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Record Highlight — Racing Heart

Matt Earley — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:31:47 +0000

Racing Heart is a Norwegian/American indie folk band. The heart child of Mathias Tjønn, his songs are brought to life with the help of Kendall Eddy and Justin Keller. Their debut album TO WALK BESIDE THAT GHOST, will be released by Movemountains Records on LP/CD as well as digitally in Norway on Jan 27th, and in the U.S. on April 20th.

Record Highlight — Chuck Prophet

Matt Earley — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:14:36 +0000

On Februrary 7th, Chuck Prophet returns with Temple Beautiful - a nuanced, insightful, passionate ode to San Francisco: his adopted hometown; his muse; his drug of choice...

"San Francisco. It's a great place to come and wave your freak flag or whatever you want to call it. It can suck you under. That first hit. It really does a whammy to you. And if you're like me you can find yourself chasing the San Francisco dragon for the rest of your life. That's what the record is about.

The record's an unsentimental (though loving) tour of San Francisco. Made in San Francisco by San Franciscans about San Francisco. My effort to tap into the history, the weirdness, the energy and spontaneity that brought me here in the first place." ~ Chuck Prophet

Record Highlight — Davila 666

Matt Earley — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:19:32 +0000

Available exclusively from Oops Baby Records, Davila 666's limited edition "Pa Que Vives" 7 inch single pre-order is up now! The "Puerto Rican Flag" color wax version (see pic below) is already sold out....so grab a black vinyl copy while you still can!

(Orders will ship just prior to the Release Date, Feb. 7, 2012)

Davila 666, "Pa Que Vives"
Side A: Pa Que Vives
Side B: Sera Sera

Record Highlight — The Marble Vanity

Matt Earley — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:36:27 +0000

The Marble Vanity's "You Can't Step On A Rainbow" 7" single streets January 31 on Slow Fizz Records.

What you see is only natural. After punishing ears for years as CoCoComa, Bill and Lisa Roe spent the last few years building Trouble in Mind Records and putting out enough hit singles to fill a candy jukebox. Goes without saying all these contact highs awakened a few demons. They found themselves playing with kites and launching yellow balloons into the sky towards Sagittarius and soon enough Andrew from The Hipshakes jumped across the pond and found himself going from every other weekend to full custody and The Marble Vanity was a band, man. Soon Emma from Hollows turned up with a harpsichord in one hand and a flute in the other to add a bit of sparkle, Josh Berman dropped by for tea with his cornet to add a little class and then there was this monkey and he had some total Owsley shit – super kind.

Record Highlight — Italian Horn

Matt Earley — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:53:44 +0000

The Bells of Spring is the six song 12” debut from Italian Horn, a solo project of New York City writer Anthony Pappalardo (Radio Silence, Live…Suburbia). Continuing the home recording tradition of My Dad is Dead, East River Pipe and Sebadoh, Red Affair channels equal parts GBV, Bailterspace and Flying Saucer Attack. …synth and subtle noise intertwine with short strummed songs selected with washed out shoegaze reverb guitar creating direct but layered soundscapes. Cover collage created by Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices) and limited to 300 copies -- the first 50 pre-orders receive a limited edition cassette with bonus tracks!

Record Highlight — The Heat Tape

Matt Earley — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:27:50 +0000

The Heat Tape from Makanda, IL has signed on with Underground Communiqué Records for the release of their new eponymous 7”! This new four song single is the band's follow up to their debut album, Raccoon Valley Recordings, which was released last year by Red Scare.

Fronted by Brett Hunter from the Copyrights/Dear Landlord, the band continues their lo-fi and primitive-stomp sound that was the benchmark set on the debut. The songs have an effortless air to them and are stacked with infectious hooks that start with a casual, uncontrollable foot tapping along to the beat, quickly progressing to humming the tunes at any idle moment in the day and then into full on “obsesso mode.” The 7" just shipped, and will be added to the Underground Communique store soon, so stay tuned...

Record Highlight — Person L / Weatherbox

Matt Earley — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:40:30 +0000

It's been rumored since 2008, and now, it finally exists: Philadelphia's Person L and San Diego's Weatherbox each contribute two brand new tracks to this split EP. This release showcases Kenneth Vasoli and Brian Warren as true masters of their craft, in a constant game of post-punk one-upmanship. Essential listening that is worth the wait.

TRACKLISTING
A1: Person L - OK
A2: Person L - Winter Clothes
B1: Weatherbox - Kickflips For Weeks
B2: Weatherbox - Two Seductresses

All of the blue and black copies are sold out, so only orange copies remain (and not very many) -- hit up Youth Conspiracy Records to grab one!

Record Highlight — Sound Ceremony

Matt Earley — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:49:16 +0000

"We bring to your attention, an invitation to the bizarre." So goes the final song on Canadian born guitarist and songwriter Ron Warren Ganderton 1979 LP with his group Sound Ceremony. Ganderton self-released three LPs with the band while living in the United Kingdom during the 1970s and 80s. First came "Guitar Star" (1973), then "Sound Ceremony" (1979) and finally "Precious As England" (1981). Despite some modest distribution and frequent gigs, the band never seemed to really take off and Ganderton eventually returned to his native Vancouver (where he still resides), leaving hundreds of unsold records in the attic of his house. While these copies seem to have been lost to the ravages of time, One Kind Favor will now reissue the second Sound Ceremony LP. All of the group's efforts are undeniably unique, but their middle record is the true brain-damaged winner of the bunch. The record surely fits somewhere into the UK punk explosion of the day, but it's also looks back to the mid-sixties rock that Ron cut his teeth on and ahead to some sort of maniac future form of entertainment that perhaps has not been invented yet. Ganderton's mildly "out of it" stream of consciousness lyrics show a clear lack of self-censorship and that's really one of the albums strongest assets. He has created this character of himself as a huge rock star and a sex symbol, and who are we to deny his claims? The band chugs along amiably as Ganderton covers such terrain as his beating heart (it's made of rock), his distaste for education (he'd prefer to teach a lesson in bed) and his electric brain (which happens to be insane). If you've never heard a singer do a count-off all the way up to seventeen, then now is your big chance! Features what is perhaps the greatest anti-cigarette song of all time.

Record Highlight — Kenneth Higney

Matt Earley — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:44:21 +0000

Often considered the Holy Grail of "real people" records, Kenneth Higney's Attic Demonstration was never actually intended to be an official release. It was recorded in New York City by Higney and his accompanist Gordon Gaines (R.I.P.) as a vehicle with which to sell Higney's songs to other artists and was only pressed to vinyl in 1976 when he grew tired of duplicating cassette tapes. Apparently the Jandekian dissonance of the "A. Demo." sound was an unintended by-product of the one take demo sessions. Be that as it may, "Attic Demonstration" is a strange sonic world all of it's own. It is neither too weird to be unappealing to "regular" music listeners nor is it one of those "discoveries" that leaves you wondering what all the hype was about. Acoustic guitar ballads of nearly atonal desolation mix readily with rock 'n' roll numbers featuring hiccuping drums and alien sounding electric guitar. Higney's vocals are by turns sneering and mournful as he sings about lost love and the desire for fame all filtered through his uniquely bent worldview. Although a few ads were placed for the record in The Village Voice and The Aquarian, the fame that Higney sought eluded him (a semi-positive review in Trouser Press notwithstanding). That is, until the album was discovered and distributed by record dealer Paul Major. Attic Demonstration has been featured in the Acid Archives and copies of the original LP have soared in price over the years, but you no longer have to pay $100, $200 or even $300 to obtain a copy of this monumental album on vinyl. One Kind Favor and Kenneth Higney have teamed up to bring you an official reissue of Attic Demonstration remastered, with all the original artwork and with liner notes by the artist.

Record Highlight — Gypsy

Matt Earley — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:35:34 +0000

This record was a long time in the making. Finally seeing the light of day is the debut full length from GYPSY. Giant's Despair is 10 tracks that have been well worth the wait. Sounding even more now like Knapsack, Jawbeaker and Dinosaur Jr than on their previous 7" (now only available as a download), the LP features top notch production from Will Yip (Blacklisted, Mother Of Mercy, War Hungry). Oh and they feature members of Cold World, Mother Of Mercy, Stick Together, and the dude who books United Blood, if you're into that sort of thing.

The LP is available for pre-order now from Six Feet Under, and was pressed on three limited edition colors which are sold on a first-come-first-served basis.