - CD

  655035050126

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DEBUT RELEASE ON NEW LABEL CREATED BY DEVENDRA BANHART AND ANDY CABBIC. JANA HUNTER IS FROM TEXAS, THE FIFTH OF NINE CHILDREN. SHE PLAYED CLASSICAL MUSIC THROUGHOUT HER YOUTH, BUT THAT DOESN'T REALLY EXPLAIN WHY SHE WRITES SUCH HAUNTING SONGS.

HUNTER IS ONE OF THOSE RARE ARTISTS WHO?S CRAFT DOES ITS WORK ON LISTENERS BEFORE THEY EVEN NOTICE. DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE, CLEAR AND CONCISE, THESE SONGS SURROUND AND ENVELOP, SEEPING INTO THE SKIN UNTIL THEY ARE A PART OF YOU. BLANK UNSTARING HEIRS OF DOOM IS A COLLECTION OF SONGS WRITTEN OVER THE PERIOD OF A DECADE. THE ALBUM IS A THIRTEEN SONG ?BEST OF? RECORDED ON FOUR-TRACKS, TWO-TRACKS AND COMPUTERS, MOSTLY IN TEXAS AND MOSTLY ALONE.

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ALREADY MENTIONED IN NME "ON THE STEREO" SECTION. REVIEWS DUE IN NME, UNCUT, MOJO, DROWNED IN SOUND, ROCK SOUND, PLAN B, MORE TBC.

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SLOAN - 'A-SIDES WIN'

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• REV017CD - CD

  9326425800775

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THIS CANADIAN BAND IS AN INSTITUTION IN THEIR HOMELAND AND MUCH LOVED ALL OVER THE WORLD INCLUDING IN AUSTRALIA WHERE THERE IS A HEALTHY FAN BASE FOR THEIR ROCKIN AND STYLISH SOUNDS.

LAUDED AS BOTH A GREAT LIVE ACT AND A STELLAR RECORDING ENSEMBLE, THIS SELECTION COMPILES SOME OF THEIR MOST MEMORABLE AND LOVED SIDES AND INCLUDES TWO UNRELEASED TRACKS OF GUITAR STOKED GOODNESS. BUT THATS NOT ALL- THE PACKAGE INCLUDES A TWO HOUR DVD OF FILMCLIPS, LIVE FOOTAGE AND A DOCUMENTARY. IT.S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN FOURTEEN YEARS SINCE HALIFAX'S SLOAN BEGAN THEIR ASCENT UP THE CANADIAN ROCK CHARTS. A-SIDES WIN IS A COLLECTION OF THE BANDS SINGLES OVER THAT TIME. THE VALUE OF THIS PACKAGE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND. ALSO INCLUDED IS A DVD FEATURING THE VIDEOS FOR EACH SONG. A-SIDES WIN IS A REWARDING RETROSPECTIVE FROM SLOAN, AND PROVES JAY FERGUSON, PATRICK PENTLAND, ANDREW SCOTT AND CHRIS MURPHY ARE ARGUABLY STILL THE KINGS OF CANADIAN ROCK. DVD IS REGION 0 (ALL), NTSC

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VARIOUS - 'GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU'

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• OHCD1005 - 2xCDs

  670725100523

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NUMBER 1, WE REPEAT, THE NUMBER 1 COMPILATION OF THE YEAR COURTESY THE OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY: IN STOCK NOW!! "MUSIC OF THE MEDICINE SHOWS, 1926-1937", 2 COMPACT DISCS WITH 72-PAGE COLOR BOOKLET (PACKAGED IN 6-PANEL DIGIPAK) BEFORE MOTION PICTURES... BEFORE RADIO... BEFORE TELEVISION... THE TRAVELING MEDICINE SHOWS BROUGHT ENTERTAINMENT TO AMERICA! HERE ARE 48 CLASSIC PERFORMANCES BY SUCH COLORFUL NAMES AS PINK ANDERSON, DADDY STOVEPIPE, SHORTY GODWIN, GID TANNER, BANJO JOE, THE THREE TOBACCO TAGS, AND MANY MORE- WELL OVER TWO HOURS OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC. THE BOOKLET DETAILS THE FASCINATING HISTORY OF THE MEDICINE SHOWS WITH A PROFUSION OF RARE PHOTOGRAPHS, ARTIFACTS, ILLUSTRATIONS, FULL DISCOGRAPHY, AND SONG DESCRIPTIONS.

FLAMBOYANT PITCH DOCTORS ROAMED THE LAND, HAWKING THEIR TONICS, ELIXIRS, AND MIRACLE CURES, AND WITH THEM CAME A HOST OF SINGERS, DANCERS, COMEDIANS, BANJO PICKERS, BLUES SHOUTERS, JUG BLOWERS, STRING TICKLERS, AND MINSTREL MEN. THE SHOWS DIED OUT BY MID-20TH CENTURY, BUT NOT BEFORE A HANDFUL OF SEASONED VETERANS LEFT THEIR MUSICAL LEGACY ON PHONOGRAPH RECORDS. "OLD HAT JOINS THE RANKS OF THE BRAVE, INDEPENDENT LABELS THAT ARE HELPING BOTH TO KEEP SOME OF AMERICA?S MOST VITAL REGIONAL MUSIC ALIVE AND TO CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE WHO FIRST RECORDED IT.? -MARK GREENBERG, SING OUT! FOR FANS OF THE REVENANT LABEL AND DUST TO DIGITAL. A DELUXE PACKAGE.

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