TIVOL - 'EARLY TEETH'

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• HM8271940CD - CD

  655035694023

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while the "free folk" music boom from finland has recently grabbed the ears of many of this planet's less ape-eared, holy mountain is more than pleased to extend a hand to the darker-- not to mentionmore rocking-- side of this contemporaneous scene.

NOW AVAILABLE ON CD! THE VINYL IS LONG GONE! TIVOL PLAYS A THROBBING, VIOLENT AND AGGRESSIVE STRAIN OF ACID ROCK THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SUBTLETY. THEIR ALREADY HYPNOTIC MATERIAL IS FURTHER ENHANCED BY SCREAMED VOCALS THAT DO NOT SEEM TO EMANATE FROM THIS EARTH. COMPRISED OF FOUR TRACKS FROM TWO EXTREMELY LIMITED EDITION CDRS RELEASED ON THE 267 LATTAJJAAA AND TIME-LAG LABELS, HOLY MOUNTAIN REDELIVERS THIS MATERIAL ON VINYL WITH VASTLY IMPROVED SOUND QUALITY AND CHARMING NEW ARTWORK SILKSCREENED BY THE TALENTED HANDS AND MIND OF THE FREE PORCUPINE SOCIETY'S ROBERT FISK. THE BEST KEPT SECRET OF THE NORDIC PENINSULA HOLY MOUNTAIN HAS A STELLAR REPUTATION FOR CONSISTENTLY UNCOVERING THE BEST IN UNDERGROUND PSYCHEDELIC ROCK "FINLAND'S TIVOL MIGHT BE ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS ON THE NORDIC PENINSULA.... FREAKING GENIUS! I CAN'T RECOMMEND THIS ENOUGH. FOR ANY AND ALL FANS OF THE FINNISH UNDERGROUND, AND PSYCH/KRAUT IN GENERAL, TIVOL IS A MUST OWN. TOTALLY FUCKING EXCELLENT. 9/10." -- BRAD ROSEN, FOXY DIGITALIS

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TREECREEPER - 'GRAIN'

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• WEEDCD001 - CD

  5024545441321

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DEBUT ALBUM FROM THIS BUCKS' BASED FOURPIECE STEEPED IN CULT AMERICANA. EVOKING POST GRUNGE SLACKER POP OF BUFFALO TOM IN THEIR PRIME, THE ALT COUNTRY OF SON VOLT AND THE WEARY / POETIC LYRICISM OF SINGER WILL BURNS IS AKIN TO THAT OF LATTER DAY REPLACEMENTS, WESTERBURG SOLO ALBUMS, AS IF BACK BY THE SCREAMING TREES. THIS FULL LENGTH FROM A NEW UK BAND IS A REVELATION FOR FANS OF GREAT SONGWRITING AND GREAT GUITAR SOUNDS.

TREECREEPER WAS FORMED IN THE SMALL-TOWN OF WENDOVER, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE IN 2004 BY BROTHERS WILL AND GREG BURNS (VOCALS/GUITARS, BASS/VOCALS), AND CHILDHOOD FRIEND STEVEN BLACKWELL (GUITARS). ALONG THE WAY, THE BAND WON THE APPROVAL OF FELLOW WENDOVER NATIVES THE BOY LEAST LIKELY TO WHO OFFERED THE SERVICES OF THEIR STUDIO DOWN-TIME WHILE THEY WHERE ON TOUR.ONE WEEK IN MARCH 2006, TREECREEPER?S DEBUT, ?GRAIN? WAS TRACKED MOSTLY LIVE IN FARAWAY SOUNDS STUDIOS IN NOTTING HILL. THE RECORDING PERFECTLY CAPTURES TREECREEPER?S UNIQUE BLEND OF FEROCIOUS ROCKERS AND WORLD-WEARY, MOODY BALLADS, ALL UNDERPINNED WITH WILL BURNS? POETIC, LITERATE LYRICS AND GRAVEL-PIT, OLDER-THAN-HIS-YEARS? VOICE.

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REFRIGERATOR - 'BOTTLES OF MAKE UP'

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• SHR148 - CD

  759718114829

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EIGHTH FULL-LENGTH RELEASE FROM LONGTIME SHRIMPER VETS, FEATURES GUEST MUSICIAN FRANKLIN BRUNO (NOTHING PAINTED BLUE, MOUNTAIN GOATS) THE ALBUM FEATURES TWELVE ORIGINALS WITH FRANKLIN BRUNO (NOTHING PAINTED BLUE, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS) ON PIANO. WHILE THE QUARTET'S PREVIOUS RECORD, UPSTAIRS IN YOUR ROOM, SQUEALED AND SQUALLED THROUGH TWO-MINUTE ROCK WORKOUTS IN THE STYLE OF THE GROUP'S EARLY YEARS, THEIR NEWEST HAS NO ELECTRIC INSTRUMENTATION AT ALL. COHESIVE BOTH MUSICALLY AND THEMATICALLY, BOTTLES OF MAKE UP IS FAR FROM LO-FI / NO-FI AFFECTATION.

BOTTLES OF MAKE UP, THE LATEST FROM REFRIGERATOR, WAS RECORDED IN SHRIMPER CEO DENNIS CALLACI?S LIVING ROOM OVER A WEEKEND IN AUGUST, 2006. THERE IS NO MULTI-TRACKED, MUDDLED MIX TO GET LOST IN: ALL THE SONGS WERE LOVINGLY RECORDED DIRECTLY ONTO TWOINCH ANALOG TAPE. WITH DOFFS OF THE CAP TO ARTISTS SUCH AS A.P. CARTER, TIM BUCKLEY, NINA SIMONE, NEED NEW BODY AND ELTON JOHN, THE RECORD LOVINGLY TRAVERSES THE SAME PERVERSE GAMUT. STILL, REFRIGERATOR AVOIDS THE PROG LEANINGS OF BUCKLEY OR THE KIKI DEE ACTION OF JOHN. INSTEAD, BOTTLES OF MAKE UP PLAYS LIKE THE QUIETER MOMENTS OF THEIR FIRST RECORD RENDERED ON A LESS CROWDED CANVAS.

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1. LIGHT REDS & BLUES
2. SARA CARTER
3. COMEDIANS
4. CIGARETTES & PERFUME
5. FROM THE END OF THE WORLD TO YOUR TOWN
6. BOTTLES OF MAKE UP
7. I'M NOTHING WITHOUT YOU
8. PRIOR TO A TRAPDOOR
9. ROMANTIC BOREDOM NO. 909
10. BLANK CASSETTES
11. WALKING THROUGH WALLS
12. YER BOOMBOX BLUES

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ZODIACS, THE - 'GONE'

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• HOLY10300523 - CD

  655035652320

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primo biker fuzz from members of sunburned hand of the man, hush arbors, and wooden wand & the vanishing voice. "gone" is full of l-o-n-g jams that bring to mind such wild ones as german oak, magic muscle and foggy dreams of the stooges moonlighting as a hawkwind tribute band during the off season, it could also have come from bristol in the late 90's!

DEEP ONE-PERCENTER SCUZZ DAMAGE FROM THE ZODIACS (AKA ZODIAC SPEEDCREEP), MEMBERS; CLAY RUBY, EZEKIEL BLACKOUTS III (AKA KEITH WOOD) AND GRIM JIM GYPSY (AKA JAMES TOTH). ZODIACS INTERVIEWED BY JANI HELL?N FOR FOXY DIGITALIS FOXY DIGITALIS: HOW DID THE ZODIACS COME ABOUT? GRIM JIM GYPSY: CLAY, KEITH AND I GOT BORED PLAYING THE SAME EIGHT WOODEN WAND SONGS ON TOUR TO EMPTY ROOMS, SO WE STARTED THIS BAND MID-TOUR AS A WAY TO SHAKE OFF THE DOLDRUMS. FD: TELL SOMETHING ABOUT THE RECORDING PROCESS. WAS EVERYTHING TOTALLY IMPROVISED OR DID YOU MADE SOME PLANS BEFOREHAND? GJG: EVERYTHING WAS IMPROVISED, WE JUST DECIDED ON WHAT KEY WE WERE GONNA PLAY IN. EZEKIAL BLACKOUTS: I HAD TO FIGURE OUT A KEY THAT I COULD PLAY IN; WHEN YOU?RE WASTED D & E SOUND REAL GOOD. FD: IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN GIVE SOME INFO ABOUT YOUR EQUIPMENT FOR ALL THOSE GEAR GEEKS WHO HAPPEN TO STUMBLE ACROSS FOXY DIGITALIS. GJG: TUBES PREFERRED BUT NOT NECCESARY. TOO MANY PEOPLE GET HUNG UP ON GEAR AND CAN?T PLAY FOR SHIT. IF TONY IOMMI, RANDY RHOADS, TED NUGENT OR JOE WALSH CAME TO YOUR HOUSE AND PICKED UP A UKULELE, THEY'D RIP YOUR FUCKING FACE OFF WITH IT AND MELT ALL YOUR RICH KID ORANGE GEAR.

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1. BORN FREE
2. MESSIN UP
3. GET OFF / COME TOGETHER
4. ROAD STAR BLUES

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