Click through for a list of this week’s new releases which include a new 7″ from Austin’s own OBN III’s. They’ll be playing a matinee show this Saturday, April 9, at Beerland. Here’s the schedule for that gig: 6pm: Lola Cola; 5pm: The Zoltars; 4pm: The Stuffies; 3pm: OBN III’s. Oh yeah, it’s only $5!
In-Stores
Tue, April 5th @ 6pm – Broken Water (Olympia)
Fri, April 8th @ 6pm – Stephanie Bonham art opening with Lead Pipe / Low Red Center
Pop / Rock
All Tiny Creatures “Harbors” CD/LP (Hometapes) aka multi-instrumentalist Thomas Wincek and Andrew Fitzpatrick are joined by vocalists Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Roberto Carlos Lange (Helado Negro & Epstein), Phil Cook, Brad Cook, and Joe Westerlund (Megafaun)
Anika “s/t” LP (Stones Throw) Now available on vinyl.
Apache Dropout “s/t” LP (Family Vineyard) A full on lysergic boogie trio from Southern Indiana. They will be playing the shop on Record Store Day.
Autumn “Synthesize” LP (Minimal Wave) Autumn was the legendary project of two Belgian teenagers who started experimenting with the potentials of analog synthesizers during the late 70s and soon after formed a band together in 1980. This album features the Synthesize single and The Third Autumn, along with other cassette only favorites. Hand-numbered, limited edition pressing.
Belong “Common Era” CD (Kranky) Scorched earth instrumentals with songs that are ghostly & palpable, grainy & focused.
Books “Lost And Safe (Reissue)” CD/LP (Temporary Residence Ltd) Reissue remastered and repackaged with new artwork.
Broken Water “Peripheral Star” LP (Perennial) New 5 song 12″EP from Olympia group. Playing the shop on April 5th.
Broken Water “Whet” LP (Perennial) Reissued with superior cover art and sound. Dark, hazy punk from Olympia, WA.
Callahan, Bill “Apocalypse” CD/LP (Drag City) The latest release with a full ensemble recorded live in the studio.
Chris Forsyth “Paranoid Cat” LP (Family Vineyard) Philadelphia guitarist Chris Forsyth’s third solo album merging raw and delicate American roots traditions.
Destroyer “Ideas For Songs” LP (Triple Crown) 1st vinyl issue of the previously cassette-only release from 1997.
Eleven Pond “Bas Relief” LP (Dark Entries) Reissue of impossibly rare 1986 LP. Like a merging of post punks dark dance, and synthpops melodic arrangements.
Forms, the “Derealization” CD (Ernest Jenning)
Funeral Party “Golden Age Knowhere” CD (RCA) L.A.-based outfit with their latest.
Moon Duo “Mazes” CD/LP (Sacred Bones) Psych prodigies’ newest long-player. Free CDep with purchase.
Naked On The Vague “Twelve Dark Noons” CD/12″ (Sacred Bones) New EP from Australian dark no-wavers.
Okkervil River “Wake and Be Fine” / “Weave Room Blues” 7″ (Jagjaguwar) First single from the forthcoming lp “I Am Very Far”.
Pains of Being Pure Heart “Belong” CD/LP (Slumberland) Their sophomore release, playing Emo’s April 9th.
Purling Hiss “s/t” LP (Permanent) Repressed.
Royal Bangs “Flux Outside” CD (Glass Note Records) From Knoxville, Tennessee with their latest.
Seagall, Ty “Horn The Unicorn” LP (HBSP-2X) Now back in print.
Secret Cities “Strange Hearts” CD/LP (Western Vinyl) Second album, filtering the classic romanticism of Dusty Springfield and the Shangri-Las through their own kaleidoscopic aesthetic.
SFV Acid “New West Coast” LP (PPM) Mixing acid house, grooves, samples, & the Los Angeles laid back vibe.
Trust “Candy Walls / Trinity” 7″ (Sacred Bones) From Toronto delivering some introspective cold-wave. Their full length is coming up later this year.
Xex “Group Xex” LP (Dark Entries) 30 year anniversary reissue of this seminal NJ/NY synth-wave album. Includes a 16 page zine with never before seen photos, lyrics, bios, press releases as well as an original concert invitation from 1980.
Experimental
Club Moral “Instruments of Attraction (II. Sociale Hygiene)” 10″ (No Basement is Deep Enough) Volume II in the Club Moral archive series, includes 12 page booklet with history of the band. Classic early 80s Belgian synth/industrial.
Xander Harris “Urban Gothic” LP (Not Not Fun) Debut full-length by this classically trained Austin synth / drum-pad whiz rips like an 80s horror-stalker VHS take on Umberto’s 70s giallo/Goblin-isms. Highly recommended.
Porter, Bern & Mark Melnicove “Music For Children Of All Ages Vol. 1” LP (Turned Word) In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Bern’s birthday, Turned Word Records presents this 34-minute LP of performed poetry, philosophical musings, and general word play, by Bern Porter and longtime collaborator, Mark Melnicove.
Hip-hop
Baron Zen & Tekblazer “Electrik Surgery” 12″ (Stones Throw) New 12″.
Metal
Aborted Christ Childe “s/t” Cassette (Satanic Skinhead Propaganda) Maniacal black chaos metal from the horde that brought you Hatewave. Demo recordings from ’95-’98. Pro-printed cassette in clamshell case.
Goat Penis “Biochemterrorism” Cassette (Satanic Skinhead Propaganda) Now available on deluxe cassette in clamshell case with full artwork.
Satan “Into the Fire / Kiss of Death” LP + 7″ LP (Buried Beneath Time and Dust) The first vinyl version of the legendary 1982 demo, with 2 bonus tracks from the 1981 demo/Roxcalbur Compilation. Includes bonus 7″ repro of the debut “Kiss of Death” single. Also included is an A2 sized gig poster and 8 page book with original artwork for the demos/articles/Roxcalibur art and info and tons of pix of an incredibly young band caught in the act of Church and Grave desecration. Highly recommended for fans of the classic NWOBHM sound.
Vasaeleth “Crypt Born and Tethered to Ruin” Cassette (Satanic Skinhead Propaganda) Now available on deluxe cassette in clamshell case with full artwork.
Within Temptation “Unforgiving” CD (Roadrunner Records) Dutch metal.
Punk
Astronauts “Peter Pan Hits the Suburbs” LP (La Vida Es Un Mus) Reissue of this long lost masterpiece from 1981 originally released by Bulge / Genius records. The Astronauts were (and are, after close to 30 years and a history of lineup shifts only bested by The Fall) the definitive psych-punk ensemble, though even that title doesnt do ’em justice. Their sound culminates the post ’77 punk dabblings of head forbears.
Chalk Circle “Reflection” LP (Post Present Medium) First all-female punk band to record & perform in DC. Active between ’81 & ’83, 12 songs collected from compilations, live shows & unreleased recordings.
Criaturas “Aranas en el Corazon” 7″ (Todo Destruido) New single from local punk band, in the vein of Ultimo Resorte.
Dow Jones & The Industrials “Can’t Stand the Midwest” 7″ (Family Vineyard) An obscure and sought after punk / new wave treasure from 1981 Indiana.
OBN III’s “s/t” 7″ 2nd single from local punkers.
Prog / Psych
Dugs Dugs “Smog” CD/LP (Lion) Their out-of-control 2nd album. The album cover alone speaks volumes.
Golden Dawn “s/t” LP (International Artists) Classic Texas Psych LP reissued.
Phantom Band “Freedom Of Speech” CD (Bureau B Germany) Originally released in 1981 on Sky Records, Bureau B reissues the second album by Phantom Band, a Cologne combo assembled by Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit.
Soul / Funk
Knight, Boobie and the Universal Lady “Earth Creature” LP (Dakar) Back in print. Featuring the song “Feeling My Cheerios”.
Temptations “Psychedelic Shack” LP (Gordy) Awesome rocking soul record from 1969.
Soundtracks
Stevens, Morton “Hawaii Five-O: Music From The TV Sound Track” LP (Capitol)
Techno / Electronic
El Remolo “Pibe Cosmo EP 12” (ZZK) Hypnotic beats influenced by everything from Colombian cumbia, cumbia villera and reggaetón to dub, IDM, and minimal techno.
Foster, Sylvi “If Are You…” 12″ (Cititrax) 4 tracks, classic and rare disco funk.
Hell, Rene “The Terminal Symphony” + CD LP (Type UK) Includes 40 minute bonus CD.
Peterlicker “Nicht” LP (Editions Mego) Debut album release by Austria’s Peterlicker. Members include: F. Hergovich, P. Rehberg, C. Schachinger and G. Weissegger. Limited to 500 copies.
