GOLDEN GRRRLS - 'GOLDEN GRRRLS'

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• LSSN015 - LP

  5060174954719

• LSSN015CD - CD

  5060174954726

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Golden Grrrls are Eilidh Rodgers, Ruari MacLean and Rachel Aggs. What began as as bedroom guitar experimentation soon bloomed in to a fully-formed pop language inspired by the 80s New Zealand and Australian indie pop scene and DIY punk. Drummer Eilidh Rodgers' inventive, loose cannon drumming and perfect lead vocals have framed MacLean's baritone from the beginning with newest member Rachel Aggs (also of Trash Kit) bringing an effortless melodic sensibility on guitar and backing vocals. On their debut album they've written 11 perfect songs about life's realities dressed in 3 part harmonies, heart-tugging changes and a playing style derived from punk and c86 enthusiasm. Each chord, beat and vocal line is perfectly placed, essential and simply has to exist as it is in its moment in time. Golden Grrrls' first releases exemplified the lo-fi aesthetic they came from. Now long sold out, the two previous 7"s on Night School married the roughed-up recording dynamic with a boisterous, inventive melodic sense that has blossomed further on their debut LP. With all three members singing throughout, the harmonies and guitar lines interweaving, there's a warmth in every song that adds to the poignant punch of the the album as a whole. Opener 'New Pop' is a blast of breakneck spiked power pop while 'Think Of The Ways' is a sweetly melancholic song that plays MacLean and Rodgers' vocals against each other. 'Take Your Time' is a punked-up indie pop gem, while album closer 'We've Got?' is the catchiest 'anthem' you'll hear from a band that would be repulsed at the idea of writing anthems. To say their debut album has been 'long awaited' is a clich? but on 'Golden Grrrls' the band have crystallized into something rare and essential. 500 ONLY CLEAR VINYL LP w/DL code postcard.

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THE DEAD C VS RANGDA - 'S/T'

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• BING081 - LP

  600197008119

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Two of the greatest bands of the present day, each composed of two guitarists and a drummer. Every member's name carries its own legendary status. Richard Bishop. Ben Chasny. Chris Corsano. Michael Morley. Bruce Russell. Robbie Yeats. Fabricated empires have risen and been destroyed by the vast output of any one of these guys. Finally, they come together on one release: a split LP between two supergroups. The Dead C's tracks are a gem of a find. The band uncovered recordings nestled in the back corner of their archives that they completely forgot existed. These tracks were under consideration for their seminal album Eusa Kills. The loose majesty found on that album comes to the fore here, with a group finding their wings right as they are set aflame. Rangda recorded their two compositions at Russian Recording in Bloomington, Indiana. Everything that brings these musicians together uncoils and commands. Beats of silence underscore tangents that lead back to main themes and out again. It's as though the years and years of playing under their collective belts has culminated in these glorious moments. Quite a few Dead C / Six Organs of Admittance and related back catalog releases are available exclusively from Forte-contact your salesperson for a complete list ? Split album between US and New Zealand "supergroups" ? The Dead C tracks date back to the late '80s and are outtakes from the sessions for their Eusa Kills album ? The Rangda tracks were recorded recently at Russian Recording in Bloomington, Indiana

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LADY LAMB THE BEEKEEPER - 'RIPELY PINE'

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• BING080 - 2xLPs

  600197008010

• BING080CD - CD

  600197008027

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More than anything, Aly Spaltro has 20,000 second-hand DVDs to thank for her first album. Despite being recorded at a proper studio in her recently adopted home of Brooklyn, Ripely Pine showcases songs conceived during her tenure at Bart's & Greg's DVD Explosion in Brunswick, Maine. Little did customers know, the same store they'd drop off their Transformers movies was providing the ideal four-year cocoon for the development of a major musical talent. Spaltro worked the 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM shift. Each night, after locking up, she'd walk past Drama and Horror, pull out her music gear from behind a wall of movies, and write and record songs until morning broke. She did this every day, drawing strength from the monotony of her routine and testing out multiple techniques, approaches and instrumentation. Anger, confusion, love, happiness and sadness reigned, and the songs ran rampant, with little form or structure. Isolated for those many hours, Spaltro let melodies morph together, break apart and pair up. This is how she taught herself to write music and sing. Taking the name Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Spaltro became one of the most beloved musicians in Portland. Her live shows were unhinged, as melodies followed an internal logic only apparent to Spaltro herself. She sang and played guitar, and the songs offered a vivid yet brief snapshot of her expansive world. At 23, with years of writing and performing music already under her belt, she ventured to the next milestone-recording an album. This would be the first time she did so in a professional studio and the first time she shared the process with anyone else. Luckily, she met Nadim Issa at Let 'Em Music in Brooklyn. He was taken enough by her abilities to dedicate nine full months toward the recording of Ripely Pine, and she with his producing abilities to ease comfortably into making him a part of her recording process. She wrote everything-all the songs, all the arrangements. And the two of them assembled an album that finally fit what existed in Spaltro's mind. Keeping the songs' stark rawness, the record is a pure representation of her sound. Ripely Pine shouts the introduction of a new talent from every groove. These recordings come as close as possible to conveying the intense majesty of her live shows, and, much like those performances, a narrative breathes through the record's progression. The album opens with urgency and anger, settles into reconciliation and reciprocation, and ultimately reaches toward resolution, realizing infatuation leads to a loss of self; instead, embracing one's own strengths is the most powerful thing of all.

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'Album of the week' - Sunday Times. 7.8 - Pitchfork

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GUIDED BY VOICES - 'ISLANDS'

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• GBVI30 - 7"

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A typically lush Tobin Sprout pop construction, "Islands" could have come off an early (very early) Bee Gees record. It's backed with a sweet acoustic ballad and a deranged piano- and echo-soaked psych workout. VERY LIMITED EDITION!!!

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