THE ROYAL SITARS - 'ELOISE / DISTANT AND VAGUE'

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• IMSO017 - 7"

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Australia's runaway success ROYAL HEADACHE are responsible for records that have resonated worldwide, and what more proof of this than a SITAR INSTRUMENTAL TRIBUTE to two of their biggest hits, ELOISE and DISTANT AND VAGUE? All performed by an anonymous, masked, groovin' Australian combo! Agitated managed to track these Sitar slingers down, and could not put their groove down. A 500 copy 7” release was brokered…and here ya haves it folks. You'd be a complete IGNORAMUS to be able to sit still throughout the revolutions of this white-hot double hit platter. 250 copies for sale in the Europes alone. Black vinyl, “company” sleeve, plenty of spicy shake goin on!

Tracks

1. Eloise
2. Distant and Vague

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ELECTRIC CITIZEN - 'HIGHER TIME'

Formats

• EZRDR064 - LP

  603111700212

• EZRDR064CD - CD

  603111700229

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After bursting to the American heavy rock forefront with their 2014 debut album, Sateen, Cincinnati four-piece Electric Citizen are ready for a Higher Time. Their second album for RidingEasy, it is a breakout moment for the band as a whole and for vocalist Laura Dolan, who stands tall in the spotlight throughout “Evil,” “Misery Keeper” and the rest of Higher Time, rising to the occasion of a fuller, bigger sound and meeting the memorable riffing of husband/guitarist Ross Dolan head on with already-stuck-in-your-head hooks and a fiery, passionate delivery. Like its predecessor, Higher Time was recorded at The Diamonds studio in Cincinnati by Brian Olive (The Greenhornes, Dan Auerbach, Dr. John, etc.), and in search of an even more expansive feel, Laura, Ross and Brian traveled to mix the album alongside Black Keys engineer Collin Dupuis at Easy Eye in Nashville, TN. The results speak for themselves. In Laura’s performance and in the multi-faceted approach of Ross alongside bassist Randy Proctor and drummer Nate Wagner, Electric Citizen branch out with stage-born assurance across a collection of definitive rock ‘n’ roll. It is a bold, complete sound that sacrifices nothing of the band’s on-stage energy and clearly demonstrates that while their progression has been quick, it’s been hard won the traditional way: They worked their collective ass off. “We chose producer Brian Olive because he's an excellent musician with a great ear for rock ‘n’ roll, and a good friend that we trust,” notes Laura. The dividends of that trust can be heard in “Ghost of Me,” the rolling “Natural Law” or “Devils in the Passing Time,” as Electric Citizen brazenly refuse to be pigeonholed and craft a style that, like every stage they step onto, is completely their own. Electric Citizen spread their name far and wide on tours with Fu Manchu, Wolfmother, Budos Band and Pentagram for Sateen. Look for them to support Higher Time on the road in North America and Europe throughout 2016 and beyond.

Tracks

1.
Evil 03:33
2.
Social Phobia
3.
Misery Keeper 03:58
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4.
Devils in Passing Time
5.
Golden Mean 04:03
6.
Higher Time
7.
Ghost of Me
8.
Natural Law
9.
Crux
10.
Two Hearted Woman

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On tour w. Orange Goblin in the UK

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DIETERICH & BARNES - 'THE CORAL CASINO'

Formats

• LM9 - LP

  655035043913

• LM9CD - CD

  655035043920

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Improvisational collaboration between Deerhoof and A Hawk and A Hacksaw members John Dieterich and Jeremy Barnes began The Coral Casino as an attempt to understand one another. They met one day and the next they were in a blank room with unfamiliar instruments in their hands and zero expectations, each agreeing to do his utmost to ignore the other—to improvise in a rhythmic manner while not listening to what the other was doing. This idiosyncratic process proved to be the unlikely genesis of songs like “Special Questions,” “Sandwild” and “The Frost Pocket.” Their shared love of melody and pop provided the anchor for wild performances and deep, rich textures, laying the groundwork for many more moods: the euphoric “Out and About,” the stirring tribute to the satellite Philae (“Philae Lands on Comet 67p_ChuryumovGerasimenko”), the first satellite to land on a comet, and so on. Expansive, unafraid of complexity yet wide-eyed with elation, their sound embodies risk that genuinely rewards. While flirtations with danger and darkness occasionally appear, in the end everything becomes a laughing pile on the floor. An optimistic homage to a possible future, The Coral Casino is both childish and sophisticated, seemingly tossed off yet at the same time exhibiting a depth that reveals itself on each subsequent listen; an exploration of friendship and the pure joy of ecstatic communication. Take a trip to The Coral Casino: the perfect destination, where everything is topsy-turvy, no one is in control and yet all are mysteriously spirited to their beds before dawn.

Tracks

1. Out and About
2. Special Questions
3. Philae Lands on Comet 67p_Churyumov-Gerasimenko
4. Mummers
5. People Person
6. Parasol Gigante
7. Sandwild
8. What
9. Brain Envy
10. The Frost Pocket
11. Sales Tan, Part 2

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CLAIRE CRONIN - 'CAME DOWN A STORM'

Formats

• BING111 - LP

  600197011119

• BING111CD - CD

  600197011126

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Came Down a Storm is an album that creates a world. Through Claire Cronin’s deep, intimate voice come songs of wreckage and redemption. A published poet and English Ph.D. student as well as a musician, Cronin uses images and symbols to craft songs that reach beyond the personal. She sings of death in a field, death at sea, dreams of dying, and a vision of a future where death is no longer allowed. Yet the music is not depressing; even in its darkest lines, these songs aim to float. The album is a collaboration between Cronin and Deerhoof guitarist John Dieterich, who met by chance at a Los Angeles show and began writing songs together long-distance. After sending recordings and ideas back and forth over email for a year, Cronin joined Dieterich at his house in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to record Came Down a Storm. It was mixed with Jay Pellici at New, Improved Recordings in Oakland, California, where the full instrumentation was put in place. The album features Pellici and Chris Vatalaro on drums and Ezra Buchla and Heather Trost on strings. The spare, melancholy style of Cronin’s previous self-released work is evident in this album, but the music created with Dieterich takes Came Down a Storm beyond the folk genre. Cronin’s voice recalls Karen Dalton or Jason Molina in its sincerity and ache—plaintive and burnished with a kind of dark gold throughout. The instruments build around her singing: breaking to crescendos, driving emotional currents, or providing lively counterpoint to the lyric’s funereal themes.Cronin will tour this Summer and Fall with Buchla, performing pared-down arrangements of these songs and others.

Tracks

1. The Unnatural
2. In the Field
3. Valentine
4. Meet Me Undertakers
5. Dark Water
6. Dreamt the Sea

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KATE PIERSON - 'VENUS B/W RADIO IN BED'

Formats

• TMR343 - 7"

  813547022851

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After being a member of the much beloved Athens, Georgia-based B-52's for nearly 40 years, Kate Pierson has stepped out as a solo artist. While she was on tour to promote her solo debut, Guitars and Microphones, Kate stopped by Third Man Studios in Nashville, Tennessee to work with Jack White and the result was even more fun than we expected. The A-side features Kate covering the Shocking Blue track ''Venus'' with Third Man regulars Patrick Keeler on drums and Olivia Jean on electric guitar. Jack even pulls double duty playing bass and producing. On the B-side, Kate sings brand new track, ''Radio in Bed'', with members of Jack White's own band backing Kate including Fats Kaplin, Dominic Davis and Daru Jones. Check out the Brad Holland directed video for ''Venus'' right here, right now, and put this on your ''must have'' list for the high holiday of music lovers everywhere:

Tracks

1. Venus
2. Radio In Bed

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SQURL - 'LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS'

Formats

• TMR313 - LP

  813547022929

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Carter Logan, Jim Jarmusch, and Jozef Van Wissem are SQÜRL, An enthusiastically marginal rock band from New York City who like big drums & broken guitars, cassette recorders, loops, feedback, sad country songs, molten stoner core, chopped & screwed hip-hop, and imaginary movie scores. We are an enthusiastically genre-free record label who likes to hold good bands hostage in a big blue room with no corners and record their music with no take-backs or do-overs. SQÜRL's experimental stage show and our desire to capture it are a match made in heaven for your ears and your turntable, and we're ready to prove it to you. To date, SQÜRL has released a series of 3 EPs with ATP/Recordings as well as music for the films THE LIMITS OF CONTROL and ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, the latter with Jozef Van Wissem who has since joined the band for many live dates, etc... We are glad to add their discography with this brand new live record, recorded direct-to-tape in March of 2015.

Tracks

Side A:
1. The Taste of Blood
2. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)
3. Pink Dust
4. The Boat of Love

Side B:
5. Clock Without Hand
6. The Sun is Pure Fire
7. Little Sister (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)

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