PRECIOUS JULES - 'PEARLS BEFORE SWINE / CHINESE ROCKS'

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• IMSO003 - 7"

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What are these Precious Jules That all the ladies truly covert They'll lead you to your certain ruin And then think nothing of it. Dangling surreptitiously Yet somehow in your faces Deflating your economy To inflate your airs and graces What are these Precious Jules That shine so dark before us Dazzling darkness all around Only to ignore us What are these Precious Jules So idly hanging round Your Precious necks or In your ear Wishing only to be found Acceptable for come what may With 'come what maybe' clowns Precious Jules are Kim Salmon and Mike Stranges residing in Melbourne, operating as a slick pop partnership, masquerading as a 'glam/punk' combo, masquerading as a 'garage' duo. Precious Jules are 'Pearls Before Swine' backed with 'Chinese Rocks' on 7 inches of the best use of poly vinyl chloride you are likely to encounter!

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QUINTRON - 'SUCRE DU SAUVAGE'

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• 63GONE - 2xLPs

  600385209014

• 63GONECD - CD

  600385209021

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Imagine being a kid in 2010 and finding yourself on a trip to the famous New Orleans Museum of Art. You pass by the Rodin sculpture on the grand marble stairway and the vaults of ancient Japanese pottery on the third floor; you breeze through the French impressionists, the Faberge collection, the Joseph Cornell and the Warhols in the modern wing. Then suddenly you pass through a soundproof glass door into a room with a crazed looking person wearing headphones, banging on an organ and screaming into an old microphone. Is this an exhibit? The cacophonous display is indeed behind a velvet rope with a sign cautioning us not to speak to the screaming man. Why do portraits of sexy ladies cover every inch these solemn white walls? What the @#!& is going on here? Witness the recording of the latest Quintron album, Sucre du Sauvage ("Sugar of the Savage"). From January 29th through May 2nd of 2010, Quintron punched a time clock and reported to work at NOMA to write and record this album in a public gallery space. During the final seven days of the session, the artist imprisoned himself within the museum and its surrounding grounds-a beautiful swampy nature preserve called New Orleans City Park. He roamed the park by night making field recordings and then weaved them into the final mixes of the album by day. The week concluded with a blindfolded listening party in the NOMA auditorium (see album cover). Part one of this severely schizophrenic dual album is Quintron with far wider instrumentation than usual. Tympani, vibraphone, whistling and tape loops join the ranks of drum machine and electric organ. There is also a noticeable increase in the number of chords used per song compared to previous Quintron albums-like from one chord to maybe more than one chord. There are also two dreamy Miss Pussycat tunes entitled "Banana Beat" and "Spirit Hair." Noise and field recordings creep into this first half of Sucre du Sauvage. In part two, these elements win the battle as music and structure completely surrender to disparate sounds running wild. Electronic and acoustic instruments blur together with ducks, insects, birds, water and even museum elevators until they all become brutal hypnotic madness. The NOMA sessions yielded literally thousands of hours of tape. This album is the cream of that crop-the Sucre du Sauvage. No post-production or overdubs were done. When the exhibit closed, the work was finished. It is what it is, and it probably ain't happening again any time soon.

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1. Ring the Alarm
2. Face Down in the Gutter
3. New Years Night (Boogie Children)
4. Kicked Out of Zolar X
5. Banana Beat 6. Sucre du Sauvage
7. All Night Right of Way 8. Spirit Hair
9. Elevator 10. Deer in the Clouds
11. Bells 12. Train Ride
13. Jazz Bar 14. Morning

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TV GHOST - 'MASS DREAM'

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• ITR206 - LP

  759718520613

• ITR206CD - CD

  759718520620

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NICE PITCHFORK REVIEW LAST WEEK!!! Taking their name from the phenomenon of analog television frequency disturbances, Lafayette, Indiana's TV Ghost conjures an especially sludgy and punishing brand of art-punk. They began making a name for themselves in 2007, when their first 7-inch, Atomic Rain, was released by Die Stasi Records, also home to the noisy likes of Pink Reason and Zola Jesus. TV Ghost's sinister sound-which echoes the Scientists, Suicide and The Cramps' '70s output-and frantic live show won them an underground following; a 12-inch EP on Die Stasi, a single on Columbus Discount Records and their debut album, Cold Fish, followed in 2009 with several rounds of touring the US in support. The band's trek across Europe in 2010 left a trail of busted gear, annoyed booking agents and new fans behind them. TV Ghost's sophomore full-length was recorded by Greg Ashley (Gris Gris), and Mass Dream is by far their clearest and most coherent release to date. While sacrificing none of the band's scuzz-punk dementia, this album is far less dense and impenetrable than its predecessor; Ghost frontman Tim Gick's lyrics are clearer and his complex song structure a bit easier to get a handle on. That said, this is still blood-boiling, spastic and down right evil music by anyone's standards. Live, there are few who can match them. Their sets are explosive, destructive and out of control. Gick howls as if his bowels are being extracted through his gluteus, while his eyes roll back in his head and the rest of the band pummels away in noisy ecstasy. Every show they play is psychotic and chaotic perfection. Mass Dream is the first time it's been captured on wax to perfection.

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1. Wired Trap
2. Sleep Composite
3. The Winding Stair
4. Cancor
5. An Absurd Laceration
6. The Inheritors
7. Doppleganger
8. Subterfuge
9. The Degradation of Film
10. Tropes
11. Mass Dream

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