Click through to see End of an Ear‘s (almost complete) South by Southwest schedule and a list of their newest arrivals. Highlights include 7″ releases from locals Soft Healer and Women in Prison, full-lengthers from Neko Case and Red Sparrowes (also on wax), a limited edition record from Swedish metal band Furbowl, and the Firehouse Revolution LP from one of my favorite dub artists King Tubby.
In-stores/Events
March 12th, Sat. at 5:30pm: An in-store with Saint Saviour to celebrate the world premier of Sound It Out during SXSW Film Festival on Sunday March 13th.
SXSW
WED March 16th
3pm – Las Robertas (Costa Rica)
THU March 17th
1pm – Withered Hand (Scotland)
2pm – Carsick Cars (China)
3pm – TBA
4pm – Dolorean
5pm – Sway Machinery w/ Khaira Arba
FRI March 18th
noon – Veronica Falls
Sacred Bones Records (1 to 3pm)
1pm – Pop. 1280
2pm – Slug Guts
3pm – Cult of Youth
4pm – Gary Wilson
SAT March 19th
Hardly Art Records (1 to 3pm)
– Dizzy Eyes
– Colleen Green
– Fergus & Geronimo
3pm – Colin Stetson
4pm – TBA
5pm – Awesome Tapes from Africa
SUN March 20th
3pm – Sore Eros
New Arrivals
Pop / Rock / Punk
Beady Eye “Different Gear Still” CD
Big Head Blues Club “100 Years of Robert Johnson” CD
Candi and the Strangers “”10th of Always” CD
Case, Neko “Canadian Amp” LP
Case, Neko “Furnace Room Lullaby” LP
Chikita Violenta “Tre3s” CD
Civil Wars “Barton Hollow” CD
Eisley “The Valley” CD
Folded Shirt “s/t” LP (Fashionable Idiots) Moron punk greatness from Clevo. Think of a punk version of Trout Mask Replica and you might be getting close. Members of Homostupids and Grabbies.
LA Vampires Featuring “So Unreal” LP (Not Not Fun) Second LA Vampires collaboration LP, this time with Matrix Metals. Spacy synths and dreamy vocals.
Lumerians “Transmalinnia” CD
Malashock, Duncan “Let’s Make Sure” 7″ (Monofonus) Measured synthesizer pulses and drum machine beats are banged out by hand, awash in haze and reverb.
McMorrow, James Vincent “Early in the Morning” CD (Vagrant)
Middle Brother “Middle Brother” CD (Partisan)
Miller, Buddy “Majestic Silver Strings” CD
Moore, Thurston “Solo Acoustic Vol. 5” LP
Panjoma “Subaquatrix” 7″
Panjoma “Trixster God” CD
Red Sparrowes “At The Soundless Dawn” 2LP (Robotic Empire)
Red Sparrowes “Every Red Heart Shines” 2LP (Robotic Empire)
Rural Alberta Advantage “Departing” CD
Sands Hollow “Watch Yourself” 7″ (Monofonus) Cheap keyboard strings, campfire acoustic strumming and optimistic warnings into the fake-nostalgia, cassette-recorded jams.
Soft Encounters “s/t” one-sider etched 7″ (Monofonus) aka Luke Fasano (Yeasayer, Ex Models, Family Band, People Get Ready) and Zach Lehrhoff (Knyfe Hyts, Ex Models, the Seconds).
Soft Healer “s/t” one-sider etched 7″ (Monofonus)
Those Dancing Days “Daydreams & Nightmares” CD
Women in Prison “Strange Waves” 7″ (Hozac) Debut single from local favorites. Raw punk shits.
v/a “Busted at Oz” LP (Permanent Records) 30th anniversary reissue for this seminal Chicago punk comp. Live tracks from Naked Raygun, Strike Under, Effigies, Da and more.
Experimental
Psychic Reality “Vibrant New Age ” LP (Not Not Fun)
Metal
Furbowl “Those Shredded Dreams” LP (Dark Symphonies) Limited edition triple gatefold LP with poster. First time on vinyl for this classic Swedish 1992 LP, with bonus demo and live tracks.
Prog / Psych
Askew, Ed “Here We Are Together Again/Yellow Dollars” 7″ (De Stijl)
Charlie Nothing “Outside/Inside” LP (De Stijl)
Drums Off Chaos & Jens-Uwe Beyer “s/t” + CD LP Magazine (Germany)
Jokers “Irans Lost Psychadelic Treasure” CD/LP (Fading Sunshine)
Sativa, Buddy “Deus Ex Machina” LP (Favorite Recordings)
Reggae / Dub
Culture “Baldhead Bridge” LP
King Tubby “Firehouse Revolution” LP (Pressure Sounds)
Mad Professor “Dub Me Crazy 5 Who Knows The Secret Of The Master Tape” LP (Ariwa) Best photo ever on the back of this half-digital dub album.
Mudie, Harry “Let Me Tell You Boy” LP (Moodisc)
Perry, Lee “Dub Treasures From The Black Ark” LP (Jamaican Recordings)
Shaka, Jah “Jah Shaka & Mad Professor Meet At Ariwa” LP (Ariwa)
Shaka, Jah “New Testaments Of Dub Vol. 1” LP (Jah Shaka)
Shaka, Jah “The Right Way (with The Twinkle Brothers)” LP (Jah Shaka)
Techno / Electronic
Deaf Center “Owl Splinters” CD & LP (Type (UK)
Demdike Stare “Symbiosis” CD (Modern Love) Drawn from elements of Turkish, Indian, Iranian, African and West Indian film soundtracks alongside Norwegian drone records, classic house templates, punctured dub, modified techno and the Arctic noise.
Demdike Stare “Tryptych” 3CD (Modern Love) About 2 1/2 hours of material by Sean Canty (who works for the esteemed Finders Keepers label) and Miles Whittaker (a long-time producer and DJ who has released music under the MLZ moniker and as part of Pendle Coven). Can’t really call this “techno” as it’s really a new genre of its own. We got several copies in last week but they sold too fast to list.
Hecker, Tim “Ravedeath, 1972” 2LP (Kranky) More CDs in stock as well.
Mathieu, Stephan “Radioland” CD (Die Schachtel Italy)
Rainbow Arabia “Boys & Diamonds” LP plus CD (Kompakt)
Sidwho “I Do The Night” 12″ (Future Classic/Australia)
Stick Figures “Slim Pickings (Ben Mono Remixes)” 12″ (Future Classic/Australia)
World / Soul / Funk
Engelberts, Brigth “s/t” LP (Hot Casa)
Overton Berry Ensemble “T.O.B.E / The Oberton Berry Trio At Seattle’s Doubletree Inn” 2LP (Light in the Attic)
v/a “Cartagena!” CD/2LP (Soundway UK) 19 tracks by Curro Fuentes & the Big Band Cumbia and Descarga sounds of Colombia 1962-72. As always this label delivers yet again.
v/a “Ivory Coast Soul” 2LP LP (Hot Casa)
Printed Matter
Special Interests Issue # 5 Newest issue of Mikko Aspa’s noise zine. Features Con-Dom, Richard Ramirez, Eric Wood and more.
