VARIOUS - 'MAGGOT BRAIN ISSUE #12'

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• MG013 - BOOK

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*EXISTING PREORDERS WILL BE FULFILLED* The cover feature celebrates the enduring, luminous genius of DOLLY PARTON, with a revealing conversation between Caryn Rose and Lynn Melnick on how her music quite literally saved Melnick’s life. ALSO IN THE ISSUE: OCTAVIA BUTLER – The very full transcript of editor Mike McGonigal’s lengthy, in-depth talk with the sci-fi feminist visionary, from 1997. The entire transcript has never appeared in print. ROLIN-POWERS – The great Michelle Dove on what makes these avant-folk lovebirds tick, and why you should care. THE CLEAN + HAMISH KILGOUR – An epic, archival interview with the band from 15 years ago, plus a fresh look thanks to Michael Galinsky at why Hamish meant so much to so many. The Clean were our favorite contemporary rock band. FRED TOMASELLI – Many pages of his delightful reworkings of New York Times front pages, plus an insightful interview with one of our finest contemporary artists. CRAZY DOBERMAN – Erick’s Bradshaw delivers an epic, well-illustrated tour diary of a brief jaunt with these noise greats. Plus also – Composer TAYONDAI BRAXTON by Katy Henricksen! – a meaty, beautiful feature on DR. PETE LARSON by Fred Thomas, worlds collide! – An amazing LUCY SANTE column! – Cassette tapes! – Reissue of the issue is the ‘Saturn 2’ comp of obscure Midwestern ‘90s shoegaze! – The Bay Area’s deliriously good new band GALORE by Jessica Beard! – A beloved celebrity writes in to Mimi Lipson’s advice column! – A lengthy excerpt from a great unpublished novel by DAVID GORDON! – Editor Mike McGonigal’s tribute to Tom Verlaine! – And we think that’s everything, hard to really know, as we always pack so much into every issue because we love you!

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VARIOUS - 'BROWN ACID: THE SIXTEENTH TRIP'

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• EZRDR151 - LP

  603111758817

• EZRDR151CD - CD

  603111758824

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Sixteen trips might fry the fragile psyche of your average teenager, but us hoary old heads at Brown Acid boiled our brain pans long ago! As such, we’re bringing you EVEN MORE hard rock, heavy psych, and garage rock rarities from the North American wasteland of the 1970s. From L.A. to Youngstown, OH, from Toronto to Charlotte, The Sixteenth Trip has got you covered. As always, original copies of these 45s would cost you a pretty penny—if you could find ’em in the first place. And by now you know the drill: This ain’t no bootleg. All songs are officially licensed. Our 16th installment kicks off with “Shuckin’ and Jiving,” a seven-minute power jam from L.A.’s kings of garage psych, the Seeds. The song appeared as a single in 1972 with “You Took Me By Surprise” on the flipside. It was the only release on Productions Unlimited, a label created by (or for) the Seeds at the tail end of their late ’60s/early ’70s run as Sky Saxon and the Seeds. Get shucked! Very little is known about the band Nothing, beyond the fact that “Young Generation” is the flip of “Sittin’ On Top Of The World,” one of four singles released by the ASG label out of Cincinnati in the mid-70s. What we can tell you for sure is that “Young Generation” is a funk-injected hard rock banger of Buckeye State proportions, complete with what sounds like anonymous oral… Macbeth released their one and only 45 in 1978, with the steamrolling “Freight Train” as the B-side to “Didn’t Mean (To Come This Far).” Boasting a thick-ass riff, a tasty stereo-panned guitar solo and at least one space laser sound effect, this one should satisfy fans of Blue Cheer and Grand Funk alike. Macbeth’s bassist, Ned Meloni, went on to play with UFO guitarist Paul Chapman, Virgin Steele guitarist Jack Starr and do a brief stint with doom legends Pentagram. As it turns out, Saturday night ain’t just for fighting. One-and-done Canadian psych-rock warriors Sarawest will tell you it’s also for gettin’ “Hot & Heavy,” and they’re not wrong. This swirling 1974 freak rock fuzz-bomb will get the party started every time. And that porno guitar? Outta sight. After releasing their full-length debut, Cuttin’ Loose, in 1976, North Carolina rockers Brotherhood Of Peace shortened their name to BOP and dropped this single two years later. “Feel The Heat (In The Driver’s Seat)” is freeway funk-rock in the classic Southern style. Released in 1969 as the flip to “School Daze” (which opened The Eighth Trip in high style), Attack’s "Dream” was written by Thom Strasz. That’s the same St. Clair Shores, Michigan, resident who penned the highly sought-after garage-rock diamond “City Of People” under the name The Illusions in ’66. And this acid-drenched rocker rocks hard. Brown Acid favorite Marty Soski rides again! After appearing on our third & eighth trips with his band Inside Experience and the fifth with Lance’s “Fireball,” the Ohio guitarist/vocalist graces our 16th with “Marilyn,” the 1976 A-side to “Fireball.” This time, our man unwinds a psychedelic threnody to the artist formerly known as Norma Jean Mortenson, perhaps inspired by Elton John’s then-recent “Candle In The Wind.” Formed by three brothers—David, Bruce and Barry Flynn, all GM factory workers—along with organist Tom Applegate, The Headstones (also known as simply Headstone) lent their 1974 garage boogie “Carry Me On” to The Fourth Trip. This time, the Midwest psych rockers return with their killer 1975 instrumental “Snake Dance.” You can hear echoes of this particular guitar style in the recent work of Swedish adventure rock overlords Hällas. The band Clinton might’ve been from Pennsylvania, but that didn’t stop them from writing about New York City. “Midnight In New York” is the flipside to their sole single, 1976’s “Falling Behind.” Stylistically and thematically, it’s not unlike something famous New Yawker Ace Frehley would’ve written for KISS around the same time.

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1. Seeds - ?Shuckin? and Jivin'?
2. Nothing - ?Young Generation?
3. Macbeth - ?Freight Train?
4. Sarawest - ?Saturday (Hot & Heavy)?
5. Brotherhood Of Peace - ?Feel The Heat (In the Driver?s Seat)?
6. Attack - ?Dreams?
7. Lance - ?Marilyn?
8. Headstones - ?Snake Dance?
9. Clinton - ?Midnight In New York?

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ACID KING - 'ACID KING'

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• EZRDR154 - LP

  603111759012

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12” LP cut at 45 (for the first time) (color vinyl only) Pressed on a 12" for the first time and cut at 45 RPM so it's EXTRA loud. Jacket is an extra hefty 24pt board with printed inner sleeve full of rare never before seen photos When Acid King pressed up their self-titled debut EP on a tape and started handing them out at shows with business cards, it wasn’t an aesthetic choice. It was 1993. And while the world was still reeling in the aftermath of grunge breaking big on rock radio, this dirty-as-hell trio founded by guitarist/vocalist Lori S. were digging into even heavier vibes. Born out of Lori's shiftless days of wasted youth hanging around Chicago-area public parks, Acid King laughingly adopted the name from the book 'Say You Love Satan' and its subject Ricky Kasso, a local drug dealer who killed a friend over angel dust, thereby becoming the stuff of Satanic Panic local news broadcasts all over the country. Founded after a move to San Francisco, Acid King were outliers on punker bills in the tradition of West Coast rifflords like Saint Vitus and Sleep, and this four-song outing captures them at their rawest. Long before the career-defining roll of Busse Woods (1999) and the psychedelic mastery of their latest offering, Beyond Vision, this EP set in motion one of American heavy rock’s most landmark careers. Presented on reissued vinyl through RidingEasy Records – the original 10” was on Sympathy for the Record Industry – Acid King’s Acid King also established one of the most crucial partnerships in underground rock in that between Lori S. and producer/engineer Billy Anderson (see also: Neurosis, Sleep, Om, Amenra, Eight Bells, Cattle Decapitation and too many others to list). As Acid King went on to help define stoner rock in the mid and late ’90s with Zoroaster (1995), their Man’s Ruin Records split with Altamont (‘97) and Busse Woods, that creative relationship would flourish no less than the band’s sound, and here it is distilled to its meanest and most elemental self. Led as ever by Lori, Acid King at the time featured bassist/vocalist Peter Lucas and drummer Joey Osbourne – legend has it both had to read 'Say You Love Satan' before joining – and Melvins drummer Dale Crover had a hand in producing it as well as singing lead on “The Midway” after Lucas took a turn on “Drop.” A preface to the many majesties to come throughout Acid King’s many-storied career, behold the formative incarnation that started it all. A piece of heavy rock history AND killer riffs? You can’t possibly go wrong. - JJ Koczan, May 2023

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SIDE A
1. Lead Paint
2. Blasting Cap

SIDE B
1. Drop
2. Midway

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HOGNI - 'KATLA (OST)'

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• ERATP158LP - LP

  3700551785018

• ERATP158LE - LP (COLOURED)

  3700551785001

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Icelandic composer Högni’s score for the muchacclaimed Netflix’s series Katla will see its full release on July 28. The series takes place in Iceland, after the subglacial volcano Katla has been erupting constantly for a whole year, Gríma is still looking for her missing sister who disappeared the day the eruption started. As her hope of ever finding her body is fading, the residents of the surrounding area start to have visits from unexpected guests. There might be something hidden under the glacier no one could ever have foreseen. Speaking about the score, Högni says: “when I was asked by Baltasar [Kormákur] – the director and show creator – I started writing so when the filming was finished, I had already written a number of pieces for the show. As relatively in-experienced in the field I imagined that my work was finished and the rest was a matter of post-production and music editing. However it immediately became clear that my ambitions and the nature of the project called for second, third and fourth wind in order to fulfil the auditory architecture that needed to be built”. Realising it was a monumental task, Högni kept a strict schedule every day, starting by writing and arranging in the morning, recording and mixing in the afternoon and presenting to the producer each evening. The score was recorded in Högni’s own studio, where him and his collaborators consisting of Tóti Guðnason, Inga Magnes, Petter Ekman, Þórunn Ósk and Sigurgeir found themselves working in a completely different way than they’ve done before, due to the nature of the project – “we worked the music out of my studio in Reykjavik, where a healthy number of musicians rotated through at the pace of an average ice cream parlour on a long summers evening in Reykjavik. The urgency of delivering cues and material left one in the state of instinctual execution at all hours without hesitation”.

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A
1. KTLA
2. Anda inn Gu (ft. Hatis Noit)
3. Resurgentis
4. El?
5. Aequilibrium
6. Andardr?ttur Myrkrah?f?ingjans
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7. Gratandi Jeg thig Bei?i (ft. Eron Thor J?nsson)
8. Tactus
9. Bo?or?
10. Larva
11. Tryptic
12. Vivus
13. Elegy (ft. Hallveig R?narsdottir)

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LANGUAGE FIELD - 'FEARFUL SYMMETRY'

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• BUTR81 - 10"

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Precision machine funk reminiscent of Kenny Larkin & Gherkin Jerks plus waves of 80s neon synths + hazy downtempo atmospherics. Presented in a surreal A.I. artwork wrap around sleeve with label house bags, drink coaster + 4 sticker set.

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VARIOUS - 'MAGGOT BRAIN ISSUE #13'

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• MG014 - MAGAZINE

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Maggot Brain is a quarterly magazine edited by Mike McGonigal, a prominent writer from Detroit. The magazine is full-color and consists of over 100 pages filled with exceptional content, including art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more. Its unique feature is that it solely exists in print form. Contents of Maggot Brain #13: The cover showcases a fresh design, as the magazine's logo changes every three issues. It highlights a captivating live photograph of the iconic musician Prince. Highlighted columns in this issue: A delightful contribution by Lucy Sante, a renowned contemporary nonfiction writer who has been featured in every previous edition, making her our favorite. The return of the hip-hop column, featuring Paula Perry this time. An insightful reissue column focusing on the band Moss Icon from the 1990s, written by Fred Thomas. Mimi Lipson's exceptional advice column. A feature on Kim Jung Mi, a Korean pop psych legend. Dorothy Berry shares her experiences as a Black individual in experimental music spaces. Maggot Brain #13 is now available, and the magazine is thrilled to present its readers with this exciting edition. The new cover design perfectly complements the stunning live shot of Prince, and readers can expect a diverse range of engaging content within its pages.

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REVBJELDE - 'AMICUS'

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• BUTR47LP - LP (COLOURED)

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*TRANSLUCENT YELLOW VINYL* AMICUS is an industrial requiem for a world turned upside down. Revbjelde's 3rd long player originally released in 2022 on CD, has been remixed, remastered & resequenced for vinyl with new tracks & new artwork. Recorded in England & New Zealand between 2020 & 2022, the new vinyl edition features 11 tracks of brittle electronic beats, cavernous synths + scorched acoustic instrumentation. . Amicus moves on from the motorik psych-folk of previous albums (Hooha Hubbub + Revbjelde) towards a raw, emotive soundscape of abstraction filled with percussive dubs, broken machinery & metallic drones. Peter Hope (Richard H Kirk / Wrong Revolution / The Box) contributes suitably caustic vocals on 3 tracks with revised artwork & photography by Alan's dear friend Jon Kemp RIP, respectfully adapted by Luke Drozd (Bloxham Tapes).

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"brilliant! avant-garde, disaffected & unique"
JIM JUPP - BELBURY POLY/ GHOST BOX

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DONALD BYRD - 'ELECTRIC BYRD'

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• TMR851 - LP

  810074422628

• TME851 - LP (COLOURED)

  810074422635

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*INDIE EXCLUSIVE BLUE OPAQUE VINYL / BLACK VINYL* The experimentations taking shape in jazz at the end of the 60’s with Miles Davis leading the pack pushed jazz in many new directions. Released six months after Bitches Brew, Electric Byrd shows legendary hard bop Detroit trumpet player Donald Byrd was listening to, but not necessarily following concurrent paths. Backed by a diverse group of players including hard bop legends with Brazilians Moreira and Pascoal lending a fresh sound. Shimmering percussion, wind instruments and electric piano and guitar set the backdrop for Byrd’s dramatic flight into a psychedelic space with his echo-laden trumpet blasts. The album ends on a rollocking funk featuring his full band that foreshadows the gold he would soon mine with the Mizell Brothers on his string of hit records recorded shortly after. A true glimpse of an artist in transition, it would be difficult to find a more perfect sounding record. Recorded at Van Gelder Studio - Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1970 Donald Byrd - Trumpet Ron Carter - Bass Pepper Adams - Clarinet Mickey Roker - Drums Duke Pearson - Electric Piano Hermeto Pascoal - Flute Wally Richardson - Guitar Airto Moreira - Percussion Frank Foster - Saxophone Jerry Dodgion - Saxophone Lew Tabackin - Saxophone 

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Recorded at Van Gelder Studio - Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1970

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THAD JONES - 'DETROIT - NEW YORK JUNCTION'

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• TMR854 - LP

  810074422581

• TME854 - LP (COLOURED)

  810074422611

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*LIMITED EDITION INDIE WHITE VINYL / BLACK VINYL*It would be difficult to overstate the importance of the Jones brothers Thad, Hank and Elvin on the world of jazz. Between the three of them, their performances can be heard on literally thousands of recordings, including some of the most legendary sessions ever recorded with some of the greatest artists. Post-War Detroit was really taking notes on the new sounds of jazz coming into favor and the group of former Detroiters included on this album include some of its most virtuosic students. Thad Jones, (although he was technically from nearby Pontiac, MI) on trumpet, Kenny Burrell on guitar, Tommy Flanagan on piano and Billy Mitchell on saxophone. Jones’ first for Blue Note from 1956 stands as a fantastic sounding announcement that the Detroiters had landed in New York and were about to take off. Including legendary players Shadow Wilson on Drums and Oscar Pettiford on Bass; Detroit - New York Junction, a long sought after rarity and a true testament to the importance of Detroit on the evolution of jazz music through Blue Note Records. Recorded at Audio Video Studios - New York, NY 1956 by Alfred Lion and Rudy Van Gelder

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Recorded at Audio Video Studios - New York, NY 1956 by Alfred Lion and Rudy Van Gelder

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