SCIENTIST - 'INTRODUCING SCIENTIST: THE BEST DUB ALBUM IN THE WORLD'

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• SV093 - LP

  857176003690

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Hopeton Brown, better known as Scientist, has been a pioneering figure in the world of dub for nearly 40 years. His early love of electronics proved fruitful when (still a teenager) he was hired at King Tubby’s studio in Kingston. Brown quickly ascended the ranks and became heir to Tubby’s throne, producing imaginative and technically impressive mixes that solidified his forward-looking nickname. Introducing Scientist – The Best Dub Album in the World, his 1980 debut LP, lives up to its boastful title. Recorded with Sly & Robbie at Channel One Studio and mixed at King Tubby’s, the album features hypnotic basslines, reverb- drenched keyboards, and fluid, start-stop rhythms. Opening track “Steppers,” with its well-balanced phrasing and organic contours, shows Scientist’s mastery of the studio- as-instrument concept. On “Scientific,” the effectsladen guitars are stretched to their outer limit to create magnificent, spaced-out textures and muted tension. Introducing Scientist displays the talents of a man obsessed with every element of production, drawing out the very best of the dub form.

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1. Steppers
2. Rubber Foot
3. Elasticated
4. Rocking
5. Lovers
6. Front Line
7. Scientific
8. Jungle
9. Bali-Hi
10. Chemistry

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GUIDED BY VOICES - 'BRIEFCASE 4: CAPTAIN KANGAROO WON THE WAR'

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• GBVI64 - LP

  655035086415

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*Vinyl version* Presenting Briefcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War, a single-platter set of “highlights” from Guided By Voices’ sprawling, 100-track Suitcase 4 collection. This limited edition LP features rarities, demos, alternate versions, outttakes and discards spanning over two decades of Robert Pollard’s career. We’re getting 100 of this one….

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1. Excellent Extension
2. No One Looking for You
3. Clean It Up
4. Fall All Over Yourself
5. Great Service 6. No Bird
7. Dead Dumb and Blind Girl
8. Golden Boy Years 9. Heartbeat
10. Linda?s Lottery
11. Govt. Bldg. 15 12. Collider X
13. Third Grade Aviator
14. Strange Games
15. Doctor Boyfriend
16. James of Life 17. Eyes Re-load
18. Motor Away 19. Skin High
20. Mystery Walk 21. High Treason
22. Glad Girls

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GUIDED BY VOICES - 'SUITCASE 4: CAPTAIN KANGAROO WON THE WAR'

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• GBVI65 - 4xCDs

  655035086521

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*4CD VERSION*Presenting Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War, another astonishing installment of 100 Guided By Voices rarities, demos, alternate versions, outtakes and discards spanning over two decades of Robert Pollard’s career. Highlights are early versions of classic Pollard songs from Propellor (1992), Vampire on Titus (1993), Bee Thousand (1994), Alien Lanes (1995), Isolation Drills (2001), Earthquake Glue (2003), Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012), as well as 2015 demos previewing Pollard’s much talked about 2016 solo album Of Course You Are. Included here are versions of “Wished I Was a Giant,” “Postal Blowfish,” “Goldheart Mountaintop,” “Quality Of Armor,” “Motor Away,” “Hardcore UFOs,” “Echos Myron,” “Dirty Water,” “Tractor Rape Chain (Clean It Up),” “Queen Of Cans And Jars,” “Glad Girls,” “He Rises! Our Union Bellboy,” “Long as the Block Is Black” and many more. This limited-edition set is comprised of four CDs, a 24-page booklet with original artwork, a ten-panel digipack and a custom magnifying glass to view the back cover titles.

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TRACK LISTING
1. Unruly Compounds ? Lead Walking Shorts
2. Jump The Swing ? Walls And Windows
3. Jonathon Hyphen Jones ? I?m In Shock (Hit Me With Tonic)
4. Vile Typists ? Deaf Dumb And Blind Girl
5. Rachel Twit ? Try Me On For Size
6. Laser Finch ? No One Looking For You
7. The Crowd ? Murphy Had A Birthday
8. Zeppelins Of Gin ? Living On Planet Cake
9. Jonathan Hyphen Jones ? Great Service
10. Baby Gods ? Only Ghost In Town
11. Teenage Guitar ? 8 Bars (Ext 3)
12. Target Larks ? No Bird
13. Broken Heart Discoteque ? Motor Away
14. Canoes ? The Garden
15. Jonathon Hyphen Jones ? Happy Heartbreaker
16. Pretzel Youth ? Less Active Railroad
17. Porky Giant (w/ Jumbo) ? Porpoise Northeast
18. The Human Possible ? Pretty Pinwheel
19. Die City ? Back To The Diving Board
20. Dashing Plumbers ? Mary And The Summer
21. The Crowd ? Eloise
22. Abigail French ? Here To Stay
23. Human Brain ? She It
24. Christopher Lightship ? Hallway Of Glass
25. Nile Eskimo ? Govt. Bldg. 15
26. Once ? Lockets Of The Empress
27. Red Gravity ? The New Ooze
28. Invalid Keys ? Our Little Secret
29. Jonathon Hyphen Jones ? I Can Never Let You Win
30. The Cracked Heads ? Hey You Know Me
31. Demmit Runyon ? Ode To J.D.
32. The 1913 Floods ? I Am Decided
33. Science Of Lamar ? Over and Over Again
34. The Multi-Colored Wisemen ? Excellent Extension
35. Up The Family Tree ? Good To Look
36. Witches of Woodstock ? Slave Boss Cranberry
37. Average Roger ? Slow Dirty Water
38. Jonathon Hyphen Jones ? The Garden Goes
39. Punchin Umps ? Save My Life
40. Obligated Finger ? Somethings Missing
41. Crystal Rabbit ? Clean It Up
42. Anvil Cranberry ? You Dont Know Me (I?m Your Dog)
43. Jonathon Hyphen Jones ? You Make The Sun
44. The Crowd ? Time Will Destroy You
45. Fire Engine John ? Delayed Reaction Brats
46. Jonathon Hyphen Jones ? Pretty As Her Cats
47. Sobers ? One Big Boss
48. The Human Possible ? Mistery Walk
49. The Crowd ? Then Again
50. The Sunflower Logic ? Son Of The Sea
51. Union Bellboy ? Bellboy Stomp
52. The Crowd ? Linda?s Lottery
53. Jonathon Hyphen Jones ? Of Course You Are
54. Poof ? Pinpoints On The Anal Zone
55. Eyeball Magazine ? City With Fear
56. Stonehenge Birdhouse ? She Doesn?t Know Why
57. Greenish Monsoon ? (I Been) Pigeon Tripping
58. The Peter Pan Can ? Fall All Over Yourself
59. Pontiac Seagulls ? Quality of Armor
60. Pete Star ? Teeth Flashlight (Demo)
61. Hoarse Gorilla ? Lest Make Out
62. Bob Silky ? Busy Bee
63. The Sunflower Logic ? Why Do You Stare Into The Sea
64. Boy Rocker ? Rock Time
65. Canoes ? Heartbeat
66. Amazed By Extra Indians ? Near As Not Late
67. Abigail French ? Finger To The Lips
68. Mousetrap Speaker ? Carnal Limousine
69. Faint Wives ? Doctor Boyfriend
70. Jonathon Hyphen Jones ? Spiraling Epsilon
71. Rachel Twit ? Ugly Day of Rain and Soccer
72. Ink Well Spinsters ? Yank For The Rooties
73. Mother Superior Gymnasium ? Glad Girls
74. Jonathon Hyphen Jones ? (If You?ve Got A Rocket) Got To Ride
75. The Human Possible ? Frog Baby Axe Murderer
76. Maximilian Kittykat ? Strange Games
77. The Crowd ? Thick And Thin
78. Red Rubber Ballroom ? When 2 Hours Seem Like 5
79. Blazing Archetypes ? Find A Wet Spot
80. Zonker Zoon ? I?m Just Doing My Job
81. Jonathon Hyphen Jones ? Contemporary Man (He Is Our Age)
82. Zeppelins Of Gin ? Heels Tight
83. Peccadilloes ? The House Always Looks So Nice
84. Franklin Ellsworth Bowie ? Amazed
85. The Crowd ? Disappearing Act
86. Manly Weathers ? Rubber Man (Long)
87. Target Larks ? James Of Life
88. Embry O?s ? The Jerking Clown
89. Hospital ? Psycho All The Time
90. Flavor X ? Throwing Down The Line
91. Jonathon Hyphen Jones ? Proof
92. The Strike Outs ? Third Grade Aviator
93. Witches Of Woodstock ? She Likes Tea Rats
94. Jonathon Hyphen Jones ? Promo Brunette
95. The Roonies ? Just One Drop
96. No Equal ? Temporary Shutdown
97. The Offspeed Macaroni ? Skin High
98. Jonathon Hyphen Jones ? Your Cricket Is Rather Unique
99. Anacrusis ? Fame And Fortune
100. Live Forever Foundation ? High Treason

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HARRY PUSSY - 'S/T'

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• SV087 - LP

  857176003492

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Harry Pussy emerged out of the Florida swamps in 1993. Formed by Adris Hoyos and Bill Orcutt, the duo became legendary for their volatile live shows, which often devolved into violent clashes with audience members. Obliterating the lines between hardcore, noise and free jazz, the unclassifiable Harry Pussy were at once all of these things and none of them. Originally released on Siltbreeze, their self-titled debut album reveals an antagonistic and visceral approach to music: Hoyos’ self-taught, wild-style drums and shrouded screams tangling with Orcutt’s high-tension blues guitar. As David Keenan writes in the liner notes, “Harry Pussy played at such a heightened speed-of-thought climactic future- primitive peak that they outstripped technique so completely that people thought they couldn’t actually play at all.” From the opening blasts of “Youth Problem” to the spasmodic, electro-convulsive take on Kraftwerk’s “Showroom Dummies,” Harry Pussy is an absurd and devastating statement. Twenty-plus years later, rock ’n’ roll’s collective ears are still ringing. This long out-of-print vinyl release is recommended for fans of The Dead C, Royal Trux and Mars.

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KIASMOS - 'SWEPT EP'

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• ERATP078LP - 12"

  4050486111192

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Kiasmos reveal new EP featuring three new original tracks and a Tale of Us remix Following on from their Record Store Day ‘Looped EP’ release, which featured remixes by Dauwd and Lubomyr Melnyk, Kiasmos – made up of Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen – return with three new tracks and a remix by Tale Of Us. Recorded in various locations including Reykjavík and Berlin, the EP opens with ‘Drawn’, a four-minute percussion fuelled track with gentle piano motifs. ‘Gaunt’ features the addition of ambient synths and a drum loop, underpinned by slow-moving chords. Title track ‘Swept’ which the duo offered to fans as a surprise gift in form of a free download card at previous show dates, showcases a more club-oriented beat structure alongside Kiasmos’ signature emotive instrumentation. Closing the EP is a remix from Berlin-based duo Tale of Us who met Kiasmos in London and twist the original downbeat title track into their distinctively dark aesthetic. Pulsating hats and a driving bass loop add pace as the track builds toward an epic breakdown. The ‘Swept EP’ will be released on 12”/DL via Erased Tapes on November 20th, 2015. ABOUT THE ARTWORK: Designed by Torsten Posselt at FELD, the cover image was taken by photographer Claudia Gödke.

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A1. Drawn
A2. Gaunt
B1. Swept
B2. Swept (Tale Of Us Remix)

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HARDLY ART SAMPLER - 'FREE SAMPLER FEAT: PROTOMARTYR, CHASTITY BELT AND MORE...'

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**FREE SAMPLER ASK YOUR REP**Often referred to as Sub Pop’s “sister label,” Hardly Art is an offshoot of Sub Pop designed to spotlight emerging talent. With the goal of cultivating a stable of vital, young, and relatively undiscovered bands, Hardly Art has made a point over the past near-decade to survey the underground in Seattle and beyond and offer a platform to elevate new and developing artists. Current releases from the Hardly Art roster include the likes of Chastity Belt (Seattle), Shannon and the Clams (Oakland), Protomartyr (Detroit), Colleen Green (Los Angeles), La Luz (Seattle), and others, most of which will be touring through Europe and the UK this fall. Despite existing since the year 2007, Hardly Art had somehow previously avoided the dreaded physical format known as the sampler. That is, until now! We are hereby pleased to present the Sampler Thing Vol. 1, an inaugural CD that comprises eight tracks from the newest and brightest of our current roster. 

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1. La Luz ?You Disappear
2. Tacocat ?Bridge To Hawaii
3. Collen Green ?Pay Attention?
4. Protomartyr ?Why Does It Shake?
5. Grave Babies ?Eternal (On & On)
6. Chastity Belt ?Lydia?
7. S ?Vampires?
8. Shannon & The Clams ?Point Of Being Right?

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