New Additions to the Catalog:
Jeff Bujak - Building: An Arsenal CD - Jeff Bujak generates heavily organized piano progressions, twists and winds them amid constantly evolving poly-rhythmic electronic beats and constructs a sound that is not only unique, but extremely fresh. Bujak is a solo performer that uses computers, keyboards, effects, samplers and vocals to create a ‘progressive-piano groove.’ With the many types of jazz, ambient and classical piano textures throughout each song, his music falls into too many categories to be left in just one. Call it progressive-piano. Listen to it like no other music. Building: An Arsenal is Jeff's brand-new album, and it's a dizzying experience full of mesmerizing rhythms and mind-altering melodies. $12.00
Entrain - Just A Matter of Time CD - Entrain is back with drums blazing as furious as ever! You'll find it hard to sit still during this tour-de-force of percussive rock music from one of the longest running bands in the HGMN. Rhythms literally overwhelm you as this ensemble incorporates a worldwide litany of influences into a freight train of sound! $12.00
Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static CD/LP Vinyl - More electric guitars and songs with darker vibes distinguish Sleep Through The Static a bit from the rest of Johnson's catalog, but the main ingredients are all here: overtly relaxed performing, mellow moods, and the straightforward lyricism that give Johnson his accessible style. CD $16.99. 2-LP Vinyl $14.99
Ha Ha Tonka - Buckle In The Bible Belt CD- Roaring out of the Ozarks with a bottle in one hand and a bible in the other, Ha Ha Tonka mix sanctified four-part harmonies and blistering rock, carving out songs that evoke the dichotomies that define their home. The Missouri natives dubbed their new album Buckle in the Bible Belt in homage to their hometown, so named for its position on the dividing line of the Ozark states. Their dark view of the realities of socio-economic hardship, backwoods prejudices and drug abuse is leavened by wry humor and a deep appreciation for regional storytelling traditions. Buckle in the Bible Belt was recorded, fittingly, in an old church in Union, Missouri, with a control booth where the pulpit had once been. Augmented with piano and organ, the songs bring to mind southern bands like REM and Kings of Leon as well as classics like The Band and Bruce Springsteen. $13.99
Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - Scotland Yard Gospel Choir CD - The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir is a free-spirited collective of musical visionaries who turn out exuberant and rough-hewn chamber pop. Leading a band that’s shared the stage with both the Arcade Fire and Ira Glass, it’s clear that lead singer, guitarist, and keyboard player Elia and his scrappy group are comfortable straddling the divide between the debased rock ‘n’ roll world and the high-minded literati. On the group’s self-titled sophomore album they deliver songs that crackle with the sweeping intensity of life in its totality — songs that evoke the jubilance of an early spring as effortlessly as the desolation of a Chicago winter. The songs on The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir are disarmingly honest. Over 50 musicians appear here! $12.00
Built to Spill - Various Titles - Langerado will be a great place to honor Built to Spill's 15+ years of existence, and these albums are part of a must-have collection that captures the shifting mindset of Doug Martsch and the band since ther inception in 1992. Crossing a noisy alt-rock style with the limitless expanse of improv and progressive rock, BTS wields an unmistakable sound that definitely requires intense listening. You In Reverse CD $15.98; Ancient Melodies of the Future CD $11.99; Live CD $13.99; Keep It Like A Secret CD $11.99
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase CD - Our friends down the road at Redeye Distribution have picked up the WARP Records catalog, and we're happy to add some of these classics to our store! One of the world's most revered and mysterious electronic acts, Boards of Canada re-emerged from the ether in 2005 with The Campfire Headphase, their first album since 2002's mystic Geogaddi. This is classic Boards of Canada touched with acid-drenched folk music, atmospheric dissonance, deceptively tough alien beats and mindbending melodic creations. Once these guys get a hold of your ears, you'll be sincerely addicted to their sound! $14.99 Look for Vinyl of this title coming soon, plus more Boards of Canada's amazing back catalog.
Boards of Canada - Trans-Canada Highway EP - Is this the end of Boards of Canada? It's the last we heard from them back in 2006, and fans hope against hope that more is to come! It's hard to believe it's been 10 years since the release of Music Has The Right To Children, but with this EP BOC clearly have evolved into something legendary. It's electronic, and dreamy, but still satisfies the beat-hungry monster inside us all. $9.99
Radiohead - Airbag/How Am I Driving EP - This is one of the best EP's you'll ever find, and here we are nearing its 10th Anniversary! Containing the track "Airbag" from OK Computer plus 6 more non-album gems recorded during the same fruitful time period, Airbag/How Am I Driving stands alone as a unique listening experience despite its length. These are essential "rarities," "b-sides," whatever you want to call them, such as the sublime instrumental "Meeting in the Aisle" and the raging "Polyethelene," which is as fine of a song as they've ever written, before or since. $9.99
Caribou - Andorra CD/LP Vinyl - Dan Snaith, under the guise of Caribou (formerly Manitoba), has been producing critically acclaimed albums for six years now, each an impressive development on the previous one. For Andorra, he marries the kaleidoscopic grandeur he's known for with pop melodies and harmonies crammed densely together. The album is so vividly three-dimensional, it's hard to believe it was performed and recorded entirely by Snaith at home, save for vocal and songwriting contributions by Jeremy Greenspan on one track. To make something so beautiful and vast from surroundings so constrained is surely Caribou's unique alchemy. Snaith has always displayed a great reverence for the splashy opulence of '60s psychedelic-pop. Mixing in sound-collages, symphonic passages, and layered vocals, the music recalls the bold pop experimentation of George Martin and Brian Wilson. CD $14.99. LP Vinyl $17.99. Also available from Caribou - Up In Flames (2 CDs) $12.99
Ween - Shinola Vol. 1 CD - Originally released by Ween's own Chocodog label, Shinola Vol. 1 is the first in a series of rarities collections by the ever-wacky Pennsylvania-based duo. Here Dean and Gene Ween's giddy, genre-hopping sound careens from distorted lo-fi ditties (the bizarre "Tastes Good on th' Bun") to surprisingly straightforward pop/rock tunes (the blatantly Elvis Costello-like "Gabrielle"). While this isn't the best starting point for newcomers to the band's absurd world, Shinola is sure to entertain the Ween faithful. $14.99
Bob Dylan - Various Vinyl LPs - Dylan on Vinyl! In our tireless quest to bring more unique music on LP to our store, we've hunted down the following Dylan classics as they were meant to be heard! Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'- Bringing It All Back Home - John Wesley Harding $16.99 each - allow extra time for delivery on all vinyl!
The Meters - Kickback Vinyl LP - No city marches to a funkier beat than New Orleans, and no Crescent City band ever upheld the joyous second-line tradition with prouder panache than the Meters. Their classic 1969-1977 albums signaled a new and exciting era of Big Easy funk. Now it's time to dig a little deeper: Kickback -- in essence, the Meters album that never was -- gathers precious rarities from the Meters' mid-'70s Fire on the Bayou/Trick Bag period, including previously unissued gems, newly unearthed alternate versions and a treasure trove of blistering funk sure to delight fans of the legendary group. $16.99 - allow extra time for delivery on all vinyl!
Recent Releases You May Have Missed:
Donna Jean & the Tricksters CD
RAQ - Live Vol. 2 (10/31/07) Download Card
Anonymous - Meet Anonymous CD
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend CD/LP
Toots and The Maytals - Live at Santa Monica Pier DVD
Django Reinhardt - The King of Jazz Guitar DVD
New Releases Coming Soon:
February 12 - Marco Benevento - Invisible Baby CD (pre-order)
Widespread Panic - Free Somehow CD (pre-order)
Speakeasy - All Your New Favorite Songs CD (pre-order)
Ziggy Marley - Love is My Religion DVD (pre-order)
Dread Zeppelin - Bar Coda CD (pre-order)
February 19 - Mike Doughty - Golden Delicious CD (pre-order)
Kula Shaker - Strangefolk CD(pre-order)
moe. - Sticks and Stones Vinyl (moved from Feb. 5)
56 Hope Road - Law of Attraction CD
February 26 - Turbine - Reward CD (pre-order)
Ghostland Observatory - Robotique Majestique CD (pre-order)
North Mississippi Allstars - Hernando Vinyl (pre-order)
March 4 - The Black Crowes - Warpaint (pre-order CD/Vinyl)
Blue Floyd - Begins (2 CDs) (pre-order)
The Doors - Live in Pittsburgh 1970 CD (pre-order)
Chatham County Line - IV CD
March 18 - Composing The Beatles Songbook - Lennon/McCartney 1957-1965 DVD
Cyro Baptista - Banquet of the Spirits CD
April 14 - Portishead - Third CD
Top 25 Sellers for January 2008:
1- Sugar Free Allstars - Dos Ninos
2- Grace Potter - Original Soul
3- Ryan Montbleau Band - Patience on Friday
4- Spearhead - Yell Fire Live
5- Danny Reid Carter - Barcelona
6- SOJA - Peace In A Time Of War
7- Bonerama - Bringing It Home
8- Allman Brothers Band - Jazz Fest 2007
9- Derek Trucks Band - Live at Georgia Theatre
10- The Disco Biscuits - Camp Bisco 4 DVD
11- Xavier Rudd - Good Spirit DVD
12- Bonerama - Live From New York
13- Phish - The White Tape
14- Hot Buttered Rum - In These Parts
15- The Disco Biscuits - Trance Fusion Radio 1
16- Greensky Bluegrass - Live At Bell's
17- Bonerama - Live at The Old Point
18- Various Artists - Home Grown 5
19- moe. - Sticks and Stones
20- George Porter Jr. - It's Life
21- Sonny Landreth - Jazz Fest 2007
22- Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band - Now You Know
23- Warren Haynes - Jazz Fest 2006
24- Jam Cam Chronicles - Wanee 2007 DVD
25- Papa Grows Funk - Mr. Patterson's Hat
Staff Picks:
Bryan: Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Lee: RAQ - Live Vol. 2
Robie: MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Sherry: The New Mastersounds - Remixed
Trevor: Widespread Panic - Free Somehow
Upcoming Festivals:
Langerado - 3/6/ - 3/9 - Everglades, FL - http://www.langerado.com
Recent Reviews & News:
Mike Doughty show review
Conscious Alliance Spring Plans
RAQ Spring Dates
Video of the Week:
Entrain performing "Letter to the World"
