In a relatively short time, prog- and post-punk maestros Sama Dams have garnered an inspired following for bucking all sorts of aural cliches, instead choosing to forge ahead with brilliantly tempered blasts of soothing instrumentals and swaying experimental rock freakouts courtesy of frontman Sam Adams (not that one). You can grab their new LP – Comfort In Doubt – at any tour stop through the end of November.
Tokyo guitarist/songwriter/singer Suzuki Junzo‘s 7th album, 7, is a masterwork of guitar deconstruction, bleak blues and claustrophobic atmospherics. Known from his work with Miminokoto, 20 Guilders, Overhang Party and more, Junzo unleashes his desolate soul on this new LP. Limited edition – available November 5.
Coming soon from Vin Du Select Qualitite is a very limited pressing of Glenn Jones’ “Changing Ships On A Falling Tide”. Housed in a unique letterpress folder. Watch VDSQ for availability and updates.
The music of Bain Wolfkind could be described as a Lynchian take on artists like Lee Hazlewood with dark brooding vocals and slow blues,rock,country,psychedelic,cinematic, surf, swamp and electronic overtones.The lyrical content draws heavily from Crime Fiction, Blues, Country and B grade Cinema and Americana.While primarily a solo project, in the singer songwriter vein, Bain Wolfkind involves many guest musicians in the studio and guitarists for live performances.
Bain Wolfkind performs sporadic live shows in Australia, The United States, Europe, Japan and South East Asia. The You’re Surely Gonna Die 7 inch will be available very soon on the Not Just Religious Music label.
The Turtledove, the Swallow, and the Crane is The Selfish Giant’s debut album. A 10 song concept album inspired by Flannery O’Connor, the book of Jeremiah, and the Salton Sea. It was birthed out of Matthew Tinken’s Master’s Thesis project at Fuller Theological Seminary. He was inspired by the short stories of Flannery O’Connor, which he was reading alongside the book of Jeremiah. The desert landscape of Niland and the mysterious past of the Salton sea engulfed his imagination and were the perfect backdrop for the album. It’s a concept album that tells the story of a young girl as she struggles with her family and her conception of home. Grab it now.
if it ain’t overheatin, it’s oversweetin….Sun Club is a group of buddies playing happy music. You can grab Dad Claps at the Mom Prom from either Byrdhouse Records or Goodnight Records – each label has a limited edition variant.
First time vinyl reissue of the Outsider, Real People, proto-punk fuzz of Sound Ceremony’s first record, Guitar Star. From the mid 1970s to the early 1980s multi-instrumentalist Ron Warren Gandertonn (electric and acoustic guitar, harmonica, keyboards and piano) – under the name Sound Ceremony – along with a rotating cast of accompanists (including future members of the Pretenders, late period progressive rockers Quasar, and Subway Sect) created a hard to narrowly define, small catalog of sounds praised by private-press hunters, esoteric appreciators and “out of time” searchers. Ganderton’s output holds echoes of monotone mavens like proto-punks Jonathan Richman and Lou Reed, similarities to cult-raved acts such as Armand Schaubroeck and Kenneth Higney, and carries a loose influence of the ‘talking blues’ tradition while maintaining a uniqueness and singularity laced with ‘60s fuzz, primitive and skittering rhythms, and alternately confrontational and heart-on-sleeve topicality—thusly eking out its own sonic territory with a population of one. To put it down succinctly, just like a period advertisement did, Ron Warren Ganderton is, “One of rock’s individuals.” Originally released circa 1978. Insert with detailed liner notes from Jeremy Cargill (Ugly Things/Got Kinda Lost), plus rare photos. One time pressing of 500 copies – available from One Kind Favor Records.
Iowa City native Kelly Pardekooper is a songwriter, singer, guitar playing noise-maker currently based in Indianapolis. He has toured all over the United States and Europe and showcased his songs everywhere from SXSW in Austin to the Take Root Festival in Holland. His new album, Milk In Sunshine, is available for pre-order now.
No Record by Nihilst Spasm Band is one of very few indie label releases on Spin Magazine’s list of 100 top counter-cultural music, ahead of legends like Mulatu Astatke, Brigitte Fontaine, Pärson Sound, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra, Harry Partch, and Os Mutantes. Zowie! Limited to 500 copies, and digitally mastered from the original master tapes. Available from Lion Productions and independent retailers now!
Plastic Ants is maximum chamber pop from Cincinnati, Ohio, featuring singer-songwriter Robert Cherry, bassist-producer John Curley, drummer Joe Klug, and keyboardist-singer Guy Vanasse. In a world carved out by Plastic Ants you’re only as tall as the height of your hopes. And things, well, they’re looking up.