Every week End of an Ear sends out a list of new releases for the week with vivid descriptions hand-written by the employees. TVD: Austin will edit the list down to just vinyl and post it weekly.
Co-owner Blake Carlisle let me in on some other updates not on the newsletter. He told me they’re adding all new vinyl shelves in the main section of the store to hold a ton more records and they’ll need the space.
Carlisle told me they’ve been buying a lot since the holidays, with a lot of classic rock and psychadelic, but an extra amount of metal.
“There’s so much metal, we don’t have places to put it,” he said before saying they have at least 50% more metal than normal. They’re also focusing more on selling turntables and speakers and have a new consignor from Seattle who’s been selling them good stuff.
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New Arrivals
Pop / Rock
Bright Light Social Hour “S/T” + CD & poster LP Now on vinyl.
British Sea Power “Valhalla Dancehall” CD/LP (Rough Trade) The band’s fourth album.
Broken Records “Let me Come Home” CD/LP (4AD) Seven member band from Edinburgh, Scotland with their latest. Recorded in Glasgow with producer Tony Doogan (Mogwai, Delgados, Belle & Sebastian).
Cake “Showroom Of Compassion” CD (Upbeat Records) First album of new material since 2004’s “Pressure Chief”.
Coyote Slingshot “Obilvion Fever Forever” 7″ (Super Secret)
Cult, the “Pure Cult:The Singles 1984-1995 LP (Beggars Banquet) All the hits all the time.
Dark Water Hymnal “Collapse The Structure” CD Austin’s own with their latest and most fully realized, truly beautiful poetic songs.
Hygiene “Recruitment” 7″ Psychedelic drone pieces, fluctuating between blissful electric churning, and incredibly dark swarming monoliths, with buried electric guitar bursts.
Las Robertas “Cry Out Loud” CD/LP (Art Fag)
Louis CK “Hilarious” CD (Comedy Central) Louis C.K.’s exploration of life after 40.
Love and Rockets “Sorted! The Best of Love and Rockets” LP (Beggars Banquet) A best of collection to expand your vinyl library.
Lower Dens “Batman / Dear Betty Baby” 7″
Lower Dens “I Get Nervous” 7″
Pains of Being Pure Heart “Heart In Your Heartbreak” 7″ (Revolver) Brand new single.
Pixies “Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies” LP (4AD) First time on vinyl for 2004 compilation.
White Fence “Is Growing Faith” CD/LP (Woodsist) Sophomore album from Tim Presley of Darker My Love.
Punk
Circle X “S/T” LP Official reissue of classic 1981 No Wave monster.
Estrogen Highs “Cycles” 12″ (Safety Meeting) New Haven garage rock.
Estrogen Highs “Friends & Relatives” LP (Gramery Records) New Haven garage rock.
Estrogen Highs “Tell it to them” LP (Dead Beat) New Haven garage rock.
Fogna “s/t” 7″ (Bat Shit) Two men, one drum machine, 6 songs. Filthy, noisy hardcore from Italy.
Just Urbain “Guns and Guitars” 7″ (540) From Brisbane Australia circa 1979.
Kaka De Luxe “Las Canciones Malditas” LP (Vinilisssimo Spain) The legendary recordings of the first Spanish punk band. In just a few months between 1977 and 1978, Kaka de Luxe laid out the foundations for what would be later known as “La Movida”, the early 80s Spanish counter-culture movement that also included figures such as filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar.
Knife Fight “Isolated” 7″ (Painkiller) Seven songs that perfectly combine the burly Discharge style of their Crisis LP with the raging US ’82 sound of the earlier singles.
La Urss “Product” LP (Todo Destruido)
Milk Music “s/t” LP Debut Mini-LP by Olympia’s Milk Music. 6 tracks equally informed by the early/mid 80s SST roster as well as Guided By Voices and maybe even the Dead. Cruise your Illusion.
No Statik “Clarified, Distilled,” 7″ (Iron Lung) Crushing female fronted hardcore.
Normals “Ana” 7″ New band from Japan.
Os Estudantes “Perdao” 7″ (Todo Destruido) Brazilian band in the tradition of classic, aggressive, and catchy Spanish punk.
Paint it Black “Surrender” 7″ (Fat Wrecords)
Putas Mierdas “El Punk No Quiere Paz Quiere Diversion” 7″ (Todo Destruido) From Guadalajara, Mexico, Putas Mierdas bring four tracks of mid-tempo hardcore punk with this release. Heavily influenced by Spanish hardcore/punk bands of the 80’s.
Salvation “Mortality Interactions” LP (Youth Attack) Modern HC, the second LP by Pennsylvania’s Salvation.
Sexdrome “Grown Younger” LP (Youth Attack) Tense, unfurling, impulsive; this young quartet displays an awesome power. From Denmark, limited to 400.
Slugfuckers “Live at Budokan” LP 12″ collection of both extremely rare 1979 singles from Australian art-punk industrialists. Raw madness to be filed alongside The Homosexuals, The Desperate Bicycles, early SPK, Door and the Window, etc etc.
SQRM “Rodeo” LP (Youth Attack) Debut full ength by Western Mass heroes, SQRM. A primal 3 piece assault that unhinges at every moment.
Systematic Death “Systema Seven” 7″ (Armageddon) Four brand new ripping thrash tracks. Japanese HC veterans are still alive and kicking with powerhouse drumming by Koba of Bastard fame.
Total Control “Paranoid Video” 7″ (Smart Guy) Repressed on white vinyl and a new edition of 300 copies. Members of Eddy Current, Soviet Valves, Straight Jacket Nation and UV Race.
Trouble “Nothing left to Say” 7″ (Painkiller) This 4-song ep includes two rare compilation tracks backed by two previously unheard “lost” tracks recorded in 1998. Limited to 350 total copies.
Vaccine “Human Hatred” 7″ Painkiller Punishing and hateful straightedge hardcore.
X “More Fun in the New World” LP (Porterhouse Prime Vinyl) Deluxe 180gram re-mastered reissue.
Young Republicans 7″ More then a Witness 1983 recordings from this pre-Youth of Today CTHC band.
Metal
Arts “Vault of Heaven” LP (Youth Attack) Debut LP from NY black metal outfit. Members of Haxan, Ancestors, and Hallow.
Innumerable Forms “Dark Worship” 7″ (Hell Massacre) Punishing death metal in the vein of Incantation or the early Finnish masters. Member of Mind Eraser.
Night Bitch “Sex and Magic” LP (Cyclopean Records) Traditional Heavy Metal for fans of Angel Witch, Ritual, and Judas Priest. Ultra limited pressing of 300 on 180 gram Vinyl.
Satyricon “Age of Nero” LP (Koch Records) Vinyl version of 2008 full-length.
Folk / Blues
Bridget St John “Songs for the Gentle Man” LP (4 Men With Beards) Now in print on vinyl. Originally released in 1971 on Dandelion Records this was Bridget St. John’s second and, arguably, best album. Produced and scored by Pink Floyd collaborator Ron Geesin.
V/A “Harry Smith’s Complete Anthology Of American Folk Music” 8LP (Doxy Italy) Beautiful deluxe hardbound 8-LP set compiling all 4 volumes of Harry Smith’s legendary anthology.
Experimental
ELEH / Ellen Fullman “Mind Of No Mind / Event Location” LP (Important Records) Numbered edition of 500. Split release between Ellen Fullman & Eleh.
Prog / Psych
Faust “71 Minutes” 180 gram ltd ed LP (ReR) Limited edition double vinyl reissue of material from between 1971-75 and previously released in the 80s as ‘Munic and Elsewhere’, ‘The Last LP’, and ‘Faust Party Three’ EP. Some of their best material.
Gandalf “2” LP (Sundazed) A thorough search of Peter Sando’s tape vault revealed a fabulous stash of spellbinding demos and acetates, unheard for decades.
Morley Grey “The Only Truth” 2LP LP (Sundazed) Veiled in mystery, enshrined in the psychedelic hall of fame and shielded behind a towering wall of collector money, the reputation of Morly Grey’s 1972 masterwork The Only Truth is beyond dispute.
Yardbirds “Little Games” LP (Sundazed) Yardbirds’ 1967 release, produced by noted British pop guru Mickie Most, is the band’s only album to be recorded entirely with Jimmy Page as a member.
Reggae
Scientist “Scientist Launches Dubstep Into Outer Space” 4LP (Tectonic UK) Now in stock on vinyl.
Soul / Funk
Catalyst “The Complete Recordings Vol. 1” LP (Porter Records) Awesome Philly soul from the early ’70s, featuring Odean Pope.
Catalyst “The Complete Recordings Vol. 2” LP (Porter Record)
Hazel, Eddie “Jams From the Heart” LP (JDC) A collection of previously unreleased material from 1975 recorded in the studio during the sessions leading up to the release of 1977’s classic “Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs.” Joined by Buddy Miles on drums.
World
v/a “Peruvian Funk” yellow vinyl + mp3 LP (Secret Stash Records) Secret Stash Records traveled to Lima, Peru to record Afro Peruvian music. With a portable recording studio, an interpreter, and no preplanned engagements or sessions they hit the streets. Really beautiful and impressive package and sounds.
