THE HENTCHMEN WITH JACK WHITE - 'HENTCH-FORTH.FIVE'

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• IRCD001 - CD

  616822051726

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A LONG OVER DUE REISSUE! FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CD, THESE RECORDINGS ARE FROM A TIME BEFORE DETROIT HAD EXPLODED, AND THE WHITE STRIPES BECAME HUGE! THIS CD COMPILES THE 2 HENTCHMEN WITH JACK WHITE 7"S AND THE ALBUM THEY RECORDED TOGETHER ALSO, AS WELL AS AN UNRELEASED TRACK, 14 ESSENTIAL GARAGE ROCK AND ROLL TRACKS FROM DETROIT'S HEYDAY, WELL FROM 1998. ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN AN EDITION OF 1000 COPIES ONLY, NOW REMASTERED, RE-EDITED, SLIGHTLY TWEAKED AND PACKAGED IN A DELUXE DIGIPAK. ORIGINAL VINYLS GO FOR SILLY EBAY MONEY, THIS WILL APPEAL NOT JUST TO FANS OF THE WHITE STRIPES OR THE HENTHCMEN, BUT TO FANS OF REAL GRITTY GARAGE ROCK AND ROLL.

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1. SOME OTHER GUY
2. PSYCHO DAISIES (EXTENDED VERSION)
3. YESTERDAY'S TRASH
4. LA.M.F.
5. AUTOMATIC
6. GAWKER DELAY
7. ME AND MY MONOTONE
8. LITTLE NO MORE
9. CARRY ME HOME
10. BIG SCREEN LOVER
11. R&R CANCER
12. CLUB WAGON
13. HAM & OIL
14. PSYCHO DAISIES (ALTERNATE TAKE)

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8/10 NME: " ..A GENUINE, HONEST-TO-GOD LOST GEM, WITHOUT QUESTION, YOU HAVE TO HEAR IT!"
PLAN B ; "THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE REAL DETROIT DEAL" (THANKYOU EVERETT)

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JENN GRANT - 'ORCHESTRA FOR THE MOON'

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• PARIS001 - CD

  600197100028

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NEW LABEL, NEW ARTIST: DEBUT SOLO ALBUM OF PASTORAL FOLK-POP BY THIS ACCOMPLISHED CANADIAN SINGER SONGWRITER: PRODUCED BY MEMBERS OF THE HEAVY BLINKERS, AND FEATURING APPEARANCES BY THE NIGHT PAINTERS AND RON SEXSMITH. THIS IS A LUSH ALBUM OF TEXTURED POP THAT PUTS HER HONEYED VOCAL FRONT AND CENTRE: THIS ALBUM CONSOLIDATES ELEMENTS OF DUSTY SPRINGFIELD'S "DUSTY IN MEMPHIS" AND TRACES OF TUSK-ERA FLEETWOOD MAC INTO A MAGICAL ALBUM.

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1. MORNING BREAK
2. DREAMER
3. DANCIN? IN THE WIND
4. UNIQUE NEW YORK
5. MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT
6. IN A BROWN HOUSE
7. DON?T WORRY BABY 8. BRITT N? KIP
9. AT THE FINISH LINE
10. SOUND OF SUCCESS
11. RAINY DAY
12. WHITE HORSES
13. BLUE SKIES

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REVIEWS IN UNCUT, PLAN B, MORE TBC

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WINGTIP SLOAT - 'ADD THIS TO THE RHETORIC'

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• VHF57 - CD

  783881005721

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ON THIS LONG PLANNED (AND FREQUENTLY DELAYED) RESTORATION OF THE VIRGINIA TRIO'S RARE AND OUT-OF-PRINT SINGLES AND COMPILATION TRACKS FROM THE EARLY '90S, ALL 30 TRACKS MAKE THEIR FIRST CD APPEARANCE, RESTORING TWO OF THE EARLIEST VHF TITLES TO PRINT, ALONG WITH A WEALTH OF OTHER IMPOSSIBLE-TO-FIND GEMS. COVERING THEIR MOST ACTIVE YEARS, ADD THIS TO RHETORIC CAPTURES WINGTIP SLOAT AT THEIR BAFFLING, FRAGMENTARY BEST, DEALING OUT SLASHING ROCK SIDES THAT BRISTLE WITH HOOKS AND EAR-CATCHING WEIRDNESS. SLOAT'S SUPERBLY PACKAGED, HANDMADE/HOMEMADE SINGLES WERE AMONG THE FINEST OF THEIR ERA, AND ALTHOUGH THEY APPEAR HERE ON A PLAIN OL' CD, THE MUSIC STILL SOUNDS AS REVELATORY AS IT DID 15 YEARS AGO. RIFLING THROUGH IDEAS WITH WIRE-LIKE EFFICIENCY, PAT FOSTER'S TREBLY, JABBING GUITAR, ANGE DUBUC'S RUMBLING BASS, AND DAVE BISHOP'S UNPREDICTABLE DRUM SPLATTER CARRIED THE CHARGE THAT PRETTY MUCH INVENTED THE VHF LABEL ITSELF. WEARING THEIR INFLUENCES ON THEIR SLEEVES, THE CD INCLUDES SMASHING COVERS OF KEY TRACKS BY THE CLEAN, TALL DWARFS, SUN CITY GIRLS, SWELL MAPS, AND WORLD OF POOH. BOOKLET INCLUDES LINER NOTES FROM THE BAND AND VHF HQ ALONG WITH PERIOD EPHEMERA FOR A FULL IMMERSION EXPERIENCE.

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1. M31 2. TURBINE MOTHER 3. ASPERMICLE
4. BLESSED NIMBUS, CHURNING 5. TEAPOT DOME
6. MASS FUCKING IN THE HAYSTACKS
7. THEY CAME WITH MARGARINE AND IN-LAWS
8. IT REMINDS ME 9. NADA DRY LEMO
10. I WISH I?D BEEN THERE TO MAKE IT ACLICHE
11. KILL THE KLANSMEN 12. FULL VAMKA
13. UM BA WINGA (UM BA GO)
14. YOU?RE HAPPIER THAN YOU REALIZE
15. PURPLE MARTINI 16. PIT CAPLE CASTLE
17. BLACK MOTORIST 18. INFECTIOUS SHARPS ONLY
19. BEAUTY 20. THE BED POT
21. LEFT LEANING FORWARD 22. ASHCAN SCHOOL
23. SALT RISING BREAD 24. HOLDING, WAITING
25. WAXING NEUROTIC AND SO ON AND ON
26. BOB HOWE 27. I?M ON THE WRONG SIDE
28. LEAP INTO MY VELVET ARMS
29. READ ABOUT SEYMOUR 30. ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN

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REVIEWS IN THE WIRE, PLAN B, MOJO, UNCUT (TBC)

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HAUNTED GEORGE - 'PILE O' MEAT'

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• HOOK010LP - LP W/ CD

  N/A

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NEW ALBUM (VINYL COMES WITH CD VERSION OF THE ALBUM)FROM HAUNTED GEORGE (STEVE PALLOW FROM NECESSARY EVILS / THE BEGUILED). AFTER YEARS OF LIVING IN LOS ANGELES DOING SOUND FOR THE MOVIES AND GROWING WEARY OF THE INCREASINGLY MORE GERMANE WORLD OF "GARAGE" PUNK ROCK, A FEW YEARS AGO NOTED SINGER/GUITARIST/BASSIST/SOCIAL AGITATOR STEVE PALLOW MOVED OUT TO THE THE MOJAVE DESERT AND NOW WORKS AS A PARK RANGER. WITH PLENTY OF SILENT DESERT TIME ON HIS HANDS AND A LIFELONG OBSESSION WITH GHOST STORIES, LOST TREASURE AND THE GENERALLY ABSURD AS INSPIRATION, HE SET ABOUT PLAYING A MORE ROOTS-INFLUENCED MUSIC INFORMED PRIMARILY BY COUNTRY AND WESTERN AND PRE WAR-BLUES. 15 PARCHED DESERT ROCK BLUES HOLLERS.

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ANDERSENS - 'GZI GZI GZEO'

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• SWCO001 - CD

  689492060527

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"GZI GZI GZEO" BY ANDERSENS IS A KALEIDOSCOPIC, 10 SONG JOURNEY OF PSYCHEDELIC FOLK POP FROM JAPAN. IT IS THE FIRST FULL LENGTH RELEASE OUTSIDE OF THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY FOR A BAND WHOSE SOUNDEVOLVING TRIP BEGAN IN TOKYO IN 2000. IN ADDITION TO SHARING MANY OF THE SAME INFLUENCES AS FELLOW JAPANESE ACTS AND CONTEMPORARIES SUCH AS MAHER SHALAL HASH BAZ, TENNISCOATS AND KAZUMI NIKAIDOH, WITH "GZI GZI GZEO", ANDERSENS MANAGE TO DELIVER A LISTENING EXPERIENCE THAT IS FRESH, DIVERSE AND INSPIRED. THERE ARE FOLKIER ELEMENTS OF SONGS CONTAINED WITHIN THE ALBUM THAT FOLLOW A PATH SIMILAR TO THE LIKES OF DEVENDRA BANHART OR BEIRUT, WHILE GIVING A PASSING WAVE TO THE SUNNY DAY PSYCHEDELIA OF "SMILE" ERA BEACH BOYS. OTHER SONGS BESTOW THE SAME ENSEMBLE POP SENSIBILITIES OFTEN APPLIED BY BANDS SUCH AS ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI OR EVEN ARCADE FIRE.

?GZI GZI GZEO? IS THE PERFECT BOARDING POINT TO BE USHERED INTO THE WORLD OF ANDERSENS? MUSIC BEFORE THEY CONTINUE ON THEIR MUSICAL ODYSSEY. ANDERSENS WERE FORMED IN 2000 BY THREE STUDENTS FROM THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL IN TOKYO; KIYOKAZU ONOZAKI, SHINSUKE OUCHI AND DAISUKE KOBAYASHI. LIVE, THEY CREATE AN INSPIRED, OFTEN IMPROVISED, CEREMONY OF SOUND THAT BLENDS CRAZED PSYCHEDELIA WITH A WISTFUL POP SENSIBILITY. AFTER THE BAND RELEASED THEIR DEBUT EP IN 2002, SINGER/FLUTIST YOSHIKO IGUCHI JOINED AND ADDED A MORE DELICATE ATMOSPHERE TO THE MANY-LAYERED DRONES EVIDENT ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, ?BETWEEN STATIC AND FIRE?. AFTER DAISUKE KOBAYASHI LEFT THE BAND IN 2004 TO PURSUE A CAREER IN AGRICULTURE, ANDERSENS BEGAN TO HAVE A FLOATING LINE-UP, IN ADDITION TO THE ORIGINAL CORE MEMBERS, THAT HAS KNOWN TO SWELL TO MORE THAN TEN PEOPLE ON OCCASION WITH A DIVERSE RANGE OF INSTRUMENTATION SUCH AS ESRAJI, TROMBONE, SAXOPHONE, INDIAN PERCUSSION, SYNTHESIZER AND LAP TOP. THE BAND FEATURED ON THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED JAPANESE UNDERGROUND POP COMPILATION CD ?SONGS FOR NAO? IN 2004, RELEASED ON AUSTRALIAN LABEL CHAPTER MUSIC. IN 2005, BAND LEADER KIYOKAZU ONOZAKI STARTED BYE BYE BLACKBIRD, TO RELEASE ANDERSENS WORKS. ?GZI GZI GZEO? IS THE BAND?S SECOND FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, AND THE FIRST RELEASE ON THE NEW SCOTTISHBASED RECORD LABEL SWITCHICO RECORDS.

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ONE OF THE LEAD PLAN B REVIEWS, GOOD REVIEW IN THE WIRE. MORE TO COME

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OV - 'NOCTILUCENT VALLEYS'

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• SAB18CD - CD

  TBA

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--THERE EXISTS A SENSE OF OPTIMISM IN OVS HUMMING ANALOG DRONES, A FLOATING LIGHT WITHIN A PACK OF OMINOUS CLOUDS. NOCILUCENT VALLEYS TAKES OV'S EXPANSIVE PALETTE, BLURRS & DISGUISES INSTRUMENTAL THRESHOLDS & PRESENTS SHEER SOUND AUGMENTED BY MYSTERIOUS & MESMERIZING GENTLE CLAMOR. INITIAL IMPRESSIONS SLOWLY MORPH INTO DEMONSTRATIVE BLISS, SYNTHESIZING THE ORGANIC & THE UNKNOWN. THE NEW PROJECT FROM PROLIFIC, LONGTIME COLLABORATORS CHRISTINE BOEPPLE (SKYGREEN LEOPARDS CONTRIBUTOR) & JEWELLED ANTLERS LOREN CHASSE. OV PUSHES THE DUOS ESTABLISHED SCOPIC PALLETTE FURTHER INTO THE VOID. TOUCHING UPON TRADITIONAL MINIMALISM & PSYCHEDELIC FREE-FORM FOLK MUSIC, NV PLAYS LIKE THE SOUNDTRACK TO AN OTHERWORLDLY FAIRY TALE, WITH FOGGY OSCILLATIONS GUIDING THE EXTRINSIC MYTH

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REVIEWS IN UNCUT, THE WIRE, PLAN B

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ANDREW DOUGLAS ROTHBARD - 'ABANDONED MEANDER'

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• PEAK001 - LP

  N/A

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LIMITED EDITION (500 ONLY) VINYL PRESSIGN OF THIS INCREDIBLE DEBUT ALBUM FROM LATE 2006. WITH A DIFFERENT MIX THAN THE CD VERSION!!! ANDREW ROTHBARD'S SOLO DEBUT IS A TOTALLY TRIPPED-OUT MIX OF POP-INFLUENCED FOLK AND DARK, HEAVY PSYCH. HE SPENT THE LAST DOZEN YEARS PLAYING KEYBOARDS AND BASS (SIMULTANEOUSLY) IN LEGENDARY OUTFITS VSS, SLAVES AND PLEASURE FOREVER, AND ABANDONED MEANDER CONTINUES TO SHOWCASE HIS VIRTUOSO ABILITIES. AFTER THE DEMISE OF PLEASURE FOREVER, ROTHBARD BECAME A BIT OF A RECLUSE, OBSESSIVELY WORKING ON THE SONGS THAT EVOLVED INTO THIS PSYCH-FOLK MASTERPIECE.. THE ALBUM IS THE FIRST IN A PLANNED FIVE-RECORD SERIES OUTLINING THE DISCORDIANT CONCEPT OF THE "LAW OF FIVES."

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