FLO FERNANDEZ - 'BUTTERFLY TONGUES'

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• RIUASA007 - 7"

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After two, in Germany, very succesful albums,the Hamburg based band Flo Fernadez are ready to release their first single for the british market. The band was often called the german answer to american bands like Pavement, Sebadoh and the scottish Pastels. With this three brand new recorded songs they celebrate a unusual marriage of styles, we can hear the lush voice of Serge Gainsbourgh , the harsh moments of Captain Beefheart and it looks like both get on really well. BUTTERFLY TONGUES is a erotic but not too serious example of French pop while in BELLY DANCE the band is supported by Davy (Sexual Object) Henderson who haunts with his hot electric voice and gave this song a whole new direction. Davy became a fan of the band when his band the Sexual Objects were supported by Flo Fernadez two years ago. The very short MY NOSE could have also been written by Edwyn Collins in his Orange Juice years. The 7?nch single comes with a download code. UK Live shows with Flo Fernandez with The Sexual Objects are planned for late 2011 and early 2012.

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BLUES CONTROL - 'PUFF'

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• WOODSIST003 - LP

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RE-PRESSED!!! Blues Control is Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse, a piano, guitar, and tapes duo from New York. Puff is their first full-length record, after two cassette-only releases. "Puff is the work of two modern gris gris chefs, and the most righteously authentic stoner gumbo this side of Twin Infinitives or Jungle Rot. Glittery framed sunglasses and doper's remorse. The finest racket of 2007 so far."-James Jackson Toth: so we'll ambulance chase this one down, as we missed it first times around... essential repress action!

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PILLARS AND TONGUES - 'THE PASS AND CROSSINGS'

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• EMP012 - LP

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Empty Cellar is proud to announce the release of the new full-length from Chicago's PILLARS AND TONGUES, The Pass and Crossings. After two full-lengths-and too many DIY releases to count-Pillars and Tongues have returned from near-endless touring to deliver their most focused outing yet. Having spent years developing a uniquely textured sound, Pillars and Tongues have now given teeth their creation, and the doom is manifest. This is immediately apparent in the lyrical depths of the album opener, a mesmerizing song seemingly conjured by seduction from some very dark places. Lush violin lines swell and sing over pulsing drums, moving at a pace and with a weight that would not be out of place on an Earth record. Rolling desert drones permeate this album, interlaced with swampy melodies, adorned with moments of shimmering dream pop, and punctuated by heavy-almost tribal-percussion. The album plunges deep into spiritually imbued moments of minimalist trance, and emerges like some haunted vision of Peter Gabriel during cathartic groove-heavy climaxes on tracks "Thank You, Oaky" and "The Making Graceful." As with their previous album, Lay of Pilgrim Park (Empty Cellar), Pillars and Tongues continue to accumulate comparisons to the goth-drama and global grooves of early 4AD legends, Dead Can Dance. MARK TRECKA's bold baritone pleads with absent forms and howls haunted poetry while BETH REMIS and EVAN HYDZIK's signature rhythmic singing weaves otherworldy harmonies throughout, vocals that Pitchfork referred to as "acrobatic". When Trecka, Remis, and Hydzik hit it just right, their voices and instruments blend to create something that is altogether far greater than the sum of their parts. This sort of bewitching alchemy is just the type of thing they have been honing for the past few years. A lush richness that few bands ever achieve without a reliance on electric instruments and layered effects. The Pass and the Crossings is a record full of dark moments and seductive pleas-a lustrous watermark in the ever-evolving history of Pillars and Tongues. Features contributions from BEN BABBITT & THEO KARON form THIS IS CINEMA. LP includes a high quality digital download and a full color 16x23" poster.

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FACTUMS - 'GILDING THE LILIES'

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• ASSO006 - 2xLPs

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Double LPs tend to make quite the statement. The proof is in the pudding, as they say. Just listen to classics like Trout Mask Replica, Double Nickles On The Dime, Lake, Twin Infinitives, Harsh 70's Reality....well, FACTUMS have thrown their hat into the proverbial ring with Gilding The Lilies. This mythic release has been rumored and debated for some time and to say this is their crowing achievement is an understatement. Factums have been shrouded in mystery, rarely playing live-this hermetic Seattle/Chicago combo have been releasing rustic/futuristic artifacts for a variety of labels over the last few years. On Gilding The Lilies, all the ideas come together: sci-fi surf rock, post-apocalyptic murder ballads, musique concr?te anthems, hell, on Gilding The Lilies they even dedicate the latter half of this masterpiece to Far Eastern exotica and incorporate sitars and tablas. Yeah, this ain't no Beatles trip, it's a Factums take on their inner chakra or pith helmet exploitation or whatever the kids are calling it these days. Limited one-time pressing of 700 copies.

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DAVILA 666 - 'LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS'

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• TMR095 - LP

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14 tracks! live at Third Man Records, recorded back in March 2011, when they were touring the US hard on releasing their killer Tan Bajo LP/CD on In The Red records... in plain disco bag, but its a live show, and its ripping! version of "Hangin On the Telephone" shreds..it really does...

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A1 Si Me Vez...
A2 Obsecionau
A3 Cobre Y Amor
A4 La Pingorocha Y La Diva Rockera
A5 La Killer Bitch
A6 Robacuna
B1 Hanging On The Telefone
B2 Me Va Mul Mal
B3 Basura
B4 Mala
B5 Ratata
B6 Patitas
B7 Noche De Terror
B8 El Lobo

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REGGIE WATTS - 'LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS'

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• TMR080 - LP

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Recorded live at Third Man Records on December 2, 2010. Mixed By ? Vance Powell, Producer ? Jack White III. Not too well known over in the UK yet, but Reggie Watts a big name in the USA: Hilarious, brilliant, unpredictable ? comedian/musician Reggie Watts is a staple of the international performance scene. Reggie's improvised musical sets are created on-the-spot using only his formidable voice and a looping machine. No two songs are ever the same. An avowed "disinformationist," Reggie loves to disorientate his audiences in the most entertaining way. You may not know what Reggie is going to do, but that's okay ? he doesn't either. As a solo performer, Reggie was handpicked by Conan O'Brien to open nightly on Conan's entire North American "Prohibted From Being Funny on Television" tour. Reggie was featured as "Hot Comedian" in Rolling Stone's Hot Issue 2010, named SPIN Magazine's "Best New Comedian" and "Best of CMJ" 2010, and a featured profile in GQ's Man Of The Year issue 2010. Reggie released his debut comedy cd/dvd 'Why $#!+ So Crazy?' on Comedy Central Records in May 2010. He has a new album entitled 'Reggie Watts Live at Third Man Records' which will be available limited edition vinyl Spring 2011.

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A1 Shit Be Weird
A2 Smurfs Is People Too
A3 Do You Like Pterodactyls?
A4 World Aids Day
A5 Working Nights On The Night Shift
A6 As Coffee Did Doth Waft Under Doors
A7 A Quick Story
B1 Every Day Is Like Sunday
B2 Nabisco
B3 I'm Into Time Traveling
B4 IPad Killers
B5 Reverb
B6 I Know There Was Some Flooding And Shit
B7 Exit

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