Our friend Blake at End of an Ear has given us his blessing to run their new arrivals right here on TVD Austin every week.
Some notable release from this current crop include: Jesus and Mary Chain Complete Peel Sessions LP, Spiritualized Lazer Guided Melodies 180 gram LP, Spiritualized Pure Phase 180 gram LP, Casual Victim Pile 2 LP (12XU) white vinyl and download card included (look for more on CVP2 here tomorrow), Bad Brains Rock for Light LP, Blind Willie McTell Searching the Desert for the Blues LP, Sun Ra The World Is Not My Home 3×7″ limited to 999 copies, and the Mammoth Grinder/Hatred Surge split LP.
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Pop / Rock
Adele- 21 CD (Columbia) Sophomore album from British singer-songwriter. Free booklet with purchase.
Blue Water White Death- s/t LP (Graveface) A collaboration between Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg and Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart.
Books- Lemon of Pink CD/LP (Temporary Residence Ltd) Now reissued on vinyl and CD.
Caribbean- Discontinued Perfume CD (Hometapes) They have been writing, recording, and performing music together for over a decade in Washington, DC.
Cave Singers- No Witch CD/LP (Jagjaguwar) Their latest and first on Jagjaguwar.
Chain and the Gang– Music’s Not For Everyone CD/LP (K Records) Features organ solos, shredding guitar, and plomping percussion.
Cult of Youth- S/T CD/LP (Sacred Bones Records) Delicate pagan folk music and acoustic guitar driven Teutonic chants.
Danielson- The Best of Gloucester County CD/LP (Soundsfamilyre)
Deradoorian / Albert Mccloud– S/T 7″ (Lovepump United) Angel Deradoorian from Dirty Projectors and avant-pop artist Elisabeth Wood.
G Love- Fixin to Die CD (Brushfire Records) Produced by Seth and Scott Avett.
Guthrie, Robin and Harold Budd- Bordeaux CD (Darla) Minimalism and modern ambient, Harold Budd said he was going to retire a couple years ago but luckily Robin Guthrie gets him into the studio pretty regularly.
Hozibal, Eddy- Kinetic CD (Red Sky)
Jesus And Mary Chain– Complete Peel Sessions LP Title says it all.
Low Anthem- Smart Flesh CD (Nonesuch) Their latest.
Luyas– Too Beautiful To Work CD/LP (Dead Oceans) Echo-drenched space-age pop songs from this Montreal based group.
Malachai– Return to the Side of Ugly CD/LP (Domino) Follow up to “Ugly Side Of Love” a unique combination of 60′s pop-psych and hip-hop with a twist .
Medication- Judgement Day 12″ (Sacred Bones Records) Mike Hyde has been cultivating private press style recordings since high school, for the past few years under the handle Medication.
O’Halloran, Dustin- Lumiere CD (FatCat Records) Employs subtle electronics, guitar from Stars of the Lid’s Adam Wiltzie and violin from Peter Broderick.
Pastels- Up for a bit with the Pastels LP (Fire) 2003 reissue of the Scottish indie pop act’s 1987 debut album.
Psychic Paramount– the II CD (No Quarter) Their 2nd studio album.
Puro Instinct– Headbangers In Ecstacy CD/LP (Mexican Summer) Pearl Harbor now goes by the name of Puro Instinct. The Kaplan sisters Piper and Skylar, with four new bandmates.
Scott-Heron, Gil & Jamie XX- I’m New Here CD (XL / Young Turks) Jamie XX re-imagining 13 tracks from the original “I’m New Here” album sessions.
Slug Guts- Howlin’ Gang CD/LP (Sacred Bones Records) From Brisbane, Australia who began when four degenerates had little else to do but form a band in the tradition of Pussy Galore, X (Australia not LA), and Birthday Party.
Spacemen 3- Transparent Radiation LP (Fire) Reissue of their 2nd EP on Glass from 1987, includes a 10 minute version of MC5′s ‘Starship’.
Spacemen 3- Walkin With Jesus LP (Fire) Reissue of their 1st EP on Glass from 1986, with the full 17 minute cover of ‘Rollercoaster’ by 13th Floor Elevators.
Sparklehorse– Good Morning Spider 180 gram LP (Plain Recordings) Re-Issued, includes download card.
Sphynx- Human Beast ep CD Electro ’80s referenced pop.
Spiritualized- Lazer Guided Melodies 180 gram LP (Plain Recordings) Nice 180 gram represses of their first 2 albums. Very welcome in our stacks.
Spiritualized- Pure Phase 180 gram LP (Plain Recordings)
Stetson, Colin- New History Warfare Vol. 2 Judges CD/LP (Constellation) Saxophonist for Tom Waits, Godspeed, and others. He will be playing in the shop during SXSW.
Toro Y Moi- Underneath The Pine CD/LP (Carpark) The latest now in stock on vinyl and CD.
v/a- Auteur Labels: Independent Project CD (LTM UK) This 78 minute remastered CD covers the years 1980-2010 and features no fewer than 23 tracks, as well as a detailed label history and archive images.
v/a- Auteur Labels: Robs Records CD (LTM UK) Profiling cult Manchester dance imprint Robs Records. Founded by Joy Division/New Order manager Rob Gretton, Robs Records was effectively the `Factory Dance’ label that Tony Wilson refused to back.
v/a- Casual Victim Pile 2 LP (12XU) Volume 2 now out. 18 local bands and a total of 18 tracks. White vinyl and download card included. Buy this record. Go see bands.
Wake- Harmony LP (Drastic Plastic) Repress of their Factory debut in 1982.
Punk
Bad Brains- Rock for Light LP First and best album (not counting the ROIR tape of course) reissued.
Cider- Declare your indepenence… 7″ (Solar Funeral) 3rd single from long running (almost 20 years!) Clevo HC legends.
Cowabunga Babes / Woah Hunx split 7″
Ergs– Upstairs/Downstairs LP Dirtnap
HPP– s/t 7″ (Perennial) First 7″ from Olympia hardcore punk group. Fast and dirty.
Infest- 1987 Demo LP First demo tape reissued on vinyl. Includes many songs that didn’t make it the official releases. Punishing.
Jerry’s Kids- Is This My World? (Expanded Edition) LP Furious debut album reissued. Blazing Boston HC from ’83.
Lotus Fucker / Penis Geyser- 7″ (Solar Funeral) Noise, not music.
Merdoso- In Silence 7″ (Prank)
Negazione– The Wild Bunch LP Collects the earliest and rarest recordings by this pioneering ’80s Italian hardcore band, including their 1984 Mucchio Selvaggio split cassette with Declino, and their 1985 Tutti Pazzi and Condannati a Morte Nel Vostro Quieto Vivere 7″s.
No Statik- We All Die in the End LP (Prank)
Opposable Thumbs- s/t 7″ Super chunky power pop from NOLA, like Mission of Burma if they kind of didn’t give a fuck.
Perdition- Room 101 7″ (Distort) New 7″ from NYC noise punks.
Sex Messiah- Live 7″ (Highly Satanic) New limited edition single from Japanese Metal Punks.
Slang- Life made me hardcore LP (Prank)
Slits- In the Beginning LP Comprehensive collection of one of the most fun post-punk bands, includes two covers featuring guest vocals by Neneh Cherry & Nina Hagen.
Unholy Two- s/t LP (Columbus Discount)
Void- Hit & Run/Condensed Flesh Demos LP Demos collection from the almighty VOID. Includes the more obscure ‘Hit and Run’ demo for the first time on vinyl.
Weird TV- Sufrir/Sex 7″ (Perennial) Dark and moody punk group from Olympia with lyrics en Español. Great single.
Metal
Acid Witch- Stoned CD (Prank) CD now in stock.
Bastard Priest- Under the Hammer of Destruction LP (Blood Harvest) More Swedish death metal.
Black Witchery- Inferno of Sacred CD (Osmose) Bestial black metal from Florida.
Bombs of Hades- Chamber of Abominations LP (Blood Harvest) New Swedish death metal group with members of Utumno and Tribulation.
Earth- Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light CD (Southern Lord) Brand new studio album, basically a sequel to Bees Made Honey, this time only using a core band of 4 members and featuring Karl Blau on bass. Very nice spaghetti western sounding songs that unfold slowly and cyclically, we do miss the presence of Steve Moore’s piano though.
Mammoth Grinder / Hatred Surge LP (Cyclopean Records) Two of Austin’s own on this pulverizing split.
Vasaeleth- Crypt Born and Tethered to Ruin LP (Blood Harvest) Now available on vinyl. Brutal death metal in the old style of Incantation or Purtenance.
Prog / Psych
Ant Trip Ceremony- 24 Hours LP Rare 1968 private press pyschedelic record, originally issued in only 300 copies.
Chapman, Michael- Fully Qualified Survivor CD (Light in the Attic) Super pretty and mellow folk rock for a lazy stoned afternoon. Really nice reissue from the ever-reliable guys at Light in the Attic.
Josefus- Dead Man LP Vinyl reissue of the debut album from Austin’s own Josefus. A must for fans of early ’70s underground psychedelic rock.
v/a- Flipper Psychout: Original Italian Library Music 2LP (Vampi Soul) Now in on vinyl.
Techno / Electronic
BVDub- Tribes at the Temple of Silence CD (Home Normal UK) aka Brock Van Wey delivering another minimal dubby ambient piece of beauty. Definitely subtle and rewarding only over time.
Deaf Center- Owl Splinters CD (Type UK) Nice DEEPLY atmospheric and dark pulsing electro-acoustics from the duo of Erik Skodvin and Otto Totland.
Illium Sphere- Dreamstealin 12″ (Tectonic UK) Dubstep with a dash of hip-hop, out of Manchester.
Rainbow Arabia– Boys & Diamonds CD (Kompakt) Debut full-length album by Los Angeles based duo with Butchy Fuego (Pit Er Pat, Boredoms, MIA) contributing arrangements and beats in places.
