THE JULIE RUIN - 'RUN FAST'

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• TJR101 - LP

  643859603017

• TJR101CD - CD

  643859603024

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*VINYL REPRESS* After a seven-year hiatus from the music scene, Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre) triumphantly returns with a new band, The Julie Ruin, and their debut album, Run Fast. The Julie Ruin is poised to bring back the presence and voice of one of punk’s great icons. This release also marks the much-anticipated reunion of Hanna with her Bikini Kill bandmate Kathi Wilcox. After Bikini Kill disbanded in 1997, Hanna released a solo album titled Julie Ruin. Her desire to perform these songs led to the formation of electro-pop group Le Tigre. That band quickly took on a life of its own, however, releasing three full-length albums and inspiring legions of fans before going on hiatus in 2006. In 2010, Hanna revisited the idea of creating a band to perform her solo material. This band became The Julie Ruin. For this project, Hanna put together her dream group: Wilcox on bass, Kenny Mellman (of punk cabaret sensation Kiki and Herb) on keyboards, Sara Landeau on guitar and Carmine Covelli on drums. Recorded at Oscilloscope Studios in New York, the thirteen songs on Run Fast range from sing-along anthems about being part of the underground in the modern economy (“Kids in NY”) to punk stompers (“Oh Come On”) and danceable takedowns (“Ha Ha Ha”). The album also includes the soulful “Just My Kind,” produced by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. Besides a couple of songs mixed by Hanna herself (“Oh Come On” and “Goodnight Goodbye”), the bulk of the album was mixed by Eli Crews (Tune-Yards’ whokill).

Tracks

1. Oh Come On

2. Ha Ha Ha

3. Just My Kind

4. Party City

5. Cookie Road

6. Lookout

7. Right Home

8. Kids in NY

9. Goodnight Goodbye

10. South Coast Pizza

11. Girls Like Us

12. Stop Stop

13. Run Fast

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USELESS EATERS - 'BLEEDING MOON'

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• CF042 - LP

  819162016992

• CF042CD - CD

  819162017005

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*RE-LIST GETTING PLAYS FROM MARC RILEY/BBC6 MUSIC* Seth Sutton has been ripping the shit out of terse Telecaster-sharp riffs and Devo-indebted angular rhythms with Useless Eaters since dude was 18 years old. A young protégé of Jay Reatard, Sutton’s home-fried concoctions are sharp, corrosive mini-masterpieces that drive you to flick cigarettes and push strangers. Psycho-sexual, serrated vocals; thin, acidic guitars; rubbery bass and hot-to-tape traps lather the whole disc. Sutton delivers a really ripping crew of tunes this time around, kicking off with the supremely heavy “American Cars” and not letting up ’til the side break—these are glass-crunching gems with just the right amount of crud to cut your lip a little. A great alienated vibe flows throughout, along with some really sticky melodies, too. Going out under the neon tonight? Take this with you. 

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USELESS EATERS - 'LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO'

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• CF064 - LP

  819162019993

• CF064CD - CD

  819162019986

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*RELIST GETTING PLAYS DJ MARC RILEY OF 6MUSIC* Announcing a white-hot entry into Castle Face’s Live in San Francisco series: Useless Eaters, recorded in the basement of vintage clothing store Vacation. “This show was bananas. When we set up to record a live set, we always hope the band will just murder it and the people will go all crazy. I’d say that crosses over onto the tape and makes the record shine… This was one of those magic moments. All the elements in place for a memorable evening—BYOB, a basement, in the tenderloin of San Francisco, a wicked goddamn band slaying their songs, and a perfect essence in the air. Everyone falling over each other, spilling beer, smiling screaming and sweating. A fucking mess. When everybody leaves and you look at the muddy, hot, trashed, and disgusting room you think, ‘yes, something good happened here tonight.’ “Seth Sutton’s lineup is in peak form here, from touring and being general road-dog bad-asses. His guitar is slanted and choking with intermittent echo—just raw-vibes awesome. Miles Luttrell’s drumming is honed to a point and drunk with hi-hat countdowns. Brendan Hagarty’s bass sounds like it smells bad and is the perfect accompaniment to Seth’s treble-burst guitar, and the at-the-time new edition of Jacob Olsen on keyboard pulls even more of the dystopian spirals from the studio recording out into the live world.” —John Dwyer

Tracks

1. Receiver (Drop the Bomb)
2. Take Advantage of Me
3. Sitting on the Fault Line
4. American Cars
5. Temporary Mutilation
6. Zulu
7. Proper Conduct
8. Walking in Circles
9. Hidden Fees
10. The Moves
11. Aftershock
12. Dungeon
13. Out in the Night
14. Scene and Sequence

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USELESS EATERS - 'RELAXING DEATH'

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• CF078 - LP

  814867021487

• CF078CD - CD

  814867021494

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*RELIST GETTING PLAYS FROM DJ MARC RILEY 6 MUSIC!*Castle Face Records has got fresh new jitters from Useless Eaters: a new batch called Relaxing Death. Relaxing it is not—sleepless synths and serrated drum machine loops populate their sharp-edged, futuristic sound. Nightmare punks on a hallucinatory run through empty streets; angry and intense, tightly wound and razor sync’d. Up to no good. It knocks like it’s cut with something nasty, and it’s out June 3rd.

Tracks

1. Industrial Park
2. Moist Cuts
3. Motorway
4. Tip of the Valley
5. Cold Machine
6. Hogs in the Bush
7. Electrical Outlet
8. Human Waste Drug
9. Relaxing Death
10. Walls
11. Bunker
12. Goodnight to the Theives

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K.LEIMER - 'PERMISSIONS'

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• POL04 - CD

  884502408157

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Released in 2012, Permissions is somewhat of a collaboration with Taylor Deupree, given that the 12k head is credited with “additional voices, post-production, edit, mix, and mastering.” Arranged into concise song-like structures, the material exemplifies the concentration on fluttering micro-sound textures, electro-acoustic sounds, and field recordings that’s shared by the two creators and often captured on a typical 12k release. The settings function like snapshots that cumulatively provide an in-depth portrait of Leimer’s range. The mood is generally laid-back, meditative, and explorative, but the elements drawn upon are not only pastoral in nature as industrial sounds surface, too.

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K.LEIMER - 'THE GREY CATALOG'

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• POL01CD - CD

  888295191999

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Released in 2015, The Grey Catalog departs from Leimer’s typical obsessions with understatement and homogeneity to range freely across rhythmic, melodic and disassembled forms. Incorporating percussion, electric guitar and bass as well as found sound, digital and analog synthesis and sampled instruments, The Grey Catalog spins off multiple intimations of musical forms. “A resplendent soundworld rich in keyboards, strings, guitar, bass, and electronics is presented throughout, and it quickly becomes apparent that describing Leimer’s material as ambient proves to be a bit of a misnomer. Yes, the tempo is typically slow and the music far from frenetic, but the amplitude of sounds within a given arrangement makes for an always arresting listening experience...the sensibility that comes through the tracks feels as much Eastern as Western, given the material’s meditative bent and lulling rhythmic flow.” – Textura

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MARC BARRECA - 'BENEATH THE MIRRORED SURFACE'

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• POL04CD - CD

  888295339292

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Released in 2015, Beneath the Mirrored Surface, continues Barreca’s quest to create deep and shifting aural spaces by merging the abstract rhythmic warmth of early analog synthesis with the complexity and timbral beauty of acoustic instruments and natural sound. Barreca extracted and reshaped rhythms and textures from field recordings, decadesold world folk recordings and acoustic instrument loops. These sources were first converted into MIDI data using Ableton Live and then transformed and manipulated with Max/MSP. Hundreds of these source clips were then blended and arranged with layered and looped digital synthesizer and sampler tracks. The result is a dense, rich world of refracted light and shifting shadow. Mastered by Taylor Deupree. No export restrictions

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MARK FEEHAN - 'MF II'

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• RR/TT50 - LP

  647603396637

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Mark Feehan is a guitarist. In the ’80s he bummed Floridian punks in Broken Talent. In the ’90s he strangled strings and blew minds in Harry Pussy. Currently he is in postno wave noiseniks Taiwan Housing Project. These are mentioned merely as biographical material, as these things —hell, even Feehan’s lone solo album (2012’s MF on Siltbreeze) — gives you zero preparation for the sounds lurking inside MF II. This album has moments of surprising acoustic beauty bookended with perplexing electronic sound pools, with buzzing, almost-punk, Germanic vocal narration. It is safe to say this is the weirdest thing ever to appear on Richie Records. For those who welcome befuddlement and bemusement— hop on board!

Tracks

1. Papillon
2. Der Erlkonig
3. Egnatius
4. Sports
5. Project Weiss Fall
6. Die Wasserbomben
7. Hans Delight
8. Druid Moon
9. Lumina
10. Carmen
11. Dievogelsagt
12. Minute Album
13. Stringer Discount
14. Placido Domingo

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? New solo album by guitarist from
Harry Pussy, Broken Talent, and
Taiwan Housing Project
? The weirdest thing to ever appear on
Richie Records

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SPARROW STEEPLE - 'STEEPLE TWO'

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• RR/TT51 - LP

  647603396651

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Lightly swirling wah. Is-it-wrong-or-is-it-right leads. Intermittent odd percussion flourishes. Songs about shrimp rolls to go. Loosey-goosey warbling atmosphere turned to 10: this is the world of Sparrow Steeple and their album Steeple Two. Comprised of almost all of Philly’s legendary Strapping Fieldhands, and fronted by noted visual artist Barry Goldberg, the band originated secretly in the last decade, with the Fieldhands’ main man Bob Malloy and drummer Jeff Werner recording Goldberg’s inscrutable songs. Now the band has become a legit proposition, minus Malloy but with the Fieldhands’ guitar and bass players Jacy Webster and Bob Dickie, keyboardist Dustin Burrows and record maniac Harmonica Dan. Just as the old proverb postulates, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and Strapping Fieldhands fans will find familiar footing here. As for strangers to this weird realm, how about a Tommy Jay more enamored with Incredible String Band than with Lou Reed? Confused? Richie Records is too.

Tracks

1. Electrical Chair
2. Domino Mary
3. Tuscany
4. Shrimp Rolls To Go
5. Caspars Robe
6. Hamlet Egg Sandwich
7. Valerie Verb
8. Mantis
9. Perseus Zeus
10. Chocolate Memories

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? Band fronted by noted visual artist Barry
Goldberg, backed by almost all of the
legendary Strapping Fieldhands
? For fans of Tommy Jay mixed with
Incredible String Band with
shrimp rolls to go

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MORDECAI - 'ABSTRACT RECIPE'

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• RR/TT52 - LP

  647603396644

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Abstract Recipe is the fourth full-length (the third issued by Richie Records / TestosterTunes) from Mordecai of the great Upper Plains. Is it punk? Or garage? Post-punk? Indie rock? Blech — it’s a no-frills rock album that oughta perk up the ears of those interested in things like thwarted freedom, advanced mathematics, The Blue Mask, bum notes, and staring at the wall. The band has grown increasingly competent and confident with each release and these precocious mofos possess a flippant worldweariness typically reserved for no-accounts and has-beens at the beginning of their third marriage. Call to mind the moment when one recognizes life for what it is: a low-key drag, but one interesting enough to wake up for each morning. Mordecai huddled up in Montana with an electric guitar, some drums and a bass and they put that moment on a record and this is it.

Tracks

1. In A Hole
2. Looking Far Away
3. Morning Fog
4. Wanton
5. Staring At The Sun
6. A Change
7. I Want To Grow Up
8. My Own Two Eyes
9. Titan Or A Toy
10. Pictures Of Her

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