End of an Ear will be hosting a Q & A with Iraqi heavy metallers, Acrassicauda tomorrow at 6pm. If you’ve ever seen the documentary, Heavy Metal Baghdad, you know that these dudes have been to hell and back all for the love of metal. You can also check them out later on that night at Red 7. I’m sure it will be a great show.
Here’s the list of End of an Ear’s latest new arrivals:
Pop / Rock
Amor De Dias “Street of the Love of Days” CD (Merge) Debut album by the supergroup formed by Alasdair MacLean of the Clientele and Lupe Núñez-Fernández of Pipas.
Art Museums “S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G.” 7″ (Dulc-I-Tone) New single from SF popsters.
Austra “Feel It Break” CD/LP (Domino) A stark, danceable masterpiece suitable for both ritual incantations and clubs.
Bachelorette “s/t” CD/LP (Drag City) Annabel “Bachelorette” Alpers is still a space case, but since her last album she’s definitely come back down to earth a bit. The tunes are still soaring high though.
Bahamas “Pink Strat” CD (Universal Republic) Finnish-Canadian singer songwriter.
Boys Next Door “What’s The Story?” 2LP All live double LP, fourteen tracks recorded live at Storey Hall, Australia in 1978. Limited to 300 copies.
Colourmusic “My ____ is Pink” LP (Memphis Industries) Their latest.
Company of Thieves “Running From a Gamble” CD Wind-Up Chicago outfit with their sophomore record.
Dogs of War “s/t” LP
Elected, the “Bury Me in My Rings” CD (Vagrant) Blake Sennett, former guitarist and songwriter of Rilo Kiley with his latest effore.
Eno, Brian “Before and After Science” LP “Japanese'” reissue with OBI strip.
Globes “Future Self” CD (Barsuk) Produced by John Goodmanson (Blonde Redhead, Death Cab for Cutie, Sleater-Kinney, etc).
Iron Curtain “Desertion 1982-1988” 2LP (Pylon) Collection of the earliest and best material from these minimal synth pioneers.
Let’s Wrestle “Nursing Home” CD/LP (Merge) Second album, recorded by Steve Albini.
Lynch, Julian “Terra” CD (Underwater Peoples) His latest. Vinyl should be here next week. The sweet spot between Animal Collective and Michael McDonald.
Manchester Orchestra “Simple Math” CD (Columbia) A concept record about a 23-year old who questions everything from marriage to love to religion to sex.
Moby “Destroyed” CD (Mute) Written by Moby on the road during the small hours of the night, when his insomnia was in full tilt.
Queens of the Stone Age “s/t” CD (Rekords Reckords)1988 debut album reissued.
Schmillion “S/T” CD
Sea And Cake “The Moonlight Butterfly” LP (Thrill Jockey) Now available on vinyl.
Tinie Tempah “Discovery” CD (Astralwerks) UK rapper Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, best known for his hit “Pass Out”.
Vangaalen, Chad “Diaper Island” CD/LP (Sub Pop) Chad VanGaalen emerges from his bunker in Calgary with a batch of new songs.
Weekend “End Times” 7″ (Slumberland) A nice slab of wax with two tracks.
White Fence “Harness / The Pool” 7″ Afterlife Features the track “Harness” from the band’s new Is Growing Faith album, backed with the previously unreleased cut “The Pool.”
Punk
PRE-ORDER – last chance
Fucked Up “David Comes To Life” (Matador) CD/LP When you preorder you will get:
– 4 Bonus 7″s of 8 extra non-album songs
– Instant download of 5 non-album songs
– A full 192k album stream and hi-quality album download in 4 parts over 4 days from May 10-13
– Download of Record Store Day Exclusive “David’s Town” comp on June 7
– An exclusive poster
Crushed Butler “It’s My Life / My Son’s Alive” 7″ (Windian) 1969 reissue from Britain’s first proto-punk bashers. Three songs that have never been on a single until now.
DOA “Hardcore ’81” CD (Sudden Death) Classic 2nd album reissued.
Insurgents “Fad Cash” 7″ (Stained Circles) Frantic Aussie hardcore punk.
Lakes “Tray of Fire” 7″ (Stained Circles) Blown-out and distorted Aussie rock.
Metal
Electric Wizard “Dopethrone” LP (Rise Above) Their best album reissued on weed-green double vinyl.
Prog / Psych
A Bolha “Um Passo A Frente” CD (Lion) Brazilian heavy prog from 1973.
Gong “Opium For The People” CD Thirty-one tracks originally recorded for the BYG-Actuel label and released on the following albums: “Magick Brother, Mystic Sister” (1970), “Banana Moon” and “Camembert Electrique” (1971).
Hawkwind “Doremi Fasol Latido” LP (101 Distribution) Deluxe double vinyl reissue.
Hawkwind “Hall of the Mountain Grill” LP (101 Distribution) Deluxe double vinyl reissue.
Morning Dew “No More 1966-1969” CD Contains the 1966 Audio House session, all their singles (with bonus alternative versions), the 1968 Fairyland sessions and more. Over an hour of material.
Newbury, Mickey “Frisco Mabel Joy” LP (Drag City) Originally released in 1971 on Elektra, ‘Frisco Mabel Joy’ froths with rich and creamy sonics, jumping genres (and a Greyhound), hitting the road and criss-crossing the country on an amazing journey and head trip.
Soul / Funk / Jazz
Forty Seven Times It’s Own Weight “Cumulo Nimbus” CD (Fable) First time in stock. Classic Austin funk jazz record that was issued in the mid 70’s in an edition of 1000. Vinyl copies fetch some serious coin.
Johnson, Syl “45 box set” 7″ (Numero Group) Limited edition set of 45s featuring cuts from the “Mythological” box set.
Starcrost “s/t” CD (Fable) From 1976 Austin, another rare groove LP reissued on CD.
Steamheat “Austin Funk” CD (Fable) Austin funk from 1975. Now in stock on CD on the local Fable label.
Woods, Carol “Out of the Woods” CD (Fantastic Voyage) Digitally remastered and expanded edition.
Techno / Electronic
Blake, James “CMYK” 12″ Back in stock.
Neud Photo “Open Air Cinema” LP
v/a “Wu Tang Clan – Enter the Dubstep” 2LP
World
Verocai, Arthur “s/t” CD/LP (Luv N Haight) A classic now back in print. Brasilian tropicalia that manages to be funky and gentle at the same time, includes many strange production subtleties and a full string section. Highly recommended.
Ilaiyaraaja “Solla Solla” CD (B-Music) Everyone knows about Bollywood, there’s also “Lollywood” of Pakistan, and now check out “Kollywood” – the Tamil film industry of southern India. Awesome and funky tracks from 1977-83.
v/a “Groove Club 3 – Cambodian Rock Spectacular” CD (Lion) Now in stock on CD.
v/a “Persian Funk” LP (Secret Stash)
