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APRIL 2010 NEW RELEASES

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Nail welcomes metastasis records

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Metastasis Records is a fiercely independent label dedicated to releasing music made by bands who see music as a vehicle to get their message across, not so much to gain notoriety. They are music fans first and foremost! Metastasis Records comes to NAIL via Thirty Ghosts Records.

NOW AVAIL ABLE! ORIGINAL STREET DATE 10-13-09 Follow-up to Carolyn Mark’s most commercially and critically successful recording Nothing Is Free, the LP version of Let’s Just Stay Here includes digital download card! Carolyn Mark & N.Q. Arbuckle Let’s Just Stay Here Genre: Alt Rock/Country LP: MRI 128 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Available in a very limited edition! In your face, metal-esque, and avant-garde at the same time, Final + Fear Falls Burning take the leap forward in creating a intriguing variation on drone music. Final + Fear Falls Burning Final + Fear Falls Burning Genre: Experimental LP: CNS 85 Price Code: 2I (SRP $21.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 20 Street Date: 4/13/10

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Available in a very limited edition! Building on Black Boned Angel’s initial premise of “do nothing, very loud, for a long time, better than other people,” these two songs (yes, they ARE songs) come across as decidedly beautiful, with more than a passing nod to Judas Priest. Black Boned Angel The Witch Must Be Killed Genre: Experimental LP: CNS 86 Price Code: 2I (SRP $21.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 20 Street Date: 4/13/10

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INDEPENDENCE FOR T H E

INDEPENDENTS

MONEYBROTHER

REAL CONTROL

Selling Points

• RIYL: Bruce Springsteen, The Clash, Thin Lizzy. • First single, “Born Under a Bad Sign,” produced by Peter, Bjorn & John. • Swedish Grammy Award winning, Platinum-selling artist. • Special US edition of Real Control features bonus and re-recorded tracks. • Upcoming full US tour backing major American artists. • Media PR by 2:30 Publicity. Radio PR by Distiller Promo. • Sales and marketing support thru Flea Marketing. • Digital promotion through IODA.

Overview

Stockholm’s Moneybrother is the solo project from Anders Wendin (originally of Monster fame), a soul-oriented blend of reggae, punk, pub rock, and even disco. Named after the two words his baby brother could pronounce in English, Moneybrother walked straight into listener’s hearts with his Swedish Grammy-winning 2003 debut Blood Panic. Since then, Wendin has continued to reach new heights throughout Europe with three more releases, not to mention a tomato soup brand that bears the Moneybrother name. Now, the artist has set his sights stateside with his first US full-length, Real Control.

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Featured Artists Anders Wendin: vocals, guitar Henrik Nilsson: bass Victor Brobacke: trombone

Track Listing

Born Under a Bad Sign • Down At the R • Get Some Tonight • We Die Only Once • Just Another Part of Me That Breaks Down • Here Comes the Vain • Not That Old • (Never Ever) I’ve Been Kissed • 6am • I Just Feel Like Hurting Somebody • Showdown

“Imagine a Swedish Joe Strummer covering showier Bruce Springsteen songs and you’re about there.” — AllMusic’s 25 Crushworthy Bands

STREET DATE APRIL 13, 2010

It didn’t take long for touring American bands to take notice of Moneybrother’s distinct sound. Against Me!’s Tom Gabel often talks about Moneybrother when asked about his favorite bands, Sabot Productions released a US sampler of b-sides and tracks off Moneybrother’s debut and sophomore releases, and Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady, World/Inferno Friendship Society) invited the artist to open for a recent US tour. With Real Control, Moneybrother continues to utilize elements of ’60s and ’70s soul like call-and-response vocals, sweeping string arrangements, and dramatic lyrics. From the Bjorn Yttling-produced opener to the epic closer, Moneybrother paints with the same pallet as Stiff Records-era pub rock bands, Dexys Midnight Runners, Thin Lizzy, The Clash, Springsteen, and, of course, the northern soul greats that so deeply inspired him.

Genre: Alt Rock/Pop Label: Bladen County Records CD: BCO 17 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 4/13/10

“A SCANDINAVIAN STEW OF REGGAE, DISCO, AND ROOTSROCKING THRASH.” — LA WEEKLY

Press Quotes

“The best songs—and there really are too many to mention here—are intense and soulful pop/rock minisymphonies of the kind Bruce Springsteen used to make in the mid-’70s.” — All Music Guide

Key Markets

Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Chicago, New York

Selling Points

• RIYL: Dengue Fever, Chicha Libre, Zizek, Alejo Duran, Echo Dub Sound System. • First album by this cult band to be nationally distributed. • VBC is at the forefront of a wave of new cumbia bands that are doing for Colombian music what British ska did for Jamaican ska. Great crossover potential! • Band of the Week in Paste 2008. • Two PR firms hired for promo: one will target NPR, world music press, and standard indie press, and the other will focus on Latin media. Radio campaign targeting CMJ charts. Tour planned with local PR push.

Overview Very Be Careful Escape Room

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Barbès Records CD: BRS 25 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/13/10

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The Cumbia revolution marches on! Los Angeles’ seminal Cumbia group is anything but a world music band. On their new album, the material is mostly their own, and their attitude owes more to punk than anything else. This is probably the first time the group was able to capture, in the studio, the manic energy that made them hits at Grand Performance in LA, Summerstage in NY, Japan’s Fuji Rock, and the UK’s Glastonbury festivals. Escape Room features trance-like, hypnotic Cumbias with a frantic edge.

Press Quotes

“Top-grade organic dance music, a South American alternative to James Brown’s funk.” — The Independent

Track Listing

La Furgoneta • La Abeja • La Alergia • Playas Marinas • El Hospital • Sin Consuelo • Manantial del Alma • La Broma • La Gata Perdida • La Sorpresa • El Viajero del Tiempo

Key Markets

Hometown: Los Angeles. Also: San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Austin, Houston, Miami, Boston, Washington DC, Seattle, Portland

Selling Points

• This debut follows Johnny Bertram’s Fall/Winter 2009 tour that carried him through 13 states. With the release of this full-length, a full band tour is mounting for Summer 2010. • Internet promotional campaign will be launched in March. • Promotional copies of the album will be circulated at SXSW in March. • Grassroots campaign will be launched in January utilizing MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and other avenues.

STREET DATE APRIL 13, 2010

OVERVIEW Johnny Bertram & The Golden Bicycles Days That Passed Genre: Alt Rock Label: Esperanza Plantation CD: ESZ 18 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Digipak; Box Lot 45 Street Date: 4/13/10

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ALSO AVAIL ABLE Johnny Bertram Sing Your Song CD: ESZ 16 Price Code: E

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The Mississippi-based singer-songwriter follows the success of his 2009 EP Sing Your Song with this debut full-length release! Johnny Bertram expands upon the sonic palette of his debut with the addition of a full backing band, The Golden Bicycle. From the trickling acoustic of “Rocky Springs” and the lament of “At the Wake” to the political romp-and-roll of “Private Lands,” Bertram cements himself as a strong member of the new Deep South storytelling regime. This debut sets the stage for a new artist with so much to say.

Track Listing

Where I Begin • Fortification • Private Land • Rocky Springs • May • The Fall • Good Friend • Watching the Storm • At the Wake • Great Divide • Alive

Key Markets

Hometown: Jackson. Also: Boise, Portland, Dallas, Memphis, Atlanta, Nashville

BILLY MARTIN

BILLY MARTIN IN CONCERT Selling Points

• RIYL: Starlings (Tzadik), Medeski, Martin & Wood. • Exclusive limited edition DVD of Billy Martin’s rare solo performance. • Includes bonus slideshow with commentary. • Press releases to journalists & e-media outlets. • Newsletters/emails to Medeski Martin & Wood fanbase.

Overview

Commissioned by the Houston Community College Department of Fine Arts to perform at the Heinen Theater, Billy Martin documented what proved to be one of his best solo performances to date. He performed some of his Black Elk Speaks compositions, including new music for balaphones, gongs, mbiras, caxixi, pandiero, congas, and drum set. This limited edition DVD includes a 14-minute slideshow with personal commentary about Martin’s master class, the instruments, and the philosophy behind his compositions and performance.

Press quotes

“One of the few percussionists who could’ve pulled this off with one try and no editing.” — JazzTimes

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Featured Artists Billy Martin: drums, percussion

Featured Song s

Six Grandfathers • The Daybreak Star Herb of Understanding • Whirlwind Chaser • Killing the Drought • Duck Pond • Starlings by Starlight • Burundi • Pahoihoi Variations • Guavas Feeding Birds • Lele-Yara

Key Markets

Hometown: New York. Also: Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Atlanta, Burlington, Minneapolis, Austin, Houston, Milwaukee, Washington DC, Columbus

ALSO AVAIL ABLE Billy Martin illy B Eats Vol. 3 CD: AME 20 Price Code: P U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Billy Martin January 14–15, 2005 CD: AME 17 Price Code: P U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Billy Martin & John Medeski Mago

Billy Martin & Dave Burrell Consequences

CD: AME 26 Price Code: P

CD: AME 22 Price Code: P

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“SPEND AN HOUR WITH ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST PERCUSSIONISTS IN A TOTALLY RAW, INTIMATE ENVIRONMENT THAT NO DOUBT INFORMS AND INSPIRES THE MUSIC HE MAKES IN SOLD-OUT CONCERT HALLS.” — ALL ABOUT JAZZ

Genre: Jazz Label: Amulet Records DVD: AME 29 Price Code: W (SRP $24.98) Amaray; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/13/10 Playable In All Regions Run Time: 74 min

Selling Points

• Steven Archer exhibits paintings and mixed media pieces in various galleries, stores, and venues throughout the US, and online through the band’s Live Journal. He is a regular contributor to the Weird Tales and Steampunk magazines, and is the author of a children’s book, Luna Maris (Imaginary Books, 2008). • Donna Lynch has released two collections of poetry: In My Mouth (2000) and Ladies & Other Vicious Creatures (2007). Her first novel, Isabel Burning, debuted in August 2008 through Raw Dog Screaming Press. • Have toured with the likes of The Cruxshadows, The Damned, Chris Connelly, Collide, Bella Morte, Das Ich, Rasputina, and many more. • Complete servicing to press, radio, and clubs. • Twitter contest. Promotion via MySpace and Facebook. Release parties in select clubs.

Ego Likeness Breedless

Genre: Electronica Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 633 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/13/10

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ALSO AVAIL ABLE Rhea’s Obsession Between Earth and Sky CD: MTP 158 Price Code: L U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Overview

Taking their name from Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel Dune, Ego Likeness began as an experimental/dark trip-hop project, releasing three fulllength albums. For 2010, Ego Likeness signed with Metropolis Records to release their fourth album, Breedless. The album showcases their dark electronic trip-hop sensibilities overlaid with Lynch’s passionately emotive vocals.

Track Listing

Sirens and Satellites • Breedless • Inferno • Now Until Forever • The Devils In The Chemicals • Song For Samael • South • The Lowest Place On Earth • Everything Is Poison • Séance • The Queen Of All Things Taken • Thirty-Year War

Key Markets

Hometown: Baltimore. Also: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tampa, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Antonio, Boston, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit

Selling Points

RIYL: Apoptygma Berzerk, Covenant, VNV Nation, Haujobb, Wumpscut. Imports for the My Despair single have created a buzz for the album. Deep catalog available—ask for a complete list. Sound samples available on Metropolis website. Complete servicing to press, radio, and clubs. Street teams will distribute promotional materials. • Twitter contest. Promotion via MySpace and Facebook. Release parties in select clubs. • • • • •

STREET DATE APRIL 13, 2010

Overview

In Strict Confidence La Parade Monstrueuse

Genre: Electronica/Industrial Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 646 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/13/10

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ALSO AVAIL ABLE In Strict Confidence Exile Paradise CD: MTP 433 Price Code: Q U.S. ORDERS ONLY

For over 13 years, In Strict Confidence has been creating a unique blend of electronic industrial music. Their last few releases saw an incorporation of pop sensibilities thrown into the mix to give their songs a “rock vibe” while maintaining their signature identity. For 2010, the band is set to release La Parade Monstrueuse. Once again, Dennis Osterman’s trademark vocals flow flawlessly with the music, while both are accentuated by female vocals on several tracks. La Parade Monstrueuse is crafted with a more polished feel than its predecessors and only one thing in mind: ISC’s fans.

Track Listing

La Parade Monstrueuse • My Despair • Silver Bullets • One Drop • Set Me Free • This Is All • Ewige Nacht • Snow White • I Surrender • Schwarzes Licht • Golden Gate

Key Markets

New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tampa, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Antonio, Boston, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit

Selling Points

RIYL: Suicide Commando, KMFDM, Psyclon Nine, Cradle Of Filth. One of the most-played artists in the industrial and dark electronic genres. Catalog available—ask for a complete list. Sound samples available on Metropolis website. Complete servicing to club DJs, press, and radio. Street teams will distribute promotional materials. • Twitter contest. Promotion via MySpace and Facebook. Release parties in select clubs.

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Overview

WUMPSCUT IS BACK!!! Nearly a year to date from his last outing, Rudy Ratzinger has returned with Siamese. His darkest album in over half a decade, Siamese revisits the elements that made Embryodead such a cult classic. Brooding vocals, destructive percussion, ominous synths, and captivating sequences draw listeners in, enthralling with each track. “Falling From Lucifer’s Grace” opens the album with an eerie air and quickly bombards you with its hard drums and corrosive riffs. “Siamese” and “Auf Wiedersehn Im Massengrab” slow things down a bit, while the acidic beats and sticky melodies of “Boneshaker Baybee” and “Loyal To My Hate” make them destined to be club favorites. Definitely not one to be missed in 2010, Siamese is exactly what Wumpscut fans have been waiting for.

Track Listing

Falling From Lucifer’s Grace • Boneshaker Baybee (Video Edit) • Siamese • Zirbit • Auf Wiedersehn Im Massengrab • Teufelszeug • Bam Bam • Loyal To My Hate • Blood Stigmata • Killuh

Key Markets

New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tampa, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Antonio, Boston, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit

Wumpscut Siamese

Genre: Electronica/Industrial Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 647 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/13/10

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ALSO AVAIL ABLE Wumpscut Embryodead CD: MTP 53 Price Code: O U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Selling POints

• RIYL: Haujobb, Covenant, Apoptygma Berzerk, VNV Nation. • X Marks The Pedwalk’s comeback album! • Sound samples available on Metropolis website. • Complete servicing to club DJs, press, and radio. • Twitter contest. Promotion via MySpace and Facebook. Release parties in select clubs.

Overview

X Marks The Pedwalk Inner Zone Journey

Track Listing

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Genre: Alt Rock/Electronica Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 648 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/13/10

Lifeline • Runaway • Obscure Reason • Satellite • Seventeen • Winter Comes Tomorrow • Human Scientists • Clean Hearts • Stripped By Tears • Snapshots In A Dark Room • Distant Rain

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Key Markets

X Marks The Pedwalk Freaks

New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tampa, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Antonio, Boston, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit

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STREET DATE APRIL 13, 2010

X Marks The Pedwalk burst onto electro-industrial scene in the beginning of the 1990s. Their debut full-length, 1991’s Freaks, immediately established the act as a major force in the newly emerging industrial dance genre, and over the next few releases their sound evolved. Slowly the harshness faded away and the act experimented with blending in more mainstream techno elements, culminating in 1996’s Meshwork, which was met with cries of approval throughout the hard electro scene. The release of the album Drawback saw a triumphant blend of influences and musical growth, with styling ranging from mainstream electro to moody synthetic soundscapes. Then, at the peak of the acts creative output, X Marks The Pedwalk went dormant. Now, a decade later, the legend returns!

CD: MTP 92 Price Code: L U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Selling Points

• RIYL: Tactical Sekt, Psyclon Nine, Hocico, Suicide Commando. • Anticipated third album licensed from cult label NoiTekk and mastered by Kolja Trelle (Soman). • Promo copies will be sent to DJs, radio stations, and print/web media. • Digital promotion by COP includes MySpace campaign with 100,000 contacts. • Ads with Vampire Freaks.

Overview

C-Drone-Defect Dystopia

Genre: Industrial Label: COP International CD: COP 126 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 4/13/10

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The project C-Drone-Defect, more than 10 years old, has become the insiders’ tip of the German electro scene. Both of their previous CDs, Neural Dysorder Syndrome (SPV) and Nemesis (NoiTekk), were very successful—but compared to the new album Dystopia they appear to be more like rough diamonds! Dystopia manages to raise the bar so high in terms of songwriting and composing that hardly any other project can compare. Driving rhythms, catchy keyboard soundscapes, and a perfect voice mix with great new ideas and creativity to create one of the most incredible electro albums of 2010. Threatening, dark, gloomy, and epic!

Press Quotes

“Haunting, seductive, and brutal all at the same time.” — Sphere Mag

Track Listing

Rebellis • Morituri te salutant • Mente videbor • Aegri somnia • Orpheus • Post tenebras lux • Mundus vult decipi • Tempus fugit • Lex talionis • Ratio misericordiae

Key Markets

New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Detroit

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Featuring members of the legendary band Beyond. Playing live again, after 15 years, with the likes of Rorschach. Recorded by Chris Pierce (Doc Hopper) at Technical Ecstasy. Service to press and radio.

STREET DATE APRIL 13, 2010

Overview

1.6 Band The Checkered Pasts of All Kings Present Genre: Punk/Hardcore Label: Metastasis Records 7”: THG MET 1 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) 7” Sleeve; Box Lot 20 Street Date: 4/13/10

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1.6 Band came up in the early ’90s NYC hardcore scene, formed by Kevin Egan in the wake of the collapse of Beyond (whose other members included Tom Capone and Alan Cage of Quicksand, and Vic DiCara of 108, Burn, and Inside Out). 1.6 Band is one of those bands that makes your jaw drop when you see them live. Their musicianship, precise stop/start timing, and stage presence make you want to scream. Take the songwriting of Dag Nasty and the time changes of No Means No or Victims Family, throw in an angry screamer, and you have 1.6 Band.

Press Quotes

“Now, thank god, the New York quartet has hit the reunion stage of their careers. Back when Long Island was still raging against George Bush Sr., 1.6 Band was the East Coast’s answer to the Minutemen—using head-spinning rhythms, shouted vocals, and flinty guitar to bring politics down to street level.” — DC City Paper

Track Listing

An Awful Jerk • The Pets Still Think He’s Coming Back • Burning Coal • Skinflap

Key Markets

Hometown: New York. Also: Philadelphia, Washington DC, Hartford, Boston, Austin

LITTLE WOMEN

THROAT

Selling Points

• RIYL: Lightning Bolt, Wolf Eyes, Zs, Orthrelm/Ocrilim, Last Exit, Naked City, Human Feel. • LP, limited to 500 copies, includes digital download card. VINYL IS NON-RETURNABLE. • Features Darius Jones, whose October 2009 debut album topped many year-end jazz “best of” lists. • Cover art by renowned underground guitar maestro Mick Barr (Orthrelm/Ocrilim). • Service to national/regional press and e-media by Four Paws Media & Improvised Communications. • Service to college/community radio by Improvised Communications. • Ads with Signal To Noise, All About Jazz-New York, and Point of Departure.

Overview

Brooklyn quartet Little Women creates music whose aim is transcendence via brutally precise sonic assault and ascendant melodies, attacking written and improvised material with equal ferocity. The group’s sound distilled from a broad range of influences that stretch from free jazz through math metal, punk rock, pop music, and harsh noise. Throat is a suite in seven sections fully designed to be taken in as a whole; it is their full-length debut following their 2008 EP, Teeth, on the Sockets/ Gilgongo labels. Throat was recorded and mixed by Andy Taub at Brooklyn Recording and features cover art by renowned guitar maestro Mick Barr (of Orthrelm/Ocrilim).

Genre: Avant Rock Label: AUM Fidelity CD: AUM 61 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40 Street Date: 4/13/10

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Press Quotes

“A COMBINATION OF ALBERT AYLER, EARLY SWANS, AND PHILLIP GLASS.” — FOXY DIGITALIS, 10/10 ALSO AVAIL ABLE

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Featured Artists Travis Laplante: tenor saxophone Darius Jones: alto saxophone Andrew Smiley: guitar Jason Nazary: drums

Track Listing

Throat I • Throat II • Throat III • Throat IV • Throat V • Throat VI • Throat VII

Key Markets

Hometown: New York. Also: San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston

STREET DATE APRIL 13, 2010

“A speed-metal barrage of saxophones and uplifting climaxes reminding me of a modern-day Glenn Branca. Simplistic by design, yet horrifically complex by execution, Little Women’s combination of free jazz with the Brooklyn-inspired speed of Mick Barr and the brutal intensity of Coughs puts more feeling and saturation into every track than most bands’ entire discography. Additionally, the wall of sound is immediately palatable to the ears, leaving the mass in between confused and scared to death.” — SLUG

LP: AUM 61 Price Code: 2E (SRP $15.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 40 Street Date: 4/13/10

Darius Jones Trio Man’ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing) CD: AUM 57 Price Code: P U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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RIYL: Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon. Features members of Loch Lomond, Laura Gibson, and Y La Bamba. Two-month US tour upon release. AAA radio campaign through Dauntless Promotions. Full scale independent PR from 2:30 Publicity.

Overview

Nick Jaina A Bird In The Opera House Genre: Alt Rock Label: Hush Records CD: HSH 92 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40 Street Date: 4/13/10

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ALSO AVAIL ABLE Nick Jaina A Narrow Way CD: HSH 85 Price Code: O

From his high concept records to busking in front of the New York Stock Exchange, Nick Jaina loves to experiment. Jaina made this album in the in-between moments, when the studio was otherwise empty, or late at night when his friend & studio engineer Lee Howard wanted to try out a new amp or microphone. It was a gradual process, allowing Jaina the time to deconstruct the songs and put them back together again. The result is an intimate album that is positive and upbeat, but also rich and dark. It adventures, endeavors, reflects, and drifts just like any great story.

Press Quotes

“Inspired and unpredictable … the instrumentation is nothing short of magical.” — NPR

Track Listing

Sebastopol • Another Kay Song • Days In My Room • Sleep Child • I Don’t Believe You • Officer Schoppe • Theresa • Strawberry Man • Semoline • Matrimonial Bed • Asheville • Cincinnati

Key Markets

Hometown: Portland. Also: Seattle, Spokane, Eugene, Davis, Modesto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Chico, Salt Lake City, Chicago, New York, Burlington, Washington DC

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Selling Points

• First CD release since 2003’s acclaimed Between Hell and Baton Rouge. • Cult fan base cultivated by band’s appearances on NPR’s All Things Considered and All Songs Considered. • Features great covers of songs written by Paul Westerberg, Mark Mulcahy, Leonard Cohen, The Beatles, and more. • Servicing press and new media.

STREET DATE APRIL 13, 2010

Overview

Starlings, TN Under The Influence

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Chicken Ranch Records CD: CHX 1034 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Eco-Sleeve; Box Lot 40 Street Date: 4/13/10

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Starlings, TN (a.k.a. Steve Stubblefield) begins his return to the spotlight with this great album of covers! Founded by Stubblefield (formerly of the Methadone Actors) in the late ’90s, Starlings, TN combines the otherworldliness of John Cale-era Velvet Underground with the tradition of string and bluegrass bands of the ’20s and ’30s via bowed dulcimer, droning echo, and mysterious psychedelic touches.

Track Listing

Jesus’ Hands • So Long Marianne • All Her Favorite Fruit • Once More • Gloom Despair and Agony On Me • Won’t You Sometimes Think of Me • If Only You Were Lonely • Love Hurts • Flesh and Blood • In My Life • Gigantic Transatlantic Trunk Call • Where Did Our Love Go?

Key Markets

Hometown: Hattiesburg/Nashville. Also: Austin, Shreveport, New York, Chicago, New Orleans

Selling Points

RIYL: Monster Magnet, Fu Manchu, Soundgarden, Dixie Witch, Kyuss. Strong fan base and great buzz brewing in anticipation of this new album. Ed Mundell from Monster Magnet performs on this release. Tours will include SXSW, at the Small Stone Showcase and the High Times Party. Streaming broadcast of the SXSW performance will be broadcast via Converse and Thrasher websites. • Has been heard on Sons of Anarchy, MTV’s Viva La Bam, and The CW’s Supernatural. • Finished copies to press, radio, and retail. Regional tour press by Fly PR. • Two promo tracks will be available on IODA’s Promonet for podcasts and blogs. • This album is being aggressively solicited to Music Supervisors at MTV, FX, and HBO.

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Overview

Sasquatch has returned to wreak havoc with their explosive brand of rock and roll! The new album marks the beginning of a new chapter for the band: while this record continues to showcase their signature sound and technique, the production is bigger and the songwriting is more refined. Drawing on influences from ’70s metal, rock, and psychedelia, the band falls somewhere between an amalgamation of Black Sabbath, old Soundgarden, and a bastardized version of Grand Funk Railroad.

Track Listing

Get Out Of Here • Took Me Away • Complicated • Pull Me Under • Soul Shaker • Walkin’ Shoes • New Disguise • Queen • Leave It Up To You • Bare My Soul • No More Time • Burning Bridges

Key Markets

Hometown: Los Angeles. Also: San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Austin, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Phoenix, Denver

Sasquatch III

Genre: Rock Label: Small Stone Recordings CD: SSO 103 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/13/10

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Selling Points

• RIYL: Deerhoof, Devo, Flaming Lips, DNA, Cardiacs, HEALTH. • Hand silk-screened covers; limited quantities.

Overview

Gay Beast’s first new recordings since the release of their acclaimed Second Wave album!

Press Quotes

“This is like James Chance and Franz Ferdinand holding hands.” — KUCI 88.9 FM “Gay Beast is one of the few bands seriously challenging the form of modern rock music—that doesn’t make them a difficult listen though. Hard-boiled and jittering all over the place, yes, very busy, rushing off in ten directions at once, never abrasive though.” — Organ

Track Listing

Gay Beast Charm

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Skin Graft Records 7”: GRA 98 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) 7” Sleeve; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/13/10

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Charm • We Keep Our Victims Ready

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Gay Beast Second Wave

Hometown: Minneapolis/St. Paul. Also: New York, Chicago, Providence, San Francisco/Oakland, Los Angeles

STREET DATE APRIL 13, 2010

“Thundering out of the basements of Minneapolis, Gay Beast’s latest record, Second Wave, is full of erratic shifts in time signature, pleading yelps over razor-sharp eightbit keyboards, and pounding tribal percussion. Although not for the faint of heart, this frenetic trio’s music is miraculously danceable—the perfect soundtrack for a post-apocalyptic discotheque.” — The New Yorker

CD: GRA 93 Price Code: P U.S. ORDERS ONLY

MYSTERY ROAR MYSTERY ROAR S/T

Selling Points

• RIYL: Roxy Music, Cut Copy, David Bowie, Hot Chip, Brian Eno, Chromeo, Hall & Oates. • Boston Herald’s #1 Band To Watch In 2010. • Recorded and produced by Mystery Roar. • Mastered by Derek ‘DJA’ Allen at the Mad Decent Mausoleum. • US tour in Spring 2010, including dates at SXSW. • Music video for “Give It Your All” to debut in Spring 2010. • Press being handled externally to reach over 300 online & print publications nationwide. • College radio campaign.

Overview

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Dopamine Records LP: DOP 1023 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) LP Jacket; Box Lot 15 Street Date: 4/13/10

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Featured Artists

Joseph Wawrzyn: synths, guitar, vocals Patrick Dole: bass Andrew Dole: drums Jake Dempsey: synths, guitar, vocals Tia Carioli: synths Nathanael Bluhm: vocals

Crafting both pop singles and long-form dance tracks, Boston’s Mystery Roar produces recordings that are melodic, danceable, and contemporary. Their references are familiar; not forced: disco, blue-eyed soul, new wave, soft rock, and synth pop. The sextet’s live set is sweaty and passionate: signature three-part vocal harmonies are supplemented by vocoders, rhythmic guitars, acoustic and electronic percussion, and swirls of synthesized glitter.

Press Quotes

“Hand-clap beats, filthy bass grooves, and coolly effected vocals in a scandalous man–on–machine love affair.” — The Metro “Freestyle-throwback snare programming? Dreamy ’80s synth arpeggiation? Discotronic bass traction? Check, check, and … check.” — Boston Phoenix

STREET DATE APRIL 13, 2010

Track Listing

NYC Balloon • Circles • Give It Your All • Fantasies • Why Can’t I See You • Mayhem

Key Markets

Hometown: Boston. Also: New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, Miami, Washington DC, Providence

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“EXPECT THE VINYL-PRESSED DANCE-FUNK PARTY TRAIN OF MYSTERY ROAR TO GENERATE SOME SERIOUS BUZZ BY THE TIME SCHOOL STARTS BACK UP.” — BOSTON HERALD

SUGAR & GOLD GET WET!

Selling Points

RIYL: Of Montreal, !!!, Phoenix, Calvin Harris. Vinyl version includes free digital download. Extensive touring in 2009 & 2010. Multiple song placements on MTV shows, including The Real World. • Weblog love from RCRD.LBL, XLR8R, MOKB, You Ain’t No Picasso, and more! • Full press/web/lifestyle & radio publicity campaign by Terrorbird Media. • Ads with You Ain’t No Picasso, My Old Kentucky Blog, XLR8R, and more.

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Overview

2009 represented a year of woodshedding and high profile touring for Sugar & Gold. Following a series of SXSW appearances to sold-out rooms, the band embarked on a string of dates through the Northeast and Midwest opening for like-minded compatriots Of Montreal. Re-energized, the band returned to the studio and produced the critically lauded AYA Remix EP, released in October 2009 just in time for a six-week US tour. After appearances at the Monolith Festival, CMJ, and Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest, Sugar & Gold returned to SF to put the finishing touches on their upcoming LP. With an expanded palette that includes elements of electro, ’80s R&B, new wave psychedelia, and German minimalism—all woven together in a framework of transcendent modern pop—Get Wet! is a transcendent pop album that is as emotionally broad as it is stylistically eclectic.

Press Quotes

“You’ll hear shades of grimy Prince, glammy Scissor Sisters, and agile Tom Tom Club, complete with sashaying hooks and aerobic rhythms … leaving irony at the door to emerge with a twinkling, glitzy homage.” — Resonance

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Featured Artists

Track Listing

Sugar & Gold Crème

Sugar & Gold AYA Remix EP

CD: ANT 521 Price Code: N

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Philipp Minnig: guitar, keys, vocals Nicolas Dobbratz: keys, vocals Jerome Steegmans: bass, keys Robin MacMillan: drums, percussion Fatima Fleming: vocals Heather Jewett: additional vocals Jason Moore: additional vocals Jason Lee Jones: exec producer

Feels Like Fire • Sneek Freq • It’s All Over You • Couvade • SaltySeraphim • Temptation/Fascination • Stay Soft • Bodyaches • Call Me (Softly) • AYA

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“APPROXIMATING DARYL HALL IF HE WERE PRODUCED BY GIORGIO MORODER.” — SF WEEKLY, BEST SF PARTY BAND 2008

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Antenna Farm CD: ANT 532 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Digipak; Box Lot 47 Street Date: 4/27/10

Key Markets

Hometown: San Francisco. Also: Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Athens, Atlanta, Memphis, Oklahoma City, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Los Angeles, Monterey, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Denver, Chicago, New York

Selling Points

• RIYL: Nine Inch Nails, Front Line Assembly, Fear Factory, Prong. • Complete servicing to club DJs, press, and radio. • Twitter contest. Promotion via MySpace and Facebook. Release parties in select clubs. • Catalog available—ask for a complete list.

Overview

KMFDM Krieg

Genre: Electronica/Industrial Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 645 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/27/10

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Listen & Behold: KMFDM announces the remix companion to 2009’s electrifying Blitz! Krieg features 12 tracks and over 55 minutes of new, exciting remixes from some top names across the musical spectrum. Blitz featured performances by KMFDM founder Sascha K. along with Lucia Cifarellia, Jules Hodgson, Andy Selway, and Steve White, plus the return of past members Tim Skold and Cheryl Wilson. With Krieg, the gang turned the knobs and faders of the mixing desk over to a diverse cast of characters including members of Nine Inch Nails, White Zombie, Danzig, Static-X, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Prong, Combichrist, Apollo 440, tweaker, Icon Of Coil, Pop Will Eat Itself, and more, as well as present and ex-members of KMFDM itself! The accompanying booklet features striking new artwork from longtime KMFDM cohort Brute!, liner notes that tell the story of the album’s creation, fully detailed credits, and more.

Track Listing

Bait & Switch (All 4 One Mix) by Combichrist • Strut (Disco Balls Mix) by Andy Selway • Potz Blitz! (Harmonic Tremors Mix) by Seismologist • Bait & Switch (Sacred Cow Mix) by Prong • Never Say Never (Naughty Habit Mix) by Ivan de Prume • People of The Lie (Requiem Mix) by Koichi Fukuda • Bitches (Pop Will Eat This Mix) by Vile Evils • Never Say Never (Confessional Mix) by Komar Kommando• People of The Lie (Crooked Illusion Mix) by Mary Byker • Davai (Cyrillic Mix) by tweaker • Never Say Never (Candy Apple Mix) by Dave “Rave” Ogilvie • Davai (Bloody Fog Mix) by Assemblage 23

Selling Points

• RIYL: Imperative Reaction, VNV Nation, Covenant, Apoptygma Berzerk. • Press, radio, and club promotion will be worked in house. Street teams will distribute promotional materials. • Twitter contest. Promotion via MySpace and Facebook. Release parties in select clubs. • Sound samples available on Metropolis website.

STREET DATE

APRIL 27, 2010

Overview

System Syn Strangers

Genre: Electronica/Industrial Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 643 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/27/10

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CD: MTP 549 Price Code: L U.S. ORDERS ONLY

System Syn has spent the past several years bubbling just under the radar in the electronic music scene. Postscript, The Mourning Ritual, and End were phenomenal releases, and were adored by fans around the world. However, their efforts were overshadowed by bigger names in the genre. Now all of that is about to change with their newest album for 2010—Strangers is System Syn’s crowning achievement, and will not be ignored! Musically, the song structures are impeccable. Sad, slow and mid-tempo tracks give way to angry, harder dance floor crashers—and as if the electronic sequences weren’t enough, live guitars and acoustic drums are sprinkled throughout the album. Much of Strangers revolves around relationships, and for each listener the songs will hold an entirely different meaning. Words cannot begin to describe Strangers. It is an album that needs to be experienced firsthand.

Track Listing

The Fall • Chemical • The Inconvenient • God And Country • Rex Mortis Est • Drone• Here’s To You • Strangers • A Better Day Tomorrow • Hospitals • Curtain Call

Key Markets

New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tampa, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Antonio, Boston, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit

THE PACK A.D.

WE KILL COMPUTERS Selling Points

• RIYL: Black Keys, White Stripes, Monotonix, Immortal Lee County Killers. • Limited edition 180-gram black vinyl LP in gatefold packaging contains a digital download coupon. • CD features four-panel digipak with 12-page six-panel full color insert. • Played 157 dates in 2009 with the likes of Black Mountain, The Sadies, and John Mayall. • Recorded/produced by Jesse Gander (Japandroids); mastered by Jim Diamond (Dirtbombs). • Radio promotion by Pirate! Promotions. Print/web promotion company will be hired. • Ads with Magnet, Under the Radar, Vice, and more.

Overview

Following 2008’s devastating one-two punch (January’s Tintype & August’s Funeral Mixtape), The Pack a.d.’s third album marks a bold departure away from the blues and headfirst into straight-up garage rock/pop/punk. Recorded live off the floor to analog tape at Hive Studios in Vancouver by Jesse Gander (Japandroids, Bison b.c.) and mastered at GhettoRecorders in Detroit by Jim Diamond (Dirtbombs, Detroit Cobras), we kill computers is a rapid-fire assault of 13 heavy, heavy songs. The new record, a full year in the making, captures the ferocious energy of the band’s live show, unapologetic and loud as hell. Sonically charged and relentless, The Pack a.d. don’t play a song so much as attack it, and we kill computers is them coming at you at a run.

Press Quotes

“Lord almighty, do they rock—in a gritty, unhinged, kind-of frightening manner.” — Toronto Star

Genre: Rock Label: Mint Records CD: MRI 137 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 Street Date: 4/27/10

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Featured Artists Track Listing

Deer • Everyone Looks Like Everyone • Crazy • 1880 • Math, The Stars • Big Anvil • Cobra Matte • B.C. Is On Fire • They Know Me • K Stomp • Catch • The Slow Down • The Last Martian

Key Markets

Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Portland, New York, Richmond, Austin

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“THE EQUIVALENT OF A SONIC KNUCKLE SANDWICH—THOSE GIRLS ARE KILLER.” — EXCLAIM!

STREET DATE

Maya Miller: drums Becky Black: guitar, vox

The Pack A.D. Funeral Mixtape CD: MRI 121 Price Code: Q U.S. ORDERS ONLY

DISCOVER AMERICA FUTURE PATHS

Selling Points

• RIYL: David Bazan, Death Cab For Cutie, Twothirtyeight, Crystal Skulls, Fleet Foxes. • Members of Telekinesis, Crystal Skulls, The Prom, Twothirtyeight, Pedro the Lion, Unwed Sailor, Say Hi, and the bands of John Vanderslice and David Bazan. • A track from Discover America was featured on the bonus disc of Underoath’s album Define the Great Line along with an additional track of Underoath’s commentary about the band. • Toured with Mute Math, Circa Survive, Coheed & Cambria, and Mae. • Two Discover America tracks were featured on the first P is for Panda compilation. • Previous Discover America album, Psychology, was released by Tooth & Nail. • PR handled by 7-10 Publicity. • Tracks from the release to be featured on a variety of magazine and store samplers. • Tracks to play extensively on KEXP.

Genre: Rock Label: Lujo Records CD: LUJ 85 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/27/10

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Featured Artists Chris Staples: vocals, guitar, keys Alex Westcoat: drums, percussion Ryan Phillps: guitar David Broecker: bass Ryan Hook: keys Bill Patton: pedal steel

STREET DATE

APRIL 27, 2010

Track Listing

Force of Proper Wind • 1979 • Devil In the Woods • When You Are Young • Sawdust in my Clothes • Interlude • A Lock of Samson’s Hair • Time is a Bird • Brighton Beach • Out of the Valley

Key Markets

Hometown: Seattle. Also: Pensacola, Orlando, Tampa, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Chicago, Portland

Overview

“I want to make white man spirituals. I want to give names to the ghosts, as a way of saying ‘we know who you are.’ I want to explore facets of our lives that are bestial, as well as ones that are angelic. I want to make guesses about who you are. I want to arrive slowly, and leave swiftly. I want to peer through the largest telescope, squint through the most powerful microscope, and see infinity stretch in both directions. I want to somehow recognize our significance in spite of this. I want to stop obsessively searching for truth, and appreciate the ambiguity of living a human life.” — Chris Staples

Press Quotes

“Reflective, poppy, and charmingly low-fidelity … because things are so personal and immediate, Discover America can also sound like a significantly cheerier Smog … a strong entry as a singer/songwriter album that doesn’t sound like one and instead has a sound that’s all its own.” — All Music Guide

“DEVOID OF SELF-CONSCIOUS COOL, SNOTTY AGGRESSION AND OSTENTATIOUS DISTRESS, HIS VOICE MAINTAINS ITS UNCANNY CHARM WHILE HIS SONG STRUCTURES SHIFT FROM ROMANTIC BALLADS TO BLUES STRUTS TO DANCE-POP.” — ALTERNATIVE PRESS, HHHHH

ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.

IN O TO INFINITY

Genre: Avant Rock Label: Important Records CD: IPT 297 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/27/10 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Genre: Avant Rock Label: Important Records 2X LP: IPT 297 Price Code: 2P (SRP $31.99) Gatefold Jacket; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/27/10 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Selling Points

• RIYL: Kawabata Makoto, Suisho No Fune, LSD March, Keiji Haino. • Follow-up to Acid Mothers Temple’s fan favorite In C, this new album continues in that style. • First AMT record in a long time to feature the voice of Cotton Casino (who is not back in the band). • Deluxe vinyl release packaged in gatefold tip-on jacket. Limited to 1,000 copies; first 200 on color vinyl. • Released to coincide with North American tour. • Promo mailing by Important.

Overview

Track Listing In 0 • In A • In Z • In Infinity

APRIL 27, 2010

Beginning with their cover of Terry Riley’s “In C,” AMT went on to create “In E” and “In D” as well as their collaboration with Ultrasound on “In G.” Now they return to the concept, with four new tracks—”In A,” “In Z,” “In 0,” and “In Infinity.” As far as music is concerned, a scale could be anything. The names of the scales from A to G are no more than conventions, decided through human logic. However, beginnings and endings, nothingness and the infinite, are not conventions or human creations. Rather, they are part of the cosmos and can be applied to all things that exist. On these pieces AMT follows their belief in this truth, journeying from beginning to end, from end to beginning, from nothingness to the infinite, and from the infinite to nothingness...

STREET DATE

Acid Mothers Temple follows up their classic cover of Terry Riley’s “In C” with the first AMT record in a long time to feature the voice of Cotton Casino. The double LP is limited to 1,000 copies, pressed on heavy-duty virgin vinyl, and packaged in a tip-on style jacket. The first 200 copies are on color vinyl.

Key Markets

San Francisco, New York, Boston, Los Angeles

Selling Points

• RIYL: Lenny Bruce, Jack Dangers, Pierre Henry, Iannis Xenakis. • This sought-after reissue has been out of print for a few years. • Rare 1950s “lost and found” sound and early 1970s animation. • CD is a radio travelogue laced with improvisational humor, mock interviews, and more. • DVD features three animated films that include early claymation, collage, and more. • Promo mailing by Important.

Overview Henry Jacobs The Wide Weird World of Henry Jacobs (CD+DVD) Genre: Experimental Label: Important Records CD+DVD: IPT 54 Price Code: 2J (SRP $19.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/27/10 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

When Important originally released this set, it was met with instant acclaim and a lengthy, nationally broadcast feature on NPR. Restored, sequenced, and mastered by producer Jack Dangers, Wide Weird World is a tribute that seamlessly blends Jacobs’ early loop experiments, goof interviews, rare 45s from his MEA imprint, sound effects, and much more. The companion DVD, The Fine Art of Goofing Off, contains three half-hour programs that artist Bob McClay and Henry Jacobs collaborated on in the early 1970s. Contributors include artist Victor Moscoso, filmmaker Jordan Belson, theologian Alan Watts, and writer George Leonard. Bob McClay saved these films from the dustbin, and the world is richer for it.

Track Listing

Hello • Cigarette Yoga • Dead Air • Dean Marlon Group Demonstration • Inbetween A • Vortex • Wilder Service • Guitar Lesson • Lowdown on the New Line • For the Residents of Texas • Alleluia • Love You • Audio Collage • Reflexive Sound Therapy• Time Compression Tests • Telephone Therapy • Squares • ID • Sounds for Radio• Interlude • Monotone • Made in California • For the Sick • Offbeat • Every Drop• Scarekicks • His Story of Jazz • Non-Ethnic Humor • Inbetween B • Beatniks, Bohemians, and Business • Failures • Fluidoodle • Robin Birds • Hula Lesson • False Start • Love Burrow • Emergency Use Only • Drumhead Jones

Selling Points

• RIYL: Lenny Bruce, Pierre Henry. • This 2-CD set is the follow up to the acclaimed Wide Weird World of Henry Jacobs. • Special bonus disc, recorded in 1957 by Flynt, documents the first time Kenneth Rexroth and Lawrence Ferlinghetti read their poetry to jazz music. • Promo mailing by Important.

STREET DATE

APRIL 27, 2010

Overview

Henry Jacobs Around The World With Henry Jacobs (2 CDs) Genre: Experimental Label: Important Records CD: IPT 299 Price Code: 2J (SRP $19.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/27/10 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Absurd folklorist Henry Jacobs returns with a selection of rare interviews, odd loops, sales pitches, early synthesizer demos, an ether-infused evening, and more! Produced in San Francisco and New York, Around The World With Henry Jacobs is a travelogue that continues the story begun with The Wide Weird World of Henry Jacobs, mixing archival material from the 1950s with recent improvisations by Jacobs. Guests include Stan Freberg and Dr. Irwin Corey, with Alan Watts returning for a visit, too. Also included is a special bonus disc: First Night, one of the true gems from the collection. Recorded in February 1957 by Jacobs on the opening night of the Poetry/Jazz Series at The Cellar in San Francisco, this unique document captures the first time Kenneth Rexroth and Lawrence Ferlinghetti read their poetry to jazz in this very intimate setting.

Track Listing

Intro • Persimmon • Boo Bams • Pitch • Objective • Brittanica • Chicks • Ocean• Playground • Microtonal • Abstract • John Gray, Poet • Sitting Here • Untitles • 12345 • Hi Fi • Fall Guy • Donutty World • Secret Of The Sounds • Words Is Words • Wrap Up •

Key Markets

Hometown: San Francisco. Also: New York, Boston, Los Angeles 18

Selling Points

• RIYL: John Fahey, James Blackshaw, Jack Rose, Leo Kottke. • This passionate tribute includes such devotees as Glenn Jones, Iraqi oud great Rahim Alhaj, Espers’ Helena Espvall and Meg Baird, Steffen Basho-Junghans, and Arborea. • Ads with The Wire.

Overview

Robbie Basho was a true American Original, a free thinking passionate intellectual, and a musical pioneer whose body of work deserves the kind of recognition and glorious platform that will enable generations of young musicians from around the world to draw inspiration. We Are All One, In the Sun represents the first of hopefully many tributes inspired by his life and music. The digital version of We Are All One, In the Sun will include evocative bonus tracks by Portuguese guitarist Joseba Irazoki and Israeli Yair Yona, as well as young, promising English guitarist Cam Deaz.

Track Listing

Steffen Basho-Junghans: Rolling Thunder Variation II • Helena Espvall: Travessa Do Cabral • Meg Baird: Moving Up A Ways • Glenn Jones: 1337 Shatuck Avenue, Apartment D • Arborea: Blue Crystal Fire • Cian Nugent: Odour Of Plums • Rahim AlHaj: Baghdad Athania • Fern Night: Song For The Queen • Steffen BashoJunghans: Rocky Mountain Variations

Key Markets

Various Artists We Are All One, In The Sun: A Tribute To Robbie Basho Genre: Folk Label: Important Records CD: IPT 295 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/27/10 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

San Francisco, New York, Boston, Los Angeles

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RIYL: Sun Ra. Follow-up to the widely acclaimed 2008 release, This Musicship (ESP 4044). US tour dates in Summer/Fall 2010. Beautiful digipak packaging with original art by the artist. Full service/promotion to national and international press by Engine Studios. Review copies submitted to top jazz publications, major weeklies, and blogs. Radio campaign targets college and independent stations in major US cities. Ads with Signal To Noise and The Wire.

Yuganaut is at core, perhaps, a jazz band—eight of the ten tracks here are group improvisations—but being a jazz band means (or should mean) that anything is possible. Yuganaut is not here to be pigeonholed. They’re just here to play for you.

Press Quotes

Track Listing

Genre: Jazz Label: Engine Studios CD: EGR 34 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40 Street Date: 4/27/10

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Breakthrough • Zhu • Fade To Frenzy • Landfill/Sharks • Lost In The Field • See Saw • Local Motive • Vger • Wrenchwork • Again, And Sweetly

ALSO AVAIL ABLE

Key Markets

Yuganaut This Musicship

Hometown: New York. Also: Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, Minneapolis

U.S. ORDERS ONLY

APRIL 27, 2010

“[Yuganaut] creates genuinely unpredictable soundscapes throughout this highly diverse disc, but always with attention to organic development and flow … genuinely startling.” — All Music Guide

Yuganaut Sharks

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Overview

CD: ESP 4044 Price Code: P U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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RIYL: Joe Morris, Albert Ayler, Patty Waters. First duo recording by two legendary improvisers! Tour scheduled with Joe McPhee in 2010. Review copies submitted to top jazz publications, major weeklies, and blogs. Radio campaign targets college and independent stations in major US cities. Ads with The Wire.

Overview

Paul Dunmall & Chris Corsano Identical Sunsets Genre: Jazz Label: ESP-Disk’ CD: ESP 4058 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Street Date: 4/27/10

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Best known for his collaborations with Paul Flaherty, Michael Flower, and Thurston Moore—as well as a stint as the drummer for Björk’s Volta tour—Chris Corsano is widely considered to be one of the best drummers of his generation. Equally adaptive is UK saxophone giant Paul Dunmall, who has worked with jazz greats like Alice Coltrane and Evan Parker as well as funk and folk acts like Johnny Guitar Watson and Dando Shaft. After a chance meeting at the Lisbon Airport, Corsano left the Björk mega-tour to get down to business alongside the prolific Dunmall for some vital improvisation in England. This wonderfully recorded live set begins with Dunmall swirling away on the border pipes, and what follows is an impulsive and lyrical improvisation, alternating between sparse and impossibly textured. The melodies are expertly uncoiled so that they remain charged whether the tempo is at full speed or crawling, and the whole set gives the impression that this duo was fated to work together.

Track Listing

Identical Sunsets • Living Proof • Better Get Another Lighthouse • Out of Sight

Key Markets

Hometown: New York. Also: Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, Baltimore

Selling Points • • • • •

STREET DATE

APRIL 27, 2010

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Sonny Simmons Staying on the Watch

Genre: Jazz Label: ESP- Disk’ CD: ESP 1030 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak; Box Lot 40 Street Date: 4/27/10

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RIYL: Marion Brown, Charles Tyler, Patty Waters. Highly regarded first album by veteran altoist Sonny Simmons. Lovingly re-mastered from the original master tapes. New digipak format features original artwork. Simmons’ 2009 live performances, including the 45 Years of ESP benefit concert, were highly regarded. Manufactured in the US by the original label. Radio campaign will target college and independent stations. Review copies submitted to numerous jazz publications. Ads with All About Jazz and The Wire.

Overview

The noted West Coast composer makes his ESP debut accompanied by his thenwife Barbara Donald on trumpet, Teddy Smith on bass, John Hicks on piano, and Marvin Pattillo on percussion. Recorded in August 1966, Staying on the Watch is an important fusion of straight-ahead and avant jazz. Barbara Donald is a superb trumpeter who has made a stern contribution to the legacy of women performers, and has been widely written about. Pianist John Hicks, who makes his New York debut on the record, went on to become one of the most prolific pianists in jazz.

Track Listing

Metamorphosis • A Distant Voice • City of David • Interplanetary Travelers

Key Markets

Hometown: New York. Also: Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, Baltimore 20

NAIL ON TOUR Balmorhea Constellations

Nick Jaina A Bird in the Opera House

Sugar & Gold Get Wet!

CD: WVR 70 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) UPC: 656605460727

CD: HSH 92 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) UPC: 884501265317

CD: ANT 532 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) UPC: 646315453225

3/2/10 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church 3/3/10 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom / LPR 3/4/10 Boston, MA – TT the Bears 3/5/10 Montreal, QC – La Sala Rosa 3/6/10 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace 3/7/10 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle 3/8/10 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock 3/11/10 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey 3/12/10 Vancouver, BC – The Venue 3/13/10 Portland, OR – Doug Fir 3/15/10 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill 3/16/10 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour 3/18/10 Austin, TX – SXSW

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ARTIST

TITLE

FMT

LBL

CAT#

UPC

DEAL

Mark, Carolyn/Arbuckle, N.Q.

Let’s Just Stay Here

MRI

128

773871012815

n/a

Final/Fear Falls Burning

Final + Fear Falls Burning [1 LP]

CNS

5425015710952

n/a

Black Boned Angel

Witch Must Be Killed, The [1

CNS

5425015710969

n/a

Moneybrother

Real Control

BCO

730876922228

Very Be Careful

Escape Room

BRS

723721456054

Bertram, Johnny

Days That Passed

ESZ

616892070764

Bertram, Johnny

Sing Your Song

ESZ

616892047865

n/a

Martin, Billy

Billy Martin In Concert

DVD

AME

680490102998

Martin, Billy

illy B Eats Volume 3

AME

680490102011

n/a

Martin, Billy/Socket

January 14-15, 2005

AME

680490101724

n/a

Martin, Billy/Medeski, John

Mago

AME

680490102622

n/a

Burrell, Dave/Martin, Billy

Consequences

AME

680490102226

n/a

Ego Likeness

Breedless

MTP

633

782388063326

Ego Likeness

Between Earth and Sky

MTP

158

782388015820

n/a

In Strict Confidence

La Parade Monstrueuse

MTP

646

782388064620

In Strict Confidence

Exile Paradise

MTP

433

782388043328

n/a

Wumpscut

Siamese

MTP

647

782388064729

Wumpscut

Embryodead

MTP

782388005326

n/a

X Marks The Pedwalk

Inner Zone Journey

MTP

648

782388064828

X Marks The Pedwalk

Freaks

MTP

782388009225

n/a

C-Drone-Defect

Dystopia

COP

126

703513012620

1.6 Band

Checkered Past of All Kings

7”

THG

825479218325

Little Women

Throat

AUM

642623306123

Little Women

Throat [1 LP]

AUM

642623306116

n/a

Jones, Darius/Trio

Man’ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful

AUM

642623305720

n/a

Jaina, Nick

Bird In The Opera House, A

HSH

884501265317

Jaina, Nick

Narrow Way, A

HSH

884501028691

n/a

Starlings, TN

Under The Influence

CHX

1034

844185087384

Sasquatch

III

SSO

103

709764110320

Sasquatch

SSO

709764107221

n/a

Gay Beast

Charm

7”

GRA

647216609872

Gay Beast

Second Wave

GRA

647216609322

n/a

Mystery Roar

Mystery Roar S/T

DOP

1023

879198004820

DJ Die Young/Baltimoroder

DJ Die Young & Baltimoroder

DOP

1019

879198002185

n/a

Sugar & Gold

Get Wet!

ANT

532

646315453225

Sugar & Gold

Get Wet!

ANT

532

646315453218

QTY

ARTIST

TITLE

FMT

LBL

CAT#

UPC

DEAL

Sugar & Gold

Creme

ANT

521

646315452129

n/a

Sugar & Gold

AYA Remix EP

ANT

531

646315453119

n/a

KMFDM

Krieg

MTP

645

782388064521

KMFDM

Blitz

MTP

580

782388058025

n/a

System Syn

Strangers

MTP

643

782388064323

System Syn

End

MTP

549

782388054928

n/a

Pack a.d., The

we kill computers

MRI

137

773871013720

Pack a.d., The

we kill computers

MRI

137

773871013713

Pack A.D., The

Tintype

MRI

111

773871011122

n/a

Pack A.D., The

Funeral Mixtape

MRI

121

773871012129

n/a

Discover America

Future Paths

LUJ

751937379720

Acid Mothers Temple & The

In O To Infinity

IPT

297

793447529721

n/a

Acid Mothers Temple & The

In O To Infinity

2 LPs

IPT

297

793447529714

n/a

Acid Mothers Temple

Magical Power From Mars

IPT

793447501727

n/a

Acid Mothers Temple & The

Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under

IPT

146

793447514628

n/a

Jacobs, Henry

Wide Weird World of Henry

CD+DVD

IPT

793447505428

n/a

Jacobs, Henry

Around The World With Henry

2 CDs

IPT

299

793447529929

n/a

Various Artists

We Are One, In The Sun: A

IPT

295

793447529523

n/a

Yuganaut

Sharks

EGR

825481000345

Yuganaut

This Musicship

ESP

4044

825481040440

n/a

Dunmall, Paul/Corsano, Chris

Identical Sunsets

ESP

4058

825481040587

Dunmall, Paul/Corsano, Chris

Identical Sunsets [1 LP]

ESP

4058

825481041584

Simmons, Sonny

Staying on the Watch

ESP

1030

825481010306

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